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Conclusions from the National Inventory of Legal Materials
By Emily Feltren and Hays Butler, 13 Jan 2013
During the past three years, the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) worked with law librarian volunteers around the country to build the first-ever National Inventory of Legal Materials, an inventory of print and electronic legal materials at all levels of government. Adding to the survey template developed by the Northern California Association of Law Libraries, AALL's Government Relations Office came up an expanded survey with questions related to cost, digital authentication, official status, preservation, permanent public access, copyright and other use restrictions. More than 350 volunteers have added nearly 8,000 legal titles to the inventory so far.
AALL's state working groups completed most of their work on the state, county and municipal titles by June 2011. Collecting this information about each legal resource was no easy task. Our volunteers found it was often difficult to determine from an agency or legislative website whether a resource was official, preserved, or made available for permanent public access. Sometimes there were disclaimers stating that the material was unofficial, but often not. Many states include a copyright notice on their websites, and it was frequently difficult to determine whether a notice applied to the entire website, all posted materials, or specific materials on the site. Volunteers often had to make a call (or several) to the right government office to find the answer.
AALL's Digital Access to Legal Information Committee (DALIC) and the Government Relations Office (GRO) analyzed 6 online primary legal materials in each state inventory (state constitution, administrative register, administrative code, statutes, and high court and appellate court opinions) and compared our findings to AALL's 2009-2010 state-by-state reports on digital authentication. We found that 24 states have designated at least one online primary legal resource as official (compared to 18 in 2009); 6 states have designated at least one as authentic (compared to 4 in 2009); 17 states are preserving; and 12 states are ensuring permanent public access.
The DALIC and GRO published a summary of the conclusions as a chart on AALLNET, with links to each state's inventory so that anyone can access the underlying information, as well as each state's report in the State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources and 2009-2010 state updates. In addition to tracking the progress states are making in addressing permanent public access to official, authentic online legal information, the chart also includes the status of universal citation and the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA) in the states. We continue to update the chart as we receive more or updated information from the states.
Using the Data
The New Jersey inventory provides a good example of the type of information that can be found in these state inventories. New Jersey makes a great deal of primary law available through online databases but none of this information is official; furthermore, none of the information has been authenticated. For example, the New Jersey legislature makes available the state's statutes though a database that can be found on the legislature's web site. Not only is this database not official but it also contains the following disclaimer: "This statutory database is unannotated and as such may include laws that have not become operable due to unmet conditions, have expired, have been ruled inoperable by a court, or have otherwise become inoperable. Effective dates are not typically included. Users should diligently read applicable statute source law and case law."
The New Jersey inventory also indicates that decisions of the Supreme Court of New Jersey and the Superior Court's Appellate Division can be found on the website of the Rutgers Law Library – Camden (at http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/index.shtml). These cases are made available by an agreement between the New Jersey Administrative Office of Courts and Rutgers University School of Law – Camden. This site cannot be considered official insofar as no provision of the state's statutes has declared the site official and there is no statement on the site itself or on the Web pages of the New Jersey Courts declaring the site official.
It should be noted that the Legislative Counsel's Office in New Jersey had begun considering whether to introduce a bill on UELMA in the state legislature so there are signs the status of online materials in the state may change in the near future.
The kind of data contained in the state inventories has been extremely useful to advocates of UELMA. UELMA requires that, when a state makes the online version of a publication official, it must also take steps to authenticate the material. The state inventories provide a picture of the status of a state's online materials. At a glance it can be determined the extent to which online materials are official or have been authenticated. For example, by indicating whether a state's online publications are official, the inventories indicate the extent to which the statute's authentication requirements would apply to online publications if the uniform act were enacted.
Another important piece of information about online publications indicated by state inventories is whether the jurisdiction has adopted a system of universal citation. This type of information is valuable to groups and organizations promoting universal citation systems by helping to track efforts in individual states to promote citation reform.
State working group coordinators have also shared data from state inventories with their judiciaries and legislatures to help expose the need for taking steps to protect state legal materials. Inventories may show that some states have eliminated print versions of legal publications altogether in favor of online versions without making any effort to authenticate the online versions of the materials. Inventories may also show that a state has not made any effort to ensure the permanent publication of an online legal database and that efforts are needed to ensure that the material is permanently available.
A final use of the data in the state inventories is by organizations considering the digitization of state legal materials. By indicating which publications are available online and the characteristics of such publications (e.g. official status, etc.), the inventories may help these organizations make decisions about which types of state legal materials may need to be digitized.
Volunteers are currently working to complete the federa l inventory, which includes information from all three branches of government such as decisions, reports and digests (Executive); court opinions, court rules, and Supreme Court briefs (Judicial); and bills and resolutions, the Constitution, and Statutes at Large (Legislative). AALL's Native Peoples Law Caucus is also working with the National Indian Law Library to collect information about tribal materials. Our volunteers will continue to update and add to their inventories and the Digital Access to Legal Information Committee will conduct regular analyses of the information. Please visit AALL's website for more information and updates about this project at http://www.aallnet.org/gro.
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LIVE: Barack Obama visits Philippines, Day 2
PhilstarLIVE (The Philippine Star) - April 29, 2014 - 8:30am
MANILA, Philippines — US President Barack Obama visits Manila as the last stop in his fifth Asia Pacific trip, which is a manifestation of his administration's rebalancing to the region.
"It makes up in part for the trip he was not able to take last fall because of the government shutdown, with the stops in Malaysia and the Philippines, and also allows us to go visit two of our closest allies in the world, the Republic of Korea and Japan," Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, said in a press briefing in Washington last week.
The Obama visit: An overview
- President Obama travels to Manila, Philippines, and participates in an arrival ceremony at Malacañang Palace.
- 1:30 p.m. Arrival in Manila
- 2:25 p.m. Obama meets with President Benigno S. Aquino III of the Philippines.
- 3:45 p.m. Obama participates in a joint press conference with President Aquino.
- 5:10 p.m. Obama greets members of the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines.
- 7:05 p.m. Obama attends a State Dinner with President Aquino at Malacañang Palace.
- In the morning, President Obama delivers remarks at Fort Bonifacio.
- Later that morning, Obama participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Manila American Cemetery.
- The president travels back to Washington, D.C.
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Ayla here, it's been a while since we introduced ourselves. Let's go back to 2009 when Tim and I were both in grad school in Philadelphia, where Wawa's (convenience stores much like Kwik Trip) are like rabbits: plentiful and reproduce quickly. I had noticed the cashiers seemed particularly miserable and a smile was an endangered species. One sunny day, I made it my job to bring the cashier some joy, hoping I could find an elusive smile. And it happened! I helped the cashier find her smile, and I bet the person behind me got a some of that smile, too. It was my way to spread a little spark of joy.
Tim and I had just started dating when I shared my Wawa smile story and Tim gave me an incredulous look. "I've been doing that too!" he said. That's how I knew he was the guy for me. It became a friendly competition, each of us asking the other, "Did you get your Wawa smile today?"
Soon, our Wawa smile spread to anyone who looked like they needed a smile. So it's no surprise that it's part of our mission at the Hive to bring a spark of joy and a smile to each person who visits our Taproom. We hope you've been able to spread that joy, too!
Ayla (and Tim)
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"The Leaf" at Canada's Diversity Gardens, Assiniboine Park
A Horticultural Sanctuary for the 21st Century
