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E-RICKSHAW- ONE WAY FORWARD FOR A RECOUPING INDIA
November 7, 2014 articleshravancharitymission
'Global' is more muscle than 'National' and National more defining than the Local. ER (E-Rickshaw) is far becoming a global phenomenon. But for some, it is still the Galileo's belief; however, its scintillating attributes have already started caressing nations to include it in the developing arc of their local confines.
But, for this to happen leaps and bounds, someone needs to sight the lodestar and steer the volatile ship of change. Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi in no uncertain terms has taken up the mantle of bringing about such a change; where he talks and talks about 'Acchey din' for one and all. But this will not happen in a vacuum.
For this humungous population of 1.3 billion you require at least one crore jobs each year to stay the course. And mind you 65% percent of our population is below 35 years of age where very few are brilliantly educated; and not many pull through the level of secondary education, and most certainly the majority is not skilled. So, you need a plethora jobs for such profiles of your population. And, with these loaded rudimentary statistics even the increased spin offs by existing behemoths and corporations will not deliver any delight. You certainly will require something different, maybe a breed of differently talented merchants, entrepreneurs, to bring about a paradigm shift of the wanted type.
As a concerned citizen of India I feel GOI (Government of India) should move in five thrust areas. One: promote entrepreneurship as all can't be accommodated in jobs. Two: welcome products that have employment generation potential like the e-rickshaw through aggressive promotional schemes and by throttling resistance if any by vested camps and play it to merit. Three: ramp up eco-friendly products that earn carbon emission numbers. Four: provide convenience to its citizenry residing even in the last mile of connectivity. Five: move on fast pace as time is of essence.
And, therefore by all standards ER does foot the bill. Even though a distant cousin of a cycle-rickshaw, it holds up to human dignity as it moves with the power of an electric motor; and not pulled by human bones and muscles. A sturdy machine built on strong steel pipes, with a battery backup of 90-100 km per recharge and cruise speed of 20-25 km an hour, almost like a fast pedaled bicycle. Noiseless, non-polluting, hence superior to auto-rickshaws, with no clutch, gear and cheap maintenance with a carrying capacity of 4-6 people with a kerb weight of around 350-400 kg. All the three wheels are pulled by an electric motor ranging from 650-1400 watts. The product is a brain child of the dragon- agile China that combats any market with its cost prudent technology, quick responses to customer needs and the scheming competition.
ER is popular in many countries since 2008 and is nicknamed as TUK-TUK. From an eco-friendly green product to a staunch, has-to-be, viable alternative to Petrol-Diesel-CNG auto rickshaws; that pollute in varying and frightening degrees all the way.
Mighty India comprises of 676 districts, 5559 taluks and 638588 villages and a lot of it still remains uncovered, virgin in terms of last mile connectivity- a 'Corporate Management' term coined by some business thinkers; is where this vehicle can do wonders with its narrow wheel tread that can touch upon every constricted nook and corner. And in all sanity, these battery run ERs could be a low-emitter complementary transport for the low-income people, who suffer most from lack of transport facility; if introduced in a systematic manner, feel experts. And I also understand.
ER has already given employment to two-lakh e-rickshaw drivers in Delhi and that establishes my lifeline point of product having direct and indirect employment potential. Hailing it as nature friendly, even honourable High Court paid compliments by calling it a non-polluting and a vehicle with human dignity. But what I also gather is rather strange and shifty.
• Every e-rickshaw has to be approved by the government before the vehicle can operate in Delhi. But why every ER, is the big question? Why not the proto-type alone designed by any Company, on laid down specifications? For this is neither done in the case of bullock carts nor high tech automobiles. Sounds puerile and ominously bureaucratic. And then we talk of doing business in India with ease.
• The vehicle has to be insured and registered.
• ER drivers need to have a driving license as per a government notification on e-rickshaws. But then what about a cycle-rickshaw driver or for that matter a person pedalling a bicycle as both move on roads and a cycle rickshaw even carries passengers. A level playing field therefore should be thought of. Moreover, a special camp will be required to issue two lakh driving licences in Delhi alone; double bonanza for RTOs to mess around. What to talk of India.
• Stipulation that drivers should have at least studied till high school is quite a poignant paradox; to become a M.P. or a Cabinet Minister you require no qualification but to become an e-rickshaw driver you need to qualify high school standard.
• To get each e-rickshaw model approved, one has to pay rupees five lakh while the e-rickshaw only costs rupees eighty thousand. Sounds Orwellian. How will the poor owner pay this amount? This stinks and smells of immoral cartel instigation or bureaucratic sadism or even a devilish cocktail. And surely it will hurt manifold the young and poor youth of our country trying to etch out a square meal out of this trade. I am sure GOI is not sleeping and has food for thought.
To solve issues government should invite manufacturers and assemblers and lay down guidelines for ERs, under which they should submit prototypes for approval. This could be done in consultation with eminent players of the industry, automobile institutes, doyens of trade and even bureaucratic amalgamation as this will surely digress into a sensible solution. And, last but not the least I am more than sure.
GOI will make no mistake and will take this controversial bull by the horns as the issue involves and concerns myriads of employment seeking youth of our country; and where there is a will there has to be a fast way out.
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Michael Dew
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Michael Dew is a Vancouver lawyer who practices civil litigation, focussing on the following areas:
claims for breach of contract and negligence, including in the construction law context;
builders' liens;
insurance law (particularly representing insureds were coverage has been denied);
creditors' remedies (including in the bankruptcy context);
shareholder disputes; and
professional negligence claims (plaintiff side only).
After graduating from UBC law school in 2006 Michael completed an internship with the Provincial Crown, then clerked at the British Columbia Supreme Court, and then completed his articles in Vancouver.
Prior to attending law school at U.B.C. Michael studied civil engineering, became registered as a professional engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa in 2002, and obtained four years of civil engineering work experience, focussing on structural design.
Contact information Law firm website: Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP - www.jml.ca
Please do NOT send confidential information by email unless by agreement. Confidential information is any information that you would not want the person on the opposing side of your legal issue to know.
Professional Association memberships
Member, Law Society of British Columbia (called to the bar in 2007)
Member, Trial lawyers association of British Columbia
o LL.B., University of British Columbia (2003-2006)
o M.A.S.c. (Structural Engineering), University of British Columbia (1998-2000)
o B.S.c. (Civil Engineering), University of Cape Town (1994-1997, Civil Engineering Class Medal 1995,1996,1997)
Legal publications on Legaltree
Overview of British Columbia Builders Liens, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/1398
Incentives and strategies in small / medium civil litigation cases, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/2074
Steps in a British Columbia Builders Lien Action, http://legaltree.ca/node/1548
Vicarious liability of owners for the acts of independent construction contractors, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/622
Settlement privilege, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/1286
Transferring liability for negligence in commercial contracts: the Canada Steamship test, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/565
Evidence of commonality on applications to certify class actions: the burden is on the plaintiffs, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/881
Part performance by part payment: when will the part payment be recoverable by the defaulting party? http://www.legaltree.ca/node/513
When will employees own the copyright in the literary works they produce?, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/487
Investment in start-up companies: issues related to shareholder loans, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/504
Mortgages in British Columbia: unregisterable equitable mortgages do count, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/657
Implied undertakings and the duty to keep discovered information confidential, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/586
The duty on public bodies to create records under the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/715
The rights of lawyers to maternity and paternity leave in the common law provinces in Canada, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/493
Guide for in-person litigant in a civil trial, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/690
Examinees guide to cross-examination, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/850
British Columbia Supreme Court Chambers applications: the simple practical things you need to know for your first application, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/866
Pleading a defence to a breach of contract claim in British Columbia, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/699
When will insurers be estopped from denying coverage on excluded claims?, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/879
Liability of insurers to bear the costs of litigation when not all of the claims are within coverage, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/880
Reminder system spreadsheet, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/1945
Task delegation spreadsheet, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/1932
Accounting spreadsheet (legers, income statement, balance sheet), https://legaltree.ca/node/2198
Technology Assisted Lawyer-Client Collaboration in Case Preparation, https://legaltree.ca/node/2219
To Dropbox or not to Dropbox, that is the information security question, https://legaltree.ca/node/2220
Spreadsheet for categorizing data: https://legaltree.ca/node/2225
Reminder spreadsheet with increased flexibility (define own column names etc.), https://www.legaltree.ca/node/2233
Tab Navigator spreadsheet, https://legaltree.ca/node/2240
Data encryption as a tool for lawyers to meet confidentiality obligations, https://legaltree.ca/node/2241
Bulk send emails with attachments, https://www.legaltree.ca/node/2243
Interest calculation spreadsheet, https://www.legaltree.ca/node/2245
Text Messages may be vital evidence in litigation, so backup regularly and export to pdf when needed as evidence, https://www.legaltree.ca/node/2246
How to cite Canadian court cases, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/668
Researching federal legislation, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/720
Free access to electronic databases containing English case law, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/501
Finding unreported decisions in British Columbia, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/489
Finding journal articles, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/192
Changes under the 6th edition of the McGill Guide, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/522
Bankability of construction contracts, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/778
Risks flow downhill? Managing risks in P3 projects, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/777
The obligation of judges in British Columbia to report lawyer misconduct, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/692
Preemptory & Peremptory: misused and confused words!, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/516
The use of notarial seals by lawyers in British Columbia, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/691
Methodical document disclosure under the British Columbia Rules of Court, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/739
Life expectancy in British Columbia, http://www.legaltree.ca/node/507
"Effect of Hinge Zone Tie Spacing on Ductility of Concrete Tilt-Up Frame Panels", November 2001, Structural Journal of the American Concrete Institute - Abstract available here.

