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Q: Express Session not Saving/Finding Session I am using express-session to try to use the session and it doesn't seem to find or save the session.
I would expect the response to increment after each call however with repeated requests with Postman or a basic svelte app, it keeps returning 0.
How do i get it to find the already saved session and return incremented values?
Node.js:
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const session = require('express-session');

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "http://localhost:5000"); // update to match the domain you will make the request from
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept");
  next();
});

app.use(session({
    genid: function(req) {
        return 1
    },
    proxy: true,
    secret: "max",
    resave: false,
    saveUninitialized: true
}));

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    console.log(req.session)
    if (!req.session.views) {
        req.session.views=0;
    }
    res.send((req.session.views++).toString());
    console.log(req.session)
})

app.listen(3000)

Basic svelte:

Hello {name}!

Visit the Svelte tutorial to learn how to build Svelte apps.

    <button on:click={sendReq}>Click me</button>
    {resp}

A: fetch() by default does not send cookies with its request.  So, with no cookies, your server doesn't see the session cookie and then won't find your previous session object.  You need to add the credentials: "include" or credentials: "same-origin" option:
resp = await fetch("http://localhost:3000/", {credentials: "include"});

You may also need to call session.save() after changing the session object so your  change will persist.
Some other comments on your code:

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*For most sessions with a real data store behind them, you need to call session.save() after you modify the session object to assure it is saved back to the data store.  You probably don't need that for the default memory-based store, but it's a good general practice since production code will probably move away from the memory-based store at some point.

*Your hardcoding of genid() to always return 1 will break a bunch of features in sessions.  Don't do that.  The default implementation of genid() will work just fine for your purposes so you can just remove that method definition entirely.

*You don't show code for loading your web page from your server.  If you're not getting the web page itself from your web server so the fetch() call is a same-origin call, then you may also have cors issues (cross origin restrictions).

*In your client code, you should move the definition of the variable resp inside your sendReq() function so it is a local variable and would not be trounced if more than one call to sendReq() were ever in flight by the same page.


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Top moments in 2022 that brought us hope for trans rights
These wins give us hope for a brighter future for trans folks.
By Erin Rook Saturday, December 31, 2022
Amy SchneiderPhoto: YouTube screenshot
The past year has brought unprecedented challenges to transgender rights, but the year included victories too.
These are the top moments from 2022 that gave us hope for trans rights.
Trans attorneys approach the bench
The first ever cohort of trans attorneys was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court. While the National Trans Bar Association acknowledged that they are not the first trans attorneys to be admitted, and will not be the last, the show of representation was a powerful contrast to the anti-trans sentiments expressed by some members of the Court.
"It's vital that we demonstrate to this group of justices, and to the nation, that one's gender and presentation in no way affects the abilities or performance of that individual," NTBA co-chair Kristen Browde said, "and, particularly, for those justices who have expressed views hostile to people who are transgender, I think it important to show that we are fully prepared to continue the battle for equality at all levels of the law."
Votes for trans folks (and our rights)
Trans candidates won elections across the United States, including in places like Montana, Arkansas, and New Hampshire. And advocates defeated an anti-transgender measure in Ohio.
In addition to these political victories, we also saw wins in the legal realm. These included a federal judge's ruling that a trans sheriff's deputy is entitled to equal health care and a landmark settlement that finally granted a transgender senior the respect she deserves.
In Texas, the state supreme court ruled that parents can't be investigated for child abuse for allowing their children access to gender-affirming care.
Who is…Jeopardy winner Amy Schneider?
Trans smartypants Amy Schneider won the 'Jeopardy!' Tournament of Champions, after also securing recognition for the longest winning streak in the history of the show. Schneider has used her resulting platform to advocate for trans youth, including testifying before Ohio lawmakers.
Scheider has tried to make the case that access to gender-affirming care should be a non-partisan issue.
"Trans people are everywhere, I know trans people who are Republicans. Not a lot of them but I've met them," she told reporters. "I also was raised in a conservative family. I have friends and relatives who are Republican voters and who I love and respect so I don't want any group of people to be considered the enemy any more than I want trans people to be considered the enemy as a group."
An "Unholy" ascension
Sam Smith and Kim Petras celebrated their groundbreaking no. 1 song "Unholy." The song's success made Smith and Petras the first nonbinary and transgender artists, respectively, to have a song on the top of the charts.
"There's always been incredible and talented trans artists. I'm just happy that Sam gave me the chance to shine here," Petras told Billboard. "It feels like people are finally ready for us to succeed, and that fills me with a lot of joy."
Us too, Kim. Us too.
As visions of trans joy danced through our heads…
As trans writer Gillian Branstetter reminded us this year, "Trans joy, in particular, can be revolutionary in and of itself."
These are a few of the headlines that reminded us to celebrate trans brilliance and reclaim our joy.
Mj Rodriguez becomes first out trans person ever to win a Golden Globe
Jamie Lee Curtis pens touching tribute to her trans daughter
Ad campaign celebrates trans athletes and the joy of youth sports
This Christmas whiskey ad about trans acceptance is warming hearts around the world
Wonder Woman embraces her trans sisters
An Oakland tattoo artist is funding trans initiatives in the South with a thousand pansies
Jack Knoxville started the Trans Empowerment Project & he's an LGBTQ Nation 2022 Hometown Hero
Teen activist Harleigh Walker spoke out for her rights & is an LGBTQ Nation 2022 Hometown Hero
Students across Virginia walk out of school to protest anti-trans policies
What brought you joy and hope this year?
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12 LGBTQ+ politicians who broke lavender ceilings in 2022
7 international LGBTQ+ rights advances in 2022
Trans model Laith Ashley co-stars as Taylor Swift's love interest in new music video
Indiana GOP introduces slate of anti-LGBTQ+ bills including two Don't Say Gay bills
The ACLU of Indiana called the new bills a "slate of hate."

