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I am more than thrilled to announce the publication of the new edition of EU Food Law Handbook. It was an honour to be on the editorial board with my friend Bernd Van der Meulen and in that role work together with around twenty EU food law experts. Once again, Wageningen Academic Publishers did an excellent job in realizing the publication of an 800 page academic work in less than three months (!). Amongst others, Anna Szajkowska, Jens Karsten, Daniela Corona, Rozita Spirovska Vaskoska, Martin Holle, Irene Verheijen, Alexandra Eftimie, Dionne Chan, Antonia Corini, Ph.D., Karola Krell Zbinden, Bernard Maister, Valeria Paganizza and Bram de Jonge wrote an excellent contribution, in which they reflect on food law related issues in their field of expertise.
Taking the General Food Law as a focal point, this handbook systematically analyses and explains the institutional, substantive and procedural elements of EU food law. Principles are discussed as well as specific rules addressing food as a product, the processes related to food and communication about food to consumers through labelling. These rules define requirements on subjects like market authorisation for food additives, novel foods and genetically modified foods, chemical and biological contaminants in food, food hygiene, tracking & tracing, withdrawal & recall, food labelling and claims. The powers of public authorities to enforce food law and to deal with incidents are outlined. Attention is given to the international context (WTO, Codex Alimentarius) as well as to private standards.
In addition to the systematic analysis, the book includes selected topics such as nutrition and health policy, special foods, food import requirements, food contact materials, intellectual property, private food law, and animal feed. In this new edition, existing chapters have been updated to take account of many important developments in legislation and case law. Several new topics have been added to the analysis such as the right to food, organics and food fraud.
An interview in Dutch about this publication can be found here.
The publication of this edition is quite special to me. The first ever edition of this book was published in 2004, when I was a student-assistant at Wageningen University. On my first day I was invited to the book launch. During this ceremony, I realized I wanted to become an author as well, and somehow I managed to become one. Therfore, being a member of the editorial board in 2020 is particularly special to me. The seed that pas planted in 2004 has led to an interesting harvest!
Bhasin v. Hrynew (2014) the Supreme Court of Canada
juli 7, 2020 Geen reacties
Good faith in Canada…
Why is this ruling so important?
In this ground-breaking ruling, the Canadian Supreme Court affirmed the existence of the principle of good faith in contract law. This is a wonderful example of the application of ius cogens, or general principles of law. Since the Supreme Court of Canada had ruled that lower courts may not overrule decisions of higher courts (the so called Stare Decisis doctrine), and the Supreme Court is the highest Canadian court, the principle of good faith in contract law applies fully in all Canadian States.
Two competing sales agents (Bhasin and Hrynew) sell education saving plans for Can-Am. This latter company allows sales agents to sell their investment products under a dealer agreement. This dealer agreement automatically renews every three years, unless a notice of termination was given at least six months before the end of a period. It is no secret that Bhasin and Hrynew do not like each other. Hrynew wants to take over the nice market of Bhasin, and proposes a merger. Not surprisingly, Bhasin rejects the proposal. Can-Am, who will probably benefit from this merger, appoints Hrynew as auditor to review the dealer agreements. This leads to the situation that Hrynew has a biased function (audotor and competitor). As a result,. Bhasin does not want to be transparent regarding the details of his business. This is a reason for Can-Am to terminate the contract, leaving Bhasin on the edge of bankruptcy.
What was decided?
The Supreme Court ruled that a dealer agreement should be understood and used in good faith. The termination clause was abused, since Bhasin could never leave up to the expectaction that he would reveal all his business secrets to his most important competitor (this time acting in his capacity as auditor). After all, that would reduce the value of his business to almost zero.
Important quotes from the verdict
'I have concluded that Can-Am's breach of contract consisted of its failure to be honest with Mr. Bhasin about its contractual performance and, in particular, with respect to its settled intentions with respect to renewal. It is therefore liable for damages calculated on the basis of what Mr. Bhasin's economic position would have been had Can-Am fulfilled that duty. While the trial judge did not assess damages on that basis given her different findings in relation to liability, she made findings that permit this Court to do so.'
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The Court based its findings on an impressive survey of legal literature and case law in various common law countries. The basis for the verdict is not a codified standard, but a general principle of law.
Ethics, Law, News
The corona tapes
I did some writing about the corona crisis, discussing mainly ethical, legal and (perhaps) historical perspectives of this crisis. It is mainly in Dutch. Here is an overview:
Wernaart, B. (2020, 3 July). Collectieve zelfvernietiging. Het rechtenstudentje.
Van Dijk, M. (2020, 17 June). Gelijkheid tijdens Corona: 'Je kunt altijd dingen wel verzinnen die anders zijn voor jou'. Eindhovens Dagblad en Algemeen Dagblad.
Wernaart, B. (2020, 11 June). Iedereen is ongelijk, maar laten we elkaar wat gunnen. Eindhovens Dagblad.
Wernaart, B. (2020, 3 June). Corona, de tijd van je lever. Het rechtenstudentje.
Wernaart, B. (2020, 27 May). In pandemie zoeken we ook naar exit filosofie. Eindhovens Dagblad.
Wernaart, B, (2020, 17 March). De Corona-kriebels: weg met Suzan en Freek-maatregelen. Het rechtenstudentje.
Wernaart, B. (2020, 17 March). Uit het leven van een rechtendocent: lesgeven vanuit je mancave. Het rechtenstudentje.
Case Law, Law, Uncategorized
Flaminio Costa v ENEL, European Court of Justice, Case 6/64, 1964, preliminary ruling
november 29, 2017 Geen reacties
The EU? It's electric!
In this ground-breaking ruling, the European Court of Justice held that European Law is of a higher legal order than National Law. In case of contrary national legislation, the European rules therefore prevail.
In the early sixties, the Italian government nationalized the electricity sector. Mister Flaminio Costa disagreed with this course of affairs, because he owned shares in a small private electricity company that was now being merged into a state owned company: ENEL. As reprisal, he refused to pay his electricity bills, with a total sum of almost 2000 Lire. In the Italian court, he argued that the nationalization was against European Law. The Italian government however, held that under no conditions, a domestic court could set aside national law.
The European Court of Justice ruled that in this case the nationalisation of the electricity sector was a matter the European Commission should deal with, since the commission was competent to review such acts against European Law.
Please note that In casu, mister Costa did not win the argument. However, the court was very clear on one thing: the Italian government was wrong in assuming that no domestic court could set aside domestic law.
The obligations undertaken under the treaty establishing the community would not be unconditional, mut merely contingent, if they could be called in question by subsequent legislative acts of the signatories. Wherever the Ttreaty grants the states the rights unilaterally, it does this by clear and precise provisions.
It follows from all these observations that the law stemming from the treaty, and independent source of law, could not, because of its special and original nature, be overridden by domestic legal provisions, however framed, without being deprived of its character as community law and without the legal basis of the community itself being called into question.
Art. 288 TFEU (ex Art. .249 TEC, in the original ruling a reference is made to the earlier Art. 189 of the EEC treaty).
Law, Theory, Uncategorized
A short introduction in the preasumptio similtudinis, tertium comparationis and functional equivalence
Law, Theory
EU objective international private law: it's like dating
Brussels 1 and Rome 1 briefly explained in a three step approach (EU Regulation 1215/2012 and 593/2008).
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Ethics, Law
maart 14, 2017 Geen reacties
This week we saw the emergence of a major diplomatic conflict between Turkey and the Netherlands. In short, the Dutch government used legal means to ban two Turkish ministers from Dutch territory, preventing them to hold speeches in support of the Erdogan campaign. This campaign is about a referendum that would change the Turkish Constitution, putting –bluntly said- more power in the hands of the Turkish President.
In the media, we see an explosion of articles that are about the 'lawfulness' of the Dutch actions and Turkish ministers. However, what I miss in the 'mainstream' debate is a very important underling question: 'can you use democratic means to realize undemocratic results?' Or, from the opposite perspective: 'can you use undemocratic means to protect democracy?'
Dear history teacher
januari 31, 2017 Geen reacties
My name is Bart Wernaart, I am a lecturer in law and ethics, and wanted to express my sincere appreciation to you for your profession. Well, that is an understatement: I guess I wanted to say that we need help, and we need you more than ever.
Some doubt the added value of your subject. Some might even suggest to delete history as a subject from school curricula. Amongst them, to my horror, we might even find policy makers. They are fools. I hereby would like to ask you to double your effort in your vital job to teach your subject. Law and ethics are important topics to reflect on our current society, but when people fail to learn from past experiences, my subject is rather meaningless.
Case Law, Law, Theory
Van Gend en Loos: ECJ, Case 26/62, 1963, preliminary ruling
How tax and trucks proved to be a very effective combination.
In this groundbreaking ruling, the European Court of Justice held that citizens could invoke particular European law in the national courts of EU Member States. Before, international law was considered to be an agreement between States only, and therefore only affecting the relation between State Parties, not the relation between a State Party and its citizens.
Case Law, Law, Theory, Uncategorized
Cassis de Dijon – what is liquor?


