Don't you know another song?
He doesn't even know that one.
will be seen at 9:00 this morning.
Also, midnight will be canceled.
Ah, good morning, Colonel Blake.
Improving the outer man, I see.
- [Burns] Little to the left.
Frank? What's going on here?
- Everything all right at home, Frank?
wants to be just a hair to starboard.
I did a year at Bellevue.
What are you doing, Frank?
if there's only one bottle of ketchup.
Frank's head and mail it back to him.
- [Klinger] Father Mulcahy, are you in?
- Just washing my feet.
for the pope to wash a poor man's feet?
so I thought I'd do my own.
what do they need me for?
deservant of a psychological discharge.
that the dress I am wearing..."
and I was sewing from memory.
say you've been seeing me on the side.
- What do you think, Father?
but you take the cake.
Hey, get me outta this!
Get me out of here, you animals!
- Out of where, Frank?
You guys will pay for this!
we'll be in Chicago in an hour.
Hey, guys, let's settle down, huh?


Asus has launched a series of campaigns in Kenyan universities as it seeks to increase its penetration in the tablet and portable PC market.
The company hopes a growing appetite for tablets and other portable PC gadgets will allow it to successfully grow its market share in Kenya.
"We at Asus believe that every idea starts with people and we turn our imagination into myriad revolutionary innovations," Chris Wen, Asus product manager, said.
The campaign will highlight the company's products, and will focus on campuses for a month, allowing students to interact with the company's products and receive Asus merchandise.
They will also get an opportunity to be enlisted as Asus campus brand managers.
"These are young students who are acquiring notebooks or tablets for the first time and for that reason, they are our first target market because we want their first experience with such products to be Asus. As opinion leaders in their circle of friends and family, we're interested in them," Wen said.
The company held its first activation at Catholic University, with the next to take place at the United States International University (USIU).


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Temporary public policy to further facilitate access to permanent resident status for out-of-status construction workers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
The following updated instructions took effect on July 30, 2021.
This section is about the processing of both temporary and permanent residence applications for a group of 500 out-of-status construction workers, plus their families, in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
Applicants can apply whether or not they have previously been granted authorization to work in the construction industry in the GTA.
Launched on January 2, 2020, this 2-year public policy has been revisited to be more facilitative and the deadline has been extended until January 2, 2023, or once 500 principal applicants (plus their family members) have been granted permanent residence.
The Temporary public policy to further facilitate access to permanent resident status for out-of-status construction workers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) recognizes the economic contribution of foreign national construction workers currently employed in the GTA who have fallen out of status and have been working without authorization. This public policy seeks to regularize individuals who have been contributing to the Canadian economy by filling a regional labour market need and is more facilitative than the previous public policy.
At the same time, this public policy addresses the vulnerable position of these workers due to their lack of immigration status. Many undocumented construction workers may be unaware of their employment rights or hesitant to exercise them. These workers may not be benefitting from workplace regulations, such as health and safety inspections.
Ministerial Instructions
Intake and completeness check
Application process and who can apply
Assessing the application against the policy conditions
Dependants outside Canada
Making a final decision

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A packed crowd of SAW "Boardies" and friends turned out to honor Jean Bayou for her long service to SAW at a special SAW Board Meeting and celebration at Epicure Café on 22 Nov. As a former Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Director and SAW President for the last 8 years, Jean was honored, roasted, and serenaded well into the night. Following a great dinner and short business meeting the festivities and Bayou-roasting commenced. Current and former board members, SAW Associates, and close friends made this a super special occasion.
As Jean reminded us, we seek the comfort of coming together in song. I wish everyone could have been there.


There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know.
Although Rumsfeld was ridiculed for that statement, it was a case of a politician accidentally telling the truth, and I think anyone in computer security quickly understood what he was talking about. We are constantly faced with all three types of risks: known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns.
One of the biggest impediments to public cloud computing adoption is the calculation of additional risk from all the unknowns, known and otherwise. I've spent the last few years contemplating these issues as both a public cloud provider and user. Here's a list of five risks any business faces as a customer of a public cloud service.
One of the key tenets of public cloud computing is multitenancy, meaning that multiple, usually unrelated customers share the same computing resources: CPU, storage, memory, namespace, and physical building.
Multitenancy is a huge known unknown for most of us. It's not just the risk of our private data accidentally leaking to other tenants, but the additional risks of sharing resources. Multitenancy exploits are very worrisome because one flaw could allow another tenant or attacker to see all other data or to assume the identity of other clients.
Several new classes of vulnerabilities derive from the shared nature of the cloud. Researchers have been able to recover other tenants' data from what was supposed to be new storage space. Other researchers have been able to peek into other tenants' memory and IP address space. A few have been able to take over another tenant's computing resources in totality by simply predicting what IP or MAC addresses were assigned.
Multitenancy security issues are just now becoming important to most of us, and the vulnerabilities within are starting to be explored. The best precursor example is a single website placed on a Web server with hundreds or even thousands of other, unrelated websites. If history is any guide -- it usually is -- multitenancy will be a big problem over the long haul.
Every large cloud provider is a huge user of virtualization. However, it holds every risk posed by physical machines, plus its own unique threats, including exploits that target the virtual server hosts and the guests. You have four main types of virtual exploit risks: server host only, guest to guest, host to guest, and guest to host. All of them are largely unknown and uncalculated in most people's risk models.
When I talk to senior management about virtual risk issues, their eyes glaze over. Many have said to me that the risks are overblown or exploits are unheard of. I usually tell them to check out their own virtualization software vendor's patch list. It isn't pretty.
To up the ante, the cloud customer typically has no idea what virtualization products or management tools the vendor is running. To shed some light on this risk, ask your vendor the following questions: What virtualization software do you run? What version is it on now? Who patches the virtualization host and how often? Who can log into each virtualization host and guest?


