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Two public dissemination events took place in London and Barcelona on the 29th of November 2016 and 12th and 13th of December 2017. Here is a taster of what happened and was discussed, beautifully written by Clare Melhuish from the Urban Lab, UCL. More insights will be posted over the next few weeks.
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This week's follow-up session to Monica Degen's Timescapes of Urban Change workshop, hosted by UCL Urban Laboratory at UCL last month, was held at the Centre for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona, in the heart of the regenerated northern part of the Raval district. Formerly notorious for its poverty and prostitution, contained within narrow streets plunged into shadow by tall tenement buildings, el Raval now has a reputation as a 'laboratory of the city', in which the longer-term impacts of a regeneration process started in the 1990s can be studied by academics such as Degen in the UK (Brunel Sociology), as well as local activists and politicians who participated in the British Academy-funded workshop.
El Raval's regeneration followed close on the heels of the Barcelona Olympics (1992), and was anchored to the construction of new cultural and educational infrastructure in the northern segment, including new faculty buildings for three different universities, the Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by Richard Meier, and the CCCB itself. This complex of facilities now hosts not only the consumers of contemporary culture who come to visit exhibitions and talks, buy books, and drink coffee, but also a lively population of students, skateboarders, dog-walkers, and local youth who inhabit in different ways the integrated sequence of new public spaces which has broken into the tight historic street fabric.
To all appearances a successful operation of urban re-imaging and re-occupation, which in the politicians' eyes saved the area from becoming the 'Harlem of Europe' (to quote anthropologist Miguel Fernandez Gonzalez from University of Barcelona), the 'hipsterisation' of Raval has nevertheless generated criticism and anti-gentrification protests, as in other cities. The backlash against mass tourism and transient 'city users', as described by Claire Colomb, citing Martinotti (1997, 1999), in the London workshop, has never been stronger in the city – coupled to a targetted criticism of an 'aggressive dynamics of urban transformation', as Nuria Benach Rovira (University of Barcelona) described it.
But as the latter explained, the impact of urban regeneration in Raval should not be misconstrued as a one-dimensional process of gentrification. In fact it is a 'complex mix of simultaneities' which also includes a huge increase in the immigrant population (now 50% of the whole), touristification, and segregation. Here, different and conflicting temporalities of urban inhabitation can be seen to co-exist and collide, within the larger framework of 'planned time', as Degen terms it, drawing on Lefebvre's tripartite conception of space. Planned, or planning time, played out in large urban projects, is long-term, projecting new urban futures and imaginaries over 25-year spans, as are the time-frames of institutions such as universities which participate in these processes as 'anchors' for development. Planners also draw on discourses of past time and heritage to legitimise the transformation of cities, understood as 'urban growth machines' (Rovira), in the future. Yet time is also harnessed to exert political constraints, demanding speed of action and demonstrable results to justify policy decisions and investments, and deliver on boosterist promises of economic benefit.
As in east London, urban transformation in Raval has been a long time in the making, mooted since the 1920s, and holding the local population in a long-term state of 'suspended temporality' (Degen), compared by some residents interviewed by Degen to a 'sword of Damocles' hanging over their heads. Subject to a politically-inflected stop-and-start process, it reached a dramatic culmination in 2001 with the demolition of five street blocks of housing and the relocation of 10,000 inhabitants to create a new public space, the Rambla del Raval. Today many maintain this intervention was never wanted, serving no other purpose than to meet an ideologically-driven impetus to 'bring light into darkness', and to support the re-positioning of Raval as 'the last authentic city quarter in Europe' – a myth that sustains both the remaining 'survivors', in Birkbeck lecturer Mari Paz Ballibrea's words, and an apparently unstoppable influx of tourists.
If, as described by Isaac Marrero Guillamon (Goldsmiths), this is the inexorable temporal logic of the neoliberal city, shaped by the movements of financial capital rather than the desires and participation of local populations, Simone Abram (Durham University) highlighted how, by contrast, 'plans for participative urban change stumble as people don't want to move forward', representing 'a never-achieved utopian future'. Speaking in London, Abram described campaigning and participatory activity as 'intense social time', which runs contrapuntally both to the long time-frame of formal city plans and vision statements, and the fast pace of delivery demanded by project-management spreadsheets and budget cycles when planned projects do get off the ground. Abdoumaliq Simone's presentation in Barcelona further developed this theme by comparison with the 'planning without planning' which thrives in 'majority districts' (by which we understand neighbourhoods in the fast-growing cities of Majority World) through everyday actions and practices (often described as informality). He argued that urban development is in fact 'less about projects than future scenarios', designed to 'create a time that has no relation to any other'. But in the meantime, local populations self-organise and get on with making and re-making the city in the present through 'many adjustments.. agglomeration, parcelling, reinvestment, and accommodation to decline', underpinned by piecemeal creative financing from a multitude of sources. These everyday processes mediate time through a constant reinvention and intensity of human relationships and a 'profusion of details… free of overarching narratives, creating weird alliances' (Simone), which re-set the scale of the city.
