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I'm trying to create a style for Journal of Experimental Botany but I couldn't manade to get year-suffices italic without having also year in italics. Could anyone help?
For articles in press that have no page numbers the journal name should be in italics (otherwise journal name should be normal) and DOI-number should be added. Is this possible?
If set to "true" ("false" is the default), an alphabetic year-suffix is added to ambiguous cites (e.g. "Doe 2007, Doe 2007" becomes "Doe 2007a, Doe 2007b") and to their corresponding bibliographic entries. The assignment of the year-suffixes follows the order of the bibliographies entries, and additional letters are used once "z" is reached ("z", "aa", "ab", ..., "az", "ba", etc.). By default the year-suffix is appended to the cite, and to the first year rendered through cs:date in the bibliographic entry, but its location can be controlled by explicitly rendering the "year-suffix" variable using cs:text. If "year-suffix" is rendered through cs:text in the scope of cs:citation, it is suppressed for cs:bibliography, unless it is also rendered through cs:text in the scope of cs:bibliography, and vice versa.
Edit: actually, this is not valid, sorry.


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The formal announcement will take place at 11 a.m. in Town Hall.
Middleboro Planning Director Ruth M. Geoffroy said officials intend to replace the rotary with a flyover. She said too many vehicles currently enter the five-interchange rotary.
Town officials have recognized since the 1980s that gridlock at the rotary has hampered Middleboro's economic growth, she said.
In September, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank announced that the rotary had been designated as a federal priority project. Frank will accompany Patrick for Monday's announcement.
A study by the Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District The study estimated the cost of replacing the rotary was $136 million in 2007, and would rise to $245 million by 2015.


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Q: using some condition to search target data then replace them with a sequence I'd like to search a column in a dataset based on some conditions. Then replace them with a sequence with range [0,1] and 1/n as increment (n is the number of data found based on the condition). For example, search odd numbers in column j in the Test dataset below. Then replace '3, 5, 7, 9, 11' with '0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 0.1'.
data test;
 do i=1 to 10 by 1;
 j=i+1;
 output;
 end;
run;

Many thanks in advance

A: A simple retain with a conditional increment would work...
data want ;
  set have ;
  retain condition_met . ;
  /* increment based on condition */
  if (mod(i,2) = 1) then do ; /* odd numbers */
    condition_met + 1 ;
    /* apply */
    value = 1 / condition_met ;
  end ;
run ;

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Q: $(0,1)\cap \mathbb{Q}$ is not compact? I hope you would read my approach.
First, choose an increasing sequence, $\{a_n\}$ of irrational numbers, the limit of which is $1$. Then, the open covering, $\{(0,a_1),(a_1,a_2),(a_2,a_3),\ldots\}$ has no finite subcovering.
Therefore, $(0,1)\cap \mathbb{Q}$ is not compact.

A: I suppose you meant an increasing sequence of irrational numbers. Yes, your approach works. Here's another one: it's not compact because it's not closed (take $x_n = 1/n$).


