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Bloomberg Best : BLOOMBERG : September 17, 2016 8:00am-9:01am EDT
forecast of non-opec output. they have clinched a deal to take over monsanto. for $56 billion. it's the largest foreign takeover by a german company. the largestte supplier of seeds and pesticides. you willel confident do what's needed to get this deal through? regulatorye challenges that have been discussed intensively as part of our negotiations. had a very large teams of our own people and a trust counsel looking into it. we looked at a jointly to assess how big the regulatory challenges like beat. in a way, we are blessed because this combination is one that is highly complementary and has for the size of the transaction a very low overlap. that is our assessment. we are looking forward to engaging with the regulatory agencies. we are going to have to file. we are preparing ourselves in order to address regulatory concerns. >> happy thursday. we begin with breaking news from the bank of england. >> rates remain unchanged. the asset purchase program remains on hold. this is back in line with expectations of everyone. the key line here is the majority of the monetary policy committee
forecast of non-opec output. they have clinched a deal to take over monsanto. for $56 billion. it's the largest foreign takeover by a german company. the largestte supplier of seeds and pesticides. you willel confident do what's needed to get this deal through? regulatorye challenges that have been discussed intensively as part of our negotiations. had a very large teams of our own people and a trust counsel looking into it. we looked at a jointly to assess how big the regulatory challenges...
moves in the economy. bayer has increased its bid for monsanto. it appears to want to even more. it is about a five dollar pickup from the last bid, the original bid. the share prices dropped. it is more attractive even. what is stopping from -- what is stopping monsanto? >> they have made it clear that they will not negotiate. they want a 130 minimum to get to the table and try to get a proper deal done. .t is interesting >> is there any discussion about a hostile takeover? >> there is a low probability of that happening. bayer does not have a history of doing this kind of aggressive deal. the other thing is that it would be a difficult one to sell. there is a lot of regulatory stuff that could come up. a mess. be i think it would be hard for them to execute on that. apple.us talk about it rolled out updated progress and features at an event in san francisco today. the iphone seven that boasts an improved camera and gets rid of the headphone jack. the apple watch also got an upgrade. it is water resistant. it has gps tracking. are these new product features and even mario at --enou
moves in the economy. bayer has increased its bid for monsanto. it appears to want to even more. it is about a five dollar pickup from the last bid, the original bid. the share prices dropped. it is more attractive even. what is stopping from -- what is stopping monsanto? >> they have made it clear that they will not negotiate. they want a 130 minimum to get to the table and try to get a proper deal done. .t is interesting >> is there any discussion about a hostile takeover?...
Bloomberg Best : BLOOMBERG : September 11, 2016 5:00pm-6:01pm EDT
moves in the economy. >> bayer has increased its bid for monsanto. it is up to about $6 billion. it will be around $125 a share. while it is well above its share price, they appeared to want more. it is about a five dollar pickup from the last bid, the original bid. >> from the original. vonnie: the share prices dropped, so it is more attractive even. what is stopping monsanto? from saying we accept? >> they have made it clear that they will not negotiate -- they want a 130 minimum to get to the table and try to get a proper deal done. so it is interesting as a playbook. >> is there any discussion about a hostile takeover? ed: there is some conversation. i think there is a low probability of that happening. bayer does not have a history of doing this kind of aggressive deal. and the other thing here is a would just be a difficult one to sell. there is a lot of regulatory stuff that could come up. it would be a mess. i think it would be hard for them to execute on that. matt: let's talk about apple. the company rolled out updated products and features at an event in san francisco tod
moves in the economy. >> bayer has increased its bid for monsanto. it is up to about $6 billion. it will be around $125 a share. while it is well above its share price, they appeared to want more. it is about a five dollar pickup from the last bid, the original bid. >> from the original. vonnie: the share prices dropped, so it is more attractive even. what is stopping monsanto? from saying we accept? >> they have made it clear that they will not negotiate -- they want a 130...
Bloomberg Markets : BLOOMBERG : September 14, 2016 10:00am-11:01am EDT
, we're in for a bumpy next couple of months. thank you. >> coming up, monsanto finally agreeing to buy a proposal which will create the world's biggest seeds. both companies will join us at the bottom of the hour. do not miss that. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: you are watching bloomberg markets. time now for a look at some of the biggest is the stories in the news right now. the same regulator that gave apple a bill of now looking at ikea. officials are examining claims the world's largest furniture maker uses unfair loopholes to avoid taxes. partyame from green politicians. >> it is early days. we have received documentation and we are going through it but we have nothing to count on as the case stands right now. >> ikea has not commented so far. the company is owned by the private equity, helping them ,ncover the popularity attracted hordes of new fans. numberndation says the of u.s. players declined by 27 million in 2011 to 24.1 million last year. let's head to the markets desk where julie hyman has been looking at some health care stocks. more wellness and nutrition. herbalife is
, we're in for a bumpy next couple of months. thank you. >> coming up, monsanto finally agreeing to buy a proposal which will create the world's biggest seeds. both companies will join us at the bottom of the hour. do not miss that. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: you are watching bloomberg markets. time now for a look at some of the biggest is the stories in the news right now. the same regulator that gave apple a bill of now looking at ikea. officials are examining claims the world's...
Bloomberg Markets : BLOOMBERG : September 6, 2016 10:00am-11:01am EDT
since january 6. a little flavor for today. , sweetening the bid for monsanto. than the previous bid. pay to be, i have to successful in the deal. it is m&a tuesday today. shares up by 5.6%, a german company, europe's biggest publicly traded health care provider commissioners rising the most in the year. it will pay almost 6 billion euros. you, 58%ard holdings sl owned by the capital partners and the company's management. the merger should result in savings of about 50 million euros a year and will be highly accreted to net income next year. euro area gdp .3%. we had a surge in exports driving growth in the second quarter. domestic spending slowed. .3 versus .5 in the previous quarter. politicalshows how uncertainty can harm economic growth. on big ecb guttering thursday. as well as discussing potential stimulus, the ecb unveils its latest gdp and inflation data. bring on mario draghi. let's check on the first word is today. president obama is promising to work with you and to tighten sanctions against north korea after another missile launch. the president signaled u.s. would re
since january 6. a little flavor for today. , sweetening the bid for monsanto. than the previous bid. pay to be, i have to successful in the deal. it is m&a tuesday today. shares up by 5.6%, a german company, europe's biggest publicly traded health care provider commissioners rising the most in the year. it will pay almost 6 billion euros. you, 58%ard holdings sl owned by the capital partners and the company's management. the merger should result in savings of about 50 million euros a year...
monsanto. the deal is valued at $56 billion, making it the biggest merger this year, and also the largest foreign takeover by a german company. if it is approved, it will create the largest supplier of seeds and pesticides. >> you feel confident you will do whatever is needed to get this deal through? >> as you may assume, regulatory challenges have been discussed very intensively as part of our negotiations, but also beyond. we have both had very large teams of our own people and an antitrust counsel looking into it. we looked at it jointly to assess how big the regulatory challenges might be. in a way, we are really blessed, because this combination is one that is highly complementary and has, for the size of the transaction, a very low overlap. that is our assessment. we are looking forward to engaging with the regulatory agencies in all countries we are going to have to file. we are preparing ourselves in order to address regulatory concerns. so we can serve up what is needed to get our transaction and the combination of our business to the finish line. >> happy thursday. we b
monsanto. the deal is valued at $56 billion, making it the biggest merger this year, and also the largest foreign takeover by a german company. if it is approved, it will create the largest supplier of seeds and pesticides. >> you feel confident you will do whatever is needed to get this deal through? >> as you may assume, regulatory challenges have been discussed very intensively as part of our negotiations, but also beyond. we have both had very large teams of our own people and...
Bloomberg Markets : BLOOMBERG : September 6, 2016 2:00pm-3:01pm EDT
more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. fire hasecresse increased its bid for monsanto. that will be 100 -- $127.50 per share. has increased its bid for monsanto. has increased its bid for monsanto. .he share price has dropped it is more attractive even. i think it has been pretty clear from early on in this one they will not negotiating anything less than upfront with three. they are trying to get to the table and get a proper deal done. this is the second bump they have done. it does not seen enough. so it is interesting for what they were hoping to achieve at this point. >> any talk over -- any talk about a takeover bid? >> there is some. i think the other thing here is it would be a difficult one to sell. there is a lot of regulatory stuff that can, p are. monsanto would start to throw that up, and it would be a mess. vonnie: has the regulatory outlook changed at all iago's seems so much consolidation it may be difficult to get the deal through anyway. >> i think that remains the case. you have big deals in this space. you have smaller things going on. argument, there is
more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. fire hasecresse increased its bid for monsanto. that will be 100 -- $127.50 per share. has increased its bid for monsanto. has increased its bid for monsanto. .he share price has dropped it is more attractive even. i think it has been pretty clear from early on in this one they will not negotiating anything less than upfront with three. they are trying to get to the table and get a proper deal done. this is the second bump they have done. it does not...
Bloomberg Markets : BLOOMBERG : September 13, 2016 2:00pm-4:01pm EDT
proposal for monsanto. the antitrust breakup fee would be doubled. say the monsanto board could discuss and approve the offer as soon as today. this confirms an earlier report. monsanto has rebuffed them three times already. this is bloomberg. ♪ a gorgeous september afternoon. this is "bloomberg markets" from new york. commodity markets are closing in new york. we start with agricultural, sugar hitting a high. gold is trying to snap a four-day losing streak. finally, oil plunging today, settling down 3% at $44.90 a barrel. the supply glut is seen as persisting into next year. for more on oil, let's bring in our guest. still calling for oil hitting $80 a barrel next year. i thought it was $60, right? we are looking for oil to be in the 60's by this year and 2017.ing by $80 by the industry does not need $80. supply can be managed in the 60's. ,f supply will be shrinking psychologically you could see $80.ment take oil up to >> can you walk us through that? given this iaea forecast, talk persistingupply glut , that would seem to be a big headwind for prices. what we mean? yes, inventories
proposal for monsanto. the antitrust breakup fee would be doubled. say the monsanto board could discuss and approve the offer as soon as today. this confirms an earlier report. monsanto has rebuffed them three times already. this is bloomberg. ♪ a gorgeous september afternoon. this is "bloomberg markets" from new york. commodity markets are closing in new york. we start with agricultural, sugar hitting a high. gold is trying to snap a four-day losing streak. finally, oil plunging...
retail locations unless you pre-ordered. mark: in today's quick take, fires take over monsanto, it is reigniting debate over gm owes in the food chain. -- gmos interchange. -- in the food chain. mohamed el-erian says the government and the private sector's should be doing more to take advantage of the current level of interest rates. >> it is absurd not to be improving our infrastructure when long-term interest rates are so low. directly to engaging the private sector and unleashing what, until now, has been an economy operating well below potential. mark: deutsche bank is not backing down in the u.s. investigation over the sale of mortgage-backed securities, the german lender says it will not pay the $14 billion that prosecutors want to settle the claim. deutsche bank says the negotiations are just beginning. the bank expects it will lead to what it calls a materially lower amount. the new iphone seven on sale and many folks who show up at apple stores may walk away empty-handed. that is because apple has not made enough phones to meet demand. customers who have not pre-ordered them
retail locations unless you pre-ordered. mark: in today's quick take, fires take over monsanto, it is reigniting debate over gm owes in the food chain. -- gmos interchange. -- in the food chain. mohamed el-erian says the government and the private sector's should be doing more to take advantage of the current level of interest rates. >> it is absurd not to be improving our infrastructure when long-term interest rates are so low. directly to engaging the private sector and unleashing...
Bloomberg Markets : BLOOMBERG : September 6, 2016 12:00pm-2:01pm EDT
monsanto. pipelinebiggest company could be cleared in america. may ask formusk more cash. can we raise the funds in aids for the new model 3 and the giga factory. scarlet: we are halfway through the u.s. trading day after labor day. back but's good to be not so many people are laboring in the stock market but volume is up about 7% on the s&p 500 or with a 30 day average. we are still seeing the low volatility and the 41st withght session without -- only 1% movement. everything is trading in a narrow range as the nasdaq leads the games. in terms of the movers, within technology, we are looking at amazon and netflix. they were commented on by different analysts. they say amazon remains well below fair value and is talking about the company's long scale of growth. he's got an overweight rating. a $900 price target with chairs below $800 and netflix is being commented on. of the analysis suggests 25% upset and concerns about domestic saturation are reflected already in his estimates for the company. we are looking at twitter because the company board is set to make -- to meet later t
monsanto. pipelinebiggest company could be cleared in america. may ask formusk more cash. can we raise the funds in aids for the new model 3 and the giga factory. scarlet: we are halfway through the u.s. trading day after labor day. back but's good to be not so many people are laboring in the stock market but volume is up about 7% on the s&p 500 or with a 30 day average. we are still seeing the low volatility and the 41st withght session without -- only 1% movement. everything is trading...
Bloomberg Markets: European Close : BLOOMBERG : September 9, 2016 11:00am-12:01pm EDT
talk about raising. monsanto is that be pushing for a price closer to $130. , the price oneek the table was 12750. 130 would bemed as the price. with a huge premium relative to current share price is in with the virus offering, $127.50. it seems hundred $30 is the magical number, according to people familiar with the matter. that deal is in the final stretch. one of the big brewers and public owners, shares falling. uncertainty is translating into the softening of some economic indicators. and reduction of consumer confidence. sales rising 1.7% in the 18 week to september the fourth. this is a great chart, that tells us how a rally in european corporate bonds has raised the negative cooperation between the yields and the dax index. the corporate indices show the stretch between investment-grade and high-yield debt narrows 13%, the white line in the last month. just 2%, the blue line. that means the 30 day correlation, which is the bottom line tween the two has risen to -.9% in july.om 90 minutes into the trading day in the united states, and abigail doolittle has the latest. abiga
talk about raising. monsanto is that be pushing for a price closer to $130. , the price oneek the table was 12750. 130 would bemed as the price. with a huge premium relative to current share price is in with the virus offering, $127.50. it seems hundred $30 is the magical number, according to people familiar with the matter. that deal is in the final stretch. one of the big brewers and public owners, shares falling. uncertainty is translating into the softening of some economic indicators. and...
gamble? m&a. day for er raising its offer for monsanto for the second time. less appetite for risk today. the best run for almost a month -- gmm is the function. this is the equity column. predominately in the red, the ftse down by .75%. look at stirling, highest level since the end of june. a flavor ahead of the big ecb meeting on thursday. airbus shares up by 1% today. vietnam is likely to rank among the top 10 fastest-growing aviation markets in the next couple of decades. vietnam airlines signed a deal a350 widebody aircraft fronts ollanta was in vietnam. expand is estimated to the air travel market by 20% in the next the years. -- president francois hollande was in vietnam. the japanese carrier planning to claim compensation for rolls-royce engines. forming a cancellation of a dozen flights last month after finding broken turbines on three aircraft. the formal compensation may be discounts on future purchases or free cars. shares and rolls-royce down by .7%. swiss gdp, the economy secondating in the quarter, rising by .6%. expanding from a revised .3% in the prior quarter. -- ant th
gamble? m&a. day for er raising its offer for monsanto for the second time. less appetite for risk today. the best run for almost a month -- gmm is the function. this is the equity column. predominately in the red, the ftse down by .75%. look at stirling, highest level since the end of june. a flavor ahead of the big ecb meeting on thursday. airbus shares up by 1% today. vietnam is likely to rank among the top 10 fastest-growing aviation markets in the next couple of decades. vietnam...
up we had you on set and did not talk about our favorite deal. ayer and monsanto. they are in the in game. when do we think the in game will actually be? >> we think it's coming soon. it could happen this week and that would end over three months of back and forth and they are not quite there in terms of price. it looks like they are on track. as we see, it's not done until it's done. mark: you will be here to tell us all about it. thanks. david cameron, the former uk prime minister is to stand down as an mp. he is and him p in a district. we hear the press association tells us that he will stand down. that will trigger an election in that district. referendum.brexit he said he would step down as soon as the new leader was named. the new leader was named sooner than people imagined. has stepped down as an mp of the whitney district. that is breaking news. not completely an anticipated. the timing may be later than people expected. hillary clinton's health care is in danger of becoming a political price -- crisis. but that be another landmine for suddenly vulnerable markets. that's
up we had you on set and did not talk about our favorite deal. ayer and monsanto. they are in the in game. when do we think the in game will actually be? >> we think it's coming soon. it could happen this week and that would end over three months of back and forth and they are not quite there in terms of price. it looks like they are on track. as we see, it's not done until it's done. mark: you will be here to tell us all about it. thanks. david cameron, the former uk prime minister is...
businesses, pursuing a takeover of monsanto. the federal reserve is urging congress to repeal making powers here to goldman sachs would be among the banks most contested in the recommendations issued today by u.s. banking agencies. the report is required by the dodd frank act. and that is your business flash update. vonnie: let's head to the markets desk where julie hyman has the latest sector spider report. julie: i'm looking at retail because we have a lot of retail news -- earnings from various retailers, and we have a lot of negative reports today. that is pushing down the srt -- the retail etf -- down by about 1.5%. there is one stock in particular mitigating the declines. i will talk about that in a second. the bad news first -- tractor supply company big drop that stock. it is leading etf down, down 17% today. the company cutting its full-year profit forecast, it's four-year sales forecast as well. it basically says it has seen trouble in areas of the country that are dependent on the energy business to where it has a lot of its stores. even though -- business, where it has a
businesses, pursuing a takeover of monsanto. the federal reserve is urging congress to repeal making powers here to goldman sachs would be among the banks most contested in the recommendations issued today by u.s. banking agencies. the report is required by the dodd frank act. and that is your business flash update. vonnie: let's head to the markets desk where julie hyman has the latest sector spider report. julie: i'm looking at retail because we have a lot of retail news -- earnings from...
Bloomberg Markets: European Close : BLOOMBERG : September 14, 2016 11:00am-12:01pm EDT
next hour. here is what we are watching. monsanto clenched with a fourth bid to create the world's biggest supplier of seeds and pesticides. the ceos of both companies are speaking to bloomberg. isnie: jean claude juncker his state of the union speech, warning about the dangers of antiestablishment forces saying it is as strong as it was in the 1950's. we hear from the formula i.e. profile, pluswing what he makes of liberty's deal to buy formula one. have a look at european equities, under 30 minutes until the end of the wednesday session. these are equity indices. many trading in the green, especially -- including the ftse 100 driven by commodities producers. the benchmark is up 4/10 of 1%. 600.e up on the stoxx that trend for now is coming to an end. check out this chart, showing the broad-based selloff of the stoxx 600. more stocks have full and the european benchmark in september than any other month since august 2015. this is what the chart tells us, indicating a wide loss of faith since the recovery in june. an average of 326 companies have dropped each day this month. nearin
next hour. here is what we are watching. monsanto clenched with a fourth bid to create the world's biggest supplier of seeds and pesticides. the ceos of both companies are speaking to bloomberg. isnie: jean claude juncker his state of the union speech, warning about the dangers of antiestablishment forces saying it is as strong as it was in the 1950's. we hear from the formula i.e. profile, pluswing what he makes of liberty's deal to buy formula one. have a look at european equities, under 30...
billion worth of deals led monsantos takeover of $65.7 billion. vonnie: we are moments away from mario draghi addressing the european parliament. live shots of parliamentarians waiting for the ecb president to arrive and begin speaking. governmentsd to ask to extend the pace of structural reforms. we will bring you all of the headlines. let's check in on first word news. alisa parenti has more. alisa: donald trump looks to apply his new campaign discipline at tonight's first debate. trump and hillary clinton face off at the event in hofstra university near new york city are you in the polls by learning to stay out of his own way. a new bloomberg politics survey shows the two are in a dead heat with 46% each. trump leads when third-party candidates are included. it watch the debate right here on bloomberg tv starting at 8:30 p.m. eastern area our coverage will include 30 minute pre-and post debate shows led by mark halperin and the bloomberg politics team. twitter will live stream the broadcast. beginner donors overwhelmingly favor hillary clinton in the presidential race. clinton has c
billion worth of deals led monsantos takeover of $65.7 billion. vonnie: we are moments away from mario draghi addressing the european parliament. live shots of parliamentarians waiting for the ecb president to arrive and begin speaking. governmentsd to ask to extend the pace of structural reforms. we will bring you all of the headlines. let's check in on first word news. alisa parenti has more. alisa: donald trump looks to apply his new campaign discipline at tonight's first debate. trump and...
Bloomberg Markets : BLOOMBERG : September 16, 2016 12:00pm-2:01pm EDT
surprise the market? u.s. agriculture secretary tom between theren and monsanto and how the transaction will impact the economy -- tom vilsack ways in -- tom vilsack weighs in on bayer and monsanto. julie: a bit of a pause after the big gains we had yesterday and is to look ahead to the fed meeting next week as well as to the bank of japan, we are seeing a little bit of a deepening of declines at the moment. as we have been noting all
were looking for. matt: thank you. bayer andalks between monsanto are going forward. how soon could a deal get done? this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: you are watching "bloomberg markets." i'm matt miller. scarlet: i'm scarlet fu. will the fed hike rates next month? there is a lot of chatter about the next fomc meeting. rosengren today said waiting too long could threaten the u.s. economy. hsbc's, you had commenting. everyone is sure they are not going to do anything, there is no use in meeting. if they wanted to hike, the last thing they would need is a huge market shock. fed futures are being used to manipulate things higher. of officials said the markets focused on the wrong thing. not the next move but they should be looking at the path which is shallow and gradual. if we get a trade, does the market overreact? once they managed to hike over the next two years, they would get to 8%, if they managed once a year. you are right, the terminal values is what everyone should be looking at. -- there werey of many papers around what we call the real natural rate of interest. it seems to me the
were looking for. matt: thank you. bayer andalks between monsanto are going forward. how soon could a deal get done? this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: you are watching "bloomberg markets." i'm matt miller. scarlet: i'm scarlet fu. will the fed hike rates next month? there is a lot of chatter about the next fomc meeting. rosengren today said waiting too long could threaten the u.s. economy. hsbc's, you had commenting. everyone is sure they are not going to do anything, there is no use in...
news. the company is expanding its .ermatology business a continues to pursue its takeover of monsanto. all of this according to people familiar with the situation and justding to news that given a bloomberg. the shares are down about 17% year to date. they sell a little less than 1% in today's session. that too it is going on in the u.s., a little bit of a pullback in u.s. stocks. do with mario draghi, indicating that there will not be any more stimulus, at least not immediately. and that cause a little bit of a selloff in europe and has extended to the u.s. as well. that is coming despite the fact that energy is performing well he -- very well today. an unexpected drawdown for oil. drawdown,n unexpected at the biggest one since 1999. 14.5 million barrels declined in inventory. that explains the uptick in oil prices, now about $47 a barrel. we also cited you stocks perform well today. but only oil is climbing come of a natural gas. inventories rose less than estimated. you look at the top 10 performers in the s&p 500, most, if not all of them, or energy stocks. we saw the uptick in yi
news. the company is expanding its .ermatology business a continues to pursue its takeover of monsanto. all of this according to people familiar with the situation and justding to news that given a bloomberg. the shares are down about 17% year to date. they sell a little less than 1% in today's session. that too it is going on in the u.s., a little bit of a pullback in u.s. stocks. do with mario draghi, indicating that there will not be any more stimulus, at least not immediately. and that...