Simone's presentation underlined the fact that local communities typically have large repositories of urban knowledge and expertise which institutions often don't recognize. However Euan Mills (Future Cities Catapult, formerly GLA Urban Design and Planning) was keen to stress that planning processes in the west do encompass efforts to 'slow down' planning time by building consultative relationships with communities, and focusing on adaptability rather than future-gazing as the driver of urban change. On the other hand, their capacity to engage with creative financing is constrained by the systems within which they operate. This means that neighbourhoods like Raval – dubbed 'the last gold mine in Barcelona' by local estate agents, as reported by Fernandez Gonzalez – will continue to be vulnerable to the intervention of big money in the shaping of new urban imaginaries in which local inhabitants have little investment and often less interest.
For activists like CCCB's David Bravo, a champion of urban public space fighting for the retention of a local open access gym, or community organiser Oscar Esteban (TOT Raval), the fight to preserve and sustain valued resources in face of these types of encroachment is a frustrating struggle against time – time which is running out. And while the re-location of a large public sculpture, Botero's giant bronze cat, from the Olympic site to Rambla del Raval was described by planner Carmen Via Gual as giving that space 'a soul', lending itself to customisation in different ways by local groups, such interventions do not substitute for the more mundane forms of social infrastructure that give urban communities cohesion and resilience.
Workshops hosted by UCL Urban Laboratory, London (29th November 2016), and CCCB, Barcelona (13th-14th December 2016), including a public talk by Iain Sinclair. Organised by Dr Monica Degen, Brunel University, as part of her British Academy Fellowship 2016.
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Salik IPO: Dubai toll operator raises over $1bn from oversubscribed DFM listing
Offering was more than 49 times oversubscribed across all tranches, with total gross demand at $50bn
Salik's public offering is part of Dubai's plans to list 10 state-owned companies to boost the size of its financial market. Satish Kumar / The National
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Dubai toll operator Salik raised Dh3.735 billion ($1.017bn) from its initial public offering on the Dubai Financial Market, as part of a series of IPOs of state enterprises aimed at boosting the size of the emirate's capital market.
The IPO was more than 49 times oversubscribed across all tranches, with total gross demand at Dh184.2bn ($50.2bn). The company had set its offering price at Dh2 a share, giving it a valuation of Dh15bn.
The emirate's government sold more than 1.867 billion shares in the company, or 24.9 per cent, up from the previously announced 1.5 billion shares, equivalent to 20 per cent.
The qualified investor tranche attracted Dh149.5bn of demand from across the globe and was oversubscribed by 52 times, excluding cornerstone investors.
The retail offering attracted more than Dh34.7bn from local investors, implying that it was 119 times oversubscribed.
The UAE Strategic Investment Fund, Dubai Holding, Shamal Holding and the Abu Dhabi Pension Fund are cornerstone investors in the IPO, with a total commitment of Dh606 million, representing 16.2 per cent of the offering. Cornerstone Investors' shares are subject to a 180-day lock-up arrangement, following listing.
The Dubai government retains 75.1 per cent of Salik's existing share capital and the company's shares will begin trading on the Dubai stock exchange on September 29 under the symbol "SALIK".
The strong investor interest in the offering reflects the "'confidence" in Dubai's capital markets and the strong position of Salik and its "robust business model, which will enable [it] to continue to remain at the heart of expansion plans in the road and transport sector, in support of the emirate's economic growth", said Salik chairman Mattar Al Tayer.
Salik's offering is part of Dubai's plans to list 10 state-owned companies to increase the size of its financial market to about Dh3 trillion.
The emirate also plans to set up a Dh2bn market maker fund to encourage the listing of more private companies from sectors such as energy, logistics and retail.
"This listing is a key step in Dubai's privatisation programme and its broader plans to attract foreign investment. Having kept Dubai moving for 15 years, Salik is at the heart of the city's economic expansion plans," said chief executive Ibrahim Al Haddad.
Salik is Dubai's sole toll operator and currently operates eight toll gates that use radio frequency identification technology throughout the emirate, where more than 60 per cent of commuters use privately owned vehicles.
Salik's net toll traffic from 2013 through to 2019 grew at a compound annual rate of 5.5 per cent, driven by Dubai's expanding economy and population.
As of April 30, Salik had 3.6 million vehicles registered, out of which 1.8 million were Dubai vehicles.
Dubai, home to 3.5 million permanent residents and with a daytime population of 4.5 million as of December, forecasts that its population will grow by more than 70 per cent from 2020 to 2040. The emirate expects to host 25 million visitors by 2025.
The Dubai Water and Electricity Authority raised Dh22.41bn from its IPO, making it the largest public float in the Middle East and Europe since Saudi Aramco went public in 2019.
Tecom, the operator of business districts in the emirate, also made its debut on the DFM in early July, having raised Dh1.7bn from its IPO a month earlier.
Salik expects to start paying dividends twice annually, in April and October of each fiscal year.
The company will pay a first dividend for the second half of 2022 by April 2023. It plans to pay 100 per cent of its net profit as dividends, after setting aside statutory reserves required by law.
Salik reported Dh944.9 million in revenue in the first half of 2022, up from Dh792.9m in the same period of 2021.
Profit for the first six months of this year rose to Dh796.7m, compared with Dh634.4m in the same period a year ago.
Electronic traffic signs on Umm Sequim St, which is being used to advertise the new Salik IPO scheme in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
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Q: onClick event of Button inside DataGrid Here's my DataGrid:
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$.grid = new DataGrid({
    store : $.dataStore,
    query : {id : "*"},
    structure : [
        {
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})

