Take that, you bushy-tailed varmints.
Today we looked at a variety of horticultural aides and discussed how to use them.
This is a natural, organic, inert material made from volcanic rock. It is used to help retain moisture, lighten the soil and improve drainage when sowing seeds in modules or pots. Used 50:50 mixed with a multi-purpose compost, it is great for cuttings as it allows more air around the roots of the plants and adds a bit of "bite" to the compost. It is possible to use perlite on its own as a rooting medium for taking cuttings such as holly. Very much recommended.
At Garden House, vermiculite is used instead of compost as a thin dressing on top of sowings of tiny seeds, such as antirrhinum and nicotiana. This allows light to reach the seeds and also improves drainage.
The cowboy of the group – or True Grit as we lovingly refer to it – this stuff is invaluable. It can be used instead of perlite, or on newly planted pots as a top dressing. It helps to open up clay soils and also to improve drainage/aeration generally. Functional and decorative, it's a must in any gardener's kit.
We know this fabulous plant as honesty. It is an easy plant to grow in either sun or shade, and will self seed around the garden. Purple or white flowers are followed by flat, paper-like, translucent, decorative seed pods. Both flowers and seed pods are fantastic for flower arranging.
This stock, which self-seeded in the mosaic pebble path at Garden House, has wonderful grey foliage and pure white flowers which emit the most heavenly fragrance in the late afternoon/evening. Good in coastal locations.
Sweet rocket has fragrant flowers which attract bees and other insects into the garden. They can vary from white through to an attractive pale lilac and even purple; the scent, like that of the stock mentioned above, is most pronounced in the evening. Can be grown in full sun or partial shade and particularly useful because it appears in the growing "gap" between the tulips ending and roses starting to perform. Eventually, they will self seed around the garden. A good cut flower, they look particularly good in a cottage garden setting. Like many biennials, the seeds need cold temperatures to break their dormancy (vernalisation).
Wallflowers earn their keep as the backbone of many a spring planting scheme. Their presence in the garden through the cold winter months imbues the gardener with hope that spring will come! In truth, they are really short-lived perennials, but they are generally treated as biennials, and usually discarded after flowering. 'Bowles Mauve' is well-known, but there are many other varieties, in a wide range of colours – e.g. Erysimum 'Sunset Bronze Shades'. Used frequently in plantings with tulips, they are best in full sun.
Another short-lived perennial that is treated as a biennial by many gardeners. The common foxglove, with its rose-purple, bell-shaped flowers is Digitalis purpurea, but many different varieties are grown today. The white Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora was made popular by Gertrude Jekyll and, more recently, Digitalis purpurea 'Sutton's Apricot' has become a much sought-after garden plant. These foxgloves prefer light shade and look good in an area of informal planting. Take care, because all parts of the plant are poisonous.
The advantage of this is that you will be able to enjoy flowers from Jan/Feb. through to May.
Take a substantial and tallish pot. Place crocks in the base for drainage, then fill the bottom half of the pot with multi-purpose compost mixed with some chicken manure pellets. Place a layer of 20 tulip bulbs on the compost – Bridge used Tulip 'Salmon van Eijk'. Cover with about 10cms of compost. Put another layer of 20 tulips in – this time 'Slawa'. These are both late-flowering varieties and will flower in April/May.
Add another 10 cms of compost on top. Then 20 bulbs of Narcissus triandrus 'Hawera' – tall and elegant creatures – are the third layer in the lasagne. Another 10 cms of compost (I think we're getting the idea), and set out 25 bulbs of Iris reticulata. 10 cms of compost over them, and then to finish, (hurray!), a layer of 30 Crocus chrysanthus 'Romance'.
Complete the project with a layer of horticultural grit – it aids drainage, looks the business and helps to discourage our old adversaries, the squirrels. Some wire mesh stretched over the pot may add to the defence strategy.
Or invest in a rocket launcher.
Remove the cosmos plants; prepare bed; plant more tulips, wallflowers and the stocks.
Plant bulb lasagnes in the big pots; plant up two further pots. Protect from squirrels.
Now, what's the betting those squirrels have wire cutters?
A lovely job. 10 points for Gryffindor.
And let's hope this is the Yellow Bed.


