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Mike Pence, renewed this 18 June the firm commitment of the Government of Donald Trump with the President Guaidó and the Venezuelan people, thanked the generosity of the Latin American countries that also defend the cause of freedom in Venezuela
[email protected] approved requested the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights, "his good offices for the release of the political prisoners of the government, among whom are, the deputy Edgar Zambrano and Juan Requesens."
National Assembly Session: MP @YajairaForero: To Maduro what matters is to keep the Venezuelans busy trying to survive, to save their lives, making queues to find food, to get a little water
https://t.co/n9LFwXmQCo
Vice President Mike Pence (@VP): Under the leadership of President Trump, USA. has provided more than $ 213 million in humanitarian assistance to Venezuelans who suffer as a result of a brutal dictatorship
Session of Venezuelan National Assembly Session: electricity service failures in the National Assembly building while waiting for the start of the regular session scheduled for Tuesday.
MP Valero denounced inaction of the government after disappearance of 92 Venezuelans in a boat
https://t.co/rVNvBX5Ztf
The meeting between Putin and Maduro is not excluded in the foreseeable future - Lavrov
Maduro-controlled Supreme Tribunal of Justice ordered a trial of Roberto Marrero and Juan Antonio Planchart
Report electrical failures in several areas of Caracas after heavy rain
[email protected] Mike Pence is in Miami Tuesday to help send off the U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort on a medical assistance mission.
Amb @Calderonberti will attend the Colombian prosecutor's office tomorrow to formally request a case investigation of humanitarian aid in Cucuta
YouTube, Google services and Bing restricted in Venezuela as Guaidó holds press conference from Caracas on corruption in Cúcuta; incident ongoing
In the border municipalities of Tachira, inhabitants report more than 20 hours without electricity. Ureña and San Antoni, are incommunicado without fixed or mobile telephony
Venezuelan MP @RichardBlancoOf who was a refugee at the Embassy of Argentina in Caracas, manages to leave the country to Colombia through a "trail". Blanco joins the list of parliamentarians who must leave Venezuela to avoid jail
EU Ministers will address diplomatic efforts in Venezuela today
John Bolton: Guaidó continues to unite the Venezuelans and US support continues
It is estimated that 20,000 children have no nationality as children of Venezuelans born in Colombia.
Russia denies having received money from Maduro in exchange for "support"
[email protected] will meet @VP and the Southern Command this June 18.
[email protected]: Maduro has mismanaged the resources of Venezuela. In May, while hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans went hungry, Maduro gave Russia 209 million dollars for a defense contract to buy its continued support.
Aragua: At approximately 2:00 a.m. this Sunday, a structure fire was recorded in Lactuario Maracay, located in San José
The tactical group of ships of the Russian Navy at the head by the 454 Admiral Gorshkov frigate have approached the Panama Canal.
Holmes Trujillo: We condemn possible act of corruption in resource management by Venezuelans
Official statement from the Legitimate Government of Venezuela on the investigation requested by the Acting President of the Republic, @Jguaido
Cercado de Lima, Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima
It is expected that some 7,000 Venezuelans will enter Peru this Saturday, June 15. Peru allows regular entry to Venezuelan children and migrants in vulnerable conditions.
Stockholm, Stockholms län
The Organization of the United Nations (UN), announces that it will not participate in the meeting in Stockholm, Sweden where the current crisis in Venezuela will be discussed
@mbachelet, High Commissioner of @UNHumanRights, will visit Venezuela at the invitation of the Government from June 19 to 21.
[email protected], acting president of Venezuela: The time has finally come to combine the street with talking to the Armed Forces and to do what they have to do, operation Freedom continues in full force
https://t.co/5bmdV6jeiS
Representatives of China, Russia, Turkey, the US, other EU countries and the Lima Group meet on Thursday in Stockholm, Sweden, to provide solutions to the Venezuelan political crisis
[email protected], Acting President of Venezuela, from Mucuchies: Today in Venezuela the majority with all the people who are in the streets. When we have alternatives, many alternatives to see our country reborn, are we going to stay in our homes?
https://t.co/iQ7T3X6B0i


I enjoy quilting. I don't really enjoy other kinds of sewing. In fact, I find many other kinds of sewing stressful! But quilting, that I like. My philosophy follows along these lines of the book, How Not to Make an Prize-Winning Quilt, though. My grandmother gave me this book a couple of years ago, and it belonged to her mother! Anyway, this wasn't supposed to be about me!
Avalyn wanted to learn to sew. I decided to get a book for her to work through as I wanted to have some structure to what she was going to be doing. Learning to Sew: Kids My First Sewing Machine Book looked like a good choice. It provides information on sewing machines and gives a little quiz on the parts of the sewing machine. Then it has exercises for learning to sew straight lines and curved lines on paper! I never thought of that idea! Avalyn doesn't need to use fabric or even thread to practice! She is still working on the paper exercises, but is learning how to use my sewing machine.


I have a couple of events to share with you, firstly our youngest girl...Holly.
Here she is striking a ballet pose with Jim's feet.
Can't begin to tell you how much I love this picture, just sums our Hol up perfectly.
A couple of days later, Holly's Graduation Ceremony...tissue please.
My heart burst with pride.
at her Studio on the Welbeck Estate, Notts.
I think there were around 15 ladies at the Workshop.
Mrs Bertimus ... stitched some magic on the day and has since written a super post.
Ticking Stripes ... Wendy stitched the most beautiful needle case and brooch.
Leah Halliday ... helped make the most beautiful lunch and also made a fabulous needle case.
Just a few of the wonderfully kind and talented ladies you could ever wish to spend a day with.
Thank you Louise, Debs and Leah for all your support and hard work in making the day so special.
H & E forthcoming workshops here.
I'll leave you now with just a few pieces made over the last couple of weeks.
Thank you for sticking with this and letting me tell you about a couple of very happy days.