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_actionButtons : function(){
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        label : 'Edit',
        style : {fontSize: '80%'}
    });
    edit._destroyOnRemove = true;

    construct.place(full.domNode, this.group.containerNode)
    construct.place(edit.domNode, this.group.containerNode)

    return this.group;
}

I'm trying to get access to the event object that would be passed by a normal onRowClick event on the DataGrid.  As it sits now this kinda works, but on the on("RowClick"...) block I get multiple logs.  Without the try...catch block I get an error as the rowIndex doesn't exist in e, then 2 more logs where it does exist.
This is the 4th or so idea I've had included pub/sub, emit(), etc.  I have a feeling that the multiple logs are caused by the bubbling behavior (Button -> Row -> DataGrid or somesuch), but getting the onRowClick's event object to get passed into the Buttons created in the formatter seems impossible.
I just want to access the rowIndex (and other DataGrid-esque properties) from the Button widget's onClick event to process according to the button pressed.

A: Along the same lines, but here's what I came up with that seems to be working in a direction where what I'm envisioning will happen.  Adjusted cell where the buttons will be:
{ name: "Actions", width : '200px', type: dojox.grid.cells._Widget, formatter :
    function(){
        return $._actionButtons.call($, arguments);
    }
}

Adjusted onClick function in the returned Button widget:
_actionButtons : function(){
    var _index = arguments[0][1],
        _item  = this.grid.getItem(_index)
        _self  = this;

    // some code removed

    onClick : function(){
        console.log(_self.dataStore.getValue(_item, 'name'), "clicked")
    }
}

I'll probably end up extending Button to handle this a bit better, but for now, voila!
Sometimes it just helps to write it down and put it out there for your brain to panic and figure out the solution before anyone else does :)
Minor update...
There is the formatterScope parameter for the DataGrid, but it applies to all formatter's and would therefore mess up anything requiring cell scope and not DataGrid scope.  The above method allows me to access everything I need.

