"There's no point pretending to be unconscious," The Young Man said. Oakheart had decided to do exactly that while he took time to assess his new situation. He pondered whether it was worth giving it a shot anyway. "It's not," the man said aloud.
"You know what I am thinking?" Oakheart asked.
"Why am I here?" Oakheart asked.
"No, that is not…" Oakheart began to protest.
Oakheart didn't know if this was boast and bluster, or genuine, but decided to take the young man at face value. For now.
"Instead of looking like a walking tree?" Cortex asked.
"My tree form is who I am," Oakheart said. He could feel this power dampener draining his energy, but he could also feel something else. Something deeper, that was not being drained at all.
"What happens next?" Oakheart asked.
"Not that I know of," Oakheart said.
"I do not know why," Oakheart admitted.
"You seem confident that it is something that can be put right," Cortex said.
"You are too quick to rush to such conclusions," Oakheart told him. As he spoke he reached inward and teased at the hidden strength that he could feel lurking beneath the surface. Immediately, his skin thickened and turned to bark. His arm and leg muscles grew. His physique filled out.
Jailhouse rock to come from Oakheart then?


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Federal Reserve ready to slash rates again
By Editor | December 16, 2008 | 0
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As unemployment rises painfully higher and nest eggs are shattered, the Federal Reserve is prepared to slash a key interest rate — perhaps to an all-time low — in a desperate bid to stem the country's economic slide. With the Fed's key rate dropping ever closer to zero, the central bank is moving into uncharted territory. Nonetheless, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has made it clear the Fed isn't running out of ammunition to fight the worst financial crisis since the 1930s. It is exploring using tools — other than rate cuts — to revive the economy. New insights on that front could be revealed when Bernanke and his colleagues wrap up a two-day meeting today. "The message is simply the Fed stands ready to do everything in its power to stop the economy's free fall," said Richard Yamarone, economist at Argus Research. In its battle against a recession that started last December, the Fed already has cut the target for the federal funds rate, its main tool for influencing economic activity, to 1 percent, a level seen only once before in the last half-century. Many economists predict the Fed will cut the funds rate in half — to just 0.50 percent. A few think the Fed could opt for an even more forceful action — lowering rates by a whopping three-quarters percentage point or more. If that larger cut occurs, it would be the lowest on records that track the monthly average of the funds rate going back to 1954. The funds rate is the interest banks charge each other on overnight loans. The benefit of another Fed rate reduction, though, may be mostly psychological, rather than economic. "It's a feel-good thing," said economist Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics. "Hopefully this is a bridge to better confidence." Slammed by the financial crisis, worried banks have hoarded their cash and been extremely reluctant to lend money to customers. Fearful consumers, watching jobs vanish and their investments tank, have sharply cut back their spending, including on big-ticket purchases like homes and cars that typically involve financing. In response to the Fed's expected action, the prime rate — now at 4 percent — for many consumer and small-business loans would drop by a corresponding amount. The prime lending rate is used to peg rates on home equity loans, certain credit cards and other consumer loans. Cheaper rates could give pinched borrowers a dose of relief. The goal of lower borrowing costs is to entice people and businesses to spend more, which would revive the economy. So far, though, the Fed's aggressive rate reductions have failed to stabilize the economy. Bernanke says the Fed is weighing other ways to aid the economy given that it can lower the funds rate only so far — to zero. For example, the Fed could buy longer-term Treasury or agency securities on the open market in substantial quantities. This might lower rates on these securities and help spur buying appetites. A Fed program announced late last month to buy $600 billion in debt and mortgage-backed securities from mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac already has helped pushed mortgage rates down. By boosting the quantity of money in the financial system, the Fed has engaged in so-called "quantitative easing" to provide economic relief. The Fed's balance sheet has ballooned to $2.2 trillion, from close to $900 billion in September, reflecting efforts to mend the financial system. "Never in the postwar history has the Fed acted as lender of last resort to this degree," Mayland said. In fact, with all the lending by the Fed, the actual funds rate has fallen at times well below its current 1 percent target. As housing, credit and financial problems persist, the economic rubble mounts higher. Shell-shocked employers axed 533,000 jobs in November alone. That drove the unemployment rate up to 6.7 percent, a 15-year high. Since the start of the recession, the economy has shed nearly 2 million jobs. Analysts predict another 3 million more will be lost between now and the spring of 2010. Last week alone, Bank of America Corp., tool maker Stanley Works and Sara Lee Corp., known for food brands such as Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farm, announced job cuts. General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, are in danger of running out of money within weeks and are seeking government aid. The White House is exploring ways to throw a lifeline to Detroit after rescue efforts collapsed in Congress. With the employment market eroding and consumers retrenching, the economy could stagger backward at a shocking 6 percent rate in the current October-December quarter, analysts predict. It shrank at a 0.5 percent pace in the third quarter. President-elect Barack Obama is advocating an economic recovery plan that includes spending on big public works projects to bolster jobs. His plan also includes tax cuts to spur consumers to spend more and businesses to step up investment and hiring. Published in The Messenger 12.16.08
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Derecho / Derecho civil / Derecho de familia / Relaciones matrimoniales /
Matrimonial property regimes throughout the world
Oliva Izquierdo, Alexia
Oliva Rodríguez, Antonio Manuel
Oliva Izquierdo, Antonio Manuel
Editorial: Colegio de Registradores de la Propiedad y Mercantiles de España
Nº Pág.: 1045
Idiomas: Inglés
Derecho / Derecho internacional / Derecho comparado /
Matrimonial Property Regimes of the World comprises an up to date, detailed and complete version of each matrimonial regime that exists worldwide. These are analysed on a country-by-country basis and, whenever relevant, with reference to the specific matrimonial property regimes of the corresponding autonomous regions, provinces or federated states, if they feature any particulars on the matter within their political and administrative structures.
There are therefore many specifics covered since the descriptions feature not only the first statutory regime of each of the 194 independent countries in the world, but also the other systems existing therein, such as optional or second statutory supplementary regimes.
The book also covers other relevant matters, including details about the political and constitutional regime of each country, characteristics of assets, liabilities and powers of management of property which is subject to a matrimonial regime, changes to the regime, grounds for its dissolution and the method of liquidation. Lastly, each country's review concludes with a list of bibliographical resources to which the reader may refer for an in-depth review of the matter.
This book has a clear commitment to universality, not only because of its rigorous and detailed analysis of the matrimonial regimes of the countries under review, but also because it presents the most updated and complete analysis of the matter, of indisputable practical value. In a world with an increasing movement of persons and capital, the detailed information about matrimonial regimes provided in this work would be of enormous use in the field of Private International Law
Otros libros de Oliva Izquierdo, Alexia
Los regímenes económico matrimoniales del mundo
Oliva Izquierdo, Alexia;
Oliva Izquierdo, Antonio Manuel;
Otros libros de Oliva Izquierdo, Antonio Manuel
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Q: Is there a mathematical definition of Python's syntax and semantics I've been looking for a mathematical definition of Python. Like there is for e.g. relational algebra from IBM. In some scripts of my uni courses, I find something similar but its more of an example language usually to explain some concepts. I would love to find something similar for Python.

A: Relational algebra?   Computer languages like Python are not relational.
Perhaps you can find a grammar for Python.
Then you can feed it to a lexer/parser to get an abstract syntax tree [AST].  Once you have that, you can walk the tree and generate whatever you wish for each node (e.g. byte code, etc.)
This is the bread and butter of compiler design.

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I like how you capture the different layers of movement in the water. Especially in the first video. The movement of the currect just below the surface matched by the movement in the vegetation and what appears to be a still space in between. Coming up above the water is fabulous. Wishing you fun with these.


