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Q: Truncate a table in Oracle Database before Ingestion in Data Factory V2 I'm working on a Ingestion Flow where we ingest the data from csv file to Oracle database. This is a truncate and load. So we should truncate the table before it is loaded. Trying to execute the below SP in the Lookup activity of ADF
BEGIN
execute oracle.cml_trunc_table('SCHEMA','TABLE_NAME')";
END;

Throws the below Error
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "ORACLE" when expecting one of the following:

:= . ( @ % ; immediate
The symbol ":=" was substituted for "ORACLE" to continue.

Also tried removing the "ORACLE" keyword and it failed with Invalid SQL/
Is there any other approach to execute the truncate table statement
Thanks in advance

A: I don't know anything about Azure, but - as error you got is related to Oracle, it says that you've used invalid syntax.
It looks like that you're trying to call a procedure named cml_trunc_table which is a) owned by Oracle user named oracle, or b) part of a package named oracle.
execute, on the other hand, looks as if you tried to a) execute that procedure at SQL*Plus prompt, or b) run dynamic SQL (but then you have to use execute immediate - that's why error says that "immediate" might be missing).
From my point of view, you should try one of these:
Remove execute, entirely:
begin
  oracle.cms_trunc_table('SCHEMA', 'TABLE_NAME');
end;
/

or (if you're running it at SQL*Plus prompt - I doubt you are):
exec oracle.cms_trunc_table('SCHEMA', 'TABLE_NAME');

or use dynamic SQL, but then you'd just truncate the table, not call the procedure:
begin
  execute immediate 'truncate table schema.table_name';
end;
/

If I had to bet, I'd put my money on the 1st option I posted.

A: One more thing is that the lookup activity expects some values to be returned  back . Pardon my zero knowldge on PL/SQL , but in the tSQL works , I will return some values , so the last line of stored procedure should hhave somelike
SELECT somecolumn .

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Hans Erik Simon (2000-2021) Kinderhook - Erik Simon, 21, of Kinderhook, passed away accidentally on August 1st, 2021, in Paris, France. He was born on April 26th, 2000, in New York City and moved to Columbia County in 2002. He attended Ichabod Crane, and graduated from high school in 2018. He subsequently enrolled at the Khoury College of Computer Science at Northeastern University, class of 2022, where he regularly made the dean's list. During his junior year at Northeastern, he completed a six-month co-op at Eaton Vance. Erik greatly enjoyed sports, in particular soccer and basketball, and was an avid skier. He was on the Ichabod Crane varsity soccer team, and reached the NY state finals in 2017. A talented musician, he played the piano and trumpet until his focus shifted to sports. Erik was well-traveled, visiting more than twenty countries, and was fluent in German and French. Inquisitive by nature, he constantly challenged himself and those around him intellectually. He is survived by his mother Elisabeth Simon (William Ross) and his best friend and twin brother Henry. Other surviving family members include his grandmothers Ingrid Simon and Françoise Simon, his aunt Christina Simon (Eric Lauerwald), his uncles Hans Simon (Gabriela) and Nicholas Lewis (Melisande McBurnie), his cousins Ingrid, Emma, Fritz and Maximilian Lauerwald, Filip and Fredrik Simon, Otis Lewis, and his beloved dog Victor. Private arrangements are with the Bond Funeral Home in Valatie, NY.
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Po Leung Kuk Vicwood K. T. Chong Sixth Form College (KTC) is a government-subsidised sixth form college in Yau Tsim Mong District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was established on 26 July 1991 to provide quality education to secondary pupils matriculating after Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination to prepare pupils for the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination. The College's continuing education sector provides adult education and once offered associate degree courses. The College also offered joint-degree courses with University of Ballarat in 1996, and University of Victoria later.

As the first and only sixth/form college in Hong Kong, it reformed its structure for the new Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education. It offers education to form fourth- to sixth-form pupils (24 classes). Its main feeder is Po Leung Kuk Tong Nai Kan Junior Secondary College.

The headmaster of the College is Lee Poon Shing, the former headmaster of Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School and vice-president (teaching and learning) and Dean of humanities of GT (Ellen Yeung) College. The president and supervisor is Angela Leong On-kei, who also chairs Po Leung Kuk.

History

Establishment (1991)
The College was established on 26 July 1991 as a co-educational college to focus on Hong Kong A-level Examinations. It was Hong Kong's first and only government-subsidised sixth form school, on the former premises of Po Leung Kuk Wu Chung College, which had relocated to Sha Tin. In its first year, the school offered 16 disciplines. Use of English was the only compulsory module. The social sciences stream offered economics, principles of accounts, pure mathematics, business studies, and geography. Dr. Chan Siu Kui Darnay was the founding headmaster, previously having served as the head of Po Leung Kuk Tang Yuk Tien College in Tuen Mun.

It opened on 12 March 1992.

The official ceremony for graduation includes the speech days. The first speech day was held on 8 May 1993, officiated by Professor Gungwu Wang, CBE, then vice-chancellor of The University of Hong Kong. It developed into a tradition for the College's founding father, His Excellency Sultan Vicwood KT Chong (MBE, JP, Doctor of Laws), to hand out diplomas to honourable graduates.

Academic Excellence
The College became a symbol of academic excellence, with positive results in Hong Kong A-level Examinations and high admission scores. Pass rates for all subjects have never been below the Hong Kong average, while credit rates for all subjects have been significantly above those of Hong Kong's since 1995.

Education
The College started offering joint-degree programmes with overseas universities such as The University of Victoria, Canada and The University of Ballarat, Australia in 1996. Then headmaster, Dr Chan, noted when he signed the agreement with the vice-chancellor of Ballarat University, Professor David James, that the College had decided upon such direction due to the qualifications of its academic team.

In 2000, the College was in preparation to add community college courses, offering associate degree courses with the first graduation held in May 2004.

Former headmasters
1991–2007: Dr Darnay SK Chan

2008–2009: Mrs Iris WH Lau Lai

2009–2013: Miss ML Chik

2013–2021: Dr PS Lee, BA, MA, MEd, PGCE, PhD

2021-present: Mr Yau Man Kwong, BEd., MEd.

