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Rwanda withdraws from Cecafa U-17 tourney
Africa-Press – Rwanda. Rwanda will not participate in the upcoming Cecafa U-17 competition slated for Addis Ababa from October 1 to 14, 2022.
The junior Amavubi were scheduled to play in Group B alongside Uganda, Djibouti, Sudan and Burundi but they will not be at the youth tournament.
CECAFA, the ruling body of East African football announced on their website that Rwanda and Eritrea have communicated to them that they will not be present at the competition.
"Eritrea and Rwanda will not send teams to the U-17 Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations 2023 qualifiers for the Council of East and Central Africa Football Association region (CECAFA)," part of Cecafa's statement stated.
"CECAFA has received communication from the Member Associations that they will not be able to send teams for the qualifiers in Addis Ababa," It added.
Times Sport understands that Rwanda's withdrawal was because many of the U-17 players are in school and it will be difficult to assemble them for the tournament.
The two finalists in the tournament will represent the Cecafa zone in the U-17 AFCON in Algeria in 2023.
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Also in today's edition: Facebook bends the knee, TakaTak x Moj, China down but India up
Good morning! We're always amused with crypto pump and dump schemes. Here's what happened. CoinDesk published a story about the setting up of a UAE-based blockchain and crypto fund. Everyone was excited. Cryptocurrencies, all of them, soared. Then CoinDesk sheepishly apologised and pulled the story. It seems the fund was imaginary. Prices promptly fell. Someone, somewhere made a lot of money.
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Stocks: Benchmark indices inched higher to register fresh record closes. Among the sectoral indices, Auto continued its rally and was joined by all others except for IT. Interestingly, Foreign Institutional Investors were net sellers for the sixth consecutive trading session, pulling out ₹278 crore. Domestic Institutional Investors were also net sellers, pulling out ₹741 crore.
The Brief Facebook Retreat
With the regulatory gaze firmly on Facebook globally, the company says it will stop linking users' Instagram and Facebook accounts without their consent. This, Facebook claims, will improve user privacy and "is consistent with evolving advertising, privacy, and regulatory environments".
What does this mean? Simple. If your Facebook and Instagram accounts aren't linked via the Accounts Center, the company will consider you as distinct users on the platforms. Until yesterday, if you logged on to the platforms from the same device or with the same login (email), you were counted as a single user.
Upping the ante: Meanwhile, Europe is turning the heat on social media platforms such as Facebook and Google with measures to prevent misuse of microtargeting. A draft proposal now requires the companies to disclose detailed information on political advertising, especially around "how much is spent on particular campaigns, who is the buyer and whether the ad was amplified by an algorithm".
In A First, Sebi Bans A Rating Agency
Miffed with a series of debt defaults over the past four years, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is tightening the screws on credit rating agencies (CRAs). The markets regulator is set to cancel the license of Brickwork Ratings. It will also ban two former senior employees at Care Ratings.
Why? SEBI's investigations have found that rating committees at CRAs such as Brickwork lack independence and sometimes eschew standard procedures. Managements collude with these agencies to present a wrong picture of companies' liquidity position.
Coming on strong: The ratings business is built on a fundamental contradiction: companies that CRAs rate are also their source of revenues. CRAs' role has attracted scrutiny every time a company defaults on highly rated debt, often triggering financial crises. SEBI is looking to reduce events such as the IL&FS debacle in 2018 and the more recent Essel group default. In both cases rating agencies had failed to warn investors before the event.
The Post-TikTok Era Is Here
There it is. Consolidation has begun in the Indian short video market. Sharechat, which owns short-video platform Moj, is said to be in talks to buy Times Internet's MX TakaTak for an undisclosed amount, Mint newspaper reported citing unnamed sources.
Both the companies have a common backer in Chinese behemoth Tencent.
In TikTok's wake: Last year, TikTok, the undisputed short video app leader globally, was banned in India. More than 17 apps sprung up overnight to fill the void and capture its orphaned user base of 300 million users. More than a year later, the top four — Moj, Josh, MX TakaTak, and Glance Roposo — were still vying for the top spot. Some of the others bowed out.
Global players such as YouTube and Instagram suffer from class issues. And Snap seems to be on the surge in India, especially among younger users.
We have written before that dominating the short video market involves four Cs: capital, content, creators, and copyright. The first buys the other three. VerSe Innovation, the parent company of Josh and Dailyhunt, has already raised $650 million in 2021. Moj's parent Mohalla Tech too has raised $647 million this year. But none of them have the X-factor that enabled TikTok to become a world leader with over a billion users.
Having understood that money alone is not enough — the biggest of them all, Josh, has only about 54 million daily active users — they are trying out the next best strategy, consolidation. Although that has worked in other industries, that may not be enough in the crowdsourced content industry where audience loyalty is split between creators and the platform. Creators often find their followers dwindling when they switch platforms. Platforms too see users desert them when star creators move out.
Epic's Mortal Kombat
Its ongoing legal battles with Apple and Google have restricted Fortnite-maker Epic's growth on mobile devices. So it's looking for loot elsewhere. Rumours are swirling ($) around that it may airdrop into the scripted-programming scene i.e. TV shows and movies.
Be-witched: Nowadays it's a route well paved by many franchises that have successfully made the transition from games to script. Some pioneers from the '90s such as Streetfighter, Mortal Kombat, and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider were hit or miss. But of late, they've been making the leap with greater success. Sonic the Hedgehog raked in nearly $320 million, while The Witcher (at least then) was Netflix Originals' most-viewed season debut.
Squad game: A Fortnite movie may well be in the offing as countless collaborations have helped spread its roots deep into the entertainment industry. From Marvel and DC to Disney, Epic has teamed up with everyone. It also has three former Lucas Films executives on board who have worked on franchises such as Star Wars. It also regularly hosts short film festivals, and has a foot in the door with certain audiences.
PS: Reed Hastings wasn't entirely wrong.
Thumbs Down For China, Up For India
President Xi Jinping's crackdown on Chinese tech companies has shifted the course of private capital flows from that country to neighbouring India, the dean of a top diplomacy school has argued in Foreign Policy magazine.
Shifting flows: Venture capital investments in Chinese startups fell from $17.3 billion in June to $4.8 billion the next month while those in Indian counterparts went up from $1.6 billion to about $8 billion. This when capital flows into startups in China were 10 times that of those into India in January-March, 2021.
Private equity firm Tiger Global has ramped up investments into Indian start-ups, 25 at last count. Japanese Softbank has halted China investments but said it would put $4 billion in Indian companies this year.
Risky bet: Yet, Bhaskar Chakravorty, dean of global business at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, contends that India is an alternative but not the ideal destination for investors. He points to scaling up in the price-conscious country, lack of appetite from big firms to buy small ones, difficulty in exiting through IPOs, and regulatory uncertainties among key risk factors.
VI lifeline: A few months ago, when he stepped down as chairman, Kumar Mangalam Birla was even willing to give up his stake in Vodafone Idea. Now Birla may pump in his own capital into distressed Vodafone Idea, although likely less than the rumoured ₹10,000 crore.
Small leeway: Multinational banks operating in India will be allowed to store some data such as customer names, addresses, and limited KYC details on overseas servers.
In-cred-ible: A TechCrunch report claims that fintech startup CRED is seeking funding at a $5.5 billion valuation.
iReady: Apple has announced a hardware event for October 18, where it's expected to launch a pair of new MacBooks, a redesigned higher-end Mac Mini, and possibly a pair of third-generation AirPods.
Truce: After a year-long legal battle and a botched sale of assets to Reliance, the Future Group may negotiate with Amazon once the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) delivers its initial rulings this month.
That was kwik: Following a round of ESOP sales, Mobikwik's valuation has jumped from $720 million in May to $1 billion now, ahead of its IPO.
Dear neighbour: Swiggy is set to test the waters of social commerce with the launch of group buying for groceries.
Gifts of secrecy: As with a lot of bungled presidential pursuits, it turns out that former president and failed casino owner Donald Trump's administration also messed up receiving gifts. From Jared Kushner holding on to two swords and a dagger from the Saudis, which were unaccounted and unpaid for until after he left office, to former second lady Karen Pence taking two gold-toned place cards, a bunch of exchanges overrode the country's code of conduct on the same.
The Matrix wins: Who isn't pumped about The Matrix Resurrections? The cast and crew of Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Hardy's comic book sequel film had to readjust a number of its filming sequences because the Keanu Reeves-starrer was shooting at the same location in San Francisco and took up much of the space.
Embracing the rainbow: Henceforth D may as well stand for diversity in DC Comics. The publisher has announced that Superman's son, Jon Kent, is bisexual. While other comic book characters have come out of the closet in the past, including DC's Robin and Marvel's Captain America, this will perhaps be one of the most popular additions to the fictional LGBTQ+ community.
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Q: UIViewRepresentable for UITextField produces broken UI Behavior in SwiftUI I have broken our production code down to the essentials.
We wrote a UIViewRepresentable for the UITextField. To make the textfeild the first responder we defined IsEditing as a bindable value. We pass this value to the coordinator and update it accordingly in didBeginEditing and didEndEditing of the UITextFieldDelegate. Basically everything works as expected, but as soon as you display a view above this view that also claims the FirstResponder and navigate back again the UI below seems to be broken. Everything looks right at first glance, but if you take a closer look in the view debugger, the horror becomes obvious. The controls seem to be positioned correctly on the visual plane, but the frames are slightly offset under the hood.
This is the Code for our UIViewRepresentable:
import SwiftUI

