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Legal & General ensures high speed connectivity across more than 1,000 homes and 2 million sq ft of commercial property
Legal & General announces that it has committed 2 million sq ft of its commercial real estate portfolio and over 1,000 residential homes to WiredScore certification (Wired Certification), an international digital connectivity rating scheme evidencing the speed and reliability of a building's digital connectivity. The demand for premium connectivity has been accelerated as a result of the impacts of Covid-19, where there has been a shift in working environments.
With many people now working from home, and expecting more from their office space when they are there, Legal & General sees high-speed and reliable connectivity will be one of the most important factors for occupiers searching for a new office or residential space. For forward thinking commercial and residential landlords, digital infrastructure will be a fundamental part of how they future proof their portfolio.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, recently announced that Microsoft had seen two years' worth of digital transformation in just the two months to May. For service-based economies in particular, the importance of digital infrastructure has been highlighted during the coronavirus pandemic. UK broadband traffic increased significantly during lockdown, with BT reporting an 82% increase in daytime traffic across its Openreach network during March1, particularly as users shifted to remote working, home schooling and video streaming for both work andentertainment.
This month, Legal & General was awarded a WiredScore Gold certification for its Build to Rent scheme Blackhorse Mills in Walthamstow, the highest accolade ever granted for digital connectivity on a residential building. During the course of the last three months, Legal & General has also achieved WiredScore Certification across multiple commercial buildings including; Colmore Square in Birmingham, Apex in Reading, Hodge House in Cardiff and Union Plaza in Aberdeen. It also completed a 35,000 sq ft office letting within Cambridge Science Park to life sciences business Amgen, whose attraction to the space was driven, in part, by the buildings Platinum-rated connectivity (as certified by WiredScore).
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In order to optimise lettings and retain occupiers, real estate owners must meet – and exceed - occupiers expectations of what a building can offer. The solution to connectivity no longer sits solely between the occupier and their internet service provider.
Digital connectivity, coupled with a commitment to deliver an environment that enhances occupier wellbeing, is likely to drive future demand for space, over and above more traditional requirements of location and square footage. With 2 million sq ft of commercial real estate committed to Wired Certification, and an ambition to obtain Wired certification for all occupied commercial buildings over 50,000 sq ft, we are well on our way delivering premium connectivity to all our occupiers.
Seeing the coming together of physical and digital worlds, we invested in WiredScore in 2018. With the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we recognised the importance to society of being able to measure and thus enable better digital connectivity, thereby supporting the needs of Future Cities - a requirement that is expected to become more relevant than ever as the UK comes out of lockdown.
Matteo Colombo
About Legal & General
Established in 1836, Legal & General is one of the UK's leading financial services groups and a major global investor, with international businesses in the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia. With over £1.1 trillion in total assets under management, we are the UK's largest investment manager for corporate pension schemes and a UK market leader in pension risk transfer, life insurance, workplace pensions and retirement income.
LGIM Real Assets
LGIM Real Assets is a division of Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), one of Europe's largest institutional asset managers and a major global investor. LGIM manages £1.2tn in assets (as at 31 December 2019), working with a range of global clients, including pension schemes, sovereign wealth funds, fund distributors and retail investors. LGIM Real Assets has AUM of £30.8bn (as 31 December 2019) and is one of the largest private markets investment managers in the UK. Investing in both debt and equity and across the risk/return spectrum, LGIM Real Assets actively invests in and manages assets across commercial, operational and residential property sectors, as well as infrastructure, real estate, corporate and alternative debt. Taking a long term view in order to future proof its investments, the business continues to lead the industry in ESG performance, considering all environmental, social and governance issues at asset level as well as portfolio level.
Legal & General Capital (LGC) is the early-stage investment business of Legal & General Group. With a direct investment portfolio of £2.9bn (as at 31 December 2019), LGC invests shareholder capital to deliver attractive financial returns by creating real assets and operating businesses. LGC self-manufactures attractive, Matching Adjustment-eligible direct investments to back Legal & General Retirement's growing annuity liabilities and creates a portfolio of alternative assets for Legal & General Investment Management. LGC seeks opportunities to deploy its long-term capital into key alternative sectors where there has been a shortage of investment and innovation; supporting future cities, housing and principal investing (including funding for SMEs and early stage enterprises).
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That day, the day Bill arrived, my mom was serving up eggs and complaints.
"Dammit, that daughter 'a mine," she yelled to Dolene, across the diner. "She's like walking birth control. Does she think I'm trying to have babies? 'Scuse me, Darlin'" Maybell gave Clover's bubble walker a little kick, sending it between tables 4 and 6 so she could get by and dump a load of dishes behind the counter.
Dolene was homegrown, like the tumbleweed, with eyes like a golden retriever that never quite looked at you directly. She was smart enough to add up a check, but you could tell she was never getting out of Hadley. "I take it you didn't get laid last night."
Maybell pointed to her sour puss. "Does this say 'laid' to you?"
There was a 'harrumph' from booth 5 by the window. That was Rose. Rose was an old woman by the time she was 30. Now she was in her late 60s, a widow since before I was born—in other words, forever. She liked to spend her afternoons at Maybell's Diner, reading her book and keeping an eye on the goings on around her, as if she was the town's homeroom teacher.
"Look at Saint Rose," Maybell said, stuffing dirty plates into the plastic tub under the counter. "Thinks she smells better than Mentos. I ain't running a library here, Rose. Next time bring Reader's Digest!"
There was another sound from Rose, something between a 'well' and a 'pfffft.' She never took her eyes off her book.
The door opened with a DING from the bell that hung on it. No one noticed Bill entering. He was about average in height, but his skinny frame made him look taller. You could tell from his face that he was in his mid-20s, but those were hard years he had lived, and his body looked frail and geriatric. His clothes were old and clung to him like an extra layer of skin, with a smell that would never wash out.
The angles of his face were sharp and careworn. But his eyes, those were different. His face was hard and weathered, but his eyes were soft. They seemed brand new.
No one in the diner even looked. If they did they would have seen those eyes taking in every little detail: the people talking, forks carrying food, the string lights behind the counter, Dolene ringing up a check. But what drew Bill more than anything else was the grill. Harley, the grill cook, must have had four meals going at once, each with its own set of sounds and smells. Most of those meals involved eggs. His spatula made a metal-on-metal scrape as he turned them. Bill was riveted. He went to sit at the counter to watch.
Down the counter, a porkish-looking man named Earle—probably one of three men in town who had never slept with my mom—raised his empty cup. "Can I get a refill, Maybell?"
Maybell stopped and faced him. "Seriously, Earle? Is it so goddam much trouble for you to get up off your ass and get it yourself? Can't you see I'm working here?"
"Well…" he stammered. "I just—was I—I was—"
Maybell pointed to the coffee pot. "How far away is that? Two feet?"
"Sure, I guess…"
"Am I your personal slave, Earle? Is that why God put me on earth?"
"No, I don't think you're—"
Maybell grabbed the pot and sloshed coffee in his Earle's cup. "There. You happy now?"
He nodded meekly.
While she had the pot in her hand, Maybell filled the cup sitting in front of Bill. "I'll be by to take your order in a minute, hon."
Maybell walked on. Bill just sat there and stared at the coffee. For him, there was no diner anymore, no Maybell, no clanking dishes or dumb conversation. He leaned closer to that cup like it was the only thing in the world. And there he was, smelling coffee for the first time. And it smelled like life. Like a whole world. Like this is how a planet smells if you're up in space and could take a deep breath. Bill was motionless for who knows how long. And then, when he was good and ready, he took his first sip.
Those eyes, the ones that didn't belong on his head, they closed as if he was praying. No, more like he was hearing a prayer. The coffee was praying to be heard, and Bill heard it.
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Nolan Patrick joins Patrick Kane (free commenter handle: Nolan Patrick Kane?) as the two skaters who generated four points on Monday. The struggling sophomore gets the nod for two reasons 1) it allows this to be a joint award with James van Riemsdyk, one of two players who generated a hat trick with the help of an empty-netter, and 2) Patrick's Flyers won, while Kane's Blackhawks somehow lost.
Patrick, 20, scored two goals and two assists, generating a +4 rating. He only needed two shots on goal, so he really had the touch on Monday.
No, like, he really had the touch.
JVR is heating up after what's been a very tough half-season returning to the Flyers. This hat trick extends his multi-point streak to three games, where he's generated five goals and two assists for seven points. Patrick and JVR are two players the Flyers expected a lot more from in 2018-19, so if both can turn things around heading into 2019-20, it would be a real moral boost for management (especially since it's tough to imagine the team trading either forward away at or before the deadline).
Like Patrick, Kane generated two goals and two assists on Monday. Even in defeat, the Blackhawks would have been silly to expect anything more from Kane, who fired nine SOG and had a +2 rating.
Kane has only failed to score a point in one game since Dec. 14, and that was the 2019 Winter Classic (so you can try to manufacture and "indoor point streak" if you're feeling strange). During this current actual point streak, 88 has five goals and nine assists for 14 points in six contests. He's now at a whopping 64 points in 47 games in 2018-19.
Two players generated hat tricks of two goals plus an empty-netter on Monday: JVR and Soderberg. Soderberg's hat trick included the game-winning goal, giving him a slight advantage.
The Swede's shorthanded goal was an impressive showing of willpower. He finished the night with a +2 rating and five SOG.
Check out his hat trick as a part of these highlights, which also includes Mikko Rantanen making everyone look bad, as he's wont to do.
That game also included a hefty fight, if you're into that sort of thing.
With his 640th career regular-season goal, Alex Ovechkin is now tied with Dave Andreychuk for 14th all-time in NHL history. That also marked his 238th power-play goal, which puts him ahead of Brendan Shanahan for sixth all-time in that category.
By the way, Andreychuk leads the power-play goal category all-time with 274. Meanwhile, Shanahan ranks 13th in NHL history with 656 goals. Nice symmetry there.
Milan Lucic scored two goals on Monday, giving him his first multi-goal game since April 6, 2017, when he generated a hat trick against the Sharks.
Brooks Orpik appeared in his 1,000th regular-season game.
The Bruins and Canadiens don't play quite like they used to. For one thing, Monday's game was a white-knuckle race of speed. There was a lot of skill on display in this one, even though there weren't a ton of goals in Montreal's 3-2 OT win against Boston.
That speed was on display when Paul Byron scored a tremendous 2-1 shorthanded goal, and for a long time, Carey Price was able to hold down the fort. The Bruins eventually broke through, however, when David Krejci scored a power-play goal with Boston's net empty. Montreal was 38 seconds short of locking that down.
The Habs didn't take long to end things during the 3-on-3 OT, however.
Defenseman Jeff Petry emphatically showed off forward-like hand-eye coordination to bat in a rebound with his backhand just 15 seconds into OT to give Montreal an impressive win.
Price ended up stopping 41 out of 43 shots, as the Bruins almost doubled up the Canadiens to the tune of a 43-22 SOG advantage. Boston enjoyed nice efforts from Krejci, along with the even-more-usual suspects (such as Brad Marchand, who generated a goal and an assist along with six SOG).
With this result, the Canadiens climb (at least briefly) to the top wild-card spot with 55 points and 35 games remaining. The Bruins moved up to 57 points with 36 games left in 2018-19, yet they lost some ground ahead of Montreal for the third seed in the Atlantic. Both Montreal and Boston gained on the Maple Leafs (58 points, 37 games remaining) for the second seed, as Toronto lost a sloppy game to Colorado on Monday.


Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices appeared headed for a fifth-consecutive positive session with investor expectation that prices may see new gains ahead on geopolitics affecting supply.
West Texas Intermediate crude future prices as of 8:50 a.m. EST traded at $56.52 per barrel or 1 percent higher while Brent crude futures traded at $66.41 per barrel or 0.2 percent higher.
WTI crude oil prices have seen increases since closing at $52.41 per barrel since last Monday.
"The market overwhelmingly views oil price risk to the upside with funds being net buyers of Brent futures and options in 9 out of the last 10 weeks, according to CFTC Data," Amir Hekmati, oil futures spec trader at TradeFlow, told UPI.
"With Saudi production cuts in effect, sanctions on Iran, and Venezuela in place and taking effect, and signs of a possible trade deal with China, the view is positive and there are not many sellers," he added.
Saudi Arabia has led efforts by OPEC to reduce production in a bid to help crude prices. OPEC agreed in Vienna on Dec. 7 to jointly reduce production by 800,000 barrels per day starting in January. Some non-OPEC nations, led by Russia, agreed to match the cut with 400,000 barrels.
The United States last week imposed sanctions against Venezuela in a bid to put pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The sanctions include a ban against U.S. companies, including Venezuelan subsidiary Citgo, preventing them from making funds from Venezuelan crude available to Maduro and instead insisting the payments be made to National Assembly leader Juan Guaido.
Prices have seen gains in recent days, in part, on the possibility of a widespread political conflict in Venezuela. Guaido, who wants Maduro to relinquish power, has organized masses of people that will seek to introduce several tones of humanitarian aid to the country on February 23. Maduro, with the backing of the military, rejects the aid.
As for Iran, the United States issued waivers in November so that nations could continue buying its oil despite nuclear-related sanctions announced in May. The waivers expire in March and a decision by the United States on whether it would renew them or not would affect prices.
"The path to $65 WTI looks very possible, possibly by April," Hekmati said.


Nose: Rhubarb and Custard sweets, candied lemon, zingy apple and a general youthful freshness.
Palate: Soft and oily, with lots of freshly crushed grain, apple skin, sour lemon zest, and a light and sweet touch of sponge cake batter.
Finish: Warming, with citrus zest, vanilla and a delicate touch of dark oak.
Comment: Light, fresh and fruity – a great aperitif dram.
Found it lacked smoothness, it was like an average blended whisky.
Was given a bottle as a gift and loved it... definitely enjoy just over ice... will buy it once this bottle is done.
Very smooth. I really like this whisky.
No matter what the whisky "connoisseurs" say, I like this whisky!
I don't know. Nose is like fresh apples with a bit of honey. The palette burns my tongue and tastes watery. Finish tastes a bit like a watery Strongbow that burns my throat. I really want to like it but it's to watery, too much burn. No really great taste at all.
I love it and it is priced just right. Very smooth and easy to detect the claimed vanilla palate and slightly dry hazelnut finish. Like it best with no more than a splash of water.
Simple and effective whisky that suits everyone, and insults none. For beginners: Great piece to start discovering single malts. For journeymen: Always keep one in your closet. Good whisky to have in case you want something light and fresh that won't burn a hole in your pocket.
Rate 4 stars. Straight from the bottle for sipping whisky. I'm a beginner and I'm not put off for life as a previous writer noted. I find the whisky to be very mellow and smooth.
Heavy aftertaste makes me feel drinking the cheapest alcohol.
Great value stuff. Perfect daytime whisky. Try with coffee and slice of apple tart. I like this a lot.
Absolute value. For a light, very "easy" single malt you won't find better at this price point. Does lack some character, but that's clearly not what they were aiming at. It's rare at this price point to say too good for mixing, but this is. Definitely better (I know very subjective) than much more expensive blends.
Still better than almost any blended whisky.
Color: light golden Nose: Peach, orange, oak, pear, fruity, floral, light, liquorice, vanilla Palate: Light, bitter, smooth, not intense, popcorn, viscous, basket of fruits, peaches Finish: Bitter, warm, long and intense Summary: A really light, fruity and floral experience, really great for making mixers where the whisky flavor is predominant like an old fashioned as the fruit flavors pop out. Tasty fruit flavors, sweet orange and fruits it does not seem like much at first but the slightly bitter taste along with a warm finish is unexpectedly refreshing. This would be a go-to for casual and fun whisky mixing experience because of its price.
Gave this a go after trying the 10Yr Old and being very impressed. I was pleasantly surprised at how drinkable this was, you can tell they are stable-mates and for the price you can't beat it.


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Nude photos investigated at Exeter High School
Jason Schreiberjschreiber@seacoastonline.com
Nov 5, 2014 at 2:08 PM Nov 6, 2014 at 6:48 AM
EXETER — Police and school officials are investigating a "social media incident" at Exeter High School that students say may have involved pictures of nude girls being circulated among other students at the school.
Superintendent Michael Morgan issued a statement to the school community Wednesday afternoon advising of a "recent social media incident" at the school, but it was brief and offered few details.
According to Morgan, the incident involved several high school students and the "inappropriate use of personal technology."
"The district is aware of this matter and is dealing with it in accordance with adopted school policies and procedures," he said in his message.
He added that no additional information was available.
Police Chief Richard Kane would not comment on the nature of the incident.
"The police department is actively investigating," he said Wednesday.
Kane said that at this point he doesn't believe any charges will be filed, but added, "All of my options are still open at this point."
All of those involved were juveniles, he said.
Several students interviewed after school Wednesday said they were aware of the incident and that it involved dozens of students.
They said photos of nude or partially nude female students were sent to male students and that some of the photos may have been sold.
Kane would not comment on the students' claims.
Helen Joyce, chairwoman of the Exeter Region Cooperative School Board, said she could not discuss the incident and referred questions to the superintendent.


Ryan Tormey is a Client Services Associate at Cassaday & Company, Inc. and has been with the firm since July 2017. He guides clients through the onboarding process, initiates and monitors account transfers, and helps maintain communication between clients and advisors. Ryan is not registered with Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. or Cassaday & Company, Inc., and does not offer securities or investment advisory services.
Ryan graduated from American University with a Bachelor of Arts in Justice & Law. He grew up in Westfield, New Jersey, and now resides in Arlington, Virginia.


