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NDPHC sets vision 30-30-30, creates renewable energy department
News Renewable Energy Solar
Renewable Energy Solar
Energy Transition: SON launches new standards for solar system components
Power system collapse: LCCI urges FG to reduce tariff on solar power equipment
Nigeria's first solar-powered plant commissioned in Ibadan
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), has announced that it has set up a renewable energy department to facilitate its venture into power generation, aimed at achieving a 30 per cent contribution to the national energy mix (Vision 30-30-30), by 2030.
It disclosed that its renewable energy department will focus on using on-grid and off-grid renewable energy sources to provide efficient, clean, affordable access to electricity for more Nigerians.
NDPHC made this disclosure in its National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) report for 2015 – 2021, seen by EnergyDay Nigeria.
It stated that it was investing in the renewable energy sector by contributing a total of 3400MW to the national grid. It added that it was meeting renewables vision of making 30 per cent of the national energy mix by 2030 (Vision 30-30-30).
NDPHC further disclosed that it was acting as a guarantor to manufacturers and assemblers of solar components as well as off-grid energy retailers in the country who have been certified eligible to obtain Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) facility funds for renewable energy projects.
It further stated that it has created its renewable energy department with the aim of ensuring that funding from the CBN is utilised and the renewable energy projects are completed in line with the provisions of the CBN facility.
According to the power firm, several projects had already been completed as at February 2021, promising that more of such are ongoing or upcoming, as part of the Economic Sustainability Plan, Economic Growth Recovery Strategies, and Re-Industrialisation Agenda of the present administration.
In the report, NDPHC further gave indication that six NIPP generation plants are currently operational while four are still under construction.
On transmission, the NDPHC reported that it has completed four transmission substations, adding 300MVA capacity to the grid. The completed substations are Awka, Nkalagu, Ihiala, and Orlu substations. The NDPHC has completed at least 360 injection substations in the distribution sector with a combined capacity of about 3,540MW. It also has several projects targeted at the restoration of vandalised distribution facilities


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A Short Overview of 3-D Printing in Tissue Engineering
Technologies derived from rapid prototyping and 3-D printing will likely play an important role in the future of tissue engineering, just as they are coming to do in many fields:
The field of tissue engineering has deployed several fabrication strategies aimed at bringing cells and structure together to generate tissue. Biomaterial scaffolding - which provides structural support and can be formed into biologically relevant shapes - has been combined with cells to generate hybrid 3-D structures for use as tissue surrogates in vitro and in vivo. Protocols have been developed that enable removal of living cells from native tissues, leaving only a natural scaffolding of extracellular matrix, which can then be re-seeded with cells to reconstruct or partially reconstruct 3-D tissues. Another approach to soft tissue reconstruction has been the development of cell-laden hydrogels, which are often cast into a specific shape and placed into a permissive environment in vitro or in vivo that allows maturation and establishment of tissue-specific characteristics. In recent years, with the advancement of 3-D printing technologies for the on-demand fabrication of complex polymer-based objects, efforts have been underway to adapt 3-D printing technologies and engineer bioprinting instruments that can leverage similar 3-D replication concepts and accommodate the incorporation of living cells.
Organovo's NovoGen MMX Bioprinter precisely dispenses "bio-ink" - tiny building blocks composed of living cells - generating tissues layer-by-layer according to user-defined designs. Built for flexibility, the bioprinter enables fabrication of tissues with a wide array of cellular compositions and geometries; side-by-side comparison of multiple tissue prototypes facilitates optimization and selection of specific designs geared toward a particular application. Working within the confines of an object library, bio-ink building blocks of various shapes, sizes and compositions are assembled into architectures that recapitulate the form of native tissue. Tubes, layered sheets and patterned structures have been bioprinted, yielding 3-D tissues that are free of biomaterial scaffolding and characterized by tissue-like microarchitecture, including the development of intercellular junctions and endothelial networks.
In the short-term, 3-D human tissues are being deployed in the laboratory setting as models of human physiology and pathology; cell-based assays are a mainstay of the drug discovery and development process, and multicellular/multitissue systems may serve as more predictive indicators of clinical outcomes. Longer-term applications of 3-D tissue technologies will extend our knowledge of how to build the smallest functional units of a tissue to the fabrication of larger-scale tissues useful for surgical grafts to repair or replace damaged tissues and organs in the body. What are the next steps in the evolution of bioprinting? The first step is scaling up and down - increasing the resolution of specific features while advancing fabrication hardware and techniques to produce larger-scale tissues. The next, enhancing the complexity of designs - building the tool set that enables conceptual or visual inputs to be translated rapidly to executable bioprinting programs that select from a library of bio-ink building blocks to translate the vision into reality.
Link: http://www.rdmag.com/articles/2013/08/3-d-printing-life-science-applications

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Board Resolution for Appointment of Arbitrator (Format)
The approval of the Board of Directors of a company is essential in the matters of arbitration and conciliation relating to any matter involving the company.
Please refer to the arbitration and conciliation laws of the country and agreement or any other important documents between the parties in dispute while finalising the board resolution.
Templates of board resolution for appointment of arbitrator(s) are given hereunder for your reference—
(in case of appointment of sole arbitrator)
#. Arbitration in the matter of dispute with (Client / Party Name)
The Managing Director apprised the Board regarding the ongoing dispute the company is having with one of its clients, i.e. M/s. .......................... on the performance of contract dated .................. and the outcome of the meeting held on (date) between the senior management of both companies in this regard.
Further, the Board was informed that both the parties have shown their interest to resolve the dispute through arbitration in accordance with the clause ..... of the said contract.
The matter was discussed. Upon motion duly passed and seconded, it was:
"RESOLVED THAT an arbitrator be appointed in accordance with the clause .... of the contract dated ............ executed between the company and (Name of the Client/ Party), to resolve the dispute regarding the performance of the said contract.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT (Name), (Designation) be and is hereby authorised to nominate an arbitrator as it may deem fit in consultation with the said party/client.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT (Name), (Designation) be and is hereby authorised to do all such acts, deeds and things as may be necessary in this regard."
(in case each party is to select an arbitrator)
#. To Appoint an Arbitrator in the matter of dispute with (Client / Party Name)
"RESOLVED THAT (Name of the Arbitrator), (Designation/Title), (Organisation Name) be and is hereby appointed to act as an "Arbitrator", to conduct the arbitration proceedings in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 read with clause ... of the contract dated ............., entered into between the company and (Name of the Client/ Party), in order to resolve the dispute which has arisen with regard to the performance of the contract.
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT Ms. .............., Company Secretary, and Mr. ...................., General Manager (Finance) of the company, be and are hereby jointly authorised to represent the company before the body of arbitrators conducting the arbitration proceedings in this matter and to do all such acts, deeds and things as may be necessary in this regard."
(Arbitration between the Company and a Supplier)
#. To nominate an arbitrator in the matter of dispute with (supplier name)
The Company Secretary updated the Board on the latest status of the dispute between the company and its supplier i.e. M/s. .................................. The supplier has agreed to resolve conflicts through arbitration proceedings. The Board considered the appointment of an arbitrator in this regard.
"RESOLVED THAT (Name of the Officer), (Designation) of the company be and is hereby nominated as the arbitrator to conduct the arbitration proceedings and give an award in the matters of dispute with one of the suppliers of the company, namely M/s. .................................
RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Mr. ...................., Managing Director be and is hereby authorised to do all such acts, deeds and things as may be necessary in this regard."
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NOTE: These resolution samples are only for your reference to help you with drafting. Do refer the exact provisions of the relevant enactment, relevant rules framed thereunder and any other applicable laws to be able to not to miss out anything important while drafting.
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Q: Why can I return a string from RIA Services, but not IEnumerable? I am trying to create a method in my DomainService to return a list of strings. The reason why I am doing this is because I don't want to return whole entities of information. I can create a method to return a single string, as follows:
    public string GetDestinations()
    {
        return "Hello world";
    }

This works ok from the client via a InvokeOperation<string> call. However, when I turn the DomainService method into Ienumerable, as follows;
    public IEnumerable<string> GetDestinations()
    {
        List<String> h = new List<string>();
        h.Add("HELLO");
        h.Add("WORLD");

        return h;
    }

And then obviously use an InvokeOperation<IEnumerable<string>> call I get a compiler error:
Type 'String' is not a valid entity type.  Entity types cannot be a primitive type or a simple type like string or Guid.
Huh? This doesn't make sense given that I can return a single string. How do I return a list of strings from my DomainService?

A: Try returning an array of strings and marking the method as an InvokeOperation.
[Invoke]
public string[] GetDestinations()
{
...
}

A: By convention the method that returns IEnumerable counted as Query method. Query method can return only collection of entities. Add Invoke attribute to your method.

