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Joint Public Statement on U.S. Immigration Policies
Several psychology groups have released the following public statement on U.S. immigration policies and practices:
"This statement is an official statement of the specific signatories listed below, and does not represent the position of the American Psychological Association (APA) or any of its other Divisions or subunits not listed.
By the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race (APA Division 45), Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA), Society of Indian Psychologists (SIP), APA Division of Psychoanalysis (APA Division 39), Developmental Psychology (APA Division 7), Psychologists in Public Service (APA Division 18), Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology (APA Division 6), Society for Couple and Family Psychology (APA Division 43), Society for Humanistic Psychology (APA Division 32), Society for Community Research and Action (APA Division 27), Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities (APA Division 51), Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (APA Division 24), Society of Counseling Psychology (APA Division 17), Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy (APA Division 49)
As psychology groups committed to social justice, we find it necessary to comment on the ongoing and ever-changing policies that serve to dehumanize immigrants, asylum-seekers, and their families in the U.S. Although the June 20, 2018 executive order halts the unconscionable practice of separating immigrant children from their parents, it is critical that the current Administration take the necessary steps to expeditiously reunite those families that have already suffered separation, and acknowledge and respond to the pain and suffering these cruel immigration practices have created on families and communities.
At the core, we strongly stand against any policy that criminalizes parents fleeing poverty, violence, and political persecution in search of a safe and better life for their children and that is more frequently resulting in immoral 'zero-tolerance' practices.
For the sake of clarity and stability, we contend that the existing inhumane practices be replaced by more permanent laws that safeguard the well-being of immigrant and asylum-seeking families. In essence our position as mental health professionals and psychologists reflects the well-established fact that current immigration policies and practices (including 'warehousing' immigrants) are likely to result in irreparable and lifelong physical and psychological harm to both parents and children. Before the executive order, more than 2300 children were separated from their parents. Alarmingly, some 1400 undocumented minors are allegedly lost in the system.
Our position is based, in part, on the fact that the practices accompanying the zero-tolerance policy goes contrary to the moral, humane, and democratic principles and values upon which this country was founded. It is also supported by the fact that U.S. asylum and immigration have historically operated as part of a cluster of constitutional and international laws that emphasize the value of all families.
Pragmatically, we also acknowledge and accept the fact that the indefensible immigration practice of separating children from their parents appears to be driven by political expediency. The zero-tolerance policy and corresponding practices should not be used as political leverage, with children and families as hostages and/or pawns, to force passage of its unpopular immigration agenda. Suffice it to say that it is not an option to use the well-being of children and families as a political bargaining chip. Such action should not be permitted in a democratic society.
Given our interest, dedication, and commitment to ensuring the health and well-being of immigrant and asylum-seeking children and families, we specifically bring attention to selective physical and psychological health concerns, issues, and problems associated with parent-child separations. These concerns emerge from research findings. We provide this information to increase awareness of the impact of past and present immigration practices as we chart out ways to respond to the health and well-being of immigrant families in the future.
First and foremost, we must remember that immigrant children are still children. Protections for children in law or by the courts exist because children are uniquely vulnerable and are at risk for trauma, trafficking, and violence. Immigrant and refugee children are particularly vulnerable to harm by virtue of decreased safety and stability coupled with fewer social, emotional, and physical resources.
Regardless of their immigration status, children deserve compassion and protection from authorities who possess real or perceived power. Practices such as separating children from their parents can serve to erode the child's fundamental sense of security, safety, and stability and can be experienced as a form of psychological trauma. The deleterious effect of separation is so significant that the American Association of Pediatrics has designated it as a form of child abuse.
Children as young as 18 months of age have been ripped away from their parents. Family separation at such young ages disrupts parent-child attachment bonds, which are the most fundamental of all emotional bonds necessary for optimal psychological development.
The American Pediatric Association considers placing children in detention facilities (e.g., 'kennels', 'cages') a highly stressful experience that can disrupt the building of children's brain architecture while prolonged exposure to serious stress – known as toxic stress – can lead to lifelong health consequences.
Given that thousands of children have not been unified with their families, it is critical that they be under the care of staff and care takers who are prepared to effectively work with children of diverse ages, cultures, and spoken languages. Such children are also quite likely contending with psychological issues due to traumatic events from which they are fleeing in their home countries. Additionally, according to the American Association of Pediatrics, studies of detained immigrants have shown that children and parents may suffer negative physical and emotional symptoms from detention, including anxiety, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Conditions in U.S. detention facilities that contribute to these symptoms include forcing children to sleep on cement floors and use open toilets. Constant light exposure, insufficient food and water, lack of bathing facilities, and extremely cold temperatures also contribute to subsequent PTSD. In short, detention centers are not appropriate places for children or adults.
Similarly, placing children into the foster care system can be quite emotionally, socially, and psychologically detrimental for many of the separated children. The detrimental effects would likely manifest themselves among separated youth who may find themselves trapped in the foster care system for an extended period of time. Data suggest a significant number of foster kids who grew up in the system often do not receive a high school diploma or GED, according to the Children's Law Center of California, while approximately a third of kids exhibit mental health disorders including PTSD. More than a quarter will be incarcerated in the first two years after leaving the system, and a third will need public assistance.
Parents also suffer when they are separated from their children, and the separation causes a disruption in the family's cohesion and functioning.
We write this statement to urge support for the abolition of all polices and practices that harm immigrants, asylum-seekers, and families. We understand we must assume our share of the responsibility of creating more just policies and practices as we move forward. It is our obligation as members of this society to encourage Congress and the Courts to act; lawsuits, protests, and the ballot box can and will make a difference. We must continue to reject the Administration's claim that it has unfettered power to regulate the border (Collins, Mayeri, & Motomura, 2018). While it may take time to undo the havoc that the Administration has created on the border, the harm done to separated families will take far, far longer to repair. To this end:
We urge elected officials, the Courts, and others to:
Develop a plan and implementation for expeditious reunification of families affected by the 'zero tolerance' policy.
Provide reparations in the form of rehabilitation (e.g., psychological and social services) for the thousands of family members separated by the 'zero tolerance' policy, in keeping with the United Nations' basic principles and guidelines for reparations. The separation and warehousing of children and families are human rights violations. Consistent with the United Nations and other human rights groups, we understand that reparations are meant to recognize and address the harms suffered during such violations.
Members of our organizations are prepared to assist by providing the following to those who are directly affected or to those agencies providing services to those directly affected by these inhumane immigration policies and practices:
Culturally informed psychological and mental health services.
Culturally informed organizational consultation and staff training.
Advocacy to promote the safety, well-being, and rights of asylum-seekers and immigrants.
English: Mixed Status Immigrant Families in Times of Fear and Uncertainty: A Toolkit for Parents
https://icrace.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/final-immigrant-parent-toolkit.pdf
Spanish: Herramientas para Familias Inmigrantes con Miembros Indocumentados: Fuerza en Tiempos de Miedo e Incertidumbre
https://icrace.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/final-spanish-immigrant-parent-toolkit1.pdf
NPR Segment where Physicians Discuss the Health Impact of Family Separation
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/15/620254326/doctors-warn-about-dangers-of-child-separations
Organizations Working on Behalf of Asylum-Seekers and Immigrants
https://www.aclu.org/families-belong-together
https://supportkind.org
https://www.raicestexas.org
Resources for Torture Survivors, Refugees, Detainees, & Asylum-Seekers
https://kspope.com/torvic/torture.php
American Psychological Association. (2012). Crossroads: The psychology of immigration in the new century. Report of the APA Presidential Task Force on Immigration. Washington, DC: Author.
