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By Music Business Worldwide
Monica Lee, Warner Chappell Music
Warner Chappell Music has announced the opening of a new office in Shanghai.
The major publisher says this is its second office in mainland China.
Monica Lee, President, Warner Chappell Music Asia, said: "Shanghai has an incredible music scene and many songwriters move here from across China to pursue their careers. The city is also home to many of China's advertising, brand and entertainment businesses, so it's the logical place to open our new office that'll complement our existing presence in Beijing."
Guy Moot, Co-Chair & CEO, and Carianne Marshall, Co-Chair & COO, of Warner Chappell Music, added: "We're committed to growing the presence of Warner Chappell Music in Asia, and our new office in Shanghai is a significant milestone on that journey. There are so many exciting publishing opportunities in China, and we're looking forward to better connecting local songwriters and brands with our global network."
There are so many exciting publishing opportunities in China, and we're looking forward to better connecting local songwriters and brands with our global network."
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China is one of the fastest-growing music markets in the world, with large numbers of fans subscribing to a range of digital services, including KuGou, KuWo, NetEase Cloud Music and QQ Music. Many of these platforms drive significant revenue from karaoke and live streaming services, which primarily utilise publishing rights.
Warner Chappell Music struck a deal with NetEase Cloud Music in May, as part of its expansion strategy in Greater China.
The publisher has also added several local writers and artists to its roster, including Mandarin pop star A-Lin earlier this year.Music Business Worldwide
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It is no news that Jamb has announced the date for the 2018 mock examination. Please note, this is different from the real exam - it is just a preparatory exam only to be written by those opt in for it during their registration. The date for the 2018 Jamb Mock examination is February 26, 2018.
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Albania, Belle Air stops flights
Belle Air
It had virtually become the Albanian flagship carrier. But now its planes no longer fly. Behind a still confused story there are years of unpaid taxes and owners very close to former Prime Minister Sali Berisha
11/12/2013 - Marjola Rukaj
Hundreds of Albanian citizens, who had booked flights with the Belle Air airline, remained on the ground. On November 22nd, the Albanian low-cost company announced the temporary suspension of the service because Albanian authorities had blocked its bank account. The mystery remains about the fate of about 50,000 tickets sold by the company for flights up to March 2014.
Belle Air covers – or covered – about 50% of air traffic between the international airport of Tirana and many Italian cities, France, and the United Kingdom. As of now, the luckiest in this matter are Italian passengers, who have benefited from the alternative service provided by the Italian Blue Panorama Airlines. For the rest, all scenarios remain open.
In the blue, blue sky
Belle Air started in 2005 as a low cost few would bet on, but its red, white, and blue logo quickly appeared on the screens of all airports in Tirana. In fact, as a result of the failures of Albanian Airlines and Albatros, Belle Air had become Albania's de facto national airline. Yet, a few mysteries surrounded it. For a start, not even Albania's most navigate investigative journalists still know exactly who are the actual owners of Belle Air.
According to the business register, the company was founded in 2005 by Arjan Myrtezai and joined in 2007 by the couple Suzana and Ilir Xhelo – three people outside Tirana's political and economic elite. However, rumours say that they are just nominal owners, while the company allegedly belongs to Argita Berisha, daughter of Sali Berisha, and the current mayor of Tirana Lulzim Basha.
The company was founded with a capital of about 10 million LEK (about 70,000 Euros), the minimum required by Albanian legislation and has allegedly grown to a capital of 1.4 billion LEK in 2013. According to financial statements filed in the business register of companies, Belle Air has marked a tremendous revenue growth since 2011, following the liberalization of Schengen visas for Albanian citizens. That year, 1.8 million Albanians passed through Tirana's airports.
On November 22nd, 2013, however, despite data picturing a company far from being in crisis, Belle Air filed for liquidation and bankruptcy in the court of Tirana. According to representatives of the airline, Albanian authorities blocked the company's bank account.
The Rama government, however, denies taking such drastic measures. What is causing the crisis of Belle Air, according to the Albanian authorities, is tax evasion for no less than 5 years of unpaid taxes to the state of Albania, five years in which the institutions apparently did not notice anything. Filing for bankruptcy, then, would be nothing more than a way to escape the heavy penalties that would weigh on Belle Air for tax evasion.
Flying "inter nos"
Albanian passengers, who in recent years have preferred Belle Air to flagship airlines such as Alitalia, Lufthansa, and Swiss Air, had to turn a blind eye too. Belle Air has never really compared to European low-cost airlines. After remaining the only domestic airline, Belle Air enjoyed the market advantages of a monopoly, as well as considerable freedom with regard to timetables and ticket management. Belle Air passengers protesting at counters was part of the daily routine of the departure terminal, and trampling on passengers' rights had no longer been news for some time.
Though no serious accident happened, safety was not the strong point of the company even when its finances were in full growth after the liberalization of Schengen visas: right in 2011, Belle Air received a cold shower by EASA, which left on the ground some of its planes, considered not to comply with the rules of the European skies.
Different government, different friends
Although we can not speak with certainty about many aspects of Belle Air's story, it is curious that the company declared bankruptcy just a few months after the new government came to power. Whoever its owners are, they seem to enjoy few favours from the Rama government. By the way, Prime Minister Edi Rama recently announced a liberalization of the civil aviation market in Tirana, opening to international low-cost airlines working in other Balkan countries. So had said also Prime Minister Berisha, but that had remained a statement.
Anyway, Belle Air is not an exception. Facts show that over the years a pattern of dependency developed between those in power and the moment's main airline. Belle Air was founded in 2005, while Albatros was failing – another Albanian low-cost that listed among its owners the son of president of the Republic Alfred Moisiu. Needless to say, the failure of Albatros coincided with the political weakening of President Moisiu. As seems to happen for Belle Air today, the cause of the failure of Albatros was tax evasion.
Previously, the same combination of tax evasion and failure had consigned to history the flagship Albanian Airlines, which – among other things – made the blacklist of European aviation authorities for its embarrassing technical standards. Now it's Belle Air's turn. Surely, its decline will lead to a new phase in the history of civil aviation in Albania. Everything, however, depends on how this will be managed. It could end up like with all previous companies, with Albanian citizens – as always – losing.
On the other hand, this could be a positive turning point if authorities finally were able to streamline the anachronistic procedures that lead to monopoly and nepotism in aviation, opening the market to international low-cost airlines. The liberalized visa regime and the strong links with the diaspora make Albania a dynamic, growing market, which could only benefit from increased competitiveness.
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso and its partners and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union. The project's page: Tell Europe to Europe.


