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English 105: Freshman Honors English
T-Th 11-12:20
220 Fraser
Professor Kathryn Conrad
Office: 2035 Wescoe
Office Hours: T-Th 2:30-3:30 and by appointment
E-mail: kconrad@eagle.cc.ukans.edu
Graded portfolios will be available Monday, Dec. 15 at noon (2035 Wescoe).
Course Description and Requirements:
In this course, we will read, discuss, and write about a number of literary texts in several genres, including poetry, drama, and one graphic novel. I have divided the readings into pairs that fall under general themes: acting and action, self and other, fragmentation and rebuilding, memory and knowledge, and authority and paralysis. As we explore the texts, however, I am certain these themes will overlap and build upon each other in unexpected ways.
Since this is a discussion-based course, part of your grade (20%) will be based on participation. I will take attendance. If you are unable to attend class because of illness or emergency, please contact me (a note in my departmental mailbox or, better yet, via e-mail), or send a message via one of your classmates. Sniffles, away-games, or heavy work in other classes do not constitute excusable absences: if you are having schedule difficulties, however, do speak to me before you have to miss class.
The rest of your grade (80%) will be based on five short (2-3 page) response papers, the first draft of which will be due during our discussion of the text on which you have chosen to write. Your drafts will be commented upon but not graded. You may submit essays for comments as many times as you'd like, but once you submit your paper for a grade, no more changes will be allowed. The last day on which any essay may be submitted for a grade is the final day of class. On this day, you will turn in to me all drafts with comments and all final drafts.
Revision to paper requirement, 16 September 97:
You also have the option to write a sixth paper on any topic and in any genre (fiction, personal essay, etc.). This essay may replace the worst of your short essays (assuming, of course, that it isn't the worst essay itself). This paper may be revised, just like the others for the course; it will be graded based on how well it "works" within its genre.
Online Writing Help:
Strunk and White's Elements of Style
Jack Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Usage
Syllabus (reading schedule subject to change; check here for current dates):
Th 21: Introduction
T26: Acting and Action: Hamlet
Th28: Hamlet
T2: Hamlet
Th4: Tea
T9: Tea
Th11: Self and Other: Jane Eyre
T16: Jane Eyre
Th18: Jane Eyre
Th25: Jane Eyre; no office hours
T30: Wide Sargasso Sea
October 2: Rosh Hashana--no class
T7: Wide Sargasso Sea
Th9: Wide Sargasso Sea
T14: Fragmentation and Rebuilding: The Waste Land. Bring three copies of an essay on which you're working to class.
Th16: The Waste Land. Writing groups.
T21: The Waste Land
Th23: Maus I
T28: Maus II
Th30: Thesis workshops. Memory and Knowledge: Mrs. Dalloway
T4: Mrs. Dalloway
Th6: Mrs. Dalloway
T11: Song of Solomon
Th13: Song of Solomon
Th20: Joy Harjo discussing The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union, 11 am (i.e., during class). Students strongly encouraged to attend.
T25: Song of Solomon. Office hours by appontment: e-mail to schedule.
Th27: Thanksgiving
M1: Appointments available after 10:30 am: e-mail to schedule.
T2: Authority and Paralysis: Dubliners: "The Sisters," An Encounter," and "The Boarding House." Bring in 3 copies of a paper which you want to discuss with your writing group.
Th4: Writing groups; Waiting for Godot
T9: Waiting for Godot. Portfolios (all drafts with comments and final drafts of all five essays) due.
M15: Graded portfolios available at noon.
To Kathryn Conrad's home page.


