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Eveready Industries India Ltd. (EIIL), known best for its dry-cell batteries, announced on Monday its decision to enter the confectionery segment.
The firm said it would initially tap the fruit chew sub-segment through the introduction of a product named Jollies. While the confectionery market is valued at Rs. 9,000 crore, the fruit chew market is estimated at Rs. 400 crore, the company said in a regulatory filing.
EIIL plans to leverage its distribution network in urban and rural areas to become a significant player in this under-penetrated category, the company said.
It also said that the new item would offer a 'quality product to rural India that has limited access to branded confectionery'. The company has a network of 4,000 distributors and reaches towns with populations of 5,000 or more. EIIL is working on an asset-light model in this venture, it said.
"Jollies is the first step in our plan to scale up our FMCG portfolio," said EIIL MD Amritanshu Khaitan. "Candies are a mass market product and can be carried in Eveready vans to reach a million outlets." He said that branding would be the only expense required for this venture.
The company sells more than 1.2 billion batteries and 25 million flashlights annually. Over the last few years, it has expanded its product basket to include energy efficient lighting products, rechargeable devices, and small home appliances.


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DIOCESAN COMMUNIQUE - Kosovo Ministry of Culture bans reconstruction works at Holy Archangels Monastery near Prizren
12. October 2016 - 13:51
Such a behavior of the Kosovo Ministry of Culture is a sad example of direct violation of a fair agreement made in the presence of the highest international representatives in Kosovo...
Kosovo Ministry of Culture with its Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments and the local Prizren Department of Urbanism has blocked continuation of the reconstruction works on St. Nicholas church at the Holy Archangels Monastery near Prizren these days. The Inspectors appeared at the monastery requesting an immediate termination of all works. The workers who take part in the construction of this ancient church as the only place of worship at the Holy Archangels Monastery were threatened with police and fines if they continue their work. Kosovo daily KOHA published an article today saying that the Ministry of Kosovo claims that the works at the Monastery are "illegal because no construction permit has been issued".
Our Diocese agreed the beginning of the works on reconstruction at Holy Archangeli Monastery already in May this year at the Implementation and Monitoring Council with participation of the heads of EU and OSCE Missions in Kosovo and two Kosovo Ministers, of Culture and Spatial Planing. Mr. Kujtim Shala, the Minister of Culture (who is also a deputy PM and member of the LDK party) personally gave assurances that the permit would be issued in ten days, so the next IMC meeting was agreed for the beginning of June in Prizren. However, since then no permit has been issued and the Ministry after months of delay ultimately made a decision to stop the reconstruction works (which in the meantime had begun due to the expenditure timeline of the grant). Kosovo and International representatives were informed on the works in August and no cessation of works was suggested by Kosovo representatives.
"Such a behavior of the Kosovo Ministry of Culture is a sad example of direct violation of a fair agreement made in the presence of the highest international representatives in Kosovo. The Ministry demonstrates a deplorable lack of both professional and moral credentials for the continuation of the heritage reconstruction and shows that there is no good will to work with the Serbian Orthodox Church along the internationally granted principles", said Bishop Teodosije. "The construction ban at the Holy Archangels Monastery is a deliberate act of misuse of institutional powers directed against our freedom of worship and normal life of our Church", emphasized the Bishop.
Due to such an attitude of the Ministry of Culture, the work of the mixed Council on religious heritage (IMC) has been suspended for five months which does not only inflict damage to our Church but also to the Kosovo Government which seems not to be ready (or able) to guarantee the compliance with the principles accepted in the Ahtisaari Plan. These principles were confirmed by highest Kosovo political figures in their public letter in November 2015, which provided full discretion of management and reconstruction of its property was granted to the Serbian Orthodox Church in lines with the Annex V of the Ahtisaari. The readines of the Church to work together with Kosovo institutions on the reconstruction of the heritage in the spirit of cooperation and with international mediation has clearly been misused. We can, therefore, only conclude that after the campaign of systematic destruction of Serbian Orthodox churches in Kosovo we are facing now a new strategy of institutional pressures and denial of our freedoms and rights on all levels. An example of this strategy we can see in the relationship of the Priština Municipality towards the church of Christ the Savior.
Holy Archangels Monastery near Prizren was built in the 14th century. In 2004 massive Kosovo Albanian riots the previously reconstructed part of the monastery was looted and burned to the ground and monks forced to flee. Some premises have already been reconstructed since 2005 but the process is continuing and will take years.
Diocese of Raška and Prizren, Serbian Orthodox Church
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Western support for Israeli high crimes is longstanding. Vicious persecution of an entire population evokes no opposition, except for duplicitous lip service.
Israel is a ruthless police state – a regime run by hate-mongering thugs, exercising total control over all aspects of Palestinian life, brutalizing an entire population, depriving it of fundamental human and civil rights.
Last month, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Israeli security forces raided Palestinian homes on average 79 times weekly (nearly a dozen times a day) – terrorizing families, traumatizing children, making arrests without just cause – for fabricated security reasons.
"The West Bank witnessed a significant escalation" of Israeli demolitions of Palestinians' homes "on the grounds of lack(ing)" permit permission to build on their own land, said OCHA.
On August 31, B'Tselem reported Israeli forces demolished over two dozen Al-Khdeirait bedouin community structures – property belonging to 11 families, leaving around 100 people homeless, including 70 children.
The operation "culminat(ed) a wave of demolitions by (Israel's) Civil Administration during August," said B'Tselem. Around 50 Palestinian residential structures were destroyed – part of Israel's longstanding ethnic cleansing policy, wanting all valued land for exclusive Jewish development, flagrantly breaching international law, prohibiting occupiers from harming the welfare of people they control.
Fourth Geneva prohibits collective punishment (Article 33) as well as destruction and appropriation of private property (Article 147). Israeli actions are war crimes according to Article 85 of Additional Protocol 1.
"(T)hey shall bring (culpable) persons…before its own courts" and hold them fully accountable.
Throughout its blood-drenched history, Israel was never held accountable. None of its government or military officials were ever prosecuted for high crimes too grave to ignore.
They continue daily – a relentless, merciless assault on an entire population, including repeated attacks on Gaza.
Again pre-dawn on Thursday. Israeli warplanes terror bombed a Hamas al-Qassam Brigades Falasteen military site. Fabricated pretexts are used to justify IDF aggression – this time claiming gunshots from Gaza.
True or false doesn't matter. Israel uses any incident to justify attacking Hamas – launching air and ground attacks, using heavy weapons, often killing and/or wounding civilians.
Gunshots in US communities occur often. Would Washington be justified in launching air or ground attacks in response? In Israel, it's standard procedure – unaccountable bandit acts.