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"Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot." Those words from the 1960 Lerner and Loewe musical were written with us in mind for this photograph shows our very own Camelot.
The camera never lies and what it captured with its eagle eye on this summer's day was an Arthurian castle with walls, enclosures and fortifications. Here we were secure because father and mother had built something of substance that would protect us from the elements and shield us from invaders. Well, that's how one young imagination saw it anyway.
The court was the kitchen. This was where ambassadors were received, feasts were enjoyed, tales were told, games played, songs sung and plans for the upkeep of the kingdom were made. Despite the many demands of "business", there was always time for tea because tradition required that knights, ladies, clerics and scholars had to be entertained. Substance was more than just putting food on the table. It was hospitality, it was generosity, it was decency, it was dignity. The satisfaction that my parents felt in the substance that was the result of their labour was reflected in the attention they devoted to its upkeep. Paint was applied, weeds were banished and flowers were cultivated.
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The Indian firm has boosted its international expertise with a hire from Singapore
Economic Laws Practice was formed in 2001 with a focus on commercial and tax law. Its arbitration practice was co-founded four years later by Vikram Nankani and Madhur Baya. Nankani left in 2015 after being appointed senior counsel, two years after Baya left to set up his own firm.
The practice is now led by Naresh Thacker in Mumbai, with support from Akshay Kishore in Mumbai – who joined in 2017 from Ashurst in Singapore – and Ashish Prasad in New Delhi.
Originally, the practice didn't deal with disputes worth more than US$20,000. Now, the figure can range from US$10 million to several hundred million dollars. Its clients are in sectors as diverse as mining, commodities, engineering and construction, shipping, insurance, infrastructure, and equipment and services.
It has conducted arbitrations in India, England, Singapore, South Korea, Germany and the US under a variety of international laws and institutional rules.
Most of the team is based in Mumbai, though the firm also has team members in Delhi, Ahmedabad and Pune.
Some of India's large business houses – including, Reliance, Larsen & Toubro, and Essar – are clients. Indian property tycoon Niranjan Hiranandani has used the firm in a high-profile dispute with his daughter (see below).
Most of Adani Group's arbitrations are conducted by ELP, whether in the coal, commodities or oil and gas sectors.
Multinational clients include engineering and construction group McDermott and Sterlite Technologies, which is a subsidiary of the Vedanta oil and gas group; and Malaysian crane manufacturer IMPSA. It also counts Indian multinational Welspun and Anglo-Swiss chemicals company Ineos as clients. Sony Pictures and UAE based engineering procurement company Global Supplies are also clients.
The firm's reported successes at the ICC include representing India's largest metal and mining company in a product liability claim against a German company; a Swiss multinational coal trader in a dispute with a Singapore subsidiary of India's largest coal traders; and one of the largest Indian engineering companies in a dispute over a US$200 million EPC contract awarded in Singapore.
It also successfully represented India's largest privately owned port in an ad hoc arbitration under English law against a state-owned insurance company – the first major insurance claim under a port package policy in India. Another client was a manufacturer of oil and gas exploration and production equipment in an ad hoc arbitration with a government enterprise over a contract for the supply of production platforms.
A case on behalf of one of the parties to a US$50 million split that involved a complex web of cross-holdings in shareholdings and properties also led to a victory for ELP.
Together with DLA Piper, ELP defended Niranjan Hiranandani and his son Darshan against an LCIA India claim by his daughter Priya Hiranandani Vandrevala over a deal to develop property in India. Most of her US$500 million claim was knocked out, with a tribunal awarding only US$60 million against ELP's clients in 2016.
In court, the firm succeeded in defending the joinder of a third party to an arbitration agreement in a Singapore arbitration by invoking "alter ego" principles. The third party had moved the Indian court to suspend the arbitration.
The firm successfully defended Malaysian client IMARTEK against a claim of more than US$55 million brought by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, also winning a US$4 million counterclaim.
ELP helped Sony Pictures Network prevail in a dispute with leading Indian actor Dhanush over the commercial exploitation of a dubbed version of a Tamil movie. The client succeeded in its claims and the parties reached a settlement on agreed terms.
The firm represented ISGEC Heavy Industries in an ICC arbitration against ATTS Inc which had brought claims of over US$12.5 million. The matter was settled before the final hearing, with the firm significantly reducing the settlement to a value of US$1.75 million.
At SIAC it is lead counsel in an ongoing English-seated dispute between Dutch and Bangladeshi parties involving both English and Bangladeshi law. It is also representing an Indian engineering client in a dispute with a Colombian party under an exclusive agency agreement.
The firm is representing the UAE's Global Supplies in a variety of ICC arbitrations, including a US$42 million dispute with Toshiba and a US$47 million dispute with heavy industry company Posco Plantec.
ELP is also defending Essar Oil against claims brought by Indian Oil Corporation concerning a "take or pay" obligation in a gas supply agreement. The dispute has been valued at over US$103 million.
It appeared in the first-ever arbitration at the new Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration, for the local subsidiary of a German conglomerate seeking payment for a coal delivery from Indonesia.
Economic Laws Practice ("ELP") is a leading full-service Indian law firm established in the year 2001 by eminent lawyers from diverse fields. The firm brings to the table a unique combination of professionals which constitutes of lawyers, chartered accountants, economists and company secretaries; enabling us to offer services with a seamless cross-practice experience and top-of-the-line expertise to our clients.
ELP is recognized internationally as a thought-leader in India for arbitration. We have represented clients in proceedings before various institutions such as the ICC, LCIA, LCIA India, SIAC, LMAA, GAFTA, KLRCA, etc. and in ad-hoc proceedings around the world, with amount in disputes ranging from a few millions to billions of dollars. Our approach to commercial disputes and our industry specific expertise has ensured most effective representation of our clients.
With offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Chennai, ELP has a team of over 180 qualified professionals having professional acumen in diverse practice areas. We work closely with leading global law firms in the UK, USA, Middle East and Asia Pacific region; enabling us to provide a pan India and global service offering to our clients.
ELP is the firm of choice for clients due to our commitment to deliver excellence and has been ranked amongst the Top 10 firms in the country; with the highest Client Satisfaction score of 9/10 amongst the Top 10 firms as per RSG India Report 2015. The firm has also recently been recognized as a Tier 1 firm in India for our Dispute Resolution expertise by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2016; and has won the Best Dispute Resolution Firm in India award at the Legalera Awards 2015.
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The Justice Reformer
Corporate Social Justice
Eye for Ebony
The Center for Justice Research is leading when it comes to collaborating on corporate social justice projects.
Main Observation
The death of George Floyd and others by police has created an intense demand for accountability.
Organizations are using their resources to aid the criminal justice reform movement.
By partnering with CJR, companies are achieving their goals in helping to establish a procedurally just criminal justice system.
Criminal Justice Reform Takes All of Us.
The murder of George Floyd at the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin marked a new turning point in America, awakening a thunderous clamour for real, measurable change. From coast to coast, city to city, protestors took to the streets and showed the world that police murder will not be tolerated. The demonstrations from Summer 2020 have led to policymakers to draft legislation that holds police accountable for misconduct and killing non-threatening citizens. While the public pressure and video footage of Floyd's death surely played a factor in Chauvin being found guilty of murder, the general consensus among the public is more work needs to be done in order to hold the police accountable for misconduct.
If we are truly striving to create an equitable society that pushes to recognize and rectify generations-long injustices against Black Americans and other vulnerable communities, it will require effort from all of us. That's why corporations and organizations are shifting from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to Corporate Social Justice (CSJ).
What's the difference between Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Social Justice?
In the past, organizations used Corporate Social Responsibility as a plan to combat discrepancies involving racism and socioeconomic standings. As the Harvard Business Review puts it, "CSR is a self-regulated framework that has no legal or social obligation for corporations to actually create positive impact for the groups they purport to help." Corporate Social Justice on the other hand involves input from the organization's leadership, stockholders, employees and anyone else who has a vested interest in the agency. This new approach to address systemic inequality "requires deep integration with every aspect of the way a company functions." Consumers and Americans at large are more conscious than ever of how organizations are using their products and resources to either advance justice for all or contributing to over-policing and a criminal justice system that targets minorities.
To meet the demands of higher corporate accountability and to produce quantifiable social justice improvements, institutions are partnering with the Center for Justice Research (CJR) to develop their own Corporate Social Justice plans.
How the Center for Justice Research helps to create Corporate Social Justice
When the National Hockey League (NHL) was seeking to create "a procedurally just criminal justice system," they believed in the work of CJR. Thanks to their generous donation, CJR has been able to further the NHL's criminal justice reform mission by providing a researcher development workshop series that prioritizes strategic planning, project-based learning, and culturally-responsive research training opportunities. The funding will also help CJR continue research that push for a procedurally just criminal justice system, like the police reimagination action briefs, our 4-city youth gun possession project or researcher development program.
Like the NHL, Chevron chose to align with CJR when it came to supporting efforts for advancing racial equity and justice. CJR is also working with NHL personnel to educate their workforces on societal disparities and to develop an overall CSJ plan. We are helping corporations succeed in the age of corporate social justice identity and remove structural barriers with input from historically marginalized populations and transition from corporate social responsibility to corporate social justice. Together, we are able to create a more equitable criminal justice system where everyone is included in the decision making process and their presence is respected.
If you're interested in partnering with CJR, please contact us at Justice.Research@tsu.edu or call us at (713)313-7813.
If we are truly striving to create an equitable society that pushes to recognize and rectify generations-long injustices against Black Americans and other vulnerable communities, it will require effort from all of us. That's why corporations and organizations are shifting from Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Social Justice.
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Center for Justice Research Welcomes New Research Associate
CJR Works to Improve Research Training and Communities
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Research Commitment to Antiracism
CJR Recognizes LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2021
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Generali Group / Media / Press releases / All / 2015 / AGM approves 2014 financial statements
AGM approves 2014 financial statements
30 April 2015 - 15:42
Trieste April 30, 2015 – The ordinary and extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. was held today under the chairmanship of Gabriele Galateri di Genola.
The ordinary Meeting resolved as follows:
the AGM approved the financial statements for the year 2014, which closed with a net profit of €1,670 million, and announced the distribution to the shareholders of a dividend of € 0.60 per-share, to be paid as from 20th May 2015, after the detachment of coupon no. 24. The dividend will be legitimately payable starting from 19th May 2015. Shares will trade ex-dividend as from 18th May 2015;
Flavio Cattaneo was appointed member of the Board of Directors and the deadline of his mandate was aligned to that of the other members of the Board of Directors.
In this regard, in compliance with the applicable law, Cattaneo declared to meet all legal requirements under the in-force legislation, except the independency requirement defined in art. 3 of the Self-regulatory Code of Listed Companies. The documents concerning the professional profile of Cattaneo are available on the Company's website (www.generali.com). Up to this day Cattaneo does not own Generali stocks;
the Meeting approved the Remuneration Report, in compliance with the art. 123-ter of TUIF (Italian Law on Financial Intermediation) and with the art. 24 of the ISVAP (Insurance Companies Supervisory Authorities) Regulation no. 39/2011;
the Meeting also approved the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTI) 2015, in compliance with the art. 114-bis of TUIF, and it authorized, for a maximum of 18 months, the purchase of up to 8 million own shares to be purchased on the market according to the art. 144-bis of the Issuer Regulation and, excluding purchased own shares, it gave the Board of Directors a 5-year authority to increase the share capital free of charge and in tranches to a maximum of €8 million, through the issue of up to 8 million ordinary shares. The minimum purchase price for ordinary shares may not be below the par value €1.00, while the maximum purchase price may not exceed 5% of the reference price of the share at the close of trading on the day before each purchase transaction.
The extraordinary Meeting approved:
the amendment of the art. 8 of the of the Memorandum and Articles of Association to make the needed changes resulting from the approval of the Group Long Term Incentive Plan (LTI) 2015 in the ordinary Meeting;
the amendment of the art. 9 of the Memorandum and Articles of Association to update the statutory clause which gives an account of the amount of the share capital and of other elements of the equity, as provided by ISVAP Regulation n. 17.
Sustainability Report is on line on www.generali.com
The Sustainability Report of the Generali Group, now in its eleventh edition, has been completely renewed compared to previous years mainly due to its new language and a more lively and engaging design, targeting as wide and diverse audience as possible. Its narrative builds on the information provided to the financial community, especially in the Annual Integrated Report, highlighting the contributions made by Generali Group to the broader economy, to citizens' everyday life, as well as to the territory as part of its core insurance activities.
The Sustainability Report has been approved by the Board of Directors of Generali S.p.A on April 1st 2015.
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Eugene Cernan, the Last Human on the Moon, Has Passed Away
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Gene Cernan photographed in the Apollo Lunar Module on the lunar surface. Photo: Wikipedia
Former astronaut Gene Cernan has died at the age of 82. He holds the distinction of being the most recent man to walk on the Moon and his legacy as one of humanity's greatest explorers will live on.
Cernan reportedly passed away at a hospital in Houston, Texas, after ongoing health issues.
NASA tweeted its condolences this afternoon with a message that reads, "We are saddened by the loss of retired NASA astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon."
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden also shared a note about Cernan's contributions:
As a crew member of both the Apollo 10 and 17 missions, he was one of two men to have flown twice to the moon. He commanded Apollo 17 and set records that still stand for longest manned lunar landing flight, longest lunar surface extravehicular activities, largest lunar sample return, and longest time in lunar orbit.
Gene's footprints remain on the moon, and his achievements are imprinted in our hearts and memories. His drive to explore and do great things for his country is summed up in his own words:
'We truly are in an age of challenge. With that challenge comes opportunity. The sky is no longer the limit. The word impossible no longer belongs in our vocabulary. We have proved that we can do whatever we have the resolve to do. The limit to our reach is our own complacency.'
Cernan came to NASA from the Navy in October of 1963. As a pilot, he logged over 5,000 hours of flight time and landed on aircraft carriers 200 times. He was selected in the third group of NASA astronauts and was serving as a backup pilot for Gemini 9 when the prime crew died in the crash of NASA T-38A "901" on February 28, 1966. After a rocky but successful mission on Gemini 9, he subsequently flew on Apollo 10 and Apollo 17. The unprecedented nature of his career means that he holds numerous records and firsts including the highest speed attained by any manned vehicle (24,791 mph) and the unofficial lunar land speed record (18.0 km/h).
After his career at NASA, Cernan continued to be a public figure, author, television personality and advocate for the sciences.
Though he may be the most recent, hopefully he won't be the final man to step foot on the Moon. Both Russia and China have plans to send their first manned missions to the lunar surface.
Man's last words spoken from the Moon were spoken by Cernan:
Bob, this is Gene, and I'm on the surface; and, as I take man's last step from the surface, back home for some time to come – but we believe not too long into the future – I'd like to just (say) what I believe history will record: that America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus–Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17.
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Commentary on the House of Commons Justice Committee Report on implications of Brexit for the justice system
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Posted on 26th March 2017
I analyse and comment upon the Parliamentary reports published this past week on the implications of Brexit for the justice system. The House of Commons report is carefully worded and recommends retention of a system for mutual recognition and enforcement of judgements. I make a plea that with the publication of these reports, family lawyers, like the rest of the country, should move on from the pro remain or pro leave agendas and work to the best of national and global family law in the future.
The House of Commons report
On Wednesday, 22 March 2017, a week before the UK gives notice under Article 50 of the intention to leave the European Union, the House of Commons Justice committee produced its report on the implications of Brexit for the justice system. This followed several months of taking evidence, oral and written, and detailed consideration by a number of MPs. My firm, iFLG, was pleased to give written evidence and our submissions were favourably quoted by the committee in the report as was Kingsley Napley and several barristers.. Two days earlier, a similar committee of the House of Lords rather confusingly produced a Report on the same topic with far narrower evidence taking, but it has less broad relevance
In respect of family law, chapter 3 of the Report, the recommendation is that the government should seek to maintain the closest possible cooperation with the EU on family justice matters, and in particular to retain a system for mutual recognition and enforcement of judgements. This must be right. But it stopped short of saying EU law should be part of national law and entirely reciprocated. The recommendation is carefully worded and carefully balanced.
The Report says that Brussels II and the Maintenance Regulation are improvements over their default alternatives. But they are not without fault: races to issue resulting from Brussels II's divorce provisions are particularly undesirable. Nevertheless, mutual recognition and enforcement of judgements in family cases is of demonstrable value in resolving cross-border instances of child abduction and non-payment Maintenance.
The Report deals with the complex relationship between EU law and Hague Conventions in respect of child abduction. The former takes precedence over the latter. The Report refers to evidence from Resolution that EU law provides greater speed than the Hague Convention although my firm's considerable experience in child abduction work is that the English High Court invariably deals with child abduction cases under EU law or Hague Convention law with the same timetable and same vigour. The FLBA gave evidence that the existence of EU law had discouraged updates to the Hague Conventions. If this is so and it is not necessarily evident that it is so, then this is very disappointing and worrying for the world because the significant majority of signatory countries to the 1980 child abduction Convention of the Hague (and the recognition provisions in the 1996 Convention) are non-EU countries having no dealings with EU law. They require updates irrespective of what is going on within Europe. Evidence in favour of EU laws and not the Hague was also given, as stated in the Report, that the EU has the benefit of Central Authorities and the European Judicial Network. Again this is potentially misleading as, across the world, governments have set up Central Authorities to work with child abduction cases, and not just within Europe. Moreover whilst there is undoubtedly the EJN, there is a very active network of Hague Convention judges, significantly promoted and encouraged by Mathew Thorpe when our international liaison judge. So I am not convinced, on the evidence to which the Report refers, that there is such a significant difference in child abduction work undertaken in England between EU law and Hague law and practice. Indeed, the new form of Brussels II intended to be introduced by the EU in the next couple of years includes a new timetable to take account of the slower EU member states whereas the UK is one of the fastest across Europe.
It was very surprising to see no reference to public law elements yet this is a vital and increasing aspect of the present operation of Brussels II, involving many local authorities and children in care. It would have been anticipated that, at the least, there would have been reference to the need for transitional arrangements for public law cases. Resolution rightly drew general attention to the need for transitional provisions although no work can be started until it is known what will be the final outcome in law and practice.
The report rightly refers to the controversy in the divorce context with Brussels II. It referred to many witnesses, oral and written, criticising the frequent race to issue. It referred to the FLBA saying that the more legally astute spouse, often the financially stronger spouse, can arrange to win the race in the favoured jurisdiction. Many practising lawyers and judges have condemned this law as very unfavourable on the financially weaker spouse, and being very arbitrary and unfair. Resolution said that it prevents opportunities for families to mediate and reconcile. The report states that the FLBA agreed absolutely with my firm's claim in our written submissions that Brussels II discourages mediation and can accelerate the breakdown of savable marriages. The report did not mince its words in its criticisms of the forum criteria adopted by the EU and the very adverse consequences of Brussels II.
Resolution is in a paradoxical position. Probably more than any other organisation over the past three decades, it has encouraged and facilitated ADR in its various forms including mediation. Yet it is promoting, to government, legislation which a government report finds has particularly undesirable consequences as working against mediation, Resolution has had criticism from some faith-based organisations for not being supportive of marriage to which the chair has robustly responded that it it is supportive. Yet it is promoting, to government, legislation which accelerates the breakdown of savable marriages. Perhaps there should be a review of this potential policy disconnect. Perhaps their answer could be to support a policy of mutual recognition without the baggage of anti-mediation, anti-reconciliation provisions of Brussels II
The EU Maintenance Regulation was described as similarly contentious. The intention, quoting favourably from Kingsley Napley, is to produce clear and consistent rules on where the parties can start proceedings with detailed rules to assist enforcement and recovery of Maintenance across borders. However the FLBA observed a conflict with Brussels II which could result in an English court not having jurisdiction over Maintenance claims in respect of a divorce case it was hearing. The Report referred to my firm's submission that the EU law enforces inappropriate prenuptial agreements i.e. where there has not been independent legal advice or disclosure. But the Report said the Regulation had no natural replacement, based on the evidence of some witnesses. It described the 2007 Hague Maintenance Convention as a powered down version with orders only enforceable in certain circumstances. The FLBA claimed most people did not know the 2007 Convention existed and it was little used. The Report consequently said this would support the UK remaining a party to the Maintenance Regulation if possible, at least in the short to medium term.
A Parliamentary Report, like a court of law, is only as good as the evidence received. I was at the session in mid-December when oral evidence was taken. The Justice Committee was not told that, within a month, the USA would join the 2007 Hague Maintenance Convention. Indeed the USA was one of the original promoters of the Convention. This major country joining is anticipated to bring many more countries on board. I had the benefit of meeting on Friday, 24th March in The Hague with representatives of the Hague Conference on International Law and I understand that in the coming year a number of other countries should become signatories. So the fact that it is little used, in December 2016, does not mean it will be little used in April 2019 when we leave the EU. Moreover the fact that a worldwide law is little-known, a feature more of information and training within a profession, is not a reason to ignore it. I refer more to the Hague below
At the moment the UK is subject to orders of the European Court, CJEU. It's jurisdiction will end in law on Brexit. The Report says that if the UK and the EU could continue their mutually beneficial cooperation in various ways, without placing any binding authority at all on that court's rulings, this would be ideal. This must be right on any basis of international judicial comity and respect for opinions of other courts, whether national or international. The Report goes on to say that a role for the CJEU in respect of procedural matters including jurisdiction, applicable law and enforcement in recognition of judgements is a price worth paying to maintain effective cross-border tools of justice. I suspect many would want to understand much more what would be the parameters of this before making further comment.
The Report concludes with a recommendation that there should be four principal aims of government's approach to justice matters in Brexit negotiations namely:-
Continuing cooperation on criminal justice as closely as possible;
Maintaining access to the EU's valuable regulations on interstate commercial law;
Enabling cross-border legal practice rights and opportunities; and
Retaining efficient mechanisms to resolve family law cases involving EU member states and the UK.
The House of Lords report
On Monday of last week, 20 March 2017, the House of Lords Justice Committee produced its own report. I think many were confused in the autumn about the interrelationship between these distinctive enquiries. No law firms made written submissions nor were solicitors called to give evidence, unlike the House of Commons report. Some excellent barristers gave evidence. However in this arena, many international enquiries and consultations are dealt with by solicitors, but often not reach counsel. Sometimes thoroughly deserving cases on their merit have no prospect of court proceedings because of the EU laws and the parties seek redress abroad. Solicitors see many cases which do not go to court. To have a report without material input from solicitors is incomplete.
The Report refers several times to what may be alternative arrangements put in place. It draws attention to the fact that there must be reciprocity from the EU if placing EU family laws within national law. It must be open to doubt whether there will be this reciprocity and what terms may be possible
The Hague Conference on Private International Law
The Hague is the big loser from the House of Commons Report. I consider this is unfair, unjust and seriously worrying for global family laws.
The Report refers to the EU Maintenance Regulation as an improvement on the 2007 Hague Convention. But they were drafted as part of the same exercise and The Hague law does not have some of the problems of the EU law. By April 2019 it will have many signatories worldwide and it includes all EU member states. A number of governments have put resources into the iSupport cross-border case management system and digital sharing of information created by the Hague. It must always be remembered that the Hague applies worldwide whereas the EU laws are obviously only member states within Europe. The USA and other significant countries worldwide are or soon will be signatories. Perhaps if the Committee had had this information, it would have formed a different conclusion. It may now be for the Hague Conference to make representations direct to the UK government.
The Report rightly refers to the need for mutual recognition and enforcement of family court orders, which includes divorces. This is covered around the EU by Brussels II at present but with the huge baggage of the race to court and the discouragement to mediation and reconciliation. The Report does not refer to the 1970 Hague Convention on Recognition of Divorces, of which there are at least 20 signatory countries including the UK and which could be extended by April 2019.
More widely, I worry considerably that the implicit criticism in this UK government report, based on some evidence given to them, of Hague laws in contrast to EU laws could discourage other countries from joining into Hague family laws. A lot of work has occurred with countries such as Russia and Japan recently to bring them on-board. Much work is ongoing to join in other areas of the world including Islamic jurisdictions. Many English lawyers are very prominent in that work, both children and finance. Yet here is a UK government report saying that EU laws, which clearly have serious faults even admitted according to the Report itself, are nevertheless an improvement over the default alternatives namely the Hague laws. I consider this could damage the expansion of Hague laws. The comments in this Report must not stop the work of producing global international laws.
Indeed, although it may not have been within the brief of the Justice Committee, it was disappointing that the opportunity was not taken to set out the significant place of the UK in family law worldwide and the leading role it has played, and post Brexit will play, in global family law developments. For this it will need to work closely with the Hague Conference in producing international, rather than just European, family laws and practices and then to make sure they operate well in other countries.
The EU referendum vote has occurred: time to move on
Quite often it has seemed thus far that family law arguments in respect of Brexit have been a re-run of the EU referendum. There are those who supported the UK staying within the EU who, with others, have argued for all EU family law as it presently exists to be within English national law and reciprocated with the EU. There are those who supported leaving who, with others, have argued for no more EU laws. This may have been conscious or unconscious, deliberate or inadvertent.
But just like the country as a whole, this has to end. There now