• Street Performer. Porsche Extends Championship Lead with Long Beach Win. • TRG On Top. Pumpelly Leads Pole to Checker in SRO GT4 at Long Beach.
Street Performer. Porsche Extends Championship Lead with Long Beach Win.
The long-recognized special characteristics of the Porsche 911 RSR were on full display on the city streets of Long Beach, California over the weekend. The most advanced race variant of the iconic German sports car captured the GTLM class pole position on Friday and the victory in the third round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship one day later. Factory drivers Earl Bamber (New Zealand) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) secured the win at the wheel of the ca. 510 hp No. 912 Porsche GT Team 911 RSR. The 12 Hours of Sebring winners Patrick Pilet (France) and Nick Tandy (Great Britain) finished in fifth-place in the sister car with car number 911.
Following the 100-minute race – the shortest of the IMSA season – Porsche leads the manufacturers', drivers' and teams' classification in the North American sports car championship with three consecutive pole positions and two wins in a row. Thanks to the Long Beach victory, Bamber and Vanthoor have moved to the top of the drivers' classification. Their works driver colleagues Pilet and Tandy sit in third-place.
Round four of the Championship will be contested at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on the first weekend of May. Bamber and Vanthoor are the defending race winners of the two-hour, 40-minute race in Lexington, Ohio.
Steffen Höllwarth, Program Manager, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
TRG On Top. Pumpelly Leads Pole to Checker in SRO GT4 at Long Beach.
Longtime Porsche customer team TRG ticked all of the boxes at the Streets of Long Beach April 12 – 14, round seven of the SRO GT4 America season. Saturday, Spencer Pumpelly earned the overall pole position for the GT4 America West Championship race with the No. 66 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport. On Sunday, the Atlanta, Georgia-resident fought race-long pressure to cross under the checkered flag first overall in the familiar TRG-blue mid-engine Porsche. It was the first win of the season for Pumpelly and TRG in the new-for-2019 GT4 machine. The successful 50-minute race moves Pumpelly to the top-spot season-long drivers' championship.
The cement wall-lined street course, which celebrated its 45th year of competition this weekend, puts a premium on qualifying and the California-based team put a great effort in to take the top-spot for the No. 66. Once there, Pumpelly used it to precision. At the initial start, and each subsequent restart, the veteran racer timed his acceleration out of the final hairpin turn perfectly pushing the 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport out of reach of the chasing Ian James in the Panoz Avezzano GT4. James made multiple attempts on the Porsche but each time Pumpelly held back the assault taking the race victory leading flag-to-flag.
The Long Beach race, which started five of the Porsche-built GT4 customer cars, was only for GT4-specification cars. However, the next stop on the SRO Blancpain America schedule, April 26 – 28, will see a full-contingent of Porsche GT cars in multiple classes and categories: 911 GT3 R in GT3 and 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport in GT4. Rounds 7 and 8 at VIRginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia will see SprintX races when the GT3 cars return as well as Sprint and East Championship races with the GT4 cars.


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Woman injured after hitting back of pickup truck with car on SR-146 Tuesday
A woman was taken to the hospital for unknown injuries after rear-ending a pickup truck on SR 146 Tuesday afternoon.
According to Trooper Russ McDonald of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the driver of a gold sedan failed to keep assured clear distance and will be cited in the crash.
The driver of the pickup truck, who was attempting to make a turn when he was hit, was not hurt and will not be cited.
Traffic was backed up in both directions of SR 146 at the former Nashport Elementary school until the vehicles were cleared from the roadway.


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The Order of the Knights of Saint John in Malta
Posted by Melisande Aquilina | Nov 15, 2016 | Miscellaneuos | 0 |
The coming of the Knights of Saint John to Malta in 1530 brought with it a radical change in every aspect of Maltese life. For the Maltese, this meant the beginning of a new era, and one can say that during this period the islands developed not only from the political viewpoint, but also with regards to the economic and social aspects.
During this period of 268 years, especially after 1565, the Maltese population increased, Maltese economy became more diversified, while the social level of the Maltese inhabitants developed to a very high degree. It was also during this same period that the Maltese Islands saw the rise of new towns and villages, since with the arrival of the Order many medieval villages continued to expand, while in many of these settlements, the Maltese started to build in a completely different architectural style.
The period of the Knights can be divided into two main parts; the first one between 1530 and 1565, and the second between 1565 and 1798. During the first phase of their occupation of the islands, the Order of Saint John tried hard and on several occasions, although unsuccessfully, to recapture the island of Rhodes, from which they had been expelled by the Ottoman Sultan in 1523. During this period the Knights did not plan to remain in Malta for a long time, therefore they considered the islands as a temporary base and limited themselves to establishing themselves in Birgu. They bought some houses to use as their Auberges, while the Castle of Saint Angelo became the residence of the Order's Grandmaster. The second part of the Order's occupancy is associated with the Baroque artistic style, which was present in both art and architecture.
After the Great Siege of Malta in 1565, Grandmaster Jean de La Valette designed and built the city of Valletta according to this architectural style, with a grid forming a number of streets perpendicular to each other. The main street was Strada San Giorgio, named Republic Street today, in which were erected the finest palaces and houses, including the Grandmaster's Palace. The layout of this new capital city is the work of the famous Italian architect Francesco Laparelli, but the main buildings are the masterpiece of his assistant, the Maltese architect Girolamo Cassar. Cassar was also the main architect in charge of designing and building the seven Auberges of the Knights. Some of these still exist today while others were eventually demolished and replaced by other buildings.
The existing Auberges of Valletta are the Auberge of Aragon, the Auberge of Italy, the Auberge of Provence, and the Auberge of Castille and Leon, which today serves as the Office of the Prime Minister. Those that were demolished include the Auberge of Auvergne, the Auberge of France, and the Auberge of Allemagne. The Auberge of Baviere, within walking distance from Fort St. Elmo, was erected later on in the eitheenth century. The list of palaces and other beautiful buildings in the city of Valletta is very long. One can make a reference to Pereira Palace, the Bishop's Palace, the Old University, Casa Correa, and Casa Castellania.
The Knights of Saint John also built a number of bastions and fortifications to defend the islands in times of peril. They improved the walls of the Castle of St. Angelo, in order for it to be a better defence for the Grand Harbor, as well as building the Fortress of St. Elmo, Fort Manoel and Fort Tignè. From the early 17th century onward, the Order also made great investments to develop an effective coastal defence system by building a number of towers in various strategic places around the Maltese Islands.
One can conclude that the period of the Knights of Malta certainly left a great impact on Maltese history and society, particularly with regards to art and architecture. Almost every Maltese town or village is adorned by monuments of this period, be they palaces, houses, churches or chapels. We must keep in mind that it is important that these historic works of art are preserved, as they are a unique and important part of Maltese culture.
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Luis Armelio García es un exfutbolista cubano que se desempeña actualmente como director técnico. Dirigió a las selecciones de  y .

Carrera internacional (jugador)
Disputó con  las eliminatorias rumbo al Mundial de 1998 donde jugó 8 partidos.

Carrera como entrenador

Trayectoria
García inicia su etapa de entrenador como flamante seleccionador de  a finales del año 2004. Consigue el subcampeonato en la Copa del Caribe de 2005, resultado que le otorga la clasificación a la Copa de Oro de 2005, torneo donde Cuba es eliminada en primera ronda.

Su balance estadístico con la selección cubana es de 10 partidos, 5 victorias, 1 empate y 4 derrotas (53.3% de rendimiento).

El 6 de diciembre de 2006, Luis Armelio García es nombrado seleccionador de  por la Federación Haitiana de Fútbol. En su primer torneo oficial con Haití consigue el título de campeón de la Copa del Caribe de 2007. Sin embargo, no tiene el mismo rendimiento ese mismo año en la Copa de Oro de 2007, eliminado en primera ronda. El 23 de enero de 2008 anuncia sorpresivamente su renuncia al cargo de seleccionador.

Su balance estadístico con los Grenadiers es de 17 partidos, 10 victorias, 4 empates y 3 derrotas (66.6% de rendimiento).

Ha sido entrenador en el Aiglon du Lamentin de la Liga de fútbol martiniquesa, club con el que conquistó la Copa de Martinica en el 2009. En enero de 2013 fue nombrado entrenador del club haitiano del Victory Sportif Club aunque renunció al puesto en junio de 2013.

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Big Sky Country is home to the second largest elk population of any state in America. And elk country in Montana is a better place as a result of the work of RMEF and its partners. In the latest episode of Pursue The Wild, Tips From The Wild, Kristy Titus shares some of the accomplishments that have been made in the great state of Montana.