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The Past Month on TV #57b
I've blathered on so much this month that, for the first time, I've split the TV post in two for ease of reading. It's all about what's best for you, my dear readers.
For this month's introduction and a bunch of Doctor Who stuff, look here. For everything else — Red Dwarf: The Promised Land; Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema series 2; the worst of The Twilight Zone; odds & ends, and what I've missed this month — continue…
Red Dwarf The Promised Land
The 13th iteration of Red Dwarf eschews the normal episodic format for a single 90-minute special, in turn ditching the expected Red Dwarf XIII moniker for a subtitle. Well, the show has form in this: for its 21st anniversary revival we got Red Dwarf: Back to Earth instead of Red Dwarf IX, which wasn't a whole series but instead a 90-minute single story (in that case split into three half-hours, but still).
Indeed, despite the feature-length format, The Promised Land is not "Red Dwarf: The Movie" — it still very much looks and feels like the show has in its Dave era, not least because it was still shot in front of a studio audience. Fortunately, it does still justify its running time by being more than just three episodes strung together. Writer Doug Naylor probably could've separated ideas from the plot out into three separate storylines if he'd wanted, but as it stands it just plays like a super-sized normal episode. That's not a criticism — everything's on form, making this at least as good as any other episode the show has had recently (and, if you go looking through my previous reviews, you'll see I enjoyed most of those too).
The feature-length shape does allow for some variety in tone, including a strikingly emotional scene between Lister and Rimmer. As I saw someone say on social media, "I didn't know this show was capable of that." It leans on the fact these characters have an onscreen relationship lasting over 30 years — not explicitly, but you do feel the weight of that time spent together. It's actually quite a beautiful moment, with a lovely analogy that has a part to play in the equally emotional finale.
Talking of those 30-odd years, in so many ways this feels like an anniversary special. Not just because it's a feature-length one-off (for which, as I mentioned earlier, the show has form), but in the way its plot calls right back to the very first episode of the programme, delivering on story elements not seen since that first series, and with a ton of nods and winks to episodes throughout the years too. It makes me wonder if it was written for the 30th anniversary (which was two years ago), but it took longer than intended to get the gang back together. Certainly, if it had been pitched as a 30th anniversary special, I don't think anyone would've been disappointed.
Indeed, they weren't disappointed now, with the reaction on social media looking overwhelmingly positive. I don't think that's a given, nor newness bias — I remember Back to Earth facing a mixed-to-negative response — so I think The Promised Land can be judged a success all round. Personally, it's made me want to dig out all the old DVDs (or perhaps upgrade them to Blu-ray) and rewatch the whole series.
Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema Series 2
Mark Kermode's insightful deconstruction of cinematic genres returns for a full second series (following a few occasional specials last year). I say "full" — three episodes. Whereas the first series took on a fairly random selection of enduringly popular genres, this batch somewhat follows the example set by last year's specials by being particularly timely. Those were themed around when they aired (Christmas movies at, obviously, Christmas; Oscar winners just in time for, obviously, the Oscars; and disaster movies ahead of, obviously, the current crisis. No, I jest, it was for Bank Holidays), whereas these episodes tackle the genres du jour: superhero movies (can't get more top-of-the-zeitgeist than that), British history movies (including modern history movies like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, both recent hits), and spy movies (which would've coincided perfectly with the release of No Time To Die if that hadn't had to be postponed).
In typical BBC Four fashion, the series if both educational and entertaining. Even if you're a well-read movie buff, Kermode (plus writer Kim Newman) are likely to draw out at least some connections or comparisons you haven't thought of it, but are always on the money and enlightening. But as well as being information, they make for an entertaining overview of the genres in question, working both as a kind of clip show to relive each genre's highlights, and, with their relative comprehensiveness, to suggest some films you might not have seen yet. For example, British history is such a broad catch-all kind of subject (as Kermode acknowledges in the programme, each time period is really its own subgenre) that I came away with a list of 17 films I wanted to watch or rewatch. I always think that's a mark of a good film documentary: one that makes you want to see the movies it's talking about.
(Series 2 and the Oscars special are currently available on iPlayer. Kermode said on Twitter that they'll be putting the older episodes back up too, but they haven't yet.)
The Twilight Zone 'Worst Of'
For the past year I've been working my way through episodes of The Twilight Zone that are considered to be among its very best. But if I carried on like that, my overall experience of the show would be to see its quality gradually tail off, and someday my time with it would end by watching its weakest instalments. That doesn't seem a fitting fate for such a classic series. It's too late for me to save some of the very best for last, but I can jump the gun a little and watch some of the most poorly-regarded episodes now. Naturally, I've used the lists I compiled for a consensus ranking to curate this selection. I've taken the last-place choice from each full-series ranking, and that also happens to include the episode with the lowest average score across all the lists.
First up, the episode with the lowest rating according to IMDb users, Cavender is Coming. On average it comes 107th (out of 156), the highest of these five, with TV Guide even placing it in their top 50 (at #38), but clearly IMDb users have something against it. It stars Carol Burnett as a klutzy lady who keeps losing her job, so she's assigned a guardian angel to make things better. Said angel is last-chancer Cavender — if he fails this task, he'll be kicked out of angel school… or something. I don't know. The Twilight Zone is notoriously bad at comedy, and this is probably the most outright sitcom-y episode of them all — it even aired with a laughter track originally. Nearly everyone reserves some praise for Burnett, which I guess is to do with her being an iconic figure of American TV or something. Not that she's bad, but she does little to elevate a message-less episode. Even after watching the next four, I tend to agree that this may be the very worst episode of them all.
Proceeding down the average rankings, next is ScreenCrush's pick, Execution (135th overall). It's an odd little story with a kinda daft premise: in the Old West, a criminal is about to be summarily hung, but he disappears into thin air… and appears in the present day, courtesy of a 'time machine' that randomly scoops a random individual randomly out of the past. How? Why? Who cares! No spoilers, but the unwitting time traveller finds the modern world all a bit much, and someone ends up being transported back. The point of the story is… cosmic justice? Or something? I guess? Getting into spoiler territory now, the episode almost poses an interesting moral question: "if a murderer deserves to be hanged, does the murderer of a murderer deserve to be hanged?" Unfortunately, it doesn't actually engage with that at all. In fact, it seems to take it as read that the modern-day criminal who gets accidentally sent back to the 1880s deserves his fate. But, as far as we know, he only murdered another murderer — so, by that moral standard, don't the rest of the "neck tie party" (as Serling repeatedly calls the group of hangmen) also deserve to be hanged? Food for thought. Unless you're a brainless supporter of the death penalty, I guess.
The worst episode according to Buzzfeed is The Jungle, which comes 148th overall. It's about an American engineer who's just returned from a trip to Africa where his company is planning to build a hydroelectric dam, and he may've been cursed by natives opposed to the project. As you've probably guessed, the episode's biggest problem is some old-fashioned kinda-racist stereotypes about Africa and its people. I mean, the episode doesn't even bother to say which country he's been to, it's just "Africa". It's not overtly racist, I don't think, but it's certainly tone deaf. There's a scene where our hero discusses the project with the board of directors that juxtaposes the idea of witchcraft, which they all laugh at, with the irrational superstitions they all practice (not walking under ladders, etc), which is kinda neat, basically saying that "you laugh at their beliefs because you think of them as simple folk, but it's no worse than our superstitions," which is truthful and borderline enlightened. But that's about all the episode has going for it. By the time he's travelling home through the implausibly empty nighttime streets of New York City and being haunted by jungle sounds, it all seems pretty silly; and then his cab driver just drops dead, and a tramp appears and disappears out of thin air, and you wonder what all that's got to do with anything. The only moral the episode can offer is "maybe some superstitions are right", which is poppycock.
So far I've watched nearly a quarter of all episodes of The Twilight Zone, but I'd only seen one from its fourth season before today. That's probably because I've been focusing on the show's best episodes, and everyone seems to agree that season four is its weakest. Nonetheless, there's only one episode from that season among this initial batch of bad episodes: I Dream of Genie, Paste's pick for the very worst and 152nd on average. It's about a downtrodden clerk who's presented with the opportunity to wish for anything he wants, and considers carefully via a series of imagined alternate lives — which conspire together to pad out the episode's running time, of course. In his first imagining he fails to conceive of a world in which he's not being pushed around, and if that had continued through his other fantasies we might've been on to something here — a sad examination of how being so mistreated can seep into your very way of being. But it's not aiming for that, because this is A Comedy One and so tragic insight is out of the question. The whole thing is half arsed in conception, and also flabby — Serling could definitely have told the same story in half the time without losing anything of value, which I think is a consistent problem with the season four episodes. I didn't hate it — it's probably the best of these five — but it's far from a great episode.
Finally, we end as we began, with an episode voted on by the public: at the bottom of Ranker's list, and last on average too, is Sounds and Silences. It's about an excessively-loud, domineering blowhard who gets some measure of comeuppance when he begins to be bothered by everyday sounds like a dripping tap or ticking clock. And then it goes the other way and he can't hear loud noises at all. It's poorly written and terribly performed — in the lead role, John McGiver is overacting something rotten. Some criticise the undercurrent of misogyny in the storyline, but I don't know about that. He blames his mother and his wife for all his problems, but he's an unlikeable sod so surely any misogyny is his rather than the episode's — we're not being asked to agree with him. The character's ironic fate may be some form of poetic justice, but it's too long coming to be entertaining, and too obvious to be satisfying. Whether I disliked this or Cavender is Coming more, I'm not sure, but they both merit their places at the bottom.
Also watched…
McDonald & Dodds Series 1 Episode 2 — The second episode (of two) in this (very short) series was slightly better than the first, but not by a huge amount. I'll probably keep watching if they make more, mainly to spot filming locations that I recognise. If it weren't for that I wouldn't bother.
One Man, Two Guvnors — This isn't really TV, but nor is it really a film (although it was released in cinemas, so I could've counted it if I wanted). What it is is a filmed stage production, which the National Theatre released on YouTube for free — but only for one week, so I'm afraid it's gone now. It was really good. Sorry. Currently available is a 2015 production of Jane Eyre (their channel is here), with more to follow every Thursday (more info here.
The Rookie Season 1 Episodes 7-15 — Churned through a pile of this in next to no time because it's relatively easy viewing but with enough bite to keep it interesting. One of those shows that will never be a classic or top of the zeitgeist, but is highly watchable.
Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Episodes 4-6 — Way behind on this because it never engages me enough to choose to put it on. That said, I've found these middle episodes a bit better — I quite enjoyed the silliness of episode five, Stardust City Rag. But it's the series' lowest-rated episode on IMDb, which suggests other Picard viewers and I may be at odds about what makes good TV…
Things to Catch Up On
This month, I have mostly been missing Westworld season 3, which is now four or five episodes in. I've not seen anyone talking about it on social media, so I've no idea if it's good or bad, but I am inferring that not as many people are talking about it anymore, which is its own kind of criticism. One show I have heard mentioned is Tales from the Loop, Amazon's new anthology sci-fi series. That's been picking up good notices, and I thought it looked interesting anyhow, so I must make time for it.
Next month… more animated classic Doctor Who; more of the worst of The Twilight Zone; and maybe I'll even finish Picard or watch The Mandalorian, too…
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3 thoughts on "The Past Month on TV #57b"
ghostof82 on April 12, 2020 at 9:16 am said:
A Red Dwarf special? When did that happen? Never fails to surprise me, in this Information Age, that something like this can air and I miss it totally, I mean, I'd never even heard it was a thing, nevermind that it was coming up, or had aired. Wow. You'll be telling me the BBC aired a decent episode of Dr Who, next…
badblokebob on April 12, 2020 at 10:14 pm said:
Weird — I feel like they've been pushing it hard on social media. That probably just means I'm spending too much time on Twitter nowadays. But I know how easy it can be to have stuff totally pass you by nowadays. I guess possible advertising streams are so varied nowadays that, unless you've got a Hollywood blockbuster-sized ad budget, you've got to pick & choose and inevitably people will get missed.
ghostof82 on April 14, 2020 at 3:05 pm said:
I have the digital footprint of a gnat on social media, stuff passes me by all the time, although considering how much time I spend on the internet, I'm always surprised. On the bright side, I should be pleased that life still has surprises like this, I think it'd be pretty boring if we knew everything that was coming.


