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Theft Charge: Court Sets May 2 To Rule On Erastus Akingbola's Application
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has fixed May 2 to rule on an application filed by the former Managing Director of defunct Intercontinental Bank, Dr Erastus Akingbola.
The former bank chief wants the court to dismiss the charges against him and he is therefore challenging the jurisdiction of the state high court to hear the 47.1 billion Naira theft charge levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Dr Akingbola is charged alongside his associate, Bayo Dada for allegedly stealing the money which belonged to Intercontinental Bank.
Mr Dada also has a similar application before the court which also seeks to quash the charges against him.
At the resumed hearing of the matter today, Counsel to Dr Akingbola, Mr Wole Olanipekun, SAN while moving the application argued that the subject matter of the alleged offences relates to banking operations and operations of capital market which falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal High Court.
He premised his argument on the judgment of the Lagos Court of Appeal which struck out a theft charge preferred against a former Managing Director of Finbank Plc, Mr. Okey Nwosu, and some others.
The Court of Appeal had held in Mr Nwosu's case that the Lagos High Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the charge because it emanated from capital market transactions. The court also held that a case associated with the capital market should be handled by the Federal High Court.
Counsel to the EFCC, Mr Godwin Obla, SAN opposed the application of the defendants challenging the courts jurisdiction. He contended that though Section 251 subsection 1(a-s) vests exclusive jurisdiction in the Federal High court in specified cases, criminal matters on those cases were not exclusively vested in the Federal High Court.
He also contended that the precedent which the court of appeal relied on in the judgment of Okey Nwosu had been overturned by the Supreme Court. He therefore urged the State High Court to dismiss the applications of the defendants and hold that it had jurisdiction on the charges of theft preferred against both men.
The arguments went on for over 3hours with Prof Taiwo Osipitan also making a case for the 2nd defendant.
After the arguments, Justice Lawal-Akapo adjourned till May 2 his ruling on the consolidated applications as argued by the parties.
If the applications succeed, the case against Mr Akingbola and his co-defendant will collapse but if the application fails, the court will assume jurisdiction and proceed to hear the case against both men.
Posted on April 2, 2014 June 27, 2014 Author Channels TelevisionCategories Crime Watch, LocalTags Bayo Dada, channels television, Corruption, Dr Erastus Akingbola, Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC), Finbank Plc, Ikeja, Justice Lawal-Akapo, Lagos High Court, Mr Godwin Obla, Mr. Okey Nwosu, Professor Taiwo Osipitan, Wole OlanipekunLeave a comment on Theft Charge: Court Sets May 2 To Rule On Erastus Akingbola's Application
Law Weekly Examines CJN's First Year In Office
One year after she assumed office, law weekly looks at some of the activities of the first female chief justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mukthar.
Also on this edition, Professor of public law at the University of Lagos, Professor Taiwo Osipitan, a senior advocate of Nigeria gives his perspective of the reforms in the judiciary under the leadership of the CJN.
Recently, Justice Mukhtar, marked her first year in office having succeeded Justice Dahiru Musdapher who retired on the 15th of July, 2012
Prof Osipitan was called to the bar in 1981. He joined the faculty of law of the University of Lagos in 1983. He has risen to become a professor of public law at the university.
He was conferred with the rank of senior advocate of Nigeria in 2002 also specialises in litigation of commercial and public law.
Posted on August 6, 2013 August 6, 2013 Author Channels TelevisionCategories Law WeeklyTags commercial and public law, female chief justice of Nigeria, judiciary reforms, Justice Aloma mukthar, Law Weekly, News, Nigeria, Professor Taiwo Osipitan, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, University of LagosLeave a comment on Law Weekly Examines CJN's First Year In Office

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Radeon RX 6600 And RX 6600 XT Pricing Leak Suggests Big Value Play Versus RTX 3060
AMD is on the cusp of expanding its Radeon RX 6000 series with the Radeon RX 6600 XT and Radeon RX 6600, both of which have been the subject of multiple leaks and rumors over the past several weeks. One of the big question marks is pricing. It seems there is some good news on that front—if the latest gossip is to be believed, the cards will land a little cheaper than originally anticipated.
Some context here is needed. Earlier this month, multiple respected leakers suggested AMD was on the fence about pricing, and thinking about positioning the Radeon RX 6600 XT as a $399 part. That is not egregious, given the expected performance (reported to be around 5 percent of a Radeon RX 5700 XT or GeForce GTX 1080 Ti), but the hope was that AMD would go a bit lower. And it just might.
Apparently an unnamed "industry source" has it on good authority that AMD will launch the Radeon RX 6600 XT at $349. They also said the card is performing better than a GeForce RTX 3060 in rasterized workloads, which in normal times would set buyers back $329. So in essence, the Radeon RX 6600 XT could end up a strong value, offering better performance for $20 more.
This would be a smart move on AMD's part. For GPU-agnostic buyers who are mostly interested in rasterized rendering, the decision then becomes whether to opt for the Radeon RX 6600 XT at $349, or step up to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which is said to offer better performance across the board, for $399.
What about the non-XT model? The same source believes will launch the Radeon RX 6600 at $299. This card is said to be on par with the GeForce RTX 3060 in rasterized workloads, though it also lags behind in ray-traced gaming. So once again, this would be a wise value play on AMD's part—buyers who can manage with reduced ray tracing performance can save a decent amount of coin ($50) over the GeForce RTX 3060.
Comparing MSRPs For AMD's Radeon 6000 Series And NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 30 Series
Actually finding a card at MSRP is another matter entirely, but the GPU shortage notwithstanding, official pricing gives us reference points for comparison. And to that end, here's is what we are potentially looking at, from top to bottom among all current-generation GPUs...
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: $1,499
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT: $999
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti: $1,199
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080: $699
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti: $599
AMD Radeon RX 6800: $579
***AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT: $349***
***AMD Radeon RX 6600: $299***
Both of AMD's upcoming cards are based on Navi 23. if past leaks are accurate, the Radeon RX 6600 XT will feature 32 compute units (2,048 stream processors), 8GB of GDDR6 memory with a 128-bit memory bus for 256GB/s of memory bandwidth, and 32MB of Infinity Cache.
The Radeon RX 6600, meanwhile, is said to have 28 compute units (1,792 stream processors), and the same memory arrangement (including Infinity Cache) as the XT model. GPU clock speeds could differ between the two, but there has not been a whole lot of information that regard.
In any event, here's hoping AMD sticks with these lower price points (compared to past rumors). These would be interesting SKUs in terms of value, depending on how actual performance shakes out.
Tags: AMD, (nasdaq:amd), navi, geforce rtx 3060, radeon rx 6600 xt, radeon rx 6600