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For all further education (but not for the training measures!), The Employment Agency issues education vouchers, which you will only receive after detailed consultation with the employment consultant - if you meet the conditions and the adviser agrees.
What does the employment agency do?
You are looking for, the work agency pays!
Some courses just do not take place?
In the context of an educational voucher, the Arbeitsagentur takes over the costs of the course. This includes learning materials and workwear as well as examination pieces and examination fees. In addition, the travel agency will pay you a flat-rate travel allowance to the school.
It is therefore advantageous if the Further education As close as possible to your place of residence, because it costs the BA less money - and your promotion is likely. If there is no appropriate action in the vicinity, you will be reimbursed for the costs of accommodation and meals. It is unimportant whether the measure takes place in another federal state; In some cases, this is not possible any other way, because certain measures are carried out in Germany only in a few places.
If you receive unemployment benefits, you will be paid for this during the training period. If you work alongside the training, the requirements will be reduced accordingly. During the training period, you are automatically insured under statutory health and long-term care insurance. If you were pension insured in the last year before the start of the advanced training, you will continue to do so, if you can not submit a corresponding application. The BA assumes all insurance. During the training and the journey you are in any case also accident-insured. If the training is carried out during an existing employment relationship, your employer can receive a grant for your salary.
In the meantime, the Employment Agency leaves you with the agony of choosing the right training - of course within certain limits, because the education voucher specifies the educational goal of the measure exactly.
You will be able to find an education that is exactly tailored to your needs and is not easily overpowered. However, you are on the search for a suitable further education on your own. On the vouchers, in order to prevent you from choosing the wrong, the duration and learning goal are precisely defined.
Although the vouchers offer a certain freedom in the selection, but this system has a major disadvantage: were formerly courses booked and staffed by the employment office, which of course led to the fact that sometimes was put inappropriate measures, the training providers now have little opportunity to plan properly. Since it may happen then that courses are canceled due to lack of capacity shortly before the start - and that can cost you dearly, if the education voucher then expires.
An education voucher has only a period of validity of a maximum of three months. If during this time he is not taken over by a suitable training provider (for whatever reason), he declines. So take the time to ask for alternatives, if a further training fails.
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package org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.bpmn.definition.property.task;

import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.kie.workbench.common.stunner.bpmn.definition.property.general.SLADueDate;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

public class BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSetTest {

    @Test
    public void testGetIsAsync() {
        BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet a = new BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet();
        Assert.assertEquals(new IsAsync(), a.getIsAsync());
    }

    @Test
    public void testSetIsAsync() {
        final IsAsync isAsyncFalse = new IsAsync(false);
        final IsAsync isAsyncTrue = new IsAsync(true);

        final BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet a = new BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet();
        a.setIsAsync(isAsyncFalse);

        final BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet b = new BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet();
        b.setIsAsync(isAsyncTrue);

        Assert.assertEquals(isAsyncFalse, a.getIsAsync());
        Assert.assertEquals(isAsyncTrue, b.getIsAsync());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetSlaDueDate() {
        BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet a = new BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet();
        Assert.assertEquals(new SLADueDate(), a.getSlaDueDate());
    }

    @Test
    public void testSetSlaDueDate() {
        final String SLA_DUE_DATE_VALUE = "12/25/1983";
        final SLADueDate slaDueDate = new SLADueDate(SLA_DUE_DATE_VALUE);

        final BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet a = new BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet();
        a.setSlaDueDate(slaDueDate);

        Assert.assertEquals(slaDueDate, a.getSlaDueDate());
    }

    @Test
    public void testHashCode() {
        BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet a = new BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet();
        BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet b = new BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet();
        assertEquals(a.hashCode(), b.hashCode());
    }

    @Test
    public void testEquals() {
        BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet a = new BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet();
        BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet b = new BaseSubprocessTaskExecutionSet();
        Assert.assertEquals(a, b);
    }
}

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ADNOC accelerates delivery of low carbon growth strategy
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is accelerating operationalization of its board mandated low carbon growth strategy, by establishing a new Low Carbon Solutions and International Growth vertical that will focus on renewable energy, clean hydrogen and carbon capture and storage, as well as international expansion in gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and chemicals. Musabbeh Al Kaabi has been appointed Executive Director of the new vertical.
The creation of the Low Carbon Solutions & International Growth vertical builds on the company's successful track record in responsibly and sustainably supplying energy to the world. It will play an important role in advancing the company's ongoing transformation, which has included a steadfast focus on the decarbonization of its operations, energy efficiency and operational excellence, reductions in methane emissions, advancing CCUS to cut CO2 emissions, and the use of renewable and other zero-carbon energy sources.
His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and ADNOC Managing Director and Group CEO, said: "The Low Carbon Solutions & International Growth vertical will accelerate delivery of our decarbonization roadmap and advance our Net Zero by 2050 ambition. As the UAE prepares to host COP28 next year, we will continue to focus on practical and positive solutions that drive progress for the climate and the economy.
"With the direction and support of our nation's wise leadership and the ADNOC Board, ADNOC is embarking on a new and exciting period of accelerated growth, with a determined focus on sustainability that will help future-proof our business for decades to come. To lead and drive the delivery of our new mandate, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Musabbeh Al Kaabi to the role of Executive Director, Low Carbon Solutions & International Growth, with effect from 16 January 2023."
Since its inception ADNOC has been focused on sustainability, including eliminating routine flaring of natural gas across its operations. Its investments in the early 1980s to gather and process flared gas have been instrumental in mitigating the negative environmental impacts associated with flaring. The company recently set a new upstream methane intensity target of 0.15% by 2025, which is the lowest in the Middle East, and plans to continue to reduce methane emissions through the use of flare gas recovery systems and regular leak detection and repair programs.
As part of its commitment to cutting emissions, ADNOC is building on the success of the region's first commercial-scale carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) facility, to increase its CO2 capture capacity by over 500%, to approximately 5 million tons per year by 2030. This will be achieved by capturing additional CO2 from its gas processing plants and other sources of CO2 emissions. Meanwhile, in collaboration with industry partners, academia, and research institutes, ADNOC is exploring opportunities to advance CCUS technology development and deployment, while driving down its costs.
As part of its decarbonization roadmap, beginning in January 2022, ADNOC was the first hydrocarbon company to source 100% of its grid energy from clean nuclear and solar power. And, it is expanding its use of clean grid power offshore, by building a $3.6 billion, first-of-its-kind, sub-sea transmission network in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Once completed, it will connect ADNOC's offshore operations to the UAE's electricity grid, supplying power from nuclear and solar energy to replace existing gas turbine generators and significantly reduce ADNOC's offshore greenhouse gas emissions by more than 30%.
Leveraging advanced technology, ADNOC has taken tangible steps to implement a variety of energy efficiency projects to target both energy supply and demand. These include the introduction of waste heat recovery, installation of more energy efficient equipment, electrification, optimized operational solutions, and improved combustion efficiencies. In step with its broader digital transformation, it has also established an integrated energy monitoring system in its Panorama Digital Command Center. Through an interactive platform and dashboard, it can analyze its energy performance, to identify optimization across the value chain and drive further reduction in its energy footprint.
Protection of the UAE's natural heritage for future generations, through sustainable biodiversity, water, and waste management, continues to be a priority for ADNOC. It is committed to keeping freshwater consumption below 0.5% of total water use and increasing the mangrove population by planting 10 million mangroves seedlings, by 2030, to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) and greenhouse gases (GHG), protect Abu Dhabi's shorelines from coastal erosion, and provide a safe habitat for marine life.
And, with an eye on the future, ADNOC is accelerating its investments in renewable energy solutions. Together with the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) and Mubadala Investment Company, it has formed a partnership, under the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) brand, which targets well over 100GW of renewable energy by 2030. The expanded Masdar entity will become one of the largest clean energy companies of its kind in the world, as it grows its world-class portfolio of renewable energy and green hydrogen projects.
Al Kaabi is currently Chief Executive Officer of the UAE Investments platform at Mubadala Investment Company PJSC (Mubadala), the Abu Dhabi sovereign investor. Prior to that, he was the CEO of the Petroleum & Petrochemicals platform from 2017 to 2020, and the CEO of Mubadala Petroleum between 2014 and 2017. He began his career at ADNOC, where he spent 16 years in a series of senior roles across the core of ADNOC's business.
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Dancers of The Black Dog Molly dance group at Grindon, looking very fearsome.
The Accordion player of The Black Dog Molly dance group at Grindon.
The Hurdy Gurdy player of The Black Dog Molly dance group at Grindon.
A well dressing from Grindon.
Each summer Grindon continues to celebrate the ancient tradition of Hedgehog Rolling. The history of this event is somewhat uncertain, depending as it does, on the memories of villagers who are now unfortunately long deceased. However, it seems that hedgehogs were widely kept as pets (for their pest control abilities) and some were specifically trained to take place in hedgehog races. Ultrasonic whistles (similar to those used with sheep-dogs) would signal to the hogs when they were to roll up (for downhill sections of the course) or unroll (for uphill sections). It is believed that Lewis Carroll got the idea for the Flamingo & Hedgehog Croquet game in Alice in Wonderland after visiting Grindon on Hedgehog Rolling day.
The hogs that are rolled nowadays have been selectively bred and reared to bear a striking resemblance to large fir cones and they are brushed around the village course by 'rollers' armed with traditional besoms.
The hedgehogs all have their pet names and each entrant is allowed to choose their own hog on the strict understanding it is returned to the Registration Tent after completion of the course. Although housed together in the Registration Tent the hogs are exceptionally well behaved and show almost no annoyance at being taken out in the blazing sun on a number of occasions.
Hedghog rolling, on your marks!
The start of the boys race.
The entertainment or at least some of it, the effort put in to this display was fantastic and i had not seen may pole dancing for years.
A less traditional game, but it still looked like fun.
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Looking back it seems a little strange but that was the Saturday of the big England Germany game and everywhere there was a felling of excitement and trepidation, football was everywhere just for one day.
The most traditional stall at the fete and one i had not see for some time, a coconut shy.
Bagnall on the move, what looks like the whole village follows the queens as they head to the village hall.
The queens leaving Bagnall church.
The Chestnut queen relaxing on the swing boats after all the ceremonies have finished.
The New Queen and her retinue head down the village street.