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We need a fair and sustainable national healthcare system in the United States. People are suffering while insurance companies, hospitals, and other animated fat cats reap the benefits from the weak and infirm while the families of the sick line up for bankruptcy court.
Woolhandler and her co-authors at the Harvard Medical School, Harvard Law School and Ohio University recently published a study in the American Journal of Medicine that shows nearly two-thirds of all personal bankruptcies in 2007 were linked to medical bills or illness. The authors further note that most of those who filed for bankruptcy were middle-class and had health insurance when they became sick. Between 2001 and 2007, the proportion of all bankruptcies attributable to medical problems rose by 50 percent.
Being healthy should be a necessary inalienable right for all Americans and we must come together as one to demand our fair share of longevity, heartiness and full-body competency.
No American should have to file for bankruptcy protection from the medical profession ever again.
Too true, David. I know of people who just skip routine checkups because they don't have the extra money and then because of that more serious problems develop.
I can remember, Gordon, a time not too long ago when our health insurance co-pay was $3 and yearly physicals were free. Now we pay $20 per visit and if anything special is done beyond the doctor, we get charged for those things as well. It's a vicious circle that presses you away from preventative care.


Yesterday, in the mail, I received the paperback of the anthology I co-edited with Doug Murano, Shadows Over Main Street. It was quite a moment for me. Of course, I have received books that I have stories in before and my own novella and collection and I was very proud of all those, but there is something special about this. Maybe because it's the first time I have ever served in an editorial capacity, helping to assemble something from the seed of an idea. I know we worked very hard on it, and continue to in the post-publishing stage. The artwork and layout is great, the interior art is great and the stories—even now after having read them more times than I can count—still thrill and amaze me.
I guess I would say that it was the closest to a "proud papa moment" I have ever had with an inanimate object rather than my own child. That probably sounds odd but so be it. Hazardous Press, Doug and I have done what we could to put the book together well. Now, it's out there in the world for horror lovers to enjoy, or not enjoy, and is—as Doug so aptly put it—at the mercy of "millions of trolls and sociopaths." And it's nerve-wracking, and very much like sending a child along a new path out in the big, scary world.
So of you want to check it out for yourself, the book is available here in paperback and Kindle edition at Amazon. Other electronic editions will be come along, too, but it will be a few months.
Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to go spend some more time with this paperback book.


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Bollywood Stars Rule Forbes' List Of Most Influential Celebs On Social Media
Multiple stars from India have made it to Forbes's list of Asia-Pacific's Most Influential Celebrities on Social Media. Obviously, this includes the most followed stars of the country like Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Madhuri Dixit, and singers Shreya Ghoshal and Neha Kakkar.
Amitabh Bachchan was credited for raising over $7 million for coronavirus relief this year. Akshay was termed as Bollywood's highest-paid actor and his $4 million donations too received a mention. Anushka's inclusion in the list came as no surprise as well since the actress made a giant stride as a producer after the critically acclaimed Paatal Lok managed to create waves on social media. Neha Kakkar too earned a spot thanks to videos and pictures from her wedding going viral among her followers and fans. Alia Bhatt was termed as 'part of a Bollywood family dynasty.'
More on: Bollywood, stars social media, Akshay Kumar, Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Amitabh Bachchan


To Feel The Song of Seasons in hardcover is the perfect gift for you, and the perfect gift for that special friend. It is available at your Book Store, at Specialty Gift shops and at many Airport Gift Shops. It's almost assured to be a best seller gift selection because the secret feelings the author writes about are alive and they stir the emotions of so many special friends! It's certain to also gain international fame because the feeling of romantic love is known in hearts throughout the world. Romantic love knows no borders and has no price. It's value is in the knowing. This book will stir the heart of all who have felt the inner smile that comes only from the silence of feeling the Song of Seasons.
To Feel the Song of Seasons chronicles the existential relationship between feelings felt and love lived. It is an enlightening visit into a definition of romantic love as seen through words. The verse, poetry, and letters tell the poetic story of love found, love lost, and love searched for. Human feelings are displayed in a way that captivates the imagination of the reader until imagery replaces the words; then feelings replace the imagery, as its message becomes a personal message. As you read, you will come to feel the author's feelings.
You will come to see the author's sights, and you will smile with knowing. The display of love as written will surely find a home in your memory and you will want to revisit selected words often in your thoughts. As you do you will come to discover the author's cadence more precisely. A cadence that will lead you to cherished feelings again and again until you fully understand yourself in love. Written for those who have known romantic love, and those who have come to understand that the knowledge of the need for romantic love is unique to man.
Qualifying members of media may request review copies of "To Feel The Song Of Seasons" by visiting AuthorHouse. Book signing and speaker requests may be made directly to the author, Donell Lewis.


