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Seven killed during ritual by 'satanic' cult in Caribbean
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A "satanic" sect has killed seven people and police have freed 14 others following a ritual in a jungle community. Indigenous residents were rounded up by lay preachers before being tortured, beaten, burned and hacked with machetes to make them...
Doctors urge social media firms to hand over data amid suicide risk
Social media giants should be forced to hand over data and pay towards research into their potential harms, a new report backed by the father of Molly Russell argues. Concerns about the impact of social media on vulnerable people come amid suicides,...
London state school sees 51 students offered Oxbridge places
A sixth form academy which got just one student into Oxbridge in 2014 has now seen a "remarkable" 51 pupils receive offers to study at the two elite institutions - rivalling top fee-paying schools. Brampton Manor Academy in East Ham opened its sixth...
HIV infections in gay and bisexual men fall 71 per cent in four years
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HIV infections among gay and bisexual men in the UK have fallen by nearly three quarters in four years, official figures show. Cases of the viral disease being transmitted have plummeted 71.4 per cent since 2014, Public Health England found. The...
Urgent search for missing boy, 10, who 'may be on train in London'
Police have launched an urgent search for a 10-year-old boy who is missing from west London. Thomas Nugent is missing from the London W6 area, a spokesman for Met Police said. Police said he may be on the train network, possibly heading towards...
XR activists turn Siemens base into a 'crime scene' in climate protest
Extinction Rebellion activists have turned Siemens's London base into a "crime scene" as part of a climate protest. The group, also known as XR, branded the company "climate criminals", as it hit out at its decision to fulfil its contract to...
Farage says Brexit celebration will be held in Parliament Square
Nigel Farage has announced that Leave Means Leave has secured permission to hold a "Brexit Celebration" in Parliament Square on January 31. The arch Brexiteer has long called for such an event, claiming he and other eurosceptics were planning a...
Museum of London to explore city's Dub music scene in new exhibition
The Museum of London is opening its own record store as part of an exhibition celebrating the Dub music scene. Visitors will be free to browse the stacks and buy vinyl at the shop as well as see other exhibits including a huge speaker stack used...
Nandy: Corbyn got it 'totally wrong' over Salisbury poisonings
Lisa Nandy attacked Jeremy Corbyn over his response to the Salisbury poisonings today saying it was "totally wrong". Mr Corbyn failed to condemn the Kremlin directly for the Novichok poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter...
How your business can help address the climate crisis
No individual company can solve the climate crisis. Market research business Euromonitor International knows this: it has 300 partnerships with organisations working towards a United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal. One is Just a Drop, which...
Branding Extinction Rebellion a terror risk is a dangerous leap
I find myself facing a crisis of civic conscience. According to guidance issued by counter-terrorism police in the South-East last November as part of the Prevent counter-extremist strategy, I should be on the lookout for people who speak in "strong...
Lib Dem peer compares Brexit Britain to Nazi Germany in Lords
A peer has faced criticism for going "a step too far" in comparing Brexit Britain to Nazi Germany. Liberal Democrat Lord Greaves also claimed people were crying themselves to sleep at night over the UK's withdrawal from the EU, as he warned against...
Mayor launches drive to stop hate crime
An initiative to tackle violent extremism and a spike in hate crime was launched today in the wake of the most recent London Bridge murders. A £800,000 partnership, funded equally by Google UK and City Hall, offers grassroots organisations up to...
Boris Johnson calls veganism 'crime against cheese lovers'
Boris Johnson has been mocked for his pronunciation of the word 'vegan' after he said veganism was a "crime against cheese lovers" and "takes so much concentration". The Prime Minister told BBC Breakfast he would not be taking part in Veganuary -...
Roger Robinson wins TS Eliot Prize for poems reflecting on Grenfell
Roger Robinson has been awarded the TS Eliot Prize for A Portable Paradise, which includes a series of poems reflecting on the Grenfell Tower fire. Robinson wins the £25,000 prize for his second collection, praised by the judges for "find[ing] in...
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Sadler's Wells prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, on hand to receive a degree herself, applauds as another personality is honored at London University....
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Former London Mayor Boris Johnson leaves his Islington home on July 1, 2016 in London, England. Mr Johnson backed out of the Conservative Leadership...
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Private Fred Poulten arrives home in Clerkenwell to a hero's welcome by his mother and friends. He has been repatriated after being taken prisoner at...
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In nature, an ecosystem is a community of organisms living among each other, creating a system. For example, the pond pictured above is an ecosystem of living things like fish and plants, and they're contained with natural resources like water and rocks. And here's the most important part: they're self-reliant. That means they don't need human beings to come and feed them fish food for survival. They have everything that they need in their own ecosystem to keep things going swimmingly, generation after generation.
Got it. Now, what's a 'Deaf Ecosystem'?
When Deaf and hard of hearing individuals interact in shared spaces, that is a Deaf community. A Deaf Ecosystem is created when the community invests in Deaf businesses, professionals, organizations, and schools. To use the pond analogy, the water is similar to resources within our community. If enough of us invest in our Deaf Ecosystem, our community will thrive and become more self-reliant.
What does investing in our Deaf Ecosystem look like?
In whatever way you choose to invest in our Deaf Ecosystem, it's important for us to do our part—because it means a healthier and more vibrant community for us and our future Deaf children.
Our directory is a listing of local and nationwide Deaf-owned businesses, professionals, organizations, and schools for the Deaf. A world designed for Deaf people.
Many of us have felt some kind of desire to build a stronger Deaf Ecosystem. The problem was that we didn't know where to start or how to maintain that support. And that's why we created the Deaf Ecosystem Directory. We are committed to keeping it up-to-date so that we will always have a central resource.
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In 2009, we were a little start-up company with fewer than 10 employees. Today, we are one of the largest Deaf-owned companies in the world with around 250 employees. How did we get here? With the support of our Deaf community.
We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a small but loyal customer base who believed in us from the very beginning. Those customers are the same people that contribute to our community as teachers, parents, leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and friends. We know firsthand what a positive Deaf Ecosystem can do for our community: It creates opportunities, increases choices, encourages collaboration, and fosters connection.
Healthy Deaf schools. Plenty and resourceful organizations and services for the Deaf and hard of hearing. Thriving Deaf-owned businesses. Deaf community members that feel supported. This is a future we're investing in.
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Black Lives Matter-LA and Construct Energy are calling on the neighborhood to vote "sure" to Invoice SB-731, the Kenneth Ross Jr. Decertification Act of 2020 – Lasentinel
Black Lives Matter-LA and Build Power are calling on the community to vote "yes" to Bill SB-731, the Kenneth Ross Jr. Decertification Act of 2020
Melina Abdullah, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles (Courtesy photo)
A coalition of community leaders from Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles and Build Power (BLD PRW) held a lively press conference opposite the Hall of Justice Building. Protesters and community leaders gathered to demonstrate their strong demand that California law pass Law SB-731, the 2020 Kenneth Ross Jr. Decertification Act.
April 11, 2018 – Kenneth Ross Jr., 25 years old, was shot dead by Gardena police. Officer Michael Robbins aimed an AR-15 assault rifle at Ross, which killed Ross almost instantly. Police claim Ross has a firearm. However, the police body camera footage uploaded online reveals that Ross was unarmed and posed no significant threat. Despite the death, the prosecutor has decided not to prosecute Officer Robbins for Ross' death, in which Robbins is still employed with law enforcement today.
Fouzia Almarou, the mother of Kenneth Ross Jr. (Courtesy photo)
Fouzia Almarou, the mother of Kenneth Ross Jr., expressed her heartfelt feelings during the BLM meeting. She shared her grief with many other mothers and fathers of police violence victims and showed a strong dislike for the injustice her sons and daughters faced. The families of John Horton, Christopher Deandre Mitchell, Eric Rivera, Jesse Romero, Anthony Vargas, Brandon Glenn, Daniel Hernandez, Mely Corado, and Vanessa Marquez made emotionally charged speeches. All of the names mentioned above were tragically killed by the police.
Almarou exclaimed to the crowd in the last moments of her son's life, "What has my son done? Nothing but mind his damn business!" A disturbance in the neighborhood called. He was in Rowley Park running for his life. When he ran he knew they wanted to kill him because this has been going on since 1619. "Almarou concluded her speech with," We must stick together, everyone Breeds need to stick together and get rid of those white supremacist cops and get Jackie Lacey out of here!
: Fouzia Almarou with Kenneth Ross Jr. on graduation day. (Courtesy photo)
District Attorney Jackie Lacey and her office have received a public backlash for refusing to prosecute Officer Robbins. as well as countless lists of police officers who allegedly killed over 600 residents in Los Angeles County. Valerie Rivera, the mother of Eric Rivera, 20 years old, was shot dead by Los Angeles police in 2018 for carrying a toy gun. Rivera stated, "There are thousands of homicide cops on these streets because Jackie Lacey allows them to murder and get away with it! "
