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Blueprint boosts office and retail prospects in Coventry city centre
Coventry Council's vision is set to enhance the quality and quantity of offices and shops in the heart of the city.
A new blueprint for Coventry is set to draw in business and catapult the city centre's shops and offices up the national rankings.
Proposals to divide the heart of the city into nine quarters as a platform for development have been approved by Coventry City Council's cabinet this week.
They are set to pique the interest of businesses looking for space to occupy as well as developers and investors alike.
Nick Holt, of D&P Holt, said: "The blueprint should generally allow growth in all sectors, thus increasing the local economy. It should in turn help local businesses to expand in the city and put Coventry firmly on the map where it belongs."
The Area Action Plan (AAP) will create the Business Quarter around Friargate; Cathedrals and Cultural Quarter; the Civic Quarter; Far Gosford Street Quarter; Health and Learning Quarter; Leisure and Entertainment Quarter incorporating Sky Dome and Belgrade Plaza; Primary Shopping Quarter; Technology Park Quarter; and University and Enterprise Quarter.
James Brookes, from Bromwich Hardy, said: "In the short term, it is very difficult to predict availability and rent levels. But in the long term, with defined areas for specific use, rents should rise due to the concentration."
Properties around the newly-built station and Friargate project will be the first areas to see values rise, according to Brookes. Hillfields is also set to be a particular hot spot should the plans come to fruition, he added.
"There are significant opportunities for commercial developers in a city with capacity for added value and plenty of development sites – now clearly defined through the AAP," explained David Penn, managing director of Shortland Penn + Moore.
"The Cathedral Lanes renovation will be an absolute winner quickly, as quality restaurant brands will appear in the city pretty much for the first time, and the City Centre South Regeneration Scheme will hopefully create a comprehensive scheme, including strong anchors and increased floorplate sizes."
The council plan will provide a major boost to the office sector. Coventry lacks quality Grade A offices, particularly in the city centre, and the proposals are set to bring new and much-needed properties to the market.
"We should see a steady increase in rents, particularly on offices, given the quality and improving stock that will be on offer," said Holt.
"The office market should see the benefits of the Friargate scheme now becoming a reality. The amount of office space that is proposed there should attract some larger businesses. That will hopefully attract the larger retailers to the city centre."
The masterplan's real winner is likely to be the city's retail sector. The AAP is set to tackle the "clear disparity between the city's population and the quality of its retail offer", the council said. Coventry is currently the country's thirteenth biggest city yet its retail centre is ranked fifty eight.
Brookes said: "The retail sector should benefit most as the offer at present is very tired. It is probably about as low as it can go, so there is really only one direction it can go – and that is up."
The blueprint also suggests more housing within the city centre, around Corporation Street and Fairfax Street. Penn agrees there "must be a comprehensive strategy that encourages the development of housing".
He explained: "Coventry has low central housing values yet it is one of the best places in the country for future growth. It is partly due to the phenomenal impact of advanced technology and manufacturing and the pull of the universities to foreign students, bolstering the demand.
Brookes concluded: "I see a long and arduous process to put the proposals into place. But should it work, rents will rise and Coventry business should flourish due to the increased traffic into the city. Coventry is only 55 minutes from London on the fast train and it is not inconceivable that a number of businesses could relocate here for cheaper office space."


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Jan. 13, 1984 -- The laundry crew at Comayagua, from the Mountain Post's 40th Supply and Service Company, credits teamwork as the reason American forces throughout Honduras can begin their day dressed in clean clothes. The facility processes approximately 900 bundles of laundry a week. Continue Reading Laundry in Honduras no small job
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An elite fighting force, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, makes up the largest brigade in the Army with an excursionary mission of reconnaissance and security (R&S). With 10 battalions, numerous companies and several enablers from other units across the armed forces, all working together, it is important to train and be "Ready to fight tonight." Continue Reading Reconnaissance and security: 1SBCT tests new mission

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Guys I killed the pontiff and the old demon king before sending him to pillage i have already bought the catarina armor from patches, am i scewed?
if i find irithyll BEFORE getting greirat out of his cell have i screwed the quest, or will i be fine?
You will need to setup either Patches or Seigward to save him. You can still send Greirat out to pillage and get him to return by defeating bosses. As the wiki page here says, you can kill dancer (and by extension I assume Oceiros and Gundyr as well) to make Greirat come back from pillaging.
The soup is optional and has nothing to do with the questline. But, I don't know what you did wrong at that part though.
You didn't have to talk to Siegward, only make him appear there. After you talk to him, he moves to the next location (the dungeon), so you fail the quest.
Beat the game, DLC, all Bosses, all Invaders, mission lines and Hostile NPC's. Sent Greirat to pillage, went right to the Corvians in Archives, killed them, his corpse was still on the ledge. Given the prior close call, his dialogue asking to go the 3rd time and his Umbral Ash discription; It's scripted, he's gone and his corpse is loaded there after any load screen. The game doesn't exactly do happy endings so I'm not shocked but Gray did more to supply us than anyone. Side note, send him to die later in NG to get access to all goodies and get stocked before NG+. Rest in peace, Greirat.
Patches met Greirat, sent Greirat out to Irithyll, informed Patches of Greirats location. Haven't killed Pontiff yet, so I killed the Dragonslayer Armor, Greirat dies?? What the hell did I do wrong?
send Greirat to Central Irithyll, giving Siegward armor set and yet even i've finished Siegward's questline, up until Dragonslayer boss; Greirat just DISAPPEARED, for good. Any suggestion where i might have gone wrong?
that last trivia bit IS a loading glitch that is affected by how powerful your hardware is; the lower end the longer the wait but it shouldn't take longer than 30 seconds for him to render in. also if you do experience this you might be able to "skip" some enemies that are near bonfires in other areas this is not a way to skip bosses just little guys.
Was showing a friend this game for the first time. When he first got to greirat cell it was locked and he was inside. By the time we get the key and come back greirat was no longer inside the cell and we unlock it for the first time and the cell is completely empty. My friend gets invaded and dies and when he respawns and go check greirat cell, all we find are his ashes. Anybody know what happened?
If this has been said before I'm sorry but it made me happy! Brought the armour from patches, saved seigward, killed demon king, sent greirat on second outing, killed "dancer" He was safe and sound after returning to firelink. I worried so much as I didn't read "don't kill demon king" but yeah I guess it's just any boss that you can kill as long as it's before pontiff.


