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Q: Process to pass from problem to code. How did you learn? I'm teaching/helping a student to program.
I remember the following process always helped me when I started; It looks pretty intuitive and I wonder if someone else have had a similar approach.

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*Read the problem and understand it ( of course ) .

*Identify possible "functions" and variables.

*Write how would I do it step by step ( algorithm )

*Translate it into code, if there is something you cannot do, create a function that does it for you and keep moving.

With the time and practice I seem to have forgotten how hard it was to pass from problem description to a coding solution, but, by applying this method I managed to learn how to program.
So for a project description like:

A system has to calculate the price of an Item based on the following rules ( a description of the rules... client, discounts, availability etc.. etc.etc.  )

I first step is to understand what the problem is.
Then identify the item, the rules the variables etc.
pseudo code something like:
function getPrice( itemPrice, quantity , clientAge, hourOfDay ) : int
   if( hourOfDay > 18 ) then
      discount = 5%

   if( quantity > 10 ) then
      discount = 5%

   if( clientAge > 60 or < 18 ) then
      discount = 5%

        return item_price - discounts...
end

And then pass it to the programming language..
public class Problem1{
    public int getPrice( int itemPrice, int quantity,hourOdDay ) {
        int discount = 0;
        if( hourOfDay > 10 ) {
             // uh uh.. U don't know how to calculate percentage...
             // create a function and move on.
            discount += percentOf( 5, itemPriece );
            .
            .
            .
            you get the idea..

        }
     }
    public int percentOf( int percent, int i ) {
             // ....
    }

}

Did you went on a similar approach?.. Did some one teach you a similar approach or did you discovered your self ( as I did :(  )

A: the old-school OO way:

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*write down a description of the problem and its solution

*circle the nouns, these are candidate objects

*draw boxes around the verbs, these are candidate messages

*group the verbs with the nouns that would 'do' the action; list any other nouns that would be required to help

*see if you can restate the solution using the form noun.verb(other nouns)

*code it

[this method preceeds CRC cards, but its been so long (over 20 years) that I don't remember where i learned it]

A: when learning programming I don't think TDD is helpful.   TDD is good later on when you have some concept of what programming is about, but for starters, having an environment where you write code and see the results in the quickest possible turn around time is the most important thing.
I'd go from problem statement to code instantly.  Hack it around.   Help the student see different ways of composing software / structuring algorithms.   Teach the student to change their minds and rework the code.   Try and teach a little bit about code aesthetics.
Once they can hack around code.... then introduce the idea of formal restructuring in terms of refactoring.   Then introduce the idea of TDD as a way to make the process a bit more robust.   But only once they are feeling comfortable in manipulating code to do what they want.  Being able to specify tests is then somewhat easier at that stage.   The reason is that TDD is about Design.  When learning you don't really care so much about design but about what you can do, what toys do you have to play with, how do they work, how do you combine them together.   Once you have a sense of that, then you want to think about design and thats when TDD really kicks in.
From there I'd start introducing micro patterns leading into design patterns

A: I did something similar.

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*Figure out the rules/logic.

*Figure out the math.

*Then try and code it.

After doing that for a couple of months it just gets internalized. You don't realize your doing it until you come up against a complex problem that requires you to break it down.

A: I start at the top and work my way down.  Basically, I'll start by writing a high level procedure, sketch out the details inside of it, and then start filling in the details.
Say I had this problem (yoinked from project euler)

The sum of the squares of the first
  ten natural numbers is, 1^2 + 2^2 +
  ... + 10^2 = 385
The square of the sum of the first ten
  natural numbers is, (1 + 2 + ... +
  10)^2 = 55^2 = 3025
Hence the difference between the sum
  of the squares of the first ten
  natural numbers and the square of the
  sum is 3025 385 = 2640.
Find the difference between the sum of
  the squares of the first one hundred
  natural numbers and the square of the
  sum.

So I start like this:
(display (- (sum-of-squares (list-to 10))
            (square-of-sums (list-to 10))))

Now, in Scheme, there is no sum-of-squares, square-of-sums or list-to functions.  So the next step would be to build each of those.  In building each of those functions, I may find I need to abstract out more.  I try to keep things simple so that each function only really does one thing.  When I build some piece of functionality that is testable, I write a unit test for it.  When I start noticing a logical grouping for some data, and the functions that act on them, I may push it into an object.

A: I've enjoyed TDD every since it was introduced to me. Helps me plan out my code, and it just puts me at ease having all my tests return with "success" every time I modify my code, letting me know I'm going home on time today!

A: Wishful thinking is probably the most important tool to solve complex problems.  When in doubt, assume that a function exists to solve your problem (create a stub, at first).  You'll come back to it later to expand it.

A: A good book for beginners looking for a process:  Test Driven Development: By Example

A: My dad had a bunch of flow chart stencils that he used to make me use when he was first teaching me about programming.  to this day I draw squares and diamonds to build out a logical process of how to analyze a problem.

A: I think there are about a dozen different heuristics I know of when it comes to programming and so I tend to go through the list at times with what I'm trying to do.  At the start, it is important to know what is the desired end result and then try to work backwards to find it.
I remember an Algorithms class covering some of these ways like:

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*Reduce it to a known problem or trivial problem

*Divide and conquer (MergeSort being a classic example here)

*Use Data Structures that have the right functions (HeapSort being an example here)

*Recursion (Knowing trivial solutions and being able to reduce to those)

*Dynamic programming

Organizing a solution as well as testing it for odd situations, e.g. if someone thinks L should be a number, are what I'd usually use to test out the idea in pseudo code before writing it up.
Design patterns can be a handy set of tools to use for specific cases like where an Adapter is needed or organizing things into a state or strategy solution.

A: I go via the test-driven approach.
1. I write down (on paper or plain text editor) a list of tests or specification that would satisfy the needs of the problem.
- simple calculations (no discounts and concessions) with:
    - single item
    - two items
    - maximum number of items that doesn't have a discount
- calculate for discounts based on number of items
    - buying 10 items gives you a 5% discount
    - buying 15 items gives you a 7% discount
    - etc.
- calculate based on hourly rates
    - calculate morning rates
    - calculate afternoon rates
    - calculate evening rates
    - calculate midnight rates
- calculate based on buyer's age
    - children
    - adults
    - seniors
- calculate based on combinations
    - buying 10 items in the afternoon

2. Look for the items that I think would be the easiest to implement and write a test for it. E.g single items looks easy
The sample using Nunit and C#.
[Test] public void SingleItems()
{
    Assert.AreEqual(5, GetPrice(5, 1));
}

Implement that using:
public decimal GetPrice(decimal amount, int quantity)
{
    return amount * quantity; // easy!
}

Then move on to the two items.
[Test]
public void TwoItemsItems()
{
    Assert.AreEqual(10, GetPrice(5, 2));
}

The implementation still passes the test so move on to the next test.
3. Be always on the lookout for duplication and remove it. You are done when all the tests pass and you can no longer think of any test.
This doesn't guarantee that you will create the most efficient algorithm, but as long as you know what to test for and it all passes, it will guarantee that you are getting the right answers.

A: Yes.. well TDD did't existed ( or was not that popular ) when I began.  Would be TDD the way to go to pass from problem description to code?... Is not that a little bit advanced? I mean, when a "future" developer hardly understand what a programming language is, wouldn't it be counterproductive?
What about hamcrest the make the transition from algorithm to code.

A: I think there's a better way to state your problem.
Instead of defining it as 'a system,' define what is expected in terms of user inputs and outputs.
"On a window, a user should select an item from a list, and a box should show him how much it costs."
Then, you can give him some of the factors determining the costs, including sample items and what their costs should end up being.
(this is also very much a TDD-like idea)

A: Keep in mind, if you get 5% off then another 5% off, you don't get 10% off.  Rather, you pay 95% of 95%, which is 90.25%, or 9.75% off.  So, you shouldn't add the percentage.