The store is on Hanham Road in the town centre, opposite Kingswood Motors.
There is limited parking available in the car park behind the store.
There is a short-stay car park on Cecil Road, a few minutes walk from the store.
There is no Railway Station in Kingswood, but it is serviced by several bus routes that stop on the High Street.
A big welcome from all the team here at the Bristol - Kingswood store. We	are here to look after your every need when visiting Vision Express, whether it's for an Eye Test, Contact Lens fit, choosing a new pair of glasses or just popping in for a simple repair.
Vision Express Bristol - Kingswood and all our practitioners and staff are committed to operating and maintaining effective systems for infection control to protect both patients and staff. We comply with all relevant Health and Safety Executive legislation and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency requirements.
"Just a quick message to say thank you to optometrist Rachel Moore from your Kingswood store. She was very personable and friendly, with an informative explanation and cheerful conversation. It was a pleasure to have my eyes tested today.
Rebecca (I don't know her last name) was also very pleasant in dealing with my payment etc.
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Libya: Blind alleys of political settlement
Author: Viktor Goncharov, African affairs expert
An international conference on Libya, mediated by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte that was recently held in Palermo, Sicily, was looking for ways to reconcile the rival centers of power and generally stabilize the situation in the long-troubled North African nation. One of these main power centers is the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, headed by Faiz Saraj, and the other is the Tobruk-based House of Representatives headed by its Speaker Aguila Saleh, who is supported by the Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
Add to these the Islamists, local leaders in Fezzana in the south and in the Mediterranean coastal city of Misurata in the northwest and you will see that there are a lot of people willing to retain power in Libya, even on a regional scale.
Summing up the outcome of the Palermo meeting, commentators largely agreed that no breakthrough had been achieved in the long-running efforts to end the Libyan crisis with the rival leaders, Faiz Saraj and Khalifa Haftar, only reiterating their verbal commitment to the principles of settlement outlined in the 2015 Libyan Political Agreement and the UN Action Plan proposed by the special representative of the UN Secretary General for Libya Ghassan Salame in 2017. To implement these guidelines Saraj and Haftar agreed to convene a National Conference at the start of next year to work out a constitutional declaration and pass a law on elections to be held in the summer of 2019.
Here is how the meetings between Saraj and Haftar with the participation of the Italian prime minister were commented by the media:
It should be noted that taking part in those meetings were also Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Tunisian President Beji Caid Es- Sebsi, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to Libya, Ghassan Salame. The Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, who was not invited to join the meetings, walked out of the conference in protest, saying that shutting Turkey out from such contacts would have a "counterproductive effect" on the ongoing efforts to resolve the Libyan crisis. [i]
Many observers keeping an eye on the Palermo parley said that Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar set the tone for the conference. He not only refused to sit at the negotiating table with extremist-minded delegations from the western regions of Libya, but also managed, with Egyptian help, to make sure that the Turkish and Qatari delegations were kept out of his talks with Faiz Saraj. In the run-up to and during the conference, Haftar, who has been critical of Rome for the support it has been giving Saraj in the standoff between the two rival Libyan leaders, actually forced the Italian hosts to recognize him as not just a legitimate, but "indispensable" player in the settlement of the Libyan crisis. [ii]
Meanwhile, the results of the Palermo meeting did not come as good news to the political elite of Libya's western regions, who rely on their militias. Speaking after the conference, the mayors of the cities of Zintan and Misurata, who had not been invited to take part in it, said that the situation in Libya would not change as the people who conferred in Palermo do not represent them. They also said that they were not ready for a nationwide conference scheduled for early next year, and that they needed more time to prepare for it. [iii]
It should also be borne in mind that these two cities' militarized ("militia") brigades constitute the main striking force of Islamic extremism in western Libya.
The deep split in the Libyan leadership and foreign interference in the country's internal affairs was best evidenced by the November 18 statement by the head of the Supreme State Council, Khaled Mishri, about his agreement with Faiz Saraj to prevent Khalifa Haftar from taking up the position of the Supreme Commander of the Libyan army. [iv]
And this despite the fact that just a few days earlier Faiz Saraj told Italy's Corriere della Sera that he was ready for a compromise and would look for a negotiated way to ensure Haftar's appointment. [v]
It is also worth mentioning the fact that on November 9, just ahead of the Palermo conference, Prime Minister Faiz Saraj and Foreign Minister Mohammed Siala were in Istanbul discussing with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, among other things, the agenda of the conference on Libya. A few days earlier, the Turkish defense minister and the military chief of staff arrived in Tripoli to discuss with Faiz Saraj and the head of the Supreme State Council, Khaled Mishri, how best to solidify military cooperation between the two countries, and the creation of unified Libyan armed forces. [vi]
The pushback by Khaled Mishri, who represents the Libyan Justice and Reconstruction Party and also the interests of the Muslim Brotherhood's Islamist movement in Libya, sponsored by Turkey and Qatar, was fresh proof of the fact that he is hostage to Islamist brigades from Misurata. Mishri's statement should also be viewed as a Turkish and Qatari response to their exclusion from the Saraj-Haftar mini-summit, which was the centerpiece of the Palermo conference. Mishri essentially disavowed the agreements clinched by the two leaders to continue their political dialogue.
The reaction of the opposite side did not take long coming. In a televised interview on November 20, the House of Representatives Speaker Aguila Saleh said that Faiz Saraj was imposed on Libyans by the Western delegation when the text of the Libyan Political Agreement was being signed in the Moroccan city of Shirat in December 2015. He added that since the accord has not been ratified by the House of Representatives, Saraj cannot be considered the legitimate head of the Libyan state. [vii]
This is not the first and, apparently, not the last international initiative on Libya, whose decisions may remain on paper. During the May 29, 2018 meeting in Paris between Faiz Saraj and Khalifa Haftar, organized by the French President Emmanuel Macron, Libyan representatives pledged to adopt constitutional amendments and to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on December 10, 2018. However, a new wave of violence that swept across Tripoli just four months later, effectively dashed Macron's hopes for holding elections as scheduled on December 10, 2018.
This time the troublemakers were militants in the western regions of the country affiliated with the government of Faiz Saraj.
On August 27, the 7th Infantry Brigade deployed in the town of Tarkhun, backed by tanks and artillery, advanced on enemy positions in the southern parts of Tripoli. According to a brigade representative, the operation was aimed at "flushing out corrupt police groups that use their status to get multi-million dollar loans while money-strapped ordinary citizens have to spend whole nights lining up outside bank doors to get scraps of their money to cover their everyday expenses." [viii]
However, the main reason for the August 27 offensive by the 7th Brigade, commanded by Abdel Rahim Cani, and by allied armed militias from Misurata and Zintan, was not concern for the suffering residents of the capital but, rather, their leaders' desire to have their share of money flows and control over resources as well as to demonstrate to all other political players that without taking into account their interests, ending the crisis in Libya would be a mission impossible.
The thing is, the Government of National Accord led by Faiz Saraj that came to power in Tripoli in March 2016, had to create new state structures virtually from the ground up and, with the absence of its own armed forces, had to rely on a patchwork of local militias as recommended by Western military specialists, mainly Italian ones, led by General Paolo Serra, a security adviser to the UN Mission in Libya.
The largest four of the 30 or so militia brigades active in the area, namely the "Special Forces of Deterrence" led by Abdel-Rauf Qara, the "Revolutionary Brigades of Tripoli" commanded by Haytem Tadjuri, the Navasi Battalion, headed by Ali Kaddur, and the Abu Slim Division" of the Central Security Apparatus under the command of Abdel-Gani Kikli, promised Saraj their assistance in ensuring the government's security and maintaining law and order in the city. Operating as part of the Ministry of the Interior and endowed with the authority to investigate and arrest, these four groups eventually phased out their rivals from the city and carved up the capital into their areas of influence, establishing a sort of a cartel.
While remaining nominally loyal to the Government of National Accord, these four groups ultimately gained unprecedented sway over the country's leadership turning into a mafia-style community that controlled the political institutions of the state and big business. A German study has repeatedly quoted the leaders of these groups as saying that "the GNA is only a screen they use to issue decrees that are favorable to them." [ix]
Testifying to the scale of the lawlessness perpetrated by the cartel's leaders are numerous facts that have become public knowledge. Thus, in October 2017, two commanders of the Tripoli Revolutionary Brigades kidnapped the Transport Minister and set him free only after he had awarded a 78 million euro contract to restore the Tripoli International Airport to a certain company from Misurata.
The leaders of the "Special Forces of Deterrence" have similarly been involved in such lawless acts. Ignoring repeated protests by the Prosecutor General, they kept the Libyan Airways' executive director and senior officials of the Libyan airline Afriqiyah Airways under arrest in order to have their people appointed to senior positions in both companies and enjoy various services provided by these two air carriers.
According to experts of the Atlantic Council – a US-based think tank - even before the August 27 offensive, the 7th Infantry Brigade's commander Abdel Rahim Cani enlisted the support of Salah Badi, a brigade commander from Misurata, who played a very active role in the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi, and of a brigade from Zintan, which was forced out of Tripoli in 2014. [x]
The armed clashes that flared up in and around the capital on August 26, ended with a September 4 ceasefire mediated by the UN Special Representative Ghassan Salame only to resume shortly afterwards. It wasn't until September 26 that the warring factions signed a truce, which has since been regularly violated by both sides. As a result, about 120 people have been killed, over 400 injured and an estimated 25,000 forced to abandon their homes. [xi]
The gun battles fought in Tripoli were yet another example of the United Nation's failure to resolve the conflict - Faiz Saraj is a UN protégé - and the tragic consequences of the 2011 US-led military intervention by NATO countries. According to Jonathan Weiner, who served as the US Special Representative for Libya in 2013-2017, President Barack Obama's decision to join in the military operation in Libya came "under strong pressure from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron." At the same time, Weiner added, following Gaddafi's downfall, France and Britain committed themselves to "democratizing" Libya – an effort that was much facilitated by the North African country's $200 billion foreign exchange reserves [xii].
Even though Washington's current policy vis-à-vis Libya may look restrained and mainly limited to "combating international terrorism," at the close of 2016, a coalition of police brigades from Misurata succeeded, with US air support, in driving ISIS militants out of the city of Sirt. The terrorist threat is still there though, necessitating regular US airstrikes on the militants' positions in the region.
It should also be noted that the post of the US ambassador to Libya remained vacant up until early-November of 2018, when Peter Boddy was finally dispatched by Washington to take it up.
This is not to say, however, that the Americans just sit and watch what is going on in Libya. Even when Barack Obama was still in the White House, the US policy in Africa began to take on the features of "behind-the-scenes control" through its vassals. According to the Qatari-based news agency Al-Jazeera, the latest government reshuffle in Tripoli in October with the appointment of Fati Bashag as Interior Minister, and Ali Abdullaziz Issavi and Faraj Bumatari respectively taking up the posts of Economy and Finance Ministers, had been coordinated by Faiz Saraj with the UN Deputy Special Representative in Libya Stephanie Williams, who happens to be a US citizen.
With Muammar Gaddafi now gone, the British and French quickly forgot their promise of a "democratic reorganization" of Libya, which they had given Barack Obama, and handed the solution of this daunting task over to the United Nations. Since February 2011, six UN special representatives have taken turns dealing with these issues, with the last of them, Ghassan Salame, just like the five before him, falling victim to the conflict of interest of the outside actors, above all France and Italy, as well as Qatar, Turkey, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, all of them rendering assistance to their supporters in Libya.
At the heart of Italy's policy in Libya, apart from purely political considerations, such as a desire to remain the main partner of its oil and gas-rich former colony and resolve the acute problem of African migrants, are purely economic considerations. Rome's support for Faiz Saraj and his Government of National Accord, which is nominally in control of the country's western regions, is explained by the fact that the Italian energy giant ENI is pumping natural gas at the Mellita field west of Tripoli and sending it to Italy via the Green Stream pipeline running under the Mediterranean Sea, thus covering 25 percent of the country's needs for natural gas.
ENI has also obtained concessions to explore large oil fields in Libya: one in the desert region and an offshore one, both covering 10 percent of Italy's crude oil consumption. [xiv]
Therefore, from an economic standpoint, Tripolitania, which, apart from energy production, is home to the bulk of Italian investments in other sectors of the local economy, is more important to Rome than the eastern regions of the country.
Meanwhile, France has been ramping up its political activity in Libya as part of its counterterrorism Operation Barhan being carried out in the Sahel zone. In the past few years, France, which has become the target of a series of high-profile terrorist attacks, has felt the painful pinch of its participation in the 2011 military intervention in Libya. Learning from its past mistakes, Paris has been providing military assistance to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, known for his unflinching opposition to Islamic extremism.
Economic interests are equally high on Paris' mind. As transpires from then-US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails, in February 2011, just ahead of the NATO intervention in Libya, French intelligence officers had several secret meetings in Benghazi with some representatives of the Libyan military promising them assistance in exchange for a preferential status granted to French companies working in Libya, especially in the country's oil and gas sector. [xv]
As far as Russia is concerned, its interest in resolving the crisis in Libya is best evidenced by the high status of the Russian delegation in Palermo, led by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Russia and Libya share a decades-long history of trade, economic, humanitarian and military cooperation. According to various estimates, during the 1970s and 1980s, the Libyan Jamahiriya bought $17 billion worth of arms and military equipment from the Soviet Union. [xvi]
Decades on, there is a great deal of interest in Russia in continuing this cooperation with Libya. In February 2017, Rosneft signed an oil and gas cooperation agreement with the National Oil Corporation of Libya, and Russian Railways is in talks with Libyan partners to resume a contract, put on hold by war and destruction, for the construction of the Sirt-Benghazi railway.
In fact, Moscow wants to work together with all sides in the Libyan conflict, including the Government of National Accord led by Faiz Saraj, who was holding talks at the Russian Foreign Ministry in March 2017, and with Khalifa Haftar, who is acting on behalf of the House of Representatives in Tobruk. During his visit to Russia, Haftar repeated his request for the provision of Russian arms for his forces, but Russia refused citing a standing UN embargo on arms supplies to Libya.
During their December 13, 2018 visit to Moscow, a delegation of the House of Representatives of Libya, headed by Speaker Aguila Saleh, signed a cooperation agreement with the Russian State Duma. Having in mind the past experience of Soviet instructors training Libyan military personnel, Aguila Saleh reiterated his government's request for the resumption of this program. He also expressed interest in the development of cooperation in oil and gas industry, the construction of the Sirt-Benghazi railway and other infrastructure facilities.
Earlier, on December 4, 2018, another Libyan delegation, this time representing the interests of Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, who is backed by the supporters of the previous Libyan government, had a meeting at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow to share with the Russian side his vision of how best to end the crisis in Libya "in keeping with the UN plan, but without foreign interference." [xvii]
The efforts to resolve the Libyan crisis are complicated by the fact that numerous armed "brigades" and criminal groups active in the country are more than happy about the current status quo, which allows them to control their illegal business. According to Britain's Royal Institute of International Relations, in 2016, they earned an estimated $978 million from smuggling migrants to Europe and, according to other sources they are annually making $750 to $2 billion from smuggling oil products. [xviii]
And this is without taking into account revenues from drug trade.
The June 2018 attempt by Ibrahim Jadran, the onetime commander of the units ensuring the security of Libya's oil facilities, and the Salafist-jihadist Benghazi Defense Brigade to seize the Ras Lanuf and Es Sidr oil terminals controlled by Khalifa Haftar, showed that the local players have no intention whatsoever to give up their economic power and abandon political ambitions in the struggle for power.
Some Western experts even believe that the brigades from Misurata, which in 2016 drove out the Islamic State terrorists from Sirt, could use their combat power and financial and military assistance from Qatar and Turkey, to launch, together with other opponents of Khalifa Haftar, a military operation to seize oil fields in the east of the country in order to deprive Haftar of the levers of economic and political pressure on the government in Tripoli. In a statement issued on October 20, 2018, the head of the city's Military Council, Ibrahim bin Rajab, rejected any suggestions of establishing unified armed forces that Khalifa Haftar could participate in. [xix]
The turbulent events of the past few months have dispelled the illusion of relative stability in the Libyan capital, and once again showed that the outside players, primarily the Western countries, which endorsed the Government of National Accord led by Faiz Saraj at the United Nations, simply refused to acknowledge the fact that implanted into the country's political life from the outside, this government does not enjoy popular support and that the real power both in the center and in the regions is wielded by formations "armed to the teeth." According to Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence service, by the time of Muammar Gaddafi's ouster, there were about 1 million tons of weapons in Libyan arsenals – more than the entire UK army can boast of. [xx]
As one expert put it, "there can be no peace in a country where there are 20 million guns per 6 million people." [xxi]
In a situation where the government in Tripoli has proved utterly unable to end the armed clashes by loyal police brigades, the future of the political settlement in the war-torn country, even with international mediation, remains anyone's guess. The general opinion is that in the run-up to next summer's elections, the struggle for power between Libya's rival factions will only be heating up and the country will enter a period of new upheavals.
The opinion of the author may not necessarily reflect the position of the Editorial Board.
[i] https://aawsat.com/enlish/home/article/e
[ii] http://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-pale
[iii] https://www.lastampa.it/2018/11/15/esteri/p
[iv] https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/hcs-presid
[v] https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/libyas-al
[vi] https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/presidential-council
[vii] https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/libya-house
[viii] http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/libya-chaos
[ix] https://docviewer.yandex.ru/view/37007937
[x] http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blog/menasource/find
[xi] https://www.libyaherald.com/2018/09/sa
[xii] http://www.arabnews.com/node/1376116
[xiii] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/Libyan-p
[xiv] https://middleeastmonitor.com/20181108-what
[xv] https://sputniknews.com/politics/20160325
[xvi] https://www.razumei.ru/lib/article/1119
[xvii] https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/original
[xviii] https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/defau;
[xix] https://www.libyaobserver.ly>misrata...rejects...warlord...haftar
[xx] http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/rr500/rr557/RAN
[xxi] http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blog/menasource/find
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Taiwan's second largest notebook PC maker, Quanta Computer Inc, says its delivered more than 190,000 units, worth NT$7bn ($219m), last month, despite losing production time due to power cuts after the September 21 earthquake. Both figures are close to those reported for August, and are only slightly less than the company's pre-earthquake estimates of 200,000 machines to be shipped in September.
Quanta, which recently lost the number one position in Taiwan's notebook computer industry to Asustek Computer Inc, made about a million notebook PCs in its three Taiwan factories in the first half of the year and has orders for another 1.2 million in the second half.
Although officials with other notebook PC companies have warned of a possible shortage of upstream components due to the earthquake, a Quanta official said that the company's component supplies are stable and it remains optimistic about the delivery outlook for the rest of this year.


