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Title XXXIII REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 497 FUNERAL, CEMETERY, AND CONSUMER SERVICES Entire Chapter
Renewal of funeral director and embalmer licenses.
497.378 Renewal of funeral director and embalmer licenses.—
(1) The licensing authority shall renew a funeral director or embalmer license upon receipt of the renewal application and fee set by the licensing authority, not to exceed $500. The licensing authority may adopt rules for the renewal of a funeral director or embalmer license. The rules may require continuing education of up to 12 classroom hours and may establish criteria for accepting alternative nonclassroom continuing education on an hour-for-hour basis, in addition to a licensing authority-approved course on communicable diseases, for the renewal of a funeral director or embalmer license. The rules may also provide for the waiver of continuing education requirements in circumstances that would justify the waiver, such as hardship, disability, or illness. The continuing education requirement is not required for a licensee who is over the age of 75 years if the licensee does not qualify as the sole person in charge of an establishment or facility.
(2) The licensing authority shall adopt rules establishing a procedure for the biennial renewal of licenses.
(3) The licensing authority shall adopt rules to establish requirements for the advertising of continuing education courses.
History.—ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-231; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; ss. 13, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 209, ch. 94-119; s. 2, ch. 96-355; s. 5, ch. 98-298; s. 24, ch. 2000-356; s. 83, ch. 2004-301; s. 32, ch. 2005-155; s. 21, ch. 2010-125.
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Wanted to 'commit suicide' after India loss: Mickey Arthur
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London: Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has claimed that he was feeling so low and disappointed after his team's loss to India in the ongoing World Cup that he wanted to "commit suicide".
On June 16 at the Old Trafford in Manchester, Pakistan had to face an embarrassing 89-run loss (D/L method) against arch-rivals India. This was their seventh loss against the Men in Blue in all the editions of the World Cups.
The entire team, including skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed and the team management, had drawn a lot of flak from former cricketers and fans on social media.
However, Pakistan came back strongly to keep their hopes alive of making it to the semi-finals as they registered a convincing 49-run victory over South Africa, knocking the Faf du Plessis-led team out of the competition.
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"Last Sunday I wanted to commit suicide," Arthur said at the post-match press conference after the Proteas game at the Lord's on Sunday. "But it was, you know, it's only one performance.
"It happens so quick. You lose a game; you lose another game; it's a World Cup; media scrutiny; public expectation, and then you almost go into sort of survival mode. We've all been there," he added.
He had also said guys in the team were "burnt" last week post their defeat to Virat Kohli's men.
Pakistan have five points from six games and are currently placed at the seventh spot in the table. They need to win all their remaining three games against New Zealand (Wednesday), Afghanistan (Saturday) and Bangladesh (July 5), and also hope that results of matches of other teams go in their favour so that they can make it to the last four stage.
It should be remembered that former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer had died under mysterious circumstances after the Green Brigade got eliminated in the group stage of the 2007 edition of the World Cup held in the West Indies.


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You are such a loving mom!!!! You could have made him stand in line or not gotten him one at all LOL!!!!
Love your peonies. My Dad has lots of them along one end of his garden.
Ha... you know you're going to miss your son when he moves out.
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Program at local university to help students of color is showing success
INDIANA, Pa. — A program started at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania to help keep students of color, is showing success. It's called the Crimson Scholars Program and it is now in its second year.
Briauna Booker is a sophomore at IUP. She's now mentoring incoming freshmen in the Crimson Scholar Circle. She was in the program's inaugural class last year.
"IUP is a predominantly white institution. We don't see a lot of people who look like me walking around campus every day," Booker said. "To be a part of a group that looks like me, it's a great feeling."
Channel 11 first reported on the Crimson Scholars Program, when it started in 2021. An anonymous donor funded the program to help Black and brown students navigate just about every aspect of college life, and feel represented.
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Malaika Turner helps oversee the program. It provides mentors, resources, support, and a $1,000 scholarship to students. Freshmen are able to come to campus a few weeks early to feel more comfortable in their new home.
"To see the kind of work we do now for Black and brown students, it's refreshing," Turner said.
Booker said the program gave her so much more, including help with financial aid and a connection to mental health professionals on campus, should she need them.
"The Crimson Circle helped me navigate around campus, helped me with how to email my professors, how to do different assignments," Booker said. "They helped me figure out what major I wanted to be a part of and how to switch my major, and how to order my books. They also helped me with good study tips and habits."
Turner told Channel 11 this foundation can be the factor that determines if minority students complete their college degree.
"I think it's crucial to take the time to get to know the students. That's what this program offers. The ability to get to know them one on one. To text them, to call them, to have that open relationship with them, so they know we're there for them. It's critical for their growth," Turner said.
The statistics show that in its first year, the Crimson Scholar Circle helped keep 60% of Black and brown students enrolled in the school. That's compared to a 47% retention rate for a control group of a similar makeup of students not enrolled in the program.
Turner said the university is already working on creating its next class, so that everyone in the program has the best chance of succeeding.
"To be a part of something like this — it breathes new life into the university and into this population of students," Turner said.
For Booker, it's also about lifting up the next class of students to be leaders in their class and on campus, and to one day become leaders in their communities.
"Being a mentor is special to me because they gave to me and I get a chance to give back," Booker said. "It's a system of love, of guidance, family, support. That's something that everyone doesn't have. To be a part of that is an honor."
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The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues issued its report concerning federally-sponsored research involving human volunteers, concluding that current rules and regulations provide adequate safeguards to mitigate risk. In its report, Moral Science: Protecting Participants in Human Subjects Research, the Commission also recommended 14 changes to current practices to better protect research subjects, and called on the federal government to improve its tracking of research programs supported with taxpayer dollars.
President Obama requested that the Commission undertake an assessment of research standards following the October 2010 revelation that the U.S. Public Health Service supported unethical research in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948 that involved intentionally exposing thousands of Guatemalans to sexually transmitted diseases without their consent. The President gave the Bioethics Commission two assignments: to oversee a thorough fact-finding investigation into the specifics of the studies (released September 13, 2011); and to assure that current rules for research participants protect people from harm or unethical treatment, domestically as well as internationally.