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The importance of composite foods for estimates of vegetable and fruit intakes
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CORONARY HEART-DISEASE CONSUMPTION SURVEY ENERGY-INTAKE SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE CANCER PREVENTION RISK MEN ADULTS
Objective: To evaluate the contribution of composite foods to vegetable and fruit intakes in Irish adults and to compliance with dietary guidelines for vegetable and fruit intake. Design: Data were analysed from the North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey of 18-64-year-old adults (n = 1379; 662 men, 717 women), which used a 7-day food diary to estimate food intake. Results: The mean intake of vegetables (excluding potatoes) was 140 g day(-1) (men 149 g day(-1), women 132 g day(-1)), of fruit was 136 g day(-1) (men 133 g day(-1); women 140 g day(-1)) and of potatoes was 227 g day(-1) (men 296 g day(-1); women 163 g day(-1)). The mean daily intakes of vegetables, fruit and potatoes from composite foods were 37 g (26%), 6 g (5%) and 17 g (7%, respectively. The mean intake of vegetables from composite foods was unrelated to age or gender, but increased with increasing social class and level of education attained. The proportions of men and women meeting the recommendation for greater than or equal to 400 g day(-1) (5 servings of 80 g per day) of vegetables and fruit were 21% (15% excluding composite foods) and 19% (12% excluding composite foods), respectively. Compliance with the dietary recommendation decreased with decreasing levels of educational attainment and social class. Conclusion: Intakes of vegetables and fruit are low compared with current dietary recommendations, particularly in those of lower levels of educational attainment and social class. Composite foods are an important source of vegetables (less importantly of fruit) and should be included when estimating vegetable intakes. Failure to do so may result in bias in estimates of intake and of compliance with dietary guidelines for population groups, as well as misclassification of individuals by level of intake.
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Oremex Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ORM) ("Oremex" or the "Company") announced today that it has increased to 15,000,000 units the maximum number of units offered under the private placement announced on June 2, 2009. The gross proceeds of the increased offering will be approximately $1,650,000. Each unit is offered at a price of $0.11 per unit and is comprised of one common share of the Company and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant will be exercisable to purchase one common share of the Company, at a price of $0.15 per share, for a period of two years from the date of issuance thereof.
Completion of the offering is subject to receipt of all regulatory approvals, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. All of the securities issuable in connection with the offering will be subject to a hold period expiring four months and one day after the date of issuance.
Subject to receipt of all necessary approvals, the initial closing of the offering is anticipated to occur on or before June 16, 2009.
Oremex is a Canadian-based exploration company with a focus on the acquisition and development of mineral properties in Mexico. The Company's principal properties are the Tejamen and San Lucas properties located in the State of Durango and the Cuyoaco Property in the State of Puebla. The Company's most advanced project Tejamen has an inferred mineral resource of 50.8 million ounces of silver in a total of 22.6 million tonnes grading a silver-equivalent of 69.8 grams per tonne (Wardrop Engineering Report NI 43-101 compliant April 2006). Snowden Mining Industry Consultants completed a Preliminary Assessment Study (NI 43-101 compliant October 2006) demonstrating that the project can support a 10,000 tonne per day open pit, heap leach mining operation. The Company continues with discussions with various federal and state government officials and the Ejido of Tejamen (governing authority for the village and surrounding lands) for surface access rights at the Tejamen Property.
National Instrument 43-101 requires the following statement: that the preliminary assessment is preliminary in nature, that it includes inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves, and there is no certainty that the preliminary assessment will be realized.
Forward-Looking Statements: The above contains forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such differences include: changes in world commodity markets, equity markets, costs and supply of materials relevant to the mining industry, change in government and changes to regulations affecting the mining industry. Forward-looking statements in this release include statements regarding future exploration programs, operation plans, geological interpretations, mineral tenure issues and mineral recovery processes. Although we believe the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, results may vary, and we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.
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· There is hereby created a planning and zoning commission consisting of five members who shall be resident citizens, taxpayers and qualified voters of the city. The city manager, and city secretary shall be ex officio members of the planning and zoning commission.
(Code 1970, § 2-43; Ord. of 9-10-1956, § 1; Ord. No. 1976-4, § 1, 4-12-1976)
· Sec. 2-79. - Appointment and terms of members.
· Members of the planning and zoning commission shall be appointed by the of the city commission, subject to confirmation by the city commission, and shall serve for three years, or until their successors are appointed. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term only.
(Code 1970, § 2-44; Ord. of 9-10-1956, § 1)
· Sec. 2-80. - Members to serve without compensation.
· Members of the planning and zoning commission shall serve without compensation.
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· Sec. 2-81. - Election of officers.
· The members of the planning and zoning commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from its membership.
· Sec. 2-82. - Employment of consultants, etc.
· The planning and zoning commission shall have power to employ such qualified persons as may be necessary for the proper conduct and undertakings of the planning and zoning commission, and to pay for their services and such other necessary expenses, provided that the cost of such services and expenses shall first be appropriated and shall not exceed the amount appropriated by the city commission for the use of the planning commission.
· Sec. 2-83. - Power to make rules, bylaws.
· The planning and zoning commission shall have the power to make rules, regulations and bylaws for its own government which shall conform as nearly as possible with those governing the city commission, and which shall be subject to the approval of the city commission. Such bylaws shall include, among other items, provisions for:
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(2) Records of its proceedings, to be open for inspection for the public.
(3) Reporting to the governing body and the public from time to time and annually.
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(5) To appoint, create and define the powers and duties of sub-commissions to study and report on specific matters under investigation by the planning and zoning commission, provided that any subcommission established at least two regular appointed members of the planning and zoning commission shall serve on such subcommission.
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· The city planning and zoning commission shall consider and investigate any matters tending to the development and betterment of the city, and shall make recommendations as it may deem advisable concerning the adoption thereof to any department of the city government, and for any such purpose shall make or cause to be made surveys, maps or plans.
· Sec. 2-85. - Preparation of master plan.
The planning and zoning commission shall have the power and duty to make and recommend for adoption a master plan, as a whole or in parts, for the future development and redevelopment of the city and its environs.
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Right-Wing Opposition Says Croatia Not Ready For Euro, Finmin Enumerates Benefits
ZAGREB, 5 May 2022 - The right-wing opposition said on Thursday that Croatia was not ready to introduce the euro and that it would lower living standards, while Finance Minister Zdravko Marić talked about the benefits and said much had been done to reduce the negative effects as much as possible.
A number of regulations reduce the negative effects of introducing the euro on citizens and employers, from stimulating healthy competitiveness to including civil society associations, Marić said in a debate on the final proposal to adopt the euro as legal tender in Croatia.
The benefits are significantly bigger than the damage, he said, adding that the main benefits are the elimination of the currency and interest risks, a two-notch higher credit rating, and a lower risk premium.
Marijan Pavliček of the Sovereignists said entering the euro area at a time of the biggest financial uncertainty, energy crisis and high inflation was not wise.
He said this was not an economic project, but the prime minister's political project, that inflation was 7.8% and GDP growth 3%, that consumption dropped, while inflation and the deficit increased.
Božo Petrov of Bridge said all independent financial experts said Croatia was not ready for the euro. He asked how the government would guarantee that prices would not rise even more, that imports would not take over and wages fall.
Marić said it was difficult to accurately predict or guarantee something even in more normal circumstances.
Ružica Vukovac of For a Just Croatia said it was not a good time and that Croatia's economic problems should be solved first.
Ante Prkačin of the Democratic Movement said that by introducing the euro, Croatia would move further away "from the fate of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are subject to political terror."
On the other hand, Emil Daus of the Istrian Democratic Party said introducing the euro was a logical part of European integration. The problem is, will we be a strong economy and a functioning state with clear long-term goals, he added.
Boris Lalovac of the Social Democratic Party said the euro would have a positive effect on transaction and currency costs.
Zvane Brumnić of the Social Democrats said "our only chance is if someone else takes care of us."
Grozdana Perić of the ruling HDZ said the euro would make doing business more favourable and safer as well as facilitate investment, economic growth and higher living standards.
Marić reiterated that the Council of the EU's decision on Croatia's accession to the euro area was expected in July and that if all the requirements had been met, the euro would be introduced on 1 January.
He said Croatia met all criteria as last year's deficit was under 3%, the public debt-to-GDP ratio was reduced by seven percentage points and inflation was within the EU average.
Prices will have to be displayed in both kuna and euro as of 5 September.
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MP Says Government Must go Due to Lack of any Results
ZAGREB, 3 May 2022 - An MP of the Green-Left Bloc, Sandra Benčić, said on Tuesday that the Andrej Plenković government has to go, not only because of scandals in which its members were implicated but because of the lack of any results, reforms or vision.
Benčić made the statement ahead of a parliamentary debate to be held this week on an opposition motion to dissolve the parliament to call an election.
The MP said that in the six years of the government's term, the EU funding obtained under the first financial perspective had yielded no effects on key quality of life indicators in the country and that there were still no operational programmes for the absorption of funding from the new, 2021-2027 financial perspective.
Most importantly, there is no progress in reconstruction even two years since the Zagreb earthquake and close to a year and a half since the earthquake in Banija, Benčić said.
The government boasts about having managed to extend the deadline for the absorption of funding from the EU Solidarity Fund but is still not using it, she said.
"We will be late again and have to return the money", she said, adding that due to the lack of progress on any of the important issues in the past six years the government has to step down.
She noted that the appointment of Ivan Paladina as Construction Minister was evidence that PM Plenković did not have the support or the team in his HDZ party to check and propose scandal-free ministerial candidates.
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Opposition MP: Court to Be Asked to Test Constitutionality of COVID Certificates
ZAGREB, 14 Dec 2021 - Sandra Benčić of the Green-Left Bloc (ZLB) on Tuesday said that they had collected 34 lawmakers' signatures to file an appeal to the Constitutional Court to test the constitutionality of COVID-certificates.
"As we announced before, we are sending the request to the Constitutional Court to assess the constitutionality of the decision on COVID certificates, not because of its contents, or COVID certificates as such, but rather the way the decision was made," Benčić said in Parliament House.
She believes that all decisions that restrict human rights during the pandemic, which is deemed to be an emergency situation, have to be adopted by a two-thirds majority in the national parliament and in accordance with Article 17 of the Constitution.
"Had we acted in that way from the start, we would have succeeded in creating a better way to strengthen social cohesion concerning vaccination," said Bančić and added that the Constitutional Court is expected to be a guardian of the Constitution.
A constitutional request requires the signatures of one-fifth of lawmakers. ZLB has collected 34 signatures from the SDP, Social Democrats, IDS, Centre, and GLAS parties as well as the HSS and RF, said Benčić.
She announced that they are prepared to request a test of the constitutionality of the procedure to adopt amendments to the Law on the Protection of the Population against Infectious Diseases which regulates penalties of up to HRK 50,000 for breaches of COVID certificates which will be put to the vote in the Sabor on Wednesday.
"We want penalties related to COVID certificates to be decided by a two-thirds majority and if that won't pass easily we are prepared to request a test on its constitutionality because the bill will not have been accepted with the necessary majority," she said.
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Opposition Says to Vote Against 2021 Budget Revision
ZAGREB, 4 Nov 2021 - Opposition MPs said on Wednesday, in a debate about a draft budget revision for 2021, that they would not support it because the expenditure was not transparent and the budget revision did not envisage the reconstruction of areas hit by last year's earthquakes or reforms.
Sandra Benčić of the Green-Left Bloc said the budget revision was an act of capitulation by the government to the post-earthquake reconstruction of Zagreb and Banovina.
There were no plans for reconstruction, not even public buildings with unproblematic property-rights relations have been reconstructed, she warned.
We do not know if an extension of the deadline to use the money from the EU Solidarity Fund will be requested "or how much of it we will have to return because we will not be able to use it," she said, adding that citizens were not a government priority but the purchase of fighter jets was.
Anka Mrak Taritaš recalled that the budget revision was the second budget revision this year.
It shows that the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare all the problems in the health system and that it is not managed well, she said, adding that there was also no post-earthquake reconstruction or reforms.
The results of the population census will show how serious the demographic situation is and a demographic strategy needs to be adopted urgently, Mrak Taritaš said, adding that a possible solution was to hire foreign nationals.
Domagoj Hajduković of the Social Democrats, too, said he would not support the budget revision, noting that budget funds had been spent in a non-transparent way.
Siniša Hajdaš Dončić of the Social Democratic Party said he would vote against the budget revision because of poor expenditure management.
Božinović: Opposition Seems Not to Want Corruption Cases to Be Prosecuted
ZAGREB, 11 Sept, 2021 - Interior Minister Davor Božinović on Saturday criticised statements by some Opposition MPs following arrests in two corruption cases in Međimurje County.
"I am certain that already the present and the future will prove their cheap political statements wrong. They seem not to want such cases to be prosecuted," Božinović said in an interview with Croatian Radio.
Speaking after the arrests of Međimurje County head Matija Posavec and Social Democrat (SDP) MP Stjepan Kovač, MP Nikola Grmoja of the Bridge party said on Friday that the arrests were politically motivated to "divert attention from the scandal in Kutina" involving the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party, while the SDP's Arsen Bauk said that the timing of the arrests in two unrelated cases showed "a skilful manoeuvre" by the Attorney-General's Office (DORH).
Responding to these accusations, Božinović said that in the first eight months of this year the police had brought corruption charges in 86 percent more cases than in the same period last year. "This means that the police, along with USKOK (anti-corruption office) and DORH, are fully committed to their work, and great changes can be seen in this regard."
"However, no changes can be seen in reactions from the Opposition. Whenever the police and DORH do something, the Opposition immediately says that it is politicisation. I cannot understand those people at all," the minister said.
Commented on the fact that one of the suspects in the Kovač case is a police officer, Božinović said that the police have zero tolerance to any illegal behaviour. Last year proceedings were launched against more than 540 police officers and so far this year against more than 320 officers, he said.
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Opposition Welcomes Changes to Parliament's Rules of Procedure
ZAGREB, November 6, 2020 - The Opposition in the parliament on Friday welcomed changes to the parliament's rules of procedure enabling, in the current epidemic, all MPs to participate in parliament sessions by sitting in several halls and following sessions via video link.
The chair of the parliamentary committee on the constitution, rules of procedure and political system, Drazen Bosnjakovic, said that the changes were in line with a Constitutional Court decision, making sure MPs were not denied the right to participate in debates.
The changes also enable the parliament speaker to authorise an MP to chair over sessions if he and all his deputies end up in self-isolation.
Vesna Nadj of the Social Democratic Party welcomed the changes, stressing that the freedom of speech was at the core of democracy.
Hrvoje Zekanovic of the Croatian Sovereignists supported the changes as well, stressing that the parliament was a place of political battle and the most important political body.
Ljubica Vukovic of the Homeland Movement agreed with the need to make adjustments due to the coronavirus epidemic but objected that party whips could speak on behalf of their parties 10 instead of 15 minutes while individual addresses would last five instead of 10 minutes.
Tomislav Tomasevic of the We Can! party proposed gradually filling more parliamentary chambers with MPs to more rationally use the parliament's resources and that sessions of parliamentary committees as well as thematic sessions be held online.
Dalija Oreskovic (SSIP, Pametno, GLAS) proposed that the decision on the expiry of the special work regime of the parliament be made by the parliament and not its presidency and that the duration of the special regime be limited to six months and prolonged if necessary.
Marija Jelkovac of the ruling HDZ party said that considering the current extraordinary circumstances, the measures taken so far had not been aimed at restricting the freedom of speech but protecting MPs' health.
Election of the new SDP Leader Have Started at 7 O'clock
ZAGREB, Sept 26, 2020 - The process of the election of the new SDP leader started at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning at 286 polling stations organized by this Opposition party throughout the country.
The election was called for 26 September after Davor Bernardic resigned following the party's defeat in the 5 July parliamentary elections.
The five candidates are vying for the presidency of the strongest Opposition party: Omisalj Mayor Mirela Ahmetovic, parliamentarian Pedja Grbin, Krapina-Zagorje County Prefect Zeljko Kolar, SDP Split country branch leader Ranko Ostojic, and an SDP official from Pula, Marino Percan.
Some 12,000 members are entitled to exercise their voting right in this poll.
The results are expected to be released on Saturday evening.
According to some forecasts, none of the five candidates are likely to receive more than 50 percent of the vote, and therefore first two vote-getters will compete in a run-off in seven days' time.
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Q: How to unarchive custom object to something other than custom class in Swift I have an object where we used NSKeyedArchiver to archive as class Foo
Then I changed the target name from Apple to Orange.  And it went into production and users started crashing on startup.  But not all.  And logs point to NSKeyedUnarchiver
I went and grabbed the archived Foo file from when the target was called Apple and when it was called Orange and converted to xml so I could read it.  The main and only difference (I think) is that the classname key is Apple.Foo and Orange.Foo respectively.
How can I get one of the archived files and check it's archived class name?
If I do NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObject(withFile: path) as? Foo it will crash.
Ideally I'd so something like:
let object = NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObject(withFile: path) as? [String : Any]
let name = object!["classname"]!
if name == "Apple.Foo" {
    //delete the cache and let it rebuild
}

