JOHANNESBURG — The rebel takeover of the key Congolese city of Goma has sparked fears for the future of one of Africa's biggest and most war-torn countries.
In the short term, the victory by the M23 rebels could trigger a wave of reprisal attacks on civilians in the city of a million people. Thousands of displaced people, in the chaos of the rebel advance, are fleeing out of Goma or into the city from rural camps.
In the longer term, the rebel victory could destabilize and weaken the fragile government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, opening the door for a foreign carve-up of eastern Congo, a mineral-rich region that has attracted rebels and invaders for many years.
The Rwandan-backed rebels, commanded by indicted war-crimes fugitive Bosco Ntaganda (known as "the Terminator"), walked into Goma almost unopposed on Tuesday after the city was abandoned by Congo's notoriously underpaid and unreliable army.
United Nations peacekeepers, who had deployed helicopters to strafe the rebels with cannons and rockets on Sunday in a futile attempt to slow their advance, appeared to give up and just stood by watching as the rebels took the city. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said it was "absurd" that the 17,000-member UN force was unable to stop a few hundred rebels.
It's the first time since 2003 that rebels have controlled the city. Congolese soldiers were reported to be retreating southward after looting homes in Goma as they left.
The rebels have threatened to advance further in eastern Congo, targeting the major city of Bukavu to the south, which could lead to rebel control of most of eastern Congo.
The capture of Goma has the potential to ignite a broader war between Congo and neighbouring Rwanda, which is believed to be a key source of support for the rebels.


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Commonwealth Bank Matildas v USA at Accor Stadium
A snapshot of what lies ahead for Sydney Olympic Park at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the Commonwealth Bank Matildas v USA international drawing the highest ever attendance for a Matildas game in Australia on Saturday night.
The record 36,109 crowd at the newly-named Accor Stadium was achieved despite drenching rain in Sydney and the fact the event only went on sale three weeks ago.
The number of kids at this major sporting event had to be seen to be believed . . . proving once again what a force the Matildas are in Australian sport.
The result didn't go quite as planned . . . Matildas 0 USA 3 but congratulations to Football Australia, Accor Stadium and the Venues Live team on an amazing event.
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The AMX SVSI N2000 Series utilizes JPEG2000 compression for HD, cinema-grade video distribution on the LAN for applications when video quality is top priority. The NMX-DEC-N2212A Decoder is used to decode streams back to DVI or HDMI format for display on any monitor. Pair with the NMX-ENC-N2121A to encode and distribute sources of almost any format onto an existing IP network making that stream available to any endpoint in the facility. With the ability to direct any source stream to any display, large, low-cost switching and distribution systems are simple to deploy without proprietary cabling or dedicated switching hardware.
The NMX-DEC-N2212A includes Local Play, allowing users to upload and save 8 playlists that can contain up to 64 jpeg or PNG files. When a video stream is lost, the stored images will play, preventing blank displays.
Includes serial and single network port, and AES67 support. Digital video output only.
The NMX-DEC-N2212 is the perfect solution for matrix switching and distribution of HD, cinema-grade quality video over LAN. Common applications include enterprise, house of worship, entertainment, and stadiums.


