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BkiUd0o5qdmDM09ejCth | The Crusades can only properly be understood in terms of the 500 years of Muslim advance into the West that preceded them.
Sure, but the 500 years of Muslim aggression can only be properly understood in terms of the previous 800 years of Western aggression that began with Alexander and continued on with the Romans and Byzantines, but that can only properly be understood in terms of the 50 years of Persian aggression during the Greco-Persian Wars.
The East and West have been in near constant conflict for 2,500 years. The Roman-Persian Wars (the Romans being the Romans and the Byzantines, and the Persians being the Parthians and the Sassanids) had been chugging along for nearly 700 years before the Muslims got involved. You can't just pull the Muslim Expansion out of the timeline and claim that it's something different.
Of course, there were sins of overreactions by some Crusaders. But most of these were deeply regretted and forgiveness was sought by Christians who participated in them.
The Fourth Crusade set out in 1202, ostensibly to conquer Egypt. Presumably they had the best intentions, but - somehow or other - they accidentally besieged, conquered, and sacked Constantinople. Oops. Then they inadvertently crowned one of their guys the new emperor, divvied up the rest of the Byzantine territory among themselves, and called it a conquest. Regretfully, according to Mr. Geisler.
The result was 50 years of war between Eastern and Western Christians. By the time the Byzantines recaptured their capital the empire barely extended past its walls. They held on for a couple hundred more years - everything took longer back then - but eventually the Ottomans finished them off.
I'm sorry, but calling the deliberate sack of the largest Christian city in the world by the very people who traveled east to protect it (out of the goodness of their hearts and a deep and abiding love for their fellow Christians) a "sin of overreaction" is a bit much.
Ed, it's a complex subject spanning a very long period of time and multiple players with much bad blood and actions on BOTH sides. But the important point is that the popular modern narrative suggesting it all had "mostly to do with evil Christian Crusaders bent on genocide of Muslims" simply isn't accurate or comprehensive, and is a grand distortion of the overall picture. And certainly a lot of those people were cultural Christians who were not following the mandates of Christ. And much of it was unfortunately driven by the popular Popes-driven desire to reclaim Jerusalem and the "Holy Land" and thus flowed from an un-Biblical theology unique to the medieval Roman Catholicism inherent in Western Europe. And was born of a re-focusing of violence in a world already deep in turmoil and hostile division on both sides. There were NO clean hands on either side. But the modern popular narrative is woefully one-sided, glossed over, and highly misleading!
In short, the first couple of Crusades happened because they had to stop the Muslim expansion, and then greed and stupidity took over as it always does.
The modern revisionist POPULAR view of the crusades are, like most revisionist views we have, are ungrateful and a product of the very world that would NOT have existed if they Muslim expansion had not been stopped.
Ed, it's a complex subject spanning a very long period of time and multiple players with much bad blood and actions on BOTH sides.
Absolutely. No question. I agree 100%.
But the important point is that the popular modern narrative suggesting it all had "mostly to do with evil Christian Crusaders bent on genocide of Muslims" simply isn't accurate or comprehensive, and is a grand distortion of the overall picture.
I don't think that's the popular narrative. Yes, there are some on the political left who make that claim, but I think they're pretty well balanced out by conservative apologists like Geisler.
And certainly a lot of those people were cultural Christians who were not following the mandates of Christ.
As far as I know most people in that time period, and that includes most soldiers and therefore most Crusaders, were extremely devout Christians (apart from the pagans up north). The big reason for the Crusade (apart from the need to give a bunch of violent, armed young men something constructive to do) was to secure the Holy Land for pilgrims. The big reason that so many went (apart from the Pope's promise of blanket forgiveness of their sins both prior to and during the Crusade) was that they thought that was a worthy cause. But they were also soldiers - hard, violent men whose best shot at a decent payday came from looting and pillaging.
And much of it was unfortunately driven by the popular Popes-driven desire to reclaim Jerusalem and the "Holy Land" and thus flowed from an un-Biblical theology unique to the medieval Roman Catholicism inherent in Western Europe.
This I don't know anything about. What do you mean?
And was born of a re-focusing of violence in a world already deep in turmoil and hostile division on both sides. There were NO clean hands on either side. But the modern popular narrative is woefully one-sided, glossed over, and highly misleading!
There weren't two sides. The Christians were mostly divided into small, constantly warring factions. The Muslims were in larger, sometimes warring factions. And in the north there were pagans. The First Crusade was only 30 years after the Battle of Hastings (which is considered the end of the Viking Age). Charles Martel - the guy who stopped the Umayyads at Tours (with a professional army that he financed by confiscating Church land and property) and is credited with saving Europe - spent most of his life conquering and reconquering his Christian and pagan neighbors. The world was a bit of a cluster[love] back then.
Meant Muslim factions vs. Christian ones.
I know. My point was that it's not as simple as two factions. The Eastern and Western Christians were definitely both factions, as were the European pagans. There were also factions within the Muslim faction. There were times when Christians allied with Muslims to fight other Christians or Muslims. When the Crusader Kingdoms were established they just kind of blended in with the other warring factions in the area, at least for a while.
Yes, Ed - which is my point - that the greatly over-simplified, grandly distorted, popular modern narrative is a naive load of fiction pushed by the clueless.
Got it. So we just disagree about what constitutes "the popular narrative." I'm actually pretty sure there are at least three.
Got to bed, Ed! You are too old to be staying up so late - you need your beauty sleep! | c4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
BkiUe5vxK02iP4Y2vrY2 | KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City teenager is facing felony charges after he allegedly fired shots at a woman from inside a vehicle.
Dezzman Clemons, 16, is charged with unlawful use of a weapon, and armed criminal action. Family Court certified him to be tried as an adult, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced Wednesday.
Court records say police responded to a report of shots fired in the area of 29th and Olive on Feb. 19. A victim told police that she was sitting on the porch when a gray vehicle drove up with Clemons in the back seat behind the driver. She said Clemons leaned out the window and said he was going to kill her, then fired several shots and the vehicle sped off.
Police said they found Clemons at the back door of a residence on Park Avenue. They said he ran and hid in a closet, but was taken into police custody. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdSg241xiDDDH9rVX | The HalosBros are HalosClaw, HalosStar, and HalosFist. HalosStar is the middle bro and he will be made soon, as you can see he is becoming a Assasin(Sin). HalosFist will come when the Pirate classes are out and he will be a InFighter(Fister) Pirate. HalosSin will be made very soon and i want to ask rei if he can join the guild plz. | c4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUfuk241xiNVUWlkk9 | An elegant necklace comprised of eight tagua spheres on grosgrain ribbon. It is sixteen inches long with an adjustable length to make it versatile for any look. This tagua necklace is fair trade and ethically handmade in Colombia using eco friendly dyes. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdAg5jDKDyIlaYUfQ | Technically there is only one type of transfers – transfers. But since we can change labels and pre-set amount or even recipient, we can create seemingly different types of transfers. A perfect example of this would be "Donations".
Lets say you want to start a donation where users donate their points for a cause or something. First, we would need a designated user on our website that will hold all the points that are donated for our cause.
Once we have this user, we set the shortcode to always send transfers to this particular user. Optionally, we can also pre-set how many points a user can transfer in each single instance to this user. Finally if needed, we change the transfer form button label to reflect the donation. Instead of "Send Transfer" we might use "Make Donation", it's all up to you.
You can also do this using the mycred_send shortcode which requires you to set a recipient, the point type to transfer (if you have more than one) and the amount to transfer. If the user viewing the shortcode can afford it, they will see the transfer button with whatever label you might have set.
You can use the transfer shortcode multiple times on your website so you are not limited to just making one type of transfers! | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUcTDxK6EuNArbBUFE | Here is 19 of my favourite DIY dwelling décor ideas and projects that you could complete in no time in any respect. If you are not an artist or your photographs leave something to be desired you'll find a seaside calendar with amazing pictures you can place in a weathered body (Posters can work too, assuming you've got a frame sufficiently big). My friend's household just lately rebuilt their storm damaged seaside home and have been trying into how to embellish the inside and I'm sure this lens will be an amazing help for them!
Hope to be moving shortly may just have a beach theme for my room…thanks for sharing. I'll be displaying you some pretty beachy adorning concepts as we enjoy the last weeks of summer season. Wood or tile flooring will be great for your seaside home, as these are straightforward to take care of and won't trap grime or sand. Nice ideas for beach theme bedroom, I really like the intense seashore bed room (the orange one), it looks nice.
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There are many themed room divider screens with seaside and ocean photography on a folding 6ft canvas screen. Inventive people can consider many nice methods to decorate their houses with seaside décor comparable to seashore clocks. With this outdoors gentle enter the inside of the house smoothly and you will enjoy a really comfortable summer. Walk into any seaside residence, and often the furnishings is a rag-tag collection of mixed and matched (or unmatched) thrift retailer choose ups, discarded old furnishings from the principle home, or furniture that has been around for ages.
Sand, sea shells, rocks, coral, driftwood, and rope are just some natural seaside decor accessories. Under no circumstances does Interior Concepts declare ownership or accountability for such gadgets, and you need to search authorized consent for any use of such materials from its owner. Every time I consider seaside cottage furniture, I at all times consider couch slipcovers, Adirondack chairs, and rattan bar-stools. | c4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUfoo5qhDCuB568HKS | A gender audit is essentially a "social audit", and belongs to the category of "quality audits", which distinguishes it from traditional "financial audits".
A gender audit assesses the extent to which gender equality is effectively institutionalised in the policies, programmes, organisational structures and proceedings (including decision-making processes) and in the corresponding budgets.
A gender audit is essentially a "social audit", and belongs to the category of "quality audits", which distinguishes it from traditional "financial audits". It considers whether internal practices and related support systems for gender mainstreaming are effective and reinforce each other and whether they are being followed. It establishes a baseline; identifies critical gaps and challenges; and recommends ways of addressing them, suggesting possible improvements and innovations. It also documents good practices towards the achievement of gender equality.
A gender audit enhances the collective capacity of the organization to examine its activities from a gender perspective and identify strengths and weaknesses in promoting gender equality issues. It monitors and assesses the relative progress made in gender mainstreaming and helps to build organizational ownership for gender equality initiatives and sharpens organizational learning on gender. To do this, it:
considers whether internal practices and related support systems for gender mainstreaming are effective and reinforce each other and whether they are being followed;
monitors and assesses the relative progress made in gender mainstreaming;
establishes a baseline;
identifies critical gaps and challenges;
recommends ways of addressing them and -suggests new and more effective strategies;
documents good practices towards the achievement of gender equality.
A participatory gender audit is a tool and a process based on a participatory methodology to promote organizational learning on how to practically and effectively mainstream gender in policies, programmes and structures and assess the extent to which policies have been institutionalized at the level of the:
Work unit
The participatory gender audits' objectives are to:
Generate understanding of the extent to which gender mainstreaming has been internalized and acted upon by staff;
Assess the extent of gender mainstreaming in terms of the development and delivery of gender-sensitive products and services;
Identify and share information on mechanisms, practices and attitudes that have made a positive contribution to mainstreaming gender in an organization;
Assess the level of resources allocated and spent on gender mainstreaming and gender activities;
Examine the extent to which human resources policies are gender-sensitive;
Examine the staff sex balance at different levels of an organization;
Set up the initial baseline of performance on gender mainstreaming in an organization with a view to introducing an ongoing process of benchmarking to measure progress in promoting gender equality.
The ILO has developed a participatory gender audit methodology which has generated great international interest among constituents, donors agencies, training organizations and academic institutions after more than ten years of implementation.
A manual for gender audit facilitators: The ILO participatory gender audit methodology. | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
BkiUdZU5qhLBWY0XuTYN | About AVS
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The issue of education soon became obvious to us when our work started back in 2002. Sometimes the provision of school fees is simply not enough to enable a young person to get their parent's permission to continue with her education, this is particular importance when it comes to girls; Issues such as distance, safety and the removal of a hard working pair of hands from the home will also influence the decision. As a response to two of the inhibiting factors (distance and safety) we built a girls' school hostel, which accommodates up to 65 girl students at any one time. This enables the girls to have a secondary education, which would otherwise be impossible. Even after seven years of operation we can demonstrate the impact that the residential accommodation has had on some of our girl students. We have sponsored more than 50 students through secondary and tertiary education. Of those who have presently completed their courses we have students who have graduated from university with a degrees in Business Management, Medical Officer and Administration. More recently we have had three girls complete their courses, one with a degree in Social Sciences, another with an Economics degree and another with a degree in Hotel Management and Tourism. Additionally we have two who have nursing qualifications and another has a teaching diploma. Others have achieved qualifications in tailoring, catering and secretarial skills. Not one of these students would have been able to have achieved any of this without our financial support.
Student sponsorship contribution can be as little as £10 a month, which enables us to send these young people to school. You can also sponsor individuals through their education and help them go on to higher education as well as contributing to our overall education budget.
Some of our talented students have gone on to University or College becoming qualified nurses, teachers, accountants, programmers, graphic designers etc. Going in to higher education is expensive and we try our best to find sponsors for these students. Sponsorship for a year can be between £750 to £1500 a year, which doesn't compare with the UK however the impact is enormous and many do go on to give back to their community. If you are interested in sponsoring one of these students please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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BkiUbG45qsNCPdwheNh- | Don't try to do this alone. You need a support system. You need friends on your side to cheer you on (and hold you accountable). We need accountability friends who will lovingly push us to do better. I encourage each of you to join my Facebook group, Losing Weight with Food Tracking. You will find a great support system that will help you learn the habit of healthy and lasting weight loss.
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Sometimes the big picture looks, well… too big. If you have 50 or 80 or 100 pounds to lose, you may feel the goal is too far away. If that is the case, then start with a small, achievable goal. Set a goal to lose 10 pounds. After you achieve it, set another and then another. You can also set small goals that apply to a day or even a meal. Set a goal to log your calories for one whole day. Or set a goal to only eat a 300-calorie breakfast. How about increase the steps on your pedometer by 1,000 steps? Each goal you achieve is one step closer to a healthier lifestyle.
When you achieve your goals, don't reward yourself with food. We are trained from an early age to celebrate with food. This has been done throughout civilization. So, of course our tendency is to cheer ourselves with food. Learn another way to celebrate your goals. If you met your goal to lose 10 or 20 pounds, then go shopping! Celebrate with smaller-sized clothes. Or may I suggest rewarding yourself with an activity? And celebrate your achievement with others. Take a hike. Ride a bike. Go do something you wouldn't normally do. Rock rappelling anyone?
I think one of the hardest things for a person to achieve is the mastering of delayed gratification. I have a toddler and he has zero ability to delay his wants. As an adult, you must learn to master the ability to overcome urges and learn the self-discipline to delay wants and desires.
As I write this blog, I am keenly aware that I have Christmas cookies prepared for guests that will be over for dinner in the next few days. I want a cookie. But, I only have 491 calories left for dinner tonight. For me, I'm going to delay gratification and not eat the cookie. Oh, this isn't deprivation. I most certainly will have that cookie. I just choose to wait until the dinner with friends when I can plan out that day's calories a little bit better.
Delayed gratification will help in many aspects of your life. Spending, drinking, even fasting. Learn to delay gratification and you will learn how to be self-disciplined.
I am the worst person to advise on eating slowly. After working for 10 years as a Firefighter/Medic, I learned to eat my food very fast. But this is a habit I am constantly working to master. The slower I eat, the more time I give my body the ability to register that I am full and can stop eating.
A 2008 study published in the "Journal of the American Dietetic Association," revealed that when participants consumed their meals slowly, they ate significantly fewer calories and consumed significantly more water than those that ate at a faster rate. Slow down and savor each bite.
Did you know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? Dr. Virend Somers, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, analyzed the breakfast habits of about 350 adults. The study found that people who ate breakfast regularly only gained an average of about three pounds over the course of a year. Those who occasionally ate breakfast put on about five pounds, while those who skipped breakfast entirely gained about eight pounds. Maybe breakfast is indeed the most important meal. Grab that oatmeal, add some fruit,and enjoy yourself a healthy breakfast.
If you follow my blog, you know I don't advocate drinking calories. It's hard enough to reduce calories and portions of food. The last thing I want to do is then have a drink and consume another 120 calories. For me, I love a glass of cold water. If you are not a fan of water, please try to learn to drink it. Do it in small steps. Maybe just increase your water to 1 to 2 glasses a day. Slowly build yourself up. Now water is mainly all I drink, and I'm truly refreshed with it. I always have my water bottle with me.
Avoid diet sodas (and sodas all together, for that matter). The medical research on diet sodas is still hazy, but at minimum it's clear that artificial sweeteners are just that… ARTIFICIAL. Research indicates that artificial sweeteners slow the body's metabolism. That's enough to keep me away and I hope I can encourage you to return to the simplicity of a nice big glass of water. You can try adding some lemon for a dash of natural flavor.
You can't lose weight if you are not accountable for how much you weigh. Weigh yourself regularly. I have a close friend who has gained weight secondary to some serious health concerns. I know he just started tracking his food intake and following the Food Tracking Momma, so I asked him how much he weighed. He didn't know because he hadn't yet weighed himself.
Listen, I get it. Stepping on that scale now means you KNOW and if you know, you can't be ignorant to the problem. When I was gaining, I also ignored my weight. Commit to weighing yourself once a week. When you know your weight, you can now start making changes to lose weight and become a healthier person. Don't get discouraged and be patient, it'll take a couple of weeks for results to really show up.
I count calories to lose weight. And certainly, that is a helpful step and a great lifestyle change. But I don't want to be skinny yet weak and unhealthy. I want to be slim, healthy, and strong. The slim is assisted with decreasing calories. The healthy comes from the food choices I make. And the strong? You guessed it, comes from exercise and activity.
Any increase in activity helps. Park your car further from the front of the store. Walk the stairs instead of taking an elevator. Get on that treadmill (move the laundry first) and do a five-minute walk. Track your steps with either a pedometer or a FitBit. Stand up during commercials. Yes, just stand up. Remember, we are making long-term habit changes. Don't make changes that you won't sustain. Start small and then gradually increase your activity.
It's very hard to count calories when you are eating out. Many restaurants today have nutrition listed, but even then, the choices of lower-calorie foods are very limited. If you eat at home and cook your own food, you can control the ingredients, the amount of added fat, and the overall nutrition of the food you eat.
When I eat out, I will usually track the calories BEFORE I order the meal. If a restaurant does not have nutrition (or if the calorie counts are just too high), then I will often order a to-go container when I order my meal. I then simply split my meal in half, knowing that most restaurants serve portions big enough for two people. Better yet, share that big meal with a friend who's counting calories too! Save money and calories all at the same time!
Don't snack out of a bag. It's almost impossible to control your servings when you are pulling food directly out of the container. When I have a snack, I often serve it in small ramekins. Even if are alone, always serve your food in some type of plate or bowl. This way you can monitor your portions. This also allows you to easily weigh your food on a food scale for easy tracking.
The size of the dinner plate that came with my serving set is 11 inches in diameter. This is a very large plate. If I fill it up with food, it will be a huge serving. Therefore, I now use a 9-inch plate for my food. You can more easily control portions if you use a smaller plate. And you won't have a lot of empty space on the plate that will encourage you to try to fill with food.
There is science to support changing to a smaller plate. A study by Brian Wansink from Cornell University and Koert van Ittersum from the Georgia Institute of Technology, discovered that changing from 12–inch plates to 10–inch plates resulted in a 22% decrease in calories.
There's no question that refined sugar is not healthy, but the moment you tell me I can't have it, well then, I will start to crave it. Increase your portions of healthy foods and limit the foods that you know are high calorie, high fat, processed and generally unhealthy. Save them for rare occasions. But don't taboo anything unless there is a medical reason you cannot consume it.
For me, I don't normally eat desserts. But if I'm at a guest's house or at a gathering with friends, then I am going to enjoy a dessert. I don't taboo carbs or sugar or really anything. OK, I taboo diet soda! NO DIET SODAS! But other than that, eat whatever you want but do so in moderation.
I believe fast weight loss results in fast re-gain. This is because fast weight loss does not address the source of the problem. You didn't make lifestyle changes. You must change how you approach food in your body and your mind. If you want lasting weight loss, then you need to make lasting changes. Changes such as decreasing your food intake. Weighing yourself. Tracking and logging your calories. Increasing your exercise and activity. This takes time. Be patient. Be willing to lose 1-2 pounds a week.
Many small choices will lead to a large change towards a healthy lifestyle. Do you like a lot of salt on your food? Then just lessen by one shake. Do you like a bowl of ice cream in the evening? Then lessen it to one scoop. Do you eat toast for every breakfast? Then change it to whole wheat. I could go on and on and on. You get my point. None of those suggestions were big or dramatic. But they will have an accumulative impact on your overall health.
This doesn't just relate to food. Do you smoke? Smoke 1, 2, or 5 less cigarettes a day. Do you drink alcohol? Lessen it to one drink a day. Speaking of alcohol, did you know that drinking alcohol increases fat uptake and slows metabolism? Evaluate your life and see where you can make small changes to help improve your overall health.
Losing weight isn't easy. This is a lifestyle change and it will take some time to learn new habits. You will go over calories. You will have failures. That happens. It happens for all of us. Don't quit tracking and don't quit counting calories. And you may even have a week or two where you gain a little bit of weight. Don't quit! Don't become discouraged. Sometimes the body needs time to adjust to the changes. Just stay the course and believe that a healthier you are worth the effort to lose weight. I suggest you read my post, Don't Quit- Even When You Are Out of Calories to help keep you motivated. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
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BkiUdus5qX_BvJpaXago | package com.enginemobi.core.order.domain;
import com.enginemobi.core.order.service.type.FulfillmentType;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* A FulfillmentOption is used to hold information about a particular type of Fulfillment implementation.
* Third-party fulfillment implementations should extend this to provide their own configuration options
* particular to that implementation. For instance, a UPS shipping calculator might want an admin user to be
* able to specify which type of UPS shipping this FulfillmentOption represents.
* <br />
* <br />
* This entity will be presented to the user to allow them to specify which shipping they want. A possible
* scenario is that say a site can ship with both UPS and Fedex. They will import both the Fedex and UPS
* third-party modules, each of which will have a unique definition of FulfillmentOption (for instance,
* FedexFulfillmentOption and UPSFulfillmentOption). Let's say the site can do 2-day shipping with UPS,
* and next-day shipping with Fedex. What they would do in the admin is create an instance of FedexFulfillmentOption
* entity and give it the name "Overnight" (along with any needed Fedex configuration properties), then create an instance of
* UPSFulfillmentOption and give it the name "2 Day". When the user goes to check out, they will then see a list
* with "Overnight" and "2 day" in it. A FulfillmentPricingProvider can then be used to estimate the fulfillment cost
* (and calculate the fulfillment cost) for that particular option.
* <br />
* <br />
* FulfillmentOptions are also inherently related to FulfillmentProcessors, in that specific types of FulfillmentOption
* implementations should also have a FulfillmentPricingProvider that can handle operations (estimation and calculation) for
* pricing a FulfillmentGroup. Typical third-party implementations of this paradigm would have a 1 FulfillmentOption
* entity implementation and 1 FulfillmentPricingProvider implementation for that particular service.
*
* <p>
* <b>Note: even though the default Broadleaf implementation of this is non-abstract ({@link FulfillmentOptionImpl}),
* it is very rare that you would actually want to instantiate a raw {@link FulfillmentOptionImpl} rather than using
* a subclass of this.
* </p>
* @author Phillip Verheyden
* @see {@link FulfillmentPricingProvider}, {@link FulfillmentGroup}
*/
public interface FulfillmentOption extends Serializable{
public Long getId();
public void setId(Long id);
/**
* Gets the name displayed to the user when they selected the FulfillmentOption for
* their order. This might be "2-day" or "Super-saver shipping"
*
* @return the display name for this option
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Set the display name for this option that will be shown to the user to select from
* such as "2-day" or "Express" or "Super-saver shipping"
*
* @param name - the display name for this option
*/
public void setName(String name);
/**
* Gets the long description for this option which can be shown to the user
* to provide more information about the option they are selecting. An example
* might be that this is shipped the next business day or that it requires additional
* processing time
*
* @return the description to display to the user
*/
public String getLongDescription();
/**
* Sets the long description for this option to show to the user when they select an option
* for fulfilling their order
*
* @param longDescription - the description to show to the user
*/
public void setLongDescription(String longDescription);
/**
* Tells the {@link FulfillmentPricingProvider} whether it should try to use the
* flat rate cost for a {@link Sku} rather than try to factor that {@link Sku}
* into its shipping calculation. This defaults to <b>true</b>
*
* @return <b>true</b> if the {@link FulfillmentPricingProvider} should use
* the flat rate on a {@link Sku} when it's available rather than try to calculate
* shipping for it, <b>false</b> otherwise. Default value is <b>true</b>
*/
public Boolean getUseFlatRates();
/**
* Tells the {@link FulfillmentPricingProvider} whether it should try to use the
* flat rate cost for a {@link Sku} rather than try to factor that {@link Sku}
* into its shipping calculation
*
* @param useFlatRates
*/
public void setUseFlatRates(Boolean useFlatRates);
/**
* Gets the type of fulfillment that this option supports
*
* @return the type of this option
*/
public FulfillmentType getFulfillmentType();
/**
* Sets the type of fulfillment that this option supports
*
* @param fulfillmentType
*/
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BkiUehrxK6EuNBRhJbxA | By now there's no way around it. Your social media feeds have been polluted with either the critics rage or your nerdy friend's critique, either way you have a mild bias towards what "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' is like. It is either atrocious or it is the best thing since sliced bread. Well, I'm not here to sway you one way or another. Quite frankly, I haven't even started my review yet.
