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After Kerala and Punjab, Rajasthan passes resolution against CAA
Rajasthan Assembly on Saturday 25th January 2020, passed a resolution urging the Centre to repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), amid opposition by the BJP which accused the ruling Congress of pursuing appeasement politics.
Congress-ruled Rajasthan has become the third state to adopt a resolution against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA in the state assembly. Earlier, Kerala Assembly too had passed a resolution against the CAA moved jointly by the ruling Left alliance and the opposition Congress-led UDF. The Rajasthan Assembly passed a resolution urging the center to revoke the controversial law that has triggered massive protests across the country.
The Rajasthan Assembly passed by voice vote the resolution which also asked the Centre to withdraw the new fields of information that have been sought for updation in National Population Register (NPR), 2020.
The CAA "is aimed at distinguishing illegal migrants on the basis of religion", the resolution said. For the first time in the history of the country that is a law has been enacted which discriminates people on religious grounds.
Further, the Resolution added that such discrimination of people on the grounds of religion is not in consonance with the secular ideas enshrined in the Constitution and is clearly violative of Article 14.
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court had refused to stay the CAA saying it won't pass any order without hearing the government. The Centre has four weeks to respond to all the petitions challenging the CAA, which allows non-Muslims from Muslim-majority Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to become Indian citizens if they fled religious persecution and entered India before December 31, 2014.
Critics of the amendment believe that the CAA, along with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be used to target Muslims.
Last month, Left-ruled Kerala adopted an anti-CAA resolution that was supported by leaders across party lines except for the lone BJP MLA — O Rajagopal. The southern state also challenged the law in the Supreme Court.
Soon after, the Punjab government passed a resolution with Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh saying that his government would not allow the implementation of the "brazenly divisive CAA".
However, senior Congress leaders Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid, and Jairam Ramesh have said that it would be "constitutionally difficult" for states not to follow laws passed by the parliament and expressed doubt whether the resolutions would stand judicial scrutiny.
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Protesters are rejecting a plan to turn a London library into a gym, the latest of hundreds of recent library closures in the U.K.
The Carnegie Library in the South London borough of Lambeth was scheduled to close on March 31, but patrons had other plans. Dozens of library users instead occupied the Carnegie Library building in Lambeth's Herne Hill neighborhood, hoping to prevent plans to turn it into a part-library, part-fitness center facility from moving forward.
The standoff is the culmination of a nationwide crisis. Almost 350 libraries across the U.K. have been shuttered over the last six years, according to an investigation by the BBC. Some 8,000 library jobs have disappeared over the same span. Libraries in the U.K. face "rationalization": pressure from budget cuts to reorganize as private enterprises supporting volunteer library services.
In Lambeth, for example, the Carnegie Library is supposed to reopen in 2017 as a so-called "book-ish gym"—a fitness center that includes a refurbished library space staffed by volunteers. Lambeth Councillor Jane Edbrooke, cabinet member for neighborhoods, has said that the new center's library function will remain virtually unchanged, even though it will not be staffed by librarians.
Some #carnegieoccupation supporters see the matter as more broadly indicative of how austerity measures have gutted basic social services. Budget cuts put local Labour leaders in a difficult position. In Lambeth and other places, Conservative-led measures have forced local Labour councillors to make unpopular decisions about which services to slash.
The protesters are not idling. On April 9, library campaigners in Lambeth plan to march from the occupied Carnegie Library to central Brixton, passing along the Minet Library, another closed library planned to reopen as a hybrid gym, Brixton Buzz reports. The campaign has drawn support from high-profile literary figures—Neil Gaiman, Nick Hornby, and Stella Duffy among them.
The philanthropist covered the U.S. in libraries between 1893 and 1919. How many survive—and the forms they've taken—points to what kind of structures make a city center.
Other Lambeth leaders may be even less impressed. Alex Bigham, another Labour councillor, tweeted a picture of a yawning cat—a series of cats, in fact—in response to constituent complaints about the library closure.
The Lambeth Carnegie Library has faced closure before. In 1999, an organization called the Friends of the Carnegie Library formed to fight the Lambeth Council's plans to close the library. While adaptive reuse is a popular fate for Carnegie Library buildings in the U.S.—some of which no longer exist as a result—library patrons in the U.K. appear determined not to follow suit.


The urban regeneration and traffic calming project for the access route to the school in Sonvico is part of a wider urban masterplan for the Dino and Sonvico areas.
5. Improving, where necessary, the availability of services and urban infrastructure (parking, benches, new public spaces).
In this context, the project for the redesigning of school services involves the transformation of a residual space into a new public space that complements traffic calming measures. The project involved the construction of a new ARL (Autolinee Regionali Luganesi) bus stop and an access system for the local school.
A 1.20 m wide pavement was built where none previously existed, along the road leading to the school. The pavement links the street level with the entrance to the school via a ramp (32 m long, with a 5% incline) with two landings paved with porphyry setts. The concrete retaining wall was cast in corrugated iron formwork.
A set of wide steps was built to form a sort of hill at the top of which is a raised grass bed where an oak tree (Quercus petraea) has been planted.
The steps are 40 cm in height and 60 cm wide and can be used as seating. The two sets of steps that lead up the hill are built with stones sourced from the City of Lugano warehouse, which were once part of the staircase of the Lugano Cathedral. Two 30 cm wide bands form the surface of the steps: one is made from concrete and can also be used as seating, the other is formed with natural stones (porphyry setts and tiles) or vegetation. The steps connect the level of the traffic calming road hump (+554.40 m a.s.l.) to the school yard below (+552.80 m a.s.l.).
From the street level, one can access a horizontal circular space paved with recycled porphyry setts and tiles made from the same paving slabs used for paving Piazza Riforma (the town hall square) in Lugano.
Numbers and letters of the alphabet are carved into the tiles. At the base of the stair there is a drinking fountain.
The steps are also used as terraced stands for the new 3×3 streetball pitch paved in grey Rubtan. Galvanised reinforcing rods of 30 mm diameter were used for constructing the metal fence and gates.


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Rodowód – wykaz przodków danego zwierzęcia zestawiony w kolejności następujących po sobie pokoleń, obejmujący szczegółowe dane każdego z ujętych osobników, takie jak: daty i miejsca urodzenia, numery hodowlane, imiona, nazwy i ewentualnie numery hodowców (hodowli), także dane dotyczące cech użytkowych.

Rodowód jest podstawą określenia przypuszczalnej wartości osobnika według oceny jego przodków, a także układania planów kojarzeń i oceny stopnia pokrewieństwa poszczególnych osobników.

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Junior Pooja Akella has been dancing Bharatanatyam — a traditional Indian dance — since she was eight years old, inspired by her mother's dancing. The style of dance has strong roots in Indian religion and culture, telling mythology and legends through intricate footwork and exaggerated facial expressions. Akella details her jewelry and outfits, her preparation for performances and gives us a glimpse of some Bharatanatyam steps.


A null pointer dereference leading to process crash can occur while parsing a malformed PDF file.
While parsing a PDF file which contains a /FlateDecode encoded stream, with a set /Predictor to a value other than 1, a malformed value for /Colors causes a NULL pointer dereference in libsc_ut.so library while de-initializing the decoder.
The invalid /Colors value , 0x100000000 in this case, causes a NULL pointer to be dereferenced during the memory read instruction.
The bug can be triggered by using the ixsample sample application supplied with the SDK.


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JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) - The South Jones Indoor Winds Group returned home to a roaring crowd of proud supporters on Monday after winning the world title at the Scholastic Open Class indoor band competition.
"Incredible, I've never imagined in my entire life we'd do this and to do it as well as we did it is just mind-blowing," said Brian Joyce, the South Jones High School band director.
Joyce said the huge win for the South Jones Band of Braves is a result of hard work, dedication and commitment.
"It''s really cool that a group of kids from south Mississippi can work that hard and go to Dayton, Ohio and show everybody what they could do," said Tim Bower, an assistant to the band the director.
Joyce said the band members at South Jones put in tons of work but as a band they can't take all of the credit.
Ellisville Mayor Lynn Buckhaults was there among hundreds to welcome the students back to town. He said for what this means in Ellisville and south Mississippi, he had to come be apart of the celebration.


Actor Ranjha Vikram Singh, who is currently prepping up for his upcoming film Fauji Calling wherein he'll be seen playing the role of a soldier is an acknowledgment of what soldiers contribute to the society and the country.
Directed by Aaryaan Saxena, Fauji Calling is produced by Ovez Productions, Causeway Media Network Pvt. Ltd and Running Horses Studios Pvt Ltd. with Ranjha Vikram Singh film also stars Sharman Joshi, Mughda Godse, Bidita Bag, and Zarina Wahab in the pivotal roles.


