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News from comrades in arms
FARC-EP News from Havana, Cuba, 11.05.2015 [En]
News from comrades in arms (36) 14.05.2015
Peace Talks update, 14 minutes, English subtitles…
HEADLINES….
Meeting with Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on the issue of children and armed conflict
FARC proposed alert system to detect paramilitary presence
Communique End of round 36: It's time for the Constituent Assembly
Joint communique government-FARC #54
www.farc-epeace.org
Peace Delegation FARC-EP, Havana, Cuba
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FARC-EP recalls 70th anniversary of the Red Army's victory
MIKHAIL KAMININ
Ambassador of the Russian Federation
Havana, Cuba.
Cordial greeting.
We join the happiness felt by humanity today because of the overwhelming victory of the Red Army over Nazi troops 70 years ago. The world today would be a valley of tears, slavery and barbarism, if the heroism of a multinational people, of its soldiers and marshals, had not stopped the madness of Hitler and his claims of racial superiority.
With affection and gratitude, the FARC-EP embraces the Russian and Soviet people, main participants of this unique epic; we pay a sincere tribute to the fallen, the veterans, the true architects of victory, who are, in the words of President Putin, pure and proved heroism.
With the military victory parade on the Red Square, we saw marching the hope of people who don't want a unipolar world but a fairer system that implies equality for all.
Peace Delegation of the FARC-EP
The political-military structure of the FARC-EP
The FARC-EP is not only an armed structure or a military organization. We are the merging of heterogeneous initiatives of popular struggle, active in different areas of Colombia.
The core is the People`s Army. Forty-eight peasants built in Marquetalia (a small colonization zone in Tolima, Central Colombia) the original nucleus of the resistance that gave rise to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in 1964. FARC-EP is the armed vanguard of the struggle, and is composed by men and women who voluntarily accepted military discipline and made a life-long commitment to the revolution.
FARC-EP guerrillas undertake offensive and defensive military actions in confrontation with State military forces and death squads ("paramilitares"). But they also carry out political activities with the civil population, as well as agricultural labor and works to improve the infrastructure in the areas, to the people's benefit.
But popular resistance doesn't stop here. The Colombian Clandestine Communist Party (PCCC by its Spanish acronym) is the political organization of FARC-EP. Every combatant is member of a PCCC revolutionary cell that meets regularly, provides political education and resolves the questions and proposals of the militants.
The PCCC is also the vanguard of the working class and peasant masses. Undercover cells of the Party work in different fields of the struggle, preserving the identity of the militants and the political structures because State terrorism works every day to infiltrate and annihilate it. You could say that any social space in Colombia where we can find struggle, we can also find a PCCC revolutionary cell doing its job.
People who want to support the FARC-EP struggle can also join the Bolivarian Militias, a political-military mass organization that leads undercover armed defense in communities and neighborhoods. Militiamen and militiawomen are ordinary people with military formation who are ready to defend its people against State and "paramilitares" at any moment.
Bolivarian Militia members also support military actions of FARC-EP guerrillas or carry out intelligence or logistical activities. Every squad of Militias is a PCCC revolutionary cell at the same time.
The broadest circle of mass influence is the Bolivarian Movement for the New Colombia (usually called MB"). Founded 15 years ago in San Vicente del Caguán, the Movement is a patriotic alternative to the traditional parties. Proposed and led by the FARC-EP, MB is a space for any Colombian citizen who agrees with the Bolivarian Platform, a democratic manifesto of 12 points. It doesn't have statutes and any Colombian is free to join.
MB is a clandestine movement; its members don't perform public activities as MB militants. Their action is secret and undercover in social organizations, unions, professional associations, civic groups and any space of democratic vindication.
The combination of FARC-EP, PCCC, Bolivarian Militias and MB are the key to the Colombian revolution.
RCWP International department.: int@rkrp.ru
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Catching up with Cascades, Week of 3/15
Catching up with Cascades
The Seattle Cascades had their first training last weekend, with coaches and some returning players present. The team appreciated using AUDL's new health and safety guidelines.
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Tougher penalties were brought in earlier this year which mean motorists caught using their phones while driving will be handed six penalty points and a £200 fine.
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Can you be prosecuted for riding a push bike drunk?
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The Eurozone crisis means Britain must now leave the EU
Last week a cross-party campaign was launched in the UK calling for a referendum on the country's membership of the European Union. Patrick Minford argues that the current costs of the UK's membership far outweigh any benefits, and that the framework within Europe that is now evolving to cope with the Eurozone crisis is likely to impose even greater costs and pressures on the country. There is now a strong case for the UK to leave the EU.
The Eurozone crisis is likely to continue for a number of years, with the European Central Bank acting as a backstop until agreement is reached on a new institutional structure sufficiently reassuring to Northern Europe that its transfers to Southern Europe will have a good chance of being repaid. The UK's exclusion from the euro has meant that it is neither vulnerable to the panic that has engulfed Southern sovereign bonds nor in direct line to make transfers to the crisis-stricken South.
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The institutional framework now being developed implies a high degree of monitoring and intervention by creditor countries of debtor countries within the Eurozone. There will be controls on bank behaviour, targets for governments, and new financial taxes. While in principle this will take place within the Eurozone, there will be pressure to extend it to all EU countries on the grounds that other EU members could 'undercut' Eurozone arrangements. The UK will be seen as an offshore competitor with banks, businesses and governments in the zone that are burdened with these controls and regulations. Such competition will be argued to be unfair under the Single Market, for which Qualified Majority Voting applies. It would be easy to extend these things to the UK by majority vote.
Furthermore, the pressures for protection will increase in order to produce as much Eurozone growth as possible, for best prospects of debt repayment. Serious recessions for long periods such as the Eurozone is undergoing make such pressures intense. The UK suffers at present from the degree of protection for the EU as a whole. This protection will probably increase; even within the EU covert protection against non-euro countries could occur.
At best, the Eurozone will be obsessed with the euro crisis for the coming decade, stalling any progress in liberalising markets and in increasing competition, things that could have lessened costs of membership to the UK. This tendency for the euro to strengthen the drive towards excessive regulation as a way of bolstering the single currency was something widely foreseen at the start of the euro. But the crisis is likely to make this much stronger.
