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Q: .NET - Best way to store encrypted offline data in Desktop Application I couldn't find proper topic so I'm creating this question.
I'm building an Desktop application that is running on data from MS SQL Database. Most of the data there is updated once a week/month, and most of the tables are read-only to end user. I figured, there is no need for the user to work directly on SQL Database online and in order to speed up the performance, I want the app to download necessary data from SQL Database on start, and then use localy saved data + in case of server outage user should be able to load app using latest saved data.
The thing is, data needs to be encrypted and secured from unauthorised use. I used to have SQLite database, but running on two databases doesn't feel efficient.
What solution would you suggest?

A: The problem with encrypting is:
1 - you need to decrypt in order to use the data in your application, which will have a performance impact.
2 - if you can decrypt, so can someone who has obtained the data illegally so it's not really that secure.
If you did want to go down this route, you could read in the data from the DB, decrypt and then cache it, which will speed the application.
The cache could last for several days based on the fact you said it only gets updated every few weeks/months and minimise DB calls

A: I am not sure your proposal is a great solution.
You have data that a user should not have full access to; so you want it encrypted.
The easiest way to limit access is to not give the user access at all; for example by putting a server in front of it. The server can only talk to the database and the database is secure and encrypted etc.. now you don't need client side encryption (which can always be broken if a hacker has enough time and money). You just secure your server and expose some API's and boom, you are secure.
But let's find out a bit more about your data. The client of course needs to view the data in the app, but isn't allowed to have access to the database when running locally. Why do you  have data in the local database that the user isn't allowed to see in this case? This sounds like a security issue where a user might have (private) data of your company or other users on their pc, which you do not want, ever. So let's say we only store data on your pc that the user can see in the app anyway. Security is better now!
Now to solve the problem of performance. How much of a problem is it?  You could implement caching in the server and client, depending on how performance problems you have. When the server only returns data that the client is allowed to see, you could cache it in the client and also on the server.
If the client already has data cached and doesn't need to retrieve new data (when is this?), Then it doesn'y need to talk to the API. and if the client doesn't have data or has outdated data, the API checks if it has the new data cached and returns it immediately if so.

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A young Kurdish woman, Sepideh Ghalandari, dies under torture
According to social media reports, Sepideh Ghalandari (Bigard), a young Kurdish woman from Mahabad, died under torture.
Sepideh Ghalandari was arrested in Tehran in November and finally died under torture.
Her body was handed to her family on January 1, 2023, provided that her family keeps silent about this atrocity.
Sepideh Ghalandari was buried in Mahabad on Monday, January 2, 2023, and her funeral services will be held on Tuesday in Mowlavi Mosque in Mahabad.
Armita Abbasi on a dry hunger strike
Armita Abbasi went on a dry hunger strike in Kachouii Prison of Karaj on Monday, January 2, 2023.
Armita's mother wrote this: "Armita has started her hunger strike in Kachouii Prison in protest of lack of examination of her case and prolongation of her detention."
Armita Abbasi was arrested in late September during the protests in Karaj. She was transferred to Kachouii Prison. It is said that she was arrested because of her posts on social media. Her trial is due on January 26.
Armita Abbasi's name was first known when the physicians and nurses in a hospital posted revelations about repeated sexual assaults on her. She had been taken to the hospital in dangerous conditions. Her body was shaking, and she had internal bleeding.
Elham Modarresi on hunger strike
Elham Modarresi goes on hunger strike
Elham Modarresi, also detained in Kachouii Prison of Karaj, started a hunger strike on Monday, January 2, 2023. Despite her dire health condition, she went on a hunger strike to protest her continued detention, the bogus charges against her, and the lack of medical care.
More than 60 days into her arrest, Elham Modarresi is still detained under an uncertain status. Elham Modarresi, 32 and a painter from Sanandaj, suffers from various illnesses. Elham Modarresi is reportedly psychologically tortured in prison. She has been interrogated for long hours while blindfolded.
To break and force her to confess, the interrogators lied to her. They said her brother, who had just undergone a liver transplant, was tortured in the adjacent room and that her mother had died.
An informed source said the interrogators told Elham they had arrested several people. If she admitted that she was the leader of that group, they would release her.
The source added that Elham suffers from genetic liver disease. Due to the harassment under interrogation, she suffered a severe drop in blood pressure and body numbness. But the interrogators said they would send her to the hospital if she accepted their scenario; otherwise, they would keep her there without treatment.
On Wednesday, November 2, 2022, Elham Modarresi was arrested by the government forces at her home in Fardis, Karaj. She was subsequently transferred to Kachouii Prison. She was denied access to a lawyer and her case during her detention. She suffers from liver and intestinal diseases, which could lead to death under pressure.
She is facing charges such as "damaging facilities," "disturbing public order and calm," "inciting people to kill," and "propaganda against the state." Elham Modarresi was her family's breadwinner and cared for her sick brother and elderly mother.
Nazi Habibi
The continued detention of Nazi Habibi in Qarchak Prison
Nazi (Fatemeh) Habibi remains in custody in Qarchak Prison without standing trial despite 37 days since her arrest.
Nazi Habibi is a graphic artist and a theatre actress. She was arrested on one of Tehran's streets on November 24. Ever since her arrest, she has not had access to her needed medications or a lawyer of her own choice.
Judiciary officials promised to release her temporarily on bail. However, they have refused to set her free despite her family's providing the bail.
Ms. Habibi is under pressure from security forces to accept bogus charges and make false confessions against herself. It is not clear yet what charges have been leveled against her.
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Ethical fashion pioneer and queen of the slogan t-shirt Katharine Hamnett is back with a bang. She's recently launched a new collection of ethically made womenswear entitled 'here comes the sun'. Her original range of slogan t-shirts spread like wildfire when she released them back in the 80s and were worn by many of the pop worlds heavy hitters including legends George Michael, Freddie Mercury and queen of pop Madonna.
Her new range includes luxury denim perfect for the 21st century woman, jumpers, dresses and of course those iconic slogan tees. The whole collection has been produced using sustainable materials like organic cotton (fairtrade of course). The main purpose of the collection is to highlight and promote eco and ethically sound fashion and to help spread the message to the masses.
you know, i've never been big into slogan t-shirts but that first one is TOTALLY changing my mind. what a fabulous non-confrontational message presented in such an in-your-face way :) love it!!


