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BkiUd1LxK0iCl4YJn7Nv | Leicht muss man sein, fliegen muss man können
Annette Frick
In 1953 Herbert Tobias was the first German photographer to work for Vogue in Paris. He was expelled from France in the same year however on account protesting during a raid at a gay venue in the French capital. Success and failure were always Herbert Tobias' twin companions. Having taken his first photographs as a soldier in the German army, after the war he worked as an actor and fell in love. After coming out in 1950, he escaped arrest by going to Paris where he found refuge at Willy Maywald's studio. His initial success as a photographer was swiftly followed by his expulsion. Moving to Heidelberg, he competed successfully with 18,000 contestants to win a newspaper photography competition run by the Frankfurter Illustrierte. Tobias was on top again; much in demand as a photographer, his work was shown at exhibitions and he was also the subject of articles. But Tobias was not just a fashion photographer; his nude photography, his portraits and his documentary images would have graced any collection of contemporary art had art photography been more acknowledged and marketable at the time. Today, his portraits of Hildegard Knef, Andreas Baader, Klaus Kinski or Amanda Lear are now considered classics in the art of portrait photography. Sadly, Herbert Tobias was not to experience this late recognition of his work. Finding it increasingly hard to submit himself to the rigorous discipline of fashion photography on a daily basis, he withdrew from photography, preferring to work in film and appear as an actor. Herbert Tobias died in 1981 as a result of an Aids-related infection. His grave in Altonaer cemetery in Hamburg was later turned into a memorial – albeit not until 2007. This filmilluminates the life and work of this artist in all its breadth and diversity.
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5 Dividend Stocks that Recovered From PR Nightmares
https://www.dividend.com/news/2017/04/20/5-dividend-stocks-recovered-pr-nightmares/
Justin Kuepper Apr 20, 2017
United Continental Airlines Inc. (UAL ) suffered the worst public relations crisis in decades following a series of incidents involving airline passengers. The airline's problems began in March when it refused to allow two passengers wearing yoga pants to board a plane, and then reached a new level in April when a paying passenger was violently removed from an overbooked flight to make room for the airline's employees to fly.
The company's stock price responded by falling from $71.50 per share to a low of around $68.50 in the aftermath of the violent passenger removal. Since then, the stock has continued to trend lower and remains below $70 per share after briefly making a comeback earlier this week. The drop could become a buying opportunity based on past examples of public relations disasters that have tended to resolve themselves over time.
In this article, we will look at how dividend stocks responded to and recovered from public relations disasters that threatened their businesses in the past and how these examples translate to the United Airlines crisis unfolding right now.
Recovering From a PR Disaster
There have been several major public relations disasters over the years that have impacted dividend-paying public companies. In most cases, these companies eventually managed to recover and rebuild their brand's reputation, while the financial repercussions have depended largely on the direct impact of product recalls or clean-up efforts.
BP's Oil Spill
BP plc's (BP ) Deepwater Horizon oil spill is perhaps the most recent public relations disaster aside from United Airlines. On April 20, 2010, high-pressure or methane gas rose into the drilling rig and caused an explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The company tried to downplay the extent and its role in the disaster, but ended up paying a record $18.7 billion in fines.
The company's stock fell from a pre-disaster high of around $60.00 per share to a post-crisis low of about $27.00 per share – a sharp 55% decline over the course of just weeks – as investors worried about the potential costs of the cleanup and subsequent lawsuits. The company also suspended its 84 cent (1.71%) dividend until February of 2011 when it reinstituted its dividend at just 42 cents (0.91%) to conserve cash. The company now pays a 60 cent dividend that represents a 7.03% yield, while its stock price has recovered to $34.00 per share – still well below its highs before the oil spill.
Also see: BP's dividend history and payout statistics.
Toyota Motors Recall
Toyota Motor Corp.'s (TM ) recall of 8.8 million vehicles due to accelerator defects was another recent public relations disaster. In November 2009, the company issued its first recall to correct a possible incursion of a front driver's side floor mat into the foot pedal well. A second recall began after crashes were shown to have originated from the mechanical striking of the accelerator pedals, which caused unintended acceleration.
The company's stock price reacted negatively to the recalls by falling from a high of around $90.00 on January 21, 2010 (just before the second major recall) to a low of around $72.00 – a sizable 20% drop in price – in the subsequent weeks as investors speculated about the impact. However, the recall only had a modest impact on the company's overall financial results and didn't have a material impact on its dividend payouts. The company's stock price has since risen to $104.00 per share, while its dividend reached $1.77 per share – or a 3.62% yield.
Also see: Toyota's dividend history and payout statistics and "Would Airlines Still be Dividend Plays Post United Airlines Fiasco?".
United Airlines' Incident
United Airlines' public relations crisis will likely have a greater impact on its long-term brand rather than its immediate financial performance. Unlike BP or Toyota, the company won't likely face any direct financial consequences from the public relations crisis since there are no material lawsuits or payouts that need to be made. The only financial impact could come from a reduction in bookings that won't be seen until the next couple of quarterly reports are filed.
While the reaction to the incident has been harsh on social media, the airline industry already had a poor reputation for customer service. Many customers are price sensitive rather than loyal to a specific brand, while those that are loyal to a brand are unlikely to abandon the airline given their existing rewards. These factors could make it difficult for the airline to face much of a material backlash from these isolated incidents.
Also see: United Airlines' dividend history and payout statistics.
A Look at Past PR Disasters
Most public relations disasters have been relatively benign in the grand scheme of things except for disasters that involve large financial settlements.
Here's a look at some other PR disasters and their impact on stock price:
Price Recovery Time
Effect on Dividend Payouts
Recovery Time for Dividend to Reach Pre-Disaster Levels
PepsiCo Inc. – Syringe Crisis (PEP ) Immediate No Change N/A
Yum Brands Inc. – Taco Bell Meat Lawsuit (YUM ) 7 Days No Change N/A
BP plc – Oil Spill (BP ) Hasn't Recovered* Dividend Suspended* 9 Months
Toyota Motor Corp. – Recall (TM ) ~ 1 Year No Change N/A
Target Corp. – Hacking Crisis (TGT ) Immediate Dividend Continued & Increased N/A
* Impact may be due to oil prices in addition to the impact of the oil spill.
These major public relations crises had a limited impact on each company's financial performance, while BP was the only company that experienced negative consequences in terms of its dividend payout (and that may have been due to oil prices).
United Airlines has experienced a significant backlash from consumers after a pair of incidents involving passengers on its airline. Despite the public outcry, history suggests that there will be limited repercussions in terms of revenue, profitability and dividend payments. The only time companies have experienced issues with dividends have been when significant fines were imposed, but the long-term impact will be seen in upcoming quarters.
Investors can find an updated list of companies that have recently announced changes in their payout policies, along with their ex-dividend dates, in Dividend.com's Dividend Payout Changes and Announcements tool, as well as companies that have increased their dividends for many consecutive years in their 25-Year Dividend Increasing Stocks page or 10-Year Dividend Increasing Stocks page. | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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BkiUevc5qhLBc-kisqQL | Christophe Roger-Vasselin, né le à Londres, est un joueur de tennis professionnel français.
Il est notamment connu pour avoir été demi-finaliste à Roland-Garros en 1983. Cette année-là, il a occupé la mondiale, meilleur classement de sa carrière. Il a par ailleurs atteint deux finales en simple sur le circuit principal. En double, il en a remporté deux tournois.
Il est le père d'un autre joueur de tennis professionnel : Édouard Roger-Vasselin.
Biographie
Il est le fils de Gérard Roger-Vasselin, créateur du Chèque-Restaurant. Il a un frère jumeau vivant dans le Massachusetts et une sœur, Carol, qui travaille dans le management de joueurs de tennis. Il est aujourd'hui domicilié à Paris où il s'occupe d'un club de tennis. Il est aussi très impliqué dans la carrière de son fils, Édouard Roger-Vasselin, qui est également joueur professionnel de tennis, avec la particularité d'avoir été dans le top 100 comme son père, comme trois autres « duos » père-fils.
Carrière
Ses principaux résultats chez les jeunes incluent une finale au championnat de France cadets 1972, un titre de champion de France junior et une demi-finale de l'Orange Bowl en 1974, le titre junior de Roland Garros en 1975 et une finale de la Coupe Galéa 1977 (Coupe Davis juniors).
En septembre 1977, armé d'une toute nouvelle raquette dite spaghetti du fait de son double cordage, il parvient en finale de la Coupe Porée à Paris où il perd contre Guillermo Vilas au tie break du . Au passage il inflige en demi-finale un double 6-0 à José Higueras (3-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-0). Il remporte le titre en double avec Jacques Thamin face à Ilie Năstase et Ion Țiriac. Cette raquette sera interdite 2 mois plus tard à cause des effets incontrôlables qu'elle produisait.
En 1981, il atteint la finale de l'Open de Munich mais il perd face au Néo-Zélandais Chris Lewis après avoir pourtant mené 2 sets à 1, score final : 4-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1. Il joue deux matchs, un simple et un double avec Yannick Noah, contre le Japon en barrage du groupe mondiale de la Coupe Davis, la France sort vainqueur de la rencontre.
Il se fait connaître du grand public en 1983, lorsqu'il atteint à la surprise générale les demi-finales à Roland-Garros, en battant en quart de finale le mondial de l'époque, Jimmy Connors (6-4, 6-4, 7-6), tenant des titres de Wimbledon et de l'US Open (18 victoires d'affilée en tournoi du Grand Chelem). Roger-Vasselin était alors classé et ne comptait qu'une victoire pour cinq défaites cette saison. Jimmy Connors déclarera « Ces choses se produisent. J'ai vu Gonzales perdre un match une fois ». Il s'incline alors sèchement face à son compatriote et futur vainqueur de l'épreuve Yannick Noah (6-3, 6-0, 6-0). Au premier tour il bat Bernard Balleret puis au deuxième Bernard Fritz qui venait d'éliminer la tête de série Wojtek Fibak. Au troisième tour, il remonte un déficit de 2 sets à 0 contre Heinz Günthardt (3-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3, 6-1), puis en huitièmes c'est une victoire sur le modeste joueur Fernando Luna, tombeur de José Luis Clerc, qui lui permet d'atteindre les quarts de finale. Il obtient son meilleur classement en simple () après le tournoi, mais ne confirme pas sa performance parisienne. Il est français en fin d'année. Deux ans plus tôt en 1981, il avait perdu au premier tour contre Connors mais en quatre sets assez accrochés (6-1, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3) ; tandis qu'aux Championnats de France (le National) à Nice il avait perdu face à Noah après avoir mené deux sets à zéro.
En 1984, il remporte un premier titre en simple, sur le second circuit Challenger à Brescia, où il bat en finale Jordi Arrese (6-4, 7-6). Il met un terme à sa carrière en 1985.
Christophe Roger-Vasselin a été sélectionné à deux reprises en équipe de France de Coupe Davis. En 1980, il est battu en simple par Ivan Lendl et Tomáš Šmíd en demi-finale de la zone Europe, tandis qu'en 1981, il bat Shinichi Sakamoto en simple et Fukui/Yonezawa en double associé à Yannick Noah, dans le cadre des barrages du groupe mondial.
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Naissance en juillet 1957
Naissance à Londres | wikipedia | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdDk5qoTAnFx7D86R | Ms. Slotkin is currently the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. She is the principal advisor on security strategy and policy development and implementation related to the nations and international organizations of Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. Previously, from September 2012 – January 2015, Ms. Slotkin served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. From July 2013 – August 2014, she performed the duties of Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Raised in Michigan, Ms. Slotkin was educated at Cornell and Columbia. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUal3xK6EuM_Uboagl | L.A. cats are cooler. Nite Jewel + Dâm-Funk = Nite Funk in the citay.
There's been movement from the highly anticipated Nite Jewel and Dâm-Funk collaboration, Nite Funk.
The two first came together for XLR8R magazine's blog, to record a "Tune in an Afternoon," which wound up being called "Am I Gonna Make It."
In January, Stones Throw Records CEO Peanut Butter Wolf confirmed that more would come from the freshly dubbed Nite Funk via his label. It seems that day is fast approaching, and as an EP.
Got my voice back to lay down some sweet melodies for a @NiteJewel and @DaMFunK track. Dam, you should start a Nite Funk twitter.
We: @NiteJewel & @DaMFunK welcome U aboard our new collaborative 'twitter account' which will serve for many things. Mainly..#MUSIC! *L8R. | c4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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For anyone considering this conversion I can't recommend Maxton highly enough!
Ready for 1600 miles around the west coast of Scotland in a few weeks time.
What sort of cost Tony?
Hi mate, it was £900 including some new forks seals. In my opinion an excellent investment.
That sounds very reasonably priced. I've heard good things about Maxton and they're top of my list if I decide to get mine upgraded.
I had my T800 done by them about 4 years ago, as you say completely transformed the handling, mine was just under £1,000, but the forks were completely refurbished and a new rear shock, rode it in, left it a fortnight and rode it out again, tend to be very busy during the racing season and can sometimes be a bit slow to respond for the same reason.
When they rebuilt the front forks did they put cartridges in to make them adjustable or did they just rework the original internals.how much did it cost just for the front fork work.
Hi mate, the fork conversion alone costs £305 plus vat. Is was a revalve with new oil and seals, the original springs and cartridges were retained.
I'm so impressed that my Street Triple R is next on the list!!
That's very handy, thanks. Given all the positive comments I'm now seriously considering getting mine done later this year. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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Be sure your HVAC is evident when working outside. You should try holding any vegetation about two ft away from your outside units. Keep the areas above it and on each side of it clear. | c4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUbaE25YjgKK7dpxJf | Public Health & Policy > Ethics
Wakefield Libel Suit Rejected
A Texas judge has dismissed the defamation suit filed by Andrew Wakefield, MBBS, against BMJ and two individuals, the journal reported Monday.
by John Gever John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today August 06, 2012
Judge Amy Clark Meachum, hearing the case in Travis County, Texas, ruled that her court had no jurisdiction over the defendants, who included BMJ editor-in-chief Fiona Godlee, MB, BChir, MSc, and investigative journalist Brian Deer. BMJ is published in England and both individuals live and work there.
Wakefield had sued over a series of Deer's articles and editorials by Godlee charging that Wakefield had faked data in a high-profile 1998 study in The Lancet connecting measles-mumps-rubella vaccinations with gastrointestinal and autism-like symptoms in about a dozen British children.
Now living in the Texas capital of Austin, Wakefield filed his suit there, arguing that it was an appropriate venue because BMJ is distributed in the state and therefore he had been defamed there.
Wakefield told an Austin newspaper that he would appeal Meachum's ruling.
The 1998 paper was retracted by The Lancet in 2010 after Deer published evidence that the paper's account of patient findings differed from their medical records and recollections by the children's parents. Most of the paper's co-authors had previously repudiated its conclusions, after subsequent research by others failed to confirm the association.
Deer had also reported in 2004 that Wakefield failed to disclose that his research had been partly funded by lawyers seeking evidence for product liability suits against vaccine manufacturers.
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Just a few months ago, one food park opened up in Quezon City. It goes by the name The Food Hive. The interesting thing about this park is the unconventional fixation of the container vans within the area. It gives the same feels with that of traditional food trucks, but made all cozy and chill with the set-up. Now, you can enjoy various selections without the hassle and discomfort of being under the sun. Perfect!
There are currently 14 tenants here in Food Hive, and still counting as this number may rise up to 16 this year. Anyway, each of these "trucks" offer something different. Expect to be amazed by the creativity of the chefs behind these stores.
Let's take a look and have a round up! Watch this video for a preview of all 14 food stops here in The Food Hive.
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BkiUdsE5qhLBTAgpoP2g | Q: Python, Pandas matching and finding contents in two data frames It is to check if the content in a data frame is also in another data frame.
The original data frame has 2 columns, IDs and its correspondent Fruits. There's another data frame of different size (number of rows and columns)
In the original data frame, if the ID matches with the ID_1, and ID's correspondent Fruit is either in ID_1's correspondent Content or Content_1, create a new column to indicate it. (the wanted output is at the end of this question)
I tried to merge both the data frames for further manipulation. This is so far I have:
import pandas as pd
data = {'ID': ["4589", "14805", "23591", "47089", "56251", "85964", "235225", "322624", "342225", "380689", "480562", "5623", "85624", "866278"],
'Fruit' : ["Avocado", "Blackberry", "Black Sapote", "Fingered Citron", "Crab Apples", "Custard Apple", "Chico Fruit", "Coconut", "Damson", "Elderberry", "Goji Berry", "Grape", "Guava", "Huckleberry"]
}
data_1 = {'ID_1': ["488", "14805", "23591", "470995", "56251", "85964", "5268", "322624", "342225", "380689", "480562", "5623"],
'Content' : ["Kalo Beruin", "this is Blackberry", "Khara Beruin", "Khato Dosh", "Lapha", "Loha Sura", "Matichak", "Miniket Rice", "Mou Beruin", "Moulata", "oh Goji Berry", "purple Grape"],
'Content_1' : ["Jook-sing noodles", "Kaomianjin", "Lai fun", "Lamian", "Liangpi", "who wants Custard Apple", "Misua", "nana Coconut", "Damson", "Paomo", "Ramen", "Rice vermicelli"]
}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
df = df[['ID', 'Fruit']]
df_1 = pd.DataFrame(data_1)
df_1 = df_1[['ID_1', 'Content', 'Content_1']]
result = df.merge(df_1, left_on = 'ID', right_on = 'ID_1', how = 'outer')
for index, row in result.iterrows():
if row["ID"] == row["ID_1"] and row["Fruit"] in row["Content"] or row["Fruit"] in row["Content_1"]:
print row["ID"] + row["Fruit"]
It gives me TypeError: argument of type 'float' is not iterable
(The version of Pandas I am using is v.0.20.3.)
How can I achieve it? Thank you.
A: The contents of row["Content"] and row["Content_1"] are NaN in some cases. NaN is a float, and it is also un-iterable - that's why you get the error.
You can use try/except to catch these:
for index, row in result.iterrows():
try:
if row["ID"] == row["ID_1"] and row["Fruit"] in row["Content"] or row["Fruit"] in row["Content_1"]:
print( str(row["ID"]) + row["Fruit"])
except TypeError as e:
print(e, "for:")
print(row)
I think your merge is working just fine though. To get the output you specified, just add a Matched column that checks for NaN values:
result = df.merge(df_1, left_on = 'ID', right_on = 'ID_1', how = 'outer')
result["Matched"] = np.where(result.isnull().any(axis=1), "N", "Y")
result
ID Fruit ID_1 Content \
0 4589 Avocado NaN NaN
1 14805 Blackberry 14805 this is Blackberry
2 23591 Black Sapote 23591 Khara Beruin
3 47089 Fingered Citron NaN NaN
4 56251 Crab Apples 56251 Lapha
5 85964 Custard Apple 85964 Loha Sura
Content_1 Matched
0 NaN N
1 Kaomianjin Y
2 Lai fun Y
3 NaN N
4 Liangpi Y
5 who wants Custard Apple Y
A: I think need:
#swap DataFrames with left join
result = df_1.merge(df, left_on = 'ID_1', right_on = 'ID', how = 'left')
#remove NaNs and create pattern with word boundary for check substrings
pat = r'\b{}\b'.format('|'.join(result["Fruit"].dropna()))
#boolan mask - rewritten iterrows to vectorized way
mask = ((result["ID"] == result["ID_1"]) &
result["Content"].str.contains(pat, na=False) |
result["Content_1"].str.contains(pat, na=False))
#remove unnecessary columns
result = result.drop(['ID','Fruit'], axis=1)
#add indicator column
result['matched'] = np.where(mask, 'Y', '')
print (result)
ID_1 Content Content_1 matched
0 488 Kalo Beruin Jook-sing noodles
1 14805 this is Blackberry Kaomianjin Y
2 23591 Khara Beruin Lai fun
3 470995 Khato Dosh Lamian
4 56251 Lapha Liangpi
5 85964 Loha Sura who wants Custard Apple Y
6 5268 Matichak Misua
7 322624 Miniket Rice nana Coconut Y
8 342225 Mou Beruin Damson Y
9 380689 Moulata Paomo
10 480562 oh Goji Berry Ramen Y
11 5623 purple Grape Rice vermicelli Y
Old solution with outer join:
result = df.merge(df_1, left_on = 'ID', right_on = 'ID_1', how = 'outer')
pat = r'\b{}\b'.format('|'.join(result["Fruit"].dropna()))
mask = ((result["ID"] == result["ID_1"]) &
result["Content"].str.contains(pat, na=False)|
result["Content_1"].str.contains(pat, na=False))
result['matched'] = np.where(mask, 'Y', '')
print (result)
ID Fruit ID_1 Content \
0 4589 Avocado NaN NaN
1 14805 Blackberry 14805 this is Blackberry
2 23591 Black Sapote 23591 Khara Beruin
3 47089 Fingered Citron NaN NaN
4 56251 Crab Apples 56251 Lapha
5 85964 Custard Apple 85964 Loha Sura
6 235225 Chico Fruit NaN NaN
7 322624 Coconut 322624 Miniket Rice
8 342225 Damson 342225 Mou Beruin
9 380689 Elderberry 380689 Moulata
10 480562 Goji Berry 480562 oh Goji Berry
11 5623 Grape 5623 purple Grape
12 85624 Guava NaN NaN
13 866278 Huckleberry NaN NaN
14 NaN NaN 488 Kalo Beruin
15 NaN NaN 470995 Khato Dosh
16 NaN NaN 5268 Matichak
Content_1 matched
0 NaN
1 Kaomianjin Y
2 Lai fun
3 NaN
4 Liangpi
5 who wants Custard Apple Y
6 NaN
7 nana Coconut Y
8 Damson Y
9 Paomo
10 Ramen Y
11 Rice vermicelli Y
12 NaN
13 NaN
14 Jook-sing noodles
15 Lamian
16 Misua
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BkiUdVw4uBhjC0FRTIg5 | In the Face of Racist Attacks, This Virginia Politician Is Readying for a Win • ThePowerBloc
By PowerBloc On Oct 14, 2021
Virginia Delegate Alex Askew gives interviews like a seasoned politician. "When I get re-elected," the 36 year-old Democrat from Virginia beach asserts, "one of my main focuses will be on making sure we increase teacher pay, and fully fund our educational system."
The son of a former educator, Askew describes his first term as "historic." "We have made historic gains, particularly when it comes to African American issues. We passed the Voting Rights Act of Virginia, the first in the south. We passed Breonna's Law which bans no knock warrants and we've also made historic funding to our HBCUs and Virginia," Askew notes.
The incumbent for the Virginia House of Delegates 85th District is in a fight to retain the seat he was elected to just two years ago. In 2019, he narrowly won his race with 51.6 percent of the vote. This year is shaping up to be a similar face-off. All eyes are currently on Virginia because, while the sensationalism around this year's political matchups are unlikely to reach the levels of 2020, political analysts and party leaders believe the state's November 2 outcomes will be a barometer reading for the current political climate.