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Jafnharr ( , "Equally High" or "Just-as-high") is a member of the "Mysterious Three," those who guard Valhalla in Norse Mythology. These three appear in Gylfaginning in the Prose Edda. They sat on three thrones in Asgard where they answered the questions of Gylfi who sought wisdom. The other two were Hárr ("High") and Þriði ("Third").  Each of them was, as it turned out, an incarnation of Odin.

See also
High, Just-as-High, and Third

References

External links
Odin's heiti (Uppsalaonline)

Characters in Norse mythology
Names of Odin

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IT'S SHOW TIME FOR SPRING RACING
IT'S SHOW TIME FOR SPRING…
addle up with The Races WA to feel the thrill of being a jockey in a virtual horse racing experience at the Perth Royal Show.
A giant six-metre-round digital racecourse will display virtual racing, allowing showgoers to join in by riding a hobby horse or running alongside the on-screen competitors.
The adventurous can also mount up and test their ability on a horse simulator used by jockeys to improve fitness and technique.
Racing and Wagering Western Australia General Manager Racing Charlotte Mills predicts the Life's Better with Horses activation will be a favourite among the 101 free things to do at the show.
"As the gates open for the Perth Royal Show this week, the timing fits in beautifully for the spring racing season to follow, with the starting gates opening on October 9," Charlotte said.
"Like the annual show, spring racing is a traditional and cherished part of life in Western Australia.
"We're looking forward to cheering on families as they make the circuit of our virtual race track at the show and we'll have a collection of hobby horses on hand for kids and their parents to ride.
"The virtual racing videos are both exciting and playful, with some showing leading Western Australian jockeys like William Pike and Jade McNaught swapping horses for a pogo stick Segway, chicken or quokka."
The digital racecourse will be open from 10am to 6pm daily at the Perth Royal Show, with related attractions including carnival videos from Ascot Racecourse, photo opportunities with life-sized racehorse model Henry and Off the Track WA activities.
"We never miss a chance to support our magnificent racehorses when they retire from the track and move on to new careers, including more than 20 competing in equestrian events at the show," Charlotte said.
"We also love to spread the word about the spring racing carnival, including the TABtouch Masters series, which is the world's only single-track thoroughbred racing festival featuring a Group 1 race worth at least $1 million on three consecutive Saturdays.
"The spring racing carnival also provides important economic benefits to the state.
"Racing contributes more than $821 million to the economy of Western Australia each year and it plays vital role in communities statewide, involving more than 24,000 people."


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Auvernaux és un municipi francès, situat al departament de l'Essonne i a la regió de . L'any 2007 tenia 318 habitants.

Forma part del cantó de Mennecy, del districte d'Évry i de la Comunitat de comunes de la Val d'Essonne.

Demografia

Població
El 2007 la població de fet d'Auvernaux era de 318 persones. Hi havia 116 famílies, de les quals 24 eren unipersonals (16 homes vivint sols i 8 dones vivint soles), 32 parelles sense fills i 60 parelles amb fills.

La població ha evolucionat segons el següent gràfic:

Habitants censats

Habitatges
El 2007 hi havia 127 habitatges, 119 eren l'habitatge principal de la família, 4 eren segones residències i 4 estaven desocupats. 107 eren cases i 13 eren apartaments. Dels 119 habitatges principals, 92 estaven ocupats pels seus propietaris, 24 estaven llogats i ocupats pels llogaters i 3 estaven cedits a títol gratuït; 3 tenien una cambra, 6 en tenien dues, 11 en tenien tres, 33 en tenien quatre i 66 en tenien cinc o més. 102 habitatges disposaven pel capbaix d'una plaça de pàrquing. A 38 habitatges hi havia un automòbil i a 76 n'hi havia dos o més.

Piràmide de població
La piràmide de població per edats i sexe el 2009 era:

Economia
El 2007 la població en edat de treballar era de 229 persones, 175 eren actives i 54 eren inactives. De les 175 persones actives 164 estaven ocupades (91 homes i 73 dones) i 11 estaven aturades (7 homes i 4 dones). De les 54 persones inactives 16 estaven jubilades, 27 estaven estudiant i 11 estaven classificades com a «altres inactius».

Ingressos
El 2009 a Auvernaux hi havia 125 unitats fiscals que integraven 352,5 persones, la mediana anual d'ingressos fiscals per persona era de 23.692 €.

Activitats econòmiques
Dels 20 establiments que hi havia el 2007, 6 eren d'empreses de construcció, 5 d'empreses de comerç i reparació d'automòbils, 1 d'una empresa de transport, 2 d'empreses d'hostatgeria i restauració, 1 d'una empresa financera, 3 d'empreses de serveis i 2 d'entitats de l'administració pública.

Dels 8 establiments de servei als particulars que hi havia el 2009, 1 era un taller de reparació d'automòbils i de material agrícola, 1 paleta, 2 guixaires pintors, 1 fusteria, 1 lampisteria i 2 restaurants.

L'any 2000 a Auvernaux hi havia 4 explotacions agrícoles.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

 Résumé statistique Fitxa resum de dades estadístiques d'Auvernaux a l'INSEE.
 Évolution et structure de la population Fitxa amb el detall de dades d'Auvernaux a l'INSEE
 France par commune  Dades detallades de tots els municipis de França accessibles a partir del mapa.