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Greece to sell off stakes in state-owned companies
Post office, ports, telecoms and water companies to be sold.
By Simon Taylor
George Papaconstantinou, Greece's finance minister, has announced the sale of stakes in five state-owned Greek enterprises as part of efforts to reduce the country's budget deficit.
Following weeks of pressure from its eurozone partners to move ahead with an agreed €50 billion privatisation programme, the Greek government announced yesterday that it would launch the sale of stakes in OTE, the Greek telecoms company, Postbank, the ports of Athens and Thessaloniki and the Thessaloniki water company.
Papaconstantinou said that the government was determined to carry out the agreed fiscal consolidation programme which would reduce Greece's budget deficit by €6bn or 2.8% of gross domestic product (GDP) to achieve the target of a 7.5% deficit for 2011.
He said that the government would announce detailed measures to bring the deficit close to 1% of GDP by 2015 once a team of officials from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund had completed its review of Greece's implementation of its deficit reduction programme and after other political parties had been consulted.
The Greek government has been under strong pressure from other eurozone countries to take action to ensure it meets its agreed deficit reduction targets and starts the privatisation programme. The government has been warned that unless it can demonstrate it is meeting its targets it will not receive the next tranche of a €110bn assistance package from the EU and the IMF.
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Chinese autos suffer the 'fong kong' curse in Africa
By Erin Conway-Smith, Global Post | 05/18/2012
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The Geely LC is a classic Chinese car: cheap and cheerful, with a design said to have been inspired by a happy panda.
A South African car reviewer recently showered it with relative praise. "Cheap and not at all nasty," said the headline. The reviewer noted the usual reputation of Chinese cars in Africa: "rubbish" quality, "appalling" design and a disturbing smell of glue.
Chinese automakers must overcome this credibility problem as they ramp up exports and build new assembly plants in Africa, in an attempt to maintain growth despite sluggish car sales back home.
Call it the "fong kong" curse — a slang term in South Africa for cheap made-in-China products that fall apart soon after purchase. Zimbabweans similarly call low-quality Chinese products "zhing zhong."
While China's auto industry is the world's biggest, new vehicle sales in the Middle Kingdom have slumped due to the country's cooling economy, and manufacturers are making a push overseas, according to a 2012 report by the international consults KPMG.
Africa, along with Latin America and Southeast Asia, are seen as key markets with long-term growth potential.
Companies like Geely, Chery and Great Wall are betting that their low-cost cars will be a hit with a growing class of African consumers in countries including Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and Ethiopia. In the last year there has been a rash of announcements about new African assembly plants for Chinese cars and trucks, as manufacturers look for ways to keep prices low.
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In March, Chinese automaker Foton Motor group opened an assembly plant in Nairobi, aimed at boosting sales of its pickup trucks and light vehicles in East Africa.
The assembly plant will keep Foton prices low because it means the company will avoid paying a 25 percent duty on fully built imported units.
At the plant opening, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga urged manufacturers to produce cheaper cars to enable more Kenyans to afford new vehicles, Chinese state media reported.
In South Africa, China's First Automobile Works (FAW) is investing $25 million to build a light truck and passenger car plant in an industrial development zone near the southern coastal city of Port Elizabeth. Construction began in February on the plant, which is jointly financed by the China-Africa Development Fund.
New vehicle sales in China slowed to a growth rate of just 2.5 percent in 2011, after hitting growth rates above 30 percent in the two previous years, due to factors including the removal of government incentives and limits on new car purchases.
Exports, on the other hand, soared by nearly 50 percent to a record 849,900 vehicles in 2011, according to the China Chamber of Commerce for the Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products.
The global appeal of Chinese cars is the rock-bottom price — ranging between $6,000 and $15,000. But a reputation for poor quality remains a major sticking point.
"Africa" magazine, a Chinese state-run monthly, described the "constant contact and frictions" experienced by automaker Gonow in exporting cars to Africa.
Early shipments of cars were beset by problems: cooling components in engines didn't work in the hot African climate, and strips of rubber trim fell off car bodies after being exposed to salty air during the journey across the ocean.
"A client took some pictures and sent them to Gonow, asking if the company was selling them used cars," said the report, which noted that the automaker has grown stronger from its experiences in Africa.
Chinese carmakers also fall short in after-sales care. Customers in Africa complain of a lack of available spare parts.
Andrew Thomson, co-head of automotive for KPMG China, said that in a recent global survey of auto executives, a "striking" 74 percent said that excellence in customer service is the key to successful car retailing, adding: "This is an area where there is some room for development in China."
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PRIN 4.1.1G 01/12/2009 RP
2PRIN 3.1.6 R ensures that the Principles do not impose obligations upon firms which are inconsistent with an5 EU 5 instrument4. If a Principles does purport to impose such an obligation PRIN 3.1.6 R disapplies that Principle but only to the extent necessary to ensure compliance with European law. This disapplication has practical effect only for certain matters covered by MiFID, which are explained in this section.
Under PRIN 3.3.1 R, the territorial application of a number of Principles to a UK MiFID investment firm is extended to the extent that another applicable rule which is relevant to an activity has a wider territorial scope. Under PRIN 3.1.1 R, the territorial application of a number of Principles to an EEA MiFID investment firm is narrowed to the extent that responsibility for the matter in question is reserved to the firm's Home State regulator. These modifications are relevant to Principles 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. We have added further guidance in PERG on the ability of a Host State to impose conduct of business requirements (see Q67).3
Principles 4, 5 and 11 will have the same scope of territorial application for MiFID business as for other business.
Certain requirements under MiFID are disapplied for:
eligible counterparty business;
transactions concluded under the rules governing a multilateral trading facility between its members or participants or between the multilateral trading facility and its members or participants in relation to the use of the multilateral trading facility;
transactions concluded on a regulated market between its members or participants.
Under PRIN 3.1.6 R, these disapplications may affect Principles 1, 2, 6 and 9. PRIN 3.1.6 R applies only to the extent that the application of a Principle would be contrary to the UK's obligations under a Single Market Directive in respect of a particular transaction or matter. In line with MiFID, these limitations relating to eligible counterparty business and transactions under the rules of a multilateral trading facility or on a regulated market only apply in relation to a firm's conduct of business obligations to its clients under MiFID. They do not limit the application of those Principles in relation to other matters, such as client asset protections, systems and controls, prudential requirements and market integrity. Further information about these limitations is contained in 1 COBS 1 Annex 1.1
Principles 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11 are not limited in this way.
PRIN 4.1.5G 01/11/2007
Although Principle 8 does not apply to eligible counterparty business, a firm will owe obligations in respect of conflicts of interest set out in SYSC 10 which are wider than those contained in Principle 8 in that they apply to eligible counterparty business.


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Shop by brand here to find the candy you need by the candy makers you love. Sometimes it's easier to search for what you want by looking under the manufacturer, so check out the companies whose products we sell below. Wonka and Haribo are very popular as is Jelly Belly and the classic candy company, Mars. All the manufacturers we work with are great makers of amazing sweets that we are proud to do business with. Candy by brand name is here to make life easier!


Mountain Valley Honey has a stall each week at the Nelson Market. We operate between 7:30am and 1pm with a range of flavours available each week.
We have four sizes available, 250gm, 500gm, 1kg and 2kg. We also have Native Bush honey on tap so if you take your own jar, we can fill that for you on site.


Appliances are a great way to approach system deployments for your VMware environment. We are seeing more and more of this method of delivery of application environments, and with the increased number of vendors jumping on board, this is a sign that something is being done right.
The appliance in a VMware sense is a packaged server with a pre-installed application environment that is provided in OVF format which we can deploy directly into our vSphere environment without having to build the base machine and do all of the installation process ourselves.
Using appliances is much like the physical, black-box approach which can ease the pain of getting a new application environment up and running. Configuration is done minimally through the console, and a web application is almost always the way to complete additional customization and configuration.
A virtual appliance will come with a pre-configured virtual disk file and a configuration file to provide the vSphere with what is required to craft together the virtual machine including any additional hardware items such as network cards, drive controllers and anything that can be delivered as virtual hardware via the vSphere platform.
The OVF deployment wizard in vSphere walks you through the configuration of specific virtual hardware including the selection of disk type, location, network type and location, IP configuration and also the VM location including resource pool, cluster and folder.
Very simply, you open the vSphere Client and under the File menu, select Deploy OVF Template. This will bring up the deployment wizard as you can see below.
The end result of the wizard is a fully functioning virtual guest. It doesn't get much simpler than that.
A question that people may ask is "why use an OVF instead of just a VMDK and VMX file?". The reason for the use of an OVF is to apply standardized deployment techniques to allow the deployer to make the choice about hardware specifics within their own environment.
Using OVF makes the build and deployment of virtual appliances a snap, and for any vendor, enabling their customers is key when getting products to market.
What is the difference between OVF and a virtual appliance?
OVF is a virtual machine packaging method. The virtual appliance is the product itself. It is typically a blackbox type of build which would be not much different than a 1U server that you would have put into your physical network rack.
Using VMware Studio (http://www.vmware.com/products/studio/overview.html) you can build your appliance using a supported operating system (Supported OS list here) and package your application build.
You can also deploy a vApp with an OVF so you are not limited to a single machine deployment. Using the first-boot configuration script you have plenty of options for post deployment configuration. There are also a lot of great resources for building your OVF so getting help is just a few clicks away.
Should OVF replace my VM Templates?
Unless you have a lot of pre-defined applications and packaged builds, you probably won't see the benefit of using OVF machines for your corporate environment. What you should concentrate on is the automation of your builds with other great tools like vCenter Orchestrator.
The upgrade process can be scary with any environment. Many virtual appliance vendors will provide a simple configuration backup process (export to file, FTP etc…) and you can simply deploy an upgrade in place. It is even possible to use Update Manager to upgrade your virtual appliances.
The long and the short of it is that virtual appliances are fast becoming a part of many production environments and it may be a great way for you to speed deployment and ease the installation process for products. Anything to reduce the workload is definitely a positive step in my opinion.
Now that you are ready to take a look, there is no better place to begin than the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace. Through the marketplace site you can search for various application solutions from the VMware Certified vendors and from other supported parters who provide appliance based solutions.
So have a look around, and happy deploying!
OMG how boring !! WTF!
copy paste and add cartoon pics bwahaha…dude why bother?
Appreciate the feedback. Sorry that it didn't give much back from the article. If you're looking for more info I'm always up to add more and expand on anything you'll need help with. Thanks!


Does Backup with Link still work?
Yes, this what saved me too. It was one of about 1 million things I tried on Win 10! I still can't back up but at least I can see the two drives. I read the switching off of this feature was done by a Windows update.
I think it was one of the big Windows updates from Oct 2017, because that was the point where the drives stopped mounting for me. I had already switched to my S8 at the time, and only my 9-year-old was playing with my Z10, so I was barely checking it beyond keeping it charged. Then BlackBerry released one of those rare BB10 updates, and I hooked the phone up to my PC, but none of the drives mounted. Strangely, I could do a backup, did run the autoloader, even did a partial app restore, but never could access the internal memory directly through the file manager.
I could switch the phone to mass storage to access the SD card, but that was it.
Until I made saw the SMB solution a few weeks back. It should be a sticky.
BINGO!!!!! Re-enabled SMB v1 stuff, restarted computer, attached Z10 via USB.... working. Sees two BlackBerry drives.
How the heck did you figure that out???!!!
I cannot take credit myself as I initially saw the suggestion online (I honestly don't remember whether it was CB or not), but I do know that since Microsoft has automatically disabled SMB1 on Windows 10 (done a few feature updates ago--I believe it was the Fall 2017 Creator's Update) it has broken a number of things which rely on that protocol.
Glad you got the drives (and Link?) back normally!
Render, I work more with PCs than Macs but I have some test units I could use. What error do you get with Mojave?
I'm missing the wifi connection using the Link for dropping images in my PC so then I can adjust in Photoshop and the backups inside OSX.
I'm doing a solution using a VM with Windows 7, is not as quick as a native OS, but take it or leave it.
I hear you. I'll see if I can get Link to install in Mojave.
I tried to repeat the old recipe to install in Sierra, but it didn't work.
"Here is what I did to install both BlackBerry Link and Blend on Mac OS Sierra.
"1. Right click or command click on "Install BlackBerry 10 Desktop Software.app" Icon.
4. When you get to "Installation Type" Select "BlackBerry Link" Checkbox and both will install."