González, J. J., Kula, S. M., González, V. V., & Paik, S. J. (2017). Context of Latino students' family separation during and after immigration: Perspectives, challenges, and opportunities for collaborative efforts. School Community Journal, 27(2), 211-228.
Linton, J. M., Kennedy, E., Shapiro, A., & Griffin, M. (2018). Unaccompanied children seeking safe haven: Providing care and supporting well-being of a vulnerable population. Children and Youth Services Review. Available online.
Linton, J. M., Griffin, M., & Shapiro, A. J. (2017). Detention of immigrant children. Pediatrics, e20170483.
Miller, A., Hess, J. M., Bybee, D., & Goodkind, J. R. (2018). Understanding the mental health consequences of family separation for refugees: Implications for policy and practice. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88(1), 26-37.
Roche, K. M., Vaquera, E., White, R. M., & Rivera, M. I. (2018). Impacts of immigration actions and news and the psychological distress of US Latino parents raising adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(5), 525-531.
Torres, S. A., Santiago, C. D., Walts, K. K., & Richards, M. H. (2018). Immigration policy, practices, and procedures: The impact on the mental health of Mexican and Central American youth and families. American Psychologist. Advance online publication.
Roth, B. J., Crea, T. M., Jani, J., & Underwood, D. (2018). Detached and afraid: US immigration policy and the practice of forcibly separating parents and young children at the border.Working Paper.
*Special recognition to J. Manuel Casas, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Nicholas Culp, Roberto Abreu and the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race (APA Division 45) for drafting the original statement.
*Please email [email protected] to request a list of psychologists with expertise related to immigration, detainees, and asylum-seekers. These are individuals who can speak more directly to the issues addressed in the statemen
Helen A. Neville, PhD | Professor | Educational Psychology and African American Studies | Chair, Counseling Psychology Program | President Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race (APA, Division 45), 2018″
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ACC206: Financial Reporting MCQ 1. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) are; a. curre
ACC206: Financial Reporting MCQ
1. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) are;
a. currently issued and administrated by the International Financial Reporting Interpretation Committee (IFRIC).
b. currently issued and administrated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), an independent standard-setting board based in US.
c. currently issued and administrated by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).
d. currently issued and administrated by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), an independent standard-setting board based in London.
2. Which ONE of the following is a function of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation?
a. Assumes complete responsibility for the preparation and publication of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs).
b. Oversees the work of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the structure, and strategy, and has fund raising responsibility.
c. To inform the IASB of the views of organisations and individuals on major standard setting projects.
d. To review new financial reporting issues not yet covered by an IFRS.
3. Which of the following statements best describes the conditions which the FRS Framework identifies as necessary if the going concern basis is to be used for the preparation of financial statements?
I. The entity has no need to liquidate.
II. The entity has no intention to liquidate.
III. The entity has no need to cease trading.
IV. The entity has no intention to cease trading.
Group of answer choices
a. I, II and IV only
b. I, II and III only
c. I, III and IV only
d. I, II, III and IV
4. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) comprise the following standards and interpretation not yet amended or withdrawn:
I. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs)
II. International Accounting Standards (IASs)
III. IFRIC Interpretations (IFRICs)
IV. SIC Interpretation (SICs)
a. Both I and II
b. I, II, III and IV
c. I only
d. I, II and III
5. The responsibility of setting international financial reporting standards (IFRSs) rests
a. IASB, FASB and the various National Accounting Standards Agencies.
b. solely on the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
c. on both the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
d. solely on the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
6. When information is important enough to the informed user, so that, if it was omitted or erroneous, it would make a difference in the user's decision, it is:
a. material.
b. comparable.
c. timely.
d. understandable.
7. Which of the following definitions of fair value is closest to that defined in FRS 113 Fair Value Measurement?
a. None of the listed definitions.
b. It is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
c. It is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to settle a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
d. It is the price that would be paid to buy an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
8. The idea that financial statements should be free from bias is part of which characteristic?
a. Understandability.
b. Relevance.
c. Comparability.
d. Faithful representation.
9. The overriding criterion by which accounting information can be judged is that of
a.usefulness for decision making.
b.freedom from bias.
c.timeliness.
d.comparability.
10. Which of the following is a fundamental quality of useful accounting information?
a.Conservatism.
b.Comparability.
c.Faithful representation.
d.Consistency.
11. What is meant by consistency when discussing financial accounting information?
a.Information that is measured and reported in a similar fashion across points in time.
b.Information is timely.
c.Information is measured similarly across the industry.
d.Information is verifiable
12. Which of the following is an ingredient of faithful representation?
a.Predictive value.
b.Timeliness.
c.Neutrality.
d.Feedback value.
13. The following is not part of the process of developing a new International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS):
a. Drafting an IFRS for public comment.
b. Publishing clarification of an IFRS where conflicting interpretations have developed.
c. Analysing the feedback received on a discussion paper
d. Issuing a discussion paper that sets out the possible options for a new standard.
14. For the presentation of the Statement of Financial Position, an entity makes the judgement about whether to present additional items separately on the basis of an assessment of:
I. the nature and liquidity of assets;
II. the function of assets within the entity; and
III. the amounts, nature and timing of liabilities.
a. I only
b. Both I and III
c. Both I and II
15. The Singapore Financial Reporting Standards (FRS) Conceptual Framework defines "equity" as:
a. residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting its liabilities.
b. the sum of opening capital and profit.
c. amount of capital introduced by the owner of the business.
d. what a business owes its owner or owners.
16. The body to which the International Accounting Standards Board is responsible is:
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Advisory Council
The IFRS Interpretations Committee
The Monitoring Board
The IFRS Foundation
17. Financial information exhibits the characteristic of consistency when
a. accounting entities give accountable events the same accounting treatment from period to period.
b. extraordinary gains and losses are not included on the income statement.
c. accounting procedures are adopted which give a consistent rate of net income.
d. expenses are reported as charges against revenue in the period in which they are paid.
18. Which of the following statements best describes the role of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Advisory Council?
a. Chairs the meetings of the International Accounting Standards Board
b. Appoints members to the International Accounting Standards Board
c. Interprets the application of international standards
d. Advises the International Accounting Standards Board and the IFRS Foundation
19. An entity which complies with Singapore Financial Reporting Standards (FRSs) may depart from the requirements of a standard:
a. whenever it wishes to do so.
b. if compliance costs would be excessive.
c. if compliance would produce misleading information.
d. None of the listed options.
20. The International Accounting Standards Board is responsible for establishing:
a. the code of professional conduct for accountants.
b. the International Accounting Standards.
c. the International Financial Reporting Standards.
d. the generally accepted accounting principles.
21.ABC Ltd owns an asset that can be traded in four different locations, Markets 1 to 4. The number of trades in markets 1 to 4 are 38 trades, 33 trades, 30 trades and 40 trades respectively. The price of the asset in each of the markets is $32, $28, $25 and $31 respectively. The transaction cost in each of the markets is similar at $3. The transport cost is in each of the markets is $4, $4, $2 and $2 respectively. Under FRS 113 Fair Value Measurement, what is the fair value of this asset?
a. $28
b. $25
c. $31
d. $29
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ACC206: Financial Reporting MCQ 6. Assume that the stage of completion can be estimated reliably. Under FRS 115 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, when estimating the stage of completion of accounting for long-term service contracts, the stage of completion at the end of the first year is usually determined by measuring: a. None of the listed options. b. Costs incurred in the first year,...
Which of the following is true about the International Accounting Standards Board (ASB)? Multiple Ch
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1. Explain the role of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in relation to...
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El término alfonsismo se puede referir tanto al movimiento político que apoyó la Restauración borbónica en España durante el Sexenio Democrático (1868-1874) en la persona del hijo de Isabel II el príncipe Alfonso (que acabaría reinando como Alfonso XII), como el que defendió la vuelta de Alfonso XIII al trono durante Segunda República Española (1931-1939). En ambos casos, los alfonsinos compitieron con los monárquicos rivales, los carlistas, por el trono de España.