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A public ceremony including karakia (prayers) and speeches to mark the start of construction works for the Kaituna River Re-diversion and Te Awa o Ngatoroirangi Maketū Estuary Enhancement Project will be held at 8.00am on Tuesday 12 June.
"This is a chance to celebrate the start of work the community has called for since 1979, and wish the contractors, cultural monitors and other contributors well for their mahi (work) ahead. J Swap Contractors Limited will start staff briefings and site set-up work straight after the ceremony," said Kaituna Catchments Project Manager Pim de Monchy.
The ceremony will be held on the southeast stop bank beside the Ford Road culverts into the upper Maketū estuary. Car parking is available across the road from the ceremony location at the boat ramp car park off Ford Road.
Regional Council began feasibility assessments for the project in 2013. Eighteen different methods and options were considered before proceeding with detailed design, consultation, land acquisition, and consent application processes to prepare for the construction works that start this month.
The project is due for completion by 30 June 2020. It will return an average of 600,000 cubic metres of fresh water from the Kaituna River into Te Awa o Ngatoroirangi Maketū Estuary on every tidal cycle.
Prior to 1956, the Kaituna River naturally flowed into Maketū Estuary some or all of the time. Mr de Monchy said the original diversion was done to protect the low-lying farmland from flooding and improve drainage.
"But the result has been a loss of estuary health that's not acceptable to iwi and the wider community. So we've found a way to help restore estuary health while maintaining existing levels of flood protection and boat access through Te Tumu Cut," he said.
The $13.5m construction project includes creation of a new channel to carry fresh water from the river into a new inlet structure at Ford's Cut. Existing stop banks will be shifted and upgraded. Ford's channel will be widened and the Ford Road boat ramp will be upgraded.
Ford Road end (from the pump station near Ford's Cut bridge to Te Tumu Cut) will be closed from 1 August to 20 December. Traffic restrictions will remain in place until 30 June 2020.
Ford Road boat ramp and the stop banks on both sides of Ford Rd will be closed to the public from 1 August 2018 until 30 June 2020. Alternative boat launching access is available at the Bell Road boat ramp.
Note to media: Media are welcome to attend the 12 June event, please register your interest by contacting Katrina Knill: Katrina.Knill@boprc.govt.nz or 021 989 666.
The return of freshwater flows from Kaituna River into the Maketu Estuary via Ford's Cut Channel will improve estuary health and support wetland restoration.


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Mentally ill man sentenced 6 years for nearly killing man
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 10:38am
A Bothell man who lives with mental illness will spend six years in prison, and potentially the rest of his life under court-ordered supervision, after admitting he nearly killed a man by repeatedly driving over him with a pickup truck.
Joshua William Painter, 43, could have received more than a dozen years behind bars under state sentencing guidelines. Instead, Snohomish County prosecutors joined the man's attorney in encouraging Superior Court Judge David Kurtz to send the man to prison for five years.
The judge agreed Friday there were grounds to depart from state guidelines, which set the minimum punishment for Painter at about nine years. Kurtz said public safety demanded the defendant be locked up longer than the lawyers had suggested. He also ordered post-release supervision for as long as necessary to keep everyone safe, potentially for the remainder of Painter's life.
"Do your time and then, sir, do everything you can to make sure you never harm anyone again," the judge said.
Painter earlier pleaded guilty to first-degree assault, hit-and-run and attempting to elude police. As part of his plea, he acknowledged that a jury likely would convict him, but insisted he had no memory of what happened May 22, 2016.
A mental health expert who examined Painter and his medical history determined the man, a Gulf War veteran with no criminal history, had lived through a "severe manic episode."
The man he ran over, Jim Dulaney, limped to the front of the courtroom on Friday. He's undergone multiple surgeries since he was dragged across a parking lot. He nearly lost his left leg and foot.
Dulaney, who is known around the town as Jim the Fence Guy, was stoic as he described how the injuries have robbed him of his mobility and possibly the chance to continue earning a living through his physical trade.
The injured man, his wife, and a close friend all told the judge they didn't feel the case had brought a full measure of justice. Medical bills are well into the six figures, the judge was told. And while Dulaney still has his leg, the long-term prognosis isn't good.
Doctors have told him "It's not a matter of if we are going to take your leg, it is a matter of when we take your leg," Dulaney said.
The Everett man encountered Painter dumping garbage by a tree at a parking lot in the 9800 block of Evergreen Way. The property is owned by a friend. Dulaney told him to stop. During the argument that followed, Painter threatened Dulaney with a metal pipe. He then ran him over with his Chevy Avalanche pickup, backed up, and did it again.
The grievously injured Dulaney was able to haul himself to the roadway, where he flagged down help.
Painter drove away. Police keyed in on the defendant after they found paperwork with his name amid the materials dumped around the tree.
They then found a pile of burning letters near Mukilteo and his truck set ablaze.
Painter was arrested in Bothell a few days later, but not before a van was stolen and he led police on a chase.
Neal Friedman, a longtime public defender, said the case was tragic. Since his arrest, Painter has been receiving appropriate medications that help manage the symptoms of his mental illness, he told the judge. State law specifically allows the court to take the defendant's mental health into consideration at sentencing, even when the problems aren't sufficient to provide a complete defense.
The criminal justice system is about more than just locking people up, Friedman said.
Deputy prosecutor Toni Montgomery said there was substantial evidence to support departing from sentencing guidelines in this case. The lawyers had worked to find a just outcome, she told the judge.
Painter said he feels terrible about what happened.
"I can't even explain it to myself," he said.
He promised the judge he will continue taking his medications.
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Psa. 6:1 LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
3 But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
4 I call out to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain.
7 Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
8 From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people.


