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All Saints' Parish Church, Leamington Spa
About All Saints
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All Saints' Choir was formed as a surpliced choir in 1842, and has a long tradition of fine choral music. In term time the Choir sings the Eucharist every Sunday morning, and Choral Evensong monthly.
We are always pleased to hear from singers interested in joining us, and we offer choral scholarships to a very limited number of university undergraduates.
The Choir's repertoire includes interesting and beautiful music from 9th to 21st centuries, sung in the spectacular setting of All Saints. Occasionally we have the privilege of a cathedral visit - in August 2011 it was in residence at St George's Chapel, Windsor and at Chichester Cathedral. 2012 residencies were at York Minster and Norwich Cathedral, and the Choir also sang Evensong at New College Oxford. In 2013 we visited Lichfield Cathedral to sing the services; in 2014 we went to Canterbury. Click here to listen to recordings of the choir.
During term time the choir meets as follows:-
Choir Practice: 7.30 - 9.00 pm (9.30pm before major festivals)
Communion: 10.30am (rehearsal 9.45am)
Evensong: 4.30pm (rehearsal 3.30pm) [usually monthly during warmer months]
Contact us on 01926 429 169 or parishoffice@allsaintschurchleamington.org.uk
The Choir sings from the first Sunday in September up to and including Christmas Day, with a break for half-term in late October.
There is a break on the Sunday after Christmas and another break part-way through the spring term. There are sung services on Ash Wednesday and Maundy Thursday.
The Choir has a break on the Sunday after Easter and another break at half-term, continuing through to the end of July. There is a sung service on Ascension Day. new members to sing with them at any time of the year.
The Choir of All Saints' Church, Leamington Spa
Would you like to become part of our competent and friendly Choir?
We're actively recruiting!
Can you read music and sing in tune?
Would you enjoy playing a part in helping to enhance the music and worship of the Church?
Come and join us. We don't look for 100% attendance - that isn't feasible for many younger working people, given today's lifestyles - but you'd need to come frequently enough to feel you belong. Ideally that would mean at least two Sundays with associated Friday evening rehearsals per month. Our members sign up for the attendance they can commit to half a term or a term in advance, and we choose the music to match the resources.
The choir is a friendly and supportive community with regular social events throughout the year. The sense of community extends to include spouses, partners and children of choir members. The congregation is also supportive, and appreciative of our role.
Whilst the current choir members are all adults, we would be open to accepting children too.
Please use the form below to get in touch.
Choral Scholarship applications for 2019 open soon for sixth-formers and undergraduates.
Any further information, eg voice part, previous experience, etc. *
Rehearsing for the Advent Carol Service, Dec 2018
Rehearsing at Canterbury Cathedral, August 2014
Rehearsing at New College, Oxford, June 2012
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Q: QAF: Implementation of Self healing(Healenium) in QAF Am new to QAF and I need to implement self-healing in our test method using healenium. I have implemented it without QAF it's working fine. Please refer to the below code.
import com.epam.healenium.SelfHealingDriver;
import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
import org.openqa.selenium.Dimension;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class BaseTest {
    static protected SelfHealingDriver driver;

    @BeforeAll
    static public void setUp() {
        WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
        ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
        options.setHeadless(false);
        //declare delegate
        WebDriver delegate = new ChromeDriver(options);
        driver = SelfHealingDriver.create(delegate);
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(4, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        driver.manage().window().setSize(new Dimension(1200, 800));
    }

    @AfterAll
    static public void afterAll() {
        if (driver != null) {
            driver.quit();
        }
    }
}

I just want to wrap this self-healing driver with a QAF web driver like above.

A: QAF discourage to use static class variable for driver. The code provided in question will not work for parallel execution. Driver management is taken care by qaf with thread safety and with different behavior that can be set using property selenium.singletone.
You can try following way when you want SelfHealingDriver:
public class SampleTest extends WebDriverTestCase {

   @Test
   public void yourTestCase(){
      SelfHealingDriver driver = SelfHealingDriver.create(getDriver());
      //your code goes below
   }
}

SelfHealingDriver proxies actual driver. You can achieve the self heal functionality without driver proxy with listener for findelement/findChildelement. Driver listener should work without proxing driver. For example:
public class WDListener extends QAFWebDriverCommandAdapter {

private static final Map<String, Object> byToString = JSONUtil.toMap(
            "{'ByCssSelector':'css selector','ByClassName':'class name','ByXPath':'xpath','ByPartialLinkText':'partial link text','ById':'id','ByLinkText':'link text','ByName':'name'}");

   //this method will called when new driver object created
   public void onInitialize(QAFExtendedWebDriver driver){
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(4, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        driver.manage().window().setSize(new Dimension(1200, 800));
   }

    @Override
    public void afterCommand(QAFExtendedWebDriver driver, CommandTracker commandTracker) {
        if (DriverCommand.FIND_ELEMENT.equalsIgnoreCase(commandTracker.getCommand())
                || DriverCommand.FIND_ELEMENTS.equalsIgnoreCase(commandTracker.getCommand())
                || DriverCommand.FIND_CHILD_ELEMENT.equalsIgnoreCase(commandTracker.getCommand())
                || DriverCommand.FIND_CHILD_ELEMENTS.equalsIgnoreCase(commandTracker.getCommand())) {
            Map<String, Object> parameters = commandTracker.getParameters();
            if (parameters != null && parameters.containsKey("using") && parameters.containsKey("value")) {
                By by = LocatorUtil
                        .getBy(String.format("%s=%s", parameters.get("using"), parameters.get("value")));

                HealingServiceImpl healingServiceImpl = new HealingServiceImpl(new SelfHealingEngine(driver));
                StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
                Object result = commandTracker.getResponce().getValue();
                List<WebElement> webElements = List.class.isAssignableFrom(result.getClass())?(List<WebElement>) result:Collections.singletonList((WebElement)result)
                healingServiceImpl.savePath(new PageAwareBy(driver.getTitle(),by),webElements);
            }

        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onFailure(QAFExtendedWebDriver driver, CommandTracker commandTracker) {
        // StackTraceElement[] stackTrace =
        // commandTracker.getException().getStackTrace();

        Map<String, Object> parameters = commandTracker.getParameters();
        if (parameters != null && parameters.containsKey("using") && parameters.containsKey("value")) {
            By by = LocatorUtil
                    .getBy(String.format("%s=%s", parameters.get("using"), parameters.get("value")));
            StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace();
            HealingServiceImpl healingServiceImpl = new HealingServiceImpl(new SelfHealingEngine(driver));

            Optional<By> healedBy = healingServiceImpl.healLocators(new PageAwareBy(driver.getTitle(),by), null, stackTrace) ;
            if(healedBy.isPresent()) {
            commandTracker.getParameters().putAll(toParams(healedBy.get()));
            commandTracker.setRetry(true);
            }
        }
    }
}

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Q: How to adjust alpha value of UINavigationBar's backgroundImage? I set navigationBar's backgroundImage with this code.
[self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:self.titleBar forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

And I want to make image's alpha value changed, when I scroll down & up. So I use the changing the alpha value of UIImage method like:
- (UIImage *)imageByApplyingAlpha:(CGFloat)alpha

But it doesn't works well. How can I change the alpha value of navigationBar's backgroundImage?


