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Q: XAML: how to access items from resources.resx I'm learing WPF and XAML. I'm trying to show an image loaded from resources.resx.
For this, I've added an existing image to resources.resx. The identifier of the image is GoogleLogo. If I open Resources.ResX is can see that the image indeed is present in the resource file.
Now I want a window that shows this image in a Grid. The XAML is like:
<Window x:Class="WpfDemo.MainWindow"
        xmlns=...
        Title="Show Google Logo" Height="160" Width="800">

    <Grid>
        <Image Source="???"/>
    </Grid>
</Window>

How to refer to the Source in resources.ResX? What to type instead of ???


(National Sentinel) Political comedy: When the excuse put forth by Hillary Clinton and her Democratic Party that the "Russians hacked the election" in favor of Donald J. Trump didn't pan out and gain much traction with the public, they changed the narrative to, "Russia and Trump colluded to 'steal the election'" from Hillary.
Now that the current narrative is also falling apart (because it's bogus), the two-time presidential loser is offering yet another variation of the "Russia" theme: That the Trump campaign's data operations were so important to the Russians they used it to, you know, "steal the election" and "help" Trump win.
This kind of lunacy can't even be scripted.
As reported by Lifezette, Clinton leveled the allegations during her "blame tour" this week, and of course, far-Left Democratic operatives are now running with it. Problem is, not only is this allegation also untrue, those familiar with the Trump campaign's bare-bones data operations are laughing hysterically.
She specifically blamed propaganda "content" use by Trump's campaign to influence voters in some covert manner, while claiming the Trump team also spread "lies" about her while she and hercampaign — which shafted rival Bernie Sanders with help from the Democratic National Committee — was a virtue of honesty.
Clinton blamed "1,000 Russian agents" who worked daily to distort "content" that was being published online, but because she was in the company of fellow Left-wing travelers, her claims were never challenged. And then she made this bizarre claim — that the Russians could never have successfully blocked her victory unless the effort were "guided by Americans," and for that effort, she said she was "leaning toward Trump" as the prime suspect.
That narrative was then echoed by Nick Ackerman, an assistant Watergate prosecutor, during an interview with Trump-hating fake news network CNN.
Of course, Ackerman and Clinton could offer no explanation for how this sophisticated, coordinated operation took shape that the Russians "managed to hack into Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta's iPhone and the Democratic National Committee's computers but could not figure out on their own how to give what they took to WikiLeaks," Lifezette noted.
Vets of Trump's actual campaign operations just shook their heads in amazement, laughing off such a ridiculous conspiracy theory.
In fact, during the actual campaign, the Clinton camp regularly dissed the Trump team's campaign approach as amateurish, low-tech and decidedly unsophisticated.
Well, the poor excuses and blaming everyone else is wearing thin — even to those on the Left. CNN correspondent John King lambasted her excuses during a reporter's roundtable in DC Thursday, saying, "You don't understand: The Russian's cloaked Wisconsin," referring to Clinton's taking the battleground state for granted and not campaigning there until very late in the game.
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., admits he 'loves Hillary,' but that it's time she and everyone else moved on.
But it's Hillary, so…she won't.
Isn't it time to bring on the men in white coats?
I cannot stand much more of this deluded woman, when one reason is debunked she finds another…eventually she must run out.
The reason why you lost (despite all the cheating) is staring you in the face woman…try looking in the mirror. You have had a long reign of corruption and criminality, it's over but i would like to know who has been protecting those two all these years, they too should face charges.