struct UITextFieldRepresentable: UIViewRepresentable {
    @Binding var isEditing: Bool

    init(isEditing: Binding<Bool>) {
        self._isEditing = isEditing
    }

    func makeUIView(context: Context) -> UITextField {
        let textField = UITextField()
        textField.delegate = context.coordinator
        return textField
    }

    func updateUIView(_ uiView: UITextField, context: Context) {
        if isEditing && !uiView.isFirstResponder {
            uiView.becomeFirstResponder()
        } else if !isEditing && uiView.isFirstResponder {
            uiView.resignFirstResponder()
        }
    }

    func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator {
        return Coordinator(isEditing: $isEditing)
    }

    class Coordinator: NSObject, UITextFieldDelegate {
        @Binding var isEditing: Bool

        init(isEditing: Binding<Bool>) {
            self._isEditing = isEditing
        }

        func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
            if !isEditing {
               self.isEditing = true
            }
        }

        func textFieldDidEndEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
            if isEditing {
               self.isEditing = false
            }
        }
    }
}

And this the code which produces the error.
struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        TestView()
    }
}

class ViewModel: ObservableObject {
    @Published var isEditing1: Bool = false
}

struct TestView: View {
    @StateObject var viewModel = ViewModel()

    @Environment(\.presentationMode) var presentationMode

    @State var showSheet = false

    var body: some View {
        ScrollView {
            VStack {
                Button("dismiss") {
                    presentationMode.wrappedValue.dismiss()
                }
                UITextFieldRepresentable(isEditing: $viewModel.isEditing1)
                    .overlay(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 8).stroke(Color.blue, style: StrokeStyle()))
                Button("TestButton") {

                }
                .background(Color.red)
                Button("TestButton") {

                }
                .background(Color.yellow)
                Button("ShowSheet") {
                    showSheet = true
                }
                .background(Color.green)
            }
        }.sheet(isPresented: $showSheet, content: {
            TestView()
        })
    }
}

Here are the steps to reproduce the behavior:

*

*You need to activate the first textfield.

*Press the show sheet dialog

*Active the textfield in the newly displayed view

*Dismiss the sheet by pressing the dismiss button

*Try to click the show sheet button -> The position of the click now seems to have an offset

We have already tried many things to solve the problem,
but have not yet found a good solution or the actual cause.
Does anyone have an idea what is going wrong?
UPDATE:
The Issue also appears when using a simple SwiftUITextField.