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The Nevada State Athletic Commission has suspended Khabib Nurmagomedov for 9 months (retroactive to Oct. 6) and fined him $500k for his involvement in the brawl at UFC 229. The suspension can be reduced to 6 months if Nurmagomedov participates in an anti-bullying campaign.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has suspended Conor McGregor for 6 months (retroactive to Oct. 6) and fined him $50k for his involvement in the brawl at UFC 229.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov's teammates Abubakar Nurmagomedov and Zubaira Tukhugov have each received one-year suspensions and $25,000 fines. Suspensions retroactive to Oct. 6, 2018.
Nevada commission essentially told Conor if he continues to ramp up his pre-fight talk in a similar way he has, they will consider taking disciplinary action against him, which they've never done for verbal actions.
Jon Jones is cleared to fight in Nevada again.
Even if he tests positive for picogram levels of M3 steroid metabolite, he'll be cleared ... as long as they don't increase in a way to raise suspicion.
Nevada is going to test him regularly, in addition to all other tests he has.
Nevada has granted Jones a one fight license to compete at UFC 235 on March 2.
He will be tested at least twice a month and he must pay for testing ... And then he will continue to be tested constantly for the rest of the year.
So he will be subject to drug testing by USADA, VADA and Nevada Athletic Commission.
Last edited by New York Knight; 01-29-2019 at 03:18 PM.
Khabib is "done" fighting in Nevada due to the one-year suspension they handed his teammates today, his manager Ali Abdelaziz said.
He will also not fight until their suspensions are over and is now targeting a return to action at MSG in November.
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Bk your thought process is flawed only from the stand point that you are not taking into account that Connor has been involved in many other issues.
Many athletes seem to fill that their past should not play into any issue with their present. Each crime builds on itself and I personally think he got off light.
There is a difference between the person who shows up late for work one time and the other who showed up late for the 8th time.
He contributed to this by his actions ...not saying completely culpable but not forgivable
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Dillon Danis suspended 7 months, fined $7,500 for his role in UFC 229 brawl
The suspension is applied retroactively to the Oct. 6 event, meaning he's eligible to return to competition May 6.
The $7,500 must be paid in full before he can be licensed in Nevada.
Danis did not appear at today's NSAC monthly meeting at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building in Vegas. However, Mike Mersch was in attendance as Danis' representative and did not object to a proposed settlement with the commission.
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AVP Holiday Card – 2009
Artwork by Stephanie Housley from Coral & Tusk
The illustration on the front of this card celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the introduction of television to the public, which took place in Flushing Meadows, New York at the 1939 World's Fair. Under the banner of "Building the World of Tomorrow", over 45 million people visited the Fair with sights set on leaving the Great Depression behind and catching glimpses of a hopeful tomorrow.RCA used the event to launch the first four models of television receivers made available to the public. The one depicted on the front is the TRK-12, the top of the line model featuring a 12-inch screen and selling for $600. The Cathode Ray Tube, or CRT, was mounted vertically in the cabinet and an angled mirror reflected the image from the screen for viewers. In coordination with this release and the opening of the Fair, April 30th, 1939 brought about the making of television broadcast history with the launch of the first regularly scheduled programming on W2XBS (which later became WNBC). Visitors to the Fair were given the opportunity to be televised. Exemplifying the absence of video recording, as proof of being televised visitors were given an official RCA paper card stating their name and the date of the broadcast.With the exception of adding color and standards, television, broadcasting and video signals remained relatively unaltered from 1939 to recent times. However, in the past few years dramatic change has occurred. June of 2009 brought about the end of analog television broadcast in the USA, concluding its 70-year stretch. Also facing obsolescence are the CRT, standard definition and interlace scanning, being replaced by flat displays, high definition and progressive scanning. The evolution presents challenging preservation and access issues for caretakers of legacy video.One could have hardly overestimated the dramatic and permanent impact that broadcast television technology has had on world events since its inception. Regardless of your views on the quality of most TV programming today, on a whole it arguably provides the richest and potentially most accessible record of human undertakings over the last century. Our duty now is to preserve that record using current and advancing technologies. Access to history and learning from it is one of the ways we can ensure that all of our New Years are better than the years before.
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Fox News commentator Tomi Lahren went off on World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe, telling the National Women's Soccer League star Tuesday she has a "bad attitude," and is "not a hero." Lahren also appeared to blast the Olympic gold medal winner for saying she would not...
MSNBC's Ali Velshi nails Kellyanne Conway for not knowing what the labor secretary actually does
MSNBC host Ali Velshi paused his update with White House correspondent Hans Nichols to show a clip of senior counselor Kellyanne Conway talking about the secretary of labor. Answering questions on the White House lawn Tuesday, Conway said that Secretary Alexa Acosta is clearly doing a great job...
WATCH: Smirking McConnell finds it amusing he and Obama 'both are the descendants of slave holders'
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell appears to be enjoying late Monday's news that his great grandfathers were slave owners. Tuesday afternoon, asked by reporters about his family having owned at least 14 slaves, the Kentucky Republican appeared prepared for the question, noting he and...
Michael Flynn is now in hot water with federal prosecutors — and it may open him up to more legal jeopardy
Prosecutors overseeing Michael Flynn's cooperation with the government have suddenly withdrawn him as a witness in the upcoming trial of Bijan Kian, signaling a significant and potentially damning new break between the former national security adviser and the Justice Department. "The government...
Trump and the GOP are blatantly encouraging foreign dictators to hack the 2020 election
It looks like Donald Trump and the leadership of the GOP are encouraging other countries to hack our upcoming 2020 election. Donald Trump is sucking up to dictators, strongman oligarchs, and autocrats around the world, while Mitch McConnell is using political brute force to prevent individual...
Former prosecutor calls Trump 'dangerous' for trying to be more powerful than the Supreme Court
Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance called President Donald Trump's behavior "dangerous" on the case surrounding the question on the census. In a panel discussion on MSNBC, Vance pointed out that Trump is a president that generally doesn't like to follow the rule of law....
Nicki Minaj cancels Saudi concert over women's rights concerns
Nicki Minaj has canceled a performance in Saudi Arabia in a show of support for women's and gay rights in the ultra-conservative kingdom, the US rapper said Tuesday. Minaj's scheduled appearance in the western city of Jeddah next week as part of a cultural festival had triggered a...
UK MPs back extending gay marriage, abortion rights to Northern Ireland
MPs in Britain's House of Commons voted on Tuesday to extend same-sex marriage and abortion rights to Northern Ireland — unless devolved government is restored there by October 21. Campaigners hailed the move as a "big step forward" in bringing the law in...
Trump spent a decade plotting his presidential campaign — and he also likely lies about his past drinking: Trump biographers
There's no shortage of writing about President Donald Trump, including multiple tell-alls that promise the reader insider access into everything from Trump's businesses to his chaotic first term. A new book by veteran reporters Allen Salkin and Aaron Short does something unique. After...
UK ambassador's truth on Trump is far more humiliating for the United States
British Ambassador to the US Kim Darroch was once an ally to President Donald Trump's White House and a friend to the Trump family, but after Darroch was asked to write an assessment that became public, things have become strained. Cables were leaked to the Daily Mail quoting Darroch's...
Mitch McConnell doesn't care whether Alex Acosta is shoved out or not: I defer to the president
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) refused to weigh in on whether Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta should step down. "Well, there's no question that the accusations against Epstein are horrendous," McConnell told reporters on Tuesday. "And I think it's good...
British foreign secretary slams Trump's attack on UK's Theresa May and ambassador: 'Disrespectful and wrong'
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday slammed President Donald Trump over his criticism of UK Prime Minister Theresa May and UK Ambassador to the United States Sir Kim Darroch, calling the president's tweets "disrespectful and wrong." Trump on Tuesday lashed out at Britain's "wacky"...
'Completely terrifying': Study warns carbon-saturated oceans headed toward tipping point that could unleash mass extinction event
"Once we're over the threshold…you're dealing with how the Earth works, and it goes on its own ride." The continuous accumulation of carbon dioxide in the planet's oceans—which shows no sign of stopping due to humanity's relentless consumption of fossil...
Power of the US women's soccer team extends far beyond the pitch
With their unabashedly forceful style of play and celebration, and their unashamed outspokenness on a panoply of hot-button issues, the US national women's soccer team is crushing norms both for their gender and for their sport. American women have done it again. In 2018 they took the political...
'Keep your mouth shut!' Judge roars at sex abuse victim's mother for complaining about repeated trial delays
A New Jersey judge scolded a victim's mother after she interrupted a court hearing for a teacher who allegedly sexually assaulted her teenage son. John Angeline, a former English teacher at South Plainfield High School, was charged in 2015 with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a...
Prominent progressive pastor blasts GOP senator who is a 'descendent of slaves' for supporting Barr's Census stance
One of the nation's most prominent progressive pastors and political activists is blasting Republican U.S. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina for literally standing with Bill Barr as the Attorney General announced what is being reported as a "work-around" to defy the U.S Supreme...
Right-wing snowflakes melt down over US women's soccer team's stunning World Cup win
The U.S. women's soccer team's World Cup championship isn't just a sports victory. It's resonating across the country as a symbolic victory for feminism and progressive politics. The team, especially co-captain Megan Rapinoe, has been boldly political, standing up for both...
Levi Strauss sinks after missing profit estimates, blames the cost of its recent IPO (LEVI)
Stocks end mixed as trade tensions weigh on Wall Street
US Customs just seized a ship owned by JPMorgan after authorities found $1 billion worth of drugs on it
Victoria's Secret's parent company falls after its CEO's ties with Jeffrey Epstein resurface (LB)
The Knicks' free agency failures have paved a path to record revenue for the rival Nets
Lyft wants to patent a 'driver jukebox' that could let you play music during your ride (LYFT, UBER)
The CEO of Constellation Brands throws cold water on the idea that former Canopy Growth chief Bruce Linton was fired for financial reasons (CGC, STZ)
US-China trade talks could get off to a rocky start this week as the two sides remain far apart on key issues
Wall Street is expecting the worst this earnings season. But Bank of America says traders will be pleasantly surprised.
Morgan Stanley says it's time to sell stocks. Here are 3 reasons why the firm is the least confident it's been in 5 years.
The Large Earthquakes That We Just Witnessed Should Be Taken As A Warning By Everyone Still Living In California
Was The Magnitude 6.4 Quake 'The Big One'? No, Scientists Assure Us A Much Larger California Earthquake Is Coming
When President Trump Was Asked About The Epidemic Of Human Feces On Our Streets, Here Is How He Responded…
Insect Species Are Rapidly Going Extinct Across The Globe – All Insects Could Be Gone "In 100 Years"
Body of mysteriously missing American molecular biologist with Max Planck Institute found in Greeсe
Twitter to ban tweets 'dehumanizing' religious groups, plans further content crackdown
Britain and France will send forces to Syria ...but Americans will pay for it, report suggests
Trump cannot block Twitter critics, federal court confirms
'I started seeing a therapist': Serena Williams reveals apology to Naomi Osaka for US Open meltdown
What Can Preppers Learn From California's Massive Back-To-Back Earthquakes?
Manipulative 6,000+ Contract Difference Between Preliminary & Final Comex Gold Open Interest For Last 10 Trading Days
Don't Let The Stock Market Highs Fool You…America Is In Trouble
Trump Risks Losing Re-Election AND HIS LEGACY If Neocons Aren't Thrown Out IMMEDIATELY
Deutsche Bank "Restructuring": It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Lehman?
Wall Street Hasn't Been This Pessimistic on Apple in Decades
(Bloomberg) — Wall Street hasn't been this down on Apple Inc. in a long time. Rosenblatt Securities downgraded the company to sell on Monday, bringing the total number of bearish ... Read more
Judicial Watch is a better source for news than the news is now.
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Being sad makes you old: Depression increases your brain age
by: Tracey Watson (Natural News) It is completely normal to feel sad sometimes. Relationship problems, the loss of a loved one in death and other changes in circumstance can cause ... Read more
Rob Schneider on Twitter: Democrats in 2008 vs 2019
Democrats in 2008: "Trust us, we know what is in your best interests. We are all in this together. Please help us help you… Democrats in 2019: "SHUT the F%¥K ... Read more
Bill Clinton Flew On Jeffrey Epstein's Private Plane 27 Times!
Bill Clinton supposedly put out a statement yesterday claiming on 4 times he flew on the plane. He also denied being on the island down in the islands. ... Read more
A Zoom Flaw Gives Hackers Easy Access to Your Webcam
All it takes is one wrong click, and the popular video conferencing software will put you in a meeting with a stranger.
Should You Wear White or Black on Hot Days? Here's the Data
Quick experiments can help you answer the eternal question of whether to wear black or white on hot summer days. Turns out, it's complicated.
5 Best Slow-Motion Video Apps: How to Shoot Slo-Mo on Phones
How to manipulate time and space to get the most out of your phone's camera. Our slo-mo advice, and the best smartphones for recording in slow motion.
Trees Emit a Surprisingly Large Amount of Methane
Figuring out trees' net emissions is becoming an urgent priority as countries and companies adopt tree-planting programs to offset their carbon footprints.
What Is Blockchain? The Complete WIRED Guide
It's super secure and slightly hard to understand, but the idea of creating tamper-proof databases has captured the attention of everyone from anarchist techies to staid bankers.
Wendy's worker positive for Hepatitis A
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Argentina and Messi licking wounds after Brazil wins the 2019 Copa America
Military parade and Malvinas Veterans march to celebrate Argentina's independence
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Moro considered releasing Odebrecht's bribes confession in Venezuela to harm president Maduro
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All Blacks coach Steve Hansen sparks criticism by claiming domestic violence 'not a gender thing'
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The Jeffrey Epstein Rabbit Hole Goes a Lot Deeper Than You Think
by Michael Krieger, Liberty Blitzkrieg: Like many of you, I've been following the Jeffrey Epstein story with horror, disgust and open eyes for several years. While it's always been a creepy, twisted and completely bizarre saga, I was unaware of just how inexplicable and strange it is until I did some more digging earlier today. […]
Dozens More Sex Indictments Coming, 2713
from The Still Report: The post Dozens More Sex Indictments Coming, 2713 appeared first on SGT Report.
Frog-Marching Trump Toward War on Iran
by Ron Paul, Ron Paul Institute: Hypocrisy seems to have become a defining characteristic of US foreign policy, especially when it comes to Iran. After breaking the Iran deal last year and, de facto, forcing the Europeans to violate the deal in May, the US Administration is now complaining that Iran is no longer abiding by […]
Deutsche Bank – Proving Again They are the Worst Bank in the World
from Silver Fortune: The post Deutsche Bank – Proving Again They are the Worst Bank in the World appeared first on SGT Report.
RAY McGOVERN: Ex-FBI, CIA Officials Draw Withering Fire on Russiagate
by Ray McGovern, Consortium News: The Deep State almost always wins. But if Attorney General Barr leans hard on Trump to unfetter investigators, all hell may break lose, says Ray McGovern. As Congress arrives back into town and the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees prepare to question ex-Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller on July 17, partisan […]
Pelosi's daughter warns it's 'quite likely that some of our faves are implicated' in 'horrific' Epstein case
from True Activist: Christine Pelosi, a Democratic National Committee official and daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, warned conspicuously on Saturday evening that it is "quite likely that some of our faves are implicated" in the "horrific" sex-trafficking case against politically connected financier Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein is due in court following his sudden arrest Saturday in New York on new sex-trafficking charges involving allegations […]
Epstein Stories You Won't Find in the News
from Amazing Polly: The post Epstein Stories You Won't Find in the News appeared first on SGT Report.
Will Global Pedophile Network Finally be Uncovered in Jeffrey Epstein Case?
by Brian Shilhavy Humans Are Free: A breaking news story originally reported on by the Daily Beast reveals that Jeffery Epstein was arrested on Child Sex Trafficking charges in New Jersey on Saturday, after his private jet landed back from a trip to Paris. The Daily Beast reports: Billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was arrested for allegedly sex trafficking […]
Federal Prosecutors Outline Sex Trafficking Case Against Jeffrey Epstein Ahead Of First Court Appearance
by Sean Walton, The Daily Sheeple: A criminal indictment against billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was unsealed by federal prosecutors in New York on Monday ahead of his expected first appearance in a New York City federal court. Federal prosecutors detailed a two-count indictment of the 66-year-old hedge fund manager and registered sex offender who was arrested Saturday, charged with one […]
REALIST NEWS – Alright…Let's hear what Q has to say about it…
from jsnip4: The post REALIST NEWS – Alright…Let's hear what Q has to say about it… appeared first on SGT Report.
Court Upholds Conviction Of Cop Who Threatened, Beat, Tased, And Arrested A Man For Complaining About Being Beaten By Him Earlier
It takes a lot for a law enforcement officer to lose the protective shield of qualified immunity. This protection originates from the courts, not from statute, so it tends to be interpreted pretty loosely by the judges applying it. It covers the most egregious abuses of civil rights and liberties, just so long as the […]
Crime kills more people than armed conflicts, UN study finds
Criminal activity is responsible for more deaths around the world than terror attacks and armed conflicts combined, according to a study published on Monday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The sweeping study found that organized crime is one of the biggest drivers of homicides around the world, and that women are more often killed […]
Netanyahu threatens Iran with Israeli planes that can 'reach everywhere' in the Middle East
As tension mounts over Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Tehran that Israeli warplanes can strike anywhere in the Middle East, "including Iran and Syria." "Iran has threatened recently to destroy Israel," Netanyahu said in a video clip posted on Tuesday. "It is worthwhile for them to remember that these planes […]
The Strange Case Of Chrystia Freeland And The Failure Of The "Super Elite"
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland has become a bit of a living parody of everything wrong with the detached technocratic neo-liberal order which has driven the world through 50 years of post-industrial decay. Now, two years into the Trump presidency, and five years into the growth of a new system shaped by the Russia-China alliance, […]
UK ISPs Vilify Mozilla For Trying To Secure The Internet
Over the years, UK ISPs have been forced by the government to censor an increasing array of "controversial" content, including copyrighted material and "terrorist content." In fits and spurts, the UK has also increasingly tried to censor pornography, despite that being a decidedly impossible affair. Like most global censorship efforts, these information blockades often rely on […]
Syria regime replaces notorious security chiefs guilty of war crimes
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad replaced a number of major security chiefs in the sectors of state security and military intelligence yesterday in an unexpected shake-up of his security apparatus. Those replaced in the shift consist of major figures who became notorious in their brutality against the opposition in the Syrian conflict and made their names off the […]
Signed as Law: North Carolina Expands Right to Try Act, Rejects Some FDA Restrictions
Last week, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed a bill expanding the state's Right to Try law. The expanded provisions allow certain patients to access stem cell treatments not yet given final approval by the FDA, nullifying some agency regulations in effect.
Gen Z Adults Encourage Each Other To Sign Up For Facial Recognition At Music Festivals
USA Today's reporter Dawn Gilberston, offers a disturbing glimpse into the mass media's collusion with TSA-style checkpoints at public venues. The story describes how happy a young woman is to join IdentoGo's TSA PreCheck just so she can avoid check-in lines at music festivals.


