Emmy Awards- What Will You Be Wearing?
The Emmy Awards are on Monday. For a fun way to watch them, invite over a few friends and pretend like you're attending the awards too! Get all gussied up and view your favorite television stars in style.
First, you'll need a fabulous dress. Raid your closet for bridesmaid dresses or maybe even your prom dress if it still fits. Anything floor length is preferable.
Next, select some dazzling jewelry. Maybe a bejeweled necklace or a great pair of dangly earrings. You need to show off to the camera remember?
Heels are also a must have for your look. The higher the better. Remember, you're not really walking the red carpet. Just make sure you can make it to three key points- the tv room, the kitchen, and the bathroom.
Lastly you'll need a clutch to finish off the look. Maybe a knuckle duster is your style. Or perhaps an envelope purse. The only thing that matters when choosing your bag is that it's big enough to store your acceptance speech…or the phone number for a good take out place. Hey, a girls got to eat.
Whatever look you go for on Emmy night, remember who the designer is you're wearing. It's crucial. You can always make that easier on yourself by ordering all your fabulous accessories from Chicastic.


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Reviewing Robert Caro's Latest Book: The Absorbing, Shocking, and Puzzling Life of Lyndon Johnson
The wait between Robert Caro's third book on Lyndon Johnson (Master of the Senate) published in 2002 and the fourth volume (The Passage of Power) that appeared in May was too long. However, I will forgive Caro the inconvenience of the delay if he promises to finish his fifth and last volume quickly. It should be a doozy.
Unlike the first three volumes of Caro's biography, in which Johnson's negative personal behavior seemed to overwhelm, or at least greatly detract from, his considerable accomplishments, in the fourth volume Johnson's pitch-perfect performance following the tragedy of the Kennedy assassination dominates the story. For a few months, Johnson showed all of his best qualities and assisted the nation through a difficult time. During this period, his public approval ratings reached 80 percent. He achieved the pinnacle of his career and life.
Though much of the book covers the post-assassination period, it also tells the story of Johnson's initially hesitant quest for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 1960, when he delayed launching a campaign and underestimated John Kennedy's political abilities. The book then describes the circumstances of his acceptance of the nomination to join the Kennedy ticket as vice president, and it documents in some detail his painful experience as vice president.
In those years before the assassination, from the late 1950's to November 1963, the noble elements of Johnson's character often battled unsuccessfully with his negative attributes. In those situations, Johnson's behavior could range from distasteful to criminal to immoral. It is the clash between the positive and negative attributes of this complex man that makes his biography absorbing and, at times, shocking and puzzling.
The Passage of Power ends with the enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Johnson's call for a War on Poverty. The next volume will cover the 1964 presidential campaign and his full term in office starting in 1965. It is likely to be a brutal one for LBJ's reputation and a page turner for those of us who lived through it.
For a more detailed review of The Passage of Power, see my book review at this link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/97573606/The-Absorbing-Shocking-and-Puzzling-Life-of-Lyndon-Johnson-A-Review-of-THE-PASSAGE-OF-POWER
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Vision for science, mathematics and computing education
The Vision is ambitious. Publishing the report is the end of phase one. The Royal Society's next steps will be to work with others in the next year to create a blueprint for change for the long term.
We will continue to communicate our Vision widely and to listen to how we might take forward our recommendations. Our sister academies - the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Medical Sciences, and the professional and learned bodies across science, mathematics and engineering – will continue to be central to our discussions as will others involved with science and mathematics education and more widely across other subjects. Together we will identify the barriers to achieving the Vision, whether in terms of policy or in terms of cultures, structures and systems in schools and colleges.
In the autumn, we will hold a number of roundtable discussions to identify partners and to discuss how we might together work to implement our recommendations.
We will continue to engage with parliamentarians from all four nations, and will also run events to communicate our Vision at all three party conferences this autumn.
Through our sister society in Scotland, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, we will be holding an autumn workshop with key policymakers and others to determine how best the principles of our Vision can be implemented within the independent Scottish system of education. We hope to have similar exercises with Northern Ireland and Wales.
A particular programme we'd like to explore is how to bring science and mathematics teachers out of school and into the community to work with Science Centres across the UK. We want to encourage teachers to communicate their enthusiasm and expertise to their local communities.
