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Apple Day at Cogges Manor Farm
9 October 10:30 - 15:00
Apple day returns for a day of autumnal family fun as we celebrate the humble apple. We'll be chopping and pressing apples for their glorious juice, turning them into apple pies and toffee apples. The Windrush Bowmen will be demonstrating the art of archery and Ducklington…
Cogges Manor FarmChurch LaneWitneyOxfordshireOX28 3LA
Autumn Fair at Harcourt Arboretum
Saturday 15 October 2022, 10am-5pm
Immerse yourself in wonderful surroundings, enjoy live music from local performers, and taste delicious local food at our Autumn Fair! Harcourt Arboretum is made up of 130 acres containing the best collection of trees in Oxfordshire, with some of the oldest redwoods in the UK.…
Oxford LodgeNuneham CourtenayOxfordOxfordshireOX44 9PX
01865 373501
Breakfast with Santa at Bicester Avenue Garden Centre
Between 3 December - 24 December see website for times and dates
Join us for a fun festive event where you will enjoy breakfast for the whole family and fun activities, plus a special visit from Santa with a gift for every child. Please note that this is a ticket-only family event, all adults and children who…
Bicester AvenueOxford RoadBicesterOxfordshireOX25 2NY
01869 208160
Bushcraft workshop: Wild Jewellery Making at Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre
Friday 28 October 10:00am - 12:00pm
Nature is full of useful materials! Come learn what to choose and how to turn it into your own unique items of jewellery. From bindweed cord and elder beads, to conker keyrings, you'll have a great time creating a masterpiece using a few tools and…
Sutton Courtenay Environmental Educational CentreSutton Courtenay RoadSutton CourtenayAbingdonOxfordshireOX14 4TE
01235 862024
CAP Life Skills Course
10.30 am to 1.30 pm
CAP Life Skills is a friendly group that gives you the confidence and decision-making skills you need to survive life on a low income.
242B Barns RoadCowleyOxfordOxonOX4 3RQ
07926 596225 01865 249008
CAP Money Course
The course runs over three weekly sessions.
The CAP Money Course is a revolutionary money management course that teaches people budgeting skills and a simple, cash-based system that really works. This course will help anyone to get more in control of their finances, so they can save, give and prevent debt. The…
57FSt Clement's StreetSt Clement'sOxfordOxonOX4 1AG
07743 240330 01865 249008
Caring for Chickens at Home at Farmer Gow's
August 21, Friday 9 September, Sunday 11 September, Friday 14 October, Sunday 16 October
Farmer Gow's offers 3 workshops for adults, children and families. Each workshop includes lots and lots of 'hands on' farm animal experiences. Caring For Chickens at Home This is a great workshop for beginners. We cover all the basics at a relaxed pace over…
Fernham RoadLongcotFaringdonOxfordshireSN7 7PR
01793 780 555
Cerebral Palsy Football Sessions w Summertown Stars
Every 2 weeks
Summertown Stars Football Club are pleased to host some specific disability football sessions for children and adults, boys and girls, with Cerebral Palsy and other similar motor disabilities. These sessions are free of charge and no experience is necessary! Come and give it a go,…
Navigation WayOxfordOxonOX2 6AB
Children's Half Term Courses (11+ year olds) at the Coaching Barn
24th October 10:00am to 3:30pm
The Coaching Barn,situated just outside Wallingford, is running a number of courses this October 1/2 term on 24 October Bags, bunting & bangles" with Victoria Squires 24th October In this one day workshop you will be taught sewing and embroidery skills, and develop them even…
Littlestoke Manor FarmLittle StokeWallingfordOxonOX10 6AX
Children's Modelling at Pendon Museum Trust Ltd
Wednesdays in school holidays
Free school holiday Wednesday events on a 'drop-in', 'first come, first served' basis. These 30 minute sessions are suitable for children from 5 years upwards. We require that a parent be present throughout the session. Normal museum admission prices apply.
Pendon MuseumHigh StreetLong WittenhamAbingdonOxfordshireOX14 4QD
01865 408143


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Drummer's Metronome is the perfect click track for practising sessions or live gigs. Easy to set up and plainly audible in your headphones.
There are a number of good click sounds, but you can load custom sounds, too. If you like it silent you can either use the vibration or a visual metronome.
Metronome settings can be stored in lists for quick access.
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Autumn, also known as fall in American and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons. Autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September ( Northern Hemisphere ) or March (Southern Hemisphere), when the duration of daylight becomes noticeably shorter and the temperature cools down considerably. One of its main features is the shedding of leaves from deciduous trees.
Some cultures regard the autumnal equinox as "mid-autumn", while others with a longer temperature lag treat it as the start of autumn. Meteorologists (and most of the temperate countries in the southern hemisphere) use a definition based on Gregorian calendar months, with autumn being September, October, and November in the northern hemisphere, and March, April, and May in the southern hemisphere.
In North America, autumn is usually considered to start with the September equinox (21 to 24 September) and end with the winter solstice (21 or 22 December ). Popular culture in the USA associates Labor Day, the first Monday in September, as the end of summer and the start of autumn; certain summer traditions, such as wearing white, are discouraged after that date. As daytime and nighttime temperatures decrease, trees shed their leaves. In traditional East Asian solar term, autumn starts on or around 8 August and ends on or about 7 November. In Ireland, the autumn months according to the national meteorological service, Met Éireann, are September, October and November.
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Looking to follow in the footsteps of the city of San Luis Obispo, Pismo Beach's City Council is moving forward with banning expanded polystyrene food containers within the city limits.
The council heard a first reading of the proposed ordinance during its Nov. 17 regular meeting. The council voted unanimously to place the ordinance on the Dec. 15 agenda for a final vote.
The ordinance bans local restaurants and food vendors from using expanded polystyrene—more commonly known by the copyrighted term Styrofoam—food containers and cups. The ordinance also applies to any food vendors at public events in the city, and is modeled on but not an exact copy of, a similar ban enacted by the SLO City Council in June.
"Our intent was to address issues with food vendors," said councilmember Ed Waage.
Restaurants and food vendors who currently use polystyrene would need to replace them with containers made from biodegradable or recyclable materials. If the council passes the ordinance Dec. 15, those businesses will have 30 days to use or get rid of their current stock of polystyrene containers. Violators could be fined, but first-time offenders will have the option of buying non-polystyrene products in lieu of a fine, according to Michael Draze, the city's interim community development director.
While businesses will be able to apply for an extension if they can prove that ditching polystyrene would be a financial hardship, Draze indicated that many local businesses were already moving away from such products.
"Frankly, we talked to a number of businesses in this community and others, and they are already converting," Draze said.
The proposed ordinance was also good news for Cal Poly senior and surfer Corey Jones, who spoke at the meeting and urged the council to pass the ban.
"Pretty much across the board in my age group, people are supportive of this," said Jones, who added that he's participated in several beach cleanup projects.
The ban applies strictly to food containers, and exempts polystyrene items like hard-covered coolers and surfboards, which are coated in other materials that don't allow the foam to crumble and break down. Items like packing peanuts are also not covered by the ban.
If passed, Pismo would be just the second city to pass such an ordinance in SLO County.