The new botanical conservatory is situated at the head of the current Formal Garden at Assiniboine Park, on axis with the Corydon entrance gates. It will celebrate cultural and botanical diversity. Designed for LEED Gold Certification it will play a critical role in shaping how a community perceives, interacts with and understands nature and sustainability. Through compelling architecture and innovative programming, it will meet a modern purpose: to capture the imaginations of new generations and promote a greater understanding and love of the botanical world while addressing critical conservation issues. It will be a signature piece of architecture that generates awareness and a presence in the park, an interactive destination that focuses on the interrelationships of plants and people, and a sustainable precedent focusing on horticulture, plants and the environment. The new exterior gardens and landscaping will complement the interior design elements, connect the building to the outdoors, and provide opportunities for social and community interaction.
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Moving from BUSD to private middle school
Our family has been happy with the BUSD for elementary school. As our child is approaching middle school, we are feeling less than enthused. The complete absence of accelerated classes in the public middle schools combined with larger class sizes are prompting a look at local private schools. We certainly intend to go to the various admission events but at this point I would appreciate any feedback from parents whose children made the transition, particularly from a BUSD school to The Berkeley School, Black Pine Circle or Prospect Sierra. Was your child one of the few new students transferring into 6th grade? Was it hard for him/her to make friends?
Please no comments critical of a decision to move to private school. We are huge public school advocates but want to explore all options for our child.
RE: Moving from BUSD to private middle school ( Nov 22, 2016 )
Black Pine Circle is very small. Prospect Sierra has an influx of kids I think about 6th grade.
they expand from 2 classes at each grade level to 3. Reasonable school, ends at 8th grade.
Tres expensive and remember their tuition will increase annually.
we did exactly as you are doing. Our two younger kids moved from BUSD to Black Pine Circle for middle school. They had a wonderful experience there ....socially and academically. It was small but had plenty of opportunity to make friends. My younger is now a senior at BHS. Both girls transferred back into BUSD for high school. Here is something they each said to me going back into the public system for high school : The found it more difficult in HS socially as many of the peer groups/friend groups get solidified in middle school. They made friends n high school but they mostly hung out with other private school kids entering into the public system. My older daughter told me she regretted going to private school for those years even though we though it would serve her better that staying in BUSD. I dont know if we did the right thing. It certainly was not something we thought bout or considered when we were making that decision. We thought since she continued with soccer and other outside activities that connected her with her public school peers, she would have those relationships already in place. We were not exactly correct in that.
We were in the same boat (and looked at the above schools) when we decided to transfer from WCCUSD to the Berkeley School last year for 6th grade. We too had been committed to public education but increasingly saw my son checking out/not feeling stimulated/doing the bare minimum and were concerned about the trajectory that would take once he moved into a bigger middle school during a tricky time of life and could likely slip through the cracks. I wasn't sure whether, as a 6th grade newbie it would feel like he was entering a well-established social and school system but the Berkeley School staff, kids and community have been so inclusive, welcoming and kind from the beginning that my son never experienced any transition issues. I think the school is very conscientious and does a great job teaching and living its values and as a result, newcomers seem to integrate pretty well. The class size has been good too: We were hoping for something not too small and not too big to ease the transition. It seems like the middle school has drawn a lot more new students this year so I definitely would not be concerned about your child being the "only" new kid. TBS also matches up new families with current families so that new students at least have one familiar face when school starts. I have been beyond impressed by how welcoming this community has been towards my family. We actually just moved our (very anxious) 3rd grader there this year and have had the same positive transition experience. TBS has made both of my kids feel excited about learning again and it really is such a nice, no-drama community of good kids and grownups. This was definitely one of the best decisions we've made. My sense is that because these schools see an influx of kids for middle school, they are all probably pretty good at helping incoming 6th graders integrate so it's more a question of finding a school that feels like a good fit for your child and family. Good luck!
My son moved from Malcolm X (six years of being very happy there) to Prospect Sierra for sixth grade last year and it has been fantastic. The school does a great job of integrating the new kids and there (they bring in roughly 25 new kids, so it is not a tiny number) and the "old" kids seem to be thrilled to have a fresh group of friends. My son, who did NOT want to go to private school and desperately wanted to follow his friends to Willard, has been very happy at Prospect and it has been a great experience for him.
I am happy to talk to you about our experience there if you'd like. Please feel free to contact me via my BPN user name.
Black Pine Circle expands from an enrollment of ~20 (in 5th grade) to an enrollment of ~60 (in 6th grade.) So 2/3 of the 6th grade class is new to the school. The newcomers integrate well with the students coming from 5th grade, energizing and tripling the class size. It's a great school!
Consider expanding your reach to include school's in Oakland. If the diversity you see in the Bay Area is critical, consider St. Paul's in Oakland. It's a K-8 independent school near Lake Merritt.
You might in your considerations give thought to the importance (or lack thereof) of academic acceleration in middle school. These years are so much about social development, and where it feels happy counts for a lot. Not sure if you have older children, but as the parents of highly-academically successful kids, our experience was that what happens in middle school is not going to make or break your child's academic trajectory. Our oldest child did the private route and our youngest went to King. King was by far a more rich learning experience overall and there are consistently wonderful teachers there. Overall, King was the happiest school experience either of our children had at any level. All the BHS middle schools do a great job of making 6th grade still feel safe and "small". So, not judging or critical of your process - just suggesting that if you are "huge public school advocates", to be open to the possibility they do serve your needs for these years.
My daughter moved from BUSD to Prospect Sierra this year. There was a large cohort of other kids (I think about 1/4- 1/3 of the class) who entered at same time, from a variety of places (Berk and Oakland public schools, other private schools). There are now 4 6th grade classes, about 18 kids each. The school does a wonderful job of making the new kids (and families) feel welcome. There is a 3 day orientation just for the new students before the school year officially starts, where they become acquainted with each other and the culture of the school. She has become friendly with many kids, though only actually considers herself real friends with one other girl, who also started this year (that reflects more my daughter's introverted nature though than the school-- the school creates a variety of groupings which help the kids to get to know each other and feel supported). I think overall it has been a really good move for her, though maybe she would have thrived at King middle school as well. Hard to know. Overall though, she definitely seems happier and I am pleased with what she is learning and doing. She loves that art and drama and language are all part of the regular curriculum (not electives), as she loves all of these subjects and doesn't want to choose one!
I decided to move my daughter to private school for reasons somewhat similar to yours-- I wanted her to have more academic challenges/opportunities and she is also a kid who needs more individualized attention. She really needs to feel that her teachers see her and get her in order to thrive. She was also very sensitive to any disruptions in the classroom, which were unfortunately frequent in her elementary school career. I say all this because I have another child, now at Berkeley High, who did great in BUSD elem and middle school, learning a lot and really enjoying himself all the way through. And he loves Berkeley High too! It was really hard for me to get my head around considering private school for my second child, because my first was so successful in public school. But so much depends on the child. I anticipate my daughter will end up at Berkeley High for high school as well, but for now, she needed something different.
Good luck with your decision!
Escuela Bilingüe Internacional is known for integrating new kids warmly. The school is open to all levels of Spanish learners. There are two tracks, one for the already bilingual students, and another track to learn Spanish. There are also many classes in English. Though Spanish fluency is important to me, the International Baccalaureate program is really the most astounding part of the school for its depth and support of deep learning.
Crestmont School is expanding to a K-8 starting with their first 6th grade class for the 2017-18 school year. Our daughter has attended since K and is now in 3rd grade there. We're super excited about the program and curriculum being developed. They are hosting an info session on Dec. 3. You can sign up to attend and learn more on their website. Hope to see you there!