Before I even get to that, I think it is increasingly more important moviegoers understand the dynamic of superhero films especially when such a perplexity like this arises where Hollywood critics are damning a movie that is breaking box office records.
For starters, fans will always go see a movie inspired by a work of art or characters they hold dearly. However, even as main stream as comic book movies have become, a $170 million weekend domestically is a lot more than just fanboys and fangirls flocking to their local theaters.
First and foremost, movies are for entertainment. They are form of recreation. Not all of them have to be works of art or Oscar-worthy pictures. A large amount of films are aimed to put smiles on the faces in the audience and make studios a ton of money. This is especially the case for action movies, a genre which the superhero movie market has promptly taken over.
With the death of the action hero, superheroes have replaced the likes of Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Van Damme, and the rest of the 'Expendables' gang. Before those actors starred in testosterone-driven films that prided themselves on over-the-top action and limited plot development. Love them or hate them the movies drew audiences, made money, and consequently made their stars famous.
Now I'm not saying superhero films are identical to these classic 90s action films, but superhero films have become the next adaptation of the genre. Action films no longer star a chiseled, muscular male lead who kills the bad guys and gets the dame. Instead, they star the heroes and heroines who helped make DC and Marvel comics famous. The same comics that– for a large part – were built on the same premise.
Now, before you rush to judgement this evolution isn't a bad thing. Quite frankly for us nerds this is a great thing. However, when a type of film begins to have the level of success comic book films have had there's going to be some cultural backlash. They've supplanted a genre that was never accepted by critics. Diehard film critics will never respect the action movie genre because a large percentage of them don't see such films as art. They see them as money-grubbing leeches disguised as blockbusters.
To me, that makes their opinions biased. They're reviewing films based on art not entertainment forgetting that a movie is equal parts of both spectrums. And like any art, it's perceptive.
Now the other side of that is fans who are nay-sayers. Well, that comes down to a simple quell of reality. If superhero films have become the standard for a genre, then naturally the market will become saturated. Organically speaking, not all of these movies are going to be ten out of tens. No instead, they're going to take the shape of their predecessors – comics. Each of us comic fans have select tastes. We have our favorite series, characters, and our guilty comic book pleasures. The same can be said for superhero film choices nowadays. We are each going to have our particular favorites.
What the geek community is also forgetting (or perhaps ignoring) is that something we dreamed of since we were all wee, little nerds watching Saturday morning cartoons or reading our favorite comic series has become a reality. Our favorite characters are taking over the big screen. Our beloved heroes, heroines, and villains are a part of pop-culture. A huge part. Suddenly, our deepest passions are there for the entire world to see and most of all appreciate.
So, before we all go believing the critics and before we all start throwing our rusty ten cents into the conversations, let's all take a step back and learn to appreciate the fact that these films are even being made at all.
A decade ago the idea of Batman and Superman battling it out on the silver screen was just a pipedream. Who really thought that Marvel's Civil War would actually be turned into a movie? Who would've predicted that the summers of 2015 and 2016 would feature more than a dozen nerd-centric films?
If our ten-year-old selves saw the way some of us bicker and tear down some of these movies based on a lack of plot development, or a minuet costume detail, or the lack of a particular scene, they'd punch us in the face before they even finished their first bowl of Lucky Charms.
Let's enjoy the ride folks. Let's value these films for what they are – a reminder that right now we are living in the Age of the Nerd. I don't know about you, but I've been dreaming about this since the first time I picked up X-Men #4 back in '92.
I've decided to break my review down by characters and their corresponding actors/actresses in the film. If my fore-mentioned rant has any indication, I clearly enjoyed the film. I went into without reading any prior reviews. Instead, I went in with childlike enthusiasm that essentially a movie-adaption of the "Dark Knight Returns" was finally on the big screen. My advice – if you're a DC fan go see this film ASAP. If you're a comics fan or just a superhero movie fan check this film out.
It may not be the best superhero film to date, but the largest take away from this film is Warner Bros. (with the help of Zach Synder) effectively did in one film what it took Marvel nearly five years to do. Naturally, with it only being one launch film compared to multiple it wasn't as smooth, but this film still successfully launched the DC Comics cinematic universe and presumably the JLA.
Batman (Ben Affleck) – I hate to say I told you so, but all the Batfleck haters seem to be pretty quiet. Similar to the Heath Ledger casting of Joker uproar a few years back, once the movie was officially released all the negative comments seemed to dissipate. While I didn't quite care for his Batman voice, Affleck played a great Bruce Wayne and nailed the bitter, older statesmen version of the Batman. For all the fans who don't like the idea of Batman killing or using guns, well I have this much to say. It is a movie-adaptation. The former I felt fell victim to movie progression. Amidst a chase scene you can't go back and highlight every single henchman shaking off a few bumps and bruises, instead you have to continue with the scene and the action's fluency – leave the rest is open for interpretation. The latter, well that was a dream sequence. To what looked to me as a mash-up between "Red Son" and "Injustice" series. So, yes in an alternative universe Bruce Wayne caps a few fools.
Superman (Henry Cavill) – I like Cavill's interpretation of both Clark Kent and Kal-El. Being a Batman fan, I enjoyed seeing Superman portrayed softer than Charmin for most of the film. I mean, he was tearing up before he flew off to the final fight in Gotham – that's just weak sauce even for an alien. All kidding aside though, the film did a great job handling the inner conflict Kal-El has as Clark Kent and as Superman. Should he forget about humanity or does he have to protect them? Not to mention his rationalization of Batman's vigilantism. As far as the ending, I dug it. I've heard a few complaints that they tried to squeeze "Death of Superman" into the film, but in all honesty they did it justice. Considering that one, a possible JLA movie without Superman on the initial roster is an extremely entertaining idea for fans. And second, if they ever made just a 'Death of Superman' film, only non-Superman fans would go see it. The Man of Steel's diehard fanbase would ignore the film because who would want to watch two hours of their favorite character getting destroyed? With that in mind, I felt they did it justice. They got it done, they got it over with. Most importantly they left it open-ended. It's a great foundation to start building on.
Louis Lane (Amy Adams) – I won't lie, I think Amy Adams is one of the best actresses in Hollywood. However, this films' Louis Lane wasn't as integral to the film's progression as was her "Man of Steel" version. Consequently, that has to do with the fact this isn't just a Superman film, but I still felt her role was a bit take-it or leave-it. Albeit, I will admit Adams did showcase a great deal of strength with this Lane characterization. There were multiple times where she was the rock, the grounding element for Clark Kent or Superman. She was the stabilizer and that's a big part of Louis Lane's character.
Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) – Nothing against Gal Gadot, but I don't see where everyone is getting the idea she stole the show. Gadot did well in her limited role, but Woman Woman was a very minor character. I dug the Greek mythology Easter eggs during her and Bruce Wayne's initial conversation and I absolutely loved her entrance music. However, a few action scenes at the end doesn't trump the fact had she not been casually checking her e-mail she might've been able to help Batman save Superman – just saying.
Doomsday (Robin Atkin Downes, not confirmed) – I wasn't keen on the roundness of Doomsday's face. The CGI made him look a bit like a ninja turtle, but none the less enjoyed his cinematic debut. I loved how Zach Synder incorporated the evolution process of Doomsday over the course of the final battle. It was brilliantly done and extremely entertaining to watch.
Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) – Similar to Batfleck, I see a far less string of haters now that this film is finally out. I thought Eisenberg absolutely killed it as Lex. He nailed young Lex, a man who believes he is too big for the world he lives in. He has a plan, but stumbles over himself amidst personal struggles of learning how to dumb himself down to make communicating with inferior beings easier throughout his daily life. That's young Luthor in a nutshell. He characterized it perfectly, with the witty dialogue, actions and then child-like mannerisms that border on insane and insulting. I also loved the cutthroat mentality he brought to the character. That is something that has been lacking with recent Lex Luthor adaptations. As far as the broken Lex at the end of the film, personally I figured it was an intelligent man who had access to Kyrptonian technology and likely saw Darkseid. I would think any mortal that stumbles across that news would be shook.
JLA Intros – Quite frankly, I don't know how any self-proclaimed nerd couldn't fall in love with the JLA introduction scene. When Diana Prince was going through the confidential e-mails, clicking on each new JLA member I was on the edge of my seat. I felt like that was an extremely organic scene and yet again another extremely effective way to launch upcoming DC films. It was by far my favorite scene in the movie.
'Batman v Superman,' may not have been a knockout, but it was extremely entertaining and was everything I hoped it would be. It is easily a movie I'll see twice in the theater. And for any fans who felt the movie was a bit cheesy or jumped too much. Remember that, DC didn't have the luxury of casually throwing a few superhero films together before planning a series of 'phases.' They are playing catch-up in this game and with that mind they did a heck of a job to launch themselves back into this race.
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BkiUf47xK1yAgWay7cIf | Welcome to another edition of the Team Santa Inc. News Daily. Today, we are going to look at the development of unbreakable shatterproof ornaments. Plastic Christmas ornaments that are perfect for commercial type applications, such as government buildings or other commercial type property, where you want to use products that are completely safe and won't cause harm to passersby. A huge selection doesn't hurt either. Thousands of styles to choose from and the colors are absolutely gorgeous. You must come by to see for yourself.
Our most popular sellers are always our 8″ – 10″ and even 12 inch solid color unbreakable plastic ornaments. Ideal for most any type display. All year round, these ornaments are great for large Christmas trees where there is concern for safety. The fact that they are shatterproof makes them so appealing because they won't break in somebody's hand.
Another feature of these shatterproof plastic ornaments is the huge selection. Not only round ornaments, but all different shapes, colors, sizes and designs. The best part is that these unbreakable, shatterproof Christmas ornaments look more like glass than the real thing.
Old fashioned glass Christmas ornaments are still available, but because the plastic looks like glass and it won't shatter. The glass manufacturers have become plastic manufacturers. Of course you can still purchase old world glass ornaments,the trend is definitely moving in the direction of the new shatterproof plastic ornaments. Come by a see the selection for yourself.
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BkiUcKfxK0wg09KOWAPU | Effective Altruism Foundation
Donation Advice
It's difficult to quantify our own impact since we want to help others have as much impact as they can instead of having a direct impact ourselves. We still attempt to do so for some of our activities below. However, sometimes we also settled for simply listing what we have done or achieved in terms of output. We're committed to further improving the evaluation of our work.
We developed the concept of risks of astronomical suffering (s-risks) for describing a particular risk class of advanced AI systems. This idea has been well received within the effective altruism community (e.g., at this research workshop on existential risks, or in this research agenda on effective altruism by the Oxford-based Global Priorities Institute). In May 2019, we hosted a workshop on this topic with researchers from OpenAI, Deepmind, the Future of Humanity Institute, the Open Philanthropy Project, and various university departments. This event is a good example of the kind of work we hope will positively influence the development of advanced AI systems.
We recommend the following resources for learning more about the topic:
Peer-reviewed article: Sotala, Gloor (2017): Superintelligence as a Cause or Cure for Risks of Astronomical Suffering. Informatica (41,4).
Introductory talk: Max Daniel (2017): S-risks: Why they are the worst existential risks, and how to prevent them. EAG Boston.
Introductory essay: Althaus, Gloor (2016): Reducing Risks of Astronomical Suffering: A Neglected Global Priority.
We have also started developing two new concepts in ethics and decision theory:
Tranquilism (introduction)
Multiverse-wide Superrationality (introduction, full paper)
Our researchers have also given talks at various international conferences and published many articles (both reviewed and non-reviewed). See the website of our project, the Foundational Research Institute, for a full list.
Since our founding in December 2013, we estimate to have raised $12,538,885 for other high-impact charities that would not have been donated otherwise. To achieve this, we think we dedicated about $635,349 of our budget to the relevant activities over this time period. This yields a net impact of $11,903,536 (not factoring in opportunity costs of the staff involved).
We want to help young graduates reach positions where they can have as much of an impact as possible. We have run over 80 coaching sessions since we started offering this in early 2018. Using a metric similar to that of 80,000 Hours, we estimate that our work in this area has resulted in 66 expected impact-adjusted significant plan changes. This falls far short of 80,000 Hours' own performance but we have lower economies of scale and only started recently, so we are not particularly worried about that.
Spreading effective altruism
While it's not a top priority anymore, we worked hard to establish an effective altruism community in Germany and Switzerland from 2012 to 2017. By now the community self-organizes to a large extent with additional help from the Centre for Effective Altruism. We consider this a success.
Events: We organized three independent effective altruism conferences (EAGx): Basel (2015), Berlin (2016 & 2017). They were the largest ones in continental Europe. We also organized five retreats on topics related to effective altruism.
Media and PR: We appeared or published in numerous influential German-speaking media outlets. Our former president was on the renowned Swiss television program Sternstunde Philosophie and both Jan Dirk Capelle and Stefan Torges gave TEDx talks on our work.
Local groups: We initiated or supported the formation of over 20 local groups in German-speaking countries. We organized four retreats and published a guide to coach German-speaking local group leaders.
While it's not a top priority anymore, we worked hard on putting issues critical to effective altruism on the political agenda. We achieved some success but ceased these efforts after a change in our overall strategy.
Risks from artificial intelligence: In our 2015 policy paper we outlined the opportunities and risks from the development of artificial intelligence. Thomas Metzinger, one of the co-authors, is now a member of the EU's High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence.
Evidence-based development cooperation: In 2017, we published a policy paper on the topic and followed it with a ballot initiative in the city of Zurich, advocating a larger and more evidence-based foreign development program. We're confident that this will result in a significant legislative change.
Animal welfare: When it was still a project of ours, Sentience Politics published policy papers on the following topics: Sustainable Food, Cultured Meat, and Fundamental Rights for Primates. Informed by these insights we successfully launched several ballot initiatives in Switzerland.
Independent projects we helped start
Wild Animal Initiative
Sentience Institute
Sentience Politics (German)
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BkiUgOvxK3xgpZzQqCWd | Q: Bitmap.Comp() method in android. Quality = 100 gives image larger in size than original image I am using Bitmap's compress() method to compress my images with the help of following code:
ByteArrayOutputStream baos;
Bitmap img = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(imgs[i].getAbsolutePath());
img.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, compFactor, baos);
byte[] compImgBytes;
compImgBytes = baos.toByteArray();
OutputStream out1 = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(
new File(dir.getString("dir", null) + File.separator +
String.valueOf(imgsName) + ".jpg")));
out1.write(compImgBytes);
Problem is, when I use 100 as a compression factor (compFactor = 100) for this code, the size of the resultant image is larger than the image being compressed. All I was trying to do was compress the image with max quality as per Android documentation for the Bitmap class.
Why is the resultant image's size greater than original image's size? Am I missing something?
A: Passing in 100 for the quality indicates:
100 meaning compress for max quality
So that means the compressor will do very little compression of the raw bytes... the images you are loading are presumably saved with more compression. Thus your newly compressed image is larger than your original images.
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BkiUfMPxK6mkyCfOEKeC | Planning an event in Avila? This hotel has facilities measuring 161 square feet (15 square meters), including a meeting room.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages and body treatments. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find a health club, an outdoor pool, and a spa tub. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands.
It is a medium sized entrance hall, which gives way to the inner patio of great beauty.
With a stay at Gran Hostal San Juan in Avila (Old Town of Avila), you'll be steps from Plaza Mercado Chico and Avila City Hall. This hostal is 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Palace of Los Bracamonte and 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Capilla de Mosen Rubi.
Stay in one of 23 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and blackout drapes/curtains, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Hotel Las Murallas is located in Avila's old town, between the picturesque St Vincent's Basilica and the old city walls. Some rooms offer stunning views of the basilica, some of the city walls, and some have terrace. Featuring tiled floors and colourful décor, each air-conditioned room has a flat-screen TV and DVD player. Rooms are also heated and have a private bathroom with a shower, hairdryer and toiletries. Free WiFi is available throughout. The hotel's restaurant is located a few metres from the hotel. It serves typical local foods and homemade desserts.
This charming 17th-century building is set in front of Ávila's city walls, offering views of the cathedral. The hotel has been renovated, retaining its charm mixed with modern amenities. Conveniently located on the historic town, Hostal Restaurante Puerta del Alcázar is close to a parking space. All rooms offer free Wi-Fi. Its traditional-style interior features a welcoming restaurant, where you can try everything from typical Castillian dishes to the most contemporary cuisine. Ávila Bus Station is 800 metres away, and the train station is 1.2 km away, providing direct services to Madrid, Salamanca and Segovia.
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BkiUdwfxK7DgtAAQJWnB | Sixth-rate
Painting of 'A Sixth-Rate on the Stocks' by John Cleveley the Elder.
In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works and sometimes without. It thus encompassed ships with up to 30 guns in all. In the first half of the 18th century the main battery guns were 6-pounders, but by mid-century these were supplanted by 9-pounders. 28-gun sixth rates were classed as frigates, those smaller as 'post ships', indicating that they were still commanded by a full ('post') captain, as opposed to sloops of 18 guns and less under commanders.
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Sixth-rate ships typically had a crew of about 150–240 men, and measured between 450 and 550 tons. A 28-gun ship would have about 19 officers; commissioned officers would include the captain, and two lieutenants; warrant officers would include the master, ship's surgeon, and purser. The other quarterdeck officers were the chaplain and a Royal Marines lieutenant. The ship also carried the standing warrant officers, the gunner, the bosun and the carpenter, and two master's mates, four midshipmen, an assistant surgeon, and a captain's clerk.[1] The rest of the men were the crew, or the 'lower deck'. They slept in hammocks and ate their simple meals at tables, sitting on wooden benches. A sixth rate carried about 23 marines, while in a strong crew the bulk of the rest were experienced seamen rated 'able' or 'ordinary'. In a weaker crew there would be a large proportion of 'landsmen', adults who were unused to the sea.
The larger sixth rates were those of 28 guns (including four smaller guns mounted on the quarterdeck) and were classed as frigates. The smaller sixth rates with between 20 and 24 guns, still all ship-rigged and sometimes flush-decked vessels, were generally designated as post ships. These vessels could perhaps be considered comparable to the light cruisers and destroyers of more recent times, respectively.
Regardless of armament, sixth-rates were known as "post ships" because, being rated, they were still large enough to have a post-captain in command instead of a lieutenant or commander.[2]
During the Napoleonic Wars, the now elderly sixth-rate frigates were found to be too small for their expected duties, which were more easily performed by fifth-rate frigates. Most were phased out without replacement, although a few lasted in auxiliary roles until after 1815.
The Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian features the sixth-rate ship HMS Surprise as the frigate captained by Jack Aubrey. It is based on the actual historical frigate of the same name, formerly the French Unité, which was captured and renamed by the Royal Navy in 1796. The Surprise was portrayed in the 2003 film Master and Commander which was adapted from the novels.
In the novel Mason and Dixon by Thomas Pynchon the title characters set sail for Sumatra in 1761 to view the Venus transit in the sixth-rate ship HMS Seahorse.
The novel The Watering Place of Good Peace by Geoffrey Jenkins includes a fictional sixth rate ship called HMS Plymouth Sound, which is described as being one of the fastest sailing ships in the Royal Navy.
Rating system of the Royal Navy - for ships smaller than sixth rate
^ Lavery, Brian (1989). Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press. p. 328. ISBN 0-87021-258-3.
^ McLaughlan 2014, pp. 10-11
McLaughlan, Ian (2014). The Sloop of War, 1650-1763. Seaforth. ISBN 9781848321878.
Rodger, N.A.M. The Command of the Ocean, a Naval History of Britain 1649-1815, London (2004). ISBN 0-7139-9411-8
Bennett, G. The Battle of Trafalgar, Barnsley (2004). ISBN 1-84415-107-7
Winfield, Rif, British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1603-1714, Barnsley (2009) ISBN 978-1-84832-040-6; British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1714-1792, Barnsley (2007) ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6; British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1793-1817, (2nd edition) Barnsley (2008). ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4; British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1817-1863, Barnsley (2014) ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4.
Sixth-rate ships at the Royal Navy website | commoncrawl | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUb17xK0zjCobCNLdB | TinsleTownTidbits . . .
The Emmy's were announced in July and there were several sweeps, but some additional surprises. This year should be a great Emmy Awards and we are all ready to enjoy the show!
2018, below is a list of the Emmy nominees:
Outstanding Drama Series:
"The Americans"
"The Crown"
"Game of Thrones"
"The Handmaid's Tale"
"Stranger Things"
"This Is Us"
"Westworld"
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series:
Jason Bateman in "Ozark"
Sterling K. Brown in "This Is Us"
Ed Harris in "Westworld"
Matthew Rhys in "The Americans"
Milo Ventimiglia in "This Is Us"
Jeffrey Wright in "Westworld"
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:
Claire Foy in "The Crown"
Tatiana Maslany in "Orphan Black"
Elisabeth Moss in "The Handmaid's Tale"
Sandra Oh in "Killing Eve"
Keri Russell in "The Americans"
Evan Rachel Wood in "Westworld"
Outstanding Comedy Series:
"Barry"
"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:
Anthony Anderson in "black-ish"
Ted Danson in "The Good Place"
Larry David in "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Donald Glover in "Atlanta"
Bill Hader in "Barry"
William H. Macy in "Shameless"
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in "Game of Thrones"
Peter Dinklage in "Game of Thrones"
Mandy Patinkin in "Homeland"
David Harbour in "Stranger Things"
Matt Smith in "The Crown"
Joseph Fiennes in "The Handmaid's Tale"
Lena Headey in "Game of Thrones"
Millie Bobby Brown in "Stranger Things"
Vanessa Kirby in "The Crown"
Alexis Bledel in "The Handmaid's Tale"
Ann Dowd in "The Handmaid's Tale"
Yvonne Strahovski in "The Handmaid's Tale"
Thandie Newton in "Westworld"
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:
Brian Tyree Henry in "Atlanta"
Henry Winkler in "Barry"
Louie Anderson in "Baskets"
Kenan Thompson in "Saturday Night Live"
Alec Baldwin in "Saturday Night Live"
Tony Shalhoub in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Titus Burgess in "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:
Rachel Brosnahan in "Marvel Mrs. Maisel"
Pamela Adlon in "Better Things"
Allison Janney in "Mom"
Tracee Ellis Ross in "black-ish"
Lily Tomlin in "Grace and Frankie"
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:
Zazie Beetz in "Atlanta"
Betty Gilpin in "GLOW"
Laurie Metcalf in "Roseanne"
Leslie Jones in "Saturday Night Live"
Kate McKinnon in "Saturday Night Live"
Aidy Bryant in "Saturday Night Live"
Alex Borstein in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Megan Mullally in "Will & Grace"
Outstanding Limited Series:
"American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace"
"Genius: Picasso"
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie:
Antonio Banderas in "Genius: Picasso"
Darren Criss in "American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace"
Benedict Cumberbatch in "Patrick Melrose"
Jeff Daniels in "Looming Tower"
John Legend in "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie:
Jeff Daniels in "Godless"
Brandon Victor Dixon in "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Ricky Martin in "American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace"
Edgar Ramirez in "American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace"
Finn Wittrock in "American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace"
Michael Stuhlbarg in "The Looming Tower"
John Leguizamo in "Waco"
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie:
Jessica Biel in "The Sinner"
Laura Dern in "The Tale"
Michelle Dockery in "Godless"
Edie Falco in "Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders"
Regina King in "Seven Seconds"
Sarah Paulson in "American Horror Story: Cult"
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie:
Adina Porter in "American Horror Story: Cult"
Letitia Wright in "Black Museum (Black Mirror)"
Merritt Wever in "Godless"
Sara Bareilles in "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Penelope Cruz in "American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace"
Judith Light in "American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace"
Outstanding Reality Program Competition Series:
"The Amazing Race"
"American Ninja Warrior"
"Project Runway"
"Ru Paul's Drag Race"
"Top Chef"
"The Voice"
Outstanding Variety/Sketch Series:
"At Home with Amy Sedaris"
"Drunk History"
"I Love You America with Sarah Silverman"
"Portlandia"
"Saturday Night Live"
"Tracey Ullman's Show"
Outstanding Variety/Talk Series:
"The Daily Show"
"Full Frontal with Samantha Bee"
"Jimmy Kimmel Live"
"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"
"The Late Late Show with James Corden"
"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"
Outstanding Television Movie:
"Fahrenheit 451"
"Flint"
"Paterno"
"The Tale"
"USS Callister (Black Mirror)"
Outstanding Structured Reality Program:
"Antiques Roadshow"
"Fixer Upper"
"Lip Sync Battle"
"Queer Eye"
"Shark Tank"
"Who Do You Think You Are?"
