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Beirut disaster highlights dangerous ammonium nitrate stockpiles in regional Australian city
By Patrick Davies
Last week's catastrophic explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate at Beirut port has drawn fresh attention to the storage of up to four times this amount at Orica's Kooragang plant in New South Wales (NSW). The facility is 800 metres from residential areas in the Newcastle suburb of Stockton and just three kilometres from the regional port city's central business district.
The disaster in Lebanon, which killed over 200 people and injured 5,000 others, shows that the potential exists for a similar catastrophe in Newcastle. Orica stores between 6,000 and 12,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate at its Kooragang facility.
Industrial explosives expert Tony Richards, a former blast operations manager for Orica and BHP, told the Newcastle Herald last week: "It doesn't matter how small the risk is, the consequences are catastrophic when you are dealing with something that can turn solid iron mountains into mounds of rubble." Richards estimates 40,000 people live within the blast zone, if an explosion was to occur in Newcastle.
Orica is one of the world's biggest manufacturers of mining and commercial explosives, and other chemical products used in mining, water treatment and other industries. Ammonium nitrate produced at Kooragang is used primarily for explosives in the coal mining industry in nearby Hunter Valley.
The highly-profitable company is allowed to operate, despite the real dangers, because its products are indispensable to local mining activities. Orica's Kooragang plant and its Botany facility south of Sydney have a dangerous history of chemical leaks and operating-licence breaches.
On August 8, 2011, up to 10 kilograms of the carcinogen hexavalent chromium leaked from the Kooragang facility, showering homes in Stockton with a toxic red and yellow substance. Nearby residents were not informed of the leak by Orica or government authorities for 54 hours.
While under investigation for the first leak, a second spill occurred on November 9, 2011, involving the release of hundreds of kilograms of ammonia. The fumes drifted into nearby suburbs resulting in two workers at a rail yard being hospitalised.
Subsequent inquiries by the NSW and the federal governments into these leaks were a whitewash. They were designed to shield Orica from community anger and politically protect Liberal and Labor state governments who allowed the company to continuously violate basic safety requirements.
The Kooragang facility breached its operating licence hundreds of times in the decade prior to the 2011 leaks, including by dumping effluent containing arsenic into the Hunter River. In September 2011, mercury vapours were released into the atmosphere at Orica's Botany facility.
In 2014, Orica, which made $602.5 million profit that year, was fined just $768,000 by the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) over the chemical spills and safety breaches in 2011 at its Kooragang and Botany sites. The fine was slightly more than the median price of a house in Sydney at the time.
Stockton residents have been raising concerns for years over Orica's toxic leaks in 2011 and called for the plant to be relocated away from populated areas and closer to the mines.
Chemical engineer and community campaigner Keith Craig, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation last week that it was a "totally inappropriate place to have such a dangerous material produced and stored… many people would be killed and injured if we had an accident at Orica."
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week attempted to play down the dangers of a Beirut-like disaster in Newcastle insisting that "the regulations here in Australia are very strong." These assurances, given Orica's violation of environmental policies, are worthless.
While ammonium nitrate normally becomes explosive when it comes into contact with fuel or oil, it can erupt due to shock, fire or contact with a contaminant.
Orica claims to adhere to all state and federal regulations and insists its stockpiles are adequately contained by fire proof materials and separated by designated exclusion zones.
The company's comfortable arrangements with state government authorities increase the danger of complacency towards safety regulations. This relationship is underpinned by Orica's production of explosives for coal mining amid the state's dependence on royalties from the sector amounting to around $1.6 billion annually.
Orica is also not the only company storing vast quantities of ammonium nitrate in close proximity to Newcastle. In 2012, the Crawfords Freightlines trucking company was found to have been storing in excess of its limit of 2,000 tonnes at its Sandgate facility west of Newcastle, just 500 metres from homes. The inspection also revealed poor chemical and dangerous goods storage. The EPA fined Crawfords only $15,000 for the breaches.
The Beirut disaster is just the most recent deadly example of an ammonium nitrate explosion. Others include a 2015 explosion in the Chinese port of Tianjin, in which 800 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were detonated. Some 165 people died and almost 800 more were injured.
In April 2013, 15 people were killed and 200 wounded when 240 tonnes of fertiliser at a plant in West, a city in the US state of Texas, exploded. Around 80 houses and a school were destroyed.
In 2001, a fire at a fertiliser plant in Toulouse, France resulted in the explosion of up to 300 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, killing 31 people and injuring over 2,400. The blast shattered windows up to 3 kilometres away.
The deadly explosion in Beirut is another clear warning that large stockpiles of ammonium nitrate are catastrophes waiting to happen while this industry, and the giant profit-making corporations that run it, are protected by capitalist governments.
Beirut port fire: A crime against Lebanese workers
[6 August 2020]
Australia: Another serious chemical leak by Orica
[2 December 2011]
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Massive fire at Ohio auto parts plant threatens jobs and livelihoods of workers
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Lebanon's oligarchs and imperialist backers seek to exploit outrage over Beirut port blast


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Q: how to filter multi array list in reactjs I have tried to implement a search functionality from a list that has multi-array. So I want to search the particular keyword from the array. I have tried but it throws an error.
Array to search from:

const listComponent = [{
    id: 0,
    title: "Common",
    subMenu: [{
      image: "",
      secTitle: "",
      subTitle: ""
    }]
  },
  {
    id: 1,
    title: "Compute",
    subMenu: [{
        image: require("../../assets/images/scaling.png"),
        secTitle: "one comp",
        subTitle: ""
      },
      {
        image: require("../../assets/images/ec2.png"),
        secTitle: "two comp",
        subTitle: ""
      },
      {
        image: require("../../assets/images/lambda.png"),
        secTitle: "three comp",
        subTitle: ""
      },
      {
        image: require("../../assets/images/zone.png"),
        secTitle: "four comp",
        subTitle: ""
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    id: 2,
    title: "Second",
    subMenu: [{
      image: "",
      secTitle: "",
      subTitle: ""
    }]
  },
  {
    id: 3,
    title: "Third",
    subMenu: [{
      image: "",
      secTitle: "",
      subTitle: ""
    }]
  },
  {
    id: 4,
    title: "Fourth",
    subMenu: [{
      image: "",
      secTitle: "",
      subTitle: ""
    }]
  }
];

Class Declaration:
constructor(props) {
  super(props);

  this.state = {
    components: listComponent,
    filterResult: listComponent
  };

  this.filterComponents = this.filterComponents.bind(this);
}

UNSAFE_componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
  this.setState({
    components: nextProps.components
  });
}

Fiter logic:
filterComponents = event => {
  let value = event.target.value;
  let components = this.state.components;

  let filterResult = components.filter(
    component =>
      component.subMenu.findIndex(sub =>
        sub.secTitle.toLowerCase().includes(value)
      ) !== -1
  );

  console.log(filterResult);

  this.setState({ filterResult });
};

JSX:

  {this.state.filterResult.map((items, key) => (

 this.openCloseComponent(items.id)} >

{items.title}

        {this.state.isComOpen === items.id && this.state.isOpen ? (
        <KeyboardArrowDown className="compArrow" /> ) : (
        <KeyboardArrowUp className="compArrow" /> )}

        {items.subMenu.map((submenu, i) => (

{submenu.secTitle}

{submenu.subTitle}

        ))}

  ))}

{this.state.filterResult.length === 0 && (

No components found

)}

Problem
I want to search secTitle in subMenu. The keyword that matches any secTitle should be displayed and other should be hidden. The about code throws an error.
So how do I fix it, any answers will be appreciated!
If I search one comp the output should be
{
  id: 1,
  title: "Compute",
  subMenu: [
    {
      image: require("../../assets/images/scaling.png"),
      secTitle: "one comp",
      subTitle: ""
    }
  ]
}

but now the output is,
{
  id: 1,
  title: "Compute",
  subMenu: [
    {
      image: require("../../assets/images/scaling.png"),
      secTitle: "one comp",
      subTitle: ""
    },
    {
      image: require("../../assets/images/ec2.png"),
      secTitle: "two comp",
      subTitle: ""
    },
    {
      image: require("../../assets/images/lambda.png"),
      secTitle: "three comp",
      subTitle: ""
    },
    {
      image: require("../../assets/images/zone.png"),
      secTitle: "four comp",
      subTitle: ""
    }
  ]
}

A: instead of
filterResult = components.filter((component, index) => {
  console.log(component.subMenu[index].secTitle);
  return component.subMenu[index].secTitle.toLowerCase().search(value) !== -1;
});

The code should look something like this:
const listComponent = [
{
    id: 0,
    title: "Common",
    subMenu: [
    {
        image: "",
        secTitle: "abc",
        subTitle: ""
    }
    ]
},
{
    id: 1,
    title: "Common",
    subMenu: [
    {
        image: "",
        secTitle: "def",
        subTitle: ""
    }
    ]
}
]

let value = "abc";

let filterResult = listComponent.filter((component) => {
  return component.subMenu.findIndex((sub) => {
    return sub.secTitle === value;
  }) >= 0;
});

console.log(filterResult);

A: Use a combination of Array.filter and Array.findIndex to get the desired result.
Use String.includes to match the substring in secTitle
filterResult = filterResult.filter((component) => {
    const hasMatchingSubMenu = component.subMenu.findIndex((sub) => sub.secTitle.includes(value)) !== -1;
    if(hasMatchingSubMenu) {
        component.subMenu = component.subMenu.filter((sub) => sub.secTitle.includes(value));
    }
    return hasMatchingSubMenu;
});

A: try changing the key for subMenu. Ideally, you should not use an index as a key as the length and the order of subMenu might change. As Keys help React identify which items have changed, are added, or are removed.
trying changing to this.
              ...
              {items.subMenu.map((submenu, i) => (
                  <li
                    key={`${submenu.secTitle}-${i}`}
                  >

{submenu.secTitle}

{submenu.subTitle}

                ))}
                ...

