Truth sprouts up from the ground, while righteousness looks down from the sky.
He replied, "I tell you, if they were quiet, the stones would cry out!"
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will build again the ruined cities, they will build again the places devastated for many generations.
I'll lay your cities to waste and destroy your sanctuaries so I don't have to smell the scent of your soothing odors.
Gather whatever you've taken as spoils at the public square of the town, then burn the town, along with whatever you've taken, as an offering to the LORD your God. It will remain a permanent mound of ruins, never to be rebuilt again.
However, Israel did not burn any of the cities that had been built on mounds of ruins, except for Hazor only, which Joshua burned.
Later the next spring, at the time that kings go out to fight, Joab led out the army, ravaged the territory of the Ammonites, and then went out and attacked Rabbah, while David remained behind in Jerusalem. Joab besieged Rabbah and conquered it.
Even though we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. Instead, he has extended gracious love to us in the presence of the kings of Persia, to grant us revival, to set up the Temple of our God, to repair its damage, and to give us a protective wall for Judah and Jerusalem.
Then I was filled with fear. I replied to the king, "May the king live forever. Why shouldn't I be troubled, since the city where my ancestral sepulchers are located lies waste, with its gates burned by fire?"
They come like those who breach through a wall; as everything crashes around me they'll roll on and on!
You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his fortresses in ruin.
I resemble a pelican in the wilderness or an owl in a desolate land.
A message about Damascus: "Look! Damascus will cease to be a city. Instead, it will become a pile of ruins.
Desolation remains in the city whose gates lie battered into ruins.
"Break forth together into singing, you ruins of Jerusalem; for the LORD has comforted his people, and he has redeemed Jerusalem.
A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to make your land a waste. Your cities will be ruined, and without inhabitants.
"I'll make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a refuge for jackals. I'll make the towns of Judah desolate, without inhabitants."
"This is what the LORD says: "I'm going to restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob and have compassion on his dwellings. A city will be rebuilt on its ruins and a palace will sit on its rightful place.
Prepare your baggage for exile, daughter living in Egypt, for Memphis will become a desolate place. It will become a ruin without inhabitant.
Therefore, look, the time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I'll cause a battle cry to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a desolate mound, and its towns will be burned with fire. Israel will take possession of those who possessed him," says the LORD.
Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a refuge for jackals, a desolate place and an object of scorn.
Israel, your prophets have become like foxes among ruins.
I'll make sure that you go straight to the Pit, into the lowest part of the earth, where you'll be with people who lived in ancient times. You'll keep company there with the dead, who have gone into the Pit. As a result, your city won't be inhabited. Meanwhile, I will display my glory in the land of the living.
I'm going to turn your cities into ghost towns, and you will become a ruin. Then you will learn that I am the LORD.
It will be that everyone who looks at you will run away, saying, "Nineveh has been violently overthrown! Who will mourn for her? Where will I find anyone to comfort you?'"
"For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon deserted Ashdod will be emptied at high noon; even Ekron will be uprooted.


The header picture is either mine or by one of my friend as acknowledged above.
The torontian (eh??) tress are awesome !
awww look at this pic, so fresh:) where are you btw??
Thanks for dropping by 🙂 and your comment..
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Indian fishermen call off anti-port protest for now
140-day-long protest against under-construction Vizhinjam seaport in southern Kerala ends after a temporary consensus
Catholic priests sit on a boat atop a truck as part of a protest in Kerala's state capital Thiruvananthapuram on Aug. 10 against a multi-billion-dollar port project which they say endangers the livelihoods of thousands of fishermen. (Photo: supplied)
Published: December 07, 2022 10:38 AM GMT
Updated: December 08, 2022 04:32 AM GMT
A marathon protest by Indian fishermen led by a Catholic archdiocese against an upcoming international seaport has been temporarily called off after a consensus was reached with the provincial government.
Father Eugene Pereira, vicar-general of the Latin Archdiocese of Trivandrum and convener of the 140-day-old protest, made the announcement after meeting Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Dec. 6.
"For now we are calling it off. Protests do not always come to an end only after achieving their objectives. Each protest has several phases. One such phase of the protest has ended in a consensus," Pereira told reporters.
Father Pereira though looked upset and said the decision did not mean "they were satisfied with the steps taken or promises made by the state government" while adding that "it's only a temporary truce."
The government has promised to meet most demands of the protesters. It agreed to pay a monthly rent of 5,500 Indian rupees (about US$67) to families of fishermen who have lost their homes due to port construction activities, compensate them for the loss of livelihood, grant fuel subsidies for their fishing boats, and expedite the ongoing rehabilitation work.
The fishermen had demanded 8,000 Indian rupees as rent and the government assured them the rest, 2,500 Indian rupees, will be paid by the Adani group, which is constructing the port. But the protesting fishermen declined to accept money from the private corporation.
"Construction activities so far have rendered homeless around 500 fisher families"
A government committee under the state chief secretary, the chief of state's administrative officials, will be set up soon to look into the concerns of the fishermen.
The government, however, refused to accept the original demands of the protesters which included halting the port's construction for three months and allowing their representatives in an official panel of experts to study the environmental and human impact of the project.
The fishermen have concerns over the erosion of the fragile shoreline, which could adversely impact their lives and livelihood, and appointed a separate panel of experts to study the damage.
Construction activities so far have rendered homeless around 500 fisher families whose homes were destroyed, the protesting fishermen claim.
Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, reportedly played the mediator between the protesters and the government after violence flared in the last week of November.
A mob attacked Vizhinjam police station which was followed by violent clashes that left 90 protesters and 36 police officers injured.
"The unexpected and violent turn of events put the clergy and fishermen under pressure"
The fishermen accused the Communist-led Kerala government of orchestrating the violence to tarnish their peaceful protest by portraying them as "traitors" who were "anti-development."
The government registered six criminal cases against Archbishop Thomas J Netto of Trivandrum or Thiruvananthapuram — who was not even present where the violence took place. Cases were also filed against Auxiliary Bishop Christudas Rajappan and some priests, besides some 3,000 protesters including women and children.
The charges registered against them included hatching a conspiracy, incitement to violence, attempted murder, and trespassing in a protected area in violation of a high court order among others.
The unexpected and violent turn of events put the clergy and fishermen under pressure to end the protest, a priest said on the condition of anonymity.
The indefinite protest against the multi-billion dollar Adani Vizhinjam International Seaport in Thiruvananthapuram district commenced on July 20, due to the adverse impacts of the construction activities started in 2015.
Fishermen's leaders said the government did not pay heed to their demands. As Father Pereira told reporters, the discussions did not produce a satisfactory resolution with regard to the fishermen's seven original demands, they said.
The Press Trust of India news agency, quoting a source in the chief minister's office, reported that several rounds of discussions were held on Dec. 6.
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echo "root:vagrant" | chpasswd

# Update package cache
apt-get update

# Install packages
apt-get install -y python-setuptools
apt-get install -y python-pip
apt-get install -y libpq-dev
apt-get install -y python-dev

pip install -r /rgserver/requirements.txt

apt-get install -y postgresql
apt-get install -y postgresql-client
apt-get install -y nginx
apt-get install -y dos2unix

cat /rgserver/vagrant/pg_hba.conf > /etc/postgresql/9.4/main/pg_hba.conf
/etc/init.d/postgresql restart
sudo -u postgres createuser --createdb robot
sudo -u postgres /usr/lib/postgresql/9.4/bin/createdb robot
sudo -u postgres /usr/lib/postgresql/9.4/bin/createdb robotgame
psql -U robot -h localhost < /rgserver/config/db_schema.sql

cp  /rgserver/vagrant/dbcon.py /rgserver/dbcon.py
cp /rgserver/vagrant/rgserver.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/rgserver.conf
rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/rgserver.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/rgserver.conf