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世界の情報を暮らしに活かす情報発信マガジン
APPLE TOWN TOP
Essay on Today's Japan
Japan Accomplished Greater Things Than Any Other Nation in Human History
Eiji Yamashita was employed at a bank that did a great deal of overseas business, then switched careers to university professor. After continual research focused on international finance, the topic of his research in recent years is modern history. As dean of the International Research Institute of Controversial Histories (iRICH), he disavows the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (GHQ)-based historical view and works to share correct perspectives of modern history with the world. Toshio Motoya spoke with Yamashita about a wide range of topics from history to diplomacy, including iRICH's past activities and efforts to stand off against China.
The GHQ "carpet bombed" the minds of the Japanese people
(M) Thank you for joining me on Big Talk today. You are dean of the International Research Institute of Controversial Histories (iRICH), and many of its senior researchers and researchers have won the "True Interpretations of Modern History" Essay Contest and APA Japan Restoration Grand Prize. I also support iRICH's excellent research. When was it founded?
(Y) Thank you for inviting me. iRICH was established in November 2018, and the main goal of our research is to overturn the view of history based on the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (GHQ) – starting from its roots – and share this with the world. However, I started taking part in historical disputes with external parties when I wrote "50 Japanese Academics' Rebuttal of the 20 American Historians' Statement" in September 2015. I also founded the Academics' Alliance for Correcting Groundless Criticisms of Japan (AACGCJ) in May 2016.
(M) I wish someone had started these important efforts even sooner. The United States thought Japan was simply too strong. It formulated and executed a thorough plan to weaken Japan out of fear that Japan would once again become a powerful country after the end of World War II. The Constitution of Japan was one part of this, although independent states should of course have constitutions that allow for independent self-defense.
(Y) Yes, and furthermore the GHQ brainwashed Japanese citizens through propaganda and censorship.
(M) That's the War Guilt Information Program (WGIP). They educated all Japanese people to implant a sense of atonement for World War II. Books published before and during the war were burned, and public officials were purged. I think the U.S. did this because it saw Japan as a major threat that necessitated such measures.
(Y) It's just like when books were burned and scholars were buried alive during the Qin dynasty of China. This masochistic view of history still exists today, and is the reason that Japanese politicians and bureaucrats cannot rebut criticisms from other countries about historical issues.
(M) Our educational system, textbooks, and mass media are also problematic. People learn mistaken information in school and read incorrect news articles as adults. As a result, they believe that falsehoods are true.
(Y) The GHQ "carpet bombed" the minds of the Japanese people. First, they wrote a history pamphlet entitled History of the Pacific War and serialized the entire text in 10 installments in the five major newspapers starting on December 8, 1945 (the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack). At the same timing, they also started a propaganda radio program called This is the Truth on NHK. It was broadcast during the "golden hour" on Sunday, then re-broadcast at noon on weekdays for working adults. It was also re-run on weekday mornings for students to listen to in school. Understandably, it was poorly rated – people who had fought in the war wrote to NHK to say that it was inaccurate. To deal with these responses, they changed the format of the program and replaced it with Truth Box and Question Box the following year. The GHQ fully utilized the two major mass media outlets of the day to brainwash all Japanese citizens who were old enough to understand.
(M) The war was originally named the "Greater East Asian War," not the "Pacific War." It seems like the GHQ wanted to eliminate the Japanese concept of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere," aimed at independence from colonial rule by the Western world.
(Y) Making the "Greater East Asian War" a taboo term and using "Pacific War" was a priority issue in the GHQ's brainwashing. That's why Japanese people should not actually use the name "Pacific War." NHK has long referred to the war as "World War II," but today it uses "Pacific War" as a matter of course.
(M) Today mentions of the "Greater East Asian War" are cut from TV programs.
(Y) During the seven years of the American occupation, the GHQ indirectly governed Japan through the cabinet. Americans were also directly involved in brainwashing and censorship, including the WGIP. Even after the occupation, the "prize pupils" – Japanese people who were diligently brainwashed by the Americans – have reproduced this brainwashing against other Japanese citizens.
(M) That's why many people believe in the historical view created by the U.S. We must make people aware of the truth now, 70 years after the end of the war.
(Y) I agree, but the U.S. didn't just brainwash Japanese people – they deceived and brainwashed the entire world, including their own citizens. That's why people around the globe don't know the truth about modern history.
(M) For some time after the war, Asian countries remembered that Japan fought to achieve independence from their suzerain states. For instance, many nations expressed gratitude to Japan at the Asian-African Conference (Bandung Conference) in 1955. However, Japan has repeatedly apologized and is now seen as a country that will pay reparations when criticized. If Japan hadn't fought, the world might still be controlled by the white, Christian nations and Western powers.
Learning historical truths frees people from brainwashing
(Y) The United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands actually returned to Asia after World War II to resume their colonial rule. However, these former suzerain states were unable to realize their wicked aspirations because Asian people were inspired by Japan's actions and were more aware of what was happening.
(M) There were cases of Japanese soldiers staying behind in Indonesia, Vietnam, and other nations to help fight for independence. And Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese War against the major military power of Russia abolished the sense of inferiority held by people of color, who believed they couldn't win against white people.
(Y) Yes. International students from Asia and around the world came to Japan after the Russo-Japanese War. They returned to their home countries and served leading roles in winning independence. More than 100 nations have achieved independence and self-determination since World War II. If we consider these great deeds with a cool head, I think we can say that no other nation in human history has accomplished as much as Japan.
(M) I agree. Our island nation in East Asia changed global history. I think that myself and your iRICH must work to overturn the current situation, in which there is no pride for these fantastic deeds in Japan.
(Y) I think so, too. We've been able to add four research staff members and step up our activities over the last five months. I presented a report, entitled "A Huge Brainwashing Cage Engineered by the General Headquarters (the Occupation Military) in Japan, 1945-1952," at the Libertarian Scholars Conference in New York last September. It discusses how all Japanese citizens and all people around the world are brainwashed and lack understanding of true modern history, other than Hiroo Onoda, a human "time capsule" who spent 29 years in the jungles of the Philippines before returning to the newly affluent Japan. I think that was the first time for the participants at the conference to see a Japanese person talking about these topics. We are providing an antidote to the brainwashing in Japan and around the world.
(M) People who learn historical truths will certainly wake up from this brainwashing and feel a sense of pride in Japan.
(Y) They can probably understand this on their own if they think in a way that is based on the truth.
(M) I launched the "True Interpretations of Modern History" Essay Contest 11 years ago. The first Grand Prize winner was Toshio Tamogami, then chief of staff of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, who was dismissed from his post by the government. That incident woke up society and today the public opinion is clearly more conservative than it was at that time. I also founded the APA Restoration Grand Prize two years ago. Many members of iRICH have won these two prizes.
(Y) I have received the Honorable Mention prize five times myself.
(M) From the roughly 250 submissions, the judging committee reads and assigns points to about 30 essays that have passed the first screening without knowing who the authors are. I feel that yours are highly evaluated for their fantastic content and your abilities.
(Y) Thank you very much.
(M) As of this December issue, I've written 339 monthly essays in Apple Town magazine under the penname "Seiji Fuji." I write from my own resolute historical viewpoint and outlook on the world, and have maintained a consistent stance for 27 years. More people are coming to endorse my way of thinking, too.
(Y) When I taught in Osaka City University's School of Economics, every few years I was put in charge of a basic seminar for students in the general education course. Students in the School of Economics start with introductory economic books, which are not very interesting. I decided to have them read books about new historical viewpoints. That was probably about 25 years ago, and it was how I got involved in modern history research.
(M) Shoichi Watanabe studied in the UK, and the other scholars that I see as having respectable ways of thinking also studied in Europe. People who only do research in Japan don't see anything wrong with a masochistic view of history.
(Y) People who live abroad end up thinking about Japan in various ways. Studying in France is particularly great because there are many people with different ways of thinking from the U.S.
Japan has less awareness of the war compared to Europe
(M) Did you study abroad?
(Y) No, but I have a great deal of overseas experience.
(M) You previously worked at The Bank of Tokyo.
(Y) Yes, I spent a long time in the Head Office's Research Division. I didn't work abroad, but I often took business trips to New York and flew to Washington, DC to visit organizations like the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Institute of International Finance (IIF). I started writing papers about international finance while working at the bank. Osaka City University reached out to me when I was 39, and although I wavered a great deal, I ended up teaching there.
(M) The Bank of Tokyo had strong ties with other countries.
(Y) Its predecessor was the Yokohama Specie Bank (YSB), which was founded in 1880 and was one of the world's major banks at that time. There were many branches in Manchuria, mainland China, and around the world.
(M) Did you have more chances to travel overseas as a teacher?
(Y) I was stationed in London to do research for some time. Afterwards, I spent six months at the European University Institute (EUI), a graduate school for doctorate studies founded by the European Union in Fiesole on the outskirts of Florence, Italy. I also spent one month at the University of Hamburg. These were all opportunities to go overseas for research, and I served as a visiting professor.
(M) European history until the 20th century is a history of many wars; all countries experienced victories and defeats, and gained and lost territory. Due to this grueling history, European people don't see anything remarkable about losing just one war. This is entirely different from the awareness in Japan, a fortunate country that is surrounded by ocean and was never attacked by foreign powers except for the Mongol invasions. The Jewish people, who were oppressed and scattered across the world, were also forged by history. Accordingly, after the founding of Israel, they won the four Arab-Israeli Wars with the resolution to face death and protect their own country. Israeli men and women are required to do military service, and the people all stand up to fight when necessary. Switzerland also mandates military service and has a high percentage of citizens who own guns compared to other European countries. Every citizen is a soldier. Many Japanese people assume the permanently neutral country of Switzerland is peaceful, but that's wrong. The country remained neutral even during World War II because the Swiss people are armed like hedgehogs.
(Y) Douglas MacArthur stated his hope that Japan would remain neutral, which was based on a mistaken understanding that Japan was the "Switzerland of the East." Switzerland exported mercenaries since the Middle Ages because it was a poor country in the mountains. Vatican guards are Swiss soldiers, both traditionally and today, and Swiss mercenaries were the first to be killed by the common people during the French Resolution.
(M) That's the polar opposite of the image people have, that Switzerland is a peaceful country.
(Y) The Swiss have an extremely high awareness regarding war. I've had the chance to attend the United Nations Human Rights Council and related committee meetings in Geneva. When I've rented houses to stay in, all of them have basements that can be used as fallout shelters. The London subway was also designed to function as a nuclear bomb shelter.
(M) Japan should build evacuation shelters at subway stations and stock them with food to withstand nuclear attacks. Even North Korea has evacuation shelters deep underground at its subway stations. All other countries are prepared, yet Japan – which has suffered major nuclear attacks – has done nothing. Independent nations must defend themselves. Japan has enjoyed peace in the postwar era not due to Article 9 of the constitution, but thanks to the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty. Yet we are nothing more than a vassal state if we are always protected by others.
(Y) Americans have different views on this, and I think the U.S. will not always be against Japan's independent self-defense.
(M) This is demonstrated by President Donald Trump, who asked Japan to pay more of the expenses for stationing the U.S. Armed Forces here. They are trying to reduce the burden of collective security while putting emphasis on defending their own country.
(Y) Both the U.S. and China could collapse, but it would be terrible if the U.S. did so first. I hope we can avoid that.
(M) I used to think China would be divided and democratized like the Soviet Union, but high technology has changed these circumstances. Facial recognition cameras are installed everywhere to see what individual Chinese citizens are doing and restrain them before revolts can occur. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that advanced technology is upholding the Chinese dictatorial system.
(Y) One reason the Soviet Union collapsed is because it was a federation and the central power was weak. In contrast, China has built a powerful structure of centralized authoritarian rule.
(M) I think another major factor is the large percentage of Han people, unlike the Soviet Union, which had many ethnic groups. China steadily sends members of the Han ethnic group to Tibet and other nearby autonomous regions in an effort to integrate them ethnically. One million people are interned in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and no one knows where they are or when they will come home. China is using high technology to enhance its rule of these autonomous regions and build a sense of unity with the country.
Abe accomplished more things in the realm of diplomacy than any other prime minister
(Y) The People's Republic of China has an astounding doctrine of expansion. China's territory is larger than it's ever been in history. Tang China and other past dynasties had vertically shaped territories in the east, but today China's territory has expanded horizontally.
(M) And now China is embarking into the ocean in a bid for marine hegemony.
(Y) China unilaterally drew the "nine-dash line" (or "ox's tongue line") giving it possession of most of the South China Sea, and claims rights to this area.
(M) China disregards the 2016 Hague permanent court of arbitration judgement while reclaiming reefs in this ocean region to build military bases. The U.S. has carried out freedom of navigation operations against this and has recently dispatched two carrier groups.
(Y) I think the Barack Obama administration was too easy on China regarding the building of bases on reclaimed reefs.
(M) Yes, and China grew more arrogant during the eight years of Obama's presidency. However, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shared information with Trump even before he was elected. Trump had a pro-China stance during his campaign and right after his inauguration, but now he is clearly antagonistic to China. This is all thanks to Abe.
(Y) We should highly appraise Abe's foreign policy. His policy of a "free, open Indo-Pacific" is now the basis of America's Asia policy. The U.S. even renamed its "Asia-Pacific Command" to the "Indo-Pacific Command." The Department of State and Department of Defense have set forth their Indo-Pacific strategy, which is a keystone of American diplomacy and national security in terms of reining in China. The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue ("Quad") between the U.S., Japan, Australia, and India is also making progress, and the foreign ministers of these countries will meet in Tokyo on October 6. I think they will release a statement to keep China in check. I definitely believe Abe has done more for diplomacy than any other prime minister.
(M) I wish Abe could have kept his position for a longer term. Taro Katsura became prime minister three separate times, so I hope Abe will regain his health and return to office again. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is well versed in domestic affairs, but he is an unknown when it comes to diplomacy. I hope he will rely on his network and learn about the international situation from them. Maybe you should advise him as well! In any case, Suga's next challenge is winning the election, which will test his abilities.
(Y) That's right. China wasn't such a dangerous country until Xi Jinping became president. When I taught at the university, I interacted with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, People's Bank of China, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Jilin University, and other institutions. However, fortunately I've received no invitations in the Xi era, and have no dealings with them at all today. Two important meetings took place at the House of Representatives Members' Building on October 1. The first was the International Conference on Human Rights Issues in China, organized by the Resist China Japan Executive Committee. The other was the second meeting of the Japan Parliamentary Alliance on China (JPAC). JPAC is a bipartisan organization of 17 National Diet members that collaborates with the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC). It was created for unified efforts by democratic states against China's problematic behavior. The representatives are Gen Nakatani and Shiori Yamao. This momentum towards vigilance against China has also spread from Diet members to local assembly members.
(M) It's true that China has gained military as well as economic power, unlike in the past. It may outstrip the U.S. in these two fields in the near future. China's major advantage is that the government can freely utilize its 1.4 billion citizens. Low-cost products, produced without paying proper wages to the people making them, have overtaken the globe. The Japanese financial world has been lured in by this and is friendly to China. Business leaders used to have personal opinions about politicians inside and outside Japan, but lately they are weak.
(Y) It seems like they prioritize business rather than national interests. An Australian businessperson who is experiencing conflict with China right now declared, "The nation's policy is more important than our business."
(M) That's how Japan should be, too. I will work hard, and I look forward to seeing what you will do in the future. At the end of the interview, I always ask for a "word for the youth."
(Y) You will remain brainwashed if you depend solely on what you learn in school and information disseminated by the mass media. But you can find many books about correct modern history in bookstores. It is important for young people to have a stance of acquiring information on their own. The Industrial Heritage Information Center, which was opened in March, is a great achievement by Director Koko Kato. There, you can learn about the astounding growth of Japan's industry during the Meiji Period. Kato says there were people with great courage in the Japanese political, financial, and bureaucratic circles back then, but we lack those people today. For years we have known of the rich underground resources in Japan's marine territory, including manganese nodules, yet no one wants to take the risk of developing them. I hope to see young people who are possessed of great courage.
(M) I have had to be courageous as I express my views, since I receive complaints from China (laughs). Thank you very much for joining me today.
(Y) Thank you for having me.
Date of dialogue: October 2, 2020
Eiji Yamashita
Born in Tokyo in 1947. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Keio University in 1970. Worked at The Bank of Tokyo in the Research Division, International Investment Division, Overseas Division, etc. Began working at Osaka City University in 1988 and held positions including assistant professor in the School of Economics and professor in the Graduate School of Economics. He is currently an emeritus professor of Osaka City University. His major published works include Structural Change in the International Currency System: Reconsidering Criticisms of the Floating Exchange Rate System (Toyo Keizai Inc.) and Common European Currency: Its Establishment and Lessons for Asia (Keiso Shobo).
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Terrorists in a zone of carrying out Operation of the Integrated forces break "school" truce, firing at positions of the Ukrainian military and interfering with activity of Special monitoring mission of OSCE.
"Despite the announcement next, now - "school" truce, the Ukrainian side of the General center for control and coordination of questions of ceasefire and stabilization of the line of demarcation of the parties continues to register the numerous facts of violations of the Minsk agreements from paramilitary groups of the Russian Federation. During the period 152 cases of violation of a ceasefire regime by fighters of paramilitary groups of the Russian Federation are registered from August 25 to August 31. At the same time they 27 times have used arms, forbidden by the Minsk agreements", - reports the press center of the headquarters of OOS.
Terrorists used tanks, seven times twice - the artillery systems of 122-mm caliber, four times - mortars of 120-mm caliber and 14 times - mortars of 82 mm.
"Especially actively paramilitary groups of the Russian Federation used arms, forbidden Minsk to arrangements, during the period from August 24 to August 27 with the purpose to cause the maximum fire loss on the eve of "school" truce. It is confirmed by fixing of 6 firings of settlements as a result of which one has died and two civilians have been wounded", - have noted in the headquarters.
of All since the beginning of truce invaders of 41 times have broken a ceasefire regime. From August 25 to August 31 73 cases of violations of investment of funds of fire defeat from fighters are established, including behind lines of branch. SMM OSCE have found 12 units of arms, outside the allocated areas of branch - 17 units and also 44 units of armored machinery.
observation activity of SMM. From August 25 to August 31 they blocked access of 19 times.


