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BkiUe4o5qsFCiE6UexEr | When used on the ground, redstone dust will lay redstone wire. It's also used to craft items that work with redstone circuits and increase the potency of several potions.
Since players accumulate quite a bit of redstone dust, it is often times used to lay a "cookie trail".
Redstone torches provide constant power in redstone circuits, and act as an inverter, or NOT-gate.They also provide soft light (level 7).
Redstone Repeaters can extend the current of a redstone wire beyond the 15 block limit, or to delay the incoming signal.
Used to dispense or shoot objects, depending on what is put inside.
Plays a note when hit or when powered by a redstone circuit.
The compass will point to your last spawn point. Straight up means straight ahead.
Acts as a brake or an accelerator to minecarts that pass through it. It is powered by redstone wire.
Used exactly like a pressure plate. It sends a redstone signal when a minecart passes over it to all adjacent blocks.
Pistons are used to push between 1 and 12 adjacent blocks forward 1 space. It can also push players, mobs and many objects (specifically, "entities"). Sticky pistons can be used to push OR PULL a single block 1 space. Pistons can also block the flow of fluids when extended.
Redstone blocks are compacted blocks can be used as a redstone power source.
Redstone Ore is somewhat common at levels 1 to 19 and appears in veins of 2 to 6 blocks. Use an iron or diamond pickaxe to mine. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUfsbxK7kjXMEc_fkU | Jay and Ricky ring in the New Year with the first Cash Considerations pod of 2019. The calendar may have flipped, but the Bulls looked very similar in an ugly loss to the Magic to start off 2019. We talk about Wendell Carter Jr.'s minutes, the struggling offense and give our 2019 Bulls Resolutions. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUcFHxaL3Suhgbkb1W | Echuca Regional Health is a public hospital in the port town of Echuca-Moama, located approximately two and a half hours drive north of Melbourne on the Murray River. The hospital provides a range of services including acute, emergency, primary care, aged care, and community health to the people in the Shire of Campaspe (Victoria) and Murray Shire (New South Wales) areas.
These reports show monthly and year-to-date (YTD) funding and payments for the Echuca Regional Health. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbB85jDKDyE8-Ki3A | Business News›News›Politics and Nation›What exactly is the 'Model Code Of Conduct'?
Controversy has erupted over political parties across the length and breadth of the country brazenly violating the Election Commission's (EC) Model Code of Conduct (MCC). What exactly is the model code of conduct? | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdwY5qsFAfoQ6RteA | Inland Erosion Control approaches erosion control projects with an onsite evaluation, and a consultation with you to review your erosion and sediment control plans and ensure the use of BMPs in economical ways. Then, we provide, install, maintain, and remediate all structural and vegetative BMPs. Lastly, we conduct site inspections to review BMP performance, and ensure that all erosion control work is in full compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
This is a very economical method of spraying a wetted mixture of groundcover seeds, mulch, fertilizer, and tackifier on bare hillsides and slopes to hold it in place until the ground cover germinates and matures. IEC maintains a fleet of Finn hydroseeders for installation of seeds, BFM (Bonded Fiber Matrix), wood fiber, mulch, and SFM (Stabilized Fiber Matrix) products from all leading manufacturers.
Straw blankets provide temporary ground cover in channels and on slopes while the permanent vegetation germinates and matures. They also provide seed protection, moisture retention, slope protection, and water velocity reduction. These blankets come in different grades to accommodate various lengths, pitches, and water velocities. IEC can help you select the best blanket for your needs.
Straw wattles are used as sediment barriers designed to temporarily prevent sediment sheet flow from leaving a job site, and slow storm water runoff so sediment deposits at the wattles. IEC can provide and install straw wattles to effectively control your erosion challenges.
Properly filled and placed sandbags are often used to redirect storm and debris flow away from land improvements. Inland Erosion can help you with all aspects of this economical, temporary erosion control method.
Silt fencing is one of the most common sediment barriers. It comes in various grades that are designed for different areas being protected, estimated flow rates, and the duration of your project. Wire reinforcement and steel posts can be used in critical areas. Inland Erosion can help you select the best silt fencing for your project.
IEC provides all materials and labor needed to implement an effective SWPPP following best management practices (BMPs) for residential or commercial construction sites from vegetative solutions to poly rock gravel bags, straw wattles, straw blankets, silt fences, and construction entrances.
Inland Erosion delivers an ideal solution for developers and contractors looking for a cost effective and fully compliant method of dealing with onsite concrete washout.
For more details about the IEC concrete washout system, click here.
Inland Erosion provides street sweeping services for developers on daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance programs. We also specialize in sweeping services for dirt hauling operations.
IEC has a fleet of water trucks driven by professionals who specialize in helping developers comply with dust control requirements. Our water truck services meet or exceed state air quality control standards.
Inland Erosion provides 40-yard and 10-yard roll off container services to developers and homeowners for trash collection and removal.
IEC provides residential developers 3-yard tilt hopper trash containers with secured lids to help eliminate and reduce trash pollution from job sites, helping to satisfy an erosion control maintenance issue.
IEC maintains a full staff of more than 15 maintenance crews to help sustain and maintain continual cleanup of construction sites for developers on an ongoing basis to help reduce storm water quality infractions.
If youd like to learn more about the best erosion control or site maintenance solution for your project, contact an IEC specialist. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUefLxK0zjCxh74gtJ | Located in Limerick's Georgian Quarter, No.1 Pery Square has that gorgeous old time feel inside & out. It's elegant, bright interior is great for photos as well as the Georgian facade. You're not far from the idyllic river Shannon, for some gorgeous scenic photos, so you have the best of both worlds! | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUeeo5qoTAi5Vb6xh1 | The Diabetes Education Program presents "Colour My Plate" – Free Cooking Classes for individuals with Pre-diabetes or Type 2 Diabetes.
Space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register, please call 416-787-1661 ext. 3301. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUd1E4dbjiVCB-ErEw | Hello everyone! I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and a wonderful New Years!! My Holiday season was wonderful! I have a couple New Years goals for this year, and I am excited to see which ones come to fruition. Speaking of the Holidays! Two weeks ago was my birthday!! Woot Woot!! This January 4th, I turned 24 years old! Twenty-freaking-four years old! Crazy how life goes by so fast! If you would've asked me a year ago if I thought my life would be how it is today- woah, I wouldn't believe you! I love where I am at in life, and who I am doing life with! Happiest 24th!
I wanted to do something fun and quirky, so I am going to share 24 facts about me with you! Here we go!
I have been to Iceland twice, two consecutive years in a row in pure winter aka February. Will definitely be returning!
I have a handsome boyfriend, whom I have known since we were like 10 years old. He is the funniest person I know and the most hard working person.
I have a Corgi named Lady and she is 15 years old.
My boyfriend has a stud of a German Sherpard and I am terribly allergic to him. Like sneezing, hives, puffy eyes. This is when I learned that I am so allergic to dogs. However, I want a hypoallergenic Labradooddle in the future!
I think sloths are so ugly and that makes them so freaking cute! Literally obsessed with them.
I had always dreamed about going back to California (dream realized this past Summer of 2017!) When I got there I knew I had to move there. So I planned to move to Ventura, CA by the end of January 2018. I had everything set up and ready to go. Once I got back home to Florida, my world was changed completely and beautifully. California holds such a dear place in my heart, and I know I will return. Maybe not to live but surly to visit many more times.
I was born in Puerto Rico, and moved to Florida when I was about 4 years old.
Spanish is my first language, with English being my second. I speak both the same amount.
My natural hair color is dark brown and extremely curly- thanks Puerto Rican genes. However, thanks to my mom who is a hairstylist, I do the Keratin treatment to my hair about 1-2x a year and dye my hair blonde about every 3-4 weeks.
My boyfriend and I have a Disney World annual pass and we go about every week and if not, every other week. Needless to say we are huge Mickey & Minnie fans!
My name means rose in Russian.
I graduated this past year from university with my Bachelors in Nursing (BSN) and I am on the road to become a neonatal registered nurse.
Rose to Roses was started in a college dorm, during one of the hardest times in my life. Now looking back I am proud of the brave heart I had then, and only wish to listen to that brave heart more often.
I care about the little things. My love language is quality time and words of affirmation.
A few of my go-to scents are the following: Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue, Be Delicious by DKNY, Viva La Juicy, Seeby Chloe.
If I could pick 6 makeup items that I can't live without it would be: Mascara, Eyeliner, Concealer, lipstick/chapstick, tinted moisturizer/foundation, and moisturizer.
My perfect everyday outfit would consist of a pair of high waisted jeans (need these!), a tee shirt, booties, leather backpack or my Rebecca Minkoff purse, pearl studs, rings, and my Daniel Wellington Watch.
I am 5 feet and 0 inches tall.
My vision is brutally terrible. My glasses lens look like a magnifying glass, with how thick they are, ask my friends lol. I wear contacts lenses eveytime I am not seen with my glasses, because without them I can not see anything but beautiful blurs of colors and outlines.
I learned that God will not give you what you want, when you want it. But He will give you what you need, at His special and precise timing. J, is pretty much everything that I needed and everything that I thought I wanted and more. God always supersedes our needs and expectations because He loves us so much.
I am very good at saving, but lately have been terrible at it. One of my goals for 2018 is to go back to being better at it.
Rose to Roses, is my baby and my space to express myself, and pushes me to be the most creative I can be. This year I vouch to be more present, give more, and be more transparent.
I am a sucker for romantic comedies and action comedies. I am also known for memorizing the words to movies.
Hope you enjoyed these facts and got to know me a little better! | c4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUftg5qhLB0AM-faTY | The ninth version of Minecraft Infdev was released on April 13, 2010.
Big trees from Paul Spooner's script have been added.
The world generator has been updated to include sand and gravel.
Arrows no longer spawn mobs upon hitting blocks.
Blocks can no longer be placed in the same space as the player.
Placing torches and flowers crashes the game. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUfHs5qhLBjuJj-Gpn | Monday, this world lost a treasured soul. We lost an optimistic, caring, hardworking and tenacious woman.
Katie French began working with The Sheridan Press in December 2016. She joined our team as a marketing specialist and hit the ground running with enthusiasm and heart. She believed fully in what she was doing and what we are doing at The Press.
She immediately brought new ideas to the table. Beyond that, she brought energy; she brought friendship; she brought a willingness to shake things up. She brought the capacity to make every individual feel vital.
Katie quickly made friends in the organization. She always had kind words to share and words of encouragement for her colleagues. She nearly single-handedly strengthened the culture of our business in the early months of her tenure at the newspaper.
She made that big of a difference, then just a couple of months into her time at The Press received a diagnosis in early 2017 that shook us all. How could such a strong, bold woman face such a challenge? Well, she faced it the same way she faced everything — with hope, positivity and determination.
She worked through it all with a smile on her face. If you asked how she was feeling, she patiently answered despite how difficult it must have been to repeat over and over again. The well-meaning question often served as a reminder of her challenges, but Katie never flinched. She smiled and explained. She smiled and never let anyone know the worry, fear or pain she had to be feeling. Katie constantly sought to make everyone around her feel at ease. She sought to ensure everyone around her was OK.
When she couldn't continue business as usual, Katie switched to part time but continued to contribute to our team in ways that cannot be measured but outlast any tangible objects or gains.
Then, she knew she couldn't work anymore. We knew it too.
Her affect on our team has never diminished. Her spirit and perseverance will live on in our newsroom, on our production floor and within our front office. We spoke of her often and will continue to do so. She was an example to us all.
No matter the challenge, we all hope that we can face what comes our way with as much grace as Katie faced her own mountains.
Words will never capture the meaning Katie had to our team at The Press, and to the many lives she touched.
We love you Katie. You'll be missed, but never forgotten. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUa8rxK2li-Hhr9x8q | Q: Minimum number of airplanes in the problem with Poisson distribution I have the following problem
A large airline company has observed that on average $3$ of its airplanes present some kind of damage and put out of service over a week. In order to preserve its fame, the company has aways airplanes available which use to replace the one that presents some kind of damage. What is the minimum number of airplanes the airline must have, so with probability $0.95$, there is an available airplane to replace some airplane that presents some kind of damage.
If I let $\mathbf X$ to be the number of airplanes that present some kind of damage then I know that $\mathbf X$ follows a Poisson distribution with parameter $3$. But I do not know how to find the minimum number of airplanes.
A: $X$ has a distribution that follows $e^{-3}(3^k)/k!$ where $k$ is the number of planes that get damaged.
Needing a replacement plane is the same as the plane breaking down. So, we need to find the probability that we need 0 planes, 1 plane, 2 planes, 3 planes, etc.. So, we are looking for $P(X < x) = .95$. So, we sum up the probabilities, until we reach .95 as follows (I disregarded the first few sums, as they were too small)
\begin{array}{ccc}
k =\_ & Probability & Sum \\
k=0 & 0.04978 &\\
k =1 & 0.14936& \\
k =2 & 0.22404& \\
k =3 & 0.22404& 0.64722 \\
k =4 & 0.16803& 0.81525\\
k=5 & 0.10081& 0.91606\\
k = 6 & 0.05041& 0.96647\\
\end{array}
If we keep 6 replacement planes around, the probability that we will need all of them is .95. This ensure that there is a replacement plane with probability .95.
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BkiUbIfxK4sA-9zR-oUN | Old Trees are the symbol of Truth, knowledge, fertility and growth. They are ancient and wise with an old Spirit. They are the connection between Heaven and Earth and are associated with the light of the the moon, the sun and the stars.
Old trees have spiritual essence and each tree has symbolic meaning. They are custodians of wisdom, peace, harmony, magic, divination, insight and healing. They provide purification of the air, as well as fruit, nuts, medicine, a home and protection for all the forest creatures. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbIc4eIXguvMsuk7i | From The Publisher: Terry Ryan was poised to take the hockey world by storm when he was selected eighth overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1995 NHL draft, their highest draft pick in a decade.
Expected to go on to become a hockey star, Ryan played a total of eight NHL games for the Canadiens, scoring no goals and no assists: not exactly the career he, or anyone else, was expecting.
Though Terry's NHL career wasn't long, he experienced a lot and has no shortage of hilarious and fascinating revelations about life in pro hockey on and off the ice. In Tales of a First-Round Nothing, he recounts fighting with Tie Domi, partying with rock stars, and everything in between. Ryan tells it like it is, detailing his rocky relationship with Michel Therrien, head coach of the Canadiens, and explaining what life is like for a man who was unprepared to have his career over so soon.
Joe's Note - I wish every hockey autobiography was as open and as entertaining as Terry Ryan's. In fact it should be mandatory reading for any player who is about to write his memoirs. While Ryan's storytelling can be a little crude, a little meandering and lacking a little polish, it was a refreshingly open read that I couldn't put down. Page after page there were more great stories - stuff you couldn't possibly make up. Most jock bios just touch on all the major milestones, often without saying much at all in the entire volume. But Ryan has a fantastic hit on his hand. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdNs4eIXhtfm3PHEg | In a rapidly changing environment, national institutions in charge of health security can no longer rely only on traditional disease reporting mechanisms that are not designed to recognise emergence of new hazards. Epidemic intelligence provides a conceptual framework within which countries may adapt their public health surveillance system to meet new challenges. Epidemic intelligence (EI) encompasses all activities related to early identification of potential health hazards, their verification, assessment and investigation in order to recommend public health control measures. EI integrates both an indicator-based and an event-based component. 'Indicator-based component' refers to structured data collected through routine surveillance systems. 'Event-based component' refers to unstructured data gathered from sources of intelligence of any nature. All EU member states have long-established disease surveillance systems that provide proper indicator-based surveillance. For most countries, the challenge lies now in developing and structuring the event-based component of EI within national institution in charge of public health surveillance. In May 2006, the European Union member states committed to comply with provisions of the revised International Health Regulations (IHR(2005)) considered relevant to the risk posed by avian and potential human pandemic influenza. This provides for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) with an opportunity to guide member states in developing and/or strengthening their national EI , in addition to the ECDC's task of developing an EI system for the EU. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUdBc4dbgg6t4ZAejT | Founded in 2014, 8i is a volumetric video company specializing in the capture, transformation, and streaming of real human holograms, on any device, for the Metaverse.
History
8i was founded in May 2014 by Linc Gasking, Eugene d'Eon, Sebastian Marino and Joshua Feast to develop software that can capture, analyze, compress, and recreate all the viewpoints required for volumetric capture.
In October 2015, 8i raised a $13.5 million Series A. Investors included RRE Ventures, Founders Fund Science, Samsung Ventures, and Dolby Family Ventures.
In January 2016, 8i premiered #100humans at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival as part of its New Frontier exhibit. The program featured four VR projects that placed characters captured using 8i technology in distinct environments ranging from a dystopian wasteland to the Grand Canyon.
In October of 2018, Hayes Mackaman became CEO and relaunched the company in 2019. Since then he's focused on productizing core volumetric video technology.
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Companies based in Los Angeles | wikipedia | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUfIjxaKgQRTAkvIo- | Voluntary Carbon Markets Global Dialogue
Download the Final Report
Making voluntary carbon markets drive development
About the Voluntary Carbon Market Global Dialogue
Fulfilling the promise of the Paris Agreement will require the widespread adoption of more ambitious mitigation commitments and significantly scaled-up flows of finance, technology, and capacity to developing countries. Well-designed voluntary carbon markets can help to achieve both aims.
Between June and October 2021, the Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM) Global Dialogue undertook a comprehensive and extensive stakeholder consultation process about moving the supply-side of the voluntary carbon market into the center of discussion about how these markets can be best designed and deployed. The initiative was designed to strengthen complementary initiatives that consider carbon market integrity from the perspective of carbon credit buyers.
By engaging with developing countries' governments, private sector, and civil society, the VCM Global Dialogue identified how voluntary carbon markets can contribute to the achievement of the goals of the Paris Agreement, support national climate plans and local priorities, stimulate sustainable development, and unlock greater levels of private investment. The Global Dialogue took place in a number of steps to engage a broad range of stakeholders across Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
The VCM Global Dialogue released its final report in October 2021, on the cusp of COP26 in Glasgow.
The implementation team for the VCM Global Dialogue was led by Climate Focus, the Indonesia Research Institute for Decarbonization (IRID), SouthSouthNorth (SSN), and Transforma, together with a team of leading carbon market experts and analysts, and with the support of Verra.
Climate Focus is a pioneering international advisory company. We support our clients with shaping and navigating through international and domestic climate policies, accessing climate finance, and engaging with new climate mechanisms and cooperative approaches. Climate Focus has offices in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Berlin, Washington DC and Bogotá.
Charlotte Streck
Charlotte Streck is a co-founder and director of Climate Focus. She serves as an advisor to numerous governments and non-profit organizations, private companies, and foundations on legal aspects of climate policy, international negotiations, policy development, and implementation. She is also a renowned international expert on climate change mitigation, forests and agriculture. Prior to founding Climate Focus, Charlotte held the role of Senior Counsel with the World Bank in Washington, D.C. from 2000 to 2005.
Charlotte serves on several advisory and investment committees. She serves on the boards of the Verra standards organization and the German Foundation for the Future of the Carbon Market, and is a the independent member of the Althelia Climate Fund. She is on several editorial boards, and an associate editor of the Climate Policy journal. She is a very prolific writer and has edited half a dozen books.
Concerned about communicating the complexity of environmental problems, Charlotte dedicates a part of her time to projects that use the enthusiasm ignited by the arts and sports to raise awareness for climate change.
Charlotte holds degrees from the University of Regensburg (MSc in Biology) and Humboldt University (JD and PhD in law). She is an honorary Professor of the University of Potsdam, and a lecturer at the University of Bayreuth.
Adriaan Korthuis
Adriaan Korthuis is a co-founder and director of Climate Focus. He is the strategic advisor of companies, government agencies and international organizations across the globe. He possesses a profound knowledge of climate change projects and market dynamics. He is a strong promoter of private sector engagement in climate finance and has a keen eye on the interaction between public sector policy development and private sector engagement. Prior to co-founding Climate Focus, Adriaan set-up and managed the programs for purchasing carbon credits from the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation on behalf of the Dutch Government.
Adriaan enjoys presenting to large and small audiences, and breaking down complex information on climate finance and climate policy into understandable terms that allow business developers and policy officers to make an informed decision. Being compassionate about turning his own city – Rotterdam – more sustainable, Adriaan has been one of the initiators of the Rotterdam Call for Climate Action. This business initiative has contributed to a stronger climate policy of the local city administration.
Adriaan holds a degree from Wageningen University (MSc in Food Science) and is a trained Moderator of Logical Framework Workshops.
Lieke 't Gilde
Lieke 't Gilde is a senior climate policy consultant at Climate Focus. She advises governments on designing and communicating carbon pricing policies, and supports both governments and the private sector to navigate the voluntary carbon market and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
She recently engaged with Ghana through the UNFCCC CI-ACA project to explore the suitability of different carbon pricing approaches, and is currently working with Pakistan to design a carbon pricing communications roadmap. She has worked with several corporations to explore and design climate and offsetting strategies, and contributed to the development of several Article 6 pilot activities, staying closely engaged with the Article 6 negotiations. As part of the Rotterdamse Klimaatoproep, Lieke co-managed a network of stakeholders in the city of Rotterdam aiming to accelerate local climate action.
Lieke holds an LLM in European and International Law from the University of Amsterdam.
IRID (Indonesia Research Institute for Decarbonization) is an Indonesia-based think tank focusing on policy analysis and policy advocacy to support decarbonization and resilience society. IRID will be able to support and advise relevant stakeholders to promote decarbonized and climate resilient development.
Kuki Soejachmoen
Moekti Handajani Soejachmoen (Kuki Soejachmoen) is the executive director and co-founder of IRID. She has been working in climate change since early 1990s. Her first area in this issue was the scientific and modelling of it, especially in relation with the energy-based sector. She then continued to work on climate policy analysis as well as international climate negotiation up to present. Her involvement in international climate negotiation started in the year 2000 during the meeting in Lyon leading to COP-6 in the Hague.
After finishing her tenure as the executive director of Pelangi Indonesia in 2010, she joined the Office of Indonesia's President's Special Envoy (PSE) for Climate Change for 2 terms (2010-2014 and 2015-2019), where she assisted the PSE in international climate negotiation, including during the preparation of the Paris Agreement. After COP21 in Paris, she was assigned to lead the Indonesian Article 6 of the Paris Agreement negotiating team.
Her role in this project is managing the regional consultations for the Asia and Pacific.
Paul Butarbutar
Paul has more than 28 years of professional experience in diverse sectors, including more than 22 years in the environment-related field, such as transport and energy related air pollution, municipality solid waste, and climate change. He is currently the executive director for IRES.
In 2018, he joined PT 3GT Servis Indonesia to lead the development of hydropower plant projects in Sumatra. In 2020, jointly with like-minded colleague, he established the Indonesia Research Institute for Decarbonization (IRID), a research institute that focuses on climate-related and decarbonization issues. Currently Paul is supporting Indonesia's government as part of the negotiator for UN Climate Change Conference.
Paul has been assigned as chairman of the Indonesian Carbon Management Association since 2011, elected as committee member for the Indonesian Renewable Energy Society (IRES), and has been assigned as Head of Division for Policy, Regulation, and Advocacy since 2015.
SouthSouthNorth (SSN) is a non-profit based in Cape Town. With a focus on Sub-Saharan African (including specialization in knowledge brokering), SSN is well placed to support Verra's work, both technically and through its capacity to convene and facilitate stakeholder engagement.
Carl Wesselink
Carl Wesselink leads SouthSouthNorth's (SSN) Decarb-Boost programme on Mobilising Investment for NDC implementation, as well as a research grant targeting innovation in Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution. His management portfolio at SSN includes responsibility for contracts, risk, and compliance. Carl previously led SSN's work as Executing Entity of the Adaptation Fund's Small Grants Facility in South Africa, and was the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) Director for the African region.
Prior to joining SSN, he championed the implementation of the award winning Kuyasa Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project, the first CDM project in Africa (and the first Gold Standard project in the world), through which he developed an interest in thermal and energy-efficiency in low-income housing. Carl started his development career working in human rights and good governance. He spent 6 years with Lawyers for Human Rights in South Africa, working on rural access to justice before moving to Kenya, where he designed and managed a large-scale civic education programme and did consulting work in the region.
