The Festival has the good fortune of screening Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir as one of this year's Gala Presentations. The film received six awards from the Israeli Film Academy-- including Best Film, Director, and Screenplay--as well as critical acclaim from festivals around the world.
As an animated war documentary, from the outset Waltz With Bashir operates on intriguing ground. After all, documentaries are supposed to at least tip their hats to that murky, malleable concept of objectivity, so why the cartoon medium in this business of uncovering truth? This film makes these somewhat contradictory modes of form and genre work in a strange kind of tandem by which animated images, the film medium, dreams, individual and collective memory (or amnesia), and history all come under interrogation. Folman's findings show these soldiers' pasts, Israel's past, and--by explicit extension--all stories of war as mediated and re-mediated. Venturing through (and learning from) the layers of emotion, through the clouding forces of time, through attempt after attempt at self-preservation, through the mind's purposeful gaps and holes in its powers of repression, leaves Folman and all of us at last staring at the overwhelming and revolting truth--at least a far less mediated version of it.
An Israeli veteran from the 1982 war between Israel and Lebanon, Folman opens the film with his realization that he has virtually no memory of the war and thus ventures on a personal and cinematic quest to uncover what actually happened. On this point, Waltz with Bashir embarks on the kind of fact-finding missions of more traditional documentaries and halts on familiar questions of post-war reflection, namely, who and how did I hurt. He interviews classmates, other soldiers, the first Israeli reporter on the war, and his best friend who also happens to be an expert in post-traumatic stress disorder. Slowly, the pieces start to come together around the Sabra and Shatila Massacre, an astounding incident that left thousands of Palestinians dead by the hands of Lebanese Phalangist militiamen and by the acquiescence of Israeli forces.
And so, Waltz with Bashir manages a difficult harmony of elements. The animated image pulls us into personal dream worlds that, side by side with interviews and bits of historical exposition, compose Waltz with Bashir's truth, a truth which lies both in the hidden intimacies of one man's memory and in the assertion that universally, war is hell.


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Q: WinJS, return a promise from a function which may or may not be async I have a situation where my WinJS app wants to call a function which may or may not be async (e.g. in one situation I need to load some data from a file (async) but at other times I can load from a cache syncronously).
Having a look through the docs I though I could wrap the conditional logic in a promise like:
A)
return new WinJS.Promise(function() {  // mystuff });

or possibly use 'as' like this:
B)
return WinJS.Promise.as(function() { // mystuff });

The problem is that when I call this function, which I'm doing from the ready() function of my first page like this:
WinJS.UI.Pages.define("/pages/home/home.html", {

    ready: function () {

         Data.Survey.init().done(function (result) {

            // do some stuff with 'result'

        });
    }
 });

When it is written like 'A' it never hits my done() call.
Or if I call it when it's written like 'B', it executes the code inside my done() instantly, before the promise is resolved. It also looks from the value of result, that it has just been set to the content of my init() function, rather than being wrapped up in a promise.
It feels like I'm doing something quite basically wrong here, but I'm unsure where to start looking.
If it's any help, this is a slimmed down version of my init() function:
    function init() {

    return new WinJS.Promise(function() {

        if (app.context.isFirstRun) {

            app.surveyController.initialiseSurveysAsync().then(function (result) {
                return new WinJS.Binding.List(result.surveys);
            });
        } else {

            var data = app.surveyController.getSurveys();
            return new WinJS.Binding.List(data);
        }
    });
}

Does anyone have any thoughts on this one? I don't believe the 'may or may not be async' is the issue here, I believe the promise setup isn't doing what I'd expect. Can anyone see anything obviously wrong here? Any feedback greatly appreciated.

A: Generally speaking, if you're doing file I/O in your full init routine, those APIs return promises themselves, in which case you want to return one of those promises or a promise from one of the .then methods.
WinJS.Promise.as, on the other hand, is meant to wrap a value in a promise. But let me explain more fully.
First, read the documentation for the WinJS.Promise constructor carefully. Like many others, you're mistakenly assuming that you just wrap a piece of code in the promise and voila! it is async. This is not the case. The function that you pass to the constructor is an initializer that receives three arguments: a completeDispatcher function, an errorDispatcher function, and a progressDispatcher function, as I like to call them.
For the promise to ever complete with success, complete with an error, or report progress, it is necessary for the rest of the code in the initializer to eventually call one of the dispatchers. These dispatchers, inside the promise, then loop through and call any complete/error/progress methods that have been given to that promise's then or done methods. Therefore, if you don't call a dispatcher at all, there is no completion, and this is exactly the behavior you're seeing.
Using WinJS.Promise.as is similar in that it wraps a value inside a promise. In your case, if you pass a function to WinJS.promise.as, what you'll get is a promise that's fulfilled with that function value as a result. You do not get async execution of the function.
To achieve async behavior you must either use setTimeout/setInterval (or the WinJS scheduler in Windows 8.1) to do async work on the UI thread, or use a web worker for a background thread and tie its completion (via a postMessage) into a promise.
Here's a complete example of creating a promise using the constructor, handling complete, error, and progress cases (as well as cancellation):
    function calculateIntegerSum(max, step) {
    if (max < 1 || step < 1) {
        var err = new WinJS.ErrorFromName("calculateIntegerSum", "max and step must be 1 or greater");
        return WinJS.Promise.wrapError(err);
    }

    var _cancel = false;

    //The WinJS.Promise constructor's argument is a function that receives
    //dispatchers for completed, error, and progress cases.
    return new WinJS.Promise(function (completeDispatch, errorDispatch, progressDispatch) {
        var sum = 0;

        function iterate(args) {
            for (var i = args.start; i < args.end; i++) {
                sum += i;
            };

            //If for some reason there was an error, create the error with WinJS.ErrorFromName
            //and pass to errorDispatch
            if (false /* replace with any necessary error check -- we don't have any here */) {
                errorDispatch(new WinJS.ErrorFromName("calculateIntegerSum", "error occurred"));
            }

            if (i >= max) {
                //Complete--dispatch results to completed handlers
                completeDispatch(sum);
            } else {
                //Dispatch intermediate results to progress handlers
                progressDispatch(sum);

                //Interrupt the operation if canceled
                if (!_cancel) {
                    setImmediate(iterate, { start: args.end, end: Math.min(args.end + step, max) });
                }
            }
        }

        setImmediate(iterate, { start: 0, end: Math.min(step, max) });
    },
    //Cancellation function
    function () {
        _cancel = true;
    });
}

This comes from Appendix A ("Demystifying Promises") of my free ebook, Programming Windows Store Apps in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Second Edition (in preview), see http://aka.ms/BrockschmidtBook2.
You would, in your case, put your data initialization code in the place of the iterate function, and perhaps call it from within a setImmediate. I encourage you to also look at the WinJS scheduler API that would let you set the priority for the work on the UI thread.
In short, it's essential to understand that new WinJS.Promise and WinJS.Promise.as do not in themselves create async behavior, as promises themselves are just a calling convention around "results to be delivered later" that has nothing inherently to do with async.

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If the past two champions of the Costa Mesa Pro Classic are an indication of what the event has to offer then the upcoming tennis tournament should be exciting and worth watching.
The Costa Mesa Pro Classic will do its best to spotlight some of the brightest names in the future of the sport.
The classic, the second United States Pro Circuit Event in Costa Mesa this year, begins Sept. 14 at the Costa Mesa Tennis Center. The event is free and open to the public.
In April, 26-year-old Brian Baker, the No. 8 seed, won the Costa Mesa Pro Classic in dominating fashion. The win launched Baker to considerable success. He earned a wild-card selection in the French Open, losing in the first round. But he also qualified for Wimbledon, advancing to the fourth round. That elevated his world ranking to 70, and put him in the U.S. Open, where he won his first-round match Aug. 29.
He lost to No. 8 seed Janko Tipsarevic in the second round.
Last year's Costa Mesa Classic, held in September, was won by Orange native and current USC standout Steve Johnson. He also competed in the U.S. Open and won his first match Aug. 29. He reached the third round after beating Latvia's Ernest Gulbis in the second round.
Richard Gasquet beat Johnson 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3 in the third round.
Part of the USTA's Pro Circuit, the $10,000 event will feature 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams. All players are seeking to boost their world tennis ranking through participating in USTA Pro Circuit events held weekly across the country.
Eighteen nationally-ranked players have already qualified. The top-ranked player is Germany's Alex Bognavoic, ranked 311th in the world. The highest ranked American player is Downey's Daniel Kosawaski, currently No. 372. Other Southern California players who have qualified include: Bradley Klahn of Poway (ranked 489th), Nicolas Meister of Trabuco Canyon (577), and Jason Jung of Torrance (624).
The rest of the 32-player field will come from singles qualifying, which beings Sept. 14.
Singles and doubles main draw begins Sept. 18. The finals for both singles and doubles are Sept. 23.
Additionally, a wild-card shoot-out event will be held Sept. 13, for one spot in the final draw.


