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Bac-2-the-Future: An Improved System for Production of Recombinant Baculovirus
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) seeks licensing of Bac-2-the-Future, an improved system for the production of recombinant baculovirus.
Detection of Novel Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Water Supplies
Testing for biological activity of glucocorticoids and many other steroid endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has not been previously performed. An automated, highly reproducible, and low cost assay detects biologically active steroidal EDCs and is suitable for wide application in testing water samples. The National Cancer Institute seeks partners for collaborative co-development research and/or licensing to move this technology into the public domain.
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NCI researchers have identified novel compounds that inhibit FKBP52-mediated activation of the androgen receptor protein (AR), a major target for anti-prostate cancer therapeutic development. As FKBP52 is implicated in the regulation of other hormone receptors, anti-FKBP52 may be applicable in the treatment of hormone-dependent diseases such as diabetes or even used as contraceptives. NCI seeks partners to license or co-develop this technology.
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This invention identifies two polymorphic genetic markers in the SLCO1B3 (formerly SLC21A8) gene, called 334T>G and 699G>A, that can be measured in genomic DNA obtained from a blood sample to predict survival from diagnosis of prostate cancer in that individual patient.
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Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have developed a number of analogs of the natural product englerin A, an inhibitor of renal cancer cell growth. Englerin A is thought to exert its anticancer effects by activating protein kinase C (PKC) theta, and exert cytotoxic effects through activation of transient receptor potential cation (TRPC) channels. The invention englerin analogues provide promising treatment strategies for various cancers, diabetes, and HIV, and other diseases associated with the PKC theta and/or TRPC ion channel proteins. Researchers at the NCI seek licensing and/or co-development research collaborations for englerin A analogue compounds.
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Q: Why is state.filter in Redux Toolkit not filtering the array? I'm creating a goal tracker with Redux Toolkit for learning purposes. The goals are held in an array which I push new values to with no issues, but when I try to state.filter the same array, the value isn't removed. Redux devtools shows deleteGoal running, but it's not deleting anything.
I tried using splice, filtering current(state), logging state, and placing debuggers throughout the various files.
I noticed that state logs as a proxy, but if that were the problem, why does state.push() work and state.filter() doesn't?
The array (in the slice):
const initialState = [
    {
        id: 1,
        input: 'drink water',
        achieved: true
    },
    {
        id: 2,
        input: 'in bed by 11:15',
        achieved: true
        },
    {
        id: 3,
        input: 'study 2hrs',
        achieved: true
    },
]

The actions:
export const goalsSlice = createSlice({
  name: 'goals',
  initialState,
  reducers: {
    addGoal: (state, action) => {
        state.push(action.payload)
      },
    deleteGoal: (state, action) => {
      const goalId = action.payload
      state.filter((goal) => goal.id !== goalId)
      console.log(current(state))
    },
  },
})

The component where it's rendered:
<Text
        fontSize="3xl"
        fontWeight={600}
        >your goals:</Text>
            {goals.map((goal, index) => (
                    <li
                    key={index}
                    onDoubleClick = {goal => {
                        dispatch(deleteGoal(goal.target.textContent))
                        // console.log(goal)
                        // console.log(goal.target.textContent)
                    }}
                    className='goal-text'
                    >

                        {goal.input}
                    </li>

        ))}

A: Because filter() does not modify the array, rather it creates a shadow copy of it, perhaps the intended action in deleteGoal should be:
// Only for redux-toolkit

state = state.filter((goal) => goal.id !== goalId)

According to redux-toolkit document (as opposed to Redux):

To make things easier, createReducer uses immer to let you write reducers as if they were mutating the state directly. In reality, the reducer receives a proxy state that translates all mutations into equivalent copy operations.

More examples about how redux-toolkit allows "mutating" update of immutable state in reducers for: createSlice.

A: state.filter() is not working as you expect because you need to return the result in order to update the state; not change it in place. e.g.
return state.filter((goal) => goal.id !== goalId)

state.push() does work as you expect because it's changing the state in-place as opposed to returning a value. This is arguably against the best practice of Redux - your addGoal function could be changed to something like
addGoal: (state, action) => {
  // return a new array, don't modify the existing state in place
  return [
    ...state, // copy the current array of goals
    (action.payload) // add the new goal
  ]
},

See https://redux.js.org/style-guide/#do-not-mutate-state for more details

A: Redux tookit use immer under the hood that allow you to write mutable syntax. I guess its the must thing to not write it immutable code else there is no use of immer. I face same problem and simple return the new array from filter.`
erase: (state, action) => {
      return state.filter(
        (element) => JSON.stringify(element) !== JSON.stringify(action.payload)
      );

`
it removed the object that didnt match. and it worked.

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Holy city Makkah was first time live for the people outside the city as eople watched the honoring night of decree "Lailatu-ul-Qadar" in the holy city of Makkah. This happened for the first time in history. All you need is to just login and swipe to stories page and at there you will find Makkah press and you can see the Muslims performing their rituals.
Snapstory is a feature of Snapchat that allows the users to post photos with Geo-location; Geo-Location it is the authentication that person is posting photos live from that place. And these photos have seen worldwide so on 13 July Laylat al-Qadr (the night of destiny). Muslim used #Mecca_Live which become so viral that each and everyone present at the spot used this tag and they showed the world what real Islam is.
So this took Muslims to share their feeling to the world that how it feels to visit the holy place in this month. And Non-Muslims also get the chance to see what Islam is when Muslims share their views.
The response from the world was amazing even some of the Non-Muslims were so impressed that they wanted to convert to Islam. By saying that it is religion of peace, love and equality as they saw there were no one superior people and all of the Muslims were performing this holy worshiping equally. This took them to think that this is something which they have never experienced before and want to know further.