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McLaren marks milestone with carbon-fiber MonoCell chassis
5,000 units have been produced
McLaren Automotive recently marked a milestone with its Super Series line--which is made up of the 12C, the 12C Spider, the 650S, the 625C and, more recently, the 675LT--by building the 5,000th unit of its groundbreaking carbon-fiber MonoCell chassis "in only the fourth full year of vehicle production." The milestone supposedly makes the Super Series the highest volume carbon-fiber supercar range ever.
The landmark unit is a Volcano Yellow 650S coupe that rolled off the production line on February 2, and which will be delivered to its owner in Australia. Joining the 650S at the end of the line was the first production 12C, which is now part of the McLaren Heritage Collection.
"McLaren has come a long way in four short years," said McLaren Automotive chief executive Mike Flewitt. "The completion of the 5,000th vehicle in the Super Series is a fantastic milestone for the brand. The 12C was, and still is, a groundbreaking supercar and, true to the values of McLaren, we have continued to develop and build on this great product into the 650S, which has delighted our customers and won countless awards across the world. We have built a solid foundation for the business, delivering record numbers year on year, and I look forward to our next production milestone with the addition of the 675LT to the Super Series, and the new Sports Series later in the year."
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Posted Wed 12 Dec 2018
Resolution on Police, Justice and Corrections
Tomorrow (13 December), the Council is set to adopt a resolution drafted by the Netherlands and Côte d'Ivoire on the rule of law in the context of peace operations, on "strengthening support to police, justice and corrections areas in peacekeeping operations and special political missions". The draft resolution aims to promote better coherence between various UN actors working on rule of law, justice and corrections institutions in peacekeeping operations and in special political missions. The process began with early discussions with Council members and the UN Secretariat in the middle of the year, with a first meeting in mid-October. This was followed by revised drafts and further negotiations, both of the entire Council and bilaterally, in November and early December. While most members were open to the substance of the draft resolution, some had reservations that needed to be accommodated before they could agree to the draft text.
It seems that the original draft addressed matters of rule of law and justice in a broader context and some members, including China and Russia, felt that the draft resolution should address these issues only in the context of peacekeeping operations and special political missions. As a result, the drafters included specific references to peacekeeping operations and special political missions in order to make clear that the draft resolution was not going beyond the Council's mandate.
Initially China and Russia were also of the view that if the Council were to adopt a text on this matter, it should be a presidential statement rather than a resolution which, they believed placed too much emphasis on the topic. However, following bilateral discussions with the drafters and in light of the support of the other thirteen members for a draft resolution, China and Russia accepted that these issues could be addressed in a draft resolution.
In terms of its substance, the draft resolution underscores the importance of integrating UN support to police, justice and corrections into the mandates of peacekeeping operations and special political missions as assisting host states in the restoration of these functions helps attain the goals of UN peace operations. The draft also stresses the importance of addressing the root causes of each conflict, including strengthening the rule of law at national and international levels. In addition, it calls on the Secretary-General to ensure that in planning UN peacekeeping and special political missions with police, justice and corrections mandates, there be a "thorough analysis of the context, capacities and needs of the host-states", thus highlighting the importance of a context-specific approach in mandating.
In the context of efforts to ensure maximum effectiveness and efficiency of peacekeeping operations and special political missions, it requests the Secretary-General to enhance the coherence, performance and effectiveness of UN assistance to police, justice and corrections institutions in these missions, and to ensure coherence between the UN Country Team (UNCT) and other UN actors. In addition, the draft contains a request for the Secretary-General to ensure timely planning and benchmarks for mission transitions and to centralise peacekeeping performance data, which should include police, justice and corrections institutions, in order to improve the analytics and evaluation of mission operations, based on clear and well-identified benchmarks. It also requests the Secretary-General to examine ways to strengthen UN assistance to police, justice and corrections institutions in host countries and submit recommendations to the Council, taking into account the challenging, complex and evolving nature of current conflicts.
An area of concern arose over a paragraph proposed by the US, which was taken from resolution 2360 on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The paragraph included language on member states protecting their populations with respect for the rule of law, human rights and international humanitarian law, including protection from crimes against humanity and war crimes. Some Council members wanted to add the crime of genocide to this paragraph. However, China's overall perspective was that this paragraph was context-specific and should not be included in a thematic resolution. At the end, the paragraph was deleted.
Other contentious issues were the inclusion of a request in the earlier drafts for the Secretary-General to produce a report on the implementation of the resolution in one year, and that the Council should remain seized of the matter. Russia suggested a longer timeframe while China took the view that such reporting could be done within relevant peacekeeping and peacebuilding reports. After further consideration, China's view was accepted as some members felt that its proposed approach might allow for better follow-up on the implementation of the resolution than one standalone report.
Russia also objected to any reference to the Declaration of Shared Commitments on UN Peacekeeping Operations recently endorsed by 151 member states. Previous versions of the draft resolution had welcomed "the political commitments made by Member States, including in the Declaration of Shared Commitments, to continue to strengthen the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations, amongst others through joint platforms". Due to Russia's position, however, the final draft omits any reference to the Declaration; some Council members felt that it was not worth insisting on this reference, as it was not a central point of the resolution. In addition, a draft text on mandating which is currently being negotiated, is expected to refer to the Declaration.
Finally, Russia also opposed additional references to the Global Focal Point (GFP), set up by the Secretary-General in 2012 in order to ensure a system-wide rule of law response in relevant countries. The draft stresses the importance of the GFP and acknowledges that joint planning and delivery of assistance to police, justice and corrections through the GFP have created greater effectiveness and efficiencies in peacekeeping operations and special political missions. However, Russia was not willing to include additional language, suggested by Sweden, encouraging member states and UN entities to support the GFP.
Overall, it appears that the partnership between Côte d'Ivoire and the Netherlands was an important element in getting agreement on this resolution. The combination of the Netherlands' knowledge of rule of law issues and Côte d'Ivoire's experiencing first-hand the importance of the areas of police, justice and corrections in peace operations in a conflict situation was instrumental in producing a draft text that all members could agree on.
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As a native Chicagoan, you know there's plenty to love about Chicago, evenin the winter (I'm trying to remind myself on this arctic day)–a fast urbanbustle; a beautiful lake front; a grand, proud downtown; affordable housingand affordable just about everything else; dry Midwestern humor at work andrelentless hellos on the street. But a fashion center it's not.
Chicago is your basic matched-ensemble kind of city. Look, it's not as badas Washington where brass-buttoned uniforms are required ofevery man, woman, and child on the Hill. In Chicago you can get away with purpleleggings or short, short hair. Or, for just about any occasion, Bull'sattire. But your clothes better be neat, clean, and tear-free, for allthat.
There is one fashion area, though, where Chicagoans are bold andimaginative–way ahead of even New Yorkers. Winter outerwear. We'retalking thick men's great coats cut for big strides and graceful linesaccented with tall plum scarves. Women's fake furs with mysterious layersof chenille scarves disappearing underneath. Every kind of hat–flapped,flying, stockinged, earmuffed. Demure little old lady black coats coveredwith many shaded bright shawls. And boots to die for. Sometimes even downcoats worn with shorts.
What does any of this have to do with media coverage? Well, nothing. Butit at least distracts me from the ever-lengthening estimates about how longthe Trial will last.