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Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc
All rights reserved.

This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
of the BSD license. See the LICENSE file for details.
"""
import hashlib
import logging
import os
import time
import requests
from urllib.parse import urlparse

from atomic_reactor.util import get_retrying_requests_session
from atomic_reactor.constants import (
    DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_BLOCK_SIZE,
    HTTP_BACKOFF_FACTOR,
    HTTP_MAX_RETRIES,
)

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

def download_url(url, dest_dir, insecure=False, session=None, dest_filename=None,
                 expected_checksums=None):
    """Download file from URL, handling retries

    To download to a temporary directory, use:
      f = download_url(url, tempfile.mkdtemp())

    :param url: URL to download from
    :param dest_dir: existing directory to create file in
    :param insecure: bool, whether to perform TLS checks
    :param session: optional existing requests session to use
    :param dest_filename: optional filename for downloaded file
    :param expected_checksums: optional dictionary of checksum_type and
                               checksum to verify downloaded files
    :return: str, path of downloaded file
    """

    if expected_checksums is None:
        expected_checksums = {}
    if session is None:
        session = get_retrying_requests_session()

    parsed_url = urlparse(url)
    if not dest_filename:
        dest_filename = os.path.basename(parsed_url.path)
    dest_path = os.path.join(dest_dir, dest_filename)
    logger.debug('downloading %s', url)

    checksums = {algo: hashlib.new(algo) for algo in expected_checksums}

    for attempt in range(HTTP_MAX_RETRIES + 1):
        response = session.get(url, stream=True, verify=not insecure)
        response.raise_for_status()
        try:
            with open(dest_path, 'wb') as f:
                for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_BLOCK_SIZE):
                    f.write(chunk)
                    for checksum in checksums.values():
                        checksum.update(chunk)
            for algo, checksum in checksums.items():
                if checksum.hexdigest() != expected_checksums[algo]:
                    raise ValueError(
                        'Computed {} checksum, {}, does not match expected checksum, {}'
                        .format(algo, checksum.hexdigest(), expected_checksums[algo]))
            break
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
            if attempt < HTTP_MAX_RETRIES:
                time.sleep(HTTP_BACKOFF_FACTOR * (2 ** attempt))
            else:
                raise