Thropoda: Ornithomimosauria), from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (De-Na-Zin Member), San Juan Basin, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 48th Field Conference, Mesozoic Geology and Paleontology of the Four Corners Region, 1997, p. 249-253.
This seems a bit extreme, does it not? I wish I had the paper to work from (I only have Glut's synopsis of Sullivan's point of view). It seems a bit of a stretch to me to synonymize all of the species of Ornithomimus due to one tibial characteristic. If anything, it should be generically significant, which would leave Ornithomimus antiquus as O. sp., due to the fact that it consists of only a partial hind limb. I tend towards being a lumper, but this is a bit more than even I can handle.
Not only that, but O. antiquus being the only species from the mid-Campanian to the late Maastrichtian and living in places as far apart as New Mexico, Alberta, and the American East Coast also seems a bit much. Why does O. sedens get to be a valid species, if it is only a sacrum and ilial arches (I hope I didn't invent a term)? I realize that time and distance are not supposed to be the only characteristics separating species, but many of these specimens are fragmentary.
I was under the impression that someone was working on sorting out the Ornithomimidae. Is this true, or am I nuts (yes, I realize both can be true, but I am talking about a specific case)? There are several good specimens now available, complete with some un crushed skulls. I had a look at the specimen in the picture a few years ago at the Tyrrell. What a beauty. I wish they had also had the Struthiomimus skull on display, pictures of it are amazing.
Here's a throw away, is it possible that the type of O. velox is a juvenile tyrannosaur? It has a (relatively) short metatarsus. Brown(?) thought that the juvenile Albertosaurus specimens in the bone bed were ornithomimids. Man, would that ever mess up ornithomimid phylogeny. Would that kill the name Ornithomimus?