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At its Jan. 14 meeting, Municipal District of Taber council has voiced its concerns about a funding request by the Taber Gymnastics Fitness Club (TGFC) for a new facility in which was rejected by council by a tight split vote.
The club has rented the Community Centre auditorium from the Town of Taber for the past 30 years. The TGFC has grown to serve approximately 150 – 200 children each session, running three sessions per year in the fall, winter and spring at 10 classes per session.
Problems currently faced by the TGFC in the current town auditorium facility include a lack of storage, issues involving stress to equipment with set-up and take-down, an inability to set up certain equipment due to the limitations of temporary use of the current facility, past problems pertaining to equipment with regard to other renters of the auditorium, and the lack of a foam pit for the progressing of gymnastic skill development. After exhausting a variety of possible facility options, the TGFC decided upon the construction of their own facility located in the downtown Yaner area. The TGFC researched where the best location would be, and decided upon the purchase of two vacant lots located at 5336 48th Avenue for $100,000.
The total estimated cost of the proposed facility is $535,500 (which includes the $100,000 purchase of two lots). Based on a percentage breakdown of student participation in classes offered by the TGFC (65 per cent Taber and 35 per cent M.D. of Taber), the club will also be seeking 35 per cent of the cost for the project from the M.D. of Taber, at a cost of $148,750.
"This is far too big of a number for me, and I'd say we'd have to pass," said councillor Bob Wallace at council's Jan. 14 meeting, adding it is a private enterprise. "If you ask me, this is too much. If there is a new proposal, we can look at that, but with 35 per cent funding from people outside of town, with utilization that could be Barnwell, 40-Mile or wherever else, that's not just here."
Reeve Brian Brewin applauded the organization's fundraising efforts to date and forward progress.
But struggled if the club blurs the line between a private/public enterprise.
Councillor Ben Elfring added with the gymnastics club owning the title to the land and being a non-profit organization, that is a huge financial contribution with few assurances.
"I'm not prepared to give that kind of financial contribution for a non-profit organization and with them owning the land. If something goes sideways, we're out that money," said Elfring.
Given the overall lack of utilization of the Taber Community Centre auditorium in a given month according to Deputy Reeve Dwight Tolton, he wondered out loud if the town and club could not work together in solving the club's storage problems.
"I just can't see how you build a another facility, because those costs will come back, guaranteed," said Tolton.
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Parliament bureau has authority over issue of paying retired public servants, president says
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The Enneagram is an ancient teaching of mysterious origins which is said to represent every process of creation and renewal. The Enneagram is taught as a technology or system of human development, self-discovery, spiritual growth and self-actualization.
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Blanket ban on international arrivals won't stop new Covid-19 cases, experts say
As people continue to cross the border illegally, better to allow them to come home, send them to quarantine, maintain their records and send them home, they say.
Arjun Poudel
Published at : April 30, 2020
Updated at : April 30, 2020 14:27
Public health experts have called on the government to allow Nepalis stranded in foreign lands to return home as measures enforced by the government have not only failed to contain the spread of Covid-19, but also failed to prevent people from entering the country from India.
Contact tracing of the infected people will be difficult and chances of the disease spreading in the community will be amplified if people continue to enter the country through the porous border illegally, they said.
"New infections should have stopped long ago, if restricting people from coming home did the trick," Dr Baburam Marasini, former director at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, told the Post. "People will be compelled to use illegal channels if we prevent them from entering the country for a long time. This has been seen in various parts of the country."
With the reporting of three new cases in the country on Wednesday, the number of people infected with Covid-19 has reached 57, out of which 55 were detected after the lockdown started. Despite the nationwide lockdown, which began on March 24, people are crossing the open Indo-Nepal border by evading security patrols.
"I don't know who gave the ideas to the government to stop its own citizen from coming home," Marasini added, "It would be easier to trace the contacts of infected people and control the disease from spreading in the community if we let people come home legally, and document quarantine them."
Covid-19 cases have been exponentially rising in India and chances that cases will be imported from India will remain high unless the disease is eradicated in the southern neighbour, say experts. Preventing people from entering their own country and compelling them to live in unmanaged quarantine in a foreign country where the number of cases has been rising is not advisable, they add.
