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the government of nepal the prime minister is the head of the council of ministers of nepal he she should be member of the house of the representative pratinidhi sabha the prime minister is the senior most member of cabinet in the executive of government in a parliamentary system the prime minister selects and can dismiss members of the cabinet allocates posts to members within the government and is the presiding member and chairperson of the cabinet the federal cabinet headed by the prime minister is appointed by the president of nepal to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of a majority in the pratinidhi sabha and shall resign if they are unable to prove majority when instructed by the president the residence of prime minister of nepal is in baluwatar kathmandu the seat of the prime minister is singha darbar since the time of chandra shamsher jang bahadur rana the basic monthly salary of prime minister of nepal is npr 77 280 the prime minister of nepal does not have a term limit the current prime minister is kp sharma oli since 15 february 2018

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Monika Mueler Kroll stopped by the American bluegrass bar "SIN" in Kreuzberg to see how how a couple country musicians ended up so far from home.

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By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 20:34 EST, 27 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:58 EST, 28 February 2013 . Two Crown Prosecution Service staff face criminal fraud charges over an alleged £1million fraud involving bogus taxis for witnesses. Finance manager Lisa Burrows, 41, and another unnamed worker, face conspiracy to commit fraud charges over allegations concerning false claims for witness taxi services that were never supplied. Both work for CPS West Midlands. Finance manager Lisa Burrows and her colleague both worked at CPS West Midlands . Malcolm McHaffie, deputy head of special crime for the CPS, said: ‘Following a complaint by the Crown Prosecution Service and a subsequent investigation by West Midlands Police into two members of CPS staff, I have carefully considered available evidence in relation to Lisa Joanne Burrows, a finance manager, and another member of staff, an administrative officer. Both are employed by CPS West Midlands. ‘I have now concluded that it is appropriate to charge both Burrows and the other individual with conspiracy to commit fraud. The charge relates to an alleged £1million fraud involving bogus claims for taxi services (file photo) ‘The charges relate to an allegation that Burrows and the other member of staff, on or before 27 February 2013, conspired together to commit fraud by false representation by submitting to the Crown Prosecution Service false claims for witness care taxi services to the value of at least £1,000,000 when no such services had been supplied. This is contrary to s1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977. ‘This decision was taken under the Threshold Test of the Code for Crown Prosecutors. I have tonight authorised West Midlands Police to charge these two individuals, and Lisa Burrows has now been charged. The other individual has not yet been charged.' Lisa Burrows will appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court on February 28. Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons.

Millions of workers, including public transport staff, bankers and teachers, have been urged to take part by trade unions and social groups. Protesters are taking a stand against the president's proposed pension reforms. President Michel Temer says the changes are needed to overcome a recession. "It is going to be the biggest strike in the history of Brazil," said Paulo Pereira da Silva, the president of trade union group, Forca Sindical. Demonstrations are taking place across the country, with organisers saying they would focus attention on disrupting cities rather than small towns and rural communities. Participants are opposed to the government's pension overhaul, which will be voted on in Congress next week and which could set the minimum retirement age at 65 for men and 62 for women. Public sector workers have been able to retire at much earlier ages. A congressional bill to weaken labour laws also progressed earlier in the week, and the country is experiencing an ever-unfolding corruption scandal, which has been linked to many top politicians, fuelling further public discontent. Some protesters set up roadblocks in various cities, including Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia. The route to Sao Paulo's international airport was among those barricaded with burning tyres in the early hours of the morning. Polls suggest President Temer is very unpopular but up until today he had not yet faced a mass demonstration like Friday's general strike. Many private and public schools are closed across the country. In Sao Paulo - the country's biggest city - most bus, metro and train services are not operating. There are few people on the streets here and it feels like a holiday. The government says the current pension system is unsustainable and is dragging down the economy. Unions say the president wants Brazil's poor and unassisted to pay the price for the country's economic woes. Whatever the turnout is for the protest, Mr Temer still looks fairly strong in Congress. Earlier this week he won a vote for his labour reforms with a wider margin than needed. This has been the hallmark of his administration: a president who is very unpopular in the streets, but is able to get things done in Congress. A spokesman for the Anglican Church in the coastal city of Recife, Dr Juanildo Burity, told the BBC that it would also be taking part in the strike. "Officially the Church has taken a position that encourages its members to be part of this movement, because it understands the political situation," he said, citing concerns over living standards. President Temer says capping pension benefits and raising the retirement age will fix the finances of the country, as it undergoes the worst recession in more than a century. The president has said the austerity measures are needed to prevent a future crisis such as that suffered by Portugal, Spain or Greece. The country has also been hit by rising unemployment. Government statistics released on Friday say more than 14 million people are out of work.

One exception that allows you to start a business while you are not a U.S. citizen nor a permanent resident, is by investing $1 million into a new business and hire at least 10 people. Once you do that, you'll be on your way to permanent residency in the US.

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The average human hand weighs about 0.4kg, and that the average slap has a velocity of 11m/s. Plugging these values into the formula mv2 = mcΔT results in: ½(0.4kg)(11m/s)2 = mcΔT, or 24.2kgm2/s2 = mcΔT Since kgm2s2 can also be conveyed as joules, the units convert into 24.2J = mcΔT An average 1kg rotisserie chicken has a specific heat capacity of 2720J/kgºC. The formula has now made it to 24.2J = (1kg)(2720J/kgºC)(ΔT), or 24.2J/2720JºC = ΔT. Therefore, ΔT = 0.0089ºC. This value represents the temperature increase associate with 1 average slap on a frozen chicken (initial temperature of 0ºC) The frozen chicken must reach a temperature of 205ºC to consider it cooked. We can calculate the number of slaps needed by dividing 205ºC by the temperature increase of 0.0089ºC So, in conclusion, by slapping the chicken 23,034 times

You can do it, but not while it's stopped. All motors are generators (a consequence of conservation of energy.) Most ceiling fans use induction motors, and these behave as generators if they're connected to an AC power supply, and then forcibly spun faster than their unloaded RPM. So heh, you'd have to stick your finger in a moving fan, then push it's blades along in the same direction but faster. Or you could use the fan as a wind turbine. Either get it running and then blast air downwards from above it, or reverse the angle of the blades so you could send air upwards from beneath. For more info, here's a ham radio site with a [DIY induction generator](_URL_0_)

The England Under-19 international had an MRI scan on Monday on the same shoulder he dislocated two seasons ago. "It's the last thing we need," Walsall boss Jon Whitney told BBC WM. "These things never come at good times. But we have to take it on the chin. It's part of football. We'll move on. We've got a Plan B ready." Henry, 19, suffered the injury making a brave headed clearance after half an hour of Saturday's goalless draw at Oldham. "He's dislocated it before," added Whitney. "It's the risks we take playing this game. "He's gone for an MRI as we just needed to see if there was any damage to the structure around the shoulder." Whitney expects both skipper Adam Chambers and midfielder Erhun Oztumer to be in contention for Tuesday night's trip to Chesterfield. Going back to Chesterfield conjures up memories for Whitney, who took charge for the first time in March following the sacking of previous boss Sean O'Driscoll - and the Saddlers won 4-1 at the Proact Stadium.

Handbag.com, TheSite.org and Arizona State University have it all figured out. Remember, your underwear doesn’t dictate who you are, but instead expresses your personality. For Women: High-cut briefs Ladies who wear “granny panties” tend to be perfectionists, except when it comes to style. They care most about comfort and function. Boy shorts or thongs Women who don these are confident go-getters who enjoy a challenge. (The challenge is not to let people see you picking your butt) They like to show off their curves, are outgoing and open to new things. Matchy matchy Some women must have a matching bra and panty set. These confident women are quite fashion-conscious and enjoy pampering themselves. Some might even call them spoiled or high-maintenance. For Men: Boxers Wearing boxers is all about comfort, but men who prefer boxers are generally laidback, not too flashy and light-hearted. Boxers are the No. 1 choice in underwear for men. Briefs Nicknamed tightie-whities even if they are red, blue or some other colour, briefs are worn by men who are inhibited and like the restricted feel of this kind of underwear. Boxer-briefs Can you say the best of both worlds? Men who opt for boxer-briefs are very good at committing in relationships. Hey, they already know how to compromise since they’ve done it with their underwear! Thongs Men who wear thongs are tremendously outgoing and even exhibitionists at times. Going commando Either someone forgot to do the laundry or he is very down-to-earth and embraces a natural way of life.