Askew has been here before, but this time he says things feel different. "Having a record to run on, having the ability to talk about what I've accomplished in the General Assembly. Being able to discuss the historic gains of the past two years, that's different," Askew contends. During his time in Virginia's House, the Democratic-led body made it a felony to call emergency services based on race, increased the minimum wage, secured $5 million to create a joint School of Public Health between Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University, as well as focused on improving Virginia's educational system for both students and staff.
Something else that's different about Askew's re-election bid: Donald Trump is no longer in office. The former president was a driving force for getting many people out to the polls last year. In 2021, candidates are doing their best to remind constituents that it's still imperative that they participate in the electoral process. "It's important that we have a Democratic governor and a Democratic legislature," Askew reminds constituents when he meets them at their door. "We need to continue our work to increase teacher pay, making sure our kids remain in school safely, that our economy bounces back from this horrible pandemic."
Though Trump is no longer in office, the bigoted campaign tactics he implored still remain. Earlier this month Askew was the subject of what many deemed to be a racist attack. His face was shown on the front of a matchbox, surrounded by flames. Another mailer showed him as a puppet with rope around his waist and hands. Both draw on America's well-known past of lynchings.
"To be honest with you, I am disappointed," the former campaign organizer admits. "I run on my record, what I've accomplished and what I'm going to continue to do. I think it shows where the GOP is that they don't have a plan to bring Virginia back from this pandemic, to make sure our kids are safe in school. It shows that the GOP is not ready for to be in leadership."
Dirty campaign tactics, aside, the Hampton University grad is feeling the support. Volunteers have been knocking on doors daily in an effort to secure his win. And he's enforcing the on-the-ground effort with mailers highlighting the work Democrats have been able to accomplish during his tenure. "What we've delivered to the people of Virginia has moved us forward as a state," Askew says. "It's important that we're able to continue that work."
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BkiUdT44eIZjyr7du-KD | Cookie night! There are infinite cookie recipes out there. Probably many in your family and an endless array of choices in cookbooks and online. Tonight's task in class was to tackle some of the more variety of cookie techniques and produced a set of delicious delicious results. From mix and drop cookies to precisely piped cookies. We produced a delicious sampling of cookies to taste.
First up was cookie that was pretty much just chocolate and macadamia nuts. These drop cookies are exactly as they sound - mix and drop! Start with smooth melted chocolate and butter, stir in a minimal amount of flour (3 tablespoons), a little sugar, and then a generous amount of macadamia nuts. Drop on the tray, cook for about 10 minutes and eat immediately.
They almost had a brownie like consistency with that shiny exterior. These could last a day or two, but realistically you'll finish them off pretty quickly with no need for storage.
Our next task was a sheet of cantuccini - or what we think of as biscotti. These are from the Tuscany region and traditionally would be dunked. They are twice baked and especially hard and crunchy.
It was hot in the kitchen - we opted out of our formal chef coats for the night.
One thing to note on these cookies - notice the different colors of almonds in the photo below. Even though the instructor ordered raw almonds, the supplier delivered a batch that included both raw and roasted notes. While that might not be a problem in some recipes it was a problem here. Because you are baking these twice, by the time the final cookie is done the roasted nuts are overcooked. This leaves a bitter flavor behind. As a result these cantuccini were not as good as they could have been. The bitter flavor was just too much.
My absolute favorite cookie of the night started off not looking like a cookie at all. These Jan Hagels combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, an egg, flour, and vanilla and almond extracts. The dough is pressed into a jelly roll pan, topped with frothy egg whites and sprinkled with sliced almonds. A generous sprinkle of cinnamon sugar completes the cookie.
According to the recipe, these are a traditional Dutch holiday cookie that is light, thin, and flaky. After baking the cookies are cut into diamond shapes before eating. It was hard to stop eating these! These were simple to make but would impress as a gift for the holidays.
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It was a lot of fun to make 4 different cookies that I have never made before. When I make cookies I usually make something from my tried and true recipes. I experiment with a lot of different savory dishes, but when it comes to cookies I usually have a specific craving. How about you? Do you try a lot of new cookies?
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The Harlem (Actually Chicago) Globetrotters
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handed, hot-footing, joke-busting kids are discovered goofing and shooting hoops on some cracked concrete court in the New York City borough, then whisked to sudden fame in cities around the world on the basis of their awesome tricks and mugging comedy. But the name is deceiving. The Globetrotters actually started when five South Side Chicagoans teamed up with a 5'3" Jewish guy to play basketball games in the local gyms of small-town Illinois.
The five players were graduates of the renowned basketball program at Wendell Phillips High School, and wanted to play semi-pro. Somehow they came in contact with Abe Saperstein, a North Sider who loved sports and worked as an athletic director in the Chicago Parks System. In 1926, Saperstein became their manager (and substitute player, if someone got injured), and the team set off to play in nearby towns such as Hinckley, Illinois. They had a winning record of 101-6 in their first full season.
In 1928, the fledgling team finagled a residency at the new Savoy Ballroom in Bronzeville, where musicians such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington played. There they became the Savoy Big Five, but Saperstein and several of the players quickly left after a dispute over money and once again rebranded themselves, as the Harlem Globetrotters. The name was a marketing gimmick concocted by Saperstein: "Globetrotters" made it sound as if they had an international schedule, and "Harlem" denoted the center of African American culture, telegraphing the makeup of the team to his small-town white audiences, many of whom had never seen black basketball players before.
The world-traveling, internationally known Globetrotters of today are very different from the team at its beginning
Those same audiences, surprised and delighted by the Globetrotters' fast-break style, often shunned the black players after the game, despite the joy they got from watching them play. As the team gained popularity, it also grew in skill. The barring of African Americans from the professional basketball leagues meant the Globetrotters had their pick of black talent, and signed such players as the clowning "Goose" Tatum and fleet Marque Haynes, who eventually became the first Globetrotter to be inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
The team's skill eventually led them to win the World Professional Basketball Tournament in 1940, and then to beat the best team in the all-white precursor to the NBA in 1948. The following year, two leagues merged to form the NBA, yet still professional basketball remained unintegrated, despite the talent evinced by the Globetrotters and other black players. (Jackie Robinson broke the color line in baseball in 1947.)
Then in 1950, the Boston Celtics drafted Chuck Cooper as well as Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, who played for the Globetrotters, and professional basketball started to integrate. Rumor has it that Saperstein had a deal with the NBA in its first years to keep the best black players for the Globetrotters to ensure that the NBA would remain all-white.
Wilt Chamberlain played one season for the Globetrotters, which he called the happiest year of his lifeAnd there have been other muted accusations of racism – or at least exploitative business practices – against Saperstein, such as disputes with players over wages. Especially in the '60s, the Globetrotters began to be criticized by some in the black community for being Uncle Toms, degrading themselves as buffoonish minstrels for the entertainment of white people.
But the team also did offer some valedictory moments for African Americans, as on a 1951 trip to Germany. The track star Jesse Owens, who had won gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics but was snubbed by Hitler, occasionally helped promote the Globetrotters. Saperstein invited him to a game in 1951, and he was welcomed there by the mayor of Berlin, who embraced him, saying, "In 1936, Hitler refused to give you his hand. Today I give you both of mine."
The Globetrotters continued to incubate talent – Wilt Chamberlain played with them for one season, which he called the happiest year of his life – and grow in popularity, traveling to more than80 countries. In 1966, Saperstein died of a sudden heart attack, and the team was sold. In 1976, the team moved its base from Chicago. By the '80s, despite television shows, it was declining, and in 1993 it was bought again, this time by a former player: Mannie Jackson, who became the first African American to own a major sports franchise. Jackson revitalized the franchise with a new emphasis on competitive games as well as corporate marketing deals.
And thus the Chicago team with a New York name continues to this day.
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Former NFC Lions WR Calvin Johnson Attends Dolphins Practice.
August 7, 2017 by Blaq Hippie Radio Ent in Chicago, Chicago News, Entertainment, News, NFL, Quotes, Sports, Uncategorized and tagged #BringYourAGameSportsTalkRadio, #CalvinJohnson, #ChicagoBears, #ChicagoSportsAndMore, #HipHop, #NFL #JayCutler, News | Leave a comment
It has been a wild, crazy few days for the Miami Dolphins. Now on the same day quarterback, Jay Cutler is set to arrive in South Florida, another former NFC North player was attending practice on Monday morning.
Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson was at Dolphins training camp practice talking to coaches and players. This isn't the first time Johnson has visited a team's practice as he visited the Oakland Raiders during OTA's (organized team activities). Back in May, Raiders offensive coordinator Todd Downing invited Johnson to come to Raiders camp.
Johnson retired from the NFL in 2016 after a nine-year career which included six Pro Bowls and seven 1,000-yard seasons. During his career, Johnson recorded 731 receptions, 11,619 yards, and 83 touchdowns.
Johnson said his decision to retire was partly because he wasn't 100 percent healthy.
"I think it's a combination of both," he said. "I can't put in what I want to put in, what I used to put in to get the results that I used to get. I can't put in those same efforts and I'm not going to sell myself short; I'm not going to go out there and not be 100 percent."
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BkiUe_Q5qhLBfzo2o0fF | Jack White previews new live album with "Missing Pieces"
Recorded at Detroit's Masonic Temple in 2014.
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Jack White has announced that he will be dropping the live album Jack White: Live at the Masonic Temple, and released a live version of his track "Missing Pieces."
The extensive live album will be a recording of White's three-and-a-half hour performance at Detroit's Masonic Temple in 2014. The 38-song tracklist will also feature White's covers of Beck's "Devils Haircut," Led Zeppelin's "The Lemon Song" and Hank Williams' "Ramblin' Man."
This latest drop will be the 47th installment of White's very own Third Man Records' Vault subscription series and will come in the form of four 180-gram colored vinyl LPs. Also included are a slipcase cover with custom printed photo inner sleeves as well as shots from the show by official tour photographer David Swanson.
As an added bonus, the package will arrive with a 7-inch single of White's October 2020 performance at Saturday Night Live, during which the Detroit native paid subtle tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen.
In December, White's now-defunct band The White Stripes released an 11-track live record, Live at the 40 Watt, and a Greatest Hits collection.
Jack White: Live at the Masonic Temple is currently only available via Third Man Records' Vault subscription. Pre-orders are open until January 31. Listen to the live version of "Missing Pieces," the opening track of his 2012 solo debut Blunderbuss, below:
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BkiUdM_xK1Thg98Uf8yp | 'Supposed To Be', The New Single By CHRISSIE HUNTLEY Is Out Now
Published on 7 May 2021 at 00:12
Bristol's Chrissie Huntley has today released her new single 'Supposed To Be', a year-in-the- making alternative pop track.
Prior to Coronavirus, the Brit School graduate headlined the 02 Academy of her home city and was selected by Glastonbury Festival mastermind Michael Eavis to perform at the festival in 2019. Just when Chrissie Huntley's career was gaining momentum, she was stopped in her tracks, like most musicians, when Covid-19 took a grip of the nation. Huntley took this period to reflect upon her career and to breathe new life into her sound.
On the newly released track, she says: "Supposed to Be' is one of the first songs I ever wrote when I was a teenager and I just got dumped by the guy who I thought was supposed to be "the one". I think we've all been in that position where you know that it's over, but you just want to hold on and pretend just a little while longer…"
'Supposed To Be' is a bittersweet and soulful song that showcases Huntley's effortless vocals to the maximum. The production is smooth and the overall sound almost captures another era.
"... It's a very vulnerable track I suppose. It was very raw at the time of writing and I never had any intention of releasing it- it was more like a therapy to me than anything else. But, seven years later and here we are! Releasing this as an introduction to my new sound seemed like the perfect fit, as it holds the part of me that first turned to music at a time where I was struggling, which went on to become the entire premise of my musical journey..."
The song reflects a very personal journey for the performer. A few years ago, Chrissie suffered from intense anxiety and found that by immersing herself in music full-time she found a sense of healing. 'Supposed To Be' is all the more poignant because of this revelation, and it has to be somewhat of a personal triumph that she is performing a headline show this July at The Grain Barge in Bristol.
'Supposed To Be' is out now and is available on all major streaming platforms. You can also listen to the song below.
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BkiUddc5qWTD6fkJf-Ph | • The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board stated that the treatment plant at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has design issues that could result in unintentional nuclear reactions, hydrogen explosions, and mechanical failures. – New York Times
2. April 2, New York Times – (Washington) Treatment plant for waste in nuclear cleanup has design flaws, panel says. The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board stated that the treatment plant at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has design issues that could result in unintentional nuclear reactions, hydrogen explosions, and mechanical failures. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/science/earth/treatment-plant-for-waste-in-nuclear-cleanup-has-design-flaws-panel-says.html
• Almost 1.9 million Hyundai and Kia vehicles were recalled for brake light and air bag issues. – Associated Press
4. April 2, New York Times – (National) Subaru recalls 215,000 Outbacks and Legacies for corrosion in brake lines. Subaru announced the recall of at least 215,000 Outback and Legacy vehicles in States that heavily use road salt due to a risk of brake line corrosion. Source: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/subaru-recalls-215000-outbacks-and-legacies-for-corrosion-in-brake-lines/
• A lightning strike ignited a brush fire near the Kennedy Space Center and was at 50 percent containment April 2 after burning through 2,200 acres. – WESH 2 Orlando
20. April 2, WESH 2 Orlando – (Florida) KSC park evacuation due to 2,200-acre brush fire. A lightning strike ignited a brush fire near the Kennedy Space Center and was at 50 percent containment April 2 after burning through 2,200 acres. Source: http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/brevard-county/KSC-park-evacuated-due-to-2-200-acre-brush-fire/-/11788124/19560498/-/10tfbk3/-/index.htm
• Two inmates from Hopkins County Jail in Sulphur Springs, Texas, escaped April 2 by squeezing through a gate. Authorities placed area schools and businesses on lockdown while they searched for the men. – ABC News
26. April 2, ABC News – (Texas) Two 'dangerous' inmates escaped from Texas jail. Two inmates from Hopkins County Jail in Sulphur Springs, Texas, escaped April 2 by squeezing through a gate. Authorities placed area schools and businesses on lockdown while they utilized helicopters and dogs to search for the men, whom they consider dangerous. Source: http://news.yahoo.com/two-dangerous-inmates-escaped-texas-jail-163304108--abc-news-topstories.html
6. April 3, Help Net Security – (International) Banking trojan disguised as innocuous Word and WinHelp files. A Panda Security researcher discovered a banking trojan that uses fake .docx and WinHelp file types to avoid detection. The first piece of malware used in the process currently has a low detection rate by antivirus programs. Source: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2453
27. April 3, The H – (International) Darkleech infects scores of Apache servers. The Darkleech malware was found on 2,000 Apache servers during an investigation by Cisco during February and March. The malware is believed to be responsible for injecting invisible iFrames which link to Web pages were users can be targeted by the Blackhole exploit kit. Source: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Darkleech-infects-scores-of-Apache-servers-1834311.html
28. April 3, V3.co.uk – (International) Symantec finds plethora of fraud apps on Google Play market. Symantec researchers found that a fraud ring mostly targeting Japanese users placed up to 200 'one click' fraud apps in the Google Play app marketplace. Source: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2258769/symantec-finds-malware-widespread-on-google-play-market
29. April 3, Help Net Security – (International) The War Z taken offline following forum, database hack. Hammerpoint Interactive notified players of The War Z that user and forum data was accessed and stolen by an outside party. No payment or billing information was accessed. Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14699
30. April 2, Threatpost – (International) Stealthy BaneChant trojan lurks in Word file, relies on multiple mouse clicks. FireEye researchers identified a trojan named BaneChant which can send system information and create back doors. The trojan is delivered by spear phishing and uses user clicks to trigger itself. Source: http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/stealthy-banechant-trojan-lurks-word-file-relies-multiple-mouse-clicks-040213
31. April 2, The H – (International) Firefox 20 has per-window privacy and fixes three critical bugs. Mozilla released the newest update to its Web browser, Firefox, closing three critical security vulnerabilities and introducing a limited number of new features. Source: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Firefox-20-has-per-window-privacy-and-fixes-three-critical-bugs-1833854.html
32. April 3, Cheboygan Tribune News – (Michigan) Damaged fiber halted 911 service; skeet shooting blamed for the disruption. Cheboygan and Emmet counties lost telephone, television, and Internet services for several hours March 31 after cable lines suffered damage unexpectedly. Charter Communications fiber disruption also impacted the 9-1-1 system and service for customers and non-customers who use the Charter fiber network to connect towers. Source: http://www.cheboygannews.com/article/20130403/NEWS/130409884
33. April 2, KTUU 2 Anchorage – (Alaska) KTUU.com temporarily suspends live-stream broadcasts. KTUU.com temporarily suspended all Internet live-stream broadcasts to ensure they complied with Federal Communications Commission closed-captioning requirements from the Disability Rights Office. Source: http://www.ktuu.com/ktuucom-temporarily-suspends-live-stream-broadcasts-040213,0,5346533.story
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BkiUe0s5qg5DOdqYA7vw | Q: How to work with DATETIME in MySQL Connector/C++ 8.0? I'm using mysql-connector-cpp-8.0.18(https://github.com/mysql/mysql-connector-cpp)
Mysql result stores is variable with type mysqlx::Value https://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-cpp/8.0/classmysqlx_1_1abi2_1_1r0_1_1_value.html
/*
CREATE TABLE `table_name` (
`id` int unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`data_update` datetime NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=1 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
*/
RowResult res = mysession.sql("SELECT id, data_update FROM table_name").execute();
Row row;
while ((row = res.fetchOne())) {
cout << "Id: " << row[0] << endl; // Ok
std::string data_update = row[1]; // How to get datetime here?
// row[1].getType() == Type::Document(8)
}
How should I work with DATETIME?
A: I found the answer on mysql forum
The solution is parsing raw data. It use protobuf base 128 variant
Simple example for decoding:
uint64_t DecodeOne(uint8_t * in , size_t * len) {
uint64_t r = 0;
do {
uint64_t val = * in ;
r = (r << 7) | (uint64_t)(val & 127); in ++;
( * len) --;
} while (( * len > 0) && (uint64_t( * in ) & 128));
return r;
}
void DecodeBuffer(uint8_t * buffer, size_t size) {
std::vector < uint8_t > reverseBuffer;
for (size_t i = 1; i <= size; i++) {
reverseBuffer.push_back(buffer[size - i]);
}
size_t tmpSize = size;
uint8_t * reverseData = reverseBuffer.data();
while (tmpSize > 0) {
std::cout << DecodeOne( & reverseData[size - tmpSize], & tmpSize) << " ";
}
std::cout << "\n";
}
mysqlx_get_bytes(row, idx, 0, data, size);
DecodeBuffer(data, size);
std::pair <
const unsigned char * , size_t > res = value.getRawBytes();
DecodeBuffer(res.first, res.second);
But there is a bug in CPP API in mysql-connector-cpp-8.0.18.
CPP result doesnot contain seconds. So its possible to use only c api.
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BkiUdlc4eIZijir1oaY_ | "The River resides somewhere beyond the intersection of ceremony and show biz, at a place where multicultural collaboration becomes sacred art." — The Seattle Times
The River is a journey in instrumental virtuosity, song, and storytelling, inspired by Water as the embodiment of Spirit and essential to life on Earth. This program continues an eight-year collaboration between ETHEL and Robert Mirabal, the renowned Native American flutist, instrument builder, and three-time GRAMMY® Award-winner.
Audiences are immersed in a flow of music, narrative, and ritual that evokes timeless Native American traditions through contemporary musical artistry. As delivered by these master performers, the effect is breathtaking, even ecstatic. From "An Kha Na" to "Peace Calls," through rushing rapids and still, sacred spaces, ETHEL and Robert Mirabal evoke the magic and majesty of The River which connects us all.
The River was workshopped at The Hermitage Artist Retreat (FL) and at Denison University (OH). The project was brought to life on the Taos Pueblo, at Mirabal's home. Each artist brought original music or poetry with special significance. These included Mirabal's "An Kha Na" and his tribal "Wi-Wa"; Kip Jones's "Jay-Red" and "TSOMA"; Dorothy Lawson's "Gat'té"; and Ralph Farris's "Rana Run" and "Tsintskaro Memory"; and the collective "Tuvan Ride." As the Rio Pueblo rushed past the door, and storms came and went, and coyotes howled in the night, the artist's compositions grew in scope and depth as each player contributed layers and insights. Influences were drawn from Hawai'i, Arizona, Mexico, Ecuador, Morocco, Nigeria, India, Mongolia, Tibet, Japan, and the Republic of Georgia.
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BkiUa_HxK4tBVhvvqKej | Quin Hillyer presents Compromised Justice: How the Obama-Holder Justice Department is Undermining the Rule of Law
Please join us for a luncheon on Friday, March 26 at the Plimsoll Club in the Westin New Orleans Canal Place Hotel. Our featured speaker will be Quin Hillyer of the Washington Times and American Spectator.
From a controversial decision to drop a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party to numerous decisions on how to treat terrorist detainees, and on a variety of other issues, Eric Holder's Justice Department has staked out positions farther left than any before it. Quin Hillyer has broken a number of these stories for the Washington Times and will report on the latest developments.
RSVP now for this special event! (RSVP on Facebook)
Quin Hillyer, a senior editorial writer for the Washington Times and a senior editor for The American Spectator magazine, has won awards for journalistic excellence at the local, state, regional and national levels. Hillyer also has worked in professional or volunteer capacities in dozens of political campaigns, and served for five years as press secretary for U.S. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Bob Livingston of New Orleans. He was an original executive board member of the internationally acclaimed Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism, formed to halt the then-meteoric political rise of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. Hillyer is a cum laude graduate of Georgetown University, and is a Fellow of the Loyola University (New Orleans) Institute of Politics and of Leadership Coastal Alabama.
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TIME: 12:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Plimsoll Club, Westin New Orleans Canal Place Hotel, 11th Floor
COST: $25 for lunch (cash or check only)
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Masbia of Forest Hills, Queens, located at 105-47 64th Road, provides both grocery packages and hot dinners from 2:00-6:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday.
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During the government shutdown, the Boro Park and Flatbush locations will provide packages specially for federal employees every evening Sunday through Thursday, from 5:00–6:00 p.m.
Masbia Executive Director Alexander Rapaport and several volunteers went to LaGuardia Airport Monday, the twenty-fourth day of the shutdown, to distribute flyers to TSA agents informing them of Masbia's services. The agents have been working without pay during the shutdown.
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A thorough and comprehensive Form 1 will stipulate all of the outstanding balances which will be satisfied prior to or at settlement and it needs to be correct at the time of service. If the facts and figures stated in the Form 1 are outdated, there is a great possibility the Form 1 could be considered defective.
Many of the searches can be updated within a 3 month period at no additional cost. However, some Councils will charge for updated rates information within that initial 90 day period. Once a new financial year begins, Councils and government departments are more likely to charge for providing their updated information or may require a completely new search to be ordered. It is only natural that a vendor may be alarmed by the costs associated with the requirement for updated or fresh searches, especially if they are not familiar with the importance of the information contained within the Form 1.
