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MAN IS STRUCK BY CAR AT CLUB
Police are interviewing two people after a 38-year-old man was seriously injured in a suspected hit and run.
A 21-year-old man and 22-year-old woman arrested in connection with the incident were being questioned today and police are today appealing for witnesses after the man was knocked down outside the rugby club in Dynevor Street, Merthyr Tydfil, around 8.45pm yesterday.
A black Vauxhall Cavalier car failed to stop and is believed to have driven off towards the Heolgerrig area.
The injured man, who is single and from the Troedyrhiw area of Merthyr, suffered serious leg and head injuries and was taken to Prince Charles Hospital, where his condition is described as stable.
Acting Inspector Carwyn Evans, of the roads policing unit at Treforest, said it was understood the man had visited Merthyr rugby club and was on his way home when he was struck.
'The driver made no effort to stop,' he said.
He said a car was seen earlier being driven in an erratic manner in the nearby Merthyr Tydfil College car park.
'A police vehicle went into the car park and then this vehicle made off at speed,' he said. 'There was no police pursuit as such.
'The force professional standards department was involved overnight as a matter of course.'
He believed the injured man was initially unconscious but later came around.
The road was closed off for some time for detailed forensic examination.
Any witness to the collision or how the vehicle was driven immediately before is asked to contact the Roads Policing Unit at Treforest Traffic Office on 01656 655555.


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Kosovo - Double tragedy in Koria
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Kukës -- The killing of civilians in Koria on the night of 13-14 May is the second tragedy in this small village in recent weeks Amnesty International said today.
Witness statements taken by Amnesty International researchers working in refugee camps in Kukës, Albania suggest that Koria (Korisha in Albanian) had previously been subject to several offensives by Serbian police and the Yugoslav Army.
During one incident around 24 March 1999, brothers Vesel (70) and Musli Ahmetaj (68) were shot by police in Vesels courtyard and house. Their bodies were later found at a garbage dump near the village.
In the early morning of 14 April a force of police entered the village. Large numbers of villagers fled into the hills behind the village where armed ethnic Albanians of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) were present. The hills were reportedly subject to shelling by the Yugoslav Army. Police started to torch some homes close to the entrance of the village and to occupy others.
Refugees claim that many civilians were unlawfully killed by the police. Amnesty International has gathered corroborated testimony documenting the killing of four men on or after 14 April:
One elderly man, Ferhat Muçaj, did not want to abandon his home. The building was quickly set alight and his charred remains were reported to have been found in the ruins.
Three villagers, Avni Kabashi, 49, his son, Urim, 18, and nephew, Tarzan Ramani, also 18, went back into the village on 17 April together with KLA fighters. They were caught when they came upon Serbian police or soldiers in Avnis house, where their mutilated and partially burned bodies were later reportedly found.
Villagers claim that other killings took place and that mass graves were dug and bodies buried at the garbage dump close to the village. The full extent of the burials and the identities of those buried is currently difficult to confirm.
Amnesty International has called on President Slobodan Miloevic, NATO and the KLA to honour their obligations under international humanitarian law. These include refraining from direct attacks on non-combatants and from any indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks.
Amnesty International welcomes reports that NATO will conduct an investigation into the killings in Koria during the night of 13-14 May and urges that this investigation be swift and transparent.
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Q: HDFS single writer multiple reader model - read inconsistency? HDFS allows single writer multiple reader model. In this model - can it face a situation where data read is not consistent with what the writer is writing? HDFS doesn't guarantee visibility of data until an explicit h-flush operation is performed but what if the data read by reader is changed by writer - won't it be a data inconsistency issue?

A: The scenario , in which the data read by the reader will be changed by the writer, will not at all happen in HDFS.
As you correctly observed, HDFS supports write once model, where it will not allow any modification of the written data.
So once the FSDataOutputStream.hsync() is called, the data will be written to the disk and the clients can read the data , writers will not have any way to modify the flushed data.
The only way to modify the contents is to duplicate the same data with required changes.
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The design facts in HDFS that make us to read the recently written blocks of the file which is being copied ,as soon as the blocks are flushed outs, are mostly for tracking the progress of the complete file write operation, to avoid failures on file closing and also to support hadoop fs -tail command.
Please refer ,
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-89
HDFS only guarantees the Eventual consistency where the the blocks of the file will be consistent across the distributed system only after the client closes the file write operation.
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ATP AGREEMENT
PURPOSE OF THE ATP AGREEMENT
The Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on Special Vehicles Designed for Such Carriage (ATP) (established at Geneva on 1 September 1970) entered into force on 21 November 1976.
Since its entry into force, the Working Party on Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs (WP.11) of the Inland Transport Committee of the European Economic Commission has regularly amended and updated the text of the Agreement itself and its Annexes.
TERRITORIAL ACTION
The ATP is an Agreement between States, and there is no general body responsible for its application. In practice, roadside inspections are carried out by the Contracting Parties, and in the event of non-compliance with the established rules, the perpetrators may be held liable by the competent national authorities in accordance with their domestic law. The ATP itself does not provide for any sanctions. At the time of publication, the Contracting Parties to the ATP were Austria, Azerbaijan, Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Denmark, Ireland, Spain and Italy. , Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, Ireland , Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Finland, France, Croatia, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Sweden, Estonia.
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WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR INSPECTION OF A TRAILER OR A VAN WITH INDEPENDENT REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT:
the vehicle must be delivered to the ATP laboratory on the agreed day at 9:00 am,
the cargo compartment must be empty and clean,
door seals must not be damaged or inflated,
all openings in the walls must be professionally laid in such a way that moisture cannot penetrate into the insulation,
door hinges must not be shaken, doors must not sway,
the driver must have the latest ATP certificate of conformity, vehicle registration certificate, or a certificate plate with the data on the semi-trailer.
The test ends at approximately 4 p.m. Upon successful completion of the test, a new certificate is issued, which is valid for 3 years.
If the test fails, the driver is handed a test report indicating the probable cause of the failure.
After the validity of the certificate, the vehicle owner must affix a new certification plate with new distinctive marks to the semi-trailer, which will be issued to him together with the certificate.
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The degree to which, if at all, we address Ireland and concomitant ideas of Irishness, of belonging, of exile, out outsider status and insider status, as oppositional, as black sheep or members of a tradition, differs from artist to artist and project to project. Gender effects this; ethnicity effects this; experience effects this.
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Film With Bite – Horror Channel reveals its film line up for July, with plenty to get your teeth into
by Cleaver Patterson
Horror Channel has built an enviable reputation as the premier television station for films and television shows with extra bite. As a result those with a taste for terror will be pleased to learn that the channel's line-up for the month of July shows every sign of providing this kind of material, and more.
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Not only will Horror Channel be pleased to have four UK television premieres – cannibal fantasy We Are What We Are (2013), Wolf Creek 2 (2013), Burning Bright (2010) and Prey (2014) – but they will also be continuing their monthly 'seasons', with July being dubbed 'Tropical Terror'. Showing on Friday nights from the 8th July, at 10.50pm, the channel will air various chillers set within warmer climes. As you can see from the films listed here, though the environments where the action takes place may, on the face of it, seem beautiful, there are often darker currents lurking just below the surface.