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Our programs produce accurate geologic maps and 3-D geologic frameworks that provide critical data for sustaining and improving the quality of life and economic vitality of the Nation. They also organize, maintain, and publish the geospatial baseline of the Nation's topography, natural landscape, built environment and more.
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The 3D Elevation Program: Understanding Natural Hazards in Three Dimensions
This story map provides an overview of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) and highlights how lidar data support hazards applications for volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, hurricanes, flooding, drought and wildfires. An assessment of 3DEP data coverage as of December 2018 for high-risk areas of landslides, fires and hurricanes is presented.
Attribution: Core Science Systems, National Geospatial Program
Date published: April 2, 2018
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1-Meter DEM Availability.
Date published: April 21, 2016
Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON)
A web-based map viewer allowing users to search, view and download species occurrence data from BISON.
Attribution: Core Science Systems, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS)
Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD--US) Viewer
The Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) Viewer provides a spatially explicit inventory that lets any user – from the general public to professional land managers – explore the protected areas network anywhere in the United States and allows them to easily use this inventory in conservation, land management, planning, recreation and other uses.
Attribution: Core Science Systems, Gap Analysis Project, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS)
GAP/LANDFIRE National Terrestrial Ecosystems 2011 Viewer
The GAP/LANDFIRE National Terrestrial Ecosystems represents a highly thematically detailed land cover map of the U.S. This dataset is produced by the U.S. Geological Survey in collaboration with the LANDFIRE Program. The spatial data layer was created using Landsat satellite imagery and a detailed vegetation and land use classification system.
National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) National Assessment Results Viewer
The viewer allows exploring the condition of stream and coastal habitats across the country at various spatial scales, reported in Through a Fish's Eye: The Status of Fish Habitats in the United States 2010. It offers a variety of base maps and provides one-click access to more detailed information on landscape disturbances and habitat scores for individual stream catchments.
The 3DEP products and services available through The National Map consist of standard digital elevation models (DEMs) at various horizontal resolutions, elevation source and associated datasets, an elevation point query service and bulk point query service. All 3DEP products are available, free of charge and without use restrictions.
Attribution: Core Science Systems, National Geospatial Program, Region 11: Alaska, States and Territories, Region 3: Great Lakes, Region 5: Missouri Basin, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf, Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Region 4: Mississippi Basin, Region 7: Upper Colorado Basin, Region 12: Pacific Islands (American Samoa, Hawaii, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)
The National Map Small-Scale Collection
The National Map offers a collection of small-scale datasets, most of which are at 1:1,000,000. The National Map publishes two data collections at one million-scale: one for Global Map users and one for National Map users. In terms of vector geometry, the lines, points, and areas in these data collections are identical. The difference is in the attributes assigned to these features.
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This is the primary search and download application for USGS topographic maps and base-layer GIS data. The same topographic maps are also downloadable through other interfaces.
The National Map Viewer
The National Geospatial Program satisfies the needs of customers by providing geospatial products and services that customers incorporate into their decisionmaking and operational activities.
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Alaska Mapping
New US Topo maps for Alaska are being produced statewide, with digital 7.5 minute 1:25,000-scale maps providing a comprehensive update to the 15-minute 1:63,360-scale printed maps produced nearly fifty years ago. You can view a status map showing where the new maps are available, and link to a site to download the maps.
Attribution: Core Science Systems, National Geospatial Program, Region 11: Alaska, States and Territories, Alaska Science Center