Such conditions will also take a toll on their physical and mental health, says an official from the ministry of health. "If we do stop people from entering the country and force them to live in foreign lands in inhumane conditions,their physical, as well as mental health will deteriorate," an official at the Health Ministry, told the Post. "The government should also start bringing people home from countries other than India as many have lost their jobs and are in trouble."
The risk of infection spreading from foreign returnees can be mitigated by keeping then in quarantine and recording their details, he said.
Dr Sher Bahadur Pun, a virologist at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Teku, said that allowing people to enter the country was one of the major challenges authorities faced. "New infections will not stop even after the lockdown ends,"Pun told the Post. "It will be easier to monitor documented people than those entering the country illegally."
Several mechanisms— female community health volunteers, mother's group, clubs, area development committees, local administrations can be used to monitor the movement of people returning from abroad, said Dr Pun.
Dr Basudev Pandey, director at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division also concedes that people who have entered Nepal illegally after the lockdown pose a challenge when tracing the contacts of infected people. "Due to fear of punishment, people lie about the date of their return from India and that of those who came in their close contact," said Dr Pandey.
Dr Pun, however, cautioned against allowing everyone stranded abroad to return home all at once after the lockdown is lifted as tracking their movement will become more challenging.
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Covid-19, short for coronavirus disease, is an illness caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, short for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Common symptoms of the disease include fever, dry cough, fatigue, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In severe cases, the infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death.
How contagious is Covid-19?
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What is the current status of Covid-19?
The World Health Organisation has called the ongoing outbreak a "pandemic" and urged countries across the world to take precautionary measures. Covid-19 has spread to 213 countries and territories around the world and infected more than 31,405,983 people with 967,505 deaths and 22,990,260 recoveries. In South Asia, India has reported the highest number of infections at 5,557,573 with 88,943 deaths. While Pakistan has reported 306,304 confirmed cases with 6,420 deaths. Nepal has so far reported 65,276 cases with 427 deaths.
How dangerous is the disease?
The mortality rate for Covid-19 is estimated to be 3.6 percent, but new studies have put the rate slightly higher at 5.7 percent. Although Covid-19 is not too dangerous to young healthy people, older individuals and those with immune-compromised systems are at greater risk of death. People with chronic medical conditions like heart disease, diabetes and lung disease, or those who've recently undergone serious medical procedures, are also at risk.
How do I keep myself safe?
The WHO advises that the most important thing you can do is wash your hands frequently with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or use hand sanitizers with at least 60 percent alcohol content. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unclean hands. Clean and disinfect frequently used surfaces like your computers and phones. Avoid large crowds of people. Seek medical attention if symptoms persist for longer than a few days.
Is it time to panic?
No. The government has imposed a lockdown to limit the spread of the virus. There is no need to begin stockpiling food, cooking gas or hand sanitizers. However, it is always prudent to take sensible precautions like the ones identified above.
Arjun Poudel is a health reporter for The Kathmandu Post. Before joining the Post, he worked for Sagarmatha Television, Naya Patrika, Republica and The Himalayan Times.


Adam D. Dixon: The New Geography of Capitalism: Firms, Finance, and Society. Oxford University Press. 2014. 224 p.
These days, there is no shortage of books that set out to offer an explanation of the global economic system. Many seek to explain the steps that led to the collapse of 2008; others look forward, trying to analyse where we should go from here, focusing on ways of avoiding a similar catastrophe. Even those books which do not take the crisis as their starting point can simply not help but be influenced by it. Adam Dixon, a Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography at the University of Bristol, has written a book that seeks to explain, as the title says, The New Geography of Capitalism. It is in parts an introduction to, and defence of, the approach of Economic Geography, while in others it is a case study in the financialisation of society.
This book is an intervention in one of the key debates of global economics: is globalisation leading to a great convergence of national economies, or will the many "Varieties of Capitalism" remain diverse? By focusing on finance, in particular, Dixon aims to engage in a cross-disciplinary dialogue, bringing the perspective of Economic Geography into conversation with that of Political Economy. Within Political Economy, the literature on Varieties of Capitalism is booming. The basic argument of this approach is that despite the pressures of globalisation, the structures of national economies remain, and will continue to be, diverse. As they began from different starting points, either as liberal market economies, such as the United States or the United Kingdom, or as co-ordinated market economies, such as Austria or Sweden, different national economies respond to the forces of globalisation differently, and their adaptation does not lead to convergence, but to a variety of institutional structures. Dixon is writing from within the field of Economic Geography, and argues instead that what we are witnessing is "Variegation within Capitalism" – that is, an understanding of capitalism as a diverse, but singular, global phenomena, with an inherent and coherent logic.
