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There must be many guys like me, addicted to all kinds of puzzle games.
Crazy Machines is a casual puzzle type of series of games for Windows, developed by FAKT Software from Germany. Most of its ideas originates from the old The Incredible Machine game series on DOS and Windows – using given mechanical components to construct a Rube Goldberg-style or W. Heath Robinson-style machine to solve a goal.
The Minesweeper game originates from the 1960s, has many variations and offshoots on multiple computing platforms. On Windows, no one is unaware of the great reputation of Microsoft Minesweeper just like everyone knows Microsoft Windows itself. For most of us, the first classic computer game that we can mention is probably Minesweeper. Today, AppNee recommends you Fine Sweeper to recall our old-school fun on older versions of Windows.
Feed and Grow: Fish is a brand-new animal survival simulation PC game developed by Old B1ood – a team of two brothers, Robert (programming) and Dominik (graphics) from Slovakia. It supports both multiplayer and singleplayer, and intends to be an online multiplayer game in the end.
windowframe is an extremely creative 2D pixel-style small indie game developed using the GameMaker Studio game engine by Daniel Linssen (from Australia, famous for extreme game production) in 2016. It was made for LD35 (Ludum Dare 35) in 48 hours.
Pure Chess is a multi-player and multi-platform chess game developed by VooFoo Studios and published by Ripstone from United Kingdom. It combines the classic chess gameplay with the highest game design technique, and brings us a fresh-new fun and different experience for chess game.
Many PC game players probably are very fond of the game mode (3D tower defense) of Orcs Must Die! series – torture and kill the enemy with a variety of traps. In fact, it thoroughly imitated the earliest and most successful trap simulation video game Kagero/Deception series, made by the well-known game company Tecmo from Japan – producer and publisher of many popular video game series, such as: Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive, Fatal Frame.


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Gulab Chand Kataria (born 13 October 1944) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 29th Governor of Assam since 2023. He was the Home minister in Government of Rajasthan from 2014 till 2018. He is a senior leader of BJP in Rajasthan and is also a member of central working committee of the party. He hails from Udaipur and has represented it in 9th Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament. He was booked by the C.B.I. in the Sheikh fake encounter killing. He was also the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 2019 till 2023.

Early life
Kataria was born in Rajsamand. He is married to Anita Kataria and has 5 daughters.

Political career
Kataria served as the Home Minister of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2008 and again from 2014 to 2018. Kataria served as education minister in Bhairon Singh Shekhawat government between 1993 to 1998. He was MLA of Barisadri from 1993 to 2003.

Positions held

Departmental positions

Memberships of Legislature

Party Posts Held

References

External links

1944 births
Living people
Indian Hindus
Home Ministers of Rajasthan
People from Udaipur
Rajasthan MLAs 2013–2018
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan
India MPs 1989–1991
State cabinet ministers of Rajasthan
Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan
Leaders of the Opposition in Rajasthan
Politicians from Udaipur
Rajasthan MLAs 1977–1980
Rajasthan MLAs 1980–1985
Rajasthan MLAs 1993–1998
Rajasthan MLAs 1998–2003
Rajasthan MLAs 2003–2008
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LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department, Punjab, claimed to have neutralised a network of Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Hizbul Ahrar (HuA) which had carried out terror attacks in various provinces of the country.
The law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) saved Rawalpindi from a tragedy by arresting the suspected terrorists who were set to launch a suicide attack on the bus of an intelligence agency.
The CTD has been chasing the network for the last four months or so, after they carried out two dreadful attacks in two provinces on the LEAs and civilians, an official privy to the information told Dawn.
"It was the longest Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) in the history of the CTD Punjab which culminated in success," the official said.
The CTD's Rawalpindi teams arrested five terrorists, including a young would-be suicide bomber, Rizwanullah, besides eliminating their countrywide network.
He said CTD had started tracking the network on May 3 this year after a suicide attack on a bus in Attock carrying engineers of the NDC (National Defence Complex), killing four people and injuring many others.
The CTD immediately started working on the case and collected vital pieces of evidence from the crime scene [Attock].
"When the evidence proved crucial in tracing the trail of the network, another suicide attack was carried out on FC (Frontier Corps) convoy in Nowshera (KP) on May 17," he said.
Several innocent people were martyred and injured in this blast, he lamented.
The evidence from Nowshera blast site confirmed that the same network was involved in both the blasts.
The CTD kept working on the trail spreading across Punjab, KP and Afghanistan.
The suspects were travelling in a truck towards Rawalpindi to attack the bus of the intelligence agency in Rawalpindi carrying staff from office to drop them at their homes.
He said the terrorists were carrying two suicide jackets, four hand grenades, explosives, detonators, wires, safety fuses, four pistols, and several live bullets.
He said intelligence gathered revealed that they belonged to a new terror outfit Hizbul Ahrar.
"The group was formed by Mukarram Shah Mohmand of Mohmand Agency after a dispute with the Jamaatul Ahrar chief Abdul Wali alias Omar Khalid Khurasani," he said.
Imran Khurasani alias Tahir, a resident of Mohmand Agency of Fata, became another important leader of HuA and a lieutenant of Mukarram Shah.
Imran, an operational commander of HuA, currently based in Afghanistan, made the plan to launch attacks in Pakistan and was designated as in-charge of the operations in the country.
He selected terrorist namely Sher Hassan, a resident of Mohmand Agency, presently settled in Darul Islam Colony (Attock) to carry out attack in the same city.
Since Sher Hassan was temporarily living in Attock, he saw it easy to spot the bus of NDC employees.
He made the video of the bus and sent it to Imran Khurasani in Afghanistan who sent him two suicide jackets through their accomplice Mohammad (code name) on a truck.
The jackets were dispatched from Afghanistan and were delivered in Attock on April 14 by truck driver/owner Maalik Jan and his brother Kamil.
Sher received the jackets as his accomplice Mohammad also reached there. They kept the jackets in another terrorist Sanaullah's house first and later shifted them to accomplice Adnan's house next day.
Some three days before the [planned] blast, Mohammad brought suicide bomber Khalid alias Saddam Shinvari to Attock.
The suicide bomber was sent from Afghanistan and he came through Torkham border. Terrorist Mohammad and Saddam stayed at the outhouse of Adnan.
On May 2, they did recce of the bus and next day Sher Hassan and Mohammad helped Saddam wear the suicide vest.
Then they gave him a hand grenade and a pistol. They wrote words "Muhammad bin Qasim on the suicide jacket". Then made pictures of the suicide bomber and took him to the place of incident.
"As the coach slowed down at the place of incident, Saddam first fired shots at the driver and then exploded himself, killing the driver and three others," the official said.
Mohammad and Sher Hassan, who were watching the terror act at a distance, left the place.
Commander Imran Khurasani then told Sher Hassan to make recce of security personnel in Nowshera.
Some three days before the blast, Mohammad came to him with a new suicide bomber namely Saida Jaan alias Qari Usman who arrived from Afghanistan through Torkham border.
Sher Hassan provided him with the suicide jacket which he had kept with him since April 14 this year.
A couple of days before blast, they drove the suicide bomber to Nowshera and kept him in a mosque room.
On May 17, Sher and Mohammad took him to Nowshera Cantt. Qari Usman went to the place of incident.
When the FC convoy came out of the gate and reached the railway crossing, Qari Usman went near the front troop carrier and exploded himself. He martyred and injured several military personnel, the official said.
However, the CTD personnel arrested them when they were planning another attack on the bus of the intelligence officers.
Initial investigation revealed that Rizwanullah had come from Afghanistan.
He stayed in suburbs of Peshawar before coming to Rawalpindi to carry out the suicide attack.
The Punjab IGP who has been briefed about the network has lauded the efforts of the CTD for smashing the network.