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Q: Format and parsing of windows ini files I'm currently working on a Windows project and I need to modify its ini config files.  I never worked with ini files before but have seen they have a similar format across different projects.
Is the format defined somewhere (say by Microsoft?) and is there some widely used library (.NET?) to parse it?  Where can I find more information on how it is parsed, and how to access the configuration data in my code?
I'm trying to find out what library, if any, my current project is using.  Are there any keywords like "System.Config" I can search for?  What I have already figured out is that the keys for the inis seem to be defined by a bond.

A: According to wikipedia, the format is not well defined.  What all ini files have in common may be only keys, sections and semicolon comments.  It is highly probably that my project is using its own format and parser.


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MENACO B.V. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE AND DELIVERY
Clause 1 – Applicability
1.1 These general terms and conditions of sale ("General Terms and Conditions") apply to every offer, quotation and agreement of purchase and sale in respect of which MENACO B.V. (hereinafter referred to as "MENACO") acts as the Seller.
1.2 The applicability of any procurement conditions of the other party (hereinafter referred to as the "Other Party" or "Buyer") is explicitly excluded.
Clause 2 – Quotations, offers and formation of agreements
2.1 All quotations and offers of MENACO are without engagement and can be withdrawn anytime.
2.2 An agreement is considered to have been concluded by:
(i) written and full acceptance of the quotation or offer by the Other Party, unless MENACO revokes the quotation or offer within three days from receipt of such acceptance. If the Other Party accepts the quotation or offer with divergences of minor importance, such divergences shall not form part of the agreement and an agreement will be formed in accordance with the quotation or offer of MENACO; or
(ii) written and full acceptance by MENACO of an order given by the Other Party, unless this order has been revoked previously by the Other Party in writing, provided that such confirmation has been signed on behalf of MENACO by one or more persons authorized to conclude the agreement; or
(iii) delivery by MENACO of the goods ordered by the Other Party, where there is no explicit written confirmation of the order.
2.3 Specific agreements with a specific Buyer shall govern the relationship between MENACO and such Buyer only if legally executed by both parties signed.
2.4 If the Other Party accepts the quotation or offer subject to material divergences MENACO shall not be bound by it. In that case, the agreement shall not be, unless MENACO specifies otherwise.
2.5 When placing a purchase order, the Other Party shall report which information, specifications and documents are required under the rules and regulations of the country of delivery. The Other Party shall be responsible to inform MENACO of any formalities that must be complied with to enable import. The Other Party shall also provide MENACO with information on any required certificates, phytosanitary matters, import documents or invoices.
2.6 MENACO is not liable for delays or non-handling of a purchase order resulting from or in connection with the Other Party's failure to comply with any of its obligations under Article 2. The Other Party shall be liable for any loss or damage incurred by MENACO resulting from or in connection with such failure.
Clause 3 – Prices
3.1 The prices stated in the quotation or offer of MENACO are exclusive VAT and other taxes, levies charges and costs incurred within the scope of the agreement, such as (but not limited to): handling fees, transport and insurance costs, (quality) certificate costs, value added tax, excise, use, or sale taxes and any other taxes, duties and charges, which shall be paid by Buyer at its applicable rate. If MENACO is required to pay any taxes or other compulsory payments on behalf of Buyer, Buyer shall reimburse MENACO for the full amount of such taxes and payments.
3.2 Unless specified otherwise, the prices stated in a quotation or offer are in the currency in which they are denominated.
3.3 MENACO reserves the right to alter prices periodically. Every new price renders the previous one inoperative in respect of orders placed after such new price.
3.4 A compound quotation does not oblige MENACO to carry out part of the order for a corresponding part of the price stated. Offers or quotations do not automatically apply to future orders.
3.5 MENACO must receive payment within 30 days of the invoice date, unless specified differently.
Clause 4 – Delivery and delivery period
4.1 Delivery is EX Works (according to the latest edition of Incoterms)- MENACO, unless the parties agree otherwise in writing. If the Other Party refuses or fails to accept delivery of the products/the seeds within a reasonable period after receiving notice from MENACO that they are ready for delivery. MENACO shall be entitled to store the goods at the expense and risk of the Other Party.
4.2. The delivery date is as specified in the purchase order or agreement between the parties. The agreed delivery date and any possible delivery periods are not strict binding deadlines. They are merely an indication and should not be regarded as guaranteed. since the seed production process involves substantial inherent uncertainties as to quantity and quality of final product, orders that have been accepted and/or confirmed by MENACO shall nevertheless always be deemed subject to availability on the intended delivery date – no liability shall be attributed to MENACO by virtue of orders that were not met, MENACO will inform the Other Party as soon as possible if it is unable to deliver the products or to deliver them in time.
4.3 If MENACO is not able to deliver for whatever reason, MENACO shall be entitled, where possible, to supply in proportion to the quantity ordered or similar alternatives or – if the Other Party does not agree with the foregoing – to cancel the order. The Other Party shall not be entitled to compensation in any of these cases.
4.4 MENACO is free to select the method of dispatching and packaging the goods to be delivered, unless agreed otherwise in writing with the Other Party.
4.5 MENACO is entitled to execute the agreement in several phases and to invoice the part thus executed separately.
Clause 5 – Packaging
5.1 Seeds are packaged and delivered in original MENACO packaging.
5.2 If seeds are delivered for resale, they shall exclusively be offered for resale in this original packaging. It is not permitted to repackage the seeds for resale or otherwise change the original packaging.
5.3 The alteration, processing or repackaging of products is strictly prohibited.
Clause 6 – Force Majeure
6.1 MENACO shall not be liable to fulfil any obligation in respect of the Other Party if MENACO is obstructed therein as a consequence of any circumstance for which MENACO cannot be blamed nor held accountable for by law, a juristic act or generally accepted standards.
6.2 Apart from the relevant legal provisions and case law, force majeure in these General Terms and Conditions shall be taken to mean all external causes, whether anticipated or not, on which MENACO cannot exert influence, but due to which MENACO cannot fulfil its obligations; strikes in the company of MENACO or by third parties, late or non-fulfilment of their obligations by suppliers or (sub)contractors engaged, loss of harvest and diseases or plagues included. MENACO shall also be entitled to invoke force majeure if the circumstance which impedes (further) fulfilment of the agreement occurs after MENACO should have fulfilled its commitment.
6.3 During the period in which the force majeure continues, MENACO may suspend the obligations from the agreement. If this period lasts longer than two months, each of the parties shall be entitled to dissolve the agreement without any obligation to compensate any damage or benefit derived in respect of the other.
Clause 7 – Retention of Title
7.1 Risk of loss to the products shall transfer to Buyer upon delivery in accordance with the agreed delivery terms. Unless otherwise expressly agreed, shipment shall always be carried out at Buyer's risk and expense.
7.2 Buyer agrees and acknowledges that subject to the right of use or resell under these General Terms and Conditions, the exclusive right, title to and interest in all intellectual property rights in or to the products/seeds, plant material or any mutations, varieties, essentially derived varieties or biological or other material obtained therefrom or included therein, including but not limited to genetics, traits, technology and/or all its characteristics, shall at all times be and remain the exclusive property of Menaco or the producer of the products (as the case may be).
7.3 Buyer may not use trademarks, trade names of MENACO and of the products, for any purpose unless otherwise approved in writing and in advance by MENACO.
7.4 The Other Party shall always do all that which may reasonably be expected of it in order to safeguard MENACO rights in and/or to the products as stated above. The seeds delivered by MENACO, which are subject to retention of title pursuant to paragraph 1, will at all times be stored and/or used in such a way that the quality will not be affected and that they can easily be identified.
7.5 If third parties attach any goods delivered under the retention of title or wish to create rights to them or lay claim to rights to them, the Other Party shall be obliged to inform MENACO thereof immediately.
Clause 8 – Payment
8.1 MENACO is entitled to invoice periodically.
8.2 Payment shall take place in euros, unless specified otherwise in writing by MENACO, and must be received within 30 days of the invoice date in the bank account indicated by MENACO, unless specified differently. After expiry of that period of time, the Other Party shall be in default, without a notice of default being required. In that case, the Other Party shall owe a 1% interest per month, unless statutory interest is higher, in which case statutory interest is due. The interest on the amount due and payable will be charged from the moment the Other Party is in default until the moment of payment of the total amount due. Apart from the right to claim fulfilment and/or compensation, MENACO shall also be entitled to cancel the agreement. Without prejudice to the above, MENACO shall be entitled to suspend the execution of all agreements with the Other Party if and as long as that party is in default with regard to its payment obligations.
8.3. If payment in instalments has been agreed, the entire remaining amount shall be immediately due and payable without notice of default in case of late payment of any instalment.