Sat 2nd July, 9.00pm – BURNING BRIGHT (UK TV Premiere)
Fri 8th July, 10.50pm – THE REEF (2010) (Network Premiere)
Sat 9th July, 10.50pm – WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (UK TV Premiere)
Fri 15th July, 10.50pm – PREY (UK TV Premiere)
Sat 16th July, 10.50pm – WOLF CREEK 2 (UK TV Premiere)
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Further details of their programmes and seasons can be found on their website at: www.horrorchannel.co.uk.
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Fincantieri and Grimaldi Group have signed a letter of intent to refurbish and lengthen the Cruise-class Ro-Pax ferries Cruise Roma and Cruise Barcelona by 29 metres each.
Scheduled for completion at Fincantieri's Palermo shipyard in the northern summer of 2019, the lengthening will expand the vessels' capacity to more than 3,700 lane metres, 3,000 square metres of car space and 3,500 passengers.
There will also be a 270-seat self-service restaurant.
The vessels, which service the daily route between Civitavecchia, Porto Torres and Barcelona, were built at Fincantieri's Castellammare di Stabia shipyard in 2007 and 2008.
Once complete, they will be 254 metres long and have a gross tonnage of 63,000 tonnes.
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12 Best Gun Safes (Review) in 2021
This product guide was written by Jordan Carter
Gun safes are essential to responsible gun ownership. It is highly dangerous to have firearms around the home if they are not properly contained in a locked safe. If your firearms are left lying around, they could be picked up by children, burglars, intruders, or anyone else in your home. So, it's important to invest in the best gun safe to keep you and your family safe.
There are multiple different types of gun safe available, including manual, biometric (fingerprint recognition), and number combination gun safes. For more information on the different types of gun safes, check out our buying guide and FAQ section at the bottom of the page. Here's our list of the best gun safes around.
The Best Gun Safe
SentrySafe QAP2BEL Gun Safe
This popular SentrySafe QAP1BE gun safe comes in two options, suitable for a single or two handguns and features biometric fingerprint scanning technology ensuring your firearms are securely stored against unauthorized access. Additionally, you're able to set a digital combination code via the silent keypad in case a backup entry override is necessary. The safe has been conveniently manufactured featuring a compression gas strut which allows for quick, efficient and discreet one-handed access. There's even a light for increased visibility.
The safe itself is durably constructed from 12-gauge solid steel and contains a soft protective foam lining to prevent your firearms from becoming damaged. For even greater peace of mind and maximum security, this steel box can be anchored to a solid object using a bold down kit which prevents the safe itself from being removed from your home by any unauthorized individual. Measuring less than 13-inches in the longest side, it's also suitable to discreetly store in a bedroom cabinet or wardrobe drawer. For efficient performance, SentrySafe recommends the safe be fitted with four high-quality, reputable branded alkaline batteries.
Biometric fingerprint recognition technology
Additional option to set digital combination backup code
Durable 12-gauge stainless steel construction
Two gun capacity
Features an interior light
BrandSentrySafe
ModelQAP2BEL
Weight15.75 pounds
Stealth Handgun Hanger Safe
If you're looking for a great value gun safe, then you have to consider Stealth Handgun Hanger Safe. At less than $150, it's one of the best-priced safes on this list. It has space for five handguns, which is considerably more than the more expensive safes at the start of this list can hold. Three of those handguns are held upright, ready to use and the other two will lie flat at the bottom of the safe. You could also use this space for ammunition or accessories. The ready-for-use handguns are mounted on steel rods that are coated in heat-shrink tubing to protect the barrel of the gun.
It uses a 6-digit number combination, instead of the biometric system, which makes it slightly slower to open. Be sure to check out our reviews of the best security cameras for more amazing products for your home.
Features a six-digit combination code
Space for up to five handguns in total
Constructed from thick steel to be pre resistant
Quick access spring-loaded drop-down door
BrandStealth
Weight19.6 pounds
Barska Quick Access Biometric Rifle Safe
We've seen a lot of quick-access handgun safes in this list, but what about a quick-access rifle safe. This Barksa safe works in much the same way but has space for a rifle instead. It has a biometric fingerprint scanner that can hold up to 120 fingerprints, not that you'll ever need that many fingerprints. It can hold up to four rifles, as well as handguns and ammunition. The security is DOJ (Department of Justice) approved, with three steel deadbolts and protected edges. This is one of the most secure safes you can get. Plus, it's easily mountable if you want to bolt it to the wall or floor for added security.
One of the stand-out features of this in-wall gun safe is the way it looks. It has an attractive black metal shell and polished steel handles, which means it will fit perfectly into any modern home. In fact, it could be a home décor feature all on its own. Don't forget to check out our guide to the best smart doorbells for more great products like this.
120 fingerprint biometric programmable technology
Suitable for storing up to 4 rifles plus ammunition
Additional option to open with keys provided
Durable 14-gauge steel construction
Pre-drilled holes for secure wall mounting
BrandBarska
ModelAX11652
Weight65 pounds
AmazonBasics Security Safe Box
A popular and practical choice if you have valuables that require securing, this AmazonBasics security safe is compact with a 0.5 cubic feet capacity but is more than adequate for storing important documents, cash, jewelry or a small firearm. It's solidly constructed from pry-resistant high-quality steel for durability and dependability. The safe also features a softly carpeted floor as well as a removable interior shelf so that you can safely and conveniently store and arrange your possessions. The attractive black exterior finish provides the safe with a sleek and official looking finish that should coordinate nicely with most domestic and professional settings.
In terms of access, it's equipped with a reprogrammable digital lock that's quick and easy to set up and operate. Simply install four AA batteries in order for this function to work, then you're ready to create a memorable digital code for safe access. Should you forget your code or the batteries run out, two emergency override keys are also supplied. The digital display on the front of the box clearly displays icons to denote when the safe is locked, unlocked or the battery is running low. It's also possible to mount this safe to a wall or shelf for even greater security and an additional level of theft deterrence. Mounting hardware is supplied for this purpose. All in all, we rate this reprogrammable safe as being incredibly practical and easy to operate.
Reprogrammable digital safe with override keys supplied
Durable steel construction with pry-resistant concealed hinges
Removable, adjustable interior shelf
Provided with full mounting equipment
BrandAmazonBasics
Model25EI
SentrySafe QAP1BE Gun Safe
The first safe in our list only officially has space for one handgun, but actually, you could fit two small handguns in. We've chosen it as our best choice product this week because you get a lot of bang for your buck. In fact, it's one of the best single gun safes on the market and, at less than $200, it's one of the best priced as well. Like a lot of modern home safes, it features a biometric locking system, which means it's programmed to recognize your fingerprint. Once you've placed your finger on the scanner, it uses a gas strut to quietly and instantly open the safe door. That means you can do the whole process one-handed. It also has an override key for convenient backup access.
SentrySafe QAP1BE is not a big safe, at only 12.9 inches on the longest side, which means it can fit comfortably on your bedside table, or in a drawer. It's made from 12-gauge, industry-leading steel that is plenty thick enough to protect against burglars trying to break this safe open. To run it, you need 4 AA batteries – they don't say exactly how long the batteries will last, but if you buy high-quality batteries, they should last for a long time.