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From western history, to modern art; from old cars to science geared for kids; you can learn about it all at a museum in Southwest Montana! Many of the museum buildings themselves are historical landmarks. Just about anywhere you travel in Southwest Montana, you can learn something new. Take some time and ask questions of the knowledgeable staff members - they are just waiting to share some interesting information with you.
ExplorationWorks! Montana's Science Center in Helena
ExplorationWorks! is a hands-on interactive science center for all ages. Two floors of exhibits and displays offer hours of fun for the whole family. ...
Montana Historical Society
The Montana Historical Society houses the 'Montana Homeland' exhibit that traces 12,000 years of history under the Big Sky. Its Mackay Gallery has one...
Old Montana Prison
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World Museum of Mining
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Butte Labor History Center
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Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives
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Give Me My Remote > Once Upon A Time > ONCE UPON A TIME: 'Poor Unfortunate Soul' Photos
ONCE UPON A TIME: 'Poor Unfortunate Soul' Photos
March 20, 2015 by Marisa Roffman
ONCE UPON A TIME is diving into Ursula's backstory with the appropriately titled "Poor Unfortunate Soul" (which was a song from THE LITTLE MERMAID), and in present day, the Queens of Darkness have, um, not great plans for poor August.
ONCE UPON A TIME - "Poor Unfortunate Soul" - Hook leverages his complicated history with Ursula to find out what she knows about Gold's endgame. Gold and the Queens of Darkness torture August for information about the Author as Emma, Mary Margaret and David race to find them. Regina grows concerned for Robin Hood's safety while she struggles to maintain her cover with the villains. In a Fairy Tale Land flashback, when a restless young Ursula enlists Hook's help to run away from home, she soon learns it isn't wise to trust a pirate, on "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, MARCH 22 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Eike Schroter) ERNIE HUDSON
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Neal on March 25th, 2015 6:50 pm
Can somebody please explain to me the following…
How is Cruella DeVille in the same villian league as the others and when did she have any magic power over anything? She looks the best in human form on this show, but c'mon people…is this just the least expensive character the show could afford, or is that horrible "hat" worn by the very attractive except in this show Kristin Bauer van Straten as Maleficent who was not a villian, but a victim or greed and jealousy by her young lover. And forgive me, but I've no idea who Ursula is and since when has the Greek God Poseidon become a different race? And such a wimp on top of it all. I like Ernie Hudson from Ghostbusters, but here?? No way!! I liked this show even when it ran out of ideas that it started with and chose to bring in other fantasy characters and alter their histories. But this return of Gold (best dual character in the whole flippin show Robert Carlyle). From normal human with some paperwork gets to come back to Storybrooke after being banished? And so it's been gong from there. And lastly from day one, I think Ginnifer with her young boy Beatle haircut looks ridiculous and compare her as Snow White with a wig of long female style hair. It's her life, but why a woman would choose that and think it's good is beyond me. Now it's just a matter of waiting for the next garbage the writers dredge up to keep this now terrible series going. Let me look at my Disney collection and see who is left. Well here's a few more Disney & others…Aladdin, The Golden Compass and its two successive books as written, not as done in the movie, Beauty & the Beast, Nightmare Before Christmas, Willow, Shrek, Dark Crystal, Ratatouille, Happy Feet, etc. The list goes on and on.Enough with the happy endings…there are no happy endings. And why not bring in the Flintstomes and Jetsons while you're at it. Put things back as they were and end the show at least as good as it started. Fair enough?


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Haaretz | Opinion
Stop America's Military Aid to Israel From Subsidizing the Settlements
The administration's new security package should require Israel to stop funding settlements, which are destroying the two-state solution. Democratic primary voters might want to weigh in too.
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Construction in West Bank settlement Modi'in Illit, March 2011.Credit: AP
Should the United States give Israel $4 billion a year without asking it to do anything to keep the two state solution alive?
American Military Aid to Israel Can't Be a Blank Check
Source: Significant Disagreement Between U.S., Israel Over Military Aid Sum
Final Decade to Save Israel
It's a timely question. America's current agreement with Israel, which expires in 2018, grants the Jewish state $3 billion per year in military aid.
(The real figure is hundreds of millions of dollars higher because in recent years Congress has given Israel additional aid for anti-missile defense systems like Iron Dome.) According to press reports, the Obama and Netanyahu governments are weeks away from replacing the current aid deal with a new, substantially larger, one. The United States has reportedly offered $3.7 billion per year. Israel has reportedly requested as much as $5 billion. Whatever the final figure, Israel will continue receiving more than half of America's overall military aid.
I support military assistance to Israel. Although last year's Iran deal retards Tehran's nuclear program, and thus benefits Israeli security overall, it does lift many Western sanctions, thus giving Iran more money with which to bolster its conventional military arsenal. ISIS, Hezbollah and Hamas pose even more direct threats to Israeli lives. I was in Tel Aviv with my six-year-old daughter in the summer of 2014 when Hamas hit the city with rockets. I'm glad the United States helped pay for the missile defense system that knocked them down.
But if Hamas and Hezbollah threaten Israeli security, so does the death of the two state solution. Don't take my word for it. In 2013, Yuval Diskin, former head of Israel's internal security service, the Shin Bet, warned that if Benjamin Netanyahu continued his current policies, "we will face an immediate existential threat of the erasing of the identity of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state." In 2015, former head of the Mossad, Israel's external security service, Meir Dagan, declared that, "On the Palestinian matter, his [Netanyahu's] policies are leading to either a binational state or an apartheid state," and thus "could lead to the end of the Zionist dream." Just this week, the head of Israeli military intelligence warned that without movement toward a Palestinian state, Palestinian terrorism will grow.
Giving the Israeli government $4 billion per year in security assistance while it continues policies that its own security officials say endangers Israel's survival is not true friendship, no matter what AIPAC says.
So here's a modest proposal: Condition the aid package on an end to settlement subsidies.
Right now, Israel doesn't merely allow its Jewish citizens to move into the West Bank settlements that undermine a viable Palestinian state. It pays them to. A 2012 study by the newspaper Yediot Ahronot found that the average settler receives 70 percent more government money than does the average Israeli inside the green line. (That's only civilian spending. It doesn't even count the extra security costs required to guard settlements.) Israel's five most heavily subsidized municipalities are all settlements in the West Bank, several of them outside the "settlement blocs" that Israel would try to retain in a two state deal.
Other investigations have noted the same thing. A 2015 report by Tel Aviv's Macro Center for Political Economics found that the Israeli government spends twice as much on students in settler schools as on those in Israel proper. A 2013 Peace Now Report concluded that settlers "receive a budget of four times more than their share of the population" from Israel's housing ministry. Israeli officials boast about this. In 2012, Netanyahu's then-finance minister, Yuval Steinitz, bragged that his government had "double[d] the economic and financial support and government transfers to the settlements."
Asking Israel to end these subsidies in return for a $4 billion annual aid package that would constitute roughly 20 percent of Israel's defense budget is a pretty modest request. After all, the United States wouldn't be demanding that Israel sign a two state agreement right away. It wouldn't even be demanding that Israel stop settlement growth, as George H.W. famously did a quarter-century ago. It would simply be asking Israel not to offer a financial incentive for it.
Merely by posing the question, the Obama administration would make establishment American Jewish groups squirm. They could not support such a condition because they can't support any pressure on Israel without rupturing their own relationship with Netanyahu's government. But opposing such a modest requirement would help expose the fraudulence of their supposed support for the two state solution.
It would make Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders squirm too. Clinton has signaled that she'll put even less pressure on Netanyahu than Obama did, and Sanders has tried to avoid talking about Israel together. Yet I suspect most Democratic primary voters think that if the U.S. is going to give Netanyahu $4 billion a year, it should at least ask him to avoid destroying the possibility of a Palestinian state. Merely by posing the question, in other words, the Obama administration would provoke a debate the Democratic Party badly needs to have.


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Q: using vcsi (video contact sheets) from within python code I'm trying to call the video contact sheet module from within a python script, but for my life of it, I can't figure it out.
When I call it through command line, it works fine:
vcsi "C:\Users\testuser\Dropbox\Python\TestData\test.mp4" -t -w 850 -g 3x5 --end-delay-percent 20 -o c:\temp\output.png

How would I call the same process from with my python script (Python 3.5)?
I tried calling through subprocess, exec, etc, but I can't get it to run.
Thanks for all your help!