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Home > Society > No, Mr Ciotti: immigration is an advantage!
Solidarity: 300,000 older people are "socially dead" Inequality still rife with one in five children living in poverty Coal. AXA still isn't doing enough to divest. Grande-Synthe. The Causes of the Fire What if We Talk of Offshoring and its Carbon Footprint? Anastasia: A Destiny Shaped by Machete Strokes and Courage "Now, the refugees live like us, with us" In Henin-Beaumont, the Front National (FN) Looses it's case Against the Parti Communiste Français (PCF) and the Newspaper l'Humanité The State has Forgotten the Miners of 1948 From the street to the town squares, people want a future which does not include the El Khomri law In January 2016, almost 10,000 homeless people phoned 115 without success L'Humanité on the Airwaves
ORIGINAL FRENCH ARTICLE: http://www.humanite.fr/non-m-ciotti...
by Emilien Urbach
No, Mr Ciotti: immigration is an advantage!
Translated Tuesday 18 November 2014, by Katie Gibson
On Thursday 6th November, while the Figaro went to town on the report by UMP member of parliament Éric Ciotti on the "costly downward spiral" of the French asylum system, across the channel, a study underlined quite the opposite, showing the impressive benefit (25 billion euros over 10 years) of immigration.
A team of researchers at the university of Lille have showed that immigrant workers brought 12.4 million euros to the State.
"A shocking report", "an explosive bill...". In the Figaro's headlines on Thursday, UMP member of parliament Éric Ciotti lashed out once more at immigrants and, more precisely, at refugees. He has now presented to the commission for laws on national representation a report arguing against the right to asylum in France. For the president of the Alps-Maritime departmental council, foreigners, especially asylum seekers, cost too much. While the Assembly will consider the reform of the Immigration and Asylum Code (CESEDA) from mid-November, the populist right-wing of parliament claim it's a plot: the State will hide from citizens the real cost of the French right to asylum...
Bernard Cazeneuve was already envisaging that the CESEDA reform would allow for "potential savings of 11 million euros" on the temporary benefits usually paid to asylum seekers during the assessment of their case. But for Éric Ciotti, the minister is lying about the figures and won't go that far. The report flirts, moreover, with the most foul rhetorics. The immigration opponent, who has continually defended the idea of closing the border between Italy and France, implies in this document that the vulnerable foreigners steal aid destined for the poorest French citizens. According to him, the current system causes, through the processing procedures for the homeless and the poorly-housed, "the eviction of the traditional beneficiaries of these services". Is this a call for the establishment of a sort of national preference in the fight against social insecurity?
Improving the reception of immigrants
While on Thursday the conservative press had a field day with Ciotti's report, across the channel a recent study has on the contrary provided evidence for the... "positive" aspect of immigration on national finances. Conducted by University College London, the study claims that the arrival of foreigners from the European Union has contributed no less than 25.4 billion euros to the British government! Reason enough to call into question the xenophobic rhetoric coming from part of the British political class on the subject of the contribution of immigrants "to taxes and the financing of benefits" notes one of the authors, Dr. Christian Dustmann. From 2010, in France, several reports have already noted the positive balance of public finances due to immigration. A team of researchers at the University of Lille, led by Dr Xavier Chojnicki, have showed that immigrant workers have contributed 12.4 million euros to the State. Foreigners receive close to 47.9 billion euros in social benefits, against 60.3 billion paid in taxes and social security contributions. Moreover, in the same year, the Pensions advisory council announced "the entry of 50,000 new immigrants each year would allow the pension deficit to be reduced by 0.5 GDP points.
Éric Ciotti can play on the threat of immigration as much as he wants, France needs foreigners and a great number of immigrants, for their part, need France's protection.
There is not, however, any doubt that the French asylum system must evolve. A migration policy based on providing a better reception for immigrants could absorb a number of its additional costs. As it is, the time taken to process cases is too long, due to a lack of staff. Some refugees sometimes wait nearly a year and a half before obtaining a response to their request for protection. What's more, there is a lack of places for asylum seekers at immigration centres (CADA). Half of refugees waiting to be processed don't have access to a centre. This, in effect, costs greatly when institutions must house them in hotels. This, above all, creates further difficulties in providing health and social care.
According to Gérard Sadik, from Cimade, an organisation dedicated to refugees, a further 50,000 spaces at immigration centres are needed, while the Minister of the Interior is only planning 30,000. The community worker highlights the need for more staff at the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) in order to reduce waiting times. "France must make an effort, because its right to asylum system is on its last legs" insisted Gérard Sadik, Thursday on Radio France Internationale (RFI).


