Investors would be wise to consider some insurance against a negative outcome to trade disputes, writes Morningstar's Peter Gee in his latest economic update.
In cash and fixed interest, the Reserve Bank of Australia indicated early last month an upward move in the cash rate would be more likely than a decrease – even though there remained no strong case for a near-term adjustment.
"It is possible that the current cyclical pickup could see the RBA bringing forward the date of an eventual rate hike, but whatever the exact timing low short-term rates look very likely in place for some time," says Gee.
The RBA today left the cash rate unchanged for the 24th consecutive time at 1.5 per cent.
Gee thinks local bond yields will likely revert to their previous relationship with US yields, and head higher as well.
Ongoing weakness in the Australian dollar "looks a plausible outcome, but as always with currency forecasting, a wide range of factors is in play," Gee says. While the Aussie's latest closing price was US 74 cents, Commonwealth Bank forecasts suggest it could bounce back to US 76 cents in a year.
Outside of retail property, the outlook for Australian real estate investment trusts is reasonably good, Gee says, and recent evidence suggests conditions could get better again in coming months.
"As any number of research reports have said, retail, other than the very large 'event' or 'destination' shopping malls, continues to be overshadowed by the threat from online shopping," he says.
The local launch of Amazon earlier this year, and further "tactical marketing initiatives" from the likes of eBay, are part of this threatening outlook.
"But absent any unexpectedly sharp rise in bond yields, improving operating conditions suggest that the A-REIT sector should be able to generate some further modest capital gains," says Gee.
A recent National Australia Bank quarterly business survey says "Overall, conditions remain favourable, and a pattern of broad-based strength remains evident at the industry level, with most industries at or above average in Q2".
However, how much of the cyclical improvement flows through to higher share prices is a crucial question.
"There are still likely to be some sectoral headwinds," Gee says. Bank profits remain under a cloud, and the resources sector is exposed to global trade shocks.
However, some commentators, including Credit Suisse, suggest these risks are offset by expected profits in other areas, such as industrials.
Gee thinks it likely that monetary policy settings will be "gradually readjusted to be less supportive than previously, and that rising bond yields will lead to ongoing capital losses".
He refers to comments from Jerome Powell, chair of the Fed, indicating it would continue to raise rates. Other central banks are also "inching closer to the starting line for normalisation of monetary policy," says Gee.
European Central Bank forecasters expect some announcement on policy direction by next March, with a chance of a small increase in ECB rates by September.
Weighing up differing viewpoints on global inflation, Gee says: "on balance, the view of ongoing global growth still looks more likely. As surveys of fund manager allocations have shown, managers are hedging their bets."
While US equities have outperformed in a number of positive US-specific factors, the same has not occurred in the global economy.
"The global economy has been somewhat under a cloud as fears over protectionism have risen," Gee says.
Referring to research from IHS, Gee says only two countries grew more optimistic about the business outlook – India and the US.
"Trade wars are also on investors' minds … now seen as by far the biggest risk facing equity markets," Gee says, referring to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch fund manager survey.
However, on the positive side, he also notes global economies have weathered various risks, including eurozone financial stress, a China slowdown and fears of rapidly rising US interest rates.
"This time may be no different … but that is not how fund managers see it. They have clearly turned more bearish in the BAML survey," says Gee. The survey results show the lowest level of optimism since early 2016, as fund managers become pessimistic about the outlook for profits over the next year.
"On balance, the global economy may well continue to stumble through this latest challenge," says Gee.
"It has been a volatile year to date, and more of the same looks likely while the interplay between ongoing expansion and protectionist policy works its way through."


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Why Zika is creating panic
ZIKA: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The virus is transmitted to people through the bite of infected female Aedes mosquitoes, the same type of mosquito that spreads dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever. The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) said Aedes mosquitoes are found in all countries in the Americas except Canada and continental Chile.
There is no treatment or vaccine available for Zika infection. Companies and scientists are racing to develop a safe and effective vaccine for Zika, but one is not expected to be ready for months or years.
The PAHO said there is no evidence that Zika can cause death, but some cases have been reported with more serious complications in patients with pre-existing medical conditions.
The virus has been linked to microcephaly, a condition in newborns marked by abnormally small heads and brains that have not developed properly. It also has been associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the nervous system.
Health officials have yet to establish a direct causal relationship between Zika virus infection and birth defects, but it is strongly suspected. Brazil has reported more than 4000 cases of suspected microcephaly that may be linked to Zika. Researchers have identified evidence of Zika infection in 17 of these cases, either in the baby or in the mother.
People who get Zika virus disease typically have a mild fever, skin rash, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain and fatigue that can last for two to seven days. But as many as 80 per cent of people infected never develop symptoms.
Efforts to control the spread of the virus focus on eliminating mosquito breeding sites and taking precautions against mosquito bites such as using insect repellent and mosquito nets. US health officials have advised pregnant women to avoid travel to Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Health officials said Zika outbreaks have been reported in at least 26 countries in the Americas. Brazil has been the nation most affected. Other nations and territories include Barbados, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Saint Martin, Suriname, Venezuela and the US Virgin Islands.
The Zika virus is found in tropical locales with large mosquito populations. Outbreaks of Zika virus disease have been recorded in Africa, the Americas, Southern Asia and the Western Pacific. The virus was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in rhesus monkeys and was first identified in people in 1952 in Uganda and Tanzania.
Two cases of possible person-to-person sexual transmission has been described, but the PAHO said more evidence is needed to confirm whether sexual contact is a means of Zika transmission.
The WHO says because no big Zika outbreaks were recorded before 2007, little is known about complications caused by infection. During an outbreak of Zika from 2013-2014 in French Polynesia, national health authorities reported an unusual increase in Guillain-Barre syndrome. Health authorities in Brazil have also reported an increase in Guillain-Barre syndrome.

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Q: Is it possible to install more than one os in one pen drive? Hello I have a one confusion question that is it possible that make bootable pendrive but not with one os but more than one os.
Like..
When pendrive load.. show me the option of which one install?
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8

So is it possible?
Kindly reply me..
Regards..
Thanks..

A: This is the right solution for me :)
Super disk multi boot

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Realtime Visual Editing
With the support of the OpenPaaS::NG research project, the XWiki Labs team from XWikiSAS has worked a lot on improving the realtime collaboration features in XWiki. The realtime engine has evolved and can now be plugged in to many different content editors.
Thanks to the CKEditor integration application, there is now a famous and powerful tool in XWiki to write content using a visual editor, and this tool can be used for collaborative editing with the Realtime WYSIWYG extension. Here we are going to describe the features added by the realtime extension with its latest versions:
A new lock message
A realtime merging tool
The macro editing
The position of other users in the document (prototype, not released yet)
Document Lock
If you are working in a wiki where realtime applications are installed, you may encounter a lock message in two different situations.
The first one is similar to the default XWiki lock, which is displayed when you want to edit a page while someone else is already editing it. With the realtime applications, if the other user has enabled the realtime collaboration, instead of being asked if you want to "force editing", you have the ability to join the realtime session:
The other situation happens when you want to edit a page with a specific content editor (Wiki editor or WYSIWYG editor) while it is already being edited by another realtime content editor. In that situation, you can either join the existing realtime session, or create a new realtime session in the same document with the content editor of your choice:
Merging Content while Saving
We've just seen that it is now possible to create a new realtime session while there is an existing one in the same document but with another content editor. It is then possible to have some people using the realtime Wiki editor and the realtime Wysiwyg editor at the same time, and they won't have the same content. To avoid the loss of content for people using one of these editors, an automatic merging tool has been added in the realtime extensions.
If there isn't any conflict, meaning that both realtime sessions are not trying to change the same parts of the document at the same time, the merge should happen automatically without losing any content.
If there are conflicts (both sessions try to edit the same part of the document but with different content), you will have to choose, while saving the document, which content you want to keep: the current realtime content (your changes), or the remote content (the changes from the other realtime session) :
Although it is possible to have different realtime sessions (wiki, wysiwyg and forms) for a document at the same time, merge conflicts will result in a risk of losing the content for one part of the users. Be careful when you have two different realtime content editors at the same time in one document!
Macro Editing (Experimental)
Beginning with CkEditor integration 1.7 and Realtime Wysiwyg 1.18, XWiki macros can be added or edited using CkEditor with realtime collaboration enabled. The realtime version is still in an experimental state, but it allows you to edit documents containing macros and edit the macros' content without corrupting the whole page.
Users position (Early Prototype)
This is an early prototype of the feature, not released at the moment.
In future versions, it will be possible to display the users' avatars in the left margin of the document, at the line where is located their cursor. Their avatar will also be displayed in the top bar instead of only their username. These elements will be configurable in the administration interface:
In the margin, display / hide the avatars
In the top bar, display only the username / only the avatars / both
Users with the default XWiki avatar will be displayed with a fake avatar representing the first character of their username, so that they are easily recognizable.
You can find known issues and add ideas/improvements on https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/RTWYSIWYG and the sources are available on https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/realtime-wysiwyg.