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Launch of students' anthology 'Sushirexia'
Issued: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:52:00 BST
A new anthology by recent students from Glasgow University's MLitt course in Creative Writing is being launched this month.
'Sushirexia' - edited by Gordon Jenkins and Robert Smith - features 32 stories on the theme of hunger.
The varied and contrasting stories in the collection are more than just about the problems associated with diets of raw fish. The writers make a meal of the theme as they explore the pangs of hunger from love, loss, relationships, getting on and in striving for power.
All the contributors come from the renowned Masters course in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow whose illustrious alumni include Louise Welsh, Anne Donovan, Rachel Seiffert, Laura Marney, Rodge Glass, Nick Brooks and Zoe Strachan.
The book includes stories by this year's Sceptre Prize winner John Jennett and Curtis Brown Prize winner Ulrich Hansen.
Zoë Strachan, author of Negative Space and Spin Cycle, said: "I was very impressed by the quality and the range - both geographical and artistic - of work presented; this anthology absolutely gives the lie to the notion that creative writing courses churn out formulaic work.
"The voices here are fresh and compelling, often dazzling, and there's an intensity of vision that bodes well for the future of contemporary fiction. Of course there are writers at different stages of the creative development, but that's part of the excitement and the pleasure of reading. Between these pages are some of the literary prizewinners and bestsellers of the future."
This year the Creative Writing MLitt at the University of Glasgow celebrates its 15th year and the anniversary will be marked with an exhibition at the university library.
The launch of Sushirexia, published by Freight, takes place in Waterstone's book shop, 153 Sauchiehall Street at 6.30pm on Thursday 24 June and all are invited to attend.
Martin Shannon, Senior Media Relations Officer,
University of Glasgow Tel: 0141 330 8593
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Home » Soccer » Rangnick suggests to scrap League Cup weeks after arriving in English football
Rangnick suggests to scrap League Cup weeks after arriving in English football
Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick believes the League Cup could be scrapped to ease the fixture congestion in English football.
The season is in danger of facing a huge backlog of games due to the impact of Covid, which has seen a host of matches postponed during the Festive campaign.
To make matters worse the welfare of players has come under scrutiny again as the calendar threatens to descend into chaos.
United have seen their last two games called off due to a Covid outbreak at the club.
Rangnick reckons there are too many competitions in English football and that getting rid of the League Cup could be one way to ease the strain on a packed domestic season.
Rangnick said: "You know better than I do what a big tradition it is to play on Boxing Day and the 27th and I think we should stick to this and respect this tradition.
"I'm looking forward to that, for the first time in my coaching career, but there could be other issues that have been discussed in the past.
"England is the only top league (in Europe) that plays two cup competitions. In France they abolished the second one, so we are the only country that plays two cup competitions.
"This is something we could speak about and discuss. The League Cup is still kept for the third and fourth division teams to improve the financial situations of those clubs.
"But a tight calendar, with too many games, this is something to speak about and discuss."
Rangnick, meanwhile, has appealed to any of his United stars who haven't been vaccinated to get jabbed and improve their chances of avoiding getting Covid in the future.
Rangnick, who has a full squad to pick from again ahead of next week's trip to Newcastle, added: "The Premier League will try everything to keep the league safe and the situation around the players safe.
"We have to encourage players to behave in a disciplined way with regards to contacts, we have to make sure the record of vaccination players is high at our club.
"Even if you are vaccinated, you can catch it, but you are protected from severe symptoms and most of our players who tested positive had very, very weak symptoms and didn't suffer."
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  Échenevex est
      une ville située dans le département de l'Ain en Rhône-Alpes. Elle totalisait 1 462 habitants en 2008.

À Échenevex, le prix moyen à l'achat d'un appartement se situe à 4 811 € du m² en vente. la valorisation moyenne d'une maison à l'achat se situe à 4 517 € du m². À la location le prix moyen se situe à 17,33 € du m² mensuel.

Le parc de logements, à Échenevex, était réparti en 2011 en 87 appartements et 584 maisons soit
 un marché relativement équilibré.

À coté de Échenevex sont situées les villes de
Ornex située à 5 km, 3 053 habitants,
Villeneuve à 5 km, 1 259 habitants,
Chevry située à 3 km, 1 118 habitants,
Vesancy située à 5 km, 508 habitants,
Cessy localisée à 2 km, 3 233 habitants,
Versonnex localisée à 4 km, 2 027 habitants,
 entre autres. De plus, Échenevex est située à seulement 19 km de Annemasse.

La ville compte de nombreux  équipements sportifs, elle dispose, entre autres, de un bassin de natation, un terrain de tennis, deux centres d'équitation et un terrain de sport.

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Q: Dynamically Changing the Return Type of a Function I am writing a Function that has a return-type which will dynamically change depending on the column which we are passing.
Here in the following code I am passing the column-value, column-datatype. But I am getting error while running the code.

"A RETURN statement with a return value cannot be used in this
  context."

If this is not possible then how to change the return type dynamically.
Kindly suggest solution.
Create Function myFunction(@ColValue varchar(100), @ColReturnType varchar(100))
RETURNS @ColReturnType
AS
BEGIN
    IF(@ColValue = 'xxxxx')
    BEGIN
        return 0
    END
    ELSE
    BEGIN
       return @ColValue
    END
END

A: Return xml type instead, that would solve the problem to return arbitrary data that conforms to different contracts.

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The amazing story of this huge monument that is only copper, concrete, and iron--yet speaks of the remarkable ability of man himself, when inspired, to inspire others.
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This is a souvenir tea cup and two saucers set that is from Disneyland and was originally sold in the 1970s. The set depicts a very stylized version of Sleeping Beauty castle on the outside which matches the imagery on the saucer. The tea cup measures 2" x 3.25" x 2.75", the small saucer measures 4.75" x 4.75" x .75", and the larger saucer measures 6" x 6" x .75".All three pieces are in excellent condition.