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Unilever unwraps plan for closed loop plastic food-grade packaging
Thursday, April 5, 2018 - 12:55am
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Unilever building in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Unilever has announced it will work on a project that could deliver industrial scale recycling of PET plastic waste capable of turning the material back into food-grade transparent packaging.
The consumer goods giant confirmed it will partner with innovative recycling technology start-up Ioniqa and Indorama Ventures, the world's largest producer of PET resin, on the pioneering project.
The partnership will support the large-scale testing of a proprietary technology developed by Ioniqa that is designed to turn any PET waste — including colored packs — back into transparent virgin grade material.
The companies said the approach already had been successfully tested at the pilot stage.
Unilever chief R&D officer David Blanchard said the technology could represent a major breakthrough for efforts to increase PET recycling rates, which stand at just 20 percent globally.
"We want all of our packaging to be fit for a world that is circular by design, stepping away from the take-make-dispose model that we currently live in," said Blanchard. "This innovation is particularly exciting because it could unlock one of the major barriers today — making all forms of recycled PET suitable for food packaging. Indeed, making the PET stream fully circular would be a major milestone towards this ambition, not just helping Unilever, but transforming industry at large."
We want all of our packaging to be fit for a world that is circular by design, stepping away from the take-make-dispose model that we currently live in.
The technology developed by Ioniqa, a spin-off from the Eindhoven University of Technology, is said to break non-recycled PET waste down to the base molecule level, separating the color and other contaminants in the process.
The molecules then can be converted back into PET of virgin grade quality at Indorama's facility, Unilever said.
"To scale up our unique solution for PET plastics, we are delighted to work together with partners like Unilever and Indorama Ventures," said Tonnis Hooghoudt, founder and CEO of Ioniqa. "Through our collaboration, Ioniqa's innovative technology can turn PET waste into a truly circular material which holds value after disposal by consumers, helping to clean up the planet."
Unilever hopes the technology could support its goal to ensure all its plastic packaging is reusable, recyclable, or compostable by 2025.
The announcement is the latest in a wave of plastic waste and recycling commitments from global corporates in response to mounting public and policy pressure over the impact of plastic waste on marine habitats.
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BlackRock est une société multinationale américaine spécialisée dans la gestion d'actifs, dont le siège social est situé à New York. Fondée en 1988, elle est devenue le plus important gestionnaire d'actifs au monde, avec près de  de dollars d'encours en juillet 2022. BlackRock fournit des solutions d'investissement, de conseil et de gestion de risques de financement.

En France, où la société est présente depuis 2006, BlackRock détient une part de marché de moins de 1% avec 26 milliards d'euros pour le compte de clients institutionnels : des compagnies d'assurance, des caisses de retraite, des institutions officielles, des entreprises, des banques traditionnelles et numériques ainsi que des fonds de dotation'.

La société emploie  présents dans 89 bureaux à travers  pour une clientèle répartie dans plus d'une centaine de pays.

Fin 2022, l'entreprise gère  milliards de dollars d'encours.

Histoire

Création
BlackRock démarre en 1988 sous l'impulsion de huit associés, dont quatre occupent encore des fonctions au sein du groupe. Les fondateurs se composent d'anciens salariés de First Boston et de Lehman Brothers, autour respectivement de Larry Fink et de Ralph Schlosstein. Le nom de la société est, à ses débuts, Blackstone Financial Management et appartient alors au groupe Blackstone. La société se concentre sur les titres obligataires et développe notamment le Blackstone Term Trust, un fonds qui a permis de lever un milliard de dollars.

En 1992, la société est renommée BlackRock. La même année, BlackRock cumule  de dollars d'actifs sous gestion, puis  en 1994. En parallèle, BlackRock développe un outil de gestion global d'actifs, Aladdin (acronyme de Asset Liability, Debt and Derivatives Investment Network), une plateforme de gestion de risques qui s'est imposée comme étant l'un des outils technologiques les plus connus du secteur financier. Réservé au départ à des usages internes, le système Aladdin s'ouvre à des utilisations extérieures à partir du milieu des années 1990 jusqu'à permettre la réalisation de  transactions, ainsi que des milliards de calculs financiers, par jour.

Séparation entre BlackRock et Blackstone
En 1994, Blackstone et BlackRock décident de se séparer. Stephen A. Schwarzman, président-directeur général de Blackstone, dira de cette décision qu'elle a été sa plus grande erreur professionnelle.

En 1995, PNC Financial Services rachète BlackRock à hauteur de 240 millions de dollars.

Introduction en bourse
En 1999, la société est introduite en bourse, au prix de 14 dollars l'action. Au terme de cette année, la société comptabilise 165 milliards de dollars d'actifs sous gestion.

En 2000, BlackRock fonde BlackRock Solutions, sa filiale de conseil organisée autour de l'exploitation de la plateforme Aladdin.

En 2004, elle rachète la société State Street Research - Management pour 375 millions de dollars, puis reprend, en 2006, la filiale de gestion d'actifs de la banque Merrill Lynch. En 2007, le cofondateur, vice-président et directeur des investissements Keith Anderson annonce son départ du groupe pour l'année suivante. Il est remplacé par Scott Amero. En 2007, Robert S. Kapito prend la présidence de BlackRock, succédant à Ralph Schlosstein.

Crise bancaire et financière de 2008
Lors de la crise bancaire et financière de 2008, la société résiste aux turbulences du marché et renforce son rayonnement. BlackRock est chargée par la Réserve fédérale de New York d'assurer la gestion de  de la banque Bear Stearns, afin d'en faciliter le sauvetage par JPMorgan Chase. Outre JPMorgan Chase, d'autres sociétés de Wall Street sollicitent les conseils de BlackRock, tels que Morgan Stanley ou AIG.

En 2009, alors que le marché boursier est au plus bas en raison de la crise de 2008, BlackRock double sa taille en s'offrant, pour  de dollars, la société Barclays Global Investors, la filiale de gestion d'actifs de Barclays. L'opération permet à BlackRock de multiplier par deux le montant des actifs placés sous sa gestion et de devenir le leader mondial du marché. Cette acquisition est la deuxième fusion la plus importante de l'histoire de l'industrie de la gestion d'actifs.

En 2010, l'entreprise annonce la création de sa propre bourse interne qui vise à offrir de meilleurs prix en abaissant les coûts de négociation. L'étendue des participations de BlackRock est soulignée par The Economist, qui mentionne plus de  milliards de dollars d'actifs directement contrôlés par la société, ainsi que  milliards de dollars supplémentaires supervisés par le truchement d'Aladdin.

En 2012, BlackRock lance iShares Core afin de permettre aux investisseurs de réaliser des placements boursiers et obligataires peu coûteux grâce aux fonds indiciels cotés en bourse.

BlackRock est maintenant la première société de gestion d'investissement au monde avec environ  sous gestion. Blackrock et son patron Laurence D. Fink exercent alors une influence importante à Wall Street et à Washington DC. Cette tendance monopolistique inquiète certains économistes et médias spécialisés : En 25 ans, BlackRock est devenu le plus gros investisseur au monde. Est-ce un problème de dominance ? s'inquiétait The Economist fin 2013.