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Official Language policy in the Canadian Forces and Department of National Defence was all about rules and policies. A complicated matrix dictated which language you should use when communicating with others. It was confusing and complicated, which resulted in more barriers and additional layers of bureaucracy. As a result, the program was universally disliked and resented.
The challenge was to introduce a new approach and a new way of thinking about official languages. Rather than being about rules, there was a desire to return to the original spirit of the Official Languages Act, which was to allow people to communicate in the language of their choice – a very human act of respect and acceptance.
Further, there had been increasing evidence that the ability to work in two languages was a proven operational strength in the battlefield.
Changing attitudes and indeed culture about a set of policies and rules is not easy. There were widespread myths and confusion over the program.
Originally, the Director of Official Languages contacted Vision2Voice after seeing a video we produced. He wanted a video too. After some discussion and a review of all of the organization's communications activities and products, we recommended a comprehensive strategy be developed. The strategy set out key messages to foster a culture change, and recommended that a new look and feel be developed. The messages and the visual brand would be carried through all communications tools and tactics, resulting in a cohesive, lasting and very visible campaign.
The strategy focused on the concept that official languages was really about people. We used fundamental communications principles to reframe the idea of official languages – instead of being a program based on rules, it was a program that was based on values. We showed the human side of official languages by telling stories and by visually capturing the essence of the program. We were able to capture the imagination of our audience by demonstrating that the official languages program is about people working with people.
The approach began with the development of core communications marketing products including a video on DVD, print material and a redeveloped Web site. These products were designed to achieve the objectives in the plan. A new 'look and feel' were also developed to reinforce the key messages and ensure consistent visual branding between all official languages marketing material.
The core marketing products would be complemented by ongoing communications activities.
The eye catching look and feel conveys the idea that official languages is about human interaction.
A 20 minute video was produced to provide new insight into the official language program by demonstrating that the program is about treating others with respect. The video illustrates this through a series of vignettes, and also gives members of the CF and employees practical ideas about applying and integrate this new approach into everyday operations.
The DVD received rave reviews from those in other departments involved in official languages. In fact, the DVD was showcased at a conference on Best Practices in Official Languages.
Make it human – appeal to fundamental human values like respect for others and trust.
Tell a story – the use of vignettes illustrated, in a very personal way, why the Official Languages program was needed.
Bring it to life. When you let others tell their stories, the messages become real. For example, the Commanding Officer of Joint Task Force 2 (Canada's equivalent of the Navy Seals) talked about his operational experience and how being bilingual helped him as a leader working with soldiers from Canada and from other countries.
Be bold. The creative look and feel was a change from the ordinary, giving the program's marketing products a distinctive look.


