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Călărași is a commune in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Călărași, Libertatea and Pleșani.

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Ceftriaxone and Acute Renal Failure in Children
Ning Li, MD;
Ning Li, MD
aDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, and
Xuefeng Zhou, MD;
Xuefeng Zhou, MD
Jiyan Yuan, MD;
Jiyan Yuan, MD
Guiying Chen, MD;
Guiying Chen, MD
bTongji School of Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Hongliang Jiang, MD;
Hongliang Jiang, MD
Wen Zhang, MD
Address correspondence to Wen Zhang, MD, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No 1095 Jiefang Rd, Tongji Hospital, Wuhan 430030, China. E-mail: wenzhang09@126.com
Pediatrics (2014) 133 (4): e917–e922.
Ning Li, Xuefeng Zhou, Jiyan Yuan, Guiying Chen, Hongliang Jiang, Wen Zhang; Ceftriaxone and Acute Renal Failure in Children. Pediatrics April 2014; 133 (4): e917–e922. 10.1542/peds.2013-2103
Our aim was to evaluate the clinical profile, treatment, and outcome of ceftriaxone-associated postrenal acute renal failure (PARF) in children.
We retrospectively studied 31 consecutive cases from 2003 to 2012 for PARF after ceftriaxone treatment. There was no past history of urolithiasis or nephropathy in these children.
The average time of ceftriaxone administration before PARF was 5.2 days. The major symptoms apart from anuria included flank pain (>3 years old, 25/25), excessive crying (<3 years, 6/6), and vomiting (19/33). Ultrasound showed mild hydronephrosis (25/31) and ureteric calculi (11/31). Nine children recovered after 1 to 4 days of pharmacotherapy. Twenty-one children who were resistant to pharmacotherapy underwent retrograde ureteral catheterization. After catheterization of their ureters, normal urine flow was observed, and the symptoms subsided immediately. Catheter insertion failed in 1 child who subsequently underwent 3 sessions of hemodialysis before normal urination was restored. Ceftriaxone was verified to be the main component of the calculi in 4 children by tandem mass spectrometric analysis. The recovery was complete in all cases.
Ceftriaxone therapy in children may cause PARF. Early diagnosis and prompt pharmacological therapy are important in relieving the condition. Retrograde ureteral catheterization is an effective treatment of those who fail to respond to pharmacotherapy.
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Re: ceftriaxone and acute renal failure in children
Francois Cachat
We read with interest the article of Li et al. titled "ceftriaxone and acute renal failure in children" [1]. Hoping to improve the quality of future case reports, and to raise awareness of the readers about the importance and the pitfalls of case reports of drugs adverse effects (AE), we would like to make several comments. A case report/case series about drug AE should be as precise and as documented as possible in order to correctly attribute the presumed AE of the offending drug and take appropriate measures. This is extremely important, given the unique role of case reports in post-marketing surveillance and reporting of drugs AE, which are notoriously under-reported in randomized controlled trials [2].
We believe that the case report of Li et al. is somewhat insufficiently documented in a few aspects, and unfortunately does not allow drawing firm conclusions. Drug brand name, dosage, route of administration and duration of therapy should be reported more precisely. If data are not available, they should be actively searched for, or patients removed from the study, should essential data not be available. We do not believe that parents' reporting of previously administered drugs in another hospital is sufficient, obviously not for drug dosage (as shown correctly in table with data identified as missing), maybe less for correct drug identification or treatment duration. Recall failure for prior drug therapy from patients has been shown to be significant [3], and this is of concern regarding the validity of some gathered data in this study. Also, concomitant drug administration was not mentioned, which is of the utmost importance. Unsuspected drug association can have disastrous consequences, long after the drugs have been marketed. Only post-marketing surveillance was able to detect the dreadful and fatal combination of IV ceftriaxone and calcium, as summarized in a recent publication [4]. Finally, the lack of hydronephrosis and visualized calculus in some patients is troubling. We do wonder for these particular patients if acute renal failure can readily be attributed to an AE of ceftriaxone or not. Combination of several drugs for meningitis, including ceftriaxone, has been reported to promote acute renal failure without nephrolithiasis [5].
In summary, case reports still represent the most important source of information for post-marketing drugs AE. Therefore, case reports description should be as complete and accurate as possible in order to allow patients, physicians, the pharmaceutical industry and policy makers to take appropriate decisions. Several pieces of important information are lacking in this case series, somewhat lowering its interest and preventing the reader to draw definitive conclusions.
References 1. Li N, Zhou X, Yuan J, Chen G, Jiang H, Zhang W. Ceftriaxone and acute renal failure in children. Pediatrics 2014;133:e917-22 2. Ioannidis JP, Lau J. Improving safety reporting from randomised trials. Drug Saf 2002;25:77-84 3. Bellamy N, Grace E, Hanna B, Grant E, Tugwell P, Buchanan WW. Clinical evaluation of two strategies for improving patient recall of prior drug therapy. Br J Clin Pharmac 1984;17:769-72 4. Bradley JS, Wassel RT, Lee L, Nambiar S. Intravenous ceftriaxone and calcium in the neonate: assessing the risk for cardiopulmonary adverse events. Pediatrics 2009;123:e609-13 5. Vomiero G, Carpenter B, Robb I, Filler G. Combination of ceftriaxone and acyclovir - an underestimated nephrotoxic potential? Pediatr Nephrol 2002;17:633-7
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Fanbase Press' Holiday Gift Guide 2016: Tabletop Games
The holiday season can be a stressful time of year. Amidst the craziness of booking flights to visit your family, preparing feasts, or simply maintaining your sanity while maneuvering holiday traffic, the last thing on your mind may be finalizing your gift list. Fanbase Press is here to help with the best recommendations for the must-play tabletop games from the year as suggested by our staff and contributors. Board, card, and roleplaying games make a great gift for the geeks in your life, especially for the holidays where the requisite number of players is usually right around the corner. Whether navigating a winding labyrinth or pretending to be pirates sailing the seven seas, playing a game together is a great holiday event for the family. ~ Kristine Chester, Fanbase Press Senior Contributor
Board, Dice, & Card Games
Published by Mayfair Games
Recommended by Claire Thorne
If you are a tabletop game addict like myself, you've probably played many hours of Settlers of Catan. Catan is an endlessly fun tabletop experience, but not exactly easy to take with you on the go. Happily, there is the Catan Dice Game. The dice game offers two versions of game play based on the standard resource-gathering version of Catan, with options for limited-turn play and a longer version that more closely follows the full version.
The dice game is an easy-to-carry life-saver in so many situations, from road trips to airports to even our own living room. It offers fast and fun variations on the beloved original version that are quickly becoming favorites. It's a must-have item on our game shelf and our vacation baggage, and it's a great stocking stuffer for all the tabletop addicts you know.
Jim Henson's The Labyrinth: The Board Game by River Horse
Published by River Horse
Recommended by Erik Cheski