Sexenio Democrático

La Revolución Gloriosa de 1868 puso fin al reinado de Isabel II, que tuvo que abandonar España. Le acompañó el príncipe de Asturias, Alfonso. Al principio del Sexenio Democrático, que vio la sucesión del Gobierno Provisional de 1868-1871, el reinado de Amadeo I (1871-1873) y la Primera República Española (1873-1874), el Partido Moderado defendió la restauración en el trono de Isabel II, exiliada en París, pero finalmente aceptó la alternativa del grupo de liberales conservadores formado en torno de Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, un antiguo miembro de la Unión Liberal, que proponía que fuera el hijo de Isabel II, el príncipe Alfonso, el que aspirara al trono porque eso facilitaría que se pudiera conseguir la restauración borbónica en España. Cánovas logró vencer las resistencias de Isabel II y esta accedió a abdicar la Corona española en favor de su hijo. La alternativa de los «alfonsinos» acabaría triunfando gracias al pronunciamiento de Sagunto del 29 de diciembre de 1874 que puso fin a la República y dio paso al reinado de Alfonso XII.

Segunda República Española
El 14 de abril de 1931 se produjo la proclamación de la Segunda República Española y el rey Alfonso XIII se vio obligado a marchar al exilio. El primer grupo político organizado que defendió su restauración en el trono fue la Unión Monárquica Nacional, aunque su prioridad fue la defensa del legado de la Dictadura de Primo de Rivera, instaurada mediante el golpe de Estado en España de 1923 que encabezó el general Miguel Primo de Rivera y que el rey apoyó.

En cuanto la República se consolidó, los partidarios de Alfonso XIII, a diferencia de los otros monárquicos, los carlistas cuya Comunión Tradicionalista seguía creciendo y organizando sus milicias de requetés, no se propusieron formar un movimiento de masas sino que actuaron en tres frentes: el cultural, actualizando el discurso tradicionalista y conservador, a través de un grupo de intelectuales agrupados en torno a la revista Acción Española; el político, fundando un partido propio, llamado Renovación Española, que intentará formar un frente antirrepublicano con el naciente fascismo español, los carlistas y el sector menos «accidentalista» de la CEDA; y sobre todo el insurreccional, buscando la colaboración de los sectores del Ejército español que se mantenían fieles a la monarquía (a pesar de haber jurado fidelidad a la República) y de aquellos otros descontentos por la reforma militar de Azaña.

Durante ese tiempo los alfonsinos comenzaron a adaptar elementos autoritarios del fascismo italiano, de la Action française y del integralismo portugués a su causa. Además Renovación Española cooperó con el partido fascista de la Falange Española de las JONS, liderado por José Antonio Primo de Rivera, con la esperanza de cooptarla como una herramienta para los objetivos golpistas del partido.

El primer intento de los monárquicos alfonsinos de derribar la República, la llamada Sanjurjada de agosto de 1932, fracasó completamente, pero tras la formación del gobierno del Frente Popular en febrero de 1936 animaron, apoyaron y participaron, aunque siempre subordinados a los militares conjurados, en la conspiración golpista que dio lugar al golpe de Estado de julio de 1936 cuyo fracaso relativo daría inicio a la Guerra Civil Española. En 1937, los alfonsinos de Renovación Española fueron integrados junto a Falange y la Comunión Tradicionalista en el partido único Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS en virtud del Decreto de Unificación promulgado por el Generalísimo Francisco Franco.

Referencias

Política de la Segunda República Española
Movimientos políticos epónimos
Monarquismo en España
Sexenio democrático

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Tax fraud threatens homes of retired foreign residents
Story by Mónica Perez | Sur in English
Euan Armstrong is British, 74 years old and lives on the Costa del Sol. After living here for many years he says his only link he has with Britain is his passport. Mr Armstrong is about to lose his home, a house in which he invested his life savings when he first moved to Spain. He has had to go back to work to try and pay off his debts which have resulted from a fraud into which he, and around 800 people across Spain were drawn, it is called a Foreign Reverse Mortgage, a product that has nothing to do with the Reverse Mortgages available in Spain (hipoteca inversa).
«The Foreign Reverse Mortgage had a speculative element, it invited foreign pensioners to defraud the Tax Office." explains Antonio Flores, a solicitor from Lawbird Legal Services who is representing 20 cases on the Costa del Sol. The scam was headed by foreign banks and financial advisors, the majority of them Danish, who had been working in Spain for several years, many of them, according to Flores, without authorisation of the CNMV (National Market Securities Commission).
Their objective was to raise large amount s of money which was then invested in tax free havens like Luxembourg and the Channel Islands. The victims were established retired foreigners from the Costa del Sol to the Costa Blanca and in the Balearic and Canary Islands who were offered the possibility of a mortgage for more than the value of their home. The money would then be invested outside Spain, preferably Luxembourg, and they could live off the comfortable cushion that that would provide. "The victims were sent leaflets saying: that the Spanish Tax office charged abusive amounts of tax and warning of the high inheritance tax, of 70 – 80 per cent that would be due on their properties if they did not have a mortgage, said Flores.
It is estimated that between 2004 and 2009 about 800 contracts were signed in Spain, with a Spanish notary. According to Antonio Flores, the money was invested in stocks and shares which in a very short time started to lose money. In Euan Armstrong's case his house was valued at one million euros and he has lost 80 per cent. Ian Sherdley who was also affected by the scam, has lost two of the four million euros which his house was valued at. The solicitors acting for the affected home owners have said that it is very worrying that the banks and financial companies involved tried to defend the tax fraud by issuing "specific guides on how retired foreigners could increase their wealth in Spain". Nearly all the financial agents involved in the fraud have already left the country.
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START I (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) byla dvoustranná smlouva mezi Spojenými státy a Sovětským svazem o snížení a omezení počtu strategických útočných zbraní. Smlouva byla podepsána 31. července 1991 a vstoupila v platnost 5. prosince 1994. Smlouva zakazovala jejím signatářům rozmístění více než 6 000 jaderných hlavic a celkem 1 600 mezikontinentálních balistických raket (ICBM) a bombardérů.

START se stala nejrozsáhlejší a nejkomplexnější smlouvou o kontrole zbrojení v historii a její konečné provedení koncem roku 2001 vedlo k odstranění přibližně 80 % všech tehdy existujících strategických jaderných zbraní. Navrhl ji americký prezident Ronald Reagan a po zahájení jednání o START II byla přejmenována na START I.

Platnost smlouvy skončila 5. prosince 2009.

Dne 8. dubna 2010 podepsali v Praze americký prezident Barack Obama a ruský prezident Dmitrij Medveděv náhradní Novou dohodu START (New START). Po ratifikaci americkým Senátem a ruským Federálním shromážděním vstoupila smlouva v platnost 26. ledna 2011 a prodloužila hluboké omezení amerických a sovětských, resp. ruských strategických jaderných zbraní do února 2026.

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Smlouvy o jaderných zbraních
Smlouvy o kontrole a omezení zbrojení
Vzniklo 1991
Smlouvy USA
Smlouvy Sovětského svazu
Smlouvy Ruska
Americko-ruské vztahy