I think the Renaissance was the most romantic time in history. Ah, if I could have only lived then, but still have my glue gun and microwave! I love making queen themed art. I have purchased queenly items for my own décor as I find them inspiring. Queens are more than ordinary! I am doing a series of 10 x 10 mixed media collages with a Queenly theme. I have the plan to someday make a calendar, so I need 12 of them eventually. I collect faces from advertising in glossy magazines and catalogs. I found a wig catalog that has a variety of sizes of faces which has made my journey go faster. YAY!
Each Queen needs a theme. Sometimes it's silly like the "Queen of Foodies" at the top or "Queen of Survival". Most of my art is purchased as gifts, so the "Foodie" would make a fun gift for the gourmet in your life. "Queen of Survival" is for the friend or family member who has come through a difficult journey. I had so much fun using up almost all of my clear rhinestones on her crown.
"Queen of Humor" makes me smile every time I look at it. Her crown was a collage of little images stacked next to each other to make her sassy and whimsical. I inserted the Chihuahua imagining he was on a trampoline trying to get into the picture. Her movable earrings add to the whimsy.
This little cute dog is giving some wise advice. I hope these mixed media collages inspire you to take advantage of advertising images. Tear out pages of magazines after you have read it. Keep stacks of faces, dogs, flowers, anything that inspires you. Play!
I just became an affiliated advertiser with Blick Art Materials! I have been purchasing from Blick since 1990. I am proud to be associated with them because they have fantastic prices and when I stock up on supplies, I usually get free shipping. Plus their web site is very easy to navigate and they take Paypal.