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Businesses and Foundations Continue Stealing Africa's Agriculture
In the tradition of the European explorers unleashed on the rest of humanity with letters from their kings entitling them to claim and seize the lands, treasure and inhabitants of all places not under the rule of white Christian princes, the US patent office began in the 1990s, granting American corporations exclusive "patents" for varieties of rice produced in Asia for thousands of years, for beans grown in Mexico centuries before Columbus, and for all the products which were or might be made from trees, plants, roots and molds growing in the rain forests of Africa and Asia. Indian courts, under pressure from their citizens, rebuffed for now American attempts to collect royalties for the production of basmati rice, which farmers in India and Pakistan have cultivated for centuries. But every developing country can't bring to the table against the U.S. the power that India, with a fifth of the world's population can.
Poor-Washing, the Gates Foundation & the 'Green Revolution' in Africa
By Bruce Dixon
Genetically altered crops will rescue Africa from endemic shortfalls in food production, claim corporate foundations that have announced a $150 million "gift" to spark a "Green Revolution" in agriculture on the continent. Of course, U.S.-based agribusiness holds the patents to these wondercrops, and can exercise their proprietary "rights" at will. Are corporate foundations really out to feed the hungry, or are they hypocritical Trojan Horses on a mission to hijack the world's food supply - to create the most complete and ultimate state of dependency.
"Poor-washing" is the common public relations tactic of concealing bitterly unfair and predatory trade policies that create and deepen hunger and poverty with clouds of hypocritical noise about feeding the hungry and alleviating poverty. It's hard to imagine a better case of media poor-washing than the hype around the recently announced $150 million "gifts" of the Gates and Rockerfeller Foundations to the cause of reforming African agriculture, feeding that continent's impoverished millions and sparking an African "Green Revolution"
For ADM, Cargill, Monsanto and other agribusiness giants farming as humans have practiced it the last ten thousand years is a big problem. The problem is that when farmers plant and harvest crops, setting a little aside for next year's seed, people eat, but corporations don't get paid. That problem has been so thoroughly solved in US food production that chemical fertilizers and pesticides create a biological dead zone of hundreds of square miles in the Gulf of Mexico where the Mississippi, draining much of the continent's richest farmland, empties into it. U.S. law requires the registration all crop varieties, and makes it extraordinarily difficult for farmers to save and plant their own seed year to year without paying royalties to corporations who "own" the genetic code of those crops.
But until recently in the developing world, farmers still planted, plowed and harvested without paying American agribusiness anything. The first attempt to "monetize" food production took place a generation ago in Southeast Asia and India. Called the "Green Revolution" its public face was a masterpiece of pious poor-washing. A thin layer of native academic, "experts" and local officials were bought off, and slick ad campaigns were told local farmers the road to prosperity was the use of vast quantities of pesticides, herbicides, and high-yield crops grown for international markets instead of feeding local populations.
The "Green Revolution" in India worked out well for the middlemen who sold the chemicals and lent poor farmers money to buy them, and for its wealthiest farmers. But when millions of farmers, on the advice foreign and domestic "experts" produced cotton, sugar and export crops for the world market instead of food to feed their neighbors, several nasty things happened. The prices for those export staples went down, so poor farmers wound up without the cash to repay loans for the year's seed and chemicals. Food which used to be abundant and locally grown became scarce, expensive and had to come from other regions or overseas. The chemicals killed many beneficial plants and insects, and promoted the emergence of newer, tougher pests and diseases. Export crops needed more water than traditional ones, so wealthy farmers monopolized what water there was to feed their export crops. Man-made famines occurred. People starved or became dependent on imported foreign grain. Millions of farmers were forced to sell their land (or sometimes their children) to pay off their debts, and move to the cities.
In the US media this privatization of nature is called "the biotech industry". Most of humanity outside the U.S. call it biopiracy. In the last decade, corporate "life scientists" in the biotech industry have invented, and the US Department of Agriculture has patented a perverse but profitable technology which prevents a current year's crop from producing usable seed for next year's planting. These "terminator seeds" will force farmers to return to corporate seed suppliers every year.
For the last 20 years, the US has, with varying degrees of success, bullied, bribed and threatened governments on six continents to enforce its skull-and-crossbones patent laws through bilateral trade agreements --- think NAFTA and CAFTA - through World Bank and International Monetary Fund dictates, and the World Trade Organization. Today UN bodies and dozens of individual countries are under pressure to allow the introduction of genetically modified crops and terminator seed technologies into their food chains. Despite their poverty and need for development aid, African countries, informed by the world media (outside the US) have been forced by their own citizens, scientists and farmers to stoutly resist Western efforts to undermine their food security. But the slick and shiny PR campaign around the Gates and Rockerfeller initiatives, supposedly addressed at alleviating world hunger seem to mark a new stage in the continuing scramble for African resources.
Last year, the Gates Foundation hired former Monsanto VP Robert Robert Horsch as senior program officer for Africa. Monsanto is the company that invented "biotechnology" and the patenting of life forms by corporations. This is the context for the "philanthropy" of the Gates and Rockerfeller Foundations, and their expressed concern for foisting a "Green Revolution" upon Africa. Will African farmers and their governments be forced to pay American corporations to cultivate the crops they have for centuries? Global capital and competition to control the world's remaining energy have put Africa's oil resources in the sights of America's strategic planners. If the Gates and Rockerfeller Foundations, along with Monsanto, Cargill, ADM and other agribusiness and biotech and "life science" players have anything to say about it, Africa's food supply is up for grabs too.
Originally appeared in Black Agenda Report.