    logger.debug('download finished: %s', dest_path)
    return dest_path

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CD Projekt Confirms The Witcher Tales Is Dead
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In spite of the overwhelming success of Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, CD Projekt Red has confirmed that the game will not be getting a sequel after all. The game is a unique blend of DCCG and RPG, but another one got a resounding "no" from community manager Pawel Burza and Gwent game director Jason Slama in a YouTube Q&A session, to the disappointment of many fans.
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is a spin-off of The Witcher video game franchise that was supposed to be a single-player campaign for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, but the company decided to make it a standalone after all. Set before the events of the main Witcher games, players take control of Queen Meve, ruler of Lyria and Rivia, who must take back the north through battles and alliances. The game was very well received, winning several awards, including the Global Game Award for Best Story, the IGN's Best of 2018 for Best PC Game of 2018 (People's Choice), and Game Informer's Best of 2018 Biggest Surprise award. However, all of this was not enough to guarantee a second game after all.
In a community Q&A, Burza and Slama answered several questions from the community, including whether they will be making a second Witcher Tales game, to which they simply replied "no," but also saying that they've "already mentioned that." The idea of a new game had already been on the rocks for some time now, as the decision depended on how well Thronebreaker would do: "Of course, depending on the results of Thronebreaker — I assume that it will continue to positively affect our bottom line; it is not, of course, a financial failure, it's just that our expectations are very high — these factors will be considered when making decisions regarding future releases of this type, but it's too early to provide any specifics," said the company's co-CEO Adam Kicinski last year in a financial team call.
While it was too early back then, it certainly isn't now, as fans bemoan what could have been a new way to expand the Witcher universe. The roadmap overview bore even more bad news for fans: CDPR has decided to stop console support for its GWENT game starting December 9th, so Xbox and PlayStation 4 players will have to move to GOG on PC within six months after this. A new expansion is coming very soon with a focus on existing archetypes, but future ones will be more spaced. The iOS version of the game saw great reception, and the Android version will be launching sometime within the first quarter of the coming year.
If you're afraid you're late to the party, you can still play Thronebreaker on Xbox One, PS4 and PC – but that's about as much Witcher as you'll get until the next big title, at least aside from GWENT and replaying the existing games, which is a rewarding experience in and of itself. But if you're really yearning for something new – well, the TV show is almost here, so there's really nothing to complain about (yet).
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from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import print_function

from typing import Any

from argparse import ArgumentParser
from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
from zerver.lib.queue import queue_json_publish

import sys
import ujson

def error(*args):
    # type: (*Any) -> None
    raise Exception('We cannot enqueue because settings.USING_RABBITMQ is False.')

class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = """Read JSON lines from a file and enqueue them to a worker queue.

Each line in the file should either be a JSON payload or two tab-separated
fields, the second of which is a JSON payload.  (The latter is to accomodate
the format of error files written by queue workers that catch exceptions--their
first field is a timestamp that we ignore.)

You can use "-" to represent stdin.
"""

    def add_arguments(self, parser):
        # type: (ArgumentParser) -> None
        parser.add_argument('queue_name', metavar='<queue>', type=str,
                            help="name of worker queue to enqueue to")
        parser.add_argument('file_name', metavar='<file>', type=str,
                            help="name of file containing JSON lines")

    def handle(self, *args, **options):
        # type: (*Any, **str) -> None
        queue_name = options['queue_name']
        file_name = options['file_name']

        if file_name == '-':
            f = sys.stdin
        else:
            f = open(file_name)

        while True:
            line = f.readline()
            if not line:
                break

            line = line.strip()
            try:
                payload = line.split('\t')[1]
            except IndexError:
                payload = line

            print('Queueing to queue %s: %s' % (queue_name, payload))

            # Verify that payload is valid json.
            data = ujson.loads(payload)

            queue_json_publish(queue_name, data, error)


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"The Spirit of a Team Approach": Celebrating Maine's Oyster Mecca
Anna Short
The first annual Damariscotta Oyster Celebration (DOC) is summoning chefs, buyers, and oyster lovers from across the United States and Canada to showcase the Damariscotta region of Maine. The event is the brainchild of Taste Maine's Future, an initiative of O'Maine Studios seeking to unify Maine's farming sectors, promote tourism and sustainable aquaculture, and elevate Maine's food system brand.
Damariscotta is a renowned region praised by oyster lovers for producing top quality oysters. The Damariscotta River has a fertile bottom and warm waters, ideal conditions for bottom planting oysters. This low-cost, high-efficiency method ensures slow growth, strong shells, and rich flavor, making Damariscotta oysters some of the best in the world.
But, like many ecosystems, the Damariscotta River faces challenges due to climate change. Ocean acidification is of particular concern to oyster farmers, because a low pH decreases levels of carbonate ions that oysters need to make strong shells. Concerns like these are encouraging cooperation between science organizations and oyster farmers to maintain and innovate Damariscotta's oyster industry. UMaine Darling Marine Center, located on the Damariscotta River, is at work on scientific innovations to address acidification, including Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA).
"A key reason to invite the Oyster world here is that the scientific commitment and harvest practices on the Damariscotta River have the potential to change aquaculture around the world," says Rory Strunk, founder, and CEO of O'Maine Studios. The culture of collaboration in other food system powerhouses like Alaska and Vermont inspire the efforts to unify the Damariscotta oyster industry. "Timing and the spirit of a team approach with Damariscotta growers is the whole reason why this effort is attracting chefs and oyster influencers from around the world."
The Damariscotta region boasts an oyster culture dating back to 200 B.C., and the collaborative effort behind this celebration indicates that this culture is stronger today than ever. Festivities occur June 14-16 and notable chefs from all over North America will participate in events throughout the weekend to show their support for Damariscotta. "Chefs play a huge role in impacting consumer demand," says Strunk. "Now more than ever, the chef and the consumer want to know the 'story,' which includes where products are from and how products are sustainably harvested. The story becomes organic when you take the chef to source and let them meet the people, and see the harvesting practices first-hand."
Tags Aquaculture Innovation Culinary Innovation Damariscotta River Events Maine Ocean Acidification Oyster Farming Oysters
Anna was a Research and Communications Intern at Food Tank. She holds an M.S. in Food Systems and Society from Marylhurst University in Oregon, and a B.A. in English from the University of Delaware. She has enjoyed a lengthy tenure in the restaurant industry, but is eager to begin a new career in food systems research and activism. She currently resides in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
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Noise police on toes for Dahi Handi
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Richa Pinto,TNN | Sep 5, 2015, 11.35 PM IST
MUMBAI: Citizen activists will hit the streets on Sunday to measure noise levels during Dahi Handi festival. In the past, there have been instances of mandals flouting noise norms during Dahi Handi. Hence residents from Bandra, Marine Drive and Churchgate have decided to measure noise levels in their respective areas and upload the data on a webpage called 'Citizens Noise Map' on a social networking site.
The initiative is being led by activist Sumaira Abdulali, who's Awaaz Foundation creates noise pollution awareness. Abdulali said she can measure noise levels only at a few spots and has hence asked other activists and residents to volunteer to measure the pollution in their respective areas.
"On Sunday, I will visit several Dahi Handi spots to measure the decibel levels. Some places in Thane and Navi Mumbai are being monitored by other activists. It is not possible for me to cover each and every area. I have requested certain residents' associations to measure the levels in their respective areas and upload the data on the Facebook page created by me. This will give us data of decibel levels in each area," said Abdulali, adding that these readings will help while lodging complaints.
In Bandra (W), activist Lilian Pais will monitor the noise levels at St John the Baptist Road and near Mehboob Studio. In south Mumbai, citizens from Nariman Point Churchgate Residents Association will do the job in areas like Marine Drive and Churchgate. Atul Kumar, vice-president and trustee of the association, said one can simply download an application (noise watch) on their smartphones and monitor the decibel levels. "One does not need any special gadget to monitor the decibels," said Kumar.
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Awaaz Foundation's anti- noise pollution campaign has been covered extensively in the Press and media since 2003.