Dixon's argument begins with a chapter outlining the great interconnections of global production. While he doesn't go so far as to claim that globalisation has created one large-scale system of manufacturing, he does point out that there are global chains of connectivity that make isolationist views of manufacturing or production untenable. These connections range from globalised supply chains and finance provision to the convergence of standards in areas such as health and safety. He argues that these relationships across national borders do lead to convergence, as both competition and collaborative learning incentivise a sharing of practices. It is unclear, however, how much of this is occurring on a truly global level. While the logic presented in this chapter is certainly observable within regions such as the EU, such regional development may in fact signal the enforcement of diversity, protected by regional trade deals, rather than a global convergence overseen by institutions such as the WTO.
A key empirical contribution of the book is to be found in its examination of the financialisation of key aspects of the state. Across two chapters, Dixon explores the changing nature of the welfare state, and the shift in pensions policy across much of the western world. In both cases, the book charts how states have responded to similar pressures of demographic change, economic instability and the demands of democratic politics. Provision of services associated with the welfare state has become increasingly embedded within the world of finance. For example, pensions are no longer supplied solely by contributions from the current working cohort, but rather they rely upon pension funds that engage in investment in order to secure returns to fund pension payments. By becoming embedded in the world of finance, Dixon argues, pension funds become increasingly similar globally, as they compete for the best returns on investment.
The underlying argument of The New Geography of Capitalism is that economies worldwide are converging in function, if not in form. By this, Dixon is arguing that, even if there remains diversity in the visible structure of economies, they are all moving to provide the same services to firms, individuals and society in general. In prioritising analysis of function over that of form, many of the binaries which underpin the Varieties of Capitalism literature can be destabilised. For example, Dixon argues that the division between economies characterised by a reliance on bank finance and those that rely on market finance holds a limited analytical use. Since both banks and markets now perform similar functions of distribution of capital, protection of investors (or savers) and oversight of borrowers, the distinction in form should not hide the increasing uniformity in function. This argument is deployed in a similar way against other binary categorisations as well, such as of public and private banking, but the book is primarily about finance, rather than capitalism as a whole. As such, it remains unclear to what extent the prioritisation of function over form would undermine the analysis of Varieties of Capitalism. It would not, for example, do much to advance understanding of the diversity in education and training programmes across different states.
This book is well written, and while it is innovative, it is also quite readable. Dixon goes to great effort to make his argument intelligible across disciplines, and even to a non-academic audience. This is part of the effort to begin a cross-disciplinary debate – something that should definitely be applauded. While the book is somewhat limited by focusing specifically on finance, as well as a reliance on a simplified version of the Varieties of Capitalism approach against which to argue, both of these seem to be fair trade-offs which allow the book to instigate broader discussions. It will be read with approval by many in Economic Geography, but it would be a true shame if those in other disciplines did not also pay close attention to this book.


