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Vietnam voices: Locals share emotional response to Afghan refugee crisis
Foreigners board a Qatar Airways aircraft at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Some 200 foreigners, including Americans, flew out of Afghanistan on an international commercial flight from Kabul airport on Thursday, Sept. 9, the first such large-scale departure since U.S and foreign forces concluded their frantic withdrawal at the end of last month.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS/Bernat Armangue)
By Karen Billing
Sept. 15, 2021 10:55 AM PT
The scenes at Hamid Karzai International Airport last month as Afghans fled after the Taliban takeover stirred a variety of emotions for refugees from the end of another long American war. Local Vietnamese Americans drew parallels between the desperation of the people scrambling to board military aircraft and their families' own frantic departures from their country over 40 years ago.
"The situation has created a lot of sadness for me," said Louie Nguyen, a Carmel Valley resident, whose family left Vietnam after Saigon fell in 1975. "When I see all of those people in the belly of that giant plane, I look at all those faces and see myself, my parents, my siblings and cousins.
"I have an enormous amount of sadness knowing all the pain, the trauma and the misery that we lived through. It's almost like a shared trauma is created between us," he said. "It gives me a lot of anxiety knowing that there are families still trying to get out."
As a young child, Nguyen said he had to leave everything behind except for just a backpack. His biggest fear was being separated from his family, which he was for about four or five chaotic and scary hours.
When the family left Vietnam they went into a refugee camp and then to Europe to await their sponsorship to the U.S. His family was eventually resettled in Tulsa, Oklahoma where they struggled but built a new life.
In the United States' humanitarian evacuation, a group of Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) recipients, Afghans who were employed by or worked on the behalf of the U.S. government, are being relocated to San Diego.
Jewish Family Service is one of four refugee resettlement agencies in San Diego that has been processing and welcoming SIVs from Afghanistan, along with International Rescue Committee, Catholic Charities and the Alliance for African Assistance, which has pledged to sponsor 510 Afghan refugees.
JFS has welcomed SIV recipients for many years but the number and pace is unlike anything they have seen before, said Etleva Bejko, director of refugee and immigration services for JFS San Diego.
In the 2019-2020 fiscal year, JFS assisted 129 refugees and SIV new arrivals from more than a dozen of countries, including Afghanistan. Prior to this humanitarian crisis, JFS had resettled 76 refugees and SIVs this year, however, since Aug. 6, they have already resettled 89 individuals (18 families). With the situation constantly evolving, they do not have an estimate as to how many more will arrive in the coming days, weeks or months, Bejko said.
Many were assigned to JFS with little more than 24 hours' notice before arrival.
"It's been very challenging… We're overwhelmed in trying to meet the needs of a much larger group of people coming in a much faster period of time," Bejko said. "It's been overwhelming but it is what JFS does."
Bejko said the majority of the cases JFS has seen are families of four to seven people, including younger children. The SIVs all have a prior connection to the San Diego region through family or friends.
For the refugees, the experience has been a confusing and overwhelming whirlwind and quite a few left family behind and are fearful they will be targeted. Bejko said JFS wants to do everything they can to help: "To go through this journey without any supportive hand would have been so much worse….it is what makes us keep doing this work," she said.
In 1978, Solana Beach resident Dinh Albright's family was among the thousands of "boat people" who fled Vietnam. She was only one year old and had been sick in the hospital when her parents snuck her out in the middle of the night, fleeing carrying everything they could hold.
She doesn't remember the boat but has heard the story so many times from her parents that she feels it.
"It was traumatizing," Albright said. "They were out at sea for a long time and they didn't know how to swim. They said it felt like it was forever that they were on that boat."
On their terrifying journey they were robbed by pirates and eventually landed in Malaysia, where they lived in a refugee camp before being sponsored by a church and resettled in Orange County's "Little Saigon".
Albright was struck deeply by the desperation she saw of the people trying to leave Afghanistan.
"It felt so much like what happened to us back then. It's sad, because you'd think we'd learn better not to repeat history and do it the right way but I don't know what the right way is," Albright said, noting there are differences of opinion within her own family about how the U.S. withdrawal was handled. "I feel especially bad for the people left behind there and I'm worried about what's going to happen to them."
When her parents fled they were young, only in their 20s, and it was scary for them to uproot and go to a new country where they don't speak the language, leaving behind family and friends and struggling against stereotypes and financially. They went to school and worked hard to provide opportunities for their child.
"Growing up, they were so fearful of the outside world," Albright said. "They just never felt that they belonged, especially when they were forced to leave their country."
She is an American, but she admits there are still times when she feels like an outsider. In Solana Beach, she is part of a group of four Vietnamese friends who call themselves "The Saigon Sisters."
Carmel Valley resident Tu Diep was still just a glint in his parents' eyes when his family fled Vietnam—he was born in a refugee camp in Hong Kong. Following a border war in 1979, the communist Vietnamese government sought to expel people of Chinese ancestry from the country. As his surname "Diep" is Chinese-derived, all of the men in his family had to leave.
"They didn't want to go," Diep of his mother and late father. "In the long run, I think they would've been happier if they had stayed in their country."
In Hong Kong, his parents were sponsored by a Catholic church in Vancouver, Canada where they would be resettled. Diep said the resettlement was particularly hard on his father. When they left Vietnam he was a bright, charismatic young man in his 30s who had built a relatively successful career as an accountant.
"It affected him very personally, he lamented that those that got to stay in Vietnam became very successful as the country opened up and became more business and capitalist friendly," Diep said. "There was a lot of sadness that they had to leave."
In Canada, he said his family struggled and while they didn't have a lot, they had enough and they survived. He compliments his parents for finding a way to figure out landing in an entirely new country, not speaking the language and providing for their children.
Watching the situation unfold in Afghanistan, what he has struggled with most is anti-refugee sentiments—there is a sadness that there wasn't more of an open and welcoming feeling for some.
"The lack of empathy for these people has been the biggest challenge for me," Diep said. "That's very challenging for me to see that because if it wasn't for (another country taking us in) my family and myself wouldn't be where we are today."
His hope is that San Diego is a welcoming place for those people searching for a safer life.
The number of displaced people in the world is over 70 million, Bejko said.
Quite a few countries accept refugees and the United States has historically accepted the largest numbers of refugees except for the past four years when the presidential ceiling was lowered from 110,000 refugees in 2017 to 15,000 in fiscal year 2020. After taking office, President Joe Biden raised the refugee ceiling to 62,500 and has said that in 2022 the ceiling will be raised to 125,000.
In refugee resettlement, JFS' work is built around integration and self-sufficiency, Bejko said.
Their support includes help with immigration and naturalization paperwork, cultural orientation classes, enrollment in English-as-a-second-language classes and short-term counseling, employment assistance, getting children enrolled in school and more. Their team also supports arriving refugees in San Diego by picking them up at the airport and putting together a secure, fully furnished place to live.
"JFS was founded on the tradition of 'Welcoming the Stranger' and aiding refugees and we look forward to helping individuals and families from around the world rebuild their lives in San Diego in safety and with dignity," Bejko said.
There are many ways for people to help Afghan refugees and Bejko said JFS has seen an overwhelming response from the San Diego community in terms of donations and people wanting to volunteer.
"When I get past the sadness of the situation, I start thinking about how we, as a city, can support this whole new community of refugees," said Nguyen. "I'm positive they will bring tremendous talent and energy to our country, just as the Vietnamese and prior waves of refugees have done."
To learn more about how to help Afghanistan refugees visit
JFS San Diego at jfssd.org, Catholic Charities at ccsd.org, International Rescue Committee at rescue.org, and Alliance for African Assistance alliance-for-africa.org.
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Q: Nimble parallel and series mix works in node.js This sample of code from node.js in action book:
var flow = require('nimble');
var exec = require('child_process').exec;

function downloadNodeVersion(version, destination, callback) {
  var url = 'http://nodejs.org/dist/node-v' + version + '.tar.gz';
  var filepath = destination + '/' + version + '.tgz';
  exec('curl ' + url + ' >' + filepath, callback);
}

flow.series([
  function (callback) {
    flow.parallel([
      function (callback) {
        console.log('Downloading Node v0.4.6...');
        downloadNodeVersion('0.4.6', '/tmp', callback);
      },
      function (callback) {
        console.log('Downloading Node v0.4.7...');
        downloadNodeVersion('0.4.7', '/tmp', callback);
      }
    ], callback);
  },
  function(callback) {
    console.log('Creating archive of downloaded files...');
    exec(
      'tar cvf node_distros.tar /tmp/0.4.6.tgz /tmp/0.4.7.tgz',
      function(error, stdout, stderr) {
        console.log('All done!');
        callback();
      }
    );
  }
]);

but second function(callback) in flow.series does not executed i.e. final .tar archive does not created. What is wrong?

