Two more journalists received death threats this week from paramilitary successor groups as violence and intimidation continue to cast shadow's over Colombia's press freedoms.
Calixto Perez, who works in a municipality in the north of the state of Antioquia, was forced to flee after the criminal gang known as "Los Urabeños" gave him 24 hours to leave the region, according to RCN Radio.
"If I didn't leave, I would have to face the consequences," Perez said, who left without his family. It is second threat he has received within the last year.
Despite having filed complaints with the prosecutor general's office and been promised security detail from the National Unit of Protection, Perez says he still hasn't received any protection from the state. Other journalists in Antioquia are also reportedly still waiting for their promised security.
September had already been deemed a "black month" after more than 150 people in Colombia received death threats.
The fresh threats come one week after Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released an infographic showing that Colombia is the most dangerous place to be a journalist in the Western hemisphere after Mexico.
While Mexico has had the most journalist killings since 2000, Colombia comes in second with 56 killed in the last 14 years.
Colombia's Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) tracks all of the violations against the press in the country. For 2014, they report 114 violations committed against 145 victims, most from the areas surrounding the big cities Bogota, Medellin and Cali.
The most common violation is threats, with 58 reported victims. Some 48 journalists were obstructed from their work, while 31 were victims of aggression.


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Ontario Attorney General Caroline Mulroney seen in the legislature on October 11, 2018. Photo by Carlos Osorio
Legal Aid Ontario is cutting full-time jobs and imposing a hiring freeze after the Doug Ford government delivered the biggest budget cut in the agency's history.
In an email sent to staff Monday morning and shared with National Observer, Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) CEO David Field laid out a series of cost-saving measures including:
Cutting of full-time jobs by eliminating vacant positions, attrition and voluntary exits, as well as "other arrangements" not clear by the email
Implementing a hiring freeze, as well as a salary freeze for management
Delaying the implementation of IT initiatives
All of this is anticipated to save the organization approximately $16.6 million, Field wrote.
The changes come after the Ford government slashed the agency's budget by 30 per cent, meaning it had $133 million fewer to spend compared to its last budget of $456 million. The government said April 11 it was "streamlining the delivery of legal aid to promote long-term sustainability," and, in doing so, saving $164 million on legal aid spending each year starting in 2021.
In a statement to National Observer, Attorney General Caroline Mulroney said "The prior government spent more and more money on legal aid without achieving the results that legal aid's clients or taxpayers should expect. With renewed accountability at legal aid, every dollar saved on lawyers is a dollar we can invest in public healthcare and education, the services that matter most to people."
Legal Aid's projected revenue for 2019-20 is $433 million, which includes $323 million in government funding, $98 million from interest on lawyers' mixed-use trust accounts, and $12 million from client revenues.
The decrease is still substantial for LAO, according to Field's emails. In addition to job cuts, LAO will also be placing a compensation funding freeze for legal clinics and a halt on funding for one-time clinic projects to save an additional $15 million.
"Front-line services provided by LAO will continue and remain strong," Field said in the email. "LAO carefully considered its expenditures in terms of its client service and accountability for public funds and has developed a plan which is guided by those considerations."
According to Field's email, the agency is also making changes to the funding it provides to private criminal and family lawyers who represent low-income clients who can't afford counsel. Changes will also be made to discretion payments, which Field defined as payments over and above the regular fee paid to lawyers for case work. Details were not specified in the email for both of these impending changes.
The agency is "exploring regulatory changes to support service improvements, efficiencies and cost savings," Field said, signaling that more program cuts may be possible pending discussions with the legal aid community.
"I know that the attached announcement will bring questions and concerns for you as staff," Field told LAO staff. "I am confident that LAO will continue to be a major force in access to justice now and in the future. Meeting and talking to you is more important to me than ever before. Now is the time for constructive discussion."
In an email response to questions from National Observer, LAO spokesperson Graeme Burk said the agency is still determining exactly how many jobs will be lost and what regulatory changes need to be made. "But our priority will be to minimize impact to staff in client-facing roles," he said.
"There is an overall sense that we have a challenging task ahead of us," he added. "But we also have a dedicated staff and stakeholders who see the value of our service and an important mandate to provide access to justice for all."
'Dial-a-Premier' is an irresponsible policy: Schreiner
On April 12, Mulroney sent a letter to CEO David Field advising him of the agency's budget cut. "LAO is unsustainable in its current state," Mulroney said in the letter.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford echoed that figure when he phoned in to the Alan Carter Show on Global News radio show on April 22 and said, "There is more money being spent on lawyer fees and less cases [at the LAO]."
"This is what drives me crazy, Alan — that no one does their research," Ford said during the unscheduled call. "They need to be more informed. If they actually looked into it, there is more money being spent on lawyer fees and less cases. The people that actually need the system to help them, they aren't getting the proper support. We have to hold these people accountable. When there's more money to the lawyers and less money to the people, I've got an issue with it."
"If anyone needs support on legal aid, feel free to call my office. I will guarantee you that you will have legal aid," Ford added in the interview.
The LAO annual and quarterly reports and the most recent auditor general's report do not support what the premier and attorney general are saying. The auditor general found there was a 23-per-cent increase in the number of certificates issued by LAO between 2013 and 2018.
Mulroney was asked about the Premier's "guarantee" during the legislature's question period Monday. In response, she noted the the "premier is very connected to the people of Ontario through his phone" and that the government "is committed to working with legal aid to ensure that those front-line services are preserved and are maintained."
She added that she was "proud" of the policies her ministry had proposed "to make sure that the programs that our government offers to the people of Ontario are done so in a sustainable way, all the while protecting the front-line services that the people of this province need most."
"Those who need legal aid can call the Ministry of the Attorney General or call legal aid, Mr. Speaker. The services will be there for those in need," Mulroney told the legislature.
Green Party leader Mike Schreiner said the government was "misleading" Ontarians by telling them they can simply call the premier or attorney general in the way of the funding cuts to LAO.
"This is not how government works. Neither the Premier's Office nor the Attorney General's office has the scope to replace the services provided by this chronically underfunded agency," Schreiner said in a statement. "Whether it's legal aid or flood relief, the Premier must stop acting as if Dial-a-Premier is the most sustainable or responsible way to lead a province."
Funding for refugee services also cut
The Ford government has also said it will no longer provide funding for immigration and refugee cases. In his Monday email, Field reiterated what he previously told National Observer: that the agency is now solely working with the amount it receives from the federal government, which is anticipated to be about $13.5-$16 million in 2019-20.
Field said the agency will use remaining provincial funding in in interim to meet the payments to lawyers that were issued in immigration and refugee cases prior to April 16.
Mulroney has called on the federal government to provide an additional $28 million in funding for legal aid cases before federal courts and federal tribunals. If the federal government provides that additional funding, it would increase Legal Aid Ontario's projected revenue to $461 million.
In a statement the office of the federal Attorney General David Lametti said they are "deeply disappointed to see the sweeping cuts the Ford Government has made to this important program."
"While provinces and territories are responsible for the management of their individual legal aid programs, our Government recognizes the importance of working with partners to ensure proper funding for these programs, including those relating to immigration and refugee legal aid," the statement said.
"We are actively engaged in conversations with relevant stakeholders and will continue to monitor the situation closely."
Editor's note: this story was updated multiple times on April 29 with additional comments from Legal Aid Ontario, the government and members in opposition.
Fatima Syed
I have to be honest, the
Norm Dill | Mon, 04/29/2019 - 12:11
I have to be honest, the truth is hidden under lawyers of garbage and I don't have the time to figure it out. What I do know is that this is a typical PC/Conservative cut. For most Isle of will go unnoticed until it is a full blown crisis and then the Liberals will have to try and fix it. Eventually they might, they may not even overspend in correcting it, but they will introduce other excessive spending and try to tell every adult they know what is best for them through an excess of behaviour need rules and regs. We the People of Ontario cannot win. It the same for Canada and probably every province.
UK style austerity is on the
Dana Still | Mon, 04/29/2019 - 17:50
UK style austerity is on the way for Ontario. How else are Ford's family and friends going to get richer.
You sure showed that Wynne woman what's what, didn't you? I hope you're happy.
Unfortunately, like much of
Unfortunately, like much of the Western world or choices are all between different types of bad with good choices being very rare at all levels of government in all countries.
I don't think Mulroney has
I don't think Mulroney has anything to be proud of yet. All they seem to have done is cut the money, but not yet have a plan that can cope with it and deliver an effective end result for justice and that is going to be very complicated with a high likelihood of failure in the short term at the very least.
Streamlining legal aid
Geoff Smith | Tue, 04/30/2019 - 15:20
Streamlining legal aid services by cutting the budget by 30% or $133 million. And the one and only, the infamous Doug Ford, eliminates legal aid for immigrants with legal issues. Exactly. Even if you are an impoverished Canadian citizen, you cannot receive legal aid to help a relative immigrate to Canada. Or a refugee seeking asylum in Canada cannot receive legal assistance in Ontario. This is NOT Canadian! We live to help impoverished people come to Canada and build a strong, kind, generous society. Ford is weak and greedy, just like Scrooge and other characters depicted in Charles Dicken's novels. I cannot believe it but Ford wants to return to the 1850s when Oliver Twist had to beg for more soup. Who elected this feudal psychopath?
Ford Government cuts Ontario paramedic services
By Declan Keogh in News, Politics | April 16th 2019
Legal Aid Ontario stops taking new refugee cases after Ontario budget cuts
Ontario Budget 2019
Ford government slashes legal aid and money for crime victims
By Fatima Syed & Declan Keogh in News, Politics | April 11th 2019
'Numbers you can trust,' Ontario's finance minister says of first budget
By Alastair Sharp, Fatima Syed & Declan Keogh in News, Politics | April 11th 2019