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Eastern group

Teams
Szolnoki MÁV FC and MTK Budapest FC finished the 2010–11 season in the bottom two places of the table and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions. MTK ended a 16-year stay in the top league, while Szolnok were relegated after just one year in the league.

The two relegated teams were replaced with the champions of the two 2010–11 NB II groups, Diósgyőri VTK of the East Group and Pécsi MFC of the West Group. Diósgyőr made their immediate comeback to the league, while Pécs returned to the competition after an absence of four seasons.

Stadium and locations

League table

Western group

References

Nemzeti Bajnokság II seasons
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Vatican releases middleman linked to shady London property deal
Vatican prosecutors on Monday provisionally released Gianluigi Torzi, an Italian middleman in a controversial deal in which the Vatican used Church money to purchase a luxury building in London as an investment.
A statement from the Vatican press office said Torzi, who was arrested in the Vatican on June 5, was granted provisional liberty after he cooperated with prosecutors. He was the first person arrested in the case, which came to light nine months ago.[nL8N2DI5GD]
The statement said Torzi had given investigators a long, detailed reconstruction of his version of events as well as many documents.
Vatican investigators have accused Torzi of extortion, embezzlement, aggravated fraud and money laundering. They will now have to decide whether they have sufficient evidence to ask a judge to order a trial.
Torzi was the Vatican's fiduciary for the deal, in which the Vatican's Secretariat of State purchased a building in London's posh Chelsea district several years ago for $200 million.
The investigation into alleged irregularities led to the suspension last year of five Vatican employees, the resignation of the Vatican's police chief and the departure of the former head of the Vatican's Financial Information Authority (AIF).
The Taipei Shilin District Prosecutors' Office has charged former judge Chen Mei-chin with financial fraud, possessing assets of unknown origin and other breaches of...
Broward Health former executive faces $600,000 in kickbacks allegation
Former Japan farm minister Yoshikawa indicted on bribery charges

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Utilizes a Becton Dickinson FACSCalibur, a 4-color, dual-laser benchtop flow cytometer. Included is the CellQuest software for list-mode data recording and analysis. Data recording and analysis can be performed with the FACS Aria, a triple-laser, multiparameter flow cytometer using up to 11-color fluorescence signals, along with forward and side-angle light scatter.
In addition to analytical experiments, the FACSAria can perform aseptic sorting of living cell subpopulations utilizing various criteria, such as intrinsic cell properties, e.g. DNA content, Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP), or extrinsic properties, such as molecular markers identified by fluorescently-labelled monoclonal antibodies.
In addition to education about the functionality and capabilities of the Shared Resource, technical support personnel also advise in the design of experiments and assist investigators in the initiation of pilot projects, provide limited amounts of specific reagents, and contribute detailed consultation in analysis of data.
Index Cell Sorting: The well location is identified and recorded when a cell is sorted, making correlation of flow cytometry data (e.g., fluorescence intensity) with non-flow based assays more accurate.


When we got to the hotel yesterday we found out how to go to Machu Picchu . It turns out that there are several ways and days to Machu Picchu ranging from 7 days to just one which we were interested in.
The Guest house we stayed in helped us with information to first go to Peru Rail and get the tickets to Machu Picchu station which turned out to be a 3 hour train ride. After that we had to buy a bus ticket and the entrance ticket. The bus took about 20 minutes to reach Machu Picchu and then we got Niomi our tour guide to show us around.
It was quit a site and there is no wonder that people like to visit the craftsmanship and the fact that it is virgin ruins where a stone still has the wooden rollers underneath it from when they were being moved.
The picturesque mountains and landscape was quit exciting also with steep rises and paths. Once we were done we went back down and had lunch before riding the train back to Cusco. on the way we were entertained by a fashion show of Peruvian made alpaca garments. We all bought scarves on the train and found out next day that the prices on the train were better than the one's in town.
Good morning all. Some years back i was reading about INCA civilization and how there last king was murdered by Spanish invaders. It must be lovely feeling to witness the remains of that the most innocent and decent civilization. Good luck and enjoy your adventure.