A: It's in an exec() block - so the context is lost.

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Q: node promise loop returning promise not working I'm new to node, playing with promise loops
on completion of my loop (10 iterations) I want to know that the function has completed, how do I do this?
here is my code
var promise1 = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    for (let i = 0, p = Promise.resolve() ; i < 10; i++) {
        p = p.then(_ =>
            new Promise(resolve => {
                setTimeout(function () {
                console.log(i);
                resolve();
                }, 50);
            }
        ));
    }
});

//start
promise1.then(function (result) {
    // Resolve
    console.log("done");

}, function (result) {
    // Reject
    console.error(result);
});

A: promise1 never completes because you forgot to call resolve() or reject() for it.
Please check the code snippet below. I added comments before the lines I added or changed.

// Use different names for the `resolve` callbacks to be clear which is which
var promise1 = new Promise((res) => {
    // Move the declaration of `p` outside the loop to let it be visible after the loop
    let p = Promise.resolve();

    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
        p = p.then(_ =>
            new Promise(resolve => {
                setTimeout(function () {
                console.log(i);
                resolve();
                }, 50);
            }
        ));
    }
    // Chain the completion of the outer promise when `p` resolves
    p.then(() => res());
});

//start
promise1.then(function (result) {
    // Resolve
    console.log("done");

}, function (result) {
    // Reject
    console.error(result);
});

A: If you want to resolve multiple promises at a time you can use Promise.all.
What you can do is put every promise into array and resolve by using Promise.all function like below.
var promises = [];
for (let i = 0, i < 10; i++) {
    promises.push(new Promise.resolve(i));
}
var results = Promise.all(promises);
console.log(results);

A:

function abc() {

  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
        var events = [];
        for(var i=0;i<5;i++) {
            var event_arr = {};
            var event_city = {};
            event_arr.event_city = {"city":"m-"+i};

           events.push(event_arr);
        }
       if(events) {
         resolve(events)
       }else {
         reject("NOp");
       }

    }).then((events)=>{

            var p = Promise.resolve()
             var events2 = [];
              var i=0;
              events.forEach(function(element) {
                p = p.then(() => {
                  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
                     var address_info = {};
                    var event_arr = {};
                    var event_city = element.event_city;
                    event_arr.event_cityy = event_city;
                    setTimeout(function () {
                      var address_info = {"address":"B-"+i};
                      console.log(i);
                      i++;
                      event_arr.address_info = address_info;
                      events2.push(event_arr);
                     // console.log(events2)
                      //resolve(events2);
                      if(events2) {
                        resolve(events2);
                      }else {
                        reject("NOp2");
                      }
                    }, 5000)
                  }).then((events2)=>{
                    return events2;
                  });
                })

            });
           return p.then((events2)=>{
              return events2;
            });
    });
}

var v = abc();
v.then(function(events2) {
   console.log(events2)
   console.log("-------X------------")
})


Shall we bounce into Spring?
Here at Indigo, first signs of Spring are in the air and we are bouncing into our new products campaign for 2015. Steve Mckewon, MD of Indigo Herbs has been looking far and wide for some great new health ingredients to join our global apothecary.
"I'm especially interested in medicinal mushrooms right now, so following on the sucess of Chaga Mushroom, i'm now sourcing a whole range of specialist mushroom powders and tinctures including Lion's Mane and Shitake, my main focus as always is excellent quality, ethical suppliers and continuity of supply" Steve Mckewon.
Read our blog and find out more about what is in the pipeline for Indigo Herbs New Products this year.
So What's new? We have some interesting and effective new herbals in stock this month.
This Amazonian herb has long been highly prized as a heal all panacea. Scientific studies show that for joint pain, specifically arthritis of the knees/legs and rheumatoid arthritis, Cats Claw treatment might help individuals cope with pain and also enable more fluid movement. There is also some evidence that Cats Claw could have antiviral properties, helps bolster the immune system and also helps with bowel and colon complaints.
Visit our Cats Claw Page, we are now stocking Cats Claw Tea, Cats Claw Tincture and Cats Claw Powder.
Ayurvedic medicine calls this extraordinary herb an elixir and overall tonic that can be used for a variety of illnesses bringing the body back into alignment. It is said to be even better if taken daily as a preventative. This herb is calming and stress busting and makes a delicious tea.
Visit our Tulsi Page, we are now stocking Tulsi Tincture, Tulsi Powder and Tulsi Tea.
Last but not least is a new addition to our Coconut range - Coconut Flour.
This gluten-free , high in fibre flour is also a source of protein and makes an effective substitute to other flours in recipes.
Visit our Coconut Page, we are now stocking Organic Coconut Flour in 2 sizes 500g and 1kg.
Spring is a-coming and the lighter nights means there is more time to work on the get fit and healthy grand plan! The possibility of a morning jog, or walk or cycle ride after work returns as a possibility.
and we are delighted to introduce a more extensive range of superfood powders that are high in Protein and completely dairy free.
These will appeal to the vegans and no meat athletes amongst us. A protein rich smoothie or 'milk' shake can be enjoyed after a workout to support the recovery and building of muscle and the campaign to get superfit.
Be inspired by our collection of High protein powder smoothie recipes and find out delicious ways to include these superfood protein powders in your daily routine.
Discover these new ingredients on our Vegan Protein Powders Page which profiles these protein rich superfood ingredients including Hemp Protein Powder, Rice Protein Powder and Pea Protein Powder.
Only 5 weeks left until Easter!
We've been experimenting with delicious ways to imbibe Chocolate without the addition of dairy.
With food intolerances being on the increase we know many of you are looking for Dairy-free, Wheat-free and Gluten-free alternatives.
Visit our Raw Chocolate recipe collection and try something new, be it chocolate biscuits, chocolate pancakes, hot chocolate or chocolate bars, we have a healthy alternative that is delicious, nutritious, pure, raw and ticks ALL the chocolate indulgence boxes.
How to Make Raw Chocolate Kits and Gift Sets.
Our Easter Raw Chocolate gift set with delightful egg and chick chocolate moulds is JUST ABOUT TO GO LIVE so watch this space.
So here's the chance to say a big thank you to all our customers.
10% discount on all orders over £30, with Free postage in the UK.


BELLEVUE, OH (WOIO) - A man and woman were charged with child endangerment after police said they overdosed with children in the home.
Ryan Jenkins and Sandra Stahl were found unresponsive in the 400 block of W. Main St. on Wednesday. When police arrived, they had to use as many as four Narcan doses on each to revive them.
Police said there had been two young children in the home with the couple, but they weren't there when officers arrived. They eventually found that the kids had been picked up by a "friend" of Jenkins and Stahl and taken to the friend's house just prior to the officer's arrival.
Jenkins and Stahl were both arrested after being examined at Bellevue Hospital. The children were taken into the custody of Sandusky County Children Services as no family were able to responsibly take care of them.