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"""Config flow to configure the Synology DSM integration."""
from __future__ import annotations

from ipaddress import ip_address
import logging
from typing import Any
from urllib.parse import urlparse

from synology_dsm import SynologyDSM
from synology_dsm.exceptions import (
    SynologyDSMException,
    SynologyDSMLogin2SAFailedException,
    SynologyDSMLogin2SARequiredException,
    SynologyDSMLoginInvalidException,
    SynologyDSMRequestException,
)
import voluptuous as vol

from homeassistant import exceptions
from homeassistant.components import ssdp
from homeassistant.config_entries import ConfigEntry, ConfigFlow, OptionsFlow
from homeassistant.const import (
    CONF_DISKS,
    CONF_HOST,
    CONF_MAC,
    CONF_NAME,
    CONF_PASSWORD,
    CONF_PORT,
    CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL,
    CONF_SSL,
    CONF_TIMEOUT,
    CONF_USERNAME,
    CONF_VERIFY_SSL,
)
from homeassistant.core import callback
from homeassistant.data_entry_flow import FlowResult
import homeassistant.helpers.config_validation as cv
from homeassistant.helpers.typing import DiscoveryInfoType

from .const import (
    CONF_DEVICE_TOKEN,
    CONF_SNAPSHOT_QUALITY,
    CONF_VOLUMES,
    DEFAULT_PORT,
    DEFAULT_PORT_SSL,
    DEFAULT_SCAN_INTERVAL,
    DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_QUALITY,
    DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
    DEFAULT_USE_SSL,
    DEFAULT_VERIFY_SSL,
    DOMAIN,
)

_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)

CONF_OTP_CODE = "otp_code"

def _discovery_schema_with_defaults(discovery_info: DiscoveryInfoType) -> vol.Schema:
    return vol.Schema(_ordered_shared_schema(discovery_info))

def _reauth_schema() -> vol.Schema:
    return vol.Schema(
        {
            vol.Required(CONF_USERNAME): str,
            vol.Required(CONF_PASSWORD): str,
        }
    )

def _user_schema_with_defaults(user_input: dict[str, Any]) -> vol.Schema:
    user_schema = {
        vol.Required(CONF_HOST, default=user_input.get(CONF_HOST, "")): str,
    }
    user_schema.update(_ordered_shared_schema(user_input))

    return vol.Schema(user_schema)

def _ordered_shared_schema(
    schema_input: dict[str, Any]
) -> dict[vol.Required | vol.Optional, Any]:
    return {
        vol.Required(CONF_USERNAME, default=schema_input.get(CONF_USERNAME, "")): str,
        vol.Required(CONF_PASSWORD, default=schema_input.get(CONF_PASSWORD, "")): str,
        vol.Optional(CONF_PORT, default=schema_input.get(CONF_PORT, "")): str,
        vol.Optional(
            CONF_SSL, default=schema_input.get(CONF_SSL, DEFAULT_USE_SSL)
        ): bool,
        vol.Optional(
            CONF_VERIFY_SSL,
            default=schema_input.get(CONF_VERIFY_SSL, DEFAULT_VERIFY_SSL),
        ): bool,
    }

def _is_valid_ip(text: str) -> bool:
    try:
        ip_address(text)
    except ValueError:
        return False
    return True

class SynologyDSMFlowHandler(ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
    """Handle a config flow."""

    VERSION = 1

    @staticmethod
    @callback
    def async_get_options_flow(
        config_entry: ConfigEntry,
    ) -> SynologyDSMOptionsFlowHandler:
        """Get the options flow for this handler."""
        return SynologyDSMOptionsFlowHandler(config_entry)

    def __init__(self) -> None:
        """Initialize the synology_dsm config flow."""
        self.saved_user_input: dict[str, Any] = {}
        self.discovered_conf: dict[str, Any] = {}
        self.reauth_conf: dict[str, Any] = {}
        self.reauth_reason: str | None = None

    def _show_form(
        self,
        step_id: str,
        user_input: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
        errors: dict[str, str] | None = None,
    ) -> FlowResult:
        """Show the setup form to the user."""
        if not user_input:
            user_input = {}

        description_placeholders = {}
        data_schema = {}

        if step_id == "link":
            user_input.update(self.discovered_conf)
            data_schema = _discovery_schema_with_defaults(user_input)
            description_placeholders = self.discovered_conf
        elif step_id == "reauth_confirm":
            data_schema = _reauth_schema()
        elif step_id == "user":
            data_schema = _user_schema_with_defaults(user_input)

        return self.async_show_form(
            step_id=step_id,
            data_schema=data_schema,
            errors=errors or {},
            description_placeholders=description_placeholders,
        )

    async def async_validate_input_create_entry(
        self, user_input: dict[str, Any], step_id: str
    ) -> FlowResult:
        """Process user input and create new or update existing config entry."""
        host = user_input[CONF_HOST]
        port = user_input.get(CONF_PORT)
        username = user_input[CONF_USERNAME]
        password = user_input[CONF_PASSWORD]
        use_ssl = user_input.get(CONF_SSL, DEFAULT_USE_SSL)
        verify_ssl = user_input.get(CONF_VERIFY_SSL, DEFAULT_VERIFY_SSL)
        otp_code = user_input.get(CONF_OTP_CODE)

        if not port:
            if use_ssl is True:
                port = DEFAULT_PORT_SSL
            else:
                port = DEFAULT_PORT

        api = SynologyDSM(
            host, port, username, password, use_ssl, verify_ssl, timeout=30
        )

        errors = {}
        try:
            serial = await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(
                _login_and_fetch_syno_info, api, otp_code
            )
        except SynologyDSMLogin2SARequiredException:
            return await self.async_step_2sa(user_input)
        except SynologyDSMLogin2SAFailedException:
            errors[CONF_OTP_CODE] = "otp_failed"
            user_input[CONF_OTP_CODE] = None
            return await self.async_step_2sa(user_input, errors)
        except SynologyDSMLoginInvalidException as ex:
            _LOGGER.error(ex)
            errors[CONF_USERNAME] = "invalid_auth"
        except SynologyDSMRequestException as ex:
            _LOGGER.error(ex)
            errors[CONF_HOST] = "cannot_connect"
        except SynologyDSMException as ex:
            _LOGGER.error(ex)
            errors["base"] = "unknown"
        except InvalidData:
            errors["base"] = "missing_data"

        if errors:
            return self._show_form(step_id, user_input, errors)