Durable stainless steel construction
Storage for one standard handgun
ModelQAP1BE
Stack-On Armourguard 18-Gun Safe
Stack-On makes some of the best premium long gun safes available on Amazon. This product – the Stack-On A-18-MB-E-S – was an easy choice as our Premium Pick. This is way more than just a gun safe – it looks so good it becomes the focal point of your room. You can tell that Stack-On has followed the design traditions of antique gun safes. Don't be fooled though, there's nothing antique about the protection this safe offers.
Approved by the DOJ (Department of Justice), it's made from solid steel and has a reinforced steel door to stop intruders in their tracks. Inside the door is a layer of fire-retardant material, which expands when it's exposed to heat, protecting the contents of your safe. It can handle heats of 1,400º F for 30 minutes. Long story short, it's one of the best ways to keep your firearms protected.
Holds up to 18 guns
Made from solid steel
Reinforced steel door
Nine-digit electronic lock
BrandStack-On
ModelA-18-MB-E-S
SentrySafe Fireproof & Waterproof Safe
As you can probably tell from the product pictures, this isn't just a gun safe. In fact, a lot of customers just buy the SentrySafe SFW123GDC to keep their valuables safe. But that doesn't mean you should discount it as a gun safe. There are a couple of reasons that we like it as a gun safe. Firstly, it's both waterproof for 24 hours and fireproof for one hour, so in the case of an emergency, it will keep your precious firearms safe. This is particularly important if you have an antique gun or one that has sentimental value.
Another reason we like it is there are only two ways to open the safe. You either need to know the 1-8 digit code or you need the key. We love biometric fingerprint safes but they will never be as secure as a safe like this one. For those reasons – and the fact that it's one of the best-reviewed safes on Amazon – we thought it deserved a place on this list.
Fireproof for one hour
Waterproof for 24 hours
1-8 digit electronic lock
ModelSFW123GDC
Awesafe Gun Safe
This Handgun Safe from Awesafe is currently one of the best-selling products in its category. It has the perfect mix of value for money and high-quality features that make it irresistible to customers. It's designed to hold one handgun, but there's ample space to hold your ammo and other things as well.
Like on a lot of modern gun safes, there are a few ways to access your firearm- it has fingerprint scanning, a four-digit password, and a key. One of our favorite things about the safe is the way it opens up. The gas-strut opens the safe silently and reveals your firearm, which is stealthily lit by a blue LED light. It's designed in a way that avoids alerting intruders but still gives you satisfaction every time you access your gun. Unlike a lot of cheaper gun safes, this little beauty is almost impossible to get into. It's made from solid steel and has a pry-resistant door. Plus, it's protected by a one-year original factory warranty.
Four-digit code and spare key
One-gun capacity
One-year factory warranty
BrandAwesafe
GunVault SVB500 Speedvault Biometric Gun Safe
The GunVault SVB500 is another one-gun safe. It also works using a biometric fingerprint scanner, but this one can actually hold up to twenty individual fingerprints. That means you and your family can have access, if necessary. The most impressive thing about this American-made gun safe is the way it's designed. Instead of being a flat box, it's designed to hold the gun horizontally, which makes it really handy to store. You can fit it under your desk, behind a door, or pretty much anywhere in your house.
It has an impressive 18-gauge steel shell and a protective foam-lined interior to keep your gun from getting scratched. The draw drops down quickly as soon as the fingerprint is recognized and the fittings are virtually impossible to break open with hand tools. This is a really handy little electronic gun safe for hiding away and giving you peace of mind. Our handy guide to the best fireproof safes features more great options like this.
Biometric safe
Space for one gun
Fits almost anywhere
Fits any direction
BrandGunVault
ModelSVB500
Weight7 pounds
Stack-On 18 Gun Convertible Cabinet
Stack-On 18 Gun Convertible Cabinet is perfect if you're looking for a cheaper option to store multiple long guns. In fact, it has space for 18 long guns, making it one of the biggest gun cabinets in this list. One of the most impressive features of this safe is its versatility – it can be converted to hold nine rifles and have additional shelving for all your accessories, ammunition, or smaller firearms. Every gun has its own patented gun barrel rests that prevent your firearms from getting scratched or damaged in storage.
It's opened and locked using a key, which makes it slightly less secure than some of the other safes features on this list. Provided you keep the key in a secure location, it's still very difficult to break into but it's not the best home gun safe if security is your biggest concern. Be sure to check out our guide to the best gun cleaning kits for our top picks.
Key-locked safe
Space for 18 long guns
Customizable interior
Patented gun barrel rests
ModelGCB-18C-DS
Vaultek Slider Series Rugged Smart Handgun Safe
Slider Series is our second gun safe from Vaultek. Like the first one, it's a really high-quality gun safe and has loads of amazing features that make it stand out from the rest of the pack. It's designed in a similar way to the Gunvault SVB500, in that it can only hold one gun and it's horizontal in shape. That means you can quickly access your gun and have the safe hidden under a desk or in another handy location.
It has a rugged 16-gauge steel construction and features an anti-impact latch that won't break under duress. Plus, it has the same smart-safe technology as the first Vaultek safe, which means you can control and monitor the safe from your smartphone. Find more amazing products like this by checking out our guide to the best smart home devices.
Smart-safe technology
BrandVaultek
Weight9.26 pounds
SnapSafe Under Bed Safe 75400
The final gun safe is a little different to everything else in this list because it's specifically an under-bed gun safe. Much flatter than most single-gun safes, it can tuck neatly away and out of sight under the bed. It's actually a lot bigger than the picture would have you believe and has space for multiple handguns, as well as accessories like gun belts and other valuables you might have. The nice thing about having it under your bed is that you can go to sleep feeling a sense of protection.
To open it you have to input a 3 to 8-digit access code. This isn't as quick as fingerprint recognition but can still be done quickly. SnapSafe Under Bed Safe 75400 is made from heavy-duty 14-gauge steel and can be permanently installed for added protection.
Number combination safe
Fits under bed
Space for multiple guns
Can be permanently installed
BrandSnapSafe
Gun Safe Buying Guide & FAQ
If you're not quite sure where to even start looking when it comes to researching the best gun safe, we've highlighted below some of the important features to first consider. These will go a long way to helping you narrow down your final selection.
Safe Type - We'll go on in our FAQ to quickly run you through the key distinctions between the various types of gun safe, but you really do need to decide what kind you want. For the ultimate in security, a Biometric fingerprint activated safe will provide the highest level of protection.
Size - It goes without saying that your gun safe should be large enough to adequately house your gun collection. If you only have the one small handgun as opposed to owning several large rifles you can go for something more compact. Check the dimensions carefully before purchasing,
Lock - From a basic manual locking safe which uses a good old fashioned key to a Biometric fingerprint detection device, you have plenty of options. Keypad operated safes are also a popular choice. If you know you're the kind of person likely to forget what combination they've set up, then it's a good idea to go for a safe that has multiple entry options as a backup.
Weight - The heavier a safe is, the more of a deterrent it will be to any would-be thief attempting to remove from your residence.
Mounting and Anchors - To add an even greater level of theft deterrent, consider investing in a safe that can be mounted or anchored to a fixed object such as a wall, shelf, or flooring.
