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I was in the market for a work truck and after several months of searching I found what I was looking for at Prestige Autos. I called them up and sure enough they still had the truck. It was exactly what I needed and at the price I wanted to. My buying processes was straight forward no hassles!! Travis, did an excellent job in helping me close my loan processes. They have a great staff and the facility was nice and cool perfect for that hot day!! Awesome team!!
I was thoughrly impressed with everything about Prestige Autos! Very friendly, great facility Made the car buying process very simple. Thanks guys!!!
I drove my roommate down to Corona to pick up his (new) car from Prestige, which is how I found the car that would be my own purchase. Because I sat through the paperwork of the earlier sale, I had zero reservations about how David Akbar runs his dealership. Honest, straight-forward, clear explanations of everything. I never once felt that there was any double-talk or pressure to sign anything he shouldn't. Which is why I called them back a couple weeks later to make a deal on my car purchase. Prestige fixed a relatively minor paint issue for me and agreed to repair a door lock issue before I signed anything - not inexpensive repairs - things used car lots just don't do. I felt the price negotiation process was more than fair, and I chose to use their in-house financing which was also very fair. They've had great communication after the sale as well. Prestige Autos is very highly recommended!
I purchased a 2014 Kia Forte last Wed, the overall experience was great!! I found the car on the internet just the night prior and called to talk to a salesman named Danny he was awsome and set up a appt next day at 4:30 with Sean which I thought was very impressive. When I arrived Sean welcomed me and was very friendly. He showed me the car right away no pressure at all, I drove it and pretty much went through all the paperwork with little or no effort while the numbers were ran it was very quick considering in the past it took hours to buy a car. I am now the proud owner of my Kia and would do business in the future at Prestige Auto.
From start to finish these guys are great! The owner has the integrity I wish other places had that I purchased cars from in the past. His sales people exhibit the same level of integrity and are not pushy. They got me a better rate than I was going to get from my bank! I'm definitely going back the next time I need a car! I will be telling my friends and family about this place for sure!
I knew walking in I would be a finance manager's nightmare and was prepared to be able to buy at a high interest rate. I saw the car I wanted at the right price. It was top of the line, like new and still under factory warranty. I purchased the car (with a high interest rate) but needed to come back the next day since I was alone and in another car. The next day, David told me we could tear up the contract as he had gotten me financed at a rate 25% lower than I had originally signed for (saving me 60$ per month on the payment and over 4000$ on the life of the contract) I have NEVER had that happen. I am still pinching myself. The salesperson, Jen, was totally sweet and the entire staff made my buying experience a pleasure. These people are good business people - I would send anyone I know to them.
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My experience at Prestige Autos was by far one of the best / easiest car buying experiences. Given that I had negative equity in my trade in, Prestige Autos was able to get me into a 2013 Toyota Camry at an amazing price. In fact, I originally walked out of the dealership because they didn't have the exact trim I was looking for, however they presented me a deal that I couldn't say no to! The staff was extremely friendly from beginning to end! They really simplified the paperwork portion in finance and kept it straightforward and easy to understand. have a ton of friends and family in the auto industry however, I definitely recommend checking out this dealership! They are by far leading in lowest, haggle free prices!


The 17-year-old was raised in Nairobi's Kuwinda slum and took his first ever dance class in a school classroom with stripped bare walls and no barre or mirror.
Kioko, who performed in a version of in Nairobi last year, took up ballet just three years ago after following his female cousin to her ballet classes.
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At the time, he had merely intended to make a nuisance of himself.
Recalling his first lessons in Nairobi in a film about himself , Kioko said: "I thought, what is this strange dance? So I did not fall in love with ballet straightaway.
She pretends to be upset with you because you don't trust her."The last time you'll ever drive a car."Without looking over at me, Augustus said, "You're killing my vibe here, Hazel Grace.Of course, I have never had to take that long walk again, and my ears have not burned with quite the same fury, and I have never had to count the packs of cheap cigarettes in order to avoid mocking eyes and floods of tears...While Kenya is by no means a country traditionally associated with one of the most elite art forms, classical ballet is beginning to blossom among Nairobi's poorest communities.Efforts are under way to raise funds for Kioko's living expenses.
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THE ECB AND € E‐BANKNOTES – Could the ECB Issue an Electronic Equivalent of Paper-Based Euro Banknotes? Under Which Conditions Might Such ʹelectronic Banknotesʹ Have Legal Tender Status? Study Prepared Under the 2020 ECB Legal Research Programme 2020 (Topic 2)
125 Pages Posted: 20 Aug 2020
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Corinne Zellweger-Gutknecht
University of Zurich; University of Basel
Benjamin Geva
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
Seraina N. Grunewald
Radboud University Nijmegen
Date Written: July 31, 2020
This research paper examines whether the European Central Bank (ECB) is entitled de lege lata to issue an electronic equivalent of paper‐based euro banknotes (e‐banknotes) and, if so, under what conditions such e‐banknotes might have legal tender status. To this end, Part 2 sets the stage by discussing the reasons that might motivate or even compel the ECB to issue an e-banknote and by analyzing whether an e‐banknote is a banknote by reference to general principles of law and financial practices. Part 3 examines which monetary policy objectives and tasks could be better fulfilled if an e‐euro were issued or, conversely, whether non‐issuance could in the future impair the fulfillment of the ECB's mandate. Subsequently, Part 4 analyses the constitutional framework that empowers the ECB, within certain clear limits, to pursue the objectives set. This includes particularly the interpretation of the term 'banknotes' in Article 128 TFEU as well as the content and scope of selected basic tasks set out in Article 127 TFEU and mirrored in the Statute of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and of the ECB. The results are then weighed against the potential interests of third parties that could be affected by an e‐euro. Part 5 proceeds by discussing the design features that a functional equivalent of a paper banknote can and must exhibit in order to meet the previously defined objectives and constitutional limits. Part 6 explores the issue of architecture, i.e. the possible models of issuance. Part 7 concludes.
Keywords: ECB; E-Banknotes; Retail CBDC; rCBDC; Legal Tender; ECB's Mandate, Objectives and Tasks; Issuance of Cash; Monetary Policy; Payment Systems; Financial Stability; Constitutional Framework; Article 128 TFEU; Basic Tasks; Article 127 TFEU
Zellweger-Gutknecht, Corinne and Geva, Benjamin and Grunewald, Seraina, THE ECB AND € E‐BANKNOTES – Could the ECB Issue an Electronic Equivalent of Paper-Based Euro Banknotes? Under Which Conditions Might Such ʹelectronic Banknotesʹ Have Legal Tender Status? Study Prepared Under the 2020 ECB Legal Research Programme 2020 (Topic 2) (July 31, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3667057 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3667057
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way he treats his bae sef, you'll know.
about the government and oil and all that.
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Can a Human Live on Mars? What's NASA's Plans?
1 0 Swaranjeet Singh Nanda Monday, 29 April 2019 Edit this post
Would you like to live on Mars, check out what NASA has to say.
When talking about life outside the Earth, the first possibility that comes to the minds of scientists is Mars, the closest thing to our planet in the Solar System.
The current knowledge of the Mars environment is the result of over two centuries of observational observation of its astronomical appearance and ultimately of its astrophysical features.
If one day man decides (and can of course) to make a small colony on Mars, the North American Aerospace Agency (NASA) already warns that children born there will be taller than humans born on Earth.
NASA has also announced that it intends to send people to the Red Planet by 2030.
Despite such excitement, living on the planet is much harder than we think.
On Earth we are constantly subjected to the force of gravity throughout our lives. On other planets in our solar system, this would not happen. As a result it wont make a human body as good as it is on Earth. And under these circumstances, Mars colonialists would probably not return to their old strength.
There are several other harmful factors too for e.g.: extremely low temperatures, from -120ºC to + 20ºC, practically nonexistent atmosphere made up of mostly carbon dioxide (CO2) and dangerous radiation. There is also a danger of dying through suffocation or starvation.
Because the atmosphere of Mars is thinner than that of the Earth, the effects of ultraviolet light are more strongly affected than the Earth.
Was Mars always like this?
Well according to Jim Green, a senior researcher at NASA, Mars used to be a blue planet i.e. of course billions of years ago.
Green said it was likely that two-thirds of the northern hemisphere of the red planet was once covered with water, and in some places the liquid could be more than 1.5 kilometers deep.
He further explained that the problem occured when the planet lost its magnetic field and thus became unprotected against dangerous sundials and as a result it turned into a stale, cold, dry body.
But let us assume that we have overcome all the challenges and human beings have reached Mars and have been able to live there for a while - and even have children. Would the human body change over generations under the influence of less gravity? There are no scientific findings to date. But NASA has been thinking about how a human baby could evolve in space, with little gravity, a scenario that could also shed light on the potential for physical development on Mars. It is clear however that gravitation is an important force in the development of the human body.
Space architects and space engineers have to design a residence on Mars, taking all these factors into consideration and the first job is to think about is how to breathe.
Producing Oxygen from CO2
According to Michael Hecht of the Haystack Observatory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one carbon dioxide molecule contains two oxygen atoms. So,
with enough electricity, it is possible to produce oxygen gas from CO2.
What effect will Mars have on Human Body?
Acccording to Portland State University anthropologist Cameron Smith, We would probably see a lighter, leaner stature. Less gravity could also produce healthier bodies, as they would not have to carry so much muscle around with them. As a result, people would also need less energy for their bodies.
However, it will only become problematic for the Mars colonizers if they ever plan to return to Earth after a few generations as the nearly three times stronger Earth's gravity would make it impossible for their weaker hearts to supply their brains with enough blood. Neither the bones, spine nor muscles of these Martian inhabitants would have grown to earthly gravity. Presumably, overwhelmed by Earth's gravity, they would simply collapse and die. One thing is certain: we need not be afraid of an invasion and subjugation by Mars people.
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MARCIA TERLUK, Lauren Soukup, Sandra Montezuma, Deborah Ferrington; Mitochondrial DNA Damage Increases with Age-related Macular Degeneration in the RPE but not Neural Retina. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):5000.
Purpose: Reports of increased mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) from human donors with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) provide compelling evidence supporting the hypothesis that mitochondrial dysfunction plays a prominent role in AMD pathology (Karunadharma et al., 2010; Lin et al., 2011). However, it is still not clear whether this damage is limited to the RPE or if it also involves the neural retina. The purpose of this study was to determine if (1) mtDNA damage increases in the neural retina with AMD, and (2) the extent of mtDNA damage in the RPE correlates with the extent of damage in the neural retina in individual donors.
Methods: Human donor eyes were obtained from the Minnesota Lions Eye Bank, Minneapolis, MN. Genomic DNA was isolated from a 5 mm trephine punch of the macular region of the RPE and neural retina from human donor eyes categorized into four progressive stages of AMD (MGS 1-4, Olsen and Feng, 2003). Mitochondrial DNA damage was assessed in 32 donors (n=8/stage) using the long extension polymerase chain reaction. In this assay, decreased amplification reflects increased DNA damage. The amplified product was quantified using Pico Green fluorescent dye. Statistical analysis included one way ANOVA and Tukey's post-hoc tests to determine if there was a significant increase in mtDNA damage with AMD progression. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation analysis was performed comparing the extent of damage in the RPE and retina for each donor to determine if there was an association between damage in these two ocular regions.
Results: There was no significant change in mtDNA damage in the macula of the neural retina when comparing age-matched controls and donors with AMD (p=0.29). Furthermore, comparison of mtDNA damage in the RPE and retina from individual donors showed no correlation (Pearson's r=0.03; p>0.10) between the extent of mtDNA damage in these two macular tissues.
Conclusions: Collectively our data indicates that mtDNA damage that increases with AMD is limited to the RPE and not the retina. These results suggest that targeting treatments that protect the mitochondria in the RPE may be the most efficacious therapeutic strategy for AMD.