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Cycled down into the centre of town and sat around the pretty riverside park. Lovely sunny day, perfect for reading, writing, and of course eating.
Sitting in the sun by the water watching the trains and the rollerbladers coast by was wonderfully relaxing.
Later in the day we found our way to the bike route out to the eastern end of town. This was a real labyrinthine of flyovers and crosswalks, alternating between bumpy footpath and sharing a high speed freeway lane. I'm glad we did this today because it took us nearly an hour to cover 5ks.


I just got my Embassy paper shredder TS today. Spent a half hour trying to get it to work, then I noticed the problem, and it wasn't anything I was doing wrong. There's a serious design flaw between the wastebasket and the safety switch on the cutter head. The raised tab on the front top right corner of the wastebasket does not go up into the slot far enough to activate the switch that allows the cutter head to operate. The display shows an overload or open door error. I proved it was the problem by using the edge of the Embassy manual to push up on the switch. When I did, the cutter head worked and pulverized an envelope. The tab on the wastebasket is not broke nor does it have any molding flaws. The tab lines up and goes into the switch slot on the cutter head. It just doesn't push up on the switch enough to let it run. I examined the cutter head to make sure that there wasn't any other packaging in place that needed to be removed before operating. I have a feeling that this problem may exist on all of the units sent out, since my unit appears to be absolutely fine otherwise. Another interesting point is that in the on-air presentations they ran the shredder with the wastebasket removed which means one of two things. Either this safety switch feature was not on the units used on air, or the safety switch was "bypassed" so it could be operated with the wastebasket out. It's to bad because it is a nice shredder otherwise.
I did come up with a simple "fix", if anyone is interested. I simply took a piece of a round toothpick and taped it to the top of the tab on the wastebasket, thus extending the tab a little bit. It was enough to engage the switch on the cutter head, and now it works. If this doesn't last then maybe I'll extend the tab with some Laser Bond. I still have some time to decide if it is going back, I'm just disappointed that I had to fix Embassy's design flaw at all. Anyway, I hope this helps someone that has a similar problem with this shredder.
So sorry to hear of your problem, you certainly did a good examination on it and I'm sure you will be pleased when you get one that works properly.
I don't have this particular one, I got mine a couple of years ago and have been very happy with it and have had no problems.
I hope by now you have sent it back and will get another one that works properly.
Well, I have been known to leave the house without remembering to put on certain articles of clothing. Only to realize it hours later….:smileyvery-happy:.


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The first post in the Fundamentals of the Game series listed a set of skills that characterize successful SOCs, just like the excellence in offensive and defensive fundamental skills characterizes the greatest players in basketball or any other sport. The second article provided details on one of these fundamental skills (established alignment between SOC and business goals). The subject of this new article is another fundamental skill, represented by the design and execution of functional integration of people, processes and technologies. In short: how do we ensure that people, process and technology are aligned inside our security operations program.
We know the "People, Process, Technology" mantra all to well. As information security professionals, we cannot read a blog, book or paper without crossing path with these three nouns. They represent the pillars of any security vendor's offering, or at least that's what their sales presentations say. Popularized in the infosec world at the end of last century by Bruce Schneier, the "People, Process, Technology" trifecta has been at the heart of the ITIL set of practices since their birth in the 1980s, and has its origins linked to Harold Leavitt's Diamond Model theorized in 1965 (with the organization's tasks representing the fourth component). We can probably dissert about what is the most important element of the three and in which percentage we should split our efforts, or budgets, when planning and managing our security program. But we cannot deny that they are all necessary components, and the lack of perfect integration among them most certainly means that our security program is doomed to failure.
Once the organization has defined the SOC functions, as we have seen in the previous article, it has to find the right human capital to run them. The staff can be internal or external to the organization (e.g. MSSP); what is of paramount importance, however, is that the "ownership" of the program is always kept inside the organization.
People are then be mapped to SOC roles. Each role must be clearly defined and its definition needs to include, at least, the following information: job description, qualifications, responsibilities, skills and experience, training and career progression paths.
The type and number of roles is strictly dependent on the organization (i.e. size, structure, mission, budget, vision). As an example, SOC roles needed at different stages of the organization's SOC maturity can be the following: Security Analyst (with different level of expertise/responsibilities, e.g. L1 and L2 Analysts), SOC Manager, Incident Coordinator, Shift Coordinator, Malware Analyst, Forensic Analyst, Content Engineer, Threat Intelligence Analyst, and Platform Engineer.
Processes are strictly related to the goals that the security program wants to achieve and are therefore related to the SOC functions previously defined. Each SOC function can have one or more associated process.
Together with the definition of the process, each SOC function needs to be linked to specific roles. This can be done adopting assignment models like, for example, RACI matrix.
As for the roles, the type and number of processes depends on the organization's needs and the type/number of SOC processes that are to be implemented. As an example, the following processes can be defined and developed: Security Monitoring, Incident Triage, Incident Analysis, Incident Response, Breach Response, Content Management, Forensic Analysis, Malware Analysis, Hunting, Threat Intelligence Management, Security Devices Management, SOC Program Management.
Technology enhances and supports the SOC Incident Detection and Response capabilities providing visibility on networks and systems, advanced threat detection, incident analysis and investigation capabilities.
Visibility is ensured by data collection from logs (e.g. operating systems, services, applications, database, security tools, network equipment, etc.), full packet capture collected at selected network pinchpoints (e.g. internet gateways, exchange points among networks with different trust levels), network flows, and endpoint data.
Advanced threat detection is accomplished through data analytics that leverages collected environmental data (as from the point before) and contextual data in the form of threat intelligence, asset information (criticality above all), and business context.
Incident analysis and investigation capabilities are guaranteed through a single pane view both into the data triggering threat detection and historical one.
As the SOC maturity grows, technology can also contribute to process automation both for incident handling (triage, investigation, and remediation) and SOC program management (KPI, reporting, and metrics).
Integrating people, processes and technology may seem hard on paper. But in real life is much, much harder! Unfortunately no silver bullet is available to achieve perfect - or good enough for that matter - integration, no matter what security vendors promise to their customers on their data sheets or at security conference booths. The only recipe I have found effective for reaching this goal goes through hard work by security teams, exactly like in sports where great athletes that want to master the fundamentals of the game train harder and harder every single day of their professional life. Indeed, no shortcut has yet been found for reducing the amount of hard work required to create an effective SOC; at the end of the day we still need to rely on proper design, state of the art implementation, and continuous program management and improvement.