// For case-insensitive search

const result = [];

listComponent.forEach((component, index)=> {
  const comp = {...component};
  if(Array.isArray(comp.subMenu)) {
   comp.subMenu = comp.subMenu.filter((subMenu)=> {
     return subMenu.secTitle.toLowerCase().includes(value.toLowerCase());
   });

   if( comp.subMenu.length > 0) {
    result.push(comp);
   }
  }
});

// For case-sensitive search

const result = [];

listComponent.forEach((component, index)=> {
  const comp = {...component};
  if(Array.isArray(comp.subMenu)) {
   comp.subMenu = comp.subMenu.filter((subMenu)=> {
     return subMenu.secTitle.includes(value);
   });

   if( comp.subMenu.length > 0) {
    result.push(comp);
   }
  }
});

A: Okay here's the solution
Change your filterComponents method as this
const filterComponents = (e) => {
  let value = e.target.value;
  let components = [ ...this.state.components];
  const filterData = []
  components.map(item => {
    item.subMenu.reduce((acc, cur) => {
      if (cur.secTitle === value) {
        acc.push(cur)
      }
    }, filterData)
  })
  this.setState({ filterResult: filterData });

  };

filterData will have filtered result
Hope it helps

A: To solve your problem you have first find the top-level item with the item that you want:
From Glen K answer:
let aux = listComponent.filter((component) => {
  return component.subMenu.findIndex((sub) => {
    return sub.secTitle === value;
  }) >= 0;
});

Then you filter the subMenu on the filtered list.
aux = aux.map(item => {
  item.subMenu = item.subMenu.filter((component) => {
    return component.secTitle === value;
  })
  return item;
})

Then save it to your state
filterResult = [...aux];

this.setState({ filterResult });

A: You are only filtering the Components, so run the filter again on the subMenus to filter the submenus:
let value = event.target.value;
let components = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.state.components));

// This filter only targets the components themselves...
let filterResult = components.filter(
  component =>
    component.subMenu.findIndex(sub =>
      sub.secTitle.toLowerCase().includes(value)
    ) !== -1
);

// ...so, run the filter again, but this time filter the subMenus
for (let i = 0; i < filterResult.length; i++) {
  filterResult[i].subMenu = [ ...filterResult[i].subMenu];
  filterResult[i].subMenu = filterResult[i].subMenu.filter(
      sub =>
        sub.secTitle.toLowerCase().includes(value)
  );
}

console.log(filterResult);

Other answers provide cleaner solutions, but I feel like you're misunderstanding how the filter function works. So, I simply reuse your filter code on the subMenus -- hopefully this illustrates the concept that you are missing.
The Snippet below WORKS! So, please take a look... (I had to make a few assumptions about the rest of your code).

'use strict';

function require(url){ return url; };

const listComponent = [
  {
  id: 0,
  title: "Common",
  subMenu: [
    {
      image: "",
      secTitle: "",
      subTitle: ""
    }
  ]
  },
  {
  id: 1,
  title: "Compute",
  subMenu: [
    {
      image: require("../../assets/images/scaling.png"),
      secTitle: "one comp",
      subTitle: ""
    },
    {
      image: require("../../assets/images/ec2.png"),
      secTitle: "two comp",
      subTitle: ""
    },
    {
      image: require("../../assets/images/lambda.png"),
      secTitle: "three comp",
      subTitle: ""
    },
    {
      image: require("../../assets/images/zone.png"),
      secTitle: "four comp",
      subTitle: ""
    }
    ]
    },
  {
  id: 2,
  title: "Second",
  subMenu: [
    {
      image: "",
      secTitle: "",
      subTitle: ""
    }
  ]
  },
  {
  id: 3,
  title: "Third",
  subMenu: [
    {
      image: "",
      secTitle: "",
      subTitle: ""
    }
  ]
  },
  {
  id: 4,
  title: "Fourth",
  subMenu: [
    {
      image: "",
      secTitle: "",
      subTitle: ""
    }
    ]
   }
];

function KeyboardArrowUp(props) {
  return up;
}

class AppComponent extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    this.state = {
      components: listComponent,
      filterResult: listComponent
    };

    this.filterComponents = this.filterComponents.bind(this);
  }

  filterComponents = event => {
    let value = event.target.value;
    let components = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.state.components));

    // This filter only targets the components themselves...
    let filterResult = components.filter(
      component =>
        component.subMenu.findIndex(sub =>
          sub.secTitle.toLowerCase().includes(value)
        ) !== -1
    );

    // ...so, run the filter again, but this time filter the subMenus
    for (let i = 0; i < filterResult.length; i++) {
      filterResult[i].subMenu = [ ...filterResult[i].subMenu];
      filterResult[i].subMenu = filterResult[i].subMenu.filter(
          sub =>
            sub.secTitle.toLowerCase().includes(value)
      );
    }

    console.log(filterResult);

    this.setState({ filterResult });
  };

  UNSAFE_componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
    this.setState({
      components: nextProps.components
    });
  }

  openCloseComponent(id) {
    console.log(id);
  }

  render() {
    return
<input type="text" onChange={this.filterComponents} />

            {this.state.filterResult.map((items, key) => (

 this.openCloseComponent(items.id)}
                >

{items.title}

                  {this.state.isComOpen === items.id && this.state.isOpen ? (
                    <KeyboardArrowDown className="compArrow" />
                  ) : (
                    <KeyboardArrowUp className="compArrow" />
                  )}

                  {items.subMenu.map((submenu, i) => (

{submenu.secTitle}

{submenu.subTitle}

                  ))}

            ))}

          {this.state.filterResult.length === 0 && (

No components found

          )};
  }
}

const domContainer = document.querySelector('#app');
ReactDOM.render(<AppComponent />, domContainer);

A: First use filter to filter the components:
    let filterResult = components.filter(c => c.subMenu.filter(hasRequiredSecTitle).length > 0);

And then filter the subMenu collection of filtered components:
    filterResult = filterResult.map(c => ({...c, subMenu: c.subMenu.filter(hasRequiredSecTitle)}))

So complete function will be:
filterComponents = event => {
    let value = event.target.value;
    let components = this.state.components;

    const hasRequiredSecTitle = (subMenu) => subMenu.secTitle === value;
    let filterResult = components.filter(c => c.subMenu.filter(hasRequiredSecTitle).length > 0);
    filterResult = filterResult.map(c => ({...c, subMenu: c.subMenu.filter(hasRequiredSecTitle)}))

    console.log(filterResult);

    this.setState({ filterResult });
};

A: There are some good answers here! Figured I would chime in with mine..
This allows for case insensitive searches, and is fairly straight forward..