In a recent interview with Melina Abdullah, the co-founder of BLM-Los Angeles. Abdullah stressed the importance of Law SB-731, the Kenneth Ross Jr. Desertification Act of 2020. She stated, "This law will give us a mechanism to take away the badges of the police who have abused our parishioners. If we had that in 2018, Michael Robbins wouldn't have a badge to use to kill Kenneth Ross for having already shot three other people. We want to make sure there is a way to get around these prosecutors who are in bed with the police. The least we can do is fire the officers who killed our people. "
Kenneth Ross Jr. and his newborn son. (Courtesy photo)
The day of the press conference was gloomy but also celebratory as the SB-731 bill was passed by the committee on that day. In the next two weeks, however, the state parliament will debate and come to a vote in which it will be decided whether the bill will go to the governor for approval. According to BLM-Los Angeles Co-Founder Abdullah, "(the governor) has already assured us that he will sign it and so it will become law."
The press conference ended with supporters pulling out their devices to dial (916) 319-2063. This is the phone line for the Californian Congregation Speaker, Anthony Rendon. Supporters were instructed to call that number and "tell Senator Rendon to take bill SB-731 forward and keep pushing this bill."
Valerie Rivera wants justice for her son Eric Rivera! (Courtesy photo)
It is important to realize the power within you and the power of a united person. A force that can put pressure on change. The BLM movement is now forcing mandatory changes at the legal level to implement more impartiality laws. Bill SB-731 is an important law that holds law enforcement officers accountable for their actions in the service, whether just or unjust. Hence, the struggle continues for those who are no longer with us and for those remaining family members in desperate need of justice. Whether it is a vote, sending an email, writing a letter or calling the number listed above; Let your voice be heard.
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Who is Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, the trusted advisor to be grilled over meetings with Russians?
The 35-year-old real estate developer emerged as one of Trump's closest confidantes during the election campaign.
By Tom Porter
Updated March 28, 2017 14:31 BST
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough (R) and Jared Kushner, an aid of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump are seen at the White House November 10, 2016 Getty Images
On Monday (27 March), it was revealed that Trump's son-in-law and White house advisor would face questions from the US committee investigating allegations Russia helped the Trump team during last year's presidential election.
The 35-year-old allegedly met the Russian ambassador and the chief of a Russian bank facing sanctions between Trump's 5 November victory and the presidential inauguration on 20 January.
Below IBTimes UK profiles the millionaire real estate heir who has become one of the most infleuntial figures in the White House.
The influence of Kushner within the Trump team grew over the course of the election campaign, during which he oversaw digital strategy and key appointments.
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As Trump spoke to President Barack Obama at the White House two days after his 8 November election to smooth the way for the transition of power, Kushner was pictured on the South Lawn deep in conversation with Obama's chief of staff, Denis McDonough.
According to CNN, Kushner was at the centre of "infighting" inside the Trump transition team as rivals jockeyed for White House positions. He reportedly alienated allies by leading a "purge" against associates of former team chief, New Jersey governor Chris Christie.
As speculation that Kushner was set for a key role in the Trump administration grew, the President-elect was forced to deny reports that he had requested security clearance for Kushner and his daughter, Ivanka. Kushner was involved with meetings with key foreign leaders.
At the heart of controversy over Kushner's White House role are his myriad business interests.
Kushner is a wealthy property developer, and owns 666 Fifth Avenue, a skyscraper a few blocks away from Trump Tower in downtown New York. In 2006, aged just 25, he bought the once venerable, now ailing, New York Observer newspaper.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
Kushner was born into wealth, raised in propserous Livingston, New York, with two sisters and a brother.
His grandparents had fled the Holocaust in Poland during World War II, and arrived in New York in 1949. His father, Charles Kushner, made a fortune in New Jersey real estate.
Charles Kushner is alleged to have secured his son a place study at Harvard with a $2.3m donation, despite his average grades. A controversial figure, he was jailed for tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering. He confessed to setting up his own brother-in-law with a sex worker and secretly filming the liaison, sending the tapes to his sister to dissuade them from testifying against him.
Some have speculated that Kushner's animus towards Christie dates back to 2004, when then attorney general Christie indicted Charles Kushner on several charges. Claims of a feud have been denied by the Christie camp.
After his father's imprisonment, Jared took over his real estate empire while still in law school, and at 26 orchestrated the most expensive purchase in real estate history, with the $1.8bn acquisition of 666 Fifth Avenue.
His career has parallels with that of his father in law, who also took over his father's property empire at a relatively young age.
Kushner will step down as boss of his family's real estate business and publisher of the New York Observer newspaper in order to comply with ethics laws ahead of Trump's 20 January inauguration, his lawyer Jamie Gorelick said.
Democrats have demanded the Justice Department and Office of Government Ethics scrutinise the appointment.
Key role in Trump election victory
After Trump announced his presidential candidacy, Kushner became involved in almost every aspect of the campaign.
Trump appears to trust Kushner's judgement, and reportedly sacked his controversial former campaign director Corey Lendowski on his recommendation after the two clashed.
Kushner is an Orthodox Jew and when he married Ivanka Trump in 2009, she converted to Judaism.
During the presidential campaign Jared controversially defended Trump against accusations of anti-Semitism, after the Republican candidate tweeted a picture showing a picture of his rival, Hillary Clinton, alongside an image that resembled the Star of David, a pile of cash, and the slogan 'most corrupt candidate ever.'
Kushner responded by writing in the Observer, "In my opinion, accusations like 'racist' and 'anti-Semite' are being thrown around with a carelessness that risks rendering these words meaningless."
Accusations of anti-Semitism were levelled at the Trump transition team with the appointment of controversial Steve Bannon as director of strategy. As editor of the right-wing Breitbart website Bannon courted the 'alt-right', a movement of white supremacists and anti-Semites who promulgate their views online.
During the transition Kushner has played an influential role, being involved in meetings with key foreign leaders. On Sunday, he and Bannon met UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, in the first face-to-face encounter between the UK government and Trump team.
In his new role he will reportedly focus on trade policy and the Middle East.
The nepotism law is supposed to bar the appointment of family members to cabinet positions, and it is unclear if it applies to appointments to the White House team.
Concerns have been raised about Kushner's relationship with foreign investors, and on Saturday the New York Times reported that Kushner met the head of an insurance group with links to the Chinese government just days after Trump's win. His spokeswoman said the meeting was a coincidence and he had already decided to sell his stake in the building.
Gorelick said her client was committed to complying with federal ethics laws and had consulted with the Office of Government Ethics about what steps to take.
This article was first published on November 16, 2016
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In the past few years, there have been some great findings that point to an amazingly simply way to reduce the pain that you feel. Pain relief can't come more easily than this: controlling the way you breathe.
Health breakthroughs about here, with research showing that controlled breathing at a slowed rate could significantly reduce feelings of pain. This is especially pertinent for anyone who suffers conditions of chronic pain, and also those who believe in the powers of yoga and tai chi.
One study, published in the journal "Pain," found that fibromyalgia patients reported less pain while breathing slowly — that is, unless they were overwhelmed by sadness or depression. These findings may help explain other studies that found that meditation have beneficial effects on pain and that yogic breathing exercises can reduce feelings of depression. These results also underline the role that a person's positive or negative attitude can have on their feelings of pain.
The study involved two groups of women aged 45 to 65. One group was composed of women previously diagnosed with fibromyalgia,. The other group consisted of healthy controls.
During the trial, women were subjected to moderately painful heat pulses on their palms. The heat pulses were administered while they were breathing at normal rates and when participants reduced their breathing rates by 50%. After each heat pulse, participants were asked to report how intense the pain was, how unpleasant it was, and how their mood was.
The researchers analyzed the participants' ratings of pain intensity and unpleasantness and found an overall reduction in reported pain when the healthy control participants were paced to breathe slowly. However, fibromyalgia patients benefited from slow breathing only if they reported positive "affect" (mood or emotion).
Elsewhere, another interesting study found that deep and slow breathing techniques could have great use in the treatment of chronic pain syndromes. This type of controlled breathing is a component of various relaxation techniques. They found that the way we choose to inhale has corresponding effects deep inside our bodies regarding pain. The results showed that breathing "decisively influences autonomic and pain processing." The way we perceive pain is influenced or, in this case, the pain is reduced by deep, slow breathing.
So, don't ever think you are out of options for pain relief. Breathe deep and relax and take some control back over your quality of life.