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J&K: 3 Terrorists Killed in an encounter with Security Forces in Pulwama District
Posted by By Dharam Sikarwar February 19, 2020
Security Forces gunned down 3 terrorists in Pulwama
Three terrorists have been killed in a gunfight with security forces in the Tral area of Pulwama district, police officials said on Wednesday.
According to police, Security forces received information about the presence of terrorists late Tuesday night and soon the troops launched a cordon and search operation in the Tral area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Militants opened fire at cops when they were encircled by the forces during a cordon and search operations (CASO) in the area. Later, an encounter broke out between the terrorists and security forces in which three terrorists were gunned down.
DGP Dilbag Singh of Jammu and Kashmir said that by far, a total of 10 search operations have been successfully carried out this year, 2 out of them were carried out in Jammu and the rest were in Kashmir. During this 19 terrorists have been killed in Kashmir and four in Jammu. Security forces recovered AK-47 rifles, some ammunition, and explosives from the encounter site, DGP said.
The area has been cordoned off following the encounter and search operation has been launched. Terror activities have caused tensions in Jammu and Kashmir, but security forces are doing a great job in order to maintain law and order and ensuring safety in Jammu & Kashmir.
One of the terrorists was identified as Jayveer who was a commander of Hizbul Mujahideen and was involved in 8 major terrorist activities.
DGP Jammu&Kashmir, Dilbag Singh: Huge cache of ammunition recovered from the 3 terrorists that were killed earlier today in Tral. One of them, Jahangeer was a commander of Hizbul Mujaheedin&was involved in 8 big terror activities which resulted in a fearful environment in region. https://t.co/hMaJcLP40x pic.twitter.com/VU17NpwMP3
— ANI (@ANI) February 19, 2020
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Donors' Corner: "It takes a village to raise a curtain."
Dec 8, 2017 | Staff Stories | 0 comments
Written by Rachel Hauben Combs, Development Director
A wise Chicago theatre artist once said that and it has never been truer. Today, both artistic endeavors and social justice causes are increasingly dependent on individual donors.
In 2016, our very own "Temporary Lockdown" (TLD) program at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center was nearly a casualty of the not-for-profit funding crisis. For years, a single foundation had provided the bulk of TLD's program budget. When that dedicated funder shifted its strategy and focus, Storycatchers faced an excruciating choice: whether to eliminate the program for fiscal year 2017/2018.
"I couldn't let that happen," said TLD program manager Cheri Coons. "It seemed tragic to me, and not just because the program at the Detention Center was where Storycatchers' work with youth living in juvenile justice facilities began in 1990. I kept thinking of the kids we had built relationships with over the 2015/2016 program cycle — kids that were expecting us to return in September. We needed an angel."
Theatre "angels" have long been a part of the process of making musicals in the professional theatrical community of New York City. "Angels" is the term Broadway producers use for individuals who invest private funds in projects that mean something to them personally. They're the same people Irving Berlin talked about in the song "There's No Business Like Show Business" from Annie Get Your Gun. You may recall Ethel Merman belting out the lyrics, "Angels come from everywhere with lots of jack. Where could you get money that you don't give back? "
Stephen Henderson & James LaForce
"Giving back" is exactly what Coons' friends Stephen Henderson and James LaForce of New York did when they personally underwrote a substantial portion of TLD's 2016/2017 budget, and continued supporting the program for the 2017/2018 fiscal year. Henderson and LaForce support many worthy causes, but it was their personal connection with Coons, and the anecdotes that she has shared with them about her work with the young people at the Detention Center, that moved them to donate to the TLD program.
"We count it among the great pleasures in our lives, not only to know Cheri Coons, but to have heard stories over the past few years about her endeavors with Storycatchers Theatre," said Henderson. "We are deeply moved by this organization's excellent work."
Henderson and LaForce's generous donation gave Storycatchers time to find additional funding from new sources that more than made up for the lost support. Best of all, the TLD program never missed a beat. Thanks to Henderson and LaForce, the program started right on time in September 2016 and has continued on a year-round schedule.
The Temporary Lockdown Ensemble presented its original musical, "Living Life Backwards," the culmination of a full year's work, on August 25 and 26, 2017. The musical was based on the original stories of more than 20 participants in the TLD program and featured original song lyrics by the Ensemble members and composer Diana Lawrence. More than 100 youth were touched by this program last year, either as writers, performers, or audience members. TLD started up again in September 2017, and presented the first staged reading of the new program year on November 17.
Henderson and LaForce's friendship with Coons has deep roots. Coons and Henderson have been close friends since they met in college in the late 1970s. "The gift of my extraordinary friendship with Stephen and James is something I am grateful for on-a-daily-basis. I think of the two them every Tuesday and Friday night when I walk into the Detention Center. They're nearly 800 miles away, but they are an intimate part of my work with these kids."
Storycatchers has its share of angels: both the participants in our programs and the supporters who make this work possible. We are grateful to all of them. Thank you, Stephen Henderson and James LaForce, for keeping this program alive! Thanks are also due to the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center Foundation and the Walter E. Heller Foundation, which joined Coons' friends last year, as well as the Chicago Teachers Union Foundation, which came on board as a TLD supporter in the fall of 2017.
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Saudi female activist tortured in 'palace of terror': Brother
Thursday, 31 January 2019 6:27 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 31 January 2019 7:29 PM ]
Saudi human rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul
The brother of detained Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has detailed in an opinion piece the abuse his sister has endured in prison.
Walid al-Hathloul wrote Thursday that during a recent visit by his parents to see Loujain she told them that she was regularly whipped, beaten, electrocuted and sexually harassed in a basement she called the "palace of terror".
"Whenever Loujain spoke about the torture sessions to my parents, her hands shook uncontrollably. I fear the pain will stay with her forever," Walid wrote on the CNN website.
"My own baby sister said she is being whipped, beaten, electrocuted and harassed on a frequent basis.
"She said that sometimes there are masked men who wake her up in the middle of the night to shout unimaginable threats."
One of the investigators, Walid said, tried to pressure his sister into marrying him, threatening her with rape.
Saudi activists and the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) earlier stated that she and other female detainees had been tortured and sexually harassed in prison.
They also said that a former top adviser of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saud al-Qahtani, was present during at least one of the interrogation sessions.
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DACICC-1 (Dispozitiv Automat de Calcul al Institutului de Calcul Cluj)

 a fost conceput și realizat între anii 1959-1963 la Institutul de Calcul (Academia Română, filiala Cluj-Napoca), la inițiativa directorului acestui Institut, acad.Tiberiu Popoviciu. Echipa care l-a construit a fost condusă inițial de Manfred Rosmann, iar apoi de Gheorghe Farkas, fiind formată din inginerii Bruno Azzola, Mircea Bocu și Iolanda Juhasz. Programarea lui se făcea în cod mașină, principalii programatori în cei 9 ani de folosință fiind matematicienii Emil Muntean, Liviu Negrescu și Teodor Rus;
 a fost un produs original, succedând calculatorul experimental MARICA, construit în 1959;
 a fost un calculator de generația 1 (cu  tuburi electronice), dar cu trăsături moderne, "revoluționare" pentru acea perioadă, ce țin de generația a 2-a: a avut în componență  tranzistoare (utilizate pentru prima dată la un calculator în România -  la partea logică), și  inele de ferită (utilizate tot pentru prima dată la un calculator românesc - atât la memoria internă, cât și la unele părți din logică). Totodată a avut o viteză mare de calcul pentru acea perioadă: frecvență de tact 100 KHz, permițând 2000 de adunări/secundă;

Se poate spune că este primul calculator românesc cu  tranzistoare (fără a fi complet tranzistorizat) și primul calculator românesc cu memorie internă cu ferite.

 a fost un calculator operațional, fiind folosit 10 ani (în perioada 1963-1972) la Institutul de Calcul pentru rezolvarea a numeroase probleme practice din economie. Menționăm spre exemplu că planificarea, recoltarea și prelucrarea sfeclei de zahăr din întreaga țară a fost modelată în anii 1964-1965 ca problemă matematică (de optimizare), și rezolvată la acest calculator, aducând importante beneficii economice;
 a constituit baza formării a numeroși matematicieni de la Institutul de Calcul, de la  Universitatea "Babeș-Bolyai" și de la Universitatea Tehnică Cluj-Napoca ca specialiști în analiză numerică; aici s-a format ceea ce e cunoscută în țară și peste hotare ca "Școala Clujeană de Analiză Numerică și Teoria Aproximării";
 a constituit baza formării informaticienilor care au constituit (prin transfer de la Institutul de Calcul), Institutul de Tehnică de Calcul (ITC) Cluj, în 1968, și Centrul Teritorial de Calcul Cluj, în 1970;
 a constituit baza formării profesorilor de informatică de la Universitatea "Babeș-Bolyai" (de ex. prof. dr. Grigor Moldovan, ș.a.), care s-au instruit pe acest calculator iar apoi au predat cursuri la facultate, Clujul începând astfel să genereze absolvenți în domeniul IT. Acad. Dimitrie D. Stancu, fost membru al Institutului de Calcul, a predat primul curs de informatică si a publicat, impreuna cu prof. dr. Grigor Moldovan, prima documentatie de ALGOL.
Performanțele acestui calculator și reputația colectivului au făcut ca în anul 1964 Institutul Central de Cercetări Agricole (București) să comande construirea calculatorului DACICC-200 (contract în valoare de 3.482.000 lei – echivalentul a 580.000 $, raportat la cursul din 1964  ), care a fost cel mai performant calculator construit în țară cu proiect și materiale autohtone, până la fabricarea în anii '70 a calculatoarelor Felix, sub licență.