Digestion takes place whenever and wherever food comes into contact with digestive enzymes. Salivary glands at the base of the tongue secrete enzymes that begin the digestion of carbohydrates. Enzymes secreted by the lining of the stomach are involved in protein, fat and milk digestion.

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Coffee can cause temporary bloating. Too, Dr. Roger Gebhard, M.D., gastroenterologist, states that coffee of any kind "can overexcite the digestive tract and may stimulate spasms in the bowel that cause bloating." Luckily, bloating is temporary.

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far enough to cure cancer. We should also be able to clone our own organs so that if we ever needed a new heart or lung or whatever, we won't have to wait on a list for a year till someone died in order to get it. \nIf we were able to grow a heart on a dish, then we wouldn't have to wait for someone to die.. and we wouldn't have to worry about rejection because it's our own organ.

Through the 1860s, Victoria relied increasingly on a manservant from Scotland, John Brown. Slanderous rumours of a romantic connection and even a secret marriage appeared in print, and the Queen was referred to as "Mrs. Brown". The story of their relationship was the subject of the 1997 movie Mrs. Brown. A painting by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer depicting the Queen with Brown was exhibited at the Royal Academy, and Victoria published a book, Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, which featured Brown prominently and in which the Queen praised him highly.

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If you feel the indulgence of an all-you-can-eat restaurant calling out to you, there's one within your home state to enjoy. Whether it's comfort food, seafood, an international favorite such as sushi or Indian, or an over-the-top Brazilian steakhouse, here are 50 buffets well worth stopping in for a visit.

By Matt Citak Jacob deGrom has been unbelievable for the New York Mets this season. In 11 starts, the 29-year-old right-hander has recorded an impressive 1.52 ERA. This incredible mark currently leads the National League, and has deGrom ranked second in ERA in all of baseball, trailing only Houston’s Justin Verlander and his 1.11 ERA. Through 65.1 innings, deGrom has allowed a mere 11 earned runs while racking up 85 strikeouts and recording a 1.01 WHIP. Yet two months into the season, despite being one of the top performers in the National League, deGrom has been the winning pitcher in just four contests due to the lack of overall support from his teammates. Over his last seven starts, deGrom has pitched to an unworldly 0.45 ERA. One of the biggest reasons for this has been his ability to work himself out of a jam- opposing hitters are hitless in their last 28 at-bats against deGrom with runners in scoring position. However five of those starts resulted in no decisions for the righty, while only two ended with him as the winning pitcher. For example, let’s take a look at his most recent outing. On Monday, deGrom tossed a masterful seven innings during the first game of New York’s doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves. He allowed one earned run on five hits with eight strikeouts, needing 115 pitches to get through the seven frames. He exited the game with the Mets leading 2-1, hopeful the bullpen could hold on to the lead to earn him his fifth win of 2018. But, the normally reliable Seth Lugo allowed a run in the bottom of the 8th to tie the game, and after the Mets took the lead back in the top of the ninth, surrendered a two-run walk-off home run to pinch-hitter Charlie Cluberson. It was Cluberson’s first home run since September 25, 2016. Unfortunately that has been the story of the 2018 season for deGrom and the Mets, who have failed to take advantage of the games with the team’s ace on the mound. Before Monday’s loss to the Braves, deGrom threw an absolute gem five days earlier against the Miami Marlins. The starting pitcher threw seven shutout innings of four-hit ball and left the game with a 1-0 lead, just to watch Mets closer Jeurys Familia give up two runs in the top of the ninth. This is nothing new for deGrom and the Mets. In fact, deGrom has never left a start while trailing this season. Yet somehow, the Mets are 5-6 on the year in his starts, a statistic that’s hard to fathom considering his 1.52 ERA. But game after game, the bullpen has found a way to crumble and spoil his dominant performances. Now in his fifth season in the majors, deGrom has left the game with a lead just to watch the Mets bullpen blow it an astounding 22 times throughout his young career… While the relief pitching has been bad, the Mets’ lineup has not been doing their part this year either. In those six losses with the team’s No. 1 pitcher on the hill, the Mets have been able to score just 15 runs of offense, with six coming in one contest alone. On the other hand, deGrom has allowed only four earned runs in 33.1 innings during those same six games. It’s almost remarkable how little help deGrom has received from his teammates this season, between the lack of run support and the continuous failures of the bullpen. But with the latest injury to Noah Syndergaard, along with the inconsistent play from the rest of the starting rotation, the Mets can ill afford to waste such strong outings from the team’s best pitcher and current Cy Young candidate. If the Mets want to salvage the season and make a true playoff run this year, they need to start by providing Jacob deGrom with the run and bullpen support that the ace deserves. Matt Citak is a contributor for CBS Local Sports and a proud Vanderbilt alum. Follow him on Twitter.

U.S. commanders in Iraq say the insurgents are on the run. The problem is that when the insurgents are chased from one place, such as Fallujah, they pop up elsewhere, to deadly effect.

Vijay Iyer is an acclaimed jazz pianist, MacArthur winner and Harvard professor of music. His new album, recorded with a six-person band, is called Far From Over. With the band, he says, he wanted to write with "different dance rhythms and dance impulses" in mind; the record also reflects Iyer's belief that jazz is "a category that keeps shifting." Iyer spoke with NPR's Scott Simon about his approach to jazz and the histories it carries. Hear the conversation at the audio link, or read on for an edited transcript. Scott Simon: How did this group of musicians begin to come into your life, and how did you begin to play together? Vijay Iyer: Well, I moved to New York about 19 years ago, and some of them I met not long after that. It's really come into its own; it has its own identity and its own way of working together — you know, that builds a certain kind of trust, a certain bond that I think is expressed in the music. And it sort of supports it, so that we're able to sometimes go out on a limb and do something a little bit wild. Going out on a limb: Isn't that what jazz is all about? I don't know; I think that word gets used and overused and misused and kind of caricatured. I think of it as the history of a people, and the history of ideas, a history of defiance, a history of unity, a history of joy and transcendence — and also a history of responding to conditions of oppression and terror. So I always think about my relationship to that history as a South Asian-American, and I try to honor that history while still being myself. I want to ask you about a track on the album, "Good On The Ground." Is it OK if I hear some south Indian folk rhythms in there? [Laughs]. It's OK; that's perfectly OK. I mean, my parents are from India and the rhythmic and melodic ideas from Carnatic music and from Indian folk music had an influence on me. It has sort of been in the background my whole life, and then when I was in my 20s I started trying to put it more in the foreground. And I guess with this band, I wanted to kind of work with different dance rhythms and dance impulses and so that was one that you kind of associate with the courtyard of a temple in south India or something like that — it's a very simple rhythm that excites and electrifies. What kind of music did you grow up listening to and enjoying in your family? Well, I actually grew up listening mostly to the radio: pop music, and rock and soul music from the 1970s and '80s when I grew up. But jazz is where you felt the greatest connection? Well, I sort of regard that word as a pretty open one, in the sense that if you look at the history of the music, it's been a category that keeps shifting. I think the main idea is that you tell your story, you know? And I've studied Duke Ellington's music, Thelonious Monk's music, Bud Powell — but I also know that the reason we're on this planet as individuals is to express and reflect the moment we're in. I wonder if you think it has something particular to say to these times. Well, I think that there's a history of defiance in it. You know, when I talk to my students about it, I kind of frame it as a history of community organizing. Because it was about people coming together in pretty dire circumstances, and — sort of against all odds — creating beauty and changing the world. [Laughs.] You know? That's really what it was. So, when understood in that way, there's a lot to learn about what we must do today.