Municipis del districte d'Évry


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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

namespace NLog.UnitTests.Config
{
    using NLog.Common;
    using Xunit;

    public class InternalLoggingTests : NLogTestBase
    {
        [Fact]
        public void InternalLoggingConfigTest1()
        {
            InternalLoggingConfigTest(LogLevel.Trace, true, true, LogLevel.Warn, true, true, @"c:\temp\nlog\file.txt", true);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void InternalLoggingConfigTest2()
        {
            InternalLoggingConfigTest(LogLevel.Error, false, false, LogLevel.Info, false, false, @"c:\temp\nlog\file2.txt", false);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void InternalLoggingConfigTes3()
        {
            InternalLoggingConfigTest(LogLevel.Info, false, false, LogLevel.Trace, false, null, @"c:\temp\nlog\file3.txt", false);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void InternalLoggingConfigTestDefaults()
        {
            using (new InternalLoggerScope())
            {
                InternalLogger.LogLevel = LogLevel.Error;
                InternalLogger.LogToConsole = true;
                InternalLogger.LogToConsoleError = true;
                LogManager.GlobalThreshold = LogLevel.Fatal;
                LogManager.ThrowExceptions = true;
                LogManager.ThrowConfigExceptions = null;
#if !SILVERLIGHT && !__IOS__ && !__ANDROID__
                InternalLogger.LogToTrace = true;
#endif

                CreateConfigurationFromString(@"
<nlog>
</nlog>");

                Assert.Same(LogLevel.Error, InternalLogger.LogLevel);
                Assert.True(InternalLogger.LogToConsole);
                Assert.True(InternalLogger.LogToConsoleError);
                Assert.Same(LogLevel.Fatal, LogManager.GlobalThreshold);
                Assert.True(LogManager.ThrowExceptions);
                Assert.Null(LogManager.ThrowConfigExceptions);
#if !SILVERLIGHT && !__IOS__ && !__ANDROID__
                Assert.True(InternalLogger.LogToTrace);
#endif
            }
        }

        [Fact]
        public void InternalLoggingConfig_off_should_be_off()
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            var stringWriter = new StringWriter(sb);
            InternalLogger.LogWriter = stringWriter;
            string wrongFileName = "WRONG/***[]???////WRONG";
            LogManager.Configuration = this.CreateConfigurationFromString(string.Format(@"<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?>
<nlog internalLogFile='{0}'
      internalLogLevel='Off'
      throwExceptions='true' >

  <targets>
    <target name='logfile' type='File' fileName='WRONG'  />
  </targets>

  <rules>
    <logger name='*' writeTo='logfile' />
  </rules>
</nlog>
", wrongFileName));

            Assert.Equal("",sb.ToString());
            Assert.Equal(LogLevel.Off,InternalLogger.LogLevel);
            Assert.False(InternalLogger.ExceptionThrowWhenWriting);
            }

        private void InternalLoggingConfigTest(LogLevel logLevel, bool logToConsole, bool logToConsoleError, LogLevel globalThreshold, bool throwExceptions, bool? throwConfigExceptions, string file, bool logToTrace)
        {
            var logLevelString = logLevel.ToString();
            var internalLogToConsoleString = logToConsole.ToString().ToLower();
            var internalLogToConsoleErrorString = logToConsoleError.ToString().ToLower();
            var globalThresholdString = globalThreshold.ToString();
            var throwExceptionsString = throwExceptions.ToString().ToLower();
            var throwConfigExceptionsString = throwConfigExceptions == null ? "" : throwConfigExceptions.ToString().ToLower();
            var logToTraceString = logToTrace.ToString().ToLower();

            using (new InternalLoggerScope())
            {
                CreateConfigurationFromString(string.Format(@"
<nlog internalLogFile='{0}' internalLogLevel='{1}' internalLogToConsole='{2}' internalLogToConsoleError='{3}' globalThreshold='{4}' throwExceptions='{5}' throwConfigExceptions='{6}' internalLogToTrace='{7}'>
</nlog>", file, logLevelString, internalLogToConsoleString, internalLogToConsoleErrorString, globalThresholdString, throwExceptionsString, throwConfigExceptionsString, logToTraceString));

                Assert.Same(logLevel, InternalLogger.LogLevel);

                Assert.Equal(file, InternalLogger.LogFile);

                Assert.Equal(logToConsole, InternalLogger.LogToConsole);

                Assert.Equal(logToConsoleError, InternalLogger.LogToConsoleError);

                Assert.Same(globalThreshold, LogManager.GlobalThreshold);

                Assert.Equal(throwExceptions, LogManager.ThrowExceptions);

                Assert.Equal(throwConfigExceptions, LogManager.ThrowConfigExceptions);

#if !SILVERLIGHT && !__IOS__ && !__ANDROID__
                Assert.Equal(logToTrace, InternalLogger.LogToTrace);
#endif
            }
        }
    }
}


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E.J. Finocchio
stated on April 24, 2011 in a television interview:
"Most of your serial killers, most of your people who commit domestic violence, they start off by abusing animals."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. May 31, 2011
Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals chief says 'most' serial killers and people who engage in domestic violence start by abusing animals
The Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals wants the legal system to impose harsher sentences in animal cruelty cases.
During a discussion on the issue on WJAR's "10 News Conference," which aired April 24, RISPCA President E.J. Finocchio said animal abusers are allowed to plead "no contest" and make a donation to the court instead of paying a fine, a practice that allows them to escape a formal conviction.
It's important to take animal violence seriously, he said.
"Animal cruelty and domestic violence go hand in hand," he said. "Most of your serial killers, most of your people who commit domestic violence, they start off by abusing animals, the weakest of our society -- children, elderly, animals, women -- so there is a direct correlation statistically nationwide that animal abuse and domestic violence go hand in hand."
We were intrigued by the possibility that animals might be a sort of "gateway victim" for most domestic violence perpetrators or serial killers, or that animal abuse might be a harbinger of murder and domestic violence.
When we asked Finocchio for supporting evidence, he sent us the society's winter 2009 newsletter, which mentioned five serial killers and the way they had harmed animals. He also suggested we check a June 2009 study in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence that examined whether animal cruelty is a "red flag" for family violence (more about that later).
In addition, we consulted with other experts. The consensus was that there is a link, but it's complicated.
"Animal abuse is strongly associated with a whole host of antisocial behavior running from violence against people to parking ticket violations. It lights up the board," said Arnold Arluke, a professor of sociology at Northeastern University.
"The study we did compared animal abusers to people who were not animal abusers. The abusers were five times more likely to have a history of violence toward people, four times more likely to commit a property crime and three and a half times more likely to commit a drug-related offense," he said.
The problem, he said, is that animal violence "is not really a strong predictor or causal agent [of violence toward people]. There's a lot of people who commit animal abuse who do not go on to commit any other violence." Among those who do, the animal violence is usually "up close and personal" (such as when an animal is strangled), the animal is typically known to the abuser, and there has been more than one instance of abuse.
"But," said Arluke, "most cases aren't like that."
In his statement, Finocchio talked about "most" serial killers and "most" people who commit domestic violence. Let's consider them separately.
SERIAL KILLERS: We contacted Ann Burgess, a professor of psychiatric nursing at Boston College who coauthored the 1988 book "Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives." The book is based on interviews with 36 serial murderers. She and her colleagues found that 13 (or 36 percent) had a history of animal cruelty.
"So you can't say most," she said, referring to Finocchio's claim.
"The FBI did a study of serial killers and they found fewer than 50 percent had a known history of animal abuse. In fact, some were known as the animal lovers in the neighborhood," said Arluke.
The idea of a link between animal abuse and serial killers "becomes one of the expressions that people who champion [animal protection] like to throw around. It's smart politics because we don't want more serial killers," he said. "But the minute you start to look at every instance of animal abuse as essentially predictive of every person who's going to be a serial killer, if that were the case, we would have tens of thousands of serial killers, and we don't, thank God."
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PERPETRATORS: Once again, there is good evidence that animal abuse and domestic violence go hand in hand. The question is whether most abusers harmed animals first.
Surveys of women seeking help at domestic violence shelters have found that 46 to 71 percent report that their male abuser had harmed or threatened to harm a pet, according to the "Red Flag" study Finocchio referred us to, which was coauthored by Sarah DeGue of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and David DeLillo of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
People who engage in domestic violence are known to use pets to intimidate, coerce or control the victimized partner, DeGue and others told us. (In fact, Finocchio's organization serves as a safe haven for the pets of people victimized by domestic violence.)
But women who end up in a shelter constitute a very select group. After all, they aren't the only victims of domestic violence. And such studies don't show whether animal abuse came first.
DeGue and DeLillo said researchers, advocates and policy makers often assume that there's an overlap between animal abuse and domestic violence (including child mistreatment). Yet "little evidence exists to support this contention."
In their study of 860 college students they found that "the majority (73.2 percent) of family violence victims overall did not report any exposure to animal abuse." So only 27 percent of the victims of domestic and/or child abuse had seen or engaged in animal abuse as well. That's far from a majority, even if you assume that, in all these cases, the abuser started off harming animals.
"I'm not aware of any reliable research studies that have examined animal abuse perpetration as a precursor to domestic partner violence," said DeGue, now a behavioral scientist in the division of violence prevention at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"We actually found a number of cases that were the reverse, where people were first violent toward people and then subsequently became violent toward animals," said Arluke.
In short, there IS a link between domestic violence and animal abuse because violent people are, well, violent. If Finocchio had simply stuck with his assertion that "animal cruelty and domestic violence go hand in hand," our ruling would be different.
Instead, he made the provocative assertion that there's a progression of violence because "most of your serial killers, most of your people who commit domestic violence, they start off by abusing animals."
The experts we consulted -- including one Finocchio sent us to -- said the best evidence shows that a majority of serial killers and domestic assailants do not have a history of animal abuse. The evidence supporting the idea that their first victims are animals is even slimmer.
So the judges unanimously ruled that his statement is False.
(Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter. To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
TurnTo10.com, "10 News Conference, April 24, 2011," accessed April 27, 2011
Interviews and emails, E.J. Finocchio, president, Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, April 27, May 26-27, 2011
Interview, Arnold Arluke, professor of sociology, Northeastern University, May 20, 2011
JIV.SagePub.com, "The Relationship of Animal Abuse to Violence and Other Forms of Antisocial Behavior," Journal of Interpersonal Violence, September 1999, accessed May 18, 2011
Interview, Ann Burgess, professor of psychiatric nursing, Boston College, May 12, 2011
Interview, Sarah DeGue, behavioral scientist, division of violence prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, May 12, 2011
DigitalCommons.UNL.edu, "Is Animal Cruelty a 'Red Flag' for Family Violence? Investigating Co-Occurring Violence Toward Children, Partners, and Pets," Journal of Interpersonal Violence, June 2009, accessed April 27, 2011
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Q: Can't seem to get my PHP form to send as though from user's email I have tried everything but I can't seem to add the function to make it so that the email appears in my inbox as though from the user's email rather than my host name.
I've tried adding the header attributes but it still didn't seem to work.
Here's the code:
<?php
/* Set e-mail recipient */
$myemail = "julia@hotmail.com";

