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A Tale of Two Castes, Two Crimes and Two Justice Systems
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Indian authorities say caste has nothing to do with rape because they want to deny the everyday brutality of the caste system to help perpetuate it..
Nikita Ramkissoon
Updated Nov. 29, 2020 5:00PM ET / Published Nov. 28, 2020 12:22AM ET
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It's been two months since a young Dalit woman was brutally raped and killed in Hathras in India and, in contrast to the swift action by the government in previous cases, there has been little action taken since the four men allegedly responsible were arrested. The 19-year-old woman was found in a paralytic state not far from her home in Boolgarhi village in September. She was initially treated at a district hospital and then at JNMC hospital in Aligarh before being shifted to Safdarjung hospital. Before she died a few days later, she said that four upper-caste men had gang-raped her and strangled her.
The four men are in police custody, but since their arrest, four Muslim men who travelled to Hathras to visit the woman's family in a show of support and sympathy have also been arrested on charges of sedition as it seems the Uttar Pradesh government wanted Muslim scapegoats to divert attention from the rape case. The Muslim men were raising funds for the victim's family as, according to the People's Union for Civil Liberties, the victim's family are living in conditions similar to a house arrest. The family has also expressed fear for their lives once the official protection given to them is withdrawn. The police have characterized the Muslim men's interest in the victim's family as a terrorist conspiracy to trigger caste riots over the rape and murder.
That crime, along with the subsequent conduct of the police and Uttar Pradesh government, has brought stark attention to the plight of Dalit women in a country that still clings to its outdated and barbaric caste system. As it happens, the young woman who was allegedly gang-raped in September died at the same hospital where Jyoti Singh, a member of the higher Bhumihar caste, died in 2012 after she was gang-raped and tortured on a private bus in what became known as the Nirbhaya case that sparked an international outcry about sexual violence in India.
The word nirbhaya means "fearless" and the case prompted a swift change in the rape law, which broadened the definition of rape, made punishments more strict, and established a timeline for further procedural reforms. Four of the six men convicted of raping that woman were hanged by the state earlier this year.
There has not and probably won't be justice for the lower-caste victim in the Hathras case, just as there was not justice for Bhanwari Devi in 1992. There have been at least two other incidents of Dalit women and girls having been raped and killed in Uttar Pradesh this year, a province in which anti-Dalit violence is rife. On average, 10 Dalit women are raped every day throughout the country, according to official figures. Sexual violence committed against Dalit women and girls is mostly perpetrated by men from dominant upper castes, who use sexual violence as a tool to assert power and reinforce existing caste, social, and gender hierarchies.
"The case is typical of what happens when a Dalit resists oppression: they are met with violence. "
Despite officially abolishing discrimination on the basis of caste in 1950, the devastating effects of the caste system are felt by Dalits in the educational, social, and economic systems in modern India. The hardships these women face are not simply due to poverty, economic status, or lack of education, but a direct result of the severe exploitation and oppression by the upper castes, legitimized by corrupt interpretations of Hindu religious scriptures. Should a Dalit person speak up against any of these injustices, they face retribution from their communities and the majority Hindu public, who still hold the caste system as a holy social order. In the case of Dalit women, should they place a toe out of line, they are raped in a brutal show of power dynamics so that, according to human rights organizations, Dalit women bear the brunt of much of India's sexual violence. In India, as is the case with many other countries and cultures, destroying a woman's honour is the ultimate weapon to show women or members of a specific community their "place" and to establish dominance. Many women in the Dalit community have deep, personal and traumatic stories and have no way of telling them because they are scared of the repercussions, so the rape of a Dalit woman is mutely accepted and their families move on.
The Hathras case is typical of what happens when a Dalit resists oppression: they are met with violence. The dispute began with the Dalit family's agricultural land on which the Thakur family would bring their buffaloes to graze. The victim's grandfather reportedly asked the Thakurs to take the buffaloes away from the land and the Thakur family, incensed that a Dalit man had the audacity to stand up to them, raped and murdered this woman.
The script is the same in case after case yet only rarely does one draw world attention, and then the character assassination begins. In the case of Devi, judges were inexplicably changed five times and in November 1995, the accused were acquitted of rape. They were instead found guilty of lesser offences and were given just nine months in jail. Some of the bizarre reasons the judge gave were: the village head cannot rape, men of different castes cannot participate in gang rape, elder men of 60 to 70 years old cannot rape, a man cannot rape in front of a relative, a member of the higher caste cannot rape a lower caste woman due to purity, and Devi's husband couldn't have quietly watched his wife being gang-raped. Massive protests held in Jaipur with thousands marching through the city streets yielded nothing.
Similar outrage erupted in India last month in Hathras and continue to happen around the country as the police initially dismissed the victim's rape allegations, considered it a case of murder, and later sought to deny the rape.
"It should not take a 19-year-old being gang-raped, strangled and left naked and bleeding in a field to bring attention to a people who have faced barbaric crimes at the hands of those who claim to be more civilized."
When the victim first reported the rape, the police did not listen to her. Neither of the woman's two allegations of rape, which were made within hours of being attacked, were entered into police records. The police failed to write up the complaint, instead asking the woman's brother to do it, did not include what the victim told them, and didn't call an ambulance for medical attention, even though she was in a bad condition. A rape kit was done at the hospital 11 days after the attack—too late for any usable evidence to be found—and the police denied there ever being a rape, citing the lack of DNA on the rape kit. Dr Azeem Malik, who attended to the woman said government guidelines strictly say forensic evidence can only be found up to 96 hours after the incident and that the report cannot confirm or deny the victim being raped. He was fired shortly afterward for contradicting the police statements. A viral video of Hathras district magistrate, Praveen Kumar, warning the woman's family of harm to their credibility lends credence to the family's claims of threats from the administration. The state and police maintain innocence of any wrongdoing, as do the men accused of her rape and murder, who have shifted blame to the victim's family.
On the night that the victim died, police returned to the family's village with her body but instead of handing her over to her mourning family for the final rites—an important part of Hinduism—they insisted she be cremated in an open field immediately. When the family refused, saying they wanted time to say goodbye, police locked them in their home and took her to a field where they burned her body using gasoline, according to the family who have finally been granted court-ordered protection since the incident.
While the the state launched the Nirbhaya Fund to support women's safety after the rape and murder of Singh, Dalit women and other minorities face severe challenges reporting crimes to the police, who often try to invalidate their claims and rarely follow proper criminal procedure. Hospitals fail to gather evidence, and there is derogatory treatment of survivors in courtrooms should they make it there.
Manjula Pradeep, director of campaigns at the Dalit Human Rights Defenders Network, said Dalit women are seen as impure and deprived when they access basic amenities even as their bodies are also used as objects to take revenge on the Dalit communities and keep them oppressed. The state of Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of reported cases of violence against Dalits and during the lockdown this year, there was a spike in attacks on Dalits by Thakurs. No arrests have been made, pointing to a lack of concern over the wellbeing of the Dalit people by the authorities.
Last year, a young Dalit man was beaten to death for sitting on a chair and eating in front of upper-caste people at a wedding. In May, a man was prevented from going into a temple to pray and after the victim approached the police (who did not take any action), he was shot to death in his home. In July, the body of a Dalit woman was forcibly taken off a funeral pyre by men of more privileged castes. The police did not intervene and said they could not unless the family filed charges. The family, however, decided not to file a complaint because they wanted to continue living peacefully in the village and keep their odd jobs provided by the more privileged castes.
Authorities say caste has nothing to do with rape because they want to deny the everyday brutality of the caste system. The denial also ensures the caste system continues to flourish, especially among Hindu nationalists like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ilk, who are mostly upper caste and therefore protected from this scourge. Modi insists that he belongs to the caste of the working man but Dalit voters say Modi has failed to protect them from growing caste-based violence and there is even a perception that Modi's government has diluted some legal protections for Dalits, even though the caste group helped elect him in 2014.
It should not take a 19-year-old being gang-raped, strangled and left naked in a field with blood flowing from her mouth, neck, and vagina to bring attention to a people who have faced barbaric crimes at the hands of others who claim to be more civilized than them. We should not have to wait for another woman to be sacrificed at the altar of tradition and brutal inequality before there is change.