But obviously it doesn't work like this.  Any ideas on how I can check that I have a corrupted file and get it deleted without the app crashing?
Thanks for the help!

A: Over the last few days I learned that you can set two different class names for the unarchiver at the same time and they'll both work:
NSKeyedUnarchiver.setClass(Foo.classForKeyedUnarchiver(), forClassName: "Apple.Foo")
NSKeyedUnarchiver.setClass(Foo.classForKeyedUnarchiver(), forClassName: "Orange.Foo")

Now it doesn't matter what classname the file actually has at the time of unarchiving.

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We are genuinely sorry for the problems that have affected train services in recent weeks. Performance has been well below the standards you rightly expect and we intend to deliver. As you may be aware there have been a variety of causes, ranging from infrastructure failures (e.g. with track, signalling and overhead line equipment) and engineering work problems to train faults, fatalities, flooding and road vehicles striking bridges.


BETHESDA, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) applauds yesterday's passage of S-201, the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act, in a 222-60 vote by the Parliament of Canada's House of Commons. Because of minor technical changes, the bill must still be passed by the Senate.
If it becomes law, the legislation will protect individuals from being required to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a test, as a condition of acquiring a good or service or entering into a contractual agreement. In addition, it will prohibit employers from requiring employees to undergo genetic testing or disclose testing results, or from taking discriminatory action against employees who refuse to undergo testing or reveal results. It will also amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination on the ground of genetic characteristics.
ASHG has long supported S-201 and other measures protecting against genetic discrimination. In November 2016, nearly 200 Canadian members and their colleagues signed on to a letter to Parliament supporting the bill. Earlier in the year, the Society awarded its 2016 Advocacy Award to the Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness and former Senator James Cowan, LLM, QC, for their efforts to prevent genetic discrimination. And in the United States, ASHG spent 13 years advocating for the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, which was enacted in 2008.
"I'm very grateful to the genetics community for their support of S-201," said former Senator Cowan. "They were critical in helping to explain to Canadians the need for such a law, and their vocal support throughout the process was instrumental in showing the public and Parliament why it was so important," he said.
"As an international society that represents genetics professionals in many countries, we recognize the need for protections against genetic discrimination worldwide, and we welcome the establishment of such protections in Canada," said Dr. Cox.
ASHG. Policy statement on the Canadian Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (S-201). (2016 May 18).
Parliament of Canada. An Act to prohibit and prevent genetic discrimination. (last updated 2017 March 8).


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SecurityWatch
Sharing Links On Facebook Not As Private As You Might Think
It's not very hard for developers to extract links from Facebook's database, and these links might have sensitive information right in the URL.
By David Murphy
https://www.pcmag.com/news/sharing-links-on-facebook-not-as-private-as-you-might-think
Here's the bad news: Links you send to your friends on Facebook Messenger can be uncovered by anyone who can make API calls to Facebook's database—like app developers, for example.
The good news? If someone tried to use this method to dump a ton of links at once, it's likely that Facebook would notice and ban the person's access to its APIs. So, the links you share are probably safe from any kind of massive data dump. We hope.
"The first time a specific link is shared on Facebook, Facebook's crawler takes a look at the shared page, extracts the title, the description and the thumbnail image, assigns an unique identifier and then stores this information. The next time Facebook displays the link, it simply fetches this information from the database. There's absolutely nothing wrong with this. At least when this data is kept secret," described security researcher Inti De Ceukelaire in a Medium post earlier this week.
Presumably, a developer should only be able to access information that he or she has permission to see—or else anyone with API access could view anyone's status updates, for example (assuming they guessed the correct ID number for the content). However, after fiddling with his queries a bit, De Ceukelaire was able to get Facebook's database to cough up the actual URLs corresponding to some of these unique ID numbers.
"I tried to reproduce this a couple of times until I decided to find out whether it was also possible to get other people's (private) links exploiting this. I wrote a quick script that would take any identification number and increment it gradually to discover other links. It worked," he wrote.
"While the results did not include an ID for the user who shared the link, I was able to identify some because their user id, the number corresponding to their account, was included in the link."
And this last bit points to the core of the problem with Facebook's storage scheme. Some links shared on Facebook might contain important information about a user—his or her address, login credentials, etc.—baked right into the URL. In other cases, links shared might allow a user to authenticate into a document or file that he or she wouldn't otherwise be able to have access to, but the link itself grants a person the key to entry.
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When De Ceukelaire wrote up his findings for Facebook, he was told that this system was working as intended. Additionally, Facebook does have some safeguards to protect against someone trying to scrape its database of IDs for interesting URLs.
"There are lots of objects on Facebook and it would be a really hard, if not impossible, to scan all of them using the API. You would be really unlucky if an attacker stumbled upon the number linking to your secret link, but the odds increase if attackers start monitoring these numbers on a regular basis. In about ten minutes, I was able to extract 70 links. Facebook does have some rate limiting in place to prevent this type of abuse but as mentioned above, it is possible to bypass that," De Ceukelaire wrote.
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While it pains me as an older brother to say this, I think these songs written by my sister and friend are something. They're both 15 and budding musicians! The ID3 tags are subject to change, they're undecided re: group name.
Crappy guitar/voice demo of a break-up song. The lyrics are a little emo, but what are ya gonna do?
The Smoke Alarm Sessions, cont'd. At a very young age, I developed a ginormous crush on Danny Kaye. Soooo on a whim, Barry and I decided to take an uber-sweet little quick-talk Frank Loesser duet from one of my favorite DK movies and rework it into a ballad. We're both in love with it, but it hasn't ever been performed in public yet. Here it is.