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Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia > News > Malaysia an ideal destination for Qatari investors, says Dr Mahathir
Malaysia an ideal destination for Qatari investors, says Dr Mahathir
December 12, 2019 December 13, 2019 News, Photo Gallery
DOHA, Dec 12 — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has expressed confidence that Malaysia will be an ideal destination for Qatari investors, especially to access the broader market in the ASEAN region.
Dr Mahathir, who is on a four-day official visit to Qatar, welcomed more companies from Qatar to explore business opportunities in Malaysia particularly in oil and gas, chemical and chemical products, food processing, halal, hotel and tourism, Islamic banking and finance.
"I am happy to see the keen interest shown by the business community here. This is an excellent platform for us to better understand Qatari interests and to share potential investment opportunities in Malaysia.
"We note that there are only a handful of investments from Qatar in Malaysia (at the moment)," he said during the roundtable meeting with Qatari captains of industry here on Thursday.
Dr Mahathir, who arrived in the Qatar capital last night, also believed that there are ample business opportunities that can be explored by Malaysian businesses here.
Currently, he said, Malaysian companies such as Gamuda, UEM, Eversendai, Holiday Villa and Malaysia Airports have a large footprint in Qatar.
He noted that Malaysia remains on a steady economic path with a healthy average Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 4.6 per cent in the first three quarters of 2019.
With its strong economic fundamentals, Malaysia continues to attract foreign direct investments (FDI), he added
Dr Mahathir pointed out that Malaysia strives to strike a balance by not only enhancing the ease of doing business in the country but also ensuring the nation benefits in the long run.
"By investing in human capital, technology and infrastructure, coupled with pro-business policies, we look to provide the optimal investment landscape to facilitate investors.
"I am optimistic that Qatari investors will find Malaysia an exciting base to expand their overseas operations. As such, this Roundtable Meeting is the ideal event for us to discuss how businesses from both Qatar and Malaysia can work together for mutually beneficial outcomes," he said.
The prime minister said the confidence in Malaysia was attested by a multitude of independent institutes and organisations. Last month, the World Bank Doing Business Report 2020 ranked Malaysia 12th in its ease of doing business.
"This jump from the 15th position last year showcases Malaysia's continuous commitment in providing a conducive environment to facilitate our investors.
"Malaysia was also ranked the world's best country to invest in or do business for 2019 by CEOWORLD Magazine while Bloomberg's 2018 Emerging Market Scorecard ranked us the most attractive emerging market in Asia," added Dr Mahathir.
He said the Ministry of International Trade and Industry hosted the Second Meeting of the Joint Trade Committee between Malaysia and Qatar in Kuala Lumpur last October, and the meeting agreed to strengthen the bilateral trade and investment cooperation of both countries in areas such as banking, finance, transport, energy, tourism, sports and agriculture.
"During the event, our countries' investment promotion agencies, the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and the Investment Promotion Agency of Qatar (IPAQ), also signed an MoU to promote information exchanges on economic and industrial development as well as the organisation of joint promotional activities.
"I am optimistic that these are stepping stones to higher levels of partnerships between Malaysia and Qatar. Today, we are continuing the momentum here to intensify our mutually beneficial engagements," he said.
Qatar is Malaysia's fifth most important economic partner, with total trade between the two countries recorded at RM3.72 billion in 2018 — a 29 per cent increase compared with 2017.
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Watergate and the Range Rover
The Watergate leak from "Deep Throat" brought down US President Richard Nixon, but for sheer size it's hard to go past the April 2016 "Panama Papers" leak to a German newspaper. That was over 2.5 trillion bytes (2.6TB) of data – the biggest ever breach.
The 11 million leaked files from the database of a Panama law firm included the details of a close relative of the previous owner of a 1996 P38A Range Rover, which I bought a few months after the Panama Papers appeared.
As the Guardian explains, being named in the papers doesn't mean you've done anything illegal – just that you've used secretive offshore tax regimes. Even former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was listed, over a long-discarded tech company directorship. However, some people would have these arrangements for very "specific" reasons.
The former owner of my Range Rover certainly had some adventures in the finance world: he bought the luxury 4WD new (for $115,000) in London in 1996, then took it with him to South Africa for a while, before importing it into Australia himself in 2008, as a used vehicle. Then it seemed to spend much of its time, sitting in a Brisbane garage.
So when I bought it, the petrol V8 Rangie was 20 years old with just 73,000 kilometres on the clock, shiny green paint, and a good interior with almost perfect leather. At the time I owned another green Land Rover vehicle – exactly the same age but diesel-engined, riddled with rust and very used. The contrast was striking.
The Rangie had apparently made way for a new Porsche SUV for the Panama man, and gone to the nephew for a few months. However, the nephew said he didn't want to worry about his young kids damaging the Connolly leather, so the family bought a Toyota Prado instead. I paid what his uncle had (apparently) charged him for the Rangie: $9,000. It was around $3,000 more than the used examples I'd been looking at, but fair enough considering the top condition and extremely low kilometres.
I'd done plenty of research on the P38A Range Rover: its vulnerable V8 engine, its unpredictable computer brain and its fussy air suspension. However, such a low-kilometre example would be safe from those problems, right?
Even during my test drive, the dash would flash up an occasional warning that an indicator bulb was blown – yet on inspection, it flashed fine.
A few months after driving the Rangie, one afternoon the left blinker turned on – and didn't blink. The bulb simply stayed on, even with the key removed, and could only be stopped by taking out the bulb. A visit to the auto electrician revealed that the computer under the driver's seat (the BECM) needed a new transistor that was such old technology, it would have to be ordered from overseas.
Then when I picked up the truck and paid the $1,000 bill, other faults occurred, which were blamed on cracks in the solder, disturbed by removing the computer board. Thankfully I was able to convince them to fix the board for no extra, seeing as the faults weren't there before.
Other than that issue, other ownership costs were mostly maintenance, but expensive: the brake accumulator was replaced to stop a spongy pedal, the airbag suspension was renewed and the engine seals changed. Each visit to the workshop was at least $1,000 and sometimes close to $2,000.
I did pay for a new battery too, but only after the Rangie refused to electronically unlock at the airport one night and was then towed to the mechanic (I later figured out a simple jump start would have got me on my way). The Rangie is very particular about voltage!
The 4.6 litre V8 (in the HSE model) is based on a old Buick design, doesn't go below 15l/100km fuel usage and can suffer from slipped cylinder liners if the engine gets too hot. It's an eye-wateringly expensive repair for that. I always kept a close eye on coolant level, and the temperature gauge.
I took the Rangie off-road for some light work, and with its "viscous coupling" (a virtual diff lock, to stop wheels in the air spinning uselessly) it handled steep rocky tracks well. However I was always worried about the electronics or airbags giving up in a bad place, so as the Rangie neared 100,000 kms on the clock in early 2020, I put it up for sale for what it owed me, which was a lot more than I paid for it.
A local man rang me about it, then said he had to "check with the minister for finance". I expected she'd veto him paying so much for an old 4WD, but a month or so later he made contact again. After inspecting it, he was sold and made a day to pay and pick it up.
That same week, a woman in a southern state rang me, desperate to own it. I told her it was set to sell to the man, and she hoped he wouldn't go ahead with the purchase. She'd end up disappointed.
I was sad to see the Rangie leave with a new owner, but happy with the price. I used part of the proceeds to buy another example of British motoring: an MGF roadster. A convertible like that would fit right in, on the streets of Panama.
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Connecticut's Hartford metro area, which tops Realtor.com's list of top housing markets in 2023, is expected to see significant growth in home sales…
Connecticut's Hartford metro area, which tops Realtor.com's list of top housing markets in 2023, is expected to see significant growth in home sales and prices. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb, File)
Top 10 housing markets expected to grow significantly in 2023
by: Olivia Perreault, Nexstar Media Wire
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Dozens of markets across the country are poised to see a significant surge of potential homebuyers in 2023.
Realtor.com has released its 2023 housing forecast and economic overview, detailing the metro areas expected to make growth — both in home sales and prices — during what's expected to be a challenging time for the housing market.
Coming out on top in Realtor.com's report is Connecticut's Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area, which is expected to see sales growth to jump by 6.5% and produce a price growth increase of 8.5%. With 15% in total combined growth, the Hartford metro area is projected to edge out Texas' El Paso metro area and Kentucky's Louisville metro area, which ranked second and third, respectively, in the 2023 housing forecast.
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A ranking of the top 10 housing markets of 2023, as determined by Realtor.com, can be found below. (Metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs, are defined by the U.S. Census bureau.)
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut (Combined growth of 15%)
El Paso, Texas (14.3%)
Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky/Indiana (13.6%)
Worcester, Massachusetts-Connecticut (13.1%)
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, New York (12.3%)
Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia/South Carolina (11.9%)
Grand Rapids-Kentwood, Michigan (11.6%)
Columbia, S.C. (11.3%)
Chattanooga, Tennessee-Georgia (11.1%)
Toledo, Ohio (10.9%)
For comparison, the average combined growth for the entire U.S., as projected by Realtor.com, is -8.7% (-14.1% sales growth, 5.4% price growth).
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Why is there such a large suspected increase of interest in these particular metros? Realtor.com noted that this is likely due to the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw mortgage rates drop to record lows. However, in 2022, the Fed increased the policy interest rate, making borrowing more expensive. The low prices skyrocketed in a 10-month surge from 3.1% to almost 7.1%.
Many homebuyers then went on the hunt for affordable metros, straying further from large, urban centers to mid-size cities with strong economies.
The cities in the top 10 on Realtor.com's housing report appear to fit this description, offering a larger share of affordable homes for a median income.
Those looking for a new home aren't set on staying where they are, either. The study found that over 60% of homebuyers browsing Realtor.com are looking at properties away from their current cities — an increase from the less-than-50% of site users who were looking to move away from their residencies pre-pandemic.
These smaller markets also attract retirees looking for a lower cost-of-living, young families seeking larger homes, and people simply looking for a higher quality of life.
"We expect cross-market activity to continue in 2023, as affordability will keep these top markets in the spotlight for homebuyers," Realtor.com writes.
More information, as well as a ranking of the country's 100 largest metros and where they stand in the report, can be found at Realtor.com.
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Zimbabwe has recorded a 30 percent decline in revenue from safari hunting since the United States banned ivory products from Zimbabwe last April, an official said Wednesday.
The United States is a lucrative market for Zimbabwe's 100 million US dollar safari hunting industry.
The United States Fish and Wildlife Services banned ivory resulting from safari hunting in Zimbabwe citing poor management systems after more than 100 elephants died from cyanide poisoning in Hwange National Park last year.
Fundira said the US based its decision on anecdotal data and not scientific evidence, adding that despite the unfortunate incident, Zimbabwe still has a healthy elephant population of 90, 000, almost double its carrying capacity.
He said Zimbabwe had a good track record of wildlife conservation and does not deserve the punitive measures by the US agency.
"We should not be considered for the ban because a recent aerial survey indicated that our elephant population is still healthy and our management systems are of very high standards and second to none," he said.