If you're about to move on from your rental property, you want to make sure you leave it squeaky clean. We'll show you how to turn your rental 'wear and tear' into 'as good as new' with a few easy tips.
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NASA Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctiC Explorer (ENDURANCE)
Developers: Alessandro Febretti, Andrew Johnson, Ratko Jagodic, Shriram Iyer, Peter Doran (PI UIC); John Priscu (Montana State University); Christopher McKay (NASA Ames Research Center); Bill Stone (Stone Aerospace)
URL: http://www.evl.uic.edu/endurance
Funding: NASA
NASA's Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP) Program is supporting ENDURANCE - the Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctic Explorer - to demonstrate concepts for exploring the ice-covered ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa. ENDURANCE is designed to swim untethered under ice, in order to create three-dimensional maps of the underwater environment, and to collect data and samples of microbial life.
In preparation for a future mission to Europa, a series of field tests in Lake Mendota on the campus of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Lake Bonney, Antarctica have been conducted to prove that ENDURANCE is suited to operating in a cold environment. One successful mission to Antarctica was conducted in last fall 2008 with another scheduled fall 2009. Additional missions are anticipated with significant planning before a Europa mission will take place likely a couple of decades from now.
As part of the first field test in Antarctica, collected data was relayed back to EVL to generate three-dimensional images, maps and data renderings of the lake for analysis. Among EVL's contributions to this project is the development of a visualization application that allows researchers to visualize and compare geo-referenced images of the ice sheet covering the lake. At present, the total dataset consists of more than 100,000 images, well suited for display on EVL's high-resolution tiled display - LambdaVision. The tiled display allows scientists to simultaneously display hundreds of images from the acquired dataset in full resolution. The analysis of these images will help in understanding the distribution of sediments trapped in the ice surface. The goal of the ENDURANCE project at this stage, is to develop the required tools and techniques for use during the future mission to Europa.
This project is a collaboration between UIC's departments of Earth and Environmental Science and Computer Science, NASA Ames Research Center, Montana State University and Stone Aerospace.
Email: aej@evl.uic.edu
Date: May 1, 2007 - April 30, 2010
ENDURANCE Images of Ice Surface, Lake Bonney, Antarctica - A. Febretti, EVL
Ratko Jagodic
Andrew Johnson
Shriram Iyer
ANTARCTIC DIVING ROBOT PRACTICES FOR EUROPA
Interdisciplinary Immersive Analytics at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory: Lessons Learned and Upcoming Challenges
SUB-ICE EXPLORATION OF AN ANTARCTIC LAKE: RESULTS FROM THE ENDURANCE PROJECT
SIMPLE project (Sub-ice Investigation of Marine and Planetary-analog Ecosystems)
ENDURANCE (Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctiC Explorer)
ENDURANCE (Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctiC Explorer) (SAGE™ Collaboration)
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Margarete Bagshaw
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Margarete Bagshaw-Tindel
Date Note
birth date November 11, 1964; death date March 19, 2015
Specialty / Medium
Artist's work represented in the online Masterworks Arts and Artists Series of the Heard Museum.
Artist's physical folder is filed alphabetically in the Native American Artists Resource Collection under the following name:
Bagshaw, Margarete
Artist's work is represented in the object collection of the Heard Museum
Gifted: Pablita Velarde/Helen Hardin/Margarete Bagshaw Exhibit. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. Opened December 18, 2015.
That's The Way I Like It. Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ. 2014 (04/26/2014 - 02/08/2015)
The Color of Oil. Ellen Noel Museum. Odessa, Texas. November 22, 2013 - March 2014.
Malcolm Alexander, Margarete Bagshaw-Tindel, Peter Burega: The Modern Show. Ventana Fine Art. Santa Fe, NM. 2005 (04/22/2005 - 05/06/2005)
Celebrating a New Publication: ndn art. Santa Fe Art Institute. Santa Fe, NM. 2003 (08/16/2003 - 08/29/2003)
New Works: Margarete Bagshaw-Tindel, Mark Silversmith. Blue Rain Gallery. Taos, NM. 2001 (07/01/2001 - 07/31/2001)
Original Woman: The Changing Traditions of Helen Hardin, Pablita Velarde and Margarete Bagshaw-Tindel. Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. Sana Fe, NM. 1999 (02/14/1999 - 05/30/1999)
Pencils, Pastels, and Paper. Arts Enhancement Gallery. Albuquerque, NM. 1994 (06/1994 - 06/1994)
Shared Traditions. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. Albuquerque, NM. (1/1993 - 1/1993)
We The Human Beings: 27 Contemporary Native American Artists. Traveling exhibition planned for the following venues: The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH, 8/26-10/19/1992; Carlsten Art Gallery, Stevens Point, WI, 11/15-12/16/1992; The Riffe Gallery, Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, Columbus, OH, 1/23-3/13/1993; Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN, 4/7-6/27/1993; The Museums at Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, 9/12-10/27/1993; Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, University of IL at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, 11/19-1/9/1994; Roland Gibson Gallery, Potsdam College of the State University of New York, Potsdam, NY, 2/25-3/25/1994. (08/26/1992 - 03/25/1994)
Invitational Show. Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Gallery. Albuquerque, NM. (4/1992 - 4/1992)
YMCA of Albuquerque, NM. Women on the Move Award. 1990.
Found 18 record(s)
Artist Citation Notes
. "Margarete Bagshaw". Santa Fean, vol. 40, no. 3 (June/July 2012). 2012. 73 2012
. Blue Rain Gallery. Taos: Blue Rain Gallery. 2002. unpaginated 2002
Bagshaw, Margarete. Teaching My Spirit To Fly: Memoirs by Margarete Bagshaw. Little Standing Spruce Publishing. 2012. 2012
Diaz, Rosemary. "Changing Women: Verlarde, Hardin, Bagshaw-Tindel". Native Peoples, vol. 15, no. 1 (November/December 2001). 2001. 73-75 2001
Diaz, Rosemary. "Featured Artist: Margarete Bagshaw". Albuquerque, N.M.: Gathering of Nations Powwow. 2011. 29-30 2011
Fauntleroy, Gussie. "Margarete Bagshaw-Tindel". August, 2002. Southwest Art Indian Market Magazine. 2002. 124-129 2002
Gouma-Peterson, Thalia, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (curator), and Kathleen McManus Zurko (editor). ~We, the Human Beings: 27 Contemporary Native American Artists. Wooster, Ohio: College of Wooster Art Museum. 1992. 17, 46 1992 Catalog of an exhibition; exhibition itinerary: College of Wooster Art Museum, August 26, 1992-October19, 1992; and Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 7, 1993-June 27, 1993.
Harjo, Suzan Shown. ~"Santa Fe Indian Market: 76 Years and Growing". Native Peoples, vol. 11, no. 2 (February, March, April 1998). 1998. 37 1998
Indyke, Dottie. "Margarete Bagshaw-Tindel: a Contemporary Painter Carries on Her Family's New Mexico Art Legacy". Southwest Art, July 2005. 2005. 56-58 2005
Lester, Patrick D. ~The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters. Tulsa, Oklahoma: SIR Publications. 1995. 36 1995 Includes tribal index and bibliographical references.
Mabry, Wolfgang. "Visions of Interior Realities: Rich in Kinetic Energy and Visual Information, Margarete Bagshaw's Works Resonate with Originality and Coherence in Concept, Composition, and Content". Focus/Santa Fe, August/September 2006. 2006. 58-61 2006
Nelson, Kate. Helen Hardin: A Straight Line Curved. Little Standing Spruce Publishing. 2012. 2012
Rushing, W. Jackson, III. Generations in Modern Pueblo Painting: the Art of Tonita Peña and Joe Herrera. Norman, Oklahoma: Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. 2018. 44 2018 Catalog of the exhibition "Generations in Modern Pueblo Painting" at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, Oklahoma, January 26, 2018 - April 8, 2018. Includes bibliographical references.
Szabo, Joyce. "From Vibrant Colors to Somber Tones: Painting at the Juncture of Two Centuries". In: Passalacqua, Veronica, Kate Morris (editors), and James H. Nottage (compiler). Native Art Now! Developments in Contemporary Native American Art since 1992. Indianapolis, Indiana: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. 2017. 33-35 2017 Includes bibliographical references and cites Native artists Jeffrey Gibson, Corin Clairmont, Mario Marinez, Yakita Starr Fields, Linus Woods, Rick Rivet, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Duane Slick, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Margaret Bagshaw, Pablita Velarde, Helen Hardin, Carl Beam, Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Blake Debassige, Jackson Beardy, Alfred Youngman, Bill Soza Warsoldier, T.C. Cannon, Fritz Scholder, Bob Boyer,Robert Houle, Jane Ash Poitras, Judith Lowry, Mateo Romero, James Lavadour, Kay WalkingStick, Emmi Whitehorse, Kent Monkman, Rick Bartow, Bill Powless, Harry Fonseca, and Sonya Kelliher-Combs. Host volume includes comprehensive index.
Tisdale, Shelby J. Pablita Velarde: In Her Own Words. Little Standing Spruce Publishing. 2012. 2012
Tolpa, Eve. "Golden Dawn and 3D Gallery: Immortalizing the Legacy of Margarete Bagshaw in Bronze". Santa Fean, vol. 44, no. 6 (December 2016/January 2017). 2016. 42-43 2016
Touchette, Charleen (curator) and Suzanne Deats (author of artist profiles). Ndn Art. Albuquerque, New Mexico: Fresco Fine Art Publications. 2003. 86-91 2003 Artists profiles include R.C. Gorman, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Charlene Teters, Cheyenne Harris, Dan Namingha, Arlo Namingha, Les Namingha, Doug Hyde, David Johns, Ramona Sakiestewa, Margarete Bagshaw-Tindel, Nathan Youngblood, Susan Folwell, Michael A. Naranjo, Richard Zane Smith, Al Qoyawayma, Virgil Ortiz, Fritz Scholder, Kevin Red Star, Armond Lara, Rick Bartow, Anita Fields, Margaret Wood, Christine Nofchissey McHorse, Joel C. McHorse, Ed Archie Noisecat, Celeste Worl, Dorothy Grandbois, Doug Coffin, and Preston Singletary. In the New Mexico artist series.
Wikipedia contributors. "Margarete Bagshaw". In: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (host URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/) at source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarete_Bagshaw. 2010. 2010 Current entry on Margarete Bagshaw in Wikipedia (viewed December 9, 2018); webpage created April 13, 2010, and revised and updated irregularly. View


11x14 oil on paper mounted on panel. You can see the subtle appearance of dotted paper emerging through the surface, lending a suggestion of pop to the painting. Depicted is a classic South Bay Eichler tract home, with a vintage Impala parked out front.