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Ban on Nicotine in E-cigarette Products Draws Criticism
by Shirley Johanna on March 10, 2015 at 11:03 PM
Ban on nicotine in e-cigarette products is under fire from a visiting health professional who says it is doing more harm than good.
Professor Wayne Hall, University of Queensland said, "the law created an absurd situation where people were resorting to the black market to buy products that contained a less harmful form of nicotine than normal tobacco cigarettes."
Ban on Sale of E-Cigarettes to Minors in Canada
Ban on sale of e-cigarettes to minors has been a move by the most populous province of Canada on Monday, to regulate their use the same way as tobacco.
Hall said, "that the government should acknowledge the widespread use of e-cigarettes by reversing the ban and regulating the nicotine products to ensure safety."
Over the past six months, Ministry of Health enforcement officers have targeted stores that sell nicotine e-cigarettes and issued warnings to several retailers. The penalty for selling nicotine liquid can be as high as $10,000.
Brendon Baker, senior tobacco control adviser, said, " The ministry was between wanting to encourage people quit smoking, but not having enough evidence to recommend e-cigarettes as a safe alternative."
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New US Plan to Regulate E-Cigarettes
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Aug 25 The Oil Sands Weekly
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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK:
Frontier's encroachment on national park in the spotlight
NEB expands focus for Energy East
Alberta dips into contingency fund
Petronas not giving up on Canada just yet
Irving Oil invests in Atlantic Canadian students
ETP turns the tables on Greenpeace
Hurricane Harvey wrecks havoc in the Gulf Coast
US courts overturn FERC pipeline approvals
BHP changes its mind about US shale
US Administration cracks down on biodiesel imports
Statoil dips toe in Argentina
French-energy giant Total plunges into the North Sea
Mexican oil output hits 13-year new low
Saudis kick-off bidding process for massive petrochemical plant
Shell shrinks in Argentina and expands in Russia and Nigeria
Teck to consider Frontier's encroachment on national heritage site
The federal government has instructed Teck Resources to consider any potential impacts its Frontier Oil Sands Mine would have on the Wood Buffalo National Park World Heritage Site, including environmental and social ramifications. The UN began monitoring the park after receiving complaints from First Nations members about encroaching development. The UN submitted a list of 17 recommendations and has threatened to downgrade the park to its list of "in danger" heritage sites. The 4.5 million hectare national park is the second largest national park in the world, straddling the Northwest Territories border. Frontier is located 30 km south of the park's southern border, 110 km north of the city of Fort McMurray. If constructed, it would be the most northern oil sands mine in the Athabasca region.
Finance Minister Joe Ceci delivered the province's first quarter update this week, delivering a mixed bag of good news and bad news. The good news - Alberta's economy is doing better than expected, now forecasted to grow 3.1% this fiscal year, revised higher from a previous forecast of 2.6%. The bad news - oil prices are expected to remain "lower-for-longer" taking a $2 billion bite out of royalty revenues. Expectations for oil prices have been revised lower from US$55 to US$49 WTI. The 2017/18 deficit remains unchanged at about $10.5 billion, but $250 million has been taken out of the province's $500 million "Risk Adjustment" bucket.
Labour market improving, very slowly
Almost 70,000 Albertans received employment insurance (EI) benefits in June, a decline of 3.3% from the previous month and almost 15% lower from 12 months earlier. This is the eight consecutive monthly decline for the province. Nation-wide, the number of EI recipients declined 1.3% to 517,000.
The National Energy Board (NEB) says the upcoming assessment for TransCanada's Energy East Pipeline will provide "more visibility" on the "potential consequences, the proposed mitigation and response measures" associated with spills and malfunctions, including preventative programs. In addition, the regulator will now need to quantify "incremental indirect greenhouse gas emissions ... including from incremental upstream gas production and processing and incremental downstream end-use." Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) already undertake an assessment of upstream GHG emissions as part of the federal government's "interim measures" for restoring confidence in the Canadian regulatory process. It is unclear how the NEB's assessment of GHG emissions will be different than the ECCC report. The NEB has yet to publish a new schedule for the hearings.
Petronas not giving up on Canada yet - Part 1
The Globe and Mail is reporting that Malaysia's Petronas is considering the purchase of Korea Gas' 15% stake in the LNG Canada project, led by Royal Dutch Shell. Shell committed to making a go/no-go decision on the $40 billion project sometime in 2018. Other partners in the JV include PetroChina and Mitsubishi Corp.
Petronas CEO Datuk Mohd Anuar Taib also hinted that his company is looking for "partners or parties" to build a new pipeline to help develop its existing oil and gas assets in Western Canada. Petronas' gas resources are located in North Montney area, operated by Canadian subsidiary Progress Energy. The area has been producing gas since 2012 and holds an estimated 22.3 trillion cubic feet of proven unconventional gas reserves. The CEO says Canada is "sitting in one of the largest markets in the world and there must be ways [...] to monetise those resources." Petronas also says production costs must come down in order to remain competitive.
2016 not a good year for Canadian energy
According to S&P Global, nine Canadian oil and gas firms defaulted in 2016, representing almost 78% of all defaults across all sectors. The ratings agency says the credit quality of Canadian energy companies "deteriorated" through 2016, with downgrades outnumbering upgrades by a ratio of almost 3-to-1. Globally, energy and natural resources firms accounted for 50% of all bankruptcies last year, the highest concentration in history.
Irving invests in Atlantic Canadian youth
Irving Oil has donated a total of $2.2 million to Dalhousie University to support the school's Innovation and Design in Engineering and Architecture Project. $1.5 million will go directly towards the construction of design labs, engineering facilities and learning spaces. Over $700,000 will be made available in scholarships to students over the next 10 years, with recipients being offered co-op opportunities with Irving Oil.
US regulator gets mixed messages on pipeline approvals
A US appeals court has overturned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) approval of three natural gas pipelines, known collectively as the Southeast Market Pipelines Project, intended to increase natural gas supply to power generators in Florida. The legal challenge was launched by several non-profits and landowners, who argued that burning natural gas will hasten climate change. The project's developers argued that increasing gas supply to the region will allow utility companies to retire old coal-fired power plants, therefore reducing GHG emissions. The project includes the 500 mile Sabal Trail pipeline which is already partially operational. US courts had previously ruled that FERC did not have to consider impacts to climate change in the case of LNG export terminals. The ruling is expected to be appealed.