En 2015, le régulateur allemand des marchés inflige à la société une amende de  pour des déclarations erronées ou tardives des droits de vote réellement détenus. Le gendarme allemand met en avant des circonstances atténuantes pour expliquer le montant modeste de l'amende : « les déclarations incorrectes ou tardives s'expliquent par une mauvaise interprétation des règles allemandes » a-t-il précisé, avant d'ajouter que BlackRock « a contribué à clarifier la situation et a corrigé ou mis à jour ses déclarations ». En , la banque américaine Bank of America transfère à BlackRock la gestion de .

En 2017, BlackRock publie pour la première fois ses priorités pour les deux années à venir en matière « d'intendance des investissements ». L'accent est mis sur la diversification des conseils d'administration, notamment leur féminisation, et sur la prise en compte du risque climatique à long terme

En octobre 2017, BlackRock et BlackStone annoncent leur intention d'ouvrir des bureaux en Arabie saoudite pour contribuer à la diversification économique et financière du pays.

En 2018, la société ouvre son premier laboratoire dédié à l'intelligence artificielle à Palo Alto. En , le cumul d'actifs sous gestion de BlackRock dépasse les  de dollars.

En , BlackRock rachète l'éditeur français d'outils de gestion financière EFront Financial Solutions pour 1,3 milliard de dollars.

En mai 2020, PNC Financial Services annonce la vente de sa participation de 22,4 % dans BlackRock, valorisé 17 milliards de dollars, qu'elle avait acquis en 1995 pour 240 millions de dollars. Cette valorisation représente pour la banque, actionnaire du gestionnaire d'actifs depuis vingt-cinq ans, un retour sur investissement de plus de  %.

Crise ukrainienne de 2022
En 2022, l'entreprise dépasse les  d'encours. En effet, BlackRock a connu une augmentation de  milliards sur un an enregistrant la plus forte croissance organique de son histoire.

Entre fin janvier 2022 et le 28 février 2022, Blackrock enregistre une perte de 17 milliards de dollars sur ses actifs russes, dont la valeur est passée de 18,2 à un milliard de dollars dans ce laps de temps.

Activités
BlackRock est une société de gestion d'actifs cotée en bourse, avec des activités diversifiées. Au , la valeur des actifs gérés par la société s'élève à . BlackRock n'est pas un fonds de pension, ni un fonds spéculatif. Elle collecte de l'argent auprès d'investisseurs institutionnels pour l'investir sur les marchés financiers, en leur nom. La société sert un large éventail de clients institutionnels, tels que des compagnies d'assurances, des banques ou encore des entreprises.

En 2019, les actifs de BlackRock détenus par des particuliers représentent 10 % de la valeur des actifs à long terme gérés par BlackRock, contre 57 % pour les clients institutionnels et 33 % pour les fonds indiciels cotés en bourse iShares. Ces fonds, étant négociés en bourse, sont comptabilisés de façon distincte car il n'est pas toujours possible de définir si le client final est un particulier ou un acteur institutionnel.

En termes de produits, 52 % des actifs gérés par BlackRock sont liés aux marchés actions, 31 % aux marchés obligations, 8 % aux fonds mixtes, 2 % aux produits de gestion alternative et 7 % aux fonds monétaires en 2019.

Enfin, s'agissant du style d'investissement, 27 % relèvent d'une gestion active (Blackrock, premier gérant d'actifs étrangers en France, est connu pour sa politique d'activisme actionnarial, souvent agressive et en extension, votant fréquemment contre les rémunérations des dirigeants et suivant parfois les campagnes d'autres activistes), 66 % de gestion indicielle (dite « passive ») et 7 % de gestion de fonds monétaires en 2019.

Entre  et , BlackRock exerce ses droits de vote au sein de  assemblées générales d'actionnaires dont   aux États-Unis et  en Europe. L'entreprise possède aussi au moins 5 % du capital de quatre sociétés américaines cotées en bourse sur dix, comme JP Morgan, Chevron, Facebook ou Walmart.

Après la crise financière de 2007, l'activité de la multinationale s'oriente vers les fonds négociés en bourse (FNB ou, en anglais, ETF pour exchange traded fund)'.

En Europe, BlackRock a investi dans la société Atos dont elle possède plus de 5 % du capital. En 2016, BlackRock était actionnaire au sein de 18 sociétés du CAC 40 (Atos, BNP Paribas, Vinci, Saint-Gobain, Société Générale, Sanofi, Michelin, Safran, Teleperformance, Total…). Fin 2017, selon une étude d'Euronext, BlackRock possède 1,9 % du CAC, avec des participations autour de 5 % dans une vingtaine de multinationales françaises. Il est, en 2020, l'un des principaux actionnaires du CAC 40, derrière les familles Arnault, Bettencourt et l'État Français. BlackRock détient aussi 5 % du groupe bancaire espagnol Santander. BlackRock est un des investisseurs les plus importants dans huit des plus grandes firmes pétrolières mondiales, et détient plus de 87 milliards de dollars de parts dans des entreprises d'énergies fossiles.

Les data center de BlackRock se situent, comme ceux de Microsoft, Yahoo…, dans la ville de Wenatchee où l'électricité est bon marché, grâce notamment au barrage de Rocky Reach.

La société s'appuie sur une plateforme numérique de gestion des risques baptisée Aladdin (Asset, Debt and Derivative Investment Network). Cet outil est utilisé par BlackRock ainsi que nombreux clients dont BNP Paribas. Jean-François Cirelli, président de BlackRock France, Belgique et Luxembourg précise qu'il ne s'agit pas d'une intelligence artificielle prenant des décisions d'investissement seule, mais d'un outil technologique mis au service de la gestion des risques des portefeuilles des clients. Aladdin supervise  de dollars chaque jour.

À compter de 2010, BlackRock mène une stratégie de consolidation informatique afin de faire évoluer son nombre de data center de 32 à 12 sites. Parmi ces sites se trouve celui de Wenatchee, dans l'État de Washington. Le recours à de l'hydroélectricité, renouvelable, ainsi que la fraîcheur du climat, refroidissant de manière naturelle les serveurs, permettent de réduire la consommation énergétique du data center.

Présence dans le monde
La région Amérique représente 66 % des actifs gérés par BlackRock en 2019, contre 27 % pour la région Europe, Proche-Orient et Afrique et 7 % pour la région Asie-Pacifique. Selon BlackRock, l'entreprise dispose de 89 bureaux répartis sur 38 pays.

La société est présente à Paris depuis 2016, où la filiale France compte 180 collaborateurs et gère 26 milliards d'euros d'actifs en février 2020. La clientèle française se compose de compagnies d'assurance, de caisses de retraite, d'institutions officielles, d'entreprises, de banques traditionnelles et numériques ainsi que de fonds de dotation. En mars 2022, Estelle Castres est nommée directrice générale pour la France, la Belgique et le Luxembourg.