        # unique_id should be serial for services purpose
        existing_entry = await self.async_set_unique_id(serial, raise_on_progress=False)

        config_data = {
            CONF_HOST: host,
            CONF_PORT: port,
            CONF_SSL: use_ssl,
            CONF_VERIFY_SSL: verify_ssl,
            CONF_USERNAME: username,
            CONF_PASSWORD: password,
            CONF_MAC: api.network.macs,
        }
        if otp_code:
            config_data[CONF_DEVICE_TOKEN] = api.device_token
        if user_input.get(CONF_DISKS):
            config_data[CONF_DISKS] = user_input[CONF_DISKS]
        if user_input.get(CONF_VOLUMES):
            config_data[CONF_VOLUMES] = user_input[CONF_VOLUMES]

        if existing_entry:
            self.hass.config_entries.async_update_entry(
                existing_entry, data=config_data
            )
            await self.hass.config_entries.async_reload(existing_entry.entry_id)
            if self.reauth_conf:
                return self.async_abort(reason="reauth_successful")
            return self.async_abort(reason="reconfigure_successful")

        return self.async_create_entry(title=host, data=config_data)

    async def async_step_user(
        self, user_input: dict[str, Any] | None = None
    ) -> FlowResult:
        """Handle a flow initiated by the user."""
        step = "user"
        if not user_input:
            return self._show_form(step)
        return await self.async_validate_input_create_entry(user_input, step_id=step)

    async def async_step_ssdp(self, discovery_info: ssdp.SsdpServiceInfo) -> FlowResult:
        """Handle a discovered synology_dsm."""
        parsed_url = urlparse(discovery_info.ssdp_location)
        friendly_name = (
            discovery_info.upnp[ssdp.ATTR_UPNP_FRIENDLY_NAME].split("(", 1)[0].strip()
        )

        discovered_mac = discovery_info.upnp[ssdp.ATTR_UPNP_SERIAL].upper()
        # Synology NAS can broadcast on multiple IP addresses, since they can be connected to multiple ethernets.
        # The serial of the NAS is actually its MAC address.

        await self.async_set_unique_id(discovered_mac)
        existing_entry = self._async_get_existing_entry(discovered_mac)

        if not existing_entry:
            self._abort_if_unique_id_configured()

        fqdn_with_ssl_verification = (
            existing_entry
            and not _is_valid_ip(existing_entry.data[CONF_HOST])
            and existing_entry.data[CONF_VERIFY_SSL]
        )

        if (
            existing_entry
            and existing_entry.data[CONF_HOST] != parsed_url.hostname
            and not fqdn_with_ssl_verification
        ):
            _LOGGER.info(
                "Update host from '%s' to '%s' for NAS '%s' via SSDP discovery",
                existing_entry.data[CONF_HOST],
                parsed_url.hostname,
                existing_entry.unique_id,
            )
            self.hass.config_entries.async_update_entry(
                existing_entry,
                data={**existing_entry.data, CONF_HOST: parsed_url.hostname},
            )
            return self.async_abort(reason="reconfigure_successful")

        if existing_entry:
            return self.async_abort(reason="already_configured")

        self.discovered_conf = {
            CONF_NAME: friendly_name,
            CONF_HOST: parsed_url.hostname,
        }
        self.context["title_placeholders"] = self.discovered_conf
        return await self.async_step_link()

    async def async_step_link(
        self, user_input: dict[str, Any] | None = None
    ) -> FlowResult:
        """Link a config entry from discovery."""
        step = "link"
        if not user_input:
            return self._show_form(step)
        user_input = {**self.discovered_conf, **user_input}
        return await self.async_validate_input_create_entry(user_input, step_id=step)

    async def async_step_reauth(self, data: dict[str, Any]) -> FlowResult:
        """Perform reauth upon an API authentication error."""
        self.reauth_conf = data.copy()
        return await self.async_step_reauth_confirm()

    async def async_step_reauth_confirm(
        self, user_input: dict[str, Any] | None = None
    ) -> FlowResult:
        """Perform reauth confirm upon an API authentication error."""
        step = "reauth_confirm"
        if not user_input:
            return self._show_form(step)
        user_input = {**self.reauth_conf, **user_input}
        return await self.async_validate_input_create_entry(user_input, step_id=step)

    async def async_step_2sa(
        self, user_input: dict[str, Any], errors: dict[str, str] | None = None
    ) -> FlowResult:
        """Enter 2SA code to anthenticate."""
        if not self.saved_user_input:
            self.saved_user_input = user_input

        if not user_input.get(CONF_OTP_CODE):
            return self.async_show_form(
                step_id="2sa",
                data_schema=vol.Schema({vol.Required(CONF_OTP_CODE): str}),
                errors=errors or {},
            )

        user_input = {**self.saved_user_input, **user_input}
        self.saved_user_input = {}

        return await self.async_step_user(user_input)

    def _async_get_existing_entry(self, discovered_mac: str) -> ConfigEntry | None:
        """See if we already have a configured NAS with this MAC address."""
        for entry in self._async_current_entries():
            if discovered_mac in [
                mac.replace("-", "") for mac in entry.data.get(CONF_MAC, [])
            ]:
                return entry
        return None

class SynologyDSMOptionsFlowHandler(OptionsFlow):
    """Handle a option flow."""

    def __init__(self, config_entry: ConfigEntry) -> None:
        """Initialize options flow."""
        self.config_entry = config_entry

    async def async_step_init(
        self, user_input: dict[str, Any] | None = None
    ) -> FlowResult:
        """Handle options flow."""
        if user_input is not None:
            return self.async_create_entry(title="", data=user_input)

        data_schema = vol.Schema(
            {
                vol.Required(
                    CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL,
                    default=self.config_entry.options.get(
                        CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL, DEFAULT_SCAN_INTERVAL
                    ),
                ): cv.positive_int,
                vol.Required(
                    CONF_TIMEOUT,
                    default=self.config_entry.options.get(
                        CONF_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
                    ),
                ): cv.positive_int,
                vol.Required(
                    CONF_SNAPSHOT_QUALITY,
                    default=self.config_entry.options.get(
                        CONF_SNAPSHOT_QUALITY, DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_QUALITY
                    ),
                ): vol.All(vol.Coerce(int), vol.Range(min=0, max=2)),
            }
        )
        return self.async_show_form(step_id="init", data_schema=data_schema)

def _login_and_fetch_syno_info(api: SynologyDSM, otp_code: str) -> str:
    """Login to the NAS and fetch basic data."""
    # These do i/o
    api.login(otp_code)
    api.utilisation.update()
    api.storage.update()
    api.network.update()

    if (
        not api.information.serial
        or api.utilisation.cpu_user_load is None
        or not api.storage.volumes_ids
        or not api.network.macs
    ):
        raise InvalidData

    return api.information.serial  # type: ignore[no-any-return]

class InvalidData(exceptions.HomeAssistantError):
    """Error to indicate we get invalid data from the nas."""

