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What non-Muslim Sri Lankans should know about Islam and Sri Lankan Muslims: Part I
A Madarasa in Kathankudy, SLB photo. Islam is a religion of peace: the word, a verbal noun meaning submission (to God), is etymologically related to the word salaam, meaning peace. So, how is it that a religion of peace practiced by traditional Sri Lankan Muslims for thousands of years in harmony and co-existence with Buddhists, Hindus […]
by Sri Lanka Brief
Sri Lanka's jihadists and truths stranger than fiction – Kishali Pinto Jayawardene
In Sri Lanka, injustice takes manifestly queer twists and turns. A State signs an international convention on the solemn understanding that it will conform to those obligations. It passes a Constitution or enacts a law consequent to a pact entered into with citizens promising that narrow interests of one specific power bloc or agitators will […]
Attack on Methodist evangelist in Mahiyangana, Sri Lanka
Image: File photo, not related to this news story. Victim beaten brutally; sustains injuries to spine, stomach. Methodist Bishop says Christians will remain calm in the face of persecution. Expresses deep concerns about eroding freedom to practice faith in SL. The Head of the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka has accused three Buddhist monks […]
Sri Lankan Christians still too afraid to go to church
Citra Abbott and Matthias Böhnke. 'Everyone knows that somewhere out there extremely dangerous people are running around who could attack again at any time' Many Christians in Sri Lanka are still too scared to go to church – in spite of security put in place following the Easter Day bombings. Returning from a fact-finding and […]
The healing touch: on Muslim Ministers resigning in Sri Lanka
Editorial, The Hindu. Sri Lankan leaders must move to end the demonising of Muslims. The mass resignation of two Muslim governors and nine Ministers in Sri Lanka deepens a new fault line that has emerged in the island nation after the Easter Sunday blasts perpetrated by a fanatical Islamist group. Sinhala Buddhist hardliners had demanded that the […]
Stop hateful attacks against religious minorities in Sri Lanka : UN
Joint Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and Karen Smith, United Nations Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, on attacks against religious minorities in Sri Lanka . (New York, 13 May 2019) Recalling their recent statements against violent extremism and hate speech, the United Nations Special Adviser on […]
FMM comes out of slumber on behalf of unethical reporting in Sri Lanka
In a strange twist, the Free Media Movement of Sri Lanka, which has been in slumber while mainstream media of the country were propagating anti-minority sentiments after Easter Sunday attacks, has now come out opposing requests made by the government asking not to publish unnecessary photographs and unconfirmed reports in relation to ongoing security operations. […]
Sri Lanka: Fight terrorism, avoid Islamaphobia – Jayadeva Uyangoda
Islamaphobia was a recent addition to the political dictionary. Sri Lankan, it appears has at present been caught up in an Islamist/Muslim phobia which is a sequel to the Easter Sunday terrorist attack. However, it has not turned out to be an uncontrollable political and social force. Politicians, state information managers and publishers, mass media, […]
Easter Sunday attacks:Those responsible for this – from the very top – must at the very least resign. – Sumanthiran
Image: Mourners attend a mass burial, two days after a series of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, at a cemetery near St Sebastian Church in Negombo, April 23, 2019. Reuters. (Speech made by Hon A. Sumanthirn in Parliament today, 24. April 2019.) I rise with a heavy heart […]
Christians and Religious Freedom under fire in Sri Lanka – Ruki Fernando
From February 3 to April 14 this year, across Sri Lanka, there has been some sort of disruption against a Christian worship service every Sunday – on 11 successive Sundays to be specific. Christians in Sri Lanka suffer violations of their right to religion and belief regularly, but most incidents do not make it to […]
SriLanka: The Palm Sunday attack and a government's duty – Kishali Pinto Jayawardena
The attack by stone-wielding and fire-cracker throwing ruffians, reportedly led by a provincial politician of the newly minted Rajapaksa-led Sri Lanka Podujana Party (SLPP), holding the President of the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka and twelve terrified worshippers hostage in a prayer centre in Anuradhapura on Palm Sunday is no isolated, mundane incident, as much […]
Local politician behind the attack on Methodist prayer house in Anuradhapura – Rev. Asiri Perera.
Susutha R. Fernando & Gihan de Chikera. While many Christians, non-Christians, politicians and government leaders in Sri Lanka were gripped by the fire that engulfed the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris last Monday, little attention was given to a mob attack on a small Christian congregation in the remote hamlet of Kumbichchikulama, near Anuradhapura. […]
Sri Lanka: Attack on Anuradhapura Methodist church is not an isolated incident, says Bishop.
Two parties that involved in the dispute over an alleged attack on a prayer centre in Anuradhapura have been summoned to Anuradhapura Magistrate Court today, police said. According the police, a group of youth staged a protest when the Methodist Church Bishop Asiri Perera visited a prayer centre in Anuradhapura on last Sunday when Palm […]
HRC Sri Lanka defends school teachers wearing the Abaya
Image: in March 2018 a group of people protested against teaches wearing Abaya to Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College, Trincomalee. HRC/TCO/27/18 –HRCSL issues a recommendation that preventing teachers from wearing the Abaya while performing their duties is a violation of Articles 10, 12 (1), 12 (2) and 14 (e). In March 2018, four Assistant teachers […]
On (badly behaving) politicians and the media – Kishali Pinto Jayawaradene
Cartoon by Avantha Artigala. White vans and 'black media' aside (which I will return to later), Sri Lanka has seen politicians insulting judges in Parliament under cover of parliamentary privilege in the past. Staggering and scurrilous abuse Each time, these attacks have been discomfiting, indicating the extent to which the ancient law of privilege can […]
Voices from the riot ravaged Digana, Sri Lanka: The importance of inter-ethnic understanding
(20 JUNE 2018, INFORM) Since the anti-Muslim violence ravaged Digana and other areas around Kandy in March, INFORM, Human Rights Documentation Centre has been following developments, including through a finding mission, during which the team was able to listen to number of diverse opinions, which included affected Muslims, Sinhalese, opinion makes, clergy, human rights officials […]
It is possible to amend Muslim Marriage Law: Ash Sheik Muneer Malaffer (Naleemi)
Image: Ash Sheik Muneer Malaffer (Naleemi). I have written two articles heavily criticising the parties supposedly spearheaded the attacks against Muslims at Kandy recently to Daily FT (http://www.ft.lk/columns/The-world-moves-forward-and-we-move-backwards/4-651588) and another Sinhala publication. I was eager to write about the other side of this issue. In the meantime Ash Sheikh S.H.M. Faleel (Naleemi) has written a […]
Tracing the origins of Anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
The Muslim community in Sri Lanka has been there for more than a thousand years. But recently it's been targeted by hardline Sinhalese Buddhists resulting in outbreaks of deadly violence. Muslims comprise about nine percent of Sri Lanka's population of 21 million. Buddhists make up about 70 percent and Hindus about 13 percent. In the […]
GTF calls for stern action against those responsible for perpetrating anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) is dismayed that a concerted effort is being made by extremist elements from the Sinhala Buddhist community to spread falsehood and hatred, and to instigate destruction and violence against the Muslim community of Sri Lanka. The violence occurred in the Ampara and Kandy districts during the last two weeks, which […]
Sri Lanka must no to through another round of violence
Image: Ampara mosque was attacked by Sinhala Buddhist extremists last week. Sri Lanka is still in a post-war phase in which the wounds and traumas of the past three decades of violence and war have still not been healed. The violence directed against Muslim-owned shops, mosques and vehicles in Ampara is a continuation of a […]
Sri Lanka: The way northern vote went is also a matter for concern
By Jehan Perera. The unexpectedly strong electoral performance by the newly formed SLPP whose chief protagonist is former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the recent local government elections was a wake-up call to the parties in government. The opposition has argued that the elections, which came a little after the mid-point of the government's five year […]
Diaspora Tamils urge British government to shame and sack "slit throat" Sri Lanka diplomat
Angered by a public death threat against Tamil demonstrators in London, Eelamist diaspora groups in a rare display of solidarity have urged the British government to strip Sri Lanka's military attaché in the United Kingdom of his diplomatic status and declare him a "Persona non Grata". Leading Tamil diaspora organisations spurred into action by Minister […]
Bias in the Dias affair: A reflection
Bishop Duleep de Chickera. The initial shock at the response of a high ranking minister to comments made by a citizen on a recent talk show, soon shifted to the realisation of its seriousness. During the show Lakshan Dias, an attorney at law, presented some data on violence against some Christians and their places of […]
Sri Lanka: Tolerating religious intolerance
Meera Srinivasan. Developments unfolding in Sri Lanka over the last few weeks look ominously similar to those in 2013-14, when a surge in targeted attacks against minority Muslims and Christians went unchecked by the Rajapaksa administration. The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka, an umbrella organisation for civil society groups, has recorded 25 attacks on mosques […]
Sri Lanka's Justice Minister on war path; Attacks minority rights defender as a NGO funded Traitor.
Image: Sandya Eknaligoda, holding a placard which says " protect Lakshan Dias's right to speak!" at a recently held protest against Justice Minister's remarks. Credit: @vikalpavoices . Speaking to Ceylon Today Justice Minister Wijedasa Rajapaksa has indicated that he is going to take action against human and minority rights defender attorney at Law Lakshan Dias. His recent […]
Open letter to Justice Minister, Sri Lanka : You seem to be ignorant about the definition of a 'Christian'.
By Professor A.N.I Ekanayaka. Hon Dr Wijeyadasa Rajapaksha PC, Minister of Justice. Dear Dr Rajapaksha, Arrogant and Foolish Attempt to Deny the Persecution of Christians in Sri Lanka I was shocked and outraged to see a video news clip in which you sought to deny the numerous incidents involving the harrassment of Christians in this country […]
SAFMA journalists condemn Justice Minister's threats to lawyer Lakshan Dias
Public Statement by South Asian Free Media Association – Sri Lanka Chapter . The Sri Lanka Chapter of the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA-SL) strongly condemns the recent statements by Justice & Buddhism Affairs Minister Vijedasa Rajapaksa threatening to deny the license of professional practice of Attorney Lakshan Dias for raising issues of persecution […]
FMM condemns Justice Minister's speech as a threat to the freedom of expression & religious freedom
Free Media Movement vehemently condemns the speech by the Justice Minister Wijedasa Rajapakse, which was made based on the statement by Lakshan Dias, Attorney-at-Law and a human rights activist regarding the violent attacks against minority religious groups in Sri Lanka. The Minister's statement is a severe threat to the freedom of speech and expression as […]
Sri Lanka: Serious concerns with recent comments made against Attorney-at-Law Mr. Lakshan Dias
18 June 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is deeply concerned about a recent statement made by Mr. Wijedasa Rajapakse, Minister for Justice and Buddha Sasana, stating that he would "take necessary steps to remove Mr. Lakshan Dias from the legal profession" if Mr.Dias did not apologise within 24hours for a […]
Sri Lanka: Constitutional reforms stagnating like garbage
Image: White flag being hoisted on the top on the Meetotamulla Garbage dump after the tragedy in April 2017. Kishali Pinto Jayawaradene. It is a typical incongruity of these times that constitutional reforms promising protection of civil liberties are discussed in tight-lipped seriousness in Colombo even while the police seem unable to arrest the hate […]