Hocus Pocus, This is How We Focus!
The setting: Circle time in a 3 year old preschool class.
I heard this cute little phrase in a preschool classroom one day to get children back on track at circle time and it prompted me to think about how we can keep little minds paying attention in fun and engaging ways in a preschool setting.
I once conducted a classroom observation in which the children were being asked to go, one by one, up to the front of the class and point out and identify all their shapes, colors and letters of the alphabet. While 16 other students were expected to sit quietly and observe. It took fifty (yes, 50!) minutes of the hour long observation!! There is NOTHING more boring to a three or four year old than sitting and watching others around them while being expected to quietly pay attention.
Young children are not made to sit still for that length of time, and quite frankly, neither was I! I kid you not, two children were nodding off at their desks and I was sure I was going to fall in line right behind them!
Here are some ideas for keeping their attention and re-engaging them when they go astray!
Try a little game of "If you can hear me!" In your average talking voice state "If you can hear me touch your nose" There is going to be one or two children who are paying attention and are going to join in. Give these ones a thumbs up after each command for positive reinforcement and continue on until you have everyone engaged. End with "If you can hear me, eyes on me, hands quietly in your lap." You can then continue on with your lesson.
Keep your students involved: Children are more apt to stay on track if they are involved in the lesson. Assign helper tasks such as the pointer person during letter identification, the page turner during a story, weather helpers, etc.
Keep it short: Keep your activities, especially those like circle time, to no more than 15 minutes tops. You can use a visual timer such as a sand timer or bell timer to help children see how much time is remaining.
Be prepared: Review your daily plans in advance and be sure you have all of your materials out and ready to go. Scrambling around at the last minute to try to locate brushes, paints, play doh tools, etc. is a sure way to lose their attention. Be sure you have a backup plan or activity in place. There will always be those one or two children who will race through the activity then be looking to you for something else to do! Coloring pages are excellent time fillers!
Use that acting degree: What? You didn't go to school to be an actor? Well, you'd better be able to improvise then! You'll gain and hold your students' attention much better when you are animated and exaggerate your movements. Move ar ound the room, sing, dance (they don't care if you can sing well or not!) and learn with them!
Know when to surrender: Even the most exciting activities you think you planned are going to bomb out at some point or another. Your class may not be in the mood, the timing of your activity may not be the best…whatever it is; it's OK to abandon your plan and come back to it another time. Get them up and moving- they are going to learn best when you have their full attention. You are modeling flexibility for them as well if you can handle these change ups with ease.
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They spoke about their passion for the character at the film's recent Wonder Con presentation. Jenkins said a superhero's origin story is a great way for a child to connect with characters. Wonder Woman is one of the biggest and best-known superheroes but movie goers have never seen her origin story.
Jenkins firmly believes in using these stories to make a difference in the world. Diana is a special character who wants to be good and a hero but must first learn how to fight, she said. Before becoming Wonder Woman, she needs to train properly and discover her potential. This is crucial before Diana embarks on her voyage and learns about the darkness in our world, said Jenkins.
What makes Diana such a memorable and sympathetic character is her belief in good and justice and wanting to bring those qualities to our world, said Jenkins. "What I love about her is her belief in mankind and in what mankind can be," she said.
Ultimately, Diana/Wonder Woman is a great role model because of her compassion. And that, said Jenkins, is what makes her such an inspiring character.
Jenkins explained that the alley scene shows Diana as a fish out of water just entering a man's world. It also continues to build the relationship between Diana and Steve Trevor, who has a little bit of Indiana Jones in him. There is a fun chemistry between the characters as they get to know each other, Jenkins continued.
The classic movie Casablanca (1942) was also an inspiration in being a love story set during a time of war. Jenkins said she was blessed with two "stunning performances" from Gal Gadot as Diana and Chris Pine as Steve.
The second clip featured an amazing action sequence showing Wonder Woman like we've never seen her. Set during World War 1, Diana jumps into a building and takes out numerous German soldiers without killing any of them, though they are undoubtedly sore!
Jenkins said the action was approached from Diana's perspective and the impact war has on her. The action feels organic and a natural progression from the story's point of view.
Using character development for the action sequence "gave us a strong understanding on how to go about it," said Jenkins.
Johns credits Jenkins and the cast and crew for their passion in making the movie, noting that it's crucial that the people you work with truly love the character.
Johns said they felt a huge responsibility to the character and to stay as true to the comic books as possible. At the same time, they wanted to expand from all the great stories and flesh them out for the movie.
Jenkins added that it was very important to stay close to the source material while making some changes that felt organic. It was always about the emotional essence of the character.
"You're panning for gold and finding gold every time," said Johns about the works of George Perez, Greg Rucka and Phil Jimenez, among others.
"In a way, this (movie) is another comic book," said Jenkins.
Wonder Woman opens in theaters on June 2nd.


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 John Basil Rowland Grindrod (1919–2009), Bischof der Anglican Church of Australia


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I Love Dick
Adapted from the cult classic, I Love Dick – referred to as "the most important book about men and women written in the last century" (Emily Gould, The Guardian) – is set in a colorful intellectual community in Marfa, Texas. Chris (Kathryn Hahn, Transparent) and Sylvere (Griffin Dunne, Dallas Buyers Club) arrive in Marfa when Sylvere is offered a fellowship to finish a book he's been writing on the Holocaust. When they meet Dick (Kevin Bacon, The Following), he taunts their imaginations and upends their preconceptions about love and monogamy. An exploration of the female gaze and how we tell stories about love and desire, I Love Dick charts the evolution of a marriage, the awakening of an artist and the deification of a writer named Dick. I Love Dick is executive produced by Jill Soloway (Transparent), Andrea Sperling (Transparent), and Sarah Gubbins (Ten Aker Wood). The pilot was directed by Soloway and written by Gubbins.
Latest/Next UK TV Air Date: 12 May 2017
UK Channel: Amazon Prime
Final Season: 1
Status: CANCELLED/ENDING
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Kevin Bacon stars as Dick, who he taunts the imaginations of Chris (Kathryn Hahn) and Sylvere (Griffin Dunne), and upends their preconceptions about love and monogamy.

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BYD begins delivery of 304 BYD Q1R electric trucks to Adani Group in India
by Andy Williams
in BYD, Commercial vehicles
Chinese company BYD has begun shipping a batch of 304 electric trucks to the Adani Group in India. The BYD Q1R electric trucks, which will be used as terminal tractors, are being transported by sea to four Adani Group ports in India.
The Adani Group has ordered a total of 400 BYD electric trucks, which are set to enter service later this year at ports in Ennore, Katupalli, Hazira, and Mundra. Five of the electric trucks have already arrived at the Katupalli port and have been put into operation.
The Adani Group is an Indian multinational corporation known for its coal mining operations and other ventures. It is also the leading port developer and operator in India. The BYD Q1R is a nearly six-meter-long tractor with an unladen weight of eight tons and a gross vehicle weight of nearly 42 tons.
The Q1R is intended for distribution and logistics operations over shorter distances, and is equipped with a 217 kWh battery (using LFP cells, typical for BYD) which allows for a range of 100 kilometers. Charging can be done using 40 kW AC (which takes six hours) or up to 120 kW DC (in two hours). The tractor is powered by a permanently excited synchronous motor that produces 180 kW and offers 1,500 Nm of torque.
This is the first major order for heavy-duty electric trucks for port operations in India for BYD. Liu Xueliang, General Manager of BYD's Asia-Pacific Auto Sales Division, said: "BYD's green energy technology applied to Adani's ports will help Indian ports and the Indian market to achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible and achieve sustainable, zero-emission development. This is of great significance and a starting point for BYD's electric truck business development in India and even in the Asia-Pacific region."
The Adani Group plans to deploy all 400 electric tractors in 2023. According to BYD, Adani Group aims to operate its ports "sustainably" by 2025 but has not provided specific details on what this entails.
Tags: AdanibatteryBYD Q1Relectric tractorElectric Truckemissiongreen energyheavy-duty electric trucktechnologytruck
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Q: Loop and group by only when some conditions occur I have a trip that has sequence of stops
Trip  Stop  Time
1     A     1:10
1     B     1:15
1     B     1:20
1     B     1:25
1     C     1:30
2     A     2:10
2     B     2:15
2     C     2:20
2     B     2:25

I want to transfer the table to:
Trip  Stop  Time  WaitTime
1     A     1:10   0
1     B     1:15   10min
1     C     1:30   0
2     A     2:10   0
2     B     2:15   0
2     C     2:20   0
2     B     2:25   0

I'm wondering if a oracle query can achieve it or cursor?
pseudo code:
SELECT case when previousstop = stop then time-lag(time) over (partition by trip order by trip,time) as waittime, but I don't know how to group by B.
FYI: In the second trip, I do wanna keep both Bs. The only time I want to group by B is when they are in sequence to each other. I don't think max, min will work well for this case.

