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Q: Variable analysis in multiple linear regression I'm investigating how some weather variables (15) affect electricity demand in a specific area during the last 20 years. I was thinking to perform the following steps:
1. Perform Multiple Linear Regression on each subset of selected variables
2. Save t-statistics (p-values) for each run
Then, I would to show the statistics (median, min, max, quantiles) of the t-statistics for each variable in order to give an idea about which is the most influencing. Finally, I would also show the relationship between each variable and the mean square error obtained with regressions using it.
Do you think this approach makes sense?

A: No.  There are many variable selection techniques including stepwise, forward and backward selection or if you have only a small number comparing all subsets may be feasible.  But the model selection criterion should be something like AIC, BIC or Mallow's $C_p$.  These are the most common approaches in the literature.

A: It sounds like you have time series data, in which case multiple linear regression is going to give you biased estimates.
Even without that, however, I don't think your approach is correct. In your comment to @Michael you say you want to "analyze the influence of single variables" but influence on what? Presumably on the dependent variable (electricity usage). Then decide: Controlling for what? And include those variables in your model.
And I would make that decision of which variables to include based on substantive knowledge.
If you want to include multiple models, there are methods for model averaging, but they are more complex that what you outline.


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Valeriya questioned why mentally ill individuals like Ryan were able to roam freely in NYC to begin with.
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Palestinian Islamic Jihad rally, 4/15/2005. PIJ is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. Do the participants in this rally appear to be making an Islamic gesture?
In the wake of 9/11, the London bombings and other, less-publicized terrorist incidents, this program sets forth more information about the historical development of the fascist/Islamist relationship. (FTR#456 is a compendium of many of the fascist/Nazi links to contemporary terrorism—9/11 in particular.) After highlighting a number of articles relevant to 9/11 and fascist connections to that incident, the broadcast presents an informative paper detailing the development of the Third Reich's relationship with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem—an SS officer, key Axis spy and (eventually) the first leader of the Palestinian national movement. Husseini was an officer in the Turkish army in World War I, during the period in which the Turks committed genocide against the Christian Armenians. After the British assumed control of much of the Arab territory formerly held as part of the Ottoman Empire, they groomed al-Husseini as a primary functionary of theirs in the Middle East. A murderous anti-Semite, al-Husseini eventually became the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem—the leading Muslim cleric in the British protectorate of Palestine. It is noteworthy that the British reversed their 1922 agreement to abide by a League of Nations mandate to provide for a Jewish homeland in Palestine, in order to curry favor with the Arabs. (Of course, the Arabs controlled the vital oil resources of the Middle East and, because of that, were deemed more important for British imperial aspirations in that part of the world.
Program Highlights Include: Yeslam Binladin's offer to pay for his brother's legal defense in the event of Osama's capture; a statement by the father of 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta supporting the London transit bombings; the fact that Atta's father bears the same name as a key al-Qaeda weapons procurer (who's brother financed al-Qaeda and was represented by Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff); the conversion of British fascist David Myatt to Islam; Myatt's association with the Islamofascist imam of the Finsbury Park mosque; the League of Nations' 1922 endorsement of the concept of a Jewish homeland; the Grand Mufti's illegal elevation by the British to his position of power between the wars; the Grand Mufti's initiation of pogroms against the Jews between the World Wars; the Grand Mufti's eventual alignment with Nazi Germany during World War II; the World War II era Arabs' saying "In Heaven Allah, on earth, Hitler." For more about the genesis of the fascist/Islamist axis, see—among other programs—FTR#'s 371, 383, 414, 416, 453, 473, 514.
17. The Grand Mufti's hatred of Jews (and subsequent alliance with the Third Reich) was matched by that of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna. (For more about the Muslim Brotherhood, see—among other programs—FTR#'s 343, 455, 456, 473, 513, 514, 518. Use the search function linked at the top of this description to find more information about the Muslim Brotherhood.) "Mufti hated Jews for the same reasons as Hasan al-Banna in Egypt. Jews, especially the arriving Zionist immigrants, brought a modem, Western/European way of life, a direct opposite of what the fundamentalists wanted. Just as Banna, Husseini felt personally threatened by Western culture. 'The Jews have changed the life of Palestine in such a way that it must inevitably lead to the destruction of our race …. The Jewish girls who run around in shorts demoralize our youth by their mere presence.??
45. For a visual perspective on the fascist/Islamist connection, check out the photograph above. It is a picture of a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rally on 4/15/2005. PIJ is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood—a link discussed in, among other programs, FTR#'s 473, 514. Do the participants in this rally appear to be making an Islamic gesture?!