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BkiUdUw4uBhi1OGmctJ2 | Q: Parse a string to a date gives a wrong date I'm trying to parse a string to a date in this format : %Y%m%d%H%M%S by this code :
from dateutil.parser import parse as parseDate
from datetime import datetime, time, timedelta
chaine = "01/10/201604:45:00"
print chaine
date = chaine[:10] + " " + chaine[11:]
print date
date = parseDate(date,yearfirst=True)
print date
i = str(date).replace('-','')
print i
i = str(i).replace(':','')
print i
i = str(i).replace(' ','')
print i
This is what I get as output:
01/10/201604:45:00
01/10/2016 4:45:00
2016-01-10 04:45:00
20160110 04:45:00
20160110 044500
20160110044500
Here, instead of getting 01 as the day and 10 as the month, i get 01 as month and 10 as day, meaning I get january instead of october.
In the other hand, when I change the chaine to : 14/11/201615:30:00 I get the correct date: 20161114053000 : month then day.
Am I missing something here?
A: Your date is ambiguous; it can either be interpreted as the first of October or the 10th of January.
Because the first number in your input (01) is the day, not the month, you need to set the dayfirst argument to True; by default this is set to False, meaning the first number encountered is interpreted as the month:
>>> parseDate('01/10/2016 4:45:00')
datetime.datetime(2016, 1, 10, 4, 45)
>>> parseDate('01/10/2016 4:45:00', dayfirst=True)
datetime.datetime(2016, 10, 1, 4, 45)
A: You can use datetime.strptime() to achieve that:
>>> from datetime import datetime
>>>
>>> datetime.strptime('01/10/201604:45:00', '%d/%m/%Y%H:%M:%S')
datetime.datetime(2016, 10, 1, 4, 45)
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BkiUcwfxK1UJ-rWoJcTB | Home MLB'Weekly' Hit Ground Ball Weekly Hit Ground Ball: Rookie Managers Making It Look Easy
'Weekly' Hit Ground Ball
Weekly Hit Ground Ball: Rookie Managers Making It Look Easy
by Matt Smith April 15, 2018
written by Matt Smith April 15, 2018
Alex Cora and Mickey Callaway must have their feet up in their respective manager's office thinking that this managing malarkey is easy.
Cora's Red Sox sit astride the Major Leagues with a 12-2 record heading into Sunday's games, with Callaway's Mets close behind on 11-2 having had their nine-game winning streak brought to an end by Milwaukee yesterday.
Meanwhile, it turns out the Phillies' manager Gabe Kapler might not be completely clueless – as some declared after his first three games – as his team have won five games in a row to second behind the Mets on an 8-5 record.
The Nationals' Dave Martinez (7-8) and Yankees' Aaron Boone (7-7) are holding steady in the early going too, which just leaves veteran Ron Gardenhire among the new managers for 2018 for whom the start of the season is proving to be a struggle.
Gardenhire has been in the game long enough not to be too envious of those whippersnappers. There are only 30 MLB manager jobs at any one time and even being in charge of a rebuilding Detroit Tigers is a post to be proud of.
However, it is interesting that so many potentially plumb positions ended up in the hands of rookie managers.
Sport teams generally will change a manager when things have gone badly, with the manager holding responsibility for the team's performance and being the easiest big part to change as opposed to making significant changes to the playing staff.
That often leads to an 'opposite ends' approach to the recruitment of managers, especially in football. If a 'back-to-basics' experienced British manager gets the boot then a younger continental manager is just what's needed. If relegation looms with said younger continental manager's brand of 'tippy-tappy' football not working in England, well of course you need a 'back-to-basics' experienced British manager to shake things up.
It's not quite the same in baseball as the manager here has a different brief to work towards (accepting manager/head coach roles vary among football clubs too), yet you still see that approach being taken and, to varying degrees, that goes for the six new managers in MLB this year.
The situation in Washington was the most extreme. Ex-manager Dusty Baker has his critics from previous managerial stints, yet it's difficult to see quite what he did in his two years at the helm with the Nationals to deserve to be pushed aside over the off-season rather than to continue with the team. They won 95 and 97 games in 2016 and 2017 and whilst consecutive 3-2 Division Series exits were bitterly disappointing when expectations of a World Series were so high, in the cold light of day there wasn't much about those series defeats that you could pin on Baker.
His departure was a classic case of the team wanting to change something to get over the Division Series hump and Baker being the easiest option. They changed from a 68 year-old with 22 MLB managerial seasons of experience to Dave Martinez, a 53 year-old who is taking on his first MLB managerial job after serving an apprenticeship under Joe Maddon at the Rays and Cubs.
The changes in Boston and New York were more understandable.
The Red Sox won 93 games and the AL East before being knocked out of the play-offs by a formidable Houston Astros team, so it was hardly a disaster on the field last year. However, it never seemed like a happy camp under John Farrell and so bringing his five-year reign to a close and moving on to the dynamic young Alex Cora looked like a shake-up move at somewhere that needed a shake-up.
The same could be said for the Mets, although in their case the 2017 season undoubtedly was a disaster. Terry Collins had outstayed his welcome so bringing him back for 2018 was never going to work. Mickey Callaway's glowing reputation from his five years as pitching coach under Terry Francona in Cleveland made him an obvious candidate to take over at a team whose fortunes are so heavily invested in the form and fitness of their starting pitching.
Aaron Boone was a left-field choice for the Yankees, yet fits into the 'opposite ends' idea by virtue of his excellent communication skills – shown to all in his work with ESPN – being cited as a crucial factor in his appointment. Joe Girardi had served a decade as the Yankees' manager and many on the New York beat had started bemoaning his increased willingness to say very little in his managerial briefings long before it was announce he would not be returning for 2018. It wasn't simply the New York press wishing for someone more quote-worthy – although I'm sure that makes their lives much easier – but more that their experience was indicative of what they were picking up from players too: that Girardi was failing to inspire his team any more.
Those four situations are all about winning now, which is different to the roles that Gabe Kapler and Ron Gardenhire are taking on. In Philadelphia, they are firmly on the way up with a young team and so switched the 66 year-old Pete Mackanin for 42 year-old rookie manager Kapler. In Detroit, they are at the start of a rebuild and decided that the experienced head of Gardenhire was what was needed at this point to move on from first-time manager Brad Ausmus, whose four-year tenure produced mixed results.
These are early days in the 2018 season and none of us can be certain how the six managerial appointments will pan out over the next few years, but it is likely we can take a good guess at the type of manager they will be replaced by when that time comes.
That is, someone the opposite of who they are replacing.
The Sunday Smasher
The Bangles sang that "It's just another manic Monday".
In MLB the song goes: "It's just another Shohei Sunday".
The Angels' Japanese star is back on the mound today and after he went six perfect innings against the A's last time out, he now gets to face the Kansas City Royals who have the worst record in MLB so far this season.
In other words, this has 'potential no-hitter' written all over it. Or it will produce a big shock of the Royals being the line-up to knock Ohtani out of his stride. Either way, it will be worth watching.
First pitch from Kauffman Stadium is at 19.15 BST and the game is available to watch on MLB.TV.
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Matt Smith is the editor and lead writer at BaseballGB. An Oakland A's fan, Matt has been following baseball since 1998 and started writing about the sport in 2006. He is the current Chair of the British Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Metallian61 April 15, 2018 - 5:51 pm
I'm not yet convinced by Gabe Kapler, the Phillies current success has come against the Marlins, Reds and Rays. I reckon Philadelphia has a couple of players with the wrong attitude too, they stopped playing for Mackanin. I think Ron Gardenhire was a strange appointment by the Tigers, surely a young manager who could grow with the team would've been a better choice – by the time Detroit is any good Gardenhire will be ancient! I also believe that Joe Girardi, who would have stayed, is an excellent skipper. There were a lot of little things he did within games, under intense scrutiny, to help the Yankees win in my observation. More often than not the team outperformed its Pythagorean W-L. I already see signs that Aaron Boone will be an apologist for his players, too soft.
Girardi will likely be high on the list, having had some rest, of teams who fire their current manager in season. Who might be early candidates for the chop? Kevin Cash (Rays) has been dealt an even weaker hand this year but he hasn't proved he can win and Chris Archer, for example, is a player who has deteriorated under Cash's stewardship. The position of Rick Renteria (White Sox) is questionable, to my eye his ballclub is not gelling, it looks like a collection of individuals. There is sentiment attached to Ned Yost in Kansas City but he often gives the impression he doesn't know what's going on (didn't realise his pitcher had a no hitter going). As your Athletics look set for another losing season, is it time for a change of voice in Oakland, Matt?
In the NL, Mike Matheny (St Louis) always seems to be on the hot seat in the eyes of the fans but his fellow Central Division pilot Bryan Price has never convinced me. Certainly, the Reds have had bad luck with offensive injuries early on, however, the club seems no nearer to improving its pitching than it was five years ago – and Price is the former pitching coach. Whose bright idea was it to chuck $750,000 at Yovani Gallardo for him to throw 2.1 innings of relief and an ERA north of 30 before quickly releasing him?
On a different point, so much for starting the season earlier to afford players more rest days! In fairness, like the UK, America is experiencing a severe weather Spring and rearranged games, including Double Headers, are beginning to pile up in every nook and cranny left in the original schedule. I can't recall so many games having been postponed by this date.
And a few bullets: big test for a promising looking Atlanta team in how it reacts to throwing away a game in Chicago; the Yankees are already 5 games adrift of Boston and the Red Sox appear solid in all areas so NY is playing for the Wild Card; similarly the Dodgers will not make up 6.5 on Arizona who firmly have their number. LA's problem is that Justin Turner is the glue that holds its offense together.
Well, that didn't take long! Price and pitching coach Mack Jenkins have been fired, Jim Riggleman to be interim manager – I think he'll do well enough to see out the season. Girardi, who is working for MLB network unlikely to be interested in the mess on the bank of the Ohio.
Matt Smith April 19, 2018 - 6:47 pm
Yes, we'll have to see who wants the job. They're an interesting team as they do have some potential over the next few years, but I think it might be a case of a good manager wanting to be the one after this one (i.e. letting someone else take the pain for a couple of seasons and joining when they may be closer to getting back to contention)
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Thread: Saturday Morning Favorites
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Hey everyone, now that the SatAM cartoon block is history do you remember any toons that stand out from the rest?
Since not all cartoons are equal I admit that my personal list of Saturday Morning Favorites starts with "War Planets", aka "Shadow Raiders", part of the Kids' WB! lineup from 1998. An amazing cartoon by Mainframe Entertainment of Canada. "War Planets" uses the "ReBoot" formula and goes into an amazing universe of digital graphics, but made for your analog television.
Share any cartoons that made you sit-up and take notice!
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yellow_submarine
You'd think I could recall specific shows, after spending years in front of the TV, but it all kinda blurs together. I do remember watching MST3K and reruns of Batman 66' with my dad and brother.
Sometimes an old show will pop into my head even though I was thinking about something totally unrelated. "War Planets" is a case in point, now I can't stop thinking about it, lol.
And while I'm here, anyone remember "Silver Surfer: The Animated Series" from Fox Kids, 1998?
Only aired for one season but it was unique while it lasted.
stake n sheak
I never saw Silver Surfer. Didn't even know about that one. I did watch the heck out of the X-Men cartoon a few years before that.
Of course there was an hour or two of Looney Tunes shorts. Nothing beats those. I also liked the Jay Ward shows.
Newer cartoons that I watched included Gummi Bears. I barely remember Kissyfur or Karate Kat. I watched Smurfs, Flintstones, and Scooby Doo but I feel no fondness for any of those now.
I'm not counting cartoons I watched on weekdays, like Tiny Toons, Batman TAS and Beyond, Ducktales (and later, the other Disney Afternoon stuff), and Ninja Turtles.
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The original Nicktoons:
Doug, Rugrats, and Ren and Stimpy.
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Those were Sunday morning shows.
As for me:
The Ed Grimley Show
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
Popeyes and Son (A good one to rip on)
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Well, then I'll say Garfield and Friends.
Didn't schedules vary by market? I think I've heard that Ninja Turtles (for example) was on Saturday in some parts of the country but where I grew up it was strictly weekdays. And I KNOW Ren & Stimpy was on Friday or Saturday at 10 o'clock at night.
bklynbren
The 1992 X-Men cartoon stands out most for me. There were a million great Saturday morning cartoons on when I was a kid, but X-Men made you desperate for the next episode week after week. You had to see what happens next, and if you missed it you were screwed!
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Yes, schedules varied by market. The syndicated episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were on Saturday mornings in the fall of 1989. Ren & Stimpy was the second show of the Snick lineup. So, it probably aired at 9:30pm in the South.
What you saw and when you saw it varied around the country. In Seattle "Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys" aired on Sunday mornings while other markets ran it on Saturdays. That cartoon quickly became one of my favorites.
I'm glad Straydog listed "The Tick", still one of the funniest superhero spoof cartoons and it still holds up well. And what a great cast of characters for Tick and Arthur to run with. Remember American Maid? How about the womanizing of Die Fledermaus, complete with the worst pick-up lines ever spoken by a man. Try Bipolar Bear and Captain Lemming as superhero examples!
And don't get me started on the villains. OK, who could resist the attack of the Ottoman Empire? Tick had a tough time easing out of the easy chair, lol.
Love the way the show gave Tick's friends their moment in the spotlight:
"The Tick" was one of the good ones. Fox had it right in between Spider-Man and X-Men in 95.
ABC and FOX seemed to have the best Saturday morning line-ups though out the 90's, based on shows that I liked. CBS was not too far behind with TMNT and Pee-Wee's Playhouse. NBC was good up until 92, then they started showing less cartoons
Mighty Mouse, Popeye, even Felix the Cat! Never had I expected to see these old characters make a comeback to Saturday Morning Cartoons.
Gotta give a shout out to Ralph Bakshi, Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures was just plain funny. It was cool the way the episodes did not follow a familiar script, new villains and Mighty Mouse had new sidekicks.
And I can't say enough about "The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat", really nice to see Felix in all his surreal glory, lol. Another surprise, Felix's friends Rosco and Poindexter were back in action again.
Here's my favorite episode, the Star Trek spoof, "Star Trash":
These mostly look like ABCs 1987 Saturday morning lineup, Smurfs was on NBC at that time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_United_States_network_television_schedule_%28Saturday_morning%29
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ALF had a cartoon as well?
Who didn't have one?
Not only did "Alf" have a cartoon, "Rude Dog and the Dweebs" also had their moment in the spotlight.
NBC seemed to pick up cartoons that were based on live action and popular games, "Mr. T", "Laser Tag Academy", "ALF: the Animated Adventures", "Captain N: the Game Master", "The Karate Kid", "Camp Candy", "The Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3", "Kid 'n Play", "Super Mario World", "ProStars",... I'm surprised they didn't have The MC Hammer cartoon.
Anyone remember one called "Yo Yogi"? It was about Yogi Bear and his friends in their younger days. There were only about 13 episodes.
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BkiUduk4uzki06kEiF6T | Lukacs Laboratory
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Chemokines
Chemokines during immune responses
Mediators produced during inflammatory/immune responses dictate the type of response, as well as its magnitude ("quality and quantity"). The profile of cytokines and chemokines produced are responsible for the cell-to-cell communication that facilitates initial recognition of infection or damage. These signals, in turn, communicate with primary lympoid tissues (the thymus and bone marrow) to mobilize inflammatory cells to the bloodstream. At the tissue site, chemokines and orchestrate leukocyte adhesion to vascular endothelium, extravasation, and localization of leukocytes at the site of inflammation. Recruitment of leukocyte populations into inflamed tissues is initiated by cytokine-induced expression of adhesion molecules on vascular endothelium. Chemokines promote the tight adherence of leukocytes to activated endothelium, as well as direct the extravasation of cells into inflamed tissue. Chemokines further coordinate the response of inflammatory effector cells as they arrive in inflamed tissues. The sequential activation and cellular recruitment cascades mediated by cytokines and chemokines are essential for successful resolution of infection or other tissue damage. However, overproduction or dysregulation of these inflammatory mediators can also lead to destructive, pathological consequences.
As depicted in the figure above, different cell populations express various and sometimes, specific chemokine receptors that help guide the leukocytes to specific diseased inflammation. In the case as above during allergic airway responses, a Th2 environment produces specific chemokines that are induced by IL-4 and IL-13, such as CCL11 (eotaxin), CCL22 (TARC), CCL20, and CCL1. These ligands bind to specific receptors, CCR3, CCR4, CCR6 and CCR8, respectively, that are found on Th2 cells and eosinophils that are known to be characteristic of an allergic type inflammation. In contrast, cytokines that are associated with viral responses, including type I IFN and IFN gamma induced chemokines, such as CxCL9, CxCL10 and CCL5, which bind to CxCR3 and CCR1. These receptors are found on Th1 cells, Tcytotoxic cells, and NK cells, which are important for virus clearance. Thus, the cytokine/chemokine environment dictates that type of cells that accumulate at the site of inflammation based upon the expression of chemokine receptors found on the leukocyte surface.
Recent Publications on Chemokines and immune responses
1.Kallal LE, Hartigan AJ, Hogaboam CM, Schaller MA, Lukacs NW. Inefficient Lymph node sensitization during Respiratory viral infection promotes IL-17-mediated lung pathology. J Immunol. 2010.
2.Kallal LE, Schaller MA, Lindell DM, Lira SA, Lukacs NW. CCL20/CCR6 blockade enhances immunity to respiratory syncytial virus by impairing recruitment of dendritic cells. Eur. J. Immunol. 183(10):6698-707. 2010.
3.Elhofy A, Depaolo RW, Lira SA, Lukacs NW, and Karpus WJ. 2009. Mice deficient for CCR6 fail to control Chronic experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J. Neuroimmunol.
4.Lindell DM, Lane TE, and Lukacs NW. CXCL10/CXCR3-mediated responses promote immunity to respiratory syncytial virus infection by augmenting dendritic cell and CD8(+) T cell efficacy. Eur. J. Immunol. 2008, 8:2168-79.
5.Schaller MA, Kallal LE, Lukacs NW. A Key Role for CC Chemokine Receptor 1 in T-Cell-Mediated Respiratory Inflammation. Am J Pathol. 2008 172(2):386-94.
6.Dolgachev V, M. Thomas, AA Berlin, and NW Lukacs. Stem cell factor-mediated activation pathways promote murine eosinophil CCL6 production and survival. J. Leuk. Biol. 81(4):1111-9,2007.
7.Smit JJ, Lukacs NW. The missing link: chemokine receptors and tissue matrix breakdown in COPD. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2006 (11):555-7.
8.Karpus WJ, Kennedy KJ, Fife BT, Bennett JL, Dal Canto MC, Kunkel SL, and Lukacs NW. Anti-CCL2 treatment inhibits Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus-induced demyelinating disease. J Neurovirol. 2006 (4):251-61.
9.Allison L. Miller, Craig Gerard, Matthew A. Schaller, Achim D. Gruber, Allison A. Humbles, and Nicholas W. Lukacs. Deletion of CCR1 attenuates pathophysiologic responses during RSV infection. J. Immunol. 2006, 176(4):2562-7.
10.Steven K. Lundy, Sergio A. Lira, Donald N. Cook, Aaron A. Berlin, and Nicholas W. Lukacs. Attenuation of allergen-induced responses in CCR6-/- mice is dependent upon altered pulmonary T lymphocyte activation. J. Immunol. 174(4):2054-60, 2005.
11. Alison E. John, Craig J. Gerard, Allison L. Miller, Aaron A. Berlin, Matthew A. Schaller, Allison A. Humbles, and Nicholas W. Lukacs. Respiratory syncytial virus induced exaggeration of allergic airway disease is dependent upon CCR1-associated immune responses. Eur. J. Immunol. 35(1):108-16, 2004.
12. Alison John, Aaron A. Berlin and Nicholas W. Lukacs. The role of CCL28 in the development of allergic eosinophilic airway inflammation. Am. J. Pathol. 166(2):345-53, 2004.
13. Alison John, Aaron Berlin, and Nicholas W. Lukacs. Effect of RSV-induced CCL5 on allergic airway inflammation. Eur. J. Immunol. Jun;33(6):1677-85, 2003.
14. Allison L. Miller, Robert M. Strieter, Samual Ho, H. Gruber, and N.W. Lukacs. Role of CxCR2 in RSV-induced mucus production and airway hyperreactivity. J. Immunol. 170(6):3348-56, 2003.
15. Lukacs, N.W. Role of chemokines in the pathogenesis of asthma. Nature Reviews Immunology 1:108-116,2001.
16. N.W. Lukacs, D. M. Prosser, S. A. Lira, and D. N. Cook. Requirement for the chemokine receptor CCR6 in allergic pulmonary inflammation. J. Exp. Med. 20;194(4):551-6, 2001. | commoncrawl | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUdaM5qX_BukO5hJTU | Articles Tagged with Tyrelle Bivins
Security Negligence? Tyrelle Bivins, Christopher McClendon, Sariyah Johnson Injured in Atlanta, GA Apartment Complex Shooting.
Tyrelle Bivins, Christopher McClendon, Sariyah Johnson Injured in Atlanta, GA Apartment Complex Shooting. (CBS46.com)
Three people were shot and injured at an Atlanta, Georgia apartment complex early Monday morning, May 24, 2021.
As reported by CBS46.com, "officers responded to a person shot call at an apartment complex on Monday at 12:27 a.m. near the 100 block of Moury Avenue. When officers arrived, they found two men and one woman suffering from gunshot wounds."
WSBtv.com is reporting, "[p]olice found a man inside a building who had multiple gunshot wounds. He was identified as Tyrelle Bivins. While on scene, "officers found Christopher McClendon inside an apartment with a gunshot wound to the leg."
According to the report, "[p]olice were then told there was a woman lying in the bushes near the back of the complex who had also been shot. Police found her suffering from two gunshot wounds to the back. She also had a compound fracture to her ankle. She was identified as Sariyah Johnson."
All three victims were taken to Grady Hospital and were last reported in stable condition.
Was the complex aware of any suspicious persons or suspicious activity on the property prior to the shooting?
What security measures were in place to deter crime and protect the victim at the time of the shooting?
Property owners are generally required to protect against foreseeable harm to anyone and everyone legally on the premises. Should the investigation into this incident reveal facts that establish that the apartment complex owner or management lacked adequate security to protect its residents and visitors, Tyrelle Bivins, Christopher McClendon, Sariyah Johnson may seek justice and elect to pursue legal claims and substantial compensation for their injuries.
The Murray Law Firm has extensive and successful experience in handling security negligence claims on behalf of victims and their families, and suggests that an immediate, unbiased inspection of the property will need to be performed so as to limit evidence from being altered, damaged or destroyed. The complexities of pursuing a negligent security case are well understood by the legal team at The Murray Law Firm, and it is imperative that Tyrelle Bivins, Christopher McClendon, Sariyah Johnson retain a capable law firm who will work without delay to protect their interests.