general info THE FIREWORKS ARE BACK!
New Year's Eve celebrations in Downtown Dubai will once again feature a spectacular firework display on the iconic Burj Khalifa. Back by popular demand, the firework display on the world's tallest building is part of the New Year's Eve Gala announced by Emaar, set to feature a host of new elements to amaze the huge crowds that gather, which will also include water-music performances at The Dubai Fountain.


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What Happened on July 20, 2021
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces his first two 'Courage and Civility Awards' of $100M each to writer, commentator, and non-profit founder Van Jones and chef and World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés to distribute to charities of their choice
Amazon Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos goes into space in first unpiloted suborbital flight with all-civilian crew, aboard rocket developed by his company Blue Origin
India's COVID-19 death toll likely 10 times its official toll, 3.4 million to 4.7 million (to June 2021), according to The Center for Global Development [1]
Leyna Bloom becomes Sports Illustrated's first transgender cover model
Sports History
NBA Finals: Milwaukee Bucks beat Phoenix Suns, 105-98 in Game 6 to win first title in 50 years (1971); MVP: Giannis Antetokounmpo, 50 points in Game 6
Basketball Player Giannis Antetokounmpo
New York records the worst air quality in the world due to smoke from 80 wild fires on the US west coast [1]
Oregon's Bootleg fire has burnt nearly 400,000 acres, now so big it's generating its own weather patterns according to local fire chiefs
Torrential rain causes severe flooding in China's Hunan province, flooding subways with people still on the trains, killing at least 12 people in Zhengzhou city [1]
US, NATO members and other states accuse China's Ministry of State Security for using "contract criminal hackers" to infiltrate Microsoft email systems [1]
Chuck E. Weiss, American blues and rock songwriter, vocalist, and muse (Rickie Lee Jones; Tom Waits), dies of cancer at 76 [1]
Françoise Arnoul, French actress and composer (French Cancan; Jacko & Lise), dies at 90
Jerry Granelli, American-Canadian jazz drummer (Vince Guaraldi Trio; Mose Allison), dies at 80
About July 20, 2021
How Long Ago? 1 year, 6 months and 8 days
Generation: Generation Alpha
Chinese Zodiac: Ox
Star Sign: Cancer
#1 Song: Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran
Famous Living People by Age


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"""Check specific required program versions required during the pipeline.
"""
from distutils.version import LooseVersion
import subprocess

from bcbio.pipeline import config_utils
from bcbio.log import logger

def samtools(config, items):
    """Ensure samtools has parallel processing required for piped analysis.
    """
    samtools = config_utils.get_program("samtools", config)
    p = subprocess.Popen([samtools, "sort", "-h"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                         stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    output, stderr = p.communicate()
    p.stdout.close()
    p.stderr.close()
    if output.find("-@") == -1 and stderr.find("-@") == -1:
        return ("Installed version of samtools sort does not have support for "
                "multithreading (-@ option) "
                "required to support bwa piped alignment and BAM merging. "
                "Please upgrade to the latest version "
                "from http://samtools.sourceforge.net/")

def _has_pipeline(items):
    """Only perform version checks when we're running an analysis pipeline.
    """
    return any(item.get("analysis", "") != "" for item in items)

def _is_variant(items):
    return any(item.get("analysis", "").lower().startswith("variant") for item in items)

def java(config, items):
    """GATK and derived tools requires Java 1.7.
    """
    want_version = "1.7" if _is_variant(items) else "1.6"
    try:
        java = config_utils.get_program("java", config)
    except config_utils.CmdNotFound:
        return ("java not found on PATH. Java %s required." % want_version)
    p = subprocess.Popen([java, "-Xms250m", "-Xmx250m", "-version"],
                         stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
    output, _ = p.communicate()
    p.stdout.close()
    version = ""
    for line in output.split("\n"):
        if line.startswith(("java version", "openjdk version")):
            version = line.strip().split()[-1]
            if version.startswith('"'):
                version = version[1:]
            if version.endswith('"'):
                version = version[:-1]
    if not version or LooseVersion(version) < LooseVersion(want_version):
        return ("java version %s required for running GATK and other tools. "
                "Found version %s at %s" % (want_version, version, java))

def testall(items):
    logger.info("Testing minimum versions of installed programs")
    config = items[0]["config"]
    msgs = []
    if _has_pipeline(items):
        for fn in [samtools, java]:
            out = fn(config, items)
            if out:
                msgs.append(out)
    if msgs:
        raise OSError("Program problems found. You can upgrade dependencies with:\n" +
                      "bcbio_nextgen.py upgrade -u skip --tooldir=/usr/local\n\n" +
                      "\n".join(msgs))

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ILO in Bangladesh
Employers' Organizations
Freedom of association and the rights to collective bargaining
Workers' Organizations
Decent work in Bangladesh
Videos and audio stories
Bangladesh Business and Disability Network to help boost disability inclusion ...
Bangladesh Business and Disability Network to help boost disability inclusion
A new business network will support the practical needs of employers who are employing people with disabilities or are willing to make their workplaces more disability inclusive.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declares the launch of the BBDN. Joining her (from left) are Shah Mohamad Abu Zafar, Chairman, NCCWE; Salahuddin Kasem Khan, President BEF; Guy Ryder, Director General ILO; Nurul Islam, Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment; Nurul Islam Nahid, Minister of Education; Md. Mujibul Haque, State Minister for Labour and Employment and Siddiqur Rahman, President, BGMEA.©ILO
The Bangladesh Business Disability Network (BBDN), is a voluntary group of representatives from business, non-governmental and disabled peoples' organizations with a primary purpose of helping people with disabilities to find decent work and for employers to recruit staff with disabilities. The network, which operates under the Bangladesh Employers Federation (BEF) was officially launched by the Hon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 11 December 2016.
A workshop held in Dhaka today by the (BEF) and the Canadian-funded Bangladesh Skills for Employment and Productivity (B-SEP) Project of the International Labour Organization (ILO) introduced the BBDN to employers who are currently employing or willing to employ persons with disabilities. By doing so it helped highlight the social and economic benefits of disability inclusive industries for promoting growth and productivity.
Speaking at the event, Salahuddin Kasem Khan, President of the Bangladesh Employers' Federation said, "Staff with disabilities bring skills and diversity to the workplace. Hiring them helps foster greater social inclusion and above all, makes good business sense. The Bangladesh Business Disability Network will play an important role in facilitating companies to recruit and accommodate a more diverse workforce."
Participants at the workshop heard how the BBDN could help their companies better accommodate existing workers with disabilities. BBDN can also provide practical advice to organizations wishing to start making their workforce more disability inclusive.
Amongst other activities the BBDN will help share knowledge and identify good practices among companies and employers' organizations related to hiring and retention of disabled persons. It will help companies adhere to international and national labour standards related to disability and provide advice on inclusion of disability issues into corporate policies and CSR programmes.
Linkages will also be forged among companies, non-governmental organizations, governments, employers' organizations, disabled people's organizations and international agencies to facilitate BBDN objectives at national level. This will help, for example, to bring together companies which wish to make their workforce more diverse with potential staff.
The BBDN is based on ILO's Global Business Disability Network which was formed in 2010 to encourage greater disability inclusion in the workforce.
Tags: employment, promotion of employment, workers with disabilities, vocational training, gender mainstreaming
Regions and countries covered: Bangladesh
Bangladesh Skills for Employment and Productivity (B-SEP)


