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Ergonomics and wearables in safety
The advent of differing types of ergonomic PPE and wearable technology, designed to keep workers safe, has seen an increase of new products coming into the market. Read More
Wellbeing: Director's Briefing
Wellbeing is a state of being happy and healthy in our bodies (physically) and in our minds (mentally). Mental Health is defined as a state of wellbeing in which an individual can cope with the normal stresses of life and can work productively. Read More
There's more to be done to improve health and safety in logistics, says HSE
Logistics may be becoming more sustainable, but is it becoming safer? Kanwal Kanda, Head of Transportation at the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), took to the stage at IMHX 2019 to discuss the body's latest findings about health and safety within transportation and storage in 2017/18. Read More
Are we going through the Age of Integration?
The calls for change are legion. A decade ago, Dame Carol Black, called for health and wellbeing to be moved up the corporate agenda. IOSH called on the UK Government to take health more seriously. Latterly, Stevenson and Farmer lamented the organisational over-focus on physical safety risk. Read More
Four key aspects of workplace wellbeing
Silvana Martin from Laing O'Rourke speaks on the company's five year journey to improve health and wellbeing in the workplace. Read More
What do you really need to know about DSE?
From cycle to work schemes to free fitness trackers, there's a growing number of businesses in the UK paying attention to the wellbeing of their people. This article discusses whether DSE assessments are still relevant and how to conduct them. Read More
Improving staff productivity and wellbeing at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
Physiotherapy provision helps trust save almost half a million pounds. Read More
Stricter work at height regulation may be the only way to stop avoidable deaths
Falls from height is a major killer of workers in key sectors including construction and agriculture, and the figures show no sign of improvement, as Ken Diable, Managing Director at Heightsafe, explains. Read More
Violence in the NHS: One in five NHS staff experience harassment at work
Just under one in five NHS staff have personally having experienced harassment, bullying or abuse at work from other colleagues, according to a new survey. Read More
Mental health in farming: Campaign urges farmers to 'mind your head'
A new campaign has been launched to tackle the stigma of mental health in the farming community. Read More


German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking talks with some European Union member states on migrant policy before a leaders summit at the end of the month, a government spokesman said, in a last-ditch bid to avert a coalition crisis erupting this week.
Her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party CSU have suffered heavy losses in the country's federal elections previous year, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) scored record gains and entered the parliament for the first time.
Merkel made some concessions earlier this month, agreeing to support Macron's call for an investment fund to help poorer European countries catch up in the areas of science, technology and innovation.
Top CSU leaders huddled Monday morning in the party's home base of Munich.
Daily newspaper Bild reported the CSU would give Merkel two weeks until the EU summit to get a European solution before defying her and enforcing Seehofer's plan.
Mr Trump said German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition looked "tenuous".
If Seehofer, backed by his CSU, were to defy her by enforcing the plan on Monday, Merkel would be nearly certainly forced to fire him. "Of course, we need to do more to combat crime, but those were indeed encouraging numbers".
Striking a conciliatory tone in a guest column in the Frankfurter Allgemeine paper, Seehofer said the cohesion of Europe and Germany was at stake. "The situation is serious but still solvable".
The inflow of migrants is "a European challenge that requires a European answer".
"Such platforms should provide for rapid processing to distinguish between economic migrants and those in need of global protection, and reduce the incentive to embark on perilous journeys", the draft statement of European Union leaders said. "I think this is issue is one of the most decisive for the cohesion of Europe". The new populist government in Italy has barred rescue ships from making landfall in the country's ports, forcing them to dock elsewhere.
Most first arrived in Bavaria, which borders Austria.
Monday is "destiny day for Angela Merkel". Or if they had already applied for asylum and been rejected.
But the veteran politicians have often clashed. Under fire over the inhumane treatment of immigrant children at the USA border, Trump is telling his supporters that an overly harsh treatment of illegal immigrants is surely better than the chaos Angela Merkel's open-door policy has created.
The CSU is widely expected to hand Merkel an ultimatum Monday to tighten Germany's policy on accepting migrants, a move that could throw their political alliance into crisis. "Germany is characterized by Christianity".
Asked in Berlin whether her government can work well until the end of its term in 2021 and whether she is still in full control, Merkel replied: "Yes to both".
"The interior minister presented the crime statistics a short while ago and they speak for themselves", Merkel said.
That phenomenon, known as "secondary movements", is against European Union law but has been widespread since 2015, the peak of Europe's migration crisis.
Prince George's christening took place in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace in October 2013, five months after he was born. Will George and Charlotte be there? So far, the public have had just two glimpses of Kate and William's youngest child.
The girl's mother was being frisked and body-searched (after which she was reportedly detained) when Moore took this picture. The mother and child were put into a van and driven off soon after, presumably to a detention center for processing.
During the E3 Conference, Nintendo revealed that there is a new Super Smash Bros . game heading to the Nintendo Switch . Now, Disney Channel is giving you a chance to prove your family can play with the big boys.
Roy and Bairstow got things underway with a 159 run opening partnership, only broken when the former needlessly ran himself out. It looked as though England would go past the 500-run barrier before a few late wickets caused the run flow to dry up slightly.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN , the Atlanta Hawks are leaning toward taking Doncic with the third overall pick of the draft later this week.
Players barely had time to realize there was now a Fortnite for Switch , but they still reacted accordingly. Players need to create an Epic Games account to play, or sign in with an existing one.
Koko's capacity for language and empathy opened the minds and hearts of millions of people, the foundation said . The second , in January 1985, included the story of Koko and a kitten, All Ball , that lived with her.
Oil prices surged almost 75 percent, touching $80 a barrel, after OPEC and allies agreed to cut production in late 2016. More important to Saudi Arabia than extra petrodollars is containing Iran, its arch-nemesis.
What is he doing?' But I " m not a rules person, so if the rules say two-strokes, then that's what he should have gotten". He entered the final day in a four-way tie at 3 over and was still only one stroke behind Koepka when they made the turn.
England will hope to seal qualification to the knockout rounds when they face Panama at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium on Sunday. Alli too hit the woodwork with a header and England went into half-time wondering how they had not sealed victory already.
The captain added that Costa Rica hoped to show on Sunday that they had learned from their mistakes. Kolarov capitalized on the opportunity, curling the free kick past Navas' reach.
New Hornets general manager Kupchak signed Mozgov to a four-year, $64m deal in 2016 when both were with the Lakers. But now, thanks, surprisingly to a trade for Dwight Howard , the Nets nightmare might finally be over.