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package com.creditease.dbus.heartbeat.container;

import com.creditease.dbus.heartbeat.event.impl.KafkaConsumerEvent;
import com.creditease.dbus.heartbeat.log.LoggerFactory;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.Consumer;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class KafkaConsumerContainer {

    private static KafkaConsumerContainer container;

    private ExecutorService es;

    private ConcurrentHashMap<String, Consumer<String, String>> consumerMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Consumer<String, String>>();

    private List<KafkaConsumerEvent> kafkaConsumerEvent = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<KafkaConsumerEvent>());

    private KafkaConsumerContainer() {
    }

    public static KafkaConsumerContainer getInstances() {
        if (container == null) {
            synchronized (KafkaConsumerContainer.class) {
                if (container == null)
                    container = new KafkaConsumerContainer();
            }
        }
        return container;
    }

    public void putConsumer(String key, Consumer<String, String> consumer) {
        consumerMap.put(key, consumer);
    }

    public Consumer<String, String> getConsumer(String key) {
        return consumerMap.get(key);
    }

    public void initThreadPool(int size) {
        int poolSize = size + 10;
        es = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(poolSize);
        LoggerFactory.getLogger().info("[kafka-consumer-container] initThreadPool size = " + poolSize);
    }

    public void submit(KafkaConsumerEvent event) {
        kafkaConsumerEvent.add(event);
        es.submit(event);
    }

    public void shutdown() {
        try {
            //发起礼貌退出通知
            for (KafkaConsumerEvent event : kafkaConsumerEvent) {
                event.stop();
            }

            //发起shutdown线程池, 正在执行的thread不强停
            this.es.shutdown();

            //等5秒看是否礼貌退出已经关闭
            if (!this.es.awaitTermination(5L, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {

                //强制关闭包括正在执行的线程
                this.es.shutdownNow();

                for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
                    sleep(1L, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
                    if (this.es.isTerminated()) {
                        LoggerFactory.getLogger().info("[kafka-consumer-container] thread pool interrupt shutdown success!!");
                        break;
                    }
                    LoggerFactory.getLogger().info("[kafka-consumer-container] thread pool shutdown, retry time: {}", i);
                }
                //如果重复等待5次后仍然无法退出,就system exit.
                if (!this.es.isTerminated()) {
                    LoggerFactory.getLogger().info("[kafka-consumer-container] force exit!!!");
                    sleep(1L, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
                    System.exit(-1);
                }
            } else {
                LoggerFactory.getLogger().info("[kafka-consumer-container] thread pool normal shutdown success!!");
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            LoggerFactory.getLogger().error("[kafka-consumer-container]", e);
            sleep(1L, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
            System.exit(-1);
        } finally {
            es = null;
        }
        consumerMap.clear();
        kafkaConsumerEvent.clear();
        container = null;
    }

    private void sleep(long t, TimeUnit tu) {
        try {
            tu.sleep(t);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            LoggerFactory.getLogger().error("[kafka-consumer-container] 线程sleep:" + t + " " + tu.name() + "中被中断!");
        }
    }
}

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Objective Secured: Expanding the world of the Crows: 40k Beastmen(ish)!
Expanding the world of the Crows: 40k Beastmen(ish)!
So that's the first of the Elk-men :) I've been wanting to expand a bit of the world around the Crows for a while, and these guys are hopefully just the start :) I'm picturing worlds on the wild fringes of the Imperium, far from the crowded hives, deafening forges and incense-ridden cathedrals (although hopefully lacking none of its weird anachronistic techno-feudalism feel).
This post is also a bit of two rolled into one so here's the next guy!
They're also an opportunity for me to have a crack at 40k Beastmen :) they're one of my favourite factions in the Old World, and I've seen them ported across a couple of times. I thought it would be an interesting slant if they weren't so much mutants, but their more animalistic features were actually artefacts of technology.


The flavor of properly grown cannabis at home is quite enticing. Using rich organic soil to grow cannabis creates a subtle aroma and taste, just like in the case of vegetables.
No doubt, this is venture will also ensure that you are self sufficient and do not have to depend on people when you want to smoke a joint. Also, growing your own cannabis ensures that you have control over the quality. Whether you decide to grow the cannabis indoors or outdoors, you will need to put soil in the pots. Although beginners may opt to use cheap bags of soil that are usually sold in many gardening centers, they will face numerous challenges. Such kinds of soils lack sufficient nutrients that are needed for growing cannabis. Also, they also harden easily and are not dry and light enough. It is therefore important to create the right mix of soil for your cannabis by following the steps outlined below.
The first step when making the right soil mix for growing cannabis is looking for high quality organic soil, which will act as the base. The base soil can be defined as the regular soil that will be used in the pots without any other additives. Selecting the right base soil is very critical when it comes to growing cannabis. Most beginners will fall into the trap of cutting corners when choosing the base soil. However, this is detrimental to their venture considering that cannabis grows well in aerated and permeable soil. You should look for good organic soils that tend to be more expensive because they have the right ingredients. A balanced organic soil will usually contain several ingredients, such as peat moss, bat guano, soybean, earthworm castings, soybean meal, pumice, compost, lignite, greensand, glacial rock dust, oyster shell flour, k-mag, coco fiber, perlite and leornardite. If you find a local mix with most of these ingredients, then you should use them as your base. Never use the pre mixed soils for house plants, they contain nutrients that will harm you cannabis plant! If you can't find the soil with the correct nutrients it's better to start with a clean soil with no nutrients at all zo you can add them later.
Considering that it might be difficult to find an organic soil with all the appropriate nutrients, you must consider supplementing it. Some of the ingredients that you need to add include steamed bone meal, organic worm castings, bloom bat guano, blood meal, rock phosphate, Epson salts, sweet lime or dolomite, azomite to provide the plant with trace elements and humic acid. Most of these ingredients are readily available and provides the right nutrients for your cannabis. One ingredient that you may find hard to get is the worm castings, but you should never fail to use them. The beauty is that you do not need a soil conditioner if you use worm castings.
It is very important to mix all the ingredients well for effective results. You can place a tarp on the patio or garage or sweep the floor and use it directly. This is usually a strenuous activity, so be careful not to pull a muscle. Some people may rent out a cement mixer to avoid the hard labour, which is fine. The method used to mix all the ingredients properly does not matter, as long as the end results are perfect. You should start by pouring a few bags of the base soil on the tarp or floor and then making a mound. Add the powdered nutrients in the centre of the mound. Cover these with more base soil and continue alternating the two until everything is added. After this, turn the soil thoroughly using a shovel until it is thoroughly mixed. The end result is the perfect soil mix for growing the cannabis.