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December in Krakow, Poland: Weather, What to Pack, and What to See
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The weather is cold and often snowy, but a trip to Krakow in December is worth it just to see the city's Christmas celebrations. The city's Main Market Square has been the site of a trading market for hundreds of years and is the center of holiday festivities, and Poland's most famous Christmas market is set up here every December. Furthermore, all the lights and decorations make the center of Krakow even more beautiful.
Krakow Weather in December
The average temperature in Krakow in December is about 32 degrees Fahrenheit, but temperatures fluctuate throughout the month, wheras March's high is 46 degrees Fahrenheit.
Average high: 36 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius)
Average low: 27 degrees Fahrenheit (-3 degrees Celsius)
There's a chance of snow just about every day, which means you'll need to bundle up if you hope to enjoy your trip to Poland this time of year. However, there are still plenty of dry days to enjoy some outdoor activities, including mountaineering, even though the city only sees about one hour of sunshine per day all December long.
When packing for a trip to this city in southern Poland, include warm clothes that let you dress in layers and boots suitable for walking around in the snow. You'll want to pack plenty of sweaters, long-sleeved shirts, pullovers, pants, and maybe even some long underwear for an extra layer of warmth against the cold. A scarf, gloves, and hat are also necessary to protect yourself from the winter conditions, and you may want to pack an umbrella and raincoat in case it rains during your visit.
December Events in Krakow
Old Town Krakow takes on a special ambiance during the Christmas season. The aromas of Polish seasonal foods wafts from snack stalls and huge Christmas tree lends a stately elegance to the square, glowing with lights after daylight fades.
However, the entire city also hosts a variety of festive events throughout the month, and a variety of traditional local celebrations on Christmas Eve and Day, as well as several other non-religious events that take place in the city throughout the month.
Krakow Christmas Market: This annual market in Old Town Krakow invites dozens of local makers to sell seasonal traditional Polish food and hot mulled drinks as well as handmade goods. Traditional Polish gift items are also for sale, including jewelry from the region, art, and Polish Christmas decorations.
Christmas Creche Competition: On the first Thursday of December, this annual competition takes place in Main Market Square and invites local and international chefs to prepare their best versions of szopka, the Polish version of creches. The making of Christmas creches is a Krakow tradition, and Krakovian Christmas creches are elaborate works of art that pull elements from the city's architecture, distinguishing them from creches made for the holiday season elsewhere.
Christmas Eve: The traditional Christmas feast in Poland occurs on Christmas Eve, or Wigilia, a day that holds equal importance with Christmas Day. Before the table is set, straw or hay is placed under a white tablecloth. An extra place is set for an unexpected visitor, as a reminder that Jesus and his parents were turned away from inns in Bethlehem and that those seeking shelter are welcome on this special night. The traditional Polish Christmas meal consists of 12 dishes, one for each of the 12 apostles. It's officially Christmas Eve, according to local tradition, when the first star appears in the night sky.
Christmas Day: Christmas celebrations in Poland follow many Catholic traditions, including some observed in the United States. Polish Christmas trees are decorated with shapes cut from gingerbread, colored wafers, cookies, fruit, candy, straw ornaments, decorations made from eggshells, or glass ornaments, and midnight mass is a standard religious ritual for many in Krakow and across Poland.
Krakow Mountain Festival: An ongoing mountaineering event that takes place throughout the month of December and attracts mountain climbers from around the world. The Festival also includes film screenings and workshops along with competitions in this favorite local pastime.
New Year's Eve: Although there will be plenty of parties to choose from in bars and venues across the city, the biggest celebration in the city takes place in Market Square, which becomes a large concert venue with free shows by some of Poland's biggest stars. The evening is capped by the ringing of the bells in St. Mary's Cathedral and a fireworks show.
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Cellphone use in South Africa surged by 822% in the years from 2000 to 2013, according to the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
The number of cellular subscriptions in the country had increased from 8.3 million in 2000 to 76.8 million 2013, or by 822%, according to a Fast Facts report released by the think tank last week. Over the same period, the number of fixed-line telephone connections fell by 22%.
This increase in cellular subscriptions held both economic and political benefits, said IRR analyst and head of research, Lerato Moloi. "The economic benefits relate to the cheaper and more effective access to goods and services, and South Africa's position as a leading tech industry in Africa.
"However, it's the political benefits that are perhaps the most interesting. Increasing cellphone access promises to be a very effective antidote to state efforts at restricting access to information."
Moloi said social media accessed via cellphones would help to ensure that South Africans could freely get and circulate information and ideas, despite the best efforts of the state to limit this.
"Attempts, for example, to introduce media tribunals or censor content on the public broadcaster would be less effective in the era of social media than would have been the case 20 or 30 years go. Cellular communications have therefore become an important asset in maintaining South Africa's status as a free and open society."
Moving online
The Fast Facts report showed that South Africa was continuing to shift towards a heavier online presence, in spite of relatively slow broadband speeds and high costs – South Africa's internet speed of seven megabits per second is a fifth of the speed in the US, of 35.8mbps. Japan is far and away the fastest at 78.8mbps. However, at an average monthly cost of $19, the price of broadband in South Africa is six times that of the US, where it is $3.50.
The most popular way to use the internet locally is via cellphone. At 45.2%, almost half of adults who use the internet do so on their cellphones; 4.6% use wireless networks at home and 3.8% use their work access.
Interestingly, the most popular use of the internet via cellphones is instant messaging. The report found that 40% of adults, or people over the age of 16, used their cellphone connectivity in 2014 for instant messaging. This was followed by Facebook and searching, both at 27%.
Other popular uses are downloading podcasts, dating and games – 15% of adults online use the internet for games. Checking the weather and email are done by 13% of adults, while only 7% do online banking.
The biggest changes in internet activities between 2007 and 2014 are:
Instant messaging – up 2 166% (40% as a proportion of all adults in 2014)
Downloading a podcast – up 1 596% (3% of all adults)
Dating – up 1 351% (4% of all adults)
Games – up 1 221% (4% of all adults)
Listening to the radio online' downloading music, getting the news and share trading are also growing in popularity.
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The next of kin of soldiers, sailors and nurses who died while serving in the AIF and RAN during the First World War were presented with a Memorial Scroll, and later a Remembrance Plaque, a 'Dead Man's Poppy', as a solace for bereavement and as a memento.
The memorial plaques were issued to commemorate all those who died as a result of war service from within the British Commonwealth.
Each plaque had the name of the soldier commemorated individually embossed as part of the design. The full name was given without any indication of rank or honours to show the equality of sacrifice of all those who had lost their lives.
The first plaques were distributed in Australia in 1922.
The Dead Man's Penny is a commemorative medallion which was presented to the next-of-kin of the men and women who died during World War One. The bronze medallion features an image of Lady Britannia surrounded by two dolphins (representing Britain's sea power) and a lion (representing Britain) standing over a defeated eagle (symbolising Germany). Around the outer edge of the medallion are the words 'He died for freedom and honour'. Next to Lady Britannia is the deceased solider's name, with no rank provided to show equality in their sacrifice. The Dead Man's Penny was accompanied by a letter from King George V, stating 'I join with my grateful people in sending you this memorial of a brave life given for others in the Great War'.


In the grocery industry there is a term known as the 'food mile' which indicates how far food has to travel to end up in your local shops. It's simple: the shorter the food mile, the less expensive the product, both in financial and environmental terms. Buy items with the shortest food mile. You'll be saving money and the environment.
least a week even longer I am told mine is always eaten by then.
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#include "tensorflow/compiler/mlir/xla/ir/mlir_hlo_builder.h"

#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
#include "mlir/IR/Builders.h"  // TF:llvm-project
#include "mlir/IR/StandardTypes.h"  // TF:llvm-project
#include "tensorflow/compiler/mlir/xla/hlo_utils.h"
#include "tensorflow/compiler/mlir/xla/ir/hlo_ops.h"
#include "tensorflow/compiler/mlir/xla/type_to_shape.h"
#include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/shape_inference.h"

namespace xla {

static std::string GetMlirOpName(HloOpcode opcode) {
  std::string op_name = HloOpcodeString(opcode);
  absl::c_replace(op_name, '-', '_');
  return mlir::xla_hlo::XlaHloDialect::getDialectNamespace().str() + "." +
         op_name;
}

static std::string ToString(mlir::Type ty) {
  std::string str;
  llvm::raw_string_ostream sstream(str);
  ty.print(sstream);
  sstream.flush();
  return str;
}