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Searching for Google's Successor
Google is the king of all search engines, but a new generation of upstarts is nipping at its heels. By Angel Gonzalez.
A new generation of scrappy search engines is emerging to challenge the dominance of mighty Google.
Google became a huge Web favorite because it's simple and it works.
A lot of people use it, even anti-American propaganda sites such as Cuba's Juventud Rebelde.
Google has the largest URL database and it often returns highly relevant search results. The company is even profitable.
But all empires eventually fall.
And if Google has any real fault, it's that it returns too many results – the bane of most search engines' existences.
Now there's a whole new generation of search engines trying to find new ways to top Google's accuracy or optimize the way that results are organized to make them easier to go through.
Some of them want to beat Google at its own game of being the universal search engine; others simply want to be specific research tools, increasing the depth while reducing the scope of a search.
WiseNut
WiseNut, an up-and-coming search engine launched in May, improves upon the relevance of Google's search results through a context-sensitive ranking algorithm, which, according to WiseNut, Google lacks.
Google ranks pages based on links from other pages: the more links, the higher the page ranks in the results. WiseNut's context-sensitive ranking algorithm examines a page's links and the text on the page, compares the two, and puts the most relevant results first.
WiseNut also groups Web pages from the same site under one result listing, allowing more results to be shown on the same page.
WiseNut claims to have the fastest and most cost-effective search technology. It says it can index 50 million pages a day using only 100 off-the-shelf servers, which is faster than any of its competitors, the company said.
So far, its database has collected 800 million pages (compared to Google's 1 billion).
"Google's relevance created a lot of popularity among users," said Yeogirl Yun, WiseNut's founder. "But that doesn't mean there's no room for the next better search engine. If you look at search engine history, the leadership has changed every two or three years. First was Yahoo, then AltaVista, then Google."
Teoma
Teoma also has its eye on succeeding Google. It claims to return more relevant search results based on the judgment of "peer sites."
Google's system is based on the structure of the Web: Sites are ranked by popularity. The more hits and links a page enjoys, the higher it is returned in a search.
Teoma pushes this principle a little bit further by ranking pages according to how many links they have from other sites relating to the query subject. More than a general popularity contest, it measures a website's standing among its peers.
Teoma works by searching its database for pages that match the search terms. The resulting pool is then organized according to topics, and the engine determines the most popular sites that deal with the same topic.
Teoma tackles Google's organization problem by presenting search results in three different ways: Normal ranking, which portrays the most "authoritative" sites; by topic; and by experts' links, which are created by topic experts.
But what Teoma makes up for in organization, it lacks in reach: Teoma's URL database still has less than 100 million pages.
Lasoo
Another way of increasing the relevance of a search is by limiting its scope.
Toronto-based Lasoo limits the scope of searches geographically, by asking users to select an area on an electronic map using a circular "lasso."
Unlike Google, Lasoo looks for information – such as businesses and jobs �- only in the selected geographic area.
Lasoo selects results according to their physical proximity to the "epicenter" chosen by the user. It doesn't follow administrative or political divisions. Results are displayed on a map.
"We have a high-speed map server technology that allows us to create detailed maps for the entire world," says Peter Forth, Lasoo's chief technology officer. "And we have a geographic search engine technology that sifts through a database of over 30 million geo-coded businesses to find entries that match a particular keyword and are in a specific geographic area."
According to Forth, most other geographical search engines such as Yahoo are focused on the United States or on major cities only, whereas Lasoo is worldwide.
CURE limits the scope of searches by limiting the scope of its knowledge.
Starpond's Collaborative Use Research Engine (CURE) is a subscription service that caters to universities and research institutions.
Account holders specify the field of knowledge they are interested in, and CURE limits its searches to pertinent academic resources.
And, not unlike Google, pages are ranked by how frequently they are used by other CURE clients that do research in the same field.
Vivisimo
Vivisimo, a spin-off company from Carnegie Mellon University, is a meta search engine that uses other search engines and classifies the results.
Vivisimo categorizes summaries that are produced by other search engines and then groups the pages according to terms that the algorithm deems descriptive.
Users can pick among several search engines, including Google, AltaVista and Hotbot.
"Information clustering is a very old problem in computing," says Raúl Pérez Valdés, president of Vivisimo. "We have invented an algorithm that optimizes group formation in such a way that makes groups easier to describe."
The company plans to sell its cataloging technology to other search engines and corporate websites but it is already getting a lot of attention from end users: Traffic has increased by 43 percent per month.
A New Computer Proof 'Blows Up' Centuries-Old Fluid Equations
For more than 250 years, mathematicians have wondered if the Euler equations might sometimes fail to describe a fluid's flow. Now there's a breakthrough.
Every so often, our star fires off a plasma bomb in a random direction. Our best hope the next time Earth is in the crosshairs? Capacitors.
Matt Ribel
The Secrets of Covid 'Brain Fog' Are Starting to Lift
Scientists are getting closer to understanding the neurology behind the memory problems and cognitive fuzziness that an infection can trigger.
Jacques Vallée Still Doesn't Know What UFOs Are
After six globe-trotting decades spent probing "the phenomenon," the French information scientist is sure of only one thing: The truth is really, really out there.
Chantel Tattoli
Why You (and the Planet) Really Need a Heat Pump
Using a furnace is so 1922. In 2022, humanity has to massively ramp up adoption of clean ways to heat buildings.
When Covid Came for Provincetown
In a queer vacation hot spot on Cape Cod, an ad hoc community proved that Americans can stifle large outbreaks—if they want to.
Maryn McKenna
Rhett Allain
As Climate Fears Mount, Some Are Relocating Within the US
A small but growing number of Americans are moving to New England or the Appalachian Mountains, which are seen as safe havens from climate change.
Jon Hurdle