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TheAthleticsDepartment.com, published by Grace Media, LLC, announced the addition of Swimming & Diving playoff history to the web site. The web site is introducing individual sports throughout the 2014-15 school year.
Swimming & Diving is the second individual sport added to the web site. Visit the swimming & diving section of TheAthleticsDepartment.com and keep up-to-date with the University Interscholastic League (UIL), Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) and Southwest Preparatory (SPC) postseason as well as past three years of postseason history.
TheAthleticsDepartment.com not only provides a central site to find all the postseason schedules and results, it parses the data into reports that helps the media cover the postseason as well as serve as a resource for fans.
"With 12 events, boys and girls results, finals and consolation finals a swim meet is a lot of data to consume," said Sarah Hornaday, Publisher of TheAthleticsDepartment.com. "We believe our site and its different reports breaks down the information so it's easier for reporters to not miss an angle. And it's great for schools and fans that are only interested in a specific school or athlete."
The features of the tournament history section include state champions list (both team and individual); qualifiers lists; multiple-year champions and qualifiers as well as a team and individual search function.
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Disputes and lawsuits arising out of employment relationships are becoming more and more frequent as long gone are the days of substantial loyalties between employer and employee. When was the last time the boss came over for dinner? Who was the last thirty (30) year employee to earn a gold watch?
Eventually every employment arrangement ends; unfortunately however, planning the 'end' is often a failing when the employment arrangement begins. While it is commonplace and quite reasonable that both employer and employee wish to discuss the employment in a positive atmosphere during interviews and the hiring process, much future grief could be avoided by carefully discussing and agreeing to the termination terms in advance.
When hiring, or being hired, the employer and 'employee' need to carefully decide the type of relationship desired as for a variety of reasons, it may be best to enter into a true employment relationship or perhaps an independent contractor relationship. In today's economy, oftentimes the employer prefers the independent contractor relationship although 'employees' sometimes prefer certain freedoms from being a true 'employee' such as lack of payroll deductions and other freedoms, etc.
The central question is whether the person who has been engaged to perform the services is performing them as a person in business on his own account. In making this determination, the level of control the employer has over the worker's activities will always be a factor. However, other factors to consider include whether the worker provides his or her own equipment, whether the worker hires his or her own helpers, the degree of financial risk taken by the worker, the degree of responsibility for investment and management held by the worker, and the worker's opportunity for profit in the performance of his or her tasks.
It bears repeating that the above factors constitute a non-exhaustive list, and there is no set formula as to their application. The relative weight of each will depend on the particular facts and circumstances of the case.
In the last decade or two, the trend of hiring independent contractors as opposed to employees is much on the rise. It is common that businesses prefer the independent contractor relationship as this type of an arrangement often has significant benefits such as reduced legal obligations and reduced paperwork.
The public have an interest in every person's carrying on his trade freely: so has the individual. All interference with individual liberty of action in trading, and all restraints of trade of themselves, if there is nothing more, are contrary to public policy, and therefore void. That is the general rule.
Therefore, despite the presumption that restrictive covenants are prima facie unenforceable, a reasonable restrictive covenant will be upheld.
Generally, employees receive significant latitude from the courts. Except in the most extreme of circumstances, a dismissal involving allegations of 'just cause' will be difficult for the employer to prove - and the onus to prove that 'just cause' existed is upon the employer. The employer must convince the court that 'just cause' existed rather than the employee proving otherwise. Even in cases where an employee was disobedient (see: Chaba v. Ensign Drilling Inc., 2002 ABPC 131) or dishonest (see: McKinley v. BC Tel,  2 S.C.R. 161) or insubordinate (see: Henry v. Foxco Ltd., 2004 NBCA 22) or intoxicated (see: Ditchburn v. Landis & Gyr Powers Ltd., 1997 CanLII 1500), among other things, a 'just cause' allegation will be difficult for the employer to sustain.
An employer is statutorily required to pay at least the minimum wage despite employment agreements that state pay terms are based on commissions or other potentially variable compensation. Additionally, in some circumstances, such as where a employee was hired to perform certain duties for a certain level of pay but thereafter was assigned greater duties, the common law may require an employer to pay on the basis of Quantum Meruit (meaning what the job was truly worth, being the quantum or amount).
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Boston Businesses in Shadow of TD Garden Band Together to Stay Afloat Amid Pandemic
Last week, The Fours closed down after 44 years, and "for lease" signs have been popping up in window after window nearby.
By Eli Rosenberg • Published September 6, 2020 • Updated on September 6, 2020 at 11:49 pm
The normally bustling TD Garden in Boston has been quiet amid the coronavirus pandemic, taking quite the toll on area businesses.
No games equals no crowds in the west end neighborhood.
For months, Mike Greenstein has been struggling to make it work.
"It has been slow, you know because of no sports," he said.
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Higs Tickets on Causeway Street has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic.
"I always use the analogy I'm trying to get to the finish line before the money runs out," John Higgins said.
No live sporting events means no tickets to sell.
"We stopped in March, and you know income went to zero," Higgins said.
Higgins isn't one to feel sorry for himself, though, so he rallied other small businesses in the area. Former competitors are now joining together to stay afloat.
"Just completely on a whim I set up the group," he said.
The first event Saturday night packed the Greatest Bar for the first time since March. Higgins says they had a bigger crowd than was expected.
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As those who pin their livelihood on entertaining band together to ride this out,
"You got to take the good times with the bad, but this is unparalleled," Greenstein said.
Looking to ride the success of the first event, Higgins says he is already planning a second one for next Sunday to watch the Patriots home opener. He is hoping no fans in the stands means a chance they'll be packing restaurants in desperate need of a score.
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Asparagus Harvest in Trouble: A Shortage of Polish Workers in Germany
Asparagus Harvest in Trouble A Shortage of Polish Workers in Germany
It used to be that Germans could rely on their Polish neighbors to harvest their crops. But this year, the workers are going elsewhere, meaning that the asparagus harvest in Germany is in trouble.
A Polish seasonal worker harvesting asparagus in Germany.
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It's well known that Germans are crazy about their asparagus. Each spring, every self-respecting German salivates at the thought of cramming as much of the soft white vegetable down his or her gullet as humanly possible. What's less-well-known, however, is that self-respecting Germans would never stoop to harvest the stuff himself. This year, that reluctance is turning into a problem.
According to the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, there's a severe shortage of seasonal laborers from Poland this year, and in some parts of Germany, up to 15 percent of the asparagus harvest will be left to rot in the fields. In 2005, there were almost 220,000 foreign harvest helpers in Germany. This year there are just 178,000. The shortage could also hit fruits and vegetables harvested later in the summer.
"We are missing up to a third of our seasonal laborers," Dietrich Paul, president of the association of asparagus farmers in Lower Saxony, told the Sunday tabloid Bild am Sonntag. "If it continues like this, fruit and vegetable farming in Germany is in trouble."
The problem, say German farmers, is a law pushed through in 2006 which sought to limit the use of seasonal workers from abroad and to increase the number of unemployed Germans working in German fields. Before the law, up to 90 percent of those bringing in the harvest in German fields came from Poland, Romania and other countries in Eastern Europe; the new regulation said the proportion of foreign field laborers should be scaled back to 80 percent.
Germany's continued unwillingness to open its doors completely to workers from the East means has sent many Polish workers to Great Britain, Holland or Spain, where they are allowed to work and live year round. Those countries have opened their labor markets fully to workers from new European Union members (like Poland) -- whereas Germany just extended its restrictions until 2009. Seasonal laborers can stay in Germany for four months each year.
The Agriculture Ministry has rebuffed such criticism by saying the 2006 law was negotiated with Germany's farmers, and if they need more farm help, they can turn to unemployment offices in their region. Newly released figures show the jobless rate in Germany at 9.1%. In theory, at least, some of those workers could join this year's harvest.
If they don't, Germans may have to go easy on the asparagus.
cgh/dpa


The challenge for food manufacturers lies in aligning their supply and value chain with the shifting consumer expectations about clean label. Consumers are far better informed than they ever were, and have the ability to research appearances: investigating a product, a brand, or a supply chain before purchasing, and exchanging this information with other consumers. If a brand is not transparent, it automatically fosters feelings of distrust, according to 2018 research by Market Intelligence Agency. However, because of the unclear and still shifting definition of clean label, adapting supply and value chains is tricky at best: often, manufacturers run into problems such as expensive alternatives, availability issues, or decreasing shelf-life.
Despite the problems of an ever-shifting definition, many brands have already flourished by embracing the successful strategy of always providing proof for clean label claims, and being transparent about the processes and ingredients they use that might be perceived "unnatural" by consumers. The information these brands provide, succeeds in navigating fluctuations in consumer demands, forestalling any unfounded claims that might throw other brands into an alternative-seeking frenzy. Of course, there have also been adaptations made in product ingredients and processes, such as blending antioxidants, finding alternatives such as potato starch, or using vitamin E to increase shelf-life.
How to approach the "all natural" challenge?
On the whole, opportunities still abound for manufacturers to find acceptable, wholesome and scientifically sound product reformulations. If producers are intent on responsibly innovating, are consistently transparent and keep consumers informed, we suspect they will take the sting out of most objections, even if their labels aren't completely "clean" yet.
Our whitepaper "Green vegan confectionery for all" offers an insight into one possible product reformulation solution. Download the whitepaper to learn more.


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Self-Esteem: A Positive Guide For All Young Women
This positive and inspiring activity booklet for young women helps them build resilience, recognise their strengths and feel empowered to pursue a positive future. It is particularly suitable for young women experiencing domestic abuse, vulnerable to abuse or using abusive behaviour.
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An activity booklet for young women that helps them build resilience, recognise their strengths and feel empowered to pursue a positive future.
Offers positive routes to exploring issues that are relevant to domestic abuse.
For professionals who work one-to-one with young women e.g. youth workers, YOT workers, social care, children's centre workers.
Suitable for all young women aged 11+ as a self-esteem tool.
Particularly suitable for young women experiencing abuse, vulnerable to abuse or using abusive behaviour; helps them recognise and address their behaviour.
Content and style tailored for young women and designed with their input.
Designed to be filled in and personalised to record experiences and plans.
Encourages careful self-reflection about emotions achievements and plans.
Gently introduces relationship themes in a positive, non-threatening way.
Helps support workers build relationships with the young person they are supporting.
Activities can be customised to suit individual needs.
Refined by feedback from professionals; now in its 3rd edition
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Support Worker at Amber House Refuge.
"…an invaluable resource. There are very few resources out there designed specifically for girls, and this one is easy to work through and relevant for all our female service users. The booklet explains things in an accessible manner and there is plenty of practical advice…[it] has become a widely used resource within our organisation."
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Christmas Comes Early for Terminally Ill Girl, Thanks to Her Community
2:20 PM PST, November 30, 2017 - Inside Edition Staff
Playing Town Celebrates Christmas Early for Terminally Ill Girl
A 16-year-old terminally ill girl in Texas might not get another Christmas, so her town is banding together to celebrate a bit early.
Savannah Lewis of Copperas Cove has a rare form of cancer called Ewing's sarcoma, and her neighbors turned out to mark the season early with the teenager at her home.
Lights and decorations were donated and set up by good Samaritans around the outside of the house so she can see and feel the Christmas spirit and holiday cheer.
As crews put the finishing touches on the decorations and lights, Lewis got a ride in a horse-drawn carriage around the town at her request.
Doctors have told the parents of the girl that there is little they can do at this point to treat Lewis.
"We don't know if we have days or weeks — Christmas at the most — it's not good," her father, David, told KWTX.
The gathering meant the world to Savannah, who had a message for her community.
"Thank you so much for doing all this for me," she said in the emotional message. "You don't know how much it means. I'm not going to get another holiday like this. So for this one to be done the way it's being done, makes it so much more special, and I can't thank you enough."
Boy, 10, Tells Santa He Doesn't Need Christmas Gifts: 'I Want Every Kid to Have a Present'
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<?php
namespace Phossa\Route;