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Melissa Price Kromm, right, with North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections speaks at a news conference criticizing the General Assembly's redistricting process…
Melissa Price Kromm, right, with North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections speaks at a news conference criticizing the General Assembly's redistricting process on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)
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North Carolina sued over newly passed maps favoring GOP
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Updated: Nov 6, 2021 / 12:33 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina is facing a legal challenge in state court over its newly drawn maps that heavily favor Republicans heading into the upcoming 2022 midterm elections.
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An organization formed by prominent Democratic lawyer Marc Elias announced Friday that a group of voters who challenged the constitutionality of previous North Carolina maps will now contest the latest congressional maps.
While North Carolina is becoming more blue, Republicans would almost assuredly gain more power under the new boundaries.
The maps split apart several major Democratic-heavy urban areas.
Republicans believe their maps are constitutional.
A separate lawsuit involving the redistricting process was filed last week by some voter advocacy groups in state court.
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Gambas is a fast and easy tool for writing graphical desktop applications in Basic.
If you owned a home computer in the 1980s, you are probably familiar with the Basic programming language. Basic survived into the age of the Windows PC; however, the language was never as popular on Linux, which comes with several powerful alternatives. Projects such as HBasic  or wxBasic  showed much promise but didn't survive for long in the wild. KBasic , which was originally designed to provide a Basic environment for KDE, still exists as a commercial program for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. RealBasic is another commercial, closed source development environment for Linux, Windows, and the Mac OS.
One free alternative for Basic in Linux, Gambas , has continued to gain ground in the past few years and has gathered quite a large developer community. Designed as an integrated development environment, Gambas helps developers write programs with a graphical user interface. It supports the deployment of Gtk+  (the underpinnings for Gnome, and XFCE) and Qt  (the basis for KDE). Gambas currently supports Qt 3, but not the more recent Qt 4. The IDE runs on Linux only, and the roadmap does not currently include ports to other operating systems.
The developers place much emphasis on making sure no one sees Gambas as a Microsoft Visual Basic clone, from which it differs in various details. However, if you have previous knowledge of Visual Basic, you should have no difficulty finding your way around Gambas – especially considering the documentation explains the differences between the two languages.
The developers completed Gambas 2.0 early in 2008 after four years of work; development has been rapid since then. In early April, version 2.5.0 introduced enhanced stability and a number of improvements. Gambas now runs natively on 64-bit systems, unlike version 2.0. In this article, I refer to version 2.5.0 throughout (see the box titled "Installation").
Gambas is available as a source code archive from the project's SourceForge page. The prepackaged binary includes a number of tools, which you can install via the distribution's own package management system . The system requires several libraries and add-on tools. The installation Help file  lists the required programs and provides a HOWTO for the installation on Ubuntu, Mandriva, openSUSE, and Debian. It is important to resolve dependencies to avoid compromising the functionality of Gambas.
to build and install the program.
When you launch Gambas, you will see a dialog that lets you open an existing project or create a new one (Figure 1). A list of recently modified projects appears on the right side of the dialog.
If you decide to create a new project, a wizard walks you through the required settings in three steps (Figure 2). The first step is to choose the project type. Gambas lets users develop graphical programs with either the Qt toolkit or Gtk, command-line programs, and CGI applications. If necessary, Gambas will also integrate components for database access or image manipulation.
If you decide on a Graphical application project, Gambas will use either the Qt or Gtk toolkit, depending on your desktop – in other words, it adapts to match your choice of environment. The files, forms, source code, and graphics belonging to a project are stored in a directory named for the project.
After selecting or creating a project, go to the main window to write program code (see Figure 3). At the left margin of the window is a panel that displays the files, source code, forms, icons, and other graphics and classes belonging to the project. The documents are stored in a tree structure. Double-clicking an element opens it in the workspace at the center of the program window. By selecting View | Project, you can display the sidebar.
Below the workspace, you will see the Console, where the debugger runs and where you can manage breakpoints. At the top right side of the program window, you will see the Properties window, where you can configure the properties of the selected interface objective.
Below this is a Toolbox with controls for designing graphical interfaces.
The Gambas source code editor has all the functionality you would expect from this kind of program: Syntax highlighting is helpful, as are functions for hiding and displaying code blocks, and auto-completion is available. This means you can click to hide a whole program section. Just as with other editors, the software lets you tile the window horizontally or vertically.
The form editor has the usual controls, which you can position precisely on the desktop thanks to a grid. A menu editor facilitates menu design. Selecting Menu editor… in the drop-down menu for a form, or pressing Ctrl+E, launches the editor (Figure 4). The editor allows programmers a way to manipulate, move, or nest menu structure elements. Keyboard shortcuts are also easily defined.
Depending on your choice of toolkit, the toolbox will offer you a number of different widgets. The usual suspects, such as text boxes, labels, selection boxes, and buttons, are predefined, as are image and video boxes for displaying corresponding content. Date and time selection dialogs, color pickers, and directory, file, and font managers complete the toolbox.
An HTML output control lets programmers create a miniature browser for HTML-based Help texts in next to no time (Figure 5). Gambas includes a sample program on which you can base your own projects.
Gambas supports access to various databases and database servers. The IDE offers controls for connecting to MySQL and PostgreSQL. Support is available for file-based SQLite, SQLite2, and SQLite3 databases, as well as for ODBC access. To facilitate database access, Gambas includes a Database Manager, which lets users manage connections to various servers and data repositories. To open the manager, select Tools | Database Manager (Figure 6) in the menu.
The wizard prompts you to enter the administrator password for the server before going on to contact the host. Databases are listed in a tree structure on the left of the manager window. The program helps you set up and modify tables, SQL queries, and database users.
After establishing the database connection, access to the database itself is simple: Gambas gives you several database access controls, which you can simply drop into a form. The widgets are available in the toolbox's Data tab.
The DataBrowser lets you scroll inside a database table. The elements also let users add and delete records. To do so, it displays a toolbox with buttons for navigating the data, creating records, and deleting records.
The DataView element adds the ability to create tables from the data, whereas the DataCombo element provides a combobox that lets users select a record from a table on the basis of a single field. Gambas has a very intuitive approach to widget deployment, a fact that really takes the pain out of database-enabled applications.