Carl holds a BA.LLB degree from the University of Cape Town and is an attorney admitted to practice in the High Court of South Africa.
Michael Gerhard
Michael Gerhard is a Project Manager for the Southern Africa Climate Finance Partnership (SACFP) backed by several years' experience working in the climate governance and climate finance space on projects for organizations such as the World Bank, Climate Investment Funds, and the German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety. Much of his work focuses on the use of progressive policy interventions to support transformative development pathways.
Michael is a qualified attorney and holds an LLM degree in environmental and sustainable development law from the University of the Witwatersrand; his research has focused on the intersection of international and domestic legal regimes for the collaborative management of shared natural resources.
Transforma is a think-and-do tank, based in Bogotá, that performs strategic and evidence-based thinking, communication and advocacy to achieve the systemic changes required for a viable world where all beings can co-exist and thrive.
Sandra Garavito
Sandra Garavito Rojas has 15 years of experience in climate change policy and low carbon development. She is an originator and facilitator of international initiatives in the Colombian context that aim to accelerate low carbon transitions in different sectors at the national and subnational levels through renewable energy policy implementation tasks and carbon markets design.
She has led several climate change initiatives in the past eight years through bilateral and multilateral financing focusing on mitigation, carbon markets and MRV; providing technical advisory services and capacity building for local partners to promote transformational actions for a low emissions economy.
She started her career at the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia where she coordinated for five years the climate mitigation agenda and initiated the Colombian Low Carbon Development Strategy. She also managed the carbon markets agenda for the energy and industry sectors at the Ministry, including the CDM opportunities and represented Colombia at the UNFCCC negotiations and the OECD meetings in mitigation and carbon market mechanisms discussions. Sandra has engaged in the global VCM dialogue in the consultations with the private sector and is engaging Latin América stakeholders in the initiative.
Verra manages the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program, the world's largest voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) crediting program. Over 1,600 certified VCS projects have collectively reduced or removed more than 500 million tonnes of carbon and other GHG emissions from the atmosphere, many of which are based in developing countries. Verra believes that the perspective of these projects needs to be included in the discussions about the structure of the voluntary carbon markets. | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
BkiUbIA25V5hYDkHFz9u | Teams Eibar Barcelona played so far 9 matches.
Eibar won 0 direct matches. Barcelona won 9 matches. 0 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 3.89 goals per Match.
We invite you to check Eibar and Barcelona match statistict (Tab Stats->Match statistics), where you will find out who is the best scorer. Also you can check the statistics of possession, shots, corners, offsides, and many other applications.
In tab Goals stats (tab Stats->Goals stats) check how many loses and scored goals per game, how many games won and lost to zero. You will find what results teams Eibar and Barcelona usually end matches with divided into first and second half.
In tab Form(Stats->form) you find graph teams form and a list of all matches of Eibar and Barcelona in season. | c4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUd8s4dbghWo_lIxZY | Q: libvirt and VirtualBox on OS X I'm trying to access VirtualBox through libvirt on OS X (Lion). I installed libvirt 0.9.4 using Homebrew. However, libvirt fails to connect to VirtualBox:
# virsh -c vbox:///session
error: internal error unable to initialize VirtualBox driver API
error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
In a similar SO question about Ubuntu, the answer was that the Ubuntu libvirt package doesn't build support for VirtualBox. How can I check if this is the problem in the case of the Homebrew package, or if it's a different issue? If it's the same problem, how do I rebuild the Homebrew package with VirtualBox support?
Edit: libvirt 0.9.7 has been released, and I no longer get this error.
A: Your libvirt is build with VirtualBox support. I can tell because the error message you see comes from the VirtualBox driver in libvirt.
There was a similar problem reported on the libvirt users maling list today. The problem there was that support for VirtualBox 4.1 was added quite recently to libvirt. It's not in a released version yet and will be part of the next libvirt release 0.9.7.
To get some more useful information try running this:
LIBVIRT_LOG_FILTERS=1:vbox virsh -c vbox:///session
I suspect that you have VirtualBox 4.1 installed, but libvirt 0.9.4 supports only up to VirtualBox 4.0.
You can either a) upgrade your libvirt to current git version (that supports VirtualBox 4.1), or b) wait for the next libvirt release (it's expected in this week) or c) downgrade your VirtualBox version to 4.0 to fix this, assuming your problem is really as I suspect.
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BkiUaYjxK1ThhAcYh0dL | Q: How should I go about adding a Custom URL Scheme to my Info.plist file for firebase phone auth? This question is in relation to Why firebase phone auth requires a custom URL scheme to be registered in Xcode?
I have tried a couple of things to add Custom URL Scheme to my Info.plist to no luck
I added the following lines to my Info.plist
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Editor</string>
<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
<string>com.googleusercontent.apps</string>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>apps.{{CLIENT_ID}}</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
EDIT:
Solved the problem by modifying the above lines like this
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Editor</string>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>com.googleusercontent.apps.{{CLIENT_ID}}</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
A: Add it in Info > Url Types like so:
More details here:
https://firebase.google.com/docs/auth/ios/phone-auth#set-up-recaptcha-verification
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BkiUdpU4eIZjn9vgIQGj | Ah, I've figured it out. For all this time, I've been trying to run the amd64 version on a machine that's still running i386. Mea culpa.
Download the tarball (make sure to pick the one under the tarballs header, and for the correct FreeBSD version and platform) from The FreeBSD foundation's Java downloads.
Be sure to disable all optional components from the configuration screen.
I used the last JRE version for Windows, installed in my home directiry under .wine. Then I run java -jar program_name.jar from command line in a shell, and it's OK.
Program runs perfectly for me.
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BkiUd5I241xg-Kf-9au- | Do you remember your driving lessons, your sometime-quirky instructor and stoic examiner? The disappointment of having failed and the elation of obtaining your licence (but now having to duke it out with your siblings over the use of the family car)? Check out Andrew Tan's (also known as drewscape) comic (it's free!), Moving Forward, about driving lessons, growing up and, well, moving forward. To find out more about the comic and what went into it, check out our interview with Andrew below!
Stephanie Pee (SP): Hi Andrew! Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do.
Andrew Tan (AT): I'm a freelance illustrator. I illustrate for advertising agencies as well as magazines. On the side, I love creating my own comics as well as hunting for new art tools to draw with.
SP: What was the inspiration behind the comic? Where else do you get your inspiration from?
AT: When I was deciding on a story to write, I tried to recall all the interesting experiences I'd gone through. There was army life, my dating experiences, the time I pulled my wisdom teeth out, life at workplace, etc. All of these contain little stories I'd enjoy sharing and swopping with friends whenever the topic came up. Eventually, I chose to tell my driving experience because it contained some rather interesting characters and it was also a turning point in my life. Plus, driving lessons are something that most Singaporeans can relate with. My other source of inspiration come from reading manga, European comics, and some American indie comics.
SP: What typically goes into creating a comic like this?
AT: First I decide on the story I want to tell. Then I try to sit down for long stretches and write/draw the comic very loosely on rough A4 paper. I use a pencil at this stage. I try to write/draw exactly how I would tell the story verbally and casually. After I'm done with all that, I look through the whole story again and see if there are parts I can tighten and rearrange so I can make the story simpler and stronger. The simpler the story, the stronger it will be. Because I use a pencil, erasing and adjusting is relatively easy. This takes the longest time though because I have to make sure the story is strong. If the story isn't strong, the comic will be bad no matter how well I draw it. When all that is settled, I neaten all my pencil drawings. Then I use a light box, and I trace the pencil lines using a pen (in this case, it was a hero pen with a curved nib) on fresh sheets of paper. I scan all these new sheets into computer, tidy up any stray lines or dirt marks, and colour the entire comic using photoshop. Then, I type in all the text using a handwriting font I created myself. Lastly, I check the comic over and over again for any small errors. I also make any text edits at this stage. Then it's done! Whew!
SP: Whew indeed! So, what did driving lessons teach you (besides how to drive)?
AT: It taught me perseverance and not to give up hope too soon.
SP: Do you think most Singaporeans will be able to identify with your driving experiences?
I think so. I think most Singaporeans would know what it's like to chat with an "uncle" driving instructor while taking lessons, or feel horribly nervous before a driving test or know how it feels after failing a driving exam. Though, perhaps only a few will relate to having failed four times before passing.
SP: What do you hope readers will gain from reading the story?
AT: I hope that it sparks memories about their own driving lesson experiences and they can share them too. I also hope that it might encourage those who are still failing their driving exams after repeated attempts to keep at it!
SP: What do you think is the importance of these shared or common experiences that many Singaporeans have (such as driving lessons, or playing old childhood games)?
AT: We can learn how others handle similar problems. We can also appreciate and enjoy how others who are not like us live their lives. We can also appreciate the modern day conveniences more or perhaps inspire us to bring back what we might have lost.
Andrew's new graphic novel, Monsters, Miracles and Mayonnaise (published by Epigram Books), will be launched on 17 November, 2012 at Crossroads, Kinokuniya Main Store (@ Takashimaya) from 4 to 5 pm. For more on the event, see here. Monsters, Miracles & Mayonnaise is a collection of short comic stories where tales of unexpected encounters with strange beings from another world sit alongside amusing anecdotes based on bewildering real-life encounters and childhood memories. Do go down if you can to check out Andrew's new book and to say hello! To see more of Andrew's work, you can visit his website here.
Was learning to drive a milestone in your life? Did you identify with Andrew's story? Why not share your experiences with us and join in the conversation here. You can also check us out on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
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BkiUdj85qdmB62pcdNVg | Michał Kurella (niem. Michael Kurella) (ur. 1722 w Pieckach, zm. 16 czerwca 1787 w Kozłowie k. Nidzicy) – pastor protestancki, przyrodnik i pszczelarz.
Był pastorem w kościele ewangelicko-augsburskim, ale jego pasją było pszczelarstwo. Przyjmuje się, że był pierwszym hodowcą pszczół w Prusach Wschodnich, który do tego zajęcia podchodził w sposób naukowy. Swoje doświadczenia i uwagi zawierał w pisanych przez siebie opracowaniach i poradnikach, m.in. "Die Praktische Bienenzucht Oder Erfahrungsmassige Anweisung" (1773).
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Niemieccy pszczelarze
Niemieccy duchowni luterańscy
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BkiUdyg4ubng7c1z4D6- | You are here: Home / Archive Contents / Who Is a Child of God?
Prayerful thought needs to be given to this question. A person may suppose that he is a child of God when in fact he is not. The word of God discloses the mind of God on this important subject.
The Jews were considered as children of God because of the covenant that Jehovah made with the nation of Israel. Moses reminded them, "Ye are the children of the Lord your God . . . For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth" (Deut. 14:1, 2).
We do not enter the family of God by a physical birth but by "being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever" (1 Pet. 1:23). The individual who believes in Jesus Christ has the power or right to become a child of God. When his faith is exercised by being baptized into Christ, he becomes a child of God by putting on Christ.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God" (Rom. 8:14). It is by means of the word of God that the Spirit leads, hence Jesus said, "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3:5).
There is more to one's being led by the Spirit than submitting to the gospel by believing and being baptized into Christ. One must continue to walk by the Spirit. "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh" (Gal. 5:16). "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit" (Gal. 5:25). To become a child of God one must follow the directions of the Spirit in God's word, and the true child of God walks by the Spirit. Being led by the Spirit of God is a continuous process.
'The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together" (Rom. 8:16, 17). An "heir" is a person who is bequeathed something; he has an inheritance. The heavenly Father provides for his children "an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven" for them (1 Pet. 1:3, 4).
The inheritance of the saints is made available in Christ (Eph. 1:11). After Paul explains that we are children of God by faith when we are baptized into Christ, he states, "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Gal. 3:29). What a privilege it is to be considered as sons! "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ" (Gal. 4:6, 7).
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God . . . Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is (1 John 3:1, 2).
"In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother" (1 John 3:10). "For whosoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" (1 John 5:4).
God expects his children to be holy. After John mentioned the exceptional love by which we can be called the sons of God and have the hope of seeing him as he is, these words were penned: "And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure" (1 John 3:3).
Peter wrote along this same line: "As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy" (1 Pet. 1:14-16). | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUfA_xK0-nUGYe7Bvl | them -- to form the best possible five-card Poker hand. The fourth and final round of betting starts with the player to the left of the dealer (the button). After the final betting round, all players who remain in the game reveal their hands.... 30/11/2018�� The Poker hands to keep in mind, from highest to lowest, are: The highest-ranking hand is a �royal flush� (the royal straight flush). This hand includes a 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace of the same suit, one kind (all clubs, diamonds, hearts or spades).
Poker Rules version 1.8, last updated on 1 December 2016 and use them to form the best possible five card poker hand by combining them with their hole cards. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdVvxK0-nUh8iJpHA | He wears his fame lightly — gossamer-light, light as phyllo pastry.
Non-metaphorically, Antoni Porowski — known simply as Antoni to those conversant with the Queer Eye universe — arrives sporting dark skinny jeans, a genteel crew-neck, and a lazy grin. The shoes are perhaps the flashiest thing about him — "Ferragamo," he informs, with some self-abasement, re: the golden-tongued brogues.
Measured when he speaks — all while giving off the cutest-counsellor-at-your-camp vibe that he has perfected — the Netflix-lebrity is at his most animated when I bring up the always-important matter of guacamole.
"I am not the first person to put dairy in avocado," says the show's food and wine authority, taking a seat with me at the Art Gallery of Ontario, where he was the special guest at a swish dinner we attended Monday, presented by Cafe Appliances.
All part of the sudden celebrity — head-spinning, absurd — that Antoni has found himself dunked in over the last year and a bit. Whether it is walking the Pride parade with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in their mutual hometown of Montreal, or rubbing shoulders with all of Hollywood when he, along with the Fab Five, attended the Emmys (winning three!), or opening his own fast-casual restaurant — The Village Den — in New York City.
A self-taught cook and fledgling actor — who once worked as a personal chef to original Queer Eye culinary expert Ted Allen, thus providing the spiritual link between the first series and its reboot — he probably wouldn't have believed it if you'd told him in 2016 that The New Yorker would be writing a story about him. Instagram, too, tells the tale: the guy who had 800 followers before his show turned into a culture fixture now boasts 2.8 million.
Clearly comfortable now with both his culture, as well as his sexual identity — two things that have been heightened doing the show — he also tells me about one other thing that has changed since Queer Eye: "I didn't wash my face before the show ... it is definitely one thing I have learned from Jonathan," the amped-up groomer among the Fab Five.
We dance around a few other subjects, before and during dinner. A massive reader (his taste in books, I have noticed, is stupendous), he tells me that he is trying to finish The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst and the new David Sedaris collection, Calypso. Hotel-wise, he raves about the Aman property in Tokyo (where the show just shot!). On the ingredients front, he has only good things to say about tamarind.
When I ask him what music he listens to while cooking — say, with the beguiling, bespoke-concept Cafe Appliances line he's in town promoting — he tells me that he has been listening to a lot of old-school Beatles lately (his dad was a massive fan), but also digs some classic Miles Davis in the kitchen. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUazbxaJJQnKM6r2NU | A & E The Echo
Feature Friday: A Look at Christian Rap/Hip-hop Artists
[author image="http://echo.snu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gladephoto-7773.jpg"] Glade Pittenger, Staff Contributor
Glade Pittenger is a senior at SNU majoring in Sports Information. He hopes to become a commentator for NBA basketball, and loves health, fitness and nutrition. He also enjoys Herbalife because it helps him stay active and reach his goals. [/author]
Most people don't know about all the different Christian rap/hip-hop artists out there, so to find out more information about the Christian rap world and its artists, I sat down with Gospel Lee, Reezzy Knight and Lapo.
Gospel Lee is originally from Edmond, but currently lives in Phoenix. He first discussed with me about his start in the Christian rap/hip-hop genre.
"I've been involved with music, but I then had a calling for Christian hip-hop," said Lee. "I've always liked music, but just never really knew what I wanted to do yet."
He then began to talk about how he got started in the music business.
"I really enjoy rapping and other things, so I just decided to do go into Christian rap, because being a Christian my whole life I wanted to rap about God and spread the word around."
Lastly, Lee chatted about how long he has been rapping, and what he hopes to do in his music career.
"I would say about 14 years, but professionally in the last 4 years with traveling and performing," said Lee. "I also want to be financially independent…using [my career] as a launch pad to use for communication towards God for others."
Reezzy Knight explained how his life was before he started getting into music.
"I had no regard for my life," said Knight. "I was basically doing whatever. I was in the rebel stage before turning to God."
It was up to Kevin Patton and Chris Berry, however, to help him find his potential in the Christian rap business.
"I was going through a rough patch in life. I hooked up with Kevin Patton (Kevo) and Chris Berry, whom I had been friends with for a long time," he said. "I didn't talk to Chris [for] like 4 years, but when I did, that's when I started to do music with them. We started this group called Churchboyz."
To end the interview with Knight, I talked with him on how far he wants to get with his music.
"For my music career I want to be the highest it can go; I want to reach people through my music to hear what I was going through and how I found God," commented Knight. "My best music has yet to come; I'm still working hard to get better and go higher and do what I can to reach out to people."
My final interview was with Lapo, who lives around 15 minutes away from SNU. He discussed with me about how he had difficult childhood and adolescence.
"It was typical but untypical," said Lapo. "I saw my first murder at age of 7, and as a way to protect myself I was involved with gangs. I didn't have a lot of money. It was very tough, but I made it through."
Although he does not want to continue making it a career, Lapo talked about his start in the Christian rap business, why he has done it for so long, and the impact it's made on others.
"Christian rappers impacted me [because I listened] to them in the past, so that's why I decided to [rap]," said Lapo. "I have been rapping for 20 years now, and at this point I am thinking of retiring. I just want to use to it to express my feelings, kind of use it as an escape. It's difficult to say how much of an impact it's made on others lives. I've had others talk to me saying I've been an inspiration to help them find God and help them change."
To hear Gospel Lee, Reezzy Knight and Lapo's music, click on the links below:
https://youtu.be/eAMMv0SUiT4
https://youtu.be/9N73Egdh6eg
https://soundcloud.com/reezzyhotrodknight1/reezzy-knight-chris-berry-kevo-glory
https://soundcloud.com/reezzyhotrodknight1/reezzy-knight-reezzy-vs-satan
https://youtu.be/jMW1oefDbEg
https://soundcloud.com/rapzilla/lapo-power-in-his-name.
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BkiUbUs5qsBB3Od3gf_N | Q: Within a nested array, can I create an array of the keys at each index? Goal: For each key, assign every value to an array.
Use case: I have to be able to search using all possible values simultaneously. As seen at the bottom, a possible key:value search would be:
"LocationNumber": [1,2,3,4]}
The problem: Object SettingOptions is a nested array.
This is how I log each key within a given index:
//Defines array 'keysArray'
const keysArray = [];
pm.test("array of SettingsOptions[0] keys", () => {
arrayOfObject = responseDataLocal.Products[0].ConfigurationModel.SettingOptions[0]; //object 'SettingOptions[0]' calls 1st settingoption
//For each property in array, add the property to 'keysArray'
for (var property in arrayOfObject) {
keysArray.push(property)
}
console.log(keysArray)
});
Response:
(11) ["LocationNumber", …]
0: "LocationNumber"
1: "StoneCount"
2. ....
....
9: "Shape"
10: ...
To create an array of values from a given property:
pm.test("array of SettingsOptions objects", () => {
arrayOfObject = responseDataLocal.Products[0].ConfigurationModel.SettingOptions;
let arrayLocationNumber = arrayOfObject.map(a => a.LocationNumber);
// console.log(Object.values(arrayLocationNumber));
});
Response:
[1, 2, 3, 4]
What I'm looking for:
There is a lot of variation in the data I'm pulling from. So I need to be able to automagically pull values to be able to reference them in subsequent requests. An acceptable response could look something like:
0.{"LocationNumber": [1,2,3,4]}
1....
2.......
3.{"Shape": ["Center","Halo","Accent 1","Accent 2"]}
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BkiUdpfxK7FjYAb_7ZhC | Launch is Northwestern University's year-long, student-led student accelerator. As a branch of EPIC, the main purpose of Launch is to give participating students the toolbox they need to turn loosely sketched, "napkin" ideas into functioning businesses.
This year, a cohort of thirty students, including mostly freshmen and a few sophomores, were accepted into the Launch program. Most of these participants came to Launch without ideas and were welcomed into the program by being taught how to identify "pain points," a problem that needs a solution, in verticals that interested them. Students then use these points to ideate an innovative solution. After a few Launch sessions, the entire cohort was ready to form teams and start building out their initial ideas during the rest of the Winter quarter.
On March 2, 2017, to conclude the Winter quarter, Launch held a Winter Pitch Night event at Northwestern's entrepreneurial hub, The Garage. All eight teams formed by the cohort pitched their startups to a panel of judges which consisted of Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Director, Mike Marasco, Entrepreneurship/Farley professors Gregg Latterman and Neal Sales-Griffin, and Farley Center Advisory Board member, Bob Shaw. Each team was given five minutes to pitch and received a five minute Q&A/feedback session with the judges.
These end-of-quarter pitch events are extremely beneficial to Launch's participants. As a completely student-led and student-directed enterprise, Launch relies on the mentorship a panel of established entrepreneurs like Marasco, Shaw, Latterman and Sales-Griffin to impart the significant experience and alternate perspectives that exist outside of Launch's immediate ecosystem.
After the team pitches, the judges deliberated on the presentations and concepts of all eight teams and gave Team Care Package, an affordable snack-delivery subscription service for college students, the highest score. With their win, Care Package took home a small cash prize. Team Care Package also took home an exciting boost of confidence.
"We were really happy with the win because it validated all of the hard work and long hours that we put into this idea," said freshman Sam Kim, a Care Package team member.
Another way in which Launch is beneficial to its members is that it gives inexperienced student entrepreneurs a taste of entrepreneurship and its dynamics, including success and failure, while allowing for such experiences to take place in a safe environment.
"Failure is celebrated in the program because it gives the team a chance to see what went wrong and make sure it does not happen the next time," said Justin Fleischmann, co-director of Launch.
All of the Launch teams will utilize the constructive, post-pitch feedback they received from the Winter Pitch Night event to guide their projects in Spring quarter where there will be further participation in entrepreneurial activities and events. Launch members are already anticipating their first Spring quarter general session. Demo Day, where Launch's teams will pitch their startups and working product ideas to a new panel of expert judges for feedback, is planned for the end of May 2017. Feedback gathered at these future events will keep the students on track to fine-tune both their entrepreneurship and their innovations for the quarters to come.
• Team Care Package — Care Package is a subscription service that delivers snacks straight to the student's door. Students don't have to worry about allergies or preferences because Care Package polls consumer interests and provides widely-loved snacks for much less money than competitors and even vending machines prices.
• Team WildTea — WildTea, Northwestern's premier bubble tea company, aims to bring fresher, healthier, and more delicious drinks to NU at affordable prices for a college budget.
• Team Apex Design — Apex Design designs and builds custom-engineered products for non-designers by bridging the gap between customer and manufacturer.
• Team New Age Art — New Age Art plans to make bespoke, premium, personalized art available to everyone via a consumer website which matches consumers to artists who will then create graphic art specifically for that consumer.
• Team Flipflop — Flipflop is an interactive fashion application which crowdsources fashion options for individuals by means of an audience voter rating system.
• Team KartPool — KartPool pools online orders to meet free shipping quotas using geo-location made available through a Google Chrome extension.
• Team Outcome Tutoring — Outcome Tutoring is an online platform that facilitates peer-to-peer tutoring, and makes finding a good, affordable tutor as easy as clicking a button.
• Team No|Feedback — No|Feedback is a custom apparel company that wants to give a voice to everyone. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdY7xK2li-LM1RwGq | HOPING, SAVING … AND HEALING
Boys Town California held its annual fundraiser, Uncork for Hope, at the Center Club Orange County in Costa Mesa, Calif. The event was packed – standing room only – and raised more than $110,000 in donations.
By Rick Weinberg, Editor, California Business Journal
Contact: Rick@CalBizJournal.com / Mobile: 949-648-3815
His name is Thomas. That's it – just Thomas. He went through 22 foster homes before he was old enough to even drive. He never knew what it meant to be part of a family. He never knew what it meant to be truly loved and cared for.
