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Saturday, 08 August 2020 00:00
BRAC announces BDT 100 million to 50 thousand flood-hit families
BRAC will assist 50 thousand severely flood affected families with BDT 100 million (10 crore) with each family receiving BDT 2,000 as cash assistance.
The assistance will be given to families in 15 worst-flood hit upazilas in seven districts namely, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha, Bogra, Serajgonj, Jamalpur and Sunamganj. The money will be sent through bKash mobile money operator.
Asif Saleh, executive director, BRAC, said, "BRAC has always stood by the people hit by natural calamities. Our staff gave relentless services in the areas hit by Aila, Mahasen, Amphan and other cyclones in the past. We are committed to stand by people seriously affected by this year's flood and give cash assistance which will help them meet their urgent necessities."
Having given a general call for assistance for the flood-hit people, the executive director further said, "We are also calling on individuals and institutions to extend their generosity towards these families in distress. BRAC has taken up an initiative to collect funds so that more families can be reached with assistance."
4.7 million people in 31 districts have been affected by flood this year with Jamalpur having most of its region inundated. So far, 41 people have died, mostly by drowning. Nearly one million households are waterlogged. Around 90 thousand people with around 76 thousand cattle are staying at emergency flood shelters.
BRAC continues its response with different initiatives since the beginning of the flood this monsoon. Early warning messages were sent through four community radio stations, social media platforms and its field staff in the remote and worst hit regions, by incorporating COVID-19 measures. Dry food and oral saline packets were distributed to the waterlogged families in Islampur and Dewanganj upazilas of Jamalpur. BRAC also installed sanitary latrines adjacent to the flood shelters at Porsha upazila in Naogaon district. Also assistance was reached to the worst suffering families in Kurigram from a fund contributed by Greta Thunberg Foundation.
Greta Thunberg to donate €100,000 prize money to flood relief efforts in India and Bangladesh
The money will go to organisations providing direct relief to people suffering from the humanitarian crisis caused by ongoing extreme monsoon flooding in both countries, currently affecting over 9.6 million people in the region.
The donation comes after Greta was awarded €1 million for winning the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, announced last Monday 20 July. The Greta Thunberg Foundation will donate the full sum to charitable projects combatting the climate and ecological crisis and supporting people facing its worst impacts, particularly in the Global South.
In India, more than 6.8 million people have been affected by recent severe monsoon floods. The north eastern states of Assam and Bihar are particularly badly affected, with 113 deaths recorded since this year's monsoon season began. Meanwhile, close to one third of Bangladesh is already suffering flooding, with 2.8 million people affected. Although floods occur annually in these areas, the climate crisis is increasing their frequency and intensity, with current flooding among the worst in years.
This flooding has also come during a period of overlapping crises facing communities in India and Bangladesh. In March, Cyclone Amphan destroyed crops, infrastructure and more than 260,000 homes in both countries, while a Covid-19 lockdown has contributed to over a third of Bangladesh's population dropping under the poverty line.
The donations will go to 3 NGOs in desperate need of funds for flood relief work in India and Bangladesh. BRAC, who will receive €25,000, are working on the ground in Bangladesh to provide critical relief for impacted families, including dry food, temporary shelter and health services. ActionAid India and Bangladesh, receiving €50,000, are working in both countries to provide emergency relief, as well as long term rebuilding. Goonj, receiving €25,000, are providing clothes, food, medicines, and other essential items to affected areas in India.
Greta Thunberg said:
"The climate crisis is urgent, and people, particularly in the Global South, are suffering devastating impacts already today. Millions of people in South Asia have been severely affected by recent flooding, at a time when many had already lost so much from Covid-19 and Cyclone Amphan. International media are largely ignoring this devastation, but we must do everything possible to directly support those suffering on the ground, who are in desperate need of resources. I am incredibly privileged to be in a position to be able to donate such sums of money through my foundation, and we are supporting these organisations to make sure it reaches communities affected by the flooding as soon as possible. If you are able, please consider donating to the relief effort."
Asif Saleh, Executive Director, BRAC Bangladesh, said:
"Funds are exhausted, and support is urgently needed to help those suffering on the ground. The unusually prolonged flooding, combined with the fact that many communities are still recovering from Cyclone Amphan and the country is in the grip of a global pandemic have combined in a perfect storm of factors which has seen millions of people lose homes, livelihoods and thousands of acres of croplands vital for food security. Whole families are living on the sides of roads, without drinking water, food or access to sanitation. BRAC is on the ground in all 64 districts in Bangladesh and is working closely with the government to reach the people in the most need."
Sandeep Chachra, Executive Director, ActionAid India, said:
"Monsoon flooding in the Indian states of Assam and Bihar is increasingly catastrophic, year on year. It is making living conditions for vulnerable communities in these regions ever more precarious. This year the floods are a part of a double whammy, on top of the Covid-19 pandemic and accompanying lockdown. Emergency responses need to be linked with long term development work aimed at advancing social and ecological justice, in an effort that prioritises the leadership of communities most affected. In ActionAid Association India, we seek to build resilience and reduce risk, while ensuring a community-led, long-term response, especially with female leadership."
Farah Kabir, Country Director, ActionAid Bangladesh, said:
"The unprecedented floods in 2020 have left hundreds of thousands homeless. The monsoons are not yet over and we are already facing a third wave of flooding. Climate change induced loss and damage is increasingly taking its toll, with women and children suffering the worst in terms of displacement, loss of food security, and loss of livelihood, leading to social unrest and resulting in increasing gender based violence and child marriage. Bangladesh is one of the most resilient countries in the world, and we are used to living with floods, but not with floods three or four times in less than a year. There is a limit to how much we can cope with and adapt to. These families must be compensated to rebuild their homes and restore their livelihood in a climate proof way. We demand climate justice and we need support."
Anshu Gupta, Founder/Director, Goonj, said:
"Right now, floods in parts of India have heaped more misery onto the lives of millions of people already struggling with the impact of Covid-19. Our work focuses on bringing relief to people in the most remote and left out geographies, addressing their local issues and enhancing their dignity by motivating and empowering them to take action. In our two decades of disaster response work, we have been highlighting monsoon floods as an ignored disaster that are becoming more intense and frequent. In this difficult time we must all work closely with the communities most affected."
BRAC addresses devastation from Cyclone Amphan amid COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Response and recovery efforts supported by $300,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
In the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan, the super cyclonic storm that devastated coastal communities in Bangladesh in late May, BRAC has been carrying out response and recovery efforts, made more complex by the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than 200,000 homes reportedly destroyed or damaged, families sought refuge in neighboring homes and shelters, increasing the chance of contracting COVID-19 in the absence of social distancing.
BRAC has quickly started to provide multi-purpose conditional (repairing of houses and latrines, and installation of tippy taps) cash support to 4,600 cyclone-affected households to enable families to return to their own homes in 10 sub-districts in the districts of Satkhira, Khulna and Bagerhat. The cash assistance of BDT 5,000 (USD ~$60) per household is being provided by mobile money transfers in two installments. Training is also being provided to residents to install hand washing stations through demonstration efforts, maintaining social distance, so they can wash their hands safely and reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread.
Without access to clean water, it is difficult to maintain basic hygiene practices to prevent contraction of COVID-19 and diarrhoea. Awareness messages on basic hygiene practices and COVID-19 infection prevention and control are being disseminated by BRAC staff, who are trained on COVID-19 prevention practices.
BRAC's emergency response is supported by a $300,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant funded relief and recovery efforts to people suffering the impact of Amphan in Bangladesh.
BRAC's disaster response efforts in Bangladesh have benefited from funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation several times in the last 13 years, starting with Cyclone Sidr in 2007. Most recently, the foundation provided a grant of $300,000 last year for flood relief.
"BRAC has always looked to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a key partner in our effort to provide life-saving services to the most vulnerable people, especially during humanitarian crises," said Asif Saleh, Executive Director of BRAC. "This support was no exception. It allowed us to mobilise resources quickly, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to provide much-needed cash support to the families most affected by Cyclone Amphan so they can get back on their feet."
95pc people suffer losses in income
BRAC has recently conducted a survey to get an insight into the overall sense of public awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact in Bangladesh. A total of 2,317 respondents (68% from rural areas and 32% from urban) from different socio-economic backgrounds in 64 districts joined the survey conducted from 9 to 13 May 2020. Of them, 37.5% were men and 63.5% women. The survey analysis shows daily wage earners have slowly started to regain their livelihood. However, many of these people and their families will still need support for at least three more months to recover from the setback posed by the pandemic.
The findings of the perception survey titled 'COVID-19 awareness and economic impact' were revealed at a digitally organised press conference today, on Tuesday (9 June 2020). Abul Kalam Azad, Former Principal Coordinator (SDG Affairs), Prime Minister's Office, Sudipto Mukherjee, Resident Representative of UNDP in Bangladesh, Mizanur Rahman Khan, Joint Editor, Prothom Alo, Shameran Abed, Senior Director, BRAC, and Nobonita Chowdhury, Director, BRAC, joined the event as panellists. KAM Morshed, Senior Director, BRAC, moderated the press conference.
Speaking at the briefing, former Principal Coordinator of SDG Affairs at the Prime Minister's Office Abul Kalam Azad lauded the BRAC initiative and said all microfinance institutions (MFIs) and NGOs need to follow BRAC footsteps in returning savings to low income people.
"The government is trying to finance the labour intensive sectors so that it can help create more jobs. Skills development training for migrant workers can also help them get back their jobs in the current crisis," said Azad.
BRAC Senior Director Shameran Abed accredited the role of MFIs in reaching cash assistance to vulnerable people and enterprises.
"Getting money to people through banks is challenging since banks lack capacity. A new mechanism is needed and the mobile banking system is already delivering. Once identified, people are getting easy access to finance through the system," Shameran Abed said.
BRAC, with the help of donors and partners, has delivered emergency cash support to 360,000 families. Under the Microfinance programme, savings were returned to 500,000 members, to support in their economic recovery process.
Sudipto Mukherjee, Resident UNDP Representative, stressed on concerted efforts to avert the crisis posed by the pandemic.
"We cannot afford to leave anyone behind. That is more important than being concerned about duplication. Universal protection is required for a welfare state like Bangladesh," Mukherjee said.
At the same time, the next plan of actions should focus on getting the economy back on its feet, maintaining proper health precautions.
Suggestions to tackle the crisis included strict introduction of a 'pro-poor' lens to review and implement the recovery and rehabilitation plans as well as the already declared stimulus packages or incentives.
Transparency was stressed for delivery mechanisms of assistance and stimulus packages for different private sectors. Authorities were urged to engage NGOs and community-based organisations to monitor the listing of beneficiaries and cash transfer through mobile banking was stressed for distribution.
Preparing a database of beneficiaries to avoid duplication and introducing a prompt complaint redressal mechanism were also recommended.
Survey Brief
The lockdown and social distancing measures announced to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic forced 95% people across the country to suffer a loss in their income. Approximately 51% of the respondents said their household income was reduced to zero after the public holiday was declared in late March. Around 62% of low income wage earners lost reduced work opportunities. The pandemic left around 28% of the respondents economically inactive. Average monthly household income of the respondents was BDT 24,565 before the public holidays, but that declined to BDT 7,096 in May, registering a 76% decline in household income. Loss in income was somewhat greater in urban areas (79%) than in the rural ones (75%).
Respondents from Pirojpur (96%), Cox's Bazar (95%), Rangamati (95%), Gaibandha (94%) and Brahmanbaria (93%) were found to have suffered greater losses in income.
In the survey, women-headed households were found to be more economically vulnerable compared to households headed by men. Average income of women-headed households declined more (80%) than men-headed households (75%). Women-headed households (57%) reportedly had their monthly income reduced to zero during the public holiday, which was 49% for households headed by men.
The loss in income inevitably impacted food security, particularly of the low income people. On an average, 16% of overall households reported that they had food only to survive for 1-3 days, while 3% of the households did not have any food during the survey time.
The survey found 11% of respondents think that there was an increase in violence against women during the holidays. Majority (58%) of them think that violence increased as poverty was intensified by the pandemic.
More than three-fourths (76%) of respondents now practice coronavirus preventive behaviours, while the remaining one-fourth practices the behaviours irregularly, which is alarming. More than three-fourth (78%) respondents feel that there is no chance or very little chance for them of getting infected with the coronavirus. Respondents from rural areas (81%) compared to urban areas (71%) express more confidence about not getting infected. Such beliefs might spread reluctance among people in maintaining the precautions against the spread of coronavirus.
About 38% of the respondents believe more coordinated efforts are needed to reach assistance to the people in need. The survey also found that the need of assistance is higher in rural areas (72%) compared to urban areas (62%).
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BDT 565bn loss in farmers' income in 45 days
The agriculture sector took a major hit as farmers across the country suffered a steep loss worth approximately BDT 565.36 billion (56,536.68 crore) during the public holiday announced to contain COVID-19 pandemic. This loss was incurred in one and a half months between March and May.
This was revealed in a research conducted by BRAC during these 45 days. The research covered all the subsectors namely, crop and vegetables farming, poultry and livestock and fishery. Two studies were carried out as part of the research, one of which surveyed the situation of the farmers at the producers' end, while the other focused on the market situation and how its disruption impacted the farmers during this period. A representative survey was also conducted under the research interviewing 1,581 farmers across the country.
The findings along with a number of recommendations of the research titled "Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on agriculture and implications for food security" were revealed at a digitally organised press conference today, on Thursday (4 June 2020).
Dr MA Sattar Mandal, former vice chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University and former member of Planning Commission, Eleash Mridha, managing director of PRAN Group, Dr FH Ansarey, managing director and CEO of ACI Agribusiness, and Mohammad Anisur Rahman, director of BRAC Dairy and Food Enterprise, joined the event as panellists. KAM Morshed, senior director, BRAC, moderated the press conference, also attended by journalists, agricultural specialists and researchers, among others. Two farmers also joined the event to share their experience.
The findings show the prices and sales of essential agricultural products, especially coarse rice and red lentils, went up during the early days of the pandemic due to panic buying of consumers and high demand of relief-providing entities. The trend resulted in the rise of rice and lentil prices by 30-32% while the traders had a 300% rise in their sales of these products. However, the surge in market demand could not benefit the farmers as they sold their stock before the pandemic began.
The producers of non-relief and perishable items also had a hard time to continue the production and sell of their products. Overall, 88% of all farmers (100% of fish farmers) reported economic losses owing to production and marketing problems.
Farmers mentioned lack of fair prices (66%), limited operation of markets (52%), higher prices of inputs (45%) and unavailability of labour (28%) as the prime causes behind their sufferings.
Due to damages to their produce and low prices, each farmer suffered a loss of an average of BDT 207,976 during the 45 days period. Based on the number of farmers in the country in each of the sub-sectors, the value of loss was estimated at BDT 565.36 billion.
Ex-member of the Planning Commission Dr MA Sattar Mandal thanked BRAC for conducting the research and said retailers, distributers, agents and middlemen should be prioritised and that their expertise should be utilised to tackle the current situation as they play important roles in the market.
PRAN Group MD Eleash Mridha said measures should be taken to facilitate farmers in those areas where the spread of coronavirus is lower.
ACI Agribusiness MD Dr FH Ansarey stressed on tech-based agricultural innovation.
"Agro processing technologies need to be given preference. The government should allocate BDT 10bn (1000 crore) for improving connectivity of farmers with the private sector, dealers and extension service," he said.
BRAC Dairy and Food Enterprise Director Mohammad Anisur Rahman said constant decline in demand since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic spoiled farmers' produce at a huge margin. Dairy farmers suffered a lot as they had to dump milk, he said "If the situation lingers, the result will be ominous. If farmers change their profession, food safety of the country will be endangered," Rahman added.