8.4 MENACO is entitled to claim an advance of 50% of the invoice amount from the Other Party on or after conclusion of the agreement, prior to any (further) performance, or to obtain security from the Other Party with regard to its payment obligations. If the Other Party fails to pay the advance or provide security within the period of time set by MENACO, the latter shall be entitled to dissolve the agreement without judicial intervention.
8.5 The Other Party is never entitled to deduct any discount or settlement of what it owes to MENACO.
8.6 Any objection against the amount of the invoice shall not suspend the payment obligation.
8.7 If the Other Party is in default or fails to fulfil its obligations all reasonable costs incurred to obtain an out-of-court settlement shall be at the expense of the Other Party. Any possible judicial and execution costs incurred shall also be recovered from the Other Party. The Other Party shall also owe interest on the collection charges due as stipulated above.
Clause 9 – Suspension of fulfilment of obligations and cancellation of the agreement
9.1 If Buyer fails to timely or fully comply with one or more of its obligations hereunder then, without derogating from any other right or remedy available to MENACO under these General Terms and Conditions or by law :
(i) MENACO shall be authorized to suspend any further performance of orders or any other agreement with Buyer or to terminate same by written notice to Buyer with immediate effect;
(ii) MENACO may demand full payment of all outstanding amounts upfront and/or obtaining sufficient security from Buyer, for instance in the form of a bank guarantee or LC to be issued by a reputable banking institution, with regard to the performance by Buyer.
9.2.in addition to the foregoing, MENACO is entitled to demand full payment of all outstanding amounts upfront and/or obtaining sufficient security for payment by Buyer before performing MENACO's obligations, if it has reasonable reason to believe that Buyer will not (or cannot) fully and timely fulfil its obligations under any or all orders or agreements.
9.3. If Buyer (a) is liquidated or commences any voluntary action, or if a petition is filed by any person in court, with respect to a liquidation, administration, winding up, entry into receivership, reorganization, dissolution or any other insolvency proceedings of Buyer, or a liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, permanent or interim receiver or administrator are appointed in respect of Buyer, over all or any part of its assets, and such action is not cancelled or revoked within 30 days after being commenced, made or passed, or (b) ceases to carry on its business for a period of 14 days, or (c) is granted a suspension of payment, or (d) makes a general assignment of its assets for the benefit of its creditors, all its payment obligations shall be immediately due and MENACO shall be authorized to suspend any further performance of the agreement or to terminate it, without prejudice to its right to claim compensation from Buyer of all its damages and costs resulting therefrom or any other remedy available under law.
Clause 10 – Liability
10.1 MENACO shall in no event be liable to the Other Party for any special, punitive, incidental or consequential damage, including but not limited to loss of profits, yield, goodwill, revenue, production, contracts or opportunity. In any event and to the greatest extent permitted by law, MENACO's liability, which also includes any damage and costs caused by faulty goods delivered, shall explicitly be limited to either replacement of the delivered seeds for no further fee or an amount equal to the price of the delivered seeds/products.
10.2 Any claim for liability or compensation must be made immediately when Buyer is aware of the claim or informed about the claim.
10.3 Any claim for liability or compensation must be made within 12 months of the delivery of the respective seeds/products to Buyer, following which Buyer's right to assert such claims and MENACO's liability with respect to the seeds/products shall expire
10.4 Buyer will indemnify MENACO against all actions and claims for damages (allegedly) caused by or otherwise related to any product delivered by MENACO, including actions and claims filed against MENACO in its capacity as a producer of goods pursuant to any regulation regarding product liability in whatever country, unless that damage is due to MENACO's willful misconduct.
Clause 11 – Use and guarantees
11.1 MENACO grants Buyer a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and limited license, without a right of sublicense, for the duration of the agreement to use the seeds/products for the sole purpose of producing a single crop. Buyer is not entitled to use the seeds and/or derived components and/or plant material (products) for further multiplication and/or reproduction purposes,
11.2 Buyer shall fully cooperate with any inspection by MENACO and shall allow MENACO (and/or third parties acting on its behalf) with direct access to its business, including in particular the greenhouses and administrative and farming facilities, to enable MENACO to carry out (or have carried out) inspections to verify compliance with the aforesaid requirements and in general for the purpose of verifying any possible infringement of MENACO's rights or violation of these General Terms and Conditions or any other agreement between the Parties. Buyer shall also impose the aforesaid obligations on its own buyers.
11.3 Information provided by or on behalf of MENACO is based on average tests results. Such information merely indicates the result as achieved by MENACO at the time when the test was performed, subject to the conditions under which such test was performed and shall not constitute an express or implied warranty. The results achieved by Buyer depend on many factors, including withouyt limitation on the location, climatic conditions and growing conditions. MENACO disclaims any and all liability on the basis of such information for different results obtained.
Clause 12 – Defects and complaint periods
12.1 Use by the Other Party of any of the goods shall constitute acceptance. Minor divergences, among others in quality, composition and characteristics, which are unavoidable from a technical point of view or which are generally accepted, can never constitute grounds for complaint.
12.3 Any visible faults shall be reported to MENACO in writing within 24 hours from delivery, stating the details regarding lot number, packing list and/or invoice details as well as any supporting evidence (photo's, experts statements etc.). Any complaints must be accompanied by the allegedly defective seeds/products and their packaging.
12.4 Any non-visible faults shall be reported to MENACO in writing forthwith, but in any event no later than within 24 hours, after their discovery, and the above instructions in clause 12 shall apply. .
12.5 Complaints shall be described in such a manner that MENACO or a third party can verify them. The report shall contain a description as detailed as possible of the alleged fault and the place of storage or cultivation, so that MENACO will be able to respond adequately. The Other Party shall give MENACO the opportunity to investigate a complaint (or have it investigated) and is obliged to cooperate in such investigation. For that purpose Buyer must also keep records with regard to the use of the seeds and, in the event of resale of the seeds, with regard to its buyers. If Buyer does not file a complaint within the aforesaid period, or according to the above instructions, the complaint will not be dealt with and any rights Buyer may have had will expire.
12.6 Subject to the other stipulations of this clause, delivered seeds/products cannot be returned or changed by the Other Party after opening the packaging.
12.7 The payment obligation will not be suspended in the case where the Other Party files a complaint in time. In that case, the Other Party shall also remain accept and pay for the goods ordered.
Clause 13 – Protection
13.1 Buyer acknowledges that the results obtained by Buyer depend on numerous factors and variables, such as the place of cultivation and the conditions prior to and during cultivation, including but not limited to storage of seeds, the climate, the soil, crop management and crop protection methods, and are not guaranteed or assured in any way. Buyer shall be solely responsible for determining the suitability and appropriateness of the use of the seeds/products in the different conditions and/or for the different purposes and Menaco disclaims any and all liability with respect to any merchantability or fitness of the seeds/products for a particular use.
13.2. Without derogating from the generality of the foregoing, seed storage is essential for preserving high seed quality, vigor, and viability for future use.
13.3 Buyer acknowledges that seeds delivered by Menaco are not fit for human or animal consumption.
Clause 14 – Applicable law and choice of forum
14.1 Dutch law applies exclusively to all agreements to which these General Terms and Conditions apply and the execution thereof, as well as to all engagements to which these Terms and Conditions apply.
14.2 All disputes related to, arising from and/or regarding the interpretation and/or execution of the agreement will be submitted to the District Court of Zeeland-West Brabant, such after the parties have first held consultations.
14.3 Applicability of the "United Nations Convention on contracts for the International Sale of Goods" (the Vienna Sales Convention) is hereby explicitly excluded.
Clause 15 – Final Provisions
15.1 If any provision of these General Terms and Conditions is invalidated, that provision will automatically (by operation of law) be replaced by a valid provision that corresponds as closely as possible to the purport of the invalidated provision. The parties must, if necessary, enter into reasonable consultations on the text of that new provision.
15.2 In that case the other provisions of these General Terms and Conditions will remain fully valid as far as possible.
15.3 MENACO is entitled to amend these General Terms and Conditions. Such amendments will take effect at the announced time of entry into force. MENACO may revise these General Terms and Conditions without notice and, for this reason, Buyer is requested to access and read this page every time it visits MENACO's website.
15.4 Buyer shall make sure its customers are clearly notified of the applicable Terms and Conditions hereunder. Buyer waives any right of indemnification if its customer has not been so notified, and further agrees that if such notice is not given and legal action is brought, Buyer will hold harmless, defend and indemnify MENACO and any party related or affiliated thereto against all losses, costs and expenses (including without limitation legal costs and attorney's fees).
15.5 These general terms and conditions apply as from 01-08 2018 and shall from that moment replace all previous general terms and conditions of sale and delivery applied by MENACO.