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Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide
The mission of the museum-institute is to contribute to the academic and scientific research and analysis of the issues related to the first genocide of the 20th century, as well as to contribute to the international community's fight against xenophobia through the display of textual and visual material.
The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute was opened in 1995. The building of the museum was designed in accordance with the project of architects S. Kalashyan, A.Tarkhanyan, sculptor F. Arakelyan.
The museum provides excursions in Armenian, Russian, English, French.
Throughout its history the museum hosted a great number of visitors, including schoolchildren and local and foreign students. Visiting the museum is a part of protocol events of the delegations arriving in Armenia with official visits, and therefore, many eminent foreign guests have already visited the museum.
The first floor of the museum is partly underground and the administrative, engineering and technical services, as well as the Conference Hall after Komitas provided for 170 persons are located there. Here are the storage areas for scientific and museum samples, a library, a reading hall. The museum exposition occupies the second floor and has the area of 1000 sq m.
Finding, studying and presenting visual and textual materials, including artifacts related to the life of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire before and during the Genocide.
Development of more effective cooperation between organizations that are all over the world involved in the process of studying the genocide, in particular the Armenian genocide.
Creation and development of an academic school of genocidology in the Republic of Armenia.
Awareness raising in the world about the first genocide of the 20th century, characterized as a "crime against humanity".
Collection of archival materials on the Armenian Genocide from different archives and libraries throughout the world to make the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute a center for research for the Armenian Genocide.
Tuesday - Sunday 11:00 - 16: 00
Admission is free.
Armenian - 2000 AMD
Foreign languages - 4000 AMD
Memorial complex Tsitsernakaberd, Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide
8/8 Tsitsernakaberd highway
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Carmelo Anthony named Player of the Week for first time since 2014
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Former New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony last earned Player of the Week honors in March 2014, while he was a member of the Knicks. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Less than two weeks after joining the Portland Trail Blazers, Carmelo Anthony was recognized for his strong performances with his new team.
The NBA announced Monday that Anthony was named the Western Conference Player of the Week. The Trail Blazers posted a 3-0 record during that stretch, beating the Chicago Bulls twice as well as the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Anthony starred in those wins, averaging 22.3 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. The last time the 10-time All-Star forward earned Player of the Week honors was March 10, 2014, while he was playing for the New York Knicks.
In six games with the Trail Blazers, Anthony is averaging 17.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 30.7 minutes per game. He is shooting 46.2 percent from the field and 37 percent from 3-point territory.
Anthony signed a one-year, non-guaranteed contract with Portland in mid-November. Prior to signing with the Trail Blazers, he hadn't played since Nov. 8, 2018, with the Houston Rockets.
Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week. He averaged 34.8 points, 11.3 rebounds, four assists and 1.5 blocks as the Bucks went 4-0.
Rockets' James Harden scores 60 in three quarters vs. Hawks Blake Griffin to host holiday programming on Comedy Central Boston Celtics' Kemba Walker dealing with sprained neck
NBA // 1 day ago
Jan. 15 (UPI) -- New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson -- the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft -- is expected to make his debut against the San Antonio Spurs Jan. 22 in New Orleans.
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Spurs' DeMar DeRozan throws down vicious dunk over Raptors
Jan. 13 (UPI) -- DeMar DeRozan coasted through defenders and threw down a vicious slam dunk during the San Antonio Spurs' win against the Toronto Raptors.
Brooklyn Nets' Kyrie Irving returns to starting lineup vs. Atlanta Hawks
Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Brooklyn Nets star point guard Kyrie Irving is in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Atlanta Hawks.
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Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid to undergo surgery for torn ligament in left hand
Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid will be out indefinitely after suffering a torn ligament in his left hand.
Lakers' Anthony Davis takes hard fall, expected to miss time
Jan. 8 (UPI) -- All-Star Anthony Davis fell to the floor while attempting a block and did not return to the game during a Los Angeles Lakers win against the New York Knicks.
Detroit Pistons' Blake Griffin out indefinitely following knee surgery
Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Detroit Pistons star forward Blake Griffin is out indefinitely after he underwent a successful arthroscopic procedure on his injured left knee.
Hawks star Trae Young shows off deceptive dribbles against Nuggets
Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young displayed some impressive dribble moves while fooling several defenders and scoring as part of an electric sequence during a loss to the Denver Nuggets.
Los Angeles Lakers listening to trade offers for Kyle Kuzma
Jan. 6 (UPI) -- General manager Rob Pelinka and the Los Angeles Lakers are listening to trade offers for third-year forward Kyle Kuzma.
Clippers' Paul George swishes circus shot over backboard vs. Knicks
Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George managed to make a one-handed circus shot after throwing the ball over the backboard while behind the hoop during a win over the New York Knicks.
Los Angeles Lakers fan sinks half-court shot for $100K
Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles Lakers fan swished a shot from half court to win $100,000 between quarters during the team's 106-99 win against the Detroit Pistons at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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Q: Link all tags within content variable I want to link all tags inside content variable, I can achieve it with foreach, but if one tag is car wash and another is car it's creating link inside link, how to avoid that ?
My code:
$tags = Tag::all();