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Lawry pleads not guilty to new theft charge
Former Gretna city administrator, Colleen Lawry, pleaded not guilty to felony theft by unlawful taking in Sarpy County Court Monday morning.Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov said Lawry received excess reimbursement for tuition costs from the city of Gretna while obtaining a master's degree at Bellevue University. Polikov said the excess reimbursements amount to about $3,200, which Lawry repaid, but only after she was asked to do so.Lawry's still battling other charges, including one felony count of theft and one misdemeanor count of receiving a handgun without a certificate. The felony theft charge was filed in May, in which Lawry's accused of misusing nearly $1,000 from an account tied to the Gretna Senior Center. The gun charge was also filed in May. Prosecutors said former Bellevue Police Chief John Stacey loaned Lawry a gun. State law states a person cannot sell, lease, rent or transfer a handgun to someone without a certificate except under certain circumstances.
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Former Gretna city administrator, Colleen Lawry, pleaded not guilty to felony theft by unlawful taking in Sarpy County Court Monday morning.
Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov said Lawry received excess reimbursement for tuition costs from the city of Gretna while obtaining a master's degree at Bellevue University. Polikov said the excess reimbursements amount to about $3,200, which Lawry repaid, but only after she was asked to do so.
Lawry's still battling other charges, including one felony count of theft and one misdemeanor count of receiving a handgun without a certificate. The felony theft charge was filed in May, in which Lawry's accused of misusing nearly $1,000 from an account tied to the Gretna Senior Center. The gun charge was also filed in May. Prosecutors said former Bellevue Police Chief John Stacey loaned Lawry a gun. State law states a person cannot sell, lease, rent or transfer a handgun to someone without a certificate except under certain circumstances.