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Growing up with Bebo: Cuban Pianist Chucho Valdés
Photo: Pianist Chucho Valdés (center) with his band the Afro-Cuban Messengers. They'll be at Michigan Theater on November 8, 2015 as part of their Irakere 40 tour. Photo by Francis Vernhet.
Saying that Chucho Valdés grew up in a musical household is like saying that Chelsea Clinton's parents had an interest in politics.
Chucho's father, Bebo Valdés, was one of the most important composers, arrangers, and performers in pre-revolutionary Cuba. In the 1940s, when many top nightclubs in Havana only hired white musicians, the communist radio station Radio Mil Diez was the primary commercial venue for black Cuban musicians. Bebo played piano in the house band at the station. As an accompanist and arranger, he helped to launch the careers of musicians like Beny Moré and Celia Cruz. By the 1950s, the top cabarets began to hire black musicians. Bebo became the pianist and arranger for the house band at the most important venue in the city, the famed Tropicana Casino. This was the height of the Havana tourism industry, with its glamorous stage shows, gambling, and infamous mafia ties. Bebo accompanied leading Cuban and international stars, including Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole. Stan Getz also sat in with the band. After getting off work at 4 AM, Bebo worked early mornings as a studio musician, producing arrangements for hire in the highly competitive world of Cuban popular music.
Radio Mil Diez, Havana, 1940s.
This is the musical household into which Chucho Valdes was born. He learned music from Bebo, sitting on the piano bench watching his father's hands or improvising together, "playing with four hands." By the time he was a young teenager, on any given night, Bebo might tell Chucho to take over on piano at one of his nightly hotel gigs or big band engagements. This relationship between father and son lasted until Chucho was eighteen. Then, in 1960, they were divided by the unfolding revolution. Dissatisfied with the new political order, Bebo left Cuba. He eventually settled in Stockholm, where he married, started a new family, and worked in obscurity as a piano player in hotel lounge for three decades. Chucho stayed, taking over responsibility for family finances and becoming one of the most important cultural figures in Revolutionary Cuba. He led a jazz combo through the 1960s, known as the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna. Then, in the 1970s he became the main creative force behind the jazz-fusion project he called Irakere.
Only in the 1990s, around the time that Buena Vista Social Club renewed the world's interest in the Cuban music of the pre-revolutionary period, did Bebo return to the international spotlight. In 2000, the Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba organized a meeting between Chucho and Bebo (the two had seen each other only once since Bebo left Cuba). He filmed a piano duet of the song "La comparsa", which appears in his movie Calle 54 (2000). You can listen to a beautiful rendition of the song from their subsequent album (which also includes Chucho's son, Chuchito Valdés), Dinastia Valdés (2009).
Bebo is also featured in Trueba's 2010 animated film Chico and Rita,and in magnificent recent recordings including Lágrimas negras (with Diego el Cigala in 2002), and El arte del sabor (with Israel "Cachao" López and Carlos "Patato" Valdes, 2008). Here you can listen to a tune from the album with Cigala.
Irakere, Jazz and the Revolution
Okay, back to our story. In the unusual cultural landscape of revolutionary Cuba, Irakere was a project of musical fusion with many layers, musical, political, and commercial.
On the one hand, the band included incredible soloists like Chucho, Arturo Sandoval (trumpet), Paquito D'Rivera (sax), and Carlos Emilio Morales (electric guitar) who were interested in playing modern jazz, including bop, the jazz-rock fusion developed by musicians like Chick Corea, and experimental modal and free jazz. These players had been working in jazz combos since the early 1960s, and from the very beginning they wanted audiences to stop and listen rather than dance. Irakere regularly featured extended instrumental solos, and many compositions served as vehicles for the players to demonstrate their virtuosity. You can hear this clearly in "Adagio de Mozart," a vehicle for Paquito d'Rivera's soprano sax. This version was from the group's performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1978. The tour followed on a visit of Dizzy Gillespie to Cuba in 1977, and served as a major coming out for the group into the international jazz public. The Grammy Award-winning album, Irakere (1979), includes songs from the Newport show and from the Montreaux Festival the same year. It is out of print, so if you see it in a record store definitely buy the vinyl. If you work for a record label, think about getting the rights to re-release.
The tendency to create music that required careful listening instead of dancing – music on the upper edge of the boundary between popular and "high culture" – also produced a remarkable set of collaborations in the 1970s with classical guitarist Leo Brouwer. Here you can listen to the version of "Concierto de aranjuez" (a classical composition by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo) recorded by Irakere and Brouwer.
Jazz and Folklore
Becoming international jazz stars presented some potential political problems. In the 1970s, the Cuban government regarded North American music with fairly open hostility. Music that highlighted or blended jazz with Afro-Cuban folkloric music was, on the other hand, politically permissible. It conformed to the state's determination that Afro-Cuban music (though not necessarily the spiritual practices to which it was linked) was part of a unique national heritage that should be preserved and promoted. Without a doubt, Irakere was a product of this political moment. Even as he sought to create modern jazz, Chucho gave the band an African-sounding name and began to experiment with fusions of jazz and Afro-Cuban music. It was common enough to have master percussionists familiar with afro-Cuban traditions (such as batá, abakua, or rumba) in popular or jazz bands, working licks or concepts from those styles into conga or bongo playing. This is what conga player Chano Pozo had done in Dizzy Gillespie's band in the 1940s, and the bongó players in the Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñyero and Septeto Habanero did the same thing in the 1920s and 1930s. But Irakere's percussionists Jorge "el Niño" Alfonso and Oscar Valdés were among the first (if not the first) to incorporated actual batá and yuka drums, rhythms, and choruses into the jazz format. Enrique Pla, a kit drummer with little previous Afro-Cuban experience, learned the bell patterns and incorporated them into his repertoire.
The folkloric vibe provided political cover, but it was also fertile musical territory. The incorporation of clave and other assymetrical Cuban rhythmic forms into the four-four frame of jazz had been something of a holy grail for a generation of North American musicians since Chano Pozo's arrival on the scene. When Irakere went abroad, their solution to this problem was a revelation. Listen for instance to this performance of "Misa negra," also drawn from the Newport Jazz Festival performance. The song highlights Chucho's composition and arrangements as well as the jazz improvisation of the soloists.
Irakere and Cuba's Dance Culture
Believe it or not, Irakere was also a popular dance band with a major impact on the evolution of Cuban dance music. There was really no escaping this. Cuban audiences may not have cared much about official distinctions between revolutionary folklore and imperialist jazz music, but they expected bands to provide songs they could dance to. During their first gigs, members of Irakere looked out at impatient audiences standing around talking as the group worked through its highly intellectual compositions and virtuosic solos. All that changed with the group's first successful dance song, "Bacalao con pan." This was a different angle on fusion, built more clearly in dialogue with funk and rock. Listen for Carlos del Puerto's distinctive way of playing electric bass, Carlos Emilio Morales playing electric guitar, and Chucho on electric organ. All are swinging between funk, jazz, and son, while Oscar Valdés provides Cuban-style vocals, and the soloists improvise up top.
Irakere subsequently developed a full repertoire of dance hits, which built on the frame of son and mambo, reworked around folkloric Afro-Cuban percussion, and funked up with electrified guitars, bass, and piano. "Chekere con son" is another example. As a result of these hits, the band set the stage for a broader transformation of Cuban dance music. Band member José Luis "El Tosco" Cortés emerged as a composer of many of the group's popular dance numbers, pushing Irakere back in the direction of classic Cuban vocal parts and song structure, while keeping the new approach to rhythm, basslines, and instrumental virtuosity. In songs like "Por romper el coco" he created early versions of the sound that would later be called timba (for more on timba see my previous post).
Playing in Irakere
One final thought about Irakere. Having assembled a full brass and woodwind section including sublimely talented musicians, Chucho began creating arrangements to test their limits. This was in addition, of course, to allowing them freedom to improvise during instrumental solos. At first he would present arrangements, the musicians would rehearse for fifteen or twenty minutes, and they would say, "nice song, but is that it?" Taking this as a challenge he started adding notes, shifting the feel of the horn arrangements from a classic mambo syncopated loop (bim bim-bim-bim) to bop-style breathless runs (bi dubi-dibi-dubi-dum-du bibi-dubi-dudu). He also kept mixing up harmonies, creating charts that took the island's best musicians hours of study and rehearsal. Playing in Irakere became a kind of musical mensa test, could you hang with players like Arturo Sandoval and Paquito D'Rivera as they tackled Chucho's charts flawlessly?
Consider, for instance, this recording of "Juana 1600." At first you might notice the folkloric rhythmic structure on which the song is constructed. Then comes del Puerto's funky bass and Morales's electric guitar. Then Chucho and Paquito add a jazzy keyboard and soprano vibe. Then comes a vocal coro (call and response), over a funk vamp built on the folkloric drumming. Then the Afro-Cuban coros alternate with scripted horn arrangements. Then come short, tight instrumental solos for each player in call and response with scripted horn phrases (providing the song's hook), fast and precise. Listen carefully to the last 15 seconds of the song. First comes a typically challenging horn run, inflected upwards like a question, and chock full of sixteenth notes. The answer comes with a classic mambo big band feel, a repeated, syncopated horn line. But this is Irekere, so the mambo section includes a distorted rock guitar playing arpeggios underneath the horns.
Listen and be amazed. But also give some thought to the shifts in personnel over the years. Arturo Sandoval and Paquito D'Rivera both left the band to go into exile. El Tosco moved on to lead NG La Banda. One by one, Chucho replaced the original members, finding the best young talent (of which Cuba has always had an abundance) and stretching his new players with both the difficulty of the music and the daunting task of playing in the shadow of the musicians they replaced. The Irakere 40 tour promises a group of "young firecracker musicians" replacing the stars who replaced the stars who replaced the original stars. We can be sure that they will be ready to tackle the old charts. We can only imagine what new surprises Chucho has in store for them, and for us.
Chucho Valdés: Irakere 40 is at Michigan Theater on November 8, 2015.