use Phossa\Route\Route;
use Phossa\Route\Status;
use Phossa\Route\Collector;
use Phossa\Route\Context\Result;
use Phossa\Route\Context\Request;
use Phossa\Route\Regex\ParserStd;
use Phossa\Route\Context\ResultInterface;
use Phossa\Route\Handler\ResolverAbstract;

/**
 * Generated by PHPUnit_SkeletonGenerator on 2016-03-11 at 11:42:55.
 */
class DispatcherTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    /**
     * @var Dispatcher
     */
    protected $object;

    /**
     * Sets up the fixture, for example, opens a network connection.
     * This method is called before a test is executed.
     */
    protected function setUp()
    {
        // clean leftover in the $_SERVER
        //$_SERVER = [];
        $this->col = new Collector\Collector(new ParserStd());
        $this->col->addRoute(new Route('GET,POST', '/user[/{name:xd}]',
            function(Result $result) {
                echo sprintf("%d User '%s'",
                    $result->getStatus(), $result->getParameter('name'));
                return true;
            }
        ));

        $this->object = new Dispatcher($this->col, new ResolverAbstract());
    }

    /**
     * Tears down the fixture, for example, closes a network connection.
     * This method is called after a test is executed.
     */
    protected function tearDown()
    {
    }

    /**
     * Call protected/private method of a class.
     *
     * @param string $methodName Method name to call
     * @param array  $parameters Array of parameters to pass into method.
     *
     * @return mixed Method return.
     */
    protected function invokeMethod($methodName, array $parameters = [])
    {
        $reflection = new \ReflectionClass($this->object);
        $method = $reflection->getMethod($methodName);
        $method->setAccessible(true);

        return $method->invokeArgs($this->object, $parameters);
    }

    /**
     * getPrivateProperty
     *
     * @param 	string $propertyName
     * @return	the property
     */
    public function getPrivateProperty($propertyName)
    {
        $reflector = new \ReflectionClass($this->object);
        $property = $reflector->getProperty($propertyName);
        $property->setAccessible(true);

        return $property->getValue($this->object);
    }

    /**
     * @covers Phossa\Route\Dispatcher::match
     */
    public function testMatch1()
    {
        // match
        $result1 = new Result(new Request('GET', '/user/phossa'));
        $this->object->match($result1);
        $res1 = $this->getPrivateProperty('result');
        $this->assertEquals('phossa', $res1->getParameter('name'));

        // no match
        $result2 = new Result(new Request('GET', '/user2/bingo'));
        if (!$this->object->match($result2)) {
            $res2 = $this->getPrivateProperty('result');
            $this->assertTrue(is_null($res2->getParameter('name')));
        } else {
            throw new \Exception('bad');
        }

        // add another route
        $this->col->addRoute(new Route('GET,POST', '/user\d+[/{name:xd}]'));
        $this->object->match($result2);
        $res3 = $this->getPrivateProperty('result');
        $this->assertEquals('bingo', $res3->getParameter('name'));
    }

    /**
     * @covers Phossa\Route\Dispatcher::dispatch
     */
    public function testDispatch()
    {
        $this->expectOutputString("200 User 'phossa'");
        $result1 = new Result(new Request('GET', '/user/phossa'));
        $this->object->dispatch($result1);
        $res1 = $this->getPrivateProperty('result');
        $this->assertEquals('phossa', $res1->getParameter('name'));
    }

    /**
     * @covers Phossa\Route\Dispatcher::matchUrl
     */
    public function testMatchUrl()
    {
        $this->object->matchUrl('GET', '/user/phossa');
        $res1 = $this->getPrivateProperty('result');
        $this->assertEquals('phossa', $res1->getParameter('name'));
    }

    /**
     * @covers Phossa\Route\Dispatcher::dispatchUrl
     *
     */
    public function testDispatchUrl()
    {
        $this->expectOutputString("200 User 'phossa'");
        $this->object->dispatchUrl('GET', '/user/phossa');
        $res1 = $this->getPrivateProperty('result');
        $this->assertEquals(Status::OK, $res1->getStatus());
    }

    /**
     * @covers Phossa\Route\Dispatcher::addExtension
     */
    public function testAddExtension()
    {
        $this->expectOutputString("BEFORE_MATCH(404) BEFORE_COLL(404) AFTER_COLL(200) AFTER_MATCH(200) BEFORE_DISPATCH(200) BEFORE_ROUTE(200) 200 bingo AFTER_ROUTE(200) AFTER_DISPATCH(200) ");
        $ext = new Extension\SampleExtension();
        $this->col->addExtension($ext);
        $this->object->addExtension($ext);
        $route = new Route('HEAD', '/user[/{name:xd}]',
            function(ResultInterface $result) {
                echo $result->getStatus(). " bingo ";
                return true;
            }
        );
        $route->addExtension($ext);
        $this->col->addRoute($route);
        $this->object->dispatchUrl('HEAD', '/user/phossa');
    }

    /**
     * @covers Phossa\Route\Dispatcher::addCollector
     */
    public function testAddCollector()
    {
        // do PPR at the same time
        $c = new Collector\CollectorPPR();
        $this->object->addCollector($c);

        // do match
        $this->expectOutputRegex("~UNKNOWN HANDLER~");
        $this->object->dispatchUrl('GET', '/admin/user/id/1/name/jack');
        $res1 = $this->getPrivateProperty('result');
        $this->assertEquals('jack', $res1->getParameter('name'));
        $this->assertEquals('1', $res1->getParameter('id'));
    }

    /**
     * @covers Phossa\Route\Dispatcher::loadRoute
     */
    public function testLoadRoute()
    {
        $this->object = (new Dispatcher())->loadRoute(__DIR__ . '/routes.php');

        // match 1
        $this->object->matchUrl('GET', 'user/phossa');
        $this->assertTrue('handler1' == $this->object->getResult()->getHandler());

        // match 3
        $this->object->matchUrl('GET', 'user/list');
        $this->assertTrue(['controller', 'action'] ==
            $this->object->getResult()->getHandler());
        $this->assertTrue('2' == $this->object->getResult()->getParameter('id'));

        // match 2
        $this->object->matchUrl('GET', 'user/view');
        $this->assertTrue('handler2' == $this->object->getResult()->getHandler());
        $this->assertTrue(23 == $this->object->getResult()->getParameter('id'));
    }
}