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Q: Rsync from A to C thru reverse tunnel on B Been searching for awhile on this and haven't found a solution.
Machine C has a persistent reverse tunnel to machine B.  I.e machine B can connect back to machine C thru the reverse tunnel.  I can rsync files from C to B and then retrieve them with A to B.
How would one rsync from A to C and retrieve files.
I can can currently connect directly to C from A with
ssh -A -t HostB "ssh user@localhost -pXXXXX"
Thanks

A: I was struggling with exactly the same problem.  The solution is to use ssh port forward on the machine initiating to machine B, and ssh reverse port on the machine that receives.  In the following examples--
deh is user name
export BIP=47.208.123.123 (B's IP address)
22    (A's ssh listening port)
41572 (B's ssh listening port)
22221 (local port on B from reverse ssh of A)
22223 (local port on B from reverse ssh of C)
22    (C's ssh listening port)

Machines A and  C have persistent reverse port forward connections to B.  e.g. setup with the following--
ssh -R 22221:localhost:22 deh@$BIP -p 41572
ssh -R 22223:localhost:22 deh@$BIP -p 41572

If machine A wants to access machine C, machine A sets up a ssh forward port connection to the reverse port that C has set on B, e.g.--
ssh -L 22223:localhost:22223 deh@$BIP -p 41572

With this connection, A can then initiate a connections to C.
On A get a terminal on C in one step--
ssh -p 22223 deh@localhost

On A transfer a directory with files to C, e.g.--
rsync -ruav -e 'ssh -p 22223' /home/deh/datafiles deh@localhost:/home/deh

If wants C to access A, C sets up a forward port connection to B using the reverse port A set on B, e.g.--
ssh -L 22221:localhost:22221 deh@$BIP -p 41572

C then can ssh to A in one step such ssh, rsync, etc.
ssh -p 22221 deh@localhost

A: I believe my solution would be relevant as well.
Synopsis: Copy a file/files between two servers that are not connected directly
Variables:
Machine A cannot directly connect to C and vice-versa. Machine B has access to A and C.
Diagram: A ---->B_SSH-TUNNEL_B---> C

*

*A - Source machine

*B - Local machine

*C - Destination machine

Solution:
# Map serverB's 5001 port > serverC:22
username@serverB:~$ ssh -L 5001:localhost:22 serverC

# Create a reverse proxy which would link remote serverA:5000 to serverB 5001
username@serverB:~$ ssh -R 5000:localhost:5001 serverA

# From remote host serverA execute the following command to push file to serverC:
username@serverA:~$ rsync -azvh -e 'ssh -p 5000' /home/username/file1  username@localhost:/home/username/

To avoid password requests we could forward SSH agent by passing -A option to the ssh command
-A      Enables forwarding of the authentication agent connection.


This is a Special Edition to commemorate the first World War, all the research has been done by Loftus Family History Group over many months. They have been able to find information on most but not quite all of the brave men who gave their lives for King and Country who's names are on the War Memorial.
The water fountain has also been painstakingly restored to a very high standard by people who have worked so hard to get funding and find skilled workmen to carry the restoration work out.


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Great Post. Exactly what I wanted to say for the longest.
I LOVE this so much! Very well said, Sean!


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Despite earlier assurances, the locomotives ultimately did not pass mechanical inspection by one of four interchanging railroads involved and this defect was not noted in prior inspections. Ultimately, the work to bring the locomotives into compliance cannot be completed in time to permit delivery to Chicago.
We're sorry for any incovenience this may cause and are no doubt disappointed that plans did not materialize despite months of behind-the-scenes work and support from the various railroads involved.
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Lophostoma schulzi () è un pipistrello della famiglia dei Fillostomidi diffuso nell'America meridionale.

Descrizione

Dimensioni
Pipistrello di piccole dimensioni, con la lunghezza totale tra 76 e 80 mm, la lunghezza dell'avambraccio tra 42 e 45 mm, la lunghezza della coda tra 7 e 15 mm e un peso fino a 19,9 g.

Aspetto
La pelliccia è lunga e soffice. Le parti dorsali sono grigio scuro, mentre le parti ventrali variano dal grigio-brunastro al grigio-olivastro. Il muso è privo di peli, la foglia nasale è lanceolata, con la porzione anteriore completamente fusa al labbro superiore. Sul mento è presente un solco mediano contornato da file di piccole verruche. Le orecchie sono grandi, arrotondate e unite anteriormente alla base da una membrana. Il trago ha una proiezione prominente sul bordo anteriore. L'avambraccio, le ossa alari, le zampe, le orecchie e la foglia nasale sono ricoperte di piccole escrescenze verrucose. La coda è corta ed inclusa completamente nell'ampio uropatagio. Il calcar è lungo. Il cariotipo è 2n=28 FNa=36.

Biologia

Alimentazione
Si nutre di insetti.

Riproduzione
Una femmina gravida con un piccolo è stata catturata nella Guyana francese nel mese di agosto.

Distribuzione e habitat
Questa specie è diffusa in Guyana, Suriname, Guyana francese e negli stati brasiliani settentrionali di Pará e Amazonas.

Vive nelle foreste pluviali dense, di pianura e indisturbate.

Stato di conservazione
La IUCN Red List, considerato l'areale relativamente vasto all'interno dello scudo della Guyana, classifica L.schulzi come specie a rischio minimo (LC).

Note

Bibliografia
 Nelio R.dos Reis & al., Morcegos do Brasil, Londrina, 2007. ISBN 978-85-906395-1-0
 Alfred L. Gardner, Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats, University Of Chicago Press, 2008. ISBN 9780226282404