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By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service / November 10, 2022
Morgan Koetje and Nickolas Lentz from Reproductive Freedom for All canvass a neighborhood in Dewitt, Mich., Nov. 7, 2022, in support of Proposal 3, a ballot measure to codify a right to an abortion. Michigan voters approved the measure in the Nov. 8 midterm election. (CNS photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)
State voters approve abortion protections, reject restrictions
WASHINGTON – Although Catholic leaders and state Catholic conferences had pushed for the defeat of ballot measures protecting legal abortion and urged voters to pass measures restricting abortions, state voters ultimately went the other way Nov. 8.
Voters in California, Vermont and Michigan approved abortion protections, while Kentucky and Montana voters rejected abortion restrictions. These ballot measures were the first time voters faced the opportunity to weigh in on abortion laws since the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision in June that overturned Roe v. Wade, its 1973 case legalizing abortion nationwide.
Catholic bishops in states where these votes took place expressed disappointment and renewed their commitment to keep up the fight to end abortion and to provide support to women and families in need.
"Abortion is now legal in Michigan at an unprecedented level, and millions of lives are at stake," wrote Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron in a letter to Catholics posted on the archdiocesan website Nov. 9.
The archbishop called the measure an "unjust and perverse law" and pointed out that in the last several months, pro-life advocates in the state had "worked tirelessly to spread the truth about Proposal 3, imploring voters to make an informed decision at the ballot box."
He asked Catholics to join him in prayer about this issue and to renew their "commitment to accompanying women and families in need, with greater resolve than ever," pledging to " continue our efforts to build a culture of life in which abortion is unthinkable, all families receive the support they need, and the dignity of all people is recognized."
In October, the Michigan Catholic Conference released a letter to Catholics in the state urging them to reject Proposal 3 and describing the measure as "the most extreme proposal concerning abortion this state or country has ever seen."
The measure, also known as the Reproductive Freedom for All Amendment, modifies the state's constitution to remove restrictions on abortion in the state and eliminate other pro-life laws.
The California Catholic Conference had similarly urged Catholics to vote against that state's abortion measure called Proposition 1.
On its website, the Catholic conference – which is the public policy arm of the state's bishops – said the measure "would enshrine the explicit right to abortion in our state constitution, setting a nationwide precedent. It is the most egregious expansion of abortion this country has ever seen."
In Vermont, voters passed Article 22, also called the Reproductive Liberty Amendment, to protect "personal reproductive autonomy" for people of any age.
The measure came to the state's voters after state legislators passed a law in 2019 guaranteeing "reproductive rights." After the Dobbs decision, the measure's supporters said the constitutional amendment was needed to provide more protections for abortion.
In September, Bishop Christopher J. Coyne of Burlington, Vermont, wrote to Catholics in the state urging them to vote against the abortion measure.
He said there are "many problematic implications of this proposed addition to Vermont's constitution. The most problematic, however, may be the explicit intent of our state's lawmakers… to create the strongest legal precedent for keeping abortion on demand for any stage of pregnancy, even late-term pregnancies, for any reason."
In other state ballot measures, Kentucky voters rejected a constitutional amendment that said there was no right to abortion in the state, while Montana voters rejected a measure to approve the Born Alive Infants Protection Act requiring doctors to try to save the life of infants "born alive at any state of development."
In Montana, in urging voters to support the measure, the state's Catholic conference issued a statement in September saying it was "the epitome of commonsense legislation" and was needed to "safeguard those infants who, through no fault of their own, are born into some of the most difficult and challenging circumstances imaginable."
Kentucky's Catholic bishops, who urged voters to vote yes on Amendment 2, said in a Nov. 9 statement that they were disappointed by the measure's rejection by state voters but stressed that "this is not the end of the debate or of the need to work diligently to increase respect for the dignity of each and every human life."
"We pray that the defeat of the amendment will not lead the courts to assume the role of determining public policy on abortion. The General Assembly is the proper venue to settle such deeply divisive issues," the bishops added in the statement posted on the website of the Kentucky Catholic Conference.
They said that while the measure's defeat "is cause for sadness," they also saw the vote as a "call to redouble our efforts at ensuring that every Kentuckian has the support they need to thrive."
The prelates pledged to renew their commitment "to work with legislators to pass laws that protect the unborn, support women and families, and respect human life and dignity in all stages of life."
The vote tallies on the abortion measures reported by The New York Times Nov. 10 showed 52.4% of Kentucky voters rejected a constitutional amendment against abortion, and in Kansas, 52.6% voted against the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.
In Vermont, 77.2% voted in favor of the Reproductive Liberty Amendment, while in Michigan, 56.7 % of voters approved a proposal to create a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom. And in California, 64.9% of voters approved of amending the state's constitution to protect reproductive freedom.
Abortion also was a major issue in voting for candidates. The Washington Post reported that network exit polls said almost three in 10 voters across the country said abortion was the most important issue in their vote and that about four in 10 voters nationwide said they were angry with the Dobbs decision.
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Once Wal Mart founder Sam Walton asserted like this, "There is only one boss, He is the customer, and he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else". That's why all of successful companies heavily focused on customers & strongly committed to marketing. If an organization can effectively use its owned resources by using unique competitive strategies, the profitable survival of that entity can't be stopped to anyone. Ben & Jerry is a provable illustration which imply the situation by becoming the most demanded desert brand of all its markets. Upcoming paragraphs expect to figure out the successful journey of Ben & Jerry which explores how they become market leader by deploying the combined essence of strategic capability, competitive advantage & unmatchable customer service.
As a result of executing the environmental & socially responsible strategy they always produce natural & innovative products. There is a trend to use healthy foods like non-fat, sugar rather than using junk foods in US society. Ben & Jerry launched low fat frozen yogurt, cholesterol & lactose free sorbets by using pure spring water & best fruits since 1991 & 1996 respectively to achieve competitive advantage by responding to the trend. And also, they have classified the ice creams & yoghurt to meet the customer demographical differences.
In 1989, the competitors had used artificial growth hormone to make the products. The public confidence of the wholesomeness of the dairy products was damaged by this trend in US. Not only that, it harmfully affected on the family farming. Even the situation of the country was not good for the dairy products, the demand for Ben & Jerry ice creams remained as same. because they never use any harmful chemicals for the manufacturing process. The hamper again pops up in 2007 by US Food & Drug Administration declared that "Cloned animals was safe to eat". At this moment, they have showed their disappointment regarding this decision & urge Americans to speak out against cloning. They didn't stop by taking only these steps, as they 've clearly mentioned in their mission statement, Ben & Jerry promises that not to make negative impacts on its environment while encourage sustainable agriculture. Extremely safe & eco-friendly food production has recurring in the plant of Vermont over the years. The environmental concern objective sometimes made profit objective down. There is an action to change the package of "Peace Pops" with plastic wrapper & paper box instead of complete plastic cover to enhance the customer satisfaction furthermore. But it was going to increase the packaging material cost by $152,000 per annum. These are the major foot notes which aid to enhance the creditability of the consumer onward Ben & Jerry products furthermore. In other hand having strong customer base is never let a company to defeat from the rival.
The company is clearly use differentiation strategy to gain competitive advantage. To do so the founders count on quality, innovation & social involvement. Three qualities resulting from company's mission & resources & capabilities. Mixed all together, it creates key success factors that make replication from the competitors very difficult & that allow to maintain the competitive advantage on the long run.
Diversification is a form of business development. Small businesses that implement the strategy can diversify their products range by modifying existing products or adding new products to the range.
But the systematic risk like the impact of inflation, exchange rates can't be reducing through diversification because this risk is not specified to a specific firm.
If Ben & Jerry is going to do the diversification they must engage only with the highly uncorrelated products such as ice cream with kids clothing like that. Because the diversification with strongly correlated products may generate higher risk at same time. As an example if Air Line company diversified its operations with railway company they will have to face risky situation in same time because they are strongly correlated.
Ben & Jerry is reputed in the world as the most demanded desserts because they have expertise in food processing over the 30 years. The result can be overextension of a company's resources. To run properly, every division of a corporation, no matter how large, needs enough resources to maintain its infrastructure and operations or it will begin to decline. If, through mismanagement, excessive ambition or simple greed, a company's directors seek to expand in too many directions at once, both old and new sectors of the company may suffer from lack of attention and insufficient resources.
Businesses that diversify into realms that require added infrastructure, employee training and travel between widely separated areas run the risk of increasing their costs to the point where the value of the venture is compromised. Even the most profitable diversification involves increased costs and overhead. Businesses must carefully analyse the numbers before moving into a new area, to be sure they don't spend more than they stand to make. The safest areas into which a business can diversify are closely related to what it already does, so there is pre-existing expertise and infrastructure available.
A large percentage of business innovation happens in smaller companies that are tightly focused on a few technological or business goals. If these companies diversify too widely, this can lessen their focus, increase their bureaucratic inertia and reduce their ability to respond quickly and creatively to market changes. When leading innovative companies begin to lag, this results in a domino effect along the cutting edge of technical innovation, resulting in slower economic growth and a further decrease in innovation.
The stories of such infamous and costly failures as Quaker Oats' entry into (and exit from) the fruit juice business with Snapple, and RCA's forays into computers, carpets, and rental cars.
May be the these are the reasons which have underpinned the decision of Ben & Jerry to not to do diversification still.
Would you recommend dual brand targeting for Ben & Jerry (Ex: Anchor & Ratthi FCMPs from Fonterra?) Why or Why not?
Dual branding is also known as co-branding which means a marketing partnership between at least two or different brands those are independent providers of goods & services. Ingredient & Composite co-branding is the type of co-branding which can be used by the organization along with their strategies.
Ben & Jerry has introduced "Ice cream powders" by penetrating to homes. There is no a renowned brand for ice cream powder like other products of the entity. They can introduce ice cream powder with Cherry Garcia or Chubby Hubby which are both famous brands. By using this exercise, they can make renowned the latter brand of ice cream powder.
There is a trend in the world to be highly concerned about the health by focusing on organic products. They have introduced a sorbet which has a renowned brand by focusing on the customers who expect fat, cholesterol free desert. Uniliver is the biggest ice cream manufacture of the world who own well-known brands like "Popsicle, Klondike & Slim Fast in US market by maintaining "Heart Brand" of Talenti, Breyers rather than Ben & Jerry. Then the healthy sorbet of Ben & Jerry can be given along with Slim Fast ice cream both possessing higher level of brand equity & result of combining the branding exercise is better than advertising the brand its own.
Ex: BMW 18 & Louis Vuitton bag.
By utilizing their, expertize knowledge they can introduce some kind of products by naming new brand to the lower income level people at low cost. But they must inform the consumers this is not a Ben & Jerry and it is a new company. Because if the existing market consumers knew that Ben & Jerry selling their products at lower cost to lower income people they will disappointed with the image of the company.
Ex: Helanka is a company which is doing shoe retailing with higher cost by engaging high level of quality rather than DSI, Bata. Now days they are moving to "Budget Shop Concept". It means distributing shoes at low cost while having lower margin. But they are targeting lower income people & also always hide to keep their secrecy. The consumers think that's not Helanka & it's a budget shop who is a competitor for Helanka. These budget shops are maintained with minimum cost cause no need A/C and other comfortable facilities cause it's a budget shop & also the consumers are not expecting those facilities from a "Sale Shop".
There are lots of alternative products which are made by non-diary inputs such as "Luna & Larry's Coconut Bliss" & "Raspberry Nice Cream" are the dominant brands which are made by coconut milk & new fruits respectively. Ben & Jerry also can introduce new brand without using dairy to become a challenger to the substitutes by converting this threat in to an opportunity. These imitation can be lead to higher profit because all the initial cost are already incurred by the mother company.
The phenomenon of co-branding represents a significant disadvantage for smaller businesses that have yet to fully establish themselves in any market. Larger competitors are able to leverage already popular brand names to new products and compete in a way that new businesses may not be able to answer. This is one of the reasons that caused to the businesses to focus on areas where there is not already a significant amount of competition or an established brand.
For brands that are less well known, co-branding may create confusion. A consumer may be familiar with one brand and inclined to buy it, but then be put off by its combination with another that he is not as familiar with. Smaller companies in particular must be cautious with how they combine brands and take care to be sure that they are really complementing each other. Association with a product of lesser quality can damage a new brand.
Recommend one marketing strategy for Ben & Jerry which is not found in the case text.
Hallendoorn (Netherland), Heppenheim (Germany), Caivano (Italy), Saint-Dizier (Fransce), Gloucester (UK), Santa Iria de Azoia (Portugal), are the major competitors who have given a strong rival to Ben & Jerry by dominating renowned brand like Popsicle, Slim Fast & etc. Because of them, it is hard to get the attraction of the market when introducing new products, deciding prices, promotion & etc.
Ice cream is a generic product & have a competitive market. It means, there are not higher level of entry & exit barriers to this market. Such as, Amy's Ice Creams, Bliss Unlimited & etc.
-Luna & Larry's Coconut Bliss: Coconut milk flavoured with nuts, seeds along the delicious suspect Vanila & Chocolate.
These innovative substitute ice cream alternatives are directly limited the prices & profits of Ben & Jerry.
47% of respondents consume ice cream weekly and 31% occasionally.
Nearly 45% of 18 respondents preferred an ice cream with chocolate flavours.
The subjects had significantly lower knowledge about functional foods (33%) and ice cream available with probiotic (18%).
Advertisements and Newspapers were the main source of their knowledge about functional foods.
ready to pay higher for foods product with health benefits.
Ben & Jerry requires to do effective communication strategies with the involvement of health professionals and community based scientific programmes to make a success of its products in the market place due to the nature of consumer behaviour of dairy product market.
Ben & Jerry has maintained supply chain management procedures with their suppliers in a favourable manner by managing them to release productive raw materials to achieve the ultimate goal of the entity which make delighted customer base forever.
Ex: The suppliers are audited by the audit team of Ben & Jerry to confirm whether or not they are complying to use of Non-GMO by origin ingredients. There is no much power engaging with its suppliers because they are under the control of Ben & Jerry.
According to the diagram, the direct & indirect competitors of Ben & Jerry can be identified clearly. After that, the designing of the competitive strategies can be beginning by selecting the most proper strategy from among market leader, challenger, follower & nicher strategies.
The Top Ten website has recently ranked the top ten best ice creams in the world like below, by analysing the responses of the consumers.
The article depicts that Ben & Jerry is able to grab the competitive advantage of the world ice cream market by deploying their strategic capability in innovative way. Due to the saying of Theodore Levitt, the follower firms can be used product imitation strategy by copying the innovation of Ben & Jerry. The overall cost (new product development, distribution & promotion cost) of the innovative product is incurred by leader firm. After that, the follower firm imitate the products as same as original or doing small differences to the product. As a result of that, the follower can earn higher profit than innovators because of they have to spent only few cost regarding the new products. Like Hyhundai, Kia in Korea. This exercise can be threat to Ben & Jerry even they are introducing innovative products to the market. Therefore, in near future Ben & Jerry will have to rank down from the market if they couldn't do innovations like a chain.
Even though being a subsidiary with Uniliver gives more benefits to Ben & Jerry, the future of the company is in trouble because of the emerging competition, substitute & etc. According to my point of the view, it is better to be a leader in a niche market than possessing unstable market leader position in the broad market like Nike, Addidas is doing. It's hard to satisfy all the customers in the market because due to the behaviour of buying consumers are differentiated to one by one. Therefore, Ben & Jerry must focus to make delight the customers by offering more value to the customers than they expect. BMW, Apple Computers have become to the market leaders because of they are using these target market strategies. For this Ben & Jerry can use flexible market offerings. The consumers have diffused preferences which means the demand of ice cream is varied due to the nature for brands. In Sri Lankan context like Elephant House Vs Cargills.
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Q: This project does not use the Gradle build system warning to imported Boofcv into Android Studio So, Finally I have install BoofCV into Android Studio (Tx to Q&A on this website) and all examples are running perfectly by opening pop up windows (including Template Matching and Webcam Capture):