Until he arrived at Boys Town.
Boys Town is one of the largest non-profit child-care agencies in the country with two major facilities in Southern California. Founded almost 100 years ago and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska with 11 facilities nationally, Boys Town provides compassionate treatment for the behavioral, emotional and physical problems of all children – boys and girls — and their families. The success rate at Boys Town – along with the graduation rate of its participants – are off the charts.
Just recently, Boys Town California held its annual fundraiser, Uncork for Hope, at the exclusive Center Club Orange County in Costa Mesa, Calif. The event was packed – standing room only – and raised more than $110,000 in donations.
Lawren Ramon, Executive Director of Boys Town, and Adam Miller, chair of the Uncork for Hope Committee and managing partner at the law firm of Miller Miller Menthe LLP. Photo by Katya Williams.
"Phenomenal event, phenomenal turnout," said Adam Miller, the chair of the Uncork for Hope Committee and managing partner at the law firm of Miller Miller Menthe LLP. "We could not have dreamed of more support from the Orange County community and local supporters of Boys Town California."
Uncork for Hope was Miller's idea. He came up with it four years ago. The event has been an unprecedented success … with many more successful years to follow.
"Boys Town is a very special and unique organization," Miller says. "It really makes a difference in children's lives. The graduation rate of children at Boys Town is higher than the general population. That says it all. When I heard about Boys Town, and learned about its impact and successes, I knew this was an organization that I wanted to support and be a part of."
Thomas – the young boy introduced at the beginning of this article — experienced one success after another after entering Boys Town. He went to college, majoring in psychology and philosophy. He worked on Capitol Hill. He has been a featured speaker at a number of events and he plans to obtain a master's degree in social work while pursuing a career as a clinical psychologist for foster youth.
"What Boys Town does is invest in you," he says. "They took me, this lost kid, and made me into something."
High school graduation for Boys Town participants is 91% versus 64% for non Boys Town students. Additionally, employment for Boys Town boys and girls is 66% versus 47% for non Boys Town graduates.
Lawren Ramos began working at Boys Town 12 years ago as a Youth Care Worker. He remains there today — as the Executive Director.
"Once you see the transformation these children make – turning a terrible life that could lead to death or prison into a productive life – you can't help but want to be a part of it," Ramos says. "That's what happened to me. I couldn't leave. We take many children with no hope, no future and make them productive members of society and the workforce. I get tremendous satisfaction working in this capacity for the cause of helping children and families."
This year's event featured 17 wineries pouring complimentary wine, including Alta Colina, Arietta, Argot, Attune, Bevan Cellars, Chase Cellars, Cimarossa, Clos Solene, Desparada, Herman Story, Lando, Law Estate Wines, Lombardi, Peirson Meyer, Revana, Rodney Strong Wine Estates and Saint Helena Winery.
The primary sponsors of the event included FirstTeam Real Estate and Christie's International Real Estate, The George and Terry Schreyer Charitable Foundation, the law firm of Miller Miller Menthe, Balboa Wealth Partners, Northwestern Mutual, James and Alexandra Downey, Mikel Cimmino Inc., Hartman Law Firm, Joshua Chase Jewelers, Dr. L. Richard Van Meter and Ticor Title.
(L to R) Uncork for Hope committee member Jon McClintock, Center Club executive Chris Sarten, event chair Adam Miller and event committee membewr Rob Magnotta. Photo by Katya Williams.
Boys Town was originally established for at risk boys only. Soon, organizers opened the facility up to girls and renamed the organization to reflect the admission of girls. The organization has had as much of a positive impact on girls as it has had on boys.
Take Diana. Like Thomas, her life was spiraling out of control. She was kicked out of her already-unstable home by their mother's husband at the age of 14. The only place Diana and her older sister could find refuge was in a drug house.
Eventually, they had to resort to selling drugs just to keep a roof over their head and stay alive.
One day, an argument in the house resulted in the death of a drug dealer. The dealer who committed the crime ordered Diana to clean up the bloody crime scene. When police arrived, Diana was arrested and placed in a juvenile detention center. She thought her life was over.
Soon, she discovered Boys Town, applied to get in and was accepted. The compassionate care and teaching helped transform her into a confident young woman and a vastly different person from the scared teen who had arrived from a detention center.
Diana graduated in 2001, attended Creighton University on a full scholarship and later went to law school there, earning double master's degrees. Today, she works at a law firm in Arizona.
"Boys Town doesn't give up on you," she says. "It's not just like you're there and then you leave. They teach you to build healthier relationships and they care about you. It shows you that there are better things out there."
Boys Town statue
Since opening in California 1991, Boys Town California has continued to expand its services to meet the needs of troubled children and families. The site has four Family Homes for Adolescents and one Family Home for Young Children on 80 acres in Trabuco Canyon in Orange County, as well as two Family Homes for siblings in Tustin. Boys Town California also provides In-Home Family Services and Community Support Services.
"These programs and services impact the lives of over 19,500 kids and families in California each year," says Jon McClintock, a committee member with Uncork for Hope and Board Member of Boys Town California.
Nationally, Boys Town touches the lives of over two million people annually.
Boys Town was founded in 1917 as an orphanage for boys and has grown into a pioneering nonprofit organization dedicated to helping troubled youth.
Boys Town has been admitting girls since 1979. From 2000 to 2007, the organization was named Girls and Boys Town, before changing back to Boys Town.
In a striking recognition that hardship knows no gender or race, Boys Town soon will introduce a new symbol at its entrance, a statue of an older boy carrying a littler girl on his back. The young man is black, the girl is white.
Congress has authorized the U.S. Mint to produce a series of coins commemorating Boys Town's 100th anniversary in 2017.
Contact Boys Town California
2223 E. Wellington Ave. Suite 350
Web: BoysTown.org/California
Email: Infoca@boystown.org
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First off, that is too much of a coincidence.
The intent of versus 13 was to be a much darker take on the FF series. And a lot of indications were of Nomura making Noctis if not evil, much darker than before main characters. One of the quotes in the trailer was "there is no good or evil but thinking makes it so". This perspective could be linked that Noctis by the opposing side was evil and his peasants, I mean citizens loved him. You could link it to war. In a soldiers mind he fights for his country and the other fights for his country. FF 12 took a take on this where there really wasn't good or evil in the game. Im not saying MoM isn't evil and I'm not saying that he won't be the villain, because I believe that will be the case. What I am saying is this is Nomuras shot of making MoM (Noctis Rex) The vision he wanted through kingdom hearts.
The hooded figure imo is a new character or an existing one with the intent of us believing it is the MoM. But with all of these theories floating around, i'm looking at it a different more realistic way imo and it just seems to coincidental that the voice actors for both projects are the same and all of a sudden Rex shows up.
Well first off, Verum Rex is the name of the game within a game, not a person. The hooded person in the game is unknown so far and certainly doesn't have a VA yet.
Also, Ray Chase voices a lot of characters, so that doesn't necessarily mean anything since he only did MoM in Back Cover and nothing for KH3. This is more of a jumping to conclusions rather than any actual proof of any kind. Noctis is an entirely different character and is unrelated to kh3 as of now. Also I'm not sure Nomura specifically picked Ray Chase to voice MoM because he voiced Noctis considering the games came out within a couple months of each other and Ray Chase probably recorded both nearly at the same time and Nomura was definitely not working on XV. It could've simply been a coincidence. There's no conclusive proof for or against at this point.
Ray Chase voicing both Noctis/MoM is probably more of a coincidence than a meaningful sign.
Yozora (the lead of Verum rex) could have a connection to MoM but that's all we can say for sure.
Yours, and she saw your internet search history and she and I are very disappointed in you.
Now, if Yozora has the same voice as Noctis, well... That's a rabbit hole and a half. But it really could be just coincidence. It's way too early to tell.
MoM and Noctis also have different voice actors in Japan. If they shared the same actor there then I'd be suspicious.
What if Yozora is the same "type" of being that Joshua is?
It's been a while since I played TWEWY but if I recall correctly Joshua was "only" in charge of Shibuya, right?
So what if Yozora is the one in charge of Shinjuku, the neighbouring district of the city, and therefore has the same role as Joshua only for a different area?
Yeah it seems much more likely that Yozora is the new 'god' character like Joshua was in TWEWY, or else a Game Master like various characters in that game. And like I said before, FFXV came out end of November 2016 in the US and 2.8 came out in January that following year, Nomura wouldn't have had any way of knowing Ray Chase voiced both characters since it would've been an almost simultaneous recording.
Not sure how much involvement he has in the English VAs anyway since they have people whose jobs are to take care of all that. The game designer wouldn't be in charge of everything, so this is more than likely just a coincidence. | c4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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BkiUbgk4uzqh_FfD5Od3 | Ray J: The Penis That Unleashed The Kardashians On Us Got Married
August 13, 2016 / Posted by: J Harvey
Here in Boston, the oldsters still harbor a kernel of resentment towards poor Bill Buckner. He's the former Red Sox first baseman that let a ball go between his legs on October 25, 1986. That was during Game 6 of the World Series. Two days later, the New York Mets beat the Sox in Game 7, and Red Sox Nation began literally years of hanging Billy in burning effigy in its mind. Dude got death threats! Supposedly he's been forgiven since then (we finally won the World Series in 2004 after waiting 86 years), but bring his name up and the lips of old people here in the Hub sometimes curl. Why am I talking about sportsball on Dlisted of all places? BECAUSE RAY J IS THE BILL BUCKNER OF OUR TIMES. That dude boned a lethargic Kim Kardashian in a sex tape, her mother leaked it was leaked, and now we live on Planet Kartrashian. I can't be the only one with a "Fuck You, Ray J" tat, right? Anyway, he married his Love & Hip-Hop: Hollywood co-star Princess Love last night. The couple, who have been shown to have had a rather contentious relationship in the past, wanted and reportedly got a "dream wedding" and "a royal, elegant and enchanting reception fit for a princess and prince" according to their wedding planners. So he didn't push her into the chocolate fountain?
"I just want her to have the time of her life and remember it as the best day in the world," Ray J told PEOPLE ahead of the wedding. "Even when I wasn't with her, I told my friends 'She the one, she the one.' It was just something about how I felt when she was around me."
"He's the only person I've ever been with that I couldn't see myself without," adds Princess Love, who wore a beaded Lazaro ball-gown for the ceremony.
People reports that legally certified "obnoxious asshole" Ray J and Princess Love (is that her legal name?) were married at the Vibiana in LA. The Game was one of Ray's groomsmen, and Ray's sister Moesha (Brandy) was a bridesmaid. Singer Anthony Hamilton serenaded them as they walked down the aisle, and Brandy was set to sing "At Last" for the first dance at their reception. No word on whether Ray J planned on doing some private serenading of his own later by anointing his bride with the golden love that launched a 1000 celebrity famewhore nightmares back in 2003.
The bride sported the 8-carat halo diamond Ray J gave her when they got engaged on a "private tarmac" in front of their family and friends back in December. Their wedding will reportedly be featured on the next season of Love & Hip: We Got Married For The Show Hollywood. Expect their divorce to be highlighted on the season after that. I'm not hating; it's just that past reality show storylines usually indicate future ones.
Pic: WENN
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BkiUbZM5qsBB3Ha6iMxh | A walk into the past
By Gayle Perez
Ever wonder what it's like to walk in another's shoes?
Colorado State University-Pueblo art professor Caroline Peters is giving the public an opportunity to do just that through the school's current art exhibit, "Sole File."
Although gallery visitors won't actually get to step into the shoes, they will get a glimpse at how people have lived through their shoes.
Sole File is an exhibit of more than 130 pairs of shoes Peters collected from faculty, staff and students of CSU-Pueblo. Peters also is the gallery director.
Each pair is carefully placed in a winding pattern throughout the gallery floor, each holding a story known only by the owner. A few pairs on display are accompanied by narratives about what the shoes mean to donors.
The others, Peters said, challenge visitors to imagine the path the shoes have taken to get to the gallery floor and where they will go from here.
When the exhibit ends in late February, all of the shoes will be donated to local charities, Peters said.
Peters, who came to CSU-Pueblo in August, said in designing the show she wanted to come up with an exhibit that would help draw the community into art.
"I wanted something that would get people involved in art, something that as soon as they entered the room they would be immediately engaged in it," she said.
Peters sought shoes from members of the campus community for the display.
"I asked those that wanted to, to write a story about the shoes," she said. "Maybe describe what they were used for and where they have been. It's a way to learn a little bit about another's life."
Peters said in the beginning, the donations were slow in coming, but interest grew along with curiosity.
"I think people started to get a little more curious about the project and that brought more interest," she said.
Peters said her office soon began filling with shoes from students and staff and their family members.
"Before I knew it, I couldn't keep the shoes in my office anymore," she said. "We ended up with about 130 to 140 pairs of shoes."
Those shoes now snake around the art gallery in a never-ending pattern. A few are attached to a narrative of carefully crafted words from the owner.
Each represents the era of the owner, their personality and style.
There are the pink pumps and gold sandals, brand-new basketball shoes, the comfortable running shoes that have traveled hundreds of miles.
There are the tattered cowboy boots, worn combat boots and muddy hiking boots.
There are shoes splattered with tar, others dotted with paint and a few bearing well-worn holes.
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Peters said that's what the exhibit is designed to do - evoke thoughts from those visiting the gallery.
"There's shoes that have been all over the world and somehow they've all ended up here," she said. "And from here, they will again be spread out into the world."
The Sole File exhibition is open through Feb. 23 in the Fine Arts Gallery in the Art/Music building at CSU-Pueblo. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Another exhibit running with the Sole File show is a display of pencil drawings from women at the Colorado women's prison in Canon City.
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Published by The Spire FM News Team at 8:07am 15th August 2018.
Temporary traffic lights sprung up this week, and we've got more details about what they're there for.
Wiltshire Council tell us the roadworks require a lane closure just by the Rex car garage on London Road.
It's so 'essential maintenance' works can be done to the ESSO fuel pipeline there.
Temporary traffic lights set up for that have been causing some long delays for people using the A30 in and out of Salisbury.
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"The temporary signals are to ensure a safe working zone while the Esso fuel pipeline is being maintained. The traffic management company providing the temporary signals have provided a dedicated operative to monitor traffic flows and manually control the temporary signals between 7.00am and 7.00pm during the works."
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BkiUc9_xK1yAgWay4omF | EU FP7 WILCO was one of the panles during the congress. About 20 participants, mostly experts and researchers, listened to four presentations about WILCO before embarking on a lively discussion moderated by Prof.Dr. Siniša Zrinščak.
Prof. Gojko Bežovan gave a general presentation on the WILCO – FP7 project, taking the audience through main reseach focus, process and aims. Jelena Matančević analyzed the trends in care services for children, as well as local social services policy. Daniel Baturina's presentation on social cohesion in Varazdin focussed on transformations in the labor market, family and child care, housing and housing policy in the context of local social politics. Prof. Gojko Bežovan introduced the concept of social innovation in general and in local social policy contexts, offering an overview of the potential benefits of the concept in practice.
The following dicussion generated specific feedback on the WILCO project and on the concepts of social cohesion and social innovation in the local environment in Croatia. Social innovation was described as an ambigious concept. It was unknown to many participants and this was the first opportunity to hear about it. Discussion focussed on the potential practical applications of social innovation, possibilities to create space for their development and how to recognize and promote innovation.
The organisers described the grassroots event as a great source of input from other researchers, helping them to draw new conclusions and deepen their arguments that arose from former analysis. They feel that the event was useful for the promotion of the project and will serve as a driver for new discussions, especially with regard to future research and practical action in the field of social policy. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUbYw5qoTDtzcIATxA | Armenian protest leader set to be elected PM
08 maj 2018, 06.46
The Armenian parliament is due to elect a new prime minister Tuesday with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan set to take the post after spearheading weeks of mass protests against the ruling party.
The vote will be Pashinyan's second attempt to get elected as premier after the ruling Republican Party narrowly blocked his first bid on May 1, despite initially promising not to stand in the way.
That led to a crippling general strike in the capital Yerevan and other cities.
Pashinyan called for an end to the protests after the Republicans -- who have 58 MPs in the 105-seat legislature -- issued assurances they would back his candidacy on a second attempt.
The 42-year-old former newspaper editor has also secured the support of two other major political parties -- Prosperous Armenia and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) -- who nominated him for the post together with his opposition Elk coalition.
Pashinyan is the only candidate for the top job.
On Monday evening thousands of Pashinyan supporters rallied in Yerevan's central square, waving tricolour national flags and chanting his name.
"I am 95 percent sure that your candidate will be elected as prime minister tomorrow," Pashinyan told the cheering crowd.
Analysts have said it appeared the ruling party had changed position in a bid to retain control of the legislature.
Pashinyan's election as prime minister would not necessarily end the political crisis as the ruling party will retain a majority in parliament and is likely to block his initiatives.
If lawmakers fail to elect a prime minister a second time, parliament will be dissolved and early elections will take place.
In such an event, the deeply unpopular Republicans would have little chance of retaining their parliamentary majority.
Analyst Vigen Akopyan said snap elections are certain even if Pashinyan is chosen prime minister.
Another analyst, Stepan Safaryan, warned that Pashinyan would be caught between a rock and a hard place.
"Armenia is entering an interesting period of disequilibrium. Before the early elections Pashinyan must manoeuvre between the will of the people and the parliamentary ruling party that he does not belong to and which cannot begin supporting him," he said.
The hugely popular Pashinyan has in recent weeks piled pressure on the ruling party through an unprecedented campaign of civil disobedience that plunged the Moscow-allied nation into its most serious political crisis in years.
It led to the shock resignation of veteran leader Serzh Sarkisian, a week after he shifted to the newly-empowered role of prime minister after having served ten years as president.
Observers have expressed concern that the turmoil could destabilise the country locked in a decades-long territorial dispute with Azerbaijan.
Pashinyan's protest movement had accused Sarkisian of a blatant power grab, saying he wanted to extend his grip on power by becoming premier after serving two consecutive terms as president.
In December 2015, controversial constitutional amendments initiated by Sarkisian were passed after a referendum that saw some 63 percent of the voters backing the country's transformation into a parliamentary republic with executive powers fully concentrated in the hands of a prime minister.
After the plebiscite, thousands of opposition supporters rallied against alleged mass violations at polling stations.
Council of Europe observers have said the referendum was marred by allegations of large-scale vote-buying and multiple voting, among other irregularities.
Critics accuse Sarkisian and his Republicans of corruption and failure to tackle widespread poverty and the influence of powerful oligarchs in the tiny South Caucasus nation of 2.9 million people.
im/oc/ach/gle/fa | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdUg5qdmC7lEenIaG | The Santiago del Estero Film Festival, International Festival of Independent Cinema, will take place in the city of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, from 22 to 26 Junio 2021.
The Festival is open to all those films, regardless of gender (fiction, documentary and animation) or support. There are not limits to the number of works presented by the participants, but they must complete an application form for each one and observe indications of shipment.
The Official Selection can only be integrate by the films that fulfillthe following criteria:
For Feature Length filmsCompetition, will be consider those films with a duration of more than 61 minutes,
For Shortcategory, works must have a duration of no more than 25 minutes, between artistic and credits.
Will be accepted works that have been produced and/orpremiered (whatever was the way) after March 2015.
The deadline submission for feature length and short films will be on 10 February 2021.
The participants must fill out an application form before this date through our web page.
The works will need to be enrolled in one of the following categories:
Features Length Films
According to the artistic criteria, will be in charge of the festival the National or International orientation in Official Selection.
Screening fees will not be paid by the Festival to any selected film.
Once selected, no film may be withdrawn from the program during the course of the festival. The conformation of the Competitive and Non-Competitive Samples will be the responsibility of the Festival direction, and decisions thereon will be irrefutable.
All the films must be submitted in original version and subtitled in Spanish. It is considered as original version any film widespread in its native-language.
The Spanish-speaking films must be subtitled in English on the copy.
Subtitling costs will be effort by the production.
The production of the Festival will designate 12 Argentinians and foreign personalities, who will form the jury of feature length films and short films in competition.
Any person interested in the production or exploitationof a film in competition, will not be able to be part of the jury.
The jury will present awards for the following competitive categories (a trophy and a certificate).
Best International Feature Length Film
Best National Feature Length Film
Best Student Film
If the jury considers necessary, willgive Special Mentions (Certificate). The decision of the jury will be irrefutable.
Finally, the public present in the screening will vote for the AUDIENCE AWARD (a trophy and a certificate).
The production of the films chosen for the Official Selection,commits to show on all the advertising media "Official Selection" of Santiago del Estero Film Festival, International Festival of Independent Cinema, logo.
Films must be send, for the purposes of pre-selection, in accessible formats online and/or streaming (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)
If your film was selected, we will request a file in high definition for the screening.We suggest sending the file via the internet (download).
The Festival will not pay, in any case, any rate caused by the shipment of the copies.
The results of the selection process will be notified to the participants from 22 May 2021 on.
All the films in the Official Selection and parallel Samples, will receive a certificate of participation in this Festival.
The production of the Santiago del Estero Film Festival, International Festival of Independent Cinema, may decide on all cases not provided in this regulation.
The participation in the Santiago del Estero Film Festival, International Festival of Independent Cinema implies the acceptance of the present regulation and compliance prior to the pre-qualification conditions. | commoncrawl | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbeo5qrqCygvbPAng | You may have discovered, if you ever took the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), that your personality type was classified as ESFJ. But, you may be unsure exactly what that means, especially in terms of your career choices. Don't fret, it's easy to clear up the confusion. The first thing you should know is that ESFJ is one of 16 personality types world-famous psychiatrist Carl Jung identified as compelling indicators of one's aptitude and innate personality. This boils down to a nature versus nurture issue.
The MBTI, which many career guidance professionals use to help clients make career-related decisions, is based on Jung's personality theory. In 1971, Jung proposed that a person functions in four dominant personality areas that override all other traits.
The ESFJ personality type is significant for you and your career. According to the assessment, there are four pairs of opposite preferences for how we energize, perceive information, make decisions, and live our lives.
ESFJ: What Does Each Letter Mean?
E (Extroversion): You favor extroversion, which means that being around other people motivates you. You would enjoy regularly interacting with coworkers.
S (Sensing): You use only your five senses to take in information. It is not like you to see beyond what is right in front of you. You find the details very important.
F (Feeling): When you have to make a decision, you are guided by your emotions. You don't like giving criticism and are sensitive to others' needs.
J (Judging): You would rather work in a structured environment. You are very organized and are not intimidated by having to meet tight deadlines.
There are some important things to remember when you look at your code. Most significant, perhaps, is that it is no better to be one personality type than another. You should also note that Jung believed that while an individual may favor one member of each pair of preferences, each of us exhibits both members of each pair. That is excellent news because it means you are flexible. For example, you may prefer extroversion, but that doesn't mean you will fail if you have to work alone. Your preferences also interact with one another.
Each aspect of your personality affects the others. Finally, don't be surprised if your preferences change over time. That could happen as you go through your life, mature, and learn to function better in the work world.
Knowing your personality type is interesting, but what you really need to know is how you can use the information to make sound decisions that lead to a satisfying and fruitful career. First, you need to understand how you can use your unique personality type to help you choose an occupation. The middle two letters, S and F, are the most informative markers for this purpose.
Don't forget that you should consider more than your personality type when choosing a career. You should also take your interests, aptitudes, and career-related values into account.