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Q: Setting Up and API inside ASP.net (URL issues?) Now i realise this question may get voted down a bit because its not really a direct problem. I am very confident in C# and JavaScript ... so i decided to finally learn ASP.net (.net framework). I understand what API's and AJAX calls do such as handling data and starting API function to retrieve data. But how do you connect the two together inside a project?
This is the WEBAPI.config
 namespace SignalRDbUpdates
 {
   public static class WebApiConfig
   {
    public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
    {
        config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();

        config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: "DefaultApi",
            routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
            defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
        );
    }
 }
}

Here is the API i have not set anything up on it yet just want to know how to start an AJAX call to this API ... maybe simply return a string to an alert box for now.
namespace DotNetFramework.Controllers.API
{
public class TestAPI : ApiController
{
    // GET api/<controller>
    public IEnumerable<string> Get()
    {
        return new string[] { "value1", "value2" };
    }

    // GET api/<controller>/5
    public string Get(int id)
    {
        return "value";
    }

    // POST api/<controller>
    public void Post([FromBody]string value)
    {
    }

    // PUT api/<controller>/5
    public void Put(int id, [FromBody]string value)
    {
    }

    // DELETE api/<controller>/5
    public void Delete(int id)
    {
    }
}
}

This is the AJAX call the URL posting is what confuses me, and expansion of AJAX get too would be appreciated
$.ajax({
               method: 'POST',
               url: '?',
               success: function()
               {
                   alert('Working');
                },
                error: function()
                {
                    alert('Error');
                }
            });

To recap all i want to know how does using an API with AJAX actually work on a basic level of calling and sending data and retrieving and getting data from the API. The URL section of this is what confuses me the most.

A: If you look at the scaffolded code, particularly the commented items, it should give you what you're looking for.
e.g.
 // GET api/<controller>
 public IEnumerable<string> Get()

That means to hit that endpoint, your url: /api/teSTaPi (purposely showing that casing doesn't matter) with a GET. Your Controller name = <controller> in the scaffolded comment (aka "placeholder"), which in this case, is TestAPI (your controller class name).

*

*naming convention TestController so you can use /api/test/
In Web API, the default names of the methods and params (or none) will map to the protocol (GET, POST, etc.) and specific method call.
REF: Routing in ASP.NET Web API
Hth...

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NEWARK – Caesar Rodney used a deep roster and multiple wins in the final round to take both the boys' and girls' state tennis championships, but it was a successful season for Archmere, which captured two second-place team finishes and a pair of individual titles. CR edged the Auks in the team standings, 21-20. The final round of the state tournament was staged May 26 on a hot afternoon at the University of Delaware Field House.
Robby Ward completed an unbeaten season for the Auks with a 6-4, 6-4 upset of Milford's Colton Williamson in the first singles match. Williamson had been 14-0 coming into the tournament, while Ward was 8-0. After taking the first set, Ward built up a 5-1 lead in the second before Williamson made his move.
Williamson held serve to make it 5-2 before Ward served with an opportunity to win the match. He held match point, but Williamson rebounded with the next three points to break serve and climb within two games. With the score 5-3, Ward had three match points, only to see his opponent escape each time and eventually take his third straight game.
"When I broke my serve, I knew I had another serve to try and hold, so I was really trying to hit the ball and get that game if I could," Ward said.
In the final game, Ward trailed, 15-30, as Williamson attempted to tie the set, but this time Ward capitalized on match point, his fifth, by placing a drop shot in the middle that Williamson could not reach. Ward, a freshman, said when he and Williamson met previously, he was more nervous and had less of an offensive approach.
Earlier, on the same court, Archmere's No. 1 doubles team of Sam Wayne and Spencer Lutz capped their high school careers with a state title over Tatnall's Bennett Atwater and Louis Zammaccori. Wayne and Lutz, the top-seeded duo at first doubles, earned a 6-3, 6-2 victory.
Archmere's pair started strong in the first set, winning the first three games, before the Hornets rebounded with the next two. Lutz served the winner in the set as Tatnall's return sailed over the end line.
Archmere was up, 5-2, in the second set, and clinched the win in the next game. Wayne and Lutz were up, 40-love, before Atwater and Zammaccori scored the next two points. Wayne, however, ended the match with a winner on the next point, and the seniors had themselves a state championship.
"We took them on during the season and defeated them," Lutz said. "We really came into the tournament this season just focusing on committing to all of our shots, playing consistent and the intensity of the game.
The Auks also had a finalist at third singles. Rahul Subbaraya earned his trip to the final with an upset of the top seed, but he ran into the Caesar Rodney buzzsaw in the final. The Riders' David Haynes took a 6-0, 6-2 decision.
Archmere tennis has enjoyed something of a renaissance over the past few years, which makes the seniors proud, Wayne said.
"Our team's been awesome this year. Coming to practice early, staying late. It's been a big progression because our freshman year, we had a losing record (6-8). As a team this year, we had two losses and we're in competition for the state title, so it's been a good run," he said.
On the girls' side, CR won four of the five matches to take the team championship by a 27-18 score over Archmere and Wilmington Charter. The Riders won all but first singles.
Archmere had girls in each of the three singles finals. No. 2 Grace Dignazio lost a 6-4, 6-2 decision at first singles to top-seeded Charter's Grace Shiau. Halle Parker of Caesar Rodney, seeded second at second singles, pulled the upset of Archmere's top-seeded Abby Podolsky, 6-1, 6-1. At third singles, the Riders' Natasha Sijan, seeded first, defeated the No. 2, the Auks' Alisa Yankovenko, 6-2, 6-2.


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What a thrill it was to receive the full set of beautiful Australian songbirds 2009 set on cover recently. Clearly postmarked from Ouyen in Victoria. I've seen all these birds in various locations in Australia and know their calls. I am surprised the Green catbird was included as their call is more like a cat with a sore throat than a song.


