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A collection that is all luxury and sophistication. Following the marble trend of the moment, MARMI CLASSICO is classic yet contemporary due to its natural characteristics. Its imposing veining (or variations) brings a visual balance in a pure and minimal decor creating a perfect combination of styles. Available in one oversized format, it flaunts 4 authentic colors as well as a stunning polished finish.
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Q: Chain rule application I want to find $y'$ where $$ y = \frac{\frac{b}{a}}{1+ce^{-bt}}.$$ But I dont want to use quotient rule for differentiation. I want to use chain rule. My solution is:
Write $$y=\frac{b}{a}\cdot \frac{1}{1+ce^{-bt}}.$$ Then in $$\frac{1}{1+ce^{-bt}},$$ the inner function is $1+ce^{-bt}$ and the outer function is $$\frac{1}{1+ce^{-bt}}.$$
Hence using the chain rule we have
$$\left(\frac{1}{1+ce^{-bt}}\right)'= \frac{-1}{(1+ce^{-bt})^2} \cdot -bce^{-bt} = \frac{bce^{-bt}}{(1+ce^{-bt})^2}.$$
Thus $$y'= \frac{\frac{b^2}{a}ce^{-bt}}{(1+ce^{-bt})^2}.$$ Am I correct?
A: Beside to @Berci's answer, the following approach may be easier. It is based on chain rule as well: $$ y = \frac{\frac{b}{a}}{1+ce^{-bt}}=\frac{b}{a}(1+ce^{-bt})^{-1}\to\\\ y'=\frac{b}{a}(-1)(c)(-b)(e^{-bt})(1+ce^{-bt})^{-2}= \frac{\frac{b^2}{a}ce^{-bt}}{(1+ce^{-bt})^2}$$ as you achieved before.
A: Yes.
The outer function is $s\mapsto \displaystyle\frac1s$ or you can call its variable anything. And '$\cdot -bce^{-bt}$' should be in parenthesis: $\cdot (-bce^{-bt})$, else it seems correct.
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Q: Why isn't DataContext not updating with external database changes? If I change data within Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio while my application is running, LINQ will not get the new data, even if I run
myContext.Refresh(System.Data.Linq.RefreshMode.OverwriteCurrentValues)
The only way to get the new changes (that I've found so far...) is to recreate the data context.
myContext.Dispose();
myContext = new MyDataContext();
I must be blind and this has to be really obvious, but I've wasted enough time on this to allow myself to post this dumb question... -_-''
Thanks!
Edit
When I load data from SQL:
myBindingSource.DataSource = myContext.myTable.Where(o => o.id != 0).OrderBy(o => o.name);
A: My concept was flawed and a DbContext should not be kept longer then the queries you need to execute. That said, if I want to refresh my data, I should just get a new DbContext instance and refill my data source.
A: let the connectionstrin be :
string pp = @"Data Source=(LocalDB)\v11.0;AttachDbFilename=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\AdventureWorks2012_Data.mdf;Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30";
and update task be the below mentioned :
public async Task callupdate()
{
try
{
int ppp = Convert.ToInt32(textBox1ID.Text);
DataClasses1DataContext dc = new DataClasses1DataContext(pp);
Person person = dc.Persons.Single(c => c.BusinessEntityID == ppp);
person.PersonType = Convert.ToString(PersonTypecomboBox1.SelectedItem);
person.PersonType = Convert.ToString(PersonTypecomboBox1.SelectedItem);
if (NameStylecomboBox1.SelectedText == "False")
person.NameStyle = false;
else
person.NameStyle = true;
person.Title = Convert.ToString(TitlecomboBox1.SelectedItem);
person.FirstName = FirstNametextBox2.Text;
person.MiddleName = MiddleNametextBox3.Text;
person.LastName = LastNametextBox4.Text;
person.Suffix = SuffixtextBox5.Text;
person.EmailPromotion = Convert.ToInt32(EmailPromotiontextBox6.Text);
person.ModifiedDate = DateTime.Today;
dc.SubmitChanges();
}
catch(Exception exp)
{
}
}
instead of DataClasses1DataContext dc = new DataClasses1DataContext();
DataClasses1DataContext dc = new DataClasses1DataContext(pp);
Vby calling SubmitChanges() the update data that is the object of our class is actually being written in the actual database
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Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions
Business Business Essentials
Purchasing System
By Adam Hayes
What Is a Purchasing System?
A purchasing system is a process for buying products and services encompassing purchase from requisition and purchase order through product receipt and payment. Purchasing systems are a key component of effective inventory management in that they monitor existing stock and help companies determine what to buy, how much to buy and when to buy it. Purchasing systems may be based on economic order quantity models.
Purchasing systems play an essential role in controlling a company's cash outflows in that they ensure that only necessary purchases are made and that they are made at reasonable prices.
Understanding Purchasing Systems
Purchasing systems makes the purchasing process more efficient and help companies reduce supply costs. Computerized purchasing systems can cut companies' administrative costs, shorten the length of the purchase cycle and reduce human error, thereby minimizing shortages. They can also simplify order tracking and make it easier to manage purchasing budgets by quickly creating expenditure reports.
Purchasing systems play an essential role in controlling a company's cash outflows. They ensure that only necessary purchases are made and that they are made at reasonable prices. Purchasing systems make use of outputs from production planning systems. These outputs include input amounts needed in the production process.
A purchasing system encompasses the process of purchasing from requisition through product receipt and payment.
Purchasing systems maintain efficiency by ensuring that only needed purchases are made and that they are effected at reasonable prices.
Purchasing systems are augmented through automated systems like purchase-to-pay and economic models such as economic order quantity.
Economic Order Quantity and Purchasing
The economic order quantity (EOQ) model is used in inventory management by calculating the number of units a company should purchase for its inventory with each batch order to reduce the total costs of its inventory. The costs of its inventory include holding and setup costs.
The EOQ model seeks to ensure that the right amount of inventory is ordered per batch so a company does not have to make orders too frequently and there is not an excess of inventory sitting on hand. It assumes that there is a trade-off between inventory holding costs and inventory setup costs, and total inventory costs are minimized when both setup costs and holding costs are minimized.
Purchase-to-Pay
Purchase-to-Pay is an integrated system that fully automates the goods and services purchasing process for a business. The system gets its name because it handles all aspects of the acquisition from the purchase of goods to the payment of the vendor. The Purchase-to-Pay system begins with requisitioning, then proceeds to procurement, and ends with payment. Purchase-to-Pay seeks to optimize the purchasing process, thereby benefiting the organization through better financial controls and efficiency. This streamlined, integrated system saves costs and reduces risk.
What You Should Know About Purchase-to-Pay
Purchase-to-pay is an integrated system that fully automates the goods and services purchasing process for a business.
The Ins and Outs of Inventory Management
Inventory management is the process of ordering, storing and using a company's inventory: raw materials, components, and finished products.
Central purchasing is a department within a business or organization that is responsible for making all procurements.
How Distribution Management Works
Distribution management oversees the supply chain and movement of goods from suppliers to end customer.
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Economy Definition
A peer-to-peer economy is a decentralized model whereby two parties interact to buy or sell directly with each other, without an intermediary third-party.
Backward Integration
Backward integration is a type of vertical integration that includes the purchase of, or merger with, suppliers.
How Is the Economic Order Quantity Model Used in Inventory Management?
How Working Capital Works
Analyzing Starbucks' Value Chain
Horizontal vs. Vertical Integration: What's the Difference?
What Is Finance?
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This attractive medium size Antique Lingam Singing Bowl (circa 1850) takes the high-sided Thadobati form and has a grooved lip, a neat pointed Lingam surrounded by circles at its centre, and a matching navel or yoni underneath. Two bands of dots encircle the outer rim to form a decorative collar.
It benefits from an uncommon and well-preserved dot-punched inscription on the outer wall...a sure sign of the high esteem in which this bowl was held by a former keeper.
This rare Lingam bowl is in excellent structural condition and has an attractive golden bronze colour.
A Tibetan silk brocade bowl cushion, and a double-ended teak and suede ringer are included in the price.
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This silk comes from a very special Weston print called Chelsea Calcite, created from a high definition scan of calcite. The colour and inflections of detail are so intricate, yet the whole printed scarf captures just 1cm of the crystal.
These earrings are limited edition - only 30 pairs can be crafted from this print, each pair unique in their detailing.
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If you're charged with any drunk driving offense in Michigan, your should speak to your attorney about pre-trial motions. Most people charged with a crime assume that a trial is the only way to be found not guilty of the crime charged, but that is not the case.
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Worcester - William P. Cooney, 61, formerly of Worcester passed away unexpectedly, Friday, March 14th 2014.
William was born in Worcester, a son of Thomas M. and Frances G. (O'Day) Cooney and attended Doherty Memorial High School.
An avid animal lover, Bill chose a career in the equine industry. Early in his career he trained at Rock Meadow Farm in Byfield, Massachusetts. As his talents grew, he extended an invitation to work with the highly respected George Morris at Hunterdon, Inc. in Pittstown, New Jersey. Under the tutelage of George, Bill became one of the top equitation trainers in the country. In the 1980's Bill left Hunterdon and opened the Beacon Hill Show Stables in Old Salem, NY with business partner Frank Madden. Over the next four decades Bill acquired numerous championships up and down the east coast. In 1984, he was named trainer of the year at Madison Square Garden after one of his students won the triple crown of equitation. Over his career Bill has earned more equitation championships than any other trainer in history. He was considered the foremost authority in the equitation world, his voice and his vision will be greatly missed.
Bill is survived by; his sister, Patricia Riley and her husband Francis; sister in law, Constance Cooney; nephews and nieces, Thomas Cooney, Frederick Riley, Michael Cooney, Sean Riley, Connie Vages, Patricia and Christopher Riley. Other Extended family members and many friends around the Country.
A period of calling hours will be held Monday, March 31st from 5 pm to 7 pm in the MERCADANTE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL, 370 Plantation St. followed by a prayer service. Burial in St. John Cemetery will be private. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions in Bill's name can be made to the USHJA Horseman's Assistance Fund, 3870 Cigar lane, Lexington, KY 40511.
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import com.dell.doradus.logservice.ChunkInfo;
import com.dell.doradus.logservice.ChunkReader;
import com.dell.doradus.olap.store.BitVector;
public class FilterOr implements IFilter {
private List<IFilter> m_filters = new ArrayList<>();
public FilterOr() {}
public FilterOr(IFilter... filters) {
for(IFilter filter: filters) {
m_filters.add(filter);
}
}
public void add(IFilter filter) {
m_filters.add(filter);
}
@Override public void check(ChunkReader reader, BitVector docs) {
BitVector temp = new BitVector(docs.size());
for(IFilter filter: m_filters) {
temp.clearAll();
filter.check(reader, temp);
docs.or(temp);
if(docs.isAllBitsSet()) break;
}
}
@Override public int check(ChunkInfo info) {
// any filter reports all docs => all docs
// all filters report no docs => no docs
boolean hasZero = false;
for(IFilter filter: m_filters) {
int c = filter.check(info);
if(c == 1) return 1;
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}
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We just bought this same exact Maytag washing machine a couple of months ago! I absolutely LOVE it. Great that it's made in the USA, as well. It's commercial quality is great for all the laundry I do in our home. I was bummed that we didn't get the matching dryer, though because ours is still holding up great after many years of use. Of course, it's a Maytag. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your routine!
I bought a new Maytag washer last year and I can't get the water level to even cover the clothes!!!!!!! Wish I had my old Maytag back.
This is off the topic of Laundry. I am looking for a new set of pots and pans. I would like to hear how you feel about your La Creuset cookware or about any cookware you may like.
We have used a similar method for almost 25 years. Our children started their own laundry with help at age 6. When the youngest was in middle school and oldest in high school (dual enrolled in college) they decided they would be better off helping each other out and combining their laundry. Now they are in college full time and vet school laundry is not a huge deal. No clothes ruined because they didn't know how. They have even taught their friends how to do laundry. When my son went to vet school everyone was full of questions about how worried I was about him cooking, cleaning, etc. I simply wasn't because I knew he knew how. He makes lots of things in his crock pot. Has asked me for baking recipes etc. I am an advocate of children doing and having the responsibility. It works.
I like the color coded towel idea. How many towels does each household member have?
4 towels and 7 washcloths.
Can this be used in a samsung?
Laundry is one thing I find really difficult to keep on top of. I know it would be so much easier if my kids did their own, but I feel if i didn't they wouldn't mind wearing dirty clothes! any tips on how to encourage youngsters on getting to help out?
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export GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=put_google_client_id_here
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Home | Business | Pentagon Says US Bombers Kill over 80 Islamic State Militants in Libya
Pentagon Says US Bombers Kill over 80 Islamic State Militants in Libya
US B-2 bombers have carried out airstrikes against the Daesh (ISIS / ISIL) terrorist group in the North African country of Libya, killing over 80 terrorists, according to Pentagon officials.
Outgoing US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday that the bombers attacked two ISIS military camps on Wednesday located about 45 km (28 miles) southwest the city of Sirte.
"We need to strike ISIL everywhere they show up," Carter told reporters at the Pentagon on his last day office.
These strikes were directed against some of ISIL's external plotters, who were actively planning operations against our allies in Europe," he added.
In a statement on Thursday, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook confirmed the US military conducted strikes.
"The ISIL terrorists targeted included individuals who fled to the remote desert camps from Sirte in order to reorganize, and they posed a security threat to Libya, the region, and US national interests," Cook said.
The airstrikes come one month after the United States officially wrapped up military operations in and around Sirte.
The US has also been conducting airstrikes in other countries, including Syria and Iraq, with the stated aim of targeting Daesh but the raids have instead claimed many civilian lives.
Libya has faced a power vacuum since the downfall of its longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The country has been grappling with chaos and the emergence of numerous militants, including ISISTakfiri terrorists, who are concentrated in Iraq and Syria.
The north African country has two rival governments. One is based in the eastern port city of Tobruk and its rival government, backed by the United Nations (UN), is based in Tripoli, the main port city in the western side of the country.
Despite attempts to establish peace and order, stability is yet to be restored in Libya, which is stuck in political strife and violence.
Death of Fatah Al Sham Leader's Possibility Strengthens
Turkey Says No Longer 'Realistic' To Exclude Assad From Syria Peace Deal
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Q: How to solve Poissons equation using FEM with integral BC? I have a 3-dimensional domain D, with 3 types of BC which I am trying to solve the Poisson equation on. $$-\nabla \cdot (\sigma(x,y,z)\nabla u)=0$$
Insulator (Neumann BC)
Electrode set at some potential (Dirichlet BC).
Additionally I have some electrodes $E_l$ which are set to have a fixed current $I_l$, so on these the boundary condition is $\int_{E_l} \sigma(x,y,z)(du/dn) dA=I_l$.
How would I go about incoprorating this third type of BC into FEM?
Any description or references is what im looking for.
Additionaly or alternatively, I would like to know if there is some way to obtain accurate flux computations over surfaces in FEM. The normal way to solve Poisson equation using FEM does not give very accurate fluxes, however commercial software using FEM does, does anyone know how they do it? I am looking for references on how to compute such accurate fluxes.
A: You must specify a function $g$ and a nonhomogeneous Neumann boundary condition of the type $\frac{\partial u}{\partial n} = g$ so that $g$ satisfies $\int_{E_l} \sigma g \,d\mathrm{A} = I_l$. Otherwise the problem is not well posed. In physical terms you must specify the shape of the current profile. I think people working with EIT typically choose a function which is zero outside the electrode and has constant value at the electrode. The constant value is chosen such that the given integral constraint is satisfied.
I suppose that you can get more accurate fluxes by using a mixed method together with, e.g., Raviart-Thomas elements. The idea is to use the fluxes as degrees-of-freedom. There are lots of references on mixed methods, see for example the reference list in R. Stenberg - A Nonstandard Mixed Finite Element Family. I have not used them as means of obtaining accurate fluxes but I would guess that they are suitable for this purpose as well.
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Happy Birthday to p'Bright!! 🌈🎂✨🎉 wishing you all the very best always naka.
I know u love me so matcha.
🌈 @veladebangkok makes me happy.
👧🏻 @veladebangkok lives in Taipei.
🍿🎥 movie junket with #SkyScraper man @therock and the director @rawsonthurber. They rocked! 😬🤘🏻#zensjobs Thanks to @veladebangkok for my outfits naka.
Luckily got to meet and interview #DwayneJohnson @therock and @rawsonthurber, the director of @skyscrapermovie here in Hongkong! 👊🏻🤩👊🏻 stay tuned!
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วันพี่น้องชัดๆ 🙈 thank u for spoiling ur little one nakaa @ffahhhs #คิดถึงคุณแม่นะค้าา #ป๊าด้วย!
Life is full of hellos and goodbyes.
Meeting with #ChrisPratt @prattprattpratt at the #jurassicworldfallenkingdom red carpet! ✌🏻🦖✌🏻 #jurassicworld น่ารักมากกกกกกกก จำชื่อเซนได้ด้วย ยกมือไหว้เซนด้วยยยยย!!! We love u!
Goldfish kinda day. thanks to @anin.s ka.
🖤 you'll always be my day 1.
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Since "Drink Rattle" was one of the biggest Mash-ups that Lil Jon & I did, it was only right to trap it up over Luminox's version of "Rattle". The ZIP file below has both the Clean & Dirty versions in it! As always, feel free to share it with your peeps!
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Donald Arndts made this scrumptious salad and brought it to Pastor Tim Binns' going away potluck dinner Sunday, May 1, 2016. We scraped the bowl (it was a large one) clean. It was absolutely delicious. I'm not only going to make it, I'm going to share it with all of you. I heard several people asking Donald what all it had in it. He emailed his recipe to me and here it is!
1. Boil asparagus in a large pot of salted water for 2 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water.
3. Mix asparagus with remaining veggies and feta in large bowl; add dressing and mix to coat evenly with dressing.
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Box office — John Abraham's Parmanu: The Story Of Pokhran manages an average opening
Meanwhile, Raazi continues with its good run even in its third week and is all set to reach the Rs100 crore mark.
Mumbai - 26 May 2018 13:44 IST
Our Correspondent
Director Abhishek Sharma's Parmanu: The Story Of Pokhran opened with an average number yesterday (25 May). The film, starring John Abraham, Diana Penty and Boman Irani, managed to earn Rs4.75 crore, as per figures shared by Boxofficeindia.com.
Parmanu was at the center of a legal battle between John's JA Entertainment and KriArj Entertainment. Due to which, the makers did not have enough time to generate a pre-release buzz. This could be one of the reasons for the low numbers.
As per trade sources, Parmanu is made at a budget of around Rs45-50 crore. Needless to say, the film needs a big jump on Saturday (26 May) and Sunday (27 May) to get anywhere close to the budget. It will also need a strong run during the coming week, which is always tough.
Meanwhile, Meghna Gulzar's Raazi continues to impress at the box office. The film managed to earn Rs2.25 crore on its third Friday (25 May). The film's total earnings now stands at an impressive Rs92.93 crore. The Alia Bhatt, Viky Kaushal-starrer has a high chance of reaching the Rs100 crore mark.
Hollywood flick Deadpool 2 saw a drop in collections on its second Friday yesterday as it earned Rs1.35 crore. It's India total now is Rs42.35 crore.
Actor, Producer, Singer
Director, Screenwriter, Dialogue Writer
Parmanu - The Story Of Pokhran
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Latest statistics for electroworld.cz website: estimated summary traffic is 732 Thousand sessions per month (24.4 Thousand sessions per day, or 267 Million sessions per year). The site links to network IP address 185.59.210.6. As of April 01, 2019, Alexa rank is 115936.
45.1 percent of visits to this site come from a search engine, while 32.0% come directly and 22.9% via a hyperlink somewhere on the internet.
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Republicrats and Iraq
What have I been saying about the Republicrat scam? Liberals and progressives have been hoodwinked into thinking that the Democratic Party (which is just part of the Republicrat machine) stands for their values. Again, it's all a pile of crap. Iraq is a case in point, as is well illustrated by this article.
When will American progressives wake up?
The Republicrat Scam
This article talks about the stolen elections and how it will happen again. And how can such a thing happen? Because — just as I have said again and again — it is a Republicrat con game. The joke is on the American people, especially on the misguided and self-deceiving liberals and progressives who have been taken for a ride by the Democratic Party, i.e., the "left" wing of the Republicrat machine. In my humble opinion, the Democratic Party has done nothing to stop the stolen 2000 and 2004 elections because it is in on the scam.
Read this account and then see if you can honestly tell yourself it isn't so.
The whole thing — the elections, the debates, the campaigns — everything is part of a big show put on for the benefit of the American people, who foolishly argue among themselves about who the "better candidate" is, or who "won" the presidential debate.
It's all a pile of crap.
China Machine Gobbles Resources
According to this article, China's roaring economic machine is now the biggest threat to the global ecosystem. Not hard to believe, and of course quite disturbing if you are concerned about the health of the planet. The good news from the Earth's point of view (as opposed to that of all the Chinese trying to escape poverty) is that escalating energy prices are going to help put the kibosh on the destruction. The question is whether that tipping point will come too late.
Torture Is Just Plain Wrong
Marjorie Cohn begins an article with this paragraph:
"Republicans and Democrats have finally found something they can agree on. They have bipartisan support to stop Bush's inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners in United States custody: It's bad for our image in the Arab and Muslim world. It breeds more resentment against the US, making us more vulnerable to terrorism. And it's just plain un-American."
Now, it is not my purpose here to criticize Ms. Cohn — she writes some pretty good stuff. But I would like to mention a possible oversight, and take issue with one point.
True, torture is bad for America's image, and it breeds resentment against the US. What she doesn't say here — an oversight? — is that torture is just plain wrong. That should be the primary reason for stopping it. Image should be a secondary consideration. Civilized people should not commit or allow barbaric practices like torture. I am disappointed that she made image the main reason in an appeal to Americans' self-interest.