/* Check all form inputs using check_input function */

$email = check_input($_POST['email']);

/* If e-mail is not valid show error message */
if (!preg_match("/([\w\-]+\@[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/", $email))
{
show_error("E-mail address not valid");
}
/* Let's prepare the message for the e-mail */
$message = "
The email below would like to be added to the mailing list.

E-mail: $email

";

// create email headers
$headers = 'From: '.$email."\r\n".
'Reply-To: '.$email."\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
@mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);

/* Send the message using mail() function */
mail($myemail, $subject, $message);

/* Redirect visitor to the thank you page */
header('Location: trial2.html');
exit();

/* Functions we used */
function check_input($data, $problem='')
{
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
if ($problem && strlen($data) == 0)
{
show_error($problem);
}
return $data;
}

function show_error($myError)
{
?>

Please correct the following error:

<?php echo $myError; ?>

Hit the back button and try again

<?php
exit();
}
?>

Thanks!

A: Take the $headers from here:
@mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);

and put it in here:
/* Send the message using mail() function */
mail($myemail, $subject, $message);

Then remove the first line (copied from a site somewhere I'd guess)
You should be left with
// create email headers
$headers = 'From: '.$email."\r\n".
  'Reply-To: '.$email."\r\n" .
  'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

/* Send the message using mail() function */
mail($myemail, $subject, $message, $headers);

Note: your regex validating the email address will fail on addresses like myname@example.co.uk or myname@email.example.com. use PHP's filter_var instead.
2nd note: even if you get this to work your ISP may well block any mail that doesn't appear to originate from an email account on their servers, so the mail won't be delivered anyway. Better to set up a dummy account like webform@mydomain.com (use your actual domain), use that as a from address and include the user email in the body of the message.


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Night Details
Mostly clear. Low temperature around 27F. Dew point will be around 23F with an average humidity of 80%. Winds will be 9 mph from the NW.
40% Chance of Snow
Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Chance of precipitation 35%. High temperature around 33F. Dew point will be around 27F with an average humidity of 86%. Winds will be 8 mph from the WSW.
Cloudy. Low temperature around 32F. Dew point will be around 30F with an average humidity of 84%. Winds will be 9 mph from the WSW.
Partly cloudy. High temperature around 35F. Dew point will be around 30F with an average humidity of 86%. Winds will be 9 mph from the W.
Mostly clear. Low temperature around 31F. Dew point will be around 27F with an average humidity of 82%. Winds will be 11 mph from the W.
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Cloudy. High temperature around 37F. Dew point will be around 32F with an average humidity of 91%. Winds will be 8 mph from the WSW.
Cloudy. Low temperature around 35F. Dew point will be around 34F with an average humidity of 95%. Winds will be 7 mph from the SW.
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Cloudy with a chance of rain-snow mix. Chance of precipitation 55%. High temperature around 39F. Dew point will be around 36F with an average humidity of 92%. Winds will be 15 mph from the S.
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Mostly cloudy. Low temperature around 31F. Dew point will be around 30F with an average humidity of 91%. Winds will be 5 mph from the ENE.
Mostly cloudy. High temperature around 32F. Dew point will be around 27F with an average humidity of 85%. Winds will be 8 mph from the NNE.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow. Chance of precipitation 40%. Low temperature around 31F. Dew point will be around 28F with an average humidity of 88%. Winds will be 11 mph from the NE.