Begum Kulsoom, the wife of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, died on Tuesday in London after a prolonged illness, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president Shehbaz Sharif said.
Ms. Kulsoom, who was under treatment at London's Harley Street Clinic since June 2014, was placed on life support earlier on Tuesday as her health deteriorated, Geo TV reported.
The 68-year-old former first lady was diagnosed with lymphoma (throat) cancer in August 2017. She had married Sharif in April 1971.


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New Halloween petition
1 year ago Connor Merk Comments Off on New Halloween petition
A small movement is stirring to change the date when Halloween is celebrated.
The Halloween & Costume Association (HCA) previously had a petition to change Halloween's date from Oct. 31 to the last Saturday in October. Instead the HCA is looking to create a National Trick or Treat Day, which will take place on the last Saturday of October. This petition is on the website Change.org and has over 150,000 signatures.
Their vision for National Trick or Treat Day is for families across the country to be able to participate in community parades, neighborhood parties and opt for daytime trick-or-treating. The issue of making it a federal holiday is not mentioned in the petition, but the organization plans to send the petition to the President of the United States.
Several of the statistics that HCA claims to back up their movement are that 3,800 Halloween-related injuries each year; 82 percent of parents do not use high visibility aids on their costume; 65 percent of parents do not discuss Halloween safety with their children; and 12 percent of children 5 and under go trick-or-treating without the supervision of an adult.
Freshman Hannah Carmona would support the change because then kids wouldn't have homework on Halloween night. "Kids and parents always stay up late and are miserable at school and work the next morning," Carmona said. "Having Halloween on a Saturday would help this issue."
Halloween dates back to the Celtic farming festival Samhain. The holiday marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. As the crops died, farmers believed there was a day when spirits could rise from their graves. During Samhain, Celtic people would dress in disguise to fool and ward off the spirits, hoping to protect their land through the upcoming winter.
In the eighth century, Christians sought to transform the pagan holiday. Pope Gregory III declared Nov. 1 to be the feast of All Saints' Day. The night before became known as All Hallow's Eve.
During the medieval period, children and poor people would practice "souling," where they went door-to-door asking for donations or food in exchange for prayers honoring the person who answered the door.
Modern Halloween traditions and folklore first came to America in the 19th century with the influx of Irish immigrants. The practice of carving and decorating jack-o-lanterns is an Irish custom that honored the souls stuck in purgatory.
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Small, tight knit, laid back corp involved in many aspects of EVE.
Recruitment is by invite or successful completion of a "trial period".
To train new pilots to enter the world of EVE as they see fit.
To retain a home-grown team of experts and specialists whom are willing to train others in a laid back, democratic environment.
To eventually own a piece of space to call home.
To allow NON-COPW members to live and operate in that space, making it free for all, except for those who wish to harm COPW or its allies.


As software development takes on a larger and more pivotal role in the enterprise, there is a lot riding on each deployment.
Business intelligence can be put to many uses by organizations. Through Web-based reporting formats such as WinForms, it is possible to assimilate and analyze data from many different sources and use it for purposes that may have once been unimaginable.
HTML5 widgets in Wijmo take advantage of the myriad programming opportunities available in crafting responsive, browser agnostic and highly tailored UI.


What makes SoCo neighborhood bars such a big deal is that there are a few huge high schools in the area -- which all but guarantees you'll run into a long-lost someone whenever you go out for a drink. Plus, if you were raised in south county, the odds strongly suggest that your folks are still living there, too -- which makes having a bar nearby all the more imperative, given the requisite trips to your childhood home for Christmas and other mandatory gatherings. Dulany's always has a good mix of people -- blue- and white-collar types peacefully coexisting with twentysomethings en route to family dinner night. The music and TV are never too loud, the Golden Tee never too crowded, the tab never too high. The staffers engage in swirls of conversation with several patrons at once -- vacations, work, the accusatory "Where you been?" spiel, all of it. In the same breath, one waitress correctly remembers that the little guy who's in with his mom and dad will have the spaghetti and the older gentleman sitting at the bar will have a bottle of Busch and a shot of tomato juice on the side. It doesn't take long to become a regular here. Even if you were born someplace exotic (like west county).


Larry Foles spoke with Mike and Hardge just days after his son Nick Foles won the Super Bowl and Super Bowl MVP. Larry talked about how happy Nick is right now and all of the things he was ahead of him now that he is a Super Bowl Champion. Check out the interview below.


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Q: Variables.less on Twitter returns a blank css I', using bootstrap 3 and I have an issue with the file variables.less. I build bootstrap.less perfectlly but when I build variables.less return me a blank css. Only with that file, any body knows why?

A: You can't build variables.less separately, because there is nothing there to produce a valid CSS other than (what the filename says) variables, that are not supported by CSS. You should just compile the bootstrap.less file, it includes the variables.less (and all other required less files).