Judges Savoring Amateur Recipes & Great Dancing at Oxnard Salsa Festival
Joys of Judging a Salsa Recipes Tasting & Watching a Sensational Salsa Competition at 25th Oxnard Salsa Festival
by Bonnie Carroll
Karen Silvers Winner of Judges Choice Amateur Recipe Award
So honored to serve as a judge for the "Great Oxnard Salsa Challenge" on Sunday, July 29 during the 25th Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival. along with Andrew Salinas, Chief of Police, Port Hueneme Police Department, Dyanne Van Der Kamp, Virginia and Ed Espinosa and six additional judges all from Oxnard." 18 amateur salsa chefs entered the challenge and brought 16 ounces of their salsa to the festival on the morning of July 29, where the panel of judges blind taste tested the entries. But, the real delight was watching the "Dancing with our Community Stars" competition that followed. Among the guests in the VIP area was the charming Rosemary McKenzie, one of the original founders of the Oxnard Salsa Festival, and festival Emcee Mr. Salsa was very happy to see her.
Salsa Loving Judges Testing Amateur Recipes
Amateur Salsa Winners were announced on the main stage before the "Dancing with our Community Stars" competition. Salsa categories were Best Red, Best Green, Best Fruit/Specialty, Best Mild, Best Medium, Best Hot and the Judge's Choice Winner (for best of the best). 10 judges taste tested 18 different salsa submissions. The Judge's Choice Winner received $100. Other first place category winners received a festival"goodie bag." This year's Judge's Choice was an amazing mango salsa. The winners were Carolina Castaneda from Pasadena (best red, best green and best hot salsa), Lorenzo Carrillo from Oxnard (best medium salsa) and Karen Silvers from Chatsworth (best specialty/fruit, Best mild). Silver's family recipe for mango salsa also received the Judge's Choice Award.
Kudos to Oxnard Salsa Festival Director Kellie Meehan
I was very impressed with how much larger the festival was this year, and congratulated the Festival Director Kellie Meehan who responded "It's very exciting, we are very pleased the Salsa Festival is growing, and this year we have many new vendors, sponsors, non-profits and community residents participating."
El Taco Loco Wins Professional Judges Choice Award
Festival's Professional Salsa Recipe Contest took place July 12 at La Dolce Vita in Oxnard's Heritage Square where 11 judges sampled 17 different salsas from nine restaurants and one market. The Winners included Best Mild Salsa - La Dolce Vita, Best Medium Salsa and Best Red Salsa - Sharky's Fire Roasted Salsa, Best Hot Salsa and Best Specialty Salsa - El Taco Loco's Special Hot Salsa - Best Green Salsa – BG's Café House Green Salsa, Judges' Choice Award (best of the best) - El Taco Loco's Special Hot Salsa. 2018 Festivalgoers sampled these and other salsa's during the Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival in the Salsa tasting tent with freshly made Mission Foods tortilla chips.
Women's Division Winner Maureen Shea & Chuy Rodriguez (front Cntr)
Men's Division Winner Alex Vega & Diana Tere (front Right)
The winners of the "Dancing With Our Community Stars" were Alex Vega for men's division: Alex is dedicated to helping families achieve homeownership as Director of Lending Services for non-profit Ventura County Community Development Corporation (VCCDC). He won with his dance instructor partner Diana Tere, who was born & raised in French Polynesia Tahiti and moved to Santa Barbara 25 years ago. She has provided Salsa & Bachata Dancing troughout the community and for the last 13 years at the Santa Barbara Dance Center & the Bunnie Curtis Dance studio in Carpinteria. She started her own Salsa Dance Team Emotion Aumiri, and recently created a Brazilian Samba Dancing Group with her Partner Romy.
For the women's division the winner was Maureen Shea and her partner instructor Chuy Rodriguez. Maureen is a two-time world champion boxer, commentator & TV personality. She was Hilary Swank's sparring partner in Swank's Oscar award-winning role in Million Dollar Baby. She danced in support of The City Center in Oxnard, where she shares here hope, and strength with survivors of domestic violence.
Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca - Everybody was Dancing
The music lineup was fantastic and everyone was dancing, between trips to BG's Outdoor Cafe, along with a bevy of great food purveyers, as well as Frozen Margarita's and Cervesa in the beer garden. The family from BG's are a favorite of mine - their food is the best this side of Mexico, and they all seem to love working together to make great food! Don't love Mexican? Not to worry I saw some great Chinese food. The shops, kids zone and sweet energy of the festival was all good and everyone seemed to be having a wonderful time.
Frozen Margarita Ladies - BG's Cafe Owners - BG's Divine Taco Plate
The Oxnard Salsa Festival is presented by the Oxnard Downtowners (http://oxnarddowntowners.org/). 2018 Sponsors included Nissan (presenting sponsor), BudLight, Gold Coast Broadcasting, MissionFoods, Oxnard Convention & Visitors Bureau, Mission, McDonald's and other communitypartners. Look for stories on the event in Bonnie Carroll's Life Bites News, and in Food & Beverage International. Details on the Salsa champions can be viewed at www.OxnardSalsaFestival.com.
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CELEBRATE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY IN LAS VEGAS WITH WORLD-RENOWNED ENTERTAINERS
The "Entertainment Capital of the World" Hosts Latin Superstars Luis Miguel, Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Alejandro Fernández and More
During Annual El Grito Festivities
Every September, the "Entertainment Capital of the World" invites visitors from around the world to celebrate Mexican Independence Day with a lineup of exciting events and entertainment. Throughout Las Vegas, revelers can enjoy performances by unforgettable headliners, championship boxing and hilarious comedians during the 2018 El Grito festivities.
World-class Latin performers taking over iconic Vegas venues include:
Singer, dancer and actress Jennifer Lopez will bring the heat to her residency at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Sept. 12, 14 & 15.
Latin music superstar Luis Miguel will perform at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Sept. 13-14.
Latin heartthrob Enrique Iglesias returns to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Sept. 15-16.
Mexican group Banda MS and Caifanes will perform at MGM Grand Garden Arena, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Sept. 14.
Carlos Santana will take over the House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Sept. 12 and 14-16 and Sept. 19.
The "fluffy" comedian Gabriel Iglesias brings the laughs to The Mirage Hotel & Casino, Sept. 15-16.
Chayanne will perform his pop hits at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Sept. 14.
Felipe Esparza will bring his hilarious standup to The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Sept. 14.
Middleweight boxers Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin will face off again in the ring at T-Mobile Arena, Sept. 15.
Romeo Santos will perform at MGM Grand Garden Arena inside the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Sept. 15.
Mexican mariachi singer Alejandro Fernández will wow audiences at Mandalay Bay Events Center inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Sept. 15.
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BkiUczPxaKgS2Pj73upR | 1) Make sure that your Lenovo Vibe C2 device has at least 50-60% battery backup in it before getting started with the rooting procedure.
2) Now enable the USB Debugging Mode in your Lenovo Vibe C2 by following this path: Settings ->Developer Options -> USB Debugging. If you can't see the developer options in your device Lenovo Vibe C2 Settings, then enable it by following this path: Settings -> About Phone (tap on the Build Number for 5-7 times to enable it).
3) Next, download Lenovo Vibe C2 USB Driver and install it on your computer so that you can connect your device to PC.
1) To get started, Download SRS Root and extract the application in your computer. Once done, launch in your PC.
5) Now connect your Lenovo Vibe C2 to your computer using the original USB data cable. Once done, click on "Root Device (All Methods)" to launch the rooting process. If it doesn't work, click on "Root Device (SmartRoot)" to root your device.
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BkiUc9w4dbgg8g9yUjj9 | Lawless Trailer: Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy Are Brother Bootleggers
Lawless Trailer Starring Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy
April 25, 2012 by Shannon Vestal Robson
Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy are two of my favorite rough-around-the-edges actors, and in the trailer for Lawless, we get to see them exercise that quality, but in Depression-era garb. LaBeouf and Hardy play the Bondurant brothers, a pair of siblings who make their money during Prohibition by bootlegging alcohol. The illegal activity doesn't just make them profitable, but it also makes them feel untouchable, until two other men threaten their operation — and lives. One of them is Floyd Banner (Gary Oldman), a gangster who wants control of the Bondurants' supply (anyone else getting a major Nucky Thompson vibe from him?), and the other is an authority played by Guy Pearce, who wants to take down the brothers by any means necessary.
The preview for the movie, which is based on the novel The Wettest County in the World, has a lot going on, and looks like it's going to be a bit more violent than I was expecting (I had chills when the machine gun gets brought out). Still, the acting looks like it may be phenomenal from LaBeouf and his costars, who also include Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska. The movie comes out Aug. 31, so watch the preview after the jump.
Image Source: The Weinstein Company
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BkiUaZrxK6-gD0Sraso4 | The Strauss Group purchases products and services from 17,000 suppliers worldwide and strives to build long-term relationships with them that are based on mutual trust and accountability and adherence to sustainable processes. We recognize the fact that as a large and influential company, we bear a commitment and a responsibility toward our business partners. We expect our suppliers to conduct their business responsibly, both from an economic standpoint, and from a social-environmental standpoint and to fulfill their commitments in accordance with all laws and agreements. We strive to work with a wide variety of suppliers and to support suppliers in peripheral areas and development areas as well as with companies that employ people with special needs.
We make efforts to implement a policy and targets to increase the scope of our work with local suppliers wherever we operate. 80% of all of Strauss Israel's suppliers are Israeli suppliers. Strauss Coffee purchases green coffee beans which are produced in more than 60 countries and purchased from some 50 different suppliers. Purchasing depends on harvest times, the quality and taste of the coffee beans and the price. We follow established procedures for inspecting the quality of the green coffee beans in accordance with regulations. Other than the purchase of coffee, we engage with local suppliers. All suppliers of Elite Coffee are Israeli, other than the purchase of single-use containers (half of which are purchased from foreign suppliers). Sabra has significant contracts with a number of local suppliers. Corrugated cardboard packaging constitutes the most significant category, alongside the purchase of fresh vegetables from local suppliers. Sabra strives to purchase as much as is economically and logistically possible from local suppliers.
Ethical behavior throughout our supply chain constitutes the basis for sustainability, quality and safety in the production process of our products. We expect our suppliers to meet the highest quality, safety and health standards. As part of the supplier evaluation process, we constantly monitor quality assurance. The vast majority of the suppliers with whom we do business are required to adopt the most stringent quality and safety standards, such as ISO 22000, ISO 14000, ISO 9001 and HACCP packaging standards and food safety methodologies that manage and monitor all of the critical control points in the production process. We give preference to suppliers who provide certification or who declare that they act pursuant to the principles of fair trade.
We continually evaluate our suppliers as part of our strategy, and assess a number of parameters including ethical practices, human rights, quality, service, cost, transparency and other aspects of supply. Each parameter constitutes a percentage of the evaluation grade. The evaluation process is comprehensive and includes a proactive inspection of samples at the supplier premises. Manpower suppliers declare that they are committed to paying their employees in line with legal wage and benefits and some are audited by an accountant. During 2010, 50 suppliers underwent the full supplier evaluation process in addition to the 23 suppliers who were evaluated in 2009.
Therefore, approximately 0.13% of Strauss Group suppliers have undergone evaluation.
At Sabra, the main corrugated cardboard supplier – the International Paper Company –is approved by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). PNW, the sole supplier of hummus, reports that all of their towers operate pursuant to the instructions of the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). In addition, 5-10% of the suppliers are approved by the Food Alliance Certified (FAC).
Elite Coffee ensures that social benefits are paid to contracted employees by obtaining the salary slips from the employment companies.
At Três Corações, Brazil, supplier evaluation is conducted relating to compliance with labor laws by obtaining relevant documents each month.
At Strauss Coffee Adriatic, inspections were conducted as part of the supplier evaluation process by an external party, including an inspection to assess supplier compliance with labor laws, workplace health and safety and aspects of environmental protection.
As a company that is active in the production of milk and milk products, one of the important aspects of responsibility and ethics in our supply chain is how animals are treated. In our case, this refers to dairy cows in dairy farms throughout Israel who supply milk for our manufacturing processes. The dairy farms are not owned by the Strauss Group, but they are under the supervision of both the Ministry of Agriculture and Strauss.
As part of our commitment to providing good, quality products to our consumers, we compiled the "Milk Quality Book" a few years ago, which is a summary of regulations including quality targets and milk quality guidelines from the farm to the manufacturing plant. The regulations have been sent to all dairy farms that supply milk to Strauss and dictate the basic instructions for maintaining the cowsheds and handling the milk production process.
The Milk Quality Book contains the charter of proper treatment of the animals by Strauss's milk producers. Each and every one of the milk producers from whom we purchase milk commits in writing to accept all the Charter's terms and conditions as a condition of the business association with Strauss.
Act in accordance with the Animal Wellbeing Law (1994), whose main provision is: "A person shall not torture an animal, shall not be cruel to it, and shall not abuse it in any way…" (Section 2a).
Provide proper treatment, to prevent unnecessary suffering, and act for the wellbeing of the cows and calves throughout their growth, maintenance, treatment, milking and transportation from one location to another.
Calves will be raised under proper conditions in a clean and ventilated place.
Provide proper treatment of cows in milking and in sheds without unnecessary hitting or shouting.
Housing the dairy cows in a spacious, dry and drained place with means for alleviating the heat during the summer season.
All medical treatment of the cows shall be performed under partial or full anesthesia, at the recommendation of the veterinarian.
Animals will be transported on authorized trucks, with loading and transportation performed without causing unnecessary suffering to the animals.
We conduct monthly inspections of the cowsheds, during which we make a strict assessment of a long and detailed list of elements that includes aspects of treatment of the animals as well as cleanliness, maintenance, managing medication for the animals, inspecting the environment in which the cows live, and more. Strict inspection is conducted on every batch of milk that arrives at the Group's dairies to test for use of antibiotics, hormones and prohibited substances. Problematic batches of milk are immediately tracked to the farm that supplied them.
Strauss's Milk Supply and Producer Relations Manager, who is responsible for coordination between Strauss and the milk producers, visits each of the farms at least once a month in order to inspect them. For farms which are underperforming or require assistance, the Strauss manager visits more frequently and provides guidance and support.
The inspection conducted by the Strauss Milk Supply and Producers Relations Manager is very thorough and is based on a points system, where the farms that achieve high marks in the inspections are also rewarded in terms of the price paid for the purchased milk.
We have business relations with dozens of dairy farms, and are strict (in conjunction with the close supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture) about compliance with all of the requirements of the law and regulations and about fulfilling our instructions concerning the quality and level of management of the farm in general and of care for the animals in particular, as a condition of engagement with Strauss. We will not engage with a milk provider who is not strict about the standards that we require and/or who does not provide the animals in his farm with proper and fair treatment. On the other hand, the milk providers who do meet all of the required criteria win financial rewards in order to encourage them to constantly improve the quality of the milk production processes and the farm's quality.
We view this strict control relating to legal requirements and the rights of the animals to proper treatment and the prevention of suffering as part of our responsibility. This is relevant for our consumers, to provide them with clean, quality and choice milk that is produced in an ethical and strict process and for society and the environment through maintaining the rights of animals that are a source of the milk we use and market in our products. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
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BkiUaNrxK0wg09FXS8hY | Here's what's happening in Dublin for the Chinese New Year
The annual festival is back in the capital from today until 21 February.
By Catherine Healy Saturday 6 Feb 2016, 8:12 AM
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Linjia Zheng (5) helps launch the Chinese New Year Festival earlier this month.
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(Note: A version of this article was originally published last Saturday)
THE DUBLIN CHINESE New Year Festival returns to Dublin this weekend to usher in the year of the monkey.
Now in its ninth year, the two-week festival features a mix of art, music, storytelling and food.
Here are our picks of the best events taking place across the city.
Spring Festival Fair (6-7 February)
Try your hand at Chinese board games, calligraphy, kung fu and sugar painting at this two-day extravaganza in the CHQ building at Custom House Quay.
The New Year's Gala – the annual Chinese variety show watched by hundreds of millions across the world – will be screened live tomorrow afternoon.
Le Cool Chinese Experience (12pm, 13 and 20 February)
Source: William Murphy
Culture guide Le Cool is hosting two separate walking tours of Dublin's Chinatown hotspots – the perfect opportunity to explore more off-the-beaten-track parts of the city.
The meeting point is confirmed once you book your ticket.
Storytelling with Eddie Lenihan and Vicky Yanli Wang (3pm, 16 February)
Author Eddie Lenihan will lead a Chinese-English storytelling session based on Irish Tales of Mystery and Magic, his collection of ancient legends, at the Central Library in the Ilac centre on Tuesday week.
The event is aimed at kids aged between seven and 12.
Meet the Monkeys (11am, 18-19 February)
Source: Dublin Zoo
Get up close and personal with monkeys at this Dublin Zoo workshop.
Participants will be shown how to prepare and deliver some of the props and food items used to stimulate the animals.
A Bite of China (6pm, 11 February)
Oriental food wholesaler Asia Market is offering a tour of its Drury Street supermarket, including a guide to the best ingredients needed to cook authentic Chinese meals.
The €5 ticket price includes a complimentary goody bag.
Cookery Demonstration with Kwanghi Chani (12,30pm, 21 February)
For those in search of a more hands-on food experience, Söder + Ko chef Kwanghi Chan will be doing a cookery demo at Cooks Academy the following week.
The hour-and-a-half lesson will go through the steps of making a traditional Chinese New Year dish.
Revolutions in the Air (6.30pm, 16 February)
In 1911, the last dynasty of China, the Qing, was toppled in a revolution that brought 2,000 years of monarchic rule to an end.
Interested in learning more? Head to Trinity College Dublin for Dr Isabella Jackson's lecture on the anti-imperial movement, and how it compares to later revolution in Ireland.
Shan-Zhen at Kildare Village (30 January-21 February)
Source: Dublin Chinese New Year Festival
Shan-Zhen explores the influence Shannon had on Shenzhen, a city in southeastern China, as it urbanised in the early 1980s.
The interactive exhibition – a collaboration between photographer Matthew Thompson, two architecture firms and a Dublin film production company – features archive photography and two short documentary films examining the unlikely historical connection between the two places.
Wu Wei in concert with Andreja Malir (7.30pm, 13 February)
Musician Wu Wei is one of the world's leading players of sheng, the traditional Chinese mouth organ.
He will perform with Andreja Malir, principal harpist with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, in the Chapel Royal at Dublin Castle next Saturday.
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BkiUbWfxK4sA-5fmvcXg | Blink-182 bass guitarist Mark Hoppus reveals ongoing cancer treatment
Mark Hoppus, the bass guitarist of the rock band Blink-182 has revealed that he has cancer.
The 49-year-old musician shared a photo of himself on Instagram which showed him in a hospital setting with an IV in his arm.
"Hello, yes. One cancer treatment please," he wrote. Although he was quick to delete the said post, concerned fans had saved screenshots of the post.
Mark Hoppus (Image: Instagram)
Hours later, he took to Twitter to confirm the devastating news, "For the past three months I've been undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. I have cancer. It sucks and I'm scared, and at the same time I'm blessed with incredible doctors and family and friends to get me through this."
"I still have months of treatment ahead of me but I'm trying to remain hopeful and positive. Can't wait to be cancer-free and see you all at a concert in the hopefully near future. Love to you all," Hoppus added.
Blink-182, which was formed in California in 1992, had its breakthrough with their third album Enema of the State, released in June 1999. Their music video for What's My Age Again? depicted band members Hoppus, Travis Barker, and Tom DeLonge jogging naked in the streets of Los Angeles.
Hoppus has been married to MTV executive Skye Hoppus (née Everly) since December 2, 2000, and has a son named Jack (born in 2002).
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'The Wire' actor Al Brown has passed away
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BkiUfdY4eIZjf-0Dqiue | FEFU to host 5-th Eastern Economic Forum on September 4-6
2019 February 12 09:52
President of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) Nikita Anisimov took part in the first meeting of the Organizing Committee for the preparation and holding of the 5-th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), which will be held September 4-6, 2019 at FEFU campus on Russky Island, FEFU says in a press release. The organizing committee was held by the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation - Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev.
"This year marks the fifth anniversary of the first Eastern Economic Forum in 2015. It is necessary to pay more attention to its history, to highlight the contribution of the EEF to the development of the Far East, to clearly demonstrate the main achievements, to give impetus to the solution of problematic issues", said Yury Trutnev.
He stressed that over the past years, EEF has emerged as the main international economic event dedicated to solving the task of developing the Eastern vector of Russian foreign policy, as well as integrating the Far East into the system of economic relations in the Asia-Pacific region.
Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation Anton Kobyakov noted that the efforts of the organizing committee will be directed to positioning EEF as the most authoritative international platform to discuss the regional agenda.
The Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East, Alexander Kozlov, proposed to include in the first block of the business program a presentation of the investment potential of the industries with a breakdown by each of the regions. The second block will present sessions on the implementation of 12 national projects in the Far East.
During the 4-th EEF, more than 100 business events were held on current topics of the regional and international agenda. The forum was attended by 6,000 delegates and 1,350 media representatives from 60 foreign countries. President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Lee Nak-yon, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe visited EEF.
Far Eastern Federal University annually enhances meaningful participation in the forum. At 4-th EEF, a series of agreements were signed with existing and new partners of the university. FEFU also organized a presentation of the first in Russia School of Data Economy, APEC education conference, a high-tech pavilion with a presentation of the best projects of young innovators from the Far East. The Technopark "Russky" and the Center for Scientific and Technical Information on Neurotechnology, Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies were presented at a separate platform of the EEF exhibition. At the investment site, graduates of the Executive MBA program "Business in Asia" FEFU presented their business projects.
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BkiUbCU5qhDACp_JXgNu | Sandonolaf2021-07-30T20:08:23+00:00
Sandon silver mines were collectively the richest in the province during 1892-1900. Following the 1891 discovery of silver by Eli Carpenter and Jack Seaton, thousands of prospectors sought the rich deposits of silver-lead ore.
Sandon was incorporated on January 1, 1898 and had more than 5,000 residents. At the end of the 19th century, facilities in the fast growing town included a large curling arena, hockey rink, two ski hills and venues for lacrosse, soccer, baseball, lawn bowling, cricket and tennis. Indoor facilities included a bowling alley, billiard halls, and a gymnasium. Sandon was the first fully electrified town in BC. The name derives from Sandon Creek, which acknowledges John Sandon. Smaller communities like Three Forks and Cody appeared on the map after Sandon.
In 1900 a big fire destroyed 75% of the buildings. Sandon faded with the silver prices. On top of that a massive washout of the Carpenter Creek destroyed most of the remaining buildings in 1955.
Railway competition
Two different railways raced to reach the town first. The Kaslo & Slocan Railway, owned by the Great Northern Railway, connected Sandon with Kaslo, on Kootenay Lake. The Nakusp & Slocan Railway, owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway, connected with Nakusp on the Upper Arrow Lake, and the Slocan Lake ferry at Rosebery. On the railway arrivals in 1895, the rivalry escalated into sabotage. The final passenger train ran in 1933. Damage from the 1955 floods on Carpenter Creek ended all rail traffic to Sandon.
Locomotive #6947
One CPR Locomotive #6947 (originally #1737) can still be admired in Sandon. This train was built at the Montreal Locomotive Works for the CPR in 1908. From 1926 to 1928 it worked in the CPR's Kootenay Subdivision. After that it was converted with a different engine, renumbered to #6947 and served the CPR in the Winnipeg and Moose Jaw yards until 1959. Then it was sold to the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Coal Company hauling coal from the mines. It was retired in 1967 after six decades of steady work in Western Canada.
The engine was acquired by the Alberta Pioneer Railway Museum in 1970 and moved to Edmonton. In 1998, Wrightway Charter Co. Ltd of Sandon bought it, to bring it back to its current location as a permanent exhibit of an early 1900s Sandon freight train.
During WWII Sandon was used as a Japanese Canadian internment camp. Nowadays Sandon still has around 15 residents, a powerhouse, about 20 heritage Brill trolleybuses shipped from Vancouver in the early 2000s and a museum.
From Revelstoke, take the Hwy 23 south to Shelter Bay. There you have to hop on the ferry to get to the other side of Upper Arrow Lake. Follow Hwy 23 south to Nakusp and then follow Hwy 6 southeast to New Denver. In New Denver make sure you turn left onto Hwy 31A towards Kaslo. This stretch is also called the Valley of the Ghost highway, as there are several ghost towns along this road. After a few kilometers on this highway, you can take a right on the Sandon Cody Road towards Sandon and Cody. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbbzxK5YsWR0Kh7MW | With China under control of a weak Emperor, two officials compete to steer the future destiny of the land. Chiu believes the people are the future of China, while the diabolical Tu wishes to grind the people beneath an iron heel. Tu decides to take out Chiu's family, but one lone infant escapes. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUbIzxK02iP5rWI2yD | Charles David Liddell was born on December 17, 1969 in Santa Barbara, California, United States.
His age as in 2018 is 49 years old. He is famous and well known by his name The Iceman.
His Spouse / wife name is Heidi Northcott. Chuck Liddell Children / kids names are Cade Liddell (Son), Trista Liddell (Daughter), Brendan Liddell (Son). In Kickboxing record He Won 20 and 2 he lost. By knockout is 16. Mixed martial arts record total he won is 21 from 29. By knockout won is 13 and he lost 8. last fight - He made a decision to end his fighting career on December 29, 2010.