En , BlackRock crée en Chine une coentreprise (joint venture) avec le fonds souverain singapourien Temasek Holdings, ainsi que la banque chinoise China Construction Bank Corp (CCB).

Finances
En 2018, BlackRock est, en termes de chiffre d'affaires, la 237ᵉ société sur la liste Fortune 500 des plus grandes sociétés américaines. Au , ses actions boursières s'échangent à de 915.56$ par action. Sa capitalisation boursière est évaluée à plus de 101.4 milliards de dollars américains. Pour l'exercice 2021, BlackRock déclare un bénéfice de 5.901 milliards de dollars US, pour un chiffre d'affaires annuel de 19.374 milliards de dollars US, soit une augmentation de 19,4 % par rapport à sa déclaration fiscale précédente.

Actionnaires
En 2010, BlackRock compte notamment parmi ses actionnaires la famille Rothschild, Élisabeth II du Royaume-Uni, Al Gore, Maurice Strong, Warren Buffett, George Soros et le mexicain Carlos Slim. Parmi les banques et groupes de la finance figurent (au 3 octobre 2020) :

Lobbying
Selon le Center for Responsive Politics, les dépenses de lobbying de BlackRock aux États-Unis s'élèvent en 2020 à .

BlackRock est inscrit depuis 2010 au registre de transparence des représentants d'intérêts auprès de la Commission européenne, et déclare en 2020 pour cette activité des dépenses annuelles d'un montant compris entre .

BlackRock a dépensé en 2018 près d'1 million et demi d'euros en lobbying auprès du Parlement européen et organise des dizaines de rendez-vous avec les responsables de la commission. BlackRock entend en particulier influer sur les questions de taxation et de régulation financières. En , BlackRock remporte un appel d'offres organisé par la Commission européenne pour rédiger un rapport sur la manière dont la supervision bancaire de l'UE pourrait prendre en compte le climat. Cette annonce suscite des craintes au sujet de possibles conflits d'intérêts compte tenu des investissements de BlackRock dans le secteur des énergies fossiles. Le groupe des Verts/Alliance libre européenne réclame une enquête à la médiatrice de l'Union européenne, Emily O'Reilly. Plusieurs eurodéputés, dont Damien Carême, député européen EELV, et Pascal Durand, député européen Renew Europe, mettent en cause le montant  de l'offre de BlackRock qui lui aurait assuré de remporter l'appel d'offres. La Commission européenne affirme que le contrat a été conclu en tenant compte, notamment, d'éventuels conflits d'intérêts, et que la contribution de BlackRock ne sera que l'une des nombreuses contributions qu'elle a sollicitées.

Inscrit sur le registre de transparence de la Commission européenne, BlackRock déclare avoir dépensé entre 1,3 et 1,5 million d'euros pour des activités de représentation d'intérêts en 2019, et suit les débats communautaires relatifs aux fonds d'investissement, à la protection des investissements, à la structure des marchés financiers, à la gouvernance d'entreprise, à l'union des marchés de capitaux, à la finance durable et à la fiscalité.

BlackRock déclare à la Haute Autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique exercer des activités de lobbying en France pour un montant qui n'excède pas  sur l'année 2020.

Image dans le grand public
En dehors des milieux financiers, le nom de BlackRock demeure peu connu du grand public. Celui-ci est parfois confondu avec le fonds d'investissement Blackstone, auquel la société BlackRock a été rattachée de sa création jusqu'au milieu des années 1990. Les deux entreprises n'ont depuis plus de liens.

Les médias mettent en évidence les activités de BlackRock à la suite de la crise de 2008, les autorités américaines et européennes faisant appel aux conseils de la société afin de surmonter leurs difficultés économiques. La Réserve fédérale et le Trésor américain sollicitent BlackRock dans plusieurs dossiers sensibles, à l'instar de l'évaluation de leurs actifs « difficiles à estimer », du contrôle du bilan des établissements de crédit hypothécaire Fannie Mae et Freddie Mac, de l'aide au sauvetage de l'assureur AIG et de la vente de Bear Stearns à JPMorgan Chase. De même, les conseils de BlackRock sont recherchés par la Grèce et l'Irlande.

La taille et l'influence grandissante de BlackRock interpellent. Laurence D. Fink acquiert la réputation de « dépanneur en chef » de Wall Street, tandis que la société est comparée à un État du fait de sa puissance.

Les opposants au projet de réforme des retraites en France en 2020 font de BlackRock le « Dark Vador » ou le « Grand Satan » de la finance. Jean-Michel Bezat et Isabelle Chaperon, journalistes au Monde, y voient respectivement la résurgence d'une forme d'antiaméricanisme et de symbole capitaliste décrié par l'opinion publique, jusqu'ici endossé par Goldman Sachs. Pourtant, Larry Fink multiplie les prises de position en faveur d'un capitalisme réformé. D'autres gestionnaires d'actifs français (Amundi Asset Management, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Axa ou Natixis Asset Management) et internationaux (The Vanguard Group), de taille équivalente à BlackRock exercent des activités identiques, mais sont épargnés par les critiques.

Controverses
Pour la professeure de macroéconomie à l'Université de l'Ouest de l'Angleterre (UWE) à Bristol, Daniela Gabor, .

Comme pour d'autres grandes entreprises, l'importance de certains salaires et bonus est parfois mise en avant. Le PDG de BlackRock aurait ainsi en 2011, bénéficié d'un revenu de 23,38 millions de dollars selon le magazine économique Forbes.

En 2012, BlackRock embauche Philipp Hildebrand (ancien associé du hedge fund américain Moore Capital Management, après qu'il eut dû démissionner le  de la présidence de la Banque nationale suisse en raison de transactions sur des devises faites par son épouse, avant d'être blanchi par un audit montrant qu'il n'avait pas lui-même contrevenu à la réglementation suisse. Hildebrand sera chargé, dans la succursale londonienne de BlackRock, des gros clients d'Europe, du Proche-Orient, d'Afrique et d'Asie.

En , BlackRock embauche George Osborne, ancien ministre des Finances et membre du parti conservateur britannique, qui rejoint le think tank de la société, la BlackRock Investment Institute.