MlirHloBuilder::~MlirHloBuilder() = default;

StatusOr<XlaOp> MlirHloBuilder::MakeXlaOp(mlir::Value val) {
  mlir::Type ty = val.getType();
  auto shape = std::make_unique<Shape>(TypeToShape(ty));
  if (shape->element_type() == PrimitiveType::PRIMITIVE_TYPE_INVALID) {
    return InvalidArgument("unsupported type: %s", ToString(ty).c_str());
  }

  int64 handle = reinterpret_cast<int64>(val.getAsOpaquePointer());
  handle_to_shape_[handle] = std::move(shape);
  return XlaOp(handle, this);
}

XlaOp MlirHloBuilder::UnaryOp(HloOpcode unop, XlaOp operand) {
  return ReportErrorOrReturn([&]() -> StatusOr<XlaOp> {
    TF_ASSIGN_OR_RETURN(const Shape* operand_shape, GetShapePtr(operand));
    TF_ASSIGN_OR_RETURN(
        Shape shape, ShapeInference::InferUnaryOpShape(unop, *operand_shape));

    mlir::Value value = GetValue(operand);
    mlir::OperationState state(loc_, GetMlirOpName(unop));
    state.addOperands(value);
    TF_ASSIGN_OR_RETURN(
        mlir::Type ty,
        ConvertShapeToType<mlir::RankedTensorType>(shape, builder_));
    state.addTypes(ty);
    mlir::Operation* op = builder_.createOperation(state);
    return MakeXlaOp(op->getResult(0));
  });
}

StatusOr<const Shape*> MlirHloBuilder::GetShapePtr(XlaOp op) const {
  TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(first_error());
  TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(CheckOpBuilder(op));
  auto it = handle_to_shape_.find(op.handle());
  if (it == handle_to_shape_.end()) {
    return InvalidArgument("No XlaOp with handle %d", op.handle());
  }
  return it->second.get();
}

}  // namespace xla

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Google have now released (in Beta) some features that were only avaliable in the States.
Maps, which load near by cells in cache to speed up draging.
SMS, which lets you text google, and get directions, phone numbers, froggle prices or google search snippets.
For those who are worried about pub quizes, I've so far found it too slow.
My only problem with Maps, is that they claim to get from my Mums to mine, you can do a U-turn on Broadgate, which anyone in Lincoln knows is impossible.