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LEISURE & ALTERNATIVES
RETAIL WAREHOUSES
Investor Demand for Bricks and Mortar
In KLM's 30 years' experience, whether in the downturns of the early 1990's, 2000's or post 2008, bricks and mortar have always been seen as a safe haven for investors in times of uncertainty. Whilst a combination of CVAs and the more recent COVID-19 negotiations between landlord and tenant has driven a coach and horses through the traditional investor lease structures and the relationship shared between the landlord and tenant, there are still opportunities in the High Street for which investors are today taking advantage in contrast to the alternatives of interest rates at 0.1% and 5 Y gilts at 0.17%.
Pension funds, property companies and REITS are reeling from the sentiment of investors and the perception of what lies ahead, with many negotiations being played out in the press. But as in previous more cautious markets, it is the private investor, well-funded, quite often with strong local knowledge with an appetite for risk but in the knowledge of underlying residual values for whom the current market offers opportunities.
KLM have been busy over the last 3 months, identifying opportunities and liquidity on behalf of clients with over £80M of deals over lockdown as follows:
Sold Wycombe Retail Park £38.7M
Sold M&S, Berkhamsted £9.1M
Sold Wilko Portfolio £12.1M
Sold Lush, Leeds £2.4M
Sold Boots, Marlow £3.5M
Sold Ann Summers, Brighton £1.9M
Bought Booths, Lytham St Anne's £9.1M
Bought East St, Chichester £3M
The considerations upon which we have traditionally based retail property values have now all been fully exposed over the last five years. The risks that the retail sector now offers investors may not suit everyone. It does however open opportunities to those with a close, detailed knowledge of the towns, locations and in particular turnovers of the occupational tenant, backed by residual values that present opportunities with vacant possession.
For any retail advice please contact the KLM team.
Select department Investment Agency International Lease Advisory Other
33 Foley Street
W1W 7TL
+44 (0)20 7317 3700 enquiries@klmretail.com
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Read about survivors, research, fundraising and advocacy.
Meet Three Women in Science Championing Myeloma Cures and Care
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Eight Years and Counting: "The Diagnosis"
By Lynne Smith | December, 2014
Lynne Smith is a CML survivor, LLS blogger and former journalist who is thankful for every post-diagnosis day.
I've been scared of many things over the years -- going to the dentist, speaking in front of a crowd, getting hit by a crazy driver. But nothing has ever compared to the fear that came from hearing the words "You have leukemia."
It was eight years ago that blood cancer -- that sneaky little tyrant -- crept up behind me, pounced, and knocked me flat. The blow was so sudden I wasn't even sure what hit me.
I've since learned that I could have gone years with my chromosomes duking it out in my bone marrow and never even known it. For that reason, I thank my lucky stars every day that I had breast cancer. It was only because of a follow-up blood test that I found out anything was wrong.
A year out from surgery and chemotherapy, and six months into marriage to my second husband (the first died from cancer), I had unwittingly stumbled into my next test generated by recklessly proliferating cells that just couldn't get enough of me.
An inexplicably high white blood cell count was not, unfortunately, the sign of an impending cold. Instead it was a welcome to a new reality. One fairly painful bone marrow biopsy later, it was confirmed: I had LEUKEMIA! Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) to be exact. My oncologist shared the news gently, cushioning the shock by telling me that all I would probably have to do was take a pill a day. Yeah, right. I was sure he couldn't even bear to tell me the truth.
Is a Clinical Trial Right For You?
By Staff blogger | November, 2014
Because it can take up to 15 years for a new blood cancer drug to be studied and made available for doctors to prescribe, some patients opt for clinical trials as a way to gain early access to a promising treatment.
Advancing new cancer therapies requires years of extensive clinical investigation, but clinical trials come with no guarantees.
"A drug is allowed to enter the clinical trial phase based on scientific evidence including cell and animal studies, but it's still considered experimental and unproven. We don't know if it's more effective or safer than the standard treatment until the results of clinical trial are in," said Peg McCormick, R.N., clinical trial specialist for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
A clinical trial is a carefully controlled research study conducted by doctors to determine safety and efficacy of an experimental treatment and to learn if the treatment increases survival and/or quality of life. A treatment that is proven safe and effective in a clinical trial often goes on to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Against All Odds, Eevie Turns 1!
A first birthday is always a big occasion, but for Eevie, it's taken on a whole new meaning. She was born with a rare leukemia that gives her a 17 percent chance of surviving to age 2.
Even her parents weren't sure she would make it this far.
"We didn't think she would still be here. The odds were never in her favor," said her mom, Brynne.
Eevie was born with congenital acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), an extremely rare condition affecting 1 in 5 million newborns. She will have to receive chemotherapy until age 2.
Her parents noticed unexplained bruises on her body when she was born, and tests showed low blood sugar levels and white blood cells nearly 38 times higher than normal. Within 24 hours, the family was on the pediatric cancer ward at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. They ended up spending the next seven months there, living at the Ronald McDonald House.
When Eevie was first diagnosed, her parents discovered her name meant "life warrior." And they quickly learned that's what she is.


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Q: SQL: Query a List within a List XML I'm trying to query some XML in SQL Server but am having difficulties:
Here is some sample XML:
<BaseReport>
  <Parties>
    <Party>
     <SubjectType>
      <ListItem Name="SubjectType1Name" />
      <ListItem Name="SubjectType2Name" />
     </SubjectType>
    </Party>
    <Party>
      <SubjectType>
       <ListItem Name="SubjectType1Name" />
       <ListItem Name="SubjectType2Name" />
     </SubjectType>
    </Party>
  </Parties>
</BaseReport>

My goal is to extract the Subject Type name from my xml.  I'm not sure how to query the list within a list though.  I want to grab the first Party's first subject type.  I've tried the following to no avail:
 SELECT myXML.value('(/BaseReport/Parties/Party/SubjectType/@Name)[1]', 'varchar(50)') as Name_Type
 FROM MyTable

And it returns all nulls (aka my query is wrong).  Any suggestions?

A: You wrote:

I want to grab the first Party's first
  subject type

So, the correct XPath should be:
/BaseReport/Parties/Party[1]/SubjectType/ListItem[1]/@Name


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package org.magicnexus.interfaces.game.card;

import java.util.List;

public interface IActivatedAbility extends IAbility
{

	public List<ICost> getCosts();

}

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A principal decision made at the session was extending the mandate of UNCTAD Discussion Group on International Cooperation, formed upon a FAS initiative at the 16th session of UNCTAD IGE (July 2017). The Discussion Group is refining the text of draft Toolkit on international cooperation of competition authorities to counter restrictive business practices and cross-border violations of the competition rules.
Head of Russian delegation, Deputy Head of FAS Andrey Tsyganov pointed out: "The decision of the 17th session proposed by Russian delegation and supported by many UNCTAD member-states shows understanding of the importance of developing and strengthening cooperation between competition authorities from different countries and the ability of UNCTAD Secretariat and delegations of the countries participating in the discussion to find compromises and propose mutually acceptable wordings for essential decisions".
According to the final provisions of the 17th session of UNCTAD IGE, the Intergovernmental Group of Experts: "Expresses gratitude for the report drafted by UNCTAD Secretariat upon the results of the work of the Discussion Group on International Cooperation, formed at the 16th session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts to facilitated information exchange and discussion of the aspects of applying F Section of the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices; takes into account the Report on the obstacles for international cooperation and proposals from member-states on improving international cooperation and asks to prolong the mandate of the Discussion Group on International Cooperation for a year to continue the efforts of the members of the Discussion Group on International Cooperation on a voluntary basis and present a report on their word at the 18th session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts.
Decides to further discuss strengthening international cooperation between competition authorities to counter cross-border anticompetitive practices and mergers at the 18th session in 2019 as a separate item on the agenda".
"FAS welcomes the decision of the 17th session of UNCTAD Intergovernmental Group of Experts on extending the mandate of the Discussion Group on International Cooperation. We have been working intensively under the frame of UNCTAD through the past year and hope to continue our efficient dialogue with foreign competition authorities to discuss the Toolkit draft. We also would like to thank all co-sponsors that supported Russia and emphasized the importance of further discussing the initiative", commented Head of FAS Department for International Economic Cooperation, Lesya Davydova.
The Toolkit on international cooperation of competition authorities to counter restrictive business practices and cross-border violations of the competition rules (draft Toolkit) is a FAS proposal. It formalizes practical mechanisms and methods of international cooperation between competition authorities. The Toolkit is drafted by FAS and it is designed to accumulate the best practices of international cooperation the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Competition Network (ICN) and is currently under consideration of UNCTAD Discussion Group on International Cooperation. The Toolkit can be adopted as an appendix to the UN Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices and will be advisory.