The babe with the power. One of my favorite films celebrated its 30th anniversary this year, and the nostalgia has been lovely, though poignant with the passing of Mr. Bowie. There's nothing more brave than Sir Diddimus, no friend greater than Ludo, and no miser more lovable than Hoggle. I can't wait to get my hands on this game and chart my own path, avoiding the oubliette and rescuing Toby Froud from Jareth. The miniatures are stunning and the game as a whole is incredibly well designed. If you have someone who can't stop singing "Dance Magic Dance" like me, then trust me: This is a Christmas maker.
Rick and Morty "Total Rickall" Cooperative Card Game
Published by Cryptozoic Entertainment
Recommended by J.C. Ciesielski
If you know Rick and Morty, then you probably know Mr. Poopy Butthole. Or do you? This fun card game has you working out which characters are real and which are parasites pretending to be make believe friends and family. For 2-5 players, I would really recommend playing with as many as possible. It makes the game play more dynamic (a.k.a. that much more fun). There are also special character cards that have special rules and an advanced version for more experienced players. It's hysterical watching non-show watchers come across the characters for the first time, like Sleepy Gary, Hamurai, Amish Cyborg, and many more! If you love the show, this is a must buy. Get it for the Ricky and Morty lovers in your life! Get it. Just get it.
Playing time: 20-30 minutes
7th Sea: Second Edition
Published by John Wick
Recommended by Colin Eldred-Cohen
"Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles." A quote from William Goldman's The Princess Bride, but also a perfect introduction to the 7th Sea!
Get ready for an adventure on the high seas in a crowdfunded property revival that made its goal on the first day! John Wick's 7th Sea roleplaying game takes you to Théah, an enchanted version of Europe in the 1600s. An inquisition runs rampant looking for heretics, nations are locked in a constant power struggle, and magic flows through the very earth and water. In other words, it's the perfect proving grounds for heroes.
Build your character from any of Théah's nations and take up one of the many sword styles or sorcery schools before setting out on your adventure. You can open portals to a hellish realm, save the Prince of Avalon from a wicked warlock, command a single ship to defeat a pirate fleet, and more. The combat and play is meant to invoke the feel of the old swashbuckling tales of adventure and it delivers. It's easy to pick up and play, so what's stopping you? Your adventure awaits.
Published by Fantasy Flight Games
Aliens are invading! Zombies are running amok! Machines are rising up against humanity! The biblical Armageddon is upon us! And in the middle of it all... you and your friends.
Fantasy Flight's End of the World series lets you play through a number of apocalypses. There are four books in the series: Zombie Apocalypse, Wrath of the Gods, Alien Invasion, and Revolt of the Machines. Each one can stand as its own game and contains five unique scenarios within those genres, all with their own flavor of terror. You can play a short session to see how long each player survives, a short arc, or a sort of survival mode where you live through the initial apocalypse and see what comes afterwards. So many different ways to experience the fall of civilization.
But perhaps the most amazing thing about it is that you're basically playing yourself. This system has the easiest and quickest method of character creation out there with a voting method to keep a player from making their character some kind of superman. What better way to immerse yourself in the situation than immersing YOURSELF in the situation? This series is a hidden gem in Fantasy Flight's library, so give it a shot. It's the end of the world, so live a little!
Force and Destiny: Endless Vigil
Recommended by Kristine Chester
"I am Vengeance…I am the Night….I am Batman!" is what your Jedi Knight player will be saying once they have Endless Vigil in hand. The career book for Sentinels is one of the must-own books for the Force and Destiny Star Wars RPG line. Containing three new specializations: the Sherlock Homles'-esque analyzer of crime scenes the Investigator, the parkouring master of all forms of movement the Racer, and the dark knight specialization if ever there was one and master of lightsaber combat at a distance the Sentinel.
The goodness inside this book doesn't end there. Endless Vigil contains a staggering amount of must-have equipment for any Force and Destiny character who wants to wield a laser sword. This book vastly expands the number of lightsaber attachments, introducing a brand new lightsaber crafting system, and unusual lightsabers galore from Kylo Ren's crossguard lightsaber to Lady Lumiya's lightwhip. Fans of podracing will find a complete section devoted to the sport and a how-to guide on creating pods.
Now, this sounds like a great player supplement, but I know you GMs are asking, "What about us?" A full third of this book is devoted to running urban campaigns set in the Star Wars universe, covering everything from verticality in combat to running the beat by beats of an investigation. Whether your campaign is set in the underbelly of Coruscant, the seedy streets of Mos Eisley, or just visiting one of these locations, this is an invaluable resource.
What are you waiting for? Put on your cowl and cape, grab your lightsaber, and hop into your souped up pod. The cities of the galaxy need a hero.
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The DLL team had a busy first day of CUNY Games Conference 2018. Bishop, Marcus, and I led three consecutive events in the afternoon! The first was a panel on the tech tools DLL uses in its programs and how these tools contribute to college readiness for young people. I particularly enjoyed talking about Scratch and the amazing games that my students have made to represent issues important to them, including such serious topics as racism and sexism. The second event was an activity called RatRaceEDU, where we led teams to compete in a relay race to grab items symbolizing a "good life" with movement limitations placed on them based on a hypothetical level of education. It's always fun to see how adults react to the GK experiential learning model, and the group didn't disappoint– the activity was followed by an insightful discussion on barriers to academic and professional success in society. The final event was an "arcade," in which participants were able to play some of my students' Scratch games. All told, the day was a great success. I'm always pleased to see that the work DLL is doing is so well received in New York's youth development community.
Day 2 was a day of learning that took place at Borough of Manhattan Community College's Fiterman Hall. I attended a six-hour crash course on Unity, a powerful game development platform, to see if the game engine could become a tool to add to our curriculum. We started with a walk-through of a Unity tutorial that taught us how its 3D worlds capability simulates gravity and other physical properties. We created a game that tasked players with rolling a ball around a rectangular space in order to collect items floating around the player. Then, a professor from the College of Staten Island showcased how she uses Unity's 2D capabilities to create remixes of the classic game Space Invaders to create study tools for undergrad students! In one iteration the game posted a word under the player's spaceship and tasked the player with firing at the correct Greek root of that word. In another, the words were switched with chemical compounds and elements and had players match them with their symbols from the periodic table of elements.
DLL focuses on teaching students computational thinking and collaboration through game making projects that focus on history and human rights, and Unity can help us do just that and on a much larger scale. It was exciting to learn about Unity's capabilities and to think about how we can use this tool with our DLL students!