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Sculpted Cakes have a minimum serving of 20 and start at $250.
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Cake Pops orders can be as small as 1 or quantities of more than 1,000. They start at $2.50 each.
Cheesecakes, ganache cakes and other desserts are also available. Please give us a call to inquire. We provide wholesale desserts as well.
You are always welcome to pick your order up free of charge (except on holidays and days we are closed).
$20 fee for delivery within 5 mi. radius of bakery.
$25 fee for delivery within the Shug Jordan/University loop of Auburn.
Fees for deliveries outside of the flat rate boundaries are calculated by milage and time, round trip ($0.60/mile and $10/quarter hour).
We will use Google maps for time and distance calculations, rounded up to the nearest mile and quarter hour.
Time calculations will be multiplied by person if more than one is needed for delivery.
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Q: Formatting decimal places in Java I'm trying to format a double to just 2 decimal places in Java.
I've read the following post:
How to round a number to n decimal places in Java
For some reason, every one of those methods fails to work on certain numbers I have..
For example:
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#.##");
normalizedValue = Double.valueOf(df.format(normalizedValue));

If I print normalizedValue I get result similar to the following:
-78.64000000000001

18.97

59.469999999999985

-63.120000000000005

(Note: some are formatted correctly... some aren't)
So, these methods seem to round, but I need something that will remove all decimals after 2 decimal places... Any suggestions?
Thank you.

A: The string representation given by DecimalFormat.format(...) does indeed have only 2 digits in your example. But as soon as you reconvert it into a double those accuracy issues occur. A binary base format like double will always show such effects when you try to represent "exakt" decimal fractions. You may change to BigDecimal to get rid of such effects.

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package org.assertj.core.util;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.rules.ExpectedException.none;
import static org.assertj.core.util.Lists.newArrayList;

import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;

/**
 * Tests for <code>{@link Strings#join(String...)}</code>.
 *
 * @author Alex Ruiz
 */
public class Strings_join_Test {

  @Rule
  public ExpectedException thrown = none();

  @Test
  public void should_throw_error_if_delimeter_is_null() {
    thrown.expect(IllegalArgumentException.class);
    Strings.join(null, "Uno", "Dos").with(null);
  }

  @Test
  public void should_return_empty_String_if_array_to_join_is_null() {
    assertEquals("", Strings.join((String[]) null).with("|"));
  }

  @Test
  public void should_join_using_delimeter() {
    assertEquals("Luke|Leia|Han", Strings.join("Luke", "Leia", "Han").with("|"));
  }

  @Test
  public void should_join_using_delimeter_and_escape() {
    assertEquals("'Luke'|'Leia'|'Han'", Strings.join("Luke", "Leia", "Han").with("|", "'"));
  }

  @Test
  public void should_join_using_iterable_delimeter_and_escape() {
    assertEquals("'Luke'|'Leia'|'Han'", Strings.join(newArrayList("Luke", "Leia", "Han")).with("|", "'"));
  }
}

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Never heard of this guy and the only sentence in the youtube description is ("just some skateboarding") which doesn't exactly say very much about him. That stuff at the Garfield High School spot in Seattle is insane though. Would love to see more from him.


Rendering Engine: what are my options?
Apart from Readium SDK which is actively promoted by IDPF, what other mature EPUB 3 rendering engines are available to use in a custom eReader? I know of WebKit and RMSDK. Is anyone aware of any other engine I could use ( free or otherwise) ?
WebKit is not an EPUB3 renderer but an HTML engine. It knows nothing about OPF, navigation documents, etc. RMSDK (which I developed with my team while at Adobe) is an EPUB 2 renderer. It cannot and will not be upgraded to EPUB 3. You would be much better off (IMO, of course) helping us identify how Readium does not meet your needs and working to make it meet those needs. Be aware that we are now moving towards what I term "Readium2" which is a new version of Readium using hybrid technologies (e.g. Electron, etc.). We would very much welcome your contributions in that regard.
What is Election? Sounds interesting.
There is a prototype in the readium-js-viewer repo in the feature/electron branch. Just an experiment by daniel weck, but very cool.