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Antwone Fisher to keynote General Synod Gala for literacy
by Anthony Moujaes | published on Feb 6, 2015
When the United Church of Christ General Synod gathers this summer in Cleveland, the denomination plans to sharpen its focus on literacy advocacy, using a celebrity keynote and the proceeds from an evening fundraiser to kickstart a literacy grants program.
"A Place Like This" — the General Synod Gala — will call attention to the unexpected places where low literacy rates impact people's lives as it raises funds to directly support local literacy programs in congregations of the Ohio Conference of the UCC.
The event, which will take place Saturday, June 27, at 5 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Cleveland Convention Center, is co-hosted by the national setting of the church and the Ohio Conference of the UCC.
"The General Synod Gala will present a lively opportunity for the people of the church to gather, engaged in fellowship with one another and united in spirit," said Cheryl Joseph Williams, director of the UCC's Office of Philanthropy and Stewardship. "In light of the fact that, even now in 2015, some 30 million people in our country cannot read, literacy will be raised up as a missional focus at General Synod. In support of that focus, dollars raised from the Gala will be used to launch a robust Reading Changes Lives grants program."
"A Place Like This" will feature a keynote address from noted director, screenwriter, author and film producer Antwone Fisher.
The Cleveland native, born in an Ohio prison, victimized by long-term child abuse and raised in foster care, has gone from being one of the homeless on the streets of Cleveland to becoming a prolific writer with a passion for literacy. After serving in the U.S. Navy for 11 years, and as a federal correctional officer, Fisher started his writing career with Sony Pictures.
"Mr. Fisher's story is a provocative one that will compel us to consider some of the social justice issues of this day, such as literacy, in a fresh way," Williams said. "Those who attend the gala can know that, by their very presence, they become a part of a call to action to address literacy across the breadth of the church."
Fisher has worked in Hollywood for 20 years as a writer and producer, with14 writing projects or assignments with major studios. Among those projects is the feature film "Antwone Fisher," which he wrote based on his autobiography, and was directed by and starred Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington.
Fisher received the Humanitas Prize in 2003, the Screenwriter of the Year Award from the National Association of Theater Owners, has been listed in Variety's "Fifty People to Watch," named among Fade In Magazine's "100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know," and is a recipient of an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Cleveland State University.
Fisher continues to work as a director, author, poet, lecturer, college professor, movie producer and screenwriter. His most recent book, A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie: And Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life, was published in 2010. Fisher also teaches in the UCLA Extension Writers Program, the country's largest continuing education writing program.
His hometown appearance at General Synod 2015 will help support the Reading Changes Lives grant program, which will be managed by the Ohio Conference in partnership with the UCC national offices to fund new or existing literacy programs in area congregations that work to increase literacy rates and connect literacy with other social justice issues. Grant applications will be available on July 1, with grants awarded in one-year, renewable terms for up to $3,000.
One in every two Cleveland adults has literacy skills below the minimum standard—a statistic that hasn't changed since 1990. Three of five area public schools do not meet the state minimum requirement for reading at a fourth-grade level.
"The theme, 'A Place Like This,' comes from the United Church of Christ's reassurance that whoever you are, wherever you are in life's journey, you are invited to bring your whole self to the UCC – you can know that you are home in 'a place like this'… that good things happen here, that literacy can happen, that lives are changed for the better in a place like this," Williams said. "I hope that as many as possible will join us for a delicious meal and refreshing conversations with old and new friends that inspire us to grow and exercise our faith."
Table packages to the gala are available through Synod sponsorship. Individual tickets, available for $150, include dinner and the keynote address, and can be purchased online or by contacting Mary Paxton in the Office of Philanthropy and Stewardship, via email or at 216-736-2140. Churches or organizations that do not wish to sponsor may purchase a table for eight at a discounted price of $1,100.


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In Bed with the Reactionary Saudis
The U.S.-Saudi alliance is no longer just an anachronism. It has become a dangerous anachronism with the Saudis implicating the United States in their brutal sectarian conflicts, such as the wars in Yemen and Syria, and in their reactionary human rights policies, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains.
This article originally appeared as a blog post at The National Interest
Saudi King Salman visits Washington amid disagreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia on a broad range of issues. Moreover, the disagreements are rooted in fundamental characteristics of the anachronistic Saudi regime.
Many regimes around the world, and the political and social systems of which they are a part, are markedly different from what is found in the United States, but the Saudi polity is one of the most different. The anachronism that is Saudi Arabia represents a major problem for U.S. foreign policy, both because of the impact Saudi-related matters have on the Middle East and beyond and because of the close association between Saudi Arabia and the United States that has come to be taken for granted.
Little of this has anything to do with the just-completed agreement to restrict Iran's nuclear program, despite the attention that subject has been receiving. Riyadh is more likely to accept the agreement as a done deal — and already has publicly indicated its formal acceptance — than the accord's opponents in the United States and Israel.
The Saudis will continue to look for ways to discourage others, including the United States, from developing warm relations with their rival across the Persian Gulf, but this will not preclude the Saudis themselves, along with the other Gulf Arabs, from undertaking their own rapprochement with Tehran, just as they have done in the past.
King Salman the President and First Lady to a reception room at Erga Palace during a state visit to Saudi Arabia on Jan. 27, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
In hot spot after hot spot in the Middle East, U.S. and Saudi objectives and priorities diverge, even if in some loose sense they are considered to be on the same side. In war-torn Syria, the United States and Saudi Arabia have never agreed on whether the ouster of the Assad regime or the containment of ISIS should be the main objective.
Saudi priorities are based on a variety of considerations that are specific to it and not to the United States, including hatred of the Assads for whatever role they may have played in the assassination of Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri, a special friend of the Saudis. Reflecting the different priorities and objectives is disagreement over selection and vetting of Syrian rebels to be deemed worthy of support.
In Iraq, Saudi priorities are influenced by some of the same sectarian motives that shape Saudi policy toward Syria. And again, such motives are quite different from U.S. interests. Desired overthrow of the regime is not the factor that it is in Syria, but distrust of the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad is a major part of the Saudi approach toward Iraq.
In Yemen, the United States has allowed itself to become associated with a destructive and misguided Saudi military expedition, and thus also with the humanitarian tragedy that the operation has entailed. The main Saudi objective is to show who's boss on the Arabian Peninsula, another objective not shared with the United States. Saudi Arabia's operation has shown itself, more so than Iran, to be a destabilizing force intent on throwing its weight around in the neighborhood.
In his most recent column Tom Friedman identifies what may be the most worrisome thing about Saudi Arabia for U.S. interests: "the billions and billions of dollars the Saudis have invested since the 1970s into wiping out the pluralism of Islam — the Sufi, moderate Sunni and Shiite versions — and imposing in its place the puritanical, anti-modern, anti-women, anti-Western, anti-pluralistic Wahhabi Salafist brand of Islam promoted by the Saudi religious establishment."
Friedman notes that Islamist extremist groups that the United States has come to consider preeminent security concerns, including Al Qaeda and now ISIS, "are the ideological offspring of the Wahhabism injected by Saudi Arabia into mosques and madrasas from Morocco to Pakistan to Indonesia."
The specific terrorist consequences of what the Saudis have done is justifiably an immediate concern for U.S. policy-makers. But the underlying bargain that Ibn Saud, the founder of the current Saudi kingdom, reached years ago with the Wahhabis also underlies much else that makes Saudi Arabia what it is today, and makes it the problem that it is. The kingdom's troublesome characteristics are inextricably linked to how Ibn Saud's offspring are trying to claim legitimacy and thus to cling to power.
Consider some of the chief characteristics of the kingdom. Saudi Arabia is a family-run enterprise in which the distribution and exercise of political power are every bit as medieval as they ever were in any country ruled by the Plantagenets. There is no religious freedom. Human rights in many other respects are sorely lacking. Women are still subordinated. It was considered a big deal when they recently were told they could vote and run as candidates — in elections to local councils with scant power and in which the king will still appoint half the members — but women still cannot function as independent persons in many aspects of daily life. They still are not allowed to drive.
It ought to be astounding that a place this far removed from the liberal democratic values with which the United States likes to be associated, even without considering the aforementioned divergence of objectives elsewhere in the region, still is considered a close partner of the United States. The usual, and to a large degree valid, explanation is that, as Friedman puts it, "we're addicted to their oil and addicts never tell the truth to their pushers."
But there is another American attitude involved, which persists even in the shale-fracking era. Once a nation is considered a partner or ally in a region that is perceptually divided into allies and adversaries, the perceived line-up tends to stay fixed until and unless there is a political alteration sufficiently great to be labeled regime change.
And regime change would be the most troubling chapter of all in the Saudi story. Some Saudi leaders, including the late King Abdullah, seem to have recognized the need to move in the direction of modernization and liberalization, even if only at the glacial pace that is possible in a Wahhabi-committed family enterprise.
It is an open question whether the regime will be able to keep this kind of change ahead of demands for change of a more drastic and radical sort. If it fails to do so, and the revolution comes, then the association of the United States with the ancien régime will an even greater problem for U.S. policy-makers than what they face now.
Paul R. Pillar, in his 28 years at the Central Intelligence Agency, rose to be one of the agency's top analysts. He is now a visiting professor at Georgetown University for security studies.
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I'm excited to show some of my work in Stockton University's Visual Arts Alumni Triennial juried exhibition this year from June 23 – August 2.
Please come to the reception on June 23, 2018 from 1-3 pm at the Stockton University Art Gallery on the Galloway campus.
L-wing, adjacent to the PAC 1st & 2nd floors.
Visitors should park in lot 6 ot 7.
This is the same weekend as 48 Blocks. Beachy art weekend? Yes, please!
Hope to see you at both.