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package com.android.settings.users;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.RestrictionEntry;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.UserHandle;
import android.os.UserManager;
import android.provider.Settings.Secure;

import com.android.settings.R;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class RestrictionUtils {

    public static final String [] sRestrictionKeys = {
//        UserManager.DISALLOW_CONFIG_WIFI,
//        UserManager.DISALLOW_CONFIG_BLUETOOTH,
        UserManager.DISALLOW_SHARE_LOCATION,
//        UserManager.DISALLOW_INSTALL_UNKNOWN_SOURCES
    };

    public static final int [] sRestrictionTitles = {
//        R.string.restriction_wifi_config_title,
//        R.string.restriction_bluetooth_config_title,
        R.string.restriction_location_enable_title,
//        R.string.install_applications
    };

    public static final int [] sRestrictionDescriptions = {
//        R.string.restriction_wifi_config_summary,
//        R.string.restriction_bluetooth_config_summary,
        R.string.restriction_location_enable_summary,
//        R.string.install_unknown_applications
    };

    /**
     * Returns the current user restrictions in the form of application
     * restriction entries.
     * @return list of RestrictionEntry objects with user-visible text.
     */
    public static ArrayList<RestrictionEntry> getRestrictions(Context context, UserHandle user) {
        Resources res = context.getResources();
        ArrayList<RestrictionEntry> entries = new ArrayList<RestrictionEntry>();
        UserManager um = UserManager.get(context);
        Bundle userRestrictions = um.getUserRestrictions(user);

        for (int i = 0; i < sRestrictionKeys.length; i++) {
            RestrictionEntry entry = new RestrictionEntry(
                    sRestrictionKeys[i],
                    !userRestrictions.getBoolean(sRestrictionKeys[i], false));
            entry.setTitle(res.getString(sRestrictionTitles[i]));
            entry.setDescription(res.getString(sRestrictionDescriptions[i]));
            entry.setType(RestrictionEntry.TYPE_BOOLEAN);
            entries.add(entry);
        }

        return entries;
    }

    public static void setRestrictions(Context context, ArrayList<RestrictionEntry> entries,
            UserHandle user) {
        UserManager um = UserManager.get(context);
        Bundle userRestrictions = um.getUserRestrictions(user);

        for (RestrictionEntry entry : entries) {
            userRestrictions.putBoolean(entry.getKey(), !entry.getSelectedState());
            if (entry.getKey().equals(UserManager.DISALLOW_SHARE_LOCATION)
                    && !entry.getSelectedState()) {
                Secure.putIntForUser(context.getContentResolver(),
                        Secure.LOCATION_MODE, Secure.LOCATION_MODE_OFF, user.getIdentifier());
            }
        }
        um.setUserRestrictions(userRestrictions, user);
    }
}


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Q: How to delete a Cookie in Python First of all, I've been searching and I couldn't find anything useful so I'm sorry if it is a very easy question, but I need help. I'm trying to delete a cookie with Python/Django, but I don't find the way.
I read the Cookie with this:
Cookie = request.COOKIES['item']

How could I delete this cookie?

A: Use this in your view:
response.delete_cookie('cookie_name', domain="cookie_domain")
return response

Read the docs for details.

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MARIKAR v. CAROLIS et aL
025-NLR-NLR-V-17-MARIKAR-v.-CAROLIS-et-aL.pdf
Present : Pereira J. and Ennis J.
MABIKAR t>. CABOLIS ei ah216—D. C. Gfatte, 11,419
Promissory note—Action by an endorsee—Defense that note was givenas security—M Overdue."
In an action on a promissory note granted 'by the first defendantto the second, and endorsed and delivered by the second defendantto the plaintiff, it is open to the first defendant to prove that thenote was granted by him as security for the supply of goods byhim to a firm, of which the second defendant was broker, and towhich the second defendant was thus liable for the default of thefirst defendant as a customer introduced to it by him, and that thenote was discharged by the due supply of goods as undertaken.
A promissory note payable on demand is not necessarily to bedeemed to be an overdue note. Unlike a bill of exchange, apromissory note payable on demand i6 not to be deemed to be*overdue for the purpose of affecting the holder with defects oftitle of which he had no notice, by reason that it appears that- areasonable time for presenting it for payment has elapsed since itsissue.
^ThE facts appear from the judgment.
A. St. V. Jayewardene, for plaintiff, appellant.
A. Jayewardene and De Zoysa, for first defendant, respondent.Guneratne, for second defendant, respondent.
Cur: adv. wit.
July 29, 1913. Pereira J.—
In this case the first question to be decided is whether thepromissory. note sued Upon has been duly paid and discharged.The second defendant was the broker of the firm of Clark, Spence '& Co., and it is clear from the evidence of Mr. Leefe, the manager ofthat firm, that the promissory note was given by the first defend^ant as security for the supply by the first defendant to the firm ofcoir yam in liquidation of advances made to him by the firm. Itappears that the second defendant7 as the broker of the firm ofClark, Spence & Co,, was liable to the firm for advances made tocustomers introduced by him. If they made default, the seconddefendant was liable to make good to the firm the loss, and hencepromissory notes were, as stated by Mr.. Leefe, usually taken infavour of the second defendant, so that he might recover on them
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if he was obliged to make good loss as stated above. The promissorynote in question was in effeet security for the supply of a certainquantity of ooir yarn by the first defendant to Clark, Spence & Co.The moment he supplied the required quantity of coir yam thenote was discharged. The appellant's counsel argued that it wasnot open to the first defendant to prove such an understanding, itbeing, as he contended, obnoxious to the provision of section 92 ofthe Evidence Ordinance. 1 do not think so. There can be nogreater objection to proof of such an understanding than there couldhave been to proof of suspension of liability on a note which thisCourt held would take place in certain circumstances in the case ofColes v. Caruppen, reported in the New Law Reports, vol. XVt.'fp. 198. In the present case, of course, as sworn to by Mr. Leefe,the first defendant did supply the coir yarn in liquidation of theamount advanced to him.
The next question is, how far the defence available to the firstdefendant as against the second is available to him as against theplaintiff ? On the authority of the case> of Tenna v. Balaya 1 theDistrict Judge has treated the present promissory note as anoverdue note, and possibly the first defendant's counsel in theCourt below placed reliance on the decision in that case in conductingthe defence. If that decision is to be deemed as implying that apromissory note payable on demand is always to be regarded as anoverdue note so far as the matter -of negotiation is concerned, 1 amnot, as at present advised, inclined to endorse it. But I am notsure that the learned Judge who decided that case intended to goso far. Anyway, in the solution of the question whether a giveninstrument is overdue, the considerations that apply to bills ofexchange payable on demand are different from those that apply topromissory notes payable on demand. Section 36, sub-section (3),•of the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Viet., ch. 61), enacts :
" ' A bill payable on demand is deemed to be overdue when
it appears on the face of it to have been in circulation for anunreasonable length of time. What is an unreasonable length oftime for the purpose is a question of fact. " But in section 86,cub-section (2), it i6 provided as follows : " Where a note payableon demand is negotiated, it is not deemed to be overdue for thepurpose of affecting the holder with defects of title of which he hadno notice, by reason that it appears that a reasonable time forpresenting it for payment has elapsed since its issue. " So that thepromissory note m question in this case cannot be deemed to be,and treated as, an overdue note. That being so, it is necessary thatthe tenth issue framed should be definitely determined. In viewof the decision in the ease of Tenna v. Balaya cited above, neitherJudge nor counsel would appear to have treated that issue as ofprimary importance in this ease. That issue is tantamount to the
MiW) 11 N.L. R. 27.
question whether the plaintiff is a " holder in due course1' of thepromissory note in question ; and a " holder in due course, 11 I needhardly observe, is defined in section 29 of the Act. I would setaside the judgment appealed from, and remit the case to the DistrictCourt for the decision of the tepth issue as explained above andjudgment accordingly. All costs should, I think, abide the event.
Ennis J.—Agreed.
Sent back.
Pkrkika J-
Marikar v-Cardie


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Q: Mathematica Partial Fraction Decomposition full steps I hope to get full steps instead of getting the result. Any ways to do so?