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Visibility of Disability: Portrayals of Disability in Advertising
Living with a disability is increasingly a part of everyday life. Whether the disability is seen or unseen, more than a quarter of the U.S. population has one, and many of us who aren't disabled are likely to know someone who is living with one. We know that media has the power to shift the narrative around disability by better reflecting the real lived experience of people with disabilities. So, while film and TV content have made progress in depicting stories of disability, as evident in the surge of programming inclusive of disabilities and related themes over the last 10 years, advertising featuring people with disabilities lags far behind. With a $21 billion market potential, advertisers cannot afford to miss the opportunity to engage with the disabled community and their allies.
Disability Presence in Advertising Creative
Most of the time, disability is absent from advertising, except when it's focused on products that treat disabilities. Rarely do ads show disabled people in everyday life, such as working, parenting, household chores or enjoying activities. In a custom analysis of Nielsen Ad Intel data, we looked at nearly 450,000 primetime ads on broadcast and cable TV in February 2021. Of those ads, just 1% included representation of disability-related themes, visuals, or topics.
Considering this active consumer target, the missed opportunity to incorporate people with disabilities into everyday brand messaging could be costly. There is an opportunity for brands to incorporate depictions and experiences of life with a disability in their messaging and product designs without centering on it. The media, marketing and advertising industries have an opportunity to help break down social stigmas around disability by making people with disabilities more visible.
Advertising spend on disability-inclusive ads
Hollywood has made progress in depicting disabilities but much more needs to be done to provide more opportunities to disabled talent. Our analysis found that ad spend inclusive of people with a disability and disability related themes in February totaled nearly $57 million, but just 3% went to ads featuring disabled people or that were inclusive of disability themes in the creative.
And pharmaceuticals, health care treatments, devices and similar made up nearly 50% of the total dollars spent in disability-inclusive ads. While treatment and managing care are important aspects of living with a disability, it's important that life with a disability is seen as more than just prescriptions. Advertisers have the opportunity to showcase people with disabilities in everyday life, engaging with the products and services brands offer.
When ads are more inclusive, they have an impact on all audiences, not just those living with a disability. Inclusivity, however, means an increase in representation in ads across the category spectrum, not just in Pharmaceuticals. An overabundance of these types of representations can reinforce stereotypes of people with disabilities. When brands from a broader range of industries are more inclusive of disabilities in their creative, they help balance the narrative and normalize living with a disability.
Highlighting the impact that living with a disability can have on consumers' experience with a product reinforces a sense of belonging. It also has the potential to drive dramatic change in people's daily lives. But to be authentic in targeting, advertisers must have the right team to craft an informed and inclusive message. Christina Mallon, influencer, activist and Global Head of Inclusive Designer and Digital Accessibility at Wunderman Thompson is at the forefront of raising awareness, increasing accessibility and innovating with brands for people living with disabilities. Not only is she an expert in her field, but she's also clear about how brand messaging and products impact her own life every day as a person with a physical disability.
"Many brands are embracing the need to engage and include people with disabilities. But when they include people with disabilities in creative content, we need to be seen for who we are — beyond our disabilities — without ignoring the fact that we have one."
Christina Mallon, Head of Inclusive Design and Accessibility, Wunderman Thompson
Christina Mallon leads Inclusive Design at Wunderman Thompson, where she consults with brands on implementing inclusive design practices into their business strategies. She is at the forefront of an important movement toward inclusivity in design and advertising. At the start of Christina's professional career, her arms slowly became paralyzed. The transition to "disabled" was challenging, but has never slowed her down. As a young digital marketing professional starting her career with a disability, she felt under-represented as a consumer. Rather than being discouraged, she recognized the opportunity to build awareness and make a measurable impact within the industry. This realization inspired her to start an inclusive design practice at Wunderman Thompson. Read more about Christina's work here and here.
A recent Nielsen survey found that people with a disability are more likely to feel that there is insufficient representation of their identity group on TV. The lack of representation in linear TV and advertising, which reaches more than 80% of the adult U.S. population, may be why disabled social media influencers and creators often carry the weight of rewriting the narrative around the media's presentation of disability. From educating on inclusive language to the proliferation of captions for video segments across TikTok or Instagram, disability representation and inclusion topics are advancing at the grassroots level while more traditional media catches up. Influencers like TikTok's @Scarlet_may.1, Instagram's @Chelsiehill, @blindishlatina, @Christina_disarmed, among others share their personal stories through relatable content. Influencers are stepping in to share product hacks and recommendations of inclusive brands to diverse followers including people with disabilities, their loved ones and allies—all consumers open to spending on brands that take action on causes they care about.
Acting now
While progress is being made to increase the visibility of disability, there are immediate steps that the advertising industry can take to accelerate it. Engaging with organizations that are leading the charge to improve representation in media, such as RespectAbility and ReelAbilities, can help brands fine tune future strategies, especially as many look ahead to 2022. When it comes to creative development, brands can cast more disabled people and develop more inclusive storylines, while being careful not to slip into "inspiration porn," which is often used to motivate non-disabled people at the expense of the disabled experience. When planning a campaign, brands must include various formats and accessibility features to accommodate a variety of people living with different disabilities. Brands can also improve representation in their organizations by hiring more people living with disabilities, like many organizations that are part of the Valuable 500.
Living with a disability is the reality for millions and a part of the diverse identities people want to see authentically portrayed in the content they consume and reflected in the brands they buy. Whether a disability is seen or unseen, the unique perspective of someone with a chronic illness or other disability can enrich a brand's inclusion efforts and the experience of consumers with a disability. Acknowledging people with disabilities as an important part of your target consumer base means understanding how your products or services uniquely add value to their experience.


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Mentoring Entrepreneurs To Achieve Excellence In World Of Business – Arab News
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is fast emerging as a global hub for startups and entrepreneurs as the Kingdom continues to undertake massive diversification activities under Vision 2030, throwing open new opportunities for innovative ideas and businesses to flourish.
The Global Entrepreneurship Congress, or GEC, which opens next week on March 27 in Riyadh, is one of those platforms that young talents and rising entrepreneurs from across the world will be gathering on to tap into the Kingdom's burgeoning startup market.
Saudi Arabia was chosen to host the event as it ranked first out of 45 countries, with Riyadh ranking one of the top five regional cities based on startup ecosystem performance, according to startup ecosystem research firm Startup Genome.
The four-day event will host 150 speakers comprising top policy makers, investors, business founders and CEOs, including Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix.
Technology is the driver of the world, and Saudi Arabia is already one of the largest potential markets in MENA in terms of ICT
Egyptian entrepreneur and founder of tech startup DevisionX, Mahmoud Abdelaziz
Entrepreneurs from across the world are eyeing Saudi Arabia as the country is witnessing a major shift in its economy, driving the Kingdom's startup ecosystem.
Saudi Arabia has seen a 54-percent increase in startup funding deals in 2021 compared to 2020 and accounted for 23 percent of all funding in the MENA in 2021, according to a report by data platform MAGNiTT.
One of the countries to have successfully unlocked these funding deals with Saudi Arabia is Egypt, as both the nations share immense market opportunities for the startup ecosystem.
"Technology is the driver of the world, and Saudi Arabia is already one of the largest potential markets in MENA in terms of ICT," said Egyptian entrepreneur and founder of tech startup DevisionX, Mahmoud Abdelaziz, in an interview with Arab News.
• Saudi Arabia was chosen to host the event as it ranked first out of 45 countries, with Riyadh ranking one of the top five regional cities based on startup ecosystem performance, according to startup ecosystem research firm Startup Genome.
• The four-day event will host 150 speakers comprising top policy makers, investors, business founders and CEOs, including Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix.
He will be attending the GEC to connect with investors and build partnerships.
"There will be a huge contribution from the Saudi Vision 2030 as well to lead the digital transformation in the region by supporting deep tech startups through investment and market opportunities," Abdelaziz added.
As Egypt is taking major steps under its 2030 initiatives, the country's entrepreneurial ecosystem performance has been witnessing growth over the past years.
This puts local entrepreneurs in a better position to explore opportunities within Egypt and other regional countries, including Saudi Arabia.
Omar Hagrass, Trella founder
Trella is extremely optimistic and committed to the future of Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom's economy is diversifying and seeking to use the latest technologies.
Trella founder Omar Hagrass
Saudi-Egypt startup deals
Egyptian entrepreneurs have been heading to Saudi Arabia for funding and expansion plans, whereas many Saudi-based companies are doing the same in Egypt.
For instance, Egypt-based logistics startup Bosta recently announced its expansion plans in Saudi Arabia after raising a series B funding.
"Being a focal area with a large economy and high e-commerce activity, the Saudi freight and logistics market's attractiveness is gaining the attention of startups and investors," Co-founder of Bosta Mohamed Ezzat said in a statement.
The sentiment is also echoed by many other logistics startups like Trella, who are executing expansion plans in the Kingdom.
Cairo-based digital freight marketplace Trella, which started operations in Egypt back in 2018, expanded its operation into the Kingdom and then raised $42 million in its last funding round that was co-led by Saudi-based venture capital Raed Ventures.
"Trella is extremely optimistic and committed to the future of Saudi Arabia," the founder Omar Hagrass told Arab News, adding that "the Kingdom's economy is diversifying and seeking to use the latest technologies."
He said that major international companies are investing large amounts of capital in the Kingdom's market.
"All of this complements the Saudi 2030 Vision to fuel business growth and attract investment; this all bodes well for entrepreneurship in the country," added Hagrass. Founder partner at Raed Ventures, Omar Al-Majdouie, said in a statement that Trella's growth is a combination of the founders' experience and a "booming freight sector."
While the Kingdom's freight sector is witnessing growth with fresh startups from Egypt entering the market, other sectors such as e-commerce are also recording increased activity with acquisitions happening across both countries.
Saudi Arabia's B2B e-commerce marketplace, Sary, has recently announced the acquisition of Egypt-based e-commerce platform, Mowarrid.
The acquisition is part of Sary's expansion plan into the North African market, starting with Egypt, the second-largest economy in Africa.
"Egypt is a strategic market for us and has a huge synergy with the Saudi and GCC markets," Mohammed Al-Dossary, CEO and co-founder of Sary, said in a statement.
Saudi Arabia and Egypt share the stage of the entrepreneurial ecosystem as both countries recorded the highest number of investment deals in the MENA region, with 15 and 11 deals, respectively, in January 2022.
Saudi Arabia startups raised $219 million in February alone, accounting for over half of the total $375 million funding raised in the MENA region, according to a report by Wamda.
As it looks like the sky is the limit for startups and entrepreneurs eyeing the Saudi market, deal sizes are only expected to rise in the coming days, with regional countries like Egypt set to ride on the entrepreneurial bandwagon.