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PM pensively recollects disaster of October 8 earthquake
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that October 8 was one of the darkest days in the nation's history as it brought back the heart-wrenching memories of the earthquake of 2005. On his Twitter handle, the prime minister said that the massive loss of life, the people suffered continued to sadden them on this day.
"The 8th of October is one of the darkest days in our nation's history. It brings back the heart-wrenching memories of the earthquake of 2005. The massive loss of life our people suffered continues to sadden us to this day. May the departed souls rest in eternal peace! Ameen," the prime minister said while praying for the people who lost in gigantic quake that shook parts of the country on that unfortunate day.
On October 8, 2005, a magnitude of 7.6 earthquake adversely struck Azad Kashmir and different parts of Pakistan. More than 80,000 people were estimated to have perished in the natural calamity, while about 4 million others were left homeless, with hundreds of buildings left in rubble.
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We participate in many volunteer opportunities.
Prior to Memorial Day our residents helped local American Legion Post 626 "fluff" 1375 Poppies. Vice Commander Doug Million put together the day's activities.
Our Veterans give back when ever they have an opportunity. This was a great even with many stories and wonderful laughter.


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Sigma-tau Submits Marketing Authorization Application To EMEA For A Novel Anti-Malarial
By Anna Ohlden | July 6th 2009 07:01 PM | Print | E-mail
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ROME, July 6 /PRNewswire/ --
- An Innovative Fixed-Dose Combination Therapy, With a Very Simple Dosing
Regimen, for Combating a Disease That Accounts for 250 Million Cases Worldwide
Per Year and Causes 880,000 Deaths, Especially of Children Under 5 in
Sigma-tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A. (sigma-tau) has announced the
submission of a centralized Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the
European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for Eurartesim(R)
(dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine), a novel fixed-dose Artemisinin-based
Combination Therapy or ACT. Eurartesim(R) is highly effective against
uncomplicated malaria in adults and children, has a simple dosing regimen (only
3 administrations over 3 days) and has been shown to offer greater protection
against new infections than other ACTs, for at least 2 months after treatment.
In 2008, malaria was endemic in 109 countries, 45 of which were in Africa. It
afflicts up to 250 million people worldwide every year and causes around 880,000
deaths mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, over 85% of whom are children under 5.
Currently, only a handful of antimalarials remain effective as treatment.
Eurartesim(R) will be a welcome addition to the arsenal of malaria drugs and,
once approved and marketed, it could help to save the lives of hundreds of
thousands of young African children.
This new ACT is the first product of a collaboration between sigma-tau and
Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), an international not-for-profit
organisation. Developed to high international standards, this new ACT meets WHO
clinical treatment recommendations, as it combines two active antimalarial
ingredients in a single tablet: the highly potent artemisinin-derivative
(dihydroartemisinin) with a second antimalarial (piperaquine) which protects the
first one against the emergence of resistance.
Eurartesim(R) has already received the Orphan Drug Designation by both European
and US regulatory authorities. After receiving approval from the EMEA, sigma-tau
also intends to consider filing for marketing authorization in the US. Stringent
regulatory approval, guarantee of highest international standards respect, is a
precondition for approval in Africa and, once this precondition is met the
dossier will be submitted to selected African countries with the support of
Pfizer, sigma-tau's partner to commercialize the drug in Africa's private sector
in order to maximize Eurartesim's potential to reach as many patients as
The MAA is supported by data from large clinical trials that involved over 2,700
patients in Africa (Burkina Faso, Zambia, Kenya, Mozambique and Uganda) and Asia
(Thailand, India and Laos). 1,600 of these were children under 5, all with
uncomplicated malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the most widespread and
dangerous malaria parasite. The studies were designed to compare the safety and
efficacy of the combination of dihydroartemisinin and piperaquine (DHA/PQP) to
the ACTs artemether/lumefantrine (in Africa) and artesunate+mefloquine (in
Asia).
Results from both studies show that Eurartesim(R) treats malaria as rapidly and
effectively as the other ACTs. It has also been shown to offer significant
protection from new infections in many cases for about 2 months. In addition, it
features a simple schedule: a patient weighing 60 kg needs to take a total of 9
tablets over 3 days compared to the 14 to 24 tablets with other antimalarials.
Fever and parasites disappear after only 2-3 days from start of treatment.
sigma-tau is committed to the development of new therapies that will benefit
people living with tropical diseases like malaria - said Dr. Claudio Cavazza,
President of sigma-tau - We agree with the WHO's call to pharmaceutical
companies to develop new antimalarials according to the highest international
quality standards. We make available our industrial know-how for allowing drug
distribution, at a sustainable price, in those countries where malaria still
kills unacceptable numbers of people, sharing the aim of the main industrialised
countries taking part in G8 scheduled in L'Aquila. The submission for this
innovative ACT brings us one step closer to providing a potent treatment to
vulnerable populations in malaria-endemic countries where malaria has a
tremendous health and socio-economic impact, as well as to European and American
citizens travelling to those countries for business or tourism.
The submission of Eurartesim(R) to the EMEA is a landmark event and the
culmination of several years' productive collaboration between sigma-tau and
Medicines for Malaria Venture - said Dr Chris Hentschel, President and CEO of
Medicines for Malaria Venture - Head-to-head studies carried out to
internationally approved standards have shown that this ACT is at least as safe
and efficacious as two other well-known ACTs. Its addition to the therapeutic
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Q: How do I change the icon theme in Ubuntu? I want to change my icon theme to Faenza. I tried using MyUnity, but it didn't work so well. How can I change it?

A: I use gnome-tweak-tool to change the icons.

Fist install faenza-icon-theme
Add the repository  and update
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update

install
sudo apt-get install faenza-icon-theme

Now, install gnome-tweak-tool
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

After Installation open Gnome-Tweak-Tool to change icons,

That's all :)

A: I like the Unity Tweak Tool:
sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool

A: You just have to install Faenza Icon Theme the way it became described here already:
Open a terminal (Alt+T) and run
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install faenza-icon-theme

(More about this way of installing software via add-apt-repository and about how to remove it.)
Then start MyUnity  and switch to themes, under icons select "Faenza-Ambience" if
you use Ambience as theme. Otherwise the icons in the panel don't match, which means they are black on dark background. If you prefer the Radience theme, choose "Faenza" or "Faenza-Radience". Changes should become visible immediately:

If you don't want to add a PPA as described above you can download the zip file on its homepage.

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*When the download finished, extract the file via rightclick → "Extract here".

*Open this new folder.

*Doubleclick the "INSTALL" file. When asked "Do you want to run 'INSTALL', or display its contents?" choose "Run in Terminal".

*A terminal pops up, you have to answer some questions about the install.

*When ready, start MyUnity and select the new theme.