The other point is her assertion that torture is "un-American." If only that were so. The unfortunate and shameful fact is, practices like torture and assassination are as American as apple pie. If the mainstream US media were doing their job, Americans would know about the ghastly, despicable things done in their name, and financed with their taxes.
Another Gore Speech
Al Gore has made yet another speech. Why doesn't this guy just stick to business? Allow me to comment on a few items in this article.
Gore said that if he had won the 2000 election, the US would be a different country. While granting that it would likely be somehow different, allow me to point out what Gore himself still refuses to acknowledge: he did win the 2000 election. Victory was stolen from him illegally, yet he did not challenge this crime, suggesting strongly that he was in on the scam (just like Kerry, but that is another story).
In answer to questions about how America would be different, Gore gave several examples including, "We would not be trying to control and intimidate the news media." Does he really believe this? The mainstream media have been controlled for a long time; it didn't start with Dubya.
Meanwhile, RNC spokesperson Tracey Schmitt characterized Gore's comments as "fictitious rants that border on dangerous." Great hyperbole from someone who must have attended the same spinmeister school as Ari Fleischer and Scott McClellan. In reality Gore's comments are so reserved and circumspect he must be trying not to offend Bush.
Schmitt continued by saying, "To accuse Americans of participating in 'routine torture' is absurd and reveals that while Al Gore may no longer be a leader in his party, he still embodies the maniacal anger that guides Democrat leaders in Washington today." Wow! "Maniacal anger"? Far be it from me to defend the worthless, pusillanimous Democrats, but one need look no further than the White House to find maniacal anger. Of course an outpouring of vitriol always deflects the public's attention from one's own shortcomings.
In Case You Were Wondering Dept.
Yet again we are told that President Dubya gets his orders directly from God. Now let's suppose that one of Bush's political opponents also claims to get messages directly from God, and those messages conflict with those which Bush claims to receive. In such a situation, who decides which recipient is getting the authentic messages?
The answer might seem like a classical conundrum, but in modern America it's obvious: whichever recipient has more money and power receives the authentic messages. Did you honestly think it would be any different?
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spy
This is a new attempt to initiate domestic spying. A foot in the door opens the way down a slippery slope toward an informant society like the former Soviet Union or like North Korea. People will be spying on one another, and no one will trust anyone else. Who wants to live in such a society, except for the elites in power? Certainly this has nothing to do with "freedom" or "liberty," those values professed by our leaders. Domestic spying is an attempt to control the population and stifle political dissent.
Pigs and Birds
In the pigs department, we have Energy Hog, a cartoon character with a pantheon of porcine sidekicks telling Americans that they shouldn't use too much energy. Such a ludicrous, pathetic attempt to urge energy conservation could charitably be described as too little, too late. But of course this is just an empty gesture, as the US government cares little whether the plebes conserve or not. What's important is that the energy elites pig out on fat profits and then leave us to burn our furniture in the end. In the same vein, US automakers — who supposedly have amazing technological prowess — cry that they cannot match the Europeans and Japanese in fuel efficiency, let alone attain the modest raise in fuel efficiency standards proposed. The truth is, SUVs are very profitable.
In the birds department, Dubya says he wants to use the military to contain a bird flu epidemic. If Congress is stupid enough to approve, which is virtually assured, Americans can look forward to a bird flu epidemic, which will also be virtually assured. Why? Because this is a great way to introduce martial law. Think about it.
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Maybe happened also to you to have the feeling that your body just don't want any more to lose weight and you are wondering how to burn body fat faster. Sometimes our body just stops at one weight and just "take a break" from losing weight and burn the extra fat from the body.
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Nicolette is a model and actress from the United States, best known for her role as Marie in the film National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Although she has not acted for 21 years, she is still remembered for her wonderful performances in film and television dramas such as "Boxing Helena" and "Girl in
Over the holidays, who plays Mary? Nicolette takes on the role. During the Christmas break, Clark Griswold flirts with Mary, a young woman who works in a shop.
Is Nicolet related to Martin Scorsese? Many people wonder if Nicole Wright is related to Martin Scorsese, the famous director. Despite having successful careers in show business, Nicolette and Martin are not blood relatives; they simply share a last name.
After finishing her studies, Nicolette began her modelling and acting career. In 1985, she made her television debut as Cindy in the action-adventure series The A-Team. She appeared in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, a family Christmas comedy, in 1989. She appeared in a number of films and television shows between 1989 and 2000 before retiring. She hasn't done any acting since then.
They split up after a year of dating. Nicolette was also in a relationship with model Antonio Sabato Jr., whom she met while modeling. In the late 1990s, she also dated British rock musician Billy Duffy. Shiloh Duffy is Nicolette and Billy's daughter, but they are not married. Body dimensions Nicole Wright Scorsese stands 177 cm tall and weighs 60 kg. Her dimensions are 34-26-35 inches. Her hair is light brown, and her eyes are blue.
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Zoe is an entrepreneur, investor and activist. She is the Managing Director of Techstars Impact, backing for-profit, mission-driven entrepreneurs building technologies to solve our most pressing social and environmental problems. Prior to Techstars, Zoe served as founder and CEO of UnLtd USA, providing seed funding and venture support to entrepreneurs tackling social and environmental problems. Over the last decade, Zoe has worked with founders from idea through acquisition, in both developed and emerging markets, from multiple industries, and across a wide array of backgrounds, ranging from ex-guerrilla fighters and political dissidents to corporate executives and technologists. Zoe is an Aspen Ideas Scholar at the Aspen Institute and a World Economic Forum Global Shaper.
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Q. What is a good website for crime statistics in Casper?
The library also subscribes to Statista, a searchable database of statistics of all kinds. You can find crime statistics by state and by the type of crime.
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'Now is the time' to evacuate Hurricane Florence danger, officials urge
P. J. Tobia P. J. Tobia
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/now-is-the-time-to-evacuate-hurricane-florence-danger-officials-urge
Hurricane Florence's shifting track is adding uncertainty to what forecasters are calling the "storm of a lifetime." It's now projected to slow near the North Carolina-South Carolina border, then head south and west -- changes that could endanger new areas. P.J. Tobia reports on the latest in storm preparation from Wilmington, North Carolina.
Hurricane Florence has more than 10 million people across the Southeastern U.S. asking tonight, which way will it go? The target area move south and west today, even as sustained winds drop some to 120 miles an hour.
P.J. Tobia begins our coverage from Wilmington, North Carolina.
P.J. Tobia:
The storm's enormous mass is clear enough from space, but its path is shifting, meaning growing uncertainty.
Florence is now projected to slow near the North Carolina-South Carolina line, then make landfall on Saturday. From there, it could turn south and west across South Carolina.
The changes could endanger new areas. Forecasters are calling it the storm of a lifetime. Federal Emergency Management Agency officials warned today was the last chance to get out of danger.
Jeff Byard:
If you're in an area where it's going to flood or if you're in a mandatory evacuation area or you just don't feel your home is safe, now's the time to evacuate.
Thousands heeded the warnings, and major highways were jammed. That left gas stations with shortages and drivers crowding to fill tanks.
In North Carolina, local buses were pressed into long-haul service, taking people from Wilmington and other coastal towns to shelters in Raleigh, some 150 miles inland.
George Alsberg is 103 years old. He has seen many hurricanes before. This is the first that's made him evacuate his home.
George Alsberg:
I have never had occasion to think about it before. This time, it's — I think it's obvious.
In South Carolina, eastbound lanes on Interstate 26 were reversed, with all traffic moving away from the coast. Those who stayed labor to board up windows and fill sandbags.
But the mayor of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, near Charleston, said there is only one way to be safe.
Will Haynie:
When you choose to leave and get out of its way, you have more control over your destiny than you do if you choose to stay here.
Civilian and military leaders alike were gauging the potential of 30 inches of rain., hurricane-force winds and power outages over wide areas.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper warned, the state is in for a sustained battering.
Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C.:
Plan to be without power for days. Understand that the rain may last for days and not hours. And this may be a marathon, not a sprint.
On the front lines, local official said they're as ready as they can be for what's coming and what comes next.
Chris Coudriet:
The worst of the storm is not here. We think we have got a good evacuation plan, a good shelter plan in place. But we're already planning for what happens after Florence makes impact.
Meanwhile, many of the evacuees face the prospect of days in shelters.
Tracy Hargett:
It's coming right for us, literally right for us. So we were just like, you know what, let's just do this. Let's just go to the shelter. I know we have never done it before. It's kind of scary.
Staff at senior care facilities are also having to make tough choices about whether to evacuate the most vulnerable.
Ted Goins is president of Lutheran Services Carolinas. He says keeping clients at this senior living facility in Wilmington was the right choice.
Ted Goins:
This building should be able to stand up and not be in any surge or flood zone. So it was a — it was the right decision to make when you consider the problems that you have when you try to transport 100 or almost 100 very debilitated folks.
He jokingly told me that the facility had a big enough generator to power the entire city of Wilmington. He very seriously told me that they had enough food and, of course, medicine socked away to last for days in case Florence knocked them off the power grid — Judy.
So, P.J., we heard you say that the nursing homes are making the decision, some of them not to move. What about the elderly senior citizens who are not in nursing homes? What are they saying about them?
Folks at that facility and others who take care of vulnerable and elderly populations said the best thing that folks in those populations can do is be with their community, get with family, get with friends or neighbors. Don't try and ride out this storm alone, because even if you're in a secure house, the power can go out, a tree could fall on your roof.
And when bad things happen, no one will be there to help them out.
And, P.J., tell us about the shelters that are operating there in the Wilmington area. What is going on at this point? What are they handling?
Just in the 4:00 hour, the Red Cross released a statement that about 1,600 people spent last night in shelters in North and South Carolina. But today is really the day that most folks in this region made their way to shelters, if they were going to go to shelters.
We visited one shelter where over 100 people had come. Many were streaming in as we were in there talking to the director there, so many that they were actually out of cots. There was still plenty of space for folks to stretch out.
They even had a space for pets, which, as you may know, is a reason that a lot of folks don't want to go to a shelter, because they're afraid that their pet won't be allowed in. But hundreds of people in this area have made their way to shelters over the last 24 hours.
And, finally, we know we're getting close to the hour when people have to get out for their own safety.
What are you seeing there in Wilmington?
Well, things are closing up here. Pharmacies are — have basically started shuttering today. Grocery stores. Gas stations are running out of gas.
Earlier today, around 10:00 a.m., we went to a Home Depot. They were closing early, within that hour. There was a line out the door. So, if the time is getting — it's getting to zero hour, where if there's anything you need to do to prepare, it's getting to be too late awfully quickly, Judy.
P.J. Tobia reporting for us from Wilmington, North Carolina, thank you, P.J.
PBS NewsHour from Sep 12, 2018
Live map: Track Hurricane Florence as it heads for the East Coast
By Nsikan Akpan
How Hurricane Florence could cause unprecedented damage to the Carolinas
By Nsikan Akpan, Julia Griffin
P.J. Tobia is a Foreign Affairs Producer at PBS NewsHour, covering the Middle East and North Africa. He is also the host and producer of the foreign affairs podcast "Shortwave." Prior to this Tobia spent two years in Afghanistan covering Afghan politics, life and the U.S.-led war.
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A Look At Some Of The World's Most Famous Female Gamers
The women listed below have mastered the field of gaming. Image via unsplash
The fields of gaming, in the forms of both competitive video games and casino games, have historically been male dominated. From the earliest days of card games to the modern eSports arena where competitions are held, female pros are hard to find, similar to fields in finance and tech.
That's not to say women haven't been part of these realms. In fact, as this list will show, there have been talented female gamers throughout the centuries. Today's modern era may focus on eSports athletes, but there are female pros continuing to break into professional poker and blackjack online.
For most casino enthusiasts, slots are the go-to game. With a range of themes and characters, most slots have RPG features that make them engaging spin after spin. Additionally, the most popular jackpot games can be found online with the click of a few buttons. However, not everyone is satisfied with a freewheeling journey into a fantasy land or ancient civilization.
Instead, some prefer to put their statistical and critical thinking skills to the test with games like blackjack and poker—and they make a killing at the bank doing so. Video gamers aren't far behind, especially as recruitment practices and sponsorships deals look to represent female pros. Let's take a closer look at some of the most influential female gamers throughout history.
Alice Ivers Tubbs
aka Poker Alice
Born in Devonshire, England in 1851, Alice Ivers Tubbs looked set for a normal nineteenth century life. She was offered an elite education, then moved to Virginia before resettling in Leadville, Colorado. There, she met her husband, a silver miner.
Tubbs had landed square in the middle of the Wild West in its heyday, and her husband was a keen poker player. She first learned by quietly observing him at saloons before trying her own hand at poker and faro.
Eventually, Poker Alice would become renowned throughout the region for supporting herself through poker play alone. Men came from all over to challenge the female competitor—or watch her break the bank in person.
A saloon similar to where Poker Alice learned the ropes. Image via unsplash
Liv Boeree
aka Iron Maiden
Born in Kent, England just over a century after Poker Alice, Olivia 'Liv' Boeree took to the game with equal vigor. However, she first spent time earning her physics degree with a specialty in astrophysics from the University of Manchester, which helped her develop quantified thinking skills.
From there, she turned an appearance on a live poker show into a career in gaming. In 2010, she became the third woman to take home a European Poker Tour title. She's also been named the Female Player of the Year in 2014, 2015, and 2016.
Sasha Hostyn
aka Scarlett
Sasha Hostyn is one of the most famous and top-paid players in the StarCraft realm, though she also competes in Dota 2 competitions. As a player in 2011, she was part of the first generation of professional eSports athletes that were recruited by larger teams.
In 2018, Hostyn won the Intel Extreme Masters competition. In doing so, she became the first woman to win a major StarCraft II competition, which helped her join the Newbee team. To date, she's the highest-paid female eSports player in the world, with earnings of $393,000 according to Statista.
Xiaomeng Li
aka Liooon
Xiaomeng Li is a champion Hearthstone player who got her start in 2019. Despite being involved in professional eSports for a limited period of time, Li has become the second-highest paid female eSports competitor with $238,000 in total earnings, according to Statista.
Similar to Hostyn, Li is one of the most visible female competitors in the Hearthstone realm. Back in 2014, while still learning the ropes at an arcade, she was discouraged by a male player from pursuing her dream. Five years later, in 2019, during her debut representing China in the Hearthstone Global Finals, she defeated US competitor Luna Eason (Bloodyface) to nab a world champion title.
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Gov. Rick Snyder Won't Weigh In On Michigan Football Concussion Scandal
Filed Under:Dave Brandon, Rick Snyder, Shane Morris, Shane Morris concussion, U-M football, University of Michigan
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images, File)
LANSING (WWJ) – "That's a very dangerous area to get into," said Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday, when asked to weigh in on a quarterback concussion scandal at the University of Michigan.
It seems to be what everyone in the state is talking about following Monday's late night statement by U-M athletic director Dave Brandon.
"The governor is an avid, avid fan of the U of M, so it seemed only logical to try to ask him what he thought about all this stuff going on," reported WWJ Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick.
Roughly 12 hours after embattled Michigan coach Brady Hoke said he'd been given no indication that sophomore athlete Shane Morris had been diagnosed with a concussion after he took a hit to the chin during Saturday's game, Brandon revealed that Morris did appear to have sustained one.
Snyder remains mum on the topic, saying only:"There's times that it's good to be governor of Michigan and not involved in athletics in our state."
But, he's certainly not happy with what's going on with his favorite team… right?
"I'm not gonna get in on that speculation; I'm occupied with being governor of Michigan," Snyder said. "That's a very dangerous area to get into. I'm sticking to government… More and better jobs and a future for our kids!"
Snyder holds a BGS, MBA and JD from U-M. He also once served as an adjunct assistant professor of accounting for university.
In 2012, the governor signed legislation aimed at reducing the number of head injuries among young Michigan athletes. The law requires coaches to immediately remove athletes suspected of having concussions from play, and only let them return to the game after getting a health professional's written approval.
MORE: Hoke Says He And Brandon Are 'Very Supportive' Of Each Other, Goes Mum On Concussion Communication Question
Michigan AD Apologizes For Mistakes With QB Concussion
U-M CSG President Says Shane Morris 'Debacle' Shows Lack Of Respect For Students And Athletes, Calls For Doctor In Press Box
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Where can you buy used motos for a good price? Are there any websites to look on? Any specific phone apps? Or do you just ask around?
Try 202 street and the environs, just west of Mondial off Mao Tse Tung.
Vigilante with stick threatens motos riding wrong way against traffic.
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I'm a big fan of the short and sweet 3 Sentence Project Mission Statement. I've used it successfully with well over 100 project teams and am yet to find a project of any type or size that cannot be summarized in this way.
A well-fashioned Project Mission Statement allows the project team to move ahead with clarity, speed and buy-in (for a change) and, if you're lucky, enthusiasm as well. It also provides customers and other stakeholders with a clear and succinct picture of the project's essence. In the heat of battle it serves as the lighthouse in the storm.
Unfortunately, many of the great unwashed out there in project blunderland prefer longer mission statements. That's because it's easier to write a half page or more than it is to take the time to hash it out with the team and Sponsor and boil the thing down to its essence.
Who is doing the project. This is typically the core team's chosen name.
What is to be produced. That is, the output of the project; the thing, service or capability that will be delivered.
For whom the project is being undertaken. This refers to the customer for the project's output. The customer can be an intermediate user (as in the case of another project team) or it can be the end user (as in the case of say, a web site, or the consumers of a new health food snack).
The purpose of the second sentence is to establish a stop sign, to indicate how everybody will know that the project is over and done. It answers the question, "What will tell us that the project deliverable (in the first sentence) has been completed?" Failure to do this at the start is a major reason why a project turns into a life sentence.
Here the focus shifts from the project deliverable to the business justification (expected benefit). By shining the spotlight on "why we are doing the project," the second sentence provides a link to the Sponsor's hopefully compelling business case, including the expected ROI. Typically, this sentence begins with the phrase: "This project supports the Blank Organization's objective(s) to:"
I have found that the exercise of developing the third sentence often exposes an important early warning sign: a weak or unclear business rationale underpinning the project. This then becomes an opportunity to commit projectcide: killing an unworthy project before it takes on a life of its own.
The Noah Family will develop and deploy a New World Orientation Website for survivors of the flood.
This project mission will be considered compete when the flood survivors have full access to the website.
This project supports Heaven's objective to cleanse Planet Earth and start over with a whole new team.
The time to draft the 3 Sentence Mission Statement is during the project kickoff session. A good technique is for the Project Manager or Sponsor to walk into the room with a "strawman" draft of the three statements. That way, everyone has a common point of departure and a running start for generating discussion with the goal of coming to the unified understanding of the project. In my experience, the final draft turns out to be quite different from the opening version.
The Project Mission Statement is not official until the Project Sponsor approves it. After all, it's his project. No approval. No project.
Once the project is launched, it's very likely that elements of the Mission Statement will change. It's critical that the Sponsor and other key stakeholders- and not the project manager -- approve any change.
If you're ready to scare yourself, try this. Pick an important project that's now underway. Round up the project team along with a few key stakeholders. Do this in person or via e-mail. Ask them to take 3-5 minutes to jot down their interpretation of the 3 Sentence Project Mission Statement. Take a deep breath. Compare notes. Are you all on the same page? Or should I say, sentence? I doubt it.
This is normal. Things change. Unfortunately, it's also normal that people don't take the time to re-synchronize and come to a new common agreement as to what they are now doing, for whom and why, and when it will be over.
Need some ideas or examples for constructing your own best project mission statement? We have several different variations available.
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1. Should Nike be held responsible for working conditions and foreign factories that it does not own, but where subcontractors make products for Nike?
Yes, Although Nike may have their responsibilities removed from some areas technically; it clearly has an obligation to be certain that the exploitation by the subcontractors do not occur. Different wages and the working conditions are negotiated by Nike. If Nike decide that they are going to make some improvement in the working condition of their workers, then the changes implemented in the working conditions should be helpful to the workers. Nike is a public owned firm that has a goal on increasing the wealth of the shareholders. Factories that were located in Asian countries were very happy, because they felt that the working conditions that were provided by the manufacturer of Nike and the wages were the same from other sources.
2. Do you wear Nike Products? If so why? If no then why and what brand do you prefer? What would you do if you were in a position at Nike to decide whether to continue or review your labor practices in a foreign country?
I wear Nike products because they are dedicated to sports, fitness, performance and they impose their core belief that anyone can be an athlete and be on the top level performance if they "just do it" If I was in a position to decide on reviewing the labor practices in the foreign countries, I would be honest and transparent about the labor issues the firm is facing. It is true that the American consumer would not buy products that are made under abusive conditions. Raising the minimum wage that is paid to workers, improve oversight of the labor practices, and make sure that the factories have clean air at all times.
3. An income of $2.28 a day, the base pay of Nike factory workers in Indonesia, is double the daily income of about half the working population. Half of all adults in Indonesia are farmers, who receive less than $1 a day. Given this, is it correct to criticize Nike for low pay rates for subcontractors in Indonesia?
No, it is not fair to criticize Nike. I strongly believe that it is the local economy of a country that determines whether the wage is too low or not. Nike factories in Indonesia are allocating income double of that of about half of the working population in Indonesia. For this, Nike should be applauded for giving the locals the working opportunities. As much as the Nike factories are improving the unemployment condition for the locals, the local government would not help in improving the community so that they can improve their economy. Then, the Nike will be seen as the greedy corporation because the locals will be dependent on the factory no matter how bad the company treats their workers; this will not boost their economy.
4. Could Nike have handled the negative publicity over sweatshops better? If you were in charge, what would you have done differently? Not just from the public relations perspective, but also from a policy perspective?
I think that Nike could have done a great job by not only addressing the issue of age and poor working conditions, but also the pay rate as well. Nike chooses to address certain critics and leaving the main issue behind which was the pay rate.