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Don't buy the spin: The WTO talks in Nairobi ended badly and India will pay a price India's Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, invited into a select group to negotiate the final text of the Nairobi agreement, let the rich countries have their way.
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India's demand that the World Trade Organization (WTO) take steps, on a priority basis, to safeguard the interests of poor farmers as well as the food security programmes in developing countries has received support within the U.S.
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Last week, 453 civil society groups including trade unions, farmers, environmentalists, public interest groups and development advocates from over 150 countries wrote an urgent letter to members of the WTO to "express extreme alarm about the current situation of the negotiations in the WTO." This is the largest number of endorsers on a letter about the WTO in the last decade and is a signal of the dire situation
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USA's price suppression and market distortions in cotton is threatening Indian and African producers.
As we approach the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial on December 15-18 in Nairobi, India is leading a group of developing countries insisting that the development goals promised in Doha in 2001 be achieved. On the other hand, the US, European Union (EU) and Japan have called for a "recalibration" of that agenda, one that leaves agriculture largely off the table. India is right to lead the fight for reforms in developed countries' agricultural policies.
Cotton should be at the centre of those reforms. A recent study suggests that US subsidies under the 2014 Farm Bill will continue to suppress global cotton prices. Recognising this threat, Africa's so-called Cotton 4 (or C-4) – Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Chad – tabled a proposal in October calling on the US and other WTO members to make good on the longstanding commitment to address the cotton issue.
US Civil Society letter to Froman: U.S. trade policy in WTO MC10 at Nairobi should enhance countries' rights to feed their peoples
In a letter to USTR Michael Froman, US civil society groups urged US government to support a transparent and inclusive multilateral process to resolve these pressing issues. U.S. trade policy should enhance countries' rights to feed their peoples. It should not advance negotiations that leave most countries out of decisions that they then may have to adopt as a fait accompli at a later time.
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Global Civil Society letter on the Nairobi Ministerial of the World Trade Organization (WTO), December 9, 2015
As members of 453 civil society organizations including trade unions, environmentalists, farmers, development advocates, and public interest groups from over 150 countries, we are writing today to express extreme alarm about the current situation of the negotiations in the WTO. We urge you to take seriously the need for the upcoming Nairobi Ministerial to change existing WTO rules to make the global trading system more compatible with people-centered development, and to forestall efforts by some developed countries to abandon the development agenda and replace it with a set of so-called "new issues" that actually are non-trade issues that would impact deeply on domestic economies and constrain national policy space required for development and public interest.
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The United States, the European Union, Australia, and Brazil on Tuesday (24 November) blocked a major deliverable concerning the special safeguard mechanism (SSM) for the developing countries at the World Trade Organization's tenth ministerial meeting in Nairobi beginning on December 15, several trade envoys told the SUNS.
US trying to scupper Nairobi outcome on food security
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The United States, the European Union, Australia, and other countries have nearly scuppered an outcome for the proposed permanent solution for public stockholding programs for food security purposes as demanded by 47 developing countries at the upcoming ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Nairobi next month, several trade envoys told the SUNS.
Food security: US, EU rule out permanent solution for public stock holding programmes
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for an outcome on public stockholding programmes for food security at the World Trade Organization's (WTO) ministerial meeting next month in Nairobi has almost been spiked after the US, the European Union, Canada and Australia ruled out any change from the existing interim arrangement.
'Indian and African leaders must not fail to protect interests of locals at upcoming WTO meet'
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Africa needs substantial cuts in domestic subsidies of North, US told
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The African Group on Monday (September 28) has told the United States that they will need substantial reduction commitments in the domestic support pillar of agriculture based on the 2008 revised draft modalities to conclude the Doha Round, African trade envoys told the SUNS.
US will deny S&D for China and India, no DDA after Nairobi
The United States intends to pursue, after the Nairobi WTO Ministerial Conference, an aggressive trade strategy by forcing "differentiation" to deny special and differential treatment for China and India at the World Trade Organization (WTO), several people familiar with the development told the SUNS.
Huge International Coalition Calls for a Big Change to WTO Agenda
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Negotiations in the WTO are heating up – and they are going badly. In November last year, WTO members agreed to come up with a "Work Program" for resurrecting the Doha Round by July 31. In this article Deborah James of OWINFS network articulates civil society position on recent developments in WTO negotiations.
Canadian move for new landing zones spurned
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Jul15/06)
Major developing countries - China, India, Brazil, and South Africa - unambiguously rejected on Friday (July 3), a proposal from Canada to set "new landing zones" in the Doha agriculture package without adhering to the existing mandates that were negotiated since 2001, trade envoys told the SUNS.
Nairobi MC10 must deliver on development, say CSOs
Some 341 global civil society organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday underlined that if the upcoming tenth ministerial conference (MC10) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to be held in Nairobi, Kenya is to be a "success", it must deliver on development and turn around the WTO.
341 groups from 100+ countries call on WTO Members to Abandon Liberalization Push and Turnaround WTO Agenda
Today, 341 global civil society organizations – including development advocates, trade unions, farmers' organizations, consumer and environmental groups from over 100 countries – sent a letter to WTO members today urging them to abandon the WTO expansion talks and instead focus on an urgent agenda to fix existing damaging rules in the WTO.
US-EU block permanent solution for food security public stockholding
Major developed countries, particularly the United States and the European Union, have vehemently opposed a proposal from the G-33 coalition for a permanent solution for public stockholding programmes for food security in the developing countries, several trade envoys told SUNS.
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Juvenile prisons try to change lives in face of violence
Over four dozen juvenile offenders at three state facilities have faced new criminal charges in 2017 while in custody at secure facilities.
Juvenile prisons try to change lives in face of violence Over four dozen juvenile offenders at three state facilities have faced new criminal charges in 2017 while in custody at secure facilities. Check out this story on thenewsstar.com: http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2017/11/18/juvenile-prisons-try-change-lives-face-violence/862393001/
Ashley Mott, amott@thenewsstar.com Published 12:20 p.m. CT Nov. 18, 2017 | Updated 1:47 p.m. CT Nov. 18, 2017
An October report from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor found the state's Department of Corrections has not been properly tracking its offenders - including their locations and release dates. (Lex Talamo/The Times)
A mural decorates the wall of a sitting room in a dormitory at Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe, La., Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. Swanson is run by the Office of Juvenile Justice. A year and a half ago, the center has transitioned to a therapeutic model of justice to help rehabilitate the youth sentenced to live there. Youth live in dorms and are supervised by staff around the clock. (Photo: Hannah Baldwin/The News-Star)Buy Photo
Teens housed at Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe, a secure care facility for juvenile males, spend most days attending classes, working on anger management and substance abuse issues or playing basketball at their dorms.
But, not every day goes as planned.
As of Nov. 1, twelve days in 2017 ended with multiple juveniles facing additional criminal charges. Those charges ranged from rioting to battery of a correctional facility employee and aggravated escape.
More: Youth riot at state juvenile prison
Since the beginning of the year, 36 arrests have taken place in connection with one dozen incidents at the center, according to a 2017 youth arrest summary. The report was provided to The News-Star in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.
In the same time frame, no incidents leading to new criminal charges took place at the smaller Swanson Center for Youth in Columbia while 11 incidents led to 20 arrests at the Bridge Center City for Youth in Jefferson Parish.
All three programs are classified as secure care facilities for juvenile males by the Office of Juvenile Justice.
During a tour of the Monroe campus, Dr. James Bueche, Deputy Secretary of OJJ, discussed the incidents while presenting an overall view of the department's efforts to rehabilitate youth using the Louisiana Model for Secure Care.