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Here Are The K-Pop Groups Who Have Had The Most Members
You'll be surprised by Numbers 1 and 2.
Jensen Law
The members in a K-Pop group can vary drastically, as some companies prefer smaller groups, and others prefer having larger groups. A YouTube channel by the name of "SinB Ssi" compiled a list of the K-Pop groups who have had the most members, here are the top 19. Also, this list will include disbanded groups, as well as members who might have left the group.
#19. X1
X1 was an 11 member boy group.
#18. Golden Child
Golden Child originally debuted as an 11 member group.
#17. I.O.I
I.O.I was a group comprised of 11 members.
#16. WANNA ONE
WANNA ONE was an 11 member boy group.
#15. TREASURE
TREASURE is comprised of 12 members.
#14. EXO
EXO originally debuted with 12 members.
#13. IZ*ONE
IZ*ONE has 12 members in their group.
#12. LOONA
LOONA has 12 members in their group.
#11. THE BOYZ
THE BOYZ debuted as a 12 member group.
#10. VARSITY
VARSITY originally debuted with 12 members.
#9. I-13
I-13 was a group that debuted with 13 members.
#8. SEVENTEEN
SEVENTEEN has 13 members in the group.
#7. Topp Dogg
At one point, Topp Dogg had 13 members.
#6. Cosmic Girls
Cosmic Girls currently has 13 members.
#5. Y-TEEN
Y-Teen was a project group that was comprised of seven members from MONSTA X, and seven members from Cosmic Girls.
#4. 14U
14U was a group that debuted with 14 members.
#3. Super Junior
At one point, Super Junior was comprised of 15 members.
#2. NCT
NCT currently has 21 members.
#1. Apeace
Apeace was a group that originally debuted with 21 members.
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ETF Scorecard: October 14 Edition
Sam BourgiOct 14, 2016
To help investors keep up with the markets, we present our ETF Scorecard. The Scorecard takes a step back and looks at how various asset classes across the globe are performing. The weekly performance is from last Friday's open to this week's Thursday close.
Wall Street and European stocks were down sharply this week, as volatility returned to the picture. The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly fell below 18,000 on Thursday, for the first time since July, before paring losses later in the session. The pan-European Stoxx 600 fell to two-month lows on Thursday.
Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. (AA) kicked off earnings season with a dismal quarterly report, which triggered a large sell-off in the U.S. market. The stock has since been downgraded by Bank of America.
The minutes of the September 20-21 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings indicated that several officials supported raising interest rates "relatively soon," provided that the United States economy continues to improve.
In economic data, Chinese exports fell 10% in the 12 months through September, much worse than forecasted. Imports also fell unexpectedly, after rising in August for the first time in nearly two years.
China's consumer price index (CPI) rose at an annualized 1.9% in September, improving from 1.6% the previous month. Meanwhile, factory-gate prices edged up 0.1% year-over-year, the first rise in four-and-a-half years.
The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the performance of the greenback against a basket of six other major currencies, surged to seven-month highs this week. A firm dollar continued to undermine precious metals, such as gold and silver.
U.S. initial jobless claims were unchanged at 246,000 in the week ending October 8, a nearly four-decade low. However, the number of U.S. job openings fell in August to an eight-month low of 5.4 million. That's a JOLTS rate of 3.6%, according to the Department of Labor.
U.S. consumer credit rose to a seasonally adjusted $25.87 billion in September, up from $17.78 billion the previous month, confounding forecasts of a decline.
In the energy markets, Baker Hughes reported that the number of active rigs drilling on U.S. soil rose for the 14th time in the past 15 weeks. Meanwhile, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said crude inventories rose by 4.9 million barrels in the week ending October 7 – the first increase in six weeks. To help you navigate the volatile energy market based on information gathered from the EIA report, check out all energy equity ETFs.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told the World Energy Congress in Istanbul this week that his country was willing to join OPEC in freezing crude production. However, the head of Russia's largest state-run oil producer later said that he had no intention to freeze production with the 14-member cartel.
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Risk Appetite Review
The large-cap S&P 500 (SPY A) declined 1.43% over the past five days, as the combination of central bank speculation and weak earnings weighed on Wall Street.
Equal-weighted indices (RSP B+) fared no better this week. The RSP performed worse than the S&P 500, falling 1.91% over the past five days.
The High Beta ETF (SPHB B-) was by far the biggest decliner, falling 3.48% in a sign that risk aversion was creeping back into the market.
Major Index Review
The major indices were down across the board, as rate-hike jitters and a disappointing start to earnings season brought volatility back to the equity markets.
Two indices, (IWM B+) and (EEM A-), declined more than 2% each. The S&P 500 ETF (SPY A) fell 1.43%.
Over the rolling month, the technology heavy PowerShares QQQ ETF (QQQ A-) advanced 1.10%, while the iShares MSCI Emerging Market Index (EEM A-) climbed 1.13%.
Foreign Equity Review
With the exception of Brazil (EWZ B+), all foreign ETFs recorded sharp declines this week.
China (FXI A-) plunged 3.60% as dismal trade data offset hopes that state-owned enterprises would benefit from Beijing's restructuring program targeting corporate debt. Check out the ETFdb Country Exposure Tool to delve into ETFs with exposure to the world's second-largest economy.
Meanwhile, Indian shares (EPI B+) retreated with the rupee, on growing bets the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in the coming months. Morgan Stanley also warned that India was approaching a critical "sell zone" in the near term.
Brazil (EWZ B+) posted a weekly return of 0.73%, and was up 8.58% on the month, after recently impeached Dilma Rousseff failed to make headway in the municipal elections, paving the way for a more market-friendly government.
More information on Emerging Market Equities ETFs can be found here.
Commodities Review
With the exception of natural gas (UNG B-), every major commodity was down this week.
Natural gas spiked 8.14%, reaching its highest level in almost two years.
Gains in U.S. Oil (USO A) were completely flat, as investors reacted negatively to reports showing OPEC production reached a new record high in September. Nevertheless, U.S. Oil has enjoyed a monthly return of 9.53% on OPEC production-freeze optimism.
Silver (SLV C+) fell 0.54% over the previous five days. Silver is down 8.18%, on the month.
If you're interested in more Oil & Gas ETFs, view our Definitive List of Oil & Gas ETFs.
Currency Review
The U.S. dollar (UUP A) climbed 1.04%, to a seven-month high against a basket of currencies this week. The British pound and euro plunged, as a result.
The British pound (FXB A-) fell 1.17% in a belated response to Prime Minister Theresa May's call for a "hard Brexit" earlier this month. The pound is currently trading at its lowest level in history against a basket of currencies. For more information on how the British pound performed immediately after May's comments, check out the previous ETF Scorecard: October 7 Edition.
Meanwhile, the yen (FXY C+) declined 0.55% for the week. The Asian safe-haven has fallen 1.23% over the past one month.
The U.S. dollar was by far the strongest performer on a rolling monthly basis, gaining 2.27%.
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Bászil Gorgísz Hanna (Ankawa, 1961. január 8. –) válogatott iraki labdarúgó, középpályás. Az 1980-as évek iraki "aranycsapatának" tagja volt, amelyben Huszejn Szaíd és Ahmad Radhi is helyet kapott.

Pályafutása

Klubcsapatokban
Fiatalként a Nadi Al-Armenihez (örmény csapat) tartozó ifjúsági együttesnél, az ifjúsági bajnokságban játszott. 16 évesen a Nadi Al-Athorihoz tartozó Tammuz klubhoz került, ahol felfigyelt rá az akkor első osztályú bagdadi Al-Amana. A továbbiakban az iraki szuperligában maradt, ahol az Al Shabab és az Al Talaba csapatában játszott. A leghosszabb ideig az Al-Shababban, a fővárosi klubban játszott, amelyben az 1989–90-es szezonban az Irak Kupa döntőse lett.

Később Kanadába emigrált, ahol 1992-től amatőrként játszott a Ninive Star csapatában. 1995-ben csatlakozott a Canadian National Soccer League félprofi klubhoz, a North York Astroshoz, és segítette őket az Ontario Kupa döntőjébe, ahol tizenegyesekkel veszítettek a St. Catharines Roma ellen.

