Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour issued a decree on Tuesday imposing temporary protection fees on imported steel with a percentage of 7.3% for one tonne, which is no less than EGP 290 per tonne, for a period of 200 days.
Abdel Nour said that the decision comes in order to protect the steel industry in Egypt from the significant increase in steel imports, adding that the procedures were based on the decision of the advisory committee that considered complaints of local producers.
The ministry-affiliated agency to combat subsidy, dumping and prevention received a complaint from the Chamber of Metallurgical Industries in the Federation of Egyptian Industries, on the behalf of some local producers whose production represents 68% of local steel production who had stated concerns over a "significant increase" in the volume of imported steel.
Abdel Nour explained in a Tuesday statement that the agency has studied the complaint and submitted it to an advisory committee, comprised of representatives from the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce, Federation of Egyptian Industries, Consumer Protection Agency, Customs Authority, General Organisation for Export and Import Control, Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, and Ministries of Finance, Agriculture and Military Production. The results of the study were submitted to the industry ministry to issue the decision.
The minister added that the decision is temporary until the completion of investigations collecting and analysing data from all concerned parties to give them a chance to comment on the conclusions.
Strongly opposing the decision, head of the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce Ahmed El-Wakil commented that the decision "only benefits few factories" and harms the consumers and contractors.
El-Wakil added that in 2012 when the government had taken the same decision, steel prices significantly went up, which made the government halt the decision after 200 days.
Head of Sales at Ezz Steel Samir Nomany praised the decision, explaining that the 200-day period is to give steel importers and exporting countries a chance to challenge the decision, which will later be reviewed by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Nomany added that the decision is meant to prevent the harming of local producers, rather than being designed to specifically support local production – that the procedures taken before issuing the decision comply with the WTO's provisions.
Meanwhile, Sherif Al-Kheshen, head of Al-Khesen Company for steel distribution, said that the decision is important for protecting local trade and production, adding that it must be followed by measures to control steel prices.
Steel prices will be increased following the implementation of the decision, former head of the Arab Union for Iron and Steel Ezzat Marouf commented, saying that the decision comes in favour of local producers "who are claiming to be insolvent".
Marouf stressed that there should be a fair competition between local producers and importers.
The minister himself said in a September interview with the Daily News Egypt that the percentage of local suppliers who have stated that they have been harmed by steel imports and submitted a complaint to him, were not representative, adding that the statistics they have shown him did not indicate that they were harmed by steel imports, which represents only 10% of steel market in Egypt in the first half of 2014.
"The decision is not easy as I have to take the side of local products and I also have to consider the benefit of producers as well as consumers, so I have to carefully study the situation not to harm any of both sides," Abdel Nour stated at that time.