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Barbara Comyns, intro. by Brian Evenson, Dorothy Project (SPD, dist.), $16 trade paper (216p) ISBN 978-0-9844693-1-4
Originally published in 1954 and largely overlooked in its time, Comyns's dark novel begins in the midst of a devastating flood in a small English village. As the "ducks [swim] through the drawing-room windows" the Willoweed family surveys the damage. "Grandmother Willoweed" ("a dreadful old black bird, enormous and horrifying, all weighed down by jet and black plumes") shares the estate with her preacher son Ebin, recently made a widower, his three motherless children and their servants, a handyman called Old Ives, and two domestics. Shortly after the flood, several villagers become afflicted with a mysterious illness, causing some to commit suicide. When the pitiful Ebin loses one of his children to the sickness as well, he becomes determined to sever ties with his family's insufferable matriarch and, he hopes, improve his life. Evenson notes in his introduction that Comyns's "third person narration is quite democratic in terms of who it chooses to attend to" and indeed she shifts perspectives from the Willoweeds to various doomed members of the community with the ease and dexterity of a natural storyteller. Her dark, nightmare-inducing imagery makes for an unforgettable read, then and now. (Nov.)


I have a strategy that I have tested manually with a rather short history, with success.
as each bet is placed after monitoring the previous bets.
Is there a possibility for such bet after "sleeping" settings by strategy-testing at this site?
Every strategy with a constant betting pattern is doomed to fail no mater how you put it.
and also those that are not available, creating your own "markets" to where you can place new bets.
and the system will go over to the "sleeping/monitoring" mode over again.
Success on a short history is the usual reason that makes people think about Roulette Strategies.
Is there a possibility for such settings by strategy-testing at this site?
You can run tests containing up to 10.000.000 Spins.
In general the mathematical statement is: Every pattern is doomed to fail, no matter if its constant.
You need to take advantage of situations with extreme underweight of results at a number of the "markets" available, and also those that are not available, creating your own "markets" to where you can place new bets.
The run time chance Laggard is used to wait for and bet on under weighted chances.
Have a look at the strategy EC frequency, after every lost bet, it waits for more under weighted EC.
but within this series it must stop as soon as there is a profit.
You can fork your strategy by on balance settings.
Generally you can make your strategy "sleep" by making a step just "pause", by zero-amount-bets or run time chances.
I hope this explained your questions.
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RECORDS OF A CEYLON WHISTLING THRUSH (Myophonus blighi) FEEDING ON A TREE FROG AND INTERESTING PREY OF TWO OTHER SPECIES, INDIAN PITTA (Pitta brachyura) & CRESTED HAWK-EAGLE (Spizaetus cirrhatus).
Tharanga Herath - CBCN February 2013 page 58 to 62
The Ceylon Whistling Thrush is an endemic and endangered species (MOE 2012) which is very shy and elusive. It is most often seen between 3000-7000 feet elevation. It is regularly recorded from the Horton Plains National Park. Its shrill whistling call is heard (more often than the bird is seen) during dawn and dusk, during which times the species is apparently most active. Being a member of the thrush family its diet consists of insects as well as other small creatures including geckoes, lizards and frogs, usually captured from the ground.
The following is an observation of a pair trying to feed on an unusually large, well grown, Hourglass Mountain Frog Taruga eques.
On 15th February 2013 at the Horton Plains National Park I noticed a pair of Ceylon Whistling Thrush on the middle of the road by the "Arrenga Pool". It was a cool misty morning around 0610 hours when light conditions were poor - an ideal setting for the Arrenga - an alternative name for the species - to come out.
Our vehicle which was the first to enter the park, stopped at a safe distance so as not to disturb the birds but allow further observation. Watching through my 8X32 binoculars under improving light conditions, I identified them as a pair of Ceylon Whistling Thrush, whereas earlier they appeared as two dark birds in the mist under poor light.
They appeared to be very interested in an object on the middle of the road and were either trying to devour it or carry it away. A few minutes later a vehicle passed along the road and the birds flew away but returned immediately after the vehicle left the site. The birds reappeared twice more after being disturbed by more vehicles. Ultimately they did not reappear, perhaps because the disturbances from passing vehicles was increasing and the light was also becoming brighter which was not to their liking.
Upon making certain the birds were not returning we walked up to their object of interest. We found it to be a gravid, female Hourglass Mountain Frog Taruga eques with a body measuring 2 inches though it was in fact much larger looking due to the long limbs. The frog was dying and we removed it from the middle of the road and placed it on the grassy verge, where we still found it three hours later, dead, on our return journey.
The Ceylon Whistling Thrush or Arrenga is a bird of about 8 inches in length, being a little bigger than a Red-vented Bulbul. However, it is sturdier than the latter, short tailed and has long, strong legs. All thrushes are said to be insectivores, while many eat fruits as well (Henry, 1971, 1998). Henry says "It feeds mainly on insects but does not despise small frogs, geckos, etc.; doubtless, it also partakes of fruit to some extent".
The above-described prey can be considered unusual, as it was a large prey for a species of such size, and for a mainly insectivorous species. It is obvious that the birds could not swallow the prey whole, as many other birds usually do. These extremely shy birds showed their partiality to this particular prey, by their efforts to consume or carry it away under in spite of so much disturbance. Interestingly, Vincent Legge in his monumental work - 'A History of the Birds of Ceylon', in the account of the diet of this species states "Its food consists of various insects, Coleoptera, &c.; and in the stomach of my specimen I detected the bones of a frog, probably of the tree frequenting genus (Polypedatus)". However there is no indication of the size of the prey of the gut content of the male specimen he procured in 1875 (Legge 1983). The latter genus is what has been renamed as Taruga, recently. The current observation helps to prove the Ceylon Whistling Thrush's liking for Tree Frogs as well as their carnivorous nature in feeding behaviour. The Mountain Hourglass Tree Frog is restricted to the cloud forests in the central hills and their habitat is associated with water bodies (Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2006). Both the habitat and distribution are similar in both predator-prey species.
There is a possibility that there may have been a nest with nestlings since they returned despite being disturbed. If so, obviously the prey would have been torn to feed the young. Although it is doubtful, the breeding season for this species is said to be January to May as well as a secondary season of August-September (Henry, 1998).
Indian Pitta Pitta brachura feeding on a snake
The Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) is a migratory species that visits Sri Lanka regularly in the northern autumn-winter. It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent (Rasmussen & Anderton, 2005) and breeds in the Himalayan foothills and central India (Henry, 1998). After arrival it spreads throughout the country up to at least about 7,000 feet above mean sea level. It is a shy bird, being active early morning and evening in its habitat, which includes forest, scrubland, cultivated land (tea etc.) and well wooded home gardens. It is more often heard than seen as it makes its familiar "quite clear" note. It usually hops on the ground to find its prey by turning over leaves on the ground. Worms, insects - particularly termites, comprise its diet while it is partial to small snails (Henry, 1998). In addition, it picks up beetles, which it finds in the soil (Legge, 1983).
At the Victoria Park in Nuwara Eliya, I was able to observe an Indian Pitta feeding on a snake belonging to the genus Aspidura, which was about a foot long in length.
While bird watching with four others at the above location, I located an Indian Pitta by searching the undergrowth along the edge of the park. The bird was about 5metres from us, very quiet and well concealed. Subsequently I noticed its remarkably large prey. This was a large snake with its rear half hanging down from the bird's beak, the anterior half having being swallowed. The bird became vary and slowly moved away but reappeared after about six minutes and came somewhat into the open just outside the hedge. I was able to take some photographs which are reproduced here.
We observed the bird for about 20 minutes during which time the bird was still not able to swallow its prey, though it did not give it up either.
The prey was identified as Common Roughside Aspidura trachyprocta by herpetologist Mendis Wickremasinghe by examining the images taken. Based on the length of the rear the snake, which was hanging from the bill, he stated that it could be about a foot (30cm) in length. This observation proves that the Indian Pitta feeds on such large prey, which is unusual for a mainly insectivorous small bird species.
Crested Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus feeding on a young crocodile
Among the raptors found in Sri Lanka, the Crested Hawk-Eagle S. c. ceylanensis is a widespread taxon that occurs throughout the country. However it is mainly seen in low country dry zone areas, where it commonly occurs in parklands. It is one of the commonest raptors in Sri Lanka's major National Parks located in the dry zone.
The prey of this eagle consists mainly of lizards, along with small rodents, and birds (Henry, 1998). In the literature on Sri Lankan birds, there are no records of Crested Hawk-Eagles feeding on young crocodiles.
On 5th January 2010, an individual of this species was seen feeding on a young crocodile. It was first noted by a safari driver and upon receiving this information, the site was visited by us. It was an open woodland area, where there was a small waterhole, in the Ruhunu National Park. The bird was a fully grown adult as evidenced by the well streaked breast. The bird alighted on a large branch of the tree, about 5m from the ground, holding its prey with his feet. The tail of the victim was visible from where our observations were made. There was a possibility that the crocodile was caught from the waterhole nearby. The prey, most probably a Mugger Crocodile Crocodylus palustris, the most likely to be seen species here among the two species found in Sri Lanka, was a young individual of approximately 0.5m in length. Furthermore the banded tail of juveniles as was seen is a characteristic of Mugger Crocodile rather than of the Saltwater Crocodile C. porosus (Das & De Silva, 2005).
Located in the low country dry zone of Sri Lanka, the Ruhunu National Park, holds large populations of both Crested Hawk-Eagles and Mugger Crocodiles Crocodylus palustris. The latter are attracted to the large number of waterholes as well as large flat areas of scrubland and forests. Therefore, young crocodiles can be a common prey for the eagles here.
I thank Mr. David Mower and party and Mrs. H. Miller who accompanied me during these observations, for their help given in the field. I am grateful to the safari driver who informed others of his sighting of the Hawk-Eagle and to Mr. Raj Kumar, the driver who took us to the Horton Plains National Park. Finally my gratitude goes to Mr. Mendis Wickremasinghe who shared his expert opinion on the prey of Indian Pitta, described here.
Das, I and de Silva, A (2005); A Photographic Guide to the Snakes and other Reptiles of Sri Lanka, New Holland Publishers, U.K
Deraniyagala, P.E.P. (1955) a Colored Atlas of some vertebrates of Ceylon vol two & three, National Museum, Colombo
Harrison, J and Worfolk, T. (1999) A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Henry, G. M. (1971) A Guide to the Birds of Ceylon 2nd Edition (1978), K.V.G de Silva & Sons, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Henry, G.M (1998); A Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press, Delhi
Herath, T (2010) In: Ceylon Bird Club Notes. pp 23