Access and Entry - Hopefully, a situation will never occur when you need to very quickly grab your gun but in case of an emergency, consider how easy it is to open up the safe you're buying. Keypads provide quick entry.
Power Source - If your safe does feature electronic functions, then you'll require a power source. Many are operated via rechargeable batteries and even USB charging packs which can be more practical than locating a wall socket.
Steel Gauge - The thicker the steel (also known as gauge) the more impenetrable and reliable the safe will be. Don't just look at the sturdiness of the steel, also consider how robust the locking mechanism is too.
Alarm - Investing in a gun safe which is also fitted with an alarm provides that extra layer of protection.
Failsafe Locking Feature - Just in case an intruder does access your home, locates your safe and makes several unsuccessful attempts to guess the number combination, it's useful to have a failsafe locking mechanism which will completely lock them out.
Gun Safe FAQ's
Q: What Types of Gun Safe Are Available?
A: You have four basic types of gun safe when it comes to the locking functionality. Let's quickly review their key characteristics below.
Biometric Lock Gun Safes - the most secure option available as this required scanning technology to recognize and detect the fingerprint of an authorized user in order to open. This type of safe is virtually impossible to crack or override as no two people have the same fingerprints.
Number Keypad Combination Gun Safes - with multiple combinations available, this type of safe requires inputting of a series of digits in a particular order. Again, the probability of hacking into this kind of safe is low unless you know the owner incredibly well and can make a very educated guess as to what series of numbers they might have pre-selected.
Pattern Keypad Combination Gun Safes - these work in a similar way to number combinations but follow a pattern and therefore could arguably be easier to crack but will still take plenty of trial and error.
Manual Lock Gun Safe - the original and traditional way of locking a safe using a basic mechanical dial that can be set back to zero. You commonly find this style of safe in hotels.
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Remember the Sailor Moon lingerie that lingerie brand Peach John released in Japan earlier this year? Thanks to them, we were able to feast our eyes on both lovely models and amateur Twitter users posing in the novelty lingerie.
But now the tables have turned! Chinese artist SoudWrong has created a series of illustrations featuring Sailor Moon characters as lingerie models instead. If you've ever wondered what the ladies from Sailor Moon would look like posing in their undies (for whatever reasons, we don't wanna know), now's your chance!
Not only did SoudWrong stylishly illustrate the main heroines of the series, she also gave side characters such as Luna, Phobos and Deimos a lovely makeover! The wide variation and intricate detail on the lingerie makes us wonder if SoudWrong has had any experience designing lingerie.
Which is your favorite? Now we're wishing Peach John would produce these beautiful lingerie and sell them too!
Check out SoudWrong's other amazing fan art on Pixiv or DeviantArt!


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I had two gut reactions to TV personality Julie Chen's revelation on The Talk that she had cosmetic surgery to enlarge her eyes: (1) Man, she's going to get hell for trying to appeal to Western aesthetics; (2) Wow, she made a smart career move. Hey, why didn't someone clue me in?
Shocked that I don't find it shocking that a minority will get plastic surgery for her career? Well, get over it.
In case you missed it, Chen revealed that when she was 25 and working as a TV reporter in Dayton, her boss told her: "You'll never be on this anchor desk because you're Chinese." He then told her that her small eyes made her look "bored" and "disinterested." Some time later, a "big time agent" essentially told her the same thing, except he also gave her a list of plastic surgeons to fix her appearance.
As you'd expect, Chen's revelation has sparked loads of commentary—and a lot of it strikes me as achingly P.C. and patronizing. Though most blame the system rather than Chen, almost all use the word "sad" to describe how Chen decided to get surgery.
For instance, Kate Waldman writes in Slate that Chen's "career aspirations should not have required her to tone down her ethnicity." She then adds, "the pressure Chen faced was vile, unfair—and worth resisting."
"Worth resisting"? Hello? I hate to say this, but that strikes me as a simplistic, white view of diversity in the workplace. Would it have been so much more noble if Chen had rejected the suggestion and stayed stuck forever in some dinky job?
I can't speak for all sectors, but from what I've seen in law and business, the minorities who succeed almost always adapt the style of the dominant white culture. For some minorities (depending on their socioeconomic status), the adaptation takes no effort; for others, it is something to be studied and learned.
As a Chinese-American woman practicing law in various corporate settings for 15 years now, I learned early on that it was incredibly important to perfect the art of passing—that is, to downplay or, better yet, rid myself entirely, of certain "minority group" traits in an effort to blend seamlessly into the mainstream corporate culture.
Wan tells several revealing stories of how she practiced the art of passing. For instance, she carefully wore a Tanglewood pullover ("instead of my comfy sweatshirt from Wei Hwa Chinese Language School") at a firm outing to signal her ease with the culture of privilege. She also remembers when another minority associate failed at "passing" by asking for the A-1 steak sauce instead of the restaurant's signature Bernaise sauce during a recruiting lunch. "You could almost hear the needle being torn off the record in that storied, gilded, high-ceilinged room, the moments that followed were so painfully awkward," Wan writes about the incident.
Still, isn't taking on golf, dressing yourself in Brooks Brothers, or wearing straightened hair another form of "surgery"—minus the knife?
So I have to ask myself (as Wan did too): Would I have done what Julie Chen did if I were a 25-year old in her field?
I don't think you want to know my answer.
Wow I found this really interesting. I've been looking into plastic surgery in London Ontario and was just wondering how safe the procedures are?
Julie Chen is quite attractive, successful, and has a high profile marriage to boot. I doubt she regrets her decision. I also believe, like some of the other commenters, that her decision was multi-faceted because it does not appear that eye surgery was the only thing she had done to improve her appearance. Many white women in media have "work done" to benefit their careers as well. What offends me more about what happened to her is that the producer and agent felt empowered to criticize her based on race. hearing something like that at such an impressionable age can destroy someone's confidence. That is a career derailer, regardless of the field.
Employers basing hiring decisions or judging aptitude as a lawyer on the kind of sauce you are eating is plain ridiculous.
While there are likely a number of people who have unfortunately faced the racism that Chen discussed, I wonder if she is being completely genuine about her reason for surgery.
From looking at her before and after pictures it appears that, at a minimum, she also had her nose done and either had one side of her jaw shaved or had an implant added to even it out. Maybe her lips done as well.
That's not about racism, although it's certainly about the nasty business in which you have to be attractive to succeed.
I have worked in Journalism and am an Attorney and I can tell you that as an African American, I knew I had to conform to majority (read white) standards of beauty if I even wanted a chance on camera (and sometimes off). I totally get how Chen felt she had to get surgery to have a chance at a visual high profile career. Women also diet, get implants, hair weaves and lipo to get jobs that are attached to your appearance. The A-1 is about class primarily, but is also linked to race if you come from a culture that as a rule doesn't eat Bernaise or other "fancy" sauces. It speaks to the sophistication of your palate and "knowing" that restaurant has a famous sauce with the steak. I was asked in a job interview if I liked Opera. I happened to have studied ballet most of my childhood and adolescence and did in fact enjoy Opera and loved Ballet. The firm sponsored the Baltimore Opera company. But I know that it was a question designed to screen me out and see if I fit in. I didn't get the job, but it might have been the softball team question. (I don't play sports). The firm is still woefully lacking in diversity.