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Alex Sternberg
The Dov Gruner story
Dr. Alex Sternberg
Who was Dov Gruner? Those who have studies modern Jewish history immediately know who
he was, but unfortunately his name and story are not household knowledge, even in Israel.
Born in Kisvarda, Hungary on December 6 1912, Dov emigrated to what was then Palestine in
1940. By the time he emigrated Europe was at the twilight of the Second World War and times
were very chaotic.
A few years earlier, in 1938, at the age of 26, Dov joined a Zionist youth organization called
Beitar, headed by the legendary Zionist leader, Vladimir (Zev) Jabotinsky. Jabotinsky had
warned Jews that " a fire is raging in Europe" and urged all Jews to go to Eretz Yisroel. His
youth movement Beitar, was a world-wide movement, advocating settlement in the Land of
Israel. With chapters in all the European countries, it boasted a membership in the tens of
thousands. What set Beitar apart from the other Zionist youth groups was their more militant
approach toward settlement of Palestine, the ancient ancestral home of the Jews.
The British who promised to develop a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine changed
course and began to limit Jewish immigration instead.
As a result of the new British policy , Dov arrived in Haifa aboard an Illegal ship carrying scores
of other illegal immigrants. However, the ship that was immediately apprehended and Dov
and the other passengers were all interned in the notorious prison in Atlit, near Haifa.
After a six month stint in captivity, Dov was released and promptly joined the anti British Jewish
underground army, the Irgun. The Irgun or Irgun Tzvai Leumi known by their Hebrew acronym
the Etzel, was also the brainchild of Jabotinsky. Many Beitar members, upon coming of age
"graduated" into the ranks of the Etzel and fought for the independence of the Jewish state
from British control. The Etzel was also involved with organizing illegal emigration of Jews from
the European death trap.
Shortly afterDov joined the Etzel, the Irgun leadership declared a truce in fighting the British,
opting to have all able bodied men actually join the British "Palestine Jewish Brigade". Their
rationale was, that as long as the British were fighting Hitler they would declare a truce and join
in the anti Hitler fight.
Dov and his comrades fought in Europe and aided the anti German war effort. He spent five
years in the Palestine Brigade. After the war, Dov helped Holocaust survivors by organizing
illegal transports to Palestine.
By 1946 he was demobilized and back in Palestine. Shortly after returning, he rejoined a
combat unit of the Irgun. By this time, the truce with Great Britain was over and the Irgun along
with the other fighting unit, the Lehi (Lochamei Herut Yisrael) were waging full scale operations
aimed to dislodge Britain from controlling Palestine. Dov as a former British sergeant, naturally
spoke English fluently with the appropriate British accent.
The Irgun, always in need of scarce weapons, mounted many "procuring" missions.
In one such operation, several British soldiers came with a number of Arab prisoners to the
Ramat Gan police station. Once inside, the officer informed the desk sergeant that he had
several prisoners that needed to be housed in the police station's holding cells.
As the sergeant went to take control of the prisoners, much to his surprise, the "Arabs" lifted
their long galabiyas to reveal not hands cuffed but holding guns. The prisoners, as well as the
"British soldiers ",were, naturally, all Irgun soldiers.
They quickly emptied the police station of their weapons arsenal, loaded it onto their waiting
truck and made their get-away. Unfortunately, a detachment of real British soldiers came from
Petach Tikva and realizing what was happening, gave chase, opening fire. Dov was shot in the
jaw and fell off the truck. The speeding truck had to keep going, allowing Dov to be captured.
After a lengthy stay in a hospital recovering from his wounds, Dov was finally brought to court
to answer charges of attempting to murder a member of "His Majesties armed forces"
The judge asked Gruner "how do you plead? Guilty or Not guilty?
Dov rose from the defendants block, raised himself to be fully erect and told the judge-
"I do not recognize your authority to try me. This court has no legal foundation, since it was
appointed by a regime without legal foundation" He continued:
"You came to Palestine because of the commitment you undertook at the behest
of all the nations of the world to rectify the greatest wrong caused to any nation in
the history of mankind, namely the expulsion of Israel from their land, which
transformed them into victims of persecution and incessant slaughter throughout
the world. It was this commitment – and this commitment alone–which constituted
the legal and moral basis for your presence in this country…. You turned your
commitment into a mere scrap of paper…
"When the prevailing government in any country is not legal, when it
becomes a regime of oppression and tyranny, it is the right of its citizens– more
than that, it is their duty– to fight this regime and to topple it. This is what Jewish
youth are doing and will continue to do until you quit this land, and hand it over
to its rightful owners: the Jewish people. For you should know this: there is no
power in the world which can sever the tie between the Jewish people and their
one and only land…"
He stated that the British were far away from their home and in fact, he Dov, was home in his
homeland. According to Dov the British had no authority to try him.
His announcement provoked an international outcry. By 1947 there was plenty of precedent of
Irgun and Lehi fighters being sentenced to lengthy prison sentences with some sentenced to
hang on the gallows. But this was the first time that an Irgun prisoner openly defied the British,
questioning the legality of their authority. Newspapers from all over the world covered this
story much to the discomfort and embarrassment of the British Empire.
Dov was tried and convicted and sentenced to hang. His five years of service, participating in
heavy fighting and suffering severe injuries on behalf of the British Empire didn't mean a thing.
But the British were in a bind. If they hang this prisoner, the subsequent international outcry
will be devastating to the political standing of the Crown. So, to avoid this, they came to the cell
of Gruner and encouraged him to ask for clemency from the Empire. They assured him that if
he signs such a declaration asking for clemency it will be surely granted.
A defiant Dov said If " I ask for clemency I am defacto submitting to the authority of the British"
From his cell in the Jerusalem Central Prison in the city's Russian compound, he sent an
immortal letter to the commander of the Irgun, Menahem Begin:
……Of course I want to live: who does not? But what pains me, now that the end is so
near, is mainly the awareness that I have not succeeded in achieving enough. I too could have
said: 'Let the future take care of the future' and meanwhile enjoyed life and be contented with
the job I was promised on my demobilization. I could even have left the country altogether for a
safer life in America, but this would not have satisfied me either as a Jew or as a Zionist.
There are many schools of thought as to how a Jew should choose his way of life. One
way is that of the assimilationists who have renounced their Jewishness. There is also another
way, the way of those who call themselves 'Zionists'–the way of negotiation and compromise, as
if the existence of a nation were nothing but another transaction. They are not prepared to make
any sacrifice, and therefore they have to make concessions and accept compromises.
Perhaps this is indeed a means of delaying the end but, in the final analysis, it leads to the
ghetto. And let us not forget this: in the ghetto of Warsaw alone, too, there were five hundred
thousand Jews.
The only way that seems, to my mind, to be right, is the way of the Irgun Zvai Leumi, the
way of courage and daring without renouncing a single inch of our homeland. When political
negations prove futile, one must be prepared to fight for our homeland and our freedom. Without
them the very existence of our nation is jeopardized, so fight we must with all possible means.
This is the only way left to our people in their hour of decision: to stand on our rights, to be
ready to fight, even if for some of us this way leads to the gallows. For it is a law of history that
only with blood shall a country be redeemed.
I am writing this while awaiting the hangman. This is not a moment at which I can lie,
and I swear that if I had to begin my life anew I would have chosen the exact same path,
regardless of the consequences for myself.
Your faithful soldier, Dov.
On April 15, the British transferred Gruner along with three other Irgun fighters ( Mordechai
Alkachi, Yehiel Drezner and Eliezer Kashani )
from the Jerusalem prison to the Acre Fortress. The move was carried out in secret with the
British careful to hide their intentions from the public.
At 4 am on the next morning April 16 th , they were awakened and one by one were led to the
gallows. Each man sang the Hatikvah as they walked to their death. The prisoners in Acre all
rose from their sleep and accompanied the singing of the Hatikvah. The four were hanged within
a half hour. Due to the secrecy, the British decided to forego with the last comfort of a rabbi.
Shortly after, the Irgun announced that any more hanging of Hebrew soldiers would be met by
hanging a British officer in return. The arrogant and incredulous British laughed and stated" who
would dare harm an officer of His Majesty?". After the next Irgun fighter was hanged, two
British sergeants were found hanging outside the city of Netanya. The British never dared to
hang another Jew after that.
Within the year, the British evacuated Palestine and the State of Israel was declared.
I write this story as a tribute to the life and bravery of Dov Gruner. His stirring words and his
sacrifice ring true and are an inspiration for us today. It should serve as a reminder to those
who would forget such sacrifice and are ready to compromise and surrender parts of Eretz
Yisroel to the Arabs. May the memory of the Irgun and Lehi fighters be a blessing for Israel.
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Q: Invariant sharing with Eiffel's keyword `like` In Eiffel, it is possible to specify a type with an 'anchored declaration'.
I wonder if the relevant invariants in the class also apply to an anchored declaration:
class C