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Board index Axis History NSDAP, other party organizations & Government
42 Nazi Leadership Portraits 1939
Discussions on all aspects of the NSDAP, the other party organizations and the government. Hosted by Michael Miller & Igor Karpov.
David Thompson
Post by David Thompson » 21 Jun 2003 17:50
These portraits were scanned from Santoro, Cesare, "Hitler Germany, As Seen by a Foreigner," Internationaler Verlag, Berlin: 1939. The captions are from the original text:
2. Field Marshal and Minister-President Hermann Goering. Air Minister.
3. Rudolf Hess, the Fuehrer's Deputy.
4. Reich Minister Baron von Neurath. Head of the Secret Cabinet.
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5. Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop
6. Minister of Propaganda Dr. Joseph Goebbels
7. Minister of the Interior Dr. Wilhelm Frick
8. Minister of Industries Walter Funk
9. Minister Dr. Hjalmar Schacht. President of the Reichsbank
10. Minister of Agriculture R. Walther Darré. Reich Leader of Farmers
11. Minister of Finance Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk
12. Minister of Communication Dr. Julius Dorpmueller
13. Minister of Labor Franz Seldte
14. Minister Dr. Heinrich Lammers, Head of the Reich Chancellery
15. Minister of Education Bernhard Rust
16. Minister of Justice Dr. Franz Guertner
17. Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs Hans Kerrl
18. Minister Dr. Hans Frank, Head of the German Law Academy
19. Minister of Posts and Telegraphs Wilhelm Ohnesorge
20. Colonel-General Keitel, Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht
21. Dr. Robert Ley, Leader of the German Labor Front
22. Colonel-General von Brauchitsch, Chief of the Supreme Council for National Defense
23. General-Admiral Dr. Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy
24. Minister Dr. Otto L.E. Meissner, Head of the Chancellery
25. Secretary of State Konstantin Hierl, Head of the Labour Service
Thanks, David
Post by Michael Miller » 21 Jun 2003 18:09
Great pictures, David- Many of them totally new to me.
Thanks for depositing them here- hope you don't mind that I've made this a "sticky" thread (so it doesn't disappear after a few days).
~ Mike
26. Secretary of State Dr. Dietrich. Reich Chief of the Press
27. Secretary of State Hanke. Propaganda Ministry
28. Reichsleiter Alfred Rosenberg
29. Viktor Lutze, Chief of Staff of the SA
30. Heinrich Himmler, Head of the SS and Head of the German Police
31. Adolf Huehnlein, Head of the National Motor Corps
32. Secretary of State E.W. Bohle, Head of the Foreign Organization
33. Ernst von Weizsaecker, Secretary of State in the Foreign Office
34. Baldur von Schirach, Leader of German Youth Movement
35. Wilhelm Kleinmann, Secretary of State in Ministry of Communications
36. Fritz Reinhardt, Secretary of State in Ministry of Finance
37. Hans von Tschammer und Osten, Secretary of State and Reich Sports Leader
38. Gauleiter Josef Buerckel, Reich Commissioner for Austria and the Saar Territory
39. Dr. Artur Seyss-Inquart, Reichsstatthalter in Austria
40. Dr. Edmund Glaise-Horstenau, Minister for Austrian Affairs
Part 14 (Final)
41. Frau Gertrud Scholz-Klink, Reich Leader of Women
42. Dr. Fritz Todt, Inspector-General for Roads
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I think many people thought I'd gone mad and perhaps I did? When I look back myself at my musings about cows taking over the world and Norse gods I do sometimes wonder.
However, there is an element to these scribblings from the journey that I will always love ... because it was a time when I was so free that I was actually able to think these things.