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Prohibitions on assignment of receivables outlawed
Company & Commercial United Kingdom
"Receivable"
Basic Outlawing of Prohibitions
Additional Protection for Invoice Financiers
Excluded Receivables
Supplier Must Be an SME
When to Determine if Supplier Is an SME
How to Determine if Supplier Is an SME
Government Contracts and National Security
After Start Date
The government recognises that businesses are dependent on adequate cash flow and that invoice finance is an important way of securing such working capital. Currently, around 40,000 firms in the UK use invoice finance. This is estimated to be only 10% of the number of businesses that could potentially make use of it.(1) Currently 311 billion(2) (14% of UK's GDP) is supported through invoice finance.
Assignments of receivables are an essential feature of factoring and invoice discounting. Commercial contracts routinely contain provisions that prohibit the assignment of invoices due under the contract. If asked to fund such invoices, financiers have to use workarounds, such as requesting the debtor to allow assignment (which is usually refused) or using a separate trust account or a power of attorney. This increases the cost of providing invoice finance and, if the measures are not cost effective, then a facility will be refused or the funds available substantially reduced.
For years, powerful purchasers have flouted the credit terms of their weaker SME suppliers or imposed unreasonable credit terms on them.(3) If invoice finance is then provided, such purchasers often refuse to deal with the financier by contractually inserting in their purchase conditions either a prohibition on assignment of the invoices or confidentiality terms. Such prohibitions and terms reflect the purchasers' resentment of the collective commercial clout and professional expertise of invoice financiers.
In 2014 the Government recognised the benefit of outlawing such prohibitions on the assignment of receivables and set about establishing the legal framework. The Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) was approached and with our help formulated the provisions for a new law.
The outcome was a clear provision in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Act) allowing regulations to be made to "invalidate certain restrictive terms of business contracts".(4) These regulations have now been drafted and await Parliamentary approval.
The new law will apply to SME suppliers, but only in B2B agreements.
These are The Business Contract (Assignment of Receivables) Regulations 2018. These have been under discussion for the past three years with the Dept. of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), where ABFA (now part of UK Finance) and Edward Wilde, as their legal counsel, have negotiated and redrafted the wording to ensure the best possible outcome for invoice financiers and their SME clients. This was undertaken in the face of strong opposition from City of London interests determined to preserve their unfettered freedom to contract as they wished.
The finally agreed regulations should be law in the autumn and come into effect for sales contracts entered into on and after 31 December 2018.
This word enters our legislation for the first time, to replace the more familiar usage of "book debt" and "debt". Using current language from US, Canadian and Australian laws, the full definition is:
""receivable" is a right (whether or not earned by performance) to be paid any amount under a contract (other than a contract mentioned in regulation 4) for the supply of goods, services or intangible assets..."(5)
The Regulations boldly state(6) that:
a term in a contract has no effect to the extent that it "prohibits or imposes a condition or other restriction on the assignment of a receivable arising under that contract or any other contract between the same parties".
Anti-avoidance regulations, drafted and promoted by Squire Patton Boggs lawyers, extend the restraining provisions so that a contractual term (such as a confidentiality clause) is ineffective if it:
"prevents a person to whom a receivable is assigned (i.e. the invoice financier) from determining the validity or value of the receivable or their ability to enforce the receivable;
hinders the assignee's ability to enforce the receivable."(7)
These should prevent confidentiality clauses and other devices being used to obstruct an invoice financier from approving, funding or collecting a receivable.
The regulations contain a list of matters that an assignee must be able to obtain without, in effect, breaching any confidentiality clause imposed on the client. They include details of the debtor, the goods, the invoice value, the wording of any ban on assignments, VAT, credit period and defences or set-offs.(8)
This all important term is not defined, but the regulations are clearly intended to apply to outright purchases under invoice financing facilities. Security assignments are also likely to be covered. However, prohibitions against trusts of receivables will probably still be effective.
Receivables arising under certain types of contracts, listed in regulation 4, will still be subject to effective prohibitions on assignment. The most important are contracts:
concerning any interest in land, e.g. sales or leases
where none of the parties are carrying on a business in the UK
which concern national security interests
for the sale of a business
for operating leases of equipment
To benefit from the regulations, the supplier must be below the medium sized thresholds enabling it to take advantage of the special accounting regimes applicable to SMEs under the Companies Act 2006.(9) A medium sized company or LLP by this definition must have at least two out of three of the following:
Sales less than 36 million
Balance sheet total less than 18 million
Fewer than 250 employees
Certain companies, even though medium sized, are precluded from this definition,(10) including:
Public listed company
Subsidiary company or an associated company of a company listed in the Stock Exchange
There are complex provisions in the regulations which deny some SMEs the benefit of the regulations even though they are SMEs. So bans on assignment will still be effective if the supplier is part of a large group of connected businesses(11) that, together, exceed the above thresholds. KYC on this aspect of a client will be very important to ensure that a client which is an apparent SME is not actually part of a large group and thus subject to effective bans on assignment.
The SME test applies to LLPs and companies wherever in the world they are established or incorporated, provided they would qualify as SMEs if incorporated in the UK.
Sole traders, unlimited partnerships or unlimited companies, wherever established, can ignore bans on assignment, whatever their turnover, balance sheet or employees.
Special Purpose Vehicles, however small, will always be subject to effective bans on assignment.
At the time the receivable is assigned, which for all practical purposes will be when the receivable is created. Whole turnover assignments in master agreements should be treated only as agreements to assign.
Look at its status as shown in its accounts for the last financial year before the receivable is assigned. A check also needs to be made to ensure that it is not part of a large group. A new firm can be treated as an SME until it files its first set of accounts, unless it is a member of a large group. Checks will need to be done annually upon receipt of clients' accounts.
The regulations generally apply to contracts governed by English or Northern Irish law where one of the parties carries on business in the UK. Clients' sale contracts subject to Scots law are not covered. However, it is to be hoped that similar rules will be passed in Scotland in due course.(12)
Conversely, the regulations do not generally apply to contracts governed by foreign laws. However, there is an anti-avoidance provision(13) which outlaws any attempt to circumvent the regulations by choosing a foreign law which permits bans on assignment. For example, a sale contract generally governed by English law, but with an assignment prohibition specifically subject to Irish law (where bans on assignment are still permitted) will still be treated as being subject to the regulations.
Because of the legal doctrine of Crown Immunity, neither the Act nor the Regulations apply to UK central government ministries and departments, which will still be able to impose effective prohibitions. However, suppliers should be aware when negotiating government contracts that such prohibitions have long been discouraged. In 2008 Edward Wilde, on behalf of ABFA, negotiated a protocol with the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) which led to OGC's Procurement Policy Note 07/08.(14) This explicitly changed government policy to permit the assignment of debts and rewrote OGC's model terms and conditions.
This helpful relaxation is now subject to the new regulations which will effectively allow prohibitions where the contract "concerns national security interests".(15) This phrase is not defined, but will be subject to a conclusive certificate from the Secretary of State at BEIS. However, it is clear from other legislation that national security is a wide ranging concept and not just limited to defence matters. Thus, a sale between a main defence contractor and its subcontractor could be subject to an effective prohibition.
As soon as Parliament approves the Regulations they will become effective for all new sales contracts entered into by suppliers on or after 31 December 2018. Prohibitions in existing contracts will remain effective. The position under existing long term contracts with call off provisions will need careful consideration, particularly if there is no "cut-off clause" providing for each delivery to be a separate contract. It will then be safest to treat such master prohibitions as effective and attempt the usual work rounds as at present.
It will still be necessary for invoice financiers to check their clients' sales contracts for prohibitions. These will still be effective if:
Scots law applies (until a change in Scots law) to the sale contract
neither the debtor nor the client carry on business in the UK even though they have chosen English law
the contract is an excluded contract, as listed above
the contract is with a UK Government ministry or department
the client and the debtor have a contract affecting national security interests
These regulations are complex and this note cannot go into all the detail. Advice should always be taken on any issues arising. In particular, additional warranties and undertakings should be inserted into master agreements with clients.
For further information on this topic please contact Edward Wilde, Paula Laird or Andrew J Knight at Squire Patton Boggs by telephone (+44 113 284 7000) or email (edward.wilde@squirepb.com, paula.laird@squirepb.com or andrew.knight@squirepb.com). The Squire Patton Boggs website can be accessed at www.squirepattonboggs.com.
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(1) See paragraph 7.2 of BEIS Memorandum about the Regulations at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111160305/pdfs/ukdsiem_9780111160305_en.pdf.
(2) Source UK Finance statistics.
(3) The government estimates this affects 85% of small businesses. See paragraph 6 the Explanatory Notes to the Act at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111160305/pdfs/ukdsiem_9780111160305_en.pdf.
(4) Section 1 of the Act.
(5) Regulation 1(3).
(7) Regulations 2(2) and 2(3).
(9) See sections 465 to 467 Companies Act 2006.
(10) See section 467 Companies Act 2006.
(11) See regulation 3(2).
(12) See section 7(4) of the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill drafted by the Scottish Law Commission for consultation.
(13) Regulation 1(3).
(14) 07/08 of 16 June 2008 of OGC.
(15) Regulation 1(2)(e).
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The system has been in use from 1999 by The Norwegian Armed Forces, and has developed into a family of versatile systems with capability to integrate weapons from 5.56 mm rifles to 30 mm cannons, anti-tank and air defence missiles, mission oriented sensor packages and flexible control solutions. The PROTECTOR RWS has been sold to 23 nations including Norway, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Switzerland. More than 17,000 stations are delivered to United States alone, where unit number 20,000 was a PROTECTOR Low Profile for the U.S. Army M1V3 Abrams Main Battle Tank.
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We really love creating these looks inspired by books, and when we saw the absolutely gorgeous cover for We Rule the Night by Claire Eliza Bartlett, we were feeling totally inspired. But when we got to know this book a little bit, we decided to go in a completely unexpected direction. Rather than giving you the look we wanted to create by looking at this cover, we decided to mix it up a little bit and show you some looks that we think Revna and Linné, the MCs of the book, might wear. We were very inspired by Dior's Fall 2017 line, which is very factory-worker chic.
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Q: ¿Se puede paginar una consulta en oracle sin indice numérico? Tengo una tabla en oracle:
Select nombre, clave from persona;

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NOMBRE      CLAVE
Maria       A2
Tomas       B0
Pepe        B1
Juan        C1
Sergio      D3
Angeles     H2
Pilar       J10
Roberta     R4
Izaskun     W3
Eugenio     Z1

Necesito poder consultar la información en bloques de 5.
He montado el ejemplo en SQL Fiddle.
Antes he probado a traerme los datos con:
select nombre, clave
from persona
where rownum < 5
order by clave;

Pero claro eso solo me vale para la primera vez.
Luego he probado otras cosas que no me han servido, en resumen no puedo consultar toda la información de la base de datos por rendimiento.
¿Conoceis alguna solución?