Use the first and last letters of your type [E and J] to help you evaluate a work environment when you are deciding whether or not to accept a job offer. Given your preference for Extroversion [E], make sure your job entails regularly working alongside other people. And, your preference for Judging [J] means that a structured environment would be ideal for you. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdwc4dbghcmVn2N_B | Q: Navbar to fix at the top after scrolldown I want my my navbar to fix at the top, after certain number of pixels have been scrolled down. I got this JQ snippet from an existing similar question, but it doesn't work for me. Have I bound it to the right div? Is there a way to do this with Bootstrap exclusively? Just to illustrate what I want, it's in this fiddle (not mine): http://jsfiddle.net/jpXjH/6/
<div id="nav-wrapper"><!--nav-wrapper-->
<div class="container"><!--container-->
<div class="row" id="navigation"><!--header-->
<div class="col-md-12"><!--col-md-12-->
<div class="nav"><!--nav-->
<div class="#"><ul id="#"><li id="#" class="..."><a href="...">Home</a></li>
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</ul></div> </div><!--nav-->
</div><!--col-md-12-->
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div><!--header-->
</div><!--container-->
</div>
JS:
$(function() {
var elementPosition = $('.col-md-12').offset();
$(window).scroll(function(){
if($(window).scrollTop() > elementPosition.top){
$('.col-md-12').css({'position':'fixed','top':'0'});
} else {
$('.col-md-12').css('position','static');
}
});
});
A: I made this function for a website (IDs already adjusted):
var headerHeight = $('#header').outerHeight();
$(window).scroll(function () {
var headerPos = $('#header').offset().top;
if ($(window).scrollTop() > headerPos + headerHeight) {
$('#nav-wrapper').css("top", "0");
} else $('#nav-wrapper').css("top", headerPos + headerHeight - $(window).scrollTop());
});
A live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/p86zvs3z/2/
A: Why not use the new position:sticky, which will be a part of CSS4, which can easily be polyfilled to work with existing browsers?
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BkiUbsrxK0iCl4YJmZXh | That's What They Said: Ron Rivera, Cam Newton
How the Panthers are trying to move past Super Bowl 50
While Broncos Head Coach Gary Kubiak is trying to get his players to forget about Super Bowl 50 and focus on a new challenge with a new team, Panthers head coach Ron Rivera is doing the exact same thing.
Prepping for the Panthers
The Broncos completed their first practice of the regular season Sunday as they get ready to host the Panthers.
"It's a new season," said Rivera to begin his conference call with Denver media. "Everyone talks about rematch, revenge — No! This is 2016. I believe Von Miller already told everybody: [These are] new teams. That's the truth of the matter. We're going forward."
A Super Bowl loss is something that's hard to move past quickly, but Rivera's doing his best to do just that.
"We understand, we know who they are, we know what happened, but everyone wants to continue trying to hammer this as revenge," Rivera added. "To be quite frank, I told the players, 'Guys, it's over. This is not the Hatfields and McCoys.'"
In trying to figure out how to advance after Super Bowl 50, Rivera looked to the Broncos. Not the 2015 Broncos, but the 2013 Broncos.
"I think the very first thing I did was I pointed to the Broncos," Rivera said. "I said, 'They're the team that two years ago got beat in New York by the Seattle Seahawks and then two years later, they're back in the Super Bowl.' And I said, 'If we do anything, let's learn from this experience.' And that's what we've tried to do, is emphasize that this was a great, tremendous learning experience."
So Rivera went back and read the press clippings. He read the Broncos' press clippings from after Super Bowl XLVIII, and then he read the Seahawks' press clippings from after their loss to New England in Super Bowl XLIX. And he called some of his friends, like Pro Football Hall of Fame head coach John Madden and Baseball Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa, to ask for their advice.
"I tried to learn some lessons that I could use to help our football team," Rivera concluded. "So we'll see if it pays off and hopefully we can give ourselves opportunities and chances."
An offense refreshed
As both teams re-focus with different teams from when they last faced one another, Carolina's offense is hoping they'll have more success as a healthier group.
The return of wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin, who missed all of the 2015 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, is expected to give the Panthers offense a top-notch receiving threat with his size and speed. Benjamin had posted a promising rookie season with 1,008 receiving yards and nine touchdowns.
"Probably the biggest thing more so than anything else is we've got Kelvin Benjamin back on the field," Rivera said. "With the different things we can do with him, the different combination of wide receivers we can throw out there, hopefully that creates some matchup stuff."
But that's not the only thing the Panthers are hoping to improve upon against the Broncos on offense.
In Super Bowl 50, Denver largely stuffed Carolina's rushing attack. Running back Jonathan Stewart had led the team with 989 rushing yards in the regular season, but mustered just 29 yards on 12 carries. He was briefly injured during the first quarter, but he returned shortly afterward and scored a touchdown by going over the top at the goal line.
After falling behind early, the Panthers offense, which totaled the second-most rushing yards in 2015, had to abandon the run and totaled just 36 rushing yards in the second half of Super Bowl 50.
"That's one thing going into the game on Thursday that we have to do better: Run the football and run the football early," quarterback Cam Newton said. "Those guys are very stout up front. We understand that and know that. We will be ready for it."
That's What They Said: Chiefs head coach Andy Reid
Andy Reid shared his thoughts on his rookie quarterback Patrick Mahomes II and what he expects from the Broncos on Sunday.
That's What They Said: Redskins' head coach Jay Gruden, quarterback Kirk Cousins
Redskins head coach Jay Gruden and quarterback Kirk Cousins spoke to Denver media Wednesday and answered questions about facing the Broncos' defense, how Cousins is approaching the offseason and how Washington is preparing for the Broncos' offense, regardless of Denver's starting quarterback.
That's What They Said: Indianapolis Colts HC Chuck Pagano and RB Frank Gore
The pair weighed in on the Colts' Thursday-night matchup with the Broncos.
That's What They Said: Jets head coach Todd Bowles
Jets head coach Todd Bowles talks to Denver media about the prospect of facing the Broncos, and he gives his thoughts on the Broncos' secondary as a former defensive back.
That's What They Said: Dolphins HC Adam Gase and QB Jay Cutler
The pair weighed in on the Broncos and their own team on Wednesday.
That's What They Said: Oakland Raiders HC Jack Del Rio
Take a look at what Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio had to say ahead of the Broncos' game in Oakland.
That's What They Said: Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis
During his conference call with Denver media, Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis talked about the potential he noticed in Vance Joseph, what he's seen from the Broncos' defense and how preparing for Von Miller can age a coach.
That's What They Said: Patriots HC Bill Belichick, WR Brandin Cooks
Read what New England's head coach and one of their wide receivers had to say about Sunday's matchup.
That What They Said: Eagles HC Doug Pederson, DT Fletcher Cox
During Wednesday's conference call with Denver media, Eagles head coach Doug Pederson elaborated on whether they might play newly acquired running back Jay Ajayi, and defensive tackle Fletcher Cox talked about the difficulty in preparing for Brock Osweiler.
That's What They Said: Chiefs HC Andy Reid and RB Kareem Hunt
Kansas City's head coach and rookie sensation weighed in on a "Monday Night Football" matchup with the Broncos.
That's What They Said: Chargers HC Anthony Lynn, OLB Melvin Ingram
Here's what Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn and outside linebacker Melvin Ingram had to say about the Broncos in their conference call with Denver media.
That's What They Said: Oakland Raiders HC Jack Del Rio and LB Khalil Mack
Del Rio and Mack spoke to the media Wednesday ahead of the Broncos' | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUc_05qhDACudDNQq8 | Drinking alcohol while receiving alfentanil treatment can lead to drowsiness, dizziness, lightheadedness, difficulty concentrating, and impaired thinking and judgment. More serious reactions can include low blood pressure, respiratory distress, fainting, coma, and death.
Do not drink alcohol while receiving alfentanil. Check all your medications for alcohol content, such as cold medicines, to ensure that you don't accidentally consume alcohol products before your treatment.
Tell your doctor about your complete medical history, including prescriptions, non-prescriptions, vitamins, supplements and alcohol consumption habits, so they can decide if alfentanil is the right medication during and after your procedure. Informing your doctor of your complete medical history will assist them in making the best and safest choice for your care.
Alfentanil is a short-acting opioid anesthetic, which is structurally similar to fentanyl. The difference with alfentanil is that its effects are fast acting and it has about 1/4 or less the strength of fentanyl. Alfentanil is an injectable drug that is used for pain after surgery and as a maintenance drug under general anesthesia.
The FDA has listed alfentanil as a Schedule II drug under the Controlled Substance Act. This means that this prescription drug has a high potential for physical or psychological dependence and abuse.
As with most prescriptions, alfentanil carries with it a chance of side effects. Some common side effects include nausea, headache, hypotension, pain on injection site, itching, respiratory depression, sleepiness/dizziness/drowsiness, or vomiting.
Inform your doctor about any reactions you have while receiving alfentanil so that you and your condition can be properly monitored. This not only ensures your safety and health while on alfentanil, but it helps your doctors provide you with the best care.
Speak to an Alfentanil Intake Coordinator now.
Mixing alcohol with alfentanil can lead to serious side effects, including death. Avoid consuming alcohol before your alfentanil treatment and until your doctor says you are safe to consume alcohol. Keep your doctor informed about all drugs you're taking to avoid interactions.
Alfentanil is an opioid anesthetic and should not be mixed with alcohol. Doing so can lead to a variety of side effects, including death. Don't take the chance that these side effects will not happen to you. Avoid alcohol and anything containing alcohol during your alfentanil treatment.
Be honest with your doctor about your alcohol habits and whether you feel that you can abstain from using alcohol while taking alfentanil. If you feel that you cannot avoid alcohol while receiving this medication, discuss other options with your doctor. Together you can make a decision that is right for you.
If you feel that you or a loved one is misusing or abusing alfentanil or alcohol, don't wait to get help. Go online to www.TheRecoveryVillage.com or call 24/7 to our toll-free hotline at 855-548-9825 to learn more about the road to recovery. We can help you begin to overcome your addiction today.
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How Long Does Alfentanil Stay in Your System? | c4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUerfxK3YB9m8SYvIE | Mai-Loni Henson and Amber Melgoza each scored 17 points with eight rebounds and three assists apiece to lead Washington past Colorado 60-46 on Sunday.
Washington Looks to Sweep Washington St.
Washington State seeks revenge on Washington after dropping the first matchup. The teams last played on Jan. 5, when the Huskies out shot Washington State from the field 56.6 %.
Jaylen Nowell scored 20 points, capped by three free throws with 1.6 seconds left, and Washington weathered a furious Oregon rally to escape 61-56 on Thursday night.
Jaylen Nowell scored 22 points, Nahziah Carter added 13 points off the bench for the Washington Huskies' sixth straight game win with an 80-64 win over Stanford.
Clemson finished No. 1 in The Associated Press poll for the third time after routing Alabama in the national championship game. The Tigers received all 61 first-place votes.
The Huskies scored 12 straight after the Cougars took their lone lead of the night before cruising to an 85-67 victory over their in-state rival in both teams' Pac-12 opener.
Washington safety Taylor Rapp is bypassing his Senior year has declared himself eligible for the NFL draft. He was named second-team AP All-America selection.
His final game was a exciting as Urban Meyer and the Ohio State Buckeyes held off a late rally from the Washington Huskies to win the 105th Rose Bowl 28-23. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdT05qsMAI4khRY5z | California Foundation Forced to Close
A California-based foundation that doles out about $12 million per year was forced to close as a result of the securities scheme orchestrated by Bernard Madoff, JTA has learned.
The Chais Family Foundation, which gives away approximately $12.5 million annually to Jewish causes in Israel, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, closed Sunday because all of its assets were invested with Madoff. The United Jewish Communities and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee were among its main beneficiaries.
Madoff, the founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, was arrested Dec. 11 after admitting that his $50 billion hedge fund was a fraudulent scheme.
"I can confirm that the Chais foundation has closed," its president, Avraham Infeld, told JTA via cell phone Sunday. "All of its funds were exposed with Mr. Madoff. We have made a decision regrettably and with much pain to close down the foundation."
On Dec. 12, the Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation based in Salem, Mass., shut its doors after saying it had lost all its money — $8 million — by investing with Madoff. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdzY4dbghX5eqf6jz | What is the best way to DROP a temporay table?
Yes, this is the standard SQL Server way and I always think that what they build is also the best practice.
Why is this table not dropped, I'm sure it exists and I'm in my session you say?
Is this correct already? No it's not, yes by accident it might work but why? It might be (it happend to me) that you have a current object ID in the DatabaseX.sys.objects table that has the same ID as the #tmpTableName in the tempdb. This might be certain when you leave out the [type] where clause.
Did you see the differences? | c4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdxfxK7kjXIdG_H-6 | from workflow import Workflow
import sys
class Base(object):
def __init__(self, args):
self.args = unicode(args.strip(), 'utf-8')
def execute(self):
wf = Workflow()
self.wf = wf
self.log = wf.logger
sys.exit(wf.run(self.main))
def main(self, wf):
pass
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BkiUdwU5qoYAzjhRy5VK | The application of statistical learning models to the prediction of noise-induced hearing loss.
Qiu W; Ye J; Hamernik RP
J Acoust Soc Am 2006 Nov; 120(5)(Pt 2):3128
Three powerful nonlinear statistical algorithms [a support vector machine (SVM), radial basis function network (RBFN), and regression tree] were used to build prediction models for noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). The models were developed from an animal (chinchilla) database consisting of 322 animals exposed to 30 Gaussian and non-Gaussian noise conditions. The inputs for the models were either energy or energy plus kurtosis. The models predict inner hair cell (IHC) loss, outer hair cell (OHC) loss, and postexposure threshold shift (PTS) at 0.5, 1, 2, 4, and 8 kHz. The models incorporating both energy and kurtosis improved the prediction performance significantly. The average performance improvement for the prediction of IHC loss was as much as 55%, for OHC loss it was 66% and for PTS, 61%. The prediction accuracy of SVM and RBFN with energy plus kurtosis for all three outputs (predictions) was more than 90% while for the regression tree model it was more than 85%. Energy is not a sufficient metric to predict hearing trauma from complex (non- Gaussian) noise exposure. A kurtosis metric may be necessary for the prediction of NIHL.
Noise-exposure; Noise-induced-hearing-loss; Hearing-loss; Hearing-impairment; Hearing-disorders; Models; Animal-studies; Laboratory-animals; Models
Wei Qiu, PhD, Auditory Research Laboratory, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, New York, 12901
CODEN
JASMAN
qiuw@plattsburgh.edu
Identifying No.
Grant-Number-R03-OH-008175; Grant-Number-R01-OH-007801
Disease and Injury: Hearing Loss
Performing Organization
Plattsburgh State University
Page last reviewed: June 15, 2021 | commoncrawl | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
BkiUd7PxaKgQNLA_eW0- | Edited by FarmerPotato, Sat Mar 9, 2019 4:17 PM.
As a gamer I much prefer joystick based menus with button presses or Joystick movement to select options.
Ex: Building in a joystick-up menu movement requirement prior to starting your game assures Alpha-Lock is released on the TI console, well before gameplay begins, every time.
It's understood the TI console did not come with a joystick. Is it not safe to assume each potential player has one by now? Why punish all players with zero value added keyboard driven UIs?
Text adventures may be the exception here. They may also be the reason bad UIs became the standard prior to action games: sports, shooters, etc.
Nothing worse than having to get up off the couch to restart a game. Seriously, I didn't buy a joystick cable extender so I can now get up and press the 1 key to restart each and every game.
Friends don't let friends KSCAN.
But you have to consider the times the 99/4A was released in. Most people didn't have computer exposure prior to getting one, and if you just said "Use Joystick to make selection" and you couldn't move up because the Alpha Lock key was engaged, and didn't provide a reminder message, the novice user would likely be pretty frustrated with your program very quickly. I know there was an addendum thing in the pile of docs that came with the 99/4A that mentioned the joystick/alpha lock issue, but the average person probably didn't read all that real thoroughly.
I understand you're talking about the menus, not gameplay.
But for gameplay, I don't like joysticks. I have more dexterity in my fingertips on the keyboard. I resent that the Atarisoft games generally don't have keyboard controls.
Late games like Barrage and SpotShot let you push Fire instead of Redo. You only needed the keyboard for Back.
In Bubble Plane (1988) I added a CRU bit test and a message saying "RELEASE ALPHA LOCK TO BEGIN PLAY". Despite what I just said, keyboard and joystick gameplay and menus (including joystick high score initials entry) were both supported.
Please use WASD instead of the "arrow keys" (which require two hands in a very uncomfortable configuration).
And REDO / BACK are awful IMO, avoid them whenever possible.
TI created a model for software on the 99/4A based on bad design (or a lack of any design) that perpetuated the use of things like single-color sprites, multi-key inputs (REDO, BACK, etc.), explicit instructions for single key inputs "Press 'P' to play", bad fonts, and on and on. When you compare 99/4A software with titles with systems like the ColecoVision, MSX1, and what people are producing today on the stock hardware, it is plainly obvious most developers did not even try very hard on the 99/4A.
Yes, please do follow the examples of systems like the MSX1 and NES for how to navigate and control games. I guarantee you that none of the kids back then went running to the manual to figure out how to navigate the game menus and options, all without any keyboard at all.
Please allow the user to choose a keyboard layout?
I suppose by two hands you mean left hand on E+S, right hand on X+D. I have seen people adopt this. It strikes me as odd when three fingertips is enough for me.
I have always used my right hand thumb on X, middle finger on E, index finger on S+D. My index finger can move most quickly of all to switch between S and D.
I am not a big fan of WASD. If I use the middle finger for both W and S, that muscle is slower to finish the movement (tendon causes three joints to contract) than the other movement in ESDX .WASD feels uncomfortable because my middle finger is above average length.
That said, we all have idiosyncratic wiring between brains and fingertips.
This subject probably deserves its own thread.
I absolutely hate WASD instead of arrows. They are never lined up evenly on almost any keyboard.
I like the ARROWS as they are exactly lined up like you would expect.
Also I hate the Number Keys and instead use Number Pad keys for numbers as you do not have to look to hit the right key.
Additionally you can hit Num Lock and get another set of keys.
I have small hands with short fingers so most keyboards is hard for me to type on.
Put your pinky of your left hand on the "A" key and place each of your following fingers to the right on the home row keys with your pointer finger ending up on the "F" key. The side of your thumb rests on the spacebar.
To hit the "W" key (up), extend your ring finger naturally up from the "S" key, and your joints will naturally guide it to the upper-left direction there.
Other natural movements are moving your pointer finger from the "F" key up to the "R" key or down to the "V" key.
Using the spacebar for something precise like jumping feels really natural with this hand positioning.
Part of the comfort of using WASD has to come from instant onscreen feedback (high framerate). Otherwise I agree it is more confusing than a cardinal direction layout.
Indeed. Basically, any four sequential keys at all is cool with me. I prefer ASDF out of habit. Spending many hours of every day for decades with my hands on a home row means they're pretty well trained to sit there comfortably. But HJKL works too. I'm likewise not a fan of WASD, and find having forward and backward on the same finger in that arrangement unnecessarily awkward.
The debate with respect to TI 99 differs from that for many other more modern systems, as a majority of games have (direction aside) a one-button input scheme. So I figure in those contexts, it absolutely doesn't matter where you are on the keyboard. But I find four adjacent keys to be the most comfortable position for direction keys.
I've just always been unable to place any value at all on the placement of direction keys in a configuration reflective of purpose. My "fire" button doesn't need to look like a gun's trigger for me to use it acceptably. My "jump" button doesn't have to physically reflect the act of jumping, for me to use it for that. While it's nice for control to aesthetically reflect function if this is easily achieved and there is no downside to its doing so, I just can't see that as a priority which trumps comfort and efficiency.
This all having said, I realise a lot of people are going to want direction keys to simply match those they've used the most. So one can understand WASD being preferred, as simply the most prevalent.
Edited by pixelpedant, Sat Mar 9, 2019 3:42 PM.
I dislike the traditional WASD input in part because the first person clan I joined 20+ years ago "taught" people to use the right mouse button to move forward, "W" to move backwards, A/D strafe left and right, "S" to crouch, and left mouse to fire. Makes it easy to stop, move forward, or quickly reverse without removing the fingers from those primary directions, and you can still crouch and move easily enough.
If you study a mechanical typewriter you will see why the keys are arranged as they are. Once people learned to touch type on a mechanical typewriter, that keyboard arrangement was carried over to computer keyboards. It may seem natural to move your left index finger from the F to the V or the B but that is only because you learned that way. Since your hands are symmetrical why does it feel natural to move your right index finger from the J to the M or N? It's because that is how you learned to type. If your joints naturally guided your left ring finger up and to the left then why does it feel right for the same finger on your right hand go up and to the left? Same answer.
I suspect that if you started with a clean slate it would make more sense to have the keys aligned in horizontal and vertical rows. But no one would buy a keyboard like that because it wouldn't feel "right".
Best to have user assigned keys to suit their preference. A pain to code from a UI perspective though. I have found that the UI development of any project is the most time-consuming aspect of programming.
I forget the name of the game, but i have encountered I(up)J(left)K(right)M(down) as player control in a TI Basic game before.
On PC, i stick with WASD, but that does not feel right on the TI.
Good old ESDX is what i like for keyboard action, but i will always take joystick if the option is there.
Speaking of joystick, i prefer to use port 1. I have several times altered the game code of Basic and XB games from port 2 to port 1.
As for what type of joystick, for me nothing but a good old Wico ball-top stick.
I have changed many CB and XB games to use ESDX when they were configured in a way I didnt like. I usually configured the . (Period) key as the fire/action key because Im left handed. | c4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
BkiUbgHxK7Dgs_cY4UfP | Megarctosa est un genre d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Lycosidae.
Distribution
Les espèces de ce genre se rencontrent en Afrique, en Asie, en Amérique du Sud et en Europe du Sud.
Liste des espèces
Selon :
Megarctosa aequioculata (Strand, 1906)
Megarctosa argentata (Denis, 1947)
Megarctosa caporiaccoi Roewer, 1960
Megarctosa gobiensis (Schenkel, 1936)
Megarctosa melanostoma (Mello-Leitão, 1941)
Megarctosa naccai Caporiacco, 1948
Publication originale
Caporiacco, 1948 : « L'arachnofauna di Rodi. » Redia, , .
Liens externes
Notes et références
Lycosidae
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Such a vibrant and fun place - It makes me happy just by looking at the pictures!
Definitely an interesting and stylish option for accomodation when visiting Stockholm!
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BkiUdzk4eIXh7gjUqg5R | It has been a busy old week, and I am not quite sure where the time has gone. We are in the middle of our three-week run at school, and we had friends to stay at the weekend, so it has all been rather hectic, so where to begin?
Firstly, we had a lovely weekend with Sam and Daisy. Sam is one of Andrew's oldest friends, and he's engaged to Daisy who Andrew first met at Central St Martin's in London. A slight word of warning to any other friends who may be coming to stay with us over the course of this year: DON'T TRUST SATNAV and READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
"we have picked up the car and we're on our way'.
NO!!!! STAY ON THE MOTORWAY!!!
At around 4:30pm, Daisy called to say that they had arrived; they had just passed a small bar with green and white chairs outside and they just needed to find the house. A BAR?? Our village is devoid of shop, bar, anything equating to any sort of convenience. It suddenly dawned on us that they may be in Salares, another village somewhere in Andalucia, and certainly not in Saleres, our village. One change of letter makes all the difference, especially if typed into Google Maps.
A drive that should have taken around an hour and a half took 4 hours, but at least they arrived safely.
The rest of the weekend was wonderful: a turn around La Alhambra and La Generalife and the beautiful gardens. Andrew and I had both been to the Palacios Nazaries before, but had not seen the gardens, so we whizzed through the palaces, avoiding the tourists, and made it out into the gorgeous park behind and above the moorish walls to see autumn colours in all their glory.
On Sunday, we took it at a slightly more relaxed pace, with a walk in the foothills above neighbouring Niguelas before a tapas lunch at Miguel's bar - providing Sam and Daisy with an authentic taste of village life. The afternoon was spent in front of the fire; we all needed a rest and it was great not to have any plans, but time just to relax and chat.
A brief respite between two weeks of full-on school during which we have revised and revised the past tenses, slotted in el futuro simple, got confused by por y para (again) and got confused by the differences between the verbs ser and estar. I am sure that we should be getting less confused by this stage….. That said, I aways find Mondays and Tuesdays at school to be particularly taxing, and then repetition tends to ensure that more information falls into place by Thursday and Friday.
Sam and Daisy left on Monday morning, and the house seemed a little empty when we returned after school, much as it has seemed empty whenever our guests depart. Our school routine continues: early starts, lunch, homework in front of the fire, dinner then bed. This week has been unsettled, weather-wise; indeed, today saw a day of almost unbroken and heavy rain, with a great deal of snow on the mountains, anywhere above 1,000 metres. It does feel as if autumn is slightly turning to winter, as daytime temperatures fail to reach the 20s that we had become used to. But then, there is much less of a temptation for us to abandon school work to relax in the sun (not that we have ever done that!), and we get our heads down accordingly.