Iceland has all the right elements to run sustainable green datacentres – year-round free air cooling, renewable energy resources, it meets data compliance regulations and has strong connectivity to mainland Europe and the US.
But still, big companies such as Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo and Microsoft have stopped short of setting up their datacentres in Iceland, opting instead for other Nordic countries such as Sweden and Finland.
"Iceland is one of the top three contenders, alongside Sweden and Switzerland, for many Silicon Valley IT giants, but it is the misconception about Iceland that is stopping them from making the final move," said Thordur Hilmarsson, director of Invest in Iceland.
"We just need one of the big Silicon Valley names to make the first move – that would make all the difference," said Bjarni Bjarnason, chief executive of Energy Reykjavik, a publicly-owned local geothermal energy resource company.
In its bid to lure the "big brands", the company is looking to set up a 70-hectare "datacentre park" just outside Reykjavik, with access to renewable energy resources and free air cooling in a bid to attract energy-conscious brands to set up their facilities in the country. The site will house up to 10 large datacentres, said Bjarnason.
Currently, only 26% of Iceland's GDP comes from foreign direct investment, a majority of which comprises biotech companies, heavy industries, aluminium mining companies, and even film companies. But datacentre investment from big IT giants has, so far, been minimal.
Iceland is home to co-location and datacentre service providers such as Verne Global and Thor (managed by Advania Datacentre), but does not boast big names such as Apple or Facebook.
One of the misconceptions is that Iceland is not economically stable, after the local banks collapsed during the 2008 recession, said Einar Hansen Tommason, project manager at Invest in Iceland. "But that is not true. Yes, our banks collapsed and our currency lost its value, but things have started picking up and our unemployment rate is just 6% – one of the lowest in Europe."
Another misconception is about the occurrence of natural disasters in Iceland. "People think there are always earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and natural disasters in Iceland that are not conducive to a datacentre environment," said Kristinn Haflidason, another project manager at Invest in Iceland.
But the country's independent report ranked Iceland 6.5 on a scale of 7, where 7 was considered as the least risky location for datacentres. "We have strict risk assessment, and it shows that strategically located datacentres are safe from natural disasters and terrorism attacks," he said.
Take the volcanic ash cloud of Eyjafjallajökull, for instance, which erupted in the southern tip of Iceland in 2010. "We were back to business on the second day, and the south-easterly winds pushed the ash to Europe, which had to cancel flights for weeks," said Bjarnason.
Verne Global and Thor had datacentre facilities in Iceland at that time, but neither experienced any downtime or lack of power supply, said Hilmarsson. "This goes to show that IT facilities here are robust and built to withstand disruptions," he said.
Another reason companies such as Facebook and Google are investing in Sweden is because of the cheaper cost of setting up a datacentre there than in Iceland.
As Sweden is part of the European Union, it gets subsidies to build datacentres, which it can pass on to its customers, said Hilmarsson. Iceland is not part of the EU, but it is part of the European Economic Area (EEA). This means it gets no subsidies, but it can help businesses remain compliant with data protection regulations as data remains within the EEA.
In addition, Iceland offers a combination of hydro and geothermal energy, which can keep datacentre running costs down in the long run, he said.
Year-round free air cooling offers further cost savings through reduced datacentre power consumption.
A Pricewaterhouse Coopers comparative study of long-term datacentres found that the operating or running expenditure of a 10,000ft2 datacentre in Iceland over 15 years is $130m cheaper than running it in the UK, according to Invest in Iceland.
In addition to Nordic countries, Iceland faces competition from the UK too, where most local brands and financial services companies prefer to have their datacentre infrastructure.
"But UK CTOs are server-huggers – they want their IT facilities in their backyard or within the M25," said Hilmarsson.
Tomasson said IT leaders in the UK do not understand the cost benefits of moving their datacentres to Iceland. "But if you tell a CFO that the savings of moving a datacentre from the UK to Iceland is $130m, he will question why the company is not making the move. We are targeting the CFOs, not the CTOs, because they understand the cost proposition better," he said.
Iceland is working to alter the perception about its financial instability and about the risks associated with natural disasters, said Bjarnason.
Things are slowly changing, with existing investors such as Verne looking to expand their Icelandic datacentres.
The country is currently holding talks with one unnamed Silicon Valley giant and another big brand from Germany.
"The [Silicon Valley] company will be paying a second visit to do a site report next month, and we are hopeful of a positive outcome," said Hilmarsson.
As the benefits of free air cooling and sustainable energy become more commonly known, datacentre investors will come to Iceland, but right now the country needs one of the big names to make the first move so others follow suit, said Bjarnason.


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Japan's Beef Exports to China Likely to Resume in 2020
JAPAN - Japan is in the final stage of talks with China to resume exports of beef to the world's most populous market for the first time in about two decades, government sources said Thursday.
Tokyo is hoping to the exports will be resumed next year, the sources said. Beijing has banned beef imports from Japan since the first case of mad cow disease was detected in the country in 2001.
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi are expected to sign a pact on animal health and quarantine, which will serve as a precondition for the resumption, during a meeting that is likely to take place Monday.
Wang is scheduled to visit Japan for a two-day meeting of Group of 20 foreign ministers in Nagoya from Friday.
Beef consumption has been on the rise in China, especially among high-income households.
Source: The Japan Times
Top image via Shutterstock
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James Reid to join California music festival, Teen Vogue confirms
James Reid will join other Asian acts such as WINNER's Minho and Malaysian singer Yuna in the said music festival.
Photo credit: @james IG
Kapamilya singer James Reid is among the confirmed acts who will perform in the inaugural Overpass Music Festival happening next year.
According to Teen Vogue, Overpass Music Festival will bring together artists from different cultures with predominantly Asian backgrounds.
Apart from James Reid, another Filipino artist, rapper and singer-songwriter Curtismith will also be performing at the massive music festival.
Curtismith has worked with Kiana Valenciano in the past for the latter's single "Does She Know." He is also the boyfriend of Ogie Alcasid's daughter Leila.
Meanwhile, other performers at the said music festival include South Korean singer and WINNER member Minho, Thai artist Phum Viphurit, and Malaysian artist Yuna.
American singer-songwriter Jhené Aiko, on the other hand, is set to headline the said highly-anticipated event.
Overpass Music Festival is happening on March 7, 2020 at the Oak Canyon Park in Orange County, California, U.S.A.
General Admission tickets sell at $160 (P8,122.48) and while VIP wristbands sell at $300 (15,229.65).
James Reid , Overpass Music Festival , Winner , Minho , Curtismith , Phum Viphurit ,


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Whispering Spirit

Whispering spirit is a fairly new company that started in 2013. The company was starting because the founder Laura Gordon was volunteering at the therapeutic riding center in Renfrew County when they where rejected a grant. That grant would of made a great difference. So she decided to find away to raise money for them.  She put her creative skills to good use and built dream catcher out of some old horseshoes. Selling her piece of artwork to raise money.