Charging premiums for their products, Nike can afford to be more accurate when selecting subcontractors and promoting the working conditions in their factories. Nike hired Andrew Young so that he could assess the working conditions of the factors around the world that were operated by the subcontractors. He spent two weeks and being able to visit 15 factories only. He made a mildly critical report. It is so obvious that the report he made while on his tour was subjective and this led to even more critics from the human rights and the labor groups. Instead, Nike should have been more objective to show that there are opportunities for improvement while at the same time making more positive publicity from eliminating trouble issues.
5. Do you think Nike needs to make any changes to its current policy? If so, what? Should Nike make changes even if they hinder the ability of the company to compete in the marketplace?
I think that Nike has to make some changes, their policies are of old days and times have changed much. One strategy that they need to employ while changing their policy is to involve international agencies. Nike has some duties to the shareholders and improvement in the competitive market. The new policies should not to get the business down because it will not be good to workers either but that which will help the business to compete with other while at the same time improving the lives of the workers.
6. If sweatshops are a global problem, what might be a global solution to this problem?
Sweatshops are a big problem in the world for different firms. Most of the firms are looking for low cost subcontractors in every part of the world; therefore sweatshops are a global problem. The possible solutions are change or modify with minimum pay and age. Firms can get cheap labor and low cost of manufacturing in some countries. However, by having the low cost labors, they promote the free trade and improve the quality of life.
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Srinagar, Jan 11: KC Food Products Sunday organized an award ceremony function for its dealers in Kashmir who had give the company best sales.
The dealers were awarded for reaching their targets in the sale of biscuits. During the ceremony, Chief Guest and Managing Director Sudhir Chowdhary highlighted the features of the KC Food Products especially its biscuits.
Digestive Biscuites is one of the products of KC Food Products which is high in fiber and contains no artificial color or flavoring. Chowdhary said KC can easily boast to be the best digestive due to its highest content of whole wheat flour than any other biscuits.
During the function the authorized super stockist Tauseef Ahmad of EMM Sons Traders appreciated the role of dealers and retailers during the function.
Sale incharge Owais Shah also spoke on the occasion and highlighted the features of the products and about the market scenario in Kashmir.
On the occasion, Mehraj Bhat of Dream Advertisers was also awarded for his advertising services.
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Q: How to create my USB bootable GPT partition? This is what lsblk shows
sdd 8:48 1 14,7G 0 disk
├─sdd1 8:49 1 2G 0 part /media/miki/Ubuntu 19.04 amd64
└─sdd2 8:50 1 3,7M 0 part
This is the output of fdisk /dev/sdd
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdd: 14,7 GiB, 15733161984 bytes, 30728832 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x46f8e7bf
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1 * 0 4095999 4096000 2G 0 Empty
/dev/sdd2 4066772 4074259 7488 3,7M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
What should I choose now?
Command (m for help): m
Help:
DOS (MBR)
a toggle a bootable flag
b edit nested BSD disklabel
c toggle the dos compatibility flag
Generic
d delete a partition
F list free unpartitioned space
l list known partition types
n add a new partition
p print the partition table
t change a partition type
v verify the partition table
i print information about a partition
Misc
m print this menu
u change display/entry units
x extra functionality (experts only)
Script
I load disk layout from sfdisk script file
O dump disk layout to sfdisk script file
Save & Exit
w write table to disk and exit
q quit without saving changes
Create a new label
g create a new empty GPT partition table
G create a new empty SGI (IRIX) partition table
o create a new empty DOS partition table
s create a new empty Sun partition table
This the p output
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdd: 14,7 GiB, 15733161984 bytes, 30728832 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x46f8e7bf
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1 * 0 4095999 4096000 2G 0 Empty
/dev/sdd2 4066772 4074259 7488 3,7M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
lsblk -f /dev/sdd
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT
sdd iso9660 Ubuntu 19.04 amd64 2019-04-16-19-19-59-00
├─sdd1 iso9660 Ubuntu 19.04 amd64 2019-04-16-19-19-59-00 /media/miki/Ubuntu 19.04 amd64
└─sdd2 vfat Ubuntu 19.04 amd64 039E-EF17
My goal is to make USB bootable but it was not detected because of wrong(MBR previously)type.
A: It looks like you cloned from the iso file to the USB pendrive. Please tell us which tool/method you used.
You can check with the following command, and you should get something similar to what I get (with Lubuntu)
$ lsblk -f /dev/sdd
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT
sdd iso9660 Lubuntu 19.04 amd64 2019-04-16-19-13-46-00
├─sdd1 iso9660 Lubuntu 19.04 amd64 2019-04-16-19-13-46-00
└─sdd2 vfat Lubuntu 19.04 amd64 039E-EF17
In that case the USB pendrive should be bootable both in UEFI mode and BIOS mode.
It is a very special partition table (but classified as MSDOS, not GUID (GPT). And there is no reason to try to create a GPT partition.
You may have to modify some setting in a UEFI/BIOS menu of your computer, or easier, hit a hotkey early during boot to get a temporary boot menu, where you can select the USB drive.
If it still does not work, you should check with md5sum that the download was good. The next step would be to check if the USB pendrive is good. But the output in your question looks promising.
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It is impossible to explore the Louvre in one day. It is one of the world's largest museums where nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square meters. It was cold and rainy day - the best time to visit a central landmark of Paris the world's most visited museum with more than 8 million visitors each year.
We started with the Denon Wing because we can't wait to see the original - Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The closest distance to the painting that is covered by bullet proved glass was about 3 meters. The room where Mona Lisa located is always crowded and it is a challenge to reach the first line to take a picture without other people around.
Teddy didn't like crowed rooms and paintings in the Louvre. He liked more statues and sculptures.
Of course, we couldn't skip the most famous of them: Aphrodite of Milos and Ramesses II. We explored Louvre as much as we could for those several hours that we spent there.
What caught our attention that themes of majority of painting was not that cheering in comparison to collections of impressionist paintings in Musée d'Orsay. It affected our mood, so Teddy fell asleep and we went shopping in Louvre boutiques and got outside to check Louvre Pyramids and Arc de Triomphe du Carroussel and made some pictures.
It was a light rain outside and we noticed that one couple had a wedding photoshoot. I bet they were very thankful for the weather. All tourist hid inside and the Napoleon Courtyard and the Louvre Pyramids were only for them.
That day we realized that only two days left for us in Paris and our next day we planned to get on the top of Eiffel Tower. Finally!
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Internet guides
Quote - "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
A browser is the software that retrieves and displays web pages for you. The most used is Microsoft's Internet Explorer, there are also many other commercial browsers with different looks and features, but they are an internet explorer under the hood.
Netscape Navigator is the most popular amongst those who for one reason or another don't like internet explorer, but Firefox is rapidly gaining ground as security vulnerabilities continue to plague Internet Explorer. The Opera browser is also now rapidly increasing in popularity now that it is free.
Which browser you use is purely down to personal choice, most are free and all will translate and display web pages for you (although not all in the same way),
They try and outsmart each other by adding new elements born from advances in technology, but some things actually confuse other browsers, so are rarely used by web page designers.
The fact that most computer users use Internet explorer forces most web page designers to either base their sites on this browser, or make and maintain different versions of the same site.
Add this to the fact that users can enable and disable many functions according to their personal preferences (more on this later), you begin to see how commercialisation of the internet has added to the problems when working with it.
The browser contains two main features- a window and a toolbar.
The window displays the web pages, the size of the window can vary, depending on which browser you use, the size of your monitor and the display settings in your computer, most people prefer to view the pages full screen.
You can have many windows open at once, your browser will stack them on top of each other.
Along the top of the window is the title bar, it displays the title of the page you are viewing, you can also hold down the left button on your mouse, with the curser on the title bar, to drag the window to a new position on your screen.
In the top right hand corner of each window are three small boxes.
One contains a horizontal line, which will remove the window from view whilst keeping it open, called minimize. This will allow you to view any windows underneath. To recall the page click on the taskbar (A bar across the bottom of your screen, includes the start button) where the page is shown.
The middle box contains a square which will maximize the window to full screen, when maximized it and display two boxes, one in front of the other. To return to normal size re-click the middle box.
The third box is a cross, this will close the window.
Down the right hand side of the window is a scroll bar. It allows you to scroll up and down the page, when the page size exceeds the size of the window.
You may also get a scroll bar across the bottom of the window if the width of the page exceeds the width of your window, although in most cases this could be avoided by viewing full screen.
You scroll by clicking on the chevrons on the ends of the scroll bar, or by clicking on the bar, hold the mouse down to grab the bar and drag it in the direction you wish to scroll, you can also use the wheel in-between the buttons on your mouse.
The Toolbar
The second feature of the browser is the toolbar, one or more rows of buttons across the top of your screen designed to carry out tasks at the click of a button
Below are links to reviews of the most popular browsers, where you can make sure you are using the latest version available, find out what all those buttons are for, customise it to your own needs, and grab some pretty useful add-ons.
Or you can download any of the others and try them, all you need is sufficient memory available in your computer.
If you are not sure which browser you are using, Click Here,
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Should India Carry Out Surgical Strikes In Pak?
Home » Magazine » International » Should India Carry Out Surgical Strikes In Pak?
Israel's situation is different. We need solutions that make Indians safer.
Lalit Mansingh January 19, 2009 00:00 IST Should India Carry Out Surgical Strikes In Pak?
After the Mumbai attacks, many people have said that India should follow Israel's example and launch military strikes against the militants in Pakistan. I have no doubt our army enjoys conventional superiority over the Pakistani army, but such ideas ignore deep differences between Israel and India. And, more importantly, such ideas tend to confuse the myth of Israel's success with the real results of its actions.
The similarities between our positions are deceptive. We are battling terrorists; the Israelis are battling those they call terrorists. Both their opponents and ours are armed and trained with the help of external actors. This is where the similarities end. Israel faces an existential crisis and has been, since the moment it was created, surrounded by hostile Arab states. It has an unwilling Palestinian population under its control. Adding to the fears such a situation creates is the memory of the Holocaust. We have no such fears. India is a large country—basically indestructible. The most that terrorists can do is bleed us. The second big difference is that Israel is dealing with groups based in territories under its control; most groups that attack us are based outside India.
More importantly, the idea that Israelis are masters at carrying out such missions is a myth. Two famous missions created this myth: the surgical strike against the Osirak nuclear installation, which stunted Iraq's ability to create N-weapons; and the commando operation at Entebbe in Uganda, during which Israelis were freed from a hijacked plane with a minimum loss of life. These created the impression that Israel could inflict damage upon its enemies without being touched, but since then the myth has diverged from the reality. Two years ago, Israel marched into Lebanon thinking they would destroy the Hezbollah but ended up retreating in disgrace. And now, in Gaza, for all their claims of attacking only Hamas—a terrorist organisation and a legitimate target—Israel has attacked a civilian population and even bombed a UN school. Such atrocities against innocent civilians are turning even their closest friends against them.
This is not an example we should follow. What has Israel achieved with attacks on the Palestinians? The moderates have been sidelined, the extremists have been encouraged and after a history of 60 years of military actions against the Palestinians, Israelis still live in an atmosphere of fear for their very existence. If this were to happen to Pakistan after military action taken by India, we will confront a failed state and a Talibanised neighbour. There will be no prospect of durable peace in the foreseeable future.
The real enemy is the isi and the terrorist groups that continue to receive military backing. They need to be isolated from the larger Pakistani nation. During the last five years, following the composite dialogue process, a constituency in Pakistan has risen demanding just this. Many Pakistanis have begun to question whether 60 years of hostility towards India have led to anything other than their nation sinking deeper while India has forged ahead. This constituency has to expand if we are to see the prospect of Pakistan becoming a stable democratic nation, one that stops exporting terrorism. There is no reason to destroy the real achievements of the last few years by ill-considered military actions that will only strengthen the hands of our enemies.
Besides, there isn't any empirical evidence that surgical strikes work in stopping terrorists. In this case, a military strike would give the Pakistani army an excuse to silence its critics and even overwhelm or oust the civilian government. We might end up driving Pakistan into the hands of the militants, giving them much greater power to threaten us. Above all, there is the ultimate threat of nuclear war. That always has to be taken into account in our calculations.
Lastly, we need to realise that diplomacy alone, coercive or otherwise, can never solve the problem of terrorism; 80 per cent of the solution is internal to India. We didn't have, and don't have, the laws, the police force or the intelligence to deal with the issue. The US, at least in this regard, offers a precedent, with its Department of Homeland Security. In contrast, we have a home ministry that looks after security, the national language, and even the Padma awards! We need to pursue solutions that make every Indian safer, not just follow the example of a country that faces a situation starkly different from ours.
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Karina's Kreations: Stampin'Up Window Box Thinlit Die!
Stampin'Up Window Box Thinlit Die!
Stampin'Up has come out with a new die that makes cute little boxes. It's called thw Window Box Thinlit Die. They would be perfect for weddings, baby showers, birthdays and more.
They are very easy to assemble and decorate.
I decorated my box with the Perfect Mix stamp set. I'm filling my box with some yummy treats. I think brown sugar fudge would make a great gift.
Here's a video showing you how to assemble the box.
The window box die and coordinating stamp is $64.75 in Canada so you would qualify for a FREE sale-a-bration item.
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Home Business News Danske Bank CEO quits as money laundering scandal grows to $234B
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Danske Bank CEO quits as money laundering scandal grows to $234B
Thomas Borgen stepped down as CEO of Danske Bank after an investigation found more than $230 billion had been laundered through its Estonia branch. Photo by Nils Melvang/EPA-EFE
Sept. 20 (UPI) — The CEO of Denmark's largest bank has resigned as the scale of a money laundering case linked to the bank increased to more than $230 billion.
A year-long investigation revealed that a tiny Danske Bank branch in Estonia had billions of dollars in illegal money flowing from Russia and other ex-Soviet states into the West.
Danske Bank CEO Thomas Borgen announced that he would step down as the results became public.
Danske Chairman Ole Anderson has dropped hints that he could leave the bank, too, after the case ends. He said there's reason to believe a large part of the $234 billion at the Estonian branch "potentially can be classified as suspicious."
The $234 billion total is nearly nine times Denmark's gross domestic product.
"It is clear that Danske Bank has failed to live up to its responsibility in the case of possible money laundering in Estonia," Borgen said in a statement. "I deeply regret this."
Borgen, who became CEO in 2013, failed to inform the board of directors of an internal report about the money laundering scandal from 2014. The scheme wasn't shut down until 2015. Borgen did not breach his legal obligations, the investigators found.
More than 6,200 suspicious accounts were found.
Danske shares fell 7 percent in European trading and have shed one-third of their value this year.
U.S., Danish and Estonian authorities are investigating the matter. The U.S. Treasury could fine the bank and order American banks to cut Danske's access to U.S. dollars.
Several European banks have been tied to money laundering schemes, including Deutsche Bank AG, which paid a $700 million fine last year. ING Group NV paid a $900 million settlement in a money laundering case this month.
Danske's fines could be as high as $800 million, according to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
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Home Columns Moshe Feiglin Disconnect Israel's Interests from America's
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Disconnect Israel's Interests from America's
Shamir's blunder was even greater than Golda Meir's in the Yom Kippur War.
14 Tishri 5774 – September 18, 2013
Photo Credit: Moshe Feiglin
I do not understand the Israelis who are eager for a U.S. attack on Syria. They are confused, willing to be at the receiving end of missiles and, down the road, the object of tremendous diplomatic pressure – to "prove" America's balanced approach to the Middle East – just to preserve the U.S. hegemony in our region.
These people suffer from a blurred sense of identity. It diffuses their ability to identify an Israeli interest that is independent from, and not contingent upon, an American interest. I have the utmost respect for the U.S., but Israel must be able to look in the mirror without seeing stars and stripes.
Yitzhak Shamir, of blessed memory, was perhaps the best Israeli leader since David Ben-Gurion. Nonetheless, Shamir made a serious strategic mistake under circumstances similar to those we are currently facing. Five years ago, I wrote a column explaining why his actions were so detrimental to Israel. That 2008 column (see below) provides fresh insight into Israel's current position. (The column was translated from the Hebrew version, which appeared in Makor Rishon.)
Shamir's Blunder Nobody really expected Israel to react to the rockets fired on the town of Shlomi last week. And they were right. Israel is not going to retaliate.
From the end of the War of Independence in 1949 and until the First Gulf War in 1991, Israel's civilian population was out of bounds. Israel had created a balance of fear that dictated that shelling its civilian population was not an option and would lead to all-out war. When the Syrians shelled Israeli towns in 1967, Israel retaliated by conquering the Golan Heights.
But in the First Gulf War, under intense pressure from Israel's Left, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir reversed two strategic principles that Israel had carefully preserved until then. The first principle was that only Israeli soldiers would be responsible for Israel's security. The second principle was that the attack of Israel's civilian population is completely unacceptable. When Iraqi Scud missiles rained down on Israel's cities, Israel opted to hide behind the broad shoulders of the American and British soldiers, move U.S. Patriot missiles into strategic locations, and, of course, to instruct its citizens to cover all windows with sheets of plastic and masking tape.
Shamir enjoyed the support of the media, academia and Left for a time. No commission of inquiry was established to investigate the mistakes made in that strange war. By the grace of our Father in Heaven, there were very few Israeli fatalities and nobody criticized Shamir's strategic turnabout. There were no bereaved families to point an accusing finger at the leader of the Right who had sacrificed their dear ones' lives in vain. There were no reserve soldiers to stage hunger strikes outside Shamir's home and not one Knesset member or public figure demanded that he resign.
I claimed then – and support that claim even more so now – that Shamir's blunder was even greater than Golda Meir's in the Yom Kippur War. In that war, Israel did not lose its power of deterrence. But by the end of the First Gulf War, Israel found itself facing new rules. Israel had entrusted its security to foreign armies and it soon had to pay for its mistake in hard currency. The Madrid Conference, to which the Left pushed the hapless Shamir to attend, was in effect Israel's unofficial doorway to recognition of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Shamir still attempted to stick to his principles by speaking only with Yasir Arafat's representatives and not with Arafat himself. But the Israeli public – justifiably – did not bother with the nuances and elected Yitzhak Rabin to succeed Shamir. The Oslo process was on its way.
Approximately 1,500 civilians have already been murdered in the Oslo process – more than all the civilian terror fatalities that Israel had suffered from the establishment of the state and in the pre-state days. Oslo placed a question mark over Israel's very right to exist. It was only a matter of time until missiles, mortars and rockets began to rain down on Israel's towns and cities.
Since Shamir's blunder his successors have followed suit, criminally ignoring the fact that Israel's neighbors are arming themselves with strategic missiles. They have brought Israel to its knees, waiting for the merciful final blow of tens of thousands of conventional and non-conventional missiles that will lift off simultaneously from launchers in Syria, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon and Gaza.
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Moshe Feiglin is the former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. He heads the Zehut Party. He is the founder of Manhigut Yehudit and Zo Artzeinu and the author of two books: "Where There Are No Men" and "War of Dreams." Feiglin served in the IDF as an officer in Combat Engineering and is a veteran of the Lebanon War. He lives in Ginot Shomron with his family.
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Esteban Sperber Frankel 15 Tishri 5774 – September 19, 2013 at 12:26 AM
You are right, Israel cannot wait for a US decision, Israel is in risk to receive missiles from any were, from Syria with chemical poison, or Iran a nuke, Israel has to go to its own and decide what to do.
Yvonne Bressler 15 Tishri 5774 – September 19, 2013 at 3:39 AM
As an American who dearly and deeply loves Israel, I beg that Israel does not depend upon the US for her safety and security until we have a new president. Our current administration obviously is a muslim & supports the muslim brotherhood. Very scary for all involved. G-d BLESS Israel always.
Matthew Sparks 16 Tishri 5774 – September 20, 2013 at 1:18 AM
shamir's biggest blunder was ; agreeing to oust jonathan pollard from the israeli embassy in washington. he was foreign minister in peres' govt. as usual feiglin shoots from the hip, like a wild 'west bank' gunslinger. his pathological dissing of menachem begin, as being the cause of all of israel's ills due to camp david peace with egypt, glares, when he describes shamir as 'perhaps the best, israeli leader since ben gurion. thus feiglin, who has the potential of greatness, plays the role of fool and buffoon!!!!
Denese Kelly 19 Tishri 5774 – September 23, 2013 at 5:22 AM
Moshe Feiglin, right again. I currently live is disporia, in process of Aliyah, one of my biggest concerns is that Israel spends too much time, land and Jewish lives on pleasing the US and EU. I'm a Jew and I often find that people discover this and let me know exactly how they feel. Not a problem, I don't start doing them favors to see if I can make them like me. We know from history, that the US didn't make any efforts to save Jews from camps, didn't want to get stuck with those additional Jews, same with Britain. We are Jews, our strength comes from HaShem, not the US. The land is ours, has always been ours, don't be the Jew that Mattathias ben Johanan would slay.
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Q: Continue stream after subscribe I have two streams, that looks as follow:
const source1 = Rx.Observable.of([1,2,3,4,5])
.map(() => "I am source 1")
.do((x) => console.log(x));
const sub1 = source1.subscribe((v) => console.log("Subscribe 2"));
const source2 = Rx.Observable.fromEvent(document, 'click')
.do(() => console.log("execute!"))
.switchMapTo(source1)
.do(() => console.log("After switch map."))
.map((x) => "source2");
source2.subscribe((x) => console.log(x));
Without click on document I've got following output:
"I am source 1"
"Subscribe 2"
Further clicks the output is:
"execute!"
"I am source 1"
"After switch map."
"source2"
How can I force the stream source1 to subscribe by further clicks and after continue with stream source2?
I am expecting after several clicks following output:
"I am source 1"
"Subscribe 2"
"execute!"
"I am source 1"
"After switch map."
"source2"
A: Observables can be thought of as functions. And subscribing is like calling a function.
i.e
const o = Rx.Observable.of(1);
o.subscribe(x => console.log(x));
is very similar to
const f = () => 1;
console.log ( f() );
Just like calling a function doesn't modify the function. Subscribing to an Observable doesn't modify the observable. The subscription isn't attached to the Observable in any way. It's the returned subscription which is holding any state.