Oh, and it as Sam's birthday today (Happy Birthday) and I may well have secured my first teaching role…..! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUc-nxK7IDPXIhnLDn | Good Lord! The two events that have, so far, been a part of "The Greatest Hits" show have been greatest hits in themselves.The work of the twelve artists included went over very well as did the overall installation of said work.
First there was opening on Saturday, September 29th, which was held during DUMBO Art Center's Art Under the Bridge Festival. Twelve artists—ranging from current grad students to extremelyestablished art stars—were pitted together in a show that highlighted a juxtaposition between 2D and 3D work, bringing together painting with wall sculpture, wall drawing, ceiling art and devices. It was a crazy blend highlighted by Chris Herbeck's "Ghost Bike" wall drawing/installation + video and Olek's "Untitled"ceiling hanging/bed art piece commissioned specifically for this event.
The opening itself was packed and onlookers enjoyed wine from Provence and Burgundy. Roundly acknowledged as one of the weekend best shows and parties, Leo Kuelbs Collection was thrilled to be able to host such a wonderful event. A really great time with great work in every corner.
Then there was October 20th's "Greatest Hits Party" which featured, besides the artwork, four readers and live music. Two of the readers, Paul D. Dickinson and Sam Osterhout, are part of "Lit 6," a group of Minneapolis-based writers whose "radio show" (think a more contemporary, twisted Prairie Home Companion) has been picked up for broadcast by Minnesota Public Radio. There a talks for more possibilities for the Lit 6 group and we wish them well. Both Paul and Sam kicked it, with Paul D. delivering a smattering of his "Punk Rock"poetry and Mr. Osterhout doing an essay about deer ticks, danglers and divorce. Great stuff.
Crumpled Press owner, Jordan McIntyre unveiled his latest, "13 Poems,"to the crowd to excellent effect while Park Slope poetry superstar Charles Butler literally had two people crying by the end of his short set.
Butcher Slim provided the music later. A Texas-bred NYC transplant, Slim brought his own crowd, who blended nicely and the night turned out to be a great one with post-parties raging and lots of happy people bumping into each other.
Curators from the Met were apparently in the house, checking out Lynn Butler's 3D work while other curators from Europe scoped work by a few other artists.
What's Next: As part of the First Thursday event in DUMBO, Leo Kuelbs Collection will open its doors (Thursday, November 1st) to the public one last time to see "Greatest Hits." The show remain hung until November 4th for by appointment viewing.
A surprise winter show is in the works. Should be pretty hot plus, Olek's bed art piece will be on display through the winter months, as well.Then there's talk of a figurative show in early spring and a few other exciting events taking place later on in 2008.Kick it!
Laura Splan (Bio-Medical Imagery)and others. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUdpE5qoTBG_qrqvS3 | Dominique was pretty sure she'd like her new employer since she was referred by a good friend who already worked at Clinic Service. "Friends don't refer friends to bad work places," she joked.
The single mom appreciates that her new job gives her the flexibility and support she needs to be a good mom and employee.
Dominique has been a medical biller since 2007. While she didn't know how much she'd like it, she quickly discovered it was a job she enjoyed and was good at. She said having a great job in a challenging field makes her feel good about her work and provides her with the income she needs to support herself and her 10-year-old daughter, Anela.
"My daughter keeps me very busy. She's in a West African drumming group that's going on tour soon, and she is also quite good at martial arts," Dominique said.
Dominique isn't alone in appreciating her employer. Clinic Service has been named one of Denver's "Top Work Places" by the Denver Post for four straight years. Only 140 businesses across Denver earned this distinction in 2016. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdtE4eIZjyphZvHDr | Q: LEDs not lighting up with reverse bulbs on my truck Recently purchased the WSFS-NW180-BK LED Light strip from superbrightleds.com, but the LEDs are not lighting up in conjunction with my reverse bulbs. I spliced the LED positive wire with the Reverse bulb positive wire. The LED ground wire was bolted to the frame. The FIRST time I tried it, BOTH lights lit up. But the SECOND time I tried it, ONLY the Reverse bulbs worked and the LED's didn't.
Any Ideas???
My plan was to splice the LEDs in with the reverse bulbs so I had more light for backing up at night. One 10 inch section of the LEDs on each side of the truck.
A: Sounds like they either "burnt out", or you have a break in the wire, close to the supply.
According to specification on the sellers website, for over voltage burnout you would need to exceed 14.8V.
Which for a truck, actually is not unlikely.
Many trucks run parts at 24V with 2 batteries, but I'll assume you haven't made that mistake.
Lead Acid batteries have particularly variable output voltage depending on current charge level.
Potentially the Alternator may also vary output voltage depending on motor speed (I know little about alternators).
Check to see yours does not sometime operate at ≥15v using a multimeter.
If it does, then it is likely you have destroyed the LEDs.
You could also check this by testing if the LEDs still work if you power them with a more trustworthy power supply, Eg a Mains-DC adaptor you have checked with a multimeter -- or if you have access to a lab regulated voltage supply, that is ideal.
The other option is a break in the wire.
This must be occurring at one of the ends, before any of the lights, as they are in parallel, so if the break was in the middle, some lights would still work.
Alternatively you have managed to separately break a wire in each group of 3, up to the point where there is a break in the series connections between groups.
Some notes I used while working this out:
WSFS-NW180-BK LED Light strip
is made of 3528SMD LEDs
As it can be cut into subsections so long as each subsection contains 3 LEDS,
this would indicate that the circuit is made of parallel groups of 3 in series,
looking closely at this picture I believe there is a resistor in there, but I can't make out the numbers, so don't know the resistance.
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
So since you have groups of 3 in series, you have a voltage divider situation.
We can tell that \$V_{LED} < \frac{V_{supply}}{3}\$
According to the sale website the strip is rated for \$9 \le V_{supply} \le 14.8 VDC \$
According to the Datasheet for the white LED, to operate \$2.8 \le V_{LED} \le 3.6\$
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BkiUdVw4uBhjCUQN7_F3 | Kaun Banega Crorepati season 9's first promo out, registration date is revealed by Amitabh Bachchan, it is start from June 17.
Kaun Banega Crorepati will soon make a return to Indian television, the show's first promo featuring host Amitabh Bachchan was recently released by the channel Sony TV.
Although the premiere date of the show has not been revealed yet, Big B has invited people to register for the show from June 17, the registration will be open from 9 pm.
Kaun Banega Crorepati first aired on television in 2000, and has since then amassed a number of followers and fans from all over the country.
Earlier there were speculations that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit were being considered for hosting the ninth season of the game show, but a tight schedule or not, looks like the makers have decided to go with Amitabh Bachchan. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUfCm6NNjgBtyghPCJ | Chapel Haven Church and The Edge SDA Worship Center officially merge » This has been an amazing journey to watch unfold. Since the two churches joined together, they are praising the Lord that the average attendance has been 210. Below is what Robert Coronado, pastor, has written about how all of this came to be.
Ecuador » Elaine Cloninger, from the Rifle Church in Colorado, shares the story of a very successful, gratifying mission trip to Ecuador.
"Most Seventh-day Adventists have seen articles and videos on Maranatha's One-Day churches and have said, 'I would like to do that!' A group of 14 people from the Copper Mountain, Leadville, Glenwood Springs English and Rifle English churches, including our pastor, Ruddy Vivanco, and his wife, Vivien Vasquez, followed through with that desire for a week in June. During a five-day period, we started three structures in Pastor Ruddy and Vivien's homeland of Ecuador.
"Additionally, the group also conducted a free health screening clinic during the days at each location, under the leadership of nurses Linda Caswell, from the hospital in Vail, and Laurie Cross, from the hospital in Aspen. The volunteers took medical supplies and reading glasses that were much appreciated. More than 400 local people were screened at the clinics. Pastor Ruddy, Vivien and a Glenwood Springs member, Dita Baranek, translated.
Wyoming Camp Meeting ignites a renewed passion for evangelism » An amazing spirit among those who attended camp meeting in Wyoming brought forth a unified effort among members to see the Gospel work in this territory move forward. What happened was not the result of a well-orchestrated plan unrolled by the Conference, but rather the Lord working on the hearts of the people who attended.
To read about what happened and the astonishing results, click here.
Special outreach for the fire victims » The Lord has put on the heart of Christine Kelly, a member of the Colorado Springs Church in Colorado, a very special outreach to those who were affected by the recent fires. She and her therapy dog, Ginger, have already been ministering to the victims, and she wants to invite others to join her. Read below to learn about her ministry.
"God put it on my heart to adopt the addresses impacted by the fire. We know that there is a total of 936 homes in the area, and 346 burned down. That leaves 590 homes still standing. Praise the Lord! Those with houses still standing are also still displaced due to cleanup efforts. So, all of them need encouragement.
To learn more about how Ginger, the therapy dog, works with Christine to help those who are hurting, click here.
High Park Fire relief efforts continue » Cathy Kissner, ACS DR coordinator, reports that the High Park Fire Recovery Distribution Center is still up and running well. Most recently, a group of young people on a mission project came and helped them transfer the items at the Center to another building.
To date, the Center has distributed more than 50,000 items with the help of 4,139 volunteers. The center is still in need of the following items.
To help at the Center or to make donations, you may contact Cathy at 970.201.3799 or by email her at [email protected].
My wife, Diane, and I are going back and forth between the NE Colorado Camp Meeting, where Elder Roscoe Howard is preaching, and the Mid-America Union Camporee, where we have more than 400 of our young people participating in this great event. Hubert Cisneros, our Union youth leader, and his team, have brought in many great speakers for this event — Elder Dan Jackson, Elder James Black, Elder Ron Whitehead and Elder Tom Lemon to name just a few.
Next week, we will share pictures to tell the story of how these events impacted those who attended.
There aren't any of us who weren't affected by the tragic shooting in Aurora last week. For me, it was just one of those moments where the repulsion of sin was exposed anew. This just makes me want to see Jesus come all the more!
God bless as each of you move into the Sabbath hours. I pray our worship together will bring joy to our Savior's heart and bring us His peace in this troubled world. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUcwk4uzlhbeH0ZP_T | 1857-60 (1875 Reprint), 12¢ greenish black (Scott 44), without gum as issued, fresh and attractive example of this elusive 1875 reprint, of which only 489 were reportedly sold; reperforated at left and top margins, otherwise Fine, with 2014 Weiss certificate. Scott $2,750. Estimate $1,000 – 1,500.
1857-60 (1875 Reprint), 12¢ greenish black (Scott 44), without gum as issued, magnificent high quality reprint with wide margins and brilliant fresh color, an attractive and completely sound stamp that is very challenging to find with such impressive attributes, as only 489 examples were reportedly sold, Very Fine, 1976 P.F. and 2015 P.S.E. certificate graded VF-80 (1 of 5 examples at this grade, with only 7 others currently grading higher according to PSE's population report). SMQ $4,500 in the grade of VF-80. Scott $2,750. Estimate $3,500 – 5,000.
1857-60 (1875 Reprint), 12¢ greenish black. Without gum as issued, rich vibrant color, well centered amid nicely balanced margins, Very Fine and choice, with 2004 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 44; $2,750. A HANDSOME EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 12¢ REPRINT ISSUE.
1857-60 (1875 Reprint), 12¢ greenish black (Scott 44), without gum as issued, handsome 1875 reprint with breathtaking rich color, completely sound and very choice, scarce thus, Fine, only 489 examples sold, 2014 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $3,000. Estimate value $2,000 – 3,000.
1857-60 (1875 Reprint), 12¢ greenish black (Scott 44), without gum as issued, attractive example of this scarce 1875 reprint, of which only 489 were reportedly sold, featuring nice centering for this issue and robust color; short perfs at bottom right, and a toned spot on the reverse, otherwise Fine, 2013 P.F. certificate. Scott $2,750. Estimate $1,000 – 1,500.
Scott #44, 12c Greenish black reprint, without gum as issued, fresh color, centered to the right, an attractive fine example of this scarce reprint; only 489 sold; 2000 PF certificate. | c4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUalLxK02iP4Y2sfdl | Appetite for Australian Consumer Sector Is Growing in PE & VC
Consumer discretionary is a key industry for Australian private equity & venture capital, as we explore in the last of our three-part series with the Australian Investment Council
Investors Are Zoning Out on Opportunity Zone Funds
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ICT Is Attracting Investment for Growth in Australian PE & VC Markets
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The Mexico Story: An Alternative Foundation
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Outlook on the Latin American Alternatives Market
Throughout the past decade, alternative investments have gained traction in the market and secured their place in investors' portfolios. In 2008, there were more than 3,500 institutional investors active in alternatives globally; in 2019, there are over 11,000. While the US and Western Europe remain…
Investor Interest in Renewables Gathers Steam
Firms set to raise record amounts of capital for the sector Current technologies that generate electricity from renewable resources could supply the US with 80% of its total energy needs by the year 2050, according to a study by the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. This …
Preqin Private Equity Data Now Available through FactSet
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The Outlook for Private Equity & Venture Capital Fundraising in China
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Can You Hear Me Now? The Talk about Telecoms
The telecoms industry has given people a lot to talk about in recent months. The saga of the merger between US telecom giants Sprint and T-Mobile continues to play out, with the fate of the proposed merger now in the hands of the courts. The 5G network has been introduced by some telecom companies i…
The Outlook for Private Equity & Venture Capital Fundraising in China (Chinese Version)
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Caution Hangs in the Air for Infrastructure Industry
The infrastructure industry does not seem able to throw off the air of cautiousness that has gripped the private capital industry in Q2. Investors are generally looking to make fewer and smaller investments than they were 12 months ago, deal activity has been lacklustre for the past year, and fundra…
Fundamental Benefits of Real Estate Remain Despite Negativity
The real estate industry has been running slightly counter-cyclical to the wider private capital industry in recent quarters. While fundraising in private equity and private debt has been declining since the middle of 2018, real estate funds surged to their highest fundraising in over a year in Q1. …
What to Make of the Private Equity Industry in Q2 2019?
By most markers, the private equity industry seems to have been a worrying period of decline – fundraising has well and truly withdrawn from the heights reached in 2017 and much of 2018, while both the buyout and venture capital deals markets have recorded fewer transactions and lower values in the …
Three Ways Technology is Providing Value in Real Estate
This contribution is provided by Stu Taub, National Real Estate Industry Leader & Troy Merkel, Partner and Real Estate Senior Analyst at RSM.
What Is Asia's Role in the Future of Artificial Intelligence Investing?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been riding a worldwide wave in recent years. As application increases, AI is transforming our daily lives across industries ranging from healthcare to finance and from automotive to retail sectors. AI has significantly boosted the global economy, led mainly by activ…
Land of the Rising Asset Class: Private Equity in Japan
Global private equity investors reduced the pace of new commitments in 2018, causing a slowdown in fundraising. Fund managers and investors largely agree that the record high valuations in the private equity market indicate that the asset class is at the peak of its lifecycle. Amid global concerns …
Holy Ship! Is Trouble Ahead for the Infrastructure Shipping Industry?
A critical component of supply chain logistics and globalization, the shipping industry transports around 90% of world trade, as per the International Chamber of Shipping. Amid global economic slowdown and increasing trade tensions, Danish shipping company Maersk, the largest ship container and supp…
Plant-Based Investing: Is There Value Behind the Hype?
Plant-based meat producer Beyond Meat reached a peak valuation of +570% following its IPO in May 2019. Bill Gates started investing in Impossible Foods in 2017. Film director James Cameron has invested in and brought attention to alternative, plant-based foods. Word is out – plant-based investing is…
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BkiUb07xK3xgpfdGOvQn | How does the WNBA follow the historic 25th season?
The WNBA's 25th season was marked by celebrations, the launch of the Commissioner's Cup and ''The W25,'' a collection of 25 of the greatest and most influential players in the league's history.
Fans voted Diana Taurasi as the GOAT, and that honor was announced before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, which featured the fifth and sixth seed playing each other for the first time under that playoff format. It all culminated with Candace Parker leading the Sky to their first WNBA title five years after winning her first with the Los Angeles Sparks during the league's 20th season.
How does the WNBA not only follow that but also capitalize on the attention and excitement generated from year 25?
An excellent place to start would be with the merchandise.
Three months after the Sky won their title, players' jerseys are still elusive. On the official WNBA store, Sky jerseys aren't available at all. At Dick's Sporting Goods, the league's official retail partner, options aren't much better.
On Dick's website, there are two jerseys — Diamond DeShields and Courtney Vandersloot — available for purchase in youth sizes. In adult sizes, DeShields' jersey is the only one available. When Kahleah Copper was named WNBA Finals MVP, fans rushed to buy her jersey only to find it unavailable.
After Parker was named AP Player of the Year for the second time in her career, she took to Twitter to express her displeasure that her jersey was nowhere to be found.
"Humbled and thankful for the honor," Parker wrote on social media. "Now, if only my jersey could be available for people (INCLUDING MYSELF) online, in stores or in the metaverse. That'd be great."
The increased visibility jersey sales provide in a saturated sports market like Chicago is critical.
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert ensured the issue has her attention and said it's a good problem to have when demand outstrips supply. Engelbert said the league is working with partners on shortening lead time, specifically with jerseys.
One solution she said the league is looking to create is a resource that could direct fans to every retail outlet that has WNBA merchandise available. Engelbert also suggested that fans could custom-make a jersey on the WNBA's merchandise page, but the Sky jersey is unavailable to customize.
When Engelbert took over as commissioner in 2019, she came in with a five-year transformation plan. The pandemic has impeded the first two years, with 2020 being played in a closed setting at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, and the 25th season being played mainly in front of limited-capacity crowds.
Despite pandemic challenges, viewership grew. The 25th season was the most-watched since 2008, with an average viewership of 321,000 across ESPN, ABC and CBS during the regular season, up 51% from 2020. Games 3 and 4 of the WNBA Finals were played in front of sold-out crowds at Wintrust Arena.
"The exposure in 2021 is helping set the stage for continued success in 2022," Engelbert said. "It comes back to the evaluation of our assets. Whether it's placement on the court or a patch on a uniform, exposure, media rights and filling seats, Chicago's success and the success of the overall season will help drive that value up."
The league launched the WNBA Changemaker platform in 2020 with inaugural partners AT&T, Nike and Deloitte. In 2021 Google became the fourth company to join that platform. Engelbert said the league is hoping to add another company soon.
This week, Colie Edison joined the WNBA as the league's first-ever Chief Growth Officer, another step Engelbert said is critical in capitalizing on momentum from the 25th season.
The league begins its 26th season on May 7, but free agency and the draft come first.
Part of the league's strategy following the announcement of the groundbreaking eight-year collective-bargaining agreement in 2020 was to create an environment that gave way to a robust free-agent market. In 2021, the exposure the league envisioned garnering from free agency materialized in the form of Parker leaving the franchise that drafted her and where she won a championship to return to her home market.
This year, free agency has the potential to be even more explosive, and negotiations can start Saturday. Players can start signing contracts on Feb. 1.
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BkiUd1I5qoTBBFOE5Xsh | The Company's manufacturing history goes back over fifty years with the introduction of the Plasticoat range of industrial coatings and flexible ducting in the late fifties.
Our Head Office and Manufacturing Centre in Chambers Road, Altona North, Victoria commenced operations in 1961 and has since grown to accommodate the ever evolving manufactured product range and now covers over three hectares.
In 2002, as our Australian marketing network spread, we opened a second major Distribution Centre in Perth, WA. This is now located in Bassendean on an 8000 m2 site and services an extensive customer base, on the West Coast. We also opened a new Distribution Centre in Brisbane, Qld in 2010. This is now located in Northgate on a large site and services all our Northern customers. In addition to our National customer base we have developed an important export market for a range of our products that are now sold throughout New Zealand, South East Asia, South Africa and the Middle East.
We are Associate members of many industry groups including The Australian Chamber of Manufacturers, The Association for Hose and Accessories Distribution (NAHAD) and the National Precast Concrete Association of Australia. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUeljxK1UJ-2RwXZ1r | <?xml encoding="UTF-8"> Christchurch Model Railway Club \"Kirky Lane\" \'00\' gauge layout.
Kirky Lane; where is that? Well, it's north of Ringwood and south of Glasgow and while fictional in railway terms, it does exist in another form, being better known in the speedway world as Kirkmanshulme Lane, the home of the Manchester Belle Vue Aces Speedway Team.
It is a modern image layout varying from the BT blue period to almost the present time. Kirky Lane is a terminus station with a variety of trains from DMUs, loco hauled passenger trains and a small variety of freight trains.
The station provides access to the engine shed and freight sidings; on the engine shed is a small fuelling point and an overhead gantry crane. Access to the freight sidings is via the loop in front of the loco shed which is a Pikestuff kit from Modern structures in Miniature. The shed has two roads for stabling four locos and a third road for the fuelling area which can hold two locos. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUd4o4dbghcmVn2WQ2 | Current Page: RNA Therapies for Inherited Retinal Diseases
RNA Therapies for Inherited Retinal Diseases
Earlier this year, Fighting Blindness travelled to The Netherlands to attend a meeting hosted by ProQR; a clinical stage biotech company, developing RNA therapies for genetic retinal disease including Usher syndrome.
First…back to basics!
You may remember secondary school biology where you heard how DNA makes RNA and RNA makes proteins. Proteins are the final product and are necessary for the cells in your body to work properly. The scientific community like to call this process 'The Central Dogma of Biology', which explains the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to protein.
Genetic retinal diseases occur when there are misspellings (or mutations) in your DNA. This can then result in the formation of damaged RNA and ultimately in the development of proteins that do not function properly in the cell. Scientists are continuously exploring new ways with which to treat damaged genetic material. An area that has received a lot of attention recently is gene therapy. Gene therapy works by fixing or replacing the damaged DNA. There are currently many gene therapy approaches being explored both in the lab and in on-going clinical trials for the treatment of inherited retinal degenerations. In December 2017, Fighting Blindness welcomed the landmark approval of the first gene therapy for the eye and inherited retinal disease.
LUXTURNA (voretigene neparvovec-rzyl) is now approved in the United States for the treatment of patients with inherited retinal disease due to DNA mutations in both copies of the RPE65 gene.
RNA therapy is another alternative approach being explored by scientists to treat damaged genetic material. These are delivered as a type of drug that works by targeting a very specific part of damaged RNA. One of the RNA therapies that ProQR are developing is targeted at Usher syndrome, in particular for individuals who have a mutation in exon 13 of the USH2A gene.
Fighting Blindness were joined in the Netherlands by other patient organisations in the USA, Canada and UK. Together, we shared insights and experiences to inform the development of ProQR's upcoming clinical trial for patients living with USH2A, which is expected to start before the end of year. There remains a high unmet need for all types of Usher Syndrome, and participating in this patient advisory board was a wonderful example of public and patient involvement in research. We will ensure to keep you fully informed on any further developments. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUgfvxK7IDPADJ5GeB | Korunk Galéria – a Korunk folyóirat kolozsvári szerkesztőségi helyiségeiben (1973 márciusától 1974 októberéig a Szabadság tér 4-5. szám alatt, 1974 decembere és 1986 júliusa között, majd 1990-től újra a Mócok útja elején, a régi vármegyeháza földszinti folyosójáról nyíló két teremben) működő, időszaki képzőművészeti kiállításokból kinőtt, részben önállósult intézmény, elsősorban a romániai magyar festészet, grafika, szobrászat, fotó- és iparművészet otthona. Kezdetben főként a folyóirat képzőművész-munkatársait látta vendégül, pályakezdő fiataloknak és a hivatalos kiállítóhelyiségekbe nehezen bejutó, el nem ismert idősebbeknek biztosított nyilvánosságot.