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Image slicer module for Wide Field Optical Spectrograph (WFOS)
Ozaki, Shinobu and Miyazaki, Satoshi and Tsuzuki, Toshihiro and Fucik, Jason (2018) Image slicer module for Wide Field Optical Spectrograph (WFOS). In: Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII. Proceedings of SPIE. No.10702. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) , Bellingham, WA, Art. No. 107028M. ISBN 9781510619579. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190108-143843606
Wide-Field Optical Spectrograph (WFOS) is an optical multi-object spectrograph and one of the first-light instruments of Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). The WFOS development team has studied three new instrument concepts. One is a fiber-based spectrograph, and other one is a spectrograph using image slicers (Slicer-WFOS). The last one is the simple multi-slit spectrograph. Japanese WFOS team has conducted conceptual studies on Slicer-WFOS in collaboration with California Institute of Technology. Slicer-WFOS has only one VPH grating for each red and blue arm. The gratings offer R~1,500 for a simple 0.″75-width slit. The image slicer divides an object image into three slices and the higher spectral resolution of R~4,500 can be achieved using the same grating. In this proceeding paper, we report our design studies on the slicer module.
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309324 DOI Article
© 2018 Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). The Authors would like to thank Bernard Delabre for providing the original idea of Flat-mirror design. The TMT Project gratefully acknowledges the support of the TMT collaborating institutions. They are the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the National Astronomical Observatories of China and their consortium partners, the Department of Science and Technology of India and their supported institutes, and the National Research Council of Canada. This work was supported as well by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund, the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy (ACURA), the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), the U.S. National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan, and the Department of Atomic Energy of India.
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Image slicer, Wide Field Optical Spectrograph (WFOS), Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)
Shinobu Ozaki, Satoshi Miyazaki, Toshihiro Tsuzuki, Jason R. Fucik, "Image slicer module for Wide Field Optical Spectrograph (WFOS)," Proc. SPIE 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, 107028M (11 July 2018); doi: 10.1117/12.2309324
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Q: Angularjs check if passing value exists in array I'm trying to pass two text field values into and array using AngularJS, but I also want to check if the first value being passed already exists in the array. If it does I do not want it added again, if it doesn't exist then add the values. I can get it to add the values but I'm getting stuck trying to check if the last name value exists already in the array. I had found some examples I tried to follow but I cant seem to get them to work. Thanks for any help!