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8. 100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars.
Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.
9. If you replace "W" with "T" in "What, Where and When", you get the answer to each of them.
3. Why is there a 'D' in fridge, but not in refrigerator?
Vagaries of English Language! Enjoy!!!
- Wonder why the word funeral starts with FUN?
-Why isn't a Fireman called a Water-man?
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- If money doesn't grow on trees, how come Banks have Branches?
- If a Vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a Humanitarian eat?
- How do you get off a non-stop Flight?
- Why are goods sent by ship called CARGO and those sent by truck SHIPMENT?
- Why do we put cups in the dishwasher and the dishes in the Cupboard?
- Why do doctors 'practice' medicine? Are they having practice at the cost of the patients?
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package com.facebook.presto.jdbc;

import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.Driver;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.DriverPropertyInfo;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.SQLFeatureNotSupportedException;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import static com.facebook.presto.client.OkHttpUtil.userAgent;
import static com.google.common.base.Strings.nullToEmpty;
import static java.lang.Integer.parseInt;

public class PrestoDriver
        implements Driver, Closeable
{
    static final String DRIVER_NAME = "Presto JDBC Driver";
    static final String DRIVER_VERSION;
    static final int DRIVER_VERSION_MAJOR;
    static final int DRIVER_VERSION_MINOR;

    private static final String DRIVER_URL_START = "jdbc:presto:";

    private final OkHttpClient httpClient = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
            .addInterceptor(userAgent(DRIVER_NAME + "/" + DRIVER_VERSION))
            .build();

    static {
        String version = nullToEmpty(PrestoDriver.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion());
        Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile("^(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)($|[.-])").matcher(version);
        if (!matcher.find()) {
            DRIVER_VERSION = "unknown";
            DRIVER_VERSION_MAJOR = 0;
            DRIVER_VERSION_MINOR = 0;
        }
        else {
            DRIVER_VERSION = version;
            DRIVER_VERSION_MAJOR = parseInt(matcher.group(1));
            DRIVER_VERSION_MINOR = parseInt(matcher.group(2));
        }

        try {
            DriverManager.registerDriver(new PrestoDriver());
        }
        catch (SQLException e) {
            throw Throwables.propagate(e);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void close()
    {
        httpClient.dispatcher().executorService().shutdown();
        httpClient.connectionPool().evictAll();
    }

    @Override
    public Connection connect(String url, Properties info)
            throws SQLException
    {
        if (!acceptsURL(url)) {
            return null;
        }

        PrestoDriverUri uri = new PrestoDriverUri(url, info);

        OkHttpClient.Builder builder = httpClient.newBuilder();
        uri.setupClient(builder);
        QueryExecutor executor = new QueryExecutor(builder.build());

        return new PrestoConnection(uri, executor);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean acceptsURL(String url)
            throws SQLException
    {
        return url.startsWith(DRIVER_URL_START);
    }

    @Override
    public DriverPropertyInfo[] getPropertyInfo(String url, Properties info)
            throws SQLException
    {
        Properties properties = new PrestoDriverUri(url, info).getProperties();

        return ConnectionProperties.allProperties().stream()
                .map(property -> property.getDriverPropertyInfo(properties))
                .toArray(DriverPropertyInfo[]::new);
    }

    @Override
    public int getMajorVersion()
    {
        return DRIVER_VERSION_MAJOR;
    }

    @Override
    public int getMinorVersion()
    {
        return DRIVER_VERSION_MINOR;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean jdbcCompliant()
    {
        // TODO: pass compliance tests
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public Logger getParentLogger()
            throws SQLFeatureNotSupportedException
    {
        // TODO: support java.util.Logging
        throw new SQLFeatureNotSupportedException();
    }
}

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Катастрофа на јаловишту Бенто Родригес је непогода која се десила у руднику гвожђа које се налази у Маријану, у Бразилу. Догодила се 5. новембра 2015. У селу Бенто Родригес је приликом несреће настрадало најмање 17 људи.