If you prefer this way of installing and want to make Faenza Icon Theme available for all users on your PC, download and extract the file as described above.

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*Then open a terminal (Alt+T).

*Switch to the Faenza folder via cd, i.e. cd Downloads/faenza_icons_by_tiheum-d2v6x24/.

*Install the theme via sudo ./INSTALL.

A: You can change icon theme with Ubuntu Tweak.
Install Faenza Icon Theme
Hit Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run the following commands one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install faenza-icon-theme

Install Ubuntu Tweak:
After installation of Faenza run following commands in terminal to install "Ubuntu Tweak".

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

How To Change Icon Theme With Ubuntu Tweak?

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*Once installed Hit Super key (windows key) to open Unity dash and search for "ubuntu tweak" and open it.

*Go to tweak tab and click on "Themes" button.

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*Hare you can easily change the icon theme

A: Since you have MyUnity program here are steps to change the icon theme with it:

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*Grab the the Faenza icon package/ or any other icon package. You can get more icon themes from here:

*These packages are normally compressed so extract the compressed file to somewhere easily accessible like your desktop.

*Copy the uncompressed folder to the .icons folder which is hidden by default in the home folder. To reveal the hidden folder, navigate to your home folder and press CTRL H

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*Place the uncompressed folder in the .icons folder and close the folder

*Open the dash and search for MyUnity application and launch it

*Click on the themes tab in MyUnity and select the icon theme of your choice from the list of icon themes on the right side of the dialog box

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*Last and most important step ENJOY!!!