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New HIV centre set up to tackle inequality and improve treatment
A new HIV research centre is being set up by Queen Mary academics to address health inequalities and improve quality of life for everyone affected by HIV.
Sexual Health and HIV All East Research (SHARE) Collaborative
The dedicated centre, based in London, will explore why some groups of people fare much worse than others following an HIV diagnosis. The team of clinicians, scientists, and members of the community will find ways to prevent future HIV infections and trial innovative new treatments.
In the past, HIV infection nearly always resulted in death, but now, with prompt diagnosis and the right treatment, it can be a manageable long-term condition with those affected likely to live long and healthy lives.
However, this is not the case for everyone. For those who are unaware of their diagnosis or where treatment is difficult or out of reach, HIV still causes poor health, reduced quality of life and even early death. East London has some of the highest rates of HIV infection in England, and people in boroughs such as Tower Hamlets, Newham, and Waltham Forest endure some of the worst health outcomes in the whole of the UK.
'A better quality of life for everyone affected by HIV'
Chloe Orkin, Professor of HIV Medicine at Queen Mary University of London, who is setting up and leading the research centre, says that there are many underlying reasons why people in East London fare particularly badly: "HIV has the greatest impact on some of the most marginalised and socially disenfranchised population groups in society, including people from black and ethnic minority communities and those living in poverty. These groups are also more likely to experience other health conditions such as hepatitis, heart problems, and poor mental health, plus stigma remains high, all of which get in the way of good HIV and sexual health outcomes.
"We know that people who are diagnosed late or who have other health problems often experience poorer health, and this is often the case among more marginalised and minority groups which tend to experience multiple health inequalities. We need to find better solutions that are tailored to people's circumstances and which will enable more people to live longer healthier lives. My hope is that our research programme will lead to a better quality of life for everyone affected by HIV, within the diverse communities of East London, as well as throughout the UK and beyond."
A focus on new treatments
One area of focus will be the development of new treatments for the 8,100 people with HIV in the UK who find daily oral therapy hard to manage. Alongside, the researchers plan to proactively design treatment trials to encourage involvement from historically underrepresented groups, such as women, older people, and people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
The Sexual Health and HIV All East Research (SHARE) Collaborative has received more than £1.6 million funding from Barts Charity. It will bring together expertise from Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust.
Shamal Waraich, from Waltham Forest, was diagnosed in 2013, and says: "As an individual living with HIV from a Muslim British South Asian background, I found it a huge challenge accessing my sexual health clinic in East London. The work of the SHARE collaborative is hugely important to identify the barriers to accessing sexual health services for South Asian communities.
"As a peer support worker, I use my lived experience to support other individuals living with HIV, encouraging them to dismantle self-stigma and shame, empowering them to live well with the virus. As a responsible sexually active adult, it is my responsibility to engage with sexual health services to prevent, treat and protect myself and my partners from contracting/transmitting sexually transmitted infections.
"As we work towards London becoming one of the first cities to eliminate all new HIV transmissions by 2030, it is crucial we work with minority ethnic and marginalised communities at a local level to educate them on the importance of testing, prevention and treatment for HIV – a manageable long term chronic condition."
Find out more about the Sexual Health and HIV All East Research (SHARE) Collaborative
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The length your solution will pretty much depend on that.
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West Side Story coming to Lutcher
The tour of the smash hit Broadway revival of West Side Story is coming to Orange. West Side Story will play at the Lutcher Theater for three performances, and some of the best seats are still available, Friday, April 11 at 7:30 pm; and Saturday, April 12 at 2:00 pm, and 7:30 pm. Tickets are on sale now from $35-$65 at www.lutcher.org, or by calling the Lutcher Theater Box Office at 886-5535. Student and group specials are also available.
West Side Story tells the story of star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria as they struggle to rise above the hatred and intolerance that surrounds them. West Side Story soars as the greatest love story of all time and remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever. The Bernstein and Sondheim score is considered to be one of Broadway's finest and features such classics of the American musical theatre as "Something's Coming," "Tonight," "America," "I Feel Pretty" and "Somewhere."
West Side Story is sponsored locally by Scott and Rita Ballard. The Frances Ann Lutcher Theater for the Performing Arts is located at 707 Main St., in Orange.
Lutcher Theater, Orange Texas, West Side Story
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Furkids is one of only a few animal rescue organizations in Georgia that has a dedicated location to house FIV+ cats. Through public awareness and education, our goal is to place our FIV+ cats into loving, permanent homes where they can flourish. The first thing to realize is that FIV is not a death sentence! Adopting an FIV+ cat is virtually the same as adopting any other cat — they are affectionate, beautiful, funny, playful, and special in their own unique ways.
The adoption fee for FIV+ cats is $0. That's right! It's $0 for a full-vetted, healthy, spayed or neutered, micro-chipped kitty friend that happens to have FIV.
Adopt an FIV+ cat and receive one year of free vetting at our Doraville cat shelter. We want to show you that FIV+ cats are just like every other cat. Let us prove it to you – adopt an FIV+ cat today!
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I've uploaded a picture of the new Warstar in the Hyperdyne Astronautics section. More pictures of it can be found in the Yahoo group.
The fighters are the last major hurdle in terms of locking down rules and this week I playtested them for the first time. The playtest went very well!
There are still a few concepts I still need to take into account but the overall mechanisms worked quickly and smoothly, and added a surprising amount of tactical depth to the game as a whole. This first test involved six squadrons of fighters (three on each side) - a stress test is next, seeing how the game handles something like ten squadrons per side (which will be a lot).


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Ficus kamerunensis est une espèce d'arbustes à fleurs de la famille des Moraceae. Cette espèce a été décrite par Warb. ex Mildbr. et Burret en 1911.

Description
Cet arbuste peut atteindre 18- de haut. Ses feuilles sont en spirale.

Habitat
Il pousse dans les forêts à feuilles persistantes et parfois sur un sol rocheux à des altitudes entre 486-. On en trouve en Sierra Leone, au Congo, en Côte d'Ivoire, au Niger et en Éthiopie. Quelques arbustes sont présents sur l'île de São Tomé.

Utilisation
L'écorce donne de grandes quantités de latex blanc. Quelques parties de l'arbre sont utilisées en médecine pour traiter les infections et les maladies sexuellement transmissibles.

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Official: Binance to Offer Euro Trading Pairs This Year
Binance, the world's most popular cryptocurrency exchange, announced today they'll soon add Euro trading pairs to their platform.
According to the Bloomberg report, Euro trading will be offered through the exchange's new Malta office. While an exact date has not yet been announced, Euro trading is expected to take place later this year. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao also mentioned plans to add other fiat currencies to the platform, without providing specific details.
Despite launching less than a year ago, Binance has quickly became a crypto exchange powerhouse. While many competitors have been plagued by tightening regulations and company scaling issues, Binance has continued to grow.
Much of Binance's success is due to it consistently adding new crypto-to-crypto trading pairs, currently tallying 351. This comes at a time when some competitors have actually been decreasing the number of cryptos they support, to avoid breaking securities laws.
Excluding Korean only cryptocurrency exchanges offering KRW pairs, Binance will be the first top 10 exchange with over 100 tradeable cryptos that also offers fiat pairs. Bitfinex represents the closest competitor, currently offering 64 cryptocurrencies, while also offering USD and Euro deposits. Unlike Binance though, Bitfinex does not accept U.S. customers and requires customers to hold at least $10,000 worth of value on its platform to use its features.
Over the last few months, cryptocurrency prices have been steadily declining, but this hasn't seemed to phase Changpeng Zhao or his company. In his call with Bloomberg, Zhao also unveiled plans to receive an exchange license from Jersey in the Channel Islands, where he plans to open an office with as many as 100 staff. He's also reportedly in talks with authorities and banks in Taiwan.
With this news and everything else we've seen out of Binance, it seems the exchange could very well become an even more dominant player in the space.
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Q: Python printing on same line for multiple line values I have a question about printing on same line.
I'm trying to do the following:

and the code i wrote is below
dic = {'1':'#\n#\n#\n#\n#',
       '2':'###\n  #\n###\n#\n###',
       '3':'###\n  #\n###\n  #\n###',
       '4':'# #\n# #\n###\n  #\n  #',
       '5':'###\n#\n###\n  #\n###',
       '6':'###\n#\n###\n# #\n###',
       '7':'###\n  #\n  #\n  #\n  #',
       '8':'###\n# #\n###\n# #\n###',
       '9':'###\n# #\n###\n  #\n###',
       '0':'###\n# #\n# #\n# #\n###'
}

value = input("Enter an integer: ")

value = str(value)

for chr in value:
    print(dic[chr], sep=' ')

but with my code when i run it, it prints in separate lines

could you please help how to print on same line.
or if my code is incorrect, could you please advise on how to write it correctly?
thank you in advance!