Историја
Фундао и Сантарем су јаловишта у власништву рударске компаније Samarco Mineração SA из Маријане у Бразилу. Јаловишта се користе за депоновање отпада из прераде руде гвожђа из рудника Германо. Јаловиште Фундао је лоцирано 14 -{km}- северно од града Маријана.

Фундао насип

Рудник на истоку Бразила је у сувласништву највеће рударске компаније BHP Billiton Ltd и највећег копача руде гвожђа Vale SA. Насип који је задржавао рударски отпад и муљ обрушио се на село Бенто Родригес.

Несрећа
Дана 5. новембра 2015. године, у поподневним часовима око 15:30, примећено је цурење на насипу флотацијског јаловишта. Запослени су одмах реаговали испумпавањем воде из резервоара. Око 16:20 дошло је до истицања велике количине токсичног муља у реку Сантарем. Село Бенто Родригес које је 2,5 -{km}- удаљено од јаловишта било је скоро у потпуности преплављено токсичним муљем и водом. Преостала села која се налазе у долини реке Гулаксо претрпела су мању штету.

Узрок пробоја насипа

Јаловиште Фундао, на коме је радило двадесет и пет особа, задржавало је токсични муљ од минералног отпада на површини која одговара површини 25 фудбалских стадиона. Из непознатог разлога брана је попустила. Рударска компанија Sanmarco је обавестила да су две бране урушене, тачније Фундао и Сантарема. Међутим 16. новембра исте године, компанија је исправила инормације, наводећи да је само Фундао брана урушена. Отпад који је истекао из бране пролазио је изнад Сантарема, међутим није изазвао њено урушавање.
Насипи су били изграђени да би се уклонила јаловина од екстракције руде гвожђа из рудника у региону.

Утицај
Према извештају Уједињених нација, отпад је текао речним током 620 -{km}-, уливши се у Атлантски океан. У овом догађају настрадало је 19 људи, 11 тона рибе је затрпано муљем и уништено је 1.469 хектара шуме.

Жртве и последице катастрофе

Обрушавање насипа на јаловишту Фундао
Урушавање насипа на Фундао јаловишту сматра се индустријском катастрофом која је изазвала највећи утицај на животну средину у бразилској историји (историјских споменика, као и флоре и фауне). У јануару 2016. године из интерних докумената сазнало се да је 14 месеци пре хаварије Sanmarco упозорен на могући инцидент. Инжењер који је радио на пројектовању јаловишта од 2008. до 2012. године, Јоаким Применра де Авила, упозорио је на озбиљне поремећаје у структури насипа и написао је мере за санацију проблема. Из компаније су тврдили да је до хаварије дошло иако су предузели све мере које је инжењер Јоаким Применра де Авила предложио.

Муљ је достигао реку Свит, чији слив обухвата 230 општина, Минас Жераис и Еспирито Санто, из које се многи становници снабдевају водом.

Еколози су открили да ће се негативни утицај јаловине на море наставити још најмање 100 година.

Референце

Еколошке несреће
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This tree in Colorado Red Oak is native to the northeast and north central United States. It has been planted more frequently along the Front Range in the past twenty years because of its impressive fall color. It is an impressive large shade tree that does very well in many locations in Colorado largely depending on soil conditions. It prefers a well-drained sandy loam soil with a pH of less than 6.5. It will develop chlorosis in high pH soils. It is relatively pest free. Kermes scale seems to be the most common recent problem in the Denver area. Plant in full sun, allow plenty of space for growth and avoid using in heavy clay soil.
Growth habit Large symmetrical shade tree with an initially irregular or pyramidal crown becoming broad and rounded at maturity.
Growth rate Medium (fast for an oak), can grow 12-24" per year in the right spot. Mature size is 50-75' in height, 50-75' spread. State champion is 84' tall with a 77' crown width and 49" DBH trunk.
Foliage Alternate, simple, with 7 to 11 broad lobes with a bristle at the tip, lustrous dark green on top, grayish or pale green underside. Fall color varies from bright red to wine red, occasionally just bronze or brown.
Flowers Insignificant. Males produce a yellow-green catkin in the spring.
Fruit Single or paired ¾"-1" medium brown acorns with a flat, saucer-like cap.
Bark Distinctive wide flat gray areas with shallow fissures and ridges that deepen and darken with age.