Az iraki válogatottban
1981-től 1989-ig játszott az iraki válogatottban: 55 mérkőzésen 4 gólt szerzett. Irakot képviselte az 1986-os labdarúgó-világbajnokságon. Itt Paraguay és Belgium ellen játszott. Az iraki válogatottal 1984-ben és 1988-ban megnyerte az Öböl-kupát.

Jegyzetek

Fordítás

Források

További információk
 Interview with Basil Gorgis Interjú Basil Gorgisszal (archiválva: 2009. január 5.)
 1986-os FIFA World Cup Mexico™ – Irak

1961-ben született személyek
Élő személyek
Iraki labdarúgók
Az 1986-os világbajnokság labdarúgói


Home > Tour Blog > Introductory Scuba Divers Must Book This Great Barrier Reef Tour!
Why should introductory scuba divers book this Great Barrier Reef tour?
Because Ocean Freedom is the only boat on the reef that has 1 dive instructor with 2 introductory scuba divers.
This means you are listened to and all the attention is squarely on you, and you only, not 5 other introductory scuba divers.
Learning to scuba dive can be a bit scary at first and you really need to have your listening ears on to ensure you grasp the concept of how to use a BCD or scuba diving gear.
A fantastic day out on a Great Barrier Reef tour from Cairns visiting 2 spectacular sites.
Spending 6 full hours on the reef on the surrounding reef of Upolu Cay and the Wonder Wall.
This 20 metre Motor CAT is one of the most personalised Great Barrier Reef tours in Cairns. It carries low numbers of a maximum of 75 passengers but it is actually surveyed to take 109 passengers so as you can imagine there is lots of space to sit and move around.
This make the boat feel more spacious and comfortable.
Great Barrier Reef tour great for beginners to the more experienced certified divers.
For beginners: there are team members on hand to help you learn to snorkel. They will fit you with the right snorkelling gear including buoyancy vest and take you on a guided snorkel tour with one of their highly experienced marine interpreters.
For beginners that are feeling adventurous: they offer introductory scuba dives and as mentioned above Ocean Freedom specialises in first time divers offering a maximum group of only 2 scuba divers to one dive instructor.
For guest needing a little more attention, they will do a one on one experience.
For the more experienced: Certified scuba divers can take part in up to 2 spectacular dives with a complimentary guide.
The day starts by checking in at the Cairns Reef Fleet Terminal at 07:15 for an 08:00am boat departure.
You will be welcomed by the friendly team on the desk to give you boarding passes and to direct you where the boat is docked.
Once on board the boat you can help yourself to some delish Danish pastries and fresh seasonal fruit. Tea and coffee will be available all day while the boast is stationary.
Once the boat departs, the introductory diver and certified dive briefing will begin.
All scuba divers are required to fill out and sign a Medical Questionnaire. Whatever you do, you need to be honest on these forms as it could save your life and other people's lives.
For the introductory divers: Your briefing will start with a safety presentation and explanation regarding what scuba diving is all about. They will then go through the basic skill you will need to learn before descending under water.
For the certified divers: They will go through how to use their equipment, the dive route and what you will be expecting to see.
The first mooring is at the Wonder Wall, an amazing wall of reef going down to 10-13 M depth. This is a great site of divers and snorkelers alike.
Just before the boat moors the divers will be asked to head to the diver's deck.
Certified divers will do their buddy check and entre the water for the 50-minute dive.
Introductory divers will have a gear briefing then enter the water.
There are stability bars on the boat where the highly qualified diver instructors will teach the basic in-water skills. Once the intro diver has successfully got the skill down pat you will all be off for your 30-minute introductory scuba dive.
It is also time now for the snorkelers to enter the water. There is a high crew to guest ratio so if anyone needs assistance a team member will be able to help or even take you for a guided snorkel tour.
Divers will get a chance to take part in a second dive. This was my favourite site of the day! With an amazing dive seeing 2 reef sharks, a turtle and the biggest sting ray I had ever seen!
After all guests are back on the boat, and safety checks have been done, you will be taken to the next Great Barrier Reef site mooring, Upolu Cay.
Lunch will then be served. Lunch is a fresh buffet consisting of Queensland prawns, Tasmanian smoked salmon, roast chicken, mixed meat platter, 3 fresh salad selections and assorted breads.
Guest will now get the opportunity to snorkel the beautiful reef and bommies around the cay and to take part in the glass bottom boat tour with Marine Naturalist.
Ocean Freedom has fresh water shower on boat, so after guests take part in their last snorkel they can rinse off.
On the way home back to Cairns, you will be served yummy cheese and cracker, fresh tropical seasonal fruits and cake. You will arrive back at the Marlin Marina about 16:00.
We highly recommend this Great Barrier Reef tour especially for first time scuba divers wanting to explore the reef.