but message in Event Log [says], 'Migrate Project to Gradle? This project does not use the Gradle build system. We recommend that you migrate to using the Gradle build system.' So, what changes should I do!?
I want to create an app of Template matching via Webcam. Is it possible to create my app ignoring above warning message.!?
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Joseph J. Jones on his music, West Ham and Scott Parker
Music and West Ham kind of go hand in hand. Walk in to most pubs in and around Stratford and East London on a matchday and you'll no doubt find a DJ spinning off the classics as hundreds of Hammers fans dance and sing along, almost always to the likes of Sweet Caroline, The Cockney Rejects, Twist and Shout among others.
It's in our blood, none more so than in Barking-born Joseph J. Jones, who is becoming quite the breakthrough artist in the U.K.
Joseph is also a massive West Ham fan, so when I was offered the chance to have a chat with him I jumped at the opportunity.
While researching Jones ahead of our interview, it didn't take me long to realise just how much of football fan he is, let alone a massive West Ham fan. The night before our chat he was on Twitter raving about the fact BT Sport had used the soundtrack to his single 'Crawl' over the highlights of Liverpool's thrashing of Roma. For an up and coming artist, that must be an incredible feeling.
Such a pleasure to have my track 'Crawl' playing over the coverage of @ChampionsLeague @LFC game tonight! Thanks @btsportfootball
Well happy about that! pic.twitter.com/wwEZ4IeZEu
— Joseph J. Jones (@josephjjones) April 24, 2018
So when we did finally get down to having a chat, it didn't take long for the topic of West Ham to take centre stage. Firstly, though, I wanted to get to know Joseph. J Jones the artist.
"My music is in the world of soulful pop and alternative music. I'm just in the middle of writing and recording a load of music, and I'm releasing an album pretty soon," he says.
"I'm a newcomer, but have been doing it all my life really. I'm 26 now, and I've been singing in pubs and clubs since I was about 15. I signed with my label about two-and-a-half years ago and we're just in the middle of releasing stuff now."
Previously, Jones has cited Johnny Cash and Kanye West as the main influences behind his music, which is an intriguing combination.
"I love to keep things earthy and I don't want to break out of that mould, I don't want to be lip syncing with loads of rain pouring on me."
"There are so many artists that I'm influenced by, like Sam Cooke and Frank Sinatra," Jones explains.
"Even Oasis. Just big sounding music influences me. Kanye West and Jonny Cash are behind the focus of my upcoming album because I wanted something that was current but still old."
Jones' newest song Speaking in Tongues is out now and the music video will relate to a number of West Ham fans. It's set at Harlow dog track and in one scene, Jones is donning a West Ham hat. The video has a bit of a Streets feel to it, and Jones explained to me it's The Streets who also inspire him, particularly when it comes to his music videos.
"I love their videos because it's always got a British culture and I love to imprint that on to my music because it's quite a big, international type of sound so whenever the visuals come in to it I always want to keep it British," he explained.
The song has a pretty interesting story behind it, too.
"I used to go out with a religious nutcase and we'd have conversations – I'm not particularly religious but I'm quite a spiritual person – and we'd argue to the death about the signs of life and the gods of life, stuff like that. She believed in what I didn't believe in and we'd always end the conversations with 'we aren't going to agree on this, you're speaking in tongues.'
"It's quite a sad song because it touches on those conversations but it's more about the break up that happened afterwards and the fact we could never really make amends because we were too far away from each other in that respect."
Talking of break ups, it's a felt a little bit like a break up between West Ham and the fans recently and when I ask Jones about his love for the Hammers, it's no surprise that the next 15 minutes or so is spent discussing the owners, the London Stadium and Scott Parker's heroics a few years ago.
David Gold and David Sullivan's involvement in the club has been controversial, particularly over the last couple of years after they promised so much with the move from the Boleyn Ground to London Stadium, only for us to be given two relegation battles.
It doesn't take long to know what Jones thinks about it all.
Like my dreams they fade and die…video to follow #WHU
A post shared by Joseph J. Jones (@joseph.j.jones) on Nov 19, 2017 at 10:54am PST
"They're never gonna go," he says. "I don't know what they're waiting for, I don't know if they've got some big plan up their sleeves, waiting for a Prince of Russia to buy the club for billions of pounds, I really can't tell what they're doing.
"All that stuff that happened at the Burnley game – they've said so many times that if the West Ham fans don't want them there, they'd go. It's like 'take that as a hint, mate.'
"I don't agree with what happened and I don't think anybody should be treated like that, but I understand the frustrations from fans, I really do.
"What they need to do is just sell up. I don't know what they think they're doing; they keeping telling us they're going to buy all these players – I read the other day we wanted Benzema! Are you having a laugh!?
"They tell the fans they're going to buy these big players to sell season tickets, but they never buy them and then we end up with Hugill, the poor kid. He was probably buzzing when he signed for West Ham, but he's had about 12 minutes of game time and they're gonna sell him in the summer! I think they're just sucking money out of us."
Jones' feelings about Moyes are pretty similar, too. There's a trend in what he says and he's absolutely right, the fans aren't being given what they want and as a result, they're getting very angry about it all.
Still getting over @CH14_ goal at Stamford Bridge!
Him and Arnie together are such a force….Moyes gotta play him more man! ❤ Lil Pea #COYI
— Joseph J. Jones (@josephjjones) April 9, 2018
"Even down to Moyes, just give us what we want in the last couple of games and we'll want you to be the next manager," he continues.
"He needs to bring on those players quicker, make the substitutions faster, play nicer football, go forward. We could've got three points against Stoke, they were 19th in the league and they've conceded more goals than anyone else in the league, and what do we do? We play the most defensive football I've ever seen in my life.
"Poor Arnie's up front trying to get the flair going and you can see he's getting more gutted.
"I don't know what it is. I think everyone feels that the owners just need to go out and buy the players they're talking about buying and to do what they've promised us. They basically promised us we'd be the next Man City, and I'd bite their hand off for a bit of that now."
"The only thing that carries that stadium is us."
Focus then switches to the London Stadium, which is yet another false dream Gold and Sullivan sold fans. Once again, Jones hits the nail straight on the head.
"I'll be the first one to say it with Upton Park, when the idea arose of us moving to the Olympic Stadium I was against it but when the word 'progression' came in to the equation, I was all for it," he explains.
"But as soon as I stepped in to that ground I thought 'nah!' This isn't home."
It's not a football stadium and a lot of work needs to be done in order for us to succeed there, but we as fans have the ability to create quite a good atmosphere there and it's something Jones believes is all the fans have left.
"The only thing that carries that stadium is us [the fans]," Jones says passionately.
"The best game I went to was when we beat Spurs 1-0 at home – we got it rocking, we were on fire and for the first time I thought, 'yeah, this is great.'
"But we've got to stop moaning about it now, we've got to make something happen because that's our home now. I don't know how we can change that.
"If you think about it, tourist wise it's the Olympic Stadium so that's got to appeal to some one with bigger pockets than the two Davids."
"We used to play such a big role at Upton Park. Just look at Anfield the other night, we used to have that sort of ground! We've just got to get behind the club like we did at that Tottenham game, we need to be screaming our lungs out."
Waking up today feeling like gold.
Get in there West Ham! Well needed 3 pts!
Super Mario n Magic Marko strikes again! ❤❤❤❤ #COYI
Jones' words get me a little emotional about what's actually happened at the club recently. It's time to rewind a little and look back at much happier times, so I ask Jones about his early memories of being Hammer.
"The game against Notts County [21st September, 2004] is my first vivid memory of going over there to see what it was all about and feeling the electricity.
"There was so much swearing around me, it was only the time my Dad would let me do that as a kid and let some steam off."
And before long, we get talking about one player in particular who made a lasting effect on Jones' love for the club.
"I used to have such fond memories of Scott Parker, he was the first super hero to me as a West Ham fan.
"I think I was in my teens when he was playing – I used to get so tired of being sad about it all the time and I'm quite an emotional guy so I took a step back from it until Scott Parker arrived and he got me back excited about West Ham.
"I used to love watching him play, so many fond memories. He saved us on more than one occasion, he kept us up quite a lot and he just carried the team. It was his super hero energy, he was a hero to me."
Any other players?
"Tevez did a good job and you can't really talk about Payet now, it's blasphemy.
"Where Payet is concerned, I don't know if I hate him as much as I did anymore – was it down to the owners more than him, or did he really have a raunchy affair with a Hammerette? Who knows.
"I think something happened that scared him and he had to go. It was weird, it wasn't right.
"But I've never seen a player like him. I still can't take down the signed photo I have of him on my wall, I really want to but I can't do it. I hate him and I love him."
It isn't long before the subject of the stadium arises again, though, and it's then that I decide we should probably leave the chat on a much happier note. Jones' reply just sums it all up.
"I hate to babble on about it but, I just miss home."
Don't we all, Joseph. Don't we all.
Joseph J. Jones' single 'Speaking In Tongues' is out now. He's currently working hard on his debut album.
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Jason Crane interviews singer/songwriter Kate Schutt about her album Telephone Game (ArtistShare, 2009). Schutt has walked a different path than the average musician. She went to Harvard, where she played Division I lacrosse and hockey. She also went to the Berklee College of Music to hone her jazz chops. She speaks Chinese because her high school offered it. She's an American, but she lives in Guelph, Ontario, a place she describes as the "Austin, Texas of Canada." And on Telephone Game, she let her fans contribute to the songwriting process. Learn more at KateSchutt.com.