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Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
by U2
Album: Achtung Baby (1991)
Charted: 14 35
You're dangerous 'cause you're honest
You're dangerous, you don't know what you want
Well you left my heart empty as a vacant lot
For any spirit to haunt
Hey hey sha la la
Hey hey
You're an accident waiting to happen
You're a piece of glass left in a beach
Well, you tell me things I know you're not supposed to
Then you leave me just out of reach
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee?
Well you stole it 'cause I needed the cash
And you killed it 'cause I wanted revenge
Well you lied to me 'cause I asked you to
Baby, can we still be friends?
Oh, the deeper I spin
Oh, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin
Took a drive in the dirty rain
To a place where the wind calls your name
Under the trees the river laughing at you and me
Hallelujah, heavens white rose
The doors you open
I just can't close
Don't turn around, don't turn around again
Don't turn around, your gypsy heart
Don't turn around, and don't look back
Come on now love, don't you look back!
Who's gonna taste your salt water kisses?
Who's gonna take the place of me?
Who's gonna tame the heart of thee? Writer/s: ADAM CLAYTON, DAVE EVANS, LARRY MULLEN, PAUL HEWSON
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Brian from Boston, MaWhen this album [CD] came out I listened to it constantly.This and the Joshua Tree are without question U2s' best.I feel that ever since however they have gone down hill. Everysong on this is melodic.Some great guitar too.This album although popular was in my opinion uderrated.All anyone could talk about around this time was Nirvana.This was great because it really rocked and was not just a band from the 80's doing the same old stuff.
Gregory from Memphis , TnCause I needed the cash
And you killed it
Cause I needed revenge
Well you lied to me
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>well on the version i heard it said ( Cause i wanted revenge )but other than that very good
Leon from Waterbury, CtGreat song and pretty under-rated...but I prefer the version in the music video. It's a more "acoustic" version, more stripped-down.
Angela from Hagerstown, Mdthe B-side also has a cover of CCR's "Fortunate Son" and another version of "WGRYWH?"
Nessie from Sapporo, Japan<> I heard it was an affair between Winona Ryder and Bono.
Gavin from Chicago, IlThis song is about an affair that an unnamed member of the band had while on tour, but he realized that he had to break it off. "You're dangerous because you're honest", for example, comes from the fact that if she told anybody about the affair, it wouldn't be good for the member of the band.
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Must-watch: Sia's new video for The Greatest
It's Maddie again!
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A new dancing video by Sia once again puts the spotlight on intense dance choreography, as well as a familiar face.
Sia has dropped the music video for her single "The Greatest". The song features contributing vocals by Kendrick Lamar but while Lamar is absent from the video, Maddie Ziegler once again stars, providing the artistic spark in an otherwise dark and cryptic video. Directed by Daniel Askill as well as Sia herself, the video sees Ziegler dancing her signature style in an abandoned building, moving from room to room and joined by other children in the vicinity, many of whom have painted faces which further add to the sense of intrigue and mystery.
Also, watch Rihanna's short music video for "Goodnight Gotham".
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Genetec Receives SAFETY Act Certification from U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Anti-Terrorism Technology
Security Center Named the Only Unified Security Platform Technology to be Designated for "Approved Products List" for U.S. Homeland Security
MONTRÉAL, January 16, 2018 - Genetec Inc. ("Genetec"), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, today announced that Genetec™ Security Center, its flagship unified security platform, has been granted the SAFETY Act Designation and Certification by the U.S Department of Homeland Security. Built on an open architecture, Genetec Security Center technology combines video surveillance, access control, automatic license plate recognition (ALPR), communications, and analytics in one unified system.
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Almost time to load the film and get started so I need to understand my options and have a practical approach to setting the exposures on the Nikon FE.
The first thing I have to remember is that I can't change ISO. The old films I plan to use are ISO 200 so that will be my ISO value in all cases (let's ignore any options to pull and push the subsequent processing for the moment).
The second thing I can't change is white balance. The film packaging doesn't appear to show any white balance recommendation so I'll assume they are daylight balanced (e.g. maybe 6000k). The traditional way of handling this would be to use warm up or cool down filters but for the more casual photographer they probably wouldn't bother. Like many (mostly) digital photographers I don't have a set of colour correction filters so won't worry.
The simplest option is to set the camera manually. Aperture is set on the lens and shutter speed on the body. The way to ensure accurate values is to use a handheld light meter, I use a Sekonic L-758DR, which can give very precise readings either for ambient or reflected light.
As long as I remember to set the ISO value on the meter this should be my most accurate approach.
On the Nikon FE I can set the shutter speed to Auto and thus have an aperture priority mode. I made a few quick comparison tests, camera vs light meter (in spot reflected light mode). These tests suggested that the camera achieves viable values but looks to slightly over expose. The Nikon FE does have the option to set an exposure compensation of +-2 stops which is very handy.
The aperture priority mode with it's TTL metering should be a good option when using the filters.
In my earlier notes I mentioned a Yongnuo YN560, in fact I'll probably use the later YN560 mkIV as it has an inbuilt radio trigger so it's more useful to carry generally. This has a claimed guide number of 58m (ISO 100, 105mm zoom) though a quick real-world test gave a result of 32 (batteries may benefit from a charge).
With fully charged batteries the guide numbers were 36 metres (ISO 100, 105mm) and 25 metres (ISO 100, 50mm).
Again the most accurate is to use the flash meter. Make a test flash and take a reading at the desired distance. Read off the aperture and set on camera. Change the distance and/or flash power if required.


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Q: numpy.bitwise_and.reduce behaving unexpectedly? The ufunc.reduce for numpy.bitwise_and.reduce does not appear to behave properly... am I misusing it?
>>> import numpy as np
>>> x = [0x211f,0x1013,0x1111]
>>> np.bitwise_or.accumulate(x)
array([ 8479, 12575, 12575])
>>> np.bitwise_and.accumulate(x)
array([8479,   19,   17])
>>> '%04x' % np.bitwise_or.reduce(x)
'311f'
>>> '%04x' % np.bitwise_and.reduce(x)
'0001'

The result of reduce() should be the last value of accumulate() and it's not. What am I missing here?
For the moment, I can work around by using DeMorgan's identity (swapping OR and AND, and inverting input and output):
>>> ~np.bitwise_or.reduce(np.invert(x))
17

A: According to the documentation you provided, ufunc.reduce uses op.identity as an initial value.
numpy.bitwise_and.identity is 1, not 0xffffffff.... nor -1.
>>> np.bitwise_and.identity
1

So numpy.bitwise_and.reduce([0x211f,0x1013,0x1111]) is equivalent to:
>>> np.bitwise_and(np.bitwise_and(np.bitwise_and(1, 0x211f), 0x1013), 0x1111)
1
>>> 1 & 0x211f & 0x1013 & 0x1111
1

>>> -1 & 0x211f & 0x1013 & 0x1111
17

There seems to be no way to specify the initial value according to the documentation. (unlike Python builtin function reduce)

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package org.eclipse.bpel.ui.dnd;

import org.eclipse.gef.EditPartViewer;
import org.eclipse.gef.dnd.TemplateTransferDropTargetListener;