Notable alumni
 Kellyjackie – Cantopop pop star

See also
Education in Hong Kong

References

1991 establishments in Hong Kong
Educational institutions established in 1991
Government schools in Hong Kong
Po Leung Kuk
Secondary schools in Hong Kong
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2015 Technology Convergence Conference Keynote To Shed Light On Embracing Humanity To Maximize Our Machines
John C. Havens will discuss how technology is impacting our lives from an ethical, economical, and emotional perspective.
TELADATA has announced that former professional actor (film, TV, Broadway), writer (Mashable, The Guardian, Slate), and strategic marketing consultant, John C. Havens will deliver the keynote address for its 2015 Technology Convergence Conference (TCC), which takes place on February 26, 2015 in Santa Clara, CA.
The conference keynote, titled "Heartificial Intelligence – Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Our Machines," will look at how complex technological issues are impacting our lives. As humans are learning to navigate the current digital landscape, where Big Data and Artificial Intelligence are becoming mainstream, Havens will examine the traits and behaviors that make us human in order to increase our wellbeing while also benefitting from new technology. He will also discuss the important role of IT professionals in this struggle, as they are uniquely situated between technology and end users and can help them flourish through the emerging science of positive psychology.
Havens is a writer, lecturer, consultant, and activist. In addition to speaking globally for clients like Cisco, Microsoft, and HP, he is the author of Hacking H(app)iness - Why Your Personal Data Counts and How Tracking it Can Change the World (Tarcher/Penguin - March, 2014). Havens is also the founder of, the H(app)athon Project, whose mission is to connect happiness to action via values-tracking surveys and emerging technology. By identifying how our actions are affecting our wellbeing, we can track the behaviors that increase our happiness as well as change the behaviors that are inhibiting it.
"I was honored when asked to give the keynote address at the 2015 Technology Convergence Conference," he said. "I believe IT professionals today serve as critically vital translators between technology and employees driving the business world. The value of Big Data comes within the context, communication, and camaraderie provided by IT experts like the ones attending the TCC."
"The TCC was founded on the idea of gathering industry professionals to discuss the key technological issues that we're all dealing with. The educational sessions and frank peer conversations that take place will benefit all of the attendees as we prepare for the future technological advancements of tomorrow," said Maricel Cerruti, director of marketing and business development at TELADATA and Founder of the Technology Convergence Conference.
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You have just finished a large meal from your favorite takeout place, or you have just eaten dinner with your family and you decide to lie down. All of a sudden you feel a burning pain in your chest. This pain is one of the common acid reflux, also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), symptoms. When acid from your stomach rises into the esophagus, there can be a burning sensation that radiates just behind your breastbone, and this can last anywhere from a few minutes to a couple of hours.
Normally, the muscle found at the bottom of your esophagus, the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), relaxes to allow food and liquid to flow down into your stomach and then closes again to keep acid and food from flowing back into your esophagus. When you overeat or lie down after a meal, the pressure on the esophageal sphincter can cause it to open slightly allowing acid to back up into your esophagus, producing a burning sensation.
Occasional heartburn is not a cause for alarm and can be managed with lifestyle changes such as eating smaller meals, maintaining a healthy weight and avoiding foods high in fat. You can also treat this pain with over-the-counter medications such as antacids, PPIs, also known as proton pump inhibitors, and H2 blockers. If 4 to 8 weeks of twice-daily PPI therapy is unsuccessful, further investigation with endoscopy is recommended.


They make excellent storage spaces for a garage or utility room. They can be used as pantries to store food or other kitchen products. They provide a place to hide gardening materials. They can even be made into fun wardrobes for a child's room. Almost all of these options, however, require that the locker be painted. Here are some tips and tricks to make the paint job memorable.... Once the main shell of the locker unit was in place, we sat back and admired it . . . and built the drawers! There was enough plywood left over for the bases of the drawers and then we used the left over MDF for the sides, front, and back of the drawers. We used drawer slides and allowed a 1/2 inch space for the slides when building the drawers.
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Alley Cat Allies in Ft. Lauderdale Feb 2013 ~ Pawsitively Humane, Inc.
Alley Cat Allies, headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, was founded in 1990 by two women who recognized that stray and feral cats' welfare were not being met by the animal control and shelter system. They are now the only national advocacy organization dedicated to the protection of these cats and were the first organization to introduce and advocate for humane methods of feral cat care, particularly Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR).
Now, 20 short years later, Alley Cat Allies has established care standards and has brought the humane treatment of cats into the national spotlight. Cats are animals too. Major cities and animal protection organizations across the country support the efforts and more than 260,000 supporters look to Alley Cat Allies for leadership in the movement to protect cats' lives.
While TNR has been proven to improve cats lives, it still does not protect them from their number one documented killer – being rounded up and taken to city or county shelters where 7 out of every 10 cats are killed. To change this startling statistic, Alley Cat Allies has instituted a campaign called "Changing Communities for Cats" to help transform our current animal control and shelter systems. To aid in that effort, they are touring across the county with educational seminars aimed right at the source - to meet with the key people in local communities who actually work tirelessly on behalf of these cats each and every day to make systemic changes at the community level.
1. Approximately 20% of the phone calls the Feral Friends Network (call center for Alley Cat Allies) receives is from the State of Florida.
2. A significant "social movement" has occurred within mainstream society as TNR and spay/neuter have changed the scope of veterinary medicine.
3. Current data regarding cats and dogs in shelters, on the streets, and those that are euthanized is very unstable and reliable documentation must be put into place.
4. Cats have been killed for over 100 years by animal control. If that solution really worked, we would not continue to have cat overpopulation to the extent we do.
5. Figures on cats killing birds highly are erroneous and exaggerated. A select few are repackaging and broadcasting the same misleading headlines to garner media attention. These individuals target only cats and disregard other studies that point to humans, urbanization, and other known causes for impacting bird populations.
6. The number one threat to cats is the system known as animal control.
7. The definition of euthanasia has changed – it used to mean it was for ending pain and suffering. Now, very healthy cats are killed in the name of animal control.
8. Myths about cats remain a big problem and we must educate people to debunk them.
"You are doing everything right", says Robinson to conference room of over 100 attendees. The audience consisted of average residents who volunteer in their communities in managing cat colonies, small non profit rescues, and a handful of veterinarian technicians. Robinson is referring to TNR and TNRM. "You know it works, but sadly we are working in parallel to a system that is outdated." Robinson is referring to laws surrounding animal control and shelters that were created over 50 years ago.
Robinson then announced an initiative to help concerned residents work with local government officials and begin the process of educating elected officials at the local, county and state level and bring legislation to date with science and proven successes of TNR and TNRM.
At Pawsitively Humane, Inc. we were thrilled to hear this news. We strongly believe that to correct this community ailment requires a three point solution.
1. Low cost TNR teams and spay/neuter clinics.
2. Comprehensive city-wide education and awareness campaigns to educate the public and engage the average resident.
3. Educate local government and work towards updating laws.
Here in Miami-Dade county we are fortunate to see the passing of the Pets Trust which aims to tackle points one and two.
While other cities like NYC is progressing, where residents, professionals, and local come together with solutions to improve conditions, it seems Florida cities are going backwards. Broward County, Tampa, Pompano Beach have been in recent news of taking steps to pass laws prohibiting residents to feed or care for neighborhood cats. This is despite the fact that residents have invested their own money to have the cats spayed & neutered and not reproducing.
Thankfully Alley Cat Allies will be leading efforts for the third solution. The first priority is Pompano Beach where the mayor agreed to a temporary halt on the feeding ban. We encourage concerned residents and readers to follow these important updates. You can receive automatic updates by registering your email on the right bar.