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The odds on a conflict between the great powers
The great powers seem to have little appetite for full-scale war, but there is room for miscalculation
Special reportJan 25th 2018 edition
DESPITE THE EXTRAORDINARY decline in interstate wars over the past 70 years, many foreign-policy experts believe that the world is entering a new era in which they are becoming all too possible again. But there is a big difference between regional wars that might be triggered by the actions of a rogue state, such as North Korea or Iran, and those between great powers, which remain much less likely. Still, increased competition between America, Russia and China poses threats to the international order and does have a military dimension.
This special report will concentrate on what could lead to a future conflict between big powers rather than consider the threat of a war on the Korean peninsula, which is firmly in the present. A war to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons seems a more speculative prospect for now, but could become more likely a few years hence. Either would be terrible, but its destructive capacity would pale in comparison with full-blown conflict between the West and Russia or China, even if that did not escalate to a nuclear exchange.
The main reason why great-power warfare has become somewhat more plausible than at any time since the height of the cold war is that both Russia and China are dissatisfied powers determined to change the terms of a Western-devised, American-policed international order which they believe does not serve their legitimate interests. In the past decade both have invested heavily in modernising their armed forces in ways that exploit Western political and technical vulnerabilities and thwart America's ability to project power in what they see as their spheres of influence. Both have shown themselves prepared to impose their will on neighbours by force. Both countries' leaders are giving voice to popular yearning for renewed national power and international respect, and both are reaping the domestic political benefits. Where they differ is that Russia, demographically and economically, is a declining power with an opportunistic leadership, whereas China is clearly a rising one that has time on its side and sees itself as at least the equal of America, if not eventually its superior.
Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, wants to regain at least some of the prestige and clout his country lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union, an event he has described as the "greatest geopolitical tragedy of the [20th] century". He believes that in the 1990s the West rejected making Russia an equal partner, and that the European Union's and NATO's eastward expansion jeopardised Russia's external and internal security. In a statement on national-security strategy at the end of 2015 the Russian government designated NATO as the greatest threat it faced. It believes that the West actively tries to bring about "colour revolutions" of the sort seen in Ukraine, both in Russia's "near abroad" and in Russia itself.
Russia's armed forces, although no match for America's, are undergoing substantial modernisation, carry out frequent large-scale exercises and are capable of conducting high-intensity warfare at short notice across a narrow front against NATO forces. Russian military aircraft often probe European air defences and buzz NATO warships in the Baltic and the Black Sea, risking an incident that could rapidly get out of control.
War games carried out by the RAND Corporation, a think-tank, in 2015 concluded that in the face of a Russian attack "as currently postured, NATO cannot successfully defend the territory of its most exposed members". NATO has since slightly beefed up its presence in the Baltic states and Poland, but probably not enough to change the RAND report's conclusion that it would take Russian forces 60 hours at most to fight their way to the capital of Latvia or Estonia.
If that were to happen, NATO's political leaders would have to choose between three bad options: launch a bloody counter-offensive fraught with the risk of escalation; exacerbate the conflict itself by threatening targets in Russia; or concede defeat, with disastrous consequences for the alliance. Domestic support for the first and second options would be fragile (in Britain and Germany a Pew survey last year found only minority backing for NATO's Article 5 commitment to mutual defence if Russia were to attack a neighbouring alliance member, see chart). And Mr Putin's doctrine of "escalate to de-escalate" would almost certainly bring the threat, and possibly even the use, of Russian tactical nuclear weapons to encourage NATO to throw in the towel. Mr Putin reckons, probably correctly, that he has a much higher tolerance for risk than his Western counterparts.
The probability of such a direct test of NATO members' Article 5 promise is low. But Mr Putin has shown in Georgia, Ukraine and Syria that he is an opportunist prepared to roll the dice when he is feeling desperate or lucky. A second-term Trump administration, shorn of generals committed to NATO and with a more populist Republican party in Congress, might well tempt him, especially if low energy prices and a weak economy were creating mounting problems at home.
Some suggest that America and China are destined to go to war, falling into the "Thucydides trap" as encountered in antiquity by Sparta and Athens. In essence, the established power feels threatened by the rising power, which in turn feels resentful and frustrated. Graham Allison, the author of a popular book expounding this thesis, believes that "war between the US and China in the decades ahead is not just possible, but much more likely than currently recognised."
Mr Allison's prognosis, based on an analysis of past conflicts between incumbent powers and thrusting newcomers, may be too deterministic. Although China and America do not have anything like the shared international agenda that America had with Britain when the roles were reversed, they are bound together by a web of economic interests. Strategic patience and taking the long view comes naturally to Chinese leaders, and successive American presidents (except perhaps the current one) have tried hard to show that far from wanting to keep China in its box, they wish to see it playing a full and responsible part in the international system. The previous contests for hegemony cited by Mr Allison were not conducted under the shadow of nuclear weapons, which for all their risks remain the ultimate disincentive for great powers to wage war against each other.
Moreover, says Jonathan Eyal of RUSI, a defence think-tank, demographic factors and changing social attitudes in China suggest that there would be little popular appetite for conflict with America, despite the sometimes nationalistic posturing of state media. Like other developed countries, the country has very low birth rates, fast-decreasing levels of violence and large middle classes who define success by tapping the latest smartphone or putting down a deposit on a new car. In a culture of coddling children prompted by the one-child policy, Chinese parents would probably be extremely reluctant to send their precious "snowflakes" off to war.
No coffins, please
Even in Russia, where Mr Putin has encouraged a revival of a more macho culture, he wants to avoid casualties as far as possible. In his view, the thousands of coffins returning from Afghanistan in the 1980s were partly to blame for the collapse of the Soviet Union, so he has gone to extraordinary lengths both to minimise and conceal the deaths of any conscripted troops in Ukraine. In Syria, he has used private military contractors wherever possible.
The risk that the West will run into a major conflict with China is lower than with Russia, but it is not negligible and may be growing. China resents the American naval presence in the western Pacific, and particularly the "freedom of navigation" operations that the US Seventh Fleet conducts in the South China Sea to demonstrate that America will not accept any Chinese claims or actions in the region that threaten its core national interests or those of its allies.
For its part, China is planning to develop its A2/AD capabilities, especially long-range anti-ship missiles and a powerful navy equipped with state-of-the-art surface vessels and a large submarine force. The idea is first to push the US Navy beyond the "first island chain" and ultimately make it too dangerous for it to operate within the "second island chain" (see map). Neither move is imminent, but China has already made a lot of progress. If there were a new crisis over Taiwan, America would no longer send an aircraft-carrier battle group through the Taiwan Strait to show its resolve, as it did in 1996.
How such tensions will play out depends partly on America's allies. If Japan's recently re-elected prime minister, Shinzo Abe, succeeds in his ambition to change the country's pacifist constitution, the Japanese navy is likely to increase its capabilities and more explicitly train to fight alongside its American counterpart. At the same time other, weaker allies such as Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia may conclude that bowing to Chinese military and economic power is a safer bet than hoping for a declining America to fight their corner.
The greatest danger lies in miscalculation through a failure to understand an adversary's intentions, leading to an unplanned escalation that runs out of control. Competition in the "grey zone" between peace and war requires constant calibration that could all too easily be lost in the heat of the moment.
The future of war The new battlegrounds
The future of war
Waging war with disinformation
Neither war nor peace
Preparing for more urban warfare
Using clever technology to keep enemies at bay
Why nuclear stability is under threat
Getting to grips with military robotics
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline "The odds on a conflict between the great powers"


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Open a local file using python script?
Re: Open a local file using python script?
I can't really recall this but I think your path for the file is wrong. c:\\ maybe. I can't remember. Should be easy enough with a google search tho.
Edit: Post the script you have so far.
Could this just be a permissions issue?
I think I'm going about this wrong because there are a few different ways to do this, and I could end up learning bits and pieces of each without knowing enough about any one method to accomplish my goal. I want to automate moving .wtv files that I have recorded from my living room to my server. I already have the directory watcher plugin installed in EG where the file will be created but when a new file is created it creates a unique event that gives a specific file name where I want an event to be triggered when a certain file type is created (in my case .wtv). I want my triggered event to be read by either a script or another plugin that moves that file to a network location. I have a network share setup through the sharing wizard in windows seven, and I don't use workgroup, homegroup or any of those other networking protocols. I have found some scripts but when I try them I run into the problem listed in my opening statement. How would I best set this up?
ok you are simply trying to move files without changing them i am gathering.
You are going to need to map the network location as a drive on the computer that is running EG. and we will call that drive letter z:.
what I do not know is if the event has the full path and filename or just the filename. so I am going to assume it's just the filename.
Now the problem i see if that the event is going to take place on file creation that does not mean the file is done being written to. this is going to cause errors if not handled properly. I have to do a bit of research to see if I can locate a way to tell if the file is in use. and if I cannot locate a way I am going to have to run some tests to see if it will only do a copy if the file is not in use. it depends on if the file is locked I would gather.
Now because network transfers of large files (video files are large) can take a long while to transfer depending on the speed of your network and the computer those kinds of things. We do not want to cause a hang in EG. so this is going to have to be done via threading or multiprocessing. I am thinking the latter due to how EG only uses one processor and because the overhead of doing this kind of a thing is rather on the taxing side for system resources. so we want to put some pony's behind it. Give me some time to key it all up.
I'm not sure what the u means but the rest of that statement I get. I already have the destination folder mapped as a network drive. Maybe this would be even easier if I ran a script to empty a folder at midnight every night. The only thing going into my recorded tv folder is tv recordings, and I should probably build some kind of logic into it that checks to see if any new files have been created. After the files have been moved they can be deleted.
well if you only want it to run once a day then use robocopy (Robust File Copy) it is included with Windows. You are able to set up automated copying with it.
/TS = Include source file time stamps in the output.
/FP = Include full path name of files in the output.
I am not sure on the scheduled time deal if it will restart automatically and you only have to run the command once. this you would have to check.
The file monitoring one will always stay running so it will keep a console window open if launched from the command prompt. you can use EG to hide this using the Run Application action.
Thanks for the help. For the time being i'm going to run this script manually because I don't want myself or anyone else to set something to record in the middle of the night, and have this script scheduled to run at the same time. I ran this last night before I went to sleep, and I watched the log update over a the course of about a minute so I will check it when I get time to see if I was successful.


Enjoy the restorative power of yoga while practicing next to the sea where you can almost feel the energy of the waves and hear the afternoon relaxing sounds of nature that surrounds you. Daily at the Beachfront Yoga Deck: 4pm Cindy Esquivel is an Holistic Coach. She studied at Jauregui Holistic Medicine Clinic in San José, Costa Rica where she get trained in energetic balancing techniques as Reiki Usui, Chraniosacral Therapy and Flower Remedies. All this experience motivated her to deepen in the holistic world, so she completed her training at Yoga Lamat Studio where she certificated in different natural and healing techniques including Aromatherapy, Digit Pressure, Shiatsu Massage, Sound Therapy and Holistic Massage. She ended up studying Yoga Philosophy and the therapeutic benefits of Asanas, at Ra Yoga Integral recognized by International Yoga Alliance. She provides preventing and natural tools to manage stress and anxiety, emotional freedom techniques and aryurvedic practices to guide you to a healthier life. She looks forward to a session with you!