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A lot of people think that eating healthily and buying from sustainable sources is a rich man's game, but it really isn't the case and I believe that you can eat very well on any budget.
It's easy to buy ready meals and processed foods all in one trip to the supermarket, but do you ever look at what you actually end up with? How often do you come home, unpack the shopping after spending a small fortune on your big shop and realize that you have bought hardly any food and there seems to be a lot of items you don't really need?
We all know that supermarkets entice you with their special offers, encouraging you to buy more to get a better deal, but did you really need two bags of carrots or three packs of sponge fingers? If you find yourself throwing food away at the end of the week because it's gone out of date or you couldn't get through all those carrots, then there is another way: shop in local, independent stores that are run by real experts. There are so many benefits of using and supporting your local shops and you will get a much better deal, too.
So, next week, ditch the supermarket shop and visit your local greengrocer. Pick and choose exactly how many carrots and onions you need, and you'll soon discover when all your favorite fruits and vegetables are in season.
Next stop, nip in to see the butcher and you'll find a spectacular array of meat to choose from, which you know will all be local and fresh. Your butcher will even prepare it just how you like it and will be able to give you tips on how to cook cuts of meat you wouldn't normally choose. You can expand your repertoire and you'll be paying no more than if you were buying from the supermarket, and if anything you'll pay less. You won't be paying for loads of packaging that will go straight into the bin – just think about what you actually get in a beef curry ready meal, once you take into account packaging and production costs! You get a small amount of poor-quality beef (or, if you're lucky, horsemeat!).
Pop into the fishmongers to pick up some sustainably caught fish that will have been landed that same day, to go with the seasonal spring greens that you just happened to buy from the greengrocers because they looked so good. Again, your fishmonger will be able to advise you on how to cook fish and will happily fillet it for you.
Last stop is the delicatessen, where I know things can get expensive, but my top tip is never to go in too hungry! You can easily come out with a fantastic cheese at a good price, some local ham perfectly sliced into the exact amount that you need, and you know it tastes good because you've had samples of three types.
Now you can head home with shopping bags full of produce that's going to get you excited about trying new things and eating delicious wholesome meals.
These days, I find myself eating a lot more vegetarian food, so fish and meat become a special treat, and it keeps the food bills down, too. There is plenty you can make from kitchen staples. You could make chickpea and squash curry, served with mint yoghurt and homemade flatbread; cous cous salads are quick and easy; a tasty frittata is perfect for lunch; a warming soup is ideal on a weeknight; or my favorite, bits-from-the-fridge pizza! If you have the time, make your own bread; once you've done it a few times you'll find it is quite easy and tastes so much better than anything shop-bought.
The recent news that our seas around the world are overfished and that fishermen continue to discard half the fish caught due to political quotas, is having a big impact on the types of fish that it's advised that we can eat. To the normal fish eater, knowing which species of fish are sustainable to eat can be confusing, and the Marine Conservation Society a while back reclassified mackerel due to overfishing in the northeast Atlantic.
The reclassification of mackerel has thrown the spotlight onto which fish we should or should not eat, and where we should be sourcing our fish from. I believe we should be eating all kinds of fish, and not steering clear of the fish that are deemed to be in short supply. If everyone starts eating the fish that are in plentiful supply and being sustainably managed, these fish will become over used and unsustainable – it's a vicious circle where we just move from one fish to the next and the problem is never solved.
A perfect example of this is the humble mackerel. Not so long ago, it was the fish that no-one could get rid of, sitting lonely on the fish counter. Watch a fisherman bring in his catch and you would always hear a little murmur 'oh it's only a blooming mackerel again'. Mackerel has had a hard time, until recently, when it became the fish du jour and a must-eat dish. The mackerel was in its heyday and would not look out of place on a top restaurant dish competing against the best of them.
Now, because of the lack of international agreement about the quotas that can be fished, it's recommended that we should only eat mackerel on occasion. The vast majority of mackerel is sold to overseas buyers and each year, 850,000 tones of mackerel is caught and sold. A tiny proportion (approx. 2,000 tonnes) of this is landed by the traditional Cornish handling fleet.
The most sustainable way to choose fish and to not worry about whether you should eat it or not, is to buy from a local day boat that either uses a static net or the traditional line- catching methods. Buying locally caught fish in this way has very little impact on the sea: fish taken are landed and caught in the most sustainable way possible and you support the local economy. If you buy like this, there is no reason why you can't enjoy that unspoken word 'cod', or any other fish you enjoy such as sardines, herrings and crabs.
For me I'm always looking at which types of fish we should be serving on our menus. I only use sustainably caught fish and if it's not available from the fishermen, then I won't put fish on the menu.
The only fish I eat generally is the fish I catch – so not very much! If you want to continue eating fish, make sure it's caught locally, or even better, go out and to try to catch your own, you'll never have it fresher or tastier, and it gives you the biggest grin when you finally lift out a fish out from the water, even if it's a good old mackerel!


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Australian Open 2022: Novak Djokovic's visa is cancelled
Bernard Lagan, Sydney | Stuart Fraser, Melbourne
Friday January 14 2022, 1.10pm, The Times
Novak Djokovic training in Melbourne today before the immigration minister announced his decision
Australia has revoked Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time on the grounds that he is stoking anti-vaccine sentiment, his lawyers claimed today, as the tennis star was threatened with being sent back to a detention centre and deported from the country.
In an emergency late-night court hearing in Melbourne, Djokovic's legal team applied for an injunction to block his deportation and appealed against the decision by Alex Hawke, the immigration minister, to remove his visa.
The world tennis men's No 1 appeared to have lost the chance to defend his Australian Open title earlier today when Hawke confirmed that he would cancel his visa on "health and good order grounds".
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Q: How can I add "Default Button" functionality to two buttons in Swing? In every window/panel I have the Enter key mapped as the defaultButton (meaning that pressing Enter triggers a button press even though the pressed button isn't in focus). What I need to do is map the Escape key to another button which also triggers the second button, regardless of focus. The code for the enter key is:
// We get the button
IButton iButton = (IButton)actionToolbar.getComponent(actionToolbar.getComponentCount() - 1);
// We get the window
Window window = SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(this);
// Only these two types of windows should have this behaviour
if (window instanceof JFrame) {
    ((JFrame)window).getRootPane().setDefaultButton(iButton);
}
else if (window instanceof JDialog) {
    ((JDialog)window).getRootPane().setDefaultButton(iButton);
}

Now what I need is basically the same code but with changing Enter with Escape, or adding a listener to.... something, I'm unsure what.
EDIT: I'm have to do this in Java 1.4 which I know it would be great if I said it immediately.

A: JXRootPane (of the SwingX project) has it by default, you can do something like
private void installKeyboardActions() {
    Action escAction = new AbstractAction() {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
            JButton cancelButton = getCancelButton();
            if (cancelButton != null) {
                cancelButton.doClick(20);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Overridden to hack around #566-swing:
         * JXRootPane eats escape keystrokes from datepicker popup.
         * Disable action if there is no cancel button.

         *
         * That's basically what RootPaneUI does - only not in
         * the parameterless isEnabled, but in the one that passes
         * in the sender (available in UIAction only). We can't test
         * nor compare against core behaviour, UIAction has
         * sun package scope.

         *
         * Cont'd (Issue #1358-swingx: popup menus not closed)
         * The extended hack is inspired by Rob Camick's
         *  Blog
         * and consists in checking if the the rootpane has a popup's actionMap "inserted".
         * NOTE: this does not work if the popup or any of its children is focusOwner.
         */
        @Override
        public boolean isEnabled() {
            Component component = KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager().getFocusOwner();
            if (component instanceof JComponent) {
                Action cancelPopup = ((JComponent)component).getActionMap().get("cancel");
                if (cancelPopup != null) return false;
            }
            return (cancelButton != null) && (cancelButton.isEnabled());
        }
    };
    getActionMap().put("esc-action", escAction);
    InputMap im = getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT);
    KeyStroke key = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0);
    im.put(key, "esc-action");
}

/**
 * Sets the cancelButton property,
 * which determines the current default cancel button for this JRootPane.
 * The cancel button is the button which will be activated
 * when a UI-defined activation event (typically the ESC key)
 * occurs in the root pane regardless of whether or not the button
 * has keyboard focus (unless there is another component within
 * the root pane which consumes the activation event,
 * such as a JTextPane).
 * For default activation to work, the button must be an enabled
 * descendant of the root pane when activation occurs.
 * To remove a cancel button from this root pane, set this
 * property to null.
 *
 * @param cancelButton the JButton which is to be the cancel button
 * @see #getCancelButton()
 *
 * @beaninfo
 *  description: The button activated by default for cancel actions in this root pane
 */
public void setCancelButton(JButton cancelButton) {
    JButton old = this.cancelButton;

    if (old != cancelButton) {
        this.cancelButton = cancelButton;

        if (old != null) {
            old.repaint();
        }
        if (cancelButton != null) {
            cancelButton.repaint();
        }
    }

    firePropertyChange("cancelButton", old, cancelButton);
}

/**
 * Returns the value of the cancelButton property.
 * @return the JButton which is currently the default cancel button
 * @see #setCancelButton
 */
public JButton getCancelButton() {
    return cancelButton;
}