Of the farmers interviewed, 42% reported that they had no way to cope up with the crisis, while 60% of crop and vegetable farmers said they had to absorb the losses fully. Approximately 11% of all farmers and 17% of poultry farmers had to reduce their production, while another 2% stopped production. Poultry farmers encountered huge losses as prices dropped by 44% owing to the closure of all restaurants during the holiday.
As the demand of poultry products reduced, the farmers reduced their production too, which resulted in the shortage of supply and thus the prices increased. Prices rose by 26% for farm chicken and 8% for eggs during second week of May.
As the demand declined by almost 33-60% with the prices going down by 12.5% at the retail level and 22% at the farmers' end, livestock farmers had to reduce their production.
Of the interviewees, 41% respondents (69% of fish farmers) are planning to depend on credit to survive, 14% will have to depend on their alternative income sources, 18% will either draw money from savings or sell their assets. Another 18% of the respondents still have no plans and 5% are planning to change their profession if they have to discontinue their production.
Of the respondents, 66% want to get loans from the government on easy terms. As many as 56% farmers want fair prices for their produce, while 48% want necessary inputs at affordable prices.
Of the farmers interviewed, 64% are aware of incentives the government announced for them, but 79% of them had no idea or had a misconception about how to avail the facility. Most significantly, only 20% of the respondents reported to having prior experience of taking formal loans from banks.
The studies also gave a number of recommendations based on their findings, which include developing a farmer-friendly credit disbursement system, introducing innovative disbursement mechanisms through mobile financial services and NGOs, and reducing red-tape barriers.
Ensuring wide-scale injection of cash to boost people's purchasing power, Ensure the government's intervention in procurement and supply chain systems to rectify price falls such as establishment of collection centres for agro-produces closer to smallholder producers, and facilitating and providing incentives so the backward and forward linkages to adequately improve the support system to the industry were also recommended in the research.
Developing sub-sector-specific short, medium and long-term plans, focusing on innovative tech-based agribusiness models and making quality seeds and other inputs available to farmers were also stressed.
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Special schemes recommended for poor in 2020-21 budget
Bangladesh's economy and development are at a critical juncture in the wake of COVID-19. Financially poorest people are most affected in terms of both economy and health. At present 100.22 million people face high risk of economic and health vulnerabilities. The average family income loss between March and May hovers at around 74 per cent. Over 1.4 million migrant workers have returned or are on their way back home due to job loss.
The above scenario is brought upon by a joint exercise of BRAC, DataSense and Unnayan Shamannay, attempting to develop a vulnerability index. The findings and recommendations of the study titled "COVID-19 and national budget 2020-2021: Rethinking strategy for bottom of the pyramid" were revealed at a digitally organised press conference today on Monday (1 June 2020).
Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, noted economist, chairman of Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and chairperson of BRAC, presided over the event with Dr Atiur Rahman, former governor of Bangladesh Bank, present as the chief guest. KAM Morshed, senior director, BRAC, moderated the press conference. Dr Ananya Raihan, chief executive officer, iSocial, presented the survey report. Dr Nazneen Ahmed, senior research fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), and Dr Imran Matin, executive director, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), were present as panel speakers.
The findings and recommendations of the study are drawn from holistic reviews of a number of studies recently conducted by BRAC, BIGD, PPRC, International Monetary Fund and other national and international bodies, along with the data obtained from a primary survey, which was conducted on 962 respondents randomly selected from 25 districts of the country, during the period of May 15-18, 2020.
The study findings show that among the people at high risk of economic and health vulnerabilities, 53.64 million are extreme poor, including those pushed down to extreme poverty by the pandemic. (By definition of extreme poor: $1.9 PPP income per day. While 47.33 million extreme poor face high economic risk, 36.33 million are at high health risk.
The primary survey reveals that the pandemic has variously affected the low-income people. It shows that 34.8% of households interviewed have at least one member who lost their job. The average family income loss between March and May hovers at around 74%. People in the informal sector, including day-labourers, have suffered most. The manufacturing sector also experienced a major blow. For example, the readymade garment sector experienced 84% reduction in exports in April 2020 compared with April 2019. Between mid-March and April 7, 2020, 1,116 factories have been reported closed and 2.19 million workers lost their job.
The study further reveals that -
Bottom of the pyramid population is at higher risk of contracting the disease. In case of death of the earning member of the family, there is a high chance of starvation and malnutrition, especially among women and children.
Earlier studies and reports suggest that due to lack of country-wide coordination and collaboration, food and cash support from the government could not be adequately reached to the poor and extreme poor.
The COVID-19 is causing new kinds of economic, social and digital divides. As only 34% of households have access to smartphones and 54% have access to TV, children of the lowest economic rung mostly remain excluded from any form of education provided through digital channels.
More than one million migrants have returned or are returning home due to job loss. The migrants staying in the destination countries have become subject to a debt trap, social stigma and an uncertain future.
The COVID-19 has imposed further difficulties on the lives of people with special needs and their families.
Dr Atiur Rahman said, "Medium, small and micro enterprises need help as 60% of them will be out of business. We can allocate BDT 20 thousand crore for this sector. The entire BDT 20 thousand crore needs to be refinanced by the Bangladesh Bank. Banks are not interested to give loans to MSMEs which they don't know. Refinance line has to be increased so that risk sharing by bank is promoted."
"There is no risk of inflation yet. Economy is not that vibrant. Fuel prices are low because world market prices are low," he observed.
"Microfinance institutions can be given more refinancing facilities. Also banks should be given credit guarantee schemes so that they are encouraged to provide credit to MSMEs for which budget allocation is required," he further said.
Dr Nazneen Ahmed said, "Fuel subsidy to transport operators can be provided so they will not require to increase fares."
Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman in his chair's speech said, "Instead of making new lists it is best if existing lists can be used. Instead of BDT 100, BDT 500 per head may be allocated as stipend for 7.8 million primary students. That way we can ensure support reaches to the right people."
"The budget needs to be reflective, open to criticism, skilful in strategy," he stressed.
Based on the study findings, a number of recommendations were made to include in the national budget of fy2020-21 that include the following.
Introduce cash transfers for COVID-19 positive patients for income losses and 3-year cash support if any income earner of the extreme poor and poor households dies due to COVID-19.
Introduce universal unemployment benefit scheme, starting with extreme poor and poor by FY 2020-2021 and for other unemployed groups from FY 2021-2022.
Introduce a universal identification system of citizens (irrespective of age) for enabling citizens to access services and receive benefits within FY 2020-2021.
Include all citizens into universal digital services for getting benefits of social protection schemes, credit, savings and insurance services through public-private partnership.
Launch a special programme for returnee migrants at home and migrant workers in destination countries as well to compensate income loss, create jobs and help them get out of debt trap and social stigma.
Introduce access to individual digital devices and internet connectivity to all Bangladeshi citizens above 16 years old to ensure access to livelihood, education, health and safety.
Allocate maximum resources for fighting COVID-19 and enforce public-private-NGO collaboration and coordination.
Also to minimise health risks, a mix of work-from-home and work-from-office has been proposed. Besides, six-hourly workdays with up to three shifts for offices and factories have been recommended to reduce traffic on the road, maintain social distancing at the workplace and public transport.
BRAC floats BDT 3 crore for 6,000 Amphan affected households
BRAC has allocated a budget of BDT 30 million (3 crore) for low-income families in 10 upazilas of three coastal districts to help repair of households and water sanitation and hygine (WASH) facilities damaged by Cyclone Amphan.
Amphan killed at least 22 people as it thumped the country's coast on Wednesday with gusting winds and heavy rainfall.
Under the initiative, approximately 6,000 households at Shyamnagar, Asashuni, Kaliganj, and Kalaroa upazilas in Satkhira; Koira, Paikgachha, Dacope, Botiaghata and Dumuria upazilas under Khulna and Sarankhola upazila under Bagerhat will receive BDT 5,000 each. A team from BRAC Humanitarian Programme will select the households and start distributing the money within one to two days after the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr so that affected people can start repairing their houses and WASH facilities.
Sajedul Hasan, Director of Humanitarian Programme, BRAC and BRAC International said,
"More than 20 districts were affected after cyclone Amphan hit Bangladesh. People lost their home, and sanitization. Now they are living with their relatives, some of them sharing bed with their neighbor. Don't forget that we are also facing pandemic situation. Social distancing is much needed at this stage. So BRAC has taken the initiative to rebuild houses, toilets for the people who are affected as early as possible. We are also arranging safe drinking water for people who are affected.''
BRAC sent 12,000 masks, 12,000 gloves and 240 sanitisers to Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira districts three days before Amphan hit the coastline so that people living in these areas could ensure hygiene practice during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
BRAC has also launched a fundraising appeal to scale up the effort and increase the coverage. Individuals and any organisation can donate. Details are available on BRAC website: https://www.brac.net/covid19/donate/. Anyone can donate to the fund through bKash app.
Donations can also be sent to:
Account name: BRAC
Account number: 150120-2316474001
Bank name: BRAC BANK
Bank branch: Gulshan 1, Gulshan Avenue, Dhaka.
We deeply mourn
We are deeply saddened to share the passing of our esteemed colleague, Brig Gen Aftab Uddin Ahmad (Retd), Director of Skills Development Programme, BRAC. Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.
He was admitted to hospital with complications in the lungs and had tested positive for COVID-19. He breathed his last at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka this afternoon. He was 72.
Mr Ahmad joined BRAC in October 2019. Prior to joining BRAC, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre of Excellence for Bangladesh Apparel Industry (CEBAI) and was instrumental in the growth of the prominent skills development organisation UCEP Bangladesh. He was a Senior Consultant at the World Bank since 2014 under the STEP project. He also possesses over 27 years of prolific career in the Bangladesh Military Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
His contribution in the technical and vocational education and training sector will be remembered forever. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) as a concept was initiated and implemented under his leadership. He was a key member of the national consultative committee for drafting the national skills development policy in 2011. In addition, he contributed to the formulation of the national education policy, non-formal education policy, technical and vocational education and training reforms, Education Watch 2013, and corporate social responsibility policy. He provided strategic leadership in implementing projects for numerous organisations including UNICEF, ILO, IKEA, Save the Children International, Asian Development Bank, Plan International, European Commission, Government of Bangladesh and Citibank, NA.
We are indebted for his guidance and leadership since he joined BRAC. He will be remembered for his unparalleled dedication to his work, and his long-standing commitment to public service in Bangladesh.
Brig Gen Aftab Uddin Ahmad (Retd) leaves behind a son and daughter, and a host of well-wishers. We extend our deepest condolences to his family and pray for his departed soul.
BRAC assisting DGHS to install 50 COVID-19 sample collection kiosks in Dhaka
BRAC is assisting the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to install walk-in sample collection booths (kiosk) in areas vulnerable to Novel Coronavirus outbreak across the country. As part of the initiative, at least 50 kiosks will be installed in Dhaka by next week to help speed up the process of sample collection. Fifty more kiosks will be set up across the country soon.
In line with the DGHS directives, BRAC is currently recruiting medical technologists, installing kiosks, collecting samples and transferring those samples to designated testing labs. The DGHS is also assisting BRAC in training technologists and providing sample collection kits to the organisation. A memorandum of understanding will soon be signed in this regard between BRAC and the DGHS.
While kiosks set up at hospitals will be operated by respective hospital staff, two trained medical technologists from BRAC will be collecting samples at the kiosks set up elsewhere. They will collect samples from suspected COVID-19 patients from 9am to 12pm Saturday through Thursday. Every day, technicians will be able to collect samples from 40 people having common symptoms of COVID-19 including fever, dry cough, fatigue, sore throat and respiratory difficulties. Once collected, the samples will be sent to testing facilities designated by the DGHS. Before that, suspected patients will have to fill-up forms prescribed by the DGHS providing personal information including phone numbers. Test results will be sent to respective individuals via text messages to the phone number they are stipulated to provide during sample collection at the kiosks.
Two methods of screening patients are being followed for sample collection. Initially, paramedics will screen suspected patients according to national definitions of cases and contacts. In addition, kiosks located in medical colleges or hospitals or adjacent to these facilities will collect samples from patients referred to them.
Elderly people, people with existing comorbidities, doctors, healthcare workers, staff at health facilities and those working in closed settings such as workplaces or classrooms will be prioritised for sample collection given the constraint in resources.
Associate Director of BRAC Health, Nutrition and Population Programme Morseda Chowdhury said, "We will set up 100 walk-in kiosks across 19 risky regions to expedite the government's initiative of scaling up testing capacity along with the government's ongoing activities. Half of these kiosks will be set up in Dhaka."
"Initially, we installed kiosks in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital on a pilot basis. Later, more kiosks were set up at Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialised Hospital and Nursing College and in Narayanganj in line with the DGHS directive. We have also identified several spots to install kiosks in consultation with two Dhaka city mayors," Chowdhury added.
As of 11 May 2020, Chowdhury said that 17 kiosks have been installed at 14 spots in Dhaka as per the DGHS directive and that work on installing more booths is in progress.
The institutions where the kiosks are already in operation include Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialised Hospital and Nursing College, Sheikh Hasina Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute, Government Unani and Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital and Uttara Adhunik Medical College. Besides this, kiosks have started functioning at community centres located in Dhaka city corporation areas (Naya Paltan, Bashabo, Kamrangirchar, Naya Bazar, Jatrabari and Lalbagh). Two of those are adjacent to slums to serve the low-income population. Few more will cover areas of city corporations such as Uttara, Moghbazar, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Uttarkhan, Dakkhinkhan and Baunia. Moreover, some more will be opened in different public and private hospital premises to cover more areas.
"BRAC is yet to receive any new funds in this regard. However, the organisation is diverting some of its funds from the Department for International Development (DFID) of the UK government to continue its proceedings," Chowdhury said.
On Monday, 11 May 2020, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud inaugurated a kiosk on the Dhaka Reporters Unity premises dedicated to collect samples from journalists for COVID-19 tests. Another kiosk will be inaugurated at the National Press Club soon.
BRAC partners with PepsiCo to provide over 1.4M meals to underserved families
PepsiCo in Bangladesh, along with the global food and beverage company's philanthropic arm, the PepsiCo Foundation, has partnered with BRAC, the world's leading NGO to provide over 1.4 million meals to support low-income and ultra-poor families impacted by coronavirus pandemic across Bangladesh. This initiative is part of PepsiCo's #GiveMealsGiveHope global programme.
As part of the partnership, BRAC, will be the on-ground implementation partner to provide dry rations to the low income and ultra-poor families in close collaboration with the Local administration including law enforcement authorities.
Debasish Deb, Country Manager, PepsiCo Bangladesh, said, "Bangladesh, like the rest of the world, is facing it's biggest healthcare challenge. In response to the same, we are partnering with BRAC to provide meals, a critical requirement, to the communities most impacted by COVID-19 outbreak. We are committed to give our full support to the Government of Bangladesh in its fight against the pandemic and will continue to do our best to serve the Nation in these challenging times."
Asif Saleh, Executive Director, BRAC, said, "Millions of daily wage earners and the ultra-poor have been hit hard by the economic aftermath of the pandemic. A recent survey by BRAC reveals 14% low-income families do not have food at home. The generous meals support from PepsiCo Bangladesh is a timely and fitting solution for emergency food sustenance."
"BRAC has already initiated a cash assistance programme supporting 300,000 families to buy essential food supplies, however the need is far greater. PepsiCo's support will help us to reach more vulnerable people at this critical time. BRAC will continue to prioritise the most vulnerable - the elderly, pregnant or lactating mothers, people with disabilities, women-headed households, people living in ultra-poverty and those who are not receiving support from any other sources," he added.
PepsiCo globally has announced its commitment to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The major focus of this effort includes providing 50 million meals across countries through various partnerships.
Telecounselling service 'Moner Jotno Mobile E' For anxieties related to COVID-19
BRAC hands over 430-room Learning Centre in Ashkona as Government quarantine centre
14 percent low-income families do not have food at home
BRAC commits BDT 15 crore as emergency cash assistance for 100 thousand low-income families