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Charrington v Simons & Co Ltd (1971)
'In the Orchard' by James Guthrie
The conveyance of land with restrictive covenants is not uncommon within property law, however when the safeguard designed to protect the needs of the vendor becomes central to his anguish, it becomes clear that the attached principles have become somewhat misused.
In a matter concerning the part-sale of an orchard by a farmer, the respondent entered into the purchase on the understanding that at no point was the road running between the two plots previously owned, to exceed the height beyond that of the section retained, as to do otherwise would impact upon the farmer's ability to harvest his remaining plot.
After ignoring the covenant, the respondent began resurfacing the road to a height that did in fact exceed the permissions granted, thus prompting the appellant to protest both orally and by letter. When the work continued and his obvious displeasure went unheard, the appellant issued a writ in pursuit of a mandatory injunction, which would result in the removal of all works undertaken at cost to the respondent.
In the first hearing, the judge adopted the unorthodox position of taking two negatives in order to create a positive. This was executed through an injunction, while explaining that:
(i) The respondent was to modify the road so as to benefit the appellant, rather than to remove it outright, after having spent around £1400 on its construction, before paying the appellant £1062 in special damages for the harm caused to date.
(ii) The mandatory injunction was to remain ineffective for a period of three years, while the respondent set about altering the road's layout, which itself required agreement by the appellant to trespass onto his land in order to carry out the work.
(iii) That consultation between the two parties would continue throughout this period, and that should the appellant refuse to consent to the needs of the respondent, the respondent would be granted sufficient argument so as to discharge the injunction entirely.
Upon immediate appeal, the appellant argued that the judge had erred in law when creating an injunction that rendered the breach of covenant void, that requirement to consent to the work would result in a trespass and that such an impingement and modification would cause the appellant to suffer both personally and financially, as his own orchard would be compromised during the alterations.
With consideration of the judge's genuine wish to improve upon an already damaging situation, the Court held that when refusing to enforce the injunction with immediate effect, the court had failed to properly address the purpose of both the covenant and the injunction in favour of an outcome serving only the needs of the breaching party.
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Insight | April 2017
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Within law, there are many types of legal injunctions across a number of different fields, and their purpose is one of prevention or denial of an action, or that of proximity to a party or place. In contract law there are mandatory (or negative) and prohibitory injunctions, while in civil litigation there are interim (also found in criminal law), anti-suit and freezing injunctions. Within family law there are non-molestation and occupation injunctions (or orders), whereas under tort a claimant can apply for either partial or temporary injunctive relief, as well as interim and super-injunctions (depending on the circumstances). In Equity and trust law there are also perpetual (or final) injunctions, along with quia timet injunctions.
The aim of this article will be to look at all of the above, while supporting each one with illustrative citations to help underpin their use, starting first with negative injunctions.
Mandatory injunctions
Often sought after the fact, the purpose of this injunction is to force by application, the party that has undertaken an act causing sufferance to the clamant, a liability to reverse the damage caused through new action. There are however, degrees of limitation to its use, as under certain conditions, the extent of work required to restore the balance may outweigh the priority of the claimant seeking redress.
An example of this is Charrington v Simons & Co Ltd, where after selling a portion of his land, the buyer breached the restrictive covenant by resurfacing an adjoining road, despite inherited limitations as to its operational height. When the applying the injunction, the previous judge set conditions upon its use that allowed the respondent to effectively trespass on his land when restoring the road to its intended level; a decision that caused further angst toward the appellant, and that was overturned to ironically set the injunction back into its proper effect. This was explained by Russell LJ, who explained:
"…the judge, in adopting the course which he did, travelled beyond the bounds within which discretion may be judicially exercised; for in effect he sought to force upon a reluctant plaintiff something very like a settlement involving operations by the defendant on the plaintiff's land which must lead to greatly increased harm to his business as a condition or term of his obtaining a mandatory injunction should the works not prove a satisfactory solution."
Prohibitory injunctions
While compelling in their purpose, prohibitory injunctions serve to prevent through inaction, and are often used to control the events that either surround a contractual relationship, or follow when the arrangement is dissolved. Typical scenarios range from former employees prevented from occupying similar positions within a particular radius, or from using their skills to benefit another in a competing field, through to sportsmen unable to play for specific rival teams for a determined period. The caveat within these restrictions is one of a right to live, and so any prohibitory injunction granted must not deny those relevant, the opportunity to work and live, inclusive to the terms afforded others in a similar position.
An example of this is Jaggard v Sawyer, in which damages in lieu were awarded to avoid the imposition of an injunction after completion of a second property upon land that contained restrictive covenants designed to deny such acts. While the defendants argued that attempts were made to explain their intentions, and that due care was shown during the building process, the appellants refused to accept damages, and moved instead to enforce an injunction that by now, was pointless and highly oppressive to the owners and potential tenants of the new house. This point was made clear by Sir Thomas Bingham MR, who noted:
"It was suggested that an injunction restraining trespass on the plaintiffs roadway would not be oppressive since the occupiers of No. 5A could use the other half of the roadway outside the plaintiffs house, but this would seem to me unworkable in practice, a recipe for endless dispute and a remedy which would yield nothing of value to the plaintiff."
Interim injunctions
Found in at least three areas of law, these are often used to deny certain actions for a specific period, most often issued pre-trial, in order to preserve order while the parties prepare themselves for the hearing without interruption. That said, it is important that those seeking one are able to rely upon a substantive cause of action, as was explained by Lord Diplock in The Siskina, when he said:
"A right to obtain an [interim] injunction is not a case of action. It cannot stand on its own. It is dependent upon there being a pre-existing cause of action against the defendant arising out of an invasion, actual or threatened by him, of a legal or equitable right of the [claimant] for the enforcement of which the defendant is amenable to the jurisdiction of the court. The right to obtain an [interim] injunction is merely ancillary and incidental to the pre-existing cause of action."
It is also not uncommon for the High Courts to issue interim injunctions when criminal matters call, and this position was made clear when in Attorney-General v Chaudry, Lord Denning MR expounded:
"There are many statutes which provide penalties for breach of them; penalties which are enforceable by means of a fine or even imprisonment but this has never stood in the way of the High Court gaining an injunction. Many a time people have found it profitable to pay a fine and go on breaking the law. In all such cases the High Court has been ready to grant an injunction…"
Within tort there is legislative security offered through the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 which explains within s.3, that those seeking relief can apply for injunctions carrying criminal sanctions for non-compliance; as has been seen in celebrity and media related cases, including AM v News Group Newspapers Ltd, where an emergency interim injunction was ordered against a number of leading newspapers, after their photographers descended upon the home of a landlord that inadvertently let one of his properties out to a suspected terrorist; an act which then attracted unwanted and stressful press attention around the claimant's private residence. The grounds for this restriction were outlined by Tugendhat J, who commented:
"Measures to ensure that respect is given to person's home and family and family are required by ECHR Art 8 and Human Rights Act 1998 s.6. In so far as the order that I make prohibits disclosure of information, it is with a view to preventing interference with that right by intrusion or harassment, not preventing disclosure of information which is sensitive for any other reason."
Freezing injunctions
Also known as a Mareva Injunction, this order is issued in relation to assets involved in a civil claim. The injunction will typically apply only to the value argued, and it prevents access by one party that might otherwise seek to remove or sell them for profit. While used to secure their presence during pre-trial and proceedings, the order cannot override the effects of liquidation, and those seeking claim may find themselves denied of success when judgment is made. An example of the strict criteria surrounding freezing injunctions (particularly without notice) was expressed by Neuberger J in Thane Investments Ltd v Tomlinson (No1), where he remarked:
"… the duty of a person seeking an order, and in particular an order which can have as substantial an effect as a freezing order, in the absence of the Defendant against whom it is sought, is strict and important. An order against a person in his absence, particularly when it is a freezing order, which is a very serious infringement of his rights and liberties, can only be justified on appropriately clear and strong facts and risks. It should only be granted in circumstances which provide maximum protection for the person against whom the order is to be made. The courts have frequently emphasised the importance of compliance with the various requirements of the Rules relating to the obtaining of without notice orders."
Non-Molestation injunctions
Designed to provide victim protection within intimate or blood-related relationships, this injunction can be sought by the party involved, or under s.60 of the Family Law Act 1996 whereupon a third party can seek the court's issue if those suffering are too afraid to request it. The purpose of this order is in the name, inasmuch as denial of physical access when used to molest, harass or threaten the claimant to the point of legal intervention through verbal abuse and unwarranted use of that person's private property. The importance of this order was outlined by Wall J in G v F (Non-Molestation Order: Jurisdiction), where after the original court failed to grant protection to a single mother, it was overturned and expeditiously supported through the words:
"Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 is designed to provide swift and accessible protective remedies to persons of both sexes who are the victims of domestic violence, provided they fall within the criteria laid down by section 62. It would, I think, be most unfortunate if section 62(3) was narrowly construed so as to exclude borderline cases where swift and effective protection for the victims of domestic violence is required."
Occupation injunctions
Sometimes issued in conjunction with a non-molestation injunction, the occupation injunction confers power upon the court to prevent those in question from occupying a property. This can be used in both domestic abuse cases and also civil disputes surrounding property ownership or residency. As this injunction runs risk of serious restriction to individual rights, the circumstances surrounding its use must be fully evaluated to avoid counter claims by the affected party. This strict yet delicate approach was underlined by Lady Justice Black in Dolan v Corby, where she stressed:
"…it must be recognised that an order requiring a respondent to vacate the family home and overriding his property rights is a grave or draconian order and one which would only be justified in exceptional circumstances, but exceptional circumstances can take many forms and are not confined to violent behaviour on the part of the respondent or the threat of violence and the important thing is for the judge to identify and weigh up all the relevant features of the case whatever their nature."
Super injunctions
Falling under the umbrella of interim injunctions, a super injunction reveals greater, yet highly focussed powers when preventing actions of third parties. Typically used to deny publication of potentially damaging material, this order can be issued without notice, and not only denies public access, but anonymises the applicants identities, making it an effective tool for public figures and corporate entities alike. The validity of this injunction was well explained by The Master of the Rolls in JIH v News Group Newspapers Ltd, where it was outlined:
"…the claimant's case as to why there is a need for restraints on publication of aspects of the proceedings themselves which can normally be published is simple and cogent. If the media could publish the name of the claimant and the substance of the information which he is seeking to exclude from the public domain (i.e. what would normally be information of absolutely central significance in any story about the case who is seeking what), then the whole purpose of the injunction would be undermined, and the claimant's private life may be unlawfully exposed."
Perpetual (or final) injunctions
Unlike interim injunctions, these orders are issued at point of judgment, and therefore remain in effect for an unlimited period. An example of this is Law Society v Kordowski, in which a website designed to allow members of the public free expression of their disdain following direct experience with named solicitors, was challenged upon numerous litigious grounds. This case was one of a number of individual matters, and when moving to award final and indefinite removal of the site and future publications, Tugendhat J iterated that such injunctions were imperative when:
"The procedural remedy of representative proceedings, coupled with an injunction, may be the best that the law can offer at present to protect the public from the unjustifiable dissemination of false information about the suppliers of goods and services. It is also the means by which the court may protect its limited resources in time and judiciary from having to deal with large numbers of claims by different claimants against the same individual on the same or similar facts."
Quia Timet injunctions
In much the same as mandatory injunctions serve to 'undo' the damage done, quia timet injunctions are anticipatory, in that their purpose is the prevention of potential future harm, that while proactive in design, relies upon compelling evidence to provoke court dispensation. The importance of overwhelming argument was made clear by Lord Dunedin in Attorney-General for Canada v Ritchie Contracting & Supply Co Ltd, when he outlined:
"Any restraint upon that at the instance of the other party must consist of an injunction of the quia timet order. But no one can obtain a quia timet order by merely saying " Timeo " ; he must aver and prove that what is going on is calculated to infringe his rights."
In closing, it must be noted that this is by no means an exhaustive list of injunctions; however it is hopefully detailed enough to provide a sound knowledge base when an understanding of their differences and relevance within case law is a priority. It may also pay to consider that in many instances there will always be degrees of overlap, as nothing in life is ever straightforward, and it is only through the investigative efforts of the judges that the attributable criteria can emerge.
Author Neil Egan-RonaynePosted on April 6, 2017 December 27, 2017 Categories InjunctionsTags AM v News Group Newspapers Ltd, April 2017, Attorney-General v Chaudry, Celebrity, Civil Litigation, Contract Law, corporate assets, Criminal Law, Dolan v Corby, domestic violence, Equity and the Law of Trusts, Family Law, Family Law Act 1996, Final injunctions, Freezing injunctions, G v F (Non-Molestation Order: Jurisdiction), Injunctions, INSIGHT, Interim injunctions, Jaggard v Sawyer, JIH v News Group Newspapers Ltd, Law Society v Kordowski, Mandatory injunctions, Media, Neil Egan-Ronayne, Non-molestation injunctions, Occupation injunctions, Perpetual injunctions, Prohibitory injunctions, property, Protection from Harrassment Act 1997, Quia Timet injunctions, Restrictive Covenants, solicitors, Super Injunctions, Thane Investments Ltd v Tomlinson (No1), The Siskina, Tort Law, websites, www.theblackletter.co.ukLeave a comment on Injunctions
Insight | March 2017
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What exactly is 'access to justice', and why do we need to preserve it? To answer that we need to first understand how the phrase came about, and then why it may be in danger of becoming a legal bygone.
'Access to Justice' was a phrase used by Lord Woolf in 1996, when attempting to streamline the litigation processes attached to personal injury claims suffered by everyday people in the United Kingdom. Largely based upon the combined incentives of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and part36 (early offers strategies), it was suggested that by expediting claims, there would by default, become a lesser chance of spiralling legal costs, and reluctance of the poor seeking recovery for damages sustained in events beyond their control.
While from a superficial slant this 'quickening' of justice appears to embrace those without the means of representation and the legal acumen to work alone, it is now suggested that in fact the contrary has become true. With the collective impact of legal aid cuts, increased court fees and numerous court closures, the resulting options take on a less attractive sheen, in lieu of the growing hesitance to seek legal reparation. This gross misdirection translates as a more cloaked prevention, over the illusion of equitability, and to date there are now many activists campaigning for a dramatic change in policy.
As was discussed in my own academic paper, the dangers inherent to early offers far outweigh the genuine reward for pursuance of authentic remedy, but unless fiscally challenged claimants are determined enough to transcend the aggressive manoeuvres of defendant representatives, the odds will by majority, remain stacked against them. This in effect, strangulates the innate purpose of accessible justice, and places far greater value upon the currency of industry; therefore while far from helping the weak, it runs a calculable risk of leaving them powerless and unable to fight back.
In a report published in October 2016, Amnesty International summarised that three key groups were directly affected by arbitrary cuts to legal aid support, namely (i) the vulnerable, (ii) the transitory and (iii) the disabled. And while taking great strides to illustrate the far-reaching consequences of such inconsiderate narrowness, the message was quite simply that:
"Amnesty International is therefore calling on the UK government to urgently fulfil its promise to review the impact of the cuts and take steps to ensure the right of the most disadvantaged sectors of society to access justice is adequately protected."
Writing as a father of a special needs child, the first and third groups possess immediate implications for families similar to my own, who for one reason or another, might find themselves facing legal action, whether through public body frustrations, or simple damages-based incidents. Yet knowing that in the first instance there is no legal counsel, and no validation of a right to claim without parallel concerns of costs, there remains only the stark realisation that the price of justice now relies upon the roll of a loaded dice.