Exciting news! This year, I have been invited to do a cooking presentation at the Minneapolis Farmer's market. This is my second year being part of their Market Talk program and I'm thrilled! I will be preparing two recipes utilizing many ingredients found at the market. Salmon Cakes with Sweet Potatoes (see recipe below) made with fresh salmon caught by Matt Oxford of Wild Run Salmon. My second recipe is a dessert: an easy to assemble Raspberry Trifle. (Yes, raspberries are still in season so get them before they are all gone for the year!) The best part? You can sample these recipes. So come early!
And that's it: a couple quick prep and you're ready to make some savory salmon and sweet potato cakes.
Hope to see you at the market this Saturday 4th at 10:30 am!
1. Set a skillet over medium heat and add two tablespoons vegetable oil. Saute the peppers and onions until they have softened and the onions have browned slightly.
2. Combine the sauteed peppers, onions, cooked salmon, cilantro, salt and pepper. Mix well.
3. Assemble a work station with the salmon mixture in one bowl, and the bread crumbs in a separate dish next to salmon mixture.
4. To form cakes: Scoop two tablespoons of the mixture into the palm of your hand and form into a ball, then flatten to form a patty about half an inch thick. Coat patty with bread crumbs on both sides. Cook in a skillet over medium heat, two to three minutes on each side until golden brown. Repeat until all of the mixture has been used up.
quick and simple ! Thats what i like. thanks for the recipe. i think my little tot will like it.
do u think these cake will keep well if i refrigerate them ?
Yes Vishali. Freeze them between sheets of parchment paper. Reheat in microwave or oven.
I love the unique combination of ingredients. So beautiful in color too - with the orange from potatoes and pink from salmon. I bet they're delish. Kudos for doing the farmers' market presentation. Thanks for sharing!
Me too, I like the bright orange color. To add even more color sometimes I add a grated carrot to the mixture. A good way to load up on those beta-carotenes.


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The membership accreditation process
This information sets out how bodies with oversight of Access to Public Information in a specific jurisdiction may request to become a member of the International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC) and how their application will be processed under the governance mechanisms of the International Conference, as documented in the Charter.
The prime objective of this information is to assist interested parties in understanding how their application will be reviewed and what is the decision process. It also provides guidance to the Secretariat of the ICIC to allow it to work diligently on applications it receives.
The process derives directly from the ICIC Charter adopted in Johannesburg in March 2019 and should therefore be read in conjunction with the text of the Charter.
In accordance with Article 3 of the ICIC Charter, "Information Commissioners may apply for membership with the Secretariat in compliance with the membership registration process". The definition of 'information commissioners' is of importance here as it will partly decide on the eligibility of the participant in becoming a member of the International Conference.
Roles and responsibilities of members
Before applying for membership, we recommend that interested parties familiarise themselves with Sections 4 – 13 of ICIC Charter on roles and responsibilities of members to ensure that they agree with these.
Bodies meeting the criteria can apply to join the ICIC online.
The online accreditation page requests the organisation to provide the following information:
Identify the name of the authority and the jurisdiction in which it is located, and indicates its status as a public authority;
Indicate that the authority can demonstrate that it is responsible for protecting, promoting and ensuring the respect of access to public information legislation within its respective jurisdictions and that it has autonomous or independent decision-making authority to carry out its mandate, including the legal base for its creation, its functions and powers, its roles and responsibilities;
Endorse the ICIC Charter;
Designate a point of contact.
By applying for membership, the applicant also agrees to have information about its organisation published on the ICIC website and commits to populate the case law directory with national or regional cases of significant importance.
Recommended application timing
Only accredited members and observers are eligible to attend the closed session of the ICIC.
If a body is interested in attending the closed session of the International Conference, we recommend that it applies at a minimum of six weeks in advance of the annual event. This is to accommodate the time required for processing the application and for the Executive Committee to issue its decision, as well as to account for the registration deadline specified by the annual conference host.
Step 1 – Starting an application
To apply, an oversight body needs to complete the written application available on the ICIC website to show how they meet the above eligibility criteria.
The application is done online via the ICIC website.
The application form includes four sections. Most fields are mandatory and the application cannot be submitted until all mandatory fields have been completed.
The application will request information on the legal framework and the independence of the authority and ask for the authority's confirmation that they will abide by the values, goals and missions of the International Conference ('eligibility criteria').
Once it is satisfied that all fields have been duly completed, the applicant can submit its application. The application will be sent automatically to the Secretariat, which will confirm its safe receipt.
Step 2 – Review an application – overview
Upon its receipt, the application will be reviewed by the ICIC Secretariat and then passed on to the Executive Committee for review of the recommendation and decision.
Step 3 – Assessment process
Initial review by the Secretariat
a. As a first step, the Secretariat will check the application against the eligibility criteria and that the applicant has completed the application correctly.
If the information appears to be incorrect or inconsistent, the Secretariat will contact the applicant to request further clarification.
b. Once it is satisfied that the application contains all the necessary information, the Secretariat will complete an initial "review and recommendation form" within seven days of receipt of the application.
The "review and recommendation form" is formed of two parts: a review of the application and a recommendation as to the applicant's eligibility to become an ICIC member.
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c. All applications are reviewed and decided upon by the Executive Committee.
d. The Executive Committee examines applications once a month. The process will usually be carried out on the third week of the month.
Applications received by the Secretariat in any given month will be grouped and sent together to the Executive Committee on the last day of that month.
Applications must be received by the Secretariat at least seven days before the end of the month to be examined by the Executive Committee the next month. This is to allow the Secretariat to conduct its initial review and complete the relevant "review and recommendation form".
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f. Following this consultation period,
If no comments and no reservations have been received from members of the Executive Committee within the 14 day period, the Chair will adopt the initial recommendation and inform the Executive Committee of its decision. The Chair will also request that the Secretariat informs the applicant of the Executive Committee's decision and that information about the new ICIC member is added on the website.
If comments are received from members of the Executive Committee but without reservations, the Chair will request the Secretariat to revise its initial recommendation and resubmit it for adoption by the Executive Committee within three days.
Members of the Executive Committee then have a further three days to express any further comments.
In absence of comments, the revised recommendation will be considered as adopted.
If reservations are expressed by members of the Executive Committee, the Chair may request further information to be provided by the applicant, should substantial information be deemed to be missing which prevents the Executive Committee from forming a view on the eligibility of the applicant. Alternatively, the Chair may convene an extraordinary meeting to discuss the application and the Secretariat's initial recommendation.
In case further information is required from the applicant, the Secretariat will send a notification to the applicant specifying the nature of the request and allow them fourteen days for response.
Upon request by the applicant, that period can be extended to a longer deadline to be agreed between the Secretariat and the applicant. The Secretariat will inform the Executive Committee of the longer deadline.
In absence of response by the applicant within the agreed response time, the application will be considered as expired and a new application will need to be submitted by the applicant.
If additional information is provided to the Secretariat within the agreed time period, the 'review and recommendation form' will be revised by the Secretariat in light of that new information and resubmitted for review by the Executive Committee.
Members of the Executive Committee then have seven days to express any further comments. In absence of comments, the revised recommendation will be considered as adopted.
Alternatively, the Chair can convene an extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee to allow opposing views and reservations to be expressed.
During that meeting, the Chair will seek to reach a decision by consensus. In absence of consensus, the chair can put the decision to a simple majority vote of the members present at the meeting. If the vote ends with a tie, the Chair has the deciding vote.
The meeting will be recorded by the Secretariat. The minutes of the meeting will be used to review the recommendation and serve as record for the decision by the Executive Committee.
Urgency procedure
g. Where the Secretariat considers that there is a need to move quickly with an application, it may request, by way of derogation of the above described procedure, that the Executive Committee immediately reviews the application. The Secretariat will confer with the Executive Committee on an appropriate period of consultation.
h. The procedure described in (f) above applies once the consultation period has ended.
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Successful or Accredited
If the applicant successfully demonstrates that its organisation meets all the criteria, it will be awarded accredited status. The new member must abide by all the provisions enshrined in the Charter to become and remain accredited.
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The Secretariat may make a recommendation that the body is awarded accredited status but make observations for the body to consider. The new member will be encouraged to respond to these.
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If an applicant does not meet the conditions set out in the application form, or if the resubmission still does not meet all the criteria, the application will be considered unsuccessful. The recommendation will however encourage the organisation to reapply should they feel they can meet the criteria.
Step 4 – Announcement
Upon reaching its decision, the Executive Committee/Chair will request the Secretariat to issue a decision letter to the applicant within two days of that decision.
If the application is successful, the Chair will instruct the Secretariat to inform the ICIC membership and to add a news entry on the ICIC website.
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If the applicant is dissatisfied with the decision made by the Executive Committee, they can apply directly to the Chair within 14 days of the date on the decision letter to have their application reviewed.
Their appeal should provide a statement as to why they believe the decision by the Executive Committee should be rescinded or reviewed.
Upon receiving the appeal letter and statement, the Chair will convene an extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee to examine the grounds for appeal.
Based on the information received, the Executive Committee will issue a decision within seven days of receipt. This decision is considered final.