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Information war monitor for Central Europe: Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets have a favourite French presidential candidate
Category - Democracy & Resilience - 21/04/2017
By Katarína Klingová.
The French presidential election is the main topic of discussions and one of the most important political events of the year 2017. Various public opinion polls and personal background information of the candidates are brought to light and presented on a daily basis. Automated bots, social media trolls and disinformation outlets focused their activities on France as well.
Marine Le Pen's visit to Moscow, her meeting with President Putin in March, as well as her party's loan from a Moscow-based bank dating back to 2014, clearly indicate who is Moscow's favourite candidate and the first choice for the winner of the French presidential election. This is supported by Russian media coverage of the French election campaign, which underscores the Kremlin's preferences. Similar preferential treatment is possible to observe in the disinformation outlets in Central Europe.
There is no doubt who is the favourite candidate of pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets in Central Europe. In the past months, from the three presidential candidates, Marine Le Pen dominated the media coverage of disinformation outlets. Not only did she outnumbered her opponents in the volume of articles she was mentioned, but disinformation outlets in Central Europe hardly ever portrayed Le Pen in a negative way. A great example of this favouritism coverage of Sputnik the Czech Republic. This website disseminating dismaying and distorted information published 68 articles with tags Le Pen while 29 articles were tagged in connection with François Fillon and only 4 articles with tag of Emmanuel Macron. Thus, Marine Le Pen was mentioned over twice as much as François Fillon and 17 times more than Emanuel Macron.
How disinformation outlets portray French presidential candidates?
Russia could benefit from victories from either François Fillon, the soft Eurosceptic ex-prime minister, or far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. Both of them would veto EU sanctions against Russia and also disrupt the unity of the European Union, albeit to different degrees. On the other hand, Russian geopolitical goals would take one more hit if the centrist, pro-EU Emmanuel Macron became the French president, who vowed to take a tough stance on Russia. Therefore, the aim of pro-Russian propaganda is to discredit Macron and help Fillon and Le Pen get into the second round of the presidential election.
Disinformation outlets predict and depict Marine Le Pen as a winner of both rounds of the French presidential elections. While all candidates have fair chances, pro-Kremlin websites are fairly certain of Le Pen's victory. Furthermore, her leadership and ideas are not subjected to criticism from pro-Russian trolls and websites. The National Front's candidate is praised in disinformation outlets in Central Europe for her plan on holding a referendum on France's EU membership, 'FR-exit', after she is elected. Pro-Kremlin websites share and favour her 'anti-West' narratives of the EU being completely dead and rotten, as well as her populist ideas to dismantle the EU monster and resurrect the oppressed national states. Miss Le Pen is depicted as a charismatic leader attracting thousands of supporters creating passionate crowds, embracing the principles of a national state and supporting cooperation with Russia and common fight against globalism.
Disinformation outlets also featured and promoted Le Pen's anti-terror plan – she would fight terrorism by closing the border and deportations. However, Marine Le Pen, was perhaps most importantly for pro-Kremlin websites, was proclaimed to be against the "Western anti-Russian propaganda". When Le Pen was asked on BBC if France would protect Ukraine or the Baltics, if she was elected, she said Russia is not at war with anyone and it does not want war, why would we [the West and France] start World War III? She also added at the end of the interview that the EU is almost completely dead, even though popular support for the EU surged after the Brexit referendum. Marine Le Pen also claimed that the mainstream media is full of conspiracy theories, for example, about Russia trying to interfere in electoral campaigns. All these narratives – WWIII, the EU being at the brink of collapse or manipulated mainstream media – are same as those used by RT or Sputnik.
However, for the West such ideas are unacceptable and Marine Le Pen must be stopped – this is what the disinformation outlets report. The Western elites and mainstream media are supposedly trying to libel the candidate of National Front and take her out of the race for the Élysée Palace. Disinformation outlets claim "the criminalization of Marine Le Pen started" with the European Parliament waiving her immunity for spreading gruesome images of Islamic State violence and is being investigated for 'alleged fraud'. According to pro-Kremlin outlets Facebook and Google are spreading distorting and fake information about Le Pen and the EU and French institution are conducting a discrediting campaign against the leader of the National Front. Marine Le Pen is supposedly a real threat to the "dysfunctional and despotic European Union" and thus must be taken out of the presidential race. Referring to the West's anti- Len Pen campaign, the one Czech outlet even stated in its headline: "French pre-election farce: How to make the Le Pen a jihadist?", other proclaimed "discrimination" of the only female presidential candidate.
The French elite is scared of Le Pen's victory, as the election approaches more and more start to see in the French elite that Le Pen's got a shot at victory. The elite is afraid that the populist candidate would win and the "failed president" François Hollande says it is his "utmost duty" to stop this from happening. Although everyone claims it is unlikely Le Pen would win the second round of the election, pro-Russian outlets found an expert from Goldman Sachs who said it is a possibility.
François Fillon is the second most favourable candidate of disinformation outlets. The pro-Russian stance of this ex-minister was the topic of many articles. Fillon's declarations that Europe must cooperate with Russia in the fight against terrorism, and that the European Union must change its approach to Russia from its currently confrontational stance to one that aims at building trust between them were taken over by pro-Kremlin outlets in Central Europe. Both Marine Le Pen and François Fillon would most likely veto EU sanctions against Russia once elected, and thus disrupt the unity of the European Union, albeit to different degrees. However, 6 out of 10 most recent articles published by Sputnik Czech Republic had headlines of Fillon calling for better cooperation with Russia or the withdrawal of EU sanctions against Russia. According to Sputnik, Fillon even declared that "Crimea is a historical territory of Russia". This information was also published by Russophile and Rusreality.com.
Therefore, Fillon's scandal concerning the employment of his wife and consequent drop of his public preferences, was reported by disinformation websites as "an attack on his character" – a smear campaign and as a "political assassination" conducted by the globalists, the same unspecific people who are supposedly trying to hurt Le Pen's chances of victory. The West was accused of being horrified by the option that somebody else except Macron might win the elections and hurt the European Union, and thus stop the plan of importing refugees into Europe. The disinformation websites in Central Europe largely speculated that the scandal titled "Penelopegate" might have been made up. Hungarian outlet Hidfő also reported that Fillon is still being supported by most MPs from the Les Republicans party. This Hungarian article also proclaimed that Le Pen and Fillon are the two most likely candidates to win and pointed out that both Le Pen and Fillon are under intense attacks from mainstream media.
Out of the three presidential candidates, Emmanuel Macron, is the candidate Moscow would rather not see in the Élysée Palace. This is represented also by the lack of coverage by pro-Kremlin disinformation media. Articles mentioning him focused primarily on Marine Le Pen. Out of disinformation outlets in Central Europe, it was Sputnik who wrote the most about Macron due to his statements about the Kremlin and Russian media. Macron warned that RT and Sputnik are spreading fake news about him and prodlaimed that he would have a firm stance towards Russia concerning the fulfilment of Minsk agreements. According to Margarita Simonyan, the chief editor of RT and Sputnik agency, "Macron's team based his presidential campaign exclusively on lies about RT and Sputnik." From the view of pro-Kremlin outlets, Macron is actively involved in the global plan for France – once the elites would manage to get rid of Marine Le Pen and François Fillon, Macron would become the leader who would get France in line and who would obey the European dictators. Therefore, Emmanuel Macron was labelled as "French Hillary" and "Rothschild candidate" by pro-Kremlin outlets.
Edited by Katarína Klingová, research fellow at GLOBSEC Policy Institute; Veronika Víchová, analyst of Kremlin Watch Program, European Values Think-Tank; Lóránt Györi, Political Capital Institute; Patrik Szicherle, Political Capital Institute. This document was published in the framework of projects run by the GLOBSEC Policy Institute and supported by the National Endowment for Democracy.
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Alia Bhatt has demonstrated her versatility as an actor by occupying a central position in the Nepotism controversy and rising to the status of a millennial superstar. For more information on the actor, view this video!
Alia Bhatt: Breaking The 'Star Kid' Stereotype
Ever since Mahesh Bhatt's daughter Alia Bhatt debuted in the Bollywood industry with Students of the Year, the actress has been carving her own niche while experimenting with her roles and discarding all the sophisticated and comfortable scripts. Alia took an extremely out of the box with 'Highway' in her initial career days and since then she has been a prime example on how she broke the stereotype revolving around the star kids and Nepotism debate. Alia is one of the most coveted actress of the Bollywood
Alia Bhatt's journey from SOTY to Gangubai
There was always a possibility that Alia might enter the entertainment industry being the daughter of famed Bollywood director, producer, and screenwriter Mahesh Bhatt and former actress Soni Razdan. She made her acting debut as Student Of The Year's female protagonist in 2012, at the age of just 19, opposite fellow rookies Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan. With the success of the film, Alia gained widespread recognition.
Now, in Bollywood it's really hard to come out from a typecast role but Alia managed it and she did it exceptionally well.
She starred in several financially rewarding movies, including Highway, 2 States, and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. But in Highway, she utterly stole the show. Her career path deviates from the conventional trajectory of commercial films that also make a statement, as you can see if you look at it attentively. She does not only focus on commercial feasibility, but she is nonetheless crucial to a film's box office success.
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Recently, I noticed my belly vibrating as my baby tap-danced a new dance number under my skin..it felt like a heartbeat or a rhythmic beat inside my tummy.. I found out that it's actually baby hiccups! it worried me at first but when I knew it's normal, I found it's so fascinating that I forgot all about watching the new season of prisonbreak. hehe Yep, the wonders of being a first time mom that we can be entertained by such little things… I'm uber delighted when I felt my baby's little fluttering movements mostly at night and I also got worried when she's not making any movements so I just say a prayer that she's ok and that's she just having her beauty sleep. :) The real reward was when I felt my baby's tap-dance routine or one of her kickboxing sessions...and that's exactly what my OB refers to as quickening...meaning, baby moving,kicking,jabbing,dancing? I often wonder what my baby is doing in my tummy to make such rapid movements..
Even though my baby Chanelle has been moving more and more frequently, the movements are still quite soft and a friend told me I'm about to experience rib pains when my baby starts kicking my ribs. Occasionally, she'll make a movement that is quite startling because of the force behind it, although these are quite few and far between. I suppose I ought to be grateful because I have been warned of the time when her kicks and punches will keep me up at night..


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Even though the state of Kerala has advanced as compared to the other states of India in terms of critical health indicators are concerned, the state is facing challenges that are unique and specific. The people are now facing the problem of high morbidity both from re-emergence of communicable diseases and the second generation problems like the ageing population and non communicable diseases. Moreover, there remains the challenge of sustaining the privileged health indicators. Further, improving the quality of health care where the health seeking behaviour is very high is of utmost importance. The resources of National Rural Health Mission came in an opportune time when the state was finding it difficult to find resources matching the demand.During the last three years the State has been able to initiate many programmes suiting to its specific requirements and considering its health issues that need immediate intervention.