For the UK this prospect is extremely damaging. Even without any change in the status quo the economic costs to the UK of the EU are substantial: Table 1 below summarises the estimates I made in 2005, totalling between 11 and 38 per cent of GDP; I have revisited these with more up to date information since and they still seem to be of the right order of magnitude. The main change has been the rise of trade with China, which has led to a further wave of protectionism, at the same time as protectionism against older competitors such as South Korea has diminished. Meanwhile the EU-inspired social intervention has continued to make inroads into UK life, the latest one being widespread rights for temporary workers. With the changes the euro crisis threatens, these costs will increase towards the upper end of the possible spectrum identified in my original work on them.
Table 1: A survey of costs from the UK's EU membership
% of GDP
Net UK contribution
Costs of Common Agricultural Policy
EU protection of manufacturing
Bail-out transfers
Source: Minford, Mahambare and Nowell, Should Britain leave the EU? 2005, Edward Elgar with IEA
A contrary and popular argument for the benefits of the EU to the UK revolves around Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). However this argument is entirely fallacious. FDI brings benefits because of technological spillovers from foreign firms, which raise productivity. The UK economy's productivity is likely to be maximised when comparative advantage is allowed its fullest rein, i.e. outside the EU, under free trade. If this structure implies that industries operating in the UK are more efficient, then less FDI will be required. But this will reflect the fact that the UK is more productive, not less.
Another argument alleges that exclusion from the EU's Common Tariff would be damaging. But this is a misunderstanding; exclusion would mean we would face world prices (free trade) on all our goods, exports and imports. This is beneficial to us because our trade would be governed by our comparative advantage; consumers would benefit and our production would gravitate to more efficient industries. The gain we calculated is shown above as around 3 per cent of GDP.
It is also said that we would no longer influence EU regulations, which is true. But we do not influence the regulations of any country to which we export and our exports are made to conform to them; this is part of our export costs and our influence in the EU has little if any impact on these costs. But by leaving we avoid the massive cost of these regulations to our own production in general, as shown in the Table above.
It is true that the EU restrains UK politicians from self-damaging acts, such as subsidising particular industries. However, politicians of most parties are now generally aware of the costs of such measures; and also the World Trade Organisation has also become more effective in discouraging them. But in any case the costs of such actions are relatively minor compared with the costs.
Thus the costs to the UK of being in the EU, already high, are likely to increase under the pressure of the euro crisis. This implies that the case for leaving the EU will become even stronger, to the point where it overcomes the inertial force of the status quo. A referendum on a) renegotiation and b) departure if renegotiation is denied will become difficult to avoid. As can be seen from the figures above, in any case total departure is the desirable option, with some arrangements on particular issues of common interest, such as rights of migration, free capital movements, and possibly trade agreements on particular industries like cars where there is large-scale cross-investment. Of course political cooperation will continue in areas of mutual interest as with all our allies.
The institutional evolution triggered by the euro crisis threatens to make the economic costs of EU membership higher than ever, in a highly visible way. The case for leaving the EU has become overwhelming.
On 11 September Professor Minford gave evidence to the House of Commons' Foreign Affairs Select Committee on The future of the European Union: UK Government policy. Click here to watch the recording of the evidence.
Note: This article gives the views of the author, and not the position of EUROPP – European Politics and Policy, nor of the London School of Economics.
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Patrick Minford – Cardiff Business School
Patrick Minford CBE has been Professor of Applied Economics at the Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University since 1997. He has held economic positions in the Ministry of Finance, Malawi; Directors' staff, Courtaulds Limited; H M Treasury; H M Treasury's Delegation to Washington, DC; Manchester University; The National Institute for Economic and Social Research. He was a member of Monopolies and Mergers Commission 1990-96 and one of the HM Treasury's Panel of Forecasters ('Six Wise Men') 1993-1996. He is author of many books and articles on exchange rates, unemployment, housing and macroeconomics.
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Dimitris Asimomytis says:
Professor Minford
It is a "sad" moment for a student, having to revert back to his Teacher 13 years since they last met in Cardiff and admit how right he was. I still remember how sceptic you were with the euro experiment.
It now is, more than evident that the Eurozone does not represent by any means an "optimal currency zone" and it does not facilitate any purposeful economic "work" in terms of production, consumption,capital, etc
Having said that of course I do not see any kind of "bullet-proof" justification from the advocates of Neoclassical Economics on the absence of efficient mechanisms in the EU and the complete market failure we experience. Rational expectations do not represent-at least any more-an adequately efficient framework for formulating serious economic analysis. I have to agree with you on an "observation basis" at the end of the day Europe is proven to be a disaster for some of the participants, the rationalization of the causes though, goes well beyond conventional-neoclassical- economic thought. The serious work of Kahneman and Tversky and the "collapse" of "homo economicus" suggests that we should "digg" further into non conventional economics if we want to extract safer conclusions on economic policy formulation. In relation to the above well written article- and justified on a "de facto" basis-, I believe it is way more complicated than a kind of a simple "sum of parts" or "cost/benefit" analysis. You are neglecting serious "invisible" sources of income-also potential sources of risk, of course as the RBS/ABN, Northern Rock, Iceland cases shown- flowing in the UK from the EU participation, in particular financial sector benefits and the positive or negative externalities associated . As long as Britain is keeping the GB Pound , it maintains a "best of both worlds"status. Competitive devaluations can boost economic activity at a period when productivity -mainly due to technology- can wipe out inflationary pressures in an advanced economy like the UK economy. Ask me, or any of your other Greek students who are obliged to live in country with a stupidly "strong" currency, huge but mainly unproductive public sector, a heavily "crowded"out private sector and finally a destroyed financial sector.
Britain inside Europe but outside euro is the best of both world, enjoy it while it there, for the rest of us it is like Hotel California as the song says…you can always check out but can never leave!
Mario Monti's comments on national parliaments reflect the European technocracy's desire to use the debt crisis as an opportunity to force through further neo-liberal policies.
The Euro, European economics, finance, business and regulation
If it is to survive, the eurozone can no longer hold private creditors as sacrosanct above taxpayers, and must crack down on the fiscal black hole of the EU's tax havens.
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If Greece does not do enough to convince its creditors to maintain the flow of funding, it will be in default. But this does not necessarily mean a Euro exit.