A: with y as (select trip, stop, min(time) mintime, max(time) maxtime
       from tablename group by trip, stop)
select y.trip, y.stop, y.mintime, (y.maxtime-y.mintime) waittime
 from y join tablename t
  on t.trip = y.trip and t.stop = y.stop

A: Here's a solution that works in SQL Server, assuming the time intervals are consistently 5 minutes.  I believe Oracle has equivalent functionality for everything here, but some syntax changes to make:
;with cte AS (
          SELECT   a.Trip
                  ,a.Stop
                  ,MIN(a.Time) AS Time
                  ,x.Time AS EndTime
          FROM Table1 a
          OUTER APPLY (
                SELECT TOP 1 Time = a2.[Time]
                FROM Table1 a2
                WHERE  a.[Time] < a2.[Time]
                   AND a.[Stop] <> a2.[Stop]
                   AND a.[Trip] = a2.[Trip]
                ORDER BY a2.[Time]
               ) x
          GROUP BY a.Trip ,a.Stop, x.Time
          )
SELECT Trip,Stop,Time, WaitTime = COALESCE(DATEDIFF(minute,Time,EndTime)-5,0)
FROM cte
ORDER BY Trip,Time
;

Demo: SQL Fiddle
If the time intervals are inconsistent, an extra step would be needed.

A: Hi I figured it out myself! Here is the answer in case anyone needs
With TB AS (select t1.*
  ,sum(decode(t1.stop,t1.prev_stp,0,1)) over (partition by trip order by time) new_seq
from
 (select t.*
        ,lag(stop) over (order by t.trip, t.time) prev_stp
  from   test t
  order  by tm) t1)

SELECT trip,stop,new_seq,min(etime) as Etime1, (max(etime)-min(etime)) wait time from TB
group by trip,stop,new_seq
order by trip,new_seq

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Peter Cornelius (1913–1970) was a German photographer and photojournalist.

Biography
After World War II, Cornelius restarted his career in "reportage, landscape and sailing photography" in his hometown of Kiel. Beginning in 1956, he specialised in colour photography as one of the first color photographers in Germany. In 1960 he became known to a larger public through the special exhibition Magie der Farbe (Magic of Color) during the Photokina in Cologne. The other photographers exhibited were Walter Boje,  and Heinz Hajek‐Halke. His best known work is a 1961 collection of color photographs of Paris, titled Farbiges Paris.

Publications

Farbiges Paris. Düsseldorf: Econ, 1961. With text by Jacques Prévert.
Couleur de Paris. Lausanne: Edita, 1961.
Paris in Colour. London: Thames & Hudson, 1962.
Paris i färg. Stockholm: Nordisk Rotogravyr, 1962.
 Magie der Farbenphotographie. Düsseldorf: Econ, 1961.
 Magie de la photo en Couleur. Edita, Lausanne 1961 (french)
 Magic with the color camera. Thames & Hudson, London 1962 (English)
 Köln farbig photographiert. Cologne: Verkehrsamt der Stadt Köln (tourist office of Cologne), 1965. Photographs by Cornelius, Horst Baumann and Chargesheimer. Text in German, English, French, Portuguese, and Dutch.
 Farbenfrohes Kiel. Kiel: Mühlau, 1962.
 Farbiges Kiel. Kiel Presseamt (public relations office of Kiel), 1967.
 Olympia der Segler. Bielefeld: Delius Klasing, 1972.
 "Faszination" sailing calendar,  Bielefeld: Delius Klasing, 1967–1971.

References

Further reading

Chardin, Virginie. Paris en couleurs: de 1907 à nos jours. Paris: Seuil, 2007.

External links
 Official site of Peter Cornelius with photo galleries and biography.

Photographers from Schleswig-Holstein
Photography in France
1913 births
1970 deaths
Artists from Kiel


Vladimir Yevtushenkov vainly believes that in a dispute with the oil company, "the reason will triumph."
The annual meeting of shareholders of AFK Sistema was held in Moscow. He was personally led by the chairman of the board of directors and the main shareholder of the company Vladimir Evtushenkov. The shareholders were gathered in the lobby of the AFK Sistema office, next to the elevators. To the left of the elevators, a buffet for shareholders was organized. On the right, the stage and four rows of chairs were placed (it no longer fit). The meeting room turned out to be small, some shareholders had to stand in the aisles.
The gathered owned 87% of the vote, a quorum was held. Among the shareholders were many people of retirement age. Among themselves, the participants discussed not so much the current economic state of the company as the judicial vicissitudes with Rosneft.
President and Chairman of the Board of AFK Sistema Michael Shamolin listed the list of assets of the company and said that consolidated revenues increased by 3% and EBITDA by 6%. Financial liabilities decreased by 33%.
For 2016 it is recommended to send almost 8 billion rubles. For payment of dividends. "Given our dispute with Rosneft and the dynamics of our shares, Sistema's dividend yield this year will be above 6% ... The company decided to send 7.8 billion rubles. On dividends for 2016 results. For the entire 2016, taking into account interim dividends, the company will pay to shareholders a total of 11.5 billion rubles, "Shamolin said.
One of the shareholders asked if Sistema plans to involve a third party to resolve the conflict with Rosneft. Shamolin responded that involving a third party to conduct an independent examination would help resolve the dispute. Answering the question of Vedomosti, Shamolin noted that any internationally respected company could be an expert.
Rosneft believes that Bashneft lost 170.6 billion rubles. When reorganizing the ownership structure in 2013-2014. The plaintiffs point out that the reorganization was "economically extremely negative for Bashneft". Sistema JSFC has repeatedly claimed that the claim was completely unfounded. Shamolin believes that the position of AFK Sistema is impeccable and the company will be able to prove its case in court.
The hearing on the merits of the suit is scheduled for June 27. Earlier, AFK Sistema offered Rosneft to settle the dispute out of court. After this statement, the company's shares began to appreciate.
The shareholders discussed the agenda for 30 minutes, the remaining time was devoted to the answers to the questions. One of the shareholders asked why Sistema still does not have sturgeon at meetings of Sistema. Another asked to deal with MTS-bank and "bad" loans. Another asked to put on record the need to write a collective letter to Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev in defense of AFK Sistema. There was applause in the hall.
In general, the meeting lasted about an hour. All nominated candidates for the Board of Directors of AFK Sistema were elected. Evtushenkov thanked the shareholders for their support. "You understand that without such corporate disputes you can not do. The mind will triumph, this page will be passed. There were many ambushes and obstacles during the decades of our existence. But, despite this, the company blossoms and develops, "he said.


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Paying for antiretroviral adherence: is it unethical when the patient is an adolescent?
Public health ethics
Justin Healy1,
Rebecca Hope1,
Jacqueline Bhabha2,
Nir Eyal2
1YLabs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
2Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Correspondence to Dr Justin Healy, YBank, 3 Concord Av, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; justinhealy{at}doctors.org.uk
With the expansion of antiretroviral treatment programmes, many children and adolescents with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa could expect to live healthy lives. Yet adolescents have the highest levels of poor antiretroviral adherence and of loss to follow-up compared with other age groups. This can lead to increased morbidity and mortality, to the development of drug-resistant strains, and to high societal costs. While financial incentives have been extensively used to promote medication adherence among adults, their use among adolescents remains rare. And while there is a large body of ethical literature exploring financial incentives among adults, little philosophical thought has gone into their use among adolescents. This paper explores three oft-mentioned ethical worries about financial incentives for health behaviours and it asks whether these concerns are more serious in the context of incentives for improving adolescent adherence. The three worries are that such incentives would unduly coerce adolescents' decision-making, would compromise distributive justice and would crowd out intrinsic motivations and non-monetary values. Our tentative conclusion is that more empirical investigation of these concerns is necessary, and that at this point they are not compelling enough to rule out trials in which adolescents are incentivised for antiretroviral adherence.
HIV Infection and AIDS
Behavioural Research
Twitter Follow Rebecca Hope at @YLabsGlobal and YLabs at @YLabsGlobal
Contributors All four authors contributed in all four of the ICMJE criteria for authorship. JH originally formulated the paper's main question and was helped by RH, JB and NE in the development and refinement of the resulting arguments. Each author actively participated in the drafting of the original paper and the adjustments following reviewer comments. All authors have approved this final draft and are happy to be held accountable for its contents.
Competing interests RH is one of the co-investigators of a pilot study investigating the feasibility and acceptability of financial literacy training, peer support and financial incentives for adolescents living with HIV in Rwanda.
Concise argument
Julian Savulescu
Journal of Medical Ethics 2017; 43 135-136 Published Online First: 22 Feb 2017. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2017-104194
Point - of - care viral load testing among adolescents and youth living with HIV in Haiti: a protocol for a randomised trial to evaluate implementation and effect
Lindsey K Reif et al., BMJ Open, 2020
Ethically incentivising healthy behaviours: views of parents and adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Seema Shah et al., Journal of Medical Ethics, 2020
Suboptimal plasma HIV-1 RNA suppression and adherence among sex workers who use illicit drugs in a Canadian setting: an observational cohort study
Lianping Ti et al., Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2014
Evaluating adherence to medication in children and adolescents with HIV
M Khan et al., Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2009
Community engagement with HIV drug adherence in rural South Africa: a transdisciplinary approach
Astrid Treffry-Goatley et al., Medical Humanities, 2018
Do digital innovations for HIV and sexually transmitted infections work? Results from a systematic review (1996 - 2017)
Jana Daher et al., BMJ Open, 2017
The role of HIV viral load in mathematical models of HIV transmission and treatment: a review
Tracy Glass et al., BMJ Global Health, 2020
How IRBs view and make decisions about coercion and undue influence
Robert Klitzman, Journal of Medical Ethics, 2012
Putting a price on empathy: against incentivising moral enhancement
Sarah Carter, Journal of Medical Ethics, 2015
WYZ: a pilot study protocol for designing and developing a mobile health application for engagement in HIV care and medication adherence in youth and young adults living with HIV
Xavier A. Erguera et al., BMJ Open, 2019