The two calls to subscribe in your example are completely independant and is the same as this:
const source1 = Rx.Observable.of([1,2,3,4,5])
.map(() => "I am source 1")
.do((x) => console.log(x));
const sub1 = source1.subscribe((v) => console.log("Subscribe 2"));
const source1_v2 = Rx.Observable.of([1,2,3,4,5])
.map(() => "I am the same as source 1")
.do((x) => console.log(x));
const source2 = Rx.Observable.fromEvent(document, 'click')
.do(() => console.log("execute!"))
.switchMapTo(source1_v2)
.do(() => console.log("After switch map."))
.map((x) => "source2");
source2.subscribe((x) => console.log(x));
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How Much Does Full Coverage Car Insurance Cost?. According to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the USA average for a full coverage policy is $74.03 per month*. However, how much a full coverage policy will cost you will most likely vary quite a bit above or below the average depending on many factors.
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Surface substances of the bacterial cell which would have biological and immunological activities were studied with aid of purification process, chemical analysis, spectrochemical procedures, viscosimetory, dielectric spectrometory, osmotic manometory and other physicochemical procedures. Purified substance from Gram positive bacterial cell by trichlor-acetic acid method was determined to be the mixture of ribonucleic acid-Mg and polysaccharde-polypeptide-lipid. Mixture was consisted of ion-binding in one-fifth and its molecular weight was ca. 400,000 with axis ratio of 1:2. By acting with ribonuclease this mixture was purified into polysaccharide-polypeptide-lipid compound which, to date, had been difficult to purify from Gram positive bacterial cell. Purified polysaccharide-polypeptide-lipid compound from Gram negative bacterial cell using trichlor-acetic acid method was also studies revealing molecular weight of ca. 150,000 and twice longer axis ratio than ribonucleic acid mixture. Thus, it was considered that parallel coexistence of two molecules of ribonucleic acid-Mg and one molecule of polysaccharide polypeptide-lipid compound was clarified. Polysacchardie-polypeptide-lipid compound was further purified into polysaccharide-polypeptide 1 (PP 1), polysaccharide-polypeptide 11 (PP 11) and lipid. From measuring molecular weight, km constant, axis ratio etc, it was found that PP 1 had more elongated molecular form than PP 11 and that relationship between PP 1 and PP 11 was identical with that between non-denaturated protein and denaturated protein.
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Playing Conditions Set To Influence Qualifier 2 in Bangalore
Raj Pawar
With an abysmal team record of 15 losses from 20 matches played against Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders enter the 2nd qualifier with clear statistical disadvantage but numbers and analysis account for little in the play offs as the game is played on field and not on paper and the better team on the day goes through.
Even though both the teams are probably two of the most balanced sides in the competition, the pre-match talk will be highlighted by the pitch and conditions at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. The pitch has enforced a season of low scoring matches at a ground which was termed as a batting paradise by many due to its consistent bounce and pace and small boundaries. The highest score at the ground for the season still remains the 161 scored in match 17 by Rising Pune Supergiant. In IPL 2016, the same ground had totals in excess of 200 being scored and also chased on numerous occasions and a final play off match racking up 408 runs in total by both the teams. The reason for this, many experts believe is the advanced drainage system that has been installed sucking all the moisture from the pitch and leaving it dry. The drainage system might have caused low scores but it also saved the eliminator from being washed out. With the match at Bengaluru, there is always a chance of rain and the forecast for the day is not that great either which predicts the city to witness scattered rainfalls and a shortened game can be expected.
The M. Chinnaswamy stadium on the day of the eliminator of IPL 2017.
Harbhajan has taken 12 wickets at 23.58 with an economy rate of 7.45 in IPL play-offs.
The think tank from both the teams will have a tough job at hand, given the playing conditions and would look to put a team on the field that can adapt well to the sticky nature of the wicket. MI may look to bring in Harbhajan Singh in place of Karn Sharma given the off spinner's experience in playing in the play offs. Although the leg spinner has been impressive but he has not delivered an impactful performance. The team would not want to tinker with the rest of the team. KKR on the other hand might be tempted to slot in an out and out power hitter in the form of Rovman Powell in place of Colin de Grandhomme to fill in the void created by the absence of Russell down the order and Yusuf Pathan's recent form. He has put in great all round performances in domestic cricket including a 45 ball 95 and a spell of 5-36 in a domestic one day game.
Rovman Powell has been termed as 'Jr. Andre Russell' by Kolkata Knight Riders. (Photo By Randy Brooks/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
Citing the difference in the nature of the pitch, Harsha Bhogle has gone as far as saying the pitch looks more like one which was used at the Eden Gardens in previous seasons where the spinners from KKR would strangle opposition teams with the spin on offer. And it seems like a fair observation given that KKR have put in two powerful performances at the Chinnaswamy stadium, one of them came against RCB when Lynn and Narine went absolutely bonkers scoring a century stand in the powerplay itself in pursuit of a modest total of 159 runs. The second one came against the defending champions in the eliminator as they restricted SRH to 128 runs in 20 overs. MI on the other hand were reduced to 7-4 at the same ground against RCB in pursuit of 143 runs. But they will take confidence from the fact that they went on to win the match.
All of the factors involved in today's play off makes a marquee fixture an even more exciting one leaving all kinds of analysts and punters in dire straits.
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With nearly 80,000 members in affiliated clubs in every state, the District of Columbia, and more than a dozen countries, GFWC members work in their own communities to support the arts, preserve natural resources, advance education, promote healthy lifestyles, encourage civic involvement, and work toward world peace and understanding.
Founded in 1890, GFWC's roots can be traced back to 1868 when Jane Cunningham Croly, a professional journalist, attempted to attend a dinner at an all-male press club honoring British novelist Charles Dickens. Croly was denied admittance based upon her gender, and in response, formed a woman's club—Sorosis. In celebration of Sorosis' 21st anniversary in 1889, Jane Croly invited women's clubs throughout the United States to pursue the cause of federation by attending a convention in New York City. On April 24, 1890, 63 clubs officially formed the General Federation of Women's Clubs by ratifying the GFWC constitution.
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Surprising Faith
Pastor with a Lawsuit: John Helmiere vs. Seattle
March 6, 2015 by Alicia de los Reyes
Pastor with a Lawsuit: John Helmiere vs. Seattle March 6, 2015 Alicia de los Reyes
When most people hear "pastor," they think of words like "preacher," "peaceful," or "nice"—or maybe "outdated" or "old-fashioned." But not, usually, "litigious."
Reverend John Helmiere is subverting this image. The founder and leader of the progressive spiritual community Valley and Mountain in the Hillman City neighborhood of Seattle, WA, is suing the city for violating his constitutional rights. Full disclosure: I'm a member of Valley & Mountain, and I've known John since moving into nearby Columbia City last summer.
Three years ago, on Dec. 12, 2011, John attended a protest in support of Seattle port workers. As he was leaving, he was beaten, led to a van, and taken to prison. After filing a complaint against the police department which yielded no results–no investigation, no apology–John filed a lawsuit against Seattle, saying that he was unjustly imprisoned.
Photo of the Port of Seattle c/o Tiffany Von Armin
Initially, John was resistant to filing a suit for many reasons. He didn't want to open himself up to attacks on his character, particularly damaging in his work as a community leader. Also, a lawsuit is essentially antithetical to John's mission of building a community. One friend told him "take everything you know about and believe about how to relate to people—a lawsuit is the opposite."
"It lacks a human or relational element," John says. "It's adversarial." And it's deeply opposed to his Christian faith. A lawsuit could be seen as the exact opposite of Jesus' command to turn the other cheek.
But a local mentor, Dawn Mason, put the situation to him this way: the police system has become so corrupt that "it's eating its own."
In other words, police brutality, long held to be a symptom of institutionalized racism, has gone so far that it is now perpetuated against white men—even white men of peace.
Another reason John finally decided to file suit was timing. "I believe in providence," he says. He sees the spirit or spirits as the currents in the ocean, moving things. The sea creatures—we humans—can move with or against the current. The Black Lives Matter movement and protests in Ferguson, New York, and other places that rose in the wake of Michael Brown's shooting inspired him. "I saw that as people refusing to absorb their oppression," John says. As a minister, he felt that absorbing his own oppression would be setting a bad example.
Similar reasoning inspired John to start a blog and share the experience of being beaten back in 2011. The story was picked up by local news stations immediately after. It begins like this:
On Monday evening, I was brutally beaten by my brothers on the Seattle Police force as I stood before an entrance to Pier 18 of the Seattle Port, wearing my clergy garb and bellowing, "Keep the peace! Keep the peace!"
An officer pulled me down from behind and threw me to the asphalt. Between my cries of pain and shouts of "I'm a man of peace!" he pressed a knee to my spine and immobilized my arms behind my back, crushing me against the ground. With the right side of my face pressed to the street, he repeatedly punched the left side. I was cuffed and pulled off the ground by a different officer who seemed genuinely appalled when he saw my bleeding face and my clerical collar. He asked who I was and why I was here, to which I replied, "I'm a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I believe another world is possible." He led me shaking to a police van where began a 12-hour journey of incarcerated misery.
Despite being unearthly tall, John is not an intimidating man. He's skinny, has longish curly hair, and is often found carrying around chairs to set up for a service or holding his baby daughter Charis. He laughs easily and gets along with seemingly everyone. Valley and Mountain is a unique spiritual community: it meets in a community center that also hosts art shows and monthly cultural celebrations and draws in a diverse crowd.
When he talks about being beaten, John's eyebrows go up and he holds out his hands, as if he is still waiting for an explanation. He speaks about jail with dread. He was arrested again this past November with airport workers Kadra Osman and Socrates Bravo and city Councilwoman Kshama Sawant in a protest against Alaska Airlines for blocking the minimum wage raise to $15. When I talked to him about it afterwards, he said being in jail was terrible: it was isolating to be so far from his family.
As John moves forward with the lawsuit, he is worried about the personal toll it will take. John's case has already gained media attention in Seattle, but he doesn't like talking with the media. He worries that people will think he is money-grubbing. But a civil lawsuit is his only recourse in this case, and its only possible reward is monetary. "I don't want it," he says. Instead, he would like to see specific reforms of the criminal justice system and the system for filing a complaint against it. (If he does win the case, John intends to give the money away via democratic means, so that it doesn't simply benefit his "pet causes.")
As a Christian man of peace, he fears that others will ask why John doesn't simply forgive the police who beat him. "I don't even know who did this," he points out.
In the end, John feels he has no other recourse to promote peace. "I think we're called to forgive people," he says. "But we're called to dismantle the system."
Please do check back in; I'll be following the case as it unfolds.
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Punch magazine cover (8 August 1863), illustration by Richard Doyle. Mr. Punch creating the Large Cut himself (the main cartoon in Punch), using his dog Toby as a model for the British Lion, with a crown upon its head. Image: British Library Board.
Below: 'A Leap in the Dark', Punch (3 August 1867). This cut shows Disraeli as a runaway horse carrying Britannia into the thicket as Britannia covers her eyes – Gladstone, Bright and other MPs hang back, looking on. Image: British Library Board.
Below: 'The Parliamentary Python', Punch (1 March 1862). Punch Readers frequently sent in suggestions for cuts that coupled political and non-political events and on very rare occasions their ideas were actually adopted. The story behind this image is that in 1862 John Leech brought to one dinner meeting a sketch by a lady of a Parliamentary python hatching bills, a reference to the keen public excitement about the fate of the pregnant python at the Zoological Gardens. Image: British Library Board.
Above: 'Please to Remember the Grotto', Punch (14 August 1858). This obscure cartoon shows Louis Napoleon at Cherbourg, tipping his hat to the British Lion (who is dressed in holiday clothes) and saying, 'Please to remember the grotto!' It satirizes the French emperor's childish pride in what he has built, while depicting him as making an annoyingly intrusive request for trust from a wary British Lion who keeps his hands firmly in his trouser pockets. Image: British Library Board.
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Today's song is "For Cryin' Out Loud" by The Heck. Hailing from the north of the Netherlands this band has a Nederbeat influence and is takes cues from the Outsiders, Q65, and Cuby and the Blizzards.
The Heck is the sixties-influenced garage punk band from Henri Keefman. Henri was the preaching frontman of De Keefmen and the Miracle Men and is currently one half of the Sensational Second Cousins along with his, uh, second cousin and in The Heck Henri is combining the same influences of his favourite bands as always: the Real Kids, the Remains, the Seeds, the Pagans, Dead Moon and the Reigning Sound.
This rockalcious track will pump up your Monday morning.
Listen below and for more information on The Heck check out their official website, Facebook page.
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In the field of developmental disability services, direct support staff handle challenging behavior from the individuals they serve on a daily basis. Positive behavior support is an effective and essential system for providing meaningful and enjoyable lives for people with disabilities. Not only does this system help you figure out why an individual does a particular behavior or not, but it also helps you develop a plan for intervention. While focusing on the reasons behind behavior issues, this course will instruct you on the principles of positive behavior support by examining the origins and preventions of challenging behaviors in the individuals being served and how to best support their needs. Interactive exercises, detailed case examples, and instructive information make this course helpful for applying this knowledge whenever you may need it. Based on guidelines from The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities' (AAIDD) Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum, this course covers the foundation model for positive behavior support, various teaching methods for addressing and correcting behaviors, as well as numerous ways to assess results or collect data to make adjustments in future support plans. Another course available in 2 parts, "Supervision and the Principles of Positive Behavior Support," is designed for supervisors working with staff to provide quality supports and services that promote daily enjoyment among people with disabilities and reduce the likelihood of challenging behavior through the principles and practices of Positive Behavior Support (PBS). While the audience for this training should already know the basic human rights of the people they serve, the information in this training is appropriate for any direct support personnel working in any setting providing services to people with developmental and related disabilities.
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Planning a work trip can be a daunting (and stressful) experience. This is because you have to make sure you have everything you need for the business aspect of the trip, as well as what you need for travelling. This article aims to help you plan your business trip and lessen any impact that you being away from the business may have on the day-to-day running of it.
It can be advisable that you start to plan your trip as soon as it has been confirmed that you'll be going. This way you can get everything in place beforehand and make sure that all the necessary things are organised.
There are several elements you will need to plan in regards to the actual trip. Firstly, make sure you have made travel arrangements, this may include booking flights. If you are booking a flight then the sooner you do it, the cheaper it may be. A good rule of thumb is to book at least 6 weeks in advance, however, if you book even earlier, they may be even cheaper.
Another major expense will be your accommodation. It is best to ensure that it is close to the venue in which your time will be spent. This can save on any worries you might have about travelling back and fore in an unfamiliar location.
Also, don't forget to take any presentation materials and tools that you may need. You may find it best to write a list of everything that you will need so that you can make sure you've packed them before you set off. This could save you time and embarrassment if you leave without them.
No matter the size of the business, you need to make sure that it's running smoothly while you're away. The next few suggestions will help you achieve just that.
The first thing to do is schedule (or reschedule) any client meetings and any non-automated services you provide for them for when you get back. Or, alternatively, if you've arranged your trip in plenty of time, these can just be arranged for when you get back or before you leave. By completing any tasks before you leave, you can lessen your workload for when you get back.
If you're going to be unable to have any contact with your clients while you're away, it may be best to let them know beforehand. A phone call or email can take care of this, just don't forget to let them know when you'll be returning. By letting them know ahead of time, rather than via an auto-response, they can raise any concerns or major problems that they have. This gives you an opportunity to work through them before you leave. Also, set-up an auto-responder to take care of any new clients that aren't aware that you're away, or that you may have forgotten to contact.
If your company has any employees, then it may be a good idea to arrange a meeting before you leave in order to discuss the work you expect completed while you're away. Also, give them a phone number and email address that they can reach you on, in case any emergencies happen while you're away.
Planning a successful business trip can be a challenge and you can never be sure that everything will run smoothly while you're away. Just remember "failing to plan is planning to fail" and the longer you spend planning the trip, the more likely it is that you'll have everything covered.
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The Cowboys' McCarthy tests positive; Quinn to fill
FRISCO, Texas – Defensive coordinator Dan Quinn will serve as the Dallas Cowboys' interim coach on Thursday against the New Orleans Saints, while head coach Mike McCarthy will miss the game because he tested positive for COVID-19.
Quinn served as Atlanta's head coach for parts of six seasons from 2015-20, with a record of 43-42 in the regular season and took his team to Super Bowl LI. He was fired last season and has rejuvenated a Dallas defense that came after a season that allowed a franchise record for points.
Quinn will ultimately make the final decisions, but offensive coordinator Kellen Moore and special teams coordinator John Fassel will also be heavily involved.
"I understandably understand with Dan's experience, the challenge flag, the timeouts, the referee meeting, that there are just a lot of little things going into it," McCarthy said. "You could get someone to do it on a weekly basis, but we're spreading it around. Kellen just needs to focus on the offensive and call the game and keep at it. John is also involved in some game management, as most special team coaches are. We "has the network up, so it's not changing. So the biggest change is to have Dan down the pitch and just make sure he gets the information he needs to make sensible decisions."
McCarthy was put on COVID minutes on Monday, but continued to lead the game's preparation and was involved in all the meetings virtually. He will lead his normal pregame talk with the team Thursday morning.
McCarthy, who said his only symptom so far has been a "scratching throat," does not remember ever missing a workout during his tenure in the NFL. A stomach problem kept him from training in the Pro Bowl in 2016. He said he has not thought about what it would be like to see his team play on TV.
"I just want to make sure the team is prepared," McCarthy said. "This is how I have always done it: there is a preparation phase and a performance phase. The preparation phase, we have to complete it, because of course it gives us the best chance on Thursday night. It is clear that I think it's going to be hard to sit there and watch your team compete.It's hard.It's clear I had a bit of that experience there at the end of 2018 (after his firing in Green Bay) and it was brutal to watch . "
McCarthy informed his players at the end of the virtual team meeting Monday morning.
"The message was to keep going, just keep going," quarterback Dak Prescott said. "The coaches have done a fantastic job of putting us in a routine and giving us a foundation. And we have good leaders and good coaches and coordinators who will do a great job of stepping up. We are going to miss the coach, but his health is first and foremost important. We will fight and get everything we need done. "
The change will move Quinn from the stand to the sideline. He called defense for two years in Atlanta as head coach.
"The most important thing about decision making and defensive is that he gets the right information within the right time frame, which is probably also more critical than the right information," McCarthy said. "The guys in the box will have to pick it up a little bit up there."
The Cowboys continue with virtual meetings Tuesday and Wednesday before flying to New Orleans. McCarthy said the Cowboys will continue to test through the gameday. So far, right tackle Terence Steele is the only player not active this week due to COVID.
In addition to McCarthy, the Cowboys will also be without offensive line coach Joe Philbin, assistant offensive line coach Jeff Blasko, strength and conditioning coordinator Harold Nash and assistant strength and conditioning coach Kendall Smith against the Saints.
Running back coach Skip Peete missed the game on November 14 against the Atlanta Falcons due to COVID.
With the high number of cases among the coaches, McCarthy moved into the Omni Hotel next to The Star to keep himself and his family safe. He said members of his family have also tested positive.
In his message to the players, McCarthy said he "just emphasized from a personal perspective that this is real. This threat is very real, and please do everything you can to keep yourself and your family safe. … I said to them, 'Hey, if it can get me, it can get anyone.' "I want to think I was super careful and cautious. I just think it shows you the danger of the pandemic and the virus."
Wide receiver Amari Cooper was back in the building after missing the last two games on the reserve / COVID-19 list but not training.
After minimal COVID issues last season, the Cowboys have been hit much harder by it this season. Pro Bowls right guard Zack Martin missed the season opener on the COVID list. Linebackers Keanu Neal and Cooper, who were the only two unvaccinated players on the 53-man list, missed two games on the COVID list. Defensive end Randy Gregory, kicker Greg Zuerlein, guard Brandon Knight and defensive end Bradlee Anae also missed matches on the list.
McCarthy is the fourth head coach to miss a game while on the COVID record since last season. Kevin Stefanski missed the Cleveland Browns' playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kliff Kingsbury of the Arizona Cardinals and Matt Nagy of the Chicago Bears each missed one game this season.
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Julian Blankenship, PlayWrite Grad, current donor — PlayWrite, Inc.
It's been fifteen years since Julian graduated from a PlayWrite workshop at Mt Scott Learning Center, and he's been quite busy. He earned a degree in Liberal Studies from PSU, joined the PlayWrite Board for three years, and then became our Development Associate until 2016. He is now the Operations Manager at Fishskin Upholstery Studios and runs his own business, Blank Creative PDX.
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Whenever you do one thing for a long time, you may end up getting bored. If you spend more hours working, you will be able to get this feeling. Do you or someone else need to do something different? The best way to get this feeling is to go to an escape room.
People who reside in the Syracuse city are aware of the Syracuse Escape Room. This place is responsible for attracting many people. People who have been there had been pleased with the services that they received from the escape room.
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Q: Firebase emulator Warning, estimating Firebase Config based on GCLOUD_PROJECT. Initializing firebase-admin may fail I am receiving a warning when running Jest with firebase emulators
The warning
{"severity":"WARNING","message":"Warning, estimating Firebase Config based on GCLOUD_PROJECT. Initializing firebase-admin may fail"}
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process.env.GCLOUD_PROJECT = projectId
process.env.FIRESTORE_EMULATOR_HOST = 'localhost:8080'
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From Bench to Bedside- a conversation with Professor Benny Chain
December 4, 2020 December 4, 2020 ~ laurema26
In 2010, Professor Benny Chain contributed to the development of a PhD program "From Bench to Bedside", which has since ceased to operate. Curious about this initiative, and Benny's thoughts on clinical awareness within the life sciences, we were lucky to have a conversation with him about it, and many other things!
Laure Mourgue d'Algue: Could you introduce yourself briefly?