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Flags-World » Flags of international organizations » List of flags with red, white, and blue stripes
List of flags with red, white, and blue stripes
Each country has a symbol, usually a flag that combines her people and who can wear it and proudly demonstrate. Flags are especially important because they are used to represent the country in the international situation. All flags must be unique and distinguishable. Country can be easily identified; However, in many countries, flags have similar color schemes and patterns, which makes it difficult to distinguish them.
Flags with red, white, and blue stripes often symbolize the relations of peoples with other countries, for example, the Flag of the Netherlands and the flags of his former colonies. Countries with red, white, and blue stripes:
Flags with other types of red, white, and blue drawings are:
As they said earlier, some countries have flags similar to the flags of others, representing either one country and its colony, or special relations between the two countries.
The United Kingdom and Australia There are similar red, white and blue flags. The United Kingdom flag depicts Union Jack as each flag. On the contrary, on the Australian flag, There is a Union Jack in the upper corner of the lift and one six-pointed star representing every Australian state, and five other stars of the southern cross. Union Jack on the Australian flag symbolizes the history of Australia as six British colonies or demonstrates the loyalty of the British Empire. The flag of New Zealand is similar to Australian, except that there are four stars in it instead of six, and the stars are red with white contours.
The flag of Liberia is very similar to the United States Flag. USA Flag It has 13 red and white stripes and a blue field in the upper corner of the lift with 50 white stars representing 50 US states. Flag of Liberia It has 11 red and white stripes and one white star in a blue field in the upper corner of the lift. This suggests that Liberia was founded by a group of free color people who were previously enslaved black from the USA. 11 bands symbolize those who signed the Declaration of Independence of Liberia, and their colors personify courage and moral superiority. White Star presents the first independent republic in Africa.
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Which country flag has a square shape, and why this figure is used as
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Authorities say the fire spread to the adjacent apartment where two juveniles, age 10 and 15, and one adult were in residence.
Their step-father, 41-year-old Alovi McAfee, is being treated at Huntsville Hospital for serious burn and impact injuries from jumping from the third floor to escape. At this time he is listed in fair condition in the FICU.
A fireman was injured by falling through the third floor ceiling during the blaze and was treated at Huntsville Hospital and released.
Huntsville police say that during the course of the investigation, it was determined that 29-year-old Ebony Hill intentionally set fire to her apartment and ran outside. At this time, police say Hill gave several inclinations during questioning that a possible mental incapacitation could be a possibility, but say she will need to be diagnosed by a physician.
Police say that Hill was arrested and charged with one count of arson, three counts of assault in the 1st degree, and one count of 3rd degree assault.
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Rodizio Grill in Village Square Dana Park-A Feast to Behold!
Rodizio Grill in Village Square at Dana Park is a Feast to Behold!
In one of the most highly anticipated restaurant openings of 2016, Rodizio Grill in Dana Park Village has thrown its doors wide open and foodies, fans and new guests are delighted with the results. Rodizio Grill – The Brazilian Steakhouse is a concept not found widely in Arizona. The upscale chain boasts 20 locations nationally and the Mesa location is its newest jewel in the crown!
"Rodizio Grill offers an experience that transports you to Brazil, with all its culture and tastes. Here you can escape the ordinary. And it's well suited for any occasion, whether it be a date night, business luncheon, or family celebration," says Nick Clayton, co-owner of the new Rodizio Grill – Mesa, and owner of Rodizio Grill in Milwaukee.
Get ready to be dazzled… And stuffed! Your Rodizio Grill feast starts right away at the gourmet salad and sides bar that boasts salads, pastas, stews, Brazilian mashed potatoes, rolls, fruit and so much more. In fact, you'll revel in 45-55 items from which to choose, some of which are Brazilian staples or Brazilian influenced. Rodizio Grill departs from any other restaurant in the sheer quality of its ingredients, and what happens after you enjoy your salad and sides bar.
Instead of ordering off a menu, an enthusiastic team of roaming carvers known as "guachos" will come to your table offering slices and pieces of a wide variety of freshly grilled and cooked meats. On the night of Scottsdale.com's visit, we were able to sample the following:whole sirloin, bacon-wrapped chicken, parmesan-crusted pork, beef tenderloin, sweet and spicy chicken, Brazilian pork sausage, top sirloin, tri-tip and, wait for it… chicken hearts. (All of these meats have beautiful traditional Brazilian names, but we just made it simple for the ease of reading.) Yes, they have just about everything and the selection of meats rotates slightly, so it's a culinary smorgasbord every visit! There are typically 12 different meats in the dining room at any given time.
What is truly fun and unique about Rodizio Grill is that you don't have to commit to any given entrée. You can try everything and have as much of any one thing as you'd like. The gourmet salad and sides bar boasts unlimited trips, and guests can also have as much of any meat as they'd like. You could probably visit Rodizio Grill 2,000 times and never have the same combination of food twice!
There are two easy meal price points at Rodizio Grill - $19.99 for the salad and sides bar only, or $29.99 for the "Full Rodizio's" experience. All drinks, cocktails and desserts are priced separately.
We started immediately at the gourmet salad and sides bar. There is so much to try; you simply will not be able to get through it all in one visit. We loved everything we tried, but here were some stand-outs. We particularly liked the Feijoda-a traditional Brazilian black bean stew which we tried with a Brazilian white rice and Farofa (yucca flour). No wonder it's a Brazilian staple. De-Lish! We also enjoyed the Salada Rodizio (a BLT salad), the beef stroganoff, and the rolls were fantastic, too.
The meat is what we were really looking forward to experiencing, and Rodizio Grill did not disappoint! Again, every meat we tried was simply outstanding. We got brave and tried the chicken hearts and although we liked the flavor, the texture was simply not to our personal liking. But, hey! We tried it and we can now mark that meat off our list! Out of the 11 different meats we had during our visit, the whole sirloin and bacon-wrapped chicken tied for first place at our table, with the sweet and spicy chicken coming in a close second. As with what we found at the salad bar, the quality of every meat was simply stellar, seasoned just right and cooked to perfection. Whether you might be looking for something different to do for date night, or a new culinary adventure for the entire family, you simply can't go wrong with Rodizio Grill.
Dessert? Ok, if you insist!
We thought we were finished, but, oh no! Our bubbly, informative and adorable server, Sandy came over with a big tray of desserts. The visuals made all the difference in the world. I'm not sure how we found room for dessert, but we pushed, made it work, and we're ecstatic that we did! Let's re-cap:Torta Brigadeiro – a chocolate mousse torte made with four types of chocolate and served with ice cream, sliced bananas and whipped cream, the Pudim De Leite – a traditional Brazilian flan, Crème Brulee – with a Brazilian twist of the introduction of a hint of orange and the Romeu E Julieta Style Cheesecake – topped with Brazilian guava sauce or raspberry sauce will surely delight diners who save room.
The dessert-to-end-all-desserts has to be the Rabanada. The traditional Brazilian dessert is a warm cinnamon pastry with an almost-creamy style center served with a vanilla ice cream and kissed with a delicious caramel sauce. Even if you're full from dinner, find room for this dessert.
Rodizio Grill also offers off-site catering. At the Mesa location, there is patio seating and room for a party of 80, semi-private dining for 75 and private dining for a group of 35. Whatever your party, Rodizio has you covered. Rodizio Grill – The Brazilian Steakhouse is located at 1840 S. Val Vista Dr., Mesa in Village Square at Dana Park. Visit http://www.rodiziogrill.com/mesa-gilbert for additional information or call (480) 813-5400.