This week's "man bites dog" story
Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) has filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace, accusing the group of eco-terrorism, racketeering and breaking federal organized crime laws in its campaign against the Dakota Access Pipeline. ETP calls Greenpeace a "rogue eco-terrorist" group who's ultimate goal is to raise funds by generating a media frenzy. Canada's Resolute Forest Products went after Greenpeace in 2013 after the firm branded Resolute a "forest destroyer." Greenpeace later admitted its campaigns merely reflect the group's opinions and are not intended to be interpreted as facts. Resolute's $300 million lawsuit is still pending in California courts.
BHP has a change of heart around US shale
BHP dropped a bombshell this week, announcing it was "actively" pursuing the divestiture of its US shale oil and gas business, assuming it can find the right buyer at the right price. The world's largest miner has been under pressure from activist investor Elliott Management who called the US shale business a capex hog. BHP says it will work towards the divestiture over the next two years, estimated to be worth about US$7.5 billion.
US Administration slaps duties on biodiesel imports
The Commerce Department has imposed steep duties on imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia after it concluded the fuel was being unfairly subsidized. The complaint was lodged by the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) who accused both countries of undercutting US producers. The US consumes about 2 billion gallons of biodiesel annually, about half imported, with Argentina accounting for two-thirds of those imports. NBB says the US has the capacity to produce as much as 4 billion gallons of biodiesel annually and its members could easily make up any shortfalls. The import tariffs range from 41 to 68%.
Gulf of Mexico braces for Hurricane Harvey
Shell, Anadarko and Exxon Mobil have curtailed production in the Gulf of Mexico due to Hurricane Harvey, the most powerful storm to hit the US in over a decade. Marathon Oil and ConocoPhillips have also scaled back operations in the Eagle Ford shale region of Texas. Several refineries in the Corpus Christi region were taken offline as a precautionary measure, causing a spike in gasoline prices. Harvey hit the mainland as a Category 4 hurricane late Friday, and is expected to move through Texas and Louisiana over the weekend. Both states are expecting heavy flooding and have declared states of emergency.
US PRODUCTION & INVENTORY DATA
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported the eighth consecutive weekly decline in crude oil stockpiles, falling another 3.3 million barrels last week. Domestic production rose another 26,000 bbl/day, split evenly between Alaska and the Lower 48 region.
WEEKLY US INVENTORY REPORT
US CRUDE STOCKPILES POST EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE WEEKLY DECLINE DESPITE HIGHER OUTPUT AND RISING IMPORTS
Total plunges into the North Sea
French energy giant Total has agreed to buy Maersk's Norwegian and UK producing assets for US$7.45 billion in shares and debt. The acquisition makes Total the top producer in the North Sea, overtaking Royal Dutch Shell.
Mexican output touches new low
According to state-owned Pemex, Mexico's oil output in July fell below the 2 million bbl/day mark for the first time since 1995. Outdated technology has caused production to steadily decline from a high of 3.4 million bbl/day reached in 2005. The government is hoping to reverse that trend by opening its energy sector to private sector investment in 2014.
Saudis get the ball rolling on massive petrochemical plant
State-owned Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) have kicked-off the bidding process for engineering work on their joint COTC petrochemical complex. The US$20+ billion facility will be designed to process 400,000 bbl/day of Arabian Light and Extra Light crude, producing as much as 18 million tonnes of petrochemicals annually. Bids for pre-FEED and FEED close in late September. Construction is expected to begin sometime in 2020 with an in-service date of late 2024.
Cambodia gets into the oil business
After three years of negotiations, the Cambodian government and KrisEnergy has signed a fiscal and technical agreement to develop the country's first commercial oil field in the Gulf of Thailand. The Apsara project will be developed in three phases, with the first phase capable of producing 30,000 boe/day.
Statoil and Argentina's YPF have signed an agreement to jointly explore for hydrocarbons in the country's Vaca Muerta formation. Vaca Muerta is one of the world's largest shale deposits, estimated to contains 16.2 billion barrels of tight oil and 308 trillion cubic feet gas. This is Statoil's first entrance into the South American country.
Shell close to divesting retail business in Argentina ....
Reuters is reporting that Royal Dutch Shell is close to selling its 630 retail gas stations in Argentina to Brazil's Raízen Energia. Raízen owns Brazil's second-largest chain of retail gasoline stations, operated under the Shell banner.
... while expanding retail business in Russia
Shell also announced plans to double the number of gas stations in Russia, from the current 227 to about 450. Shell operates over 43,000 gas stations around the world in more than 80 countries.
... and expands natural gas output from of Nigeria
Shell's Nigerian subsidiary announced the start-up of its Gbaran-Ubie Phase 2 project in Niger Delta region. The combined facility should reach its peak production capacity of 175,000 boe/day sometime in 2019. Gbaran-Ubie is a joint venture between Shell, Total, Eni and the Nigerian government, producing both natural gas and condensate.
Libya's Sharara shut-in again
Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) declared force majeure on loadings of Sharara crude again this week after the country's largest oil field was shut-in due to protests by armed groups and oil workers. Sharara had been producing 280,000 bbl/day before the incident, bringing Libya's total output to over 1 million bbl/day at the end of June.
Congestion on the high seas
Ten American sailors are presumed dead after an oil tanker hit a US Warship in waters just east of Singapore. The USS John S. McCain collided with a Liberian-flagged tanker carrying 12,000 tonnes of crude, tearing a whole on the side of the warship. This is the fourth incident involving the US Navy in Pacific waters so far this year. The waterways around Singapore are some of the most congested in the world, responsible for about on-third of all global shipping trade.
No news is not good news, in this case
A technical meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC members yielded no news this week. The next joint technical compliance meeting will be held in Vienna on September 22. According to Kuwait's oil minister, OPEC will make a decision on extending production cuts at its "formal" annual meeting to be held at the end of November.
NEXT WEEK'S EVENTS
July industrial product & raw materials price index released by StatsCan @ 8:30am ET
API Weekly Statistical Bulletin released @ 4:30pm ET
June payroll data released by StatsCan @ 8:30am ET
EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report released @ 10:30am ET
US Q2/2017 GDP estimates
Q2/2017 GDP released by StatsCan @ 8:30am ET
EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report released @ 10:30am ET
Last trading day for Brent October 2017 contract
NAFTA negotiations Round #2 kick-off in Mexico City, Mexico
Baker Hughes Rig Count released @ 1:00pm ET
Sep 1 The Oil Sands Weekly