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DSC Supports BBKO Talk Radio as Title Sponsor
(May 16, 2019 – DALLAS) – DSC is eager to support Big Billy Kinder Outdoors talk radio as its title sponsor when it graduates to SiriusXM next month.
After 10 years of sweat and tears, this small, made-in-America family talk show will join the SiriusXM satellite signal on June 1, 2019, at 4pm (ET).
From humble beginnings on one radio station in Dallas/Fort Worth, BBKO Radio will become a part of the Salem family of programming on Family Talk SiriusXM 131. In support of its mission to educate youth and the general public about conservation in the outdoors, DSC is honored to support Big Billy Kinder Outdoors as the title sponsor.
"We are thrilled to be a part of Big Billy Kinder Outdoors expanding to SiriusXM," DSC Executive Director Corey Mason said. "Billy has been a strong and leading voice for the outdoors, and DSC is proud to see his reach expand to inform and engage new audiences."
After 30 years of being a voice on the airwaves in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Billy will now share his on-air talent along with his lifelong passion and experience in the great outdoors hunting and fishing with an ever-growing audience.
Big Billy Kinder Outdoors currently airs on WBAP-820AM (Flagship), 14 other North Texas radio stations and more than 116 radio stations in 28 states distributed by the Salem Radio Network.
Show pros include outdoor icons such as Larry Weishuhn, Gary Klein, Tom Dokken, Kelly Jordan, Wally Marshall "Mr. Crappie" and more. Celebrity guests such as T. Boone Pickens, General Chuck Yeager, Nolan Ryan, Jim Shockey, Jason Robertson, Jim Zumbo and others frequent the camp-house to discuss their passion for the great outdoors.
Listeners can tune in to any of the local radio stations or SiriusXM-Channel 131. Podcasts can be enjoyed 24/7 from iTunes, the bbkoradio.com website or other podcast providers.
This new partnership between DSC and Big Billy Kinder Outdoors will ensure that the important message of conserving wildlife and wild places, protecting rights to hunt and fish and educating the next generations in the outdoor heritage will reach even more ears and hearts. BBKO Radio is a great way to enjoy a long day in the blind (with earphones of course) or a long day on the water.
"When we're not in the great outdoors, we're thinkin' about it."
About DSC
A member of IUCN and FACE, DSC is a mission-focused conservation organization, funded by hunters from around the world. With an administrative staff of less than 15 and a volunteer army of 500, DSC hosts the Greatest Hunters Convention on the Planet™ that raises funds for grants in conservation, outdoor education and hunter advocacy. In the past five years, more than $5 million has been channeled to qualified projects, organizations and programs in support of that mission.
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Tikvah Mindorff becomes Niagara Sustainability Initiative's executive director
Tikvah Mindorff has become the Niagara Sustainability Initiative (NSI)'s new executive director, replacing Katrina Kroeze.
"Tikvah is a familiar face to NSI and a life-long resident of the region," NSI announced in a news release. "More recently she has completed an internship placement with the organization. As an integral part of NSI's team since January 2015, Tikvah shares NSI's vision and passion for sustainability across the Niagara region."
"I look forward to leaping into the role and continuing to make NSI the go-to source for organizational sustainability in Niagara," Mindorff said.
As a Political Science graduate of Brock University, Mindorff has spent the past five years researching and writing about the interrelations between economic development, multi-level governance and environmental sustainability. She comes to NSI with several years of experience managing volunteers, staff and creating collaborative programs with various regional ENGOs and Brock University.
"It is with great pleasure that I'm able to leave the role of executive director to Tikvah. She's a fantastic addition to NSI's team of staff and will certainly lead NSI in the right direction moving forward," Kroeze said.
In her introductory eletter as NSI's executive director, Mindorff said "hello to a great new network of individuals across Ontario through Sustainability CoLab."
"I am excited for these organizations to be joining us in our efforts towards a low-carbon economy, as they will help create new ideas and put them into action," she wrote. "In the next year NSI hopes to bring about tangible changes in Niagara's sustainability landscape through our growing community. We look forward to seeing you all at our upcoming events."
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#LiveUpdatesPapua liveblog – May 2 West Papua mobilisations
May 2, 2016 Content includes contributions from West Papua Media, CoProduction, News alert, Story fixed by West Papua Media, syndication, Syndication from WPM Partner, Urgent Action, Written by West Papua Mediawestpapuamedia
Good Morning, and Welcome to WestPapuaMedia's Liveblogging for the #LetWestPapuaVote demonstrations across West Papua today, May 2, 2016.
Due to restrictions on our blogging platform, the actual display of the live updates will happen on the twitter feed https://twitter.com/hashtag/LiveUpdatesPapua and www.twitter.com/westpapuamedia . However we have installed a widget on the right sidebar —> that is displaying the latest information. (best viewed with Chrome).
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This live monitoring project was initiated by the Legal Aid Foundation in Jakarta, and West Papua Media is assisting, along with our sources and stringers on the ground, and scores of independent journalists and human rights observers both inside and outside Papua.
Updates will be sent through in both Bahasa Indonesia and in English, but there may be a delay for translation to English. Please click on each update to be taken through to Twitter's site for automatic translation into your language.
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HRW: Indonesia: End Access Restrictions to Papua
November 11, 2015 Briefing by Papuan Civil Society members, coverage arising from WPM breaking story, Human Rights Report, Media Freedom, News alert, syndication, VideoHuman RIghts Watch, Papuan Media Freedomwestpapuamedia
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Indonesia: End Access Restrictions to Papua
Official Obstacles for Foreign Media and Monitors Defy Presidential Order
(Jakarta, November 11, 2015) – Indonesian authorities continue to restrict access by foreign journalists and rights monitors to Indonesia's easternmost provinces of Papua, raising serious concerns about the government's commitment to media freedom, Human Rights Watch said today in a new report. The restrictions defy a May 10, 2015 announcement by Indonesia's President Joko Widodo – popularly known as Jokowi – that accredited foreign media would have unimpeded access to Papua.
"Government access restrictions have for far too long made Papua Indonesia's 'forbidden island' for foreign media and rights monitors," said Phelim Kine, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "Blocking media access on overbroad 'security' grounds deters foreign news reporting about Papua, raising troubling questions about what the Indonesian government might be trying to hide there."
The 75-page report, "Something to Hide?: Indonesia's Restrictions on Media Freedom and Rights Monitoring in Papua," documents the government's role in obstructing access to the provinces of Papua and West Papua (collectively referred to as "Papua"), including government backlash since Jokowi's announcement.
The decades-old access restrictions on Papua are rooted in government suspicion of the motives of foreign nationals in a region still troubled by widespread corruption, environmental degradation, public dissatisfaction with Jakarta, and a small pro-independence insurgency.
Human Rights Watch interviewed 107 journalists, editors, publishers, and representatives of domestic and international nongovernmental organizations for the report. Foreign correspondents describe an opaque and unpredictable permit application process in which they often never received a final response. Many have waited fruitlessly for months – and in some cases years – for approval.
Jokowi's May 10 announcement has faced strong resistance by some senior government and security forces officials, Human Rights Watch said. The government has also not followed that announcement with a specific written directive, which opened space for non-compliance by state agencies and security forces opposed to loosening restrictions on foreign observer access to Papua. Various senior officials have since publicly contradicted the president's statement. Even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has announced that it has "liquidated" the 18-agency "Clearing House" that previously was used to vet journalists, has confirmed that prior police permission is still required for foreign media access to Papua. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in some cases also continuing to ask some journalists seeking to travel to Papua to provide, in advance, details of their likely sources and dates of travel.