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Will the 'Systemically Important' Club Become Less Exclusive?
A proposal to bolster cybersecurity would extend the designation into critical-infrastructure sectors outside of financial services, but banking groups have objections
By Jeffrey Kutler
The "systemically important" label, attached to an elite group of banks as a result of post-financial-crisis regulatory reforms, may soon be applicable to U.S. critical-infrastructure industries in addition to finance.
A proposal within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2023, which is on the Senate calendar after passage by the House in July, would define systemically important entities, or SIEs, for purposes of strengthening cybersecurity standards and information sharing under the aegis of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
The measure grew out of a recommendation in the 2020 Cyberspace Solarium Commission report to "codify the concept of systemically important critical infrastructure." It is championed by commission member Jim Langevin, a soon-to-retire Democratic representative from Rhode Island, and was one of the "remaining priorities" – those not incorporated in previous legislation – enumerated in the commission's August 2021 annual report on implementation.
Congressman Jim Langevin
"In the nearly 22 years that I've served in Congress, we have come a long way in cyberspace," said Langevin. "When I was elected in 2000, nobody was talking about cybersecurity." The pending NDAA "makes historic strides to protect Americans and our allies in cyberspace."
Financial Industry Precedent
The SIE proposal may be seen as an adaptation of the concept of systemic importance as it has played out in financial services, where designated large institutions are subjected to a prescribed or bespoke level of capital adequacy and other supervisory specifications.
Systemically important U.S. banks, as shown in the Financial Stability Oversight Council 2021 Annual Report. The eight in Category I are on the Financial Stability Board's international list of 30 global systemically important banks (G-SIBs).
Langevin called for an "interagency council" for coordination of critical infrastructure cybersecurity policy. A related provision would establish a CISA Office of Cybersecurity Statistics. Its mission to aggregate, analyze and disseminate relevant cyber incident data would roughly parallel that of the U.S. Treasury Office of Financial Research, which was created by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 to support the threat monitoring of the interagency Financial Stability Oversight Council.
The proposed, broad definition of SIEs goes well beyond the FSOC's financial industry purview and its past deliberations over whether to include insurance companies and other nonbanks.
Not on Board
Yet opposition to the cyber regulatory initiative is coming from the banking sector.
Two leading trade groups, the American Bankers Association (ABA) and Bank Policy Institute (BPI), asserted in a July 29 letter to leaders of two Senate committees that banks participate in some of the most mature and effective, sector-specific threat intelligence programs. Those banks would now be "adding yet another layer of reporting to a different set of agencies with different standards [that] would detract significantly from financial institutions' essential work defending against cyber threats."
Another beef is with requirements to share with CISA "sensitive and extensive" information, such as details on supply-chain risk management practices and other external dependencies, which "could expose firms to risk if it is inappropriately disclosed or stolen in a breach."
It remains to be seen whether the controversy escalates before the Senate votes. A proposal in the House earlier this year from John Katko, Republican of New York, ran up against what Nextgov reported to be a "partisan rift." Langevin said Katko's bill lacked the specificity of the "Solarium Commission's vision." Representative Yvette Clarke, a New York Democrat and chair of the Homeland Security Committee's cybersecurity, infrastructure protection and innovation subcommittee, said the "benefits and burdens" of prospective systemically important companies were not sufficiently studied.
"National Critical Functions"
Besides Representative Langevin and others in the majority that voted for the NDAA, SIE designation has been supported in principle by Jen Easterly, CISA's director since July 2021. A retired Army intelligence and cyber operations officer and former head of firm resilience at Morgan Stanley, which is a global systemically important bank (G-SIB), Easterly revealed last November that the agency was "already thinking through the model," pending authorizing legislation.
Entity classifications would be "based on economic centrality, network centrality and logical dominance in the national critical functions," Easterly said, according to an ExecutiveGov report.
CISA Director Jen Easterly
The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022, which sets timeframes for prompt reporting to CISA, was signed into law by President Joe Biden in March, amid heightened concern about attacks emanating from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
That legislation had Easterly's support for filling "critical information gaps," though Justice Department officials said it was flawed, Sidley Austin LLP noted. The act's intent, the law firm explained, was to "provide the federal government with a better understanding of the nation's cyber threats and facilitate a coordinated national response to ransomware attacks."
It also sought to improve on the state of voluntary information sharing, which was a Cyberspace Solarium Commission objective and is coordinated by sectoral bodies like the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). The ABA-BPI letter called attention to significant industry commitments to FS-ISAC as well as "the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council and the Analysis and Resilience Center for Systemic Risk – organizations that work to improve information sharing and readiness across financial firms and between critical infrastructure sectors."
While expressing some misgivings, the trade groups said that they "firmly support sharing information and collaborating with government partners to address cybersecurity threats." They supported the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act, which covers financial services and other sectors identified under a preexisting presidential directive.
Infrastructures Identified
That template for CISA oversight of SIEs is the 16 "critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof."
Those sectors, paired with their respective sector risk management agencies, are:
Chemical Sector – Department of Homeland Security
Commercial Facilities Sector – Department of Homeland Security
Communications Sector – Department of Homeland Security
Critical Manufacturing Sector – Department of Homeland Security
Dams Sector – Department of Homeland Security
Defense Industrial Base Sector – Department of Defense
Emergency Services Sector – Department of Homeland Security
Energy Sector – Department of Energy
Financial Services Sector – Department of the Treasury
Food and Agriculture Sector – Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services
Government Facilities Sector – Department of Homeland Security and General Services Administration
Healthcare and Public Health Sector – Department of Health and Human Services
Information Technology Sector – Department of Homeland Security
Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste Sector – Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Systems Sector – Department of Homeland Security and Department of Transportation
Water and Wastewater Systems Sector – Environmental Protection Agency
The Cybersecurity Solarium Commission said it was focused on "supporting a legislative proposal that would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to define a process for designating entities as systemically important critical infrastructure, with coordination from sector risk management agencies and relevant regulatory authorities. Entities so designated would be subject to higher security standards; they would also receive increased intelligence and protection to prevent disruption or compromise."
The ABA and BPI said that they "encourage efforts to mature CISA's capabilities and refine risk assessment models."
Besides citing concerns about reporting complications and potential leakage of information that hackers could exploit, the associations complained of "insufficient support for operational collaboration between firms and intelligence agencies."
Saying they would welcome more opportunity for such collaboration, they added: "Any legislation addressing national systemic risks should institutionalize operational collaboration on national security threats between firms and intelligence agencies, including clear legal authorities, guiding policies, and corresponding resourcing to support the protection of critical infrastructure."
The ABA-BPI comment concluded by pointing to financial institutions' "decades of experience meeting the requirements of existing systemic designations" and their record of compliance "with rigorous legal and regulatory requirements for the security and resilience of their operations . . . We have significant concerns with the SIE provision and encourage much greater dialogue and consideration of its impact on financial institutions given the complexities of our sector and myriad regulatory requirements. Legislation this important merits full consideration by relevant committees, including hearings and debate."
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An Official White House Visit to Ethiopia? Africans Tell Obama 'Don't Do It!'
Written byNdesanjo Macha
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Ethiopians march for human rights in Washington DC, 2006. Photo by Elvert Barnes via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