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He is an American retired mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.
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BkiUd4o5qX_AYt7X0mxP | Batman Really Begins: 'I Went From A Kid On The Farm To Robin'
By Will Sloan
Published July 17, 2012 at 10:35 AM EDT
Robert Lowery as Batman and John Duncan as Robin in 1949's <em>Batman and Robin</em>.
Sure, The Dark Knight Rises may have cost a reported $250 million, but for all that money, will it have underground lairs, secret submarines, zombie henchmen and killer crocodiles? Will there be a chase every 15 minutes, and cliffhangers that leave you wondering if Batman died in the fiery car wreck, or just jumped out before it went off the cliff? Will our hero drive the Batmobile, or will he opt instead for a sleek, stylish Mercury?
In a pair of 15-chapter serials that played in weekly installments at movie theaters in the 1940s, the dynamic duo fought all manner of evildoers on a fraction of Christopher Nolan's budget. In 1943's Batman, a World War II propaganda effort, our heroes fought a Japanese spy who turned Americans into zombies. In 1949's more politically correct Batman and Robin, they faced off against 'the Wizard,' a masked villain with an electrical device that controlled Gotham's cars and trains. Long before Christian Bale, Michael Keaton, and even Adam West donned cape and cowl, Gotham's avengers saved the day dressed in nylon and felt for largely pre-teen matinee audiences.
The plots were ridiculous, but the actors played it admirably straight. "If you love acting, you're gonna do whatever it takes to make the character believable," says John Duncan, who played Robin in the 1949 serial. "So that's the way I know Bob [Lowery, who played Batman] and I both looked at it. We laughed and laughed between scenes and everything, but when it became the scenes, we became very serious. And in fact, after doing about three months of this, wearing a mask and tights, you become what you're acting. So we thought L.A. was Gotham City."
Duncan, now 88, was a character actor throughout the '40s and '50s, with bit roles in everything from Spartacus to Plan 9 from Outer Space. He was 26 by the time he played the "boy wonder," but still looked youthful enough to win over Batman's skeptical creator, Bob Kane. "I was raised on a farm outside of Kansas City, and when I was 16 years old, I'd come from the farm to the motion picture business," Duncan says. "And I had a contract with 20th Century Fox, a six-month contract, to do parts with Shirley Temple and Jane Withers, they needed a little guy. So, you've got to understand, in that period of 10 years, I went from a kid on a farm to Robin. That's a big culture shock. So, you have to really love what you're doing to do these things, and Bob and I loved every minute of it."
Granted, The Dark Knight Rises might have slicker production values. In 1949, Batman and Robin kept their costumes in a file cabinet and kept getting their capes tangled in the fight scenes. The Batcave set reappears as the Wizard's lair, and yes, instead of the Batmobile, the caped crusaders drove a convertible (Batman kept the top up, Bruce Wayne kept it down). The 263-minute production was cranked out in about a month by Sam Katzman, a prolific B-movie producer who once said, "Lord knows I'll never make an Academy Award movie, but then I am just so happy to get my achievement plaques from the bank every year."
None of these imperfections mattered much when I watched the serials on VHS as a kid. I knew the later Batfilms were a little slicker, but I never understood those who described Robert Lowery as "simplistic" or Adam West as "campy" or Michael Keaton as "disturbed." To my 6-year-old eyes, they all seemed like the same heroic crusader. "We were just like as Bob Kane said: a dynamic duo fighting crime," Duncan says. "And as corny as it was, that's the way it is."
Seen today, the serials have a charming innocence, recalling a time before the superhero genre was the dominant mode of blockbuster filmmaking. They also made contributions to the Batman legacy: actor William Austin's portrayal of Alfred the Butler in 1943 inspired DC Comics to change the character from short and overweight to tall, thin, and mustachioed, and the cliffhanger/resolution structure directly inspired the '60s TV show's format.
Duncan says, "In the old days, when we did the film, Bob Lowery and I had so much fun doing the film that we didn't even think about what people thought, y'know, whether they thought, 'It's just for kids,' or something like that. We just had a ball making that." When I mention the remarkable durability of the Batman brand, Duncan turns reflective. "I'm a skip and a hop from 90 years old. Y'know, I'm still walking and talking and all my friends are dead, and most of the actors I knew are passed away. So it's kinda lonely up here, it really is. But yeah, I'm surprised it keeps going on and on. I'm thankful — I'm thankful for it, that the recognition is still there."
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BkiUa485i7PA9Fz9mFYA | Cambridge to charge tourist tax?
By Kaye Holland | Category: Travel news, Travel rumblings
Oxford and Cambridge are renowned as two of the world's most famous university towns and consequently crowded with tourists at any time of year. But perhaps – in the case of Cambridge – not for much longer.
Tourists might be deterred from soaking up the history and heritage of Cambridge if Councillor John Hipkin – the city's former Mayor – gets his way.
Hipkin wants tourists to pay a tax, ignore budget B&Bs, stay in sumptuous accommodation and even pass on punting! That's not all… According to Hipkin, visitors should buy a pass to gain exclusive entry to historic and cultural sites such as Trinity and King's College, in a bid to protect Cambridge from overcrowding.
"Some will consider these suggested measures to control tourism draconian and so they may be but, without strong policies to stabilise or reduce tourist numbers, the character of the city and its amenities, especially in the peak season, will continue to deteriorate," says Hipkin.
Hipkin should be applauded for wanting to preserve Cambridge's character but in doing so he risks destroying tourism and thereby damaging many businesses. Cambridge v Oxford? It's the age old dilemma faced by many tourists both within the UK and abroad. If, in these recessionary times, visitors are charged a tourist tax in Cambridge, we reckon many will simply opt to visit Oxford – home to the oldest university in Britain whose high profile past students include William Morris, Oscar Wilde and Lewis Carroll no less – instead.
What do you think? Would a tourist tax put you off visiting Cambridge? Or is it a small price to pay for the pleasure of seeing iconic sights such as the 15th century clock tower featured in Chariots of Fire, the Wren Library and Neville's Court, where Sir Isaac Newton first calculated the speed of sound?
Edinburgh to charge £2-per-night tourist tax?
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The last summer bank holiday
What does the best offer?
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Tourism despoilation
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BkiUdIA4uzqh_OkldKE_ | DVD Reviews Drama
Wakefield review
David Bedwell 08/08/2017 10:30pm No Comments
It's hard to believe that Breaking Bad finished four years ago. Even now people are still finding the show on Netflix and falling in love with its twists and turns and incredible characters like Jesse (Aaron Paul) and Walt (Bryan Cranston). After Breaking Bad ended you couldn't help but wonder what its two leads would go on to do next. After all their performances were adored by critics and fans alike and surely they were destined for great things after their five seasons of dramatic perfection. Yet somewhere along the way both men never quite reached the heights expected of them. Breaking Bad was always going to be a tough act to follow and while their more recent projects have been solid they've certainly not had the worldwide frenzy that Vince Gilligan's series managed to create.
While Paul obtained a lead role in the Need for Speed movie and went on to another television lead in Hulu's The Path alongside Hannibal's Hugh Dancy it's fair to say that Cranston has been a little more enigmatic with his choices. Godzilla, Trumbo, Kung Fu Panda 3 and The Infiltrator have all shown his phenomenal acting range while comedic appearances on Robot Chicken and Saturday Night Live showed him in a whole new light to those that don't remember him from Malcolm in the Middle. Arguably the closest to recreating his Breaking Bad success has been with the portrayal of Lyndon B. Johnson in HBO's All the Way alongside Anthony Mackie aka Falcon from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. All in all Cranston hasn't rested on his laurels and always looks to be up for a challenge which brings us to his latest effort in Robin Swicord's drama Wakefield.
Wakefield is based on a short story by EL Doctorow published in The New Yorker in 2008, which was loosely influenced by a story from way back in 1835 by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The main character Howard Wakefield (Cranston) is a troubled man, not obviously from looking at him or seeing the life he has, but he certainly is. The entire movie revolves around Cranston who carries the whole story on his back which is a tough thing to do but there's no better man for the job. His depiction of a man who wants to escape his life and the struggles he goes through is a multi-layered performance of comedy and tragedy. The story itself is quite simple with Howard deciding to withdraw from his life and hide in an attic above the garage where he can observe his family and how they react to his disappearance. What starts as an innocent situation becomes so much more.
At first he takes a sadistic pleasure in creating voices for those he sees talking, making up the conversations and enjoying knowing that his wife Diana (Jennifer Garner) is upset without him. They had a complex relationship to say the least full of jealousy and Howard feels like he's taking control by causing this pain to his wife. His disappearance escalates with his image on television and the sheer joy on his face and laughter is quite uncomfortable to see. Howard isn't a likeable character at this point and you're left wondering what kind of person could do this to their family. With no responsibilities and not a care in the world there's a strange sense of freedom and emotional release for him and Cranston plays the whole range with glee. His inner thoughts are shared with the audience on a regular basis and we really get to know and understand his motives. We may not like them but there's something quite fascinating about what he does.
Of course it doesn't stay as simple as one man watching his family casually. His jealousy is still there, especially when Ben Jacobs (Ian Anthony Dale) turns up. Howard knows him well from his firm and can see his intentions towards Diana and just when you're wondering if anyone other than Cranston will get a chance to shine we are shown flashbacks to the beginnings of their relationship. Diana was torn between Dirk (Jason O'Mara) and Howard with the latter orchestrating a break up even though Dirk was meant to be his friend. Wakefield's titular character really doesn't paint himself in a good light throughout the story and he really has been manipulating people his entire life. The longer he stays in the attic the more erratic he becomes, searching for food and hiding behind his ever-growing facial hair in plain sight. A few moments involving the local mentally disabled youths looking after Howard give the film a much needed light relief and more grounded feel but on the whole it's hard to sympathise with a man who has chosen to do this to himself. As time goes by Howard starts to question why he has done this, who he used to be and who he has become. The single most important question is whether it's time to go home or not, and the film builds towards a somewhat unsatisfying conclusion unfortunately.
Wakefield is a complex and challenging film that raises many questions as to how you would feel if you were in the same situation. There's always that temptation to walk away from life but you see how it affects Howard and the kind of man he has been over the years. There is always a price to pay. Cranston delivers in every aspect here, showing the depth that made Walter White such an amazing character to watch in Breaking Bad over the years, and he reaffirms his place as one of the greatest actors on this planet. Wakefield himself may not be likeable but Cranston makes him a truly enjoyable and fascinating person to watch and well worth your time. The supporting cast do a solid job with what they're given, especially considering Cranston often voices their conversations, and on the whole Wakefield is a solid drama that will go underappreciated by many.
EXTRAS: Interviews with cast members Bryan Cranston (10:00) and Jennifer Garner (5:00), as well as writer/director Robin Swicord (5:00).
David Bedwell
David Bedwell is a Screenjabber contributor
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package org.jclouds.openstack.nova.ec2.strategy;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.inject.Singleton;
import org.jclouds.compute.domain.ImageBuilder;
import org.jclouds.compute.domain.OperatingSystem;
import org.jclouds.compute.domain.OsFamily;
import org.jclouds.ec2.compute.strategy.ReviseParsedImage;
import org.jclouds.openstack.nova.v2_0.domain.Image;
import com.google.common.base.Function;
@Singleton
public class NovaReviseParsedImage implements ReviseParsedImage {
private final Function<Image, OperatingSystem> imageToOs;
@Inject
public NovaReviseParsedImage(Function<Image, OperatingSystem> imageToOs) {
this.imageToOs = checkNotNull(imageToOs, "imageToOs");
}
@Override
public void reviseParsedImage(org.jclouds.ec2.domain.Image from, ImageBuilder builder, OsFamily family,
OperatingSystem.Builder osBuilder) {
Image image = Image.builder().id(from.getId()).name(from.getName()).build();
OperatingSystem os = imageToOs.apply(image);
osBuilder.description(os.getDescription());
osBuilder.family(os.getFamily());
osBuilder.name(os.getName());
osBuilder.is64Bit(os.is64Bit());
osBuilder.version(os.getVersion());
// arch is accurate already
}
}
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BkiUd8jxK6wB9mpb2vmU | Koniarovce () is a municipality in the Topoľčany District of the Nitra Region, Slovakia. In 2011 it had 623 inhabitants.
See also
List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
References
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia"
Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1696-1896 (parish B)
External links
http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/koniarovce/koniarovce.html
Official homepage
Surnames of living people in Koniarovce
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BkiUfVfxK0wg05VB9aB3 | Dickens, Charles (X) English (X) Audio Books Collection (X) Fiction (X)
Dickens, Charles
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4
...This year is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for , was catalogued by Dickens' birthday on February 7th 2012. Further volumes will fol...
Old Curiosity Shop, The (version 2)
...Written in the years 1840 to 1841, when Dickens was twenty-eight years old, this is a 'Road' tale in the very best tradition. Little Nell Trent and her Grandfather are the main characters, who secretly set off from their home under cover of night, to escape the wic...
David Copperfield (version 2)
...The story is told almost entirely from the point of view of the first person narrator, David Copperfield himself, and was the first Dickens novel to be written as such a narration.The story deals with the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity.David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother remarries ...
Our Mutual Friend
...Dickens' last complete novel was published serially 1864-5. It begins with an intriguing fortune offered to John Harmon by his late father, a rich dust contractor, in his will. To receive the money, John must marry a certain ...
Pickwick Papers, The
...The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. Written for publication as a serial, The Pickwick Papers consists of a sequence of loosely-related adventures. Its main literary value and appeal is formed by its numerous unforgettable heroes. Each personage...
...This year is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the second volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for , was catalogued on Dickens' birthday, February 7th 2012. Further volumes will follo...
Seven Poor Travellers, The
...One of Dickens' Christmas stories, this was first published as part of the Christmas number of Household Words for 1854. The first chapter relates Dickens' visit to the ancient Richard Watts's Charity at Rochester. The second chapte...
...This year is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the third volume of this collection, which aims to catalogue as many as possible of Dickens' short works which have not previously been recorded for .(Summary by Ruth Golding)...
Mudfog and Other Sketches
...The Mudfog Papers was written by Victorian era novelist Charles Dickens and published from 1837–38 in the monthly literary serial Bentley's Miscellany, which he then edited. They were first published as a book as 'The Mudfog Papers and Other Sketches. The Mudfog Papers relates the...
Cricket on the Hearth, The (Version 2)
...h assumes fairy form to save the day when disaster looms in the form of a mysterious stranger. Sentimental? Certainly - but this, the third (1845) of Dickens' short Christmas books, is as charming and irresistible as its predecessors A Christmas Carol (1843) and The Chimes (1844). The novella is subdivided into chapters called 'Chirps', similar to the 'Quarters' of The Chi...
Dombey and Son (version 2)
...Dombey and Son is a novel by the Victorian author Charles Dickens. The story concerns Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company of the book's title, whose dream is to have a son to continue his business. The book begins when his son is born, and Dombey's wife di...
Dombey and Son
...Charles Dickens the author of Dombey and Son, originally wrote the book in installments which were published from October 1846 to April 1848 under the title Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for ...
Mystery of Edwin Drood, The
...The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. The novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death, and readers have often speculated what the ending might have been. The novel is named after Edwin Drood, but it mostly tells the story of his uncle...
Pickwick Papers, The Version 2
... a few tears along the way, but usually of the pleasant sort. This is a mostly lighthearted and humorous tale, with a number of subplots woven in, in Dickens' incomparable style. (Introduction by Debra Lynn)...
Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
...Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It consists of 56 passages divided into four sections: Our Parish, Scenes, Characters, and Tales. Of these, only the last contains fiction....
Christmas Carol, A (Version 3)
Oliver Twist (version 2)
...Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where ...
...Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by Charles Dickens. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of ...
...as first published in 1850. Like all except five of his works, it originally appeared in serial form. Many elements within the novel follow events in Dickens' own life, and it is probably the most autobiographical of all of his novels. It is also Dickens' favorite child. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia)...
Great Expectations (version 2)
...all there, love, hate, passion, humour, rejection, duplicity, betrayal, a whole gamut of emotions and human strengths and weaknesses . This is one of Dickens most fascinating, and disturbing novels. (Summary by Peter Keeble)... | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUcQXxK1yAgWt79Zv9 | Home/In Memoriam – Ian Rahimi, Beloved Son and Brother
In Memoriam – Ian Rahimi, Beloved Son and Brother
By Norman Scherzer|2018-10-30T13:33:55-04:00December 16th, 2015|In Memoriam, Newsletter|
I met Ian Rahimi today.
I knew that going to his funeral would give me an opportunity to pay my respects to Ian and his family and to mourn his passing.
I knew that this would be a very emotional experience and that the fact this was a 19 year old would be particularly compelling.
I knew that the connection to GIST would add another chapter to the many patients we have lost and whose funerals or memorials I had attended.
When Franko, Ian's father, took the podium I began to realize that up to now I had only really known about Ian the patient, a brave patient to be sure, but a struggling patient going in and out of hospitals and living for the last few months in an ICU bed in a NYC hospital. There was the extra irony that my wife Anita had just been a patient in the very same hospital separated from Ian by only a few floors.
Then Franko began to speak. About a brilliant young scientist who had one of those million-to-one brains that could figure out extraordinary complex scientific problems at the level of advanced physicists way beyond his years. About a self-effacing personality and a unique ability to put others at ease as he helped them. About a less than superb athlete who embraced soccer with a zeal to help his team and an early understanding about the brotherhood of young men.
Then brother Andrew took the podium. I learned about how Ian could never figure out how not to tell the truth and how he helped everyone solve problems, including their homework-except not his sister's. Because he realized that there was something special about her that could only be nurtured by making her figure it out on her own.
Up came Sister Rebecca who told about a practical joker whose caring for others created such affection back to him and whose brilliance of mind was tempered by not wanting people like me to talk about him.
Finally, if there was not a single emotion in my body that had not yet been stretched to the limit, up to the podium came Katie. They met years ago in school, attended each other's proms (he turned her down the first time she asked him to attend hers because he did not think she was serious; but she asked again). They became friends. And then they fell in love. Most people spend their lives looking for their soulmate but Katie and Ian found each other when they were teenagers. Maybe this was God's way of showing them something so early because it would be cut off so soon.
I met Ian Rahimi today and I fell in love with him and everything he stood for.
Norman J. Scherzer
Heroes on the Frontline: Dr. Jonathan Trent
Heroes on the Frontline: Eric Lindberg
Heroes on the Frontline: Dr. Matthew Lurin
Long-Term Survivor Stories – Chuck Korte & Dina Wiley
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BkiUa785qX_AYutU5sKg | 396 days ago, We Are Mammary created this page in support of Walk the Walk.
On 12th May 2018, our team, "We Are Mammary", will join thousands over walking a marathon (yes, a whole 26.2 miles), during the night!
We'll be donning our colourful bras, and walking the walk at The MoonWalk London 2018 to help raise money and awareness for breast cancer.
Grant-making charity Walk the Walk organises the world-famous midnight MoonWalk challenge, and takes teams of women and men all over the world raising money for vital breast cancer causes.
Please help us help them by giving whatever you can using the 'Give Now' button. The more people that know about Walk the Walk, the greater their impact, so please also spread the word by sharing our page with your friends and family. Thank you in advance for your generosity; it means a lot! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUcHfxK6Ot9Pm3uSmO | Delimitation between the Common Foreign and Security Policy Competence and other EU's External Polices after the Treaty of Lisbon: Where does Art. 40 TEU leave us?
Human Security in Times of War or Towards a Fourth Wawe of Humanization of International Humanitarian Law?
Th e Activities of the Sixth Commitee During the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly: Business as Usual?
Gerloch A., Šturma P. et al.
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BkiUduo4c3aisDMzFJK_ | Dimensions: Bed - 58" wide x 71" high. Bureau - 44" wide x 18" deep x 77" high. Commode - 30" wide x 15" deep x 39" high.
Dimensions: Bed - 60" wide x 80" long. Dresser - 34" wide x 25" deep x 36" to top x 38" to top of mirror. 74" high overall.
Description: Here is a two piece solid Mahogany Bedroom Set like nothing you have ever seen! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUd0M5qdmDNlI6-yys | The insurance market is filled with possibilities. Connected devices can help your insurance business find new pinnacles of perfection in your service. Allerin provides you with the necessary IoT tools to help you serve your clients and save on costs by tracking critical data in an intelligent way.
IoT insurance is expected to fundamentally change what consumers know and how they interact among themselves and the insurers. Allerin's IoT insurance solutions enable you to adapt to the disruptions of the market and be ready for business model and/or regulatory changes. Our IoT technology for the insurance industry helps you reimagine your digital strategy holistically.
IoT is turning out to be a boon for the insurance sector. Wearable devices such as fitness bands are able to help people, especially the elderly, to track health details constantly. Insurance companies can tweak product pricing and reduce claims by collecting data from such health devices. Health insurance companies can also give a personal touch to their services by sharing health tips with policy holders through IoT devices.
The connected automobile scenario is more mature in terms of technological evolution, insurance adoption and prominence. Most automobile manufacturers have already started to invest heavily in IoT. The data recorded by these devices can also help the insurance industry better evaluate risk and segment the policies according to the driver and car's previous histories.
Connected devices at home are very valuable in providing crucial data for home safety and risk management. The IoT devices can alert and educate homeowners and policyholders to adopt necessary measures for risk management to assess and reduce the potential loss events caused by common household accidents. Allerin's solutions can connect to devices and find out the reasons behind these accidents which will enable policymakers to design policies according to the risks involved with the particular house. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUcjfxK0iCl36cWz9y | An overlook at my thesis for my Masters of Digital Media designation.
EDIT 2019 : With the widespread adoption of nfc communication by all major phone companies, the need for custom printing, while novel and more memorable is not needed. Experiences built around users taping points of interaction can now be incorporated as part of a native or web app. The original thesis was presented in OCT 2015.
The guided museum-going experience has evolved from docent led visits and information booklets to the addition of smart screens that are more informative and engaging. This project looks into an alternative manner of creating a more immersive user experience for museum goers. I examine the use of radio technologies to help users curate their own narrative, whilst also using these objects as a portal beyond the displayed collection. The process, I propose, is best defined in three steps: By using existing technologies to act as better signifiers, we have the opportunity to get more use out of digital kiosks. By 3D printing these smart objects, we are able to customize and make them relatable at a fairly low cost. In addition, by allowing the users to relate to these objects and take them home allows for a better relation to the museum.
Modern museums have to compete against a magnitude of other entertainment sources, in order for them to remain profitable and stay a vital part of community, they more than ever need to be desirable for their visitors. Most museums are trying to solve the problem of capturing their visitors' attention, having them engage with their content and lastly leave with the desire to return. This content needs to act as a hook, which leads to a higher return rate for interaction with both physical and digital artifacts. In order to accomplish this, museums have started to develop experiences beyond the cabinet.
As an applied prototype, I have designed a smart object that acts as a ticket, a bookmark tool and a portal back to curated digital collection. By using NFC tags embedded in customizable 3D printed objects, I was able to show the flexibility a product like this can have. These tags can act as initiators, while the NFC readers can be attached to the interactive displays or kiosks. I used the ADA Fruit Industries NFC shield for Arduino, to act as a reader and writer for this prototype.With their object in hand, users can navigate the exhibit according to their own liking, tagging objects they like and storing them onto their online profile. Lastly, when the users leave the exhibit, they get to take the object home as a souvenir. The tags are multi functional in a sense, as that they can be read by most NFC enabled smart devices (i.e. Smart phones and tablets).
A detailed analysis, combined with different use cases can be found in the complete paper here.
Feel free to contact me for more information and demos. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUeEHxK6mkyCfODCin | 'Moon Knight' Star, Dies at 37 After Ski Accident
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Saint Laurent (2014), in which he played fashion designed Yves Saint Laurent
French actor Gaspard Ulliel was mostly unknown to Americans, but not for long. He would have hit the red carpet for the upcoming Marvel series 'Moon Knight'. Now he's died at the young age of 37.
The star, who gained international attention for his portrayal of a young Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal Rising, was hospitalized Tuesday after a skiing accident in the Alps.
The father-of-one was not wearing a helmet when he crashed into another skier at the intersection of two blue slopes in the Rosiere resort in Savoie.
Ulliel suffered significant head trauma and was immediately hospitalised in Grenoble where he died as a result of his injuries.
The second skier in the crash did not suffer any major injuries and investigators said the weather conditions at the time were good.
Ulliel won a Cesar – the French equivalent of an Oscar – for best actor in 2017 for It's Only the End of the World in which he starred alongside Marion Cotillard and Lea Seydoux.
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At Twimo, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your information.
In this Privacy Policy, we describe how Twimo collects, uses and discloses information, when you access or use Twimo's online collaboration and data management platform that includes its web-based application, website, services and systems (collectively, the "Services") or when you otherwise interact with us, and the choices you have with respect to the information.
By accessing or using the Services or otherwise providing your data to us via any other means, you accept and consent to the rights, obligations and practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to these terms, do not access or use the Services or any other aspect of Twimo's business.