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Q: Pros and cons of actions over shortcodes I need to output some posts on some pages and I created shortcode:
function show_foo() {
    // output stuff
}
add_shortcode( 'foo', 'show_foo' );

and I use it like this in templates:
echo do_shortcode('[foo]');

But now I'm thinking if I shouldn't use action in favor of shortcode, like this:
function show_foo() {
    // output stuff
}
add_action( 'foo', 'show_foo' );

and in templates use it like this:
do_action('foo');

What are the cons and pros of these two methods? Do I understand it right that shortcodes should be used only when you need to add attributes to your output like this?
echo do_shortcode([foo param_1="bar" param_2="foobar"]);

And in cases that you need to let the user to put the output of the function into the wysiwyg editor because they don't have access to the templates?

A: Neither are correct. Just use show_foo():
<?php echo show_foo(); ?>

The only reason to ever use shortcodes is to insert dynamic content into a page or post from within the editor (Although, these days the 'proper' way to do that would be with a block, although that's more difficult).
Shortcodes should not be used for outputting content into templates, because parsing the shortcode with do_shortcode() is completely unnecessary overhead.
do_action() is also redundant when outputting code into a template, because you can also just run the callback function directly. The only reasons you'd use do_action() are:

*

*If you wanted to allow other developers to remove the function from the template with remove_action().

*You wanted to allow other developers to add their own functions to that specific part of the template.

A: Here's the answer:

*

*Don't use do_shortcode();

*For all other cases, refer to #1.

If you're working in an area where you can use PHP, there's no need to use do_shortcode() since you can run the function directly.  do_shortcode() runs a pretty intensive regex as it has to run through (and parse) ALL shortcodes on the site, so don't use it when it is unnecessary.
(If you're adding shortcode parsing to an area within a theme, then that's a different story, but for most cases, don't do it!)
Yes, in some cases, the shortcode's function is not direct and might be part of a class, so here's a good solution when needing to access a shortcode that way.
Your question about do_action() actually seems like you may not understand the action hook concept.  Adding do_action( 'my_hook' ) is adding an action hook in your template (or wherever you add this).
There is a common misuse of "action hook" (and "filter hook") when discussing these terms.  Many people will write a function hooked to an action and call that "the hook," but the "hook" is the do_action() (or the apply_filters()).  The function you write is "hooked to" that action.  (More correctly, this is the "callback".)
So in your template where you've put do_action('foo') you have created an action hook at that point.  This is a point for customization.  If you're doing this in a theme that only you will use in a single instance, there's no need for this.  You only need this if you're writing it for public use OR if you use your framework across several sites where you might apply some custom element.
The correct approach based on what you described is to simply use show_foo() directly.


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More over the purpose of the work is to identify the economic effects of multilateral programs to promote international development, as well as to develop practical recommendations on the formation and development of the ID system in Kazakhstan.


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package com.amadeus.session.repository.redis;

import static com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry.name;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import com.codahale.metrics.Gauge;
import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;

import redis.clients.jedis.Jedis;
import redis.clients.jedis.Transaction;
import redis.clients.jedis.exceptions.JedisException;
import redis.clients.util.Pool;

/**
 * Base class for jedis facades. Contains methods that are common for both
 * single/sentinel node facade and cluster facade.
 *
 */
abstract class AbstractJedisFacade implements RedisFacade {
  private static final String CRLF = "\r\n";
  private static final String REDIS_VERSION_LABEL = "redis_version:";
  private static final Integer[] MIN_MULTISPOP_VERSION = new Integer[] { 3, 2 };

  private List<Integer> version;

  /**
   * Multi spop is only supported redis 3.2+.
   */
  @Override
  public boolean supportsMultiSpop() {
    readVersion();
    for (int i = 0; i < MIN_MULTISPOP_VERSION.length && i < version.size(); i++) {
      if (version.get(i) < MIN_MULTISPOP_VERSION[i]) {
        return false;
      }
    }
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Reads and parses version information from redis server. See
   * http://redis.io/commands/INFO for details how to obtain redis version.
   */
  void readVersion() {
    if (version == null) {
      String info = info("server");
      if (info != null) {
        parseVersion(info);
      }
      if (version == null) {
        version = Collections.singletonList(0);
      }
    }
  }

  private void parseVersion(String info) {
    int start = info.indexOf(REDIS_VERSION_LABEL);
    if (start >= 0) {
      start += REDIS_VERSION_LABEL.length();
      // In RESP different parts of the protocol are always terminated with
      // "\r\n" (CRLF).
      int end = info.indexOf(CRLF, start);
      if (end < 0) {
        end = info.length();
      }
      String[] coordiantes = info.substring(start, end).split("\\.");
      version = new ArrayList<>();
      for (String coordinate : coordiantes) {
        version.add(Integer.parseInt(coordinate));
      }
    }
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isRedisException(Exception e) {
    return e instanceof JedisException;
  }

  /**
   * Helper method that registers metrics for a jedis pool.
   *
   * @param jedisPool
   *          the pool which is monitored
   * @param metrics
   *          the registry to use for metrics
   */
  static void addMetrics(final Pool<Jedis> jedisPool, MetricRegistry metrics) {
    final String host = jedisPool.getResource().getClient().getHost();
    String prefix = name(RedisConfiguration.METRIC_PREFIX, "redis", host);
    metrics.register(name(prefix, "active"), new Gauge<Integer>() {
      @Override
      public Integer getValue() {
        return jedisPool.getNumActive();
      }
    });
    metrics.register(name(prefix, "idle"), new Gauge<Integer>() {
      @Override
      public Integer getValue() {
        return jedisPool.getNumIdle();
      }
    });
    metrics.register(name(prefix, "waiting"), new Gauge<Integer>() {
      @Override
      public Integer getValue() {
        return jedisPool.getNumWaiters();
      }
    });
  }

  /**
   * Wraps jedis transaction into TransactionFacade.
   *
   * @param t
   *          jedis transaction
   * @return wrapped instance
   */
  static RedisFacade.TransactionFacade wrapJedisTransaction(final Transaction t) {
    return new RedisFacade.TransactionFacade() {
      @Override
      public void hdel(byte[] key, byte[]... fields) {
        t.hdel(key, fields);
      }

      @Override
      public void hmset(byte[] key, Map<byte[], byte[]> hash) {
        t.hmset(key, hash);
      }

      @Override
      public void del(byte[]... keys) {
        t.del(keys);
      }

      @Override
      public RedisFacade.ResponseFacade<Set<byte[]>> smembers(final byte[] key) {
        return new RedisFacade.ResponseFacade<Set<byte[]>>() {
          @Override
          public Set<byte[]> get() {
            return t.smembers(key).get();
          }

        };
      }
    };
  }
}

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Sia Records New Song, "Angel by the Wings," For 'The Eagle Huntress' Doc
Date : Wed, 20 Jan 2016
Golden Globe and GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Sia wrote and performed a new song, "Angel by the Wings," for the soon-to-be-premiered documentary The Eagle Huntress. Bold and inspiring, the song tells listeners to "look to the sky," and reminds all of us that "you can do anything."
The documentary is set to premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, January 24. The press release reads: "Directed by Otto Bell and executive produced by Academy Award-nominated director/producer Morgan Spurlock, The Eagle Huntress is the spellbinding true story of Aisholpan, a 13-year-old Mongolian girl who is striving to become the first female Eagle Hunter in 2,000 years of male dominated history."
Bell said the following about working with Sia: "I'm incredibly grateful that Sia took the time to write and record this very special song...It's a wonderful vote of confidence for our documentary. I could not have imagined a more fitting, timeless piece of music for the film - it's such a beautiful girl power anthem!"
In 2015, Sia was nominated for five GRAMMYs, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year, for her track "Chandelier" off her album 1000 Forms of Fear (RCA Records). She also received a Golden Globe nomination in 2015 for her track "Opportunity" from the movie Annie.
—The ARTISTdirect Staff
For more on Sia, check out:
The Songs Sia Wishes She Wrote
Sia's Music VIdeos
Buy Sia music on iTunes
Sia Is Engaged
Listen to Sia's "Chandelier"
Sia's New Album Will Be Called...
Listen Up! The Singles Roundup - March 30, 2007
The Truth About Everything: An Interview With Sia
Sia Is Married!
Sia Releases New Solo Album
Sia to Kick Off "We Are Born" Tour in July
Check Out Sia's PETA Ad
Ximena Sariñana Announces Summer Tour with Sia
Sia Tours, Releases Sophomore Album
Sia to Release "1000 Forms of Fear" in July
These Are the Songs Sia Wishes She Wrote
Sia Reveals 2010 Suicide Attempt
Funny or Die Lampoons Sia's Elastic Heart"
Hearts & Hands Share Cover of Sia's "Elastic Heart"
This Week In Albums - January 23-29
This Week in Songs - January 16-22
Top Songs of The Week June 25 - July 1
Sia Announces Tour With Openers Miguel And AlunaGeorge
Sia Details New Album 'Everyday Is Christmas'
Watch Sia Team Up With Kendrick Lamar For New Single "The Greatest"
Sia Will Headline A Free Abortion Rights Concert
London Grammar, Sia & Major Lazer Lead Top Music Videos Of The Week - January 6
University of Adelaide Names Music Institute After Sia
Sia Announces Christmas Album, Signs With Atlantic Records
LSD (LABRINTH, SIA, DIPLO) RELEASES NEW SONG "THUNDERCLOUDS"
LSD RELEASE THEIR NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR "THUNDERCLOUDS"
LSD RELEASE THE REMIX FOR "GENIUS"
LSD RELEASES VIDEO FOR "NO NEW FRIENDS"