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FinCEN files: Big banks let $2tn 'dirty money' move around world
Black money – Source: IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The FinCEN files show that the world's biggest banks have allowed criminals to move "dirty money" around the globe. In total, these reports flagged more than $2 trillion in transactions, according to BuzzFeed News.
The BBC reported that Russian oligarchs used banks to avoid sanctions and moved their money into the West.
It is the latest in a string of leaks over the past five years that have exposed secret deals, money laundering and financial crime, a BBC report said.
The FinCEN files are more than 2,500 documents, most of which were files that banks sent to the US authorities between 2000 and 2017.
These documents are some of the international banking system's most closely guarded secrets. Banks use them to report suspicious behavior but they are not proof of wrongdoing or crime.
They were leaked to Buzzfeed News and shared with a group that brings together investigative journalists from around the world, which distributed them to 108 news organisations in 88 countries, including the BBC's Panorama program.
FinCEN is the US Financial Crimes Investigation Network. Concerns about transactions made in US dollars need to be sent to FinCEN, even if they took place outside the US.
Suspicious activity reports, or SARs, are an example of how those concerns are recorded. A bank must fill in one of these reports if it is worried one of its clients might be up to no good. The report is sent to the authorities, BBC said.
It has been revealed through these documents that HSBC allowed fraudsters to move millions of dollars even after it learned from US investigators that the scheme was a scam.
JP Morgan allowed a company to move more than $1 billion through a London account without knowing who owned it. The bank later discovered the company might be owned by a mobster on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list.
There is also evidence that one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest associates used Barclays Bank in London to avoid sanctions meant to stop him.
According to BBC, the UK is called a "higher risk jurisdiction" like Cyprus, according to the intelligence Division of FinCEN. That's because of the number of UK registered companies that appear in the SARs. Over 3,000 UK companies are named in the FinCEN files – more than any other country.
Deutsche Bank moved money launderers' dirty money for organised crime, terrorists and drug traffickers. Standard Chartered moved cash for Arab Bank for more than a decade after clients' accounts at the Jordanian bank had been used in funding terrorism.
There have been a number of big leaks of financial information in recent years, including 2017 Paradise Papers. The 2016 Panama Papers – Leaked documents from the law firm Mossack Fonseca showed more about how wealthy people are using offshore tax regimes, the BBC said.
According to BuzzFeed News, some entities have been flagged numerous times in the FinCEN Files. Mayzus Financial Services, an online payment processing company that served clients involved in a bitcoin ring, sets the record, appearing as a subject of 36 SARs.
Second is Kaloti Jewelery International, a Dubai-based precious metals company that was flagged as a subject in 34 separate SARs by eight different banks.
More than 250 SARs reference people with addresses in the US, and more than 120 with addresses in Russia. The UK, China, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, and Ukraine were also common locations for people, each appearing in at least 20 reports, it said.
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Today is expected to be a record hot temperature. AGAIN.
Wednesday we broke the previous temperature record of 100 degrees by reaching 103. Friday we broke another record by reaching 105. I don't even want to think about what it will be like today. Let's not even mention the humidity of the place. Unfortunately we have to go get food for the bunnies before they run out.
That, however, is going to be an after dinner thing.