            {{todo.text}}, {{todo.name}}

        <form class="form-horizontal">
        <input type="text" ng-model="formTodoLast" ng-model-instant>
        <input type="text" ng-model="formTodoFirst" ng-model-instant>
        <button class="btn" ng-click="addTodo()">Add</button>

todo.js
function TodoCtrl($scope) {
    $scope.todos = [];

    $scope.addTodo = function () {

    if($scope.todos.indexOf(text:$scope.formTodoLast) == -1) {
        $scope.todos.push({text:$scope.formTodoLast, name:$scope.formTodoFirst});
        $scope.formTodoText = ' ';
        $scope.formTodoName = ' ';
        }
    }
}

A: Seems there is syntax error in your snippet. If you prefer one line version on if-statement,
change your if condition into:
function TodoCtrl($scope) {
    $scope.todos = [];

    $scope.addTodo = function () {

    if(!$scope.todos.some(function(td){return td.text===$scope.formTodoLast})) {
        $scope.todos.push({text:$scope.formTodoLast, name:$scope.formTodoFirst});
        $scope.formTodoText = ' ';
        $scope.formTodoName = ' ';
        }
    };
}

Array.prototype.some returns true if any of the element meet the requirement

some() executes the callback function once for each element present in
  the array until it finds one where callback returns a true value. If
  such an element is found, some() immediately returns true.
  https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/some

A: This "$scope.todos.indexOf(text:$scope.formTodoLast)" won't work. You have to loop through the array and check the formTodoLast property of each object. Or, if using full jQuery, you could use grep().
Here's an example, note the comparison is case sensitive right now.  If it's a long list, consider using a Javascript for loop instead of Angular's forEach, you can break out of the for loop and it's likely faster.
function TodoCtrl($scope) {
    $scope.todos = [];

    $scope.addTodo = function () {

        var missingName = true;
        angular.forEach($scope.todos, function(value, key){
           if(value.formTodoLast == $scope.formTodoLast)
           {
               missingName = false;
           }
         });

        if(missingName) {
            $scope.todos.push({text:$scope.formTodoLast, name:$scope.formTodoFirst});
            $scope.formTodoText = ' ';
            $scope.formTodoName = ' ';
        }
    }
}

A: As Craig said, you need to loop through the array as such
var addToArray=true;
for(var i=0;i<$scope.todos.length;i++){
    if($scope.todos[i].text===$scope.formTodoLast){
        addToArray=false;
    }
}
if(addToArray){
    $scope.todos.push({text:$scope.formTodoLast, name:$scope.formTodoFirst});
}
$scope.formTodoText = ' ';
$scope.formTodoName = ' ';

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Ein Boots- oder Schiffsführer ist allgemein die für ein Wasserfahrzeug verantwortliche Person. Als solcher ist der für den sicheren Betrieb des Wasserfahrzeuges verantwortlich und ist Inhaber der sogenannten Bordgewalt.

Je nach Fahrgebiet ob nun Binnen, Küste oder See und dem Wasserfahrzeugtyp bestehen für Schiffs- oder Bootsführer unterschiedliche Regelungen und Bezeichnungen:
Kapitän () für Handelsschiffe auf See. Er ist im Regelfall die vom Reeder bestimmte verantwortliche Person zur Führung des Schiffes und Inhaber eines entsprechenden Befähigungszeugnis (Kapitänspatent).
Kommandant () ist die für Kriegsschiffe vom Flaggenstaat bestellte verantwortliche Person. Meist handelt es sich um einen Offizier, seltener Unteroffizier der Streitkräfte.
Schiffsführer nach der Binnenschifffahrtsstraßen-Ordnung die Verantwortliche Person für eine Schiff oder Boot auf deutschen Binnengewässer.
Bootsführer für Beiboote größerer Schiffen oder Boote von Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben. Hierzu gehören auch die Sportboote für den Freizeitgebrauch oder die gewerbliche Nutzung, wobei der Bootsführer hier oft Skipper genannt wird. Für kleinere Boote ist dabei oft kein Befähigungszeugnis oder ein Sportbootführerschein erforderlich.

Einzelnachweise

Seefahrtsberuf
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This is a very large station almost in the centre of Watford. Watford is North West of London and has about 4 stations! Watford Junction being the largest and most interesting.
West Coast Mainline and suburban services from London Euston to Milton Keynes, Northampton, Birmingham and beyond to the North.
Southern trains services from Milton Keynes to Brighton.
London Overground services to Euston and Kensington Olympia to Shepherds Bush (for Westfields shopping centre).
Quite a bit of heavy freight and charters have passed here and the station has been a pick up set down point too.
Quite a bit of heavy freight and several steam charters have passed here and the station has been a pick up set down point too.
The station is staffed 24-7 and the staff are generally friendly.
The station is near central Watford and is a busy spot.
I always feel safe there, but of course there are alleyways and tunnels here so when carrying expensive camera gear one needs to be aware of potential thieves.
Access to the station is along the A412 Rickmansworth Road/St. Albans Road from the west, and along St Albans Road (still A412) from the east.
There is limited free parking at the station for only 20 minutes. Also there is a pay and display car park.
Permit parking operates between 08-30 and 18-30. Parking here is generally safe.
The local "Homebase" has a large cap park and threatens long-stayers with fines, but in reality this doesn't happen often.
London Euston - Watford Junction Silverlink County about a 20-30 minute ride. Stopping at either Harrow and Wealdstone and Bushey then Watford or No stops before primarily however some leave out Bushey or Harrow and Wealdstone.
Southern services terminate here from either Gatwick or Brighton.
The main Watford bus routes all pass through Watford Junction.
There are toilets on platform 6.
There are several food kiosks on the station and in the foyer. A cafe, sandwich bar, chip shop, Lebanese, Chinese and pizza restaurants near the junction of Station Road and St. Albans Road.
There is a Holiay Inn Express adjacent to the station and the Wellington Arms in Woodford Road adjacent to the bus station offers budget accommodation if needed.
One of the best locations is at the southern end of platform 9 as this has a good sight line under the catenary. A couple of signal towers make a nice frame for trains as the enter the platform. Steam specials and freights run through here. (NB freights travel VERY fast through and one needs to be sure to be behind the yellow lines).
Light becomes an issue by mid morning. On the other side of the lines the northern end of platform 8 gives a straight view all the way to the entrance of the Watford Tunnels a mile away. Modern loco headlamps compromise photography of trains approaching straight on. It is always best to ask at the gate to be let through and some staff request that you visit the station managers office which is in the main building on the way to the Overground platforms.