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Q: numba guvectorize target='parallel' slower than target='cpu' I've been attempting to optimize a piece of python code that involves large multi-dimensional array calculations.  I am getting counterintuitive results with numba.  I am running on an MBP, mid 2015, 2.5 GHz i7 quadcore, OS 10.10.5, python 2.7.11.  Consider the following:
 import numpy as np
 from numba import jit, vectorize, guvectorize
 import numexpr as ne
 import timeit

 def add_two_2ds_naive(A,B,res):
     for i in range(A.shape[0]):
         for j in range(B.shape[1]):
             res[i,j] = A[i,j]+B[i,j]

 @jit
 def add_two_2ds_jit(A,B,res):
     for i in range(A.shape[0]):
         for j in range(B.shape[1]):
             res[i,j] = A[i,j]+B[i,j]

 @guvectorize(['float64[:,:],float64[:,:],float64[:,:]'],
    '(n,m),(n,m)->(n,m)',target='cpu')
 def add_two_2ds_cpu(A,B,res):
     for i in range(A.shape[0]):
         for j in range(B.shape[1]):
             res[i,j] = A[i,j]+B[i,j]

 @guvectorize(['(float64[:,:],float64[:,:],float64[:,:])'],
    '(n,m),(n,m)->(n,m)',target='parallel')
 def add_two_2ds_parallel(A,B,res):
     for i in range(A.shape[0]):
         for j in range(B.shape[1]):
             res[i,j] = A[i,j]+B[i,j]

 def add_two_2ds_numexpr(A,B,res):
     res = ne.evaluate('A+B')

 if __name__=="__main__":
     np.random.seed(69)
     A = np.random.rand(10000,100)
     B = np.random.rand(10000,100)
     res = np.zeros((10000,100))

I can now run timeit on the various functions:
%timeit add_two_2ds_jit(A,B,res)
1000 loops, best of 3: 1.16 ms per loop

%timeit add_two_2ds_cpu(A,B,res)
1000 loops, best of 3: 1.19 ms per loop

%timeit add_two_2ds_parallel(A,B,res)
100 loops, best of 3: 6.9 ms per loop

%timeit add_two_2ds_numexpr(A,B,res)
1000 loops, best of 3: 1.62 ms per loop

It seems that 'parallel' is not taking even using the majority of a single core, as it's usage in top shows that python is hitting ~40% cpu for 'parallel', ~100% for 'cpu', and numexpr hits ~300%.

A: There are two issues with your @guvectorize implementations.  The first is that you are are doing all the looping inside your @guvectorize kernel, so there is actually nothing for the Numba parallel target to parallelize.  Both @vectorize and @guvectorize parallelize on the broadcast dimensions in a ufunc/gufunc.  Since the signature of your gufunc is 2D, and your inputs are 2D, there is only a single call to the inner function, which explains the only 100% CPU usage you saw.
The best way to write the function you have above is to use a regular ufunc:
@vectorize('(float64, float64)', target='parallel')
def add_ufunc(a, b):
    return a + b

Then on my system, I see these speeds:
%timeit add_two_2ds_jit(A,B,res)
1000 loops, best of 3: 1.87 ms per loop

%timeit add_two_2ds_cpu(A,B,res)
1000 loops, best of 3: 1.81 ms per loop

%timeit add_two_2ds_parallel(A,B,res)
The slowest run took 11.82 times longer than the fastest. This could mean that an intermediate result is being cached
100 loops, best of 3: 2.43 ms per loop

%timeit add_two_2ds_numexpr(A,B,res)
100 loops, best of 3: 2.79 ms per loop

%timeit add_ufunc(A, B, res)
The slowest run took 9.24 times longer than the fastest. This could mean that an intermediate result is being cached
1000 loops, best of 3: 2.03 ms per loop

(This is a very similar OS X system to yours, but with OS X 10.11.)
Although Numba's parallel ufunc now beats numexpr (and I see add_ufunc using about 280% CPU), it doesn't beat the simple single-threaded CPU case.  I suspect that the bottleneck is due to memory (or cache) bandwidth, but I haven't done the measurements to check that.
Generally speaking, you will see much more benefit from the parallel ufunc target if you are doing more math operations per memory element (like, say, a cosine).


SB 277 - the bill eliminating all nonmedical exemptions for the 10 vaccines currently required before a child can attend public or private school, preschool or daycare - was signed by California Governor Brown on June 30, 2015 and goes into effect on July 1, 2016. However, what everyone in California who is planning on using a personal or religious belief exemption needs to know to take advantage of the grandfathering of these exemptions beyond July 1st and until the next grade span (preschool, kindergarten inclusive and including transitional kindergarten, or 7th grade), you MUST have an exemption on file at your school or day care by December 31, 2015! For those programs with a winter holiday, the deadline may be even sooner with offices closed.
It's not just 10 shots. When you count the repeated inoculations that are multiple vaccines, it becomes closer to 25 or more.
The question that needs to be asked is: How much money per vaccination does the state of California receive from the federal gov? Eg: Using LA School District as an example and $2.00 per vaccination, with 600,000 students of 640,000 vaccinated only ONCE that is $1,200,000 that the state didn't have before it mandated vaccinations. Ask yourself how many children live in California? Answers are clear when you follow the money. It's never about health, it's always about the $.


Starting in 2009, the beginning of a successful collaboration between two universities, separated by two continents, began in earnest. In recent years, Global Formula Racing team has had numerous successes. To be sure of our continued success, there is required a good cooperation between the two teams that are around 5500 miles and nine time zones apart.
There are 5 technical sub teams that coordinate in the development and design of both the combustion (cCar) and the electric (eCar) version of the car. However, there is one sub team that is equally important: Supply Chain Management (SCM). These three letters are sure to accompany any and all aspects of the race cars on the entire value chain. This starts from the raw materials, through the processing stages, and finally to the finished product.
This entire process includes not only the acquisitions of materials and inventory, but also the organization of shipments. This is necessary because, for example, the development of the electrical car is begun at Oregon State University and is finished at the DHBW. The combustion car, which is manufactured solely in the USA, has to be shipped to Germany as it takes part in European competitions.
In the course of the year, there are three shipments taking place between the two campuses. Before any shipment can take place, there needs to be a list created of each part that will make the long journey across the Atlantic. In addition, to meet the customs requirements, a statement needs to be generated regarding quantity, weight, and value of each part being shipped. There also needs to be attention paid to the container that will be used to package all of these items. Finally, there needs to be coordination of having the container picked up and delivered.
Since this endeavor would be very expensive and because of the legal provisions related to the shipments made by Global Formula Racing, it is necessary to have a company that engages the team in this challenge. This company is our sponsor Panalpina in Bad Waldsee, Germany. Since 2012, the employees of this logistics firm have assisted our SCM sub team with invaluable experience.
The first shipment will soon be leaving Germany to start its trek to America. We appreciate and thank all of our sponsors for their knowledge and assistance, without whom, none of this would be possible.


THOMPSONVILLE, MI – He is the youngest to ever receive the International Spa Industry's (ISPA) Visionary Award, his product line has been found in make-up trailers on the set of films such as Captain America: Civil War and Star Wars: The Force Awakens and on March 17, Eminence President and International Master Trainer, Boldijarre Koronczay will lead a regional training event at Crystal Spa.
Koronczay has personally trained over a quarter of a million estheticians and spa professionals in the past two decades. His demanding schedule doesn't often allow him to personally attend Eminence Organic Skincare regional training events which makes this one at Crystal Spa all the more unique as it will be his first appearance in this region.
"Crystal Mountain is on-brand with our philosophies to provide high quality organic skin care products and services while being environmentally conscious," said Marianne Talkovski, Eminence regional educator. "We at Eminence are proud to have Crystal Mountain represent our brand."
An innovator of the organic movement, Koronczay's passion for the industry drives him to continue personally educating at trade events with his signature humorous and entertaining presentation style, sharing his enthusiasm, inspiration and knowledge at every session. The event at Crystal Mountain is a full-day Eminence product knowledge and technique training for accounts in Michigan and across the Midwest. Crystal Spa features the product line in its popular Biodynamic, Age Corrective and Fire and Ice facials.
Established in 1956, Crystal Mountain is a family-owned, four-season resort recognized nationally as one of the Midwest's premier destinations. Located 28 miles southwest of Traverse City and 30 minutes from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Crystal Mountain offers 36 holes of championship golf, Crystal Mountain Golf School, the Park at Water's Edge, Edge Adventure Course, Michigan's only alpine slide, Legacy Art Park, award-winning Crystal Spa, a range of activities and off-site adventures, fine-dining, shopping as well as wedding, meeting and conference facilities.