We reserve the right to make changes or modifications to this Privacy Policy at any time, without notice and at our sole discretion. Any changes or modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon posting the revisions on our Services. Your continued use of our Services following the posting of changes or modifications to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes or modifications. If you do not agree to such changes or modifications, do not continue to use the Services.
In this Privacy Policy,
"Twimo", "we" or "us" refers to Twimo Solutions Private Limited;
the "Customer" refers to an organisation or entity which has contracted with us to use our Services and is bound by the Customer Terms of Use and all other terms incorporated by reference (the "Customer Agreement");
"you" or the "User" refers to an individual, bound by the User Terms of Use and all other terms and policies incorporated by reference (the "User Terms"), who is invited and authorised by the Customer to create an account ("User Account") and join teams that the Customer has created on the Services for the purpose of collaboration and data management;
"Customer Representative" refers to the User elected by the Customer to be the ultimate authority and representative of the Customer in its interactions and transactions with us, with the responsibility to discharge the responsibilities and obligations of the Customer under the Customer Agreement;
"Personal Information" refers to information that is associated with an identified or identifiable natural person, can be used to identify a natural person and is protected as personal data under applicable data protection law or regulation.
"Controller", "Processor" and "Subprocessor" have the meanings as defined in the Data Processing Addendum.
We collect, use, share and disclose information for purposes described in this Privacy Policy or otherwise disclosed to you on or in connection with our Services.
We ask for only the least amount of information necessary to provide our Services to you, improve them and conduct business. Barring a few exceptions (mentioned in "Other Information" below), the information we collect comes from you. For all cases, we share with you what we collect, how and to what end, and inform you of the choices you have.
We neither sell nor make money off your information in any way from any third-party. We do not allow advertising on our Services in any form or fashion. We treat your Personal Information the way we would like ours to be treated.
The information Twimo collects or receives from you is of two types:
"Customer Data" refers individually and collectively to any and all content submitted to the Services via User Accounts related to the Customer's use of the Services.
"Other Information" refers to information and data that we collect or receive that is not Customer Data.
You are not under any statutory or contractual obligation to provide any Customer Data or Other Information (collectively, the "Information"). However, certain Information is collected automatically and certain Information, if absent, may make it difficult or impossible to provide our Services to you or the Customer.
What is collected
You and other Users authorised by the Customer to join the Customer's teams, routinely submit Customer Data to Twimo when you use the Services. Such Customer Data includes, without limitation, User Personal Information submitted to the Services via the User's profile page, conversations, notes, files, documents, links, email invitations to third-party persons to join the Customer's teams on the Services, Personal Information of third-party donors, volunteers, customers or beneficiaries, fundraising or program records, email communication, and other information.
How Customer Data is used, shared, disclosed and retained
Customer Data is created and used for the purposes of collaboration between the Customer's Users, and management of the Customer's data towards fulfilling the Customer's plans and goals, or, in other words, the very reason why the Customer has requested the use of our Services.
The Customer is the Controller of the Customer Data, owns all Customer Data, determines the access and disposition of the Customer Data, its teams and its User Accounts, and applies its own policies to the Services as applicable and appropriate.
Twimo is only the Processor of Customer Data. Twimo will use, share, disclose or retain Customer Data in accordance with
the provision, delivery, operation and improvement of the Services subject to the Customer Agreement,
any Customer instructions subject to the Customer Agreement,
any applicable law or regulation.
Exercising your rights related to Personal Information in Customer Data
Any Personal Information that is part of the Customer Data will be processed in accordance with the Data Processing Addendum entered into by the Customer and Twimo and incorporated in the Customer Agreement. The Customer is the Controller and Twimo, only the Processor, of such Personal Information in Customer Data.
Twimo provides the Customer and its Users the tools and settings they need to manage Personal Information in Customer Data in accordance with the consent and instructions given by the individual to whom the Personal Information belongs.
If the Customer Data contains your Personal Information, as a User, you may be able to manage, update or delete such Personal Information by using the tools and settings provided by the Services. For any other processing not supported by such tools and settings or if the individual exercising his / her rights is not a User of the Services under the Customer's teams, please contact the Customer for further assistance or clarifications.
User Account and team information provided by you or the Customer that includes your name, email address, password and the teams to which you should have access. This enables you to accept the Customer's invitation, create a User Account, access and use the Services and keep such access secure. Your team affiliation is essential to determine the teams to which you ought to have access and the permissions or level of participation you ought to have.
Customer Representative information provided by the Customer that includes the names, emails, phone numbers and other contact information of its Customer Representatives. This allows us to contact such Customer Representatives for important updates related to the Customer's use of the Services, its User Accounts, payments, etc.
Payment information provided by the Customer or the Customer Representative related to payments, billing and refunds. The Customer's payments to us are processed via a payment gateway provider. We do not store credit card information on our Services.
Device, browser and server information like your Internet Protocol (IP) address, Internet Service Provider (ISP), device hardware type, its operating system and version, the browser type and version, language preference, timezone, city and country information, referrer URL, access date and time. This information helps us better understand the visitors to our website. It helps us ensure that our Services are compatible across the spectrum of devices, OS and versions that our Users have.
Log information about how you access or use our Services, the features you use, access times, access frequency, errors or warnings encountered, performance data, User settings and configuration, usage quota, etc. This information helps us improve our Services and your experience, resolve bugs, determine feature usage, and better plan for infrastructure.
Cookie information that includes
Twimo's cookies help us to identify the logged-in User and their settings, and validate that the requests purportedly coming from a User are indeed coming from that User's valid, logged-in session.
Third-party analytics tools that in turn use cookies and tracking technologies like web beacons, pixel tags, tracking pixels, scripts and other similar technologies to identify visitors, track website navigation, gather demographic information about our visitors and email responses. This helps us improve our Services through better understanding of feature usage, user flows on our Services, user experience difficulties, comparative design decisions, effectiveness of email campaigns, etc.
Referral information we receive about a prospective customer of our Services, which may include name, email, organisation or other information. Before you refer someone to us, we urge you to get their consent to share their information with us.
Third party information from partners, affiliates, social media sites or publicly-available sources may be collected and combined with Other Information we have to help us make marketing, product or design decisions, better engage with you on your requirements and to improve our Services. Twimo does not integrate with third-party services for User authentication and therefore, does not collect any Personal Information via authentication requests to other services.
Interaction information that you give us when you request support, participate in promotions, events or surveys, apply for a job, provide feedback or otherwise communicate with us. We use this information to make our Services better, provide support, respond to your requests, process payments and inform you of updates related to the Services.
How Other Information is used
Twimo may use Other Information in furtherance of our legitimate interests in operating, delivering and improving our Services and business. The preceding section on the list of Other Information that we collect also explains the specific intent behind the collection and use of the various types of Other Information.
Additionally and in general, Twimo uses Other Information to
provide, operate, improve and protect our Services;
monitor and analyse trends, problems or bugs, usage and activities in connection with our Services;
prevent, address or resolve technical issues and provide support;
personalise the Services, which may include arranging content or providing features that match User preferences and settings;
send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages related to your User Account or the Services;
communicate with you about products and services, solicit or respond to feedback about our Services;
detect and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities, to report spam, and to protect the rights and interests of Twimo, its Users, Customers, partners, third parties and the public;
comply with applicable law, legal process or regulation.
Twimo may use aggregated or anonymised information toward any business purpose, as long as it is no longer Personal Information.
We will never use your Personal Information and any feedback you give us as a testimonial or for marketing purposes, without first getting your consent. You will have an opportunity to review the testimonial and the details we publish before we publish them. If you wish to revoke a testimonial, you can write to us at support@twimo.co.
How Other Information is shared or disclosed
Without prejudice to and subject to the Customer Agreement, we do not share Other Information (and any Personal Information it includes) with any party except:
with the Customer and other Users who belong to the same Customer teams as you,
with Twimo's employees on a need-to-know basis,
with third-party companies or individuals who are Twimo's business partners, consultants or services providers who need access to such information to carry out their work for us,
with third-party payment processors to process payments towards the Customer's use of the Services,
with another company, subject to confidentiality agreements, in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, reorganisation, bankruptcy, dissolution, sale of company assets, public offering, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business,
to assess our compliance with industry standards,
to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process or a court-ordered governmental request,
to enforce our agreements, policies and rights; to protect the security and integrity of our Services; to protect Twimo, our users or the public from harm or illegal activities.
We may share publicly or with our partners for any purpose, aggregated or anonymised information that does not contain Personal Information.
Your choices with respect to Other Information and its retention
The following points outline the choices and methods you have to manage your Personal Information in Other Information, most of which can be done by managing and updating your Personal Information on our Services, or using the guidelines given below.
User Account and profile information : You may update or correct the Personal Information about you, your name, location, contact details, login email and password at any time from your User Account's profile and account settings page. You can remove any and all information in your profile with the exception of your name, login email address and password, which are required for your continued use of the Services.
Team information : The profile and account settings page also shows the Customer teams you currently belong to, your administrator role on them (if any) and any invites to Customer teams you have received that are pending and yet to be accepted. Your profile information is not visible to Users outside your teams at any time.
Joining teams : Accept invitations only to those Customer teams to which you truly belong. You can also decline invites you have received or leave a team at any time from this page.
Leaving teams : When you leave a team, the other Users of the team can no longer see your name, photograph or any of your profile information. However, the Customer Data you created while you were part of the team (including your interactions with other Users of the team) which belong to the Customer, are retained for the Customer's use (see "Customer Data" section above).
Deleting your User Account : If you wish to delete your User Account, you can do so on the account settings page. All your profile information, except your name and login email address, are deleted from the Services. We retain your name and login email address in the event of a future legal or legitimate business need for this information, for example, to enforce agreements, investigate copyright claims against content that you posted before deleting your account, etc. The other Users of the team will not be able to see your your name or login email address. However, the Customer Data you created while you were part of the team (including your interactions with other Users of the team) which belong to the Customer, are retained for the Customer's use (see "Customer Data" section above). Please note that a purge of your deleted profile information from our logs and backups could take upto 60 days from the date of deletion of your User Account.
Emails and notifications : We send to your login email address (a) email notification digests of the activity in your teams and mark those that are of particular relevance to you, (b) any invitations sent to you by your Customer (or by Twimo on the explicit request by and on behalf of the Customer), to join teams on Twimo, and (c) updates or notifications from Twimo on matters of importance, including but not limited to, your User Account or your use of the Services. You may opt out of receiving notification digests from Twimo or change their frequency from the account settings page. You cannot opt out of receiving invitations or important User Account updates, unless you delete your User Account on the Services.
Cookies : Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can also choose to set your browser to remove or reject any browser cookies. Mixpanel respects your browser's Do-Not-Track (DNT) settings which you can set with the help of this resource (external link). Twimo's cookies cannot be disabled if you wish to use our Services because they provide vital information needed to identify the logged-in user and to validate genuine requests. If you do not want to allow Twimo's cookies on your browser, please delete your account on the Services and do not visit our website. If you use our Services with your browser configured to reject cookies, we cannot guarantee that our Services would function properly or as intended.
If you are not a User of our Services and wish your Personal Information in Other Information removed from our records or database, you can send us an email to support@twimo.co. If you are a User of our Services, you need to cease the use of our Services before requesting us to remove all your Personal Information in Other Information from our database.
Twimo may retain Other Information pertaining to you for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including keeping certain Other Information after deletion of your User Account. Such retention is done where the Other Information concerned is needed for Twimo's legitimate business interests, to conduct audits, comply with (and demonstrate compliance with) legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.
If you need additional help or have any questions related to your Information choices, you can email us at support@twimo.co.
Twimo takes the security of your Information very seriously. We work hard to safeguard your Information and protect your Information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure. Please review our Security Practices document to understand the technical, administrative and organisational measures that Twimo takes to safeguard your Information.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND CONTENT
Our Services do not include social media widgets, blogs or public forums. Our Services or the Customer Data in our Services may contain links to third-party websites, applications or other services ("Third Party Services") that are not under the scope of this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies only to our Services.
If you submit Information (including your Personal Information) to any of these Third Party Services, please review their privacy policies and terms to ensure that your Information is handled in accordance with your expectations. We are not responsible for any breach of your privacy or Information or any other loss arising to you as a result of collection of your Information by such Third Party Services.
GDPR COMPLIANCE AND ROLES
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect starting 25 May 2018. GDPR applies to the collection, processing and transmission of Personal Information of a natural EU person.
Twimo assumes two roles in relation to GDPR.
Twimo acts as the Controller of Other Information. This Privacy Policy details the Personal Information we collect as part of Other Information, how we use, share, disclose it and how you can exercise your rights under GDPR over your Personal Information in this Other Information.
Twimo acts solely as a Processor of Customer Data and the Customer is the Controller of Customer Data. Twimo's Processing of Customer Data is governed by the Data Processing Addendum, incorporated into the Customer Agreement.
SUBPROCESSORS AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF DATA
Twimo is headquartered in Bangalore, India. We use third-party Subprocessors located globally, including in the United States, to provide us the infrastructure or services we need, to be able to deliver our Services to you.
You understand that your use of our Services may result in Information being transferred to, stored and/or processed in any country where Twimo or our Subprocessors maintain infrastructure or facilities and you consent to such transfer, storage and/or processing. While in such jurisdictions, your Information may be subject to access pursuant to the laws of those jurisdictions (which may be more or less comprehensive than the laws of your country).
We ensure that such Subprocessors are used only to the extent necessary and where possible, we use Subprocessors who themselves have robust GDPR-compliant privacy policies. You can obtain a current list of our Subprocessors here.
For our Customers who operate in the European Union, the European Economic Area and/or their member states and Switzerland, Twimo offers European Union Model Clauses (also known as Standard Contractual Clauses), as part of our Data Processing Addendum (incorporated into the Customer Agreement), to meet the adequacy and security requirements of Customer Data and to govern the international transfers of such Customer Data.
We recommend that you first contact the Customer for any clarifications you seek about the handling of your Personal Information or if you need help in exercising your statutory rights.
If you have any further clarifications or other questions regarding this Privacy Policy or need further assistance, you can email us at support@twimo.co. | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUfbzxK6wB9lIs_BZ4 | DigitalBridge Announces Closing of $500 Million of Securitized Notes
$300 Million Secured Fund Fee Revenue Term Notes and $200 Million Variable Funding Notes Represent Key Milestone in Corporate Transformation to Digital
BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 12, 2021-- DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE: DBRG) ("DigitalBridge" or the "Company") today announced the closing of two securitized financing note issuances totaling $500 million. Two of its subsidiaries, DigitalBridge Issuer, LLC and DigitalBridge Co-Issuer, LLC (together, the "Co-Issuers"), closed the previously announced offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of Series 2021-1 3.933% Secured Fund Fee Revenue Notes, Class A-2 (the "Class A-2 Notes"). Additionally, the Co-Issuers issued Series 2021-1 Secured Fund Fee Revenue Variable Funding Notes, Class A-1 (the "VFN Notes" and, together with the Class A-2 Notes, the "Series 2021-1 Notes"), which will allow the Co-Issuers to borrow up to $200 million on a revolving basis.
The closing of the Series 2021-1 Notes represents a key milestone for DigitalBridge on a number of fronts:
Longer-duration financing – The Series 2021-1 Notes will refinance the Company's corporate credit facility, taking the effective maturity of its revolving credit from 2022 out to 2026.
First DigitalBridge investment-grade rating – The Class A-2 Notes have received a credit rating of BBB from Kroll Bond Rating Agency.
First-of-its-kind securitization – The Series 2021-1 Notes represent a first-of-its-kind securitization backed by investment management fees.
Lower cost of capital – The successful rotation from "diversified to digital" has positioned the Company to issue securitized notes with a high-quality digital collateral base, which lowers its effective cost of capital.
Greater flexibility – This new financing structure, which the Company intends to continue to utilize as it grows, creates greater flexibility around capital allocation and corporate liability management, including its ability to retire higher cost debt or securities and eventually pay regular dividends on its common stock.
"We achieved another target we set out just over a year ago, establishing an investment-grade rating for our credit and transitioning our collateral to a digital asset base. In accomplishing this goal, DigitalBridge has brought its track record of pioneering digital infrastructure financings up to the corporate level, lowering our cost of capital and creating greater flexibility to invest in our business and manage our corporate liabilities," said Marc Ganzi, President and CEO of DigitalBridge. "I want to specifically acknowledge my partner Jacky Wu and his team who led this transaction; first-of-its-kind financings always require an immense effort, but breaking new ground is in our heritage and I know this will ultimately benefit not just our shareholders, but also the broader digital infrastructure ecosystem."
The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the Series 2021-1 Notes will be approximately $490.6 million after the payment of certain offering expenses and accounting for the full availability of the VFN Notes and the interest reserve deposit. The uses of proceeds are intended to include, but are not limited to, the acquisition of digital infrastructure investments, the funding of commitments to managed funds, the redemption or repayment of other corporate securities and/or general corporate purposes. Interest payments on the Series 2021-1 Notes are payable on a quarterly basis. The anticipated repayment date of the Class A-2 Notes is September 2026, and the anticipated repayment date of the VFN Notes is September 2024 (with the allowance of two further one-year extensions, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary conditions).
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Series 2021-1 Notes or any other security, nor will there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The Series 2021-1 Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
Additional information regarding the terms of the Series 2021-1 Notes will be described in a Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC.
DigitalBridge (NYSE: DBRG) is a leading global digital infrastructure REIT. With a heritage of over 25 years investing in and operating businesses across the digital ecosystem including towers, data centers, fiber, small cells, and edge infrastructure, the DigitalBridge team manages a $32 billion portfolio of digital infrastructure assets on behalf of its limited partners and shareholders. DigitalBridge, structured as a REIT, is headquartered in Boca Raton, with key offices in Los Angeles, New York, London and Singapore.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "intends," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," or "potential" or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control, and may cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. Factors that might cause such a difference include, without limitation, expected use of proceeds from the sale of the Series 2021-1 Notes, and other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, and its other reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements reflect the Company's good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, but they are not guarantees of future performance. The Company cautions investors not to unduly rely on any forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company is under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this press release, nor to conform prior statements to actual results or revised expectations, and the Company does not intend to do so.
Source: DigitalBridge Group, Inc. | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUe7o5qhLBlnv5FUnZ | This ambitious volume brings together and assesses all major systematic reviews of the effectiveness of criminological interventions, to draw broad conclusions about what works in policing, corrections, developmental prevention, situational prevention, drug abuse treatments, sentencing and deterrence, and communities.
Systematic reviews aim to minimize any possible bias in drawing conclusions by stating explicit criteria for inclusion and exclusion of studies, by conducting extensive and wide-ranging searches for possibly eligible studies, and by making all stages of the review explicit and transparent so that the methods can be checked and replicated. Over a decade ago, a concerted effort was made by members of the criminology community, including the Editors and contributors of this volume, to bring the practice of systematic reviews to the study of Criminology, providing replicable, evidence-based data to answer key questions about the study of crime causation, detection, and prevention. Now, the pioneers in this effort present a comprehensive stock-taking of what has been learned in the past decade of systematic reviews in criminology. Much has been discovered about the effectiveness of (for example) boot camps, "hot spots" policing, closed-circuit television surveillance, neighborhood watch, anti-bullying programs in schools, early parenting programs, drug treatment programs, and other key topics.
This volume will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, as well as in related fields such as public health and forensic science, with important implications for policy-makers and practitioners.
Decisively showing that the "nothing works" era is over, this volume takes stock of what we know, and still need to know, to prevent crime. I plan to keep this book close at hand and to use it often!
University of Cincinnati At a time when there is a broad commitment to bringing science to the front lines of practice, this book should be on the reading list of both policymakers and scholars.
David Weisburd is Distinguished Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University and Executive Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy. He is also the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Chief Science Adviser at the Police Foundation in Washington DC. Professor He is the 2010 recipient of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology and received the Sutherland Award for contributions to criminology from the American Society of Criminology in 2014. In 2014 he also received he Robert Boruch Award for distinctive contributions to research that influences public policy of the Campbell Collaboration.
David P. Farrington is Emeritus Professor of Psychological Criminology in the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University. He received the Stockholm Prize in Criminology in 2013. He is Chair of the American Society of Criminology Division of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology.
His major research interest is in developmental criminology, and he is Director of the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development, a prospective longitudinal survey of over 400 London males from age 8 to age 56. In addition to over 650 published journal articles and book chapters on criminological and psychological topics, he has published nearly 100 books, monographs and government reports.
Charlotte Gill is assistant professor of criminology, law and society and deputy director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George Mason University. Her research interests include community-based crime prevention, community policing, place-based criminology, program evaluation, and research synthesis. She has been involved in randomized controlled trialsof restorative justice and low-intensity probation and is the coeditor and former managing editor of the Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice Group. In 2012, she received the Academy of Experimental Criminology's Outstanding Young Scholar award.
Introduction: What Works in Crime Prevention? | c4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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The Hercules Library receives support from the Hercules Community and Library Services Commission, the Hercules Library Foundation, and the Friends of the Hercules Library.
Please check the Library's website for updated hours of operation and closure dates.
Please visit the Contra Costa County Library web site for a calendar of current library programs and events. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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In terms of SEO strategy, internal linking is one of the most important methods for development.
Building links with other sites gives added authority to your site – resulting in high rankings and a most trusted brand image. But internal linking can be just as important in the overall development of your site.
The concept of internal linking is a pretty simple one – each page of your site should include links to other pages of your site. By including the 'right' number of links, a few magic keywords and relevant destinations, you can optimise your SEO and user experience.
Unlike links to your site from external sources, these links won't pass any new authority to your pages, but that doesn't mean they have no effect on how your site is indexed and ranks.
In terms of SEO, there are several benefits from internal linking. For example, the anchor text that you consistently associate with a given page can help Google to understand its relevance in that field. Likewise, links help Google's search crawlers to understand the layout of your site to establish a page hierarchy.
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Overall, it's recommended that, on your site, no page should be more than three clicks away from another page. This level of linking will improve both your SEO and your site (and, by extension) your company's bottom line.
Although internal linking tends to be overshadowed by the more powerful effects of intelligent, external link building – it's a strategy that's well worth the small amount of effort it takes.
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BkiUdhM5qsNCPbQZ7XFq | A mosque burns in Meikhtila, central Myanmar, during sectarian riots that killed at least 43 and drove nearly 13,000 people, mostly Muslims, from their homes.
The unrest is one example of ethnic violence unleashed in Myanmar since 49 years of military rule ended in March 2011. It is spreading, threatening the country's historic democratic transition, and signs have emerged of ethnic cleansing, along with impunity for those inciting it.
A Muslim woman salvages belongings from her home, damaged in riots that broke out in Meikhtila on March 20 and raged for four days. They caused dozens of deaths, including a dawn massacre of 25 Muslims led by Buddhist monks - often held up as icons of democracy in Myanmar. The killings took place in plain view of police, with no intervention by the local or central government.
Authorities imposed martial law on the afternoon of March 22, the third day of violence. By then, only three people had been arrested, all of them for carrying weapons, a police official said. As they began to make more arrests, the unrest ended the next day.
The bloodshed was followed by Buddhist-led mob violence in at least 14 other villages in Myanmar's central heartlands and put the Muslim minority on edge across one of Asia's most ethnically diverse countries.
A person's corpse burns in the street during the violence in Meikhtila.
The unrest was sparked by a dispute between a Buddhist couple and the Muslim owners of a gold shop, which spiralled into a riot.
The first man to die was a Buddhist monk slain by Muslims, but the following morning an attack took place in which up to 25 Muslims were killed. A Buddhist mob dragged their bloodied bodies up a hill in a neighbourhood called Mingalarzay Yone and set the corpses on fire.
Some were found butchered in a swamp. A Reuters cameraman saw the charred remains of two children, aged 10 or younger.
On the streets of Meikhtila, witnesses saw monks from well-known local monasteries as well as others from Mandalay, the country's second-largest city. One such visitor was the nationalistic monk Wirathu, pictured here.
Wirathu is an abbot in Mandalay's Masoeyein Monastery, a sprawling complex where he leads about 60 monks and has influence over more than 2,500 residing there. From that power base, he is leading a fast-growing movement known as "969," which encourages Buddhists to shun Muslim businesses and communities.
"We have a slogan: When you eat, eat 969; when you go, go 969; when you buy, buy 969," Wirathu said in an interview. Translation: If you're eating, travelling or buying anything, do it with a Buddhist.
A sticker of the anti-Muslim "969" movement is seen at a shop in Minhla.
The three numbers refer to various attributes of the Buddha, his teachings and the monkhood. In practice, the numbers have become the brand of a radical form of anti-Islamic nationalism.
A Buddhist woman cries for her home that was burned down during the riot in Meikhtila.
Large areas of the city were reduced to ashes. A total of 1,594 buildings were destroyed, the regional government said.
People arrive at a stadium used as a refuge for Muslims. It's unclear if the fleeing Muslims whose businesses were destroyed will be able to reclaim their prime real estate.
A woman cries after losing her two sons during the riot.
Muslim refugees reach out for donations at the makeshift refugee camp in the stadium.
A man walks through a neighbourhood damaged in the riots.
People walk down the street carrying weapons during the unrest.
Soldiers clean up debris left behind by the violence.