A: or another and very simple way
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.*;

public class ExampleKeyStrokes {

    private JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    private JButton button;

    public ExampleKeyStrokes() {
        button = new JButton(new AbstractAction(" push ENTER ") {

            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                System.exit(0);
            }
        });
        button.setText(" Please push ENTER ");
        //button.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 50));
        frame.add(button);
        frame.getRootPane().setDefaultButton(button);
        frame.getRootPane().getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("F2"), "clickButton");
        frame.getRootPane().getActionMap().put("clickButton", new AbstractAction() {

            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                button.doClick();
            }
        });
        frame.setLocation(150, 150);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
        setFocusButton();
    }

    private void setFocusButton() {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                button.grabFocus();
                button.requestFocus();
                button.requestFocusInWindow();
            }
        });
    }

    static public void main(String[] s) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                ExampleKeyStrokes eKS = new ExampleKeyStrokes();
            }
        });
    }
}

A: I managed to solve this by adding a key listener to the opened panel, like this
InputMap iMap = theTaskWindow.getRootPane().getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT);
     iMap.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0), "escape");
     ActionMap aMap = theTaskWindow.getRootPane().getActionMap();
     aMap.put("escape", new AbstractAction() {
      private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
        doCancel();
      }
     });

A: This does it:
window.getContentPane().registerKeyboardAction(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            onCancel();
        }
    }, KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE, 0), JComponent.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT);

Your second JButton should also call onCancel() when clicked. So either pressing escape or clicking on this both will do the same thing.

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Here we'll show you how to recover lost product keys or find serial numbers stored on your system, including your Windows product key Everything You Should Know About Windows Product Keys Everything You Should Know About Windows Product Keys 25 characters govern your Windows system. Your product key is worth $100 or more, whether or not you upgraded to Windows 10. We explain what you can and can't do with your Windows license. Read More .
The following tools may trigger your antivirus. Be advised that this is a false positive. The utilities listed below are free, malware free, and safe to use.
ProduKey is a small portable utility from NirSoft that can recover Microsoft product keys, including Windows, Office, and Exchange. It also supports Visual Studio and selected Adobe and Autodesk products. If you're looking for a serial number that doesn't fall into one of these software categories, try one of the other tools below.
To view the product key information of software installed on another computer or within another operating system, you can use several command line options as outlined on PrduKey's download page. /remoteall for example will enumerate all computers on your local network.
This tool officially supports Windows 10 and all other Windows versions down to Windows XP SP3, including both 32- and 64-bit versions. Rather than just displaying the license numbers of installed software, it creates a full profile of your system. Once the scan has completed, it will launch a report in a new browser window.
The Belarc Advisor report includes a list of software licenses, but also software versions and usage, and countless other details about your system.
If you like this tool, you might also like System Information for Windows , which will produce a similar system report.
The portable LicenseCralwer can recover a wide range of serial numbers and registration keys from the Windows registry. If you experience an error when trying to start up the program, try this: right-click the EXE file and select Run as administrator .
Point it to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to search for serial numbers. The scan is thorough and will take much longer than with any of the other tools. Once the scan has completed, head to the File menu to save or encrypt the results. Under Tools you can also decode or encode LicenseCrawler dumps.
Note that this program is supported by ads, though it doesn't come with any adware or malware.
Like with ProduKey, power users will appreciate its command line options.
This oldie looks much like a clone of Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder. The free version supports 200 of the most common programs. It supposedly only runs on 32-bit versions of Windows, but it launched fine on our 64-bit system. As an alternative, you can try the more powerful version 1.06 (download from Major Geeks) or one of the other free tools above.
Note that this utility requires the Microsoft NET Framework Microsoft .NET Framework: Why You Need It and How to Install It on Windows Microsoft .NET Framework: Why You Need It and How to Install It on Windows You either need to install or update it. But do you know what the .NET Framework is? We show you why you need it and how you can get the latest version. Read More .
If you'd rather not use a third party tool, you can manually scan for product keys in the Windows registry. Press Windows key + R to launch the Run menu, type in cmd, and hit ENTER. Now search the registry for the software in question and keep hitting F3 until the serial numbers shows up in the data column.
Alternatively, if you're only looking for your Windows product key, you can let a script do the hard work for you. Open Notepad, paste the following bit of code, and save the file as productkey.vbs (the file extension VBS instead of TXT is crucial).
When you double-click this file, the VB script will reveal your Windows product key.
This is just one of many Notepad tricks you should try 8 Surprising Windows Notepad Tricks You Must Know 8 Surprising Windows Notepad Tricks You Must Know The inconspicuous Windows Notepad is full of surprises. You'll want to keep this ancient Windows program handy at all times after we showed you some of the tricks it can do. Read More .
Storage media: Serial numbers are often printed onto the storage disc or product box the software came with. You might find your Windows product key on a sticker attached to your computer. On newer systems, however, the product key is embedded in the UEFI BIOS.
Order confirmation: Maybe you downloaded the software and thus don't have any physical media. If you bought it, however, you should have some kind of paper or email record. If you're lucky, this also contains the serial number.
Online account: If you have an online account for the program in question, you might find the product key right there. This is the case for Adobe products.
If you found an old receipt or a credit card record, but not the serial number, don't despair! In that case, contact the manufacturer, explain your situation, and ask whether they can re-issue the serial number and what they need from you to do so. In the worst case, they might only be able to offer you a discount; ask for that too!
Losing the serial number to an important piece of software is no fun. Hopefully, you were able to recover all your product keys with these tips. To protect yourself from losing them again, print them out or store them safely in a password manager How Password Managers Keep Your Passwords Safe How Password Managers Keep Your Passwords Safe Passwords that are hard to crack are also hard to remember. Want to be safe? You need a password manager. Here's how they work and how they keep you safe. Read More like LastPass.
Can you recommend other locations to look for product keys or serial numbers in Windows? Where did you find yours? Please share with us in the comments!
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The software is no longer on the computer but I have the download link and need the product key. How can I identify the product key in a registry backup file I view in Notepad?
Are you sure it's not a false positive as mentioned in the article above? What was the virus it came with? Did you OK any third-party tools that came pre-packaged with the installer?
It was a while back so I don't remember...but I think it gave me the info I needed. Just added some adware or something - which I picked up with a scan (not seeing the actual infection on my PC).
Yeah, it was probably something packaged with the installer. I try to download directly from the manufacturer to avoid third-party installers and adware, but it's not always possible. I recommend Unchecky to automatically skip bundled bloatware.
I get ann err msg when I run the vbs script: WINDOWS SCRIPT HOST.....ERROR INVALID CHARACTER. LINE: 7 CHARACTER 9...."
Do try the code again now, Manny. Although I wrapped it in code tags, WordPress did something to it that ruined it.
I usually used KeyFinder Plus and Belarc Advisor.
Thanks for sharing, Sascha. KeyFinder Plus appears to be shareware, i.e. paid software. Does it come with additional / premium features, compared to the other tools listed above? What makes it worth it to you?
Thank you for sharing this trick!
Unfortunately, this didn't work right away. I got an "invalid character" error in line 1, char 29. Curly quotes seem to break the code. Fixed it, got another error for a dash in line 20 char 10, fixed that too, tried again, and it worked.
I took the liberty to edit your comment and fix your code above.
It worked on my Windows 10 laptop (Insider Preview), but it only gives you the generic key.
1 st error was on line 3 char 64 error unterminated string constant . So I moved the whole line NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId")) back behind ConvertToKey(Wsh.Shell.RegRead("HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows .
Not sure how to fix this error. Any Ideas??
The code from Shadow's comment still works for me on Windows 10, Insider Preview.
Mind sharing which version of Windows you're using, Robert?
I just want the code to work.
But I did use produkey and found the product key. I called microsoft and the tech checked and told me that the key I found happens to be the key when windows is installed, not for validation.