I would not go through plastic surgery for a job, modern culture is too obsessed with looks and we need to get over it.
I understand this surgery is quite popular in Taiwan, South Korea and other asian countries. So, clearly it is something that is sometimes done for a reason other than just trying to "fit in."
There is no connection between A-1 and race, but rather the perception that choosing a mass-produced, commercial condiment, such as A-1 sauce, over the restaurant's signature Bernaise sauce is a sign of being "low class." Fitting in at a white-glove firm involves making the "right" choices - image is everything and you better conform to whatever image the firm aspires to project. Just imagine the uproar if the associate had asked for catsup - LOL!!
There are two separate issues here. One is the gravitational pull of WASP culture which has subtly attracted and assimilated every ethnic group since the nation's founding, affecting behavior, religion and every other ethnic legacy. A perfect example is American Reformed Judaism, unknown in Israel and most of the world, which bears a striking resemblance to mainstream American Protestantism. That assimilation is predictable and reasonable. The A-1 sauce issue isn't ethnic at all -- it is a class issue that affects WASPs as much as anyone else. Of course lawyers of all ethnicities ape upper class manners to get ahead. Get over it. Changing one's appearance in an attempt to "pass" is a different and usually pointless endeavor. Straightening one's hair or getting eye or nose surgery is not going to fool anyone. But chances are that cultural assimilation is all that is necessary anyhow. BTW, I cannot imagine a senior lawyer at any significant law firm not being delighted to know that a junior speaks Chinese, Spanish, Russian or any other language. Just another skill to make clients happy.
Don't you think Chen's situation is as much about idealized Greco-Roman beauty as race? I think this story is really about how critical physical attractiveness is for success in many industries (including both TV and law, btw). Its also worth noting that the range of appearance deemed attractive in the case of women is much narrower than it is for men.


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Europe's Busiest Port Surpasses 15 Million TEU Milestone in 2021. 2022 Could Be Even Busier
The Port of Rotterdam, Europe's busiest seaport, surpasses 15 million TEU milestone for the first time in 2021.
AMSTERDAM, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Container traffic at the Port of Rotterdam has reached a record level this year and is expected to be high again in 2022, Europe's largest sea port said on Wednesday.
The port said that it had received 15 million containers this year up until Wednesday, marking the first time a European port had reached that level.
Container freight, measured in the equivalent of twenty-foot long containers (TEU), has increased at least 5% in 2021 from last year, when transport was heavily disrupted for months during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
The number of containers handled in Rotterdam dropped 3% in 2020, following the record of 14.8 million TEU set in 2019.
"We expect Rotterdam's container terminals to remain busy in 2022", the port's commercial director Emile Hoogsteden said.
"The international fleet of container ships and terminal capacity are not growing enough to meet demand."
Rotterdam received its first container in 1966, and reached the level of 1 million TEU for the first time in 1974. Traffic increased to 5 million containers in 1997 and doubled to 10 million a year in the decade that followed.
(Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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Japan Tests Autonomous Navigation Using Large Ferry
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Having trouble with your garage door? If you are dealing with any of the following 5 most common garage door problems, then you will need the expertise of a local professional garage door repair company, to ensure your door functions as it should.
Here are the 5 most common garage door problems.
When your torsion or extension springs break, which they will inevitably do, your garage door will not be operational. Don't attempt to manually open or close a door with broken springs! The number one reason for spring failure is simple wear and tear. This is because their lifespan is limited – typically 10,000 cycles. Broken garage door springs should only be replaced by a professional garage door repair company.
Your door's weather stripping keeps cold weather, rain, and debris out in addition to preventing many insects and other pests from making their garage your home. Over time, weather stripping can deteriorate due to age, friction and exposure to the elements, requiring replacement. At least once each year, inspect your garage door, checking for air leaks that indicate your weather stripping isn't doing its job.
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Your garage door's tracks play an essential role in helping it open and close smoothly. If one of the tracks becomes misaligned or bent, the problem needs to be addressed before any further damage can occur, which can necessitate your need for replacement. Bent or misaligned tracks are often the result of a severe door malfunction, worn parts or yes, even human error (i.e. a car backing up into the door).
All garage door openers manufactured on or after January 1, 1993 should be equipped with a set of photo safety sensors, which can be found on both sides of the door opening about six-inches off the floor. They are designed to automatically stop and reverse the door should a person or object interrupt its beam. If the sensors aren't working, neither will the remote control or touchpad.
To ensure the sensor's peak performance, you will need to make sure that the LEDs on each unit are lit up. Do this at least once each month. A problem exists if the LED is off or its flashing repeatedly. Gently clean the lens with a soft, dry cloth, check for any loose connections, and try realigning them by hand. If the problem persists, you should contact a local service provider for diagnosis and repair.


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D-Mad - "She Gave Happiness" (Arty remix) - (6:05) 132 BPM
Arty - "Twilight Tonight" (Arty remode) - (8:25) 130 BPM
Audien - "Eleven Eleven" (Tom Fall remix) - (7:10) 130 BPM
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Temple One - "Autumn Leaves" (feat Hannah Ray - Estiva remix) - (8:36) 130 BPM
Estiva - "The Kingdom" (original mix) - (8:28) 130 BPM
Agulo - "Fire Sign" (feat David Berkeley - Steve Brian's original mix) - (7:42) 140 BPM
Estiva & Temple One - "November Lovely" (Estiva mix) - (9:02) 130 BPM
Suncatcher - "Wildflowers" (original mix) - (9:09) 136 BPM
Motionchild & Will Holland - "Arctic Kiss" (feat Tiff Lacey - Andy Blueman remix) - (8:41) 136 BPM
Adam Nickey Presents Blue 8 - "Eleventh Street" (original mix) - (7:50) 137 BPM
Ferry Tayle & Static Blue - "Trapeze" (Daniel Kandi's Emotional remix) - (7:31) 138 BPM
Ferry Tayle - "The Prestige" (original mix) - (8:09) 137 BPM
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Juventa - "For That Special Girl" (original mix) - (7:58) 140 BPM
Phillip Alpha - "Valente" (original mix) - (7:50) 134 BPM
Vascotia - "Verano 2010" (Sean Tyas remix) - (7:42) 140 BPM
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Phillip Alpha & Daniel Kandi - "Sticks & Stones" (original mix) - (7:34) 138 BPM
Right Face - "Morning Dew" (original mix) - (6:35) 137 BPM
Daniel Kandi & Martijn Stegerhoek - "Australia" (original mix) - (6:51) 139 BPM
Tim Preijers Presents Sense Of Shiver - "Offshore" (feat Boom - Temple One's Ocean View remix) - (8:56) 140 BPM
Vast Vision - "Behind Your Smile" (feat Fisher - Suncatcher remix) - (8:35) 139 BPM
Various - "Enhanced Best Of 2010: The Year Mix" (continuous DJ mix Will Holland - part one) - (1:18:05) 134 BPM
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Q: Saving float number in SQLite issue? I tried saving some floats into SQLite tables (for the first time) but the stored values are different from what I wanted to save. They were nearly exactly the numbers I saved. This requires me to round or truncate numbers when selecting using query or after filling into DataTable, which may cause the rounded result have a little difference from the actual saved version of the number.