A: You can use subprocess.run
import subprocess as sub

args = ["vcsi", r"C:\users\testuser\dropbox\python\testdata\test.mp4", "-t",
        "-w 850", "-g 3x5", "--end-delay-percent 20", r"-o C:\temp\output.png"]

cp = sub.run(args)

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New York Assembly Passes Fantasy Sports Bill, Which Is Still Stalled In Senate
Dustin Gouker
The New York Assembly passed legislation that would legalize daily fantasy sports in the state on Friday — the last day of the session for the statehouse — but no action had yet been taken in the Senate as of Friday afternoon.
The backstory for DFS in NY
New York is attempting to legalize the DFS industry, in the wake of months of legal wrangling in the state.
FanDuel and DraftKings do not operate in New York, currently, as a part of a settlement with NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman entered into in March. In November, Schneiderman issued cease-and-desist orders to those two DFS operators, setting up a court battle and the eventual settlement.
Should the legislature not succeed in legalizing DFS, the case will head back to the courts in New York.
What the Assembly did Friday
The Assembly passed A 10736 on Friday by a vote of 91-22. That came after a busy Thursday, in which the bill made it through four different committees in lopsided votes.
Those votes indicated that the legislation would have smooth sailing when it came in front of the full Assembly.
The legislative effort had been on hiatus for months, until a bill from sponsor Gary Pretlow was introduced in late May, setting up the rush to legalize DFS.
Debate on the DFS bill
The outcome of the vote in the Assembly was not considered in doubt. Pretlow introduced the bill, and Assemblymember Dean Murray — long a champion of DFS legalization — gave an impassioned speech in support.
"Gary has been very patient, has worked very diligently in trying to listen to all sides and craft what I think is a very good bill," Murray said. "It offers up consumer protections and oversight while generating revenue, and that revenue will be going to education."
A few members rose in opposition, saying they believe DFS is gambling and questioning whether the bill as written would violate the state constitution. Pretlow dismissed those concerns, insisting the legislature can define fantasy sports as not gambling, and therefore "not subject to the provisions of the constitution."
Among those in opposition was Assemblymember Andy Goodell, the cousin of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. He decried DFS as being "like any other type of sports gambling."
What's next for DFS legislation
The Assembly vote is progress for the DFS bill. But an identical version of the bill in the Senate still needs to make it through committee votes and a full vote of the Senate, as well.
According to media that cover the NY legislature, the number of senators supporting the DFS bill has been in question in recent days, which has stunted its progress. The latest:
Senate Majority Leader Flanagan,after meeting with Cuomo, on #DFS chances: "There's a lot of moving parts.'' Talks later with GOP senators.
— Tom Precious (@TomPreciousALB) June 17, 2016
What those "moving parts" are, and what might be holding up the bill's progress other than concerns about its passage, are unknown. Racinos have actively opposed the bill, as has the politically influential Conservative Party.
Reports out of the capitol in Albany also indicate that the statehouse will be in session late into the evening, or perhaps even adjourn and meet again on Monday.
Dustin Gouker has been a sports journalist for more than 15 years, working as a reporter, editor and designer — including stops at The Washington Post and the D.C. Examiner.
FanDuel Has Deal In Place With New York Racino, As Fantasy Sports Bill Hangs In Balance
New York Fantasy Sports Bill Clears First Hurdle, But Opposition On Display
Could New York Fantasy Sports Regulation Be Tied To State Budget?


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AIA becomes first air cargo company to partner with Mercy Ships
posted on 21st June 2018 by Justin Burns
General sales and service agent (GSSA) Airbridge International Agencies (AIA) has become the first air cargo company based in the UK to partner with Mercy Ships for the charity's annual Cargo Day initiative.
Mercy Ships Cargo Day has been running for two years, and is a fundraising campaign that asks the shipping industry to unite on one specific day – 3 October – to donate cargoes, commissions, address commissions and individual pledges to Mercy Ships.
The money raised helps to fund Mercy Ships medical programmes in every country that its hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, visits.
Last year, ship owners, charterers, brokers, port agents and inspection companies united to donate more than £500,000 to the charity.
Mercy Ships is looking to smash that target in 2018, and is calling on the air cargo industry to partner with them for Cargo Day, in order to bring urgent medical care to people in Africa who desperately need it. AIA is the first UK air cargo company to respond to that call.
AIA chief executive officer, Mark Andrew said: "For AIA it just looked like a perfect match to find a charity that is involved in logistics like us. With Mercy Ships, you are giving to an organisation that is actively going out to different places to heal people – be it children or adults – so every day is different.
"AIA is one of the largest independent cargo General Sales Agents, and we represent a number of airlines that can potentially offer airfreight capacity for urgent needs that perhaps the shipping industry cannot match in terms of transit time. Our aim is to get the airfreight industry involved in Mercy Ships Cargo Day alongside us, and see if we can get some additional donations."
Mercy Ships UK corporate partnership manager, Charlene Cree said this year, it hopes other air cargo companies will follow their example and join thecampaign too.
Mercy Ships operates the largest charity-run hospital ship in the world, delivering free, safe medical care to some of the world's poorest countries. This "floating hospital" is staffed almost entirely by volunteers, who give their expertise for free to help treat dental and eye problems, cleft lips and palates, tumours, club feet, childbirth injuries, burns and a variety of other conditions.
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INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
The presidential candidate of the Sustainable Development Party (SDP) Ahmed Buhari has backed out of the presidential race.
Also, Ahmed has now joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to drum up support for its presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari.
Concise News understands that Ahmed joined the APC last week and was on Channels TV Sunrise Daily on Wednesday.


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Closest airport to Delavan, WI
Nearest Airport to Delavan, WI, United States
The closest airport to Delavan is Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD). Distance from Chicago Rockford International Airport to Delavan is 38.1 miles / 61.3 kilometers.
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Chicago Rockford International Airport is located approximately 5.2 miles / 8.4 kilometers south of Rockford and about 8.8 miles / 14.2 kilometers south of Loves Park. IATA airport code is RFD.
Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE)
Distance from Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport to Delavan is 43.7 miles / 70.3 kilometers. Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport is located approximately 2.0 miles / 3.2 kilometers southwest of Cudahy and about 3.1 miles / 5.0 kilometers northwest of South Milwaukee. IATA airport code is MKE.
Dane County Regional Airport (MSN)
Distance from Dane County Regional Airport to Delavan is 49.7 miles / 79.9 kilometers. Dane County Regional Airport is located approximately 5.6 miles / 9.1 kilometers northeast of Madison and about 6.9 miles / 11.2 kilometers southwest of Sun Prairie. IATA airport code is MSN.
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)
Distance from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Delavan is 59.0 miles / 94.9 kilometers. Chicago O'Hare International Airport is located approximately 2.4 miles / 3.9 kilometers northeast of Bensenville and about 3.6 miles / 5.8 kilometers northwest of Franklin Park. IATA airport code is ORD.
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A Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) 38.1 61.3
B Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) 43.7 70.3
C Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) 49.7 79.9
D Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) 59.0 94.9
E Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) 74.3 119.6
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Lady Captain Josephine together with Iris and Orla presented the girls annual prizes on Sunday 6th December. After what has been a very successful season for the girls ( Wicklow Cup and Mae Fitzgibbon ) the following girls won prizes on the day. Congratulations to all.


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Sebastian Sørensen (born 14 August 1984) is a Danish cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. He finished third in the 10 km qualification for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 in Oberstdorf, Sørensen finished 20th in the 4 x 10 km relay had his best individual finish of 63rd in the individual sprint event.

His best World Cup finish was 65th in the individual sprint at Gothenburg, Sweden in 2005.