A: Ejemplo de como lo hice en la empresa para recuperar 80.000 registros y paginarlos para que los recuperara una app movil.
select * from(
  select main_sql.*, ROWNUM RN from(
    select nombre, clave
    from persona
    order by clave
  ) main_sql
);

Con eso ya tendrías tu registro con su correspondiente numero de linea, para paginar resultados, igualmente recupera todos los registros

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Q: How to optimise the Docker build process in JenkinsPipeline I am having trouble in optimizing my docker build step.
Below is my use case:
In my jenkinsfile I am building 3 docker images.

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*from *docker/test/Dockerfile*

*from *docker/dev/Dockerfile*
    stage('Build') {
        steps {
            sh 'docker build -t Test -f docker/test/Dockerfile .'
            sh 'set +x && eval $(/usr/local/bin/aws-login/aws-login.sh $AWS_ACCOUNT jenkins eu-west-2) \
              && docker build -t DEV --build-arg S3_FILE_NAME=environment.dev.ts \
              --build-arg CONFIG_S3_BUCKET_URI=s3://bucket \
              --build-arg AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=$AWS_SESSION_TOKEN \
              --build-arg AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=$AWS_DEFAULT_REGION \
              --build-arg AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY \
              --build-arg AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID \
              -f docker/dev/Dockerfile .'
            sh 'set +x && eval $(/usr/local/bin/aws-login/aws-login.sh $AWS_ACCOUNT jenkins eu-west-2) \
              && docker build -t QA --build-arg S3_FILE_NAME=environment.qa.ts \
              --build-arg CONFIG_S3_BUCKET_URI=s3://bucket \
              --build-arg AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=$AWS_SESSION_TOKEN \
              --build-arg AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=$AWS_DEFAULT_REGION \
              --build-arg AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY \
              --build-arg AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID \
              -f docker/dev/Dockerfile .'
        }
    }
    stage('Test') {
        steps {
            sh 'docker run --rm TEST npm run test'
        }
    }

Below is my two docker file:
docker/test/Dockerfile:
FROM node:lts

RUN mkdir /usr/src/app
WORKDIR /usr/src/app

ENV PATH /usr/src/app/node_modules/.bin:$PATH

RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
RUN sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list'
RUN apt-key update && apt-get update && apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable

COPY . /usr/src/app

RUN npm install

CMD sh ./docker/test/docker-entrypoint.sh

docker/dev/Dockerfile:
FROM node:lts as dev-builder

ARG CONFIG_S3_BUCKET_URI
ARG S3_FILE_NAME
ARG AWS_SESSION_TOKEN
ARG AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
ARG AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
ARG AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID

RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install python3-dev -y
RUN curl -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
RUN python3 get-pip.py

RUN pip3 install awscli --upgrade

RUN mkdir /app
WORKDIR /app
COPY . .

RUN aws s3 cp "$CONFIG_S3_BUCKET_URI/$S3_FILE_NAME" src/environments/environment.dev.ts
RUN cat src/environments/environment.dev.ts

RUN npm install
RUN npm run build-dev

FROM nginx:stable
COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
COPY --from=dev-builder /app/dist/ /usr/share/nginx/html/

Every time it takes 20-25 mins to build the images.
Is there any way I can optimize the docker file for a better build process?
suggestion are welcome. RUN npm run build-dev uses package.json to install the dependencies. which is one on the reason that it install all dependency for every build.
Thanks

A: You can use combination of base images and multi stage builds to speed up your builds.
Base image with pre-installed packages/dependencies
Stuff like installing python3, pip, google-chrome, awscli etc need not be done every build. These layers might get cached if you are building on single machine but if you have multiple build machines or clean the cache, you will be re-building these layers unnecessarily. You can build a base image which already has these stuff and use this new image as the base for your app.
Multi stage builds
You are copying your source code and then doing npm install. Even if package.json has not changed, the layer will be re-built if any other file in source code might have changed.
You can create a multi stage dockerfile where you just copy the package.json in the first stage and run npm install and other such commands. This layer will be re-built only if package.json is changed.
In your second stage, you can just copy the npm cache from first stage.
FROM node:lts as dev-builder
WORKDIR /cache/
COPY package.json .
RUN npm install
RUN npm run build-dev

FROM NEW_BASE_IMAGE_WITH_CHROME_ETC_DEPENDENCIES
COPY --from=node_cache /cache/ .
COPY . .
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Identify any other such optimisations that you can make.


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Billy Joe Swafford, 64, of Tate, died Feb. 28, 2014.
Born Aug. 28, 1949, in Gwinnett County to the late Sherman and Lenny Mae Swafford, he had lived in Pickens County for the past 10 years, having moved from Dawsonville.
Mr. Swafford worked a number of years in residential construction and formerly owned a filling station in Buford.
His daughter, Susan Swafford; brother, Ronnie Swafford; and daughter-in-law, Tonya Swafford, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his children, Billy Joe Jr. and Juanell Swafford, Terry Joe Swafford, Jeff Swafford, Melinda "Misty" Swafford, Joey Swafford, all of Cumming, Bobby Joe Swafford of Tate; sister, Shirley Foster of Dallas; 14 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; his ex-wives, Brenda Swafford, Helen Swafford and Carrol Greene; various other relatives also survive.
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Bearden Funeral Home of Dawsonville was in charge of the arrangements.