Ca o recunoaștere a meritelor specialiștilor de la Cluj, Gheorghe Farkas, Mircea Bocu și Emil Muntean (alături de alți câțiva pionieri ai informaticii românești) au fost recompensați în anul 2003 de către  președinția României cu  Ordinul Național Serviciul Credincios în grad de Cavaler.

Institutul de Calcul, prin acest calculator și prin următorul, DACICC-200, poate fi considerat ca "leagănul informaticii clujene", precum și un important jalon în istoria informaticii românești. Institutul are de asemenea un rol recunoscut în dezvoltarea analizei numerice românești.

În prezent se află la  Muzeul Național Tehnic Dimitrie Leonida.

Construcție

DACICC-1 a fost construit folosind  tuburi electronice,  tranzistoare (pentru partea logică) și ferite (pentru memorie și unele părți din logică). Era un calculator binar, de tip serie, cu virgulă fixă și o adresă. Făcea parte din prima generație de calculatoare.

Dispozitivul aritmetic
Conținea 3 regiștri tranzistorizați de deplasare (R, R, R), cu câte 36 de ordine. Pentru operațiile de adunare, scădere, "și", "sau" se opera cu R și R. Rezultatul putea fi transmis unuia din regiștri sau memoriei. Registrul R se folosea și ca registru al memoriei interne.

Memorie
Memoria internă cu ferite avea 1024 de adrese și un ciclu de lucru de 17 μs. Putea funcționa în trei regimuri diferite: înscriere, citire și probă (pentru verificarea memoriei). Memoria externă era realizată pe tambur magnetic, avea 2048 de adrese și un timp de acces mediu de 12 ms.

Panou de comandă

Panoul de comandă permitea:
 înscrierea manuală în memorie și vizualizarea conținutului unei adrese;
 înscriere în număratorul de comenzi, cu vizualizare;
 executarea programelor automat sau pas cu pas;
 verificări ale calculatorului cu ciclu închis;
 alegerea sistemului de introducere a datelor (mecanic sau optic) ;
 alegerea sistemului de ieșire (tipărire, perforare) ;
 alegerea numărului de cifre care se tipăresc;
 alegerea regimului pentru stopul condiționat;
 cuplare, decuplare, porniri, opriri, ștergeri etc.

Periferice
Introducerea comenzilor se realiza pe o bandă perforată cu 5 orificii. Pentru citirea benzilor, calculatorul era dotat cu un aparat mecanic (6 caractere/secundă) și unul fotoelectric (1000 caractere/secundă). Rezultatele se tipăreau pe o mașină electrică de scris (6 caractere/secundă) sau erau perforate.

Programare
Lungimea unui cuvânt era de 36 de cifre binare (biți). O instrucțiune era compusă din 15 cifre binare: 5 pentru codul operației și 10 pentru adresă. Primul operand și rezultatul unei operații se aflau în registrul R, iar al doilea operand era referit de adresă. Într-un cuvânt se scriau două instrucțiuni care se executau succesiv. Sistemul de instrucțiuni cuprindea:
 operații aritmetice și logice de bază: adunare, scădere, înmulțire, împărțire, "și", "sau", deplasări la stânga și la dreapta;
 tipăriri zecimale, octale, de caractere, mutarea carului mașinii de scris;
 operații cu memoria internă, schimbul de informații între cele două memorii;
 comenzi speciale: transfer cu revenire, înmulțire cu precizie dublă, modificări ale conținutului unei adrese prin adunare cu registrul acumulator;
 operații auxiliare: stop, stop condiționat, treci mai departe.

Utilizări
Principalele programe dezvoltate au fost legate de:
 rezolvarea sistemelor de ecuații liniare (până la 64 de ecuații);
 probleme de transport;
 probleme de programare liniară;
 rezolvarea turnusului de locomotive pe traseul Brașov-Predeal, pentru Regionala CFR Brașov;
 croire optimă pentru întreprinderea Clujana.
Pe lângă acestea, calculatorul a fost folosit și pentru calculul orbitelor unor sateliți, prelucrări statistice de date, rezolvarea ecuațiilor diferențiale de ordinul doi, programare automată- un translator și un interpretor pentru expresii algebrice.
Lista completă a aplicațiilor în care a fost utilizat DACICC-1 se găsește în lucrarea .

Colectiv de cercetare
La proiectarea și realizarea calculatorului au contribuit: Gheorghe Farkas, Bruno Azzola, Mircea Bocu, Iolanda Juhasz și Manfred Rosmann.
Programele pentru DACCIC-1 au fost realizate, în limbaj mașină, de matematicienii: Emil Muntean, Liviu Negrescu și Teodor Rus.

Note

Bibliografie
 Azzola B., Farkas Gh., Bocu M., Dispozitiv aritmetic serie cu ferite, tranzistori și tuburi electronice pentru mașina electronică de calcul DACICC-1, Sesiunea de Comunicări a Comisiei de Automatizare a Academiei R.S.R., București, 1963;
 Farkas Gh., Azzola B., Bocu M., Dispozitiv de introducere cu tranzistori, Sesiunea de Comunicări a Comisiei de Automatizare a Academiei R.S.R., București 1963;
 Farkas Gh., Dispozitiv de scoatere cu tranzistori, Sesiunea de Comunicări a Comisiei de Automatizare a Academiei R.S.R., București, 1963;
 Bocu M., Farkas Gh., Rosman M., Dispozitivul de comandă al mașinii de calcul DACICC-1, Automatică și Electronică, nr.5, 1965;
 Azzola B., Bocu M., Farkas Gh., Juhasz J., Rosman M., Calculatorul electronic DACICC-1, a IX–a Sesiune de Comunicări a Institutului Politehnic București, București, 28-30 mai 1965;
 Farkas Gheorghe, Dispozitiv de memorizare cu inele de ferite, Sesiunea de Comunicări a Comisiei de Automatizare a Academiei R.S.R., București, 1962;
 Farkas Gheorghe, Dispozitiv de sortare al inelelor de ferite cu tranzistori, Sesiunea de Comunicări a Comisiei de Automatizare a Academiei R.S.R., București, 1963;
 Farkas Gheorghe, Memoria cu inele de ferite a masinii de calcul DACICC-1, Automatică și Electronică, nr.5, 1965.