Foreign correspondents have reported mixed results from their efforts to take advantage of the announced loosening of Papua access restrictions. For instance, after Jokowi's announcement, the Indonesian embassy in Bangkok processed and granted in just 15 days a Papua reporting visa for Cyril Payen, a Bangkok-based correspondent for France 24 television. The embassy also assured him that he was not obligated to have any check-ins with police or immigration officials while in Papua. "Whether I was lucky or not, I don't know," Payen said. "They really opened up."
However, a Jakarta-based foreign correspondent showed Human Rights Watch a copy of correspondence with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from July 2015 in which a ministry official listed both a surat jalan, or travel permit, from the National Police's Security Intelligence Agency, as well as a "letter of notification" specifying the journalist's "purpose, time and places of coverage in Papua," as prerequisites for access to Papua.
Foreign journalists who ultimately are granted Papua access permits often face surveillance and harassment after arrival in Papua. Several said that they were required to have an official "minder" from the State Intelligence Agency (Badan Intelijen Negara, BIN) for the full duration of their visits, significantly limiting their ability to report on issues deemed sensitive.
"President Jokowi needs to bridge the gap between rhetoric and reality by putting the guarantee of unimpeded foreign media access to Papua in writing," Kine said. "He should make it clear to government officials and security forces alike that obstructing journalists is unacceptable in Papua and anywhere else in Indonesia."
Indonesian journalists – particularly ethnic Papuans – are also vulnerable to restrictions on media freedom in Papua, Human Rights Watch said. Reporting on corruption and land grabs can be dangerous anywhere in Indonesia, but national and local journalists told Human Rights Watch that those dangers are magnified in Papua. In addition, journalists there face harassment, intimidation, and at times even violence from officials, members of the public, and pro-independence forces when they report on sensitive political topics and human rights abuses.
Journalists in Papua say they routinely self-censor to avoid reprisals for their reporting. That environment of fear and distrust is increased by the security forces' longstanding and documented practice of paying some journalists to be informers and even deploying agents to work undercover in newsrooms as journalists. These practices are carried out both to minimize negative coverage and to encourage positive reporting about the political situation, and they generate distrust among journalists.
Representatives of international nongovernmental organizations, United Nations experts, and foreign academics have also faced official obstacles to visiting Papua. Since 2009, the International Committee for the Red Cross, the Dutch development organization Cordaid, and the Peace Brigades International have all limited or closed their Papua-based operations due to pressures from the Indonesian government.
In 2013, the Indonesian government blocked a proposed visit by Frank La Rue, then the UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. Diplomatic sources in Geneva told La Rue that the Indonesian government froze his requested visit due to his inclusion of Papua in his proposed itinerary. "[The Indonesian mission in Geneva] asked what areas I want to go to [and] I said Jakarta and bigger places like Bali, but for me, I said, it was very important to visit Aceh and Papua," La Rue told Human Rights Watch. "They said 'Great, we'll get back to you.' What it meant was that they postponed the dates and put the trip off indefinitely."
"It's clear from our research that removing access restrictions is not a silver bullet to resolve Papua's deep-seated problems or dispel the suspicions of Indonesian officials toward foreign media and other observers," Kine said. "But greater transparency and access are essential elements of a rights-respecting future for Papua to throw sunshine on abuses of power that for too long have remained hidden from view."
For accounts from the report, please see below.
"Something to Hide?: Indonesia's Restrictions on Media Freedom and Rights Monitoring in Papua" is available at:
https://www.hrw.org/node/283014
For more Human Rights Watch reporting on Indonesia, please visit:
http://www.hrw.org/asia/indonesia
In Jakarta, Andreas Harsono (English, Indonesian): +62-815-950-9000 (mobile); or harsona@hrw.org
In Jakarta, Phelim Kine (English, Mandarin): +62-812 10877314 (mobile) or +1-212-810-0469 (US mobile); or kinep@hrw.org. Twitter: @PhelimKine
In San Francisco, Brad Adams (English): +1 347-463-3531 (mobile); or adamsb@hrw.org
In Sydney, Elaine Pearson (English): +61-400-505-186 (mobile); or pearsoe@hrw.org. Twitter: @pearsonelaine
In Washington, DC, John Sifton (English): +1-646-479-2499 (mobile); or siftonj@hrw.org. Twitter: @johnsifton
Accounts from "Something to Hide?"
Rohan Redheya, a Dutch freelance photojournalist who applied in The Hague for a journalist visa to Papua in July 2014, said that although the Indonesian embassy informed him that the approval process was "around two weeks," the embassy never responded to his application. "I know many journalists who got ignored [by Indonesian visa issuance offices], and they simply never heard something again [after submitting a Papua access application]."
"The Clearing House system of consensus voting means any one person has veto power, which generally means that the opinion of the most paranoid person in the meeting carries the day. These restrictions fuel all manner of speculation about Papua: the notion that the Indonesian government has 'something to hide' finds purchase. But the Indonesian government finds itself in the illogical position where they hear of inflammatory reporting and this actually makes them impose restrictions, and then those restrictions prevent good journalists from writing of the complexities of the place."
– Bobby Anderson, a social development specialist and researcher who worked in Papua from 2010 to 2015, describing the government's "Clearing House" screening of foreign journalists seeking to report from Papua.
Marie Dhumieres, a French journalist, received a police permit to go to Papua in September 2015. A week later the police arrested and questioned three Papuan activists whom she interviewed. She published this tweet to President Jokowi, and the activists were soon released: "So Mr @jokowi, foreign journalists are free to work anywhere in Papua but the people we interview get arrested after we leave?"
"If you read all the news reports in all newspapers in Manokwari [in Papua], you will see that their sources are almost all, almost 100 percent, government officials. Their sources are always government officials, police officers, or military officers."
– Agusta Bunay, a Papua Barat TV presenter, on self-censorship among journalists fearful of possible reprisals for independent reporting.
Warinussy: More makar cases in Papua
December 16, 2013 News alert, Statement, syndication, Syndication from WPM PartnerMakar, Papuan people, Rebellion/Subversion charges, right of free expression, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, west papua, Yan Christian Warinussywestpapuamedia
Comment by Yan Christian Warinussy, senior lawyer in West Papua, recipient of the John Humphreys Freedom Award, 2005
The latest treason verdict against seven West Papuans is yet another example of the serious human rights situation in West Papuan, in particular with regard to the right to freedom of expression. The seven men were headed by Isak Kalaiban.
Based on the facts revealed during the course of the trial, it is clear that there was a plan between the accused to freely give expression to their views in a way that is based on the rule of law.
This occurred on 1 May 2013 after Isak and his colleagues brought the families of the accused together on the previous day at their home in Aimas-Sorong. While they were meeting together, a police patrol in Sorong began to opened fire at the group of people, as a result of which four people were killed or wounded.
At the trial, the men were charged with treason (makar) by the court in Sorong before a panel of judges headed by Maria Magdalena Sitanggung.
None of the witnesses questioned at the trial said anything about what had taken place on the day before, 30 April.
For the legal team defending the accused, the question is who indeed is it that perpetrated treason in view of the fact that none of the witnesses who appeared in the trial knew anything about the men who were being charged.
This is yet another case in which the accused were charged under Articles 106, 108 and 110 to prevent people in Sorong from giving free expression to their rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly as provided for by Law 39/1999 on Human Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Translated by Carmel Budiardjo
Warinussy: Treason Charges against Aimas activists lack a proper legal foundation (westpapuamedia.info)
Sorong Police arrest Papuan customary leaders at Freedom Flotilla ceremony (westpapuamedia.info)
YCW: Police officers in Sorong are human rights criminals in Papua (westpapuamedia.info)