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America legitimizes Israeli settlements in the West Bank
An Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank. (photo: AFP)
The intervention will have no immediate effect on the ground but will delight evangelical American voters and may have harmful consequences.
By Staff | The Economist | Nov 19, 2019
[I]t is easy to dismiss the administration's switch of policy as largely an empty gesture, aimed at a domestic audience, and intended mainly to appeal to the pro-Israel evangelical American voters Mr Trump will need for re-election in 2020. But it could have harmful effects in the longer term.
The announcement on November 18th by Mike Pompeo, the American secretary of state, was unscheduled but not entirely unexpected. He said that, following a legal review by the State Department, Israeli settlements in the West Bank are "not, per se, inconsistent with international law." This is the latest in a series of such gestures by the Trump administration over the past two years, including recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and accepting its sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights.
Looked at more broadly, the change of policy is also wholly in tune with Donald Trump's tendency to disregard accepted diplomatic norms. Despite some dissenting views, the wide international consensus for decades has been that the settlements Israel has built in the territories it captured in the war with Arab states in 1967 are indeed illegal. They are deemed to contravene the Fourth Geneva Convention, which stipulates that "the occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies."
For over four decades, this has been the view even of Israel's allies, including most American administrations (with the exception of Ronald Reagan's, cited by Mr Pompeo). However, Israel, undeterred, has clung to its own interpretation of international law. Over the past 52 years it has built hundreds of settlements, both in east Jerusalem, which it formally annexed in 1967, and in the wider areas of the West Bank (what Israel calls Judea and Samaria). Palestinians, and much of the rest of the world, regard these, as well as the Gaza Strip, as belonging to a future Palestinian state.
Settlements have been built and expanded under every Israeli government of the past half-century, whichever party was in power. Labour regarded the occupied territories as bargaining chips in a future peace deal with Jordan or the Palestinians. Likud, the party of the present prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, sees the West Bank as the ancient Jewish homeland, never to be relinquished. According to Peace Now, an Israeli advocacy group, 428,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (not including east Jerusalem), alongside 2.6m Palestinians.
The timing of the announcement may well have been engineered by pro-settler elements in the Trump administration. Chief among them is David Friedman, Mr Trump's former bankruptcy lawyer and his current ambassador to Israel, who has been pushing for a while for such a shift. It was partly in response to a ruling on November 12th by the European Court of Justice, reinforcing European Union guidelines that food products exported from the West Bank settlements should not be labelled "Made in Israel," but specify they were manufactured in the occupied territories.
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DAME GREASE is preparing to release his second instrumental album! BEAT GOD! An hour of original music, the songs are a return to the hard, melodic, soulful hip hop, and dance sounds we have heard since his first hits back in 1996. He is the sole performer and engineer of this project.
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We can't nourish our souls amidst people who are out to sell theirs The word "soul" sometimes refers non-literally to the things that matter the most to us. Such a non-literal usage features in the phrase "to sell one's soul." People who are out to sell their souls crave external things so much that nothing remains sacred for them – they are ready to cast aside their values for getting worldly gains.
When we study the Bhagavad-gita, we recognize the importance of nourishing our souls, of doing the things that help us to realize our essence and to live in harmony with our spirituality. However, we can't nourish our souls by intellectual comprehension alone – we also need compatible association. If people around us are bent on selling their souls by living materialistically, then their association will chip away at our spiritual intentions, and we will gradually relapse to materialism.
What does "selling one's soul" mean? When association with materialists is unavoidable, what can we do? Why do we need spiritual association?
Change the angle of your vision. When you practise seeing the world from the point of view of the omnipresence of the Divine, you will get transformed. You will experience the power of the Divine in everything in creation. You cannot hide anything from God. Many imagine that Swami does not see what they are doing. They do not realise that Swami has a myriad eyes. Even your eyes are divine. But you are not aware of your true nature. When you have faith in yourself, you will have faith in God. Realise that there is nothing beyond the power of God. Love God with that supreme faith. Then you will be drawn towards God. It needs purity. A magnet cannot attract a piece of iron covered with rust. Similarly God will not draw to Himself an impure person. Hence, change your feelings and thoughts and develop the conviction that God is everything.


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St. Charles graduate to return for hometown concert opening for BoDeans
Dan Tedesco on tour for album
By ERIC SCHELKOPF Dec. 24, 2019
[Photo provided]
ST. CHARLES – Growing up in St. Charles, Dan Tedesco frequently would visit the Arcada Theatre in downtown St. Charles.
Tedesco will return to the venue Dec. 28, but this time, he will be on stage in the spotlight instead of in the audience when he opens for the BoDeans.
The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets range in price from $39 to $89, available at the Arcada's website at arcadalive.com.
Kane County Chronicle reporter Eric Schelkopf had the chance to talk to Tedesco, who now lives in Des Moines, Iowa, about the upcoming show. The interview has been edited for length and style.
[Photo by Destin, Wikimedia Commons]
[BoDeans play live at Farm Aid in 2010.]
Eric Schelkopf: You are opening for the BoDeans. Is that a pretty high honor?
Dan Tedesco: Yes. I'm extremely grateful for the opportunity to play with them.
They've actually taken me around. I played with them for the first time in late 2017, actually here in Des Moines. And then they invited me up to play with them in Madison, Wisconsin, at the end of that year, like around New Year's.
This year, I've done at least half a dozen shows with them in various parts of the country. To play with them at the Arcada in my hometown, in what will likely be my last show of the decade, is a really cool opportunity. I'm really grateful for it.
Schelkopf: Have you ever played at the Arcada?
Tedesco: No, I haven't. I used to go there as a kid all the time to watch second-run movies.
I spent a lot of time going to that place. So to go now and perform there, it's going to be awesome.
Schelkopf: I understand that you have been playing guitar since you were 11. What drew you to the guitar as an instrument?
Tedesco: It was Eddie Van Halen. I was inspired by how he played.
He was really the jumping-off point.
[Photo provided by Brooke Billick]
[St. Charles native Dan Tedesco will open Dec. 28 for the BoDeans at his hometown Arcada Theatre.]
Schelkopf: So when you play at the Arcada, what should people expect? Are you going to be playing something from all your albums?
Tedesco: I'll probably be focusing a majority of the set on my current record, "American Darkness." It came out back in May.
I might try playing some older songs that kind of connect me more to that area, being that St. Charles is my hometown. I've been thinking of a few things that I can possibly work in.
There's some really early stuff that I did when I was still living in town before I graduated from St. Charles High School in 2000. There's some instrumental stuff I used to do, and there's this one piece, in particular, that would be kind of a cool thing to maybe open the show with.
Schelkopf: What were you trying to do with your latest record? Were you trying to do something different than your previous efforts?
Tedesco: The bulk of that record came together very organically. I wrote most of the songs in the latter half of 2016. We were expecting our first child and, at the same time, there was a lot of craziness going on in our world at large.
A lot of those songs came out of me working through how to come to sort of a peace with all of what was happening in my world. For me, at that time, I was really nervous about having a child with everything that was going on.
I didn't know if we should be having kids. I jokingly say that writing that album was just a cheaper form of therapy than going to a therapist.
Musically, every time I make a new album, I'm trying to do something a little different. It is almost like a challenge to myself.
WHAT: Dan Tedesco to open for the BoDeans
WHERE: Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., downtown St. Charles
WHEN: 8 p.m. Dec. 28
COST: $39 to $89
INFO: arcadalive.com


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Przebieg atypowego zapalenia płuc wywołanego przez Mycoplasma i Chlamydophila jest z reguły łagodny, a w przypadku zakażenia Legionella przez pierwsze 4–6 dni jest ciężki.

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Bibliografia

 Holzman RS, Simberkoff MS. Mycoplasma pneumoniae and atypical pneumonia. In: Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, Updated Edition. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015; rozdz. 185.
 Moran GJ, Waxman MA. Pneumonia. In: Walls RM, Hockberger RS, Gausche-Hill M, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2018; rozdz. 66.
 Lange J, Marczak H. Zapalenia płuc wywołane przez bakterie atypowe. Publikacja w Pediatria po dyplomie; 07/2015.