Here we have a selection of amazing animated gifs from several movies we know you like. If you do not recognize all the scenes, see the credit list at the end of the post.
Movies: Gladiator, Aliens, The Silence of the Lambs, Deadpool, Zootopia, Captain America Civil War, Leon The Professional, Lost in Translation, Tangled, Planet Terror, Watchmen, The Danish Girl, Forrest Gump, The Truman Show, The Mummy, and others.


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History, issues, and goings-on in the Hill and Lake neighborhoods of Minneapolis
Find Hill & Lake Press
You can find back issues of Hill & Lake Press from October 2005 to June 2018 here.
Issues of Hill & Lake Press from July 2018 to the present are here.
The entire archive — 440 issues and growing — from March 1976 onward has been archived in text-searchable format on the Digital Collections page of the Hennepin County Library website. Here is the Digital Collections homepage. Scroll down to the Minneapolis Community Newspapers Collection. To go to the Hill & Lake Press archive directly, click here. Note: library staff digitizes new issues only periodically, so the most current issues may not yet be displayed. If you have questions about navigating the site, call Special Collections at (612) 543-8200 between 10am and 4:30pm, Monday-Thursday.
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Q: C Pointers: *ptr vs &ptr vs ptr Suppose *ptr points to a variable.  What does *ptr, &ptr, and ptr each mean?
Many times, I get confused between them.  Do anyone mind clarifying between those statements and give some concrete examples?

A: Here is a computer memory:

int i = 1023

If I want to print i, then I just have to do:
printf(..., i);
// out: 1023

If I want to print where i lives, then I just have to do:
printf(..., &i);
// out: 0x4

But let's say I want to remember where i lives:
int *i_ptr = &i; // i_ptr is a variable of type int *

Then I can print it this way:
printf(..., i_ptr);
// out: 0x04

But if just print out the value of i, I need a *:
printf(..., *i_ptr); // * also doubles as a way to follow the pointer
// out: 1023

Or I can just print out where i_ptr lives:
printf(..., &i_ptr);
// out: 0x32

A: Given the declarations
int i = 0x01234567;
int *ptr = &i;

the following are true:
Expression         Type          Value
----------         ----          -----
       ptr         int *         Address of i
      *ptr         int           Value stored in i (0x01234567)
      &ptr         int **        Address of ptr variable

In memory, it would look something like the following (assuming 32-bit int)
Item       Address       0x01 0x02 0x03 0x04
----       -------       ---- ---- ---- ----
   i       0x7fffbb00    0x01 0x23 0x45 0x67
 ptr       0x7fffbb04    0x7f 0xff 0xbb 0x00

So the value of ptr is 0x7fffbb00, the value of &ptr is 0x7fffbb04, and the value of *ptr is 0x01234567.

A: Take the following variables in a function.
int i = 0;
int* ptr = &i;

In the function, the memory layout could look something like:
Memory corresponding to i:
+---+---+---+---+
|       0       |
+---+---+---+---+
^
|
Address of i

Memory corresponding to ptr:
+---+---+---+---+
| address of i  |
+---+---+---+---+
^
|
Address of ptr

In the above scenario,
*ptr == i == 0
ptr == address of i == address of memory location where the vale of i is stored
&ptr == address of ptr == address of memory location where the value of ptr is stored.

Hope that makes sense.

A: If *ptr points to a variable, then that would mean that *ptr is a pointer itself. That would mean you're declaring ptr as follows: int **ptr;
In this case:

*

*ptr is a pointer to the pointer to your variable

**ptr is the pointer to your variable

*&ptr gives you the address of ptr, so a pointer to the pointer to the pointer to your variable

For example:
//set up work
int x;
int *intermediatePtr;
int **ptr;
x = 5;
intermediatePtr = &x; //used only for additional level of indirection in this example
ptr = &intermediatePtr; //ie *ptr = &x;

//should print out the memory address for the pointer to the address of x
printf("%d", ptr);
//should print out the memory address of x (different memory location than above)
printf("%d", *ptr);
//should print out the memory address of the variable
//which holds the memory address of x
//(again, different memory location than both above examples)
printf("%d", &ptr);

If ptr points to a variable instead of *ptr (ie int *ptr; ptr = &x;), there is one less level of indirection than my above example.

A: Let's suppose you have:
int number = 5;
int *ptr = &number;

*

*ptr will be the variable, of type int *, instead storing a 5 or
"foo", it will store an address like 0xf0f0f004 or whatever it is the
address of the variable number.

**ptr will be the value of what it is in this address of memory 0xf0f0f004, in this specific case is 5.

*&ptr will be the address where it is located the variable that will
be in other place for example 0xff00ffaa or whatever.
ptr and number are located in different places in memory, both stores values, one just store a number and the other store an address. And the language allows you putting *, access the value of this address.

A: int *ptr; // declares a pointer to integer.
int val; // declares an integer.
&val; // pointer to val
ptr = &val; // ptr will now point to val
*ptr = 5; // same as writing val = 5
ptr++; // pointer to the next int after val (in this case, it will be undefined behaviour, it is useful if this pointer pointed to a cell in an array)
int arr[10]; // declares an array of size 10
ptr = arr; // ptr now points to arr[0] (name of an array can be implicity cast to pointer to first element)
ptr++; // ptr now points to arr[1]

A: *

*& = Reference

** = De reference

*ptr is the identifier/name. You declare it by int *ptr.
Here is a small C program:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int *ptr,ref;

ptr= &ref;

ref=12;

printf("%d\n",*ptr );
}

*

*In C,int *ptr is an integer pointer. You can use other data types like float, char etc,.

*ptr = &ref gets the address of ref and stores in ptr. Since we declared ptr as integer pointer, when we print the value pointed, we have to De-reference it by using *.


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La línea 7 de autobuses de Castellón une el Grupo Lourdes con el Grupo San Agustín y San Marcos, el Tossal Gros y el Racó de La Torreta.

Características

Parte del Grupo Lourdes, atravesando Castelló pasando por Gran Vía Tárrega Monteblanco, Grupo Diago, Ronda Mijares, Ronda Magdalena, Avda. Benicàssim, Hospital General, Grupo San Agustí y San Marcos, Tossal Gros y Racó de la Torreta. A la vuelta, mismo recorrido (pasando por Paseo Ribalta, República Argentina) hasta llegar el Grupo Lourdes.

Frecuencias

Recorrido

Enlaces externos
 Web del Ayto. de Castellón (Sección autobuses)

Véase también
 Transporte urbano de Castellón de la Plana

Transporte en Castellón de la Plana


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Public Health & Policy > Opioids
Azar Unveils Plan to Help Pregnant Patients Quit Opioids
Touts other steps HHS has taken against the crisis, but critics call for more
by Joyce Frieden Joyce Frieden, News Editor, MedPage Today October 23, 2018
WASHINGTON -- States will get help from the federal government integrating services for pregnant and postpartum Medicaid patients with opioid use disorder under a pilot program announced Tuesday by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar.
"The M-O-M model, for 'Maternal Opioid Misuse,' will partner with state Medicaid agencies to integrate a wide range of services for pregnant and postpartum women struggling with opioid misuse, to ensure not only their health, well-being, and recovery, but protect the health of their children as well," Azar said at a conference here sponsored by the Milken Institute of Santa Monica, California, a think tank that specializes in social issues.
Under the model, which will run for 5 years, states will be responsible for ensuring that beneficiaries participating in the model have access to a set of essential physical and behavioral health services, such as medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder, maternity care, relevant primary care services, and other mental and behavioral health services beyond MAT, according to a press release from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Azar's announcement came a day before President Trump was expected to sign the opioid bill passed by Congress earlier this month. That $8 billion bill included provisions to make it easier for Medicaid patients to get inpatient addiction treatment, to expand treatment options for Medicare beneficiaries with opioid use disorder, and to require FDA to develop opioid analgesic prescribing guidelines.
Azar also mentioned physician training as contributing to the crisis. "Part of the story is a revolution in how physicians were taught to treat pain: Where they once worried about the addictive potential of opioids, the conventional wisdom over the past several decades became that the risk of abuse was very low, and that physicians should get used to the idea of regularly prescribing opioids for all kinds of pain," he said. "Compensation and quality-rating systems assessed how happy patients were with their pain management ... All of that adds pressure on doctors to overprescribe out of concern that their scores would get dinged."
That attitude also meant less interest in alternative pain treatments such as physical therapy or nutrition. "In 1998, one assessment found that there were more than 1,000 multidisciplinary pain clinics across the country. By 2005, there were just 85," said Azar. "Insurers stopped paying for these more holistic approaches to pain treatment when they realized how cheap an option pills could be instead."
"Of course, as we've realized, these supposedly cheap pills can impose a tremendous cost," he added. "The majority of America's heroin users started by misusing a legal opioid, whether one they were prescribed or one they bought or obtained from someone else. We badly need better ways to treat pain ... and we need to support them in how our health system pays for care."
Azar outlined a number of steps the Medicare program has taken, including:
More aggressive monitoring of inappropriate opioid prescribing under the Part D drug plan. "In 2017 alone, we saw a 40% decline in the number of Medicare beneficiaries receiving higher than the recommended amount of opioids from multiple doctors," he said.
Proposing to overhaul the H-CAHPS satisfaction survey of hospitalized Medicare patients, "to ensure the questions asked about pain management aren't driving over-prescribing."
Setting an expectation that new opioid prescriptions for Medicare patients should be for no more than 7 days.
Allowing Medicare Advantage plans to cover therapeutic massage as a supplemental benefit.
Although the epidemic continues, some positive signs are appearing, he said. "Since President Trump took office in January 2017, the number of patients receiving buprenorphine, one form of medication-assisted treatment, has increased by 21% ... [and] from 2015 to 2017, we have seen a statistically significant decline in the number of Americans who misuse prescription opioids."
And although the number of Americans dying from drug overdoses rose from 64,000 in 2016 to approximately 72,000 in 2017, "toward the end of 2017, through the beginning of 2018, the number of drug overdose deaths has begun to plateau," Azar said. "Plateauing at such a high level is hardly an opportunity to declare victory. But the concerted efforts of communities across America are beginning to turn the tide."
Not everyone is happy with the administration's efforts so far, however. Public Citizen noted in a press release Tuesday that then-Baltimore Health Commissioner Leana Wen, MD, asked the Trump administration in May to authorize generic competition for opioid overdose antidotes such as naloxone (Narcan and Evzio); Narcan currently sells for $37.50 in the U.S. compared to $0.15 in India.
"By executive action alone, the Trump administration could authorize generic competition for lifesaving -- and wildly overpriced -- opioid overdose antidotes," said Public Citizen President Robert Weissman. "But 5 months after we petitioned the administration to do that, it has failed even to reply. The Trump administration is choosing to protect pharma's monopolies over saving lives."
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My mom and I arrived in Toronto, Canada right on the date when the worst snowstorm they had for that winter season was beginning and experienced real snow falling before our eyes. For someone like us who lives in a country like the Philippines with only rainy and summer seasons, this might sound a "treat" for us.
Here's a view outside our window during that night, the wind then was beginning to blow harder and snow is has been falling non-stop.
This is the view outside our window the next morning. Roads were very slippery, if not impassable by this time.
The road visibility was still clear when we left Toronto that morning.
An hour later, while driving by the highway going to Kitchener, Ontario, road visibility was already very poor.
When we arrived in Kitchener, these are the scenes that greeted us.
For my mom and I, it was fun to see real snow on trees, houses and cars passing by. However for locals, a snowfall like this is not welcome because it meant shovelling of their front lawns.
I visited Toronto in Winter a few years back. I was living in New York at the time but I think Toronto invented cold weather! - It was freezing! Still had a great time and cool people.
btw, do you mind exchanging links?