const { Component } = React;
const { render } = ReactDOM;

class App extends Component {
  state = {
    filtered: [],
    listComponents: this.props.listComponent || [],
    searchText: this.props.searchText || ""
  };

  componentDidMount = () =>
    this.props.searchText &&
    this.filterComponents();

  handleChange = event =>
    this.setState({
      searchText: event.target.value
    }, () => {
      this.state.searchText
        ? this.filterComponents()
        : this.setState({ filtered: [] })
    });

  filterComponents = () => {
    const { searchText, listComponents } = this.state;

    const searchExp = new RegExp(searchText, "i");
    const listCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(listComponents));

    const result = listCopy.filter(item => {
      item.subMenu = item.subMenu.filter(sub => searchExp.test(sub.secTitle));
      return item.subMenu.length && item;
    });

    this.setState({ filtered: result })
  };

  render() {
    const { filtered, listComponents, searchText } = this.state;

    return (

        <input onChange={this.handleChange} value={searchText} type="text" />

{JSON.stringify(filtered, null, 2)}

    );
  }
}

const listComponent = [
  {
    id: 0,
    title: "Common",
    subMenu: [
      {
        image: "",
        secTitle: "",
        subTitle: ""
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    id: 1,
    title: "Compute",
    subMenu: [
      {
        image: 'require("../../assets/images/scaling.png")',
        secTitle: "one comp",
        subTitle: ""
      },
      {
        image: 'require("../../assets/images/ec2.png")',
        secTitle: "two comp",
        subTitle: ""
      },
      {
        image: 'require("../../assets/images/lambda.png")',
        secTitle: "three comp",
        subTitle: ""
      },
      {
        image: 'require("../../assets/images/zone.png")',
        secTitle: "four comp",
        subTitle: ""
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    id: 2,
    title: "Second",
    subMenu: [
      {
        image: "",
        secTitle: "",
        subTitle: ""
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    id: 3,
    title: "Third",
    subMenu: [
      {
        image: "",
        secTitle: "",
        subTitle: ""
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    id: 4,
    title: "Fourth",
    subMenu: [
      {
        image: "",
        secTitle: "",
        subTitle: ""
      }
    ]
  }
];

let index = <App listComponent={listComponent} searchText="oNe" />

render(index, document.body);

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Q: How to calculate the variation of curvature along the horizontal axis I have a data set with $(x,y)$ coordinates. I do the following to import the data
data = Import[
   "plot.txt", "Table"];
x = data[[All, 2]]-250;
y = data[[All, 1]];
Newdata = Transpose[{x, y}];
p2 = ListPlot[Newdata, PlotRange -> {{0, 200}, {34, 36}},
  PlotStyle -> Red]

And I obtain the following plot
Edit: This is my attempt
intp = Interpolation[Transpose[{x, y}]];
d1[t_] := D[{s, intp[s]}, s] /. s -> t;
d2[t_] := D[{s, intp[s]}, {s, 2}] /. s -> t;
k[t_] := Det[{d1[t], d2[t]}]/Norm[d1[t]]^3;
(*find the min and max curvature so we can scale the colours*)

maxk = First[NMaximize[{k[t], 0 < t < Max[data[[All, 1]]]}, t]];
mink = First[NMinimize[{k[t], 0 < t < Max[data[[All, 1]]]}, t]];
Plot[intp[t], {t, 0, 1}, PlotStyle -> Thick, PlotRange -> All,
 ColorFunction -> Function[{t}, Hue[Rescale[k[t], {mink, maxk}]]]]

I get the following error
Interpolation:The point 14 in dimension 1 is duplicated.

Now, I would like to know why I get such an error while calculating the variation of the mean curvature along the $x$-axis. Can anyone suggest how to approach that?

A: data = Table[{x, Tanh[6 x] Exp[-x/2]}, {x, 0, 1, .01}];
intp = Interpolation[data];

d1[t_] := D[{s, intp[s]}, s] /. s -> t;
d2[t_] := D[{s, intp[s]}, {s, 2}] /. s -> t;
k[t_] := Det[{d1[t], d2[t]}]/Norm[d1[t]]^3

(* find the min and max curvature so we can scale the colours *)
maxk = First[NMaximize[{k[t], 0 < t < Max[data[[All, 1]]]}, t]];
mink = First[NMinimize[{k[t], 0 < t < Max[data[[All, 1]]]}, t]];
Plot[intp[t], {t, 0, 1}, PlotStyle -> Thick, PlotRange -> All,
 ColorFunction -> Function[{t}, Hue[Rescale[k[t], {mink, maxk}]]]]

There's also a much simpler way to get curvature using ArcCurvature:
k[t_] := ArcCurvature[intp[s], s] /. s -> t
maxk = First[NMaximize[{k[t], 0 < t < Max[data[[All, 1]]]}, t]];
mink = First[NMinimize[{k[t], 0 < t < Max[data[[All, 1]]]}, t]];
Plot[intp[t], {t, 0, 1}, PlotStyle -> Thick, PlotRange -> All,
 ColorFunction -> Function[{t}, Hue[Rescale[k[t], {mink, maxk}]]]]


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Right after the game, the social media – including comments from AKP deputies and associates -was riddled with attacks against 'ÇARŞI', the fan group of the Beşiktaş football club. Thus, it is evident that ÇARŞI are being painted as the culprits of the pitch invasion and violence of the Sunday game. However, since Beşiktaş will now be banned from having supporters present at its games, the 'losing side' of the incident is also ÇARŞI and the wider Beşiktaş fan base, a clear contradiction in terms.
To highlight the inadequacies in this account of events, that a bunch of Beşiktaş supporters got frustrated by a player being booked and raided the pitch, you have to appreciate something of the climate in which the football season has kicked off, and in particular, ÇARŞI's centrality in the protest movement against the AKP throughout the summer months in Turkey.
Following the crackdown on Gezi Park and the dispersal of demonstrators, as a public space where citizens congregate, football stadiums have indeed become spaces where citizens voiced their support for the Gezi demonstrations and their protest against the AKP regime. The chant "Everywhere is Taksim, everywhere is resistance" was echoed in all first week Turkish league fixtures in late August. To a lesser degree, these chants are still ongoing.
I say to a lesser degree because prior to the start of the season, the Interior Minister warned that politically motivated chants were illegal at football games, giving an indication as to what those bold enough to raise their voices in opposition to the AKP publicly could expect. At another point, in the context of politically motivated chants at stadiums, the Minister of Sports stated that Turkey had been combating terrorism for 30 odd years and that they would not shy away now. These examples go to show the government's preference for using the stick and treating its own frustrated citizens as terrorists. Very fitting when considering all along the issue has been a lack of democratic governance.
The conservative clampdown of the AKP with regards to alcohol restrictions were also initiated in September, including breathalyser tests at football stadiums that result in the barring of supporters who are 'found guilty' of being over the alcohol limit. A new electronic ticketing system has also been introduced at stadiums which involves the monitoring and profiling of football fans. In sum, football has been a pain to watch (live and on screen) with the ridiculous number of police present at all matches since the beginning of the 2013-2014 league and all the invasive measures taken to 'depoliticise' football.
Most games have created some sort of newsworthy headline one way or another. Either through LigTV's – the TV provider of the Turkish League – complicit support of the AKP government by muting the voice of fans at the stadium chanting against the government, or through reports that highlight the tension amongst supporters that were in support/opposition of the AKP.
The Beşiktaş's supporter group 'ÇARŞI' was one of the most vocal bodies to have stood up in support of the Gezi protests and the whole movement against the AKP from the beginning. Needless to say, the authorities have been eager to contain ÇARŞI. This was already highlighted through the arrest of numerous ÇARŞI members in the very first waves when the 'mastermind' culprits behind the Gezi movement were being 'unearthed' in the witch-hunt that started in June.
I wasn't at the football game on Sunday. I wasn't even in Istanbul. However, testimonies from people who were at the stadium and reports from the media highlight very clearly the unique conditions at the game on Sunday. Although security at stadiums have been upped due to a general increase in police presence at public places, only 500 policemen and 1500 private security guards were commissioned for the derby game. In the run up to the game, newspapers reported on a national record high attendance for the game where over 77,000 tickets were sold.
In comparison, at another derby on August 18 between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe (played in Kayseri), 2000 policemen and 1000 security officers were commissioned. I'm not trying to defend high levels of police at stadiums as the way to tackle any problem, but I do find it puzzling that the authorities would commission less police for a vastly larger crowd which has been known to be the most vocal critic of the government.
Then there was the recent creation of an alternative Beşiktaş supporter group called '1453' (the year Istanbul was conquered – very neo-Ottoman). Mehmet Baransu from Taraf Newspaper elaborates on traces on the internet that highlight links between AKP's youth organisations and this new 1453 Beşiktaş group. Moreover, on his Facebook page, one of the AKP's youth leaders is careless enough to boast how he got free tickets for the game and was personally one of the first to invade the pitch.
On the one hand, a police force that has been extensively used at sports events were withdrawn or 'under-represented' for the most packed game in Turkish football history. On the other, free tickets were given to members of an alternative Beşiktaş supporter group that was formed in opposition specifically in relation to ÇARŞI's Anti-AKP stance. This group was seated right in front of the pitch and were one of the first groups onto the pitch.
Beşiktaş will now be banned from playing in front of its supporters, meaning no more anti-AKP chants. As far as the AKP are concerned, this is a positive outcome. There is an upcoming fixture where Beşiktaş play Rize Spor in Erdoğan's hometown. Then there is of course the Istanbul games in Kasımpaşa. Whichever way you look at it , this looks like bending the rules of the game to say the least, and it may still have to be counted as an 'offside goal'.
The screenshot taken from a dialogue on Facebook between Ismail Er, his brother Murat Er and a third person (Caner Çelik) confirms the claims that the Beşiktaş group called '1453' were behind the pitch invasion and that Ismail Er was part of the first group that ignited the pitch invasion.
The second screenshot has a profile photograph taken from the AKP's website that shows Ismail Er as the AKP's Küçükçekmece (in Istanbul) district youth organisation president. Moreover, a photo taken in front of an AKP campaigning bus confirms his affiliation. Through statements made on Facebook, Ismail Er states that he got the match tickets for free (they were handed out to him) and that he invaded the pitch with a weapon.