/**
 * @author Michal Chmielewski (michal.chmielewski@oracle.com)
 * @date May 18, 2007
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GMP equalisation (Part 1) – High Court rules that pension schemes are required to equalise benefits for the effect of GMPs
This post is part of the following categories:
Cases / Ombudsman determinations, Defined benefit, Governance
In a landmark judgment, the High Court has ruled that pension schemes are required to equalise male and female members' benefits for the effect of guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs). This will increase the liabilities of affected schemes, a cost that will ultimately need to be met by employers and which may need to be reflected in company accounts. It has been estimated that this decision will cost FTSE 100 employers alone up to £15 billion.
This decision affects all schemes that provide GMPs in respect of service between 17 May 1990 and 5 April 1997. The trustees of these schemes need to take prompt action to equalise members' benefits and to agree their approach with their scheme's sponsor.
We are hosting a webinar at 9:30am on 8 November 2018 to examine the implications of this case for trustees and sponsors. If you would like to join this, please register here.
In Lloyds Banking Group Pensions Trustees Limited v Lloyds Bank Plc, the High Court was asked to decide a number of important issues. The central questions were whether the trustees of three of Lloyds Bank's defined benefit pension schemes were required to equalise male and female members' pension benefits for the effect of GMPs and, if so, how.
The Court has ruled that the trustees are required to equalise members' benefits. They are also required to make back payments to make good historic underpayments (subject to a six year limitation on back payments under the rules of the schemes).
In considering how equalisation should be achieved, the Court rejected the most generous approach to equalisation, opting instead for a lower cost alternative. However, this approach still requires schemes to carry out an annual assessment of male and female members' GMP entitlements and equalise them where necessary. This will be administratively onerous and expensive and it is unlikely that administrative systems will currently be set up to accommodate this. Trustees and sponsors may want to explore alternative options which could avoid the need for this.
What are GMPs?
Prior to 6 April 2016, the UK state pension was made up of two parts – the basic state pension and the additional state pension. During the period between 6 April 1978 and 6 April 2016 it was possible for occupational pension schemes to contract-out of the additional state pension. Where a scheme is contracted-out, the scheme took on the obligation from the State to provide the additional element of the state pension. In return, the scheme's employers and members were entitled to pay lower national insurance contributions.
Where a scheme was contracted-out of the additional state pension between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 1997, the minimum level of benefits that it is required to provide to its members in place of the additional state pension are known as guaranteed minimum pensions.
Why do schemes need to equalise members' benefits?
The method for calculating a member's GMP is complex. It is calculated in broadly the same way as the state pension benefits that it replaces. During the relevant period, women were entitled to receive their state pension benefits (and therefore their GMP) at age 60, whereas men were not entitled to receive them until age 65. In addition, the formula for calculating GMPs from 6 April 1988 onwards was different for men and women. The effect of these two factors is that the GMP entitlement for a male and female member with an identical work history is almost certain to be different.
This inequality is compounded over time due to the fact that the increases payable on the GMP element of a member's pension are likely to be lower, in most instances, than the increases payable under a scheme's rules on the excess pension over the member's GMP.
The combined effect of all of these factors (and others) means that in most cases a female member is likely to be entitled to a higher GMP and consequently a higher overall pension from her scheme in the years immediately after her retirement, whereas a male member may be better off than a female counterpart in later years. The position could also switch over time.
The High Court has held that the inequality in the overall pensions payable to male and female members, which result from the way that the GMP legislation works, is not compatible with the UK's equal treatment legislation or the right to equal treatment under EU law.
How should schemes equalise?
The Court considered seven different methods that, it was argued, could be used to equalise members' benefits. Employers will be relieved the Court rejected the most expensive approach, opting instead for a lower cost alternative.
It has been estimated that the cost of equalising members' benefits under the three schemes in question will be approximately £100 million (in terms of additional liabilities). The cost to other schemes affected by this judgment could be considerably higher than this, or lower, depending upon the benefit design of the scheme. The rate at which pensions are revalued (up to retirement age for members who have left the scheme) and increased (once in payment) will be particularly significant in determining the ultimate cost to a scheme.
The Court's chosen method will also require trustees to monitor members' GMP entitlements and equalise them, where necessary, on an annual basis. This could add significantly to the cost of administering a scheme.
Back payments
As well as equalising members' benefits for the future, the Court held that the trustee is required to make back payments to beneficiaries in respect of historic underpayments. Significantly, the Court held that as a matter of general law there is no limitation on the period over which trustees are required to make good historic underpayments. However, in this case, the trustees are able to rely on limitations in the scheme rules which limit back payments to a period of six years. This may not be the case for all schemes.
The Court's ruling on this issue could have implications for other circumstances in which members have been underpaid.
Is my scheme affected and what action must I take?
This judgment is relevant to all defined benefit pension schemes that were contracted-out on a salary related basis during the period between 17 May 1990 and 5 April 1997. It may also have consequences for money purchase schemes contracted-out during this period that have a GMP underpin.
Trustees of such schemes need to take prompt action to equalise the benefits of members entitled to GMPs. They will need to agree with their scheme's sponsor how they will achieve this.
For many schemes, a key practical issue is likely to be the state of the scheme's data and whether the trustees hold the right data to implement equalisation.
Are there any simpler options?
Trustees cannot avoid the need to equalise members' benefits. However, they may be able to minimise, or even avoid, the need to track members' GMP entitlements and equalise them on an annual basis. To achieve this, trustees and sponsors could consider:
the extent to which there is scope to make a one-off payment to affected members who fall below a de-minimus threshold by compromising their claims, and
the merits of making use of the GMP conversion legislation, which the Court said can be used, to convert members' GMPs (once equalised) into ordinary scheme benefits thereby removing GMPs for the future and avoiding the need to equalise them on an annual basis going forwards.
The judgment in this case raises a number of other important issues which will now need to be considered, including:
are trustees required to equalise the benefits of members' who have already transferred out of their scheme (this question was left unanswered by the High Court)?
what should happen where benefits have been equalised using a method not approved by the Court, for example, as part of a buy-out?
how does the Court's ruling that there is no statutory limitation period for historic underpayments affect other circumstances in which members have been paid an incorrect level of benefits?
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Allied Domecq is to expand its advertising strategy for its Stolichnaya vodka brand in the US market.
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As a result, the Stoli team is evolving the campaign this Fall, with an origami polar bear image scheduled to appear not only in print ads, but also in what Allied is describing as "unexpected out-of-home locations" and "surprising innovative mediums".
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Indonesia sees gas as bridge to carbon neutral
JAKARTA – Indonesia's state-owned Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) is seeking investors for seven new initiatives in a clear sign the country will be falling back on its rich reserves of natural gas to ease the difficult transition from coal to renewable energy over the next three decades.
Among them are more gas-fired power stations, particularly in central and eastern Indonesia, the development of regional liquified natural gas (LNG) hubs and new floating storage regasification (FSRU) plants, and the increased use of LNG for bunkering and sea transportation.
PGN director of sales and operations Fariz Aziz says his enterprise also wants to build a gas-based methanol industry, along with bio-methanol processed from palm oil liquid waste, and to expand citywide pipeline networks for domestic households.
The US and 20 other countries have pledged to stop funding foreign fossil fuel projects with "limited exceptions" by the end of 2022. But while coal is clearly the main target, little has been said about natural gas as a so-called "gray" alternative.
Pointing to what could well be Indonesia's way of the future, natural gas already contributes to 40.5% of America's overall utility-scale electricity generation, followed by coal (19.3%), nuclear (19.7%) and renewables (19.8%). In Britain, gas is 42% of the energy mix.
Indonesia trails on 18.5%, despite reserves of 20-30 trillion cubic feet (TFC) of gas readily accessible on the islands of Java and Sumatra.
Total proven reserves are put at 96 TCF nationwide, but that includes the 45 TFC Natuna D Alpha field, which remains undeveloped 50 years after its discovery because of dangerously high levels of CO2.
Indonesia has estimated it will need to invest US$150 billion to $200 billion a year in low carbon programs over the next nine years to meet its stated goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2060 or earlier.
Speaking at the recent COP26 conference in Glasgow, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said using the state budget is out and that Indonesia will be depending on financial help from multilateral institutions, the private sector and the developed world.
Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati speaks during a panel discussion on financial inclusion at the 2016 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on October 7, 2016. Photo: AFP / Zach Gibson
"The world is asking us, so now the question is what the world can do to help Indonesia," she said, answering critics who question the viability of Indonesia's future energy plans. "Retiring coal early will cost us, then it will also cost the people and it will cost industry."
The disappointing outcome of the Glasgow conference showed how difficult it is going to be to raise funding from wealthy nations, who used coal to reach developed status and now demand that developing world countries forego it.
Indonesia has said it intends to retire 9,200-megawatts (MW) of coal-fired power by 2030, a decade earlier than the schedule laid out in the country's Long-Term Strategy for Low Carbon and Climate Resilience (LTS-LCCR).
But while President Joko Widodo now wants to bring forward his stated target of phasing out coal altogether by 2040, experts say it will take a lot longer given the low cost and daunting opposition from Indonesia's powerful coal lobby.
What may help is that electricity demand growth for the next decade is expected to average 4.9% a year, lower than the 6.4% projection under the previous 2019-2020 plan. Last year, the Covid-19 pandemic saw growth in demand fall to a negative -0.79%.
Coal comprises a whopping 67% of state power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara's (PLN) energy mix. Under current PLN planning, coal for power generation will be reduced to 55% by 2025 and 47% in 2038, by which time renewables are supposed to account for 28% of electricity generation.
PLN's long-awaited 2021-2030 Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL), issued last month, envisages adding 40,600MW of new power by 2030, but that will include 13,8129MW in additional coal-fired capacity already under development.
In fact, the utility predicts that coal consumption by both PLN and independent power producers will rise by 5.5% next year, from 102.5 million tonnes to 108.1 million tonnes, more than half of which will be made up of so-called "low rank" deposits.
Under the RUPTL's procurement plan, consumption will decline slightly to 114.3 million tonnes in 2024, but with additional new mine-mouth plants coming on stream, it will continue rising again until it peaks at about 141.5 million tonnes in 2030.
The RUPTL plan expects renewable plants to take up an ambitious 20,900MW, or 51%, of the new capacity, built mostly around hydro (10,391MW), geothermal (3,355MW) and solar (4,680MW). Reaching those targets, however, will rest on the supply-demand balance and what the plan calls "economic considerations."
Analysts say the government needs to deliver on urgently-needed reforms and improvements in the regulatory framework through passage of the New and Renewable Energy Bill, currently before Parliament, and a long-delayed presidential regulation on tariffs and procurements for renewable energy projects.
An Indonesian oil worker opens a gauge near crude oil tanks on Bunyu island, East Kalimantan province, in a file photo. Photo: Facebook
PLN finance director Sinthya Rosesly says the utility is preparing to launch a sustainable financing framework in its efforts to raise as much as $500 billion from three different bond issues over the next four decades to develop green energy and decarbonization.
But it will be no easy task. One experienced Jakarta-based consultant says apart from hydro, which includes the 7,200MW Kayan project in far-off North Kalimantan, other renewable ventures are currently burdened by significant cost, technology, regulatory or bureaucratic issues.
Natural gas makes up 14% of planned new generation, or 5,833MW, with the RUPTL envisaging the fuel rising to 22% of the national energy mix in 2025 and 24% by 2050, filling an energy gap that experts feel can't be realistically filled by anything else.
PGN is close to commissioning Java-1, the first project of its kind in which an offshore floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) will pipe gas directly to a newly-completed $1.4 billion, 1,760MW power plant at Karawang, on the eastern edge of Jakarta.
A subsidiary of the Pertamina state oil company, PGN wants to install at least 12 FSRU's in strategic locations across the country where electricity demand currently exceeds supply and there is no pipeline, an expensive alternative in Java at least.
But as its main customer, PLN has decided the economies of scale don't work for a once-heralded "milk run" concept where small LNG carriers would provide the fuel to more than 50 small converted diesel stations in eastern Indonesia.
Indonesia's total investment in the oil and gas industry last year amounted to $10.52 billion, according to upstream regulator SSK Migas. But low oil prices and the Covid-19 pandemic has further slowed spending on development wells to $1.6 billion and exploration to barely $500 million.
The only promising new gas target is the three Andaman blocks 150 kilometers off the northern Sumatra coast, where Repsol, Petronas, Harbour Energy and Mubadala are proving up a field that could hold by conservative estimates 4-5 TCF, potentially making it the largest find in Indonesia in decades.