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Conservation Groups Agree with Auditor General Report: Government is Failing to Protect Wild Salmon from Salmon Farms
Vancouver – Today, the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Julie Gelfand, made it clear that Fisheries and Oceans Canada is not doing enough to monitor and manage the salmon farming industry to protect wild fish and their ecosystems.
"This is more evidence that DFO is failing to protect BC wild salmon," said Stan Proboszcz of Watershed Watch. "The audit highlights DFO's bias in only providing short-term funding for research focused on examining the industry's disease risks on wild fish, while providing long-term funding to advance the industry. Proboszcz was a member of the committee that assessed the risk of the virus known as IHNV and wrote a scathing review of the inadequacies of the process.
"The report confirms what we've been saying all along," said Karen Wristen of Living Oceans Society. "The Department is not looking for impacts on wild salmon and their ecosystems and so it does not manage those impacts. Little progress, if any, has been made in this regard in nearly 40 years of salmon aquaculture."
"We look forward to seeing the Department articulate how it is applying the precautionary principle and the threshold of risk to wild salmon that it considers acceptable," said Christianne Wilhelmson, Georgia Strait Alliance. "It appears that the current disease management regime accepts a very high risk, in that fish carrying disease agents are routinely allowed into open net-pens. In the absence of proper risk assessments, the best that can be said is that they're playing Russian roulette with wild salmon."
"It is good to finally see an official assessment that shows DFO's handling of emerging farm salmon diseases has put wild salmon at risk, because the science suggests our window of opportunity to protect wild salmon from this industry is rapidly closing," said Alexandra Morton, who has published on farm salmon viruses.
The Commissioner's report elicited a number of commitments from DFO to improve the management of open net-pens and to increase public confidence through enforcement and reporting measures.
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Three drug gang bosses have been jailed for a total of 42 years after an Interpol-led operation resulted in one of the largest cocaine seizures ever made in West Africa's Guinea Bissau.
In September, the world's international policing agency announced it had arrested 10 suspects from Colombia, Guinea Bissau and Mal after seizing some 1.8 tonnes of cocaine that was being transported by sea to Guinea Bissau's northwest.
Each of the traffickers, who have not been named by Interpol, were handed 14-year jail terms, a record for the country.
The huge shipment of cocaine, which would have had an estimated street value of up to €80 million ($89.3 million) in its target markets, is said to have been in transit to be distributed in locations such as northern Europe, Interpol said.
The seizure was made after authorities requested assistance from Interpol, which deployed an Incident Response Team made up of experts in drug investigations, cyber crime, intelligence analysis and financial crime.
While Interpol and authorities in Guinea Bissau celebrated the convictions, the case has cemented the country's reputation as a narco-state used as a trafficking hub for illicit sentences smuggled out of locations such as South America bound for European markets.
Back in March, the Reuters news agency reported that an adviser to the parliament of Niger had been arrested after police seized nearly 800kgs of cocaine hidden on a truck carrying fish.
Sidi Ahmed was detained while carrying an ID card for the National Assembly of Niger.
At the time, this was the largest shipment of the drug ever discovered in Guinea Bissau.
"With drug trafficking contributing to instability in places where insurgent groups operate, tougher sentencing and zero tolerance policies are a must for the wellbeing of West Africa's governance, economy, stability and public health," said Head of Interpol's National Central Bureau in Bissau Cornella Florinda Vieira Te.
"Weak law enforcement provides opportunities for drug crime to go undetected: with Interpol, Guinea Bissau is stronger, because in developing our counternarcotic capacity Interpol has also strengthened our criminal justice system."
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has long acknowledged Guinea Bissau's status as a major smuggling hub for international drug traffickers, noting in a report published back in 2008 that West African nations were at risk of being captured by foreign and local criminal networks colluding with corrupt senior local officials.
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PayPal agrees to flag suspicious transactions to US anti-trafficking NGO Polaris
PayPal has agreed to share financial data with US anti-human trafficking organisation Polaris in a new initiative intended to help authorities identify and prosecute perpetrators of the crime.
The online payments giant has said it will flag suspicious transactions that could be linked to trafficking activity to Polaris' new Financial Intelligence Unit, which will leverage information obtained by the organisation's National Human Trafficking Hotline to identify traffickers' cash flows and bring prosecutions for both financial crimes as well as exploitation.
Highlighting how financial institutions have long played a pivotal role in helping law enforcement agencies identify and disrupt human trafficking activity, Polaris said the new initiative will provide investigators with invaluable information that can be used to track new money laundering techniques used by traffickers, and track down perpetrators.
Polaris came up with the concept for the new unit after examining the roles of major private and public-sector systems and industries on the sex and labour trafficking ecosystems.
After reviewing the findings of its On-Ramps, Intersections, and Exit Routes report, the NGO determined that companies in the financial services industry, and firms in the fintech space in particular, were best placed to help those fighting human trafficking identify trafficker cash flows.
In a statement, Aaron Karczmer, Chief Risk Officer at PayPal, commented: "PayPal and Polaris coming together is a great example of private and non-profit entities joining forces to achieve a positive social impact that neither party could fully realize on their own.
"We look forward to advancing new, innovative approaches to combating human trafficking with partners like Polaris, who, like PayPal, strive to create meaningful change on this important issue."
Applauding the announcement, Luis deBaca, who served as Director of the US Department of Justice's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking, said: "Working with financial institutions to understand how traffickers use their services has the potential to dramatically shift the trafficking equation, making exploitation more risky and therefore less profitable."
Last June, British bank HSBC launched a new range of banking services designed to help victims of human trafficking get their lives back on track.
A few months later in September, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reported that dozens of banks had signed up to a similar programme backed by the UN intended to help survivors whose financial identities had been hijacked by traffickers.
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US border guards arrest 14-year-old boy with three packages of methamphetamine taped to his stomach
Customs officers in the US state of California have arrested a 14-year-old boy after discovering he had three bags of methamphetamine taped to his midriff under his clothing.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the boy was stopped at the State Route 94 checkpoint in a vehicle with three companions on Monday night.