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[T]he legislation will enumerate "grave breaches" of the Geneva Conventions which, if committed, could expose US officials to criminal prosecution. The list includes acts such as rape, murder and intentional infliction of bodily harm. For less-than-grave breaches, however, President Bush would be given authority to interpret the Geneva Convention provisions through an executive order. Defendants and their lawyers will not be given access to classified material in military tribunals, and prosecutors will enjoy wide latitude, according to Hadley, in the use of hearsay evidence, with burden on the accused to show that such evidence is either unreliable on irrelevant before it could be excluded.
More in-depth analysis is available here. So Bush got, basically, everything he wanted. The other day, in TAP's weekly editorial meeting, a few of us were puzzling over the motivation for McCain's actions. Why would he sacrifice his accelerating rapprochement with the right over this issue, particularly right before the 2006 election. Various theories were bandied about, from a realization that Republican voters no longer venerated Bush to thoughts on a possible independent candidacy. Our honorable editor man, however, leaned back and offered the novel interpretation, "Maybe McCain just believes in this, and is doing what he thinks is right."I was sort of struck by that. It had barely even occurred to me that McCain, whatever he did or did not think right, retained motives distinct from his presidential ambitions. It seemed like a good reality check to my preternatural cynicism: These are still people up there, and they deserve to be analyzed as such. But scratch that. As happens so often these days, my cynicism proved not to be too great, but totally inadequate. McCain postured and orated, but when it came down to actually protecting prisoners, folded to the White House. And now the feckless, cowering Democrats who yoked their hopes to his independence have no basis for opposition. What a shameful day on all sides. Oh. And good morning.
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Svilen Ovcharov November 1, 2017
As of January 3rd, 2018 the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) together with the whole applicable legal framework thereof, enters into force for the territory of the European Union. As it is well known, our team of lawyers possesses in-depth knowledge in the field of the European financial regulations and offers on-going legal services to significant investment firms. In view of the challenge of MiFID II, and in order to meet the growing needs of our clients (several investment intermediaries and other players on the same market), we seek to strengthen the team with several legal professionals, having at least 3 years of previous experience in the non-banking financial sector. In case of interest, please contact directly the Managing Partner Radoslav Parushev through rparushev@oplaw.eu.
Tags MiFID, financial regulations, jobs, Financial Instruments
In a litigation initiated by a software company against the National Revenue Agency, the court revoked the tax assessment bill imposing 50 % fine on all dividents payments in cash. Acting as cassation instance with its final decision 4759 fo 14.7.2017, the Administrative Court in the City of Sofia confirmed the revocation by the lower instance court. Merits of the court provide fundamental contribution to the case-low in similar cases, in two separate directions:
I. Before imposing any sanction, tax authorities shall consider if cash payments were possible at all. A software company that has never had any cash inflow, and that had all of its income proceeds through bank transfer, could never be able to initiate any substantial cash payment. The National Revenue Agency may find violation and impose sanction based on accounting error and/or primary documents misstatement.
II. A shareholder can always conduct setting-off (netting-off) with its own company concerning mutually owed amounts.
Those conclusions of the court potentially may have wide practical implications in accounting for dividend payments, as well as in all financial relations between a shareholder and a company in general.
Tags precedent, jurisprudence, divident, taxation, financial proceeds
Svilen Ovcharov May 20, 2017
Neli Vladinova – legal assistant at Ovcharov&Parushev law firm, has won the finals of the National Competition in Civil and Commercial law for 2016 together with her team from Sofia University. The competition was divided into a preselection test and three consecutive rounds of pleadings against 23 teams from all over the country. Neli´s team won the finals which were held in Sofia Court House before renowned national judges and university professors. The case was a complicated action for damages, involving controversial issues related to inheritance with an international element and restitution of a land under Statutory Regime of Community of Property.
http://www.dnevnik.bg/bulgaria/2016/05/17/2761206_otbor_ot_sofiiskiia_universitet_s_purvo_miasto_na/
Tags commercial law, moot court, trainee
On behalf of a client – major foreign investor, the team of Ovcharov & Parushev successfully accomplished the procedure of obtaining from the Financial Supervision Commission a License for investment intermediary activities within the territory of EU and EAA.
The license falls under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Directive 2004/39/EC or MiFID) and it is one of the few to be issued in Bulgaria since the EU accession.
The case was supervised by Radoslav Parushev, partner.
Tags financial instruments, MiFID, investment broker
Svilen Ovcharov September 25, 2015
This year 'Ovcharov & Parushev' law office will be present at the acclimed architecture forum ONE Architecture Week 2015, one of the leading architectural events in Europe. The presentation is planned for 26 September at 11:00 a.m. (until 13:00 p.m.), to be held at the Maritsa Municipality townhall at the Maritsa riverbank, with address at 57A Maritsa blvd, Plovdiv 4003.
The 'Ideal Competition' discussion is organised by Svilen Ovcharov, one of our lawyers, who will share his experience in consulting competition organisers on the Public Procurements Act (PPA) matters, as well as in representing participants and winners in architectural competitions. Two lawyers and two architects will demonstrate what the characteristics of a good competition are and how to recognise the competition which will be just a waste of time and effort. In addition, the municipalities point of view as investors and organisers of architectural competions under art. 97 of the PPA will be discussed as well. The disscussion panel includes:
Svilen Ovcharov, atorney-at-law, 'Ovcharov & Parushev' law firm
Todor Todorov, chief legal councel of Plovdiv Municipality
Anguel Zachariev, architect, AAA Architects and 'Groupa Grad' discussion group
Orlin Manolov, architect, MOOD Architecture, Belgium and ONE Architecture Week courator for 2013
The discussion is about to evolve in a workshop later on - a game of two teams (one as competiiton organisers and one as participants) will define what they think is the ideal competition. The workshop results will be identified by the coresponding output of the two teams.
Where: Due to the great interest in the location was changed to a bigger place. Please, be welcome at the Maritsa Municipality townhall at the Maritsa riverbank, with address at 57A Maritsa blvd, Plovdiv 4003.
When: 26.09; 11.00-13.00
Language: Bulgarian, no translation
Tags tenders, procurements, architecure
With its decision of 6 April 2015, the Sofia Administrative Court revoked unlawfull rejection of state funding for an international film co-production. The 'Ovcharov & Parushev' law practice was involved in that litigation effort through legal representation and legal counceling to the applicant, one of the leading film producers in Bulgaria.
The case dealt with unlawfull and ungrounded refusal by the National Film Centre (NFC) to grant state funding for a feature film produced by French, Belgian and Bulgarian producers. The movie treated burning social topics, while it was directed by the most awarded Bulgarian film director and it was quite expeted to be scored as primary choice for 2014 by the Art Commission of the NFC. Worths mentioning that the film's budget of € 1 880 000 euro is the bigest through the history of the Bulgarian film industry. The denied subsidy amounted to only 10 % of the film budget.
That particular court decision is a major precedent in the matter of state aid for film industry in Bulgaria, due to the very nature of the case and thanks to the superb and thorough reasoning by Judge T. Zhilova of the Sofia Administrative Court. The decision provides detiled interpretation of the national Film Industry Act, as well as to the application of the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production and the Agreement on Cinematographic Co-production with France.
The court rules that the NFC cannot stand above the law and in that respect the NFC is no different then any other national authority. The NFC must abide the law, must provide reasoning to all of its acts and to follow established proceedures and requirements that are known to all applicants in advance. Any change of the competition rules later in the proceedure shall be considered unlawfull. Non-written requirements and customs cannot lead to deniel of funding.
Through that court decision and thanks to the efforts of the O&P lawyers, on 2 July 2015 the NFC granted state subsidy to the production.