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Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund to Sue Volkswagen Over Emissions Scandal
Eight months after the Volkswagen emissions scandal rocked Germany's iconic automaker, the repercussions still refuse to go away. In addition to the class-action lawsuits underway here in the U.S. and promised buy-back program that could involve up to 500,000 cars, institutional investors also yanked Volkswagen's chain over what they say are the company's diminished brand reputation and financial performance.
Many shareholders are upset with what they call a lax corporate governance structure that allowed the rigging of emissions tests to fester until September 2015. Now, one European sovereign wealth fund will sue Volkswagen over what it says are financial losses due to the auto manufacturer's recent struggles in the global securities markets.
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages Norway's 26-year-old Government Pension Fund Global, told the Financial Times this week that it will join a forthcoming class-action lawsuit in Germany.
The $851 billion fund, which is one of Norway's funds charged with securing the country's social welfare system long after its oil reserves run dry, says its losses in the wake of the emissions scandal have run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. The fund also expressed doubt over Volkswagen's claims that the emissions fiasco was the result of a few "rogue engineers."
As Petter Johnsen, the fund's chief investment officer, told FT: "Volkswagen management should have known about the manipulative engine-management devices."
According to Bloomberg, NBIM owns at least 1.6 percent of Volkswagen, so it has a huge stake in seeing the company's performance improve — or recouping its losses if the company never recovers.
Meanwhile, in order to account for the financial losses that have totaled as much as $18 billion resulting from the emissions scandal, Volkswagen reduced its dividends to shareholders by 97 percent — and may even eliminate such payouts to shareholders this year.
Activist investors, such as TCI Fund Management, complained that Volkswagen's executives are still tone-deaf even after the emissions crisis, as the automaker's executives allegedly still paid themselves far too handsomely when those figures are juxtaposed against the company's recent financial performance.
Watch for NBIM to make the case in Germany that Volkswagen's actions also hurt the automobile industry at large. In a quarterly report issued last year, NBIM claimed that its holdings in consumer goods stocks led to a loss of 5.8 percent, largely due to Volkswagen's admissions in rigging auto emissions tests worldwide.
And while companies across several sectors offset some of the Norwegian fund's recent losses, Volkswagen joined its competitor Daimler AG, along with the mining company Glencore, as contributing to a difficult ending for NBIM in 2015. Those links will be challenging for Volkswagen to explain away in the court of law.
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François Zimeray, né le  à Paris, est un avocat, homme politique et diplomate français.

Député au Parlement européen de 1999 à 2004, il a été maire du Petit-Quevilly et président de la Communauté de l'agglomération de Rouen. Le 13 février 2008, il a été nommé ambassadeur pour les droits de l'homme. Par décret du 12 octobre 2013, il devient ambassadeur de France auprès du Royaume du Danemark. En septembre 2018, il reprend son métier d'avocat et s'associe avec Jessica Finelle pour créer le cabinet Zimeray & Finelle. À partir de 2019, il participe à la défense de Carlos Ghosn dans l'affaire de son évasion du Japon.

Biographie

Famille et études
Fils d'un entrepreneur et d'une psychanalyste, François Zimeray fait ses études au lycée Janson-de-Sailly puis obtient une maitrise de droit à l'Université de Paris II Panthéon-Assas et un certificat de sciences criminologiques à l'Institut de criminologie de Paris.

Marqué par son éducation juive et la Shoah, il s'engage à 17 ans pour les réfugiés cambodgiens en créant une association et se rend dans les camps à la frontière thaïlandaise.

Carrière professionnelle
En 1987, il s'inscrit au barreau de Paris et intègre le cabinet Jeantet et associés comme avocat puis comme avocat associé à partir de 1997. Il le quitte à sa nomination comme ambassadeur en 2008. Il a participé avec Hubert Védrine au projet de développement asiatique du cabinet Jeantet et a fondé le Bureau Asie de l'Alliance des Avocats européens.

Il est également membre du Barreau pénal international de La Haye et de l'Institut français des experts juridiques internationaux (IFEJI).

En septembre 2018, il s'associe avec Jessica Finelle pour créer le cabinet Zimeray & Finelle.

Dans le même temps, il rejoint avec le Prince Zeid et Shirin Ebadi, Prix Nobel de la paix, une équipe d'avocats très engagés sur la défense des droits fondamentaux au sein du cabinet londonien .

En novembre 2018, la Commission politique intérieure de l'Assemblée nationale du Venezuela présidée par Juan Guaidó, le désigne pour la conseiller et l'assister devant les juridictions et institutions internationales s'agissant des graves violations des droits de l'homme commises dans le pays.

François Zimeray représente également l'homme d'affaires suisse Eric Freymond mis en examen au mois de décembre 2019 dans l'affaire LVMH - Hermès.

En décembre 2018, il défend les intérêts de Maître Saif ul Malook, avocat d'Asia Bibi, chrétienne pakistanaise condamnée à mort pour blasphème puis acquittée fin octobre après avoir passé neuf ans en prison. En février 2019 il lance un appel aux chefs d'État européens pour leur demander solennellement de donner à Saif ul Malook « la protection et le statut que son héroïsme appelle». Avec le soutien d'Avocats sans frontières, de SOS Chrétiens d'Orient et des barreaux, il lance un appel aux dirigeants européens pour que Saif Al Malook puisse résider et travailler librement en Europe.

En 2019, il devient l'un des deux avocats français de Carlos Ghosn lors de l'incarcération de ce dernier au Japon. A la demande de la famille, François Zimeray saisit l'Organisation des Nations unies (ONU) pour dénoncer une détention qu'il juge "moyenâgeuse".

En avril 2019, il saisit avec Matthias Fekl et Jessica Finelle le Rapporteur Spécial sur la promotion et la protection de la liberté d'expression des Nations unies pour dénoncer le sort réservé à l'écrivain égyptien Alaa al-Aswany poursuivi devant un tribunal militaire et interdit de publication depuis 5 ans en Égypte.

En 2020, il obtient que .

Toujours la même année, il a été saisi par la famille Maxwell pour porter plainte à l'ONU sur les conditions de détention de Ghislaine Maxwell (complice de Jeffrey Epstein).

Il s'engage également dans la défense d'une victime de faits de viol et de séquestration dont l'auteur serait un théologien suisse.

En 2021, il obtient la libération de Fabien Azoulay, un entrepreneur franco-américain de 43 ans arrêté lors d'un voyage en Turquie et condamné à 20 ans de prison pour s'être fait livrer à son hôtel une fiole de GBL, un solvant utilisé comme drogue. Le Français ne se doutait pas que ce produit avait été interdit six mois plus tôt en Turquie.
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Carrière politique

Élu local
Il s'installe au Petit-Quevilly en 1986 avant la fin de sa formation d'avocat. Ami intime de Laurent Fabius, qui fut son témoin de mariage et son parrain en politique, il met fin à l'hégémonie communiste à la mairie du Petit-Quevilly, en devenant maire de la commune en 1989, mandat qu'il conserve jusqu'en 2001. Il est, à 27 ans, le plus jeune maire de France des villes de plus de . Il fonde la première association des maires pour l'environnement, les Eco-maires. Il publie sur ce sujet, le Maire et la protection juridique de l'environnement en 1994. Il est conseiller général du canton du Petit-Quevilly de 1994 à 1999.

Il demeure en 2001 premier adjoint de la commune, et est, de 2001 à 2008, président de la Communauté de l'agglomération rouennaise. Il porte alors les projets du palais des Sports, de la salle de musiques actuelles 106, le Plan vélo, le Plan lumière, la mise en place du Teor - transport en commun en site propre.