A: Mathematica does not provide step-by-step solutions. The algorithms that it uses are generally not ones that people would use in working through a problem. However, for a limited number of problems, you can get step-by-step solutions by calling WolframAlpha from Mathematica. For example, WolframAlpha["partial fractions of (5x-4)/(x^2-x-2)"] The subpod of interest is
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In Mozambique 'sex was demanded in exchange for food,' says Catholic entity
By Ngala Killian Chimtom
|Africa Correspondent
A woman with her baby waits for Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade to arrive for a peace accord signing ceremony at Gorongosa National Park, about 170 kilometres from Beira, Mozambique, Thursday, Aug, 1, 2019. (Credit: AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi.)
YAOUNDE, Cameroon – The director of the Denis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI) in South Africa has highlighted the dehumanizing treatment women and children have been enduring in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado region as the country prosecutes its war against terror.
In exclusive comments to Crux, the director of the peace entity of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) said women and children have been subjected to sex exploitation in exchange for food that they normally should have received for free.
"It is prevalent. Since 2020 we have been receiving reports of women and children from whom sex was demanded in exchange for food rations. There have also been numerous reports of children being recruited by insurgents to fight. These reports have been regularly contained in reports by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International," Johan Viljoen told Crux.
He said the Attorney General of Mozambique, Elda Homo, acknowledged the problem in an interview with journalists, and blamed the press for failing to report the atrocities.
"The journalists responded by saying that they could only report if the government allowed them access to IDP camps," Viljoen said.
In a move welcomed by the Catholic entity, the United Nations has signaled its resolve to investigate the violations against children not only in the Cabo Delgado region of northern Mozambique, but also in Ukraine and Ethiopia.
A new UN report found that 2,515 children were killed and 5,555 maimed in global conflicts in 2021.
The report, titled "Children and Armed Conflict" and released on Monday, July 11, also indicated that 6,310 children were recruited and used in conflicts globally in 2021.
Children, the report says, were also victims of abductions, sexual violence, school and hospital attacks, and denial of aid during conflicts.
"There is no word strong enough to describe the horrific conditions that children in armed conflict have endured," said Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict.
"Those who survived will be affected for life with deep physical and emotional scars. But we must not let these numbers discourage our efforts. They should serve as an impetus to reinforce our determination to end and prevent grave violations against children. This report is a call to action to intensify our work to better protect children in armed conflict and ensure that they are given a real chance to recover and thrive."
In an earlier interview with the Catholic news site Aciafrica, the director described as an issue of "serious concern" the "prostitution, murder and recruiting of children as young as 11 and 12 years old as soldiers."
He said the actual figures could be much worse, because the UN report is based on reported cases. He told Crux that "the actual scale will only be known once the UN has completed its investigation."
He revealed that over 50,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, 35,000 of them children below the age of 18. And many of them have no parents.
"They are forced to have sex with adult men; they are being used for child prostitution."
Viljoen told Crux that the abused children "will be scarred for life. They will have extensive emotional and mental damage. This is likely to last for life, as there are almost no mental health facilities in Cabo Delgado."
He said once responsibilities are established, the abusers should be sentenced to prison, as well as those who were supposed to supervise.
"It is, however, unlikely that anything will happen if the perpetrators are Frelimo party members or senior government officials. In all likelihood a few "fall guys" will be singled out and prosecuted, to create the impression that something is being done," he told Crux.
He blamed Mozambique's government for doing so little to stop the problem from escalating "to its current levels," but he welcomed the UN plans to investigate.
"We welcome the report about the UN's investigation on violations against children in Cabo Delgado," he said.
"We are glad that the United Nations is investigating. However, it would be even better if the Mozambican government were to carry out daily investigations."
His apprehension is based on government and UN failure to investigate and prosecute similar abuses reported in the area in the past.
The region has been caught up in conflict since 2007 when frustrated youths began protesting against government neglect despite the enormous wealth of the region. Their resentment was further fueled by the expelling of artisanal miners from commercial mining concessions in early 2017.
It was a turning point that led to armed revolt by militants known locally as al-Shabab (separate from the similarly named jihadist group in Somalia).
With insecurity in Mozambique posing a significant threat to regional security, integration and development, some 2,000 troops from the eight SADC nations known as the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) were deployed on July 15, 2021. Rwanda, a non-SADC member, had earlier sent in 1,000 soldiers to Cabo Delgado, after an agreement with Mozambique.
But attacks have not decreased. The latest came on July 13, leading to the flight of hundreds of people.
Pakistan leader says Islamic societies face 'duty' to protect religious freedom
Pope, cardinal denounce assault on historic Myanmar church, plea for peace
Anti-Christian assaults in India reflect growing Hindu nationalist threat
Syro-Malabar synod fails to resolve violent row over the Mass