After pulling over the car in which the four suspects were traveling, CBP officers searched the vehicle with the help of a sniffer dog, which gave its handlers a positive response, indicating there were drugs present.
Customs investigators then sent the vehicle and its four occupants for further inspection.
Agents conducting pat-downs on the four found three bags of suspected methamphetamine wrapped round the 14-year-old's stomach before taking all of them inside the checkpoint.
In total, the packages taped to the boy's torso were found to contain just over 1.5kgs of methamphetamine.
A more detailed search of the vehicle the four suspects were travelling in resulted in the discovery of three backpacks containing 49 plastic-wrapped packages in the back of the car that contained more than 23kgs of methamphetamine.
The drugs seized from the suspects and their vehicle had an estimated street value of some $102,000.
The driver of the car, who investigators identified as a 34-year-old male US citizen, was taken into custody with three juvenile males, including a 16-year-old US citizen and two Mexican nationals aged 14 and 16.
CBP said that its San Diego Sector has seized approximately 500kgs of methamphetamine since 1 October last year, which had a total estimated street value of $2,088,100.
In a statement, CBP said: "To prevent the illicit smuggling of humans, drugs, and other contraband, the US Border Patrol maintains a high level of vigilance on corridors of egress away from our nation's borders."
In a separate seizure last Friday, Californian customs workers took a man into custody after finding more than 90 packages of methamphetamine stashed in various parts of his car.
After flagging the man down in his Green Ford Explorer on Interstate 15 near Temecula, a border agent engaged him in conversation while a sniffer dog gave the vehicle the once over.
When the dog signalled that drugs were likely in the car, investigators conducted a detailed search, finding 96 packages containing nearly 46kgs of methamphetamine estimated to be worth some $191,900.
San Diego Chief Patrol Agent Douglas Harrison commented: "I am very proud of the dedication displayed by these agents.
"They are committed to protecting America and keeping dangerous narcotics like these from reaching our communities."
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British pharmacist jailed for selling opiate painkillers, tranquillisers and cancer drugs to organised criminals
A crooked British pharmacist has been handed a 28-month jail sentence after being convicted of supplying controlled drugs with an estimated street value of almost £280,500 ($366,557) to members of an organised crime network.
Jaspar Ojela, 56, from West Bromwich, purchased controlled opiate painkillers, tranquillisers and medications intended for the treatment of cancer from drug wholesalers in 2016 before selling them on to his underworld contacts.
Ojela pleaded guilty to supplying the drugs during a hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court after he was caught in a successful operation conducted by the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which regulates medication and medical devices in Britain.
The agency said cancer drugs are valuable to organised crime gangs as they are taken illicitly by bodybuilders to counteract the unwanted effects of other hormone medications.
An investigation was launched into Ojela after inspectors noticed that his pharmacy was buying suspiciously large quantities of controlled drugs that are popular on the black market, such as Diazepam, Zolpidem and Zopiclone.
Investigators were able to establish that Ojela illegally sold more than 200,000 doses of these drugs to his criminal contacts between February and September 2016.
When brought in by police for questioning, Ojela admitted that he had bought the medication with the intention of selling it on to organised criminals, and that he did so while knowing that he did not hold the necessary MHRA and Home Office licences.
Ojela's defence barrister told the court he made less than £2,000 from the conspiracy and that he was at a "low ebb" when he agreed to participate in it.
The court was told that Ojela sold his criminal associates 213,000 pills for a total of just £5,600.
As well as pursuing his prosecution and jailing, the MHRA is also seeking to recover the proceeds of Ojela's crimes, while the General Pharmaceutical Council is pursuing disciplinary proceedings against him.
In a statement, Mark Jackson, MHRA Head of Enforcement, commented: "It is a serious criminal offence to sell controlled drugs which are also prescription only medicines without a prescription.
"We work relentlessly with regulatory and law enforcement colleagues to identify and prosecute those involved.
"Those who sell medicines illegally are exploiting vulnerable people and have no regard for their health. Prescription-only medicines are potent and should only be taken under medical supervision."
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These top quality aluminium Manx primary chain guards are now available. They are produced from aircraft quality 2mm thick sheet aluminium to Manx dimensions. They can be fitted straight onto the ES2 pre alternator engine with a simple bracket that I can supply. The bracket bolts to the crankcase as can be seen in the photo. I can also supply a wider primary guard to fit over a belt drive that is identical to the one in the photo but instead of being 25mm wide it is 55mm wide. The guard will fit directly onto a Manx with no brackets required as the front location bolts to the Manx crankcase.
This is the extra wide chainguard that is designed to fit over the belt drive kit. This new shape is the latest in safety requirements to give better protection against the lower run of the belt and also covers the rim of the clutch basket so that you don't have a cutting disc against your boot.
These top quality high performance belt drive kits are now available. They are produced and supplied to me by MICK HEMMINGS at no extra cost. There is a small ammount of machining to be carried out if they are fitted to an alternator engine but this is included in the complete fitting service that I offer. This is the same belt drive that is fitted to Manx Norton's and the G50 Matchless.
Very difficult to make out in this photo but the diaphram spring has been plated to a high finish and looks really good when fitted to run open with just the Manx belt drive guard fitted.
your re-built Norton single. I have started with the cylinder barrel studs and sleeve nuts to my own designe.
Rocker box sets and timing cover Allen screws.
My high performance race cams are now available.
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The cams are suitable for both long and short stroke engines. They are also suitable for fast road work and do not cause the engine to run rough at the lower end of the rev range.
The cam followers are 17% lighter than the standard Norton followers and are designed to rotate in their guides and reduce friction. On top of this they have 0.030" of industrial chrome on the face that makes contact with the cam lobe.
These top quality Superlight rocker arms are now available on an exchange basis or your own rockers lightened and polished on a ten day turnaround. They have been reduced from 247 gms down to 160 gms and are a must for a short stroke engine. The standard heavy rockers can cause valve bounce or valve float as it is sometimes referred to at any thing past 6000 rpm.
As you can see, the copper pushrod tubes look exceptionally good on the pre-alternator engines and create A real vintage feel to these old motors. I can also supply them to fit the alternator engine.