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AS Monaco announce the end of the collaboration with Leonardo Jardim and the arrival of Robert Moreno as new head coach.
The 42-year-old Spanish coach has signed up for two and a half seasons, until June 2022. He will take up his duties early next week.
Formerly head coach of the Spanish national team, Robert Moreno led the "Roja" six times, qualifying the team for Euro 2020.
He has won the 2015 Champions League, two Spanish championships, three Spanish Cups, one Spanish Supercup and one Club World Cup with FC Barcelona (2014-2017), alongside Luis Enrique, whom he also assisted at AS Roma (2011-12) and Celta Vigo (2013-14).
We are very pleased to announce the arrival of Robert Moreno. We have great faith in him and his ability to bring the team success. We welcome him to AS Monaco.
On behalf of President Dmitry Rybolovlev, I would also like to thank Leonardo Jardim for all his work and success in recent years.
Leonardo and his staff did their utmost to keep the club in Ligue 1 last season and then bring the team back to the place it deserves in our championship. We wish him good luck for the future.
Oleg PetrovVice-président Directeur Général
Leonardo Jardim made a great contribution in winning the Ligue 1 title and reaching the Champions League semi-finals during the 2016-17 season.
AS Monaco salutes his contribution to the Club's success. The whole club wishes him all the best for the future.
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Home » Topics » Safety Tips » Warehouse safety
Reduce crushing injuries involving presses
Nearly half of all work-related injuries involving mechanical power presses result in amputation, statistics compiled by OSHA show. Around 60% of amputations involve a worker's fingers or arm getting caught or compressed by a press or other machinery such as a conveyer, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
You've broken a fluorescent lightbulb. Now what?
Use of compact fluorescent lightbulbs can save money, conserve energy, reduce waste and lower greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. However, CFLs contain mercury – a potent neurotoxin that, in small amounts, can cause serious health problems. At room temperature, mercury is a liquid and can readily evaporate into the air.
What's rhabdomyolysis, and how can you reduce the risk?
Whenever muscle damage occurs – whether it's the result of a work-related incident, heat exposure, overuse or other cause – rhabdomyolysis can follow. Also called "rhabdo," the condition develops when damaged or dead muscles break down and release cell contents into the blood, according to NIOSH.
Setting up a workplace safety and health program
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Cleaning vs. disinfecting/sanitizing: What's the difference?
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National Safety Month 2019: Week 2
Do you ever get distracted by your cellphone when walking? Is your workspace cluttered and messy? Do you barge out of your workstation without looking to see if a coworker is passing?
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Famous for its do-or-die attention to service, the Peninsula New York is housed in a 1905 Beaux-Arts building at Fifth Avenue and 55th Street. MoMA, Bergdorf Goodman, Broadway's theaters and a parade of city buses are steps away, but the noises stop at the door. And so do the crowds. In lieu of an open lobby, like the one at its famous flagship property in Hong Kong, this Peninsula has a small marble foyer with a grand staircase that leads to jewel-box-size spaces. The atmosphere is clubby — the kind of place where Mad Men's Don Draper would feel at home.
All 239 of the tailored rooms are the decorator's equivalent of a camel coat — shades of soft brown and easy to get comfy in. Spacious by New York standards, rooms range from the 440-square-foot Deluxe Room to the apartment-size Deluxe Suites. All have business travel–essential work desks and fax machines, Midtown-essential double-glazed windows, plus dark wood furnishings, free WiFi and courtyard or Fifth Avenue views. Ensuite marble bathrooms are outfitted with tubs and separate showers, TV and radio systems, and mood lighting.
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Colossal motorcycle swap meet coming to AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days
Vintage motorcycle racers, collectors, restorers, enthusiasts and dreamers will be in motorcycling swap-meet heaven this July 10-12 during AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, a summer vintage motorcycling festival in northern Ohio, will host one of the largest swap meets ever at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The AMA Motorcycle Days Swap Meet, presented by Federal Motorcycle Transport, will welcome hundreds of vendors and thousands of buyers as they converge at the country's grandest celebration of motorcycle heritage.
"AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days includes everything from racing to demo rides to bike shows, but for many attendees, the AMA Motorcycle Days Swap Meet, presented by Federal Motorcycle Transport, is the top attraction," said Jeff Massey, chief operations officer for the American Motorcyclist Association. "We all love to see the old bikes out on the track, but there's something special about rebuilding one of your own, especially if it's a bike that you remember from when you started riding."
Massey added that swap meet vendor applications indicate that this will be one of the biggest swap meets the AMA has ever hosted, if not the biggest.
"The swap meet takes up about 20 acres of property at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course," Massey said. "For shoppers, you never know where in those 20 acres you'll find the bike or part you want. Whether you're after a new-old-stock piston kit, a seat cover, vintage-style riding gear, wheel hubs, a fuel tank, a service manual or even a complete bike, you'll find it here. You may have to spend some time looking for it, but that's half the fun and you're sure to find it and more!"
The swap meet at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days features 20 acres of motorcycles and parts from all eras.
As in recent years, the AMA will staff a location at the north entrance of the swap meet -- "Swap Meet Central" -- where attendees can get information, view a diagram of the swap meet and get insight into where they are most likely to find a certain part.
This location also will host the AMA Used Bike Corral, which is a free centralized spot where anyone can park a used, operational bike for sale. Hang tags will be provided so sellers can provide clear pricing and contact information.
Vendors can purchase swap meet space on location on a first-come, first-served basis. In addition to access to a huge crowd of vintage enthusiasts, vendors will be invited to the vendor-only picnic, sponsored by Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. For additional vendor information, see www.amavintagemotorcycledays.com > Vendor And Swap Meet Info.
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Dave Aldana is the grand marshal for AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days this year. One of the most colorful personalities in racing, Aldana teamed with Mike Baldwin to win the prestigious Suzuka eight-hour endurance race in 1981 as a Honda factory rider. He also was one of the most versatile racers in history, competing in nearly every form of motorcycle racing, including motocross and speedway racing.
For 2015, AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum. AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days is a fundraiser for the facility, which houses the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame and other thematic exhibits that celebrate motorcycling's heritage.
The museum was founded in 1990 to provide a permanent home to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, which celebrates and preserves the rich tradition of motorcycling in America through the recognition of the sport's greatest heroes. Proceeds from AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days are donated to the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization tasked with funding the operation of the museum and Hall of Fame activities.
AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days includes North America's largest motorcycle swap meet with parts, bikes and memorabilia from all eras. Bike shows bring out examples of some of history's most beloved motorcycles, while stunt shows, such as the American Motor Drome Wall of Death, and demo rides of current production bikes keep attendees entertained. Seminars feature some of the country's leading experts on numerous motorcycling topics.
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Bom Retiro é um distrito situado na região central do município de São Paulo. Trata-se de uma região essencialmente comercial, com áreas industriais e residenciais.

O distrito é atendido pelas linhas 1-Azul e 4-Amarela do Metrô de São Paulo e da ViaQuatro, além das linhas 7-Rubi e 11-Coral da CPTM.

Formação
No século XIX era um bairro formado por chácaras e sítios que eram usados como retiros de fim de semana pela população abastada da cidade. O Bom Retiro era considerado uma região importante no passado, quando as estações da São Paulo Railway e da Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana, junto à época com o único parque público da cidade, o Jardim da Luz, faziam parte de belos e elegantes pontos de chegada e partida de viajantes, notadamente abastados fazendeiros de café que tinham suas majestosas residências na capital.

Essa função de lazer começou a mudar quando da instalação de olarias na região sendo a mais importante a Olaria Manfred de 1860. O Bom Retiro abrigou também o primeiro prédio no Brasil destinado à instalação de uma linha de montagem de automóveis, com a inauguração da fábrica da Ford do Brasil na Rua Solon em 1921. Esse prédio, que ainda existe, foi a sede da filial brasileira da Ford até 1953, quando esta mudou-se para uma fábrica maior construida no bairro da Vila Prudente.
Mais tarde, tornou-se um local de concentração industrial, quando viu, na década de 1960 essas indústrias pouco a pouco cederem seu espaço a um ativo comércio de roupas e moda, mesclado com pequenas indústrias de confecção e tecelagem. À época, o bairro já era um polo que concentrava comerciantes judeus e sírio-libaneses, os quais mais tarde migrariam para outros bairros mais distantes do centro.

Possuidor de uma importante herança patrimonial e cultural da cidade, o Bom Retiro abriga a Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, o Museu de Arte Sacra de São Paulo, o Museu da Língua Portuguesa (dentro da Estação da Luz), a Estação Pinacoteca (no antigo DOPS) e o Centro de Estudos Musicais - Tom Jobim.  Próximo ao distrito, a Estação Júlio Prestes foi restaurada e atualmente abriga a Sala São Paulo, sede da Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP). O antigo solar que pertenceu ao Marquês de Três Rios, Joaquim Egídio de Sousa Aranha, em sua Chácara "Bom Retiro" e mais tarde, abrigando a Escola Politécnica da USP hoje abrigando a FATEC e a ETESP.

O Jardim da Luz é o mais antigo parque da cidade e é uma das poucas áreas verdes de sua região central.