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What the legalization of cannabis and the growing wellness industry mean for tourism in Mexico
Mexico is the third country to legalize recreational cannabis nationwide. Of the three, it is by far the one that attracts the most tourists.
By El Planteo April 19, 2021
This story originally appeared on El Planteo
By Emily Paxhia, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Poseidon.
Mexico has long been a highly regarded tourist destination; Even before the arrival of cannabis, it was the seventh most visited country, with 49 million tourists a year. Now, with the imminent legalization of cannabis, Mexico is poised to spark the interest of even more tourists.
Mexico is the third country to legalize recreational cannabis nationwide. Of the three, it is by far the one that attracts the most tourists. For some visitors, Mexico has been reduced to a place of cheap tequila shots and sombreros. But for many it is a cultural center with art, fashion, beautiful architecture and incredible gastronomy. Additionally, Mexico has historically been popular with those who want to experience ancient plant-based therapies to restore their bodies and minds.
Tourism in Mexico: a bit of history
In the 1950s, Mexico began to see an influx of tourists who came to try magic mushrooms in rituals designed to bring their participants closer to nature, God or their own psyche. Much of that tourism focused on a small town in Oaxaca , where a healer and former farmer named María Sabina dosed characters like Timothy Leary, John Lennon and Bob Dylan.
But recent years have seen an increase in interest in adaptogenic mushrooms , such as shiitake, chaga, and reishi. These supposedly help the body adapt to environmental and psychological stressors, strengthen the immune system, promote sleep, and reduce inflammation. Now found in all sorts of products from skincare to shake powders, these mushrooms pair well with cannabis and offer the opportunity to reap the benefits of these natural remedies without the psychedelic side effects.
Mexico has also seen its share of wellness tourism focused on fitness, rather than spiritual.
Before Tulum was known for famous DJs and four-star hotels, it was a peaceful haven for yoga fans. They started flocking to this quiet town in the '90s to practice their asanas along the coast. As word of its charms spread, Tulum underwent a transformation along with a population boom; the city had 2,000 residents in 1990 and has approximately 40,000 today. It's no exaggeration to say that cannabis-centric spas and well-run yoga centers could have the same effect in countless other locations around the country.
The potential of the cannabis business in Mexico
Legalization in Mexico presents an intriguing proposition for foreign investors, along with a ton of challenges. The country is highly dependent on its association with the United States and is therefore vulnerable to any change in the free trade agreement. In addition, some business sectors in Mexico are reserved for the citizens of the country, and the economy is especially vulnerable to fluctuations in the price of oil. Infrastructure, especially in relation to transport, can be very poor.
Still, the potential for a profitable cannabis business is high . Ideally, foreign investors would partner with expert local teams who know how to get around government regulations and take advantage of their established networks. For example, we have the case of Landsteiner Scientific , a pharmaceutical laboratory with almost 25 years old. This company has the capacity to manufacture and distribute medical devices and a strong branch of cannabis research.
Related content: Palliative Medicine: Why the Mexican Pharmaceutical Landsteiner Started Investigating Cannabis
Less ideal is the concept of foreign investors setting up operations on the ground with little knowledge of the existing market and insisting that the country play by their rules. For cannabis startups to truly flourish in Mexico, domestic and foreign investors would do well to partner and take advantage of each other's strengths.
Since Mexico is much more than just its stunning beaches, we will also see how legalization alters the landscape of its larger urban areas, some of which have a European feel. With 21 million inhabitants, Mexico City has a complex cultural history and more museums (art, architectural, anthropological and historical) than any other city in the world, as well as thriving culinary and fashion scenes. Its streets are reminiscent of those of Milan, with its 19th century buildings inspired by French, Spanish and Italian architecture, and its women and men impeccably dressed in suits.
The possibilities are endless. Will there be cannabis tours through Mexico City's beautiful Xochimilco canals? High-end boutiques in Colonia Roma selling handmade pipes? Hotel spas offering CBD lotions and THC tinctures in minibars?
Conclution
Legalization offers the possibility of creating rustic cannabis experiences that fit with Mexico's deep historical traditions , such as temazcal rituals or cacao ceremonies. It is a smart measure from the point of view of tourism; above all because increasingly demanding wellness tourists seek hyper-local and authentic experiences that they will not find anywhere else.
There are huge financial gains on the horizon for Mexico. Headset projects that the country's legal sales market could be worth $ 840 million in its first year. In fact, the TAM (Total Addressable Market) is now four times that of Canada and three times that of the US. All of this means that we are likely to see huge changes in Mexico's approach to tourism in general; and that we attract wellness-focused tourists who set the trends.
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There's a likelihood the repossession residential property will certainly be valued listed below market price. Bear in mind the typical 27% price cut we discussed earlier? If it's valued above the comparable sales, you must hesitate about making a deal-- unless the target home has specific unique attributes that represent the greater sale price.
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Building Multicultural Belonging – Celebrating Diversity
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In the classroom, it is great to have a range of books that model and normalize diversity. This can include cultural diversity, racial diversity, but also family diversity. Here is a great list to get started from Education World:
Families Are Different by Nina Pellegrini
The Family Book by Todd Parr
Sometimes It's Grandmas and Grandpas: Not Mommies and Daddies by Gayle Byrne
Mommy, Mama, and Me by Lesléa Newman
Molly and Her Dad by Jan Ormerod
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson
Abuela (English edition with Spanish phrases) by Arthur Dorros
Black is Brown is Tan by Arnold Adoff
Every Year On Your Birthday by Rose A. Lewis
Fred Stays With Me! by Nancy Coffelt
In the same vein, having images, posters, and sayings around the classroom that reflect and further reinforce this same commitment to diversity can speak volumes to welcoming students and their families to feel they belong and are safe. Check out this Pinterest board and these bulletin board graphics for some ideas!
Some other best practices that we love are reflected in this article from Growing Up Bilingual. Some of what they mention includes, ensuring families and students are encouraged to speak their native language, playing music and sharing food from around the world, celebrating diverse holidays, normalizing physical disability, and inviting families in to read to kids or share about their lives.
Last but certainly not least, we love this advice from Bright Horizons to explain rather than ignore differences. To truly be inclusive means to build understanding and celebrate differences. Often, we ignore differences because we don't know how to talk about them or they make us uncomfortable. However, this only serves to reinforce the marginalization and development of bias around people and experiences that are different from what we know. By learning to understand and celebrate difference we can truly build a welcoming and inclusive space for all of our kids, families, and community!
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Q: How to specify conv_filters when using a custom obs shape? I'm using a custom environment to run a Ray's run_experiment function.
My observation_space is
spaces.Box(low=-np.finfo(np.float32).max,
           high=np.finfo(np.float32).max,
           shape=(3, 76),
           dtype=np.float16)

The input is an array with three arrays inside, each one containing 76 items. Something like this:
[[0. 0. 0. ... 0.],
 [0. 0. 0. ... 0.],
 [0. 0. 0. ... 0.]]

When I try to run my train script without specifying the conv_filters I receive this error:
ValueError: No default configuration for obs shape [3, 76], you must specify `conv_filters` manually as a model option. Default configurations are only available for inputs of shape [42, 42, K] and [84, 84, K]. You may alternatively want to use a custom model or preprocessor.

So I'm configuring this in my train script:
"model": {
    "dim": 3,
    "conv_filters": [[3, [1, 1], 1]]
}

But when doing so I receive this one:
ValueError: Convolution expects input with rank 4, got 3

btw my input is not an image, it is actually 3 rows of a time series, each row has 76 items.
I think I'm wrong in this line "conv_filters": [[3, [1, 1], 1]] but idk how to fix it, so I need help...
Is there some way to not do convolution? because I don't wanna lose information here, it is a time-series, every little info worth.

*

*Here's my train script

*Here's the observation
I made a test to see if the custom env works without ray and it does.
I appreciate any help

A: You can force RLlib to use a fully connected network by using a custom model option. Here's an example in code: https://github.com/ray-project/ray/blob/master/rllib/examples/custom_env.py

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Q: Unable to step-in to Recursive function breakpoint VS2013 I was trying to convert an method with for loops to recursion as part of coding Kata practices(trying to solve problems with recursive approach). There's nothing much in the logic but

*

*The breakpoint is not being hit anywhere in the Recursive method.

*I tried to place a logger(console output) to check if the method was called but nothing was being logged.