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Hickenlooper And A Bipartisan Group's Effort To Save The Senate From Itself
By Caitlyn Kim
· Aug. 5, 2021, 6:20 am
Sen. John Hickenlooper leaves the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021.
He didn't know it at the time, but Sen. John Hickenlooper's road to the Senate bipartisan group known informally as the G22 began over some beer and snacks.
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin invited Hickenlooper and Arizona's new Senator Mark Kelly to meet with him shortly after their orientation. "And he spent several hours just getting to know us, asking us questions about us, why we got into policy," Hickenlooper said.
Manchin must have liked what he heard, because he invited the two to join the G22 — a bipartisan group trying to save the Senate from itself by finding bipartisan solutions and avoiding a nuclear meltdown by nixing the legislative filibuster.
While its membership has grown a bit and seen some shifts, the 10 Republicans, 11 Democrats and a lone Independent have been working closely for the last few months to reach a bipartisan compromise on infrastructure.
They're close to succeeding, with the Senate days away from passing a $1 trillion infrastructure deal.
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Out of the 10 new senators that came in this year, Hickenlooper and Kelly are the only ones included in this varied group. Hickenlooper said they were brought in "to make sure there was a fresh perspective of some people new to the Senate"
While the G22 members all have different reasons for wanting to be involved, there was one common thread, Hickenlooper said, especially after the storming of the U.S. Capitol building on January 6.
"We've got to show the world, we've got to show America that democracy can work, that we can come together and do meaningful legislation that moves this country forward," Hickenlooper explained. "And I think that's a big part of why that group of 22 hung together."
The group has defied some stiff partisan headwinds — hashing out negotiations over lunches and dinners for months, while a core group of 10 led talks with the White House and their respective parties.
"Everybody wrote it off," Hickenlooper said. "And I am very proud to say that I never quit on it."
Part of the reason is Hickenlooper's natural optimism, a trait he's had since his entrepreneurial days, when he had to believe there was a solution able to fix any problem that came along.
"That attitude is missing from a lot of the Senate. And part of my job is to give a little injection of positivity," he said.
The other part is the subject: infrastructure. Hickenlooper considers himself an infrastructure guy. He's managed it first hand as a former mayor and governor.
To him, the closure of I-70 in Glenwood Canyon is a glaring example of why the country needs an infrastructure bill. There has been a lot of talk about infrastructure in recent years, but nothing has crossed the finish line. While this bill doesn't provide a silver bullet for I-70's mudslide problems, it's the type of project that would qualify for the infrastructure investments laid out in the bill.
Courtesy of CDOT
At least five mudslides on Saturday, July 3, 2021, closed Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon along the burn scar of the Grizzly Creek fire.
Hickenlooper is hopeful the group will stick together to ward off any poison pills being added to the bill, and they want to finally celebrate an infrastructure success soon.
There were 67 senators that voted to start debate on the bill, and Hickenlooper hopes the number of senators that vote to pass the bill is even larger.
It may be a short lived victory, though. Coming up is an even larger fight over a budget package that is not expected to garner any bipartisan support.