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Q: Realm not work SIGNAL SIGABRT with Xcode 9.2 I use Xcode 9.2 with swift 4 for an IOS application
everything work nice , but when i add realm [ save to DB after click on the button ] , and then click into the button the app crush with this message
SIGNAL SIGABRT

and when i changed the realm method with just a simple methode with
print("clicked")

it works

i use this pod line to add the library
pod 'RealmSwift'

and i have the code below
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        self.shareTxt()
    })
    floaty.addItem("Save", icon: UIImage(named: "content-save")! , handler:{ item in
        self.saveToDB()
    })

func saveToDB() {
    let realm = try! Realm()
    realm.beginWrite()
    realm.create(News.self, value: [SingleItem?.id])
    try! realm.commitWrite()

}

class News: Object {
@objc dynamic var new_id = ""
}

A: First, make the property new_id as the Primary key:
class News: Object {
    @objc dynamic var new_id = ""

    override static func primaryKey() -> String? {
        return "new_id"
    }
}

Then, add or update the model:
func saveToDB() {
    if let newId = SingleItem?.id {
        let realm = try! Realm()
        let news = realm.objects(News.self).filter("new_id == \(newId)").first

        if news != nil {
           try! realm.write {
               //optional, updating some fields...
               //like: news.title = "some title"
           }
        }
        else{
           let news = News(value: ["new_id", newId])
           try! realm.write {
               realm.add(news)
           }
        }
    }
}

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Q: Como aplicar fitro em um dataframe com base nos últimos caracteres de cada label? Preciso aplicar um filtro de linhas em um dataframe com base nos últimos caracteres de um label, se conter BRL após o hífen. Ex.: BTC-BRL. Alguém pode me ajudar?

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*Dados atuais:

*Dados após aplicar filtro:

A: Uma solução é criar um filtro usando list comprehension:
filtro=[k[-3:]=='BRL' for k in df.A]

df=df[filtro]

Exemplo com banco de dados fictício:
import pandas as pd
import random

df=pd.DataFrame({"A":["BTC-BRL", "ETH-USD","WAVES-USD","ADA-BRL"]*5, "B":[random.choice(range(5)) for k in range(20)]})

print(df)

Banco antes:
            A  B
0     BTC-BRL  3
1     ETH-USD  1
2   WAVES-USD  2
3     ADA-BRL  1
4     BTC-BRL  3
5     ETH-USD  2
6   WAVES-USD  2
7     ADA-BRL  0
8     BTC-BRL  4
9     ETH-USD  0
10  WAVES-USD  4
11    ADA-BRL  0
12    BTC-BRL  4
13    ETH-USD  1
14  WAVES-USD  0
15    ADA-BRL  4
16    BTC-BRL  1
17    ETH-USD  1
18  WAVES-USD  4
19    ADA-BRL  1

Aplicando o filtro:
filtro=[k[-3:]=='BRL' for k in df.A]
df=df[filtro]
print(df)

Retorna:
          A  B
0   BTC-BRL  3
3   ADA-BRL  1
4   BTC-BRL  3
7   ADA-BRL  0
8   BTC-BRL  4
11  ADA-BRL  0
12  BTC-BRL  4
15  ADA-BRL  4
16  BTC-BRL  1
19  ADA-BRL  1

A: Um solução parecida com a do Lucas seria utilizando o apply com lambda
df[df['A'].apply(lambda x: x[-3:] == 'BRL')]

Você também poderia utilizar split
df[df['A'].str.split('-').apply(lambda x: x[1] == 'BRL')]

Em ambos os casos a saída é:
          A     B
0   BTC-BRL     2
3   ADA-BRL     1
4   BTC-BRL     2
7   ADA-BRL     4
8   BTC-BRL     1
11  ADA-BRL     3
12  BTC-BRL     0
15  ADA-BRL     1
16  BTC-BRL     4
19  ADA-BRL     0


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My four-legged child, Hamish, came into my life as a puppy 11 years ago. He weighed in at 2.6 lbs., and easily fit into my cupped hands. At 11, he is now 16.5 lbs. of personality, completely oblivious to the fact that as a Cairn Terrier, he is from a small-sized breed. In his mind, I suspect, he thinks he is part-human, part-German Shepherd, bravely keeping his family safe from the terrors of… anything that moves (including images on TV).
Our world was turned upside-down in late September when I noticed an odd lump on his side. Vet appointments, lab work, x-rays and surgery followed, as well as a cancer diagnosis. The treatment options available to us to stay ahead of the cancer (not cure) were ruled out one-by-one as too painful, too uncertain and too expensive. And so the horrible wait began for another cancerous tumor to grow. For a variety of reasons, the veterinary oncologist advised that this wasn't an "if" scenario, but a "when". Sadly, the "when" came only a month later.
As I was researching how to keep him comfortable for as long as possible, I found the website for the Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement. Although I have not fully explored the site, I immediately checked out its Quality of Life Section.
The section's introduction notes, "One of the most common complaints we hear is that people fear they may have waited too long – or not long enough – before having their beloved companion animals euthanized." This is exactly my fear. How will I know when it is time? I don't want to miss a moment of what is left of Hamish's life, but I don't want my inability to let go to prolong his pain.
Thankfully, Veterinary Oncologist Dr. Alice Villalobos created the Quality of Life Scale for those of us facing this tough balance. The APLB site includes the scale and more information can also be found on Villalobos' own website.
In a 2014 post, blogger Caleb Wilde accurately noted, "Yes, it may be a dog, but that dog was one of the truest friends you've ever had. It was loved and it loved you." Hamish is dearly loved. And when it comes time to say our goodbyes, he will be dearly, deeply missed.
Are you grieving the loss of a pet? Although society may not always recognize the pain a pet owner experiences when losing a pet, you do not need to process your loss alone. Please call your EAP if you need support.