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So the lovely people at ArtsProfessional have featured me in their Job Ladder item, looking at how I ended up in my role at Chisenhale. Here is the feature, but visit AP to look at other career paths.
Lead Producer, Chisenhale Dance Space (2013 – present)
I've been in this role since April 2013, working with independent artists and maintaining a space where risk is encouraged. It's been a real journey already – being successful with our Catalyst and Grants for the Arts applications has given the space a real boost and has generated excitement whilst we celebrate our 30th birthday this autumn, with a season of work 'THE BIG 30'. The season includes archive performances, new commissions, talks, films, community days, workshops, and symposiums.
I am constantly changing hats, from finance to marketing and everything in-between, but I think that my main role is to safeguard the amazing legacy that Chisenhale Dance Space has and hopefully facilitate some fantastic projects along the way!
Marketing Manager, Chisenhale Dance Space (2012 – 2013)
This post came up in a period when I wasn't sure if I wanted to go back to marketing after concentrating on my own practice for a while. I knew that I only wanted to work somewhere that I could support artists who I really believed in and luckily I got the job. During this 10-month contract my goal was to rebrand the organisation and work towards getting the space the recognition it deserves, which hopefully provided a strong footing for the new programme of work this year.
Digital and Social Media Marketer, Hans de Kretser Associates (2009 – 2011)
I initially started working with Hans de Krester Associates as Website Content Editor for Dance Consortium, which included a wonderful trip to New York to work with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for their upcoming UK Tour. I eventually moved into working for a number of the clients, ranging from Bill Kenwright and West End shows, to working with Big Dance and consulting for Protein's social media-based work 'LOL (Lots of Love)'. I feel like this job opened my eyes to a cross-section of the arts sector in the UK and showed me what can be delivered on rather large or almost non-existent budgets.
Freelance artist (2008 – 2012)
During this period I worked with artist Lauren Willis in a collaborative – Laura and Lauren. We showed our interactive work in really varied settings including Vintage Festival Southbank, Soho Theatre, Roundhouse and Camberwell Arts Open Prize. We also delivered workshops for young people and adults, like the Louis Vuitton Young Arts Project working with youth groups from five major galleries; Hayward Gallery, Tate, South London Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts and Whitechapel Gallery.
The balance between being an artist and managing a dance space is still one that I'm constantly considering. At the moment I'm taking a break to concentrate on my role at Chisenhale, but who knows what might happen in the future.
Archivist (Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, 2010 and Michael Clark Company, 2009)
These two placements reflected my interest in preserving dance and also gave me a chance to see lots of unseen material from these great companies which really felt like a privilege. These experiences made me question my own practice and still raise some interesting thoughts now around artists keeping personal archives and the options that we could have for the archive at Chisenhale.
Box Office and Front of House, The Place (2007 – 2010)
Whilst finishing my Masters in Choreography at Middlesex University, I worked at The Place first as Front of House, then on Box Office. During these three years I saw many, many dance works and really developed my interest in work that was more on the fringes of dance and performance. It was a great first step on the ladder and made me realise that I liked working in the office-side of the arts too.


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How Does A Medical Malpractice Attorney Help Your Claim?
When an experienced medical malpractice lawyer is investigating a case, they will first request a copy of the patient's complete medical records. The lawyer then looks for an expert (doctor, surgeon or other provider) who is willing to review the record and give an opinion as to whether the reasonable or minimum level of care had been provided to the patient. The expert would need to find the doctor, surgeon or provider was negligent in the care they gave. This is only the first step.
There must also be a finding that the doctor, surgeon or provider's care resulted in injury to the patient. There must have been a connection between the medical mistake, or breach of the reasonable standard of care, and the injury or harmful result the patient is suffering. A malpractice case in Florida requires the injured person to have evidence of negligence and, what is often referred to as, causation resulting in the injury to the patient.
There is difference between medical negligence (malpractice) and a bad outcome or result from the medical treatment. Medical literature has documented that, even with perfectly performed treatment or surgery, a small number of patients may suffer a bad outcome. Having an unexpected, unfortunate or even tragic outcome does not necessarily mean it was caused by medical malpractice. In the medical-legal world, these unexpected results not caused by medical malpractice are known as "known complications" of the given treatment or procedure. The question is whether the patient's injury was caused by a medical mistake or was an unfortunate, known complication.
Medical malpractice cases are possible based on care by many types of healthcare providers, including doctors, surgeons, nurses, physical therapists, anesthetists, pharmacists and many others. In evaluating whether a specific type of healthcare provider met the reasonable standard of care for their area of practice, lawyers will typically seek the opinion of an expert who is a similar provider or specialist.
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Still trying to decide what to wear. Do I go with boots, heels or flats? Skirt or slacks? Fancy shirt or tee?
Boots in this weather, fo sho.
much smaller affair to commence elsewhere. no need for boots, sandals will suffice. and jeans.