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Conventional Arms
The Role of Trade and Investment Vital in Fostering SDGs
By Roberto Azevêdo
Trade and investment are inseparable and remain indispensable "twin engines" for economic growth, modernization and development of Africa, says 'The Abuja Statement' emerging from the two-day High Level Policy and Private Sector Trade and Investment Facilitation Partnership Forum in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 2-3, 2017. Following are extensive excerpts from WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo. – The Editor
GENEVA (IDN-INPS) - It is encouraging to see many countries – as well as the broader development community represented here – interested in exploring how trade and investment can help promote sustainable development . . . both these elements – trade and investment – are fundamental in helping countries successfully integrate into the global economy.
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Financial and Economic System Reform Key to Achieving SDGs
By Jesse Griffiths*
BRUSSELS (IDN | INPS) - The Sustainable Development Goals are ambitious objectives; business as usual will not deliver them. Speaking on the recent International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, UN Secretary-General António Guterres acknowledged the need for new thinking. "The pledge to leave no one behind will require innovative approaches, partnerships, and solutions," he said.
But this new model will only come about if we radically reshape the national, regional, and global economies that lie behind many of the obstacles to achieving the SDGs. We must rethink the way we govern and manage the global financial and economic system.
Older Persons Key Players in Global Development Agenda
By Shamshad Akhtar
Dr. Shamshad Akhtar is Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). – The Editor
BANGKOK (IDN) - As the proportion of the older persons across the Asia-Pacific region increases exponentially, we must seek out new and innovative approaches to turn this demographic trend into an opportunity to be harnessed to help achieve the ambitious targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The number of older persons in the region is expected to more than double, from 535 million in 2015 to about 1.3 billion by 2050, we need to consider the myriad impact of this phenomenon on our economies, societies, and livelihoods.
IDN-INPS Asia Editor
UN Rapporteur Stresses Everyone's Right to Development
By Kanaga Raja
The author is the editor of the South North Development Monitor (SUNS). This article was published in the SUNS #8540 dated 27 September 2017.
GENEVA (IDN) - More than 30 years after the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development, business-as-usual will not be sufficient to achieve progress, a United Nations human rights expert has said.
In his first report to the Human Rights Council since being appointed to the new mandate of Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Saad Alfarargi (of Egypt) said that in order to ensure the implementation of the Declaration, there is need to re-invigorate the advocacy process.
In a landmark resolution adopted at its thirty-third session in September 2016, the Council decided to establish the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to development for a period of three years.
79 ACP Countries Keen to Remove 'Imbalances' in Ties with EU
By Jaya Ramachandran
BRUSSELS (IDN) - Members of Parliament from 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries want a "radical departure" from the traditional relationship with the European Union (EU), which in their view has been marked by an "imbalance" between the two blocs in terms of economic might and levels of technology and capacity.
The ACP developing countries wish to achieve a level of sustainable development that enables them to progress from being dependent exporters of raw materials to being able to add value to their own products.
Jaya Ramachandran
G77 and China Stress South-South and North-South Cooperation
By Adriano José Timossi*
NEW YORK (IDN) - A review of the economic situation with a focus on the recent developments in the world and the economic, social and environmental challenges faced by developing countries in particular was the main topic in the deliberations and declaration adopted at the 41st Ministerial Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 (G77) and China on September 22 at the UN headquarters in New York on the side-lines of the UN General Assembly.
Ministers were deeply concerned about the uneven progress achieved in fulfilling the interrelated internationally agreed commitments made at numerous UN conferences in the economic, social and environmental fields and by the lack of satisfactory progress in this regard.
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UN Chief and General Assembly President Praise G77 and China
By Devendra Kamarajan
NEW YORK (IDN) - Ecuador plans to host a Dialogue on Culture of Peace, according to President Lenin Moreno of Ecuador and Chair of the Group of 77 (G77) and China. This event will gather personalities of the South to "reflect on the aspirations of unity and solidarity that motivated the 77 countries to unite their voices in 1964," he told the meeting of ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Group that meanwhile represents over two-thirds of the 193 United Nations membership.
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Group gathered in New York for their annual meeting on September 22, traditionally held on the sidelines of the high-level week of deliberations by world leaders at the UN General Assembly during its 72nd session that convened on September 12.
Devendra Kamarajan
Over 110 Countries Commit to Halt Land Degradation
BERLIN | ORDOS CITY, China (IDN) – Land degradation is one of the planet's most pressing global challenges. A third of the world's land is degraded. But the good news is that by the end of the 13th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 13) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on September 16, 2017 in China's Ordos City, 113 countries had agreed to specify concrete targets, with clear indicators, to reverse degradation and rehabilitate more land.
A new global roadmap to address land degradation was also agreed. The UNCCD 2018-2030 Strategic Framework is regarded as the most comprehensive global commitment to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) in order to restore the productivity of vast swathes of degraded land, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people, and to reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populations.
South-South Cooperation Helps Achieve UN Development Goals
By Silvia Espíndola*
The author is Undersecretary of International Cooperation of the Republic of Ecuador. Following are excerpts from his statement at the Workshop titled South-South Cooperation forty years since BAPA: Challenges and Opportunities during the ECOSOC Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) meeting, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 6, 2017 – in the run-up to the UN Day for South-South Cooperation was celebrated worldwide on September 12. – The Editor
GENEVA (IDN-INPS | SouthNews) - Since the Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among developing countries (1978), South-South cooperation has been steadily gaining momentum and has shown encouraging trends. Many initiatives attest to the increasing importance of South-South cooperation as a growing dimension of international cooperation for development.
'EXPO 2017 Astana' Ends, Leaving Behind Inspiring Legacies
By Ramesh Jaura
BERLIN | ASTANA (IDN) – Kazakhstan's "biggest and probably most ambitious event" EXPO 2017, which concluded in the capital city on September 10 after three months, is leaving behind some far-reaching legacies.
One of the legacies is 'Nur Alem,' the world's largest spherical building with the diameter of 80 and height of 100 meters. It is the world's first 'complete sphere' building and hence called the Sphere. Integration of photovoltaic elements into the façade allows conversion of sunlight energy into electric one. Two wind generators are also provided for at the upper part of the sphere. Watch Our Video for an interview with Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko on the legacies of EXPO 2017 Astana
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Blockchain Bites: Filecoin's Mainnet, M&A's Upswing, Tarbert's Environmental Concerns
admin Bitcoin October 15, 2020
Crypto M&A is up, CoinList set a record mint of wrapped bitcoin and the CFTC Chairman is "impressed" with Ethereum. Not to mention, Filecoin has pivoted to mainnet.
At stake
Who won #CryptoTwitter?
Filecoin flies
The Filecoin network mainneted at 14:44 UTC, beginning its FIL token distribution. Filecoin is a system from Protocol Labs meant to be both a decentralized file storage and content distribution network in one. The new token is very likely to make history as the fastest newly live blockchain to reach a market capitalization of over a billion dollars, though we can't really know until the FIL tokens enter trading. Despite multiple delays, the Filecoin project has attracted considerable attention, particularly in China, where investors have been speculating heavily on the network's mining hardware and the FIL token.
M&A Up&Up
The value of crypto M&As in the first half of 2020 has already surpassed that of full-year 2019, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report. Around $597 million was spent in 60 deals in the first half of 2020, compared to $481 million spent in all of 2019 for 125 deals. This year is on track to rival 2018's $1.9 billion total spent on acquisitions in the crypto space. The acquisitions for the first half of this year were driven by an increase in transactions involving crypto exchanges and trading infrastructure, and native crypto companies continue to be the most active purchasers in the space.
Brainiacs