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Innovation spaces: The new design of work
Julie Wagner and Dan Watch
Innovation spaces The new design of work
Innovation spaces—buildings and interiors used in the innovation economy ranging from incubators to research institutes to innovation centers and start-up spaces—are growing significantly in cities and suburbs across the globe. In both the United States and Europe, for example, accelerators and incubators have more than doubled since the financial crisis. A new trend paper from the Brookings Institution's Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Initiative on Innovation and Placemaking, "Innovation spaces: The new design of work", finds that not only are these spaces proliferating, they are also changing to reflect the evolving collaborative, cross-sector, and high-tech nature of innovation.
Authors Julie Wagner and Dan Watch draw from nearly 50 in-depth interviews with global-reaching and local-serving architects and innovation space managers to analyze the continuum of modern innovation-oriented workspaces. They find the role of well-designed innovation spaces in improving firm competitiveness, company culture, and the formulation of new products and ideas, offers important lessons for companies, universities and other drivers of the innovation economy on how to re-imagine space given three major trends in modern innovation:
Economic innovation is increasingly open and collaborative: In response, architects are applying creative spatial strategies to stimulate both mixing (of people and disciplines) and collaboration (between people and across disciplines).
Collaboration-centric work and worker preference are revaluing face-to-face communication: The most successful innovation spaces recognize collaboration's linguistic, technical, and organizational challenges, and, in response, design buildings and rooms that encourage face-to-face communication, collaboration, and ideation.
Technology is increasingly ubiquitous in the workplace with innovation spaces witnessing a particularly pronounced infusion of tech over the last 10 years: Given the velocity of technological change, innovation spaces are becoming "social test beds" in their pursuit to balance technological power, organizational ambition, and human needs.
Surveying a range of innovation spaces, Wagner and Watch detail best practices for industry leaders, managers, and architects interested in designing and programming people-first and collaboration-focused spaces.
In the past, designers and organization leaders often privileged aesthetics over function and built fixed physical boundaries between industries, organizations, and individual workers. Today, Wagner and Watch's research shows, the most successful innovation spaces prioritize flexibility and proactively provide opportunities for collaboration.
The paper also finds that as traditionally separated sectors increasingly intermingle and technology becomes a platform for most disciplines, this new convergence economy is influencing spatial design. Successful innovation spaces now must be flexible locales where separate professions and disciplines can easily converge. Whether a scientific lab designed to accommodate multiple disciplines, a co-working campus intermixing various companies, or new structures built to commingle industry and university researchers, many of the most successful innovation spaces are designed to facilitate and encourage cross-sector collaboration.
Wagner and Watch conclude that employers, economic development professionals, city leaders, and, ultimately, designers should recognize the importance of innovation spaces and intentionally design them into functional catalysts for innovation, and not simply 'cool' spaces. Those spaces designed with people and collaboration in mind not only bring innovative aesthetics, but also contribute to the modern economy and the strength of the communities in which they reside.
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ODI 11.1.1.6 is out for some time now, and I still did not had a change to share anything about it or even play with it as I should have. The 11.1.1.6 version introduces some really nice new features and it also supports Java 7 (!) on certain platforms, which are listed in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Supported System Configurations.
This is probably the first question anyone would ask and according to a few interesting articles I have found online, it will. There is the Java 7 performance enhancements in the Java 7 documentation. It is very technical and it is hard to understand, how it will impact Oracle Data Integrator. To give a little perspective, I have found the Performance Benchmark 1.5 1.6 1.7 , which actually gives some numbers and some nice graphs at the bottom.
What about implementing Java 7 in ODI?
Many developers get to develop different components for ODI in Java, I have discussed some of these, in my previous posts: Knowledge Modules, Procedures or Open Tools and Open Tool Tips. So it is most relevant than ever to mention, that if you have two Oracle Data Integrator environments and the first uses JDK 1.7, what you develop might not run on the second environment running JDK 1.6 , while it probably will vice versa.
Use HotSpot for development and JRockit for production, right?
There is a common guide line running between weblogic professionals to install development environments with the HotSpot JVM and the production with the JRockit JVM.
Well… I don't see how it is going to work out with Java 7, because Java 7 is a best of breed, it is actually a start of an years long process, which will merge between the HotSpot JVM and the JRockit JVM. To simplify, best JRockit features will move to the HotSpot. According to Java 7 Questions & Answers , JRockit is not going to be entitled the Java 7 features. One JVM for both, development and production?
Feel free to say what you think about Java 7 and Oracle Data Integrator in the comments. Thanks.
We are trying to upgrade ODI from 11.1.1.3 to 11.1.1.6 and are not aware of the steps, Can you let us know the steps for it.
There should be a readme.txt file included with the patch, which has useful information.