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Peter Gabriel pays tribute to late human rights activist
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Singer dedicates 'Biko' to Natalia Estemirova at WOMAD
Peter Gabriel dedicated a track to a murdered human rights activist last night (July 25) during his headline performance at this year's WOMAD festival.
The singer played his song 'Biko', about the South African anti-apartheid activisit Steve Biko who died in police custody in the '70s, in honour of Chechen Natalia Estemirova at the event in Charlton Park, Wiltshire.
Estemirova documented hundreds of cases of rights abuse in Chechnya, many allegedly committed by government-backed militia.
Her body was found hours after she was abducted from her home in the Chechen capital, Grozny, earlier this month.
Gabriel said Estemirova, who had been shot in the head, collaborated with his human rights organisation Witness on two films, reports BBC News.
Gabriel had earlier opened his set with a cover of Paul Simon's 'The Boy In The Bubble'.
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'The Boy In The Bubble'
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Nasdaq Wins Patent for Newswire Service Built on a Blockchain
Nikhilesh De
Oct 24, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Nasdaq has won a patent outlining how blockchain could be used to release information as part of a wire service.
The patent, released Tuesday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, specifically explains how a blockchain could be used to securely release time-sensitive information when necessary. As the document explains, wire, newswire, news release or other digital distribution services currently share information at pre-set embargo times to the intended outlets.
While existing platforms can already distribute information at specific times and to only the appropriate recipients, the patent notes that these systems may leave audit trail gaps – and some platforms may not be audit-friendly at all.
As such, "new and improved techniques and systems for delivering and securing such time-sensitive information are continually sought after," the document explains.
To solve this, Nasdaq's patent describes a blockchain platform that can utilize smart contracts to both incorporate a number of encryption and workflow features, while maintaining a log that becomes more difficult to change over time.
It explains that the computer system and blockchain are programmed to allow sharing of information directly to selected recipients at a pre-set time by using smart contracts that have been added to the blockchain.
"Access to the sensitive information that is stored on the blockchain may include a multi-signature requirement that is part of the embedded scripts that make up a given blockchain transaction," the patent adds.
"The intended recipients of the information may then directly interface with the blockchain at the scheduled time … to access information that has been securely stored," it continues.
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Ratio Christi, which means "The reason of Christ" in Latin, is a non-profit organization which is strategically placing apologetics clubs on secular university and college campuses. They do this with the goal of reestablishing a strong and reasoned presence of Christian thinking in academia. In our exclusive interview, Blake Anderson, Director of Administration for Ratio Christi, offers practical and insightful thoughts on the challenges Christian students face on secular campuses and how their faith can thrive in the midst of intellectual challenges to Christianity.
Keri Williams (KW): What are the key reasons Christian students are losing their faith in secular colleges and universities?
Blake Anderson (BA): There are many reasons for this and the problem shouldn't be oversimplified. However, in the many studies that have been done there appears to be a current running underneath many of the factors that cause Christian youth to walk away from their faith. It's not because religion isn't significant to teenagers. Just the opposite is the case. However, young people don't have settled convictions about their religious beliefs. A major study published by Oxford University Press, Soul Searching, indicates that students are exiting primarily because of "intellectual skepticism and doubt." They don't believe that Christianity is true the same way that the physical world around them is true. Due to intellectual influences after high school they come to believe that there is no real evidence for their former beliefs and that there are too many questions that can't be answered by Christianity.
(KW): What are some of the specific challenges to Christianity?
(BA): When someone with a Ph.D. behind their name suddenly confronts a student with supposed evidence that the New Testament books were forgeries and dismisses the historicity of the Christian narrative, if that student has not been well grounded in the evidence for the historical accuracy of the accounts of Jesus' life the odds are heavily in favor of that student dismissing their parents' and pastor's faith as outdated. In philosophy class when the professor appears to eloquently demonstrate how Immanuel Kant showed two hundred years ago how we can't really know anything unless it is of the physical world, what chance does a young adult have if all they have for equipping is some Sunday School Bible stories? And when the most articulate current defenders of neo-Darwinian evolution essentially mock anybody that doesn't agree with them it will take much more than a good feeling in your heart to keep you from being demoralized and eventually giving up on a supernatural Creator.
The frustrating thing in all of this is that there are good answers to these assertions. The problem isn't that there aren't answers on the same academic level as those that are challenging Christianity; there are. The problem is that so few Christians are aware of where to go to get answers.
(KW): What can we do to better prepare Christian students for these types of confrontations?
(BA): This may sound harsh, but first, get our heads out of the sand and realize that our methods for the last thirty years have resulted in five to eight out of every ten solid Christian teens abandoning their faith in some way. It's not pretty. It's truly a massacre, and until we face into that hard reality our teens will be the unfortunate fodder. This is not a game and no one will be benefited by pretending it isn't happening.
Second, encourage your children to express their doubts, hard questions, and objections. Don't suppress these and run from them. You won't know all the answers, so be prepared to dig in yourself and spend serious time in learning. Your faith will be shaken, but if you truly trust in Christ you won't use avoidance you will engage. There is nothing to fear. God isn't afraid of your children's questions so you should not be either.