Altri progetti

Microchirotteri

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Does July's U.S. jobs report bolster the odds of another big Fed rate hike?
On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Chief Investment Strategist Erik Ristuben discussed the U.S. July jobs report, the latest rate hike by the Bank of England (BoE) and results from second-quarter earnings season.
Strong U.S. jobs report boosts case for large September rate increase
On 5 August, the U.S. Department of Labour released the nonfarm payrolls report for July, which showed that the nation added 528,000 jobs last month - more than double consensus expectations for a gain of 250,000, Ristuben said.
"This was a very strong number - in fact, July's job gains were the most since February. This really puts the idea that the U.S. job market is cooling and inflationary forces are dwindling in serious jeopardy," he stated. Ristuben noted that wage growth also came in hotter than expected, with average hourly wages in July rising 0.5% from June, compared to expectations for a 0.3% increase. On a year-over-year basis, wages climbed by 5.2% in July, topping consensus estimates of 4.9%, he added.
Ristuben said that ultimately, the July jobs report strengthens the case for another jumbo-sized rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) at its 20-21 September meeting. "In my opinion, the Fed will probably lift rates by 75 basis points (bps) again in September, unless something dramatic happens between now and then," he stated. There are only three major economic data releases before the next Fed meeting, Ristuben noted: the July and August consumer price index (CPI) reports and the August employment report.
He added that in the wake of July's red-hot jobs numbers, the U.S. Treasury yield-curve inversion steepened, with investors selling shorter-dated bonds in favour of longer-dated bonds. "What's good news for the economy is often bad news for markets - and with these latest moves, the bond market is essentially saying that the odds of Fed tightening leading to a recession have gone up," Ristuben remarked.
BoE doubles down on inflation fight with 50-bps rate hike
Shifting to Europe, Ristuben noted that on 4 August, the BoE announced its largest rate increase since 1995, raising borrowing costs by 50 bps. The rate hike, the UK central bank's sixth in a row, takes the base rate to 1.75%, he remarked.
Ristuben said that the magnitude of the rate increase demonstrates just how serious the BoE is about squashing inflation, which hit a 40-year high of 9.4% in June. "Not only did the central bank lift interest rates by 0.5%, but it did so while predicting that the UK is about to slip into a long recession, beginning in the fourth quarter of this year," he stated. BoE officials are forecasting that the next UK recession will last for five straight quarters, or through the end of 2023, Ristuben explained.
"The BoE's latest move shows that, above all else, the central bank wants inflation extinguished, as its long-term effects can be much more significant than those caused by a recession. If inflation becomes entrenched in the economy, it can cause some real structural damage," he stated. Ristuben noted that the BoE's views on inflation are in alignment with most other major central banks, including the Fed, which has signalled it will fight inflation at all costs, even if a recession ensues.
He added that inflationary pressures in the UK have been further exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war, which has sent energy costs in the region soaring. "The energy crisis in Europe has become one of the key contributing factors to UK and European inflation, and the ongoing uncertainty around this probably places Europe closer to a recession than the U.S.," Ristuben remarked.
Is Q2 earnings season fuelling the rally in markets?
Transitioning to markets, Ristuben noted that major benchmarks have rallied considerably off their mid-June lows, with the MSCI All-Country World Index up approximately 10% since then, while the benchmark S&P 500® Index has risen roughly 14% in the same timeframe.
In his opinion, the bear market rally can be attributed to a few key factors, including U.S. second-quarter earnings. A little more than half of S&P 500 companies have reported results so far, and the numbers have largely been better than excepted, Ristuben said, characterising Q2 earnings as reasonably good.
Right now, the blended earnings growth rate for the second quarter is around 6%, versus consensus expectations heading into the reporting season of about 4%, he explained. "Simply put, we're not seeing devastation in corporate earnings yet, and I think this is giving the market some comfort," Ristuben observed.
He added that some of the rebound may also be due to the fact that nothing truly terrible happened to the U.S. economy during July, despite consumer sentiment hitting all-time lows in June. "Oddly enough, the fact that a worst-case scenario for the nation's economy didn't materialize in July has probably helped contribute to some of the rally," Ristuben concluded.
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Despair is giving you false hope.
1. Cut back to the boundary everything that encroaches over your side.
2. Negotiate a resolution with the school.
The planning condition in relation to the landscaping scheme has expired. The reasoning that it should be maintained to the satisfaction of the Council relates to the bit in the condition requiring replacement planting if plants die etc. Furthermore, the word 'maintained' is part of the reasoning, not the condition which would have been the enforceable bit. The advisory about common boundaries is just that, an advisory, is not enforceable, and relates to common boundaries, which in any event are nothing to do with your problem, which is planting on the school side of the boundary, common or otherwise.
The school, as can you and your neighbours, plant what you/they like on your repective land, even right up to the boundary. You have the right to cut encroaching branches and roots back to the boundary. Other than that, negotiating, maybe through your Councillor, is the only way, even if that means helping to pay for the work to ease the way.
Hi To, thank you for your time and advise, it is much appreciated.
Trying to get a resolution via a 24 year old planning permission is a wild goose chase, as is everything else on the evidence we have. Even if the development wasn't in accordance with the permission the time for enforcement has long since past. And there's nothing in the decision that would have helped in the first place anyway.
I know it's not what you want to hear, but that's the truth of the matter.
Schools are cash-strapped so offering to help, maybe dressed up as creating a woodland/outdoor classroom involving the little cherub, may work, it may not. But get some proper advice, not internet advice, and pursue it in a positive manner by demonstrating the benefits of managing and using the space well. There's plenty doing it.
Your explanation re the planning conditions made me realise that there is nothing we can do about the trees. I am very disappointed, my neighbours are too, but at least we can put that issue to rest now. Thank you for your help.
The first research papers (2006) shocked me deeply. I am now aware that living in such close proximity to these Silver Birch trees exposes me to a high risk of Pollinosis. I am also informed by this research paper that exposure to birch pollen has implications for babies and young children also.
My second saved link is to an article in 'Allergy Today' (2016). I found this easy to read and very informative. It focused on trees and explained the key positive and negative impacts of pollen in the modern cities.
The third link (2018) involved scrolling down a bit until the appearance of the book; "Urban Green Zones and Related Pollen Allergy" appeared. The authors' analysis highlights the clear need for guidelines regarding the design and planning of urban green spaces with a low allergy impact.
I've read so much about trees over the last couple of days I don't know whether I'm coming or going. I would be very interested to hear other people's opinion on the 'risk v benefit' re trees.
European Aerobiology Society (EAS) President Dr. Michel Thibaudon said: "Highly allergenic trees are planted close to people's houses and schools, because pollen emissions and their interaction with human activities are not taken into account when planning. We need to systematically collect this data to take informed decisions to protect our health from pollen emissions".
The choices you have remain; trim to the boundary, badger the school into doing something, try and work with the school to get relief. If option 1 was a goer you'd have done it, so that's out of the window. Option 2 isn't working and won't because schools have little enough money to spend on educating children and can't waste it on unnecessary stuff, so that's out of the window. Option 3 may or may not work, but you will have to engage with the school in a positive manner.
There has been an awful lot of research undertaken on trees and pollen. Some trees appear to be more allergenic than others, but how many people do you know who are severley allergic to tree pollen. In all the years that human beings have lived with trees how many have died from a tree pollen allergy.
I appreciate that you want the trees removed, but they're not under your control, trying to bully the school into doing your bidding using information which just doesn't stack up in your favour isn't working or going to work.
You can do what you're entitled to and get some relief. You can dig your heels in and demand the school does your bidding on the basis of irrelevant information and get nowhere, or you can try and work positively with the school to achieve your aims.
There are always cost/benefits to everything, not just trees. That's why thousands are killed and seriously injured on the roads each year and many thousands die as a result of vehicle pollution, But you continue to drive because the benefits of using a car outweigh the harm.
The Health and Safety Executive have put a price on a human life. If it costs more than that to save a life it's not worth it.
If Railtrack were to install a failsafe system to stop trains running red lights why don't they. Lives would be saved. But if the cost of the system is £200 million and it saves 5 lives a year, a life being worth £2 million, over it's 10 year operational life the system would save 50 lives with a total value of £100 million. The cost was £200million the benefits £100 million. The cost outweighs the benefit, but tell that to the families of the deceased. Or that the value of their dead relative was just a number, £2 million.
That's how cost/benefit works. Some loose so that most win.
Apply that to your trees.
£2 million is the HSE's current Value of a Statistical Life.
Your post doesn't make sense. A lack of punctuation, syntax and grammar are the issues.
Do you own a red pen and some star stickers by any chance?
I agree with Despair, the law should be changed so that the tree owner is compelled to remove any overhanging branches. Strange that Councils are very quick to write to people with overhanging branches asking that they must be removed otherwise the council will undertake the work and seek costs from the tree owner.
The best bet is to let them know that the problem and your campaign is not going away; do involve your local councillors and perhaps seek sympathy and publicity from the local press/radio, also speak to your local Citizens Advice Bureaux.
I own pens every colour of the rainbow, and I have more stars than there are in the universe.
Mounting a campaign isn' working. The press if they are interested won't be for long, and eventually the school will just stop engaging with the neighbours.
Councils can only charge tree owners for removing overhanging branches where they have a lawful right to do so. E.g where tree owners are committing a criminal offence by allowing their vegetation to obstruct the highway.
Changing the law so that tree owners are compelled to cut back overhanging branches isn't going to happen anytime soon, if at all.
There remain three options; the neighbours cut back to the boundary, the neighbours aren't prepared to do this. Campaign to get the school to cut back the trees, this isn't working. Work with the school in a positive manner to achieve your aims.
What advice do you think Citizens Advice, or any solicitor will give that will help.
You are correct. I was involved in safety at the time of the Ladbrook Grove disaster albeit on the military aircraft side.
We managed to get hold of all the reports. The reason that the trains did not have ATP (Automatic Train Protection) which would have prevented it was because of the result of the cost/benefit analysis.
Off topic, I know but anyone interested in railway safety systems, or rather the failures thereof, should read "Red for Danger" by L. T. C. Rolt . A facinating read, dealing with U.K. railway disasters through history. You would rather walk after reading it!
I do not presume to know, it was just my thoughts in hoping to help someone with a problem. I have found both sources of legal information helpful to me.
You give your advice, I give mine; it is up to the OP which (if any) advice they consider helpful.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't TO a Tree Officer? Assuming that is correct, why would you need to look beyond any advice he/she chooses to proffer on this subject? Both practical and legal.