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Sights in Barcelona
Catedral La Seu
Construction of the cathedral began in 1298, in 1448 the nave was completed. The Gothic facade was completed in 1890. The cloister with tall palm trees and a beautiful fountain is also worth a visit. Tip: From the roof of the cathedral you will have the most beautiful view over the "Barri Gotic". At the Placa de Sant lu there is a lift that leads directly to the roof top.
Plaça de la Seu
www.catedralbcn.org
Las Ramblas
"Las Ramblas" or Les Rambles (Catalan), is a pedestrian promenade that consists of five sections. From Rambla de Canaletes at Placa de Catalunya to the Rambla de Santa Mònica at the port. On the crowded "Ramblas" there are small shops and restaurants.
Similar to the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, the "Plaça Reial" is also a rectangular square with a homogeneous façade. The square was built in 1895 on the site of the Capuchin Order. Many cafes and restaurants have settled around the beautiful square.
Barri Gotic
The "Barri Gotic" (Gothic Quarter) is the old town of Barcelona. There are countless small streets with lovely, nice shops and old houses with beautiful courtyards. Now and then the narrow streets open to a square with cafes and restaurants.
Mercat de la Boqueria
The "Mercat de la Boqueria" was built in 1840 on the site of a former monastery. The Art Deco roof, with beautiful decorations at the entrances, was built in 1914, according to the plans of Josep Mas i Vila. The market offers the finest fruits, fish, meat and vegetables. It is a pleasure for all senses to stroll through the market and try something here and there.
Rambla
www.boqueria.info
Santa Maria del Mar
Santa Maria del Mar was built between 1329 and 1370, the church looks unadorned for a Gothic church. In contrast to other churches from this period, Santa Maria del Mar was built within only 40 years, making the building very consistent. The two towers are narrow and low, they tower over the nave only a few meters. In front of the church is a small but very nice square with cafes.
Plaça Santa Maria del Mar
Rambla de Mar
The "Rambla de Mar" was built in 1992 as an extension of "Las Ramblas" in the port of Barcelona. It connects the city center with Port Vell (old harbour). The "Maremàgnum" shopping center and the Aquàrium of Barcelona were both built on the Moll d'Espanya, that links the Rambla de Mar with the Via Laietana.
Moll de la Fusta
Sights of the Barri Gotic
The construction of the Sagrada Familia started in 1883. Designed by Antoni Gaudí the church is financed only by donations. After Gaudi died by an tramway accident in 1926, his assistant Sugrañes continue the construction. As Sugrañes was killed during the spanish civil war, construction stopped in 1952. The completion of Sagrada Familia is planned for 2026, the 100 anniversary of the death of Antoni Gaudí.
Plaça Sagrada Familia
www.sagradafamilia.cat
The Casa Mila by architect Antonio Gaudí is also known as "La Pedrera" (the quarry). The roofscape with bizarre chimneys and ventilation shafts makes this building very special. This incredible house was built in 1910.
Passeig de Gràcia/Carrer de Provença
Antonio Gaudí redesigned the existing building, for the rich textile manufacturer Josep Batlló in 1906. The house evokes a mix of Art Nouveau and Wonderland. The colorful scaled roof and the cavernous entrance symbolize the history of the Dragon Slayer "Sant Jordi", the patron saint of Catalonia.
Passeig de Gracia
Toros Monumental
The old bullring "Toros Monumental" is looking for a new use, since the ban of bullfighting in Barcelona. The impressive building, with blue and white tiles has is a relic of the past since 2012.
Placa de Toros Las Arenas
The former bullring "Plaza de Toros Las Arenas" was converted into a mall by british architect Richard Rogers. On the roof there are restaurants and a surrounding observation platform, that can be accessed via a lift at Placa Espanya.
Plaça Espanya
www.arenasdebarcelona.com
The entrepreneur Güell planned to built a high class residential garden city on top of the hill and commissioned Gaudi as architect. Gaudi built a colorful, meandering balcony with a great view over the city and the entrance building. The First World War and the following World Financial Crisis terminated the project. Park Güell is now a World Heritage Site.
Calle d'Olot
www.parkguell.cat
The Tibidabo is a 512 m high mountain in the west of Barcelona. On the top there is an amusement park with historical rides, the church Sagrat Cor (Sacred Heart) and restaurants. The "Funicular de Tibidabo" will take you on the hill top, with a great view on Barcelona.
www.tibidabo.cat
El peix d'or
The fish sculpture by american architect Frank O. Gehry is the trademark of the "Port Olimpic". The marina and the two skyscrapers were built for the Olimpic Games in 1992. Many excelent restaurants have made the Olympic Harbor a popular spot for night owls.
www.portolimpic.es
Platja de la Barceloneta
The beach promenade of "Barceloneta" was redesigned for the Olympic Games in 1992. The impoverished Barceloneta has become a popular tourist destination. The beaches of Barceloneta are one reason for the touristic success of Barcelona.
Passeig Maritim
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My VISTA assignment was to help the Texarkana Homeless Coalition implement a coordinated entry (CE) system mandated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Coordinated entry is a process that prioritizes the most vulnerable homeless people for housing. My first step was to do a needs assessment by speaking to an executive director of a nonprofit and two case managers at two different nonprofits to get their perspectives on the issues in the community generally and the challenges of people experiencing homelessness. I focused on finding solutions to the issues people experiencing homelessness struggled with in the community. The homeless community here face the same issues plaguing the homeless throughout the nation — lack of affordable housing, substance abuse, domestic violence, illiteracy, physical disabilities, and mental illness. A case manager and I attended a permanent supportive housing (PSH) workshop in Longview, Texas. We both took different things from the presentations and I combined what we learned into a plan to bring PSH to Texarkana. The proposal was presented to the president of the Coalition. Another aspect of my assignment was to support the Coalition in redesigning its website and creating marketing materials. I really enjoyed the opportunity to showcase my marketing skills with the rebranding of the Coalition's logo, website, Doorways Home (the CE destination), and creating marketing material for its events.
Throughout my year, I was presented with and overcame a number of barriers blocking the effective implementation of Coordinated Entry (CE) and other parts of my project. A major challenge was keeping up with the constantly changing roster of agencies within CE. Distinguishing between different sources of funding and tracking how that affected an agency's role was also very challenging. When I requested data on the resources the city and county devote to homelessness, I found that the statistics are not available or maybe not tracked by the city.
I took this position despite my reservations about the stipend and paltry "benefits" because I am concerned about the poor, marginalized, and the underclass in our society. I have lived in Texarkana my entire life, I do not have much exposure to things outside of Texarkana and I am not exposed to many things that are happening in my hometown, but this experience has revealed to me how poor and under-resourced the community is in terms of economic activity and supportive services for those most in need. A case manager really opened my eyes to the race, class, and economic divide that I had never noticed before. I am more aware of the hidden poverty in our rural/suburban community and how the working poor are being left behind. I learned how on the federal level there has been a failure to address homelessness with programs that have been proven to work. Nationwide there are long waitlists for Section 8 housing (the waitlist in Texarkana will close) when it is a fact that it costs more to keep someone in an emergency shelter than in Section 8 housing. The federal government has for decades cut supportive services and underfunded affordable housing which are two of the solutions to ending mass homelessness in America. As a result of my project, my hope is for the Coalition to become a stronger advocate for people experiencing homeless by starting a campaign to dispel the stereotypes and misperceptions the community has towards people who are experiencing homelessness and starting a long-term steering committee to bring PSH to Texarkana. There are new members of the Coalition and I believe they have what it takes to move things forward for the homeless community.
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We bid you welcome to your native country, for which you have done the most essential services; and we welcome you to this chair, your occupying of which, as President, adds to our institution much lustre in the eyes of the world.
Sir, it reflects honor on philosophy, when one, distinguished by his deep investigations, and many valuable improvements in it, is known to be equally distinguished for his philanthropy, patriotism, and liberal attachment to the rights of human nature.
We know the favorable influence, that freedom has upon the growth of sciences and arts. We derive encouragement and extraordinary felicity from an assemblage of recent memorable events.
And, while we boast in a most pleasing equality permanently ascertained, and that independence which you had so great a share in establishing, we have reason to expect, that this Society will proceed, with an increasing success, to conduct the important business for which they originally associated.
DR. FRANKLIN'S ANSWER.
GENTLEMEN, The great honor done me by this Society, in choosing me so many years successively their President, notwithstanding my absence in Europe, and the very kind welcome they are pleased to give me on my return, demand my most grateful acknowledgments; which I beg they would be pleased to accept, with my warmest wishes of success to their laudable endeavours for the promoting of useful knowledge among us, to which I shall be happy if I can in any degree contribute.
ADDRESS OF THE PROVOST, VICE-PROVOST, AND PRO
FESSORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
HONORED SIR, The Provost, Vice-Provost, and Professors of the University of Pennsylvania beg leave to congratulate you on your safe arrival in your native country, after having accomplished the duties of your exalted character with dignity and success.
While we participate in the general happiness of America, to the establishment of which your political abilities and patriotic exertions have so signally contributed, we feel a particular pleasure in paying our acknowledgments to the gentleman, who first projected the liberal plan of the institution over which we have the honor to preside.
Not contented with enriching the world with the most important discoveries in natural philosophy, your benevolence and liberality of sentiment early engaged you to make provision for exciting a spirit of inquiry into the secret operations of nature; for exalting and refining the genius of America, by the propagation of useful learning; and for qualifying many of her sons to make that illustrious figure, which has commanded the esteem and admiration of the most polished nations of Europe.
Among the many benevolent projections, which have laid so ample a foundation for the esteem and gratitude of
your native country, permit this seminary to reckon her first establishment, upon the solid principles of equal liberty, as one of the most considerable and important. And now, when restored, through the influence of our happy constitution, to her original broad and catholic bottom; when enriched by the protection and generous donations of a public-spirited and patriotic Assembly;
and when flourishing under the countenance of the best friends of religion, learning, and liberty in the state; she cannot but promise herself the continued patronage of the evening of that life, which divine Providence has so eminently distinguished.
May the same indulgent Providence yet continue your protracted life, enriched and crowned with the best of blessings, to nurse and cherish this favorite child of your youth; that the future sons of science in this western world may have additional reason to remember the name of FRANKLIN with gratitude and pleasure. Signed, in the name and by order of the Faculty, by
John Ewing, Provost. Philadelphia, September 16th, 1785.
I am greatly obliged, Gentlemen, by your kind congratulations on my safe arrival.
It gives me extreme pleasure to find, that seminaries of learning are increasing in America, and particularly that the University over which you preside, continues to flourish. My best wishes will always attend it.
The instruction of youth is one of those employments, which to the public are most useful; it ought, therefore, to be esteemed among the most honorable. Its successful exercise does not, however, always meet with the reward it merits, except in the satisfaction of having contributed to the forming of virtuous and able men for the service of their country.
PROPOSALS FOR CONSIDERATION
IN THE CONVENTION FOR FORMING THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES.
June 26th, 1787. That the legislatures of the several States shall choose and send an equal number of delegates, namely,
, who are to compose the second branch of the general legislature.
That, in all cases or questions wherein the sovereignties of the individual States may be affected, or whereby their authority over their own citizens may be diminished, or the authority of the general government within the several States augmented, each State shall have equal suffrage.
That, in the appointment of all civil officers of the general government, in the election of whom the second branch may, by the Constitution, have part, each State shall have equal suffrage.
That, in fixing the salaries of such officers, in all allowances for public services, and generally in all appropriations and dispositions of money, to be drawn out of the general treasury, and in all laws for supplying the treasury, the delegates of the several States shall have suffrage in proportion to the sums their respective States had actually contributed to that treasury from their taxes or internal ercises.
That, in case general duties should be laid by impost on goods imported, a liberal estimation shall be made of the amount of such impost paid in the price of the commodities by those States that import but little, and a proportionate addition shall be allowed of suffrage to such States, and an equal diminution of the suffrage of the States importing.
REMARKS. The steady course of public measures is most probably to be expected from a number.
A single person's measures may be good. The successor often differs in opinion of those measures, and adopts others; often is ambitious of distinguishing himself by opposing them, and offering new projects. One is peaceably disposed; another may be fond of war, &c. Hence foreign States can never have that confidence in the treaties or friendship of such a government, as in that which is conducted by a number.
The single head may be sick; who is to conduct the public affairs in that case? When he dies, who are to conduct till a new election ? If a council, why not continue them ? Shall we not be harassed with factions for the election of successors; and become, like Poland, weak from our dissensions ?
Consider the present distracted condition of Holland. They had at first a Stadtholder, the Prince of Orange, a man of undoubted and great merit. They found some inconveniences, however, in the extent of powers annexed to that office, and exercised by a single person. On his death, they resumed and divided those powers among the states and cities; but there has been a constant struggle since between that family and the nation. In the last century, the then Prince of Orange found means to inflame the populace against their magistrates, excite a general insurrection, in which an excellent minister, Dewitt, was murdered, all the old