Statement of the Executive Director LP3BH Of Manokwari West Papua (witnesseshometownwpng.wordpress.com)
West Papuans arrested for 'treason' at ceremony for Freedom Flotilla (pacific.scoop.co.nz)
Scepticism as Papuan governor Enembe invites foreign journalists to Papua
October 11, 2013 News alert, syndication, Syndication from WPM Partner, Translated by WPMAlliance of Independent Journalists Papua, Breaking the media blackout, Foreign Journalists Ban, indonesia, Lukas Enembe, Marty Natalegawa, media blackspot, media freedom, Reporters Without Borderswestpapuamedia
Tabloid Jubi
by Alexander Leon
JAYAPURA, 9/10 – Papuan Provincial Governor, Lukas Enembe, shows progress by inviting foreign journalists to visit the most Eastern part of Indonesia.
"Yes, why not? Of course they can come here, there is no problem, because foreign journalists must see straight away the progress which is happening here in Papua," said Governor Lukas Enembe to journalists in Jayapura, Wednesday (9/10).
What has happened or occurred in Papua cannot be hidden, because the outside world must also know what is actually happening in Papua. If this matter is hidden, the outside world will ask questions.
"Foreign journalists must see the progress which is happening in Papua. We can't hide what is definitely happening here, but if we are open they can see the massive changes which are occurring," he said.
Before, Independent Journalist Alliance (AJI) a press organisation, has not yet seen a positive reaction from the Indonesian government about the international community's demands which are to allow open access for international journalists in Papua. In 2012, Marty Natalegawa the Indonesian Foreign Minister, said to a group of foreign journalists in Indonesia that there were 35 foreign journalists who were given access to the Papuan Province from 2011 – 2012. Although these journalists experienced Papua, not all journalists can gain coverage of the news in Papua.
"Seven foreign journalists have been deported from Papua because of their journalistic work. Marty then promised to review this case, although he confessed he was worried about their safety," said Jayapura's AJI Worker's Union & Avocation's co-ordinator, Jack Wally.
According to AJI Jayapura, who reject Marty's statement saying some journalists from New Zealand, Netherlands, England and Australia all experienced difficulties when submitting and applying for entry visas into Papua. AJI Jayapura sees the Indonesian government as not having an attitude which is clear between limiting and opening a space for foreign journalists, because there's not yet any formal regulations which limit foreign journalists from entering Papua, but in practice international journalists believe they're limited because of the difficulties in obtaining an entry visa. AJI Jayapura see this situation as proving the grey space which allows the hampering of independent and free press processes in Indonesia, which in turn has the potential to downgrade Indonesia in the World Press Freedom Index.
(Editor: Cunding Levi, translated by West Papua Media translators)
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PMW: Activists 'forced' to leave consulate, call for greater press freedom
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by Daniel Drageset, Pacific Media Watch
West Papuan student activists Rofinus Yanggam (left), Yuvensius Goo and Markus Jerewon (right) left the Australian consulate in Bali Sunday. Image: Marni Cordell
AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): Three West Papuan student activists entered the Australian consulate in Bali this weekend with calls on Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to open up for greater press freedom and push Indonesia to release at least 55 political prisoners jailed in the Indonesian-ruled region.
"We want the Indonesian government to lift the 50 year restriction it has imposed on West Papua.
"We want foreigners, including journalists, diplomats, observers and tourists to be able to visit West Papua freely without asking for special permits," the West Papuans wrote in an open letter addressed to the Australian people.
The student activists said in the letter they wanted to deliver a message to the leaders attending the 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bali this weekend.
Several organisations have asked Australia to give sanctuary to the three West Papuans, but according to Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb the West Papuans did not seek asylum.
"They left [the consulate] voluntarily so the matter's been resolved," Robb said, according to Radio Australia.
The Guardian, however, reported that the consul-general had warned the three West Papuans that the Indonesian army would be called if they did not leave the consulate.
One of the students, Rofinus Yanggam, told the newspaper the group left in fear of their lives.
Calls for sanctuary
Australian independent senator Nick Xenophon called on Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to give sanctuary to the three West Papuans.
"These three young men were not asking for West Papuan independence from Indonesia. All they were asking for is entirely consistent with the Lombok Treaty of 2006, signed by both Australia and Indonesia," he said, according to AAP.
"Instead of getting sanctuary and help, the Australian government effectively threatened them and now there is serious concern over the activists' safety," Xenophon said.
Professor Clinton Fernandes at the University of New South Wales backed Xenophon's call.
He said when the media circus had moved on after APEC, the trio "may be tried, most certainly they will be beaten, and at some point might be disappeared".
Rinto Kogoya, co-ordinator of the Alliance of Papuan Students, said it was time the world understood what was happening inside the province, which was officially acquired by Indonesia in 1969.
"The international community doesn't know the reality in Papua. The military oppresses the civil society – we're not free to do anything – and I think this is the moment to open democracy to Papua," he said in The Guardian.
'Great concern'
Joe Collins, of the Australia West Papua Association (AWPA), was alarmed by the events at the Australian consulate in Bali.
"It's of great concern that they [the West Papuan students] may have been coerced to leave as the students would have great reason to fear the Indonesian security forces.
"There are ongoing human rights abuses in West Papua and the security forces have been banning and cracking down on recent rallies to try and stop international attention being focused on the territory," he said in a statement.
AWPA wrote a letter to the consul-general Brett Farmer in Bali yesterday asking for "clarification" regarding the students.
"We understand that they have now left the consulate and we would like clarification from you if they left voluntarily or as some media reports have indicated that they were told that they would be handed over to the Indonesian military if they did not leave," AWPA wrote in the letter.
Australian Green senator Dr Richard Di Natale has also joined those who have called for Australia to give sanctuary to the three West Papuans.
"By speaking out in this way, these brave West Papuans have put their lives in serious danger.
"If Australia fails to offer them protection, I have grave fears for their safety," he said in a statement.
'Stand up to Indonesia'
Yet another senator to voice his support for West Papua this weekend was John Madigan.
"It is about time our government had the courage to stand up to Indonesia, instead of ignoring the issue of West Papuan oppression and the human rights abuses that occur there on a daily basis," he said in a statement.
He also said he demanded that the Australian government provided sanctuary for the three West Papuans.
The issue of the West Papuan students came just days after pleas from several organisations that Australia should not deport seven West Papuans who arrived in the Torres Strait Islands in northern Queensland recently.
The group of seven, who took part in the recent West Papua Freedom Flotilla sought asylum in Australia, but were deported to Papua New Guinea under a memorandum of understanding between Australia and Papua New Guinea, Radio New Zealand International reported.
Refugee advocates in Australia said the deportation failed to abide by the Refugee Convention that Australia was a party to.
Spokesperson for the West Papua Freedom Flotilla Izzy Brown said she wanted to draw the United Nations' attention to Australia's commitment to the Refugee Convention.
"It's really unfortunate that Australia thinks it can send asylum seekers offshore without due process or just blatantly illegally deported like in this case here, and we really want to try and draw the world's attention and especially the UN's attention to Australia's behaviour in this matter," she said.
Read the West Papuan students letter to "the people of Australia"
PMW contributing editor
Daniel Drageset is a Norwegian radio journalist enrolled in the Master in Communication Studies degree at AUT University.
West Papuan student activists 'forced' to leave consulate, calls for Australia to act (pacific.scoop.co.nz)
NZ needs to ensure West Papuan APEC protestors are safe (pacific.scoop.co.nz)
West Papuans left under duress: Greens (sbs.com.au)
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use std::collections::HashMap;