Here's the method definition(s):
    // Original method with for loop
    public IEnumerable<Tuple<int, int>> GetElementWithLargestDeltaOnTimeline(int[] a)
    {
        int runningLindex = 0;
        int currLValue = a[0];
        int runningHindex = 1;
        int currHvalue = a[1];
        int currDelta = 0;

        for (int i = 1; i < a.Length - 1; i++)
        {
            if (a[i] < currLValue)
            {
                currLValue = a[i];
                runningLindex = i;
            }

            for (int j = runningLindex + 1; j < a.Length; j++)
            {
                if ((a[j] - currLValue) > currDelta)
                {
                    currDelta = a[j] - currLValue;
                    runningHindex = j;
                    currHvalue = a[j];
                }
            }
        }

        yield return new Tuple<int, int>(currLValue, runningLindex);
        yield return new Tuple<int, int>(currHvalue, runningHindex);
    }

Recursive -
    // Trying above method to convert to recursive,
    // Note - It may not be correct *shy* but the problem is why it's not doing anything(not step through/logging)
    public IEnumerable<Tuple<int, int>> GetElementWithLargestDeltaOnTimelineRec
        (int[] a, int i, int j, int runningLindex, int currLValue, int runningHindex, int currHvalue, int currDelta)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Iteration i-{0}: j-{1} runningLindex-{2} currLValue-{3} runningHindex-{4} currHvalue-{5} currDelta-{6}"
                                   , i, j, runningLindex, currLValue, runningHindex, currHvalue, currDelta);
        if (i < a.Length)
        {
            if (a[i] < currLValue)
            {
                currLValue = a[i];
                runningLindex = i;
            }

            if (j < a.Length)
            {
                if ((a[j] - currLValue) > currDelta)
                {
                    currDelta = a[j] - currLValue;
                    runningHindex = j;
                    currHvalue = a[j];
                }

                GetElementWithLargestDeltaOnTimelineRec(a, i, j++, runningLindex, currLValue, runningHindex, currHvalue, currDelta);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            yield return new Tuple<int, int>(currLValue, runningLindex);
            yield return new Tuple<int, int>(currHvalue, runningHindex);
        }

        GetElementWithLargestDeltaOnTimelineRec(a, i++, runningLindex + 1, runningLindex, currLValue, runningHindex, currHvalue, currDelta);
        yield break;
    }

Main -
public class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        var a = new[] { 10, 9, 3, 6, 7, 8, 15, 10, 6 };
        var val = new StockManager();
        var result = val.GetElementWithLargestDeltaOnTimelineRec(a, 0, 0, 0, a[0], 1, a[1], 0);
    }
}

Question(s) -

*

*Does recursive method calls are something(incorrect) which is causing
the issue?

*Why the method is not being called and returning empty
result without failing/error/warning?

Additional info -
.Net 4.5, Visual studio 2013
I also tried running this code on different machine(Just to verify if something is wrong with my VS instance).

A: There is a little trick with methods which return IEnumerable. You should enumerate them!
Instead of calling GetElementWithLargestDeltaOnTimelineRec inside itself you should enumerate it and yield return its elements or store the result to use later. IEnumerables do nothing until they enumerated.
foreach (var e in GetElementWithLargestDeltaOnTimelineRec(...))
    yield return e;

Or
var innerResult = GetElementWithLargestDeltaOnTimelineRec(...);

and use innerResult somehow that cause it to be enumerated.