A doctoral student at the University of Central Florida was arrested Friday and accused of inappropriately touching four women and trying to grab a fifth on campus between November and January. Abdullah Mohammed Zaman, 30, faces three counts of battery and one count of attempted battery. A fifth charge is pending, police said. The victims told police a man would strike up a conversation or ask for help, then either grope them or try to grab them. Orange County Jail Abdullah Mohammed Zaman Abdullah Mohammed Zaman (Orange County Jail) “The reason we were able to make an arrest in this case were good police work, tips from the community, great witnesses and technology the university has installed over the years,” said UCF police Chief Richard Beary. The first incident occurred Nov. 10, but was not reported until Jan. 22 after the victim’s mother saw the incidents in the media and thought it matched what happened to her daughter, police say. The victim told police she was in Garage C near the Business Administration II building when a man approached her and asked for help jumping his car, according to the arrest affidavit. He said she had a scratch on her leg and touched it. She stepped back and he said it was on the other leg and touched it, the affidavit said. The second incident was Nov. 28 in Garage A. He went up to a woman who was getting into her car and put his hand on her back, saying she had a scratch on it, the affidavit said. When she turned around, he pushed her up against her car, touched her leg and said, “I bet you have scratches here, too,” the affidavit said. Other incidents occurred Dec. 4, Jan. 10 and Jan. 22, police said. One woman said Zaman touched her breasts after asking for help with a vending machine. Another said he grabbed her buttocks after asking where to find the science building. Police were able to see the suspect on surveillance video during the Jan. 22 incident, when he reached for another woman’s leg inside a parking garage, the affidavit said. The video showed him walking from the CREOL building to Garage C where the incident occurred, the affidavit said. Video also captured Zaman entering the CREOL building earlier in the day. Another man used his key fob to get into the building; Zaman followed him inside. Police interviewed the man with the key fob and he gave them Zaman’s name, the affidavit said. Four of the five victims identified Zaman as the suspect. In an interview with police, he admitted being in the parking deck waiting for his wife to pick him up, but denied touching the woman or any other victim. “She must be confused,” he said, according to the affidavit. Zaman is a student working toward a doctorate degree in electrical engineering, police said. A spokeswoman said police will notify the Office of Student conduct about the arrest. The results of those investigations are protected from release by federal privacy laws, she said. He was taken to the Orange County Jail on a $2,000 bond. dharris@orlandosentinel.com, 407-420-5471 or @DavidHarrisOS

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Serves 8-10 Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper3 tablespoons butter3 heaping tablespoons all-purpose flour10 cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced6 fresh bay leaves1 quart reduced-fat (2 percent) milk4 cups elbow macaroni8 tomatoes1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheeseA few springs of fresh thyme, leaves pickedOptional: a couple of splashes of Worcestershire sauce, such as Lea & PerrinsOptional: a grating of nutmeg3 big handfuls of fresh bread crumbsOlive oil Get a large saucepan of salted water on to boil. Melt the butter in a large ovenproof saucepan, or Dutch oven, over a low heat, then add the flour and turn the heat up to medium, stirring all the time, until you get a paste -- this is your roux. Add all the sliced garlic -- don't worry about the amount, because each slice will caramelize like toffee in the roux. Keep cooking and stirring until golden and the garlic is nice and sticky. Add the bay leaves and slowly whisk in the milk a little at a time to ensure you get a nice smooth sauce. Bring the mixture to a boil, then leave on a low heat to simmer and tick away, stirring occasionally. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Farenheit. Add the pasta to the pan of boiling salted water and cook following the package instructions. Meanwhile, roughly chop the tomatoes on a board and season them well with salt and pepper. Drain the pasta and add it immediately to the sauce. Give it a good stir and take the pan off the heat. Stir in your grated cheese, chopped tomatoes, and some of the thyme leaves. A little Worcestershire sauce added now is nice, so is a little grating or two of nutmeg. Now work on the flavor -- taste it and season it until it's hitting the right spot. You want it to be slightly too wet because it will thicken up again in the oven, so add a splash of water if needed. If you've made your sauce in a Dutch oven, leave everything in there; if not, transfer it to a deep earthenware dish. Bake it for 30 minutes in the oven, until golden, bubbling, crispy, and delicious. While it's cooking, put your bread crumbs and remaining thyme into a frying pan with a few drizzles of olive oil over a medium heat. Stir and toss the crumbs around until crunchy and golden all over. Remove from the heat and tip into a nice bowl. Serve your macaroni and cheese in the center of the table, with your bowl of crispy bread crumbs for sprinkling over, and a lovely green salad. Wine suggestion: dry Italian white -- a good pinot grigio Excerpted from Jamie's America by Jamie Oliver. Published by Hyperion. All Rights Reserved.

Malicious insiders are the most dangerous security risk of all. May 30, 2018 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A major risk to businesses is one that they often overlook -- rogue employees, also known as the "insider threat." Related: No One Is Safe From the Data Breach Epidemic (Infographic) While many companies today are devoting more resources to preventing hackers from stealing sensitive information, rogue employees can pose a far more serious risk because they have inside access to company secrets, clients and technologies, and they are often not sufficiently monitored. According to the Ponemon Institute, the cost of an insider-related incident is actually higher than a data breach caused by an outside hacker - $4.3 million per incident versus $3.62 million, respectively, and these costs could exceed $8 million over a 12-month period. Insider threats are also on the rise. A 2018 report by the Ponemon Institute found that malicious insider incidents have grown by 56 percent since 2016. A quick scan of the news on any given week will show how prevalent these cases are. For instance, in a recent case at Facebook, a security engineer was accused of abusing his privileged access to stalk women online. In January, a Chinese company was found guilty of using an AMSC employee to steal $800 million worth of intellectual property from that company. In April, a former Manhattan dental office receptionist was convicted of stealing the identities of over 650 patients. And the list goes on and on. Related: Passwords Are Scarily Insecure. Here Are a Few Safer Alternatives. Yet, in spite of the risks, many companies remain unprepared. Nearly one-third of companies admit they have no ability to prevent or deter an insider attack, and only 9 percent consider their insider prevention measures to be effective, according to a 2015 study by the SANS Institute. Preventing this type of abuse isn't easy, but it can be done. Here are four ways to manage the risk posed by trusted insiders. Access controls The key to reducing a company's exposure to insider threats is by creating strong "access controls" that prevent how much data a single employee is able to freely access in the first place. No single employee should have unfettered access to all of the company's secrets -- rather, sensitive data should be siloed, and employee access should be decided on a case by case basis, determined by the employee's need to access such data in order to fulfill her duties. For example, a sales manager does not need access to the company's intellectual property, and an IT administrator does not need access to the company's client roster. The separate roles within a company should also be separated by the level of data access they have. Related: Making Your Data Unreadable to Whoever Steals It Might Be the Only Way to Keep It Safe Technical controls In addition to establishing policy controls on data access, a company should also have in place strong technical controls that prevent over-access or abuse by insiders. These controls should include: encrypting highly sensitive data, so that only specific people can access it; blocking or restricting certain types of tools and websites from employee devices, such as Tor, file transfer protocol (FTP) services, etc.; restricting the use of remote logins to the company's network; resetting passwords immediately for any terminated employee; and requiring regular password resets for all employee accounts in order to reduce the likelihood of learned or shared passwords. Mobile device management This is another crucial step, particularly in today's highly mobile and bring-your-own-device business world. A mobile device management (MDM) service enables a company to monitor the content on both company-owned and personally owned devices, as well as to containerize company data and allow for remote wiping if needed. Related: Why This Cybersecurity Expert Wants You to Rethink What You Keep Secret Monitoring There are many different tools available for keeping an eye on employees, ranging from all-inclusive Big Brother-style technologies that monitor all employee activity on devices (such as email, social media, web browsing, etc.) to more focused tools like exfiltration monitoring, which only look for files being transmitted from the company network to a remote IP address. However, it's important for companies to not be too heavy-handed with employee monitoring, or it could backfire. If employees feel they aren't trusted or valued by the company, they could act out -- the exact thing the company is trying to avoid in the first place. It is best to take a more moderate approach with monitoring, by focusing on what really matters. Exfiltration monitoring, file access monitoring (who is accessing important files, and when and where) and email monitoring are three good steps to take. Related: What You Need to Know About Multifactor Authentication While there is no way to completely eliminate the insider threat, by taking a few key steps, companies can drastically lower their risk and keep employees in check. For more on this issue, see the FBI's tip sheet on averting the insider threat.

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Please enable Javascript to watch this video SALT LAKE CITY -- The website MormonLeaks released the results of its own investigation into investments controlled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, showing more than $32 billion held in 13 separate funds. Fox 13 confirmed the numbers from the MormonLeaks report, but did not include one of the investment funds because it hasn't filed forms with the SEC in two years, suggesting the fund may no longer be active. The LDS Church press office referred Fox 13 to a statement and a series of questions and answers posted on the church's official press website, mormonnewsroom.org. Part of the statement, from Presiding Bishop Gerald Causse, talks about the similarity between the LDS approach to church-wide finances and their teaching about family budgets. In each they emphasize saving and building wealth for the future. "In addition to food and emergency supplies, the Church also sets aside funds each year for future needs. These funds are added to Church reserves, which include stocks and bonds, taxable businesses, agricultural interests and commercial and residential property," Causse said in the published statement. MormonLeaks linked the investment funds to the church by finding a number of internet domain names owned by Intellectual Reserve, the LDS Church's intellectual property arm. MormonLeaks also said they also used an old church employee directory and found the names of the registered business managers in the federal filings were the same as names of employees of the LDS Church who served in finance-related positions. Fox 13 was able to confirm the federal filings and internet domain names, but did not have access to an employee directory. It's hard to compare finances of different churches because their governing structures and levels of transparency differ widely, but some publicly disclosed investment amounts provide perspective. In 2012, the Vatican bank disclosed assets amounting to about $7.5 billion. The largest protestant denomination in the United States, the Southern Baptist Convention, provides a public financial report that includes cash and investments totaling just over $20 million. Both the Southern Baptists and Catholic Church have far larger annual operating revenue than the LDS Church, but the cash tends to flow through without an emphasis on investment. The Southern Baptist Convention is non-hierarchical affiliation of churches sharing beliefs, but governed locally with churches operating on separate budgets. The Catholic Church is hierarchical and may be the wealthiest organization in the world in terms of property ownership, but it also venerates the poor and views wealth cautiously as a potential stumbling block.