Atualmente o distrito possui muitos moradores de baixa renda, principalmente de moradias coletivas (cortiços). É o segundo reduto asiático da cidade, sendo conhecido como a "Liberdade" dos coreanos, que controlam dois terços do comércio e da indústria de roupas da região.

Demografia
Segundo estimativa do IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística) e SEADE (Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados), dados de 2011, Bom Retiro tinha uma população total de 34 637 habitantes.
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Segundo o Censo 2010 a população do Bom Retiro está composta por: brancos (53,0%), pardos (26,8%), amarelos (15,2%), pretos (4,6%) e indígenas (0,4%). Do total de residentes, 53% são do sexo feminino e 47% são do sexo masculino.

Indicadores sociais
Os Indicadores sociodemográficos do censo de 2000 apontam um Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano (IDH) elevado de 0,864 que o coloca na 42ª posição entre os distritos do município.

 IDH's do ano 2000
 IDH - médio: 0,864
 IDH - renda: 0,854
 IDH - longevidade: 0,825
 IDH - educação: 0,913

A média da idade do Bom Retiro é 40,6 anos. Em se tratando de níveis sociais, na população do distrito há um predomínio da Classe C em pesquisa feita no ano de 2008 pela Folha de S. Paulo.
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Religião

Multi-cultural, o distrito possui templos de diferentes religiões, derivadas das diferentes ondas migratórias presentes no bairro.

De acordo com o caderno especial DNA Paulistano realizado pelo jornal Folha de S. Paulo no ano de 2008, a população do Bom Retiro está composta por: católicos (61%), evangélicos (13%), pessoas sem religião (9%) e outras religiões (17%).

Uso do solo

Residencial

O uso residencial é mesclado aos usos comercial e industrial em toda área, geralmente de padrão médio, mas com muitos moradores vivendo em residências de baixo padrão, na região também é comum residências e edifícios residenciais com comércios no térreo e também casas e sobrados de origem operária. No ano de 2000, a maior parte da população do distrito residia em apartamentos.

Comercial e industrial
Tanto o comércio quanto a atividade industrial são ligados principalmente aos setores de confecções e tecelagem. O distrito do Bom Retiro contribuía no ano 2000 com 3,64% dos empregos industriais da cidade, sendo o 5º lugar nessa atividade.

Infraestrutura

Transportes
Possui atualmente duas estações de metrô, Tiradentes e Armênia, assim como uma estação da CPTM, Luz. O distrito é atendido pela Linha 1-Azul do Metrô de São Paulo e pelas linhas 7 e 11 da CPTM. Também é atendido pela Linha 4-Amarela da ViaQuatro, embora a Estação Luz esteja fora do distrito.

As principais vias de acesso ao distrito são: Avenidas Presidente Castelo Branco (Marginal Tietê), Avenida Rudge, Avenida Marquês de São Vicente, Avenida Tiradentes, Avenida Cruzeiro do Sul, Avenida do Estado e Avenida Santos Dumont. Outros importantes logradouros são: Rua João Teodoro, Rua Anhaia, Rua Ribeiro de Lima, Rua Pedro Vicente, Rua Correia de Melo, Rua São Caetano, Rua Três Rios e Rua José Paulino.

Segurança
O distrito é sede de diversos orgãos de segurança do município de São Paulo, como: Quartel do Comando Geral da Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo, Corregedoria da Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo, 2º Batalhão de Polícia de Choque (PMESP) e Departamento de Investigações sobre Narcóticos.

Segundo estatísticas, de 2007-2009 o distrito uma taxa de 70 homicídios por 100 mil habitantes entre homens de 15 a 44 anos, 25º entre os 96 distritos do município.

Educação e cultura
De acordo com o Atlas do Trabalho e Desenvolvimento de São Paulo distrito possui um elevado IDH de educação do município, em sua extensão abriga diversos institutos de educação e colégios tradicionais. O distrito ainda abriga importantes museus e centro culturais como: o Museu da Língua Portuguesa, a Pinacoteca do Estado, a Estação Pinacoteca e a Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade.

Localização geográfica

Limites
 Norte: Rio Tietê e Ponte Governador Orestes Quércia.

 Leste: Avenida Cruzeiro do Sul e Avenida do Estado.
 Sul: Rua Mauá/Via Férrea da CPTM (Linhas 7-Rubi e 11-Coral).
 Oeste: Via Férrea da CPTM (Linha 8-Diamante), Viaduto Engenheiro Orlando Murgel, Avenida Rudge e Ponte da Casa Verde (início).

Distritos limítrofes
 Santana (Norte).
 Pari (Leste)
 Brás (Sudeste).
 Sé e República (Sul).
 Santa Cecília e Barra Funda (Oeste).

Ver também
 Lista de distritos de São Paulo
 População dos distritos de São Paulo (Censo 2010)
 Área territorial dos distritos de São Paulo (IBGE)
 Telecomunicações em São Paulo
 Igreja de São Cristovão (padroeiro dos motoristas)
 Bom Retiro (bairro de São Paulo)
 O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias, filme do diretor Cao Hamburger.
 Gaviões da Fiel, escola de samba e torcida organizada do Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.

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 FAPESP - O mundo no Bom Retiro
 Prefeitura de São Paulo-História dos Bairros de São Paulo

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Dang, Trung Diem Trang, An Vermeulen, L Mertens, AH Geeraerd, JF Van Impe, and Frank Devlieghere. 2011. "The Importance of Expressing Antimicrobial Agents on Water Basis in Growth/no Growth Interface Models: a Case Study for Zygosaccharomyces Bailii." International Journal of Food Microbiology 145 (1): 258–266.
Dang, T. D. T., Vermeulen, A., Mertens, L., Geeraerd, A., Van Impe, J., & Devlieghere, F. (2011). The importance of expressing antimicrobial agents on water basis in growth/no growth interface models: a case study for Zygosaccharomyces bailii. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY, 145(1), 258–266.
Dang TDT, Vermeulen A, Mertens L, Geeraerd A, Van Impe J, Devlieghere F. The importance of expressing antimicrobial agents on water basis in growth/no growth interface models: a case study for Zygosaccharomyces bailii. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY. 2011;145(1):258–66.
Dang, Trung Diem Trang, An Vermeulen, L Mertens, et al. "The Importance of Expressing Antimicrobial Agents on Water Basis in Growth/no Growth Interface Models: a Case Study for Zygosaccharomyces Bailii." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY 145.1 (2011): 258–266. Print.


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Automotive-Inspired Toys Ride Hall of Fame Status
Kids are obsessed with all things that go from an early age. Wheels, cars, trucks–anything that goes round and round–are a favorite for most little tots, and the sooner these toys can operate as freedom giving modes of transportation, the better.
And, automotive-inspired toys are not only perennially favorites of kids of all ages, some have even earned Hall of Fame recognition.
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The Strong National Museum of Play®, which showcases the National Toy Hall of Fame®, has deemed the following as award-winning toys that go:
The Radio Flyer Wagon was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1999
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According to the National Toy Hall of Fame, Antonio Pasin, an Italian immigrant, founded the Liberty Coaster Company in 1923, and in 1930 he began mass-producing wagons our of stamped metal.
"Radio Flyer designers added high sides for carting kids in 1950s, borrowed bright colors and slick tires from muscle cars in the 1970s, and even created an all-terrain version, the Quad Shock Wagon—to match the SUVs in the 1990s," according to the National Toy Hall of Fame records.
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Tonka Trucks were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2001
Mound Metalcraft was founded shortly after World War II by three Minnesotans as a garden tool manufacturing company, but after buying a competitor in 1947, they turned their attention to making toys, changed the company name to Tonka, and began creating a legacy of realistic, durable, and fun trucks for kids. In 1955 Tonka debuted pick-ups; in 1962 a Jeep made its appearance; and in 1965 the Mighty Dump Truck became real and its most popular creation. In 1991 Hasbro bought Tonka and today, the Tonka toy offerings add up to 30. (Facts according to National Toy Hall of Fame).
Lionel Trains were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2006
What first started out as a window display item, quickly gave way to a very popular toy. According to the National Toy Hall of Fame, Joshua Lionel Cowen engineered the electric trains around 1900 under the name of the Lionel Manufacturing Company, and the toy was a must-have with kids for more than a century.
The Big Wheel was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2009
The Big Wheel began as a reinterpretation of the tricycle by Ray Lohr in the 1960s, according to the National Toy Hall of Fame, and kids were thrilled that it allowed them to do "high-speed skid-outs on slanted or uneven surfaces."
Hot Wheels were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2011
Wanting an amped up version of the English Matchbox brand, cofounder of Mattel, Inc. Elliot Handler wanted his engineers to create die-cast car models of muscle cars such as Barracudas, Camaros, Corvettes, Cougars, Firebirds, and more, to grab the attention of kids, according to the National Toy Hall of Fame, and he succeeded; three billion hot wheel cars have been manufactured by Mattel.
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The 2020 Jeep Gladiator has the body of an SUV and rear chassis of a pickup truck. This all-new vehicle has impressive off-road and towing capabilities. If you're curious about the car's technical specifications, contact Lithia Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram FIAT of Eureka for more information.
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Well, today has been a bit of a first for the Moseley Railway Trust – the first time when major snow clearance was a feature of AGM day!! A quick check back to photos taken at the 2012 AGM (March 24) shows people in shirtsleeves basking on a nice Spring day. Believe me, not much basking going on today, and anyone in shirtsleeves needed their head examining. The AGM passed off peacefully and the UN were not called on to separate warring factions. Rumours that the Treasurer had been head-hunted to become CEO of the Bank of Cyprus turned out to be untrue (although he does have a Russian phrase book). Afterwards, a few VERY hardy individuals had a play with some of the more exotic and lesser-seen members of the loco fleet, including Motor Rail 1320 and the Hudswell Clarke. 1320 is known to its (few) friends as The Block of Flats; this is presumably in reference to rather nasty 60s blocks with "problem" tenants. On a perishing cold day, only about 2 1/2 of the 4 cylinders in the engine showed any real interest in participating; the rest of the engine slept through the whole thing and asked to be woken again only when the sun was shining, thank you very much. The big Hudswell was being run as part of the evaluation for its forthcoming restoration and overhaul. It's a historic beast, and will be used as a test-case for the museum curatorial processes which are being developed for the Trust. It was also so the person who will lead the project could get re-acquainted with the loco, and its rather less than endearing habit of trying to select two gears at once, which can lead to some loss of happiness. Next week, Mother Nature permitting, we open for Easter, so come on down and see us. Get in touch here.