Bueche said that the population at Swanson has decreased by several dozen over the past year as improved assessments helped assign youth to the facilities or programs that will help reduce their chances of returning to secure custody after release.
Sentences for juvenile offenders can range from house arrest or enrollment in community based facilities to a stint at one of the Swanson centers or Bridge City.
More: Swanson inmates overpower facility worker
An interview process helps determine the best environment for placement. Criteria include whether the offender has a history of substance abuse or violence.
"These facilities are secure facilities for youth deemed a threat to public safety," Bueche said, explaining that only 12 percent of the juvenile justice population is housed at the three locations statewide.
Ensuring the teens receive the right type of placement is a critical part of the process. According to Bueche, housing youth with a lower level offense in a secure facility can increase their chance of recidivism and expose them to unnecessary violence.
The teens sent to Swanson are already at a high-risk of returning to the justice system when they enter.
"They either have a history of violence or are not amendable to treatment in community-based programs," Bueche said.
As part of the rehabilitation of the program, he said staff at the facility are now allowed to file charges if they feel like they were assaulted or battered. According to Bueche, the practice was generally frowned upon previously.
An investigative services team reviews the charges to determine validity. If a finding is disputed, an outside law enforcement agency is brought in to review the case.
The changes have helped with staff retention while allowing the teens to understand there are repercussions for their actions beyond the walls of the facility.
Altercations, including those that did not result in additional criminal charges, at the three secure care facilities have fluctuated through the past three fiscal years.
Over the past three years, altercations at Monroe decreased in year two before rising again in year three. The most recent period's records, which end in June, indicate an uptick in incidents. However, the overall numbers remain lower than the first reporting period provided to The News-Star, 2014-15.
In Bridge City altercations, year two of the past three was the most violent year with a decline in incidents noted for the year-ending in June. Year one was the least violent year.
Punishment for infractions
Many of the offenders involved in incidents at Swanson over the past year were charged as adults and were booked into Ouachita Correctional Center. Others were processed as juveniles and their records sealed.
Bueche said many of the teens booked as adults opt to return to Swanson for access to the programs and the rehabilitative efforts of the facility.
At Swanson, a dormitory with a traditional cell block format was recently shuttered. Until recently, it was used to house teens who acquired new infractions at the facility. They are now housed in a more secure dormitory with a reduced population.
A daily schedule is posted on the wall of a dormitory at Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe, La., Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. Swanson is run by the Office of Juvenile Justice. A year and a half ago, the center has transitioned to a therapeutic model of justice to help rehabilitate the youth sentenced to live there. The youth at Swanson attend school. They are offered remedial education if they need it. The youth range in age from those who attend middle school to those working toward college credit. (Photo: Hannah Baldwin/The News-Star)
Bueche said the cell block frequently housed the same children on a rotating basis. They would be moved back to a dormitory and then return, never working through their anger issues or the problems that led to the transfer.
More: Swanson Center director resigns; interim in place
Now, as the teen spends time in the secure dormitory and begins to reach goals, he is gradually allowed access to greater privileges and larger activities until he is moved back into the general population.
Afterward, the juvenile justice specialist assigned to the secure dorm will follow up for an extended time period to help the teen maintain his progress. The new plan has reduced recidivism.
Life in a secure facility
In regular security dorms at secure care facilities, approximately 12 teens are housed in a group setting with two juvenile justice specialists.
Beth Touchet-Morgan, OJJ executive management advisor, said staff are assigned to each dorm to develop a family-type environment.
The group model allows specialists to learn about the juveniles and monitor them long-term with a focus on addressing areas of concern. While helping the youth master basic skills, such as making the bed and adhering to a schedule, specialists also address problems that appear throughout the day.
When an issue occurs, all residents of the dorm can sit down in a circle and talk through the problem.
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Specialists also engage with the teens by playing board games or participating in sports. During school hours, the staff also attends class with their dorm to discuss issues that occur in the classroom without interrupting the school day.
Touchet-Morgan said educational options on the campus range from primary school to college courses.
Basketball courts stand outside every dormitory at Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe, La., Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. The center also has a full-size football field and a baseball field. The youth are supervised around the clock by staff members who work with a group of approximately 10. The staff members help the youth work through conflicts, supervise them and play games and sports with them during recreation time. (Photo: Hannah Baldwin/The News-Star)
She said the average 16-year-old entering the facility often tests at the sixth-grade-level.
This makes school courses and the offering of the HiSET an important option as well as the development of vocational skills. The HiSet is an exam that provides the opportunity for a high school equivalency credential.
Bueche said each juvenile receives an individual treatment plan upon entering the facility. This can include an educational component, substance abuse treatment and anger management courses as well as other programs offered.
Often the youth are assigned to a facility because their treatment plan requires a course offered at a specific place.
"All of the programs are evidence based to get kids thinking for a change about how to make appropriate decisions and move forward," he said.
As they move through the plan and accomplish their goals, the juveniles can step down to community based programs, such as a halfway house, and eventually return home under the supervision of a parole officer.
More: UPDATE: Gunfire exchanged, armed man dead in officer-involved shooting
The juveniles housed in secure facilities come from diverse backgrounds, many have lived through traumatic situations and approximately 40 percent need special education accommodations.
Buece said some juveniles you can reach and some you can't, but most buy into the structure of the facility.
Program goals include providing each with additional tools to help them on the road ahead, like their high school diploma or the skills necessary to obtain a job upon release.
"…We want to improve their situation, so when they leave, they are better off than when they came in," Buece said.
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Bridge City Center for Youth Arrest Summary
Jan. 1, one 17-year-old, one count battery of a correctional employee
Jan. 28, one 17-year-old, one count battery of a correctional employee
Feb. 8, one 18-year-old, three counts battery of a correctional employee
Feb. 27, one 18-year-old,one count battery of a correctional employee
May 17, two 20-year-olds, one 19-year-old and three 17-year-olds, total of six counts of battery of a correctional employee and five counts simple escape
July 13, one 14-year-old, one count of battery of a correctional employee and simple escape
Aug. 13, one 16-year-old, one count of battery of a correctional employee
Aug. 9, one 20-year-old, one count of second degree battery
Sept. 1, one 16-year-old, two counts of battery of a correctional employee
Sept. 8, one 16-year-old, one count of battery of a correctional employee
Oct. 12, one 14-year-old, one 15-year-old, one 16-year-old, one 17-year-old and one 20-year-old, five counts of battery of a correctional employee
Swanson Center for Youth Arrest Summary
Jan. 30, one 16-year-old, two 17-year-olds, two 18-year-olds, total of four counts aggravated escape, five counts battery of a correctional facility employee
Feb. 2, one 17-year-old, one 18-year-old, total of two counts battery of a correctional facility employee
Feb. 3, one 16-year-old, one 17-year-old, one 18-year-old, total of six counts second degree battery
April 29, one 16-year-old, one 17-year-old, total of two counts battery of a correctional facility employee and two counts attempted simple escape
May 11, one 17-year-old, one count battery of a correctional facility employee
June 2, one 17-year-old, one count second degree battery
July 11, three 16-year-olds, two 17-year-olds, two 18-year-olds, two 19-year-olds, total of four counts of battery of a correctional facility employee, eight counts simple criminal damage to property, six counts aggravated escape, eight counts riot and one count simple escape
Aug. 25, one 14-year-old, one 16-year-old, total of three counts of battery of a correctional facility employee
Sept. 13, two 16-year-olds, two 17-year-olds, total of eight counts battery of a correctional facility employee and four counts simple battery
Sept. 19, one 17-year-old, two counts battery of a correctional facility employee and one count simple battery
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Q: Split file by extracting lines between two keywords I have a file with the following lines:
string
string
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MODEL 1
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string
string
MODEL 2
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where there are 5000 such MODELs. I want to split this file such that each section beginning MODEL X and ending TER (shown with dots) is saved to its own file, and everything else is discarded. How can I do this? Possibly with awk or split?
I have checked a couple of other similar questions, but failed to apply the answers to my case.
Also note that I use Mac OS X.