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In the introduction to his new cookbook Summer Food (Weldon Owen), craft and food stylist Paul Løwe writes, "Summer food is really all about memories." We at BookTrib couldn't agree more. Summertime, with its relaxed schedule, long days, warm weather adventures, and backyard gatherings, is the perfect time for making memories. While we love our summer standbys—burgers, corn on the cob, fruit salad—we're excited for a summer of new an adventurous eating, and for all the new memories that will come with it. Summer Food is an excellent place to start.
Paul Løwe is best known as "Sweet Paul," the man behind Sweet Paul Magazine, a lifestyle magazine with a focus on simple, elegant meals and stylish yet easy home crafts. Dedicated readers of BookTrib may recognize Løwe from an article about spring craft books that included his book Eat & Make: Charming Recipes and Kitchen Crafts You Will Love.
Løwe brings the same eye for stylish, elegant simplicity to the cookbook, which combines gorgeous photos—of both the food and summer vistas—with enticing and easy-to-follow recipes. Many of these recipes are new twists on old favorites, like the Cabbage Caesar Salad, Grilled Potato Salad with Lemon & Parsley, or Grilled Pizza. There are also many summer mainstays, like BBQ Chicken, Burgers, and Grilled Greek Kabob's.
Of course, the best way to make memories out of food is to share it with the people you love. With its sections on breakfast, lunch, appetizers, drinks, main dishes, and desserts, Summer Food could certainly get you through an entire summer party, or even a week at the beach. To get you started, we've included a recipe for Chile & Lime Chicken that will be sure to please at your next summer party, along with one for the Green Giant—a perfect new summer cocktail!
Cut the chicken into pieces with a sharp knife and poultry shears. Whisk together the lime juice, oil, and chile in a small bowl. Rub the mixture well onto the chicken pieces. Sprinkle the chicken with salt. Place the chicken onto the center of a hot grill and cook indirectly, about 20 minutes. You can also roast the chicken in a preheated 350°F (180°C) oven, about 20 minutes.
Place some additional lime halves on the grill and squeeze the juice over the top of the chicken just before serving.
Combine the cilantro and one stalk celery in a blender and crush down the celery with a muddler. Add the simple syrup, lime juice, and tequila. Fill the blender with ice and purée until smooth. Strain the drink into a glass and garnish with the remaining celery.
Both recipes reprinted from Summer Food with permission from Weldon Owen.