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How many men does it take to fix a broken AC in south India? 4 Tamils plus one very tall American, apparently. Lots of jabbering here as I sit on the "veranda" of our farm guesthome and try to figure out what all these man are saying. Every now and then I hear the word "AC" and "poower" and "gos". We've already prayed for AC healing (true story) and a few minutes later the repairman showed up. You Texans know EXACTLY what I'm talking about. Since our arrival last Saturday, we've been nursing along a struggling AC. In fact, we've adjusted pretty well. Last night Jim even said he was cold when the temperature got all the way down to 80*. Our Indian friends would have put on a sweater long before. Sadly, we admitted 7 years ago that when it comes to AC, we're old, overweight, spoiled Americans who have our own idol - AC. We've learned to expect the unexpected here in India and truthfully, that's half the fun of being here. We dodge cows who stand in the middle of the road and refuse to move, forcing us to drive far too close to small children and old woman. The cows don't care. We laugh at cows standing on top of the new concrete traffic barriers forming the divided highway. Apparently the weeds growing up there looked better to the cows than the garbage alongside the road. We marvel at the 18 water buffaloes who lounge in the small pond just outside our window. They don't have AC either but they didn't bother to invite us in for a swim. But a lagging AC? Now that's where we draw the line.
But the good news is, we're in good hands. No, GREAT hands! Thank you Justin, Naggopan, Benjamin, Jim and AC-man! Christian hands, Hindu hands, Tamil hands, and American hands - all problem-solving together to give us a cool night's sleep tonight. The Acts of Mercy staff (and also our dear friends) always take such good care of us. Thank you for leading such a caring group of friends, John Christian. You'd be so proud of your staff who are so gracious and caring to us.
... but we'd still welcome any prayers that you cool folks living the good life in the AC would offer for us.
We're on our way! Two hundred four pounds of checked luggage with 6 laptops, 6 tablets, and so many endless treasures that they seem like Mary Poppins bags. Check. (literally) Two carry-ons stuffed with 4 computers, 4 tablets, 2 videocameras, and a shiny new projector. Check. When we arrived at the airport, my sweet mother said, "I'll just get the luggage out for you so you won't be so tired when you get there." She's a trooper! It's not a trip to the airport that she and I don't laugh about the time in 2010 when she and I tried to pull a 50 lbg bag out of the trunk together and when it got stuck on something, the handle pulled off and I went tumbling backward and ended up rolling across the pavement! I could hardly get up off the concrete for laughing so hard! I'm sure the man in the car behind us wished he had his video camera for that one. I would have been a viral video hit in minutes!
Today was my last day at school and as I sit here in the airport, it's hard to imagine that I was at school just this morning. It's been a busy few weeks trying to get everything ready to go and there were times I thought I must have been crazy to commit to this schedule. I think I recognized that same look in Jim's eyes more than once. But now that the work is done and we're waiting to board, we're so thankful for a little abundance that God seemed to throw our way 8 months ago. Back in Sept., when I booked our airfare, I stumbled across a crazy-cheap fare that saved us $800 each! There was just one hitch. It included a long layover in France and our airfare savings allows us a few days of rest and rejuvenation before heading onward to India. Next Monday, on June 6, we will stand on the beaches of Normandy and honor those who sacrificed to defend our freedom 72 years ago. A few days later, on June 10th, we will make the 2nd leg of our journey and travel on to India. We're excited about some wonderful new changes for Achiever Academy and look forward to sharing those stories with you soon. In the meantime, we appreciate your prayers for safe travel, rest, and good health as we carry your prayers and encouragement with us.
This is what the future of learning looks like for Achiever Academy in India! Abundance!
Thank you Whites Chapel Methodist Church in Southlake, TX, John Boelens, and many others for donating 10 new tablets loaded with cool new learning apps and 10 more refurbished laptop computers - all on the way to India this week. And this year, we're also talking along a new projector, thanks to a generous donor. Now if we just had electricity all day ... hmmm.
We continually accept used laptops and our tech-wizard volunteers can refurbish most anything! Even while we're India, we can put our volunteers in contact with you and arrange to pick up or arrange other transport. We have friends coming & going to/from India throughout the year who will transport laptops so this is an offer that never expires!
Garage Sale-ing for India! I REALLY dislike garage sales but look what 2 hrs of time produced just this morning! Each year, Jim & I volunteer for a month with Acts of Mercy in Mahabalipuram, India. This will be our 8th summer and we're counting down the weeks until we leave on June 3rd – actually my last day of school. I know… my mother's been telling me for years…. I'm officially crazy. But when I found an airfare that would save us $1600 if we left on June 3rd, I couldn't pass it up. But that now means just under 4 short weeks as we prepare for teacher training, shop for school needs, and finalize the set-up of 10 new tablets, donated to Achiever Academy by the Faith Builders class of Whites Chapel Methodist Church in Southlake, TX. Thank you! And thank you to John Boelens, who tirelessly assists us with purchases, donations, refurbishing, trouble-shooting and downloading of apps for computers and tablets. You are our valued ministry-partner, John, and we truly couldn't do it without you!
All too quickly, the day for goodbyes has come. Three weeks ago, we arrived in Mahabalipuram in a downpour that rivaled our spring floods back home in Texas. "You're here! You've brought the rains from Texas!", John and Carol Christian literally shouted as they rushed out into the pouring rain to welcome us "back home". We all ignored the downpour as they shared that the southern state of Tamil Nadu has been suffering from drought for months. Wells in the farmlands were dry. Water tanks in the cities were dry. South India was thirsty.
Today's message is simple and straight to the point. We need water.
It's hard to believe that in the 21st Century, in a village on a peninsula surrounded by water, our children are thirsty, it's true. At our Chapel Dedication service yesterday, parents questioned why Achiever Academy leadership asks parents to provide drinking water for their children while at school. The Director explained that Indian government regulations prevent a non-profit school from providing water, food, etc. to students. He went on to explain that when the inspector examines school records and discover receipts for water, they require everyone who drinks this water to appear in person at the government office to swear they received the water, and thus prove the Director did not drink all the water himself.. This is India's answer to preventing corruption within non-profit organizations and while we respect the purpose, the devil is most certainly in the details. The parents were notified of the problem and asked to send drinking water for their children each day. Many of our parents cannot afford to purchase water and do not understand why the school cannot provide it. So the children come without water, the school cannot pay for it, and the result is, our children our thirsty.
It's hot here in southern India. Really, really hot. The latitude is about the same as Panama. Air conditioning is rare here in the village and nonexistent in schools. We spend hours each day without electricity to run fans in rooms with virtually no ventilation.
For the previous blog post honoring President Abdul Kallam, please continue to scroll down below these stories.
There is sadness in this country today, as this beloved leader is remembered. We are encouraged and inspired by his story. He was raised as a poor boy in Tamil Nadu, the same region of India where we serve. We can imagine him on the streets of our village, huddling in the huts handmade from palm branches, watching his mother cook over an open fire each night, yet somehow finding his way to school each day. He attended Madras Institute of Technology in Chennai, nearby to where we worship each Sunday. He rose to greatness, first as a missile scientist and then to the Presidency, by "sheer force of education". Love those words..."sheer force of education." He embodied the vision of Achiever Academy and is the role model for every one of our Achiever Academy students. We come and train and teach and pray, so that these children may learn and grow, think and solve, experience and create, discover and explore - all for the greater purpose of serving society and improving the lives of others. We are growing leaders and thinkers here. They are worth the effort and deserve our best. We have the added vision of believing we are furthering God's Kingdom for a higher purpose. In the words of the beloved leader, Abdul Kalam, "Let us sacrifice our today so that our children may have a better tomorrow."
Be sure to read the Fancy Dress Fun blog post below the video for the rest of the story.
It's Fancy Dress Day at Achiever Academy! Colorful tents have been erected as protection from the blazing hot sun and as Justin (Achiever Academy driver, watchman, handyman, and our dear friend) puts the final touches on the mike and sound system, Jim Sir finds it hard not to boogie in time to the raucous music. No, sadly, I did not get my camera focused quickly enough to catch those moves.
Our journey and arrival in India have been filled with a flurry of activity and we will have some exciting news to share soon about our work this summer. In the meantime, as we work to get our plans underway, we hope you will enjoy this "rerun post" from Jim last summer, sharing more about our setting, the exotic, colorful village of Mahabalipuram. Enjoy!