References
FIS-Ski.com profile

1984 births
Danish male cross-country skiers
Living people
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Ovidio Assonitis is a prolific producer and director who created such horror delights as the infamous Beyond the Door (1974) and the all-star underwater terror flick Tentacles (1977).
He also gave us the slasher-giallo hybrid Madhouse (1981), the epic, sci-fi tinged chiller The Visitor (1979), and the early James Cameron effort Pirahna II: The Spawning (1981).
A Greek national born in Alexandria, Assonitis crafted a large resume as producer, including Aldo Lado's superb giallo Who Saw Her Die? (1972) and Umberto Lenzi's jungle horror Il paese del sesso selvaggio (1972) among others.
Assonitis has also worked outside the genre, producing such fare as Lone Runner (1986), Out of Control (1992) and Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998).
He was gracious enough to reminisce with us about some of his career highlights.
The Terror Trap: You grew up in Alexandria, Egypt. What was that like?
Ovidio Assonitis: It was great. It was a unique, intense childhood.
TT: What's your earliest memory of knowing you wanted to be involved in film?
OA: When I was seven or eight years old, I watched a Chinese horror movie. I can't recall the title. But some of the scenes made me so scared. They made a very strong impression on me. That evening, it became clear to me what would be my future: I wanted to be a horror filmmaker.
The following night I decided to test my ability. It was twilight, early evening, and I was in my two-story family home. My mother and grandmother were in the living room, discussing the gory assassination of an Arab which took place a few days before.
TT: What did you do?
OA: I went into the kitchen and then down into the basement and filled a tray with flour. Then I filled a pan with alcohol. I snuck upstairs with all of it and put flour all over my face. I lit the pan filled with alcohol, covered myself with a white sheet, and switched off the lights to the entire building. Slowly, I descended the staircase and walked in the direction of my family sitting in the living room...
I looked like a ghost! When they saw me, they screamed in absolute fright.
Well, I suppose that was my first introduction to the world of entertainment!
TT: That's a great story!
Before you became a director, you were a busy producer, correct?
OA: That's right.
TT: You produced many films during the late 1960s and early 1970s. What was that experience like?
OA: Many were joint ventures with AIP (American International Pictures). I was a film distributor first in South East Asia, then producer. Those years were full of passion, hope, sometimes naïvete. But generally, they were unforgettable.
TT: In 1972, you produced one of our all-time favorite giallos, Who Saw Her Die?, directed by Aldo Lado. It's such a beautiful and well-acted thriller. What do you recall about it?
OA: Acting as producer, my strongest memories of working on that one was learning to become a successful producer. Also, I remember discovering Venice during that one.
TT: What made you want to try your hand at directing in 1974 with Beyond the Door (Chi Sei)?
OA: I couldn't find a director! So I had to do it myself.
TT: In addition to directing and producing it, you're also credited with the screenplay for Beyond the Door. But the screenwriting process was a difficult one, with several other writers involved as well, is that correct?
OA: Yes, that's so. Employing and firing the many writers on Beyond the Door gave me the opportunity to discover the only one who could convince the producer and director: myself.
TT: You've spoken a bit about the inspiration as being inspired less from The Exorcist and more from Polanski's Rosemary's Baby.
OA: Yes, that's true. But both were great, evocative movies.
TT: You used the same cinematographer – Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli – on many of your films...
OA: Roberto is a close friend. He understood my vision of these various projects. And he loved caviar and Coca-Cola.
TT: How did you come to cast Juliet Mills in the lead role?
OA: I knew Juliet before the making of the film, and I was aware that she could scare people and myself. That's what I was looking for.
TT: Richard Johnson was an accomplished stage actor...
OA: Yes, Richard was a stage actor. It was easy for him, moving from Hamlet to Beyond the Door. Both are horror plays, after all!
TT: What was the biggest challenge of shooting Beyond the Door?
OA: I'd say targeting 40 million people for a world wide box office film was the biggest challenge.
TT: Parts of the picture were shot in Italy (the interiors), and parts were shot in San Francisco (the exteriors). The mix of the two lends a surreal, otherworldly feel to some sequences. Was this mood intentional or accidental?
OA: Well, I believe it was necessary to contain the budget so that finances didn't get out of hand.
TT: From the standpoint of director and producer, what's your personal favorite memory about this film?
OA: The producer side of me says, watching people buying tickets at the box office.
TT: Many horror fans remember Beyond the Door as over-the-top, outrageous fun. Are you pleased with how the film turned out?
OA: Pleased enough, I suppose.
TT: Were you surprised or shocked when Warner Bros. sued you, accusing Beyond the Door of copying The Exorcist?
OA: Not at all. The only surprise came when I got the bill from my lawyers.
TT: Let's talk about 1977's Tentacles (Tentacoli). When did you first hear of the screenplay written by Carabatsos and Carpi, and what did you think of it?
OA: I thought the screenplay wasn't convincing. They just wrongly transferred into a script my film vision and intention.
TT: With Tentacles, you truly had a "continental" cast! You had such Hollywood legends as John Huston, Henry Fonda and Shelley Winters.
OA: Yes, they were legends. But you forgot the giant octopus!
TT: We could never forget that. He was the true star of the story.
But was it easy getting the actors on board to work on this film?
OA: Yes, it was easy. In as much as my money was bankable.
TT: Did such incredible acting legends get along on the set, or were there any problems?
OA: Some of them could be difficult on the set by day. But they were easygoing enough when they were at the bar at night.
TT: Was it difficult shooting the underwater sequences in Tentacles?
OA: Not at all. There was absolutely no noise. I had a great feeling of being a baby in a mother's womb!
TT: It was filmed in California: Oceanside, and Pismo Beach. But parts were also filmed in Italy, is that correct?
OA: Yes. That's right.
TT: Several children are killed off in Tentacles -- including the baby in the stroller at the beginning of the film. Steven Spielberg had killed a young boy in the original Jaws, but for the most part, "killing a child" onscreen was still a bit of a taboo in mainstream Hollywood during those days.
Did you have any hesitation about showing young children being killed by the giant octopus?
OA: Not at all.
And of course, you don't see the baby being killed. You see just the baby blocked by a bus and then it disappears. Maybe the baby took the bus.
TT: Okay, we've never thought about it that way!
As with Tentacles, you were able to hire an amazing cast for The Visitor (Stridulum) in 1979. You got John Huston and Shelley Winters (again), and Sam Peckinpah, and Glenn Ford, and Mel Ferrer - and even Franco Nero in a cameo. How did you get such legends signed on for this one?
OA: Frankly, they were out of work and anxious to work with me.
TT: In terms of the plot of The Visitor, what was your inspiration? Did you see it as a sort of mix of The Omen meets Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
OA: Well, that's an apt description. You read my mind!
TT: Let's move on to And When She Was Bad (1981), more commonly known as Madhouse. That one was shot in Savannah, Georgia, which must have been a "culture shock" for your Italian crew.
OA: Yes. Especially when they found out that not far from Savannah, Georgia, there is a town named Rome!
TT: You hired a first-time director to direct Madhouse. He had previously been a cinematographer. But this didn't work out, correct?
OA: Yes, let's just say that arrangement wasn't working for me.
TT: Were you at all inspired by any of the teen slashers that were currently in vogue at the time in the United States, such as Friday the 13th, Silent Scream, etc?
OA: No, not necessarily. Generally, I don't like watching horror movies made by others.
TT: What was your inspiration for the climactic "birthday scene" in Madhouse?
OA: The inspiration didn't come from any other films. My first accomplishment as a "director" when I was a very little child, was similar to the birthday sequence in Madhouse.
TT: Do you have a favorite moment in this film?
OA: In Madhouse? Well, I'd probably say the last scene. That birthday scene is pretty good.
TT: You produced Pirahna II: The Spawning (1981) directed by a young James Cameron. What was that experience like?
OA: Oh, you'll have to wait for my autobiography on that. I'll write it when Jim passes away.
TT: Fair enough.
But did you have any clue that he would go on to such a mega successful career in directing and producing?
OA: No doubt about it. He knows that in Hollywood, spending other people's unlimited quantity of money gets you some results.
TT: From the films you've directed and produced, it's clear you have a heartfelt love of the horror genre.
OA: Oh yes, I do love the horror genre. Very much.
TT: Is there anything you'd like to say to your fans?
OA: My message to fans? Dear fans, send me one dollar bill each: by counting them, I will know how many fans I have!
TT: Thank you very much for your time, Ovidio.
OA: It's been my pleasure.
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U.S. data point to firming economic recovery
Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell to a 3-1/2-year low last week and factory activity in parts of the Northeast gained speed in December, suggesting a further strengthening of the economic recovery.
A man looks on inside a job fair in New York, October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
While other data on Thursday showed industrial output shrank for the first time in seven months in November, much of the decline came from auto production, which analysts said was held back by temporary supply disruptions.
"It looks like we have just hit a clear patch on the road to recovery, where things are going to speed up a little bit," said Mark Vitner, a senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The fairly upbeat data helped investors on Wall Street to put aside their worries about the European debt crisis and buy stocks. U.S. stocks ended slightly higher after three straight days of losses.
Prices for U.S. Treasury debt were flat to marginally lower, while the dollar weakened against a basket of currencies.
Although growth is quickening from the third quarter's 2 percent annual rate, analysts caution that troubles in debt-stricken Europe pose a major risk to the U.S. economy. The fourth quarter growth pace is expected to top 3 percent.
Much of the rest of the global economy is already weakening, with the euro zone expected to slip into recession.
The U.S. economy also faces a risk that lawmakers will fail to extend a payroll tax cut and emergency jobless benefits that expire at year end, which would dent the expansion in 2012.
For now, however, it continues to show resilience.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 19,000 to 366,000, the lowest since May 2008, the Labor Department said. That follows on the heels of a report earlier this month that showed the jobless rate hit a 2-1/2-year low of 8.6 percent in November.
REGIONAL FACTORY ACTIVITY PICKS UP
The economy's firming tone was also emphasized by data showing an acceleration in factory activity in New York state and the Mid-Atlantic region this month.
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank said its index of business conditions rose to its highest since March as new orders surged. A separate report showed business activity in New York state at its highest since May, with a strong rebound in new orders and an improvement in hiring.
But the Fed's industrial production report took off some of the shine from the two regional factory surveys. Output at the nation's mines, factories and refineries dropped 0.2 percent in November after rising 0.7 percent in October.
The decline was led by a 0.4 percent drop in factory output, which reflected a 3.4 percent slump in motor vehicle production.
Economists, however, blamed a scarcity of auto parts from flood-ravaged Thailand for the weakness. They said it also likely weighed on production of high-technology goods, which were down sharply for a third month running.
"We are not worried about the health of the manufacturing sector," said Michelle Girard, a senior economist at RBS in Stamford, Connecticut.
"Inventories are lean and firms will likely need to restock after a decent holiday season. Automakers also plan healthy production increases in the first quarter."
FedEx Corp provided a further signal the economy was gaining momentum, saying demand for residential delivery services was rising with "healthy growth" in online shopping.
Instant view: Jobless claims drop to 3.5 year low
Honeywell International, the maker of products ranging from cockpit electronics to control systems for large buildings, also struck an upbeat note on the economy and forecast strong sales growth next year.
Another report from the Labor Department showed wholesale prices rose 0.3 percent last month, reversing October's 0.3 percent fall, as food prices climbed 1 percent.
Excluding food and energy, producer prices were up a mild 0.1 percent last month after being flat in October, suggesting little buildup in broad inflationary pressure.
Additional reporting by Pedro Nicolaci da Costa in Washington and Leah Schnurr in New York; Editing by James Dalgleish