US President Barack Obama's last trip to Africa before his term ends will take him to Kenya and Ethiopia, where he'll be the first sitting US president to visit. Obama first toured Africa nearly two years ago, making stops in Senegal, Tanzania, and South Africa.
Obama's decision to stop in Ethiopia has surprised human rights activists and advocates for good governance both in Africa and elsewhere. Ethiopia is one of the worst human rights offenders in Sub-Saharan Africa. In its 2014 report, Human Rights Watch noted that Ethiopia increasingly restricts the freedoms of assembly and expression:
[…] the Ethiopian authorities continue to severely restrict the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, using repressive laws to constrain civil society and independent media, and target individuals with politically motivated prosecutions.
Muslim protests against perceived government interference in their religious affairs were met by security forces with arbitrary arrests and detentions, beatings, and other mistreatment throughout the year. The trial of 29 protest leaders who were arrested in July 2012 has been closed to the public, media, and family members since January. Others convicted under the country's deeply flawed antiterrorism law—including opposition leaders and four journalists—remain in prison.
Despite the troubling state of human rights in the country, Ethiopia remains a major recipient of foreign aid money and security support from the United States. A White House statement about the trip said that Obama will visit the country for bilateral meetings with the Ethiopian government as well as the leadership of the African Union as part of US efforts to "work with the countries and citizens of sub-Saharan Africa to accelerate economic growth, strengthen democratic institutions, and improve security."
Last month, Ethiopians voted in parliamentary elections, where opposition parties said the voting was not free or fair. The African Union said the elections were peaceful, but fell short of using the words "free and fair." While noting that the elections were peaceful, the US State Department expressed concern about restrictions on civil society, the news media, opposition parties, and independent voices and views.
Hannah McNeish, a freelance journalist East and Central Africa, juxtaposed last month's suspicious elections results with the White House's decision to honor Ethiopia with an official visit:
Ruling party in #Ethiopia, that #Obama has just announced visit to, takes all 546 parliamentary seats in election, inc. sole opposition seat
— Hannah McNeish (@HannahMcNeish) June 22, 2015
The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and its allies won all parliamentary seats, including the only seat won by the opposition in the 2010 elections. The EPRDF has been in power since 1991.
Discussing Ethiopian elections, Freedom House observed that:
Ethiopia's elections are just an exercise in controlled political participation.
The one potential dividend of these sham polls, however, is the international attention they will garner for the government's growing political repression. The blatant disregard for internationally recognised standards for free and fair elections just might convince Ethiopia's largest donors that it is time to rethink their relationship with an increasingly authoritarian government.
Police lead Natnael Feleke (center right) and fellow blogger Atnaf Berahane (center left) to court. Photo courtesy of Trial Tracker Blog.
Ethiopian police, moreover, have routinely arrested and jailed bloggers and online journalists. Ethiopian blogger and GV author Endalk Chala says the suppression of freedom of expression online is not a surprise. The second most populous nation in Africa has only one Internet service provider, which is owned by the government.
In April 2014, nine bloggers and journalists were arrested in Ethiopia. Several of these men and women had worked with Zone9, a collective blog that covered social and political issues in Ethiopia and promoted human rights and government accountability. In July, they were charged under the country's Anti-Terrorism Proclamation, a policy that was written with robust support from the United States government, as part of a broader effort to suppress organized crime in the Horn of Africa. The bloggers have been behind bars ever since, and their trial has only seen progress over the last few weeks, since the close of national elections.
The country's troubles with bloggers aren't new, either. On July 13, 2012, Ethiopia's federal court sentenced a prominent Ethiopian blogger, Eskinder Nega, and 23 other opposition activists to 18 years in jail for allegedly participating in terrorist activities. Human rights and good governance activists and other Twitter users reacted with shock and dismay.
Facebook image calling for the release of all political prisoners in Ethiopia. Image courtesy of Ethiopia Mitmita Facebook page.
Kenneth Roth, the Executive Director for Human Rights Watch recently asked why Washington appears to be rewarding repression in Ethiopia with an official visit:
Intensifying Ethiopia repression is met with sanctions, right? No, the gift of an Obama visit. http://t.co/yvjhulwhbq pic.twitter.com/QSfmo9a14E
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) June 21, 2015
Unbelievable: as Ethiopia shuts down nearly any political opposition, Obama chooses to visit. http://t.co/YOubDzsOlH pic.twitter.com/utn3IGnjA8
Ethiopia netizen Mengistu Lemma says he opposes the idea of Obama shaking hands with Ethiopian leaders:
I strongly oppose OBAMA shaking hands with the devils in Ethiopia next week.
— mengistu lemma (@mengistu9690) June 22, 2015
Nkunda Rwanda, a Rwandan human rights blogger, said:
The symbolism of Obama's trip (to #Ethiopia), would "further solidify the image that America stands behind Africa's autocrats."
— Nkunda Rwanda (@Rwandankunda) June 19, 2015
Sarah Margon, the Washington Director for Human Rights Watch and former advisor to US Senator Russ Feingold, wrote on Twitter:
Ethiopia is too often presented as an African success story instead of the human rights disaster that is the reality. http://t.co/79V0conUBG
— sarah margon (@sarahmargon) June 20, 2015
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Obama's vist to Ethiopia shows that Human rights watch groups millions of articles against Ethiopia are not trusted. in fact, HRW have been negative about Ethiopia for the last decade but in the contrary America's and Europe's relationship with Ethiopia is growing more every day.
Obama didn't visit China based on its democratic governance.
sisayg
When American presidents visit China, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
Nigeria, Israel, Egypt etc, it is OK for you guys.
But when he is to visit Ethiopia, a county trying its best to
come out of shit-dip poverty, a country registered an amazing results in the
economic and stability fronts, a country that successfully holds itself and its over 90 million people together avoiding otherwise a very inevitable disintegration, and a
nation that survived in a brutally hostile part of the world as a beacon of hope for Africa, you start screaming like a wounded dog. What a double standard and what a hypocrisy!
Scream louder if Obama is going to hear you and cancel his visit.
BTW Ethiopia welcomes this son of Africa if he wants to come
to this great nation.
But the notion that his visit will mean recognizing the GOE
and that would by some miracle change the world, is nonsense. It is really OK if he decides not
to visit Ethiopia.
The country moves forward with or without his 'recognition'.
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Well we dont mind your ideology – it works for you. But keep it to yourself!!! Why do you make it your business to stick your nose into how the lives of others need be? Our priority in Ethiopia is to restore economic well being for all – with or without western democracy. Change in any place shall come from within not pushed from outside. Remove the plank in your eye first, …
You realy made your full time engagment to try chock the shining ethiopian success story….for US government missing the roaring train of African transformation to the advantage of china is no more acceptable. Your fancy human right theory supported by an attitude of 'I know better what is best for you' is not acceptable not only for Ethiopian goverment but for Ethiopian people too….the deciding factor is peoples power…..
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Editorial: Regarding the upcoming visit of H.E Mr. Barrack Obama's visit to Ethiopia.
Ethiopians throughout the world are elated over the announcement of the first visit by a sitting American president to Ethiopia, whose father's root can be traced just few miles from their border. It is also fitting that the first American President to visit the oldest black nation on earth happens to be black.
Mr. Obama's visit to Ethiopia serves as an affirmation of Ethiopia's effort to lift millions of its citizens from chronic poverty and destitution over the past two decades. It was just 30 years ago that American airwaves used to be inundated with USA LIVE AID broadcast of poverty stricken children. Today, Ethiopia is a thriving economy that has embarked massive public investment with the aim of improving the living standards for its people.
As any foreigner who has been to Ethiopia can attest , we are well known for our warm hospitality. We cannot wait to receive Mr. Obama and show him what a great people we are and the journey we have embarked on to reclaim our rightful place in history.
Enkuan Dehna Metu Ato. Obama.
Ethiopians Worldwide Congress.
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Obama visit to Ethiopia Help the Two great peoples Collaboration against terrorism and people to people relation.
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Ethiopia is a heaven in hell.
Mohamod Loser
What is your name again :) get lost stupid loser
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Q: sort dates in python according to hour, day, month I have a string array of dates with this formula:
array(['2018-01-01 02:00:00 +01:00', '2018-01-01 04:00:00 +01:00',
    '2018-01-01 05:00:00 +01:00', ..., '2018-12-31 21:00:00 +01:00',
    '2018-12-31 22:00:00 +01:00', '2018-12-31 23:00:00 +01:00'],
   dtype='<U26')