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Your Guide to Diving Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan
Including Cancun, Mayan Coast, Akumal, and the rest of the Yucatan and Mexican Caribbean
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Diving Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan Overview
The island of Cozumel and the Yucatan peninsula attracts thousands of divers yearly. Many operators cater to experienced, savvy divers -- but some load boats with all comers. Much of Cozumel's diving is deep or drift dives. Carry a surface-signaling device (strobe, safety sausage, etc.).
The best Cozumel diving is in spring and summer. It can be rainy during the winter. Accommodations range from small, inexpensive downtown hotels to diver hangouts to high dollar hotels. There's a lot of partying, thanks to an overload of cruise ship passengers.
Many divers take day trips to the mainland by regular and inexpensive ferry to dive the freshwater cenotes -- prehistoric cave systems. Diving in a cenote can give you a new standard of visibility. For diving along the Yucatan coast, there are dive operations from Cancun south, but the diving is mainly patch reef diving.
Isla Mujeres (the Isle of Women), off Cancun, has some decent reef diving and a drift or two. Whale sharks aggregate during several summer weeks northwest of Cancun, both there and near the island of Holbox, where one can just about be guaranteed to snorkel with scores of these behemoths. The experience has recently become very popular with groups of underwater photographers.
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan Seasonal Dive Planner
Cozumel enjoys a fairly constant temperature of 80°F (27°C), but it rises to near 95°F (35°C) during July and August, which are also rainy months. During these months, it can get hot and humid if you venture away from the sea breeze or don't have an air-conditioned room. The rainy season runs from June through October (which is also hurricane season). Rainfall doesn't affect water visibility, as there is very little run-off. Cozumel is blessed with great visibility because of its strong currents. Cold fronts blowing down from the north can make temperatures fall during the coldest winter months, but Cozumel, because of its size and proximity to the mainland, is usually less affected than most Caribbean islands. Water temperatures vary from 75°- 85°F (26-29°C).
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Bottom Time Divers/El Presidente Intercontinental Report in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel
"Super professional, attentive, small group, repeat divers"
filed Dec 1, 2021 by Elise O Lovell (Experience: 501-1000 dives, 7 reports, Sr. Reviewer )
This was our first time diving with Raul and Bottom Time, but it won't be our last. Our usual Cozumel shop was booked, and the owner r... ... Read more
Scuba Life Cozumel /stayed in condos Report in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel
"Great operation every time we go!"
filed Dec 1, 2021 by Eric Ohde (Experience: 501-1000 dives, 8 reports, Sr. Reviewer )
We dove the first 2 weeks of November with somewhat windy weather so the visibility was not stellar but still decent 70 ft. or so usual... ... Read more
Dive House Report in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan
"Excellent diving"
filed Dec 1, 2021 by Sue Ann Bivans (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 3 reports, Reviewer )
[Some days very rough. Difficult to get back on the boat. Current some days very strong so unable to show and tell. I would not recomme... ... Read more
Dressel Divers/Iberostar Report in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/N/A
"Good diving but wicked currents."
filed Dec 1, 2021 by Jeffrey Raffa (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 3 reports, Reviewer )
Of course, Cozumel is know for its current and drift diving. Unbeknownst to me, September has especially strong currents. I've been to ... ... Read more
XTC Dive Center/local hotels Report in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan
"Xcalak, end of the road, Mexican Carribean"
filed Nov 28, 2021 by Harvey Monroe (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 5 reports, Reviewer )
Xcalak is at the end of the road. a fishing village 5 miles north of the border with Belize. My first visit there took 3 hrs from the m... ... Read more
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Fiji, Iceland, Maldives, Raja Ampat, trouble in Cozumel, a bad critter-handling policy in Kauai, 5/15
Diving Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan Articles - Land Based
Insuring The Local Reef: Is this the Future of Conservation?, 9/21
Living Underwater, Cozumel Mexico, the surprises of getting back in the water, 7/21
Iberostar, Dressel Divers, Cozumel and Playa del Carmen, the one-week trifecta: reefs, cenotes, whale sharks, 1/20
Cozumel Reef Closure Update, 1/20
Fiji, Molokai, Little Corn Island, St. Eustatius, following the guide leads to skin bends, 11/19
Bringing Underwater Camera Gear to Dive in Mexico?, it just may cost you, 10/19
Dying Coral Closes Much of Cozumel Diving, and both the reefs and the jobs are on the line, 10/19
Raja Ampat, Bonaire, Maldives, Cozumel . . ., and endless trash spilling into the water, 7/19
Cozumel, Raja Ampat, Cuba, Grand Turk . . ., plus advice on wetsuits and resort options for older divers, 5/19
Bonaire, Cozumel, Cuba, Fiji, Palau . . ., spear tossers, baggage restrictions and thieving crews, 9/18
The Lesson Of Walden Pond Or Why Not To Pee Underwater, 6/18
The Chinchorro Banks, Alor, Belize, Roatan, and how cut-rate trips leave early birds steaming, 2/18
Cozumel Dive Boat Sinks, 2/18
Cozumel and the Cenotes, Yucatan, Mexico, commuting to the caverns, 1/18
Aldora Divers, Cozumel, Mexico, concierge diving . . . and the other Cozumel, 5/17
A Cozumel Tragedy, sometimes only a buddy knows what happened, 4/17
XTC Dive Center, Xcalak, Mexico, face-to-face with crocodiles in the Yucatan, 11/15
Aqua Safari and Living Underwater, Cozumel, Two different dive operators, two different views, 6/15
Cozumel, Roatan, South Africa . . ., dive with a "Shadow Diver," or in a Las Vegas show, 11/14
Cozumel and Akumal, Mexico, two unique dive trips in seven days, 6/14
Yucatek Divers, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, whale sharks, cenotes and reefs on demand, 9/13
Where Do Whale Sharks Spend the Winter?, 9/13
An Alternative Whale Shark Dive, 9/13
Bonaire, Cozumel, St. Vincent…, legendary guide retires, dive shop disputes, and more, 1/13
Cancun, Cabo San Lucas, Fiji, Truk. . ., plus unexpected cold water, and a liveaboard to avoid, 8/12
Bonaire, Maui, Phuket…, Francis Coppola's five-star resort, a clueless Cozumel divemaster, 6/12
Living Underwater, Cozumel, Mexico, back to my first love, who still looks fantastic, 4/12
Cozumel, Anguilla, Palau…, plus a shark dive with no sharks, and two resorts to avoid, 4/12
Puerto Morelos, Yucatan, Mexico, decent reefs, great cenotes, 7/11
Cocos, Fiji, Roatan, Yucatan, and why you shouldn't rely solely on travel agents, 5/11
Save the Whale Sharks, help them adapt to their new home, 9/10
The Sailfish of Isla Mujeres, 9/09
Florida, California, Bahamas, Philippines…, good U.S. diving, Cozumel's best gear repairman, and more, 5/09
Diver Car-Rental Scam in Cozumel, 1/08
Costa de Cocos, Xcalak, Mexico, good diving near the Belize border, 8/07
Isla Cozumel, Mexico, recovering nicely from Hurricane Wilma, 7/07
Help With Project Cozumel, 7/07
Slow Versus Fast Boats, 7/07
Post-Hurricane Cozumel, the reefs? well, they're different, 4/06
Holbox Whale Sharks, Bonaire Wild Side, destinations to keep in mind, 2/06
A Good, Safe Operator on Cozumel, 7/05
Valet Diving in Cozumel, — relax and go with the flow, 5/05
In the Realm of Mayan Gods, 5/05
Holbox Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico, some big, big surprises, 10/04
Reports From Readers: Part I, Cozumel's adult dive operators, Bonaire bummers, 8/04
Cozumel Taxi Mafia Holds Tourists Hostage, 6/04
Cozumel, Q. Roo, East side, west side, all around the island, 3/01
Cozumel For the Serious Diver, A perennial returnee's view, 2/00
Recommended Cozumel Dive Ops For Advanced Diving, 2/00
Tips for Diving Cozumel, 2/00
Diving Into the Interior of the Yucatan, staying at the Villas DeRosa and diving the cenotés, 7/99
Plantaris: Another Pain, 7/99
Cozumel Ferry Robbed, 7/99
It's a Pca for my BC, 7/97
Editorial Notebook, Things we've learned since the last issue, 7/97
Cozumel Warning: Phony Phones, 7/97
Yucatán: Chinchorro, Bank, Aldora Divers, 10/96
Palau Seaplane, 10/96
Wild Cat Divers and Others in Cozumel, 10/96
Yucatán Diving Tour, 2/96
Endangered Seashores, 1/95
Common Diving Mistakes, 1/95
Barracuda Reef by Dive Light, 5/94
For the Double Standard, 5/94
Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan Sections from Our Travelin' Diver's Chapbooks
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Land Based Dive Resorts in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan
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Editor's Book Picks for Scuba Diving Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan
The books below are my favorites about diving in this part of the world All books are available at a significant discount from Amazon.com; just follow the links. -- BD
Travel Edition of Reef Fish Identification: Caribbean, Bahamas, South Florida
by Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach
Today's airline weight restrictions not only limit the amount of dive gear and cameras you can pack for overseas trips, but also those valuable prized marine life identification books. And with spotty Internet access overseas, it's not like you can look a critter of or fish up easily online. For the divers who still want a book in their hands post-dive to look up the fishes they encounter, Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach are offering "Travel Edition of Reef Fish Identification: Caribbean, Bahamas, South Florida." It's lightweight enough to thrown in your carry-on but rugged enough to withstand frequent saltwater washings on board.
Click here to buy it at Amazon.
World Atlas of Coral Reefs
by Mark D. Spalding, Corinna Ravilious, Edmund P. Green, United Nations World Conservation Monitoring Center.
If there is one book that belongs in every traveling diver's library, this is it. The superb World Atlas of Coral Reefs has everything you want to know about the reefs from Costa Rica and Cuba to the Coral Sea and Cayman. The information is specific and up to date. The photos, maps and layout superb. And the price, for this 424 page, full color, hard bound volume, is a steal at $31.50
The Atlas was released in September by the United Nations World Conservation Monitoring Center to document and conserve the world's coral reefs. Clearly written with divers in mind, it's an invaluable resource for global travelers. Here's what you'll find.
94 maps, including global maps of biodiversity and reef stresses, regional maps showing 3-D bathymetry and high resolution maps showing reefs, mangroves, population centers, dive centers and protected areas.
280 color photographs, showing reefs, wildlife, people and places, Including 84 photographs taken from space by Shuttle astronauts.
Text explaining the formation, structure and ecology of coral reefs; their various uses and abuses at the hands of humans; and the techniques used in coral reef mapping.
Detailed texts describing the distribution and status of coral reefs in every country.
Data tables listing information on biodiversity, human use, and protected areas. These include statistics on coral reef area, biodiversity, fish consumption, and threats.
For example, you can learn about pollution damage to the reefs at Providenciales and the lack of human impact, as well. Or, where extensive bleaching took place in Honduras 1998. You'll read that Milne Bay in Papua New Guineas has the most extensive reef system in that country and where, in Fiji, the bumphead parrotfish and tridachna clams will not be found, thanks to overfishing. Order now.
The Reef Set: Reef Fish, Reef Creature and Reef Coral (3 Volumes):
Paul Humann ID Books
by Paul Humann, Ned Deloach
The three set fish, creature and coral ID books by Paul Humann are the unparalleled sources for information on Caribbean sea life and identification. Paul and his partner Ned Deloach recently released updated and expanded editions of each, with scores of new critters, even better photos, and information unavailable anywhere else. Why, the Reef Fish Identification book, at more than 500 pages, is 20 percent larger than the previous volume, which came out in 1994. Whenever I travel to the Caribbean, I tote all three books and spend my down hours figuring out what I saw and where to look to find rare creatures. Paul's splendid Reef Creature book (420 pages), covers sponges, nudibranchs, octopus, crustaceans, Christmas tree worms and plenty more. His Reef Coral ID book (276 pages) helps you identify all the hard and soft corals, spawning, and even the growth on top of corals, as well as algae and other plant life. Beginners may want to ID only fish, but I'd recommend that all three books be part of every diver's library. And, if you have an old set, by all means replace it. You'll be delighted at the additions and improvements. Each book normally retails for $40, but are discounted when you order here. And the boxed 3-volume set is available now at a bigger discount, up to 30%. Click below to buy them at Amazon:
* Reef Fish Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas,
* Reef Creature Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas, and
* Reef Coral Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas
* The Boxed Set of all three (you can save up to 30%)
A Guide to the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean
by Mark Spalding
This book doubles as a guide to the natural history of the coral reefs and a diver's travel guide. In addition to providing information about some of the most popular diving and snorkeling, it also offers practical suggestions to divers who want to protect these sites. Author Mark Spalding, a coral reef scientist who has worked on coral reefs in over thirty countries, delves into the eco-problems with a focus on what each person can do to protect the reefs. The guide section covers 35 dive destinations with key information on the reefs, marine parks, remote places, and unusual species as well as excellent maps and a photographic field guide of the marine flora and fauna.
Order Now at a reduced price of only $16.47.
There's a Cockroach in My Regulator
by Undercurrent
The Best of Undercurrent: Bizarre and Brilliant True Diving Tales from Thirty Years of Undercurrent.
Shipping now is our brand new, 240-page book filled with the best of the unusual, the entertaining, and the jaw dropping stories Undercurrent has published. They're true, often unbelievable, and always fascinating. We're offering it to you now for the special price of just $14.95.
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You might find some other books of interest in our Editor's Book Picks section.
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The surgeon (Chirurg, Arzt) Dr. Mathias Juers is a renowned Medical Expert with over 30 years of experience in both, medicine and medical positions in the pharmaceutical industry.
After he had finished his locum consultancy in general surgery in Scotland, he decided to join the pharmaceutical industry in 1998 and has worked since that time in roles of increasing responsiblity within clinical research and development and medical affairs on a regional and global level.
Beside his specialisation in general surgery, therapeutic areas Dr. Jürs focuses on comprise coagulation disorders such as hemophilia and von Willebrand disease (VWD), as well as other disease entities such as immunology and immuno-oncology, critical care medicine, hereditary angioedema and neurology (e.g. Parkinson`s disease). A more recent area of interest is ophthalmology and within this speciality neovascular age related macular degeneration.
Dr. Jürs offers consulting services for capital investors who want to get a medical scientific expertise on new drug candidates with regard to identification of potential roadblockers in clinical development.
In addition to that Dr. Jürs offers the full picture of consulting services for the pharmaceutical industry.
To further discuss potential and future projects please be so kind to contact Dr. Jürs directly or click on the links above where more information on the respective topics is provided.