foreach ($tags as $tag) {
    if(stripos($content, $tag->name) !== false) {
        $content = str_ireplace($tag->name, 'id, slug($tag->name)]) . '" target="_blank">' . $tag->name . '', $content);
    }
}

One of the solutions would be sorting tags by length, from small to larg, but nah, I need a better solution
EDIT: Storing already matched tags in a new array and checking with foreach and strpos if they contain substring before replacing, will be a solution for that, but another issue, strpost ans str_replace will match partial words like, if tag is car and content contains caring, there will be a partial match and it will also get replaced, how to avoid partial match ?
EDIT 2: Thanks @Kinglish for help, final code:
$tags = Tag::orderByRaw('CHAR_LENGTH(name) DESC')->get();

$linkedTags = [];
foreach ($tags as $tag) {
    foreach ($linkedTags as $linkedTag) {
        if(stripos($linkedTag, $tag->name) !== false) {
            continue 2;
        }
    }

    if(stripos($content, $tag->name) !== false) {

        $pos = stripos($content, $tag->name);
        $disallowedCharacters = [
            '-',
            '/',
            '@',
            '\\',
            '#',
            '*',
            '&'
        ];

        if ($pos != 0) {
            $charBefore = substr($content, $pos -1, 1);
            if (ctype_alpha($charBefore) || ctype_digit($charBefore) || in_array($charBefore, $disallowedCharacters)) {
                continue;
            }
        }

        $charAfter = substr($content, $pos + strlen($tag->name), 1);
        if (ctype_alpha($charAfter) || ctype_digit($charAfter) || in_array($charAfter, $disallowedCharacters)) {
            continue;
        }

        $linkedTags[] = $tag->name;
        $content = str_ireplace($tag->name, 'id, slug($tag->name)]) . '" target="_blank">' . $tag->name . '', $content);
    }
}

A: Well here's an idea that might work for you...
Store the found tags in an array and remove from content so they don't get picked up twice. Then reassemble the content at the end...
    // sort array from longest to shortest
function sort($a,$b){
    return strlen($b)-strlen($a);
}

usort($tags,'sort');

$found=array();
foreach ($tags as $tag) {
    if(stripos($content, $tag->name) !== false) {
        // test the string for partial match
        $pos = stripos($content, $tag->name);
        // test the character before
        if ($pos != 0) {
            $charBefore = substr($content, $pos -1, 1);
            if (ctype_alpha($charBefore)) {
               // its a partial, the character before the string is a letter
               continue;
            }
        }
        // test the character after
        $charAfter = substr($content, $pos + strlen($tag->name), 1);
            if (ctype_alpha($charAfter)) {
               // its a partial, the character after the string is a letter
               continue;
            }

        $storedlink = 'id, slug($tag->name)]) . '" target="_blank">' . $tag->name . '';
        $found[] = $storedlink;
        // get ref
        $ref = '[!'.count($found).'!]';
        $content = str_ireplace($tag->name, $ref, $content);
    }

    // reassemble
    $ctr=0;
    foreach ($found as $tag) {
        $content = str_replace('[!'.$ctr.'!]', $tag, $content) ;
        $ctr++;
    }
}