A: You can use this awk for this:
awk '/^MODEL/{file="model" $2} file{print > file} /^TER/{close(file); file=""}' file

How it works:
/^MODEL/               # match lines starting with MODEL
file="model" $2        # make variable file as model + model_no from column 2
file{...}              # execute of file variable is set
{print>file}           # print each record to file
/^TER/                 # match lines starting with TER
{close(file); file=""} # close file and reset file to ""

Then verify as:
cat model1
MODEL 1
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TER

cat model2
MODEL 2
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TER

A: This works even with dash:
go=false text= model_ID=
while IFS= read line; do
    if   [ "`printf "$line" | grep '^MODEL'`" ]; then
        model_ID="`printf "$line" | sed -e 's/^MODEL //'`"
        go=true
    elif [ "`printf "$line" | grep '^TER'`" ];   then
        printf "$text" > "MODEL_$model_ID"
        text=""
        model_ID=""
        go=false
    else
        $go && text="$text$line\n"
    fi
done

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Metaxas & Sins to launch open reel tape recorder at Munich 2018 | What Hi-Fi?
M & S has brought its unique design language to bear on the latest ancient audio format to enjoy a renaissance.
Forget vinyl - the format's been an underground touchstone for so long now, the term 'vinyl revival' is bandied about on daytime TV. No, if you want the authenticly hip audiophile experience, open reel tape is the format to rhapsodise over.
Demand for serviceable decks has risen sharply in recent years (although admittedly from a vanishingly low base), and now Metaxas & Sins is poised to enter the fray with a brand-new alternative: the GQT.
Like all Metaxas & Sins products, the GQT is a limited-edition, hand-made product that hasn't let Kostas Metaxas' quest for "the whole musical truth" get in the way of some startling design flourishes. The company has worked closely with Swiss open reel hero Stellavox to create the GQT, using its SM8 as a jumping-off point. It's an indication of how close the collaboration has been that 'GQT' stands for Georges Quellet Tribute - Quellet is the founder of Stellavox.
The GQT is a 0.25in analogue tape recorder, running at 15in per second. It's a purely mechanical device - there are no logic controls or computer-operated components.
Metaxas is unequivocal about the superiority of open reel recorders: "there's no doubt the absolute best 'source' for reproduced music is analogue tape, and reel-to-reel analogue tape recorders are the best way to record and capture music, bar none. That is a fact, not open for discussion".
Metaxas & Sins is not currently forthcoming about the price, or indeed the quantity, of the GQT. But given it intends to launch the recorder at the Munich High End Show later this month, we hope to be able to bring you more details from the show-floor.