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Millions Converted to Dollars in a Speculative Attack on HKD Amid Financial Protests in Hong Kong
FinanceNewsPolitics
August 17, 2019 2:34 pm 2
The Chinese tanks on Hong Kong's border are being met with a new modern weapon, an attempted speculative attack on the Hong Kong Dollar (HKD).
That currency is pegged to USD with an upper range of 7.85 HKD to the dollar. Rumors however are circulating this peg will be breached as CNY devalues.
It's not about the protest, some Hong Kongers say on online social media, it's about financial protection.
USD/HKD, August 2019
Some 70 million Hong Kong dollars, worth about $12.5 million, were withdrawn as of Thursday.
Banks say they're able to cope, but this does not appear to be quite a bank-run. Instead they're encouraging conversion to "especially the US dollar," but also other foreign currencies for "protection."
Taiwan may join according to a local paper which says "Taiwan may withdraw capital from Hong Kong in bank run scenario."
While Chinese state owned companies are ordering their staff to boycott Cathay Pacific, a Hong Kong airline that apparently China thinks didn't do enough to "ban employees' participation in protests in Hong Kong."
China for its part has largely stayed out from direct involvement, but on social media they speak of revolution.
They demand democracy, the election of their own parliamentarians and that of their version of the Prime Minister.
China would then have some sort of largely out of the picture figure head similar to Australia's Governor-General who represents the British head of state.
There has been no suggestion so far that China is considering meeting such demands, but they have also been reluctant to directly intervene presumably because it would escalate the situation fully.
To increase pressure, Honk Kongers are now posting pictures of piles of cash withdrawn and or converted to mainly dollars, but also other currencies.
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I tried to cancel my order because I received an unexpected bill but the prompt dispatch of my class helmet meant I couldn't. Really happy.
Purchased Oct 2016 Other than the great finish, the first thing I noticed about this lid was how surprisingly light it was. I had a much cheaper Frank Thomas helmet before and the difference is really apparent. A quick shake also shows the build quality is that much tighter, with nothing at all rattling about. The fit is very good for me and makes for very comfortable riding. Plenty of air gets through with the vents open. Once you get used to the visor quick release locks and get it dialled in, they are pretty handy for swapping visors, if a bit wobbly to start with. A couple of gripes to mention as well: wind noise gets pretty bad at motorway speeds, compared to other helmets I've used. Opening and closing the visor has also been an issue for a couple of reasons. The latch that holds it shut is incredibly tight. A fair bit of grinding with a rasp made it manageable, though the tab is still pretty hard to feel when opening right-handed. The top of one visor I have also catches badly on the switch for a vent right at the lowest edge above the visor, which I fixed by cutting the plastic switch almost flush with the helmet. To finish, I'm giving this helmet 4 stars, because it's clearly a well engineered piece of kit that's easy to forget about when using, but for the premium cost, I would have expected even little details like I mentioned to have been dealt with. Either way, I'm glad to use it for all the good points done so well, and tweaking has made its problems unnoticeable.
The Shark Race R Pro Carbon helmet is the new high end model made of carbon/aramid fibres. The Race R Pro Carbon has been developed in the first place for Sharks top level racers in MotoGP, WSBK & Moto2. They therefore had to ensure the essential elements reflected the importance of global functionality and ergonomics; lightness, stability, comfort, precision and aerodynamics are a priority.