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Suicide bombers committed recent terrorist attacks in Volgograd. There were three attacks over the past three months — killing 37 and injuring 143. It is with a high degree of probability that we can state that the last two terrorist attacks were connected.
On Monday the second terrorist attack in two days was made on Volgograd — the third in the last three months. Citizens are in a panic. Immediately after Monday's bus explosion, false information about a terrorist attack on a tram and on bus routes appeared on social networks. In addition, the Volga emergency center received several false calls about threats. City authorities urge people not to panic, but celebrations involving children for December 31 in the city are cancelled, and Volgograd Region Governor Sergei Bazhenov declared five days of mourning in the region, from December 30 to January 3rd.
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Inside the train station at the time was a huge number of people – Volgograd residents traveling on New Year's Eve — some as guests, others heading home. There were additional crowds because several trains were delayed.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regularly requires the Russian Federation to pay compensation to its citizens. For its part, the Russian Federation implicitly executes the court's decisions. The restoration of justice, however, is far more complicated. It is probably because of this that the stream of complaints from citizens of Russia in Strasbourg is only growing.
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In the near future the ECHR may end the communication phase on complaints from the Beslan victims. The communication phase is the name of the procedure during which the court shall inform a state defendant of a complaint, and the state responds to the court's questions. These questions are based on the arguments of the applicant. The applicant, in turn, responds to the state's responses. The most probable date for completion of this phase is the end of 2013. Karinna Moskalenko, head of the International Protection Center and one of the leading experts on the ECHR, is one of the representatives of the Beslan victims. She expressed this assumption in an interview with the newsmagazine 'Sovershenno Sekretno'. The victims expressed this same hope during the latest — the ninth — anniversary of the tragedy.
LIFE AFTER 'NORD-OST' - 11 YEARS LATER
Once again on 'Nord-Ost'
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Q: How to send OpenCV video footage over ZeroMQ sockets? I've got a simple webcam which I read out using OpenCV and I'm now trying to send this video footage to a different (Python) program using ZeroMQ. So I've got the following simple script to read out the webcam and send it using a ZeroMQ socket:
import cv2
import os
import zmq
import base64

context = zmq.Context()
footage_socket = context.socket(zmq.PUB)
footage_socket.connect('tcp://localhost:5555')

# init the camera
camera = cv2.VideoCapture(0)

while True:
    try:
        (grabbed, frame) = camera.read()            # grab the current frame
        frame = cv2.resize(frame, (640, 480))       # resize the frame
        footage_socket.send_string(base64.b64encode(frame))

        # Show the video in a window
        cv2.imshow("Frame", frame)                  # show the frame to our screen
        cv2.waitKey(1)                              # Display it at least one ms
        #                                           # before going to the next frame

    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        camera.release()
        cv2.destroyAllWindows()
        print "\n\nBye bye\n"
        break

This works well in that it shows the video and doesn't give any errors.
I commented out the two lines which show the image (cv2.imshow() and cv2.waitKey(1)). I then started the script below in paralel. This second script should receive the video footage and show it.
import cv2
import zmq
import base64
import numpy as np

context = zmq.Context()
footage_socket = context.socket(zmq.SUB)
footage_socket.bind('tcp://*:5555')
footage_socket.setsockopt_string(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, unicode(''))

# camera = cv2.VideoCapture("output.avi")

while True:
    try:
        frame = footage_socket.recv_string()
        frame = np.fromstring(base64.b64decode(frame), dtype=np.uint8)
        cv2.imshow("Frame", frame)                  # show the frame to our screen
        cv2.waitKey(1)                              # Display it at least one ms
        #                                           # before going to the next frame
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        cv2.destroyAllWindows()
        break

print "\n\nBye bye\n"

Unfortunately, this freezes on cv2.waitKey(1).
Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong here? Do I need to decode the footage differently? All tips are welcome!

A: Step 0: Inventory of Risks
Given the target is clear, your rapid-prototyping of the distributed application infrastructure depends on several risky points.
0) OpenCV cv2 module heavily uses underlying C-based components and python beauty hangs quite often if trying to use cv2.imshow() facilities and cv2 ( external FSA ) window-management & frame-display services.
1) ZeroMQ framework can help you a lot more than to try to enforce data to be cast into (string) just to use .send_string() / .recv_string() - may get better here once rather moving the known image ( pxW * pxH )geometry * RGB-depth inside some smarter BLOB-mapped object ( will speak about this aspect a bit more in architecture outlook below ).
2) Given points 0 & 1, the ZeroMQ infrastructure ( the more in prototyping ) ought become robust against unhandled exceptions ( which would leave zmq.Context() instances & their associated .Socket() children hanging on their own on allocated resources in case cv2.imshow() crashes, as it quite often does so in rapid prototyping loops.
Thus a thoroughful & self-disciplined framing of the code inside a try: except: finally: handler & explicit initial .setsockopt( zmq.LINGER, 0 ) immediately upon socket instantiation + final .close() + context.term() inside the finally: handler section are a fair must.

Step 1: Validate the ZeroMQ part by sending a SEQ of plain int-s
The best first level of problem isolation is to setup the flow, just to deliver an uncontrolled SEQ of integers, being .send( ) broadcast from PUB side.
...                                                   # FOR STREAMING, ALWAYS PREFER DESIGNS USING A NONBLOCKING MODE
SEQ += 1
footage_socket.send( SEQ, zmq.NOBLOCK )               # PUB.send( SEQ ) -> *SUB*
...

Unless your receiving side demonstrates it's robust handling of a flow of int-s, it makes no sense to proceed any further.
...
aMsgIN = footage_socket.recv( zmq.NOBLOCK )           # FOR STREAMING, ALWAYS PREFER DESIGNS USING A NONBLOCKING MODE
print "{0:}".format( aMsgIN if len( aMsgIN ) > 0 else "." ),
# sleep(...)                                          # backthrottle the loop a bit
...

Step 2: Decouple .imshow() from .recv() data & event-loops
In case your data-pumps work as needed, the remote display starts to make sense as a next target.
ZeroMQ delivers either a complete message ( a BLOB ), or nothing. This is a fact. Next, ZeroMQ does not warrant anyone to deliver error-free. These are the facts, your design has to live with.
The acquisition is the simpler part, just grab the data ( maybe some colourspace conversions may take centrally here, but otherwise, the task is ( for sub 4K / sub 30fps image processing ) typically error-free on this side.
frame, as acquired above, is a numpy.ndarray instance. The best performance would be received on sending a hard-coded, binary-mapped BLOB, without any "smart" conversions, as obviously, the frame is just a big pack of bits ( though there are some more advanced delicacies possible with Zero-copy mechanics of ZeroMQ, but these would make no direct benefit in this stage on the sender side ).
#                               struct.unpack() / .pack() seems "just"-enough for fast & smart custom Payload protocol designs
DecodeWireMSG_DATA( aMSG_DATA = struct.unpack( "!" + ( aPayloadHEADER + ( ( pxW * pxH ) * RGB_DEPTH * CELL_SIZE ) ) * "I", aMsgIN ) )

The harder part is on the receiver side. If one tries to use the cv2 built-in event-loop engine, hidden inside .imshow(), this loop will collide with your external logic of reading a flow of updates via .recv() as published from the PUB side.
As a reasonable compromise, one may ignore all the "delayed" frame-s, that did not get processes in sync with the PUB-side acquisition / broadcast cadency, and just display the most recent one ... using zmq.CONFLATE option on the ZeroMQ transport infrastructure ( delayed "old" pictures have lost their sense if the purpose of the reconstruction of the flow-of-events is just a visual preception, on the contrary, if the purpose is to document the complete acquisition 1:1, the zmq.CONFLATE would be discarding frame instances, which ought get processed, so some other architecture ought be added for such a 1:1 documentographic purpose, best separate from the "just-visual" branch of the flow of data / processing ).
Having done this, the .recv() ( might be a composition of a Poller() + .recv() loop ) will provide the SUB side an appropriate data-pump, that is independent from the cv2 tools and it's .imshow() ( hidden )-FSA event-loop.