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The 1984 novel, L Amant , by one of France s most esteemed writers, Marguerite Duras, is a ravishingly beautiful work of art. Reading it, you feel you are looking at a dark-hued portrait of lovers embracing, faces and torsos radiant in gold-flake paint, surrounded by a mysterious and impenetrable jungle of blackness. The Lover flows in tropical.
FreeBookNotes found 1 site with book summaries or analysis of The Lover. If there is a The Lover SparkNotes, Shmoop guide, or Cliff Notes, you can find a link to each study guide below. Among the summaries and analysis available for The Lover, there is 1 Short Summary. Depending on the study guide provider (SparkNotes, Shmoop, etc.), the resources.
Detailed plot synopsis reviews of The Lover An impovished, adolescent French girl in colonial South East Asia has a forbidden love affair with a wealthy, Chinese man, twelve years her senior. An aloof, seemingly uncaring mother, a cruel, dominating older brother and a weak, helpless younger brother make up the family she is at once trying to escape.
In her short and powerful novel, which won the Prix Goncourt in France in 1984, Duras recounts the largely autobiographical story of her family's struggles in Southeast Asia. The major characters of the book are the narrator, whose obsessive remembrances of her days as a high school student in Saigon center the novel; the Chinese lover, whose.
The novel tells the story of a young French girl living in Colonial French Indochina during the early 1930s. As her family s fortunes decline, she begins a sexual relationship with a much older Chinese man who, in turn, financially supports the family. The affair scandalizes society but is pursued with reckless abandon for about eighteen months.
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When you look back, what indicators do you now see that you were destined for your current career path?
Me? I was one of those kids that, whatever you gave me, I'd take it apart. That's the first thing I'd do. Of course, this was often to the chagrin or consternation of whoever had given it to me. If I (or the gift-giver) was lucky, perhaps I'd even get it back together again. Maybe it was just snapping the axles or wheels back onto a little toy car.
At one point, I built wooden radio cabinets and stuffed them with the guts I'd pulled from the plastic table-top radios around the house. My family did a great job of pretending they liked my "redesign." I guess it should have been apparent to all at the time I would become a design engineer.
Now, it's my job to help others successfully implement their CAD (computer-aided design) software and processes. It's a dynamic, rapidly changing field that requires work to keep up.
In my quest to continually improve myself and my skills, of course, I always seek out resources. I am a big believer in being familiar with your resources. But in my search for information, I always try to devote part of that time to inspiration. I consider it equally to be a tool of the trade. And, there are few designers I've found to be as fascinating than Brooks Stevens.
Brooks has been described by a Parisian news writer as "a functionalist but also an aesthete" although he more humbly described himself as a "businessman-engineer and stylist." He is known for popularizing the term "planned obsolescence." Brooks defined this as "instilling in the buyer the desire to own something a little newer, a little better, a little sooner than is necessary." To this day, this sometimes controversial process drives much of the design progression we see. His eternal belief was that good design would pay for itself many times over, and throughout the Depression and World War II eras, he often found himself having to justify this belief – and his entire profession.
According to the Brooks Stevens, Inc. Product Development firm, "Brooks was the first to style industrial electric controls, from enclosures and buttons to the corporate logo. The sheet metal stamping process reduced manufacturing costs."
According to his firm's website, Brooks visionary plan for Milwaukee's first convention center was rejected by the city's common council.
Brooks designed the first wide-mouth peanut butter jar in 1934, according to his firm's website.
In 1941, Brooks stylized this clothing iron with cooling vents and "petite point" ironing tip, according to his firm's website.
"Brooks introduced cleaner contours and increased color to the line of aluminum cookware in the 1960s," according to his firm's website.
According to his firm's website, Brooks' rebranded Miller with the design of the "soft cross" logo that has been used on labels, packaging, uniforms, and delivery trucks for over 50 years.
Brooks was the first to style the original Lawn Boy mowers and introduced the color "Lawn Boy Green" to the brand, according to his firm's website.
And many, many vehicular designs – from tractors, motorhomes, boats, snowmobiles, bicycles, railroad cars, a hybrid car (in 1979!), Studebakers, Harley-Davidsons, Willys and Cadillacs to…yes, the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile! All are products that we use, and perhaps even take for granted, every day (except, perhaps, for that Weinermobile).
Despite the aesthetics, his designs were driven by function.
"His specialty was to make products more user-friendly. He was best at understanding how products were meant to function and modifying them so the customer could use them more easily," says Gary Wolfe, curator of the Brooks Stevens Gallery of Industrial Design at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
Perhaps my favorite story involves him being responsible for increasing sales of clothes dryers by changing nothing about the fundamental design but…adding a window so consumers could see the machine in action. Imagine that! This is exactly the kind of inspired thinking that has so driven my love for designers and their tools.
If I've piqued your interest, much more information can be found at the Milwaukee Art Museum and, of course, Wikipedia.
So please, do your due diligence and keep yourself abreast of all the developments in your field, and as importantly, the resources available to you. But, in the course of doing that, don't forget to stay in touch with that inner being, the one that inspired you and drove you to become what you are today. And, please feel free to share your experiences and inspirations!