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Trafficking in human beings violates the rights and affects the lives of countless people in Europe and beyond. An increasing number of women, men and children are being traded as a commodity, across borders or in their own countries, and trapped into exploitation and abuse.
Since the late 1980s, the Council of Europe has invested considerable efforts in the fight against trafficking in human beings. These efforts culminated in the adoption, in May 2005, of the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings and the setting up of a mechanism to monitor compliance with the obligations contained in it. This monitoring mechanism is composed of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA), a multidisciplinary panel of 15 independent experts, and the Committee of the Parties to the Convention. GRETA draws up country evaluation reports containing an analysis of the implementation of the Convention by each Party and proposals for further action. On the basis of GRETA's reports, the political pillar of the monitoring mechanism, the Committee of the Parties, may adopt recommendations concerning the measures to be taken to implement GRETA's conclusions.
The Convention entered into force on 1 February 2008. It is a legally binding instrument which builds on already existing international instruments. At the same time, the Convention goes beyond the minimum standards agreed upon in other international instruments and aims at strengthening the protection afforded by them. The main added value of the Convention is its human rights perspective and focus on victim protection.
Trafficking in human beings vs. smuggling of migrants:
Whereas smuggled migrants belong to the groups of persons vulnerable to THB, trafficking in human beings is to be distinguished from smuggling of migrants. While the aim of smuggling of migrants is the unlawful cross-border transport in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit, the purpose of trafficking in human beings is exploitation. Furthermore, trafficking in human beings does not necessarily involve a transnational element; it can exist at national level. However there are also overlaps between trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants, for instance because the actions of migrant smugglers often result in benefit for traffickers, and in some cases, migrant smugglers can also be or become traffickers.
Prevention of trafficking in human beings:
The Convention requires measures enabling legal migration (Article 5, paragraph 4), border measures to prevent trafficking in human beings (Article 7) and measures to ensure the security of travel and identity documents (Articles 8 and 9).
Identification of victims of trafficking among migrants:
Victims of trafficking must be identified and recognized as such, in order to avoid law enforcement agencies and public authorities treating them as irregular migrants or criminals. Pursuant to Article 10 of the Convention, Parties must provide their competent authorities, including border police, customs and immigration authorities, with persons who are trained and qualified in preventing and combating human trafficking and in identifying and assisting victims. In its evaluation reports, GRETA underlines the necessity of identifying foreign nationals who could be subject to human trafficking, particularly those who are held in detention centres pending their deportation (SK, DNK, BUL) or who stay in refugee centres (AUT) and giving potential victims in these centres access to relevant legal assistance and interpreters in all stages of the identification process (AUT, BUL).
Measures for unaccompanied children:
Under Article 10, Paragraph 4, of the Convention, as soon as an unaccompanied child is identified as a victim, each Party shall take specific measures to provide for representation of the child by a legal guardian, organisation or authority which shall act in the best interest of that child. Steps shall also be taken to establish the child's identity and nationality and to locate his/her family when this is in the best interest of the child.
Recovery and reflection period:
Article 13 of the Convention introduces the obligation for Parties to provide in their internal law for a recovery and reflection period of at least 30 days. The minimum 30-day period constitutes an important guarantee for victims and potential victims and it serves a number of purposes, including to allow them to recover and escape the influence of traffickers and/or to take a decision on co-operating with the competent authorities. During this period, Parties must authorise the person concerned to stay on their territory and expulsion orders cannot be enforced.
Residence permits, repatriation and return of victims of trafficking:
Article 14(1) of the Convention provides for two possibilities when it comes to the issuing of renewable residence permits to victims
of trafficking: on the basis of their personal situation and/or their co-operation with the competent authorities in the investigation or criminal proceedings. Pursuant to Article 16 of the Convention, the return of victims of trafficking shall preferably be voluntary and needs to be carried out with due regard for the rights, safety and dignity of the person and for the status of any legal proceedings related to the fact that the person is a victim of human trafficking. Parties shall establish repatriation programmes which aim at avoiding re-victimisation and involve relevant national or international institutions and NGOs, as well as make efforts to favour the reintegration of victims into the society of the State of return.
Non-punishment of victims of trafficking for migration-related offences:
Pursuant to Article 26 of the Convention, Parties must provide for the possibility of not imposing penalties on victims of trafficking for their involvement in unlawful activities, to the extent that they have been compelled to do so. As stressed by GRETA in its evaluation reports, this is particularly relevant in countries that criminalise the irregular entry or stay in a country as a victim of trafficking could be prosecuted for migration-related offences while he/she has been compelled to commit the offence by the traffickers (DNK, BUL). Victims of trafficking are also sometimes compelled by their traffickers to use fraudulent travel and identity documents and Article 26 could also be relevant in such cases (DNK).
International co-operation:
In order to combat transnational trafficking effectively, international co-operation between countries of origin, destination and transit for victims of trafficking is vital. This is why Article 32 of the Convention requires Parties to co-operate with each other to the widest extent possible in order to prevent and combat trafficking in human beings, protect and assist victims, and investigate related criminal offences.


The fourth industrial revolution, which encompasses everything from the internet of things to cloud computing to data integration, is not just a challenge for international players alone. Do you manufacture and package sweets? Are you responsible for product logistics management? Are you perhaps a supplier to the automotive sector? SMEs also need to digitize their business processes from the inside out. Digital transformation is also essential if you want to remain competitive in your own market.
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Les compétitions de Judo aux Jeux du Commonwealth de 1990 sont la première édition de judo aux Jeux du Commonwealth. Ces compétitions ont lieu dans le cadre de la  disputés du  au  à Auckland, en Nouvelle-Zélande.

Podiums

Hommes

Femmes

Tableau des médailles

Notes et références

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Judo aux Jeux du Commonwealth
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Apartment Vladimira Nazora VI is a self-catering accommodation located in Crikvenica. FreeWiFi access is available. Accommodation will provide you with a TV, air conditioning and a terrace. There is a full kitchen with a dishwasher and a microwave. Private bathrooms also come with a shower. You can enjoy sea view. . The property offers free parking. Pula Airport is located 68 km away.


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Q: Postgres RDS session with backend type "startup", empty activity and no query holds locks on tables I'm running Postgres 12 on AWS RDS and monitoring it with pgAdmin. This is a read-only replica of the production database.
I have a weird session with not much info, only: backend_type = startup, PID, and backend_start. All other columns in pg_stat_activity are null, also no user or database info (looking at pgAdmin session dashboard). This session will sometimes hold a few exclusive locks on a particular view and maybe some tables. The queries that get blocked by these locks aren't critical so canceling them is a temporary measure but it's still annoying to deal with because it can trigger replica lags. After some time (a week?) the locks are released until they're created again. The session has been running for a few months now.
My questions are:

*

*Did anyone come across this startup process?

*Can anyone recommend tables or commands for psql I can run to try getting additional info for this PID? I mostly checked pg_stat_activity.

*Random searching for postgres startup process also indicates that this process shouldn't exist after postgres starts up. Should I consider killing the session?

A: You can find this mysterious "startup process" defined in the glossary of the documentation:

An auxiliary process that replays WAL during crash recovery and in a physical replica.