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Q: How to fill space between two views within a RelativeLayout I have two views. The top view is set to ...
 android:layout_alignParentTop="true"

And the bottom is set to ...
 android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"

How can I fill the remaining space with a third view? According to this answer here, I should use a frame layout like this ...
<FrameLayout
   android:layout_below="@+id/toplayout"
   android:layout_above="@+id/bottomlayout"/>

But then I am required to specify height and width. What height and width am I supposed to specify?

A: You could take an advantage of weighting. android:layout_weight property usually fills whatever space is left (or split equally). In your case it would be something like this:
<LinearLayout
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="some_fixed_height"
   android:orientation="vertical">

    <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/top_one"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/middle_one_that_fills"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1">

    <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/bottom_one"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

</LinearLayout>

A: As long as your root layout is a RelativeLayout and you're using layout_alignParentTop for the top view and layout_alignParentBottom for the bottom view, like you mentioned, then it should be working with no need for a middle view:
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <View
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"/>

    <View
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Alternatively, if your root view is a LinearLayout, you could use the lesser-known, but aptly-named Space view. Space is:

a lightweight View subclass that may be used to create gaps between components in general purpose layouts.

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <View
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"/>

    <Space
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="9"/>

    <View
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"/>
</LinearLayout>

A: Here is my solution
<RelativeLayout
     ...
   >
        <YourLayout
         android:id="@+id/toplayout"
         android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        />

        <YourLayout
         android:id="@+id/bottomlayout"
         android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        />

        <MiddleLayout
          <!-- in your case it is FrameLayout -->
           android:layout_width="match_parent"
           android:layout_height="match_parent"
          <!-- or android:layout_height="wrap_content" according to the_profile -->
           android:layout_below="@+id/toplayout"
           android:layout_above="@+id/bottomlayout"/>
    </RelativeLayout>

Hope this help


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rectified and unrectified, they are very similar.
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Written by Release's Kenneth Harrod, this book reminds us that persecution is at the centre of our Christian faith.
The New Testament, it is sometimes said, was written by persecuted Christians for persecuted Christians. That may be a slight exaggeration, but it contains, or implies, several important, and challenging, factors for Christians living in the 'free' west. It reminds us that 'suffering for Christ' is a central theme in New Testament Christianity. It reminds us also that, as part of the one Body of Christ, persecution affects (or should affect) every Christian, one way or another.
Jars of Clay gives a clear biblical perspective on persecution, and includes details of some of the persecuted believers from around the world whom the author has met as part of his ministry with Release. The five chapters focus on five key areas: mission, the gospel, grace, the church and hope and each chapter concludes with questions that can be used for personal reflection or discussion, making it ideal for use in a Bible study or home group or as the basis for a teaching series within your church.
The book includes a foreword by the Archbishop of York, and has been commended by Canon Andrew White, Mervyn Thomas (Chief Executive of Christian Solidarity Worldwide) and Lisa Pearce (Chief Executive of Open Doors UK).