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SYDNEY: Blue Star Line chairman Clive Palmer announced today the appointment of Clive Mensink to the position of European director of the Titanic II project.
Based in Blue Star Line's London office, Mr Mensink will be responsible for commercial negotiations, recruitment and training for Titanic II which will be put into service on the London to New York route across the Atlantic.
Mr Palmer said Mr Mensink offered extensive experience directing major projects.
He was involved in the inaugural wave testing of Titanic II when the concept was first launched in 2012. As managing director of Queensland Nickel, he increased cost efficiencies by 50% after taking over from BHP in 2009, preserving the livelihoods of thousands of workers up to 2015.
"Mr Mensink is the perfect candidate to deliver a world class experience with Titanic II,'' Mr Palmer said.
"Backed by the extensive resources, he has my full endorsement to bring this unique project to fruition, generating unprecedented international exposure and public interest."
Mr Palmer said Mr Mensink had not returned to Australia in relation to matters brought against QNI due to a refusal by the special purpose liquidators to meet his travel expenses.
"He has always been available for any actions required by the liquidators. They have always known where he is,'' Mr Palmer said.
"I caught up with Mr Mensink in Bulgaria recently and he is most excited about this opportunity.
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Q: setInterval() method behaves strangely I have a page with chronometers. I want to update them all in .each() cycle within setInterval() method on every second to animate chronometer. Everything works except that time representation don't get updated.

$(document).ready(function() {
  setInterval(function() {
    $(".chronometer").each(function() {
      var time = parseInt($(this).find("#time").val()) + 1000;
      $(this).html(renderTime(time) + "<input type='hidden' id='time' value='" + time + "'>");
    })
  }, 1000);
});

function renderTime(start) {
  var now = moment().unix() * 1000;
  var duration = moment.duration(now - start).asMilliseconds();
  return humanize(duration);
}

function humanize(ms) {
  days = Math.floor(ms / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
  daysms = ms % (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
  hours = Math.floor((daysms) / (60 * 60 * 1000));
  hoursms = ms % (60 * 60 * 1000);
  minutes = Math.floor((hoursms) / (60 * 1000));
  minutesms = ms % (60 * 1000);
  seconds = Math.floor((minutesms) / 1000);
  var rep = days + ":" + hours + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds;
  return rep;
}

  <input type='hidden' id='time' value='" + full.startDate + "'>

In debug mode I see that time get updated + 1000, but the result from renderTime(time) function get updated only once. The strange thing for me here is that when i put some breakpoint and go through all steps it get updated but if i stop debugging it isn't, just time input continue incrementing.
I'm sure is some fundamental mistake but i really need to find where it is.

A: It seems that you are mixing code from different scripts, there is code to increase the time in the hidden field, and there is code to calculate the time relative to a start time.
You only need one of those, so I commented out the calculation from a start time, as there is no start time set.
You should use a class instead of an id for the hidden field, as you supposedly plan to have multiple chronometers in the page (based on that you are looping them). Using duplicate id:s seems to work at least in some browsers when you scope it like you do, but duplicate id:s generally don't work well at all.
I put an actual value in the hidden field for now, instead of the " + full.startDate + ", that I guess comes from some server code generating the HTML code.

$(document).ready(function() {
  setInterval(function() {
    $(".chronometer").each(function() {
      var time = parseInt($(this).find(".time").val()) + 1000;
      $(this).html(renderTime(time) + "<input type='hidden' class='time' value='" + time + "'>");
    })
  }, 1000);
});

function renderTime(time) {
  //var now = moment().unix() * 1000;
  //var duration = moment.duration(now - start).asMilliseconds();
  return humanize(time);
}

function humanize(ms) {
  days = Math.floor(ms / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
  daysms = ms % (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
  hours = Math.floor((daysms) / (60 * 60 * 1000));
  hoursms = ms % (60 * 60 * 1000);
  minutes = Math.floor((hoursms) / (60 * 1000));
  minutesms = ms % (60 * 1000);
  seconds = Math.floor((minutesms) / 1000);
  var rep = days + ":" + hours + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds;
  return rep;
}

  <input type='hidden' class='time' value='0'>

  <input type='hidden' class='time' value='1000'>

  <input type='hidden' class='time' value='2000'>

A: Here is the working example.

$(document).ready(function () {
    setInterval(function () {
      var time = parseInt($("#time").val()) + 1000;
      $(".chronometer").html(renderTime(time));
      $("#time").val(time);
    }, 1000);
});

function renderTime(start) {
    var now = moment().unix();
    var duration = moment.duration(now - start).asMilliseconds();
    return humanize(duration);
}

function humanize(ms) {
    days = Math.floor(ms / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
    daysms = ms % (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
    hours = Math.floor((daysms) / (60 * 60 * 1000));
    hoursms = ms % (60 * 60 * 1000);
    minutes = Math.floor((hoursms) / (60 * 1000));
    minutesms = ms % (60 * 1000);
    seconds = Math.floor((minutesms) / 1000);
    var rep = days + ":" + hours + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds;
    return rep;
}

<input type='hidden' id='time' value='0'>

A: Working code if needed
setInterval(function() {
   $(".chronometer").each(function(){
      var time = parseInt($(this).children(".time").val()) + 1000;
      $(this).html(humanize(time) + "<input type='hidden' class='time' value='" + time + "'>");
   })}
, 1000 );
function calculatePastTime(start) {
var now = new Date().getTime();
var pastTime = now - start;
return pastTime;
}
function humanize(ms) {
days = Math.floor(ms / (24*60*60*1000));
daysms=ms % (24*60*60*1000);
hours = Math.floor((daysms)/(60*60*1000));
hoursms=ms % (60*60*1000);
minutes = Math.floor((hoursms)/(60*1000));
minutesms=ms%(60*1000);
seconds = Math.floor((minutesms)/1000);
var rep = days+":"+hours+":"+minutes+":" + seconds;
return rep;
}

And HTML :

<input type='hidden' class='time' value='" + calculatePastTime(object.startDate) + "'>

Everything is in timestamp.