En , la police allemande perquisitionne les bureaux de BlackRock. Le fonds est soupçonné d'être impliqué dans la gigantesque fraude CumEx Files, système pratiqué par des fonds de placement et des banques consistant à se faire rembourser des impôts non payés sur les dividendes des actionnaires. En 2018 toujours, dans sa lettre annuelle aux actionnaires, Laurence D.Fink, PDG de BlackRock, déclare que les autres PDG devraient être conscients de leur impact sur la société. Cette déclaration suscite la colère d'organisations anti-guerre car BlackRock est connu comme étant le plus grand investisseur aidant les fabricants d'armes, à travers ses iShares U.S. Aerospace and Defence ETF. Au mois de , des représentants de ces organisations anti-guerre organisent une manifestation à l'occasion de l'assemblée annuelle des actionnaires de BlackRock à Manhattan, New York.

Fin 2019-début 2020, BlackRock est au cœur d'une autre polémique quant à sa potentielle influence vis-à-vis du gouvernement français, au sujet du projet de réforme des retraites voulue par le gouvernement dite de « retraite universelle ». Le , des dizaines de grévistes de la SNCF et de la RATP manifestent au sein du siège parisien de BlackRock et lui décernent « une médaille du déshonneur », tout en réclamant le retrait du projet gouvernemental de réforme des retraites. Marianne relève plus largement son influence auprès de l'exécutif français depuis l'élection d'Emmanuel Macron, qui entretient des relations régulières et privilégiées avec Larry Fink et Jean-François Cirelli (qui a reçu une légion d'honneur critiquée) ; en parallèle, ce dernier et BlackRock se montrent élogieux à l'égard de l'action du gouvernement, et l'encours de dette française détenue par BlackRock double pour atteindre 32 milliards de dollars en août 2018.

Le , après une première intrusion au début de l'année, pour dénoncer le soutien financier de BlackRock au secteur des énergies fossiles, une centaine de membres du mouvement écologiste Youth for Climate Paris-Île-de-France, accompagnés d'autres collectifs, pénètrent dans le siège parisien de la société et inscrivent des messages comme « l'avenir en feu », ou « je veux vivre », sur les murs des bureaux, afin de dénoncer ses investissements écocides, ainsi que pour le rôle qu'ils lui attribuent dans la réforme des retraites. À propos de cette intrusion, David Belliard, candidat d'Europe Écologie Les Verts à la mairie de Paris appelle à « comprendre les violences » des activistes écologiques.

Changement climatique
À partir de 2017, la société BlackRock s'est engagée dans un processus visant à intégrer le changement climatique dans ses stratégies d'investissement. Une équipe dédiée « BlackRock Investment Stewardship » est chargée de vérifier que les entreprises dans lesquelles BlackRock investit respectent leurs engagements environnementaux. En 2020, 244 entreprises sont identifiées par BlackRock comme n'intégrant pas suffisamment les risques climatiques dans leur modèle de développement. En conséquence, la société prend des décisions de vote défavorables aux dirigeants en place pour 53 d'entre elles et place les 191 restantes sous surveillance.

Un rapport publié à l'occasion de la COP24, en 2018, souligne que BlackRock détient le principal portefeuille d'investissements relatifs aux centrales à charbon représentant  répartis dans . Un autre rapport publié par l'ONG InfluenceMap indique que BlackRock détient des participations lui permettant de contrôler plus de réserves de pétrole, de gaz et de charbon thermique que tout autre investisseur, soit l'équivalent de 9,5 gigatonnes d'émissions de CO2, soit 30 % des émissions de carbone liées à l'énergie à partir de 2017.

Préoccupés par le réchauffement climatique et la biodiversité, des organisations non gouvernementales environnementales, dont notamment le Sierra Club et Amazon Watch, ont lancé une campagne intitulée « BlackRock's Big Problem » en . Selon cette campagne, BlackRock est le , en partie en raison de son refus de se départir des sociétés du secteur des combustibles fossiles.

Le , le PDG de BlackRock Laurence D. Fink, répond à ses détracteurs et déclare par écrit à ses actionnaires, clients et investisseurs que la durabilité environnementale serait désormais un objectif clé pour les décisions d'investissement. Sur la base des , Il annonce, estimant que , que BlackRock a maintenant la conviction  ; il annonce, sur son site internet, que BlackRock va vendre pour 500 millions de dollars d'actifs liés au charbon et créer des fonds évitant les stocks de combustibles fossiles ; deux mesures qui changeraient radicalement la politique d'investissement de la société. Il s'engage aussi à plus de  de l'entreprise. Bill McKibben, journaliste et auteur environnementaliste, spécialisé dans le sujet de la question climatique, qualifie ce revirement de .

En , BlackRock rejoint l'initiative Climate Action 100+, un groupe d'investisseurs qui dialogue avec les entreprises afin d'améliorer la communication des informations sur le climat et d'aligner leur stratégie commerciale sur les objectifs de l'Accord de Paris.

En , BlackRock achète le modèle de scénario de changement climatique de la société Baringa afin de l'intégrer dans sa gestion des risques  en ce qui concerne la publication de l'exposition aux risques climatiques des entreprises.

En , malgré ses précédentes promesses, la société recule sur ses engagements climatiques, en réduisant son soutien aux résolutions d'actionnaires pro-climat lors des assemblées générales annuelles dans un contexte de guerre prolongée en Ukraine.