cp /rgserver/vagrant/rg /usr/bin/rg
dos2unix /usr/bin/rg
rg restart

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Kevin Iole
UFC Pay-Per-View
UFC FIGHT PASS
UFC 246 prelim bout nixed just days ahead of the event
MMA Weekly January 15, 2020, 6:39 PM UTC
Grant Dawson DWTNCS Free Fight
A key UFC 246 featherweight preliminary bout between Grant Dawson and Chas Skelly has been nixed just days before the event.
Dawson (14-1) had been scheduled to make his third UFC appearance at UFC 246 against Skelly (18-4), who is a longtime veteran of the Octagon. A victory over the likes of Skelly would have catapulted him into the upper reaches of the division.
Dawson, however, posted to his Instagram account on Tuesday, saying that he wouldn't be able to fight this weekend.
"I'm heartbroken to report I won't be fighting this weekend at UFC 246 due to circumstances out of my control. I'd like to apologize to everyone who was looking forward to this fight," Dawson wrote.
"We are working with the UFC to get my bout rescheduled as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience during this time, and I hope to have fight news very soon."
He was short on details and the reason for the cancellation appears to be all on Dawson's side of the equation, as Skelly noted via Twitter that he didn't even know about the cancellation until he had landed in Las Vegas, being alerted via numerous messages on his phone.
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"I was on my flight to Vegas when he pulled. I had multiple messages from (UFC matchmaker) Sean Shelby asking me to call him," Skelly wrote.
"The first thing I saw when I landed was a text with his post screenshot. I think it all happened pretty fast."
Without any details surrounding the bouts cancellation, it is unclear if or when the bout might be rescheduled. The UFC 246 fight card will now move forward with 12 bouts.
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The subsides can be valuable!
Below are charts which illustrate the value of the REPAYE interest rate subsidies. There is also a video walkthrough at the bottom of the page, which illustrates the concept using our calculator (where you can use your own specific loans to calculate your subsidies).
If you select REPAYE as your income-driven repayment plan, the government will actually pay at least half of any interest your payments do not cover. This subsidy is not dependent on the Public Loan Forgiveness Program, you don't need to be in a qualifying job, and you get the benefits immediately.
The first chart shows the actual annual dollar amount of your subsidy as function of loan balance and adjusted gross income. This is the amount of annual interest which is paid on your behalf, and which you will not end up paying. This has the net effect of reducing your "effective interest rate". You can think of your effective interest rate as the interest rate you are actually paying (while the government pays the rest). Your effective interest rate is shown on the second graph down below. You can use this effective interest rate for helping to determine if you should refinance your loans to a private loan (assuming you have no chance for PSLF).
3) Have only or predominantly un-subsidized Federal loans at a 6.8% interest rate.
If you are married, have children, etc, then your subsidies will be slightly larger due to larger "family size". Also, if you have any subsidized loans, your interest subsidy will be higher for the first three years in which you select REPAYE. Also note, that if your interest rates are lower than 6.8%, your subsidies will be smaller than what's in the charts.
Also note, the shaded lines below represent the typical salary/AGI range for most residents and fellows. Remember that Adjusted Gross Income depends primarily on your salary MINUS items like health insurance premiums and 401k/403b contributions (e.g. Box 1 on your W2).
The calculator used in the video above is the "PAYE/IBR vs REPAYE Loan Forgiveness Maximizer".


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Tommy Dorsey
This page contains a list of Tommy Dorsey's songs, Tommy Dorsey's albums, and Tommy Dorsey's videos. One of the most useful parts of this page is the list of artists that are similar to Tommy Dorsey. Check them out, maybe you'll find your new favorite band!
Similar Artists to Tommy Dorsey
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Sidney Bechet (39%)
Jimmy Dorsey (34%)
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Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (32%)
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Perry Como (28%)
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Frank Sinatra & Count Basie (9%)
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Tommy Dorsey's Top Songs
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The Dipsy Doodle
Music, Maestro, Please
Maple Leaf Rag
Royal Garden Blues
Keepin' Out of Mischeif Now - From "Interiors"
Yes Indeed
Loose Lid Special
There Are Such Things
Keepin' out of Mischief Now
Cheek to Cheek
This Love of Mine
I'm Gettin' Sentimental over You
Weary Blues
Opus Number Two
After You've Gone
Santa Clause Is Coming to Town
Well, Git It!
Tea for Two Cha Cha
Opus No. 1
March Of The Toys
Polka Dots And Moonbeams
Tommy Dorsey Music Videos


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COVID-19: Round-up of recent DOL guidance and developments
published in McAfee & Taft EmployerLINC | July 31, 2020
The effect of furloughs on FFCRA leave
Due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers have had to make the difficult decision to furlough members of their workforce. A furlough is not a layoff or termination of employment; rather, it is a temporary leave of absence in which employees are not scheduled, permitted, or authorized to perform work and do not receive compensation..
The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued guidance that made clear that employees who utilized Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) leave – whether paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave – prior to a furlough would only be entitled to use whatever leave they have remaining after returning from furlough. Employees are limited to a total number of 80 hours of paid sick leave under the FFCRA. If an employee had taken fewer than 80 hours of paid sick leave before a furlough, the employee would be entitled to use the remaining hours after returning from leave if the employee has a qualifying reason to do so. The same is true for expanded FMLA leave. Under the FFCRA, eligible employees are entitled to up to 12 weeks of expanded family and medical leave. The weeks an employee is furloughed do not count as time on leave under the FFCRA. For example, if an employee used only four weeks of expanded family and medical leave prior to furlough, upon returning she would be eligible for eight additional weeks of leave if she has a qualifying reason to take it.
The DOL further warns against discriminating against certain employees who need or request FFCRA leave. Employers may not, for example, choose not to recall an employee from furlough or continue an employee's furlough because that employee had attempted to exercise a right to leave under the FFCRA—i.e., he or she has indicated a need for FFCRA leave to care for his or her child.
[UPDATE] On Monday, August 3, 2020, a New York federal judge struck down four components of the DOL regulations that implemented the emergency paid leave provisions of the FFCRA. It is expected that this court ruling will be appealed. The Court's decision was not a nationwide injunction. Other states or individuals may file similar lawsuits. The DOL may announce revisions to its regulations, the guidance it has provided, or its intent to appeal the decision. Simply put, the decision creates great uncertainty for employers. Read more here.
The FLSA and telework
The DOL also provided recent guidance on employers' FLSA obligations when it comes to flexible work arrangements. Given the pandemic, many employers have opted to allow flexible work schedules, including telework, for certain employees. Telework, or work performed away from the primary worksite, including at the employee's home, is treated the same as work performed at the primary worksite for purposes of compensability. Employers must compensate employees for all hours of telework actually performed away from the primary worksite, including overtime work, in accordance with the FLSA, provided that the employer knew or had reason to believe the work was performed. This is true even of hours of telework that you did not authorize. You also must compensate your employee for unreported hours of telework that you know or have reason to believe had been performed. However, employers are not required to compensate employees for unreported hours of telework that the employer had no reason to believe had been performed, i.e., where the employer neither knew nor should have known about the unreported hours. In most cases, an employer may satisfy its obligation to compensate teleworking employees by providing reasonable time-reporting procedures and compensating that employee for all reported hours.
Some employers are providing flexibility to employees in their hours of work so they can take time out of the normal workday for personal and family obligations, such as caring for children. If employees begin to work, but take several hours in the middle of the day to care for their children, and then return to work, employers are not required to compensate employees for all of the hours between starting and finishing work. This is a specific exception to the general continuous workday guidance that the DOL has recognized in the midst of the COVID-19 emergency. The Department stated in the FFCRA rulemaking that an employer that allows employees to telework with flexible hours during the COVID-19 emergency does not need to count as hours worked all the time between an employee's first and last principal activities in a workday. For example, assume you and your employee agree to a telework schedule of 7–9am, 11:30am–3pm, and 7–9pm on weekdays. This allows your employee, for instance, to help teach their children whose schools are closed, reserving for work times when there are fewer distractions. Of course, you must compensate your employee for all hours actually worked—7.5 hours—that day, but not all 14 hours between your employee's first principal activity at 7am and last at 9pm.
The DOL has also weighed in on exempt executive, administration, and professional employees who may be performing some non-exempt duties during this COVID-19 public health emergency. At times, the performance of such non-exempt duties could cause the employee to lose their exemption status and expose an employer to potential FLSA liability. However, the DOL has stated that during the period of a public health emergency declared by a federal, state, or local authority with respect to COVID-19, otherwise-exempt employees may temporarily perform nonexempt duties that are required by the emergency without losing the exemption. DOL regulations permit an employee who otherwise qualifies for a Section 13(a)(1) exemption to perform nonexempt duties during emergencies that "threaten the safety of employees, a cessation of operations or serious damage to the employer's property" and which are beyond the employer's control and could not reasonably be anticipated. COVID-19 is a rare event affecting the public welfare of the entire nation that an employer could not reasonably anticipate and is consistent with the FLSA's regulatory criteria for emergencies. Employees who are temporarily required to perform nonexempt duties due to COVID-19 may do so without losing the FLSA exemption, as long as they continue to be paid on a salary basis of least $684 per week.
The FLSA and salary reductions
Many employers have made the difficult business decision to reduce the salaries of FLSA-exempt employees. The DOL has confirmed that an employer may prospectively reduce the amount regularly paid to a salaried exempt employee for economic reasons related to COVID-19 or a related economic slowdown without losing such employee's exempt status under the FLSA. The reduction must be made on a go-forward basis, and not applied as an after-the-fact deduction from the employee salary. As a reminder, no deductions can be made based on the quantity or quality of the employee's work, or for example, based on the employer's day-to-day or week-to-week needs. A proper salary reduction to an exempt employee's salary will not cause the employee to lose their exempt status under the FLSA.
The FMLA and telemedicine
The DOL has also recently clarified the effect of telemedicine on considerations of a serious health condition under the FMLA. Due to safety and health concerns related to COVID-19, many healthcare providers are treating patients for a variety of conditions, whether related or unrelated to COVID-19, via telemedicine. Telemedicine involves examination or treatment of a patient by remote video conference. The DOL has confirmed that telemedicine visits count as in-person visits for purposes of the FMLA. Until December 31, 2020, the DOL will consider telemedicine visits to be in-person visits and will consider electronic signatures to be signatures for purposes of establishing a serious health condition under the FMLA. To be considered an in-person visit, the telemedicine visit must include an examination, evaluation, or treatment by a health care provider; be performed by video conference; and be permitted and accepted by state licensing authorities. The DOL has permitted this approach because health care facilities and clinicians around the nation are under advisories to prioritize urgent and emergency visits and procedures and to preserve staff personal protective equipment and patient-care supplies.
Possible COVID-19 liability relief for employers considered by Congress
Many employers are already following CDC and OSHA guidance regarding COVID-19 prevention and hygiene techniques and reporting obligations for their workplaces. A Republican bill proposed recently in the Senate would give employers extra protection from coronavirus exposure lawsuits if they make reasonable efforts to comply with applicable government standards and guidance and do not engage in gross negligence or willful misconduct to cause an actual exposure to coronavirus. This comes amid a recent surge of lawsuits against employers, where employees (or families of deceased workers) contend that employers did not have enough protections in place against exposure. The bill is far from becoming law, but we are paying attention to this development, and whether the bill will become law with this particular liability relief provision for businesses intact.
As always, do not hesitate to contact the labor and employment attorneys and/or the COVID-19 Response Team at McAfee & Taft for more information and to discuss your business decisions.