Barcelona has dedicated the first major retrospective to Lorenza Böttner, an artist whose work and life is a constant fight against "normality". The exhibition can be visited for free until the 3rdof February at La Virreina.
Lorenza, daughter of immigrants, lost her arms in an accident when she was eight, she was born as a man, she grew up as a homosexual and transvestite, later, she revealed she was a trans woman, she was a street artist, a performer, she had HIV and she died of AIDS.
Everything surrounding Lorenza was marginal. Nevertheless, she was able to transform all of that into beauty. And she did it with no hands! She painted her works with her mouth and feet, but her persona was a piece of art herself.
Böttner could accepted her social role as a freak, but she didn't. She fought her whole life to not be tagged as a disabled person. Lorenza was a transgender woman, with a beard and without arms, who didn't hide. Quite the opposite: the entire world was her stage, she performed in the streets to tell everyone she was a powerful and able individual.
If you are in Barcelona, you can't miss this exhibition. We assure you that you'll fall in love with Lorenza Böttner.


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GTHL awaits Hockey Canada's independent investigation into alleged homophobic incident
Pyotr The Great – Chicago Wolves
Welcome to Wolves Insider, presented by Are You Really Winning?: The weekly report that gives you an inside look at the latest Chicago Wolves news and happenings. Look for a new edition of Wolves Insider each Tuesday.
rock solid
Pyotr Kochetkov is more comfortable stopping pucks than he is doing interviews in English, but the Russian goaltender still gave it his all when Wolves Insider asked for a minute of his time to discuss returning to the Wolves.
Early last week, Kochetkov was reassigned to the Wolves from the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL and the 23-year-old netminder was stellar in his two starts since — both victories. On Wednesday, Kochetkov made 19 saves in the Wolves' 6-2 win over the Moose in Manitoba and he followed that up by stopping 22 shots during a 6-2 triumph over the IceHogs on Saturday night in Rockford.
"It was a nice moment for me to be in the NHL but I'm happy to come back to the AHL and be with my boys on the Wolves," Kochetkov said.
During his time with the Hurricanes, Kochetkov was 10-4-5 with a 2.33 goals-against average and .913 save percentage and was named the NHL's Rookie of the Month for December. He said the biggest adjustment to playing in the NHL was the speed of the game.
"It's faster," Kochetkov said. "There are a lot of nice players with hard shots and there are games almost every day."
This season with the Wolves, Kochetkov is 4-2-1-0 with a 2.71 goals-against and .911 save percentage.
"It's my second season in North America and my adaptation to the game here is getting better," he said. "It's taken a little bit of time but the boys, coaches and agents help me every day."
Kochetkov is expected to start at least one of the Wolves' final two games of their season-long, six-game road trip that concludes with back-to-back contests against the Tucson Roadrunners on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, in Arizona.
forward thinking
When coach Brock Sheahan found the Wolves short at the forward position due to injuries for their two games in Manitoba last week, he approached defenseman Alex Green with a question.
"Brock asked me if I would be willing to play some forward because of all the injuries we had up front," Green said. "I was happy for the challenge and opportunity."
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uesday, Green centered the fourth line and was flanked by Alexander Pashin on his right and Joseph LaBate on his left. Green got off one shot during the Moose's 2-0 victory. He also…
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Лі Чон Гап (, 18 березня 1920, Лунцзін — 1993) — південнокорейський футболіст, що грав на позиції захисника за клуб «Чосон Електрік», а також національну збірну Південної Кореї. По завершенні ігрової кар'єри — тренер.