Be sure to read Jim's written tour of Mahabalipuram above this video.
After the 4th of July fireworks in Illinois late last Saturday night I stayed up late writing a first blog post for our 2015 trip to India. I planned to write about trip preparations and losing my To Do lists but the words just wouldn't come together. The more I wrote, the more my writing changed into the topic of family, a twist that surprised, yet pleased me. It became emotional for me to write and emotional for me to read as I was being reminded just what a precious gift our families are to us. I thought it was emotional because I was anticipating our India trip but would soon discover it was more - a preparation for the changes that were to come. I was anxious to get the blog posted online, return home to Texas, and get back to those endless To Do lists. Jim and I left Illinois at 6:00am Sunday morning, settling in for our 15 hr. drive home. Though the road trip would be daunting, we were excited to start the journey home and anticipated a busy 2 days of last minute preparations before our departure for India on Wed., July 8th. Within 2 hours, we were reminded of that expression, "If you want to make God laugh, just tell Him your plans." With a buzz of my phone, our world changed.
One of the most important common values and priorities we share is the love of our families. When we married, we planned our wedding celebration as a casual "Family Reunion" style event and were blessed to be surrounded by so much love from both families and many dear friends whom we consider extended family. In the 2 years since, the love has continued to grow and at the same time, our families have continued to grow as well. In recent weeks, we've enjoyed some extended time in family celebrations and we consider this time together precious. We also have learned that spending time with our families is an important part of our preparation for our trip to India each year, for from each of them we draw love, peace, joy, and renewing of our spirits.
The weeks fly by so quickly each year here in India and all too soon, it's time to say goodbye to our old and new friends. As we head for home tonight, we thought we might provide a few updates to some of the many things that we have experienced.
Little Trisha – 4 year old girl from Calcutta who doesn't speak the local language. Trisha still cries for her mother from time to time but Venkat goes to her and comforts her when she does. Sometimes, he takes her from her class, so as not to disturb the others, and teaches her outside. He now has her writing numbers and the English alphabet for the first time ever! Last week, she ran up to me and smiled and said, "Good morning, Mam!" in English! She stands in the line with the other children and folds her hands and bows her head to pray the Lord's prayer. Venkat was a gift from God for little Trisha! Can't wait to see her next summer.
asked you to pray too and many reported to us they did so. Her father made a full recovery very quickly and her mother came to us a few days later to thank us for praying. Last week, little Ashwani came to me and in perfect English, thanked us for praying for her Daddy.
Our Daily Activities – Sometimes people ask us what we do while we're here. Most importantly, we engage in relationships. Each morning, we ask God to give us opportunities to reveal His love for others. Sometimes this becomes relationships with villagers, students, parents, teachers, and their families. We train teachers in English and instructional best practices. We sing and laugh a lot too! This year, we brought 10 E-Tablets loaded with Bible software and other educational apps. We deployed these in the school and trained the teachers in how to use them with all ages of students. They are a big hit with children and teachers alike! We also brought 3 laptop computers to add to the 10 we purchased/brought last year. If you've not had an opportunity to read the "Someone's Coming" blog, I encourage you to read the incredible story of the computer donation program. And, if you would like to donate a new or used laptop, or cash to purchase one, please let us know by clicking the"Contact Us" link above. In the evenings, we plan for the next day, write for the blog, answer emails, and sometimes even, walk on the beach. Our favorite beach is at Koklimedu, a nearby fishing village that was decimated by the tsunami in 2004 and where some of our beloved Achiever Academy children live. They welcome us warmly each time we visit and we've enjoyed watching the children grow up in our 6 summers here. Sometimes, we run into former students or teachers in the village who have moved on to other schools or villages. Often, shopkeepers and restaurant owners greet us as old friends. We feel loved and warmly accepted here. It always feels like we've come home again and it is hard to say goodbye.
We hope you've enjoyed our journey this summer and appreciate your prayers for us and our friends here. We have experienced so much more than we have had time to write about so we hope to continue blogging in the weeks and months to come. In the meantime, please continue to pray for the teachers, children, and staff of Acts of Mercy.
If you are interested in learning more, or even perhaps, in joining us here in India next summer, we'd love to hear from you! Send us an email by clicking on the link Contact Us above. All questions and interests are welcome!
May God bless each of you and your families as richly as He has blessed us here in India.
A few weeks ago, on our first Sunday back in India, John Christian spoke at church about the importance of heritage and of those who fear the name of God. He shared with the group that several years ago, he had an opportunity to preach the Sunday sermon in the church back in Illinois where I was confirmed as a boy. From India to Illinois, it is really an amazing story that began 2 summers ago and yet continues to impact our lives now.
Those of you that have followed our blog might remember that in the summer of 2012 I spent much of my time here engaged in some pretty hot, sweaty activities, including moving the church in Chennai to a new location. At the end of each long hot day, John and I would spend about an hour driving back to Mahab together and in that time, we had many discussions about the challenges of dairy production on his "Fresh Winds" farm in India. We talked about the care and feeding of the cows as well as the nutrition, and care and delivery of the milk. I told John that I wished he could meet my long-time friends Chris and Carolyn McMillen, owner and operators of "Paradigm Farm" in Toulon, Illinois John agreed that he would enjoy talking with a long time dairy man but I am ashamed to say that having spent time with John and observing his hectic schedule, I didn't take those comments too seriously. I have often marveled at how John manages to keep so many things going at one time and how many people want to have a little portion of his time, both here in India and on his infrequent trips to the US. Truthfully, I thought this potential meeting between my Indian friend, John, and my boyhood friend, Chris was only a fantasy.
Scroll down to read the story of the Jeep below the video.
Gr-r-i-n-n-d. Click, click. Rattle, rattle. Kathunk. Erk, Erk, Erk. Harrumm. Tootle-tootle-tootle. Ah-h-h-h-h.... all music to my ears.
For the last few years our Indian adventure has been enhanced greatly by having a vehicle provided by Acts of Mercy. This gift provides us extraordinary freedom to be able to focus on Achiever Academy during the school day and then have dinner, shop a little, and even take in some sights during our free time in the evenings and weekends.
Some of you have told us how much you enjoyed our adventures in the little white van that we drove for 5 summers. It was a peach of a vehicle: no air conditioning, windows that sometimes refused to roll down, doors that sometimes couldn't be coaxed open, and a head clearance so low that I couldn't sit up straight in the drivers seat. The day we crammed 12 people inside, it looked like a clown car at a circus. But despite our neglect and disregard for its temperamental need for fuel and water, it valiantly served us faithfully... until now. Sadly, we must report that the little white van has passed on.
On the day of our arrival a few weeks ago, John Christian apologized that, this year, the only vehicle that was available for us was a 1990's era, well-worn Jeep Scrambler, that looks like it has been "rode-hard and put up wet". We first met the Jeep back in 2009, during my first visit to India and when we were invited to stay longer that year, I immediately responded, "If we stay, will you let me drive that Jeep?" They did, I did, and my fondness for this Jeep began.
Please scroll down below this video to read the compelling story of how technology is opening doors at Achiever Academy.
It was a familiar voice and a familiar message. I had heard the message several times before and it was comforting to hear it once again. Comforting for so many reasons: a new window to the world would be opened, lives could be changed, and yes, comforting because it meant I didn't have to figure out how to solve this problem.
Please scroll down below this video for the story, "A Soft Touch".
It was a soft touch that brought great joy today. For some, it was the joy found in the promise of great things to come. For others, it was the joy of warm childhood memories. For us, it was the joy found in the soft touch of the Holy Spirit.
Each year, as we make final preparations to come to India, we are amazed at the small miracles that God seems to give us to increase provisions and multiply our resources. This year, Susan stumbled upon a 20% off coupon from Mardel's but still she was in a tizzy as she considered what would be useful and what could fit in the suitcases and also be within the weight restrictions of international travel.
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Jim & Susan Garvin are volunteering with Acts of Mercy in India, June 11-July 6, 2016.