Yes, the name is kind of weird, and there were considerations to change it, but this process is replaying the transaction log streamed from the primary server to the data files. The name comes from crash recovery and archive recovery: there, WAL replay only happens until recovery is complete, then normal operation is resumed. With streaming replication, you remain in recovery mode all the time, so the standby is "starting up" all the while until you promote it.


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/*
 * InOperatorTest.java
 *
 * Created on March 24, 2005, 5:08 PM
 */

package com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.query.functional;

import java.util.*;
import junit.framework.*;
import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.query.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.*;
import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.query.internal.ResultsBag;
import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.query.internal.IndexTrackingQueryObserver;
import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.query.internal.QueryObserverHolder;
import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.query.data.Employee;

import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.query.internal.DefaultQuery;
import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.query.internal.CompiledSelect;
import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.query.internal.CompiledJunction;
import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.query.internal.parse.OQLLexerTokenTypes;

/**
 *
 * @author vikramj
 */
public class INOperatorTest extends TestCase {

  public INOperatorTest(String testName) {
    super(testName);
  }

  public static void main(java.lang.String[] args) {
    junit.textui.TestRunner.run(suite());
  }

  protected void setUp() throws Exception {
    CacheUtils.startCache();
  }

  protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
    CacheUtils.closeCache();
  }

  public static Test suite(){
    TestSuite suite = new TestSuite(INOperatorTest.class);
    return suite;
  }

  // For decomposition of IN expressions, need to unit-test the following:
  // 1) IN expr gets decomposed on indexed expression with func index (done)
  // 2) index gets used on IN clause (done)
  // 3) IN expr does not get decomposed on unindexed expression (not done)
  // 4) Decomposed IN expr works with bind parameters (not done)
  // 5) IN expr does get decomposed on indexed expression with pk index (not done)
  // 6) pk index gets used with IN expression (not done)
  // 7) decomposition (or not) of nested IN expressions (not done)
  // 8) test IN clauses with:
  //   a) zero elements (should shortcircuit to return false ideally) (not done)
  //   b) one element (not done)
  //   c) more than one element (done)

  /**
   * Test the decomposition of IN SET(..) that gets decomposed
   * into ORs so an index can be used
   * @author Eric Zoerner
   */
  public void _testInDecompositionWithFunctionalIndex() throws Exception {

  }

  public void testRegionBulkGet() throws Exception {
    Cache cache = CacheUtils.getCache();
    AttributesFactory attributesFactory = new AttributesFactory();
    RegionAttributes regionAttributes = attributesFactory.create();

    Region region = cache.createRegion("pos",regionAttributes);

    region.put("6", new Integer(6));
    region.put("10", new Integer(10));
    region.put("12", new Integer(10));

    QueryService qs = cache.getQueryService();

    Query q;
    SelectResults results;
    Object[] keys;
    Set expectedResults;

    q = qs.newQuery("SELECT e.value FROM /pos.entrySet e WHERE e.key IN $1");
    keys = new Object[] { "5", "6", "10", "45" };
    results = (SelectResults)q.execute(new Object[] {keys});
    expectedResults = new HashSet();
    expectedResults.add(new Integer(6));
    expectedResults.add(new Integer(10));
    assertEquals(expectedResults, results.asSet());

    q = qs.newQuery("SELECT e.value FROM /pos.entrySet e WHERE e.key IN $1");
    keys = new Object[] { "42" };
    results = (SelectResults)q.execute(new Object[] {keys});
    expectedResults = new HashSet();
    assertEquals(expectedResults, results.asSet());

    for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
      region.put(String.valueOf(i), new Integer(i));
    }
    q = qs.newQuery("SELECT e.value FROM /pos.entrySet e WHERE e.key IN $1");
    keys = new Object[] { "5", "6", "10", "45" };
    results = (SelectResults)q.execute(new Object[] {keys});
    expectedResults = new HashSet();
    expectedResults.add(new Integer(5));
    expectedResults.add(new Integer(6));
    expectedResults.add(new Integer(10));
    expectedResults.add(new Integer(45));
    assertEquals(expectedResults, results.asSet());

    q = qs.newQuery("SELECT e.key, e.value FROM /pos.entrySet e WHERE e.key IN $1");
    keys = new Object[] { "5", "6", "10", "45" };
    results = (SelectResults)q.execute(new Object[] {keys});
    assertEquals(4, results.size());

    region.destroyRegion();
  }

  public void testIntSet() throws Exception {

    Query q = CacheUtils.getQueryService().newQuery("2 IN SET(1,2,3)");

    Object result = q.execute();
    System.out.println(Utils.printResult(result));
    if(!result.equals(Boolean.TRUE))
      fail("Failed for IN operator");
  }
  public void testStringSet() throws Exception {

    Query q = CacheUtils.getQueryService().newQuery("'a' IN SET('x','y','z')");

    Object result = q.execute();
    System.out.println(Utils.printResult(result));
    if(!result.equals(Boolean.FALSE))
      fail("Failed for StringSet with IN operator");
  }

  public void testShortNumSet() throws Exception {
    Short num = Short.valueOf("1");
    Object params[]=new Object[1];
    params[0]= num;

    Query q = CacheUtils.getQueryService().newQuery("$1 IN SET(1,2,3)");

    Object result = q.execute(params);
    System.out.println(Utils.printResult(result));
    if(!result.equals(Boolean.TRUE))
      fail("Failed for ShortNum with IN operator");
  }

  public void testCollection() throws Exception {
    Object e1 = new Object();
    Object e2 = new Object();
    Object e3 = new Object();
    HashSet C1 = new HashSet();
    C1.add(e1);
    C1.add(e2);
    C1.add(e3);
    Object params[]=new Object[3];
    params[0]= e1;
    params[1]= C1;
    params[2]= e2;

    Query q = CacheUtils.getQueryService().newQuery("$3 IN $2");
    Object result = q.execute(params);
    System.out.println(Utils.printResult(result));
    if(!result.equals(Boolean.TRUE))
      fail("Failed for Collection with IN operator");
  }

  public void testWithSet() throws Exception {
    String s1 = "Hello";
    String s2 = "World";
    HashSet H1 = new HashSet();
    H1.add(s1);
    H1.add(s2);
    Object params[]=new Object[2];
    params[0]= s1;
    params[1]= H1;
    Query q = CacheUtils.getQueryService().newQuery("$1 IN $2");
    Object result = q.execute(params);
    System.out.println(Utils.printResult(result));
    if(!result.equals(Boolean.TRUE))
      fail("Failed for String set with IN operator");
  }
  public void testArrayList() throws Exception {
    String s1 = "sss";
    String s2 = "ddd";
    ArrayList AL1 = new ArrayList();
    AL1.add(s1);
    AL1.add(s2);
    Object params[]=new Object[3];
    params[0]= s1;
    params[1]= s2;
    params[2]= AL1;
    Query q = CacheUtils.getQueryService().newQuery("$1 IN $3");
    Object result = q.execute(params);
    System.out.println(Utils.printResult(result));
    if(!result.equals(Boolean.TRUE))
      fail("Failed for ArrayList with IN operator");
  }

  public void testNULL() throws Exception {
    Query q = CacheUtils.getQueryService().newQuery(" null IN SET('x','y','z')");
    Object result = q.execute();
    System.out.println(Utils.printResult(result));
    if(!result.equals(Boolean.FALSE))
      fail("Failed for NULL in IN operator Test");

    q = CacheUtils.getQueryService().newQuery(" null IN SET(null)");
    result = q.execute();
    System.out.println(Utils.printResult(result));
    if(!result.equals(Boolean.TRUE))
      fail("Failed for NULL in IN operator Test");

  }

  public void testUNDEFINED() throws Exception {
    Query q = CacheUtils.getQueryService().newQuery(" UNDEFINED IN SET(1,2,3)");
    Object result = q.execute();
    System.out.println(Utils.printResult(result));
    if(!result.equals(Boolean.FALSE))
      fail("Failed for UNDEFINED with IN operator");

    q = CacheUtils.getQueryService().newQuery(" UNDEFINED IN SET(UNDEFINED)");
    result = q.execute();
    System.out.println(Utils.printResult(result));
    if(!result.equals(QueryService.UNDEFINED))
      fail("Failed for UNDEFINED with IN operator");

    q = CacheUtils.getQueryService().newQuery(" UNDEFINED IN SET(UNDEFINED,UNDEFINED)");
    result = q.execute();
    System.out.println(Utils.printResult(result));
    if(!result.equals(QueryService.UNDEFINED))
      fail("Failed for UNDEFINED with IN operator");
  }

  public void testMiscSet() throws Exception {
    Query q = CacheUtils.getQueryService().newQuery(" $1 IN SET(1, 'a', $2, $3, $4, $5)");
    Object params[] = {null, new Integer(0), "str", null, new Object()};

    for(int i=1;i<params.length;i++){
      params[0] = params[i];
      Object result = q.execute(params);
      System.out.println(Utils.printResult(result));
      if(!result.equals(Boolean.TRUE))
        fail("Failed for Mix set with IN operator");
    }