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New Video: Ledisi – Same Love
Singer Ledisi has just premiered the visual for her latest single "Same Love". This is the latest offering from her outstanding album "The Wild Card" which came out last year. The new single follows in the footsteps of that projects first...
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R&B singer Ledisi has released her brand new album "The Wild Card". The album is her first since the 2017 project "Let Love Rule". The project contains the previously released "Where I am" as well as the stunning lead single...
Ledisi Taps PJ Morton for a Special Duet Remix to "Anything for You"
Ledisi had already given us one of our favorite R&B songs this year with her hit single "Anything for You". She takes the song to yet another level by adding PJ Morton for a special duet remix. The new version of the song only adds to the anticipation...
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Ledisi is gearing up for the release of her upcoming album "The Wild Card" and gives us another taste of what to expect. The new song "Where I Am" is available to anyone who pre-orders the album now. "Where I Am" is a smooth and...
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Ledisi has just officially announced her long anticipated upcoming album. The title of the project is "The Wild Card" and it is set to release on August 28th, 2020. We also get our first look at the cover art of the album. The lead single from "The...


Gurmeet Choudhary has fans from all over India who has many questions in their mind regarding Gurmeet like what is his phone number? What is his WhatsApp number? Where does he stay? In which social network sites he is in? If you also are in search of the answers to similar questions then look no more. In this article, we are going to share all the contact information of Gurmeet Choudhary like his personal contact number, residential address, WhatsApp number, Email ID etc.
Gurmeet Choudhary was born on 22nd February 1984 in a place called Chandigarh which is in Punjab and was brought up in Jabalpur and Chennai. He is an actor model and a dancer.
He is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs around 75 kgs. His body measurements are 42 inches (chest), 32 inches (waist), and 16 inches (Biceps). His zodiac sign is Pisces. His grandfather used to call him Shashi Kapoor and from there he got the name Shashi. His friends call him Patnivrata to tease him. He staunch supporter of cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders.
His father's name is Sitaram Choudhary and his mother's name is Anmol Choudhary. He has a brother named Gangaram Choudhary. His family is originally from Jairampur, Bihpur, Bhagalpur district, Bihar.Gurmeet got married to television actress Debina Bonnerjee on 2011.
He got Rs 500 as his first salary for working in a short film. His current net worth is 2 to 4 crore rupees. He earns around Rs 80000 per day.
Gurmeet Choudhary's favourite foods are Samosa, Pav Bhaji and Palak Paneer. He is passionate about martial arts and has a black belt in karate. His hobbies are collecting sunglasses, reading Novels and travelling to new destinations. He has a big crush on Madhuri Dixit. There was once a controversy about his love affair with co – star Drashti Dhami.
His debuted in South Indian television series, Mayavi where he played the role of a negative character. He got famous for his role as Lord Ram in the television serial Ramayan which aired on Imagine TV.
Other serials done by him are Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi and Punar Vivah. He participated in reality shows like Pati Patni Aur Who (2009), Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 5, Nach Baliye Shriman v/s Shrimati (2013), Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi Darr Ka Blockbuster (2014), I can do that (2015), Bad Company and Comedy Nights Bachao (2016).
Movies in which Gurmeet acted are Koi Aap Sa, Cycle Kick, Khamoshiyan (debut), Mr X, Wajah Tum Ho and Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana.
We cannot disclose the contact details of Gurmeet due to security reasons. You can follow Gurmeet on the social sites, the link of which is provided below.
I love you sooooo much .Please come in contact with me .l want to talk you once .l am your biggest fan .


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Q: SQL Select where IN (array) returns only when first item in array found SQL in 'services' column I have an arrays values like e.g.: 2,19,72,5,46,45,38,40,36,27,29
For selecting this row from DB I'm using this query:
SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE `services` IN (2,19)

And it is working OK. But, when I do changes in 'IN' closure like below:
SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE `services` IN (19)

it always returns 0 rows. The query is searching only for the first value in column.
Why this is happening and how can I change my query to work it correctly?
Thanks in advance.

A: Use below code:-
$recordsArr = [2,19,72,5,46,45,38,40,36,27,29]; // Your array
$records = implode(',', $recordsArr);  // Your string
$sql="SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE services IN( $records )"; // Your query

Hope it will help you :-)

A: Your data is stored as TEXT, so you need to do this:
SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE `services` LIKE '%,2,%' OR `services` LIKE '2,%' OR `services` LIKE '%,2' OR services` LIKE '%,19,%' OR `services` LIKE '19,%' OR `services` LIKE '%,19'

This is very slow and will get complicated very fast. You should find another way to store your data.

A: SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE FIND_IN_SET('$array','services')

A: Update your query like :
If you search only single value...
SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE concat(',',`services`,',') like '%19%'

But if you want to search 19,2 or 2,40 or 40,19 it will not work. for that case you need to write query dynamically

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Q: OOP PHP integrate mysqli_query Im gonna edit the question to make it clearer, so you can see what i have got now, and get an easier understanding of the problem.
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "user", "password", "test");
class building
{
private $mysqli;
public $buildingid;
public $userid;
public $buildinglevel;

public function __construct($buildingid, $userid, \mysqli $mysqli)
{
    $this->buildinglevel;
    $this->mysqli = $mysqli;
}

public function getLevel()
{
    return $this->mysqli->query("SELECT ".$this->buildingid." FROM worlds WHERE city_userid=".$this->userid."");
}
}

}
?>

Then I use this to create and use the function:
$cityHall = new building("cityHall",$user['id'],$mysqli);
echo $cityHall->getLevel();

This turns out blank, and nothing happens.

A: You should inject instance of mysqli to __construct() of building class:

$mysqli = new mysqli('user', 'password', 'localhost', 'test');
if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", $mysqli->connect_error);
}
class building
{
private $mysql;
private $buildingid;
private $userid;

// I need to have a mysqli_query here to get the info for the correct building,
//to be able to set the "buildinglevel" for each object from the MYSQL DB, seems basic
//but none of the things ive tried has worked.

public function __construct($buildingid, $userid, $mysqli)
{
    $this->buildinglevel;
    $this->mysqli = $mysqli;
    $this->userid = (int)$userid;
    $this->buildingid= (int)$buildingid;
}

public function getLevel()
{
    $query = $this->mysqli->query("SELECT ".$this->buildingid." FROM worlds WHERE city_userid=".$this->userid);
    $row = $query->fetch_assoc();
    if (!$query) {
        return $this->mysqli->error;
    }
    if ($query->num_rows == 0) {
        return 'no database records found';
    }

    return $row;
}

}

$Bulding = new building("cityHall", $user['id'], $mysqli);
$level = $Bulding->getLevel();
var_dump($level);

A: Objects are units that encapsulate behavior which is exposed to other objects via methods.  A wrapper around public properties retrieved from the DB does not object-oriented programming make.  In fact, mysqli can do this for you via fetch_object:
$result = $mysqli->query($query);
while ($building = $result->fetch_object()) {
    // access properties via $building->buildingid, etc.
}

Unless the building class actually offers functionality via methods, and implements some abstraction, it's not needed.  What you can have instead is a DAO (Data Access Object) that wraps the DB (mysqli) and the data it retrieves is used by your model.
interface Dao {
    public function get($id);
}

class BuildingDao implements Dao {
    // DB can be a wrapper for mysqli
    // but servers as an interface so it
    // can be replaced easily
    public function __construct(DB $db) {
        $this->db = $db;
    }

    public function get($id) {
        return $this->db->prepare(
            "SELECT buildinglevel FROM building WHERE buildingid = ?"
        )->execute($id)->fetch();
    }
}

A: What your class there seems to be, is what's known as a model: it represents some form of data, in your case a particular building.
One approach is to pass the MySQLi object as a constructor object, as well as the ID of the building you're wanting to query for, and assign the result to class properties. This would look as follows:
<?php
class Building
{
    private $db;

    protected $id;
    protected $level;

    public function __construct(mysqli $db, $id = null)
    {
        $this->db = $db;

        if (!is_null($id) && intval($id) > 0) {
            $stmt = $this->db->prepare("SELECT buildingid, buildinglevel FROM building WHERE `id` = ?");
            $stmt->bind_param('i', $id);
            $stmt->execute();
            $stmt->bind_result($this->id, $this->level);
            $stmt->fetch();
        }
    }

    public function getId()
    {
        return (int)$this->id;
    }

    public function getLevel()
    {
        return (int)$this->level;
    }
}

You can then fetch your building's properties like this:
$building = new Building($mysqli, 1);

printf('Building ID is %d and building level is %d', $building->getId(), $building->getLevel());


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Gaspard de Prielé (né à Tarbes vers 1623 et mort le  à Peyrehorade) est un ecclésiastique qui fut évêque de Bayonne de 1681 à 1688.

Biographie
Gaspard de Prielé ou de la Roque-Prielé est issu d'une famille originaire de Tarbes. Il est abbé commendataire de La Réaule ou de la Réole dans le diocèse de Lescar lorsqu'il est nommé évêque de Bayonne en 1681. Confirmé le 22 septembre, il prend possession de son diocèse le . Il meurt à Peyrehorade et demande à être inhumé sous le bénitier de l'église.