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Leagues of India:The Forgotten One
Random Variables November 26, 2014 ICL , IPL 1 Comments
With the Indian Super league(ISL) creating a lot of buzz around and with the Champions Tennis League(CTL) kicking off and soon to be followed by the star studded ITPL,India is slowly turning towards other sports apart from the Gentleman's Game Cricket.Cricket is almost like a religion in India,with over 1.5 billion people blindly following it .Once consider to be world power and with multiple Olympic Gold under its kitty,Hockey,considered to be India's National Sport lays in dismay.Call it Indian Sports ministries negligence,uninterested media or the cash strapped boards,no sports other than Cricket is been able to have a strong foothold in India.But in recent times with the introduction of various league be it the likes Pro Kabbaddi League,Indian Badminton League or Indian Hockey League and Indian Super League,Indian Sports is witnessing a Wind of Change.These league are not only able to gel with Indian Sports enthusiasts but also attract many sponsors,broadcasters and not the mention the Glamor which they had been deprived off since ages.The success of these leagues is largely credited to the Indian Premier League(IPL) as it is said to be the trend setter of this field and the rest simply followed it .But for one who has closely followed the IPL from its early days definitely knows how it came into existence.IPL,now consider to be one of the top sporting brand and is competing with the likes of NBA and EPL(two of the world's most popular league) only came to formation as an attempt to counter another emerging cricket league in India.The Launch of Indian Cricket League(ICL) in 2007 was the sole reason behind the Lalit Modi(One must feel pity for this guy) led and BCCI backed IPL,launched in 2008.The Essel Group(promoter of ZEE Telefilms) led league,the first of its kind in India ,was focussed on creating a pool of talented young players and set up academy all around the country.Without the back up of the BCCI,The ICC(ruled by the BCCI and its riches to an extent) also ruled against the support of the league which was focused for the development of the game.Though ICL found support among few state governments and also some celebrity too came forward,it lasted only for 2 seasons and in 2009,the league was gulped down into the darkness of time.
The success of IPL is no joke and within 6-7 years it has receive humongous fame and became one of the most talked annual sporting event in the world.But if it is taken into account,ICL the league which is now lost deep into the shadows of time was the only reason behind IPL and can simply be called the founding stone of the league culture in India.
By Random Variables at November 26, 2014 1 comment:
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Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
The StoryTeller-Chetan Bhagat
Random Variables November 19, 2014 Chetan bhagat , India 2 Comments
It was back in 2004 when an investment banker tried to test his luck and take a dip into the vast sea of creative writing.In a country where one first become an engineer and then decide what to do next in life,he had never imagined his past expereince would come out to be so handy for him and set him on a journey to become India's most profilic English language novelist.Yes I am talking about India's very own Chetan Bhagat.
Mr.Bhagat debuted with Five Point Someone: What not to do at IIT! in 2004.The book was loosely based on his experience as an Engineering student and with India producing nearly 10 lakhs engineer everywhere,it was an instant success and sold over 700,000 copies.Mr.Bhagat himself being an alumni of IIT-D was easily able to connect himself with the students and many were able to relate it with their life.With the success of his very first book,Chetan Bhagat marked his arrival on the big stage.In 2005,Mr.Bhagat came out with his second novel One Night @ the Call Center and like its predecessor, it met with largely positive reviews. In 2008 he published his third book,The 3 Mistakes of My Life,though critics were not too impressed with the book,but like his previous two novels,this one was to a best-seller.With three national best-sellers already in his kitty,Chetan Bhagat was a big name in India now and he even came to more limelight when his second novel One Night @ the Call Center was adapted into a bollywood movie Hello.Though the movie was an below average hit,but what it did was to pave a way for Bhagat into Bollywood.His fourth book 2 States: The Story of My Marriage came out in 2009 and was said to be based largely on his life and it was first of Chetan Bhagat novel after quiting his job as an investment banker. 2 states was followed by Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition in 2011,What Young India Wants(a failed attempt in Non-fiction) in 2012 and more recently the highly publicised Half Girlfriend in October 2014.
After 10 years from his very 1st release in 2004,Chetan's books have remained bestsellers and four out his seven novels have been already adapted into successful Bollywood films and the others are in process of being adapted as well.The New York Times called him the 'the biggest selling English language novelist in India's history. Time magazine named him amongst the '100 most influential people in the world' and Fast Company, USA, listed him as one of the world's '100 most creative people in business'.Chetan even writes columns for leading English and Hindi newspapers.But keeping everything aside,the main question that arises is that in a country which is blessed to have the likes of Amitav Ghosh,Vikram Seth,Arundhati Roy,Naipaul and with such strong Literary background,how come a man with such aaverage literary skill make such impact.Basically the success of Mr.Chetan bhagat can be summarised with few points-
1.The ease in his writing i.e. use of simple words and plain english.Anyone with moderate english skill who had tried his hand in reading God of Small things or related stuff will definitely know that,one needs to have a dictionary by his/her side from the very first page.
2.With all that Chetan knows to write is about College,Love,Sex,Friendship and all other stuff that can be easily adapted into a Bollywood flick,he easily tends to connect with the youth of the country.As every every young blood has or is going through the situation to an extent.
3.Unlike many established writer,Mr.Bhagat ceases to end his story within 300 pages and thus matching the frequency of the impatience generation of the country and moreover his book are very affordable in terms of pricing when compared to others.
Personally I am not a Bhagat fan but it will unfare if I say I didn't enjoy reading Five point someone and 2 states,rest I felt were more or less written to made into a flick.Chetan bhagat with his repeatetive and compact style of writing has limited the literary development of his reader,who now don't try or want to look beyond him.Like SRK who everytime manages to pull off a lover boy image,Chetan Bhagat too manages to pull his novel projecting IIT's and IIM's.Any attempt to write beyond his comfort leads to a big disappointment and What Young India wants is a big example of a failed.Like every coin has two sides, similarly no matter how one rate Chetan Bhagat,but one cannot neglect the fact the he is fully responsible for making many youth fall in love with books and take up reading as a hobby.
Lastly I wanna conclude by saying that hate him or love him,but Chetan bhagat has become a juggernaut of Indian writing industry and there's no stopping this guy.
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A Step towards a Hygienic India....
Random Variables November 18, 2014 0 Comments
"Cleanliness is next to Godliness."
Mahatma Gandhi,our very own Father of the Nation was a preacher of Clean India,but unfortunately after his death just like most of his ideals including a dream for cleaner India got lost in time.India which is on the verge of becoming a Global Superpower soon is been rank 123rd in Cleanliness by a Global agency.Keeping all this in his mind our Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra modi launched a nation wise campaign Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on 2nd October 2014.The Prime Minister has appealed to each and every Indian to take part in this initiative and lay the foundation for a cleaner India.
India is a country where more than 60% of its total population lives in rural areas and abide by the system and rules laid by their forefathers.They are unaware of all the progress,be it medical science,agriculture,technology etc. and still goes by full faith on their age old systems.When one visits a village or any other rural part of India he can easily spot people coming and going out of the fields with a bucket of water mostly in early morning.This leads us to a problem of poor sanitation facilities in our country most in rural part and its hazardous impact on the society and the environment. The reason for around 600 million people defacting in open everyday is the lack of awareness among them regarding proper sanitation and thus leading to less or no construction of toilets and lack of other hygienic amenities.Not only men,in a country like India were women and girls are worshipped contributes to it and are mostly the victims of its after effects both physically and mentally and is a big hitback towards their dignity and self respect.Even when the small Babli,who today learnt about sanitation,use of toilets in school questions her parents about toilets gets a rude reply from them and ask her to use the fields like others does and thus caging her thoughts about proper sanitation facilities too.
When one tries to look at the after affects of improper sanitation,he/she would be astonish to find out that in addition to creating a vile environment to live in it also pollutes one's food and water bodies with the help of the flies the breed on them.This strongly impacts to the health of the people mostly the women and the kids as they have to deal with it 24*7.
The government is trying to deal with the issue by conducting awareness program and with the help of print and electonic media.The Tv commercial featuring Vidya Balan,speaks for its own and the recently launch Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has made many come forward and take the initiative forward.One of the organisation that always supporterd this initiative and moreover was actively involved beforehand is Hindustan Unilever Limited.HUL under its flagship sanitation brand Domex, currently runs the Domex Toilet Academy (DTA) programme. Domex Toilet Academy was launched on 19th November 2013 and focusses in promoting the benefits of clean toilets & good hygiene.The programmea also aims to build 24000 toilets by 2015 in rural areas faced with the problem of open defecation. And moreover it has also come up with "You Click Domex Contributes" initiative where one can bring about the change in the lives of millions of kids, thereby showing your support for the Domex Initiative. All one need to do is "click" on the "Contribute Tab" on www.domex.in and Domex will contribute Rs.5 on one's behalf to eradicate open defecation, thereby helping kids like Babli live a dignified life.
Please be a part of the initiative an help to build a toilet for all the babli's.
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INTER CASTE MARRIAGE-Connecting India
Random Variables November 14, 2014 caste , India 0 Comments
Welcome to the 21st century where inter caste marriage is slowly if not at a velocious rate becoming a non issue . But still a lot of stigmas are associated with inter caste marriages. Still many families and the society in particular do not approve of inter caste marriages and thus leading to honour killing. Honour killing of couples goes on in various states of India, though their is nothing to honour about so called "honour killing".
Everyone knows that India is a diverse land that swank of having different culture, traditions and religions,but what is the point of having such different variety when people just cannot digest the very thought of their integration. Also one of the best solution to stop racial discrimination according to region , religion , caste, etc I belief is the amalgamation of different caste in the form of marriage. It will also help the next progeny to learn two different cultures and values which will help them to become better human beings. Their is something for every one of us to learn from different cultures and as Indians we must feel proud of having such a strong traditional backbone with us.
For those who belief that Inter caste marriage is prohibited according to our traditions I would like to bring to your understanding that the holy book of Hindus "The Gita " Lord Krishna does not say anything against inter caste marriages. Infact Lord Krishna says that a person is qualified to a caste according to two qualities.
1. Guna (personal quality).
2. Karma (aptitude for a particular type of work).
He makes no mention of Varna (caste) being determined by birth.
So we should make our choices not on the basis of to whom she or he was born but on his/her personal quality. This attitude of specially our younger generation will make india a much stronger country and will take India to new heights.
Article Courtesy- Partha Pratim Bhuyan
Labels: caste, India, marriage