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Published on September 26, 2017 September 26, 2017 by Kathy Warnes
William Neidermeier and Philip Kalb Encounter Prohibition Agents
From Downriver Prohibition: Its People and Perspectives by Kathy Warnes
Prohibition enforcement agents sometimes displayed lapses of judgement under the pressures of their jobs that called for swift, impartial decisions. Some agents were caught in a tug-of-war between state and federal courts while others floundered in the backlash and politics between enforcement agencies and public perceptions of their jobs.
Murdered Mail Carrier
On December 21,1926, William Neidermeier, a 56-year-old Monroe County mail carrier, and a friend went duck hunting on the Huron River. Detroit River Prohibition Agent Jack Henway and a partner were out on patrol searching for rumrunners when they spotted William and his friend in their boat. The agents also noticed a pickle keg in the boat and surmised that it contained bootleg liquor. The Prohibition agents ordered the two duck hunters in the boat to halt, and when they didn't halt quickly enough, Agent Henway shot and wounded William Neidermeier, who died at Wyandotte Hospital. He is buried in Woodmere Cemetery in Monroe, Michigan.
Accounts in local and state newspapers across the country spotlighted the tensions between Prohibition agents and ordinary people and the tug-of-war between local, state, and federal Prohibition enforcers. Monroe County Prosecutor Edward Gordon announced in December of 1926 that the arraignment of the two Prohibition officers who had been charged with fatally assaulting William Neidermeier and his friend had been postponed indefinitely.[i]
The postponement of the trail spurred lawmakers into action. State Congressman Robert Clancy of Detroit (Democrat) actively agitated to bring about the prosecution of Federal Prohibition Agent Jack Henway who was convicted of the murder of William Neidermeier. At the trial, Agent Henway, a former member of the Detroit River Patrol, testified that he had mistaken William Neidermeier for a rumrunner and a pickle keg he and his partner used for a seat in their boat as a container for bootleg liquor. Congressman Clancy also demanded a federal investigation into the case.[ii]
The Cedar Valley (Iowa) Daily Times reported that the death of William Neidermeier prompted Michigan Congressional Representative Clarence J. McLeod (Republican) into investigating the practices of national Prohibition enforcement machinery under Assistant Secretary Lincoln C. Andrews. Representative McLeod charged that the Prohibition enforcement policies of ruthlessness had reached their peak in the murder of William Neidermeier and that these policies violated the Constitutional rights of citizens. He said that many ordinary citizens had been searched or arrested without warrant by the border patrolmen and innocent people had been arrested and beaten.[iii]
Less than two years after the murder of William Neidermeier, a story in the Sheboygan Press reported that Michigan Governor Fred Green had denied a pardon to Prohibition Agent Jack Henway. Commenting on what he considered the determined efforts of Prohibition agencies to win parole for Agent Henway who was out on parole, Governor Green issued a statement declaring that "I have no sympathy for officers who shoot first and find out about it afterwards. I have great and abiding respect for human life, and I cannot understand how officers can shoot without exhausting all other reasonable means of stopping a person. Just because somebody doesn't jump at an officer's command is no just reason for the officer to start shooting. There is too much of this deplorable practice going on."[iv]
Governor Green emphasized that the trial testimony showed that Neidermeier, the mail carrier, and another friend were in a boat duck hunting on the Huron river. Searching for rumrunners, Agent Henway and his partner commanded the men to halt, and when they didn't comply quickly enough, Agent Henway shot and fatally wounded William Neidermeir. The suspected pickle keg of liquor turned out to be used as a seat for one of the hunters.
The Sheboygan Press editorialized that "within the last few years there has been a total disregard for human life on the part of these federal agents and when we ascertain the caliber of some of them we are prone to ask if they have not in some instances, been law violators themselves and too ready with the gun. It is peculiar that of all parts of the government which Uncle Sam operates this is the only one where discredit has resulted. The governor is right when he says that every means must be exhausted before taking a human life. Here was an instance in Michigan where an innocent party was shot down in cold blood and now certain government instances are trying to free the guilty person. Such a step would bring further discredit upon a federal department that has outraged state laws."[v]
Philip Kalb – Shoot Out in Monroe County and Ricochets in Portsmouth, Ohio
A fatal shooting that took place on January 13, 1924, two years before the William Neidermeier murder, exposed the undercurrents of tension between Prohibition enforcement agencies. That January day, Federal Prohibition Agent Frank W. Rickey and four other federal agents, and four members of the state police raided the farm of Samuel Kalb near Lambertville in Monroe County, Michigan. During the raid, Samuel's son Philip, 22, was shot and killed.
The local justice decided that Philip Kalb had been murdered and there was reasonable proof that Agent Rickey had shot him. He was held to appear in Monroe County Circuit Court and when he appeared before Judge Jesse Root on April 14, 1924, Agent Rickey and stood mute. The Court entered a plea of not guilty and Agent Rickey was released under a $10,000 bond. The prosecuting attorney was prepared to file information and bring the case to trial.
In a swiftly executed move, the United States Attorney Delos G. Smith issued a writ of certiorari upon Judge Jesse H. Root of Monroe County to have the case removed to the Federal Court at Detroit, arguing that Agent Rickey was an officer of the government engaged in performance of duty. Clayton Golden, Prosecuting Attorney for Monroe County moved to quash the Writ, contending that the federal court was without jurisdiction and that the order for removal was made before information had been filed. He lost the argument, the writ was granted, and the trial moved to Federal Court in Detroit.[vi]
On July 15, jury selection began in the Federal Court to try Agent Rickey for murder. The Federal government offered the defense that Philip Kalb was killed before the Prohibition agents raided the farm when occupants of the Kalb home supposedly beat off hijackers in a spirited gun battled over their still.[vii]