Architecture & Performance Hints:

*

*for higher fps + FullHD / 2K / 4K projects, profile systematically the accumulated processing latencies / delays of the cv2 processing, using zmq.Stopwatch() instances' { .start(), .stop() } methods.

*having hard data, you may in time detect, when additional needs appear to solve some even harder-real-time constraints, so think about:

*principally avoid any risk of falling into any uncontrollable black-hole of python garbage collection -- always control { gc.disable() | gc.enable();gc.collect() } surrounding your critical-path sections and launching an explicit gc.collect() where your design knows it is feasible.

*avoid new memory allocation delays -- may pre-allocate all necessary  numpy arrays and later just enforce numpy to use for those an inplace mode of data modifications, thus avoiding any further ad-hoc memory management associated wait-states

*design the traffic for increased error-immunity with separate, multi-streamed, independent updates of just sections ( stripes ) of the whole large / (colour)-deep image ( remember Zero-Warranty - getting either a complete "fat"-message or None )

*tune-up the .Context()'s performance using zmq.AFFINITY to map different classes of I/O traffic priorities onto segregated zmq.Context( N ) I/O-threads.

*fine-tune zmq.SNDBUF + zmq.SNDHWM on PUB side, if multi-subscribers are expected and zmq.CONFLATE is not used.

*last but not least, may harness numba.jit() LLVM-pre-compiled acceleration of re-useable code for the critical-path functions ( typically the heavy numpy processing ), where additional microseconds shaved-off bring their most beneficial effects on your video-processing pipeline, while still remaining in the comfort of pure python ( well, sure, still with some cv2 caveats ).

Some more hints & tricks with cv2 in prototyping phase:
May like this for cv2 based image-processing.
May like this for cv2 simple GUI-interactive parameter tuning of methods.
May like this for cv2 processing pipeline profiling with zmq.Stopwatch() details down to [usec]

A: In the end I solved the problem by taking intermediate steps. I first wrote individual images to disk, and then I read out those images again. That led me to the fact that I needed to encode the frame as an image (I opted for jpg), and with the magic methods cv2.imencode('.jpg', frame) and cv2.imdecode(npimg, 1) I could make it work. I pasted the full working code below.
This first script reads out the webcam and sends the footage over a zeromq socket:
import cv2
import zmq
import base64

context = zmq.Context()
footage_socket = context.socket(zmq.PUB)
footage_socket.connect('tcp://localhost:5555')

camera = cv2.VideoCapture(0)  # init the camera

while True:
    try:
        (grabbed, frame) = camera.read()  # grab the current frame
        frame = cv2.resize(frame, (640, 480))  # resize the frame
        encoded, buffer = cv2.imencode('.jpg', frame)
        footage_socket.send_string(base64.b64encode(buffer))

    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        camera.release()
        cv2.destroyAllWindows()
        print "\n\nBye bye\n"
        break

and this second script receives the frame images and displays them:
import cv2
import zmq
import base64
import numpy as np

context = zmq.Context()
footage_socket = context.socket(zmq.SUB)
footage_socket.bind('tcp://*:5555')
footage_socket.setsockopt_string(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, unicode(''))

while True:
    try:
        frame = footage_socket.recv_string()
        img = base64.b64decode(frame)
        npimg = np.fromstring(img, dtype=np.uint8)
        source = cv2.imdecode(npimg, 1)
        cv2.imshow("image", source)
        cv2.waitKey(1)

    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        cv2.destroyAllWindows()
        print "\n\nBye bye\n"
        break

A: The frame object contains memory states for the server state and when it's sent to the client it freezes because the frame it receives is a shallow copy.
Try looking up how you can make a deep copy for the frame.