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New TUI Group delivers a good start to the financial year 2014/15
Core themes for future profitable growth defined
Underlying EBITA grows by 24 per cent in Q1 2014/2015
Hotels & Resorts and Cruise Sectors are growth drivers
Outlook for full year confirmed: Underlying EBITA growth of 10-15 per cent
Core themes for future success defined: Profitable top-line growth in Mainstream / further growth in Cruises / creation of long-term competitive Airline group / focused IT / maximising growth and value of Non-Mainstream
Joussen: "We intend to take the Company from good to great"
Hanover, 10 February 2015. The TUI Group's financial year is off to a good start with a considerably improved operating result in Q1 2014/15. In the period under review, underlying EBITA improved by 24 per cent to a typical seasonal loss of 107.9 million euros (previous year -141.1 million euros). This positive development was driven, in particular, by the Hotels & Resorts and Cruises Sectors, which achieved a significant increase in their profitability. At the same time, turnover by the TUI Group grew by 5.4 per cent to 3.54 billion euros (previous year 3.36 billion euros). On the basis of the very strong results for the quarter, the Group has confirmed its outlook for the full year 2014/15: The operating result (underlying EBITA) is to grow by 10 to 15 per cent versus the prior year. The future positive development will also be driven by the targets defined in the wake of the merger between TUI AG and TUI Travel PLC last December. Fritz Joussen and Peter Long, Joint CEOs of the TUI Group: "Our new financial year is off to a strong start. We will now have to preserve this momentum and our positive performance in order to maintain our profitable growth in future, too. To this end, we have launched various measures including the identification of areas, which we will define in greater detail in the next few months. Our goal is to improve our excellent prior-year operating result by a further 10 to 15 per cent by the end of the current financial year." In his AGM speech Fritz Joussen stated: "We have also defined our overarching goal: We want to take the Group from good to great."
Focus on five areas for profitable growth
The new TUI Group is well on track to achieve the targets promised in the framework of the merger. The new Group is already taking shape. Integration is well underway, and the first synergies will be delivered in the current financial year. Nevertheless, the Group will have to tackle the next key challenges and decisions. Sustaining the successful development of the TUI Group will hinge upon clearly defined core areas to be developed in detail in the next few weeks and months.
Profitable top-line growth in Mainstream
The Mainstream business, which comprises the packaged holiday business, is to achieve profitable turnover growth and gain new market shares in future. Joussen: "In order to achieve that goal, we will need to offer unique products and services and strengthen our marketing activities. Excellent marketing is also a key prerequisite for a successful online business."
Further growth in Cruises
In the Cruises Sector, TUI Cruises is to continue its strong growth. The second newbuild of the fleet, "Mein Schiff 4", will be commissioned in June. It has been announced that Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten is expected to break even in the current financial year 2014/15. The Group expects to be able to operate Hapag-Lloyd at a very attractive earnings level in the long term, too. Contributing to this will be the acquisition of "Europa 2" in January and the corresponding termination of the charter contract. The five ships of the Thomson Cruises fleet, operating in the British market, are to be completely modernised in the next few years. At the same time, Thomson Cruises is to cooperate more closely with TUI Cruises. The goal is to expand TUI's cruise activities so as to become a leading cruise operator in Europe in the foreseeable future.
Creation of a long-term competitive Airline group
The TUI Group's Airline business currently comprises 140 medium- and long-haul aircraft in six companies. In order to remain competitive in the long run and deliver economies of scale across national borders, the structure of the Airline business will have to be rendered more efficient. Corresponding plans and measures will be developed in the course of the year.
Focusing IT on strategic projects and scalable platforms
With regards to its IT operations, the Group will focus on key strategic projects in future. A few weeks ago, the TUI Group launched a booking platform for the dynamic packaging of holidays in Spain for the Spanish market. The platform has been designed so as to be operable in different markets in the future. When being successful, it will enable TUI to enter markets in which the Company is not yet operating as a traditional integrated tour operator in the next few years. The Group is thus driving the change towards digitised business models and the integration of online and retail distribution further ahead while securing new turnover sources for the TUI Group. The Group is also pooling its IT competence in one platform for state-of-the-art customer relationship management (CRM) technology. The platform is to enable the Group to create a single view of the customer across the entire customer cycle.
The more than 30 Group-wide computer centres operated to date will also be pooled, combining them to two powerful centres located at the Group's head office in Hanover. The TUI Group is thus also strengthening Hanover as a business location in this field.
Maximising growth and value of Non-Mainstream
The newly created Non-Mainstream Sector, which entails the Hotelbeds-Group and the Specialist tour operators globally, will be led by Will Waggott. Both, the Hotelbeds-Group as well as some of the Specialist tour operators are growing strongly. In the coming weeks and months a strategy will developed aiming at growth and increased value for the whole Sector.
Overview of Sectors
Travel flat year-on-year – Rising demand for unique holidays
The Travel Sector (previously TUI Travel) increased its turnover by 4.1 per cent to 3.37 billion euros (previous year 3.21 billion euros) in Q1 2014/15. By contrast, the operating result declined by 8.6 per cent to a seasonal loss of 149.1 million euros (previous year -137.3 million euros). Half of the decline compared to the previous year is attributed to exchange rate effects. The Mainstream business, which comprises package tours, maintained its operating result almost flat year-on-year at -114.3 million euros (previous year -110.0 million euros). Adjusted for exchange rate effects, the result exactly matched the prior year's level. While the UK reported a virtually stable business performance versus the prior year, Germany and the Nordics reported slight declines. The German market was affected, in particular, by margin pressure in the Canaries, one of the key destinations in the winter months. The Nordics were affected by the phasing of airline costs. Despite the declines, the source markets reported an overall increase in demand for unique travel offerings.
Hotels & Resorts remain growth drivers
Hotels & Resorts remains a growth driver for the Group. The increase in total turnover of 4.3 per cent to 197.9 million euros (previous year 189.8 million euros) in Q1 2014/15 was attributable, in particular, to RIU and Robinson which again delivered a very good performance. The operating result of Hotels & Resorts climbed by 34.6 per cent to 35.0 million euros (previous year 26.0 million euros). Including the income from the sale of a RIU hotel (ClubHotel Waikiki), underlying EBITA by the Sector was almost doubled to 51 million euros. Despite the increase in capacity for the Sector as a whole, Hotels & Resorts improved the occupancy levels of its facilities and increased average revenues per bed. Occupancy by the Sector grew by 3.6 percentage points to 77.6 per cent (previous year 74.0 per cent).
Cruises posts positive operating result
The TUI Group's Cruises Sector benefited from the very good development of the two companies in Q1 2014/15. Stronger demand for "Europa 2" helped Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten to more than halve its loss year-on-year. At TUI Cruises, the joint venture with Royal Caribbean Cruises, the successful expansion of the fleet to include "Mein Schiff 3" in June 2014 created a considerable improvement in the operating result. At +2.0 million euros, underlying EBITA by the Sector was positive, in contrast to the loss generated in the prior year (-15.9 million euros). Occupancy of the three cruise ships of TUI Cruises remained strong at 101 per cent, while the average rate per passenger per day rose to 151 euros. TUI Cruises consistently continues its growth path in the market segment of premium cruises. "Mein Schiff 4" will be launched in June of this year, to be followed by "Mein Schiff 5" (in 2016) and "Mein Schiff 6" (in 2017) in the next two years. Occupancy of the luxury and expedition cruise ships of Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten was considerably increased by +9 percentage points to 70 per cent. The average rate per passenger per day climbed by 26 per cent to 462 euros in the period under review. For the current financial year 2014/2015, the TUI Group has confirmed that Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten will break even.
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Q: Sequentially weak-continuous and continuous functions under the weak-topology of a Banach space Let $X$ be an infinite dimensional, reflexive and separable real Banach space. Consider a function $f: X \to \mathbb{R}$, and assume $f$ is sequentially continuous with respect to the weak topology, that is, if $a_n \rightharpoonup a$ then $f(a_n) \to f(a)$.
What conditions are needed to show that $f$ is also continuous with respect to the weak topology?
Moreover, let $B_R = \{a \in X \mid \|a\|_X \leq R \}$ endowed with the weak topology, this is a Polish space, and after a metric is defined is a compact metric space. Convergence in the metric is weak convergence.
If $f$ is sequentially weak continuous on $X$, the restriction of $f$ to $B_1$ should be sequentially weak continuous as well, which is sequentially continuous with respect to the metric. In turn, this means that $f$ is continuous on the topology induced by the metric, which is the inherited weak topology on $B_1$. Hence, if $f$ is sequentially weak continuous, the restriction of $f$ to $B_1$ is weak-continuous.
Is the argument right? This is enough for my application, but I am afraid I may be overlooking something.
I guess there are functions that are weak continuous when restricted to closed balls of any radius, but only sequentially continuous in the whole space $X$. Can you think of some particular easy example of this?
Thanks

A: Your argument is right.  Indeed, a function is weakly sequentially continuous iff its restriction to every ball is weakly continuous.  You have proved one direction; the converse is given by the fact that every weakly convergent sequence is bounded (uniform boundedness principle).
As to your last question, this Math.SE answer constructs a countable set of points $S = \{x_{k,j} : 1 \le j \le n_k, k \ge 1\}$, with $\|x_{k,j}\| = k$, such that $0$ is in the weak closure of $S$.  Let $B_k$ denote the closed ball of radius $k$, which is also weakly closed.  By induction and the Tietze extension theorem, we can find a sequence of weakly continuous functions $f_k : B_k \to \mathbb{R}$ such that $f_k(0) = 0$, $f_k |_{B_{k-1}} = f_{k-1}$, and $f_k(x_{k,j}) = 47$ for $1 \le j \le n_k$.  If we let $f : X \to \mathbb{R}$ be given on $B_k$ by $f_k$ (which is well defined), then by construction $f$ is weakly continuous on each $B_k$, hence weakly sequentially continuous as noted above.  But $f$ is not weakly continuous since $f = 47$ on $S$ but $f(0)=0$.