Tagged: 100 block of Moury Avenue, Atlanta apartment complex shooting, Christopher McClendon, Sariyah Johnson and Tyrelle Bivins | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdok4uzlh5508Ax2t | High, middle, and low-income homes to be developed on 2000 acres of land along East Coast - Pres.
The Ministry of Housing and Water will develop some 2000 acres of land on the East Coast Demerara (ECD) that will provide housing for high, middle, and low-income earners.
This is according to President Irfaan Ali. The Head of state was at the time delivering remarks at the sod-turning ceremony of the new state-of-the-art AC Marriott Hotel at Plantation Ogle, ECD.
According to President Ali, private developers will invest in upscale housing on 300 acres of land along this corridor.
"2000 acres of development for middle income, high income, and low-income houses to support the type of investment that will be made here," President Ali added.
President Ali also revealed that the Ogle International Airport would see an expansion, and to complement that expansion, many corporate multinational headquarters, and world-class medical facilities will be constructed.
In the La Bonne Intention (LBI) area, an industrial and commercial zone will be developed to support the investments made in this area.
The Head of State said, "All of this will bring new traffic, people who will need services of a hotel because when they come to do business, and they come to visit their headquarters, and they come to lecture or to work in the specialty hospital, there's accommodation closely."
The Head of State said that Guyana's expansion of its hotel pool is not part of a narrow goal of increasing the country's room capacity but part of a holistic plan of building a sector in which hospitality is the main cornerstone of growth and development.
The AC Marriott Hotel is expected to cost more than US$45 million and will add more than 150 rooms to Guyana's capacity. It is expected to be completed in 2024.
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BkiUdXg4uzlh5TJwIltG | LG V30S ThinQ: Rethinking "smart" phones
LG already made it known that it wasn't going to butt heads at MWC 2018 over who has the best new flagship smartphone. That doesn't mean, however, that isn't going to try in different ways. Actually, it already pre-announced what it had in mind, refreshing its LG V30 with some new capabilities. It's calling it the LG V30S ThinQ and it is virtually indistinguishable from last year's LG V30 or any of its variants. What has changed, instead, is something inside that is giving the V30S ThinQ more brains than other smartphones, or so LG says.
The LG V30S ThinQ is practically the marriage of two of LG's most recent brands. The V30S part comes from a slightly souped-up V30, or V30+ even. It exactly the same hardware, including the 6-inch 2880×1440 18:9 OLED screen and, unfortunate but expected, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. Even the cameras are the same 16 megapixel f/1.6 and 13 megapixel f/1.9 pair.
The hardware difference is very minor and comes via the memory configuration. RAM is now at 6 GB, something that should have happened already last year in the first place. And like the V30+ variant, the V30S ThinQ's storage starts at 128 GB, with a pricier 256 GB option on the table.
The phone's defining feature, however, comes from its "ThinQ" heritage, LG's new umbrella brand for all things AI. Unlike its rivals, however, LG isn't putting a personality behind its AI. Instead, it's making artificial intelligence work invisibly behind the scenes without the user having to make a conscious effort to use it. It does give the features some names. AI Cam, for example, can automatically select one of eight scene modes depending on the subject, choosing between portrait, animal, building, flower, food, sunrise, sunset, and landscape. QLens, on the other hand, uses object recognition for product searches on Pinterest or Amazon.
These features can be activated using voice, of course, and LG calls it, of course, QVoice. But, in typical LG fashion, it hooks into already existing platforms and services. In this case, that's Google Assistant. You have to give LG credit for resisting the urge to reinvent the wheel and instead just build upon existing wheels. LG is introducing 50 or so commands to Assistant, but they're pretty much exclusive to the company's products. That does, at least, make it easier for manufacturers and developers to hook into Google Assistant and benefit the V30S ThinQ at the same time.
LG is making its biggest gamble this year. Practically skipping MWC and delaying its flagship, the Korean OEM is trying out a new strategy that could backfire if not done correctly. Its MWC play is more somber, more thoughtful, mirroring its marketing spiel of offering a more "Empathic AI". It teeters over the fine line that divides more "personal" AI and strictly logical ones. Whether it achieves any of that, only time will tell.
The LG V30S ThinQ launches earlier than any of the new phones you'll see at MWC this week. That begins on March 9, though details have yet to be announced. To also help distinguish it from its predecessors, the V30S ThinQ will also come in two new never before used colors of Moroccan Blue and Platinum Gray. That is, if consumers will actually notice that they're new. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdls4eIOjRl2TsqrD | Good news, guys: The male birth control pill is closer to becoming a reality. A new study has found that a "modified testosterone" drug may help suppress the hormones that lead to sperm creation.
"Our results suggest that this pill, which combines two hormonal activities in one, will decrease sperm production while preserving libido," Dr. Christina Wang, a professor of medicine at UCLA and co-author of the study examining, told Newsweek in a statement. If you can shut down sperm production without impacting libido, the thinking goes, you've solved the puzzle.
But this is no mean feat. Women's bodies release one viable egg per reproductive cycle; men, on the other hand, produce close to 300 million sperm cells every day, and it takes only one of these determined swimmers to fertilize an egg. In other words, the conceptual challenge is much greater with a male contraceptive pill.
The results of Wang's study, which were presented at the Endocrine Society 2019, are encouraging. Scientists recruited a group of 40 healthy men between the ages of 18 and 50, and divided them into three groups. The first two groups received two different dosages of the drug (11-beta-MNTDC), while the third received a placebo.
After 28 days of taking the drug (the same number of days in women's birth control pill cycles), the men demonstrated a high tolerance for the drug with no serious side effects. Minor side effects ranged from weight gain, headaches, acne, and fatigue to decreased libido and mild erectile dysfunction, but no reported decrease in sexual activity.
Success? Not quite yet. The first round of testing determined tolerance, but the drug's efficacy remains unproven. Wang said that the drug next needs to be tested for longer to see if it actually reduces sperm production effectively enough to prevent pregnancies.
Until then, the same team of people working on this contraceptive pill for guys are also hard at work developing a reversible injection and a patch, two alternative delivery methods for the same drug, meaning men may soon have a host of new birth control options.
After all, for decades now, men who wanted to take birth control into their own hands have been left with two options: condoms or a vasectomy. (Sorry, fellas, but pulling out doesn't count.) The first can be ineffective (especially if the condom is worn incorrectly or if it breaks), and the second is a procedure that isn't easily reversed.
And until the results of this new study, efforts to produce a male variant of the pill have been stymied: Either the proposed pill didn't work as intended, or it does work, but its side effects render it unsafe or intolerable.
But until those birth control pills for guys hit the market, we'll always have condoms. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUeerxK7DgtAAQJxje | Владимир Александрович Захаров (1926—1977) — советский металлург и передовик производства в металлургической промышленности. Лауреат Сталинской премии (1951).
Биография
Родился 1 февраля 1926 года в селе Боголюбовка, Оренбургской области.
С 1943 года в период Великой Отечественной войны после окончания Магнитогоского ремесленного училища, в возрасте семнадцати лет, В. А. Захаров начал свою трудовую деятельность в должности — мастера производственного обучения Магнитогоского ремесленного училища.
В 1944 по 1967 годы в течение двадцати трёх лет, В. А. Захаров работал —
подручным сталевара, сталеваром и начальником смены в мартеновском цехе Магнитогорского металлургического комбината, с 1954 по 1957 годы без отрыва от основной трудовой деятельности проходил обучение на вечернем отделении Магнитогорского индустриального техникума. В. А. Захаров являлся одним из инициаторов Всесоюзного движения металлургов за достижение максимального производственного уровня и экономию ресурсов в процессе производства, в 1950 году совместно со своими товарищами сталеварами на мартеновской печи Магнитогорского металлургического комбината выплавил шестнадцать тысяч тонн сверхплановой стали. В. А. Захаров стал пионером в области эффективного использования сырьевых и топливно-энергетических ресурсов и рациональной организации труда, его опыт в этой области начал использоваться на металлургических предприятиях всего Советского Союза.
В 1951 году Постановлением ЦК КПСС и Совета Министров СССР «за выдающиеся коренные усовершенствования технологии производства металла» Владимир Александрович Захаров был удостоен — Сталинской премии.
В 1952 году Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «за выдающиеся достижения в труде» Владимир Александрович Захаров был награждён высшей наградой государства — Орденом Ленина.
С 1967 по 1972 годы работал мастером миксерного отделения и являлся — председателем цехового комитета профсоюзов Магнитогорского металлургического комбината. С 1972 по 1977 годы работал в должности — директора Магнитогорского дома отдыха металлургов «Юбилейный».
Скончался 18 мая 1977 года в городе Магнитогорске, Челябинской области.
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Выпускники Ташкентского государственного технического университета | wikipedia | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUfp_xK7Ehm9idBw9m | SCRC Teaching Partnership > Research and resources > Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)
Protecting children from harm: A critical assessment of child sexual abuse in the family network in England and priorities for action - executive summary of the report by the Children's Commissioner
'We have the right to be safe'- Protecting disabled children from abuse: An NSPCC report identifying the key issues around safeguarding disabled children; Executive Summary and Full report
Estimating the costs of child sexual abuse in the UK: a paper by the NSPCC. It shows the importance of understanding about the costs of abuse for a number of reasons:
Allows for better informed decisions about expenditure on its prevention and treatment, as well as raising awareness of its scale and impact
Enables policy makers to put spending on child sexual abuse in the context of other costly public health issues such as obesity and smoking
Highlight gaps in our knowledge where we can work on improving evidence in the future
This project provides a framework for estimating the costs of other forms of child abuse and neglect in the UK.
How safe are our children: comprehensive NSPCC overview of Child Protection in the UK
Preventing child sexual abuse: an NSPCC report towards establishing a national strategy
Responding to violence against women and children - the role of the NHS: Report from the sexual violence against women sub-group
Yes you can! Working with survivors of childhood sexual abuse (2nd Edition): Scottish Government publication by Sarah Nelson and Sue Hampson
Children and young people with harmful sexual behaviours: Research in Practice Research Review
CSA and CSE - useful websites: a list and description of each website
Children and young people with harmful sexual behaviours: Research in Practice paper
Protective behaviours resources: a brief guide to make you aware of resources available and think through how to use them and to match with the young people you are working with | commoncrawl | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUfrc5qhLB3UNjqscj | Saudi Arabia's stock market fell sharply on Wednesday after Saudi state television reported that King Abdullah had been admitted to hospital for tests.
The main equities index, the TASI, was trading down 2.8 percent at 11.30 a.m. GMT, paring some losses after falling around 5 percent in the minutes after the television report.
The elderly king was admitted to a hospital in the capital Riyadh on Wednesday, state media reported, citing a royal court statement.
King Abdullah was born in the court of his father, King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, in the early 1920s.
The softly-spoken monarch, who took power in 2005 after the death of King Fahd, has undergone surgery in the past few years related to a herniated disc.
"The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, may God keep him, entered today Wednesday ... the King Abdulaziz Medical City of the National Guard in Riyadh to undergo some medical tests," the statement said, according to state news agency SPA.
State media last week reported that King Abdullah had left Riyadh for his desert farm at Rawdat Khuraim northeast of the capital. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUc8c5qYVBQos0H5hx | package io.renren.entity;
import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotBlank;
/**
* 科室信息
*
* @author tangty
* @email tianyaTTY@gmail.com
* @date 2017年7月11日 下午6:43:36
*/
public class YlDepartmentEntity {
private Integer id;//主键
@NotBlank(message="参数名不能为空")
private String name;//科室名
@NotBlank(message="参数值不能为空")
private Integer hospitalId;//医院ID
private String remark;//备注
private String hosName;//医院名
private Integer orgId;//医疗机构ID
private String orgName;//医疗组织名称
public Integer getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(Integer id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public Integer getHospitalId() {
return hospitalId;
}
public void setHospitalId(Integer hospitalId) {
this.hospitalId = hospitalId;
}
public String getRemark() {
return remark;
}
public void setRemark(String remark) {
this.remark = remark;
}
public String getHosName() {
return hosName;
}
public void setHosName(String hosName) {
this.hosName = hosName;
}
public Integer getOrgId() {
return orgId;
}
public void setOrgId(Integer orgId) {
this.orgId = orgId;
}
public String getOrgName() {
return orgName;
}
public void setOrgName(String orgName) {
this.orgName = orgName;
}
}
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BkiUc77xaKgTuVvaEn_4 | hi, nice to see new people joining. PS dont worry about the assists the only one we have banned is pit assist (you control the car on pit exit and if you go over the white line you get a penalty).
Yes, I know when you go to play open online you see everything.
Here the game is fair. | c4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
BkiUdJU5qg5A52fiCl-s | In 2013 I graduated at the Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam (Bachelor Lifestyle Design).
I was trained to focus on concepts and trends, but in the end of the third year I realized it did not give me satisfaction to make things with the ideas of others. I wanted to be a visual artist in my own right. Therefore I graduated with an autonomous project about the beauty of everyday unnoticed objects which got a Drempelprijs nomination. During my graduation show a lot of people were interested in exhibiting my work. From that time on I had several exhibitions including; C&H Artspace, Showroom MAMA, Kadmium Delft and publications at Volkskrant Magazine, Glamcult and NEW Dutch Photography.
After graduation I decided to work for free for a while to help autonomous artists and photographers. It helped me enormously to see how they worked and approached projects, galleries and clients. During that period I continuously worked on further developing myself, but I came to the conclusion that I was looking for extra depth in my work and that I cannot accomplish that all by myself. A Master program like this can give me more guidance in art, to explore my fascinations and grow theoretically and conceptually.
Everyday objects painted in colors like bright yellow, deep green and baby blue seem to have strange shapes. Detached from their original function they have become sculptures, which can be admired for their colour, shape and material. Vacuum cleaners, cardboard coffee cups, or gasoline jerrycans remain recognizable, but I dispose of their original function and show that they can be repaired endlessly.
My fascination for everyday objects originated from my compassion for them as they are often quickly disposed and replaced. My work is generally a search of transforming these objects. I create the illusion that my work is painted or drawn, while in reality they are large three- dimensional sculptures, which I isolate in a two-dimensional work. I use a lot of colour to trigger primary emotions, and give the viewer a sense of alienation by arranging the shapes in an unexpected form. In the last couple of months my work has become more abstract. I have started to read more about the theory of composition and colour, and was wondering if an object was still necessary in an image. The possibility to create three-dimensional colour arrangements fascinates me. Can colour or composition become an object? Another goal is to improve my three-dimensional work as well. The isolation and transformation of objects in my images work so well precisely because they are two dimensional and therefore abstract. Can I accomplish the same effect in three-dimensional work? | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
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BkiUa9rxaL3SuhzLmIgk | Fiscally Speaking, Government, Maywood Politics December 23, 2016 December 23, 2016
Maywood Approves 13% Overall Tax Levy Increase, 3% Increase for Corporate Fund
A chart detailing the village's 2016 tax levy. | Village of Maywood
Friday, December 13, 2016 || By Michael Romain || @maywoodnews
At a Dec. 20 regular meeting, the Maywood Board of Trustees unanimously approved an ordinance setting the real estate tax levy for 2016 at $18,891, 952, which represents a roughly 12 percent increase over the 2015 tax levy amount of $16,883, 378.
Most of that increase, village officials have noted, is due to the village paying more into its police and fire pension funds. State law requires the village to make annual contributions that would increase funding levels to a 90 percent "fully-funded" threshold by 2040, according to an October memo by village attorney Michael Jurusik.
Tax levy requirements for the fire pension fund increased from $2,428,188 last year to $2,601,079 this year — an increase of 7 percent. Tax levy requirements for the police pension fund increased from $2,533,343 to $4,013,846 — an increase of 58 percent.
Those increases, village officials have noted, are based on unfunded liability, "which represents monies that should've been in the fund and demographic factors that have changed to include the hiring of new employees, employees retiring or becoming disabled and salary increases."
During a Nov. 30 Legal, License and Ordinance Commission (LLOC) meeting, Village Manager Willie Norfleet said that the levies for the village's pension and debt service funds are virtually set in stone and the board has no power to alter them.
"There are no options for reducing or modifying the police and fire pension funds or the debt portion," he said.
During that Nov. 30 LLOC, village attorney Michael Jurusik added that, if the village doesn't properly fund its fire and police pensions, the state could enact harsh penalties.
"You have to make that payment because it is required by state law and there's a penalty, because if you don't, other money coming from the state that the village has budgeted to pay bills with will be taken and put into the pension fund," Jurusik said. "It will put the village in a bad hole because you will be short paying your other bills and services."
Jurusik said that "the village is not alone" in maintaining unfunded fire and police pensions, adding that he isn't aware of any municipality whose fire and police pensions are fully funded.
"The reality is that this is an issue across the state," he said.
The board, however, does have the power to adjust the level of tax levied for its corporate fund, which village officials had recommended be increased by $591,967, or 5 percent over last year's level. The board, instead, voted to increase the corporate fund to 3 percent over last year's level, or from $11,839,347 to $12,194,527.
In 2015, the board voted for a 3 percent increase despite recommendations by village staff members to increase the levy by 5 percent.
Lanya Satchell, Maywood's director of finance, wrote in a November memo that her recommendation for a tax levy increase was based on additional funds necessary to address numerous issues, such as an additional $200,000 over what's currently budgeted for tree removal, $500,000 in matching grant funds necessary to secure a $2.5 million grant for street repairs and more than $290,000 in automatic wage increases for some village employees.
An increase in the property tax levy doesn't automatically mean an increase in the property tax rate. The levy is simply the total amount of property taxes the village "must collect to balance its budget, after accounting for all other revenue sources including state aid. The tax levy is the basis for determining the tax rate" but it's only one component for calculating a homeowners' property tax bill, according to one primer on the subject. VFP
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BkiUe3E5qhLBgou5wdag | Q: Why can't constants be used as array dimensions in Common Lisp type specifiers? At least some implementations of Common Lisp don't allow user-defined constants to be used as array dimensions in some type specifiers. For example, in SBCL, this code:
(defconstant +len+ 3)
(defun foo (x)
(declare (type (simple-array fixnum (+len+)) x))
x)
generates this error:
; in: DEFUN FOO
; (TYPE (SIMPLE-ARRAY FIXNUM (+LEN+)) X)
;
; caught ERROR:
; bad dimension in array type: +LEN+
Why? It seems surprising that user-defined constants can't be used in type specifiers, since it would be desirable to be able to coordinate multiple type specifiers using some kind of global definition. I understand that type specifiers need to be completely understandable at compile-time. But I would have thought that a compiler would be able to replace symbols defined with defconstant by their literal values. I would have thought that this was one of the purposes of defconstant. (I've been unsuccessful, so far, in getting deeper understanding of this issue from the Common Lisp Hyperspec, CLTL2, the SBCL manual, or what Google has turned up. I suspect the answer is there in some form ....)
A: I imagine that something like this would work:
(defconstant +len+ 3)
(deftype len-3-fixnum-array () `(array fixnum (,+len+)))
(defun foo (x)
(declare (type len-3-fixnum-array x))
(print x))
(foo (make-array 3 :element-type 'fixnum))
;; #(0 0 0)
(foo (make-array 4 :element-type 'fixnum))
;; The value #(0 0 0 0) is not of type (VECTOR FIXNUM 3).
;; [Condition of type TYPE-ERROR]
However, you need to keep in mind that type annotations are only recommendations, compilers are allowed to ignore them altogether.
I.e. the problem isn't that you can't use constants in the declare form, it's that it acts as if it was quoted, so your constant there doesn't evaluate to 3, it just stays the symbol +len+.
A: I had the same problem with a 2D array:
(defconstant board-width 4)
(defconstant board-height 3)
(setq *board* (make-array '(board-width board-height) :initial-element 0))
I always got the error
The value BOARD-WITH is not of type SB-INT:INDEX.
So I changed the last line this way:
(setq *board* (make-array (list board-width board-height) :initial-element 0))
and it works perfectly.
A: If you look at the ANSI CL spec, the syntax for types is clearly defined. For simple-array:
simple-array [{element-type | *} [dimension-spec]]
dimension-spec::= rank | * | ({dimension | *}*)
Where:
dimension---a valid array dimension.
element-type---a type specifier.
rank---a non-negative fixnum.
The valid array dimension is then explained as a fixnum.
There are no variables or constant identifiers in an simple-array type declaration. Type declarations have their own syntax and are not evaluated or similar. They are type expressions which can appear in code in special places (-> declarations).
You can use DEFTYPE to create new type names and use those, though.
A: Well, because nobody seems to actually give what the questioner needs, here it is:
(defun foo (x)
(declare (type (simple-array fixnum (#.+len+)) x))
x)
#. is a standard readmacro that evaluates the value in the read-time. Lisp form only sees what was expanded. http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/02_dhf.htm
A: The other two answers tell you how to work around the limitation and where the limitation is specified in the standard.
I will try to tell you where this limitation is coming from.
The reason is that the Lisp declarations are intended not just as code documentation for the human reader, but also as a help for the compiler in optimizing the code. I.e., the array size, when declared, should permit the compiler to allocate a fixed size array, if necessary, and infer the storage requirements for array indexes. It is similar to the C limitation which forbids code like
int N = 10;
int v[N];
When you start looking at the declarations from the compiler's POV, the requirements will become quite natural.
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BkiUd3jxK1yAgWt7-5xz | Bulgarian PM: The Green Certificate will not be Revoked
"I am very sorry that I am currently in quarantine, otherwise I would be at the protest to talk to the protesters." This is what Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said in an interview for BNR.
"I generally respect the form of protest because it is a way to disagree with someone's policy, the point is that this form of protest does not hurt innocent people from both protesters and law enforcement. I am sorry that there are several people injured."
The Prime Minister announced for BNR that on Friday when his quarantine expires, he invites 10 representatives of the protesters for a conversation:
"The topic we need to discuss is nothing more than whether there are more constructive measures, and the protesters can give ideas, in order to manage next Covid wave and increase vaccination, which for me is a fundamental way to overcome the next crisis. Unfortunately, this crisis is coming at an alarming rate. What I would ask them for is just to wait until Friday."
"What I think can be done is to have a working group. After my quarantine expires, I have a booster dose, I would sit down and talk to these people and work out a new model," said Prime Minister Petkov.
Petkov explained that the government's measures will, from now on, be determined by the ability of hospitals to accept patients and the number of intensive care beds in the healthcare system.
The prime minister was adamant that the green certificate would not be revoked, but expressed concern that hospitals would not have the capacity to meet more people infected with Covid-19.
He said that if more than 80% of intensive care beds are occupied, additional measures will have to be taken.
Petkov added that the government's priority is for students to study in person, but no compromises will be made with people's health:
"The phases are 50%, 60%, 70% and 80% of the intensive beds. Now that we reach 80%, then we will give a one-week vacation, but there will be no long online studies because the results show that online training does not give good results that we once hoped for."