People ride their mopeds past the remains of two people killed in the clashes.
Policemen patrol an area where riots took place.
Muslims emerge from their homes after a senior Buddhist monk and police arrived to protect them during the unrest.
Patients who were injured in the violence lie in hospital.
An Islamic school stands in ruins after the unrest.
A Muslim man cleans the room of an Islamic school in central Yangon, where 13 boys were killed in a fire. Many grieving relatives say they believe the blaze was deliberately set: the floors were surprisingly slick with oil, they said. Yangon officials say it was caused by an electrical short circuit.
Muslim men pray at the Islamic school where the boys died. Security has been tightened in parts of Yangon after the fire. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbQ3xK6nrxpQczbOa | I was searching for a face cleanser for my skin that works like a cleanser and cleansing milk at the same time. I have always wanted my cleanser to be mild on the skin but work effectively. I got such a cleanser recently and that is the Botani Olive Soothing Cleanser and Makeup Remover. I found this product completely according to my skin needs. Let's see how!
A soothing delicate soothing cleanser, highly effective in cleansing and harmonising the skin. It is suitable for people with sensitive skin, from babies, through to more mature age, that doesn't strip the skin of natural oils, or aggravate existing problems.
Botáni Olive Soothing Cleanser & Eye Make-Up Remover delicately cleanses and removes surface impurities and bacteria. Meticulously formulated with olive squalene, to hydrate and soften the skin, whilst calendula and chamomile soothe, heal and improve the texture of the skin. Botáni Olive Soothing Cleanser is the alternative to astringent cleansers. It is highly effective in cleansing and harmonising the skin.
This soothing cream cleanser contains premium botanicals and plant emollients to delicately cleanse, remove surface bacteria and impurities and remove makeup, even from the eye area. Non-drying and non-greasy. Appropriate for delicate, sensitive, sun-damaged skin and eczema.
Botani Olive Soothing Cleanser and Makeup Remover comes in green packaging box. Inside the box, the actual product kept in a glass bottle with a pump dispenser. The pump controls the amount of product you want each time. The pump is protected by a small transparent lid that is tight and secured. The packaging is not very attractive to look at but is totally convenient to use. While travelling, one should be careful as the bottle is made of glass.
The cleanser has a lavender smell that feels soothing and pleasing. It is off white in color. The texture is neither too thick nor too runny, it's creamy and easy to massage.
I need two pumps for regular cleansing of my face. It works gently and makes my skin clean and clear. It's delicate and keeps the skin soft and silky. I never feel tightness or dryness after using it even if I forget to apply the moisturizer immediately.
For pre cleanse, to remove the foundation I take three pumps of cleanser. I use a cotton pad to remove my makeup. For heavy and waterproof eye makeup and mascara, I use a separate eye makeup remover. But for regular eye makeup (non-waterproof) I use this cleanser and it works great. It cleanses and at the same time protects my skin. It is very gentle on my eye areas. After pre cleanse, I finally apply the cleanser for removing all traces of makeup. I'm used to double cleansing my face so it doesn't bother me at all.
Feels gentle and mild on the skin.
I'm really happy to find a cleanser like this. It works just the way I wanted. It's natural, gentle and effectively cleans my skin. I am sure it will be work to find another cleanser like this after it gets over because I guess Botani doesn't ship worldwide. Australian skincare products are really fabulous. I hope they make way into the Indian market soon. Highly recommend to all those with normal, dry or mature skin!
Have you tried any products from Botani Skincare? | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdgk5qX_BjprW8s8F | Tablo is a new home for publishing that believes in giving everyone the opportunity to share their story. We've created an online platform where any author can publish their writing, connect with a global audience of readers, and find new possibilities for their work.
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I was very excited about this app, as I've used wattpad for years and it was heartbreaking when they kept deleting about 15 of my books with no notice. All my hard work, gone in an instant. Devastating myself and the readers who followed my stories, eager for each update. - when I found tablo, it looked like it would be so much better and easier than wattpad! But it's extremely difficult to write my books on this app and its just not user friendly. You can't just go to your account and gave a spreadsheet of all your works, eats access to each chapter in your book, etc etc. I had one of my good wattpad followers check tablo out to get her perspective and she also found it very difficult to use and navigate. So it's just been very disappointing.
Okay app, but needs work.
So, overall Tablo is a pretty good app for readers and authors. I haven't had the app for too long, but I'm already starting to regret installing it because of issues I have had with the app ever since I installed Tablo to my device.
First of all, the app is becoming very frustrating for me, because it keeps flopping around my chapters. I am currently writing a book (or trying to at least) on Tablo, but it is quite difficult, and I have had to restart multiple times because of this specific issue. It will not keep my chapters in order. For example, if I start a brand new book, I will obviously start on chapter one. Then, I will create a new chapter (chapter 2) once I am done with the first one. I then continue onto chapter three, four, and so on. I walk away for a second, next thing I know, chapter two is first, three is second, there are two chapter ones (one blank, one with writing), and chapter four.
It makes the app incredibly hard to use and instead of Tablo being fun for me, it's rather frustrating.
I'm a reader. Got to this app due to a story I was reading on another app, Wattpad, hadn't completed the book there, but on this app. If it worked more like other reading apps I'd keep it. I don't know who the designers are for this app, but it is seriously lacking. No "library" for books being read, hit follow for an author, but there's no link to see who following. Doesn't have the same comment about this chapter feature I saw in the online version (which I did online, but can't see what other comments there are others posted). Sure hope this company is good for those writing books and truly aides them in self-publishing. I'm deleting the app from my devices, not worth keeping. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
BkiUdpo4uBhi551MkIf_ | #include "endpoints.h"
#include <coap.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#define MAX_RESPONSE_LEN 500
static uint8_t response[MAX_RESPONSE_LEN] = { 0 };
static int handle_get_well_known_core(coap_rw_buffer_t* scratch,
const coap_packet_t* inpkt,
coap_packet_t* outpkt,
uint8_t id_hi, uint8_t id_lo);
static int handle_get_riot_board(coap_rw_buffer_t* scratch,
const coap_packet_t* inpkt,
coap_packet_t* outpkt,
uint8_t id_hi, uint8_t id_lo);
static int handle_greet(coap_rw_buffer_t* scratch,
const coap_packet_t* inpkt,
coap_packet_t* outpkt,
uint8_t id_hi, uint8_t id_lo);
static int handle_config(coap_rw_buffer_t* scratch,
const coap_packet_t* inpkt,
coap_packet_t* outpkt,
uint8_t id_hi, uint8_t id_lo);
static int handle_data(coap_rw_buffer_t* scratch,
const coap_packet_t* inpkt,
coap_packet_t* outpkt,
uint8_t id_hi, uint8_t id_lo);
static int default_handler(coap_rw_buffer_t* scratch,
const coap_packet_t* inpkt,
coap_packet_t* outpkt,
uint8_t id_hi, uint8_t id_lo);
DataHandler dataHandler = &default_handler;
ConfigHandler configHandler = &default_handler;
static const coap_endpoint_path_t path_well_known_core = { 2, { ".well-known", "core" } };
static const coap_endpoint_path_t path_riot_board = { 2, { "riot", "board" } };
static const coap_endpoint_path_t path_greet = { 1, { "greet"} };
static const coap_endpoint_path_t path_config = { 1, { "configuration"} };
static const coap_endpoint_path_t path_data = { 1, { "data"} };
const coap_endpoint_t endpoints[] = {
{
COAP_METHOD_GET, handle_get_well_known_core,
&path_well_known_core, "ct=40"
},
{
COAP_METHOD_GET, handle_get_riot_board,
&path_riot_board, "ct=0"
},
{
COAP_METHOD_POST, handle_greet,
&path_greet, "ct=0"
},
{
COAP_METHOD_POST, handle_data,
&path_data, "ct=0"
},
{
COAP_METHOD_POST, handle_config,
&path_config, "ct=0"
},
/* marks the end of the endpoints array: */
{ (coap_method_t)0, NULL, NULL, NULL }
};
static int handle_get_well_known_core(coap_rw_buffer_t* scratch,
const coap_packet_t* inpkt, coap_packet_t* outpkt,
uint8_t id_hi, uint8_t id_lo)
{
// Clear out the previous response, if any
memset(response, 0, sizeof(response));
char* rsp = (char*)response;
int len = sizeof(response);
const coap_endpoint_t* ep = endpoints;
int i;
len--; // Null-terminated string
while (NULL != ep->handler) {
if (NULL == ep->core_attr) {
ep++;
continue;
}
if (0 < strlen(rsp)) {
strncat(rsp, ",", len);
len--;
}
strncat(rsp, "<", len);
len--;
for (i = 0; i < ep->path->count; i++) {
strncat(rsp, "/", len);
len--;
strncat(rsp, ep->path->elems[i], len);
len -= strlen(ep->path->elems[i]);
}
strncat(rsp, ">;", len);
len -= 2;
strncat(rsp, ep->core_attr, len);
len -= strlen(ep->core_attr);
ep++;
}
return coap_make_response(scratch, outpkt, (const uint8_t*)response,
strlen(rsp), id_hi, id_lo, &inpkt->tok,
COAP_RSPCODE_CONTENT,
COAP_CONTENTTYPE_APPLICATION_LINKFORMAT);
}
static int handle_get_riot_board(coap_rw_buffer_t* scratch,
const coap_packet_t* inpkt, coap_packet_t* outpkt,
uint8_t id_hi, uint8_t id_lo)
{
const char* riot_name = RIOT_BOARD;
int len = strlen(RIOT_BOARD);
memcpy(response, riot_name, len);
return coap_make_response(scratch, outpkt, (const uint8_t*)response, len,
id_hi, id_lo, &inpkt->tok, COAP_RSPCODE_CONTENT,
COAP_CONTENTTYPE_TEXT_PLAIN);
}
static int handle_greet(coap_rw_buffer_t* scratch,
const coap_packet_t* inpkt, coap_packet_t* outpkt,
uint8_t id_hi, uint8_t id_lo)
{
coap_buffer_t payload = inpkt->payload;
const char* name = (char*) payload.p;
// It is important, to take the length information of the payload buffer into account.
// Otherwise there may be more characters before there is a null termination.
char payloadString[payload.len + 1];
strncpy(payloadString, name, payload.len);
payloadString[payload.len] = '\0';
char buf[MAX_RESPONSE_LEN];
sprintf(buf, "Hello %s!", payloadString);
int len = strlen(buf);
memcpy(response, buf, len);
return coap_make_response(scratch, outpkt, (const uint8_t*)response, len,
id_hi, id_lo, &inpkt->tok, COAP_RSPCODE_CONTENT,
COAP_CONTENTTYPE_TEXT_PLAIN);
}
int set_data_handler(DataHandler dh)
{
puts("DataHandler was set!");
dataHandler = dh;
return 0;
}
int set_config_handler(ConfigHandler ch)
{
puts("ConfigHandler was set!");
configHandler = ch;
return 0;
}
int default_handler(coap_rw_buffer_t* scratch,
const coap_packet_t* inpkt, coap_packet_t* outpkt,
uint8_t id_hi, uint8_t id_lo)
{
(void)scratch;
(void)outpkt;
(void)inpkt;
(void)id_hi;
(void)id_lo;
puts("Received Data!");
return 0;
}
static int handle_data(coap_rw_buffer_t* scratch,
const coap_packet_t* inpkt, coap_packet_t* outpkt,
uint8_t id_hi, uint8_t id_lo)
{
return dataHandler(scratch, inpkt, outpkt, id_hi, id_lo);
}
static int handle_config(coap_rw_buffer_t* scratch,
const coap_packet_t* inpkt, coap_packet_t* outpkt,
uint8_t id_hi, uint8_t id_lo)
{
return configHandler(scratch, inpkt, outpkt, id_hi, id_lo);
} | github | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
BkiUeprxK6Ot9WA5i2pt | Kadohadacho Confederacy
Kadohadacho Confederacy. The word Kadohadacho signifies in the native language "real chiefs," kadi being the word for "chief," and it is from an abbreviation of this term that we get the word Caddo. They were also called:
At'-ta-wits, by the Comanche, according to Ten Kate (1907).
Dä'sha-i, or Táshash, by the Wichita.
Érawika, by the Pawnee.
'H'-doum-dei-kiH, by the Kiowa.
Ka-löX-la'-tce, by the Choctaw.
Kalu-χnádshu or Kasseye'i, by the Tonkawa.
Kul-hül-atsǐ, by the Creeks.
Ma'-seip'-kia, by the Kiowa, signifying "pierced noses."
Ni'rǐs-häri's-kǐ'riki, another Wichita name.
Otä's-itä'niuw', Cheyenne name, signifying "pierced nose people" (or Utásĕta).
Su'-d¢ĕ, by the Quapaw.
Tani'bänĕn, by the Arapaho, signifying "pierced nose people."
Witúne, by the Comanche, according to Gatschet (MS., B. A. E.).
Kadohadacho Confederacy Connections. The Kadohadacho belonged to the Caddo division of the Caddoan linguistic stock, the other members being the closely related Hasinai and Natchitoches (see under Louisiana), and the more remotely connected Adai of Louisiana and Eyeish of Texas.
Kadohadacho Confederacy Location. The Kadohadacho lived in northeastern Texas and southwestern Arkansas at the Great Bend of Red River, though they are usually associated with the region around Caddo Lake which they occupied at a later period. (See also Arkansas and Louisiana.)
Kadohadacho Confederacy Subdivisions
Cahinnio, near Ouachita River, Ark.
Kadohadacho, on the north side of Red River near the point where the present Arkansas-Texas boundary line reaches it.
Nanatsoho, on the south side of Red River not far from the point reached by the present Arkansas-Oklahoma State line.
Upper Nasoni, on the south side of Red River nearly opposite the present Ogden.
Upper Natchitoches, on the south side of Red River between the Nanatsoho and Nasoni.
Upper Yatasi, a part of the Yatasi which joined them in very late times.
Kadohadacho Confederacy History
In October 1541, De Soto and his army entered a province called Tula believed to be the country of the Indians later known as Cahinnio, a tribe for whose bravery the Spaniards came to have a wholesome respect. The next encounter between these people and white men was in the summer of 1687 when, after the murder of the Sieur de la Sa1le,`six survivors of his expedition, including Joutel and Father Anastasius Donay, passed through the Kadohadacho towns on their way to the Mississippi, visiting the Nasoni, Kadohadacho, and Cahinnio. Tonti visited them also 4 years later. In November and December 1691, Domingo Teran (Castaneda, 1936) spent a miserable week in this country exploring it and taking soundings of Red River, and we owe to him the first map of the region. In 1700 Bienville undertook to reach them but got no farther than the Yatasi village halfway between the Natchitoches and Kadohadacho. In 1719 the French officer Bernard de la Harpe (1831) spent some time among them and established a trading post which endured for a considerable period. French traders quickly monopolized the Kadohadacho trade, the principal trading point being Natchitoches, but no missions were established. This group of tribes proved to be a strong bulwark against the warlike northern Indians, particularly the Osage, but they suffered much in consequence, and late in the eighteenth century the Kadohadacho or a part of them moved to another location some miles below their ancient village. The town established in the new location, however, was also attacked by the Osages, who inflicted such losses upon its inhabitants that they removed again about 1800 and established themselves on Sodo Creek northwest of the present Shreveport. In 1824 a treaty was signed between the United States Government and the Quapaw Indians by which the latter agreed to give up their lands on the Arkansas and remove to the country of the Caddo Indians. The Quapaw removed the year following but suffered such losses on account of floods in Red River that in 1833 they surrendered these lands and removed to Oklahoma. Two years later the Kadohadacho and their allies also subscribed to a treaty by which they surrendered all of their lands within the territory of the United States. In consequence, they removed to Texas and settled near their Hasinai kindred, whose fortunes they afterward followed although the two parties remained distinct for a considerable period. Some united themselves for a time with the Cherokee under Chief Bowl. Some also took up their residence with the Chickasaw in the Indian Territory. Those who remained in Texas were fellow victims with the Hasinai of the increasing friction with their white neighbors embittered by Comanche and Apache depredations for which they were in no way responsible. We may now call these united peoples by the simple term "Caddo." In an endeavor to end these difficulties a reservation was set apart for the Caddo on Brazos River in 1852 but trouble arose again of such a violent character that in 1859 the Caddo abandoned Texas and were assigned a new reservation in the southwestern part of the present State of Oklahoma, where their descendants still live, most of the scattered bands having been gathered into one section. Most of the Caddo sided with the Federal Government during the Civil War and went to Kansas, where they remained until it was over, though experiencing many hardships in consequence and losing many of their people in epidemics. They took considerable interest in the Ghost Dance Religion and still more in the Peyote Cult, John Wilson, a mixed-blood Caddo and Delaware, being one of the prominent leaders. The fact that they had always cultivated the ground has made their adjustment to the new economic system fairly easy. In 1902 they were allotted land in severalty.
Kadohadacho Confederacy Population. My estimate for the Kadohadacho division of the Caddo before White contact is 2,000. Bienville and La Harpe place it in 1700–1709 between 2,000 and 2,500. In 1718, however, Bienville asserts that it had fallen to 200 warriors, which would mean about 800 people, and Sibley (1832) indicates the same figures as late as 1805. In 1829 Porter (in Schoolcraft, vol. 3) gives an estimate of 450, and in 1851 Stem (1851) who is likely to be reliable, places it at 476. In 1857 Neighbors returns a partial enumeration of 235, and in 1876, the last time they were returned separately from the Hasinai, the Indian Office reported 467. It is evident, however, that this also includes part of the Hasinai and all of the Adai and Eyeish besides the remnants of the Natchitoches group. After this date the population of the united Caddo group remained around 500, but during the present century it has been steadily increasing and in 1937, 967 were reported.
Connection in which the Kadohadacho Confederacy have become noted. The Kadohadacho group is noted as containing the tribe which ultimately gave the name Caddo to the linguistic family of which it is a part. The name Caddo has been applied to a parish and lake in Louisiana; a county in Oklahoma; a creek and gap in Arkansas; to the village of Caddo Gap, Montgomery County, Ark.; and to villages in Bryan County, Okla., and Stephens County, Tex.; and in Hunt County, Tex., is Caddo Mills.
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BkiUc7M4uBhixEAx4FkG | The Museum für Fotografie at Berlin Zoologischer Garten is the Kunstbibliothek's exhibition venue entirely dedicated to the history of photography and the camera. The Kunstbibliothek shares the premises with its partner institution, the Helmut Newton Foundation which occupies the ground floor and first floor. Before moving to the Kulturforum in 1994, this building housed all the Kunstbibliothek's other facilities and services: its museum collections, the book holdings, reading room and administrative offices.
The historical Kaisersaal, located on the 2nd floor, is now home to temporary exhibitions, in which the Kunstbibliothek showcases its photographic treasures and reveals fresh perspectives on core themes in the history of photography. The museum quickly gained international appeal and standing thanks to its ambitious exhibitions, such as 'A Fresh Look – Architectural Photography from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin' (2010), 'Microphotography – Beauty beyond the Visible' (2010/11) and 'The Colonial Eye – Early Portrait Photography in India' (2012).
The adjacent north-facing Fürstensaal, is not only home to the offices of the museum's patron society (Verein der Freunde des Museum für Fotografie) but also provides space for lectures, symposia, and lectures. Plans are afoot for the south-facing Fürstensaal: the Kunstbibliothek is joining forces with Berlin's Universität der Künste in setting up an ideas lab here in which to test out innovative curatorial and photography-related artistic concepts.
The Kunstbibliothek's archaeological department took up residency in the newly opened Archäologisches Zentrum opposite the Museumsinsel Berlin in 2012. It was formed by merging the collections of archival and research material from the major archaeological collections at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin which had evolved over more than 150 years: the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, the Antikensammlung, the Museum für Islamische Kunst, the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, and the Vorderasiatisches Museum.
The new premises now provide more than 1000 square metres in which to store and use the combined holdings of some 150,000 items that have been systematized according to international library standards and are now mostly accessible in open-shelf areas. The archaeological department of the Kunstbibliothek has been purposefully designed as a lively place of research and scholarship, in which archive and source studies, primary research with collection objects, library use and digital information sharing are all simultaneously possible.
In addition, the reading room is also open to users of the Zentralarchiv. The Zentralarchiv (Central Archive) holds historical records relating to the history of the organization known today as the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, known formerly as the Royal Museums in Berlin. It sees itself as a place of learning and at the same time as the 'historical memory' of the museums. The Kunstbibliothek offers users of the archive instant, open-shelf access to diverse literature on the history of the individual museums, as well as a complete collection of all catalogue and research literature published by the Royal Museums/Staatliche Museen since its inception in the year 1830.
The Kunstbibliothek's main site at the Kulturforum amounts to a research centre with one of the world's largest specialist libraries dedicated to the history of art in the Western world from late antiquity to the present day. The Kunstbibliothek is more than a library and this site also contains its extremely diverse extensive museum collections of architecture-related material, book art and media art, graphic design, photography, and fashion.
The research centre is equipped with a public reading room for the library collections and a study room for the museum collections. Scholars from all over the world enjoy ideal working conditions here in which to conduct their research. The Kulturforum site is also a bountiful source of inspiration and stimulation for anyone exploring the history of design and styles in art.
Adding to the vibrancy of the research activity at the Kulturforum is the Kunstbibliothek's varied programme of lecture series, book presentations, artist talks, and guided tours. The Kunstbibliothek's exhibition room also features rotating exhibitions on selected topics that arise from and are reflected in the collections and current research. Large exhibitions on major themes that span several epochs and collection areas at the Staatliche Museen at once are presented to the public in the galleries for special exhibitions at the Kulturforum. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbgnxK5YsWR0Kh_7G | My first thought was "holy moly what have you got yourself into" – We were shown around the unit and given about a week buddied up with a nurse to see how things worked before we were on our own.
ICU is a whole new world – we were told to forget about everything we learned before this. There are mechanical ventilators, arterial lines, central lines with 5-10 lumens, central venous pressure lines, a christmas tree like pole with up to 7-10 pumps infusing different drugs, PICCO cardiac monitoring, a list of drugs/fluids that nurses can just give the patient based on the nurses clinical assessment, ECMO, CRRT and so so so much more – its actually insane but I love it – I love using my brain to critically think and care for the sickest patients in the hospital.
I used to hate washing and toileting patients (bad nurse yeah yeah yeah) but since working in ICU and when I have the time I really enjoy giving my patient a thorough clean. Sometimes they are sedated and paralysed and under the spell of a lot of machines and drugs to keep them going (I just realised that might sound really creepy and weird to non medical peeps) – its a special feeling being able assist in someones basic needs while they are so critically unwell and unable to leave the bed – it makes their family a little less traumatised when visiting, you know a little less hospital smell and a little more Dove or Pantene hair wash kinda smell is familiar for them.
From day 1 everyday my heart would sink and I would constantly sweat, which has thankfully eased off a bit now 4 months in but I still have my days and have SO much to learn.
I will never forget the very first mechanically ventilated patient I had. I remember walking into the unit checking the allocation book and turning my head to have a quick peep at who it was and all I saw was AN ETT AND THE GODDAM VENTILATOR – my eyes literally filled up with tears and I began to profusely SWEAT I knew if I blinked I would be a sobbing mess.
I walked over to the bed space thinking pull It together Jami your going to have a ventilated patient sooner or later why did you even apply for this job. I received handover thankfully from my preceptor who went through every little detail with me. What a superstar!
I had no idea what 2 drugs being infused were even for not to mention if that ventilator alarms WHAT WILL I DO? I didn't understand all of the settings on the ventilator then and to this day I am still learning. Lucky I was surrounded by support, it made a huge difference.
The entire 8 hours I was so unbelievably nervous, shaking and praying I make it out of the shift with everything being ok.
So the first doctor walked into the bed space I remember my shaky voice introducing myself "Hey, my name is Jami, this is my 5th solo shift in intensive care and my first ventilated patient – If there is anything I am unsure of today I will make every effort to follow it up with my educator and I also apologise now if I ask 1000000 questions". This doctor was a legend and replied "Please don't be afraid to ask ANY questions just ask as many as you like you'll be fine".
My shift ended at 4:15pm, I was still at work at 5pm and other nurses were telling me to go home and stop documenting such an essay – I of course laughed it off and kept typing away but then this same doctor from the morning came up to me and said "great job today, great team work" and shook my hand! HA I nearly cried of joy – I must have had this nervous freak out face on all day. I felt good leaving work that day, I was SO supported it really boosted my confidence.
Being thrown in the deep end is a great way to sink or swim – In my case I swam (really blood fast). Ive also learnt propofol is generally your bestie. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdfs5qhDBQzqNFTeK | Our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019, at Samaritas Senior Living of Saginaw. Age of 68 years. Carol Ann Williams was born June 17, 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan, the daughter of the late Emris "Budd" and Vera (Popp) Williams. She was a proud graduate of Arthur Hill High School. Carol married the love of her life, Leslie "Buzz" Efu in Colorado; he preceded her in death on January 4, 2004. She enjoyed cooking and making pot holders. Above all, Carol loved being a caretaker for her whole family.