Most of the focus is on Repsol's much-anticipated drilling of the Rencong-IX wildcat well, which experts say could provide the first clue to unlocking the deeper areas of the North Sumatra basin stretching from onshore Aceh into the Andaman Sea.
Although the exploration is technically in frontier waters, it is not far from the wells that fed Mobil Oil's old Aceh six-train plant which launched Indonesia into the global LNG export trade in the 1970s and was finally abandoned in 2014.
At depths of 1,500 meters, and with little known about the levels of CO2 and other impurities, a major find is likely to force the government to relent on its policy of capping the price of domestic gas at $6 per million British Thermal Unit (MMBTU), introduced as a cost-cutting measure for small manufacturers.
The presence of Arun's Lhokseumawe's old port and other infrastructure could prove useful in piping the gas down through Sumatra to link up to an existing pipeline network in South Sumatra, which already supplies gas to power stations and industrial sites around Jakarta.
Sluggish exploration aside, Indonesia still has abundant natural gas to call on, from East Kalimantan's Mahakam field to BP's Tangguh operation in Papua's Bird's Head region and two producing blocks in Central Sulawesi, which supply their feedstock to three dedicated LNG plants.
BP workers at the Tangguh natural gas project in Papua, Indonesia. Photo: BP
Elsewhere, Pertamina is now developing East Java's 2 TCF Cepu gas field, which will feed into a 370-kilometer pipeline that currently supplies gas from a series of small offshore fields to power stations in Pasarun and Gresik and a range of fertilizer and cement factories.
Italian oil giant ENI still has to lay out a development plan for Kalimantan's $7 billion Indonesia Deepwater Development (IDD) project it is taking over from Chevron as the US oil company closes the door on its 90-year association with Indonesia.
Covering four production sharing (PSC) blocks at depths of up to 2,000 meters, the Makassar Strait field contains proven reserves of 2.6 TCF, which like the Mahakham block further south would be supplied to the long-established Bontang LNG plant.
That may depend, however, on the addition of more production trains to the two still in operation. Bontang opened in 1977 and at one point had eight trains processing 19.5 million tonnes of LNG per year, most of it for the North Asia market.
Efforts to develop the Masela gas field in the Arafura Sea have come to a halt since Royal Dutch Shell withdrew from the 18.4 TCF venture following the government's decision to reject its plan to use floating LNG technology instead of a 180-kilometer pipeline.
Japanese operator Inpex Corp still claims to be proceeding with plans for an onshore processing facility on the remote Tanimbar Island, 2,700 kilometers east of Jakarta. But industry experts say it will need a new partner to take on the $20 billion venture –and favorable market conditions to make it commercially viable.
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As Typo only supported SQLite and MySQL so far, I submitted a PostgreSQL schema file for the project. This new blog is running on PostgreSQL 8.0 and Rails!
I am going to use this blog to follow my Rails-related projects..and post tips and tricks!
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The year was 1988. THE BIBLE Baptist Church was in its first year. We had few members and little money but wanted to be active in missionary work around the world. Knowing that those serving on the field had none to minister to them (these were the days before internet) and no funds with which to obtain materials, we decided to send recordings to a couple of missionaries we knew telling them they could have more at no cost if they so desired. Well, one told another, and then another, and soon the mail was pouring in from around the world. By the time on-line sermons took hold we had sent about 3,000,000 recorded sermons and books around the world at no cost to the recipients.
Below is a list of the 182 countries from which we have received requests or replies. Praise the Lord.
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Females (books), Bonnyview residents, Nelson family,
Wilcox family
Summerside births
1860 births (books)
Nora Nelson
Nora Edith Nelson
Physical information
Samuel Nelson (father)
Jane Nelson (mother)
Sally Nelson (sister)
Tommy Nelson (brother)
4 other sisters
Grace Kennedy (great-aunt)
James Kennedy (great-uncle)
Jim Wilcox (husband)
In-law family
Gordon Hill (brother-in-law)
4 other brothers-in-law
Nelson family
Nora Edith Wilcox (née Nelson) was the daughter of Samuel and Jane Nelson, the sister of Tommy and Sally and the wife of Jim Wilcox.
Nora was born in 1860 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, to Samuel and Jane Nelson. She was raised there along with Sally, Tommy and other siblings and also with Jim Wilcox. They've been friends ever since they were kids. When she put a light up in the little window in the attic, Jim sailed across at once. They went everywhere together.
Wedding of Sally Nelson and Gordon Hill Edit
Aunt Mouser was invited for Sally's wedding and she reminded to Nora that she is still single. When Jud Taylor reminded that to her, she went to him and slapped him, first on one side of his face and then on the other.
In the evening she told Anne about her relationship with Jim.
"I love Jim... and I want to get married."
—Nora Nelson to Anne Shirley.
Nora, as Sally's sister, should be her bridesmaid, but she refused and Anne Shirley took her position. She helped in the kitchen with cooking and played the wedding march because Vera Johnson had terrible headache.
After the wedding, Anne set a light in the window (which had been Nora and Jim's old signal system) and forgot about it. In the night everyone in the house woke up because they heard a noise. At first, they thought Nora was being chloroformed but later Nora revealed that Jim Wilcox was only trying to stop her nose bleed because she had bumped into the library door.
"I wasn't asleep... I was sitting at my window... I hadn't undressed... and I saw a man coming up from the shore. When he got near the house I knew it was Jim, so I ran down. And I... I ran into the library door and made my nose bleed. He's just been trying to stop it."
Grace told him that he must marry her. Jim proposed to her and she agreed.
"And yet I was fool enough to tear over here in the dead of night because I thought you'd put our old signal in the window and wanted me! Ask you to marry me! Well, I'll ask you now and have done with it and you can have the fun of turning me down before all this gang. Nora Edith Nelson, will you marry me?"
—Jim Wilcox proposed Nora.
Marriage Edit
Nora and Jim got married in September 1888. They had a small wedding and didn't invite Aunt Mouser.
Physical appearance Edit
"Nora Nelson had magnificent black hair, dusky eyes, heavy black brows and velvety red cheeks. Her nose was beginning to look a trifle hawk-like and she had never been accounted pretty..."
—Anne of Windy Poplars, Chapter 15, The First Year[src]
Nora is a female given name of English origin, short form of Honoria or Eleanor which means honour. Arabic name Nurah means light and Hebrew Norah means awesome. Edith is a female given name of Old English origin and means strife for wealth.
Nora shared name with Nora, imaginary friend of Paul Irving.
Book appearances
Anne of Ingleside (mentioned only)
Retrieved from "https://anneofgreengables.fandom.com/wiki/Nora_Nelson?oldid=68663"
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Caught with Valium tablets
Constitution, Criminal Law, High Court, Human Rights, Legal Aid, News, Search Warrant, Supreme Court, Unconstitutional, victimisation
Have you been charged for possession of controlled drugs for sale or supply? Calls us Now on 018724717 or 0868257176 to represent you. Under the legislation, it is an offence to be in possession of a controlled drug with the intention of selling it illegally. Anyone found guilty of this offence is liable to a class C fine on summary conviction in a District Court. If the court decides, he or she could be subject to a fine and a prison term not exceeding 12 months. On conviction on indictment for this offence, the court can decide on an appropriate fine. The court can also impose a life sentence for this offence if it decides it is necessary. However, lesser sentences can also be imposed, either with a fine or alone. Where the market value of the drugs is €13,000 or more, the person convicted is liable for a minimum sentence of 10 years. This does not apply, however, where the court is satisfied there are exceptional circumstances. Similar penalties apply to someone convicted of importing drugs with a value of €13,000 or more. Anyone found guilty of supplying or attempting to supply a controlled drug into a prison, children detention school or remand centre can receive a class B fine on summary conviction or a prison term not exceeding 12 months or both. On conviction on indictment, the court can impose an appropriate fine or a maximum prison term of 10 years or both. Under the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 it is an offence to sell or supply for human consumption substances which are not specifically proscribed under the Misuse of Drugs Acts, but which have psychoactive effects. Anyone found guilty of such an offence is liable for a class A fine on summary conviction or imprisoned for a term not exceeding 12 months or both. On conviction on indictment they can be fined or imprisoned for a term not exceeding 5 years or both.
Call us today on 018724717 or 0868257176
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Have you been unlawfully arrested? Call us today on 018724717 or 0868257176 to represent you. If you have been unlawfully arrested, evidence obtained as a result of that arrest will be inadmissible. For example, if you were mistakenly told by a Garda that you were being arrested under the wrong section of the Road Traffic Act, the arrest and the blood sample taken would be unlawful. The blood sample would not be admissible as evidence. Evidence obtained while you are unlawfully detained has also been unlawfully obtained and will be inadmissible. For example, if you have been in custody for longer than the maximum period allowed and you make a confession, that confession will not be admissible in evidence against you. Evidence obtained in breach of your right to reasonable access to a lawyer is also inadmissible as evidence against you. For example, if you request a lawyer and your request is refused, any statements you make to the police will be inadmissible as evidence against you.
Personal injuries assessment
Cohabitation, Criminal Law, Delay, Disqualification, Human Rights, Insurance, News, Personal Injuries, Road Traffic, Road Traffic Act 1961, Road traffic law, Same-Sex, victimisation
InjuriesBoard.ie, formerly known as the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB), is an independent statutory body set up under the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003. All personal injury claims in Ireland (except for cases involving medical negligence) must be submitted to InjuriesBoard.ie. The Board provides an independent assessment of personal injury claims for compensation following road traffic, workplace or public liability accidents. Where the person responsible (the respondent) does not consent to InjuriesBoard.ie assessing your claim for compensation, InjuriesBoard.ie will allow you to pursue your claim through the courts. Claims are assessed on average within 7 months of the respondent consenting. Personal injury claims through litigation (that is, the courts) can take up to 36 months (3 years). Claims are assessed using the medical evidence you provide from your doctor and, if necessary, a report provided by an independent doctor appointed by InjuriesBoard.ie. The assessment of the damages due is made having regard to the particular injuries you sustained and your circumstances. Guideline amounts for compensation in respect of particular injuries are set out in the Book of Quantum which was prepared for the Board in 2004. An online version known as the Estimator are available on the Board's website. If the respondent does not agree to an assessment by InjuriesBoard.ie or if either side rejects the Board's award, the matter can then be referred to the courts. From 1 August 2014, under the Recovery of Certain Benefits and Assistance Scheme the Department of Social Protection can recover the value of certain illness-related social welfare payments from compensation awards. The benefits are recovered from the compensator and not from the injured person. How to apply? To make a personal injury claim for compensation you can:
Submit your application online or
Submit your application by post to InjuriesBoard.ie
The following documentation is required for you to complete your application:
A completed Application Form (Form A) (pdf) which can be submitted online or by post.
A Medical Assessment Form (Form B) (pdf) completed by your treating doctor. This can be submitted by you online or by post.
Payment of €45. This can be paid by telephone using a credit or debit card. They can also be used online if you are submitting your application online. Alternatively, you can send a cheque or postal order, payable to InjuriesBoard.ie, by post.
You should also provide receipts for any financial loss that you have incurred as a result of the accident, together with any other documentation you may consider relevant to your claim. If making an application on behalf of child (someone under age 18) or on behalf of someone who has been fatally injured, you must make the application by post. Also, you must use a Fatal Accident Application Form (Form A) (pdf) when claiming for someone fatally injured.
Equality Tribunal Award
Pádraig Murray
constructive dismissal, Employment Law, equality tribunal, harrasment, Human Rights, Unfair Dismissal, victimisation
Case Study James Watters & Co Solicitors recently secured a substantial Equality Tribunal award for a client in the an employment law and equality law matter. Our client worked in retail. In or about May 2010 it was alleged that a customer was racially abusive towards her. Our client was so upset by the abuse she reported it to the Gardaí. The Gardaí contacted the person who had allegedly abused our client but she denied it. Our client told the Gardaí she did not wish to pursue the matter further. The following morning our client was then called into a meeting by her employer (the 'Respondent'); he seemed annoyed that the matter had been reported to the Gardaí. Following the meeting she was informed that she was being transferred to another location. Our client explained that this was not convenient for her as she had a small child; however she was told that this was not her employer's concern and her presence in the shop was affecting business. On the first day in the new location she was told by her manager that a customer had complained about her and that she would be put to do more menial work. Our client decided to leave the job and managed to get alternative employment elsewhere. After two weeks in the new job her new employer asked her if she had been working in the respondents business. She told him that she had. The next day she received a text from her new employer to say there were no hours for her and he would let her go. Our client engaged James Watters & Co Solicitors to help her resolve her employment law and equality law issues. The Equality Officer made a finding against the old employer. The Equality Tribunal found that our client had been discriminated against on the basis of her race, colour, nationality or ethnic or national origins. It was also found that she was the victim of harassment and her treatment following her making the complaint amounted to victimisation. As a result of making these findings the Equality Officer made the following award: •	€14,000 in compensation for the distress caused by the discrimination and constructive dismissal; •	€20,000 in compensation for the distress caused by victimisation. The full decision is available at: http://www.equalitytribunal.ie/en/Cases/2013/December/DEC-E2013-193.html If you have any employment law or equality law issues call Watters Solicitors at 01-872 4717
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Brazilian judoka Walter Carmona was 1984 Olympic bronze medallist in Los Angeles. He was fifth in Moscow in 1980 and won World bronze in 1979 U86kg. He won the Pan American title in 1980 U86 and Open and in 1984.