I want to sort the dates by month and by hour, e.g:
2018-01-01 00:00:00 +01:00
2018-01-01 01:00:00 +01:00
2018-01-01 02:00:00 +01:00

and so on.
I am using this mini code:
time1=time.sort()

but the sorting gives the month and all the values of an hour before moving to the next hour.
Is there a way to sort these dates by hour according to each day of every month?

A: import datetime
dates = [datetime.datetime.strptime(ts, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z") for ts in timestamps]
dates.sort()
sorteddates = [datetime.datetime.strftime(ts, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z") for ts in dates]

Do double confirm if the DateTime format corresponds. https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_datetime.asp

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0:13Skip to 0 minutes and 13 secondsOn completing your ECG and ensure the adequacy of the trace and the clarity and all your patient's details are correct, it would now actually be time to actually remove the leads from the patient. So I just sort of gently remove them. I normally start with the limb leads, then move my way onto the chest leads. Then lift the leads clear of your patient. Try not to tangle them, pop them onto the machine and then the bit that's sometimes a little uncomfortable for the patient is just removing the electrodes, so just be gentle. Everyone's skin integrity is different, and we wouldn't want to occasion any skin damage.
0:56Skip to 0 minutes and 56 secondsObviously, you can see Mark is just gently wincing there, and its authentically such, because obviously it does hurt, so you just want to be gentle, hold the skin taut as you pull the electrode away. And I find it useful to keep the sheet that I've taken my original electrodes on just to apply them to it and then that way you don't find lots of electrodes later on stuck into your bed, and these will be disposed of in your nearest clinical waste bin. Obviously, at this point Mark has actually been extremely good to allow us to do this. You would then assist your patient to sit up. Are you OK Mark to get up? Assisting as necessary. How are you feeling?
1:39Skip to 1 minute and 39 secondsFine, thank you. Not dizzy or lightheaded? No. OK. Would you like to swing your legs around to the side of the bed there, and I'm just going to lower the bed lightly for you, and then feel free to get dressed again. That's it. Thank you. And then the final point is actually just to clean your machine. So just remove the ECG out of the way so you don't get it wet, because you want it to be ready for the next patient that's going to come along. So what I'm going to do in the first instance is just dispose of everything that I was using during the ECG preparation process. Take that off the machine.
2:17Skip to 2 minutes and 17 secondsIf I had used a razor for removing any extra hair, I'd ensure that I dumped it into the sharps box there, so we're safe in terms of no sharps injuries. And then we're going to switch off the machine.
2:32Skip to 2 minutes and 32 secondsAnd I'm going to clean the leads.
2:51Skip to 2 minutes and 51 secondsThen wipe the cable back towards the machine. You'll just need to hold onto it for a few moments. I'll wipe the surface and the keyboard, most importantly, because obviously you've been touching your patient and then touching the equipment and other sundries around the bed space, so it's really important that you wipe and clean around.
3:16Skip to 3 minutes and 16 secondsPop the alcohol gel back at the back there, ready for the next patient. Then wipe your little storage area here to make sure it's clean and ready for restocking.
3:31Skip to 3 minutes and 31 secondsIf you're going to use the machine immediately on another patient, you would need to get a paper towel and just dry the surfaces, but in view the fact I'm not going directly on to the next patient, I can allow it to air dry, but just make sure your leads are not tangled, and I'll tend to just actually rest them across the machine here so they don't tangle up, bring that to the side, get rid of that.
3:58Skip to 3 minutes and 58 secondsJust decontaminate my hands from the cleaning process, and then I'm just going to restock the machine so it's ready for the next patient. So, again, I will replace some detergent salt water wipes, a couple of disposable razors should we need them again, some gauze for drying and abrading the skin lightly, alcohol swabs for removing excess lipids from the skin there and moisturising creams and, again, a good supply of your electrodes.
4:31Skip to 4 minutes and 31 secondsAnd the final thing, as what we would normally do, is actually apply a green strip to this machine-- various trusts have other colours-- to denote who cleaned the machine, what time, and what date, then this can be wheeled back to its original port of storage and plugged into the mains, most importantly, so the battery is always fully charged and the machine is ready for use.
In our fifth and final video of our 'How to record an ECG' series, Clinical Simulation Specialist, Jasmine Burnett, talks us through the post-procedure considerations required when doing a standard ECG recording.


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She always dreamed she'd find that perfect lover, but he turned out to be like every other geriatric billionaire ex-Beatle with lawyers that rival most nations' justice departments. But she ain't mad at him; Heather Mills McCartney's mad at folks like Victoria Newton over at The Sun, it appears. Just mosey on over to your favorite website, HeatherMills.org, and instead of that beautiful, black-and-white film strip featuring Ms. Mills' various glamour shots, one is confronted with a red screen and a throbbing flash animation reading – nay…SCREAMING – "Enough is ENOUGH!" Below it, there's a link that says "Continue" (if you haven't already launched into epileptic convulsions), and on the next page, you are confronted again–this time with an angry letter from Heather's sister, Fiona Mills. First of all, don't they know white text on a BLAZING red background is flippin' hard to read? I guess Fiona hopes that their color choice will annoy us so that we'll be convinced to join Team Mills. Bad call. She rages, and I quote:
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