Legături externe
Calculatorul DACICC-1 - Institutul de Calcul T. Popoviciu

Istoricul Institutului de Calcul T. Popoviciu

Calculatoare românești

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On Tuesday December 11th, 2018, hundreds gathered from communities across Ventura County to celebrate an incredible gift – our new Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura! Illuminated against the evening sky and adorned with festive bows, the facade of our new Ocean Tower formed the backdrop for a special evening that drew community leadership, board members, physicians, staff, donors and key stakeholders together to commemorate the beginning of a new era of healthcare in Ventura County.
With overwhelming community support, Community Memorial Health System began construction on the six-story, 355,000 square foot facility in 2011. The BECAUSE Campaign raised over $25 million from local corporations, businesses, and individuals in support of the new hospital and the new Continuing Care Center on the campus of Ojai Valley Community Hospital. The impact of this level of community support – the largest successful philanthropic capital campaign in the history of the community – was a significant theme at the celebration of the new hospital.
The evening opened with a welcome from Community Memorial Health System (CMHS) President and CEO Gary Wilde, an invocation by Rev. Curtis Hotchkiss, CMHS Director of Spiritual Care, a Presentation of Colors by Boy Scouts representing Ventura County Council BSA and an address to the community from City of Ventura Mayor Matt LaVere.
Representatives and leaders from local and state government attended the event to present certificates of recognition acknowledging the new hospital.
Richard Rush, Ph.D., Chair of the CMHS Board of Trustees, Lamar Bushnell, M.D., CMH Chief of Staff, and Leslie Leavens from Leavens Ranches also offered remarks, expressing excitement for a new era of healthcare in Ventura County and reflecting fondly on memories, medical progress, and miracles witnessed in the old hospital, now known as the Mountain Tower.
As the program seemed to be coming to a close, event attendees were treated to a surprise choral performance of "Let Me Be There" by the Gold Coast Concert Chorus. The "flash mob" style number began with individual choir members rising from scattered seats in the crowd and making their way through the audience. The musical number culminated with roughly 40 singers coming together on the event stage.
A series of ribbon cutting photos took place after the event. Hospital leadership, local dignitaries, key hospital contributors, physicians, employees, volunteers, contractors, sub-contractors, and Ocean Tower vendors took part in photos and then enjoyed refreshments in the Ocean Tower Dining Room.
Surrounded by hospital administration, local and state dignitaries, and key hospital contributors, CMHS President & CEO Gary Wilde, CMHS Board of Directors Chair Richard Rush, Ph.D., and CMH Chief of Staff Dr. Lamar Bushnell cut the first celebratory ribbon in front of the new Community Memorial Hospital.


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Foreign Detergent Producers Ask Russian Watchdog to Explain Claims
By Anastasia Bazenkova
The checks on foreign household chemicals became the latest incident in a series of inspections of goods produced by foreign manufacturers.
Foreign manufacturers of household chemicals that have been removed from sale by Russia's consumer rights watchdog have asked the agency to clarify its claims.
On Wednesday German manufacturer Werner & Mertz expressed confusion regarding the decision made by Russia's official consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor to withdraw from sale a number of detergents produced by the company, RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing Werner & Mertz's representative Birgitta Schenz.
Henkel and Procter & Gamble, which are among the companies that have seen their products disappear from Russian supermarket shelves, also seek an explanation for such measures.
Henkel asked Rospotrebnadzor to clarify the agency's claims Tuesday. The situation has caused serious concern within the company, Natalya Ovakimian, head of corporate communications at Henkel Russia told RBC newspaper.
No official letter from the agency has been received by the company, she said.
On Tuesday Rospotrebnadzor reported violations of safety standards in a number of household chemicals produced by foreign manufacturers.
As a result of the checks, the agency ordered retailers to remove from sale certain detergents produced by Henkel Rus, Nevskaya Kosmetika, Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, The Clorox Company, Werner & Mertz GmbH and ESP-Contract GmbH, the agency's statement said.
The watchdog said that batches of foreign detergents should be withdrawn from sale "in order to prevent damage to the life and health of citizens," Kommersant said, citing the letter sent by Rospotrebnadzor to retailers.
The agency also launched unscheduled inspections of Henkel's plant in Russia's Perm region, TASS news agency reported Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Rospotrebnadzor told retailers that seized household chemicals will be returned to suppliers, according to the agency's statement.
The agency said it does not intend to ban the import and sale of foreign detergents. The items will reappear in stores after all safety violations have been eliminated, Rospotrebnadzor's head Anna Popova told the Rossiya 24 state-run television channel, according to Interfax news agency.
The checks on foreign household chemicals became the latest incident in a series of inspections of goods produced by foreign manufacturers, carried out by Russian government agencies.
Some commentators believe such checks and removal from sale of foreign goods are connected with the sanctions imposed on Russia by the European Union and United States over its involvement in the Ukraine crisis.
Rospotrebnadzor said in statement on Tuesday that inspections of household chemicals and detergents produced by other manufacturers are being carried out now.
Contact the author at a.bazenkova@imedia.ru


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Q: knn 'bayes' versus 'majority voting' Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-nearest_neighbors_algorithm knn uses 'majority voting' to classify an object while knn described on page 39 of http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~gareth/ISL/ISLR%20Sixth%20Printing.pdf states 'KNN applies Bayes rule and classifies the test observation x0 to
the class with the largest probability.'
Which implementation should I choose and under what conditions ?

A: The two statement are the same. Because Bayes error rate is coming from  minimizing the 0-1 loss (classifications loss). And majority vote will achieve such goal.
Where, the Bayes error is
$$
1 - E~(\max_j P(Y=j|X))
$$
The 0-1 loss will be minimized, if we assign the probability
$$
P(Y=j|X)=\frac 1 K \sum_{i \in \text{neighbor}} I(y_i=j)
$$
where $I(\cdot)$ is the indicator function.

Numerical example: suppose we are doing binary classification $Y$ can be $0$ or $1$. In addition, we use $N=5$, in $5$ neighbors there are $2$ vote for class $0$ and $3$ vote for class $1$.
If we assign $Y=1$, the 0-1 loss will be minimized, and the Bayes error rate is $\frac 2 5$.