Surviving are her children, Leslie (Tammy) Efu of St. Charles, Anthony "John" (Andrea) Efu of St. Charles; grandchildren, Austin L., Justin J., Michelle L., and John A. Efu all of St. Charles; a brother, Albert (Mary) Williams of Oscoda; and a sister, Sue Plonta of Saginaw. Also surviving are many nieces, nephews, extended family, and friends.
Carol is preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters, Nancy (Mike) Willman, George (Helen) Williams, John Williams, and Dorothy "DeeDee" Efu; three nephews, Steven Efu, Matthew Willman, and Michael Plonta.
Following Carol's wishes, cremation has taken place. A memorial service will take place at a later date. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider a charity of their choice.
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BkiUdwPxK03BfNelXHCc | Dodgeball was a location-based social networking software provider for mobile devices. Users texted their location to the service, which then notified them of crushes, friends, friends' friends and interesting venues nearby. Google acquired Dodgeball in 2005 and discontinued it in 2009, replacing it with Google Latitude.
Overview
Dodgeball was founded in 2000 by New York University students Dennis Crowley and Alex Rainert. The company was acquired by Google in 2005. In April 2007, Crowley and Rainert left Google, with Crowley describing their experience there as "incredibly frustrating". After leaving Google, Crowley created a similar service known as Foursquare with the help of Naveen Selvadurai.
Dodgeball was available for the cities of Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas–Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, New Orleans, Miami, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Madison, Minneapolis–St. Paul and Denver.
In January 2009 Vic Gundotra, Vice President of Engineering at Google, announced that the company would "discontinue Dodgeball.com in the next couple of months, after which this service will no longer be available." Dodgeball was shut down and succeeded in February 2009 by Google Latitude. Google Latitude was eventually shut down in 2013.
See also
Location-based service
Mobile dating
Geosocial networking
Foursquare
References
External links
Dodgeball (archive)
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Geosocial networking
Discontinued_Google_acquisitions
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BkiUdPQ5qoYAnZ7nlB-X | Why Amazon's Kindle Fire may NEVER come to the UK
10 August 2012 | Amazon, News, Tablets
Author: Parcel2Go.com
You may love your iPad, but you can't deny being a little bit curious about Amazon's first ever tablet.
The Kindle Fire, which was launched in November 2011 in the US, has had hundreds of people speculating over its UK debut, with many reports expecting it to launch in January this year.
Yet, it still is nowhere to be seen.
So, where is the Kindle Fire?
With each new Fire story that comes out, UK consumers are becoming more and more impatient with Amazon, where they can't understand why it's taking so long for the tablet to reach the UK.
And now it looks even less likely that the Kindle Fire will reach UK stores anytime soon
Amazon has seen decreasing sales of its Kindle Fire in the US, and along with the highly successful UK launch of the Google Nexus 7, analysts believe that Amazon will be even more hesitant to launch the Kindle Fire outside of the US.
"The performance we saw in Q4 [financial Quarter 4, 2011] has certainly not been sustained into Q1 and Q2 [2012]," Carolina Milanesi, mobile analyst at Gartner, told ZDNet this week.
"With the arrival of the Nexus 7 and other 7-inch tablets Amazon will be pushed to deliver a Fire that has no hardware compromises."
Absence of a strong network prevents launch
One important reason why Amazon is holding back from launching the Kindle Fire in the UK could be because of its lack of supporting ecosystem outside of the US.
Amazon likely feels comfortable competing in the tablet market when it can supply a full entertainment service on its home ground, with its library of video, music and books, but not so comfortable when it does not have the same offerings in other countries.
"So for Amazon moving into a market like Europe, where content offerings would be weaker than in the US, it would make it much harder to compete," added Milanesi.
What do you think? Do you think Amazon should just bite the bullet and release the Kindle Fire here?
Or should they wait it out for a little while longer?
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BkiUaP7xK7Ehm2ZQyCDk | A reminder that Small Business Grants continue until June 2019. The Small Business Grant is designed to encourage small businesses that do not pay payroll tax to employ new full-time, part-time and casual workers and expand their enterprises across NSW. The Small Business Grant (Employment Incentive) will provide employers up to $2,000 per new employee for businesses that don't pay payroll tax.
Innovate NSW Collaborative Solutions provides grants of up to 25% of project costs (to a maximum of $100,000), to consortia to develop an innovative, new-to-market solution. The solution must use an enabling technology to address a high growth opportunity or challenge in one of the following key sectors: e-health, advanced manufacturing, energy technologies and services, online & interactive education, and transport, logistics & infrastructure.
The Farm Innovation Fund provides loans to meet the cost of carrying out permanent capital works that will have a significant beneficial impact on the land, long term profitability of the enterprise and address adverse seasonal conditions.
Supports opportunities for research collaboration between NSW small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and NSW based research organisations. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUagzxK4tBVhat1a75 | Welcome to Microsoft's Windows XP Professional "Setup did not find hard drive" fresh install step by step, this guide is to help you through a windows install when you can't find the hard drive, or I doesn't seem to be available .
Now you have to select where to install XP. Press "ENTER" to confirm the partition you want to install into.
Now you need to format the hard drive, NTFS is recommended, but you can also use FAT32. Make your decision using the arrow keys and press enter.
The hard drive will now format.
and then setup will begin to copy files.
Setup now initialises the Windows XP configuration.
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Breaking Barriers: Women in Africa's Fintech Industry
The financial technology sector in Africa has grown rapidly and this evolution has seen women take the forefront more than ever before.
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These women have shattered the existing glass ceilings (38 Fintech companies raised venture capital funding in Africa in 2018 and none had a female chief executive).
They have also continued to carve a niche for themselves – no thanks to the male dominance – in Africa's fintech industry.
In this article, we look at – in no particular order – some of the women who are breaking barriers and setting the pace for other women who aspire to grow a career in fintech.
Odunayo Eweniyi
Eweniyi is a graduate of Computer Engineering who has achieved a lot of extraordinary feats. Armed with a first-class degree, the co-founder of Feminist Coalition ventured into the fintech space in Nigeria in 2016.
Her remarkable achievements have been recognized by Bloomberg and Vogue. Eweniyi definitely serves as an inspiration to young women who aspire to build a career in Nigeria's promising fintech industry.
Yvonne Johnson
Yvonne Johnson sits pretty on this list for her stellar contributions. After co-founding an innovative fintech startup for loan applications in 2018, the widely-acclaimed strategic thinker closed funding of $150,000 from Itanna in 2020.
Markie Idowu
Dr Markie Idowu brings on a wealth of experience in Finance and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to her role as MD/CEO at Xpress Payments Solutions Limited.
Before assuming her role as CEO/MD at the fintech organization established in 2016, Idowu was the Executive Director, Technology and Service Delivery Channels at Polaris Bank Plc.
Idowu's experience includes 28 years in banking spanning retail, commercial and corporate banking, treasury management, international business finance, operations, electronic banking and information technology. Idowu has served on the board of several companies including Skye Bank, MainOne Cable Company, Equity Assurance, IHS and Mainstreet brokers.
Nigerian-born Fara has many years of experience from working with multiple Fortune 500 companies having studied Computer Science at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
Upon her return, she identified infrastructural problems in Nigeria's fintech space and sought to solve them. This made her team up with David Peterside to establish a fintech startup.
Tope Omotolani
Tope Omotolani is the pioneer of an impact-driven community committed to building relationships between individuals and businesses.
Her astute directorship has helped her fintech startup raise over $35 million through savings and investment for multiple businesses from a community of over 100,000 members in over a year.
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BkiUdtTxK7FjYAb_7da7 | Hawaii is one of the most popular destinations for tourism in the world, with thousands of people coming and going every day. With the huge influx of tourists to the Hawaiian Islands, the chances of being involved in an automobile accident are much higher than many other states. Therefore, it is very important that Hawaiians maintain adequate automobile insurance at all times. CarInsuranceQuotes.com offers Hawaii residents the ability to shop car insurance quotes from reputable companies from the comfort of their own home so they can find low cost insurance policies at their leisure.
Unlike most of the other states, Hawaii has a no-fault policy in effect to help lower the frequency of lawsuits and keep insurance premiums as low as possible. No-fault states require each individual's insurance company to cover their medical expenses regardless of who is held liable for the accident. For this reason, Hawaii requires that all its motorists carry Personal Injury Protection to help pay their medical expenses beyond what their health insurance will cover.
Exceptions to the no-fault policy do apply, however. If the medical expenses from the accident exceed a certain amount, the at-fault party will be required to pay for the damages. Because of these exceptions, Hawaii also requires its residents to carry a minimum liability policy to cover bodily injury and property damages in the amount of 20/40/10.
• Bodily Injury Liability- The first two numbers represent the minimum amount of bodily injury protection required to cover the medical expenses of persons in the other vehicle. If only minimum coverage is obtained, an individual's insurance will pay a maximum of $20,000 per person up to $40,000 for all persons in the vehicle.
• Property Damage Liability- the third number represents the minimum coverage required to cover damages to public property, private property and the other person's vehicle. An insurance company will pay a maximum of $10,000 per incident if the minimum coverage is obtained by the insured party.
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BkiUd9I4eIXh6NJ6J2yj | Kettless is an ancient Viking-Scottish name derived from the old Norse personal name of Ketill or from the old Danish personal name of Ketil.
The surname Kettless was first found in Perthshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kettless research.
Another 79 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Kettless History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Scottish names from the Middle Ages vary enormously in their spellings. This is a result of the fact that there were no universal standards like dictionaries for scribes to judge by. The recorded spelling variations of the name Kettless include Kettle, Ketley, Kettles, Ketill and others.
More information is included under the topic Early Kettless Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Some of the Kettless family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Settlers found farms all along the eastern part of what would become the United States and Canada. They provided a base and a backbone that would strengthen two great nations in the making. In the 20th century, the ancestors of those brave Scots have rediscovered their heritage through highland games and Scottish historical societies. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Scottish name Kettless or a variant listed above, including: Peter Kettell settled in Boston in 1635; Edith Kettle settled in Nevis in 1653 along with William; Ralph Kettle settled in Virginia in 1698; Margarita, Sarah and Wennell Kettle arrived in Philadelphia in 1733.. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUcMjxK6wB9dbuSzNm | Q: In Perl, how can I find the day of the week which corresponds to a given date? I am trying to convert given dates to the corresponding days of the week using Perl with Date::Day.
The input string is in the format: October 24, 2011; March 12, 1989; November 26, 1940.
I have written a script which will parse the above input and convert each date to a format which will be accepted by Date::Day::day().
This subroutine accepts the input in format, mm,dd,yyyy. I have done this using hashes. Recently posted a thread on this query on stackoverflow and with the help of other members, was able to do it.
Here's my script and it returns me ERR for each of the dates instead of returning the Day of Week corresponding to the date.
There seems to be something wrong with the input format of the parameter passed to day() subroutine.
Here's more documentation on the Perl Module I am using:
http://helpspy.com/c.m/programming/lang/perl/cpan/c06/Date/Day/d_1/
I am interested to know, where exactly I am going wrong. Do I have to make some modifications to the date before passing it as a parameter to the day() subroutine?
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Date::Day;
use strict;
use warnings;
my @arr;
print "Enter the string: ";
my $str=<>;
chomp $str;
my @dates= split /; /,$str;
my %days= ("January",1,"February",2,"March",3,"April",4,"May",5,"June",6,"July",7,"August",8,"September",9,"October",10,"November",11,"December",12);
my @output = map {
my $pattern=$_;
$pattern =~ s/(\S*)\s/$days{$1}, /;
$pattern =~ s/\s//g;
$pattern
} @dates;
print &day(11,9,1987); # for test purpose and it returns correct value
foreach $output (@output)
{
chomp $output;
my $result=&day($output);
push(@arr,$result);
}
foreach my $arr (@arr)
{
print $arr."; ";
}
The output of the above script is: ERR; ERR; ERR;
A: Date::Day looks like a rather old module. It was last updated almost nine years ago. That's not to say that it's broken, but these days the DateTime family of modules handle pretty much any date/time processing that you want. I'd strongly recommend taking a look at those instead.
Here's an example solving your problem using DateTime::Format::Strptime.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.010;
use DateTime::Format::Strptime;
my $dt_parser = DateTime::Format::Strptime->new(
pattern => '%B %d, %Y'
);
while (<DATA>) {
chomp;
my $dt = $dt_parser->parse_datetime($_);
say $dt->day_name;
}
__END__
October 24, 2011
March 12, 1989
November 26, 1940
A: You're passing a string to the sub &day.
Here is a rewrite :
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use Data::Dump qw(dump);
use strict;
use warnings;
use Date::Day;
print "Enter the string: ";
my $str=<>;
chomp $str;
my @dates= split /; /,$str;
my %days = ("January",1,"February",2,"March",3,"April",4,"May",5,"June",6,"July",7,"August",8,"September",9,"October",10,"November",11,"December",12);
my @output = map {
my @l = split/[ ,]+/;
$l[0] = $days{$l[0]};
[@l];
} @dates;
my @arr;
foreach my $date(@output) {
push @arr, &day(@$date);
}
dump@arr;
output:
("MON", "SUN", "TUE")
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BkiUdQo5qdmC79phtWSm | Fallen Officer Michael Louviere a Was War Veteran and Father of 2
Westwego police officer Michael Louviere, who was shot in the head and killed while responding to an incident in Marrero on Friday morning (Jan. 20), was a U.S. Marine who served in Afghanistan before joining the police force in July 2015, Westwego Police Chief Dwayne Munch said.
Louviere, a 26-year-old father of two young children who lived in Marrero, graduated first in his class from the Kenner Police Academy, where he won multiple awards, Munch said during a press conference. Delivering the news of his death to Louviere's wife at the hospital Friday morning was "one of the hardest things I've ever had to do," Munch said.
"This was a cold-blooded murder," Munch added.
According to Munch, Louviere ended his shift at 6 a.m. Friday and was headed home on Ames Boulevard when the officer saw what he thought was a traffic accident near the intersection with Barataria Boulevard and stopped to help. Louviere was in full uniform when he was shot, Munch said. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUb0vxK7Ehm2ZQziNt | Mesnilia is een geslacht van eenoogkreeftjes uit de familie van de Clausiidae.
De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1898 door Canu.
Soorten
Mesnilia cluthae (Scott T. & A., 1896)
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BkiUdVTxK7FjYAb_7IpN | Milwaukee Man Who Opened Fire on Police is Shot and Wounded
June 14, 2019 • by POL Staff
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According to the Journal Sentinel, the gunman—identified as 34-year old Javon Lewis—now faces two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, strangulation and suffocation, misdemeanor battery, and a felon in possession of a firearm.
One of the shots Lewis fired struck an officers duty holster, cracking it.
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BkiUdhw4ukPiEebgxY0c | The personal coaching industry is booming right now, and no wonder. Our government is incentivising entrepreneurship and innovation, and these business entrepreneurs and innovators now need somewhere to turn for mentorship and advice.
Unfortunately, anyone can call themselves a coach. Whilst I don't think industry regulation is necessarily the answer, I would like to see healthy scepticism from clients alongside better training for coaches.
First, ask yourself, do I want a coach who ticks all the "politically correct" boxes, and sounds good on paper, or a real world practitioner who knows the real game with all of its unwritten rules and is brave enough to express this?
With this goal in mind, I have put together a brief list, outlining some of the key points business coaches, especially, should be focussing on when taking on the challenging task of coaching this generation of business leaders.
You might like to use this article when searching for a coach, or you may need to question whether your current coach is using these approaches. If they're not, ask why? There are many ways to coach, but coaching should always be about individual needs, and empowerment coming from an authentic perspective! The skills to grow the confidence of the client and the authenticity of the coach. If yours isn't, it's time to walk away.
1. Transforming you for leadership in business.
Running an enterprise will put a lot of weight on your shoulders. Your coach is not there to lift that weight from you, but to help you build the self and business leadership muscles needed to carry it. You may be skilled in your industry – the best at what you do, even, but leadership is a whole new sphere.
If you are in business (even if that's a small business of one) then you are a leader. And with leadership comes responsibility and accountability. You are at the helm when it comes to decision making and you will need a coach who can help you take your leadership skillset to the next level.
A truly great coach will help you to grow your confidence that has a direct effect on your self-esteem which will, in turn, transform you into the best leader you can be.
2. Helping you generate greater income for your business.
Entrepreneurship is one of the most fulfilling decisions you can make, but it's not child's play. Developing a growth mindset is essential to making your business successful. Don't make the mistake of thinking small, simply because you run a small business.
John Grundy, owner of Grundy Consulting Group had this to say.
3. Putting personal branding before marketing strategy.
If you are running a business, where customers are associating the business name with the service provided, you have both a personal and a business brand (and they may even be incongruent).
An incongruence means money being left on the table or running out the door. It devalues everything you represent.
The next step is for you to capitalise on your brand's strengths. Developing an authentic brand positioning so the connection between the service and the business is strengthened. And growing in customers a stronger understanding of the "why" and "what" of the organisation's purpose.
Follow the Richard Branson model, and morph your personal and business brand to create one unstoppable entity.
Remember if your coach isn't helping you to develop and manage your own brand it will be done by someone else. As Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos so famously quipped, "Your brand is what other people say about you when you're not in the room." The marketplace is brutal, and unfortunately, you mightn't be pleased with the result.
4. Coaching you to build a great team.
It is vital that you find a coach who will encourage you to demonstrate real leadership and abundant thinking when building your team – either internal or external. As I noted before, leadership is a heavy weight, if it wasn't, everyone would be doing it.
You will need to adopt the growth mindset (versus fixed mindset) that a team is there to help you. If you find your team an added burden then something is very wrong.
And remember, don't hire a leadership coach. Hire a leader who coaches.
5. Coaching to your strengths.
A good coach will help you to develop your existing strengths. A great coach will do this plus also help you to develop new ones.
First, they must help you find your unique place in the marketplace. So many people are focused on growth, growth, growth. Growth is good, even great, but it doesn't mean that every small business needs to become a large business.
These days, when trust is at the lowest level in living memory, people want to work with a live human being. They're tired of businesses that are simply too large and impersonal for their own good.
The advantage of a small or new enterprise is that you can present that personal, personable face to the world that no AI bot or robot can ever replace.
6. Coaching so that you don't miss opportunities.
We all know the value of hindsight. A good coach offers insights during a coaching session, but a great coach offers this sort of valuable insight, as well as knowledge, ideas, and most importantly wisdom that the client is not even aware of, before it is too late to capitalise on it.
For example, does your coach introduce you to new business trends and changing economic conditions, and help you to discover "what you don't know that you don't know"? Do they help you expand your network and find the right connections? How about introducing you to new financial partnerships?
You deserve to get the maximum value from all your hard work. Coaches are there to encourage you to repurpose ideas, and make you aware of new product launches that you hadn't even dreamed were possible.
If you look to repurpose whatever you can (reinventing success stories and salvaging the viable kernels of failed projects) then everything, even supposed failures, serve to grow your business.
Doug Wright, founder, Will Never Give Up.
Wright was a truck driver and amateur ballroom dancer before the crash that left him with severe injuries. He was told that he would never walk again, yet his positive attitude meant that he made the most of even devastating circumstances.
Before you hire a coach don't listen to only what has been said but more importantly NOT been said.
Do they offer a guarantee? Coaches with the runs on the board, the experience and integrity will back their word. If they're serious about their promises let them back it with an 100% money back guarantee. The guarantee generally sorts out the fair dinkum coach from the spruiker.
Your business coach fills a unique role; support team, think tank, cheer squad, mentor, partner. If in the past you have found coaching just "one more thing to fit into the day" then you haven't been getting the value you deserve. The opportunities, insight and encouragement a great business coach gives should help you to clarify your goals and consequently make your hard earned money and precious hours stretch further… realising your investment.
What has been your experience with coaching? Give a shout out to a great coach (past or present) who has helped you in business or in life.
Jon Michail, Founder and award-winning Chief Imagemaker together with his team at Image Group International help executives, entrepreneurs, and changemakers to build, grow, and monetise their personal brands, (online and offline) by positioning them to stand out so they attract their ideal clients, connections, media partners and investors.
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BkiUfB825V5jU0EvI49A | When you make your first visit to Wellington College you immediately get a sense that it is more than just a school. The beautiful grounds and breath-taking buildings see to that, as does the palpable sense of purpose among every pupil and member of staff you meet. I genuinely do not believe that there is a better coeducational boarding and day school for 13 - 18 year olds in the land.
Wellington College is set in 400 acres of beautiful parkland in leafy Berkshire, one hour from Central London and just 40 minutes from Heathrow. Please do explore our on-line tour to get a sense of the scope and size of the school, for our campus is quite simply stunning. Wellington's curriculum is vibrant, demanding and progressive, and with our ground-breaking Wellbeing course and classes in Philosophy and Thinking, Wellington has become nationally renowned as a centre for curriculum development. Our stunning examination results and university outcomes speak for themselves.
Creativity flourishes and it was no surprise when the Arts Council awarded us Artsmark Gold in recognition of the outstanding provision and standards across all the Arts at the school. We have a 'premier league' reputation as one of the best schools for sport in the UK and, in recent years, our teams have achieved national renown and titles in hockey, rugby, golf, shooting, triathlon, squash, equestrianism, cricket, rackets and polo. Outward-facing in all that we do, the College's focus on service, leadership and character education means that Wellingtonians leave the school fully prepared for the challenges of adult life in the 21st Century.
The admissions process at all entry points has been strategically designed to identify the academic potential of all candidates, as well as allowing them to show us their personalities, passions and interests. At 13+ entry, the decision-making process takes into consideration information detailed on references, scores from the ISEB Common Pretest, , and also performance on the assessment days, both in interview and in collaborative problem-solving sessions. For 16+ entry, we initially use school reports and personal statements to select long-listed candidates. For those students invited to an assessment day, offers of places are based on a combination of interview, examination scores, and performance in Harkness discussion groups as well as information detailed on references.
Scholarships are entrance awards intended to recognise talented children who have shown great promise in certain disciplines but they do not carry any financial benefit in terms of fee reduction. Scholarships are made following strong performance in a competitive assessment process, usually administered around six to eight months before a pupil enters Wellington. As well as it being a great honour and accolade, pupils awarded scholarships upon entry to the College are expected to be leaders and role-models within their field of interest. They will also take part in a programme of extension activities and opportunities appropriate to their particular area of talent. Music scholars, for example, attend regular master-classes with visiting professionals and academic award holders partake in an extension programme of study designed by our Head of Scholarship.
Bursaries are specific financial awards made to parents which give some form of reduction of school fees appropriate to the individual situation of each family. All bursaries awarded to families of children joining the College are calculated via a means-testing process. In this way we aim to direct all of our financial aid to families who, without support, would not be able to access the fees at Wellington. Bursaries with a value of up to 95% reduction in school fees are available.
Means-tested bursaries are directly dependent on a child being awarded a scholarship. Unfortunately it is impossible to grant a bursary to a family unless their child has been successful in winning a scholarship upon entrance to Wellington.
The College is situated in Crowthorne about 35 miles to the South West of London and can be reached by road from either the M3 or M4. Crowthorne railway station enjoys direct rail links to Reading and Guildford, and our closest airports are Heathrow (around 30 minutes' drive) and Gatwick (just over an hour).
Nestled in a stunning 400-acre parkland campus, Wellington is situated between the M3 and M4 motorways, just a 30-minute drive from Heathrow Airport.
Houses are where pupils live, sleep, relax, work and, in a few Houses, eat some of their meals. For most Wellingtonians, it is also where they will develop their most enduring friendships and it is the place where a team of passionate and dedicated staff will support and guide them throughout their time at the College.
Every one of our 17 Houses has a Housemaster or Housemistress (HM), and Assistant HM (often also resident) and a team of tutors who look after individual year groups within the House community. On a day-to-day basis, it is the HM who has overarching responsibility for the pastoral life of the boys or girls under their care, and will often be the first point of contact for parents. Tutors meet their tutees on regular basis both as a group, during a Monday morning tutorial period, and also individually, often when they are 'on duty' in the House of an evening. All Houses also have a Matron, most of whom work between 10.30am and 6pm and a Housekeeper, who works between 7.30am and lunchtime. This system ensures that there is always adult cover in every House 24-hours a day.
All new pupils are assigned a 'buddy' from the year above in their House to help them settle into life at Wellington in the early weeks and months. One of the House prefects will also be a designated Third Form prefect and their sole responsibility is to take care of the new pupils in their respective Houses.
After offers of places are made in Year 6, a number of Open Houses Days are held at the College to enable families to visit different Houses, meet the HMs and be toured by current pupils. Families are then asked to submit a list of their House preferences. The date of registration is used as the deciding factor when allocating Houses. Early registration therefore increases the likelihood of a boy or girl being allocated their first choice House. Between 90-95% of new pupils are allocated a place in their first or second choice House, a fact which emphasises how popular and diverse all our Houses are. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUcts4eIZjfagW4A1B | Announcement, Coronavirus, government, health, Lee County NC, North Carolina, politics, Sanford NC
Lee Commissioner Kevin Dodson dies from COVID-19
By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com
UPDATE (4:33 P.M.): County government has issued a statement about Dodson's passing.