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← BBC News gets round to mentioning some of the missile fire from the Gaza Strip
Weekend long read →
Another Hamas Turkey branch story avoided by the BBC
Back in August 2014 the BBC managed to avoid telling its audiences about a thwarted coup against the Palestinian Authority engineered by Hamas' Saleh al Arouri from his base in Turkey. In the same month, al Arouri's public admission that Hamas had been behind the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers two months earlier was also not covered by the BBC.
In November 2014, when the ISA arrested some 30 Hamas operatives in Judea & Samaria, the BBC made only a veiled reference to "Hamas officials based in Turkey" despite the fact that al Arouri was named in the ISA's report as the organiser and financer of the terror network.
When the BBC reported on the resumption of PA tax transfers in March 2015 it failed to inform audiences of related professional assessments of al Arouri's role in attempts to increase terrorist activity in Judea & Samaria.
And when a report on Hamas recruitment in Malaysia – which involved sending recruits for training run by Hamas' branch in Turkey – appeared in May 2015, the BBC ignored that story altogether.
On June 10th the BBC's favourite Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported yet another story concerning Hamas' Turkey-based branch.
"Ankara has asked a senior member of Hamas' military wing based in Turkey to cut back on his anti-Israel terrorist activity, due to fears that otherwise, Washington will accuse it of abetting terror.
The request was transmitted to Saleh Aruri by Turkish intelligence, which is well aware of his activities.
Israel deported Aruri from the West Bank five years ago. Today, from his base in Turkey, he commands Hamas' West Bank division, meaning he is responsible for building the organization's terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank. His responsibilities include recruiting operatives, transferring money to them and giving them general instructions
Other Hamas operatives from the West Bank also live in Turkey, and Israeli defense officials recently said Hamas was running terrorist training camps in the country, while Turkish authorities turned a blind eye. This accusation apparently spurred the United States to demand explanations from Turkey, and in response, Ankara asked Aruri to lower the profile of his activities. […]
Aruri is not subordinate to Hamas' military wing in the Gaza Strip and doesn't take orders from its head, Mohammed Deif. He reports directly to Hamas' supreme leadership, the Shura Council, and is close to Khaled Meshal, the Qatar-based head of Hamas' political bureau."
But if one thought that the story of a group designated by the EU as a terrorist organization running operations from an EU candidate country (which is also a member of NATO) with the full knowledge of its authorities might perhaps spur the BBC's Turkey correspondent into action – well, obviously one would be mistaken yet again.
By Hadar Sela • Posted in BBC, Omission, Public Purposes	• Tagged BBC, Hamas, Judea & Samaria, Mark Lowen, Saleh al Arouri, terrorism, Turkey
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Orwellianisms all over. "Conservative", "ultra-conservative", all this is meant to make the readers think these groups are a Gaza version of the Tories. Compare this to the regular branding by the BBC of Jewish groups, parties and organizations that do not belong to the left-wing as "ultra-orthodox", "radical", "extremist" and so on.
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Database Management System Market Size, Industry Report, 2024
Database Management System Market Analysis, Market Size, Application Analysis, Regional Outlook, Competitive Strategies, And Segment Forecasts, 2016 To 2024
Report ID: 164
The global database management system market is expected to observe steady growth over the forecast period owing to extensive computers use in industries. Information use in organizations is expected to drive the information processing need streamlining techniques across diverse departments.
Novel format development which has progressed from linked devices including smartphone information is supposed to boost the market demand over the forecast period. Growing abundant knowledge environment is anticipated to increase further the industry demand over the forecast period.
Enterprise considering to gain vision in the business believes in making investments in information assets and database management resources. Tools have been used for obtaining insights that aid in increasing operational efficiency.
Database management advantage includes sharing, consistency, integrity, and governing information redundancy. Better quality insights can be achieved with the help of database management system, which enhances productivity and decision making.
Database management system has given rise to multiple fields including testing, security and analytics. Testing deals with checking of applications for its efficient working before selling it to the customer. Information security mainly deals with the threats present in the industry.
Data Analytics have been the growing field and variety of insights are being drawn with the help of such a significant magnitude data. Database management system also provide information privacy and security framework.
Increasing fraud cases in the organization has made it necessary to build a robust database system. These data files consist of confidential customer information and office records. Leakage spoils the organization's reputation and therefore such factors are forcing companies to invest heavily in the field of database management system to protect and safeguard confidential information.
Cloud-based solution has seen a rapid growth in recent years and is expected to be a primary driver over the forecast period owing to its low cost and added benefits. These solutions are expected to become familiar on account of increasing users accessing social media and the internet.
Technological improvement gives sellers a competitive edge over the other players operating in the industry. Customers have preferred new solutions with high flexibility and extended response time. Big data architecture provides significant opportunities for database management system demand in near future.
Open source solution availability is the major factor restraining the overall industry growth. High costs involved in establishing database management system restricts its entry in small enterprises. Such companies make use of open source solutions.
Moreover, database management system implementation requires regular maintenance, backups and security checks. These challenges are expected to act as a barrier for overall market enhancement. Extensive information generation in transport industry which majorly include airlines and railways is also projected to provide significant opportunities for database management system solutions adoption in these application areas.
Organizations are focussing on collecting enormous information in retail and telecom. This information is used by the companies for better decision making, customer satisfaction, quality management and strategy implementations.
Global industry segmentation is done by software and applications. Software includes database application builder, database encryption, backup, recovery, data scaling and replication.
By end-use industries, the database management systems market is segmented into government, hospitality, banking & financial, healthcare and life sciences, professional service, education, media, entertainment and telecom & IT.
Asia Pacific and North America is predicted to drive the database management system demand over the forecast period. North America has been the leader in recent years on account of advanced computer systems coupled with well-established computer aided business model.
Asia-Pacific is expected to witness a rapid growth owing to the developing retail, telecom and banking sectors which are rising a need for a computerized model used for information management.
Europe is also forecasted to observe significant growth over the forecast period owing to increasing use in healthcare and government organizations. South America is expected to foresee a steady growth mainly on account of expanding tourism and transport industry.
Africa has been showing a slow growth largely owing to lack of computer aided businesses and presence of many small scale enterprises. Key players present in the global database management system market include BMC Software, Oracle, IBM, CA Technologies and Couchbase Server.
The other main companies are Informatica Corporation, Enterprise DB Software Solution, Embarcadero Technologies, MongoDB, HP, Actian Corporation, InterSystems, iWay Software and MetaMatrix.
The global industry also includes Microsoft, Neo Technology, SAP, SAS Institute, Objectivity, Pitney Bowes, Compuware Corporation, Bradmark Technologies Inc., Mark Logic, Pivotal, Software AG, Talend, TIBCO, Vision Solutions and VoltDB.
In April 2015, Oracle introduced the Exadata database as a service along with Exalogic middleware to expand its information base and application processing. In July 2014, Oracle presented the latest version of its product with modern features such as big data SQL, JDON document store, database in-memory, REST service, zone maps and full database caching.
In October 2013, IBM launched its product DB2-11 with enhanced features and performance to provide rich customer experience. In September 2015, Oracle acquired Front Porch Digital to diversify its portfolio across various segments.