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Q: Running Into Errors When Starting Firefox Browser Using Selenium and Webdriver I just starting playing around with python and following a tutorial of selenium started to get errors. I pip install selenium and imported webdriver from selenium; however, when I use command browser = webdriver.Firefox() it gives all these error. I do have Firefox installed. any help appreciated. this is in windows 10 with python3
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\George\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 72, in start
    self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,
  File "C:\Users\George\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 854, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\Users\George\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 1307, in _execute_child
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Jaylen Jenkins making noise early in WSU fall camp
Meet the freshman poised for immediate time at running back.
By Jeff Nusser@PodvsEveryone Aug 11, 2022, 11:15am PDT
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One of the positions a bit up for grabs during Washington State's fall camp has been running back, where the Cougs return just one player with game experience, which leaves plenty of opportunities for newcomers to make a positive impression.
One name that keeps coming up? True freshman Jaylen Jenkins.
Jenkins — a late commit right before signing day out of powerhouse Allen High School in Texas — has been mentioned in Spokesman-Review reporter Colton Clark's practice reports more than any of the other backfield runners, probably because he's been the most prone to ripping off highlight-reel runs so far.
#WSU RB Jaylen Jenkins, a true frosh speedster from Texas, has "absolutely" worked his way into contention for a role this season, says coach Jake Dickert.
"When he hits that hole – man, there's no hesitation and it's fun to watch." pic.twitter.com/4FaOFyjF9L
— Colton Clark (@SpokesmanClark) August 6, 2022
"You see it when he hits that hole – it's different," coach Jake Dickert said. "He's been a real good spark plug. He can bring a little thunder and lightning to that room, which I think is really needed."
Here's an example from Clark's practice report on Monday:
Jenkins, a lightning-quick true freshman from Texas, has supplied an explosive element to WSU's ground game throughout fall camp. Jenkins made another flashy play Monday during the 11-on-11 period of practice. The 5-foot-8, 177-pounder burst through a narrow gap between the tackles and whizzed downfield at a rapid pace, blowing past every defender – no one got a hand on Jenkins – for a 50-yard touchdown.
It's unlikely Jenkins, who stands just 5-foot-8 and 177 pounds, will be relied upon as anything more than a change of pace for the unit. But having a legitimate home run threat in the backfield can tilt the calculus a little bit for a defense while giving offensive coordinator Eric Morris a fun player to toy around with in his play calling.
Here's what Jenkins looked like in high school:
It's a great story, but ... this also speaks a bit to the iffy situation in that position group. Nakia Watson is presumed to be the starter after holding down the No. 3 role last season, but he hasn't really distinguished himself this fall, and he's banged up at the moment. This comes on the heels of a thoroughly mediocre performance in his first shot as the lead back in last season's Sun Bowl.
Djouvensky Schlenbaker is the other true freshman vying for time. Similar in stature to Watson, he also hasn't really set himself apart, causing Dickert to invoke names like Kannon Katzer and Dylan Paine — redshirt freshmen who came to WSU as walk-ons — when talking about the standing of the group. And Jouvensly Bazil, entering his fourth year on campus with just one career carry, doesn't even appear to be in the mix.
"I don't even know who No. 1 is, let alone No. 2," he said of the RB depth chart. "I think those guys need to come out here and prove it."
Dickert expects it to be a "by-committee" approach this season for the Cougars' backfield. Watson is probably still the favorite to start, but the job won't be all his. That's "not a knock on Nakia," Dickert said. ...
"I don't think there's an established No. 1, 2 or 3 right now," Dickert said of the RB depth chart.
And then this, from yesterday's practice report ...
Paine, a redshirt freshman walk-on from Tumwater, Washington, was the Cougars' first running back on the field. True freshmen RBs Djouvensky Schlenbaker and Jaylen Jenkins contributed with the first team and redshirt freshman Kannon Katzer played with the backups
I'm not sure it's anything to be super worried about yet, but I do wonder how it affects Dickert's desire to be a physical team that runs the ball a significant amount (by college football/Air Raid standards, anyway.)
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WSU practiced in Gesa Field Wednesday.
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We are happy to say that we have some really interesting Halloween creations made by some of your favorite artists. These are just a handful of the great Halloween items now available at American Harvest. We hope you'll come into the store and see for yourself. We are decorated in a Vampire Ball theme this year. It is really fun, not too scary, and everyone has liked it. If you see anything in the pictures that you like, please give Sharon a call at 925-485-1577. Remember that we are now open 7 days a week. M-Th 11am to 5pm, Friday 10am-9pm, Sat. 10am-5pm (sometimes a little later) and Sundays noon to 4pm.
We hope you'll give us a call or send us an email….
We are so excited! New merchandise is arriving daily from our recent buying trip. We have great new "Urban French" decor, vintage style jewelry, fresh new scarves for Spring and antique "smalls" from France. Here are some pictures of these great finds! Come to American Harvest to see the entire collection and fun store displays.
Antique French wine bottles direct from France!
Antique photo albums, gloves and vintage style jewelry are showcased here.
Combine vintage oil lamps and vintage style bird mirror for a great Urban French look!
These French keys were found just outside of Paris and are at least 100-150 years old.
We have a large selection of French religious antiques, including this blue velvet crucifix with Holy Water font.
Another great find is this "Souvenir de Paris", Eiffel Tower on a marble base.
We have a really special collection of sterling silver mesh coin purses from France.
These fun metal hearts just arrived…there are ten different messages available.
Beautiful Antique French religious items, including crosses, water fonts, Missels and Bibles, marble plaques, rosaries and pictures. We also have a nice collection of prayer cards from France and Italy.
Now let's get quirky! Marilyn and Audrey images on journals, tags and matches!
This Valentine is made from vintage materials by Susan. It is displayed with vintage Valentines from the 1930-1950's.
This Valentine candy box is vintage.
The Urban French look is enhanced with many bird and botanical prints.
The Madonna statue just arrived. She has a kind and sweet expression.
St. Theresa is a favorite. This water font features this desirable saint.
Here's just a sample of the interesting jewelry that can found at American Harvest.
We have a really good selection of 1930's bisque figures.
We found these metal hearts on our buying trip. We also have mercury glass hearts from the same French/Belgium company.
You know that we love old cameras. Here is a very unique camera, the bellows are in near perfect condition.
Sharon loves her ruffly petticoats. Did you see her wearing one at our Halloween event last August? These two are great for Spring.
Also, just found in France is a collection of French alarm clocks. These vintage clocks are sold as decorative items, but I did test the alarms…boy are they loud!
Here's a grouping of new light-weight Spring scarves that arrived. We have a wonderful selection of scarves. Remember that scarves are worn year round in France, let's keep that tradition going over here too!
Large clips hold these pictures on the wall. Create this new Urban French look in your home. Come by American Harvest to see the entire selection of antiques from France, French-inspired pictures and decor, Valentine gifts, jewelry, scarves and so much more! American Harvest is the best shop for unique gifts for your family, friends and of course you!
Sharon and I look forward to seeing you again soon!
Here are some preview pictures of the Ghost Town Halloween Party. We have been working hard to make this event fun for everyone. We hope to see you on Friday, August 24th from 7:00-9:00pm at American Harvest. We can pretty much guarantee a rootin', tootin' good ole time! Don't forget to wear a hat or costume and receive a prize!
Lighted pumpkins will greet you at the door.
Miss Sharon's Trading Post is loaded with great gift and decor items. Fun for all ages.
Doc Rodger's Office is open for business. If he can't cure you of your ailments…don't worry because he is also the undertaker!
Watch out for Sheriff April…she's also the judge and jury. This poor soul was simply riding his horse into the bank for a little withdrawal….too bad he didn't have an account there!
There is a high spirited game of poker going on here! What's that card up his sleeve?
The Painted Pony Saloon is open to all, but please leave your horses hitched to the post outside.
The Cowgirl Palace has a pool table for your enjoyment….and don't miss the Dance Hall gals with their fancy petticoats!
The deputy enjoyed his stay at the Ghost Town by reading an interesting novel…probably after watching the Dance Hall gals!
The coffin shaped shelving unit in the Doc's office is full of miracle cures and ointments! Snake oil comes at a hefty price!
The Doc is looking for more patients…come on in for a free consultation!
Halloween delights await you at every turn.
Bug poison to Bat droppings….everything for everybody!
Girlie delights for you by local artists.
The Trading Post has many wonderful vintage collections for you.
These good ole locks are perfect for securing your treasures.
Lanterns and Jack-O-Lanterns are in abundant supply.
Boot Hill is a great place to visit, but you don't want to make it your permanent home!
Even the urban cowboy or cowgirl will feel right at home in these special glasses!
This vintage brass horse is a great trophy for every buckaroo!
Nicol Sayre's designs, always a crowd pleaser, will capture your heart and spirit!
More bottles in the Painted Pony Saloon.
Well, we sure hope that you enjoyed these preview pictures of the American Harvest's version of Ghost Town! We look forward to seeing you at the party this Friday night, August 24th!
I have a couple of requests for pictures of Debbee's newest creations for Spring. Here are a few samples of Debbee's pieces that are available at American Harvest. Debbee will be bringing 25 one-of-a-kind pieces, but I do not have them in stock yet, therefore I have no pictures to show you! We hope to see many of you at the store on May 5th from 10am-5pm for the Debbee Thibault signing. You can call Sharon at the store 925-485-1577 for details and more information regarding these wonderful creations by Debbee.
Remember, the above pictures are just a handful of Debbee's creations now available at American Harvest. We have a very extensive line of her work, including Christmas and Halloween.


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Hundreds of dogs have been spared from slaughter for the dog meat trade, thanks to the tireless work of animal rescue groups in China who intervened to save them.
Late last month, dozens of workers from the Chinese organizations Home of Love and the Chongquing Small Animal Protection Association, along with local authorities, descended upon a house in the Sichuan province where some 800 dogs were being kept in squalid conditions awaiting their grim fate.
According to Chinese outlet News Luzhou, the dogs were all sick and underfed, some stuffed into cages, others crowded together in the scrapyard-like setting. Many dogs were reportedly wearing collars, suggesting that they were family pets stolen from their owners.
Volunteers labored for more than 10 hours, carefully collecting all the animals and transporting them to an animal sanctuary in Chengdu, giving medical attention to those dogs who needed it the most.
"We're tired, exhausted, but smiling," writes Home Of Love. "Because more than 800 lives are out of the disaster."
Since news of the massive dog rescue broke, the sanctuary has raised more than $11,000 from animal lovers across China for their care.
Although China has a long tradition of consuming dog meat, its popularity has waned in recent years among the burgeoning middle class who are increasingly keeping them as pets instead - and the government seems more than accepting of the idea.
"It might be difficult to draw a universally accepted line as to what animals should be eaten. But when there is already a vast variety of meat, maybe it is time to stop serving dog."
Dog meat may be losing favor elsewhere as well. Earlier this month, Humane Society International (HSI) rescued dozens of dogs from a meat farmer in South Korea who wished to get out of the business, and is campaigning to reduce dog meat consumption throughout Asia.
To support HSI's efforts, visit the group's website here.


French Model Railway: HO scale card buildings.
Cut out glued and folded another chimney stack for the HO scale Parisian corner building.
When M Palin used to visit his ailing mother in Suffolk, he would take his running gear with him and run across the marshes near Southwold.
He conveys the sense of liberation - almost spiritual - that these runs gave him. I can no longer run, but I get something similar from going out for a cycle of an afternoon; even just going along the banks of the Clyde and into the centre of Glasgow.
Same combination of exercises as usual.
The more I explore Predicate and, more recently, Modal logic, the more I realise how little I really understand of basic propositional logic.
I think I'll have to do a course of some kind; but they're so bloody expensive.
Maybe there is something free on the internet.