A relic from Bitcoin's early days, a "brainwallet" refers to a private key that is stored in the user's memory either in the form of a seed phrase or a password, essentially giving you a portable "bank account" locked inside your head. Once you have the private key memorized, the rationale goes, you can access your bitcoin wallet from anywhere in the world, as long as you have internet access. Since brainwallets rely on the user remembering a passphrase, there is always the risk that you'll forget it or, in the case of a user-generated phrase, that it will be easily guessed.
Broker deal
Security token firm Securitize is trying to become a broker-dealer (meaning it's able to buy and sell securities) and alternative trading system for digital assets, the company announced Thursday. The firm signed an agreement to purchase Distributed Technology Markets (DTM), a broker-dealer and alternative trading system registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). As part of the acquisition, Securitize will also acquire Velocity Platform, a money services business with licenses in several states. The deal is pending regulatory approval and the terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Token investment platform CoinList minted a total of $57.1 million worth of wrapped bitcoin (4,997 WBTC) in back-to-back mints for its customers Wednesday, setting an all-time record for the most bitcoins wrapped by one merchant in a single day. The previous daily record was set on Sept. 18 when Alameda Research minted $44.7 million (4,093 WBTC) in three separate mints, according to transaction data analyzed by CoinDesk. CoinList is responsible for over 30% of all WBTC ever minted. As of Wednesday there were 105,132 WBTC in circulation, according to the project's website, representing more than 17,000% growth year to date.
Going green?
Speaking Wednesday during invest: ethereum economy, Heath Tarbert, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, made comments suggestive of the agency's support of green tech.
While "impressed" by Ethereum's financial and technological capabilities, Tarbert said the network boasts environmental benefits (at least in comparison with Bitcoin).
"There are issues with mining, of course, so number one [is] environmental issues," he said in a conversation with Chief Content Officer Michael Casey. "And so I think we were generally supportive as a larger matter in reducing … the environmental footprint, and moving to proof-of-stake [PoS] clearly does that."
This line of thought is a continuation of a greener financial system the CFTC is looking to foster, as noted in a brief dated Sept. 9. The CFTC's report details the growing threat of climate change and the steps needed to manage these risks. It also introduces the Climate-Related Market Risk subcommittee.
"Climate change poses a major risk to the stability of the U.S. financial system and to its ability to sustain the American economy [and] may also exacerbate financial system vulnerability that have little to do with climate change; including vulnerabilities caused by a pandemic that has stressed balance sheets, strained government budgets, and depleted household wealth," the press release reads.
While the agency does not explicitly cite cryptocurrency or blockchain technology or any specific financial technologies, the agency is pledged to "accelerate the net-zero transition."
"Policymakers, regulators and stakeholders can begin the process of taking thoughtful and intentional steps toward building a climate-resilient financial system that prepares our country for the decades to come," CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam said in the press release.
Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain by market capitalization, is in the process of shifting to a new PoS consensus model. Nominatively, the shift is designed to help improve the network's throughput.
Though other speakers throughout the virtual invest conference also noted PoS' lowered energy consumption. This includes Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, who mentioned several times the lower energy requirements of PoS.
That said, Buterin did not indicate when Ethereum will be ready to make the shift. Phase 0, involving an independent beacon chain as a proving ground, will happen "very soon," he said.
"At some point we've got to move in terms of scale and efficiency to deal with environmental issues but also to deal with the cost issue," Tarbert said. "I see proof-of-stake as being potentially helpful."
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College Football Power Rankings: ACC
By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter)
Post-Week 4 ACC Power Rankings
Check out all of our college football rankings.
1. Virginia Tech (4-0) – With Florida State falling to Clemson, the Hokies move up from No. 2 into the top spot. Virginia Tech is coming off a solid 30-10 win over Marshall, but the schedule difficulty is getting ready to pickup. The Hokies host Clemson and Miami over the next two weeks, which will play a role in establishing a pecking order in the ACC. Virginia Tech is still the favorite to win the Coastal Division, but Georgia Tech looks like a bigger threat as each week passes.
2. Clemson (4-0) – Thanks to wins over Auburn and Florida State, the Tigers have made a significant jump in the power rankings over the last two weeks. Clemson's 35-30 win over Florida State was huge in the ACC Atlantic race and should give coach Dabo Swinney a little boost in job security. However, the schedule doesn't get any easier with a trip to Blacksburg to take on Virginia Tech on tap this Saturday. After four games at home to begin the season, it's time to see what the Tigers are made of on the road.
3. Georgia Tech (4-0) – The Yellow Jackets continued their hot start to 2011, defeating North Carolina 35-28 on Saturday. Georgia Tech is 4-0 for the first time since 1990 and the upcoming slate is favorable – at NC State, Maryland and at Virginia. Yes, some of the competition faced hasn't been great, but the Yellow Jackets rank first nationally in scoring and total offense.
4. Florida State (2-2) – Even with quarterback EJ Manuel sidelined with a shoulder injury, the Seminoles had a chance to win against Clemson. However, Florida State could not overcome 11 costly penalties and struggled to establish the rushing attack once again. The Seminoles have a bye this Saturday, which should allow for Manuel's return to the lineup on Oct. 8 at Wake Forest. Losing to Clemson is a setback in the ACC Atlantic race, but Florida State has plenty of time to dig out of this early hole.
5. North Carolina (3-1) – The Tar Heels suffered their first defeat of 2011, dropping a 35-28 decision to Georgia Tech. Like the Yellow Jackets' first three opponents, North Carolina struggled to find an answer on defense for the option attack. The Tar Heels allowed 312 rushing yards and three scores to Georgia Tech. North Carolina steps out of conference for a trip to East Carolina this Saturday.
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6. Miami (1-2) – One of the most surprising scores from Week 4 was Miami's defeat to Kansas State. The Hurricanes were coming off an impressive victory over Ohio State one week prior, while the Wildcats had started the year with an awful performance against Eastern Kentucky. Miami's defense struggled to stop Kansas State's rushing attack, allowing 265 yards and two scores on the ground to the Wildcats. The Hurricanes should have an easy victory over Bethune-Cookman this Saturday.
7. Wake Forest (2-1) – The Demon Deacons had a bye in Week 4 and return to the heart of ACC play with a trip to Boston College on Saturday. Wake Forest needs just one victory to equal its win total from 2010. There's a lot of football to be played, but the Demon Deacons are one of the most-improved teams in the ACC.
8. Maryland (1-2) – The Terrapins started of 2011 on the right foot by defeating Miami in the season opener. However, there have been few positives over the last two games. Maryland needed a furious rally in the second half to have a chance to beat West Virginia, and was thoroughly handled by Temple on Saturday. Expect the Terrapins to bounce back into the win column this week, as Towson visits College Park.
9. NC State (2-2) – The Wolfpack have yet to record a win over a FBS team this season. NC State defeated Liberty in Week 1 and South Alabama in Week 3, which means this team will have to earn seven wins to get bowl eligible. New quarterback Mike Glennon has been fine, but the offensive line and rushing attack haven't provided much help. The Wolfpack host Georgia Tech this Saturday.
10. Virginia (2-2) – After opening the year 2-0, the Cavaliers have lost back-to-back games. Although Southern Miss is one of the top contenders in the Conference USA race, it's a game Virginia should not lose. Freshman quarterback David Watford saw his playing time increase on Saturday, throwing for 81 yards and one touchdown, while adding 22 yards on the ground. Look for Virginia to get back into the win column against Idaho this Saturday.
11. Duke (2-2) – After defeating Tulane 48-27 on Saturday, the Blue Devils are riding a two-game winning streak. Quarterback Sean Renfree was solid in the victory over the Green Wave, completing 21 of 30 passes for 278 yards and a score. Duke hits the road for a difficult non-conference matchup against FIU this Saturday. The Blue Devils still have hopes of making a bowl, but they have to win against the Golden Panthers to keep those dreams alive.
12. Boston College (1-3) – The Eagles are the last team in the ACC to earn their first win of 2011. In Saturday's victory over Massachusetts, senior running back Montel Harris made his return to the lineup. Harris rushed for 27 yards on nine carries. Boston College still has hopes of going to a bowl, but Saturday's game against Wake Forest is a must-win.
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Q: Aptana "The selection cannot be launched, and there are no recent launches." Each time I click the "Run as" button, I get the following message.
"The selection cannot be launched, and there are no recent launches."
If I select the pull down arrow near the "Run as" button, and select the New configuration option (this is the configuration I setup to launch using localhost)... it works.  But why doesn't the "Run as" button default to this?
Or better yet, how do I make sure the "Run as" button will default to this?
** UPDATE **
I solved the problem.. see my answer below.