Used plastics are versatile and adaptable, as illustrated by their wide range of uses. There is a large market for recycled plastic bottles and containers, and keeping that valuable material out of landfills also helps reduce energy use and emissions.
Look for curbside, school, work, or public space recycling bins, or find local recycling drop-off centers. In some states, beverage containers have a deposit refund and can be returned to the store where they were purchased.
For lotion bottles and other toiletry items with pumps, empty the contents, discard the pump, and recycle the bottle. For no-pump containers, simply empty the contents, re-screw the cap to keep it all together, and recycle. Check your local ordinances for specific instructions — this category is easily contaminated with incorrect preparation or the wrong materials.
What do recycled plastics from bottles and containers become?
Once collected, mixed plastics are sorted, baled, and sent to a reclaiming facility. There the plastics are cleaned, washed, and ground into flakes. The flakes are dried, melted, filtered, and formed into pellets. These are sent to a manufacturer to be heated and remolded into a new product.
Depending on the kind of plastic, recycling might give a product new life as fiber for clothing, carpeting, car parts, or strapping. Or it could become a cutting board, a durable outdoor deck, a bench, plastic lumber, playground equipment, or maybe even a recycling bin.
It takes 114 20-oz beverage bottles to make enough fiberfill for a sleeping bag.
MYTH: You must remove your beverage container cap before recycling.
FACT: Recyclers want your caps and lids, too. A tip: caps can slip off conveyer belts during the recycling process, so when you empty a bottle, crush it, cap it, and toss it in the recycling bin.
MYTH: You must rinse out every drop of lotion, soap, or shampoo before recycling the bottle.
FACT: Plastics will be cleaned at the recycling facility. Be sure to reduce waste by using all the product in the bottle, then lightly rinse and recycle it.


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Roscommon hospital figures disputed
Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 01:00
The Department of Health has denied that Minister James Reilly used misleading figures about mortality rates at Roscommon hospital to support the decision to downgrade the hospital's accident and emergency unit.
The Roscommon Hospital Action Committee today said it had obtained figures which showed an overall mortality rate of between 3.5 per cent and 6 per cent at the hospital over the last three years.
The committee said this was significantly lower than what Dr Reilly last week told the Dáil. The Minister said that cardiac patients attending Roscommon hospital (at 21.3 per cent) had four times the mortality rate of those admitted to Galway University Hospital (at 5.8 per cent).
The accident and emergency department at Roscommon hospital closed at 8am yesterday and was replaced with a minor injuries unit for adults only. Emergency cases are being moved on to hospitals in Galway, Sligo and Mayo.
Committee chairman John McDermott said figures from the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (Hipe) system, compiled for the HSE by the Economic and Social Research Institute over the last three years, showed the mortality rate was in line with other hospitals.
He said that Senator John Crown, a hospital consultant, had verified the figures and was happy that "at worst" Roscommon hospital had the same coronary death rate as Galway hospital.
"It brings into question the research on which Dr Reilly is basing the whole hospital reconfiguration programme on," Mr McDermott said.
A spokesman for Dr Reilly said the cardiac mortality rate at Roscommon hospital was utterly separate from the decision to close the accident and emergency unit, which had been taken in advance of the figures being compiled.
The decision was based on two reports by the Health Information and Quality Authority, one from 2009 and one from April of this year, he said.
He said the figures being quoted by the Roscommon Hospital Action Committee did not compare like with like.
He said the Department of Health had analysed Hipe data from Roscommon hospital over the last three years and that the numbers quoted by Dr Reilly related to samples of 100 people presenting with heart attacks. They showed that 21.3 per cent of these patients died at Roscommon compared to 5.8 per cent in Galway. The numbers quoted by the committee looked at overall mortality rates.
The spokesman said outcomes for patients were proven to be better at higher volume hospitals.
UK train firm fined £1m over death of passenger who put head out window 13:43


MSBO is pleased to make available the Michigan Purchasing Card Consortium led by MSBO, with MASB and MASA as partners, PFM, LLC, and BMO Harris Bank as the provider for our statewide program. The program is open to all school districts, colleges and universities in the state. Because we are aggregating the "spend" of a large group of schools, the bank offers a rebate.
Summary Information Sheet includes highlights of the purchasing card program and MSBO, PFM, LLC, and BMO Harris Bank contact information on a statewide basis.
An example of the Purchasing Card Program Agreement between the district and the Michigan Purchasing Card Consortium is provided for your reference. This agreement has been reviewed by Thrun Law Firm, P.C. and Clark Hill PLC law firm and will need to be executed by the district. Send two originally-signed copies to MSBO. We will return one copy to you once signed by the Consortium. Before being issued bank documentation for a purchasing card program, your respective PFM, LLC representative will need to have the underlying credit exposure approved before initiating the implementation. Contact Beth Smith, PFM, LLC at 631.542.5315.
Sample forms, policies, and procedures are provided below. Use them as references when developing policies for your district.