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Also known as the norm price, the Target Price (read this and related legal terms for further details) for producers of olive oil under the common agricultural policy (read this and related legal terms for further details) of the European Economic Community. The indicative price is established at a level substantially below the market target price for olive oil; the object of the disparity between the indicative price and the target price is to reflect the competition between olive oil and its substitutes.
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Compensatory Tax A special import levy imposed by the European Economic Community upon certain agricultural imports when the entry price of such products falls below a reference, or minimum target, price and the import is priced so as to reflect an export subsidy. Compensatory taxes are institutionalized in the [...]...
Restitutions Export and producer subsidies granted by the European Economic Community to EEC farmers and processors. The subsidies are a feature of the Common Agricultural Policy (read this and related legal terms for further details......
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Buyer's Premium A subsidy offered by a member state of the European Economic Community to domestic tobacco processors to encourage the use of EEC, rather than imported, tobaccos. The program, which is a feature of the common AGRICULTURAL POLICY (...
Variable Import Levy A duty applicable to imports of certain significant agricultural commodities into the European Economic Community. The Common Agricultural Policy (read this and related legal terms for further details). of the EEC specif......
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Additional Product Aid A feature of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Economic Community, which provides price supports to EEC producers affected by import competition. The "community preference" mechanism of the CAP eliminates external competition for most items but does not respond for certain pro......
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Dillon Round A series of multinational trade discussions conducted during 1960-1962 under the sponsorship of the general agreement of tariffs and Trade (read this and related legal terms for further details). The principal result of ......
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Ocean Freight Differential A sum rep resenting the difference in freight costs associated with moving subsidized agricultural exports on American rather than cheaper foreign vessels. The differential is provided for shipments under the Agricultural Trade Development And Assistance Act (...
Ordinary Course Of Trade A concept routinely applied in customs valuation that holds that the dutiable value of goods is the price at which they would normally sell if customary channels of distribution were observed. For example, where it was industry practice for a product to be sold directly by a manufacturer to an end u......
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Cooley Loans Foreign-currency-denominated loans by the U.S. government to foreign nations to permit the purchase of American agricultural commodities. The loans are authorized by an amendment to the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act (...
Collective Reserve Unit An artificial currency unit proposed in 1965 by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing of France. The cru, as it was known, was to have been linked to gold to create international reserves. The GROUP OF ten (read this and relat......
Fair Market Value The value an imported product would fetch, under similar circumstances of sale, were the goods sold in the country of origin. Customs authorities are usually interested in the fair market value of imported merchandise inasmuch as sales below such value may serve as the basis of a Dumping (...
Free Market The economic system of a nation in which market forces determine which goods and services are produced, and at what price they are offered. Free market economies do not contain substantial government controls on resource availability, price levels, or central planning of economic objectives.......
Notional Concept Of Valuation An approach to the application of ad valorem duties that holds that duties should be applied upon the price the goods "ought to fetch" under specified conditions; this view was widely held for many years and was embraced in the Brussels Definition Of Value (...
Sliding Scale Tariff A customs tariff in which rates of DUTY (read this and related legal terms for further details) vary according to the price of a given import. Usually, as the price of the item declines, the duty is reduced. Duties may b......
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Green Clause A provision in a letter OF CREDIT (read this and related legal terms for further details) similar to a RED CLAUSE (read this and related legal t......
East- West Trade A general reference to trade between the industrial nations of the West, particularly those nations that are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("https://lawin.org/list-of-international-trade-law-terms/">read this and related legal terms for [...]...
Positive Concept Of Valuation An approach to the application of ad valorem duties that holds that duties should be applied upon the actual value of the transaction, as defined by buyer and seller. This view has been substantially fulfilled by the recent adoption of the transaction value basis of valuation in the Customs Valuatio......
Trade Agreements Act Of 1979 An act of Congress implementing certain agreements negotiated under the Tokyo Round (read this and related legal terms for further details). The act replaced the Countervailing Duty Law and Antidumping Act of 1921 and ab......
Safeguard Measures Actions taken by a nation to protect its domestic industry and commerce from what it views as unfair or improper practices by a trading partner. For example, a trading partner's use of improper subsidies designed to artificially stimulate exports might result in such safeguard measures as the im......
Unilinear Tariff Synonymous with general TARIFF (read this and related legal terms for further details). Union D'Assureurs Des Credits Inter- Nationaux. The full, formal name of the Berne Union (...
Berth No Berth A stipulation that may be included in a vessel charter party (read this and related legal terms for further details) providing that if the point of loading or discharge is a berth, and if the berth is not immediately ava......
Economic Nationalism A conscious, articulated national drive toward economic self-sufficiency. Economic nationalism is comparable to Autarchy (read this and related legal terms for further details) but does not mandate the economic isolation......
Economic Union Summary of Economic Union Also known as an economic community, an advanced form of economic integration on the part of several states. The economic union incorporates the features of a Common market (read this and related legal terms for further details)—unrestricted free trade among [...]...
Findley Amendment An amendment to the AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSIST-ANCE ACT (read this and related legal terms for further details) of 1954 (P.L. 480) that precludes sales of agricultural produce under Title I of the act to a......
Snake A medium for the stabilization of the exchange rates of European currencies. In October 1970 the Werner Plan addressed the adoption of a common European currency as a vehicle for the full economic and political integration of Europe. The demise of the bretton woods agreement (...
Switching Also known as switch trading, a Countertrade (read this and related legal terms for further details) arrangement under which a purchaser in one country assigns to a seller in another country an obligation due from a thir......
Intermediate Goods Synonymous with Intermediate Products (read this and related legal terms for further details).......
Less Than Fair Value An export sale price below that charged on like sales in the country of origin. Such sales are usually regarded as dumping (read this and related legal terms for further details), which may result in the imposition by th......
Visby Amendment A proposed revision to the Hague Agreement (read this and related legal terms for further details) of 1924 on the liability of ocean carriers for loss and damage to cargo. The Visby Amendment does not contemplate materia......
Werner Report A report on the subject of European integration, prepared by a committee under the leadership of Pierre Werner, prime minister of Luxembourg. The report, published in October 1970, urged full economic and monetary union within the European Economic Community as "a catalyst for the development o......
Pivot Charge The minimum charge imposed by an air carrier for the use of a Unit Load Device (read this and related legal terms for further details), or air container. The charge is based upon a Pivot Weight (...
Trade Agreements Act Of 1962 An act that authorized the president, during the period of July 1, 1962, through June 30, 1967, to reduce or eliminate certain tariffs in return for similar concessions on the part of other trading nations. The act was largely in response to the elimination of internal duties by members of the Europ......
First Englargement The addition of Great Britain, Ireland, and Denmark in 1972 to the original six members (France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) of the European Economic Community (read this and related......
Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act A 1982 act of Congress, constituting Title IV of the export trading company act (read this and related legal terms for further details), which amends the Sherman Act and Federal Trade Commission Act to clarify their inap......
European Economic Community Summary of European Economic Community One of the three components of the European Communities. In March 1957, the members of the European Coal and Steel Community (France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, and the Benelux countries) expanded the sphere of economic cooperation through the [...]...
Floor In the case of a variable rate loan (read this and related legal terms for further details), a prearranged minimum rate of interest that will be imposed, irrespective of how low the money market index falls.......
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Program An act of Congress which authorized the president to reduce tariffs in exchange for like concessions by trading partners. The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, enacted as an amendment to the Smoot-Hawley Act (read thi......
Common Market Summary of Common Market A supranational organization of trading nations, created to promote economic collaboration and minimize constraints on the free movement of goods among the member states. Features of a common market include elimination of tariffs on goods moving between member [...]...
Quantitative Restriction A limitation on the quantity of a given commodity that may be imported into a country during a specified period of time. A quantitative restriction is manifested as a Quota ("https://lawin.org/list-of-international-trade-law-terms/">read this and related legal terms for further [...]...
Superimposed Clause A notation on the face of a Bill Of lading (read this and related legal terms for further details) that indicates a defect in the cargo or its mode of transport. Such notations include "received in damaged condition......
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Fecom The French acronym for the European Monetary Cooperation Fund. (read this and related legal terms for further details).......
Section 204 A provision of the Agricultural Act of 1956 authorizing the president to negotiate bilateral agreements to limit exports to the United States of "any agricultural commodity or product manufactured therefrom or textiles or textile products." The president is also empowered to take steps to ......
Franchise A provision in a marine cargo policy that partial losses will be adjusted if the loss exceeds a certain percentage of the total value of the shipment. A clause providing "with average if amounting to 3 percent," for example, would oblige the underwriter to settle a partial-loss claim [...]...
Gold Tranche Position A drawing of foreign exchange from the international monetary FUND (read this and related legal terms for further details), by a member nation up to or equal with that country's gold on deposit with the IMF. In effec......
Paper Gold A common reference to Special Drawing Rights (read this and related legal terms for further details) issued by the International Monetary Fund.......
Captive Insurance Company A subsidiary formed to insure the risks of its noninsurance parent or affiliated companies. The captive may also reinsure risks that have been placed with third- party insurers, all or a portion of which have been transferred subsequently to the captive; in this arrangement, the unrelated insurer is......
Invisibles Synonymous with Invisible Exports And Imports (read this and related legal terms for further details).......
Imperial Preference A synonym occasionally used for commonwealth preference (read this and related legal terms for further details).......
Transaction Value The primary method of valuing goods for customs purposes under the Customs Valuation Agreement (read this and related legal terms for further details).......