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An injury to the spinal cord is a traumatic blow that damages or compresses the vertebrae.
A spinal cord injury can cause the nerves inside the spinal cord to become damaged or even severed. These injuries can be caused by a car accident, a fall, a violent encounter, a sports or fitness injury, alcohol misuse, or even disease. However, automobile accidents account for over half of new spinal cord injuries each year. Because spinal cord injuries are so diverse, they are classified by:
- Severity of the injury
- Location of the injury
Severity of Spinal Cord Injuries
These injuries are divided into two severity groups, complete and incomplete. A complete spinal cord injury means that the injured party has lost feeling and control of the portions of the body below where the spinal cord injury occurred. An incomplete spinal cord injury means that the injured party still has some feeling or movement in the portions of the body below where the injury occurred. Depending upon the severity level of the spinal cord injury, the location of the injury can determine the paralysis type.
Types of Paralysis
There are different types of paralysis that can occur, including partial paralysis, paraplegia, and quadriplegia (also known as tetraplegia). Paralysis is the inability to move one or more muscles, but can also mean loss of feeling in a portion of the body.
- Partial paralysis can be as small as not being able to feel your toes, but can be as large as not being able to control the movement in your leg.
- Paraplegia is the loss of feeling or movement below the waist. This is typically caused by spinal cord injuries that occur lower on the spinal cord.
- Quadriplegia is the loss of feeling or movement below the neck. Quadriplegia is typically caused by a spinal cord injury in the neck.
Changes after a Spinal Cord Injury
After a spinal cord injury, you will notice a lot of changes to your body and its functionality, in addition to the paralysis that you have suffered. Depending on the severity of your spinal cord injury, you may lose control of your bladder or bowels, heightened skin sensitivities, respiratory issues, circulatory issues, a reduction in muscle mass, weight loss, a loss in the ability to engage in sexual activity, heightened pain, and possible depression. Though there is no cure for paralysis, there are treatments and devices that can assist you in managing your daily routine with assistance.
Assistive Devices & Therapies
An injured party who is experiencing a lack of bladder or bowel control can be provided with adult diapers, a catheter, or ostomy to assist in bladder and bowel care. Circulatory issues can be combated with the assistance of a physical therapist who can perform range of motion exercises with the injured party to help with circulation, lower the risk for bed sores, and assist in the maintenance of muscle tone. Pain management can be provided to assist the injured party in reducing chronic pain. Injured persons can be provided with therapy and medications to curb depressive episodes. Though these treatments, therapies, devices, and medications will not change the injured party's paralysis, they can create a good quality of life for the injured person after a spinal cord injury.
If you or a loved one have suffered a spinal cord injury from an accident, injury, or violent act, you or your loved one may be entitled to compensation for what you have been through. Please contact our law offices for a consultation. We understand the cost that goes into caring for someone with a spinal cord injury and may be able to obtain compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering, as well as future medical expenses.


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VLESP, (Dutch: Vlaams Expertisecentrum Suïcidepreventie), the Flemish Centre of Expertise in Suicide Prevention, is a partner organisation of the Flemish Government for suicide prevention.
You can contact VLESP for information and advice regarding the prevention and postvention of suicide. For more information about our organisation and projects, you can find an overview of all our current and completed projects here.
Would you like to stay informed of our projects? Follow us on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn, or subscribe to our newsletter.
What is a partner organisation?
A partner organisation is an expertise centre in one or more areas of preventive healthcare and can be considered as a core within a network of expertise in the areas of disease prevention, health promotion or healthcare data management.
A partner organisation supports the local health organisations, individual healthcare providers and other organisations with specific expertise. The objectives are to provide information and advice, to develop preventive methods and to support their implementation and use.
For more information about the partner organisations of the Flemish Government, please visit the website of the Vlaams Agentschap voor Zorg en Gezondheid (Flemish Agency for Care and Health).
Who can contact VLESP?
Anyone looking for information or advice about suicide prevention and postvention, including:
- public services and government bodies
- organisations and associations
- journalists
- health and welfare professionals
- students
In collaboration with the Flemish government, VLESP coordinates the Flemish Suicide Prevention Action Plan. The health objective for suicide prevention is to reduce the number of suicides by 20% in 2020 (compared to the reference year 2000).
To this end, VLESP shares its evidence-based and practice-based knowledge and experience with other professionals serving people at risk for suicide by stimulating training of gatekeepers and professionals, developing new preventive actions and networking.
VLESP aims to be a trustworthy, scientific partner for reliable information and intends to use all available and appropriate communication to achieve this.
VLESP wants to achieve its mission within the framework of the USI prevention model, with universal, selective and indicated prevention strategies and which, as such, contains strategies for the public at large, for risk groups, as well as for people with suicidal thoughts and/or behaviour.
- Provide a scientific base for suicide prevention and postvention in Flanders.
- Provide the government, relevant organisations and the public at large with information, documentation and advice regarding suicide prevention, postvention and mental health promotion.
- Develop evidence-based methods and materials for suicide prevention, postvention and mental health promotion or support its development in a scientific and methodological manner.
- Support the implementation of methods and materials for suicide prevention, postvention and mental health promotion, including training of professionals and gatekeepers.
- Coordination of the Flemish Suicide Prevention Action Plan.
Looking for immediate help?
Call 1813 for the suicide helpline, or visit Zelfmoord 1813 to chat or e-mail (only in Dutch).