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Q: How to tag users friend via graph api I am using this script to upload photo on user's wall.
I got this script from Facebook, but I want to tag users friend in photo via graph API.
some body help me to tag user's friend in photo
here is the script I am using.
<?php

  // Remember to copy files from the SDK's src/ directory to a
  // directory in your application on the server, such as php-sdk/
  require_once('php-sdk/facebook.php');

  $config = array(
    'appId' => 'YOUR_APP_ID',
    'secret' => 'YOUR_APP_SECRET',
    'fileUpload' => true,
   );

   $facebook = new Facebook($config);
   $user_id = $facebook->getUser();

   $photo = './mypic.png'; // Path to the photo on the local filesystem
   $message = 'Photo upload via the PHP SDK!';
?>

<?php
    if($user_id) {

       // We have a user ID, so probably a logged in user.
       // If not, we'll get an exception, which we handle below.
       try {
          // Upload to a user's profile. The photo will be in the
          // first album in the profile. You can also upload to
          // a specific album by using /ALBUM_ID as the path
          $ret_obj = $facebook->api('/me/photos', 'POST', array(
                                     'source' => '@' . $photo,
                                     'message' => $message,
                                     )
                                  );
          echo '
Photo ID: ' . $ret_obj['id'] . '
';
          echo '
getLogoutUrl() . '">logout';
       } catch(FacebookApiException $e) {
          // If the user is logged out, you can have a
          // user ID even though the access token is invalid.
          // In this case, we'll get an exception, so we'll
          // just ask the user to login again here.
          $login_url = $facebook->getLoginUrl( array(
                   'scope' => 'photo_upload'
                   ));
          echo 'Please login.';
          error_log($e->getType());
          error_log($e->getMessage());
       }
    } else {

        // No user, print a link for the user to login
        // To upload a photo to a user's wall, we need photo_upload  permission
        // We'll use the current URL as the redirect_uri, so we don't
        // need to specify it here.
        $login_url = $facebook->getLoginUrl( array( 'scope' => 'photo_upload') );
        echo ""

    }

?>

A: You can tag the user's friends by making a POST request to the tags connection, PHOTO_ID/tags.
For example:
PHOTO_ID/tags?tags=[{"tag_uid":"1234"}, {"tag_uid":"12345"}]

Source: Graph API - Photo Reference.

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Derek Jeter And Alex Rodriguez Scratched From 2011 MLB All-Star Game
By Seth Pollack@sethpo Jul 8, 2011, 2:34pm MST
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Derek Jeter might be just a few hits about from 3,000 on his career but based on the season he's had he shouldn't ever have been voted in as a starter on the 2011 MLB All-Star team. Jeter, recently back from the disabled list, has rectified that situation by pulling himself from the game. Jeter's New York Yankee teammate Alex Rodriguez is also scratched due to a knee problem.
Rodriguez is out of the line for Friday's Yankee game versus Tampa Bay and is scheduled to have an MRI on his knee. Jeter will likely use the time to continue to rest his calf which put him on the DL.
Yankee closer Mariano Rivera also pulled himself from the 2011 MLB All-Star Game with arm soreness.
"I'm not gonna go because I want to make sure I'm 100 percent," Rivera told reporters. "The three days will be good to rest."
The lack of the Yankee's three biggest stars will be a blow to their fans in Arizona who wanted to see them play and is also a sign of the end of this Yankee era.
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Jillian Hishaw has dedicated her life to service. As the founder of Family Agriculture Resource Management Services, or F.A.R.M.S., she advocates for small farmers, especially farmers of color in high poverty rural areas. As an attorney specializing in agricultural law, Hishaw uses her expertise to fight for America's small farmers so they can keep their land and grow their businesses. The loss of her family's own small farm inspired her to pursue this work.
We asked Hishaw to tell us about her passion for serving this community of small farmers, and how F.A.R.M.S. is expanding to help communities serve families who are food insecure. The following is an edited and condensed version of that conversation. Learn more about F.A.R.M.S. on Instagram, or on Twitter at @FARMS30000, and follow Hishaw at @jillianhishaw.
Tell us what F.A.R.M.S. is currently working on.
Currently, we are busy working on providing legal and technical services to aging small farmers to make sure the family farm is protected from predatory lenders, nursing homes, and other people and entities who want to take advantage of the elders. On a weekly basis, I get calls from farmers who need encouragement because many farmers and landowners are under intense stress.
Who is part of the F.A.R.M.S. community?
We work not only with small farmers of color in high poverty rural areas in the South and Southeast but as the challenges of small farmers have gotten worst our clientele now is small farmers in general. When I first started this work, I primarily worked with black and indigenous farmers because in the black community, nearly 30,000 acres of land ownership is lost annually. It's why I named our website www.30000acres.org. As the years have progressed and small farmers are constantly being forced out of business and off their land, we now focus on providing services to small farmers across the country.
I started volunteering in different capacities in the late 1990s—whether it was donating clothes to the domestic violence shelter or volunteering in church or with environmental organizations, I knew my career path would always be dedicated to public service. Since finishing my education 12 years ago, every position I have held or created has been at a public service entity. I have to see positive change in my work on the ground and in the field, even if I hire people to do it. Over the past 12 years, I have established programs ranging from green job training for ex-felons to legal services for small farmers. For example, we not only provide legal services within F.A.R.M.S. but we also have a hunger relief program where we have donated over 220,000 lbs. of produce to food banks and hunger relief agencies in our seven-state region, which continues to expand each year. These types of results keep me going, even in times when we are functioning on a pro bono basis. Rural communities are in need of F.A.R.M.S. services and as government funding cuts back, programs like ours become more of a necessity.
Due to my own family's experience in losing our farmland as a result of our elders trusting a dishonest professional, I knew I wanted to go to law school and provide honest services to landowners to prevent the land loss my family suffered.
Working with an attorney to save a farm that had been in a black family since Post-Reconstruction and to visit the farm and see it thriving with produce and trees gives me joy! We prevent eldercare abuse from predatory lenders; we protect family farms to ensure the land stays in the family; we protect natural resources; we feed people in rural communities from our hunger relief efforts. These are just some of the ways F.A.R.M.S. helps people in our communities.
I love helping the aging farmer find solace in knowing that the land will be passed down and ensuring those feelings of security when they are at the latter stages of life in providing proper estate planning services to the farmer.
They think they are unforgotten and F.A.R.M.S. is one of the few entities that reminds them they are not forgotten. Rural communities need funding and support just like urban causes but the communities we serve are neglected. F.A.R.M.S. along with other rural nonprofits need support because urban and rural development go hand and hand. Once people start to realize that the dynamic between urban and rural communities want be so divided.
Shirley Sherrod of the Southwest Georgia Project and Dean Walter Hill, my former dean at Tuskegee University. Their decades of self sacrifice inspires me to continue the work because they suffered under extreme circumstances to advocate for farmers of color in the South.