Interestingly, while this area of discussion might prove hard to quantify with any degree of exactness, the Legal Ombudsmen publication 'Ten Questions to ask your Lawyer about Costs', proves instantly invaluable when evaluating the merits of private law claims. More notably, recent changes to the fixed fees threshold within litigation, has to some extent, appeased the fears of those predominantly affected by previous reforms; yet the issue remains that claimants subject to a deprivation of counsel (pro-bono or otherwise), might still think twice before filling out their CNF forms. This is a frank but cautious sentiment echoed by Jonathan Smithers of The Law Society, who remarked:
"A single approach for all cases, regardless of complexity, will lead to many cases being economically unviable to pursue which undermines the principle of justice delivering fairness for all."
However, when all is said and done, it is unlikely that both the practice industry and public interest will ever read from the same page, but that should never encourage the marginalisation of legal support in a world that is only becoming more crowded and prone to collisions of priority.
While there is understandable anger at the gradient closure of almost 90 courts across the country, the promise of a heavily invested tech and user-friendly system, could prove the one positive in this tempering of justice, and so it would be remiss to level accusations of deliberate prevention, when the suggestion of 'pop-up' courts is peddled through various forms of digital media.
There is however, cause for concern when terms such as 'makeshift' and 'public houses' are used in the same context as the 'fair' and 'reasoned' dispensation of justice, within an (albeit shrinking) framework of purpose built environments, before calm and attentive audiences. In fact, one might go so far as suggest that legal discourse is becoming diluted, by virtue of the fact that 'quickie' courts will themselves, overlook the precision of judicial application in favour of higher case turnover. Contrastingly, the option to pursue legal ends through online portals would seem to proffer greater structure, less chance for media intrusion and a significant cost saving, as was shown during Gary Linker's recent divorce.
In closing, the point in greatest need of clarification, is that the true meaning of 'access to justice' is not one of quick fixes to complex problems. Rather it is about an equal right to a domestic jurisprudence generations in the making. By weakening the fabric of reparation in favour of mass appeasement, the English judicial system will only prove itself counter-productive and rushed; and so it is crucial that any consideration for public interest, and those employed to serve them, must be delicately balanced, rather than a mere continuance of treating every legal problem like a nail.
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(Image: 'The Finish Line' by Guiy Buffet) It's been a wee while since my last blog post, and yet so much has happened, including a relocation from Cambridge to Cornwall, the commencement of my legal career, countless readjustments, and our annual Christmas preparations, and yet one of the more pressing questions was whether, with all of the work ahead of me now and moving forwards, I would be able to find sufficient time to complete my latest and most ambitious book titled 'United States Law: A Case Study Collection'. Having worked out how best to finish this labour of both love and a passion for law, I'm now happy to say that I've sketched out a plan that will hopefully bring things to a close sooner rather than later, and so I suppose the real purpose of this post is simply to say that I am now firmly back on track, and feel very confident that the book will be published in the first quarter of 2020. With little more to add besides my palpable sense of relief at picking up the proverbial thread, I will duly sign off and get cracking, as there's almost two years of arduous legal research and writing just waiting to be shared with the world. Oh, and should I forget to say it at any point – "A Happy New Year to all!" #book #caselaw #law #usa #america #writing #finishline #completion #2020 #nearlythere #almostdone #lawschool #uslaw #happynewyear #persevere #passion #studysupport #study #university #jurisdoctor
The Fury (1979) 🎄🎄🎄 As a faithful novel adaptation, Brian De Palma's 'The Fury' is something of a mixed bag, and while entertaining in and of itself, I would rate it as one of his weaker efforts, which may be the result of an overly ambitious screenplay, however if you look beyond its imperfections, the film does have a certain resolve that keeps you invested until the very end. The direction is very much in De Palma's signature style, and with an atmospheric John Williams score to drive both the narrative and tension, it's an experience that will either leave you a fan, or fall short of the mark, and so I guess for me it's a case of giving it a second chance before closing the book on the likelihood of repeat viewings. In summary, if you loved 'Carrie' and David Cronenberg's 'Scanners' then this title will almost certainly appeal, but if telekinesis and conspiracy isn't your bag you may want to give it a wide berth. #thefury #briandepalma #kirkdouglas #1978 #telekinesis #70s #70smovies #70sfilms #retro #retrocinema #film #films #filmreview #lovefilm #1970s #cinema #70scinema #movies
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You will be helping yourself if you became a consult in a field of your specialization. You will be able to use your understanding to make some extra money. It is not an odd thing to find that a business is going through issues but they are not embracing the fact that they need to hire an employee to help them out. They just need a consultant to give the guidance to come up with the solutions.In case you have a degree but because your kids need your attention you are not employed, this is the perfect opportunity for you. You will be on the right track if you chose to use the understanding you gathered from college in developing some cash. You will benefit from this job if you are interested in working part time.
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The mysterious Diner en Blanc in Melbourne – review
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The secretive pop-up picnic was the year's hottest dining ticket, but did the strict rules hamper some of the fun?
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Diner en Blanc in Melbourne. Photograph: Johanna Leggatt/The Guardian.
It appeared to be a chic, laid-back picnic (albeit with a flashmob kind of vibe) in the heart of Melbourne.
At about 6.30pm last Saturday, close to 800 people gathered in front of the Convention and Exhibition Centre (known colloquially as Jeff's Shed) dressed entirely in white: white shoes, white dresses, white purses, even a few white wigs.
Guests, who paid $45 each, were bused to the mystery location to enjoy a mass picnic.
It may have looked effortless, but behind the carefully constructed French insouciance was weeks upon weeks of seemingly endless preparation.
Not only were guests ordered to dress entirely in white, we had to abide by a series of strict edicts governing food, equipment and our general decorum.
Guests had to purchase their own white table (which must be smaller than 76cm x 76cm) and white foldable chairs.
We also had to bring our own three-course meal unless you opted to buy one of the pre-made hampers, although, in a concession to common sense, the food did not have to be white.
The sun goes down on Diner en Blanc. Photograph: Johanna Leggatt/The Guardian.
We were told to make sure the stemware and plates we brought were sufficiently elegant (no plastic cutlery, tut-tut), and in a series of emails leading up to the event were warned of the sartorial indiscretions that would see us banned from boarding the bus to the event: sports tops, singlets, T-shirts (uncollared – polos were fine), thongs, colourful sports shoes, baseball caps and hoodies.
But, despite the organisers' strict demands, people came in droves.
Women tried valiantly to keep their spiked heels from anchoring in the soft grass, while the men tugged self-consciously at their ensembles, some of them clearly ill at ease in their all-white suits.
On the banks of the Yarra, we lit sparklers, waved our white napkins in the air to signify the start of the evening and danced to the music.
Four hours later we packed our stemware, dirty plates and tablecloths into a white garbage bag and left the area as it was when we arrived.
Diner en Blanc began in Paris in 1988 when Frenchman François Pasquier arranged an outdoor picnic and asked people to wear white so they would be easily recognised.
Sparklers lit up the banks of the Yarra. Photograph: Johanna Leggatt/The Guardian.
It became a popular annual event in the French capital and was transported to other international cities, including Montreal, New York, Brisbane, Sydney, and this year, Melbourne.
Diner en Blanc International is now held annually in 40 cities, with a total of 100,000 guests who gather at a series of meeting points across cities to be bussed to the mystery locations.
It cannot be easy organising that many people, but I questioned the chiding tone of many of the emails and the presumption that we were lucky to pay for the privilege of pretending to be French for four hours.
Guests were warned via the Diner en Blanc website that attendance at one event did not guarantee they would be invited to take part the following year, and there is generally a waiting list of thousands. This was fine with me. As the date drew closer, my friends and I were increasingly irritated by the unnecessarily wordy emails: (Where are we meeting? Who is our team leader?)
By the time the day arrived, I was exhausted by the extensive preparations and too tired from sifting through instructions to affect a sufficient air of elegance. My friends and I had fun on the night, but that was more to do with the company than joy at being part of Melbourne's inaugural Diner en Blanc.
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Consider that each participant have to secure their own accommodation. In order to help you with this process we have put together this list of the hotels on the area that may suit different budgets. All the hotels are at a very short walking distance from the venue but you may also have many other options available in the city.
Please keep in mind that end of July is peak season and you should reserve early.
The prices and characteristics have been provided by the hotels themselves and we have just verify the distance and discounts (when available). Prices and conditions may change (the ESMUC discount at "melon district" should not) and you should add a Tourist tax of €0.72 per person per night. Some of the options will include breakfast while others will not, please check with each hotel.