What is WMS Wave Picking?
Wave Picking is used by management and workers via a warehouse management system (WMS) in order to support the planning and organising of the daily flow of work in a warehouse or distribution centre.
Essentially, Wave Picking is an application of short-interval-scheduling as groups of orders are scheduled into short intervals called "waves", to initially simulate the flow for the day, consistent with the order departure plan and available labour.
Measuring of productivity within waves.
On the staffing levels capacity of throughput can be estimated.
Platform to provide feedback for the performed work.
We recently created a PowerPoint Presentation to explain Wave Picking, and thought we'd turn it into a video too.
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BoR Operations
Monetary policy operations
The Bank of Russia employs the system of monetary policy instruments to steer overnight interest rates at which banks carry out operations with each other in the money market. The Bank of Russia seeks to maintain money market rates within the borders of the interest rate corridor and to keep them close to the key rate which indicates monetary policy stance.
The reserve requirements create credit institutions' demand to hold a certain volume of funds on their correspondent accounts with the Bank of Russia (certain volume of liquidity). Then the Bank of Russia by either providing insufficient liquidity or absorbing surplus liquidity makes sure that the actual funds on the correspondent accounts are equal to the predetermined demand for liquidity and keeps money market rates close to the key rate.
Type of operations
Main auction-based operations Steering money market rates REPO auctions / deposit auctions 1 week weekly
Overnight standing facilities Restricting the fluctuation range of money market rates with the borders of the interest rate corridor Overnight loans; FX swaps; Lombard loans; REPOs; loans secured by non-marketable assets; deposit operations 1 day daily
Fine-tuning operations Preventing excessive fluctuations of money market rates within the interest rate corridor REPO and FX swap auctions / deposit auctions from 1 to 6 days1 occasionally
Long-term auctions Improving conditions for conducting main operations: Auctions to provide loans secured by non-marketable assets 3 months monthly
absorbing medium-term liquidity surplus Issuance of Bank of Russia bonds 3,6, 12 months occasionally
compensating medium-term liquidity needs Auctions to provide loans secured by non-marketable assets 3 months
Standing facilities Improving conditions for conducting main operations, restricting the impact of structural liquidity deficit on maturity of credit institutions' liabilities Lombard loans from 2 to 90 days daily
Loans secured by non-marketable assets from 2 to 549 days daily
1 Fine-tuning 1- to 2-day FX swap auctions are carried out simultaneously with fine-tuning repo auctions for similar term.
The main instrument used by the Bank of Russia to align the volume of banking sector liquidity with its demand and to steer money market interest rates is auction-based one-week operations. The Bank of Russia conducts these operations once a week as auctions to provide liquidity (repo auctions) or auctions to absorb liquidity (deposit auctions). The Bank of Russia determines the direction of the main operations and the maximum volume of liquidity provision (absorption) based on the forecast of banking sector liquidity. As structural liquidity surplus is currently observed, the Bank of Russia absorbs liquidity from the banking sector using deposit auctions as the main instrument.
Minimum (maximum) interest rate at which banks can submit their bids to one-week auctions to provide (absorb) liquidity is the Bank of Russia key rate. At the same time, the interest rates at which banks receive (place) funds are determined at the auction.
Overnight standing facilities are used to restrict fluctuations in money market rates. Deposit operations are the standing facility instrument to absorb liquidity while a set of instruments varying by operation form (secured loans, repo, swaps) and types of collateral (bonds, foreign currency, credit claims on non-financial organisations) is used to provide liquidity.
While it's the Bank of Russia who determines the dates when main auction-based operations are conducted and decides on the total volume of liquidity provision (absorption), operations under standing facilities are initiated by banks and can be used by them on the daily basis and their bids are met fully. The volume of liquidity provided (absorbed) through these operations is restricted only by the limits connected with Bank of Russia risk management.
As the Bank of Russia satisfies the banking sector's needs for liquidity provision (absorption) mainly through the auction-based operations, the volume of overnight standing facilities is relatively small. As a rule, banks resort to these instruments in case of short-term imbalances which cannot be handled through operations in the interbank market.
Interest rates on overnight standing facilities to provide and absorb liquidity are fixed and shape the upper and the lower border of the Bank of Russia interest rate corridor, respectively. Its borders are symmetrical with respect to the key rate and are shifted automatically in line with its changes. The interest rate corridor width determines the permitted fluctuation range of money market rates and currently amounts to 2 percentage points.
On certain days, when banking sector liquidity demand deviates significantly from its supply, the Bank of Russia can conduct 1- to 6-day auction-based fine-tuning operations with the view of preventing excessive fluctuations of money market rates within the interest rate corridor. The form of these operations varies from 1- to 6-day repo auctions, 1- to 2-day repo and USD/RUB and EUR/RUB buy/sell FX swap auctions to 1- to 6-day deposit auctions. Every morning, the Bank of Russia updates banking sector liquidity estimates and when necessary takes a decision and makes an announcement on holding a fine-tuning auction as well as on its term and maximum volume of liquidity provision (absorption). Fine-tuning FX swap auction can be held only as a supplement to a fine-tuning repo auction. The Bank of Russia makes decision whether to supplement a 1- to 2-day fine-tuning repo auction with a fine-tuning USD/RUB and EUR/RUB buy/sell FX swap auction for similar term depending on the situation in the money market including the utilisation of marketable collateral. The minimum (maximum) interest rate on fine-tuning operations to provide (absorb) liquidity equals to the Bank of Russia key rate.
Besides short-term operations, the Bank of Russia system of monetary policy instruments also includes long-term liquidity providing or absorbing operations.
Under liquidity surplus the Bank or Russia only absorbs banking sector liquidity over an extended time frame through the issuance of Bank of Russia bonds (OBR). The bonds are issued for 3, 6, 12 — months terms, the coupon period is set at 3 months. The coupon yield for each day of the coupon period is equal to the key rate effective on that day. OBR issuance allows the Bank of Russia to absorb medium-term liquidity surplus and enhance the impact of the Bank of Russia main operations on money market interest rates. Moreover, if a bank faces liquidity shortage before the OBRs it hold expire, it can sell them on the secondary market or use them as collateral in the money market or to draw funds from the Bank of Russia.
In case of liquidity deficit, the Bank of Russia can conduct auctions for the provision of 3-month loans secured by non-marketable assets.
Rates, Description, Requirements for Participants, Collateral, Laws & Regulations
Monetary Policy Instruments of the Bank of Russia and Banking Sector Liquidity Indicators
Statistics for monetary policy instruments and banking sector liquidity indicators
Department responsible for publication: Monetary Policy Department