Története (1975-1990)
1975 óta olyan művészek tárlatai váltották egymást, mint Fülöp Antal Andor, Balázs Péter, Deák Ferenc, Incze János, Nagy Albert, Balázs Imre, Gy. Szabó Béla, Kós Károly, Szervátiusz Jenő, Nagy Imre, Mohy Sándor. A szombat déli megnyitókon szerkesztők, írók, műkritikusok mutatták be az ország különböző részeiből érkező képzőművészek, ill. az Erdélyből elszármazottak (Barcsay Jenő, Buday György, Dési Huber István, Bartha László) munkáit. Meghonosodtak a művészi műsorok, a Kolozsvári Állami Magyar Színház, a helyi Filharmónia tagjai, a Zeneművészeti Főiskola tanárai és diákjai léptek föl a leggyakrabban; a színművész Boér Ferenc vers- és próza-összeállítást adott elő, Banner Zoltán önálló előadóműsoraival szerepelt.
Sor került tematikus, ill. gyűjteményes kiállításokra is, az eseményhez közvetlenül kapcsolódó irodalmi és zenei kísérettel. Jellemző címek: Ady Endre emlékére (1977); A Forrás költői és grafikusai (1978), Grafikusok a szülőföldről (1978), Nagybányaiak Kolozsvárt (1979), Bartók Béla emlékére (1981), Vázlat – Jelzések (1981), Napsugár (1982), Színház – Fotó – Grafika (1982), Arany János – Kodály Zoltán (1982), Madách Imre (a Korunk Galéria 200. kiállítása, 1983. június 4.), Építészeti tervek a holnap Kolozsvárához (1983), Három kalotaszegi festő (1983), Homoródi tájak (1984), Kolozsvár terei (1984), Kalevala (1985), Bánffyhunyadi alkotók (1985). Itt került közönség elé Cseh Gusztáv Hatvan főember (1981) és Jeles házak (1984) c. rézkarc-sorozata. Helyet kaptak népi alkotók (fazekasok, parasztfestők, szövőasszonyok, fafaragók, fémdomborítók) is.
A kiállítók által adományozott munkák a székelyudvarhelyi képtárba kerültek, az állandó Korunk Galéria elnevezésű gyűjteménybe.
1974 januárjától (Paulovics László festészeti kiállításától) a tárlatokra nyomtatott katalógus készült, írók, művészettörténészek szövegével. A Korunk Galéria három művészi kiállítású füzettel szerepelt a Korunk-kiadványok sorában.
A sorozatos akadályoztatások (a katalógusok s a megnyitók irodalmi, majd zenei műsorának letiltása) után 1986 nyarán, a jubileumi 250. kiállítás küszöbén felfüggesztett Korunk Galéria közel négyévi kényszerű szünet után 1990. április 12-én indult újra kortárs festők munkáinak bemutatásával, jeles előadóművészek (Boér Ferenc, Bíró József, Kriza Ágnes) fellépésével.
Kiadványaiból
A Korunk Galéria első három füzete Kántor Lajos és Ritoók János szerkesztésében jelent meg: Galéria 50 (1976); Korunk Adyja (1977); Szülőföld (1978).
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The workshop and staff were extremely helpful and made to fit every skill level in the room. Now we will always remember how much fun we had when we look at our masterpiece in our new home.
I had a blast making this project that I proudly display on my mantel. The B&B team was great at helping and making sure you were comfortable with each step of the process. I've already signed up for my next one and can't wait to share this with others.
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BkiUe8Q5qhDCUnl_eA9d | The Morton Bahr Educational Wing is home to the Yitzhak Rabin Center's multi-faceted educational and leadership programs. These programs support the mission of the Center by instilling democratic values, narrowing socioeconomic gaps and addressing social divisiveness.
Every year the Department hosts thousands of students, soldiers, officers, commanders, border police, Israeli police and security personnel; emissaries of Jewish communities from abroad as well as foreign youth delegations.
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BkiUaS_xK7Ehm308n4zh | Trois-Rivières, QC – Vallee Jonction's Marc-André Ciche was fastest in the third and last round of qualifying for the Canadian Stock Car Champion event at the Grand Prix de Trois-Riviere. The 2017 Champion Jonathan Bouvrette registered the 2nd fastest lap. 17-year old Raphaël Lessard of St-Joseph de Beauce scored the third time. Quebec's Jean-François Déry who had dominated both of the practice sessions scored the 4th fastest time and St-Edouard de Lotbiniere's Dany Trepanier rounded out the group of five.
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BkiUaQXxK7kjXJwSOImc | Not to be confused with Lyme disease (which is caused by a bacteria), the virus is harboured in a variety of small mammals, domestic livestock and certain species of birds.
1 What is tick-borne encephalitis?
TBE is one of the world's arboviruses; ie a virus that is transmitted in most cases through the bite of an infected insect, in this case, an infected tick.1 The virus is carried in the wild by a variety of animals, such as voles, sheep and deer, and is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected tick.
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BkiUdwU4uzqh_RadJtSx | A single franchise publisher is one with a game world that it develops and licenses into many forms. A single franchise publisher's world develops over many years and builds loyal fans. The world is commonly free to play or access at some point in order to build that relationship, and so the kinds of customers that a single franchise finds become premium purchasers.
Some single franchise publishers have more than one game, however they are different from portfolio publishers in that each game is treated as its own community rather than as part of a cross-promotional web of games. They are also different to mega-publishers in that they focus on building communities slowly, and so commonly lack significant PR presence.
Single franchise publishers are often either synonymous with their game, or their company identity is almost wholly subsumed by their franchise's identity. They find it very difficult to gain initial funding because although investors often talk of adopting the methods of startups, they are often afraid of games companies which act that way as single franchise publishers do.
Jagex, Moshi Monsters, CCP, Games Worksshop and Erepublik are all examples of single franchise publishers. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
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BkiUd0rxK0iCl4YJn66Y | Usha Haley is full (tenured) Professor of Management at West Virginia University. Previously, she was full Professor of International Business (US chaired, tenured, full-professor level) at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. Other full-time faculty positions in International and Strategic Management include at the University of New Haven, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, New Jersey Institute of Technology/Rutgers, Australian National University, National University of Singapore and ITESM-Monterrey, Mexico. She has taught graduate courses at Harvard University, and Purdue University among others, and in executive-development programs in the USA, Australia, Russia, Hungary, Mexico, Vietnam, Italy, Finland, India and Singapore.
Her research focuses on multinational corporations and international strategic management, especially in Asian and emerging markets, including business-government relations, governance, business and society, strategic decision-making, innovation, sanctions and subsidies. She has 268 publications and presentations including 31 journal articles (in Journal of International Business Studies, Human Relations, Journal of Management Studies, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, California Management Review, and Harvard Business Review, among others), 7 books, 2 on international best-seller lists, and 38 book chapters. Her books include Subsidies to Chinese Industry (headlined twice in the Economist, reviewed in Strategy+Business as "important" and "influential", and China findings described by JP Morgan as "with no equal in terms of scope, breadth and impact"); Multinational Corporations in Political Environments (reviewed in the Wall Street Journal and Academy of Management Review); Chinese Tao of Business (reviewed in the Wall Street Journal as the only business book on Asia to buy); and, New Asian Emperors (reviewed in the Economist as an "important study").
Usha has testified before the US Senate (2013) on Shuanghui's takeover of Smithfield Foods, considered the most important case on FDI in a decade. She also testified on her research on China/Asia to the USCC (2006) and twice before the Committee on Ways and Means (in 2007), including on federal legislation, the Non-market Economy Trade Remedy Act (2008) whose findings were incorporated into US regulation (HR 1229). She presented her research before the US International Trade Commission (2007, 2009, 2010), US Department of Commerce and US Trade Representative (2009, 2010). She was nominated to join the US delegation on the Steel Dialogue with China (2008) and advised on the US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (2009), the primary trade dialogue between the two countries. Her research on Chinese subsidies has served as the basis of 3 pieces of anti-dumping regulation in the European Union (2009, 2010).
Competitive research grants she received as Principal Investigator include from the National Science Foundation (2017) for international technology development; Academy of Management (AOM) for a strategic initiative on scholarly impact (2015); USCC (2014); and, the National Research Center for Coal & Energy (2014). She co-Chairs the All Academy AOM Practice Theme Committee on external engagement through research. She serves/served on 8 corporate, non-profit and governmental planning and advisory boards, including USGlass Inc., Elea-Olivetti (Italy), Emerald Publishing (UK), World Affairs Council and Hainan Province (China). She sits on 5 academic journals' editorial boards, serves as founding co-Editor in Chief for the new Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation (Sage), served as Regional Editor for 3 journals, and edited 4 journal special issues on strategic management. She is co-Editor-in-Chief of the new book series Multinational Investment and Business for Imperial College Press. Her service on national and international review boards includes the National Science Foundation (2017), Marsden Fund, New Zealand (2009) and Networks of Centers of Excellence, Canada (2007).
She has served 23 times as keynote speaker including at the Brazilian Steel Institute, Brazil (2016), Latin American Steel Industry Association, Argentina (2015), Global Economic Summit, India (2014), Organization for Women in International Trade (2014), Center for Strategic and International Studies (2013), Timbro, Sweden (2013), Foreign Correspondents Club, Hong Kong (2013), ITESM, Mexico (2009), National Committee on US-China Relations (2007), TIE-The Indus Entrepreneurs (2006), and, Trinity College, Cambridge University, UK (2005). Her expertise has been profiled more than 490 times in the international media (almost weekly over the last decade) including multiple times in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, USA Today, Guardian, CNN, Economist, Barron's, Entrepreneur, National Business Review, Australian, PBS, and NPR.
In 2012, she received the Academy of Management's Practice Impact Award for scholarly impact. In 2011, she was featured as "thought leader" on emerging markets at the Economist's flagship High-Growth Markets Summit, London. In 2003, she received Emerald Publishing's Lifetime Achievement Award from a panel of academics, businesspersons and policy makers for contributions to understanding Asia Pacific business. In 2010, she was named an American Made Hero for her work on behalf of US manufacturing. Her numerous teaching awards include University Lecturer of the Year in 2011. Her PhD is from the Stern School of Business, New York University, with Master's degrees from New York University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Bachelor's degree from Elphinstone College, Bombay, India. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdGjxK0zjCxN_tHYv | IndyCar on NBC's Katie Hargitt looks to 'fuel' more females in motorsports
By Kyle LavigneJun 27, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT
Photo: IndyCar
Katie Hargitt joined the IndyCar on NBC team in 2015, but was no stranger to motorsports or media work.
Hargitt is a former racer herself – she raced quarter midgets starting at the age of nine and moved into USAC midgets at the age of 15, and she continued racing until she was 21 – and began pursuing a career in media while at Ball State University.
She quickly got the attention of USAC and became a pit reporter with them, alongside several other gigs within the media realm.
"I loved it. I loved telling people's stories, even just around little (Muncie, Indiana), but I loved it. And I loved the people I got to meet, and the stories I got to tell," Hargitt told NBC Sports in discussing her early media career.
She quickly developed a demo reel that eventually got the attention of Mike King, then the lead announcer for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network, who offered her a "tryout" of sorts at the 2013 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, and her Verizon IndyCar Series reporting career was off and running.
Fast forward to 2018, her fourth season as a part of the IndyCar on NBC team, and Hargitt began looking at a new venture. She took note of several successful women within the IndyCar paddock, but also knew there were a lot more out there with the potential and the skill to work in the motorsports realm; they just lacked the connections and/or the resources to break into it.
"Ever since getting into IndyCar professionally, and racing in general professionally, I have seen this need for resources for women who are not necessarily drivers, because the women drivers are able to get attention, and therefore resources. The women behind the scenes – the mechanics, the engineers, the business women – don't necessarily get that same attention, therefore, no resources," Hargitt explained.
The idea led her to speak with Terry Lingner, producer of the NBCSN IndyCar telecasts, which then led to a conversation with Teresa Sabatine, Indianapolis Film Commissioner.
What she initially thought might be a single-day event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, one that would highlight all the motorsports careers young women could aspire to, quickly grew into something much bigger.
Now a non-profit dubbed Fuel the Female, Hargitt's newest venture aims to do exactly what its title says: metaphorically fuel girls and women to pursue careers within motorsports, or even in other STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and business fields. In short, Hargitt hopes to use it to help empower women, no matter their career path.
"Now we are working on developing a scholarship for women who want to get into motorsports and need some assistance in their education. We're developing a mentorship program, and we'll also have some networking opportunities – so, just general events that anyone would be able to attend," she said in discussing her objectives and the projects associated with them.
All told, the process has taken Hargitt by surprise, notably because of how quickly it has gone.
"Everything is happening so fast," she exclaimed. "I feel like it should take years to get to where we are, just because of the incredible amount of support I have received, not only from people in the paddock but the general public."
She's even planned and held the first event for Fuel the Female as well. Back in May, during practice week ahead of Indianapolis 500 qualifying, Hargitt and the Fuel the Female team organized a day in which 60 female students from Indianapolis Public Schools came out to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to meet and hear from a number of women who work within IndyCar in varying capacities.
Such women included Danica Patrick, Kate Gundlach (an assistant engineer for Chip Ganassi Racing), Cara Adams (the chief engineer for Firestone Racing) Lisa Boggs (the director of motorsports for Bridgestone Americas), Jessica Mace (a mechanic at Andretti Autosport), and Kate Guerra (Sr. manager, national media outreach, with INDYCAR).
We've just finished speaking with @Cara_Adams and @katygun and are off to watch practice! #FueltheFemale pic.twitter.com/sOxOPhMFeT
— Fuel the Female (@FuelTheFemale) May 15, 2018
Now we're joined by @DanicaPatrick ! She's speaking on her racing career and what she's found is important with her businesses! #FueltheFemale pic.twitter.com/AusdRpsVyp
@kateguerra4 of @IndyCar comes to speak on her career and journey to end up working with national media for the series. #FueltheFemale pic.twitter.com/Wn4jGpI2l3
Our last speaker of the day is Jessica Mace, a mechanic for @FollowAndretti ! Jessica shares her experiences being one of a few female mechanics in the racing industry! #FueltheFemale pic.twitter.com/BVa5nYxmI7
And while Hargitt was certainly excited to kick off her program with such an event, she was also more than a little nervous.
"I was terrified going into the day, because I didn't know what to expect with high school girls," she revealed. "It could go one of two ways. They can either be fascinated and interested and want to know about motorsports, or they can be completely tuned out. Luckily, it was the first option."
Hargitt credited people like Lauren Guidotti (community outreach manager at IMS), Anne Fischgrund (Sr. manager VIP services at IMS), and Allison Melangton (Sr. VP of events for Hulman Motorsports and IMS) for helping to ensure that things went off without a hitch, and added that the students' involvement was genuinely incredible, with their willingness to be interactive and ask questions of the speakers making the event all the more powerful.
"We had fantastic students, and I was particularly impressed with one school in particular. All the girls introduced themselves to the speakers and shook hands with them and wanted to know more about their careers and reached out to us on social media – they wanted to know how they can stay involved and how can they know more about motorsports. I went into the day thinking 'If we can change a handful of girls' minds about what they can do with their lives, we've succeeded.' And I think we did that."
Katie Hargitt (right) and Kate Guerra (left) during the first Fuel the Female event in May. Photo: IndyCar
More events and plans are in the works, with recent projects including a slew of profile pieces on various women who work in racing – Brie Rentz (communications director at Ed Carpenter Racing), Gail Truess (AMR Safety Team driver with INDYCAR and pace car driver with the Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires), and Lauren Stewart (owner and operator of Lauren Stewart Promotions, and fiance of the late Bryan Clauson) are among those who have been profiled. Danielle Shepard (engineer at Ganassi) and Amanda Lund (engineer at Andretti Autosport) have also been featured on their Facebook page.
Hargitt described that her ultimate goal is to start raising funds to establish things like the aforementioned scholarships and mentorship programs to help up and coming women break into motorsports. And with their first big event already in the books, Hargitt can already see the potential impact of it all. She particularly noted how the students reacted to Danica Patrick's story, specifically her ventures outside of the sport.
"They were like '(Danica) is in her 30s and she did what? Like, she has businesses? You think I could have a business?' 'Yeah, girl, you could have a business!' 'Oh my gosh, here's what I want my business to be in,'" she said of conversations she had and overheard among the students. "Just, their brains really start to turn and their minds start to change – 'if she can do it, I can do it.'"
Hargitt added, "Seeing these women build their own brands and their own careers, and watching the students' eyes open up was enough to fill up my heart for a lifetime."
More information about Fuel the Female, including ways to get involved and donate to the cause, can be found on their website.
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BkiUdVQ5qsBC9WrglE7r | Prop Store announces huge new poster auction
"Prop Store lives and breathes entertainment memorabilia, and the addition of poster auctions now allows us to provide a fully rounded service to the movie collecting community," said Prop Store CEO Stephen Lane. (Prop Store)
Rare movie posters worth £250,000 coming up for auction
Yahoo Movies UK 22 October 2018
Fancy getting your hands on some movie history? Prop Store has announced a new auction of over 400 rare and sought-after movie posters and artworks with prices expected to range from £50-£10,000.
Among the items that will be sold via a live auction on Tuesday, 20 November are a poster from the set of Spectre, signed by director Sam Mendes, Indiana Jones artwork drawn by Drew Struzan, rare Star Wars posters, and the original art used in the poster for John Carpenter's The Thing.
Registration and online proxy bids are now open at www.propstore.com/ posterauction.
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Second series of 'Star Wars' TV spin-off already in the works
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BkiUa7Y5i7PA9LporkGo | I ran a group buy on a handful of ecu connectors. I kept one for myself and sold off the rest. These will be used to make my own jumper harness to make a PnP install without repinning the OEM harnesses.
I used 18awg and 20awg wires, depending on which pin it was for. In this picture I crimped on the terminals onto the wire and put them in the connectors. I used a multimeter here to check continuity. So far so good.
Here I soldered on all the wires onto the female receptable terminals and used heatshrink to cover the connections.
Here is the completed jumper harness. I pinned it straight through for testing purposes. I hooked it up to my car and it worked flawlessly. It will be repinned shortly to run a Gen3 3SGTE ECU with my '91 harnesses.
Here are the rest of the parts for a gen3 EFI conversion. | c4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdWA5qsBDH_zJ9oZ_ | After spending three busy days at Disneyland in early May, my family and I discovered that unwinding at Sea World was just what we needed before flying home to Colorado. It was overcast the day that we went, so we were sad to miss the sun. However, the lines were pretty much nonexistent–a nice change of pace from the Happiest Place on Earth.
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Sea World has an app you can download which allows you to purchase tickets at a discount, as well as view the descriptions of events, attractions, and rides. Just be sure to download the app before you get to the park, otherwise you risk the chance of getting stressed out and distracted, and might just end up accidentally sending your newly purchased tickets home instead of to your phone–not like that happened to me or anything. But if that somehow happens,they have a really good customer service desk that will print off the tickets quite easily. I'm sure that if I had any other questions, they would have been very kind and helpful.
When you get inside, it can be a little overwhelming to decide where to go, because there are so many fun things to check out. I would recommend taking a few minutes to look at a map and decide on what you want to see and in what order–especially if you're in a time crunch like we were.
One of the first places we went was the Dolphin Show. The master of ceremonies was fun and informative and kept us entertained while we waited for the show to begin. She made it very clear to the crowd that the dolphins (as well as the rest of the Sea World animals) have all been rescued and wouldn't have survived had they been left in their natural habitats. It was very heartwarming to see the performers with the dolphins, because it was obvious there was a special bond between them.
We were lucky enough to arrive at the stadium about 30 minutes early, which meant we had the choice of any seat we wanted. The first ten rows are designated as the Splash Zone, and the spectators in the first few rows were soaking wet by the end of the show. Forrest thought sitting in the seventh row would be fun so we were bracing ourselves to be drenched–but it was a little disappointing when not a single drop hit us.
The show was well worth sitting on hard, metal stadium seats. Being able to see these animals do spectacular stunts and tricks had a timeless feeling to it. There were people of all ages in that stadium, and they all seemed to be enjoying the show.
We unfortunately were not able to see everything in the park, but what we did see we really loved. There were many small aquariums throughout, and we chose to go to the Turtle Reef, and Shark Encounter. It was quite thrilling to see these animals up close (behind the safety glass of course).
I surprisingly really liked the flamingo exhibit. I know that you can see these at the zoo, but we were able to get up super close to them and have them eat "flamingo food" from our palms.
There are several rides at Sea World, but the only one we had time for was the BaySide Skyride, which is basically a gondala ride over the bay. If you're afraid of heights, this ride isn't for you–we were pretty high up there. There were some nice views though.
We unfortunately did not give ourselves enough time to see the Shamu show, which we were bummed out about. However, we were happy to see that there is a place to view the killer whales while they are on break–Shamu's Underwater Viewing. It was breathtaking to see these magnificent creatures so close. There were signs that gave some interesting information about the animals, and how they are rescued. It was a nice alternative to the show.
Sea World also has exhibits and shows designed for the adventurous among you. Note the picture of Grandpa Bruce below with the cleaner fish in one of the interactive exhibits. A few members of our group were a bit wary of it, but kids of all ages really seem to love this exhibit. I would recommend bringing some hand sanitizer if you plan to visit, because your hands can get a little slimy!
Some other interactive exhibits that we saw gave you the chance of touching the sting rays and small (harmless) sharks–you know, the kind that you dissect in your high school biology class.
Gift shops and food stands are placed conveniently throughout the park–because after all who doesn't want to buy a souvenir, churro, or turkey leg?
Use your Sea World app or complimentary maps to locate what you're looking for, including restrooms. On the back of the map you can also find the times for the different shows throughout the park.
Admission to Sea World is a little less pricey than to most of the other theme parks, and there are several different options. The most expensive one-day ticket was $119, and it included admission, CD of photos taken throughout your visit, and all the food and drink you want. Up close parking is five dollars extra but we felt it was worth the shorter walk.
If you love animals, plan a visit. If you love the ocean, plan a visit. If you have little kids, plan a visit. If you want to have a good time, plan a visit. Sea World is someplace you won't want to miss.
I LOVE SEA WORLD! We were super lucky and got a season pass to the one here in San Antonio, so we go all the time. I'll be honest and say I tear up during the orca and dolphin shows (THEY ARE AMAZING!). Our park is a little different than the San Diego one, so we'll have to go visit there sometime, too! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
BkiUeOo4dbghe2kmZLsb | Propel(x) founders Swati Chaturvedi and Lisheng Wang attended the 2017 International Angels and Venture Capital Summit as keynote speakers. The event, held by the Taiwan Economic Research Institute, featured over 50 international startups from the United States, Germany, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan.
Chaturvedi's presentation, "Opportunities for Investing in Science and Technology," explored investment trends in the American deep technology startup market. She focused on three sectors growing rapidly as costs for entry decline: gene sequencing, energy storage, and computing power. Swati began by illustrating the exponential decrease in gene sequencing expenditures. In 2001, mapping an individual's genome would cost $1 million. Today, that same process costs $1,000 (National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH). More gene sequencing startups have entered the market, increasing the likelihood of personalized medicine becoming a reality within the next decade.
The energy storage sector is experiencing a similar transformation, Chaturvedi explained. With lithium-ion battery costs at a historic low, companies working on robots, drones, and transportation technologies are finding it easier than ever to get up and running. Business models founded on AI innovation are also cheaper, creating new opportunities in the financial services, defense, and consumer industries.
The Rise of Carbon Fiber: Why a Space-Age Material May Finally Come to Earth. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdaI5qhDBWAzXsUAm | Women are different from men. From bike fit to nutrition to aging patterns, women ride differently. Most serious cycling books fail to address the specific concerns women have about cycling. In Bicycling for Women, cycling authority Gale Bernhardt discusses all things female for women who love to ride.
Bicycling for Women is up-to-date, smart, and clear. Gale addresses basic questions on bike fit, equipment, and training before moving on to more complex issues like cycling and pregnancy, injury prevention, nutrition and diet plans, and making cycling more comfortable. The book features five detailed training plans to help women meet their cycling goals, including 50-mile and century rides, improved hill climbing, and multiday bike tours.
Encouraging for newcomers and invigorating for experienced cyclists, Bicycling for Women is an essential resource for women who love to ride.
Gale Bernhardt has coached and instructed athletes since 1974, and was selected to be the USA Triathlon team coach at the 2004 Olympic Games. An elite-certified USA Cycling Level I Coach, she has also served as the Chairperson of the USA Triathlon National Coaching Committee for five years. Bernhardt has traveled the world as a USA Triathlon World Cup coach. Bernhardt is the best-selling author of Training Plans for Multisport Athletes, Triathlon Training Basics, and Workouts in a Binder(r): Swim Workouts for Triathletes.