For example, I tried saving this float number 7.64, but the actual saved value was 7.6399998664855957, the same for 6.1 (6.0999999046325684), 4.74 (4.7399997711181641), 5.76 (5.7600002288818359)...
Could you give me some solution for this? Rounding is not what I want, I just want to save exactly what user entering.
Thank you very much in advance!
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After some testing, I would like to add a note that the problem seems to happen only when I add new values to the table, after added, if I change the values (of course via my application), they are saved exactly what I entered. Here is the code for adding new item:
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Future directions in computer science research
John Hopcroft, Cornell University
Over the last 40 years the computer science research was focused on making computers useful. Areas included programming languages, compilers, operating systems, data structures and algorithms. These are still important topics but with the merging of computing and communication, the emergence of social networks, and the large amount of information in digital form, focus is shifting to applications such as the structure of networks and extracting information from large data sets. This talk will give a brief vision of the future and then an introduction to the science base that needs to be formed to support these new directions.
John E. Hopcroft is the IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Computer Science at Cornell University. From January 1994 until June 2001, he was the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering. After receiving both his M.S. (1962) and Ph.D. (1964) in electrical engineering from Stanford University, he spent three years on the faculty of Princeton University. He joined the Cornell faculty in 1967, was named professor in 1972 and the Joseph C. Ford Professor of Computer Science in 1985. He served as chairman of the Department of Computer Science from 1987 to 1992 and was the associate dean for college affairs in 1993. An undergraduate alumnus of Seattle University, Hopcroft was honored with a Doctor of Humanities Degree, Honoris Causa, in 1990.
Hopcroft's research centers on theoretical aspects of computing, especially analysis of algorithms, automata theory, and graph algorithms. He has coauthored four books on formal languages and algorithms with Jeffrey D. Ullman and Alfred V. Aho.His most recent work is on the study of information capture and access.
He was honored with the A. M. Turing Award in 1986. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE), and the Association of Computing Machinery(ACM). In 1992, he was appointed by President Bush to the National Science Board (NSB), which oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF), and served through May 1998. From 1995-98, Hopcroft served on the National Research Council's Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications.
In addition to these appointments, Hopcroft serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the David and Lucile Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering, the SIAM financial management committee, IIIT New Delhi advisory board, Microsoft's technical advisory board for research Asia, the Engineering Advisory Board, Seattle University, and the program committee for Chile Millennium Science Initiative.


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VIA & BMA : Workshop on Scaling up for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
On 04 January, 2017 from 2.45 pm to 6.00 pm at VIA
Forum: Entrepreneurship Forum
Speaker: Mr Guruprasad Shenai
Guruprasad Shenai's workshop on Scaling up for SMEs at VIA
Mr Guruprasad Shenai, a certified Corporate Trainer and Motivational speaker from Mumbai, conducted a workshop for the Micro, Small and Medium entrepreneurs and other members at Vidarbha Industries Association on how to effectively and effortlessly scale up their business, by behavioural modification. The program was organized by the Entrepreneur Forum of Vidarbha Industries Association (VIA) in association with the Butibori Manufacturer's Association (BMA).
According to Mr. Shenai, the greatest challenge any business faces today is fast obsolescence in the ever changing environment. Many industries are forced to close down as they are unable to cope up with the fast paced change. According to him, one should be prepared to accept any challenge the business encounters with a fearless approach. He said that, many businessmen start by drawing unseen boundaries around them, by visualizing anticipated challenges. These anticipated challenges, then actually becomes limiting factor for the growth of business. So the Entrepreneurs must evolve his/her own solution to overcome such challenges. According to Mr Shenai, this could only be possible with behaviour change i.e overcoming fear by oneself. The Entrepreneur should not keep thinking about the past problems and get bogged down. Instead he should think positively and accept past challenges as learning lessons and move ahead. Past constraints should be used only to draw a spark in you, which will help you to tap the huge potential that market has to offer. He said that it is very important to analyze how much time one spends in thinking about the problem and how much time one actually spends in problem solving. It is very important that when you are spending a considerable time in thinking about the problem, your clarity of thoughts and maturity in dealing with the problem becomes imperative.
Mr Shenai spoke about the common problem of the ' founder's trap' when the owner-businessmen considers himself the 'be all and end all' of everything and suffers from the 'I know all' mentality, which majorly affects the scaling up of business. To overcome this shackle, Mr Shenai suggested that one should take a step back and view his business objectively, in a detached way, so that he is able to think clearly and arrive at a sound conclusion. This according to him would be a positive attempt to scale up any business.
Mr Shenai had also asked the Entrepreneurs present for the program, to list out the everyday challenges face by them. He then proceeded to examine each challenge threadbare and suggested some practical and logical steps to counter them.
At the outset of the program, Akash Agrawal , Chairman of Entrepreneur Forum in his opening address talked about the significance of scaling up in a business. He said that earlier business was like riding a bicycle where one had to maintain a balance to stay in the race but in today's competitive world, business is no less than scaling up the Mount Everest , where an Entrepreneur has to fine tune all his skills to scale up and stay at the top. Dr Suhas Buddhe , Hon. Secretary VIA also spoke on the occasion and said that it is the need of the hour for the SME's to find out the ways and means of scaling up.
The speaker Mr Guruprasad Shenai was accorded a floral welcome by Dr. Suhas Buddhe and was introduced by Mr Manish Sanghvi, Vice President – BMA. The program was conducted by Anita Rao, Convenor Entrepreneur Forum.


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Mapping Alaska with BarnwellGeospatial
For this month's publisher feature blog, we're going to America's 49th state, Alaska! BarnwellGeospatial, owned and created by Charles Barnwell seeks to make the highest quality, and up-to-date topographic maps available, especially to those using mobile devices. Charlie was raised in Alaska and worked as an exploration geologist before moving on to GIS. He enjoys snow sports, hiking and boating, and is passionate about cartography.
With a long history in the GIS realm, Charlie was one of the first users of Esri's ArcInfo. After working as a regional manager for Esri, and being the GIS manager for the Municipality of Anchorage, Charlie now works creating maps for BarnwellGeospatial, and part-time for engineering companies managing GIS projects.
Charlie is focused on maps for Alaska for many reasons. "The demand is high for high-quality maps using the latest available data," says Charlie. He was the project manager for the Statewide Digital Maps Initiative (SDMI), starting in 2007, a partnership of the State of Alaska and the US Geological Survey (USGS), which led to upgrading Alaska's topographic database and imagery base replacing the USGS topo maps that hadn't been upgraded since 1980.
BarnwellGeospatial has the mission of ensuring this vastly improved elevation and imagery data gets utilized in GIS and for the production of accurate and cartographically better maps.
With a strong and well-rounded GIS background, Charlie has been aware of Avenza Systems utilizing GIS tools with Adobe Illustrator (MAPublisher) and has known about Avenza Maps for years. But what drove him to add his maps to the Map Store was seeing Avenza Maps used in the practical sense. "It was an engineering co-worker using Avenza Maps to locate himself on GIS produced maps in remote parts of Alaska, showing boundaries of federal and other refuges and parks, something that other mapping apps are not so good at," Charlie says. The snowmachine club in his part of Alaska also uses Avenza Maps for the same purpose. Also, as a former exploration geologist, Charlie knows the importance of ensuring one is using high-quality maps in the field.