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Lansing courthouse evacuated due to bomb threat, police say, part of nationwide hoax
Veterans Memorial Courthouse has been evacuated due to bomb threat, the building's supervisor says
Lansing courthouse evacuated due to bomb threat, police say, part of nationwide hoax Veterans Memorial Courthouse has been evacuated due to bomb threat, the building's supervisor says Check out this story on lansingstatejournal.com: https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2018/12/13/lansing-courthouse-evacuated-after-bomb-threat-official-says/2303460002/
Carol Thompson, Kara Berg and Ken Palmer, Lansing State Journal Published 2:59 p.m. ET Dec. 13, 2018 | Updated 9:12 p.m. ET Dec. 13, 2018
The Veteran's Memorial Courthouse in downtown Lansing was evacuated due to a bomb threat Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. Here, workers wait in front of a Capital Area District Library branch.(Photo: Carol Thompson/Lansing State Journal)Buy Photo
LANSING — Police searched several buildings in Ingham County on Thursday in connection with a rash of emailed bomb threats received at many locations around the nation and found nothing amiss.
The Veterans Memorial Courthouse in downtown Lansing was cleared of people on Thursday afternoon after the court received a threat similar to others received across the country, Ingham County Sheriff's officials said in a news release.
Lansing police K-9 teams helped deputies search the courthouse.
"There is a hoax email being distributed across the country of a bomb threat making demands for money," Lansing police posted on Facebook. "It is our understanding these emails do NOT have any validity. Please delete the email and DO NOT send money."
Sheriff's officials said they took part in three bomb-threat investigations on Thursday, including one at an office building in East Lansing, and found no explosives.
East Lansing Police Department Deputy Chief Steve Gonzalez said a large office building in the 1400 block of Abbott Road was targeted with a bomb threat. The threat came in by email to one business, which evacuated its staff. Other offices in the building chose to shelter in place.
The threat had a "scam aspect" to it, and was not found to be credible, Gonzalez said.
Clinton County Sheriff's Office Lt. Jeff Clarke said the department received reports of two emailed threats. Local officials, including IT staff, investigated the threats and did not find them to be credible. There were no evacuations, Clarke said.
A member of the Lansing Police Department and his K-9 work in front of Veterans Memorial Courthouse in downtown Lansing Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, after the building was evacuated due to a bomb threat. (Photo: Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal)
No threats had been reported in Eaton County, an official at the sheriff's office said.
Michigan State University spokesperson Emily Guerrant said officials were aware of the bomb threats but had not heard of any involving MSU.
Several Detroit buildings also were evacuated due to bomb threats, according to the Detroit Free Press. The Guardian Building and the Wayne County Treasurer's Office both were evacuated at 2:15 p.m., but were given the all-clear about a half-hour later.
USA TODAY reported that a rash of bomb threats were emailed to universities, police departments and news outlets Thursday, sending officers scrambling to sort out what appeared to be a nationwide electronic hoax.
There were no reports that any actual explosive devices had been discovered, but the threats alone had forced many police departments to monitor and investigate.
The emails were sent to tens of thousands of targets in dozens of cities, including Seattle, Orlando, Atlanta, San Francisco and Oklahoma City, as well as Detroit, and continued for hours.
Many of the threats demanded $20,000 in bitcoin, according to AppRiver, a Florida-based cybersecurity company that obtained copies of the emails. Some had the subject line: "Think Twice."
In one, the sender warned that a "recruited mercenary" had placed an explosive device in the targeted building and would detonate it unless the payment was made.
RJ Wolcott contributed to this report. Contact Ken Palmer at (517) 377-1032 or kpalmer@lsj.com. Follow him on Twitter @KBPalm_lsj.
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Enactment on June 22, 2016, of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg) has inspired renewed interest in and underscored the prominence of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Lautenberg significantly amends and modernizes TSCA, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began immediately to implement the law's many new provisions. For over a decade the scientists and regulatory specialists at The Acta Group (Acta®) have offered clients an unparalleled level of experience and excellence in matters relating to TSCA, making it the premier global consulting group to provide companies with deep, experienced, and expert TSCA assistance. Acta is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with additional offices in Manchester, England, and Beijing, China.
Our TSCA practice group includes several former senior EPA officials, an extensive scientific staff, including seven Ph.D.s, and a robust and highly experienced team of regulatory and business consultants. One of our core businesses is assisting clients with TSCA Section 5 new chemical notifications and with broadening their business reach with marketing the new products made possible by a successful Section 5 notification.
In addition to implementing the amendments to TSCA, EPA is exercising and interpreting its authority under TSCA in new, unprecedented, and creative ways. For instance, EPA is regularly issuing new regulations, many in the form of Significant New Use Rules (SNUR), among other game-changing initiatives, including the following:
Significant changes to EPA's treatment and classification of confidential business information (CBI);
Reliance on EPA's TSCA Work Plan for Chemical Assessments for prioritization purposes;
Regulation of chemicals in articles; and
Enhanced testing of existing chemicals.
It is imperative for companies whose businesses are implicated under TSCA both to understand clearly how these initiatives affect compliance, and also to appreciate the competitive implications of these new and formidable regulatory challenges. As with any new law, challenges are matched only by the commercial opportunities that change offers. TSCA reform is a true game-changer, and opportunities in the commercial space abound. With a thorough understanding of TSCA, its implementing regulations, and the general principles underlying the federal system for managing TSCA-related products, Acta is well-suited to address a company's needs, address challenges, and identify opportunities.
Our Experience:
Acta's deep and expansive understanding of TSCA is reflected in the many publications that quote our professionals on TSCA developments and the many seminars that request our participation. It is also reflected in our publications and training programs. We regularly conduct training courses (in our offices and at client sites) to facilitate TSCA compliance.
Our professionals are unparalleled in their understanding of the regulatory construct and science policy implications of TSCA. Lynn Bergeson has earned an international reputation for her comprehensive mastery of TSCA and especially how it pertains to nanotechnology, biotechnology, and other emerging transformative technologies. She counsels corporations, trade associations, and business consortia on a wide range of issues pertaining to chemical hazard, exposure risk assessment, and risk communication. Sheryl Dolan, Heather Collins, M.S., and Barbara Christianson provide invaluable TSCA chemical notification and submission support services.
Our professionals include a number of high-level EPA alumni, including:
James Aidala, former EPA Assistant Administrator for Toxics under the Clinton Administration; Mr. Aidala has been closely involved with TSCA legislative reauthorization and key regulatory matters for over two decades, and offers significant value in addressing chemical policy and related issues;
Oscar Hernandez, Ph.D., former Director of the Risk Assessment Division (RAD) in the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT); with a Ph.D. in organic chemistry, Dr. Hernandez offers expert scientific support in the areas of hazard and risk assessment of chemicals being reviewed pursuant to TSCA and other federal, state, and international chemical control authorities;
Richard Engler, Ph.D., former senior staff scientist in OPPT and leader of EPA's Green Chemistry Program; Dr. Engler holds a Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry and has participated in thousands of TSCA substance reviews, as well as pre-notice and post-review meetings with submitters to resolve complex or difficult cases; and
Charles Auer, former Director of OPPT; Mr. Auer offers a wide portfolio of expertise, including regulatory compliance requirements for new and existing chemicals, nanoscale materials, and intergeneric microorganisms.
Because TSCA is so grounded on chemistry, Acta has a robust team of professionals who possess both scientific and regulatory backgrounds and are uniquely able to address science-based regulatory issues that arise under TSCA.
Acta's science professionals include David Peveler, Ph.D., an organic chemist whose understanding of chemical substances and TSCA identification issues is unmatched anywhere, and who has spent decades consulting with chemical companies on a broad range of TSCA issues.
Dr. Jane Vergnes, Ph.D., DABT®, with a doctorate in Human Genetics and over 25 years of experience as a senior toxicologist and product steward with major global chemical companies, offers clients her expansive understanding of toxicological testing within the regulatory framework of TSCA, including study design, laboratory practices, and data requirements for new chemical introductions and existing chemical support.
Brian Xu, M.D., Ph.D., DABT®, has over 15 years of industry experience as a senior toxicologist and scientist at major chemical companies. He assists clients in designing safety testing, risk assessment, product safety, and regulatory compliance programs. Dr. Xu's significant experience with EPA regulations and with the Orders and Decrees of the Chinese regulatory system helps him anticipate potential hurdles for clients registering or marketing products in both China and the U.S.
Jason Johnston, M.S., holds two Master of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering and in Technology Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has more than 25 years of experience in the field of risk assessment and is well-suited to assist clients before EPA when occupational and residential exposure issues are raised in the context of premanufacture notification (PMN) reviews.
For more than a decade, Lara Hall, M.S., RQAP GLP, has been assisting clients in thinking through strategic and efficient chemical testing plans to support the introduction and maintenance of chemicals on a global scale.
Karin Baron, M.S.P.H., has spent more than 20 years in the chemical and personal care industry and has extensive experience with assisting companies to achieve TSCA compliance, including managing SNURs, polymer exemptions and Inventory issues, Section 12(b) export notifications, and Section 8(c) and 8(e) recordkeeping and reporting.
Scott J. Burya, Ph.D., a Regulatory Chemist with a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry, managed TSCA compliance programs and coordinated teams focused on commercializing new products for a multinational chemical corporation. Dr. Burya specializes in PMN preparation, polymer exemption determinations, and import/export requirements.
TSCA is just one piece of a global puzzle of chemical management laws that must be addressed thoughtfully and carefully; Acta offers clients seamless access to European and Asian chemical professionals to address the European Union's (EU) Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation, The Act for the Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals in Korea (K-REACH), China's Decrees No. 7 and No. 591, and other emerging chemical management laws in a coherent, strategic, and business-savvy manner.
Acta's professionals are highly experienced in regulatory and science policy issues following from TSCA compliance. We assist clients on a wide range of areas, including product approval, product review, and general compliance measures. Areas in which we advise clients include the following:
Chemical Product Approval and Review
Assist in the approval and regulation of industrial chemical products, including those enabled by nanotechnology and biotechnology
Assist with reporting obligations for new and existing chemicals
Assist with developing robust voluntary pollution prevention statements
General Compliance Reviews (across TSCA Provisions)
Assess whether client facilities are sufficiently staffed and equipped; prepare TSCA compliance manuals and standard operating procedures (SOP); conduct in-house training seminars
Specific Regulatory Reviews
Assist clients' adherence to:
PMN/Microbial Commercial Activity Notice (MCAN) requirements
Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP) requirements
PMN requirements pertinent to products of nanotechnology and engineered nanoscale materials
TSCA nomenclature issues related to biobased chemicals and fuels
Section 5 SNURs
Section 6 chemical restrictions, including bans
Recordkeeping and Reporting Assistance
Assist clients with their Section 8(a), (d), and (e) recordkeeping and reporting requirements, SOPs, and systems development issues
Additional Sample Matters
Export issues
Inventory issues
Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) issues
Representative Engagements:
Acta regularly assists prominent multinational chemical manufacturers on the regulatory, policy, and business implications of evolving TSCA rulemaking initiatives and their international analogues to ensure product stewardship alignment.
Acta, and its consulting affiliate, B&C® Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM), routinely assist TSCA testing consortia on TSCA Sections 4 and 5 testing obligations.
Acta has been a pioneer in addressing the imposition of TSCA regulation on nanoscale chemical substances and assists domestic and international nanoscale chemical product manufacturers on TSCA SNUR and related initiatives.
Acta routinely assists on issues pertinent to the management of CBI under TSCA.
Acta assists clients with harmonizing global chemical product approval and testing programs under REACH, TSCA, and related chemical management programs.
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Colorado-based iBeta Quality Assurance has become the first lab accredited for the FIDO Alliance's Biometrics Component Certification Program.
Announced just last week, the FIDO Alliance's new certification program is aimed ensuring the quality of biometric subcomponents in authentication security, with an eye to the ISO/IEC 19795 and ISO/IEC 30107 standards in particular. iBeta's selection as the first accredited lab to carry out these evaluations comes as little surprise: In announcing the Biometric Component Certification Program, FIDO emphasized that it would include evaluations of Presentation Attack Detection – countermeasures against spoofing attempts, in other words; iBeta, meanwhile, had announced its own Presentation Attack Detection evaluation program earlier this year.
In attaining the FIDO Alliance accreditation, iBeta now enjoys an elevated profile in the industry. It also happens to be well-timed for FaceTec, whose facial recognition solution attained a 100 percent anti-spoofing score in Level 1 of the iBeta Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) Certification test just a couple of weeks ago.