Paperback. Illustrations, charts, tables throughout.
VeloPress is an endurance sports and fitness publisher focusing on the sports of cycling, triathlon, and running. VeloPress training books help both serious athletes and beginners build skills and fitness. VeloPress is the book publishing division of Competitor Group, Inc., publisher of VeloNews, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, and Competitor magazines; and producer of Elite Racing marathons and half-marathons and the Muddy Buddy adventure series. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbujxK03BfMLypTZh | Tanning industry fights back
Capital Region Q&A: Dennis Metzger, Albany Med vaccine expert
News // Local News
Taking cues from Big Tobacco, they battle evidence of possible harm
Bridget Huber, FairWarning
Sep. 1, 2012 Updated: Sep. 1, 2012 9:36 p.m.
1of6Chelsea Price, a survivor of melanoma. (FairWarning) Show MoreShow Less
2of6Stitches following skin cancer surgery. (FairWarning) Show MoreShow Less
3of6Poster from the International Smart Tan Network. (FairWarning) Show MoreShow Less
4of6An ad labeling as "hype," the claim that tanning causes melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. (FairWarning) Show MoreShow Less
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A doctor in a white lab coat stands at the pearly gates. The voice of God booms, "And your good deeds?" The man responds, "Well, as a dermatologist, I've been warning people that sunlight will kill them and that it is as deadly as smoking."
His smug smile fades as God snaps, "You're saying that sunlight, which I created to keep you alive, give you vitamin D and make you feel good, is deadly? And the millions of dollars you received from chemical sunscreen companies had nothing do with your blasphemy?"
A bottle of SPF 1000 sunscreen materializes in the dermatologist's hand. "You'll need that where you're going," God says.
The scene is part of a training video for tanning salon employees made by the International Smart Tan Network, an industry group. The tone is tongue-in-cheek, but it's part of a defiant campaign to defend the $4.9 billion industry against mounting evidence of its questionable business practices and the harm caused by tanning. And, in an extraordinary touch, it is portraying doctors and other health authorities as the true villains – trying to counter a broad consensus among medical authorities that sunbed use increases the risk of skin cancer including melanoma, the most lethal form.
To sway public opinion, the industry is drawing on its vast network of outlets; there are more tanning salons in the U.S. than McDonald's restaurants. Some salon operators are putting trainees through a "D-Angel Empowerment Training" program that uses the video. It is intended to give employees talking points to use outside the salon to argue that tanning is a good source of vitamin D and thus a bulwark against all manner of illness, including breast cancer, heart disease and autism.
The industry has also gone on the offensive with tactics that appear cribbed from Big Tobacco's playbook to undermine scientific research and fund advocacy groups serving the industry's interests.
Central to the industry's message is the idea that tanning's critics — such as dermatologists, sunscreen manufacturers and even charities like the American Cancer Society — are part of a profit-driven conspiracy. These critics are described as a "Sun Scare industry" that aims to frighten the public into avoiding all exposure to ultraviolet light. The tanning industry blames this group for causing what it calls a deadly epidemic of vitamin D deficiency and tries to position itself as a more trustworthy source of information on tanning's health effects.
What tanning's proponents rarely point out is that the notion of a vitamin D epidemic is disputed, and even if you need more of the vitamin you can safely and easily get it from dietary supplements and certain foods.
Even as they themselves use techniques cigarette companies pioneered, some in the tanning industry compare the Sun Scare group to the tobacco industry. "The Sun Scare people are just like Big Tobacco, lying for money and killing people," Joseph Levy, executive director of Smart Tan, said in the D-Angel video.
Feeling the heat
The indoor tanning industry's image has taken a beating since 2009, when the International Agency for Research on Cancer designated UV-emitting tanning devices as carcinogenic. The American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Dermatology urge minors not to use sunbeds.
California and Vermont prohibit youths under 18 from tanning indoors, and New York recently imposed a ban for those under 17.
The Federal Trade Commission and Texas attorney general have tried to rein in marketing messages that misrepresent tanning's risks. The Texas lawsuit is pending, but the FTC reached a settlement with the industry's largest trade group, the Indoor Tanning Association, in 2010.
Still, misleading messages continue to be the norm, Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee reported in February. Undercover investigators phoned 300 salons and found 90 percent of the employees they spoke with said tanning did not pose a health risk. What's more, 51 percent denied sunbeds increase cancer risk. Industry groups say the questions were posed in a leading way and that investigators would have been more fully informed of risks had they visited salons in person.
Despite the bad press, the indoor tanning industry is holding steady. It showed slow but continued growth over the last three years. White women ages 18 to 21 are the leading customers: 32 percent of them tanned indoors in 2010, including 44 percent in the Midwest, according to federal figures. An estimated 28 million Americans tan indoors each year.
Tanning Industry Network
To fight regulation and promote tanning as a healthy source of vitamin D, the $4.9 billion tanning salon industry has supported a network of advocacy and research groups. Some of the links between the industry and these groups are not openly disclosed.
GroupWho they are, what they do
Indoor Tanning AssociationRepresents the U.S. indoor tanning industry, including 19,000-plus salons. Lobbies against state restrictions on teen access to salons. Settled in 2010 with Federal Trade Commission, agreeing to not make false health claims. Has funded UV Foundation, which touts ultraviolet light and vitamin D benefits.
International Smart Tan NetworkLaunched training program to mobilize employees against industry critics and promote benefits of vitamin D. Principals have been involved with Vitamin D Foundation, Vitamin D Society and Vitamin D Council.
Joint Canadian Tanning AssociationIts president, Doug McNabb, has served as Vice President of Vitamin D Alliance and as a director of Vitamin D Foundation. McNabb also owns salon chain that reached settlement in 2005 with Canadian Competition Bureau over charges of running misleading ads.
Vitamin D AlliancePromotes benefits of UV light and vitamin D. Smart Tan executives have served as officers.
Vitamin D FoundationSmart Tan executives and salon owners have been officers. Raises funds for breast cancer prevention.
Vitamin D CouncilHas received funds from Vitamin D Foundation and Vitamin D Society. Executive Director has been adviser to Vitamin D Society and Sunlight Nutrition and Health Research Center.
Vitamin D SocietyCanadian group that has received funds from salons. Shared a top executive with Smart Tan.
Breast Cancer Natural Prevention FoundationPromotes breast cancer prevention via vitamin D. Founders include leaders of Sunlight Institute, Grassroots Health, Vitamin D Council. Recently has received funds from Vitamin D Foundation.
GrassrootsHealthVitamin D advocacy group that has received funds raised in Smart Tan salons by Vitamin D Foundation.
Sunlight InstituteFounder helped start Breast Cancer Natural Prevention Foundation.
Sunlight Nutrition and Health Research CenterHas received funds from UV Foundation, Vitamin D Society and Vitamin D Council. Director is on board of Vitamin D Council and is an advisor to Vitamin D Society.
UV FoundationHas received funds from Indoor Tanning Association and tanning equipment suppliers.
Researched by Bridget Huber
At an age when most feel invincible, 25-year-old Chelsea Price of Roanoke, Va., lives life in three-month increments. In January 2011, she was diagnosed with Stage III malignant melanoma.
After two invasive surgeries, Price shows no sign of melanoma today. But Stage III melanoma has a high rate of recurrence, so Price has a skin exam, CT scan and blood tests every three months to make sure she's still cancer-free. "It dictates my life."
Like many melanoma patients, Price is young, female and a former indoor tanner though it's impossible to say with certainty whether the time she spent in sunbeds caused her illness. Price tanned indoors for just a couple of months each year and said she never sunburned.
Price is hardly alone. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. and diagnoses of melanoma, though still rare, have increased steeply over the last 40 years. Melanoma among white women ages 15 to 39 has shown a particularly striking rise, up 50 percent from 1980 to 2004, according to the National Cancer Institute.
Misleading messages
To neutralize critics, the Indoor Tanning Association mounted an ad campaign in 2008 that claimed there were no compelling links between tanning and melanoma. It also praised UV light as a good source of disease-fighting vitamin D. The campaign's architect was Richard Berman, the public relations executive whose work to defend the alcohol industry, and discredit unions and Mothers Against Drunk Driving, earned him the nickname "Dr. Evil" among his critics.
The FTC accused the tanning association of making false claims. The result was a 2010 settlement barring the group from making misleading statements or unfounded health claims. Advertisements suggesting that tanning improves health by providing vitamin D also sparked the Texas case against Darque Tan, a chain with more than 100 salons.
Yet the threat of sanctions has had a limited impact. Some even say the FTC agreement gave the Indoor Tanning Association carte blanche to make any vitamin D health claims it wants, as long as it displays a disclaimer. "The FTC suit was a triumph," Robbie Segler, president of Darque Tan, wrote on the online industry forum TanToday in 2011.
Vitamin D plays a widely acknowledged role in bone health and immune function, but evidence that vitamin D prevents cancer is inconclusive. The National Cancer Institute says there is evidence that the vitamin may reduce risk of one cancer, colorectal cancer, but even those results are inconsistent.
Sowing doubt
Taking a page from the tobacco playbook, the tanning industry attacks research linking sunbeds to cancer. Industry leaders insist the relationship between melanoma and UV exposure is not well-understood. But DeAnn Lazovich, a cancer epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota, says the latest research "provides even stronger evidence" that UV light from sunbeds is carcinogenic.
The industry also takes aim at its critics' integrity. The D-Angel video tries to portray the medical profession in general as having shilled for the tobacco industry. While the American Medical Association pocketed industry money, and some tobacco companies claimed that doctors endorsed their brands, Levy makes the dubious assertion that the medical profession broadly endorsed smoking as healthful. He contends that physicians continue to endanger public health in the interest of profit. "It's no longer tobacco that they're selling," Levy says in the video. "Today, it's chemical sunscreen and (an) anti-UV message designed to tell you that any UV exposure is bad for you."
Levy is a pivotal figure in defending the tanning industry. While a vice president of Smart Tan, he also served as an officer of two nonprofit vitamin D advocacy groups – The Vitamin D Foundation and the Vitamin D Alliance – and was the executive director of a the Vitamin D Society, a Canadian group.
Yet the close ties between the tanning industry and the web of nonprofit groups that promote the health benefits of vitamin D often are not readily apparent. The website for the Vitamin D Foundation, for example, discloses no industry affiliation, though tax documents reveal that their top personnel were all people in the business.
Superman vs. Clark Kent
In promoting the health benefits of UV-induced vitamin D, the tanning industry must tread carefully – after all, health claims were central to the FTC complaint, the Texas attorney general's case and the congressional report that blasted the industry. But the FTC cannot police what salon employees say when they are off the clock, and the D-Angel training program takes advantage of that.
In the training video, Levy is explicit about what employees can say at work and what they should say only on their own time. He encourages the D-Angels to follow what he calls the "Clark Kent/Superman" model. At the salon, employees should be Clark Kents who refrain from making health claims about vitamin D. Beyond salon walls, he urges employees to be superheroes who expose lies about tanning and vitamin D. "Outside the salon, you can be a D-Angel," Levy says. "You can promote a message to your friends and neighbors that the Sun Scare people are just like Big Tobacco, lying for money and killing people."
FairWarning (www.fairwarning.org) is a nonprofit, online investigative news organization focused on safety and health issues.
Bridget Huber | commoncrawl | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
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Mental Health Care and AI As Solution
Mili Escoredo
Mental health psychologist, experienced in delivering psychoanalysis and psychodynamic treatment to individuals in outpatient and inpatient care settings. She's particularly passionate about giving people affordable access to (self)care.
Introduction | X2AI
X2 delivers on-demand, affordable, quality psychological support using artificial intelligence, with a mission to help 1 billion people. To achieve this, we have created an administration panel and electronic health record (EHR) that allows for customization of our core AI chatbot called Tess. Authorized members are granted a log-in to access the administration panel for a restricted view of only their patients / clients / users and content to help monitor for safety and effectiveness. This administration panel can be integrated with existing EHR systems for convenient record keeping of patient notes and take over of conversations when human intervention is required such as in the case of crisis. This gives our customers the ability to customize and maintain the content, personality, and communication channel of their AI chabot version in order to best meet the needs of the target demographic. X2 educates customers on the ethical AI code and has an ethical advisory board that evaluates each new chatbot to mitigate risk and maximize benefit on a quarterly basis. You can think of Tess as the parent among the X2 family of AI chatbots (graphic A).
Graphic A: X2 ChatbotFamily Chart
The World Health Organization began when their Constitution came into force on 7 April 1948. This organization is in now in more than 7000 people working in 150 country offices, in six regional offices and at our headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Working with 194 Member States, across six regions, and from more than 150 offices. WHO mission is committed to achieve better health for everyone, everywhere. They stand to combat against several different diseases worldwide.
X2 mission aligned with the WHO goals and commitment of health in the healthcare system, by providing an affordable, on-demand, scalable support in mental health.
Mental Health System
According to the WHO (2014) mental health is defined as "a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community". Moreover, the WHO (2001) understood and portrait in their constitution that mental health is defined health as "State of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity".
Mental Health Disorders World Wide
The WHO (2017) in Genova, Switzerland conference establish that four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives. Around 450 million people currently suffer from such conditions, placing mental disorders among the leading causes of ill-health and disability worldwide. Moreover, during this conference the WHO (2017) sustain that even though treatments are available, nearly two-thirds of people with a known mental disorder never seek help from a health professional. Among many reasons, stigma, discrimination and neglect prevent care and treatment from reaching people with mental disorders.
According to a report form the United Nations called "New Understanding, New Hope" the organization urges governments to seek solutions for mental health that are already available and affordable for their communities. Governments should move away from large mental institutions and towards community health care, and integrate mental health care into primary health care and the general health care system, says the WHO (2017).
The WHO (2017) sustains that the responsibility for action lies with governments. Currently, more than 40% of countries have no mental health policy and over 30% have no mental health program. Around 25% of countries have no mental health legislation. The magnitude of mental health burden is not matched by the size and effectiveness of the response it demands. Nowadays, more than 33% of countries allocate less than 1% of their total health budgets to mental health, with another 33% spending just 1% of their budgets on mental health. A limited range of medicines is sufficient to treat the majority of mental disorders. About 25% of countries, however, do not have the three most commonly prescribed drugs used to treat schizophrenia, depression and epilepsy at the primary health care level. There is only one psychiatrist per 100 000 people in over half the countries in the world, and 40% of countries have less than one hospital bed reserved for mental disorders per 10 000 people.
According to the United Nations and WHO (2017), people who live under social vulnerable conditions often bear the greater burden of mental disorders, both in terms of the risk in having a mental disorder and the lack of access to treatment. Constant exposure to severely stressful events, dangerous living conditions, exploitation, and poor health in general all contribute to the greater vulnerability of the poor. The lack of access to affordable treatment makes the course of the illness more severe and debilitating, leading to a vicious circle of poverty and mental health disorders that is rarely broken.
Urgent need for increase investment
The WHO (2017) proclaim an urgent need to increased investment since in many countries, there is no, or very little, support available for people with mental health disorders. Even in high-income countries, nearly 50% of people with depression do not get treatment. On average, just 3% of government health budgets is invested in mental health, varying from less than 1% in low-income countries to 5% in high-income countries.
Investment in mental health makes economic sense sustain the WHO (2017). Every US$ 1 invested in scaling up treatment for depression and anxiety leads to a return of US$ 4 in better health and ability to work. Treatment usually involves either a talking therapy or antidepressant medication or a combination of the two. Both approaches can be provided by non-specialist health-workers, following a short course of training, and using WHO's mhGAP Intervention Guide. More than 90 countries, of all income levels, have introduced or scaled-up programs that provide treatment for depression and other mental disorders using this Intervention Guide.
Failure to act is costly. According to a WHO-led study (2017), which calculated treatment costs and health outcomes in 36 low-, middle- and high-income countries for the 15 years from 2016-2030, low levels of recognition and access to care for depression and another common mental disorder, anxiety, result in a global economic loss of a trillion US dollars every year. The losses are incurred by households, employers and governments. Households lose out financially when people cannot work. Employers suffer when employees become less productive and are unable to work. Governments have to pay higher health and welfare expenditures.
A recent WHO-led study estimates that depression and anxiety disorders cost the global economy US$ 1 trillion each year in lost productivity. Some jobs may carry a higher personal risk than others (e.g. first responders and humanitarian workers), which can have an impact on mental health and be a cause of symptoms of mental disorders, or lead to harmful use of alcohol or psychoactive drugs. Risk may be increased in situations where team cohesion or social support are lacking.
AI as a primary solution in Mental Health Care System
According to the WHO (2017) a possible solution towards the tremendous flaws in the mental health system is through psychological interventions that are potentially scalable. This interventions include modified, evidence based psychological treatments, such as: brief, basic, non-specialist-delivered versions of existing evidence-based psychological treatments (e.g., basic versions of cognitive-behavioural therapy, interpersonal therapy). Self-help materials drawing from evidence-based psychological treatment principles, in the form of self-help books, self-help audiovisual materials, and online or app-based self-help interventions. Guided self-help in the form of individual or group programs, providing people with guidance in using the above mentioned self-help materials.
According to the WHO (2017) scalability is not an all-or-nothing concept. Some interventions have features that make them more scalable than others. Interventions become more scalable when they rely less on specialist human resources. To make interventions potentially scalable, aspects about the intervention are changed so they become feasible in communities that do not have adequate access to specialists. Such modifications can create more accessible care that reaches a larger number of people. These modifications could include using non-specialists to deliver the intervention, or innovative delivery strategies such as self-help books or using mobile devices. Some of these interventions, implemented at scale, may prove to be somewhat less effective than conventional models of psychological treatment. This, however, may be acceptable in exchange for the increased coverage and accessibility gained in return. This compromise can be assessed using cost-effectiveness research methods from the field of health economics.
The WHO (2017) establish that global access to care for people with mental health and psychosocial problems could be significantly improved by developing, implementing, and evaluating scalable interventions.
Tess's impact on Mental Health System
Tess is a chatbot which mission is "Affordable, on-demand, high quality mental health support using artificial intelligence". Tess is trained to deliver emotional support that aligns with recommendations from mental health experts. While Tess is not a therapist, she is trained by industry leaders to ensure your interactions are high quality. Tess is available to connect via text messaging whenever and wherever you need. Available 24/7, able to support anyone in the moment they need it most to make them feel better, and boost their resilience.
Tess already has proven 18% of reduction in anxiety symptoms and 13% reduction in depression symptoms. Through artificial intelligence is possible to scale the help while reduce the cost of the budget. For instance, Tess has been able to send more that 55,944 messages, that would take on average 1.2 minutes to write a Tess message if a person would have to do it. Regular shift workers would take: 1,119 hours, which is equal to 160 full time days, and 3 staff members to type and send all these messages to the users. Tess delivers culturally sensitive support around the globe. Tess delivers support through 22 mental health approaches. 168 unique emotion categories. 712 unique topics. 63,475 number of unique sentences. 3,243,914 number of unique conversations. 31,200 hours of work by psychology professionals to create and improve content.
United Nations (2001, October 4) One in four people worldwide affected by mental disorder. Retrieved from https://news.un.org/en/story/2001/10/16612-one-four-people-worldwide-affected-mental-disorder-un-health-agency-says
The World Health Organization (2014,August). Mental health: a state of well-being. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/mental_health/en/
The World Health Organization (2017,August). Scalable psychological interventions. Retrieved fromhttp://www.who.int/mental_health/management/scalable_psychological_interventions/en/
The World Health Organization (2017, March30). Depression: let's talk" says WHO, as depression tops list ofcauses of ill health. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-03-2017--depression-let-s-talk-says-who-as-depression-tops-list-of-causes-of-ill-health
The World Health Organization (2017,October 4). Mental disorders affect one in four people. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/whr/2001/media_centre/press_release/en/
X2 collaborates with Balance from Johns Hopkins
This paper was published in the Journal of Employee Assistance, and addresses the implementation process and the ROI.
Michiel Rauws
Ethical Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health Organizations
This report id on the methods undertaken by X2 to develop an ethical code for organizations delivering emotional artificial intelligence (AI) services.
Angie Joerin
On-Demand Support to Patients and Their Caregivers Through Tess
This technical report highlights how one mental health chatbot, or psychological artificial intelligence service named Tess, has been customized to deliver on-demand support for caregiving professionals, patients, and family caregivers at a non-profit organization.
Feasibility of pediatric obesity and pre-diabetes treatment support through Tess, the AI behavioral coaching chatbot
As a partner to clinicians, Tess can continue the therapeutic interaction outside office hours while maintaining patient satisfaction. Due to Tess's capacity for continuous learning, future iterations may have additional features to increase the user experience
This is a paper review of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the mental health system and presents AI as an affordable. on-demand solution to the communities.
Innovations in Consumer-Driven Care
Healthcare providers are encouraged to explore the benefits and drawbacks of digital solutions for mental health, and consider the new skills, ethical implications and research opportunities that are needed when supporting patients who use these digital tools.
Expanding Access to Depression Treatment in Kenya
Expanding Access to Depression Treatment in Kenya Through Automated Psychological Support: Protocol for a Single-Case Experimental Design Pilot Study
Reducing Depression and Anxiety in Argentine University Students through AI
This study includes a randomized controlled trial that examined the use of Tess, the chatbot, vs. a self service psychoeducation intervention delivered in Argentina.
Duke University Postpartum Depression support
Study on a perinatal depression intervention including a customized version of Tess to support pregnant women and new mothers in Kenya. | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
BkiUd3M5qYVBbAIhuKTn | PSRAM is SDRAM , but at .00007 amps !
milliwatts/megahertz , so CMOS is same as DRAM .
CMOS at 50Mhz gets hot ! So why not just use DRAM !!
64MByte can be held at several microamps at 2.0vdc .
to PSRAM and , no need to reboot , but once a week .
> to PSRAM and , no need to reboot , but once a week .
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BkiUcrk5ixsDMDLI7giT | Q: can't find solution for No Persistence provider for EntityManager named my persistence.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<persistence version="2.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd">
<persistence-unit name="caronteemirJPAprj">
<provider>org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence</provider>
<non-jta-data-source>ERCOLE</non-jta-data-source>
<class>model.Customer</class>
<properties>
<property name="hibernate.dialect"
value="org.hibernate.dialect.OracleDialect"/>
<property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:oracle:thin:@172.31.62.61:1521:ERCOLE"/>
<property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.user" value="ELI"/>
<property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.password" value="eli"/>
<property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver"/>
</properties>
</persistence-unit>
</persistence>
@Stateless
public class QueryBean implements Serializable {
/*
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = -7101661704004061600L;
EntityManagerFactory emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("caronteemirJPAprj");
@PersistenceContext(unitName="caronteemirJPAprj")
private EntityManager em;
public QueryBean(){
em = emf.createEntityManager();
}
public List<Customer> findAll() {
Query query = em.createQuery("Select h from Customer h");
return (List<Customer>) query.getResultList();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
QueryBean q = new QueryBean();
q.findAll();
}
}
A: I needed hibernate-entitymanager-4.1.4.Final
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BkiUfZU25V5jU0EvJLAr | Woodfall Shortcut is a location that appears in Majora's Mask. It is located within the region of Woodfall and is accessed through a secret passage in the Deku Palace. This location serves as the connection between the Palace and the separate location of Woodfall. The shortcut is situated above the Southern Swamp and the mountain leading up to Woodfall.
After speaking to the Monkey, who has been falsely accused of kidnapping the Deku Princess, he tells Link about a secret passage leading to the Woodfall Temple. The Monkey also states that the Princess had been captured when they went to investigate the temple and it's up to the hero to save her. Link puts on his Deku Mask and uses the Deku Flower to fly up to the entrance. He then comes out to the Southern Swamp, only this time he has to traverse flower like platforms using his Deku abilities.
The platforms over the swamp lead upto the edge of the mountain, where Link encounters Kaepora Gaebora for the first time in the game. He tells Link of a song, called the Song of Soaring. This gives Link the ability to Warp to any Owl Statue he has activated. Upon further traversing up the mountain cliff, Link eventually reaches the area of Woodfall. This area is filled with poisonous swamp water and its also the location of the Woodfall Temple.