Third, remember that teens are influenced by their parents' beliefs far more than is thought. You and other adults have massive influence in their lives. They need older mature mentors who can show them how to integrate their faith and their interests in life.
Fourth, teach critical thinking skills and logic to your junior high and high schoolers. In this extremely emotive culture, students need to know how to think rather than just what to think. If young people are taught how to think and process information and critically evaluate ideas that they are presented with, they will be able to stand head and shoulders above their peers (and professors for that matter). Then ground them in why Christianity is true and matches objective reality. It's not enough to know the basic tenants of Christianity. They must know how to defend those beliefs as objectively true in the face of attack. They need to be exposed to anti-Christian ideas in a controlled environment prior to being sent out on their own. Inoculate your children by allowing them to explain and defend their faith against opposing ideas, instead of hiding them from false philosophies until they go off to college.
(KW): What would you advise a Christian student to do to keep their faith strong?
(BA): Be prepared to face questions to your faith that you didn't even know existed. Don't be surprised about new "evidence" against Christianity. When faced with a question or attack on your faith take it in stride and realize that even if you don't know the answers right now, there are good answers. Your "brilliant" professor isn't presenting you with a dilemma that hasn't been thought of and addressed at length in some fashion by the Christian community. Go about finding the resources you need to properly address the issue and don't panic in the meantime. Remember that the best Christian intellectuals of the last two thousand years are on your side and there is nothing to fear.
(KW): How would you characterize the student who does not lose their faith in secular colleges?
(BA): I don't know that I can give a neat answer to this as it is too easy to oversimplify. I will, however, offer some basics. First and foremost, they have a personal trust in Jesus Christ. They have strong relationships with other Christian mentors who understand what it means to integrate all of life, including the student's specific academic discipline, with their Christianity. The student has learned to critically evaluate everything instead of simply believing what they are told. They have at least a basic understanding of the reasons why their faith is objectively true and they know where to find the resources for issues they do not understand. Further, these students are learning how to present their convictions to others instead of simply keeping them private. Their faith is grounded not just in emotionalism or through ignoring the difficulties of life, but through solid discipleship and a clear vision for what it means to be a disciple of Christ with our minds and our entire being.
(KW): What is Ratio Christi doing to equip Christian students?
(BA): Ratio Christi is a global movement that equips university students and faculty to give historical, philosophical, and scientific reasons for following Jesus Christ. We set up student led clubs on college and university campuses where students can openly and honestly seek the out the reasons for the truth of Christianity and understand how to engage the ideas of the day. The clubs teach critical thinking skills and share the gospel with Christians and non-Christians in an intellectually stimulating environment. We hope to reverse the trend of de-conversions that occur during a student's college career. An open forum is provided for non-believers to ask questions and seek answers without feeling awkward or the odd-man-out. Our goal is to reverse the trend of secularism within the academy, to demolish the false wall between faith and reason, and to equip Christian students to become confident witnesses for Jesus Christ. Ratio Christi serves other campus ministries, brings resources to local churches, and promotes campus wide events focused on the Christian mind. There are weekly meetings to discuss the most pressing questions of life and we promote mentoring relationships within the academic environment. In all of this, we always point people toward the cross, redemption, and the rationality of Christ.
Keri can be reached at [email protected]. For more information on Ratio Christi, visit their website at http://ratiochristi.org.
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SP is one of the leading notified bodies in Sweden. OIML - The International Organization of Legal Metrology - is an intergovernmental treaty organization which among other things develops and provides international recommendations, which are intended as model regulations for measuring instruments, and which OIML Member States are morally obliged to implement as far as possible. OIML has today 61 member states and an additional 62 corresponding member states.
"We believe we are the first company to get a twistlock based weighing system certified to OIML R51" says Marketing Director Lars Meurling. "The certification process is an extensive process including amongst other things laboratory testing under various temperature conditions, field based testing as well as the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of the equipment used. OIML is the most commonly referenced set of recommendations we could find when we started the certification process. This is also confirmed now when the national requirements are being published", he continues.
There is an increasing interest for Container weight verification solutions that does not affect cycle times and the logistic flows in the terminal.
The new SOLAS requirement that an export container must have a Verified Gross Mass is coming into force today. For terminal operators who want to offer a weighing service, the interest for solutions that does not affect cycle times and will not influence the logistic flows in the terminal is increasing. Bromma's Weight Verification system with load sensors mounted on the spreader twistlocks offers such a solution and the interest for this technology is steadily increasing.
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Thames Water strengthens governance as part of major review
Thames Water has completed a number of governance improvements as part of a major review of its corporate structure designed to boost transparency for customers and stakeholders.
Former Ofgem CEO Alistair Buchanan has joined Thames as an independent non-executive director
Making wasting water the newest taboo
Thames has simplified and clarified the role of the board, including both its relationship with shareholders and the business decisions that are reserved to the board.
Thames' relationship with shareholders will be similar to that at a quoted company, with shareholders providing additional oversight of key strategic frameworks such as the five-year plan and policies on dividends and remuneration.