How much do you have to make to qualify for a million-dollar home? You need to make approximately $220,000 a year to qualify for a million-dollar home. This assumes that you have a strong financial portfolio, i.e. savings in the bank, few or no debts, etc. Expect a monthly mortgage payment of around $5,000.

Clashes between US forces and Shia insurgents across Baghdad's Sadr City leave at least 33 people dead.

The bell at ringside has tolled for the last time this year, thereby ringing in this column’s awards for Anno Domini 2014. A Merry Christmas to fight fans everywhere – and many a Happy Boxing Day. BOXER OF THE YEAR - Carl Froch . Froch fought only once these 12 months but what a night it was. Upwards of 80,000 at Wembley – the biggest post-war boxing crowd in Britain – saw the Nottingham Cobra deliver the punch which rang out around the world. No controversy this time as Froch put a devastating end to a second successful defence of his world super-middleweight title against dashing young pretender George Groves. A case could be argued for Kell Brook after the away win over American Shaw Porter which gave him a world welterweight title. Hearty congratulations, also, to Andy Lee for his knockout world middleweight title win over Matt Korobov. But it was Froch who carried British boxing to a new, wider, younger, crossover audience in spectacular style. KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR - Carl Froch . See above. Carl Froch secured a thrilling win over George Groves in a fight that captured the imagination of the public . VIDEO Froch v Groves II highlights . Froch prevailed in  an eagerly-anticipated rematch between the pair in front of over 80,000 fans at Wembley . Froch landed a devastating punch on Groves that left the challenger unable to continue at Wembley . WORLD BOXER OF THE YEAR - Gennady Golovkin . Golovkin, the most feared middleweight on the planet, inflicted massive knockouts on three challengers for his world titles in this one year. Osumanu Adama, Daniel Geale and Marco Antonio Rubio all fell in 1914 to the Kazakh hammer, who now boasts 28 KOs in a perfect record of 31 wins. Golovkin has not been taken the distance for almost seven years and now holds the highest knock-out ratio – 90 per cent – in the history of the classic middleweight division. Good luck to our Martin Murray in Monte Carlo on February 21. Gennady Golovkin took his record to 28 knockouts from a perfect 31 wins in his career . FIGHT OF THE YEAR - Billy Joe Saunders vs Chris Eubank Jnr . Two brilliant British prospects for world titles had the courage to take each other on early in their careers and delivered a thriller in which Saunders claimed a valid decision but Son of Eubank enhanced his future, also. Not only a roller-coaster ride but vibrant proof that there is no crime in losing. Chris Eubank Jnr and Billy Joe Saunders produced a thrilling contest when they met at the Excel . Eubank and Saunders had been rivals for a while, and the latter won on a split division in November . STILL….THE No 1 POUND-FOR-POUND - Floyd Mayweather . Not a vintage year for the Money man but he still minted a pair of hard-currency wins over the pesky, hard-punching Marcos Maidana to retain his status as both the best boxer on the planet and the pay-per-view king. Floyd Mayweather extended his perfect record to 47 wins from 47 contests in 2014 . Mayweather twice got the better of tough Argentine Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas . COMMAND PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR - Manny Pacquiao . Pacquiao looked virtually back to his lightning, thunderous best in Macau as he hounded a young world champion, New York’s Chris Algieri, around the ring, decking him six times on his way to a modern record points victory by 18 points, 120-102. Bring on PacMan v Money Man. Manny Pacquiao dominated Chris Algieri when they met in Macau on November 23 . VIRTUOSO PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR - Amir Khan . Having promised a statement against Devon Alexander, Khan delivered not only that but a masterclass of hand and foot speed. The boy from Bolton came of age in Las Vegas, not losing a round as he raced into the Mayweather-Pacquiao sweepstakes. Amir Khan produced a dazzling display in beating Devon Alexander in Las Vegas in December . Khan is targeting a fight against Mayweather after his impressive victory over Alexander . PROMOTER OF THE YEAR - Eddie Hearn . Hearn, at Matchroom, for backing his belief that Froch-Groves could fill Wembley, turning the stadium from an England football ground into a boxing Colosseum overnight and putting on the event of not just this but many a year. Eddie Hearn at a press conference to launch Froch's rematch against Groves at Wembley . LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Bernard Hopkins . Already, at 49, the oldest boxer ever to hold a world title, the former Executioner who re-dubbed himself The Alien came within a month and one week of wearing the light-heavyweight crown at 50 when he faced Sergey Kovalev in Atlantic City this November. Although he lost Hopkins still achieved what many have not, by taking the Krusher from Russia the distance. For a life heart-warmingly redeemed from a Philadelphia prison as a teenager, we salute the grand old man of the prize-ring. Bernard Hopkins came within a month and a week of wearing the light-heavyweight world title aged 50 .

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Kharif crops are the crops which are sown at the beginning of the rainy season, e.g. between April and May. Rabi crops are the crops that are sown at the end of monsoon or at the beginning of winter season, e.g. between September and October. ... Major Rabi crops are wheat, gram, peas, barley etc.

Gerund and present participle phrases are easy to confuse because they both begin with an ing word. The difference is that a gerund phrase will always function as a noun while a present participle phrase describes another word in the sentence.

Significance of identifying human resource competency in organizations and the necessity for valuating human resource in accounting persuade many researchers to design a conceptual model for measuring human resource accounting. This study, first, examines dimensions of various valuation models of human resource and then they are compared with Goleman individual and social competency indicators. Next, individual, organizational and social competency indicators are designed through developing Goleman model. Finally, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and experts’ ideas in human resource accounting in superior universities of the world are used to classify the indicators; and the conceptual model of measuring human resource accounting is designed based on guidelines of management and human capital development vice-presidency and inspiring effort rate of return method.

In Britain's "imperial century", victory over Napoleon left Britain without any serious international rival, other than Russia in central Asia. Unchallenged at sea, Britain adopted the role of global policeman, a state of affairs later known as the Pax Britannica, and a foreign policy of "splendid isolation". Alongside the formal control it exerted over its own colonies, Britain's dominant position in world trade meant that it effectively controlled the economies of many nominally independent countries, such as China, Argentina and Siam, which has been generally characterized as "informal empire". Of note during this time was the Anglo-Zulu War, which was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Empire.

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SkyPixel, the world’s most popular aerial photography community run in cooperation with DJI, has selected some of the best aerial stories submitted to the 2017 SkyPixel Photo Storytelling Contest. From a crystal selfie in the middle of Lake Baikal to witnessing a polar bear hunt in Nunavut, each photo is a story in itself, providing audiences with fresh perspectives of the world we live in. These photos not only represent some of the best work submitted to the contest thus far but also capture key moments of 2017 as the year comes to an end. The 2017 SkyPixel Photo Storytelling Contest continues to welcome entries until December 29, 2017. Participants can submit their photos to three different categories – Landscape, Portrait, and Story (which requires a series of photos taken from the ground and in the air), for a chance to win up to 15K USD worth of prizes. “The SkyPixel platform has become a gathering place for aerial photographers, creators and artists, to share, to inspire and to provide us with unique perspectives of the world,” said Danny Zheng, DJI’s Vice President of Marketing, “With the new ‘Story’ category, we hope to provide participants more creative freedom and a chance to curate their story. The entries we’ve seen so far have exceeded our expectations and we hope they will also serve as inspirations for others who plan to take part.” The final winners will be announced on January 31, 2018. This year’s Grand Prize winner will receive prizes worth approximately 15k USD, including a DJI Inspire 2 with Zenmuse X7 DL-S 16mm F2.8 ND ASPH, an iPhone X 256G, a Nikon D850 FX-format Digital SLR Camera Body, a Lowepro Pro Runner RL x450 AW II, a Manfrotto MKBFRC4-BH Befree Carbon Fiber Tripod with Ball Head, and more. Professional and Enthusiast groups will have a First, Second and Third Prize in each category, with rewards up to 7,000 USD. SkyPixel will also give out a Popular Prize reward to the top ten most liked entries and an additional nine will stand to win Nominated Entries rewards. Visit SkyPixel for more details.