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"""
Support module for making a telnet server with mktap.
"""

from twisted.manhole import telnet
from twisted.python import usage
from twisted.application import strports

class Options(usage.Options):
    synopsis = "Usage: mktap telnet [options]"
    longdesc = "Makes a telnet server to a Python shell."
    optParameters = [
         ["username", "u", "admin","set the login username"],
         ["password", "w", "changeme","set the password"],
         ["port", "p", "4040", "port to listen on"],
    ]
    zsh_actions = {"username":"_users"}

def makeService(config):
    t = telnet.ShellFactory()
    t.username, t.password = config['username'], config['password']
    s = strports.service(config['port'], t)
    t.setService(s)
    return s


Welcome at the website of Fabuloka, the collaboration of Edwin Schulte and Jorga Lok. Two circus artists who are looking for more than the trick; they look for depth, but simultaneously for lightness. With a mix of circus, theatre, music and poetry, they create their own art form for the stage. They are not scared of experimenting and everything is possible.
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Storm Leslie could Kick-Start a Wintry Storm Assault on Britain
October 3, 2018 Cap Allon
All eyes are on a powerful cyclone hurtling across the Atlantic, threatening to hit the UK just as temperatures plunge.
Fears are that tropical storm Leslie could meet a cold air mass as it nears Europe, unleashing Arctic gales and dumpings of snow to some by the end of next week.
The Weather Company's Sarah Satya Sammy said Leslie will remain in the mid-Atlantic for several days before heading towards Europe.
She said, "Tropical Storm Leslie is expected to slowly intensify into Hurricane Leslie between today and Wednesday.
Met Office chief meteorologist Andy Page said, "Some models suggest Leslie will track south of the UK while others suggest it may move close to the UK by the end of next week."
The high pressure responsible for the recent calm conditions is about to weaken allowing a more unsettled pattern to develop.
A Weather Company spokesman said, "We are looking at a period of cooler-than-average temperatures across most of Europe, with persistently cool conditions for northwest Europe.
"It's likely to remain cool and become stormy through October as high pressure drifts away."
The Met Office agrees, stating, "Towards the end of the month night time fog and frosts would become more likely.
"Temperatures will probably be generally colder than average by then, but with some short-lived milder interludes at times."
RELATED: BRITAIN'S BIG FREEZE: THE EAST SEES ITS COLDEST SEPTEMBER NIGHT SINCE 1986 — COMPARISONS WITH THE PAST
Exacta Weather forecaster James Madden warned the milder, settled conditions over the next few days would eventually give way to a bombardment of winter storms.
"A final burst of summer could be in the offing around the middle of next week however the first snow of the season will not be too far behind.
"At least one or two major low-pressure systems will attempt to cause havoc on our weather patterns within this period, and this is most likely from mid-month onwards.
"We also expect at least one of these low-pressure systems to arrive under a colder airmass to the north of the country during the final third of October, and it is within this period that we could see the first significant snow of the season across higher ground in parts of Scotland and the north."
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package com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.actions;

import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ActionPlaces;
import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnAction;
import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent;
import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.CommonDataKeys;
import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileDocumentManager;
import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAware;
import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
import com.intellij.openapi.util.Condition;
import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.*;
import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.Change;
import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.ChangeListManagerImpl;
import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.LocalChangeList;
import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.ui.ChangesBrowserBase;
import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.ui.ChangesListView;
import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.ui.CommitDialogChangesBrowser;
import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
import com.intellij.util.ArrayUtil;
import com.intellij.util.Consumer;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

import static com.intellij.util.containers.UtilKt.isEmpty;
import static com.intellij.util.containers.UtilKt.notNullize;

public class ScheduleForAdditionAction extends AnAction implements DumbAware {

  public void update(@NotNull AnActionEvent e) {
    boolean enabled = e.getProject() != null && !isEmpty(getUnversionedFiles(e, e.getProject()));

    e.getPresentation().setEnabled(enabled);
    if (ActionPlaces.ACTION_PLACE_VCS_QUICK_LIST_POPUP_ACTION.equals(e.getPlace()) ||
        ActionPlaces.CHANGES_VIEW_POPUP.equals(e.getPlace())) {
      e.getPresentation().setVisible(enabled);
    }
  }

  public void actionPerformed(@NotNull AnActionEvent e) {
    Project project = e.getRequiredData(CommonDataKeys.PROJECT);
    List<VirtualFile> unversionedFiles = getUnversionedFiles(e, project).collect(Collectors.toList());

    addUnversioned(project, unversionedFiles, this::isStatusForAddition, e.getData(ChangesBrowserBase.DATA_KEY));
  }

  public static boolean addUnversioned(@NotNull Project project,
                                       @NotNull List<VirtualFile> files,
                                       @NotNull Condition<FileStatus> unversionedFileCondition,
                                       @Nullable ChangesBrowserBase browser) {
    LocalChangeList targetChangeList = null;
    Consumer<List<Change>> changeConsumer = null;

    if (browser instanceof CommitDialogChangesBrowser) {
      targetChangeList = ((CommitDialogChangesBrowser)browser).getSelectedChangeList();
    }

    if (browser != null) {
      changeConsumer = changes -> browser.getViewer().includeChanges(changes);
    }

    return addUnversioned(project, files, targetChangeList, changeConsumer, unversionedFileCondition);
  }

  private static boolean addUnversioned(@NotNull Project project,
                                        @NotNull List<VirtualFile> files,
                                        @Nullable LocalChangeList targetChangeList,
                                        @Nullable Consumer<List<Change>> changesConsumer,
                                        @NotNull Condition<FileStatus> unversionedFileCondition) {
    if (files.isEmpty()) return true;

    ChangeListManagerImpl manager = ChangeListManagerImpl.getInstanceImpl(project);
    if (targetChangeList == null) targetChangeList = manager.getDefaultChangeList();

    FileDocumentManager.getInstance().saveAllDocuments();
    List<VcsException> exceptions = manager.addUnversionedFiles(targetChangeList, files, unversionedFileCondition, changesConsumer);
    return exceptions.isEmpty();
  }