Update: The film première is expected in 14 October 2015 simultaniously in Paris and Sofia and will be distributed under the title 'Face Down' or 'Tête bassée''. The film received it's first honour at the 'Golden Rose' festival - the best director award.
(the case was supervised by Svilen Ovcharov, partner)
Tags precedent, film, cinema
Svilen Ovcharov April 4, 2015
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Ovcharov & Parushev Law Firm has recently moved to a new place, yet again in Sofia centre, near the National Television and close to the Military Academy.
The new location address is at 113 'Evlogi i Christo Georgiev' blvd., floor 1, office 6, Sofia 1504, Bulgaria. Phone and fax contacts stay the same. Map of the place and all contacts could be seen here, in the contact section of our web-site.
Our clients are welcome to visit us for a cup of tea.
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On 30th October, 2013 the 'Ovcharov & Parushev" team achieved yet another success, now in the field of the Bank Law. By Decision of 30.10.2013 the Sofia Regional Court granted all claims filed against the DSK bank, finding unequal power contracting upon which the bank had unilaterally risen the interest rate on the credit. It is unacceptable, according to the court, for the creditor to unilaterally and arbitrary to determine the interest rate while there lacks any consent on behalf of the other party who received the credit. Such decision affirms a still new case-law on matters concerning the rights under the Banks Act and Consumer Protection Act of the banks, who have unequal power in credit contracts, compering to the other party - the loan borrowers.
What is innovative and contributive in that decision reasonings, is that the court found breach of basic principles of the Commercial Law and the Civill Law in general, provided for in the national Contracts and Obligations Act. Our team has been arguing for such decision for years, since the lede specials in the bank matters often deviate form main principles of the Contract Law and even of the Roman Law - after formation of a contract, no unilateral amendments in its conditions could be valid.
The lawyers team of our law firm express its gratitude towards our client for all the support and proffesionalism in solving the case. Having strong belief in justice we continue working in our clients benefit, facing the particularities on the Bulgarian justice system, as well as the challenges in finding suitable solutions in view of clients best interest.
On the case worked Silvia Ovcharova, attorney-at-law, junior partner in the firm.
Tags precedent, contracting, contracts, bank, credit
Svilen Ovcharov October 4, 2013
A lawyer of 'Ovcharov & Parushev' was presenter in yet another presentation on copyrights and intellectual property issues, this time targeted at freelance professionals and start-ups in the areas of design, advertisement, IT & software. This time it was hosted by the betahaus co-working centre, famous for providing workspace and hosting events for freelancers and start-ups.
The presentation was held on 1st of October 2013 in betahaus at 56-58 Krum Popov str. in Sofia. See the invitation by the organisers:
It is time for the October skill-sharing in betahaus. As we promised last year the events should be twice monthly, now we have the ambition the events of each month to have topics complimentary to each other. Thus for October we prepared two skill-sharing events sharing supplementing copyrights topics.
The first will be held on 1st of October and our guest - lecturer will be well known - Svilen Ovcharov, a lawyer with rich experience in areas as intellectual property, environmental law and media. As expected by his professional background, Svilen Ovcharov will reveal some legal views on use of intellectual property by third-parties.
The event is open and free:
http://eventyard.net/event/skill-sharing-betahaus-awtorsko-prawo-sus-swilen-owcharow/188158
Tags copyrights, intellectual property, presentation, design IT sowtware start-up advertisement
Radoslav Parushev September 27, 2013
A lawyer of the 'Ovcharov & Parushev' law firm was successfully involved in two-days legal battle over the case concerning the first of the Greenpeace so called 'direct actions' to happen in Bulgaria. Six of the activists were arrested by the police after 3-hour blockade over a Gazprom petrol station in Blagoevgrad in Thursday, 26th of September 2013. They faced charges of minor hooliganism and brought before the Regional Court in Blagoevgrad. Exact identity of the client cannot be revealed, as such advertisement of a law firm is prohibited by art. 42, para. 4 of the national Attorney's Act and the Attorney's Code of Ethics.
Notably, the court's verdict shows significant development to the jurisprudence of the national courts on cases of hooliganism charges or related to non-violent protest actions. It further develops on the existing courts case-law and administrative practice of the police authorities.
The court reasoning states that although some deeds of the accused persons formally under 'hooliganism' definition', no punishment shall be imposed, due to very low danger to the society and since their cause is just and virtue. The defendants were acquitted of the charges. Nonetheless, they had already paid a police fine for disobeying direct police orders.
More info: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=154049
Tags precedent, penal law, criminal cases
A presentation by Svilen Ovcharov, lawyer at 'Ovcharov & Parushev', concerning all contracts to be signed by an artist, as for concerts, festivals, management, booking, recording, publishing, etc. is to be held on 22 September 2013, 15:30 in the Inter Expo Centre.
The presentation is part of the international conference MusicPRO vol. 2 which is by itself part of the ON! Fest in 2013 at the Inter Expo Centre, hosting dense variety of events related to the professional show-business. The MusicPRO programme and the ON! Festival schedule could be found here: http://onfest.bg/en/schedule
A video recording of a previous presentation at the last-years MusicPRO vol. 1 could be watched on YouTube through the following link (in Bulgarian, slides in English): http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKLMejHNj8jeagwEK60CYoWjUyYBk9UyF
Using simple language and even slang, the lawyer explained the the basic principles of the show-biseness form the point-of-view of the debut musician's at the beginning of his/her career.
Now, at the second MusicPRO in 2013, Svilen Ovcharov will enter deeper waters by discussing several topics related to further development of a professional career in music business. Explaining the proper terminology and using professional language, many legal details and trick in the business should be revealed, as well as some usual problems in contracting to be paid attention for.
MusicPRO flyer
Tags presentation, showbusiness, music, copyrights, contracts, contracting
Svilen Ovcharov, lawyer at 'Ovcharov & Parushev' law firm participates in joint presentation of lawyers and architects concerning urbanism, procedures and remedies for standing parties in spatial planning procedures and permitting of construction proceedings.
Svilen Ovcharov, who also is partner at 'Ovcharov & Parushev', will present his analysis of the national Spatial Development Act, as well as of the UN Århus Convention.
The even has been organised by the 'Cosmos Cinema' collective, a project of the Union of Architects local branch in Plovdiv, as part of the two-day programme of the Plovdiv's famous Night of Museums & Galleries, organised by the 'Open Arts' foundation and the Plovdiv Municipality.
"Urbanism vs. SPA"
21 September (Saturday), 18:00 h
'Cosmos' cinema, 48 William Gladstone str., Plovdiv
entrance free
More info about that event:
http://eventyard.net/event/urbanistika-vs-zut-w-noshtta-na-galeriite-i-muzeite-w-plowdiw/188068
a competition project visualisation for 'Cosmos' cinema reconstruction, Plovdiv
Svilen Ovcharov September 1, 2008
Ovcharov & Parushev Law Firm moved to a new office at 72 Vitosha blvd.
The office is located at the corner of Vitosha boulevard and Gurguljat street in Sofia, having its entrance from the Gurguljat street. The location is close to the National Palace of Culture and Patriarch Evtimii boulevard.
More details on the location could be obtained from the Contacts section of our web-site.
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With all the talk in the news about the government spying on us and collecting personal information from our computers and cell phones people often wonder how much data is given to the government by companies like Google and Facebook etc. Since these companies store so much of our information it makes sense that the government would go after them to get the information they say they need to "keep us safe".
After the whole Edward Snowden incident people have been looking at companies like Google and Facebook and wondering how much of our information they are sharing with the government. At first Google made it seem like they would never do such a thing but it turns out that they were giving out some information to the government.
But now it seems that they have decided to cut back on how much data they share even though the government has increased the number of requests for information from Google. Government requests have gone up 120% since 2009. During the second half of 2013 Google was fulfilling 64% of government requests compared to 76% of requests in the second half of 2010. The US government has the highest number of requests for data by far with France coming in 2nd and Germany coming in at 3rd.