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Q: Cannot Run PowerShell Scripts in Azure Functions v4 but works in console app I am trying to execute PowerShell scripts in azure functions but it just ignores it, doesn't throw any errors, and I know the lines are not being really executed because it's just instant, and when running from ConsoleApp (same lines of code) it takes like 5 to 10 seconds and then brings the information well.
I looked into it and what I found is that I have to MANUALLY insert dll files to the output of the build. The thing is that I tried that and didn't have luck either.
        using (PowerShell ps = PowerShell.Create())
        {
            foreach (var line in query)
            {
                ps.AddScript(line);
                ps.AddParameters(prms);
                var pipelineObjects = await ps.InvokeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
                foreach (var item in pipelineObjects)
                {
                    if (item != null) { } // it's always null here
                }
         }

The line that should bring information is this one:
Get-AdminPowerAppEnvironment

It works on Console App well, but not in Azure Function.
<TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
<AzureFunctionsVersion>v4</AzureFunctionsVersion>

A: I've not used this module but just checking over the contents of the module on the PowerShell gallery it suggests that it users WinForms for authentication
https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Microsoft.PowerApps.Administration.PowerShell/2.0.27/Content/Microsoft.PowerApps.Administration.PowerShell.psd1
If this is the case then WinForms is not supported in PowerShell 7 within Azure Functions. You could create a PowerShell FunctionApp and call that from your C# function and see if you can workaround the Winforms issue by importing the PowerApps module with:
Import-Module Microsoft.PowerApps.Administration.PowerShell -UseWindowsPowerShell
Not sure if this would work but most of the O365 type modules aren't properly supported in PowerShell 7 and take some hacking around the limitations to get them to work.
Here is an example of one I created for importing the AzureAD module.
https://github.com/brettmillerb/azureadFunction/blob/main/addUser/run.ps1


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Frozen in her uncomfortable position, Verity wanted the ground to open up and swallow her. Perhaps as revenge for her landing on it so hard. But she had no such luck. Instead, she heard, "What on earth are you doing down there? Are you all right?"
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It seemed her story was too amusing to be anything but true, because the gardener grinned widely, then clapped a hand over her mouth momentarily. "I'm so sorry," she then said, "I didn't hear you, honestly. But I guess I can see why you thought that. Thank you so much for coming to check on me, but it really wasn't necessary. All I was doing was fighting with a particularly vicious weed." She pointed down to an uprooted plant at her feet, then widened her eyes. "Are you all right? You didn't hurt yourself, did you?"
Twisting to try and look at her bottom, Verity brushed again at the seat of her jeans. "Yes, I'm fine, thank you. Just a bit of muck and grass stains, I think. Nothing that won't come out in the washing machine."
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Silence hung between them for a few moments. Then Verity took another step back. "Right, well, I'd better get going, anyway. Nice to meet you." She turned to go, but the other woman's voice stopped her in her tracks.
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Still, an excuse was on the tip of her tongue—she had come here to be alone, after all—but fate intervened. Or the British weather did, anyway. A handful of fat raindrops fell onto her, followed by a few more. Then, the heavens truly opened.
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The influence of salt formation on electrostatic and compression properties of flurbiprofen salts
Enes Šupuk, Muhammad U. Ghori, Kofi Asare-Addo, Peter R. Laity, Pooja M. Panchmatia, Barbara R. Conway
Department of Chemical Sciences
Department of Pharmacy
Salt formation is an effective method of improving physicochemical properties of acidic and basic drugs. The selection of a salt form most suitable for drug development requires a well-designed screening strategy to ensure various issues are addressed in the early development stages. Triboelectrification of pharmaceutical powders may cause problems during processing such as segregation of components due to the effects of particle adhesion. However, very little work has been done on the effect of salt formation on triboelectrification properties. In this paper, salts of flurbiprofen were prepared by combining the drug with a selection of closely related amine counter ions. The aim of the work was to investigate the impact of the counter ion on electrostatic charge of the resultant salts to inform the salt selection process. The experimental results show the magnitude of charge and polarity of the flurbiprofen salts to be highly dependent on the type of counter ion selected for the salt formation. Furthermore, particle adhesion to the stainless steel surface of the shaking container and the salts' compression properties were measured. The formed salts had lower electrostatic charges, improved tabletability, and resulted in reduced adhesion of these powders compared with the parent drug.
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Šupuk, E., Ghori, M. U., Asare-Addo, K., Laity, P. R., Panchmatia, P. M., & Conway, B. R. (2013). The influence of salt formation on electrostatic and compression properties of flurbiprofen salts. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 458(1), 118-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.10.004
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class StarSector;
class Faction;

class Spaceship : public Actor {
public:
	Spaceship() {}
	Spaceship(char c, StarSector* s, Faction* f);
	~Spaceship();

	virtual void update();
	void path_to_location(int x, int y);
	void follow_path();

	virtual void serialize(TCODZip* zip) override;
	virtual void deserialize(TCODZip* zip) override;

	Economy::Goods cost;
	std::vector<Actor*> path;
	Faction* faction;
};

class Freighter : public Spaceship {
public:
	enum FREIGHTER_ACTION {
		NONE,
		PICKUP,
		UNLOAD,
		IDLE
	};

	Freighter() {}
	Freighter(StarSector* s, Faction* f);

	virtual void update() override;

	void route(StarSector* start, StarSector* end, Economy::Goods g);

	virtual void serialize(TCODZip* zip) override;
	virtual void deserialize(TCODZip* zip) override;

	Economy::Goods cargo;
	FREIGHTER_ACTION action = NONE;

	StarSector* load_dest = nullptr;
	StarSector* unload_dest = nullptr;

private:
	Economy::Goods _willpickup;
};

class Scout : public Spaceship {
public:
	enum SCOUT_ACTION {
		NONE,
		SCOUT_BEGIN,
		SCOUTING
	};

	Scout() {}
	Scout(StarSector* s, Faction* f);

	virtual void update() override;

	virtual void serialize(TCODZip* zip) override;
	virtual void deserialize(TCODZip* zip) override;

	SCOUT_ACTION action = NONE;
};

class Warship : public Spaceship {
public:
	enum MILSHIP_ACTION {
		NONE,
		PATROL_BEGIN,
		PATROLLING,
		ATTACK_BEGIN,
		ATTACKING,
		DEFEND_BEGIN,
		DEFENDING
	};

	Warship() {}
	Warship(StarSector* s, Faction* f);

	virtual void update() override;

	virtual void serialize(TCODZip* zip) override;
	virtual void deserialize(TCODZip* zip) override;

	MILSHIP_ACTION action = NONE;

private:
	std::vector<StarSector*> _patrol_points;
};

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The Clarke Historical Museum and board member Bill Morrill held a premiere showing of Stories from the Clarke, a three-part documentary series that will be airing on Tuesday nights this February on our local PBS affiliate, KEET-13. The premiere event was enjoyable, with guests enjoying complimentary beer and champagne and sampling delicious appetizers throughout the course of the evening. The television series showcases the history of Humboldt County, focusing on local Native American objects, the local maritime industry, and downtown Eureka in its heyday.