A new report was recently released that showed Apple's dominance that still lingers among the tablet, laptop and smartphone industries. According to the data firm Chegg, college students still prefer Apple products among all other competitors.
The survey found that 67 percent of male college student wanted new electronics for the holiday season, while 79 percent of female students wanted clothes.
In terms of electronics, companies such as Bose, Samsung and Microsoft are gaining popularity in the industry among college students, but Apple still remained supreme. According to the survey, of all the male reponsdents who said they wanted a new laptop, 37 percent picked an Apple laptop, while 43 percent of female students said the same thing. The next closest brand was HP computers, with 10 percent of the male vote and 20 percent from female respondents.
As for smartphones, 57 percent of female students wanted an iPhone, and 44 percent of male respondents agreed. The next brand in line was Samsung, with 29 percent of the female vote and 30 percent of male students.
College students have largely adapted tablet devices into their study and note-taking ways. Many students find the portable, lightweight devices easier to carry around than enormous text books, Tablet PC Review reported. Additionally, tablets now have charge times that can last 10 to 12 hours, which make the devices ideal for entire school days.
Another plus of tablets is the quick boot-up time, USA Today reported. Tablets can be left on and turned on with a single click of a button or gesture touch. With laptops, devices take anywhere from a few seconds to a couple minutes to start up.
The shift in tablet purchases has several competitors fighting for college students' money for new tablet devices.
However, with the increased amount of competitors, 41 percent of male college students still wanted an Apple iPad, and 47 percent of female respondents said the same thing. The report said 24 percent of male respondents wanted Microsoft tablets, and 22 percent of female students said the same thing. However, 22 percent of female respondents wanted a Samsung tablet, while only 12 percent of male students agreed.
Tablets are more affordable, which could increase the demand for the devices in the college setting as well. According to USA Today, there's still a demand for QWERTY keyboards, which could affect Apple iPad sales or force the giant to shift toward keyboard-equipped iPads.
Headphone sales have increased thanks to companies like Beats, which was recently purchased by Apple. The Chegg report discovered that 46 percent of all college students wanted Beats headphones, with 33 percent of male respondents wanting the brand compared to 55 percent of female students.
No matter the electronic device, college students need to protect their gadgets. Personal insurance can help college students replace lost, stolen or damaged devices.


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Bjanka (također Uran VIII), Uranov prirodni satelit iz grupe manjih unutarnjih pravilnih satelita. Otkriven je pomoću fotografija koje je sonda Voyager 2 snimila 23. siječnja 1986. Nazvan je po liku iz Shakespeareove komedije Ukroćena goropadnica.

Osim orbitalnih elemenata, polumjera od 27 km i geometrijskog albeda od 0,7, gotovo ništa drugo nije poznato o Bjanki.

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Part of the process of starting a business is choosing a name for your business entity. Proper name selection is important in your process of forming a business because other parties may sue for unfair competition or trade name infringement if the name chosen is so similar to another entity's name as to deceive or confuse the public.
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A Tribute to Mel Smith
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Griff Rhys Jones remembers his friend and former comedy partner Mel Smith, who died last month. Featuring a compilation of highlights from Alas Smith and Jones, the comedy sketch show that the duo starred in.
By Alison Graham
When Mel Smith died of a heart attack, aged just 60, there was an outpouring of real affection for a well-loved comedian, not just from fellow professionals, but from members of the public, too. We'd lost a genial presence, a man who some of us felt we grew up with on television, who was responsible for a big chunk of our comedy education with the anarchy of Not the Nine O'Clock News and the wit of Alas Smith and Jones.
It's only fitting that tonight's tribute is presented by Smith's great friend and comedy partner, Griff Rhys Jones. The pair seeped into the national consciousness with those sharp head-to-head sketches and tonight's tribute programme features some of the best bits from their series.
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Five facts about Reid Drake
Words: ACFC Media
Picture: Phototek
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - After winning the 2017/18 ISPS Handa Premiership with Auckland City FC last season, midfield maestro, Reid Drake returns to Kiwitea Street for another season with the Navy Blues.
The midfielder spent his 2018 winter footballing season with Lotto NRFL Men's Premier Division club, Central United and was a key player in the middle of the park for the team in yellow.
Here are five facts to know about ACFC's number 7, Reid Drake:
1. Drake is from Napier
Born in Napier, Drake and his family lived in Hawkes Bay till he was 11-Years-Old. They then made the move from Hawkes Bay across to Taupo and then from there Drake and his family gradually began to move north, living in both and Cambridge and Hamilton before finally settling in Auckland.
2. Football has been inside Drake's family since he could remember
One of Drake's earliest memories as a child was playing football with a size one ball inside the house with both his brother and his dad. Drake is the youngest in both his internal and extended family and was influenced to play the sport at a young age as all his relatives were involved with football.
NEWS | Reid Drake and the rest of @AucklandCity_FC take on @TasmanU this weekend at Kiwitea Street.
Here are five facts to know about Auckland City FC Midfielder, Reid Drake
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3. Drake scored on his National League debut
Prior to playing for Auckland City FC, Drake was involved with WaiBOP Football and made his debut for WaiBOP United. On his debut, Drake managed to notch a debut goal, which he describes as one of his favourite footballing memories. Although turning out for Auckland City FC the past few seasons, Drake describes his journey so far with the Navy Blues as a memory in the making, winning two OFC Champions League titles, one ISPS Handa Premiership league championship, three minor premiership titles and one Nike Lunar New Year Cup.
4. Drake is passionate about introducing children to Sport
Outside of football, Drake and his brother Danyon run a business, which is aimed at introducing young children into sport.
5. Football has offered Drake a lot of opportunities, both on and off the pitch
From Drake's experience in football, the Auckland City FC midfielder has had the opportunity to travel to places all over the world, playing at tournaments such as the OFC Champions League, The FIFA Club World Cup as well as other significant footballing events. Among that, Drake has met some of his best friends through football and says "It's great to be able to play the game I love with my mates and it's even better when you're winning and travelling around our country and the world doing so. It will definitely be something I can look back on as one of the happiest times of my life."
This article is reproduced courtesy of Auckland Football Federation and can also be viewed here.
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Web design is a complicated subject. It's not just about choosing a background visual for your site or throwing in content to fill it up, it more than that. Depending on your goal, most if not all entrepreneurs who are contemplating about building a website and having it designed want two things, one, to increase website traffic and two, to convert visitors into paying customers.
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If you want to widen your readership, you have to make your website accessible on all devices. You see, your visitors aren't just using desktop computers to access your website. They could be accessing it from a smartphone, a music player, a watch or a tablet. Therefore, you need to step up your game and create a design that would make it easier for them to access what they need from you regardless of the type of device they are using.
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No matter how amazing your web design is, if a visitor is having trouble navigating through your site, there's a big chance they will abandon it. What do you need to do? Keep your navigation clear and simple. If you can find the simplest structure, go for it. No one likes complication. The last thing a visitor wants is getting lost. Keep it clear by ensuring that navigations are present and keep it consistent not just for the landing page but on all pages. The less clicks to get what they want, the better.
Tip #3: Visited links should have varying colors.
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Nothing can be more frustrating than clicking on links expecting to find what you came to that site for only to get disappointed because the links aren't working. You have to understand that people's attention span is short and limited so if you can't give them what they are looking for, they'll get discouraged and abandon your site. For example, if a visitor expects to read a blog and clicks on a link but instead they get a 404 Error response, what do you think they would do? You guessed it right. They will leave. Don't let this simple mistake happen to your site. Double check all links and make sure they are all working.
We live in a fast-paced world where we want everything to be given to us in the soonest possible time. The need for fast and convenient service is apparent which is why as business owners; you have to ensure that you are giving your visitors the best possible user experience. These 4 useful web design tips are a good start so you can provide your customers the convenience they are looking for. Remember that your competitors are doing everything they can to make sure their traffic is increasing day by day. You must do the same, in fact, you must think ahead and outshine them and you can do that by improving your web design and making sure you incorporate these tips on your to enhance user experience.