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Stories about singers, groups, bands and musical acts who have something to say about the LGBT community, good or bad
by Amanda Hurwitz, Entertainment Research and Analysis Intern
Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBTQ-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.
Photo Credit: BBC America
The GLAAD Wrap: Trailers for "Killing Eve", "Search Party" and "How I Met Your Father", 2022 Oscar's shortlist announced, new music by Elliot Lee, Stefano and more!
The GLAAD Wrap: "West Side Story" in theaters, Critics' Choice nominations out, new music by Todrick Hall, Girlpool, and more!
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The GLAAD Wrap: Trailers for "Somebody Somewhere", "Vigil" and "And Just Like That...", "Chucky" renewed, new music by Billy Porter, Kim Petras, Boyish and more!
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The GLAAD Wrap: Trailers for "Euphoria", "Inventing Anna", and "Under the Christmas Tree", new music by Honey Davenport, Quinn Christopherson and more!
The Recording Academy
by Jeremy Blacklow, Director of Entertainment Media
Lil Nas X, Brandi Carlile, and Lady Gaga rule with five nominations each for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards
Lil Nas X, Brandi Carlile, and Lady Gaga were the most nominated LGBTQ artists for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, with each artist receiving five nominations.
The GLAAD Wrap: Trailers for "Downton Abbey: A New Era", "Roaring Twenties", "Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas," new season of "Queer Eye" annouced, and music by Ladyhawke, FLETCHER, Hayley Kiyoko and more!
by GLAAD
Transgender Awareness Week: A Q&A with Veteran Radio Producer and Trans Advocate Morgan Sherm
The Latin Recording Academy
by Mauricio Montes
LGBTQ (and allied) artists nominated for the 2021 Latin GRAMMYs
The 2021 Latin GRAMMY Awards will take place on Thursday night, Nov. 18, and this year, the nominees list is filled with names from the LGBTQ+ Latine community.
The GLAAD Wrap: Trailers for "Gossip Girl" and "Single All The Way", teaser for "And Just Like That...", new music by G Flip, Miles Francis, Clinton and more!
Amy Schneider on Jeopardy! (Photo courtesy of Jeopardy! productions)
Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider talks with GLAAD about her historic winning streak
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GLAAD Video Interview: Season 14 Queens of RuPaul's Drag Race talk Drag Race herstory, answer fun trivia questions, and more


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Furacão Bud  foi um ciclone tropical enfraquecedor que atualmente ameaça a Península de Baja California e o México continental. Bud é a segunda tempestade, o segundo furacão, e também o segundo maior furacão da temporada anual. As origens de Bud eram de algumas centenas de milhas ao sul do Golfo de Tehuantepec. Uma ampla área de clima perturbado em 5 de junho em associação com uma onda tropical que se move para o oeste. A onda se transformou em uma depressão tropical em 9 de junho. No dia seguinte, a depressão tropical intensificou-se para a tempestade tropical Bud.

Em 10 de junho, a Bud foi atualizada para um furacão de categoria 1. Mais tarde, sua intensificação explosiva veio como um grande furacão na Escala de furacões de Saffir-Simpson. Segundo o NHC o furacão Bud estava causando impactos na Península da Baixa Califórnia  como categoria 1

História Meteorológica
Em 4 de junho, o Centro Nacional de Furacões (NHC) começou a anunciar a possibilidade de desenvolvimento tropical bem ao sul do México a partir de uma área de baixa pressão que deveria ocorrer nos dias subsequentes. Uma onda tropical avançou para o oeste através da América Central e no extremo leste do Pacífico em 5 de junho, acompanhada por uma massa desorganizada de chuvas e tempestades.

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 Temporada de furacões no Pacífico de 2018
 Furacão Patricia (2015)