Believe it or not, this recipe comes straight from Paula Deen. A baked fish recipe from Paula Deen. And it does not involve a stick of butter. I know. I was shocked, as well.
You can visit Food Network to see the original, which is basically what you see below with a few adjustments based on the ingredients I had on hand. No major changes, though!
NOTE: Adjust the spices to suit your taste. These are just my approximations since I usually just eyeball it. Also, Paula didn't specify the type of tomato, but I have to take this opportunity to express my love for Roma tomatoes. They have a great flavor and are firm enough to handle baking without ending up too tough or too mushy.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a shallow baking dish with nonstick spray. (Or just use a cookie sheet, like I did.) Sprinkle both sides of the fish with salt and pepper.
Arrange the tilapia in the baking dish and sprinkle evenly with basil, oregano, onion powder and garlic. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Arrange the tomato slices evenly over the fish, and drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
Bake until fish flakes easily with fork, about 25 minutes. Amazingly flavorful! Enjoy!
Side Alert: We served ours with garlic Parmesan potatoes… but that's a recipe for another day!


4 How do I find out when is my peak season?
6 Want to schedule your pre site migration crawl?
Planning and executing a successful site migration can be a stressful experience to say the least. The bigger the site, the larger the risk that something can go wrong. If your website is an e-commerce site, then the effects of a poor site migration can be catastrophic for your business. Unfortunately poor site migrations are all to common, as a lot of businesses don't fully understand or have the time or budget to consider SEO.
This search visibility graph taken from Searchmetrics shows what can go wrong when a site migration isn't handled properly: The search visibility of your website on Google can plummet very quickly, often mimicking the look of a Google Penalty. A lot of the time website owner will not become aware of this until it is too late.
Are you performing your site migration at the best time of year for your business? For example, it is not necessarily the smartest idea to perform a site migration just before Christmas if that is your peak season.
How do I find out when is my peak season?
If you have only just started your business, and you want to find the peak season for organic searches you can use the Google Keyword Tool to find the peak seasons for your business.
You can either enter your keywords into the tool or you can enter any website. This could be your own website or a competitor website.
Ideally it would be better to get the migration sorted around 2 months before your peak season so you can iron out any potential problems. It is also a good idea to make sure that the migration is scheduled in for as early as possible in the week to give you the best possible chance to make sure you have resolved any of the core problems that may arise during the week.
Using a tool such as Screaming Frog or Botify, (Other site crawlers are available), you can easily create a copy of the old website architecture. Mapping the old site URLs to the new site URLs is a core part of the migration process, so you need to understand the site architecture of the old site. To do this make sure you schedule a call with the developer of the website to run through the new URL structure.
Want to schedule your pre site migration crawl?
If you want to schedule a crawl you can use a tool called Punctual Frog. This is a program that runs alongside Screaming Frog and will start a Screaming Frog crawl any time you want. (There are of course other ways to schedule a Screaming Frog crawl, but in my opinion this is the no nonsense method).
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Often it can be said by parties involved in the migration process that "No substantial URL changes will be made", but bear in mind that even slight changes of wording can mean the difference between a successful redirect and one that 404s. It is essential, if possible, to get a copy of the proposed site structure beforehand. Doing this will allow you to create a redirect map in the most straightforward way possible.
Using a tool such as Majestic, Ahrefs, OSE or any other link tool you have access to, download all the links that point to the current pages on your existing site. Having this data will help you to understand the authority of the pages and can help you to prioritise which are the most important pages you need to migrate first. Failing to redirect these pages to the new versions can result in a sudden drop in search visibility after the site migration. Be aware of your most valuable links. Using a tool such as Majestic, you can do this quickly and easily by filtering the links by Trust Flow.
You can use tools such as Scrapebox to understand how many pages are indexed within Google. Or you can simply scrape the results onpage from Google using a screen scraper. Record this data and save it to compare against the new site. It is best to conduct this analysis the day before the site migration if possible so you get the best idea of which pages are indexed in Google.
The URLs redirect map will outline any URL changes from your old site to your new site. So for example, if you migrated some of the more successful standalone pages to the /news/ section on your website, you would need to have the old URL in column A in Excel and the new /news/ URL in column B. This is the clearest way for your developer to upload the redirects directly to the website. Save as a CSV and send to the developer.
It should go without saying that it is a good idea to create a backup of your site before a site migration. If you have a developer or development company, then this is something that may already be automated, but make sure you schedule in a backup to be made of the site before the migration.
It is a good idea to check the performance of the old site in terms of site speed and any other factors. You can use tools such as the Google Page Speed Insights Tool to get a feel for how the site performs both on mobile and desktop.
Once you have performed all of the above checks it is a good idea agree with the website owner and developers on a day for the site launch.
Make sure the robots.txt file www.yoursite.com/robots.txt is how you expect it to be. Sometimes developers will block a test site from Google using robots.txt and then forget to take off the command.
Again, some developers will use the noindex meta tag to exclude certain pages or the whole site from Google. Make sure this is removed when your new site goes live, otherwise you may wonder why you are not getting any Organic Traffic.
If you have moved any URLs to new sections of the site it is likely in your redirect map that you will have 301 redirected them to new pages. Check that these redirects are working as expected. It is also a good idea to try to avoid redirect chains. These can be spotted ad hoc using Ayima's redirect path tool, or can also be found using a tool such as Botify.
Auditing your 301s is really important to check against any things that you may not have checked, or may have missed. A quick way of auditing your redirects is simply to load them into Screaming Frog in List Mode. When you press the start button Screaming Frog will then check the links and find their current status. Any URLs that return a 404 error (or other unexpected results), should be copied back into Excel and replacement redirect URLs should take their place. If the redirect has no equivalent in the new site then it is best to redirect this into the parent category, or failing that, the homepage.
Again, it is very important to check that your XML sitemap is working as you planned. If it has changed, upload the new XML site map to Google Search Console to help index any new pages.
Use Fetch as Googlebot in Google Search Console to see if the website is accessible to Googlebot.
Search for any broken internal links that go to 404 errors. If you have completed your URL redirect mapping properly then this should not be an issue, but it is always worth checking everything has been implemented properly.
Generally if you have a high traffic site then there should be much problem in indexing any new pages on your site. But if you are finding that the new pages aren't being picked up as quickly as you had hoped they would be then you can speed up Google indexing by sending social signals to the culprit pages.
This kind of goes without saying really, but again this should be one of your standard checks after you have recrawled the site.
Let any of the important websites linking to your key pages know that your URLs have changed where appropriate. This process can sound daunting, but with the aid of outreach programs such as Buzzstream this can be a lot easier than you think. To do this within Buzzstream you can set up a quick outreach template that can be used across all of email contacts.
It is very important to be on the lookout for any errors that appear in Google Search Console in the days and weeks after you have migrated your site. Make sure you allocated time into your site migration timetable to check Search Console daily to see what the impact has been.
This is the real crunch time for a website. Is the new website performing as well as the old website? If it isn't, why not?