feature

    f: INTEGER
        do
            ... Do something ...
        end

    g: like f
        do
            ... Do some other thing ...
        end

invariant
    0 < f
    -- 0 < g  <-- Does this pop into existence?
end

I didn't see this written anywhere, and I think it's not the case. It would be convenient, sometimes, to avoid defining yet another type, but I think that would restrict the usefulness of anchored declarations in all other cases.

A: No, it is not possible to automagically create an invariant from an anchored declaration. In the line:
g: like f

the anchor type "like f" only replace the type of "g". It is very similar to copy and paste the type of "f" as the type of "g". In other word, in your example, what you write is almost the same as writing directly:
g: INTEGER

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P. C. Edward George Brown Greenoff (1886-1917).
On the evening of Friday January 19, 1917, a fire broke out at the Brunner Mond chemical factory off North Woolwich Road. The factory had been closed in 1912, only to be reopened in 1915 to purify Trinitrotoluene (TNT) for the war effort.
Within minutes of the outbreak of the fire an engine, from the new Brigade headquarters, was trying to dampen the blaze.
Police Constable Edward Greenoff, of the Metropolitan Police's K Division, was on his beat when he noticed the fire. Realising what was in the building and the imminent danger of an explosion, P.C, Greenoff ran towards the fire to aid in the evacuation of the factory. If it had not been for this act of bravery the death toll would have been a lot higher. He then urged the people who had come to witness the fire to stay back and away from the flames.
Then there came a rumbling sound and an explosion ripped the building apart. P.C. Greenoff was thrown forward by the force of the explosion and was knocked unconscious.
The building exploded with such force that girders, masonry and even a boiler, weighing several tons, were catapulted through the air. The shockwave, which was felt almost a mile away, ripped roofs from nearby buildings and flattened cottages within the area.
There were 73 fatalities and over 400 more were injured.
P.C. Edward Greenoff was taken to Poplar Hospital where he died from his injuries on January 28th or 29th.
P.C. Edward George Brown Greenoff was buried in St Marylebone Cemetery, East Finchley.
This plaque is situated on the wall of the G. F. Watt's Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice, in Postman's Park.
Tags: Brunner Mond, Edward George Brown Greenoff, London, Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice, Metropolitan Police, Plaque, Poplar hospital, Silvertown, The Unfinished City
Location: 75 Little Britain, London EC1A 7BT, UK
Spray Art Graffiti
Beneath Waterloo Station lie the Leake Street Arches and the famous Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel. It is this 300 metre (985 feet) wall that I had the good fortune to visit on one of my latest walks.
Every piece of wall was covered, including the ceiling and rubbish bins, with amazing artworks. Some had been up for a few hours, others were still wet while some were still being created.
Ceiling Art
It was awe inspiring watching the artists work and to see their ideas come to life, in front of me.
Heading into the Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel.
Thankfully it was a chilly afternoon, so not too many people were in the tunnel. I would think that in the summer months the heat from people mixing with the spray paint fumes could prove to be a little intoxicating.
Graffiti Bins
Bars, restaurants, London's first board game café, kitchens, venue spaces and much more are all situated in the various arches, of which there are eight, beneath Waterloo Station.
If you are ever in the area, or, even if you are not, you should definitely pay this place a visit.
Leake Street Arches
Tags: Art, Graffiti, Lambeth, Leake Street Arches, London, London & Continental Railways Limited, Public Art, Railway Arches, The Unfinished City, Waterloo Station
Location: Leake St, London SE1 7NN, UK
Big 4.
Wednesday October 27, 2021.
It was a beautiful October morning as my youngest, Keilyn, and I made our way around London. Having stopped to see the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, we decided to go for a stroll in which Keilyn would be the navigator.
We headed south down Buckingham Gate and on to Artillery Row, before turning westward towards Great Peter Street. The smell of street food emanating from Strutton Ground was intoxicating, but it was the giant number '4', off to our right, which had Keilyn's attention. So, we crossed on to Horseferry Road to investigate.
Channel 4 HQ.
Keilyn had soon put two-and-two together and realised that this was the home of Channel 4 television. We took some photos, trying not to get passers-by in the images, but, as it was close to lunchtime, this proved difficult.
We then headed up to Strutton Ground and enjoyed some street food, before continuing on our walk around London.
Tags: Architecture, Big 4, Channel 4, City of Westminster, FreeState, Golden Gate Bridge, Headquarters, London, Richard Rogers Partnership, Television, The Unfinished City
Location: Horseferry Rd, London SW1P 2TX, UK
Shri Vallabh Nidhi Mandir Hindu Temple
While wandering along Ealing Road, in Wembley, I was struck with the sheer craftmanship and architecture of this Hindu Temple.
Considering that the road is predominantly shops and housing along its length, give or take the odd surgery, a Mosque and Indian Community Centre, I was surprised to see this Temple, set back from the road.
Unfortunately, there were tents being setup, on the grounds, with vans and people coming and going, so I couldn't enter the grounds to get a closer look. However, it will be a place that I look forward to exploring, when I get the chance.
Tags: Architecture, Ealing Road, Hindu, London, Religious Site, Shri Vallabh Nidhi Mandir, Temple, The Unfinished City, Wembley
Location: Ealing Rd, Wembley HA0 4TA, UK