Most often, an IOT adventure starts by building some sort of prototype for your devices. Of course, some hardware platforms are easier to use at this stage compared to others.
Of course, the controller by itself is nothing without sensors or actuators, be them I2C, SPI, serial, ADC/DAC or whatever. Perhaps you have some specific hardware setup in mind or maybe you still need some guidance picking the right sensors and actuators. Let us know and we'll be glad to help you out.
As I already mentioned, while proto-typing it can be convenient to work with easy-to-use systems like grove connectors. Other hardware platforms take a different route and provide an all-in-one hardware box with most of the sensors already built into, like the screvle.
These days, devices often no longer function as stand-alone machines, but instead, they have some sort of connection to the cloud for which they need a communication protocol. Some devices can connect directly to the cloud, others need a gateway to bridge the local area networks to the internet.
and lots of other parameters.
If you are only looking for a one off, then perhaps your proto-type can be it, but most often though, you need something more, either a small production batch or perhaps you want to commercialize your product. Getting from this proto-type stage to a real product is often hard and has it's own set of pitfalls. For this reason, Elastetic works with a select nr of device manufacturers that are able to provide you the flexibility required for handling small production badges while keeping costs at a minimum and easily allow you to switch to commercialization and the production of 1000s of units.
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Discussion in 'E-mail Discussion' started by bowbeforeroot, Oct 19, 2012.
I need to download an entire email account for a client.
Is there any way to do this by default so they can open it in an email client (i.e. each message as .eml format?).
If not, what is the easiest way to download an email account just so that the client can actually view the emails?
Setting up the account on the users email client locally and connecting to the mail server (checking mail) should download all emails from the server. I must not understand your question / situation properly I don't think. Could you expand a bit on this?
Basically I have a client with a 20gb+ mailbox and the imap process is so large that I'm making them archive their emails and am sending them a copy on an external HD.
I require to send them this archive so I need to download all their emails off the server and send them in a format the client can understand.
I'm currently just downloading all the emails in Outlook and will copy them over, but is there a more efficient way to do this?
You could setup the account in the users mail client temporarily, using POP3 and be sure to use the option (as in Outlook for example) to "Leave a copy on the server" and then check email. Assuming the IMAP account is also setup in the same email client, disable it first, not so sure that matters but couldn't hurt while you're downloading all that mail.
20GB mailbox is going to be a huge issue though. You might do better to have them clean it up first if possible. They should be able to manage that right from their email client if using IMAP right now.
I hope I'm not confusing this issue more, but I'm not sure what other format would be best to do this in, other than the actual emails. Cleaning it up before doing much else would be advisable I think.
Recover archived email, once downloaded?