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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Andean Condor
(Vultur gryphus), a bird of the family Cathartidae of the order Falconiformes, the largest representative of the order. Its body measures more than 1 m long and its wingspread is greater than 2.8 m. The plumage is black with a slight gloss, and there are white bands on the wings. The head and neck are bald. The male has a wattle on his head. The talons are blunt, as they are in all vultures, and the bird cannot carry its prey in its claws.
The Andean condor is distributed in the Andes, from Colombia to Tierra del Fuego. It nests in cliffs in the alpine belt in the north and at lower altitudes in the south. The clutch contains one or two white eggs. The bird feeds mostly on carrion.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Catholic Conference Opposes 'Chemical Digestion' Of Human Remains
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A bill that redefines cremation, to include the "chemical digestion" of human remains into liquid waste, has met with rejection from the New York State Catholic Conference.
"The Church's reverence for the sacredness of the human body and its dignity arises out of concern for both the body's natural and supernatural properties," the conference said in a March 19 memorandum on a bill under consideration in the state legislature.
"It is therefore essential that the body of a deceased person be treated with respect and reverence. Processes involving chemical digestion of human remains do not sufficiently respect this dignity."
The proposed change to New York's nonprofit corporation law would revise its definition of "cremation." Along with its conventional meaning, "cremation" could include "any chemical process" that breaks down a human body.
One such procedure, the conference noted in its memo to the legislature, is "alkaline hydrolysis." The rarely-used process has been publicized in recent years as a "green" alternative to conventional cremation, which involves the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Alkaline hydrolysis involves using lye to dissolve bodies into a liquid substance, which proponents say can be safely poured down a drain. It is also referred to as "bio-cremation."
Along with its concern for the dignity of the human body, New York's Catholic conference is also worried that the bill could also lead to some individuals being "bio-cremated" against their will.
If the legal definition of cremation changes, the conference noted, individuals who request to be cremated after death – in the traditional sense – could inadvertently have their bodies dissolved into a waste product, due to a misunderstanding of their expressed wishes.
The conference warned that the bill "contains no safeguards to prevent this from occurring."


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The Washington Times' Amanda Carpenter reports:
While campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama said his cap-and-trade tax plans would "bankrupt" anyone building a coal-fired power plant. Although those taxes haven't materialized, the Environmental Protection Agency has put the brakes on 79 surface mining permits in four states since he was elected.
The EPA says these permits could violate the Clean Water Act and warrant "enhanced" review. But the agency went even further last week, announcing plans to revoke a permit for the Spruce No. 1 Mine in West Virginia – a move that has caused anxiety among coal-state Democrats about the future of the industry under the Obama administration. …
Although his favored cap-and-trade bill hasn't yet been passed, West Virginia's Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin III, who supported Mr. Obama's candidacy, called the EPA moves part of a stealth campaign to stifle the industry.
"Right now, my belief is that they're trying to kill off surface mining through regulation what they cannot get done through legislation," Mr. Manchin told MetroNews Talkline, a West Virginia call-in radio program, earlier this month. In West Virginia, 23 permits are being held up, with other affected states being Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee.
Among the coal states' representatives voicing opposition to the move is West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller:
Perhaps Rockefeller (and Gov. Manchin) should've thought about the ramifications these horrible"environmental" policies would have on his state BEFORE supporting Obama during the presidential campaign. And I guess the jobs of coal plant workers won't be among those "saved or created" by the Obama administration in the near future...
"I am angry with the EPA's announcement that they will use veto power to revoke the authorized Spruce Mine permit in Logan," he said. "It is wrong and unfair for the EPA to change the rules for a permit that is already active."
In addition, are Rockefeller and other Senators from these coal-producing states worried enough about their constituents and the energy market to oppose the president's cap-and-trade policy? Somehow I doubt it.


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Nashville, TN -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/31/2015 -- At Cameo College, students will learn in a friendly and professional salon/spa environment that will help them achieve their cosmetology goals in the real world. Cameo's program provides their students with all the tools for success. They'll be able to make people feel beautiful and confident, while making a healthy living. At Cameo, they'll learn all the latest beauty-procedures and work with the latest equipment and products. Students who have the 'entrepreneur bug' and dream of running their own successful salon, you're covered. All Cameo's courses include business-training where the student will learn the A-Z on how to run a successful business.
Nashville Tennessee Electrolysis News: Utah's G3 Crowns "Cameo College" Beauty-Institute "#1 Best Quality Curriculum" (July 2015) and "Most Professional Beauty School" for Locals'
The cosmetic laser treatments that Dr. Richard Fryer (Medical Director at Cameo College) offers include SmartLipo, laser assisted neck and face lifts, laser resurfacing, and Dr. Fryer was the first physician in Utah to offer the world's first permanent laser-cellulite treatment Cellulaze. Dr. Fryer served on the Utah Medical Associations laser safety-taskforce 2011-12 and was instrumental in promoting legislation to protect consumers from unsafe laser-providers as well as bridging the gap between Aestheticians and Medical Professionals. He is a luminary and center of excellence for the Cynosure laser company (makers of SmartLipo, Cellulaze, SmartSkin CO2, Elite MPX, and SmoothShapes).
Dr. Richard Fryer (Medical Director at Cameo College) is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, operates a highly-successful, private plastic-surgery practice as well as a high end medical spa in the greater Salt Lake City Utah area. Fryers cosmetic practice specializes in breast aesthetics (augmentation and lifting), body contouring (tummy tucks, SmartLipo, VASER liposuction, and high definition liposuction), and a variety of cosmetic laser treatments. Dr. Fryer is passionate taking on the role of an educator and it is reflected in the rave reviews provided by students. Cameo is proud to have Dr. Fryer as its Medical Director.
About Cameo College of Essential Beauty
Cameo College of Essential Beauty is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and trains in all areas of the Beauty Industry including Cosmetology, Esthetics, Medical Esthetics, Electrolysis, Laser Hair Removal, Permanent Cosmetics, Nail Technology and Make-up Artistry. Cameo College Mission-Statement: To provide superior standards of education, shaping the beauty and wellness industry by empowering confident and innovative future professionals for successful careers (Cameo Owner, Brenda Sharman).
Cameo College of Essential Beauty
124 East 5770 South, Murray, UT 84107
Cameo College Public Business Hours:
Tuesday - Thursday: 9:30am - 9:30pm
Friday: 9:30am - 5:00pm
Saturday: 8:30am - 5:00pm