As you can see by clicking onto the slide show the weather was excellent even though it rained for an hour one morning it didn't deter our play once the sun came out. What a beautiful green, not too fast and quite narrow which allowed for good play and made the competitions all the better, which was just as well as we needed the exercise to walk off the wonderful buffet style meals, I am sure we all went out with good ententions of not overeating but it's very difficult when presented with such an array of dishes. Unfortunately not many of us ventured into the outdoor pool, but did enjoy the poolside restaurant and bar. A few ladies even tried the massage rooms hoping to shed a few extra pounds and aches and pains from so much bowling and laughter. The evenings were wiled away watching the cabaret laid on by the staff, playing cards, dominoes or just drinking and talking away the hours till it was time for bed and the start of another enjoyable day.


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DB pensions transfers market 'not working as effectively as it could'
The defined benefit advice market is not working as effectively as it could with the supply of advice continuing to fall short of consumer demand, according to new research by Aegon.
Three quarters of advisers surveyed believe supply is being hampered, while 89% of advisers who are or have been active in advising on DB schemes, say there are still many individuals who would benefit from taking advice.
Over half of advisers (55%) said demand from pension savers wishing to explore their options remains high. However, only a third (36%) of advisers feel there are sufficient numbers of advisers to meet the current level of demand.
In response to the FCA clampdown on DB transfers advice, an overwhelming 69% of advisers described the regulator as erring too far on not recommending transfers. It follows the FCA's latest update, published earlier this month, which said it found the number of DB members being advised to transfer "deeply concerning and disappointing."
Six in ten advisers (58%) also believe the market is being impacted by the lack of effective triage facility, with advisers unable to have a personalised discussion with a client to determine whether it is appropriate to offer full transfer advice.
Steven Cameron, pensions director, Aegon, said of the findings: "Whilst transfers volumes have declined from a peak at the beginning of last year, demand for such advice remains high and continues to outstrip supply.
"Transferring is not the right way forward for the majority of people with DB pensions, but the market is not working effectively if people are unable to obtain advice to even explore their options. This means it's important to resolve the current issues including PI difficulties which are discouraging advisers who are active in this market from continuing to offer DB advice."
Cameron said Aegon was "particularly supportive" of introducing a form of triage that would allow advisers to offer members some initial help to decide whether it was worth progressing with full advice.
He added: "Unless the current log jam is eased we'll be left with an increasing number of people whose advice needs can't be met because of a lack of supply, leaving them unable to explore their options, a situation which is in no one's interest."
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package tw.edu.npu.mis;

/*
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 * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates
 * and open the template in the editor.
 */

/**
 *
 * @author user
 */
import tw.edu.npu.mis.CalculatorModel;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

/**
 *
 * @author ahza
 */
public class CalculatorView extends javax.swing.JFrame {

    /** Creates new form CalculatorView */
    public CalculatorView() {
        initComponents();
    }

    /** This method is called from within the constructor to
     * initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
     * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    CalculatorModel model = new CalculatorModel();
    String operand="";

    public void getOperand(javax.swing.JButton button){
        operand+=button.getText();
        model.setOperand(operand);
        resultLabel.setText(operand);
    }

    private void getOperator(int opt){
        model.setOperator(opt);
        operand="";
    }
    private void process(){
        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#,###.########");
        model.process();
        operand = "";
        resultLabel.setText(df.format(model.getResult())+"");
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
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    private void initComponents() {

        jPanel1 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        resultLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jPanel2 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        button7 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        button4 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        button1 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        buttonKoma = new javax.swing.JButton();
        button11 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        button12 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        button2 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        button3 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        button5 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        button6 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        button8 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        button9 = new javax.swing.JButton();
        jPanel3 = new javax.swing.JPanel();
        buttonOver = new javax.swing.JButton();
        buttonTimes = new javax.swing.JButton();
        buttonMinus = new javax.swing.JButton();
        buttonPlus = new javax.swing.JButton();
        buttonClear = new javax.swing.JButton();
        buttonPercent = new javax.swing.JButton();
        buttonReciprocal = new javax.swing.JButton();
        buttonEqual = new javax.swing.JButton();
        jMenuBar1 = new javax.swing.JMenuBar();
        menuFile = new javax.swing.JMenu();
        menuExit = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();
        helpMenu = new javax.swing.JMenu();
        aboutMenu = new javax.swing.JMenuItem();