Bread Bajji, this is an easy and simple tea time snack. When you see some leftover breads at home, then this bajji is one of the best option to make as evening snack. You can make this bajji using different stuffing between the breads like sandwich. But the one I made here is a simple plain bread bajji. I like to taste this with coconut chutney.
1. Take a mixing bowl and add all the items mentioned in the ingredients section except oil. Add water little by little and mix well to make batter. Make sure no lumps are formed when preparing the batter. Add the hot oil and mix well. Adjust the salt if required.
2. Diagonally cut the bread slices to make four pieces.
3. Dip the bread slices in the bajji batter and carefully slide it in the oil one by one.
4. Flip it to other side and cook the bajji till it turns to golden color. Once the bajji is done, drain the oil and transfer it to the paper towel.
Easy Bread Bajji is ready to serve with hot tea or coffee.
1. The batter should not be too thick or too watery.
2. Batter consistency should be little thicker than the dosa batter.
3. If you don't like the brown sides of the bread, you can remove it before cutting the slices.
4. You can cut the bread slices in any shape that you prefer.
5. You can make the bajji with stuffing green chutney in between slices. I will try to post this recipe soon.


AIM: The Exodus 3:1-10 childrens lesson focusses on teaching children that God sees and understands our pain and one day He will stop all pain. This is a subject that must be tacked sensitively and lovingly, recognizing that children may be wondering why God doesn't do anything to stop their pain right now. You may want to provide an opportunity for one-to-one prayer for any children that need it.
1. Peg Face. See how many washing pegs you can attached to yourself in one minute. The player with the most pegs is the winner. Be careful, it hurts!
2. Three Legged Race. Oh no! You and your friend have both hurt one of your legs so you must tie the two hurt legs together to help you reach the end of the finishing line before the other partners do!
3. The Deadly Virus. A leader chooses a doctor who goes out of the room. A child is chosen to be the deadly virus. The doctor is let back in the room and the doctor must watch the group. Everyone shakes hands and the deadly virus shakes 3-4 hands with a squeeze. Those who feel the squeeze of the deadly virus must pretend to die. The doctor must then decide which child is the deadly virus.
BIG VERSE: And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt. Exodus 3:9-10.
a) 'Brave' where Merida defends her mom from her dad and the bear as he tries to kill her thinking she is a bear.
b) 'Tangled' where Repunzel cries over Flynn because she thinks he is dead.
c) 'Beauty and the Beast' where Belle watches as the Beast fights with Gaston and dies before her eyes.
It's so difficult to watch someone in pain isn't it?! Especially someone that we love. Especially when we don't think they have done anything to deserve such pain. We want so desperately to jump in and stop them from feeling it don't we?! Just as the characters in our movie clip had to watch and hear their friends pain, our passage shows us that God HAD heard the cries and SEEN the pain of His people. He knew about the pain they were going through. It must have been so difficult for Him to watch them hurting. We know He is a God who is full of love and compassion for His people. So God was going to save His people from their pain. But how? By sending someone who cared about their pain too. Someone who wanted to do something about it.
Now, do you remember how Moses had got himself into trouble in the first place? Why he had to run away? It was because he had also loved the Israelites and he didn't want the Egyptians to keep beating them and using them in slavery. So now God was going to use Moses by sending him to help save His people. Moses loved the people, he didn't want to see them in pain – he was the right person to help save them!
You know, you might not feel it, but God sees you when you are in pain too. He loves you and cares about how you feel. Just as He was with the Israelites in their pain, He is with you in yours too. All you have to do is to cry out to Him, just as the Israelites did. This is important because He wants to respond to our cries. He wants you to know He is there. Maybe you are not the one in pain, but you know others who are. He wants to send you to help them by praying and being kind towards them, just as Moses was with the Israelites. The question is, do you see and hear their pain? Do you want to do something about it?
Have a child come to the front of the room and hold their hands up as you speak; so that they are standing in the shape of a cross.
Say: We might think that God sees our pain, but He couldn't possibly understand how we feel, right? Well, if we think about it…. it's so wrong! You see, Jesus is God and Jesus was called the Man of Sorrows! He knew exactly what it was to feel pain. He felt it all the time when he was on the earth; he got hungry, he was spoken badly about, he was rejected from his hometown, he cried when his friend John the Baptist died, he was betrayed by Judas his close friend, he was beaten and nailed to a cross. Jesus knows exactly what pain is, how it feels and how bad it can really get!
Say: Jesus waited just like that, except his hands were nailed to the cross, he spent a long time on that cross… 6 hours! Imagine the kind of pain he went through, for such a long time. Now, we might not understand why the Israelites had to wait so long for God to get them out of slavery, or why innocent people die or get diseases, or why we go through tough times and it feels like God is taking forever to get us out of it. Yet we know that we have a God who cares and loves us and knows what it feels like to have pain… because He went through the worst of it Himself! Jesus felt the pain of the cross for a long time – a whole six hours of agony! God the Father allowed His one and only Son to live a perfect life and then die on the cross in that agony – for us! He knows what pain is. He understands what we are going through when we feel pain.
You will need a large STOP sign. Create one yourself if you can't get hold of one in the community. Hold up the sign as you talk. You can ask the children to hold their hands forward (as if pushing) when you say the word 'STOP' to help keep their concentration. You could also put a large STOP sign on a powerpoint.
Sometimes God will STOP our pain quickly, sometimes He will STOP our pain after a long time. However, we know that all pain will STOP when we enter heaven. There is no pain in heaven at all! That is God's promise to us. Until then, we must never STOP crying out to God to heal our pain and to heal the pain of others. He hears. He sees. He sends people to help others – just like He sent Moses to STOP Pharoah from bringing pain to His people. We can help STOP people's pain when we pray for them. We can help STOP people's pain – or make it easier for them – when we do kind things for them. Who is God sending you to or asking you to pray for so that their pain would STOP too?
Children should split up into teams. Have a pack of bandaids per team. On each of the bandaids write one name of a bible character. Children should stick their one bandaid on their forehead or hand for fun and safe keeping. The leader will shout out a clue for the bible character and once the child knows that is their character they must run through the obstacle course, show a leader their bandaid and return to their place. The quickest and correct answer will gain a point for their team.
For this group activity you will need several newspapers, scissors, glue, colored paper and a large sheet of paper or card.
Create lots of newspaper cuttings about difficult situations going on in the world where people are going through pain. Cut out letters from colored paper that make the word 'God Sees Our Pain' and make a large collage of pictures by sticking them on your large sheet of paper or card. As the children do this ask them several question.
1) How do you think God feels about these situations?
2) What do you think he wants us to do about them?
Ask the children to seek God in prayer by using one of these activities, or by using them all as prayer stations.
1) Get a large map and have children pray for countries around the world that are going through pain at the moment.
2) Use your newspaper collage or have separate recent news stories of people in pain that children can pray for alone or in groups. Allow them to write their prayers on your collage if possible.
3) Have bandaids and markers so that children can write a name of someone they know who is in pain so that they can remember to pray for them.
4) Display a toy Doctors set and have children come and pray for doctors and nurses whilst they hold items from the toy set to help them focus.
5) Allow children to pray for one another if they are having any problems or are going through any types of pain. Ask leaders to pray if necessary.