Ciclones tropicais de categoria 4
Ciclones tropicais no Oceano Pacífico nordeste
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Primary school set to join multi-academy trust
Submitted by Geoff.Fisher on Mon, 2016-05-30 17:30
Reepham Primary School is set to be the first school to join Reepham High School and College's (RHSC) new Synergy Multi Academy Trust, which was established last summer with approval from the Department for Education.
Reepham Primary School, School Road, Reepham
Writing in the high school's magazine, RHSC Review, principal Mark Farrar said Reepham Primary plans to formally join the trust in September, which means the school "will not have to worry about issues relating to finances, site management and [information and communications technology].
"Responsibility for all of these matters will be taken by Synergy, allowing the primary school to focus entirely on teaching and learning."
He added that the proposals will allow staff at the two schools to work "even more closely together", helping with the transfer of pupils from one to school to the other and sharing classroom expertise.
Mr Farrar revealed that other neighbouring schools have also expressed interest in joining Synergy and anticipates the multi-academy trust having several more members within a relatively short period of time.
"However, there are no plans for Synergy to become a large, national chain," he said. "Our priority is to work in partnership with local schools, better serving all of the children in our local community. We have a shared moral purpose."
Synergy was allocated a one-off capital grant from the Department for Education, which is being spent on legal services and on converting the school house into offices for Synergy finance, site and data members of staff.
"The development of Synergy Multi Academy Trust is one of the most important and exciting events in the history of RHSC," said Mr Farrar. "We are very much looking forward to working with our primary colleagues and are determined to make it succeed."
Catherine Ogle, Reepham Primary School acting headteacher, said: "The Synergy Multi Academy Trust was a natural choice for us, as we have worked closely with RHSC for several years already.
"The majority of our children move on to Reepham High, and many children have siblings across both schools.
"By joining together on this more formal basis, we will be able to maximise opportunities for children at both schools, and ensure that children's education is both inspiring and challenging from Reception to Year 13."
The trust is part of a growing trend for high schools in Norfolk to set up academy trusts that local primary schools can join.
Academies are independently run, but state-funded, schools that are overseen by a not-for-profit business, known as an academy trust.
The government recently reversed its controversial decision to force all schools to become academies by 2022. However, new powers are in train that could enable the Department for Education to step in and force schools in "underperforming" local authorities – or those unable to provide the necessary support – to convert to academy status.
Meanwhile, a report in the Eastern Daily Press earlier this year listed Reepham Primary School as one of 52 schools in Norfolk at risk of becoming "coasting schools", which are schools where less than 85% of pupils achieve a certain standard in their education, as set out by government.
Such schools have until the summer to improve their exam results or risk being turned into academies or transferred to a new academy sponsor.
Reepham Primary School pointed out that, until autumn, there are no "coasting schools" in existence because the definition requires the 2016 data before it goes live.
The school said it is confident it will achieve the required standards and does not anticipate becoming defined as a "coasting school" in 2016.
"We have fantastic children at our school, and fantastic parents and staff," said the school's website. "We are proud of our extended curriculum and the learning opportunities provided for our children, and are confident that Reepham Primary will continue to grow and develop, providing an excellent education for our young people."
Reepham Primary School is currently in the process of appointing a new headteacher, after Miriam Jones left in December to become a lecturer in primary education at the University of East Anglia.
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I.Lot Details
Type Books and Manuscripts
Estimate $80,000 — $120,000
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RATZER, Bernard (fl. 1756-1777). Plan of the City of New York in North America, surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767. London: Jefferys and Faden, "Jan.y" 12, 1776.
Copper-engraved plan of New York on four sheets, joined. Overall sheet 48 ½ x 35 ½ in (1235 x 900 mm), deckle edges. With engraved panoramic view of New York below map after a painting by Robert Davies at bottom. (Dissected into 16 sections, with later linen backing; some minor curling at seam edges). Float-mounted and framed.
"PERHAPS THE FINEST MAP OF AN AMERICAN CITY and its environs produced in the eighteenth century" (Augustyn).
Second issue (after the ca 1770 issue known in three copies). The Ratzer map is a cartographic masterpiece, the finest map of any American city produced in the 18th century, and is one of the most important iconographic symbols of the city of New York. Its artistic virtuosity and unrivaled accuracy define it as the apogee of a sequence of great maps of the city produced just before and during the Revolutionary War with a sharpness and sensitivity of draftsmanship that makes it stand alone from any other American maps of this period.
Ratzer's map developed from surveys of 1766 and 1767, the first engraved form was his "Ratzen" plan of the city itself published in 1769, engraved by Kitchen. By ca 1770 the larger plan of the city and its environs had been finished and was published undated by Thomas Kitchin. The elaborate survey showing the southern end of Manhattan island, (as far north as 50th Street today), the marshy New Jersey shores of the Hudson, Kennedy, Bucking and Governors Islands, and parts of present-day Brooklyn along the East River. Title set on lower left corner of map with decorative cartouche and list of references, one compass rose, inset scale bar, and dedication to Sir Henry Moore, Governor of New York. The map surmounting an engraved panoramic view of the city from Governors island, after a 1760 view by Captain Davies.
The Ratzer map was first published in London by Thomas Kitchin ca 1770, but only two copies of this first issue survive today. The present copy, the second issue, was published by Jefferys and Faden, and although they were commercial publishers, it was rarely included in Faden's North American Atlas of 1777. Bernard Ratzer served in the British Army in the 60th or American regiment. His earliest known map is a manuscript chart of Passamquoddy Bay in Maine in 1756. Various other manuscript plans of forts followed, and he collaborated with Sauthier on his survey of New York, published in 1776. In 1769 Sir Henry Moore gave him the task of surveying the New York New Jersey border. Despite the commercial nature of Faden and Jefferys, this New York plan had a limited circulation and certainly very few copies are seen on the market today. It ranks as one of the most attractive of all maps, one of the high points of the art of the military map maker. Cohen & Augustyn, Manhattan in Maps, pp.73-77; Schwartz & Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America, p. 192; Stokes, Iconography ("one of the most beautiful, important and accurate plans of New York."), p. 341.
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CS1744 KVM Switch integrates functions of video signal dual output and USB KVM switches. It allows a computer with dual-screen support to pair with two VGA/SVGA/Multisync displays via a USB keyboard and mouse. Furthermore, CS1744 provides 1 USB port on each of the front and rear panels, allowing each server to share any USB peripheral device that is connected to this HUB.


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The Worth Valley is beautiful and one of the best ways to enjoy its rugged, windswept beauty is to follow the footpaths across the moors.
There is so much to see and so many paths to choose.
To help you with this we offer three guided walks that will help you discover the delights of the area.
We can also work with you to create your own journey of discovery to take in the places, views and habitats that you want to see.
Our guides are above all else great story tellers and their love and knowledge of the valley shines through their work. They have a light touch with history and a welcoming way with people.