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One thing I've learned over the years is a good full midi skirt is great for my figure. I love the bright color of this particular midi from Eloquii. And pairing it with this mock turtleneck just gives it a bit more class, I think. If it's a little chilly I'd add a jean jacket to complete the look.
I decided to join the cold shoulder trend by creating my own version of it. I paired my Who What Wear Collection bardot dress with their trench vest. I like the casual feel of this look- I could wear this to run errands instead of yoga pants and a sweatshirt and be just as comfy.
I call this my flight attendant outfit. Maybe I look like a mime or gondolier. But, there's just something about a scarf that makes you feel a bit more chic.
I love neutrals. I tend to focus more on black and white and gray, but a good camel is also an essential. While the return of the 80s/90s kind of unnerves me, I do love this mock turtle and slouchy sweater.
First, let's address the elephant in the room-no I'm not wearing white tights, my legs are just that pale. Okay, now that we got that over with, I'm over the moon about this combo of metallic striped sweater and leather (well, fake leather) dress. I feel so tough but fancy. I get to be shimmery but with a hard edge. How would you style this dress?
I purchased this sweater probably a year ago from Eloquii and I had to face facts-I am just not a cropped sweater girl. However I just loved this print and couldn't help but keep this and have had an interesting time finding ways to wear it without feeling like I'm completely putting myself out there. I think this really works with my pleated skirt. Also, that one piece of my necklace being flipped over will forever haunt me.
I can never get enough stripes in my life. Good thing they never go out of style! I paired my Breton shirt dupe with a belt and plaid blanket scarf (a dupe of that scarf that you couldn't get away from a couple of years ago). I added some jeans and booties and was ready for my family Christmas.
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Three of the five NOSSA badminton champions that were crowned last week in Sudbury were local SDSSAA entries, though each carries with them their own unique process in making their way through to the all-Ontario high school tournament that will run from May 2 to May 4 at Ecole secondaire l'Odysee in North Bay.
An exchange student who arrived at St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School from her native home in Japan only months ago, Rina Nagashima can likely boast the most fascinating story, though there is much about the quiet teenager that sets her apart.
"I like to hit and attack, because my backhand is not as good as my forehand," added Nagashima, still very much in the early phases of feeling completely comfortable with the language in her temporary new home. She added that although she had been playing badminton for about three years in Japan, there are still plenty of daily adjustments that need to be made, both on the court and off.
"We had snow in Japan, but only about a centimetre," she noted with a smile.
Joining Nagashima as local entries who topped the podium were the women's doubles team of Angelina Lam and Mackenzie Watkins, making a return trip to OFSAA and proudly representing the Marymount Regals. The duo, which captured silver in the C flight last May in Windsor, topped their NOSSA bracket for the second time this year, besting Hannah Boyonoski and Hailey Telik of Superior Heights in the final.
The local tandem has progressed in a steadfast fashion in recent years, moving from midget bronze medal winners in 2016 to junior champions and finally Northern Ontario senior silver medallists last spring at this time.
Rounding out the troika of Sudbury gold medal recipients are the Grade 11 College Notre Dame Alouettes mixed doubles pairing of Miguel Paquette and Karine Boucher. Second place finishers in 2017 (midget mixed doubles) who took the next step in 2018 (junior mixed doubles), the CND reps will make their inaugural appearance at OFSAA next month after stopping Daniel Kerr and Genevieve Martel of Franco Cite in the final.
With talented mixed partner Amelina Iturregui sidelined with a concussion this spring, Lo-Ellen senior Ethan Rogers will return to provincials in a different grouping, joining forces with multi-sport athlete Eric Dissanayake in the boys doubles competition. Rogers and Dissanayake finished third at NOSSA, losing to champions Ben and Fred Houle (Jeunesse Nord) in the second round, and to Dillon Laberge and Pierre Legrand (Algonquin) in the semis.
Rounding out the NOSSA championship list is Senior Boys first place finisher Marco Brazeau of Franco Cite, while additional Sudbury teenagers who will compete in North Bay in three weeks include city senior boys champion Dominik Brunette-Royer (CND, second place, boys singles) and Justin Tremblay (Horizon, fifth place, boys singles).
Additionally, five other SDSSAA badminton enthusiasts managed to reach the pinnacle of their classification in midget and junior NOSSA competition, with 18 locals finding their way on to the podium in those two age categories alone.
NOSSA gold medal winners covered off three local schools, with both Lo-Ellen Park Secondary (Max McCue/Mitchell Martin – Jr Boys Doubles; Amanda Symington/Molly Lafantaisie – Midget Girls Doubles) and College Notre Dame (Mathieu Boucher – Midget Boys Singles; Renée Proulx – Junior Girls Singles) accounting for two each, and the Macdonald-Cartier tandem of Zander Lauzen and Ella Kissner (Midget Mixed Doubles) capping things off.
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 Paul Meurice (1818–1905), French novelist and playwright
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Mitochondria are self-replicating structures within a cell (called organelles) that carry out the metabolic functions of the cell. Mitochondria have their own DNA that directs their specific functions, and have multiple copies; mitochondrial dna (mtdna) is different from the cell's nuclear DNA. Mitochondrial disorders, which are the rarest of the genetic disorders, occur when the genes that encode mitochondrial activity contain mutations or when there are defects in the mtDNA. Mitochondrial disorders tend to vary widely among individuals, causing different symptoms because they affect different, and usually multiple, organs or structures. Doctors define the disorder as a complex of symptoms. Some forms of encephalopathy, myopathy, and cardiomyopathy are mitochondrial disorders.
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Commuters will not be allowed on PVNR Express way towards Hyderabad near Rajendranagar.
They said the employees were being misled by rumours that the Revenue Department would be 'disbanded' though the government had not made any such announcement.
The delegation met Chief Secretary SK Joshi at the State Secretariat on Wednesday and submitted a memorandum demanding that all facilities be provided to farmers at the paddy procurement centres.
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Loperazione Turkey Buzzard, nota anche come Operazione Beggar, fu una missione di rifornimento britannica in Nordafrica che ebbe luogo tra marzo e agosto 1943, durante la seconda guerra mondiale. La missione fu intrapresa dal 2º Reggimento Piloti Alianti e dallo Squadrone n. 295 della Royal Air Force, prima dell'invasione alleata della Sicilia. Insolitamente, la missione era conosciuta con nomi diversi in diversi rami delle forze armate britanniche: l'esercito britannico la chiamava operazione Turkey Buzzard, mentre nella Royal Air Force era conosciuta come Beggar.

La missione coinvolse i bombardieri della Royal Air Force Handley Page Halifax che trainarono alianti Airspeed Horsa per 5.150 km dall'Inghilterra alla Tunisia. Gli Horsa britannici erano necessari per integrare i più piccoli alianti statunitensi Waco, che non avevano la capacità richiesta per le operazioni pianificate dalla 1st Airborne Division.

Durante la missione una squadra di Halifax e Horsa venne abbattuta dall'aereo da pattuglia a lungo raggio tedesco Focke Wulf Condor. In tutto furono perduti cinque Horsa e tre Halifax, ma ventisette Horsa arrivarono in Tunisia in tempo per partecipare all'invasione della Sicilia. Sebbene questa operazione di rifornimento fosse stata un successo, pochi degli alianti giunsero alle loro zone di atterraggio in Sicilia durante le due operazioni aviotrasportate britanniche che seguirono. Molti rimasero vittime delle condizioni meteorologiche o del fuoco della contraerea.