I believe digital maps are revolutionary because one can make use of better data sources, such as the SDMI Alaska elevation data, and new data such as LiDAR and satellite imagery. Being able to also integrate your own digital data into a GIS map is also a hugely important capability.
BarnwellGeospatial is working with users to bring awareness to the power of new data sources, such as LiDAR, and satellite imagery coupled with GIS. "Avenza Maps is a tool used by local groups such as Alaska trail advocacy organizations, to ensure they are mapping using the best data possible."
Not only is Alaska a unique place to map, but it is also home to many datasets that are often unknown to the general public. These datasets are very valuable, and combining them with GIS allows them to be integrated into BarnwellGeospatial's maps. Some of the datasets include USGS's historic mine sites and trails mapping by state and federal agencies.
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January has been warmer than average so far – could this change?
January 11, 2021 9:19 pm Howard Manges Local News, Top Stories
(WBNG) -- January 2021 has brought us above average temperatures so far in Binghamton. As of the January 11th climate information from the National Weather Service in Binghamton the average temperature this month is 26.7°F. This is 4.2°F above average for the period January 1 through January 11.
Average temperature January 1 through January 11 in Binghamton
This may seem quite warm, but out of the 70 years of weather records in Binghamton it is relatively unremarkable. 20 years have been warmer than 2021 so far.
The warmest year on record was 1998. The average temperature through the first 11 days of the month was 40.2°F.
The coldest first 11 days of January occurred in 1968 when the average temperature was 7.1°F.
2020 was noticeably warmer. The average temperature was 31.3°F. This was the 5th warmest start to a year since records began in 1951.
The highest daily temperature this month was 38°F on January 2 and the lowest daily temperature was 13°F on January 9.
Looking ahead through the 3rd week of this month, the pattern continues to suggest above average temperatures remaining in the northeast.
Temperature outlook across the country
Temperature outlook in New York and northern Pennsylvania
There are some signs starting to show up in the long range that a large-scale pattern change could develop in the Northern Hemisphere around January 21 or 22. If it develops, it may allow for colder weather to settle into the northeast to end the month. How long it could last, or even, will it definitely happen, are two questions that will become more clear as the month progresses!


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Prosecutor General shown police weapons of torture26 June - International Day in Support of Victims of TorturePress Conference on the Eve of International Day in Support of Victims of TortureAnother death in policy custodyPolice lawlessness, torture and deaths in the Kharkiv regionCourt hearings in Strogan case continueBeatings in police custody turned into businessCourt trial for allegations of torture?What's the point of a Prosecutor who doesn't want to defend us from torturers?Torture in Custody: the Police claim Strogan inflicted injuries himselfPolice Persecution of Yakov StroganKharkiv Police mark Human Rights Day their own way: Yakov Strogan heavily beatenMIA and Human Rights at the end of 2010Concern for Yakov Strogan, victim of police tortureLesson on Torture from the Kharkiv PoliceFirst Amnesty International letter-writing marathon with a Ukrainian prisonerYakiv Strogan trial clearly being dragged outYakiv Strogan released from custody; impunity intactIvan Romanov v. Ukraine's police, prosecutor and courtBelarusian rail partisan sentenced to 16 years for obstructing Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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• Topics / The right to a fair trial
Immunity has a Human Face
26.06.2011 source: www.pravda.com.ua
When, in the film "Matilda", Danny DeVito bellows to his daughter to be quiet because: "I'm big, you're small, I'm smart, you're dumb", we smile. We are already aware of Matilda's extraordinary abilities, and the rules of the genre dictate that baddies get their comeuppance.
Beyond the film cameras it's not so easy, particularly when control is determined by entirely different levers. When those in authority can, for example, beat "confessions" out of detainees or quite simply extort money using threats and torture. When they know that the victims won't dare complain and that they can rely on the Prosecutor, other police departments, and, unfortunately, the courts.
Scandal cannot always be avoided. There was general outrage over the senseless death of young student Ihor Indylo in a Kyiv police station. The young man died in the early hours of 18 May 2010, on what should have been his twentieth birthday. He had had a few drinks with a friend who couldn't be there on his birthday and then got into a row with a police officer living in his student hostel. No crime was committed, but the officer asked him to go to the police station and he went. What happened later only became known thanks to one television channel, but the outcry forced the authorities to react.
The current official version is that Ihor Indylo, a healthy young man, died "through the professional negligence" of two officers who didn't respond when he himself fell from a bunk in a police cell. Incidentally the court in December 2010 upheld the decision not to remand the two officers in custody and demanded only a signed undertaking not to leave the city. By comparison, in that same month the former Minister of Internal Affairs, Yury Lutsenko, one of the Tax Code protesters, Serhiy Kostakov, and Yakov Strogan who had for four months been trying to get a criminal investigation launched against his alleged police torturers, were all remanded in custody and remain there now.
Around International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June human rights organizations traditionally endeavour to bring the issue of police torture into the limelight. The authorities in turn try to ignore the issue, or embellish it with yet more noble intentions and fine-sounding words.
There will be a great deal to talk about this year since the divide between empty phrases and adequate response is rapidly placing Ukraine's development as a democratic country in jeopardy.
More and more concern is being expressed, not only in Ukraine, over the use of the law enforcement agencies in obstructing or even crushing peaceful assembly. Over the last year there has been a sharp rise in the number of deaths of people in police custody. One normally needs time to study likely reasons with premature conclusions better avoided. Yet what if the reasons fairly hit one in the eye?
Ukrainian governments have long demonstrated quite unwarranted optimism regarding the willingness of European and international bodies to be content with documents, preferably draft versions, rather than action. One such example is the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT). Ukraine ratified this back on 21 July 2006. Ratifying is easy, but a national preventive mechanism against torture needed to be developed within a year and that has still not been done.
Blind faith in the persuasive power of empty promises and assurances is misplaced. Nobody believes in them anymore and they have good grounds. Such grounds are and will be the subject of numerous reports, recommendations, etc. All of this is undoubtedly important in order to understand the scale of the problem and measures needed.
Yet what is needed so that people don't give up, don't decide that they shouldn't ask for trouble when they can't achieve anything anyway?
Impunity has a human face and we must not forget individual victims. Maximum publicity is vital for Yakov Strogan, although not only because an innocent man with a wife and baby son is facing imprisonment for a non-existent crime. The case is also of enormous significance because of the lesson it is clearly trying to give others, and the very dangerous conclusions which will be drawn by certain police officers if justice does not prevail.
After all, from August to December 2010 Yakov Strogan effectively said: "You're big, I'm small, but you have no right to subject me to torture". What is more, he said it many times and very publicly.
On 18 August after a scuffle between Strogan and his neighbour where the latter tripped and fell on glass from a broken bottle, police officers turned up at Strogan's flat. He was first taken to a police station where they tried to get him to sign a confession. He consistently refused, and they decided to continue their methods of persuasion in a forest. He was subjected to torture, losing consciousness a few times, but still refused to confess to a crime he hadn't committed. He was then held for four days while the officers tried to extort 10 thousand dollars out of his wife. They only released him when it became clear that his wife would not find the money.