fn call(number: &str) -> &str {
    match number {
        "798-1364" => "We're sorry, the call cannot be completed as dialed.
            Please hang up and try again.",
        "645-7689" => "Hello, this is Mr. Awesome's Pizza. My name is Fred.
            What can I get for you today?",
        _ => "Hi! Who is this again?"
    }
}

fn main() {
    let mut contacts = HashMap::new();

    contacts.insert("Daniel", "798-1364");
    contacts.insert("Ashley", "645-7689");
    contacts.insert("Katie", "435-8291");
    contacts.insert("Robert", "956-1745");

    // Takes a reference and returns Option<&V>
    match contacts.get(&"Daniel") {
        Some(&number) => println!("Calling Daniel: {}", call(number)),
        _ => println!("Don't have Daniel's number."),
    }

    // `HashMap::insert()` returns true
    // if the inserted value is new, false otherwise
    contacts.insert("Daniel", "164-6743");

    match contacts.get(&"Ashley") {
        Some(&number) => println!("Calling Ashley: {}", call(number)),
        _ => println!("Don't have Ashley's number."),
    }

    contacts.remove(&("Ashley"));

    // `HashMap::iter()` returns an iterator that yields
    // (&'a key, &'a value) pairs in arbitrary order.
    for (contact, &number) in contacts.iter() {
        println!("Calling {}: {}", contact, call(number));
    }
}

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were we at rhinebeck for the sheep & wool festival in mid-october? yes, well er, sort of. it's blur! we had grand plans of running around the dutchess county fairgrounds for a solid 4-5 hours or so, but alas! terrible traffic got in our way. (if you must know the details, we happened upon an accident while driving up new york thruway which put us back 45 minutes. then, we got bogged down again 3 miles away from the fairground. apparently, torrential rains a few days prior, had turned the parking spaces into swampland. it took us almost 2 hours to travel the last 3 miles!) by the time we got there, we had just one hour to cover a lot of ground before we had to return to the city.
yes, there are a LOT of knitwear, yarn & fiber vendors at rhinebeck, cheesemakers, talented artisans, wine mongers and other specialty food producers. but with one hour, we really only had time to say hello to the animals! bunnies, sheep, goats, alpacas, llamas, oh my!
without further ado, here's our rhinebeck fiber-producing species spectacular! (note: some of these photos are from our 2010 trip; with limited time, we weren't able to cover as much ground as we had hoped).
cuddly angora rabbits . . .
sheep . . . lots of lots of sheep . . .
a sheep being examined for the show ring . . .
a black sheep with horns . . .
spotted sheep . . . kind of look like mini holstein cows, right?
a wensleydale sheep in repose . . . one of our favorite rare breeds of sheep . . . check out its long locks of curly hair . . .
a sheep with a blue coat, saying hello to its neighbors. . .
sheeps being judged . . .
alpacas with big doe eyes!
a dainty alpaca, posing perfectly for a side view . . .
Spitting llamas . . .beware!
and even a petite, dark brown cashmere goat!
toodles for now…until rhinebeck 2012!


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The firewall-config command will open the graphical firewalld configuration utility. You must be using a graphical version of Linux to be able to produce the graphical firewall-config utility. If you are using a text-only environment, use firewall-cmd.
Near the upper left hand corner of the graphical firewall utility is the Configuration drop-down selector. When set to Runtime, changes made will take effect immediately, but will not be permanent. When set to Permanent, the change will not take effect until the firewall is reloaded, and will be permanent.
Select Option > Reload firewalld to reload the firewall.
Selecting a zone in the left panel of the graphical firewalld utility will display the unique settings for the zone. The default zone can be changed by selecting Options > Change Default Zone. Select the new default zone, and select OK.
Each zone can be bound to one or more interfaces. In this example, public zone is bound to one interface, wlan0.
Services can be allowed by simply checking the services that should be allowed. Remember to select Runtime for the change to take effect immediately or Permanent and then Option > Reload Firewall for the change to be permanent.
Each service has a predefined port and protocol being used by the service. Select the Services tab, and then select a service to list the port and protocol the service allows.
A port can be allowed by selecting the Ports tab and adding the port.
By default, the firewall will not be locked down. To lock down the firewall, select Options > Lockdown. Locking down the firewall prevents modification from being made to the firewall.
Panic mode will drop all incoming and outgoing packets, and active connections will be terminated after a period of time. To enable panic mode, select Options > Panic mode, and then reload the firewall.