I have not used Paypal before; however, I need to use it to send money now. I have heard that Paypal shows your real name and address when you send money.
How can I stop that, so that I can send money without giving the recipient my real private information? I have heard that business accounts can use a "business name" instead of a personal name; could I just make a business account (even though I don't have a business) and use it as a personal account without repercussions?
I have 2 PayPal accounts for this purpose (with different email addresses).
The first account is tied to my real email address, and has my real name, phone and home address associated with it. This account is also connected to my bank account and credit cards.
For riskier transactions where I don't need physical delivery (or will accept delivery to my local post-office in cases where I don't trust the seller with my personal details) I use my secondary account, which has a secondary email address of mine, and a fake name and with a fake address, it is not connected to any external accounts.
To send or receive money "anonymously" I first send money from my real account to my fake account (inter-account transfers are free with PayPal), and then send the money to the seller from the fake account.
This is in violation of PayPal's terms of service, but I've been using this system for the past 5+ years without any issues.
Yes, you can create a PayPal business account without having formalized a business with government filings and whatnot.
At its simplest terms, "having a business" is simply "doing business as" (D/B/A) a trade name. You can use the address of a Private Mail Box such as those provided at the UPS Store.
Ask any kid with a lemonade stand or a box of Girl Scout cookies - you only need to engage in government formalities like registering an LLC or getting a tax EIN when you cross certain thresholds of activity, and paying for things is generally not it.
Also, some of businesses, for some relationships, will require the business formalities like an EIN, which in turn will require creating a trade name and registering it with the state. For instance if you set up a traditional credit card merchant account, they'll probably want that.
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Belt and Road vs. China and the World: Perspectives of the Chinese
Posted by Robert Guang Tian on March 21, 2021 at 4:45pm
Foreword 1 by Russell Belk
The Belt and Road Initiative is a project of such historical, cultural, geographic, economic, and strategic significance that it is impossible to describe and analyze in a single volume thoroughly. This book makes no pretense of doing that. As the subtitle suggests, it presents a Chinese perspective by a scholar whose life has been spent between China, the United States, and Canada. Together with his anthropological credentials, this places Robert Tian in a unique position to clarify the Chinese government's and Chinese people's perspectives on this grand project. His collaboration with Chen Gang deepens and magnifies the Chinese perspective.
The oft-made comparison to the Marshall Plan implemented by the U.S. after World War II is useful, despite the many differences between the two initiatives as outlined by Tian and Chen and as discussed by Alf Walle in his Forward. Both were or are planned by rising world powers to solidify allegiances with nation-states that could assure their ultimate power and security. But whereas the U.S. was seeking to reanimate the well-developed if war-ravished states of Western Europe, the Chinese are seeking to animate the less-developed if war-torn states of Africa, the Middle East, parts of Europe, and parts of Asia. Moreover, the cultures of the countries touched by the Belt and Road are vastly different not only from China but also from each other. However, the realignment of regional loyalties due to financial and political entanglements is similar to the obligations the U.S. sought to build with Western Europe in its Cold War with the Soviet Union and its satellite states in Eastern Europe, Asia, and Cuba.
Perhaps a more apt analogy than the Marshall Plan might be the spread of European colonialism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In these more aggressive forays, European states launched initiatives into Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia in an effort that was, in some cases, nearly as exploitative as slavery – an institution with which it overlapped. The Chinese B&R initiative is not aggressive or religious as were most European colonialist exploits, and it does not attempt to take control of any of the nations involved. As Tian and Chen rightly emphasize, it uses soft power and digital, monetary, and commercial means to extend its influence. But make no mistake, the B&R is not motivated by pure altruism. This great initiative is shaping the future world order at a time when it appears that the U.S. and China are on the brink of entering a Cold War.
Interesting comparisons might be made between the B&R initiative and the way China is dealing with cultural and political conflicts within Asia. This includes its dealings with Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, the South China Seas, Taiwan, and India. Soft power only goes so far. Military, police, internment/re-education, investment, Han settlers, diplomacy, propaganda, surveillance, and industrial development are all among the techniques used in these cases. There is some overlap with the techniques used in the B&R, especially investment, diplomacy, industrial development, and propaganda. But it is not far-fetched to wonder whether others of these techniques may be employed in the future.
This may sound like a more Western perspective than the Chinese Perspective delivered so well here. It is also speculative about how the battle for global dominance may play out with an ascendant China and a declining America. Still, I think it appropriately raises a more aggressive possible future scenario than seen in some parts of the book. For instance, the book states that:
The goal of the socialist market economy is to ensure that the country is prosperous, and the people are well-off and healthy with better rights and interests, and that all Chinese people live in a safe and beautiful countryside.
Except for better rights and interests, I do not doubt that this is true, if for no other reason than that these conditions are necessary for political stability within China. But what I am trying to suggest is that in order to achieve these goals for China and Chinese people, it may be necessary to compromise on achieving some of these goals for those in countries through which the Belt and Road and Maritime Silk Road initiatives pass.
Much is at stake here. These initiatives involve more than 60 countries and two-thirds of the world's population. They also affect the health of the Chinese economy. And the Belt and Road and Maritime Silk Road initiatives can potentially create an economic boom in all parts of the world. The global financial crisis of 2008 and the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 have been barriers to their progress, but not insurmountable roadblocks. Indebted both economically and morally, the nations directly affected will tell the tale. Can the B&R tide lift all ships? Could it sink some ships? We shall see. The ideas discussed here offer some insights.
Tags: one belt one road
Robert Guang Tian March 21, 2021 at 4:46pm
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19-year-old Santel Crumpton is charged with robbery, reckless endangerment, eluding arrest, and probation violation.
Around 2:17 am police arrived at the 500 block of Mohawk Street. A woman claims she was standing in the street when a car drove by. The victim shined a light at the car and the occupants got out.
The victim told police a man from that car hit her in the face, took her purse, and drove away.
Police say the woman was treated on the scene and is OK.
Police later located and arrested Crumpton for his involvement in the robbery.
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PP%
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Blue 2 0 3 5 18 0 1 0.0 0 Loss
Red 4 2 0 6 17 0 0 0 100.0 Win
8 Alex Pitts Forward 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Bryce Smith Forward 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
85 Erin Gordon Forward 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Luke Hoban (A) Defense 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Greg Smith Goalie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 4 4.80 8 .66666 0 1
11 AJ Rinker Forward 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lea Donaghy Forward 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Scavito Defense 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
84 Patrick Hilferty Goalie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 12.00 3 .600 0 0
Total 9 5 1 6 2 0 1 18 3 60 6 16.8 11 1.26666 0 1
18 Jake Saxton (A) Forward 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 Liam Miller (C) Forward 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Peter Henkel Forward 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Michele Boardman Defense 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Anthony Damico Forward, Goalie 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 2 4.00 6 .750 1 0
2 Michael Presloid Goalie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 3 6.00 7 .700 0 0
10 Caitlin Dontonville Forward 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Lauren Shipman Defense 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 8 6 3 9 0 0 0 17 7 60 5 10 13 1.45 1 0
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A wet and dreary day was brightened up with a Powerplay hockey game at Bonner-Prendergast High School on Saturday, March 14th. Although it was a little chilly in the gym, both teams were eager to warm up and start the game. In the first couple of minutes, Blue jumped out to an early lead with two laser beam goals from center Alex Pitts. But Red quickly answered with a couple goals of their own from forwards Jake Saxton and Liam Miller. By the end of the first period, Red held a two-goal lead.
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Q: Determine if game has been de-compiled/altered I'm looking for Unity function to determine if my game has been de-compiled/ recompiled or modified in any way.

A: Yes, there is a Unity function for this but it can still be circumvented.
This can be done with Application.genuine which returns false when the application is altered in any way after it was built.
if (Application.genuineCheckAvailable)
{
    if (Application.genuine)
    {
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    }
}

The problem is that if the person is smart enough to de-compile, modify and compile the game, he/she can also remove the check above so the check above becomes useless. Any type of program genuinity or authenticity check can be removed as long as it is running on the player's machine.

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You can make it harder to be circumvented by doing the following:
1.Go to File --> Build Settings... then select your platform.
2.Click on Player Settings --> Other Settings and then change the Scripting Backend from Mono to IL2CPP(C++).
This will make it harder to circumvent that but it is still possible to be circumvented.

A: TL;DR: Thats frankly not possible.
You can never determine whether your program was decompiled, because there exists no measure to determine whether that happened. And every executable can be disassembled into at least assembler even if you scramble and screw up your data. You can make it hard to understand your source code though using obfuscating software. The ultimate obfuscator would be the M/o/Vuscator, which changes all assembler commands into mov instructions, which make it a pain in the butt to understand anything. But it also is slow as heck and probably not what you want (btw. this works because the mov-instruction is touring-complete in the x86 Instruction set. There is a great talk about it here). When you follow this trend further down the rabbit hole you can also use the exact same assembler code (around 10-20ish instructions) to create all programms possible which will make it impossible to get to your source code by simply disassembling your code.
Staying in the realm of the possible though: No, you are not able to prevent people from disassembling or decompiling your code. But you can make it harder (not impossible) to understand.
Detecting a change in the executable is on the possible side, though. Altough probably not feasible for you.
The main problem beeing that any code you build into the app to detect changes can be patched away. So you'll need to prevent that. But there is no practicall way of preventing that...
If you try to detect changes in your app by using a signature of the original and compare that to the actual signature for example, you can just exclude that check in the recompiled version. You can try to verify the signature against a server, but that can still be circumvented by removing the server check. You can force a server check for multiplayer games, but then we'll just use a fake signature. If you then want to calculate the signature on your server to prevent tampering, we'll just give you the original file and run the recompiled one.
There is one way (altough not feasible as mentioned above) to actually absolutely protect parts of your code against decompiling. The mechanism is called "BlurryBox" and was developed at KIT in germany. As I can't seem to find a proper document as a reference, here is what it does to archieve this.
The mechanism uses a stick with an encrypted storage and a microcontroller to do encryption. You put the parts of your code you want to protect (something that is called regularly, is necessary but not that time critical) into the encrypted storage. As it is impossible to retrieve the key [citation needed], you cannot access the code. The microcontroller then takes commands from your programm to call one of the encrypted functions in the storage with given parameters and to return the result. Because it is not possible to read the code you need to analyze its behaviour. Here comes the "Blurry" part of the box. Each function you store needs to have a small and well defined set of allowed parameters. Every other set of parameters leads into a trap that kills your device. As the attacker has no specs as to what the valid parameters are, this method gives you profable security against tampering with the code (as they state). There might be some mistakes on how this exactly works though as I'm writing this down from my memory.
You could try mimicking that behaviour with a server you control (code on the server and IP bans for trying to understand the code)