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Home In the World Advocating Justice Faith Leaders Struggle to Bring Message of Hope to Migrants
Faith Leaders Struggle to Bring Message of Hope to Migrants
United Methodists Among Arrested Protesters
by Kathy L. Gilbert
Faith leaders and other supporters of immigrant rights face U.S. Border Patrol agents at the fence between the U.S. and Mexico in San Diego as they attempt to offer a ceremonial blessing in support of migrants seeking refuge in the U.S. (Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS.)
A small group of United Methodists waded into the cold Pacific Ocean to kneel and pray that the border wall separating the United States and Mexico would topple.
They were part of a group of more than 300 faith leaders who marched to the wall on International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, in a "moral call for migrant justice."
Dozens of protesters, including two United Methodist pastors, were arrested and charged with civil disobedience when they stepped across the barrier set up by the U.S. Border Patrol.
The Rev. Shinya Goto, El Camino Real District superintendent, and the Rev. Rolly Loomis, pastor of Roseville United Methodist Church, both in the California-Nevada Conference, were arrested and released a few hours later.
After walking for about 1.5 miles from Border Field State Park, the protesters came within sight of the border wall but were separated from it by rows of razor-sharp wires and a solid line of border agents standing guard.
As the group inched closer, an officer using a bullhorn shouted, "Please stop where you are. Please don't pass the caution tape. Move back. Move back."
After being face to face — at times kneeling in the sand — for more than an hour, the United Methodist group led by Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño felt called to step into the ocean and pray.
"I was praying, others were joining me, in praying for the actual toppling of this wall. It felt right to join the waters of nature and to press through our spirits into this wall," said Carcaño, episcopal leader of the California-Nevada Conference and leader of the United Methodist Task Force on Immigration.
American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization, organized the march. Faith leaders from many traditions and denominations gathered in San Diego from across the country for "Love Knows No Borders."
Organizers said people of faith across the country are organizing a week of action that began on International Human Rights Day and will end on Dec. 18, International Migrant Day. They are calling for the U.S. government to respect the human right to migrate, to end militarization of border communities and to end detention and deportation of immigrants.
The group also is calling on Congress to defund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
In recent weeks, more than 6,000 migrants have arrived in the city of Tijuana seeking asylum in the United States. The faith leaders planned to offer a ceremonial blessing to the migrants on the Tijuana side.
Rev. Lolly Detained
The Rev. Rolly Loomis, pastor of First United Methodist Church of Roseville, Calif., is detained by a U.S. Border Patrol agent at the fence between the U.S. and Mexico in San Diego as Loomis joined with other faith leaders in attempting to offer a ceremonial blessing in support of migrants seeking refuge in the U.S. (Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS.)
U.S. agents fired tear gas into Mexico on Nov. 25 when some migrants began throwing rocks. Some of the participants in the Dec. 10 protest said they were spurred to action by that incident.
"This is the community that I serve, the people that I walk with," said Emma Escobar, coordinator of Hispanic-Latino ministries for the United Methodist Baltimore-Washington Conference.
"That is why I am here. I do not believe that we should be separated by a wall. We should not be living in fear."
Rebecca Cole, director of grassroots organizing for the United Methodist Board of Church and Society, said more than 50 United Methodists from 12 conferences came to San Diego for the event.
She was among a small group of protesters who faced the border agents and risked arrest.
What does the church say?
In its Social Principles, The United Methodist Church recognizes all people, regardless of country of origin, as members of the family of God and opposes policies that separate family members from each other.
Read more about immigration and the church
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Cole said she could see the crowds watching on the Mexico side of the wall through small gaps between the agents.
"They were waving their hands, playing drums and blowing kisses in great joy to see the group bearing witness to the injustice our U.S. government has inflicted on migrants and their home countries," Cole said. "The music and the people on the other side gave me strength and confidence that bringing attention to the situation at the border was exactly what God calls us to do. I felt, in that moment, 'I will risk everything.'"
The Rev. Jill Zundell, pastor of Detroit Central United Methodist Church, said it broke her heart to see "the faces across the border that we could not reach.
"But also that we stood and sang 'We Are Not Afraid' to people in full riot gear. I didn't have fear. I had righteous anger. I wondered how we would have been treated without the cameras present."
Reports of people on the other side throwing rocks are false, Carcaño said.
"We saw no rocks. I think that was fabricated in order to justify further, harsh action," Carcaño said. "Some of us became concerned that our brothers and sisters on the other side might receive more pushback like being tear-gassed because we were protesting."
Participants spent the day before the march in hours of nonviolent direct action training, which ended with an interfaith service held at University Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
A group of about 20 United Methodists started Sunday morning by attending worship at Christ Ministry Center, which is an immigration shelter. The United Methodist Committee on Relief recently gave the center a $100,000 grant to expand shelter capacity.
The Rev. Bill Jenkins, director of Christ Ministry Center, has been helping waves of immigrants since 2011 when the church was reborn as an immigration center.
Jenkins said the church hosted 118 immigrants in the past few days.
Jenkins said he was surprised when the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees told him this center is the only immigrant-welcoming center in Southern California. It is one of nine shelters in the stretch of border from McAllen, Texas, to San Diego.
"There is always room for one more," he said, sitting in the front of the church while his young foster son cuddled on his shoulder. Harry is Haitian and his mother was one of the immigrants who passed through the shelter two years ago.
"She was so traumatized by her journey she couldn't care for little Harry," Jenkins explained.
Jenkins, who is 70, and his wife became foster parents.
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"We are in the process of reunification for Harry and his mother," he told the congregation. "It's going to break my heart, but reunification is what I preach."
At the end of the church service, the out-of-town visitors were invited to the front of the church to wash the feet of immigrants who are in the shelter.
"Washing their feet is the opposite of what we have been hearing about how to treat immigrants," Jenkins said.
At the end of the day Christy Latona, director of Connectional Ministries for the Baltimore-Washington Conference, reflected on what she learned from the experience.
"The whole idea of humanization and how we miss that when we call people categories of things — migrants, immigrants — we lose the thread of the individual human story. There is a lot of misunderstanding about what is a human right versus the political spin on the law. It is way more complex than many people understand."
At the end of the protest, Carcaño said she was reminded to work closely with migrants, to hear their voices, get them involved in what churches do.
She is also thinking about the bigger role The United Methodist Church can take.
"I believe we United Methodists have been humble about our role. We have wanted to do things collaboratively, have wanted to be partners with others. But I think it is time for us to take a lead role and be the ones who convene, the ones who invite others," she said.
"As I look around and engage with leaders of other denominations I believe we have the largest power base for this movement. That is both humbling, challenging, and somewhat frightening. We are going to pray about it."
Kathy Gilbert is a multimedia reporter for United Methodist News Service. Mike DuBose is a photographer for United Methodist News Service.
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Google has been ordered by a US court to cough up people's private Gmail messages stored overseas – because if that information can be viewed stateside, it is subject to American search warrants, apparently.
During a hearing on Wednesday in California, magistrate judge Laurel Beeler rejected [PDF] the advertising giant's objections to a US government search warrant seeking data stored on its foreign servers. The Mountain View goliath had filed a motion to quash the warrant, and was denied.
The warrant, issued on June 30, 2016, ordered Google to hand over information on a number of specific Gmail accounts, including message content, attachments, metadata, and locational data.
While Google complied with the warrants and handed all of the requested records for several accounts over to Uncle Sam's agents, it refused to cough up information on two accounts and declined to access attachments on two others, arguing that because the data was held outside the US it was not covered by the warrant, as was decided in the Microsoft email brouhaha.
Judge Beeler, however, disagreed with the Chocolate Factory's assessment, reasoning that if Google was able to pull up the data on its own machines in the US, then it should fall under a US court's jurisdiction and, because it would be pulled from Google's HQ in Mountain View, it was not considered overseas content the way Microsoft's Ireland-based info was.