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Italy: 15,000 Scum Working at Invader Centers to Lose Their Jobs Thanks to Salvini's Cuts
Spartacus June 12, 2019
"Look how eager they are to pay your pensions, goyim!"
Imagine tens of thousands of people literally making a living by destroying their own country, and getting paid by said country to do it.
How is that normal?
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Following a series of budgetary cuts as part of populist Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's security and migration decree, migrant helper associations claim they have been forced to lay off thousands of employees.
The Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL) union announced the complaint, saying that so far pro-migrant groups have been forced to lay off around 5,000 workers due to the funding cuts in the security decree and added that the social centres were looking at a total of 15,000 layoffs by the end of the year, Italian newspaper Il Giornale reports.
CGIL's Stefano Sabato commented on the effect of the migration funding cuts saying, "At the moment we have come to count about 5000 redundancy procedures, to which we are responding with the tools available, solidarity agreements, fund for wage integration, but our interest is to be able to restore ordinary social safety nets to cope with the dramatic situation that in this way we risk not being able to manage."
"If the Security decree is not reformed or amended within 12 months, we will still have to launch mass dismissal procedures," he added.
Aren't unions supposed to be for people who actually work for a living?
What exactly do these parasites do?
And how exactly are you helping the union members by flooding the country with foreigners, which can only lower their wages and make it harder for them to find jobs?
No wonder more than half the people in this communist front are pensioners.
The announcement of mass layoffs in the pro-migrant reception sector come only months after the left-wing groups complained that their profits were going to decline as a result of the security decree.
We rightfully talk about Jews all the time, but remember that there's an enormous number of non-Jews who make a ton of money out of bringing this filth here, all on taxpayer money that no taxpayer voted to give them.
Still, it's pretty impressive what the Lega has done in such a short time.
The Jews in the media like to call them fascists but the truth is they're actually pretty cucky, and yet they still managed to halt all boats to Italy to almost zero, massively cut back on the funds these parasites receive, and generally make life much harder for the invaders.
Never forget that all these insane things that Shlomo tells us are inevitable, unstoppable and irreversible can actually be fixed very fast by a government that actually wants to do it.
And we don't even have to run the governments directly ourselves – it's enough to just make the people who do fear us more than they fear Jews.
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Many developers in the Linux community have concerns about the activities of Patrick McHardy. Here are answers to common questions.
Of approximately 135 files in which McHardy included his copyright notice, only 1/3 are files to which McHardy contributed 50% or more of the file's code.
Records of contributions to the kernel prior to 2002 are not useful to identify contributors, because at that time, Linus Torvalds checked in all code. Patrick McHardy's contributions did not begin until 2004.
What is "community enforcement"? Because the ownership of large projects like the Linux kernel is often spread out among many authors, individual owners can take enforcement actions that are inconsistent with the objectives of the community. While the community may have a range of views on how best to encourage adherence to the GPL's terms, most agree that enforcement should be informal (not via lawsuits) and that the primary goal should be compliance (rather than penalties). Software Freedom Conservancy, for example, has issued certain principles of community enforcement, which prioritize compliance over the pursuit of lawsuits or money damages. There is no bright-line rule for when informal actions should become lawsuits, or how much money an enforcer should request. Most developers in the Linux community, however, consider lawsuits only the last resort, and are willing to refrain from legal action and work with users who sincerely wish to comply.
Unterlassungserklärung ("cease and desist declaration" or "declaration of injunction"): The "warnings" will often have a "cease and desist declaration" attached to them. This "declaration" is like a contract—signing it will subject the defendant to legal obligations that might not otherwise exist. In particular, the declaration may contain obligations that are not required by the GPL itself. In Germany, it is common for such a document to contain penalties for noncompliance. In the U.S., the analog would be a settlement agreement, but settlement agreements rarely specify the penalties for breach—and in fact, in the U.S., "penalties" may not be enforceable in contracts. The "declaration" is not a court order, but if the defendant signs it, it may gain the legal force of a court order. So, signing them before seeking legal advice is often not a good idea. There are other approaches to consider in dealing with a complainant who sends a cease and desist declaration, including proposing a revised declaration with lesser penalties or obligations. Further, because a cease and desist declaration may also contain a non-disclosure requirement, signing one of these documents may also create additional difficulties, such as restricting the ability to seek support from other defendants or to alert the community about the claimant's assertions.
Einstweilige Verfügung ("interim injunction" or "preliminary injunction"):The "interim injunction" is a court order that is like a temporary restraining order in the U.S. A defendant's non-response to a "warning" or "declaration" can encourage a plaintiff to seek an "interim injunction," although there is no requirement that a claimant send a "warning" before requesting an "interim injunction" from a court. Interim injunctions for copyright infringement can prescribe penalties of 250,000 Euro or 6 months' imprisonment. In the U.S., in contrast, criminal penalties for copyright infringement are extremely rare, and must be pursued by the government, not private parties. Also, in the U.S., courts do not prescribe remedies for future possible infringement—they only order defendants to stop current infringement or pay damages. In Germany, interim injunctions are also available ex parte, meaning that a plaintiff can apply to the court without the defendant being heard, and they can issue without the defendant's participation. If you receive a "warning," and suspect that a request for an "interim injunction" might follow, there is a possibility to file a preemptive "opposition" with the court.
Widerspruch ("opposition" or "contradiction"):The "opposition" is an opportunity for a defendant to file an opinion with the court that an "interim injunction" is not justified.
For an example of a case in which this process took place, see this English translation of a German court order.
How many claims has McHardy brought? Due to the lack of publicly accessible records for many German court dockets, it is difficult to determine the precise number of actions brought by McHardy. It has been stated that McHardy has approached over 50 enforcement targets. For details, see Source Code Control and 7 Notable Legal Developments in Open Source in 2016. That doesn't necessarily mean 50 lawsuits—it probably means 50 demands threatening a lawsuit. But it is difficult to verify this claim with public sources. For details, see Litigation and Compliance in the Open Source Ecosystem.
Why hasn't the community stopped McHardy? Various members of the community, including Software Freedom Conservancy, have reached out to try to persuade McHardy to change his strategy, but thus far they have not been successful. The Netfilter project recently published a licensing FAQ addressing concerns about McHardy's actions.
What can we do to stop McHardy and other copyright profiteers? There is no one answer to this question, and there may be no way to completely stop them. But here are some suggestions for what might reduce the number of copyright profiteers.
The Linux Foundation published Practical GPL Compliance.
Software Freedom Law Center published A Practical Guide to GPL Compliance (Second Edition).
The OpenChain project publishes a specification for recommended internal processes for open source management.
Don't sign an Unterlassungserklärung before seeking legal advice. As explained above, an Unterlassungserklärung can subject you to obligations and penalties that are not found in the GPL itself. Don't cooperate with the profiteers. You can make yourself a harder target, and enlist the help of other targets in the community.
Support open source development. Authors should not have to resort to profiteering to make a living. Companies that use open source software should not expect open source developers to develop software for free; they should chip in to support important projects.
Learn to recognize a copyright profiteer. Be aware of the general differences between community-oriented GPL enforcement and copyright profiteering. Community-oriented enforcement generally aims to achieve GPL compliance through education and assistance, while respecting users' freedoms. Profiteering, by contrast, may focus on poorly researched scattershot claims and the threat of legal action for purposes of financial gain. Be on the lookout for assertions that prioritize financial gain and set the stage for unreasonable damages penalties.
Make claims public. If you are the target of a profiteer, and have a choice to make the claims public, doing so might help both you and others by discouraging their actions. As members of the open source community, we all share a duty to speak out against profiteers who seek to burden the community with allegations that can be resolved in more appropriate and less contentious ways.
The Linux Foundation released a Community Enforcement Statement, and implemented a means to allow kernel developers to show their commitment to this statement. Responding to concerns about rogue enforcement by kernel developers who have engaged in copyright profiteering, this effort is intended to set community expectation for enforcement of GPL violations relating to the Linux kernel. An FAQ released by the Foundation explains that the commitment effectively implements opportunities to cure violations, similar to the opportunity available in GPL3.
this is very one sided.
it does not explain at all why mchardy's actions are profiteering.
it gives that impression that trying to stop a copyright violator is bad in itself, and it implies that mchardy didn't contribute enough to the kernel to justify his actions.
both of these are false. we need to stop copyright violators, and it doesn't matter how much someone contributed to take action. in either way the copyright of the whole kernel is being violated.
you should explain why the community enforcement approach is better than what mchardy is doing, and the negative effects of threatening and suing violators instead of working with them to fix the violation.
Thanks Heather for the article.
@eMBee for some more background, maybe the article "The rise of copyright trolls" from the FSFE's legal workshop might be interesting to you.
Your comment is unfortunately very uninformed.
The community has for 3 years now tried to get Patrick to explain what he's doing. The Netfilter community has been waiting for him to respond. In the mean time he's extracted millions of euros in personal gains from trolling with a questionable attorney. He does not at all care about compliance and just goes for money. He doesn't care if the companies ever come into compliance, just that they pay. He threatens companies with very quick injunctions against them or pay him - he doesn't try to help them fix the violation.
You seem to not have the facts. Don't assume this is like other enforcement actions that seek to uphold the community's ideals of compliance. It weakens legitimate compliance efforts.


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Kazakhstan Unlikely To Face Serious Problems After Nazarbayev's Resignation
Kazakhstan is unlikely to face serious problems after long-time President Nursultan Nazarbayev's resignation, experts told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, Nazarbayev announced his resignation, saying that Chairman of Kazakhstan's Senate Kassym-Jomart Tokayev would be acting leader until the presidential election.
Azhdar Kurtov, a leading expert on Central Asia at the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies, told Sputnik that the system of governance in Kazakhstan almost ruled out any force majeure after Nazarbayev's resignation.
"I think that the system of governance in Kazakhstan is designed in a manner that rules out any force majeure," Kurtov said.
He stressed that all the opposition leaders who tried to counteract Nazarbayev's policy had left Kazakhstan and lost their political resources a long time ago.
"Honestly speaking, I rule out any scenario that the opposition may come to power," the expert said.
Kurtov also pointed out that Nazarbayev, who remains head of the country's Security Council and leader of the Nur Otan party, would retain significant political power to influence Kazakhstan's political course.
"I believe it is too early to say whether the parliament's speaker would be his successor … However, it is not a coincidence that this position is now held by one of Nazarbayev's closest allies and companions, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who is a diplomat, who knows very well all world's leaders, with whom he will have to communicate as a head of the state .
.. From this perspective, one should not expect any misunderstanding from these leaders," the expert added.
Prof. Martha Olcott from the James Madison College, Michigan State University, echoed Kurtov saying that Kazakhstan was unlikely to revise its policy within next several years.
"In his speech President Nazarbayev made clear that he expected the younger generation to take charge in Kazakhstan, so I think that the run-up to the April 2020 presidential election will be an interesting one. And no, I don't think that the change in leadership will have an impact on Kazakhstan's partnerships, at least for several years, and President Nazarbayev also reminded his citizens that as 'first President' he will chair the country's National Security Council as well as Nur Otan party," Olcott told Sputnik.
Nazarbayev, 78, held a number of senior posts in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, which was a part of the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Nazarbayev remained in power, becoming president of the independent Republic of Kazakhstan.
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After bringing Saw Gerrera to life in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, it's been officially announced that Forest Whitaker will be reprising the role of the Rebel insurgent in Disney XD's Star Wars Rebels.
The character was first introduced in the previous Star Wars animated series The Clone Wars, where Saw fought alongside a then-Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker before making the jump to live action with Rogue One. And now the character is returning to his animated roots with Star Wars Rebels, and he's bringing Whitaker with him. Here's what Rebels executive producer Dave Filoni said (via Entertainment Weekly) about Whitaker's research into the character:
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"Forest really wanted to know a lot about the character. He watched The Clone Wars episodes with his character and I had some detail for him about things George [Lucas] and I discussed. It gave him more time to develop the character as far as, 'How did he get there?'"
Saw will meet up with the Ghost crew during a two-part episode titled "Ghost of Geonosis," kicking off on Jan. 7. In the clip and video featurette below — which includes an explosive entrance from Saw, video interviews and some cool concept art — seems like we'll see the very early beginnings of the Death Star (the title is a direct Clone Wars reference to the planet where the Empire's weapon of mass destruction was first built), except no one knows this is going to be the Death Star yet.
Filoni worked with Lucasfilm story group chief Kiri Hart and Rogue One helmer Gareth Edwards to work out a way to bring a younger Saw Gerrera to the world of Rebels. And he's far from the version we saw in the movie.
"He's not quite as beat up as you see him [in Rogue One]," Filoni says. "I never wanted to go into a lengthy thing about this is how Saw lost his foot. It's more about his philosophy and who he is and what he thinks about the Rebellion — and how they go about resisting the Empire."
Check out the video below, and let us know what you think about Forest Whitaker reprising the role of Saw Gerrera for Star Wars Rebels. Are you excited to see the character return to fight the good fight alongside the Ghost crew come January?
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After Screeching Weasel called it a day, John 'Jughead' Pierson started Even In Blackouts back in 2002. They played pop-punk tunes but contrary to his previous band, Even In Blackouts was an all-acoustic affair. Hence the name… they could play even in blackouts. They released a very enjoyable debut with 'Myths & Imaginary Magicians' and then went on to record three more albums before calling it quits in 2009.
The band's favorite songs are new getting a new lease on life thanks to Stardumb Records, who released a compilation album called 'The Princess Foretold By Her Henchmen, Even'. Normally I'm not the biggest fan of punkrockers gone acoustic, because more often than not it just doesn't sound as good (yeah Face To Face, I'm looking at you!). But there's no faulting cuts like 'Missing Manifesto', 'If Leaving Were To Be So Easy' and 'In A Letter Never Sent'. All of which capture all of the energy of punk in deliciously catchy songs that are lifted to an even higher level thanks to the powerful vocals of Lizzie Eldredge.
Somewhere down the line, they let go of their acoustic inclinations and went all out ('I Took A Weight Off', 'He's Alone Again Lost In His Room') or swing meets country ('Skeleton Dance') and… well, hokey ('How Do You Kill A Ghost'). All of which leads to a slightly uneven compilation. It's still worth your time though. Especially if you manage to snag up a copy of the limited clear as glass vinyl!