Notes et références

Évêque de Dax
Évêque catholique français du XVIIe siècle
Abbé du XVIIe siècle
Naissance à Tarbes
Décès en juin 1688
Décès à Peyrehorade

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Home Lighting Electric Digital Signage A Construction Company Builds Recognition With a New Digital Sign
A Construction Company Builds Recognition With a New Digital Sign
Ashley Bray
By Jeff Wooten
The home office-and-showroom of Fletcher Construction in Stafford, Virginia is located along a curved section of a busy commuter route on the way to Washington, D.C. However the small monument sign they had been using next to their building for quite some time was set back from the road and not exactly grabbing the attention of passing drivers.
Not only was this a problem for the award-winning exterior home improvement contractor but also for the various dental and medical practices they lease space to in their multi-tenant commercial building; there was a need to promote those business as well.
Matt Fletcher, owner of Fletcher Construction, contacted full-service custom sign manufacturer Sign Enterprise of Fredericksburg, Virginia to solve his signage problem.
Fletcher's original intent was another static monument sign featuring his construction company's logo at the top and his list of tenants at the bottom.
However, when Jonathan Dabney, senior vice president of Corporate and Retail Accounts at Sign Enterprise, checked out Fletcher's location on Google Maps and noticed that their sign was not only far from the road but also difficult to read, he suggested a digital sign instead. "I've been in that area for years, so I know the value of getting clients out in front of the public there," says Dabney.
When Dabney discussed not only the visibility that a digital sign delivers but also the ease and flexibility of changing messages on it, Fletcher was sold.
Fletcher decided to have Sign Enterprise install a new double-sided, 13-foot-4-inch-by-8-foot 10mm Watchfire sign that's vertically mounted. (Note: Sign Enterprises has worked with Watchfire for many years, and Dabney himself has even specified hundreds of digital signs in the region.)
This unique orientation is something that definitely grabs the attention of passing traffic.
In fact, this solution came to mind when Dabney and the local Watchfire representative visited Fletcher's property. They figured that a vertical orientation would give Fletcher a better aspect ratio and provide a better picture orientation than could be shown on a rectangular sign.
"We find people pay more attention to a sign that is vertical," says Dabney. "It really does catch your attention when you drive by it."
Dabney says that one of the reasons a 10mm resolution was chosen for this project is because most people today are already familiar with high-definition television sets and are wary of any pixelation on displays. "Most of what we sell are 10mm and tighter resolution at this point," he says. "For customers who want to show detailed content for traffic that is close to their location, higher resolutions work great."
The production process for Sign Enterprise went as normal—permitting, ordering the display from Watchfire, and fabricating its housing structure out of steel.
However, due to the size of the sign, installation didn't prove as typical. "We had a dedicated truck that brought the huge display directly to the site, and we off-loaded it on that wonderful curved road," says Dabney, noting they also had to dodge power lines overhead. "We even had to block off a lane of traffic while it was being off-loaded."
Since his business is a construction firm, Fletcher built the masonry surround and then planted trees at the base of the sign.
Fletcher controls the content on the digital display with Watchfire's OPx software. "This one can actually be segmented," says Dabney. "They can provide a panel about themselves as well as panels featuring information about his tenants in the building.
"For instance, he can be running 'Fletcher Decks' at the very top of it, and the bottom section of the sign could be designated to the dental firm that is on the property."
The new Watchfire digital sign is estimated to deliver 5.7 million exposures per year to passing traffic, and Fletcher is very, very happy with these results.
The high-resolution sign allows Fletcher Construction to promote specials and highlight the company's various services using beautiful photography. He also runs messages for his tenants and posts messages of support for our troops.
And there's no doubt that the new digital sign is driving business.
"Since we put up the new sign, I've had people stop into the showroom and tell me they didn't even know we were here," says Fletcher. "I even had someone stop in because she was planning to build a screen porch addition, and she saw on our sign that we do screen porches.
Fletcher has even found that, after putting up the digital display, a number of people with whom he has done business did not realize the variety of services he offers until he started promoting "decks, roofing, windows, etc., on the sign
Dabney and his sign company have also benefitted greatly from being able to offer digital displays to their clients.
"We do our best to provide our customers with a sign that's going to help their businesses," he says. "They can see that these displays will [do so] tremendously and, many times, will go forward with us because of that."
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People have been writers for a long time!
Three years ago a clay piece of the oldest tablet was found outside of Jerusalem and dates back to the 14th century BCE, a significant t find that shows the importance of the written word and the scribe, all the way back to the Bronze Age.
Ancient Rome had many significant tablets like the twelve original laws (of the then young Republic) that were written by the Ten Consuls. There were also The History of Rome written by Livy (59 BCE to 17 AD), and The Annals which covered history up to the death of Nero, written by Tacitus (55 AD to 117 AD).
For centuries there have been people who needed to tell the story.
• vellum (made from calf hide and used in scrolls & was considered finer than parchment), before paper was invented.
The Chinese and Egyptians made paper for centuries. Paper was invented by Cai Lun around 105 AD during the Han Dynasty. The first appearance of paper in Europe was on the Iberian Peninsula (in the area of Spain) during the 10th century when ruled by the Muslim influence. Paper-making slowly made its way to Germany by 1400. Paper is important to the writer – a needed tool of the craft, if you want your story written down.
The oldest known printed book is The Diamond Sutra which was printed in ancient China during the Tang Dynasty (868 BCE or earlier). Blocks of wood or stone were etched, rolled with inks, and then the image was transferred onto parchment and vellum. This was labor intensive, and of course the books made were rare, mostly decorative and for special people who could afford the art.
The flat bed press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany mid 1400's, changed everything. This primitive machine, that used movable type pieces, revolutionized book making by its ability to make more copies available. More people could afford books, and so the masses were now able to be part of a more enlightened society that read books. Education is the way to a better world.
Litho graphy is a method of printing on a smooth surface using chemical process to create an image. It was invented by Aloys Senefelder a Bavarian author, in 1796. This was probably the result of an author looking for a better way to publish his work! We still produce lithograph printing today, for high volume runs, which need consistent high image quality in offset printing.
The rotary printing press, that used cylinders carved with impressions and rubbed against continuous rolled paper, was invented by Richard March Hoe in 1847, and improved by William Bullock in 1863.
A Teletypesetter device, used to type telegraphs, was a joint invention by F.E. Gannett of Rochester NY and others, and first demonstrated in 1928. The need for information, not just in books, but for business needs, we being addressed with innovation.
The first working phototypesetting machine was developed by Louis Marius and Rene Alphonse Higonnet. This used a strobe light to project characters on a spinning disk to photography paper.
Today self-publishing authors and business people have the advantage of Print-On-Demand or POD printing.
Many small publishing businesses, Universities and academic presses use this new technology. I worked for a company that used one, and have also been able to get quick jobs printed for other businesses I worked for, by using a Printer who had access to a digital press. The POD press is mostly made to order.
The most recognized is the Espresso Book Machine that prints, collates and binds a book in minutes. It is small enough to fit into most retail store fronts, or could be used in a library. This would be very cost friendly if someone wanted to purchase an out of print book. There are other costs saving benefits for retailers, like lowered inventory costs. This is a revolutionary time for the publishing industry, for education and readers. POD printing is a self-publishing author's new best friend!
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How to Salute a Chief Petty Officer
By Nicholas Smith ; Updated October 04, 2017
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Attaing the rank of Chief Petty Officer requires several years of military leadership.
Earning the rank of Chief Petty Officer is evidence of significant years of service and leadership in the United States Navy or Coast Guard. It is the highest enlisted rank. Due to the years of service required to reach the rank, military personnel have more practical knowledge than entry-grade officers, such as ensigns and lieutenants. Chief Petty Officers can be saluted for their years of service in the Armed Forces.
Avoid addressing the Chief Petty Officer by her or his first name, regardless if you are a superior or a subordinate. Address the Chief Petty Officer as "Chief."
Hold a retirement ceremony for Chief Petty Officers who are leaving active military service. Invite family and friends to attend the event, where you offer a retrospective of the officer's career. The Chief Petty Officer is likely to have completed several tours of duty around the world. Highlight the Chief Petty Officer's years of service in a PowerPoint presentation, including the honorees favorite photos.
Write an opinion editorial upon the Chief Petty Officer's retirement or death. Submit the letter, including details about the Chief Petty Officer's career, family and personal characteristics to their hometown newspapers. Include anecdotes from the fellow military personnel, who can attest to the positive characteristics listed in the letter.
Navy: Chief Petty Officer
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Nicholas Smith has written political articles for SmithonPolitics.com, "The Daily Californian" and other publications since 2004. He is a former commissioner with the city of Berkeley, Calif. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of California-Berkeley and a Juris Doctor from St. John's University School of Law.