  @NotNull
  private Stream<VirtualFile> getUnversionedFiles(@NotNull AnActionEvent e, @NotNull Project project) {
    ProjectLevelVcsManager vcsManager = ProjectLevelVcsManager.getInstance(project);
    FileStatusManager fileStatusManager = FileStatusManager.getInstance(project);
    boolean hasExplicitUnversioned = !isEmpty(e.getData(ChangesListView.UNVERSIONED_FILES_DATA_KEY));

    return hasExplicitUnversioned
           ? e.getRequiredData(ChangesListView.UNVERSIONED_FILES_DATA_KEY)
           : checkVirtualFiles(e)
             ? notNullize(e.getData(VcsDataKeys.VIRTUAL_FILE_STREAM)).filter(file -> isFileUnversioned(file, vcsManager, fileStatusManager))
             : Stream.empty();
  }

  private boolean isFileUnversioned(@NotNull VirtualFile file,
                                    @NotNull ProjectLevelVcsManager vcsManager,
                                    @NotNull FileStatusManager fileStatusManager) {
    AbstractVcs vcs = vcsManager.getVcsFor(file);
    return vcs != null && !vcs.areDirectoriesVersionedItems() && file.isDirectory() ||
           isStatusForAddition(fileStatusManager.getStatus(file));
  }

  protected boolean isStatusForAddition(FileStatus status) {
    return status == FileStatus.UNKNOWN;
  }

  /**
   * {@link #isStatusForAddition(FileStatus)} checks file status to be {@link FileStatus.UNKNOWN} (if not overridden).
   * As an optimization, we assume that if {@link ChangesListView.UNVERSIONED_FILES_DATA_KEY} is empty, but {@link VcsDataKeys.CHANGES} is
   * not, then there will be either versioned (files from changes, hijacked files, locked files, switched files) or ignored files in
   * {@link VcsDataKeys.VIRTUAL_FILE_STREAM}. So there will be no files with {@link FileStatus.UNKNOWN} status and we should not explicitly
   * check {@link VcsDataKeys.VIRTUAL_FILE_STREAM} files in this case.
   */
  protected boolean checkVirtualFiles(@NotNull AnActionEvent e) {
    return ArrayUtil.isEmpty(e.getData(VcsDataKeys.CHANGES));
  }
}


IEEE has 80 Internet of Things (IoT) related standards with 45 more currently in development, ranging from telecommunications and information exchange in metropolitan area networks to device specific personal health communication. As we enter an age of absolute connectivity, how can we be certain that the exchange of big data is accurate and secure? Should we even have the expectation of privacy and security for each IoT device?


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FIPB approvals for OUP & Bloomberg Quint; Netmagic & Flag deferred
Sneha Johari
By Sneha Johari (	@thejunebug sneha@medianama.com ) November 25, 2016
The Indian government has approved 4 proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) based on the recommendation of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) last month.
Companies which have received approvals from the FIPB are:
BMJ Group lndia: has received approval for its business of printing, publishing and circulating scientific and technical magazines, journals, periodicals and other publications, but not any dealing with news and current affairs.
Oxford University Press: got approval for setting up a wholly owned subsidiary in India. Over a period of time, Oxford University will make a foreign direct investment through subscriptions to compulsorily convertible preference shares, debentures and equity shares.
Quintillion Business Media: has received approval for issuance of equity shares to Bloomberg LP. This is for the news and current affairs channel Bloomberg Quint.
The broadcasting and telecom companies deferred by the government include:
JC Decaux Advertising lndia: is a foreign owned company which provides out of home advertising, wanted to expand its business in the telecom sector as a telecom infrastructure service provider.
Panacea Publishing: Sought an ex post facto approval for the share transfer between the non-resident entities. In a global restructuring exercise, the foreign investor Panacea Publishing International Limited, UK transferred its entire shareholding to its group company Panacea Media Limited, UK.
Crest Premedia Solutions (CPSPL): had sought approval for issuance of equity shares to non-resident shareholders of Springer SBM Holding, a Mauritius company. SBM Holding would amalgamate into CPSPL, which is part of the Springer Group of companies.
Scientific Publishing Services (SPSPL): sought approval for issuance of equity shares to the non-resident shareholders of Springer SBM Services Limited, a Mauritius company of SBM Services with SPSPL, pursuant to approval of the High Court.
Netmagic Solutions: sought approval to increase NTT Communications Corporation, Japan's shareholding in the company from 81.63% to 100%.
Flag Telecom Singapore, which is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications India, sought approval to acquire 100% shares in Reliance Global Cloud Xchange, which was incorporated in June 2016 by Indian residents.
We're not sure of what this means, but the following "proposals do not lie before FIPB":
Cyberplat lndia, a foreign owned company, sought approval to operate as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit pursuant to the implementation of Bharat Bill Payment System Guidelines issued by the RBI. Cyberplat currently provides consumer payment processing services including prepaid and postpaid mobile, DTH, landline, utility, insurance, data card bill payments and domestic money transfer etc.
I'm a MediaNama alumna from 2015-16 (remember TinyOwl?) now back to cover e-services like food and grocery delivery, app based transport and policies, platforms and media in India.
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The Wall Street Journal: The Russian military operation exposed NATO's most serious weaknesses
The Russian special military operation in Ukraine revealed multiple and dangerous weaknesses of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the face of Russia, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The report said that, "The weaknesses of the Western military alliance are still unfolding, despite the military operation approaching its second year".
The most prominent weaknesses of the alliance, were represented in weak supply and delivery equipment, a problem that appeared clearly in the Ukrainian case, and was indicated by two prominent incidents.
The first was when France wanted to send its Leclerc tanks to reinforce the military defenses of its NATO ally, Romania, last September, as their ally, Germany, opposed moving tanks through its highways.
For its part, the German authorities opposed the matter at the time because the total weight of those tankers exceeded the legal limits for the permitted weights on most roads in the country, and offered to use another road, but Paris rejected it.
France sent the tanks via railways, which caused a delay in the arrival of the tanks to Ukraine.
The report continued, "The second incident is related to planes… After most of the Ukrainian airports, planes, and air defenses were destroyed at the beginning of the Russian military operation, Poland offered to provide its fleet of MiG planes to Kyiv, in exchange for Washington to replace it with newer planes.
Indeed, Washington agreed, but it backed down from the idea later.
It was said at the time that the reason for Washington's retreat was its fear of Moscow's reaction, but it became clear later that the real dispute was over how to deliver Polish fighters to Kyiv, whether from US bases or from NATO bases.
The report also pointed out that the military operation reminded NATO military planners of a problem that some of them have long raised in recent years, which is the difficulty of transporting military equipment on the territory of the European continent.
NATO's supply infrastructure collapsed with the collapse of the Soviet Union, and consultations stopped and communication between Military supply experts and civilian transport authorities.
It's noteworthy that Western Europe sold a large share of the railway stocks designated for war, and governments enacted legal regulations to restrict the movement of weapons, explosives and other dangerous materials across borders.
When NATO expansion into the former Warsaw Pact countries came after 1999, the new officials had no experience with roads and railways suitable for use during a crisis.
For many years, critical supply areas such as bridges, tunnels and crossings weren't examined in the new NATO countries, because no one saw the need for them.
Most observers also missed the security risks related to the scarcity of high-capacity highways in the European coalition countries.
For his part, Paul Johnson, Minister of Defense of Sweden, which assumed the rotating presidency of the European Union at the beginning of the New Year, said, "Strengthening military transport and supply capabilities is crucial to the commitment of the European Union and NATO to Article 5 of the Alliance Charter, and it is an area available for cooperation".
However, the urgent steps taken by NATO countries since the inception of the Special Military Operation have served as a sobering warning of the multitude of shortcomings and the sheer scale of reforms that need to be made to meet the needs.
Officials revealed that arming Kyiv's forces and bolstering the military defenses of NATO countries close to Russia, such as Poland, Bulgaria and Romania, required many special measures to overcome bureaucratic and logistical hurdles.
For his part, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic, Jan Girish, indicated that his country and its neighbors, from the former Warsaw Pact countries are suffering from great difficulties, due to poor physical infrastructure.
The majority of Warsaw Pact tanks and military vehicles were smaller and lighter than their Western counterparts, and therefore the available bridges and lanes are designed to transport Russian and Soviet equipment, but they will collapse under the weight of NATO land vehicles and equipment.
The problem isn't limited to the former countries of the Warsaw Pact, as the western countries affiliated with NATO for a long time suffer from infrastructure problems as well".
In the context, French officials said that Leclerc tank carriers exceed the maximum load limit for tankers on German roads, which amounts to 12 tons.
Therefore, NATO and EU planners are now looking for ways to address structural deficiencies and remove these obstacles, so that civilian road designs, maritime infrastructure, and railways can meet military needs at the same time.
It is noteworthy that the two organizations are working on developing digital customs models, which can be accessed by civil and military authorities, to move shipments smoothly between countries.
The two organizations seek to harmonize and facilitate what the European Union's November report called complex, lengthy and disparate national rules and procedures.
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The term may seem straightforward enough – the descriptive attributes your brand has – but have you ever spent time formally identifying the characteristics of your brand? Do you know what brand attributes your customers look for when buying products in your category? And does your perception of your brand's traits match that of consumers?
One of the best ways to answer these questions (and take the guesswork out of your market research and advertising efforts) is to give consumers a series of brand attributes surveys–so you can see where you're meeting their expectations and where you may be falling short.
The term brand attributes actually has several different definitions within the marketing world, so let's start off by clarifying what we mean when we use the term.
We'll define brand attributes to mean the associations that people have with a product within its overall category, and the association that people have with particular brands (including yours).
For example, let's say that peanut butter is the brand category. So in the general category of peanut butter, what types of brand associations do people have? They would probably say that it has a nutty flavor, it can be smooth or chunky, and that it has a lot of protein. When shopping for peanut butter, people will have their own preconceived notions of the type of peanut butter they prefer, and then they'll pick a particular brand based on the attributes that they find important.
And in order to sell your product or service, you want to meet consumers' needs when it comes to what they're looking for in peanut butter. But identifying and communicating your own brand attributes can actually be quite complex, especially if you don't know how your customers see your brand in the first place. A great way to understand the brand attributes that your customers associate with your brand is to survey them with aided and unaided survey questions.
1. What are some traits you look for when choosing peanut butter?
2. When you think about peanut butter, what kind of brands come to mind?
3. What are some positive words you would use to describe peanut butter?
4. What are some negative words you would use to describe peanut butter?
When your respondents read the question, "What are some traits you look for when choosing peanut butter?," they may provide answers like "all-natural," "low-sodium," and "no-stir." Hold on to those responses–you'll need them to create your next survey.
Now that you have information from consumers about what they expect out of peanut butter–and what they think is good and bad about it–you can run more surveys that are specific to the product or service you offer.
And if you want to figure out how consumers view your brand image, use the answers you collected from your initial survey to put together a full list of both positive and negative brand attributes as they could be applied to your product or service.
Once you've gathered answers based on industry brand attributes, positive and negative brand attributes, and asked about specific traits you think your brand has, you'll start to see a picture emerge.
Consumers will identify overall category attributes, make brand associations, identify what they personally look for, and give answers based how they view your brand's image. From this comparison, you'll be able to identify the gaps between what people look for and the attributes that people see in your brand–and use the answers to understand how loyal customers are to your brand.