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The Jewish Historical Institute cooperates with many notable and respected institutions around the world. One of these is EHRI — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure.
The EHRI project was launched as a European Union initiative, and financed through EU funds dedicated to supporting collaborative research. The first meeting took place in the fall of 2008 in Brussels. Scientific institutions, national archives, museums and organizations dedicated to commemorating the victims of the Holocaust were invited to join. EHRI's inauguration took place in November 2010 in Brussels. The project was intended to last 4 years but was later extended by 4 extra months (until March 2015). 20 organizations, mainly from the EU but also from Israel and Norway (the JHI was the only Polish institution to participate), took part in the project. The NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam (part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) took on the task of coordinating and dealing with the organizational and financial aspects of the project.
EHRI serves as a consortium, of sorts, for organizations, museums and places of remembrance. Its motto is "Connecting collections". The goal is identifying sources relating to the Holocaust and creating an online catalogue. Summer Schools are organized as part of the project. Additionally EHRI provides month, and two-month long scholarships to support research in some of the organizations participating in the project.
The tasks in the project are divided into work packages, Michał Czajka and Monika Taras (before going on maternity leave) from the JHI's Archives represented the Institute in the WP15 ("Identification and Investigation") team and Magdalena Siek participated in the WP3 ("Access, Privacy and Copyright Policies") team.
Our task as part of WP15 was creating an index detailing the resources of Eastern European institutions whose collections relate to the Holocaust, and an index of these institution's archives.
The results of the EHRI project can be viewed online. The portal includes 3 main sections: information on individual countries, information on the institutions (mainly archives) possessing documents relating to the Holocaust, and archival descriptions. The organizational sections of the website are available in four languages (English, French, German and Polish) and the information on the 57 countries and 1892 institutions is available in English. Since the 152 692 archival descriptions were collected from many sources, this part of the website includes 13 different languages, with Polish being the second most used language after English, due to the large number of documents in Polish archives.
Currently, the JHI actively participates in two components: EHRI-3 and EHRI-PP.
EHRI-3 is the latest edition of the EHRI grant. The Jewish Historical Institute participates in the work on translating the knowledge acquired during the first and second editions to a supranational level and co-creates contents concerning issues of anti-Semitism, racism and the challenges of education about the Holocaust as part of comparative genocide studies.
EHRI-PP – the JHI participates in the works of the team appointed to create – in place of regular grants – a permanent international research and education institution (based in Amsterdam: NIOD – Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies). The project will continue until December 2021.


Many weeds that appear in your landscape beds and throughout your yard can seem harmless on the surface, but the plant's roots can be causing some serious damage under the ground. Canada thistle, or otherwise known as cirsium arvense, is a perennial broadleaved weed with roots that can grow up to 20 feet deep and 17 feet horizontally. As you can image, this deep root system not only harms your turf grass, but makes it very difficult to remove. This is why Canada Thistle is Weed Pro's weed of the week this week; read this article to learn how to identify it, find where it grows the most, and remove it from your lawn.
This weed grows to about 2 to 5 feet with a slightly hair stem when young. This stem grows hairier with age and has alternate, oblong leaves. The upper side of the leaf is dark green and the lower side is light green and slightly hairy.
This weed also has flowers that bloom between June and October. These flowers are pollinated primarily by wind, but also by insects that are attracted to the weed's honey-like scent. The flower color can vary anywhere from pale-blue to purple, the majority of the flowers being a rose-purple.
This weed grows well where summer temperatures are moderate and rainfall is not that heavy, making your Ohio backyard a prime place for this weed to occur. It can survive a wide range of moisture conditions and in various soil types. Although it can also tolerate a high salt content environment, it does not thrive in light, dry soils. The best environment that it survives in is in deep, productive, well-aerated soils that do not become too warm. This means that many areas where crops are planted, you can most likely spot Canada Thistle. This weed can also be spotted in waste places, roadsides, and railroad yards.
How to control the weed?
Chemical Control- This weed can be killed with either Roundup or another 2,4-D weed killer.
The weed killer will kill back the leaves on the plant and will kill back some of the root system.
Can be applied on any sunny day, 65-85 degrees F.
You check back weekly and may have to keep having to reapply if they reappear.
Organic Control- You just find the base of the plant and simply snip it off at the base.
You force the weed to use up its energy reserves by regenerating and then by removing the new leaves before the Canadian Thistle has a chance to build its energy reserves back up.
Does not harm any surrounding plants.
You need to check back weekly and continuously snip off any new growth.


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WORLD WHO launches global research forum against novel coronavirus
WHO launches global research forum against novel coronavirus
Photo: Offical Twitter account of GloPID-R
GENEVA, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- A two-day global research and innovation forum led by the World Health Organization (WHO) was launched here Tuesday to mobilize international action in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Co-hosted by the WHO and the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness and funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the forum kicked off at 9 a.m. Geneva time (0800 GMT) on Tuesday and is expected to conclude at the end of Wednesday.
The forum gathers roughly 400 participants, both live and online, including leading scientists from virus-related disciplines around the world, representatives of countries with confirmed novel coronavirus cases and those of public health agencies, ethics experts with related expertise, and representatives of major research donors.
Chinese representatives from the National Health Commission and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention will brief the forum on China's research on the outbreak, listen to views of all parties and participate in discussions.
According to the WHO, the forum is to identify the uncharted waters of the virus, prioritize research options and coordinate global efforts to avoid duplication of research, and speed up vaccine and medicine development.
A roadmap for the scientific research against the virus is expected to be released following the forum.
The WHO has said that the forum will focus on nine aspects: patterns of the novel coronavirus, the animal and environment from which the virus originated, an epidemiological investigation on the spread of the virus, clinical treatment, nosocomial infection control, medicine development, candidate vaccines, research ethics, and social science and public health measures in outbreak response.
Experts say that one of the hot topics is how to establish an effective data and sample sharing mechanism, which the WHO has kept calling for and pushing forward, as surveillance, research and development of effective vaccines and therapeutic drugs are only possible with a strain.
Meanwhile, the WHO may also need to coordinate how a strain sharer can participate and share the benefits of future research. So far, China, Japan and Italy have all successfully isolated virus strains from the outbreak and said they would like to share them.


You know those lazy school days where you just don't feel like getting up for class, you're not 100% and don't feel like bothering with tight jeans, hair or makeup. Well this was one of those days. Except for the fact that technically I'm not in school, I just happen to be taking a bar-tending course at a school. And class was at 6 in the evening. But I really wasn't feeling 100 (I was sluggish and had woken up with a sore throat) and I really didn't feel like bothering with tight jeans. Instead – dress up sweat pants & voila! Off to learning about wines.


The point I was making in my previous letter is that the homebuilder or homeowner pays his $6,700 fee himself. His fellow ratepayers pay nothing extra. Liberty is not charging for a service that the writer of 'Missing information,' Daily Press, 3-20-17, said could be $10,000 in other cities.
If they charged for this service, then maybe our rates could be lowered.
On a bi-monthly bill for 16 CCF we pay $2.48 per CCF and $55.83 more in service charges than in Hesperia.
We are subsidizing this service. In a public water company it is illegal to do this because you are using other ratepayers'money for the good of one person. There are nine new homes just in my area in the past 14 months.
If Liberty was charging the $10,000 the writer implied, that would be $90,000. Why should we pay for someone to get something free? Since Al Capone is dead I won't get into the way they separate us from our money with surcharges. Needless to say, if he were alive he would be impressed!
I urge all Apple Valley voters to keep your left hand on your wallet and use your right (or vice versa) to vote for Measure F.