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December, 11
Status Quo swap booze for coconut water
Status Quo have ditched alcohol and drugs for carrot sticks and coconut water.
The 'Rockin' All Over the World' hitmakers have partied hard - as true rock stars do - throughout their career which has spanned six decades, but now they are veterans in their 60s, frontman Francis Rossi and guitarist Rick Parfitt are totally sober and drug free.
Francis Rossi, 66, said: "I love Horlicks, though I try not to have it too much - anything that tastes that good can't be good for you.
"When I came off stage last night I had hummus and carrot sticks with celery and coconut water."
The iconic British rock group also admitted their drug-taking got to the stage where they would be taking illegal substances while performing.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Years ago it would have been tequila. Then we'd sit in the room drinking, playing cards and taking coke. It got to the point when we were doing drugs on stage too."
However, one thing that hasn't changed is the band's popularity and Rick is still amazed by their continuing chart success with last year's 'Acoustic: Stripped Bare' - their 31st LP release - charting at number five on the UK album chart.
Rick, 67, added: "After six decades it's amazing for the albums to still be going gold and getting into the top 20.
"It's quite a feat and one I'd never have believed if they had told me that all those years ago."
Source: www.msn.com
Prince has dropped a surprise LP.
Sir Paul McCartney was surrounded by celebrity fans at a Valentine's Day concert at New York City's Irving Plaza.
Jimmy Page's new live band won't be "what people are expecting".
Lady Gaga was named Woman of the Year at Billboard's annual Women in Music event in New York on Friday (11.12.15).
Adele scooped up a double win at the BBC Music Awards.
US band Eagles Of Death Metal have thanked U2 for helping them to return to France less than a month after a terror attack.
The Osmonds defied Led Zepplin's manager and the "rock press" when they duetted on stage.
Adele won British Artist of the Year and Live Performance of the Year at tonight's (10.12.15) BBC Music Awards at the Genting Arena in Birmingham.
Bonnie Lou was a pioneering singer who became one of the first country artists to cross over into rock'n'roll.