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Hello everyone. I had a fantastic weekend and I sure hope you did too. I had my 10 year law school reunion! It was so awesome to see everyone. It was a great weekend of football and visiting and eating and cooking. I am making something so delicious for dinner tomorrow it takes two days to make and started today. So i'm having gumbo out the freezer for dinner. I hope it is still okay... This is a busy week of work and social events and then Voodoo Fest next weekend! Ready to cross a bucket list band off in Modest Mouse and to see the only country act I'd be okay with paying money to see, Zac Brown Band. There are a ton of others I can't wait to see like Phantogram, Girl Talk and Florence and the Machine. The lineup gets better everytime I look at it!
Here is a cute kid picture so as to make people click through :) I love these little angels and I am so glad I got some impromptu time with them this weekend!
My pal and favorite cool mom Anne Marie put up a 30 day writing challenge on Facebook. I decided to join. You can find the topics here. My first one on problems with social media was a bit ranty and personal so I won't share that one as to not cause trouble and controversy. It's my blog, I can do what I want
to! with it. Here is my entry for day two.
My earliest memory
I was at La Petite preschool in Old Metairie. I was 3 years old. My mom was in college at the time so she relied on other people to pick me up from school. At the end of the day, everyone was picked up by someone and the after care kids walked in line to the mean old witch's house (as we called her). My Roro (my dad's mom) was supposed to pick me up. I was the last kid left sitting on a stool just peering out the window, feeling a bit abandoned. The teacher said, "Okay Melissa, no one is here to pick you up and it is time to close the school I'll walk you to aftercare." I cried "No! My Roro is picking me up, I know her number 835-6627 Call her, she wouldn't let me go to the mean old witch's house!" They called her and she was there in seconds to pick me up and apologized the whole way home. I vaguely remember finger painting outside that day during school as well. That was more fun.
Happy Sunday!
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A registered member of ABTO and TCB, BTCL is synonymous with tourism in Bhutan. Founded in 1991, BTCL remains the oldest company in the kingdom. Its gradual growth and maturity over the decades is what sets apart the company. Today, BTCL is a leading destination management company with a high reputation for providing services that are novel, tailored and thoroughly professional.
With its nation-wide network of traditionally designed hotels, restaurants, lodges and cafeterias, travelers are assured of warmth and comfort. Scenic camping sites await you along our various trekking routes. The ride in our transportation fleet is safe, efficient and comfortable, accompanied by our multilingual personnel of experienced guides. Together, we welcome you to an unforgettable experience, "Service at the highest level".


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Christina Aguilera Sells Out Six Australia Concerts
Undercover.com.au reports six of the seven Christina Aguilera shows for Australia have sold out, leaving the 3rd Melbourne show the only one still with seats. For fans who are yet to buy tickets will now have to consider a trip to Melbourne if they don't live in the city. "And don't think we're adding any more shows because Christina definitely has to go home after the 17th," promoter Michael Gudinski said.


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Nigezie Big 10: The Weeknd's Star Boy Extends Dominance
Nigezie Big 10 is the list of the top 10 biggest songs on Nigezie. This is decided in house at Nigezie and unique to the premier music TV station alone.
This week we bring you the Nigezie big 10 which is topped by The Weeknd's song featuring the metallic icons, Daft Punk, Star Boy. After peaking at number one few weeks ago, Bruno Mars' 24k Magic has dropped out of the big 10 list.
The list:
Nigezie Big 10
10. 2Baba – Hate What you do to me
9. Tiwa Savage – Rewind
8. DJ Khaled Ft Chris Brown, August Alsina & Nicki Minaj – Do you mind
7. Futureft Drake – Used To This
6. The Chainsmokers ft halsey – closer
5. Mi Casa ft Eddy Kenzo – Movie Star
4. Cassper Nyovest – Too Legit
3. Little Mix – Shout out to My Ex
2. Ariana Grande ft Nicki Minaj – Side to Side
1. The Weeknd ft Daft Punk – Star Boy


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KM-496, Schön-524 Country Canada Years 2003-2006 Value 2 Dollars Metal Bi-Metallic Aluminium-bronze center in Nickel ring Weight 7.3 g Diameter 28 mm
Obverse The portrait in right profile of Elizabeth II, when she was 77 years old, is surrounded with the inscription "ELIZABETH II D • G • REGINA" (Elizabeth II, Queen by the grace of God) with date below and a maple leaf above Lettering: ELIZABETH II D • G • REGINA SB 2004 Engraver: Susanna Blunt Susanna Blunt is a Canadian portrait artist who designed the most recent portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the current Canadian coinage, which began in 2003. She was born in Harbin, China, the daughter of an English banker. Blunt started her studies at the Banff School of Fine Arts as a young teenager. Reverse A polar bear in early summer on an ice floe is surrounded with the facial value and the inscription "CANADA" Lettering: CANADA BT 2 DOLLARS Engraver: Brent Townsend


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Dear statalist I want to estimate the risk for an exposed twin to develop a symptom relative an unexposed twin. I have 169 pairs of monozygotic twins that are discordant on my exposure variable. The basic design is a case (exposed) - control (unexposed) study. The outcome variable (symptom) is binary coded. The most obvious method should be -clogit- however, I'm not satisfied with the statistics. Like McNemar, it excludes the ties between cases and controls and the odds ratio returned describes the ratio of cases "winning" over controls. However, I would like to estimate the ratio of a case to HAVE the symptom (not "winning") compared to the control. I have been criticized for using logistic regression with the cluster option and robust variance estimator. My OR is said to be invalid. Actually, the criticism is harder than that: My analyses is said to be "completely meaningless". . logistic dv iv , cluster(twinpairid) Do you have any advice? Thanks in advance Michael Ingre ----------------- PhD-student Department of Psychology Stockholm University & National Institute for Psychoscial Medicine * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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Posted on behalf of Harbin & Burnett on Apr 16, 2018 in General Interest
The South Carolina Department of Corrections released information that 7 inmates had been killed last night at Lee Correctional Institution. The deaths are the result of multiple fights among inmates and early reports indicate the deaths were the result of stabbing. Additionally, numerous prisoners were taken to several area hospitals for treatment of life-threatening injuries. At this time, there are no reports of injury to any guard or other state employee. No victims' names have been released pending notification of family. For more information, click here: Prison deaths.