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Yesterday's Wall Street Journal/California Edition took a look at several recent "key judicial rulings" in California that "promise to provide patients with significant new ammunition when they wind up in disputes with their" HMOs. "The pendulum has reached its peak and is swinging back in the other direction in favor of the insured," said Jay Taylor, who earlier this month "won the latest major court ruling that bolsters the rights" of HMO members. In that case, the state's 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles ruled that Taylor could bring a class-action arbitration against Blue Cross of California. The Journal reports that Taylor considers the ruling important "because it will allow many more health plan enrollees to pool their resources for what might otherwise be prohibitively expensive arbitration proceedings." A Blue Cross spokesperson said the insurer is appealing the ruling in state Supreme Court.
HMO Judgement
Other court rulings that have bolstered patient rights have also focused on arbitration, the Journal reports. Consumer advocates say consumers are often unaware of their arbitration rights and responsibilities. "When it comes to negotiating an agreement, individual consumers are not in the same place as large health plans' and often simply swallow whatever is written into a standard contract," said Peter Lee, attorney for Health Care Rights. The Journal reports that a June 1997 ruling against Kaiser Permanente said "HMO members can file lawsuits if they demonstrate that their health plan's arbitration system is unfair." As a result, "Kaiser earlier this year announced an overhaul of its arbitration system," changing it from an "in-house process" to an "independent system." In another consumer-friendly ruling, the 2nd District Court of Appeal upheld a lower court's ruling against Cigna HealthCare of California. Both courts ruled that a women could sue Cigna -- not for medical malpractice, which is prevented by federal law --but for "deceptive and misleading" advertising. Cigna is appealing the ruling in the state Supreme Court. In another boost for consumers' arbitration rights, Gov. Pete Wilson last month signed into law a measure "that for the first time will require health plan arbitration decisions -- and the reasoning behind them -- to be made public." Sen. Herschel Rosenthal (D-San Fernando Valley), the law's author, said it should "help protect consumers" by making the process more equitable. While the HMO industry has questioned the law's necessity, state Supreme Court Justice Ronald George "appointed a task force to conduct a two-year study of the impact that private judging is having on the state courts and the public" (Benson, 10/21).


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Q: Why does the speed of sound decrease at high altitudes although the air density decreases? I understand that the speed of sound is inversely proportional to the density of the medium as shown here and as answered for this question.
The problem now is that the speed of sound in air actually decreases with altitude although the density of the air decreases. This is shown here and here.
I understand that the speed of sound also depends on the elasticity, but I'm not sure how this can change for air.
So what is actually happening? How can the speed of sound decrease although the density has also decreased?

A: Sound is simply a compression wave. The velocity of the wave is inversely related to the square root of fluid pressure, and directly proportional to the materiel's Young modulus. A lower density means a lower pressure, which increases the wave velocity as you noticed.
Traveling through a compressible medium such as air, the simple equation for the velocity (v) of a compression wave is the square root of the Young's modulus (B) divided by pressure (p)
$$v=\sqrt{\frac{B}{p}}.$$
Please see the following link for the derivation of this formula.
https://youtu.be/qVusackhzBs
But as the materiel becomes less dense, it reduces the surface area where the force is applied, the Young modulus decreases.
Increasing altitude thins the air out (reduces the surface area over which the force is applied) faster than it reduces pressure, resulting in a net decrease in the ratio, and therefore wave speed.

A: Wikipedia gives a pretty much straightforward answer. In an ideal gas, the speed of sound depends only on the temperature:
$$ v = \sqrt{\frac{\gamma \cdot k \cdot T}{m}} $$
So it neither decreases, nor increases with altitude, but just follows air temperature as can be seen in this graph:

A: The speed of sound in a gas is given by $\sqrt{ \dfrac {\gamma \,P}{\rho}}= \sqrt{\gamma \, R \, T}$ where the temperature, $T$,  is in kelvin, $\gamma$ is the ratio of the specific heat capacities of a gas at constant pressure and constant volume and $R$ is the specific gas constant.
With increasing altitude there is a decrease in the density but also a decrease in the pressure, but not at the same rate because there is also a change in the temperature.
As the altitude increases, the temperature decreases and so does the speed of sound and then when the temperature increases so does the speed.