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Falkland, , ist eine kleine Stadt mit 1096 Einwohnern im Norden der Lomond Hills, in der Council Area Fife in Schottland. Sie liegt 13 km nördlich von Glenrothes.

Bekanntheit erlangte Falkland wegen seiner strategischen Lage im Tal des Flusses Eden. MacDuff, der Thane of Fife ließ an dieser Stelle ein Schloss bauen, das jedoch 1337 von den Engländern zerstört wurde. Im 14. Jahrhundert erstand Robert Stewart, der Duke of Albany, das Anwesen. Er ließ seinen Neffen, David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay und Erbe von Robert III. im wiedererbauten Schloss einkerkern und verhungern (1402).

1458 erhielt Falkland den Status eines Royal Burgh zugesprochen. Zwischen 1501 und 1541 ließ Jakob IV. das von seinem Vorgänger erbaute Jagdschloss Falkland Palace erweitern und umgestalten. Die Anlage wurde auch von seinem Sohn Jakob V. genutzt. Nach der Vereinigung der Kronen von Schottland und England im Jahr 1603 wurde Falkland aufgegeben. Charles II. nutzte Falkland Palace 1650, um dort ein Regiment der Scots Guards einzuquartieren.

Im frühen 19. Jahrhundert unternahmen die Familien Bruce und Tyndall, die das Anwesen und das Städtchen geerbt hatten, Anstrengungen, die Industrialisierung hierher zu bringen. Die angesiedelte Textil- und Linoleumindustrie existiert heute nicht mehr. In den 1970er Jahren wurde Falkland zu einer der ersten Conservation Areas in Schottland. Die Häuser und Falkland Palace wurden wiederhergestellt und sind heute eine wichtige touristische Attraktion der Region.