"I am healthy, I have three doses and I work from morning till night. I want to show the new model before the new Covid wave arrives," said the prime minister, who is under quarantine after participating in the NSAC, where Parliament Speaker Nikola Minchev was present and he turned out to be positive for Covid-19.
/BNR
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BkiUdRI4c3aisLf0Poyj | Home Flights Iloilo to Zurich
Flight from Iloilo (ILO) to Zurich (ZRH)
Set at an intersection of a river and a lake, Zürich is famous for being a culturally rich, efficiently run and an attractive city to live in. This Switzerland's largest and wealthiest metropolis is the hub for everything financial-related, but it is also bustling with tourism and art. No matter if you are travelling alone or with your family, this cosy town of Zurich will surely be worth a visit.
Best time to fly from Iloilo to Zurich
Travelling to Zurich can be done at any time of the year. However, the best time to visit Zurich is between June and August, when average temperatures, which hover in the low 70s, make swimming in the lake possible. Summer is usually the worst time to visit an also an expensive season to visit. But even in December, January and February, during the off-winter season, hotel rates remain high due to the city's proximity to the Swiss Alps' ski slopes. If you visit from March to May or between September and November, you might be able to find hotels at a cheaper rate, but Zurich cools down considerably during this time of year.
Main airports available in Iloilo and Zurich
Iloilo International Airport – This airport is located 19 kilometres away or a 20 to 30-minute drive from the city centre of Iloilo. The Iloilo International Airport is the fourth busiest airport in the Philippines and regarded as one of the country's most beautiful airports. This airport serves domestic and international flights to destinations such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Cebu, Manila, Cuyo and many more. Some of the airlines that operate here include Air Juan, Cebu Pacific and Philippines Airlines. This airport is equipped with amenities such as ample check-in counters, flight information counters, ATMs, shops and many more. To get to the city, there are a few public transportation options such as the Jeep, taxis and shuttle van.
Zurich Airport – Zurich Airport (ZRH) is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zürich, Switzerland's largest city, and, with its surface transport links, much of the rest of the country. The airport is located 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of central Zürich, in the municipalities of Kloten, Rümlang, Oberglatt, Winkel, and Opfikon, all of which are within the canton of Zürich. This airport handles flights to many destinations such as Athens, Vienna, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, New York and many more, operated by airlines such as Air France, Emirates, BH Air, Lufthansa and Qatar Airways to name a few. There are many amenities available at this airport such as cafes, restaurants, shops and ATMs. Travellers arriving at this airport can get to the city by transportation options to get to the city by taking the train, bus, tram or taxis.
Climate pattern in Iloilo and Zurich
The average temperatures in Zurich can vary drastically. The weather in Zurich is hot year-round. However, the warmest time to visit Zurich is in July, August, and then June. During these months, the temperature may reach up to 24.9°C with temperatures rarely dropping below 14.8°C at night.
Highlights in Zurich
Lake Zurich - This lake is one of the famous attractions of Zurich as it is a long, crescent-shaped lake. It passes the wooded peaks of Pfannenstiel to the east and the Albis chain to the west. You can walk along the scenic promenade, through the east shore in the Seefeld quarter. There you can look over to Uetliberg and view the hundreds of yachts and other craft at the lake in summer. Be prepared to walk because the promenade starts at Bellevue and extends for three kilometres down to Tiefenbrunnen. It's one of a network of walkways plotted around the lakeshore in the 1880s.
Beyer Clock and Watch Museum – Swiss-made watches are famous worldwide. Under the Beyer jeweller and watch shop on Bahnhofstrasse is a captivating museum that showcases everything about the history of timekeeping and the art of watch-making. It is a bit hidden but frets not because it is definitely worth the visit, Inside, you will be handed an iPad, which has in-depth information about each timepiece, the oldest going back 3,400 years.
Limmet Cruise – One of the best ways to see Zurich is via the cruise. Get on a voyage down the city's main river from the Landesmuseum (Swiss National Museum). There are cruises from April to October, with boats departing every half an hour. In July and August, you can make the trip any time between 09:05 and 21:05. You should not miss this opportunity to see the beautiful perspective of Zürich's Old Town, which sprawls across both banks of the river.
Airport in Iloilo
Iloilo (ILO)
Airport in Zurich
Zurich Airport (ZRH)
More Xperience in Zurich
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Popular Route from Iloilo (ILO)
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Popular Route from Zurich (ZRH)
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BkiUdvQ4dbghWHCOHiak | Continuing with no. 32 on my 40 things to do before 40 list - use my DSLR properly - today I have been following Emma's tutorials; exploring ISO and Black & White.
Building on the skills from previous weeks, which looked at aperture and shutter speed, I explored adding ISO into the mix to see how higher and lower settings effected the camera's sensitivity to light.
We headed out to Lacock and took a walk out of the village where I found plenty of things to snap with crucial time to fiddle with the settings on my camera. Walking past the ford I couldn't resist playing with the shutter speed but also thought about the ISO settings.
These primroses for sale caught my eye for a quick aperture shot.
The friendly horse was a good subject to work with too. With his head easily being able to fill the frame I wanted some background too but with a small depth of field; the aperture f stops have actually stuck in my head!
I had a mental block for the next focus of the day - Black & White.
I knew my camera had a monochrome setting but couldn't find it so instead I took some pictures with the idea of black and white in my head, then, once home, I turned to the trusted PicMonkey.
I always like applying black and white to historical artefacts and brickwork so the old bicycle outside the village bakery was a perfect subject for me.
PicMonkey Black and White filter + an increase in contrast.
One of my many dream houses in the area is currently undergoing renovation and walking past I quickly snapped it not thinking about the settings on the camera but visualising it as a black and white piece.
I have since found the monochrome function on the camera so will venture out again and explore using it alongside the other elements that I have built up over the last few weeks.
My confidence in my DSLR is growing bit by bit and I'm starting to look at things differently rather than with an automatic setting point and shoot mentality.
However, I'm still finding it easier to just grab the mobile phone camera and an effort is needed to take the DSLR out in the first place - definitely not a bit of kit to just slip in the back pocket! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdJo5qoTAp2zWUFuS | Sky rail to form part of 25 new Melbourne level crossing removals pledged by Labor Government
By Jessica Longbottom
Photo: Mr Andrews says the 25 new level crossing removals will be completed by 2025. (ABC News: Stephanie Anderson)
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has pledged to remove a further 25 level crossings from across Melbourne and build two more sections of elevated rail in the city's north at a cost of $6.6 billion if his Government is re-elected in November.
Premier says sky rail option chosen for Preston and Coburg due to engineering advice
Government says it has finished 29 out of the 50 level crossings already being removed
Locations include five level crossings on the Frankston train line
One section of sky rail could stretch more than 4 kilometres on the Mernda line — from Oakover Road in Preston to High Street in Reservoir.
The other section of sky rail would likely go over Moreland Road in Brunswick and Bell Street in Coburg on the Upfield line.
However, Labor has not decided on the final length of the elevated sections.
The sky rail project in Melbourne's south-east between Caulfield and Dandenong opened in February this year but generated some community anger over its impact on nearby residents.
Mr Andrews said engineering had dictated the decision to use elevated rail on the Mernda and Upfield lines.
"There has been some community consultation, there'll be further community consultation. There'll be a tender process," he said.
"You've got to let the communities drive this, that's how you get the best outcomes."
Mr Andrews said the City of Darebin had been calling for the elevated rail so it could create an urban park underneath the rail lines.
However, Moreland City councillor Oscar Yildiz, who is running as an independent candidate in the upcoming state election, said he had been door-knocking the Coburg area on Sunday and there was widespread opposition to sky rail.
"In fact, everyone I've spoken to so far has said they don't want sky rail, they want rail under," Mr Yildiz said.
"If it's happening in other areas, why can't it happen here?"
Photo: Elevated rail would be used to remove the Reynard Street level crossing in Coburg, on the Upfield line. (ABC News: Stephanie Anderson)
New removals completed 'by 2025'
Labor's pledge to remove 25 rail crossings follows the party's commitment at the last election to remove 50 level crossings across Melbourne.
Twenty-nine of those have already been removed, with plans to get rid of the remaining 21 by 2022.
The Premier said the 25 additional level crossing removals would be completed by 2025, if Labor is re-elected.
"We're able to make these commitments because Victoria is in a very strong budget surplus environment," he said.
"We've delivered surplus budgets every year and we'll continue to do that.
"We think it's the right priority to reinvest the proceeds of that sound budget management … into removing these terrible, congested and often tragically deadly level crossings," Mr Andrews said.
But the Coalition criticised the cost of the plan and said Victorians would likely be asked to pay more taxes to fund it.
"Victorians are already doing it tough with cost of living pressures and can't afford to be slugged with more Labor taxes to pay for Labor's unfunded election promises," Shadow Treasurer Michael O'Brien said.
The Government released the locations of 14 of the 25 new level crossing removals, which it said had been chosen in consultation with the Level Crossing Removal Authority.
The remaining locations will be announced in the coming weeks.
New locations include high-priority danger site
Mr Andrews said the crossings had been prioritised due to factors like safety, congestion and the proximity to emergency service bases, so emergency workers could arrive at the scene of incidents earlier.
"It's what communities have called for for so long, and only Labor has a plan and proven track record of getting rid of these deadly and congested level crossings," he said.
Other locations for the crossing removals include five on the Frankston Line, and others at Mont Albert Road in Mont Albert and at Union Road in Surrey Hills, which has been identified as a high-priority dangerous site by VicRoads.
Others will be removed in the Sunbury town centre in Melbourne's north-west, and at Hoppers Crossing.
Labor has not ruled out using elevated crossings at some of those other locations.
It follows further big ticket infrastructure election pledges from the Labor Party, including a $50 billion suburban rail loop.
Topics: rail-transport, state-elections, road-transport, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, vic
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BkiUcBjxK6nrxpQc0H7m | Financing After-School Programs by Robert Halpern, Carol Cohen, and Sharon Deich (May 2000) This paper provides an overview of afterschool programs, the costs associated with building and maintaining afterschool programs, and the variety of funding sources that are available to support both direct services and infrastructure for afterschool programs.
The Road to Sustainability This 51-page workbook on sustainability contains many of the ideas in the Afterschool Alliance's Funding section of the Web site. This workbook was created The National Center for Community Education in collaboration with the Afterschool Alliance with generous support from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Using NCLB Funds to Support Extended Learning Time, by Ayeola Fortune, Heather Clapp Padgette, and Lucinda Fickel, The Finance Project, (August 2005) Developed in conjunction with the Council of Chief State School Officers, this brief outlines strategies for using funding sources included in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) to support afterschool programs. It also provides examples of afterschool programs that are successfully using these funds.
Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Using CCDF to Finance Out-of-School Time and Community School Initiativesby Sharon Deich with Erika Bryant and Elisabeth Wright (August 2001) This strategy brief highlights several strategies for using CCDF funds and discusses considerations for each strategy. It provides examples of innovative approaches that policy makers, community leaders, and program developers can employ to support out-of-school time and community school initiatives.
Estimated Federal Investment in Out-of-School Time (Update) The Finance Project (July 2007) This two page documents updates the estimated federal investment in out-of-school time from numerous federal funding streams (CCDF, 21CCLC, TANF, Food and Nutrition, Title I, Social Service Block Grant). An overview of each funding stream and methodology for determining their estimated investment in out-of-school is also included.
Food and Nutrition Maximizing Federal Food and Nutrition Funds for Out-of-School Time and Community School Initiatives by Barbara Hanson Langford (February 2000) This brief provides an overview of the major sources of federal food and nutrition funds that can support out-of-school time and community school programs and highlights a number of strategies that community leaders and program developers can employ to maximize the use of federal food and nutrition funds in their communities.
Using TANF to Finance Out-of-School Time Initiatives by Nanette Relave, The Finance Project (June 2007). The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program can be an important source funding for maintaining, improving, and expanding out-of-school time initiatives. This brief is designed to help policymakers and program developers understand the opportunities and challenges of effectively using TANF funding to support out-of-school-time initiatives. It presents general considerations for using TANF to finance out-of-school time initiatives in light of reauthorization, explores three strategies for using TANF funding and considerations for each strategy, and provides examples of innovative state approaches.
TANF Spending in 2003, by Mark Greenberg and Hedieh Rahmanou, presents national data for how federal and state funds were used, describes changes over time, explains how states are exhausting their reserve funds, and highlights concerns about limits in existing reporting. Revised February 2, 2005. The related State-by-State TANF Spending in 2003 provides links to state-by-state tables of TANF and maintenance of effort spending.
State Legislative Investments in School-Age Children and Youth by Barbara Hanson Langford (June 2001) This paper highlights trends in state investments in school-age children and youth. Part I of the publication examines the landscape of state legislative action regarding supports and services for school-age children and youth. Part II provides a state-by-state catalogue of statutes that provide support for school-age children and youth.
A Guide to Public-Private Partnerships for Out-of-School Time and Community School Initiatives by Sharon Deich (January 2001) This guide is designed to provide policy makers, program leaders, system-building advocates, and others with practical information on creating and maintaining public-private partnerships. It draws from the experiences and wisdom of successful partnership leaders at the national, state, and local levels to provide resources for existing and future partnerships. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUcazxK6wB9mn4-RRd | Denise Gaskins' Let's Play Math – Helping families to learn and enjoy math together.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if math were something your kids wanted to do?
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The Internet overflows with a wide-ranging assortment of math websites. Here are some of my favorites, both schoolish math and fun stuff. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUaojxK6Ot9V_E1lnY | Credit Markets
Emerging-market, high-yield debt sales hit record in 2010
By Deborah Levine
Investment-grade debt sales dropped this year
DeborahLevine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Bond sales from emerging markets and high-yield companies reached new records in 2010, as investors sought better returns after hiding out in safer assets through the credit crisis and recession.
Emerging-market debt sales jumped to a record $737.3 billion this year, surpassing last year's record, according to data released by Dealogic Tuesday. That was 12.4% of all global debt sales, up from 11.3% in 2009.
Global corporate bond sales fell 15% to $1.48 trillion in 2010, led by a 26% drop by investment-grade companies. High-yield debt, globally, jumped 60% to a record $369.5 billion.
U.S. high-yield sales rose to $217.5 billion, also a record.
In 2011, high-yield debt should continue to perform well, said Thomas O'Reilly, a portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman.
Default rates are expected to stay unusually low, as many of the companies that were weak going into the recession have already defaulted, he said.
"I continue to see good interest in the asset class, and not just in the U.S.," he said at a media conference last week.
High-yield debt will return between 7% and 12% in 2011, more in-line with the yields of the securities instead of the super-sized returns in recent years, he said.
U.S. high-yield bonds have returned 14.3% this year, according to an index compiled by bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Merrill's global high-yield and emerging market index has returned 14.6%.
Among the highlights of the year in the corporate bond world, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT, -0.81% was able to sell $5 billion in debt, including 3-year bonds with a coupon of 0.75% — the lowest ever for a U.S. company.
The largest sale of the year was from Kraft Food's Inc. KFT. In February, it sold $9.5 billion in debt as part of its plan to acquire Cadbury PLC. It was the largest corporate bond sale since Pfizer Inc.'s PFE, -0.25% in May 2009, according to Dealogic.
Walmart Inc. U.S.: NYSE: WMT
Open $116.05
High $116.30
Low $114.64
Market Cap 328.8B
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BkiUduU5qX_AY1mDIy8S | Pearson International Airport Exercise your right to exercise…even while on the road!
oodLife recently celebrated the grand opening of the first club of its kind! This club is unique as it is located inside Terminal 1 of the Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Here are a few key details about the club: • The club can be accessed as follows: • All club Access and Corporate Members may access the Pearson Club at any time for FREE.
• One Club and Multi-Club Members may access the Pearson Club for $5 per visit.
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• The club has clothing and shoe rentals, tanning beds, cardio equipment, strength train- ing equipment, a lounge area, massage chairs, and luggage storage.
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BkiUdfE5qWTBLkQDI0HA | The best of both worlds: Keep your CDs and DVDs organized and free of dust while still visible. Sliding glass doors offer easy access. Six shelves (five adjustable) hold up to 602 CDs or 195 DVDs. Solid wood and composite wood with paper laminate. Assembly required. 31" w x 48" h x 9" d.
Merrick Sliding Door Media Cabinet is rated 3.7 out of 5 by 553.
Rated 1 out of 5 by Debby1958 from Not worth it I purchased this in December 2018 and due to circumstances I was not able to have someone put it together until this week. To start with the inside of one of the doors was cracked. This was taken care of with wood glue. When the CD's were set up the inside I found that the door on the inside catches if a CD is a quarter of an inch out. The only way I found to fix it is tipping the unit backwards, so I am unable to use the top of cabinet for anything. Also the CD's in the center cannot be seen whether the doors are closed or open. With 7 shelves full of just CD's, that is quite a few that are unseen and unavailable unless you take out others on the sides in order to slide the ones you want to remove. My opinion...I would not have bought this if the description was correct.
Rated 3 out of 5 by Robin from looks nice We bought this for our video collection. It looks nice but it doesn't hold that many videos and the shelf spacing is too far apart to adjust very well. It would probably be okay for CDs and maybe DVDs.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Bill F from packed well and shipped fast All in all, a pretty nice cabinet for being manufactured this day and age. As long as you pay attention to what you're doing, it comes out nice, at least for me it did anyway. The stationary shelf can be tricky, make sure you install it so it is flush to where the backing piece screws on. Otherwise, you will have door issues. I gave it four stars because I have a couple issues with it. One is the manufacturer should make the shelves more adjustable. Mine came with peg holes pre-drilled at 3.25 inches to center, which limits shelf height. I don't think the consumer should have to drill out peg holes to height like I did. But, it now mine holds more DVDs than the ad claims. Also, be careful with the cam locks, they are very fragile, apparently cast from a low grade pot metal. When attaching the stationary shelf, the first cam lock I locked snapped like a toothpick. And I didn't Superman the thing, I am retired with hand issues due to neuropathy. Be casual with the cam locks. They are fragile. But is a nice looking piece and quite sturdy too. Maybe a bit pricey with shipping and all, but I think anyone buying from here understands why that is too. The casters on the doors are adjustable too, so if you doors drag, raise or lower the casters as needed. Is one of the better newer pieces I have bought recently.
Rated 1 out of 5 by Stacie Hill from DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM! My elderly parents bought 2 of the cherry cabinets for their DVDs and it was a 100% waste of money. The doors do not slide due to the tabs that hold the glass. The shelf spacing is off which means you only get 3 or 4 shelves that will actually hold DVDs that you won't be able to get to because of the sliding doors.The staining is not great you can see bare wood in the creases of the glass doors. They refuse to return them because that is just how they are however I have no problem writing this review to warn others not to buy this item. We are going to try to use silicon to glue the glass so we can remove the tabs and see how that works but this image and information for this item is FALSE Advertising and will be reported.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Karen A Kile from Great buy This is a nice piece of furniture for the price. The black color goes well with many decors and the glass doors makes access to the DVDs we store much easier to locate. Wish there was a larger48inch width one in this design and color as well...we house a lot of DVDs!
Rated 5 out of 5 by bryon crebbs from Merrick Sliding Door Media Cabinet: Well made very good for the money. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdn45qoYAzjhRywHc | The team at Power Up has been a key partner for Conscious 2 right from the beginning. They developed our original branding and logo, designed and built our website, and have continued to expand it at each stage of our development. What has been particularly helpful for us has been how Power Up has been able to interpret what we want to do, and then suggest improvements we hadn't considered, and managed to translate our ideas into a technical reality. I highly recommend Power Up for anyone serious about growing a web-based business.
Working with the PowerUp team the last several years has been a consistent pleasure. Their design talent is stellar–they are real design thinkers who take into account deep and subtle considerations when doing their craft. Haven't done many projects, both big & small, with the PowerUp team, I feel I'm in a pretty good position to say that it has been totally worth it for us, and we plan on working with them far into the future.
Exceedingly patient with my revisions, responsive to my emails, creative and clear in direction, I'd highly recommend this team to anyone developing a site that's current, relevant and aesthetically eye popping. Kudos and deep bows of gratitude.
The PowerUp team has been an invaluable creative partner for Inner Science (Thomas Huebl). They have consistently met our ambitious goals and complex requirements with efficient, ingenious, and beautifully designed solutions. From branding concepts to marketing strategy to website design and engineering, they've worked hand-in-hand with us to build a powerful platform for Thomas Huber's online courses. As a small company, we've been able to make big strides in a short time by working with such a highly skilled team. I'm grateful we found PowerUp and I strongly recommend them as a strategic marketing partner.
The whole team at Power Up made the process of setting up a new website so easy. They were always friendly, available, offering good advice, and the finished product is simply gorgeous. Cannot recommend these rock stars highly enough!
If you are someone who likes to "do business with people you know, like, and trust" then PowerUp is the team you want to hire to create your website. Their work is amazing and it speaks for itself – check out their portfolio. I will come back to PowerUp again and again – and tell all my friends – because it was such an absolute delight to create with them. They broke down creating a new website into do-able bite-sized chunks, so I never felt overwhelmed. They did exactly what they said they'd do, when they said they'd do it, and it was right the first time. Best of all they have a great sense of humor and they bring it to everything they do.
The Power-Up team is fabulous! They have all been a true pleasure to work with throughout the process of building my 1-day site. Together they delivered exactly what I asked for and were very helpful along the way. I am someone who has always struggled somewhat with "tech" things, but Ryan and his team made it remarkably easy for me to participate in the building of the site. The look of the site is just what I wanted – warm, clean and professional, and the flexibility that it offers gives me the freedom to change things as my practice grows. It feels great to finally have a site that I am proud to share with my patients and colleagues. Thank you, Power-Up team! | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdWI4dbgg6MqXbm1Y | An Imbalancing Act
By Takshashila Alumni on April 21, 2015 in blog
The power of tax officers should be reined by statutory amendments, not memos
Direct and indirect tax revenue boards in India need to balance the wide powers granted to their officers with a sense of responsibility on how to use them. This should preferably be achieved by amending the necessary statutes rather than merely issuing memos and instructions. Unfortunately, the latter method has been utilised more often. Most recently, it was the turn of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) to issue an instruction asking its officers to be more circumspect in resorting to extreme steps when collating evidence. In November last year, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had also issued a memo asking its officers to be 'non-adversarial' when dealing with tax payers. It is not the first time that the CBDT & CBEC have issued such communications to their field staff.
It is common knowledge that tax officers in India (like in many other countries) enjoy wide, statutorily granted powers to deal with the tax payers. That such powers are often exercised in excess is also common knowledge. These powers are considered as the manifestation of the sovereign's right to impose tax. Statutes, in fact, often deem tax proceedings to be akin to those of a civil court; its presiding officers are vested with many of the powers of a judge. As such, tax proceedings are described as being 'quasi-judicial' – proceedings that are often administrative in nature but require the presiding officer to adjudicate on a set of facts. Though quasi-judicial bodies exercise some of the powers of courts they do not function as such. Their principal limitation is that they must follow the basic principles of natural justice otherwise their actions are liable to be struck down in a regular court of law.