A: Added in proof: After writing this answer and before posting I noticed that Nate Elderge already answered the OP. I decided to post my answer anyway, as it contains a "particulr easy example", as requested in the OP.
So, here it is:
Your argument is right. It is closely related to the Eberlin-Smulian theorem.
Note that by Banach-Steinhaus every weakly converges sequence is actually bounded, so a function which is weakly sequentially continuous is exactly (a function which is weakly sequentially continuous on any ball, hence) a function which is weakly continuous on any ball.
Thus, your question translates to "can one find a function which is weekly continuous on every ball but not weekly continuous". Here is an example:
$$ \ell^2\to \mathbb{R},\quad (a_n)_{n=1}^\infty \mapsto -\sum_{n=1}^\infty \min\{n-\sum_{k=1}^n |a_k|^2,0\}. $$
Note that on every ball this sum is finite, hence the restricted function is continuous. However this function  is not globally continuous, as one can observes using the unbounded converging net constructed in
 another MSE answer of Nate Elderge.


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Police investigate rash of thefts of parked cars left running on South, Southwest sides
CHICAGO - At least nine vehicles left running with keys in their ignitions have been stolen in the last month on the South and Southwest sides.
The thefts, which date back to Feb. 2, happened in Bridgeport, McKinley Park, Brighton Park, Gage Park and Back of the Yards, according to a community alert from Chicago police.
They occurred:
about 10 p.m. Feb. 2 in the 3600 Block of South Damen Avenue;
about 4 p.m. Feb. 5 in the 3700 Block of South Princeton Avenue;
about 3 p.m. Feb. 5 in the 5300 block of South Kedzie Avenue;
about 2:15 p.m. Feb. 6 in the 300 Block of West Pershing Road;
about 10:45 a.m. Feb. 8 in the 4300 Block of South Mozart Street;
about 5:35 p.m. Feb. 14 in the 4400 Block of South Richmond Street;
about 7 a.m. Feb. 14 in the 2900 Block of South Loomis Street;
about 7 a.m. Feb. 14 in the 5000 Block of South Elizabeth Street; and
about 1 a.m. Feb. 14 in the 2300 Block of West Garfield Boulevard.
Police asked anyone with information to call Area Central detectives at 312-747-8382.


Anywhere someone is lifting a weight, strapping on a football helmet or lacing up running shoes, there's probably a big bottle of green, blue or neon orange liquid nearby. Gatorade, Powerade and other sports drinks have drenched just about every sport in America, from triathlons to pee-wee soccer.
But sports drinks are also popular with spectators in the stands, kids playing video games, long haul truckers and office workers. Lots of people chug down sports drinks without ever breaking a sweat.
It raises the question: Who really needs this stuff? While TV ads suggest that sports drinks are the key to athletic success, there's a growing backlash in some medical circles against these salty, sugary beverages.
"Sports drinks are oversold and over-hyped," says nutrition expert Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University. "If I were Coke or Pepsi, I would sell off these brands. People are starting to figure out sports drinks, and criticism against them is only going to grow."
Some of that criticism showed up in the July issue of the prestigious British Medical Journal. A series of articles suggested that the benefits of sports drinks are meager at best, especially when compared with plain water, the original sports drink.
Gatorade (a product of PepsiCo), Powerade (from the Coca-Cola Co.) and the like promise to replace the three basic things lost during intense exercise: fluids, electrolyte minerals (mostly sodium) and carbohydrate fuel. An 8-ounce serving of original Gatorade -- now sold as Gatorade Perform 02 -- contains 110 milligrams of sodium and 14 grams (3.5 teaspoons) of sugar. Regular Powerade is a bit less salty but has a little more sugar.
Many athletes believe they need sports drinks to replace the salt lost in sweat, but most of them can get by just fine with regular water, says Michael Bergeron, a fellow of the American Academy of Sports Medicine and executive director of the National Institute for Athletic Health & Performance. "Most people in most situations do not need electrolytes during physical activity, but the longer you go, the harder you go, the more you sweat, the more sports drinks can potentially play a role."
Bergeron says that he often runs for an hour at a time in hot weather -- and he doesn't bring water, let alone a big bottle of sports drink. "A lot of people don't need anything when they exercise, as long as they start out hydrated and nourished." He adds that, like most recreational runners, he gets plenty of sodium in his regular diet.
When athletes sweat enough to shed large quantities of salt, sports drinks may not help much, Bergeron says. He often works with young football players who can lose as much as 4,000 mg of sodium in an hour in an especially sweaty workout. "A kid can drink a 32-ounce bottle of Gatorade Endurance [800 mg of sodium] every hour and still be cramping up at the end of the day," he says. "Sometimes we'll add a half-teaspoon of salt to the bottle."
As noted in the British Medical Journal, there isn't much evidence that sports drinks improve athletic performance. Most studies over the years have been very small, and the results have been hard to interpret. For one example, a 2007 study of 16 male soccer players published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise found that players who drank a sports drink during a workout could sprint a bit faster and shoot better than players who drank plain water, but they didn't do any better on a passing drill.
The marketing of sports drinks has helped feed a dangerous obsession with hydration, says Dr. Arthur Siegel, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School who volunteers for the medical team at the Boston Marathon. He warns that drinking too much water or sports drink before, during or after physical activity can lead to potentially fatal water intoxication. "It's far more dangerous than dehydration," he says. Siegel urges runners and other athletes to drink enough to control thirst, no more and no less. "I wish sports drinks would come with a warning telling people to drink responsibly."
For The Record Los Angeles Times Friday, November 09, 2012 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 4 News Desk 1 inches; 33 words Type of Material: Correction Sports drinks: An article in the Nov. 3 Saturday section about the nutritional qualities of sports drinks erroneously referred to the American College of Sports Medicine as the American Academy of Sports Medicine. For The Record Los Angeles Times Saturday, November 10, 2012 Home Edition Saturday Part E Page 7 Health Desk 1 inches; 32 words Type of Material: Correction Sports drinks: An article in the Nov. 3 Saturday section about the nutritional qualities of sports drinks identified the American College of Sports Medicine incorrectly as the American Academy of Sports Medicine.