A: Here is my solution to make link tags, avoiding partial match:
$tags = Tag::all();
$space_order_tags = [];
foreach ($tags as $tag) {
    $space_order_tags[count(explode(' ', $tag->name))][] = $tag;
}

$replaced = [];
foreach (array_reverse($space_order_tags) as $tag_array) {
    foreach ($tag_array as $tag) {
        $replaced[$tag->name] = [$tag->id, hash('md5', $tag->name)];
        $content = preg_replace( "/\b$tag->name\b/", $replaced[$tag->name][1], $content);
    }
}

foreach (array_keys($replaced) as $tag_name) {
    $content = str_ireplace($replaced[$tag_name][1], '' . $tag_name . '', $content);
}

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I've recently seen several posts, giving various reasons why people found it emotionally difficult to go to church and in some cases had stopped. It's happened to coincide with a few things in my personal study, so I thought I should touch on the topic. It's one where – for all the difficulty I have with empathy – I think I'm in some position to understand. I too find church difficult at times. Part of this is simply due to the fact that I find groups difficult anyway (thankfully people in my ward are very understanding about this). On some occasions, however, I do run into the same difficulty that I've seen mentioned: namely the emphasis the Church places on the family. I'm a 35 year old never married male, in a Church where one prominent leader taught that "no other success can compensate for failure in the home"*. Nor do I particularly have a litany of successes outside the "home". So when the topic turns to families, or eternal marriage, or whatever, it's hard not to feel like some sort of failure. And I know there's quite a lot of people in different circumstances who experience similar feelings of falling short.
I've seen some attempts to regard this as some sort of cultural difficulty, as opposed to a doctrinal matter. Yet I do not believe that can resolve everything. While there are definitely sentiments and so on out there that are the product of culture, culture isn't exactly something that can be easily or swiftly steered, and certainly isn't easily amenable to central direction (I can only imagine that governments would love to if they could). Furthermore, this isn't just an issue of culture: the importance of the family, the covenant of eternal marriage and so on are matters of doctrine, and they're ones the world needs to hear. At a time when such matters are increasingly depreciated in Western civilisation, the Church would be failing in its divine responsibility were it not to speak frequently on these topics. The Church's message is true and needed, even if it may cause discomfort in those who'd like those blessings but who have not received them. There's a dilemma here that reminds me of Jacob 2 and 3, where (as I mention) Jacob is left having to give a message that may cause some distress because other people need to hear it.
And, after all, this is not the only such thing that may cause discomfort in attending church. I've mentioned my own personal difficulty around groups of people. Others may feel they don't fit in, or face some other anxiety about their situation. Many have their crosses to bear, in many cases through no fault of their own. While others can perhaps make these things easier, ultimately some individuals will be faced with choosing between attending church and incurring some discomfort, and choosing not to.
I can understand the latter decision. But I believe it is a mistake, and one perhaps grounded in a misunderstanding of what attending church is supposed to do. From the way that I've heard a number of people speak, there seems to be an expectation that attending church is something we do for our sake, so we feel uplifted or edified or so on. With that expectation, it is understandable that people may conclude that if it is not doing that, well, why go?
…We come into these congregations, and sometimes a speaker brings a jug of living water that has in it many gallons. And when he pours it out on the congregation, all the members have brought is a single cup and so that's all they take away. Or maybe they have their hands over the cups, and they don't get anything to speak of.
On other occasions we have meetings where the speaker comes and all he brings is a little cup of eternal truth, and the members of the congregation come with a large jug, and all they get in their jugs is the little dribble that came from a man who should have known better and who should have prepared himself and talked from the revelations and spoken by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Sure, it's an opportunity to be uplifted and enlightened, and when that happens: great! But the Lord has chosen in his wisdom to staff the place with very imperfect volunteers, and so we don't always deliver what other people need. We should try harder, of couse. But if we were to assess the Church as if we were some sort of consumer, expecting a service to be delivered, then we are bound to be disappointed.