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Level C Ranking Event
The Wildlife Trust
Rockingham Forest Trust
I have one blue and green knitted woollen hat handed in. Contact me on dove_ra@yahoo.com with an address if you want it returned.
SMOC's next event is the first Keyne-O of 2014 on Sunday 9th March. Details will be on the website soon.
Joining SMOC
If you are new to orienteering and wish to join SMOC, you can join via the British Orienteering website here. Join in November and get 14 months for the price of 12.
'Like' our Facebook page to keep informed about future events.
Twywell Hills and Dales
Middle Distance Event
Ranking points
Organiser's (and Mapper's) Comments:
Twywell is the orienteering site I have special feelings for. It is close to my home and I have been involved from initially obtaining permission shortly after it became a country park. It has provided me with an interesting mapping challenge with its steep closely packed slopes and complex detail which I have always been determined to map with form and contour lines. When we reviewed my earlier effort we realised that in places, especially the southern part, the way the contours were used did not give an easily read image of the area, so Keith and I effectively redid it from scratch. We hope it worked for you.
I expect a number of you were surprised by this hidden gem of a highly contoured area in Northamptonshire.
November is questionable with regard to the weather, but it did us proud on the day; standing round chatting in assembly or visiting the Green Tea Van was a pleasure. However the rain in the previous weeks had made it very slippery on the courses in places. It also meant that we had to use the less desirable option of parking across the A14 with a 1k walk to assembly - so an extra thanks to the weather for making this less burdensome.
From conversations overheard in assembly you generally enjoyed Keith's courses and looked on the steep slopes as part of the challenge; to the extent that a muddy bottom was a badge of honour among a certain section of the competitors.
I would like to thank all my teams of helpers, who did a magnificent job and left me with very little to do on the day.
Many thanks to Mike and Keith for being so easy to work with, particularly Keith for mentoring me on my first Level C organising role and for his help with the survey for the map.
I apologise for the loo with no water in the basin, we filled it once but found it was leaking out of the bottom.
Robert Dove
Planner's Comments:
Twywell is an excellent area but one which does present its own problems for planning. Some of the points for me to consider included the following.
The size of the site either meant classic distances with a long flat, featureless run across fields to make up the distance or the middle distance race which we staged.
The single narrow path joining the two areas used by numerous other people was relieved by a control to slow runners down and reduce the risk of collisions.
Small blocks of woodland surrounded by paths needed special care to keep you in the woods as much as possible.
Thick vegetation in places, most of which were avoided although after the delayed leaf fall many of the controls were clearly visible from a distance.
The complex contour detail meant that a 1:5,000 was used for all courses.
Many of the ridge and gully features did not have sufficient point features to use as distinct control sites even though they were significant navigational features.
The clay soils became heavy in the wet and resulted in the distant car park.
Major changes to the vegetation resulted in a complete remap of the area including a reassessment of the contour features.
A range of other users of the area, varying between dog walkers and wildlife conservators. You probably noticed the smoke blowing across whilst you were running - this was a butterfly group carrying out scrub clearance to improve the habitat. SMOC had made its contribution earlier by providing a working party to clear dense hawthorn around the first controls to encourage some of the rare plants found on the site.
All of these considerations provided a test for me to enjoy over the summer as I worked and reworked courses. Hopefully I used them to give you enough of a challenge on the day, both physically and mentally. Nothing was too much trouble for Robert in his capacity as organiser and mapper to enable me to get the courses to their final state whilst Mike used his controller's independence to prevent me from implementing some of my more unreasonable thoughts. A big 'thank you' to both of them. Thanks also to those of you making comments at the finish. It's always good to know how courses were received and to receive constructive input on how to improve.
Keith Downing
Controller's Comments:
What a delight to be able to control an event near to my home on such a complex area and with such a good map - a rare treat in East Anglia. Everything seemed to go smoothly on the day, thanks to the good organisation of Robert and his team of SMOC helpers. Hopefully the walk from the car park did not cause too many problems for anyone - it was unavoidable, and we tried to compensate for it by having everything else close together.
Keith put a lot of thought into the courses and I think this was reflected in the final product. Yes, it was tough, but what a contrast to usual East Anglia areas. Sometimes it is good to be reminded that orienteering is an adventure sport! The planning took good account of the guidelines for middle courses and, going by winning times I think we got it about right. To be honest it was hard to judge in the planning stage as a lot was going to depend on who turned out. We published course lengths early so that runners could make an informed choice on whether they wanted to choose their usual course or opt for course length instead. Quite a few of you seem to have opted for the latter. A couple of people asked what happened to the Brown course. Yes, there was one originally, but it was obvious close to the entry closing date that runners were opting for Black rather than Brown, so we decided that rather than dilute the competition onto two courses, to have one with a good number of runners.
Mike Capper (WAOC)
String results
Issac Hopkins 3.00
Milly Askham	 3.08
Richard Askham	 3.12
Tamar Hopkins	 3.18
Ben Partridge	 3.27
Jacob Fisher	 5.02
Kajsa Arntsen	 6.38
Max Straube	 6.58
Ayla Fisher	 7.36
Kasper Arntsen	 8.00
Samuel Blanchflower	 13.53
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Malawi Digest
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Saulosi Chilima's Last Mile
Chilima
One day Malawi will have a complete answer as to why President Peter Mutharika went for a political novice as his running mate in the 2014 general elections. With four main parties running for power, the choice of running mate was somehow to determine the election. The candidacy of the youthful Atupele Muluzi of the United Democratic Front (UDF) was a game changer. He was perceived to woo the youth vote to his side and that stressed the other competing parties.
The then ruling People's Party (PP) candidate, Joyce Banda, had to drop Khumbo Kachali for the youthful Sosten Gwengwe. Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) went for his political middle aged choice, Richard Msowoya. But the real surprise was on the side of the eventual winner, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Its candidate, Peter Mutharika, went for Saulosi Chilima, who was making his very first appearance in politics.
Chilima was drafted in after being known to most people as Managing Director for Airtel Mobile, one of Malawi's mobile phone companies. He was the first Malawian to assume that position at the company. Aside his handsome looks and perfect physique, Chilima was seen to be the brain behind the company's growth. But politics came calling, and took the risk of leaving one of Malawi's highest paying jobs.
Minding the fact that DPP was in opposition and the chances of assuming power was minimal, it was swim or sink. But he was confident in his decision, and for a time, even won my admiration. In what will go down as the most surprising election result in Malawi so far, DPP managed to wrestle power from PP. Peter Mutharika became the president and Saulosi Chilima deputized him.