Spinning rod casting accuracy competitions have been organised for decades, but the first (at least in this millennium) TalTech indoor championships were organised as late as in 2019. TalTech has been active in the sports for decades and traditionally, the employees of Baltic universities of technology have competed to find out who is the best in terms of accuracy and distance with a spinning rod. Last year, TalTech won the competition.
Physicists know that according to the second law of thermodynamics, open systems are more viable than closed systems. This is why the internal championship was organised as an open event. This gave the competitors a good opportunity to assess their progress for the upcoming outdoor season. The competitors were divided into two categories – participants with more international experience competed in three events, where in addition to a spinning reel, they also used a multi reel. Participants who mostly take part in local competitions competed in accuracy with two spinning reels. The competition was tight in both categories. The difference between the second and fifth place of the triathlon was only 5 points, which is equal to one hit on the skish target. The competitor who was in first place after two rounds with 9 points failed in the third round and fell to the fourth place. However, everything is possible in sports: remember when Johannes Thingnes Bø missed all of his shots in the final round? Only three points separated the first three competitors of the biathlon and the university physicists were a worthy opponent to Timo Tintse, who is well known in the sea trout community.
Dmitri Borovkov (Tallinn Fishing Club), who won the triathlon (accuracy rounds on the Arenberg and skish target; accuracy rounds with a multi reel) is a seven-time World Champion in casting (a sport recognised by SportAcord) and Ranel Kõmmits was the World Champion in sea trout distance in 2018.
Thank you TalTech Sports Club for the awards! The next competitions in Estonia will be on 12–13 April in the hall of the Estonian Football Association, where the opening round of the 2019 World Cup will take place.


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Esbriet Reduces Cough in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Dutch Study Shows
by Jose Marques Lopes PhD | November 7, 2017
Treatment with Esbriet (pirfenidone) reduces cough in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a new European study finds.
The study, "Effect of pirfenidone on cough in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis," appeared in the European Respiratory Journal. Its senior author was Dr. Marlies Wijsenbeek of the respiratory medicine department at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam.
Cough is a common symptom and predictor of IPF progression. But patient response to antitussive therapy is often inadequate. Effective treatments are also lacking due to the absence of extensive studies on cough improvement in IPF. Yet Esbriet may be a promising therapy.
Researchers conducted the study in the Netherlands, Italy, France and Great Britain to evaluate the effect of Esbriet — marketed by Genentech — on coughing in 43 IPF patients (including 33 men and 34 former smokers). They also measured Esbriet's effect on subjective cough and quality of life.
The patients, aged 40 to 85 years, were recruited between 2013 and 2016. Among the criteria for inclusion: criteria: forced vital capacity (FVC, the amount of exhaled air after a deep breath) ≥ 50% and cough score ≥ 40 mm (0-100. IPF-related cough was observed for no less than eight weeks. Cough recordings were conducted at baseline, and at four and 12 weeks after treatment with Esbriet.
Only 31 patients completed the 12-week study, which found that Esbriet induced a 34 percent decrease in cough. In addition, the drug reduced cough severity. Analysis at four weeks of treatment already showed a significant amelioration, though a smaller, 14 percent, reduction in cough. These results were supported by subjective assessments.
No significant changes were seen in disease-specific quality of life or anxiety, although cough-related quality of life improved with Esbriet treatment.
"This study is the first to show a significant improvement in cough by a pharmacologic treatment, using both objective and subjective measures in IPF patients," researchers said. "In IPF, increased cough reflex sensitivity is thought to be a key mechanism that causes cough."
Despite the positive results, a comparison between Esbriet and Ofev (nintedanib, from Boehringer Ingelheim) on cough improvement would be valuable, researchers observed.
Based on the results, the team concluded "in patients with IPF, pirfenidone treatment significantly reduces objective 24-h cough counts by 34 percent, and improves subjective measures of cough. These results are clinically meaningful to patients. More research is warranted into the mechanisms and management of cough in IPF and other fibrotic diseases."
Jose Marques Lopes PhD José is a science news writer with a PhD in Neuroscience from Universidade of Porto, in Portugal. He has also studied Biochemistry at Universidade do Porto and was a postdoctoral associate at Weill Cornell Medicine, in New York, and at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. His work has ranged from the association of central cardiovascular and pain control to the neurobiological basis of hypertension, and the molecular pathways driving Alzheimer's disease.
cough, Esbriet, Genentech, pirfenidone, quality of life


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Maternidad sin hombres es una película de Argentina filmada en blanco y negro dirigida por Carlos Rinaldi sobre el guion de Ulyses Petit de Murat que se estrenó el 7 de noviembre de 1968 y que tuvo como protagonistas a Ernesto Bianco, Yayi Cristal, Perla Santalla y Virginia Lago.

Sinopsis
La historia de varias mujeres que llegan en condiciones penosas a la maternidad.

Reparto

Comentarios

Para la revista Gente la película es:
La Nación opinó:
Manrupe y Portela escriben:

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Información sobre Maternidad sin hombres  en el sitio del cine nacional
 Información sobre Maternidad sin hombres  en Internet Movie Data Base


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package org.mifos.dto.domain;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Data transfer object to hold data for display on the viewCenterDetails.jsp page
 */
@SuppressWarnings("PMD")
@edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressWarnings(value="SE_NO_SERIALVERSIONID", justification="should disable at filter level and also for pmd - not important for us")
public class CenterInformationDto implements Serializable {

    private final CenterDisplayDto centerDisplay;
    private final CustomerAccountSummaryDto customerAccountSummary;
    private final CenterPerformanceHistoryDto centerPerformanceHistory;
    private final CustomerAddressDto address;
    private final List<CustomerDetailDto> groupsOtherThanClosedAndCancelled;
    private final List<CustomerNoteDto> recentCustomerNotes;
    private final List<CustomerPositionOtherDto> customerPositions;
    private final List<SavingsDetailDto> savingsAccountsInUse;
    private final CustomerMeetingDto customerMeeting;
    private final Boolean activeSurveys;
    private final List<SurveyDto> customerSurveys;
    private final List<CustomFieldDto> customFields;

    private final List<SavingsDetailDto> closedSavingsAccounts;

    public CenterInformationDto(final CenterDisplayDto centerDisplay,
            final CustomerAccountSummaryDto customerAccountSummary,
            final CenterPerformanceHistoryDto centerPerformanceHistory, final CustomerAddressDto address,
            final List<CustomerDetailDto> groupsOtherThanClosedAndCancelled,
            final List<CustomerNoteDto> recentCustomerNotes, final List<CustomerPositionOtherDto> customerPositions,
            final List<SavingsDetailDto> savingsAccountsInUse, final CustomerMeetingDto customerMeeting,
            final Boolean activeSurveys, final List<SurveyDto> customerSurveys,
            final List<CustomFieldDto> customFields) {
        this.centerDisplay = centerDisplay;
        this.customerAccountSummary = customerAccountSummary;
        this.centerPerformanceHistory = centerPerformanceHistory;
        this.address = address;
        this.groupsOtherThanClosedAndCancelled = groupsOtherThanClosedAndCancelled;
        this.recentCustomerNotes = recentCustomerNotes;
        this.customerPositions = customerPositions;
        this.savingsAccountsInUse = savingsAccountsInUse;
        this.customerMeeting = customerMeeting;
        this.activeSurveys = activeSurveys;
        this.customerSurveys = customerSurveys;
        this.customFields = customFields;
        this.closedSavingsAccounts = Collections.emptyList();
    }

    public CenterInformationDto(final CenterDisplayDto centerDisplay,
            final CustomerAccountSummaryDto customerAccountSummary,
            final CenterPerformanceHistoryDto centerPerformanceHistory, final CustomerAddressDto address,
            final List<CustomerDetailDto> groupsOtherThanClosedAndCancelled,
            final List<CustomerNoteDto> recentCustomerNotes, final List<CustomerPositionOtherDto> customerPositions,
            final List<SavingsDetailDto> savingsAccountsInUse, final CustomerMeetingDto customerMeeting,
            final Boolean activeSurveys, final List<SurveyDto> customerSurveys,
            final List<CustomFieldDto> customFields,
            final List<SavingsDetailDto> closedSavingsAccounts) {
        this.centerDisplay = centerDisplay;
        this.customerAccountSummary = customerAccountSummary;
        this.centerPerformanceHistory = centerPerformanceHistory;
        this.address = address;
        this.groupsOtherThanClosedAndCancelled = groupsOtherThanClosedAndCancelled;
        this.recentCustomerNotes = recentCustomerNotes;
        this.customerPositions = customerPositions;
        this.savingsAccountsInUse = savingsAccountsInUse;
        this.customerMeeting = customerMeeting;
        this.activeSurveys = activeSurveys;
        this.customerSurveys = customerSurveys;
        this.customFields = customFields;
        this.closedSavingsAccounts = closedSavingsAccounts;
    }

    public CenterDisplayDto getCenterDisplay() {
        return this.centerDisplay;
    }

    public CustomerAccountSummaryDto getCustomerAccountSummary() {
        return this.customerAccountSummary;
    }

    public CenterPerformanceHistoryDto getCenterPerformanceHistory() {
        return this.centerPerformanceHistory;
    }

    @edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressWarnings(value="NM_CONFUSING", justification="its not confusing...")
    public CustomerAddressDto getAddress() {
        return this.address;
    }

    public List<CustomerDetailDto> getGroupsOtherThanClosedAndCancelled() {
        return this.groupsOtherThanClosedAndCancelled;
    }

    public List<CustomerNoteDto> getRecentCustomerNotes() {
        return this.recentCustomerNotes;
    }

    public List<CustomerPositionOtherDto> getCustomerPositions() {
        return this.customerPositions;
    }

    public List<SavingsDetailDto> getSavingsAccountsInUse() {
        return this.savingsAccountsInUse;
    }

    public CustomerMeetingDto getCustomerMeeting() {
        return this.customerMeeting;
    }

    public Boolean getActiveSurveys() {
        return this.activeSurveys;
    }

    public List<SurveyDto> getCustomerSurveys() {
        return this.customerSurveys;
    }

    public List<CustomFieldDto> getCustomFields() {
        return this.customFields;
    }

	public List<SavingsDetailDto> getClosedSavingsAccounts() {
		return closedSavingsAccounts;
	}

}

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The new perfect tee just hit town. We have found our favorite versatile wardrobe stable with the Perfect tee. This one is cut from super soft jersey cotton. Pair with comfy joggers on down-days or layer under a shirt for a smart casual heading-to-the-office look. Or just a plain white tee and jeans. Always does the trick.