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Police search for Doncaster man wanted in a connection with a burglary
More details on Doncaster town centre regeneration projects including Corn Exchange, St James' Baths and Waterfront development
BREAKING: Robin Hood announces new Flybe flights to Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam and other destinations
Robin Hood Airport has today revealed new flights to major European destinations including Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam as well a host of other new routes with with airline Flybe.
By Darren Burke
Tuesday, 10th November 2015, 11:56 am
Flybe has announced new flights from Robin Hood Airport.
Alicante, Faro, Malaga, Jersey amnd Newquay will also be served and the new routes are already on sale after an announcement at the Doncaster airport this morning.
Last week RHA announced that Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, will base two Embraer Jet aircraft at the airport with services starting from the end of March 2016.
The milestone announcement, the biggest of its kind since the airport opened its doors in 2005, will see passenger numbers soar with an additional 500,000 seats on offer from the Yorkshire airport.
Doncaster Sheffield Airport is already the fastest growing airport in the UK outside London and will now benefit from Flybe delivering up to 44 new flight departures per week, a 70 percent increase in departures.
The news comes just months before the airport becomes significantly more accessible for passengers living within the Sheffield City Region, when journey times to the airport are reduced by 20 minutes following the opening of the £58 million motorway link road (FARRRS).
Investment in the road has been delivered through both public and private sector funding and is set to open in early 2016, ahead of the new Flybe services commencing.
Steve Gill, managing director of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, said; "This announcement is transformational for Sheffield City Region's airport. We are truly delighted to be welcoming Flybe in this new long-term deal.
"The additional seats and other forecasted growth are expected to take passenger figures from 900,000 in 2015/16 to over 1.35 million in 2016/17, an increase of around 50% year on year.
Saad Hammad, CEO, Flybe said: "We are delighted to have reached this agreement to begin enhancing connectivity for the people of Yorkshire from Doncaster Sheffield Airport. We look forward to welcoming all our new passengers on board next year with great value fares and a convenient, fast, reliable service to some very popular destinations as well providing them with opportunities for onward connections."
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"Factory class can be used to make using Page Objects simpler and easier".
We use Page Factory pattern to initialize web elements which are defined in Page Objects.
We should initialize page objects using initElements() method from PageFactory Class as below, Once we call initElements() method, all elements will get initialized. PageFactory.initElements() static method takes the driver instance of the given class and the class type, and returns a Page Object with its fields fully initialized.
We should preferably use a constructor which takes a WebDriver instance as its only argument or falling back on a no-arg constructor. An exception will be thrown if the class cannot be instantiated.
Page Factory will initialize every WebElement variable with a reference to a corresponding element on the actual web page based on "locators" defined. This is done by using @FindBy annotations.
In Page Factory, Annotations are used to give descriptive names for WebElements to improve code readability. And annotation @FindBy is used to identify Web Elements in the page.
What is @CacheLookup annotation in PageFactory?
But whenever we use @CacheLookup annotation, we will be losing one of the page factory benefit as it will find the element once and then keep a reference to it, hence, we are more likely to see StaleElementExceptions.
AjaxElementLocatorFactory is a lazy load concept in Page Factory pattern to identify WebElements only when they are used in any operation i.e. a timeOut for a WebElement can be assigned to the Object page class with the help of AjaxElementLocatorFactory.
The above code will wait for maximum of 30 seconds until the elements specified by annotations is loaded. If the element is not found in the given time interval, it will throw NoSuchElementException' exception.
In fact, we can use the page object pattern without using the Page Factory class. The page object pattern simply abstracts business logic away from the physical structure of the pages. And the Page Factory class gives us the ability to use annotations which automatically find the elements on the page without specifying findElement.
1. How can we use page factory elements when we need to copy a group of elements to a list array(List<Web Element>) ?
2. How can we manipulate explicit waits for the elements where we need to check invisibility of those elements ?
How this Page Factory Pattern is useful?
Which web element initialisation is good ? I mean as a constructor or in Test Class.
Thanks for sharing this information. It's very useful and easy to understand.
In another article relating to Selenium test framework, it is said that the UI element locators could by put as key-value properties in UI map file. But if getting locator from the property files, they are imported as string variables and thus not able to be used in annotation"@FindBy".
Is there a way to import UI map property files together with page factory? Looking forward to seeing your reply.


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MORELIA — A week after "Coco," Disney/Pixar's Day of the Dead-themed toon, marks its world premiere at the Morelia Int'l Film Festival on Oct. 20 it rolls out across Mexico to coincide with the country's Day of the Dead festivities, roughly a month before it bows in the U.S., quite an unprecedented move.
"Coco" opens Oct. 27 at some 795 theaters in Mexico, roughly 2,000 screens. In the U.S., it debuts Nov. 22, a day before the Thanksgiving holiday, opening day and date with some other territories while others follow suit.
Another Disney label, Marvel, opens all its titles overseas before the U.S. as part of Disney's bid to time its world premieres with holidays and in terms of relevance, Hollis pointed out.
Animation is big business in Mexico, after all, where the genre's box office earnings sometimes still top those of Brazil, now a larger territory because of the devaluation of the peso (see chart). Mexico is a Top 10 animation market for Disney with its most recent animated features scoring in the low-mid $20 million range in the country. " 'Coco' has all the important elements to succeed in Mexico: it's a family film in a country that favors such films and has a large youth population," said Luis Vargas, ComScore executive director, Latin America.
As part of an extensive marketing campaign that includes outdoor ads, local artist-inspired murals and bespoke social content, a "Coco" – themed float will grace the Dia de Muertos Parade in Mexico City on Oct. 28.
"Coco" revolves around a young boy who defies his family's shoemaking tradition and ban on music to pursue his dream to become a musician. He finds himself in the Land of the Dead following a baffling chain of events where he teams up with a slick charmer called Hector, voiced by Gael Garcia Bernal in both the English and Spanish versions of the film.
With more than 25 different characters in the film, Pixar assembled a stellar voice cast that includes Edward James Olmos, Benjamin Bratt, Luis Valdez, Jaime Camil, comics Cheech Marin and Gabriel Iglesias for its English-language dub and five-time Latin Grammy winner Marco Antonio Solís for the Spanish-language. Valdez. like Garcia Bernal, performs in both English and Spanish-language versions.
"Coco's" Latin American original soundtrack includes Carlos Rivera performing a version of "Remember Me" in the end-credit roll. The Latin American version will also include additional 'inspired by' tracks by local artists Karol Sevilla, Jorge Blanco, Bronco and La Santa Cecilia.