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Q: an appropriate browser plugin for playing flash streams that also plays on Android I am trying to setup a web page able to play live and on-demand rtmp streams on a certain rtmp-server. Previously I had success with jwplayer and I had setup this player to play on pc clients successfully. The java-script I used for live streaming is this:
jwplayer("myElement").setup({
    file: rtmp://myStreamURL,
    height: 360,
    image: "../myImage.jpg",
    rtmp: {
        subscribe: true
    },
    autostart: true,
    width: 640
});

Now the problem I faced is that when I want to access the web page from Android clients I see an error message on the player screen as:
          No playable sources found.
I am confused that if free version of jwplayer works on android OS as I read on here, here or here.
Also maybe some configs or manifast files are needed as explained here.
Now I want to decide if I need change my player to work on both pc and android clients? Also is can any special change in configuration be effective? Any help would be worthwhile. thank you.


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Ethiopians who fled over land rights now face eviction from Calais "Jungle"
By: Sally Hayden
Date: October 24th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
CALAIS, France (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deep in the Calais "Jungle" migrant camp in northern France, hundreds of Oromo Ethiopians set up their own school.
French parliament scraps planned extra tax on palm oil
By: Sybille de La Hamaide
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
International Conventions or Treaties
gender equity in access to land
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - currently ratified by 187 countries - is the only human rights treaty that deals specifically with rural women (Art. 14). Adopted in 1979 by the United Nations Generally Assembly, entered into force in 1981. The Convention defines discrimination against women as follows:
The Future of Traditional Landscapes: Discussions and Visions
At the 2018 meeting of the Permanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape (PECSRL), that took place in Clermont-Ferrand and Mende in France, the Institute for Research on European Agricultural Landscapes e.V. (EUCALAND) Network organized a session on traditional landscapes.
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Filière Paysanne est une association indépendante qui agit pour une agriculture et une alimentation locale.
Elle a été créée, en mai 2009, à Marseille par des consom'acteurs recherchant des solutions d'approvisionnement auprès d'une agriculture familiale de proximité et favorisant un réseau de distribution en circuits courts équitable et écoresponsable.
LES FONDEMENTS DE NOTRE PROJET ASSOCIATIF :
International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
Founded in 1962, the CIHEAM is a Mediterranean intergovernmental organisation devoted to the sustainable development of agriculture and fisheries, food and nutrition security and rural and coastal areas.
Land Tenure and Development Technical Committee
The 'Land Tenure and Development' Technical Committee is a working group composed of French Cooperation experts, researchers and decision-makers. Since its creation in 1996 it has worked in conjunction with numerous French and international actors to support the French Cooperation in developing strategies and supervising actions on land issues.
L'université de Montpellier est un établissement d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche situé dans la ville de Montpellier, ayant existé entre 1289 et 1793, puis entre 1896 et 1970, et recréé en 2015.


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Q: Can Let's Encrypt distribute multiple certificates for a single domain name? Can we let Encrypt distribute multiple certificates for a single domain name? I mean all of them are valid at the same time.

A: Yes. Check out the rate limit documentation:
https://letsencrypt.org/docs/rate-limits/
If you need to do so for testing, the staging API rate limit is much higher.
In fact, I'm working on a home cloud system and we're building a kind of "inside out" cloud where the devices use Greenlock and Telebit so that they each have their own certificate and connection rather than being behind a load balancer - exactly the kind of thing we couldn't reasonably do without Let's Encrypt.
Also, if you've got an application where you're sharing a domain among many hosts be sure to get your shared domains listed in the Public Suffix List both for security and so you don't hit rate limits.


Mornings... love them or hate them, they happen every single day! My motto is to be as productive as possible during the early hours of the day. Working toward a goal sometimes can be grueling but this is how I manage my goals - physical, spiritual and emotional - all during the first few hours of my day! Hope this helps some of you work towards being a "real" adult, finish your first manuscript, read 52 books in a year... whatever your goals might be. It has surely helped me.
6:00 am: Rise up, early. (No need to be rushing when I can avoid it).
6:05 am: Brush teeth (yep, sounds obvious, but it's my way to actually wake up).
6:10 am: Stretch (to activate my body and brain).
6:25 am: Meditate while cooking. Reflect on my gratitudes, affirmations, and goals for the day.
6:35 am: Eat breakfast while READING. My favorite way to eat breakfast. My current read is Becoming by Michelle Obama. Talk about inspiration for future goals!
6:55 am: Walk to gym. I choose my attire depending on who I want to be or how I'm feeling. Weird, I'll admit it. But see how it works... Bee Leggings when I'm feeling like a busy bee, Queen of Hearts when I need a reminder that I rule and all black leggings when I'm feeling more serious. I could go on, because I have all the leggings from our store, but you catch my drift.
7:00 am: GYM time. Sometimes I'll read while I use the treadmill. Short stories or poetry books are perfect for this.
8:00 am: Bullet Journal to organize my day (find out what this awesome method is HERE) You can choose from any of our awesome pocket journals. My Feminist Agenda is my new favorite!
8:30 am: Start morning commute. While I drive, I visualize myself having a great day. While I wait in traffic lights, I read Lin-Manuel Miranda's Twitter feed on my phone. Nothing like having a multiple award winner and creative master giving you a pep talk in the mornings. Have you got a hold of his new book with his little morning messages? If you haven't, you should. To say that its uplifting is an understatement.
8:45 am: Arrive at work. Choose a job that you love and you will never have to work a day in your life, as the saying goes.
Well, that's it! As you can see, through meditation I check in with my emotional and spiritual health; through reading, I engage my mind; through exercise, I work on connecting with my body; through bullet journaling, I write about all of the above, all while focusing on my goals for the day. When I am very dedicated to my morning routine, I find myself feeling happier, enjoying the day more, and feeling more productive. Now the hard part is sticking to it.
How do I do it? Here are some tips to help you stick to your morning routine (whatever it may be).
Sleeping enough is VITAL to our wellbeing. If you are making these choices to improve yourself, then you also have to make a change to your sleeping pattern.
At first, it can be hard to get started on a new habit but setting reminders and alarms on your devices can help you stay on track.
Start with setting a short amount of time for new habits. For example, instead of going to the gym for 30 minutes, tell yourself you'll go for 10 minutes and then build up to the amount of time you want to dedicate to that particular habit. This will help you feel like it's a manageable feat.
It takes around 3 weeks to create a habit, so stick with it for at least 30 days and you will be golden! Make a calendar and a checklist; check it twice if you have to but continue with this new routine and you will achieve your goals without feeling dread!
Is your new morning routine centered around reading? Exercise? Meditation? All of the above or another entirely different focus? There is no wrong answer. Some days it might be tough to get up in the morning but remembering your motivation will help you keep focused on your WHY.
Hope this helps some or all of you make some positive changes! Let us know how it goes at any of our SM accounts!


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Q: IBM MAXIMO: How to create PO from PR with REST API in IBM Maximo 7.6.0.8 I would like to create PO from a PR using REST API and VBA (HTTP requests).
My code is:
Dim PostData() As Byte
Dim IE As InternetExplorerMedium
Set IE = New InternetExplorerMedium

PostData = "~date=23-08-2018"
PostData = StrConv(PostData, vbFromUnicode)

myheader = myheader & "x-http-method-override: createPOsFromPR" & vbNewLine
myheader = myheader  & "Content-Type: application/json" & vbCrLf

IE.Navigate "https://host:port/maxrest/rest/mbo/pr/123", 0, "myIE", PostData, myheader

But I get Error 500. Authentication is not the problem.
In general I would like to be albe to copy (assign) PR lines to POs and RFQs.
Is this the way to do this? Does someone has working solution?
Thanks!