Check out these high quality scans from the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu on the new upcoming paid DLC, new characters Shigure and Melchior, and some system features in Tales of Berseria.
Here are the upcoming paid DLC that were previously announced: Pirate Style, Summer Vacation Style and Japanese Style. It seems the Japanese Style one will be for the girls only. These three costume styles will be available as DLC on game release in Japan (August 18 ).
Also, we stand corrected, but the price for them is PER costume, NOT per entire set. Each costume is 300 Yen per character. The Summer Vacation costumes, however, come in sets of 3 color variations PER character at a slightly higher price of 400 Yen/character. We apologize for the confusion.
"Like always, you can't even imagine taking me down, huh?"
- Shigure is Rokurou's older brother and is the current head and the most powerful swordsman of the unique Rangetsu sword style house. Despite having a care-free and free-spirited personality, he is part of the Abbey. Rokurou is training to defeat him by polishing his own Rangetsu style that uses two swords.
"...For light to manifest, 'sacrifice' will always be necessary."
- Elder adviser to the savior Artorius in the Abbey. He knows of artes passed down from ancient times, and he himself is able to manipulate unique and powerful artes.
The Mystic Artes and cut-ins for Eizen, Magilou and Rokurou were also featured.
Magilou's Mystic Arte is ??????.
Rokurou's Mystic Arte is ??????.
Sea Search - Once sea boats are obtained, they can be sent out to do a search. They'll return after some time with treasures, materials and even recipes.
Cooking - Look what's back! Like in the older games, cooking lets you make food on the field which can either heal HP or give additional boosts in battle. Cooking skills level up per character, allowing them to earn unique cooking skills.
Katz Boxes - These are special treasure chests in towns and dungeons. A Katz will come out from it, along with attachments.
Rheaboards - (Romanization not official) Rheaboards are basically hoverboards. They make movement faster and allows passage through some areas like rivers and valleys that aren't usually accessible by foot. It can also jump at some places. The namesake seems to be from the Rheairds from Tales of Symphonia and Phantasia, but the functionality is more similar to the Aibirds in Tales of Eternia (Aerial Board in the Japanese version).
Fly! Bienfu! - Using a button and a line indicator, Bienfu is made to jump into a specific part of the sea from a pier.
Chara Paper Money? - This is a game of sorts that features play money with characters from previous Tales games.
Chamballoon 2 - This is pretty much the same as the original Chamballoon minigame from Tales of Eternia. The player has to pop balloons as fast as possible using attacks.


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Latvia vs. Belarus
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Economy - overview
Latvia is a small, open economy with exports contributing more than half of GDP. Due to its geographical location, transit services are highly-developed, along with timber and wood-processing, agriculture and food products, and manufacturing of machinery and electronics industries. Corruption continues to be an impediment to attracting foreign direct investment and Latvia's low birth rate and decreasing population are major challenges to its long-term economic vitality.
Latvia's economy experienced GDP growth of more than 10% per year during 2006-07, but entered a severe recession in 2008 as a result of an unsustainable current account deficit and large debt exposure amid the slowing world economy. Triggered by the collapse of the second largest bank, GDP plunged by more than 14% in 2009 and, despite strong growth since 2011, the economy took until 2017 return to pre-crisis levels in real terms. Strong investment and consumption, the latter stoked by rising wages, helped the economy grow by more than 4% in 2017, while inflation rose to 3%. Continued gains in competitiveness and investment will be key to maintaining economic growth, especially in light of unfavorable demographic trends, including the emigration of skilled workers, and one of the highest levels of income inequality in the EU.
In the wake of the 2008-09 crisis, the IMF, EU, and other international donors provided substantial financial assistance to Latvia as part of an agreement to defend the currency's peg to the euro in exchange for the government's commitment to stringent austerity measures. The IMF/EU program successfully concluded in December 2011, although, the austerity measures imposed large social costs. The majority of companies, banks, and real estate have been privatized, although the state still holds sizable stakes in a few large enterprises, including 80% ownership of the Latvian national airline. Latvia officially joined the World Trade Organization in February 1999 and the EU in May 2004. Latvia also joined the euro zone in 2014 and the OECD in 2016.
As part of the former Soviet Union, Belarus had a relatively well-developed industrial base, but it is now outdated, inefficient, and dependent on subsidized Russian energy and preferential access to Russian markets. The country's agricultural base is largely dependent on government subsidies. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, an initial burst of economic reforms included privatization of state enterprises, creation of private property rights, and the acceptance of private entrepreneurship, but by 1994 the reform effort dissipated. About 80% of industry remains in state hands, and foreign investment has virtually disappeared. Several businesses have been renationalized. State-owned entities account for 70-75% of GDP, and state banks make up 75% of the banking sector.
Economic output declined for several years following the break-up of the Soviet Union, but revived in the mid-2000s. Belarus has only small reserves of crude oil and imports crude oil and natural gas from Russia at subsidized, below market, prices. Belarus derives export revenue by refining Russian crude and selling it at market prices. Russia and Belarus have had serious disagreements over prices and quantities for Russian energy. Beginning in early 2016, Russia claimed Belarus began accumulating debt – reaching $740 million by April 2017 – for paying below the agreed price for Russian natural gas and Russia cut back its export of crude oil as a result of the debt. In April 2017, Belarus agreed to pay its gas debt and Russia restored the flow of crude.
New non-Russian foreign investment has been limited in recent years, largely because of an unfavorable financial climate. In 2011, a financial crisis lead to a nearly three-fold devaluation of the Belarusian ruble. The Belarusian economy has continued to struggle under the weight of high external debt servicing payments and a trade deficit. In mid-December 2014, the devaluation of the Russian ruble triggered a near 40% devaluation of the Belarusian ruble.
Belarus's economy stagnated between 2012 and 2016, widening productivity and income gaps between Belarus and neighboring countries. Budget revenues dropped because of falling global prices on key Belarusian export commodities. Since 2015, the Belarusian government has tightened its macro-economic policies, allowed more flexibility to its exchange rate, taken some steps towards price liberalization, and reduced subsidized government lending to state-owned enterprises. Belarus returned to modest growth in 2017, largely driven by improvement of external conditions and Belarus issued sovereign debt for the first time since 2011, which provided the country with badly-needed liquidity, and issued $600 million worth of Eurobonds in February 2018, predominantly to US and British investors.
GDP (purchasing power parity)
$179.4 billion (2017 est.)
GDP - real growth rate
2.08% (2019 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP)
$27,700 (2017 est.)
GDP - composition by sector
agriculture: 3.9% (2017 est.)
industry: 22.4% (2017 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share
lowest 10%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 26.3% (2015)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
6% (2017 est.)
11.8% (2016 est.)
885,000 (2020 est.)
4.381 million (2016 est.)
Labor force - by occupation
agriculture: 7.7%
note: official registered unemployed; large number of underemployed workers
Distribution of family income - Gini index
34.5 (2015)
revenues: 11.39 billion (2017 est.)
expenditures: 11.53 billion (2017 est.)
processed foods, processed wood products, textiles, processed metals, pharmaceuticals, railroad cars, synthetic fibers, electronics
metal-cutting machine tools, tractors, trucks, earthmovers, motorcycles, synthetic fibers, fertilizer, textiles, refrigerators, washing machines and other household appliances
Industrial production growth rate
Agriculture - products
grain, rapeseed, potatoes, vegetables; pork, poultry, milk, eggs; fish
grain, potatoes, vegetables, sugar beets, flax; beef, milk
Exports - commodities
foodstuffs, wood and wood products, metals, machinery and equipment, textiles
machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
Exports - partners
Lithuania 15.8%, Russia 14%, Estonia 10.9%, Germany 6.9%, Sweden 5.7%, UK 4.9%, Poland 4.3%, Denmark 4.1% (2017)
Russia 43.9%, Ukraine 11.5%, UK 8.2% (2017)
Imports - commodities
machinery and equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, fuels, vehicles
mineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, metals
Imports - partners
Lithuania 17.6%, Germany 11.7%, Poland 8.7%, Estonia 7.6%, Russia 7.1%, Netherlands 4.2%, Finland 4.2%, Italy 4% (2017)
Russia 57.2%, China 8%, Germany 5.1% (2017)
Debt - external
$40.02 billion (31 March 2016 est.)
$39.92 billion (31 December 2017 est.)
euros (EUR) per US dollar -
0.885 (2017 est.)
0.9214 (2015 est.)
Belarusian rubles (BYB/BYR) per US dollar -
1.9 (2017 est.)
2 (2016 est.)
15,926 (2014 est.)
10,224.1 (2013 est.)
36.3% of GDP (2017 est.)
note: data cover general government debt, and includes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities, including sub-sectors of central government, state government, local government, and social security funds
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
$4.614 billion (31 December 2017 est.)
-$222 million (2019 est.)
-$99 million (2018 est.)
-$1.669 billion (2016 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home
$7.241 billion (31 December 2015)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad
Market value of publicly traded shares
$6.76 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
Central bank discount rate
0% (31 December 2017 est.)
0.05% (31 December 2015 est.)
14% (19 April 2017)
15% (15 March 2017)
Commercial bank prime lending rate
14.4% (31 December 2016 est.)
Stock of domestic credit
Stock of narrow money
Stock of broad money
Taxes and other revenues
37.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)
-0.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
2.9% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
male: 12.5%
female: 11.8% (2018 est.)
female: 8.4% (2018 est.)
GDP - composition, by end use
household consumption: 61.8% (2017 est.)
government consumption: 18.2% (2017 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 19.9% (2017 est.)
investment in inventories: 1.5% (2017 est.)
exports of goods and services: 60.6% (2017 est.)
imports of goods and services: -61.9% (2017 est.)
exports of goods and services: 67% (2017 est.)
imports of goods and services: -67% (2017 est.)
Gross national saving
21% of GDP (2016 est.)
Source: CIA Factbook