Député européen
En 1999, il est élu député du groupe socialiste au Parlement Européen, sur la liste Construisons notre Europe de François Hollande. Durant son mandat, il est membre de la Commission des Affaires étrangères et de la Défense, membre de la Commission juridique du Parlement. Il est l'auteur de huit rapports adoptés à l'unanimité, dont Mieux légiférer, s'opposant à la surproduction législative européenne. Il travaille notamment sur la préparation de la Charte des droits fondamentaux de l'Union Européenne, et apporte son soutien actif à plusieurs militants des Droits de l'Homme persécutés dans le monde. Il se rend ainsi au Laos à la demande d'Emma Bonnino et obtient la libération de militants emprisonnés. Il est également le sponsor, en 2000, d'une proposition de résolution du Parlement européen contre les mutilations génitales féminines.

Se présentant comme « militant du camp de la paix », il dit s'efforcer de tenir une position équilibrée, dénonçant à la fois la colonisation juive et le terrorisme palestinien. Pierre Péan le décrit comme . François Zimeray considère qu'être uniquement pro-israélien ou pro-palestinien relève d'une forme de .

Le parti socialiste ne lui donne pas son investiture pour les européennes de 2004, du fait, selon Libération, de son militantisme jugé trop pro-israelien, notamment pour avoir demandé un contrôle par l'Office de lutte anti-fraude des aides européennes à la Palestine.

Dans son discours au Parlement Européen le 6 février 2013, le Président de la République Tunisienne, Moncef Marzouki, a remercié publiquement François Zimeray pour son soutien lorsqu'il était victime de la dictature de Ben Ali.

Mandats
 1989-2001 : Maire du Petit-Quevilly ; vice-président du SIVOM, du District, de la Communauté d'agglomération
 1995-2001 : Président de la Commission environnement du District et de la Communauté
 1994-1999 : Conseiller général
 1995-2000 : Président du Syndicat d'assainissement de l'Agglomération Rouennaise
 1999-2004 : Député au Parlement européen ; Membre de la commission juridique ; Membre de la commission de l'Industrie, du Commerce, de la Recherche et de l'Énergie
 2001-2008 : Président de la Communauté de l'agglomération de Rouen ; Premier adjoint au maire de Petit-Quevilly

Carrière diplomatique
En 2007, François Zimeray prend une part active à la mobilisation en faveur du Darfour, et se rend dans les camps de réfugiés du Tchad. Il interpelle publiquement deux ministres soudanais invités par la Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris.

Attentat

Le 14 février 2015, François Zimeray échappe à la mort dans le cadre des fusillades de Copenhague. Il venait de faire l'intervention d'ouverture à une réunion de militants féministes dont la leader des Femen et de caricaturistes. Cette attaque, survenue peu après le massacre de Charlie Hebdo, sera revendiquée par l'État islamique dans Dabiq.

Ambassadeur des Droits de l'homme
Il a été nommé le 13 février 2008, par Nicolas Sarkozy, « ambassadeur pour les droits de l'Homme ». Cette nomination a suscité une controverse politique et une procédure juridictionnelle devant le Conseil d'Etat.

En 2009, François Zimeray est également nommé ambassadeur chargé de la dimension internationale de la Shoah et de la mémoire de l'Holocauste. Il a également initié plusieurs démarches de sensibilisation contre l'antisémitisme contemporain. Il s'est rendu à plusieurs reprises à Auschwitz et a soutenu d'importantes initiatives de dialogues entre les cultures, comme le projet Aladin qu'il a présenté à Bagdad en février 2010.

L'Examen périodique universel de la France a été présenté, en 2008 et en 2012, par François Zimeray au Conseil des droits de l'homme des Nations unies.

Il est intervenu au nom de la France au Congrès mondial pour l'abolition de la peine de mort, et en 2010 à la Conférence de Kampala sur la Cour pénale internationale. Lors de la conférence de Durban II (Genève, 2009), il fait partie des représentants français qui se lèvent et quittent la salle lors du discours du président iranien Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. À New York, il a présidé le forum sur les enfants-soldats dans le cadre de l'Assemblée générale des Nations unies.

En octobre 2011, il se rend à Tripoli quelques jours après la mort de l'ancien leader libyen, Mouammar Kadhafi. En novembre 2011, il est l'un des premiers diplomates à être reçu à Rangoun par Aung San Suu Kyi.

En janvier et en avril 2012, il se rend à deux reprises à la prison de Kharkov, pour tenter de s'entretenir avec l'ancienne Premier ministre ukrainienne, Ioulia Tymochenko et assiste à l'ouverture de son second procès, lors duquel il dénonce des accusations motivées par des raisons politiques. François Zimeray a également représenté la diplomatie française lors de plusieurs procès : il s'est rendu à Moscou pour le procès de Mikhail Khodorkovsky, au Kazakhstan pour soutenir le défenseur des droits de l'homme Evgueni Jovtis.

Durant ses fonctions d'« ambassadeur pour les droits de l'homme » il se rend en Syrie et dénonce dans un entretien à L'Express le « Guernica syrien » perpétré par le « gang des barbares » qui dirige le pays. Il avance alors qu'« une intervention en Syrie doit être politiquement possible et militairement souhaitable ». Il affirme qu'« il faut tout faire pour les chasser du pouvoir ». Dans une autre interview de 2012, il déclare indispensable que Bachar el-Assad comparaisse devant une juridicion comme criminel. Il est chargé par Alain Juppé de collecter les éléments de preuve de crimes contre l'humanité commis par le régime syrien.

En avril 2012, il est reçu par le Président Paul Kagame du Rwanda pour évoquer la lutte contre l'impunité des auteurs du génocide rwandais.
Pendant ces cinq années au poste d'ambassadeur pour les droits de l'homme, François Zimeray effectue plus de cent vingt missions de terrain.

En novembre 2012, il rend visite à Lydienne Yen-Eyoum en prison, une avocate franco-camerounaise détenue arbitrairement au Cameroun depuis le 9 juillet 2011. Elle sera libérée de prison en 2016, après que son arrestation et sa détention eurent été jugées arbitraires par l'Organisation des Nations unies.

En mai 2013, il s'est également rendu au Bangladesh après l'effondrement du Rana Plaza pour rencontrer les familles des victimes à l'hôpital ENAM de Savar, et exprimer la solidarité de la France. À Dacca, il a ensuite rencontré les autorités et les parties prenantes dans la modernisation du droit du travail au Bangladesh et a exposé les questions liées aux droits de l'homme soulevées par l'effondrement de l'usine.

La même année, Moncef Marzouki, premier président tunisien élu démocratiquement après les printemps arabes, a remercié François Zimeray alors qu'il était reçu au Parlement européen pour son soutien lorsqu'il était privé de liberté.

En accord avec les lignes directrices de l'Union européenne, François Zimeray a fixé pour objectif que toutes les ambassades de France deviennent des « maisons des droits de l'homme ».

Ambassadeur de France au Danemark
En octobre 2013, il est nommé par François Hollande ambassadeur de France auprès du Royaume du Danemark. Participant à un débat sur la liberté d'expression dans un centre culturel de Copenhague pris pour cible lors de la première des deux fusillades de Copenhague le 14 février 2015, il en sort indemne. Deux personnes sont tuées par Omar El Hussein, affilié à l'État islamique, qui sera abattu le lendemain.

Prises de position

Droits des femmes
Dans son livre J'ai vu partout le même visage, il milite pour les droits des femmes et contre le patriarcat : "Autant de nouvelles frontières pour la dignité, dont l'exigence se tient derrière toutes les sociétés humaines, autant de batailles à livrer, encore et partout. Mais si, au terme de ce périple (…), je devais n'en tenir qu'une seule, qui les surplombe toutes, je sais aujourd'hui que notre détermination à rendre partout aux femmes leur pleine capacité - notamment par l'éducation des filles - en dira long sur l'avenir de l'humanité. C'est la cause de tous les hommes et je n'en connais pas de plus haute".

En 2021, il participe au livre Toutes afghanes, un ouvrage collectif rendant hommage aux femmes afghanes peu après la prise de contrôle de l'Afghanistan par les Talibans.

Israël
En 2003, il fut l'un des fondateurs du Cercle Léon Blum constitué pour lutter contre la recrudescence de l'antisémitisme en France. Dans une interview de Nissim Zvili, il met aussi la lutte contre l'antisionisme au nombre des objectifs de ce cercle, qu'il présente comme . Il préside l'association Medbridge Strategy Center, qu'il fonde à Bruxelles avec des personnalités européennes telles que Willy De Clercq, François Léotard, Emma Bonino ou Ana Palacio.Il a été durant trois mois vice-président de la Commission politique du Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France (CRIF) avant d'en démissionner.