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I had the pleasure of meeting Sophia from the blog, Sophia Rosemary to take some photos for her.. see her "With Tangerine coats and Marmalade skies" post here Deciding the look for the day had a great 60s vibe. We set out to find a record store. Sophia had walked passed Clampdown Record Store on her way to meet me and found an absolute gem. The guy in the stop was great, letting us take photos and helping us to pick out records. Just around the corner from Piccadilly is is a great place to pop in to find records or even just for a nice chat.
Find the clampdown record store website here . Where you can find the location and opening times.
We had a great time out and about looking for locations and chatting, we finally found the terrance houses in Ancoats, which 5 minutes before we thought had been knocked down after seeing a huge space full of diggers and rubble, which looked suspiciously like houses used to be there and with all the renovation work in that area it wouldn't have been much of a surprise!
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Rediscovered Van Gogh's painting exhibited
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Le Blute-Fin Mill, painted in Paris in 1886, is the first Van Gogh work to be authenticated since 1995
Dirk Hannema was known as a brilliant art curator but a bit of a fool. He claimed he had seven Vermeers in his collection, several Van Goghs and a few Rembrandts, but no one believed him.
Now, 25 years after his death it turns out he was right – at least about one work, by Vincent van Gogh. The painting, Le Blute-Fin Mill, went on display today in the Museum de Fundatie in the central Dutch town of Zwolle.
Louis van Tilborgh, curator of research at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, said the painting was unusual for the impressionist, depicting large human figures in a landscape. It shows Parisians climbing wooden stairs to a windmill in the Montmartre district.
But the work was typical of Van Gogh's at that time in other ways, with its bright colours lathered roughly on the canvas. Van Tilborgh said it was painted in 1886 when the artist was living in Paris. The canvas bore the stamp of an art store he frequented, and used pigments common in other works. The painting "adds to his oeuvre," he said. "You can link it to certain works of Van Gogh in that period, but not that many."
It is the first Van Gogh to be authenticated since 1995 and the sixth to be added to the confirmed list of the artist's paintings since the latest edition of the standard catalogue was published in 1970, Van Tilborgh said.
Van Gogh painted about 900 works. Afflicted by mental illness, he died of a self-inflicted wound in 1890, aged 37.
Hannema, who died in 1984, bought the painting in 1975 from a dealer in Paris. He paid 5,000 guilders for this and another work, and insured it for 16 times what he paid. He touted the painting with "absolute certainty" as a Van Gogh, but no one was listening. He had been discredited since he bought a purported Vermeer in 1937 that later was shown to be a forgery.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/feb/24/van-gogh-le-blute-fin-mill
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Re: Rediscovered Van Gogh's painting exhibited
What a lovely painting.
Is there a larger version of it available?
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Following is link to a Daily Mail's article where there is a bigger picture of the painting:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1253617/Van-Gogh-painting-proved-genuine-25-years-art-world-mocked-collector-claimed-lost-masterpiece.html
Wonderful! I just LOVE Van Gogh's works. It's great to find new pieces.
Hope you don't mind ...


@GambiTTT , @matt2damon , @robinolds What is the andar ki khabar from Orkut? Any updates by Bond?
Isn't 700 too less? The toppers usually get 1100+.
700? Man this is just too ridiculous a figure.
700 would imply a qualifying score of 100 in each of the GS and optional papers!
Haha! Nice observation but I don't think that really is the case.
Thanks @matt2damon . I had heard that the speculated cut-off was about 700, until Bond said it was more than that.
@Stardust1901 700 isn't ridiculous. Not if you take into account that a lot of people will be scoring sub-100 in GS paper II (like they have been doing for the past 2 years) and sub 100 even in Pub Ad Paper I.
Even those who make it into IAS get something like 1020+ in Mains with less than 100 in some subjects and 220+ in others.
Any idea about how Philosophy paper has been? And is the marking in Pub Ad tough or easy? Also have some people been able to find out their main scores? Any claims on that?
i wrote with Pub Ad. now i finished my Pub ad optional papers, why is it that scoring is around 700? yes paper was bad, but sincee i wrote something (hopefully half right) in all answers can i be among those pub ad people with higher marks??!
How can this Bond confirm it?
Because Bond is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient.
These things do get leaked beforehand and they are generally correct, Bond is one of the more reliable sources. I would say 80% probability of it being true.
At least half a dozen people would be involved in making the final list, one of them might leak to their friend who will leak to their friend and so on. Information does percolate from upsc.
He has in the past given some info which has been correct. His roommate works at UPSC. Besides last year , I read that the topper's name was "Agrawal" even before the final results were announced. (I am not sure of the name was leaked by Bond). I did not believe it.
When the results were announced, I found it was Sheena Agrawal.
i gave an average paper, first attempt.
@Rashmi99 your paper would not have been so average since you made it to the interview. Best of luck.
Thank you. But average amongst the people who made it to the interview I meant!
new information revealed late last night by bond is that cutoff is around 700 for gen, for obc less than 700(694) and that worst performing optional are history and psychology.
@rock2army Any updates on Pub Ad and Philosophy?
@Neyawn no concrete update about pub ad and philosophy by bond of late but earlier he informed that examiners were very disappointed with answers of mains papers esp. that of pub ad.
pubad was hard hit bt still selection above 1100"