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// $Id: CEC_ProxyPushConsumer.cpp 1861 2011-08-31 16:18:08Z mesnierp $

#include "orbsvcs/CosEvent/CEC_ProxyPushConsumer.h"
#include "orbsvcs/CosEvent/CEC_EventChannel.h"
#include "orbsvcs/CosEvent/CEC_ConsumerAdmin.h"
#include "orbsvcs/CosEvent/CEC_ProxyPushSupplier.h"

#include "ace/Reverse_Lock_T.h"

#if ! defined (__ACE_INLINE__)
#include "orbsvcs/CosEvent/CEC_ProxyPushConsumer.inl"
#endif /* __ACE_INLINE__ */

TAO_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL

typedef ACE_Reverse_Lock<ACE_Lock> TAO_CEC_Unlock;

TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer (TAO_CEC_EventChannel* ec,
                           const ACE_Time_Value &timeout)
  : event_channel_ (ec),
    timeout_(timeout),
    refcount_ (1),
    connected_ (false)
{
  this->lock_ =
    this->event_channel_->create_consumer_lock ();

  this->default_POA_ =
    this->event_channel_->consumer_poa ();

  this->event_channel_->get_servant_retry_map ().bind (this, 0);
}

TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::~TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer (void)
{
  this->event_channel_->get_servant_retry_map ().unbind (this);
  this->event_channel_->destroy_consumer_lock (this->lock_);
}

void
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::activate (
    CosEventChannelAdmin::ProxyPushConsumer_ptr &activated_proxy)
{
  CosEventChannelAdmin::ProxyPushConsumer_var result;
  try
    {
      result = this->_this ();
    }
  catch (const CORBA::Exception&)
    {
      result  =  CosEventChannelAdmin::ProxyPushConsumer::_nil ();
    }
  activated_proxy =  result._retn ();
}

void
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::deactivate (void)
{
  try
    {
      PortableServer::POA_var poa =
        this->_default_POA ();
      PortableServer::ObjectId_var id =
        poa->servant_to_id (this);
      poa->deactivate_object (id.in ());
    }
  catch (const CORBA::Exception&)
    {
      // Exceptions here should not be propagated.  They usually
      // indicate that an object is being disconnected twice, or some
      // race condition, but not a fault that the user needs to know
      // about.
    }
}

CORBA::Boolean
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::supplier_non_existent (
      CORBA::Boolean_out disconnected)
{
  CORBA::Object_var supplier;
  {
    ACE_GUARD_THROW_EX (
        ACE_Lock, ace_mon, *this->lock_,
        CORBA::INTERNAL ());

    disconnected = false;
    if (!this->is_connected_i ())
      {
        disconnected = true;
        return false;
      }
    if (CORBA::is_nil (this->nopolicy_supplier_.in ()))
      {
        return false;
      }
    supplier = CORBA::Object::_duplicate (this->nopolicy_supplier_.in ());
  }

#if (TAO_HAS_MINIMUM_CORBA == 0)
  return supplier->_non_existent ();
#else
  return false;
#endif /* TAO_HAS_MINIMUM_CORBA */
}

void
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::shutdown (void)
{
  CosEventComm::PushSupplier_var supplier;

  {
    ACE_GUARD_THROW_EX (
        ACE_Lock, ace_mon, *this->lock_,
        CORBA::INTERNAL ());
    // @@ CosEventChannelAdmin::EventChannel::SYNCHRONIZATION_ERROR ());

    supplier = this->supplier_._retn ();
    this->connected_ = false;
  }

  this->deactivate ();

  if (CORBA::is_nil (supplier.in ()))
    return;

  try
    {
      supplier->disconnect_push_supplier ();
    }
  catch (const CORBA::Exception&)
    {
      // Ignore exceptions, we must isolate other clients from
      // failures on this one.
    }
}

void
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::cleanup_i (void)
{
  this->supplier_ =
    CosEventComm::PushSupplier::_nil ();
  this->connected_ = false;
}

CORBA::ULong
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::_incr_refcnt (void)
{
  ACE_GUARD_RETURN (ACE_Lock, ace_mon, *this->lock_, 0);
  return this->refcount_++;
}

CORBA::ULong
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::_decr_refcnt (void)
{
  {
    ACE_GUARD_RETURN (ACE_Lock, ace_mon, *this->lock_, 0);
    --this->refcount_;
    if (this->refcount_ != 0)
      return this->refcount_;
  }

  // Notify the event channel
  this->event_channel_->destroy_proxy (this);
  return 0;
}

void
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::connect_push_supplier (
      CosEventComm::PushSupplier_ptr push_supplier)
{
  {
    ACE_GUARD_THROW_EX (
        ACE_Lock, ace_mon, *this->lock_,
        CORBA::INTERNAL ());
    // @@ CosEventChannelAdmin::EventChannel::SYNCHRONIZATION_ERROR ());

    if (this->is_connected_i ())
      {
        if (this->event_channel_->supplier_reconnect () == 0)
          throw CosEventChannelAdmin::AlreadyConnected ();

        // Re-connections are allowed, go ahead and disconnect the
        // consumer...
        this->cleanup_i ();

        // @@ Please read the comments in CEC_ProxyPushSupplier about
        //     possible race conditions in this area...
        TAO_CEC_Unlock reverse_lock (*this->lock_);

        {
          ACE_GUARD_THROW_EX (
              TAO_CEC_Unlock, ace_mon, reverse_lock,
              CORBA::INTERNAL ());
          // @@ CosEventChannelAdmin::EventChannel::SYNCHRONIZATION_ERROR ());

          this->event_channel_->disconnected (this);
        }

        // What if a second thread connected us after this?
        if (this->is_connected_i ())
          return;
      }
    this->supplier_ = apply_policy (push_supplier);
    this->connected_ = true;
  }

  // Notify the event channel...
  this->event_channel_->connected (this);
}

CosEventComm::PushSupplier_ptr
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::apply_policy (CosEventComm::PushSupplier_ptr pre)
{
  if (CORBA::is_nil (pre)) return pre;
  this->nopolicy_supplier_ = CosEventComm::PushSupplier::_duplicate (pre);
#if defined (TAO_HAS_CORBA_MESSAGING) && TAO_HAS_CORBA_MESSAGING != 0
  CosEventComm::PushSupplier_var post =
    CosEventComm::PushSupplier::_duplicate (pre);
  if (this->timeout_ > ACE_Time_Value::zero)
    {
      CORBA::PolicyList policy_list;
      policy_list.length (1);
      policy_list[0] = this->event_channel_->
        create_roundtrip_timeout_policy (this->timeout_);

      CORBA::Object_var post_obj = pre->_set_policy_overrides
        (policy_list, CORBA::ADD_OVERRIDE);
      post = CosEventComm::PushSupplier::_narrow(post_obj.in ());

      policy_list[0]->destroy ();
      policy_list.length (0);
    }
  return post._retn ();
#else
  return CosEventComm::PushSupplier::_duplicate (pre);
#endif /* TAO_HAS_CORBA_MESSAGING */
}

void
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::push (const CORBA::Any& event)
{
  TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer_Guard ace_mon (this->lock_,
                                           this->refcount_,
                                           this->event_channel_,
                                           this);
  if (!ace_mon.locked ())
    return;

  this->event_channel_->consumer_admin ()->push (event);
}

void
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::disconnect_push_consumer ()
{
  CosEventComm::PushSupplier_var supplier;

  {
    ACE_GUARD_THROW_EX (
        ACE_Lock, ace_mon, *this->lock_,
        CORBA::INTERNAL ());
    // @@ CosEventChannelAdmin::EventChannel::SYNCHRONIZATION_ERROR ());

    if (!this->is_connected_i ())
      throw CORBA::BAD_INV_ORDER (); // @@ add user exception?

    supplier = this->supplier_._retn ();

    this->cleanup_i ();
  }

  // Notify the event channel...
  this->event_channel_->disconnected (this);

  if (CORBA::is_nil (supplier.in ()))
    return;

  if (this->event_channel_->disconnect_callbacks ())
    {
      try
        {
          supplier->disconnect_push_supplier ();
        }
      catch (const CORBA::Exception&)
        {
          // Ignore exceptions, we must isolate other clients from
          // failures on this one.
        }
    }
}

PortableServer::POA_ptr
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::_default_POA (void)
{
  return PortableServer::POA::_duplicate (this->default_POA_.in ());
}

void
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::_add_ref (void)
{
  this->_incr_refcnt ();
}

void
TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer::_remove_ref (void)
{
  this->_decr_refcnt ();
}

// ****************************************************************

TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer_Guard::
    TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer_Guard (ACE_Lock *lock,
                                     CORBA::ULong &refcount,
                                     TAO_CEC_EventChannel *ec,
                                     TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer *proxy)
 :   lock_ (lock),
     refcount_ (refcount),
     event_channel_ (ec),
     proxy_ (proxy),
     locked_ (false)
{
  ACE_GUARD (ACE_Lock, ace_mon, *this->lock_);
  // If the guard fails there is not much we can do, raising an
  // exception is wrong, the client has *no* way to handle that kind
  // of error.  Even worse, there is no exception to raise in that
  // case.
  // @@ Returning something won't work either, the error should be
  // logged though!

  if (!proxy->is_connected_i ())
    return;

  this->locked_ = true;
  ++this->refcount_;
}

TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer_Guard::
    ~TAO_CEC_ProxyPushConsumer_Guard (void)
{
  // This access is safe because guard objects are created on the
  // stack, only one thread has access to them
  if (!this->locked_)
    return;

  {
    ACE_GUARD (ACE_Lock, ace_mon, *this->lock_);
    // If the guard fails there is not much we can do, raising an
    // exception is wrong, the client has *no* way to handle that kind
    // of error.  Even worse, there is no exception to raise in that
    // case.
    // @@ Returning something won't work either, the error should be
    // logged though!