Yugen Kaisha A form of limited company organization used in Japan for small or family-con- trolled corporations. This form, usually identified by the letters YK, resembles the American dosed corporation and usually includes restrictions on the transfer of stock. A large or public company is usually organized as ......
Intervention Price The price at which the European Economic Community, in accordance with the Common Agricultural Policy (read this and related legal terms for further details), will intervene in the market to buy excess agricultural produ......
International Price Index A price index that serves as a standard to measure inflation in industrialized countries. The index consists of the C.I.F. value (in U.S. dollars) of exports of industrial country manufactures to developing countries.......
Adjusted Cif Price A factor in determining the variable import levy imposed by the European Economic Community on grain imports. The adjusted C.I.F. (cost, insurance, and freight) price is derived by assigning a quality factor to grain imported from non-EEC countries so as to put the import on a quality basis comparab......
Base Price As used in conjunction with the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Economic Community, a trigger price for specific commodities at which member states will intervene to support the market price of a commodity. Member states may respond to a decline in market prices below the base price by la......
Entry Price Under the common agriculture POLICY (read this and related legal terms for further details) of the European Economic Community, the price at which certain imported agricultural products enter EEC commerce. If the entry p......
Gate Price The minimum price at which pork, poultry, and eggs werw permitted to enter the European Economic Community under the common AGRICULTURAL POLICY (read this and related legal terms for further details) without imposition o......
Guide Price As used in conjunction with the European Economic Community's Common Agricultural Policy on cattle and calves, it is synonymous with Orientation Price (read this and related legal terms for further details).......
Orientation Price As used in conjunction with the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Economic Community it is the target price (read this and related legal terms for further details) for cattle and calves, i.e., the equilibrium pr......
Purchase Price Defined in 19 U.S.C. 162 as the price at which imported merchandise has been purchased, or will be purchased, prior to exportation. It is usually based on the ex factory price excluding any export duties levied in the country of manufacture. Within the framework of the European Economic Community ......
Standard Price The target price (read this and related legal terms for further details) for tobacco under the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Economic Community.......
Target Price An important concept within the common agricultural policy (read this and related legal terms for further details) of the European Economic Community. It represents an optimum wholesale price within the community for a g......
Threshold Price A minimum import price for commodities established under the common Agricultural Policy (read this and related legal terms for further details) of the European Economic Community, set so as not to hamper sales of EEC pro......
Withdrawal Price A floor price at which European Economic Community producers of certain food products may withhold their goods from the market. The withdrawal price is generally below the base price (i.e., the target price set for a given commodity) and the purchase price at which EEC governments will intervene in ......
Minimum Import Price As used in conjunction with the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Economic Community, Gate price (read this and related legal terms for further details).......
Arm's Length Price The price at which a given commodity would sell in a sale between an unrelated buyer and seller. Arm's length pricing is the functional opposite of transfer pricing, in which the buyer and seller are related and the price is influenced by that relationship.......
Cash Price The same as SPOT price (read this and related legal terms for further details), as used in grain transactions.......
Constructed Price A value for customs purposes that ignores the invoice price of the merchandise but is derived by computing the cost inputs of the product (materials plus reasonable manufacturing expenses in the country of origin plus a profit factor), to which are added the normal costs associated with preparing th......
Normal Price Within the scope of the Brussels Definition Of Value (read this and related legal terms for further details), the value basis upon which ad valorem duties will be assessed on imports. The normal price is the price the go......
Price Cartel An agreement among business entities to fix prices, to establish ranges within which prices may move, or to establish methods by which prices may be determined.......
Price Supports A program of governmental action designed to stabilize or lift the price that producers receive for their products. These actions may include direct cash payments, government purchase of output to force up market prices, or special financing. Such supports are most commonly applied to agriculture.......
Reference Price A mechanism of the Common Agricultural policy (read this and related legal terms for further details) of the European Economic Community designed to prevent disruptive import competition for certain vegetables, fruits, f......
Spot Price The price of a commodity in the Spot Market (read this and related legal terms for further details), i.e., the price quoted for immediate sale and delivery. ......
World Price The price at which a given commodity is selling internationally under market conditions in effect at the time of sale. To provide a valid comparison between prices, the world price quoted must normally include quality, location, and perhaps other factors, depending upon the commodity.......
American Selling Price A method formerly employed in the United States to establish the value for duty of a limited number of imported products. Under the ASP scheme, an imported product's value for duty was based upon the selling price of like products manufactured in the United States, irrespective of the price the ......
Commodity Price Index An index of prices for a stipulated list of commodities. Prices may be on a spot or futures basis. Customarily, major commodities are traded on exchanges (although there are some exceptions), and price fluctuations can be monitored accordingly. The U.S. Department of Labor maintains an index of twen......
Consumer Price Index Summary of Consumer Price Index An index of the retail price of four hundred consumer products and services, computed monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Formerly known as the Cost of Living Index, the compilation includes retail price inputs of given items from many cities across [...]...
Foreign Market Price For purposes of customs valuation comparisons, generally the price of like merchandise sold for consumption in the country of origin.......
Resale Price Method Synonymous with Arm's Length Price (read this and related legal terms for further details).......
Trigger Price Mechanism A program of import surveillance instituted by the U.S. government in 1977. Under this scheme, a floor price is established for designated import items; this floor is predicated upon the production cost of the most efficient foreign producer, with adjustments for freight and currency [...]...
Price Base Price or Basic Price and International Trade Resources See Also Further Reading Information related to price in the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law(MPEPIL), Germany, United Kingdom Resources See Also Common Agricultural Policy Gate Price and International Trade Resources [...]...
Net Price Net Price in International Trade Meaning of Net Price, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): The price paid or payable after all discounts and rebates have been applied....
Going Price Resources See Also Fair market value...
Exercise Price The price at which the holder of an option contract may buy or sell a specified quantity of a given commodity, security, or currency.......
Price Discrimination Price Discrimination and International Trade Economy In relation to international trade economy, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Price Discrimination: The practice of charging unequal prices to different buyers of products that are essentially identical, when such [...]...
Price Competitiveness Price Competitiveness and International Trade Economy Resources See Also competitiveness...
Price Bands Price Bands and the GATT Policy Negotiations In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Price Bands: A form of variable levy linked to a system of domestic price controls. Countries such as Chile and Colombia [...]...
Price Undertaking Price Undertaking and the GATT Policy Negotiations In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Price Undertaking: An agreement by an exporting firm with the government of an " importing country to raise the [...]...
Norm Price Norm Price and International Trade Resources See Also Common Agricultural Policy...
Price Restrictions In the United States For information about Price restrictions in the context of international trade, click here...
Price Differentiation Price Differentiation in International Trade Meaning of Price Differentiation, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): Price strategy for international markets that allows each local subsidiary or partner (agent, distributor. etc.) to set a price that is [...]...
Price Standardization Price Standardization in International Trade Meaning of Price Standardization, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): Price strategy for international markets based on setting a price for the product as it leaves de factory. At its simplest it involves setting [...]...
Strike Price Strike Price in International Trade Meaning of Strike Price, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): Price at which the option buyer obtains the right to purchase (call option) or sell (put option) the underlying security or currency....
Price Policy Related Fields Related topics include: Economic Development Find this subject in this World legal encyclopedia. Social development Find this subject in this World legal encyclopedia. Price Policy Find this subject in this World legal encyclopedia. Price Control Find this subject in this World [...]...
Current Price Resources See Also Current market value Fair market value...
Call Price Resources See Also Redemption...
Administered Price Resources See Also Price Policy Price Control Pricing Strategy Dumping...
Price Control Resources See Also Price Policy Price Control Pricing Strategy Dumping...
Price Stabilization Resources See Also Price Policy Price Control Pricing Strategy Dumping...
Price Support Resources See Also Price Policy Price Control Pricing Strategy Dumping...
Retail Price Resources See Also Price Policy Price Control Pricing Strategy Dumping...
Wholesale Price Resources See Also Price Policy Price Control Pricing Strategy Dumping...
Equilibrium Relative Price Of Currencies Synonymous with rate of exchange, i.e., the price, in terms of one national currency, at which another currency can be purchased under market conditions.......
Uniform Delivered Price A single delivered price that is offered to all customers within a defined geographic area, irrespective of the actual cost of delivering the merchandise.......
Allowance for Differences of Price Spanish Translation of allowance for differences of priceThis is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to allowance for differences of price and / or a definition of this topic: Prelevement (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry)....
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JD.com leads investment in Vietnam-based e-commerce service Tiki
Jon Russell	@jonrussell / 4 years
JD.com, the Chinese e-commerce firm that rivals Alibaba, has continued its expansion in Southeast Asia with an investment in Vietnam-based Tiki, a seven-year-old online retail service.
JD.com is leading a Series C investment round in Tiki alongside VNG, the Vietnam-based online media and gaming company that is already an investor. The round itself is undisclosed, but TechCrunch understands that it is in the range of around $50 million overall.
The deal sees JD.com become "one of Tiki's largest shareholders," the companies said. The duo plan to work together to support Tiki on merchandising, cross-border opportunities, logistics, fulfillment, tech and more.
JD.com is aiming to grab a larger share of Southeast Asia's growing opportunity. The region's e-commerce market is predicted to grow to $88 billion by 2025 up from $10.9 billion last year, according to report from Google and Temasek.
The firm moved into Southeast Asia with an e-commerce service in Indonesia in 2015 and last year it has created an e-commerce and fintech joint-venture in Thailand alongside physical retail giant Central. It also made notable investments: backing ride-hailing startup Go-Jek in Indonesia and Thailand-based regional fashion marketplace Pomelo.
"We are very excited to continue our Southeast Asia expansion with Tiki, a company that has a deep understanding of Vietnam and a reputation for outstanding customer service," said JD.com president of international Winston Cheng. "We look forward to working with Tiki to deliver a truly world class e-commerce experience to Vietnamese consumers."