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Youth seek guarantee from political chiefs
Paul OsborneAAP
Mon, 24 August 2020 1:31AM
Camera IconAustralia's young people need a blueprint for the future, the national youth commissioner says.
Scott Morrison is expected to respond to a call from young Australians for a "national youth guarantee" when he meets them on Monday.
The prime minister will be joined by Labor leader Anthony Albanese and Greens leader Adam Bandt in the online Youth Futures Summit.
About 675,000 people under the age of 25 are unemployed or underemployed, and more than a quarter of all long-term unemployed are young people.
National Youth Commissioner Sophie Johnston said young people faced a "perfect storm" and needed a blueprint for the future.
"We now have a perfect storm in the combination of the pandemic, the economic downturn and climate change and young people will be amongst the most seriously impacted by all three," she said.
"There isn't a national youth plan going forward and this presents an opportunity for young people to join the table and help forge a plan for the future."
The summit is expected to canvass issues including education and training opportunities and affordability, mental health, the economy, job services, young workers' rights, and more secure and viable employment opportunities.
Support for coalition drops in new poll
Tonga damage slowly comes to light
Emergency lever pulled after deadliest day


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Someone can help me? Thanks. below is my code.
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Tess Riski is a senior at Seattle University majoring in journalism and humanities for teaching. She has extensive writing and reporting experience, and a passion for issues pertaining to homelessness, housing and education.
For the last year, Tess worked as the news editor of Seattle University's campus newspaper, the Spectator. She will continue for the 2017-18 academic year as the news and investigative editor, a new position she created out of a desire for more investigative opportunities at the paper.
This summer, Tess is working as the news intern at The Stranger, where she writes daily news posts while working on long-term feature and profile stories.
In addition to the Spectator and The Stranger, Tess just completed a six-month editorial internship at Crosscut, where she covered a variety of issues such as local politics, homelessness and housing. Her favorite story for Crosscut is a lengthy feature about the Aurora Commons, a low-barrier day shelter near the intersection of Aurora Avenue and 90th Street. For this story, Tess interviewed dozens of women who visit the shelter, as well as representatives from the Seattle Police Department and King County Public Health, to illustrate the resounding need for low-barrier spaces throughout Seattle.
It was during her time reporting on the Aurora Commons that Tess felt limited in her ability to enact change from her role as a reporter. Because of this limitation, Tess sought further opportunities to be an advocate in a more direct manner. From her perspective, our project seemed like an ideal fit, and Tess says she is more than eager to bring her passion for writing and advocacy work into the project.
In fall 2017, Tess will be studying abroad in Northern Thailand, but she will return to her position as project assistant in January.
Update: Tess graduated in June 2018 and left Seattle to attend graduate school at the Columbia School of Journalism.