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Is It Time to Upgrade Your V8 Truck to a V6?
by Dan Mayfield twitter | More Articles: Trucks
Is it time to upgrade to a V6? Sure, big V8 engines and trucks go together like a burger and fries. You get one, you have to get the other. But today's V6 engines in trucks are smoother, quieter, and make more horsepower and torque than V8s from less than a decade ago, all while (comparatively) sipping fuel. Some of today's most powerful trucks, like the 2022 Ford F-150 Raptor or 2022 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro use a V6.
So, do you want a V6 or a V8 truck?
A V6 has a lot of advantages over a V8
Ford F-150 Platinum comes with a 3.5-liter V6 | Ford
V6 engines are generally lighter and they're smaller. With fewer pistons banging around, they use less gasoline. But they're generally less powerful than a V8. Because of how the pistons balance themselves in a V6 they can provide smoother power. They also generally have lower maintenance costs because they need less oil, and coolant, and they don't wreak havoc on suspension parts and tires like heavier V8s.
For example, the naturally-aspirated 3.3-liter V6 that is the base engine in Ford F-150 trucks makes 290 horsepower.
V6 engines vs. turbocharged V6 engines
2021 Ford F-150 Raptor | Ford
There are two versions of gasoline V6 engines in trucks today. Regularly aspirated and turbocharged. The turbochargers force more air into the cylinders, and that means you can get a more efficient and more powerful explosion in the cylinder. Toyota, Ford, and Chevy all use turbos to help their V6, and even four-cylinder truck engines, make more power.
The turbocharged 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 that's available for the F-150 Raptor makes 450 horsepower, and an astonishing 510 lb.-ft of torque.
Hybrid V6 engines make even more power
2022 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro | Toyota
What happens when you take an already powerful turbocharged V6 and then add an electric boost? For Ford and Toyota, that means your V6 has more power than most V8s, and uses less gas. For both manufacturers, the hybrid V6 versions of their trucks are the most powerful. The V6 works so well for Toyota, it dropped the V8 from its truck lineup altogether. Today, many popular trucks have V6 engines and a list from Cars.com is long.
Ford's 3.5-liter PowerBoost V6 engine in the 2022 F-150 makes 430 horsepower and 570 lb-ft of torque, and is so good that it's the engine the company puts in the 2022 Raptor. In Toyota's case, the new 2022 Toyota Tundra full-sized truck gets the new i-FORCE MAX V6 that makes 437 horsepower and 583 lb.-ft of torque. Not that long ago, those numbers would have been unthinkable in Mustangs and Corvettes.
But, V8s sound great and make big power
2022 Ram 1500 TRX Ignition Edition | Ram
6 Great Trucks For Summer Road Trips
The V8 engine has two rows of four pistons, set in a V arrangement. Those eight pistons can make some monster power figures, like the available 6.2-liter V8 that you can order in the 2022 Chevy Silverado that makes 420 horsepower. However, that engine gets 16 mpg in the city. But for some of us, the V8 is indispensable for its power, its sound, and simply because we like to say, "It's got the V8." Luckily for us the V8 will live on for a while longer in big trucks.
Tags:F-150 Ford Trucks v8


Bollywood actors Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, and Tabu on Wednesday arrived in Jodhpur to hear the judgment on blackbuck case would be announced by magistrate court in Rajasthan today.
Upon their arrival situation turned interesting as Tabu and Saif Ali Khan were seen shouting fans who were present at the Jodhpur airport to catch a glimpse of their favorites.
Salman Khan, 52, is main accused in the case of killing two blackbucks on October 2, 1998 in Kankani village here in Jodhpur during the shooting of Hum Saath Saath Hain. While Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre, who were also shooting for the film, are the co-accused in the case.
The Bollywood actor Slaman Khan was in Dubai to shoot for Race 3, flew down to Jodhpur on a chartered flight. While Salman's co-actors in the film Hum Saath Saath Hai, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre arrived before him.
It is pertinent to note that this is said to be the last of the cases pending against Salman as the Bollywood actor had earlier pleaded innocence in the case. A trial court acquitted him of charges under the Arms Act (date) that was later challenged in a higher court.


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'use strict';

let React;
let ReactDOMServer;

describe('escapeTextForBrowser', () => {
  beforeEach(() => {
    jest.resetModules();
    React = require('react');
    ReactDOMServer = require('react-dom/server');
  });

  it('ampersand is escaped when passed as text content', () => {
    const response = ReactDOMServer.renderToString({'&'});
    expect(response).toMatch('&');
  });

  it('double quote is escaped when passed as text content', () => {
    const response = ReactDOMServer.renderToString({'"'});
    expect(response).toMatch('"');
  });

  it('single quote is escaped when passed as text content', () => {
    const response = ReactDOMServer.renderToString({"'"});
    expect(response).toMatch(''');
  });

  it('greater than entity is escaped when passed as text content', () => {
    const response = ReactDOMServer.renderToString({'>'});
    expect(response).toMatch('>');
  });

  it('lower than entity is escaped when passed as text content', () => {
    const response = ReactDOMServer.renderToString({'<'});
    expect(response).toMatch('<');
  });

  it('number is correctly passed as text content', () => {
    const response = ReactDOMServer.renderToString({42});
    expect(response).toMatch('42');
  });

  it('number is escaped to string when passed as text content', () => {
    const response = ReactDOMServer.renderToString();
    expect(response).toMatch('');
  });

  it('escape text content representing a script tag', () => {
    const response = ReactDOMServer.renderToString(
      {''},
    );
    expect(response).toMatch(
      '<script type='' ' +
        'src=""></script>',
    );
  });
});


Why Hamilton?: Because of the balance between its strong tennis competition and academic rigor.
Favorite Past Sports Memory: Winning my high school teams clinching match to advance to the Ivy League championship.


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Editorial: Canton taking AIM at students' achievement
The Canton Repository Editorial Board
More often than they cast ballots in an election, people "vote" with their feet.
It's an expression that means we demonstrate our satisfaction or dissatisfaction with a product or service from a place of business either by returning as a customer or by walking away.
A full evaluation of the Accelerating Innovative Minds (AIM) Academy in Canton will come in many ways, some requiring more than the school's one year in existence allows at this time. But based on the vote of parents' feet, the Canton City School District's first attempt at year-round education can be deemed a huge success.
Last week, more than 400 students began the 2019-2020 school year at AIM Academy at Fairmount — Stark County's first school to follow a year-round, or balanced, calendar. Of the roughly 350 students at AIM last school year, all but three families returned, Principal Annie Arvidson told Canton Repository reporter Kelli Weir.
That's an astonishing, and encouraging, retention rate for a pilot project.
"They all came back and then some," Arvidson said. "It shows that our climate and culture is in a good space. That our teachers are really bonding."
It shows satisfied customers who, apparently, felt strongly enough about their kids' experience that through their word-of-mouth demand now far exceeds capacity.
Arvidson said so many new families applied to enroll that 67 students were placed on a waiting list. To do otherwise would have disrupted a key component of the school: its smaller-than-typical class sizes.
Beyond class size and the calendar used for days of attendance and days off, there are few differences between AIM and traditional classroom settings. Students attend AIM for 177 days — the same number as students at other Canton City buildings. They start earlier in the summer and end later in the spring, making their summer break several weeks shorter. Other breaks during the year balance the schedule.
So what's the "secret sauce" for AIM, where Arvidson said preliminary scores on state tests show encouraging results? Likely it's what occurred during those intermittent 15-day breaks in the calendar.
At these "Bulldog Bonus Day" intercessions, teachers and students reviewed content, a learning opportunity that improved skills, particularly in reading. While voluntary, Arvidson said more than 75 percent of students regularly attended some part of an intersession cycle.
The result: "They actually had five (extra) weeks of reading under their belt," Arvidson said of students who took full advantage of the extra available instruction time. "We did a lot of practicing and supporting them."
We are not so naïve to think all 408 kids are attending AIM because their parents believe it's the best place for them academically. For some, the year-round calendar simply is more conducive to their personal needs. But does it really matter why a family chooses AIM if the end result is a student who performs at or above grade level?
Early returns at AIM are demonstrating that under the right circumstances a year-round school calendar can work. But it takes dedicated and committed teachers, administrators, students and parents.
"We try to keep everything ready for our families so they think, 'I can't think of anywhere I would rather be than AIM,'" Arvidson said.
Make it so their feet have no reason to walk away.
We await more empirical data about AIM, and we look forward to academic innovators determining how its successes can be replicated elsewhere in Canton and in more districts across Stark County.