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Expertise and Aircraft Insurance
The iconic P51 Mustang
Author: Carl A. Salisbury
A very recent case out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit caught my eye because it involves an airplane accident and insurance coverage. As a private pilot, I spend a fair amount of my leisure time reading about plane crashes. Most pilots do this; not because we're morbidly interested in tragedy but because we seek to avoid making the same mistakes others have made.
The parties in the Tenth Circuit case were an insurance company and the estate of a student pilot who had been killed during an instructional flight in a World War II fighter plane, a P51-D Mustang.
The storied P51 is among the coolest airplanes ever built. To prove the truth of that statement, here's a picture of the Mustang's cockpit:
The Mustang was manufactured as a single-seat, high-performance, fighter. Some purchasers of this vintage airplane have had it modified, adding a rear seat so that an instructor (or a passenger) can fly in it. Charles Early made such a modification to his P51. Early and his flight instructor, Michael Schlarb, died in a crash shortly after takeoff in the plane on the Fourth of July 2014. The question in the case U.S. Specialty Ins. Co. v. Estate of John Charles Early, Jr. (get a copy here) was whether Early or Schlarb was "operating" the aircraft at the time it went down. There was no direct evidence to support an answer to that question. No one knows whether it was Early or Schlarb who was at the controls on the fatal flight.
U.S. Specialty insured the plane and filed a declaratory judgment action seeking a ruling that it didn't cover any potential claims arising from the crash. Its policy said that the "aircraft must be operated in flight" only by Michael Schlarb. At the time of the accident, Early was sitting in the forward seat and Schlarb was in the rear. The district court (that is, the lower court) judge heard expert testimony about the fateful flight and concluded that Early must have been "operating" the plane at the time of the crash. Accordingly, the court granted the carrier's motion and entered an order that there was no coverage under its policy. The Tenth Circuit affirmed on appeal.
All of the instrumentation shown in the picture above is located in the front seat of the Mustang. For the modification in Early's plane, the back seat was equipped only with a control stick, rudder pedals, flap controls, and a throttle. The policy did not define the term "operated," so the district court looked the word up in a dictionary and applied the following definition: "[To] control the functioning (of a machine, process, or system)." Both parties agreed to this definition. The Tenth Circuit concluded that Early was operating the aircraft at the time of the crash "because he was the only pilot with access to all of the controls and instruments needed 'to control the functioning' of the Mustang."
That sentence set my pilot antennae buzzing.
Every student pilot has experienced some variation of the following. One day, shortly before the student steers the plane out onto the runway for takeoff, her instructor pulls some small sticky objects out of his flight bag (in my case, it was a package of post-it notes) and uses them to cover up the instruments on the control panel. He then says, "Let's go flying." Here are the instruments and controls that are left to the now-nervous student pilot: The control stick (or yoke, depending on the aircraft type), the rudder pedals, the flap controls, and the throttle. This is the exact same equipment that was located in the rear seat of Early's Mustang. The idea is to teach pilots that flying during VFR — or visual flight rules (as opposed to flying in clouds) — is all about looking outside the airplane. The first time it happens, it's something of an exhilarating revelation for the student pilot to take off, fly in the pattern around the airport, and then get the plane safely back on the ground without once looking at the instrument panel.
Full disclosure: I have never flown in a P51-D Mustang. I cannot say for certain whether it is possible to fly a Mustang using only the controls I would need to fly my Cessna 172. But I would be willing to bet a significant amount of money (significant to me, anyway) that a CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) who had been "checked out" in Early's Mustang could get that plane off the ground, around the pattern, and back on the ground all by himself from the back seat.
One reason for my confidence in this opinion has to do with the Federal Aviation Administration's Pilot-In-Command, or PIC, rules. Under Federal Aviation Regulations, the PIC is "the person responsible for the safe operation of the flight." FAR 1.1, 91.3. There can only be one PIC at any one time on a flight. What is more, a student pilot cannot act as PIC unless he or she is the sole occupant of the aircraft while training for a pilot certificate and has a current solo flight endorsement. Since Schlarb was sitting in the back seat on this flight and he had a student in the front, Schlarb was the PIC, "responsible for the safe operation of the flight." While it is certainly possible that Schlarb was violating the regulations on account of his inability to comply with his PIC responsibilities, it is unlikely.
The carrier in the Early case had an expert who submitted an affidavit that provided "a checklist of all operations required to carry out a complete flight in the Mustang" and that stated: "The pilot in the forward seat has the sole ability to conduct the vast majority of those operations." That may well be perfectly true. A "complete flight" likely involves climbing to altitude and cruise speed, retracting the landing gear, adjusting the trim control, and attending to myriad other functions required for high-speed straight-and-level flight. But there was nothing in the record of the Tenth Circuit's opinion to suggest that this was the kind of flight Early and Schlarb had planned or were taking.
A great many instructional flights early in a student's flying carrier involve nothing more than flying around the pattern, practicing takeoffs and landings. A key question that the opinion doesn't answer is: "What kind of flight was this going to be?" Were the pilots going to make a practice flight around the pattern or were they actually going to go somewhere? If this were simply a flight around the pattern, during which Schlarb was going to do all of the flying to demonstrate various takeoff and landing techniques to Early — which would not be at all unusual for an instructional flight — Schlarb could very well have been sitting in the back seat and still have been in compliance with FAA regulations concerning his PIC responsibilities.
In my experience, you only need control of a yoke, the rudder, the flaps, and the throttle to accomplish an instructional flight confined to the airport's traffic pattern.
In fact, the Estate argued as much in its brief on appeal: "Schlarb had access to the same controls necessary for the takeoff (throttle, rudder pedals and yoke)." Unfortunately, according to the Tenth Circuit opinion, this statement was not supported by anything in the record. In the absence of such evidence, the courts had little choice but to accept as true the (potentially dubious or misleading) opinions of the carrier's experts that the pilot needed to be sitting up front to "operate" this aircraft. Since it was very likely the carrier's burden to prove that Early, and not Schlarb, was operating the plane at the time of the crash, the Estate simply needed to create a fact issue about the actual ability of Schlarb to have "operated" the plane from the back seat in order to get past the carrier's motion and to have the case submitted to a jury — at which point, the Estate would have had a fighting chance to win coverage.
It's perhaps a little too easy for me to be a back-seat pilot here, with only the Tenth Circuit's opinion as a guide, but it appears from the decision that the parties (particularly the policyholder) may have failed to raise or answer some key questions about this flight and may have neglected to provide adequate and compelling expert opinion to the court to assist in the task at hand. When courts have to rely on experts to enlighten them about subjects beyond the ken of an average person, the parties need to make sure that the judge has all the information necessary to reach the right decision. It is a task that can sometimes produce great injustice and lead to the conclusion that we have the worst kind of legal system. Except for all the others.
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A film review by Craig J. Koban
2004, R, 106 mins.
Scott: Val Kilmer / Curtis: Derek Luke / Laura Newton: Kristen Bell / Stoddard: William H. Macy / Burch: Ed O'Neill
Jackie Black: Tia Texada
Written and directed by David Mamet
Is there ever a more sadly underrated talent working in modern films than Val Kilmer?
Before you balk, just consider his enormous range. He's played everything from The Door's lead singer Jim Morrsion, the king of porn John Holmes, legendary western figure Doc Holiday, Elvis inspired spoof singer Nick Rivers, a swashbuckling fantasy swordsman named Madmartigan, a blind man who regained his sight…hell…he even played Batman and Billy the Kid! Not too many actors can boast the resume that Kilmer has, and despite his reputation for being professionally flaky and difficult to work with, he remains a great character actor that gets really little critical respect.
If you have any doubts, just look at his work here in David Mamet's new political thriller SPARTAN. Kilmer's performance as a Special CIA Ops soldier is arguably his best and solidifies him as a first rate performer. He carries the piece with confidence, resolve, and an icy, detached, yet forceful charisma that would make DeNiro or Pacino proud. It also does not hurt that the film is written and directed by the finest writer working in contemporary cinema – David Mamet.
Anyone even remotely familiar with Mamet's past work should come out of SPARTAN with nice reflective smile on his or her face. Nobody writes great dialogue like Mamet, as his characters don't talk in that dry, wooden, Hollywood garble that serves no other purpose than to advance the characters and plot. Mamet is a magician of colorful, whimsical, quick, quirky, and offbeat dialogue. Sometimes his characters speak in amazingly sparse shorthand, other times they are capable of displaying an uncanny comical use of four and twelve letter expletives that takes on a level of offbeat poetry. If masters like Welles and Scorsese are the geniuses of camera work and style, then Mamet is the master of dialogue. When he does it, it's almost a style in on itself. It has such a unique cadence that, even when characters talk in ways that don't seem realistic, you are always appreciative of its color, wit, and originality.
As for the film, it's a tight, brilliantly plotted and well-acted political thriller that flies by in a labyrinthian maze of deception and double cross. It's a real modern film noir, not so much in the sense that its visuals follows its conventions, but has characters that populate it that never quite seem who they are. Actually, many of the characters don't even come across as particularly likeable, as their forcefulness and stone cold determination drive their motives. The film is really Mamet's first narrative epic. His previous works seem small compared to the far–reaching implications of SPARTAN, which takes its characters all over the world and involves The White House, The Secret Service, The President, and middle eastern kidnappers. This is a thinking-man's James Bond flick without the high-tech and overstuffed special effects.
The plot details the kidnapping of the President's daughter, Laura Newton (Kristen Bell). She is kidnapped from a Harvard nightclub where she is attending classes. Scott (Kilmer) emerges to take on the case, as he is a no-nonsense, tough-as-nails and fiercely determined marine operative. He has a huge hurtle to overcome: he only has 48 hours to locate her before the media learns that she's missing (funny how the media becomes a silent antagonist in the piece). He accompanies himself with a lone sidekick, Curtis (Derek Luke), and begins the investigation.
Scott is one of the least squeaky clean investigators I've seen who, along the way, is never afraid to break arms, violate suspects' civil rights, and even fakes killings to get the answer he wants. When he ultimately discerns the real reasons for Laura's abduction (which I won't reveal here) he proceeds in what he sees as immediate closure to his investigation, but is dealt with layers of deceptions and cons that produce unforeseen emotional blows.
The enormous pleasure of watching SPARTAN is primarily in how it has the time and patience to develop its story. It's not one of those witless action pictures that feels the need to rush to the next mindless scene where characters are killed and stuff blows up really well. SPARTAN does have action, to be sure, but its more interested in investigating the men behind the scenes as well and allowing them to become the attraction of the film and not the action itself. Most thrillers are driven by action and plot, whereas SPARTAN is driven primarily by characters first and action second.
The early scenes are fascinating as it develops tension and anticipation even before we are readily aware of who or what the investigators are looking for. These scenes also demonstrate Mamet's ingenious use of verbal shorthand with the characters. They are experts in their fields and don't talk in moviespeak, but rather in a realistic shorthand. They say the least amount possible to get their points across because, being experts, they can read each other's words before they are spoken, often finishing each other's sentences. The dialogue is stylized, yes, but it gives the film the sort of artistic verisimilitude.
Another aspect that makes SPARTAN so thoroughly entertaining is the way it presents its respective characters. These are not men driven by the motive of doing well and rescuing the President's daughter because it's the "right" thing to do. They do it because it's their job. They seem emotionally detached, yet completely focused on completing the task on hand. They are more worried about consequences and not the girl. That's intrinsically fascinating because the characters emerge less like heroic figures and more like forceful and vigilante warriors.
This is so true of the Kilmer character. Playing him as a straight good guy would have been the wrong move completely.. He leans into the people that impede his investigation, and he leans awfully hard. He's kind of a weird amalgamation of Charles Bronson in DEATH WISH meets SHAFT. Kilmer comes across as assured and convincing in the role, and is capable of easily bursting from his reserved coolness to exploding on other characters. He really has no scruples about whom he hurts, and even is shown threatening women in the film. His motive is simple: to get the job done, and it's his singular obsession with that goal that makes his performance an anti-heroic treasure.
The supporting cast is also well handled. William H. Macey also shows up (an old Mamet performer) in an odd and surprising performance. You kind of smile when he shows up and seems to just make one home run after another with that wonderfully sparse Mametian dialogue. His performance feels like a cameo, but later develops into something more. Derek Luke is also believable in his role of Kilmer's partner. He's not one of those stereotypical movie partners that is given nothing to do but follow Kilmer's lead. He's allowed to explore with his character and comes across as an intelligent investigator who genuinely assists with the proceedings. Even Kristen Bell, as the President's daughter, is surprising in both her motives and performance. She's not a damsel that needs rescuing, but more of a young woman that needs reconciliation with her estranged father. Ed O'Neil also turns in a solid performance as a government official and is another good character actor that's better than he gets credit for.
SPARTAN is a real buried pleasure. It's a film that had an indecently short theatrical life, but it's now on DVD and should be given the attention it rightfully deserves. As a thriller, its expertly plotted and fantastic in how it reveals layer upon layer of deception. It slowly draws you into its intriguing world and develops its story and characters into something more than the genre usually provides. And at the heart of it all is Val Kilmer, turning in a performance that holds the piece together so effectively. He's just so good in the film that you watch with a feeling of sincere thanks. Kilmer has made some stinkers in the past, but when giving the opportunity, he's capable as being as good as anyone.
SPARTAN is one of the best films of 2004.