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Apprentice commencements are up and trainee commencements are down, according to the latest data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER).
The latest data is for the quarter ending 30 June 2018, and show overall commencements decreased by 0.6 per cent compared to the same quarter in 2017. But trade commencements, which correspond broadly to traditional apprenticeships, increased by 4.6 per cent and non-trade commencements (traineeships) decreased by the same percentage. Completions again decreased, by 7.1 per cent.
There were 269,720 apprentices and trainees in-training nationally as at 30 June 2018. This represents a fall of 1 per cent compared to the June 2017 level and continues the downward trend of apprentices/trainees in-training.
The graph below shows in-training numbers for trade and non-trade occupations. Apprenticeship numbers seem to have finally started to improve, but traineeship numbers continue to decline.
The biggest changes are found when looking at particular occupations and particular states. In the engineering sector, sheet metal trades (including structural steel and welding) commencements increased by 24.6 per cent compared to the previous year but cooks have declined by 16.9 per cent. Some key trades and their commencement data are shown below.
The increase in trade commencements reflects the recent Ai Group Skills Survey which found that 35 per cent of employers intended to increase the number of apprentices and trainees over the next 12 months.
Recent government announcements about additional funding support for adult apprentices and apprentices in regional and rural communities may also help improve commencement numbers.


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Q: Moving a remote Wordpress multisite installation to local I hope someone here can point me to some good resources to start moving my Wordpress multisite installation (already running for a year) to my local environment.
A lot of the tutorials out there are doing it the other way around (moving local WPMU to remote) or there about installing a clean install of WPMU locally, but I want to move everything with all my content right now.
I'm a Mac user so I got everything I need to run it locally. MAMP is working, I have my sync folder running to the remote location, but I'm getting stuck at moving the database to local and I have this plugin installed called 'domain mapping' and I'm not sure how this is going to work locally.
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Butler basketball reset: Bulldogs look to bounce back after 0-2 week - about 1 hour ago
Overtime: Drama is tainting sports coverage
Jimmy Butler in action with the Philadelphia 76ers. Butler joined the team via trade earlier this season. Photo courtesy of Wendell Cruz/USA Today.
JAKE BEDELL | STAFF REPORTER | jbedell@butler.edu
I remember waking up as a kid and tuning into SportsCenter every day at 8 a.m. to watch highlights from games the day before. I'd listen to commentators recap each sport delicately and anxiously await the list of Top 10 plays.
The people on screen knew more than me at the time, so I tuned in and paid attention to every detail, watching them analyze teams, players and coaches like it's a science lab experiment.
Years later, I find myself in a similar position, but having to seek out the results myself. Why? In part because I'm walking down a similar career path within the sports industry. But also because of a new trend in the sports world – the mass coverage of drama.
It's frustrating enough I can't escape scrolling past users arguing about sports on Twitter or Facebook, or practically any social media site. Yet now, one of the few escapes I have from such realities — watching sports — is plagued with beef among players, blaming coaches and more.
This differs from the drama regarding free agencies or trades. Topics such as those are acceptable for coverage and bring value to the sports analysis world. Where an athlete decides to play and for how much money is valuable knowledge to fans such as myself.
However, near-constant coverage of individual players smack-talking one another off the court doesn't make sense. For example, Philadelphia 76ers guard Jimmy Butler stirred up a lot of controversy for comments he made in October 2018 when he was with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
He made claims they would not see success without him on the roster. I couldn't avoid the coverage of what was unfolding. I respect Jimmy Butler and his abilities as an athlete, but I'd prefer if it wasn't tainted by mass coverage of his personal issues with his former team.
Another example is Jalen Ramsey, cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Prior to the 2018-19 NFL season, Ramsey called out numerous players throughout the league in an interview. Nobody, rookie or veteran, was safe from his remarks.
"I think [Josh] Allen is trash," he said, on the Buffalo Bills quarterback, in a GQ magazine interview.
According to Ramsey, Matt Ryan is overrated, Ben Roethlisberger is decent but makes receivers chase — the list goes on.
Throughout the course of the season, media sources would return to Ramsey's comment and question him about how things were unfolding. Are the "busts" in the pros failing? Are the good players succeeding? If Jared Goff is "average to above average," did his team carry him to the Super Bowl?
I have a better question: why should I care?
The outcome of a season or single game is not impacted by the opinions of a single player.
If I want to see who's "trash" and who's "good," I'll look at the stats myself. It'd be nice if I could tune in to shows and see analysts focus on the statistical side of players and highlight their abilities, but again, they've focused on the drama.
For the record, Jalen, that quarterback you called "trash" led the Bills to a 24-21 victory in week 11 against your team. "Big Ben" and the Steelers defeated you 20-16 the week before. So your 5-11 record this year doesn't really bode well for your position to talk.
I remember growing up and my grandfather showing me old newspaper articles about Michael Jordan's return to basketball after retiring for the first time. The media didn't focus on what had transpired leading up to and during the retirement phase.
When he returned, the sports world knew he was something special who would put up numbers just as before. He'd go on to win three more NBA titles.
Looking through old newspapers and watching old sports broadcasts, there wasn't focus on the drama. Players cared about the teams they played on, had well-rounded relationships with coaches and respected those they played against.
Players like Derek Jeter, Larry Bird, and Kobe Bryant, are good examples of athletes who cared about the cities they played for and the teams they represented. It's difficult to find articles that talk down to such players.
Kobe went on to win an Oscar after his retirement and has donated millions to charity. Jeter is always known for his smile and leadership (and "the flip"), and Bird has shown he adores his home state of Indiana despite playing in Boston.
This isn't to say we don't see this anymore. Currently, the journey Dwayne Wade is on in his final season shows how much teams respect him. He swaps jerseys with former teammates and other players all the time.
We are getting more coverage of the cases where tensions rise and heated arguments are plastered everywhere like political ads before an election.
I simply wish that the sports coverage industry would focus on what matters on the court or field, and not off of it. Yes, drama is entertainment, as is sports. But to me, the world of athletics is more than that.
Athletes strive to one day play among the elite. Men and women become heroes to young boys and girls, and the kids go on to chase their own dreams. Sports today create a cycle that inspires the next generation to compete.
Yet, with drama now scattered everywhere, those heroes may not come off as so heroic. Everyone has flaws, even those we admire. We shouldn't belittle them for it.
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Live It
You Were Made for More Than "I can't…"
What Limiting Beliefs + Self-Sabotage Look Like in Your Business
(Part 2/3 of What "I can't…" Means)
You built your business to give you freedom but now you find you're trapped and stuck by all the rules that have crept in over the years. Let's break you out of that box and re-ignite that fire that burns deep in your belly.
In Part 1, we were talking about how "I can't…" is a lie that we've heard for so long that we think it's the truth. And I explained how "I can't…" sucks your soul and contributes to that fire in your belly slowly dying away.
It's a big deal and we need to pay attention to it to be the best Entrepreneurs and spouses and parents and friends and mentors and community all-stars that we can be.
Baby, it's time to bring those embers back to life.
First, let's learn to recognize the enemy.
Here's what the "I can't…" lie usually looks like:
"I can't move my family because…"
"That's nice for you, but I can't…"
"I can't charge that much because…"
"That would be amazing, but I can't…"
"I can't say that to them because…"
"I can't do that with my business because…"
You are an O-W-N-E-R!!
A Business Owner.
You own a Business. There are different rules. Use them.
If you were an employee we'd be having a very different conversation.
But you aren't! You're an Owner!
You are one of those crazy Entrepreneurs who flipped a middle finger at the corporate life to go out and create something new and wild and beautiful that would change the world.
You know the most commonly given reason people start their own businesses?
(money is up there but it's almost always *after* freedom.)
Yup. Freedom. The freedom to make our own life the way that we want it to be without being told what to do every second by some mid-level, micro-managing, know-it-all boss.
That's us.
We're the wild ones.
We're less than 10% of the population and the ones that our friends and family look at with suspicion, confusion, … and a touch of envy.
And yet, years later, years into building and running our business, we can feel the fire dying – or maybe we're wondering where that fire went because we can't find it at all.
Because it turns out that while we said we wanted freedom from being told what to do, we are actually the. worst. boss. ever.
We work 24/7.
Working MORE hours than we ever would in corporate.
We earn less – sometimes MUCH less than we would in corporate.
And we never stop working.
We can't. It's in our brains.
Even if we were sitting in an ashram in the deepest, most remote part of India, we'd still be worrying about our biz, that employee that's under-performing, or where our next client is going to come from – and the impact that all of it is having on our family, our health, and our future.
That isn't the way it was supposed to be.
And it doesn't have to be that way.
But most of us don't know any other way to play the game.
That's why I get so excited when I hear my clients say, "I can't…" because your "I can't…" means we've found a rule that you made up that is keeping you stuck.
Every "I can't…" you're carrying around is like a smaller box you've forced yourself into to be acceptable and safe.
Too many boxes and it feels hard to breathe.
You know what I mean, right? It's claustrophobic.
Once we unearth that rule and transform it into a choice, you've got some of your freedom back and you can breathe a little easier.
In Part 3, we'll work through 7 steps to changing your "I can't…" rules into empowering choices that can change your life and business for the better.
Questions? Thoughts? Let me know.
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It makes life so much easier. 🙂
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Current: Yarra Valley Water announced as a leading global utility
Yarra Valley Water announced as a leading global utility
Yarra Valley Water has been announced as one of the newest members of the "Leading Utilities of the World" network, a global alliance of the world's most successful and innovative water and wastewater utilities.
To become a member, utilities must be nominated by an existing member company and must demonstrate outstanding innovation in at least three areas such as energy efficiency, drought and water scarcity, new business development etc.
Member organisations benefit from opportunities to collaborate on projects and to learn from some of the world's best water utilities about innovation benefitting both customers and the environment.
Yarra Valley Water Managing Director, Pat McCafferty said that the organisation looks forward to collaborating with other members and turning new methods of innovation into improvements for customers and the local environment.
"We are strong believers in collaboration, learning from others and providing industry leadership. The challenges faced in the water sector globally such as climate change and population growth call for a new way of doing business.
"No single water utility has all the answers, but we look forward to working alongside other utilities to solve the challenges we all face," Mr McCafferty said.
Six key areas underpinned Yarra Valley Water's induction into the Leading Utilities of the World network. These included becoming an environmentally restorative water utility, building resilience to sustain Melbourne's liveability, delivering ongoing bill reductions to customers and aiming to become fully digital.
Providing greater community value and sustaining a high performing organisational culture were also among the six areas key to Yarra Valley Water's nomination.
Yarra Valley Water's commitment to delivering improvements for its customers and the environment has been demonstrated by several recent projects.
The organisation recently engaged its customers in a citizen's jury when developing its price submission for the Essential Services Commission.
The process incorporated the feedback of more than 24,000 customers and aimed to address the challenge of balancing price and service that is fair to everyone.
Yarra Valley Water has also been making strides towards its goal of producing 100 per cent of its own renewable energy by 2025.
The organisation recently partnered with 12 other Victorian water corporations to form "Zero Emissions Water", a new organisation that will allow the water corporations to purchase solar energy at a cheaper price.
Work to install solar panels in the carpark of Yarra Valley Water's Mitcham head office recently concluded. This will provide nearly a third of the head office's power needs.
Yarra Valley Water's flagship waste to energy plant at Wollert, the first of its kind in Victoria, has been operating for almost two years and has generated almost 7,900,000 kWh of clean energy which reduces greenhouse gas emissions and landfill.