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Phoenix airport restaurant, coffee shop workers go on strike
PHOENIX (AP) – A union representing the largest group of food service workers at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport went on strike Monday – during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year – to heighten concerns about wages, health insurance and pension contributions.
HMS Host is the largest concessionaire at Phoenix Airport, serving more than 45 million passengers annually prior to the coronavirus pandemic. UNITE HERE Local 11 workers overwhelmingly voted in favor of the strike last week.
The strike does not affect flights, but it does affect hungry travelers as HMS operates more than two dozen restaurants and cafes. The company said in a statement it would offer prepackaged groceries and reduce seat service offerings during the strike.
Airport spokesman Greg Roybal said most restaurants are open on Monday.
"Today's activity affects less than 10% of the restaurants that would normally be open today," he told the Arizona Republic.
The union said in a statement that four years of contract negotiations had failed, leading to a strike. Union officials say workers are demanding salary increases, affordable health insurance, a company-paid pension, and protection from discrimination.
HMS Host said it offers significant wage increases, bonuses and benefits, including paying 90% of employee health care bills. The union represents less than half of the company's hourly workforce, HMS Host said.
"This is part of the most generous compensation package ever for Sky Harbor employees," the company said in a statement.
Sky Harbor chef Lucia Salina said she and her colleagues hadn't received a raise since 2017 and were facing financial problems. She said the company's offerings were not enough and asked travelers for understanding.
"We're working so hard during the pandemic and I just feel like this company doesn't respect us," she told azfamily.com.
Mary Allums, who was touring Sky Harbor, told the news channel that the holiday is a good time for workers to go on strike, but that "it is inconvenient for people who have nothing to do with it."
The union said workers will remain on strike until HMS Host agrees to go along with their demands, the union statement said. The union represents between 450 and 475 of the workers, dozen of whom picketed in shifts Monday, spokeswoman Rachele Smith said.
A one-day strike organized by UNITE HERE in September to protest staff shortages at the airport's restaurants resulted in long lines of customers at places like Starbucks.
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Reducing sexual risk behavior among high-risk couples in northern India
Deborah Jones, Rashmi Bagga, Ritu Nehra, Deepika, Sunil Sethi, Kamini Walia, Mahendra Kumar, Olga Villar-Loubet, Maria Lopez, Stephen M. Weiss
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Background: With a population of 1.1 billion, India is considered to be a country in which effective prevention interventions could contain the development of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. Heterosexual transmission accounts for 85 % of the extant HIV infections. Purpose: This study sought to assess the feasibility of conducting a group, culturally tailored behavioral intervention and its impact on sexual barrier use, self-efficacy, knowledge, conflict resolution, and coping among high-risk heterosexual couples in Northern India. Method: This pilot study was conducted at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India from February 2008 to January 2009. Thirty sexually active high-risk couples were drawn from a convenience sample of PGIMER patients attending infectious disease and family planning clinics. Couples participated in 1 month of three weekly gender-concordant behavioral intervention groups and were individually administered assessments preintervention and post-intervention. The intervention was tailored to the Northern Indian context and addressed sexual barrier use, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted infection transmission, and cognitive behavioral skill building focusing on sexual negotiation and communication. Results: The participants had a mean age of 32 years (men) and 29 years (women), and the majority had at least 10 years of education. At baseline, the majority reported inconsistent condom use (<100 % of the time; 64 % of women, 59 % of men). Post-intervention, nearly all participants reported consistent condom use (100 % of the time; 100 % of men, 97 % of women). Participants also reported decreased verbal aggression, increased self-efficacy, and increased HIV-related knowledge, and women increased their use of positive coping tactics. Conclusions: The results highlight the potential to successfully utilize a group intervention to discuss sensitive issues such as sexual risk behavior among both men and women. Strategies to improve condom use and communication without increasing intimate partner violence in high-risk couples may be an important adjunct to preventing the development of a generalized epidemic in India.
International journal of behavioral medicine
Self-efficacy
Sexual risk reduction
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Jones, D., Bagga, R., Nehra, R., Deepika, Sethi, S., Walia, K., Kumar, M., Villar-Loubet, O., Lopez, M., & Weiss, S. M. (2013). Reducing sexual risk behavior among high-risk couples in northern India. International journal of behavioral medicine, 20(3), 344-354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-012-9235-4
Reducing sexual risk behavior among high-risk couples in northern India. / Jones, Deborah; Bagga, Rashmi; Nehra, Ritu; Deepika; Sethi, Sunil; Walia, Kamini; Kumar, Mahendra; Villar-Loubet, Olga; Lopez, Maria; Weiss, Stephen M.
In: International journal of behavioral medicine, Vol. 20, No. 3, 09.2013, p. 344-354.
Jones, D, Bagga, R, Nehra, R, Deepika, Sethi, S, Walia, K, Kumar, M, Villar-Loubet, O, Lopez, M & Weiss, SM 2013, 'Reducing sexual risk behavior among high-risk couples in northern India', International journal of behavioral medicine, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 344-354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-012-9235-4
Jones D, Bagga R, Nehra R, Deepika, Sethi S, Walia K et al. Reducing sexual risk behavior among high-risk couples in northern India. International journal of behavioral medicine. 2013 Sep;20(3):344-354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-012-9235-4
Jones, Deborah ; Bagga, Rashmi ; Nehra, Ritu ; Deepika ; Sethi, Sunil ; Walia, Kamini ; Kumar, Mahendra ; Villar-Loubet, Olga ; Lopez, Maria ; Weiss, Stephen M. / Reducing sexual risk behavior among high-risk couples in northern India. In: International journal of behavioral medicine. 2013 ; Vol. 20, No. 3. pp. 344-354.
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HomeTravelThe African village where men and women learn different languages
The African village where men and women learn different languages
The village where men and women really DO seem like they're from different planets, with males and females speaking different languages
The Ubang people of Southern Nigeria have a 'female' and a 'male' language
Boys in the community are expected to adopt the 'male' tongue by the age of 10
Some words are the same for both sexes, whereas others are entirely different
A BBC documentary travelled to the village and shone a light on the tradition
By Ailbhe Macmahon For Mailonline
Published: 16:52 BST, 21 September 2021 | Updated: 17:06 BST, 21 September 2021
They say men are from Mars and women are from Venus – and never has that been more true than in the village of Ubang in southern Nigeria, where males speak one language and women speak another.
In a fascinating tradition, the Ubang people use different words depending on their gender.
Children in the community pick up the 'female' language first, because they are predominantly raised by women throughout childhood. However, by the age of 10, boys are expected to adopt the 'male' tongue, which locals believe to be a sign of maturity.
In Ubang in southern Nigeria, males speak one language and women speak another, though both are discouraged at the village school (stock image)
A BBC documentary investigated the unusual dialects and interviewed anthropologist Chi Chi Undie, who has studied the community.
She said: 'There are a lot of words that men and women share in common, then there are others which are totally different depending on your sex. They don't sound alike, they don't have the same letters, they are completely different words.'
Women use the word 'okwakwe' for dog, whereas men say 'abu'. The Ubang word for 'clothing'? Women call it 'ariga', while for men, it's 'nki'. The term 'kitchi' is the male word for tree, but females describe it as an 'okweng'. And water is 'bamuie' for males and 'amu' for females.
Children in the Ubang community pick up the 'female' language first, because they are predominantly raised by women throughout childhood
UBANG LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES
Dog – Okwakwe (female) / abu (male)
Tree – Okweng (female) / kitchi (male)
Water – Amu (female) / bamuie (male)
Cup – Ogbala (female) / nko (male)
Clothing – Ariga (female) / nki (male)
Bush – Deyire (female) / bibiang (male)
Goat – Obi (female) / ibue (male)
Source: BBC / Olaniyi Adebimpe
If a male or female child uses the language assigned to the opposite gender beyond a certain age, they are perceived to be 'abnormal', according to the BBC.
There are several theories behind the origins of the gendered vernaculars, though the most popular is tied to religion.
Locals believe God planned to give each ethnic group two languages, but after creating two different dialects for the Ubang community, found there weren't enough languages to go around the rest of the world.
The languages have been passed down through generations, but as they haven't been written down, there are concerns they might be lost in the future.
Younger members of the Ubang community tend to include English words in their dialect, and schools often discourage students from using the Ubang language in the classroom.
Despite these concerns, Chief Oliver Ibang of the Ubang Traditional Ruling Council believes the Ubang language will survive against the odds. He told the BBC: 'There is no way the language will die off because, if the language dies, that means people in Ubang are no more existing.'
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Tearce ou Téartsé (en  ; en ) est une municipalité du nord-ouest de la Macédoine du Nord. Elle comptait  habitants en 2002 et s'étend sur 136,54 km. Elle est majoritairement peuplée d'Albanais.

Tearce est entourée par les municipalités macédoniennes de Tetovo et Bogovinje ainsi que par le Kosovo. La municipalité se trouve dans la plaine du Polog et au pied des monts Šar qui la séparent du Kosovo au nord-ouest.

La municipalité compte plusieurs villages en plus de son siège administratif, Tearce : Brezno, Varvara, Gloǵi, Dobrochté, Yelochnik, Lechok, Neprochteno, Nerachté, Odri, Prvtsé, Prchovtsé et Slatino.

Sa principale attraction touristique est le monastère de Lechok, l'un des plus importants du pays.

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Lors du recensement de 2002, la municipalité comptait :
 Albanais : 18 950 (84,39 %)
 Macédoniens : 2 739 (12,20 %)
 Turcs : 516 (2,30 %)
 Roms : 67
 Serbes : 14
 Bosniaques : 1
 Autres : 167