A: You could use the New REST API that allows you to directly call an automation script.
You'd add the PR number and date as request parameters and use them in the script to call
the PR.createPOsFromPR method.
Your call would look like this:
http://maximohost/maximo/oslc/script/genPOsScript?prnum=ABC&date=2019-11-21

You might want to add the site as param too because PR is a site level object.
You can see an example here:
https://developer.ibm.com/static/site-id/155/maximodev/restguide/Maximo_Nextgen_REST_API.html#_automation_scripts


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If there isn't cash or another resources accessible to function your commercial personal line of credit, where does the bank think you'll be in a very few short months' time.
There are a variety of leases utilised by landlords to manage their tenants, and it really is necessary whether you're leasing or renting a commercial space that you simply completely understand the agreement (lease) that you will be signing. Property owners must obtain appropriate liability insurance ahead of leasing space to tenants.


English Abstract: With rapid development of real-time systems, more and more real-time applications not only want the systems to meet their timing requirements, but also hope them provide some functions which used to be supported only by general-purpose operating systems. On the other hand, some desktop environments also need real-time supports. It is quite difficult for existing systems to provide generality and real-time characteristics simultaneously. To solve this problem, we developed the first Linux-based general-purpose real-time operating system - Red Flag Real-Time Operating System in Mainland China based on the Red Flag Linux. This thesis describes the principles and implementation of resource reservation scheme of our system. In our system, the resource reservation scheme is implemented through resource kernel, which carries out a subsystem providing timely, guaranteed and protected access to system resources. The resource kernel allows applications to specify only their resource demands leaving the kernel to satisfy those demands using hidden resource management schemes. As a result, it simplifies the processes of programming and relieves the burden of programmers. The resource kernel is mainly composed by several mechanisms including reserve description, admission control, reserve scheduling, enforcement and accounting. In this thesis, we provide a programming interface for real-time applications, making them use system resources more conveniently and efficiently to meet their timing requirements. At the same time, while we implement the support to priority inheritance protocols, we introduce two effective synchronization protocols, namely the job conflict protocol and the priority limit protocol, into our reservation-based system, to reduce priority inversion and provide better temporal isolation further. Furthermore, we rearrange the data structures and scheduling algorithms of resource kernel to support Symmetric Multi-Processing. Experiments prove that the resource kernel implemented in this thesis works well in the Red Flag Real-Time Operating System and provides a reliable method to manage system resources. The whole system supports soft real-time quite well, providing generality as well as real-time properties. Most applications running on Linux can run our system without any modifications.
马骁骐. 实时操作系统资源预留的研究与实现[D]. 中国科学院软件研究所. 中国科学院软件研究所. 2003-01-01.


Flavorful and hearty, this Italian Chopped Salad has all of the great flavors of Italy in one huge salad!
To make the dressing, combine the vinegar, honey, mustard, seasoning and garlic in a blender. Season with salt and pepper. Blend to combine. Slowly stream in the olive oil to emulsify. Alternately, add all the ingredients to a jar and shake until completely combined slightly thickened.
Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until al dente. Drain and cool.
In a large bowl, combine the romaine, chickpeas, artichoke hearts, tomatoes, salami, provolone, cucumber, pepperoni and green onions. Add in the cooled pasta. Add in the dressing and toss to coat.
Serve the salad topped with a few whole pepperoncini peppers.


So I made it to Connecticut! After a long day of travel I made it. More on that later. I finally got to wear this cute top from Chicwish. I of course had to pair them with the very popular wedges that I swear everyone has and now you can too! They are now back in stock with most sizes and colors here.


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The Structured Cable Pre-Wire Speaker Installation Kit allows you to choose a location to install wiring for a speaker component prior to speaker installation. After the wallboard is installed, you can return to install a flush mount cap over the wire outlet hole in the drywall. The small, unobtrusive cap provides future access to the wire for easy installation of a speaker.
The Pre-Wire Installation Kit can also be used in other pre-wire applications such as security systems, garage door motor control wire, or any device that requires low-voltage wire to penetrate the drywall of a structure.
This is great and could come in very handy with wiring done in advance of actual installation.


DMW boss, Davido was captured in tears as he tries to apologize to his girlfriend, Chioma while video calling her. In a video circulating online, the singer was seen in tears as he apologizes to his beau.
We do not know what the singer did wrong but it might be related to a video of him hugging female fans in Namibia over the weekend.


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Freddie Mercury by Mark Weiss
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Freddie Mercury of Queen, New York 1982
Freddie Mercury of Queen performs live at Madison Square Garden, New York. Learn More
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Bruce and Steve in the studio working on Bruce's parts on Steve Van Zandt's "I Ain't Gonna Play Sun City." Learn More


If you're a manager, to get started, visit "Settings" > "General" and tick "Enable timesheets". Once activated, you and your employees will see a new page called "Timesheets".
To enter timesheets, visit the "Timesheets" page. Here you'll see a greyed out copy of your schedule. These greyed out shifts represent the scheduled shifts, and can be converted into timesheet entries either by double clicking, or by selecting a group of cells and pressing the ENTER key on your keyboard. The greyed out schedules are automatically removed after one or more timesheet entry is saved in the cell.
You can also enter your timesheets manually by typing the start and finish times in the cell. Once you've made your changes, remember to save them.


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On a Sailboat, what is the Mainsail?
Kevlar® fabric, which is used to make sails.
The mainsail is the sail that gives a boat the most power.
Written By: Jonathan Stevens
The primary source of sail power on a sailing vessel is usually the mainsail. There are exceptions when a lesser sail (such as a jib sail) is utilized and the mainsail is lowered. In such cases, the definition doesn't apply since the primary source of power can only be the sail in use, but in most cases the definition works. Additionally, the mainsail is always affixed to the main mast and either extends perpendicular to the vessel (extending to the left and right of the main mast) or lengthwise (above and parallel to the vessel) toward the aft (or rear) section, or some angled variation thereof.
In ancient history, the mainsail was made up of a patchwork of wool. This material was effective in harnessing wind but ultimately stretched and sagged making the sail increasingly ineffective. Eventually, various types of patch worked linens were utilized until modern technology made seamless, one-piece nylons and other man made materials possible. Today's popular materials include Mylar® and Kevlar®. These modern materials not only provide lightweight custom shapes, they also include shape retention properties to minimize distortions.
A main sail can be a square sail, a triangular sail or some varied shape of the two, as found in lateen or gaff sails. Unless referring to a square-rigged mainsail — rarely seen today — which is attached to a yardarm that intersects the main mast, the front edge — commonly called the luff — of a modern mainsail attaches to the main mast and the bottom of the sail — commonly called the foot — attaches to the boom. The boom is the horizontal beam attached to the main mast and is exclusively designed for supporting the bottom of the mainsail on a modern sailboat.
Like all sails on a sailboat, the position of the mainsail in relationship to the wind direction and where the vessel is headed is known as the angle of sail. Each angle is understood as a "point of sail" and it constantly changes throughout a sailing voyage. There are three basic points of sail though there are multiple variations of each. Whenever a sailboat is sailing into the wind it will utilize a "beating" point of sail. Whenever the wind is from the side of a sailboat (known as abeam), the point of sail required is known as "reaching." Whenever the wind comes from the rear of (or astern) the vessel, the point of sail is known as "running." Recognizing these points of sail are critical in determining how to properly position (trim) the mainsail.
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Calling All 'Canes Fans for Free Fun!
By Odile Fredericks
The Carolina Hurricanes Summer Fun Fest kicks off Friday, July 22, on the south lawn of the RBC Center, at 5:30 p.m., offering live music, inflatables and games, sledding on snow, discounted concessions, free giveaways and appearances by Stormy and the Eye Care Associates Storm Squad. Parking and admission are free.
Now in its fourth year, the Summer Fun Fest will feature a State of the Canes address, hosted by Hurricanes television play-by-play voice John Forslund and carried live on 99.9 FM The Fan at 8 p.m. Forslund will discuss the upcoming season with longtime Hurricanes forward Chad LaRose, and newly-named assistant coach Rod Brind'Amour.
Fans will also have their first chance to view available seat locations for 2011-12 full-season and 26-game ticket packages at the event. They can take part in the Hot N' Cold Eating Extravaganza during Summer Fun Fest, where participants race to eat a hot barbecue sandwich followed by an ice cream sandwich. The winner of the Hot N' Cold Eating Extravaganza will win two 12-game ticket packages for the 2011-12 season. There is a $10 entry fee for participation in the extravaganza, with all proceeds benefiting the Kids 'N Community Foundation. The Kids 'N Community Foundation also will be holding a silent auction during the event, as well as the Canes Mystery Magnet Pick-up for $20.
The Summer Fun Fest will wrap up with a viewing of the Hurricanes' come-from-behind win against Buffalo in Game 6 of the 2006 Eastern Conference Finals, beginning at 9 p.m. Visit http://carhur.com/cdz for details on the fourth annual Summer Fun Fest.
Looking for more free fun? This Friday, July 22, families can look forward to a real treat in Durham when John Dee Holeman and Pat "Mother Blues" Cohen team up to play at this summer's first concert of the Warehouse Blues Series. See Durham Offers Free Concerts This Summer.
Triangle Stages Feature Family-Friendly Performances in August
Head out with your children to a family-friendly performance in the Triangle.
Triangle Stages Feature Family-Friendly Performances in July
Head to Triangle stages for performances that include symphony, hip-hop, jazz, blues, Celtic and Appalachian music as well as stunts by world-class acrobats and singers.
Tour de Fat Bicycle Festival Spins into Durham
Celebrate bicycles at the 14th annual Tour de Fat, a festival s on the American Tobacco Historic District campus June 15, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.