A: Go into the preferences under Run/Debug > Launching
There's a section called "Launch Operation" and I needed to select:
Launch the selected resource or active editor. If no launchable: Launch the previously launched application.

A: I have a solution for that:
If you have imported project from local file system then go to the respective folder -> right click on that -> Promote to project -> Select a project type (Mine was Ruby-Primary) -> Finish.
Should work. Cheers!

A: If you are new to Aptana and started a new file, say a .py file, MAKE SURE you also start a Project. You probably haven't started a project yet, so Aptana has no clue what to do with the file you are running. If you create a project and make it a Python project, NOW Aptana knows what to do with your new file and will run it correctly.

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According to (I am finally allowed to quote wikipedia!) Mercer's 2015 Quality of Living Ranking , Munich is number 4 of the worlds most liveable cities. Sydney is only number 10. However, Monocle's Quality of Life Survey of 2015 ranks Sydney number 5 and Munich number 9! So in average, Sydney and Munich are roughly on the same level of quality of life. But what do these rankings really tell us? Only that both cities are great to live at for the average person. Who is the average person though? Probably not a single person amongst the millions of inhabitants of both cities combined. Everybody has their own unique personality that comes with individual preferences.
For me, Munich is my home and it always will be. Although I am seriously concerned about what happens if I move back to Munich one day. Will I still be able to handle the grumpiness, directness and general arrogance of Bavarians? (Not that I judge or mind it. Not at all.) On the other hand, will I ever get used to the open and friendly, unpretentious, "laid-back-no-worries" mentality of Australians? Probably not. I'm not somebody who melts in easily, I'm stubborn, I don't adjust, and I don't bend. Never. Ever. That's the grumpy arrogant Bavarian in me.
When I first visited Sydney, my English was far from perfect and I felt awkward and scared most of the time when speaking to other people. I was able to have a face-to-face conversation with one person at the time, but I couldn't speak in front of a group of three or more. We're talking about standard socializing with a group of people at a pub here – for most of you this would be the most laid-back situation you could possibly imagine.
That changed when I volunteered to help with the federal election campaign in 2013 in Australia to gain experience in the field for my university degree. I had to engage strangers of all age, socioeconomic and ethnic groups into a conversation about politics -the most uncomfortable thing I ever had to do and I also came across some seriously scary Australians. After that experience, I certainly wasn't too scared to talk to a bunch of friendly people in a pub anymore.
Don't get this the wrong way: I'm not shy and I'm not insecure! I never had issues holding a presentation in front of a crowd or the like: In fact, I was always very passionate about acting in my high school drama group back in time. I just felt awkward in a group of people. I tended to overthink my words before saying them until the moment just passed.
So here is what I love about Sydney: I love how laid-back and unpretentious, yet respectful people here are. It is so much easier to talk to people here compared to Munich. Whenever I meet somebody, regardless of who they are, I always say: "Hi, how are you?" and "Nice to meet you!" and "I am Elisabeth".
Well, it's not that simple in Munich: If addressing somebody, depending on age, status and background of the person I am talking to, and the context of the situation, I have to decide carefully how to do that. I would say "Grüß Gott, wie geht es Ihnen?", if I talk to someone older than me, higher in status, or somebody I meet in the context of an official business matter and who is from the countryside or comes across conservative, or if it's the cashier in the supermarket. If I talk to somebody from the rest of Germany, I would say "Guten Tag, wie geht es Ihnen?" and if it's somebody less conservative and probably a bit younger, I would say "Hallo, wie geht's Ihnen?" If I talk to my friends I would say "Hi, wie geht's?" and if I would go hiking or skiing in the alps (which is a very specific situation!) I would simply say "Grüß Gott, wie geht's dir?" to everybody I meet. There are always exceptions to each of these rules of course and that was only the first part of the introduction. Depending on the variables mentioned above I now have to decide if I introduce myself as "Elisabeth" or "Frau (Mrs.) Stein".
As you can imagine, all this can create a serious barricade when meeting new people.
That barricade doesn't exist in Australia. It is incredible how much easier I am able to connect with people now. Networking is fun all of the sudden. One of the reasons I love being a photographer is meeting wonderful people everywhere and all the time.
The awkward feeling is almost gone. The grumpy Bavarian in me is stubborn – but I taught it how to open up and establish connection to the world. I combined two cultures within myself without adjusting or bending. From that perspective I am a truly multicultural person – and therefore as Australian as it gets.


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Maersk and IBM to Form Joint Venture Applying #Blockchain to Improve Global Trade and Digitize Supply Chains
January 16, 2018 By Technologies.org Leave a Comment
Maersk and IBM announced their intent to establish a joint venture to provide more efficient and secure methods for conducting global trade using blockchain technology.
The aim of the new company will be to offer a jointly developed global trade digitization platform built on open standards and designed for use by the entire global shipping ecosystem. It will address the need to provide more transparency and simplicity in the movement of goods across borders and trading zones.
The cost and size of the world's trading ecosystems continues to grow in complexity. More than $4 trillion in goods are shipped each year, and more than 80 percent of the goods consumers use daily are carried by the ocean shipping industry. The maximum cost of the required trade documentation to process and administer many of these goods is estimated to reach one-fifth of the actual physical transportation costs. According to The World Economic Forum, by reducing barriers within the international supply chain, global trade could increase by nearly 15 percent, boosting economies and creating jobs.
The attributes of blockchain technology are ideally suited to large networks of disparate partners. A distributed ledger technology, blockchain establishes a shared, immutable record of all the transactions that take place within a network and then enables permissioned parties access to trusted data in real time. By applying the technology to digitize global trade processes, a new form of command and consent can be introduced into the flow of information, empowering multiple trading partners to collaborate and establishing a single shared view of a transaction without compromising details, privacy or confidentiality.
Maersk, a global leader in container logistics, and IBM, a leading provider of blockchain, supply chain visibility and interoperability solutions for the enterprise, will use blockchain technology to power the new platform, as well as employ other cloud-based open source technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), IoT and analytics, delivered via IBM Services, in order to help companies move and track goods digitally across international borders. Manufacturers, shipping lines, freight forwarders, port and terminal operators and customs authorities can all benefit from these new technologies –and ultimately consumers.
"This new company marks a milestone in our strategic efforts to drive the digitization of global trade. The potential from offering a neutral, open digital platform for safe and easy ways of exchanging information is huge, and all players across the supply chain stand to benefit," said Vincent Clerc, chief commercial officer at Maersk and future chairman of the board of the new joint venture. "By joining our knowledge of trade with IBM's capabilities in blockchain and enterprise technology, we are confident this new company can make a real difference in shaping the future of global trade."
IBM's blockchain platform is enabling hundreds of clients and thousands of developers to build and scale active networks across complex use cases, including cross border payments, supply chains, and digital identification.
"The major advances IBM has made in blockchain have shown that the technology can foster new business models and play an important role in how the world works by building smarter businesses," said Bridget van Kralingen, senior vice president, IBM Global Industries, Solutions and Blockchain. "Our joint venture with Maersk means we can now speed adoption of this exciting technology with the millions of organizations who play vital roles in one of the most complex and important networks in the world, the global supply chain. We believe blockchain will now emerge in this market as the leading way companies seize new untapped economic opportunities."
IBM and Maersk began a collaboration in June 2016 to build new blockchain- and cloud-based technologies. Since then, multiple parties have piloted the platform including DuPont, Dow Chemical, Tetra Pak, Port Houston, Rotterdam Port Community System Portbase, the Customs Administration of the Netherlands, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The joint venture will now enable IBM and Maersk to commercialize and scale their solutions to a broader group of global corporations, many of whom have already expressed interest in the capabilities and are exploring ways to use the new platform, including: General Motors and Procter and Gamble to streamline the complex supply chains they operate; and freight forwarder and logistic company, Agility Logistics, to provide improved customer services including customs clearance brokerage.
Additional customs and government authorities, including Singapore Customs and Peruvian Customs, will explore collaborating with the platform to facilitate trade flows and enhance supply chain security. The global terminal operators APM Terminals and PSA International will use the platform to enrich port collaboration and improve terminal planning. With support from Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau by connecting to its Global Quality Traceability System for import and export goods, the platform can also link users to important trade corridors in and out of China.
To address the specific needs of the industry, Maersk and IBM are establishing an advisory board of industry experts to help further shape the platform and services, provide guidance and feedback on important industry factors, and drive open standards.
Maersk and IBM have named Michael J. White, former president of Maersk Line in North America, as CEO of the new company. He commented, "Today, a vast amount of resources are wasted due to inefficient and error-prone manual processes. The pilots confirmed our expectations that, across the industry, there is considerable demand for efficiency gains and opportunities coming from streamlining and standardizing information flows using digital solutions. Our ambition is to apply these learnings to establish a fully open platform whereby all players in the global supply chain can participate and extract significant value. We look forward to further expanding our ecosystem of partners as we progress toward a global solution."
The new company initially plans to commercialize two core capabilities aimed at digitizing the global supply chain from end-to-end:
– A shipping information pipeline will provide end-to-end supply chain visibility to enable all actors involved in managing a supply chain to securely and seamlessly exchange information about shipment events in real time.
– Paperless Trade will digitize and automate paperwork filings by enabling end-users to securely submit, validate and approve documents across organizational boundaries, ultimately helping to reduce the time and cost for clearance and cargo movement. Blockchain-based smart contracts ensure all required approvals are in place, helping speed up approvals and reducing mistakes.
Upon regulatory clearance, solutions from the joint venture are expected to become available within six months.
The new company will be headquartered in the New York metropolitan area.
The platform is built on IBM Blockchain technology, which is provided through the IBM Cloud and powered by Hyperledger Fabric 1.0, a blockchain framework and one of the Hyperledger projects hosted by the Linux Foundation. For more information about the joint venture visit: www.ibm.com/blogs/blockchain/2018/01/digitizing-global-trade-maersk-ibm.
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Service employees union may not endorse before DFL primary
A major state union is sitting out the DFL gubernatorial primary battle, the Star Tribune reports.
A major state union is sitting out the DFL gubernatorial primary battle, the Star Tribune reports. A source told the paper that the SEIU, the Service Employees International Union, is taking a pass on an endorsement in the primary season.
So far, House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher has garnered union support from laborers, teachers, nurses and professional state employees. Mark Dayton has AFSCME, the steelworkers union, the police and peace officers union and Teamsters Joint Council 32.
After the Aug. 10 primary, though, I'm sure the SEIU will get it's people out stumping for the winning DFL candidate.