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Q: Prolog Recursion breakdown Hi can someone breakdown this recursive code so i can fully understand the output it is giving. Im really confused as to how its working:
    listcomb([],[]).
    listcomb([X|Y], [X|Z]) :-
        listcomb(Y,Z).
    listcomb([_|Y],Z) :-
        listcomb(Y,Z).

    ?- listcomb([1,2,3], X).
    X = [1, 2, 3] ;
    X = [1, 2] ;
    X = [1, 3] ;
    X = [1] ;
    X = [2, 3] ;
    X = [2] ;
    X = [3] ;
    X = [].

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A: It unifies the second argument with all possible combinations of elements from the first argument in the following way:

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*If the list is empty, you're done (first clause).

*One possible combination is combine the head of the list with all possible combinations of the tail of the list (second clause)

*Another possible combination is to discard the head of the list and just return all possible combinations of the tail of the list (third clause).

When run, the predicate will exhaust the second clause, than backtrace to the third clause, and so on, until exhausting all options and stopping with the first clause.


In the context of convergent evolution dinoflagellates are highly instructive, with examples within the group ranging from the evolution of a camera-like eye, parasitism (both ecto- and endoparasitism), production of the potentially lethal toxin known as saxitoxin, and even a convergence with ciliates in the sediment-dwelling Stephanopogon. Here we consider the evolution of stinging threads, convergent on the nematocysts of cnidarians, in two groups of dinoflagellates.
Many dinoflagellates are active swimmers in the water column, not as zooplakton but as phytoplankton, being photosynthetic and derived from algae. Some, however, have lost their chloroplasts and so become heterotrophic rather than photosynthetic. These include the group known as the polykrikids, which are evidently related to the warnowiids (famous for their eyes). In both polykridids and warnowiids a nematocyst has evolved, representing another remarkable example of convergence.
Nematocysts, of course, characterize the cnidarians and are the source of the stinging inflicted by jellyfish, which in groups such as the cubozoans can have fatal consequences. The nematocyst operates by very rapidly everting a thread-like structure, often barbed, that delivers venom. The nematocyst is a single cell, but in the dinoflagellates a very similar structure is derived from an organelle (as is the eye). In addition in some of these dinoflagellates there is an accompanying structure, known as the taeniocyst (again derived from an organelle). Whilst the similarity of dinoflagellate and cnidarian nematocysts has long been appreciated, and correspondingly the assumption that in the latter group they are involved with capture of prey, only recently has this been confirmed.
In passing we should also note that the polykrikid dinflagellates can show an intriguing pseudo-coloniality, and not only does this have some similarities to the parasitic dinoflagellate Haplozoon, but has itself evidently evolved several times independently.
Map of Life - "Dinoflagellate "nematocysts""


The Castor bean has been well known as a cathartic, or strong laxative. However, it is no longer recommended as a laxative, due to its toxic effects if taken internally.
Castor bean oil has been used externally for centuries as a natural therapy. The Edgar Cayce Readings inform us that Castor oil packs are to be used to improve assimilation, elimination and circulation, especially of the lymphatic system.
A Castor oil pack is placed on the skin to increase circulation and to promote elimination and healing of the tissues and organs underneath the skin. It is often used to stimulate the liver, relieve pain, increase lymphatic circulation, reduce inflammation, and improve digestion.
Castor oil application increases the efficiency of circulation through your pelvis in general. Good circulation is required for supportive nutrients to be delivered to the cells, and for waste products and inflammatory factors to be removed. If a Castor oil pack is placed over your liver area, it will help your liver to do its work more efficiently, including the metabolism of your hormones.
Do not use a heated Castor oil pack when uterine growths, cancer tumors, or ulcers are present. It is not advised to apply the Castor oil pack without the recommendation of a medical doctor if you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or menstruating . Don't apply over broken skin.
Two sheets of plastic (garbage bags OK).
1-yard cotton or wool flannel.
Fold flannel into three thicknesses to fit over your whole abdomen.
Cut a piece of plastic 1-2 inches larger than flannel.
Saturate the flannel with gently heated oil, but not so much that it is drippy. Fold it over and squeeze until it is oozing. Unfold.
Place plastic and old towel over flannel to prevent staining of surface where you will be lying.
Lie down, placing flannel over abdomen, putting fitted plastic over the flannel.
Now wrap the towel under you, around your torso and pin with safety pins.
Place a heating pad (low heat) or hot water bottle on top of the towel.
Rest for 30-60 minutes. Use visualization, meditation, or just sleep. A good time to use Castor oil packs is just before bedtime.
When finished, it's best if you don't get up and walk around or be active (except to go to the bathroom). Try to stay still and relaxed.
If you are doing your pack at bedtime, have a zipper-lock bag next to your bed and a towel to remove any excess oil and protect your bed sheets. Fold the oily pack up and put it into the bag, then drop it to the floor till morning. In the morning, put it in the refrigerator.
If you are not using the pack at bedtime, you can get up and wash the treated area with solution of 3 tablespoons of baking soda to 1 quart of water to remove the oil. Put the pack into the refrigerator.
Store the pack in the covered container or baggie in the refrigerator. Remove it from the refrigerator 1-3 hours before you plan to use it. Allow it to rise to room temperature for use.
Each pack may be used repeatedly. When it starts to smell stale, make a new pack.
Note: If this procedure is way too complicated for you, apply a generous amount of Castor oil to the skin of your abdomen. Cover that with an old cotton T-shirt or other cloth you won't mind eventually discarding. Lay your heat source (hot water bottle, heating pad) on top of that. Keep the cloth you use to protect your heat source from the oil to reuse. Eventually it will smell like stale oil, but can be kept for a few weeks in a plastic bag.
Rest for 30-60 minutes. Stay covered and warm so you can relax. Have a soft cloth or rag handy to catch any oil dripping off your body. You may want to put a towel or plastic underneath your body so your bed doesn't get oily. It's not necessary to have a Castor oil pack that you keep in the refrigerator. Just do what works for you.
To be effective, a Castor oil pack must be used at least 3 times a week, although 5 times a week is better. In cases of long-term chronic pain, it works best to commit to a 6-week treatment period using a Castor oil pack 5 times per week, then as needed for episodes of pain.
It's wise to consult with a naturopathic physician for the best frequency of treatment for your specific health problem.


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PHELAN, Calif. (VVNG.com) — One person was airlifted to a trauma center after a two-vehicle collision in the community of Phelan.
The accident was reported at 6:30 am, on September 17, 2022, along SR -8 (Palmdale Road) and Johnson Road in the community of Phelan.
Emergency personnel responded to the scene and requested a helicopter to airlift one person with critical injuries. Two ground ambulances responded for two additional patients with moderate injuries.
(Hugo C. Valdez, VVNG.com)
Helicopter Reach 13 landed in a field near the Stater Brothers shopping center on Sheep Creek Road and subsequently airlifted the patient to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center.
The motor and battery flew out and landed along the roadway from a white four-door vehicle with major front-end damage. The other four-door sedan involved sustained extensive damage on the passenger side.
The California Highway Patrol Victorville Station is conducting an investigation into the cause of the accident.
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You're here because you are interested in me and working with me. And I love you for it. But seriously, what can we do together? You want exposure (the good kind) for your company or brand, and I want to work with companies I admire and products I like and use. I also want the ability to go to blog conferences, to help support my family financially, and to gain experience in marketing and public relations.
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Angie has been around the internet and the business world for the last eleventeen hundred years (or so). With an online children's store, a personal blog about nothing, an online magazine with like-minded real women, an Awesome site about Awesome, and a heavy hand at Twitter, she knows the internet and the world of social networking well. In addition to a full internet life, Angie has two young girls and a husband who puts up with a lot of her computer-driven life. She enjoys her TV and DVR more than what is considered healthy. She understands the happiness found in a good meal and isn't afraid to take a second helping of everything good in life.
I am a writer, a blogger, an entrepreneur, a mother, a wife, and a "retired" teacher. I do all of these things simultaneously with my wizardly powers, super-fast typing, and multi-tasking skills.
I use social media on a daily (nay, hourly) basis to reach and interact with my friends, customers, and to the rest of my online community. All of my blog posts and Twitter conversations are personal and honest in their delivery. They can also be laced with sarcasm and snark (snarkasm), but they are always honest (and always Awesome).
What do I contribute to the blogging and online community?
Being a member of the blogging community for the last several years has provided me with the opportunity to meet other like-minded people. We support each other. We are friends, we create relationships, we listen to one another. In times of need, we rally together to support each other. I have been a part of several online fundraisers and awareness campaigns for fellow bloggers. In 2008, I organized Lotus HoF'oSho to help an online friend out of terrible living conditions. In 2009, I assisted in promoting Hope for Anissa after a friend and mother of 3 fell victim to multiple strokes. I have also participated in raising awareness for Friends of Maddie, a charity founded in honor of an online friend's daughter who suddenly passed. For each of these, I have also utilized my online store newsletter and blog to raise awareness of these events and have contributed a portion of sales to these causes. in 2010, I plan to give a portion of the shop sales in the month of April to Friends of Maddie to honor Maddie.
I can provide exposure for your company.
I can provide information about your products to key buying demographics.
I can influence buyers in personal, face-to-face, unobtrusive conversations.
Ideas for the terms of my ambassadorship include a sidebar ad for your company in my blog, inclusion of your brand's logo on my conference business card, a to-be-determined number of blog posts dedicated to your company, and a giveaway of your product hosted on my blog.
I believe in utilizing my ambassadorship in a natural, organic manner with my readers and fellow bloggers. I don't believe in bombarding my friends and colleagues with my sponsor's information.
What have I done for other companies?
As a blogger, I have attended several blogging events, including BlogHer '11, BlogHer '10, BlogHer '09 and Type-A Mom in September 2009. While attending these conferences, I was tasked with being an "ambassador" for companies who wanted a presence both online and in person with other attendees. I have worked with brands directly and PR firms representing Nintendo, Eliza Parker, Wendy's, Lane Bryant, Yummie Tummie, VTech, Tiny Prints, and Sorrelli jewelry to share information with other bloggers about their products face-to-face as well as on my blog. I was entrusted with the responsibility to conduct contests on behalf of the companies as well as use Twitter to communicate with my followers informing them of the brand message. In addition to being a Brand Ambassador for those companies at blog conferences, I have worked with the Old Navy and Pinkberry public relations groups to assist in expanding their reach in my local Orlando area as well as on my blog by hosting giveaways and in-person parties.
For a detailed, linked list of most of the companies with which I've worked, click over to my About Me page.
So, whom am I influencing?
Attending blog conferences expands a brand's presence in social media in a more personable fashion with influencers promoting the brand amongst like-minded consumers. Having me as an ambassador of your company will increase your exposure amongst women and mothers in key buying demographics.
As an online store owner, I understand the products women are in search of and are purchasing for their children. I have worked in the online retail market since 2006 researching companies, learning buying patterns, and locating quality, safe products.
I am the owner, manager, and all-around-everything for my online store, Good for the Kids. I "retired" from teaching and earning my Master's degree after deciding to stay at home with my two little girls, then I began the store in 2006 when I couldn't find a specific product I needed online. Since it began, the store has reached over 20,000 orders placed online from parents around the world.
I am seeking full or partial sponsorships to attend any blogging and social media conferences. The focus of my attendance at the conference is the learn more in-depth ways to brand myself with my blog and to increase my exposure to other bloggers and brands.
I am eager to work with any company or number of companies to achieve my goal of attending the conference in order to increase my reach through social media. In addition to conference attendance, I can help your online presence by promoting your event or product to my followers and readers. Please contact me to discuss in detail how we can work together.
Please contact me at angie@awholelotofnothing.net to discuss our branding relationship.
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Earlier this year, Gwyneth Paltrow faced a backlash from working mums everywhere by complaining that it can be difficult being a celebrity parent.
Now Hollywood actress and mum-of-6, Angelina Jolie has weighed in with quite a different argument.
The actress, who has just directed her first move Maleficent, goes on to admit that she and fiancé Brad Pitt can pick and choose when they want to work.
Oooh! Well mum-of-2 Gwyneth couldn't disagree more.
So what do you reckon? Do celeb mums have it easier or harder?