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Sunday, December 31, 2017, 17:41
Today I released the start of a toolset for the DalSoRi R2.0 OPL4 extension.
new: DSR2SET, configure every setting in the DalSoRi R2.0
new: DSR2SROM, load a customised Sample ROM in SRAM
The toolset is released as TNI product.
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Friday, July 21, 2017, 11:09
A new version of the Multi IPS Archive tools have been released. Version 1.1 comes with an addition to the MIA format as well:
added a disk switch feature
added a rename feature
The disk switch feature will allow applying patches on multi-disk file based software. MIAPPLY will display which disk to insert and wait for a key press. The rename feature should preferably only be used to change filenames that are part of a translation and which are not hardcoded in the software.
Also the MIA format specification has been given an update in the existing part. More information regarding this is available in the package to create MIA files.
The tools are available on MSX Banzai!, BiFi's Home Page and MSX IPS Patch Archive.
Saturday, October 15, 2016, 13:46
A long time ago someone asked me if I knew how Konami embedded the RC-codes their games. At the time I noticed 2 methods which are also used by many of the combination detection code. The Konami Game Master also uses one of these methods to detect cartridges that were released after the Konami Game Master. Many of the smaller games are detected using a different mehod.
Konami was a big fan of the BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) notation. In this notation the letters A-F are never used. This choice was made to speed up the displaying of regularly updated values, such as scores.
This article explains the methods as seen from the different ROM sizes.
16K ROM modules
The last 2 bytes of the ROM (addresses 7FFEh and 7FFFh) contain the RC-code in BCD, followed by 170 (0AAh). Testing this from other Konami titles, usually the last 6 bytes (7FFAh) are tested to increase the improbability of false positives.
The Konami Game Master detects these cartridges by adding the values of the 128 bytes starting from 5000h, which will be matched with a table directing to the actual Game Master data.
The last 2 bytes of the ROM (addresses 0BFFEh and 0BFFFh) contain the RC-code in BCD, followed by 170 (0AAh), just like in the 16K ROM modules. Some Konami titles use this method to test the last 6 bytes (0BFFAh) to increase the improbability of false positives. Other Konami titles use the second method.
The second method is split up into 2 formats for the Konami Game Master.
With the absolute format. From address 4010h the format is as follows:
- The ASCII value of the letter "A" (41h)
- The ASCII value of the letter "B" (42h)
- The value 7 (07h)
- The last 2 digits of the RC-code in BCD
Following this are 17 bytes of the Game Master data. These include addresses for the number of lives, stage number, the high score and the players scores. The exact explanation of this table goes beyond the scope of this article.
With the relative format. From address 4010h the format is as follows:
- The ASCII value of the letter "C" (43h)
- The ASCII value of the letter "D" (44h)
Following is a byte for option flags followed by addresses and maximum value you can input for that option. The exact explanation of this table goes beyond the scope of this article.
MegaROM modules
There are 3 games known which use the 32K ROM module method with the relative format: Nemesis or Gradius, Penguin Adventure and Ganbare Goemon. Also, some Konami titles had extra zeroes in that sequence (for coders: DW in stead of DB): Vampire Killer and Pennant Race. Finally some titles use the relative format with the letters "E" and "F" in stead of "C" and "D": Shalom and Pennant Race 2. All other titles only use the relative format as described in the 32K ROM modules section.
The Konami Game Master 2 has its own detection. Check on address 4010h for "Y" (59h) and "Z" (5Ah). This allows Konami titles to use the built-in SRAM disk.
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Sunday, February 28, 2016, 22:21
Introducing a new file format
Software and games often come in multiple files. With current file copying methods the order may differ from the original. Creating for example a translation on file based games doesn't really allow a way for one simple patch when file copies are done. Of course it's possible to separately patch each file that needs to be patched for the translation.
There must be a way to do this in a cleaner way. With the Multi IPS Archive (MIA for short) it's possible to patch a set of files belonging to the same software or game from one single file. The filename of the target file is stored in the archive so the application tool knows on which file to apply the patch data following it. The tool to apply a MIA file onto a set of patches on MSX is MIAPPLY.
To create a Multi IPS Archive, for now, tniASM 1.0 is required. The other files and examples are included for creation of MIA files. A command line tool for modern platforms will be released later.
With the introduction of the Multi IPS Archive and its application tool MIAPPLY for MSX, some MIA files are available:
Psycho World English translation
Psycho World status area tweaks
Parallel Dream crash fix
Knightmare Gold R3 fixes
Starship Rendezvous uncensored
Starship Rendezvous trainer
Starship Rendezvous title fix
The tools are available on MSX Banzai! and BiFi's Home Page. The tools and MIA files are available on MSX IPS Patch Archive.
Sunday, April 12, 2015, 12:37
Today I released an update for PSQTOOLS, the toolset for the PlaySoniq module.
fixed: PSQLOAD, fixes a minor bug to ensure the correct data is written to the PlaySoniq module
fixed: SMSLOAD, allow simplified keyboard pad overlay
new: PSG2SCC, enable or disable the PlaySoniq SCC to join the MSX PSG. Optionally waves can be written to the SCC
BLAFCONV converts SCC Blaffer and SCC Blaffer NT wavekits to use with PSG2SCC
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The Expo Café 2018, Peru's largest coffee exhibition and trade space, is back in Lima featuring over 150 exhibitors from 15 countries that present a great variety of coffee beans, coffee, products made with coffee and related services.
This year's 8th edition of the Expo Café features over 150 exhibitors from 15 countries presenting a great variety of coffee beans, coffee, products made with coffee and related services.
While the main aim of the exhibition is to offer a business platform for networking, finding new business partners and promoting Peruvian coffee in domestic and international markets, ordinary people like you and me are also welcome.
As one of the expected 10,000 visitors you will not only be able to learn more about Peruvian coffee beans, coffee and its preparation, but can also meet Peruvian coffee farmers and taste the wide variety of delicious and high-quality Peruvian coffee.
Interesting as well our article "Peruvian Coffee Day", where you find more detailed info about the history of coffee in Peru and Peruvian coffee (beans).


My name is James and I am a current GEMS student, Class of 2018. I am sure many of you are eager to learn more about the GEMS Program or possibly have questions for those undergoing GEMS right now. If so, rest assured, you are at the right place and hopefully this blog will help you determine whether or not if GEMS is right for you. I will start with a short introduction about myself, why I chose GEMS and my experience with the program so far. In addition, throughout my blog series, I will feed you exciting entries of my life as a GEMS student.
Prior to GEMS, my academic journey was a roller coaster. I struggled throughout college—not knowing how to utilize my resources properly, rarely asking for help from anybody including my peers and academic advisor, and not figuring out how to strategically tackle courses. To put it this way, I was nowhere near prepared for the rigors of medical school after college. I devoted the next few years in improving those areas I needed help with and worked closely with valued mentors. After successfully completing graduate work, my underlying problem was not fully resolved—I continued to struggle answering test questions, analyzing problems, and figuring out how to maximize my time more efficiently. I knew I needed help—and GEMS was the solution!
The stories, the legacy, the continuing support, and endless opportunities of the GEMS program is what stood out for me from the rest of the other post-baccalaureate programs out there. GEMS was my golden ticket to SUCCESS! However, I soon realized that success was not going to be a walk in the park. On the first few days of GEMS, I had all sorts of feelings from excitement to optimistic to angst to "what did I sign up for?!". Nevertheless, I soon realized that GEMS was really testing our limits on an everyday basis.
One of those limits was breaking old habits that I was afraid of letting go. I always had a philosophy "what worked for me before might work for me later" but that only helped circumstances. I had to break my comfort zone and try something different. I trusted Dean Taylor and Dr. Kaingo's method as they worked closely to each one of us. They provided amazing tools, valuable advice, and evaluations as they continue to monitor our progress. 6 months later, 33 who came in are still in this together. We are 33 strong!
Every day, coming into FS, you do not know what to expect—that is a fact. Everyone will have the opportunity to be on the (black) board. And once you are there, the spotlight is now on you. The feeling of nervousness and the sweat running down my neck was a constant battle. However, overtime, it slowly diminished as my colleagues, in the audience, cheered for me. Even though at the end of day your hands are ashy from writing with chalk, you leave the classroom learning something new or what could be polished, but also knowing that your colleagues are constantly supporting each other's success.
The doctrine style of Dean Taylor and Dr. Kaingo are different in many ways. Dr. Kaingo trains us to become doctors whereas Dean Taylor trains us to become educators. As Dean Taylor tells us from time to time, "hear me now believe me later"— trust GEMS as your ticket to success!
Please feel free to leave comments or questions and I will get to you as soon as possible! The next following segment to this blog is day-to-day routines as a GEMS student.
The only way to overcome the "board" is simply incorporating it everyday: before class, during lunch, after class, and at home. The board becomes your everyday routine.