At the trial, Philip's father Samuel testified that when he told Agent Rickey that he should not have shot his son, Agent Rickey picked up an axe and told him if he said another word he would knock him down. Two other witnesses, Abe Berman and Isaac Susman, who were present at the farmhouse during the raid, said that Agent Rickey shot Philip Kalb without warning and threatened them when they asked him why he had shot Philip. On cross examination, Isaac Susman contradicted his testimony about the shooting in several details.
On July 17, Samuel Kalb testified for the prosecution, contradicting some of his previous testimony, and admitting on the witness stand that he had lied about the equipment for making illegal whiskey on his farm. He had previously testified that he had no knowledge of any stills, mash, or whiskey on his farm, but when Judge Charles C. Simons questioned him, he hesitatingly admitted the stills and liquor found belonged to him.[viii]
The prosecution charged that Agent Rickey shot Philip Kalb, but the defense claimed that hijackers shot him before the Prohibition agents arrived. Several members of the Prohibition Party, officers, and state police who raided the farm testified for the defense that it would have been impossible for Agent Rickey to have shot Philip Kalb.[ix]
In less than a week later, on July 23, 1924, after deliberating for a short time, the jury acquitted Agent F.W. Rickey of the murder of Philip Kalb. Judge A.Z. Blair defended Agent Rickey, who lived in Portsmouth, Ohio, but had worked the Detroit sector as a dry officer for over a year. He was well known in Toledo, Monroe, and Detroit. His family accompanied him to Detroit for his trial.
Judge A.Z. Blair of Ohio had reached the height of his argument to the jury which would decide the fate of Frank Rickey, Federal Prohibition Agent, charged with murder when the listening silence in Judge Charles Simon's court was shattered by the screams of a woman. Turning, they saw Mrs. Fannie Kalb, mother of 22-year-old Philip Kalb who Agent Rickey was charged with having killed, shaking her fist under Rickey's nose. "You killed my boy!" she screamed. "You killed my boy!"
Officers of the court quickly ushered Mrs. Kalb into the corridor. A moment later a commotion broke out in the spectator's area behind the rail and Sam Kalb, the boy's father, leaped to his feet shouting, "He killed my son! I ought to kill him!"
For a moment, chaos ruled the courtroom. Judge Simons shouted, "Arrest that man!" Twice Samuel Kalb started for the door. Court officials headed him off and led him to a cell in the marshal's office. He was charged with contempt of court.
Judge Blair, forgetting that he was in Michigan where capital punishment was not sanctioned, instead of his native Ohio, had mentioned the electric chair just before the outbreak. Agent Rickey had been on trial for a week on an indictment charging that he had shot and killed Philip Kalb during a raid on the Kalb farmhouse near Monroe, Michigan last January.
Arguing for the defense, Judge Blair told the jury that doctors and others testified that Philip Kalb was shot in the back and this testimony was undisputed. The state's witnesses who testified that they saw the murder said that Philip Kalb and Agent Rickey were facing each other at short range when the shot was fired. Attacking the credibility of the state's witnesses, Judge Blair stressed that most of them lied on the stand, a statement that the prosecution didn't challenge. Judge Blair added that Sam Kalb admitted at one point that he had lied.
The defense advanced two theories in arguing Agent Rickey's innocence. One theory said that Philip Kalb was killed in a battle with hijackers the night before the raid by the dry agents. The other was that Philip Kalb was shot, probably by accident, by his brother Paul.
Clayton C. Golden, prosecutor of Monroe County, briefly addressed the jury. He argued that the hijacker's theory was impossible, but declined to comment on the theory regarding Paul Kalb. He contented himself with telling the jurors that they were competent to judge the evidence. Prosecutor Golden's brevity contrasted with Judge Blair's arguments which lasted for about two hours and a half. Fred L. Eaton, Assistant District Attorney, also argued on behalf of Agent Rickey, took half an hour.
Throughout the trial, Agent Rickey appeared unperturbed and confident of the outcome. [x]
Less than a month later, on August 15, 1924, Isaac Susman and Abe Burman who had testified for Samuel Kalb that they had observed Agent Rickey shoot his son Philip, were arraigned before United States Commissioner J. Stanley Hurd, on charges of perjury. The two men stood mute and their examination was set for September 25. In the meantime, they were freed under $2,000 bonds each. Thomas Wilcox, agent of the Department of Justice, charged in his warrant against the two men that they testified "they did not see a liquor still on the Kalb farm, and that they were there at the time of the raid to purchase horses."[xi]
[i] Neidermeier is spelled Neidermeier or Niedermeier on census and other documents as well as in the newspaper accounts. "State Briefs, "Benton Harbor News- Palladium, December 30, 1927, p. 13.
[ii] "Agent Mistook Man for Rumrunner." Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, New Jersey, May 14, 1927, p. 20. Ironically, Congressman Robert Clancy had his own troubles with the legal system. He served as United States customs appraiser for Michigan from 1917-1922, and during Prohibition he, the mayor of Detroit, and the Wayne County sheriff were arrested while drinking alcohol.
[iii] " Duck Hunter Killed by Dry Agent. Plan for Thorough Probe." Cedar Valley Daily Times (Iowa), December 23, 1926, p. 1.
[iv] "Respect for Human Life. "Sheboygan Press, May 26, 1928, p. 20.
[v] "Respect for Human Life. "Sheboygan Press, May 26, 1928, p. 20.
[vi] Rickey Case Transferred to Detroit." Portsmouth Daily Times, April 15, 1924, p.2
[vii] "Government Aids Dry Raid Slayer, Defends Prohibition Agent Accused in Detroit. Keeps Case in Federal Court." Indianapolis Star. July 16, 1924, p.19; "Three Men Testify He Fired Fatal Shot in Raid. Escanaba Daily Press, July 16, 1924, p. 1
[viii] "Kalb Admits Owning Stills on His Farm. "Toledo News Bee, July 18, 1924, p.1
[ix] "Father Refutes Murder Testimony." Indianapolis Star, July 18, 1924, p. 23.
[x] "Was Charged With Murder, Defended by Judge A.Z. Blair. Portsmouth Daily Times, July 23, 1924, p.9.
[xi] "Susman and Burman Arraigned." Battle Creek Enquirer, August 15, 1924, p. 1
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Michael Phelps Leads Team USA To 4x100-Meter Freestyle Gold
By Karen Rosen | Aug. 07, 2016, 11 p.m. (ET)
Michael Phelps (L) celebrates during the men's 4x100-meter freestyle at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Olympic Aquatics Stadium on Aug. 7, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The United States rules the pool again in the 4x100-meter freestyle as Michael Phelps won his 23rd Olympic medal overall and his 19th gold.