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Sixteen UTRGV faculty members advance their leadership skills through institute
By Melissa Vasquez
EDINBURG, TEXAS – MAY 2, 2017 – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ADVANCE Leadership Institute held a graduation celebration for its fifth cohort of faculty members who successfully completed the program during the Spring 2017 semester.
Held Tuesday, May 2, on the UTRGV Edinburg Campus, the graduation luncheon was attended by university administrators, deans and professors. Serving as keynote speaker was Dr. David E. Daniel, deputy chancellor of The University of Texas System.
To celebrate the start of new leadership opportunities, 16 faculty members representing six colleges, the University College and the School of Medicine were recognized. From the fifth cohort of graduates, 10 are women, and four are from the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and SBE (social, behavioral and economic) disciplines.
The goal of the ADVANCE Leadership Institute is to develop the next generation of academic leaders at UTRGV. With the 16 new graduates, the institute has graduated a total of 95 since its inception in 2012, and 68 of them are female faculty members, getting the institute closer to reaching its 100 mark.
The ADVANCE Leadership Institute at UTRGV offers faculty participants the opportunity to be matched with a mentor, internal or external to UTRGV, to support their career and leadership development. In addition, participants receive a $500 stipend and attend leadership workshops.
Also, recognized during the luncheon were the 2016-2017 ADVANCE Administrative Fellows, who completed the ADVANCE Administrative Fellows Program designed to complement the Leadership Institute by providing faculty members the opportunity to develop their leadership skills and gain hands-on administrative experience at UTRGV.
Recognized as Fellows were Dr. Laura Seligman, associate professor of Psychological Science; Dr. Janet Martinez, lecturer II of Teaching & Learning; and Dr. Jean Braithwaite, associate professor of Creative Writing.
For her efforts in helping facilitate the ADVANCE Leadership Institute at UTRGV, a special honor was presented to Susan L. Franzen, assistant vice chancellor for Organizational Effectiveness at The University of Texas System, during the event.
ABOUT ADVANCE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
As part of UTRGV's National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE grant Attracting and Nurturing Women Faculty at a Hispanic-Serving Institution, the university established the UTRGV ADVANCE Leadership Institute to enhance faculty and leadership development opportunities at UTRGV. While the goal of the grant is to increase the representation and advancement of women faculty in STEM fields, faculty from all genders, colleges, and academic disciplines are also encouraged to participate.
For more information on ADVANCE at UTRGV, visit www.utrgv.edu/advance.
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FortniteTraining and Knowledge
by Tom Rosenberg February 13, 2020
written by Tom Rosenberg February 13, 2020
In this article, we're going to go over one of the most important playstyles in Fortnite – Box Fighting.
This guide is intended for players that don't know the concept and basics of box fighting in Fortnite. Let's Begin!
Box Fighting is a playstyle/a technique in which players box themselves up and fight through boxes. This technique is very efficient and currently, the game's meta. All professional players are box fight masters! Let's dive into box fighting so you can also get to the next level in Fortnite.
In every box fight there are always two sides:
The offensive side, the more aggressive side.
The defensive side, the protective and more passive side.
Both sides are equally important!
Each side has its own methods, tricks and techniques to win the fight.
We'll go through each one of them, but first, let's cover up some basics about box fighting.
A box is when a player surrounds himself in 4 walls, a floor and a ceiling. A cone above the ceiling is optional, but most of the time players would place it for extra protection (It provides another layer above the ceiling).
Boxing up is the first thing you do in a box fight.
Boxing up should be as fast as possible. Start by doing it slowly and steady like this:
When you feel that you got it, start doing it faster and faster. A good speed of boxing up should look like this:
Now that you know what a box is, and how to box up properly, let's continue to what box fighting is all about.
Box fights are all about staying protected from all sides while a player attacks his opponent or defends himself from an opponent that pushes him.
The main fight is on the box itself. Once a player got one of your box's walls, it's ceiling or its roof (cone), you're vulnerable. That's why most of the fight in box fighting is about taking walls and pushing a boxed-up player, or countering a pushing player from inside the box with smart moves and tricks.
Box fights are very fast-paced. It requires you to be aware of what's going on and think fast, but also be mechanically skilled to outplay your opponent.
Lastly, it's important to understand that box fights are very dynamic. Both of the sides (offensive/defensive) in a box fight can change mid-fight. You can be pushing another player to start a fight but end up boxing up and playing defensive after 15 seconds, then start another push.
Let's start by covering the first side, the aggressive side of box fighting.
When pushing a boxed-up player, the first thing you want to do is to box up yourself too! You must make sure you're fully protected – there might be another player that waits to 3rd party your fight, or your opponent that you're pushing can box you up with his walls and trap you for an easy kill.
After you're all boxed up, you're ready to start the fight. Your main goal is to take control over your opponent's box. The easy (and dumb) technique would be to spray the box with your AR or SMG. That would work with inexperienced players, but can easily be countered with turbo building (Holding Left Click). The average Fortnite player can counter box spraying easily and thus you wanna take one of his box's walls. Replacing walls is a simple technique. You wanna break your opponent's wall (mostly done with the pickaxe, but can also be done with your weapon), then immediately build a wall to replace it.
An example for a basic wall replace:
Note: You won't always succeed in replacing your opponent's wall, since he might be turbo building, which makes it 50/50 for you or him to replace the build. That's why you always want to switch back to a weapon after trying to replace a wall!
When you do get a wall, the most basic move would be an edit, and then a shot followed by it. An example:
In this guide, we go over the basics of box fighting. It's important to know that there are many different techniques to push a boxed-up player. For example, an advanced technique is "Mongraal's Classic" that looks like this:
Now that you know the basics of attacking in box fighting, let's learn some basics of protecting yourself in box fights.
The defensive side in box fights is tricky. You want to be able to counter your opponent's moves while also trying to attack back and eliminate them!
As you should already know, the first thing to do is box up yourself as soon as you see or hear a player approaching.
Most players would start with spraying your box. A counter for that that is as simple as holding your wall by turbo building which looks like this:
An experienced player would try to take your wall. As mentioned above, replacing walls is tricky. You should never depend on a wall to be replaced!
Example for 50/50 ('coin flip' mechanism):
The basic counter for a wall taking opponent is a bit hard to master. It takes advantage of the fact that the opponent is using his pickaxe to replace your wall. You want to edit your wall while the opponent tries to hit it. The edit would make him swing his pickaxe for nothing and give you an easy shot on him! Example:
Notice that right after you hit the shot, you want to immediately reset your edit and turbo build your wall again (in case the enemy tries to replace your wall again).
This counter is all about speed and timing. With training, you will be able to predict your opponent's moves and time your edits right. Be careful, a wrong edit could give your enemy an easy shot on you!
Sometimes, your wall will be taken by your enemy. In this scenario, the most basic counter would be to jump out of your box and immediately box up again to gain back your control over your box. Example:
This move is mechanically challenging while also requires you to react as fast as possible.
Notice again that as soon as you box up you want to hold turbo build before you figure out what your opponent does.
Remember – You can change your playstyle (aggressive/defensive) mid-fight! Use your game sense and decision making to decide when to play aggressive and when defensive playstyle is better (health-wise, number of players nearby etc.)
Now you know the basics of box fighting in Fortnite! We learned how to push a boxed-up player, and also to defend ourselves from an enemy pushing our box.
These were only the basics of box fighting. There are lots of different techniques and ways to play box fights, some require you to predict your opponents and some require you to outplay the enemy mechanically.
We encourage you to dive in and learn more about box fighting in Fortnite. Stay tuned for more detailed guides from NOVOS to get better and be the best player you can be!
Use this guide's knowledge in your game and watch the results by yourself!
Good luck and have fun gaming!
Tom Rosenberg
My name is Tom Rosenberg, from NOVOS team. I'm a professional Fortnite player. I've been playing Fortnite on Console since Season 1 (Chapter 1), and started playing on PC in Season 3. I love Fortnite. The game fascinates me! The complicated mechanics and fast thinking reminds me of chess - but much harder and more fun. I'm also a professional international athlete (in a sport called Calisthenics). You can check my Instagram out if you're interested.
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Q: create new columns based on unique values and date (python) Suppose I have a dataframe like this:
df =pd.DataFrame({'date': ['01-01-2022', '02-01-2022', '01-01-2022', '02-01-2022'],
    'company': ['x', 'x', 'y', 'y'],
    'sales': [ 100,200,300,400]})