Voir aussi
 Subdivisions de la Macédoine du Nord

Liens externes
 Site officiel de la municipalité

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Andrew Black was a blond-haired and wide-grinning 23-year-old from Vermont. He loved hiking the Green Mountain Trails, the NHL's Montreal Canadiens and brewing his own beer. He had been stirring together ingredients for his own brews since before he was old enough to legally drink.
On Dec. 6, Black walked into a gun shop at 11:02 a.m. Twenty-eight minutes later, he left with a firearm. Somewhere between 3:00 and 3:30 p.m., Black fatally shot himself, according to the Burlington Free Press.
Among the funeral arrangements and other painful tasks for his mother and father, Alyssa and Rob Black, was choosing the details about their son to share with the world in his obituary. They wrote about his adventurous spirit, his beloved dog Biggie and his dream job at a local microbrewery.
Obituaries were once just a few thoughtful lines in local newsprint, the final small gesture of remembrance for neighbors, friends and family. Now that they have migrated online, and thanks to the warp-speed tempo of viral sharing, obits have a reach far beyond local newspaper circulation. And for some families — and even the deceased themselves — they have become a way to rearrange private grief into a message of social significance.
Television stations and newspapers across Vermont and New England have run stories on Black's obituary, as well as national outlets like ABC News and NBC News.
Issues like drugs, gun control, bullying and body image have all been addressed in recent years in the fine print of obituaries that went viral. The human toll adds a potent jolt to the message.
That wasn't the Blacks' plan, but it was the effect. Vermont legislators have fielded calls from constituents about the obituary and its call for a gun purchase waiting period since its publication, NBC 5 has reported.
"None of this was our intention," Alyssa Black told the Free Press. "We were just trying to reach people like us."
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In April 2015, a 24-year-old from Manchester, N.H., named Molly Alice Parks was found dead on a restroom floor with a needle in her arm. Her grieving family did not hide from the facts.
Her father, Tom Parks, told The Washington Post at the time that the honesty was important to convey.
A similar candor and gravity appeared in the obituary for Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir, a 30-year-old from Burlington, Vt., who succumbed to her addiction in October.
"It is impossible to capture a person in an obituary, and especially someone whose adult life was largely defined by drug addiction," it read. "To some, Maddie was just a junkie — when they saw her addiction they stopped seeing her."
Obituaries have tackled other issues in their short word counts. Sadie Riggs was 15 when she hanged herself in Bedford, Pa., in June 2017. Her family used her obituary to specifically highlight the bullying that they say drove the young woman to her death.
Before Ellen Bennett died after a bout of fast-acting cancer in May 2018, the 64-year-old resident of Victoria, B.C., asked her friends to include a message about "the fat shaming she endured from the medical profession" in her obituary.
It's possible that Andrew Black would still have taken his life if Vermont had a mandatory waiting period. His parents, however, who say they are gun owners themselves, argue that had their son not been able to walk out of a gun store armed, he would have had time to move out of the depression.
"It was way too easy for this 23-year-old kid to go down and buy a gun. If nothing but 24 hours to just cool down and realize that it wasn't the answer," his father told NBC 5.


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Q: Why is ''.join() significantly slower than string concatenation here? Problem link: 2096. Step-By-Step Directions From a Binary Tree Node to Another.
I was solving a problem that asks us to output the shortest step-by-step path between a start node and a destination node in a binary tree, where traveling to left and right children are denoted by 'L' and 'R', and traveling to a parent node is denoted by 'U'. We are given the reference to the root node, and the number of nodes n can be as large as 100,000.
My solution is as follows:

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*Run a BFS to find both start and destination nodes, while generating the paths along the way using arrays. Once we find both nodes, return the path arrays.

*Now that we have paths to both start and destination nodes, find the lowest common ancestor of the two nodes by throwing out any initial common letters (e.g. if startPath = ['L', 'R', 'L'] and destPath = ['L', 'L', 'R'], the lowest common ancestor is root.left, and the remaining startPath from this lowest common ancestor is ['R', 'L'].)

*Finally, to get the path between startNode and destNode, we can convert all remaining startPath letters to 'U's, and then add on the remaining destPath.

The relevant code pertaining to the question is as follows:
def bfs_path2(root, target1, target2):
    q = deque([(root, [])])
    while q and not (found1 and found2):
        node, path = q.popleft()
        if node.left:
            q.append((node.left, path + ['L']))
        if node.right:
            q.append((node.right, path + ['R']))
    return path1, path2

s_path, t_path = bfs_path2(root, startValue, destValue)
# i, j legal indices of s_path and t_path
return "".join(['U']*len(s_path[i:]) + t_path[j:])

The runtime of this against a large test case was >10s. However, if I change the implementation of the BFS queue elements to strings, it runs in ~3s:
def bfs_path2(root, target1, target2):
    q = deque([(root, '')])
    while q and not (found1 and found2):
        node, path = q.popleft()
        if node.left:
            q.append((node.left, path + 'L'))
        if node.right:
            q.append((node.right, path + 'R'))
    return path1, path2

s_path, t_path = bfs_path2(root, startValue, destValue)
# i, j legal indices of s_path and t_path
return 'U'*len(s_path[i:]) + t_path[j:]

There are many links on StackOverflow showing that string concatenation is far slower than the join() method in Python, so I'm confused as to why the first code runtime is much slower than the second code runtime. Am I missing something here?

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Today we're proud to announce the release of Oxygen 2.3 Beta 1.
2.3 Beta 1 contains various bug fixes, as well as polish for the new Modals and User Design Library features.
Added a blank option to Animate On Scroll "disable below" dropdown.
Reusable sub-menu now works in the latest version of Chrome.
Shortcode Wrapper now supports hyphens/dashes.
Special characters no longer cause elements to disappear in the builder.
New triggers for Modals: Show on scroll up, show on scroll to element, show after number of clicks, show after time inactive, show after X page views.
Existing customers can download the Beta in the customer portal.
Below is a mostly complete changelog of the changes made between Oxygen 2.3 Alpha 1 and 2.3 Beta 1. This does not include any changes made between 2.2.1 and 2.3 Alpha 1.
Polished: Added "choose" button for Modal trigger selector.
Polished: Added JS function for closing Modals.
Polished: Added "center" Modal position option.
Polished: Improved Modal trigger selector behavior.
Polished: Improved "Insert Close Button" UI for Modals.
Polished: Enhanced dropdown on Modal trigger tab to show label of selected value instead of value itself.
Polished: Added "show on scroll up" trigger for Modals.
Polished: Changed Oxy User Library so that each post contains a singe element only.
Polished: Added "show on scroll to element" trigger for Modals.
Polished: Renamed Oxy User Library to Block Library.
Polished: Added "show after number of clicks" trigger for Modals.
Polished: Added "show after time inactive" trigger for Modals.
Polished: Added "show after X page views" trigger for Modals.
Polished: Added close on ESC key for Modals.
Polished: Added VW and PX units for Modal width.
Polished: Various UI tweaks for Oxygen user design library feature.
Polished: Fixed Oxy User Library link on Settings > Library page.
Polished: Fixed Oxy User Library link in +New Admin bar menu.
Polished: Fixed exclusivity between Oxygen general settings and Oxygen library settings checkboxes.
Polished: Importing design set with duplicate name now fails and generrates error message.
Tweak: Removed old, unused API code.
Tweak: Various improvements to Screenshot API.
Tweak: Various warning messages and error handling added for User Design Library feature.
Fix: Templates now appear properly when imported via design library.
Fix: Added blank option to Animate On Scroll Disable Below dropdown..
Fix: Reusable sub-menu now appears properly in latest version of Chrome.
Fix: Improved SSL check for builder preview.
Fix: Corrected "close after X seconds" behavior for Modal.
Fix: Modals are now visible when adding them to a template.
Fix: Library flyout disappeared, corrected.
Fix: Fixed Modal background color issues on front end.
Fix: Corrected issue where page-level Modal overlapped preview in builder when editing template.
Fix: Shortcode Wrapper now supports hyphens/dashes.
Fix: Fixed page scroll trigger event to avoid collision between multiple Modals.
Fix: Corrected issue where request for builder preview would fail with some SSL setups.
Fix: Corrected Animate on Scroll refresh for Modals.
Fix: Corrected "undefined index: id" PHP notice.
Fix: Removed "undefined index: param_name" PHP notice.
Fix: Removed "You cannot delete root!" error message.
Fix: Corrected issue where root element could be deleted while deleting orphaned Header Row.
Fix: Corrected "r.hasClass is not a function" error.
Fix: CSS Cache regeneration will now continue after an AJAX failure.
Fix: Prevented orphaning of Header Row element.
Fix: Prevented setting Header Row as re-usable.
Fix: Corrected admin notice and broken link on Back to WP > Admin button in builder.
Fix: Prevented setting individual Slides, Tabs, or Tab Contents as reusable.
Fix: Corrected issue with 404 error when accessing Block Library post for the first time.
Fix: Corrected UI User Design Library UI.
Fix: Corrected intermittent "Provide $parentScope must return a value" error when loading builder.
Fix: Special characters no longer break Oxygen's shortcode signatures.
Fix: Corrected issue where elements using shortcodes threw invalid shortcode signature error when rendered via Inner Content.
Fix: Incorrect error message when adding third-party design set.
Fix: Added parameter sanitization and escaping before HTML output of User Design Library.
Fix: Corrected issue where Design Set Options were not being saved.
Please note that Alpha and Beta releases of Oxygen should not be used on production sites. We do not provide official support for Alpha or Beta versions of Oxygen. If you encounter bugs, please report them on GitHub.
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Q: How to migrate multiple branches in git-svn? The structure of the SVN configuration is as follows.
https://hogehoge/svn/
    trunk/
        hoge/
            release01/
            release02/
    tags/
        hoge/
    branches/
        project1/src
        project2/src