François Zimeray s'identifie au "camp de la paix" et dit s'efforcer de tenir une ligne modérée dans un contexte passionnel. Dans un discours à Jérusalem, il affirme: . À l'Assemblée nationale, il déclare « toute personne qui se définit comme uniquement pro israélien ou uniquement pro palestinien, qui ne serait que pour l'un contre l'autre est - pardonnez cette expression peu diplomatique - un salaud ».

Irak

Il reconnaît avoir soutenu la guerre d'Irak, l'estimant justifiée, mais il dénonce les ravages qu'elle a causés et qu'il a vus lors de ses voyages à Bagdad dans les années qui suivirent.

Distinctions

  le 2 mai 2017
 Officier de l'Ordre royal du Cambodge
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 Médaille du Barreau de Paris.
 Prix Pierre Simon, catégorie Éthique et géopolitique Thérèse Delpech 2016

Publications
 François Zimeray, Le maire et la protection juridique de l'environnement, préface de Michel Barnier, éditions Litec, 248 pages, octobre 1994 .
 Jacques-Sylvain Klein, La Maison sublime, préface de François Zimeray et Pierre Albertini, Édition Point de vues, 128 pages, 29 mars 2006 .
 François Zimeray, J'ai vu partout le même visage, éditions Plon, 300 pages, avril 2016 .

Notes et références

Annexes

Bibliographie
 François Zimeray, l'oublié de l'ouverture, Le Figaro, 23 septembre 2010

Liens externes

 Sa fiche sur le site du Parlement européen

Naissance en juillet 1961
Naissance à Paris
Conseiller général de la Seine-Maritime
Maire de la Seine-Maritime
Président de communauté d'agglomération
Député européen élu en France 1999-2004
Candidat aux élections législatives françaises de 2007
Ambassadeur de France au Danemark
Député européen membre du Parti socialiste (France)
Le Petit-Quevilly
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
Officier de l'ordre national du Mérite
Titulaire de la médaille de la jeunesse, des sports et de l'engagement associatif


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For a career that spans over 40 years, the Grammys will honor Miss Ross.
By Derrick Bryson Taylor · Updated October 28, 2020
VH1 honored contemporary divas Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige and Jill Scott and others on Sunday at "Divas Celebrates Soul," but they owe their careers to the original diva, Miss Diana Ross… so it seemed fitting today when it was announced that Diana Ross will be the Recording Academy's 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, among several others.
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PHOTOS: Diana Ross' Fashion
The Recording Academy is posthumously honoring Gil Scott-Heron with the same award for his astounding contributions to music. The other honorees include the Allman Brothers Band, Glen Campbell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, George Jones and the Memphis Horns.
Tune in Sunday, February 12, 2012 to see these music titans honored by the Grammys.


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Gosh, really?
And worker run cooperatives are not private business as we know it
John Lewis?
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11 thoughts on "Gosh, really?"
Diogenes August 18, 2016 at 11:27 am
For some unexplained reason, Murph does not believe that John Lewis is a co-operative
Paul Walker August 18, 2016 at 11:38 am
Then just what the hell are they? Cooperatives are private business as far as I know, its just that workers rather than investors own it. Or is it that the state owns worker cooperatives by some strange logic?
Demetrius August 18, 2016 at 12:06 pm
\i seem to recall around half a century ago and more aggressive expansion by some local Co-op Societies putting a great many small shops out of business.
Andrew C August 18, 2016 at 12:46 pm
FFS.
Murphy on the Deliveroo employed/self-employed question can't even read off HMRC's website.
HMRC says that a self employed person is in business for themselves.
Murphy blurts that the Deliveroo drivers are "not in business by themselves" but part of a large organisation.
For themselves
By themselves.
Elsewhere he boasts of having been 'senior partner in a firm of accountants'. There were 3 partners and 10-12 staff.
BraveFart August 18, 2016 at 1:06 pm
Overheard, one City University student to another during a Murphy lecture
"It's economics Jim, but not as we know it"
Bilbaoboy August 18, 2016 at 2:57 pm
Owned by the people who work in them: not necessarily 'workers' as the left would call them.
Flatcap Army August 18, 2016 at 3:00 pm
I think John Lewis in many respects is a co-op in name only – the senior management run it as they would in any large company, and most employees see the occasional dividend cheque and 25% staff discount as part of the pay package
john77 August 18, 2016 at 3:00 pm
What Murphy is trying to day is that "the co-op" which is nominally a *consumer-owned* co-operative is not like private business because it acts as an arm of the Labour Party. Sadly he has difficulty remembering who owns the co-op.
BobRocket August 18, 2016 at 6:13 pm
Deliveroo are being duplicitous (I would call them lying toadies but I can't prove it)
' Deliveroo has promised to meet in a month to compare the payslips of those involved in the trial, which covers about 280 of the company's 3,000 riders in London'
Deliveroo have the payslips of the hourly paid riders that have been doing the job.
They also know how many deliveries each rider made per paid hour.
It doesn't take a degree in maths to work out the difference in pay had each rider been paid per drop.
I'm sure the riders themselves know.
jgh August 18, 2016 at 7:31 pm
The most successful co-operative businesses are those that appoint an executive instead of having all the co-owners all sticking their oar in trying to do the day-to-day running.
Pcar. August 18, 2016 at 7:47 pm
@jgh
Best comment if with addition of "competent" prefix to executive.


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package nl.sense_os.service.motion;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import nl.sense_os.service.constants.SensePrefs;
import nl.sense_os.service.constants.SensePrefs.Main.Motion;
import nl.sense_os.service.constants.SensorData.SensorNames;

import org.json.JSONObject;

import android.annotation.TargetApi;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.hardware.Sensor;
import android.hardware.SensorEvent;
import android.hardware.SensorManager;
import android.os.Build;
import android.util.Log;

public class MotionSensorUtils {

    private static final String TAG = "MotionHelper";

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    public static JSONObject createJsonValue(SensorEvent event) {

        final Sensor sensor = event.sensor;
        final JSONObject json = new JSONObject();

        int axis = 0;
        try {
            for (double value : event.values) {
                // scale to three decimal precision
                if (Double.isNaN(value))
                    continue;
                value = BigDecimal.valueOf(value).setScale(3, 0).doubleValue();

                switch (axis) {
                case 0:
                    if (sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER
                            || sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD
                            || sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION) {
                        json.put("x-axis", value);
                    } else if (sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION
                            || sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_GYROSCOPE) {
                        json.put("azimuth", value);
                    } else {
                        Log.e(TAG, "Unexpected sensor type creating JSON value");
                        return null;
                    }
                    break;
                case 1:
                    if (sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER
                            || sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD
                            || sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION) {
                        json.put("y-axis", value);
                    } else if (sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION
                            || sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_GYROSCOPE) {
                        json.put("pitch", value);
                    } else {
                        Log.e(TAG, "Unexpected sensor type creating JSON value");
                        return null;
                    }
                    break;
                case 2:
                    if (sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER
                            || sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD
                            || sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION) {
                        json.put("z-axis", value);
                    } else if (sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION
                            || sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_GYROSCOPE) {
                        json.put("roll", value);
                    } else {
                        Log.e(TAG, "Unexpected sensor type creating JSON value");
                        return null;
                    }
                    break;
                default:
                    Log.w(TAG, "Unexpected sensor value! More than three axes?!");
                }
                axis++;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Exception creating motion JSON value", e);
            return null;
        }

        return json;
    }

    //used only for fake linear accelerometer.
    public static JSONObject createJsonValue(float[] vals) {

      float[] values = vals;
      final JSONObject json = new JSONObject();

      int axis = 0;
      try {
          for (double value : values) {
              // scale to three decimal precision
              if (Double.isNaN(value))
                  continue;
              value = BigDecimal.valueOf(value).setScale(3, 0).doubleValue();

              switch (axis) {
              case 0:
                    json.put("x-axis", value);
                  break;
              case 1:
                  json.put("y-axis", value);
                  break;
              case 2:
                  json.put("z-axis", value);
                  break;
              default:
                  Log.w(TAG, "Unexpected sensor value! More than three axes?!");
              }
              axis++;
          }
      } catch (Exception e) {
          Log.e(TAG, "Exception creating motion JSON value", e);
          return null;
      }

      return json;
  }

    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.GINGERBREAD)
    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    // TODO: Replace orientation sensor with modern version
    public static List<Sensor> getAvailableMotionSensors(Context context) {

        SensorManager mgr = (SensorManager) context.getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE);
        List<Sensor> sensors = new ArrayList<Sensor>();

        final SharedPreferences mainPrefs = context.getSharedPreferences(SensePrefs.MAIN_PREFS,
                Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