Benny Chain: I went to Cambridge where I studied Natural Sciences. I stayed on to do a PhD in a completely different topic- electrophysiology. I then left for America and went on to work in comparative immunology, looking at insects and worms' immune systems- sort of from a zoological point of view. I then came back to London where I went more mainstream (up the animal scale), partly because we could not get funding for invertebrate immunity though it is now a really hot topic.
I've been at UCL ever since, since 1982! Most of my career I was a molecular/ cellular immunologist, and I was particularly interested in dendritic cells (DCs), the primary gatekeepers to the immune system, the first ones to light up when there is a new immune response. We were among the first groups to work on these cells in the UK. Discovered in the 70s, these are quite a rare population, but now there are thousands of people working on them. Ten years ago, I changed track. Partly because there were so many people working on DCs, I decided it would be more fun to do something else- so I went back to Maths, which was something I enjoyed at university! I did a sabbatical at the Weizmann Institute and became interested in computational immunology. Since then, I have been somewhere between Data Science, Maths and Immunology, looking into modelling and data analysis. For the last few years, I've had a joint appointment in the department of Computer Science: I'm 80% in Infection & Immunity and 20% there.
L.M.A: That's very cool. So what drew you to science?
B.C: It was slightly inevitable. Both my parents were biochemists, so I guess there was kind of a strong family influence. I can't remember ever wanting to do anything other than science- it was sort of natural! In terms of Immunology, it was a bit of chance. I met Professor Avrion Mitchison (currently in his 90s) through my parents, who was sort of the father of UK Immunology. He said "why don't you come and work with me?". I then became hooked, so I stayed in that field! Turned out to be a good choice!
L.M.A: Your research seems to be more on the "basic" rather than "translational" side. Why is awareness of the clinical context of a field, liked Immunology, nonetheless important? What has this awareness brought to your own practice?
B.C: Because I've been at UCL, I've been surrounded by clinicians and have had a lot of interactions with them. We train a lot of clinician scientists- PhDs which are on fellowship or MBPhDs who fall out of the main medical training and do a PhD before going back, so I've had a lot of interaction with these people. What's striking is quite often the perspective from a clinical point of view is really quite different. The things that seem important to a clinician are not necessarily the ones which a basic scientist will think about..
I've always been a fundamental scientist and never really worked on very applied projects- I'm more interested in the basic mechanisms at play. In fact, when projects get too applied, I feel that somebody else is probably best placed to take them forward. But I think the view from a clinician on how the body works, and particularly when it goes wrong, can be incredibly instructive. That's sometimes missing for people who work entirely at the bench without any input from their clinical colleagues.
But I have to say UCL is a bit unusual because we have such close interactions with clinicians, particularly in immunology which is part of the Faculty of Medical Sciences. I have had a lot of joint projects: for many years, I ran a lab with Professor David Katz, who was a histopathologist, clinician by training but an immunologist in practice. I now share an office and run a lab jointly with Professor Mahdad Noursadeghi, a consultant in Infectious Diseases. This makes me very aware of their way of thinking and has influenced the way I think about a problem.
Also, my thinking is a bit influenced by my family. As I mentioned, my father was a Biochemist and he often discussed how to improve the interaction between Medicine and Biochemistry to the mutual advantage of both.
L.M.A: Yes, I work on Parkinsons' in Dr Kerri Kinghorn's lab right now, and what I'm doing makes more sense and has added value because I did a placement in a Neurology ward. That's why I looked up what you were doing, because I thought it was a shame some sort of "clinical awareness" training didn't officially exist. I think it's useful both in contributing to your understanding of a disease, but also giving extra value to what you're doing- it can be easy to forget why you're going through a set of repetitive experiments, and I find it helpful to visualise some of the patients I've met to remember why I'm involved in a given project!
B.C: Yes. There's a lot of activity the other way round: a lot of programs are established to train medics in science, and UCL is at the avant-garde of that. But exposing life science students to a more clinical perspective is less common. As a graduate tutor back then, I felt that was something that was lacking- and that's why we started the "Bench to Bedside" PhD program. Not everybody agreed- some thought that scientists that were driven just by the fundamental quest to learn were the ones most committed, and irrespective of their research being "good" or "bad" for mankind, they would keep going. I think there is room for both actually. I never suggested all PhD students should have a clinical perspective, but there's a second band of students who are genuinely interested and would be motivated to do good research at that boundary.
L.M.A: I know the program now closed, but what sort of projects did students on the project end up running? How did the scheme work?
B.C: We set the program up sometime around 2010. I set it up as a program which students could come on, with different sorts of funding. We had for example a MRC centre in virology which funded 1 or 2 studentship per year for many years in our department, and these studentships were part of the program. But of course, we also had students from other places. At the time, the MRC were very enthusiastic about the program, and when we applied for that centre's funding, the fact that they liked "From Bench to Bedside" counted very strongly.
Within the program, each student pursued a normal PhD (lab based) but also had to show evidence of some sort of engagement in clinical activity e.g. attending weekly meetings with clinics as an observer, going to interdisciplinary meetings when various clinicians get together to discuss a particular case, etc. Projects themselves were very varied. One student was working in Professor Mala Maini's lab, who works on hepatology, the immune response in the liver and hepatitis B vaccines. The clinical engagement included participating in hepatology clinics. She's still working in Mala Maini's lab now! Some students came to our own group where they worked on the interaction between macrophages and tuberculosis or HIV. They were able to go to TB or HIV clinics, which are run at Mortimer Market, the Whittington and the Royal Free. Looking back at the list of students that went through the program over five years (around 20-25), many of them are still working in research, though I haven't made a full audit. In that sense, the program was quite successful!
L.M.A: Did some aspects of the clinical training/ awareness programme end up incorporated in the MRC-funded studentships?
B.C: I'm not sure, but not that I know of. It wasn't always very easy to insure these clinical contacts took place because often the lab itself is really divorced from what is going on in the clinic- students really had to make an effort to make space for it in their everyday work, while getting caught up in experiments
L.M.A: I can imagine! Were medical staff open to welcoming students from the life sciences?
B.C: Yes! Actually that worked pretty well and wasn't a barrier. The projects remained really fundamental, which is what I wanted- there are different schemes for very applied translational PhDs, and that's not what I wanted to develop. The clinical perspective was really like a parallel experience, not a direct contribution to the lab project- sort of an "enrichment" activity as UCL would probably like to put it today.
L.M.A: That's a great initiative- I was really disappointed the PhD no longer ran! Last year, I had my first Immunology modules, and I really enjoyed my lecturers mentioning patients/ relevant clinical cases. Coming from the Genetics, Evolution and Environment Department, I didn't feel I had been put in contact with such material. I guess the risk with such a program is people accuse it of pushing research towards the translational side- though that's not what you wanted to do, and where the nuance is important!
B.C: Yes. In general, I think the UK has gone too far towards focusing on translational research at the expense of fundamental research, and this does not always result in good translational research. That's the case in part because the government needs to justify its spending to tax payers. A case in point is COVID related research: money has been thrown at anything with "COVID" in the title in the last year, and I suspect a large proportion of it is not very good research. Don't get me wrong, there is some fantastic translational research, but it's relatively easier to invent a project that is "sort" of translational. The key thing for good research is it must address a really good question- whether it's fundamental or translational doesn't matter. Today, when we write grants, the first thing we have to do is include some sort of impact statement, something that says "this will lead to this". But actually I think the most important discoveries have come from basic research. When scientists see potential for use or translation, they'll be the first to try it out.
L.M.A: I agree. The problem probably lies in the public's perception of science, and that's why it's so important that we as scientists highlight why fundamental research is nonetheless key. From personal experience, when I explain I'm investigating a subset of cells in the retina, most of my friends don't see the point. But actually long term, this understanding enables genetic therapies to target the appropriate cell type to prevent onset of blindness.
B.C: I agree!
L.M.A: Do you think "clinical awareness" is a skill that could be introduced to students at earlier stages e.g. during their BS? Would you push for such PhD schemes to be reimplemented?
B.C: Yes I think it would be great to have schemes like that, or introduce relevant elements into existing schemes. At the moment, BBSRC students are introduced to computational tools and other transferable skills as part of their phd, even if theirs is not computational. The MRC should be developing some sort of "clinical awareness" (whatever you want to call it) component.
At the Bachelor level, I've personally found it often engages students to teach concepts via a more clinical angle. You're not presenting clinical research, but rather showing students what they can learn from a particular clinical situation- it enhances the lectures and makes them more memorable. I often teach immunology like that, if there is a relevant example. Practically speaking, it's not feasible for undergraduates in large numbers to engage with patients, but introducing clinical perspective within biomedical lectures is a good idea.
L.M.A: Do you have examples where your research was influenced by your clinician colleagues?
B.C: Exposure to clinicians within my office has influenced me, so I definitely have examples. Currently we are looking at T-cell response to COVID. An interesting unanswered question to me, and may stay so if the vaccines are really efficient, is: what is the immunopathology of COVID? Why do we get sick? It's been very instructive to talk to the clinicians. Strikingly, if you measure virus levels, you find viraemia peaks 5-6 days after infection and you get mild flu-like symptoms in the first few days. By day 7, the virus dies and disappears and it's very hard to detect the virus from then on- it's not clear if live virus is still present. But the actual disease, if you talk to people who care for these patients, occurs much later (two to three weeks post infection). Answering why that happens is a really interesting question and we're trying to address it to some extent in our research. Whether we get an answer, my thinking has been enormously influenced by talking to clinicians.
L.M.A: Yes, even at my student level I've been influenced by my conversations with clinicians. I used to find biomarker research in neurodegeneration a bit boring, but conversations with a neurologist changed my mind and shed light on its value in medical context. It's interesting to get these conversations going to ameliorate cooperation between the Life Sciences and the medical community.
Just one last question, why did the PhD program end?
B.C: I stepped down as graduate tutor, and there was a feeling along a lot of the influential members of the department that it was a distraction- PhDs were short enough anyway (compared to PhDs in the rest of Europe or the US for example) and students were already under pressure to do more "transferrable skills" training via the Graduate School . Since I was no longer in charge, somebody else made the decision. Whether that was the right decision, I'm not sure!
You can find out about Benny Chain's research on his website Innate2Adaptive, on Twitter @BennyChain or read the Blog Immunology with numbers. Also check out Benny's most recent youtube video on "The Science of Vaccination", https://youtu.be/Ro2-anHdFgY.
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Welcome to the language capital of the world: Queens, New York
The Queens district of New York contains more languages than anywhere else in the world.
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There are as many as 800 languages spoken in New York City, and nowhere in the world has more than Queens, according to the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA).
You can see many of the languages in the map above, which is featured in "Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas" by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. The map was created by Molly Roy with help from the ELA, and also shows libraries, museums, and other linguistic centers.
"The capital of linguistic diversity, not just for the five boroughs, but for the human species, is Queens," Solnit and Jelly-Schapiro write.
The five miles from Astoria to Forest Hills have a dense progression of languages: Greek, Filipino, Urdu, Indonesian, Russian, Japanese, Lithuanian, and others, including more obscure ones like Chavacano, Waray-Waray, Minangkabau, and Bukharian. Here's a close-up:
One limit of the map is that every language shows up only once, when in fact many show up throughout the borough. Mandarin, for instance, is listed in Flushing, which is Queens' original Chinatown, but not in Elmhurst, which also has a prominent Chinese community.
Flushing also has pockets of Cantonese, Shanghainese, Taishanese, Sichuanese, and other dialects. Korean and Mongolian are nearby, too. A close-up:
Solnit has also published atlases of San Francisco and New Orleans.
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Book Illustration, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers: suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus (Natural history of birds of paradise and rollers: followed by toucans and barbets), vol. 1; Le Nébuleux, étalant ses parures (The nebulous, spreading her ornaments), plate 16, 1806
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For years I, like you, have sought information on the Internet from both companies and individuals. The knowledge gained has helped me reach the very fortunate position I'm in today so I thought it was about time I tried to contribute some of that back to the community. Whoever you are! That was one of the many reasons for setting up this blog and my Twitter account.
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Gorno-Ałtajska Autonomiczna Socjalistyczna Republika Radziecka, Gorno-Ałtajska ASRR – republika autonomiczna w Związku Radzieckim, wchodząca w skład Rosyjskiej Federacyjnej Socjalistycznej Republiki Radzieckiej.
Gorno-Ałtajska ASRR została utworzona tuż przed rozpadem ZSRR, 25 października 1990 r., kiedy to podniesiono rangę i poszerzono zakres autonomii zamieszkujących tutaj ludów tureckich, likwidując istniejący od 1922 r. Gorno-Ałtajski Obwód Autonomiczny i zastępując go Gorno-Ałtajską ASRR.
3 lipca 1991 r. republika została przemianowana na Gorno-Ałtajską Socjalistyczną Republikę Radziecką, pozostającą w składzie Rosyjskiej FSRR (zmiana nazwy wprowadza zamieszanie w nazewnictwie radzieckich republik – podmioty mające status SRR nie wchodziły w skład innych republik oraz miały prawo secesji ze związku). Republika istniała przez krótki okres i została rozwiązana na fali zmian i reform związanych z likwidacją Związku Radzieckiego i uzyskiwaniem suwerenności przez Rosję. Gdy po kilkumiesięcznym istnieniu Gorno-Ałtajska SRR została zlikwidowana, w 1992 r. powołano zamiast niej autonomiczną Republikę Górnego Ałtaju (wkrótce przemianowaną na Republikę Ałtaju), mającą status autonomicznej republiki rosyjskiej.
Informacje na temat położenia, gospodarki, historii, ludności itd. Gorno-Ałtajskiej Autonomicznej Socjalistycznej Republiki Radzieckiej znajdują się w: artykule poświęconym republice Ałtaju, jak obecnie nazywa się podmiot Federacji Rosyjskiej, będący prawną kontynuacją Gorno-Ałtajskiej ASRR.
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Gorno-Ałtajski Obwód Autonomiczny
republika Ałtaju
autonomiczna socjalistyczna republika radziecka
Związek Radziecki i Rosyjska FSRR
Republika Ałtaju
Republiki autonomiczne ZSRR
Rosyjska Federacyjna Socjalistyczna Republika Radziecka
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Ба́чальмаш (, или Aljmaš) — город в медье Бач-Кишкун в Венгрии. Город занимает площадь 108,32 км², на которой проживает 7618 жителей, находится в историко-географической области Бачка, близ границы с Сербией.
История
В городе Бачальмаш во время Второй мировой войны были расквартированы 9-й хорватский горный корпус Ваффен-СС и 18-я добровольческая моторизованная дивизия СС «Хорст Вессель».
20 октября 1944 года город был взят войсками 2-го Украинского фронта.
Население
Города-побратимы
Примечания
Города Венгрии
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"""Utility functions.
These functions are shared between reprozip and reprounzip but are not specific
to this software (more utilities).
"""
from __future__ import division, print_function, unicode_literals
import codecs
import contextlib
from datetime import datetime
import email.utils
import itertools
import locale
import logging
import operator
import os
import requests
from rpaths import Path, PosixPath
import stat
import subprocess
import sys
import time
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__.split('.', 1)[0])
class StreamWriter(object):
def __init__(self, stream):
writer = codecs.getwriter(locale.getpreferredencoding())
self._writer = writer(stream, 'replace')
self.buffer = stream
def writelines(self, lines):
self.write(str('').join(lines))
def write(self, obj):
if isinstance(obj, bytes):
self.buffer.write(obj)
else:
self._writer.write(obj)
def __getattr__(self, name,
getattr=getattr):
""" Inherit all other methods from the underlying stream.
"""
return getattr(self._writer, name)
PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
if PY3:
izip = zip
irange = range
iteritems = lambda d: d.items()
itervalues = lambda d: d.values()
listvalues = lambda d: list(d.values())
stdout_bytes = sys.stdout.buffer if sys.stdout is not None else None
stderr_bytes = sys.stderr.buffer if sys.stderr is not None else None
stdin_bytes = sys.stdin.buffer if sys.stdin is not None else None
stdout, stderr = sys.stdout, sys.stderr
else:
izip = itertools.izip
irange = xrange # noqa: F821
iteritems = lambda d: d.iteritems()
itervalues = lambda d: d.itervalues()
listvalues = lambda d: d.values()
_writer = codecs.getwriter(locale.getpreferredencoding())
stdout_bytes, stderr_bytes = sys.stdout, sys.stderr
stdin_bytes = sys.stdin
stdout, stderr = StreamWriter(sys.stdout), StreamWriter(sys.stderr)
if PY3:
int_types = int,
unicode_ = str
else:
int_types = int, long # noqa: F821
unicode_ = unicode # noqa: F821
def flatten(n, iterable):
"""Flattens an iterable by repeatedly calling chain.from_iterable() on it.
>>> a = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]
>>> b = [[7, 8], [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]]
>>> l = [a, b]
>>> list(flatten(0, a))
[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]
>>> list(flatten(1, a))
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
>>> list(flatten(1, l))
[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8], [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]]
>>> list(flatten(2, l))
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
"""
for _ in irange(n):
iterable = itertools.chain.from_iterable(iterable)
return iterable
class UniqueNames(object):
"""Makes names unique amongst the ones it's already seen.
"""
def __init__(self):
self.names = set()
def insert(self, name):
assert name not in self.names
self.names.add(name)
def __call__(self, name):
nb = 1
attempt = name
while attempt in self.names:
nb += 1
attempt = '%s_%d' % (name, nb)
self.names.add(attempt)
return attempt
def escape(s):
"""Escapes backslashes and double quotes in strings.
This does NOT add quotes around the string.
"""
return s.replace('\\', '\\\\').replace('"', '\\"')
def optional_return_type(req_args, other_args):
"""Sort of namedtuple but with name-only fields.
When deconstructing a namedtuple, you have to get all the fields:
>>> o = namedtuple('T', ['a', 'b', 'c'])(1, 2, 3)
>>> a, b = o
ValueError: too many values to unpack
You thus cannot easily add new return values. This class allows it:
>>> o2 = optional_return_type(['a', 'b'], ['c'])(1, 2, 3)
>>> a, b = o2
>>> c = o2.c
"""
if len(set(req_args) | set(other_args)) != len(req_args) + len(other_args):
raise ValueError
# Maps argument name to position in each list
req_args_pos = dict((n, i) for i, n in enumerate(req_args))
other_args_pos = dict((n, i) for i, n in enumerate(other_args))
def cstr(cls, *args, **kwargs):
if len(args) > len(req_args) + len(other_args):
raise TypeError(
"Too many arguments (expected at least %d and no more than "
"%d)" % (len(req_args),
len(req_args) + len(other_args)))
args1, args2 = args[:len(req_args)], args[len(req_args):]
req = dict((i, v) for i, v in enumerate(args1))
other = dict(izip(other_args, args2))
for k, v in iteritems(kwargs):
if k in req_args_pos:
pos = req_args_pos[k]
if pos in req:
raise TypeError("Multiple values for field %s" % k)
req[pos] = v
elif k in other_args_pos:
if k in other:
raise TypeError("Multiple values for field %s" % k)
other[k] = v
else:
raise TypeError("Unknown field name %s" % k)
args = []
for i, k in enumerate(req_args):
if i not in req:
raise TypeError("Missing value for field %s" % k)
args.append(req[i])
inst = tuple.__new__(cls, args)
inst.__dict__.update(other)
return inst
dct = {'__new__': cstr}
for i, n in enumerate(req_args):
dct[n] = property(operator.itemgetter(i))
return type(str('OptionalReturnType'), (tuple,), dct)
def tz_offset():
offset = time.timezone if time.localtime().tm_isdst == 0 else time.altzone
return -offset
def isodatetime():
offset = tz_offset()
sign = '+'
if offset < 0:
sign = '-'
offset = -offset
if offset % 60 == 0:
offset = '%02d:%02d' % (offset // 3600, (offset // 60) % 60)
else:
offset = '%02d:%02d:%02d' % (offset // 3600, (offset // 60) % 60,
offset % 60)
# Remove microsecond
now = datetime.now()
now = datetime(year=now.year, month=now.month, day=now.day,
hour=now.hour, minute=now.minute, second=now.second)
return '%s%s%s' % (now.isoformat(),
sign,
offset)
def hsize(nbytes):
"""Readable size.
"""
if nbytes is None:
return "unknown"
KB = 1 << 10
MB = 1 << 20
GB = 1 << 30
TB = 1 << 40
PB = 1 << 50
nbytes = float(nbytes)
if nbytes < KB:
return "{0} bytes".format(nbytes)
elif nbytes < MB:
return "{0:.2f} KB".format(nbytes / KB)
elif nbytes < GB:
return "{0:.2f} MB".format(nbytes / MB)
elif nbytes < TB:
return "{0:.2f} GB".format(nbytes / GB)
elif nbytes < PB:
return "{0:.2f} TB".format(nbytes / TB)
else:
return "{0:.2f} PB".format(nbytes / PB)
def normalize_path(path):
"""Normalize a path obtained from the database.
"""
# For some reason, os.path.normpath() keeps multiple leading slashes
# We don't want this since it has no meaning on Linux
path = PosixPath(path)
if path.path.startswith(path._sep + path._sep):
path = PosixPath(path.path[1:])
return path
def find_all_links_recursive(filename, files):
path = Path('/')
for c in filename.components[1:]:
# At this point, path is a canonical path, and all links in it have
# been resolved
# We add the next path component
path = path / c
# That component is possibly a link
if path.is_link():
# Adds the link itself
files.add(path)
target = path.read_link(absolute=True)
# Here, target might contain a number of symlinks
if target not in files:
# Recurse on this new path
find_all_links_recursive(target, files)
# Restores the invariant; realpath might resolve several links here
path = path.resolve()
return path
def find_all_links(filename, include_target=False):
"""Dereferences symlinks from a path.
If include_target is True, this also returns the real path of the final
target.
Example:
/
a -> b
b
g -> c
c -> ../a/d
d
e -> /f
f
>>> find_all_links('/a/g/e', True)
['/a', '/b/c', '/b/g', '/b/d/e', '/f']
"""
files = set()
filename = Path(filename)
assert filename.absolute()
path = find_all_links_recursive(filename, files)
files = list(files)
if include_target:
files.append(path)
return files
def join_root(root, path):
"""Prepends `root` to the absolute path `path`.