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Inside Lyssa Chapman's troublesome married life. What led her to get arrested?
There's a saying that the only way to conquer your fear is to face what you fear the most. Lyssa Chapman, the writer of Walking on Eggshell, chose to walk through the belly of a beast rather than sit silently waiting for her fears to swallow her. Lyssa has had her trek in life from abusive marriage and extreme poverty to accomplishments and happiness.
Married life with Brahman Galanti was a horrible experience
Lyssa Chapman went through early age pregnancy and had her first baby the day after her fifteenth birthday. Later in an interview when her second child was on the way, she disclosed the fact that she had conceived with a 24-year-old man, at the age of 14.
Married on 20th February 2009, Lyssa and Brahman "Bo" Galanti welcomed a baby girl together in 2010. Marriages are supposed to be the mark in our life, which brings smiles when we try to remember it. But the smiles can turn into tears within no moment if the partner you chose doesn't treat you with love and respect.
Lyssa Chapman's ex-husband, who abused her physically and mentally throughout their marriage, was no less than a monster.
There were times she ran in the streets in the middle of the nights scared from Galanti's torture and broke into her father's house to find a safe place. In February of 2011, Lyssa collected all of her courage and decided to escape from this torturous relationship. Now, she is officially divorced, she lives a happy life with her two daughters; Abbie Mae Chapman and Madalynn Grace Galanti.
The constant fights and abuses were definitely not a good scene for her children's nurturing. So the splitting up of the couple has affected the lives of mother and daughters in a pleasant way.
Duane "Dog" Chapman & Beth Smith Chapman step away from bounty hunting to fight throat cancer
Childhood was devastating too
The ninth daughter of Duane 'Dog' Chapman from his third wife Lyssa Rae Brittian, Lyssa Chapman has 11 siblings all together from her dad's five marriages. Lyssa went through absolute miseries from her childhood to teenage; the miseries would have still haunted her if she didn't decide to collect courage and fight.
She was raised by her father until she was ten. She had accused her father of trying to rape her, which she admits now, was false. Instead, she was molested by one of her father's friends. She later went to live with her mother as she wanted to stay away from her dad. She describes her life when she lived with her father to be a dreadful experience filled with all the molestations, drugs and fights.
Lyssa's mother, who was a drunkard, moved with her boyfriend right after Lyssa had her first baby. Left with the payable rents and bills, Chapman was frustrated and decided to move to her fathers'. Even though she doesn't live with her him now, she has a pretty healthy relationship with him.
Arrested for property damage, substance abuse & assault on police officer
Lyssa has gone through hardships one can't even imagine. From the molestation to early age pregnancies and then physical tortures, there was a point where Lyssa couldn't handle it anymore and suffered from a psychological disorder. She was arrested in March 2011, for criminal property damage and substance abuse.
But the story deep inside brings out her somewhat clean. She had been out with her friends in Hawaii a month after her divorce. Her friends had mixed things in her drink; she got high out of the mixed drinks. She was arrested in a residential neighborhood of Honolulu after she allegedly banged on residents' doors and swore while intoxicated. She was also accused of assaulting a police officer.
Lyssa Chapman, popular as Baby Lyssa, is a former bail bondswoman and bounty woman, is noted for her appearance in Dog the Bounty Hunter where she worked with her father Duane "Dog" Chapman. She had a great contribution in making her family, one of the most popular in reality television.
Lyssa plans to air a show which is in its development stage right now. She puts teens bombarded with sex these days as her concept for the show. Through the show, she will help the women in the same predicaments, she had faced.
Lyssa Chapman has accumulated a net worth of $500 thousand from her job as a bail bondswoman and bounty hunter and her appearances in the family reality series.
Lesbian as Instagram posts suggest
Lyssa's recent Instagram post, which shows her kissing a woman named Leiana has raised a question on her sexuality. Though she hasn't released any official statements about the rumors of her being lesbian, she hasn't hesitated to address the woman as her 'girlfriend' and 'soulmate.'
Inside scoops of Lyssa Chapman's relationship with her new girlfriend!
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I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed my trip to your beautiful Croatia. The country itself was spectacular, but you two really made the trip memorable! You were like a stand-up comedy show, even though that was not your intent. I loved the way you two bantered back and forth. On the serious side, I always felt safe and secure with the two of you in charge. You had a great way of looking out for everyone, even those of us with less skill! Also, my birthday cake was so sweet. Who else but you could concoct a "cake" in the wilderness and then decorate the box and top with flowers and stones. I will never forget it!
I have been kayaking at our lake house in Vermont this summer quite a bit. There is no comparison to sea kayaking, though!