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International Asia Hong Kong university protesters defy surrender warnings
Hong Kong university protesters defy surrender warnings
Footage on Monday showed armoured police beating fallen protesters with batons as they lay on the ground.
An anti-government protester walks past a fire on a bridge at one of the entrance that leads into the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in the Hung Hom district of Hong Kong early on November 19, 2019. - Pro-democracy demonstrators holed up in a Hong Kong university campus set the main entrance ablaze November 18 to prevent surrounding police moving in, after officers warned they may use live rounds if confronted by deadly weapons. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu / AFP)
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by Yan ZHAO / Catherine LAI
Dozens of exhausted pro-democracy protesters occupying a Hong Kong university defied warnings to surrender Tuesday on the third day of a stand-off with police, as China sent fresh signals that its patience with nearly six months of unrest was running out.
Fearing arrest or being shot at by police, a dwindling number of protesters remained huddled inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) as night fell.
The siege at PolyU began Sunday with many hundreds of protesters occupying the campus as part of a broader campaign of massive disruption across Hong Kong that began last week.
The ensuing confrontation turned into the most intense and prolonged of Hong Kong's pro-democracy crisis, which has seen millions take to the streets since June to voice anger at China's erosion of the territory's freedoms.
During the siege protesters had repelled police surges with a barrage of Molotov cocktails, arrows and bricks. Police in response threatened to use live rounds.
Some protesters escaped overnight on Monday by shinning down ropes from a footbridge to a road, where they were whisked away on motorbikes.
Others disappeared into manholes to try to probe the drainage system for a route out.
In an apparently co-ordinated effort to distract police, tens of thousands of people streamed towards the PolyU campus on Monday night as clashes simultaneously raged with police in nearby Kowloon district.
New phase of violence
One officer was filmed stamping on the head of a man who was already subdued.
Alleged police brutality is one of the central complaints of the protest movement. Senior officers insist their men are acting proportionately.
In her first public comments on the PolyU crisis, Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam said surrender was the only way to achieve a peaceful outcome.
"This objective could only be achieved with the full cooperation of the protesters, including of course the rioters.
"They have to stop violence, give up the weapons and come out peacefully and take the instructions from the police," she said.
Lam said children who surrendered would not be arrested, though protesters aged over 18 would face charges of rioting.
About 1,000 people had been arrested throughout Hong Kong over the previous 24 hours, Chief Superintendent Kwok Ka-chuen said on Tuesday afternoon.
This was roughly a fifth of all arrests since the unrest began in June.
Kwok said those arrested included some who had abseiled from the footbridge, as well as motorcyclists who helped them.
And in an apparent contradiction of Lam, Kwok insisted everyone would feel the force of the law.
"No excuse, no political demand or motive can spare anyone from legal liability," he said.
"Regardless of their age and causes, they are to face the consequences of their own actions."
With police custody their best option, some inside PolyU were determined to fight on.
"Even if we surrender they will still put us to jail. It seems we have two options, but actually we only have one… which is jail," one of the protesters, a mechanical engineering student who gave his name as Matthew, told AFP inside the campus.
But their numbers were dwindling. AFP reporters on site estimated up to 100 remained by late afternoon.
The new phase of mass disruption, which began last week, has caused chaos throughout the international financial hub, with schools closed, train lines disrupted and major roads blocked by barricades.
With the crisis deepening, China's ambassador to Britain upped the ante on Monday.
"If the situation becomes uncontrollable, the central government would certainly not sit on our hands and watch," Liu Xiaoming said. "We have enough resolution and power to end the unrest."
In another ominous signal, China insisted Tuesday it had sole authority to rule on constitutional matters in Hong Kong, which it rules under a special model giving the city greater freedoms than enjoyed on the mainland.
The warning came as it condemned a decision by the city's high court on Monday to overturn a ban on face masks worn by pro-democracy protesters.
Only China's parliament has the right to rule on Hong Kong's Basic Law — the city's mini-constitution, parliament spokesman Zang Tiewei said.
"No other institution has the right to make judgements or decisions," he said.
A mainland scholar who requested anonymity to speak freely about such a sensitive subject said while the parliament had the right to take away what it gave, the timing of the announcement was ill-advised.
"Such a statement would gravely affect people's views on the principle of 'One Country, Two System'."
Carrie Lam has repeatedly insisted that her unpopular police force can contain the unrest, and said Tuesday there was currently no need for the People's Liberation Army to intervene.
Protests started in June as a peaceful condemnation of a now-shelved China extradition bill.
They morphed into a broader movement to defend the city's unique freedoms, which were meant to be enshrined in the Basic Law when Hong Kong was handed over by Britain in 1997.