df.set_index('date', inplace = True)

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02-01-2022  x   200
01-01-2022  y   300
02-01-2022  y   400

I would like to transform this dataframe where the unique company names are the new column names and the sales the values per name. The end result should look like this:

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Transfer Station Coordinator (Retired)
Town of Hampton, NH
After a career in human services and education, Mark took to the world of solid waste and recycling, first with BFI and then Waste Management working in dispatch, sales and customer service. In 2000, Mark began his position as the Transfer Station and Recycling Coordinator for the Town of Hampton, NH. It was in this position that Mark established New Hampshire's first electronics recycling program some years before New Hampshire required such recycling by law. Hampton had a long history of collecting its own curbside residential and commercial trash, but in 2010, major changes took place in Hampton that included a mandatory recycling ordinance, the town collecting its own recyclable, changing to single stream recycling, purchasing new automated collection trucks and tractor trailers to haul the materials away, carts being purchased and issued to residents and businesses and a third bay added to the transfer station. Mark was at the forefront of coordinating all of these changes in an orderly manner while promoting the education program that went with it. Looking back before he retired at the end of 2018, Mark is proud of his work with the NRRA and the work it took taking Hampton from a town that recycled less than a dozen commodities to a community that recycled two dozen different commodities and successfully ran a popular swap-shop that just sort of happened along the way.
On the personal side, with degrees in Politics and Early American History, Mark is an avid historian and active in a number of historical re-enactor groups. He's also been elected or appointed to several boards, committees and commissions in his hometown of Somersworth, NH including the Strafford Regional Planning Commission. Somewhere along the line, he became the founder of the Atlantic Surfing Museum. Also, you can see him working the End Zone at Gillette Stadium firing his musket at New England Revolution and New England Patriots games.


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Problems of the energy sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
The socio-economic implications of the fuelwood crisis
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This paper is concerned with the controllability of some (linear and semilinear) non-diagonalizable parabolic systems of PDEs. We will show that the well known null controllability properties of the classical heat equation are also satisfied by these systems at least when there are as many scalar controls as equations and some (maybe technical) conditions are satisfied. We will also show that, in some particular situations, the number of controls can be reduced. The minimal amount is then determined by a Kalman rank condition.
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Acropectoral syndrome is an autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasia syndrome affecting the hands, feet, sternum, and lumbosacral spine. A recently proposed candidate gene for preaxial polydactyly is LMBR1, encoding a novel transmembrane receptor, which may be an upstream regulator of SHH. The LMBR1 gene is on human chromosome 7q36.

Presentation
Some individuals have preaxial polydactyly in the feet (unilateral in one, bilateral in 13), consisting of a small extra biphalangeal toe, in most cases with an associated rudimentary extra metatarsal, lying in a soft tissue web between the hallux and second toe. In some cases, this was accompanied by hypoplasia of the head of the first metatarsal and absence of both phalanges of the hallux.

Genetics
The cytogenetic location is 7q36 and genomic coordinates are GRCh37:147,900,000 - 159,138,663 (NCBI). Mapping of this syndrome was done by Dundar and coworkers in 2001. They showed that this phenotype was linked to a 6.4-cM region of 7q36 flanked by the EN2 gene and the marker D7S2423. Dundar and coworkers characterized and mapped acropectoral syndrome and also showed it was unrelated to acropectorovertebral syndrome. The mapping showed that the acropectoral locus was in a region where preaxial polydactyly and triphalangeal thumb-polysyndactyly had previously been mapped. This study was important because it expanded the range of phenotypes that are connected to this locus. Previously, preaxial polydactyly and sternal defects have been linked to ectopic expression of the gene Sonic hedgehog Shh in limbbud and lateral plate mesoderm during development in mice. Dundar and coworkers found that the LMBR1 gene links to pre axial polydactyly. This gene encodes for a new transmembrane receptor and it is proposed that this receptor is an upstream regulator of SHH.

Diagnosis

Management

Society
Three main support groups of this syndrome are the ASGA in Australia, The Association for Children with Genetic Disorders in Poland, and the Association of People of Genetic Disorders in Greece.

References

External links

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Autosomal dominant disorders
Genetic disorders with OMIM but no gene

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By Denis Džidić (BIRN) HAGUE – The UN tribunal in The Hague upheld wartime Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic's conviction for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and increased his sentence to life in prison.
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Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in court on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE/PETER DEJONG.
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals' appeals chamber on Wednesday convicted former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic of responsibility for some of the worst wartime crimes in Europe since World War II.
The appeal verdict confirmed Karadzic's initial conviction and increased his sentence from 40 years to life in prison, citing the gravity of his crimes, which judge Vagn Prusse Joensen said were of "an unprecedented scale and cruelty".
"The chamber considers the 40-year sentence inadequate when compared to convicts who were sentenced to life imprisonment," Joensen said.
Karadzic was initially convicted by the Hague Tribunal under a first-instance verdict in March 2016, but both the defence and the prosecution appealed against the verdict.
The court on Wednesday upheld his convictions for the 1995 genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica, for terrorising the civilian population of Sarajevo with a long-running campaign of shelling and sniper attacks, for the persecution and extermination of Bosniaks and Croats in 20 municipalities across the country, and for taking UN peacekeepers hostage.
However, it also upheld his acquittal for committing genocide in seven other Bosnian municipalities in 1992.
Judge Joensen said that "the prosecutors have not proved that a mistake was made when it was determined that Karadzic was not guilty of genocide in 1992".
Speaking about Karadzic's participation in a joint criminal enterprise responsible for the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995, when over 7,000 Bosniak men and boys from the eastern Bosnian town were killed, Joensen said that considering that the Bosnian Serb leader was in constant touch with forces on the ground at the time, there was no error in judging him guilty.
He said that the key evidence was 'Directive 7', a Bosnian Serb official decision in March 1995 which Karadzic signed, saying that conditions should be made "unbearable" for people living in the Srebrenica enclave.
On the charge that he was part of a joint criminal enterprise to terrorise the civilian population of Sarajevo during the siege of the city by Bosnian Serb forces, Joensen said that orders that Karadzic gave, saying that civilians should not be attacked, were issued at times which were politically beneficial to him – when he was negotiating or when under pressure from the international community.
He also said that Karadzic failed to prove in his appeal that the original verdict made a mistake in finding him guilty of the massacre at the Markale market in Sarajevo – one of the worst atrocities in the Bosnian capital during the siege.
The appeals judges rejected Karadzic's claim that his trial was unfair.
Joensen said that the court did violate Karadzic's rights by conducting visits to crime scenes without him, but added that this did not significantly harm his defence.
On hearing the sentence, Bosnian war victims who were in The Hague for the verdict let out a cheer in the courtroom gallery.
Murat Tahirovic, president of the Victims and Witnesses of Genocide Association, a Bosnian war survivors' group, welcomed the life sentence.
"Total justice is not possible but it is satisfaction for the victims," Tahirovic told N1 TV.
Wednesday's ruling is final and cannot be appealed.
Karadzic was arrested in 2008 in Belgrade while living as a fugitive, disguised as a spiritual healer, after spending 12 years on the run.
His trial started in October 2009 and more than 500 witness testimonies were heard during the marathon proceedings.