Клубна кар'єра

У футболі відомий виступами за команду «Чосон Електрік», кольори якої і захищав протягом усієї своєї кар'єри гравця.

Виступи за збірну
1954 року дебютував в офіційних матчах у складі національної збірної Південної Кореї. Протягом кар'єри у національній команді провів у її формі 9 матчів.

У складі збірної був учасником чемпіонату світу 1954 року у Швейцарії, де зіграв з Туреччиною (0-7).

Статистика виступів за збірну

Кар'єра тренера
Розпочав тренерську кар'єру, повернувшись до футболу після тривалої перерви, 1961 року, очоливши тренерський штаб національної збірної Південної Кореї. Досвід тренерської роботи на тому і обмежився.

Помер у 1993 році.

Титули і досягнення
 Срібний призер Азійських ігор: 1954

Примітки

Посилання

ЧС-1954 на сайті RSSSF.com

південнокорейські футболісти
південнокорейські футбольні тренери
Гравці збірної Південної Кореї з футболу
Гравці чемпіонату світу з футболу 1954
Тренери збірної Південної Кореї з футболу

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Very nice work Jeff...... makes me wanna jump right in there and crash it into an ocean!
Looking really nice Jeff. Glad your back on it.
Coming this Saturday August 6, 2016.....The return of Fumbles Flying Sub!
Thats what I like...persistence! Its the same with me and my Refit...I will soon be resuming that long overdue build.
You're right Armando. Some of these larger projects, with lighting and PE take two or three runs to complete. I busted this one back out on Thursday. It's actually pretty close. I've put a few hours in on it and there's not much left to do. The bulk of the remaining work consists of the body and paint work on the upper hull. I've taken some pics of the last couple days progress and will get them up as soon as I upload them. Probably going to be tomorrow. Be nice to finally have this one in the books!!
OK Fellas, here's the latest of the final chapter on 2014's group build.
This final shot shows the large sink mark around the edge where the "locking lip" is on the underside of the upper hull. Putty, primer, putty.....you Guys know the drill!
Is that the darker yellow groove running around the edge of the saucer? Yikes! I haven't even taken mine out of the shrink wrap yet. And yes, it is the older kit, not the re-tooled one Moebius released recently. Looks like I'll be doing the same putty, sand, repeat scenario too.
Some nice work there. Looking fantastic.
Hey Dan! Thanks for dropping in. Yes, you are correct about the location of the sink. It's jumping out badly because I've given the hull a going over with a 600 wet sanding. It's actually not too terrible. Anyone without OCD would be fine with it....So.....yeah.....no one here would be OK with it. No knock on Moebius though. Just the way it is with thick styrene parts. Some of the "connection pillars" have the same thing going on. (You'll see what I mean when you do your kit. Awesome kit though!! I love Moebius kits! Local shop has the 8 window Seaview on the shelf...Or is it the 4 window...Anyhow, I'm busting to grab it. AND I just picked up the Bride of Frankenstein and Creature from the Black Lagoon kits. Love me some Moebius kits!!
Cheers Armando! Thanks for peeking in!
Nice, Jeff! Looks good to me! Keep up with the putty/sand/putty/sand.... We do all know the drill, don't we?


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Hampden Sydney is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,450 at the 2010 census.

Hampden Sydney is the home of Hampden–Sydney College, a private all-male college that is the tenth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.

Geography
Hampden Sydney is located at  (37.244067, −78.476032).

According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2000 the CDP had a total area of 4.4 square miles (11.6 km2), all of it land. According to the United States Census Bureau in 2010, it had a total area of 3.895 square miles (10.087 km2) with 3.878 square miles (10.044 km2) of land and 0.017 square miles (0.043 km2) of water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,450 people, 172 households, and 108 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 322.2 people per square mile (126.1/km2). There were 197 housing units at an average density of 43.7/sq mi (17.1/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.4% White, 11.7% African American, 0.8% Asian, and 1.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.8% of the population.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 5.3% under the age of 18, 74.8% from 18 to 24, 5.9% from 25 to 44, 9.2% from 45 to 64, and 4.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 636 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 737.2 males.

Demographics from the 2010 census are skewed by students attending the all-male, Hampden–Sydney College with an undergrad population of 1090. Fifteen- to 25-year-olds make up about 76% of the population (1,107 of 1,450). At the 2010 census, 908 (904 males) of the 1,450 are listed as residing in "group quarters".

References

Census-designated places in Prince Edward County, Virginia
Census-designated places in Virginia


Who invented number zero? - Who Invented?
/ SCIENCE / Who invented number zero?
The word zero is attributed to many ancient cultures and is most likely a corrupt version of the Arabic spelling safira which meant it was empty. Coming down from the French cipher and zero, it finally became the word zero. The invention of zero as a number and not just for place position is generally attributed to the ancient Indians. By the 9th century AD, mathematics calculations that included both division and multiplication used the number zero. Pingala, who was an Indian scholar, also used zero for binary numbers, which was quite similar to Morse code.
The rules for using zero are now credited with Brahmagupta who was also an ancient Indian Scholar. The book treatise that he wrote known as "Brahmaputra Sidhantha" which translates to 'The opening of the Universe. This treatise was written in 628AD. Along with rules for zero, the great scholar and mathematician had also laid down rules for negative numbers and algebra.
By the 6th Century, zero was being used as a means to signify a position. The earliest mention of this arrangement has been discovered in the texts 'Lokavibhaga' which dates back to the 5th century. By the 11th century, the concept of using zero in the decimal system which used the base 10 finally reached the shores of Europe. This was brought to the European continent by Spanish Muslims, known as the Moors who also bought their knowledge of astronomy and this is the reason, that they are referred as the Arabic numerals. Fibonacci was really instrumental in using the system in Europe and using it for common mathematic problem solving.
Zero now plays a significant role in computing and also other streams of sciences where it can have special significance.
Nice Article, but the concept of was developed by Babylonians around 2000 BCE. They mean zero as "nоthіng," оr "аbsеncе.


We are located behind Thornebrook Village in the Millhopper Area.
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends that a child's first visit to the dentist should occur by 12 months of age. The first visit will consist of an initial evaluation and introduce your child to proper oral hygiene. Diet, fluoride, finger and pacifier habits and tooth eruption will be discussed to insure optimal oral health. For great tips and answers to many questions, the AAPD has a terrific Parent Resource Center.


James de Bunsen is a Portfolio Manager on Janus Henderson Investors' UK-based Multi-Asset Team, a position he has held since joining Henderson in 2013. In this role, James focuses on alternative asset classes and strategies. Prior to Henderson, he worked for multi-asset boutique Armstrong Investment Managers (AIM) from 2010, where he helped run a number of multi-asset strategies targeting real returns above inflation within clearly defined risk budgets. Prior to joining AIM, James spent five years at Insight Investment as part of the same multi-asset team that launched the first retail multi-asset fund in the UK, and later formed AIM. At both Insight and AIM, this same team won several performance awards from FT Pension & Investment, HFM Europe, and BarclayHedge among others. Prior to Insight, he spent several years working as a journalist and editor at a variety of business magazines. James graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in ancient history and archaeology. He holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has 13 years of financial industry experience.