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eBay expands payment management to Canada and Australia
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E-commerce giant eBay is reportedly expanding its management of payments to Canada and Australia, the fourth and fifth countries to receive the new serv...
E-commerce giant eBay is reportedly expanding its management of payments to Canada and Australia, the fourth and fifth countries to receive the new service.
Joining the US, UK and Germany, these two countries will be able to experience digital transactions which are far more frictionless and much less complex.
"By managing payments on our platform, we are enhancing the eBay experience by breaking down barriers and removing complexities for our customers," stated Alyssa Cutright, VP of Global Payments.
"We're excited to roll out the new experience globally this year, with Australia and Canada joining our growing roster of countries."
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Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic has arguably hastened the decline of brick and mortar (B&M) stores in favour of digital equivalents - McKinsey cites this as evidence of a paradigm shift in consumer behaviour - e-commerce has nonetheless been accelerating in popularity for the past 15 years.
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With some estimating that it will, in fact, entirely overtake B&M shopping by 2024, the question of how to make the transactions of a global, digital marketplace as frictionless as possible is being answered by innovative fintechs around the world.
This attitude, as expressed by eBay, says Rob Bigler, GM of its Canadian branch, can only serve as a benefit to consumers.
"This change will improve how Canadian buyers and sellers transact on eBay by allowing them more choice and a seamless payment experience.
"We look forward to bringing this important upgrade to Canada and will be supporting our sellers to ensure a timely and smooth transition," he added.
The new variety of payment options available to Canada and Australia will include credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Afterpay (in Australia) and Paybright (in Canada).
eBay's transaction records as of 2019 have been highly successful, with US$2bn in GMV (gross merchandise volume) processed. The aforementioned rollout is expected to commence sometime after July 2020, with global expansion ear-marked for 2021.
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Is it a social taboo in your culture for a married couple to remain without children?. How does your culture view this issue please?.
I think it is. It's a bit difficult to isolate my "culture", as a White English speaking South African, there isn't a set identity somehow, especially on this. Most people are just expected to marry and have kids, it's the unspoken norm.
But on the other hand there is acceptance for people who live different kinds of lives, especially if you explain yourselves e.g. we weren't able to have kids.
I don't really know any couples who have chosen not to have kids, as a blogger in the infertility community I am more aware of the many that want to have them but can't.
I believe it is a taboo in my culture too. I am Jordanian. The minute a couple gets married the question of "when" are the children coming seems to be everyone's concern.
On some level I think it is because my culture regards family highly and family means children in this part of the world- not to forget the extended family.
We are yet to change this view and accept that two people can choose to be together, to love each other and not need to strengthen their bond through having children.
What do you believe to be the biggest challenge to manhood, the last decade or so?.
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From August 26 to 29, 2013, the 8thInternational Symposium on Digital Earth, themed "Transforming Knowledge intoSustainable Practice", was held at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching, Sarawak,Malaysia. It was jointly organized by the International Society for DigitalEarth (ISDE), Technological University of Malaysia (UTM) and UniversityMalaysia Sarawak. This was the first time of the symposium being held in a SoutheastAsian country in the past 14 years since its launch.
On August 26, the Opening Ceremonyattracted participation of over 360 experts and scholars in the field ofdigital earth from 35 countries and regions. Prof. Mazlan Hashim, SymposiumChairman and Director of UTM Institute of Geospatial Science & Technology,ISDE President Prof. John Richards, and Mr. Lo Khere Ching, Chairman of KuchingBada Vaughan Council were on the stage and gave their respective speech.
Prof. Mazlan Hashim recognized thesupportive role of digital earth technology in ecological environmentalmonitoring, disaster emergency response, and human health and well-beings.According to him, with global warming and frequent natural disasters, we willface more challenges and have greater responsibilities to update and improvethe digital earth concept. Prof. John Richards pointed out that in the pastdecade, the digital earth technologies had been developed rapidly and they arenow gradually maturing. By integrating and applying multi-disciplinaryknowledge and mobilizing public participation, we would be able to make theglobal digital model based on the digital earth technology more scientificallyin identifying and describing the natural, social and economic phenomenonclosely related to human sustainability, in order to better conserve andimprove our living environment.
Dr. Barbara Ryan, Secretariat Directorof Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Dr. Alessandro Annoni, European CommissionJoint Research Centre (JRC), Dr. Mustafa Din Subari, Deputy Director General ofMalaysian National Space Agency, and Guo Huadong, Director General of CASInstitute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI) were invited to givekeynote speeches, entitled "Building a Global Earth Observation System ofSystems", "Next-generation Digital Earth: Earth Observation today", "NationalEarth Observation Program for Digital Earth", and "Big Data and Digital Earth",respectively. Guo elucidated in his speech the characteristics of digital earthin the big data era and the close relation between big data and digital earth.He believed that digital earth meant the practical application of big data inearth observation and earth science, brought more opportunities and challengesfor the development of digital earth and showed a new direction for moreinnovative and higher-level development of digital earth.
During the four-day meeting,participants exchanged ideas on 12 topics including the digital earth conceptand innovation, earth observation technology, natural resources management, anddigital heritage. The meeting included 18 specially-invited keynotes, 38parallel sessions and over 200 presentations, in addition to topic-specificseminars on each afternoon, providing an excellent platform for scientificexchange by scientists, entrepreneurs, and administrators in digital earthfield.
On August 25, the 8th ISDE ExecutiveMeeting (i.e. first Council Meeting) was held. The council was debriefed on thepreparations for the 8th International Symposium on Digital Earth and 5thDigital Earth Summit to be held in Nagoya of Japan in 2014, the biddingpresentation for hosting the 9th ISDE in Canada and the summary report of the 4thNew Zealand Summit. Council members also discussed the establishment of theDigital Heritage Committee and the Awarding Committee, the development of theYoung Scientists Committee, membership management and development, promotion ofdigital earth programs, the way to improve the organizational structure ofISDE, and how to promote the development of ISDE. The plan to form long-termpartnership between ISDE and IOP was approved.
During the meeting, the 5thInternational Editorial Board Meeting of the International Journal on DigitalEarth (IJDE) was also convened. The board was given the workingreport of the journal by the editorial office and the statistics report on thepublication of the journal by Taylor & Francis, selected the best IJDEpaper in 2012 for award at the symposium, and thoroughly discussed how toimprove the influence and citation rate of the journal and how to attract morehigh-level articles in the field of Digital Earth.
At the ISDE8, exhibitions presented bythe Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI) of the Chinese Academyof Sciences and the International Society for Digital Earth attractingdelegates from around the globe, which have enhanced the internationalinfluence of both organizations and promoted academic exchange andinternational cooperation.
The meeting wrapped up on theafternoon of August 29. At the Closing Ceremony, ISDE expressed fullacknowledgement to the organizing committee, and ISDE Secretary General GuoHuadong presented the commemorative plate to Chairman Prof. Mazlan Hashim, andISDE Chairman Prof. John Richards made a summary for the symposium andannounced that the 9th International Symposium on Digital Earth would be heldin Halifax, Canada, in 2015.
The International Symposium on DigitalEarth was initiated in Beijing in 1999, and was then held biennially in Canada,Czech, Japan, USA, China, Australia and Malaysia. This is an important event ofthe International Society for Digital Earth, headquartered in Beijing and itssecretariat is hosted by the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth,Chinese Academy of Sciences.


We are an active, relaxed and outgoing family of five who lives next to beautiful surroundings. If you like wildlife and outdoor adventures Söderåsen is a great place for you to visit!
We moved here in 2010 to live our dream and to open up a small hostel. Here you'll find Söderåsen Nationalpark in Skäralid with a lot of hiking trails in the National park, nice small roads for biking, a scilent river perfect for caoning and a lot of picutesque villages and farm shops.
We (Frida 39 and Stefan 41) both love travelling and have travelled a lot. To meet new people and to learn about other cultures is very rewarding. Today we don't ravel as much but we enjoy having guests from all over the world staying in our hostel, Pensionat Söderåsen, and in that way we feel almost like we are travelling at home.
Stefan is a HR manager and naval officer and works for the Swedish Armed Forces. Frida runs the business at home. Our children Märta (7), August (5) and Greta (3) all go to school and kindergarten in the village Ljungbyhed.
We love animals and have a dog named Folke (Irish red setter), a cat named Jönsson, two goats (Majken & Kerstin) and some chickens.
We are an active family who loves to head out for small adventures. We are so fortunate to live in this amazing part of Skåne that allows us to easily explore the wilderness of Söderåsen. We love to go hiking, canoeing, biking and sailing, yes pretty much all outdoor activities.
BBQ's and outdoor cooking is something we like a lot. In this area we also have a lot of farm shops and local producers, and we try to by our meat and vegetables from them.
We both speak English fluently. Stefan speaks French and Frida speaks German, both at a moderate level.
We look forward to welcome you to our home, to have dinner toghether with you and to let you have a glimps into our everyday life!
If you would like accomodation you are most welcome to contact us. Our business is called Pensionat Söderåsen and we offer accomodation, conferences and events, and outdoor activities.
Stay with us at Pensionat Söderåsen!