        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setTitle("Calculator");

        jPanel1.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));

        resultLabel.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));
        resultLabel.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 0, 36)); // NOI18N
        resultLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(javax.swing.SwingConstants.RIGHT);
        resultLabel.setText("0");

        javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel1Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel1);
        jPanel1.setLayout(jPanel1Layout);
        jPanel1Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
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            .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(resultLabel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 262, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addContainerGap())
        );
        jPanel1Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addComponent(resultLabel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addContainerGap())
        );

        jPanel2.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));

        button7.setText("7");
        button7.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                button7ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        button4.setText("4");
        button4.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                button4ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        button1.setText("1");
        button1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                button1ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        buttonKoma.setText(".");
        buttonKoma.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                buttonKomaActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        button11.setText("0");
        button11.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                button11ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        button12.setText("C");
        button12.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                button12ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        button2.setText("2");
        button2.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                button2ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        button3.setText("3");
        button3.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                button3ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        button5.setText("5");
        button5.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                button5ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        button6.setText("6");
        button6.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                button6ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        button8.setText("8");
        button8.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                button8ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        button9.setText("9");
        button9.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                button9ActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel2Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel2);
        jPanel2.setLayout(jPanel2Layout);
        jPanel2Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addComponent(button7, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 42, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                        .addComponent(button8, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 42, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                        .addComponent(button9, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 42, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                    .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addComponent(button4, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 42, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                        .addComponent(button5, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 42, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                        .addComponent(button6, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 42, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                    .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addComponent(button1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 42, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                        .addComponent(button2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 42, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                        .addComponent(button3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 42, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                    .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addComponent(buttonKoma, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 42, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                        .addComponent(button11, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 42, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                        .addComponent(button12, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 42, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)))
                .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        jPanel2Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(button7, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 35, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(button8, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 35, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(button9, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 35, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(button4, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 35, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(button5, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 35, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(button6, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 35, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(button1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 35, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(button2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 35, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(button3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 35, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel2Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(buttonKoma, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 35, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(button11, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 35, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(button12, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 35, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );

        jPanel3.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(255, 255, 255));

        buttonOver.setText("/");
        buttonOver.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                buttonOverActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        buttonTimes.setText("*");
        buttonTimes.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                buttonTimesActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        buttonMinus.setText("-");
        buttonMinus.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                buttonMinusActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        buttonPlus.setText("+");
        buttonPlus.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                buttonPlusActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        buttonClear.setText("AC");
        buttonClear.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                buttonClearActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        buttonPercent.setText("%");
        buttonPercent.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                buttonPercentActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        buttonReciprocal.setText("1/x");
        buttonReciprocal.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                buttonReciprocalActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        buttonEqual.setText("=");
        buttonEqual.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                buttonEqualActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        javax.swing.GroupLayout jPanel3Layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(jPanel3);
        jPanel3.setLayout(jPanel3Layout);
        jPanel3Layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addComponent(buttonMinus, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 43, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                        .addComponent(buttonReciprocal))
                    .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addComponent(buttonPlus, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 43, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                        .addComponent(buttonEqual, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 49, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                    .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, false)
                        .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                            .addComponent(buttonTimes, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 43, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                            .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                            .addComponent(buttonPercent, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                        .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                            .addComponent(buttonOver, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 43, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                            .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                            .addComponent(buttonClear))))
                .addContainerGap())
        );
        jPanel3Layout.setVerticalGroup(
            jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(buttonOver, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 33, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(buttonClear, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 33, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(buttonTimes, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 33, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(buttonPercent, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 33, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(buttonMinus, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 33, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(buttonReciprocal, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 33, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addGroup(jPanel3Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(buttonPlus, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 33, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addComponent(buttonEqual, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 33, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
                .addContainerGap(14, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );

        javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addComponent(jPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                    .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addComponent(jPanel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                        .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                        .addComponent(jPanel3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)))
                .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
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Q: Should the event hub have same number of partitions as throughput units? For Azure event hub 1 though put unit equals 1MB/sec ingress. So it can take 1000 messages of 1 KB. If I select 5 or more throughput units would I be able to ingest 5000 messages/ second of 1KB size with 4 partitions? What would be egress in that case? I am not sure about limitation on Event Hub partition, i read that it is also 1MB/sec. But then does that mean to use event hub effectively i need to have same number of partitions?

A: Great question.
1 Throughput Unit (TU) means an ingress limit of 1 MB/sec or 1000 msgs/sec - whichever happens first. You pay for TUs and you can change TUs as per your load requirements. This is your knob to control the bill. And TUs are set on a given Event Hubs Namespace!
When you buy 1 TU for an EventHubs Namespace and create a number of EventHubs in it, the the limit of 1 MB/sec or 1000 msgs/sec applies cumulatively across them. The limit also applies to each partition individually. Although, sometimes you might get lucky in some regions where load is low.
Consider these principles while deciding on no. of partitions in eventhub for your service:

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*The intent of Partitions is to offer high-availability. If you are sending to Eventhubs and you want the sends to succeed NO MATTER WHAT you should create multiple partitions and send using EventHubClient.Send (which doesn't confine the send to a particular partition).

*The no. of partitions will determine how fat the event pipe is & how fast/parallelly you can receive & process the events. If you have 10 partitions on your EventHub - it's capacity is effectively capped at 10 TUs. You can create 10 epoch receivers in parallel & consume & process events. If you envision that the EventHub that you are currently creating now can quickly grow 10-fold create as many partitions and keep the TU's matching the current load. Analogy here is having multiple lanes on a freeway!