On September 21, 1953, Thomas Watson, Jr., the company's president at the time, sent out a controversial letter to all IBM employees stating that IBM needed to hire the best people, regardless of their race, ethnic origin, or gender. He also publicized the policy so that in his negotiations to build new manufacturing plants with the governors of two states in the U.S. South, he could be clear that IBM would not build "separate-but-equal" workplaces. In 1984, IBM added sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policy. The company stated that this would give IBM a competitive advantage because IBM would then be able to hire talented people its competitors would turn down.

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Consider a demand equation, $$Q=\alpha\ +\beta\ P$$ If you were to just use, $$e_{{\langle p\rangle }} = {\frac {{\mathrm {d}}Q}{{\mathrm {d}}P}}$$ Then the result is only the differentiation with respect to $P$. This doesn't give you the information that you are looking for because you haven't specified the point at which you are measuring elasticity. To do this the second portion of the equation is necessary. Suppose you want to know the elasticity at $P=\$8$. By plugging $\$8$ into the demand equation you can calculate the quantity demanded at $P=\$8$. Personally, I have to think of this in two parts, (1) the differentiation with respect to $P$ (2) multiplied by the "spot" of the demand curve that I am examining, ${\frac PQ}$. $e_{{\langle p\rangle }}={\frac {{\mathrm {d}}Q}{{\mathrm {d}}P}}* {\frac PQ}$ edit The number that you calculate is the percent change of a 1% increase in price. For example, if $e=-0.3$, you can say that a 1% increase in price should cause a 0.3% drop in the quantity demanded.

The annual Salvation Army bell ringing campaign began December 1 in Maryville and volunteers are needed for the fundraising drive which keeps all donations in Nodaway County. The money raised in the red kettle drive is distributed in partnership with Community Services, Inc., and is used to benefit the local community. Funds provide emergency assistance to county residents during crisis situations. Assistance for basic living essentials include food, clothing, utilities, housing assistance, temporary lodging, transportation, prescription medications and other emergency needs. Salvation Army services are funded through donations from individuals. In 2017, approximately 200 families benefitted from the money collected in the December 2016 red kettle drive. There are red kettles at Wal-Mart and Hy-Vee entrances and counter kettles at the following businesses: South Nodaway Valley Bank, Hy-Vee Gas and Convenience, Pagliai’s, Ace Hardware, Gray’s Restaurant, Orscheln Farm and Home and O’Reilly Auto Parts. Those interested in volunteering as a bell ringer can visit signupgenius.com/go/70a0948afab29a13-2017 to register for a one-hour time slot on any day listed. You may also contact Norma at Community Services, 660.582.3113. Contributions can also be mailed to Community Services, Inc., PO Box 328, Maryville, MO 64468. Make checks payable to Nodaway County Salvation Army.

An algorithm is presented to compute the self-intersection curves of a rational ruled surface based on the theory of @m-bases. The algorithm starts by constructing the principal subresultants for a @m-basis of the rational ruled surface. The principal subresultant coefficients provide information about not only the parametric loci of the self-intersection curves, but also the orders of the self-intersection curves. Based on this observation, an efficient algorithm is provided to compute the parametric loci of the self-intersection curves as well as their corresponding orders. The isolated singular points of the rational ruled surface are also computed.

A violation of these statutes is a wobbler, meaning that it can be charged as either a misdemeanor or a felony. If charged as a misdemeanor, the offense is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year.

The Ivory Coast international, who has signed a four-year contract, is the first player to join United since Jose Mourinho was appointed manager. Bailly, 22, said: "It is a dream come true to be joining Manchester United. To play football at the highest level is all I have ever wanted to do." Mourinho said: "Eric has the potential to become one of the best around." Bailly has played 40 times in La Liga, the first five games being for Espanyol. He joined Villarreal for £4.4m in January 2015 and played in every match as Ivory Coast won the Africa Cup of Nations just weeks later. Bailly said: "It is a confidence boost that a manager with so much experience of English football has trusted in me by making me his first signing. "English football has a different style to Spanish football. It's more physical and more direct as well. I have always thought it would suit my style of football." United are also tipped to complete the acquisition of Paris St-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. How do you think Man Utd should line-up for the 2016/17 season? Pick your XI - and then share it with your friends.

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I don't know if it is the original that you had in mind, but Gapminder allows you to interactively explore a variety of data sets relating to both developed and developing countries.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of changing a cello's endpin material and boundary conditions on the sound and vibration characteristics of a cello. It was hypothesized that an endpin made of a denser material than stainless steel, which is traditionally used, would improve the tone quality of the cello. In terms of endpin boundary conditions, it was hypothesized that using a shorter endpin with fixed end conditions might also improve the vibration characteristics and sound radiation efficiency of the cello. Objective and subjective tests were conducted to examine the effects of the different endpin materials. Sound power level output and vibration measurements of a cellist playing on different endpins were obtained following ISO 3741. In general, sound power levels and measured vibrations were consistent for all endpins for all notes tested. For the subjective study, volunteer cellists played selected excerpts with the different endpins, not knowing which endpin they were using. ...

A series of complex and highly branched quinones were obtained by reacting an original tetraalkylating agent, 2,3,5,6-tetrachloromethyl-1,4-benzoquinone with primary or secondary nitroalkanes under SRN1 reactions conditions. # 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Bottle bombs are usually beers that are about 10 gravity points above terminal gravity for standard 12oz bottles, then hit TG in the bottles. So 1.020 SG when 1.010 is TG. For typical normal carbonation, 3-4 points above TG. Most 5 gallon batches call for about 4oz of monosaccaride priming sugar. Rather than trying to make bombs and risk a mess and possible injury. Try to apply best practices for bottle conditioning. rack to a bottling vessel from fermentor, this allows you to get mostly fined beer and then able to control how much trub you bring in. In 5 gallons I would intentionally bring in about 100m l of the yeast trub and mix. use a powdered monosaccaride priming sugar (corn sugar), mix well in your bottling vessel. repitch fresh yeast at bottling, if there was extreme fining or extended time in fermentation that would significantly reduce yeast health. make sure your caps are sealing well. Cappers fatigue after a while and don't crimp very tight. Test by seeing if you can spin a cap on a capped bottle without tearing flesh on your hand. They shouldn't turn even by the strongest of us. swing cap seals, these too can wear out or cause gas off from cracks or chemical damage. Some sanitizers can degrade the seal and cause it to become pourus allowing small molecule gasses to escape. When this happens they can even function like a regulator and only leak at certian a psi. So they still maintain some pressure but not as much as they should. Wet the caps. Bottle caps should be pulled from submerged in a sanitizer withat least 90% water, or sprayed before going on the bottle. O2 absorbing caps require water to activate and it changes the media to make a good seal. Inverting bottles capped with dry caps doesn't wet the sealing area, so it's not enough.

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I've been buying this coffee for a while and have found it to be my favorite of all the K-Cup coffees I have tried. It is nice and strong but not bitter or too acid. The price in the new 50 pack is also better than the smaller package sizes.

Dreams of hugging someone, usually symbolize someone or something you are embracing with joy. ... These dreams often reveal your need for affection, support, contact and warmth from other people, especially the ones that are close to you. Sometimes, these dreams could reveal your feelings of relief about some situation.

I was looking to treat myself to some cream soda I had not yet tried, so I chose Blue Sky cream soda. I love Virgil's cream soda, and Boylan's, even Sioux City is pretty good. For me the Blue Sky brand was very artificial tasting. I can't say it tasted quite like a diet soda even though it wasn't diet, but it had more artificial flavor than cream flavor. I only use the word diet because it didn't taste like a regular sugary soft drink. Some people may actually like that. I don't. I ended up giving it to a friend after deciding I couldn't drink it. He likes it just fine.

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The Republican National Committee says it raised $13.7 million in March, its best fundraising month this election cycle.