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Hugging It Out for Big Tone: Scenes from James Gandolfini's Funeral
The images from outside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan on Thursday looked like a heartbreaking Sopranos reunion episode: Gandolfini's cast members — on The Sopranos and in his real life — hugged and shed tears, a family together in sorrow.
Mourners—family, friends, fans, co-stars, Chris Christie—congregated at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan this morning to remember James Gandolfini, the actor who passed away last week. Per the New York Daily News's live blog, Sopranos creator David Chase formatted his eulogy as a letter to his friend, because when he tried writing something traditional "it came out like bad TV." He talked about Gandolfini's boy-like qualities: "And that was why, I think, you were a great actor: because of that boy who was inside....I think your talent is that you can take in the immensity of humankind and the universe, and shine it out to the rest of us like a huge bright light." (Update: Read Chase's eulogy in full here.)
The scene outside the cathedral looked like a heartbreaking Sopranos reunion episode: Gandolfini's cast members—on The Sopranos and in his real life—hugged and shed tears, a family together in sorrow:
Joe Pantoliano, who played Ralph Cifaretto on the show.
Steve Schirripa, who played Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri.
Governor Chris Christie and actor Vincent Curatola, aka Johnny Sack.
Gandolfini's son, Michael.
Aida Turturro, who played Janice Soprano.
John Ventimiglia (Artie Bucco) and Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti).
Photos above via Associated Press.
Steve Buscemi, who played Tony Blundetto.
Buscemi and Imperioli.
Photos via Reuters


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"I passed through the seven layers of the candy cane forest, through the sea of twirly, swirly gumdrops, and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel."-Elf
I love the movie Elf, and anytime I see a peppermint, this quote runs through my head. This year I was really excited about baking cookies because I decided to make them in the shape of peppermints (a new idea for me)! So last night, I got carried away, and started baking cookies at 10. Even though I have about twelve projects going in my house, none of them involved cleaning, all of them involve glitter whether it's in the form of project glitter, or sugared glitter....it's all over my house. I found myself producing icing at 11 pm trying to get the right color 'red' for the cookies I was originally going to finish 'another time.' (Note to self-"Christmas Red" from Wilton looks very orange to me, no matter how much you use, I'd suggest a different color.) As I was contemplating this issue of dark orange/red, the phone rang. It was my aunt, who was calling to see if we were aware we were under a tornado watch? Oops, nope, I had the Christmas music too loud, and didn't hear the tornado SIRENS going off! I guess for us non-weather people there are 'stages of a tornado,' and just over a mile from my house an area of rain had begun the 'circling' pattern and a high risk for tornado development was underway. We all went into the bathroom. Even the cat hung out with us until the sirens went off. I had a a conversation with God that went something like, "OK, I get it, in the grand scheme of life, I'll let the red/orange go, a tornado is not necessary..." After about ten minutes, the sirens went off, I went back out, and I stopped worrying about the red and just slapped it on the cookies. Look, if my swirly twirly peppermints going flying off in a swirly twirly tornado, I want the people that find them to have a fully iced cookie, but I guess they are just going to have to be OK with orange/red! No more sirens went off, though there was another wall developing about two miles away, but eventually the stormed moved off, and my cookies got iced. And so, here are my Swirly Twirly, Christmas Tornado cookies in the making, I don't think I'll have too many tornado icing stories, so I had to share this one.
"Unwrapped" Peppermint Cookie
One of four cookie trays.
Angel Cookies (Mom was in charge of the sprinkles for these little gals, she went a little crazy.)