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Previous events have included Bowling / Evening Meals and Afternoon Tea. We're currently planning a number of further events including in the coming months.


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The mythical, cathedral like space nestled between the twin hemispheres of the brain. Here, the supreme neuron cells known as The Council of the Mind receive and interpret thoughts, impulses, and emotions emitted by a brilliant corona of energy high above. In turn, they transmit this information throughout the BioCosmos by way of messenger nerve cells.
An enigmatic realm of unknown vastness that exists outside the barriers of the BioCosmos. It is the source of every invasive threat, every infection, every strain of bacteria—and as such, it is spoken of in hushed, sometimes fearful tones by BioWarriors. What they don't know is that The Beyond is filled with billions of other human beings, each of whom holds within a separate Biocosmic universe.
A collection of identical cells in function and form, that together comprise a larger whole. Tissue is one of the main structures of the BioCosmos, giving it mobile ability and more. When this tissue is infected or damaged during the Biowars, it is mended by Fibroblasts.


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Ezra is Eight Weeks Old!
Post by David • It's crazy to even think about. Our son is eight weeks old (though these newborn photos are from when he was six weeks old). Can you believe it? Every day he blows our mind. And when he smiles? It's like fireworks go off and it takes everything I have to keep stirring the pot, so my emotions and love for him don't boil over. I explained it to a friend, "It's like seeing a sunset, squishing your toes in the sand and trying watermelon, all for the first time." I feel so incredibly lucky and blessed that our son is happy and healthy. And with as well as this kid sleeps I know we must have put a coin in the karma jar at some point.
What's incredible is that even though it's astonishingly stressful, and exhausting and overwhelming at times — Cathy and I are always working together as a team, always aware that the other person is struggling just as hard to keep up. And Cathy? She's amazing. I don't know how she does it.
So what does Ezra like right now?
Well.. he loves the shelf above his changing pad (and his changing pad is his favorite place to look at Mom and Dad). He absolutely loves his mobile that's shaped like swallows. He likes music and singing (especially David Bowie; that's my boy). He loves the smell of peanut butter and likes the sound of wrappers. He's discovered sounds recently and realized they come from things, not just the air but a specific object or person. He can tell when a person walks in the room and he kicks his legs like crazy (that's what he does when he's excited). He loves his reflection and he loves his giraffe (we named him Oswald) and he loves his turtle (a gift from our friends, Wes and Necia, who we named Miss Olivia). He's not a big fan of tummy time unless it's on Mom or Dad's chest. We're not sure if he likes church yet because he always gets hungry about 15 minutes in. More than anything … he loves the great outdoors and looking at the huge maple trees in our front lawn, listening to the wind and watching cars go by. He's never afraid and never scared and always looks as if he's ready to say to me, "Okay, Dad. Let's go that way. Let's see what's around that corner." And some day, son. — I'll show you.