Thames has also updated the terms of reference of the board committees, re-established the health, safety & environment committee and committed to increased disclosure of its governance arrangements on the company website.
The review was launched earlier this year following the arrival of Ian Marchant as chairman of Thames Water Utilities Limited. Marchant is the independent chairman of TWUL, the operating company, but not of Kemble Water Holdings Limited, the ultimate parent company.
Thames is boosting the transparency of its operations and reporting, including the publication of its monthly leakage performance on its website. It is also closing its Cayman subsidiaries, with a major milestone in the approvals process passed this week.
Thames also recently agreed to a new licence requirement to meet Ofwat's principles of board leadership, governance and transparency, alongside continuing support for the principles set out in the UK Corporate Governance Code 2016.
Thames has pledged to have a majority of independent non-executive directors on its board when the governance review is completed.
It has also announced the appointment of Alistair Buchanan, the former chief executive of gas and electricity regulator Ofgem, as an independent non-executive director. Mr Buchanan, a former non-executive of Scottish Water, will join in July.
Marchant said: "Our governance review is delivering important changes and is a vital building block in helping us achieve what we exist to do – serve our customers in the best way possible.
"Rebuilding trust is important as Thames enters a new chapter and I am delighted that Alistair Buchanan will be joining us. He has a deep understanding of the utility sector and the need to provide industry-leading customer service."
Author: Robin Hackett, editor, WWT
Topic: Policy & Regulation
Tags: Thames Water , business , ofgem
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'Stop Before It's Too Late:' 14-Year-Old Boy Dies Playing The Choking Game
Jonathan Constante
A British mother is trying to raise awareness about a dangerous game that took the life of her 14-year-old son.
Selina Booth, 37, found her son Jack Pickles dead in his bed in February after he was playing the "choking game," the Daily Mail reported. She is now trying to stop other kids from suffering a similar fate by raising awareness of the dangers of the game.
"They call it the 'good boys game' because it's not taking drugs or alcohol," Booth told Halifax Courier. "They actually think it's not going to harm them. Don't think it's safe because it causes seizures, hemorrhages, memory loss and there are kids in comas because of it."
The "game" is played by teens who choke themselves in order to experience a brief high.
Booth added that kids should "stop before it's too late."
"Do you want it to be your mum who hugs clothes that you're not in anymore just to smell you?," she said. "Do you want your mum to ask your mates around so she feels that little bit closer to you?"
(Selina Booth with Jack's school friends, via Halifax Courier)
Jack's death was ruled an accident, but many victims of the choking game are often recorded as suicide. Booth, who has two other children, said she thought Jack was "messing around" before she realized he was dead.
"Jack loved YouTube," she said. "He had his own site on there. I think that's where he found that choking game.
"I will get the Chief Coroner's Office knowing about this game, the police knowing about this game, schools knowing about this game and doctors knowing about this game. At the moment they don't even know the warning signs."
Booth added that she also wants to start a charity in her son's name.
"I just need help in fundraising it and getting it there," she said. "I don't want another kid going down as a suicide because of this game."
Booth is warning other parents too lookout for bloodshot eyes, bleeding moles, marks on the neck, hearing loud bangs in the night and teens locking themselves in their rooms.
(Jack Pickles, via Halifax Courier)
"Jack was my best friend," Booth said. "We just did everything together - shopping, wrestling, holidays and days out.
"He was just funny. He was always doing something, whether it was eating silly food or telling jokes. He loved football, especially going to watch Burnley."
The choking game, at times referred to as the "pass out challenge," made headlines in 2014 after several teens recorded themselves playing the game, CBS St. Louis reported. Troy Zalaback, 14, died in 2009, and his death was initially ruled a suicide by police until investigators found instructions on how to play the choking game on his computer and cellphone's search history.
Sources: Daily Mail, Halifax Courier, CBS St. Louis
Photo Credit: Halifax Courier, Zoyan Brenn/Flickr
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Heavy smog hits Beijing. [Photo/China.org.cn]
Winter weather conditions that prevent air pollutants from dispersing in Beijing could be affected by climate change and lead to longer and more frequent periods of smog, scientists have found.
Conducive weather conditions are a key contributor to severe haze, when PM2.5 — fine particulate matter measuring 2.5 microns or less in diameter — harms health and causes economic disruption, according to the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology.
As global warming causes large-scale circulation changes, the frequency and duration of such weather will increase by 50 percent and 80 percent respectively between 2050 and 2099 compared with last century, a study has found.
The lab's findings were published online recently by Nature Climate Change, an international science journal.
"Although it is believed that haze is caused by pollutants from exhaust fumes and industrial emissions, the impact from weather conditions shouldn't be dismissed," said Cai Wenju, the lead author of the report.
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"These conditions are disadvantageous for driving away haze, and instead cause it to accumulate," Cai added.
The report states the predicted increase in frequency and duration is consistent with atmospheric changes brought about by global warming, such as to Arctic winds, weaker East Asian winter monsoons and faster warming of the lower troposphere.
The Qingdao laboratory is also carrying out major scientific projects, including "Transparent Ocean", in support of the accurate prediction of the marine environment and climate change.
"Haze management is a common responsibility of all countries worldwide," said Pan Kehou, secretary-general of the lab's academic committee. The lab "will take responsibility in leading and promoting internationalcooperation on energy saving and emissions reduction with scientific research institutions from other countries and regions, and in contributing to a better environment and development of ecological civilization".
Last month, the United States-based journal Science Advances published a study on China's haze.
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getWebserviceDescriptionList()