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NHL News : Former NHLer John Scott almost died on Sunday in fluke incident!
Former NHLer John Scott almost died on Sunday in fluke incident!
"I'm glad I'm still alive," he says.
We all know the National Hockey League isn't the same without John Scott, and the world would be as well if he weren't around anymore - especially for his wife and five beautiful daughters.
It almost happened on Sunday, when Scott was involved in a fluke incident, as he revealed on his Instagram account and later explained to Chris Kuc of The Athletic.
It was a sunny day on Sunday and Scott wanted to clear the snow off Cedar Lake situated off his backyard in Traverse City, Mich. He and the girls were planning to have fun on the ice, and an ice fisherman was set up in the near-distance. It seemed perfectly safe for Scott to clear the snow: he had walked on the lake the previous week to check it out and everything seemed fine that morning.
Scott knows when and how to have a good time as he did throughout his NHL career with the Wild, Blackhawks, Rangers, Sabres, Sharks, Coyotes and Canadiens from 2008-16. And we all remember how much fun it was for him when he was voted into the 2016 NHL All-Star Game by fans and went on to win MVP of the game.
However, on Sunday it wasn't fun - it was another F word: fear that Scott felt as he suddenly found himself in a life-or-death situation.
Scott explained to Kuc that he lost his shoe and a shovel as he attempted to get him out of the frigid water, in which he was soaking into for about a minute. He finally made it out and headed back home to his wife and daughters, soaking wet.
Scott went back on Monday to the broken ice spot and showed his wife Danielle, twins daughters Estelle and Sofia, and older daughters, Eva and Gabriella and Instagram followers where the incident had taken place.
Since the incident, Scott and the family have decided not to clear the ice and take the year off.
"I'm glad I'm still alive," he said.


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And the Giveaway ends! - Divassence!
Like they say, all good things come to an end and Divassence's 1st giveaway has now officially ended (although unofficially there are umpteen entries to be posted in the next week!) and the response was way better than i expected it to be!
Thank you all for making the giveaway a grand success!
Our 2nd giveaway will be on when Divassence reaches 150 followers or completes 6 months whichever comes first and it will be open internationally! Lots of exciting products lined up for you guys to be won! Writing articles will be a standard rule but there will be a twist to that rule! So watch out this space for more!
Winners will be announced after all the articles sent for the giveaway has been posted and that should happen sometime next week!
Between both the giveaways there will be a blog sale on Divassence! Also the blog is getting a major makeover! So a lot of exciting things are in store for you!
P.S: The feedback on the blog was very interesting to read. There were a few suggestions which i found to be very interesting and so i would like to consult the readers regarding this before I decide on whether to implement them or not. So should I put a poll regarding this one or do a separate post on it? Which would you prefer?
You may also like reading: MakeUp My Passion's Giveaway!
n yeyy to Blog sale 🙂 wil u open a shop or smthng?
Congrats on the completion of your giveaway successfuly :). I too think a poll will be better.
@Kanika and Shruthi: ok then poll it is!
yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 😡 😡 deepsi u cn put up a poll ;)) hwsss u ?
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O templo Guangxiao (光孝寺) é um dos mais antigos templos budistas de Cantão, a capital da província de Cantão, na China. Devido a sua localização estratégica, o templo serviu frequentemente no passado como local de parada para missionários budistas da Ásia. Também exerceu um papel importante na difusão de várias escolas do budismo, como ritsu, zen, shingon e Terra Pura. No templo, Huineng, o sexto patriarca do zen, proferiu seu primeiro sermão e foi tonsurado, e Amoghavajra, um mestre shingon, proferiu seu primeiro ensinamento de budismo esotérico. Muitas escrituras budistas foram traduzidas no templo, inclusive as traduzidas por Yijing, e o Shurangama-sūtra, traduzido por Paramitiin (般剌密諦).

História

Dinastia Han
Guangxiao se originou a partir da residência de Zhao Jiande, o rei de Nanyue, cuja usurpação fez com que o imperador Wu de Han (206 a.C. – 8) invadisse e anexasse a área. Durante os Três Reinos, o oficial de Wu Oriental e acadêmico Yu Fan foi banido e condenado a viver na residência. Depois que Yu Fan morreu em 233, sua família doou a propriedade, que passou a constituir o templo Zhizhi. Ele foi renomeado repetidas vezes: templo Wangyuanchaoyan, templo Wangyuan, templo Qianmingfaxing, templo Chongningwanshou e templo Baoenguangxiaochan.

Entre os séculos IV e X, muitos monges do sul da Ásia (especialmente da Índia) e da China continental visitaram o templo. Esse foi o período áureo do templo. Nos séculos seguintes, alguns monges chineses famosos viveram ou visitaram o templo para propagar o budismo, como Danxia Tianran (丹霞天然) e Yangshan Huiji.

Dinastia Ming
Em 1482, o imperador Chenghua, da dinastia Ming, renomeou o templo como Guangxiao, e gravou pessoalmente o novo nome numa estela. Desde então, o templo manteve esse nome.

Dinastia Qing
No século XVII, o templo entrou em declínio, embora tenha sido restaurado em diversas ocasiões.

China moderna
Nos últimos dois séculos, o tempo foi atingido pelos movimentos "Requisição de propriedade de templo para promover educação" (廟產興學; 1898–1931) e a Revolução Cultural Chinesa (1966–1976). Durante esse período, grande parte do templo foi destruído ou ocupado para uso secular.

Na década de 1980, o templo foi reocupado por monges budistas. Desde então, muitos de seus saguões principais foram reconstruídos, como o salão de Mahavira, o salão de Samghrma e o salão de Ksitigarbha. Também foram erguidos os "pilares do darma" em frente a cada saguão. Um tanque de liberação animal também foi construído nas proximidades. No entanto, o tamanho do templo atual continua sendo bem menor que o tamanho do templo antigo.

Os registros do templo se encontram nos Anais do Templo Guangxiao  (光孝寺志, 1769).

Arquitetura
As construções do mosteiro incluem a Porta da Montanha, Salão dos Quatro Reis Celestiais, Salão de Mahavira, Pagode de Enterramento de Cabelo etc.

Salão de Mahavira
O salão de Mahavira foi construído originalmente em 401, na dinastia Jin do leste (317–420), pelo velho monge Dharmayasas, das Regiões Ocidentais. Reconstruído e renovado em várias dinastias, atualmente possui um comprimento de 35 metros, uma largura de 24 metros e uma altura de treze metros. É o maior e mais grandioso salão da região de Lingnan. A construção é adaptada à alta temperatura e frequentes chuvas do sul da China. Ao invés de paredes de tijolos, a construção é cercada por janelas de madeira gravadas com padrões florais. Algumas janelas são decoradas com conchas translúcidas, que dissipam o calor, ventilam e coletam a luz solar. O salão possui estátuas de  Sakyamuni, Amitaba e Maitreya.

Coluna da Grande Compaixão
A Coluna da Grande Compaixão (大悲幢) fica em frente ao Salão de Mahavira. Ela foi construída em 826 durante o reinado do imperador Jingzong da dinastia Tang (618–907). Possui mais de dois metros de altura e é feita de mármore verde. De formato octogonal, possui um estilo elegante, com uma marquise em formato de cogumelo no alto e um relevo de Hércules na base. No corpo, está inscrito o Mantra da Grande Compaixão em sânscrito e em língua chinesa.

Pagode do Enterramento de Cabelo
Abaixo da Árvore Bodhi atrás do Salão de Mahavira, existe o Pagode de Enterramento de Cabelo (瘗髪塔). Em 676, durante a era Yifeng (676–679) na dinastia Tang (618–907), o mestre Huineng cortou seu cabelo e recebeu a ordenação de monge. O abade Yinzong (印宗) cortou seu cabelo aqui e construiu um pagode para comemorar isso. De formato octogonal e com 7,8 metros de altura, possui sete andares com oito nichos cada um.