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Home Nutrition News Replacing White Rice With Brown Rice Or Other Whole Grains May Reduce...
Replacing White Rice With Brown Rice Or Other Whole Grains May Reduce Diabetes Risk
In a new study, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found that eating five or more servings of white rice per week was associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. In contrast, eating two or more servings of brown rice per week was associated with a lower risk of the disease.
The researchers estimated that replacing 50 grams of white rice (just one third of a typical daily serving) with the same amount of brown rice would lower risk of type 2 diabetes by 16%. The same replacement with other whole grains, such as whole wheat and barley, was associated with a 36% reduced risk.
The study is the first to specifically examine white rice and brown rice in relation to diabetes risk among Americans, said Qi Sun, who did the research while at HSPH and is now an instructor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "Rice consumption in the U.S. has dramatically increased in recent decades. We believe replacing white rice and other refined grains with whole grains, including brown rice, would help lower the risk of type 2 diabetes," said Sun.
The study appears online June 14, 2010, on the website of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine. Brown rice is superior to white rice when it comes to fiber content, minerals, vitamins, and phytochemicals, and it often does not generate as large an increase in blood sugar levels after a meal. Milling and polishing brown rice removes most vitamins and minerals. In addition, milling strips away most of its fiber, which helps deter diabetes by slowing the rush of sugar (glucose) into the bloodstream.
The researchers, led by Sun, and senior author Frank Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at HSPH, examined white and brown rice consumption in relation to type 2 diabetes risk in 157,463 women and 39,765 men participating in the Brigham and Women's Hospital-based Nurses' Health Study I and II and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. The researchers analyzed responses to questionnaires about diet, lifestyle, and health conditions which participants completed every four years. They documented 5,500 cases of type 2 diabetes during 22 years of follow-up in NHS 1 participants, 2,359 cases over 14 years in NHS II participants, and 2,648 cases over 20 years in HPFS participants.
Sun and his colleagues found that the biggest consumers of white rice were less likely to have European ancestry or to smoke and more likely to have a family history of diabetes. Eating brown rice was not associated with ethnicity but with a more health-conscious diet and lifestyle. In the analysis, researchers adjusted for a variety of factors that could influence the results, including age, body mass index, smoking status, alcohol intake, family history of diabetes, and other dietary habits, and found that the trend of increased risk associated with high white rice consumption remained. Because ethnicity was associated with both white rice consumption and diabetes risk, the researchers conducted a secondary analysis of white participants only and found similar results.
Because brown rice consumption was low in the study population, the researchers could not determine whether brown rice intake at much higher levels was associated with a further reduction in diabetes risk. Substitution of other whole grains for white rice was more strongly associated with lowering diabetes risk. This observation, said the researchers, may result from more reliable estimates based on participants' higher consumption of whole grains other than brown rice.
The current Dietary Guidelines for Americans, released by the U.S. government, identifies grains, including rice, as one of the primary sources of carbohydrates and recommends that at least half come from whole grains. Americans are eating more rice — but it's mostly white. "From a public health point of view, whole grains, rather than refined carbohydrates, such as white rice, should be recommended as the primary source of carbohydrates for the U.S. population," said Hu, "These findings could have even greater implications for Asian and other populations in which rice is a staple food."
Other HSPH authors included Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition, Donna Spiegelman, professor of epidemiologic methods, Rob van Dam, adjunct assistant professor of nutrition, Michelle Holmes, associate professor in the department of epidemiology, and Vasanti Malik, teaching fellow in the department of nutrition.
This study was supported by the National Institutes of Health. Sun was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from Unilever Corporate Research.
The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Harvard School of Public Health, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.
1. Qi Sun; Donna Spiegelman; Rob M. van Dam; Michelle D. Holmes; Vasanti S. Malik; Walter C. Willett; Frank B. Hu. White Rice, Brown Rice, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in US Men and Women. Arch Intern Med, 2010; 170 (11): 961-969 [link]
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Q: Animating UIView and its sub layers I have a subclassed UIView that is comprised of several layers (mostly CAShapeLayers with a few CATextLayers). The problem I have is that if I animate resizing the UIView using an animation block (beginAnimations, commitAnimations) and relayout the sublayers in the overridden layoutSubviews, then the layers are not animated with the UIView.
Below is my code to animate the frame of the UIView:
miniView.backgroundColor = [UIColor orangeColor];

[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:1.0f];
[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut];
[UIView setAnimationRepeatCount:MAXFLOAT];
[UIView setAnimationRepeatAutoreverses:YES];

miniView.frame = newFrame;

[UIView commitAnimations];

So the problem is that the view is properly animated but the sublayers are not. I can see the view growing and shrinking but the sublayers grow immediately and then stay the new larger size. What is the best way to resize the sublayers of a view when the view is resized? And how do I make those animate in the same way with the parent view?

A: I would need to see more code to really fix the problem, however you can try to animate miniView's layer instead of its view.
CABasicAnimation *animation = [CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:@"transform.scale"];
animation.fromValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.0];
animation.toValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0];
// additional setup...

[miniView.layer layoutIfNeeded];
[miniView.layer addAnimation:animation forKey:@"whateverYouWant"];

Instead of using UIKit animation this should be more flexible once you get the hang of it.


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P.M. laughs off Australian Senator's concerns
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sailele Malielegaoi (Photo: Aufai Areta Areta )
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sailele Malielegaoi has laughed off concerns raised by an Australian Senator about a request to extradite an Australian man accused of conspiring to assassinate him.
Talalelei Pauga was taken into custody by Australian Police on 20 August following an extradition request from the Samoan Government; his case is currently before Australian courts.
Senator Janet Rice this week told the Samoa Observer she was concerned because Tuilaepa had "intervened" in the case by writing to the Ministry of Justice criticising Judges' bail decisions.
The Senator from the Australian state of Victoria raised similar questions in Australia's Parliament about whether the case was "influenced by political considerations".
But the Prime Minister fired back at Senator Rice's criticisms, characterising them as ill-informed and disrespectful of Samoa's sovereignty.
"She's in the dark, and does not understand; therefore it's better for their Government not to interfere with our Government matters," said the Prime Minister.
Senator Rice is not a member of the Australian Government. She is the Deputy Whip of the minor opposition party the Greens, which occupy nine of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate.
But on his radio program with TV3 on Tuesday, the Prime Minister rubbished claims made by the Senator on whether judicial independence in Samoa was questionable.
"The three pillars of government are solid and [are also independent] and I am referring to the executive, legislative and [judicial branches], but [I] don't respond to matters that do not involve the Australian Government," he said.
"We don't interfere with matters pertaining to the Australian Government, why do they think they can meddle with our issues?
"And this is happening because our people are the ones asking them questions.
The Attorney General, Savalenoa Mareva Betham-Annandale, confirmed in October that Samoa first requested Pauga's extradition in February.
She said her office is "duty-bound" to pursue the case and begin criminal proceedings against him in Samoa, as there is "sufficient evidence" to support Samoa's claims against him.
In an email interview with the Samoa Observer on Monday Senator Rice alleged the Prime Minister's apparent involvement in the case raised human rights concerns.
"While it's impossible to speak to the validity of the accusations as there is so little public information, we are concerned that there may be human rights issues at play in this case," she said.
"It is particularly concerning that the Prime Minister of Samoa has intervened by writing to the Ministry of Justice criticising bail decisions in relation to the two other individuals charged in the case associated with Mr. Pauga, especially considering Mr. Pauga has been a critic of the Samoan Prime Minister.
"It is of the utmost importance that Mr. Pauga be given a fair trial and that the Australian Government takes all appropriate steps to ensure his rights are protected."
Senator Rice expressed concerns in Parliament in early December and called for an "independent and fair process" to look at the allegations made against him.
The Australian Senator, in her presentation to the Parliament, also made reference to a 9 March 2020 letter, which Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sa'ilele Malielegaoi wrote to the Ministry of Justice and Court Administration C.E.O. Moliei Simi Vaai.
Two other individuals being jointly charged for conspiring to murder the Prime Minister are Malele Paulo (who is also known as King Faipopo) and Lemai Faioso Sione.
The men have pleaded not guilty to allegations of conspiring to murder the Prime Minister and will appear for a trial in August next year.
A fourth man, Taualai Leiloa, of Lauli'i, has pleaded guilty to playing a role in the alleged plot and is expected to be sentenced next week.
But a spokesperson for the Australian Attorney-General's Office said that country's extradition laws had built-in human rights protections.
"Extradition requests made to Australia are considered on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with the requirements of Australian law," the spokesperson said.
"The Extradition Act 1988 [...] contains a number of human rights safeguards that decision-makers must take into account.
"This discretion is unfettered and allows the decision-maker to take into account any relevant consideration, including, where appropriate, the likelihood of a fair trial."
Pauga is opposing the Samoan Government's request for his extradition and is scheduled to appear before a Magistrate to contest the merits of the case against him.
Pauga has been in detention at the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre in the state of Queensland since 20 August.
In late September, his lawyers argued he has been unlawfully detained while the extradition case is considered because he had been denied the right to appear before a Magistrate immediately after he was arrested.
A lawyer for Samoa, Marc McKechnie, said the arrest and Mr Pauga's subsequent detention was lawful and Australia had a requirement to honour extradition requests under international law.
In 2018, Pauga was charged after throwing a pig's head at Tuilaepa while the Prime Minister was visiting a church in Queensland.
The case was dismissed.
P.M. defends matai sa'o limits
The Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Dr. Sailele Malielegaoi has assured that limitation of paramount chiefs (matai sa'o) will not apply to those who already hold such a position, and announced he will not let the opposition mislead the nation without a fight.