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from django.conf import settings
from django.core.cache import caches
from django.core.cache.backends.db import BaseDatabaseCache
from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
from django.db import (
    DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS,
    DatabaseError,
    connections,
    models,
    router,
    transaction,
)

class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = "Creates the tables needed to use the SQL cache backend."

    requires_system_checks = []

    def add_arguments(self, parser):
        parser.add_argument(
            "args",
            metavar="table_name",
            nargs="*",
            help=(
                "Optional table names. Otherwise, settings.CACHES is used to find "
                "cache tables."
            ),
        )
        parser.add_argument(
            "--database",
            default=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS,
            help="Nominates a database onto which the cache tables will be "
            'installed. Defaults to the "default" database.',
        )
        parser.add_argument(
            "--dry-run",
            action="store_true",
            help="Does not create the table, just prints the SQL that would be run.",
        )

    def handle(self, *tablenames, **options):
        db = options["database"]
        self.verbosity = options["verbosity"]
        dry_run = options["dry_run"]
        if tablenames:
            # Legacy behavior, tablename specified as argument
            for tablename in tablenames:
                self.create_table(db, tablename, dry_run)
        else:
            for cache_alias in settings.CACHES:
                cache = caches[cache_alias]
                if isinstance(cache, BaseDatabaseCache):
                    self.create_table(db, cache._table, dry_run)

    def create_table(self, database, tablename, dry_run):
        cache = BaseDatabaseCache(tablename, {})
        if not router.allow_migrate_model(database, cache.cache_model_class):
            return
        connection = connections[database]

        if tablename in connection.introspection.table_names():
            if self.verbosity > 0:
                self.stdout.write("Cache table '%s' already exists." % tablename)
            return

        fields = (
            # "key" is a reserved word in MySQL, so use "cache_key" instead.
            models.CharField(
                name="cache_key", max_length=255, unique=True, primary_key=True
            ),
            models.TextField(name="value"),
            models.DateTimeField(name="expires", db_index=True),
        )
        table_output = []
        index_output = []
        qn = connection.ops.quote_name
        for f in fields:
            field_output = [
                qn(f.name),
                f.db_type(connection=connection),
                "%sNULL" % ("NOT " if not f.null else ""),
            ]
            if f.primary_key:
                field_output.append("PRIMARY KEY")
            elif f.unique:
                field_output.append("UNIQUE")
            if f.db_index:
                unique = "UNIQUE " if f.unique else ""
                index_output.append(
                    "CREATE %sINDEX %s ON %s (%s);"
                    % (
                        unique,
                        qn("%s_%s" % (tablename, f.name)),
                        qn(tablename),
                        qn(f.name),
                    )
                )
            table_output.append(" ".join(field_output))
        full_statement = ["CREATE TABLE %s (" % qn(tablename)]
        for i, line in enumerate(table_output):
            full_statement.append(
                "    %s%s" % (line, "," if i < len(table_output) - 1 else "")
            )
        full_statement.append(");")

        full_statement = "\n".join(full_statement)

        if dry_run:
            self.stdout.write(full_statement)
            for statement in index_output:
                self.stdout.write(statement)
            return

        with transaction.atomic(
            using=database, savepoint=connection.features.can_rollback_ddl
        ):
            with connection.cursor() as curs:
                try:
                    curs.execute(full_statement)
                except DatabaseError as e:
                    raise CommandError(
                        "Cache table '%s' could not be created.\nThe error was: %s."
                        % (tablename, e)
                    )
                for statement in index_output:
                    curs.execute(statement)

        if self.verbosity > 1:
            self.stdout.write("Cache table '%s' created." % tablename)

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If your kids are full of energy and you need somewhere to bring them so they can run around, climb and interact with other kids, consider checking out these play places in CT for an afternoon of fun. With so many to choose from, your kids will have a different experience at each one. Many of these indoor playgrounds also offer birthday parties. You can find even more in your area of Connecticut with KidsParties.Party.
If you're looking for a place to take your very energetic kid, here's one you can definitely pick. Flight Trampoline Park is just right around New Britain and it's surely one of the best play places in Connecticut. Open from Monday to Sunday (M-Th: 10am-9pm, F: 10am-11pm, Sat: 9am-11pm, Sun: 10am-7pm), you can always drop by for a fun play time.
It's open for all ages! There's a Kid Flight scheduled from Monday to Friday, 10am-12nn, and the rest of the day is for adults. They even host birthday parties for the kids and kids at heart. Drive to Connecticut now and have fun at this great trampoline play place!


This past weekend, AK & I made the trip to New York City to celebrate Galentine's Day with some of our favorite ladies. Since I hadn't been to the American Museum of Natural History in a few years, we spent a good portion of Friday meeting the Titanosaur and revisiting our favorite exhibits. In the evening, we ventured out for an impromptu karaoke party at Duet and retro video games at Barcade. Since the rest of the weekend was unbearably cold, we trimmed down some of our planned activities and ventured out to Times Square for the Star Wars and the Power of Costume exhibit, which was a really beautiful show and now I want to watch Star Wars again because yeah. The rest of the weekend was pretty much a very long girly sleepover at Lauren's complete with Chinese takeout and old WWE clips. And then it was over too quickly and I don't know why I keep going on trips when the weather is terrible!!!