Team USA won the sprint relay at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, clinching the gold with a time of 3:09.92 seconds, followed by France, the defending champion, at 3:10.53. Australia took the bronze in 3:11.37.
"We wanted that race back so badly," Phelps said of the United States' silver-medal finish in London. "I played that race for the guys in the room the other day. In 2008, we had a great one. In 2012, we fell off a little bit. My last 4x100 relay, it feels damn good to get a win."
With Caeleb Dressel swimming leadoff, Phelps swam the second leg, followed by Ryan Held. Nathan Adrian, the defending Olympic champion in the 100-meter freestyle, was the anchor.
France led after the first leg by .02 seconds, so Phelps then went to work. He built an insurmountable lead by swimming the fastest 100-meter freestyle of his career, 47.12 seconds.
"It was crazy," said Phelps. "I was standing on the blocks while Caeleb was coming in and I honestly thought my heart was going to explode out of my chest."
Knowing how hard it is to swim in the wake, Phelps tried to give Held and Adrian open water. "I just wanted to hammer it," he said.
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This was the first chance for Phelps to medal in his fifth Olympic Games. Although he did not compete in the 100 freestyle at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Swimming, the head men's coach knew what he was capable of doing in a sprint. Bob Bowman is also Phelps' personal coach.
He now has more gold medals than most countries have managed in their Olympic history.
A new father, Phelps said before the Games began that he was looking forward to swimming with his infant son, Boomer, in the stands and that the baby "would have some cool outfits on. He'll be dressed to impress, that's for sure."
The United States dominated the event from 1964, when it made its first Olympic appearance, to 1996. Then the Australians outdueled Team USA in 2000 and South Africa prevailed in 2004, with Holland second and the U.S. third.
Then Phelps earned his first opportunity to swim the event in Beijing in 2008.
However, if not for Jason Lezak, Phelps would have seen his quest for eight gold medals end after just one event. But Lezak swam a heroic anchor leg to overtake France and win the gold by eight hundredths of a second, 3:08.24 to 3:08.32. His split was 46.06 seconds to hand the U.S. its first gold medal in the event in 12 years. The world record still stands.
Four years later in London, France got its revenge, winning 3:09.03 to 3:10.38 against a U.S. team composed of Adrian, Phelps, Cullen Jones and Ryan Lochte. Yannick Agnel swam the anchor leg for France, erasing a .55-second deficit. That was Phelps' first silver medal.
Phelps, 31, and Adrian, 27, got a kick out of the younger guys – Held is 21 and Dressel will turn 20 on Aug. 16 – and Phelps gave them some tips.
"I kind of told them beforehand, I was like, 'It's OK to sing and it's OK to cry (on the medal podium).' It's good to see emotion out of those young guys. It shows they really do care and they love what they're doing. For me as one of the old dudes, I think it's great to see."
He said he and Adrian viewed them as the sprinters of the future.
"Nathan was asking if I was coming back," Phelps said. "I said sorry bro, you guys got this, I'm out. But it felt good to get my last 400 free relay of my career and this thing around my neck."
Phelps will also swim three individual events in Rio and probably at least one more relay.
"I was happy to have Phelps here," said Held. "With Phelps around you get more enthusiasm, more excitement for the race."
Held said he knew he probably was going to be one of the slower legs and told himself. "Whatever I do, do not lose any ground, maintain any position, and I had faith in Nathan he could bring it home."
Adrian had the fastest U.S. split at 46.97.
Held said he gains confidence being around Adrian. "I feel like I stand a little bit taller with him, a little faster, stronger, smarter with him," Held said. "This is the Olympics, this is the lights, cameras. Nathan's great about taking it calm."
He also will always remember what he learned from Phelps.
"Michael's a great leader," Held said. "He's a great inspiration. The best thing he's taught me is take it in, have fun, man. Let the emotions fuel you. This is a once in a lifetime experience."
Well, for Phelps, it's a five times in a lifetime experience.
Australian swimmer James Magnussen also calls Phelps an inspiration.
"To stay at the top of the world for that many Olympics is something most of couldn't dream of," he said "It gives guys in the middle inspiration to think we can keep going for another Olympics. It's always great to see a fairytale like that unfold in a race that you're a part of."
In the other men's final at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in the Barra Olympic Park, Cody Miller continued Indiana University's tradition of winning Olympic medals after a 40-year gap.
Miller set an American record of 58.87 seconds to win the bronze medal in the men's 100-meter breaststroke.
Adam Peaty of Great Britain won in a world-record time of 57.13 seconds, followed by Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa in 58.69 seconds.
Kevin Cordes, the Olympic Trials champion and previous American-record holder, was fourth with a time of 59.22.
Miller, 24, was born with a chest deformity that diminishes his lung capacity and stands just 5-foot-10 while most other breaststrokers are well over 6 feet tall. However, he used determination to rise to the top of the swimming world.
The Indiana Hoosiers had four swimmers competing at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games: Gary Hall Sr., Jim Montgomery, Charlie Keating and Jennifer Hooker. Of course, the most famous Indiana swimmer was the legendary Mark Spitz.
"It was no doubt the fastest heat of 100-meter breaststroke ever," said Miller. "For me to get my hand on the wall and a medal for my country, I honestly can't describe how it feels. I just always hoped I would get a medal. Yeah, that was pretty cool. That was something."
He said it was tough competing against Cordes.
"We're really good friends," Miller said. "We're close, but once we walk out of that dressing room, everyone's going to war."
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Iowa State overmatched in 42-3 loss at Iowa
Cyclones out-gained 435-291, commit 10 penalties in blowout
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IOWA CITY — A deep sigh was how Matt Campbell began the answer to a question that was sure to be asked.
How disappointing or frustrating are penalties that put your players in tough positions to be successful?
"Yeah, I mean, geez," Campbell said. "I think really disappointing. We're not a good enough football team to self-destruct and put ourselves in negative situations."
Penalties were far from the main reason Iowa State lost 42-3 to No. 10 Iowa on Saturday in Kinnick Stadium, but they are a glaring piece in a long list of problems. The Cyclones (0-2) committed 10 penalties for 73 yards, one more infraction than last week.