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Harper's Office hired three law firms to handle Duffy-Wirght investigation instead of using Juctice Dept lawyers that would be much more econonmical for taxpayers; In his hockey book, Harper thanks now-disgraced chief of staff for help with ethics
Posted on November 29, 2013 by Jessica Ernst
PMO has hired three law firms to handle Duffy-Wright investigation by Stephen Maher, Post Media News, November 29, 2013, Ottawa Citizen
The prime minister's office has hired three law firms to provide legal advice to current and former employees in relation to the RCMP investigation of former chief of staff Nigel Wright's $90,000 payment to Mike Duffy. The PMO didn't provide an estimate of the cost of the legal fees, but they are likely to be steep. The lead lawyer on the file, Bay Street litigator Robert Staley, a partner at Bennet Jones, is said to bill in the $900-an-hour range. The other firms are Miller Thompson, and Caroll and Wallace. Fasken Martineau, the firm where Wright's lawyer, Peter Mantas, works, is not on the list, which suggests Wright may have chosen to pay his own legal bills.
Typically, the federal government uses Justice Department lawyers for its legal requirements, but ministers' offices can choose to hire outside counsel and have taxpayers pick up the bill. Public servants who end up in legal jeopardy as part of their work are indemnified, which means the government covers their legal counsel. Although proactive disclosure rules require the government to post all contracts over $10,000 online, the Privy Council Office has not posted any contracts related to this. Treasury Board rules allow legal services to be exempted from the disclosure requirements if they "compromise criminal investigations, national security or public safety."
In court documents filed by the RCMP last week, Cpl. Greg Horton wrote that Staley, "legal representative for the PMO" helped arrange for RCMP computer forensic investigators to search computer servers over the course of four days. Horton wrote that "current and former PMO employees" provided privacy waivers through their own counsel, who also would be hired by the PMO. The amount paid to the firms will be disclosed in next year's Public Accounts, if they bill more than $100,000 on a file.
The rates lawyers can charge on the file are established by consulting the rate guide set up for the Cohen Commission into salmon stocks, which had a top rate of $350-an-hour, according to Raymond Rivet, a spokesman for the Privy Council Office. "The rates serve as a guide but the specific hourly rate is protected by solicitor-client privilege, so it cannot be disclosed publicly," he said in an email.
Staley will be taking a steep cut in pay to work on the file if he is restrained by the Cohen Commission rates. A top litigator at one of the biggest firms in the country, Staley has represented BlackBerry and Holinger International, and often works on corporate restructurings and bankruptcies, some of the most demanding and lucrative forms of litigation. Staley has represented Stephen Harper and Ray Novak, now Harper's chief of staff, in a lawsuit filed by former cabinet minister Helena Guergis, attacking her defamation case against the prime minister in strongly worded and widely reported courtroom performance, denouncing her lawyer's arguments as "gibberish." Staley's son, Steven, works as Harper's executive assistant, a role once filled by Novak.
Staley is a longtime Conservative supporter, having donated to the unsuccessful 2004 leadership campaign of Tony Clement, who is now president of the treasury board. He has also donated to Clement's riding association and to the Oak Ridges — Markham riding association of Paul Calandra. In a recent post on his Facebook page, Staley voiced his support for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. "In 2014 if forced to choose between Rob Ford and Olivia Chow, I'd still vote for Rob Ford, so long as he remains out of prison. Even what may be a cracked out Rob Ford has done a better job as mayor than David Miller. Plus he's a lot of fun to watch."
The government should make sure that it eventually accounts for whatever it spends on lawyers dealing with this investigation, because the costs were incurred because of government missteps, says Gregory Thomas of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. "What taxpayers should be provided with is the bill for all this at the end of the day," he said in an interview Thursday. "What did the Duffy scandal cost the government in legal advice? How many lawyers were hired to advise the government, and what was the total bill? It goes to the competence of the government."
The prime minister should just use Justice Department lawyers, says NDP MP Charlie Angus. "The prime minister's office is hunkering down for a big legal fight," he said. "They're circling the wagons. They're bringing in the big legal guns. They appear to be sticking the taxpayer with it when there's Justice Department lawyers available." Angus says the fact the PMO is going outside for legal help raises questions about how co-operative the PMO is being with the investigation. "The prime minister's office says his office is not under investigation and they're doing everything to co-operate but why are they bringing in probably very, very expensive hired guns? [Emphasis added]
In hockey book, Harper thanks now-disgraced chief of staff for help with ethics by The Canadian Press, November 29, 2013, Calgary Herald
This may require a little prime ministerial stickhandling. Stephen J. Harper, hockey author, relied for ethical advice on the same former senior staffer he now says is solely responsible for an ethics scandal rattling his Conservative government. The prime minister's long-awaited hockey history, "A Great Game," was released earlier this month and in the acknowledgments Harper credits the assistance of Nigel Wright, his now-disgraced chief of staff. Harper says several staffers in the Prime Minister's Office helped on the book — with "minimal impact" on their official duties, of course — and credits Wright for the advice and liaison he provided with the federal ethics commissioner. "Nigel Wright similarly assisted with advice and liaison with Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson, whose office was forthright and constructive," Harper writes. Wright has become Harper's go-to whipping boy since he resigned — or was fired — from the PMO last May over his role in an ongoing Senate expense scandal. Harper has stressed repeatedly in the House of Commons that Wright alone is under RCMP investigation in an alleged bribery and breach of trust scheme with former Conservative Sen. Mike Duffy. "On our side there is one person responsible for this deception and that person is Mr. Wright. It is Mr. Wright by his own admission," the prime minister said in the House of Commons last month. [Emphasis added]
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YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenian youth activists campaigning against a controversial electricity price hike on Wednesday gave the Armenian government until September 11 to formally scrap the unpopular measure or face fresh nonstop demonstrations in Yerevan.
"On September 11 we will take to the streets and stay there because if we don't stay they [the authorities] won't give a damn," said Artush Chibukhchian, one of the leaders of the No To Plunder pressure group.
"Deceiving people is a normal thing for them," he told RFE/RL's Armenian service (Azatutyun.am). "The person occupying the post of the president can easily fool the people."
"We have had a chance to see that they say one thing and do another," said another leader of the group, Artur Kocharian.
Kocharian pointed to the government's decision to keep the energy prices unchanged for households and only some small businesses using up to 500 kilowatts of electricity a month. No To Plunder wants the government to subsidize the tariffs for all individual and corporate consumers.
The youth movement issued the ultimatum one day after about 100 of its members and supporters clashed with riot police at a section of Yerevan's Marshal Bagramian Avenue adjacent to President Serzh Sarkisian's offices. Six protesters were briefly detained by the police.
The number of the protesters paled in comparison with thousands of mostly young people who blocked another section of the avenue for two weeks in late June and early July. Sarkisian promised to temporarily subsidize the tariffs in response to those protests dubbed "Electric Yerevan" in social media.
"The September 11 rally will be much more powerful," said Kocharian. Chibukhchian, for his part, did not exclude that No To Plunder will again try to occupy Marshal Bagramian Avenue.
The activists spoke to RFE/RL's Armenian service as they visited kiosks and other small businesses in downtown Yerevan, urging them to boycott the higher fees which the Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) will start collecting this month. Legal entities not covered by the government subsidy will have to sign new power supply contracts with the ENA.
"We'll rip up those contracts," one female entrepreneur told the No To Plunder activists. "We'll kick them out."
Many of the small business owners visited by the activists seemed unaware that they will now be charged 49 drams (just over 10 U.S. cents) per kilowatt/hour by the ENA, up from 41 drams. They said they expected the government to fully subsidize power supplies pending the outcome of a special international audit of the ENA.
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Mykolajiwka (; ) ist eine Stadt im Norden der ukrainischen Oblast Donezk mit etwa 15.000 Einwohnern (2014).