Liz joined Exeter City Futures as Head of Innovation, coming from BAE Systems, where she has 13 years' experience developing complex systems, defining technology strategy and leading transformational change. Here at Exeter City Futures Liz is responsible for developing an innovation programme that will maximise the opportunity for us to deliver impact on our energy demand/supply and achieve our goals.
In this series of blogs we will explore the ways that we are supporting, validating and scaling innovative, data-led solutions to create innovation that is truly aligned to local needs.
Welcome to the first of our Innovation Diaries. As Head of Innovation here at Exeter City Futures it's my job to work with businesses and organisations across the City to help identify challenges and collaboratively build solutions that help Exeter meet its meet its vision for a more sustainable city. Through these diaries I want to share with you the innovative approaches that we are developing and begin to showcase some of the exciting projects that are happening.
Innovation is a surprisingly hard word to define. Everyone thinks they know what it means, but when you ask them to explain exactly what an innovation is, it gets complicated. Innovation can be a new product, a new business model or even a new policy. It can even be a an old product, but used in a completely new way.
Our vision for Exeter is for a place with optimised energy and transport networks, great open spaces and well-connected vibrant neighborhoods. This vision aligns well with many of the UN Sustainability goals and offers an opportunity to position Exeter as one of the leading Cities that is directly tackling these goals. Delivering this vision will be no easy feat and presents many challenges. As a City we will need to innovate: finding ways to work collaboratively to co-create the kinds of solutions that meet our needs. We will need to think differently about how we finance the delivery of those solutions and develop a political environment that promotes the right kinds of developments that align with our vision.
At its core, Exeter City Futures is a process for defining problems, building partnerships to find solutions, and managing and measuring impact. We have created a comprehensive change programme that engages all stakeholders across the City around a shared vision for the future and ensures that the solutions developed are directed by those who will benefit the most from their creation: the people and businesses of Exeter.
We recognise that innovation can come from all groups in Exeter – businesses, communities and entrepreneurs – and our transformation programme includes a range of initiatives that enables everyone to play an active role in shaping the future of their city.
With another three teams having recently joined our Nurture programme, we look forward to seeing the positive impact that these startups will begin to make on the region.
We are also helping to seed change for local communities and individuals through the #EveryonesExeter crowdfunding movement on Spacehive – a civic crowdfunding initiative, that is dedicated to making Exeter and the surrounding region a better place to live, work and play. Working alongside local groups we are helping to define local projects and identify the resource requirements, skills and fundraising needed to turn them into a reality. We are in discussion with some potential project creators that could be facilitated by #EveryonesExeter, and I'm looking forward to telling you more about these exciting projects in later editions of this blog series.
On 5th December we launched the first in a new set of workshops designed to bring together members of our Partner Network to take part in identifying ideas, co-developing solutions and considering next steps to city challenges that will create significant positive change. Each of these workshops will focus on a specific area – we've called these our "10x" workshops – using "10x" as a way of indicating significant change from where we are now. Our team will invest resource support alongside our Partners, into leading ideas that are identified during the workshops.
The most popular idea that emerged from the workshop – via democratic vote – was Safe School Streets. The theme of the project is to consider how to encourage active modes of transport being selected over vehicular transportation for the school run. Through this project we will explore whether temporary car-free zones around school arriving and close times could lead to less congested (and thus less polluted) roads and promote Safe School Streets; fit for walking, scooting, cycling and using public transport to get to school. The intended output of this project is to create a toolkit that can be deployed by all primary schools to help them close roads and encourage staff, parents and pupils to take active modes of transport to school. You can read more about the project here.
I look forward to sharing the outcomes of all of these unique activities with you over the course of these Innovation Diaries. If you want to get involved in the innovation process we're creating you can apply to join our impact accelerator Exeter Velocities, develop an idea for #EveryonesExeter or sign up to our Partner Network to show support for our vision and take part in the 10x innovation workshops.


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Spectacular game of the Super League 8-79.
The Seiolm reaches the leadership of the Super League 8-79 and gets advantage to clinch the title.
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The 234Rf43 lead the Super League 8-79 and becomes the leading candidate to win the league title.
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Byte Power Group Ltd (ASX:BPG) is pleased to provide an update on the Cryptocurrency Exchange business of its subsidiary, Byte Power Pty Ltd that was launched on 13 January 2019.
Byte Power Group Ltd (ASX:BPG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr William Yuen to the Board as a Non-Executive Director of Byte Power Group Ltd with immediate effect.
Byte Power Group Limited (ASX:BPG) reports on its performance for the half year ended 31 December 2018. Byte Power Group Ltd reported a loss for the half year ended 31 December 2018 of $384,494 (December 2017: loss of $8,073,986). The loss for the half year included an impairment provision expense for debtors of $133,198.
GoldFund (GFUN) (CRYPTO:GFUN) a new digital currency that provides development capital to proven gold resources. Users that possess GFUN coins are eligible to purchase discounted gold at the ZOMIA Gold Exchange (find out more: www.goldfund.io).
Byte Power Group Ltd (ASX:BPG) is pleased to advise that the cryptocurrency exchange being developed by its subsidiary, Byte Power Pty Ltd was launched by Byte Power X Pty Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of BPPL on 13 January 2019 and has commenced trading.
Byte Power Group Ltd (ASX:BPG) is pleased to advise that BPG and its subsidiary, Byte Power Pty Ltd ("BPPL"), along with Mr Alvin Phua have executed a Deed of Variation of the Settlement Agreement they signed with Soar Labs Pte Ltd on the 24th May 2018.
Byte Power Group Ltd (ASX:BPG) is pleased to provide an update on the Cryptocurrency Exchange developed by its subsidiary, Byte Power Pty Ltd.
On 19 July 2018, Byte Power Group Limited (ASX:BPG) announced that it intended to undertake a token generation event for the Byte Power X Loyalty Token. BPX Tokens are utility tokens relating to the loyalty program which provides a discount on commissions for users of the Byte Power X Cryptocurrency Exchange.