A: First write a function combine that combines two strings into one line, by splitting both strings on a newline, finding the longest section of the first string, then using that to determine the padding:
def combine(a, b):
    a_lines = a.split("\n")
    b_lines = b.split("\n")
    padding = max(len(line) for line in a_lines)
    return "\n".join(a_line.ljust(padding) + " " + b_line for a_line, b_line in zip(a_lines, b_lines))

Then, just use it:
dic = {'1':'#\n#\n#\n#\n#',
       '2':'###\n  #\n###\n#\n###',
       '3':'###\n  #\n###\n  #\n###',
       '4':'# #\n# #\n###\n  #\n  #',
       '5':'###\n#\n###\n  #\n###',
       '6':'###\n#\n###\n# #\n###',
       '7':'###\n  #\n  #\n  #\n  #',
       '8':'###\n# #\n###\n# #\n###',
       '9':'###\n# #\n###\n  #\n###',
       '0':'###\n# #\n# #\n# #\n###'
}

value = input("Enter an integer: ")

value = str(value)

output = ""
for chr in value:
    if output:
        output = combine(output, dic[chr])
    else:
        # don't combine with nothing
        output = dic[chr]

print(output)

A: Your code is incorrect. You need to join the first line of each digit, then the second line, etc.
You can use zip() to get the lines of the digits together, though to accommodate that, you'll need to transform dic so that each digit is in separate units for each line, like this:
{k: v.splitlines() for k, v in dic.items()}

You'll also need to fix the spacing so that each unit has a constant width.
Once that's done, get the digits together, zip, and print:
value = input("Enter an integer: ")

digits = [dic[c] for c in value]
for line in zip(*digits):
    print(*line)

This uses the unpacking operator (AKA "splat").
BTW, str(input()) is redundant since input() returns a string.

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I am a London based artist, born and raised in India. I studied B.Sc. (Hons.) Architectural Technology at the University of Westminster in 2008. Since then, I have worked and travelled extensively to learn about different cultures and to study the Western art and history. As a child, I was involved in our school's annual events and art exhibitions each year for almost a decade. Other than art, I was involved in Gymnastics, Yoga and Dance and also played for my school's Basket Ball team. I recently got into aerial acrobatics and really enjoy seeing the world upside down. I find that after spending hours in the studio, there's an urge to get out and jump around to stay creative as well as physically and mentally active.
My first experience in art making was colouring shapes with these bright and beautiful oil pastels. I still very clearly remember my first colouring and sketching books. My mother still has some of my paintings from our childhood in her house.
I think I am a fairly open and fun loving person. I love people and I love to interact with people from different walks of life. I am an observer but at the same time I like to participate and contribute towards any project or cause that I believe in. And, I take work and play very seriously.
I am currently painting portraits and figures, so my artwork is all about other people. But, I suppose subconsciously, I am attracted to subjects that I relate to on some level and stories that have defined my beliefs, principles and life experiences. My artwork is bold, dynamic and authentic and the use of colours and materials is slightly unconventional.
I get inspired by humble and hard working people I meet almost everyday. People who are true to themselves and live an authentic and fulfilled life. My family inspires me, my childhood memories are still a very important part of who I am and the direction I take in life. I also get inspiration from reading books about art, history and ancient cultures.
I feel that everybody experiences things differently and so I like to leave it open to the viewer's interpretation and let them experience it however they please. But I hope that on some level, they feel comforted. My intention is to reflect basic human qualities such as passion, love, colours and beauty. But, people might see a lot more than that and sometimes nothing at all. At the end of the day people will see only as far as they wish to see.
When you've been working on something for so long, you just get a feel for it. You start to see very clearly what works and what doesn't. Whether the art needs more work or whether it is better to leave it alone and come back the next day. Sometimes, even one extra brush stroke can make or break a painting. You just have to follow your instinct.
Every time I finish a painting, it's an exciting moment for me. I only work on controlling the execution part, so sometimes when I see the result, it's a fun surprise. I find these little things far more rewarding than one exciting big moment.
Anywhere between 5 hours to 5 days for a small to medium sized work.
I am currently working on implementing symbolism and allegories in my art which is a whole new world. The subject really fascinates and excites me as it bridges the gap between the spiritual world and the real world to some extent. I'm working on exploring it more so you might see a completely new style from me in the future. The idea is to continue to explore and create works that I find exciting and meaningful at the same time.
I have a few exhibitions lined up in the summer this year and a possible art residency in the later part of the year. The details will be up on my website and social media closer to the dates. So, keep an eye.
It's difficult to predict because I don't even know what's happening next week. What I can say for sure is that I see my work evolving everyday and constantly changing, which makes it impossible to plan and predict anything that far off, at this point. I'd like to see where it goes because this whole process is filled with surprises. One thing I can say for sure is that I am hoping to find a bigger and a better studio on a long term basis, so that I can create larger pieces. Other than that, I will most likely be doing similar things but with a lot more experience.


The Charley dining chair Anthracite is a true eye-catcher and very comfortable. The seams are noticeable which make the seat in combination with the black frame industrial looking!
The Charley is not just an eye catcher but also very comfortable. The seams are very noticeable on purpose, this in combination with the black powder coated frame gives the chair an industrial look. But it can also be combined in a modern or retro design interior.
The Seat of the Charley dining chair is made of high quality PU. This material is very flexibel and lasting, also very easy to clean. The cross in the black frame makes it very steady.
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Regardless of what you're planning, the BMW X3 makes it easy for you. This is because the BMW X3 has innovative technologies on board that support you in a variety of ways during the journey and guarantee the highest level of comfort and safety. So that you can enjoy unadulterated driving pleasure.
The Driving Assist feature combines the camera-based Lane Departure Warning and Approach and Pedestrian Warning systems with City Brake Activation.
Whereas the Approach Warning with City Brake Activation detects vehicles, the Pedestrian Warning with City Brake Activation reacts to pedestrians. When there is a risk of collision, the Approach Warning triggers a two-stage warning . First, a symbol in the instrument cluster lights up, followed by an acoustic alarm. The Pedestrian Warning triggers a single-stage warning in the event of an acute risk of collision. If the system warns of a potential collision, the brakes are simultaneously preconditioned for a faster response. In the event of an emergency, the system applies the brakes.
The Driving Assist Plus feature (only available with Automatic Transmission Steptronic) includes not only Approach Warning and Lane Departure Warning, but also Active Cruise Control with Stop&Go function. This provides assistance when driving on highways in both critical and stable traffic situations.
The Navigation System Professional features a sleek design and a superior range of services. It delivers a simple and easy-to-use navigation system that is seamlessly integrated into the BMW, with iDrive operating concept and iDrive Touch Controller included.
The system comprises the hands-free kit with USB interface and voice control and the Radio BMW Professional with DVD drive, as well as 20 GB memory for audio files. It also facilitates the use of Real Time Traffic Information (only in conjunction with ConnectedDrive Services). The built-in 8.8″ LCD colour display with split screen function (main and supplementary screen) is designed for optimal readability and overview.
It is operated intuitively via the iDrive Touch Controller, whose touch-sensitive surface allows the driver to easily enter destination addresses for the navigation system using their handwriting. Alternatively, the system can also be operated via direct menu control buttons, the eight functional bookmarks or voice control. Thanks to the three-dimensional map display that makes use of satellite images as a map background, with photo-realistic depictions of selected sights, navigation becomes an exciting visual experience.
The Surround View system provides a 360° panorama view around the vehicle with help from cameras in the exterior mirrors, a wide-angle camera in front and the Rear View camera. The system assists the driver during parking or manoeuvring in tight situations or when navigating in areas with limited visibility.
Surround View includes the Rear View camera with Top View and Side View. Top View displays the areas on the side of the car for more convenient manoeuvring. Side View's wide-angle camera between the double kidney grilles on the front and the Rear View camera allow for a panorama view of the front and back of the vehicle. The Cross Traffic Assist assists the driver by first displaying yellow beams on the side edges of the image as well as a yellow warning triangle in the presence of crossing traffic. The Side View function is automatically deactivated when the car reaches 15 km/h.
The driver can then choose to activate the Rear View camera, Top View or Panorama Side View. The system is activated when the car is put into reverse or at other predetermined activation points. The image is shown on the Control Display.
The Park Assist makes parallel parking easier. When the system is activated and the car is driving slowly (below 35km/h), it will measure any parking spaces the car passes.
When a large enough gap has been found, the driver simply switches on the turn indicator and the Park Assist will do the steering, while the driver continues to operate the accelerator, gears and brakes.
The system also emits acoustic signals and gives instructions in the Control Display. So the driver can stay relaxed and enjoy greater safety while parking.
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With anti-dazzle High-Beam Assist, night driving is safer and more comfortable. It provides excellent visibility in the dark without dazzling other drivers.
The system detects other road-users and selectively excludes them from the high-beam headlight distribution. Beam ranges of over 400 m ensure early detection of risks and improved directional tracking. The Adaptive LED Headlights or Adaptive Headlights features are required for the anti-dazzle high-beam Assist.