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Feds will slash Hanford cleanup workers
A new letter details layoffs and furloughs for workers at the heavily polluted nuclear storage facility.
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Plans call for use of this type of tank to receive melted wastes at Hanford's glassification complex.
Almost half of Hanford's employees could be laid off or furloughed because of federal sequestration cut, which would jeopardize timetables to deal with new leaking tanks and to build a complex to glassifying highly radioactive wastes, according to a letter received by Gov. Jay Inslee today.
The earliest that any layoffs or furloughs would of occur is April 1, according to the March 5 letter to Inslee from U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman. Up to 4,800 of Hanford's roughly 10,000 workers could be affected by those potential layoffs or furloughs. Furloughs are unpaid leaves or vacations. The letter did not detail the extents of the furloughs versus layoffs.
"While these reductions are unfortunate and will be damaging, the Department (of Energy) is doing everything within its power to protect our mission to the greatest extent possible," Poneman wrote.
DOE will lose $1.9 billion nationwide due to the sequestration — a total of $85 million in federal government automatic budget cuts that went into effect last Friday because Congress could not resolve a budget deadlock. That will translate to a $182 million budget cut to Hanford. Hanford's annual cleanup budget usually is in the neighborhood of $2 billion.
Hanford's operations are divided into two sections. One is the Office of River Protection, which is in charge of dealing with 53 million gallons of highly radioactive wastes in 177 huge underground tanks, plus the construction of a $13 billion plant to begin glassifying the majority of those wastes starting in 2019.The other section is DOE's Richland office, which is in charge of everything else at Hanford.
Poneman's letter said the tank waste section will lose roughly $92 million with roughly 2,800 workers affected. The Richland office will lose $72 million with up with roughly 1,900 workers affected. Adding the two sections together almost, but not quite, equals the total $182 million shortfall and roughly 4,800 workers affected .Poneman's letter did not address the slight discrepancy in the numbers.
Central Hanford has 149 single-shell tanks and 28 newer double-shell tanks holding 53 million gallons of highly radioactive fluids, sludges, gunk and crusts — all underground. There are 18 clusters of tanks — dubbed "tank farms" — seven to 14 miles from the Columbia River. Sixty-seven of the single-shell tanks have been designated leakers or suspected leakers for decades. Hanford's tanks have design lives of roughly 20 years.
Hanford has pumped almost all the liquids from the single-shell tanks into the double-shell shells, finishing that task in 2005. The single-shell tanks still hold sludge, gunk and crusts, plus tiny pockets of fluids. More than 1 million gallons of liquid wastes leaked from the single-shell tanks before the liquids were pumped to the double-shell double tanks.
Tests were being conducted on several single-shell tanks to see whether rainwater was leaking into them through possible cracks. Those tests showed a dip in fluid levels in Tank T-111, which is in the northwest corner of central Hanford's tank farms. Engineers extrapolated that drop into a leak of 150 gallons to 300 gallons annually for an undetermined number of years. All 177 stainless steel tanks, ranging from 500,000 gallons to 1.2 million gallons in size, are buried beneath 10 to 20 feet of soil. All the testing and pumping are conducted through narrow pipes between the tanks' interiors and the ground's surface. The tanks are roughly 100 feet to 200 feet above the aquifer.
Inslee learned three weeks ago about Tank T-111. A week-and-a-half ago, he learned that the number of leaking single-shell tanks is now six, and tests are being conducted to see if more are leaking. Some of the new leakers are outside of the tank cluster that includes Tank T-111 — meaning the problem is geographically wider than one small spot in Hanford. The newly discovered leaks are believed to be equal to or smaller than Tank T-111's leak.
Meanwhile, Hanford's overall master plan has been to build a complex to convert the majority of the 53 million gallons into benign glass. This project was originally supposed to begin glassification in 2001 at a construction cost of $4 billion. It now has a $13 billion construction price tag with a start-up date of 2019.
The latest timetable and budget are in danger because numerous engineering design questions have surfaced in part of the complex that mixes and prepares wastes for glassification — raising possibilities of uncontrolled radiation bursts, flaming hydrogen and leaks, plus broken pipes and mixing tanks in highly radioactive areas where repairs could take years to complete by remote control. Whistleblowers have clashed with project managers. And outside federal agencies have echoed the whistleblowers' criticisms.
"Having Hanford workers on furlough when we find additional leakers is totally unacceptable," Inslee said last week.
John Stang is a freelance writer who often covers state government and the environment. He can be reached on email at johnstang_8@hotmail.com and on Twitter at @johnstang_8