"It is with great sadness that I confirm my friend and fellow commissioner, Kevin Dodson, has passed away," Amy Dalrymple, Chair of the Lee County Board of Commissioners, said in a statement. "Kevin was a dedicated public servant and small business owner in Lee County and he will be missed by many. Please keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers and join me in offering sincere condolences during this very difficult time."
ORIGINAL STORY: Kevin Dodson, the Lee County commissioner who was hospitalized in November with COVID-19, died from the disease Thursday morning, The Rant has learned from multiple sources.
Dodson, 60, had been moved from Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford to UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill in recent weeks.
Initially elected to an at large seat on the board of commissioners in 2016, Dodson first unsuccessfully sought a district seat on the board two years prior. First elected as a Republican, he switched parties in 2017 and went on to run for sheriff against incumbent Republican Tracy Carter in 2018. After losing that bid, he indicated plans to seek the office again in 2022.
He had not run for re-election to the board in 2020, and Monday's meeting of that body would have been his last as a member.
Dodson was the owner of Carolina Firearms Training and Gun Sales in the Tramway area, and served stints as a deputy with the Lee County Sheriff's Office and as an officer with the Siler City Police Department. An online prayer vigil had been set up on Dodson's behalf.
Without naming Dodson, the Lee County Health Department issued a notice Thursday indicating that a 32nd resident had died from the virus.
"I am saddened to report another COVID-19 death in Lee County," said Lee County Health Director Heath Cain. "Please keep the friends and family of the individual in your thoughts and prayers as we offer our condolences during this difficult time. COVID-19 continues to spread and threaten public health and safety in our communities. Please follow the advice of our public health institutions to slow the spread of this virus by wearing a mask, waiting six feet or more away from others, and washing your hands frequently and thoroughly."
Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
Also on Thursday, the county reported 66 new cases of COVID since Monday. Of the 2,353 local residents who have tested positive, 185 remain active. Lee County's rolling seven day average for new cases is now 17, and the percent positive rate is 8.8.
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4 thoughts on "Lee Commissioner Kevin Dodson dies from COVID-19"
Jay Calendine says:
Kevin was a good man. We served together under Richard Webster for the Chatham County Sheriff's Office. We remained friends ever since. Kevin really listened to other people. It made him a great friend and an effective commissioner. Lee County has lost a treasure, not just for what Kevin did for the community, but for who he was.
LG says:
My thoughts and prayers go out to the Dodson family, friends, and colleges.
Let's all respect the family's privacy in this difficult time.
God speed Kevin, until Valhalla
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The schools should be closed, and go back to remote learning, at least until mid-January. Teachers should not have to surrender their health or their life to be in school during a deadly pandemic! | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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BkiUd-A5qYVBdrFDCYuR | As deadlines pass, hammering out the details and finances of the proposed entertainment district gets increasingly awkward.
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Larry Langford's wit and wisdom.
Visitors to the WERC 960 AM web site (www.960werc.com/pages/langford8Ball.html) will find a Magic 8 Ball flanked by two images of Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford. One is of Langford in his days as a WBRC Channel 6 reporter, complete with towering Afro. The other is the modern-day Langford, the savvy political animal we know, his hands folded as if in prayer.
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The Birmingham International Raceway resumes its racing schedule on April 5.
In the early 1960s, BIR underwent a facelift. The speedway was paved, proper lighting was installed, and Sunday afternoon races were moved to Friday night. Red Farmer, Bobby Allison, and Donnie Allison were winning at BIR in those days, establishing the "Alabama Gang" legend after the trio relocated to Hueytown from Miami. (Track promoters reportedly made Farmer start races from the last position because he had become so dominant at the track.) Hueytown was considered the Mecca of stock car racing through the early 1990s until the deaths of late-addition Alabama Gang members Neil Bonnett and Davey Allison.
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Sister Helen Prejean, the nun portrayed by Susan Sarandon in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking, will speak in Birmingham on March 31. Prejean, an anti-death penalty activist, endorses a philosophy called the Consistent Life Ethic that opposes the death penalty, abortion, assisted suicide, and "unjust" warfare.
Prejean will be featured at the Willimon Faith and Ethics Lecture at Birmingham-Southern College on March 31 at 4 p.m. Later that evening, Prejean will share her thoughts at 7 p.m. at Highlands United Methodist Church.
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The Forge, Birmingham's proposed downtown entertainment district, continues to seek financing.
Even with a projected total cost for a new downtown entertainment district ballooning from $25 million to $50 million, the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex board seems untroubled about the prospects of financing the project.
Fields told board members on February 22 that Elkington would instead have financing in place by the end of March. In a February 29 interview, Fields was confident that all is well. "I know that there is continued progress going on. Obviously, we have great concern about that, so we keep up, and we are very pleased with his progress," he said. "Normally, the most difficulty that developers have is getting the equity. So if his equity is on the line and is ready to go, that really bodes well." The Performa president has reportedly cleared that hurdle, according to Fields. "What Mr. Elkington has stated is that he [has] obtained $6 million equity—has arranged his equity with the lenders—and he would be entering into a loan that would be $24 or $25 million . . . that's toward the entertainment center, not the hotels. If you put the hotels in it we're talking about much, much more money than $31 million." The BJCC and Performa signed a $25 million contract in May 2007, but cost estimates for the entertainment, dining, and retail area have increased to $40 to $50 million. The projected total cost, including two hotels, is now $80 million.
In November of 2007, it was widely reported that a 130,000-square-foot retail and entertainment complex that Performa planned for Trenton, New Jersey, had failed to obtain a $21.8 million loan. (Performa projects in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Jackson, Mississippi, have also failed to come to fruition.) The Trenton development had been scheduled to open in late 2007. Elkington blamed unemployment and tighter bank lending requirements for that setback. Stricter lending standards have also been cited by Elkington for delays on gaining funds for the Birmingham entertainment district.
• • •font size="5″In other business at the BJCC board's February 22 meeting, members approved the funding of a feasibility study to investigate the lowering of a brief stretch of Interstate 59/20 near the BJCC below ground level. (If approved, 80 percent of the needed funds would probably be provided by the federal government.) The current elevated portion of I-59/20 is deteriorating, according to Operation New Birmingham (ONB) Vice President of planning Chris Hatcher, who said that the highway is in the final third of its life and will have to undergo repair anyway.
The board voted 4-2 to invest $35,000 in the study, which would explore whether an entrenched I-59/20 is financially and physically possible. Those board members opposed to the study called it a waste of money, believing that the federal government will simply ignore any research results and reconstruct the highway as it pleases. ONB has been pushing for the interstate to be set in a mammoth gully no deeper than 40 feet, according to Hatcher. The plan would allow for the city's street grid layout to be retained via bridges. Two decks above the highway are also proposed, one near the Birmingham Museum of Art and the other near the Alabama School of Fine Arts. Hatcher told the board that those two entities would be asked to contribute to the $100,000 feasibility study, as well.
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"Preliminary activities for designing modern 20 per cent (enriched uranium) fuel have begun," state TV quoted Salehi as saying.
Salehi said adding the "modern fuel" will increase efficiency in Tehran research reactor that consumes 20-per cent enriched fuel.
The 2015 nuclear deal Iran struck with world powers, including the U.S. under President Barack Obama, was aimed at relieving those fears. Under it, Iran agreed to store its excess centrifuges at its underground Natanz enrichment facility under constant surveillance by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran can use 5,060 older-model IR-1 centrifuges at Natanz, but only to enrich uranium up to 3.67 per cent.
That low-level enrichment means the uranium can be used to fuel a civilian reactor but is far below the 90 per cent needed to produce a weapon. Iran also can possess no more than 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of that uranium. That's compared to the 10,000 kilograms (22,046 pounds) of higher-enriched uranium it once had. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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Fortunatelly I have snapd v2.38 . So I think I can eventually use this feature.
How can I change meta/snap.yaml ? I ask because it is not clear to me whether is this file automatically generated or not.
I need to allow users define they own scheduler (they should decide when they want to make backup). But when snap package is read only mounted (especially meta/snap.yaml file), then: How can I define scheduler from my app (it is supposed to run my app with command line options in order to define backup parameters).
Snap timers are designed for application developers to use and are not user-configurable. You cannot change meta/snap.yaml. If you want you can create a systemd timer unit or a crontab entry to use schedule execution at a given time.
Have I declare (in snapcraft.yaml) access in to /etc/system/systemd directory?
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Perhaps what you want is to say, run once an hour after installation? You can define a snap timer in snapcraft.yaml, snapd will generate a corresponding systemd timer.
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the system administrator (the same person that installed the snap) can create a timer themselves, to trigger something in the snap periodically. They access to the full syntax described in systemd.timer.
the user could run a configuration script that requests a background service do something periodically. This one is the most tricky because the thing crosses a bunch of permission / sandbox lines, and getting it right might be hard.
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The Indonesian government has also rejected the recommendation regarding freedom of expression for persons who have been detained merely for taking peaceful actions, a recommendation that was made by the USA and Canada. What this means is that Filep Kara, Forkorus Yaboisembut, Edison Waromi, Selpius Bobii, Sananay Karma and Dominikus Sorabut will continue to be deprived of their lawful right to freedom of expression.
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In view of all this, as Executive Director of the LP3BH and a defender of human rights in the Land of Papua, I urge the SBY government to open up space for dialogue between Papua and Indonesia before the end of 2012. The SBY government should appoint a team of people to meet Father Dr. Neles Tebay, co-ordinator of the Papuan Peace Network, in order to discuss the format of this dialogue. This would mean that by early 2013, preparations could be started for a dialogue between the Indonesian government and the Papuan people.
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COVID-19 is a type of coronavirus which is spread in droplets and particles from the nose and mouth of an infected person. Because it's a new disease we're still learning how it works, and how it affects the body. However, we do know is that it's possible to catch COVID-19 twice.
The COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, and since then there have been a number of confirmed cases where people have been infected more than once. The good news is, cases of reinfection are still considered rare, according to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Going by the data we currently have, the chances of catching COVID-19 twice are very low.
Even though it's uncommon to catch COVID-19 twice, it's still important to follow the rules and take the recommended precautions – whether or not you've already had the virus. This means minimising the number of social contacts, wearing a mask, and washing your hands regularly.
What counts as COVID-19 reinfection?
According to the CDC, reinfection describes a situation where a person was infected with the virus, recovered, and then became infected again later on. Cases of reinfection with COVID-19 are expected, because the same thing can happen with similar viruses.
Currently, we don't know enough about COVID-19, which is why scientists and doctors need to gather data on how and when reinfection occurs.
Reinfection is different to being ill for a long time – if you have ongoing symptoms, this is known as long COVID. However, it could be that some cases of reinfection are actually reactivation. This is where the virus has laid dormant in your system but becomes active again, causing another bout of symptoms.
How many cases of reinfection have there been?
The first confirmed case of reinfection came in August 2020, when a 33-year-old man tested positive for the second time, after first getting a positive test in March.
There have been 31 confirmed cases of reinfection around the world, however there could be many more that haven't been officially reported or confirmed.
Does catching the virus give me immunity?
Yes, to a certain extent. When your body is infected with any virus, your immune system responds by creating antibodies to fight the infection. These antibodies stay in your system, and can fight off the infection if it enters your body a second time.
For some people this isn't possible, because they have a disease or are receiving medical treatment that weakens their immune system.
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It's still not clear how long immunity lasts after you've had the virus.
According to one study reported in the BMJ, immunity might last for around six months. According to a different study reported by Public Health England, immunity might last for around five months. The CDC, meanwhile, has stated that catching the virus again within 90 days after your first infection is uncommon.
It's thought that mild infection may result in a shorter period of immunity. The good news is, even if you do catch COVID-19 for a second time, it's likely that the second infection will cause less severe symptoms.
If you're displaying symptoms, you can get a free NHS test or you can request a Coronavirus (COVID-19) swab test kit from LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor.
What should I do if I get COVID-19 symptoms again?
The NHS guidance for reinfection is the same for a primary infection. If you start experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, you should self-isolate and get tested as soon as possible.
The self-isolating guidance varies depending on your age, vaccination status and where you live. In England please follow the below advice:
If you're displaying symptoms you should complete a PCR test as soon as possible and self-isolate until the test comes back.
If your result is negative, you don't need to self-isolate
If the test is positive or unclear you should self-isolate for 10 days from the day of onset of the symptoms
If you don't have symptoms and test positive, you should continue to self-isolate for 10 days
If you live with (or are in a support bubble with) someone who has tested positive or had an unclear result you should self-isolate unless you are fully vaccinated (having received the second vaccine dose at least 14 days previously), or under the age of 18 years and 6 months old
The three main symptoms of COVID-19 are:
Fever – you have a high temperature
New, continuous cough – you're coughing for long periods, or having three or more episodes of coughing in the space of a day
Change to taste and smell – food might taste or smell different, or you might lose your taste and smell altogether
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The discovery of their land by Columbus was the beginning of an era of cruelty and despair for the Native Americans. European powers attempted to colonize different parts of America. In the process, thousands of Native Americans were killed and tortured. There were several wars between the 16th and the 19th century between the Native Americans and the Europeans. But the major killer was the spread of diseases. The Europeans brought with them diseases like influenza, measles, cholera etc., which were not fatal for the Europeans; since Native Americans were not immune to these diseases, they died in large numbers.
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The most significant landmark for Native Americans in the 20th century was the formation of American Indian Movement in 1968. This was mainly aimed at fighting against the racism and injustice faced by the Native Americans.
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Active listening is essential. A good listener is a good conversationalist which makes for a great recruiting interview. Listen to your interviewer when they speak and be sure to ask follow-up questions. This shows them that you are interested in what they have to say and would like to know more. You may also find that something as simple as nodding or otherwise reacting through your body language can make a huge impact on the conversation. Asking questions requires you to listen to what the individual conducting the interview is saying, which in turn improves your interpersonal and communication skills.
One of the best ways to use interpersonal communication effectively in an interview is to be self-aware. There are several factors that play into verbal and nonverbal communication. Your tone, posture, word choice and facial expressions all subconsciously indicate to your potential employer how you are feeling. If you are self-aware, you can monitor these factors more easily, which will help you to steer the conversation. Keep your tone calm and level. Remember not to fidget while the interviewer is talking. If you follow these simple rules, you will do well in any interview.
Interpersonal communication skills are an essential part of the job seeking process. They are even more useful than having an elevator pitch about yourself. Whatever job you are trying to land, having a stand out interview is the only way to stand apart. Follow the interpersonal communication tips above to improve your interview skills, and you will secure a job in no time. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdLo5qhLA8xWe_Y0Y | Joe Canning fires to the net for Galway but it was Kilkenny who celebrated at the end.
The Liam MacCarthy Cup is heading back to Noreside again.
At the break, there was no doubt that Kilkenny faced a big test of their credentials. Galway had been excellent in the opening-half to forge a three-point lead with strong and aggressive passages of play.
What happened in the second-half was a testament to this extraordinary Kilkenny team as they outscored Galway 0-14 to 1-4. The fact that Galway's goal came in the dying embers was a further reflection of Kilkenny's second-half superiority.
Their sheer defiance and will to win surfaced. Kilkenny established a powerful platform in the middle third with Kieran Joyce and Michael Fennelly outstanding while they had an array of able score takers up front.
There was little to fault in Galway's play in the first-half. They settled well to the contest to eradicate any pre-match nerves. They suffered the body blow of shipping a goal to TJ Reid but recovered excellently to keep a clean sheet thereafter.
0-14 was an impressive tally to have to their name at the break and compared favourably with their recent interval tallies in the victories over Cork (1-15) and Tipperary (0-13).
But Galway slumped alarmingly in the second-half, never managing to scale those early heights as they couldn't pierce the Kilkenny defence.
Kilkenny rose to the intensity levels that Galway had set and bossed the game. The Tribesmen were in a great position to win at the break yet couldn't sustain their performance and the Liam MacCarthy Cup drought goes on.
If you told Galway fans beforehand that they would amass 1-18, they would have been optimistic of taking the spoils today. The problem was that they raised 14 white flags in the first-half and their green flag arrived in one of the last plays of the game courtesy of Joe Canning.
The four points they notched in the second-half was a paltry total that fatally damaged their chances of winning. Three of those came from play, a pair from substitute David Collins and a skilful individual score by Conor Whelan.
But their key attacking triumvirate of Canning, Flynn and Cathal Mannion were held scoreless from play in the second-half. Canning and Flynn sparkled in the opening period yet their threat was blunted thereafter. Mansion was well-marshalled throughout and if Galway were to triumph, they needed their big guns firing.
The front runner for Hurler of the Year before today lived up to his advance billing. Several Kilkenny players may have stood tall in the second-half yet Reid was busy and influential throughout.
It was he who once again chipped in with a goal at a vital juncture, raising the first-half green flag that helped keep Kilkenny afloat during a difficult period.
It was he who was once more relentlessly accurate from frees. And it was he who coped well with the close attention paid to him by the Galway defence, wriggling free from claustrophobic second-half swarms to engineer Kilkenny scores. 1-7 was a valuable return from Reid and provided further evidence why he's been the best hurler in the country in 2015.
There's been no shortage of praise for Brian Cody's feats but his 11th All-Ireland senior title as a manager deserves some special plaudits. He coped with the retirements of leaders in his dressing-room to foster a winning climate again in 2015.
He managed his team through the turbulence of injuries this year with the likes of Michael Fennelly, Jackie Tyrrell, Richie Hogan and Richie Power all crocked at various stages.
He trusted new players like Joey Holden as his full-back anchor, Shane Prendergast as a 29 year-old defensive rookie and Ger Aylward as a new attacking lynchpin.
Cody got all his calls right and his Kilkenny team bounced back from an indifferent opening period today to triumph once more. The king stays on the throne for another winter.
Who deserves Man of the Match from today's All-Ireland final? | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUb8LxK3xgpbERCJp7 | ink'-horn (keceth = keseth, BDB, 903): This term "inkhorn" occurs 3 times in Eze 9:1-11 (Eze 9:2-3,11), in the phrase "writer's inkhorn upon his loins" (or "by his side"). The word is more exactly "implement case," or "writing-case" (calamarium atramentarium, theca calamaria, theca libraria, graphiaria). This may have been the Egyptian palette (Budge, Mummy, 350-52) seen so often in the monuments of all periods, or the later form of pen-case with ink-well attached, which is a modified form adapted for ink carried in fluid form. The Egyptian palette was carried characteristically over the shoulder or under the arm, neither of which methods is strictly "upon the loins." The manner of carrying, therefore, was doubtless in the girdle, as in modern oriental usage (Benzinger, Hebrew Archaeol., 185). A good example of the pen-case and inkwell writing-case (given also in Garucci, Daremberg-Saglio, Gardthausen, etc.) is given from the original in Birt, Die Buchrolle in der Kunst, 220, and is reproduced (a) in this article, together with (b) an Egyptian palette. Whether the form of Ezekiel's case approached the palette or the ink-well type probably depends on the question of whether dry ink or fluid ink was used in Ezekiel's time (see INK). Compare Hieronymus at the place, and for literature, see WRITING, and especially Gardthausen, Greek Palestine, 1911, I, 193-94.
⇒See a list of verses on INKHORN in the Bible. | c4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUfN05qhDClb2sk16i | Q: oracle service name registration PDBAAIT =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1522))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1523))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1524))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1525))
)
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = PDBAAIT)
)
)
I copied it from tnsnames.ora. I want to know what all this things are? What does this snippet does in oracle? Does this snippet have a relationship with listener?
A: First, do you understand what purpose is served by the tnsnames.ora file in the first place?
The first line shown (PDBAAIT =) is known as the "net service name". It serves as an alias for all that follows. A client specifies this value to indicate what database it wants to connect to:
sqlplus scott/tiger@PDBAAIT
When the client passes its connection request to the oracle networking layer (tns), the next step is that tns looks up this entry, and uses the information there to build the request that is passed on to the OS network stack and on to the listener.
The ADDRESS= lines specify what network protocol is to be used, the name of the server to which this request is to be routed, and the port on that server that the listener is using. BTW, there is no valid reason to be specifying a list of ports like that. The default port for the listener is 1521, and there is very rarely any reason to use any other port, or to list multiple ports. Burn this into your brain: "one single listenr, with the default name of LISTENER, using the single default port of 1521, IS quite capable of -- indeed, was designed to -- service multiple databases of mulitple versions running from multiple ORACLE_HOME locations."
Also note that in this case it is specifying HOST=localhost. 'localhost' is the alias for ip address 127.0.0.1, which is the loopback address. Requests for this destination never leave the requesting machine. So this host specification will only work if the client and database are on the same machine.
Under CONNECT_DATA, the SERVER=DEDICATED tells the listener to spawn a dedicated server process for this client request. As opposed to handing it off to a shared dispatcher process.
Finally, the SERVICE_NAME=PDBAAIT tells the listener that you want to connect to the database that is using the service name PDBAAIT.
| stackexchange | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
BkiUdtk5qYVBYPffxmFJ | In order to keep with the theme of "Too much Information", this article will be short and to the point. It appears that moms have taken over Facebook. The initial reason or excuse for joining may have been to monitor your chid's activities and posts. Since that time, you must know your child likely doesn't use Facebook. The kids have moved on to bigger and better things, but the moms have not. Many moms still find it necessary to post their every thought, boast at every cost, and "Creep" at all times. When posting an article or two on occasion to my own Facebook account, there is never an overwhelming desire to do any of the above mentioned. Despite the occasional laugh of someone being overwhelmed with laundry or funny anecdote, the one thing that stands out the most is the boasting.
1. Never EVER received a B on a report card. All are brilliant and first in their class. Full ride to Princeton.
2. Has broken every school record for track and field, home runs, goals scored and touchdown passes. Being recruited from Middle School to D1 programs all over the country.
3. Is by far, the tallest in their class… and just grew another 6 inches. They wash the outside of 2nd floor windows without a ladder.
4. Won every dance competition and has been booked for a gig in Vegas starting next September at Bellagio.
5. Sang a song in the shower, coughed, sneezed or graduated from elementary school. Evidently, moving on to 6th grade from 5th is no longer expected… but a spectacular, extraordinary accomplishment.
Get my point? Look, we all love our children and proud of their unique personalities, talents and abilities. Call up grandma, get on the phone with your sister, or your best friends and talk all you want. That is normal and expected. However, in the spirit of what was once known as humility… enough is enough.
We wonder why our young expect trophies for every game or can't cope when they are grown. They feel we should applaud when they walk into a room. Perhaps when we treat them like Rock Stars as opposed to the "Work-in-Progress" that they all really are… we bring it on ourselves.
Congratulations to all the parents who have avoided keeping up with the Jones'. Also congratulations to all the kids who really are doing wonderful things in their own humble manner. We really do have a lot of talent and intelligence in our youth… let's also encourage humility and class. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
BkiUe_A5qsFChfNA22AR | SPCA: "Livestock Animals Are Now Suffering"
The Bermuda SPCA said that as a result of the "strike action" the island's "livestock animals are now suffering and the livelihood of local farmers and feed stores is being threatened" as "shipping containers of animals feed which arrived in Bermuda on March 10 sit on the dock unable to be collected by the importer."
"It is the Bermuda SPCA's understanding that although containers of animal feed were 'released' on the docks yesterday, local livestock owners and some pet food stores were not given adequate time to organise container trucks on such short notice during the limited time window provided. This is simply unacceptable and has left some animals without appropriate feed putting their health in great danger.
"Paragraph 11 of Schedule One of the Labour Relations Act 1975 states "cattle and chicken food' as essential services. Yet these feed containers have been unlawfully held on the docks since March 10, 2016. The Bermuda SPCA has been working closely with local feed stores and other large animal owners to provide the farmers whose animals are at risk what little food and hay is left on Island," the SPCA continued.
"From an animal welfare stand point this is unacceptable. Dairy cows are being milked daily and require high levels of feed and hay to sustain their energy and their milk production and the future of the Island's milk supply. We urge the Government and agencies involved to act now to protect our vital milk industry and prevent needless and cruel suffering of cows and other livestock animals on the island."
"The Bermuda SPCA has expressed its concern to the Primer and relevant Ministers highlighting the negative affect the closure of the shipping docks is having on local animal owners, especially the dairy farmers," states Sarah Haycock-Tafur, President of the Bermuda SPCA. "The next shipment is due to arrive tomorrow and with the docks closed these containers will also remain undelivered, leaving some animals without adequate feed for over a week!"
"One dairy farmer has stated that he is out of food for his heifer cattle and is having to substitute feed putting the health of these future milking cows in danger," says Debbie Titterton Narraway, Interim Executive Director of the Bermuda SPCA. "Another dairy farmer is out of hay completely and has 3 days of feed remaining."
"We have been purchasing and are arranging for feed and hay to be delivered to help these business owners with immediate needs, but this is no where near sufficient and the supplies on Island are dwindling even with the careful rationing," Ms Narraway continues
"Our hope is that their shipments from March 10 and March 17 will be made available to them before this weekend, before the animals begin to suffer."
Update: Polaris Holding CEO Warren Jones has responded to the concerns raised by the Bermuda SPCA, and his statement can be read here.
He said, "I was advised yesterday morning that one container was not picked up. However, that one container does not contain animal feed. This is the only container carrying essential goods that we were requested to offload which was not collected."
By Bernews | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
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