          Returns all webservice-description elements

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          Removes all webservice-description elements

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          If not already created, a new context-root element with the given value will be created.

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WebservicesType<T> setContextRoot(java.lang.String contextRoot)

If not already created, a new context-root element with the given value will be created.
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Returns the context-root element

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Removes all webservice-description elements

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Returns the webservice-description element

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Q: Multivariable calculus problem on unitary disk I came around this problem today:

Let $f: \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}^2$ be a differentiable map, constant on the disk $D=\left\{{(x,y): x^2+y^2=1} \right\}$. Prove that for every $X \in \mathbb{R}^2 $ there is a point $P$ such that $\nabla f(P)$ . $X=0$ and $||P|| < 1$.

What I've tried: as it is well known the gradient of a scalar function is perpendicular to the hypersurface $N_c := \left\{{(x,y): f(x,y) = c} \right\}$. So for every $X = (a,b)$ the gradient of the point $\frac{1}{\sqrt{a^2+b^2}}(-b,a)$ is going to be perpendicular to $X$. But this doesn't obey to the second condition..
Any help?

A: Since $f$ is continuous on the compact set $D=\left\{{(x,y): x^2+y^2=1} \right\}$ it attains a maximum and a minimum. If both are equal then $f$ is constant and $\nabla f\equiv 0,$ and we have done. In other case the maximum or the minimum is achieved at some point $p$ interior to the disk, that is, $\|p\|<1.$ So, $\nabla f(p)=0$ and the conclusion follows.