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Мері Елізабет Кольєр (; 16 квітня 1927, Балларат — 8 грудня 1971, Лондон) — австралійська співачка (сопрано).

Навчалася у Мельбурнській консерваторії. У 1954 році дебютувала на сцені Національного театру в опері «Сільська честь» П'єтро Масканьї (партія Сантуцци). У 1954—55 роках удосконалювалася в Італії. У 1956—68 роках — солістка театру «Ковент-Гарден» у Лондоні. У 1967 році виступала у театрі «Метрополітен-опера» в Нью-Йорку.

Партії: Аїда, Тоска, Чіо-Чіо-сан, Магда Сорель («Консул» Джанкарло Менотті), Манон Леско («Манон» Жюля Массне), Катерина Ізмайлова; Рената («Вогняний янгол» Сергія Прокоф'єва) та інші.

Література
 Музыкальная энциклопедия. — М.: Советская энциклопедия, Советский композитор. Под ред. Ю. В. Келдыша. 1973—1982.

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Австралійські сопрано

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Aquaculture punted as solution
15 December 2017 | Visserye
Aquaculture along rivers is a viable option of relieving pressure from the country's natural capture fisheries, as well as providing nutritious food and sustaining the livelihoods of many people.
The minister of fisheries and marine resources, Bernhardt Esau, said this on the occasion of the fish harvesting of the Epalela Aquaculture Fish Farm near Ruacana in the Omusati Region on Wednesday.
Esau said his ministry was determined to diversify sources of fish in the country and believed that fish farming in Namibia was possible, practical and could be done in an economically viable way.
According him, aquaculture in Namibia started in the early 2000s with a strong commercial drive behind marine aquaculture in the farming of oysters, mussels and clams.
"This sector has had commercial success and produces on average 1 500 metric tonnes a year," Esau said, adding that freshwater aquaculture was mainly focused on promotion of small-scale fish farming.
He said aquaculture competed with cheaper fish from the Zambezi, Kavango and Kunene river systems, which produced an estimated 5 000 tonnes per year until 2013/14 when commercial exploitation with monofilament dragnets destroyed the fish resource in the Zambezi and Kavango systems.
"Under my leadership, we have banned the use of these destructive nets on inland water bodies and are working closely with other riparian states to ensure sustainable fisheries in these rivers," Esau stated.
The Epalela Fish Farm has produced 12.3 tonnes of fish this financial year (2017/18). The production is expected to increase after Wednesday's harvest, which is estimated at five tonnes. This increase in production, Esau said, was mainly due to availability of fish feed supplied by the National Fish Corporation of Namibia.
Speaking at the same occasion, Omusati governor Erginus Endjala said his region had two government aquaculture farms at Epalela and Onavivi, as well as 14 successful small-scale farms producing tilapia.  - Nampa