Another thing to note is, a TU is configured at namespace level. And, one Event Hubs namespace can have multiple EventHubs in it and each EventHub can have a different no. of partitions.
Answers:
If you select 5 or more TUs on the Namespace and have only 1 EventHub with 4 partitions you will get a max. of 4 MB/sec or 4K msgs/sec.
Egress max will be 2X of ingress (8 MBPS or 8K msgs/sec). In other words, you could create 2 patterns of receives (e.g. slow and fast) by creating 2 consumer groups. If you need more than 2X parallel receives then you will need to by more TUs.
Yes, ideally you will need more partitions than TUs. First model your partition count as mentioned above. Start with 1 TU while you are developing your solution. Once done, when you are doing load testing or going live, increase TUs in tune with your load. Remember, you could have multiple EventHubs in a Namespace. So, having 20 TUs at Namespace level and 10 EventHubs with 4 partitions each can deliver 20 MB/sec across the Namespace.
More on EventHubs

A: One partition goes to one TPU. Think of TPUs as a processing engine. You can't take advantage of more TPUs than you have partitions. If you have 4 partitions, you can't use more than 4 TPUs.
It's typical to have more partitions than TPUs, for the following reasons

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*You can scale the number of TPUs up if you have a lot of traffic, but you can't change the number of partitions

*You can't have more concurrent readers than you have partitions. If you want to have 5 concurrent readers, you need 5 partitions.

As for throughput, the limits are 1 MB ingerss/2 MB egress per TPU. This covers the typical scenario where each event is sent both to cold storage (eg a database) and Stream analytics or an event processor for analysis, monitoring etc.


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NCAA's Sexual Assault Issue Needs More Scrutiny Ruling In O'Bannon Case a Mixed Bag for Athletes
Today Marks the End of College Sports as We've Known Them
What a sad joke big-time college athletics has become. Our country continues to allow big-time college sports factories to operate as "non-profit educational entities." Our largest universities have given up on the idea of education when it comes to the athletic department. These schools now look for executives from the for-profit business world to run their athletic departments. Educators, or even former coaches (who are supposed to be educators) need not apply. Education of students at these institutions is simply seen as a nuisance in the quest for conference and national championships.
Today, August 7th, the Big Five conferences will be allowed to separate themselves from the rest of the NCAA. They'll stay under the NCAA umbrella in order to keep their non-profit status but they'll be their own big-time business operation in every way but name.
College sports began under a model similar to the current Div III model: actual students who chose to play athletics as an extra-curricular aspect of their overall college education experience. Today, big-time student-athletes live in separate dorms, have elaborate cafeterias and chefs of their own, have classes and majors handed to them by the coaching staff, and are usually only allowed a week or two to go home in the summer. It's definitely a full-time, year-round job. That fact makes the big-time athletes that actually get a meaningful degree as a result of attending real classes all the more honorable.
To make things worse, these big-time athletes are completely exploited. While they make millions for their schools and conferences, a large percentage of these athletes are pushed through easy classes filled with other "student-athletes" and walk away not being able to read or speak above a sixth-grade level — with or without a college degree in hand. Moreover, they're not allowed to make money on their talents like every other student on campus. For example, music students on music scholarships can make some extra cash playing Saturday night gigs at the local bar but football and basketball stars get busted if they take money for signing autographs at the local auto parts store.
The hypocrisy of it all is sickening ….
Nevertheless, perhaps today's action will ultimately end some of the hypocrisy. If athletes in Big Five conferences are eventually allowed to make money off their abilities (either by being paid directly or through a model similar to the current Olympic model, e.g, being able to make money off their likeness from sponsors, etc.); lower Div. I and Div. II colleges and universities revert back to the original model of college athletics: real students who simply participate in athletics as part of their college experience, and the Big Five schools lose their tax-exempt status, then some of the hypocrisy will fade away and we'll be able to call big-time college sports (The Big Five) what it is: professional sports.
In effect, today's NCAA vote allows the Big Five conferences to basically secede from the union. As such, it also will be the first step of the demise of the "Little Five" Div. I conferences: Mountain West, Conference USA, Sun Belt, Mid-American Conference, and the American Athletic Conference. These teams will receive peanuts relative to the mega dollars the Big Five conferences will receive under the new college football playoff system.
ESPN's Brett McMurphy explained it this way:
"During the 12-year contract for college football's new playoff format, the nation's five power conferences (SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC) will earn an average of nearly $75 million more per year than the smaller leagues known as the 'group of five.' From 2014 to 2025, the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC will earn an average of at least $91 million annually…. By comparison, the average for the group of five — (American Athletic Conference, Mountain West, Mid-American, Conference USA and Sun Belt) — during that 12-year period will be about $17.25 million annually."
Individual conference television deals for the Big Five and Little Five are vastly different as well. Each Big Five member school will be getting approximately $20 million a year from their conference TV deals moving forward. Mountain West schools will be getting around $2 million each, Conference USA members around a $1 million per school, while schools in the three other Little Five conferences will be getting significantly less than that.
It gets worse for the Little Five conferences. After today, the Big Five will be allowed to make their own rules and the Little Five will have nothing to say about it. In addition, it will be harder and harder for the Little Five schools to schedule teams from Big Five conferences, making it impossible for them to ever be part of the college football playoff. Many Little Five schools need these "payday" games against Big Five opponents just to stay afloat financially.
The value of Little Five TV deals will continue to drop in relation to the Big Five conferences as fans and media view the Little Five more and more as minor leagues. So, the college football hierarchy will be 1) The Big Five; 2) The Little Five; and 3) The Really Little Guys (today's Div. I-AA). Today's Div. II and Div. III schools will then fall in line under those groups. The Big Five will be highly commercialized and professionalized business entities and the Little Five conferences will no longer be able to effectively compete with them. Little Five schools will be faced with two choices: 1) Try to significantly beef up resources and become part of the Big Five or 2) Downsize significantly and become one of The Really Little Guys — even hook-up with a Division II or III conference and get back to focusing on education.
In most cases, the latter choice will be the most ethical and reasonable. After today, school's in the Little Five conferences will officially be in "no-man's land."