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Deployment of US missile-armed warship near Russia in waters of Black Sea 'not adding to stability,' Moscow's top diplomat warns
Speaking on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rome on Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticized the deployment of the USS Porter to the region, which is thousands of miles from its home base, but borders Russia.
"The demonstration of the US Navy flag in the Black Sea is not an isolated incident. There were several times when the United States explicitly explained the need for its warships to enter this waterway to 'contain' Russia," Lavrov told reporters.
Such behavior is not "adding to stability" in the region, the top diplomat stressed. The US vessel's mission comes as part of the consistent policy, pursued by Washington, "to push the coastal Black Sea countries, which are members of NATO, to pursue a confrontational policy" toward Russia, the minister added.
The guided missiles-armed destroyer USS Porter entered the Black Sea on Saturday. The vessel's mission is being closely watched by the Russian military, with the Black Sea Fleet's forces monitoring the destroyer's movements.
The US, as well as other NATO nations, have repeatedly deployed its warships to the Black Sea region, sailing close to Russian territorial waters. The most recent major incident resulting from such activities occurred back in June, when Russian naval vessels had to fire warning shots at the Royal Navy's HMS Defender after the British ship violated the country's maritime borders near Crimea.
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Michail Geranis
President Of the Regional SWMA of Central Macedonia
Born in 1965 and raised in Asvestochori, Thessaloniki, where he lives. He is married to Theodora Gerani - Giakoumi and they have 3 children, Zoe, Anastasis and Eleni. He is a freelancer engaged in the cultivation of lavender and 'Konstantis', from Karavakia, the breath project that connects Thessaloniki with the nearby beaches.
Michalis Geranis was the last Mayor of Chortiatis from 2003 to 2010.
1998 first Municipal Councilor of the Municipality of Chortiatis, then President of the Municipal Council.
In 2002 he was elected Mayor of the Municipality of Chortiatis
2006 re-elected Mayor of the Municipality of Chortiatis
2009 Elected Chairman of the Board of the Network of Martyr Cities and Villages of Greece
2010 is elected first in votes Municipal Councilor of the now united after Kallikratis Municipality of Pylaia - Chortiatis and is elected position of President of the Municipal Council.
2013 is elected President of the Association of Local Authorities of Thessaloniki
April 2013 is elected first President of the New Regional Association of Solid Waste Management Bodies of Central Macedonia (FODSA).
2014 re-elected first in crosses Municipal Councilor of the Municipality of Pylaia Chortiatis
2015 takes over the Chairman of the Board of the Municipality of Pylaia Chortiatis
2019 Re-elected first in crosses Municipal Councilor in the Municipality of Pylaia Chortiatis
2019 Re-elected President of the Regional FODSA KM
During his tenure in the local government he was an elected member:
to the board of directors of the Local Union of Municipalities and Communities (T.E.D.K.) of the prefecture of Thessaloniki and now to P.E.D. Central Macedonia, member of the General Assembly of the Central Union of Municipalities and Communities of Greece (KEDKE) and after Kallikratis in KEDE, member of the Board. of the Hellenic Society of Local Development and Self-Government (Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α.) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Network of Martyr Cities and Villages of Greece.
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As War in Iraq grows ever closer, NME is undertaking a poll aimed at finding out exactly what YOU think of the prospect of conflict in the Middle East.
Next week's NME will feature the second in a series of anti-war adverts put together by Blur 's Damon Albarn and [a][/a]'s Robert 3-D Del Naja, while in the US, anti-war sentiment is being expressed across the music community.
To make your voice heard, click here.


Can you smell that? The cinnamon pastries, the pumpkin spice lattes, the brisk air? Yes…fall is coming. Let's get ready! Have you purchased your football tickets to your college team? Have you put away your tank tops and sandals and pulled out your cardigans and boots? Have you replaced your cotton sheets with flannel sheets to help you stay cozy when the temperatures drop?
Have you examined your home's carbon monoxide detector?
Carbon monoxide, as told by the CDC, is generated by fireplaces, furnaces, stoves, and gas ranges. The odorless, colorless gas is commonly referred to as the silent killer because it's practically undetectable unless you have a carbon monoxide detector.
Carbon monoxide poisoning can be lethal to adults, children, and pets. Upwards of 20,000 people end up in the emergency room each year because of carbon monoxide poisoning. Usual CO poisoning symptoms include headache, dizziness, upset stomach, and weakness. Due to the fact that the symptoms seem like the flu, many people may not realize they could be very ill.
With cooler temperatures causing homeowners to start up their furnaces, carbon monoxide poisoning increases during the cold months while everyone is doing whatever they can to keep warm. When properly installed by certified experts, appliances such as furnaces will safety release carbon monoxide out of the home, but your furnace should be serviced yearly to verify there are no issues that could result in poisoning from the odorless and colorless gas.
Strogen's Service Experts says you should be replacing your home's carbon monoxide detectors every five years, and testing your carbon monoxide and fire detectors monthly to ensure the batteries and alarm are operating properly. Fall is the ideal time to inspect your home's CO and smoke detectors, and replace or install them if necessary.
Included in a Precision tune-up from Strogen's Service Experts, our experts will inspect your furnace to make sure it is running properly and check for carbon monoxide leaks. Through November 25th, Strogen's Service Experts will be offering discounts on our heating and cooling Precision tune-ups to help homeowners make sure their furnace will run safety and efficiently all through the cooler months. There are also U.S. governmental tax credits of up to $500 for specific HVAC equipment that can be earned throughout the rest of 2016.
To keep your home safe and warm through the cooler months, call Strogen's Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning today at 603-923-4570to schedule your Fall Precision tune-up, or set up a complimentary in-home estimate for a new, energy-efficient HVAC system.


We are committed to attracting and retaining the very best people in the property advisory industry in Australia, and in all markets in which we operate.
To ensure our people are best equipped to lead our businesses to great commercial and personal success, we have developed the Herron Todd White Essential Leaders' Program (HTW ELP). This program can be undertaken by our people who are eager to be as great in business and in leading people as they possibly can.
The HTW ELP is run over 8 full days over a 7 month period, with regular online training throughout the year. It is attended by people throughout Herron Todd White's offices and is a great opportunity to learn and socialise with colleagues throughout Australia.


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GAME RECAP: #2 Auburn 94, Vanderbilt 80
Lights come on for Jabari Smith against the Commodores.
By JackCondon@CollegeAndMag Feb 16, 2022, 10:12pm CST
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Auburn got some adversity thrown its way tonight, and had to shoot its way out of a hole at home as they came from behind to beat Vanderbilt 94-80 at Auburn Arena. Despite a hot shooting night from the Commodores, Auburn came alive from the floor hitting 58% of its shots and 50% from behind the arc to win going away. Jabari Smith hit the 30-point mark for the first time with a 31-point explosion and 7-10 shooting from downtown to lead the way.
With the win, Auburn improves to 24-2 overall, and 12-1 in the SEC as they now hold a two-game lead over Kentucky and Tennessee for the outright SEC regular season championship.
This game didn't start out like the Tigers were taking on a Vanderbilt team barely above .500 on the season. Instead, the Commodores built an 11-0 lead over the first two and a half minutes thanks to good shooting and a liberal whistle from Pat Adams' crew.
Auburn didn't hit a bucket until a Jabari Smith three, but Scotty Pippen, Jr. answered with a three of his own to put Vandy on top 14-3. From there, Auburn used the energy bench bunch to erase the deficit over the next few minutes. Free throws from Wendell Green preceded back to back buckets by K.D. Johnson, and then a Devan Cambridge three to tie the game at 14-14. Vanderbilt would answer with consecutive three-point plays, and then put together a nice run to retake a sizable lead at 28-20 thanks to threes from Liam Robbins and Trey Thomas. During that stretch, Robbins and Kessler went back and forth in a battle of seven-footers.
The Tigers kept within striking distance, but the latter half of the first period saw Jabari Smith start to explode. He scored 10 straight points for Auburn, including two free throws to pull the Tigers within a 35-34 hole. Wendell Green hit a three to tie the game at 38-all, and then Walker Kessler scored the final four points of the half to give the Tigers their first lead and a 42-38 edge at the intermission.
After halftime, Jabari Smith followed up a 16-point first half with an even more impressive performance. He went nuclear from behind the arc, starting the half with a three pointer to give the Tigers a 45-40 lead. He would hit two more threes over the next two minutes, and then as Vanderbilt hung tough, Smith buried a wide open three after a steal to put the Tigers up 63-56 with 11:19 left to play. Walker Kessler scored and converted a three-point play after a foul from Pippen, and then Jaylin Williams banged home two foul shots to give the Tigers a 68-58 advantage midway through the half.
Walker Kessler picked Pippen's pocket on the next drive and went all the way for the layup on Vandy's next possession, and a nifty pass from Jaylin Williams to K.D. Johnson gave the Tigers their largest lead at 74-61. Kessler continued to dominate, scoring two straight buckets and then a Johnson to Cambridge layup pushed the lead to 82-63 as the six-minute mark passed by. As Vandy started to employ a full-court press, Allen Flanigan got open for a lob from Green, and then a Jabari Smith foul shot put the Tigers up 87-68 with 4:30 remaining.
With about two minutes left, Jabari hit a turnaround jumper for his first career 30-point game, and then the walk-ons entered the game as Bruce Pearl emptied the bench. Auburn cruised in the end to what looks on paper like a much easier win than it actually was.
Jabari Smith was transcendent, and it looked like the light came on not only for him in terms of fostering more of that killer instinct, but for the rest of the team in terms of getting him the ball. Tonight looked an awful lot like what we saw from Chuma Okeke in 2019 when he turned it on in February.
Auburn trailed 11-0, allowed a guy to score 30 points, and ended up winning by 14. The Tigers are deep and have a million ways to beat you, and they can absorb the blows like few teams in the country can do.
When Jabari and Walker are both on, there's really nobody in the country that can beat Auburn. The two combined for 53 points, and Jabari carried the team from behind the arc with a 7-10 performance.
With the SEC race sitting like it is now, Auburn is in really good shape. You can see the numbers tomorrow when Josh Dub runs them, but the Tigers now have five games left and a two-game lead on Kentucky and Tennessee for the outright SEC title.
Auburn will take to the road for the return trip to Florida this Saturday, with the Tigers and Gators playing in Gainesville at 1 pm CST.