"""
p_root, p_loc = path.split_root()
assert p_root == b'/'
return root / p_loc
@contextlib.contextmanager
def make_dir_writable(directory):
"""Context-manager that sets write permission on a directory.
This assumes that the directory belongs to you. If the u+w permission
wasn't set, it gets set in the context, and restored to what it was when
leaving the context. u+x also gets set on all the directories leading to
that path.
"""
uid = os.getuid()
try:
sb = directory.stat()
except OSError:
pass
else:
if sb.st_uid != uid or sb.st_mode & 0o700 == 0o700:
yield
return
# These are the permissions to be restored, in reverse order
restore_perms = []
try:
# Add u+x to all directories up to the target
path = Path('/')
for c in directory.components[1:-1]:
path = path / c
sb = path.stat()
if sb.st_uid == uid and not sb.st_mode & 0o100:
logger.debug("Temporarily setting u+x on %s", path)
restore_perms.append((path, sb.st_mode))
path.chmod(sb.st_mode | 0o700)
# Add u+wx to the target
sb = directory.stat()
if sb.st_uid == uid and sb.st_mode & 0o700 != 0o700:
logger.debug("Temporarily setting u+wx on %s", directory)
restore_perms.append((directory, sb.st_mode))
directory.chmod(sb.st_mode | 0o700)
yield
finally:
for path, mod in reversed(restore_perms):
path.chmod(mod)
def rmtree_fixed(path):
"""Like :func:`shutil.rmtree` but doesn't choke on annoying permissions.
If a directory with -w or -x is encountered, it gets fixed and deletion
continues.
"""
if path.is_link():
raise OSError("Cannot call rmtree on a symbolic link")
uid = os.getuid()
st = path.lstat()
if st.st_uid == uid and st.st_mode & 0o700 != 0o700:
path.chmod(st.st_mode | 0o700)
for entry in path.listdir():
if stat.S_ISDIR(entry.lstat().st_mode):
rmtree_fixed(entry)
else:
entry.remove()
path.rmdir()
# Compatibility with ReproZip <= 1.0.3
check_output = subprocess.check_output
def copyfile(source, destination, CHUNK_SIZE=4096):
"""Copies from one file object to another.
"""
while True:
chunk = source.read(CHUNK_SIZE)
if chunk:
destination.write(chunk)
if len(chunk) != CHUNK_SIZE:
break
def download_file(url, dest, cachename=None, ssl_verify=None):
"""Downloads a file using a local cache.
If the file cannot be downloaded or if it wasn't modified, the cached
version will be used instead.
The cache lives in ``~/.cache/reprozip/``.
"""
if cachename is None:
if dest is None:
raise ValueError("One of 'dest' or 'cachename' must be specified")
cachename = dest.components[-1]
headers = {}
if 'XDG_CACHE_HOME' in os.environ:
cache = Path(os.environ['XDG_CACHE_HOME'])
else:
cache = Path('~/.cache').expand_user()
cache = cache / 'reprozip' / cachename
if cache.exists():
mtime = email.utils.formatdate(cache.mtime(), usegmt=True)
headers['If-Modified-Since'] = mtime
cache.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
try:
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers,
timeout=2 if cache.exists() else 10,
stream=True, verify=ssl_verify)
response.raise_for_status()
if response.status_code == 304:
raise requests.HTTPError(
'304 File is up to date, no data returned',
response=response)
except requests.RequestException as e:
if cache.exists():
if e.response and e.response.status_code == 304:
logger.info("Download %s: cache is up to date", cachename)
else:
logger.warning("Download %s: error downloading %s: %s",
cachename, url, e)
if dest is not None:
cache.copy(dest)
return dest
else:
return cache
else:
raise
logger.info("Download %s: downloading %s", cachename, url)
try:
with cache.open('wb') as f:
for chunk in response.iter_content(4096):
f.write(chunk)
response.close()
except Exception as e: # pragma: no cover
try:
cache.remove()
except OSError:
pass
raise e
logger.info("Downloaded %s successfully", cachename)
if dest is not None:
cache.copy(dest)
return dest
else:
return cache
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Ryan Shazier Spinal Stabilization Surgery Is "Not Good," Say Doctors
"He may not play football again."
Getty Images / Justin K. Aller
Eileen Guo
Following Ryan Shazier's spinal injury during Monday's game, fans have been waiting with bated breath for news about a full recovery. The injury, which occurred during the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals game, was believed to be a spinal contusion, but news of spinal stabilization surgery might hint at something more serious.
ESPN's Michele Steele spoke with Dr. Anthony Alessi of the NFL Players Association about the surgery: "It's not good…We're not going to see him again this season. He may not play football again."
Contusions are a medical term for bruises, but spinal contusions can be much more serious. They have the potential to cut off the blood supply to the spine, which can affect basic motor function. Spinal contusions do not typically require spinal stabilization surgery, and the fact that he underwent surgery at all was a bad sign.
And, now, Alessi's expert opinion confirms suspicions that the injury is even more serious than we had previously expected. He explains that surgery is needed when the "bones around his spinal cord are dislocated. This is a more severe injury (than a contusion.)"
There are many surgical techniques that can stabilize the spine, but, broadly speaking, spine stabilization surgery aims to minimize movement between vertebrae, the bones that make up the spine. When these bones are unstable, or not aligned — due to contusion or some other injury — they may pinch the surrounding nerves, causing severe pain.
Misalignment of the vertebrae can pinch neighboring nerves, causing severe pain. Spinal stabilization is an attempt to realign the bones. Flickr / planetc1
With spinal stabilization surgery, surgeons provide support and scaffolding for the bone to fuse back into place over time, in hopes that it will correct unwanted movement between vertebrae and the pain that comes with it, along with restoring stability in the long term.
Of course, Shazier is still in recovery, and only he and his attending physicians know what surgery he received and his real condition — and even that is up to time.
Here's hoping that, despite the odds, they'll share some better news soon.
This article has been updated.
Astronomers Use a New Method to Identify Eight Candidate Alien Signals
By Kiona Smith
Thomas Oxley Wants to Transform Our Brain's Relationship With Computers Forever
By Claire Maldarelli
If Alien Life Exists on an Ocean World, It May Follow These Chemical Rules
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Logan Williams, founder of Biome, which turns the invasive weed didymo into sustainable fabrics and plastics.
New Zealand's first business accelerator for Māori entrepreneurs has finished and its graduates have goals much wider than just making profits. The ventures range from medical cannabis; to a process turning the environmentally damaging didymo into fabric; and a digital tool for millennials learning te reo Māori.
While many of us have just been trying to stay warm this winter, some of our country's most promising Māori entrepreneurs have been dreaming up ways to make Aotearoa a better place.
The ventures range from medical cannabis, to a process turning the environmentally damaging didymo into fabric, and a digital tool for millennials learning te reo Māori. And, in its first year, the government-backed accelerator has finished with more than half of the 10 companies on the programme attracting investment.
Kōkiri programme director Ian Musson says he is "thrilled" with the result.
"Māori entrepreneurs have long been looking for ways to create socially sustainable businesses – and Kōkiri has helped them to do exactly that.
Musson says the first-of-its-kind accelerator is redefining how entrepreneurs traditionally view success.
"Kōkiri is not just about attracting investment or growing a business to a point where it can be sold for a profit.
Take, for instance, young entrepreneur Logan Williams.
In 2016, the 22-year-old from Christchurch noticed the invasive algae didymo growing in the waters of the Tekapo River, and since then has sought to find a solution.
"Initially it was just about cleaning up our waterways, but then I realised there was a business opportunity beneath the surface," he says.
The innovative idea earned the University of Canterbury student a spot on Kōkiri, making Williams the youngest entrepreneur to have participated in the programme.
Williams is also known for his Polar Optics invention – contact lenses that help sufferers of photosensitive epilepsy – and was one of the 10 shortlisted nominees for the 2018 Young New Zealander of the Year Award.
Mr Musson says Kōkiri has been specifically designed to recognise Māori have strong links to place, which has been a barrier to their participation in mainstream accelerators.
After 16 weeks of participating in the accelerator, the Kōkiri entrepreneurs pitched their ideas at a "showcase event" in Auckland last month in the hope of attracting ongoing support.
Five companies secured investment with the remaining waiting for deals to close. Te Wānanga o Aotearoa innovation development group director Aisha Ross says there was an "overwhelming amount" of positive feedback to the different ventures and the [showcase] evening itself.
"This related to the growth and development of the ventures, the execution of the event, the Kōkiri Business Accelerator kaupapa, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and its partner organisations," says Mr Ross.
The showcase, which was held at Air New Zealand's headquarters on June 15, attracted more than 120 guests – including Callaghan Innovation chief executive officer Vic Crone and New Zealand First deputy leader Fletcher Tabuteau – and marked the culmination of the start-ups' four-month participation in the accelerator programme.
Mr Musson hopes that, as this first round of Kōkiri was successful, Callaghan Innovation and others will commit to funding a second programme later this year.
"We've tried to make that inevitable," he says.
The Kōkiri programme also has support from MYOB, Air New Zealand, Spark, and more.
MYOB general manager Carolyn Luey said the company is delighted to team up with Kōkiri to help Māori entrepreneurs get market and investment-ready. "We see Kōkiri improving the breadth of our country's start-up sector at the same time as supporting Māori-based businesses and entrepreneurs to scale up. We need to keep developing the conditions that nurture and develop the start-ups coming through, and couple them with frameworks, like Kōkiri, that can help turn a good idea into a great business," she said.
More than 100 budding entrepreneurs across New Zealand had applied to take part in the programme, with just 10 businesses making the cut.
Moving Pros (Tauranga, Auckland) – A company that makes it easy to compare multiple moving quotes from one place.
SeeCom (Hamilton) – Prototyping the world's first digital Interactive Sign Language Game, a virtual game-based experience of learning sign language through means of interaction and movements in front of digital screens.
Biome (Christchurch) – Turns didymo, the pest algae, into a range of practical materials. These high-quality materials are produced sustainably and strive to improve the New Zealand environment.
Origins (Whangarei, Auckland) – A cloud-based platform that provides complete visibility of the of the food and authentic products supply chain from supplier to end consumer.
social, ecological, economic and cultural regeneration through enterprise in rural and urban communities.
The Realness (Auckland) – The new way to find owner-operated providers across multiple sectors without having to rely on review sites, advertising platforms, opinion sites, magazines and mainstream media.
Arataki (Tauranga) – A mobile app that enables users to receive information about sites of cultural significance using a custom mobile application and proximity technology.
MyReo (Huntly) – Providing millennials with the digital tools and resources they need to learn, practice and grow in te reo Māori.
Hikurangi Enterprises (Ruatoria) – Creating sustainable futures for the East Coast of New Zealand through the development of a regional business growth hub to support their mission of a healthy and wealthy whanau and whenua.
Akudos (Whangarei, Auckland) – Making people feel valued through a cloud-based awards management system designed to streamline the awards process from beginning to end.
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Улица Пу́лквежа Бри́ежа () — улица в исторической части города Риги, в Северном районе города. Пролегает в северном направлении от перекрёстка улиц Элизабетес, Стрелниеку и бульвара Калпака до пересечения с улицей Петерсалас, продолжаясь далее как Ганибу дамбис.
История
Улица сформировалась как часть Выгонной дамбы, известной с XVI века. Застройка началась в 1-й половине XIX века, первоначальное название — 1-я улица Выгонной дамбы, с 1885 — 1-я Выгонная дамба (, ).
В 1923 году улица получила современное название — в честь латвийского полководца Фридриха Бриедиса. После присоединения Латвии к СССР, в 1940 году улица была переименована в честь российского революционера Я. М. Свердлова, который в январе 1919 года участвовал в 1-м съезде Советов Латвии в Риге и в своей речи, в частности, говорил:
В годы немецкой оккупации улице было возвращено название 1. Weidendamm. С 1944 года улица снова называлась улица Свердлова, с 1991 года — 1. Ganību dambis, а в 1995 было восстановлено нынешнее название, которое более не изменялось.
Транспорт
Улица Пулквежа Бриежа является частью государственной региональной автодороги . На всём протяжении имеет асфальтовое покрытие. Движение по улице двустороннее, по две полосы в каждом направлении, а от перекрёстка с улицей Ханзас до конца улицы имеется разделительная полоса (газон). Общая длина улицы составляет .
По улице проходят ряд маршрутов автобуса и троллейбуса, а также большинство рейсов, следующих в 1-й троллейбусный парк на Ганибу дамбис или из него. В конце улицы Пулквежа Бриежа расположен конечный пункт троллейбусных маршрутов № 1 и 19 «Pētersalas iela».
Застройка
Нечётная сторона
Угловой дом по ул. Элизабетес, 21 — бывший доходный дом (1883, архитектор Э. Тромповский), ныне гостиница, памятник архитектуры местного значения.
Дом № 3 — бывший доходный дом (1880).
Дом № 7 — бывший доходный дом Т. Глящева (1912, архитектор Александр фон Беттикер).
Дом № 9 (во дворе) — бывший доходный дом (1912), памятник архитектуры местного значения.
Дом № 11 — бывший доходный дом с магазином (1908, архитектор Пауль Мандельштам), памятник архитектуры местного значения.
Дом № 13 — бывший доходный дом Эдуарда Риекстиньша (1911, архитекторы К. Пекшенс и А. Ванагс), памятник архитектуры местного значения.
Дом № 15 — бывший комплекс доходных домов Эдуарда Кришьянсона с частной клиникой (1939), в советское время — больница Минздрава Латвийской ССР.
Дом № 19 — особняк Рихарда Поле (1894, архитектор Фридрих Зейберлих).
Дом № 25 — средняя школа № 13 (1950—1951, архитектор ).
Дом № 27 — бывший винокуренно-дрожжевой завод Адольфа Вольфшмидта; сохранившиеся корпуса построены в 1895—1914 гг. (архитекторы Рудольф Винклер, Карл Фельско, Вильгельм Бокслаф). В советское время — хлебокомбинат «Druva».
Дом № 35 — современный многоквартирный жилой дом (2017—2019, архитекторы Алексей Бирюков, Янис Гертманис).
Чётная сторона
Угловой дом по ул. Стрелниеку, 1 — бывший доходный дом архитектора Эрнеста Поле, построенный по его собственному проекту в 1910—1912 гг. Памятник архитектуры местного значения.
Дом № 2 — бывший доходный дом (1883, архитектор Флориан Вигановский), памятник архитектуры местного значения.
Дом № 4 — бывший доходный дом (1886, архитектор Карл Фельско).
Дом № 6 — бывший доходный дом с магазинами (1880, архитектор Аполлон Эдельсон).
Дом № 8 — бывший доходный дом инженера Владимира Венцелидиса с магазинами (1912, архитектор Рене Хершелманис), памятник архитектуры местного значения. В 1915—1919 годах в этом доме жил химик П. Вальден, а в 1945—1961 — советский государственный деятель, академик Я. В. Пейве.
Дом № 10 — бывший доходный дом (1900, архитектор Э. Тромповский).
Дом № 12 — главное административное здание АО «Latvenergo» (1971—1983, архитектор Лия Аста-Кнаке, Рижское отделение ВГПИ «Теплоэлектропроект»).
Дом № 18 — бывший доходный дом (1910).
Дом № 20 — бывший доходный дом Вилле (1894, архитектор Рейнгольд Шмелинг).
Вдоль чётной стороны улицы после перекрёстка с ул. Ханзас до 2009 года располагалась обширная территория товарной станции «Рига-Пречу-1», в настоящее время ведётся рекультивация и застройка этого участка.
Прилегающие улицы
Улица Пулквежа Бриежа пересекается со следующими улицами:
Примечания
Улицы центра Риги
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Paris is a city of passion. Passion for art. Passion for love. Passion for trouble. Often all three are wound together, and never tighter than in the Belle Epoque. It's passion that leads Lucien Lessard to pursue painting instead of following in the family business of breadmaking, and it's passion in the guise of a mysterious man and his femme fatale associate that seems to be killing painters left and right. Lucien might be next to fall, but thankfully he's got his studio-mate and friend Henri Toulouse-Lautrec working to help him—whether he likes it or not.
Christopher Moore's latest novel seamlessly blends magical realism with comic rompery in an astonishing group portrait of one of the most vibrant periods in art history. Like his previously acclaimed book, "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal," "Sacre Bleu" mixes research and artful humor to produce a thought-provoking work of literature. The stars of late-nineteenth-century art make numerous cameos, both tragic and comic, from Whistler and his mother to Van Gogh and his wheat fields. Many of the paintings referred or alluded to are reproduced throughout the book; and although they are only in black-and-white, many of the images are striking enough to pause the reading entirely. There's a woman the main character is in love with, but the novel is far from a simple romance. Instead, it presents a thorough portrait of what drives an artist, even one who may not be blessed with genius, who struggles against the inertia of everyday life to hone what talent he can.
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Superstar Suriya's Diet and Fitness Secrets Revealed
srijita February 6, 2017 Fitness No Comments
Best known for Nandha, Kaakha Kaakha, Perazhagan, Ghajini, Vaaranam Aayiram, Ayan, Singam and Singam 2; Saravanan Sivakumar, aka Suriya, has won the hearts of millions not only by his acting skills but also because of his well-toned body. From losing ten kilos within a span of just twenty-two days to bulking up muscles for the third installment of the super hit Singham franchise, Saravanan never fails to keep up his fitness quotient. It's not good genes but a whole lot of hard work – from insane workouts to biryani sacrifices and sugar abstinence – that makes him look picture perfect. The South Indian action star never fails to exhibit his physically-strong and brutal character of a police officer which is a result of his sheer commitment to sweat and iron. Nothing but hard work is the fitness mantra of this superstar.
Suriya's Diet
For a body like that, a strict diet is inevitable. Suriya stays away from oily food and has cut out salt from his diet. He drinks a lot of water daily, since it is one of the best ways to get rid of toxins. In an earlier interview in a daily newspaper, he had mentioned that he pays very close attention to his diet. Proteins form an important part of his meals as they are needed to repair ripped muscles. His breakfast is a protein-rich meal which consists of egg whites and milk only. For lunch and dinner he prefers chicken and rice, and chooses healthy and light snacks such as fruits over fried snacks.
Suriya's Workout Plan
According to his trainer Alkhas, he has worked out for two hours daily to achieve that fabulous bulky physique for his character of a fearless cop in Singham 2. He would start his workout with cardiovascular exercises for 30 minutes followed by 90 minutes of muscle building exercises such as weight training. Main exercises in his schedule included pull ups, chin ups, hanging leg raises, hanging oblique raises and static hanging leg raises. He did all these exercises for strengthening his core and building his abs.
Surya had mentioned in an earlier interview that Bollywood actor Aamir Khan inspired him a lot for developing six pack abs. He was awed how Aamir worked so hard to achieve eight packs while in his forties and made it possible. He started training with another trainer – cum – friend Satyajit Chaurasia to develop six pack abs, and started off by first changing his lifestyle routine. He believed in natural body building and kept himself away from steroids and artificial fat burners. Earlier Surya used to weigh around 75 kilos, but after following the GM diet and the workout regime designed by Satyajit, he lost around 11 kilos.
Surya enjoys jogging too although he doesn't have the convenience of including it in his fitness schedule throughout the week. He loves doing yoga as well.
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Scribble — Award-winning picture books for kids
Scribble News 19 October 2018
Linda Jackson's Rainbow Menagerie: Sydney Workshop & Launch
To celebrate the launch of her first picture book, Linda Jackson's Rainbow Menagerie, we are hosting a craft workshop.
Join renowned artist and fashion designer Linda Jackson to make a paper collage, inspired by the rainbow and native Australian animals. Kids and grown ups welcome!
Stay after the workshop for the launch party from 2.30pm.
When: 1pm, Saturday 3 November
Where: Koskela, 1/85 Dunning Ave, Rosebery NSW
RSVP essential
Scribble is an imprint of Scribe Publications
Sign-up for Scribble News!
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation are the Traditional Owners of the land on which our books are published and produced. We acknowledge sovereignty has never been ceded. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.
Site by Humming
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UPDATED – WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chair of the migration committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged the Trump administration to "ensure permanent protection" for youth who were brought to the U.S. as minors without legal documentation.
Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, chair of the Committee on Migration Committee, reiterated the bishops' support for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, a 2012 policy under then-President Barack Obama that, while not providing legal status, gives recipients a temporary reprieve from deportation and employment authorization in the United States as long as they meet certain criteria.
Some members of Congress had been working on a bipartisan bill to provide relief for "Dreamers," as the DACA recipients are known, but the McClatchy news agency reported July 19 that White House officials said the president would not support the legislative action.
The administration already is facing pressure from some groups for not rescinding DACA, as it had promised. In late June, officials from nine states joined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in urging the Trump administration to end DACA, threatening the government with a lawsuit on Sept. 5 if the program continues.
Trump has said at least on a couple of occasions that the decision is more difficult than he first imagined and recently said he's still weighing what to do about it.
The country's Catholic bishops will continue efforts to find a humane and permanent resolution "that protects DACA youth," Bishop Vasquez wrote.
"Additionally, I note the moral urgency for comprehensive immigration reform that is just and compassionate. The bishops will advocate for these reforms as we truly believe they will advance the common good," he said.
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The Effects Of Mental Illness – Tara's Story
Do you believe that every family deserves support with the effects of mental illness? We do.
Discover how we help families with young children suffering from the effects of mental illness in Bedfordshire.
Tara, a new mother, had a variety of mental health issues following the birth of her daughter Abigail. Her anxiety kept her housebound and left her feeling isolated. Seeing Tara was struggling to cope, her Health Visitor referred her to Home-Start for help.