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All entries close July 27 at midnight.
We have tickets to be won for events at this year's Fringe By The Sea, including appearances from Clive Anderson, Happy Mondays, Val McDermid and Texas.
Every August, festival fever grips the south banks of the Forth estuary.
In recent years, this has become even more palpable as, away from the madding crowds of the capital, another Fringe is coming into its own.
North Berwick's Fringe By The Sea, founded in 2008 as a small community festival, now attracts both national and international names for its 10-day event.
To be in with a chance of winning one of 16 pairs of tickets, simply follow the links to each form below.
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His Belgian record label eventually fell apart, and he largely retired from music in the mid-1970s. Probably, 2020 is the busiest year for Nico Kasanda. According to many sources, he is increasing his net worth significantly. However, the estimated net worth vary depending on the sources. We analyze multiple source & then used our own metric to decide how rich is Nico Kasanda.
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The newcomers comprise two Washington producers - Matthews Winery and Doubleback Wines, alongside Oregon duo - River's Edge and Three Feathers, with none of the four having exhibited in London before.
The 'guest table' from New York marks the first time the state has joined Oregon and Washington for any generic activity in the UK.
New York wineries taking part will include Boundary Breaks, Brotherhood, Fox Run, Chateau Lafayette Reneau, Hosmer, Red Newt Cellars, Anthony Road, Keuka Lake, Lamoreau Landing and Thirsty Owl.
In all there will be more than 35 wineries represented pouring over 250 wines.
Oregon has been receiving critical acclaim for some time for their Pinot noirs but this tasting is an opportunity to discover more about Oregon Chardonnay, Riesling and even sparkling wines, said the organisers.
From Washington, there will be a broad collection of Syrahs, Bordeaux blends and crisp whites from Chenin, Semillon and Viognier, representing the diversity of wine styles from that region.


The Cox-Rubinstein option pricing model has been used to derive a method f or pricing caps and floors. Caps and floors are interest rate options closely related to interest rate swaps. This feature has been used as the basis for defining a new instrument underlying the interest rate option. From the neutral hedging strategy based on this instrument, the model can be developed. It turns out that market prices of caps or floors can be reproduced or distinguished as too high or too low. The model thus fulfills its purpose and also indicates which hedging strategies to pursue.
The subject of the analysis is a review of the Lucas hypothesis regarding a trade-off between inflation and real output in the form of unexpected nominal changes in an open economy. The modified Lucas-type goods supply function includes, in addition to unexpected nominal influences, the expected real exchange rate as an important determinant. The goods market model is completed by a simple goods demand structure, which distinguishes between fixed and flexible exchange rate systems as extreme cases, and intervention policy as the most extensive normal ease. The empirical investigation of the postulated hypotheses shows for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1961 to 1981, that in particular the expected deviation from purchasing power parity contributes significantly towards an explanation of business cycle movements. An expected real appreciation of the German currency results in a positive output effect and does not imply, as in Keynesian-orientated demand models via sinking exports a reduction in real Gross Domestic Product.
This paper focuses on asset market-oriented exchange rate theories confined to financial assets, on their implications for monetary policy as well as on an extension of such theories that take productive wealth into account. Chapters I and Il outline and discuss in a critical manner the purely monetary exchange rate theory as well as the portfolio approach to the determination of exchange rates. The assumptions based on neoclassical notions, the reduction to the short term, the largely waived scope for down-stream adjustment and, especially, the non-consideration of productive wealth within the framework of an international-scale theory of capital investment decisions are the main items subject to criticism. Chapter III extends the financial market approach by including share ownership in productive wealth. In such a model, expansionary monetary policy impulses, current account deficits or increasing public-sector debts may cause exchange rate modifications in the long run that are opposed to the consequences to be drawn from the financial market approach. Exchange rate effects are determined by whether adjustment is confined to financial assets or by whether it includes the non-monetary field and, more specifically, the demand for productive wealth. The exchange rate trend crucially depends on modifications in the expectations for the economy's performance by international comparison as reflected by current account surpluses/deficits, public sector surpluses/deficits or monetary policy impulses. The relative market value of real capital has been used as a yardstick for this. It reflects non-monetary processes, i.e. the actual earning power of real capital, as well as expectations based on economic policy measures. International differences in the relative market value of real capital reflecting the expected relative performance of national economies and being the key element in an international-scale theory of capital investment decision making, including productive wealth, is preferred also because empirical studies have shown that dollar rate trend estimates are much more plausible on this basis than on the financial-market approach basis.
The rationing of credit the highly indebted developing countries are currently facing suggests that debt indicators will be required to show a persistent improvement before capital will agein flow to those countries at market terms and conditions. The ratio between the external debt and the export earnings volumes is deemed to be the decisive indicator in this context. A trend study of this ratio by way of analogy with the known models of long-term external indebtedness suggests as a stability prerequisite that the rate of increase of export earnings must exceed the rate of interest payable on external debts. However, when treating the Gross National Product and the Gross Domestic Product as endogenous quantities, a transfer mechanism becomes visible which substantially weakens the condition at the base of stability. Returning to a tolerable debt service/export earnings ratio presupposes - in addition to satisfying stability requirements - that this ratio be reduced in margin. This requirement allows only relatively minor balance-of -trade deficits in future. lf - in the interest of growth and of structural adjustment - a major transfer of resources is deemed necessary nonetheless, such transfer can be financed only presumably through international organizations or through "involuntary bank lendings" in future.
The representation of the quantitative trends in the demand for IMF credit by the non-oil developing countries and the discussion on the relative importance of IMF resources to the financing of current-balance deficits is followed by an attempt to identify in econometric terms those economic variables that determine these countries' borrowing behaviour vis-a-vis the Fund. This analysis has been made with the help of combined cross-section/time-series data. According to the estimated econometric data, the model correlations derived from theoretical plausibility considerations provide a rather satisfactory explanation of the drawing behaviours under the individual financing facilities at least in the period 1975 - 1977. Although it must be borne in mind that - because of the requisite eligibility for the individual facilities, the conditionality connected with the drawings and the quantitative restrictions applicable to anyone country according to its quota - an explanatory quality of the type that is customary with reserve demand models cannot be expected anyhow, the results suggest that various influences have remained unconsidered in the theoretical and in the econometric analyses. It is to be assumed that these influences largely consist of non-quantifiable political and social aspects connected with the conditionality, which often influenced the relations between the IMF and its Members in the past. It would therefore be desirable if the IMF furnished country-specified information on the stabilization programmes it supports. The introduction of the individual economic policy requirements through dummy variables into the model would probably increase the model's explanatory value.
In a recent paper in this Journal, Panayotopoulos (1984) criticizes my 1983 paper (Himarios, 1983) on two counts. First, he questions the incorporation of a dummy variable in the demand for M1 for 1967. He argues that is a dummy variable is to be included for 1967 it should also be included for 1974. Second, Panayotopoulos claims that my earlier results cannot be accepted on the grounds that the demand for M1 has been unstable and thus the data cannot be pooled. The purpose of this note is to account for these two criticisms. I argue that the introduction of a dummy variable for 1967 is justified and necessary while no such correction is necessary for 1974. On the second and more important issue, formal stability tests indicate that the demand for M1 has been statistically stable over the period 1956 - 1981. Thus, estimating a single equation is the appropriate and most efficient strategy.
In this paper we are trying to provide an overview about the Euromarket and the development of financial instruments. While the role and development of financial instruments, such as syndicated loans, fixed-rate eurobonds, floating-rate eurobonds, euronotes and swaps are discussed in detail, we are trying to make a new development in the Euromarket: securitisation. Caused by the debt crisis in the beginning of this decade, banks became reluctant to take loans shifted to a less risky business, the arrangement and issuance of bonds, euronotes and swaps. Thereby international banks mainly act as a comultant or broker earning feeincome instead of interest-income, without being exposed to the same credit risks as it was the case during the last decade. At the same time, much of the credit risk remaining, is off the balance sheets, which maybe viewed as questionable practice.