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Nancy Kwan facts for kids
Nancy "Ka Shen" Kwan (Chinese: 關家蒨; Mandarin Pinyin: Guān Jiāqiàn; Jyutping: Gwaan1 Gaa1sin6; born May 19, 1939) is a Hong Kong-born American actress, businesswoman and activist. She was born in British Hong Kong.
Kwan was an important figure in Hollywood accepting actors of Asian ancestry. Kwan's best known roles were The World of Suzie Wong, Flower Drum Song, The Wrecking Crew, Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N., Fate Is the Hunter, The Main Attraction and Drop Dead Darling.
In 1961, Kwan won a Golden Globe Award for her role in The World of Suzie Wong.
In 1976, she married Norbert Meisel. They had one son, Bernie. He died of AIDS in the 1990s. Kwan retired in 2016.
Nancy Kwan and her father, Kwan Wing Hong, 1956
As Suzie Wong in The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
Jack Soo and Nancy Kwan in Flower Drum Song (1961)
Nancy Kwan and Jackie Chan at the Hong Kong Ballet's premiere gala of Suzie Wong, 2006
Poster of To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey, a 2009 docudrama about the actress.
Nancy Kwan Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.
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Employers Project Health Premium Hike of 6% in 2017
Health care benefit cost increases at large U.S. employers are expected to hold steady at 6 percent in 2017. The good news is that health premiums are not growing at a faster clip year after year, as they were a decade ago. The bad news is that the increase in health plan costs still outpaces general inflation in the U.S., which remains below 2 percent, and salary budget increases, which are holding at around 3 percent.
"While employers have been able to keep increases in check for the past few years, costs are still running at more than twice the rate of inflation and general wage increases, thereby threatening affordability," said Brian Marcotte, president and CEO of the National Business Group on Health (NBGH), a membership association of primarily large U.S. employers.
"Controlling health benefits costs remains a high priority" for corporate management, Marcotte said on Aug. 9 when NBGH released the findings from its Large Employers' 2017 Health Plan Design Survey at a press conference in Washington, D.C.. The survey was fielded among NBGH members in May and June, with responses from 133 large U.S. employers offering coverage to more than 15 million Americans.
According to the survey, the 6 percent increase projected for 2017 is identical to the increase employers would have experienced in each of the past two years had they not made changes to their plan design. But many employers expect to hold increases to 5 percent by making some changes to their plans.
And compared with plans available on the Affordable Care Act's public exchanges, employer-based group coverage is a deal.
"Current estimates have health insurance premiums for the average public exchange plan increasing by at least 10 percent, about twice what large employers are projecting for next year," said Marcotte. "This is a clear indication that the employer-based health care model continues to be the most effective way to provide health insurance coverage to employees and their families."
Top Cost Drivers
Fueling the overall growth in the cost of health benefits is a surge in spending on pharmaceuticals–the newest, high-cost specialty drugs in particular.
Nearly a third of respondents (31 percent) indicated specialty pharmacy was the highest driver of health costs, up from 6 percent in 2014. Overall, respondents cited the following as among their top three cost drivers:
Specialty pharmacy benefits (80 percent).
High cost claimants (73 percent).
Specific high-cost diseases and conditions, such as musculoskeletal claims (61 percent).
Tactics to Control Health Care Costs
Two-thirds of employers said that pharmacy management techniques are their most effective tools for controlling rising health care costs. Over half of employers (56 percent) reported that offering high-deductible consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) as an option or as their only plan was one of their most effective tactics.
Top tactics to control health care costs
Percentage of respondents who cited the tactic as among their top three ways to control rising health benefit costs:
Pharmacy management techniques (traditional and specialty) 68 percent
CDHPs as an option or as the only choice 56 percent
Wellness initiatives 34 percent
Increased employee cost sharing 34 percent
Disease/condition management 30 percent
Source: National Business Group on Health
Prescription drug costs are expected to increase 7.3 percent overall in 2017. But most of this increase is due to specialty drug costs, such as biologics that require special handling. Specialty pharmacy costs are projected to surge 16.8 percent in 2017.
To manage all drug costs, employers plan to use a variety of tactics, such as requiring:
Prior authorization before filling a prescription (95 percent of respondents).
Quantity limits (91 percent).
Step therapy, requiring less expensive drugs to be tried first (90 percent).
Having the member pay the difference between generic and brand prices (62 percent).
Closed formulary excluding certain brand name drugs (50 percent).
Integrated medical and pharmacy data for more effective cost management (48 percent).
Mandatory mail order for maintenance medications (45 percent).
Four-tier or higher pharmacy plan design (34 percent).
No co-pay for select generic medications (25 percent).
Techniques focusing on specialty drugs include:
More aggressive use of management protocols for specialty medications (74 percent).
Specialty medications must be obtained through a specialty pharmacy (69 percent).
Pharmacy plan designed with a specialty tier with greater cost sharing (38 percent).
Consumer-Directed Plans
The adoption of CDHPs continues to slowly increase among large employers, mainly because there is not much more room for growth, the survey showed. In 2017, 84 percent of large employers will offer at least one CDHP, up incrementally from 83 percent in 2016. The percentage of employers that will offer only CDHPs to their employees will increase slightly from 33 percent to 35 percent.
In 2017, health savings accounts (HSAs) will be offered by 92 percent of employers that provided any type of high-deductible CDHP, up from 87 percent in 2016. A third (34 percent) of employers with a CDHP will link these plans to a health reimbursement arrangement (HRA), the same as in 2016.
Only 15 percent of employers offering a CDHP with an HSA don't contribute any funds to these accounts. Among the other 85 percent, the median amounts employers contribute to HSAs (assuming an employee completed any necessary requirements) are $600 for employee-only coverage and $1,100 for family coverage. HRAs are funded solely by employers, with the media contribution being $725 (employee-only) and $1,325 (family coverage).
HSAs are employee owned, whereas funds in an HRA generally revert to the employer on termination of employment.
Median amount employers are contributing to health accounts
Among employers that will contribute to HSAs or HRAs in 2017, the maximum annual amount employees/families will be able to receive:
HSA HRA
Employee-only $600 $725
Family coverage $1,100 $1,325
Across all plan types, the median in-network deductible for 2016 is $1,425 for employee-only coverage and $2,900 for family coverage.
In 2016, large employers paid roughly 78 percent of the premium costs for employees and their families, and the employer percentage of contribution to the premium has remained fairly consistent over the last five years.
Median employee cost-sharing amounts for 2016
Cost-Sharing All Plan Types PPOs CDHPS
In-network deductibles
Employee-only $1,425 $600 $1,600
Family coverage $2,900 $1,225 $3,200
In-network out-of-pocket maximums
Employee-only $3,750 $3,500 $4,000
Source: National Business Group on Health.
When employer contributions to an HSA or HRA linked to a CDHP are factored in, the "effective" CDHP deductible/out-of-pocket costs for employees becomes considerably lower.
Ninety percent of large employers will make telehealth services available to employees in states where it is allowed in 2017, a sharp increase from 70 percent this year and 46 percent in 2015. By 2020, virtually all respondents will offer telemedicine, the survey showed.
But telehealth behavior health services, such as mental health counseling, are less universal, offered by 34 percent of large employers.
"Employers that have been ahead of the curve in offering telemedical services are just at the forefront of recognizing how telebehavioral health can help employees access much-needed mental health services," said Julian L. Cohen, president of Teladoc Behavioral Health, a telemedicine provider based in Lewisville, Tex. "Today, it's still considered new but our expectation is that many more telehealth packages will include mental health in the near term."
A telemedicine platform is particularly suited to providing behavioral health services "due to the stigma long-associated with mental health or geographic barriers to care," Cohen said. "The talk therapy principally used in mental health care today is extremely well suited to phone and video-based teleplatforms."
In other telehealth findings:
Much of the growth is driven by insurers including telehealth as part of their services, but 31 percent of large employers are directly contracting with telehelath vendors.
While utilization rates in 2015 averaged just 1 percent of eligible employees, those numbers are steadily increasing. In the first half of 2016, 3 percent of employees had used the benefit, when available.
Private Exchanges
Interest in private exchanges may have peaked in 2014, when 35 percent of large employers said they were considering the use of private exchanges to provide health care choices to active employees (2 percent had moved to a private exchange), the survey showed. In 2016, only 10 percent were considering private exchanges for active employees, while 4 percent had made the move.
However, 26 percent of large employers will have shifted retirees receiving employer-provided health care to a private exchange in 2017, while another 28 percent are considering moving retirees in 2018-2019.
"The private exchange model is still evolving and most employers are not willing to take a leap of faith" with active employees, Marcotte said. They are yet to be convinced that private exchanges can provide sustained, reduced costs and engage employees in better health care decision-making.
If private exchange providers can allay employers' fears and make a convincing case for the model's sustained value, defined contribution health care may yet live up to its early hype.
Among other health plan design trends noted in the report:
Spousal surcharges leveling off. One in three large employers (33 percent) will have surcharges in place for spouses who can obtain coverage through their own employer, roughly the same as this year. A few employers will exclude spouses entirely when other coverage is available through an employer.
Expanded options at Centers of Excellence. The use of health care Centers of Excellence—requiring or providing incentives for employees to have common procedures performed at high-rated medical centers that specialized in these services—will grow from 79 percent this year to 85 percent in 2017. The largest increases will be for bariatric surgery (up 15 percentage points), and transplants and fertility treatments, both up 8 percentage points.
Tools to manage care. 80 percent of respondents plan to offer nurse coaching for care and condition management while 72 percent will offer nurse coaching for lifestyle management. Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) will provide employees with self-servicedecision-support tools to help them become better health care consumers.
Another View on Rising Costs
Health cost increases can vary by region and workforce demographics. For instance, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently surveyed executives in the manufacturing and services sectors in New York State, Northern New Jersey and Fairfield County, Conn. Among the findings:
Health care costs increased 8.5 percent this year and are expected to rise by 10 percent in 2017, based on the median responses of surveyed businesses.
Among the more widely mentioned factors that firms said were contributing to higher costs were increased premiums from insurance providers, higher costs for prescription drugs, the ACA and an aging workforce.
The vast majority of surveyed firms indicated that they would be paying a higher total premium, and somewhat more than half said they were raising their employees' share of contribution to the premium.
About 60 percent of respondents said they are making at least some changes to their health plans. The most frequently cited adjustments were raising deductibles, boosting co-pays and increasing out-of-pocket maximums.
A majority, however, maintained that they are not changing the range of services covered nor the size and breadth of the health care network for their health care plans.
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UK Brexit Drama Shakes GBP
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By James Harte	 Last updated Oct 10, 2019
Johnson Vs Merkel
Hopes of a deal between the UK and EU came crashing down on Tuesday.
This sent GBP cascading down to fresh one-month lows. The news came following a telephone conversation between the UK PM and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.
A spokesperson for the Prime Minister said that Merkel warned Johnson that the EU was "highly unlikely" to accept the terms of the new deal he presented last week. Johnson himself said that a deal was "essentially impossible".
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We are yet to gain access to the details of the conversation. However, UK reporters received source comments indicating that Merkel explained that a deal could only happen if it meant Northern Ireland would remain within the customs union.
In response, Johnson has ruled this out. According to the No 10 source, the PM stated that if this is the case, a deal cannot be made.
Johnson Comes Under Fire
The comments from a government official have sparked a widespread backlash from across the political divide. They've even provoked the ire of EU leaders.
Donald Tusk, president of the EC, wrote to Johnson on Twitter saying:
Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party was also quick to attack Johnson, saying:
Meanwhile, the Labour party accused the government of a 'cynical attempt to sabotage the negotiations' and demanded Parliament unite and step in to stop us crashing out in three weeks'
Gove Calls For No-Deal Brexit
Michael Gove, the Minister in charge of Brexit planning has called for the UK to leave the EU on October 31st without a deal if needs be.
In a statement released today, Gove said the UK economy could stand the shock of a no-deal Brexit. He stated:
"Of course risks remain and challenges for some businesses cannot be entirely mitigated, even with every possible preparation in place. But the UK economy is in a much better position to meet those risks and challenges thanks to the efforts of these sectors and companies and the chancellor."
If the EU does reject Johnson's terms, then it will come down to whether Johnson plans to comply with the Benn Bill or not.
The emergency legislation passed by MPs ahead of Johnson proroguing parliament last month states that if the PM cannot agree on a Brexit deal with parliament (or on parliamentary backing for a no-deal Brexit,) then he must require an extension to Article 50.
However, Johnson has so far signaled that he would overrule the legislation and press ahead with a no-deal Brexit.
Current Brexit Timeline
17th/18th October – EU Summit, where the EU will give the decision on Johnson's deal
19th October – If there is still no deal, Johnson will request an Article 50 extension until January 31st,2020.
If Johnson attempts to overrule the Benn Bill for a no-deal Brexit, he could face a vote of no confidence. This could see him ousted as PM and we might see a new caretaker government.
However, division regarding who would lead a government means that it could be difficult. Alternatively, a legal challenge might be mounted against Johnson once again. And the Supreme Court likely to block johnson from pursuing a no-deal Brexit.
In this instance, the most likely option is that an extension to Article 50 is requested and that the country undertakes general elections.
In this scenario, the battle lines would be clearly drawn between the Conservative Party, who would take the UK out of the EU without a deal, and Labour, who would campaign in favor of a second referendum.
Technical Perspective
GBPUSD continues to trade within the middle of the bearish channel from year to date highs. Prices have recovered most of yesterday's losses. This is thanks to news that the EU is considering creating a definite exit term to the Irish backstop. However, nothing official on this yet.
For now, price is holding the 1.2207 support. If we fall back below here, the 1.2026 level comes back into focus. To the topside, any move higher will likely find resistance to the 1.2484 level with the bear channel top coming just above.
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Florentin Petre (Bucarest, Rumanía, 15 de enero de 1976), es un futbolista rumano. Juega de centrocampista y su equipo actual es el FC Terek Grozny.