Torre Leste e Torre Oeste
Dois pagodes de ferro foram erguidos atrás do Salão de Mahavira. São as mais antigas torres de ferro que existem atualmente na China. Construída em 963 durante a dinastia Han do sul (907–960), a Torre Oeste original possuía sete andares mas, atualmente, preserva apenas os três andares iniciais.

A Torre Leste foi construída em 967 durante a dinastia Han do Sul (907–960) pelo imperador Liu Chang. De formato quadrado, possui sete andares e altura de 7,69 metros. Possui mais de novecentos exóticos nichos com estátuas de Buda esculpidas no corpo da coluna. Na sua construção, foi coberta com ouro e chamada de Pagode dos Mil Budas Dourados (涂金千佛塔).

Transporte
O templo é acessível a pé a partir da estação Ximenkou do metrô de Cantão.

Templos budistas da China


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Ethics and society review: Ethics reflection as a precondition to research funding
View ORCID ProfileMichael S. Bernstein, View ORCID ProfileMargaret Levi, David Magnus, Betsy A. Rajala, Debra Satz, and Charla Waeiss
aDepartment of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305;
bCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305;
cDepartment of Political Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305;
dDepartment of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305;
eDepartment of Philosophy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
PNAS December 28, 2021 118 (52) e2117261118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2117261118
Michael S. Bernstein
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Margaret Levi
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David Magnus
Betsy A. Rajala
Debra Satz
Charla Waeiss
Contributed by Margaret Levi; received September 20, 2021; accepted November 4, 2021; reviewed by David Danks and Rose McDermott
This article has been updated
Research fields that hold transformative possibilities for improving the human condition also raise risks of negative ethical and societal outcomes. These ethical and societal risks fall outside the purview of most research reviews. We introduce an iterative review process that draws these fields into reflection and mitigation of ethical and societal risks by conditioning access to grant funding on completion of the process. A 1-y evaluation of our approach with an artificial intelligence funding program at our university suggests that this approach is well-received by researchers and positively influenced the design of their research. This process has also generated lists of common risks and mitigation strategies, to provide scaffolding for future processes.
Researchers in areas as diverse as computer science and political science must increasingly navigate the possible risks of their research to society. However, the history of medical experiments on vulnerable individuals influenced many research ethics reviews to focus exclusively on risks to human subjects rather than risks to human society. We describe an Ethics and Society Review board (ESR), which fills this moral gap by facilitating ethical and societal reflection as a requirement to access grant funding: Researchers cannot receive grant funding from participating programs until the researchers complete the ESR process for their proposal. Researchers author an initial statement describing their proposed research's risks to society, subgroups within society, and globally and commit to mitigation strategies for these risks. An interdisciplinary faculty panel iterates with the researchers to refine these risks and mitigation strategies. We describe a mixed-method evaluation of the ESR over 1 y, in partnership with a large artificial intelligence grant program at our university. Surveys and interviews of researchers who interacted with the ESR found 100% (95% CI: 87 to 100%) were willing to continue submitting future projects to the ESR, and 58% (95% CI: 37 to 77%) felt that it had influenced the design of their research project. The ESR panel most commonly identified issues of harms to minority groups, inclusion of diverse stakeholders in the research plan, dual use, and representation in datasets. These principles, paired with possible mitigation strategies, offer scaffolding for future research designs.
societal consequences
↵1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: mlevi{at}stanford.edu.
Author contributions: M.S.B., M.L., D.M., B.A.R., D.S., and C.W. designed research; M.S.B., M.L., B.A.R., and C.W. performed research; M.S.B., B.A.R., and C.W. analyzed data; and M.S.B., M.L., B.A.R., and C.W. wrote the paper.
Reviewers: D.D., University of California San Diego; and R.M., Brown University.
The authors declare no competing interest.
This article contains supporting information online at https://www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.2117261118/-/DCSupplemental.
Anonymized survey, interview, and content analysis data have been deposited in the Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/mv4p6/, https://osf.io/vpq9m/, and https://osf.io/gk2j3/ (42⇓–44). Due to the small number of observations and identifiability of respondents in the raw interview and content analysis data, only the coded data are made available.
January 21, 2022: The byline has been updated.
Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by PNAS.
This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND).
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Michael S. Bernstein, Margaret Levi, David Magnus, Betsy A. Rajala, Debra Satz, Charla Waeiss
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Honda Extends Project Drive-In Campaign Due To Enormous Response
By J. Sperling Reich | October 3, 2013 3:25 am PST
Here is a follow up to our story back in early-September about Honda's Project Drive-In Campaign which was launched this past summer. What began as a way to help five of the roughly 150 outdoor theatres throughout the United States convert to digital projection has wound up being such a hit that Honda has expanded and extended their effort.
More than 2.5 million votes were cast for the 116 participating drive-in theatres that are participating in the fundraiser. Originally voting was scheduled to end on September 9th with winners being announced shortly thereafter. The campaign was so successful that Honda will now push the date back to the end of 2013 hoping to aid as many theatres as possible.
Almost immediately the car manufacturer added four additional drive-ins to the initial five, bringing the total number of cinemas receiving contributions to nine. The addition of the four ozoners (as they are known in the biz) was made possible thanks, in part, by a contribution of two digital projectors from Christie Digital Systems, the company supplying equipment for Project Drive-In.
The nine drive-ins to win the original poll were as follows (in alphabetical order):
99W Drive-In in Newberg, Ore
Cherry Bowl Drive-In in Honor, Mich.
Graham Drive-In in Graham, Texas
McHenry Outdoor Theater in McHenry, Ill.
Monetta Drive-In in Monetta, S.C.
Ocala Drive-In in Ocala, Fla.
Saco Drive-In in Saco, Maine.
Starlite Drive-In in Cadet, Mo.
Stateline Drive-In in Elizabethton, Tenn.
These theatres were notified in the last week of September that they would receive digital projection equipment as part of Project Drive-In. Honda produced a touching video of the winners being notified which can be seen above.
With studios expecting to end distribution of 35mm prints within the next year and film stock presently more difficult to come by, any cinema, drive-in or otherwise, that doesn't convert to digital will be unable to show new releases or be forced to shutter operations. For drive-ins, many of which operate only during summer months and barely break even, the average digital conversion cost of USD $80,000 per screen is out of reach. Receiving assistance from efforts such as Project Drive-In is the only way such theatres can remain open in a digital world.
Upon announcing the original Project Drive-In winners, Alicia Jones, Manager of Honda & Acura Social Marketing at American Honda Motor Company stated:
"The emotional reactions we received from the first five winning drive-ins helped us realize the real world impact Project Drive-In is having on these small businesses and their surrounding communities. With such widespread participation by communities across the nation, we are honored to increase our support of even more drive-in theaters and continue to rally the public to help keep the spirit and experience of drive-ins alive and well for years to come."
When it was made public Honda would keep the Project Drive-In campaign alive until at least the end of the year, Ms. Jones was back to say:
"It's not often that a company gets the opportunity to help preserve an American pastime. It has been an honor and a privilege to bring national and local attention to the fate of drive-ins and to meet the passionate owners of these small businesses. We hope that the #SaveTheDriveIn movement continues in the effort to help keep more drive-ins open for the next generation."
To further the cause, Honda has set up a crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo that presently has 1,204 people pledging nearly USD $50,000 toward a USD $100,000 goal. One of the perks being offered at the USD $50,000 level is a 2014 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite, which makes sense since you wouldn't want to show up to the drive-in you help save without an automobile.
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Tags: Digital Cinema, Drive-Ins, Honda, Project Drive-In


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Now stick two toothpick ends into your orange life savers, then stick the other ends into the sides of your orange with the round side facing down.
Put a little black frosting (or your white frosting) on the back of your candy eyes, then press your eyes on the back of the gumdrops.
Stick a full size toothpick into the bottom of your crab and the stick the end into the top of your cupcake.
We featured these on our Beach Inspired Party Ideas. Pin to Pinterest.
Pair your crab cupcakes with these Giant Squid Cupcakes. Pin to Pinterest.
Also enjoy these Mermaid Party Clam Cookies! Pin to Pinterest.
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