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- Teaching effectiveness, what are the best tools for military training
- Technology helping cost and time reduction
11:40 Austrian Fast Jet Training: Safeguarding Future Fast Jet Capabilities
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Koell, Commander of the Pilot Training Institute, Austrian Air Force
Preparing pilots for specific air defence operations by collaborating with other central European air forces
Overcoming challenges in pilot numbers, creating effective strategies to reduce pilot workload and fatigue
Prioritising pilot retention to prevent future weakening of air combat effectiveness
Integrating new solutions for optimal pilot training experience: working with industry and third-party contractors
13:20 Preparing Fixed-Wing Crews for Complicated Airlift and Airland Missions
Colonel Deanna Franks, Vice Commandant, 139th Airlift Wing, US Air National Guard
The role of the AATTC in enhancing mobility fixed-wing capabilities through focused and dynamic training practices
The mission of the AATTC is increasing the warfighting effectiveness and survivability of mobility forces and allied nations
Through a Total Force Initiative, AATTC also provides Tactics Analysis, Tactics Development and EW Development
Providing realistic combat training, mission simulation and hostile environment training to airlift aircrews
14:00 DART-550 The next level of versatility
Mr Martin Scherrer, Head of Flight Operations, Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH
Introduction of the DART-550 trainer
Designed to comply with modern requirements of military flight training
Experience out of Test Flight Program/Certification
Cost effectiveness of the DART-550
15:10 The Role of the 426 Transport Training Squadron in Building and Delivering Effective Fixed Wing Training Programmes
Lieutenant Colonel Erik Rozema-Seaton, Commanding Officer, 426 Transport Training Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Generating operationally effective air mobility aircrew and technicians to operate in full support of Canadian Forces operations
Contractor cooperation to deliver flexible training delivery
Flight simulator to train pilots in advanced and realistic operational scenarios
Preparing aircrew and support staff for international deployments versatile training facilities
15:50 Military Flight Training System: New Developments and Future Plans for Developing Capable Fighter Pilots
Major Michael Rosenqvist, Project Manager, Military Flying Training System MFTS, Swedish Air Force
Updates on the Military Flight Training System: Early results and lessons from the project
Enabling effective training for specific Swedish air operations: Operating in the contested Baltic air-space
Preparing pilots for the Gripen 39E, new methods of training and simulation for the platform
Future outlook for the MFTS
9:10 From Pilot Training to Pilot Education: Building the Complete Aviator
Lieutenant Colonel David Max, Commandant, Inter-European Air Forces Academy, US Air Force Europe
While training prepares individuals for known, predictable events, education and experience are needed to deal with unknown, complex situations.
Throughout their careers, all aviators continue to build upon their initial training with practical experience and education.
Professional Military Education is one such method that helps to build complete aviators by preparing them to lead in unforeseen and challenging circumstances.
9:50 Building More Effective Training Practices for Enhanced Rotary-Wing Capabilities
Colonel Martin Jandourek, 22nd Helicopter Wing Commander, Czech Air Force
Current practices and operational training requirements of Czech 22nd Helicopter Wing
Assessing current training platforms
Future plans for enhancing training for Czech air operations
Training for multinational operations and joint exercises in the European theater
11:00 The Future of Multinational Helicopter Training
Wing Commander (Ret'd) Andy Gray, Former Helicopter Programme Manager, European Defence Agency
What are we doing now? Current projects and efforts at coordination
What should we do in the future? Building interoperability for success in future joint-air operations
Future opportunities and threats?
11:40 Rotary-Wing Training for the Hungarian Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Simon Zsolt, Chief of Flight Training Department , Hungarian Air Force
86th Szolnok; Assessing training and development practices
Promoting rotary-wing training for joint operations within Central Europe
Future plans for Hungarian helicopter capabilities, and opportunities for future training capability development
14:00 Progress with Simulated Joint Air Land Training
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret'd) Jonny Ormerod, Former SO1 Simulation, Training Branch Field Army, and Lead Consultant , BZTG Ltd
Developments in use of simulation for Joint Air Land training
enhancements in the simulation of ISTAR assets, weapon target matching and collateral damage
Future possibilities for enhanced Joint Air Land training through simulation
15:10 Flight Training and Simulation in the 2020s
Simulation and the Promise of VR
Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
Learning from Games
15:50 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Colonel Georg von Harling
Commander of the Technical Training Centre, German Air Force
Colonel Martin Jandourek
22nd Helicopter Wing Commander, Czech Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret'd) Jonny Ormerod
Former SO1 Simulation, Training Branch Field Army, and Lead Consultant , BZTG Ltd
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Koell
Commander of the Pilot Training Institute, Austrian Air Force
Major Michael Rosenqvist
Project Manager, Military Flying Training System MFTS, Swedish Air Force
Wing Commander (Ret'd) Andy Gray
Former Helicopter Programme Manager, European Defence Agency
Colonel Deanna Franks
Vice Commandant, 139th Airlift Wing, US Air National Guard
Colonel Julien Moreau
Commanding Officer, Flying Education and Training Command , French Air Force
Eduardo Munhos de Campos
VP International Sales, Leonardo
Lieutenant Colonel David Max
Commandant, Inter-European Air Forces Academy, US Air Force Europe
Lieutenant Colonel Erik Rozema-Seaton
Commanding Officer, 426 Transport Training Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Simon Zsolt
Chief of Flight Training Department , Hungarian Air Force
Major Becky Frater
Regimental Electronic Warfare Instructor, Joint Helicopter Command, Army Air Corps
Martin Scherrer
Head of Flight Operations, Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH
Mr Andy Fawkes
Director, Thinke Company Ltd
Mr Martin Scherrer
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Speaker Interview, David Max, US Air Forces Europe
Speaker Interview with Martin Scherrer, Diamond Aircraft Industries
Speaker interview with Colonel Georg von Harling, German Air Force
Speaker interview with Major Michael Rosenqvist, Swedish Air Force
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A world leader in training, Leonardo designs develops and produces a complete range of aircraft that cover the entire pilot training syllabus, from basic training with the M345 to the M346, currently the most advanced trainer aircraft on the market and the only one specifically designed to prepare pilots for high performance new generation aircraft. Leonardo delivers the Integrated Training System that, with the dedicated aircraft, includes complete Ground Based Training System (GBTS), simulators, mission support and computer-based training management system. Leonardo is a world player in Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space, developing advanced components to fully integrated systems and platforms.