He may have gone into government, but to the ruling party, he remained an outsider. This would later reveal that he was picked for the election and not his abilities. Before he was picked for the running mate role, there were people in the party who had ambitions to assume his place. But they had to shelve them and make sure the party came first. But now that they are in power and can no longer be too careful about an election, they will show up.
Chilima has never been DPP in practice. He does give speeches for the party on occasions but he is yet to get the blue baptism. The way he has acted in the last three years shows how much he is a technocrat than a politician. He is looked upon as a person who is ready to sometimes step outside our usual understanding and practice of politics. For a Vice President to tell Malawians to ask tough questions and demand accountability from their leaders; it is usually unheard of. In our setting, that is the work of the opposition. But Chilima said it. Whenever he chooses to be open, there is always a sense of self-sacrifice in his words.
On the other hand, the party he belongs to is totally different. DPP's tenure has always been characterized with political adamancy and self-righteousness. Sometime back, there was a suggestion from the country's mainstream media that there was a poor relationship between Chilima and his boss, President Mutharika. This emanated from Malawi's experience with the failing relationship of President Bakili Muluzi and his deputy, Justin Malewezi, President Bingu wa Mutharika and deputies, Cassim Chilumpha and Joyce Banda. There has always been a point of conflict between the president and his deputy in Malawi.
People had noticed the precedent of seeing the deputies denied national broadcaster's airtime. It appeared to be the same with Chilima. But he quickly came in and angrily called on the media not to start wars where there are not. But maybe he said it to save the situation. The media may have been quiet over it, but that is what it is. One rarely sees Chilima on Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) television. If this is true for Chilima as well, this time, he needs to tread cautiously because when it gets out of hand, it is the same media that will handle him.
To this extent, it is a matter of perception, but not until two weeks ago, when the vice president read the Church's call to the general public to patronize demonstrations organized by the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) on electoral reforms. The influential religious grouping called on, among others, parliament to pass the 50%+1 electoral system. The ruling DPP was clearly against it and employed all delays and tactics to have the move defeated.
It led to PAC organizing demonstrations across the country. This would have been a bad paint on DPP's troubled legacy. But on this Sunday, at his usual church, Chilima took the role of making announcements. The church endorsed the demonstrations and it came from his mouth. He may have said it as a church member, but to assume that he did not see the announcements beforehand will be a lie.
He knew what he was about to say; something against his own government. There was no much controversy and nothing in regard to this is yet to come out of the party. There is still justice of peace. But make no mistake, DPP will come back and ask for what really happened on this Sunday morning. They have other pertinent issues to handle and have reserved to sacrifice Chilima for another day. The party has tirelessly fought to win this battle against PAC and Chilima's words was a stab in the back. It was suicidal and no amount of blood will atone for that sin.
It has just been too much between them. There is no way the party will have him as its running mate come 2019. He has proved not to be a political liability and President Mutharika will look elsewhere. And that is where the real twist and turn will happen. Chilima belongs to the Roman Catholic Church, one of the most influential institutions in Malawi. Besides that, he carries with him the youthful flair and untainted political presence. He could turn to be DPP's arch-enemy soon.
The party will soon start parading 'political analysts' and Chiefs to try keeping him out of the picture, just as it did with Joyce Banda. A fight for the vice president is about to ensue, and it has nothing to do with his making. It is the reaction of those who are yet to trust him and who still looks at him as not deserving to be in the party. Time will tell where this will lead to.
This is 2017, less than two years before Malawi casts its vote for who will govern it. Parties have already started making moves. As usual, the issue of running mate will be key. But with no Chilima in DPP's options, the second most powerful man in Malawi should expect a purge. The president has his own errand people in the party. Just as they have gagged Chilima for the past years, they will even do more just to make sure the way is clear for someone who is bluer.
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Well tonight I was a guest speaker on a business team training call that is run each week by the upline of a network marketing company. When asked what I would like to discuss I was not too sure what I would speak about. Then it came to me – the big burning question of "what drives your team, what is THEIR why".
If you remember I had myself learned a very hard lesson when my former upline, who I had thought of as a friend and mentor, told me that my family was a distraction to me (if you missed that you can click here to read up). It was devastating to me not only to realize this person simply saw me as a giant dollar sign and not as a real person but that they said my family was a problem – my family is my driving force in everything that I do. This person even had the nerve to say to me I was blocking her form chatting on Facebook – yes of course I HAD shut off my chat box because as I had told my team many times I was cyber schooling my son this year and when we were working on school I would be offline. Instead of knowing this was going on, despite being told, I was accused of wrong doing by not immediately responding to PMs! (side note: the person who did this is also a person who had been unavailable any time she traveled, went out with her children, etc… pot? kettle? black? You be the judge).
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We must be very careful to see each person on our team as an individual, a human being, not a dollar sign or a stepping stone to our next target. If we only see people as a dollar sign on their forehead them we lose what truly matters – the person they are and WHY they chose us to be on this journey with. Something drew them to us over anyone else and if we break that by being so driven by money we can't see what they need and want then we are doomed to fail in this business.
Zig Ziglar may have explained this best when he said "You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want".
We need to spend more time building meaningful relationship with our team members (not just in our own downline but across all of our chosen company) regardless of what you can get from them in return.
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So, you can embrace the philosophy of "One Company, One Team, One Mission" or be the other group, the ones who do not want to be part of a family, a community of people connecting and learning and supporting each other…. well you can judge or yourself which you would rather be.
For me I choose to spend more time connecting on a much more personal level with my team and helping them with THEIR why for with me, celebrating THEIR accomplishments, and helping them through the times THEY feel down. If I had lacked in this area the revelation I had recently was worth making me see the error of my ways and now it is my focus to help my team, and others in my company, to reach THEIR goals, work for THEIR whys and be successful in the way THEY deem to be success vs failure.