We're starting to think Alicia wrote her latest hit about herself, because really-this girl is on fire. Not only has she performed on nearly every awards show in the past year, but she's got an insane 14 Grammys. And last night her singing chops were on full display. Keep it up, girl!
Admit it -- you've at least liked a Facebook photo of someone shaming their dog. An outspoken animal advocate, Kaley took on the trend during a pre-taped mock PSA (a la Sarah McLachlan minus the sad music), pointing out that public shaming should remain where it belongs: the Kardashians (ohhh snap!) Then the camera cut to Kaley shaming herself. Adorbs!
JLaw is basically our favoritest person, ever, but she outdid herself last night. When the star took the stage to accept her award for favorite movie actress, she said she wished she could break the award up like the crown in Mean Girls and give everyone a piece. Humble, appreciative and a Mean Girls fan? I think we just found our new bestie.
Did you tune in last night? What was your favorite moment? Tweet us @SELFmagazine!


Lockout/tagout annual auditing is required by OSHA. At a minimum, OSHA requires that each procedure in the facility be reviewed annually to confirm it accurately reflects the equipment's energy sources, as well as a sampling audit of authorized employees to confirm they fully understand their responsibilities and proper usage of the lockout/tagout procedures. Annual program auditing confirms program deficiencies are identified and corrected.


The Walker's Point area has evolved into one of the hottest new commercial districts within the City of Milwaukee. This historically industrialized area is emerging as an exciting and diverse commercial/entertainment district. The namesake "Walker's Point" is rich in history and dates back to the 1800's to one of the founding fathers' of Milwaukee, George Walker, a Virginian fur-trader who later gained title to the area now known as Walker's Point. As an influential business and political leader, Walker established a cabin and warehouse within the area that spurred additional industrialization. Harbor and railway spur access made for prime conditions for other manufacturers to locate here. George served as the Mayor of Milwaukee for two terms during which time he promoted railroad ventures and built the city's first streetcar line.
The Freshwater Plaza site specifically was home to many commercial/industrial uses and most recently Grede Foundries. Railway lines, as well as the KK River Trail, act as an eastern backdrop as does the famous Hoan Bridge, UW-Milwaukee School of Fresh Water Sciences, Lake Michigan and the Harbor District. To the west, the famed Rockwell (Allen-Bradley Company Clock) and its 2,300 employees continue to prosper and support the community. With a Walk Score of 72, Freshwater Apartments is within a walker's paradise! The new mixed-uses on-site give way to parking your vehicle and walking to your favorite establishment, Cermak Fresh Market and general lifestyle amenities. Rich with the historic industrial flavor of the past as a backdrop, Freshwater Apartments blends new urbanism with industrialism.


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More info on Macalester College
Macalester College: Quiz
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Categories: Macalester College > Associated Colleges of the Midwest > Universities and colleges in Minnesota > Educational institutions established in 1874 > Liberal arts colleges > National Register of Historic Places in Saint Paul, Minnesota > Council of Independent Colleges > National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities members > North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Question 1: Baldwin, a ________ builder and friend of Neill's.
Rail transport Steam locomotive Train Locomotive
Question 2: It is also connected to Turck via a ________, and houses sophomores.
Skyway Storm drain Tunnel Footbridge
Question 3: Edward Duffield Neill, who had founded two schools in Saint Paul and nearby ________ which were named after M.W.
Saint Paul, Minnesota Minneapolis – Saint Paul Minnesota Minneapolis
Question 4: Macalester College is a member of the ________ (MIAC).
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Midwest Conference Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Question 5: Macalester's stated mission is to be a preeminent liberal arts college with high standards for scholarship, and with special emphasis on internationalism, ________, and service to society.
Multiculturalism Malaysia Philippines Miscegenation
Question 6: The college moved to its present location in 1885 after building an endowment and seeking the help of the ________.
Covenant theology Christianity Protestantism Presbyterianism
Question 7: [5] Macalester continued to develop into the ________, building its endowment and adding new facilities and equipment.
1993 1990s 1996 2000s (decade)
Question 8: Among the past and present faculty have been people such as ________, Jack Weatherford, and George Latimer.
Hubert Humphrey Edmund Muskie Lyndon B. Johnson Walter Mondale
Question 9: MITY provides three different ________ programs during the summer months.
Intellectual giftedness Gifted education Intelligence quotient United States
Question 10: It was the first team to be dismantled since ________ was cut (and turned club) in the 1970s.
Hockey Basketball Ice hockey Curling