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Mezcal for Two, 2022
Glazed porcelain and acrylic on canvas Dimensions: two cups, 3 in. diam. each; wrapped dimensions vary
Edition of 50 + 2 APs
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The Lives of Comfort Women
Documents and Testimonies
Statue of Peace
Here are a few stories out of the 200,000 girls who perished in Comfort Stations.
We remember their survival, endurance, and legacy.
Click to read their full story.
Kim Bok Dong
Kim Bok Dong was born in Yangsan,Gyeongsangnamdo on May 1, 1926. When she was 14, she was taken to work in a factory. Instead, she endured years of sexual slavery in Guangdong Province, China. According to Kim, "On weekdays, I had to take 15 soldiers a day… on Saturdays and Sundays, it was more than 50."
She came back home when she was 22. Like the other Comfort Women, Kim was ashamed of her experience and kept her story a secret until finally 50 years later, in 1992, she stepped forward and demanded an official apology from the Japanese government. She quickly became a prominent and beloved activist who fought for victims of sexual violence all over the world. In June of 1993, she testified at the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, Austria.
In 2012, along with Gil Won-ok, another surviving Comfort Woman, Kim set up the Butterfly Fund to raise funds for victims of sexual violence and war crimes all over the world. She later donated 50 million Won to the Butterfly Fund and continued to donate to the fund until her last breath. Despite the pain she suffered from the Japanese, in 2011, when a tsunami swept the Japanese mainland and killed over 15,000, she began fundraising efforts to help with recovery efforts.
After years of torture, 50 years of silence, and 20 years of activism, she passed away in January 2019, at the age of 92.
Kim Hak Sun
Kim Hak Sun was born in 1924 in Jilin, China, after her parents emigrated from Korea during the oppressive Japanese colonial rule. When she returned to Pyongyang, Korea, after her father's death, she attended a missionary school. However, when she had a hard time adjusting to her remarried mother and her family, she was sent to live with a foster family. Kim's foster father sold her to Beijing, where she was forced to work as a Comfort Woman with four other women. After four months, she was able to escape. The man who helped her escape became her husband and the father of her children. However, Kim lost her children and husband due to illnesses. After 50 years of silence, on August 14, 1991, Kim officially testified in front of the press at the Council for the Issue of Comfort Stations. After Kim's groundbreaking testimony, other victims began to come forward and officially registered as a Comfort Woman. In total, around 200 victims form the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Korea, and the Netherlands came forward.
Kim continued to be a powerful activist in the women's fight for justice. She was part of a lawsuit filed at the Tokyo District Court in 1991, requiring reparations and an apology. She regularly spoke at rallies in front of the Japanese Embassy of Korea. Despite her illness, she gave her final interview in which she continued to demand a proper apology from the highest Japanese official. On December 16, 1997, she passed away, but her legacy remains. August 14 is officially the day of the Comfort Women, commemorating the day Kim Hak Sun had the courage to speak up for thousands of silent victims.
Lee Ok Seon
During the height of the Pacifc War, Lee Ok Seon was 15. She was kidnapped and taken to a Comfort Station in Jilin, China -- one of an estimated 400 stations throughout China and Southern Asia. When recounting her experience, she said, "If we refused to accept soldiers they threatened us by cutting our bodies with military swords." After the end of the war, the women were abandoned in the mountains, and Lee had to beg for a living before meeting her husband. She was unable to bear children because of a disease she contracted in the Comfort Stations. While Korea continued to develop, Lee did not have the courage to go back to her homeland and her family officially registered her death. On December, 1996, at age 68, Lee landed in Kimpo airport and arrived in Korea for the first time in 53 years.
In 2000, she officially began to live in the House of Sharing, a nursing home for surviving Comfort Women. In 2002, she went to Brown University to actively spread awareness about the Comfort Women issue. She has been an active voice in the fight for justice. She is one of the 12 Comfort Women represented in a current legal battle against the Japanese government to pay 100 million won to each victim. "We want an apology, not compensation," she added. "If we sought money, 300 million won, let alone 100 million won, will not be enough." Lee is one of the 5 surviving Comfort Women from the original 12 plaintiffs. Out of the 5, she and another Comfort Woman are the only ones who are able to communicate. Her testimony will be crucial in the fight for justice.
Kim Koon Ja
Kim Koon-Ja lost her father when she was 10 and her mother when she was 14. When she was 17, she was kidnapped by the Japanese military to serve as a Comfort Woman in China. For 3 years, she was raped and tortured. She was beaten so hard during her captivity that she permanently lost hearing in her left ear. Eventually, when the war ended, she returned home, where for a brief period of time she lived with her fiancé. However, he later committed suicide due to Kim's family's strong opposition.
When other Comfort Women began to officially register as a Comfort Woman, Kim also broke her silence. She testified before the US Congress in support of House Resolution 121. In her testimony she said, "The Japanese government did not treat us as humans… Although many Comfort Women have passed away, history is alive. You cannot compensate for my ruined life with money."
Among other things, Kim was a passionate supporter for education and helping orphans. She saved every little penny she earned and donated her life savings to the Beautiful Foundation to help students who, like her, had lost their parents and could not receive a proper education. Upon her first donation (50,000 dollars) she said, "I was an orphan. All I had was eight months of night school. I think life was difficult because I lost my parents as a child and didn't learn anything… I often think that if I had learned a little, my life wouldn't have been this hard. I want to help poor and parentless children have an opportunity to learn… But I'm sorry and embarrassed that this is so little money." The Kim Kun-Ja Fund eventually raised around 960,000 dollars and has helped fund education programs for poor and orphaned students. Kim was able to give 250 students a chance at a better life and funded their life-long education. On July 23, 2017, 91 years old and penniless, she passed away.
Lee Yong Soo
When Lee Yong Soo was 16, she was kidnapped with her friend and taken to a military unit in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. On the ship to Taiwan, where 5 girls and 300 Japanese soldiers were aboard, Lee was raped for the first time. "At the time, I didn't even know the term rape," she recalled, "I only thought, 'This is why they brought me.' It would have been better for the boat to sink and everyone to have died there. Afterward, the other girls and I were continuously violated by the soldiers over and over again." She was forced to service an average of four to five soldiers a day and at most 20 men a day, regardless of injuries or days she was menstruating. Lee was 17 when the war ended. Upon returning home, she was unable to marry and instead she took on many different jobs.
In 1991, when Kim Hak Sun publicly recounted her experience as a Comfort Women, Lee found the courage to speak up and register with the Korean government as an official Comfort Woman. In December 2000, she testified in the Tokyo Tribunal and began to become a powerful voice in the Comfort Women's fight for justice. She received a Masters' degree in 2001 from Kyungpook National University. In 2007, decked in fine Korean traditional Hankbok, she testified in front of the U.S. Congress about the passage of House Resolution 121.
Recently, Lee exposed the corruption of the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery, also known as the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance. The organization was established in 1990 and had been entrusted with taking care of the surviving Comfort Women and organized Wednesday demonstrations in front of the Japanese embassy. Lee, in another explosive press conference which paralleled Kim Hak Sun's testimony in 1991, exposed the corruption of the Korean Council. She said "…when they collect donations, the money should have been spent on the victims, but they never did that." After an investigation, it was revealed that the Yoon Mee-Hyang, former head of the Korean Council for Justice, embezzled funds that were donated to support surviving Comfort Women. Lee continues to be a powerful voice who demands proper compensation and a sincere apology on behalf of the 200,000 young victims of Japanese military.