Service employees union may not endorse before DFL primary

By Joe Kimball

June 9, 2010

A major state union is sitting out the DFL gubernatorial primary battle, the Star Tribune reports. A source told the paper that the SEIU, the Service Employees International Union, is taking a pass on an endorsement in the primary season.

So far, House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher has garnered union support from laborers, teachers, nurses and professional state employees. Mark Dayton has AFSCME, the steelworkers union, the police and peace officers union and Teamsters Joint Council 32.

After the Aug. 10 primary, though, I'm sure the SEIU will get it's people out stumping for the winning DFL candidate.

This article first appeared on MinnPost and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


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In Idea 12 - i had a coffeescript plugin, that allowed me to preview compiled coffee (in js). So, i'd highlight a block of coffee, run the action and voila, instant Java(script). This is a feature i made very regular use of, and am struggling to get it in IDEA 13 - how do i get it back?
We removed this feature because File Watchers provides more general way to compile CoffeeScript to JS. But lot of our users asked us to return compiled CoffeeScript preview. And we did it in 13.1.
That's great news Andrey. Where do i find the feature in IJ - i'm on 13.1.1?
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Trumba Connect allows universities to fully integrate the online event calendars with a look and feel that is consistent with their own brand. In addition, universities can create numerous sub-calendars, such as custom calendars for student activities, athletics, and other university activities, that can be password-protected and accessible using secure URLs.
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Q: OkHttp trusting certificate In my android app I need to execute some request to my server with OkHttp library.
I have a ssl certificate that consist in four parts:

*

*AddTrustExternalCARoot.crt

*COMODORSAAddTrustCA.crt

*COMODORSADomainValidationSecureServerCA.crt

*www_mydomain_com.crt

I have imported all parts in portecle 1.9, then I set my keystore password and  I have exported the .bks cert.
Then I have inserted this mycert.bks in res/raw folder of my app project.
Now I'm trying to connect to my server by https with this code:
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
        try{
            client.setSslSocketFactory(getPinnedCertSslSocketFactory(context));
            RequestBody formBody = new FormEncodingBuilder()
                    .add("params", "xxx")
                    .build();
            Request request = new Request.Builder()
                    .url("https:\\mydomain.com")
                    .post(formBody)
                    .build();

            Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
            if (!response.isSuccessful()) throw new IOException("Unexpected code " + response);
            return response.body().string();;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;

    }

private SSLSocketFactory getPinnedCertSslSocketFactory(Context context) {
    try {
        KeyStore trusted = KeyStore.getInstance("BKS");
        InputStream in = context.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.mycert);
        trusted.load(in, "mypass".toCharArray());
        SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
        TrustManagerFactory trustManagerFactory = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(
        TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
        trustManagerFactory.init(trusted);
        sslContext.init(null, trustManagerFactory.getTrustManagers(), null);
        return sslContext.getSocketFactory();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Log.e("MyApp", e.getMessage(), e);
    }
    return null;
}

But I obtain an exception, this is the logcat:
10-11 18:22:51.930 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err: javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException: Hostname myserver.net not verified:
10-11 18:22:51.930 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     certificate: sha1/"mysha1string"
10-11 18:22:51.930 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     DN: CN=www.aaa.it,OU=PositiveSSL,OU=Domain Control Validated
10-11 18:22:51.930 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     subjectAltNames: [www.aaa.it, aaa.it]
10-11 18:22:51.940 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at com.squareup.okhttp.Connection.connectTls(Connection.java:244)
10-11 18:22:51.940 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at com.squareup.okhttp.Connection.connectSocket(Connection.java:199)
10-11 18:22:51.940 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at com.squareup.okhttp.Connection.connect(Connection.java:172)
10-11 18:22:51.940 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at com.squareup.okhttp.Connection.connectAndSetOwner(Connection.java:367)
10-11 18:22:51.940 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at com.squareup.okhttp.OkHttpClient$1.connectAndSetOwner(OkHttpClient.java:128)
10-11 18:22:51.940 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at com.squareup.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine.connect(HttpEngine.java:328)
10-11 18:22:51.940 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at com.squareup.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine.sendRequest(HttpEngine.java:245)
10-11 18:22:51.940 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at com.squareup.okhttp.Call.getResponse(Call.java:267)
10-11 18:22:51.940 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at com.squareup.okhttp.Call$ApplicationInterceptorChain.proceed(Call.java:224)
10-11 18:22:51.940 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at com.squareup.okhttp.Call.getResponseWithInterceptorChain(Call.java:195)
10-11 18:22:51.940 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at com.squareup.okhttp.Call.execute(Call.java:79)
10-11 18:22:51.940 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at com.aaa.android.client.Login$BackgroundTask.doInBackground(Login.java:294)
10-11 18:22:51.940 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at com.aaa.android.client.Login$BackgroundTask.doInBackground(Login.java:277)
10-11 18:22:51.950 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:288)
10-11 18:22:51.950 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
10-11 18:22:51.950 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:231)
10-11 18:22:51.950 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
10-11 18:22:51.950 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
10-11 18:22:51.950 13604-5341/com.aaa.android.client W/System.err:     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

Where is the problem?
UPDATE:
I have done a lot of tries on this library and I discovered this:

*

*If I do a request to https:\link.com OkHttp library automatically
trust all certificate.

*If I want trust only my certificate, I have to do the solution that I
posted above.

*If I doesn't want to accept all host,but without use my certificate I
can use hostnameVerifier as BNK suggest.

But why I posted the question if my solution works? Because I'm stupid and I did the request to my vps url (vpsxxx.net/directory.php) and not to my domain (mydomain.it/directory.php).
Obviously the SSL certificate is applied to my domain and not to my vps.
I'll hope that this can be useful for someone.
P.S.: Sorry for my English! :D

A: Let's assume your server app is hosting inside a server machine which has a server certificate in which "Issued to" is "localhost", for example. Then, inside verify method you can verify "localhost".
HostnameVerifier hostnameVerifier = new HostnameVerifier() {
    @Override
    public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
        HostnameVerifier hv =
            HttpsURLConnection.getDefaultHostnameVerifier();
        return hv.verify("localhost", session);
    }
};

You can read more at the following links:

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*HostnameVerifier

It is to be used during a handshake if the URL's hostname does not match the peer's identification hostname.

*Common Problems with Hostname Verification

One reason this can happen is due to a server configuration error. The
  server is configured with a certificate that does not have a subject
  or subject alternative name fields that match the server you are
  trying to reach...

Then, you can use the hostname verifier in your app, by calling client.setHostnameVerifier(hostnameVerifier);. Hope this helps!
P/S: another temporary workaround is return true; inside verify method, however, it's not recommended.


Ancasta International Boat Sales in the UK has signed an agreement to promote Sweden-based Navigare Yachting's charter management and yacht investment programmes in Britian.
Those looking to buy a new boat through Ancasta now have the opportunity to invest in a yacht with Navigare while benefiting from a guaranteed income, up to seven years cost-free, hassle-free yacht management, and the option of holidays sailing their own yacht or taking advantage of Navigare's worldwide locations.
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They can choose to purchase the boat outright and then lease it back to Navigare Yachting for charter, receiving up to 12% of their yacht purchase price per annum for seven years, guaranteed. Alternatively, two finance options are available, one with a lower initial investment and a stage payment towards the end of the term. The total investment with these finance options is around 55% of the original purchase price.
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