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Chador
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Women and Islam
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'Chador' can also refer to...
Chadors, Feminists, Terror Constructing a U.S. American Discourse of the Veil
Persian. Veil. Full-length garment covering a woman from head to foot, typically black in color. Not mandated by the Quran, although it symbolizes modest dress in Islamic culture. Historically worn by urban upper-class women for protection, honor, and distinction. Western feminists point to it as a symbol of backwardness and women's oppression and inferior status in Islamic societies. Westernized elites discarded it in favor of Western dress. Like the hijab, the chador has become popular among women in Islamist movements wishing to visibly identify themselves as Islamists and as an assertion of dignity and Islamic culture. Mandated in Saudi Arabia.
See also Hijab
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The Importance of Reading in Language Acquisition
Reading is an integral part of the process of acquiring language skills and can be strong support for the development of listening, speaking and writing skills. We will explore the benefits of the diversity of written material - both in topic and style - the ways it can be utilized or expanded upon. We will also look at its shortcomings and some strategies for overcoming them.
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Structure of Texts
A key benefit of written texts is that they provide complete and properly formed sentence structures that are static, allowing students to process the information at their own pace. This provides a degree of comfort for people who may be lacking in confidence and means that they can review the information as much or as little as possible. The important element here is the properly formed sentences, which exposes students of English to correctly applied grammar in a format that can be ingested thoroughly, and without the pressure of immediate aural comprehension.
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The nature of reading - especially reading a broad range of materials - is that it allows passive absorption of phrasing, word order, and general grammar, which is beneficial for forming sentences and assists in developing conversational skills. Beyond this aspect of language structure, the students can also see punctuation in action which can be of great assistance in the comprehension of the correct and varied uses of English punctuation. This general exposure to properly formed language can foster an intuitive sense of how the language should sound and flow.
By frequent reading of English language materials (both authentic and non-authentic), the students increase the exposure to properly formed English and reinforce their understanding of familiar sentence structures, grammar, and vocabulary.
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Broad reading materials consumed frequently also acts as a form of the self-test, providing insight into sentence structures and vocabulary not properly grasped by the student and prompts new lines of questions with which to direct future learning.
While reading, there will often be words which the reader does not know nested in a more familiar language. This is a helpful way of introducing new vocabulary and also practicing the skill of understanding the overall meaning of a sentence, instead of focusing on individual words. These skills are helpful in both reading and listening comprehension and will assist the learner to develop a greater degree of fluency than if they were bogged down by processing every word in a sentence.
Mastering Skills
Written material is also available on any subject which the learner may be interested in, and across a range of styles - from formal to casual, from technical to reflective. This will allow students to develop greater language skills around their areas of interest and equip them to communicate effectively about topics that excite them. With communication being the ultimate purpose of language, this is of vital importance and has the added benefit of maintaining the student's interest - or riding off the back of it.
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It is undeniable that, despite the clear benefits of reading, there are areas of language use and acquisition that are not addressed. The use of auditory understanding (listening skills), and productive skills (speaking and writing) are not automatically activated during reading activities and this may cause an imbalanced development of language skills.
Lack of Listening
The primary issue to address is the use of listening skills and, by extension, pronunciation. While vocabulary and grammar may be absorbed through the act of reading, it is not uncommon for people to make incorrect guesses at how words would be pronounced or to simply not try pronouncing them at all. There are several potential solutions to this issue which will be more or less suitable depending on whether the learner is on their own or in a group, and whether or not they have access to native English speakers.
Ways to Overcome Problems
Reading out loud is an obvious step to developing more productive skills and translating the written word into applied spoken English. This is best done in the presence of an English speaker - especially to start - but can, increasingly, be practiced alone. Conversely, having someone else read the words out is a good way of testing the listening comprehension and pronunciation, and can be an interesting way of branching out into this skill (especially when the student is familiar with, or able to understand, the text by reading).
If the learner does not have access to an English speaker, these activities may still be explored through audiobooks or recordings of people reading texts. This may introduce some restrictions to the texts the students can select, but it will ultimately achieve the same end. Access to recorded materials will facilitate listening skills acquisition and may be used as a model for producing the sounds (speaking). Without an English speaker present, there is the danger of mispronouncing the words, but it is still better than nothing at all.
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Writing Skill
Writing, the other productive skill, is also easily addressed by broad reading as the students have models of properly executed language to study. By emulating the written material and reconstructing it, students should be able to quickly begin experimenting with producing their written materials. This, again, would best be performed with access to an English speaker to point out any misunderstandings or guide the learner in improving their command of written English.
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To conclude, reading is an integral component of the language learning process and, while it is effective at demonstrating and developing an intuitive understanding of grammar and phrasing, it falls short in other areas (particularly listening skills) but can be used as a resource in exercising these skills.
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Q: collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status in eclipse cdt I'm a beginner of programming. I am using Eclipse CDT for C programming. When I  build any program, the console window shows the below message. Please tell me a  specific way so that I could solve this problem.
Console window:
Info: Configuration "Debug" uses tool-chain "MinGW GCC" that is unsupported on this system, attempting to build anyway.
Info: Internal Builder is used for build
gcc -O0 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -o test.o "..\\test.c"
gcc -o test.exe test.o
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/4.9.2/../../../../i686-pc-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot open output file test.exe: Permission denied
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

00:33:35 Build Finished (took 2s.385ms)

A: USUALLY(in my experience), LD errors result from you not including the libraries or linkers necessary. Go to your project, right click, select properties, under C build go to settings, GCC C compiler and includes and add the libraries.

A: Your operating system simply does not allow to modify a file while it is in use, so the compilation  fails, because compiler can't remove the old executable and place a new one. To solve this, simply restart  eclipse program.


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Q: SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing on MRJob I am working with MRJob through python and when I try to create a class, I get a synthax error. It's highlighting the colon. What am I missing? Here is my code:
class Bacon_count(MRJob):

A: You are defining an empty class, but in an unproper way. In Python an empty class should contain a pass statement, in your case:
class Bacon_count(MRJob):
   pass

Also, take into account how to define single class methods in multiple cells, if that's what you are trying to do, as it is discussed here.


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Ninety percent of Americans do not want to maintain a traditional work schedule, and almost one-third would never go back to an office, reports new Center studyHarlan Lebo2020-08-26T10:55:41+07:00
Ninety percent of Americans do not want to maintain a traditional work schedule, and almost one-third would never go back to an office, reports new Center study
August 26, 2020 — Almost all Americans want to change their work life when the COVID-19 pandemic ends, with large percentages ready to shift to a permanent home office, according to a study by the USC Center for the Digital Future.
The study found that working from home during the pandemic has created unique opportunities as well as unprecedented challenges for millions of Americans, including reduced visits to an office, increased working from home, or not going to a traditional office at all.
The study found:
• Many Americans want to change their careers and work from home – More than 40 percent (42 percent) want work from home to be permanent, while 25% disagree.
• More than one-quarter could adapt all of their job to working from home — For many, working from home could be a permanent reality; 26% could adapt all of their job to work from home; 22% most of their work, 17% some, 9% a little, 26% none.
• Work after the pandemic — More than one-third of employees anticipate they will work more from home when the pandemic is over (38% would work more from home, 43% the same, 18% less).
• Few would maintain a traditional at-the-office work schedule — Only 10% would maintain a traditional at-the-office work schedule. If given the option of going to the office, 30% would never go, 37% would go once a week, 23% would go multiple times a week, and only 10% would go all the time.
• What employees miss about the office and enjoy about working from home – The sudden shift to working from home has been a mixed success – more flexibility and no commute, but less interaction and structure.
While working from home, Americans enjoy: no commute (65%), more flexibility (64%), relaxed dress (61%), control of the environment (59%), avoiding work politics (38%), no irritating workmates (36%), and fewer disruptions (34%).
When working from home, Americans miss: being somewhere other than home (63%), socializing/interacting with colleagues or customers (59%), workplace structure (56%), and enjoyable aspects of commuting (39%).
• Problems emerge when working at home – Americans report a range of problems working from home, including distractions from children, pets, phone calls, and neighbors (45%); erosion of the boundary between work and home (31%), an overload of online calls and conferences (18%), and lack of privacy (16%).
• For some, productivity and work hours decline – While 17% of Americans say they are more productive working at home, 23% say they are less effective. And although 15% say they work more hours from home, 42% say they work fewer hours from home.