"I started with my volunteer after being referred by my Health Visitor because I was struggling. I wasn't bonding with my new baby girl and I also found out I was suffering from depression and anxiety. She came and helped me with anything I needed doing like having a wash, tidying up at home, getting organised. Helping to bond with the kids and gain confidence as a parent and with going out as I couldn't with my anxiety. She helped me to eventually leave my house to go to a play group with my children which I know they loved.
Her support has been really helpful for both me and my husband. If I didn't have her I wouldn't have been able to cope a lot better with the kids on my own and leave home."
With the help and support of volunteer Suzanne, Tara's mental health began to improve. For the first time in a while Tara felt positive and could see hope for the future.
"I felt like I learned a lot from her about how to be a mum and that no one's perfect and my best is good enough. That it's ok to struggle and breakdown but still find the strength to carry on. I am still struggling but I'm aware that there's hope and I feel more able so I shouldn't quit. Since she's left I'm a lot more aware of things so I don't panic as much. I can go out."
The effects of mental illness are wide-ranging. Depression and anxiety are the most common mental health problems during pregnancy, with around 12% of women experiencing depression and 13% experiencing anxiety at some point; some women may experience both. Depression and anxiety can also affect around 15-20% of women in the first year after childbirth. – National Institute For Health & Care Excellence.
Welcoming Support Groups
In the April 2016 – April 2017 period, the main reason for families asking for our support was for coping with mental ill health. As well as our home visiting support service, our charity runs support groups for those suffering from the effects of mental illness. More specifically, our current groups are for women suffering from depression and anxiety with an emphasis on postnatal depression.
Sadly our popular Great Expectations Groups closed this year due to funding cuts. However, we were very pleased to recently be able to restart the group in Dunstable. The group now renamed Brighter Start is for women affected by depression and anxiety. We have a skilled facilitator at the group, providing a friendly environment where women can support each other and also learn strategies to cope.
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« Now it is the turn of the Moscow Helsinki Group to be liquidated
2023: it can only get better for human rights »
Iran out of UN Commission on the Status of Women
Members of the United Nations voted to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women, a body overseen by the Economic and Social Council. | Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz
On 14 December 2022 Politico reported on another setback for Iran in the diplomatic area: A U.S.-led effort to push Iran off a United Nations panel that promotes women's rights succeeded on Wednesday, the latest move in a broader Western campaign to punish Iran for its crackdown on widespread protests.
The resolution to oust Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women passed with 29 votes in favor and eight against. Yet of the 54 countries eligible to vote, at least 16 abstained — a sign of the wariness about setting a precedent of the U.S. dictating who's deserving of U.N. panel memberships. Some countries had also questioned why Iran was singled out when other past and present panel members have spotty records on women's rights.
Iran received vocal support from coiuntries such as Russia and China, some of which noted that there were no formal procedures to push Iran off the commission. Abstainers included countries such as India, the Solomon Islands and Indonesia. Many did not make public statements during the debate.
The vote was held by the U.N.'s Economic and Social Council, which oversees the women's rights commission. The commission was established in 1946, and its past activities include laying the groundwork for a landmark treaty that has served as an international bill of rights for women. It also urges countries to update their legal frameworks to provide equal rights for women.
Wednesday's vote followed a campaign by women's rights activists, including many in the Iranian diaspora, to get Iran off the commission as it has tried to suppress protests. Hundreds have been killed in the crackdown. Iran also has begun executing protesters as part of its attempt to end the demonstrations, which have often been led by young people and women.
See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2022/11/23/un-human-rights-council-holds-special-session-on-iran-on-24-november/
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/14/u-n-member-states-vote-to-oust-iran-from-womens-rights-panel-00073886
This entry was posted on January 3, 2023 at 13:04 and is filed under human rights, UN.
Tags: Commission on the Status of Women, ECOSOC, expulsion, Human Rights Defenders, Iran, Politico, UN, USA
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Rabbits look good in corduroy jackets.
Hanging Curve: A Kindle Short
Dani Amore
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
In this 3,000 word short thriller, a man investigates the suicide of his brother, a former professional baseball player. He soon suspects the suicide was actually murder, and quickly uncovers dark and deadly secrets.
The Cestus Contract: Weir Codex Book 2
Mat Nastos
Genre: Fantasy | Science Fiction
Malcolm Weir returns in the thrilling, high-octane sequel to the Amazon #1 Best Selling Science Fiction and Cyberpunk Title, The Cestus Concern.
Following his escape from Project Hardwired, Weir arrives in Manhattan to track down one of the men responsible for stealing his life and turning him into the cyborg killer known as Cestus. Unbeknownst to him, the government isn't quite ready to let him unravel their plans and are ready to do whatever it takes to stop him.
Tales From the Edge of America, Part 1: New York to Montana
Genre: Travel
What's at the centre of North America? Did pterodactyls once terrorise the Wild West? Why was an atomic bomb dropped on a family in South Carolina? And where can you tuck into a testicle festival?
Paul Smith embarks on journey where rest and relaxation is the only option; a train journey across the United States to see his family. But curiosity gets the better of Paul, and he decides to keep going. And going.
Tales From the Edge of America is a unique adventure along coasts and borders to the four corners of mainland USA: from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Canada to Mexico, Paul explores several of the world's greatest cities – and finds himself in plenty more you've never heard of.
He encounters the Abominable Snowman in Maine, glugs illegal moonshine in Charleston, walks the lost neighbourhoods of New Orleans and finds himself alone in the New Mexico desert. He befriends the characters who prefer the unburdened commute by Amtrak train over the brevity of air travel, all of whom have their own tales to tell.
10,000 miles, 31 states, no turning back – Tales From the Edge of America is a unique pilgrimage around the USA that never sits still.
After My Departing (The Dark Intent Series)
Cristi Williams
It should have been one of the best years of their young lives. Mackenzie and Chelsea were best friends and roommates in their senior year of college, months from graduating and starting their own lives. But then they begin receiving eerie phone calls from a frightening man, and the calls soon escalate into something much more dangerous. One October night the terrified girls' lives are shattered by deadly violence. Over twenty years later, the past comes back to grab one of them in a way she could have never expected.
Trusted: Dragons' Trust Book 1
Krista Wayment
Genre: Children's eBooks | Fantasy
Renick, the fifth son of a dragon breeder, crashes into an unexpected adventure that challenges everything he thought he knew about dragons, history, and himself.
Stranded in the massive Helath forest, Renick meets two other passengers: Thane, a noble training to be a dragon knight, and Lainey, the orphaned niece of a healer. Together they survive an attack by vicious wolves, rescue a baby dragon with a broken wing, and escape from a band of dragon hunters as they make a perilous climb into the mountains. What they discover there will change everything.
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First of all, thanks to the twitter @lipstickbabes of Tried and Tested Beauty Blog I saw that Stila was having this crazy sale on 5 of their foundations that I guess are being discontinued. So of course I bought multiples of each. I've never used them before, but what if I love them? I'd look back at this time with bitter regret that I had the opportunity to stock pile the foundation Extreme Couponing style and didn't. I got the oil-free tinted moisturizer, the one step foundation, and the illuminating tinted moisturizer. Unfortunately, the bronzer moisturizer was all out. If you read this in time you should click on the picture and impulse buy it for yourself! I know that I'm playing right into Stila's game, I'm not stupid. I never would have bought 5 pieces of foundation I've never tried before if they hadn't been on sale. I'm a consumer drone and gosh darn it, I love a bargain, so I was helpless against this.
Another great thing about this day: So, I was supposed to be on grand jury duty. This is much worse than normal jury duty because you have to go two full days a month for, like, 4 months with no way of getting out of it. I'm all about doing my civic duty when it in no way inconveniences me, and I can go once, pretend to be crazy or impartial, and then get out of it. Anyway, it got cancelled because of construction on the court house. This is great because it doesn't cut into my money making time, and I went once, didn't find my future husband (and you get the same group of people every time), so now I have no use for it.
This new song. I love this song.
I remember back in the day when I didn't like Brit Brit. I was in middle school and I was too cool for school listening to Green Day and wearing my dad's neckties like necklaces. I'd give anything to get these years back. I stand by Britney, and I just think we should all be really supportive of her. She is a fragile being, a new soul, and let's just be cool, okay? Like, no more rumors about her using a dancing body double in her new videos. If there's one thing we know about Brit is she loves to dance. She is the Annette Funicello of our time, and she just wants to DANCE. Brit would never use a double. She may not be good at a lot of things, like, say, singing, but don't you dare take this from her.
Happy Tuesday, one and all. I hope yours was as good as mine. To top it off, I might go out and buy a pita wrap from Extreme Pita at the food court and get some frozen yogurt. If only every day could end in falafel and fro-yo.
Does anyone else fantasize that they're in a CW network commercial every time they hear this song? Like, all glammed out and looking care-free and charming as I imagine anyone would be if they had a show on the CW. You can bet if I'm in a car accident I was probably listening to this song or a Britney song (and fantisizing someone asked me to recreate all of her music videos for no reason) and not paying complete attention.
Ahhh! I feel like saying that last comment is bad karma or something! I'm going to stop making mental music videos and TV promos while I'm driving.
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Egypt, the 1930's. Erased from ancient history and buried in a nameless tomb for 4,000 years, Seteki the Witch Queen has risen once again.
Explore remarkable ruins, solve perilous puzzles and uncover tantalising treasure while blasting your way through an array of undead enemies in thrilling third-person action that's certain to bring out your inner adventurer!
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The Novus Core Team
Chris Blaney
Title: Senior Specialist
Expertise: Noise and Vibration
Email: chrisb@novusenv.com
Chris has over 38 years of experience in the fields of noise and vibration. He has an undergraduate Arts Degree in Geography from York University, and has published numerous papers on environmental noise and vibration impact assessment. Chris has worked on numerous environmental noise impact assessments and government policy on noise and vibration. He has provided advice in Ontario and in other Canadian Provinces as well as internationally in the United States of America, Serbia and China.
Chris has extensive experience and involvement with Transportation Class and Individual EAs in Ontario. He has worked on projects for roadways, railways, light rail and bus rapid transit systems. He has authored or coauthored numerous noise publications and drafted noise and policy guidelines for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO). He has extensive experience with public consultation at Public Information Centres and has provided expert witness testimony. Chris is MTO R.A.Q.S. Approved for Noise and Vibration.
Darron Chin-Quee
Dr. Xin Qiu
Scott Penton
Jason Slusarczyk
Marcus Li
Dr. Brad Pridham
Bill Waechter
Tahrana Lovlin
Aaron Haniff
Craig Vatcher
Jenny Vesely
Dr. Fuquan Yang
Laura Clark
Shannon Testart
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external help file: Microsoft.Azure.Commands.MachineLearning.dll-Help.xml
Module Name: AzureRM.MachineLearning
online version: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/azurerm.machinelearning/add-azurermmlwebserviceregionalproperty
schema: 2.0.0
---
# Add-AzureRmMlWebServiceRegionalProperty
## SYNOPSIS
Creates regional web service properties.
## SYNTAX
```
Add-AzureRmMlWebServiceRegionalProperty -ResourceGroupName <String> -Name <String> -Region <String> [-Force]
[-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
```
## DESCRIPTION
Creates Azure Machine Learning regional properties for an existing web service.
## EXAMPLES
### Example 1: Add new regional properties for West Central US
```
Add-AzureRmMlWebServiceRegionalProperty -ResourceGroupName "myresourcegroup" -Name "mywebservicename" -Region westcentralus
```
This example command creates regional property for a web service in the "West Central US" region.
## PARAMETERS
### -DefaultProfile
The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with azure
```yaml
Type: Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Common.Authentication.Abstractions.IAzureContextContainer
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: AzureRmContext, AzureCredential
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```
### -Force
Do not ask for confirmation.
```yaml
Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```
### -Name
The name for the web service.
```yaml
Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False
```
### -Region
The region in which to create the web service properties.
```yaml
Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```
### -ResourceGroupName
The resource group in which the web service belongs.
```yaml
Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False
```
### -Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
```yaml
Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```
### -WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs.
The cmdlet is not run.
```yaml
Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```
### CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
## INPUTS
### System.String
## OUTPUTS
### Microsoft.Azure.Management.MachineLearning.WebServices.Models.WebService
## NOTES
Keywords: azure, azurerm, arm, resource, management, manager, machine, machine learning, azureml
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With the increasing competition in the realm of digital advertising, people are exposed to many ads on a single website. While some ads are obtrusively integrated into websites, some are masked together with content on the website. These are known as native advertising.
Unlike native advertising, pop-up ads interrupt with the users' reading flow. In most cases, prospects are less receptive to such ads that blatantly sell products, making it feel like it is being pushed down their throats. This is especially so when the ads are irrelevant and disrupts the website page from loading.
This frustrates the user as the ads make it difficult to view a web page in peace. Furthermore, with the common association that pop-up ads may lead to malware, there is a growing vexation towards pop-up ads. Hence, to remove such unwanted ads, many have resorted to installing ad blockers. In 2016, 24.4% of U.S. internet users use ad blockers and this number has vastly increased to 47%.
How then can advertisers attract potential buyers when consumers are blocking these ads?
One possible solution to get your message across is through native advertising. The main essence of native ads is that they're not supposed to look like ads. They fit well into the surrounding content and are often mistaken as normal content on a page unless labelled as an ad.
The most popular way that native ads are used is on social media, where users are most receptive. You can learn more about social media marketing here: How Social Media Ads Can Boost Your Digital Marketing Strategy
Apart from social media, Amazon is also playing a major role in the growth of native ads.
A research by eMarketer shows that native ads are expected to grow faster than the total U.S. display market. The amount spent on native ads in 2018 was about $32.9 billion, which is 58.3% of the total display ad spending. This number is expected to rise even further to $41.14 billion, accounting for 61.4% of the total ad spending in 2019.
They further explained in the report that 77% of all mobile display ad dollars will be spent on native ads and 96% on native social advertising. Evidently, native advertising is rising in popularity.
Advertisers can further leverage on native advertising by utilising user data. For instance, these native ads can be listed on sites that coincides with the users' interest, thereby bringing relevant ads to users and increasing the readers' interaction rate.
Your Competitors Are Online!
Differences between Web Push Notifications And App Push Notifications & How It Can Help Your Business
OC Digital Wins the Singapore Enterprise Medal of Honour Award (Top 100 SMEs)
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Where should I store a fire extinguisher?
When should I check my smoke detectors?
Check our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section for answers to these questions and more. If you have a specific question, please feel free to contact us. You may also schedule to have a representative of the fire department visit your campus location to provide guidance in fire safety related topics. Please contact us during normal business office to schedule that visit.
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Q: How to take backup of multiple DB in a specific point of time My test setup is having 3 databases in postgresql-9.6 instance, 2 DBs consumed by 2 live Web apps.
I am using pg_dump to take hot backup of all databases. In order to keep CPU load under threshold, backup script perform pg_dump in sequence.
pg_dump -U postgres -Fc <db-1> > <db-1>.dump
pg_dump -U postgres -Fc <db-2> > <db-2>.dump
pg_dump -U postgres -Fc <db-3> > <db-3>.dump
All three database share information like User details, Subscription, Task state, etc.
As the backup is taken in different time period, in the event of Data recovery, the database will end up with inconsistent data across all three DB. One of the DB size is 180GB+ and the dump time for this DB alone would take 30 min.
How to take backup of all databases from a specific time period.
I am not sure how to use the Snapshot feature in postgresql.
A: You can try using the --snapshot method (https://paquier.xyz/postgresql-2/postgres-9-5-feature-highlight-pg-dump-snapshots/), but it might be a bit more complicated than you'd like.
My personal recommendation is to create a cluster-wide backup with pg_basebackup (or a third-party app that basically does the same thing, like barman, pg_backrest, etc.)
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BUDE Refugee Support Group has announced that it has been granted permission to resettle a second family in Bude, making it the first community sponsorship group in the UK to be approved for this.
The announcement was made last week, and follows on from the charity's successful resettlement of the first Syrian refugee family earlier in the year, having been approved by the Home Office.
Bude Refugee Support Group, which includes members of the community from a range of backgrounds and occupations, and received charity status in January 2017, is delighted to be able to welcome a second refugee family to Bude, leading the way for people in Cornwall who would like to help those in need.
It is hoped that the second family will arrive early in the new year. Until then, the group is looking for donations of furniture, lampshades, curtains, cutlery, crockery and everything else needed to furnish a home for five people.
The group is continuing to send food, blankets, clothes and hygiene products abroad, where they are received by refugees who have made dangerous and tiresome journeys to escape conflict in their own country.
Speaking about the first family and their resettlement over the past year, Mary said: "The first family are settling in well. They are keen to contribute to our community, and in fact have already started doing this by volunteering in a local charity shop. The parents have regular English lessons and we can now communicate pretty well without an interpreter.
"The boys love football, training each week with Bude Junior Football Club. They've also been having swimming lessons. The eldest came back from school last week, very proudly showing us a certificate for having read 25 books.
Along with Bude Refugee Support Group's continuing plea for donations to be sent to the Calais refugee camps, others in the Post community are doing what they can to help. Bude-Stratton town councillor, Bob Willingham, and his wife Tanya are asking for people to come forward with donations of warm clothing and shoes for them to fill up their van for a trip to Calais, where they will deliver the donations.
In Launceston, the Launceston Refugee Support Group, which was formed in January and has received support and advice from the Bude group, has been raising money to apply for charity commission status. It recently held a wine and wisdom evening, which managed to get it to the £5,000 needed to apply for this status. With its next meeting taking place today (Thursday), the Launceston group is also hosting a Christmas wreath making event and lunch tomorrow (Friday) as well as Christmas carols in the Square soon.
Bude RNLI lifeguard, Richie Heard, is currently spending time in Lesvos, Greece, rescuing people who have made their way there following conflict at home. Just recently, Richie and others from Refugee Rescue saved 18 people from wave-lashed rocks, including 13 adults and five children, two of which were babies.
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New Staff Appointments: Dr Kwabena Obeng Asiama
Thu 11 Nov 2021
Dr Kwabena Obeng Asiama
Dr. Kwabena Obeng Asiama joins the Department as a lecturer from the Geodetic Institute of the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany, where he was a lecturer and leader of the Land and Real Estate Management Working Group.
Kwabena received his PhD and MSc from the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente with a focus on Land Administration. He completed BSc Land Economy at KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.
Kwabena's research interests span real estate valuation (with a focus on 3D cadastres, large-scale land acquisitions, and areas without land markets and unregistered lands), land governance, as well as innovative approaches to land administration and land management activities on customary lands of the Global South.
In 2018, Kwabena received the FIG-Survey Review Prize at the XXVI FIG Congress. He was also named one of the 40 under 40 motivated and accomplished young surveying professionals by the xyHt magazine.
Kwabena is currently the Chair of the International Federation of Surveyor's Young Surveyors Network (FIG-YSN), and Chair-elect of the FIG Commission 8 on Spatial Planning and Development (2023-2026). He is also a member of the editorial and review boards of Taylor and Francis Survey Review, and MDPI Land respectively. He is also serves as a regular Guest Editor with MDPI Land.
Kwabena is also a professional member of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors and a member of the German Society for Geodesy, Geoinformation, and Land Management.
Join us welcome Dr Kwabena Obeng Asiama back to the Department.
Dr Kenneth Donkor-Hyiaman wins the 'Most Promising Senior Member' awards at the 2nd CABE Excellence Awards
Behavioural finance, property values and housing conversion in Urban Ghana
Corporate Real Estate Management and Bank Profitability
Digital Models for Planning and Disaster Management
New Staff Appointments: Professor Anthony Owusu-Ansah
Alumnus of the Month - October 2021
New research publication on local land market dynamics by Dr Joseph Kidido
Dr-Ing Emmanuel Gavu voted Vice Chair of the AfRES West African Chapter
Alumnus of the Month - August 2021
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Ⱬ (minuscule : ⱬ), appelé Z cramponné, est un graphème qui était utilisé dans l'écriture de l'ouïghour de 1960 à 1984 lorsque celui-ci utilisait l'alphabet latin, il représentait le même son que la lettre arabe ژ, le .
Il s'agit de la lettre Z diacritée d'un crampon.
Utilisation
Représentations informatiques
Le Z cramponné peut être représenté avec les caractères Unicode suivants (latin étendu C) :
Bibliographie
Lorna A. Priest, Proposal to Encode Additional Latin Orthographic Characters for Uighur Latin Alphabet, 2005
Voir aussi
Écriture latine
Z (lettre)
Crampon (diacritique)
Lettre Z diacritée
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Cosmetic dental care both boosts your self-confidence and gives you a healthy and beautiful smile. Seeing a dentist who cares about the health and function of your smile as well as your overall well-being, ensures that your cosmetic enhancements will complement your ideal oral health.
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UK does a U-turn, backs soccer star's child hunger campaign
Posted: Nov 8, 2020 / 05:23 AM CST / Updated: Nov 8, 2020 / 06:40 AM CST
FILE – In this Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020 file photo, Manchester United player Marcus Rashford visits FareShare Greater Manchester at New Smithfield Market, Manchester, England. The British government has made another U-turn and now says it will provide free meals to disadvantaged children over upcoming holidays. That follows a hugely popular campaign to fight child hunger by Manchester United soccer star Marcus Rashford. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson phoned the 23-year-old striker after his team's Premier League victory over Everton on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 to inform him of the decision. (Mark Waugh/FareShare via AP, File)
LONDON (AP) — The British government has made another abrupt about-face and now says it will provide free meals to disadvantaged children in England over the upcoming holidays following a hugely popular child hunger campaign by soccer star Marcus Rashford.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson phoned the 23-year-old Manchester United striker after his team's Premier League victory over Everton on Saturday to inform him of the government's decision to spend 170 million pounds ($220 million) in extra funding to support needy families over the coming year.
"Following the game today, I had a good conversation with the prime minister to better understand the proposed plan, and I very much welcome the steps that have been taken to combat child food poverty in the U.K.," Rashford said. His petition demanding the Conservative government pay for free school meals for disadvantaged students over the holidays attracted more than 1 million signatures.