  }

  public void testIndexUsageWithIn() throws Exception {
	    Cache cache = CacheUtils.getCache();
	    AttributesFactory attributesFactory = new AttributesFactory();
	    RegionAttributes regionAttributes = attributesFactory.create();

	    Region region = cache.createRegion("pos",regionAttributes);

	    region.put("6", new Integer(6));
	    region.put("10", new Integer(10));
	    region.put("12", new Integer(10));

	    QueryService qs = cache.getQueryService();
	    qs.createIndex("In Index", IndexType.FUNCTIONAL, "e.key","/pos.entrySet e");
	    Query q;
	    SelectResults results;
	    Object[] keys;
	    Set expectedResults;

	    q = qs.newQuery("SELECT e.value FROM /pos.entrySet e WHERE e.key IN $1");
	    keys = new Object[] { "5", "6", "10", "45" };
	    results = (SelectResults)q.execute(new Object[] {keys});
	    expectedResults = new HashSet();
	    expectedResults.add(new Integer(6));
	    expectedResults.add(new Integer(10));
	    assertEquals(expectedResults, results.asSet());

	    q = qs.newQuery("SELECT e.value FROM /pos.entrySet e WHERE e.key IN $1");
	    keys = new Object[] { "42" };
	    results = (SelectResults)q.execute(new Object[] {keys});
	    expectedResults = new HashSet();
	    assertEquals(expectedResults, results.asSet());

	    for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
	      region.put(String.valueOf(i), new Integer(i));
	    }
	    q = qs.newQuery("SELECT e.value FROM /pos.entrySet e WHERE e.key IN $1");
	    keys = new Object[] { "5", "6", "10", "45" };
	    results = (SelectResults)q.execute(new Object[] {keys});
	    expectedResults = new HashSet();
	    expectedResults.add(new Integer(5));
	    expectedResults.add(new Integer(6));
	    expectedResults.add(new Integer(10));
	    expectedResults.add(new Integer(45));
	    assertEquals(expectedResults, results.asSet());

	    q = qs.newQuery("SELECT e.key, e.value FROM /pos.entrySet e WHERE e.key IN $1");
	    keys = new Object[] { "5", "6", "10", "45" };
	    results = (SelectResults)q.execute(new Object[] {keys});
	    assertEquals(4, results.size());
	  }

}


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Cold Shooting Dooms Scots in Loss at Emory
Covenant (3-3) 32 44 76
Emory (6-2) 46 64 110
Pts: Bryant Engbers - 16
Reb: Bryant Engbers - 7
Ast: 8 Players (#01, #02, #03, #04, #12, #14, #30, #52) - 1
Pts: McPherson Moore - 20
Reb: Austin Dague - 9
ATLANTA, Ga. -- For a second straight game, the Covenant men's basketball team suffered from a cold shooting night as the Scots fell to perennial Division III power Emory 110-76 on Tuesday night inside Woodruff PE Center.
Covenant fell to 3-3 on the season as they connected on just 33.8 percent (24-of-71) from the floor. Emory improves to 6-2 for the year.
Bryant Engbers once again led the Scots offensively with 16 points and seven rebounds. Engbers was 5-of-8 from the field including a pair of 3-pointers. Colton McGriff was the only other Covenant player in double figures with 12 points.
Emory was paced by five players ind double digits led by McPherson Moore's game-high 20 points. Covenant limited Eagles' leading scorer Jake Davis (24 points per game) to 13 on the night. Emory was 39-of-84 (46.4 percent) shooting and 22-of-28 from the free throw line.
The host Eagles jumped out to an early lead and extended the margin throughout the first half. Emory led 46-28 with under a minute remaining in the period before the Scots answered with four straight thanks to a Chris Boyd jumper and Teron Ferguson's steal which led to a pair of free throws to cut the Eagles' lead to 46-32 at the break.
But in the second half, Emory scored the first six points and Covenant would not get closer the rest of the game. The Eagles would lead by as many as 38 midway through the second half.
Covenant will travel to Minnesota for two games this weekend. The Scots face Crown on Friday night at 6:30 p.m. followed by a tilt against Bethany Lutheran on Saturday at 2 p.m.


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Hebron Israeli attacks Jenin News Report West Bank
Israeli Soldiers Attack Two Palestinians, And Abduct Them In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked, Thursday, two young Palestinian men from the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, causing various injuries, after invading and searching their homes, and abducted them.
Lawyer Jacklin Fararja of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) said it managed to visit Mowaffaq Abu Haltam, 26, and Sabri Ibrahim Ghatasha, 36, who suffered visible cuts and bruises, and told her how the soldiers repeatedly assaulted them.
Detainee Abu Haltam told Fararja how the soldiers frequently beat him up, and how they deliberately and continuously struck him on one of his legs, after he told him that he has an injury in that leg.
He also said that the soldiers placed him in solitary confinement, and assaulted him again, when he asked them for food, after he was deprived of food and water for thirteen hours.
The lawyer also met detained Sabri Ghatasha, who also informed her that the soldiers tortured him, and beat him up, especially on his right knee, when he told them that his knee hurts.
In related news, the soldiers abducted Omar Mohammad Suleiman, 26, from Silat al-Harithiya, west of Jenin, in northern West Bank.
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (28 December 2017 – 03 January 2018)
Soldiers Assault Three Palestinians, Abduct One, In Jerusalem


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New York Gov. Cuomo Tours Power Plug Inc.
During this visit, Cuomo toured the manufacturing facility and then told workers and executives of the dramatic positive impact he expects from the recent 0 percent manufacturing tax for operations in the State of New York.
Plug Power Inc., a provider of clean, reliable energy solutions, recently welcomed New York State Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to its corporate headquarters in Latham, N.Y.
During this visit, Cuomo toured the manufacturing facility and then told workers and executives of the dramatic positive impact he expects from the recent 0 percent manufacturing tax for operations in the State of New York. This is positive news for growing companies, like Plug Power, who are competing worldwide.
Plug Power manufactures 100 percent of its GenFuel hydrogen dispensing and GenDrive fuel cell products, which are shipped to customers domestically and internationally, from the Latham manufacturing facility. Plug Power has been headquartered in Latham since its founding in 1997, and opened the world-class manufacturing center in February of 2000.
The company manufactures its full suite of GenDrive hydrogen fuel cell units, as well as GenFuel hydrogen fueling stations for customers such as Walmart, P&G, Kroger and BMW.
"It was a pleasure to tour Plug Power today and see first-hand how businesses in upstate New York are not just surviving but expanding to become national leaders in their industry," said Cuomo. "From eliminating the manufacturers tax to transforming the state's economic development strategy, we have spent the last four years creating a business-friendly environment that has resulted in the creation of 500,000 jobs and the largest one year drop in upstate unemployment ever recorded. I look forward to continuing to build on the progress we've made in the next four years and working to help businesses like Plug Power keep thriving, creating jobs and growing New York's economy."
"We are happy to have welcomed Gov. Cuomo to Plug Power for the first time, and appreciate his tremendous support for manufacturing operations in New York State," said Andy Marsh, CEO at Plug Power Inc. "Governor Cuomo's business development focus is having a positive influence on the growth of manufacturers, state-wide."
As of September 2014, Plug Power had over 6,000 GenDrive fuel cells shipped to customer sites in North America. These units have accumulated over 20 million hours of runtime. Every day, nearly 6,000 kg of hydrogen is dispensed for fueling Plug Power fuel cells.
Plug Power To Offer Hydrogen Fuel To U.S. Customers
Plug Power, Hyundai To Form Fuel Cell Joint Venture In Asia
Plug Power's Hydrogen Fuel Cell Lift Trucks Chosen By Walmart
Plug Power Gets Funds to Test Fuel Cell Power in NY


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