In TrackStudio 5.5.0 version was added a capability to use TrackStudio as video service.
Now you can add you video files to tasks and comments. You can watch the video in a fully functional player with rewind, select playback speed, and volume adjustment functions.
How to add you video to a task.
First you need to upload your video file to any task. Video files can be stored in a task with "Container" type.
task_number - number of task with uploaded video file.
The video file with AttachmentId 8a80828f58f2efc20158f31b2763004e from task #124 will be inserted.


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After being released from the hospital, an 18-year-old fan appears in court to face criminal charges of trespassing, reckless endangerment, and criminal mischief stemming from his 40-foot plunge last night from the upper deck of Yankee Stadium into the netting behind home plate. Team owner George Steinbrenner called the incident "… the only exciting thing that happened today," after his struggling club loses to the first-place White Sox, 2 – 1.
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On August 10, 2005 — After being released from the hospital, an 18-year-old fan appears in court to face criminal charges of trespassing, reckless endangerment, and criminal mischief stemming from his 40-foot plunge last night from the upper deck of Yankee Stadium into the netting behind home plate. Team owner George Steinbrenner called the incident "… the only exciting thing that happened today," after his struggling club loses to the first-place White Sox, 2 – 1.
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PreviousAn arbitrator rules Kenny Rogers, who has missed 13 games, should be reinstated. The decision states the punishment for shoving two cameramen handed down by Bud Selig went too far in suspending the Ranger pitcher for 20 games and in levying an excessive $50,000 fine.
NextMets outfielders Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron, running at full speed in an attempt to catch Padres David Ross' seventh-inning short fly to short right-center, dive head-first into each other in one of the most horrific collisions in baseball history. Right fielder Cameron, who suffers a broken nose and multiple fractures of both cheekbones, will undergo facial surgery in San Diego, and his teammate, center fielder Carlos Beltran, fares a bit better, suffering a concussion and a small fracture in his cheekbone.
The Dodgers tie the major league record of 12 consecutive wins at home to start the season with their 3-1 victory over Arizona. L.A.'s 12-0 start at home equals the mark set by the Tigers in 1911.
The Orioles defeat the Braves' 6 – 2' as Albert Belle's streak of 392 consecutive games – the longest such active streak – is ended. Belle is benched by Baltimore manager Ray Millerfor failing to run out a ground ball.
Clete Boyer, involved in a dispute with Atlanta Braves general manager Paul Richards and manager Lum Harris over alleged silly rules and mismanagement, is released and retires. Boyer hit safely in the last nine games of his 16-season career, including five home runs and 14 runs batted in. A Gold Glove third baseman, Boyer was a .242 hitter with 162 home runs and 654 RBI in 1725 games for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, and Atlanta.
Scoring all the Phillies' runs in the victory over the Reds, Del Wilber hits three solo homers making it the first time in major league history a player has accounted for all the runs in 3 – 0 game with home runs. The 32-year old catcher will only hit a total of 19 homers during his major league career.
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How Tesco's Master of Apples supports our British growers, helping them to invest and innovate.
I've worked for Tesco for eight years. The last five years as a technical manager looking after Top Fruit (or apples & pears to you and me). I work with growers to make sure that our top fruit is good quality. I really enjoy my job. I love working with excellent growers to produce fruit customers enjoy. I'm with the growers 2-3 days a week over the key season, listening and being a conduit.
We know customers are passionate about British fruit & veg. One of the fun things I do is being a judge at the national fruit show. I judge the quality of the apples from growers all around the UK. I'm the only retailer judge. Very Simon Cowell!
If I could change anything about my job it would be the British weather, especially the hail. The damage it can do to top fruit is sad to see. I've seen fantastic crops destroyed in just five minutes of hail. While it's lovely to see fruit at its best, it's just as important to visit growers all year round.
It's especially important to visit growers after a weather issue, that's damaged the crop. It's about reaching out to people. Telling them they're not forgotten. That they're part of the Tesco team and we'll continue to take as much of their next crop from them as we can.
Over the past four seasons I've changed the way we work with our growers. When I took over feedback from the grower base was that Tesco was too distant. They wanted Tesco to work closely with them on a regular basis to understand what customers are looking for. I visit growers regularly to make sure what they're producing is what our customers want. Meeting them more often, face to face, gives them confidence to invest in new varieties for Tesco. For example: later season varieties, extending the season and new varieties like Red Prince. New varieties can take up to 10 years to develop so it's a huge commitment which needs managing.
Tesco works with growers and Cranfield University to extend the UK Gala season by improving fruit storage. The current season is October to May. We're hoping to extend by another month. Meaning English Gala apples will be on sale for 10 months providing a longer selling window. The trial will take about 2-3 years to conclude. Our long term aim is to have English apples 52 weeks of the year.
I meet regularly with my growers. Every season inviting them all to different venues to collectively review how we performed. This is where the Tesco Sustainable Growing Group came from. To give our growers an official forum to voice their concerns directly to us. Helping us understand what we all need to do, to give everyone confidence and reassurance.
I pride myself on the quality of our fruit. I taste as much of the fruit before I allow it into our stores. I taste everything. Sometimes this means we're fourth to market on British fruit. I'm not rushing the fruit onto the shelf just to claim we've the first British apple of the season. Quality, is paramount.


We have already seen huge changes in the world of banking. Digitalisation means that people are banking from their mobile phones, making payments via barcode scanning and even in some cases transacting using cryptocurrency. Home loans can be approved in almost real-time, and a selfie can be used to open a bank account – all without ever physically entering a branch.
However, this is just the tip of the iceberg: the banking world is about to be shaken up, thanks to a legislation known as the European Union Payment Services Directive 2, or PSD2.
PSD2 is not a new concept, having been adopted by European Parliaments in 2015 with the express purposes of contributing to a more integrated and efficient payments market, levelling the playing field for payment service providers, driving competition which lowers the cost of payments, and protecting consumers by making payments more secure. South Africa will not remain unaffected by this legislation, and local financial institutions, their customers, and the payment industry stand to benefit as much as those across the seas.
The growing adoption of PSD2 is paving the way for a concept known as 'open banking'. Open banking refers to the use of APIs and open source technology to enable third party developers to access data traditionally held by financial service providers, or banks, and build applications or services around this data. It also allows consumers to control the transparency of their data, equipping them with the power to allow the sharing of their data with selected third-party providers to offer them services based on their financial information.
Open banking has been fuelled beyond the borders of Europe as regulators of more than half of G20 countries being expected to create open banking API standards by the end of this year.
Essentially, PSD2 means that banks will no longer be the only, or main, stakeholders in both the control of consumer financial data and initiation of payments. The legislation gives rise to the inception of two new types of players that will create a more competitive banking environment by lowering payment costs and providing more choice for consumers.
Account Information Service Providers (AISPs) are emerging as new operators in a world traditionally dominated by banks. AISPs are able to access consumer financial information from multiple financial institutions at the express permission of consumers.
They analyse this data in order to determine a consumer's spending habits, financial behaviour, and financial history. This data is then collated and consolidated into a single overview on the consumer, which the consumer can then request to be shared with third parties who can tailor services around their specific profile.
Payment Initiation Service Providers (PISPs) are providers who initiate payments on behalf of a consumer. Although we currently have many payment options, they all still pass through a bank. PISPs will enable services such as peer-to-peer payments and bill payments without touching a traditional financial institution.
The rise in competition for both banks and competing PISPs means that the cost of payments will lower significantly, and consumers will be able to better control how they make payments.
The future looks bright for the creation of new business opportunities, fuelling competition and driving the economy. From a banking perspective, however, it means that banks are going to have to up the ante to remain relevant and competitive.
Banks, up to now the major custodians of financial data, have the ability to create a new revenue stream from this data. Banks have access to a huge amount of data on their customers, and monetising this data will lead to significant revenue streams –They are going to have to lead with their APIs, adopting platforms that allow them to structure their data in the right way, so that they, too, can offer competitive solutions. Banks also have the opportunity to play a huge role in the standardisation of APIs across the board.
For consumers, there are scores of benefits.
They will be able to access multiple payment providers, choosing whomever offers the best rate, promotion or deal at any given time. Cost of making payments is likely to reduce as the payment process will be more direct with fewer intermediaries and greater efficiencies. PISPs will create more competition in the payments industry by collaborating with various retail chains who may be able to offer on-the-spot promotions to consumers, based on where they are shopping and what they are buying. Consumers will have a tailor made world of offers at their fingertips.
Consumers will retain the ability to grant sharing permissions, equipping them with control of their own data and ensuring they aren't targeted by unwanted campaigns. However, the sharing of their data opens up a world of possibilities.
It also gives an opportunity for the unbanked to do away with carrying cash and access credit. Leveraging a payment solution that is either inexpensive or free, if supported by advertising revenue, the unbanked will be able to build a payment record and credit history which opens the door to credit opportunities.
Despite the sweep of open banking, different banks across various countries are all at different stages of PSD2 adoption. Banks are going to need to stay close to the process to retain their relevance and ensure they aren't excluded from the payments system altogether.
With regards to data protection and security, the regulation has been careful to state that consumers must grant permissions for data sharing. However, this is a process that will need to be cleverly and closely monitored to avoid a mass dissemination of data.
Once a consumer has granted permission, there will need to be a process that allows the consumer to revoke this, should they wish to. The consumer needs to retain the ability to know where their data is at any given time, especially with the imposed requirements of GDPR and the looming PoPI Act.
PoPI is a South African regulation, which will naturally apply to South African businesses and individuals. GDPR is, however, a European regulation, despite this, South African businesses should not assume that the GDPR will not affect them. Any local business who has operations in Europe, who deals with European suppliers or who has so much as a single a European customer, needs to comply with GDPR. Financial institutions will need to keep mindful of these regulations when embarking on any new initiative.
There is no doubt that the banking world will see a tremendous and exciting shift, and there is much to be gained from open banking. Banks, emerging AISPs and PISPs will need to ensure they engage with partners who are at the forefront of banking technology in order to forge ahead and retain their momentum once there.
By 2020, analysts are predicting that businesses worldwide will spend over a trillion dollars on the cloud.