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If there's one thing a business owner should know, it's their market. But your customers aren't just buying machines. They come to your blog because they want information, so you need to be providing that. 'But what do I write about' is one of the most common phrases I hear, and the answer is simple – write about what your customers want to know! For Natural Curves, they know their customers are plus sized ladies looking for comfortable underwear, so they have tailored their blog content to some of the issues those people may be facing. Knowing what size bra to wear, questions about bodysuits they've been too embarrassed to ask, and what type of bra will make them more comfortable are all things plus sized women will be looking for, and now they can find the answers – along with product recommendations – in one place. So try to get inside the head of your customer and figure out what they want to know, and you will know what to write about.
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If you really don't have the first clue about content and what you do with it, you aren't alone. Thousands of businesses out there are still completely unaware for the content world, or the power it has with your customers. But if you like what you see, or even if you just want to find out more, then we are here to help. At Eleven Eight we've seen it all and done it all (in terms of content, anyway), so we can help you understand what your blog should look like, and what it shouldn't. So get in touch – coffee's on us!


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Astronomia
 185641 Judd – asteroide della fascia principale

Aziende
 Judd – casa motoristica britannica facente parte dell'azienda Engine Developments Ltd.

Geografia
 Monte Judd – picco roccioso antartico

Persone
 Ashley Judd (1968) – attrice statunitense
 Cris Judd (1969) – ballerino, coreografo e attore statunitense
 Donald Judd (1928-1994) – artista statunitense
 Harry Judd (1985) – batterista britannico
 Naomi Judd (1946–2022) – cantante statunitense
 Walter Stephen Judd (1951) – botanico statunitense
 Wynonna Judd (1964) – cantante statunitense


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With the nationalization in Russia, Mercedes could be left without assets worth two billion euros
In its annual report, Mercedes-Benz revealed that it has 2 billion euros in assets that could be endangered if the Russian ruling party moves forward with a proposal to nationalize production facilities owned by foreign companies that pause production during the country's invasion of Ukraine.
The company warns that the war in Ukraine has caused numerous risks, ranging from interruptions in the supply of parts and energy supply to cyber attacks, Reuters reports. It states that the risks could be worsened by "potential expropriation of the property of Russian branches", Jutarnji.hr writes.
Mercedes' comments followed a proposal by a senior member of United Russia, the country's ruling party, threatened to nationalize the production facilities of "companies announcing their exit and closure of production in Russia" during the attack in Ukraine.
Although Mercedes is far from the only German manufacturer that has paused production in factories operating in Russia, its factory in Esipovo (near Moscow) opened in 2019 and is the first factory operated by a foreign manufacturer. The car manufacturer states that its Russian units have liabilities to banks in the amount of approximately one billion euros, for which it has issued a global guarantee.
Russian billionaire and president of the metallurgical giant Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, warned the Kremlin that the nationalization of the assets of Western companies could take the country back more than 100 years. "First, it would take us back a hundred years, to 1917, and the consequences of such a step - global distrust in Russia by investors would be experienced for decades," Potanin said.
"Second, the decision of many companies to suspend business in Russia is, I would say, somewhat emotional in nature and may have been made as a result of unprecedented pressure from public opinion abroad on them," the 61-year-old added. rather than trying to preserve Russia's economic position in those markets that we have cultivated for so long. "
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Hi, I'm Congressman Gerry Connolly from Virginia, and I serve as a Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
This week, I helped welcome many of the new Members of Congress, including three incredible women from the Commonwealth of Virginia – Jennifer Wexton, Abigail Spanberger and Elaine Luria. They are among the record number of women who will serve in the House of Representatives in the 116th Congress. Theirs is a dynamic and historic freshman class that promises to bring new talent and fresh ideas to the Congress.
I am thrilled by their diversity. Women and people of color who make up a majority of new Democratic Members, who include the first Muslim and Native American women ever to serve in Congress.
I am encouraged by the wealth of experience these new Congressmen and women will bring. They are veterans, teachers, business owners and community activists who represent the fabric of America.
And I am also humbled by their desire to serve their constituents and their country.
The new House majority was elected to get things done for all of us and provide a constitutional check on the Trump administration.
And to clean up corruption here in Washington.
Americans rejected the Republican plan to deprive millions of Americans of health care and to allow health insurance companies once again to deny families health insurance simply because of a pre-existing condition.
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more than 20 million Americans now have gained access to health insurance.
Rather than dismantle and sabotage Obamacare, House Democrats want to work to make it better by creating more competition, bringing down prescription drug costs, and expanding access to health care.
I was proud to work with my Governor – Governor Ralph Northam – in Virginia to expand Medicaid to 450,000 new recipients of Medicaid this year. And thanks to voters last Tuesday, a half a million more individuals across America will now also have access to Medicaid.
37 states have now joined the Medicaid expansion, but every state should expand Medicaid and provide millions more Americans with affordable health care.
We Democrats also recognize that to be competitive in the 21st-century global economy, we need to make strategic investments that grow our economy and raise household incomes. Rather than fighting for a wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for, let's start rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges and rail systems and sea ports and airports.
Today, public investment in infrastructure accounts for just 1.5 percent of our gross domestic product – a reduction from 4.2 percent in the 1930s. That amounts to $130 billion to 520 billion in cuts, that is to say money we are not investing that we should be to maintain our infrastructure.
Without investments in infrastructure and research and education, no nation can be great. Our own history tells us that.
And House Democrats are also committed to fight the influence of money in politics, we want to strengthen ethics rules, and we want to ensure that the sacred right to vote is just that: sacred and available to every American – regardless of race, color, creed or religion.
Your vote must always count.
Last week, Americans made clear they want a constitutional check on the rampant abuses of the Trump administration. The scandals, lack of transparency, and self-dealing must stop. Congress is a co-equal branch of government and we have a constitutional duty to provide that oversight.
Our Oversight Committee has requested more than 64 subpoenas to seek documents and compel testimony from witnesses involving government ethics or wrongdoing. But House Republicans granted zero of those 64 requests.
The American people deserve greater accountability from their government.
The new Democratic majority will carry out judicious, methodical, and fact-based oversight. Our investigations will go wherever the facts lead us, and we will act decisively when we find violations of public trust.
It's time for a Congress that works for all of the people, instead of a rubber stamp for special interests and President Trump.
These are the promises we Democrats made to the American people, and these are the promises we will redeem.


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Note=Same consent as Demo1_v0.md, but with Roberta as Resource Owner.

EffectiveDate.YMD=2015-11-02

Who.Principal.=[U/id/roberta_robinson]

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