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Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's national treasures overseas, the pair leap into action. Also, Cowboy's wealthy father is kidnapped by the villainous and lethal Big Boss, and the scene is set for a furious martial arts showdown.
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Cheng Kang-Yeh, Corey Yuen, Jackie Chan, Mars, Michael Chan, Paul Chang Chung, Suet Lee
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During a routine prison work detail, convict Piper is chained to Dodge, a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to stolen money that the Mafia is…
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Please read your favorite poem and talk about why it is your favorite.
Chen Chen reads and talks about Kazumi Chin's poem "The Very Last New Year's Resolution," from Chin's collection Having a Coke With Godzilla.
Silvina López Medin discusses and reads the poem "Es infinita esta riqueza abandonada" by Edgard Bayley.
Sandra Lim Q&A talks about a favorite poem by Emily Dickinson.
Colin Cheney reads and talks about his favorite poem, "Finding Something," by Jack Gilbert.
Luljeta Lleshanaku talks about the genesis of her poem, "Used Books." Her answer is translated here from the Albanian by Ani Gjika.


To understand turbine pumps, also called centrifugal pumps, displacement pumps or kinetic pumps, you need to know what a turbine is and what a pump is and how the two come together. A turbine gathers energy from moving fluid, or flow, through the use of a rotary engine. A pump displaces liquid and, by doing so, moves the liquid out and to the next phase of the process the pump is used for. Turbine pumps create a high-flow rate while pumping. High pressure is created through the use of the rotor that, in turn, increases the flow of the liquid. The pressure allows the pump to pull more liquid, faster and from deeper, enclosed areas than using just a pump.
To understand turbine pumps, also called centrifugal pumps, displacement pumps or kinetic pumps, you need to know what a turbine is and what a pump is and how the two come together. A turbine gathers energy from moving fluid, or flow, through the use of a rotary engine.
A pump displaces liquid and, by doing so, moves the liquid out and to the next phase of the process the pump is used for. Turbine pumps create a high-flow rate while pumping.
High pressure is created through the use of the rotor that, in turn, increases the flow of the liquid. The pressure allows the pump to pull more liquid, faster and from deeper, enclosed areas than using just a pump.
In reality, a turbine pump is not a turbine in that it is not extracting energy from a liquid. Instead, the turbine engine drives the pump.
This causes the pump to be able to work at high speeds. An example of a turbine pump, or turbopump, are the engines used by the Space Shuttle.
These are turbopumps that supply the fuel into the combustion chamber of the engines. Turbine pumps come in two different types: axial or centrifugal.
Axial turbine pumps are used to raise the pressure of a liquid. Centrifugal turbine pumps are used to propel fluid out and away, usually on to the next step in a system.
The most common type of turbine pump is a centrifugal pump. The liquid to be pumped enters into the chamber at its center and is sent through the rotary motion of its wheel or disc.
This throws the liquid to the rim or exterior of the chamber. The liquid then makes its way through a diffuser, which turns the energy created by the spinning movement into pressure sending the liquid out of the chamber at high flow rates.
Centrifugal turbine pumps can pump water and expel it at high pressures. It should be no surprise that this turbine pump was originally developed for fire fighting.
Axial turbine pumps consist of a series of propellers or blades along a shaft. The blades are alternate as either static or rotating.
Instead of the single disc motion and high speeds of the centrifugal pump, the axial delivers much lower pressures and less speed. This type of pump builds pressure progressively.
Axial turbine pumps are sometimes used in conjunction with a centrifugal pump.


They are going to implent battleye in apb.
And that comes from what source?
Thought the game was dead..
Did he said they will unban all cheaters ?
They said something like they want to give to a majority of players a second chance.
Haha awesome, gonna def go and check this game out again.
BE protected games doesnt worth the time of any hacker if the customer doesnt pay a lot of money.
It's easy to bypass hard to keep updated. Simple is that, thats why there is so many hackers now using their rage settings to use their cheats till they can.
they are unbanning people who been cheating, but if you were suspect of frauds and similar stuff, sadly you not gonna get "card free out of jail"
I have a question about that. I've used a couple of public pay cheats for APB in the past, which I just deleted all the files for. Would those leave traces in my system triggering Battleye ban, even though they're deleted?
If it was internal, just reinstal the game should be fine. For the external just don't open it again and that's it.
and about external, it all depends if it left something, most likely not.
this has nothing to do with it , it just depends on how the cheat itself works .


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Besides the public library, there are many online resources available for continuing education. This is a guide about educational resources for seniors.
My husband had already retired. I thought it would be a good time for us to spend time doing things that we've always loved so I retired early. Lucky for me, nature and the environment has always been my passion and I wanted to help with environmental issues in my retirement years, so I checked with all the local colleges and ended up finding a wonderful college certification program for Conservation and Natural Resources.
It is half of a program needed (along with Police training) which would qualify one for a Park Ranger position. I will not be continuing with the police academy portion. I asked if I could enroll in this program as a Senior Auditor and they said Yes! I will not receive a certificate since I didn't pay the $7500 tuition for the 15 credit, one semester course, but I participated in all aspects of the program including presentations, tests and field studies in the middle of streams and lakes!
I totally enjoyed myself, loved the dozen students in the class, and learned a lot from dendrology (the studies of trees), orinthology (the study of birds), wildlife management, freshwater ecosystems, and even park management.
Now I am paying it forward! I volunteer at a local state park and natural history museum so I am using this knowledge to help share my love of nature with my community now!
I am sure there are other courses you might want to take that your colleges may offer. This one was just right for me!
Try asking and good luck as a lifetime learner!
There are a number of sites that offer free educational programs. This guide is about free online education courses.