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Interview Podcast, Reviews & Commentary
Samsara-What Goes Around….
Here the Echoes Samsara Interview on Echoes weekend stations.
Echoes Samsara Echoes Podcast: Listen Here.
Samsara is the third feature film from director Ron Fricke and producer Mark Magidson. Like their previous movies, it explores grand concepts with grand images and grand music. Samsara is Sanskrit for "continuous flow", the repeating cycle of birth, life, death.
Ron Fricke: How we created it is as a nonverbal guided meditation on the themes of birth, death and rebirth. It's about that flow.
The film travels across the globe with spectacular footage of dancers in Bali and China, temples in Burma, and worshipers in Mecca. These spectacular and scenic vistas are interwoven with scenes of destitution, abject poverty and natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina where they shot buildings decimated by wind, rain and floods.
Bagan Temples in Burma from Samsara
The score, half written by their long time collaborator, Michael Stearns and the other half by Lisa Gerrard from Dead Can Dance and her writing partner, Marcello DeFrancisci, is an ambient global meditation with none of the sweeping orchestral sound that is the convention for this kind of film. In these non-narrative films, with no actors or dialogue, music is the emotional conduit.
Ron Fricke: I would say it's at least half, 50/50 image and you know, in music. It's really, the dialogue of the film is really the music. It give you the emotional context of the film.
Mark Magidson: We've been doing this for a while and Michael is a big part of the process as a partner. Michael's music is very spacious and that kind of approach is conducive to this kind of filmmaking and the kinds of films that we're making that leave space for the viewer to bring something of their own reality or their own experience to the viewing experience, where we're not trying to necessarily say good or bad, or right or wrong with the imagery, it's open to some interpretation, but the experience is guided.
You can hear an interview with Ron Fricke, Mark Magidson and Michael Stearns talking about Samsara in the Echoes Podcast.
~© 2012 John Diliberto ((( echoes )))
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Albania National Health
account Development
for the country
Ministry of Health / Worldbank Albania
Customer's vision
The Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MoHSP) of the Republic of Albania with the support of the Worldbank is committed to identify and implement sustainable and effective solutions in response to the diverse health challenges that the country with its 61 municipalities and the population are facing. Health challenges are triggered by a series of social, economic and environmental factors that are interdependent at global, regional, national and local levels. The Ministry of Health and Social Protection therefore abandoned the National Health Strategy 2016-2020 (NHS 2016-2020), providing the platform for coordinated healthcare initiatives improving the health and well-being of the population in Albania. As a supportive tool of the NHS 2016 – 2020 and its strategic goals National Health Accounts (NHA) are designed for policy makers and managers of the health care sector, by providing a matrix on the sources and uses of funds for health the NHA framework facilitates. NHA provide the information and estimates of what happens on the expenditure flows in the health sector across public, private, voluntary sectors in the state and attempt to explain the health accounts of Albania through a set of tables that organize, tabulate and present health expenditure by identifying the linkages between sources, agents, providers and functions using a standard system of matrices, following the National Health Accounts methodology. Mandated by the MoHSP, ICME Healthcare has developed the National Health Accounts categorized into performance, consumption and financing indicators according to the System of Health Accounts by the World Health Organization (WHO). During the execution of the project, ICME Healthcare has conducted an on-site assessment of the public health hospitals and primary care clinics. The gained in-debts healthcare market insights entail a detailed understanding of the local healthcare supply and demand, as well as operational clinical processes. Within several workshops in Tirana, ICME has facilitated the engagement of regional project stakeholders, which include e.g. the Public Health Institute (PHI), Institute of Statistics and others. In close cooperation with the ministerial staff, the National Health Accounts were developed, healthcare data per category was analysed, benchmarked and validated and the final NHA tables were created.
Services provided by ICME
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Strategy and facility-oriented planning of the a rehabilitation centre for Abu Dhabi's public healthcare provider, SEHA.
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package fr.cobaltians.cobalt.fragments;

import fr.cobaltians.cobalt.R;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.DatePickerDialog;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.DialogFragment;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.widget.DatePicker;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class CobaltDatePickerFragment extends DialogFragment implements DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener{

	public static final String ARG_YEAR = "YEAR";
	public static final String ARG_MONTH = "MONTH";
	public static final String ARG_DAY = "DAY";
	public static final String ARG_CALLBACK_ID = "ARG_CALLBACK_ID";
	public static final String ARG_TITLE = "TITLE";
	public static final String ARG_DELETE = "DELETE";
	public static final String ARG_CANCEL = "CANCEL";
	public static final String ARG_VALIDATE = "VALIDATE";

	protected Context mContext;
    final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    private CobaltFragment mListener;
    private String mCallbackId, mDelete, mCancel, mValidate, mTitle;

    @Override
	public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
		super.onAttach(activity);

		mContext = activity;
	}

	@Override
    public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		Bundle args = getArguments();
		if (args != null) {
			int year = args.getInt(ARG_YEAR);
			int month = args.getInt(ARG_MONTH);
			int day = args.getInt(ARG_DAY);
			mCallbackId = args.getString(ARG_CALLBACK_ID);
			mTitle = args.getString(ARG_TITLE);
			mDelete = args.getString(ARG_DELETE);
			mCancel = args.getString(ARG_CANCEL);
			mValidate = args.getString(ARG_VALIDATE);

			if (year != 0
				&& month >= 0
				&& day != 0) {
				cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
				cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, month);
				cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, day);
			}
		}

		if (mDelete == null && mCancel == null && mValidate == null && mTitle == null) {
	        return new DatePickerDialog(mContext, this, cal.get(Calendar.YEAR), cal.get(Calendar.MONTH), cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
		}

		else {
			LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) ((Activity) mContext).getLayoutInflater();
			final DatePicker datePicker = (DatePicker) inflater.inflate(R.layout.date_picker_cobalt, null);
			AlertDialog.Builder datePickerBuilder = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext);
			datePickerBuilder.setView(datePicker);

			/*
			// Init the datePicker with mindate under 1900
			//TODO test for under HoneyComb
			if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
                final SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy", Locale.FRANCE);

                Calendar minDate = Calendar.getInstance();
                try {
                    minDate.setTime(formatter.parse("01.01.1800"));
                } catch (ParseException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

                datePicker.setMinDate(minDate.getTimeInMillis());
            }
			else {
                datePicker.init(1800, 01, 01, new OnDateChangedListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onDateChanged(DatePicker datePicker, int year, int month, int day) {
                        Calendar newDate = Calendar.getInstance();
                        newDate.set(year, month, day);
                    }
                });
            }*/

			 // View settings
	        int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
	        int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);
	        int day = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);

	        if (mTitle != null) {
	        	datePickerBuilder.setTitle(mTitle);
	        }

	        // Buttons
	        datePickerBuilder.setNegativeButton(
	            mDelete,
	            new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
	                @Override
	                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
	                	cal.clear();
	                	if (mListener != null) {
	            			mListener.sendDate(-1, -1, -1, mCallbackId);
	            		}
	                }
	            }
	        );

	        datePickerBuilder.setNeutralButton(
	        	mCancel,
	        	new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

	        			@Override
	        			public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int arg1) {
	        				dialog.dismiss();
	        			}
	        		});

	        datePickerBuilder.setPositiveButton(
	            mValidate,
	            new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
	                @Override
	                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
	                    cal.set(
	                        datePicker.getYear(),
	                        datePicker.getMonth(),
	                        datePicker.getDayOfMonth()
	                    );
	                    if (mListener != null) {
	            			mListener.sendDate(cal.get(Calendar.YEAR), cal.get(Calendar.MONTH), cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH), mCallbackId);
	            		}
	                    dialog.dismiss();
	                }
	            }
	        );
	        final AlertDialog dialog = datePickerBuilder.create();

	        datePicker.init(year, month, day, new DatePicker.OnDateChangedListener() {

				@Override
				public void onDateChanged(DatePicker view, int year, int month,
						int day) {
					cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
					cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, month);
					cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, day);
				}
			});

	        return dialog;
		}
    }

    public void setListener(CobaltFragment listener) {
		mListener = listener;
	}

	@Override
	public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int month, int day) {
    	cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
    	cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, month);
    	cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, day);

		if (mListener != null) {
			mListener.sendDate(cal.get(Calendar.YEAR), cal.get(Calendar.MONTH), cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH), mCallbackId);
		}
	}