The name Evangeline is a baby girl name.
Name Evangeline is probably the oldest and mysterious name on our planet. This name firstly appeared in ancient Greece and Roman Language far far away from today's reality. This name is female and it has a special meaning and value even in modern life. Scientists believe that this name was directly connected with God. In ancient Greece, people with this name were a bridge and channel between ordinary people and God. This name literally translated as "bearer of good news". It means that Evangeline was a person who announced and brought good news from God itself. For ordinary people and citizens of villages Evangeline was considered as a holy person, who had a power to talk with God, see nearest future and predict what could happen next. At that time, God was the most essential and primary believe of all people and because of Evangeline, all people could talk with God. Of course, today it sounds ridiculous and weird, but at that time it was beyond any expectation. People with name Evangeline, even today are consider as a close and inevitable part of religion. These people are very nice and calm. They always welcome to help and give all the best what they only could. It is a great pleasure to deal with such people, especially in modern days, when people become more arrogant and rude. Evangeline wants to serve and help people of different nationalities and even religious. Despite this fact, unfortunately, there are not some Evangelines left on our planet.


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Are Taylor Marshall's Connections to Opus Dei why he is Sitting on the Fence on Pushing Strongly against on the Coronavirus Hysteria?
The Spanish website called Sin Miedo de al "Opus Dei" which translates in English to Without Fear of "Opus Dei" stated in Spain that the leftist media and apparently the Opus Dei "conservative" media have united to push the coronavirus hysteria:
"[T]here is not a single Spanish media in which there is a dissident voice... No one dares move a finger or open their mouths to say that there is something strange in so much quarantine and interruption of activity [by lockdowns]."
(Sinmiedoalopusdei, "Architecture of Oppression," April 11, 2020)
Why is the supposedly conservative Opus Dei media in Spain according to this Spanish website pushing a narrative that is destroying the country's political freedom, economy and banning the Mass?
Taylor Marshall who is against the banning of the Mass apparently is sitting on the fence on pushing strongly against on the Opus Dei coronavirus hysteria narrative (promoted in the Spanish Catholic media and by his former employer which are controlled by Opus Dei) which Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano calls "the Media's alarmism."
Is it possible that Marshall's connections to Opus Dei are why he is sitting on the fence, that is he lacks courage and decisiveness to choose sides, and is not strong in condemning the coronavirus hysteria and it's "Media's alarmism" which are causing the unconstitutional totalitarian lockdowns?
Marshall is so devoted to Opus Dei that he worked for their Catholic Information Center in Washington D.C. and named his son partly after the founder of the organization:
"Here is my son on the way home from the hospital today. He shall be baptized, Jude Ambrose Josemaria Marshall."
"Jude because I prayed a novena (a nine day prayer) through St Jude that I might find a job. On the ninth day of that novena I was offered my current position in Washington DC.... "
"... Josemaria after St Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei. I have gained a deep devotion to this holy man and his writings. I attend daily Mass at the St Josemaria Chapel (at the Catholic Information Center) and my boss (and father and friend) is a priest of Opus Dei. Also, my son was born on June 26, the feast day of St Josemaria." [https://web.archive.org/web/20130506164425/http://www.taylormarshall.com/2006/06/my-new-son-jude-ambrose-josemaria.html]
It appears that he continued his devotion to Opus Dei even after he stopped working for them:
Dr. Taylor Marshall
April 8, 2014 ·
"I'm about to go to the Dallas Opus Dei recollection. Anyone else going tonight?" Slideshow[https://www.facebook.com/DrTaylorMarshall/posts/im-about-to-go-to-the-dallas-opus-dei-recollection-anyone-else-going-tonight/415362745267756/]
Opus Dei is not just promoting the coronavirus hysteria, but is strongly supportive of Francis and even Amoris Laetitia.
Might Marshall's connections to Opus Dei explain why he is so strongly against Archbishop Vigano including Bishop Rene Gracida in his anti-coronavirus hysteria petition to end the unconstitutional tyrannical lockdowns?
Bishop Gracida is against the coronavirus hysteria and is strongly against Amoris Laetitia's pushing of Communion for adulterers and as his co-host on the Taylor Marshall podcast Timothy Flanders said today Gracida says "there needs to be a canonical trial and investigation[1:15:12-1:15:30]" on the validity of the Francis conclave and Pope Benedict XVI resignation.
This apparently goes against the Opus Dei narratives which it is possible Marshall feels the need to oppose passively by sitting on the fence on the virus hysteria as well as on "a canonical trail and investigation" of the validity of the Francis conclave and Pope Benedict XVI resignation.
Marshall speaking against Bishop Garcida's position, that "a canonical trial and investigation" of the validity of the Francis conclave and Pope Benedict XVI resignation is needed, said:
"I am a little concern that the [Vigano petition] movement can spin that way [towards Bishop Garcida's position that "a canonical trial and investigation" is needed] and break apart. That is a concern I have." (1:40- 1:40:16) [https://youtu.be/qUXK2I3G9Z8]
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Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Mass and the Church as well as for the Triumph of the Kingdom of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Pray an Our Father now to offer reparation for the offenses against the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Immaculate Heart of Mary and for the conversion of sinners.
St. Benedict's Thistle said…
Perhaps Mr. Marshall is the kind that fence sits until the battle is decisive and the winners assured. Then he will come down and join whichever side prevails.
There are many such.
BrotherBeowulf said…
Vigil of Fatima
12th May MMXX A. D.
St. B's Thistle:
Good point. If the tepid are not spit out first.
It's clear TM can't deal with the truth on the Antipapacy of Francis, nor the fake Sr. Lucy. Two elephants in the room for both Trad Inc. and Fatima Inc.
Fred Martinez said…
I don't buy the imposter Sr. Lucia stuff mostly pushed by Sedevantists which her family refutes. There does seem to be evidence Sr. Lucia was silenced which apparently some of her family don't refute. I hope to look into that sometime in the future.
Great--We'd welcome your considered thoughts. Whatever Dr Chojnowski's thoughts on sedevacantism, which considered and sober Catholic thought rejects, the case for a fake Sr. Lucy is quite strong. I would say B. A. R. D. Beyond a reasonable doubt. Not merely "by a preponderance" of the evidence, or 51%.
It's a completely different subject per se. To tag him as sede is the very same ad hominem fallacy to which Francis is an Antipope adherents like us are frequently subject.
Tradition in Action believes the False Sr. Lucy theory as well. Neither they nor I am sedevacantist.
The family is no authority 75 years after the fact and appear to have been duped or gone along with the imposture.
Back to Taylor:
He would not be advertising and publicly promoting evenings of recollection were he not a member. And Opus Dei has no interest in two things in particular that are forefront in the war :
Pope Benedict and bucking the status quo re the acceptance of Antipope Francis;
The Old Latin Mass.
They tolerate the latter when it suits them, as at St Agnes NYCity. But there is no love there. The self-interest, self-preservation and self-enrichment are the primary goals of Opus Dei. Support of Francis is politic toward that end.
hitherandfro said…
TM is a Shill.
Tancred said…
He's probably not a full-on member but a cooperator. I wouldn't be shocked that he's given them money. Truth be told, there's an Opus Dei member for every kind of political and ecclesiastical persuasion, so he probably knows someone who's fairly traditional in his outlook.
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Ben Simmons Shouts Out Australian Hero "Egg Boy" On His Sneakers
Ben Simmons, the terrific Australian point-forward capably leading the mostly Joel Embiid-less 76ers down the stretch in the East's playoff race, used a pen and some spectacularly clashing yellow sneakers Tuesday night to shout out Will Connolly, the 17-year-old hero who smashed an egg on the head of vile Australian senator Fraser Anning.
Egg Boy famously took a beating from Anning and his nightmare supporters for smashing a raw egg on the senator's head at a right-wing rally in Melbourne. Anning, from Queensland, is the complete piece of shit who issued a statement following Thursday's coordinated mass shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, blaming Muslims for an assault coordinated and carried out by white-supremacist internet maniacs:
Let us be clear, while Muslims may have been the victims today, usually they are the perpetrators. World-wide, Muslims are killing people in the name of their faith on an industrial scale.
The entire religion of Islam is simply the violent ideology of a sixth-century despot masquerading as a religious leader, which justifies endless war against anyone who opposes it and calls for the murder of unbelievers and apostates.
The truth is that Islam is not like any other faith. It is the religious equivalent of fascism. And just because the followers of this savage belief were not the killers in this instance, does not make them blameless.
Simmons is arrogant and confrontational and easy to root against, but his takes on current events and world affairs are rock solid.