While the rights of these officers are explicitly stated in taxing statutes the corresponding obligations on how to use them are only implied or developed through court judgments. The resultant lack of clarity and cohesion ensures that the outer bounds of these duties are stretched much further than any outer limits on the rights of officers. The CBDT and the CBEC have indeed laid down norms to be followed by officers during tax proceedings by officers – but they are by way of memos and instructions. In the hierarchy of codified law, they are as low down as one can get.
The Revenue Boards are facing the classic principal-agent problem – how does the principal (CBDT & CBEC) incentive its agents (tax officers) to not do anything that is against the principal's interests? Despite the necessity for some of these powers, empowering officers with broad rights and powers while casting weak, unenforced obligations on them is definitely not the solution.
One of the ways this problem could be solved is to put the rights and obligations on the same footing – by amending the provisions that give these powers to also contain the obligations and safeguards. In the absence of such statutory safeguards, we can expect to see more such memos and instructions being repeatedly issued to little effect.
Surya Prakash B.S is an alumnus of the Graduate Certificate of Public Policy and can be found on Twitter on his handle @SuryaPrakashBS. The views expressed here are personal.
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BkiUbPjxK4tBVgEFTMNv | In October 2013 I covered the three-night Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit in Asheville NC. Here's a summary of relevant pieces on the Musoscribe blog, with links.
See ya next year. Meanwhile, you might enjoy my coverage of Moogfest 2011 and 2012, Hopscotch 2011 and 2012, Echo Project 2007, Bonnaroo 2007 and Yep Roc 15 in 2012. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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BkiUc-s5qhLA6_8s2yHG | I've never touched my column headers since installing bicomet .70,so I don't think this is the case.It's not a major problem for me - just thought I'd add the buttons don't work for me rarely,although I too am extremely rough with them. he he.
I think with most trackers the ratios have gone to pot.But basically if your ratio states 0.5 you have uploaded half of what you've downloaded.Therefore the decent thing to do when you've finished downloading something is to let the torrent carry on uploading until your ratio reaches 1.0.You will then have given to others as much as you've taken.Only right too. Also if you don't have have good ratio the GOD of torrents lets out an almighty cry and strikes you down with a bolt of lightning. :lol: This is why the US is well known for it's thunder storms. :lol: Ps. Demonoid forum is back up and running,if your still having probs try posting a question there.
Try looking here. Follow the link and download the video tutorial.(Sorry I see you already did this) The video should be easy to follow.Watch it again pausing while you follow it step by step.Your missing something along the way. Here's a step-by-step to create and seed a torrent on Demonoid, using BitComet. It shouldn't be too hard to adapt to other sites and other clients. Gather your information Browse to the demonoid front page and click "Upload a Torrent" Click on the link to download the current "Tracked by" info file to your hard disk, and REMEMBER WHERE YOU SAVED IT. Check the "I understand and agree" box, and select any category, then click "Next Step" On the next page, copy the tracker urls for the demonoid trackers and paste them into a new notepad document, or put them somewhere you can get them later. Click your browser's "Back" button, and minimize the browser (or just close the browser, we're done for now.) Prep your torrent Place all the files to be uploaded into a single directory, by themselves. Do this even if it's just a single file.Do not place plain audio or video files into a zip or rar archive, this is just a waste of everyone's time and won't make the download any smaller. Add the "Tracked by" info file you downloaded above, to that directory.(and if you're using multiple trackers, any files other trackers require). Create your torrent Select "Create torrent" from BitComent's menu or icon. Click "From directory" from the torrent creation window Browse to the directory where you've placed the files Copy the Demonoid tracker url(s) you grabbed earlier into the "Tracker Server and DHT Network Node List" box, making sure these are correct. ( Please note that any url for bitcomet.net is just an example, and that bitcomet.net does NOT have a public tracker, so delete that if it's there. Leave the network type as the default "Enable Public DHT network" (Since this is a public torrent to a public tracker, you should enable DHT. If you're uploading to a private tracker somewhere that hates DHT or PEX, go ask THEM for help.) In the "Output" section, check "Generate .torrent file", and browse to the directory where you want it created. (I suggest your default torrent directory.) Click "OK" and wait a while as the torrent is being created. A progress bar at the bottom of the BitComet window tells you how you're doing. Check and load your new torrent When torrent creation is finished, use Windows Explorer (or whatever) to verify that the .torrent file exists and is located where you think it's located on your hard disk.. BitComet may have attempted to load the torrent, but if it didn't, do that now. Make sure the download location is correct. Select "Seed" as the task, set to "Start Now". Click the "Advanced" tab, and enable chatting, public DHT and Peer Exchange. Click OK. At the main BitComet screen, your torrent should show in the list, and should be at 100%. If it's not, you've got the download location wrong and need to fix that.Stop the torrent, right-click on the torrent name, and choose "Properties" Navigate to the correct "Save Location" directory. This should be the directory one level ABOVE the directory containing the torrent. (If you don't understand that, fiddle with it until you get the % showing as 100%). Click OK and check your % again. Ignore any complaints from/about the tracker for now Upload your torrent Browse again to demonoid, and click "Upload a torrent". Read the rules, never hurts to make sure you aren't doing something that violates them Choose the correct category for your torrent. When in doubt, choose the one most people would expect to find it in. Check the "I Understand and agree" box and click "Next Step" Choose the correct subcategory and principle language for the upload. If there's more than one language, you can talk about that in the comments later. Select the correct quality rating. If in doubt, please under-estimate the quality. Click the "Browse" button beside "Torrent File:" and navigate to the location where your torrent file is stored. Select the file, click "OK". In the "Name" field, type the name of the torrent. Make it as clear and descriptive as you can, it doesn't have to match the filename. (Here's a chance to show the world you can't spell or punctuate and your grammar's lousy.) Type in a description of the torrent. In detail. Be prolix. Wax an elephant. Spill your guts.It'll have to be at least a whole 30 characters long. Click "Finish Upload". If you've neglected anything Demonoid will complain, so fix it and try again. Otherwise, your torrent will be uploaded. BE PATIENT. It will take some time for the tracker to add your torrent and notice that you're seeding. Go make a sandwich or something and come back in 15 to see your torrent in the list and seeding. If you don't immediately see your torrent in the list, don't panic, just scroll down. You'll gain an appreciation of just how busy the tracker is and how many new torrents get uploaded. Yours is in the list somewhere. Seed You're done and you're seeding. Come back to Demonoid occasionally and click on "My Torrents" to see how your new torrent is doing. Don't stop seeding until there's at least one other seeder showing on the list. Check for any comments about the torrent, either to gather your well-deserved praise, or to answer any questions people may have, or to be informed of some incredibly ignorant goof you've made and need to fix.
Demonoid opens for registrations every friday.I recommend registering,In my opinion Demonoid is in the top 3 torrent sites,no bad s*** and usually well seeded torrents.Although their website is having some little probs at the mo,A lot of people are complaing about their ratio not being correct,I suspect this is due to DHT connections.
I saw in an earlier post you were asking about a different gif animator,have you tried Ulead gif animator. If you'ld like to try it click here.
You can follow the tutorial in guides and how to's section.
Yes you can manually change the favourites/sites,look in the guides and how to's section.Doing this is useless though,when bitcomet updates your favourites will update also.I think I read somewhere though Bitcomet are going to resolve this.I dont use the fav tabs in bitcomet anymore for this reason,pretty lame me thinks for your favourite tabs to be updated to someone elses favourite sites.I smell advertising/It's no better than a browser hi-jacker.
TUS I wonder if you can figure this out for me 'cos i'm baffled.My son as a pioneer cd player which will play burnt audio cd's but it wont play if they've originally flac files,I've checked the cd's in other players and they're fine-kinda puzzled. :blink: burning with nero btw.
If you want to burn a dvd so it will play on any dvd player The Unusual Suspect posted a guide for using Nero in guides and how to's section here. I do agree with above posts though, it would be much simpler if you bought a player that will play data discs(divx,xvid,avi).It'll save a lot of time and money in the longrun. | c4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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BkiUdlg4ubnjot5Ja778 | Iowa settles with hotel booking company over 2017 data breach
A hospitality booking company will pay $2.4 million to 27 states — including nearly $50,000 to Iowa — to settle claims over a 2017 data breach that was not reported to some customers for up to a year afterward.
Texas-based Sabre Corp. and its subsidiary Sabre Hospitality Solutions operate the SynXis Central Reservation system, which the company says is used by more than 40,000 hotels in 160 countries. In May 2017, the company notified federal authorities of a data breach between August 2016 and March 2017 in which consumer data, including about 1.3 million credit card numbers, were compromised.
Sabre notified its hotel customers in June 2017, but left hotels to notify individual consumers, resulting in some receiving multiple notices and others not learning of the breach until well into 2018.
"As we have seen in other data breaches, it's crucial that companies provide clear and timely notifications to consumers so they can protect themselves from identity theft," Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller said in a news release announcing the settlement.
In addition to payments made to states, the settlement requires Sabre to clarify in future contracts the responsibility of all parties in the event of a breach, to implement new security requirements and information security programs, and undergo a security assessment from a third party.
More data breach news:Scammers use Iowa government employees' social security numbers for unemployment benefits
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Bill Campbell, Chairman, Intuit Synopsis:CEO contends with a manager whose loyalty wavers.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Conflict
Leadership Role: Board Level
Business Function: General Management
Industry: High Tech
Leadership topic: Taking Charge
Technical Prima Donna
Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat Synopsis:CEO squares off with an employee who has critical skills but cannot work with others.
Subject Area: Decision-Making, Human Resources, Conflict
Leadership topic: Difficult Conversations
Unmotivated Subordinate
Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat Synopsis:CEO questions an under-performing manager who blames sleeplessness caused by a young child at home.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Human Resources, Conflict
Leadership topic: Developing Leaders
Survivor Guilt
Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat Synopsis:CEO faces manager whose current performance is hindered by survivor guilt from past rounds of layoffs.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Human Resources
Leadership topic: Motivating Teams
Layoffs and Salary Cuts
Danny Shader, CEO, Good Technology Synopsis:To slash costs, a CEO tells his workforce he is cutting salaries across the board.
Subject Area: Power and Politics, Human Resources, Conflict
Anne Mulcahy, CEO, Xerox Synopsis:Reflections on turnaround at Xerox.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Decision-Making
Founders vs. The CEO
Elie Antoun, CEO, Synopsis:Founder tests new CEO's authority by trying to fire critical employee without just cause.
Leadership topic: Vision, Values, and Culture
Resisting the CEO
Elie Antoun, CEO, Synopsis:CEO is challenged by company founders who question his authority.
Subject Area: Power and Politics, Decision-Making, Conflict
Nabeel Gareeb, CEO, MEMC Synopsis:New CEO considers a radical management overhaul in response to financial and operational disarray.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Operations, Human Resources
Business Function: General Management, Human Resources
Leadership topic: Leading Change
Brian Lillie, VP, VeriSign Synopsis:Facing tight deadlines and a difficult project, a manager must challenge an overbearing boss who is hampering progress.
Leadership Role:
Building a Team
Brian Lillie, VP, VeriSign Synopsis:VP inherits an unqualified team for a strategically important project.
Business Function: Operations/Supply Chain
Paying Bribes
Shawn Wang, CFO, Baidu Synopsis:CFO of publicly-traded Chinese firm must contend with an employee who is taking bribes, a common practice in China.
Subject Area: Power and Politics, Ethics, Conflict
Leadership Role: Executive (C-Level)
Business Function: Finance/Accounting
Leadership topic: Making Ethical Decisions
Averting Corruption
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys Synopsis:To endure as a company and a leader, it is important to make ethical decisions.
Subject Area: Ethics, Conflict
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys Synopsis:CEO must gain the trust of the people in his company and the business community.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Human Resources, Work/Life Balance
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys Synopsis:CEO discusses how to mentor enthusiastic young people whose lack of experience can easily damage a company.
Subject Area: Human Resources, Career Development
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys Synopsis:As a leader it is important to be transparent and consistently open about decisions.
Striving for Respect
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys Synopsis:Earning respect is a fundamental part of a company's success.
Subject Area: Power and Politics, Ethics
Universal Cultural Standards
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys Synopsis:CEO of Indian software giant attempts to persuade workers to embrace universal values.
Subject Area: Ethics, Human Resources, Globalization
Leadership topic: Diversity
Dealing with a Mismatch in Values
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys Synopsis:To preserve the values of the company, the CEO must confront people who have different personal morals.
Subject Area: Ethics, Human Resources, Conflict
Facing Corruption
N.R. Narayana Murthy, CEO, Infosys Synopsis:CEO balks when an Indian government official demands a bribe or a higher price for land he wishes to buy.
Personal Disclosure
Michael Osofsky, CIO and Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Start-Up Synopsis:Co-founder of software start-up agonizes over whether and how to tell his colleagues that he's gay.
Subject Area: Ethics, Work/Life Balance, Conflict
Perspectives on Coming Out
Michael Osofsky, CIO and Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Start-Up Synopsis:Questions about personal diversity are important to avoid rumors.
Communicating Acceptance
Michael Osofsky, CIO and Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Start-Up Synopsis:People communicate acceptance of differences differently.
Subject Area: Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance
Business Function: Human Resources
Transparency with the Board
Michael Osofsky, CIO and Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Start-Up Synopsis:How much personal information should be shared with board members?
Life is Fragile
Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation Synopsis:Chairperson of Infosys Foundation discusses her values and priorities for a meaningful life and career.
Subject Area: Work/Life Balance, Career Development
Deborah Nelson, SVP Marketing, Hewlett Packard Synopsis:Senior manager discusses several key considerations for effective talent management.
Business Function: Human Resources, Sales/Marketing
The Art of Listening
Deborah Nelson, SVP Marketing, Hewlett Packard Synopsis:Listening is a skill which will determine a team's ability to function at a high level.
Business Function: General Management, Sales/Marketing
Deborah Nelson, SVP Marketing, Hewlett Packard Synopsis:VP discusses the factors affecting change in an organization.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Decision-Making, Conflict
Leading Mergers (HBT Case)
Webb McKinney, EVP, Hewlett Packard Synopsis:Executive who led the HP Compaq merger discusses what makes people successful in merger integration work.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Career Development
Dynamics of HP-Compaq Merger
Webb McKinney, EVP, Hewlett Packard Synopsis:Exploring the multiple layers of complexity in the HP-Compaq merger.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Mergers & Acquisitions
Business Function: Strategy
Leadership topic: Mergers and Acquisitions
Managing Sensitive Information
Webb McKinney, EVP, Hewlett Packard Synopsis:Executive must implement the HP-Compaq merger while controlling the flow of information.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Ethics, Mergers & Acquisitions
Merger Implementation
Webb McKinney, EVP, Hewlett Packard Synopsis:Executive discusses key considerations and processes used to pull off the HP-compaq merger.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Decision-Making, Mergers & Acquisitions
Merger Layoffs
Webb McKinney, EVP, Hewlett Packard Synopsis:Executive charged with carrying out the HP-Compaq merger confronts the task of laying off ten percent of the employees.
Subject Area: Mergers & Acquisitions, Human Resources
Communication Style
Geetha Rao, CEO, Silicon Valley Start-up Synopsis:Entrepreneur talks about how having an authoritarian leadership style makes an impact on long term relationships and projects.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources
Geetha Rao, CEO, Silicon Valley Start-up Synopsis:Executive must determine how she can participate in an important meeting while caring for a newborn baby.
Leading a Global Team
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo Synopsis:Executive commands a team of people from vastly different cultures following a merger.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Human Resources, Globalization
Global Integration
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo Synopsis:Executive must bring together two international companies with different internal processes and cultures.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Globalization
Balance and Purpose
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo Synopsis:Executive shares her perspective on how to maintain balance by prioritizing tasks that give her a sense of purpose.
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo Synopsis:Leader working in a multi-cultural environment says trust is the key to communication.
Accepting Change
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo Synopsis:Manager must digest the impact of a merger on herself before turning to the task of helping others accept it.
Subject Area: Mergers & Acquisitions, Conflict, Career Development
Guiding Transitions
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo Synopsis:Veteran manager must help her employees face reality of life under a new owner.
Subject Area: Mergers & Acquisitions, Human Resources, Globalization
Pradeep Jotwani, SVP, Supplies, Hewlett Packard Synopsis:Manager must keep operating standards high despite anxiety and uncertainty during a merger.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Operations
Leslye Louie, SVP, Hewlett Packard Synopsis:Petite manager must assert herself against domineering rival during a merger.
Subject Area: Power and Politics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Conflict
Leadership topic: Managing Boss and Expectations
Challenging Authority
Leslye Louie, SVP, Hewlett Packard Synopsis:Merger manager learns that she is negotiating over choices that her superiors have already secretly made.
Losing Gracefully
Leslye Louie, SVP, Hewlett Packard Synopsis:Manager must decide when to fight, or give in, during merger implementation talks.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Conflict
Merger Marathon
Leslye Louie, SVP, Hewlett Packard Synopsis:Manager must keep her team focused during grueling six-month merger integration process.
Subject Area: Mergers & Acquisitions, Human Resources, Conflict
Rising Above Negativity
Hank Vigil, SVP, Strategy & Partnership, Microsoft Synopsis:Executive must overcome his firm's adverse reputation to resolve anti-trust disputes.
Subject Area: Power and Politics
Building Informal Teams
Hank Vigil, SVP, Strategy & Partnership, Microsoft Synopsis:Executive engages a loose affiliation of colleagues to make deals with corporate partners.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Power and Politics
Gaining From a Loss
Charles Carmel, VP, Corporate Development, Cisco Systems Synopsis:Carmel devotes six months to building a case for a major acquisition at Cisco, but the deal is ultimately nixed.
Subject Area: Power and Politics, Mergers & Acquisitions
Leadership topic: Becoming a Leader
Standout or Team Player?
Charles Carmel, VP, Corporate Development, Cisco Systems Synopsis:A young business analyst is chosen to manage a group of peers that he formerly competed with.
Subject Area: Power and Politics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Human Resources, Conflict, Career Development
Leadership Role: Middle Manager
Surviving Repatriation
Roy Gilbert, Director, User Operations & Policy, Google Synopsis:The general manager of a division in India must overcome challenges when he transitions back to the United States.
Subject Area: Globalization
Roy Gilbert, Director, User Operations & Policy, Google Synopsis:The general manager of a fast-growing division confronts the limits of a hands-on style.
Subject Area: Operations, Decision-Making, Globalization
Tackling a New Environment
Mike Folgner, former General Manager, Video, Yahoo Synopsis:After Yahoo acquires his early-stage startup, an entrepreneur must manage a team resistant to change.
Subject Area: Operations, Innovation, Conflict
Business Function: R&D/Product Development
Performance vs. Peers
Dave Lyons, Former Director of Engineering, Tesla Motors Synopsis:An engineering manager feels he needs to choose between a high-stakes project deadline and good peer relationships.
Subject Area: Power and Politics, Innovation, Conflict
Industry: High Tech, Products & Retail
Turbocharging a Team
Marten Mickos, former CEO, MySQL Synopsis:A giant rival's surprise move tests the mettle of a small company's executive team.
Subject Area: Decision-Making, Innovation
Building Believers
Roy Vella, Former Director, Merchant Services, PayPal Synopsis:To sell his vision for a new business venture, a manager must convince two disparate companies to collaborate.
Subject Area: Power and Politics, Entrepreneurship, Innovation
Business Function: General Management, R&D/Product Development, Strategy
Leadership topic: Storytelling
Right, Wrong or Just Business?
Michael Marks, Former Chairman & CEO, Flextronics Synopsis:A CEO's decision will cost him either $100 million or a major customer.
Subject Area: Power and Politics, Decision-Making, Ethics
Business Function: General Management, Strategy
Privatizing an International Company
Solomon Trujillo, CEO, Telstra Synopsis:American, Latino CEO must overcome cultural bias and political opposition while leading a traditional, government-owned company to be a profitable, privately held company in Australia
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Power and Politics, Innovation, Globalization
Leadership Role: Board Level, Executive (C-Level)
How to Harness Story in a Digital World
Christiana Shi, President, Nike Inc. Synopsis:A leader talks about how a good story makes you think, a better story makes you feel, a really great story makes you remember it time and time again.
Subject Area: Career Development
Leadership Role: Board Level, Senior Manager (VP-level), Executive (C-Level), Middle Manager
Business Function: Sales/Marketing
Industry: High Tech, Services
Use Humor in Story
David Hornik, General Partner, August Capital Synopsis:A leader talks about how using humor with your branding and story can be powerful.
Subject Area: Strategic Management
Business Function:
Industry: Products & Retail, High Tech, Services
The Four Stories You Need
James Buckhouse, Head of Content, Sequoia Synopsis:A leader talks about how every type of business needs to tell stories because the products can't speak for themselves.
How to Design for Empathy
Jeff Jordan, Investor, Andreessen Horowitz Synopsis:A leader talks about how story is a way of bringing products and a company to life.
Defining a Story
Mindy Grossman, CEO, HSN Inc. Synopsis:Storytelling and context in business is critical to long term brand success. Storytelling saved HSN and was a critical part of reinventing the business model from selling to inspiring through stories.
Industry: Financial, Products & Retail, High Tech, Services, Non-Profit
Using Story to Humanize a Business
Nathan Hubbard, Head of Commerce, Twitter Synopsis:Nathan Hubbard shares how he relates his personal story as a way to humanize Ticketmaster for consumers to turn around the company.
Why Stories are Important
Christian Roman, Story Artist, Pixar Synopsis:A leader talks about how we use stories to learn about life and how to be successful.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Career Development
Industry: Financial, Products & Retail, Healthcare, Military/Government, High Tech, Services, Non-Profit
Innovation Pivot
Jason Rosenthal, CEO, Lytro Synopsis:The CEO struggles with how to align his resources to optimize the market and evolving technology.
Subject Area: Strategic Management, Decision-Making, Innovation
Business Function: Strategy, General Management
Leadership topic: Innovation
Corporate Intrapreneurship
Rob Siegel, General Manager, Video Software and Solutions, GE Security Synopsis:Given the changing landscape of technology, the marketing data showed a need for product evolution in spite of the large company's resistance to change its processes for a new product development.
Leadership Role: Senior Manager (VP-level)
Business Function: General Management, R&D/Product Development
Industry: Products & Retail, High Tech
Entrepreneurship and Women
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures Synopsis:A seasoned entrepreneur talks about how entrepreneurship offers her great flexibility and control in her lifestyle.
Subject Area: Entrepreneurship, Work/Life Balance, Career Development
Leadership topic: Work-Life Integration
Stop Saying I'm Sorry
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures Synopsis:A senior leader talks about how saying I'm sorry undermines your credibility.
Subject Area: Power and Politics, Work/Life Balance, Career Development
Leadership topic: Fitting In and Standing Out
Appreciate Your Abilities
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures Synopsis:Senior leader talks about how she missed opportunities because she did not appreciate her abilities.