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Hollywood honchos faced hundreds of striking writers as they went to work this week. Members of the Writer's Guild of America and their supporters sported union t-shirts and plenty of sunscreen as they walked in front of film and television studios. We talked to some of the writers on the picket line.

CABANATUAN CITY, Philippines (CNN) -- Typhoon Parma crossed the northern tip of the already storm-battered Philippines Saturday afternoon and early Sunday, killing three people, according to local media. A NASA satellite image shows Typhoon Parma as it headed toward the Philippines on Friday. Parma made landfall Saturday afternoon in a rural region of fishermen and farmers in Luzon, the largest of the Philippine islands. Tens of thousands of people to fled their homes for safer shelter. Winds whipped the coastline and felled power lines in northernmost Cagayan Province. Debris littered the roads, making evacuations even more difficult. At 5 a.m. Sunday (5 p.m. Saturday ET), Parma, known locally as Typhoon Pepeng, had maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour (75 mph) with gusts as high as 148 kilometers (92 mph) as the eye began to leave land, heading to the northeast, according to the U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Parma avoided a direct hit on heavily populated Manila, but the real menace in the Philippines capital was not wind. It was water, and there was no escape from it. Parma was expected to dump as much as 8 to 20 inches of rain in areas still water-logged from last week's Typhoon Ketsana. That storm resulted in the heaviest rainfall in 40 years and at one point, 80 percent of Manila was submerged. Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro appealed to Filipinos to remain in shelters even if they were in cities and towns not directly in Parma's path. He said he was worried about massive flooding and possible mudslides in mountainous regions. The government deployed 10,000 troops to help with rescue and relief operations as frightened Filipinos prepared for the worst. World Vision, the Christian humanitarian organization, was planning to launch relief operations Saturday evening in Isabela Province, one of the areas slammed by Parma. The group also plans assistance for nearby Cagayan province, whose capital, Tuguegarao, is being hit hard by Parma's strong winds. Arturo Fidelino, a telecommunications executive in Manila, described panicked people rushing to stock up on essential goods -- drinking water, canned food and electrical supplies. "We had a traumatic experience when we had Ketsana," he said. "We don't want that to happen again." President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo placed the country "under the state of calamity." Macapagal-Arroyo said disaster-relief crews in vulnerable areas must be equipped with life-saving kits, boats, portable generators and trucks. Ketsana, which swallowed whole houses and buses over the weekend, killed 246 in the Philippines. It later strengthened into a typhoon. An additional 38 are missing, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said. The storm affected nearly 2 million people and forced the evacuation of 567,000. CNN's Eunice Yoon and Pamela Boykoff in Cabantuan City, and Josh Levs in Atlanta contributed to this report.

Ronald Reagan secretly offered the Royal Navy the USS Iwo Jima, one of our first amphibious assault/helicopter carriers as a replacement if they lost one of their carriers. Other than that there was some political pressure used to try and stop Argentina's purchase of more French Exocet missiles after they proved so effective against British warships, but not much. Mostly the US just contributed by getting out of the way, which conflicted with the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine, which is usually central to US policy involving Latin America.

Allen Ballard knows how to tell a good story. His characters come alive as we accompany them through the tragic events in 1864-1865 western Mississippi. Both white and black characters come across as real people, and I was sorry to leave them when the book was all-too-soon finished.

Postemergence control of crabgrass and some other summer annual weeds involves the use of chemicals that kill growing plants after they have appeared in the turf. Postemergence herbicides can be used to treat only those areas where summer annual grass weeds have emerged.

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The smog is caused by smoke from forest fires in Sumatra, which has blown east over Malaysia and Singapore. According to Prof Roy Harrison, professor of environmental health at the University of Birmingham, this type of air pollution can be very unpleasant. "It's quite different to traffic pollution, but equally toxic. "The particles in the air are mostly made up of carbon compounds and sooty material and there will be nasty acrid gases in the smoke." The immediate effects of smog can include problems with breathing, wheezing, coughing and watery eyes. Dr Keith Prowse, from the British Lung Foundation, says the concentration of the current smog means it will probably affect everyone in some way. "It looks highly irritant to the eyes, nose and chest - and people may then develop a cough or chest symptoms." In the longer term, prolonged exposure to air pollution of any kind can have an impact on human health and reduce life expectancy. The World Health Organization says air pollution is a significant risk factor for a number of health conditions including respiratory infection, heart disease, and lung cancer - but there are certain groups who are particularly at risk. Elderly people and those with respiratory illnesses, such as asthma, are vulnerable when smog hits because their lungs are less able to deal with the pollution. They are more likely to be admitted to hospital, and for those who are already sick, the smog is an additional stress factor. People with asthma may find their condition worsens and they need to take more medication. Children are thought to be susceptible to the dangers of air pollution because they spend more time outdoors and breathe in more air per unit of body weight. Prof Harrison says younger adults can be affected too. "We do know that exposure to particles in air pollution affects the rhythm of the heart. "This could affect people in their forties who are beginning to have heart conditions which they may not be aware of." Repeated exposure to air pollution caused by car fumes is known to carry risks for the heart, as previous studies show. Recent research led by Dr Krishnan Bhaskaran, a statistical epidemiologist from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, discovered that high pollution events could trigger heart attacks in people who were already vulnerable. Another recent study from Edinburgh found that air pollution from diesel exhaust fumes has an impact on the heart and blood vessels, potentially increasing the chance of blood clots forming in the arteries. Singapore's prime minister said that the smoky haze could remain in place for weeks and possibly until September or October, when the dry season ends in Sumatra. Prolonged exposure to the smog will mean prolonged health risks for elderly and vulnerable people in an urban area where normal pollution levels are quite high. In the meantime, the advice is to stay indoors when possible, where pollution levels are lower, and limit unnecessary physical activity to reduce breathing in dirty air. The face masks which are in high demand in Singapore can protect against the worst of the smog. But Dr Bhaskaran says they are unlikely to provide total protection. "The masks may be sufficient to keep out some particles, but other gases would go straight through them." The British Lung Foundation agrees: "The use of masks is not recommended; they are often ineffective and may make breathing more difficult."

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N'Djamena, Chad (CNN) -- After spending years of working in neighboring Libya, the last place Daoud Mohammed wants to be right now is back to his home in Chad, the landlocked country in central Africa. With no work and few opportunities, he is worried about his and his family's future in Chad's capital N'Djamena. "To survive I had to be away -- though my family was here in Chad -- because there is nothing for me to do here," says Mohammed. He is one of the tens of thousands of Chadians who fled last year's fighting in Libya and are now back in their homeland. "I don't have any skills, I don't have any qualifications and the rainy seasons here don't come often enough, so we can't cultivate," adds Mohammed, who used to work on construction sites in Libya. Like Mohammed, around 300,000 Chadians made their living in Libya, often filling a gap at the lower end of the labor market, working in oil fields and construction sites. Read more: The Africans looking to make it in China . Many of them would send money back home to their families, providing a lifeline for a country where the majority live on less than $2 a day. The remittances helped kick-start Chad's otherwise largely stagnant economy but this was brought to a halt last year after the revolution against Moammar Gadhafi's autocratic rule also forced thousands of Chadians out of the country. The world focused on the uprising and the war in Libya, but from the onset other Africans were targeted. Mohammed says a group of armed revolutionaries stormed his compound in Benghazi, accusing some 300 Chadian workers of supporting Gafdhafi. "I don't know why they attacked me. I am just a laborer and I don't care about politics or governments, I just don't know why they did this to me," says Mohammed. Fellow Chadian Tidjani Ali Mohamed, who worked as a skilled plasterer in Libya, says he spent months in a Tripoli prison where Africans from many other countries were also held. "They forced me to confess that I worked with Gadhafi. But since I did not work with Gadhafi I just kept saying that I didn't so they just kept on beating me," he says. "It was constant suffering -- they treated me so badly, they beat me all the time and I didn't know if I would die today or tomorrow." The International Organization for Migration (IOM) negotiated with the Transitional Council in Libya to get the Chadians and other Africans out in a highly sensitive evacuation operation. In the end, they brought some 90,000 people back to Chad. See more: Is narcotic khat funding terrorism? Though foreigners did play some part in fighting as mercenaries for Gadhafi during the bloody Libyan war, the IOM and local leaders in Chad say the vast majority of Chadians, like Mohammed, were working to send remittances home. "Libya was always a rich country, they have lots of oil, and therefore there are work opportunities," says local leader Sultan Al Sadiq Al Bashir. "Whoever goes there, even without education, will find something to do. Being a laborer, or working in agriculture, or in construction, there are always opportunities over there." Chadian economist and former finance minister Ali Abderahman Hagar says the return of the migrant workers has had a deep impact on the country's economy. "We welcomed 100,000 people who contributed to Libya's development but returned empty-handed," says Hagar, who now runs the Graduate School of Finance in Chad. "It is difficult to feed one person here in Chad, so to feed 100,000 more without having planned for them is dramatic," he adds. "We haven't received enough support from international states, we have in some way become victims of the war in Libya, even if a few Chadians are in mourning of Gadhafi's death." Like Libya, Chad has significant oil reserves. The resource was supposed to be the savior of the country's economy but people say they've yet to reap any rewards from it. "For 10 years we have seen no benefit from the oil, nothing at all," says Al Bashir. "People are still poor, people need a lot of things, and the oil is not doing anything for the people." Opinion: Can Kenya avoid Africa's resource curse? Chad, which has been ruled by Idriss Deby since 1990, has been ranked by Transparency International as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Its industrial output is also minimal, while its agricultural sector has been hit by successive droughts. Despite some recent reforms, state safety nets are almost non-existent, leaving returning migrants to fend for themselves. Thrown out of Libya and with few opportunities at home in Chad, many of them now believe they've become a burden on the people they once supported. "Now we have to beg for food and the local community gives us some food and that's how we survive -- we have nothing else," says Mohammed.