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Q: second maximum number among three numbers without using if else or ternary operator. using max and min function void cal(int a,int b,int c)
 {
        int x=Math.max(a,b);
        int y=Math.max(b,c);
        int z=Math.max(a,c);
        int z1=Math.max(x,y);
        int z2=Math.max(z1,z);
        System.out.print("2nd max"+z2)
  }

above code is used to find second max number among 3 numbers using max and min function. is there any shortcut code to find that without if else or ternary operator only by using max and min function.

A: Simple solution to get 2nd max.
a+b+c - Math.max(Math.max(a,b),c)- Math.min(Math.min(a,b),c)

We want to find the element in the middle. Therefore we find the maximum and minimum of all three values:
int maximum = Math.max(Math.max(a,b),c)
int minimum = Math.min(Math.min(a,b),c)

We can now get the element in the middle, the missing element, by finding the difference between all elements and the minimum and maximum.
int allElements = a + b + c;
int minAndMax = maximum + minimum;
int difference = allElements - minAndMax

The difference is now the element in the middle, the second maximum.

A: Add the elements in an array and then sort the array. In your case something like:
Integer[] array = {a,b,c};
Arrays.sort(array);
return array[array.length-2];

A: You can find the maximum, remove it and then find it again. This approach has the advantage that it also works for arbitrary many inputs.
void cal(int a, int b, int c) {
    ArrayList<Integer> values = new ArrayList<>(3);
    values.add(a);
    values.add(b);
    values.add(c);

    Integer maxValue = Collections.max(values);
    // Remove object, not index
    values.remove(maxValue);

    int secondMax = Collections.max(values);
    System.out.print("2nd max" + secondMax)
}

Or in the case for just 3 elements you could simply sort it (like @panagdu suggests). It does not add an overhead because after finding the second maximum number you already know the complete order for 3 elements.
void cal(int a, int b, int c) {
    int[] values = new int[] {a, b, c};

    // Sorts in-place using efficient sorting algorithms
    Arrays.sort(values);

    // The first element is now the smallest, the last the biggest,
    // we take the element in the middle
    System.out.print("2nd max" + values[1]);
}

With Java 8 you can also use Stream, they have the advantage that they can easily be executed in parallel. But I doubt that this would help for sorting 3 elements... anyway, here is a snippet:
void cal(int a, int b, int c) {
    int value = IntStream.of(a, b, c).sorted().toArray()[1];

    System.out.print("2nd max" + value);
}

A: You could identify in a first stream processing the max value and in a second stream processing the second max value by filtering the first one :
void cal(int a,int b,int c){

  final int[] values = new int[]{a, b,c};

   int max = Arrays.stream(values)
    .max().getAsInt();

   int secondMax = Arrays.stream(values)
        .filter(i -> i < max).max().getAsInt();
}

A: First of all, you should note that Java API Math.max the method also uses if check to find the max value.
You can stream the three int values to sort and find the 2nd max value as shown below:
void cal(int a, int b, int c) {
    int secondMax = Arrays.asList(a, b, c).stream().
                      sorted().mapToInt(num -> num).toArray()[1];
    System.out.println(secondMax);
}

A: Add to List and remove the max and min values.
static int secondGreatestNumber(int a, int b, int c)
{
    List<Integer> numbers = new ArrayList();
    numbers.add(a);
    numbers.add(b);
    numbers.add(c);

    numbers.remove(new Integer(Math.max(a, Math.max(b, c))));//remove max value
    numbers.remove(new Integer(Math.min(a, Math.min(b, c))));//remove min value

    return numbers.get(0);
}


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Yuh-Line Niou ( , born July 15, 1983) is a Taiwanese-American politician who served as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 65th district. The Lower Manhattan district, which is heavily Democratic and over 40% Asian American, includes Chinatown, the Financial District, Battery Park City, and the Lower East Side. Niou is the first Asian American elected to the State Assembly for the district. She was a candidate for Congress in New York's newly redrawn 10th congressional district in 2022.

Early life and education
Niou was born in Taipei, Taiwan, the eldest of three children, and emigrated to the U.S. with her parents when she was six months old. Her mother worked as a registered nurse and hospital administrator while her father worked as a materials science engineer. They were both from Taoyuan, Taiwan. Her father received a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology and worked as a senior research scientist at the University of Texas at El Paso and senior engineer at WaferTech in Camas, Washington for over a decade. From 2001 to 2010, her father worked as a senior director at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), a Chinese-state owned company, in Shanghai, China. Her mother also worked as an assistant director of environment, safety, and health at the company during this time. She lived in Moscow, Idaho, and El Paso, Texas, before her parents settled in Vancouver, Washington. She attended and graduated from Columbia River High School.

Niou earned her Bachelor of Arts in social policy from Evergreen State College and worked as a legislative assistant to State Representative Eileen Cody and Senator Debbie Regala of the Washington State Legislature. She was diagnosed with autism at 22. She moved to New York City in 2010 to obtain a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Baruch College, and served as chief of staff to Ron Kim, a member of the New York State Assembly. In a 2016 interview, Niou said that she first publicly discussed her autism diagnosis with a group of parents representing Autism Speaks who visited Kim's office. Niou also worked as a lobbyist in Washington state.

New York State Assembly

Elections
After a corruption scandal involving Sheldon Silver forced his resignation, a special election was held to fill the vacancy in April 2016. Alice Cancel, an ally of Silver and a local Democratic District leader, ran as the nominee of the Democratic Party, while Niou, with the encouragement of former State Senator Daniel Squadron, ran as the Working Families Party candidate. Cancel won the election.

Niou ran for the seat again in the 2016 Democratic primary and won the Democratic nomination in August 2016. She then won the general election in November 2016 with 76% of the vote.

In 2018 Niou was uncontested in the primary and general elections. In 2020, Grace Lee ran against Niou in the Democratic primary, receiving 35.7% of the vote to Niou's 64%. Niou was uncontested in the 2020 general election.

Tenure
Since her election to the New York State Assembly, Niou has prioritized legislation related to consumer protection and tenants rights as well as advocating for increased funding for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). She has also worked to prevent a new housing and office building from being developed on community supported green space, the Elizabeth Street Garden. Eventually, the garden's nonprofit lost the battle to save the space, which had begun in 2012, prior to Niou's election.

In January 2019, during an assembly hearing regarding the Child Victims Act, Niou recounted her own sexual assault. The act passed in the state Assembly that day with a vote of 130–3. In the same year, she voted to ban the possession of firearms on school campuses with the exception of school's police officers and security guards, prohibit the manufacturing, sale, or ownership of untraceable 3D printed firearms, and establish a firearm buyback program in New York. All bills passed the State Assembly and State Senate and were signed into law by New York's then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

In 2022, she voted to expand legal protections for abortion providers in New York, prohibit arrests for lawful abortions, and prohibit extradition of abortion providers to other states. Both bills passed the State Assembly and State Senate and were signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul in June 2022.

As a member of the State Assembly, Niou served as the Chair of the Subcommittee on Catastrophic Natural Disasters that focuses on combating climate change and building a safer New York when disaster strikes, and Co-Chair of the Asian Pacific American Task Force that focuses on fighting anti-Asian bigotry and hate crimes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

2022 congressional candidacy
In December 2021, Niou stated her intention to issue a primary challenge against state Senator Brian P. Kavanagh of New York's 26th State Senate district. In May 2022, Niou announced she was instead running for Congress in New York's 10th congressional district. She was endorsed by the Working Families Party, Sunrise Movement NYC, New York Communities for Change, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, State Sen. Julia Salazar, State Assemblymember Ron Kim, Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu, former gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon, former candidate for Manhattan District Attorney Tahanie Aboushi, and dozens of other elected officials, activists, and organizations.