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Rosie Levy kicked off the game scoring in the 34 th minute off passes from Emily Hough and Lyndsey McManus. Cassey Muse netted the eventual game winner at the 40:13 mark, unassisted. Hough, off passes from Muse and Jessica Gray, capped the scoring in the 70 th minute.
Wheaton keeper Lindsay Leddy made one save in the victory. The Lyons are ranked fourth in the latest NSCAA New England Region Poll.
St. Joe's will travel to Mount Ida College on Wednesday to take on the Mustangs in a GNAC contest slated to begin at 3:30 PM. Wheaton will host Western New England College on Wednesday at 4:30 PM.


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17 times Turnbull already supported the Global Goals
By RESULTS' awesome advocate and Hobart group member Jeremy Picone.
Australia's new Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, is fond of saying "we live at the most exciting time in history".
I couldn't agree more – the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals have taken us halfway to ending extreme poverty! And with the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, 2015 is an unprecedented moment for global action for people and the planet.
But continued progress is not inevitable, and we turn now to our leaders to play their part in adopting and resourcing the goals to become a reality.
Prime Minister Turnbull's past comments suggest that he will fully support them.
Here are 17 great Turnbull quotes from interviews and speeches over his career that bear a striking resemblance to the Global Goals:
On tackling poverty (Goal 1)…
1. "Jesus said, 'The poor are always with you,' but are we always with the poor? The extreme poverty and hunger which grips more than a billion children and their families around the world is all too often overlooked as we struggle with other issues which appear to be more immediate or perhaps more soluble."
On achieving food security (Goal 2)…
2. "It is a vital element of our national interest… We must recognise that food security is going to be a critical issue. It is perfectly plain that a larger global population will need more food."
On gender equality (Goal 5)…
3. "I think I am, and most people regard me as very much a feminist."
4. "The percentage of women in the parliament itself is not as high as it should be."
5. "The issue of family violence, or domestic violence as it's often called – which is just violence against women which is the way I would prefer to describe it – is an enormous one. It has been overlooked, to some extent ignored, for far too long… We must have zero tolerance for it… We have got to be very determined to eradicate it."
On addressing water scarcity (Goal 6)…
6. "It may be that, in the decades to come, water scarcity in China and India will be as significant an issue for Australians as water scarcity in our own country is… We must be clearly focused on… improving the efficient use of water and enabling us to produce more food with less water—in other words, to make every drop count."
On fostering economic growth (Goal 8)…
7. "The most effective antidote to poverty is economic growth. From 1981 to 2001 it was a growing world economy that saw the proportion of the world's population living below $1 a day decline from 33 per cent to 18 per cent."
On resilience against natural disasters (Goal 11)…
8. "We share a common humanity with… the victims of all disasters. It is that humanity that ties us together all around the world, regardless of where we live… As coast-living people we had a great and immediate empathy with that disaster [the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami], recognising its nature and recognising how it could have come to affect us."
On climate action (Goal 13 and a bit of 12)…
9. "The consequences of getting our response to climate change wrong will not likely be felt too severely by us, or at least not most of us, but will be felt painfully and cruelly by the generations ahead of us. And the people in the world who will suffer the most cruelly will be the poorest and the people who have contributed the least to the problem. There is an enormous injustice here."
On conserving life below water (Goal 14)…
10. "Short term the trade-offs can look like a zero-sum. A win for the environment is a loss for the fishermen. But longer term, the ability to preserve environmental assets enables their continuing use on a sustainable basis."
On sustainable management of forests (Goal 15)…
11. "Deforestation also contributes, tragically, to global poverty… This must be turned around. And it can be… Let there be no mistake—successfully addressing deforestation and forest management is an essential part of any effective global response to climate change."
On promoting good governance and the rule of law (Goal 16)…
12. "Good governance is the basic building block for development."
13. "When we talk about foreign aid and the alleviation of poverty around the world, the Australian government is right in focusing its aid efforts on improving governance. Invariably, countries that are well governed and that have a system of democracy that works or a rule of law that is maintained will be able, all other things being equal, to develop a prosperous society where there are opportunities for all."
On peace and global partnerships (Goals 16 and 17)…
14. "Whether the threat of terrorism, the proliferation of mass destruction, the challenges of climate change or the need to advance global free trade, Australia can engage best in strong, principled action when, alongside allies and partners, it can build the critical mass for an effective international approach."
On equitable trade (Goal 17 plus a bit of 2 and 8)
15. "The reality is that the developing world needs more trade, not less… The World Bank estimates that developing countries would gain over US$100 billion a year if the developed world removed its trade barriers against developing country exports… Countries unlike Australia who are comparatively long on aid and short on trade freedom are working at cross-purposes."
On enhancing aid commitments (some more of Goal 17 and a bit of 1)
16. "I believe we should continue to increase the resources devoted to overseas aid, both in dollars and as a percentage of gross national income…"
On global citizenship (all the Goals!)
17. "Everybody around the world, all of us, are each other's brothers and sisters, and when any of us are hurt or when any of us are subject to a disaster then we all suffer. We relieve that suffering by showing our compassion and our generosity in the way we have done."
There's a lot in these quotes that match The Global Goals!
Following the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Turnbull reflected on the way ordinary Australians got involved to support their global neighbours: "The question, I suppose, when we talk about compassion and the generosity of our community is: how can we ensure that this continues?"
Well, Prime Minister…
The power is yours!
Bonus quote from the maiden speech of Australia's newest Treasurer, Scott Morrison!
"We are a prosperous people, but this prosperity is not solely for our own benefit… As global citizens, we must also recognise that our freedom will always be diminished by the denial of those same freedoms elsewhere, whether in Australia or overseas… Our attention in this area cannot be limited only to areas of strategic self-interest. It must be pursued as the responsibility of our common humanity… We have all heard the call to make poverty history. Let us do this by first making poverty our own personal business… The need is not diminishing, nor can our support. It is the Australian thing to do."
This piece was originally posted by Global Citizen.
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