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Omicron: South African President sends out warning as 4th wave spreads to all provinces
South Africa reported an average of 1,600 new cases in the last seven days, compared to just 500 new daily cases in the previous week, and 275 new daily cases the week before that.
Covid Omicron variant: Precautions, symptoms, and vaccine effectiveness
With the Omicron variant now present in all provinces of South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa has raised the possibility that the country could enter the fourth wave soon if new cases continue to increase.
"The identification of Omicron coincides with a sudden increase in Covid-19 infections. If cases continue to rise, we can expect to see a fourth wave of infection in the next few weeks, if not sooner," Ramaphosa said in his televised speech on Sunday evening.
His address to the nation followed a meeting of the Coronavirus Command Council after scientists recently discovered the new variant, Xinhua news agency reported.
China's President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazil's President Michel Temer and Russia's President Vladimir Putin pose for a group picture at the BRICS summit meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 26, 2018.REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
"We have seen an average of 1,600 new cases in the last seven days, compared to just 500 new daily cases in the previous week, and 275 new daily cases the week before that. The proportion of Covid-19 tests that are positive has risen from around 2 to 9 per cent in less than a week," the President added.
"This is an extremely sharp increase in infections in a short period of time," he said and added, "We know that the variant is responsible for most of the infections found in Gauteng in the last two weeks and is now emerging in all other provinces."
Given that only 35 per cent of the adult population has been fully vaccinated so far and there is still a lot of hesitation to vaccinate, Ramaphosa announced that a working group has been set up to discuss the possibility of making vaccines mandatory to access public places such as public transport, workplaces, public events and public facilities.
"Government has set up a working group that will consult widely on the introduction of compulsory vaccination in certain activities and places," he added.
Taskforce to make recommendations
The task force will report to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Immunisation, chaired by Deputy President David Mabuza, which will make recommendations to the Cabinet.
He said the first and the most powerful tool that mankind has is vaccination.
"Vaccination is by far the most important way to protect yourself and those around you against the Omicron variant, to reduce the impact of the fourth wave and to help restore the social freedoms we all yearn for," he added.
"Vaccination is also vital to the return of our economy to full operation, to the resumption of travel and the recovery of vulnerable sectors like tourism and hospitality."
Ramaphosa said the Covid-19 virus, like all viruses, does mutate and form new variants. The likelihood of the emergence of more severe forms of variants is increased significantly where people are not vaccinated.
"That is why we have joined many countries, organisations and people around the world who have been fighting for equal access to vaccines for everyone," he added.
"We have said that vaccine inequality not only costs lives and livelihoods in those countries that are denied access, but that it also threatens global efforts to overcome the pandemic. The emergence of the Omicron variant should be a wake-up call to the world that vaccine inequality cannot be allowed to continue."
India issues new guidelines
The Union Health Ministry of India on Sunday revised the guidelines for the international arrivals in the wake of new Covid variant, Omicron -- designated as a Variant of Concern (VOC) by the World Health Organization (WHO). The new guidelines will be effective from December 1.
The Health Ministry, in a statement, said: "The existing guidelines have been revised in view of reporting of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 (B.1.1.529; named Omicron) which has been now classified as VOC by the WHO."
The government said that international arrivals will now have to upload their 14-day travel history and valid negative RT-PCR test reports on Air Suvidha portal before embarking on their journey to India.
The RT-PCR test report should not be more than 72 hours old, added the statement. According to the new guidelines, the passengers travelling from countries that are categorised as 'at-risk' will have to undergo testing on arrival.
If the passengers test positive, their samples will be sent for genomic sequencing, and they will be sent to institutional quarantine.
If they test negative, they will be asked to remain in home quarantine for seven days following which they will take a test on the 8th day and continue monitoring their health for the next 7 days.
The government has listed -- South Africa, China, the United Kingdom, European countries, Bangladesh, Brazil, Botswana, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Hong Kong, Singapore and Israel on 'At Risk' segment.
The tests for passengers from 'at-risk' nations will be self-paid while the cost of the random tests will be borne by the Civil Aviation Ministry. "Travellers from countries excluding the 'at risk' countries will be allowed to leave the airport and shall self-monitor their health for 14 days post arrival," said the statement.
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File #: Int 1069-2016 Version: * Name: Making the members of the city council full-time officials.
Committee: Committee on Governmental Operations
On agenda: 2/5/2016
Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to making the members of the city council full-time officials
Sponsors: Ben Kallos, Daniel R. Garodnick, Antonio Reynoso, Donovan J. Richards, Andrew Cohen, Margaret S. Chin, Brad S. Lander
Summary: This bill would require the City Council to set forth rules prohibiting Council Members from earning certain outside income and would make the position of Council Member full-time. The provisions of this bill and any rules promulgated pursuant to this bill would not apply to any Council Member who has engaged in another occupation, profession or employment during the current Council session, who intends to continue to engage in such occupation, profession or employment for the remainder of such session, and who submits a letter to the Speaker of the Council by March 1, 2016 describing such engagement and intention.
Indexes: Sunset Date Applies
Attachments: 1. Legislative History Report, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1069, 3. Committee Report 2/3/16, 4. Hearing Testimony 2/3/16, 5. Hearing Transcript 2/3/16, 6. February 5, 2016 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 7. Committee Report 2/5/16, 8. Hearing Transcript 2/5/16, 9. Fiscal Impact Statement, 10. Mayor's Letter, 11. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-5-16, 12. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 5, 2016, 13. Local Law 20
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2/19/2016 * Ben Kallos Mayor Signed Into Law by Mayor Action details Meeting details Not available
2/19/2016 * Ben Kallos Mayor Hearing Held by Mayor Action details Meeting details Not available
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Preconsidered Int. No. 1069
By Council Members Kallos, Garodnick, Reynoso, Richards, Cohen, Chin and Lander
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to making the members of the city council full-time officials
Section 1. Section 46 of the New York city charter, as added by a vote of the electors on November 7, 1989, is amended to read as follows:
§ 46. Rules of the council. The council shall determine the rules of its own proceedings at the first stated meeting of the council in each year and shall file a copy with the city clerk. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to, rules that the chairs of all standing committees be elected by the council as a whole; that the first-named sponsor of a proposed local law or resolution be able to require a committee vote on such proposed local law or resolution; that a majority of the members of the council be able to discharge a proposed local law or resolution from committee; that committees shall provide reasonable advance notice of committee meetings to the public; that all committee votes be recorded and made available to the public; that for council members, earning outside income, as defined in such rules, is prohibited.
§ 2. Section 1100 of the New York city charter, as amended by a vote of the electors on November 8, 1988, is amended to read as follows:
§ 1100. Head of department; whole time. Every head of an administration or department or elected officer [except council members] who receives a salary from the city shall give his or her whole time to the duties of the office and shall not engage in any other occupation, profession or employment.
§ 3. The provisions of this local law, and any rule promulgated pursuant thereto, do not apply to any council member who has engaged in any other occupation, profession or employment during the council's 2014-2017 session prior to January 1, 2016 and who intends to continue to engage in such occupation, profession or employment for the remainder of such session, if such council member submits a letter to the speaker no later than March 1, 2016 describing such engagement and intention.
§ 4. This local law takes effect immediately. Section three of this local law shall expire and be deemed repealed January 1, 2018.