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PayEase Increases Fraud Protection for China Online Payments via Expanded Deal with CyberSource
SINGAPORE and BEIJING /PRNewswire/ — Chinese payment-service pioneer PayEase announced today that it has signed a new agreement with CyberSource, a Visa company (NYSE Code: V) and one of the world's largest providers of eCommerce payment management services, for the provision of fraud management services to protect Chinese domestic online payments.
For CyberSource, the agreement builds on a business relationship with PayEase, started back in 2009 when PayEase became the first mainland China payment service provider (PSP) to use CyberSource's Decision Manager for cross-border transactions. The significance of this expanded deal is that it will cover PayEase's domestic China business — another first.
"PayEase has successfully used Decision Manager for cross-border fraud control over the past few years and recognizes the value it brings to their growing and expanding business," said Poon Khye Wei, Regional Director of Greater China and Korea for Cybersource. "Decision Manager helps detect fraudulent behavior using a wide array of tests. PayEase will continue to benefit from this powerful feature when it starts to use Decision Manager for managing domestic fraud. This will enable PayEase to provide a more convenient, safer method of payment in the domestic market."
The add-on development work has been completed and the enhanced service is now available.
"PayEase is determined to offer its customers in China the same market-leading technology and best practice that has proved so effective in our cross-border business," said Kino Kwok, EVP of PayEase. "We strive to continuously improve our service to our customers in China by leveraging innovation and technology, and CyberSource helps us to deliver that."
Online retail sales in China have soared in recent years and are expected to hit US$360 billion by 2015, according to The Boston Consulting Group, up from around US$121 billion in 2011.
PayEase is one of the leading PSPs in China, with offices worldwide. It essentially provides a service and goods purchase confirmation platform that delivers immediately following the completion of the payment, anywhere, anytime throughout China. PayEase processes payments from a variety of different channels, including mobile payments via SMS, RFID eWallet payments, mobile dongle POS, internet banking, call centers and point of sale terminals.
"When existing customers want to expand their business with us, it says a lot about the quality and effectiveness of the technology and service we provide," said Michael Bradley, APAC Managing Director, CyberSource. "We enable merchants and third parties to convert more sales into revenue, with increased security and reduced payment risk. It means our customers, such as PayEase, are able to capture and keep more revenue worldwide. We believe it's a compelling proposition."
By mid-2012, China's internet population numbered 538 million. According to the China Electronic Commerce Association, in the year to June 30, 198 million internet users in China shopped online. However, with online fraud, one consequence is the continued practice of shopping online and paying cash on delivery, a costly and inefficient process for merchants. As such, addressing payment security and fraud management is fundamental to enabling the growth of China's eCommerce space.
For more information on CyberSource products visit http://www.cybersource.com/asiapacific .
About CyberSource
CyberSource Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Visa Inc., is a payment management company. Over 370,000 businesses worldwide use CyberSource and Authorize.Net brand solutions to process online payments, streamline fraud management, and simplify payment security.
The company is headquartered in San Francisco and maintains offices throughout the world, with regional headquarters in Singapore (Asia Pacific); Tokyo (Japan), Miami/Sao Paulo (Latin America and the Caribbean), and Reading, U.K. (Europe/Middle East/Africa).
CyberSource operates in Europe under agreement with Visa Europe. For more information, please visit http://www.cybersource.com/asiapacific.
About PayEase
PayEase is the first and foremost Online Payment Service Provider in China, established in 1998 by the Beijing Government and widely recognized for its trustworthiness and secured nationwide bank connections. PayEase is also the first Payment Service Provider in China to acquire PCI Certification, ISO 9001, and ISO 27001, satisfying all international Payment Provider standards. PayEase customers include Beijing Government, Banks, Universities and Fortune 500 corporations such as Apple, Amazon, Nike, AIA, etc…
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(CNSNews.com) – The United States' human rights record will be back in the spotlight at the U.N. Human Rights Council next week, when the U.S. delegation provides its response to more than 200 recommendations made by other governments, ranging from liberal democracies to the repressive regimes ruling Libya, Iran, Cuba, North Korea and China.
The recommendations cover a broad range of issues, from combating "Islamophobia" to scrapping
March 18 marks the final step in the process known as the
In a three-hour "interactive dialogue" last November, the
Since then, the
The council will then vote to adopt the UPR outcome report.
Many of the recommendations were put forward by governments hostile to or critical of the
Muammar Gaddafi's government also expressed concern about racial discrimination and intolerance against people of Muslim, Arab, African and Latin American origin, and advised the
-- North Korea urged the U.S. ban torture and punish law enforcement officials who use brutal and excessive force, and to lift sanctions "unilaterally and coercively imposed upon other countries," and to scrap the North Korea Human Rights Act. (Signed into law by President Bush in 2004, the law aims to help North Korean refugees and pressure the Stalinist regime to improve its rights record.)
Other recommendations included tackling climate change (Venezuela, Nicaragua); ending the embargo of Cuba (Bolivia, Nicaragua, Sudan); including the U.S. in the annual State Department report on human rights around the world (Algeria); and suspending or scrapping the death penalty (Russia and multiple others).
'Committed to comprehensive immigration reform'
After last November's UPR session, State Department legal advisor Harold Hongju Koh said that initial assessment found the recommendations fell basically into three categories.
"Many of the recommendations fit well with the Obama administration's existing approach to human rights, and can be implemented in due course," he told a press conference in
(One such step was seen on Monday, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the administration would seek Senate ratification of an additional protocol to the Geneva Conventions, relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts. At least five countries recommended this during the UPR.)
Koh said another set of recommendations "invite fuller discussion within our government and with our own civil society."
And "several recommendations are plainly intended as political provocations, and cannot be taken seriously," he said. Rather than bona fide recommendations, they were "actually political criticisms of
"Because we take this process seriously, we now plan to conduct a considered, interagency examination of all 228 recommendations, and to give our formal response at the March 2011 council session," Koh said.
One UPR recommendation that the
"With respect to immigration, the
The administration prompted a furor when it emerged last summer that it had included a reference to the state law in a comprehensive report it had compiled ahead of the November UPR session.
"A recent
The document went on to pledge that "President Obama remains firmly committed to fixing our broken immigration system …"
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer in a letter to
After the Justice Department challenged the state law – arguing that immigration enforcement is a federal prerogative – a U.S. District Court judge put key provisions on hold.