Niou garnered about 1,300 fewer votes than Dan Goldman in the crowded Democratic primary from in-person ballots according to the Associated Press. While the race was not certified by the New York City Board of Elections until September 14, she conceded the primary on September 6 after most of the remaining absentee ballots had been counted. She decided against a third-party challenge to Goldman using the Working Families Party ballot line in the general election, citing her priority of defending democracy in other competitive races and lack of resources needed to mount a serious challenge against the Democratic nominee.

Goldman won the general election with 84% of the vote.

Political positions

Abortions
Niou has a 100% rating from Planned Parenthood for her support of abortion rights. She has voted to expand legal protections for abortion providers in New York and prohibit extradition of abortion providers to other states. She said codifying abortion rights is one of her first priorities if she were to be elected to Congress in an interview with New York Magazine.

Criminal justice
In 2019, Niou voted in favor of a criminal justice reform bill that prohibits the use of cash bail for misdemeanors and non-violent felonies, requires both defendants and prosecutors to share all evidence in their possession in advance of trials, and mandates all misdemeanor and felony cases in the state of New York to be resolved within 90 and 180 days, respectively. It passed both the State Assembly and Senate and was signed into law by New York's then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in April of 2019. Under the reform, judges retain the ability to set bail in, for example, cases that involve a violent felony, a defendant who is charged while on probation, or are considered high-risk.

During a series of civil unrest triggered by the murder of George Floyd in 2020, Niou criticized the police for "escalating tensions or resorting to violence" and called for creating a culture of accountability and fairness within law enforcement. She also supports efforts to defund the police in order to redirect the funds toward social services, education, and housing.

Guns
Niou has a 0% rating from the National Rifle Association (NRA). She has voted to expand red flag laws, require license for possession of a semi-automatic firearm, prohibit the sale of ghost guns, and authorize the State of New York to sue gun manufactures for damage caused by their guns. She is in favor of banning assault rifles and assault weapons.

Healthcare
Niou supports a nationwide single-payer health care system and has been a supporter of the New York Health Act introduced by fellow Assemblymember Richard N. Gottfried, which would establish a statewide single-payer health plan if passed.

In 2021, Niou co-introduced and cosponsored legislation to expand the practice of applied behavior analysis in New York State. It was signed into law on Dec. 30, 2021 and will take effect June 30, 2023.

Housing
In 2019, Niou supported a controversial lawsuit to stop a Habitat for Humanity affordable housing development for seniors in Elizabeth Street Garden in Little Italy.

Niou supports allocating 100 percent of residential units in the proposed 5 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan as affordable housing.

Judiciary
Niou supports expanding the Supreme Court of the United States and implementing term limits on Justices. In the wake of the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, she again advocated for expanding the court, citing concern over further erosion of constitutional rights to privacy with respect to intimate practices as established by Griswold v. Connecticut.

Environment
Niou supports the Green New Deal.  She has been endorsed by Sunrise Movement NYC for her campaign for New York's 10th congressional district in 2022.

Foreign policy

Israel
Niou supports a negotiated solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Niou also supports providing Israel with defensive military equipment to ensure the country's ability to protect itself and believes the people of Israel deserve to "live in safety and security." However, she approves including restrictions on United States foreign aid to Israel that would prevent the use of tax dollars for harm or violations against human rights. It has also been alleged that Niou supports the BDS Movement, which calls for boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel; Niou has consistently stated that she's never personally boycotted Israel and believes the Middle Eastern country has the right to exist, but she opposes anti-BDS laws on First Amendment grounds.

See also
 Chinese Americans in New York City
 List of Taiwanese Americans
 New York State Legislature
 Taiwanese Americans in New York City

References

External links
New York State Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou official site

1983 births
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
American politicians of Taiwanese descent
American women of Taiwanese descent in politics
Asian-American people in New York (state) politics
Baruch College alumni
Candidates in the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections
Evergreen State College alumni
Hakka people
Living people
New York (state) Democrats
People from Manhattan
People on the autism spectrum
Politicians from Beaverton, Oregon
Politicians from Taipei
Taiwanese emigrants to the United States
Women state legislators in New York (state)


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The Soviet calendar was a modified Gregorian calendar that was used in Soviet Russia between 1918 and 1940. Several variations were used during that time.

The Gregorian calendar, under the name "Western European calendar", was implemented in Soviet Russia in February 1918 by dropping the Julian dates of . As many as nine national holidays (paid days of rest) were implemented in the following decade, but four were eliminated or merged on , leaving only five national holidays: 22January, 1–2May, and 7–8November until 1951, when 22January reverted to a normal day.

During the summer of 1929, five-day continuous work weeks were implemented in factories, government offices, and commercial enterprises, but not collective farms. One of the five days was randomly assigned to each worker as their day of rest, without regard to the rest days assigned to their family members or friends. These five-day work weeks continued throughout the Gregorian year, interrupted only by the five national holidays. While the five-day week was used for scheduling work, the Gregorian calendar and its seven-day week were used for all other purposes.

During the summer of 1931, six-day interrupted work weeks were implemented for most workers, with a common day of rest for all workers interrupting their work weeks. Five six-day work weeks were assigned to each Gregorian month, more or less, with the five national holidays converting normal work days into days of rest. On  five- and six-day work weeks were abandoned in favor of seven-day work weeks.

History

Gregorian calendar

The Gregorian calendar was implemented in Russia on  by dropping the Julian dates of  pursuant to a Sovnarkom decree signed  (Julian) by Vladimir Lenin. The decree required that the Julian date was to be written in parentheses after the Gregorian date until  All surviving examples of physical calendars from  show the irregular month lengths of the Gregorian calendar (such as those displayed here). Most calendars displayed all the days of a Gregorian year as a grid with seven rows or columns for the traditional seven-day week with Sunday (Воскресенье; "Resurrection") first.

The 1931 pocket calendar displayed here is a rare example that excluded the five national holidays, enabling the remaining 360 days of the Gregorian year to be displayed as a grid with five rows labeled  for each day of the five-day week. Even it had the full Gregorian calendar on the other side.

Work weeks

During the second half of May 1929, Yuri Larin (Юрий Ларин, 1882–1932) proposed a continuous production week (nepreryvnaya rabochaya nedelya = nepreryvka) to the Fifth Congress of Soviets of the Union, but so little attention was paid to his suggestion that the president of the Congress did not even mention it in his final speech. By the beginning of , Larin had won the approval of Joseph Stalin, prompting all newspapers to praise the idea. The change was advantageous to the anti-religious movement, as Sundays and religious holidays became working days. On  the Supreme Economic Council of the RSFSR directed its efficiency experts to submit within two weeks a plan to introduce continuous production. Before any plan was available, during the first half of , 15% of industry had converted to continuous production according to Larin, probably an overestimate. On  the Council of People's Commissars (CPC) of the Soviet Union (Sovnarkom) declared "it is essential that the systematically prepared transition of undertakings and institutions to continuous production should begin during the economic year ". The lengths of continuous production weeks were not yet specified, and the conversion was only to begin during the year. Nevertheless, many sources state that the effective date of five-day weeks was  which was the beginning of the economic year. But many other lengths of continuous work weeks were used, all of which were gradually introduced.

Implementation of continuous production weeks
Specific lengths for continuous production weeks were first mentioned when rules for the five-day continuous work week were issued on . On  building construction and seasonal trades were put on a continuous six-day week, while factories that regularly halted production every month for maintenance were put on six- or seven-day continuous production weeks. In , it was reported that about 50 different versions of the continuous work week were in use, the longest being a 'week' of 37 days (30 continuous days of work followed by seven days of rest). By the end of 1929, orders were issued that the continuous week was to be extended to 43% of industrial workers by  and to 67% by . Actual conversion was more rapid, 63% by . In  it was decreed that the conversion of all industries was to be completed during the economic year , except for the textile industry. But on  peak usage was reached, with 72.9% of industrial workers on continuous schedules. Thereafter, usage decreased. All of these official figures were somewhat inflated because some factories said they adopted the continuous week without actually doing so. The continuous week was applied to retail and government workers as well, but no usage figures were ever published.