But that's not why the Lord has us meet together, certainly not as mere recipients of a service. Setting aside the fact that the Lord also expect us to seek to teach and encourage others also, the scriptures give us a number of other key reasons to worship together.
Firstly, it's a commandment. If we believe in a God who has given us commandments, we have to take seriously scriptural statements that "the children of God were commanded that they should gather themselves together oft" (Alma 6:6), or (as part of a modern decalogue) the commandment "and that thou mayest more fully keep thyself unspotted from the world, thou shalt go to the house of prayer and offer up thy sacraments upon my holy day" (D&C 59:9).
Secondly, as in the verse quoted above, its an opportunity to participate in sacred ordinances, most especially that of the sacrament. Participating in this is likewise a commandment, one we are to "always observe to do" (3 Nephi 18:6-7, 10-12, D&C 20:75), and a major reason for the Church to "meet together oft" (Moroni 6:6).
None of these other purposes really depend upon what other people do or feel or say. Other people might be insensitive, or unthoughtful, or unsupportive or even judgmental (though I often find people worry about being "judged" by a congregation who are actually far more worried about their own problems). We may not fit in; they may not like us; we may not enjoy it; we may not feel we have gotten the right "experience"; it may be uncomfortable or even painful. But none of that matters.
This is not to detract from the fact that attending church may require much more from some people than it does others. I sympathise with those facing that. I also know the Lord is just and merciful, and I have no doubt that He will recognise that, and judge (and bless) accordingly. But perhaps it will help us if we recognise that going to church is not about what other people do or feel towards us, or even about how we feel and whether we feel good or uplifted. It's about about obeying and worshipping God, and Him only. Other people are involved because He has commanded us to worship collectively, and as part of our worship He has expectations as to how we treat them and the rest of his children. But whether we enjoy church or not, whether we fit in or not, whether we feel uplifted or not: none of this can stop us from paying our devotions to the Most High. And if we attend and reverently offer our worship, despite our difficulties, then we are doing what the Lord requires of us.
* Postscript: Interestingly, it seems that David O. McKay did not coin this particular quote, but was actually quoting a particular author. President Harold B. Lee also offered a paraphrase of this particularly quotation, which may be encouraging for those who are trying but feel like they are meeting little success in family life: "Remember, paraphrasing what President McKay said, "No success will compensate for failure in the home." Remember also that no home is a failure as long as that home doesn't give up." (Emphasis from linked blog).
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A second former State Department worker has pleaded guilty to illegally peeking at scores of confidential passport application files.
Dwayne Cross admitted in federal court in Washington on Wednesday that from 2002 to 2007, he used a government database to view the passport applications of more than 150 celebrities, actors, musicians, politicians, athletes and personal friends.
At the time, the 41-year-old Cross worked in the Bureau of Consular Affairs at the State Department. He pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized computer access.
Cross is the second ex-State Department worker to plead guilty to passport prying. In December, a former foreign service officer was sentenced to a year of probation.
The issue of unauthorized peeping into private files came to light in March 2008, when authorities discovered contract passport workers had looked at the files of presidential candidates John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Five contract workers were fired.
A follow-up investigation found that 85 percent of the passport files for a sampling of 150 famous Americans had been accessed suspiciously often.
The State Department maintains passport records for about 127 million Americans.