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Elementary and secondary school students receive unique education experience in CRASH: When the video game meets contemporary dance by Manon Oligny, artistic director of Manon fait de la danse.
From high culture venues to warehouse-styled art spaces on Montréal's tenderloin, Festival international de nouvelle danse (also known as FIND-Lab) audiences had the opportunity to witness in real-time Gertrude Steins adage that "great art is irritation".


2017 Garden Tour - Love Me As I Am!
What an amazing day touring great gardens!
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped plant, weed and cleanup these beds this season.
WCGC acknowledges the ongoing support of the Town of White City and the RM of Edenwold in facilitating the public flowerbeds which beautify our respective communities.
We do not require any additional plants at this time. We have had two potting "bees" and others have potted their plants, so now have 450 potted plants stored in gardens for next spring.
In the spring, we will contact you about donating plants that are easily repotted then.
Thanks again to all those who donated plants and those who helped re pot them.


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It was with much sadness that I learnt of the passing of former Irvine Meadow XI physiotherapist Dunky Black. Duncan (Dunky) Black served Meadow for 49 years.
He was a goalkeeper playing amateur and juvenile football before moving up to the Junior grade with Ashfield, Clydebank and Duntocher Hibernian. He moved on to play briefly at Stirling Albion, Stranraer and Clyde. He then joined Third Lanark as assistant physiotherapist.
He was an engineer working for Rolls Royce at Hillington and he said that his association with Meadow started because the personnel manager had a link with the Ayrshire club and asked him to join them. So in 1963 Dunky joined Meadow and started to travel from his Glasgow home down to Ayrshire up to three times a week and in 49 years worked with over 20 managers.
He retired in July 2012. The announcement of his retirement was typical of a man who did not like to be the centre of attention and was after a pre-season friendly with Shettleston on 28 July 2012. However, the club had not let him escape as his 40th anniversary with the club had been celebrated with style.
He was an integral part of the team that won the Junior Cup in 1972/73 after a titanic battle with Cambuslang Rangers that was only settled with the second replay. Among the many other honours won during his time were the West of Scotland Cup (5 times) and, following the creation of the Superleague structure in 2002/03, the First Division (1) and Premier League (3) titles.
Dunky also acted as trainer/physio to the Junior Scotland team in the mid-1970�s. As well as matches in Scotland he travelled with the team to England, Wales, Republic of Ireland and Germany.
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As more and more people use social media to communicate their view and perception of elections, researchers have increasingly been collecting and analyzing data from social media platforms. Our research focuses on social media communication related to the 2013 election of the German parlia-ment [translation: Bundestagswahl 2013]. We constructed several social media datasets using data from Facebook and Twitter. First, we identified the most relevant candidates (n=2,346) and checked whether they maintained social media accounts. The Facebook data was collected in November 2013 for the period of January 2009 to October 2013. On Facebook we identified 1,408 Facebook walls containing approximately 469,000 posts. Twitter data was collected between June and December 2013 finishing with the constitution of the government. On Twitter we identified 1,009 candidates and 76 other agents, for example, journalists. We estimated the number of relevant tweets to exceed eight million for the period from July 27 to September 27 alone. In this document we summarize past research in the literature, discuss possibilities for research with our data set, explain the data collection procedures, and provide a description of the data and a discussion of issues for archiving and dissemination of social media data.
Kaczmirek, Lars ; Mayr, Philipp ; Vatrapu, Ravi ; Bleier, Arnim ; Blumenberg, Manuela S. ; Gummer, Tobias ; Hussain, Abid ; Kinder-Kurlada, Katharina E. ; Manshaei, Kaveh ; Thamm, Mark ; Weller, Katrin ; Wenz, Alexander ; Wolf, Christof. / Social Media Monitoring of the Campaigns for the 2013 German Bundestag Elections on Facebook and Twitter. Mannheim : GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, 2013. (GESIS working papers; No. 29, ???volume??? 2013).
Kaczmirek, L, Mayr, P, Vatrapu, R, Bleier, A, Blumenberg, MS, Gummer, T, Hussain, A, Kinder-Kurlada, KE, Manshaei, K, Thamm, M, Weller, K, Wenz, A & Wolf, C 2013 'Social Media Monitoring of the Campaigns for the 2013 German Bundestag Elections on Facebook and Twitter' GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim.
Social Media Monitoring of the Campaigns for the 2013 German Bundestag Elections on Facebook and Twitter. / Kaczmirek, Lars ; Mayr, Philipp ; Vatrapu, Ravi; Bleier, Arnim; Blumenberg, Manuela S.; Gummer, Tobias; Hussain, Abid; Kinder-Kurlada, Katharina E.; Manshaei, Kaveh; Thamm, Mark; Weller, Katrin; Wenz, Alexander; Wolf, Christof.
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N2 - As more and more people use social media to communicate their view and perception of elections, researchers have increasingly been collecting and analyzing data from social media platforms. Our research focuses on social media communication related to the 2013 election of the German parlia-ment [translation: Bundestagswahl 2013]. We constructed several social media datasets using data from Facebook and Twitter. First, we identified the most relevant candidates (n=2,346) and checked whether they maintained social media accounts. The Facebook data was collected in November 2013 for the period of January 2009 to October 2013. On Facebook we identified 1,408 Facebook walls containing approximately 469,000 posts. Twitter data was collected between June and December 2013 finishing with the constitution of the government. On Twitter we identified 1,009 candidates and 76 other agents, for example, journalists. We estimated the number of relevant tweets to exceed eight million for the period from July 27 to September 27 alone. In this document we summarize past research in the literature, discuss possibilities for research with our data set, explain the data collection procedures, and provide a description of the data and a discussion of issues for archiving and dissemination of social media data.
AB - As more and more people use social media to communicate their view and perception of elections, researchers have increasingly been collecting and analyzing data from social media platforms. Our research focuses on social media communication related to the 2013 election of the German parlia-ment [translation: Bundestagswahl 2013]. We constructed several social media datasets using data from Facebook and Twitter. First, we identified the most relevant candidates (n=2,346) and checked whether they maintained social media accounts. The Facebook data was collected in November 2013 for the period of January 2009 to October 2013. On Facebook we identified 1,408 Facebook walls containing approximately 469,000 posts. Twitter data was collected between June and December 2013 finishing with the constitution of the government. On Twitter we identified 1,009 candidates and 76 other agents, for example, journalists. We estimated the number of relevant tweets to exceed eight million for the period from July 27 to September 27 alone. In this document we summarize past research in the literature, discuss possibilities for research with our data set, explain the data collection procedures, and provide a description of the data and a discussion of issues for archiving and dissemination of social media data.
Kaczmirek L, Mayr P, Vatrapu R, Bleier A, Blumenberg MS, Gummer T et al. Social Media Monitoring of the Campaigns for the 2013 German Bundestag Elections on Facebook and Twitter. Mannheim: GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. 2013.