Using The lake Water Of King Fahd Dam at WadiBisha in Fish Farming with the most Updated Techniques.
King Fahd Dam is regarded as the biggest dam in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia: as its height reaches to 103 meters, storage capacity equals to 325 million cubic meters, the dam spot height tends to be 250-kilo meters and the floods water collective area for this dam reaches 7600-kilo cubic meters.
In addition, it rains heavily in the headwaters of this valley and its tributaries. The lake of King Fahd Dam is a large lake where floods water collected inside. Since the lake contains water all over the year and after geographical studies, it turns out that, it is difficult to practice fishing in this lake. Thus, we have carried out this study, which aims to utilize the lake water in fish farming by designing home fish farms filled with the lake water or by digging fishponds next to the lake to be utilized in fish farming in order to increase the fish production, varying the income sources and increasing job opportunities. Chemical and biological analyses done to know the appropriate kind of fish for this lake areCarp Fish, which are already existed in this lake. Through applying the most updated techniques in fish farming, we shall improve the quality of the lake water. Thus, we recommend using the lake water in fish farming.


I've been a planner junky for as long as I can remember and I love that it's now ALL the rage. Have you ventured over to YouTube or Periscope to see all the planner videos you can watch? Heavens to betsy. Trust me, I've watched my share of them too. The whole thing is fascinating to me.
I spend an hour or so every Sunday night planning out the week, writing a master to-do list that I then pick from everyday when I'm making my daily list. One of the things I love and hate to plan is meals. I'm so much happier and so much less stressed when I head into the week with an idea of what I'm feeding the peeps.
It saves so much stress and time and money.
I tend to jot down a list of meals and then make them in the order that it makes sense for us, depending on what's going on at night, etc. I wrote a whole series about meal planning if you want more ideas & check out my Pinterest boards on food. I'm pretty obsessed. Follow at your own risk.
In case you're not sure about pizza bianca, let me make your acquaintance.
Remember my motto THERE YOU ARE from this FB post.
Run 3 times, weight train twice.
Get my email Lenten devotional series ready to go again. I think I'm going to do it on the blog this year but still working on the details. I'll also be reading Grace Upon Grace during Lent this year and doing some discussions about it on Periscope. (Periscope is a free live streaming app, my name there is lifeingrace!) Lent begins February 10th so order your book soon is you want to read along with me!
Launch my new (and free) 14 day E Course on essential oils and how to use our starter kit oils to keep your family happy & well. (It's actually now live!)(This is different than my paid course, in that it's not nearly as comprehensive and doesn't cover the same material. But it will give you an idea of how you would integrate eo's into your family's daily routine, for those who are interested but not ready to dive in just yet.
Happy Monday!! What goals do you have this week?! Are you a planner?!
And, I'd love to know if you're a meal planner and what tricks/apps/etc you use to get dinner on the table. Also? How about if you link to one of your favorite recipes in the comments. Then we'll all benefit from your generosity!
Hey there! Do you use any certain type of calendar? Just curious….
Edie friend! Thank you so much for your encouragement on the "There you are!" motto. I have a little story about how God used it in my life this Sunday!
For one reason and another (travel, sickness, more travel, and then some snow), I hadn't been to our (still somewhat new) church in six weeks. I'm already a bit of a nervous nelly from being the "new girl" in our Sunday school class, and I don't mind admitting I was nervous about having been gone for so many weeks and stale friendships and just who would I talk to and would that small talk be exhausting and so on and so forth… I was dreading it, if I'm honest.
As I walked into the room, God just flashed those words to mind: "There YOU are." He reminded me that I was thinking of it the wrong way–I had the chance to greet someone ELSE and stop worrying about who would greet and welcome me.
Sure enough, I grasped my chance when I saw a lady I didn't know standing a bit to the side of the coffee/donuts table, and not really engaged in any conversation that I could tell. I made a beeline to her and asked a few questions. It didn't mean much that I didn't know her because I was so new so for all I know, this cute lady was the pastor's wife or someone very known and welcome. But she wasn't… she was a visitor!
I'm so glad the Holy Spirit used your words to remind me to be looking for someone else to speak to and show interest in, rather than busying myself with worry or a cup of tea or needlessly burying my nose in the bulletin to avoid that awkward social hour at church.
What a blessing that new friend was to me! And I hope I was able to welcome her in some small way. So you've ministered to two people with your writings. Thank you.
Just finished All the lights….and L.O.V.E.D. it!!!!!! Such great writing! I'm working through Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Spy by Eric Mataxes…it is beautiful writing, too!
I have used a paper planner since I was in high school. I was using a planner before planners were cool. 🙂 I am overwhelmed at how popular they are again now, even though I don't decorate mine like some folks do. I need mine to be a bit more practical than a traveling scrapbook. Meal planning is daunting at best, but I am thankful for the recipes you have shared, for they have truly reignited my love of cooking this last year. Make it a great week!!
I am a meal planner (most weeks) because of you, started about 2 years ago when you started posting your month of meals! And I love it! It makes me excited to cook on a week night! One thing that helps me is to have a giant list (along with Pinterest, of course) of my go-to meals. It is amazing how helpful that list is when my brain is fried while meal planning.


How to create hollow blocks. How to Hand Mix Concrete With Rock,Sand,Cement and Water! Custom mixtures & Finishes!
Transcript of THE STRONGEST HOLLOW BLOCK. That block which only breaks a little compared to the other after dropping is considered as the more durable block. Height will be increased until the block will eventually break down to small pieces. Pressure in every altitude will be recorded to know how much pressure the block can't stand.
How to Build a Pyramid for School. Three Methods: Make a sugar cube square. Create a 10 by 10 square base of sugar cubes in the center of the cardboard square (using 100 sugar cubes total). Glue down each sugar cube using white school glue. 4. Add the second layer to the pyramid.


So the mural is all done and I have only a couple of days left before I head back home. It's been such an amazing experience...to be here, to be with friends and to meet new people. And the weather has been warmer, compared to the last few weeks.
Picture courtesy of Nilanjana Bhattacharjya.
So far, I think it's going pretty okay. The mural will extend right to the top with the help of a cherry picker. I'm looking forward to getting onto the machine. It's quite taxing on the body. The arm gets heavy and the shoulder starts to ache after an hour and I have to take regular breaks in between. But I love it.
It's the beginning of my second week of my residency in Paris. I'm settling in pretty okay. Work on the mural at Palais de Tokyo will start tomorrow and I hope to be able to share some pictures of the process when I can. Currently listening to the Best of the Smiths in the studio. The weather has been pretty kind.
Am currently in Paris to prep and eventually start work on a mural for the Secret Archipelago show. Have already been here for 72 hours and will continue to be here till the end of March.