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Rebecca Black's 'Person of Interest' Is Today's Video Of Disinterest
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Rebecca Black is releasing a debut album this month (oh goody), and she's just released her third music video, the previous two being "Friday" and "My Moment," two songs we're still trying to forget. The third song is called "Person of Interest" and is about a mysterious billionaire who developed a program to predict terrorist attacks. No, wait, that's something else.
Rebecca Black's "Person of Interest" is, in her words, "a love song but it's not a love song. [Ed.- Well, that settles it.] It's about almost teenage crushes — when you're not in love yet but you really like a guy — which I'm really excited about because I don't think there are too many out like that." There might be a good reason there aren't many out there like that, which the commenters at TheDailyWhat sum up pretty well:
Black also said in an interview that she'd like to try acting and take her songs on tour. I'm trying not to say anything too mean here; after all, she's still a kid and had to start homeschooling due to bullying, but I can't resist pointing out one thing. When describing the songs on the album, she says "None are really like 'Friday'." Well, that's a relief.
The video is below if you want to see how much auto-tuning and giant fan rentals a teenager's money can buy.
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Every so often a new disruptive technology or use model arises. The hot topics, for the past few years, have been Consumerization and Cloud Computing. But what happens when these two topics combine? In today's world you can now use your personal device to access the cloud. On the surface things may not seem confusing, but what happens when you access corporate data and personal data from the same device? What issues can exist with bleed over and residual information, and how can we deal with them?
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Roy is also a member of the MedSec (Medical Security) Linkedin group. He is also the lead organizer of Security BSides Boston 2013. He is affiliated with OWASP, ISSA International, HIMSS, the Boston Security Meetup and many other security and privacy related groups. He also enjoys doing part-time security research.
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the cloud are both terms and keywords that everyone has now heard about. Learn more about the challenges, security risks and results of performing both at the same time. How do you protect the data on mobile devices that are also personal devices? What are the best recommended ways to accomplish this? How do you start and what policies should you implement? Companies have moved now from the model of mobile devices wasting productive time to embracing the supporting mobile devices in enterprises to efficiently perform tasks. Additionally, learn some ways to alleviate this common issue.
David is a leading authority in cyber security and the law. He is a licensed attorney in NY, CT, and CO, and owner of Titan Info Security Group, a Risk Management and Cyber Security law firm, focused on technology and the law, and helping companies lower the risk of a cyber-incident and reducing or eliminating the liability associated with loss or theft of information. He also assists companies with difficult legal/cyber-security issues. David is also a partner of OnlineIntell, an online company that provides brand and reputation protection, corporate intelligence, and domain, trademark, copyright, and patent infringement detection and solutions. He is also on the Board of Advisors with Cylance.
David is a retired Army JAG officer. During his 20 years in the Army he provided legal advice in computer network operations, information security and international law to the DoD and NSA and was the legal advisor for what is now CYBERCOM.
He has published many articles, such as, "Hacking Back in Self-Defense: Is It Legal; Should It Be?", "Cyber War or Cyber Cold War?", and recently, "The Legal Issues of Forensics in the Cloud." His speaking engagements include: the FBI ICCS conf., RSA (2009-2013) and RSA Europe, CSI, HTCIA, ISSA, FBCINC, the 4th Int'l Cyber Crime Conf., Australia, Cornerstones of Trust, FISSEA, ASIS, ISSA International, Hacker Halted, the OWASP SnowFroc 2013, and others.
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BYOD and Cloud Present Legal Challenges. Combine Them and You Have a Nightmare.
BYOD raises a lot of legal and security issues as does the Cloud. Depending on which side you are on some of the issues include: privacy, who owns the data, who controls the data, how is the data kept secure, what happens when there is a breach (of the device or the Cloud), and many more. These questions and more will be explored from a legal perspective.
K. Scott Morrison is the Chief Technology Officer at Layer 7 Technologies, where he is leading a team developing the next generation of security infrastructure for cloud computing, API Management and SOA. An architect and developer of highly scalable, enterprise systems for over 20 years, Scott has extensive experience across industry sectors as diverse as health care, travel and transportation, and financial services. He has been a Director of Architecture and Technology at Infowave Software, a leading maker of wireless security and acceleration software for mobile devices, and was a senior architect at IBM. Before moving to the private sector, Scott was a member of the world-renowned medical research program of the University of British Columbia, studying neurodegenerative disorders using medical imaging technology.
Scott is a dynamic, entertaining and highly sought-after speaker. His quotes appear regularly in the media, from the New York Times, to the Huffington Post and the Register. Scott has published over 50 book chapters, magazine articles, and papers in medical, physics, and engineering journals. His work has been acknowledged in the New England Journal of Medicine, and he has published in journals as diverse as the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow, and Neurology. He has written articles that have appeared in Forbes and CNN. He is the co-author of the graduate text Cloud Computing, Principles, Systems and Applications published by Springer, and is on the editorial board of Springer's new Journal of Cloud Computing Advances, Systems and Applications (JoCCASA). He co-authored both Java Web Services Unleashed and Professional JMS. Scott is an editor of the WS-I Basic Security Profile (BSP), and is co-author of the original WS-Federation specification. He is a recent co-author of the Cloud Security Alliance's Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing, and an author of that organization's Top Threats to Cloud Computing research. Scott was recently a featured speaker for the Privacy Commission of Canada's public consultation into the privacy implications of cloud computing. He has even has lent his expertise to the film and television industry, consulting on a number of features including the X-Files. Scott's current interests are in cloud computing, API security and secure mobile computing—and of course, his wife and two great kids.
Two of the most compelling trends in IT today are cloud computing and mobility. Either of these alone carries the potential for massive disruption to enterprise IT; together, they represent an overwhelming force. But are these technologies truly separate, or do they have commonalities that IT management can exploit to gain better control?
Identity is arguably the architectural keystone bridging these trends. To be successful with these technologies, we need to change our approach to managing identity. In this presentation, by CA Technologies and Layer 7 Technologies, you will learn how to leverage emerging technologies like OAuth, OpenID Connect and SCIM to construct a modern, consumer-centric enterprise.
Matt Mosley has been working as a security professional for more than 20 years in roles within corporate IT and risk management, strategic consulting, and product development. In his current role with ThreatTrack Security, Matt leads product management activities for a portfolio of malware protection solutions. Prior to this role, Matt held senior leadership roles with leading security firms including NetIQ, Internet Security Systems, Intellitactics and Brabeion Software. Matt is an active member of security industry groups including ISACA and ISSA, and sits on the ISSA Web Conference Committee. Matt holds the CISSP, CISM, and CISA designations, teaches CISSP courses for ISSA-NOVA, and is a frequent speaker at security conferences.