Sfondo
Nel dicembre 1942, con l'avanzata delle forze alleate attraverso la Tunisia, la campagna nordafricana stava volgendo al termine; essendo imminente la vittoria in Nordafrica, iniziarono le discussioni tra gli alleati su quale sarebbe dovuto essere il loro prossimo obiettivo. Molti statunitensi sostenevano un'immediata invasione della Francia, mentre gli inglesi credevano che dovesse essere la Sardegna, come anche il generale Dwight D. Eisenhower. Nel gennaio del 1943 il Primo Ministro, Winston Churchill, e il Presidente degli Stati Uniti, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, si incontrarono alla conferenza di Casablanca e risolsero il dibattito: la Sicilia sarebbe stata il prossimo obiettivo degli Alleati. L'invasione e l'occupazione della Sicilia avrebbe giovato agli Alleati aprendo le rotte del Mar Mediterraneo alle navi alleate e consentendo ai bombardieri alleati di operare da aeroporti molto più vicini all'Italia continentale e alla Germania. Fu deciso il nome in codice Operazione Husky e la pianificazione iniziò a febbraio. L'Ottava Armata britannica, al comando del generale Bernard Montgomery, sarebbe sbarcata nell'angolo sud-orientale dell'isola avanzando a nord fino al porto di Siracusa, mentre la Settima Armata statunitense, comandata dal generale George Patton, sarebbe sbarcata nella costa a sud e si sarebbe diretta verso il porto di Palermo all'angolo occidentale dell'isola. Gli sbarchi sarebbero stati effettuati simultaneamente lungo un tratto di 160 km della costa sud-orientale dell'isola.

Da parte sua, la 1ª divisione aviotrasportata doveva condurre tre operazioni delle dimensioni di una brigata; il ponte stradale Ponte Grande, a sud di Siracusa, doveva essere catturato dalla 1ª Brigata Aerea (Operazione Ladbroke), il porto di Augusta doveva essere preso dalla 2ª Brigata Paracadutisti (Operazione Glutton), ed infine il Ponte Primosole sul fiume Simeto doveva essere occupato dalla 1ª Brigata Paracadutisti (Operazione Fustian).

Quando furono discussi i piani per le operazioni aviotrasportate britanniche, il tenente colonnello George Chatterton, comandante del 2º reggimento piloti alianti, sollevò un problema per l'unico aliante allora in teatro, l'americano Waco CG-4, noto al servizio britannico come Adriano: le sue piccole dimensioni. La capacità del Waco era di soli due piloti e tredici soldati, e per il carico una jeep o un cannone di artiglieria ma non entrambi insieme. Il piano per l'Operazione Ladbroke prevedeva un assalto al Ponte Grande da parte del 2º Battaglione, Reggimento South Staffordshire. Usando l'aliante Horsa, che poteva trasportare ventisette soldati o una jeep e un cannone insieme, si poteva fornire una forza più grande al ponte durante l'assalto iniziale. Chatterton decise che aveva bisogno di una quarantina di Horsa, oltre ai Waco americani, per le missioni britanniche.

Missione

Gli unici alianti Horsa erano in Inghilterra in quel momento e il loro trasporto in Nordafrica richiedeva un rimorchio di 1931 km sull'Oceano Atlantico, intorno alla costa del Portogallo e della Spagna, poi altri 3.219 km attraverso il Nordafrica per raggiungere la Tunisia. Nessuno aveva mai trainato un aliante per quella distanza prima, e non si sapeva nemmeno se fosse possibile. Per testare il concetto e dimostrare di avere la resistenza necessaria, i bombardieri Handley Page Halifax dello squadrone 295 della RAF rimorchiarono gli alianti Horsa lungo la costa della Gran Bretagna.

La missione ebbe il via libera; gli Horsa vennero modificati per gettare a mare il loro carrello di atterraggio, dopo il decollo, per ridurre la resistenza, mentre i bombardieri Halifax vennero modificati con serbatoi di carburante a lungo raggio montati negli alloggiamenti delle bombe. I piloti degli alianti provenivano dal 2º reggimento, rimasti in Inghilterra quando la maggior parte della loro unità era partita per la Tunisia all'inizio dell'anno. Seguì un periodo di addestramento di undici settimane, durante il quale quattro incidenti determinarono la morte di tredici uomini. In una conferenza di missione, il 21 maggio 1943, ospitata dalla 38ª Wing RAF, fu discussa l'impossibilità di addestrare gli equipaggi dei bombardieri per trainare gli alianti e consegnare quaranta di questi in Nordafrica. Alla fine fu deciso che come priorità sarebbero stati addestrati dieci equipaggi di bombardieri per consegnare una quindicina di alianti in Nord Africa entro il 21 giugno.

Gli Halifax e gli Horsa furono trasferiti alla RAF Portreath, in Cornovaglia, per accorciare la distanza che avrebbero dovuto percorrere. Nonostante ciò, dovettero effettuare un volo di dieci ore verso l'aeroporto di Sale in Marocco. All'arrivo a Sale gli alianti vennero rilasciati per atterrare su una zona sabbiosa lungo la pista. Una volta a terra, ogni Horsa venne dotato del carrello di atterraggio di scorta che trasportava all'interno della fusoliera, e il volo decollò immediatamente per la tappa successiva del viaggio, verso Mascara in Algeria. Ma il loro viaggio non era finito li; partirono per la destinazione finale, l'aeroporto di Kairouan in Tunisia, appena possibile. Durante il volo gli alianti trasportavano tre piloti, che dovevano alternarsi ogni ora per alleviare la fatica.

I voli vennero effettuati tra il 3 giugno e il 7 luglio; i primi Horsa arrivarono a Kairouran il 28 giugno, solo dodici giorni prima che venissero utilizzati nell'operazione Ladbroke. Durante il volo dall'Inghilterra, per le sue prime tre ore sul Golfo di Biscaglia, la combinazione Halifax-Horsa venne scortata da RAF Bristol Beaufighter o da caccia a lungo raggio Mosquito. Rimasero alla quota di 150 metri per evitare il radar tedesco in modo che i caccia di scorta potessero tornare in sicurezza quando a corto di carburante. La missione non era esente da pericoli. Dopo 4 ore di volo, un Horsa spezzò la fune di traino mentre cercava di evitare nuvole basse e cadde in mare. Un altro Horsa e Halifax furono scoperti da una coppia di Focke-Wulf Fw 200 tedeschi e abbattuti. Dopo essere sopravvissuti agli attacchi delle pattuglie di caccia della Luftwaffe e aver sperimentato condizioni meteorologiche spesso turbolente, giunsero in Nordafrica un totale di ventisette Horsa in tempo per l'invasione della Sicilia. Le perdite totali durante i voli furono tre Halifax e cinque Horsa, con ventuno membri dell'equipaggio della RAF e sette piloti di alianti uccisi.

Conseguenze
La prima operazione aerea britannica in Sicilia iniziò alle 18:00 del 9 luglio 1943, quando gli alianti che trasportavano la 1ª Brigata di atterraggio aereo lasciarono la Tunisia per la Sicilia. Lungo il percorso incontrarono forti venti e scarsa visibilità e, a volte, furono oggetto di fuoco antiaereo. Per evitare spari e proiettori, i piloti dell'aereo di rimorchio salirono più in alto o intrapresero un'azione evasiva. Nella confusione che circondava queste manovre, alcuni alianti furono rilasciati troppo presto e sessantacinque di loro si schiantarono in mare, procurando l'annegamento di circa 252 uomini. Cinquantanove degli alianti rimanenti mancarono le loro zone di atterraggio, fino a 40 km; altri non riuscirono a liberarsi e tornarono in Tunisia o vennero abbattuti. Solo dodici atterrarono sul bersaglio; di questi alianti un solo Horsa, che trasportava un plotone di fanteria degli Stafford, sbarcò vicino al Ponte Grande. Il suo comandante, il tenente Withers, attraversò il fiume a nuoto con metà dei suoi uomini per prendere posizione sulla sponda opposta. L'obiettivo fu catturato a seguito di un assalto simultaneo da entrambe le estremità del ponte; il plotone smantellò le cariche di esplosivo che erano state poste sul ponte e rimase in attesa di rinforzi o soccorsi. Un altro Horsa cadde a circa 180 metri dal ponte ma esplose nell'atterraggio, uccidendo tutti gli uomini a bordo. Tre degli altri Horsa, che trasportavano il South Staffordshire Regiment, erano atterrati entro 3,2 km dal ponte, e i loro occupanti trovarono la strada per raggiungere il sito.