Subject Area: Power and Politics, Decision-Making, Entrepreneurship, Work/Life Balance, Career Development
Business Function: Consulting
Leadership topic: What I Wish I Knew
Confidence to Leverage Your Network
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures Synopsis:A seasoned entrepreneur discusses how your network will offer some of the best opportunities for business.
Subject Area: Entrepreneurship
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures Synopsis:A senior leader offers practical tips on raising children with a demanding career.
Be Present in Relationships
Fran Maier, Founder and CEO, Various Ventures Synopsis:A senior leader shares tips about how to better build and maintain relationships.
Positioning for Influence
Miriam Rivera, Vice President/Deputy General Counsel, Google Synopsis:A lawyer must advocate for herself when she is being excluded from the team about to handle a pivotal case for the company.
Benefits of Executive Education
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP Synopsis:Boost your career with executive education opportunities.
Business Function: R&D/Product Development, General Management
Take Charge of Your Career
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP Synopsis:A senior executive talks about how she stops assuming other people would manage her career and took control over her own professional development.
Career Progression and Finance
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP Synopsis:A senior executive talks about how taking a role in finance is helpful for career advancement within a large organization.
Advantages for Women
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP Synopsis:A senior executive shares the advantages she sees for women.
Balance in Phases
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP Synopsis:A senior executive talks about how she finds balance in phases.
Reach out to Mentors
Maria Anhalt, Vice President of R&D for Automation Software, HP Synopsis:A senior executive talks about how women are less likely to reach out to mentors or sponsors.
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BkiUdxjxaJiQnhPtoMV4 | In 2011, I was arrested by Baltimore City Police on charges of conspiracy to commit first degree attempted murder.
You might be asking yourself, "Why? What did he do?" I took a cell phone video of a small drunken scuffle in a downtown Baltimore parking garage. I was not a participant in the fight, nor was I an instigator. Despite what the facts of the situation presented, a personal family relationship with one of the so-called "victims" took precedence over the law. What started as a typical two-sided misdemeanor became a one-sided fight for freedom. I spent 50 days in the Baltimore City Detention Center facing two life sentences, and a host of other charges mounting to well over 200 years in prison, all for simply taking a video.
I've seen the corruption firsthand. I've seen how a law enforcement agent's personal agenda can destroy a life. I've seen how charges are ramped up in order to make a lesser charge stick. I've seen detainees entering jail with worse injuries than the participants in the fight I captured on video, all at the hands of police. I've also seen the corruption that resides in BCDC on my 50-day tour of the jail.
The conditions at this facility were sub-human, in some cases. Ignoring the mice, cockroaches and decaying conditions, basic necessities of life were severely lacking. The food was nearly inedible and, in some cases, hazardous. For example, the drink flavoring had a poisonous emblem on it, eggs were often brown and rotten when served, and during my stay we even lost water for four days, which meant toilets and sinks did not work. All we had was a cooler jug that was brought in to drink from. Showers were so hot (not adjustable) you could not stand in the water. I saw a detainee drop on the floor, having a seizure from withdrawal, because drugs are not administered for close to a week after arrival. My experience in jail was that of an educated observant, and what I saw was appalling. The list goes on and on.
Now I'm not here to vilify police or law enforcement in general. I believe there are guys on Baltimore's force that are honest and true and I would be by their side if they needed me. However, I hope events of recent have helped open people's eyes to those who are not as honest. My hope is that those in power take a long, hard look at this and begin policing themselves internally. Far too much is overlooked. Those officers who are violating laws should face stricter punishments, and those who have flawless records should find themselves commended more often.
I wrote down my experiences in Baltimore while in jail and mailed over 60 pages of memoirs home. After my charges were dropped, I was unable to sue the city civilly, so I began writing a book chronicling my personal experiences and the corruption I witnessed. My book, Mags to Riches, was written in an attempt to tell my story and hopefully regain my family's financial losses that I was unable to recover in a civil suit. I began utilizing social media to grow an audience in order to gain readers for my book. I could not have known at the time, but soon after filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the social media pursuit would become my financial savior. In the two years following my arrest, I went completely broke and subsequently became a self-made social media millionaire. I am currently working on a second book which will tell how I made millions on Facebook.
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BkiUbvI4uzlgp_BI1BI5 | Summer is just around the corner. Soon, you may find yourself seeking relief from the summer heat by turning on your air conditioner. As a homeowner, it is important to ensure that your cooling system is prepped for summer. You want to make sure that it can to keep your home cool and comfortable during the hottest months of the year.
Here are 4 important things you need to check to ensure a trouble-free summer.
Before starting your air conditioner for the first time, we highly recommend to have your cooling system checked to make sure that it is in good working condition. A licensed HVAC technician can address any concerns you may have and do a more thorough inspection. These tips will help keep you cool and comfortable throughout the summer months and save you from additional air conditioning service.
It is important to clear out the vents and ductwork once a year, preferably in spring. Duct cleaning is not a very time-consuming service, so you won't be inconvenienced. In fact, professional duct cleaning only takes about 3 to 5 hours.
Hire a professional to clean your ductwork in Broomfield, CO. This service will prevent mold problem from occurring, improve indoor air quality and improve the efficiency of your air conditioner.
Some of you have probably covered your AC unit last in winter to prevent leaves, sticks and other debris from accumulating inside the unit. Others do this to provide protection from falling ice. Whatever your reason is, make sure that you take the cover off before turning on your air conditioner for the first time this summer. Otherwise, this will cause significant damage to your Broomfield, CO AC, which will lead to costly repair.
After removing the cover, check the outdoor unit and make sure there is nothing obstructing airflow into it. Clear your outdoor unit of leaves, branches, sticks and other debris. Also, make sure that there is at least 2 feet of space around the unit. It needs a nice, unobstructed flow of air around it to work properly. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUe4LxK4tBViZLHHZy | The Serene Stamper: Christmas Card and Treat Box All in One!
Christmas Card and Treat Box All in One!
Hi Friends! I had meant to get this post done earlier today but my day got a whole lot busier than I thought it would. Tis' the season, right? But I didn't forget to get this adorable project filmed and posted for you! This is my December Stamp Club project and so far everyone has been just lovin' it! My stamp club videos and instructions are normally reserved for my private clubhouse blog, as a perk for all my members. However, this project is so 'stinkin' cute' (I said that just for you, Darlene) that I just HAD to share it with everyone! And if you would like to know more about my stamp clubs, let me know! I'd love for you to come and stamp with us - we have a ball! Live too far? No problem - I have an online stamp club too!
To shop online click HERE.
Get ready for the famous "Clearance Rack Blitz!"
It's coming on December 10th - while supplies last and remember, everything goes super, duper FAST! And I mean F-A-S-T.... the deals are that smokin'! So have your credit card handy and your keyboard hot and ready for serious action. And if you expedite your order you can still get your items in time for Christmas!!!! Contact me if you have any questions and/or if you think you'll need some help placing your order online. I don't want you to miss out so I'll be available to take your orders by phone or email too!
Thanks Lizy! I can't wait to make these for other occasions too! let me know if you do indeed give it a go! Merry Christmas! | c4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUcuA5qhDBIcqDjzpe | One of Australia's greatest ever Olympians.
Catherine Freeman
Catherine Freeman is one of Australia's best-loved and most successful Olympic champions. Realising at a very early that she not only loved to run, but that she was good at it, she won her first gold medal at a school athletics championship when she was eight years old.
Medals: Catherine Freeman's first taste of success on the world stage was as a member of the gold medal-winning 4x100m relay team at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games, in so doing becoming the first female Australian Aboriginal to win a gold medal at an international athletics event. She was awarded Young Australian of the Year in 1991 and a year later in Barcelona became the first Australian Aboriginal to represent Australia at an Olympic Games. Two years later Catherine won gold in both the 200m and 400m at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, and at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996 a silver medal - and personal best - in the 400m. She was crowned World Champion in the event at the World Athletic Championships the following year, was awarded Australian of the year in 1998, and was again World Champion in 1999.
Olympics: Catherine's greatest achievement, however, came in 2000 at the Sydney Olympic Games. Her image was beamed into millions of homes around the world when she became the first competing athlete to be invited to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony; she then went on to win the gold medal in the 400m, realising a life-long dream.
Awards: Catherine Freeman was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) and the Centenary Medal in 2001, and retired from competitive running in 2003. She now concentrates her time on making a difference to others through the Cathy Freeman Foundation.
Catherine was absolutely wonderful all day. Every Casey staff member that came in contact with her was impressed by her relaxed and down to earth personality. More importantly feedback from ... keep readingthe public has been outstanding. Many children have told us meeting Catherine at the GP Run was the best day of their lives. A lot of feedback we have received from the public was that this year was the best GP Run ever and I'm sure an enormous amount of that feedback came to us because of Catherine's performance on the day. City of Casey | commoncrawl | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUe8w5qhDCd63mS3Pl | This entry was posted on 2010/06/11 at 10:09 am and is filed under culture, domande, identity/identità, italy, music, uncategorized, מנהג. Tagged: ashkenaz, cultural identity, genetics, italy, news, sepharad. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUfD_xK1fBGsWmxTOt | 2 May 2012. SIMAI Activity Group "Mathematical Methods and Models for Complex Systems" [PDF].
21 May 2008. Interview with Nicola Bellomo in La Stampa [PDF].
5 February 2008. CancerSim2008: Euroconference on Modelling and Simulation of Cancer Growth and Therapy to start on May 19, 2008, Turin, Italy.
13 December 2007. CEA-EDF-INRIA school Models of cancer and its therapeutic control: From molecules to the organism to take place in Rocquencourt, France, March 11–14, 2008.
12 October 2007. Multiscale approaches in cell mechanics workshop to start on January 7, 2008.
11 July 2007. Marrakesh international conference and workshop on mathematical biology to take start on January 3, 2008.
The Quantitative Cancer Modelling DataBase is now online. This database is designed to store known parameters in order setup quantitative mathematical models of cancer growth and treatment efficacy.
This initiative started from the idea of having a common tool dedicated for parameters storage for the biomathematical community working on cancer growth.
The database is by now empty and you're welcome to contribute. Further explanations on how to do this are provided on the website.
Find more examples in our Video gallery. | c4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUd-w4eIZjyglw6IvU | Q: Average of the columns and export it in another column I have a txt file just like below (This picture is from the .csv version of it). What I like to do is take the average of the months (starting column 7 to 10) and export it to a new column. But it just give me one average number.
OBSERVATORY,Abbreviations,COUNTRY,ALTITUDE(m),LONGITUDE(deg),LATITUDE (deg),January,February,March,April,May,June,July,August,September,October,November,December
Beverly-Begg Observatory Dunedin,,New Zealand,140,170.49,-45.8644,89.93,86.84,85.26,88.22,89.36,89.8,88.52,90.42,88.74,89.06,91.16,91.36
Aorangi Iti Observatory Lake Tekapo,,New Zealand,718,170.473,-44.0082,63.92,60.44,58.63,65.68,75.97,85.7,84.85,83.7,76.34,70.56,70.2,70.4
Mount John Observatory Lake Tekapo,,New Zealand,945,170.465,-43.9874,62.4,60.91,58.98,67.15,79.45,85.24,86.93,84.96,77.1,72.0,70.9,71.85
and my code is this:
awk '{ sum += $5 + $6 + $7 + $8 + $9 + $10 + $11 + $12 + $13 + $14
+ $15 } END { print sum / (NR * 18) }' observatory_1.txt > observatory_3.txt
output: 0.104394
I want to create a txt folder something like this:
OBSERVATORY, Abbreviations, COUNTRY, ALTITUDE(m), LONGITUDE(deg), LATITUDE (deg), MEAN
Beverly-Begg Observatory Dunedin, , New Zealand, 140, 170, 490, -45,8644, 89,05583333
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
A: Your script is summing a bunch of columns from each input line and then, after it has read ALL of the input lines, the END block is printing one output line...so it's processing the entire file before producing any output.
What you should be doing is processing each input line separately.
Your column numbers seem off too - e.g. why would you want to include the altitude, longitude, and latitude in the mean calculation? I'm going to assume you actually want the mean of columns 7 to 19 (January to December).
Anyway, you probably want something more like this:
awk -F, -v OFS=, '
NR == 1 { print $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, "MEAN" }
NR > 1 {
sum = 0;
for (i=7; i<=19; i++) { sum += $i }
print $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, (sum / 12)
}' observatory_1.txt > observatory_3.txt
This will produce output like this:
OBSERVATORY,Abbreviations,COUNTRY,ALTITUDE(m),LONGITUDE(deg),LATITUDE (deg),MEAN
Beverly-Begg Observatory Dunedin,,New Zealand,140,170.49,-45.8644,89.0558
Aorangi Iti Observatory Lake Tekapo,,New Zealand,718,170.473,-44.0082,72.1992
Mount John Observatory Lake Tekapo,,New Zealand,945,170.465,-43.9874,73.1558
This probably isn't exactly what you want, but it should be a step in the right direction.
A: Using Raku (formerly known as Perl_6)
raku -e 'put get.split(",")[0..5].join(",") ~ ",MEAN"; \
for lines() {my @a = .split(","); \
put (@a[0...5].join(",") ~ "," ~ @a.[6..*].sum / @a.[6..*].elems)};'
OR
raku -ne 'state $i=0; ++$i; my @a = .split(","); $i == 1 \
?? put @a.[0..5].join(",") ~ ",MEAN" \
!! put (@a[0...5].join(",") ~ "," ~ @a.[6..*].sum / @a.[6..*].elems);'
Sample Input:
OBSERVATORY,Abbreviations,COUNTRY,ALTITUDE(m),LONGITUDE(deg),LATITUDE (deg),January,February,March,April,May,June,July,August,September,October,November,December
Beverly-Begg Observatory Dunedin,,New Zealand,140,170.49,-45.8644,89.93,86.84,85.26,88.22,89.36,89.8,88.52,90.42,88.74,89.06,91.16,91.36
Aorangi Iti Observatory Lake Tekapo,,New Zealand,718,170.473,-44.0082,63.92,60.44,58.63,65.68,75.97,85.7,84.85,83.7,76.34,70.56,70.2,70.4
Mount John Observatory Lake Tekapo,,New Zealand,945,170.465,-43.9874,62.4,60.91,58.98,67.15,79.45,85.24,86.93,84.96,77.1,72.0,70.9,71.85
Sample Output (for both code solutions, above):
OBSERVATORY,Abbreviations,COUNTRY,ALTITUDE(m),LONGITUDE(deg),LATITUDE (deg),MEAN
Beverly-Begg Observatory Dunedin,,New Zealand,140,170.49,-45.8644,89.055833
Aorangi Iti Observatory Lake Tekapo,,New Zealand,718,170.473,-44.0082,72.199167
Mount John Observatory Lake Tekapo,,New Zealand,945,170.465,-43.9874,73.155833
Explaining the first answer briefly: get the header line, split on commas and output the first 6 columns followed by MEAN using .split(",")[0..5].join(",") ~ ",MEAN". (ICYMI, ~ tilde is used to concatenate strings in Raku).
Now with the linewise read cursor at the second line (first data row), for lines() reads input (linewise), splits on "," commas and stores the elements in the @a array. The first six columns @a[0..5] are output followed by the mean computed with @a.[6..*].sum / @a.[6..*].elems.
Note, you probably could hard-code column indices with @a.[6..17].sum / @a.[6..17].elems, and if it's always 12 columns you could do @a.[6..17].sum / 12 instead. Finally, use @a.[6..17].map(*.chars > 0).sum as the denominator if you need to adjust for missing values.
https://raku.org
A: We can do this using the GNU dc RPN calculator. But before that we need these 3 transformations, which is done using Perl:
*
*enclose non numeric fields in []
*negative sign of a numeric field changed to _
*change commas to spaces.
perl -F, -lane 'my $i;
print join " ", map {
$i++ < ($.>1?3:@F) ? qq([$_]) : s/^-/_/r;
} @F;
' file |
dc -e "
#### macros definitions
[q]sq [44an]sz # OFS set to comma
[+z7<a]sa # aum last 12 entries
[SMz0<b]sb # shunt remaining to M
[LMnz6>zzz6>c]sc # print LIFO M
[?z0=q
lax #sum last 12 cols
lbx #store all in stack M
lcx #print
LM12.0/p #orint average
cz0=?]s?
###> header processing
?[
[4k]s0 [XrX=0z6<1]s1
l1x lbx lcx [MEAN]pc
]x
##> non header lines
l?x
"
OBSERVATORY,Abbreviations,COUNTRY,ALTITUDE(m),LONGITUDE(deg),LATITUDE (deg),MEAN
Beverly-Begg Observatory Dunedin,,New Zealand,140,170.49,-45.8644,89.0558
Aorangi Iti Observatory Lake Tekapo,,New Zealand,718,170.473,-44.0082,72.1991
Mount John Observatory Lake Tekapo,,New Zealand,945,170.465,-43.9874,73.1558
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BkiUdgY4uzlhjrffiQk4 | Q: How do I get the previously selected cell in a DataGridView cell click event I have a DataGridView and I am allowing only one column to be able to be selected.
I did this by checking, in the CellClick event, if the ColumnHeader for the selected cell matches, and, if it doesn't, I will clear the selection.
However, I want to make it that it will return to the previously selected cell if they selected a cell in the wrong Column. How can I do that?
I tried storing the selected cell object but thats not going to work because the moment the CellClick event fires, the selected cell object will change.
Also, for some reason my clear selection doesn't work everytime I click the wrong cell, especially if I click it really fast the wrong cell will still stay selected, for your info the DataGridView CellClick event is added dynamically during runtime and there are multiple DataGridView controls.
My code I can't provide the way I use to populate the DataGridView because it is really long.
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DGV.CellClick += new DataGridViewCellEventHandler(DGV_CellClick);
}
void DGV_CellClick(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DataGridView dgv = (DataGridView)sender;
// DataGridViewCell Selectedcell = dgv.SelectedCells[0];
if (!dgv.Columns[dgv.SelectedCells[0].ColumnIndex].HeaderText.Contains("SCORE"))
dgv.ClearSelection();
}
A: Since you have just one Column enabled, using the SelectionChanged event, you can determine whether the DataGridView.CurrentCell belongs to the enabled Column and if it's not set the CurrentCell to the Cell of the enabled Column in the current Row:
int dgvEnabledColumn = 1;
private void dataGridView1_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var dgv = sender as DataGridView;
var currentCell = dgv.CurrentCell;
if (currentCell.ColumnIndex != dgvEnabledColumn )
{
dgv.CurrentCell = dgv[dgvEnabledColumn, currentCell.RowIndex];
}
}
You could expand the enabled Columns' selection using a collection of Columns (to set the current cell to the nearest/previous/next Column).
For example, using a collection of DataGridViewColumn objects, determine if the Current cell is enabled and, if it's not, set the Current cell to the nearest next enabled Column, if any, or the nearest previous one:
The List<DataGridViewColumn> can be filled after the DataGridView is initialized:
enabledColumns = new List<DataGridViewColumn>()
{
dataGridView1.Columns[0],
dataGridView1.Columns[2]
};
List<DataGridViewColumn> enabledColumns = null;
private void dataGridView1_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (enabledColumns is null) return;
var dgv = sender as DataGridView;
var currentCell = dgv.CurrentCell;
if (!enabledColumns.Any(c => c.Index == currentCell.ColumnIndex))
{
var nextCol = enabledColumns.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Index > currentCell.ColumnIndex);
if (nextCol != null) {
dgv.CurrentCell = dgv[nextCol.Index, currentCell.RowIndex];
}
else
{
var previousCol = enabledColumns.First(c => c.Index < currentCell.ColumnIndex);
dgv.CurrentCell = dgv[previousCol.Index, currentCell.RowIndex];
}
}
}
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BkiUdSc4uBhjCUQN78Lf | Expertise » Social Entrepreneurship
Biz4all. "Everything is Possible" Rural Development Centre in 25 km from Minsk
The team of the village of Aksakauschyna of Minsk district led by Maria Daschynskaya is taking part in the EU-funded Biz4all Social Entrepreneurship Incubator programme. The main goal of the team is to create a social enterprise "Vozmozhno Vse" ("Everything is Possible") in the village. The enterprise will be a rural development centre, which will provide a platform to develop infrastructure, entrepreneurship and additional informal education of the local population. Such activities are necessary to ensure interaction between the villagers and unite the local community to resolve their urgent problems.
Maria Daschynskaya came to the village of Aksakovschina in 1982 for her postgraduate work placement to work in a kindergarten. At the moment, it was Aksakovschina sanatorium of the 4th major department of the Ministry of Healthcare. Maria recalls that the sign near the "Lesnaya Skazka" ("Forest Fairytale") bus stop on the Hrodna highway was saying just that: "san. "Aksakauschyna".
Mariya Daschynskaya at a Biz4all training "Crowdfunding for social start-ups", 23.04.2017, Minsk
Photo: Alyona Lis
In 1989, the sanatorium was repurposed as a rehabilitation hospital for people affected by the Chernobyl accident. From 1982 to 2003 the hospital also had a centre for social and psychological rehabilitation created within the framework of the UNESCO Chernobyl programme. As part of its work, the programme worked with the local community. Children enjoyed themselves in the playroom, visited clubs and a computer class. Meetings and teenage discos were organized there. Maria worked as deputy director and psychologist in the centre. It was disbanded in 2003. Local children have had no access to leisure activities for almost fifteen years now: the village does not have any schools, sport complexes, clubs or cafés.
Republican Clinical Medical Rehabilitation Hospital in the village of Aksakauschina
Photo: official website
Now it is home to the state Republican Clinical Medical Rehabilitation Hospital. Maria's love for this forest-covered corner has only grown stronger over the years, and you can hear it in her every word. Her children and grandchildren also live here, and they also love their native place. However, the village no longer resembles the "forest fairy-tale" the entrepreneur fell in love with all those years ago. The idea to open a rural development centre in the village aims to tackle this problem. This will require a common effort and solidarity of the local residents. The team of "Vozmozhno Vse" centre plans to focus its work to achieve this.
Uniting by communicating
Maria describes with enthusiasm: "The Rural Development Centre will become the place where villagers of all ages can get informal education. Some educational activities will be organized on a free-of-charge basis, for example, education on health protection. As a psychologist with 20 years of experience, I fully realize the dangers that arise because serious diseases like myocardial or cerebral infarctions are getting younger. The youngest case of myocardial infarction in my practice was a young man of 16 years, and with cerebral infarction – a girl of 21 years of age".
Maria Daschinskaya (in the centre) and other Biz4all programme participants at the "Crowdfunding for social start-ups" training, 23.04.2017, Minsk
Surveys organized within the framework of the Biz4all training programme demonstrated that computer literacy courses for adults and the elderly are in demand. Local residents are interested in everything related to development of children and teenagers, helpful services for young mothers and families, such as a weekend and evening play room.
The next stage is searching for premises and financing
Now the "Vozmozhno Vse" centre needs premises to organize its activities. At the momeng, there is no possibility to rent them in this picturesque territory. There are some options to purchase some space in need of renovation. That is why the team are looking into every possibility to raise the initial capital.