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Highways apprentices offered permanent roles with Kirklees Council
3 min read	Jonathan Evans
Marc, Koris and Joe are Kirklees Council's latest Highways Team apprentices to be offered permanent roles after successfully completing their apprenticeships.
A small number of apprentices are taken on every two years by the Highways Team, embarking on a two year programme which includes studying to gain their NVQ Level 2 in Highways Maintenance alongside hands on work experience.
Marc, Koris and Joe demonstrate that age isn't a limiting factor when applying for apprenticeship. At 28 years old, Marc had worked in a number of jobs before applying for an apprenticeship with Highways which offered him a better career path with some long term prospects.
Having passed his apprenticeship and offered a permanent role, Marc is continuing to learn within the role, undertaking LGV driver and winter maintenance training. By further developing his skills Marc can work towards becoming a Senior Highways Operative.
Left to right: Joe Porter, Koris Skibinski and Marc Ethelstone.
Koris started his apprentice at the age of 19, securing this placement as his first job out of college. Now 21, he has successfully completed his apprentice in Highways Maintenance Level 2. An apprenticeship enabled him to learn the theory whilst putting it into practice on the job, building practical skills along the way.
Joe left school at 16 working for a road construction contractor before applying for a Highways apprenticeship with the council. After successfully completing his apprenticeship and gaining a permanent position, Joe will continue to build on his skills and knowledge and hopefully be in a position where he can guide and offer support to new apprentices. When he turns 21, Joe will be able to undertake his LGV training.
This year, the Highways Team have taken on two Civil Engineering and three Highways Operative apprentices. Overall, Kirklees Council Operational Services take on approximately 30 apprentices at any one time across several different placements including highways maintenance, horticulture, civil engineering, transport, green space and transport services.
Records show the council offers employment to approximately 90% of the apprentices who successfully complete their apprenticeships.
New apprentices taking on apprenticeships in Civil Engineering and Highways. From left to right… Daniel McGowan, Adam Ayub, Alex Forsythe, Mark Scarr (Head of Highways), Ellie Pickford, Tyler Coupe.
Councillor Naheed Mather, Cabinet Member for Environment said;
"To be successful as an organisation, we need highly trained staff to carry out the essential work of our operational services for those who live and work in Kirklees. By providing apprenticeships we enable people of all ages to learn new skills, helping them to build new or different futures for themselves.
"I would like to wish Marc, Koris and Joe every success in their career at the council."
Councillor Paul Davies, Cabinet Member for Corporate said:
"I'd like to extend my congratulations to Marc, Koris and Joe on completing their apprenticeships and welcome Daniel, Adam, Alex, Ellie and Tyler who are just starting out on their apprentice journey with the council.
"It's important for the council to take part in such schemes which helps in building a skilled workforce for the future of the council whilst also benefiting the residents of Kirklees. It also enables more experienced team members to pass on their knowledge and skills."
Anyone interested in finding out more about the apprenticeships available at Kirklees Council can find further information at kirkleesapprenticeshipsforall.co.uk
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This week, cepezed, Kraaijvanger.Urbis and Architecten Van Mourik have presented their designs for a new Vlaardingen town hall. The existing town hall designed by Hoogstad will be torn down because it is high maintenance, uses too much energy and in general does not comply with contemporary standards.
cepezed's is the only design in which the new town hall is separate from the historic governmental centre, which will remain in use. Thus, free passage is preserved, the street pattern is reinforced and the historic facades remain in sight. An underground traverse in cepezed's design connects old and new and also shows an exhibition on the rich history of Vlaardingen.
A remarkable feature of cepezed's design compared to the two other plans, is the high degree of transparency. cepezeds new construction is spatial, clear and modern and has a friendly atmosphere with long sightlines and an inviting entrance area with an atrium for public use. Moreover, the functions alongside the facades correspond with the atmosphere of the surrounding streets. The integrated restaurant, for example, is situated adjacent the urban Waalstraat, while the library is situated alongside the more quiet Westnieuwland.
To render it sustainable, cepezeds townhall is flexible in its use and interior arrangement. The roof has a garden and a large surface of solar cells. Also, the structure makes use of geothermal energy.
Inhabitants and civil servants have a voice in which design will eventually be realized. For the other designs and the election procedure, click here.


Ask someone how they have been and one of the most common answers is "busy." Everyone seems so busy all the time. Weekends, holidays, and evenings. You know, normal times when people used to relax, reflect, and enjoys downtime. Downtime has turned in to a vulgar word in 2015 and a day with no events marked on the calendar seems to be something to be ashamed of nowadays.
I get it. Everyone who actually works seems to have to go way over the 40 hour mark to make ends meet. Work does eat up a great deal of our time. But why is everyone so busy when work is over?
I see the busy factor in my own life. There are school functions, kids' sporting competitions and practices to attend, and the never ending household stuff. Got to keep the yard mowed, limbs picked up, clothes washed, floor swept, and dishes clean. I could go on but don't want to depress anyone further.
We only get 168 hours a week so there has got to be some time in there for fun or just idleness (another ugly word to many folks). If life consists only of working, sitting down to pay bills, grabbing a hamburger in a sack for meals, and driving in a zig zag pattern every evening and weekend to run errands, then that is a pretty empty life.
I see people who complain about having an overwhelming schedule but never say no to any activity. Never! They say "we can't just not do ______." I'm not sure what the penalty is for saying no to some events, but it seems very scary to some folks.
What is all this running around being busy accomplishing? Most people who are too busy to have a meal with their parents or grab lunch with their kid at a sit down diner are not busy curing cancer. They have likely shackled themselves with appointment after appointment to make sure they don't have free time to think about their life at all. That free time might just reveal how empty their weekly allotment of 168 hours a week has been.
We should all chill out a bit. Take a nap, go on a hike, sit by a river, go fishing, lounge in the backyard with a book, etc. Just do nothing for a change. The world won't fall apart and you might have a better appreciation for the time you have been granted.