When this Texas dog saw a kid having fun on an icy trampoline, she couldn't resist.
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"Oh my goodness," Zakos can be heard saying as she climbed on.
The dog had trouble getting her footing on the slippery surface, though. Her frenzied run around the trampoline gave Zakos the giggles.
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Zakos said she lives in Porter, just outside of Houston.


Off the field, Nate Washington is committedto leading the offensive charge to impact communities around the country. From his hometown in Toledo, Ohio, Washington's initiative began with a modest goal of giving back, to the city that inspired him to achieve his success. That genuine passion is what has become the lifeblood of the 85th Foundation.
Every Thanksgiving, the 85th Foundation gives away free turkeys to families who are in need that are residents of low-income neighborhoods. As part of this giveaway, we have been committed to giving away school supplies, toys and coats every year.
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Influence of feeding regime on timing of parturition in beef cattle and the relationship of vaginal temperature to parturition
Mari Aoki, Koji Kimura, Osamu Suzuki
The timing of parturition was recorded for a total of 56 beef cattle (Japanese Black x Holstein Friesian) on different dietary treatments. The rate of calving during daylight hours in cows night-fed (18.00 hours) with a roughage diet was significantly higher than that in cows night-fed with a high concentrate diet (79.2% vs 38.5%, P < 0.05). Subsequently, the vaginal temperature (VT) of these cows was analyzed using a cosinor method. When the feeding schedule was changed from twice daily (08.30 and 15.30 hours) to night feeding, the periodicity, the acrophase and the bathyphase, which were the parameters of the cosine curve, were unstable from the first day of night feeding until after day 6 (P < 0.05). Prior to parturition, the midline-estimating statistic of rhythm (MESOR) and the amplitude for the cows that were fed a high-roughage diet at night and that calved at night-time were lower and larger, respectively, than that for the other treatments (P < 0.01). Based on these results, the time of parturition in most of the beef cows was influenced by feeding time and diet composition. Those cows that calved at night-time in spite of night feeding had lower vaginal temperatures.
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Aoki, M., Kimura, K., & Suzuki, O. (2006). Influence of feeding regime on timing of parturition in beef cattle and the relationship of vaginal temperature to parturition. Animal Science Journal, 77(3), 290-299. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-0929.2006.00351.x
Influence of feeding regime on timing of parturition in beef cattle and the relationship of vaginal temperature to parturition. / Aoki, Mari; Kimura, Koji; Suzuki, Osamu.
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Aoki, M, Kimura, K & Suzuki, O 2006, 'Influence of feeding regime on timing of parturition in beef cattle and the relationship of vaginal temperature to parturition', Animal Science Journal, vol. 77, no. 3, pp. 290-299. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-0929.2006.00351.x
Aoki M, Kimura K, Suzuki O. Influence of feeding regime on timing of parturition in beef cattle and the relationship of vaginal temperature to parturition. Animal Science Journal. 2006 Jun 1;77(3):290-299. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-0929.2006.00351.x
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journal = "Animal Science Journal",
T1 - Influence of feeding regime on timing of parturition in beef cattle and the relationship of vaginal temperature to parturition
AU - Aoki, Mari
AU - Kimura, Koji
AU - Suzuki, Osamu
N2 - The timing of parturition was recorded for a total of 56 beef cattle (Japanese Black x Holstein Friesian) on different dietary treatments. The rate of calving during daylight hours in cows night-fed (18.00 hours) with a roughage diet was significantly higher than that in cows night-fed with a high concentrate diet (79.2% vs 38.5%, P < 0.05). Subsequently, the vaginal temperature (VT) of these cows was analyzed using a cosinor method. When the feeding schedule was changed from twice daily (08.30 and 15.30 hours) to night feeding, the periodicity, the acrophase and the bathyphase, which were the parameters of the cosine curve, were unstable from the first day of night feeding until after day 6 (P < 0.05). Prior to parturition, the midline-estimating statistic of rhythm (MESOR) and the amplitude for the cows that were fed a high-roughage diet at night and that calved at night-time were lower and larger, respectively, than that for the other treatments (P < 0.01). Based on these results, the time of parturition in most of the beef cows was influenced by feeding time and diet composition. Those cows that calved at night-time in spite of night feeding had lower vaginal temperatures.
AB - The timing of parturition was recorded for a total of 56 beef cattle (Japanese Black x Holstein Friesian) on different dietary treatments. The rate of calving during daylight hours in cows night-fed (18.00 hours) with a roughage diet was significantly higher than that in cows night-fed with a high concentrate diet (79.2% vs 38.5%, P < 0.05). Subsequently, the vaginal temperature (VT) of these cows was analyzed using a cosinor method. When the feeding schedule was changed from twice daily (08.30 and 15.30 hours) to night feeding, the periodicity, the acrophase and the bathyphase, which were the parameters of the cosine curve, were unstable from the first day of night feeding until after day 6 (P < 0.05). Prior to parturition, the midline-estimating statistic of rhythm (MESOR) and the amplitude for the cows that were fed a high-roughage diet at night and that calved at night-time were lower and larger, respectively, than that for the other treatments (P < 0.01). Based on these results, the time of parturition in most of the beef cows was influenced by feeding time and diet composition. Those cows that calved at night-time in spite of night feeding had lower vaginal temperatures.
KW - Beef cows
KW - Cosinor method
KW - Daytime parturition
KW - Night feeding
KW - Vaginal temperature
JO - Animal Science Journal
JF - Animal Science Journal