Mariya Daschinskaya at a Biz4all training "Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurial Activities", 22.04.2017, Minsk
Photo: Vitaly Brazousky
It is planned to organize a crowdfunding campaign but not until later, as it requires serious preparation. They already have a plan of action thanks to the knowledge received during Biz4all trainings. "I don't just want to launch a campaign, I actually want to raise the money we need, to engage wealthy companies and international charity funds", notes Maria. "We picked ulej.by for our future crowdfunding as it provides opportunities to interact with companies as well as individuals. So far we've taken part in several calls for project applications and are now waiting for their response. To begin with, over the next 2 months I'm planning to start an individual enterprise to provide educational and consultation services in my own home", Maria describes her immediate plans. "It may not be a lot but it is still support".
Text by: Valerya Nikalaychyk
The goal of the programme is to develop a package of social entrepreneurship training programmes in Russian using innovative international practices, as well as the experience of Belarusian diaspora representatives who have become successful entrepreneurs in European Union countries and the USA.
The publication was prepared within the framework of the "Social Entrepreneurship Incubator", implemented by ODB Brussels in partnership with TNU Network University (Netherlands), Belarusian Youth Public Union "New Faces" and International Civil Association "Union of Belarusian of the world "Motherland", with the fiancial support from the European Union. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUfpHxK1ThhBMLirWV | Jeff Sessions is no fan of marijuana. Sure, he's an ancient, cookie making elf who probably should STFU, but he really hates weed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning at a press conference Attorney General Jeff Sessions made an announcements in regards to Department of Justice policies and rhetoric toward drug enforcement. Just days after intimating that he is leaning toward issuing guidance to the courts that would allow for much harsher penalties for low-level drug offenders, Sessions told reporters he wants to make marijuana "toxic" to states to have legalized its use by bringing back rhetoric about the drug that hasn't been used in decades.
Sessions indicated to reporters that he believes stereotyping and racially charged insinuations and rhetoric will be "an absolute key" to his approach on drug policies.
Attorney General Sessions admitted that his reputation in certain circles might be tainted, given that he lied under oath about his contacts with the Russian government when he was a surrogate for the Trump campaign.
Ultimately, Sessions says the issue of marijuana legalization is "so simple" even his "very simple, Keebler cookie baking mind" can understand it.
Reporters asked Sessions if he intends to issue guidance stiffening penalties for people who abuse prescription pills or if he'll also target Wall Streeters who are known to use cocaine and other drugs quite frequently.
Then Mr. Sessions donned a red and yellow striped klan hood and ran off down the hall, clicking his heels and insisting no one was going to get his Lucky Charms, pot of gold, or E.L. Fudge cookie recipe. | c4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUdJc4uzlhsl0arXCS | Countless Americans miss out on health and appearance benefits of dental care – not because of busy schedules or lack of insurance. Fear of going to the dentist keeps them from picking up the phone to schedule a routine checkup, seeking treatment for a dental problem, or taking advantage of cosmetic enhancements. Sedation dentistry at Sycamore Dental in Ft. Worth allows patients to overcome their fear for comfortable, gorgeous smiles.
Extensive treatment – Some patients can't take time off work for multiple appointments. With sedation, they can de-stress physically and emotionally for a longer single appointment.
Sensitive gag reflex – Sedation subdues resistance to hands or instruments in the mouth.
Physical and mental challenges – Autism, Down syndrome, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and physical disabilities are a fact of life for many. These individuals may not be able to sit for the duration of an appointment, or may find the clinical environment unsettling. Sedation aids in non-traumatic treatment.
Dr. Vidya Suri and our associates at Sycamore Dental offers nitrous oxide sedation. Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) is inhaled through a face mask. It immediately induces relaxation and a bit of euphoria. The effect wears off as soon as the flow of gas is stopped, and there is no residual grogginess. Nitrous oxide is safe for children, and ideal for patients who are nervous about numbing injections.
If you have any concerns about nitrous oxide sedation, feel free to ask a member of our team. One of the best ways to avoid having nitrous oxide is to practice good oral hygiene and maintain regular check-ups and cleanings to keep your mouth healthy.
To learn more about sedation dentistry, schedule a consultation at Sycamore Dental in Ft. Worth. The number is (817) 438-1828. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
BkiUdWk4uzki03fyq7p9 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<solid android:color="#22b9d9" />
</shape> | github | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
BkiUeQrxK7IDOB8TiJME | The Disney Infinity Theater (the El Capitan Theater) is found on Main Street in the Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Toy Box. It is where players can watch episodes of Toy Box TV, or play specially curated Toy Boxes created by other users.
To unlock the theater, first speak to the Cast Member on the purple tile in the Toy Box Hub to unlock Main Street. Once Main Street is unlocked, find Jiminy Cricket and speak with him to unlock the theater. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdOE5qg5A52fiCq9J | Here at NW Security Group, data security forms part of our service offering. It is therefore of upmost priority that our own technical and organisational security measures are of the highest standard.
Most of our legal basis for processing is in the form of \"your consent\", we periodically assess our consent mechanisms to ensure continuous validity and to ensure they are still pursuant to the original reason for processing.
Certain 3rd parties' services in use on our websites such as TrustPilot (the service reviews system we use) and AffiliateFuture (the service we use to attract online sales via other websites) may place cookies in your browser as you browse our websites. Please consult their cookie policies for further information on this. Cookies collected by Google Analytics may be used by Google to serve appropriate ads to you when you visit other websites which allow this. This is known as 'remarketing'. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdgY4ubnhCU1ZdcVa | New Senior Curator of Art
Today the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is pleased to welcome Dr Mary Knights as the museum's new Senior Curator of Art.
Mary comes to TMAG from Adelaide, where she was the Director of the South Australian School of Art Gallery at the University of South Australia for almost ten years.
She studied at the Tasmanian School of Art in Hobart, and has worked in the Australian art sector for twenty years, holding curatorial, arts management and academic positions in Tasmania, West Australia and South Australia.
Mary established her career in Tasmania, working in state and local government positions, and she is extremely pleased to be back in the state to take up the position of Senior Curator of Art at TMAG.
She says she is very keen to develop new and strengthen existing collaborations and partnerships with artists, curators, writers and arts organisations in Tasmania.
"The opportunity to work with both TMAG's extensive art collections and the vibrant contemporary art sector in Tasmania is very exciting," Mary says.
"TMAG plays a key role in the cultural life of the state and is committed to actively engaging audiences.
"I believe that I can make a contribution and have no doubt that I will find the role inspiring and rewarding."
The URL for this page is: https://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/whats_on/newsselect/2016articles/new_senior_curator_of_art | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUd-M25V5ha7jY9UJ9 | Similar to War Bonds, everyone would be funding the success of a child.
Foster care has reached an impasse. We have found ourselves in a meta-crisis, where the root crisis is how we think. Albert Einstein famously remarked, "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." In recent writings, I have proposed some truly radical, yet revolutionary ideas. One idea was the creation of an entirely new field and profession: Bachelor of Science in Foster Parenting.
In order to execute these radical ideas, we first need a new source of funding. For this, we can look to the past as everything that is old is new. First, let's take a look at an old, yet successful approach – War Bonds. We will then discuss how Government Bonds work. Lastly, we will discuss the creation of the Foster Care Bond, where you have the unique opportunity to be fully invested in the success of a foster child.
During World War II, War Bonds were promoted by movie stars who toured the country. They used slogans such as, "If you can't go across . . . Come across!" Approximately $185 billion in bonds were sold. Imagine the impact if we were to do this today. Think of Britney Spears or Kid Rock touring the country rallying support to purchase bonds. Additionally, one of the largest advantages of War Bonds was the fact that the money was essentially recycled back into the U.S. economy after World War II.
So, what are bonds? Essentially, there are three types of bonds: Government, Municipal, and Corporate. They are used to raise funds to issue to whoever wants to buy them. They are similar to stocks, yet bonds are more like a loan in that you are lending money to an organization. In return, the organization promises to pay interest.
Our focus here is Government Bonds. See below for a quick look at Government Bonds.
Now let's take a look at U.S. Savings Bonds.
So, how can we use Government Bonds to fund foster care?
Let me start with a question: Can you name one place in the U.S. that is getting foster care right? Really think about it . . . anything come to mind? People are upset with the failures in the foster care system, and they should be. But what is anyone doing about it? Who is stepping forward to be the voice of the voiceless? Not many, but there could be.
I truly believe my radical ideas can work, but they will need an even more radical idea to fund them. If we created a new type of bond, similar to the approach taken in 1990 with the Education Savings Bond, we could create a way to fund foster care. One that allows everyone to be personally invested in the success of the system.
Similar to War Bonds, everyone would be funding the success of a child. Think of the phenomenal success this would bring to a child and the system by simply purchasing a Foster Care Bond!
Let me emphatically conclude with this: There is no way this will work with the current foster care system. The system is operating so poorly, I can almost guarantee the money invested would be used for the wrong initiatives and would be poorly accounted for. This is why we must scrap the current system and begin with a new model. This is one of the few examples where we would be better off recreating the wheel.
Let's imagine for a moment that we could hit the reset button and start from scratch. By simply investing in a Foster Care Bond, we would be able to adequately fund this new system. The entire country would have the opportunity to be personally invested in the success of every foster child. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
BkiUbgLxK0fkXPSOolKP | Autom. Remote Control 59, No. 11, Part 1, 1587-1597 (1998); translation from Avtom. Telemekh. 1998, No. 11, 104-116 (1998).
Karp, K. A.; Malyshev, V. V.
Autom. Remote Control 59, No. 11, Part 1, 1577-1586 (1998); translation from Avtom. Telemekh. 1998, No. 11, 92-104 (1998).
Kan, Yu. S.; Tuzov, N. V.
Autom. Remote Control 59, No. 11, Part 1, 1568-1576 (1998); translation from Avtom. Telemekh. 1998, No. 11, 82-92 (1998). | c4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
BkiUdz_xK7ICUt7cQafs | Cai and Pipa traveled from the jungle of Montezuma, Costa Rica to Rifle, Colorado. They traveled by car, boat and then aircraft to Los Angeles. Then by car from LA to Rifle. They were real troopers. They loved every minute and absorbed all the sights and smells. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdUnxK3YB9m8SXJx- | Q: ColdFusion Session issue - multiple users behind one proxy IP -- cftoken and cfid seems to be shared I have an application that uses coldfusion's session management (instead of the J2EE) session management.
We have one client, who has recently switched their company's traffic to us to come viaa proxy server in their network.
So, to our Coldfusion server, it appears that all traffic is coming from this one IP Address, for all of the accounts of this one company..
Of the session variables, Part 1 is kept in a cflock, and Part 2 is kept in editable session variables. I may be misundestanding, but we have done it this way as we modify some values as needed throughout the application's usage.
We are now running into an issue of this client having their session variables mixed up (?). We have one case where we set a timestamp.. and when it comes time to look it up, it's empty. From the looks of it this is happening because of another user on the same token.
My initial thoughts are to look into modifying our existing session management to somehow generate a unique cftoken/cfid, or to start using jsession_ID, if this solves the problem at all.
I have done some basic research on this issue and couldn't find anything similar, so I thought I'd ask here.
Thanks!
A: As far as I know, there are no "cons" in using J2EE session variables, unless you really need session to be active after user closes the browser. I think you should try and see how application behaves with it and see if that saves you trouble of refactoring.
To be sure that you are using all other settings try this:
<cfdump var="#APPLICATION.GetApplicationSettings()#" label="Application settings" />
If you have sessionmanagement and client cookies turned on, everything is fine, so try j2ee session variables.
A: I've run into similar problems on and off for years.
JSession cookies seem to help (no hard data on that) but one solution that I've implemented repoeatedly is using no-cache and cache expiry headers on every page.
http://www.bpurcell.org/blog/index.cfm?entry=1075&mode=entry gives some specifics on how to implement this.
In extreme cases, we've been forced to pass the token and cfid in the links/forms, but that is a PITA to implement, so I'd try the cache expiry/prevention soluiton first.
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BkiUfD7xK7IADTol2U-N | Johann Christoph, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1586 in Haigerloch – 1620 in Haigerloch) was the second Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch.
Life
Johann Christoph was the eldest son of Count Christoph of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch, from his marriage to Katharina (d. after 1608), daughter of Christoph, Baron of Welsperg. Johann Christoph was still a minor when he inherited the County, and his uncles Eitel Friedrich IV of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Karl II of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen took up the regency and guardianship.
He served in the imperial army and lived mostly in Vienna. In 1608 in Sigmaringen, he married his cousin Marie (1592–1658), a daughter of his erstwhile guardian Count Karl II of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. This marriage remained childless. In 1612, he acquired Haag-Schlössle Castle in Haigerloch, where his widow would live after his death.
His father had started the construction of the castle church. During Johann Christoph's reign, it was completed. The church was consecrated in 1609.
When the Thirty Years' War broke out in 1618, Johann Christoph was selected as commander of Hohenzollern Castle.
Johann Christoph died in 1620. Since he had not children, he was succeeded by his younger brother Karl, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch.
References
Gustav Schilling: Geschichte des Hauses Hohenzollern, in genealogisch fortlaufenden Biographien aller seiner Regenten von den ältesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, nach Urkunden und andern authentischen Quellen, F. Fleischer, 1843, p. 311 ff
Footnotes
Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
1586 births
1620 deaths
17th-century German people
House of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch | wikipedia | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUa9w5qdmB6yuRBdQA | We recognise and respect that residents will have differing lifestyle preferences and that the need for social and leisure activities will vary from one person to another. Some residents will have an active social life while others will want a level of privacy and independence from others. We will seek to respond to these unique differences and we will ensure that each resident has the opportunity to pursue hobbies and leisure interests, and participate in social activities as they wish. We enable residents to learn new skills such as the computer; Friars Mead has two computers for the exclusive use of our residents.
We will also ensure that the residents are able to exercise choice in relation to their personal and social relationships, both within and outside the care home. We are committed to the involvement of family and friends where this is important to the resident.
Our social calendar is strongly driven by our residents and we always have a varied programme of events arranged. The programme includes such things as darts, board games, bingo, karaoke and dominoes. Residents are kept informed of planned activities and events and are free to choose whether or not to join in.
We support residents to take part in the life of the local community and access to leisure, educational and recreational facilities according to their wishes. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUabDxK6nrxrSHc1T- | The tourist board in the US state of Massachusetts has developed a Massachusetts Whale Trail.
In a week full of incident, peachicks, penguins, an Air France strike and Pokemon Go take Adrian's attention before he goes off to visit the Big Cheese in Caerphilly today!
Lynn visits Nantucket Island in the north eastern part of the USA, today a summer destination but perhaps still better known for it's whaling heritage.
Massachusetts in the north east of the United States is known for being the home of the Kennedy clan, the location of Salem and those witches, beautiful Autumn foliage, for being one of the founding states of the country and music. Music? Apart from Tanglewood what is there?
This is the name given to an area just south of Boston in the USA. The name meant nothing to me but then neither did one of the other names, Quincy County. But if I had been told that this included Plymouth Rock where the Pilgrim fathers landed in 1620, and Nantucket where the US whaling industry was once based then I might have realised just how important, historically, this region is. The subheading for the area, "Where American Begins" probably reflects the area better.
As Boston has direct flights to Dublin and London it is easy to tag a few days onto a Boston trip and spend a weekend exploring this area to the south. As to what to see, here are just a few suggestions. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdgg5qsFAfyQRaB_k | The Benue State Government has lamented the continuous persecution of Governor Samuel Ortom and members of his administration by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Terver Akase, accused the EFCC of not relenting in inviting officials of the state government to its office, stressing that the arbitrary invitations were already affecting the running of government in the state.
Akase said the level to which the anti-graft agency is going was ridiculous, stating that the EFCC was now demanding the minutes of the state Security Council meetings between 2015 and 2018.
He said: "What does EFCC want to do with the minutes of Benue State Security Council meetings? Has EFCC moved from fighting crimes to a security regulating agency? It has asked for minutes of Security Council meetings between 2015 and 2018. What does EFCC want from Benue State? "EFCC ought to know that monetary approvals are not given during security council meetings as such duties do not fall within the purview of the council.
"The level at which EFCC is pushing its persecution of Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, is ridiculous. No day passes without the commission adding one more angle to its harassment of Benue officials. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUgT3xK7IDOE3otadD | Why you shouldn't pedal downhill
Pump it up, er... down.
Pump or pedal? Time for science to reveal whether it's faster to pump or pedal on downhills.
There's no easy, scientific way to answer that question on your own without repeatedly thrashing down the same slope, switching between coasting and cranking with each descent.
Yes, it is physically possible to conduct the experiment yourself with a stopwatch and a power meter, but climbing back up for the umpteenth time to get enough meaningful data is going to be soooooo drab. Fortunately, someone has done it already, so you won't have to.
A group of sports scientists in New Zealand somehow persuaded eight national level XC riders to volunteer as lab rats. First they put them on static ergometers and made them pedal until exhaustion. The idea was to work out how efficient each of them was at using oxygen and climbing virtual hills. It gave them a benchmark against which to measure their performance in the real world.
Next they strapped them all in turn to a Giant Anthem 27.5 fitted with a SRAM Quarq 2275 power meter and got them to ride to the top of the hill, wearing not only a heart-rate monitor, linked to a Garmin Edge 510, but also a mask to measure their oxygen uptake.
Finally, they let them head down the hill. When they'd done that, they had to do it all over again. And again.
The clever thing with the experiment is that the three descents were different. One was freewheeling down a road. Another was freewheeling off-road. The third was down the same off-road trail but pedalling. All three ended at exactly the same place so the difference in height from top to bottom was identical each time.
The results show
Afterwards the boffins checked the data from the total of 24 descents.
As expected, riders used less oxygen when riding down the tarmac — probably because there were fewer vibrations for their muscles to absorb.
Next, the differences in times between coasting and cranking down the off-road trail were not significant.
Crucially, though, when the riders pedalled during the descent, they used more oxygen, even though they'd not actually put in much power.
In other words, they'd not gained any performance benefit by turning the cranks, and weren't as fresh as they would have been had they coasted.
Of course, every hillside trail is different, and there are going to be some that demand a different strategy. Yet the stark conclusion from the scientists is that, in general, riders should pump the trail, rather than pedal.
Which sounds good to us!
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BkiUdno5qsBDAJXqEvdM | Military-backed government lifts curfew but maintains ousted leader cannot be reinstated.
Its apparent change of tack to allow Zelaya to return if he does so "peacefully", comes on the same day that it lifted a curfew that had been in place since the coup two weeks ago.
Micheletti's interim government said it was lifting the curfew as it had succeeded in restoring calm and reducing crime.
For his part, Zelaya told Caracas-based Telesur television on Sunday that he intended to return "at any time, on any day, anywhere".
Micheletti, installed by congress just hours after the June 28 military coup that forced Zelaya into exile, repeated his position that Zelaya would not be reinstated as president "under any conditions".
Organisation of American States, the US and the UN General Assembly for Zelaya to be reinstated.
The country's congress and supreme court ordered the army to remove Zelaya last month, arguing he had violated the country's constitution by attempting to lift presidential term limits.
Zelaya, who has been travelling in the Americas to shore up his support, also ran afoul of his political base and ruling elites in the conservative country by allying himself with Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president.
Micheletti blamed Chavez for the political crisis in his country on Sunday.
"Chavez is the great damage that democracy in Honduras has suffered. We hold him responsible for any incident or any invasion that might come against Honduras from any country," he said.
In a sign of the tensions with Caracas, Honduran police on Saturday night detained for several hours members of television crews of the Venezuelan state channel VTV and Telesur, which have extensively covered pro-Zelaya protests.
Speaking in Caracas, Chavez condemned the detention.
Micheletti's interim government held talks with Zelaya's representatives last week with Oscar Arias, the Costa Rican president, mediating.
The talks ended in a stalemate but Arias has suggested a follow-up round of talks in about a week's time, with Zelaya proposing that it be held in Honduras. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUcuPxaKgTtE-RSZRn | The other night we inventoried our stock of preserved food. Various fall fruit sauces are still underway, along with apple cider and dried beans, but we wanted to see where we stood for the coming winter months.
A selection of herbs - parsley, sage, and rosemary - are drying still as are some of the hot peppers. Pesto and some of the other peppers - Hungarian, Banana, and Poblano - are frozen and ready to be bagged. The potatoes will need to be dug out of their beds before too long, and the popcorn hung to dry once again, too.
Folks keep asking what we'll do with everything before we head to Japan. Quite simply, we're going to eat it. The whole point of all of this work was to enjoy it over the winter, and see how much we would not have to buy. We've already been enjoying the pesto and jam, and I know the cider we can will be ever so tasty with a meal or two. There is great satisfaction in seeing the shelves slowly switch from some brand name item to mason jars with fruits and vegetables we grew, harvested, or purchased from a nearby farm or orchard. The goodness of it spreads not just on my morning toast, but into the community, too. I intend to board that plane for Japan full of our good food and fond memories of the summer spent growing, harvesting, and preserving it. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdOA5qsFAf8zx0ZHM | Lo Stadio José Dellagiovanna () è uno stadio situato a Victoria, in Argentina.
Lo stadio è stato inaugurato nel 1936 e ospita le partite casalinghe del Club Atlético Tigre. Ha una capienza di 30 000 persone.
Altri progetti
C.A. Tigre
Dellag | wikipedia | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUa4A5qhDACqrANoj_ | Q: "existing for itself"? I have a question about the usage of for here. Can I replace it with by without changing the meaning? The full sentence is as follows:
Yet we must here leave aside the explanation of the nature of free thought existing for itself, and remark rather that for the attainment of the union in and for itself of faith and thought a long period of time has been necessary [...]
The context is Hegel's thoughts on free thought and its interaction with faith and thought again, which is weird.
A: No, you can't replace it with by without affecting the meaning
Existing for itself implies a purpose, existing by itself doesn't.
In other words, if I say I exist FOR myself, I'm saying I exist to take care of/entertain myself.
If I say I exist BY myself, I'm simply stating that I am unaccompanied by anyone else.
A: Probably not. For itself seems to be an established translation for Hegel's für sich, in contrast with in itself (an sich), see e.g. here. I wouldn't change it, unless you have a very good argument why by itself better renders the meaning of für sich (as intended by Hegel).
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BkiUd5k4dbjiVFhKgRER | Q: How to send a direccion to the void using the Hosts file and without using 127.0.0.1? I have some name address that i want to send straight to the void using the HOSTS file but i don't want to use the 127.0.0.1. How can i do that?.
Why?, I want to speed up some proccess but 127.0.0.1 is serving a webserver, so if i use 127.0.0.1 then this process will call my webserver, consuming resources and may be delaying the process.
Right now, i am using 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1 but i am not sure if it is correct.
0.0.0.0 crl.microsoft.com
A: Two things:
*
*Is your web server listening on 127.0.0.2 as well?
*0.0.0.0 should be fine, though you're likely generating some short-lived network traffic with it.
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