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Q: how I can find almost the same texts? I have a column of job postings. I want to remove almost the same texts. They are very similar to each other but they have a small differences so drop_duplications function doesn't work. I tried the following code but I like to find a better way since this one is not very accurate.
In this method I am taking 150 letter of the text and search in al of other text and find similar ones and at the end I keep one and delete all other ones.
bad=[]
ind=[]
ids_sub=[]
datatext=data.copy()
for i in range(datatext.shape[0]):
    datatext['originalText'].values[i]=str(datatext['originalText'].values[i]).replace('(', '').replace(')', '').replace('+', ' ').replace('?', ' ').replace('*', ' ').replace('|',' ').replace('-',' ').replace(':',' ').replace('@',' ')
    datatext['originalText'].values[i]=str(datatext['originalText'].values[i]).replace("\'", ' ')
    doc=datatext['originalText'].values[i][350:550]
    if len(doc)==200 and doc!=' ':
                u=datatext[datatext['originalText'].str.contains('|'.join([str(doc)]),na=False)]
                datatext=datatext[~datatext.index.isin(u[1:].index)]
                print(datatext.shape, u.shape,datatext['id'][i+1:i+2])

do u have a better method? How I can get almost similar text? any NLP method?
For example two following texts are almost the same:
"Full job description\nCompany Description\n\n\nARE YOU FORGED FOR AIM RECYCLING?\n\n\nRecycles globally. Join us in our mission to recycle more than 3,000,000 tonnes of metals worldwide each year. At AIM Recycling, we recycle metals to their maximum capacity. For over 80 years, we've been working together to make a positive difference.\n\n\nBe part of our team to contribute to the growth of our company and to support our recycling activities in North America. It's simple: we do it right. We strive for excellence.\n\n\nJob Description\n\n\nUnder the supervision of Manager Asset Data Analytics, the incumbent will be responsible for supporting the deployment of data management and analytical strategies related to the asset fleet of our AIM sites (90 sites) in order to meet asset management excellence objectives.\n\n\nPosition Summary\n\n\nAnalyze data related to AIM's asset fleet to facilitate decision making related to the purchase, allocation, sale, and disposal of mobile and fixed asset in all our Recycling, Kenny and Feeder yard locations.\n\n\nMake recommendations to maximize the value of the equipment fleet and increase its operational availability.\n\n\nParticipate in the drafting of procedures or process mapping related to the mobile asset purchase, asset transfer, and asset disposal processes.\n\n\n\nAsset Maintenance Strategy:\n\nConduct useful life analysis assessment activities for the asset fleet considering asset life cycle data and failure mode patterns.\n\n\nAnalyze financial (acquisition cost, rebuild cost, NBV, depreciation) and maintenance data (cost, estimated life) related to the assets to proceed with data modeling that will include financial indicators such as PV, NPV scenarios.\n\n\nPerform a company wide asset reconciliation for high-level value assets so that the IT maintenance system (Maximo) and financial accounting system (365) reflect the field data (the physical asset inventory)\n\n\nConduct and report on internal and external maintenance cost analyses. Participate in the capital asset replacement plan.\n\n\n\nAsset monitoring_ Business Intelligence and Telematics\n\nLead and facilitate the implementation of specific programs related to the asset management for mobile fleet of heavy vehicles such as the development of daily inspection sheets via electronic tablet.\n\n\nCarry out various business intelligence and telematics projects related to assets in collaboration with the IT department. Promote the tools and ensure users support in the use of these reports and tools.\n\n\nAnalyze data and programs related to our assets in collaboration with the maintenance and finance departments.\n\n\nCollaborate in the validation and update of all site's global assets/high-level assets register for the Recycling, Kenny and Feeder yard sites. This includes working with the Site Managers to verify/audit the assert inventory at our sites.\n\n\n\nAsset Life Cycle and Performance\n\nDevelop and maintain a set of key performance indicators and targets via business intelligence reports measuring the effectiveness of acquisition programs, asset utilization and maintenance costs for each asset category/site.\n\n\nSupport sites as needed in their asset disposal activities. Conduct asset disposition/sale activities at the appropriate time in the asset lifecycle, with the assistance of a web/auction tool.\n\n\nQualifications\n\n\n\nUniversity degree in engineering or computer science / or equivalent experience\nMaster's degree (an asset)\nSix sigma certification, process mapping (an asset)\nMinimum of 10 years of experience in data analysis/business intelligence\nKnowledge of data manipulation/programming in Advanced Excel, Macro, Pivot table, VLOOKUP\nPrevious experience in financial analysis (desirable)\nSkill in updating SharePoint content (asset) & Cognos (strong asset);\nFamiliarity with Maximo, Visio, Outlook, Excel advanced and 365.\nKnowledge of heavy equipment vehicles, fleet management (an asset)\nHave a valid driver's license.\n\nThe position requires occasional travel\n\n\nAdditional Information\n\n\n\nWorking hours:\n 40 hours/week from Monday to Friday\n\n\nPermanent position Full time Stimulating, dynamic and pleasant work environment\n\n\n\nWhat we offer:\n\nGroup insurance; Group RRSP; Free coffee; Free parking; Subsidized dinner; Gym on site; Bonus plan; Social events (BBQ, Taffy on snow, raffles, etc.).\n\n\nThe American Iron & Metal Company and its subsidiaries offer equal employment opportunities to all. The masculine is only used to lighten the text. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted."
'\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCompany Description\nARE YOU FORGED FOR AIM RECYCLING \nRecycles globally.\nJoin us in our mission to recycle more than 3,000,000 tons of metals worldwide each year. At AIM Recyclage, we recycle metals to the maximum of their capacity. For more than 80 years, we have been working together to make a positive difference. Be part of our team to help grow our company and support our recycling activities in North America.\nIt s simple  we do it well. We strive for excellence.\nJob Description\nUnder the supervision of Manager Asset Data Analytics, the incumbent will be responsible for supporting the deployment of data management and analytical strategies related to the asset fleet of our AIM sites 90 sites in order to meet asset management excellence objectives.\nAnalyze data related to AIM s asset fleet to facilitate decision making related to the purchase, allocation, sale, and disposal of mobile and fixed asset in all our Recycling, Kenny and Feeder yard locations;\nMake recommendations to maximize the value of the equipment fleet and increase its operational availability;\nParticipate in the drafting of procedures or process mapping related to the mobile asset purchase, asset transfer, and asset disposal processes.\nAsset Maintenance Strategy\nConduct useful life analysis assessment activities for the asset fleet considering asset life cycle data and failure mode patterns;\nAnalyze financial acquisition cost, rebuild cost, NBV, depreciation and maintenance data cost, estimated life related to the assets to proceed with data modeling that will include financial indicators such as PV, NPV scenarios;\nPerform a company wide asset reconciliation for high level value assets so that the IT maintenance system Maximo and financial accounting system 365 reflect the field data the physical asset inventory;\nConduct and report on internal and external maintenance cost analyses. Participate in the capital asset replacement plan\nAsset monitoring_ Business Intelligence and Telematics \nLead and facilitate the implementation of specific programs related to the asset management for mobile fleet of heavy vehicles such as the development of daily inspection sheets via electronic tablet;\nCarry out various business intelligence and telematics projects related to assets in collaboration with the IT department. Promote the tools and ensure users support in the use of these reports and tools;\nAnalyze data and programs related to our assets in collaboration with the maintenance and finance departments;\nCollaborate in the validation and update of all site's global assets/high level assets register for the Recycling, Kenny and Feeder yard sites. This includes working with the Site Managers to verify/audit the assert inventory at our sites.\nAsset Life Cycle And Performance\nDevelop and maintain a set of key performance indicators and targets via business intelligence reports measuring the effectiveness of acquisition programs, asset utilization and maintenance costs for each asset category/site;\nSupport sites as needed in their asset disposal activities. Conduct asset disposition/sale activities at the appropriate time in the asset lifecycle, with the assistance of a web/auction tool;\nCollaborate in value asset evaluation activity related to our new site acquisitions when required and issue asset market value for sale. Coordinate the sale process between the various sites, finance, site managers and buyers;\nParticipate in management of new requests/emails for the Asset Management team as required;\nParticipate in the planning and organization related to asset fleet for all areas of AIM and various one time projects.\nQualifications\nUniversity degree in engineering or computer science / or equivalent experience;\nMaster s degree an asset;\nSix sigma certification, process mapping an asset;\nMinimum of 10 years of experience in data analysis/business intelligence;\nKnowledge of data manipulation/programming in Advanced Excel, Macro, Pivot table, VLOOKUP;\nPrevious experience in financial analysis desirable;\nSkill in updating SharePoint content asset & Cognos strong asset;\nFamiliarity with Maximo, Visio, Outlook, Excel advanced and 365;\nKnowledge of heavy equipment vehicles, fleet management an asset;\nHave a valid driver s license.\nThe position requires occasional travel\nAdditional Information\nWorking hours40 hours/week From Monday to Friday;\nType of employment  permanent, full time.\nWhat We Offer\nGroup insurance after 3 months;\nGroup RRSP after 6 months;\nFree coffee and parking;\nSubsidized dinner;\nGym on site;\nSocial events BBQ, Snow Shoot, Draws, etc..\nThe American Iron & Metals Company and its subsidiaries offer equal employment opportunities to all. The masculine is only used to lighten the text. Only those selected for interview will be contacted.\n      \n\n\n\n        Show more\n\n        \n\n\n\n\n\n        Show less\n\n        \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            Seniority level\n          \n\n\n\n            Associate\n          \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n          Employment type\n        \n\n\n\n          Full time\n        \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            Job function\n          \n\n\n\n            Information Technology\n          \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            Industries\n          \n\n\n\n          Logistics and Supply Chain, Financial Services, and Accounting\n          \n\n\n\n\n\n'