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Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas
Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs) are areas within Canada's oceans that have been identified through formal scientific assessments as having special biological or ecological significance when compared with the surrounding marine ecosystem. Failure to define an area as an EBSA does not mean that it is unimportant ecologically. All areas serve ecological functions to some extent and require sustainable management. Rather, areas identified as EBSAs should be viewed as the most important areas where, with existing knowledge, regulators and marine users should be particularly risk averse to ensure ecosystems remain healthy and productive. Why are EBSAs identified? EBSA information is used to inform marine planning, including environmental assessment and the siting of marine-based activities, by: - Informing and guiding project-specific or regional environmental assessments; - Informing and guiding industries and regulators in their planning and operations, for example: EBSAs have been acknowledged and referred to (often as "Special Areas" or "Potentially Sensitive Areas") in oil and gas related assessments; - EBSA information has been provided to proponents of submarine cable projects to be used for route planning purposes; - Informing and guiding Integrated Oceans Management (IOM) process within five Large Ocean Management Areas (LOMAs) and twelve marine bioregions; - Serving as a basis for the identification of Areas of Interest (AOIs) and of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) (individually and in the context of planning bioregional networks of MPAs). How are EBSAs identified? The process used to identify EBSAs is generally comprised of two phases. The first phase involves compiling scientific data and knowledge of a marine area's ecosystems - notably fish species, marine mammals, sea birds, marine flora, marine productivity, physical and chemical conditions and geology. "Knowledge" includes experiential knowledge of long-time uses of the areas. In some cases (e.g., in the Arctic), substantial efforts are taken to collect traditional knowledge on ecosystems and environmental conditions from community members, fish harvests, hunters and individuals whose knowledge of the study area complement often helps fill scientific data gaps. In the second phase, the available information for a marine area (e.g. a bioregion) is assessed against five nationally-established science-based criteria including: - Uniqueness: How distinct is the ecosystem of an area compared to surrounding ones? - Aggregation: Whether or not species populate or convene to the study area? - Fitness consequence: How critical the area is to the life history of the species that use it (e.g. is it a spawning or feeding ground)? - Naturalness: How pristine or disturbed by human activities is the study area? - Resilience: What is the ability of the ecosystem to bounce back if it is disturbed? Progress to date and next steps EBSAs have been identified for large portions of Canada's Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as well as most of the Arctic oceans. EBSAs will continue to be identified in priority areas as resources become available to carry out the process. The boundaries or locations of existing EBSAs may be modified to reflect both new knowledge and changing environmental conditions. 2022-08-25 Fisheries and Oceans Canada Catherine.Ste-Marie@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Form DescriptorsGovernment and PoliticsNature and EnvironmentScience and TechnologyAtlantic OceanPacific OceanCanadaArctic OceanEBSAOceansEcosystemsBiological diversityConservation Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas (.SHP)ZIP https://pacgis01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FGPPublic/EBSA/DFO_EBSA.zip Ecologically and Biologically Significant AreasESRI REST https://gisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/FGP/Ecologically_and_Biologically_Significant_Areas/MapServer/0 Ecologically and Biologically Significant AreasESRI REST https://gisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/FGP/Ecologically_and_Biologically_Significant_Areas/MapServer/0
Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs) are areas within Canada's oceans that have been identified through formal scientific assessments as having special biological or ecological significance when compared with the surrounding marine ecosystem.
Failure to define an area as an EBSA does not mean that it is unimportant ecologically. All areas serve ecological functions to some extent and require sustainable management. Rather, areas identified as EBSAs should be viewed as the most important areas where, with existing knowledge, regulators and marine users should be particularly risk averse to ensure ecosystems remain healthy and productive.
Why are EBSAs identified?
EBSA information is used to inform marine planning, including environmental assessment and the siting of marine-based activities, by:
Informing and guiding project-specific or regional environmental assessments;
Informing and guiding industries and regulators in their planning and operations, for example: EBSAs have been acknowledged and referred to (often as "Special Areas" or "Potentially Sensitive Areas") in oil and gas related assessments;
EBSA information has been provided to proponents of submarine cable projects to be used for route planning purposes;
Informing and guiding Integrated Oceans Management (IOM) process within five Large Ocean Management Areas (LOMAs) and twelve marine bioregions;
Serving as a basis for the identification of Areas of Interest (AOIs) and of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) (individually and in the context of planning bioregional networks of MPAs).
How are EBSAs identified?
The process used to identify EBSAs is generally comprised of two phases. The first phase involves compiling scientific data and knowledge of a marine area's ecosystems - notably fish species, marine mammals, sea birds, marine flora, marine productivity, physical and chemical conditions and geology. "Knowledge" includes experiential knowledge of long-time uses of the areas. In some cases (e.g., in the Arctic), substantial efforts are taken to collect traditional knowledge on ecosystems and environmental conditions from community members, fish harvests, hunters and individuals whose knowledge of the study area complement often helps fill scientific data gaps.
In the second phase, the available information for a marine area (e.g. a bioregion) is assessed against five nationally-established science-based criteria including:
Uniqueness: How distinct is the ecosystem of an area compared to surrounding ones?
Aggregation: Whether or not species populate or convene to the study area?
Fitness consequence: How critical the area is to the life history of the species that use it (e.g. is it a spawning or feeding ground)?
Naturalness: How pristine or disturbed by human activities is the study area?
Resilience: What is the ability of the ecosystem to bounce back if it is disturbed?
Progress to date and next steps
EBSAs have been identified for large portions of Canada's Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as well as most of the Arctic oceans. EBSAs will continue to be identified in priority areas as resources become available to carry out the process. The boundaries or locations of existing EBSAs may be modified to reflect both new knowledge and changing environmental conditions.
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Is South Korea still interested in unification?
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Author: Emma Campbell, ANU
It is not easy being a young person in globalised South Korea. The intense competition that defines South Korea's education system and the irregular employment market that awaits graduates has led to rising inequality, falling birth rates, insecure employment and high numbers of youth suicide.Beyond South Korea's domestic wellbeing, globalisation and its accompanying economic insecurity also have implications for foreign affairs, particularly attitudes towards North Korea.
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The national identity of South Korean youth is being transformed by globalisation. The traditional assertion that ethnicity forms the basis for the Korean nation and nationalism is being challenged head on. Young South Koreans are still proud of their South Korean nation and identity, but the importance of ethnicity to their national identity is diminishing — and that has implications for North Korea and Korean unification.
Survey data in South Korea consistently shows increased levels of antipathy and antagonism towards North Korea and unification. Young people who support unification do so with provisos that demand a net political and economic benefit for the South. They show little interest in the North. And growing numbers of young people actively and openly oppose unification.
The uncertainties surrounding unification compound the challenges and fears faced by young South Koreans in an already insecure economic and social environment. In this context, it is not unreasonable for South Korea's youth to reject the North and unification in an attempt to mitigate what is certainly the greatest risk facing South Korea's future generations. Instead, they embrace their proud South Korean national identity.