La seconda e ultima missione, l'Operazione Fustian, iniziò alle 19:30 del 12 luglio, quando il primo aereo che trasportava la 1ª Brigata Paracadutisti decollò dal Nordafrica. Dietro la forza dei paracadutisti c'erano gli aerei da traino degli alianti, composti da dodici Albemarle e sette Halifax, che trainavano undici alianti Horsa e otto Waco. Le prime vittime degli alianti si verificarono al decollo, quando si schiantarono al suolo due aerei che trainavano alianti Waco. Durante il viaggio, un aliante venne rilasciato prematuramente dal suo aereo trainante e si schiantò in mare. Arrivati in Sicilia, avendo perso l'elemento sorpresa, quattro alianti furono abbattuti dalle batterie costiere della contraerea. Quando gli alianti arrivarono alle loro zone di atterraggio, erano trascorse due ore dall'inizio dei lanci dei paracadutisti. Con le difese tedesche allertate, solo quattro alianti Horsa riuscirono ad atterrare per lo più intatti, tutti gli altri furono colti dal fuoco delle mitragliatrici tedesche e distrutti durante il loro avvicinamento. Gli Horsa sopravvissuti trasportavano tre dei cannoni anticarro della brigata, che vennero adoperati nella difesa del ponte Primosole.

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The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) has warned pension funds against giving false or misleading information to customers wishing to leave, at a time when competition in the sector is hotting up.
The warning follows reprimands for AP Pension for breaches of good practice for insurance distributors, after the firm gave misleading information to customers who had requested to have their pension scheme moved to another provider.
Ulla Brøns Petersen, director at the Danish FSA within its consumer affairs office, said: "We want to send a clear message to the pension industry that customers must be able to rely on the accuracy and truthfulness of the information provided by the companies.
Brøns Petersen said that increasing levels of competition in the Danish pensions sector had caused companies to put systematic strategies in place to retain pensions deposits, even though customers were changing providers.
"This case underlines the necessity for guidelines in this area to ensure that customers get fair and loyal treatment," she said.
The FSA said some AP Pension customers had received letters from the provider stating that they would incur a transaction fee of 1% of their savings in the form of a spread between the buying and selling prices of funds, after requesting transfers to other providers.
Letters also told customers they would miss out on future bonus allocations, which had at the time not been set.
On top of the three reprimands, the watchdog issued AP Pension with an official order to inform those customers who did not move their funds what they may have lost on the basis of these letters, and about their rights and options.
AP Pension said in a statement that it regretted the case and would advise customers in accordance with the FSA's order.
The watchdog said that talks had been taking place in the industry for some time about new guidelines for companies' behaviour around the transfer of pension schemes.


The CFO of Chinese telecom giant Huawei has been arrested in Canada at the request of the United States, fanning fears of a further escalation in tensions between the Trump administration and Beijing.
The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, in Vancouver has drawn protests from China's embassy in Canada, which said she should be released immediately. It came at a particularly sensitive time as China and the United States are about to begin talks to resolve their bitter trade dispute.
Meng "is sought for extradition by the United States, and a bail hearing has been set for Friday," a Justice Department spokesman told The Globe and Mail on Wednesday.
U.S. authorities have not released details of the arrest but The Globe and Mail, citing a Canadian law-enforcement source, said the United States is alleging Meng tried to evade American sanctions aimed at crippling Iran's economy.
"The arrest of a family member linked to Huawei's founder indicates how the tension between [the United States and China] is rapidly escalating," T.J. Pempel, a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, told The New York Times.
Since at least 2016, moreover, U.S. authorities have been reviewing Huawei's alleged shipping of U.S.-origin products to Iran and other countries in violation of U.S. export and sanctions laws.


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It's been nearly two years since Superman's colossal battle with Zod devastated the city of Metropolis. The loss of life and collateral damage left many feeling angry and helpless, including crime-fighting billionaire Bruce Wayne. Convinced that Superman is now a threat to humanity, Batman embarks on a personal vendetta to end his reign on Earth, while the conniving Lex Luthor launches his own crusade against the Man of Steel.
Director, Zack Snyder, told us as the media to not give away any plot points or secrets so everyone can experience the film spoiler free. So as a movie review this may be a little different, but I'll do my best.
It's the age old question that keeps avid super fans up at night, who would win the ultimate battle royale between Batman and Superman. Everyone has their favourite.
Batman v Superman has been one of the most highly anticipated movies so far for 2016. So does it stand up to the hype surrounding it?
I sit in the cinema waiting for the movie to start surrounded by what seems to be every Batman and Superman fan in Sydney. Will there be roar of excitement throughout the film as the battle begins or will people walk out confused and a little let down? Perhaps more importantly is Ben Affleck much of a Batman?
The lights go dim and the movie begins. Just like every Batman movie, we must start from the killing of his parents. I never understood why they always did that with his movies. Unless you have been hiding under a rock or you were born yesterday, we all know how Bruce Wayne became an orphan but rose above it all to become the vigilante Gotham needed. We are then introduced to the other 'guy' in this movie Superman as he is in the midst of saving Metropolis. Bruce Wayne has just arrived to get everyone out of the Wayne Enterprise building. That part got me a little confused as I thought the Wayne Enterprise building was in Gotham... But as it turns out Gotham is just across the river from Metropolis, go figure.
But what is this movie really about?
- Why do Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent want to take each other down?
- Is the world not big enough for two superheroes?
- Is the world fighting back against the god like superhero, Superman, after the destruction and devastation he leaves in his wake?
- Who is the real bad guy in this movie? Is it Batman? Is it Superman? Is it Lex Luthor? Is it something or someone else?
- Is this movie just the start of something much bigger?
- Is this going to be like an Avengers thing?
Since I can't divulge any plot points I'll just commend the massive final battle scene which boasts outstanding special effects, knee shaking action and a truely heroic ending.
There are so many twists and turns in this movie. It's probably one of those movies you'll need to see multiple times to even begin to pick up on each little clue left in the movie that relates to another part of the DC world.
If you're a first timer to this world, you will probably come out a little confused and have more than a few questions. But if you're a fan, you will want to see it again and again.
Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Gal Gabot, Laurence Fishbone, Jeremy Irons
Zack Synder
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For Damon Severson, absence makes the heart grows fonder.
The Melville, Sask., native's progress this season with the Kelowna Rockets has been slowed by a wrist injury that caused him to miss six weeks of the season. Now that he's back in the lineup, it's allowed Severson to get re-energized as he vies to make strides in his game. The home stretch has great worth to a player in his situation as someone on the bubble as a possible second- to fourth-round pick.
"Once you get away from something for a while, you definitely do appreciate it a lot more," says the 6-foot-1, 200-pound Severson, who was 46th in NHL Central Scouting's North American midterm rankings. "Hockey's a gift that I'm blessed with.
"The bag skates were getting old," he adds. "The team would be on the road and I'd be here in Kelowna skating alone. I was just excited to get back and be playing with the guys."
Severson had only been back three games before being one of two Rockets to represent the host team at the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game two weeks ago ("it made it 10 times better to play in it in front of my home fans, in my home arena'). He was among the early-season leaders in defenceman scoring in the WHL before getting hurt in December. Of course, he doesn't project as an offensive defenceman, but as someone who will learn to used his good-sized frame effectively and be able to chip in occasionally on offensive end. By his own assessment he was "a little bit soft" as a rookie last season, although that could be somewhat understood since he only turned 16 a month before the season.
The Rockets' defence corps is fairly young, with only one 19-year-old. That means there is ample opportunity for Severson to showcase his assets over the home stretch.
"I felt like this year I had to bring a little more presence on the ice with my body and be more physical," he says.
1. Whom in the NHL do you watch closely and think, "I need to play like him" or "I see things in his game that I need to blend into mine?"
"For sure, ex-Rockets Shea Weber and Duncan Keith. Shea Weber, he's got big body presence and he likes to hit I felt like last year I was a little bit soft in my own end and a little bit soft on the ice. I felt like this year I had to bring a little more presence on the ice with my body and be more physical."
2. You were a pretty fair baseball player as a youth. Why did you ultimately pursue hockey?
"I found I had more passion for hockey. Baseball in my hometown obviously isn't the biggest thing. It's definitely one of the things that's second to hockey. But it's one of my pastimes." (How did the two sports complement each other?) "Hand-eye coordination is one thing and speed is another thing. Baseball, you got to be quick in everything you do. Catching helped me a lot. You have to jump up on every pitch."
3. Outside of family, who has had the greatest impact on you in hockey?
"It's hard to say other than parents and family. I just got to say coaches, they've pushed me all through the way. I got a great head coach here in [Rockets bench boss] Ryan Huska and the defence coach being Dan Lambert here. They've pushed me and they want me to be the best I can be ... They let me know if I'm not playing my best."
4. What do you consider your proudest hockey achievement?
"Just being named to this event [CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game]. Also, when I was in peewee and bantam I won provincial and league championships both years. You have those trophies for the rest of the life, you have memories that last a lifetime."
5. Since you're in the B.C. Division of the WHL where there is a lot of travel, one has to ask: what is the worst movie you've watched on the team bus?
"Lots of guys on the team are kind of Trailer Park Boys fans, but I don't know about that."
Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Contact him at neatesager@yahoo.ca and follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet (photo: WHL).