More than three years ago I wrote an article for this Newsletter extolling (in the main) the benefits of using a virtual approach to working in the digital age by virtualising legal services. The last three years have seen a further embedding of virtual law firms in the legal marketplace, with Keystone Law becoming a (more) established name, Setfords Solicitors receiving a substantial private equity injection and Excello Law apparently moving from strength to strength; my own firm, Redmans, although much smaller, has substantially increased revenue and profits.
This article looks at how my firm's practices have changed over the last three years and gives an update on the benefits (and disadvantages) of the virtual model. It also looks at how the model of a virtual firm may have changed over this period.
I founded Summerfield Browne Solicitors at the beginning of 2014. The firm specialises in advising on business and commercial law and we offer these services throughout England and Wales. We advise a wide range of companies from start-up to established international companies and from a diverse range of sectors. We now have offices in London, Birmingham, Cambridge, Oxford, Northampton and Market Harborough.
Why start a new firm?
I set up the new firm because I identified an under developed niche legal services model that I felt could be exploited in a very competitive legal services market. It is still very early days but the intended business model is a hybrid structure consisting of consultant solicitors who work remotely to service our clients at low overhead and also employed solicitors working at various strategic office locations. To keep the cost structure competitive it is anticipated that there will be significantly more consultant solicitors than employed solicitors. We use various strategies to source our staff including online marketing.
ReInvent Law London 2014 took place on 20 June. This was its third London outing. It appeared first in 2012 as Law Tech Camp and was renamed ReInvent Law for 2013. I have attended all three and gave a presentation at this year's event.
The coming of the much-vaunted information age, improvements in digital and internet technology, and the increasing requirement for law firms to diversify and innovate over the last ten years has led to a series of interesting experiments in business models for lawyers. Law firms (as demonstrated by the success of such firms as Excello Law, Setfords Solicitors and Keystone Law) are increasingly moving to a virtual (or dispersed) business model at the expense of bricks and mortar (where a firm would have an established office).
Clerksroom – a virtual chambers?
There is very little that is actually "virtual" about the way Clerksroom is operating. You could say it's a "procurement company", or a service company, or a business. Our barristers are self employed, sole practitioners working from 55 home based offices around the UK and increasingly, globally. We now have members based in Ireland, Spain, India and New Zealand as well as the UK. Our members are spread nationally from Cornwall to North Yorkshire, East Sussex to Lancashire.
Traditional high street law firms are under attack on every front. The recession reduces their bread and butter property work and they face ever rising overheads and staff costs. The solution for some firms has been to specialise and to gain competitive advantage by adopting a more businesslike approach and IT solutions.
I've been virtual for ages!
Over the last couple of years, we have covered a whole series of virtual firms in this newsletter. In some cases, the firms have sprung up as a fully-formed (but usually one-person) virtual firm; in others, the firm has gently moved from being a "normal" firm with "proper" premises, to becoming virtual in stages.
Just over a year ago I set up Lawbridge Solicitors as a virtual firm after 21 years as a partner in a High Street practice. As the partner responsible for my former firm's IT, I had been interested in the idea of a virtual law firm for some time. The increasing financial pressures on High Street firms, the likely changes to the legal landscape in the next few years and the increasing suitability of technology for a virtual practice, persuaded me that the time was right to take the plunge.
In December 2006, armed with the belief that I had spotted a gap in the legal services market, in which to grow a niche virtual law firm, I left my safe job and its final salary pension scheme, to form "Legal Hobbit" even though a lot of people, whose opinion I respected, thought I was insane and told me so. After all, who ever heard of an international telecommunications law firm in Kidderminster (or any reputable law firm with the word "Hobbit" in the title)?


Phoenix Dance Theatre, in partnership with Gateway Studios, is delighted to have launched a new high-quality training programme following the great success of our Phoenix Youth Academy in Leeds. This programme offers young talented dancers aged 14-18 the chance to develop strong contemporary dance techniques.
Launched in 2015, the Phoenix North East Academy offers classes twice a week to work with recognised choreographers and Phoenix Dance Theatre's company dancers. The academy dancers also participate in our intensive courses during school holidays, giving them regular opportunities to perform at different platforms across the UK.
London Contemporary Dance School, Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, Northern School of Contemporary Dance and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
Auditions for Phoenix Academy NE will be taking place on Sunday 30th June 2019.
To apply for the audition, please complete the online Application Form by no later than Friday 14th June. After your application form has been submitted, a member of the Access & Education Team will be in touch with a schedule for the audition day.
The Sponsorship from the Leverhulme Trust enables us to offer bursaries.


The Bunyavanich Lab combines tools in epidemiology, genomics, and sequence analysis to study asthma and allergic diseases in human cohorts. Our goal is to better understand and identify risk factors, mechanisms, and potential therapies for these disorders. We are a member of the Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, and Mindich Child Health and Development Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY.
Pandey G, Pandey O, Rogers A, Ahsen M, Hoffman G, Raby B, Weiss S, Schadt E, Bunyavanich S. A Nasal Brush-based Classifier of Asthma Identified by Machine Learning Analysis of Nasal RNA Sequence Data. Scientific Reports, 2018: 8:8826.
Watson C, Cohain A, et al., Schadt E, Bunyavanich S. Integrative transcriptomic analysis reveals key drivers of acute peanut allergic reactions. Nature Communications, 2017 Dec; 8(1):1943.
Fazlollahi M, Lee T, Andrade J, Oguntuyo K, Chun Y, Grishina G, Grishin A, Bunyavanich S. The Nasal Microbiome in Asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2018 Sep;142(3):834-843.e2.
Bunyavanich S, Schadt EE. Systems biology of asthma and allergic diseases: a multiscale approach. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2015 Jan; 135(1): 31-42.
The Institute for Genomics & Multiscale Biology is an interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers who are passionate about using computation and technology to make medicine more precise and personalized. Our research spans several areas of computational biology and biotechnology including systems biology, genomics, and bio- and medical informatics.
Mount Sinai is an internationally recognized leader in clinical and basic science research.


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And the opening rear flap will let you unload a few bags in inclement weather while keeping the rest of your load dry.
This style pouch is also available without the opening rear panel, in case you always unload the whole pallet at once.
Sure, you can use shrink wrap to cover the bags, but it's not that watertight. The rain can seep in between layers and ruin those paper bags of expensive corn seed, horse feed, or powdered limestone.
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The Pallet Pouch, like all Kerry-All Pouches, has tie-down loops to secure it to the pallet itself and the truck bed for added security in stormy weather.
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Easy styles for Long layered hair with bangs are very popular right now. Every woman wants one. And there are some good reasons for that. This kind of hairstyle has a lot of pros – it's effortless, convenient, and trendy. Also, add layers to your hairstyle with bangs. It will help you to solve the problem of little volume in case you are suffering from it. Get inspiration for your future 'do from our collection.


I chose the Artful Lodger for the clever name - bad idea. The place is badly in need of renovation: mildew smell, broken down mattress covered by a memory foam topper, thrift shop furniture. Cramped rooms, tiny coffee bar - the manager is trying but the place is depressing and uncomfortable, not worth half the rate they charge.


Digi TV & Focus Sat: Galaxy 4 (Hungary) momenteel ongecodeerd (FTA) te ontvangen (12130.00MHz, pol.H SR:28000 FEC:7/8 SID:2710 PID:601/834 Hungarian).
Digi TV & Focus Sat: Galaxy 4 is encrypted again after being temporarily unencrypted on 12130.00MHz, pol.H SR:28000 FEC:7/8 SID:2710 PID:601/834 Hungarian (Conax & Cryptoworks & Irdeto 2 & Nagravision 3).
Galaxy 4 is encrypted again after being temporarily unencrypted on 12130.00MHz, pol.H SR:28000 FEC:7/8 SID:2710 PID:601/834 Hungarian (Nagravision 3).
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University of Michigan debuts new solar car
By kelsey on Wed, 06/26/2013 - 10:31
It looks like something from the distant future, long and flat, except for the bubble popping out with the Michigan "M."
It is called "Generation" a car designed by the University of Michigan for the World Solar Challenge, an 1,800-mile, week-long race across Australia.
The bold, strange new shape is meant to comply with new rules that require four wheels instead of three, while still maintaining maximum efficiency.
The change meant the students had to start their design from scratch, said Eric Hausman, project manager with the UM Solar car. It was the biggest shift in rules since 2007 when the driver moved from lying down to seated.
The UM team evaluated several designs starting in June 2012 when they learned of the rule change and settled on something asymmetrical by February 2013 when they began construction. The students worked with the driver's seat, nicknamed the "butt bucket" by the team. In the old three-wheeled cars, the butt bucket was situated directly behind the front wheel, encased in the same fairing. Under the new rules, the wheels can't be directly next to each so if the team arranged them like in a regular car, the bucket would hang down below the surface reducing efficiency. Instead the driver and two wheels are in one giant fairing on the left side of the car and on the right side there are two small fairings, one for each wheel.
"Aerodynamically, it's about creating as few bumps on the surface as possible," Hausman said in a press release. "The design also reduces shading of the solar cells by placing the canopy to the side."
It looks like a motorcycle with a sidecar from the front. But to keep the center of gravity in the car's center, most of the heavy equipment is on what would be the passenger side. The car runs off a battery charged by sunlight.
About 100 students participated in the 2-year project, Hausman said. The project is completely student run, from design to construction and 22 will take the semester off to travel to Australia to race the car in October. The UM team has come in third place five times in the race, most recently in 2011. They are the reigning national champions but have yet to secure a world race victory.
The change in wheels will require the team to change its strategy, said Matt Goldstein, a senior in computer science and engineering who heads the team's strategy in a press release.
"The new regulations will definitely stir the pot and I am excited to make our best shot at a championship," he said.
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Q: How to download a website in PHP - I have a small problem. (or major?)
I am learning PHP, and I'm trying to make an application that has a relationship with an external website.
I need to download it.
So I got this code:
$str = file_get_contents($url);