As of 1 March 2011, Porsche Holding Salzburg (PHS) became a 100 % subsidiary of Volkswagen AG and hence an integral element of the most successful European automobile manufacturer. It brought full circle the historical development that began with Ferdinand Porsche's design of the Volkswagen and which formed the basis for the successful evolution of the two Porsche companies in Salzburg and in Stuttgart that today are a considerable part of this group as a whole. Porsche and Piëch, the two original shareholding families, continue to be significantly involved in the on-going development of the automotive group, holding key positions as principal stakeholders in Volkswagen AG and as members of the supervisory board.
Through integration into the Volkswagen Group, Porsche Holding in Salzburg was given new sales responsibilities, which in turn triggered rapid growth within the company starting in 2012.
Porsche Ceska republika: Another big challenge for PHS.
In 2012, PHS assumed overall market responsibility for the Czech Republic, making Porsche Cesca republika behind Austria the second largest importer within the company. At the same time, the brands also saw expansion in some markets in Eastern Europe, such as in Albania with Volkswagen passenger cars as well as in Ukraine and Slovakia with SEAT. By creating Porsche Croatia in 2013, PHS takes over 100% of the market responsibility in Croatia for the passenger car Group brands.
Taking over import operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2015 was a further step in Porsche Holding's growth strategy. It is thus represented as the importer in all the successor states of the former Yugoslavia.
Initial steps have also been undertaken in South America in 2012. In Colombia, PHS launched its import activities with Volkswagen passenger cars, Volkswagen trucks & buses as well as with MAN trucks. Followed by Chile in 2013 where PHS imports Volkswagen passenger cars & LCV's, Audi, Skoda, Volkswagen trucks & buses as well as MAN trucks, gathering first experiences within the truck business.
Porsche Colombia: First steps in South America in 2012.
Porsche Chile sells passenger cars and trucks of the Volkswagen Group brands.
The Volkswagen Group entrusted PHS with responsibility for its 200 own dealerships in Germany, Spain and Poland.
Porsche Centre and headquarters of the "China Holding" in Hangzhou.
PHS is also expanding its network of retailers in China and is set to oversee 20 retailers by the end of 2013.
Porsche Holding launches its first distribution operations in the ASEAN region, taking over import business for Volkswagen Passenger Cars in Malaysia in September 2016 and in Singapore in April 2017.
In summer 2017 Porsche Holding Salzburg reorganised its sales operations in France, selling all of the PGA dealerships that carried models by non-Group manufacturers. The newly founded Volkswagen Group Retail France (VGRF) brought together all the retail dealerships that exclusively sell Volkswagen Group brands. At the end of 2017 all the signs were pointing towards growth again: Porsche Holding Salzburg acquired a group of private dealerships in northern France.
In 2018 Porsche Holding Salzburg pushed ahead with strategic growth by acquiring several independent dealers in Northern Italy.
Its subsequent expansion step was in Japan: at the start of 2019 Porsche Holding signed an agreement to acquire Volkswagen Group-owned dealership operations in Japan.
Porsche Bank has also enlarged its range of services while significantly increasing its presence across large parts of Europe and in South America.
Porsche Informatik has also benefitted from the company's rapid growth. CROSS, the dealer management system developed by Porsche Informatik, is slated to become the global standard within the Volkswagen Group.