Now, I would like to migrate branch/project1/ and branches/project2/ with git-svn.
I want it to be like this in local repo.
c:Sample/sampleForGit
    branches/
        project1/src
        project2/src

I have edited config as follows, but it does not work.
[svn-remote "svn"]
    url = https://hogehoge/svn/
    fetch = branches/project1:refs/remotes/git-svn/branches/project1
    fetch = branches/project2:refs/remotes/git-svn/branches/project2
    branches = branches/project1/*:refs/remotes/git-svn/branches/project1/*
    branches = branches/project2/*:refs/remotes/git-svn/branches/project2/*

The branches of project1 and project2 are not separated.
c:Sample/sampleForGit
    branches/
        src

How can I import separate branches?


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Markup files that are created in Microsoft Visual Studio are automatically saved in the Unicode UTF-8 file format, which means that most special characters, such as accent marks, are encoded correctly. However, there is a set of commonly-used special characters that are handled differently. These special characters follow the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML standard for encoding.
< < Less than symbol.
> > Greater than sign.
" " Double quote symbol.
If you create a markup file using a text editor, such as Windows Notepad, you must save the file in the Unicode UTF-8 file format in order to preserve any encoded special characters.
The following example shows how you can use special characters in text when creating markup.


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Q: array split, into row and column 2-d Array i have tried to split a ByteArray (that represents a screenShot Data) into
a 2d array so if i have for example an array of 3x3 (xy /rows columns)
it would look like this
int screenSwidth = 3;
int screenSheight = 3;
byte[] ScreenShot = new byte[] {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};

i am trying via 2 nested for loops, to split the serial data into
separated rows in a new 2dimentional array as it was shaped/formed originaly on the screen.
lets Just call the new ScreenShotRows[] as "b" just for this example
b[0][0] = 1 b[0][1] = 2 b[0][2] = 3
b[1][0] = 4 b[1][1] = 5 b[1][2] = 6
b[2][0] = 7 b[2][1] = 8 b[2][2] = 9
and the question is what is the right way to iterate through the whole array
i was trying to achieve that via this code .
     for (int HeightIter= 0; HeightIter < screenSheight; HeightIter++)
     {
           for (int WidthIter = 0; WidthIter < screenSwidth ; WidthIter++)
                {
                     ScreenShotRows[HeightIter, WidthIter] = ScreenShot[WidthIter];
                }
     }

and it loops over the first row , asigning the values :
b[0][0] = 1 b[0][1] = 2 b[0][2] = 3
b[1][0] = 1 b[0][1] = 2 b[0][2] = 3
b[2][0] = 1 b[0][1] = 2 b[0][2] = 3
this is my first attempt on this kind of multiDimetional /jagged array
with nested for loop,
and i found it very confiusing to make it work
also to get it done as fast as it could be,
cause my data is much larger than 3x3 , and method is called multiple times frequently so performance is crucial
my next move will be to have same way with the columns
elements 0,0 to 0,2 ---- elements 1,0 to 1,2 ---- ements 2,0 to 2,2
      147                    258                369

A: Replace your firsts line to:
for (int HeightIter= 0; HeightIter < screenSheight; HeightIter++)

And the line ScreenShotRows[HeightIter, WidthIter] = ScreenShot[WidthIter]; to
ScreenShotRows[HeightIter, WidthIter] = ScreenShot[3*HeightIter+WidthIter];

This should make 2d array.


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Thai police revive controversial royal defamation law ahead of protest
NEW DELHI Published: Nov 25, 2020, 03:09 PM(IST)
Protests in Thailand Photograph:( AFP )
Thailand has for months been rocked by youth-led protests demanding a new constitution, reform of the untouchable monarchy, and for Prayut to resign.
The Thailand Police on Tuesday issued summonses for 12 protest leaders to answer charges of lese majeste, defaming or insulting key members of the royal family.
This is the first time such charges have been brought under so-called lese majeste laws which cover insults to the royal family in more than two years. Anyone found guilty faces up to 15 years in prison.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha last week gave the green light for authorities to lay lese majeste charges, which bar any criticism of the royal family, against demonstrators who could now face up to 15 years in prison.
Tensions in the Thai capital are rising -- officers deployed water cannon and tear gas at a rally outside parliament last week, with 55 people injured and six-shot in scuffles with royalists. The source of the gunfire is under investigation.
Anti-royal graffiti was also daubed around police headquarters in central Bangkok, and demonstrators threw paint at the compound.
Thailand has one of the harshest royal defamation laws in the world. It is routinely interpreted to include any criticism of the monarchy -- including content posted or shared on social media.
Under section 112 of Thailand's penal code -- which authorities have not invoked since early 2018 -- anyone convicted of defaming, insulting or threatening the king, queen or heir faces between three and 15 years in prison on each count.
(With inputs from AFP)
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