Which should return me the HTML contents of a website.
it works fine for most websites, but for a particular one - http://www.fxp.co.il - it shows crap.
What is the problem ? What can I do to fix it ?
Thank you !

A: Well, you should actually inspect the response headers as they tell you about the encoding of the data returned file_get_contents.
For example, if it's gzip encoded, you need to uncompress it.
Normally you won't notice that because file_get_contents() sends a request in a way that the server knows that it does not support compression.
However some servers just do not care and send you compressed responses anyway:
<?php

$url = 'http://www.fxp.co.il/';

$buffer = file_get_contents($url);

echo $url, '
', '
', implode("\n", $http_response_header), '
';

$bare = gzdecode($buffer);

echo '
', htmlspecialchars(substr($bare, 0, 256));

Output:
http://www.fxp.co.il/
------------------------------------------------------------
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx/0.7.67
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:19:55 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Connection: close
Set-Cookie: bb_lastvisit=1314607056; expires=Tue, 28-Aug-2012 19:12:44 GMT; path=/
Set-Cookie: bb_lastactivity=0; expires=Tue, 28-Aug-2012 19:12:44 GMT; path=/
X-Accel-Expires: 600
Cache-control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: cache
Vary: Accept-Encoding,User-Agent
Content-Encoding: gzip
Content-Length: 14170
Expires: Tue, 24 Jan 1984 08:00:00 GMT
X-Header: Boost Citrus 1.9
Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset

Take care!

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Are Children Adequately Protected In Biomedical Research Trials?
Congress is seriously considering doubling the national budget for biomedical research trials. Parents should pay close attention, because the expansion of research trials, combined with the new FDA Modernization Act of 1997 and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), could mean that more children will be enrolled in government drug studies.
The FDA Modernization Act of 1997 calls for pharmaceutical companies to increase testing of pharmaceutical drugs in children. SCHIP, also enacted last year, creates a new government program under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), giving states some $48 billion federal dollars to expand their Medicaid programs (including school-based health centers) or to create new state health programs. We've already seen significant increases in psychological testing and Ritalin prescriptions as a result of Medicaid expansions into school-based health centers.
Who's Protecting the Children?
As the federal government carves out a larger role in children's health care, will American children be adequately protected in biomedical research trials? That depends on whether parents and their children are fully informed about possible research risks, and whether biomedical Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) are effective.
If the recent record is any indication, there is much to worry about.
IRBs are responsible for approving and monitoring biomedical research studies. Recently, however, Congress has found that IRBs are failing to protect human subjects in research trials.
Shades of Tuskegee?
According to U.S. Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY), a prestigious biomedical IRB in New York City allowed medical researchers at city hospitals to test the drug "fenfluramine" in children, even though the drug offered no therapeutic benefit and more than "minimal risk" to the children. In other words, the children were not being treated for a medical or psychological condition, but, rather were being used as research subjects.
This case was brought to the public's attention through numerous articles published in the New York Post in April. Reporter Douglas Montero disclosed that researchers may have put more than 100 city boys, ages 6 to 11, (mostly black or Latino) at risk by giving each of them a single dose of up to 10 milligrams of fenfluramine. (Fenfluramine, half the popular diet drug "phen-fen," was pulled off the market in 1997 because it caused heart damage in some adults.) Montero reports that some advocacy groups are comparing the child-fenfluramine experiment to the government funded Tuskegee trials of the 1940s, where blacks were intentionally denied treatment for venereal disease.
All medical researchers involved in the current study emphatically denied hurting the children. Dr. Jack Gorman of the New York State Psychiatric Institute admitted the experiment was non-therapeutic, but told Montero, "All attempts to find solutions to serious mental-health problems begin with research like this." The National Institutes of Health Office of Protection from Research Risk is currently investigating the case.
In response to the enormous public outcry, the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee held a hearing on June 11 to examine whether IRBs are adequately protecting research participants involved in federally funded research. Official transcripts from those hearings will not be made public for several weeks as Congress gives witnesses the opportunity to review their statements (and make corrections if necessary), before publishing them in the Congressional Record....
Keep in mind that the written testimony excludes the more controversial statements made during the question and answer periods. It also excludes information about documents presented the day of the hearing.
For example, the committee's minority staff made public a document that shows researchers enticed children into joining the child-fenfluramine study in New York. Children were told that if they participated in the experiment, they would receive a gift and would get to try out some new video games, while their families would get paid. At the same time, the children were not fully informed of potential research risks.
Parents Should Watch
This may represent an aberration in biomedical research involving children. But children and their parents may find themselves in similar situations as the federal government increases funding for biomedical research, expands Medicaid programs using SCHIP funds, and enforces the new FDA law encouraging drug testing in children. Parents interested in maintaining control over their children's health should pay close attention to these new federal initiatives.
This article was originally published in the July/August issue of Health Freedom Watch.
Some advocacy groups are comparing the child-fenfluramine experiment to the government funded Tuskegee trials of the 1940s, where blacks were intentionally denied treatment for veneral disease.


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This app said I had already downloaded! I click restore and still can not find the home screen button on the regular screen on my cell! It does not even show up as a downloaded app! You click help and get a whole long list of blah blah blah no simple way to contact anyone!
Extreme Couponing is an app that kind of goes off the show "Extreme Couponing". I'm don't quite follow the show, but one can expect discounts that can be printed and redeemed from this app. To start off with the good, it does offer coupons available for printing right from this app. That's pretty much good it has. I believe this app could have done in the graphic design department. The only thing this app has to offer is information, so what that means is that since there is no further interaction or rather any back end development on "click and respond" (for example: a game app), or any music that can applied without wearing out the user, the only thing they could have worked on is the design and to properly design this in a matter of weeks to a month, and not just a few days.
The price is right when it's free, you can easily get coupons, but would be nice to have access to them even outside of wifi in the case that mobile coupons are accepted.
Demystifies the world of extreme couponing!