Yakov Strogan decided not to remain silent. There was no need to search for him since he himself several times went to the Prosecutor, trying to get a criminal investigation initiated. Should there be any doubt, we are talking about an investigation into his allegations of having been subjected to torture by officers from the Kievsky District Police Station in Kharkiv. Most crucially: during those months the enforcement bodies were not looking for him. Up till December he appeared publicly, repeating his allegations. This included on 1 December at parliamentary hearings in Kyiv. A week after the hearings, Strogan was arrested. He was charged with attempted murder … over the scuffle in August. There was now a "witness" and a new forensic medical assessment. No explanation, admittedly, has been forthcoming, as to why all of this took place only in December..
The judge saw no reason to bother her head with such details. Nor was she concerned about the fact that he had been detained by officers from this same police station, or the clear signs of torture on his body when he was brought to court after a night in police custody.
The hearings into this case are presently underway. The court recently rejected the Kharkiv Human Rights Group's application to release Strogan under their guarantee, and he remains in custody. At a recent hearing, the court rejected an application to hear a new witness for the defence who had seen the broken glass with blood on it. The woman didn't have a document confirming her place of work, but it would have taken her an hour to go and collect it. The court simply refused to hear her testimony.
Her statement is vital since, along with a new "witness", a knife has appeared: with blood, but without Strogan's fingerprints.
The court has, admittedly, been unable to close its eyes to serious doubts raised by the forensic medical assessment of the new-old victim of the alleged attempted murder. It partially allowed the application from Strogan's lawyer and for the next hearing, on 30 June, the forensic expert has been called, and various documents are to be provided. After this the court will decide whether to call for a new forensic assessment to be undertaken outside Kharkiv.
In short, the number of questions forced by this case is huge. If they are not asked and if answers are not insisted on, then we can assume that there will be no more questions. If Yakov Strogan is left to his torturers, then it will be totally redundant to ask who would dare complain of police lawlessness.


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Fi ( meandmymuses) wrote in mymuses_stories,
Characters: Faith Lehane
Fandom: Angel & Faith Comics
Prompt: Five things can't live without via promptsformuses
1. Cigarettes: she didn't smoke before going to jail, but while in jail she used them for an assessment device. She would smoke before doing anything rash or if she needed to think something over. Once she broke out, she still kept the habit, even if it's not healthy, but it's nice excuse to have a time out moment.
2. Stake: It's not her weapon of choice, but it's the one she's known to use more, although Faith does have a horrible habit of always being without one.
3. Black Jacket: No really reason to live without it, she just likes it and she looks hot in one.
4. Club: Boy and Booze, which give you the combo that almost always leads to sex. She can't live without the club, because it's a place that she can releases all the built up energy that plagues her from time to time. Particularly after a kill, it's a way to release the rush.
5. Angel: her rock, he's always had her back. Especially in the bleakest moment of her life, even if she did try to kill him, a few times, he stood up to her and helped her on her way to redemption, still is.


Meet the Power Puffs, a four power-packed all-female group comprising Sarah Yepthomi, Kumgha Awomi, Joanna Jamang and Hanshi Yimchunger. Formed in early 2018, these girls want people to appreciate their music. Their hope is to inspire people through their music.
Read on to know more about the Power Puffs and their musical aspirations.
EASTERN MIRROR: How did the four of you come together?
Power Puffs: We all met through our mutual friends and we kind of discovered one another and introduced each other to one another. Kumgha and Joanna had been friends since higher secondary and Sarah and Hanshi had known each other for quite some time.
EASTERN MIRROR: What's with the name of your group "Power Puffs"?
Power Puffs: When we first thought of the name, even we were very unsure because it seemed kinda childish but now we feel like it suits us very much. The four of us are still very new to the world, we're still babies facing this big world but we are always there to energise one another. So power puffs, kinda childish but strong also.
EASTERN MIRROR: How would you describe your music to people who have not heard you before? What does your act consist of?
Power Puffs: To people who haven't heard our music we'd say our music is fun and we hope everyone has a good time when they're listening to us.
EASTERN MIRROR: Do you think that being an all-female band makes it harder to demonstrate it's all about serious and skilled music.
Power Puffs: We've never had to face such problems till date so we can't really comment on that. The people around us are always very supportive and understanding. We're very thankful to have so many loving and supportive people around us.
EASTERN MIRROR: Is there any all-female band that you look up to and any of them you'd like to share the stage with?
Power Puffs: Our group member, Sarah, introduced us to Little Mix and we've all fallen in love with their voices. It would be such a privilege if we ever got so lucky that we get a chance to share a stage with them.
EASTERN MIRROR: Do the four of you share the same music taste? If not, how do you work out the differences?
Power Puffs: Definitely not. We definitely do not share the same music taste. We all have our own style and this has helped us a lot. We've learned a lot about so many kinds of music. This has been so beneficial for us so far.
EASTERN MIRROR: Do you write your own songs? If so, how does the song writing works for you?
Power Puffs: So far, no, but we're looking forward to writing and conveying messages through our songs. We hope we'll be successful in doing so.
EASTERN MIRROR: Three issues that you feel strongly about the state music industry.
There are not many opportunities for casing talents. The Artists get chances to showcase their talents only during shows.
2 It would be reassuring to see raw talents be it, comedy, drama, music, of all kinds, in all spheres is recognised and discovered.
Also, Lack of awareness that the music industry is an actual profession.
Many talents go wasted because they are too afraid to take the risk of indulging themselves in a field where your success, no matter how good you are is not guaranteed. So you have to be able to take risks to survive in the industry and many people don't have that.
EASTERN MIRROR: Which are the targets of "Power Puffs", the goals that you have as a band?
Power Puffs: As a band we hope we will grow bigger and better in time. Our main goal is to be an inspiration to many young and old souls.


National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (initial licensure and advanced degrees for school personnel), the Virginia Department of Education and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
This accreditation applies to both the K-12 school counseling track and the college student development and counseling track.
The school holds membership in the American and Virginia Association of Colleges of Teacher Education and in the Holmes Partnership.


Infant feeding problem is encountered rarely on Symcat. We will add more content to this page if enough people like you show interest.
The most common causes of infant feeding problem are gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd), common cold, and neonatal jaundice. Other possible causes, such as intestinal malabsorption, are more rare.
Within all the people who go to their doctor with infant feeding problem, 54% report having irritable infant, 48% report having fever, and 43% report having nasal congestion.
Patients with infant feeding problem often receive complete physical skin exam performed (ml), blood culture, occupational therapy assessment, rectal examination, insertion of catheter into urinary bladder, enteral and parenteral nutrition, diagnostic bronchoscopy and biopsy of bronchus and nonoperative urinary system measurements .
The most commonly prescribed drugs for patients with infant feeding problem include nystatin topical product, hepatitis b vaccine (obsolete), simethicone (degas), ampicillin, penicillamine (depen), triprolidine (actifed), poractant, antihemophilic factor (obsolete), bethanechol, vitamin k 1 (mephyton), mineral oil (stye), cefotaxime and erythromycin ophthalmic .
Groups of people at highest risk for infant feeding problem include race/ethnicity = other	age < 1 years. On the other hand, age 30-44 years, age 75+ years, age 60-74 years, age 5-14 years, age 15-29 years, and age 45-59 years almost never get infant feeding problem.