Check that you are either using the javascript VM or that you have metamask unlocked and connected to a test net if using injected web3. Make sure you have an allowance mapping that looks like this: mapping(address => mapping(address => uint256)) public allowance; And that your Burn event looks like this: event Burn(address indexed from, uint256 value); If you have both of these correct there is probably something wrong with the onlyOwner modifier.

Variety - NEW YORK -- In one of television's most counterintuitive twists, none of the broadcast news divisions or cable news nets proclaimed George W. Bush the victor until sometime after 11 a.m. Wednesday. That's when Democratic challenger John Kerry ended a tense standoff and conceded the fraught race in a phone call to Bush.

Yeah find like an old shoe box and put it under some books and clothes . I have a crop top and short shorts that are barried in the back of my closet

Ghee does have a different aroma and consistency, so, depending on the use of it in the recipe (wether it is used for frying or in the frosting for example), it will quite likely change the final result. So in some cases substituting butter with some neutral flavored oil or margarine might be better than ghee.

Algorithm like Decision Tree, can also work well on ordinal values, i.e. without OneHotEncoding. You can try this one. Also Im not sure the importance of Title Name, so you have to take decision based upon the requirements. But I have avoided in my use case. Also, generally when you have large number of categories, you can give a try by clubbing uncommon categories into one.

A newly developed surgical technique can help some people with facial paralysis regain muscle movement in their face, with some patients able to smile again within a week of surgery, researchers said on Monday.

I think you are missing Thead Id when you are sending emails to Customer. Have a look into this Knowledge article. Why is the email to case generating new cases from reply emails? If you want to update existing case comments based on Customer response you could use InboundEmail object to parse the response and put that in Case comments.

Fit as expected. Made well, and my boys wear it all the time. It is understated apparel (doesn't stand out), but still glad I bought it.

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Racing a Homing (Rock) Pigeon. 1 1. Find a local pigeon racing club and join. 2 2. Attend racing events and observe. 3 3. Get advice from existing pigeon racers. 4. Enter your pigeons in racing 1 events. 5. Race your pigeons.

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The Sunday Herald TV critic Damien Love reimagined the ceremony as a return of the classic science fiction series The Twilight Zone. President Trump: The Inauguration 4pm, BBC One/ STV "After a long absence, The Twilight Zone returns with one of the most ambitious, expensive and controversial productions in broadcast history. Sci-fi writers have dabbled often with alternative history stories - among the most common is the "What If The Nazis Had Won The Second World War" setting - but this huge interactive virtual reality project, which will unfold on TV, in the press, and on Twitter over the next four years, sets out to build an ongoing alternative present. The story begins in a nightmarish version of 2017 in which huge sections of the US electorate have somehow been duped into voting to make Donald Trump president. It sounds far-fetched, and it is, but as it goes on it becomes more and more chillingly plausible. Today's feature-length opener concentrates on the gaudy inauguration of President Trump, and the stirrings of protest and despair surrounding the ceremony, while pundits speculate gravely on what lies ahead. It's a flawed piece, but a disturbing glimpse of the horrors we could stumble into, if we're not careful." Trump inauguration boycott grows Why pop stars won't play for Trump Views from Route 45 on the 45th president Love's satirical piece has amused people on both sides of the Atlantic. A Facebook post by singer-songwriter Billy Bragg calling the listing a preview of things to come has been shared more than 125,000 times while Star Trek actor George Takei tweeted: "The Sunday Herald TV section wins today." Seth MacFarlane, creator of animated TV series Family Guy, also tweeted his appreciation while Twitter user Scott Wryn worries Mr Trump may invade Scotland in response. Not everyone approved of the joke though. One user tweeted: "They can't even write a TV schedule without filling it with fake news and propaganda." The Editor of the Sunday Herald, Neil Mackay, tweeted: "I would like the good people of the world to help me get @realDonaldTrump to read this from today's Sunday Herald. Love from Scotland x." The president-elect, normally quick to react to criticism, has not responded to the piece so far. The inauguration ceremony will take place on Friday 20 January and you can watch the real programme President Trump: The Inauguration at 16:00 GMT on BBC One. by UGC and Social News team

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When Landon Donovan scored his last minute goal against Algeria, he didn't merely put the U.S. through to the Round of 16, he inadvertently set up one of sports great rivalries. Fueled by two World Wars, and the adolescent jingoistic inventiveness of the British tabloids, no game looms larger in the English psyche than England vs. Germany. In truth, the German fans don't feel quite as passionate. Arguably, Holland is Germany's natural rival. Imagine the Red Sox obsessed with beating the Yankees, while the Yankees are more bothered about bragging rights over the Mets. But England vs Germany does have a knack for producing great drama whenever the two sides meet. Read More In 1966 England beat West Germany 4-2 to win its only World Cup. Geoff Hurst's controversial goal, which put England ahead 3-2, was ruled by a Soviet linesman as good when many thought it bounced back into play. In the decades since the so called "ghost goal" has been the subject of as many documentaries, re-creations and conspiracy theories as the Kennedy assassination.Recent history hasn't served the English so well. In 1970 England lost a heartbreaker to Germany in the quarter finals. In 1990 they went out to the Germans in the semi-finals, losing on penalties. And it was penalties that also cost the English dearly in the 1996 European Championship semi-finals. It's a record of futility that led England player turned pundit Garry Lineker to quip, "Football is a simple game; twenty-two men chase a ball for ninety minutes and in the end the Germans always win."But will the Germans win in Bloemfontein? Depends which England team turns up. The confident team  that cruised through the qualifiers and looked like a legitimate Cup contender, or the tight, nervous squad that has been one of World Cup 2010's bigger disappointments. Against Slovenia, there were signs England was finding rhythm and confidence. To win they'll need Wayne Rooney at his brilliant best, which he hasn't been so far, supported by clutch performances from England's other superstars: Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and John Terry at the back.  After a relatively fallow period by its mighty standards, Germany looks like a team on the up, with a dangerous mixture of terrific young talent and experience. They are always well organized and tactically savvy. But several players are reportedly carrying injuries.  And as they showed in the group matches by losing to Serbia, Germany is far from unbeatable. I'm picking England to finally live up to the hype and win this one--unless the game goes to penalties. Please, please, please soccer gods, don't do that to us again!