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Maggie O'Neil
Your Voice in Augusta
Margaret "Maggie" O'Neil
Maggie is serving a third term in Maine's House of Representatives, representing residents of the city of Saco. She is a member of the Government Oversight Committee and chairs the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry.
Maggie has served her community and engaged in political initiatives starting at a young age.
Maggie was raised in Saco. After attending McAuley High School, she earned a bachelor's degree in Classics and History from King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. While in school, Maggie provided weekly educational support to students from immigrant families and no-cost after school programming for families in need of assistance.
Maggie served an AmeriCorps term with the Maine Conservation Corps, where she deepened her commitment to protecting Maine's natural resources. She also volunteered for various initiatives with the Maine Democratic Party and Equality Maine, while working locally both as an Assistant Park Ranger at Ferry Beach State Park and in hospitality.
Currently, Maggie is a law student at the University of Maine. She serves with a number of local organizations, including Age Friendly Saco and Maine Law's chapter of If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice. As a member of Saco's Senior Tax Abatement Program committee, Maggie worked with local leaders to improve the city's property tax relief program for seniors.
In her spare time, she enjoys running, hiking, and being near the water.
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I am working every day to bring positive change to District 15 and improve
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Toyota achieves brace at Auto Express New Car Awards
Toyota has continued its success at the Auto Express New Car Awards with two awards, including Performance Car of the Year.
The New Toyota Yaris was named Affordable Hybrid of the Year for the second year running. The hybrid vehicle has a 1.5-litre petrol engine and an excellent electric motor providing high efficiency. The New Toyota Yaris is perfect for urban driving, helping drivers cope with the hustle and bustle in comfort.
Steve Fowler, Auto Express Editor-in-Chief, commented: "The Yaris has always been a sensible and pragmatic supermini choice, but this latest version is far more than that. Due to its excellent hybrid powertrain and new architecture that makes it better to drive than ever before, it's our favourite affordable hybrid for the second year in a row."
Toyota GR Yaris won Performance Car of the Year at the Auto Express New Car Awards and was up against the Ferrari Roma and Porsche 911. The GR Yaris is based on Toyota's Championship World Rally experience and is ready for any adventure.
Steve Fowler said: "This year's Performance Car champ is a true giant-killer, fighting off machines with twice the power and prices three times as high. The GR Yaris was one of the most eagerly anticipated arrivals of the year, and its blend of performance, poise, and price means it hasn't disappointed. Few cars as fun to drive, yet this pocket rocket is easy to live with and relatively affordable to run."
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Why Green, and Why Now? SG's Blooming Environmental Movement
By Ajay Nair
"Across the planet, environmental groups are blossoming from the seeds of fear, resentment, and political awakening."
Ajay Nair
story | Ajay Nair, Contributing Reporter
photo | Angela Benito
SG Climate Rally (SGCR) is a gathering of concerned Singaporeans and Permanent Residents, taking place in Hong Lim Park, on September 21st 2019 from 3 pm to 6 pm. Perhaps unsurprisingly, some of the volunteers, including this writer, are also students at Yale-NUS College.
SGCR is Singapore's first physical climate action rally; it will feature multiple activity stations, numerous speeches, and a coordinated demonstration of solidarity. Most strikingly, however, are its colors: most 'green' groups are, well, green. SGCR is themed red, because it seeks not to reflect the dream of a world flourishing, but the reality of a world on fire.
There are few elemental forces more visually destructive than fire. Flames lick the kindling; structures creak, topple and crash; tendrils of smog coil into the sky like a looming serpent. Two fires took the world by storm this year: the charred skeleton of the historic Notre-Dame de Paris, and the still-smoking lungs of the verdant Amazon. Amazingly, the latter received almost as much attention as the former.
Consecutive ecological disasters, accompanied by abject failure on the part of institutions and governments to tackle both their consequences and causes, have tested the patience of an increasingly aware global populace. Across the planet, environmental groups are blossoming from the seeds of fear, resentment, and political awakening.
Many of these movements are driven by youth, whose short lives have been dominated by the steady decline of a world once beautiful, and the creeping fear of a world soon lost. Strikes and protests choke thoroughfares; signs dapple the city streets.
In Singapore, environmental activists have never been as, well, activist. This is not to say that they do not do good work; conservationists lobby to preserve what remains of our natural heartlands, animal rights activists speak for the voiceless amongst us, and every shade of green group in between advocates for positive and meaningful change.
Reflecting events overseas, the shifting landscape of Singaporean environmentalism has also been driven by youth, in particular, students. Platforms founded in 2016, such as LepakInSG, created by Ho Xiang Tian from Singapore Polytechnic, and the Sustainable Solutions Network, founded by Chua Wan Ping '17, have pushed the green scene into greater accretion and organization. Meanwhile, groups such as Fossil-Free Yale-NUS College demonstrated growing awareness of the power and financial dynamic of the climate crisis.
However, physical activism is something heavily discouraged in our city-state. In a world of strikes, protests and rioting, the Singapore government holds firm to the belief that disordered action is not a driver of positive change. This is perhaps why the rapid rise in the prominence of SG Climate Rally took many by surprise; none more so, however, than the organizers themselves.
This much attention seemed like a remote possibility back in July, when the 'organizing team' was merely a group of ten or so concerned individuals, and their 'meeting room' was simply the cold stone floor outside the National Library Building.
Our starting point: we all agreed that Singapore's current efforts at mitigation were insufficient. Perhaps the clearest example of this is Singapore's metric for assessing our carbon emissions, known as 'emissions intensity': we weigh emissions against Gross Domestic Product (GDP), meaning that a growing emissions rate will be masked as an 'improvement' beneath greater GDP growth. Quantitative Reasoning brain, activate.
To signal our discontent, we considered several possibilities. Online petitions had come and gone, and we knew they were a little too easy to ignore. We wanted a physical demonstration, but a strike (or otherwise illegal action) was out of the question – being arrested would benefit nobody.
The acceptable, visible space for a political demonstration in Singapore is Speaker's Corner, Hong Lim Park; unfortunately, this meant, and still means, that foreigners cannot physically attend SGCR. Local political spaces are, by law, inaccessible to foreign residents of Singapore.
To manage the numerous aspects of our rally, the organizers formed committees to track and work on these separate tasks, though the boundaries are fluid and shifting. Rapidly, our arms lengthened and multiplied as additional organizers, partners and volunteers were grafted into SGCR. This writer caught a fever-flu and had to sit things out; when he returned just a week later, the organization was unrecognizable. It was lightning in a bottle.
In the moment, it appeared natural; in reflecting upon SGCR's progress, however, amazement is the only appropriate emotion. It is a testament to the experience and raw effort of more seasoned hands amongst the organizers that everything miraculously fell into place.
One may question, however, how much progress can be achieved by environmental actions in Singapore, a drop in the ocean compared to major industrial polluters. And isn't Singapore already doing enough?
Although Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, devoted many minutes of rhetoric to climate change during his National Day Rally, his actual substance was focused on adapting Singapore for rising seas. A handful of half-hearted lines on mitigation – highlighting Singapore's global insignificance – was all he issued.
This is disingenuous.
Singapore's impact in terms of raw carbon emissions may be relatively little. But we exert other influences upon the climate; home to many premier financial institutions that fund its destruction, exporter of numerous technologies that enable its pollution, and, perhaps most importantly, a role model for other nations with larger carbon footprints than ourselves.
Ultimately, Singapore can adapt itself all it wants — but do we really want to live alone in a dead world? It's time to stop hemming and hawing, and grab the bull by the horns. For the government, this means reluctantly undertaking the systemic changes needed to enable this green revolution. For us, this means (electorally) forcing them into it.
If you are a Singaporean or Permanent Resident, join SGCR on September 21st 2019, at Speaker's Corner, Hong Lim Park, from 3 pm – 6 pm.
The views expressed here are the author's own. The Octant welcomes all voices in the community. Email submissions to: yncoctant@gmail.com
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Q: 2048 game movement assistance java I started making this extremely simple 2048 game, without graphics and stuff (only array), and made the board :
import java.util.*;

public class GameBoard
{
String [][] GameBoard;
void justprint(String s, int n) //(ignore, just a function that makes next steps easier)
{
    for(int i = 0; i<n;i++)
    {
        System.out.print(s);
    }
    System.out.println();
}
public GameBoard(int n)
{
    GameBoard = new String [n][n];
    Random num = new Random();
    for(int i = 0; i<n;i++)
    {
        for(int j = 0; j<n;j++)
        {
            GameBoard[i][j] = "    ";
        }
    }
    System.out.print("-");
    justprint("-----", n);
    int r1 = num.nextInt(n);
    int r2 = num.nextInt(n);
    int r3 = num.nextInt(n);
    int r4 = num.nextInt(n);
    GameBoard[r1][r2] = "   2";
    GameBoard[r3][r4] = "   2";
    for(int i = 0; i<n;i++)
    {
        System.out.print("|");
        for(int j = 0; j<n;j++)
        {
            System.out.print(GameBoard[i][j] + "|");
        }
        System.out.println();
        System.out.print("-");
        justprint("-----", n);
    }
    this.GameBoard = GameBoard;
}

}

Now, I want to make the functions to check if the neighbouring places are blank, or to add if they are the same number, etc.; but I have to make them in another class. I can probably make the functions to check all of that, but can someone tell me just how I could implement all of it in different classes?
I already tried doing it, but I want the user to input the size of the game board, and I can't do that as if I make a new class I have to write like
GameBoard gb = new GameBoard[4][4];

I don't want to define the size, but if I don't then I can't define my movement functions...
Any ideas?