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UPDATE: The Oxford Graduate Who Hadn't, Sent the Check That Didn't Arrive, For the Investment That Wasn't
This is an update of "The Oxford Graduate Who Hadn't, Sent The Check That Didn't Get There, For The Investment That Wasn't" (BrokeAndBroker.com Blog, July 2, 2014).
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What if the guy graduated from the prestigious university that he said he had?
What if the investment he was touting was what he said it was?
What if the profits that he referenced had actually occurred?
What if the promised check in the mail had been written or even put in the mail?
What if a much of a which of a wind gives the truth to summer's lie?
Blow King To Beggar
Steven Wessel may have seemed a king with a financial empire. Wes Wessels may have also come off as a regal chap with Wall Street savvy. Who were these two folks? Ahhh . . .now you're rushing me and ruining a raconteur's opportunity to spin a yarn.
For those of you with the impatient gene in your DNA, here's my Executive Summary:
On June 25, 2014, Steven Wessel a/k/a Wes Wessels, was arrested and charged in a criminal Complaint with one count of securities fraud and one count of wire fraud. Reduced to its basics, the Complaint alleges that during 2013 to 2014, Wessel defrauded one investor out of $200,000 and another out of $550,000 - and about $251,000 of that second investment were used, a la Ponzi, to pay off the first investor. If convicted, Wessel faced a maximum prison sentence of 20 years on each of the charges and maximum fines of $5 million and $250,000 (or twice the gross gain/loss from the offense, on the securities and wire counts respectively.
NOTE: A criminal Complaint merely contains allegations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.
Blow Friend To Fiend
Ahhh . . . but there is so much more texture and nuance to this case and I urge you all to take the time to read the riveting and oddly entertaining criminal Complaint, which I have linked in full-text format below. I mean, geez, consider this wonderful quote from Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York:
As charged, Steven Wessel was much less an investment adviser than a serial liar. He allegedly lied in telling one investor that his funds would be invested in securities, and then lied in soliciting money from a second investor to pay back the first.
Them thar's fightin' words! I mean, geez, ya got yer crooks and fraudsters but, whoa, now we're talkin' a "serial liar." I don't know about you but I was shocked, shocked I say, to learn that folks involved in the financial services industry would lie . . . and not just once but apparently many times. Thankfully, we have massive numbers of politicians of unimpeachable integrity to counterbalance all that fakery.
Blow Seeing to Blind
The Complaint sets forth a pattern of misconduct that, by now, has become all too familiar. Accordingly, it makes you pause and ask whether anyone is doing any due diligence when it comes to checking out the background of scam artists such as Wessel or the bona fides of the investments that they peddle. Consider some of the allegations in the Complaint:
WESSEL claims to have received a doctorate degree from the University of Oxford in 1983 and a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland. However, neither the University of Oxford nor the University of Maryland has any record of WESSEL's attendance or graduation.
From Page 3 of the Complaint
In or about June 2013, WESSEL solicited Investor A to invest $200,000 in Steeplechase USA. WESSEL told Investor A that Steeplechase USA had a minimum investment threshold of $1,000,000, but that he (WESSEL) would make an exception and accept an initial $200,000 from Investor A.
Blow Soon To Never
In September 2013, Investor A requested the return of his investment and profits, which he thought had blossomed to nearly $250,000. Instead of the prompt return of his moolah, Investor A encountered delays. Excuses. Explanations. In time, Investor A is told that he will be cashed-out on December 29, 2013: a date which comes and goes without anything showing up in the mailbox.
You know how it goes from there.
Wessel backpedals. He stalls. He wrings his hands in mock empathy. And as the histrionics pile up, the calendar moves from 2013 to 2014. The ever-patient Investor A receives more fanciful updates and assurances. The check is coming. Slowly. It's just about around the corner. But. However. Unfortunately. Here's how the stall is set forth in the Complaint:
On or about December 31, 2013, at approximately 10:29 a.m., WESSEL replied to Investor A's email and promised that his/her investment and earnings would be returned the same day.
On or about January 2, 2014, Investor A received an email that purported to be from Accountant 1 and replied to WESSELS's email described in paragraph 8(n). The email stated that Steeplechase USA receives "the disbursement from our two trading accounts, Dominick and Dominck and Schwab . . . and then divide as appropriate and cut the checks."
9. Based upon a review of documents provided by Dominick & Dominick, a financial services firm based in New York ("Dominick & Dominick"), and Charles Schwab, a brokerage and banking firm, I have learned tht neither Dominick & Dominick nor Charles Schwab have any accounts associated with Steeplechase USA, Windsor Capital, or STEVEN WESSEL, a/k/a "Wes Wessels," the defendant.
On or about April 16, 2014, WESSEL told Investor A that he (WESSEL) had "signed all the checks" and that Investor A should expect "a little more" than $249,000. WESSEL further told Investor A that his/her investment and earnings would be returned via the "U.S. Post Office."
Seriously, read USA v. Wessel (Complaint, 14 MAG 1419, June 23, 2014)
UPDATE: January 19, 2016 Sentencing
After pleading guilty on April 23, 2015 to a Superseding Indictment, on January 19, 2016, Wessel was sentenced to 55 months in prison and three years supervised release for securities fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Additionally, Wessel was ordered to pay $499,000 in restitution.
To end on a classy note, let's give credit to e. e. cummings and his poem "what if a much of a which of a wind":
what if a much of a which of a wind
gives the truth to summer's lie;
bloodies with dizzying leaves the sun
and yanks immortal stars awry?
Blow king to beggar and queen to seam
(blow friend to fiend: blow space to time)
--when skies are hanged and oceans drowned,
the single secret will still be man
what if a keen of a lean wind flays
screaming hills with sleet and snow:
strangles valleys by ropes of thing
and stifles forests in white ago?
Blow hope to terror; blow seeing to blind
(blow pity to envy and soul to mind)
--whose hearts are mountains, roots are trees,
it's they shall cry hello to the spring
what if a dawn of a doom of a dream
bites this universe in two,
peels forever out of his grave
and sprinkles nowhere with me and you?
Blow soon to never and never to twice
(blow life to isn't: blow death to was)
--all nothing's only our hugest home;
the most who die, the more we live.
SDNY


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Q: cakephp : Define Datasource for email plugin I have a problem with a datasoure configuration in cakephp email plugin , when I test my code  in local server , it's fine , but in hosting server I have error message :
Datasource class Emails.ImapSource could not be found.

that's my code :
public $emailTicket = array(
        'datasource' => 'Emails.ImapSource',
        'server' => 'xxxxx.com',
        'connect' => '{xxxxx.com:110/pop3/TLS/novalidate-cert}INBOX',
        'username' => 'contact@xxxxx.com',
        'password' => 'xxxxx',
        'port' => '143',
        'ssl' => true,
        'encoding' => 'UTF-8',
        'error_handler' => 'php',
        'auto_mark_as' => array(
            'Seen',
            // 'Answered',
            // 'Flagged',
            // 'Deleted',
            // 'Draft',
        ),
    );

thank you for help !


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module.exports = {
  extends: 'recommended',
  rules: {
    'block-indentation': 4
  }
};

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Bash Brothers: How Globalization and Technology Teamed Up to Crush Middle-Class Workers
Globalizationandtechnology is often referred to like a monolithic thing. A new study shows they're very separate. Globalization increases joblessness. Computers increase inequality.
Profits have never been higher. Wages have never been lower.
Okay, that sounds like an awfully oversimplified analysis of the frustrating recovery. And it is sort of simplified. It's also sort of true.
Go back to 1960, and corporate profits have never been higher while salary income has never been lower, as a share of GDP. Take a look here (graph via Floyd Norris):
This isn't a new trend, but something really did change in the last generation. Here's a graph of the growth in corporate profits, labor income, and GDP since 1970. As you can see, corporate profits took off in the 1990s, returned to earth after the tech bubble burst and then, in the 2000s, started jumping around like a bouncy ball dropped from a helicopter. Meanwhile, labor income fell further and further behind overall growth.
Sky-high corporate profit and stagnant wages aren't juxtaposing stories. They're the same story. And the main characters of that story are the familiar twin forces of globalization and technology, both of which have accelerated since the early 1990s.
In a sentence: Globalization (in particular, increased trade with China) has opened the doors to more consumers and more cheap workers while labor-saving technology has created more efficient ways to serve those consumers. As a result, the businesses are bigger, but the workers' share is getting smaller. Fifty years ago, the four most valuable U.S. companies employed an average of 430,000 people with an average market cap of $180 billion. These days, the largest U.S. companies have about 2X the market cap of their 1964 counterparts with one-fourth of the employees. That's what doing more with less looks like.
In macro explanations of the economy, globalizationandtechnology are often served up together in one big mixture, like another G&T you might know. But they don't have a monolithic effect. These are two distinct forces with distinct implications for distinct cities, according to new research by David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson.
You have to define something to measure it, so they isolated hundreds of "commuting zones" (sort of like metro areas) and used the growth of Chinese imports as a proxy of globalization. Technological change they took as the decline in a city area's routine-intensive jobs -- e.g.: bookkeeping -- which are easily replaced by computers.
Here's the bumper sticker version of their conclusion: Globalization increases unemployment; technology increases inequality.
Globalization: The authors found that metros with more exposure to Chinese trade -- mostly concentrated in the swoosh of states extending from Indiana down to the Gulf of Mexico and up through North Carolina -- saw significant job losses, both in manufacturing and overall. For every $1,000 increase in imports per worker, the share of people with jobs declined by 0.7 percentage points -- and more for non-college grads. As manufacturing jobs declined, demand for local services would decline, and thus job losses could extend into areas like retail and hotels.
Technology: The computerization of certain tasks hasn't reduced employment, the authors find. But it has reduced the availability of decent-paying, routine-heavy jobs. Middle-class jobs, like clerks and sales people and administration support, have disappeared as computers gradually learned to perform their routines more efficiently. But as those jobs disappeared, cities saw an increase in both high-skill work and lower-paid service sector work, leading to little overall change in employment.
Back to the top two graphs. With globalization replacing American workers with Chinese labor and computers replacing middle-class workers with software programs, labor costs have fallen for companies while demand has grown all over the world. The result has been higher profits, not just for the finance companies who make up a growing share of domestic corporate earnings, but also for manufacturing companies and other multinational firms. It's a sad, inescapable truth that many international companies are thriving, not despite the incredible shrinking American worker, but because of him.
Derek Thompson is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he writes about economics, technology, and the media. He is the author of Hit Makers and the host of the podcast Crazy/Genius.