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Q: Customize notify_url in rest api From the sample code by Paypal:
http://paypal.github.io/PayPal-PHP-SDK/sample/doc/payments/CreatePaymentUsingPayPal.html
How can I define a notify_url in this practice like express checkout?
I found there's a method setNotifyUrl in PayPal\Api\TransactionBase Class, but it seems doesnot work correctly
Thanks in advance!

A: The previous answer doesn't seem to apply anymore; it appears that, although this is undocumented, notify_url is used by the PayPal REST API. The following code works fine:
actions.payment.create({
            payment: {
                transactions: [
                    {
                        amount: { total: 100,
                            currency: "USD" },
                        notify_url: "http://www.example.com"
                    }
                ]
            }
        })

A: As oppose to the Classic APIs, PayPal REST APIs does not support notify_url "on-the-go" in the payload parameters, which means you would still rely on the pre-configed IPN url in your PayPal account as a central listener.
(though the parameter "notify_url" is left Read-only and reserved for future use)
WebHooks will be the first option for REST API call-backs management, an SSL URL is mandatory though.
If there's a need of dynamic IPNs for REST API (use case like multiple e-commerce sites with single PayPal account), the recommendation as of now is to turn your central IPN script into an "dispatcher", so that the Call-Back message goes to the designated listener based on the condition block of the "dispatcher" script.