The popular actress, published author and prolific blogger talks about the science of growing up and the art of good oral hygiene.
We're big on teeth and oral care!
Mayim Bialik is a PhD neuroscientist, actor, vegan and mother of two sons who love to floss! She sat down with Dear Doctor – Dentistry and Oral Health magazine to discuss her career, her education, her new book, her sons and oral health.
In the latest issue of Dear Doctor magazine, available in dental offices throughout the U.S. and Canada and online at deardoctor.com, Bialik talks about raising sons in a vegan household and stresses the importance of good oral hygiene. "We're big on teeth and oral care," she says.
Bialik got into acting as a child and says she didn't have a single cavity growing up but had a "pretty profound overbite" while starring as the title character in the 1990s television show Blossom on NBC. However, being in front of the camera for 5 years did not allow her the opportunity to have braces.
She hopes to help other girls navigate adolescence with her #1 New York Times bestseller, Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular, which she describes as "a neuroscience-driven perspective on all aspects of being female." In the book, Bialik provides the kind of information she wishes someone had explained to her when she was young.
Dear Doctor - Dentistry & Oral Health is a patient education magazine available in dental offices throughout the U.S. and Canada and online at deardoctor.com. Written exclusively by dental health care professionals in uncomplicated language, Dear Doctor aims to open the lines of communication between patients and dental professionals by providing patients with information to help them make confident, informed healthcare decisions. Learn more at http://www.DearDoctor.com.


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Israel's new government will face historic issues hushed up by Netanyahu – 06/02/2021 – world
The successive reappointments of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister could suggest a certain consensus in Israeli society around his leadership. The twelve years spent in this post, however, masked the fact that the population was deeply divided on this permanence.
In Israel's multiparty parliamentarism, the fragmentation of the opposition made it impossible to form a broad front strong enough to replace it. But after four elections in a short period of time, the controversy over his continued mandate has finally overtaken other issues polarizing the country – left against right, cleric against secular, Jews against non-Jews.
The new coalition is made up of parties with very different ideological shades, and the diversity of agendas makes it difficult to predict its trajectory, in addition to leaving doubt about its survival in the first crisis. In any case, if he resists, reforms are expected, especially in domestic policy.
Maintaining the status quo was one of Netanyahu's hallmarks, especially with regard to the relationship between religion and the state and the conflict with the Palestinians. Rather than seeking greater integration of the Arab Christian and Muslim minority, which represents around 20% of the population, Bibi, as it is called, saw it as a threat. The prime minister was one of the main supporters of the Basic Law which, in 2018, defined Israel as "the nation-state of the Jewish people." In addition, he had to give in to constant pressure from the ultra-Orthodox parties that formed the basis of his government.
In foreign policy, Netanyahu did what he could to bring the Palestinian issue out of the center of public debate and replace the threat posed by Iran. The strategy was crowned last year with agreements to normalize diplomatic relations between Israel and four Arab countries – Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Sudan. The resolution of the Palestinian problem, previously demanded by these countries as a condition for recognition of the State of Israel, seemed to take a back seat to a common regional enemy and other special national interests.
The intensity of the wave of violence of the past few weeks and the reactions that followed, however, reveal that unresolved historical questions still resurface – and with even greater force.
Thus, the new government of Israel, now with Democrat Joe Biden as US president, will have to face not only the resumption of negotiations on the nuclear deal with Iran, but also the return of the importance of the Palestinian question on the global agenda and with a frayed internal social fabric, in particular because of the fragile balance in the relations between religious and secular and between Jews and non-Jews.
With Avigdor Liberman (Israel Our House), Gideon Saar (New Hope) and Naftali Bennett (Yamina), there is not much hope of moving forward in negotiations with the Palestinians. On the other hand, the departure of ultra-Orthodox religious parties and the entry of legends from the center, the left and the Arabs can have a significant impact on the lives of Israelis, especially those of minority groups who have stayed behind. 'a decade without representation at the highest ministerial level. .
The new government broke the first paradigm by including the Islamic party in it. It remains to be seen whether he will be able to unlock other avenues to resolve the structural problems facing Israeli society.
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Simon's Cat in 'Smitten'
A love struck cat tries to impress his Valentine.
Director: Simon Tofield
Simon Tofield is an English animator who lives with his four cats. His passion for drawing started young. He learned to animate by creating flip books featuring characters and stories from his imagination. These early experiments later evolved into a career spanning almost two decades as a professional animator and director. Simon's most well-known creation is Simon's Cat, an online animated series that has amassed over 480 million views on YouTube alone. Besides cats and animation, Simon's greatest interests are British wildlife and the great outdoors.
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Serious question: is there anything more entertaining and adorable than dressing your cat in a Halloween costume? Even though they're likely plotting your murder while wearing whatever cheeky getup you squeeze them into, they still manage to look cute because . . . well, they're cats! Lucky for us, Urban Outfitters is getting in on the pet costume fun by selling an assortment of so-called "cat caps" that are beyond affordable.
There are five different options that'll transform your four-legged friend into a non-feline animal, including a bunny, panda bear, and penguin, for just $8 or $10, depending on which one you choose. The tiny toppers fit right on their noggins and are secured with velcro, so at the very least, you could slip one on real quick and snap a few photos in between hisses. Keep reading to shop for each of the animal-inspired caps and see how funny they look on cats in real life.


Former finance minister Pravin Gordhan. File photo.
International auditing firm KPMG has withdrawn all of its findings' recommendations and conclusions around its report into the South African Revenue Service (SARS) "rogue spy unit".
The report was partly instrumental in the downfall of former finance minister Pravin Gordhan' who was accused of knowing and endorsing the "rogue unit".
The unit was accused of conducting covert intelligence operations under "Project Sunday Evenings"' with its members allegedly spying on' among others' the National Prosecuting Authority.
Allegations around the unit's work led to Gordhan' who was SARS commissioner at the time' being criminally charged' with the Hawks pursuing a determined criminal battle against him. The National Prosecuting Authority eventually declined to prosecute Gordhan.
The allegations saw the suspension' and ultimate removal' of several senior SARS investigators from the High-Risk Investigation Unit' who were conducting multiple investigations into suspected criminals linked to crimes such as money laundering and tax evasion.
KPMG's announcement on Friday calls into questions the findings of several other independent panels that were established to look into the rogue unit's alleged operations following KPMG's report and conclusions.
KPMG said that it would now pay back SARS the R23-million it was paid to compile the report. If SARS did not want the money' KPMG would donate the fee to a charity.
The announcement came after the conclusion of the company's investigation into its association with and handling of the controversial Gupta family's accounts in Johannesburg.
The bombshell has led to the company forcing nine of its top South African executives to resign' including its chief executive officer' Trevor Hoole' and chief operating officer and country risk manager' Steven Louw.
KPMG interim chief operating officer Andrew Cranston said SARS engaged KPMG SA in December 2014 to perform an "extensive document investigative review which resulted in the 'Report on Allegations of Irregularities and Misconduct'."
"A version of the report dated September 3 2015 was leaked and made public on October 4 2015. It was accepted as final on January 26 2016'" said Cranston.
He said the mandate involved an extensive document review and a collation of the documentation.
"At a later stage' this mandate was extended to the provision of a report which included conclusions' recommendations and legal opinions. As a result' during the course of the engagement' the scope of the work changed.
"KPMG International has concluded that KPMG SA did not properly grasp the new risks associated with this change and consequently the appropriate consultation with risk management did not take place. Importantly' quality controls associated with the version of the report dated September 3 2015 were not performed to the standard we expect.
"Specifically' in this instance' our standards require a second partner to review the work done. However' the final deliverable of this work was not subjected to second partner review."
He said the SARS report referred to legal opinions and legal conclusions as if they were opinions of KPMG SA.
"However' providing legal advice and expressing legal opinions was outside the mandate of KPMG SA and outside the professional expertise of those working on the engagement. KPMG SA acknowledges that such opinions should have been caveated as recommendations of legal advisers and not formulated in the manner contained in the report."
Cranston said the language used in sections of the report was unclear and resulted in certain findings being open to more than one interpretation.
He said' as a result' if certain sections were read' it suggested that Gordhan knew' or ought to have known' of the establishment by SARS of an intelligence unit in contravention of the law that was "rogue" in nature.
"This was not the intended interpretation of the report. To be clear' the evidence in the documentation provided to KPMG SA does not support the interpretation that Gordhan knew of the 'rogue' nature of this unit.
"We recognise and regret the impact this has had. KPMG SA had no political motivation or intent to mislead. The partner responsible for the report is no longer with the firm."
Cranston said that given the failure to appropriately apply KPMG's own risk management and quality controls' "that part of the report which refers to conclusions' recommendations and legal opinions should no longer be relied upon".


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Q: Limiting the CCLayer size is possible? How can one limit the CCScrolLayer/CCLayer to a rect smaller than the screen size ? means:
CCLayer *page1;

When putting many pages in scroller, need all the items in the page to "disappear" when they reached some rect ( the scroller is above a "note page" boundaries hence cant get "out" of it)
Using the CCScrollLayer class extention
scroller = [[CCScrollLayer alloc] initWithLayers:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:pagesArray[0],pagesArray[1],pagesArray[2], nil] widthOffset:240];
    scroller.showPagesIndicator=0;
    scroller.pagesIndicatorNormalColor=ccc4(0, 0, 0, 20);
    scroller.pagesIndicatorPosition=ccp(winSize.width/2,winSize.height*0.17);
    scroller.pagesIndicatorSelectedColor=ccc4(239, 58, 104, 255);
    [scroller setDelegate:self];

Thank you very much .

A: What you need is a clipping node. Please have a look at this tutorial.