Iowa did its share to win the game. Quarterback C.J. Beathard was 19-for-28 for 235 yards and three touchdowns while receiver Matt VandeBerg had seven catches for 129 yards and a score. LeShun Daniels added 15 carries, 112 yards and a touchdown on the ground.
The Hawkeyes jumped ahead early while the Cyclones offense sputtered and the defense couldn't find its footing. Iowa went ahead 21-3 early in the second quarter, but it was a one-yard touchdown keeper by Beathard that broke the game loose and increased the margin to 25.
Iowa State was signaled for three first-half personal-foul penalties, the latter two coming on the last touchdown drive of the second quarter. Linebacker Reggan Northrup was called for illegal use of hands while defensive end Jhaustin Thomas picked up his second personal foul penalty on a facemask.
"That's definitely a heartbreaker," said cornerback Brian Peavy, who had a team-high seven tackles. "It's kind of like beating yourself out there. It's tough and you've got to respond to adversity, but at the same time it's like we're beating ourselves."
Offensive penalties kept Iowa State at bay offensively, too.
Quarterback Joel Lanning was 8-for-20 for 86 yards and one interception before Jacob Park relieved him after Iowa went ahead 42-3 on Daniels' 43-yard touchdown scamper. Park played three possessions and went 6-for-15 for 79 yards and even had the chance to add 48 more yards, but was negated by three ineligible men down field penalties.
Allen Lazard was effective as a pass catcher with seven receptions for 111 yards — Iowa State had 165 passing yards — but wasn't able to be complimented by a running game. The Cyclones surpassed what they did on the ground in week one, but could never find a rhythm.
True freshman Kene Nwangwu led all rushers with seven carries and 31 yards while Mike Warren ended with seven carries and 28 yards. Coaches hoped to get Warren the ball more than the 13 times he carried it in week one, but couldn't get a flow.
"I keep hearing about Mike, but Mike's the guy that's got to practice well and be a guy that's accountable on and off the field too," Campbell said. "Michael's got talent and really we've got some competition back there in my opinion right there as well in the tailback position. I think there was a couple times for Mike to make some plays tonight and he just didn't make those plays."
Warren saw the deficiencies in his performance immediately following the game too.
"(I'm just trying to make) the right reads, following holes, trusting the o-line," Warren said. "There were probably one or two plays where the line had a perfect block and I just didn't see the hole. I've just got to trust the line."
Iowa State goes on the road to TCU before finishing its non-conference slate at home against San Jose State the week after.
"It's rough. Losing sucks. That's just how it is," Park said. "You can either duck your head and become a loser or you can step up and become a winner."
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Khenpo Samdup was born in Kham, in the Nangchen region of Eastern Tibet. When he was seven years old he received the vows of Refuge from Garchen Rinpoche, and at the age of twelve he became ordained as a monk. He learned how to perform lama dance and pujas, and to play various musical instruments and so forth. For three years he traveled every winter with Rinpoche making the rounds to over 15 or so different towns to hold great accomplishment practices, or drubchens. During the summers we would stay in retreat at the monastery in Gargon. Not long after that he had the great fortune of traveling with my kind root lama, Garchen Rinpoche to Amdo, where he met another extraordinary and highly realized lama, the Revered Dzogchen master Khenpo Munsel. From this great master he was able to receive direct pointing out instructions on the nature of mind. From these experiences he found that his mind had been deeply transformed.
Later he heard about the great qualities of the master Khenpo Jigme Puntsok, and he gave rise to a strong longing to meet him. So before long he set out on a challenging journey alone to Khenpo Jigme Puntsok's monastery in Amdo, hoping he would finally be able to devote myself to study, contemplation, and meditation. It was a far distance away and at that time in Tibet the condition of the roads was very bad, so there were very few people traveling that way. It ended up taking me over a month to get there. When he arrived, he found that he was much younger than most of the monks and he had great difficulty understanding and communicating because his dialect was so different. There was practically nobody there from his region at that time so he was quite alone and without any friends.
He was however able to meet with Khenpo Jigme Puntsok and received many pith instructions, empowerments and teachings. He also was able to receive teachings on almost all of the Twelve Great Scriptures from his main student Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro. He stayed at Khenpo Jigme Puntsok's for more than four years.
Prior to his experience with Khenpo Munsel he had faith and devotion, but he was lacking understanding. And in order to grasp the profound meaning of the practices based on the pith instructions it is important to develop certainty with respect to the meaning of the teachings on The Middle Way. Now he knew that his practice of the Dharma had been based on blind faith, so from this point on he became especially interested in the study of Buddhist philosophy, and particularly the topics of Buddhist logic, reasoning, and the teachings of The Middle Way. He came to understand that through study and contemplation there arises a faith that's based on reason.
The main objective of Buddhism is to reach the state of liberation and complete omniscience, and the path that accomplishes that objective is the conduct of love and compassion, and bodhicitta, together with the view of emptiness and karmic interdependence. He felt determined to apply himself to the practice of study, contemplation, and meditation.
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Q: Getting invalid signature error when I send GET request in postman with authorization I have an email verification method, when I register the user it sends the email normally, I want to test the route email/verify/{id}, that triggers when the user clicks the verification link, but I'm having issues with the postman request, it says that I have an invalid signature when I send the authorization token, it throws a different error if i remove it (403, Unauthorized)
My route
Route::prefix('auth')->group(function () {
    Route::group(['middleware'=>'auth:api'], function(){
        Route::get('user', 'Auth\AuthController@user');
        Route::get('email/verify/{id}', 'Auth\VerificationController@verify')->name('verification.verify');
        Route::get('email/resend', 'Auth\VerificationController@resend');
    });
});