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tiger definition wikipedia
These animals were pushed into marginal habitat, where tigers had formerly not been known, or where they existed only in very low density, by an expanding population of more vigorous animals that occupied the prime habitat in the lowlands, where there was high prey density and good habitat for reproduction. Some examples are deer, monkeys, wild rabbits, wild pigs, tapirs, buffalo and other animals found in Asia. tiger synonyms, tiger pronunciation, tiger translation, English dictionary definition of tiger. A male tiger keeps a large territory in order to include the home ranges of several females within its bounds, so that he may maintain mating rights with them. [1], The Forest Rights Act passed by the Indian government in 2006 grants some of India's most impoverished communities the right to own and live in the forests, which likely brings them into conflict with wildlife and under-resourced, under-trained, ill-equipped forest department staff. Submitted by H.J. [31] The color, size, and general appearance of tigers varies according to the subspecies. [111][112] Stuart Bray, who had originally invested a large sum of money in the project, claimed that he and his wife, Li Quan, watched the film crew "[chase] the prey up against the fence and into the path of the tigers just for the sake of dramatic footage. "[111][112], The four tigers involved in this project have been confirmed to be crossbred Siberian–Bengal tigers, which should neither be used for breeding nor being released into the Karoo. These village teams are made up of over 350 volunteers, who are also now supporting anti-poaching work and conservation education/awareness activities. [2], None of the Tiger Conservation Landscapes within the Bengal tiger range is large enough to support an effective population size of 250 individuals. It is becoming increasingly obvious that we have caught a tiger by the tail with our military intervention in this region—it was foolish to get involved, but it would be catastrophic to leave now. Latter habitat once covered a huge swath of grassland, riverine and moist semi-deciduous forests along the major river system of the Gangetic and Brahmaputra plains, but has now been largely converted to agricultural land or severely degraded. 1. Siberian tigers are the largest. [43][44], Tigers in Bangladesh are now relegated to the forests of the Sundarbans and the Chittagong Hill Tracts. 4 synonyms of tiger from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 14 related words, definitions, and antonyms. Tiger parenting is a form of strict or demanding parenting. After a gestation period of 104–106 days, 1–4 cubs are born in a shelter situated in tall grass, thick bush or in caves. The region affording habitat where tigers have achieved their highest densities is also one which has housed one of the most concentrated and rapidly expanding human populations. [76][77], The illicit demand for bones and body parts from wild tigers for use in Traditional Chinese medicine is the reason for the unrelenting poaching pressure on tigers on the Indian subcontinent. Camera traps are now being used in many sites. [17] [1] India's tiger population was estimated at 1,706–1,909 individuals in 2010. The black stripes usually extend to the white underside. At the beginning of the 19th century tigers were so numerous it seemed to be a question as to whether man or tiger would survive. They inhabit the subtropical Himalayan foothills at an elevation of 200 m (660 ft) in the south to over 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in the temperate forests in the north. [2][22] Four females stayed closer to their mother's home range than 10 males. [6], In Bhutan, tigers have been documented in 17 of 18 districts. Newborn cubs weigh 780 to 1,600 g (1.72 to 3.53 lb) and they have a thick wooly fur that is shed after 3.5–5 months. In the Indian subcontinent, tigers inhabit tropical moist evergreen forests, tropical dry forests, tropical and subtropical moist deciduous forests, mangroves, subtropical and temperate upland forests, and alluvial grasslands. [85] Tigers in the Sunderbans presumably attacked humans who entered their territories in search of wood, honey or fish, thus causing them to defend their territories. [21], During seven years of camera trapping, tracking, and observational data in Chitwan National Park, 6 to 9 breeding tigers, 2 to 16 non-breeding tigers, and 6 to 20 young tigers of less than one year of age were detected in the study area of 100 km2 (39 sq mi). Tigers eat many types of prey, mostly other large mammals. Morphologically, tigers from different regions vary little, and gene flow between populations in those regions is considered to have been possible during the Pleistocene. Then they drag the carcass into cover, occasionally over several hundred metres, to consume it. Define tiger. Tigers kill their prey by clamping down on the prey's throat and suffocating it. a tiger by the tail Something or some situation that is too risky, overwhelming, or unsafe to abandon; that which is safer to continue than to quit. All groups have access to the Illegal wildlife trade in body parts. In the majority of cases, man-eating appeared to have been related to an intra-specific competition among male tigers. a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct. For over 100 years people, tigers, and livestock have been injured and killed in the conflict; in recent decades up to 50 people, 80 livestock, and 3 tigers have been killed in a year. [90] Save Tigers Now started its campaign in 12 different WWF Tiger priority landscapes, since May 2010. The largest population lives in Chitwan National Park and in the adjacent Parsa National Park encompassing an area of 2,543 km2 (982 sq mi) of prime lowland forest. By the late 1980s, the initial nine reserves covering an area of 9,115 square kilometres (3,519 sq mi) had been increased to 15 reserves covering an area of 24,700 square kilometres (9,500 sq mi). The liger is a hybrid offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger (Panthera tigris).The liger has parents in the same genus but of different species.The liger is distinct from the similar hybrid called the tigon, and is the largest of all known extant felines. A domestic cat, especially a tabby, having markings like those of a tiger. Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. However, samples of two hybrid specimens constituted a too small sample base to conclusively assume that Tara was the source of the Siberian tiger genes. Tiger definition: A tiger is a large fierce animal belonging to the cat family. In fact, there is only one fully authenticated case of a true albino tiger, and none of black tigers, with the possible exception of one dead specimen examined in Chittagong in 1846. The project's task force visualised these tiger reserves as breeding nuclei, from which surplus animals would disperse to adjacent forests. Females are a bit smaller. Record weight for males is claimed as 890 lbs (318 kg), but this cannot be confirmed. Definition of tiger. 1. countable noun A tiger is a large fierce animal belonging to the cat family. [105] Skin, hair and blood samples from 71 tigers collected in Indian zoos, in the Indian Museum, Kolkata and including two samples from Dudhwa National Park were used for a microsatellite analysis that revealed that two tigers had alleles in two loci contributed by Bengal and Siberian tigers. [92][93], Through this initiative the population decline was reversed initially, but has resumed in recent years; India's tiger population decreased from 3,642 in the 1990s to just over 1,400 from 2002 to 2008. The remaining five subspecies are the Bengal (or Indian), Indo-Chinese, Siberian (or Amur), South Chinese, and Sumatran. There are more places for resident females than for resident males. [79] [17], Bengal tigers weigh up to 325 kg (717 lb), and reach a head and body length of 320 cm (130 in). [71], The tiger in India has no definite mating and birth seasons. Tigers vary in size depending on their subspecies. [18] The extinct and living tiger populations in continental Asia have been subsumed to P. t. tigris since the revision of felid taxonomy in 2017. This survey measures changes in the frequency of tiger track sets along the sides of tidal waterways as an index of relative tiger abundance across the Sundarbans landscape. b. Those sharing the same ground are well aware of each other's movements and activities. In 2004, all the tigers in India's Sariska Tiger Reserve were killed by poachers. Among the medium-sized prey species it frequently kills wild boar, and occasionally hog deer, Indian muntjac and grey langur. The goals are to manage tigers as a single metapopulation, the dispersal of which between core refuges can help maintain genetic, demographic, and ecological integrity, and to ensure that species and habitat conservation becomes mainstreamed into the rural development agenda. [25] Thus, the Bengal tiger rivals the Siberian tiger in average weight. In the latter half of the 19th century, marauding tigers began to take a toll of human life. [109], In 2000, the Bengal tiger re-wilding project Tiger Canyons was started by John Varty, who together with the zoologist Dave Salmoni trained captive-bred tiger cubs how to stalk, hunt, associate hunting with food and regain their predatory instincts. [7] All tigers are carnivores (meat eaters). [9], The Bengal tiger's coat is yellow to light orange, with stripes ranging from dark brown to black; the belly and the interior parts of the limbs are white, and the tail is orange with black rings. [64], In most cases, tigers approach their victim from the side or behind from as close a distance as possible and grasp the prey's throat to kill it. This specimen is on exhibition in the Mammals Hall of the Smithsonian Institution. India's tiger population was estimated at 1,706–1,909 individuals in 2010. Funds and commitment were mustered to support the intensive program of habitat protection and rehabilitation under the project. [40] Tigers appear to have arrived in Sri Lanka during a pluvial period, during which sea levels were depressed, evidently prior to the last glacial maximum about 20,000 years ago. Tigers are orange with black stripes. Bengal tigers live in the jungle called 'Sundarban' that is in Bangladesh and West Bengal of India. They have orange fur with black stripes, and a white belly. Tiger densities in these TCUs are high, in part because of the extraordinary biomass of ungulate prey. [8], From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (, 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T15955A50659951.en, "The habitats of the Bengal tiger in Asia", "A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group", "Food habits and prey selection of tiger and leopard in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India", https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tiger&oldid=7361740, Articles with Latin-language sources (la), Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It is the national animal of both India and Bangladesh. Sometimes there are tigers with different colors. One juvenile tiger was presumed dead after being photographed with severe injuries from a deer snare. 