And it is a proud South Korean identity. For all its problems, South Korea is a success. Young South Koreans are sophisticated, well-travelled, highly educated, multilingual, tech-savvy and global. Their life stories have little in common with their North Korean or Korean-Chinese brethren. As one young person told me, 'to be honest, South and North are almost different countries. Americans or Europeans are more similar to us in their way of thinking than North Koreans'.
The implications of this are already evident in South Korea. Many young South Koreans see North Koreans and Korean-Chinese as different, untrustworthy, frightening or pitiful — not part of uri nara ('our nation'). Yet it is possible for some foreigners — who are sophisticated, educated and willing to adopt South Korean language and its (globalised and modern) norms — to be imagined as part of the South Korean national community. That, of course, doesn't mean all foreigners are accepted or all new ethnic Korean arrivals are rejected. But there is an interesting cross-over between economic success, middle-class norms and acceptance into the South Korean national community.
None of this precludes unification. But as new generations of South Koreans become more antagonistic to unification, and further estranged from ideas of ethnic homogeneity and the history of a unified Korea, the South Korean identity will become more distinct and assertive. The implications for North and South Korea of this transformation will be profound indeed.
Emma Campbell is a Visiting Fellow at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at The Australian National University and was previously the ANU Korea Institute Postdoctoral Fellow.
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Gartner's Data & Analytics Summit 2017 in Grapevine, Texas dove into some of the most pressing and vital issues surrounding big data, machine learning and business intelligence. From the rise of "citizen" data scientists to the future of analytics platforms, there was much to learn from not only one of the world's most prestigious research and analysis firms, but also other attendees.
Here are three key takeaways from our time at the Data & Analytics Summit.
1. The future of analytics lies with citizen data scientists.
Traditionally, analysis of large and complex data sets has been the territory of highly-credentialled and specially-trained data scientists. The mathematical, computational and engineering knowledge necessary to handle this information restricted the field to those who had the right background.
At this year's summit, however, the concept of the "citizen data scientist" took center stage. As new data analysis platforms - like Visallo - make it easier for professionals from all walks of life to find connections and identify key insights from big data, formally trained data scientists aren't always needed. While a certain degree of technical knowledge will always be required, a broad array of professions can now get real value from analytics on a wider scale.
In short, big data is open to a new class of users who are increasingly able to analyze, explore and interact with critical data to do their jobs - think investigators of fraud, money laundering, crimes and more.
2. Machine learning expectations are very high.
Not surprisingly, researchers and data scientists are incredibly excited about the potential benefits of machine learning and artificial intelligence technology.
It's easy to get carried away here, with visions of omniscient computer networks like Star Trek's shipboard computer - or worse, Skynet from Terminator. But the truth is that machine learning and AI are much more nuanced than these science-fiction depictions, and the field is still in its infancy.
Much of the discussion at this year's Gartner Data & Analytics Summit revolved around how to determine the actual, versus the hypothetical or projected promise, of machine learning. In that regard, there will be successful platforms and those that fail to live up to the hype. The former category will accommodate all types of analytics - from descriptive and diagnostic to predictive and prescriptive - as well as be well positioned to handle the rapid growth and churn of machine learning models and approaches. Visallo falls into that bucket.
3. Platforms must change their approaches and shift from a reactive to a proactive paradigm.
For obvious reasons, the general history of data analysis has been backward-looking - trying to figure out what happened, when and with what frequency, in simple terms. While that might have been good enough for the 20th century, 21st century business intelligence will demand a more proactive approach.
Going forward, the increasing power and sophistication of platforms will give enterprises and organizations the capacity to predict future trends and events with high accuracy. This proactive capability will be especially necessary for users who require tools to suggest queries and visualizations relevant to the task at hand.
Keep an eye open for new proactive features to launch on big data analytics platforms this year. Visallo in particular has some new releases in the works that will empower users in that regard.
The Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2017 was a fascinating and insightful event for all in attendance: investigators who need to analyze large quantities of information in their professional life, technology and intelligence officers who oversee the implementation of these tools and developers of platforms like Visallo.
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This was well before I got to know My Kyoto: the Kyoto of the World's Largest hundred yen store and the all-you-can-drink Karaoke Room; of Starbucks and stick-pics and the Shakey's corn-and-mayonnaise pizza buffet. My wacky romance with Japan was barely budding, and the whole country still struck me as a different Universe. Oddly parallel to ours, with its Toyotas and vending machines and smiling people, but hopelessly — perhaps purposely — indecipherable. While we walked through ultra-modern Kyoto to get there, my memories of that day are all of Gion. Its wooden houses surely bursting with geishas and other ancient secrets, its tunnels of cherry trees sprinkling the streets with their blossoms as dutifully as the earnest little flower girl that makes the wedding of a friend of a friend surprisingly memorable.
Crossing the river, we made for the Imperial Palace. When the rain came — in sheets, mind you, and with no warning — we were smack in the middle of the Palace grounds, about as far as possible from shelter in any direction. Without an umbrella between us, there was nothing for it but to scurry across the park, the subway station as promising a refuge as any other, and when at last we slipped and slid onto the train, we were drenched.
It was no rush-hour mob scene, but the train was crowded enough, and we were lucky to get seats. As they will, passengers piled on at the next stop, including an elderly(ish) woman loaded down, not just with shopping bags and her carpetbag purse, but also an occupied birdcage. I stood and offered her my seat, but she shook her head. Smiling, she indicated with her armload of luggage that I should please sit again. I insisted, though, on account of the birdcage, and she sat gratefully, smiling and repeating what was surely the Japanese version of "You shouldn't have." My flying partner gave his seat to her husband, and we rode strap-hanging back to Kyoto station. Balancing the birdcage on her lap, our new friend sympathized with our soggy state. She pointed to our wet clothes, then mimed wringing out her own clothes with an understanding frown. She pointed to my friend's hair, then dramatized for us what would be her own chagrin at being caught on the train with such an unsightly 'do. We laughed and shrugged, What are you gonna do?, and she laughed with us. Eager to make conversation, she was deterred neither by our utter lack of Japanese nor by the insistent absence of her own English. We were wet; she was sitting down; something about the bird in the cage — all apparently hilarious topics, and along with her feathered friend, she chirped cheerfully for the ride into town.
As we rolled into Kyoto Station, she revisited the topic of our wet clothes, pressing her collapsible yellow umbrella into my hand. I made a face as if to say Yes, an umbrella would have been a good idea, and then handed it back to her, but she just laughed, refusing my return. She gestured again at our wet clothes, my friend's hair. "Take the umbrella," she must have said, or something like it. She cued her husband with an elbow, and he held up another umbrella. They had two, she was saying, and we had none, and if we shared, everybody could stay dry. I tried to refuse — can you just take an umbrella from an old lady on the train? — but she wouldn't take it back. I had given up my seat, she would give up her umbrella; we had a problem, she had a solution. It was settled. I did not yet know that this desire to share — their food, their language, their umbrellas — was an indelible part of Japanese culture, but now there was a crack in the code, and I remember wondering if this Universe was really so indecipherable after all.