Biografía

Petre empezó su carrera futbolística en las categorías inferiores del Dinamo Bucarest, hasta que el 15 de octubre de 1994 debuta con la primera plantilla del club en la Liga I en un partido contra el U Cluj, en el que Petre marcó uno de los cinco goles de su equipo. En su primera temporada no disfruta de muchas oportunidades y juega solamente 7 partidos de liga, así que se marcha cedido al año siguiente al UT Arad.

En 1996 regresa y se convierte un fijo en el once titular. En las 10 temporas que permanece en el club gana varios títulos: dos Ligas, cuatro Copas y una Supercopa de Rumania. En 2000 contrajo la hepatitis C, lo que le impidió disputar gran parte de esa temporada (solo jugó cuatro encuentros) y de la siguiente.

En 2006 prueba suerte en Bulgaria con el CSKA de Sofia. En la temporada 07-08 se proclama campeón de Liga con su club, consiguiendo también la Supercopa de Bulgaria.

En 2008 ficha por su actual club, el FC Terek Grozny.

Selección nacional

Ha sido internacional con la Selección de fútbol de Rumania en 51 ocasiones. Su debut como internacional se produjo el 19 de agosto de 1998 en un partido contra Noruega.

Fue convocado para participar en la Eurocopa de Austria y Suiza de 2008, donde jugó los tres partidos que su selección disputó en el torneo, dos de ellos saliendo como titular.

Clubes

Títulos

 2 Ligas de Rumania (Dinamo de Bucarest, 2004 y 2006)
 4 Copas de Rumania (Dinamo de Bucarest; 2001, 2003, 2004 y 2005)
 1 Supercopa de Rumania (Dinamo de Bucarest, 2005)
 1 Liga de Bulgaria (CSKA de Sofia, 2008)
 1 Supercopa de Bulgaria (CSKA de Sofia, 2008)

Enlaces externos
 Estadísticas de Florentin Petre (en inglés)

Futbolistas de la selección de fútbol de Rumania en los años 1990
Futbolistas de la selección de fútbol de Rumania en los años 2000
Futbolistas del Dinamo de Bucarest
Futbolistas del FC UTA Arad
Futbolistas del CSKA Sofia
Futbolistas del FC Ajmat Grozni
Futbolistas de Rumania en la Eurocopa 2000
Futbolistas de Rumania en la Eurocopa 2008
Nacidos en Bucarest

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