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Flandra () este o regiune din nordul-vestul Europei.
Comitatul Flandra a fost un stat feudal între 862 și 1795;
Actualmente Flandra se referă la două entități federale belgiene:
Regiunea Flandra ();
Comunitatea Flamandă ();
În Regiunea Flamandă există două provincii cu numele Flandra:
Flandra de Vest ();
Flandra de Est ();
Flandra Franceză este un nume informal dat unei părți din departamentul francez Nord regiune ce a făcut parte până în 1659 parte din Comitatul Flandra;
Flandra Zeelandică (), se referă la regiunea din sudul provinciei olandeze Zeelanda aflată între frontiera belgiană și estuarul fluviului Schelde, regiune care și ea a aparținut istoric de Comitatul Flandra;

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UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s acquisition of Change Healthcare Inc. was one of the deals recently challenged by the Justice Department's Antitrust Division.
Photographer: Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg
DOJ Sees Gains in Long-Shot Antitrust Challenges Amid Defeats
By Dan Papscun
Oct. 19, 2022, 4:55 PM
Regulators lost recent cases against Booz Allen, United Health
Companies made changes while DOJ litigation pending
Antitrust Compliance (Bloomberg Law subscription)
The Justice Department's antitrust unit is walking away with some consolation prizes despite a string of courtroom losses.
The agency's lawsuit against Booz Allen Hamilton's $440 million acquisition of competitor EverWatch slowed the deal for several months, helping to ensure the companies continue to compete on a federal intelligence contract, a federal judge acknowledged. The suit, now in limbo as the deal has closed, also spurred Booz Allen to discard its veto power over EverWatch bids even while the deal was pending.
UnitedHealth Group Inc. agreed to spin off more of Change Healthcare Inc.'s business than originally proposed in its $7.8 billion acquisition, after the agency unsuccessfully sued to block that deal.
The DOJ's recent losses—including largely unsuccessful cases involving the labor market and chicken industry—continue to trigger questions about the department's litigation tactics, resources and attorney trial experience. But the companies' concessions and tweaks to deal terms likely incentivize the DOJ to keep suing to block deals it considers to be anticompetitive.
The losses have not produced signs that the DOJ will be deterred from pursuing the aggressive antitrust enforcement the Biden administration has called for, agency watchers said.
"In terms of the government's approach to bringing difficult cases, there should be a 'no guts, no glory' approach," said Christine Chabot, a professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. "It's going to not just affect parties in this suit, but have a deterrent effect: other merging parties and potential defendants are watching. If they see these challenges, they may adjust their conduct."
The mere threat of DOJ lawsuits can quash mergers, said Douglas Ross, a professor at the University of Washington School of Law. Companies face massive financial, time, and reputation costs by inviting merger challenges, even if they ultimately win, he said.
Four companies have abandoned plans to merge after DOJ challenges or investigations in the last 18 months, according to DOJ data. Such results could spur further government challenges even if DOJ action may not have been the determining factor in merger cancellation, Chabot said.
Booz Allen
The Justice Department's antitrust division last week lost its request for a preliminary injunction pausing the Booz Allen-EverWatch deal. But the companies had kept competing separately for a sensitive National Security Agency contract at the heart of the challenge.
"To some extent, the very existence of this litigation gave the Government what it was looking for—competition fueled by uncertainty," Judge Catherine C. Blake of the US District Court for the District of Maryland wrote in her opinion, unsealed Oct. 17.
Jonathan Kanter, the DOJ antitrust division chief, was quick to point out the same after the ruling.
"The Department's lawsuit, as the Court recognized, fueled competition for an important national security contract by forcing the parties to prepare bids independently and without certainty of a merger," Kanter said in an Oct. 11 statement.
Booz Allen said in July court filings that it dropped a merger agreement clause to seize veto power over EverWatch's bids even before the deal closed.
The clause had been a point of contention, as Justice Department attorneys argued that it was evidence that the companies had little incentive to compete.
The companies closed the deal Oct. 14, hours after the DOJ asked Blake for more time to consider appealing her ruling. The department hasn't said whether it plans to continue its lawsuit to seek the unwinding of their integration.
'Pyrrhic Victories'
Such small concessions don't justify the DOJ's time and the costs of litigation, said Mark McCareins, a professor of business law at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
The department may be better off sticking to bread-and-butter cases, instead of pursuing long-shots, he said. And a cost-benefit analysis may be needed, he said.
"The DOJ can conjure up pyrrhic victories, but realistically, you have to look at the costs associated with litigation," McCareins said. "If you want to litigate and file suits to block mergers and put people in jail, that's your job. But you need to find better cases and litigate better. If you bat 0 for 10, there's a cost."
Still, the DOJ's decisions to try to block recent deals and crack down on other alleged antitrust violations weren't entirely without merit, said Bill Baer, the former assistant attorney general of the antitrust division during the Obama administration. These cases were often similar to other mainstream antitrust enforcement actions, he said.
But the issue the DOJ ran into is that courts often give the benefit of the doubt to merging defendants in determining the risk of anticompetitive harm and the value of proposed remedies, Baer said.
"They've lost in some cases because the courts found the facts weren't there, or because they went immediately to accepting assurances that the merging parties would be good little boys and girls," Baer said.
Still, there's no getting around that the defendants' concessions and tweaks have been notably insignificant, Baer said.
"Is a half-assed fix to a serious competition problem better than no fix whatsoever? Sure, but that doesn't mean it's not half-assed," Baer said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Dan Papscun in Washington at dpapscun@bloombergindustry.com
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Roger Yu at ryu@bloombergindustry.com; Keith Perine at kperine@bloombergindustry.com
Dan Papscun
Booz Allen Closes DOJ-Challenged Acquisition of EverWatch
Biden's Antitrust Chiefs Seek Funds for Strong Enforcement (1)
Sept. 21, 2022, 3:14 PM
government contract competition
antitrust merger review
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp


The McDonald's at The Gardens on Havana is now open for business after a major remodel, inside and out. Here are the before and after pictures of the exterior of the building. The interior is modern and snazzy.
There's an App for that! You can place your order at McDonald's electronicaly at the kiosks located just inside the door, pay for your order at the kiosk, pick a seat in the diningroom, and the servers will deliver your order to your table. McDonald's has a new App that you can download to your smart phone and order before you arrive. When you download the new App you can register for weekly offers that are sent right to your phone.
Here is a link to the app, check it out!