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The Muthuvan people live on the border hill forests of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. They are found in the Adimali and Devikulam forest regions of Idukki district. The highest concentration of these people is on the Anamudi hills, the highest peak of the Western Gats. There are two different groups among the Muthuvan and they speak slightly two different dialects. Hence they call each other as Malyalam Muthuvan and Pandi Muthuvan. The Malayalam or Nadan Muthuvan are seen in the Adimali areas and the Tamil or Pandi Muthuvan are found in the Munnar and Devikulam areas.
Muthuvan must have migrated from the plains most likely from Madurai. The root word Muthuku means the back of the body. It is said that when they migrated to the hills they carried their children and their belongings on the back. Even today, Muthuvan carry their children on their back.
The Muthuvan make their settlements in the middle of the slopes of hills. These settlements are from 4 km to 25 km far in the forest. You may have to go trekking through the one-foot path in the forest as much as six hours to see some settlements. The Tamil Muthuvan like to live in clusters and the Malayalam Muthuvan are spread out throughout the cultivable land.
The House
The Muthuvan huts are made of reeds and thatched with its leaves. Some house walls are paneled with wooden braches and mud applied on it. The huts have two separations, one for cooking and common uses and the other for sleeping. The forest and the brooks make their toilets or bathrooms. The government has special grant of Rs.30,000 to 40,000 for these people to build houses. But most of them do not make use of it out of lack of vision for improving the living conditions.
Muthuvan have a two time meal. Ragi and rice are their staple food. In addition to ragi rice and tapioca, they also eat meat of birds and lizard. Drinking liquor was not accepted traditionally. They have learned drinking which was encouraged by outsiders. Chewing pan is an accepted habit. Most of these people do not save money for the future.
Muthuvan gather food and forest products available. Honey, natural spices and some wild flowers called pathiri are the commonly available products. After the pongal( a regional seedling festival) celebration and a special worship for the purpose, they go in teams to the interior forest. This will be for days and weeks together during the three months beginning from March.
The Tamil Muthuvan mainly depend on the forest products and cultivate tapioca and few others cereals. The Malayalam Muthuvan cultivate rice, ragi, banana and maze. They also grow cash crops such as ginger, pepper, cardamom, beetle-nuts and lemon-grass. More often the local traders and merchants reap the real benefits of these cultivations. Muthuvan are short-sighted. They live on a daily basis. They either lease out their land or give the crops on tender. Since they do not know how to bargain, they are the losers. In times of emergencies they run to the local merchants who are kind enough to give them advances thereby buying the rights of harvesting. These lenders will wait for the reaping season and estimate the quantity and fix the prices themselves. Sometime these poor farmers still be on the deficit and debt. The government has some measures of giving loans and advances. Since the amounts are limited and the procedures formal, they find the local money lenders handier and easier. The lacks of foresight of these tribals keep them in consistent poverty not allowing them to come up in life.
Transport and Communication
Only jeeps can travel on the hilly, mud and rocky roads. After a few kilometers from the main roads, most of it is a one-foot path. Things and products are carried as head-loads. Mules and donkeys are used in some villages to carry the luggage. Letters and government notifications come to the local shop keepers who disburse it to them. A few of them are literate. According to the 1991 census records, the literacy rate is 20-30%. Intercommunity communication takes faster. For any important matter which applies to the whole community or village, they gather at the sathram, a common meeting hall.
In every village, there is a common place for meetings and festivals. Worships also take around this ground. Sathram is a big hall located near the ground. Visitors and guests can stay here and keep themselves warm around the fireplace in the middle of the hall.
Like any other tribals, Muthuvan too are animists and spirit worshippers. They worship the forest gods, the spirit of their ancestors who are believed to be the first migrants to the hill forests. Now a days, the Hindu gods and goddesses of the plains are also being worshipped, one of the effect of cultural infiltration.
When the dead are buried, the Muthuvan pray to the diseased to protect the living they have left behind. Death on Saturdays is special and chicken is buried along with the dead. Pongal is the main festivals observed by the Muthuvan community.
Medicine and Healthcare
Muthuvan do not generally go to any hospitals. They have traditional medicines which are very effective. The medicines and the medicine men are confidentially preserved and passed on to the generations. They have herbal solutions for every disease and health needs including family planning.
Social Administration
The law and order in the community is handled by a council of elders under the leadership of the Kani, the headman. The elders select the kani. They have various penal codes for breaking their traditions and moral standards.
Schools and Education
For primary education they have a single school with a single hut class room which will house all the students up to 4th classes, handled by a single teacher. The teacher and the students enjoy the freedom of choosing the subjects and hours of study! Students above the 4th grade will be sent to tribal hostels and tribal schools away in the block or district head quarters. But once they come for vacation, majority of them never return to the hostels. The strange lifestyle and schedule at the hostel, being away from the parents and the village, missing all the cultural and social freedom, all these make them quit the hostels and keep them still close to illiteracy. Like any other people they too feel comfortable to speak their own language and dialect, the 'enavan pech' (Our own speech).
That is why it is important that someone goes to them and teach them write and read their own language. Literacy and education can change their lives and the powers of exploitation and bondage. It can help them think of lives beyond just a day. Knowledge can broaden their minds to the future and start thinking of a life of tomorrow. Wisdom can open their hearts to think of lives beyond the hills and the nature.
Scripture Prayers for the Muthuvan in India.
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Your Name, College, Year of Study, Email ID
Name of Organisation, Location city, Team Strength
Eastern Book Company, Lucknow
Application Process
I applied on the following E-mail id [email protected]
The concerned HR called and conducted a short telephonic interview approximately a month after the same. She gave me an offer for an internship at the end of the call itself.
Duration of internship and timings
1st May, 2014 – 31st May, 2014
First impression, first day formalities, infrastructure
I was asked to report at 9.00 am on the first day. Afterwards, me and another co-intern were escorted to the HR who made us fill up all of the formalities. We were then introduced to the two associates who were to be in-charge of us.
Main tasks
The internship had varying tasks from making case briefs to editing the weekly SCC Online Magazine.
The weekly update that people get from SCC-Online were mostly written by interns.
There were also some miscellaneous editing of entire books where we had to weed out redundant citations if present.
Work environment and people
The environment was friendly and the associates were approachable and friendly. While not all the employees are lawyers, they keep out of your way and create a sense of family.
Best things
The learning experience! This internship is especially recommended for 1st year students who want to learn basics like case briefing, legal research, etc.
Bad things
Nothing in particular. Maybe the lack of deadlines which led to some slack work by interns at times.
Books! They give a list of them and we can choose a specified number.
Biggest Lessons
This internship gave me a sense of schedule and the first real taste of life as it would be when I'd be working. The whole 9-6 schedule was a bit unnerving initially but you get used to it in time. A good old internship!
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Frequently take plates of mixed greens twice every day having bunches of crude vegetables and organic products. Additionally drink juices, coconut water and plain water in adequate amount ordinary. In summers, fluid admission ought to dependably be more than full. This would keep skin continually hydrated and make it extreme to withstand the toughness of sun.
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This volume of essays explores the history of the U.S. tax mission to Japan during the occupation following World War II. Under General MacArthur, economist Carl S. Shoup led the mission with the charge of framing a tax system for Japan designed to strengthen democracy and accelerate economic recovery. The volume examines the sources, conduct, and effects of the mission and situates the mission within the history of international financial and fiscal reform. The book begins by establishing the context of progressive social investigations of taxation, including Shoup's earlier tax missions to France and Cuba. It then goes on to explore the Japanese background to the Shoup mission and the process by which American and Japanese tax experts shaped their recommendations. The book then assesses and explains the mission's accomplishments in the context of the political economies of the United States and Japan. It concludes by analyzing the global implications of the mission, which became iconic among international tax reformers.TOC after the jump.
Introduction: global tax reform and an iconic mission
Part I. The American Background
1. Carl S. Shoup: formative influences W. Elliot Brownlee
2. From Seligman to Shoup: the early Columbia school of taxation and development Ajay Mehrotra
3. The Haig-Shoup mission to France in the 1920s Frances Lynch
4. The Shoup missions to Cuba Michael R. Adamson
5. Mr Shoup goes to Washington: Carl Shoup and his tax advice to the U.S. Treasury Joseph J. Thorndike
Part II. Shoup in Japan: The Encounter
6. Political languages of land and taxation: European and American influences on Japan, 1880s–1920s Yasunori Fukagai
7. Raising taxes for democracy: the Japanese policy environment of the Shoup mission Laura Hein and Mark Metzler
8. Shoup and the Japan mission: organizing for investigation W. Elliot Brownlee and Eisaku Ide
9. Shoup in the 'social laboratory' W. Elliot Brownlee and Eisaku Ide
10. Tax reform during the American occupation of Japan: who killed Shoup? Ryo Muramatsu and W. Elliot Brownlee
Part III. Legacies for Japan
11. Avoiding the aid curse? Taxation and development in Japan Monica Prasad
12. The Shoup recommendations and Japan's tax-cutting culture: why has Japan failed to reestablish the personal income tax as a key tax? Takatsugu Akaishi
13. A political dispute over the local public finance equalization grant: the legacy of Shoup's policy choices Eisaku Ide
14. The corporate income tax in postwar Japan and the Shoup recommendations: why did the corporate income tax become so high? Satoshi Sekiguchi
Part IV. Global Significance
15. The Shoup mission: the context of post-World War II debates over international economic policy Martin Daunton
16. Shoup and international tax reform after the Japan mission W. Elliot Brownlee and Eisaku Ide.