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Dow Futures Slide with 10-Year Treasury Yield
Disney fell short of profit and revenue expectations
Patrick Martin
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The 30-year Treasury yield earlier fell to fresh three-year lows
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading nearly 200 points below fair value, as yesterday's optimism over U.S.-China trade talks fades. Ten-year and 30-year Treasury yields fell to their lowest levels since 2016 earlier, while gold futures tagged six-year highs -- and traders are also weighing a disappointing fiscal third-quarter earnings report from Disney (DIS) this morning. DIS stock is down more than 5% ahead of the open, with the media giant missing top- and bottom-line estimates on heavy investments in its soon-to-launch Disney+ streaming service and the impact of its Twenty-First Century Fox acquisitions.
How to trade this sell-off, according to Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White.
Analyst sees big upside for this pharma stock.
Morgan Stanley is driving the Ford stock rally bandwagon.
Plus, CVS reports blowout earnings, while a rival plans to close 200 stores, and GW Pharmaceuticals' epilepsy drug sales soar.
The Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE) saw 860,334 call contracts traded on Tuesday, compared to 672,164 put contracts. The single-session equity put/call ratio fell to 0.78, while the 21-day moving average rose to 0.65.
CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS) stock is up 5.7% in electronic trading, after the pharmacy chain reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that exceeded analysts' expectations. CVS also upped its full-year guidance, clearly benefiting from its recent Aetna acquisition. The shares are set to test a key technical ceiling today.
Staying with pharmacy names, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) stock is down 0.5% ahead of the bell, after the company announced plans to close around 200 stores in the U.S. The closures are expected to save Walgreens in excess of $1.5 billion annually by 2022. WBA fell to a five-year low of $49.31 on May 31, and has shed nearly 25% in 2019 -- making it the worst-performing Dow stock year-to-date.
The shares of GW Pharmaceuticals PLC (NASDAQ:GWPH) are up 10.8% in electronic trading, after the biotech's cannabis-derived epilepsy drug Epidiolex more than doubled its sales from the previous quarter. So far, Guggenheim and Stifel have upped their price targets to $245 and $228, respectively. GWPH had already gained 56.5% year-to-date as of yesterday's close.
The weekly crude inventories report will be released today. Earnings from 3D Systems (DDD), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Canada Goose (GOOS), Capri Holdings (CPRI), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Infinera (INFN), Intrexon (XON), Lyft (LYFT), Roku (ROKU), Switch (SWCH), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), and Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA) are due.
Shanghai Composite Sinks Again; Europe Set to Snap Losing Streak
For the most part, Asian equities traded in the red once again. China's Shanghai Composite fell for a sixth straight day, ending with a 0.3% loss, though Hong Kong's Hang Seng managed a 0.1% gain. Japan's Nikkei also settled in the red, giving back 0.3%, while South Korea's Kospi fell 0.4%.
Stocks in Europe, on the other hand, are set to break their recent losing streak. More specifically, London's FTSE 100 is up 0.7%, which would be its first win in seven sessions, despite a number of earnings misses. France's CAC 40 is also gaining, up 1.2%, and the German DAX is following suit, up 1.1%, even though the country's industrial output in June fell more than expected.


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'''Crontab generator for Citation Hunt.

This outputs the schedule of database update jobs for all languages.

The runs for different languages are spread out evenly within a given day, and
the runs for a given language are spread out evenly across the days of the
month.
'''

import os
import sys
_upper_dir = os.path.abspath(
    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
if _upper_dir not in sys.path:
    sys.path.append(_upper_dir)

import config

freq = 4  # how many days between runs, for each language
duration = 4  # how many hours between runs within a single day

# https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/job/automated-tasks-with-cron-jobs/
cronjob_template = '''
---
apiVersion: batch/v1beta1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: citationhunt-update-{name}
  labels:
    name: citationhunt.update-{name}
    # The toolforge=tool label will cause $HOME and other paths to be mounted from Toolforge
    toolforge: tool
spec:
  schedule: "0 {h} {dom}-31/{freq} * *"
  jobTemplate:
    spec:
      activeDeadlineSeconds: 86400
      template:
        metadata:
          labels:
            toolforge: tool
        spec:
          containers:
          - name: ch
            workingDir: /data/project/citationhunt
            image: docker-registry.tools.wmflabs.org/toolforge-python37-sssd-base:latest
            args: [
              /data/project/citationhunt/www/python/venv/bin/python3,
              /data/project/citationhunt/citationhunt/scripts/update_db_tools_labs.py,
              {lc}
            ]
            resources:
              limits:
                memory: "4Gi"
              requests:
                memory: "1Gi"
          restartPolicy: Never
  concurrencyPolicy: Replace
'''

h = 0
for lc in sorted(config.LANG_CODES_TO_LANG_NAMES):
    print(cronjob_template.format(
        lc = lc, name = lc.replace('_', '-'),
        h=(h % 24), dom=1 + (h // 24), freq=freq))
    h += duration