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Four arrested for narcotics trafficking in Brazoria Co.
ROSHARON, TX Authorities executed a search warrant on Monday around 8:30pm in the 3000 block of County Road 57 in Rosharon. Upon searching the residence, investigators and agents found two kilos of cocaine and seven ounces of marijuana. Investigators seized eight weapons, two vehicles and $1,970 in cash that were believed to further the suspects' narcotic trafficking.
Alfred Guajardo, 59, Apolinar Saenz, 72, Virginia Guajardo, 55, and Maria Sanchez, 64, were found at the residence. All four suspects were transported to jail and booked on charges of possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
The four suspects are currently being held at the Brazoria County Jail on $110,000 bond.


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STOCKHOLM VILLAGE PARK
Village activity once extended to the lake, with a grain warehouse, brickyard, lumber yard, tannery, fish company, jail, and several residences. Periodic flooding led to the departure of the last of these buildings in the 1940s. After years with little use, the land was donated to the village to establish a public park stretching from the railroad tracks to the lake. The upper expanse of open grass, historically known as "the meadow," has become the village green, doubling as a parking lot on major festive occasions. Closer to the lake are picnic tables, campsites, a boat launch, and restrooms. A 750-foot pier originally built in 1885 to harbor steamboats has become a favorite place to stroll or fish. The park is also an important venue for art fairs and other events, drawing people from far-flung cities and towns in the Upper Midwest.
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San Marino: Significant changes to the national final voting system
The last two Fridays we watched the first two shows of 1in360, San Marino's national selection. In the first show the acts performed the songs assigned to them, while in the second show apart from the performances, we watched which song was decided for each contestant to perform in the final.
However, local media reports referred to notable negative reviews on the country's national selection. Initially, complaints were made concerning the fact that Zoe Straub, member of the jury, has written the majority of the competing national final songs. In addition, further complaints referred to the complicated voting system and the expensive cost of voting through PayPal. All This situation brought second thoughts to the production of 1in360 that led to serious decisions of making significant changes in the voting system.
The New Voting Rules 1in360
Due to all this latest facts some severe changes were issued for the country's national final:
Zoe Straub won't have the right to vote in the national final and the jury will include people specialized in the music scene like, Mr. Alessandro Capicchioni, San Marino's Head of Delegation.
The public voting will take place not only through PayPal and will have a 50% share in the final's result determination. The audience will be able to vote for its favorite act through the electronic platform of Global Rockstar. Each voter can spend an amount from 20 to 8.000 euro for each competing act he favors. If two competing acts receive the same amount of votes they will get exactly the same points.
In case of tie, the final winner will be determined by the highest percentage in jury voting.
San Marino's national final will take place on March 3 in Bratislava and can be watched on the country's national channel or via the official YouTube Channel of the national selection. In the final the competing acts will perform the final version of their entries, that so far we have listened in their acoustic version only.
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When my app is closed, or runs in the background, and I open a notification, it is not handled. In fact, it doesn't even call the handler. (push.on('notification')) however, when I am inside the app, it works.
Which platform do you encounter this problem?
Are you sure that this is possible on that platform without additional work?
As I read it you should decide if you want to use notification or data - and leave the other one out of the message to make sure it works as expected.
what was the fix? As i read your comments in git it was something with the payload?
When alarm time comes, a notification goes off, instead of the track playing.is it posibile??


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Mattel Acquires HIT Entertainment
On Oct. 24, Mattel announced that it had successfully acquired HIT Entertainment for $680 million. The deal gave Mattel access to HIT's global portfolio of preschool brands including Thomas & Friends, Barney, Bob the Builder, Fireman Sam and Ang
On Oct. 24, Mattel announced that it had successfully acquired HIT Entertainment for $680 million. The deal gave Mattel access to HIT's global portfolio of preschool brands including Thomas & Friends, Barney, Bob the Builder, Fireman Sam and Angelina Ballerina, which generates more than $180 million in revenues.
"Mattel is the right home for Thomas & Friends," says Robert A. Eckert, chairman and chief executive officer of Mattel. "Thomas & Friends routinely ranks among the world's leading preschool toys. Additionally, with more than half of the Thomas & Friends revenue generated from non-toy products, this transaction will marry Mattel's global marketing, distribution and brand management capabilities with HIT Entertainment's global programming and licensing expertise to accelerate growth of the combined portfolio."
The transaction will close in the first quarter of this year and does not include HIT's interest in cable network station, Sprout.


EUREKA, Ill. – University of Illinois Extension would like to congratulate Woodford County Master Gardener, Tina Deetz for being recognized as a 2018 Outstanding Illinois Master Gardener.
In her two years as a Master Gardener, Tina's volunteer services and contributions to the Master Gardener program have more than exceeded expectations for this award. The Outstanding Master Gardener Award was established to honor the best of Illinois Master Gardeners. Only the top 2% of Illinois State Master Gardeners receive this award annually. They must exceed in leadership, determination, positivity, initiative and be highly involved in the program.
"Becoming a Master Gardener" was always near the top of Tina's bucket list. When she retired, she made that goal a reality when she took the first ever Master Gardener training in Eureka in 2016. After graduation, Tina became heavily involved in the Master Gardener program. She has been involved in the annual Master Gardener Plant Sale coordination, Heart House project, Gardener's Gathering coordination committee, activity stations at community events, Garden of Giving at the Great Oaks Community Church, and served as the group secretary. Tina's greatest volunteer efforts have been at the Germantown Hills Middle School Garden. Tina joins the group weekly throughout the growing season to help maintain the garden, as well as works with the youth in the garden during the school year.
Tina is always of the first ones to volunteer in need, and she goes out of her way to offer support to others. There is no sitting and watching others do the work with Tina!
Tina sees being a Master Gardener as an opportunity to meet great people who share her love of gardening, as well as a way to encourage others to find the gratification and pleasure that gardening can bring to life. Great job, Tina! And remember, if you see her working in the gardens or teaching in the community, make sure to thank her for her outstanding efforts in improving the community and helping others learn to grow.
For more information about the Woodford County Master Gardener program, visit us at go.illinois.edu/LMW_MG or contact the Woodford County Extension Office at (309) 467-3789.