        // add accelerometer
        if (mainPrefs.getBoolean(Motion.ACCELEROMETER, true)) {
            if (null != mgr.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER)) {
                sensors.add(mgr.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER));
            }
        }
        // add orientation sensor
        if (mainPrefs.getBoolean(Motion.ORIENTATION, true)) {
            if (null != mgr.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION)) {
                sensors.add(mgr.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION));
            }
        }
        // add gyroscope
        if (mainPrefs.getBoolean(Motion.GYROSCOPE, true)) {
            if (null != mgr.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_GYROSCOPE)) {
                sensors.add(mgr.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_GYROSCOPE));
            }
        }
        // add linear acceleration
        if (mainPrefs.getBoolean(Motion.LINEAR_ACCELERATION, true)) {
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.GINGERBREAD) {
                // only devices with gingerbread+ have linear acceleration sensors
                if (null != mgr.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION)) {
                    sensors.add(mgr.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION));
                }
            }
        }
        return sensors;
    }

    public static boolean isFakeLinearRequired(Context context){
      boolean isRequired=false;
      SensorManager mgr = (SensorManager) context.getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE);
      final SharedPreferences mainPrefs = context.getSharedPreferences(SensePrefs.MAIN_PREFS,
          Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

      if (mainPrefs.getBoolean(Motion.LINEAR_ACCELERATION, true)) {
          //check if linear does not exist
          if (null == mgr.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION)) {
              isRequired = true;
          }
      }
      return isRequired;
  }

    public static String getSensorHeader(Sensor sensor) {
        String header = "";
        switch (sensor.getType()) {
        case Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER:
            header = "x-axis, y-axis, z-axis";
            break;
        case Sensor.TYPE_GYROSCOPE:
            header = "azimuth, pitch, roll";
            break;
        case Sensor.TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION:
            header = "x-axis, y-axis, z-axis";
            break;
        default:
            Log.w(TAG, "Unexpected sensor type: " + sensor.getType());
            return null;
        }
        return header;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    public static String getSensorName(Sensor sensor) {
        String sensorName = "";
        switch (sensor.getType()) {
        case Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER:
            sensorName = SensorNames.ACCELEROMETER;
            break;
        case Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION:
            sensorName = SensorNames.ORIENT;
            break;
        case Sensor.TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD:
            sensorName = SensorNames.MAGNETIC_FIELD;
            break;
        case Sensor.TYPE_GYROSCOPE:
            sensorName = SensorNames.GYRO;
            break;
        case Sensor.TYPE_LINEAR_ACCELERATION:
            sensorName = SensorNames.LIN_ACCELERATION;
            break;
        default:
            Log.w(TAG, "Unexpected sensor type: " + sensor.getType());
            return null;
        }
        return sensorName;
    }

    public static double[] getVector(SensorEvent event) {
      return getVector(event.values);
    }

    public static double[] getVector(float[] eventVals) {

      final double[] values = new double[3];

      int axis = 0;

      for (double value : eventVals) {
          // scale to three decimal precision
          value = BigDecimal.valueOf(value).setScale(3, 0).doubleValue();
          values[axis] = value;
          axis++;
      }

      return values;
  }

}

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Dengue cases continue to rise; 11 regions still exceed dengue alert threshold
Aileen Cerrudo • September 3, 2019
Dengue cases in the country continue to rise with 229,736 cases and 958 deaths reported from January 1 to August 17. Eleven regions still exceed the alert threshold for three...
Number of dengue cases in NCR exceeds alert threshold – DOH
The National Capital Region (NCR) has recorded more than 11,000 dengue cases from January to August 10 this year. This is 33% higher than what was recorded in the past...
ECOP doubts pay hike in NCR will push through
Aileen Cerrudo • May 2, 2019
The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) doubts the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board will agree to raise across-the-board wages to P710 per day for workers in the National...
Jail congestion rate in NCR at 608% – BJMP Chief
Marje Pelayo • April 10, 2019
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) is alarmed by the growing number of persons deprived of liberty (PDL) in jail facilities across the National Capital...
DOH: 40% decline in firecracker-related injuries
UNTV News • January 3, 2018
MANILA, Philippines — Department of Health (DOH) sentinel hospitals recorded 362 cases of firecracker related injuries from December 21 to January 2. One hundred nineteen (119) of the cases were...
Firecracker-related injuries reach 29
UNTV News • December 27, 2017
MANILA, Philippines – The number of firecracker related injuries has already climbed to 29 based on the latest figures released by the Department of Health. Based on the report from...
SWS survey reveals lower crime rate in the country
UNTV News • September 12, 2017
MANILA, Philippines — Sarah Jaberina, an employee, believes that the Philippine National Police's (PNP) intensified police operations in Metro Manila has contributed greatly in lowering crime rate in Metro Manila....
Associated Labor Unions oppose planned P16.00 wage increase in NCR
admin • July 31, 2017
MANILA, Philippines — Randy Casingal is a minimum wage earner working as porter in Quezon City. He said, the P491 daily wage he receives is not enough to send his...
PNP confirms viral memo of alleged bomb plot in Metro Manila
UNTV News • June 21, 2017
National Capital Region Police Office Chief PDir. Oscar Albayalde has confirmed on the program Get It Straight with Daniel Razon that the PNP memo that has gone viral on social...
DOH records six firecracker-related injuries today
admin • December 23, 2016
MANILA, Philippines —The Department of Health has recorded six cases of firecracker-related injuries from various regions across the country. Three are from the National Capital Region, one is from Region...