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New head of Spain at SiteMinder: "Technology opens a new future for hotels"
Posted 6 September 2018 in Press Releases
London, UK – As another summer comes to an end across Europe, a new era begins for the global hotel industry's leading cloud platform, SiteMinder, with the appointment of Marco Rosso, a hospitality and e-commerce passionate who joins the company as SiteMinder's new country manager for Spain.
The appointment sees Marco take over a market where SiteMinder has dominated the hotel technology industry for nearly a decade, securing deals with some of the country's largest hotel chains as well as thousands of independent, boutique and family-run hotel businesses which received more than 1.5 million reservations worth over €600 million in hotel revenue this summer.
Marco says his top priority is to ensure hotels realise how best to capitalise on technology to win more guests and open a future where keeping up with the digital world, while benefiting from a growing revenue stream, is simple.
"While this past summer saw a number of travellers opt for other destinations over spending time under the Marbella and Ibiza sun, Spain remains the third most visited tourist destination in the world and its potential is undeniable. Where some may see this trend as troubling, I see a chance for Spanish hotels to explore new strategies and the technologies that will enable them to reach different types of guests from new parts of the world," says Mr Rosso.
Born into a long line of hoteliers where hospitality and tourism were not only the family business but a way of life, Marco began his career at hotels and travel companies before bringing his expertise to Triptease in 2015, where he helped to expand the SaaS company's presence across Europe. As the country manager for SiteMinder in Spain, Marco inherits an established market where SiteMinder is now a significant contributor to the total online revenue generated by hotels in the country.
According to Marco, the journey is only beginning as more hotels become hungry for innovation and success.
"We live in a digital world and Spanish hoteliers are increasingly aware of the importance of how their hotel brand is positioned to the market. Many hotels still operate with a complicated online reservations process, but there is a real opportunity to change that with the right tools in place," Mr Rosso says.
Marco's appointment comes as SiteMinder continues its rapid expansion globally and the former head of Spain, Mateus Coelho, leads SiteMinder in Brazil and Portugal – the two other markets he has led for more than two years – on a more dedicated basis.
Maria Cricchiola
media@siteminder.com
About SiteMinder
As the leading cloud platform for hotels, SiteMinder allows hotels to attract, reach and convert guests across the globe. We serve hotels of all sizes with award-winning solutions for independents and groups alike, wherever they are in the world.
SiteMinder's products include The Channel Manager, the industry's leading online distribution platform; TheBookingButton, a wholly-branded booking engine for direct bookings via the web, mobile or social; Canvas, the intelligent website creator for independent hoteliers; Prophet, the real-time market intelligence solution that takes the guesswork out of pricing rooms; and GDS by SiteMinder, a single-point of entry to a six-figure network of travel agents and the world's major global distribution systems. With more than 30,000 hotel customers and 600 of the industry's top connectivity providers as our partners, today we have presence in more than 160 countries on six continents. For more information, visit www.siteminder.com.
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Why We Love the Hobbit
The Hobbit is a story of good overcoming evil. Courage verses fear, exploring a world outside our comfort zone and stepping out in faith when it's rather uncomfortable.
By Corine Gatti
The Hobbit is a story of good overcoming evil. Courage versus fear, exploring a world outside our comfort zone and stepping out in faith when it's rather uncomfortable. Bilbo Baggins just wants a quiet life at Bag End.
Although, not a recluse, Baggins goes with the ebbs and flows of life, sucking on his pipe, enjoying good food and drink outside of Hobbiton. Gandalf, an old wizard, challenges Baggins to join him on a journey and reclaim a treasure from the dragon Smaug of Middle-earth with a group of dwarf militants.
The storyline of The Hobbit is something we all can identify with at some point in our lives. Here are just a few reasons why we (I) love the Hobbit.
An Outcast
Baggins returns home as an outcast after his journey. The other Hobbits were not ready to embrace his heroics or his gifts. All of us have felt like an outcast at some point during our own journey as people tend to be clicky, territorial, mean-spirited, or confrontational. Continuing despite snickers or tongues wagging of contempt, will make us grow, and stay focus. Don't let people or their rejection sway you off the beaten path. Baggins? He just dug in!
Just like Bilbo Baggins, walking in the face adversity can seem unbearable. When our friend enters a cave to take shelter after a fierce snowstorm he encounters a wide-eyed hissing creature Gollum. Gollum feeds on fish, goblins and is looking to make Baggins a meal. "Hiss, Hiss," Gollum grins. Little Baggins and the creature duel in a riddle contest, and our hero leaves with his life and a boost in confidence.
During wars, community, or national tragedy, people band together to stand for justice. When the Wargs and their allies, the goblins, confronted characters of the Hobbit in the forest of the Misty Mountains, many banded together to fight evil for common good.
A physical battle is not the only way defeat enemies. When Baggins talks with Smaug, he finds out that the dragon has an easy way to be killed. Sometimes using wisdom and diplomacy can ease tensions between nemeses.
When the leader of the Company of Dwarves, Thorin Oakenshield, believes his people have the right to own the only Arkenstone. So instead of sharing it on Lonely Mountain, Thorin began to despise Baggins more, who had the stone in tow, using it has bargaining tool. Baggins offers Elvenking and Bard the stone to avoid a war. In turn, Thorin was infuriated and called for Baggins death. Thorin later repented for his sin against Baggins, and the two made peace. Forgiveness and humility is never an easy road to take, but like Baggins and Thorin, it's the only way to inner peace.
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Configuring ArrayFire Environment {#configuring_environment}
===============================================================================

This page lists environment and runtime configurations that will help enhance
your experience with ArrayFire.

[TOC]

Environment Variables{#environment_variables}
===============================================================================

The following are useful environment variable that can be used with ArrayFire.

AF_PATH {#af_path}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is the path with ArrayFire gets installed, ie. the includes and libs are
present in this directory. You can use this variable to add include paths and
libraries to your projects.

AF_PRINT_ERRORS {#af_print_errors}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When AF_PRINT_ERRORS is set to 1, the exceptions thrown are more verbose and
detailed. This helps in locating the exact failure.

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AF_PRINT_ERRORS=1 ./myprogram
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AF_CUDA_DEFAULT_DEVICE {#af_cuda_default_device}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Use this variable to set the default CUDA device. Valid values for this
variable are the device identifiers shown when af::info is run.

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AF_CUDA_DEFAULT_DEVICE=1 ./myprogram_cuda
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Note: af::setDevice call in the source code will take precedence over this
variable.

AF_OPENCL_DEFAULT_DEVICE {#af_opencl_default_device}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Use this variable to set the default OpenCL device. Valid values for this
variable are the device identifiers shown when af::info is run.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AF_OPENCL_DEFAULT_DEVICE=1 ./myprogram_opencl
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Note: af::setDevice call in the source code will take precedence over this
variable.

AF_OPENCL_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TYPE {#af_opencl_default_device_type}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Use this variable to set the default OpenCL device type. Valid values for this
variable are: CPU, GPU, ACC (Accelerators).

When set, the first device of the specified type is chosen as default device.

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AF_OPENCL_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TYPE=CPU ./myprogram_opencl
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Note: `AF_OPENCL_DEFAULT_DEVICE` and af::setDevice takes precedence over this variable.

AF_OPENCL_DEVICE_TYPE {#af_opencl_device_type}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Use this variable to only choose OpenCL devices of specified type. Valid values for this
variable are:

- ALL: All OpenCL devices. (Default behavior).
- CPU: CPU devices only.
- GPU: GPU devices only.
- ACC: Accelerator devices only.

When set, the remaining OpenCL device types are ignored by the OpenCL backend.

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AF_OPENCL_DEVICE_TYPE=CPU ./myprogram_opencl
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AF_OPENCL_CPU_OFFLOAD {#af_opencl_cpu_offload}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When this variable is set to 1, and the selected OpenCL device has unified
memory with the host (ie. `CL_DEVICE_HOST_UNIFIED_MEMORY` is true for device),
then certain functions are offloaded to run on the CPU using mapped buffers.

This takes advantage of fast libraries such as MKL while spending no time
copying memory from device to host. The device memory is mapped to a host
pointer which can be used in the offloaded functions.

AF_OPENCL_SHOW_BUILD_INFO {#af_opencl_show_build_info}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This variable is useful when debuggin OpenCL kernel compilation failures. When
this variable is set to 1, and an error occurs during a OpenCL kernel
compilation, then the log and kernel are printed to screen.

AF_DISABLE_GRAPHICS {#af_disable_graphics}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Setting this variable to 1 will disable window creation when graphics
functions are being called. Disabling window creation will disable all other
graphics calls at runtime as well.

This is a useful enviornment variable when running code on servers and systems
without displays. When graphics calls are run on such machines, they will
print warning about window creation failing. To suppress those calls, set this
variable.

AF_SYNCHRONOUS_CALLS {#af_synchronous_calls}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When this environment variable is set to 1, ArrayFire will execute all
functions synchronously.

AF_SHOW_LOAD_PATH {#af_show_load_path}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When using the Unified backend, if this variable is set to 1, it will show the
path where the ArrayFire backend libraries are loaded from.

If the libraries are loaded from system paths, such as PATH or LD_LIBRARY_PATH
etc, then it will print "system path". If the libraries are loaded from other
paths, then those paths are shown in full.

AF_MEM_DEBUG {#af_mem_debug}
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When AF_MEM_DEBUG is set to 1 (or anything not equal to 0), the caching mechanism in the memory manager.
The device buffers are allocated using native functions as needed and freed when going out of scope.

When the environment variable is not set, it is treated to be non zero.

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AF_MEM_DEBUG=1 ./myprogram
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AF_MAX_BUFFERS {#af_max_buffers}
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When AF_MAX_BUFFERS is set, this environment variable specifies the maximum number of buffers allocated before garbage collection kicks in.

Please note that the total number of buffers that can exist simultaneously can be higher than this number. This variable tells the garbage collector that it should free any available buffers immediately if the treshold is reached.

When not set, the default value is 1000.

AF_OPENCL_MAX_JIT_LEN {#af_opencl_max_jit_len}
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When set, this environment variable specifies the maximum length of the OpenCL JIT tree after which evaluation is forced. The default value for this is 16 for AMD devices and 20 otherwise.

AF_CUDA_MAX_JIT_LEN {#af_cuda_max_jit_len}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When set, this environment variable specifies the maximum length of the CUDA JIT tree after which evaluation is forced. The default value for this is 20.

AF_CPU_MAX_JIT_LEN {#af_cpu_max_jit_len}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When set, this environment variable specifies the maximum length of the CPU JIT tree after which evaluation is forced. The default value for this is 20.

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