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Delhi records minimum temperature of 12.6 degrees Celsius
Visibility recorded at 5.30 am at the Safdarjung and Palam weather monitoring stations was 200 metres and 500 metres respectively.
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Delhi records minimum temperature of 12.6 degrees Celsius.
Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 12. 6 degrees Celsius on Friday, a notch below normal, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The city recorded a minimum temperature of 12.6 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the season so far, on Thursday as well.
The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 26 degrees Celsius, the IMD said, adding that relative humidity recorded by the weather department at 8.30 am was 93 per cent.
According to the IMD, "very dense" fog is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, "dense" is when it is between 51 and 200 metres, "moderate" is when it is between 201 and 500 metres, and "shallow" is when it is between 501 and 1,000 metres.
On Thursday, the city recorded a maximum temperature of 25.4 degrees Celsius- also the lowest in the season.
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TAMPA, FL – The official signing ceremony of the Sister Cities Agreement between Mayor of Tampa Bob Buckhorn and Mayor of Heraklion, Crete, Vasilis Labrinos, was held on January 31 in the Sister Cities Room of the Tampa City Hall. The event was free and open to the public.
Important figures of the Greek community attended the formal signing, including the Consul General of Greece in Tampa and Advisor to the Committee Dimitrios Sparos, the Chairman of the AHEPA Family Tampa and founding member of the Sister Cities Committee Gus Paras, Tarpon Springs Mayor Chris Alafouzos, AHEPA officers and members, Daughters of Penelope officers and members, as well as representatives and members of the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine Academic Alliance and Dermatology, University of South Florida-College of Arts and Sciences, the Pancretan Association of America, the Pancyprian Association of Florida, and the Panhellenic Federation of Florida.
After the ceremony, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn spoke exclusively with The National Herald. He said, "The official signing ceremony means a lot to us because we have lots of friends and neighbors of Greek descent, there is a huge Greek population at Tarpon Springs. The Chairman of AHEPA Family Tampa Gus Paras and the Consul General of Greece in Tampa were asking me if there is something we could do and I said let's do it. It was a great opportunity to establish this relationship with the country of Greece and particularly with this city which is so similar to Tampa. This is the last event I'm doing because I'm leaving office in 90 days. The reason we chose Heraklion and not other cities were many, reasons such as similar size, port city, cultural purposes, for educational exchange, we already have relationships with the city and the University of South Florida at the medical school and I'm looking forward to that growing. The foundation was already there, we just had to formalize it today.
"Now we are going to see more residents of Tampa traveling to Greece and Crete in particular. Tampa has in the recent years expanded in global perspective. I want Tampa to have a presence on the international stage, we want to build bridges, not walls. Tampa is a very vibrant and energetic city and I think in ten years it is going to be the financial engine of the Southeast. We have the largest port in the state of Florida, we speak multiple languages, we have multiple cultures, and we are proud of that. This is not the typical Southern city, we have a lot of benefits. Everybody knows about Miami and Orlando, but they don't know a lot about Tampa. It has all the amenities of a big city culturally, the restaurant scene started to grow, people are accessible, the government is close to people. We also have the biggest media market in the State of Florida and the eighth largest in the country," he said.
When the ceremony ended, a formal banquet was held to honor and commemorate the signing of the Tampa-Heraklion Sister Cities Agreement and it was followed by speeches from the mayors and other dignitaries, authentic Greek cuisine and a Cretan dance group performed traditional Cretan dances.
The Tampa-Heraklion Sister Cities Committee is currently working on possible cooperation between Tampa Museum Antiquities Department and Heraklion Museum and Knossos Museum, as well as cooperation with the University of South Florida with the College of Liberal Arts, developing cooperative programs with the USF Medical School, an exchange program between USF Morsani College of Medicine and the Medical School in Crete, exploring an exchange program as part of the Education Abroad USF World, a program to bring Greek culture to the public-school systems of the area, establishing a Hellenic Chamber of Commerce for Florida, and establishing a Robotics program for middle schools jointly with American and Cretan schools.


The U.S. nuclear deterrent has kept the peace for years. If it withers, it will keep the peace no longer.
The Trump administration's recently unveiled National Security Strategy is an excellent and overdue statement of intent. But unless it is ruthlessly prioritized, political and budgetary realities will make it little more than a wish list. And in regard to nuclear weapons, it hardly departs from the insufficient Obama -era policy of replacing old equipment rather than modifying each element of the nuclear triad to meet new challenges.
Believers in total nuclear abolition fail to recognize that if they are successful, covert possession of just a score of warheads could mean world mastery. And though they, like everyone else, are routinely deterred (from telling off the boss or driving against the flow of traffic), they fail to extend their understanding to nuclear deterrence. They seem as well not to grasp that whereas numerical reduction from tens of thousands of warheads would reduce the chances of accident, below a certain point it would tempt an aggressor by elevating the potential of a successful first strike. Nor do they allow that Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran—which have through their conduct of war and in suppressing their populations callously sacrificed more than 100 million of their own people—subscribe to permissive nuclear doctrines and thresholds radically different from our own.
The "nuclear triad" commonly referred to is rather a pentad, its land, air, and sea legs joined by missile defense and the survivability of national infrastructure. America's land leg comprises static, silo-based missiles, which (other than in the potentially catastrophic launch-on-warning posture) are vulnerable not only to nuclear strike, but, with soon-to-come millimeter accuracy, even to conventional warheads. Russia, China, and North Korea have road-mobile missiles (and Russia, additional rail-based ones), making their land legs more survivable and in the case of tunnel systems—of which we have none and China has 3,000 miles—unaddressable and uncountable.
Russia is moving to 13 SSBNs with high-capacity missiles that carry many maneuverable warheads; China, with 4 SSBNs, is only beginning to build. A possible new dimension is Russia's announced, but as yet unseen, autonomous stealth undersea nuclear vehicle, capable of targeting the high percentage of U.S. population, industry, and infrastructure on the coasts.
We have no such weapon and Russia presents no similar vulnerability.
American ballistic-missile defense is severely underdeveloped due to ideological opposition and the misunderstanding of its purpose, which is to protect population and infrastructure as much as possible but, because many warheads will get through, primarily to shield retaliatory capacity so as to make a successful enemy first strike impossible—thus increasing stability rather than decreasing it, as its critics wrongly believe. Starved of money and innovation, missile defense has been confined to midcourse interception, when boost-phase and terminal intercept are also needed. Merely intending this without sufficient funding is useless. As for national resilience, the U.S. long ago gave up any form of civil defense, while Russia and China have not. This reinforces their ideas of nuclear utility, weakens our deterrence, and makes the nuclear calculus that much more unstable.
All the above is only a précis of a long-developing peril that, though difficult to see upon the surface, day by day strengthens the chances of Armageddon or capitulation. The only way to face it is objectively and without fear, and the only solution (requiring just a tiny fraction of gross domestic product) is to correct the shortcomings and right the balances.
Mr. Helprin, a senior fellow of the Claremont Institute, is author of "Paris in the Present Tense" (Overlook, 2017).
Appeared in the January 4, 2018, print edition.


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namespace DCarbone\PHPFHIRGenerated\R4\PHPFHIRTests\FHIRElement;

use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
use DCarbone\PHPFHIRGenerated\R4\FHIRElement\FHIRGroupMeasure;

/**
 * Class FHIRGroupMeasureTest
 * @package \DCarbone\PHPFHIRGenerated\R4\PHPFHIRTests\FHIRElement
 */
class FHIRGroupMeasureTest extends TestCase
{
    public function testCanConstructTypeNoArgs()
    {
        $type = new FHIRGroupMeasure();
        $this->assertInstanceOf('\DCarbone\PHPFHIRGenerated\R4\FHIRElement\FHIRGroupMeasure', $type);
    }
}

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Q: Leaflet - Plate Carree and Tropical belt For a map design I need to find out if it possible.
Are there any tile servers which support Equirectangular/Plate Carree projection?
Also i need to add a layer with the tropical belt.
The Map example is build with an small GeoJson file and append the tropical belt as image. But on detailed GeoJson i think the pageload and performance is not ideal. So i tend to tiles.
I have created a basic code which shows the required bounds.

JsFiddle with map example: https://jsfiddle.net/hieblmedia/rmd5x827/
The targets are:

*

*Must work in alle modern Browsers including down to IE8 (better IE7)

*Equirectangular/Plate Carree projection,

*Tropical belt layer,

*Colors: Map in grey and Tropical belt in

*Boundaries without Antarctica (already done in jsfiddle),

*Responsiveness (width: 100%, height: auto) and always fit to the boundaries on resize.

I have searched a lot, but i struggle to get any results to perform all the targets.
Maybe the only way is a own tile Server? Or is LeafletJs just the wrong choice of library to perform the targets without an custom map services?
Any suggesstions are welcome.
Thanks in advance.

A: There are lots of ways to achieve this. You are making a very general question with little detail, so it's difficult to provide specifics.
You can, for example:

*

*Create your own tiles

*

*Get some country boundaries or coastline definition like e.g. from NaturalEarth data

*Create a polygon for the tropical area, and calculate the intersection of the landmass

*Use e.g. geoserver/mapserver/mapproxy/tilemill to render and serve the tiles

*Overlay some semitransparent polygon over the tropical area.