The money will be handed to local authorities by December in time to support families over Christmas, many of whom are facing financial difficulties due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Rashford, who has eloquently spoken about his own childhood experiences of relying on free school lunches and food banks, said the steps taken will improve the lives of nearly 1.7 million children in the U.K. over the next 12 months, "and that can only be celebrated."
Rashford said he was "so proud" of those who backed his campaign against child hunger and that he was "overwhelmed by the outpouring of empathy and understanding."
It's the second time this year that Rashford has forced the government to change its policies. In June, it agreed to keep funding meals for poor students over the summer holidays after initially resisting.
The new money will pay for the COVID Winter Grant Scheme to support families over Christmas while the Holiday Activities and Food program will be extended to cover the Easter, summer and Christmas breaks in 2021.
As part of the package, Healthy Start payments, which help expectant mothers and those on low incomes with young children buy fresh fruit and vegetables, are to rise from 3.10 pounds to 4.25 pounds ($3.61 to $4.94) a week beginning in April 2021.
"We want to make sure vulnerable people feel cared for throughout this difficult time and, above all, no one should go hungry or be unable to pay their bills this winter," said Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey.
The new money comes a month after the Conservative government failed to back a motion from the opposition Labour Party to extend free school meals.
Labour's education spokesperson, Kate Green, accused the government of "incompetence and intransigence" for waiting until after the October fall school break to make the announcement, and of creating "needless and avoidable hardship for families across the country."
Businesses and local governments stepped into the breach following the government's failure to pay for free school meals in October.
England's children's commissioner, Anne Longfield, welcomed the government's announcement Sunday but called on it to "go further" with benefit payments.
"Hunger does not take a holiday when schools close and a long-term solution to the growing number of children in poverty is urgently required," she said.
Anna Taylor, executive director of the Food Foundation thinktank, also welcomed the government's change of heart, saying it was a "big win" for disadvantaged children. But she said the government needs to help another 1.7 million poor students who miss out on free school lunches because the qualifying income is set far too low.
"Children's food poverty, like the pandemic, will not go away until we have a lasting solution in place," she said.
Follow all of AP's coronavirus pandemic coverage at http://apnews.com/VirusOutbreakand https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak
More Weird News Stories
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Supreme court has overturned a man's bank robbery conviction because of a prosecutor's reference to a classic horror movie.
During closing arguments in the case against Damon Williams, the prosecutor showed jurors a photo from the movie "The Shining" depicting a character played by Jack Nicholson telling his terrified wife and son, "Here's Johnny!" moments after breaking through a door with an axe.
CINCINNATI (AP) — A northern Kentucky couple celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary by getting their first coronavirus vaccine shot.
Noel "Gene" Record, 93, and Virginia Record, 91, were among the first patients in Cincinnati to be vaccinated Tuesday under Ohio's Phase 1B, WLWT-TVreported. Initial vaccinations went to health care workers.
BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — A car thief who found a toddler in the backseat of a stolen vehicle drove back and chastised the mother for leaving the child unattended before taking off again, police in Oregon said.
The woman went into a grocery store about 15 feet (5 yards) from the car Saturday, leaving her 4-year-old child inside with the engine running and the vehicle unlocked, said Beaverton police spokesman Officer Matt Henderson.
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CASB (pronounced /kas-bee/) is the acronym for Cloud Access Security Broker. CASB is an emerging security technology that complements existing security solutions such as NextGen Firewalls (NG-FW), DLP, DPI and others. CASB addresses the issues that arise when companies start using cloud-based applications and data is no longer contained inside company boundaries.
Consider the following example: Your organisation has just decided to start using Box.com to share files and support global collaboration. Compliancy rules such as GDPR prohibit you to share personal data in your organisation outside of certain regions. Also, it is very easy - mistakenly or maliciously -to share a file with Box users outside of your organisation or with anyone on the Internet. Your NG-FW will not prevent specific data from being uploaded to Box.com as access to Box.com has been marked as a sanctioned business application. DLP functionality is limited in that it will drop or allow the transmission based on a rule set, not taking into account who is allowed access to the content from Box.com.
Access to certain data on the internal network from the outside can easily be blocked with a Firewall, but what if that data is no longer on the internal network? Issues like this limit the adaptation of cloud technologies and could force companies to continually have to support a limited amount of IT infrastructure and applications in-house. How much will vary per region, per business segment and with changing legislation.
Using a CASB solution can help overcome these concerns and enable a cloud-based IT approach without limiting its extent. Infradata's networking, cloud and SD-WAN expertise help you choose and design the best solution for your organisation, either as a managed service or as a solution that you operate yourself.
A CASB solution, like a Firewall, must sit between the origin and the destination of the data that needs protecting. Similar to a Firewall this can be an appliance between the trusted and untrusted parts of the network, on the end point (like Windows Firewall) or in the Cloud (as a service).
Each method has its drawbacks and advantages in terms of what it can achieve, how scalable it is and how complex it is to manage.
What can CASB do for my organisation?
CASB can give insights into what data is leaving your perimeter and where it is sent to. Reports include information about who (user) sent what (content type, format, keywords) where. When expanded with policies, it can also prevent data from leaving the perimeter or only allow it to be sent to specific destinations and formats (encrypted, tokenised).
Consider the Box.com example again. The CASB device or software will sit between the client and the Box cloud. As the connection to Box is using a secure TLS connection, it will need to intercept the data before it is encrypted or act as a man-in-the-middle and intercept the TLS connection with a company trusted certificate. Data sent to Box is then monitored. When a file that is marked as confidential or containing social security numbers (or other sensitive information) is detected it will interrupt the connection and log the event. A CASB solution can also be set up to encrypt the data that leaves the perimeter. This is different from data transport encryption such as SSL. The data is encrypted on the CASB and forwarded (via TLS) to the cloud where it is stored in its encrypted format. Only when the data is retrieved via the CASB will it be decrypted again before being delivered to the user. Stolen credentials or direct access from the Internet only gives access to the encrypted data.
Because of its ability to encrypt data stored in the cloud, CASB can also help achieve GDPR compliance. Encrypted data for which the keys are not stored outside the EU does not fall under GDPR regulations, so you don't need to worry about the compliancy of your Cloud provider and how they manage or access your data. Some CASB solutions have additional specific SaaS applications. Similar to being able to check the sharing settings for Box.com, some CASBs allow you to set rules for applications like SalesForce.com to always encrypt fields containing credit card, DoB and social security numbers. When accessing the data from outside the organisation, only non-sensitive information fields can be read.
As the Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) market grows more diverse and more competitive, you may be wondering whether a CASB would bring significant benefits to your organization's cloud security. The short answer is that like any other technology, CASBs aren't created equal. Capabilities vary, and so does effectiveness. Here are the top three benefits that the best CASBs can bring to your enterprise.
Infradata has 13 years' experience of deploying and managing security solutions. We can help you asses your current level of security and how the use of cloud applications exposes your organisation to new threats. We can advise if and how a CASB solution can limit these threats. Infradata can help you to select the best CASB solution for you. This can be a Proxy-, Cloud- or Agent based solution. We can also assist you in the implementation to ensure that the policies on the CASB are aligned with the compliancy rules that your organisation must adhere to.
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If you are a newcomer to the fantastic world of vaping, this is a great kit to get you started! You will receive one bottle of Harmony CBD Classic Mint and one of the best-selling e-cigarette apparatus, the Joyetech eGO AIO, which will enhance the amazing flavor of the Mint CBD e-juice.
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Carolyne entered her first grooming competition ! MASTERGROOM took place in Calgary this weekend. Yesterday Carolyne place FIRST in the intermediate category. This was a big win for Carolyne as she has never competed in this type of competition before.
Her model was "MIA" CAN. CH. LUVIT DALNAVERT AWESOME TROPICAL STORM. Great teamwork girls. CONGRATULATIONS ! Mia is owned by Barb Downes and Linda Ross.
Maggie is owned and cared for by Barb Sutyla.
These are some pics that were taken at Dapper Dogs after Maggie was groomed yesterday.
Thx to Bernice Lucas for breeding such beautiful Bichons.
A SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND FOR ROBBIE AND CAROLYNE IN THE RALLY INTERMEDIATE RING..
Our most decorated Bichon "ROBBIE" is back home after a fun filled few months travelling North America as a grooming competition dog for Michelle Skinner from Calgary. Hight light of his travels was , of course, Las Vegas. Last weekend , to show the fact that he is still very much one of Canada's top show dogs AM & CAN GRAND CHAMPION EXCELLENT LUVIT DALNAVERT A MOVADO SPORTIVO CGN RN won a GROUP 2 at the Alberta Kennel Club show and was pulled out amongst the top 6 in group numerous times.
Here it is the middle of summer. Our Grand daughter will be 1 years old at the end of August. The weather has been a hot one.
Our older grandkids have been in the pool almost every day. AC has been running daily..... the electrical bill be a high one !
IT HAS BEEN AWHILE.......HAPPY CANADA DAY !
It has been a busy time at Dalnavert. Winter was challenging, Grand kids had to get to activities and Dog Shows were entered.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas from Dalnavert and Luvit Bichon Frise.
DECEMBER , a festive time at Dalnavert Kennels.
This is TAZ, owned by Marie and Gary Shewchuck. Picture taken by Melanie Kreker.
NEW CHAMPION FOR DALNAVERT KENNELS !
CONGRATULATIONS to Kim Jenkins on "MOLLY'S" championship.
Great Job .... Robbie now has 2 Canadian champion off spring and 1 American champion.
Robbie is currently in Belgium at the World's grooming competition with Team Canada.
Groomer and care giver for this competition is Annie Williams. Well Done !
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package eu.ivoanastacio.bookmanager.api;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import io.dropwizard.jackson.Jackson;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import java.util.Arrays;
import static io.dropwizard.testing.FixtureHelpers.*;
import static org.fest.assertions.api.Assertions.assertThat;
public class BookTest
{
private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = Jackson.newObjectMapper();
private Book book;
@Before
public void setup() throws Exception
{
book = new Book();
book.setId( "lala" );
book.setName( "test book" );
book.setGenre( "Drama" );
book.setPublishYear( 1999 );
book.setSubmittedYear( 1998 );
book.setTags( Arrays.asList( "economy", "finance" ) );
}
@Test
public void serializesToJSON() throws Exception
{
assertThat( MAPPER.writeValueAsString( book ) ).isEqualTo( fixture( "fixtures/book.json" ) );
}
@Test
public void deserializesFromJSON() throws Exception
{
assertThat( MAPPER.readValue( fixture( "fixtures/book.json" ), Book.class ) ).isEqualTo( book );
}
}
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The 18-hole "Saxon Woods" course at the Saxon Woods Golf Course facility in Scarsdale, New York features 6,293 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 70.2 and it has a slope rating of 122. Designed by Joe Witon, the Saxon Woods golf course opened in 1931.
This promotion is made available through GolfNow. Groupon is not affiliated with or sponsored by Saxon Woods Golf Course in connection with this offer.
Purchaser name provided at checkout will be shared with GolfNow and Saxon Woods Golf Course to fulfill order.
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Aircon Unit Fan Mode Vs Dry Mode: 1 Main Difference
Fan Mode vs Dry Mode: What's the difference?
Technology helps in the invention of products that improve the lives of many people. The aircon unit is a concept that helps people live comfortably in houses and business premises. For instance, it saves lives by regulating the heat levels during summer. Also, people with aircon units help purify and improve the air they breathe. Additionally, they keep off insects and parasites from getting into the house.
People can also live comfortably and work efficiently without having too much heat within the room. People can even sleep well when they turn on the aircon unit when the heat levels rise. Aircon units that regulate humidity allow for the perseveration of furniture. Manufacturers produce aircon units that operate on different modes such as the cold, dry, and fan modes depending on their needs. The article will review the fan and dry modes in aircon units.
Fan Mode
The aircon unit allows switching between different modes depending on prevailing circumstances. The fan mode runs despite switching between dry and cool specifications. The fan circles to spread air within the room. The fan mode does not have an inbuilt compressor, which saves on energy consumption. The fan mode is suitable for all seasons and is cheaper than aircon units operating on the other inputs.
Dry Mode
First, the dry system is the preferred aircon unit purchased by many homeowners living in high humidity levels. This mode of aircon unit helps function by activation of all parts. The aircon unit absorbs the air from the room and filters the extra humidity from it. The compressor then releases the air that is dry to the room. The remote allows the people to customize the experience. The remote controls the cycling of the compressor levels depending on the humidity levels.
Furthermore, the aircon unit requires regular maintenance to function correctly. The sensor within the aircon unit detects whether the house has attained the desired temperatures and turns off the aircon unit. The automation of the dry mode allows for the humidity not to drop to lower levels than expected. Also, the switch enables the conservation of energy used to make the aircon unit run. More so, the fan within the aircon unit continues to run, allowing better circulation of the air. If the owner sets a lower humidity, the system will run for a longer time.
Therefore the use aircon unit allows people to get comfortable in enclosed spaces. They filter humidity and impurities from the air. They allow people to survive, even in extreme heat conditions. More so, the different modes allow for the maximum customization of the heat and humid levels. The dry customized aircon unit enables people to regulate the amount of moisture in the air they breathe. On the other hand, the fan mode is cheaper and allows for better air circulation within the rooms. The remote control enables people to manage the fan's cycles and the desired level of humidity.
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THE SOLOMON NOAR BRANCH
Near 1871, Solomon Noar (13) immigrated to America from Russia. On March 28, 1883 he married Sarah Jaffe in NYC. He was involved in the quilt business in Philadelphia in the 1880's where his first 2 children were born. After that he owned a fish store in NYC. According to listings in the city directory and his children's birth records, his name was actually Joseph Solomon Noar. He mostly went by Solomon. They had 5 children:
Harold (Herman) (b 1883)
Mabel (b 1886)
Bertha (b 1890)
Josephine (b 1892)
Abraham S (b 1895)
1. Harold Noar
Harold was a policeman in NYC. He started a youth group for kids around the police theme. He ended up as a salesman for a company that sold ready to wear dresses, traveling all over the country.
Harold married Carolyn Rosenthal. They met when Harold was delivering fish for his mother's fish store. One day he delivered fish to the Rosenthal family. The daughter, Carolyn, met him at the front door. She told him that he can't deliver it to the front like that! He had to bring it to the back. They ended up getting married. They had 4 children: Bernice, Sylvan Robert, Clarice, and Gertrude.
Bernice, Clarice, Harold and Carolyn Noar
- Bernice Noar married Harold Rogers and had a son David.
- Sylvan Noar went by his middle name Robert. He worked in the clothing industry. In
college he wanted to be a musician and played the trumpet. However, his father
disapproved of him playing in the dance bands in college so he stopped. He thought about
medicine but his sister, who was studying to be a doctor, took him up to her anatomy lab one
day and that ended those aspirations. Robert attended Temple U.
When he was young, Robert bought an old Model A Ford for $25. He was riding along 32nd
street in NY with his cousin, Stanley, when he was hit broadside. His arm was hurt and
bleeding. Robert asked the guy who hit him to take him to the hospital. The guy refused
because he did not want to get blood in his car. He made it to the hospital anyway and got
stitched up.
Robert married Olga Filipovich n 1945. He met her while visiting the factory where Olga was
the manager's secretary. Robert looked at her and said "That is the girl I am going to marry."
They had 2 children: Richard and William.
- Richard Noar married Diane Agrue and have 6 children Matthew, Faith, Joy, Michael,
Timothy, and Bethany.
- Matthew is married to Carrie Johnson
- Faith married Daniel Smith and have a daughter Hannah born in Oct., 1999.
- William married Pamela Lee Moare and resides in Japan with their 4 children Ruth,
Laurel, Lydia, and Jonathan.
Robert and Olga Noar
(l-r) Jonathan, Lydia, Ruth, Laurel, Pamela and William
- Clarice Noar married Robert Rivenburgh and had a son Robert who died the summer before
he was to go to college. He was in a park near home and had climbed a pole. At the top he
touched live electric wires and was killed.
- Gertrude Noar married Charles Chalmers and had 2 children, Susan and Joel.
Gertrude Noar
2. Mabel Noar
Mabel was mentally retarded and cared for by her family.
3. Bertha Noar
Bertha worked as a nurse.
4. Josephine Noar
Josephine was very extroverted and married Irving Moskowitz.
5. Abraham S. Noar
Abraham married Belle Blum in 1926. Belle said she and fiance Abe went to Abe's cousin,
Joseph Noar from the Yudel branch, who had a diamond business in NY to get an
engagement ring. This cousin said "Abe, don't worry, I'll make your girl a beautiful ring" and it
was beautiful. Abraham operated the Electrol Oil Heating Inc. in Patterson, N.J.
They had 2 children, Stanley and Bette Lee.
- Stanley married Arlene Flack and had 2 children, Lisa and Brian.
- Bette Lee married Donald Brady and had 2 children, Scott and Donna.
Abraham and Belle Noar with children Bette Lee and Stanley in 1935 outside Electrol Oil Heating.
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Geoff Pevere is one of Canada's leading pop culture commentators and movie critics. The former host of CBC Radio's groundbreaking Prime Time program, he is also the co-author of the national bestseller Mondo Canuck: A Canadian Pop Culture Odyssey. Currently a movie columnist with the Globe and Mail, he was a movie critic with the Toronto Star for ten years, a TV host with TVOntario and Rogers Television and a lecturer on film and media. His other books include Toronto on Film and Donald Shebib's Goin' Down the Road.
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We packaged up a few containers and drove to the appointed meeting spot, a parking lot.
Then I thought about the customer calling us directly, unwilling to wait till morning. That's saying something about the product.
A car pulls up a few spots away and flashes its lights. It must be him. I get out and carry the package over. He hands me some money, thanks me, and drives off.
But, I never thought I'd be delivering our gourmet rice pudding in the middle of the night.
What's one thing you never thought you'd do in your business?
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Petricon war eine kleine spanische Volumeneinheit für Flüssigkeiten, insbesondere für Wein und Branntwein, in Katalonien.
1 Petricon = 0,2355 Liter (= 0,2371 Liter nach )
Die Maßkette war
1 Carga = 4 Barilons = 8 Mallals = 16 Cortans/Quartans = 32 Cortins/Quartins = 128 Mitadellas/Porrones = 512 Petricons = 120,56 Liter
Literatur
Eduard Döring: Handbuch der Münz-, Wechsel-, Maß- und Gewichtskunde. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1854, S. 115.
E. S. Winslow: The Foreign and Domestic Commercial Calucator. Verlag des Autors, Boston 1868, S. 41.
Johann Friedrich Krüger: Vollständiges Handbuch der Münzen, Maße und Gewichte aller Länder der Erde. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg/Leipzig 1830, S. 37.
Einzelnachweise
Altes Maß oder Gewicht (Spanien)
Volumeneinheit
Weinmaß (Spanien)
Hohlmaß (Branntwein)
Lebensmittelmaß (Spanien)
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A ballet performance for ballet-lover Princess Elisabeth on her 18th birthday
As part of the official celebrations to mark Crown Princess Elisabeth's 18th birthday those invited to celebrate with the Princess were treated to a performance of 'Carmen Suite' by the Antwerp Royal Ballet School. The piece is based on Georges Bizet's opera 'Carmen'.
Princess Elisabeth clearly enjoyed the performance. For many years the woman that will become Belgium's first female Head of State has followed classical and modern dance lessons. A surprise touch at the end of the performance was a flash mob featuring Victor Polster, the actor that plays the transgender character Laura in the film 'Girl'.
New site launched to help non-native speakers with their written Dutch
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The Android security issues are often heard in the news. If you are an Android user, then you should consider the various security threats that have surfaced. The process of securing phone is not very complicated or expensive – you don't have to spend a lot of money!
If you want to secure your Android device, then here are the most important tips you need to take.
For the sake of feasibility, many users often save their passwords on online services and sites. Never think of doing this with your device because you may lose all of your personal details, once an unknown person gains access to your phone. Remember to avoid saving passwords while performing online purchase or doing online banking.
If you are jelly bean user, you can enhance your security by using an inbuilt screen lock. There are different sort of screen lock options on your Android phones like password, pin, pattern, and face-recognition. When setting pin or passwords in your phones, make sure that the strength of your password must be strong enough that the hacker won't be able to guess it right.
If you have lost your device or someone has stolen it, then app lock will provide the second layer of security. There is much private information on everyone's phone and nobody wants to share it with anyone. App lock is the best option because you can secure each of your application.
Securing a network is one of the most important steps in Android security. Whenever you do online shopping or online banking, avoid using public wi-fi because these public networks can sniff out your packets and can translate your hidden information e.g. your account passwords.
Install a mobile security app that can manage your security issues. Find an app that is suitable for your device e.g outlook security and antivirus and avast! Mobile security. But installing a mobile security app doesn't mean you have to guard down as Android malware is getting stronger day by day and always there to corrupt your data.
If your device is being used by multiple users like your kids, siblings, and spouse, then multiple user accounts are the best way to protect your privacy.
Preparing a back up of your data means that you have stored your information for the long run. Now, at any point, if you ever lost your phone or it's being stolen, you can restore your Android device back to its original state.
Tip# 08. Use Remote Wipe Option.
So, at this point when you have installed app lock, antivirus and all other necessary security apps and ready to begin. But, still- one last feature left – the feature to clear out your data remotely. This is one of the most important features, especially for lost or stolen devices.
Hope these tips help you to protect your device from security issues.
Kellim Worthington is a blog writer at Assignment help London; she lives in the UK with her family. She also writes articles on every new update of technology. She has all the perfect skills of writing.
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An Original Equipment Manufacturer is any company whose products are used as components in another company's product or by an end user. The OEM will generally work closely with the company that sells the finished product (often called a "value-added reseller" or VAR) and customize the designs based on the VAR's needs. Del Val Controls has a long history of working with OEMs from a number of different industry segments to add value to their products. We represent manufacturers of quality products in both the process and instrumentation fields whom we work diligently with in order to offer the most competitive prices. Where we excel is in providing those products on time to meet our customers' often-constrained requirements. We see ourselves as an integral partner in the customer's supply chain.
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