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3 Reasons Law Firms Should be Paying Attention to CLOC
By Lindsay Griffiths on March 21, 2018
Posted in Future of the Law Firm, Leadership
CLOC is a movement.
You've heard me mention this before, that CLOC (also known as the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium) is a community, a movement. It's a drumbeat. And it's not going away. But why is it so important for lawyers and law firms to be paying attention? Three reasons.
One: The legal market is changing.
"The market is changing, blah, blah, blah." I can hear you all saying it. But although the pace can be slow at times, it IS changing. The rise of legal ops itself is proof of that. In an interview with Bloomberg Law, CLOC founder, Connie Brenton, talks about the rapid growth of the organization itself:
In two years we went from an informal group of 40 to nearly 1,300 legal operations professionals, representing 40 states, 37 countries, on five continents."
That in and of itself is staggering, but it's not just about the rise in numbers in the role – it's about the changing role of the general counsel, and the leverage given to the legal ops professional role itself. In "Not Yet at the Tipping Point," for Canadian Lawyer, Jennifer Brown says,
Legal operations used to be [a role] that existed only in large departments focused on efficiencies and effectiveness. It's now often the first hire after the general counsel in a new legal department. 'The value and impact of this role is being recognized and the voice of the client has really started to come together and demanding we change the legal industry,' she [Mary Shen O'Carroll, head of legal operations, technology and strategy with Google Inc. and CLOC board member] said."
Clients are no longer just looking at their law firm relationships to find out where they can get the best value – they're looking at the entire marketplace to see where the best value lies. And that might be outside of the law firm. While there's resistance, it doesn't mean there isn't change. Brown shares from Mark Cohen, CEO of Legal Mosaic and chief strategy officer of Elevate Services:
"When lawyers are no longer controlling the buy and sell sides of legal, I think you will begin to see a real change and people will focus more on law as a business. I was a bet-the-company trial lawyer for 30 years, so I know a bit about the practice of law, but let's not pretend anymore . . . the profession is being subsumed within the industry and the business."
If you haven't been paying attention before, you should be paying attention now. The legal market is changing, and the law firms that aren't changing with it, will be left behind.
Two: CLOC is changing it
In a Law Geex interview with Brenton about her day job at NetApp, she lists one of the key imperatives for her team as "busting silos and burning bridges." She could just as well be talking about what she's doing in the industry. CLOC as an organization is already working together to share best practices among legal operations professionals, to create core competencies to better the profession, and is driving the charge to make changes in US legal professional rules. They're not just talking about taking action – they're taking it. But what's extremely important to the leadership of CLOC is community. Says Brenton:
We have found that it is impossible to answer these questions in isolation. It is going to take a community. One of the founding principles of CLOC is a culture of collaboration and a culture that embraces the legal ecosystem. Solutions of the past, built in isolation, don't work; that's been proven. The new and expanded legal ecosystem comprises in-house counsel, outside counsel, law companies, technology companies, law schools, and regulators. Collaboration among these sectors creates efficient win-win-win solutions.
The purchase of legal services has also fundamentally changed. There are new entrants offering options to source more routine legal work at a lower cost and higher quality.
There are many law firms, law companies, technology providers and others that are keeping up with the changes in the industry. We are working closely with many of them, changing the legal industry, together."
It's an anathema to many of us who have worked in law firms to engage in a culture of collaboration. It can feel unfamiliar to share, to discuss, to clasp hands across silos rather than to work within them. But to survive the shift that's happening in the industry, that's exactly what it's going to take. The legal industry has always been, and will always be, about people. And CLOC is people at their best.
Three: The Tipping Point is Coming
The title of Brown's article suggests, as Shen O'Carroll mentions within the piece, that the tipping point is not yet here in terms of big shifts in the legal industry, and I'd agree with that. But it's coming.
Shen O'Carroll said the 'elephant in the room' is the law firm business model. 'If it doesn't fundamentally change everything around it will change and eventually it will have to. What we're really seeing more of is the demand for change than the actual change. We're not at the tipping point yet — we are getting there — everyone is pushing towards that and at some point something is going to break. We keep dancing around the idea of hiring new roles in law firms and thinking about innovation — putting technology in place — but we're missing the meaty part of the conversation, which is who is going to uproot this entire model?'
If the tipping point is coming and WE are the elephant in the room…shouldn't we be clamoring for a seat at the table with the group of folks driving change?
Tags: CLOC, Connie Brenton, Future of Law Firms, Law Firm Leadership, Mary Shen O'Carroll
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Lindsay Griffiths is the International Lawyers Network's Executive Director. She is a dynamic, influential international executive and marketing thought leader with a passion for relationship development and authoring impactful content. Griffiths is a driven, strategic leader who implements creative initiatives to achieve the…
Lindsay Griffiths is the International Lawyers Network's Executive Director. She is a dynamic, influential international executive and marketing thought leader with a passion for relationship development and authoring impactful content. Griffiths is a driven, strategic leader who implements creative initiatives to achieve the goals of a global professional services network. She manages all major aspects of the Network, including recruitment, member retention, and providing exceptional client service to an international membership base.
In her role as Executive Director, Griffiths manages a mix of international programs, engages a diverse global community, and develops an international membership base. She leads the development and successful implementation of major organizational initiatives, manages interpersonal relationships, and possesses executive presence with audiences of internal and external stakeholders. Griffiths excels at project management, organization, and planning, writes and speaks with influence and authority, and works independently while demonstrating flexibility in thinking, especially in challenging situations. She also adapts to diverse and dynamic environments with constant assessment and recalibration.
In 2021, the ILN was honored as Global Law Firm Network of the Year by The Lawyer European Awards, and in 2016 and 2017, they were shortlisted as Global Law Firm Network of the Year. Since 2011, the Network has been listed as a Chambers & Partners Leading Law Firm Network, recently increasing this ranking to be included in the top two percent of law firm networks globally, as well as adding two regional rankings. She was awarded "Thought Leader of the Year" by the Legal Marketing Association's New York chapter in 2014 for her substantive contributions to the industry and was included in Clio's list of "34 People in Legal You Should Follow on Twitter." She was also chosen for the American Bar Association Journal's inaugural Web 100's Best Law Blogs, where judge Ivy Grey said "This blog is outstanding, thoughtful, and useful." Ms. Griffiths was recently chosen as a Top Author by JD Supra in their 2019 Readers' Choice Awards, for the level of engagement and visibility she attained with readers on the topic of marketing & business development. She has been the author of Zen & the Art of Legal Networking since February of 2009.
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Federal Student Loan Relief Is Here, But Are You Eligible?
The United States government has a 3-part plan promising to cancel $10,000 of student debt for lower and middle-income borrowers.
Washington, DC | The cost of post-high school education is burdensome for many low-middle-income students and families. According to the Department of Education, college and post-high school education is a way out of poverty. But with finances being a barrier to entry, many students lose out on that opportunity. The Biden Administration promises to follow through on their 3-part plan, providing families and students a chance to start repaying loans during our current economic crisis due to the pandemic.
How Will This 3-Part Plan Help Ease Student Debt?
According to the Department of Education, the 3-part plan will:
Provide targeted debt relief to address the financial harms of the pandemic
The Department of Education will provide up to $20,000 in debt cancellation to Pell Grant recipients with loans held by the Department of Education and up to $10,000 in debt cancellation to non-Pell Grant recipients.
Borrowers are eligible for this relief if their income is less than $125,000 ($250,000 for married couples).
No high-income individual or high-income household – in the top 5% of income earners will benefit from this action. To ensure a smooth transition to repayment and prevent unnecessary defaults.
The federal student loan repayment extends from now through December 31, 2022. Borrowers should expect to resume payment in January 2023.
To make the student loan system more manageable for current and future borrowers by:
A reduction of payments by half for undergraduates
Department of Education proposes a new income-driven repayment plan that protects more low-income borrowers from making payments and caps monthly payments for undergraduate loans at 5% of discretionary income- half the rate borrowers currently pay for existing plans.
The average annual student loan payment will be lowered by more than $1,000 for current and future borrowers.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program- proposing a rule that borrowers who have worked at a non-profit, in the military, or in federal, state, tribal, or local government, receive appropriate credit toward loan forgiveness. These improvements will build on temporary changes the Department of Education has already made to PSLF, under which more than 175,000 public servants have more than $10 billion in loan forgiveness approved.
Protect future students and taxpayers by reducing the cost of college and holding schools accountable when raising prices. The President championed the increase of Pell Grants for over a decade and the largest of one-time influxes to colleges and universities. To further reduce the cost of college, the President will continue to fight to double the maximum Pell Grant and make community college free to access. Meanwhile, colleges must keep prices reasonable and ensure borrowers get value for their investments, not debt they cannot afford. This Administration has already taken steps to strengthen accountability, including in areas where the previous Administration weakened rules. The Department of Education is announcing new efforts to ensure student borrowers get value for their college costs.
According to the Department of Education, current students with loans are eligible for this debt relief. Borrowers who are dependent students will be eligible for relief based on parental income rather than their income.
Borrowers who claimed relief from these actions will:
Provide relief to up to 43 million borrowers, including canceling the remaining balance for roughly 20 million loan borrowers.
Targeted relief to lower-middle class borrowers, the Department of Education estimates that, among borrowers no longer in school, nearly 90% of relief dollars will go to those earning less than $75,000 a year. No individual making more than $125,000 or household making more than $250,000 – the top 5% of incomes in the United States – will receive relief.
Help borrowers of all ages. The Department of Education estimates that, among borrowers eligible for relief, 21% are 25 years and under, and 44% are aged 26-39. More than a third are borrowers age 40 and up, including 5% of borrowers who are senior citizens.
The Department of Education is proposing a rule to do the following:
For undergraduate loans, reduce the amount that borrowers pay each month from 10% to 5% of discretionary income.
Raise the amount of income that is considered non-discretionary income and therefore is protected from repayment, guaranteeing that no borrower earning under 225% of the federal poverty level—about the annual equivalent of a $15 minimum wage for a single borrower—will have to make a monthly payment.
Forgive loan balances after ten years of payments, instead of 20 years, for borrowers with original loan balances of $12,000 or less. The Department of Education estimates that this reform will allow nearly all community college borrowers to be debt-free within ten years.
Cover the unpaid monthly interest. Unlike other income-driven repayment plans, no loan balance will grow as long as they make their monthly payments—even when that monthly payment is $0 because their income is low.
These reforms would simplify loan repayment and deliver significant savings to low- and middle-income borrowers. For example:
A typical single construction worker, making $38,000 a year, with a construction management credential would pay only $31 a month, compared to the $147 under the most recent income-driven repayment plan, for annual savings of nearly $1,400.
A typical single public school teacher with an undergraduate degree, making $44,000 a year, would pay only $56 a month on their loans, compared to the $197 under the most recent income-driven repayment plan, for annual savings of nearly $1,700.
A typical nurse making $77,000 a year, married with two kids, would pay only $61 a month on their undergraduate loans, compared to the $295 under the most recent income-driven repayment plan, for annual savings of more than $2,800.
The price of schooling has tripled since 1980, with fewer students attending post-high school education and more borrowers in debt. According to a Department of Education analysis, the typical undergraduate student with loans now graduates with nearly $25,000 in debt. Student loan debt in America totals $1.6 trillion and continues to rise for 45 million borrowers. With the crippling student debt, middle-class borrowers struggle to make ends meet and pay their loans. These ballooning balances and high monthly payments create a system where it is much harder for the average person to accumulate wealth, such as purchasing homes, putting away money for retirement, or starting small businesses.
Student loan debt is at its highest, and the percentage of borrowers holding a degree is at its lowest, according to the Department of Education. Roughly one-third of all senior citizens have student debt and no degree to show for it, according to an analysis by the Department of Education of a recent cohort of undergraduates. Many students did not complete their degrees due to the cost of attending post-high school education, with 16% of these borrowers defaulting on their loans. Outstanding loans can result in the government garnishing wages and even lowering their credit score, with the worst debt attributed to black borrowers. Twenty years after first enrolling in school, the typical Black borrower who started college in the 1995-96 school year still owed 95% of their original student debt.
For each of these borrowers, balances would not increase for as long as they make monthly payments and have the remaining debt forgiven after giving the required qualifying payments. Starting in the summer of 2023, these borrowers will allow the Department of Education to automatically pull their income information yearly, avoiding the need to recertify their income annually, according to the Department of Education.
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Q: Multiplication and Division of Summations Could you please discuss or provide an online reference/tutorial which teaches how to do division (or multiplication) of summations? For example in this post there is a question about the same issue, but I don't understand it. Here is an example:
$ \sum_{i=1}^{n} x_i $ divide by (or multiply by)$ \sum_{i=1}^{n} x{_i}{^2}$
Thank you in advance.

A: The final answer on the page you link is correct (for division).  It doesn't simplify.  Just think about the $n=2$ case.  You'd have $$\frac{x+y}{x^2+y^2}.$$  For multiplication, you can write
$$\sum_{i=1}^n x_i\sum_{i=1}^n x_i^2=\sum_{i=1}^n\sum_{j=1}^nx_ix_j^2$$ but personally, I think the first first form is "simpler."