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Fast forward about 20 years, and it's fair to say he has done just that. The business he runs, Frasers Hospitality, is one of the world's biggest providers of high-end serviced apartments. Its 148 properties span about 80 capital cities, as well as financial hubs across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. But it almost didn't get off the ground. When Mr Choe was appointed to launch and lead the company, Asia was booming; the tiger economies of Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore were expanding rapidly. But as Frasers prepared to open its first two properties in Singapore, the Asian financial crisis hit. It was 1997. Currencies went into freefall. Suddenly, people were losing their jobs and stopped travelling. Mr Choe recalls asking staff if they really wanted to continue working with the firm, because when the properties opened they might not get paid. "It was really that serious," he says. "I remember tearing up because they said 'let's open it, let's open it whether you can pay us or not'." Survival, Mr Choe admits, came through a bit of luck, and the misfortune of others. He had convinced the board at parent firm, property group Frasers Centrepoint, to open serviced apartments rather than hotels - partly because getting planning permission in Singapore was easier. But he also sensed it was a big, untapped market. And at the time of the crisis, it proved to be exactly what customers wanted. "As we were going through this difficult patch, there were protests and riots in Jakarta," he says. "A lot of companies like Microsoft called up looking for rooms for their staff because they were moving out of Jakarta." Frasers' 412 apartments were quickly in demand. Occupancy soon hit 70%, and then 90%. Explaining the popularity of serviced apartments, Mr Choe says that if people are staying somewhere for just a few days, they happily stay in hotels, but if they are going to be somewhere for one month to eight months, the walls of hotel rooms "close in on you". But now, Mr Choe, 57, faces new challenges - the travel tastes of millennials and the disruptive nature of Airbnb. "The way to tackle Airbnb is not to ignore it. I will never underestimate Airbnb," he says. There's been no significant impact on Frasers yet. Big corporations still prefer to put employees in big service apartments, he says, because they can guarantee a level of safety and security. But that is likely to change, Mr Choe admits. "I have two daughters who to my chagrin use Airbnb," he says. "We took a family trip to Florence and I stayed in this wonderful boutique hotel, but paid a bundle for it. "When my daughter joined us, she said, 'I'm just staying next door and paying about 80 euros'. We paid about 330 euros. "I asked why they stayed at Airbnb. They say 'it's like a surprise, it's part of the adventure'." And so now, Mr Choe wants to bring some of that vibrancy to Frasers. While neutral colours, beige curtains and dark wooden chairs dominate its more traditional apartments, many customers want something different, and this is shaping Fraser's strategy. In 2015 it bought Malmaison Hotel du Vin, a UK hotel group that specialises in developing heritage properties into upscale boutique hotels. That has taken them beyond financial centres, including to Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. Or, an intrepid traveller with $500 (£325) to spend could have a night in a converted medieval prison in Oxford. And Frasers has launched the Capri sub-brand - whose website promises "inspiring art and inspirational tech". On a day-to-day basis Mr Choe says he still draws on his experience as a young man, who - having been given a scholarship by the Shangri-La hotel group to study at Cornell University in the US - came back to Asia to learn about the hospitality industry. "They put me in every department conceivable. I remember one of the toughest jobs I had was in the butchery. I had to carve an entire cow. For one month, I could not eat meat. "I'm thankful for those experiences. When you step into a hotel, you immediately pick up what works and what doesn't work. "When I see the check-in staff walking more than three steps, I know the counter is set up wrong. "It's like a cockpit. Can you imagine if the pilot had to turn around when he flies?" More The Boss features, which every week profile a different business leader from around the world: The 'diva of divorce' for the world's super rich The snacks boss with an appetite for success Taking his own path: The world's leading maze designer Mr Choe adds that loyalty is very important to him, and he remains tremendously grateful to staff who have stayed with him. "I will always respect and remember those who gave up their jobs to join me," he says. This loyalty is something that Mr Choe has earned, according to Donald MacLaurin, associate professor at Singapore Institute of Technology, and specialist in the hospitality sector. Mr MacLaurin points out that Mr Choe introduced a five-day working week, in a part of the world where six days is common, thereby showing "a focus on quality of life issues for employees". The associate professor adds says the early success of the business was remarkable given the timing of its launch. Fast forward to today and the company is now on track to operate 30,000 serviced apartments globally by 2019. That success, say Mr Choe's admirers, should make him something of a visionary. Follow The Boss series editor Will Smale on Twitter.

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It shows that anyone earning above £75,300 is in the top five per cent of taxpayers. In 2017, polling firm Yougov looked into what kind of salary Britons think makes a person “rich”. The results showed that people in the UK think the top 10 per cent of earners – those bagging on average £60,500 a year – are wealthy.

Nearly 40 years after the Watergate scandal, Watergate, Thomas Mallon's latest historical novel, captures both the metastasizing dishonesty and the ludicrousness of this great American tragedy of political ambition run amok. The book considers the break-in — that botched "third-rate burglary" that was a bad idea in the first place made far worse by attempts at a cover-up (and then a cover-up of the cover-up) — from the perspectives of several of the perps and their supporters, as opposed to the legal team and journalists charged with untangling their unbelievably knotted web of deceit. Mallon's book is thus more explanatory than accusatory. His emphasis is on the inanity of the whole mess rather than the darker implications of such rampant disregard for the law. With many of the key players now dead, Mallon's narrative glides along what he calls "the always sliding scale of historical fiction." He writes about what actually happened, with some additions — adopting what he termed, in a recent New Yorker article, the "as well" model of "alt-history," as opposed to the "instead of" model. Watergate, like Mallon's previous historical novels (which include Henry and Clara and Dewey Defeats Truman), manages to combine extensive research with the tools of fiction to provide a new perspective on an iconic episode in American history. It is sufficiently faithful to the facts to offer a compelling (if initially disorienting) introduction for those who missed this astounding story as it unfolded in the early 1970s, and a fresh view for those who haven't thought about it in years. The novel is immeasurably enriched by the fictional liberties Mallon takes. These include not just thoughts and speech attributed to Pat and Richard Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Howard Hunt, Fred LaRue and Elliot Richardson, among others, but two not entirely convincing made-up supporting characters who give Pat Nixon and Fred LaRue each a lover as part of their secret past. Mallon endearingly explained in his New Yorker piece, "I simply couldn't resist giving Mrs. Nixon a larger share of happiness than life did." Fiction also allows Mallon to ascribe psychological motivations to his characters' behavior, based on their back stories. In his telling, what caused Rose Mary Woods, the president's loyal secretary, to erase 18 1/2 minutes of tape wasn't so much her protective impulse for her boss of more than 20 years. Rather, it's her anger at a conversation between Nixon and his chief of staff, Bob Haldeman, in which Haldeman makes a disparaging remark about her that Nixon doesn't bother to refute. Compounding lie upon lie — a recurring theme of Watergate the novel as well as the historical event — Woods admits to having erased only four or five minutes in an accidental maneuver that would have required the flexibility of a contortionist. Since we'll never know what was really on that missing segment of tape, Mallon was free to invent. Similarly, he's embellished the role of Fred LaRue, a top Nixon campaign official who personally delivered payments from a secret White House fund to the burglars after the Watergate break-in but who always maintained that Nixon did not know of the burglary beforehand. Mallon highlights LaRue's unresolved guilt over his role in a hunting accident that caused his wealthy father's death. Adding a sexy, tough, former girlfriend who's working on the McGovern campaign and who literally holds the secret to LaRue's past in the form of a letter in her desk drawer, Mallon spins a somewhat ridiculous comedy of errors that has Jeb Magruder triggering the Watergate break-in for the wrong target. What's sobering is that it's hardly more absurd than explanations on the historical record. Like Maggie Smith's Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey, Alice Longworth, the tart-tongued nonagenarian daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, has some of the best lines in the book — many of them actually hers. She presciently warns her friend Nixon before his landslide second election: "Once McGovern is finished off, all of his supporters will be like fleas who've lost their dog," and she refers to the president's counselor turned star witness, John Dean, as "The Tortoiseshelled Tattler." Watergate is the sort of book that will ensnare you in its web of intrigue while raising as many questions as it answers. It sent me to the Internet repeatedly to see who served how long in which prison, who died when, and what Rose Wood's re-enactment of her record-button "mistake" actually looked like. Unshackled from the historian's burden of proof, Mallon manages to deftly capture the peculiar mix of unbridled ambition, bumbling ineptitude, hubris, cluelessness and dishonesty that sparked such an all-consuming crisis in American government. His sympathetic, sad Pat Nixon sums it all up with her reflection that "Watergate was enormous, colossal; and it was nothing."

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La Haine is a film that flew beneath my radar for some time. Released to critical acclaim in 1995, it won numerous awards, and earned both the support and criticism of members of the French Government at the time. It explores a day in the life of three hood kids growing up in a public housing project outside of Paris. The film effectively and at times disturbingly shows the tension between the police and Paris' minority communities. Although it is 12 years old, its exploration of police brutality and racial/class disparity is relevant and applicable to modern American society and probably more generally any society in which there is an unequal distribution of wealth. La Haine is shot in gritty black and white, and is subtitled. Although it is a deep film, it is still an entertaining and absorbing crime/hood drama. It is raw in its depiction of kids growing up on the fringes of society. It is not pretentious or cliche like 'Crash', a film with a similar theme. This is both an artistic and entertaining film, which retains its power after multiple viewings. La Haine deserves to be watched.