Diana Whitney, Ph.D. is President of Corporation for Positive Change, a global consulting consortium dedicated to the creation of collaborative advantage and life affirming organizations. She is an internationally recognized consultant and pioneering thought leader on topics related to Appreciative Inquiry, the social construction of innovation and positive change, Appreciative Leadership and spirituality at work. Dr. Whitney is a co-founder of the Taos Institute, a fellow of the World Business Academy, and a Distinguished Consulting Faculty with Saybrook University.
She is an award-winning writer. Her major works include, The Power of Appreciative Inquiry (with Amanda Trosten-Bloom), Appreciative Inquiry (with David Cooperrider), Appreciative Team Building and her newest Appreciative Leadership: Focus on What Works to Drive Winning Performance and Build a Thriving Organization.
Diana's consulting focus is large scale and high engagement in the arenas of culture change, strategic planning, leadership development, merger integration, union-management partnership and service excellence. Among the many organizations who have benefited from her work are ACT, City of Regina, CA, Antofagasta Minerals, British Airways, Verizon, Glaxo Smithkline, Canadian School of Public Service, Merck LA, Sisters of Good Shepherd, University of Virginia Health System and the United Religions Initiative.


Hoteliers gather for their annual conference in Killarney on Monday as new figures reveal room occupancy rates reached a 10-year high, at 70 percent, in 2015.
According to the annual sector report from the Irish Hotels Federation the upturn which has been sustained since 2011, has been achieved without leading to "price gouging" and high levels of inflation.
Federation chief executive Tim Fenn said while there has been some increases in room prices in recent months, rates were recovering form "a very low base" following the downturn.
"This is enabling hoteliers to reinvest revenues within the sector, enable the industry to enhance its product and create additional employment," he said.
Irish hotels were "among the most competitively priced in Europe" and significantly lower than key competitors, he said.
In support of his view, Mr Fenn pointed to figures from Fáilte Ireland which claim 95 percent of holidaymakers said they were satisfied with the value money they received on holidays here.
During 2015, overseas visitors grew by 798,000 to 7.9 million with increases across all key markets. Visitors numbers from North America rose 13 percent to 1.3 million in 2015 while visitor numbers from mainland Europe rose 14 percent to 2.84 million.
Visitors from Britain – Ireland's main tourism market – were up by eight percent to 3.25 million.
Total revenue generated across all tourism-related businesses in 2015 was up 10.7 percent at €7.27 billion and accounted for 4 per cent GNP.
Of this, €5.76 billion was attributed to foreign exchange earnings from overseas visitors (up 12.9 percent on 2014) and €1.51 billion to home-grown tourism (up 3 percent on 2014).
The Hotels Federation report said the upturn had been driven largely by overseas visitors – which saw an 11percent increase over the last twelve months coupled with a strengthening in consumer confidence.
It noted more than 33,000 new jobs were created in the tourism and hospitality industry since 2011, highlighting the role played by the sector as an engine of growth and employment. The tourism industry as a whole now supports approximately 205,000 jobs – "equivalent to 11 percent of total employment in the country with over 57,000 of these jobs in the hotels sector", said Mr Fenn.
*Overseas visitor numbers excluding same-day visits and overseas visitors entering via Northern Ireland.


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Q: I am getting an error "Traceback (most recent call last)  in ()" I am trying to extract the specific parameters by calling an api . i am able to call the api but when i extract the data it returns me only few lines of api and when i set the limit in the url it throws the error. I am new to python . can anyone please help me with that. here is my code
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPConnection("xxx-staging.xxx.xxx")

 headers = {'cache-control': "no-cache",
 'postman-token': "d97b415e-04ae-c8b0-12b4-c55ce883628e"  }

 conn.request("GET", "/xxxx/api/xxx/internal/2017-05-22    //aps_with_errors?&limit=50000")

 res = conn.getresponse()
 data = res.read()
 output = json.loads(data)

errorMap = []
for rea in output['results']:
errorMap.append("%s : %s " % (rea['Version'],rea['reason_code']))

with open("/result.txt", "w") as f:
        for line in errorMap: print (line)