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FLP caucus meets on multi-party Cabinet
The Fiji Labour Party caucus met for several hours today, following the official opening of Parliament by His Excellency the President. Discussions focussed on a letter of invitation to FLP Leader Mahendra Chaudhry, from Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, to join a multi-party Cabinet.
Full consultations took place between the Party Leader and all FLP Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The caucus resolved that the FLP Leader should seek an early appointment with the Hon. Prime Minister in order to get clarification on a number of important matters pertaining to the invitation.
FLP Leader, Mahendra Chaudhry said "This is an historic decision for the Party, as well as the country at large. For this reason, it must be made with due consideration and sensitivity. The FLP caucus is mindful that full consultations should first be held with the Prime Minister, in conformity with the Supreme Court decision."
Following the meeting between the FLP Leader and the Prime Minister, the Labour Party caucus will reconvene to consider its decision on the multi-party Cabinet.
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1. Mandate
1.1. The role of the Regional Finance and Governance Committee (FGC) is to ensure good governance Practices are observed in conducting activities in the region. The FGC serves as an advisory body to the Governing Council (GC) and is expected to proactively provide advice and recommendations on any governance related issues.
2.1. All members of the FGC shall be appointed by the Governing
Council and can be removed by the Council at its sole discretion.
2.2. The term of office of the FGC members shall be two years.
The terms of office for the Chair and the Vice Chair of the FGC shall be renewable, once, for a further two years as ordinary member. This is to ensure continuity in the functioning of the Committee.
2.3. To ensure equitable representation of regional views the composition of the
Committee shall take into account the geographical spread. The FGC shall comprise four Heads of Customs from member Administrations in the ESA Region. In special circumstances, an administration can be represented
on the FGC by a senior official provided that such a representative reports directly to the Head of Customs in the Administration.
2.4. The membership can include any active member of the Region excluding the
Regional Vice Chair and the Deputy Vice Chair.
3. Key responsibilities
The key functions of the Finance Governance Committee shall be as follows:
3.1. To examine the audit report and make recommendations to the Governing Council accordingly.
3.2. To examine governance related matters referred to it by the Governing Council and the Regional Vice Chair and make recommendations accordingly.
3.3. To proactively raise any governance issues requiring urgent attention to the Vice Chair for appropriate action.
4. Key Deliverables
4.1. Submit reports with recommendations on governance issues as mandated by the Governing Council.
5. Means of Operartion
5.1. The FGC shall meet at least twice a year.
5.2. The FGC shall elect a Chair and a Vice Chair amongst members of the Committee at their first sitting.
5.3. The quorum for the conduct of business of the FGC shall be three members of the Finance and Governance Committee.
5.4. The FGC shall conduct its business and reach decisions
through consensus. In cases where this is not possible the issues must be referred to the Governing Council with various options clearly indicated.
5.5. In the conduct of its business, the FGC may choose to also use
any other means of communication including video conferencing, tele-conference and e-mails.
5.6 The Chair of the FGC can call for additional meetings if necessary.
5.7 The FGC is authorized to have full, free and unrestricted access to all documentation and officials may be requested to appear before the FGC.
6. Resources Required
6.1 Members of the committee shall bear their own costs in relation to travel and accommodation.
7. Secretariat
7.1 The ROCB shall serve as secretariat for the Finance and Governance Committee.


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Q: Creating webhooks for a third-party application First post here on Software Engineering, so I hope I don't goof up too much.
I am writing software that integrates with an application written by a company that has a small development team. I have suggested that they add webhooks to their application so that it can be event driven. They have said that they like the idea but it just isn't in the cards for the time being.
Currently I have to continuously call their web service to pick up any new entities that have been created. This works ok, but the more entities that are in the system, the long it takes for me to register that there has been a new one created.
I have decided to try and create these webhooks myself through the use of SqlDependency. My current plan is to create a windows service that will monitor the database for specific changes and then send the newly created entity's ID to any of the URLs that have been specified in a json file.
My question is can this be done?
What are the drawbacks of using SqlDependency?
Are there better ways to achieve this?


It is not necessarily, as one Boston columnist put it this week, the beginning of the end for Elizabeth Warren. But the revelation that she used to claim minority status based on a very distant Cherokee relative from more than a century ago and the way she handled it caused some immediate fallout for her – and could contribute to a more serious, longer-term problem.
Warren's short-term problem is obvious: She lost the week. A few days ago, her campaign thought it had a signature example of hypocrisy by her Senate opponent, Scott Brown, who voted against the healthcare reform law but who now carries his 23-year-old daughter on his insurance plan – something made possible by the law.
In addition to muffling the Brown/healthcare issue, the episode makes Warren seem less than forthcoming. In the best case scenario for her, it will prove to be an isolated incident and will be largely forgotten by the fall. The threat to Warren, though, is that it will make a lasting impression on the blue-collar swing voters who loom as the race's key constituency.
Brown used his regular-guy-with-a-truck image to make significant inroads with this crowd in his 2010 special election upset, winning a bunch of small and midsize cities that traditionally vote Democratic. The promise of Warren's candidacy is that her own biography -- a self-made woman from humble roots -- and her unusual ability to communicate progressive economic ideas in charismatic and digestible sound bites will keep just enough blue-collar voters in the Democratic fold to win.
To head her off, Brown habitually refers to his opponent as "Professor Warren," part of his effort to maximize the cultural distance between her and him – and between her and working-class voters. The danger of the Cherokee story is that it plays into the image of Warren that Brown is trying to create. The fact that she's 1/32 Native American and only made mention of it as an up-and-coming academic raises the specter of affirmative action, a wedge issue that Republicans have used for decades to turn blue-collar voters against Democrats.
Warren's hopes of unseating Brown depend on making the traditionally Democratic voters who like and identify with him comfortable with her as a personality. This week's developments could complicate that.


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Your first problem is that you're using a 14 year old unsupported operating system that most of us have moved on from. I'm not sure how helpful I and others can be as we've already forgotten a ton of the idiosyncrasies with 2003 since many of us stopped using it at least 5 years ago. So the first thing you should be doing is migrating to a newer, supported operating system.
The second problem, *I BELIEVE* is that your initial partitions were EXTENDED partitions instead of primary partitions for some reason (I believe that's what the green border indicates around the drive). The drive is a "logical drive" within the extended partition. Why this was setup as it is is beyond me - but if that's the case, you may need to use third party software to extend it. You could also consider using a software mirror to a new virtual disk using a primary partition and once the mirror completes, break it, get rid of this old disk, and extend the new disk.
Before trying anything BACKUP YOUR DRIVE!!!!
If this goes sideways, you want to be able to recover from a problem.
Please read this Article, there is a Hotfix available on Microsoft Support, Download, Install and run it, Restart and retest.


Lock in a great price for Best Western Plus Villa Saint Antoine Hotel & Spa – rated 8.8 by recent guests!
Breakfast was really good. One of the best what I had. Room was quiet, nice and clean. I didn't see wellness because it was closed when I arrived.
Direct in front of the castle. Very close to the center.
Great location and views, very friendly and helpful staff. All in all a lovely place.
Very comfortable large bedrooms, friendly staff and excellent cuisine. Beautiful situation, excellent dog walking from the hotel. Would definitely choose to stay there again.
the location is delightful. The staff are very friendly but under pressure in the restaurant.
It was in a lovely location and the staff were really friendly. The food was delicious.
excellent room. Excellent restaurant. excellent position.
Really enjoyed staying here again. The location is just beautiful and the hotel is close to the shops, the castle and the river. The staff are very friendly and the parking is a great amenity. The pool is a perfect size with sun loungers and parasols. The food in the restaurant is good.
The best nights sleep we've had!!! Those pillows are amazing!!! Fantastic location, beautiful views...nothing negative to say.
Featuring an outdoor pool and a large terrace with views of the Sèvre Nantaise River and the Château of Clisson, this hotel is located in Clisson, 16 mi from Nantes. The on-site wellness center offers a hammam, a hot tub and massage treatments for a supplement and upon reservation.
An heated outdoor pool and a herbal tea room are also available.
The air-conditioned rooms include free Wi-Fi access, a private bathroom and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels. They are contemporary in style and some rooms have a private balcony with views of the Château de Clisson.
The restaurant serves contemporary cuisine and some regional specialties made with fresh market produce. Guests can enjoy meals on the terrace, facing the river and the château.
Guests of the Best Western Villa Saint Antoine can walk to the historic monuments in Clisson, including Noter Dame Church. Puy du Fou Theme Park is 24 mi away.
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Air-conditioned room with satellite TV and a balcony with views of Clisson Castle.
Air-conditioned room facing the street with a flat-screen TV and satellite channels.
Air-conditioned room with a view of the hotel's terrace and the river, a flat-screen TV and satellite channels.
This spacious and air-conditioned suite features a contemporary décor and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels.
These 2 connected rooms feature 2 private bathrooms and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels.
This attic room offers river views, a flat-screen TV, tea and coffee making facilities and a desk. The private bathroom is fitted with a hairdryer, shower and free toiletries.
Please note that access to the spa is available upon prior request for a limited time of 45 minutes. Please note that the access time slots are limited and must be booked as soon as possible after making your reservation. For more information, please contact the property.
This suite features a tea/coffee maker, flat-screen TV and seating area.
- a 25-minute body massage per person, is to be chosen from the treatment list.
Please note that the massage time slots are limited and must be booked as soon as possible after making your reservation. For more information, please contact the property.
House Rules Best Western Plus Villa Saint Antoine Hotel & Spa takes special requests – add in the next step!
Best Western Plus Villa Saint Antoine Hotel & Spa accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.
Best Western Plus Villa Saint Antoine Hotel & Spa accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.
Please contact the property in advance in order to obtain the access code for the car park.
Guests are asked to reserve in advance if they wish to dine in the hotel's restaurant.
Extra beds are available upon request and for a fee.
Please note that the heated outdoor pool is available from Mid-may to September.
Reception lady. I arrived about 23h. I know it is too late, but lady on reception didn't speak en english. After 22h is everything closed in this small city. So you cannot eat dinner. I asked for ordering taxi for morning... next day I was waiting for taxi but they didn't arrived. So lady on reception made mistake in booking of taxi... Next taxi should arrived for one hour!!! I wasn't accetable. So I asked guy on reception and he take his own car and drive me to place.
In general it was great but I wish I'd been warned about the final drive through the (2-way!) narrow streets and had more precise directions to the car-park, which was great when you know where it is but if you go past it involves an intricate 3++ point turn or reversing down a hill round a bend. Once you know it is easy!
Great location for relaxing and couples holiday.
The food and the charming helpful staff.
No internet on arrival staff not that helpful.
Additional staff in the restaurant. Waited nearly 25minutes for the menu.
The town was really quiet and so many restaurants were closed.
lovely room. Superb location and view.
Maybe a sandwich,/snack available when we arrived at 3pm.