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Kids in Vehicle Stolen from Wolcott Found Safe; Search for Suspects Underway
Published May 3, 2021 • Updated on May 3, 2021 at 1:51 pm
Two children are safe after the vehicle they were in was stolen in Wolcott on Sunday night and police are continuing to search for whoever is responsible.
Officers received a 911 call about a vehicle that had just been stolen from Cumberland Farms on Meriden Road with a 5-year-old child inside around 11:30 p.m.
Police from Wolcott and Waterbury responded to the scene. When police arrived, they said they learned that an 11-year-old boy had also been inside of the vehicle, but jumped out before the vehicle drove away.
Investigators said footage from the store showed a blue Kia with several people inside pull into the lot next to the victim's vehicle. Someone from the Kia got out, got into the victim's car, backed up and while trying to flee, hit another parked car, they added. The 11-year-old jumped out of the vehicle at that time, according to police.
Police have shared surveillance video showing suspects stealing a vehicle with two kids inside of it in Wolcott on Sunday night.
The suspect who was in the victim's vehicle with the 5-year-old girl inside and the blue Kia then turned right and drove toward Waterbury, authorities said.
Police notified surrounding departments to be on the look out for the car and an Amber Alert was processed. Officers from Wolcott and Waterbury began to search for the car with the child inside.
Around 1:45 a.m. on Monday, police said Wolcott Police Department Chief Edward Stephens found the vehicle on Knollwood Drive at Split Rock Drive in the middle of the street while out searching. The child was in the back seat, sleeping, authorities added.
"Once I opened the back door and I saw the child I was greatly relieved. Being a grandparent myself, I have a grandson who is 4, another one who is 9, we were not going home tonight until that child was found," Stephens said.
The child's mother was brought to the scene where she was reunited with her daughter, according to police. An ambulance checked out the child, who appeared to be physically unharmed, they added.
Authorities are still searching for the suspects in the case who investigators said will be charged with stealing the vehicle and two counts of kidnapping and two counts of risk of injury to a minor.
The blue Kia was recovered later Monday in Southbury, according to police.
Police are reminding residents to lock their vehicle and take their keys with them.
"Lock your door, take your belongings, take your keys. We've had cars stolen where people have gotten out with their key in the ignition, but they're right at the pump pumping gas and they're on the passenger side where people will slide right up, jump out and take the car with the person standing right along side of it. So you can't take any chances. Take your keys with you," Stephens added.
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Photograph by Guðmundur Tómasson, Aurora
An ice climber ascends a steep glacial ice wall in southern Iceland.
Exploration & AdventureUltimate Adventure Bucket List
Ice Climb Untouched Routes in Iceland
This frozen landscape is covered in waterfalls ready for first ascents.
By Kate Siber
Recommended by: Tim Emmett, Ice Climber
It's no surprise that Iceland is full of, ahem, ice. What is surprising is that few of its frozen waterfalls have ever been climbed, owing to the relative newness of the sport and the country's dearth of people.
"Iceland, as the name suggests, is an ice climber's heaven," Emmett says. "The potential for new climbs is huge." Currently, climbers start in places like Svínafellsjökull and Sólheimajökull, glaciers on the southern coast of the country that have great fortresses of blue-hued and black-striped ice perfect for beginners.
But Emmett eyes more out-of-the-way spots near towns like Ísafjördur, a remote town in the fjords of northwestern Iceland. With over a dozen glaciers on one country-size island, the possibilities, Emmett says, are endless.
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British ice and rock climber Tim Emmett has put up first ascents across the globe, including Cuba, Sri Lanka, and Mongolia. One of his most nervy feats was a 2012 ice climb up British Columbia's Helmcken Falls, widely thought to be the most difficult ice climb in the world. Emmett doesn't restrict himself to simply going up, however. He also BASE jumps, flies wingsuits, skis, snowboards, and surfs.


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Blaming Israel and the West for the ills of the Arab world
I was looking forward to the feature on contemporary Arab literature in yesterday's Guardian Review section. But my enjoyment was spoilt when I read the introductory piece by Ahdaf Soueif (missing, strangely, from the online version) which, while acknowledging the many problems facing the Arab world and Arab writers in particular, seemed determined to blame these on outside influences.
For example, Soueif described Israel as 'a stone thrown into the heart of the Arab world, the ripples from which, far from fading away, are building into a tidal wave.' This peculiar metaphor seems to suggest that Jews are an alien intrusion in the Middle East (ignoring their continuous presence in Palestine and other 'Arab' lands for more than two thousand years), while there is a distinct note of Ahmadinejadian menace in the analogy of the 'tidal wave' (sweeping away what, or whom, exactly?).
The Egyptian-born novelist also argues that 'for Arabs today there is...the overwhelming sense of being the targets of a new western imperialism.' But where is this 'imperialism' to be found, exactly? Whatever your opinion of recent conflicts, can a campaign to liberate a country from a brutal dictator, or UN-backed support for a democratic government against an extremist sect that harbours mass murderers be described as 'imperialist'? Doesn't 'imperialism' imply a desire to stick around and hold on to territory: whereas western governments are currently agonising about how to effect a speedy withdrawal from the quagmires of Iraq and Afghanistan.
In short, rather than confronting the real causes of the many obstacles facing Arabs (including writers) - not least the flourishing of reactionary homegrown ideologies such as Ba'athism and Islamism - Soueif prefers to indulge in the easy cop-out of blaming the Arab world's problems on those familiar demons, Israel and the West.
Labels: Books, Middle East, Politics
The reference to imperialism is aobut stuff like this.
Imperialism is clearly understood hear to mean the invasion of a country by another to increase the rate of cross-border exploitation of the workforce.
I'm not saying that's what Iraq was for, but it is certainly what it has become.
Further, as I'm sure you'd concede, the intention to declare war on Iraq was not inspired by the removal of Saddam in the first place.
At least, that's what the public were told.
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They [false prophets] are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
When a group of my old friends get together, we talk about things like "shimmy pops" and "the gator car." Does that make any sense to you? I doubt it. We have our own shared language of inside jokes, phrases, and topics that remind us of the experiences we have had together. Maybe your friends or family have your own "secret language" that only makes sense to your group.
John says that our ability to understand truth is also insider knowledge. Messages from worldly spirits make sense to the world, but the world won't understand or believe messages from the Holy Spirit. Without the Spirit, truth sounds like foolishness. Have you experienced this? Maybe the world has told you to tell a white lie when you know God calls you to tell the truth, even when it could hurt you. Maybe the world has told you greed is good, while the bible calls you to be content in all circumstances.
When John writes, "we are from God," we means those who preach the true gospel by the power of the Holy Spirit. When John and his fellow messengers of the Gospel teach the people God, the church can trust that it is safe to listen because they "confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh." Because of the Spirit of truth we can hear, judge, and understand God's messengers, even when the world around us won't listen.
1. What is our "secret language" as followers of Christ?
2. What is the message that we have received but the world cannot understand?


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Former OSU student pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges
Nathan Cochran to be in court March 4
Updated: 1:40 PM CST Feb 4, 2013
Suspended OSU Student Nathan Cochran is expected in court for a preliminary hearing. He could find out if he'll go to trial.
A former Oklahoma State University student accused of targeting some of his fraternity brothers on several occasions has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault.Nathan Cochran, 22, has been charged with four felony counts of sexual battery.OSU officials said they learned of the allegations in November when several members of the Farm House fraternity came forward. None of the alleged incidents happened at the house or on the campus.The university has come under fire for their handling of the allegations. They choose to conduct their own investigation rather than alerting the Stillwater Police Department.Officers said they didn't know about the inter-investigation until a newspaper report in December. OSU is now conducting a review of its handling of the case.Cochran could face 12-60 years in prison if convicted on all charges.Cochran is expected to be in court on March 4. A judge will decide if a preliminary hearing is warranted.Crime footer
STILLWATER, Okla. —
A former Oklahoma State University student accused of targeting some of his fraternity brothers on several occasions has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault.
Nathan Cochran, 22, has been charged with four felony counts of sexual battery.
OSU officials said they learned of the allegations in November when several members of the Farm House fraternity came forward. None of the alleged incidents happened at the house or on the campus.
Cochran could find out Monday whether he will stand trial
UPDATED 11/14: Who Got Arrested? Oklahoma Mugshots
The university has come under fire for their handling of the allegations. They choose to conduct their own investigation rather than alerting the Stillwater Police Department.
Officers said they didn't know about the inter-investigation until a newspaper report in December. OSU is now conducting a review of its handling of the case.
Cochran could face 12-60 years in prison if convicted on all charges.
Cochran is expected to be in court on March 4. A judge will decide if a preliminary hearing is warranted.


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While the future of EPA's ability to enforce new air emissions standards seems hazy, most states have a declared a clear path forward for how they will be addressing environmental issues.
On February 9th the US Supreme Court voted to temporarily halt federal enforcement of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) in a divided 5-4 ruling. The plaintiffs in the case include 27 states, 24 national trade, 27 rural electric cooperatives, as well as several private companies and labor unions. This pause will allow them time to prove that the cost of complying with the rule will cause "irreparable harm." Final court action on the rule is not expected until 2017. This is not the first setback the Supreme Court has dealt to the EPA in recent months. The EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), a regulatory program developed to reduce harmful emissions from power plants, was blocked in June 2015. The Supreme Court determined that the EPA had not given due consideration to the cost of compliance for utilities and remanded the case back to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Circuit). A final ruling on this case also has yet to be made.
The Supreme Court's ruling on the Clean Power Plan has brought strong reactions from supporters and critics alike – few states have remained neutral on the subject. The next Administration will be faced with making decisions that will drastically impact our country's energy future. In the interim, some states will be working towards delivering on the goals of EPA's plan, while others hope for a final blow that will save them from any form of compliance.