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Kicks off with a 20th anniversary screening of F. Gary Gray's Friday
The Wall Street Journal is the title sponsor of BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcinématek.
Brooklyn, NY/Aug 6, 2015—From Friday, September 4, through Tuesday, September 8, BAMcinématek presents Set It Off: LA Hip-Hop on Film, a seven-film tribute to the glory days of West Coast rap on the heels of the release of F. Gary Gray's N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton. Hip-hop may have been born on the East Coast, but it was the West that dominated the early 90s with the emergence of gangsta rap, Death Row Records, and Tupac, Ice Cube, and Dr. Dre. From straight outta Compton to the top of the charts, these movies feature the music and artists that put the LA scene on the map.
Opening the series is F. Gary Gray's debut feature Friday (1995—Sep 4; appropriately on a Friday), in which two friends (Ice Cube and Chris Tucker) go from smoking on the stoop to scrambling for cash when a drug dealer comes calling for his $200. Featuring a bevy of West Coast hip-hop from Dr. Dre, Cypress Hill, Mack 10, and Cube, who also produced and co-wrote the film, the soundtrack soared to the top of the charts and helped make Friday a stoner comedy classic, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
Gray's follow-up Set It Off (1996—Sep 6) follows four down-on-their-luck women (played by Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, and Kimberly Elise) who perform a series of Los Angeles bank robberies to better their families' lives. Acclaimed for its mix of action and gritty realism, the film also sparked a double platinum soundtrack with Latifah, En Vogue, Busta Rhymes, Brandy, and more. Also screening are two films by John Singleton: the Oscar-nominated Boyz n the Hood (1991—Sep 5), a "brilliant directorial debut…and an American film of enormous importance" (Roger Ebert) chronicling three friends (Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, and Ice Cube in his film debut) coming of age in South Central LA; and Poetic Justice (1993—Sep 7), starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur and boasting a soundtrack with Tupac, TLC, Babyface, and Usher.
Other highlights include Charles Burnett's powerful indictment of racism in the LAPD, The Glass Shield (1994—Sep 8); Stephen Milburn Anderson's "profoundly moving" (Variety) gang drama South Central (1992—Sep 7); and the first film by music video directors Allen and Albert Hughes, Menace II Society (1993—Sep 6), set to the sounds of Too Short, Spice 1, MC Eiht, and more.
Fri, Sep 4 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30pm: Friday
Sat, Sep 5 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30pm: Boyz n the Hood
Sun, Sep 6 2, 6:50pm: Set It Off 4:40, 9:40pm: Menace II Society
Mon, Sep 7 2, 6:45pm: Poetic Justice 4:30, 9:15pm: South Central
Tue, Sep 8 4:30, 7, 9:30pm: The Glass Shield
Film Descriptions
All films in 35mm unless otherwise noted.
Boyz n the Hood (1991) 112min Directed by John Singleton. With Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne.
The granddaddy of 90s life-in-the-hood sagas still packs a punch. It charts the diverging fates of three friends—including rapper Ice Cube making a big impression in his film debut—coming of age in the urban warzone of South Central LA. First-time filmmaker John Singleton earned Oscar nominations for directing and writing this explosive drama, which features music by Ice Cube, 2 Live Crew, and Run-D.M.C. DCP.
Sat, Sep 5 at 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30pm
Friday (1995) 91min Directed by F. Gary Gray. With Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long.
Buddies Craig (Ice Cube) and Smokey (Chris Tucker) share a joint on a South Central porch, only to have their buzz harshed by the menacing drug dealer who wants his $200—or else. Ice Cube and DJ Pooh co-wrote this freewheeling, Cheech and Chong-in-the-hood-style stoner comedy classic, which boasts a soundtrack featuring Cube, Dr. Dre, Cypress Hill, 2 Live Crew, Bootsy Collins, and more.
Fri, Sep 4 at 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30pm
The Glass Shield (1994) 109min Directed by Charles Burnett. With Michael Boatman, Lori Petty, Ice Cube.
Charles Burnett's powerful police drama follows an African-American rookie cop (Boatman) who confronts racism and corruption within the LAPD when a black man (Ice Cube) is framed for murder. After the critical successes of poetic works like Killer of Sheep and To Sleep with Anger, The Glass Shield finds Burnett tackling loaded political issues within the framework of a neo-noir thriller.
Tue, Sep 8 at 4:30, 7, 9:30pm
Menace II Society (1993) 97min Directed by Allen Hughes & Albert Hughes. With Tyrin Turner, Jada Pinkett, Larenz Tate.
This stunning, unflinching look at life in inner-city Watts follows a young hustler (Turner) trying to escape the cycle of gangs, drugs, and death that surrounds him. The first film from former music video directors the Hughes brothers explodes with bravura visual style, visceral violence, and a West Coast rap soundtrack. Look for Samuel L. Jackson in a chillingly cold-blooded cameo.
Sun, Sep 6 at 4:40, 9:40pm
Poetic Justice (1993) 109min Directed by John Singleton. With Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Regina King.
The director of Boyz n the Hood crafts another South Central story, this time from a female perspective. Janet Jackson stars as a poet mourning the gang-related death of her boyfriend, who finds new love with a postal worker (Tupac) while on a road trip. More sensitive but no less socially-conscious than Boyz, Poetic Justice features the poetry of Maya Angelou on the soundtrack as well as music by Tupac, TLC, and Usher.
Mon, Sep 7 at 2, 6:45pm
Set It Off (1996) 123min Directed by F. Gary Gray. With Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox.
Four struggling women stick it to society by pulling a string of bank robberies in this female-powered heist thriller. The action sequences pack an impressive visceral jolt, but Friday director Gray adds a gritty layer
of social realism by delving into the circumstances that drive each woman to a life of crime. "Queen
Latifah gives a career-making performance" (Variety) as a brash carjacker.
Sun, Sep 6 at 2, 6:50pm
South Central (1992) 99min Directed by Stephen Milburn Anderson. With Glenn Plummer, Byron Minns, LaRita Shelby.
After emerging from a 10-year prison stint and converting to Islam, a father (Plummer) tries to rescue his son from a similar life of crime. Oliver Stone produced this hard-hitting drama, which takes a serious look at gang culture's circle of violence. The hip-hop, R&B, and soul soundtrack features Scarface, Spectrum City (Chuck D's pre-Public Enemy project), DJ Quik, and more.
Mon, Sep 7 at 4:30, 9:15pm