1968, Charles MacKinnon of Dunakin, The Observer's Book of Heraldry, page 69: The heraldic tiger is a mythical beast, quite unlike a real tiger which is described in heraldry as a Bengal tiger. [23], The tiger has exceptionally stout teeth. All suffered from some disability, mainly caused either by gunshot wounds or porcupine quills. [48] In another study, home ranges of adult female tigers were recorded comprising between 12 and 14 km2 (4.6 and 5.4 sq mi), which would indicate an approximate carrying capacity of 150 adult females. Skins are rough-cured in the field and handed over to dealers, who send them for further treatment to Indian tanning centres. [27] In 1980 and 1984, scientists captured and tagged two male tigers in Chitwan National Park that weighed more than 270 kg (595 lb). Tigers are orange with... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples [57], In 2008, a tiger was recorded at an elevation of 4,200 m (13,800 ft) in Jigme Dorji National Park, which is the highest altitudinal record of a tiger known to date. Across India, six landscape complexes were surveyed that host tigers and have the potential to be connected. [24] The greatest length of its skull is 332 to 376 mm (13.1 to 14.8 in). [86], In Nepal, the incidence of man-eating tigers has been only sporadic. In Nepal a community-based tourism model has been developed with a strong emphasis on sharing benefits with local people and on the regeneration of degraded forests. One of the resident females left her territory to one of her female offspring and took over an adjoining area by displacing another female; and a displaced female managed to re-establish herself in a neighboring territory made vacant by the death of the resident. [107], Indian zoos have bred tigers for the first time at the Alipore Zoo in Kolkata. [14], Results of scat analyses indicate that the tigers in Nagarahole National Park preferred prey weighing more than 176 kg (388 lb) and that on average tiger prey weighed 91.5 kg (202 lb). (2008). New animals become residents only as vacancies occur when a former resident moves out or dies. 1 plural also tiger. However, the use of more reliable and independent censusing technology including camera traps for the 2007–2008 all-India census has shown that the numbers were in fact less than half than originally claimed by the Forest Department. quotations . Now, through WildTeam's work, there is a boat-based Tiger Response team that provides first aid, transport, and body retrieval support for people being killed in the forest by tigers. [5], In the 20th century, Indian censuses of wild tigers relied on the individual identification of footprints known as pug marks – a method that has been criticised as deficient and inaccurate. [69] In the Sundarbans, a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) and an Indian cobra (Naja naja) were found in the stomachs of tigers. 2. Habitat losses and the extremely large-scale incidences of poaching are serious threats to the species' survival. None of the Tiger Conservation Landscapes within its range is considered large enough to support an effective population of more than 250 adult individuals. Tiger parents push and pressure their children to attain high levels of academic achievement or success in high-status extracurricular activities such as music, using authoritarian parenting methods. If injured, old or weak, or regular prey species are becoming scarce, tigers also attack humans and become man-eaters. [21] In Chitwan National Park, radio-collared subadult tigers started dispersing from their natal areas earliest at the age of 19 months. It is one of the five species classified in the genus Panthera, others being the lion, leopard, jaguar, and snow leopard (see notes 1).Here are 20 amazing tiger facts. Historical and contemporary data on the body weight of wild and captive Amur tigers in comparison with other subspecies", "The Sundarbans Tiger – Adaptation, population status, and Conflict management", "A second extinct big cat from the late Quaternary of Sri Lanka", "Applying molecular genetic tools to tiger conservation", "Where can tigers live in the future? As of 2015, the tiger population in Bhutan was estimated at 89 to 124 individuals in a survey area of 28,225 km2 (10,898 sq mi). [78], Between 1994 and 2009, the Wildlife Protection Society of India has documented 893 cases of tigers killed in India, which is just a fraction of the actual poaching and trade in tiger parts during those years. The smallest recorded weights for Bengal tigers are from the Bangladesh Sundarbans, where adult females are 75 to 80 kg (165 to 176 lb). Therefore, it was proposed to recognise only two subspecies as valid, namely P. t. tigris in mainland Asia, and P. t. sondaica in the Greater Sunda Islands and possibly in Sundaland. 2. The Bengal tiger is a tiger from a specific population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to the Indian subcontinent. [81] In 2009, none of the 24 tigers residing in the Panna Tiger Reserve were left because of excessive poaching. Tiger: an aggressive and fiercely determined person. The heaviest wild tiger was possibly a huge male killed in 1967 at the foothills of the Himalayas. [16], The validity of several tiger subspecies in continental Asia was questioned in 1999. [53], From February to June 2013, a camera trapping survey was carried out in the Terai Arc Landscape, across an area of 4,841 km2 (1,869 sq mi) in 14 districts. 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April 1, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Simone McCarthy, Travis Caldwell, Helen Regan, Sana Noor Haq, Sara Spary and Adrienne Vogt, CNN
Updated 12:03 a.m. ET, April 2, 2022
More than 6,000 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities on Friday, according to officials, but over 100,000 residents remain trapped in the besieged southern city of Mariupol, where local leaders say Russia is not allowing aid in.
Ukraine's President said Russian troops are "slowly but noticeably" moving out of the north of the country, adding preparations are underway for more potential Russian strikes in the Donbas region and Kharkiv.
A fire broke out at a fuel depot in Belgorod, a Russian city near the Ukrainian border, which the regional governor said was caused by an air strike from Ukrainian helicopters. CNN is unable to verify this claim. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense told CNN it had no information about the incident.
Russia won't immediately cut off gas supplies under a new decree requiring payments in rubles, according to the Kremlin.
4:00 p.m. ET, April 1, 2022
Germany approves delivery of infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, German Defense Ministry says
From CNN's Inke Kappeler in Berlin
Germany has approved the delivery of 56 infantry fighting vehicles of type Pbv 501 to Ukraine a German Defense Ministry spokesperson told CNN Friday.
The armored vehicles are stemming from the Cold War era East German army and had been sold to Sweden, then resold to the Czech Republic who will deliver them to Ukraine, according to the ministry.
According to the German war weapons control act, the Federal Security Council must approve of the export of weapons that originated from Germany at any time.
Correction: A previous version of this post incorrectly described the type of vehicle that Germany has approved the delivery of to Ukraine. Germany plans to send infantry fighting vehicles.
9:18 a.m. ET, April 1, 2022
Germany registers nearly 300,000 refugees from Ukraine
From CNN's Inke Kappeler in Berlin and Benjamin Brown in London
Members of the Bundeswehr help to register arriving Ukrainian refugees at an aid center on March 25, in Berlin, Germany. (Hannibal Hanschke/Getty Images)
Nearly 300,000 refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine have arrived in Germany, according to the German Ministry of the Interior.
As of Friday, 294,508 refugees had been registered by German police.
The actual number of incoming refugees could be significantly higher due to the absence of border checks between Poland and Germany, an interior ministry spokesperson told CNN. The majority of refugees arriving in Germany are women, children and elderly people, the spokesperson said.
UN nuclear watchdog chief to head mission to Chernobyl nuclear plant "as soon as possible"
From CNN's Pierre Meilhan
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi is seen at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on March 7. (Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images)
International Atomic Energy Agency Director Rafael Mariano Grossi said Friday he will head a mission to the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine.
"I will head an IAEA assistance and support mission to the Chernobyl nuclear power as soon as possible. It will be the first in a series of such nuclear safety and security missions to Ukraine," Grossi said on Twitter.
What we know: Grossi said the IAEA has an agreed framework with Ukraine and Russia to assist in the safety and security of the nuclear plants in Ukraine.
Grossi told reporters in Vienna Friday that the IAEA has delivered some equipment to Ukraine and has discussed sending staff to assist Ukrainian authorities.
"We agreed to have a rapid assistance mechanism" in case a situation takes place, Grossi said. "We are setting up a mechanism whereby we could be sending a team to assess and to assist almost immediately."
Estonia proposes using Russian energy payments for Ukrainian recovery funds
From CNN's Joseph Ataman in Paris
Estonia has proposed that part of energy payments to Russia be put aside to pay for the costs of Ukraine's recovery, the Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Eva-Maria Liimets told journalists on Friday.
"Russia must be held accountable for the devastating destruction they have caused and the war crimes they have committed in Ukraine," she said, speaking alongside her French, Lithuanian and Latvian counterparts in Tallinn, Estonia.
Liimets added that assets frozen as part of sanctions against Russia could also be used "as a source of recovery funds for Ukrainian cities and infrastructure."