elugu movie industry top heroes are power star Pawan Kalyan and prince Mahesh Babu. This two-star hero has a huge fan base in Telugu movie industry equally. This year power star Pawan Kalyan came with Sardar Gabbar Singh movie and gave the treat to his power star fans. Now, it's time for Prince Mahesh fans to enjoy the movie of Prince which titled as Brahmostsavam. Srikanth Addala has directed this movie and Pearl V Potluri has produced this movie from his own production house PVP cinemas. Many star cast has joined hands for this movie and shared the screen in this movie.
Director Srikanth Addala is expert in making the movies which are made with a good family subject. Srikanth Adalla earned a good name with his first movie Kotha Bangaru Lokam and got stardom with his second movie Setthama Vakitko Sirimalley Chettu which became a good blockbuster of that year. Prince Mahesh worked with Srikanth and this is his second film working under his direction. Brahmotsavam Movie is made with a good story line which is made with good human relation script. Director Srikanth and Producer are confident that this movie will gain a good response from family movie lovers. Here you can read about Best Top 5 Bollywood Hot Kissing Scenes / Videos.
Brahmotsavam movie is made with huge cast and crew and with the good budget. In this movie Kajal, Samantha, Parineethi are playing the lead role next to Super Star Mahesh in this movie. This is third time Kajal Agarwal and Samantha sharing screen with Mahesh in Brahmotsavam movie. Satyaraj, Jayasudha, Ramesh, Revathi, Naresh and some other start cast are part of this Brahmotsavam movie. Micky J Meyer has composed tunes and background for this movie. Recently the audio has celebrated its audio success meet.
Before the release of Brahmotsavam movie fans of Mahesh and movie crits were eager about Brahmotsavam movie result and waiting for the first day collections of Brahmotsavam movie. BBrahmotsavam movie has released in a number of screens and in overseas Brahmotsavam movie created the new record in the release. For the first time, Brahmotsavam movie has released in 175 screens alone in United states. Brahmotsavam movie has released with huge expectations on the number of screens. In spite of this huge release, Brahmotsavam movie got an Average Talk and made fans upset.
This year Power Star Pawan Kalyan movie Sardar Gabbar Singh movie came with huge expectations and became the disaster and now Prince Mahesh Brahmotsavam movie also followed the footsteps of Power Star and gave an Average movie. This average talk of the movie may affect the(1st day) first day collections and box office collections of Brahmotsavam movie. The main reason for average talk is the dragging of the movie. Especially the second half of the movie is a big drag this movie. Out and out a movie was made was the good subject and good effort by Director Srikanth. But, unfortunately, a good class movie never collects a good box office collections and this is a bitter truth of our TFI.