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Life Celebration of Aubry L. Stone, Founder of the CA Black Chamber of Commerce, Saturday 12/8/2018
Jackie Wright of Wright Enterprises expresses heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and associates of Innovator Aubry L. Stone
News from the Oakland Post...
Aubry Stone, founder and CEO of the California Black Chamber of Commerce died Wednesday. He was 74 years old.
Stone, affectionately referred to by many as �Stoney,� was a formidable champion for Black entrepreneurs and was considered to be a giant in the small business community. While he was a native of Brooklyn, New York, his name was synonymous with California and was a familiar face�and voice�at the State Capitol.
�He was a pioneer and fierce advocate for minority business enterprise and for the Black community. He championed equal opportunities in the private and public sectors, and always talked about the need for better access to capital,� said Los Angeles City Councilmember and former Assemblymember Curren Price.
�Aubry Stone was a fierce unapologetic supporter of all things Black,� said former California Assemblymember Cheryl Brown.
�He was our champion,� Ms. Brown continued.
Stone and five others created the California Black Chamber of Commerce in 1995 with the mission of providing programs and services to strengthen Black ownership and business opportunities throughout the state. The California Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation also operates radio station KDEE FM 97.5.
Stone served on the California Regional Community Utilities Diversity Council, the Citibank Regional Community Board, the California Small Business Advisory Board, the CalTrans Small Business Board, and the Greenlining Coalition. He served on the Boards of the NAACP, the Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce, the Mayor�s Economic Development Council, the District Attorney�s Community Relations Board, and the State Fair Minority Council.
He was also the founder and president of A. Stone & Associates, a corporate diversity-training firm designed to improve communications for increased productivity and break down stereotypes.
He also took on national leadership roles, at a time serving on the Pfizer National Minority Business Board and as Chairman of the United States Black Chamber of Commerce. He recently travelled to Africa to explore and promote business opportunities for Black business owners.
Upon his passing, many are reflecting on the legacy Stone leaves behind.
�He will be remembered as an outstanding force for economic and social justice,� shared California Hawaii State NAACP President Alice Huffman.
�Under Aubry�s leadership the CBCC has become not only a pillar of the community, but an invaluable resource for so many. Aubry will be greatly missed and we hope his family can find some comfort in the legacy he has left us all,� said Elk Grove Assemblymember Jim Cooper.
Stone championed issues ranging from redlining practices to African American procurement of contracts and recently spoke out about the inequities of legalized marijuana as it relates to African Americans and African American business owners.
�In America, economics are critical. It is incumbent upon us to connect small business development to the larger cause of improving the economic outlook of Black communities,� Stone told the Sacramento OBSERVER in 2003, when he was named one of the city�s most influential African Americans.
Throughout the years, Stone stacked up countess accolades and awards, including being recognized by several California governors, the California Legislature and most recently, the California Legislative Black Caucus, who honored him in June.
Aubry Lee Stone
(August 10, 1944 - November 28, 2018)
�YOU MUST BE BOLD,
INNOVATIVE, CREATIVE
AND ALWAYS MOVE ON FAITH!�
Calvary Christian Center Sacramento
2667 Del Paso Blvd
Viewing 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Funeral 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Memorial & Tribute Services 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Funeral Arrangements Entrusted
Ramsey Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel
1831 Howe Avenue
In lieu of flowers please make donations to the:
California Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation
1600 Sacramento Inn Way Ste 232, Sacramento CA 95815
California Cancer Society
1545 River Park Dr Ste 100, Sacramento CA 95815

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MAYOR LONDON BREED AND SUPERVISOR AARON PESKIN INITIATE PLAN TO FULLY ELECTRIFY GROUND TRANSPORTATION IN SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed, along with Supervisor Aaron Peskin, today introduced legislation to expand the number of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in San Francisco parking facilities and unveiled a roadmap to achieve 100% emission-free transportation by 2040.
CONGRESSWOMEN OF COLOR BELONG IN THE HOUSE
"The occupant of the White House lashing out at and condemning the four Congresswomen of color by using language which is racist and xenophobic further deeply divides our country and fans an extremist �whites only� ideology," says Anh L�, a writer and independent journalist based in San Francisco.
View Films Screened at Tribute to Late SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi @ San Francisco Black Film Festival XXI
The San Francisco Black Film Festival, "Healing the World One Film At A Time," launched its 2019 program with a media briefing and tribute to the Late San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, "A Champion for the People" at Cinemark Century 9 & XD at San Francisco's Westfield Centre. The briefing included information about the 80 films of the festival and the screening of "Jeff Adachi Filmmaker & Friend of The San Francisco Black Film Festival" directed by Jackie Wright; "Disparity: A Tale of 2 PUSHAZ" directed by Justin Givens; and "Neko Wilson Social Bio Video" by Raj Jayadev. Click the headline to see the complete films and read news coverage of Actor, Activist, & Humanitarian Danny Glover, testifying on Juneteenth before Congress about reparations.


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All those smiling faces – new and returning teachers, staff, students and parents are no w walking through the school halls. Hopefully, they will be able to experience a terrific shining for floors, sparkling windows, super clean bathrooms and super fresh and clean athletic facilities.
There are some important back-to-school cleaning processes that shouldn't be missed, for the sake of appearance, "first-impressions" and most importantly for creating a healthier school environment for the children. If the school has been sitting unused all summer, you can be sure that dust, dirt and other contaminants have made a home on many if not all of the surfaces.
Deep cleaning can reduce allergens, bacteria, dirt, dust, mold and even pollen. It also sets the stage for regularly scheduled sanitizing to help stop the spread of TB, staph infections, meningitis, and other contagious conditions. Being vigilant should be a top priority, and it all starts before the school even starts for the children.
Bestway Carpet & Tile Cleaning offers back to school floor waxing tips for New Jersey based schools looking to make sure that their hallways, classrooms and athletic facilities are up to par for students, teachers and parents when the new school year begins.
Make sure that you target the restrooms and clean them floor-to-ceiling giving them much attention to ensure that all surfaces are sanitized. Best practice including high-pressure cleaning and disinfection of walls, partitions, floors, urinals, toilets and sinks. This is a good time for tile & grout repairs as you would like to start off with pristine bathrooms for the new school year.
Carpet and floors can hid dirt, mold and pollutants throughout the summer and we need to make sure that K-5 schools keep them clean due to the crawling, sprawling kids. Making sure that all of the carpets are cleaned professionally, the floors are waxed professionally before the new school year is extremely important for the youngsters coming back to school or even coming to school for the first time.
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Q: ¿Que método y de que manera debo utilizar? Arrays JS Estoy trabado con un ejercicio que parece ser bastante simple. A ver si alguno puede darme una mano.
var families = [];
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   families = [];
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I have deployed enterprise ca server on server 2012 r2 and I created certificate template for secure mail and published to domain.Client could access smime certificate and set their outlook clients themself.They can send email with the digital certificate that published local certificate and certificate looks validated in our domain.But local certificate looks not validated on outside domains(etc Hotmail,gmail) when client send mail with local certificate.İt is a normal behavior.Because this certificate not validated on public ca pki.I want to make validated secure mail certificate via our local certificate authority.There are houndred of users in the domain and we need to buy a lot of secure mail certificate for each user and this will be very difficult period.Can I build validated pki in my domain ? or can i set another root authority(digicert,verisign) for creating secure mail template ?
Do you install this S/MIME certificate in trusted root CA?
If so, domain-joined client will get this certificate from CA, then Outlook client can get a digital ID and encryption message.
If not, we need download this certificate, copy and install it in client.
Hi Allen,Thank you for reply.Clients who are member of domain domain dont need to install or validate digital certificate created in the domain.But users who arent member of domain need to install digital certificate into their trusted root ca manuelly.Can I use third party root and create intermediate certificate template together ?
Correctly, we need manually install certificate if it issued by a internal CA for external client or no domain joined client.
What's the meaning of "third party root and create intermediate certificate template together"? Please post more details for further assistance.


For the first time since 1999, the Tulsa Drillers are opening the season as defending Texas League champions.
In just less than a month, Xander Parsons will be competing with some of the best weightlifters in the country at the National Junior Championships in Lombard, Illinois.
Two future Pokes are tearing it up on the hardwood in Green Country. Kalib and Keylan Boone are leading the charge at Memorial.
The Sapulpa Chieftains are off and running early this season. A native Sapulpa son who returned home is leading the charge.
The Golden Hurricane are just 2-8, but amidst what has been a disappointing year for Tulsa football, a bright spot has emerged.
A lot of frustration was washed away in the rain last Saturday night at TU in a dominant 30-point win over UConn.
A lot is on the line in Beggs as they host Sperry for the 2a3 district title.
The Golden Hurricane saw the losing streak reach six on Saturday, after a loss to Arkansas. But TU is staying confident, with their eyes to the future.
Rivals Cascia Hall and Berryhill haven't played each other in six years but with the Commandos back in the 3-A, the rivalry was renewed Friday night, with the winner in the driver's seat in district four.


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