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Automate business process tracking by importing Excel files
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
To track business processes status and data, you can now import Excel files when you create a case or data object in App Studio. This functionality provides the following enhancements:
- You can now upload a CSV file when you create a case or data object in App Studio. By importing a CSV file, you can use the data in your spreadsheet to define your data model.
- You can generate a data import template that you can use to import a file in its original format during production.
- You can upload .xlsx files to avoid resaving your Excel file as a CSV file.
For more information, see Creating a data model from a spreadsheet.
Data APIs support data exploration in React UI tables
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
Data APIs have been enhanced to support filtering, sorting, paging, and aggregation in React UI tables. You can use that functionality to access your data quickly and intuitively. For example, by using paging, you can query a data page to retrieve the second page of an employee contact list and specify the number of results that are displayed on the page.
For more information, see Data API performance and limitations.
Support for application-specific REST API calls
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
You can now call an authenticated REST API in the context of any application that is listed on an operator record by using the application alias URL. With the application alias URL, you can also develop REST services without changing the access group in the service package. REST services run in the context of the access group that points to the provided application, instead of the access group that is specified in the service package.
For more information, see Invoking a REST service rule.
Automatically update dependent applications to use the latest versions of built-on applications
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
You can now automatically update dependent applications to use the latest versions of built-on applications. When you import an archive that you created from a product rule, you can update all dependent applications to be built on the latest application versions in the archive.
For more information, see Updating dependent applications with the latest versions of built-on applications.
Failed Robotic Assignments work queue type changed to Standard
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
The default Failed Robotic Assignments work queue type is now Standard. In previous releases, the default type was Robotic. For usage information, see Configuring a work queue for robotic automation.
Upgrade impact
After upgrading to Pega Platform 8.5 and later, you cannot save case types in which you configure the Queue for robot smart shape to route new assignments to the Failed Robotic Assignments work queue. Existing assignments that you routed to the Failed Robotic Assignments work queue are not affected.
How do I update my application to be compatible with this change?
As a best practice, do not use the Failed Robotic Assignments work queue in your custom implementations. Instead, configure the Queue for robot smart shape to route new assignments to a Robotic work queue. When possible, update existing case types to use the robotic work queues that you created in your application.
Savable data pages support loading pages individually from a page list
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
You can now load individual pages in a page list from single object data pages to your case and data types. This functionality allows you to save autopopulated properties with the Load each page individually option using a flow action, save data page smart shape, or the activity method.
For more information, see Saving data in a data page as part of a flow.
Alerts for long-running queue processor and job scheduler activities
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
Pega Platform™ now saves an alert in the performance alert log when a queue processor activity or a scheduled job runs longer than the configured threshold value. Use the alerts to identify potential performance issues with long-running processes.
The alerts are enabled by default. You can change the alerts for dedicated queue processors and job schedulers at the rules level. For standard queue processors, you can also set the threshold value for the Queue-For-Processing command in an activity. You disable the alerts in dynamic system settings.
For more information, see:
- PEGA0117 alert: Long-running queue processor activity
- PEGA0118 alert: Long-running job scheduler activity
Introduction of Search and Reporting Service
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
Pega Platform™ now uses Search and Reporting Service, which is an independent microservice. The new enhancement provides a convenient way to manage your application data, and is easier to maintain. For example, because of the cloud-based architecture of Search and Reporting Service, any bug fixes and performance improvements occur seamlessly, and have no impact on your overall experience in Pega Platform.
For more information, see Search and Reporting overview.
Ability to restrict access to the Import wizard
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
You can now restrict access to the Import wizard so that users implement an automated pipeline to deploy changes between environments such as staging and production. Deployment Manager is one method by which to create pipelines. By using pipelines to propagate changes, users can apply a standardized and automated deployment process for migrating their applications.
For more information, see:
- Ensuring that users migrate applications with a pipeline by restricting the Import wizard
- Understanding model-driven DevOps with Deployment Manager
Optimized data schema upgrade
Valid from Pega Version 8.5
Several improvements have been made to optimize the speed of the data schema upgrade to help you experience minimal downtime during upgrade to Pega Platform 8.5™. The data schema upgrade process optimizations include the following improvements:
- Optimized database index creation during upgrade
- Optimized synchronization process to detect duplicate rules during the application import process
- A new upgrade setting for Pega Cloud® Services operators that reduces the time to upgrade clients that run large Pega applications, such as the CRM Suite
For more information, see Limit upgrade downtime with data schema upgrade improvements (8.5).


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