Die in der ersten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts gegründete Ortschaft war während der sowjetischen Periode eine Siedlung städtischen Typs. Ihr wurde am 18. November 2003 der Stadtstatus verliehen.

Die Stadt liegt nahe dem Südufer des Siwerskyj Donez etwa 10 Kilometer östlich der Rajonshauptstadt Slowjansk, die Oblasthauptstadt Donezk befindet sich etwa 125 Kilometer südlich von Mykolajiwka.

Verwaltungsgliederung
Am 21. Juli 2015 wurde die Stadt zum Zentrum der neugegründeten Stadtgemeinde Mykolajiwka (Миколаївська міська громада/Kostjantyniwska miska hromada). Zu dieser zählten auch die 10 in der untenstehenden Tabelle aufgelisteten Dörfer, bis dahin bildete sie die gleichnamige Stadtratsgemeinde Mykolajiwka (Миколаївська міська рада/Kostjantyniwska miska rada) als Teil der Stadtratsgemeinde Slowjansk im Osten des sie umgebendenden Rajons Slowjansk.

Am 8. September 2016 wurde die bis dahin zum Stadtkreis von Slowjansk gehörende Stadt administrativ dem Rajon Slowjansk unterstellt.

Am 12. Juni 2020 kam noch die 2 Siedlungen städtischen Typs Donezke und Rajhorodok sowie die Dörfer Karpiwka und Selesniwka zum Gemeindegebiet.

Am 17. Juli 2020 wurde der Ort ein Teil des Rajons Kramatorsk.

Folgende Orte sind neben dem Hauptort Mykolajiwka Teil der Gemeinde:

Söhne und Töchter der Stadt
 Wassyl Archypenko (* 1957), sowjetisch-ukrainischer Hürdenläufer

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Il Museo della pasta è un museo etnografico dedicato alla pasta, collocato all'interno della Corte di Giarola, tra Collecchio e Ozzano Taro, zona storicamente vocata alla lavorazione del grano, in provincia di Parma.

Storia

Nel 2001 fu fondato il "Comitato Promotore dei Musei del Cibo", dal 2003 Associazione dei Musei del Cibo della Provincia di Parma, che riuniva la Provincia di Parma, i Comuni di Soragna, Langhirano e Collecchio, i consorzi di tutela dei Prodotti Tipici, la Camera di Commercio di Parma e le associazioni economiche di categoria; l'ente da allora si occupò della creazione e gestione della rete di Musei del Cibo nella provincia di Parma, avviando una serie di lavori che interessarono alcuni edifici pubblici, tra cui, dal 2004, la Corte di Giarola.

Il museo della pasta, collocato al primo piano dell'ala ovest della grande corte rurale, dotata di mulino già in epoca medievale, fu inaugurato il 10 maggio 2014 con un convegno dedicato a "La pasta tra storia, cultura e gastronomia", ma l'idea della sua istituzione nacque già intorno al 1980, su iniziativa del collezionista Ettore Guatelli, del poeta Attilio Bertolucci e dell'imprenditore Pietro Barilla, che iniziò a raccogliere nella sede dell'industria multinazionale numerosi oggetti e documenti storici, in parte provenienti dall'archivio storico aziendale.

Percorso espositivo
Il percorso espositivo, collocato all'interno dell'antico granaio della corte rurale, in continuità col Museo del pomodoro, è suddiviso in sei sezioni.

La prima sezione descrive, attraverso una serie di documenti, modelli e attrezzi agricoli d'epoca, l'evoluzione storica delle tecniche di coltivazione del grano e dei cereali.

La seconda illustra, attraverso pannelli, modelli e la ricostruzione di un mulino a palmenti e di un mulino a cilindri, l'evoluzione storica delle tecniche di macinazione.

La terza descrive, attraverso pannelli e oggetti, il pane e i prodotti da forno.

La quarta illustra, attraverso una collezione di piccoli utensili domestici d'epoca, le tecniche di preparazione casalinga della pasta fresca e i numerosi formati di pasta esistenti.

La quinta sezione descrive, attraverso l'allestimento di un pastificio industriale risalente agli inizi del XIX secolo e di alcuni macchinari antichi, le tecniche di produzione industriale della pasta e dei metodi di formatura di 100 sue tipologie.

La sesta infine illustra, attraverso pannelli, cartoline, dépliant pubblicitari, oggetti, dipinti, francobolli e cataloghi, la cultura della pasta.