*

*Use the intersection described above, or

*Hack the rendering so a custom compositing method is used between the vector data and raster tiles

*Manipulate the colour of the tiles on-the-fly with. For example, doing so in Leaflet.TileLayer.GL looks like:
var vertexShader = `
attribute vec2 aVertexCoords;
attribute highp vec2 aCRSCoords;
attribute vec2 aTextureCoords;
varying vec2 vTextureCoords;
varying highp vec2 vCRSCoords;
void main(void) {
    gl_Position = vec4(aVertexCoords , 1.0, 1.0);
    vTextureCoords = aTextureCoords;
    vCRSCoords = aCRSCoords;
}
`

var fragmentShader = `
precision highp float;
uniform sampler2D uTexture0;
varying vec2 vTextureCoords;
varying highp vec2 vCRSCoords;

void main(void) {
    vec4 texelColour = texture2D(uTexture0, vec2(vTextureCoords.s, vTextureCoords.t));
    vec4 stop;

    // Color stops. The alpha value represents the latitude minimum for that RGB colour stop.
    // Latitudes are expressed in EPSG:3875 units, not in degrees of latitude.
    vec4 stops[5];
    stops[0] = vec4(0.444, 0.691, 1.0,   -20037508);    // Blue-ish north of -90
    stops[1] = vec4(0.333, 0.666, 0.333, -10015051);    // Green-ish north of -66.5
    stops[2] = vec4(0.9, 0.75, 0.35,      -2571663);    // Orange-ish north of -22.5
    stops[3] = vec4(0.333, 0.666, 0.333,   2571663);    // Green-ish north of 22.5
    stops[4] = vec4(0.444, 0.691, 1.0,    10015051);    // Blue-ish north of 66.5

    // Find which colour stop we want to use
    for (int i=0; i < 5; i++) {
        if (vCRSCoords.y > stops[i].a) {
            stop = stops[i];
        }
    }

    // Multiply the black in the texel by the stop colour
    gl_FragColor = vec4(
        vec3(1.0) - (texelColour.rgb) * (vec3(1.0) - stop.rgb)
    , 1.0);
}
`

        var tileSize = 256;

        var map = L.map('map').fitWorld();

        var antitoner = L.tileLayer.gl({
            vertexShader: vertexShader,
            fragmentShader: fragmentShader,
            tileUrls: ['http://{s}.tile.stamen.com/toner/{z}/{x}/{y}.png']
        }).addTo(map);

You can see a working demo of the last method at http://ivansanchez.gitlab.io/Leaflet.TileLayer.GL/demo/demo-tropical.html

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Europe, the small tail end peninsula of the great Euro-Asian land mass, gears up to receive the brunt of a mass migration of peoples from the South and East fleeing from the wars raging in their worlds. The United Nations Refugee Agency predicts some 800,000 arrivals of "seekers of asylum" in the remaining months of 2015. Estimates of the numbers of people from war-torn sub-Saharan countries like Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Central African Republic and Congo packing their meager belongings for departure stand at five million. It is already underway. And it is a veritable biblical mass movement of peoples … for the most part headed for Europe.
Countless others are streaming out of the war-ravaged Middle East, primarily from Syria, Libya, and Iraq—the trail of failed states spawned by Washington's meddling, and more—like Yemen—are in the offing.
From the very start the reader of such statistics must make tremendous mental efforts to keep in mind that these hundreds of thousands, these millions of fleeing masses are made up of individuals. Each person has his own hopes (vague) and dreams (shattered). Each has his own horrors of an unliveable past and fears of an uncertain present. But each imagines what the future may offer him elsewhere. Those thousands of escapees now at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy had their dreams too, dreams that vanished with them when their flimsy boat—run by the some 35,000 (according to Europol and reported by Rome's La Repubblica) traffickers in human beings—sank in nocturnal stormy waters, making a graveyard of dreams at the bottom of that fabled sea.
For some years Europe has known what was happening in the South and East. But then who prepares a Noah's ark well in advance to face such human tragedies? Who could imagine what is happening before our eyes? But I find it easy to think that the instigators of the wars executing their imperialistic plans of total, world-wide destabilization knew what they were about.
Europe for the most part is already in a state of vassalage to the world's number one capitalist-imperialistic power, the USA. But there are still unruly people and even countries like Serbia who resist. The "invasion" by millions of non-Europeans is the perfect arm for total subjugation of "Old Europe". That too is happening while America remains quiet except to say it will accept a few thousand Syrian refugees for whom the USA is responsible in the first place. As one Syrian "migrant" said: "Stop the wars and we will stay at home." The reluctant countries are loyal US followers, Great Britain, and East Europe which wants no truck with such ragged displaced refugees.
The UK is the outsider. Guided by no values whatsoever and by its parasitic vassalage to the USA, the still imperialistic United Kingdom abandons step by step Europe and moves closer to its master while agreeing to accept 15,000 refugees. At the same time Cameron has announced that in October Britain will begin bombing the same ISIS created by its master, USA. Where the bombs will really fall is anyones guess, but if the past is any guide, it will not be primarily atop ISIL's militants heads. Damascus army better be prepared. Much obliged!
Now, as continental Europe opens its arms and hastily prepares for the millions to pour in across its borders, Germany has stepped forward to head a movement for reception of this year's predicted 800,000 asylum seekers. Meanwhile, abandoned structures across West Europe—former hospitals, military barracks, schools, etc.—are being readied. The goal is an equal distribution of refugees among European Union member states. As of today this reception is opposed only by the usual extreme right-wing, nationalistic forces such as Le Pen in France and the Northern League in Italy.
Vocabulary used by the press in various major European countries reflects nuances of attitude toward the challenge of the century. Luciana Bohne was right to call the wide use of the word "migrants" as a euphemism for "refugees". However, I might add that also the word "refugee" as applied to a mass exodus of biblical proportions is misleading. According to country and/or political stance, the European press varies in the use of the words migrants or refugees,. "Political refugees" have the right of asylum. But this widely predicted mass movement of peoples is not made up of only political refugees. Many are fortunate to have close relatives already in Europe and thus hope for the reunification of their families. Others are clearly economic refugees and as such are welcomed in some of Europe's ageing countries. The leftist GUARDIAN in the UK uses the word "refugee" as do the left-leaning El PAIS in Spain and LIBERATION in France, while France's center or center-right LE MONDE seems to prefer "migrants". The liberal LA REPUBBLICA in Italy uses both: "migrants" when applied to members of the mass and "refugees" (profughi) for asylum seekers. Interestingly, the precise German language press uses for all the word Flüchtling (derived from the word for flight and the verb to flee). And German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced "there are no limits" to the number Germany will accept.
While practical preparations are underway, other voices are reminding Europeans of the moral question involved, and at the same time public figures and average citizens underline that migration is also big business: from the cost of their flight to their hoped for asylum and for their care while getting there. Also, stamping numbers on the arms of refugees to distinguish one from the other in Hungary calls up bad memories in Europe's past. Nightmares of the past that for extreme rightists and neo-fascists and neo-nazis have a place also in the present.
But I think it out of place to speak of Europe's lack of preparation as "depravity". European peoples across the peninsula are well aware of the moral side of this historical moment. Many people are helping on an individual basis.
Europe as a construct is NOT indifferent to this great migration of peoples. Nor are Europeans. This apparent conviction by some writers is simply untrue because they are uninformed. Some Europeans have had enough, true. For example, the university city of Leiden in Holland has become to a great extent Moroccan (like many other Dutch cities) with 3 mosques and people dressed Moslem style crowding the streets. Still, Italy is now housing migrants in abandoned hospitals, army barracks, former schools like the one around the corner from my house in Rome. Today, Sunday, 250 private automobiles of Viennese citizens drove to Budapest to carry refugees back to Vienna, while over in Munich people applauded. Strict Germany is in fact willing to take all the Syrians, hampered chiefly by the extreme rightist, if not neo-fascist President of Hungary, Viktor Orban; Hungary (glad to get the refugees out of the main train station in Budapest) is the only country to attempt building a wall to keep migrants out (along with Serbian workers), while the EU has concluded accords to take on the first 200,000 migrants.
In comparison, the USD, a big country, builds walls to keep others out…and maybe in the future to keep people in, considering the millions of Americans now living abroad. Europe is small and crowded. The task of accepting and placing migrants is arduous. But talk of "European indifference" is off base.
Let's be clear: the direct, primary, basic, fundamental cause of the migration of peoples of Africa and Middle East is imperialist USA- sponsored, instigated, backed, prompted when not directly conducted wars in Iraq, Syria AND Libya and throughout most of Africa. Europeans are doing an enormous job in trying to deal with the not unexpected situation. But this mass exodus from war and misery is exceptional, something like millions of Mexicans suddenly forcing their way into the USA in one huge wave. Refugees are now camped all over Italy, nearly in my backyard, in the backyards of many. Holier- than- thou talk of European "depravity" is not enlightening and, I fear, based on a lack of cold information.
Yet not long ago imperialist Europe was the very personification of depravity in two world wars that cost the lives of some 100 million persons and untold misery. I still remember when refugee camps dotted Germany in the 1960s. Europe—nationalistic, capitalistic, greedy—is however not yet again imperialist. Europe that still boasts of the last 70 years free of war, forgets or hardly noticed at the time that it supported a war against another European country, Serbia, the year 2000. In my opinion, the European Union, bureaucratic, rich, staffed largely by unelected, self-named officials, is a failure; it has never come even close to living up to the dream of its original founders.
One might hazard that Europe today stands before a last chance test: how it handles the misery described here will be the measure of its vaunted morality.