A Quaker meeting for worship is open to anyone who would like to share in it. It is based on gathering as a group in silence, seeking to still our minds from the busyness of daily life and open our hearts to the presence of God in our midst, waiting expectantly together.
There is no prearranged order of service or leader. Quakers believe that each of us can be aware of the promptings of love and truth in our hearts, the divine presence, the Christ within us, the Spirit, the Light, the Seed - you will find that Quakers have a wide variety of words in which to describe their religious understandings, knowing that varied life experiences mean accepting what each finds to be valid in their experience and for their stage of life.
From the silence may arise a message someone feels led to share. Another may read from the Bible or other inspirational writing, lead us in spoken prayer, or quote from a hymn or poem. Most of the time, however, there is a shared stillness, which we find creative and strengthening for the rest of the week. We sit in a circle, facing each other, emphasising the equal value of everyone present. You can sit anywhere and you can be sure of a welcome. On the table in the centre there is a simple flower arrangement, a Bible and a copy of our own collection of writings, Quaker Faith and Practice. The room is furnished simply. There is a small library from which books about Quakerism can be borrowed.
At the end of our worship, usually after an hour, two Elders will shake hands, and then we all shake the hand of those nearest to us. After the opportunity to share any thoughts arising from being together, there are notices of forthcoming events and news of members. Afterwards, over cups of tea and biscuits, conversation flows freely.
About 15 people are usually present and the presence of visitors is always welcome. Discussion and other groups take place during the week, often exploring the broad range of approaches to faith in the group and the practical implications for trying to make a better world. Quakers have particular emphases on working for a more peaceful world in which there is greater equality within and between nations. Environmental concerns fit in with a traditional approach to trying to live simply.
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require 'rails_helper'

RSpec.describe ProductsController, type: :controller do
  context 'with product' do
    let (:product) { build :product }

    before(:each) do
      product.save
    end

    it 'valid json of product' do
      get :show, id: product.id
      data = JSON.parse(response.body)
      expect(data.key? 'product').to eq(true)
    end

    it 'should update product attributes' do
      new_open = !product.open
      new_category = create :category
      new_product_type = create :product_type
      new_product_packing = create :product_packing
      put :update, id: product.id, product: {
                     open: new_open,
                     category_id: new_category.id,
                     product_type_id: new_product_type.id,
                     product_packing_id: new_product_packing.id
                 }
      product.reload
      expect(product.open).to eq(new_open)
      expect(product.category).to eq(new_category)
      expect(product.product_type).to eq(new_product_type)
      expect(product.product_packing).to eq(new_product_packing)
    end

    context 'delete product' do
      it 'should delete product' do
        delete :destroy, id:product.id
        expect(Product.all.size).to eq(0)
        expect { Product.find product.id }.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
      end
    end
  end

  context 'without products' do
    it 'create new product' do
      category = create :category
      product_type = create :product_type
      product_packing = create :product_packing
      post :create, product: {category_id: category.id, product_type_id: product_type.id,
                              product_packing_id: product_packing.id, open: false}
      expect(Product.all.size).to eq(1)
      product = Product.first
      expect(product.category).to eq(category)
      expect(product.product_type).to eq(product_type)
      expect(product.product_packing).to eq(product_packing)
    end
  end
end


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Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin addresses the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference on March 8, 2014.
Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin responded Saturday to PETA's accusations of animal cruelty by going on offense against the animal rights group.
The accusations followed her Facebook post on New Year's Day that featured a photo of her son, Trig, standing on top of the family dog (named Jill Hadassah) in order to help clean the dishes.
"Dear PETA, Chill. At least Trig didn't eat the dog," Palin wrote. She then proceeds to attack President Barack Obama for having "revealed he actually enjoyed eating dead dog meat."
Obama recalls eating dog meat, which he described as "tough," when he was a boy living in Indonesia in his biography Dreams from My Father, according to PolitiFact.
Her post, which went online Saturday shortly before 5 p.m. ET, accuses PETA of hypocrisy for not accusing Obama of animal cruelty. Same goes for the talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, Palin says, since she posted a photo on her television show's Facebook feed of a little girl standing on top of a large dog in order to reach the sink.
Here's the full post, which also strikes back at PETA for its stances on the Iditarod sled dog race and the commercial fishing industry.
But PETA didn't take the beating without barking back. In a statement to Mashable, PETA President Ingrid Newkirk, challenged Palin's knowledge of the organization and ticked off the reasons why PETA isn't a fan of the Iditarod.
PETA simply believes that people shouldn't step on dogs, and judging by the reaction that we've seen to Sarah Palin's Instagram photo, we're far from alone in that belief. Palin's Facebook response shows us that she knows PETA about as well as she knows geography. Yes, we campaign against the Iditarod because when the dogs aren't being driven—sometimes to death—most live chained or inside cages for their entire lives. And we're a vegan organization, so we sit on pleather couches, wear stylish vegan kicks, and consider fish friends, not food. (Also, by the way, we just sent a case of vegan caviar to Vladimir Putin—and no, you can't see his house from yours, Ms. Palin.) We have no reason to believe that the Palin companion animals aren't ordinarily pampered, and we wish the entire family a peaceful and humane 2015.
UPDATED 7:30 p.m. PT: PETA response added.


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Triumph Structures–Wichita is a division of Triumph Group, a global leader in manufacturing and overhauling aerospace structures, systems and components. In Wichita, Kan., Triumph makes a variety of jet aircraft and helicopter parts, including large aluminum wing skins, spars and ribs. Some of the billets start out as large as 3,000 pounds and 17 feet long.
To produce these enormous, monolithic structural components, Triumph had traditionally used a gantry-style vertical mill. However, due to issues with thermal stabilization resulting from a lack of internal climate-control capabilities, the machine struggled to maintain repeatable precision. And while programmers and operators were able to compensate for these issues, it required extra time and frequent temperature readings. Moreover, the machine's lack of an automatic pallet changer created substantial periods of downtime during part changeovers.
The company understood that in order to improve quality, consistency, productivity and profitability, it would need to invest in a more capable machine platform.
Based on the success of its past Makino installations, Triumph Structures–Wichita decided to invest in the first Makino A6 5-axis horizontal machining center in the United States.
While few machines are big enough to handle the types of parts that Triumph produces, workpiece capacity wasn't the only factor that led to the company's purchasing the A6. The A6 also features a 33,000-rpm spindle and similar design to Makino's popular MAG-Series machines, which are renowned for their speed and productivity in large aluminum components. Additionally, its HVAC system maintains a constant temperature in the spindle, tooling and workpiece for sustained accuracy over long periods of machine operation.
The A6 is equipped with two exterior worktables, where operators can set up pallets with any combination of jobs. Once setups are complete, the worktable is raised into a vertical position and shuttled into the A6 just as soon as processing of another part finishes.