A: First of all, you can use spacy to check sentence similarity:
code
import spacy
nlp = spacy.load("en_core_web_md")
sentence1 = "Full job description\nCompany Description\n\n\nARE YOU FORGED FOR AIM RECYCLING?"
sentence2 = "\n\n\n\Company Description\nARE YOU FORGED FOR AIM RECYCLING"

doc1, doc2 = nlp(sentence1), nlp(sentence2)

print("using spacy : {}".format(doc1.similarity(doc2)))

result
using spacy : 0.9444716077070359

Then you can work with similarity with dataframe. For example:
df = pd.DataFrame({
    'sentence1' : ["Full job description\nCompany Description\n\n\nARE YOU FORGED FOR AIM RECYCLING?","Join us in our mission"],
    'sentence2' : ["\n\n\n\Company Description\nARE YOU FORGED FOR AIM RECYCLING","Reaky Relululu"]
        })

li_ = []
for i in range(len(df)):
    doc1 = nlp(df["sentence1"][i])
    doc2 = nlp(df["sentence2"][i])
    similarity = doc1.similarity(doc2)
    li_.append(similarity)
df["similarity"] = li_
df.loc[df["similarity"] > 0.8]

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The Latest: Iraq PM says situation in Baghdad under control
Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr storm parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone, Saturday, April 30, 2016. Dozens of protesters climbed over the blast walls and could be seen storming the Parliament building, carrying Iraqi flags and chanting against the government. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
(The Associated Press)
April 30, 2016 6:59 AM PT
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Latest on anti-government protests in Iraq (all times local):
Iraq's prime minister says the situation is under control after thousands of anti-government protesters poured into Baghdad's Green Zone and stormed parliament.
Haider al-Abadi issued a statement saying "the situation in Baghdad is under the control of the security forces." He called on protesters to demonstrate peacefully without damaging the "property of state institutions."
Al-Abadi had been set to appear before parliament earlier Saturday to seek approval for the remainder of his Cabinet reshuffle, but the session was postponed until next week.
The news of the postponement broke just moments before protesters began to storm the Green Zone. The last time al-Abadi appeared before parliament, earlier this month, lawmakers hurled insults and called his leadership illegitimate.
Iraqi security forces have fired tear gas on protesters at one of the entrances to the Green Zone as hundreds of supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr continue to stream into the highly fortified government compound.
Associated Press reporters at the scene say thousands of protesters have entered the Green Zone since breaching the walls and storming parliament earlier on Saturday.
The heavily guarded area is home to most government ministries and foreign embassies.
The entry of the protesters marks a major escalation after months of demonstrations and sit-ins by al-Sadr's followers, who are calling for wide-ranging political reforms aimed at combatting corruption and waste.
The U.N. mission to Iraq says it is "gravely concerned" after anti-government protesters breached the heavily-guarded Green Zone and stormed parliament.
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) is headquartered in the Green Zone along with most government ministries and embassies.
After Saturday's breach, UNAMI issued a statement condemning violence against elected officials and urging "calm, restraint and respect for Iraq's constitutional institutions at this crucial juncture."
It says the U.N. mission "continues to operate from its headquarters in Baghdad's International Zone and is in constant contact with parties to facilitate a solution that meets the demands of the people for reform."
The protesters are supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who has called for wide-ranging political reforms to combat the corruption and mismanagement that has bedeviled Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces, who have in the past been called on to reinforce security in the capital, say they are standing down for now after anti-government protesters breached the Green Zone.
Police and troops guarding the heavily-fortified zone, where most ministries and embassies are located, appeared to be taking no action after protesters breached the walls and stormed into parliament Saturday.
Sabah al-Numan, spokesman for the counterterrorism forces, says "we still view this as a demonstration" and "aren't taking any part in this as it's not something regarding terrorism."
He adds, however, that if the unrest escalates his forces may be forced to intervene to "protect the legitimacy of the government."
The protesters, who support Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, are demanding political reforms to combat corruption and mismanagement.
Iraqi forces are tightening security in the capital after anti-government protesters breached the Green Zone and stormed parliament.
The Baghdad Operations Command says all traffic attempting to enter the capital through the city's main checkpoints was halted after the breach on Saturday, and additional police and military units have been deployed to the Green Zone, closing the checkpoints on the compound's outer perimeter and blocking internal roads.
The heavily-guarded Green Zone is home to most of Iraq's ministries and foreign embassies.
Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed the Green Zone earlier on Saturday, marking a major escalation after months of demonstrations and sit-ins demanding political reforms to combat corruption and waste.
Dozens of protesters have climbed over the blast walls surrounding Baghdad's highly-fortified Green Zone and could be seen storming into parliament, carrying Iraqi flags and chanting against the government.
After months of protests, sit-ins and demonstrations outside Baghdad's Green Zone — home to most ministries and foreign embassies — Saturday's escalation marks the first time protesters have breached the compound's walls.
Earlier Saturday, influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr accused Iraqi politicians of blocking efforts to implement political reform aimed at combating corruption and waste.
Increasingly tense protests and a series of failed reform measures have paralyzed Iraq's government as the country struggles to fight the Islamic State group and respond to an economic crisis sparked in part by a plunge in global oil prices.
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Capitals' Boyd Reflects on First Point, Making the Cut
March 20, 2018 by Sammi Silber
Washington Capitals forward Travis Boyd couldn't contain his smile Monday as he was surrounded by a flurry of journalists, his gear still on from over an hour-long practice.
The 24-year-old registered his first career point Sunday in a 6-3 loss to the Flyers, and it came in dramatic fashion, a story that he will likely never forget: Boyd, who played in place of an injured Evgeny Kuznetsov on the top line, he made a spin-o-rama pass to Ovechkin, who put it in the net for his 601st career goal and 43rd of the season.
"Obviously for your first point, you could've had a cool goal, but definitely not complaining with how I ended up getting my first point," Boyd said. "Not only the pass but just super cool at the end of the day to say my first point was to Ovechkin, one of the greatest players to play the game. What are the chances that's going to happen?"'
Boyd said he's not sure if anyone got the game puck for him to keep as a souvenir of his milestone, but he also acknowledged it was a big milestone for Ovechkin, too.
"I haven't gotten it yet," Boyd laughed. "Maybe [we] each get half or something like that."
Boyd Makes the NHL Jump
After a strong training camp, Boyd did impress to get some games up with Washington earlier this season, though he did spend a majority of the time with the Hershey Bears this year, recording 15 goals and 44 points, as well as 14 multi-point performances, through 56 games. This season, he established himself as one of Hershey's top forwards and toughest competitors and continues to build his reputation as an up-and-coming playmaker.
Travis Boyd will likely spend the remainder of the 2017-18 campaign on the Washington roster. (Sammi Silber/THW)
Washington called Boyd up on Feb. 27 and said he will remain with the team for potentially the rest of the season as they looked to add more depth heading into the final push before playoffs in March and April.
However, with Kuznetsov still day-to-day with an upper-body injury, Boyd will remain a fixture in the line-up – at least for now. In his tenure so far with the Capitals, he has not only saw time with the Capitals' first line but now, he finds himself on the third line between Jakub Vrana and Brett Connolly as Lars Eller takes over as the second line center and Nicklas Backstrom reunites with Ovechkin.
"Obviously you don't want that injury, especially to someone as good as [Kuznetsov] too," Boyd said. "In terms of how ready I am, it's kind of just one of those things where you have to get out there and play… for me, it was a lot of fun being out there, it was a lot of fun competing against some of those guys and it was a lot of fun playing with Ovi and [Wilson], but yeah, we'll see how it goes moving forward."
As he looks to continue to prove his worth to the organization, the University of Minnesota alum said it's important to continue to have faith in your ability as you move up the ranks.
"You just got to stay confident and trust yourself to make plays," Boyd said. "You got to believe that you're able to make plays up here."
Sammi Silber
Sammi Silber covers the Capitals beat for The Hockey Writers and is an NHL contributor with Sporting News. She has also contributed to USA TODAY College, Huffington Post, FanSided and the Nation Network. Silber has written four books and recently worked on graphics for the film, The California Golden Seals Movie.
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Q: Shiny: unwanted space added by plotOutput() and/or renderPlot() Either plotOutput or renderPlot seems to add a bunch of extra white space around a plot. I've added background colours to the plot and the layout column to illustrate this. Essentially, I would like to be completely rid of this white space, leaving only the area coloured in blue, which should then align itself to the left of the column.
I know that this can be adjusted using the width argument, but having it a either 100% or auto doesn't seem to work properly.
Thanks!
library(shiny)
library(ggplot2)