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A Discussion with the 2010 International Women's Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Award Winners
Thu, October 14th, 2010
global, Sustainability
The International Women's Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Awards honor women journalists who have shown extraordinary strength of character and integrity while reporting the news under dangerous or difficult circumstances. Including this year's honorees, 69 journalists have won Courage Awards. Join us for a discussion with this year's award winners, Claudia Julieta Duque, an investigative journalist and correspondent for Radio Nizkor in Colombia, and Vicky Ntetema, a freelance journalist in Tanzania.
Claudia Julieta Duque
Radio Nizkor, Colombia
Vicky Ntetema
Freelance journalist, Tanzania
Moderated by:
Cynthia Tucker
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
About the Participants:
Threats, harassment, surveillance, kidnapping. This is Claudia Julieta Duque's daily life. As a correspondent for Radio Nizkor in Colombia, Duque tackles some of the most difficult stories in her country—child trafficking, illegal adoption and infiltration of the paramilitary into all levels of Colombian society. But the story that changed her life and that of her family was the unsolved murder of political satirist and journalist Jaime Garzon. In July 2001, during her investigation of the 1999 murder of Garzon, Duque was kidnapped, robbed, and told to stop her reporting. She did not. She tenaciously continues to uncover the truth.
In a country where albinism is seen as something to hide, where albinos are called zeru-zeru, or ghosts, the courage of one woman changed the course of the lives of many. Vicky Ntetema reported that witch doctors were paying people to kill Albinos to harvest their organs and limbs to be used in potions. She went undercover to unmask this barbarous practice and put her life at risk when she was discovered. Since she uncovered the truth, 200 witch doctors have been arrested. Due to continued threats, Ntetema must now report from behind a veil, in order to mask her identity.
Cynthia Tucker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist whose commentary appears in dozens of newspapers around the country. She is also a frequent television commentator. After serving for several years as editorial page editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Tucker is currently the newspaper's Washington, D.C.-based national political columnist. She is a former board member of the International Women's Media Foundation.


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MAn awesome replica of a coach lantern from yesterday! Sit on a shelf or hang with the handle. Uses a candelabra bulb, 6 watts maximum. Top opens for easy access to bulb and cleaning. Measures 10.5"H x 4.25" diameter.


It's been a long time since I ate at the same restaurant three times in eight days. So I have to say that The Cellar, which is not in a basement, is the best new restaurant in Albuquerque. It is a former video store that was owned by our close friends, Jeff and Nancy Gerlach. Now it's been completely remodeled and decorated like a tapas restaurant in Spain. I know that for a fact, because I've been to a couple of tapas places in Spain, and they pretty much look like The Cellar. Even the bathroom is beautiful! Note the tasting bar, above. Now, about the food. I've had the Tuna and Salmon Crudo, which means raw with Spanish spices. Sort of Spanish sashimi. Very good. I also had a tuna sandwich unlike any other one I've ever tasted. This was cooked, but if I have it again, I'm going crudo. My favorite so far was the shaved lamb and avocado sandwich was wonderful. I've also tasted three of their soups–all great–with the one today the best, Red Chile and Bacon Soup.
If you're ever in Albuquerque, this is the place to eat lunch or dinner. Visit their website, here.
A typically wonderful sandwich and salad.