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Shipping Updates for OMG Japan (Updated June 16th, 2022)
June 16th, 2022: From July 1st, 2022, customers based in Taiwan will be legally required to create and use EZ WAY, to receive any package bought from a foreign country. Failing to register for this app will cause your package to fail the customs check and be returned to Japan. You can download the app here.
April 28th, 2021: We will be closed April 29th, May 3rd - May 5th in observance of the Japanese Golden Week Holidays. During this time, we'll be unable to reply to email inquires and ship packages. We're very sorry for the delay. We'll begin replying to emails and shipping packages in the order they were received on Friday, May 6th.
March 8th, 2022: Japan Post has suspended mail to the UK and France due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We've enabled DHL Express to these countries.
March 1st, 2022: Japan Post has suspended mail to Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Luxembourg, Cape Verde, North Macedonia, Greenland, Croatia, and Slovenia. We've enabled DHL Express to these countries.
February 24th, 2022: There have been significant customs delays in the Netherlands with PostNL, so we've decided to temporarily suspend Japan Post mail to the Netherlands and enable DHL Express. Once the Netherlands can deliver mail promptly, we'll re-enable Japan Post shipping options.
February 10th, 2022: We will be closed February 11th and February 23rd due to national holidays in Japan. On those days we'll be unable to reply to email inquires and ship packages. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes you. We'll begin replying to emails and shipping packages in the order they were received the next business day.
December 29th, 2021: We will be closed December 30th through January 2nd for the New Years holidays. We'll be unable to reply to email inquires and ship packages. We're very sorry for the delay. We'll begin replying to emails and shipping packages in the order they were received on Monday, January 3rd.
November 2nd, 2021: We will be closed November 3rd in observance of a national Japanese holiday. We'll be unable to reply to email inquires and ship packages. We're very sorry for the delay. We'll begin replying to emails and shipping packages in the order they were received on Thursday, November 4th.
September 28th, 2021: We will be moving our office and warehouse to Yokohama, Japan. We will be closed from September 30th through October 3rd. During this time we'll be unable to ship packages or reply to e-mail inquires. We'll begin replying to emails and shipping packages in the order they were received on Monday, October 4th.
September 17th, 2021: We will be closed on Monday, September 20th, and Thursday, September 23rd, in observance of Japanese national holidays. We'll be unable to reply to email inquires and ship packages while our office is closed. We'll begin replying to emails and shipping packages in the order received on the next business day.
August 6th, 2021: We will be closed on Monday, August 9th, in observation of a Japanese national holiday. We'll be unable to reply to email inquires and ship packages. We're very sorry for the delay. We'll begin replying to emails and shipping packages in the order they were received on Tuesday, August 10th.
July 19th, 2021: We will be closed Thursday, July 22nd and Friday, July 23rd in observation of Japanese national holidays. During this time, we'll be unable to reply to email inquires and ship packages. We're very sorry for the delay. We'll begin replying to emails and shipping packages in the order they were received on Monday, July 26th.
June 29th, 2021: EMS is now available for the United States. EMS generally takes 3-5 business days to most countries and ships with tracking. However, the Japan Post website presently mentions that pandemic-related shipping delays are expected. Please keep this in mind when selecting EMS to the USA.
May 25th, 2021: We are now able to ship to most countries via DHL Express if Japan Post isn't shipping to your country. If you're unable to checkout or have questions, please email us at help@omgjapan.com
May 24th, 2021: DHL Express has resumed shipping to most cities in Myanmar and the Philippines. However, we're only able to ship books and Japanese language products to the Philippines at this time.
May 13th, 2021: Spain, Ireland, Chile: There are currently long delays with EMS, international ePacket, and printed-matter. If you're located in one of these countries and would like to receive your package quickly, please contact us and request DHL Express.
April 28th, 2021: We will be closed April 29th, May 1st - May 5th in observance of the Japanese Golden Week Holidays. During this time, we'll be unable to reply to email inquires and ship packages. We're very sorry for the delay. We'll begin replying to emails and shipping packages in the order they were received on Thursday, May 6th.
February 22nd, 2021: We will be closed Tuesday, February 23rd in observance of the Emperor's Birthday. We'll resume shipping and responding to emails on Wednesday, February 24th.
February 10th, 2021: We will be closed Thursday February 11th, for National Foundation Day in Japan. We will resume shipping and replying to emails on Friday February 12th.
January 22nd, 2021: Spain appears to be very overwhelmed and shipments to Spain are currently taking around 4-5 weeks for delivery.
New Years Holiday Notice: We will be closed from December 31st - January 3rd. We will resume shipping and responding to email inquiries on Monday, January 4th.
December 24th, 2020: We will be closed on Christmas Day, December 25th. We will resume shipping and replying to emails on Monday, December 28th.
November 27th, 2020: Due to the increase in orders for Black Friday, please allow 5-7 business days before your order is shipped.
November 26th, 2020: Japan Post has suspended mail to Canada. We've enabled DHL Express for our Canada customers. If you have any trouble checking out, please email us an email at help@omgjapan.com
November 20th, 2020: We will be closed Monday, November 23rd in observation of Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan. We will resume shipping, processing orders and replying to emails on Tuesday, November 24th.
November 2nd, 2020: We will be closed Tuesday, November 3rd in observation of Culture Day in Japan. We will resume shipping, processing orders and replying to emails on Wednesday, November 4th.
October 8th, 2020: Many countries are still experiencing delays with postal services. Packages mailed via Japan Post are departing Japan quickly, but can experience delays in their destination country due to issues with local post offices. Please be advised that delays can occur. Note: Canada Post has decided to stop tracking international registered mail. Once a package departs Japan, it will not be trackable.
September 18th, 2020: We will be closed September 19th - 22nd JST in observation of holidays in Japan. We'll begin to process orders and reply to emails received during this time on September 23rd.
August 27th, 2020: We can ship to nearly every country with DHL Express. Please try and checkout on omgjapan.com with your address. If you receive an error and do not see a shipping rate, please email help@omgjapan.com and we'll see if DHL is available for you!
August 6th, 2020: Japan Post Airmail is now available for Azerbaijan, Slovakia, Belarus, Malta, and North Macedonia. EMS Express and Airmail are now available for Turkey, Sri Lanka, and Tunisia.
July 22nd, 2020: Our offices will be closed July 23rd - July 26th in observation of Japanese National Holidays. We will resume shipping and reply to email inquiries on Monday, July 27th.
July 1st, 2020: Japan Post has resumed EMS and Airmail service to Italy, New Zealand, and China. We will begin shipping previously returned orders to those countries and pending orders to those countries as soon as possible.
June 29th, 2020: We've added DHL Express shipping to the USA and Australia. USA and Australian customers are now able to checkout and ship via DHL. We're working to add more countries soon. If you're located in the USA and you have an unshipped package and would like to upgrade to DHL, please send us an email at help@omgjapan.com
June 18th, 2020: Japan Post has resumed EMS and airmail service to the following countries: Estonia, Austria, Croatia, Sweden, Spain, Slovenia, Czech, Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Bulgaria, Belgium, Poland, Portugal, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg. We will begin shipping previously returned orders to those countries and pending orders to those countries as soon as possible.
June 4th, 2020: Japan Post has announced they will accept packages to Switzerland, Botswana, and Curacao via select shipping methods. Please see the list of countries below that we can currently ship to.
May 11th, 2020: Please see the list of countries below that we're able to ship to BEFORE placing your order. Please expect delays with all shipping methods.
April 23rd, 2020: All mail to the United States has been temporarily suspended by the Japan Post. We're unable to ship any unshipped orders to the United States at the moment. If you're located in the USA and you need your order quickly, please do not place an order. We've also updated the list of suspended countries below to include some others besides the USA.
April 20th, 2020: EMS appears to be delayed 2-3 weeks and other shipping methods are delayed 3-4 weeks. This is in addition to their usual transit times. Japan Post assures us they're working hard to push as many packages out as possible, but there is a severe lack of flights out of Japan.
April 9th, 2020: Japan Post suspended mail to additional countries. Please check the list below. Most notably, they suspended mail to Australia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Vietnam.
April 1st, 2020: Japan Post announced they would suspend mail services to a total of 155 countries with the exception of the United Kingdom, France, and some others. Please expect long delays with all shipping methods. There are very few flights out of Japan and Japan Post is working as hard as they can to get all of the packages shipped.
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