As I mentioned in an earlier post, the month of August is a month of reflection and re-evaluation. If you don't take time to look at where you've been, you're bound to make a few errors in judgment going forward. So, in order to plan for the future, you must take the past into consideration.
As you know, my true online freelance writing journey began in February of 2007. Back then I needed to get money coming in and fast because I had quit my part-time job. The part-time job was barely above minimum wage and I realized it just wasn't worth the time and travel expense. I knew I could do better working online.
Prior to the part-time job, I had worked both in the insurance and technology industries. I was a full-time employee/contractor and made a nice salary. I hated every minute of it. The hours and the commute was a killer (5 hours a day commuting). The money was nice, but was it really worth it?
As fate would have it, my last full-time job moved south by about 1,000 miles and I was unemployed. Not wanting another job for which I had to spend half of my day commuting I worked a few local part-time jobs.
I just couldn't get my mind around the slightly above minimum wage part time jobs. I mean, my clothing and gas costs chewed up a bit of my meager salary. Oh, and I won't mention the cost of weekly contributions for office baby showers, going away parties, retirement parties, etc. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.
I had been dabbling online playing around with websites prior to taking the last part-time job. In 2006 I earned $16.25 online from my dabblings. That meager $16.25 made me realize there was money to be made online. I just didn't have the confidence or knowledge to know what to do and how to make the $16.25 grow.
After being forced to work the day after Thanksgiving and explaining that I already had plans for Christmas before I took the minimum wage job, I knew this job was short lived. Let's face it, I was only making $8.35 an hour and after taxes, benefits, etc. I average about $125 a week, hardly enough to be worth the aggravation.
I threw down the gauntlet and resigned. My last day of work was Friday, February 9, 2007 and that was the first day I started to take this online freelance writing stuff seriously. My initial goal was to replace my part-time job income.
Still having the work mentality, I found as many upfront paying gigs as I could find. I earned $5 per article and wrote until my fingers dropped. I also managed to land a magazine gig which did much to boost my writing income, but magazine gigs were few and far between so I concentrated on online writing.
I reached the burn out stage real fast. I was bringing in money, but I was working like the dickens. I managed to earn a little over $4,600 the first year but most of it was from up front pay sources. Only $1,400 of my income was residual income.
When I evaluated the numbers I knew I had to spend a little more time building up my residual portfolio. I wanted money, but I didn't want to work my fingers to the bone to get it. I was beginning to feel that I traded the traditional job for a work at home 'job.' I didn't want a job. I wanted money, but I wanted to enjoy my life too.
The second year, I tried to write a host of residual articles. I also took on assignments for up front pay because I needed quick money, but I knew in my heart residual was the way to long-term happiness. I worked hard, and my hard work started to pay off. By the end of 2008 I had earned $10,000 of which $7,000 was residual income.
By my third year I almost doubled my prior year's income. I earned $19,000 of which $16,000 was from residual sources. $19,000 is a far cry from my $8.35 an hour part-time job, but it still doesn't match the salary I used to make as a full-time insurance broker or a tech writing contractor, so the journey continues.
Now that I took you through that long and drawn out journey, here's the reason for my post. My own history tells me that residual income is the way to go. Over the years I have diversified my sources. I write in varying degrees for content sites such as Suite 101, eHow/DS, HubPages and Orato. I also have 11 websites/blogs of varying popularity (most of them are not very popular but they still earn money).
On my own sites I use various ad programs such as AdSense, InfoLinks, Amazon and Text Link Ads. I also endorse a couple of books and a few affiliate products.
I'm going to continue to do more of the same. I intend to continue writing for the content sites I currently utilize but I'll spend more time and effort in building up the content on my websites/blogs. I'll probably start a new site sometime within the next few months and get back to writing my book. I want my own sites/blogs/books to make up the lion share of my earnings. I'd hate to build up several thousand dollars in residual income from a site that can one day pull the rug from under me.
From what I can see, the secret to earning money online is to keep writing and re-evaluating, Time will handle the rest.
Thanks for sharing this latest set of figures, Felicia. Broken down on a yearly basis the numbers are even more sobering.
You know what occurred to me as I was looking over your charts? The principle of building residual income seems to be akin to that of compounding interest. Hmmm … food for thought.
What an inspiring post, Felicia! It's so wonderful to see it all laid out here like this. I like your story because it's do-able. The numbers are inspiring, but they're also realistic. Thanks so much for sharing!
Your transparency motivates and inspires me. Thanks, Felicia.
This is so helpful to see your hard numbers. This gives me so much hope. I have almost reached my one-year anniversary of writing online, and I am beginning to see that it can be lucrative. The first year can be quite demoralizing, but it seems like the lesson here is to stick with it, periodically reevaluate, and work smarter. Thanks for the great post.
I'm curious how you made the huge jump in earnings from November 2009 to December 2009. You mentioned that $16,000 of your $19,000 in income in 2009 was from residual sources. Did you write most of the upfront payment articles in December?
The stars were properly aligned and Demand Studios had a ton of topics that I could write with my eyes shut. I put on my dictation headset and chatted up a whole bunch of articles. The $1,500 plus that I earned that month came just at the right time for the holidays.
The following month I went back to residual writing again.
Another excellent post Felicia. My goal for retirement from the rat race is 3-1/2 years. Your posts have given me the encouragement to keep going. When I see the actual numbers I know I'm on the right path. Thanx again.
Seeing it put down in real facts and figures helps me so much. I too don't want to have to work my fingers to the bone and am sometimes unsure how to make that happen. Seeing the steps you took is great.
This is the post I'd been waiting for, Felicia. I've been following your blog for some time, but somehow I missed discovering your "backstory". Fascinating read and very inspirational, as always!
Maybe this is the right place to post this, maybe not. Has anyone had experience with listing their name as a freelance writer on Linked In? Any results?
@Grandma I'm listed as a freelance writer on LinkedIn. With it I've built a few networking relationships. I haven't actively used it as a tool to get writing assignments though. I've only just recently, in the last couple of days, discovered that there were job listings on LinkedIn.
I hope that I'm actually answering your question.
I have heard Linked In is more of a networking and job seeking website, as opposed to social ones like Facebook.
I'm inspired by your attention to the numbers. I want to begin my own spreadsheet. Do you use Excel or some other program?
Emory, here's an old post where I share the Excel spreadsheet format that I used back then. I've since made some modifications to suit my needs, but you can make changes as necessary.
Hopefully it will be useful to you.


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Texas A&M University System leads research and education consortium joined by University of Texas System to bid for Sandia
The Texas A&M University System is partnering with Battelle, The Boeing Company, the University of Texas System and the University of New Mexico in a joint bid to manage the Sandia National Laboratories — one of three DOE laboratories responsible for the nation's nuclear arsenal.
Battelle is the world's largest independent nonprofit research and development organization, and Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems.
The Texas A&M University System, which will lead the Texas Research and Education Partnership that includes the University of Texas System, joins the University of New Mexico to provide research expertise, workforce training and independent peer review of the crucial research and development conducted at Sandia. These academic entities will be members of the board of directors for the laboratories.
In May 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it would seek a request for proposal (RFP) for the management of Sandia. Currently the laboratory is managed by the Sandia Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, and has an operating budget of $3 billion with 10,000 employees. The final request for proposals was issued on May 18, 2016, and a contract decision is anticipated by the end of the year.
The idea for creating the team to compete for the Sandia contract started at a November dinner hosted by Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp. Battelle's Ron Townsend, executive vice president of Global Laboratory Operations, and M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering for the Texas A&M System, among others, attended that first meeting.
"When rumors about this opportunity arose in 2012, Dr. Banks and I knew we were in a unique position to serve our nation. Our first call was to Battelle and over the last four years, this ideal team was created," Chancellor Sharp said. "The Texas A&M System has the capability and long history of national service that are unmatched by any other university system. Texas A&M's faculty expertise and our top-ranked engineering graduate programs position us well as a key partner for this opportunity. The leadership of Governor Greg Abbott made this partnership possible for the Texas university systems."
Governor Abbott said the Texas A&M System approached him almost a year ago about bidding to manage the Sandia National Laboratories.
"From the moment Chancellor Sharp first approached me about bidding on the Sandia National Laboratory, we have worked hard to build a coalition to take advantage of this unparalleled research opportunity," Abbott said. "Today's announcement reflects months of work building a robust coalition that includes The Texas A&M University System, the University of Texas System, and the University of New Mexico. I am grateful to Chancellor Sharp for spearheading this remarkable effort, to [UT System] Chancellor [William H.] McRaven for working closely with the Governor's Office to ensure that Texas fielded a unified and robust research team. Together, Texas and New Mexico can bring unprecedented research opportunities to our great state universities and would be honored to be entrusted with the management of one of our nation's premier national laboratories."
The University of Texas System is the second-largest public university system in the nation with an enrollment of 217,000 students across 14 institutions. The UT System has a long-standing relationship with Sandia National Laboratory and has worked closely with the Laboratory to supply the skilled scientists and engineers needed to support Sandia's mission and on numerous science and engineering projects that are important to the nation's security.
"Partnering with industry and academic leaders in research and development areas that ultimately will help safeguard America is a phenomenal opportunity and the UT System is proud to be doing its part," said UT System Chancellor William H. McRaven. "This collaboration is a perfect fit, leveraging the research power of stellar universities as well as the expertise of Battelle and Boeing to elevate the already remarkable development coming out of Sandia National Laboratories."
Banks, with the Texas A&M System, said the academic partnership is a critical component.
"Combined, the Texas A&M and University of Texas systems are among the nation's largest research enterprises and include two of the most respected engineering programs," Banks said. "Both have been involved in our nation's nuclear security enterprise for decades and are deeply familiar with the personnel, mission and research at Sandia National Laboratory."
"Sandia ensures the U.S. nuclear stockpile is safe, secure, and reliable and can fully support the nation's deterrence policy," said Ed Dolanski, president, Boeing Global Services & Support. "Their mission of service to the nation is directly aligned with our team's mission. Battelle's leadership in national lab management and Boeing's leadership in weapons and systems engineering will provide new capabilities to help NNSA more effectively meet their nuclear objectives."
About The Texas A&M University System
The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation with a statewide network of 11 universities, seven state agencies, a comprehensive health science center and a budget of $4.2 billion. The Texas A&M System educates more than 140,000 students and makes more than 22 million additional educational contacts through service and outreach programs each year. Externally funded research expenditures exceed $946 million and help drive the state's economy.
About Texas A&M Engineering
Within the A&M System, nine of the 11 universities offer engineering degree programs with a combined enrollment of more than 25,000 engineering students and more than 600 engineering faculty members. The largest engineering program is at Texas A&M University in College Station with more than 16,500 students, including approximately 12,500 undergraduates and approximately 3,500 graduate students, and $308 million in engineering research expenditures annually, among the highest in the U.S. The A&M System engineering program also includes three state agencies: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) which conducts engineering research, performs education and workforce development and transfers technology discoveries into the marketplace; Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) which delivers emergency response, homeland security and workforce training and exercises; and Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) which conducts transportation research and transfers technology to industry and the public. The Texas A&M Engineering enterprise strategic areas have strong alignment with SNL: defense systems and assessments; international, homeland and nuclear security; informatics/knowledge economy; energy, climate and infrastructure security; cybersecurity; transportation and infrastructure; and energy and the environment.


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Allegation One: Violation of RCW 42.17A.205 for failure to register a political committee within 3 days of the expectation of contributions or expenditures for political advertising in support of Nicholas Power.
Allegation Two: Violation of RCW 42.17A.235 for failure to report contributions and expenditures.
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Allegation Four: Violation of RCW 42.17A.255, .260, and .305 for failure to timely and accurately report independent expenditures or electioneering communications.
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