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Jury clears Little Rock man accused in 2016 rape
by John Lynch | December 1, 2018 at 4:30 a.m. 2comments
A Pulaski County jury took 30 minutes Friday to clear James Lee Foley of rape.
Foley, 55, testified that the rape charge was an attempt to frame him to cover up how he had been robbed and attacked by a machete-wielding man at a Thayer Street home in October 2016.
Arrested naked at the scene, Foley was accused of attacking a 69-year-old Russellville woman who was also staying at the residence, the home of a friend, while recuperating from surgery.
A guilty verdict from the six men and six women would have meant an automatic life sentence for the 18-time felon. He told jurors he'd never seen the woman up close before, saying she was too old and unattractive to interest him.
In closing arguments before Circuit Judge Barry Sims, defense attorneys Colleen Kordsmeyer and Joe Tobler derided the police investigation as shabby and rushed.
They said investigators overlooked some evidence, like phone records and potential DNA, while discarding other items, including the woman's nightgown, which was not collected. He asked jurors to weigh whether detectives really cared about the investigation or gave it the value they really thought it deserved.
Foley's story was the only credible account of what had happened, Tobler said.
The accuser and her friend -- Larry Dean Farlow, 48 -- were lying to cover up how Farlow had attacked Foley with a machete, he said.
"They're lying about pretty much everything that happened. What Foley told you made sense," the attorney said.
Foley said he'd been lured to the Capital View neighborhood residence by another tenant -- the woman he loved, Janet "Rose" Glover, 59 -- with the promise of a kinky sex party with a second woman as long as he provided the drugs.
Foley, who had been paroled only a few days earlier, said he was flush with cash because he'd received upon release a $63,000 settlement related to the death of his father. He told jurors he'd spent close to $5,000 on cocaine and marijuana, intending on a weeklong party with Glover and the other woman, whom he knew only as Donna.
Prosecutors Jayme Butts-Hall and Melissa Brown reminded jurors that Foley was the only one in the home that night who didn't live there. They said that Foley had overstayed his welcome with Glover and that when he refused to leave, Glover called on Farlow to get him out of the house. Foley's refusal to go provoked a brawl between the men, which included Farlow hitting Foley with the machete.
The defense's emphasis on the fight was "misdirection" to distract jurors from thinking about how Foley had roughly pinned the woman down and violated her with his fingers after he managed to lock Farlow out of the house, the prosecutors said. Foley kept telling the screaming woman that she liked what he was doing to her, and Farlow was the one who came to the rescue, they said.
"It [the fight] has absolutely nothing to do with the rape," Brown told jurors. "No one wanted him in that house that night. All he had to do was leave, leave the house where he wasn't wanted."
Brown said Foley lied on the stand, focusing on his claim that the woman wasn't even at the home before police arrived. Police found her at the house wearing only her nightgown, the prosecutor noted.
Glover, who was not called as a witness, initially told police that Foley had raped her as well. She told police that she didn't know him well and that he had come to the house to talk about doing some lawn work. She later disclosed that they had had a lengthy intimate relationship.
Metro on 12/01/2018
Print Headline: Jury clears Little Rock man accused in 2016 rape
ZeebronZ
December 1, 2018 at 3:21 p.m.
Probably was a frame up. Bet he's broke now.
UoABarefootPhdFICYMCA
As we delve further and further from the original legal definition of RAPE [TO SEIZE]. So that all manner of other rape ills can be inflicted on society. There will never be a punishment for this woman or this man that fits what the victim, the falsely accused has went through, and neither the court nor society gives a damn about ethics or morality.
THATS TREASON.


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Q: How to Prevent Project.params from Syncing when Saving In Visual Studio SSDT, I have set up multiple Project Configurations, DEV, QA, PROD. Also, I have parameters set up for each configuration, so I can easily deploy to each environment with different parameters. However, when i edit a parameter's value and save, the new value is saved to the parameter for each configuration.
Here are the steps I followed:
First I edit the value in aNewTestParameter

Then, I save the Project.params file and switch to the QA Configuration. Notice it also has the DEV Value.

How do I prevent this save from overwriting the values in my other configurations?

A: You will need to add the parameter to configurations (third button above the Name field in the screen-shots).  Next, set these values accordingly in the "Manage Parameter Values" window that will follow.  Upon doing this, the parameter values will correspond to whichever configuration is chosen in the configuration drop-down.


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What if there was no Congress? Modi cites Gandhi to rip into Grand Old Party
12 months ago . New Delhi, Delhi, India
#BJP #Congress #Goa
PM Narendra Modi continued his tirade against the Opposition Tuesday
Modi spoke at length about the Liberation of Goa in 1961
Goa is set for polls later this month
Written By:Sammya
Updated: February 08, 2022 07:50:32 New Delhi, Delhi, India
Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that democracy is not a gift from the
Congress and ripped into the Grand Old Party during his address to the Rajya
Sabha. In an impassioned attack, the prime minister said: "What if there was no
Congress, as Mahatma Gandhi had suggested," and then went on to say that if there
would have been no Congress, there would be no dynastic politics in India. "If there was no Congress, there would be no
Emergency, no genocide of Sikhs," Modi said.
Talking about Goa,
a state set for polls later this month, the PM said that Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru, the first prime minister of India, did not want to send in the military
to Goa in order to protect his global image. The Indian prime minister spoke at length
about the "liberation" of Goa in 1961.
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha. Watch. https://t.co/P7g9rxlIH3
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 8, 2022
further said that Lata Mangeshkar's brother, Hridayanath Mangeshkar, who was
based out of Goa, was fired from All India Radio for putting to music a poem by
the Hindutva icon Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Criticising the
Congress for lecturing the BJP-led government on freedom of expression, the PM
cited examples of when the Congress, when in power, persecuted people for speaking
out against Congress leaders.
"This is a golden
age," Modi said saying Indians must cease this opportunity and be proud of
Indian traditions.
Narendra Modi's
speech in Rajya Sabha was in reference to President Ram Nath Kovind's speech in
Parliament at the beginning of the Budget session.
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Continuing his
attack on the Opposition from Monday over their response in course of the
COVID-19 pandemic. "Some parties should introspect. During the COVID-19 crisis,
an all-party meeting was called. Presentation was to be given on behalf of the
government. But, efforts were made to stop some parties from joining the
meeting," the PM said.
The prime minister's
comments followed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha in
which he attacked the government over the state of the economy and employment
in the country.
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