}

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Documents reveal Trump discussed quashing stories about affairs
Barry downgraded back to tropical storm as it makes landfall in Louisiana
Here are some wind reports from earlier this afternoon in Louisiana. But video showed water overtopping a levee in Plaquemines Parish south of New Orleans, where fingers of land extend deep into the Gulf of Mexico.
After briefly becoming the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, Barry was downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall - but it nevertheless packed a serious punch as it moved inland.
Residents and business owners in New Orleans were laying down sand bags and boarding up windows while city officials set up shelters for residents.
The hurricane is now moving at such a slow pace that a heavy downpour is likely to continue across Louisiana throughout the weekend.
According to the most recent NOAA update, the storm is now grinding into the Gulf Coast, 50 miles (80km) southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana.
"Texans remember how the state of Louisiana came to our aid during Hurricane Harvey and now we are in turn lending our support as Louisianans face Tropical Storm Barry", Abbott said in a written statement Friday.
The "lopsided" nature of the storm meant most of the rain was expected after landfall and its slow speed increased the risk of flooding, the weather service said.
The US National Hurricane Center warned of risky storm surge, heavy rains and strong winds.
Mandatory evacuation orders were issued across the region in low-lying areas and those outside public levee protection, according to the governor's office, while some areas had voluntary evacuation warnings.
Kit Stovall loads sandbags into his pickup truck with the help of Mississippi Department of Corrections inmates in Fernwood, Mississippi in preparation for Tropical Storm Barry.
In Mandeville, a city on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain across from New Orleans, storm surge and choppy waters sent waves over the seawall and into nearby communities.
New Orleans had been braced for heavy rains Saturday, but instead had intermittent bands of moderate showers and occasional sunshine. As the storm continues to move north, more of the system will hover over land.
More news: UK PM candidate Johnson: 'Very odd' to involve courts in Brexit decision
Just east of where Barry made landfall, a tide gauge at Amerada Pass measured a storm surge of almost 7 feet on Saturday afternoon.
The storm was on track to reach hurricane strength shortly before crossing the coastline.
"It's moving really slowly", said New Orleans Councilwoman Helena Moreno.
British Airways: Flights to and from New Orleans were cancelled.
The mood was sanguine in New Orleans, where locals and tourists wandered through mostly empty streets under a light rain or stayed indoors.
Because of the high winds, there's a chance of tornadoes spinning off Barry.
Barry's primary threat is "life-threatening flooding rains", according to the National Hurricane Center. On Friday, a law enforcement officer was treated for facial cuts after a powerful wave churned up by Barry broke the windshield of a boat near Destin, Florida, about 50 miles east of Pensacola, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Twitter page.
Breitbart News reported that Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, warning state residents not to take the storm lightly. Shell operations were continuing at the two Louisiana refineries, spokesman Ray Fisher said. The levee was not on the Mississippi River and there was no indication that the barrier was breached or broken or that major flooding was occurring, the recording said. "It is a back levee in the vicinity of Myrtle Grove and it points further south". Almost a fourth of those outages were in coastal Terrebonne Parish. "AccuWeather meteorologists expect a maximum storm surge of 3-6 feet mostly along and just to the right of the storm's path".
The storm is moving northwest at 5mph (8km/h).
Elsewhere, more than 120,000 customers in Louisiana and another almost 6,000 customers in MS and Alabama were without power Saturday, according to poweroutage.us.
This weekend's Rolling Stones concert has been delayed. Then on Sunday, it should be churning through northern Louisiana, NOAA forecasts. The date of the concert could potentially change again due to the lingering impacts from Barry.
Manhattan Power Outage Knocks out Subways, Elevators
The FDNY responded to a transformer fire at W 64th Street and West End Avenue, the department announced on Twitter. The cast of the musical Hadestown entertained people waiting outside the Walter Kerr Theatre.
Trump weighs in on cryptocurrencies
The President argued the unregulated nature of the cryptocurrency market could enable illegal activities such as drug trade. Bitcoin was created in 2008 as an alternative to currencies controlled by governments and banks.
Pakistani judge who jailed former PM sacked over blackmail claims
Reportedly, it has been resolved that an appropriate action would be taken once the matter is inspected in detail. It says that regarding the changing condition, you may not perform your duty further and wait for further orders.
Trump rips tech firms at 'free speech' summit
Numerous attendees have increasingly accused social media companies of attempting to hamper their growth and reach. Twitter removed several fake accounts past year and in the process, Trump also lost almost 3 lakh followers.
Billie Eilish thrilled to meet Avril Lavigne at Los Angeles show
The management of the channel limited the video of Billie Eilish during childhood and before or after the children's channels. Ellen DeGeneres told Eilish she should meet him, and then said she was sorry that he wasn't at the show to surprise her.
Surprise! Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz are officially hitched
Celebrity portal TMZ reported that the couple said "I do" on Feb 22, which marked the one-year anniversary of their first meeting. Heidi Klum with his boyfriend Tom Kaulitz as it turned out from official sources for two months already married .
Joe Root shatters Ricky Ponting's long standing World Cup record
The key to victory, says Morgan, is for England to maintain the same positive approach and not let the occasion at Lord's impact on their decision-making.
Spurs agree to deal with F Lyles
Lyles has split his first four National Basketball Association seasons with the Nuggets and Utah Jazz . The Knicks also selected former Duke star RJ Barrett with the No. 3 pick in the 2019 draft.
Halep pays tribute to Aussie coach after surprise Wimbledon final win
Halep, ten years younger than Williams, was seeded seventh in the Ladies' draw at the All England Club. Halep joked she was most excited about securing membership at Wimbledon for life with the victory.
Prime Day Australia Deals For Electronics
The deals team at Retail Fuse track prices to find the best vacuum deals for shoppers over Amazon's Prime Day sales event. Various Xbox One bundles are now marked down at GameStop, and you'll get an additional $50 gift card with your purchase.
Robert Mueller and lawmakers agree to delay hearing for 1 week
His appearance was thrown into disarray when lawmakers complained about the time allotted for committee members to ask questions. However, lawmakers are banking on public testimony to reveal the contents of the report to Americans who have not read it.
Scientists identify oldest modern human remains outside Africa
And when the team dated the fossils by analyzing the radioactive decay of trace uranium in the specimens, they got another shock. The discovery reinforces the view that modern humans spread from Africa to Europe and Asia earlier than was previously believed.
Ambassador leak 'no longer in public interest' negate police
But Johnson said the prosecution of journalists would have a "chilling effect" on public debate. He says a free press is "essential".
Trump's Withdrawal from Iran Nuclear Deal Was 'Diplomatic Vandalism'
The cable was part of a second batch of leaked memos published by the Mail on Sunday , the first of which led to the resignation of Darroch on 10 July.
Jermaine Dupri on Today's Female Rappers: It's Like Strippers Rapping
Noname has two albums out and no Billboard chart history (she also had the flawless response to JD herself). We, you , us, the public need 2 SUPPORT women rappers who don't talk about sex all time.
Jeffrey Epstein investigation expands into private island and New Mexico
The indictment alleges Epstein "enticed and recruited" underage girls to his properties in Manhattan and in Palm Beach, Fla. Federal prosecutors in the case against Jeffrey Epstein say the disgraced financier tried to pay off potential witnesses.
Hrithik Roshan starrer Super 30 impresses B-town celebrities, film critics
Biz picked up at metros/urban centres [Mumbai and South specifically] towards evening. "He wrote, "#Super30 has a decent Day 1. Farah Khan called Super 30 "the movie of the year" while the Bollywood actress Yami Gautam called it a "must watch" movie.
Hong Kong protesters take aim at Chinese traders
Later in the day, Hong Kong police urged protesters to refrain from violence and leave the area. They said they aren't against the travel and buying, but want it to be orderly and legal.
Barcelona beat PSG to sign 16-year-old English striker Louie Barry
Barcelona has signed English wonderkid Louie Barry from West Brom after he rejected a £2.7million move to Paris Saint-Germain. He'll play with the Juvenil A team at first and has signed a three-year contract.
Beth Chapman remembered in second memorial service in Colorado
The Dogs Most Wanted star gave a candid interview recently explaining why he was unable to comply with her dying wish. In addition, Dog spoke about their success in the TV industry and Beth's cancer battle.
William Saliba: Spurs rival Arsenal for Saint-Etienne defender
Bouhafsi further implied that Arsenal's difficulty in agreeing add-ons with Saint-Etienne was the reason the deal had not been completed.
New 'Old Town Road' remix has Mason Ramsey, Young Thug, and animojis
Similar to the Billy Ray Cyrus verse in the first remix, people were mostly amazed at how great Mason Ramsey's contribution was. A new remix featuring Young Thug and viral sensation Mason Ramsey has hit the airwaves, and the results are surprisingly sharp.
Africa Cup of Nations 2019: Algeria vs Nigeria - tactical preview
Algeria is one of the great teams in Africa", he said. "If we manage to achieve success here, we will go down in history". However the outcome, both teams can be proud of their AFCON run and the victor would take that momentum into the final.
NY power outage knocks out subways, businesses, lifts
The FDNY responded to a transformer fire at W 64th Street and West End Avenue, the department announced on Twitter. However, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio , tweeted to say that a manhole fire is responsible for the outage.
Amazon Music Unlimited gaining subscribers faster than Spotify and Apple
In the words of the Amazon Executive, "For the industry to reach its full potential, we can't just look at 15 to 22-year-olds". Spotify are launching in Russian Federation after teasing them for years , and they're taking Apple Music on at a price level.
'Star Trek: Insurrection' actor Stephanie Niznik dies at 52
This time she played the role of The Wraith in Star Trek: Enterprise which was telecasted on UPN in 2002. United States publication Variety reported that the death was "unexpected".
United Nations rights council to investigate killings in Philippine drug war
Myca Ulpina, a 3-year-old killed on June 29 near Manila , was among the latest and youngest known victims of the crackdown. It also calls on the Philippines to take all necessary measures to prevent extrajudicial killings.
US Service Member 'Killed in Action' in Afghanistan
Halep wins Wimbledon, stops Williams' bid for 24th Slam
France faces USA backlash on 3% digital services tax
Prosecutors allege Epstein paid $350,000 to potential witnesses
Elena Delle Donne and A'ja Wilson are WNBA All-Star captains
New poll shows Boris Johnson unstoppable in race for Downing Street
Vancouver shaken by magnitude 4.6 natural disaster off coast of Washington State
House votes to restrain Trump on Iran amid tensions
Watch Moment Angels Complete No-Hitter While Honoring Tyler Skaggs
Trump axed Iran deal to spite Obama, says leaked diplomatic cable
Trump gets his third acting secretary of defense this year
Biden takes a newly aggressive stance on lowering drug prices
Spain's National Police Arrest 'Bigwig' Who Hid Cocaine Under Toupee
Photos of slain teen Bianca Devins posted online
Pittsburgh's Canton Avenue loses 'steepest' title to Welsh street
Sadie Roberts-Joseph's Death Ruled A Homicide
Kellyanne Conway stands to be held in contempt by House panel
'No technological grounds' to ban Huawei from 5G, say MPs
Dr. Leana Wen Out as Planned Parenthood President
China says will freeze out USA companies that sell Taiwan arms
Fans forced to flee music festival as huge fire breaks out
Monsoon floods displace millions in India
Germany's Von der Leyen secures powerful European Union executive top job
NYPD Officer Will Not Face Federal Criminal Charges In Eric Garner's Death
Trump says 'will take a look' at accusations over Google, China
Indian amusement park ride snaps in half, killing two and injuring 27
China Reports Slower Economic Growth In Wake Of U.S. Tariffs