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"""Models for the ``hero_slider`` app."""
from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey
from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
from django.db import models
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _

from django_libs.models_mixins import (
    HvadPublishedManager, TranslationModelMixin)
from filer.fields.file import FilerFileField
from hvad.models import TranslatedFields, TranslatableModel

class SliderItemCategory(TranslationModelMixin, TranslatableModel):
    """
    Each slider item can belong to a category.

    :slug: The slug of this category.

    translated:
    :name: The name of this category

    """
    slug = models.SlugField(
        max_length=128,
        verbose_name=_('Slug'),
    )
    translations = TranslatedFields(
        name=models.CharField(
            max_length=128,
            verbose_name=_('Name'),
        )
    )

class SliderItem(TranslationModelMixin, TranslatableModel):
    """
    Resembles an item that should be shown on the front page in a slider.

    For translateable fields see the ``SliderItemTitle`` model.

    :category: The category of this item (optional)
    :image: A filer file. This will be the image shown in the slider.
    :position: Can be set in order to control the ordering of the slider items.
    :content_type: The contenttype of the object this slider item links to.
    :object_id: The PK of the object this slider item links to.
    :external_url: URL to link to items without the need of a gfk.
    :text_position_top: Text position.
    :text_position_bottom: Text position.
    :text_position_left: Text position.
    :text_position_right: Text position.

    translated:
    :title: The title of this slider item.
    :description: A short description of this slider item.
    :link_text: If you want to render a call to action button on the slide,
      you can define the link text here.
    :is_published: If True, this will not show up.

    """
    category = models.ForeignKey(
        SliderItemCategory,
        verbose_name=_('Category'),
        null=True, blank=True,
    )

    image = FilerFileField(
        verbose_name=_('Image'),
    )

    position = models.PositiveIntegerField(
        verbose_name=_('Position'),
        null=True, blank=True,
    )

    # Generic foreign key
    content_type = models.ForeignKey(ContentType, blank=True, null=True)
    object_id = models.PositiveIntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
    content_object = GenericForeignKey('content_type', 'object_id')

    external_url = models.CharField(
        verbose_name=_('External URL'),
        max_length=512,
        blank=True,
    )

    text_position_top = models.IntegerField(
        verbose_name=_('Text position top'),
        blank=True, null=True,
    )

    text_position_bottom = models.IntegerField(
        verbose_name=_('Text position bottom'),
        blank=True, null=True,
    )

    text_position_left = models.IntegerField(
        verbose_name=_('Text position left'),
        blank=True, null=True,
    )

    text_position_right = models.IntegerField(
        verbose_name=_('Text position right'),
        blank=True, null=True,
    )

    translations = TranslatedFields(
        title=models.CharField(
            max_length=256,
            verbose_name=_('Title'),
            blank=True,
        ),
        description=models.CharField(
            max_length=512,
            verbose_name=_('Description'),
            blank=True,
        ),
        link_text=models.CharField(
            max_length=512,
            verbose_name=_('Link text'),
            blank=True,
        ),
        is_published=models.BooleanField(
            verbose_name=_('Is published'),
            default=False,
        )
    )

    objects = HvadPublishedManager()

    def get_item_url(self):
        """Returns the url of the connected item."""
        try:
            return self.content_object.get_absolute_url()
        except AttributeError:
            return self.external_url

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Rotor – review
3 / 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars.
Siobhan Davies Studios, London
Judith Mackrell
@judithmackrell
Wed 3 Nov 2010 18.01 EDT First published on Wed 3 Nov 2010 18.01 EDT
Beautifully controlled chaos ... Siobhan Davies's Rotor. Photograph: Pari Naderi
You start in the Roof Studio of the Siobhan Davies building to discover the seed from which her latest project, Rotor, began. It's a short dance, deceptively simple, based on four performers tracking a circle in the centre of the room. One revolves slowly in the middle, the others fan out to form a moving radius. As the choreography accelerates, the dancers break rank, varying their speeds, spinning out on individual trajectories so that a beautifully controlled chaos ensues, like flocking birds.
It's this brief and absorbing study in speed, pattern and crowd control that Davies offered to nine other artists to become the starting point for pieces of their own. The idea was to create a conversation between dance and other art forms; the result turns out to be an intriguingly unclassifiable mix of performance, exhibition and installation.
Some of the artists' responses are incorporated into Davies's own work. EV Crowe gives the dancers dialogue – terse instructions, reactions to the moment. Matteo Fargion adds a musical coda, translating physical cross-currents into sound as the dancers sing, bark and exclaim at each other.
The rest of the work is revealed as you walk down through the building: Ben Tyers's motorised vortex, a recorded poem, a ceramics installation and Sam Collins's marvellous The Conversation Revolved, which has a dinner party scene from Hitchcock's Suspicion projected in circular motion around a dining table. The quality of the work varies. Crowe's text is too literal; Fargion's score can't match the gold standard wit of his recent work with Jonathan Burrows. But as a conversation, Rotor is fascinating.
Until 14 November. Box office: 08444 771000.
Siobhan Davies


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Q: Не выключается PC Ubuntu 18.04 После установки убунту и при попытке выключить PC, он просто зависает и не может его выключить. Приходится принудительно через кнопку выключать...

A: в черном экране XD
CTRL+ALT
в терминале вводишь логин пароль
пишешь
$ sudo nano /etc/dafault/grub

нам нужна строка
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

меняем это "quiet splash" на это "nomodeset"
потом CTRL+X
сохранить изменения Y
потом вводишь
$ sudo update-grab

потом  вводишь reboot
перезагружаемся


George Hickman Clarity was a life changing album for me, but I was still going to ska shows when it came out. This was something I didn't know I needed and your very loving tribute knocks it out of the park with its varied arrangements. I love this so much. Favorite track: Table For Glasses.
The Ska Punk and Reggae tribute to Jimmy Eat World's cult classic Clarity.


Congratulations to everyone who tested for Black Belt on the weekend. We had over 12 people testing before Grand Master Chong Lee for First Dan and Second Dan Black Belt.
Testing panel (seated) and students testing.
Thank you to Grand Master Lee for coming to PEI for this test and for putting on almost a week of excellent seminars all over the Island.
Above picture along with all the Black Belts who helped make it happen.
Thank you to everyone who helped these students prepare for this test over the last number of months. Whether it was by helping with technique, holding boards, sparring or getting beat up for self defence, this test would not have been the success it was without you.