Last month, Scotland men's national team failed to beat Slovenia in Ljubljana, managing just a 2-2 draw in a must-win game. The result extended Scotland's wait to take a place at a major competition to two decades, with the last being 1998 and this resulted in the dismissal of manager Gordon Strachan. Since Scotland last qualified for a World Cup, I have learnt how to walk, read, attended nursery, primary and secondary school as well as the first year of University. Furthermore, the last time the Tartan Army experienced a taste of a major competition, Microsoft Windows 98 and the second instalment of the Harry Potter franchise "The Chamber Of Secrets" had just been released, the Spice Girl's Viva Forever and Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On were battling for chart supremacy and Donald Trump was quoted saying the US will have to take "drastic action" against North Korea – well, I guess some things never change.
Despite a strong end to their qualifying campaign going undefeated in their final six – a run which saw four wins and a draw against rivals England – the disappointment in Slovenia ultimately came down to a woeful start to the campaign. Gordon Strachan's side were beaten 3-0 twice by England and Slovakia and their poor start also included a disappointing home draw with Lithuania.
Following the failure to qualify for the tournament which will be held in Russia next year, Gordon Strachan was dismissed and replaced by Malky Mackay for the interim. The decision that Strachan's time was up was widely debated with some believing that he should have stayed on in his post due to an encouraging end to Scotland's campaign. However, the most common opinion was that Strachan had done a good job but it was time for something different. What this "something different" is, however, remains to be seen. Numerous names have been thrown into the hat, from native Derek Mcinnes to former Italy manager Cesare Prandelli – with former England manager Sam Allardyce also being mentioned.
Nevertheless, Malky Mackay looked to be the bookie's choice after temporarily taking charge. However, after just one game (a 1-0 defeat to the Netherlands) it was revealed that the incredibly controversial figure would not be the "something different" Scotland needed. Mackay is also currently one of five men being pursued by Cardiff City in a High Court claim over allegedly fraudulent transfers. However, he denies any wrongdoing and said that he would "respect the legal process".
Despite failure to qualify for the World Cup and manager controversy, there are plenty of positives for Scotland fans. Despite problems at centre-back, Scotland have two very exciting full-backs in Celtic's Kieran Tierney and Liverpool's Andy Robertson. Although both play left-back, Tierney looks adept playing at right-back and the two give Scotland defensive stability as well as attacking impetus.
Scotland looked much improved with the increased inclusion of Celtic players in the squad. Goalkeeper Craig Gordon, left-back Kieran Tierney, midfielders Scott Brown, James Forrest and Stuart Armstrong and striker Leigh Griffiths all play together at a Celtic side breaking all types of domestic records. This inclusion of a Celtic "spine" has revolutionised Scotland's play and helped with the chemistry of the side. However, Celtic players are not the only players who will be key to any future success Scotland may have and their involvement far from guarantees success with exciting non-Celtic players including Hibernian's John McGinn and Liverpool's Andy Robertson.
Furthermore, Scotland's failure to qualify for the World Cup has also led for calls for wholesale redevelopment and change of the current Scottish football system. Improvement and funding in "grassroots football" as well as a demand for a focus on developing youth football in Scotland have been suggested as a way to fix Scotland's perpetual woe.
On the other hand, more pessimistic Scotland fans have argued that the country should not expect to be at a World Cup due to a number of problems, including quality of players or lack thereof and population size. Some argue that Scotland would be punching above their weight if they were to qualify for a major tournament with countries such as Slovakia and Norway with similar populations and others such as Belarus and Austria with almost double the population also regularly missing out on attending these competitions. However, this population argument is somewhat irrelevant, although it does hold up when comparing Scotland to the best in world football such as Germany, Brazil, and France. Despite this, many countries with much smaller populations have gone to and thrived at major tournaments in Scotland's absence – notably Wales and Iceland at Euro 2016 and Costa Rica at the 2014 World Cup.
Whatever route Scotland intends to go down it will as ever be a roller coaster of hope, joy, and mainly disappointment with the unique ridiculousness of the Scottish game.


"While jewelcrafting is not something they are known for, the Rangers of Ithilien contain artisans of all kinds."
This item is occasionally found in Dagorlad Scrap Deposits and as a reward in certain quests or a Drop from varous Mobs in The Wastes.
It is used as a component in Host of the West, Anórien Jeweller Recipes, to craft items used to acquire reputation with certain Host of the West Barterers, and then to barter with them.
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But with the true poet every thing is terse, touching, or brilliant.
This was terse, pointed, plausible—the stereotyped "machine" argument.
The terse—too terse—message passed from hand to hand till it reached Terry.
Captain Candage offered no rejoinder to that terse and meaty summing up.
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