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With in-depth editorial coverage alongside the finest imagery from the world's foremost aviation photographers, Combat Aircraft is America's best-selling military aviation magazine. With thought-provoking opinion pieces, detailed information and rare archive imagery, Combat Aircraft is your one-stop-source of military aviation news and features from across the globe. Visit www.combataircraft.net for more information.
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https://militarysimulation.training
For more than 30 years MS&T Magazine has been the leading simulation and training publication for the defence industry and remains the only publication entirely dedicated to simulation and training in the military. Published 6 times per year, each issue typically carries at least five major articles, an industry news and analysis wrap-up, coverage of recent events, an industry calendar and more, including the coveted MS&T Industry Awards. Live, virtual and constructive (LVC) simulations, gaming and immersive, VR training systems amongst the many other topics covered. Make sure you sign up for our weekly newsletter on our website.
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Provider Enablement / Endpoints
Return a list of all merchants (and their unique identifiers) available to us. The provider_id returned here will be passed to subsequent calls to the locations index endpoint detailed below. It therefore must contain only characters that are valid in a URL (ASCII).
Request Endpoints
GET /merchants
"updated_at": "2016-08-17T12:45:03",
"merchants": [
"merchant": {
"name": "LevelUp Cafe",
"provider_id": "abc123",
"integration_id": "revel",
"allows_order_scheduling": "true",
"active": true,
"terminated": false
"name": "Joe's Sandwich Shack",
"provider_id": "xyz456",
"integration_id": "monkeymedia",
"allows_order_scheduling": "false",
"active": false,
"terminated": true
Example Response Schema
"updated_at": {
"description": "An iso8601 datestamp in UTC of when the merchant list was last refreshed",
"type": "string"
"merchants:": {
"items": {
"name": {
"description": "Name of the merchant"
"provider_id": {
"description": "Unique identifier for the merchant"
"integration_id": {
"description": "Unique identifier for the integration"
"allows_order_scheduling": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether or not native order scheduling is supported by this order provider for the merchant"
"active": {
"description": "Whether or not the merchant is able to accept orders. For example, this should be false if the merchant is experiencing ordering provider issues and is unable to accept orders"
"terminated": {
"description": "Whether or not the merchant is permanently unavailable on the provider"
"name",
"provider_id",
"integration_id",
"allows_order_scheduling",
"terminated",
"active"
"merchant"
"merchants"
Handling Available and Unavailable Merchants
An up-to-date list of available merchants should always be returned when the merchants endpoint is pinged. A merchant that is permanently removed from a provider and can no longer be ordered from is considered to be delisted. Delisted merchants should not be included in the merchants list. Note that this does not necessarily mean that the merchant itself is closed, only that the merchant is no longer supported by that provider.
The active and terminated keys are used to determine whether a merchant is available for ordering. Details about these values are included in the response schema above.
Handling Relisted Merchants
It is possible that a provider decides to relist a merchant on their system. When a merchant is relisted, it should be included back in the merchants list. Additionally, the provider_id should not change.


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