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Yes, that was "The Shining" recut. Yes, It did used to be a horror movie. And yes, we also want to watch the new version. As we've tried to demonstrate here, music is a critically important part in producing videos. It completely sets the tone and mood for the video. Music brings energy and makes you feel something. Sound must be taken seriously when being selected in videos. I mean it took something that we know to look and feel one way and the music made it feel another.
We get a lot of questions where we get our music for our videos. This depends on what kind of music we are looking for. Highlight videos need an upbeat worship song with lyrics, while our Highlands News calls for mid-tempo instrumental tracks. Sometimes we just need an inspiring track to help communicate a testimony and some of the great things God is doing in our life. All of these different styles call for music that we may get at different places, so I am going to lay out some of those places where we start looking.
Typically, we'll use high energy worship songs. We look for tracks on The Music Bed, iTunes, Premium beat, and Audio Jungle. We all also use Spotify. It's a great tool for discovering and sharing music. We find it important as video producers to always be on the lookout for great songs that can be used for video. When we find a song that we think will be good for a video, we put it in a playlist called something like "Songs for Video". Then when we have to make a video quickly or on short notice, we don't have to spend a whole lot of time looking for a track.
For the news, we'll typically use mid-tempo songs with a definable beat and no vocals for this. The best place to find these types of tracks is to search iTunes for "medium performance track." You might have to sift through to find one with the right tempo, but its a great place to start. We use both performance tracks of praise and worship songs as well as karaoke versions of secular, pop-culture songs.
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DEVELOPMENT: Poor Hit by Recession and Tax Havens
David Cronin
BRUSSELS, Oct 27 2008 (IPS) - With signs of a recession preoccupying policy-makers in industrialised countries, prospects for the success of an international conference on providing finance to the world's poor do not appear high.
The United Nations sponsored event, beginning next month in the Qatari capital Doha, comes at a time when many governments, particularly in Europe, are reassessing commitments they have made to improve the lot of the most vulnerable.
Some of the European Union's largest member states have recently deemed the EU's plans to combat climate change, a phenomenon that affects poor countries disproportionately, too costly given the changing economic circumstances. Foreign aid budgets, already shrinking, are likely to suffer because of the same rationale.
Although the EU has been credited by many anti-poverty activists with playing a constructive role during a related conference on improving the effectiveness of development aid in Accra, Ghana, in September, the same campaigners feel that the bloc's preparations for Doha leave much to be desired.
"The Europeans are not getting their act together here in Brussels," said Nuria Molina from the European Network on Debt and Development (EURODAD). "Unless Europe takes a leadership role, we are not going to have the success that is needed in the midst of a financial crisis. They have a moral duty to play this role."
One of the most contentious issues on the Doha agenda concerns how taxation regimes in Europe are depriving poor countries of sorely needed resources.
DEVELOPMENT: Less Than Half of EU Aid Tackles Poverty
DEVELOPMENT: Crucial Role for EU at Accra Meet on Aid
A new report by the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (known by its Dutch acronym SOMO) in Amsterdam notes that revenue generated from tax accounted for just 13 percent of national income in countries classified as low-income in 2000. By contrast, the average level for industrialised countries belonging to the 30-member Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) was 36 percent.
Estimates for the amount of money that poor countries lose as a result of capital flight – the expatriation of taxable revenue – vary from 350 billion dollars to 500 billion dollars per year, several times more than what those countries receive in development aid. A large amount of this 'hot money', as it is sometimes called, ends up in tax havens either on EU territory or on territories answerable to its member states. Such havens include the City of London, the Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands, Cyprus and Luxembourg.
To remedy this situation, anti-poverty campaigners are demanding a crackdown against these tax havens, as well as the establishment of robust international accountancy standards that require major firms to report precisely how much they earn in every country where they operate, and what they do with the sums involved.
These calls are being resisted by treasury officials in Britain, who are eager not to subject the City of London to rigorous controls.
"Closing down tax havens is a European responsibility," said Molina. "Many of the tax havens are in European jurisdictions."
How to find innovative approaches to fund-raising for development will be another key issue for the Doha conference.
Philippe Douste-Blazy, the UN's deputy general secretary, said that several initiatives have proven their effectiveness in recent years. These include a British-backed scheme to use the capital markets to generate finance for developing vaccines against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and a separate programme sponsored by France, Brazil and Chile to put a tax on air travel. The challenge now is to go further, he wrote in French newspaper Le Monde, in order "not only to change the volume but the nature of aid for development."
Anti-poverty activists are adamant that fresh sources of aid must not be a substitute for the aid that rich country governments have already agreed to release from their national coffers. Just four of the EU's 27 countries – Sweden, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Denmark – have honoured a decades-old international objective of allocating at least 0.7 percent of their national incomes to development assistance.
Alexandre Polack, head of European policy with ActionAid, said that both Germany and Britain are reluctant to agree that new money for fighting poverty should be additional to what the EU has already undertaken to provide. "It is disappointing you have quite conservative views from two key countries," he said.
Polack is also urging that at least half of the revenue accruing from the EU's emissions trading system – under which permits to release greenhouse gases are bought and sold – should go to help poor countries deal with climate change.
Karen Fogg, a senior European Commission official, said that the EU will be "going into Doha with a strong commitment to keep its aid levels as foreseen. At least that is what we hope. We cannot yet anticipate what will happen as a result of the financial crisis."
But Antonio Vigilante, a director at the UN's Brussels office, said he is dismayed by the weak stance of rich countries on issues relating to global poverty. "I had a look at some of the documents being negotiated for Doha and I thought they were a joke," he said. "But they are for real. I just hope someone will have the courage to say we will redouble our efforts."


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