Bitcoin Cash (BCH) soars over 30% in the last 24-hours.
Market turnover and valuation jump.
The cryptocurrency market has made a sharp u-turn and is powering higher after hitting multi-month lows last week. Market capitalization has rallied from just over $100 billion to $130 billion while turnover has picked up from around $12-13 billion to more than $21 billion in the last 24-hours. A combination of oversold market conditions and short-covering are cited as the main drivers as we head into the Christmas break. While the current price action is eye-catching a note of caution is still warranted after the heavy losses seen since the start of the year. New money will be needed to keep the move going, especially as investors remain heavily long of the cryptocurrency mrket as a space.
If you are interested in trading the cryptocurrency market, we have produced a Day Trading Guide to Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies to help you better understand this highly volatile asset class.
DailyFX analyst and Elliot Wave expert Jeremy Wagner highlighted the potential rally in Ethereum and Ripple in one of his regular webinars recently.
One crypto that catches the eye is Bitcoin Cash (BCH) which has endured a roller-coaster ride over the last six-weeks. After making a recent pre-fork high of $640 on Novermber 7, the coin slumped all the way back down to $75 last week. The price has doubled since to the $150 level after being in heavily oversold territory shown by the RSI indictor at the bottom of the chart. The four-hour chart now indicates that the market is now heavily overbought and caution should be exercised in this highly volatile crypto that traded at a spike high of over $4,000 just one year ago.
Investors remain net-long cryptocurrencies but recent changes give us a mixed trading bias across the space with some cryptos showing bullish contrarian readings while other remian negative. You can sign up to the IG Client Sentiment Indicator for free to get updated positioning data.


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Jan 31, 2019 @ 9:13am
Bus Driver Death Update
(Libertyville, IL) More information has been released about the death of a bus driver in Libertyville. The incident happened on Tuesday evening when a school bus hit three parked cars outside the Highland Middle School. Authorities responded to the scene to find the driver unresponsive, and despite life saving measures, the man was pronounced dead at Advocate Condell Medical Center. Officials now say the man worked for Durham School Services, and was contracted to Oak Grove District 68 to drive volleyball players and staff to the Highland Middle School. The driver's identity remains unknown, and an autopsy is expected either today or tomorrow. No one else was hurt in the incident, and no children were on the bus at the time.
Deep freeze expected to ease, but disruptions persist
Associated Press 1-31-19
CHICAGO (AP) The painfully cold weather system that put much of Lake County into a historic deep freeze is expected to ease at some point today, though temperatures could still tumble to record lows in some places before things start to thaw out. Disruptions caused by the cold will persist, too, including power outages and canceled flights and trains. Temperatures should bounce back into the single digits later today and into the 20s by Friday. And despite most schools being closed, and some businesses still shuttered for Thursday, more people are expected to be out and about later today.
Illinois Senate proposes $15 minimum wage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Business interests are suggesting ways to minimize the impact of increasing Illinois' minimum wage while Democrats in the state Legislature rush to send a plan to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The Senate Labor Committee heard a measure Wednesday to increase the minimum wage to $15, from the $8.25 it's been since 2010. Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford hasn't fleshed out her proposal, but she claims Pritzker wants to sign a law before he presents an annual budget in February. Rob Karr is president and CEO of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association. He suggests a tiered scale based on living costs in different parts of the state. New York and Oregon have adopted such approaches. Karr also recommended an extended phase-in period for reaching $15.


the sky of the invented world; you step back even further, one foot in one pool, one in another, and see past the sky, to yourself, peering into the book. Aha.
The book opens, "This is a cut-down chandelier… / And it is like coughing at the piano before you start playing a terrible waltz…", an immediate acknowledgement of the self-consciousness that is writing a book of poems. The modern notion of poetry as something that, by making it obvious, tears away at the beauty of something that is more useful as part of the scenery, is also shared by these opening lines. Poemland is essentially a book written about poetry in a strong voice using a variety of different outlooks. Its quirks—ellipses, exclamation points, extensive and extended metaphors—become less and less obvious as you become accustomed to the geography of the book.
The individual poems in the book take up many pages, are not titled or numbered and achieve their own cohesion while maintaining the structure of the book as a whole as well. While the book's theme never veers from the subject of poetry, the individual poems manage to also encompass a number of other things: gender issues, relationship problems, morality, the existence or non-existence of god, etc.
Perhaps the most visited theme in the vast levels of metaphor and simile that the book holds together is one found in the opening lines: self-deprecation. Is it the ease of technology, allowing anyone with a keyboard and an internet connection to communicate what might be better kept hidden that brings out this bashfulness in twenty-first century poets' work? For to be a poet is to take one's inner deepmost thoughts and spirits and let them loose to the world – something any fourteen year old girl's facebook status update might do in relaying the message "jeff didn't call back. i am dpressed. txt!!" Displaying one's thoughts and emotions to the waiting world has become easy. As a poet, you must earn your audience. To be a poet takes a sort of courage that anyone updating their facebook status must have but more, though: "And this is boring intensity… / When I want it to be high-priced violets… Thrown in the trash…" (81). Poetry is finding beauty in every unexpected place. Poemland is this place, full of truth and foolishness and longing and beauty.
Oh, but what are the chances your neighbors have anything good by the curb on trash night? Perhaps the same chance that your friend's fourteen year old sister will come up with something brilliant as her facebook status… And Minnis says, "With my poetry, I want to barricade myself from other people's poetry…/ This is a chance to tell the truth" (37). Being a poet encompasses the chagrin of allowing others into your mind, but also letting them out knowing one thing: at least the poem was honest. Minnis, perhaps, distances herself entirely from the modern technological binary of shameless self-aggrandizing/deprecation by limiting her truth-telling to these pages, and at the same time brushing off her poetry as "just some incomprehensible money" (63).
Minnis wants us to know that to her poetry is "like waking up drunk in a lemon yellow room…" (5) but also "like a window that looks into a swimming pool… / Or an empty gun indentation in velvet…" (73). Once you are accustomed to the bright colors and strange foliage of her world, Minnis' Poemland becomes comprehensible, and even beautiful, in all its sulky, mad-at-the poetry-world glory and truth.


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Jorge Enrique Rodríguez Mendieta known by his nom de guerre Iván Vargas (born c. 1963) is a Colombian guerrilla leader member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP), former commander of the 24th Front of the Middle Magdalena Bloc of the FARC-EP. Vargas was arrested in late 2004 in the city of Bucaramanga by Colombian authorities and extradited to the United States on 3 November 2007 on charges of narcotrafficking.

Early years

Vargas began his activities with the FARC in 1987 as an aide of the FARC's Secretariat and in 1989 military intelligence of the Colombian Army reported that Vargas was a guerrilla instructor in the Escuela Nacional de Cuadros de las FARC (a guerrilla training school of the FARC) in Casa Verde. In 1991 Vargas was made guerrilla commander of the 22nd Front of the FARC-EP, part of the Eastern Bloc of that organization. He was also a member of the Estado Mayor, the FARC's operational leadership council.

Vietnam training and commander

The following year, in 1992 Vargas was sent to Vietnam to receive training in guerrilla tactics and ordnance and explosives training. Upon his return he was made commander of the 24th Front of the FARC-EP and commander of the Middle Magdalena region, guerrilla unit that operates in the southern region of Bolívar Department.  According to the Colombian Army, Vargas had also received training in the former Soviet Union.

Capture and extradition to the United States

Vargas was extradited to the United States by the Government of Colombia charged with conspiracy to export illegal drugs from Colombia to the United States. In Colombia, the government charged him with rebellion, terrorism, conspiracy to export illegal drugs According to the United States Attorney General's Office Rodriguez Mendieta allegedly directed the purchase of hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cocaine paste and transmitted billions of Colombian pesos in cocaine proceeds to other FARC officials. Rodriguez Mendieta is also alleged to have ordered the murder of at least eight farmers, including several whom he personally dismembered alive, and to have plotted to retaliate against United States law enforcement officers who were conducting the narcotics-trafficking investigation

Jorge Enrique Rodriguez Mendieta (a.k.a. Ivan Vargas) was arrested by Colombian authorities in late 2004 and extradited to the U.S. in November 2007. On 16 December 2009, he pleaded guilty in a Washington, D.C. federal court to conspiring to import large quantities of cocaine into the U.S.

When submitting his guilty plea, Mendieta admitted that he had directed other FARC members to purchase hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cocaine paste, some of which was imported to the U.S.  The U.S. government has also alleged that Mendieta plotted to retaliate against American law enforcement officers conducting the narcotics-trafficking investigation that ultimately led to the charges filed against him.

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