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Securities Snapshot November 06, 2018
Second Circuit Again Rejects Hedge Fund Founder's Appeal Of Insider Trading Conviction
Second Circuit Again Rejects Hedge Fund Founder's Appeal Of Insider Trading Conviction; Ninth Circuit Upholds $35 Million Penalty Against Couple for EB-5 Fraud; Northern District of California Dismisses Commodities Exchange Act Claim Against Coinbase, Inc. With Prejudice.
On October 25, 2018, the Second Circuit rejected Silicon Valley hedge fund founder Doug Whitman's second appeal of his insider trading conviction in Whitman v. U.S. In 2012, Whitman was convicted for his role as a tippee in an insider trading scheme regarding stock in Google, Inc. On direct appeal, Whitman challenged the district court's evidentiary rulings and jury instructions, but did not specifically challenge the court's instruction defining "personal benefit," although his counsel had previously raised the issue during trial. Following a decision denying Whitman's appeal, the Second Circuit issued its opinion in U.S. v. Newman, which narrowed the definition of "personal benefit" that trial courts should use in instructing the jury on insider trading cases. Whitman then filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, claiming that the court's decision in Newman rendered his jury instructions erroneous, entitling him to a new trial. The district court denied that motion, finding that it was procedurally defaulted because Whitman had failed to raise the issue on direct appeal. Whitman then appealed the denial of his habeas petition, arguing that procedural default should not apply because arguments concerning "personal benefit" were so novel at the time of his direct appeal that this legal argument was not reasonably available to counsel. The Second Circuit disagreed. While the court found that Whitman's jury instruction would be unlawful under its recent narrowed definition of "personal benefit" as articulated in U.S. v. Martoma, which followed the Supreme Court's decision in Salman v. United States, the court found that Whitman's procedural default was not excused. The court pointed to the fact that two defendants made the argument on direct appeal that the definition of "personal benefit" was too expansive and that Whitman's own trial counsel made a similar argument before the district court, reasoning that if these counsel were able to raise the issue, it cannot be said that the argument was unavailable to Whitman's appellate counsel. The court declined, however, to find that failing to make a "personal benefit" argument on direct appeal rendered Whitman's appellate counsel ineffective, reasoning that such an argument was not "significant and obvious," given the long-standing prior definition. This decision underscores the court's discretion in finding a procedural default in the event that available arguments are not raised on direct appeal, even when the jurisprudence expands significantly following the defendants' initial appeal.
Ninth Circuit Upholds $35 Million Penalty Against Couple for EB-5 Fraud
On October 26, 2018, the Ninth Circuit upheld a $35 million judgment against a married couple who allegedly cheated investors out of millions of dollars in an EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program fraud in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Charles Liu et al. The EB-5 program provides a method for eligible immigrant investors to become lawful permanent residents of the United States by investing at least $1,000,000 to finance a business that will employ at least 10 American workers. Charles Liu and his wife, Xin Wang, allegedly took approximately $27 million from visa-seeking Chinese investors, promising that the proceeds from the investments would go towards a cancer treatment center that was never built. Liu instead transferred almost $12.9 million to three marketing firms in China, one of which he heads as CEO and Chairman, and also transferred more than $7 million to the couple's personal accounts. The district court entered a preliminary injunction against the couple in October 2016 and granted the SEC's motion for summary judgment and a permanent injunction against the couple in April 2017, barring them from any further involvement in EB-5 solicitations. On appeal, the couple argued that the limited partnership interests they offered to investors were not securities as defined under the Securities Act of 1933, and that they did not act with a "high degree of scienter." The Ninth Circuit rejected these arguments, confirming that the couple must repay the $27 million and pay $8.2 million in civil penalties. This case provides one example of a trend in fraud cases recently brought by the SEC arising out of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program.
Northern District of California Dismisses Commodities Exchange Act Claim Against Coinbase, Inc. With Prejudice
On October 23, 2018, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in Berk v. Coinbase, Inc., et al. dismissed a proposed investor class action alleging unfair competition and negligence against Coinbase, Inc., a cryptocurrency exchange, as well as its CEO Brian Armstrong and communications director, David Farmer, for failure to state a claim. Plaintiff Investor Jeffrey Berk alleged that Coinbase artificially inflated bitcoin cash prices by announcing the opening of the market to trade only an hour before it opened, and then closing the market minutes after opening after the price of the bitcoin cash skyrocketed 200% to over $8,499. While the judge noted that it "intuitively seems that this was something that was bungled," he concluded that one reading the complaint would be "left wondering what Coinbase should have done differently." The court therefore dismissed Berk's negligence and unfair competition claims without prejudice, finding that the allegations failed to "describe the scope or content of Coinbase's duty in anything more than broad generalities," giving plaintiffs three weeks to amend their pleadings. The court, however, dismissed with prejudice plaintiff's claim under the Commodity Exchange Act, finding that Berk's bitcoin cash purchase was not a "futures contract" as defined in the statute. In this regard, this case is in tension with other recent federal court decisions holding that all virtual currencies could be considered commodities under the CEA subject to CFTC jurisdiction.
James D. Gatta
Meghan K. Spillane
Louis L. Lobel
Matthew T. Harrington
Lindsay E. Hoyle
in Digital Currency Perspectives
SEC Deems Digital-Currency Investment Vehicle a Reporting Company
Second Circuit Holds That Government Can Criminally Prosecute Insider Trading Under Title 18 Without Proving Personal Benefit To Tipper
Challenging Times: The Hardening D&O Insurance Market


Piraeus Port Authority and North Adriatic Sea Port Authority sign MoU. Credit: Nikolaos Diakidis / Wikipedia.
The Piraeus Port Authority in Greece and the North Adriatic Sea Port Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen cargo flows between the two ports.
The Ports of Venice and Chioggia are overseen by the North Adriatic Sea Port Authority.
Under the terms of the MoU, the two parties propose to establish mutual cooperation to develop their ports and services.
This would support infrastructural connectivity policies and port services to improve the commercial flows between Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Far East through the two ports.
Piraeus Port Authority CEO Fu Chengqiu said: "Τhe port of Piraeus, the largest port of Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean, is an ideal hub between Asia and Central & Eastern Europe.
The MoU aims to improve the exchange of best practices and know-how in port management.
Both the ports serve as fundamental networks in the upcoming international maritime connections along the new Silk Road.


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A Conversation with George Soros, Nouriel Roubini and Jeffrey Sachs СNN Earth Institute
In 1956, Soros moved to New York City where he worked as an arbitrage trader for F. M. Mayer (1956–59) and as an analyst for Wertheim & Co. (1959–63). He planned to stay for five years, enough time to save $500,000, after which he intended to return to England to study philosophy.[24] During this period, Soros developed the theory of reflexivity based on the ideas of Karl Popper. Reflexivity posited that the valuation of any market produces a procyclical "virtuous or vicious" circle that further affects the market.[25]
Soros' experience from 1963 to 1973 as a vice-president at Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder resulted in little enthusiasm for the job and a desire to assert himself as an investor to make reflexivity profitable. In 1967, First Eagle Funds created an opportunity for Soros to run an offshore investment fund as well as the Double Eagle hedge fund in 1969.[25]
In 1970, Soros founded Soros Fund Management and became its chairman. Among those who held senior positions there at various times were Jim Rogers, Stanley Druckenmiller, Mark Schwartz, Keith Anderson, and Soros' two sons.[26][27][28]
In 1973, due to regulatory restrictions limiting his ability to run the funds, Soros resigned from his First Eagle funds. He then established the Quantum Fund.[25]
In August 2010, Soros acquired a 4 percent stake in the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) for about $35 million.[29]
Soros announced in July 2011 that he had returned funds from outside investors' money (valued at $1 billion) and instead invested funds from his $24.5 billion family fortune due to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure rules.[30]
In 2013 the Quantum fund made $5.5 billion, making it again the most successful hedge fund in history. The fund has generated $40 billion since its inception in 1973.


The song "Samothrace's Step" with lyrics by His Eminence Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, Samothrace and Traianoupolis Mr. Anthimos, is considered to be a hymn for her birthplace, the Island of Samothrace.
It is a Traditional song composed by Zoe in a 7/8 rhythm, which comes from the steps of a known Greek Traditional dance.
The musicians playing in this song are concidered to be the next generation of the Greek Traditional music, alongside the upcoming singers Konstantinos Tiganis and Pelagia Mylona interpreting the lyrics.