Source - Engineering Toolbox

A: In laymen terms, sound propagation depends on air particles colliding.  The closer the particles to each other the quicker they can collide.  In a less dense environment, the particles must travel farther to collide.  Particle size has an effect as well as can be heard in glove boxes containing Helium vs Argon.  Temperature also has an effect in the amount of energy available to the particles and therefore excitability.  This is very a simplistic and generalized  answer without any mathematical or scientific proofs.

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Le canton de Messei est une ancienne division administrative française située dans le département de l'Orne et la région Basse-Normandie.

Géographie
Ce canton était organisé autour de Messei dans l'arrondissement d'Argentan. Son altitude variait de  (Dompierre) à  (La Coulonche) pour une altitude moyenne de .

Histoire
De 1833 à 1848, les cantons de Juvigny et de « Messey » avaient le même conseiller général. Le nombre de conseillers généraux était limité à trente par département.

Administration

Conseillers d'arrondissement (de 1833 à 1940)

Conseillers généraux de 1833 à 2015

Le canton participe à l'élection du député de la troisième circonscription de l'Orne.

Composition

Le canton de Messei comptait  en 2012 (population municipale) et groupait dix communes :
 Banvou ;
 Bellou-en-Houlme ;
 Le Châtellier ;
 La Coulonche ;
 Dompierre ;
 Échalou ;
 La Ferrière-aux-Étangs ;
 Messei ;
 Saint-André-de-Messei ;
Saires-la-Verrerie.

À la suite du redécoupage des cantons pour 2015, toutes les communes à l'exception du Châtellier sont rattachées au canton de La Ferté-Macé. Le Châtellier est rattaché au canton de Flers-1.

Contrairement à beaucoup d'autres cantons, le canton de Messei n'incluait aucune commune supprimée depuis la création des communes sous la Révolution.

Démographie

Voir aussi
 Liste des cantons de l'Orne
 Flers Agglo
 Communauté de communes de la Haute Varenne et du Houlme
 Canton de La Ferté-Macé
 Canton de Flers-1

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Messei


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I've use the class below in one of my apps.
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Q: Why's the button "Commit" greyed out in Android Studio? I want to commit my changes to my project to GitHub but for some reason, the "Commit" button is greyed out in Android Studio.  I can't seem to spot what's causing this issue.  Even when I write a message, it's still greyed out.
How would I fix this?

A: You have to make sure those files are blue (or green if new files). Hit Cancel, go back out to the app. Right click app at the top and goo down to git then add all. That will add all of them. Then, you will be able to commit and push your changes. However, you also need to make sure you click on the checkbox.

A: Add files you want to commit:
git add <file_name>

or to add all of them:
git add .

Commit files (using IDE or console - for now button should be active):
git commit -m "message"

Commit files using IDE - remember add message to commit

A: If there are files with red color mean you have not added them to git.
Right click on the file->Git->add
Then you can commits the changes.


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Q: Calling methods from another class Action Script 3 I have two classes called 'main' and 'TimerCountDown'. I was try to call a single function 'reset' from 'TimerCountDown' in 'main' class.
This is my TimerCountDown class:
public class TimerCountDown extends MovieClip
    {
        public function TimerCountDown(t:TextField, timeType:String, timeValue:Number, es:String, _documentclass):void
        {
            this.documentclass = _documentclass;
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            if (timeType == "seconds")
            {
                this.timeInSeconds = timeValue;
            }
            if (timeType == "minutes")
            {
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            }
            this.tfEndDisplayString = es;
            this.startTimer();
        }
            public function reset():void{
            clockCounter.reset();
        }
}

How can I create a reference in main class use the reset function in functions of main class? I can only do sth like
var myTimerObject:TimerCountDown = new TimerCountDown(timer, "seconds", 40, "0!", this);

but have no idea on calling reset function.

A: You can call it like this :
myTimerObject.reset();

A: You may keep a reference of myTimerObject in main class
public class Main {

   private var _targetTimerObject:TimerCountDown;

   public function set targetTimerObject(value:TimerCountDown):void {

        _targetTimerObject = value;
   }

   public function someFunction():void {

       if (_targetTimerObject) {
           _targetTimerObject.reset();
       }
   }

}


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Q: Python 3.5 virtualenv : pip3 installing tensorflow fails I am running Mac OS 10.5 (Yosemite) and I just setup a virtualenv with python 3.5 to play a little bit with tensorflow. The virtualenv is setup correctly. However, I cannot install tensorflow. I always get the following error messages:
(tensorflow) Tom@MBP:~/tensorflow$ pip3 install --upgrade tensorflow
Collecting tensorflow
  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement tensorflow (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for tensorflow

or this error:
(tensorflow) Tom@MBP:~/tensorflow$ pip3 install --upgrade \
>  https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/mac/cpu/tensorflow-1.5.0-py2-none-any.whl
tensorflow-1.5.0-py2-none-any.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.

I actually do not understand what is happening here.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks

A: Try upgrading pip to use latest version and see if it helps:
pip3 install --upgrade pip


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Achievements

See also
 List of Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing

References

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Paralympic alpine skiers of the United States
American male alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
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Medalists at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
Medalists at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
Medalists at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing
20th-century American people


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We need competent coach for Black Stars job – Sports Minister
We need competent coach for Black Stars job – Sports…
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Alhaji Mustapha Ussif, says a new Black Stars coach will be chosen as soon as possible to oversee Ghana's AFCON qualifiers in March.
He told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Tuesday, "The people should be at ease knowing that the Ghana Football Association (GFA) is trying to guarantee that we obtain a replacement for Coach Otto Addo."
When asked whether the coach under consideration was native or foreign, the minister responded that what the nation required was a highly skilled coach who would perform in line with Ghanaians' expectations.
The Sports Minister also revealed that the GFA had started the search for a new head coach for the Black Stars.
He said that he had contacted the FA, who is responsible for finding a coach, about the situation.
Mr. Alhaji Ussif was responding to a public interest query from Ranking Member David Opoku-Ansah about what the ministry was doing to find a replacement for Coach Otto Addo, who left the Black Stars following the team's first-round exit from the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Mr. Opoku Ansah said that other countries, including Portugal and France, who had lost their World Cup coaches, had moved to replace them.
Mr. Alhaji Ussif responded that the FA was expected to deliver the final report to the ministry either this week or next week because of an approaching assignment in March last week.
He indicated that Coach Otto Addo needed to be replaced so that the new coach could begin getting a team ready for the forthcoming AFCON qualifiers.
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