# Create sample data
animals <- as.data.frame(
  table(Species =
          c(rep("Moose", sample(1:100, 1)),
            rep("Frog", sample(1:100, 1)),
            rep("Dragonfly", sample(1:100, 1))
          )))

server <- function(input, output) {

  output$pieChart <- renderPlot({

    # Create pie chart
    ggplot(animals, aes(x = "", y = Freq, fill = Species)) +
      geom_bar(width = 1, stat = "identity") +
      coord_polar("y", start=0) +
      theme(plot.background = element_rect(fill = "lightblue"))
  })
}

ui <- fluidPage(

  fluidRow(
    column(4,
           style = "background-color:lightgreen",
           align = "left",
           HTML("filler<br>"),
           plotOutput("pieChart")
    )
  )
)

shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

A: The space is added by the grid layout engine, not by anything in shiny. Grid adds the white space because ggplot has asked it to maintain the aspect ratio of the plot, to make sure the circle is round.
Here is how you can see this. First, let's draw the plot the regular way, but let's manually convert to a grob first.
g <- ggplot(animals, aes(x = "", y = Freq, fill = Species)) +
  geom_bar(width = 1, stat = "identity") +
  coord_polar("y", start=0) +
  theme(plot.background = element_rect(fill = "lightblue"))

library(grid)
grob <- ggplotGrob(g)
grid.newpage()
grid.draw(grob)

This will generate plots with whitespace either on the sides or above/below, depending on the shape of the enclosing window:

Now let's turn off the aspect-ratio enforcement and plot again:
grob$respect <- FALSE # this switches of the fixed aspect ratio
grid.newpage()
grid.draw(grob)

Now there is no white space, but also the circle isn't round.

You'll have to put the plot into an enclosing container that can provide necessary white space on the right and bottom. This is possible with grid if you're willing to give the plot a fixed size, by putting the plot into a table with empty space to the side and bottom:
library(grid)
library(gtable)
# need to play around to find numbers that work
plotwidth = unit(6.1, "inch")
plotheight = unit(5, "inch")

grob <- ggplotGrob(g)
mat <- matrix(list(grob, nullGrob(), nullGrob(), nullGrob()), nrow = 2)
widths <- unit(c(1, 1), "null")
widths[1] <- plotwidth
heights <- unit(c(1, 1), "null")
heights[1] <- plotheight
gm <- gtable_matrix(NULL, mat, widths, heights)
grid.newpage()
grid.draw(gm)

The downside of this approach is that now, if the plot window is too small, the plot will not be resized but instead will be cut off:

I'm not sure how to get the plot to scale to the largest possible size that still fits within the window.

A: I had a similar, but not identical, issue with a map. I knew what aspect ratio I wanted in the map (exactly 1:1 for me), much like you have with your pie chart, and I wanted it to occupy as much of the width of the responsive column as it could, changing the height accordingly. However, I didn't want it to be too big, so I added a line of logic to cap it to 400 pixels wide.
My approach was to draw a dummy ggplot object that was invisible, then query the client session to learn about its size. Then I could pass that size as an explicit parameter to the actual desired plot.
# you need to include `session` as a third argument here
server <- function(input, output, session) {

  # blank (plot for width) ----
  output$blank <- renderPlot({
    ggplot(data.frame(x = 1), aes(NA, NA)) + geom_blank() + theme_void()
  })

  blankwidth <- reactive({
          # this is the magic that makes it work
    bw <- session$clientData$output_blank_width
    if (bw > 400) 400 else bw
  })

  blankheight <- reactive({
    blankwidth() / 1.25
    # whatever aspect ratio you need
  })

  output$plotofinterest <- renderPlot({
    ggplot(iris[sample.int(150,50),], aes(1, fill = Species)) +
      geom_bar() + coord_polar(theta = "y")
  }, height = blankheight, width = blankwidth)
     # this is the necessary bit
}

# ui.R

ui <- fluidPage(
  fluidRow(
    column(4,
           style = "background-color:lightgreen",
           plotOutput('blank', width = '100%', height = 0),
           plotOutput('plotofinterest', inline = T)
    ),
    column(8,
           style = "background-color:lightblue",
           HTML("filler")
    )
  )
)

shinyApp(ui, server)

If you make the window narrower, the plot will be less than the 400px cap, and it will take up the whole column. If you make it wider, the right-side green space gets larger. I haven't noticed a big loss of performance from drawing extra plots to get this info back from the client. Even when you drag around the window size to play with it, it updates quite quickly.
You do need to figure out what aspect ratio you want it drawn at. grid will automatically add whitespace like Claus explained to the unrestricted pair of margins, so it's fair to just kind of eyeball it until it looks good to you.


Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed an amended complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Bacardi U.S.A. used corporate resources to organize a fundraising event for Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) on September 30, 2005. CREW filed the original complaint against Bacardi U.S.A. on August 7, 2006 alleging that Bacardi U.S.A. had used corporate resources and facilities to raise as much as $60,000 for the campaign of Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) at a May 11, 2004 event at Bacardi's Miami headquarters.
The amended complaint alleges that Bacardi violated the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) and FEC regulations by using the same corporate list of vendors to solicit contributions for the September 30, 2005 Nelson event that it used to solicit contributions for the May 11, 2004 Martinez for Senate fundraiser. The complaint alleges that employees of at least two Bacardi vendors – Hunton & Williams and The MWW Group – made contributions to Senator Nelson in response to Bacardi's solicitations. The complaint identifies ten specific individuals affiliated with Bacardi U.S.A., Hunton & Williams and The MWW Group who contributed to both Nelson and Martinez in response to Bacardi's solicitations.
Click here to read CREW's amended complaint.
Click here to read the FEC's response (04/16/07).


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4 minute readNovember 18, 20227:00 AM UTCLast Updated ago
Big Pharma may have to reveal government deals in WHO's draft pandemic rules
By Jennifer Rigby
and Emma Farge
A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
LONDON/GENEVA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical companies could be made to disclose prices and deals agreed for any products they make to fight future global health emergencies, under new rules that would govern a World Health Organization-backed pandemic accord reviewed by Reuters.
A draft version of the WHO accord, which is being negotiated by the U.N. health agency's 194 member countries, calls for it to be compulsory for companies to reveal the terms of any public procurement contracts.
It says that public funding for the development of vaccines and treatments should be more transparent, and include provisions to ensure that any resulting products are distributed evenly around the world.
The aim of the pact, commonly known as the pandemic treaty, is to prevent the next global health crisis from being as devastating as COVID-19 and improving the global response that left many of the world's poorest countries behind.
During the pandemic, many deals governments made with pharmaceutical companies have been kept confidential, giving them little scope to hold drugmakers accountable.
A spokesperson for the WHO said it was member states that were driving the current process toward a new agreement.
"The process is open, transparent, and with the input from other stakeholders, including any interested stakeholders and public, able to submit comments at public consultations."
The agreement is at an early stage and likely to change in the course of negotiations with member states and other stakeholders. The draft will be presented to them in full in a meeting on Friday, after being circulated earlier in the week.
The document is vague about what would happen if countries that sign up do not stick to its rules and if companies do not comply. The U.N. agency cannot force companies to follow its rules.
The proposal may face resistance from the drug industry after its meteoric race to develop vaccines and treatments that proved to be critical tools in controlling the virus which has killed more than 6.5 million people worldwide.
Pfizer (PFE.N) and its partner BioNTech (22UAy.DE), Moderna (MRNA.O) and AstraZeneca (AZN.L) tested, developed and launched vaccines less than a year after the virus first emerged in China in late 2019.
Thomas Cueni, director general for the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), said the draft was an "important milestone", but added that it was important not to undermine how pharmaceutical companies innovate and to protect their intellectual property (IP).
The draft recognises the importance of IP but says there needs to be better mechanisms for sharing expertise so more companies can produce vaccines and drugs during a crisis.
"If the draft were implemented as written today it would most likely undermine rather than facilitate our collective ability to rapidly develop and scale up counter measures and ensure its equitable access," Cueni added.
The draft document also proposes a peer-review mechanism to assess countries' pandemic preparedness, as well as better universal health coverage, more domestic funding on preventing and tackling pandemics, and better access for WHO to investigate outbreak origins.
'FAR REACHING AND BOLD'
Lawrence Gostin, a professor at Georgetown Law in Washington D.C. who follows the WHO, said the accord could be a game changer and redress the "unconscionable" hoarding of vaccines seen during COVID-19.
"The draft is actually far reaching and bold. The obstacles though are political opposition and industry blowback," he said.
Mohga Kammal Yanni, policy co-lead for the People's Vaccine Alliance, said the pact could either break with the "greed and inequality" of COVID-19 and other diseases "or it could tie future generations to the same disastrous outcomes".
The treaty has been described as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to strengthen global health rules by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The U.N. agency's constitution invests it with considerable powers to strike international agreements, but in its 74-year history it has only done so once in the form of the 2005 tobacco treaty.
Negotiations began on the pact in February and made an important step in July, when countries agreed to make the new agreement legally-binding despite earlier reservations from Washington. The next formal meeting of the board is in December, but there is a long road ahead. The agreement is not expected to be adopted before 2024 at the earliest.
"Some of the discussions ahead are going to get uncomfortable," said a Western diplomat, referring to issues around intellectual property and price transparency.
But they said there was a genuine interest in getting agreement by some major powers. "There's appetite to explore the issues, including the difficult ones."
Writing by Jennifer Rigby; Editing by Josephine Mason and Elaine Hardcastle and Bill Berkrot
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Is Leonardo da Vinci's Record-Setting 'Salvator Mundi' Going to the Louvre?
Jean-Luc Martinez says he hopes to secure the work for a Leonardo exhibition next year.
Eileen Kinsella, November 30, 2017
A visitor takes a photo of Leondaro da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, previously sold by freeport mogul Yves Bouvier before selling for over $450 million at Christie's in November 2017. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Is the Louvre Museum getting another world-class Leonardo da Vinci to hang alongside the Mona Lisa?
If the museum's director Jean-Luc Martinez has his way, it will—at least temporarily.
Hyperallergic's Ben Sutton was the first to flag an interview between Martinez and French radio station RTL in which the museum director revealed that he hoped to borrow the work for a blockbuster Leonardo exhibition next year. The presentation will coincide with the 30th anniversary celebration of the "Grand Louvre" renovation and expansion.
"We hope to see Salvator Mundi in Paris," Martinez said. "The goal is to gather the greatest number of works by Leonardo." The Louvre owns five of the 15 extant Leonardo paintings.
The spooky Jesus smashed all previous records when it sold for $450 million at Christie's two weeks ago. It also set off an international debate over the quality of the extensively-restored work and the outrageous prices the world's richest are willing to pay for art.