There are many prefab infrared saunas to chose from on the internet. Almost all of them are made-in-China. We sold them since 2004 - some were the "budget" type with moderate quality. We no longer sell the budget infrared saunas. We still sell made-in-China infrared saunas but only those select models that are of high-quality.
We offer a domestic made-in-North-America prefab infrared sauna. As the customer demand is strong for people wanting a quality product that is not made in China, we offer saunas that are made in Canada.
We are handling customer needs on an individual basis. If you are interested, we can tell you more. But be advised, these quality saunas do cost more than the made-in-China models.
This is the perfect answer for those wanting to build a custom infrared sauna into a space that a prefab does not fit into. We make up sauna kits using all North American materials. We use all Canadian Western Red Cedar. These kits are highly customized so we prefer to talk to our customers individually about their needs. Give us a call or send us an email. We handle these on a custom basis.


CAPE TOWN -- AfricaCom 2018 -- While some technologies such as blockchain are still searching for the key challenges they can solve, some issues, particularly connecting the unconnected in rural Africa, are crying out for answers.
The final day of AfricaCom 2018 began with a panel discussion focused on how blockchain is disrupting Africa. However, unlike the topic suggests, disruption is far from a given. Bitcoin may have just "celebrated" its tenth anniversary, the remit of blockchain technologies is still unclear.
The panelists also conceded, often with visible frustration, that many proofs of concept (PoCs) have been conducted but nothing concrete has been implemented, even with the leading businesses in South Africa.
The blockchain panel at AfricaCom 2018.
Admittedly, corporate inertia does get in the way of taking such new technologies into production environments, as does the general risk aversion tendency from businesses. However, there is currently no consensus on what problems blockchain might be able to solve that aren't already addressable with existing and known solutions. On this matter, the panel was also split. On one side we heard more realistic discussion of smart contract and decentralized app (DAPP), and the recognition that hundreds of regulations need to change before most blockchain promises could be delivered. On the other side we witnessed blockchain evangelists displaying strong passion for "paradigm change" in every single industry, often adding nihilism on top of utopianism.
The blockchain industry has made some progress recently, not the least on the standardization front. The Microsoft-backed Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) and the IBM-backed Hyperledger became associate members of each other, signalling a more unified industry standard for the future. The panelists also agreed that the blockchain industry is likely to evolve into a structure of hundreds or thousands of industry-specific blockchain applications built on top of one of two standard platforms, not too dissimilar to the smartphone market. When pressed by the moderator to name one use case each, the panelists selected fractional ownership of assets and livestock, peer-to-peer economy, and transparency of politics.
Each has its own problems. Fractional ownership -- for example, hundreds of people jointly owning a house -- may open the asset market to more people, but it is still not going to be recognized under the current legal framework. The peer-to-peer economy -- for example, sponsoring an artist without an interlocutor -- is already made easy by social networks. With regard to "draining the swamp," the proponent argued that if a government put funding data on a blockchain, everyone could follow where and how it is spent. But there would be no guarantee that the input data would be accurate.
In general, one cannot help but leaving the discussions with a renewed feeling that blockchain, in addition to cryptocurrency speculation, is still a solution looking for a problem.
By contrast, bridging the digital divide, including connecting the unconnected in rural Africa, is an urgent issue that desperately needs answers, and we have seen plenty of answers.
Connecting Africa caught up with Hind Elbashir, group chief strategy officer at Sudatel, who participated in the headline panel discussion on Day 1 of the event, and heard from her the efforts the Sudanese operator has made to bring more people online and onto the power grid.
The operator offered a hybrid solution, including the provision of solar power infrastructure to remote areas to not only power mobile basestations but also supply limited power to local communities. Sudatel also partners with financial institutions and NGOs to offer micro-financing to local entrepreneurs -- the loans can be paid back using Sudatel's mobile money service Gorooshi/Goroshy (meaning "my money").
Elbashir also emphasized the importance of riding on the gig economy trend -- a topic she talked about during the panel discussion -- to engage local communities in the building and maintaining of the communication networks.
Another innovative solution was outlined by Simon Pearson, the business development director of World Telecom Labs (WTL). The Belgium-based company has built a "national roaming" network in the remote areas of Gabon, supported by the government's universal service fund. Since extending their own networks to rural areas is too costly for any individual operator, the "neutral" network is shared by all the commercial operators, and WTL is responsible for roaming payment settlements. The end result is that previously unconnected areas gain communications services without any operator needing to grapple with an unattractive investment model.
Solutions such as these, and different education programs to help African communities bridge the digital divide, are critical if we are to see 300 million more people in Africa become mobile Internet users by 2025, as the GSMA has predicted. Sonatel, the Orange subsidiary in Senegal, has opened a coding school for local young people: The first 100 trainees have completed the course, and half of them have decided to set up their own software companies.


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Q: ubuntu 14.04 wont recognize windows 8.1 when I boot ubuntu 14.04 off a usb/DVD to install it wont recognize windows 8.1 and only says " erase disk and install ubuntu ". this is the ubuntu that will work with my laptop. i do not want to get rid of windows 8 and the recovery partition because it will be like throwing $200 down the drain.

A: Make sure to partition the drive before you install Ubuntu. I unfortunately made the mistake once and wiped my entire hard drive. I highly recommend from personal experience that you get gparted or use the built in partitioner in the Ubuntu install usb to partition at least 15GB for Ubuntu. Do a Google search for "Dual boot Ubuntu alongside Windows" to find explanations more in-depth than I could tell you.
Here is a good guide on how to dual boot Ubuntu alongside Windows.
http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2013/09/install-ubuntu-linux-alongside-windows.html
Hope it helps!

A: Its better to create a new separate partition and install ubuntu in that partition
you can install in seperate partition by selecting "something else" during installation and selecting your new partition where you want to install Ubuntu