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BNP Paribas Cardif: Healthy Rewards is the winning project of #TheIdea4U, the contest dedicated to university students to build the insurance of the future
"Healthy Rewards" is the winning project of #TheIdea4U, the BNP Paribas Cardif contest dedicated to university students to build the insurance of the future together with young talents. After an exciting final battle between the five finalists – who presented…
BNP Paribas Announces Creation of Company Engagement department and Appointment of Nathalie Hartmann as Head of Compliance
Appointment of Nathalie Hartmann as Head of Group Compliance Nathalie Hartmann has been appointed Head of Compliance and member of the Executive Committee as of 1st October 2017. She will replace Eric Martin who is retiring after 42 years with…
June 7, 2017 - Press Release
Exane BNP Paribas awarded #1 ranking for Pan-European Equity Research in the Extel survey
BNP Paribas and Exane BNP Paribas today announced Exane BNP Paribas has been named as the Leading Pan-European Brokerage Firm for Equity Research in the Extel 2017 survey. Exane BNP Paribas was ranked as the #1 Pan-European Equities House, #1 for Equities Sector Research…
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Over the ten years during which BNP Paribas has been awarding the Individual Philanthropy Prize, the Group has observed and highlighted new, innovative, more collaborative forms of philanthropic activity, as philanthropists are more committed and seek to become increasingly professional in…
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BNP Paribas Foundation will provide €6 million to advance climate change research
Between 2017 and 2019, the BNP Paribas Foundation will put an additional €6 million into its Climate Initiative programme to support eight international research projects. These projects focus on a diverse range of topics including the collection of new data on…
May 30, 2017 - Innovation, Press Release
BNP Paribas, contributing to the development of Virtual Reality
BNP Paribas is now rolling out ground-breaking Virtual Reality-based services designed to improve and streamline the Customer Journey. As the Group drives ahead with its digital transformation, VR technology – already in use at several of the Bank's businesses, including…
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BNP Paribas Investment Partners announces its strategic growth plan 2020 and rebrands as BNP Paribas Asset Management
BNP Paribas Investment Partners announces its strategic growth plan 2020 and rebrands as BNP Paribas Asset Management To accelerate the growth of its activities, BNP Paribas Investment Partners will: develop as a leading provider of quality investment solutions for individual,…
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BNP Paribas Cardif: university students challenge in the #TheIdea4U contest to build the insurance of the future
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BNP Paribas commits to become 'carbon neutral' by end-2017
As part of its long-standing commitment to help combat climate change, BNP Paribas commits to becoming carbon neutral by the end of the year in terms of the CO2 emissions arising from its own operations. This goal will be achieved via…
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BNP Paribas first European bank to sign a global partnership with Snap Inc. the parent company of Snapchat
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Q: Cannot update McAfee Trying to update McAfee (SaaS Endpoint Protection 5.2.0) manually via clicking Update Now from the taskbar icon (Windows 7). Get the following message

Unable to create Cab Installer Object. Agent Service may not be running properly.

Does anyone know how to proceed? Help would be greatly appreciated

A: Have you confirmed all McAfee services are running?  Simply run Services.msc and check the list.  Right click to start if you find a McAfee service taht is stopped.
Check event logs as well to see if there is more detailed information there.


Comment Likes have just been deployed! Click on the heart underneath the comment to like it. Thanks to everyone that voted and commented. We think your users are really going to LIKE it!
Thanks so much, our users will love this!
Agreed! Just overall would really like some visibility and management with comments, as canny seems to focus only on posts.
Oh, and get a like button please. This allows people to show that they've read and liked the given answer, without having to actually write it. And the person giving the answer knows that the answer has been read and appreciated.
Great idea. Easy way for users to give feedback when they might not be willing to comment.
Came here to add the same request, and agree with @Marcin's feedback on why. I've been wanting to go and like / heart a comment multiple times for the exact reason he states: to quickly acknowledge someone's comment.
Hmmm I'm not really sure what a like adds over an upvote, seems like overlapping functionality. What does a like/heart do that vote doesn't?
Dude, come on ... If I'd like to add a like to your comment, I can't. There's no quick way of me showing you that I took the liberty to read what you wrote, instead I have to reply "yeah, I like that too, good idea."
A vote means: I vote to have that feature.
@Marcin: I'm warming up to the idea. Do you envision this feature being specifically for comments or for posts as well?
BTW thanks for chiming in @masad_f.
@Marcin: A quick side note to this. If someone suggests a feature, let's say "Localization" and people comment languages they want to see. People who also speak that language can just like/upvote that comment. Would let us know which language they care most about.
That would be good, public upvote, but I'm telling you ... a little heart is faster, and people already understand it (twitter), upvoting is upvoting and people don't get that you can say got it by upvoting, they do get that you can do that with a like or heart. I know you don't want to clutter things up, but you could have it show upon hover.


Tuscany, Lucca, March, the sun, and the desire for spring. Another new season begins. And here I am, in the streets of my "old" city. Lucca is older than me, and yet, it is as if it were 54 years old like me. I feel that it is part of my being, having walked and explored every single inch of it. You could say that when a new tourist-guiding season rolls round, I feel as if I were a 54-year-old tree that discovers its new leaves, leaves that look the same but are not the same of years past. If the old trees planted on the ramparts of the walls around the city could speak, they might say I was right. New stimulation and knowledge to impart to my new friends visiting Lucca.
And this actually happens to almost everyone that lives in the historic centre.
Just a few days ago, with a small group of tourists, after having visited the Basilica of San Michele, I came across Mr Mei, the tireless baker of Ponte a Moriano (a pleasant town 15 km from Lucca).
He was delivering his spectacular homemade "Torte di verdura coi becchi" or Vegetable tarts with "beaks" to restaurants and grocery shops. What is a tart with beaks? It is an enticing combination of ancient flavours; a home-made sweet butter pastry base with scalloped edging in the form of beaks that can be filled with a mixture of Swiss chard (white-stalked), sugar, raisins, pine nuts, and spices, or with a chocolate or amaretto filling. The recipe is very old, I believe it dates from the Renaissance when flavours harmoniously fluctuated between savoury and sweet; it is "living" proof of an ancient time still part of today's traditions. I think it should be listed as Slow Food. Many pastry shops and bakeries in Lucca produce these tarts with beaks, but none compare to the ones made by Mei.
I called out to him. He was walking quickly with a round packet in his hands. At the sound of his name, he turned toward us with a friendly smile and came closer and offered to show the group what was inside his small white delivery van. When he opened the back door, the most wonderful fragrance engulfed the entire group of curious tourists. The senses of the human race are powerful stimuli, and the sense of smell is one of the strongest.
Everyone wanted to purchase one of his tarts on the spot. With a kind smile, the amiable man explained that he was unable to sell them because they had been previously ordered. I explained to the group that during their free time, it would be possible to purchase the tarts in certain shops in town. And that is how I started off this year's tourism season in Lucca.
In that moment, in the narrow streets of my city, a situation defined by theorists of tourism as "experiential", was created. Something that only a local guide with first-rate experience can offer clients. A good reason, therefore, to take tours with guides that have lived all their lives or a good portion of them, in the places one chooses to visit. Avoid standard and conventional; feel like guests rather than simply tourists.
At the end of the tour, I went to eat one of Mei's tarts. The "table" entices me much more than a seductively beautiful woman. And so with mouth-watering fragrances and delectable flavours, the tourism season of 2017 begins!
Posted in Blog ed etichettato bakery, experiential tourism, food, Lucca. Bookmark the permalink.


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import uuid from '../../../src/uuid';
import {prepOneUserInOneRoom} from '../../unit/testUtils';

test('Should produce avatarSet event', async () => {
  const {processor, roomId, userId} = await prepOneUserInOneRoom();

  const commandId = uuid();
  const {producedEvents, room} = await processor(
    {
      id: commandId,
      roomId: roomId,
      name: 'setAvatar',
      payload: {
        avatar: 3
      }
    },
    userId
  );

  expect(producedEvents).toMatchEvents(commandId, roomId, 'avatarSet');

  const [avatarSetEvent] = producedEvents;

  expect(avatarSetEvent.payload.avatar).toEqual(3);
  expect(avatarSetEvent.userId).toEqual(userId);

  expect(room.users[0].avatar).toEqual(3);
});

describe('preconditions', () => {
  test('Should throw if given avatar in payload is not a number', async () => {
    const {processor, roomId, userId} = await prepOneUserInOneRoom();

    return expect(
      processor(
        {
          id: uuid(),
          roomId: roomId,
          name: 'setAvatar',
          payload: {
            avatar: '4' // <<-  a string
          }
        },
        userId
      )
    ).rejects.toThrow(
      'Command validation Error during "setAvatar": Invalid type: string (expected number) in /payload/avatar'
    );
  });
});