Reached for further comment, a representative for the Louvre demurred. "The Louvre is currently working on the list of the loans for the Leonardo da Vinci 2019 exhibition. It is too early to communicate on that list."
In the brief radio exchange, Martinez also made it clear that he was never interested in spending the considerable capital required to make Salvator Mundi a permanent part of the Louvre's collection. "Should we have tried to acquire it?" he asked. "The answer was no."
The art-world rumor mill has gone into overdrive ever since the Salvator Mundi sale. The identity of the buyer has been floated as the hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, Walmart heiress Alice Walton, two investment funds, and the Louvre Abu Dhabi, among others.
Whether or not the Louvre can wrangle Salvator Mundi from the clutches of its still-anonymous buyer, the Leonardo exhibition is sure to be filled with revelations. In the lead-up to the show—the details of which have yet to be formally announced—researchers are also investigating whether a charcoal sketch of a nude figure that resembles the Mona Lisa may in fact be the work of Leonardo. The drawing, known as the Mona Vanna, had previously been attributed to the master's studio.
If the Louvre does manage to secure Salvator Mundi, it will have to work overtime to address the inevitable concerns about security and crowd control. Just yesterday, the Louvre was named the most Instagrammed museum in the world. It is also the most highly attended, with 7.4 million visitors last year alone. Those with personal space issues may want to skip the Leonardo extravaganza.
Eileen Kinsella
Senior Market Editor
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The "Journey to Freedom" by UK's Harry and Meghan as They Drop Titles
How Africa January 19, 2020, 4:38 pm
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer be working members of Britain's monarchy and they will pay their own way in life as they embark on an independent future, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday.
They will also no longer use their "Royal Highness" titles, the palace said in an announcement that sought to end turmoil in the monarchy sparked earlier this month when the couple announced they wanted to reduce their official duties and spend more time in North America.
The queen and senior family members met last week to discuss the situation and have been in "constructive and friendly" discussions with officials on how this stepping back would work in practice for Harry, 35, and his American wife, former actress Meghan, 38.
"Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved members of my family," Queen Elizabeth said in a statement issued by the palace, referring to the couple's baby son.
"I recognize the challenges they have experienced as a result of intense scrutiny over the last two years and support their wish for a more independent life."
Queen Elizabeth praises Meghan
The queen said she was "particularly proud" of how quickly Meghan had become one of the family. The couple married in May 2018 in a lavish ceremony at her home in Windsor Castle, west of London in front of a global TV audience of millions.
Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, attends a ceremonial welcome before his meeting with Angola's President Joao Lourenco at the Presidential Palace in Luanda, Angola, September 28, 2019. /REUTERS.
Harry will remain a prince and the couple will keep their titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex as they begin a new life split between North America and Britain, but they will not take part in any future ceremonial events or royal tours.
Royal commentators said it amounted to an "abdication" from the royal family and showed that under the warm words, the queen had taken a firm and decisive line.
"It is harder to think of a much cleaner break than this. Harry and Meghan are still members of the Royal Family, but they are effectively no longer royal", the BBC's royal correspondent, Jonny Dymond, said.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holding their son Archie, meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu (not pictured) at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, September 25, 2019. /REUTERS
Meghan is currently in Canada with Archie and Harry is expected to join her soon.
A palace spokeswoman said the couple would no longer receive public money and that they would repay the cost of refurbishing their cottage in Windsor, which official figures show amounted to 2.4 million pounds ($3.1 million).
It remained unclear what public funds would be spent on their security. Buckingham Palace declined to comment but said there was an independent process to determine public funding for security.
The office of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declined to comment on Saturday's news.
Freedom and independence
The couple's plans for independence, announced after a long break over the Christmas period in Canada, caught the rest of the royal family by surprise earlier this month and left the queen and other senior Windsors hurt and disappointed, according to royal sources.
However, in a TV interview aired in October, both had made it clear how they were struggling with the immense media attention. Harry said he felt his wife had faced "bullying" from some tabloids.
A friend of Harry and Meghan also said last week the couple felt they had been driven out by some members of the royal family.
The change means Harry, who served a decade in the British Army, will give up his military patronages and his role as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador.
It was not immediately clear whether the couple could continue to use the "Sussex Royal" title for their website and branding.
While they will no longer receive public funding, Prince Charles will continue to offer private financial support, a royal source said.
The source said the couple will spend the majority of their time in North America, and had not signed any commercial agreements as yet.
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Balt is a medical equipment manufacturer specializing in medical devices designed to treat stroke and other neurovascular diseases.

Presentation
Balt was founded as a small family business in 1977 by Leopold Płowiecki, in France. His son, Nicolas, grew the company until 2018. Bridgepoint Advisers took a stake in 2015. Balt began to expand internationally. Pascal Girin CEO of Balt International since 2016, was appointed as Balt's CEO in late 2018.

Balt initially focused on plastic micro-tubes for the pharmaceutical industry. In 1987, it developed a microcatheter enabling the treatment of arteriovenous malformations. The Silk Vista Baby, one of the company's most recent innovations released in 2018, is the world's smallest collapsible intracranial stent.

Balt's revenues tripled between 2015 and 2020 and its workforce, quadrupled to reach 500 employees worldwide in 2020. Balt sells its production to 100 countries around the world. Between 2016 and 2019, the company acquired the American start-up Blockade Medical, which also produces medical devices, as well as several of its distributors in Europe, China, India and Brazil. Today, Balt operates in ten different geographical locations worldwide.

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Sandoz Lamisil lack of Seldane interaction could provide toehold in nail fungus market.
SANDOZ LAMISIL TABLETS DO NOT INTERACT WITH SELDANE, labeling for the oral antifungal therapy states. "In vivo drug-drug interaction studies conducted in normal volunteer subjects showed that terbinafine [Lamisil] does not affect the clearance of antipyrine, digoxin and the antihistamine terfenadine [Seldane]," labeling states.
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