"The NATO-Russia founding act is obsolete," she added, calling for a "long-term containment policy," regarding Russia and a continued policy of non-recognition of Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the details of new European Union sanctions against Russia would be decided "in the coming days," with the aim to "force Putin to put an end to this crazy aggression."
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs added that "a permanent (NATO) forward defense needs to be considered and agreed" upon at the next NATO summit in June 2022. He said the EU should consider "other commodities" beyond the energy sector that the bloc should explore for sanctions against Russia.
Some background: Europe — which gets about 40% of its natural gas from Russia — has recently been making efforts to reduce its reliance on Russian oil and gas.
US President Joe Biden announced a joint task force alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on March 25, which would include the United States supplying Europe with at least 15 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas in 2022, in partnership with other nations, the White House said.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an ultimatum to "unfriendly" nations to pay for their energy in rubles starting April 1 or risk being cut off from vital supplies.
While the Kremlin today said that Russia will not immediately cut off gas supplies under the new decree, his high-stakes threat still sent shockwaves through Europe, which would struggle to keep its economy running for long without Russian energy.
CNN's Mark Thompson contributed reporting to this post.
CNN is on scene waiting for the arrival of a huge convoy of evacuees
From CNN's Olga Voitovych, Maria Kostenko and AnneClaire Stapleton
Around 2,000 civilians are now on buses heading from the coastal city of Berdyansk to the Ukrainian government-held city of Zaporizhzhia, carrying civilians evacuating from the besieged port of Mariupol.
CNN is at the hub in Zaporizhzhia where the evacuees will arrive and then be processed.
"The evacuation convoy left Berdyansk for Zaporizhzhia," Mariupol city council said in a statement on Telegram. "Many private vehicles have joined the 42 buses escorted by Red Cross and SES (State Emergency Service) vehicles. Today we expect the arrival of a record number of Mariupol residents."
More than 100,000 residents remain trapped in the southern port city, according to officials.
The hub in Zaporizhzhia where the evacuees will be processed. (AnneClaire Stapleton/CNN)
More than 250,000 Ukrainian refugees apply for long-term visa in Czech Republic
From CNN's Benjamin Brown in London
Refugees from Ukraine queue to file for residency permits at the regional assistance centre for refugees in Prague's Congress Centre in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 7. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)
The Czech Republic has seen more than a quarter of a million Ukrainian refugees apply for special long-term visas since the start of the Russian invasion, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
A total of 251,713 Ukrainians have applied to stay in the country since late February, according to the latest ministry figures released Thursday.
On Thursday, 2,909 refugees registered with Czech authorities. That number dropped below the seven-day average of 3,554 arrivals per day.
As Ukrainians do not require visas for entry to the Czech Republic, the number of refugees in the country is likely to be considerably higher, a Czech Ministry of Interior press officer told CNN.
Evacuation buses departing from Russian-held Melitopol, according to Ukrainian officials
From CNN's Maria Kostenko in Chernivtsi and Olga Voitovych in Lviv
A column of buses evacuating civilians from the Russian-held city of Melitopol to Zaporizhzhia had departed Friday, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
"About 500 people are on buses departing from Melitopol to Zaporizhzhia," Tymoshenko said on Telegram. "About 300 private cars joined the evacuation column."
In a post on Facebook, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said "Melitopol residents, who sincerely love their native land, were looking forward to the opportunity to leave it. It's because the Russian occupiers turned the lives of peaceful people into hell. For several days, the Russian military defiantly blocked the 'green' [humanitarian] corridor and did not allow buses to enter Melitopol."
Fedorov said more than 1,000 people had assembled near an exit point to wait for the evacuation.
"I assure those thousands of Melitopol residents who wanted to, but for various reasons could not evacuate today, our team will not stop!" he said. "We are already forming another humanitarian convoy, which will soon deliver the necessary aid to Melitopol and pick up people from the city on the way back."
It's mid afternoon in Kyiv. Here's what you need to know today
The conflict following Russia's invasion of Ukraine has now entered its sixth week. Here are the latest developments:
Blaze at a fuel depot: A huge fire has broken out at a fuel depot in Belgorod, a Russian city near the Ukrainian border, and Russia says an air strike from Ukrainian helicopters is to blame. CNN is so far unable to verify this claim and the Ukrainian defense ministry told CNN it has no information about the incident. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday that the purported strike could have a potential negative impact on negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow. Talks between the two nations are due to resume Friday.
Mariupol evacuations: Around 2,000 civilians are on buses heading from the coastal city of Berdyansk to the Ukrainian government-held city of Zaporizhzhia, carrying civilians evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol. CNN is at the hub in Zaporizhzhia where the people will be processed. More than 100,000 civilians remain trapped in Mariupol, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Death toll: At least 153 children have been killed since the Russian invasion began five week ago and 245 children have been injured, Ukrainian officials said Friday. Bombing and shelling have also damaged 859 educational institutions, including 83 that have been destroyed, they said.
EU-China Summit: Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang will meet with European Union leaders in an online summit on Friday, and the war in Ukraine will be a "main focus" of the summit, the European Council said. China continues to face pressure to condemn the Russian invasion.
Heavy shelling continues: Ukrainian officials have continued to report heavy shelling in eastern Ukraine on Friday, particularly in the Luhansk region of the Donbas amid an apparent shift by Russia to redirect military efforts to the region. NATO's chief has warned Russian forces are repositioning rather than withdrawing, while Ukrainian and US officials say say Russians may be regrouping in Belarus.
Russia won't immediately cut off gas supplies under new decree requiring payments in rubles, Kremlin says
From CNN's Chris Liakos
Russia says it won't start cutting gas supply to "unfriendly countries" immediately under a new decree requiring payment to be made in rubles from April 1.
"Yesterday, I received many questions about whether this means that if there is no confirmation in rubles, would it mean that gas supplies will be cut off from April 1? No, it doesn't, and it doesn't follow the decree," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
Peskov said that payments for deliveries made today are not due until the end of April or beginning of May.
"But once again, I repeat that for the nuances, it is better to contact Gazprom," Peskov said.
According to the new decree published yesterday, Gazprombank would open accounts in the name of Western gas buyers, convert their euros or dollars and then deposit the rubles into another account which would then be used to pay Gazprom.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insisted Thursday that Berlin will make payments for Russian gas only in euros. "We have looked at the contracts on gas delivery and other deliveries. [The contracts state] that payments are to be made in euros, sometimes in US dollars, but mostly in euros. And I made clear in my conversation with the Russian President that this will remain as it is," Scholz said in Berlin during a joint news conference with his Austrian counterpart Karl Nehammer.
The EU's Economics Commissioner, Paolo Gentiloni, told CNN's Richard Quest on Thursday that this "is an attempt to circumvent European sanctions and to blackmail the European Union."
Responding to a question, Peskov told reporters Friday that the decision to sell gas for rubles could be reversed in the future but for now the ruble is Russia's preferred option.
"Absolutely. If other conditions come up. In this case, there is nothing concrete reinforced, but in the current conditions, the ruble is a more preferable and reliable option for us," he said.
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 *                              eigenanalysispse.h
 *
 * Eigenanalysis algorithms for spectrum estimation.
 *
 * The eigenanalysis algorithms perform eigen decomposition of the signal's
 * auto-correlation matrix (ACM) to estimate signal's frequency content. The
 * ACM can be decomposed into signal-subspace and noise-subspace, then use
 * the orthogonality of the tow subspaces to estimate the signal's spectrum.
 *
 * These algorithms, such as Pisarenko, MUSIC (MUltiple SIgnal Classification)
 * and ESPRIT (Estimation of Signal Parameters by Rotational Invariance
 * Techniques) are particularly suitable for signals that are the sum of
 * sinusoids with additive white Gaussian noise. The model order (the number
 * of complex exponential signal) is estimated by minimizing the MDL criterion.
 *
 * This file also provide the Capon's maximum likehood method or minimum
 * variance method for specturm estimation.
 *
 * Zhang Ming, 2010-11, Xi'an Jiaotong University.
 *****************************************************************************/

#ifndef EIGENANALYSISPSE_H
#define EIGENANALYSISPSE_H

#include <toeplitz.h>
#include <levinson.h>
#include <linequs1.h>
#include <svd.h>
#include <evd.h>

namespace splab
{

    template<typename Type> Vector<Type> caponPSE( const Vector<Type>&,
                                                   int, int );
    template<typename Type> Vector<Type> pisarenkoPSE( const Vector<Type>&,
                                                       int, int, int );
    template<typename Type> Vector<Type> musicPSE( const Vector<Type>&,
                                                   int, int, int );
    template<typename Type> Vector<Type> espritPSE( const Vector<Type>&,
                                                    int, int );

    template<typename Type> int orderEst( const Vector<Type>&, int );

    #include <eigenanalysispse-impl.h>

}
// namespace splab

#endif
// EIGENANALYSISPSE_H