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BkiUfT44uzqgCTcsvlsa | Insight The future of a streamlined banking process is on the rise in Canada.
Imagine being able to use a single phone app to control your entire financial life. Imagine being able to obtain sound financial advice through this single app, as well.
This scenario will be a reality in a few years if open banking comes to Canada. This system will enable customers to control their financial data and share it with others.
Today, companies depend on workarounds and one-on-one partnerships to access customers' data — a process that can be insecure, unstable, and costly. Open banking remedies that problem by establishing a standardized, controlled, and mandated way of data sharing. This promotes innovation in financial services, from improved comparison shopping of financial products to cash-flow automation.
"An open banking system will allow customers to view and manage their financial portfolio in one place, access a wider range of competitive products, and benefit from innovative financial advice solutions by democratizing access to data," says Rob Galaski, Head of Financial Services at Deloitte.
Ottawa studying system already in place in Europe, U.K.
Open banking regulations have already been introduced in several countries around the world. The United Kingdom and the European Union are at the vanguard of change — both have established legislation and regulations requiring banks to build the infrastructure and tools necessary to share data. They have also started to offer accreditation to third parties that are qualified to access and handle customer data.
Last summer, the Canadian government said it was looking into the merits of open banking. It made that statement in a consultation paper that was part of a review of the Bank Act.
Ottawa also referred to open banking in its federal budget last month, stating that it has the potential to spur innovation and competition in the banking sector.
But as interest in opening banking grows, so does concern about privacy and data security. In an online survey conducted by Accenture last year, all but one of 100 payment executives at big banks around the world said they were planning to invest in open banking by 2020 — but half of the respondents also expressed concern about security risks. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
BkiUfynxK4sA-5fmzqti | Home>>Neuroscience>>What is the most aggressive form of glioma? Is there a complete cure?
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive and deadly type of glioma (even brain cancer) that accounts for up to 45% of malignant brain tumors. The percentage five-year survival forecast is not promising (<5%) and has not improved in the recent 30 years. Treatment for glioma is ever evolving with newer techniques and technologies and customized individual plan including surgery, chemotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery (radiotherapy), targeted therapy and combination therapies. The disease is fast and agile, and the researchers are hunting for the cure on a GBM AGILE platform – an adaptive, fast, incentivized, rational clinical trial model.
What are the different types of gliomas?
How do gliomas present? What are the symptoms of glioma?
Who is prone to gliomas? What are the risk factors of glioma?
How do gliomas progress? What are their complications?
Can gliomas be detected early?
Is glioma a common tumour?
How do doctors diagnose gliomas?
What are the different treatment options available for gliomas?
What happens after glioma treatment?
What are the chances of recurrence of glioma?
What is the prognosis of gliomas?
What is it like returning to normal life for a person with glioma?
Glioma is a tumor in the central nervous system, i.e the brain and the spinal cord and is one of the most common types of primary brain tumors. It originates in the glial cell that surrounds and supports the nerve cells. It is characterized by the abnormal growth of brain cells and the spread of cancer to cells within the central nervous system. Gliomas affect brain function and may be life-threatening depending on their location and rate of growth. Glioma may occur in people of all ages but are more common in male adults.
Glioma is also called an intra-axial brain tumor due to its growth being both within the substance of the brain and the normal brain tissue.
What are the different types of glioma?
Astrocytoma: These are the tumors that originate in the glial cells known as astrocytes. Astrocytoma can be of low grade (grade 1 and 2) or of higher grade (Grades 3 and 4) also known as anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma multiforme, respectively. The grade 3 and 4 astrocytomas are more aggressive in nature and can spread to nearby brain cells. These can occur in both children and adults.
Glioblastoma: It is an aggressive type of astrocytoma, also known as glioblastoma multiforme. It most commonly occurs in adults.
Ependymoma: The tumor occurs in the ependymal cells which line the passageway for cerebrospinal fluid i.e the fluid present within the brain and the spinal cord. Ependymomas can spread to other parts of the brain and spinal cord through the flow of cerebrospinal fluid.
Mixed gliomas: Also known as oligo-astrocytoma, this type of glioma is made up of more than one type of glial cells, most commonly found in the cerebrum.
Oligodendrogliomas: cancer occurs in the oligodendrocytes, a type of glial cells found in the cerebrum.
Optic pathway gliomas: These are often low-grade in nature. Cancer affects the optic nerves, which sends message from the eye to the brain. Since the nerves are located at the base of the brain responsible for hormonal control, it affects the hormonal function of the brain and this type of tumor is also known as hypothalamic glioma.
Medulloblastoma: This tumor starts in the region of the brain called the posterior fossa located at the base of the skull.
Brainstem glioma: Brainstem glioma starts in the brain or spinal cord tissue and typically spread throughout the nervous system. About 75% of the brainstem gliomas are diagnosed in children and young adults less than 20 years of age.
Focal Tumor: A focal tumor is one in which the border between the tumor and normal brain tissue can be visualized in a scan or during the surgery. This clear demarcation favors the removal of tumor cells more easily.
Diffuse Tumor: The tumor and the normal brain tissues are diffused and do not have a clear boundary between them, therefore, making the removal of cancer cells more difficult.
Age: Glioma can affect any age group but it is more commonly seen in adults than in children.
Exposure to radiation: This is an environmental risk factor. Individuals who have had a radiation therapy for cancer in the past are also prone to developing glioma.
Family History: In case anyone in the family tree was ever diagnosed with glioma, then the risk of developing glioma is more.
Gender: Men are more prone to developing glioma than women.
Hereditary syndromes: There are few genetic syndromes that are associated with the risk of developing glioma. Some syndromes include Cowden syndrome, Turcot syndrome, Lynch syndrome etc.
Who is prone to Glioma? What are the risks factors of glioma?
People of all ages can develop glioma; however, it is more common in adults than in children & males than in females. People who are frequently exposed to ionizing radiations from atomic bombs and people who have previously undergone radiotherapy for any cancer are more prone to glioma.
How do glioma progress? What are their complications?
Glioma progresses from a low-grade glioma to a higher-grade glioma which is fatal and life-threatening. A patient with low-grade glioma may survive several years after treatment but it gradually progresses to high-grade glioma.
Weakness in the body parts like arms, legs, and face.
Can glioma be detected early?
Currently, there are no methods to detect glioma at an early stage and in addition, the symptoms of glioma would be mistaken for other diseases, since they are seen in various other diseases as well. Studies are in progress to help in early detection of glioma for early treatment and faster outcomes.
Is glioma a common tumor?
Gliomas usually affect people in their 50s and 60s. Glioma is known to affect less than 6 out of 100,000 persons, hence it is usually considered as a rare tumor. However, gliomas constitute 80% of all the tumors of the central nervous system.
How do doctors diagnose glioma?
The treatment options for glioma are based on the type, stage of cancer, location of the tumor and other factors like overall health, age, and sensitivity to certain medications. Gliomas are usually managed by different treatment options that include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, & targeted therapy.
Computer-assisted brain surgery: By means of computerized imaging, the neurosurgeon gets a real-time relay of the changes in the operation site all through the surgery for safe and efficient accomplishment.
Awake-brain surgery: The patient may be asked to move a limb or speak something during surgery. This helps the surgeon to ensure that there is no damage to the areas of the brain controlling those functions.
MRI-guided surgeries: The use of intraoperative MRI during the surgery helps to remove the entire tumor safely, without affecting the healthy nearby tissues in one single sitting.
In cases where surgery may not be a safe option, primarily due to inaccessible location of a tumour or sensitive location that carries a high-risk for damage to neurological function, a stereotactic or open biopsy may be considered. This helps to obtain tissue for a diagnosis. Even though a biopsy is not a treatment; it helps in the analysis of the tissue and planning the best course of action. A stereotactic biopsy is a less invasive way to obtain the tissue sample, as compared to an open biopsy.
Surgery for the treatment of glioma, especially high-grade gliomas is usually followed by radiation therapy. High-energy beams, such as X-rays or protons to kill tumor cells are delivered as an external beam radiation from a machine outside the body. There are several types of external beam radiation currently used and under study for the treatment of glioma. The timing and type of radiation to be given depend on the type of glioma, its grade and prognostic factors like age and medical status of the person.
Chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemotherapy is usually used in combination with radiation therapy to treat gliomas.
Targeted-drug therapy: Use of drugs that act on cancer cells and selectively destroy only cancer cells by targeting on specific abnormalities within cancer cells. By blocking these abnormalities, targeted drug treatments can cause cancer cells to die.
Combination therapy: Radiation therapy to treat gliomas is also usually combined with the use of chemotherapy drugs in the form of a pill.
Surgery: May be associated with complications such as bleeding, post-surgical infections, epilepsy, leakage of cerebrospinal fluid, & damage to surrounding structures.
Radiation therapy: The side effects of a radiation therapy will depend on the dose and type of radiation used. Common side effects seen are fatigue or feeling tired, headache, irritation of the scalp, and loss of appetite etc.
Chemotherapy: Common side effects of chemotherapy include fatigue, nausea and vomiting, hair loss, fever and headache etc.
There is a high chance of glioma recurring even after successful treatment. Patients initially diagnosed with low grade glioma may survive several years after treatment but may eventually progress to a high-grade glioma.
During surgery, the astrocytes that surrounds and being the support of nerve cells are injured and this promotes the proliferation and migration of tumor.
Due to the complexity of the brain structure, the cancer cells might not be 100% removed, even after surgery, therefore, it could lead to the recurrence of cancer.
Since most of the residual cancer cells are located in the resection margin, it may seem relevant that tumor would occur in this area.
The prognosis i.e the outcome of treatment and impact on the longevity of the person depends largely on the grade and type of tumor cell origin. It is generally seen that individuals with oligodendrogliomas and ependymomas do better than those with astrocytomas or mixed tumors after appropriate treatment. Similarly, gliomas of grade 1 and 2 have very better chances of survival followed by grade 3 gliomas. Generally, the worst outcome is expected for Glioblastoma multiforme or a grade 4 glioma.
Returning to normal life may not be as easy for a person with glioma. It is generally seen that different degrees of neurological impairment may be present even after treatment. A direct injury to structures of the brain that is responsible for cognitive, motor, speech and sensory functions may drastically compromise the ability to self-care and independence of the person. Further, side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy may lead to further functional deficit. As a result, rehabilitation plays a crucial role in post-operative management & recovery for glioma patients.
Glioma may be suspected in presence of a number of symptoms like recurrent seizures associated with changes in a person's behaviour and personality that may be associated with various types of neurological problems like problems of vision, speech difficulties, cognitive impairment, loss of strength or feeling in a part of the body changes in gait along with symptoms associated with increased pressure in the head leading to headache, nausea, vomiting, and drowsiness.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the brain is the most important radiological investigation for diagnosis of a glioma. With an MRI, it is also possible to define the extent of the disease and evaluate whether the tumor can be safely removed surgically.
Surgery is usually the first preferred treatment option for a newly diagnosed glioma in a majority of cases. An extensive surgical removal, as far as safely feasible results in improved treatment outcomes irrespective of the type or subtype of the glioma.
In case of a surgically inaccessible tumor, a piece of the tumor can be either taken by a surgical resection or by biopsy (stereotactic or open biopsy), to confirm the diagnosis and get more details about the tumor characteristics after a pathological examination. With a molecular characterization and examination, it may be possible to define the exact subtype of the tumor and assess the prognosis for further treatment decisions. Other treatment modalities include chemotherapy, targeted drug therapy, and radiation therapy.
We hope we were able to address your queries related to glioma. If you wish to know more about glioma and its treatment, you can request for a callback and our experts will call you and answer all your queries.
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BkiUbdw4ubnjopkrFVrT | Dollar Gen New (DG) Holding Lifted by Petrus Trust Company Lta; As Union Pacific (UNP) Stock Value Rose, Bowen Hanes & Co Upped Its Holding
Posted by Margaret Staats on July 14, 2019 at 3:34 pm
Bowen Hanes & Co Inc increased its stake in Union Pacific (UNP) by 3.79% based on its latest 2019Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC. Bowen Hanes & Co Inc bought 9,090 shares as the company's stock rose 2.90% with the market. The institutional investor held 248,706 shares of the railroads company at the end of 2019Q1, valued at $41.58M, up from 239,616 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Bowen Hanes & Co Inc who had been investing in Union Pacific for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $123.20B market cap company. The stock increased 1.34% or $2.3 during the last trading session, reaching $174.05. About 1.96 million shares traded. Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) has risen 23.50% since July 14, 2018 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 19.07% the S&P500. Some Historical UNP News: 21/03/2018 – DOT STB: Case Title: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY — DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE EXEMPTION — IN MCLENNAN COUNTY, TX; 07/05/2018 – Union Pacific is Top Class l Railroad on Military Times' Best for Vets Employer Rankings; 26/04/2018 – Union Pacific 1Q Rev $5.48B; 26/04/2018 – UNION PACIFIC SEES 2018 PRODUCTIVITY LESS THAN $300-350M GOAL; 26/04/2018 – Union Pacific 1Q Agricultural Products Freight Rev $1.1B; 26/03/2018 – Union Pacific Names TRAC lnterstar Preferred National Provider Of Emergency Road Service; 12/03/2018 – UNP KANSAS INVESTMENT PART OF $3.3B NETWORK INVESTMENT FOR 2018; 19/03/2018 – Louisiana Transportation Infrastructure Receives $87 M Boost From Union Pacific; 26/04/2018 – UNION PACIFIC TO FULLY IMPLEMENT PTC BY `NO LATER' THAN 2020; 06/03/2018 – DOT STB: Case Title: BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY–TERMINAL TRACKAGE RIGHTS–KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY AND UNION PACIFIC
Petrus Trust Company Lta increased its stake in Dollar Gen Corp New (DG) by 4.7% based on its latest 2019Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC. Petrus Trust Company Lta bought 4,700 shares as the company's stock declined 0.72% while stock markets rallied. The institutional investor held 104,700 shares of the department and specialty retail stores company at the end of 2019Q1, valued at $12.49 million, up from 100,000 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Petrus Trust Company Lta who had been investing in Dollar Gen Corp New for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $36.56 billion market cap company. The stock increased 0.83% or $1.16 during the last trading session, reaching $141.52. About 1.20 million shares traded. Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) has risen 25.95% since July 14, 2018 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 21.52% the S&P500. Some Historical DG News: 15/03/2018 – Dollar General 4Q Net $712.2M; 15/03/2018 – DOLLAR GENERAL – CURRENTLY ANTICIPATES A CASH BENEFIT OF APPROXIMATELY $300 MLN IN FISCAL 2018 AS A RESULT OF TCJA; 14/03/2018 – Dollar General May Benefit, Industry Posts 11th Straight Gain; 17/05/2018 – Paladino, Cavan, Quinlivan & Pierce investigate Hertz in connection with its acquisition of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group; 08/03/2018 – Dollar General to Offer Other Parents Two Weeks of Parental Leav; 15/03/2018 – DOLLAR GENERAL CORP DG.N SEES FY 2018 SALES UP ABOUT 9 PCT; 26/03/2018 – Dollar General to Expand Distribution Operations at Tejon Ranch Commerce Center (TRCC); 15/03/2018 – RPT-DOLLAR GENERAL CORP – DECLARES INCREASED QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND OF $0.29 PER SHARE; 29/05/2018 – Dollar General Corp expected to post earnings of $1.40 a share – Earnings Preview; 16/05/2018 – Dollar General Closes Above 50-Day Moving Average: Technicals
More notable recent Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) news were published by: Seekingalpha.com which released: "Wall Street Brunch – Seeking Alpha" on June 16, 2019, also Finance.Yahoo.com with their article: "Should You Be Impressed By Dollar General Corporation's (NYSE:DG) ROE? – Yahoo Finance" published on July 05, 2019, Seekingalpha.com published: "Dollar General +5% after comparable sales beat – Seeking Alpha" on May 30, 2019. More interesting news about Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) were released by: Finance.Yahoo.com and their article: "Here's What Hedge Funds Think About The Allstate Corporation (ALL) – Yahoo Finance" published on June 14, 2019 as well as Bizjournals.com's news article titled: "Dollar General (NYSE: DG) searches for retail space for new concept in downtown Orlando – Orlando – Orlando Business Journal" with publication date: February 22, 2019.
Petrus Trust Company Lta, which manages about $516.30 million US Long portfolio, decreased its stake in Ss&C Technologies Hldgs Inc (NASDAQ:SSNC) by 5,766 shares to 3,897 shares, valued at $248,000 in 2019Q1, according to the filing. It also reduced its holding in Nielsen Hldgs Plc by 200,100 shares in the quarter, leaving it with 149,900 shares, and cut its stake in Papa Murphys Hldgs Inc (NASDAQ:FRSH).
Investors sentiment increased to 1.18 in Q1 2019. Its up 0.03, from 1.15 in 2018Q4. It increased, as 33 investors sold DG shares while 223 reduced holdings. 80 funds opened positions while 221 raised stakes. 233.55 million shares or 5.67% less from 247.59 million shares in 2018Q4 were reported. First Republic Investment Mgmt owns 102,741 shares. Argi Limited Company reported 6,162 shares. Marco Invest Mngmt Ltd Com accumulated 6,422 shares or 0.14% of the stock. Professional Advisory Incorporated invested 2.98% of its portfolio in Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG). Cornerstone reported 371 shares. Parametric Portfolio Assoc Lc has 1.58 million shares for 0.16% of their portfolio. Hbk Sorce Advisory Limited Liability owns 8,030 shares or 0.1% of their US portfolio. Moody Retail Bank Tru Division owns 62,868 shares for 0.21% of their portfolio. Moreover, Comm Bankshares has 0.04% invested in Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) for 29,153 shares. Kentucky Retirement owns 11,493 shares for 0.13% of their portfolio. Hoertkorn Richard Charles reported 0.02% in Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG). Meiji Yasuda Asset Mngmt stated it has 21,608 shares. Alliancebernstein Lp owns 2.68 million shares or 0.21% of their US portfolio. Fred Alger Mgmt stated it has 0% in Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG). Guggenheim Cap Ltd Liability reported 30,664 shares.
Bowen Hanes & Co Inc, which manages about $2.46 billion and $2.26B US Long portfolio, decreased its stake in Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) by 6,868 shares to 2,632 shares, valued at $500,000 in 2019Q1, according to the filing. It also reduced its holding in Duke Energy Corp New (NYSE:DUK) by 4,429 shares in the quarter, leaving it with 12,425 shares, and cut its stake in Vermilion Energy (Ca) (NYSE:VET).
More notable recent Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) news were published by: Finance.Yahoo.com which released: "When Should You Buy Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP)? – Yahoo Finance" on May 03, 2019, also Benzinga.com with their article: "Port Report: Shippers, Rail Align For Maersk's Automation Plan – Benzinga" published on July 09, 2019, Seekingalpha.com published: "Highlights from Union Pacific's conference talk – Seeking Alpha" on March 06, 2019. More interesting news about Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) were released by: Benzinga.com and their article: "Benzinga's Top Upgrades, Downgrades For June 17, 2019 – Benzinga" published on June 17, 2019 as well as Finance.Yahoo.com's news article titled: "Deutsche Bank Revises Truckload Estimates Downward But Still Likes Rails – Yahoo Finance" with publication date: July 11, 2019.
Investors sentiment increased to 0.88 in 2019 Q1. Its up 0.03, from 0.85 in 2018Q4. It improved, as 48 investors sold UNP shares while 550 reduced holdings. 160 funds opened positions while 366 raised stakes. 522.47 million shares or 8.76% less from 572.66 million shares in 2018Q4 were reported. Zwj Invest Counsel holds 0.05% or 3,579 shares in its portfolio. Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al, Virginia-based fund reported 189,500 shares. Davenport Co Ltd Co reported 0.88% in Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP). Texas-based Holt Capital Advisors Limited Com Dba Holt Capital Lp has invested 0.06% in Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP). Checchi Advisers Limited Liability has invested 0.12% in Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP). Ghp Investment Advsr accumulated 1,393 shares. Mufg Americas Holdings Corporation reported 0.25% in Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP). Rhumbline Advisers has invested 0.42% in Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP). Prelude Cap Ltd reported 0.01% in Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP). Earnest Ptnrs Ltd Liability holds 166,980 shares or 0.27% of its portfolio. Pinnacle Assocs Ltd accumulated 0.18% or 47,741 shares. Engineers Gate Manager LP has 0.28% invested in Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) for 28,011 shares. Aqr Mngmt Limited Liability Corporation reported 349,416 shares stake. Thomasville State Bank, Georgia-based fund reported 2,746 shares. Yhb Invest Advsr invested in 1.16% or 44,445 shares. | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdXI5qWTD6faZ25xW | « Kerry, Obama yawned through National Prayer Breakfast; Dr. Benjamin S. Carson unleashed a keynote speech of epic proportions
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President Obama gives himself permission to kill
Did you consent to a government that can kill whom it wishes? How about one that plays tricks on federal judges? How long will it be before the presidential killing comes home?
After stonewalling for more than a year federal judges and ordinary citizens who sought the revelation of its secret legal research justifying the presidential use of drones to kill persons overseas — even Americans — claiming the research was so sensitive and so secret that it could not be revealed without serious consequences, the government sent a summary of its legal memos to an NBC newsroom earlier this week.
This revelation will come as a great surprise, and not a little annoyance, to U.S. District Court Judge Colleen McMahon, who heard many hours of oral argument during which the government predicted gloom and doom if its legal research were subjected to public scrutiny. She very reluctantly agreed with the feds, but told them she felt caught in "a veritable Catch-22," because the feds have created "a thicket of laws and precedents that effectively allow the executive branch of our government to proclaim as perfectly lawful certain actions that seem on their face incompatible with our Constitution and laws, while keeping the reasons for their conclusion a secret."
She was writing about President Obama killing Americans and refusing to divulge the legal basis for claiming the right to do so. Now we know that basis.
The undated and unsigned 16-page document leaked to NBC refers to itself as a Department of Justice white paper. Its logic is flawed, its premises are bereft of any appreciation for the values of the Declaration of Independence and the supremacy of the Constitution, and its rationale could be used to justify any breaking of any law by any "informed, high-level official of the U.S. government."
The quoted phrase is extracted from the memo, which claims that the law reposes into the hands of any unnamed "high-level official," not necessarily the president, the lawful power to decide when to suspend constitutional protections guaranteed to all persons and kill them without any due process whatsoever. This is the power claimed by kings and tyrants. It is the power most repugnant to American values. It is the power we have arguably fought countless wars to prevent from arriving here. Now, under Obama, it is here…
The article continues at FoxNews.com
Related: Kirsten Powers: Left's Hypocrisy on Obama's 'Unconstitutional' Drone Strike Memo is 'Completely Despicable'
Joe Scarborough Blasts 'Terrifying' Drone Memo: 'If George Bush Had Done This, It Would Have Been Stopped'
H/T American Power "This is compelling television, at MSNBC, amazingly."
Update: Sen. Rand Paul discusses the use of drones on CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer – 2/6/13
Update 2: via Instapundit:
WELL, THAT AND THE BABY-KILLING SHRAPNEL: The worst thing about those drone strikes is Obama's moral preening and hypocrisy. But it's Nobel Peace Prize shrapnel, so it's okay. Not like the horrible Bush shrapnel.
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BkiUdEQ4eIXhwKJrYJ1x | Q: preg_replace_callback to prepend incrementing number In a string I have following occurrences of substring (can be unique or repeating)
CX0001
CX0001
CX0001
CX0002
CX0003
CX0123
What I would want is that each occurrence of CX* gets prepended with an incrementing number from say 1200. So, the above becomes
1201 CX0001
1202 CX0001
1203 CX0001
1204 CX0002
1205 CX0003
1206 CX0123
The CX* strings is always a alphanumeric substring with 6 characters. One may or may not repeat across the entire string.
How can this be done using preg_replace_callback or is there any better way to do it?
A: Got this working as an example below:
<?php
$content = "this is some CX0001 to Check CX0001 and CX0001 or CX0002 CX0003 CX0003 for the CX0123 that we need CX0123 and CX0001 and see if the same works works";
$count = 1200;
function rep_count($matches) {
global $count;
return 'MARKER'.$count++.' '.'CX';
}
$content = preg_replace_callback('/CX/', 'rep_count', $content);
echo $content;
?>
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