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If you don't have this application on your phone, you better download it because everybody is using it in Panama. You have it on billboards and company's' websites. Almost everybody is using it due to the high calling prices, when for 1GB internet package on your phone you pay 10-15$ per month. This is a way to contact hosts and agents, and do not bankrupt. Remember to add new numbers with +507 to have them immediately on your WhatsApp contact list!
Everything depends from the standard you are looking for. You could find something for free in one of the local ghettos, but it would be probably one way trip 🙂 Nice flats in skyscrapers with 3-4 rooms are around 2000 – 2500$ per month, furnished with utilities. Those are however for people that have no money limitations, and even than you have to wait usually at least 2 weeks, most likely 4 – 6. Such a swimming pool in a new building, 3 minutes of walking from Via Argentina and 10 from the metro station can be around 1000$ per month.
For people with a smaller budget like mine (up to 400$ per month for 2 people) it might be harder to find something.. livable. Prices for two people are usually higher because of the utilities, any room in a normal area could be find in the range of 300 – 500, however most will not have AC and will be either far from the metro station or will be dirty and small. Often it will be all: far, dirty and small. Best areas are near the Via Argentina where we can find most of the cheapest restaurants in Panama City and where is quite safe to walk even at night.
It can take time but it is worth it, a specially if you are a gringo with a limited Spanish proficiency, you definitely do not want to live in a bad district. It might cost you much more then this extra 50 – 100 $ per month. I can go now in the evening for a beer and come back walking in a couple of minutes. Not having nice places around and being scared to walk at night makes us using taxis and this is already a cost that could be avoided.
Is it clean in Panama?
A small problem with this flat (there is always something wrong right?) was that it was a little bit dirty. After what we have seen before for ~350$ thinking "what the hell are we doing in this country?!" it was the cleanest place in the area, probably in the country! But still we had spent a day cleaning our few square meters, killing couple of bugs including cockroaches and making it tight. We are not cleaning freaks, but in Latino America people do not really care about those things, and here you have to clean even more often due to the very high moisture. Dust does not just fly around, it sticks to everything so my fan is half black after one week of using it.
Where to look for a flat in Panama?
We spent over a month in a hotel waiting for our flat. Latino people are not the most trustworthy people when it comes to deadlines and keeping a word. We should move in to a flat with such a nice view like on the photo, 26 floor, big bedroom and 400$! Too good to be true? Previous tenant should move out until Monday, when we got a message that she doesn't have yet electricity in her new place. As it's easy to guess everyday we heard "mañana" (tomorrow). We already paid for the first month so we ware also scared we can loose this money. After a week we demanded to have next month 100$ cheaper to cover our extra spending, after next week our host start paying us for the hotel. Today we live somewhere else, previous tenant still lives in her (our) room, and we got back only our rent, still trying to get hotel money from him. I won't mention what costs we had for not having a kitchen and eating every day in restaurants.
If you find a flat, pay immediately and take a key. Don't say "we will contact tomorrow, please keep it for me". They will agree and in 2 hours it will be taken (happened to me).
Don't save money by taking a bad district, it isn't worth it. If you can, find a building with a reception (guard).
Ask people – in your hotel, facebook, even a taxi driver, is your district safe. There are many places in Panama City where we shouldn't be.
You can ask your host to make your contract legal by going to notary and paying 10-15$, however what will you do with it if something will happen, go to a court?
Use Encuentra 24 and Young Expats in Panama to find offers.