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Gender equality is, indeed, a hot topic right now and one we at Giving Africa are addressing at Bethel School in Burkina Faso.
The cost of education – Though education should be free, there are a lot of costs associated with sending children to school. The cost of uniforms, textbooks or bus fare can be too much to bear for a family living in poverty. Too often, parents choose to keep their girls at home and send the boys to school instead.
Distance to school – In many parts of the developing world, the nearest primary school to a particular community might be a 4 or 5 hour long walk away. On top of that, girls may face dangers or violence on the long way to school, so many parents opt to keep their daughters at home and out of harm's way.
Violence at school – Once arriving to school, girls may face various forms of violence at the hands of teachers, peers and other people in the school environment. If parents find out school isn't safe for their daughters, they may remove them from school.
Gender norms – Typically, girls are asked to fetch the water, take care of their younger siblings and to help their mothers cook and clean. Due to this, girls may not have the opportunity to attend school because their contributions to the household are valued more than their personal education.
Poverty – In many parts of the developing world, children's health is a big concern, especially if they're facing poverty. If there's not enough food or sufficient clean water to keep girls nourished and healthy, they may not be well enough to attend school.
Early marriage and pregnancy – When girls are forced to marry young, they are often pulled out of school at a very critical age in their development. The transition from primary to secondary education is key for girls to gain the life skills they need to escape the cycle of poverty. Yet, this is often the same time that many girls leave school due to early marriages or pregnancy. Girls who become pregnant are often discouraged from attending school because of the stigma surrounding them.
1. Employ a female teacher in the school not only providing a person whom the female students can relate with and look up to but also make them feel a bit more comfortable in the classroom environment. She is Maths, Physics and Chemistry. Another female teacher is teaching English.
3. Providing them with additional skills such as debating which will increase their communication skills and academic performance.
4. Giving them the opportunity to meet with successful women from Burkina Faso (the Minister for the Advancement of Women and the Mediator of Faso) proving that with some hard work and dedication, women in Burkina Faso can achieve wonderful things.
The students have also contributed their own ideas so an inter-school football tournament is being set up and will take place in the second quarter of the school year.
We are delighted to be able to focus on the female students to give them much needed funds and support so they are able to achieve everything we know they are able to.
We look forward to letting you know how our female students are doing.


Nineteen people met their fate at the end if the hangman's noose at the Middlesex County Courthouse in London, Ontario. Public hangings drew thousands to the city - gathering on the courthouse grounds, surrounding streets, and even the rooftops of nearby buildings to witness the gruesome display of justice.
In this book, we examine in great detail, the individual cases of the nineteen condemned to hang - their background, particulars of their crimes, details of their apprehension, imprisonment and trial leading up to their final moments on the gallows. In most cases, however, the story doesn't end there.


text:
Filmografia

Regista
 One Hundred Years Ago (1911)
 A Ticket in Tatts (1911)
 The Colleen Bawn (1911)
 A Tale of the Australian Bush (1911)
 Hands Across the Sea  (1912)
 A Daughter of Australia (1912)
 Conn, the Shaughraun (1912)
 The Wreck of the Dunbar or The Yeoman's Wedding (1912)
 The Ticket of Leave Man (1912)
 The Stubbornness of Geraldine (1915)

Attore
 Where the Heart Calls, regia di Fred E. Wright  (1914)
Dope, regia di Herman Lieb (1914)
 Warfare in the Skies, regia di Frederick A. Thomson  (1914)
 The Far Paradise, regia di Paulette McDonagh  (1918)
 The Russell Affair, regia di P.J. Ramster  (1928)

Collegamenti esterni

Cinema muto australiano

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