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Improving Australia's Schooling System
Posted by Andrew Leigh 7sc on February 12, 2013
I spoke in parliament today about the government's schools reforms, flowing out of the Gonski Review.
Australian Education Bill, 12 February 2013
Each of us comes to this place with the perspective of the work we did before we got here. So it is not surprising when we hear former business people calling for less regulation, former union organisers calling for better protection for workers, farmers calling for more assistance to agriculture or, in my case, a former professor arguing for more investment in education. But I think there is some fairly strong evidence to back up the notion that great investment in education not only pays off in a more affluent society but also in a more equitable society. In my first speech I described education as being the best antipoverty vaccine we have yet developed, because a great education gives you opportunities in life which are greater than you can achieve without that opportunity.
Education allows people to make more choices. We know that raising education levels boosts health and boosts happiness. We also know some other things about our education system over recent decades. Work that I did with Chris Ryan found that Australian numeracy scores had flatlined since the 1960s, and our literacy and our numeracy scores had flatlined since the 1970s. Chris and I also showed that the academic aptitude of new teachers fell from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, with students in the top tier of their own class less and less likely to choose teaching. I have also done work looking at the relationship between pay and the academic aptitude of teachers, showing that when states raised the pay of new teachers the TERs of those in teaching went up, and that it is indeed possible to attract more academically gifted students into teaching by raising the pay of the teaching profession.
So it is very pleasing to me as a Labor MP to recognise the importance that teacher quality has in the government's reform agenda. As John F. Kennedy once said:
'Let us think of education as the means to developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our Nation.'
And the way we fulfil that ambition is through having great teachers.
I recently carried out a survey on education in the Fraser electorate. We got responses from around a thousand electors and a good distribution across school sectors, with 67 per cent saying that their children were in government schools, 25 per cent in non-government schools and eight per cent in both systems. We asked respondents what they thought was the most important issue in education. The issue that topped the list was attracting and retaining great teachers, 43 per cent of respondents. That was followed by boosting literacy and numeracy, 18 per cent; maintaining a well-rounded curriculum, 15 per cent; reducing bullying and cyberbullying, eight per cent; smaller class sizes, seven per cent; helping students with disabilities, five per cent; and assisting students from disadvantaged backgrounds, four per cent. We asked respondents whether they felt that the school that their child attended was well resourced. Of those whose children attended both government and non-government schools, 19 per cent said the school was not well resourced. Of those whose children attended non-government schools, 20 per cent said the school was not well resourced. And of those whose children attended government schools only, 29 per cent said the school was not well resourced.
A majority of respondents had used the MySchool website and a majority of respondents had seen a BER project, indicating that in my electorate many people are taking advantage of important reforms that have occurred under this government. This history of education reform goes back to the Hawke and Keating era, where funding for schools was considerably increased and a greater emphasis was placed on school completion. It often worried me in the Howard era when you would hear then Prime Minister Howard, and sometimes his ministers, suggest that education was not for everyone, that finishing school might be the right approach in some cases but not in others.
It particularly worries me when I hear politicians give different advice to kids from low-income backgrounds to what they give to their own children. Once was the day when you could leave school in year 9 and get a well-paying job in a factory or as a mechanic. There was a range of good jobs available to, say, a young man who was good with his hands but who had not completed year 12. But these days if you want to be a mechanic, you had better be able to reboot the on-board computer systems and probably download some upgrades. That requires good literacy and numeracy skills, and it requires good people skills because working on cars is a different job from what it once was.
We need an Australia in which everyone finishes school, not just as the Leader of the Opposition said last year, 'the right kids'. This government believes that we need a system which addresses equity and which invests in all schools. We have repeatedly said that the debate over government and non-government schools is a debate of the past. Our passion is in investing in all schools. You saw that when the global financial crisis hit. It was an opportunity then to carry out major infrastructure spending, knowing that the impact on the economy of infrastructure spending is greater than the impact of cash handouts. We used that as an opportunity not just to support jobs, local architecture, construction and tradespeople around Australia but also to provide schools with facilities that would improve the learning experience.
In my electorate, Florey Primary School encourages students to follow in the footsteps of the great Howard Florey, the inventor of penicillin. They used their BER money to invest in better science classrooms. At Amaroo School, they used their BER money to invest in new classrooms with removable partitions to encourage team teaching and allow teachers to learn from one another. That infrastructure investment was right for the times for Australia, and from so many schools the message that came back to me was that this was a once-in-a-generation investment.
But as I said before, we recognise that teacher quality is the No. 1 issue in education. It is the issue that came out as No. 1 from my Fraser education survey. Certainly, if you speak to education researchers it is very likely they will place teacher quality at the top of their list.
This government has agreed the first ever teacher performance and development framework, including annual teacher appraisal processes, starting this year. We have introduced new pathways into the teaching profession through Teach for Australia and Teach Next. I am looking forward to speaking at greater length on Teach for Australia in the Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 6) Bill 2012, which is giving Teach for Australia deductable gift-recipient status.
Our plan is to ensure that by 2025 Australia is ranked as a top five country in the world for education performance. As I said at the outset, our test scores have flatlined—in some cases, even gone down. So this is a big ask. Looking back over past generations, the challenge of raising school performance to amongst the best in the Asian region is a major one. But there is strong support for it in the local community, and there is strong support for making sure that we raise the performance of all children.
One constituent of mine in response to the education survey wrote, 'We have one son who attends kindy. He has delayed speech and because of his disability he has fallen behind in literacy and numeracy. More funding for disabled students at both government and non-government schools is highly required as schools don't have resources to deal with children with disability'.
Many respondents spoke about the passion of their staff. One person wrote, 'The staff at our school are extremely hard working and dedicated to providing the best educational experience for our children. This would be enhanced by better resourcing and additional funding to enable them to focus on what they do best, and that is teaching'. Another constituent noted, 'We have been informed that the ACT has only one school with dedicated music teachers for students, with teachers who are actually trained in this subject'. We have listened to experts and to many, many people who have spoken out around Australia about the importance of placing quality teaching at the core of the government's reform agenda.
The bill will commit the government to providing needs-based funding to support schools in the future. It will be tied to parties' agreement on implementing reforms, and that will ensure transparency and accountability. There will be benchmark amounts for each student and, on top of that, loadings for educational disadvantage will make sure that those who need extra support get it.
In closing I would like to acknowledge the many Canberrans and those around Australia who have worked to make the Gonski reform a reality. There is a spectrum of views in the education policy debate, but I pay great tribute to those who have passionately backed the Gonski reforms. In the ACT I acknowledge AEU Secretary, Glenn Fowler, and officers Peter Malone, Cathy Smith, Bill Book, Sue Amundsen, Sascha Colley, Mike Fitzgerald and Penny Gilmour. I acknowledge the executive: Phillip Rasmus, Roger Amey, Piers Douglas, Stuart Gilmore, Ingrid Bean, Jo Larkin, Roseanne Byrne, Murray Chisholm, Peter Curtis, Nina Leuning, David Stone, Shane Gorman, Janet Harris and Lana Read. There are many other active AEU members who have written, emailed, telephoned, visited, letterboxed and 'given a Gonski'. I am sure David Gonski's mother never imagined that his name would go from being a proper noun to being used in that way. I acknowledge former president of the AEU Phillip Rasmus, current president Lana Read, vice-presidents Roger Amey and Ingrid Bean, and the active parent community under the leadership of the P&C's Vivienne Pearce and, before her, Jane Tullis. The hard work of other organisations in the community has also been vital to bringing this bill before parliament.
This is a mass movement from the Australian community recognising that Australia is at our best when it has an education system that supports all students. The promise of Australia is not fulfilled if a child who grows up in poverty is destined to stay in poverty for the rest of her life because the schools that she attends are not able to bring her out of poverty. The great promise of Australia—the Australian dream—relies on ensuring that we have great teachers in every school, that we address educational disadvantage through targeted investment and, in particular, that we make sure that we get great teachers in every school.
Teaching disadvantaged students is, I think, among the most important jobs in Australia. It is, at times, an extraordinarily difficult and challenging job, but it is a job which can change lives. If you read autobiographies of Australians who have grown up in poverty you will often see that there is a single teacher in the author's life who, at a certain moment, encouraged that child to change their life course and to see the opportunities that lay ahead of them. That is why, in so many first speeches—particularly by Labor members—you will hear stories of education. I know that my colleague the member for Canberra will often tell of the important role education played in her life. It is a powerful story indeed.
We need education to change more lives. We need an education system that reaches out to the most disadvantaged and encourages the top. Our education system can reduce poverty and produce more Nobel laureates. I hope this bill will do just that.


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Phoenix Monif is one of the pre-made townies in La Fiesta Tech from The Sims 2: University. He can be made playable by befriending and asking him to move in, or by marrying him. Phoenix has the same facial structure as Johnson Pai.
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