Over the last decade, the field of dermatology has evolved significantly. There are many different treatments available for a variety of issues. Some people have preconceived notions about why they should or should not visit a dermatologist. We are here to tell you that you should not let fear prevent you from getting a good treatment.
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Some people are embarrassed by their skin, but they are afraid that going to a dermatologist is going to cost a great deal of money. Before you ever complete a single procedure, a good dermatologist is going to tell you how much it is going to cost you. In order to help you manage the cost of treatments, there is often a wide range of financing options available.
Even though it is normal to be body conscious, you have to remember that a good dermatologist will have seen it all. Your particular skin problems are not going to send a professional scrambling for the door. These are healthcare professionals that only work with a single purpose - to make you better. They will make you feel better after your consultation, provided that there is a way for them to do so.
Remember that a dermatologist is a professional. If you have a problem with your teeth, you go to the dentist; if you have a broken transmission in your car, you go to a mechanic. Even though primary care providers and general practitioners are essential in maintaining your overall health, a dermatologist is specialized in skin problems. This means that they have access to special treatments and tools that a general practitioner does not have access to.
Perhaps you spent too much time tanning in high school, perhaps you are not sure if that mole is normal, that is NO reason not to visit a dermatologist. If you want to make sure that nothing is amiss, go to a dermatologist. It is always better to get something checked out rather than to wait before something develops. At an early stage, a dermatologist may be able to resolve many of the most common issues.
As it is seen visiting a dermatologist is not such a scary thing. Taking care of one's skin and visiting a specialist is as important as visiting a dentist.


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College Profile: John F. Kennedy University
John F. Kennedy University is a private university located in Pleasant Hill, California, with satellite campuses in Campbell and Berkeley in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a satellite opening in the Santa Cruz/Central Coast area for Fall 2008 offering an MA in Counseling Psychology. It was founded in 1964 to focus on providing continuing opportunities for adult education. Enrollment is approximately 1700 (as of 2006) with no campus residences. The faculty consists of over 700 adjunct faculty employed in their subject areas in addition to about 60 full-time academics. JFK University has five schools — Education and Liberal Arts, Holistic Studies, Law, Management, and Professional Psychology. The University also has a Continuing & Extended Education program. John F. Kennedy University is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. As of July 17, 2008, JFKU declared its intent to affiliate with the National University System. JFK will retain its name, identity and accreditation as an independent university.
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Right now gray seems to be the hottest color, from bedrooms to bathrooms, we can't seem to get enough. It's calming and moody, and can be used as a neutral or for drama. Gray's versatility and universal appeal make it the color of the moment and a perfect choice for a kitchen makeover.
Gray floor to ceiling cabinetry wrap this kitchen up in a cozy cloak of warmth.
A simple gray island in the middle is just enough to turn up the color appeal in this space.
Gray mixed with whites and woods, arches and doorways, makes for a beautiful weathered look.
I'm loving gray in home decor now. That and the light blues. I wish I could mix gray in my home decor but it wouldn't look right. :( When I can redo everything I'm going to go for light blue and gray tones. Thanks for sharing.
gray is one of my forever favorites. i hadn't thought of using it in a kitchen but it really works well in virtually any room.
I love grays. When we moved into our home (October will make three years), I had the kitchen painted Bunny Gray (love, love, love this shade of gray). It's calming and chic. Great post!
Grey is so fabulous anywhere! I love slate...we just redid our bathroom and used a slate floor, I'm totally in love!
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I feel like i could cook all day in that first kitchen. Cos its just that lovely. Gray are great, they goes well easily.
The top photo was my inspiration! My husband and I just bought our first house (open concept) and we've gone with a gray theme(various shades) pretty much throughout the entire house and I'm LOVING it!
Gray has been a love of mine for years, it's funny to see it sooo popular now. Both of these rooms are amazing, you always show the best of the best!
I was inspired the other week in a dressing room at abercrombie. Gray painted beadboard chunky crisp white crown molding and base boards with beautiful slate tile floors. So I decided im going to paint my kitchen gray. Thanks for the post! Just made me want to paint even more!
I love gray walls! We painted our whole interior gray. Kitchen, family room, bedrooms, etc. It's much warmer than plain white and makes a nice blank canvas for art work, photos and furniture. I have some interior pics posted on my blog of our kitchen, family room and entryway-ALL GRAY!
Wow. Love all those kitchens. I'm pretty sure I already have the first image saved but now I need the other two! LOVE grey.
Agreed! I painted one dark gray wall in my kitchen last summer and I love it! Especially against the white of the baseboards.
I am having a give away for US and Canadian readers this week, so join in!
I am loving that last kitchen!! Love the stove! And the flowers in the background!
oh I do love that kitchen!
Love the stove and the splashback and also the open shelves but then I am in "kitchen mode" at present!
I don't think I could ever tire of grey! It's one of those neutrals that is too pretty... lovely inspiration here— the wood and marble look so perfect with the grey!


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