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The owner of the land that a watercourse runs through is responsible for maintaining it. If they are unable or unwilling to carry out necessary maintenance works, either Natural Resources Wales or the council will take action. It will be Natural Resources Wales if the watercourse is a main river or us for ordinary watercourses, ditches, culverts or surface or groundwater.
Riparian owner rights
A riparian owner owns the land bordering a watercourse, or land that a watercourse passes through or under. The riparian owner has certain rights and responsibilities.
If you are a riparian owner, you have the right to:
be presumed to own the land up to the centre of the watercourse, unless it is known to be owned by others
receive flow of water in its natural state, without undue interference in quantity or quality
protect your property from flooding, and your land from erosion so long as you have permission from Natural Resources Wales or the council
fish in your watercourse by legal methods and with a rod licence
remove up to 20 cubic metres of water daily for your own household's domestic purposes or for agricultural use except spray irrigation without a licence
to extract water outside of these conditions if you have a licence from Natural Resources Wales
Riparian owner responsibilities
If you are a riparian owner, you have the responsibility to:
pass on flow without obstruction, pollution or diversion affecting the other's rights
accept flood flows through your land even if caused by inadequate capacity downstream, as there is no legal duty to improve a watercourse
allow the free passage of fish
discuss the maintenance of flood defences with Natural Resources Wales or the council
maintain the watercourse's bed and banks of the watercourse, including trees and shrubs growing on the banks
clear any debris, natural or otherwise, including litter and animal carcasses even if it did not originate from your land
keep the bed and banks clear of anything that could cause an obstruction, either on your land or by being washed downstream
keep structures such as culverts, trash screens, weirs and mill gates clear
protect your property from leaks through natural or man-made banks
If you do not carry out your responsibilities, civil action may be taken.
You can find out more from Natural Resources Wales's Guide to your rights and responsibilities of riverside ownership in Wales.
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