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Voci correlate
 Pasta
 Corte di Giarola
 Museo del pomodoro
 Collecchio
 Provincia di Parma
 Musei dell'Emilia-Romagna

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Collegamenti esterni

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Who Owns Returns?
by Lisa Jack
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Who's in Charge of Returns?
Returns are no longer just a cost of doing business. When most shopping was done in stores, returns were around 8-10%, however with online sales added in the estimated average rate of return is 20%, and even higher for apparel.
This is a real hit on the bottom line.
Online grew around free deliveries and returns which grows sales but increases costs. To manage this huge increase in the volume of returns, many businesses have had to set up dedicated returns distribution centres. Using our true cost of returns model, it's at least £2.50 per item just to run the system to deal with returns and around £7.95 in total to process returns. It is no wonder that some are now making a nominal charge for returns, or looking for other mechanisms, for example, encouraging shoppers to buy only what they are going to keep or incentivise them to return to a physical store, which can cost the retailer less and at the same time, grow sales.
The environmental hit from returns is also getting recognised (see The Guardian 16th /20th July 2022)*. The additional packaging, extra travel miles when fuel costs are high, and then disposal of items that cannot be resold should be a real concern for businesses.
Reverse logistics need to be re-engineered, and our research found that these were less lean and agile than forward logistics. One retailer shared that it costs 4-5 times as much to bring back an item than to ship it in the first place.
All parts of the business need to play a role, the buying teams need to ensure that the images, sizing, and wording are accurate as well as appealing. The marketing team need to design appropriate and legal returns policies. The supply chain team needs to build the right capabilities to support the business needs, especially with the couriers, while the Loss Prevention team need to build tools, techniques and technologies to prevent returns fraud.
Our study (link) with the ECR Retail Loss Group published in 2018 identified that few, if any, businesses had cross-functional teams working together to manage and mitigate the growing, and now very visible, returns problem. In the majority of cases, it seemed that responsibility for returns landed below director level. We believed that this organisational approach created a "blind spot" and an inability for their business to understand, track or even know the full and true cost of returns, the one thing we were certain of, was that it was not free (https://theconversation.com/the-hidden-costs-of-online-shopping-for-customers-and-retailers-109694)
Given four years of additional experience, the growth of online sales during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns and the increased awareness of the environmental impact of unnecessary returns , we wanted to learn how organisations are now managing returns, their policies, the reverse logistics, the KPIs and fraud in this area. And further, we wanted to understand whether the people at the top now have greater oversight and control of returns.
We asked loss managers from the ECR Retail Loss to update us on the oversight of returns in July 2022.
What we found was that in around three-fifths of the 44 businesses who responded, each function or team dealt with its own aspect of returns and that the lead manager of that function takes responsibility.
Around one-fifth of businesses have a multi-functional taskforce to deal with setting policies, aligning reverse logistics, monitoring performance and countering fraud. The latter was most likely to be the subject of a taskforce. Half of the remaining businesses (around 5 out of the 44) had dedicated cross-functional departments or teams to deal with policies and logistics. In two or three cases, these teams also dealt with fraud and KPIs. The rest had various arrangements.
Overall responsibility for returns is shared among the heads of departments or teams, although in many cases one team head takes overall responsibility. There is no convention apparent on this: logistics, asset protection, loss management, customer service and others all took this role somewhere. In 12 cases, there was executive oversight of returns with one executive having returns included in their portfolio. Again, these were across functions. In only three cases was one person given the title of 'Head of Returns', 'Returns Manager' and 'VP Returns and Recommerce', suggesting sole responsibility. It was not clear from the short survey whether these were executive directors or senior managers.
This strongly suggests that despite the growing hit to net profits and the difficult implications of whether to reduce returns or increase customer growth returns are not as visible as they should be to the executives of a business. Our model suggests that a loss in sales can be compensated by increased profits if returns are controlled and reduced. It would be interesting to see from those in a head of returns role what difference that makes.
We also looked at how sales returns are reported in the annual reports of companies, because this gives us some insight into what the executive board are discussing. We looked at the annual reports of 10 major apparel companies. Returns would be dealt with in the notes to the financial statements. We found only two companies (NEXT and John Lewis) that disclosed a returns figure, which is an estimated 'right of returns' cost of goods returned within the online 14 day cooling off period but not necessarily the full cost of returns. They also showed their refund liabilities or the amounts still owed in refunds at the year end, along with percentages. In all 10 cases, there is a statement that the sales revenue given is the figure after discounts, returns and similar costs are deducted. Only five disclosed their returns policies in the financial statements. There is no requirement in the international financial reporting standards or an accepted industry norm that requires CFO to give this information, meaning that sensitive information or difficult news about returns can be hidden inside other items.
Whilst it is hoped that the board get rather more internal information to ensure that the issue of returns is discussed, this rather suggests that after all, returns are still seen as the hidden cost of doing business. A clear line of accountability to the top is needed to tackle the real and growing problems of returns. The recent reports of businesses such as Zara and Boho making a charge for returns suggests that the issue is getting nearer to the top of the agenda.
* https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/jul/16/buy-now-try-later-online-clothing-sales-boom-raises-qualms-over-returns
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/20/end-free-returns-fast-fashion-online-shoppers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/02/as-americans-send-back-millions-of-holiday-gifts-theres-a-hidden-environmental-cost


The day is overcast. We make our own breakfast… this place is a self service operation. We are off at 7:45 AM. Up, down, up, down through cornfields plus giant oak trees. We climb up to a town that rambles along a ridge for 2 kilometers. When we reach the business section we enjoy coffee, croissants, Schweppes and espresso in a cheery bar and then stop at a boulongerie for a petite baguette, a boucherie for a sausage, and a Casino Market for chips, cheese and a tomato. Leaving this welcoming town, we pass a spring once reserved for outcast Cagots – related to the outcast Pedauques Nick is researching. We continue along the ridge and descend down to our place, Arret et Aller, an old chateau on the Rue de Pedauques. Lots of animals. The star is Rasher, a giant, somewhat mercurial pot-bellied pig. "He's out sorts," we're told, "note his usual self today." For company, he has three dogs, chickens and geese. We have a pleasant room with a balcony overlooking the grounds where we enjoy our lunch with a bottle of wine from our hostess. Bath in a bathtub! We read and nap all afternoon in our cozy space looking out at the overcast, drizzly day. The rain lets up and we dine outside with our host, Glin. The inn's owners are English. They have been here for five years, a mother and son. We enjoy a tomato and apple salad, beef teriyaki with rice, pie and ice cream. We purchase wine for our meal. Entertained by thunder and lightning all night.