VerificationController
public function verify(Request $request){
        if ($request->route('id') == $request->user()->getKey() &&
            $request->user()->markEmailAsVerified()){
                event (new Verified($request->user()));
            }

        return response()->json('verified');
    }

    public function resend(Request $request){
        if ($request->user()->hasVerifiedEmail()){
            return response()->json('already_verified', 422);
        }

        $request->user()->sendEmailVerificationNotification();

        return response()->json([
            'notified'
        ]);
    }

    public function __construct(){
        $this->middleware('auth:api');
        $this->middleware('signed')->only('verify');
        $this->middleware('throttle:6,1')->only('verify', 'resend');
    }

I'm sending the request in postman like this:

I don't know if I'm doing the request wrong or there is something wrong with my code. Any clue?

A: you have signed middleware which require another of GET parameter.
you can get the signed url by this laravel function
 URL::signedRoute('verification.verify', []); and use that url in postman
Edit for summary:
must set env.APP_URL to have same port for the signedRoute function to works


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Cardinal George Pell, the prefect of the Vatican secretariat for the economy, said Pope Francis and other religious leaders had been cooperating closely in their efforts to eradicate forced labour.
Speaking in Rome at a meeting of the Global Foundation, an Australian organisation which brings together business and government leaders, the cardinal commended the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) for announcing a resolution to fight forced labour issues throughout global supply chains.
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This is money UFT members would have earned had they received 4% raises granted to other city workers in 2009 and 2010.
An independent arbitrator on Oct. 9 overturned City Hall's attempt to avoid paying deferred wages to thousands of city educators for work they performed dating back 10 years ago. The city was ordered to pay half the amount owed by Oct. 31, 2020, and half by the end of July 2021.
The arbitrator, Martin Scheinman, also awarded a no-layoff pledge for the remainder of the school year and a guarantee that the city will not challenge the 3% contractual wage increase due on May 14, 2021.
UFT-represented educators eligible for a lump-sum payment in October 2020, covering the final 25% they are owed, will receive the new July payment regardless of any change in employment status.
"This is far from a perfect solution for thousands of our members who are still owed deferred wages that can go back as far as 10 years," UFT President Michael Mulgrew wrote in an email to members. "The decision recognizes the city's difficult financial circumstances because of the coronavirus pandemic, but makes it clear that the city must find a way to meet its financial obligations to its educators."
The schedule for the initial half of the lump-sum payment has now been released. Eligible UFT-represented Department of Education employees will receive half of the lump-sum payment on the following dates: Active Q- and H-bank employees, Oct. 30; Q-bank retirees, Nov. 16; H-bank retirees, Nov. 2; Per-session employees, Nov. 2; F-status employees, Nov. 19. The remaining half of the original lump-sum payment is scheduled to be paid by the end of July 2021.
Because of a dispute-resolution clause the union insisted on including in the 2014 contract for just such a possibility, the UFT took the city to immediate arbitration.
At the Oct. 9 hearing that lasted four and a half hours, Mulgrew argued that his members were entitled to this money and the city was obligated to uphold the agreement. City officials countered that the city could not afford to pay given the fiscal emergency and a budget deficit of nearly $9 billion.
The deferred wages are the result of a decision made by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a previous fiscal downturn in 2009 and 2010 to withhold from educators a wage increase that had been granted to other city workers in that round of municipal bargaining.
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Defending Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 champion Craig Lowndes has declared he and co-driver Steven Richards must improve their performance and tune up the TeamVortex Commodore if they are to feature at the business end of the Great Race.
The duo finished the Wilson Security Sandown 500 eighth in the third Triple Eight entry, but only after both drivers had offs during the race.
Richards was caught out by slippery turn four in the wet early going, while Lowndes had an excursion at turn two and later locked up and speared off at Dandenong Road corner, effectively taking the car out of contention for the podium.
"After Sandown there is no doubt Steve and I are dead keen on obviously rectifying some of the issues we had," Lowndes told supercars.com. "We both made mistakes."
"We also need to make the car probably a little bit nicer to drive.
"It wasn't bad but it was a difficult car to drive over the weekend, especially in the changing conditions.
Earlier in the weekend Richards had shown strong pace in practice but then got caught up in the first corner drama of the co-drivers' race.
Dumped down the order he fought back to 16th, while Lowndes took the car on to 12th in the main drivers' qualifying race, from where it started the 500.
"It would have been nice to be closer to the front starting the main race on Sunday, but even then we managed to circulate safely and stay out of trouble until Richo got caught out at turn four.
"With the changing conditions, even with Richo's mishap … and mine at turn two, we were in a good positon going in to that last pit stop.
"Then I just locked up a tyre going into Dandenong Road and couldn't clear it. I think we were third on the track at that point to be being back to sixth.
"I don't think we were in contention for the win but we were certainly in contention for the podium.
The silver lining for Lowndes was that he finished Sandown in a better positon in the championship fight than when he started the race.
That's because Triple Eight team-mate Jamie Whincup could only finish 13th with Paul Dumbrell in the Red Bull Commodore, handing over the championship lead to the second Red Bull Holden of Shane van Gisbergen, which with Alex Premat co-driving, finished second.
Lowndes entered Sandown trailing Whincup by 198 points and exited trailing van Gisbergen by 157 points.
"Jamie had his issues with drive-through penalties and seatbelts and so on, but fundamentally his car was fast," said Lowndes.
"We just didn't do a good enough job in the lead-up into it, but we take a lot out of it. I made mistakes. Richo made a mistakes and we were still in contention.
This year's Sandown result continues a poor run for the duo at the suburban Melbourne circuit, where Lowndes scored the last of his five wins with former co-driver Warren Luff in 2012. Richards has never won the Sandown 500.
However, he has four wins at Mount Panorama in the 1000 and Lowndes six, including their victory together last year.
"It's just the way it is," Lowndes said of his and Richards' recent Sandown efforts.
"Richo was really happy with the way the car was in Friday practice, he actually said he didn't want any changes to the car, he said it was great.
"We were really encouraged by that but as the conditions changed and the track gripped up our car went away a bit, our qualifying wasn't gear and our qualifying races with Steve getting caught up in turn one didn't help us.


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