Jan Ruff O'herne
O'Herne was born on January 18, 1923 in the Dutch East Indies, a former colony of the Dutch Empire. During the Japanese occupation, O'Herne and thousands of Dutch women were forced to perform hard physical labor. In February 1944, O'Herne was one of the girls chosen and taken by Japanese officials to a colonial house that was converted into a brothel called "The House of the Seven Seas."
Both handkerchiefs were signed by Comfort Women from "The House of the Seven Seas" and the other from 'Kamp 1A' which held about 3,000 Dutch women and girls. O'Herne kept these as evidence for the crimes done to them. Until Japan's surrender on August 15, 1945, she was repeatedly raped and beaten every single day. In 1946, she married Tom Ruff, a British soldiers whose unit had rescued the camp O'Herne was in. In 1992, she became the first white European woman to testify as a Comfort Woman. In order to explain to her daughter what had happened, O'Herne wrote down her story in a notebook and handed it to her daughter. This story was published in 1994 as her memoir, "Fifty Years of Silence." O'Herne testified at the Tokyo Tribunal and before the US Congress in 2007 along with the Korean Comfort Women. When asked why it took half a century for people to truly understand what had happened, she replied, "Perhaps the answer is that these violations were carried out against women. We have all heard it said: This is what happens to women during war. Rape is part of war, as if war makes it right."
She passed away on August 19, 2019, after receiving numerous awards such as the Centenary Medal and dedicating her life to exposing the truth of war-crimes against women.
Maria Rosa Luna Henson
Lola Rosa was a very intelligent girl, obtaining her primary education at St. Mary's College in Pasay. However, when she was 14, she went to help her uncles fetch firewood and was raped by two Japanese soldiers. After her horrifying incident, her mother brough her to Pampanga. Lola Rosa joined the Hukbalahap, a guerrilla movement formed by the farmers of Central Luzon. While she was doing her usual task -- gathering food, medicine, and clothes for the guerilla members, she was abducted by Japanese soldiers and forced to serve in a makeshift Comfort Station in Angeles City for 9 months. After years of silence, she officially testified as a Comfort Woman. Through painful recollection and the English she had learned in school, Lola Rosa published her autobiography, Comfort Woman: Slave of Destiny, in 1996. After years of campaigning for Comfort Women's justice with her clear recollection and remarkable intelligence, Lola Rosa died at the age of 69 on August 18, 1997.
Park Yong Shim
Park Yong Shim was born in 1921 in Nampo, in the Northern part of Korea. She recalled that she was often lonely because her mother died as soon as she was born. When Park was 17, she went to visit her grandma. There, Park and her friend was taken by a Japanese man. The two girls were taken with 15 other Korean girls were taken to Nanjing, China in the spring of 1939 to a Comfort Station called the 'Ginsuyiru' Comfort Station. When she entered the station, there were rows of 2-meter by 2-meter rooms with only a bed. Park was assigned a Japanese name and given the 19th bed on the second floor.
In the morning, Japanese soldiers flooded into the rooms. Park was forced to service around 30 men a day and if she resisted in the slightest, she was taken to an attic, stripped naked, and whipped. She said, "On one day, I was in so much pain that I refused an officer's request. Then he proceeded to punch and kick me and then took out a long knife and threatened me as if he was about to kill me. Then he began to rape me and told me to see how the Imperial army felt like." On another day, when Park resisted, a soldier cut a 5cm deep line in her stomach. She was sent to a Chinese hospital and given treatment.
After three years of torture in the 'Ginsuyiru' Comfort Station, Park was taken to another Comfort Station in Yangoon, Burma. Out of the seven Korean girls there, only four survived. After 2 years in Yangoon, she was transported to the border between Burma and China in around 1943. When she heard Japanese soldiers saying that they were burning the flag, she realized the Japanese military's defeat and decided to run away with the remaining Korean girls. She was helped by a Chinese farmer and then taken by the Chinese military to a prisoner of war camp in Kunming. She was in her third trimester but miscarried her baby in this camp.
After 8 years suffering in Comfort Stations, Park returned home in 1946. She lived a hard life, suffering from the aftermath of the torture in the stations. She had to get her womb cut out and suffered from neurasthenia (nervous breakdowns). In 1993, Park publicly testified on her experience. She traveled to Tokyo to testify in the Tokyo Tribunal in 2000 but when she saw a shower gown that looked like the kimono she saw in the Comfort Station, she had a breakdown and was unable to speak. In 2003, she returned to Songsan, China, where one of the Comfort Stations she was forced into was built, and cried for hours. After a long life of pain, Park passed away on August 7, 2006.
Kang Duk Kyung
Kang Duk-Kyung was born in 1929 in Jinju, Korea. She lost her father when she was young and her mother remarried. After she graduated middle school, she was sent to perform painstaking factory labor as part of the Female Volunteer Labor Corps in Japan. They were forced to work around 12 hours a day and were given no pay. After two months in the factory, Kang and her friend decided to run away. However, they were caught, and when they were transported to a Comfort Station, Kang was raped by one of the soldiers for the first time. This moment is depicted in Kang's painting "Purity stolen."
When she got to the station, she quickly realized the nature of the work she was forced to perform. She was forced to service around 10 Japanese soldiers. Saturdays were when the most soldiers came — for that, Kang despised Saturdays. After being transported to different Comfort Stations, she ran away with the help of a Korean man and returned home. However, her tragedy did not end then.
She gave birth to her son in 1946. When she returned home with the baby, her mother disapproved of the baby's origins and had to send the child to an orphanage run by a Catholic church. Kang visited her son every week. One day, Kang once again came to the orphanage to visit her son. There, she was notified that her four-year-old son had died suddenly of pneumonia and that the funeral was already over. Kang was not even able to retrieve or see the body of her dead son. This grief, coupled with her numerous health problems, plagued her for the rest of her life.
Kang was initially hesitant to come forward when she saw other Comfort Women on TV, but when the Japanese government began denying their heinous past, she decided to come forward. She played a prominent role in getting the Comfort Women story out to the international community, testifying in front of the Japanese assembly and UN Human Rights Council. Even when she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer on December 1995, she continued to participate in the Wednesday Demonstrations. She is celebrated for her poignant artwork about Comfort Women. Kang passed away due to lung cancer on February 2, 1997.
Kim continued to be a powerful activist in the women's fight for justice. She was part of a lawsuit filed at the Tokyo District Court in 1991, requiring reparations and an apology. She regularly attended at spoke at rallies in front of the Japanese Embassy of Korea. Despite her illness, she gave her final interview in which she continued to demand a proper apology from the highest Japanese official. On December 16, 1997, she passed away, but her legacy remains. August 14 is officially the day of the Comfort Women, commemorating the day Kim Hak Sun had the courage to speak up for thousands of silent victims.
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Kim Bok Dong was born in Yangsan in Gyeongsangnamdo on May 1, 1926. When she was 14, she was taken to work in a factory. Instead, she endured years of sexual slavery in Guangdong Province, China. According to Kim, "On weekdays, I had to take 15 soldiers a day… on Saturdays and Sundays, it was more than 50."
Park Yong Shim was 22 when the photo was taken in 1944. She's the pregnant woman in the right.
Kang Duk-Kyung
"Purity Stolen" by Kang Duk Kyung
"Punish those responsible" by Kang Duk Kyung
©2020 Project Sonyeo. Founded, Written, Translated by Su Lee