The continuous week began as a five-day cycle, with each day color-coded and marked with a symbol. The population would be carved up into as many groups, each with its own rest day. These circles indicated when you worked and when you rested.

Implementation of six-day weeks
As early as May 1930, while usage of the continuous week was still advancing, some factories reverted to an interrupted week. On , one of the largest factories in the Soviet Union was put on an interrupted six-day week (Шестидневка = shestidnevka). On , Stalin condemned the continuous work week as then practiced, supporting the temporary use of the interrupted six-day week (one common rest day for all workers) until the problems with the continuous work week could be resolved. During , most factories were put on an interrupted six-day week as the result of an interview with the People's Commissar for Labor, who severely restricted the use of the continuous week. The official conversion to non-continuous schedules was decreed by the Sovnarkom of the USSR somewhat later, on . Institutions serving cultural and social needs and those enterprises engaged in continuous production such as ore smelting were exempted. It is often stated that the effective date of the interrupted six-day work week was  but that is only the first whole month after the 'official conversion'. The massive summer 1931 conversion made this date after-the-fact and some industries continued to use continuous weeks. The last figures available indicate that on  74.2% of all industrial workers were on non-continuous schedules (almost all six-day weeks) while 25.8% were still on continuous schedules. Due to a decree dated , the traditional interrupted seven-day week with Sunday as the common day of rest was reintroduced on .

Five-day weeks

Each day of the five-day week was labeled by either one of five colors or a Roman numeral from I to V. Each worker was assigned a color or number to identify his or her day of rest.

Eighty percent of each factory's workforce was at work every day (except holidays) in an attempt to increase production while 20% were resting. But if a husband and wife, and their relatives and friends, were assigned different colors or numbers, they would not have a common rest day for their family and social life. Furthermore, machines broke down more frequently both because they were used by workers not familiar with them, and because no maintenance could be performed on machines that were never idle in factories with continuous schedules (24 hours/day every day). Five-day weeks (and later six-day weeks) "made it impossible to observe Sunday as a day of rest. This measure was deliberately introduced 'to facilitate the struggle to eliminate religion'".

The colors vary depending on the source consulted. The 1930 color calendar displayed here has days of purple, blue, yellow, red, and green, in that order beginning . Blue was supported by an anonymous writer in 1936 as the second day of the week, but he stated that red was the first day of the week. However, most sources replace blue with either   or peach, all of which specify the different order yellow, pink/orange/peach, red, purple, and green.

Six-day weeks

From the summer of 1931 until Wednesday , each Gregorian month was divided into five six-day weeks, more or less (as shown by the 1933 and 1939 calendars here). The sixth day of each week, that is days 6, 12, 18, 24, and 30 of the month, was a uniform day off for all workers. The last day of 31-day months was always an extra work day in factories, which combined with the first five days of the following month made six successive work days. But some commercial and government offices treated the 31st day as an extra day off. To make up for the short fifth week of February, which had just four work days in common years  and five in leap years ,  was a uniform day off followed by only four work days in the first week of . But some enterprises treated  as a regular work day, producing nine or ten successive work days between  and , inclusive. The national holidays did not change, but they now converted five regular work days into holidays within three six-day weeks (none of these was on a free day, with a date divisible by 6), so May and November had just three days of work after three consecutive days off, unlike the earlier five-day week when the holidays "delayed the rotation" of colors and were inserted as an extra day splitting the four-day working period into two parts (or creating a longer break between two four-days of work for people whose standard day off was just before or after the holiday).

National holidays
On 10 December 1918 six Bolshevik holidays were decreed during which work was prohibited.
 1 January – New Year's Day
 22 January – Day of 9 January 1905
 Commemorates Bloody Sunday on 9 January 1905 (Julian) or 22 January 1905 (Gregorian)
 12 March – Day of the Overthrow of the Autocracy
 Commemorates the mutiny of the Imperial Guards (about 60,000 soldiers) in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) on  (Julian) or  (Gregorian) during the February Revolution
 18 March – Day of the Paris Commune
 Commemorates the uprising of the National Guard of Paris on  (Gregorian) which established the Paris Commune
 1 May – Day of the International
 Celebration within Russia and later the Soviet Union of International Workers' Day
 7 November – Day of the Proletarian Revolution
 Commemorates the Bolshevik uprising on 25 October 1917 (Julian) or 7 November 1917 (Gregorian)

In January 1925, the anniversary of Lenin's death in 1924 was added on . Although other events were commemorated on other dates, they were not days of rest. Originally, the "May holidays" and "November holidays" were one day each ( and ), but both were extended from one to two days in 1928, making  and  public holidays as well.

Until 1929, regional labor union councils or local governments were authorized to set up additional public holidays, totaling to up to 10 days a year. Although people would not work on those days, they would not be paid holidays. Typically, at least some of these days were used for religious feast, typically those of the Russian Orthodox Church, but in some localities possibly those of other religions as well.

On 24 September 1929, three holidays were eliminated, , , and . Lenin's Day on  was merged with . The resulting five holidays continued to be celebrated until 1951, when  ceased to be a holiday. See История праздников России (History of the festivals of Russia).
 22 January – Day of Remembrance of 9 January 1905 and of the Memory of V.I. Lenin
 Commemorates Bloody Sunday on 9 January 1905 (Julian) or 22 January 1905 (Gregorian) and the death of Vladimir Lenin on  (Gregorian)
 1–2 May – Days of the International
 7–8 November – Days of the Anniversary of the October Revolution

Two Journal of Calendar Reform articles (1938 and 1943) have two misunderstandings, specifying  and , not realizing that both are Julian calendar dates equivalent to the unspecified Gregorian dates  and , so they specify , , , , and , plus a quadrennial leap day.

Erroneous reporting of "30-day months"
Many sources erroneously state that both five- and six-day work weeks were collected into 30-day months.

A 1929 Time magazine article reporting Soviet five-day work weeks, which it called an "Eternal calendar", associated them with the French Republican Calendar, which had months containing three ten-day weeks. In  a government commission proposed a "Soviet revolutionary calendar" containing twelve 30-day months plus five national holidays that were not part of any month, but it was rejected because it would differ from the Gregorian calendar used by the rest of Europe. Four Journal of Calendar Reform articles (1938, 1940, 1943, 1954) thought that five-day weeks actually were collected into  months, as do several modern sources.

A 1931 Time magazine article reporting six-day weeks stated that they too were collected into 30-day months, with the five national holidays between those months. Two of the Journal of Calendar Reform articles (1938 and 1943) thought that six-day as well as five-day weeks were collected into 30-day months. A couple of modern sources state that five-day weeks plus the first two years of six-day weeks were collected into 30-day months.

Apparently to place the five national holidays between 30-day months since , Parise (1982) shifted Lenin's Day to , left two Days of the Proletariat on , and shifted two Days of the Revolution to  and , plus  (all Gregorian dates). Stating that all months had 30 days between  and , the Oxford Companion to the Year (1999) 'corrected' Parise's list by specifying that "Lenin Day" was after  ( Gregorian), a two-day "Workers' First of May" was after  ( Gregorian), two "Industry Days" were after  ( Gregorian), and placed the leap day after  ( Gregorian).

Throughout this period, Pravda, the official newspaper of the Communist Party, and other newspapers continued to use Gregorian calendar dates in their mastheads alongside the traditional seven-day week. Pravda dated individual issues with , , , , , , and , but never used  during the period . The traditional names of "Resurrection" (Воскресенье) for Sunday and "Sabbath" (Суббота) for Saturday continued to be used, despite the government's officially anti-religious atheistic policy. In rural areas, the traditional seven-day week continued to be used despite official disfavor. Several sources from the 1930s state that the old Gregorian calendar was not changed. Two modern sources explicitly state that the structure of the Gregorian calendar was not touched.

References

Society of the Soviet Union
Obsolete calendars
1929 introductions
1929 establishments in the Soviet Union
1940 disestablishments in the Soviet Union