    --this->refcount_;
    if (this->refcount_ != 0)
      return;
  }
  this->event_channel_->destroy_proxy (this->proxy_);
}

TAO_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL

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'use strict';
/* jshint node: true, esnext: true */
var express = require('express');
var cfg = require('./lib/config.js')('./config/config.yml');

var app = express();

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    res.send('Hello World!');
});

app.listen(cfg.port, function () {
  console.log('Server listening on port: ' + cfg.port);
});


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Establishing a Human Brand Voice
Brands talk a lot these days...in social channels, on blogs, in content marketing, on websites, in news releases and on the phone.
They don't just talk in mission statements and messaging, either. Brands chat, educate, share, endorse, entertain and tell stories. They engage in multiple conversations through multiple staff members in multiple touch points.
With that much activity, it's more important than ever to ensure that your company has a brand voice that is consistent, appropriate, and appealing across all departments. The voice also has to sound human (because your company is speaking to humans) and speak in a language your audience will understand.
This won't just happen magically.
Establishing a human brand voice requires intention, direction and practice to master. Leave it to chance and you can end up with a communication disconnect that's jarring for your audience and counterproductive for your goals.
Wheat Thins is clueless.
A good example of a company with an inconsistent brand voice is Nabisco, who recently got a lot of attention from a memo they sent to The Colbert Report's Stephen Colbert, pitching its Wheat Thins product.
According to the memo that Colbert received...
"Wheat Thins is a snack for anyone who is actively seeking experiences."
Experiences? Really now? It's a cracker, people.
Wheat Thins is a cracker that, "keeps you on the path to, and proud of, doing what you love to do, no matter what that is." In addition to being a cracker that is, "a connector of like-minded people, encouraging sharing."
This memo is a prime example of a bunch of people sitting around a big table at a company talking in insider, jargon-ridden brand babble and believing that this is, in fact, how people want to be spoken to.
A voice like that doesn't translate in big world filled with snark, humor, insight and passion.
As The Cluetrain Manifesto suggested more than ten years ago...
"Markets are conversations. Their members communicate in language that is natural, open, honest, direct, funny and often shocking. Whether explaining or complaining, joking or serious, the human voice is unmistakably genuine. It can't be faked."
Telling me that my cracker will help me connect with like-minded people is about as fake as it gets.
Wheat Thins is also cool.
Thankfully, the people sitting around the brand-babble table at Nabisco don't seem to giving direction to Wheat Thins' community managers who are rocking a very different voice.
Over on the Wheat Thins Twitterfeed, there is no trace of robot mumbo jumbo. In fact, it's just the opposite. Wheat Thins' social voice is as customer-centric as all get out. They retweet their followers. They actively engage. They send boxes of crackers to people with little handwritten notes. (How cute is that?)
So how do you make sure your company avoids a brand voice disconnect like the one Wheat Thins has?
The first step is to create a persona for your own brand. Give it a name, establish a tone and a conversational approach. Establishing a central touch point for your conversational "character" will help to ensure that all of your company's public-facing communicators -- community managers, marketing/PR, customer service, sales, etc. -- are speaking in the same voice.
Want to learn more about this process? Join for me for a free webinar as part of Marketing Profs' Digital Marketing World virtual conference series, on March 9, where I'll be walking through the steps of establishing a brand voice and building conversational content for your brand in social media.


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A$AP Mob "Lords Never Worry" Mixtape Download
Published on: Aug 28, 2012, 12:25 AM
by StevenHorowitz
While out in Los Angeles, California for the BET Awards 2012, A$AP Rocky chopped it up with HipHopWired on the red carpet about his upcoming album LongLiveA$AP, releasing in late September. But during the discussion, he also revealed that A$AP Mob's new project will release this month.
"With my album, with everything, it's coming along great and I feel like people are going to love what they hear," he said. "We got the A$AP Mob dropping, and that'll be this month. So look out for that."
He also turned his attention to the leak of his track "Ridin'" featuring Lana Del Rey and The KickDrums. Though he previously blamed the production team for unleashing the unfinished track, he said that he is still unsure who leaked the cut but had some harsh words to share for the offender.
"I don't know. I don't know who leaked that record. Maybe it was Interscope, maybe it was The KickDrums. But whoever did that, fuck you and suck my dick," he said.
[July 2]
UPDATE: A$AP Rocky has revealed that A$AP Mob's album Lords Never Worry will arrive on August 28th, and that the group plans to release a new video on Monday (August 13th).
A$AP MOB ALBUM #LORDSNEVERWORRY8/28 OFFICIAL DATE NEW VIDEO FROM ME COMING THIS MONDAY
— DAT PMF (@asvpxrocky) August 10, 2012
[August 10]
UPDATE #2: A$AP Mob took to Twitter to reveal the cover art for its upcoming mixtape Lords Never Worry, releasing August 28th.
UPDATE #3: A$AP Mob has revealed the official GIF cover art for its upcoming mixtape Lords Never Worry, releasing tomorrow via LiveMixtapes.com.
UPDATE #4: A$AP Mob has unleashed the download of its new mixtape Lords Never Worry. Head over to LiveMixtapes.com to download the offering.
RELATED: A$AP Rocky Confirms "LongLiveA$AP" September Date, Talks Kendrick Lamar & Lana Del Rey Collabos


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Antonín Bartoš (13. června 1876 Židenice – 6. července 1939 Křižanov) byl český římskokatolický kněz, profesor náboženství a papežský prelát.

Život
Narodil se 13. června 1876 v Židenicích. Roku 1895 absolvoval gymnázium v Brně. Poté začal studovat bohosloví a na kněze byl vysvěcen roku 1899. Roku 1907 se stal profesorem náboženství na státní reálce v Brně , kde působil 30 let. Byl spoluzakladatelem Spolku poutníků diecézí moravských do Svaté země, který byl později přejmenován na Palestinský spolek. Stal se iniciátorem a hlavním organizátorem na vybudování československé Cyrilometodějské smírné kaple na Olivové hoře v Jeruzalémě. Byl významným činitelem sociální péče o studenty, na které přispíval a zakládajícím členem Spolku Dům útěchy v Brně. Vykonával funkci místopředsedy Cyrilometodějské občanské záložny v Brně a byl členem bankovní rady Národní banky v Praze.

Poté když jeruzalémský patriarcha vyslovil přání aby věřící z Československa věnovali sochy svatých Cyrila a Metoděje, otec Antonín zrealizoval předání. Jsou uloženy v konkatedrále Latinského patriarchátu.

Papežem byl jmenován Prelátem Jeho Svatosti a poté se stal komturem Řádu Božího Hrobu v Jeruzalémě.

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Don't Miss CRYSTAL GATES' "My Glorious Fall" Single & Video!
Female-fronted symphonic/power metal band CRYSTAL GATES are proud to release their first single & video for "My Glorious Fall", a track taken from the band's upcoming album "Torment & Wonder: The Ways Of The Lonely Ones", which is due for release on July 29th, 2022 via Wormholedeath worldwide.
The band about their first single: "My Glorious Fall" is a journey into the elusive and magical realms of inspiration, deep inside the composer's state of mind as they reach their ultimate goal: the discovery of a newborn song. It is about loneliness - the central concept of the album - and cherished memories, but it is also about feelings of accomplishment and hopes for the future."


At the Google Honeycomb preview event in Mountain View California today Android lead Hugo Barra showed off many of the cool functions of Android 3.0, Honeycomb. At one point in the presentation he went to do a demo of video chatting and was supposed to be talking to a video chat person code named "Lady Killer" for about 15 minutes they tried to get "Lady Killer" on the video chat. It wasn't a malfunction in the software by anystretch but more of a timing issue.
In the meantime Barra video chatted, natively we might add, with his friend and colleague Annand who bantered back and forth and said he was indeed good with the ladies.
We hope that you took away from this story not only the fact that Cee-Lo Green is an Android supporter as are; Far East Movement, Mike Posner, B.O.B etc, but that Video Chat is a native application in Honeycomb.


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DiMarzio D Activator Bridge DP220 | Welcome To Steve's Music Center !
Active humbuckers have a distinctive sound - powerful, clean, open-sounding, with excellent harmonic overtones and very tight lows. The down side for many players is that they also sound cold, have limited dynamics and run out of headroom when played hard. And of course, they need batteries. In 2006 we took a close look at the most popular active neck and bridge humbuckers to see if we could capture all of the good qualities and eliminate the disadvantages. The DiMarzio D Activator neck and bridge models are the result. They have the same loud yet clean sound as the active humbuckers players are familiar with, and killer harmonics. They also respond instantly to hard or light pick attack. In a word, they rock. And they don 't need batteries.
Tech Talk: An interesting fact about the most popular active bridge pickups is that they aren 't incredibly loud. Instead, they have a strong, focused attack that hits the amp very hard and makes them feel more powerful than they actually spec out to be. This is an important characteristic that we needed to capture with the D Activator bridge pickup. We also wanted to avoid the limiting effect that can occur with active pickups when they are played hard. Our pickup is passive with a lot of headroom, and it responds quickly and accurately to changes in pick attack. A hard pick attack doesn 't cause the signal to flatten out, and picking more softly or rolling the volume control down lets the sound clean up naturally. Like all passive pickups, D Activators require controls with a minimum value of 250Kohms. 500K is the standard all around value, and our 1Megohm tone control is best for long cable runs.