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The abundance of festivals and religious holidays in the country is simply not amenable to description, but most of them are "internal events" of a religious group or rural community, so the specific dates of their holding remain unknown for tourists. In addition, tourists are not allowed on all of them. Therefore, the dates of specific events are better to specify on the spot.
The most famous and popular tourists and locals are Kandi-Eal-Perahera (July-August) – a ten-day ceremony with thousands of events dedicated to the sacred tooth of the Buddha from the Kandy temple. The second value of the holiday of the country – Durutho-Perahera (January, Colombo), dedicated to the Buddha arrival in Sri Lanka. On the same days, the traditional annual parade of Navam to the walls of the Chief Buddhist Church of the capital – Gangaram. Noisy and fun celebrated New Year (March-April), accompanied by races on elephants and a variety of sporting events. Traditional Besak (May), the first day of the Hindu New Year and one of the main holidays of Sikhism, as well as Buddha-Jayanti (April-May, the main holiday of Buddhists) are widely celebrated in the north of the country.
Hindu festival led (July-August) takes place in Colombo and celebrates the ceremony for the location of the sacred chariot of the god of war Scanda. The Cataragama festival (July-August) passes in the catagara and is accompanied by religious performances and enough shocking ritual ceremonies. Numerous pilgrimages are committed at the peak of Adam, on which, according to legends, Adam and Eve lived after expulsion from Paradise.
Muslims of the island celebrate the feast of sacrifice Eid Ul-Azha (Eid Ul-Adha, April-May), the birthday of the prophet Mohammed – Eid E-Milad (Maulid Al-Nabi, May-June), Day of Mourning Muharram (Tajiya, May-June) , ID n-mold (Bars-Wafete, the Day of Memory of the Prophet Mohammed, October) and, of course, the sacred Ramadan. In 2008, Ramadan falls for the period from September 1 to September 29, in 2009 – from August 21 to September 20. It should be borne in mind that all the dates of religious events in the Islamic calendar begin with the sunset and last until the next sunset.
Independence Day of the Republic of Sri Lanka (February 4) is marked by numerous parades, dance and theatrical representations.
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21st March 2019. World Down Syndrom Day.
✅ All different, all equal.
✅ For an inclusive and better world.
Rights of children. Isolated foreign minor children : bone tests are reliable only when these children are far from their majority.
▶ Isolated foreign minor children : bone tests are reliable only when these children are far from their majority.
▶ Try to objectify the chronological age of an isolated minor child, by using a scientific criterion or a statistical criterion based on different populations from North America or from Europe, and without taking into account the acceleration of the process maturation by dangerous and traumatic journeys, is a criterion which is not reliable.
▶ Some young persons who have had a bone test have been given a broad scale of age, such as "between 18 and 25 years of age" : this approximation is not reliable.
Learn more : Isolated foreign minor children: bone tests are reliable only when these children are far from their majority.
FRANCE. The painful journey of pregnant homeless women in the street.
1/ The painful journey of pregnant homeless women in the street.
▶ "The 115 for cradle?" With this question, the Abbé-Pierre Foundation warns the public authorities and denounces, in its 21st Report devoted to poor housing in France, the situation of many pregnant and precarious women in France.
"We regret the lack of follow-up upstream of the pregnancy and a lack of suitable housing for leaving the maternity ward", summarizes Manuel Domergue, director of studies at the Abbé-Pierre Foundation.
▶ In France, 40 % of homeless persons (in accommodation, makeshift shelters, hotels, etc.) are women. 5 % are totally homeless, sleeping rough in the street.
=> Learn more : The painful journey of pregnant homeless women in the street.
2/ The French Maternity Hospitals are confronted "more and more regularly to the cases of mothers in precarious situation who give birth and who have neither a roof, nor a shelter, at the exit of the maternity", alert the Hospitals of Paris.
▶ Out of 12 Maternities, 11 Maternities are located in Ile-de-France.
▶ In Ile-de-France, at least 2,400 women found themselves in this situation in 2017. This figure is up from previous years (2,000 in 2016) and these are only partial estimates, says the Regional Health Agency.
▶ The mothers of these children and these children who are born need emergency housing for their physical, mental and psychological health.
=> Learn more : A baby ? No roof. Homeless women in the street.
NANTES. Field missions for Romanian families.
Objective : To encourage the integration of Roma and Romanian children, living in extreme material and moral difficulties in FRANCE. To provide for free distribution of schoolbags. To promote children's rights, living in discriminated communities, and their right to education.
Location of the action: area of NANTES (44), FRANCE.
Means and resources deployed – September to December 2018 : Our Association sent out a Team of volunteers to organize free distributions of schoolbags, school supplies, toys, chocolates with pralin, for families Roma and Romanian children, living in extreme material and moral difficulties (caravans, muddy campground, driving rain) in the area of NANTES.
Field missions with Romanian families.
Nantes. Access to education for Roma and Romanian children.
Location of the action : area of NANTES (44), FRANCE.
September 2018 : Our Association sent out a Team of volunteers to organize free distributions of schoolbags to Roma and Romanian children, living in extreme material and moral difficulties in the area of NANTES.
12 June 2018. World Day Against Child Labor.
World Day Against Child Labor.
Worldwide 218 million children between 5 and 17 years are in employment.
Among them, 152 million are victims of child labour; almost half of them, 73 million, work in hazardous child labour.
In absolute terms, almost half of child labour (72.1 million) is to be found in Africa; 62.1 million in the Asia and the Pacific; 10.7 million in the Americas; 1.2 million in the Arab States and 5.5 million in Europe and Central Asia.
In terms of prevalence, 1 in 5 children in Africa (19.6 %) are in child labour, whilst prevalence in other regions is between 3 % and 7 %: 2.9 % in the Arab States (1 in 35 children); 4.1 % in Europe and Central Asia (1 in 25); 5.3 % in the Americas (1 in 19) and 7.4 % in Asia and the Pacific region (1 in 14).
Almost half of all 152 million children victims of child labour are aged 5-11 years.
42 million (28 %) are 12-14 years old; and 37 million (24 %) are 15-17 years old.
Hazardous child labour is most prevalent among the 15-17 years old. Nevertheless up to a fourth of all hazardous child labour (19 million) is done by children less than 12 years old.
Among 152 million children in child labour, 88 million are boys and 64 million are girls.
58 % of all children in child labour and 62 % of all children in hazardous work are boys. Boys appear to face a greater risk of child labour than girls, but this may also be a reflection of an under-reporting of girls' work, particularly in domestic child labour.
Child labour is concentrated primarily in agriculture (71 %), which includes fishing, forestry, livestock herding and aquaculture, and comprises both subsistence and commercial farming; 17 % in Services; and 12 % in the Industrial sector, including mining.
An unaccompanied minor is above all a child : the International Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989 applies.
Free distribution of schoolbags and school supplies to children of migrants in ATHENS, GREECE.
Objective : To provide for schoolbags and school supplies to children of migrants.
By signing the International Convention of Children's Rights, FRANCE and its European neighbors are committed to ensuring the rights of all children present on their territory, without distinction. These children come to us, whatever the reason, the means and the purpose, have the right to be protected, to have access to health, to education, to decent living conditions … and we are duty bound to provide them with these conditions.
Location of the action : ATHENS, GREECE.
September 2016 : A long historical tradition placed GREECE in FRANCE at the heart of solidarity. To make effective the start to school year for children of migrants in september 2016, the European Observatory for Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights has sent school bags and school supplies in Athens, GREECE, with the partnership of a local association, Popular Solidarity Association of Greece.
Field for intervention targeted by the European Agency for Fundamental Rights : Rights of the child. Asylum, migration and borders. Combating extreme poverty and social exclusion while encouraging social inclusion.
Directive targeted by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union : DIRECTIVE 2013/33/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 26 JUNE 2013 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (lean more : http://europeanmigrationlaw.eu/en#asile_113_0_0).
Free distribution of school bags for children of migrants, ATHENS, GREECE.
Integration of ethnic and national minorities, especially Roma and Romanian persons with their young children.
Objective : To encourage the integration of of Roma and Romanian persons, and their young children, living in extreme material and moral difficulties in FRANCE. To provide for free distribution of meals and moral support. To restore the human dignity of Roma and Romanian persons, with their young children. To promote children's rights and their right to education.
Location of the action : NANTES (44), FRANCE.
July and August 2016 : Our Association sent out a Team of volunteers to organize free distribution operations of meals to Roma and Romanian persons, and their young children, living in extreme material and moral difficulties in NANTES (REZE, FRANCE) and to give them a human and moral support. These operations took place with food gifts of Carrefour Market Nantes, our partner of this summer, and with private funds.
Field for intervention targeted by the European Commission : Europe 2020 Strategy. European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion.
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights : "For more than a thousand years, Roma people have been an integral part of European civilisation. Today, with an estimated population of 10-12 million in Europe, approximately six million of whom live in the EU, Roma people are the biggest ethnic minority in Europe".(http://fra.europa.eu/en/theme/roma).
July and August 2016. Distribution of free meals to Roma and Romanian persons.
July and August 2016. Distribution of free meals to Roma and Romanian children.
Solidarity: we have all a role to play!
Distribution of meals to the most deprived, human and material help, listening for the most excluded: without you, these actions would not be possible.
In France, your donation results in a tax deduction of 75% of your income tax, up to 530 Euros, and 66% beyond 530 Euros, up to a limit of 20% of your taxable income.


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Season them with your favorite rub.
Preheat the grill for 10 minutes.
Set the wood pellet control to 300F and cook the ribs for one hour, bone side down.
Turn the wood pellet control off and turn the gas on low.Wrap the ribs in tin foil and add half a cup of apple juice to each package. (Make sure there are no leaks).
Cook for one hour flipping the packages every 15 or 20 min so the bottom side doesn't burn to the tin foil.
Take the ribs out of the packages, sauce them up.