Question: According to the Global Wage Report released by International Labour Organisation (ILO), at what level India led the average real wage growth during 2008?
On 26th November 2018; the ILO released its two-yearly Global Wage Report, which stated that in South Asia, India led the average real wage growth in 2008–17 at 5.5 against 3.7 (a regional median).
According to the Global Wage Report, India was followed by Nepal (4.7), Sri Lanka (4), Bangladesh (3.4), Pakistan (1.8) and Iran (0.4). Global Wage grew by 1.8 per cent in 2017, down from 2.4 per cent in 2016 and the slowest rate since the global financial crisis in 2008.
ILO director-general Guy Ryder in his report mentioned slow wage growth has become an obstacle to achieving sustainable economic growth. The Report has highlighted that in the past 20 years, average real wages have almost tripled in emerging and developing G20 countries, but they have risen by only 9 per cent in advanced G20 countries.
Lawmakers in India are examining the possibility of extending the legal coverage of the current minimum wage from workers in 'scheduled' occupations to all wage employees in the country.


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The past, present and future of Aston Martin is to be honoured through a year-long celebration of the iconic British brand's 110th anniversary.
Sunday 15 January is exactly 110 years since founders Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford officially formed the partnership that went on to create the first Aston Martin car, igniting more than a century of automotive intensity, cutting-edge British innovation, and high-octane racing success.
Born on the track and inspired by its founders passion for racing, Aston Martin has risen from humble beginnings in a small workshop on Henniker Mews, London to become one of the world's most renowned automotive marques, synonymous with inventive design, luxurious craftsmanship, thrilling performance and scarce exclusivity.
In photographs released to mark the anniversary, Aston Martin has brought together two of the most iconic and innovative models from its 110-year bloodline, highlighting the brand's commitment to pushing the boundaries of performance and applying engineering from Grand Prix racing to the road.
One of the brand's oldest surviving racing cars, the record-breaking 1923 racer Razor Blade is pictured alongside the uncompromising Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar.
One of the earliest cars to be specifically designed with aerodynamics in mind, and propelled by an Aston Martin Grand Prix specification engine, the trailblazing Razor Blade took numerous class records at Brooklands in 1923, a year on from Aston Martin's Grand Prix debut with TT1 – the car nicknamed 'Green Pea'. A century later, Aston Martin continues to innovate with its thrilling high-performance models, bringing modern Formula One™ engineering to the road through its era-defining Aston Martin Valkyrie.
The brand's historic 110th anniversary is to be celebrated through the launch of a new, strictly limited, exclusive Aston Martin model, to be unveiled later this year. The milestone will also take centre stage of this year's British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and other major events across Aston Martin's key regions, as part of a global marketing campaign entitled 'Intensity: 110 Years in the Making'.
2023 promises to be a monumental year, as Aston Martin prepares to unleash the first of its highly anticipated next generation of sports cars, which will further enhance Aston Martin's focus on ultra-luxury, high-performance and driving intensity.
Amedeo Felisa, Chief Executive Officer of Aston Martin Lagonda, said: "In 1913 Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford came together with a shared vision of racing cars and using learnings from the racetrack to push the boundaries of automotive innovation.
"110 years and little over 110,000 cars later, that spirit continues. Our 110th year promises to be just as exciting as our first, as we turn a new chapter in Aston Martin history with the launch of our next generation of sports cars and the reveal of an extraordinary special model later this year that will celebrate this unique milestone."
The 110th anniversary is one of several notable landmarks for Aston Martin in 2023, with the year also marking 75 years of the DB bloodline, 60 years of the iconic DB5 model and 20 years of Aston Martin's Gaydon headquarters, the purpose-built facility serving as a centre of excellence for world-class sports car design and engineering.
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Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics, and including several countries. The term southern Africa or Southern Africa, generally includes Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Southern Africa is home to many cultures and people. It was once populated by San, Khoikhoi and Pygmies in widely dispersed concentrations. Due to the Bantu expansion which edged the previous peoples to the more remote areas of the region, the majority of ethnic groups in this region, including the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Northern Ndebele, Southern Ndebele, Tswana, Sotho, and Shona people, BaLunda, Mbundu, Ovimbundu, Chaga and Sukuma, speak Bantu languages.
The process of colonization and settling resulted in a significant population of European (Afrikaner, British, Portuguese Africans, etc.) and Asian descent (Cape Malays, Indian South Africans, etc.) in many southern African countries.


This composition for Piano, Vocal & Guitar (Right-Hand Melody) includes 5 page(s). It is performed by John Mellencamp. The style of the score is 'Rock'. Catalog SKU number of the notation is 19698. This score was originally published in the key of A. Authors/composers of this song: Words and Music by JOHN MELLENCAMP and GEORGE GREEN. This score was first released on Monday 11th March, 2002 and was last updated on Friday 24th March, 2017. The arrangement code for the composition is PVGRHM. Minimum required purchase quantity for these notes is 1. Please check if transposition is possible before your complete your purchase.
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Worldwide, 25 million unsafe abortions (45% of all abortions) occurred every year between 2010 and 2014, according to a new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Guttmacher Institute published today in The Lancet.
The majority of unsafe abortions, or 97%, occurred in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Por fin el Gobierno confirma la retirada del anteproyecto contra la actual ley de aborto.


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Relinquish All Writing Fetishes: When Should You Hold Onto Them?
In Booklife I have a section on relinquishing all fetishes, which is another way of saying don't let having to use a fancy pen or special desk get in the way of writing. As I mention in the book I've learned to write anywhere at any time, and to never stifle my imagination just because I'm not in the ideal writing situation.
I give this advice in the book because we most commonly procrastinate and find reasons not to write. But the fact is some "fetishes" actually aid our creativity.
Case in point—the photograph above. On the left is a leather-bound, hand-made writing pad I bought in Victoria on Vancouver Island while on my honeymoon. I'd had it in the closet in my office ever since then, more than seven years. Every time I pulled it out, I put it back in the closet again. The thing just seemed so nice, so opulent, that I couldn't imagine writing in it. And yet I'd bought it because it was tantalizing–it suggested adventures I'd never write about in any other journal.
Well, this past week I finally found the perfect use for it. The paper inside is perfect for writing, but also perfect for art. I've started a rather odd story that includes extensive illustrations, and no other writing pad I have gives me the same sensation of effortless motion while both writing and drawing. Even the odd size of it helps, because it better accommodates the art and the words. Suddenly, everything about this impulse purchase that turned me off is helping me get into the groove of writing, energizing me, and recharging my imagination.
Meanwhile, next to it in the photograph is a plain black Moleskine notebook. In it, I've written several book reviews and a new short story–a very conventional, Southern Gothic-style story. The utilitarian look and feel of the notebook seems to help me keep focused and on task. I could no more write the reviews and the Southern Gothic story in the opulent oversized writing journal as I could create the illustrated strange story in the Moleskine. Each is perfect for its particular purpose.
So my question to you, because I'm curious, is: Have you had similar experiences with your writing tools, your writing surfaces, your writing life?
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I'm a fine artist (who dabbles in writing) and I find your philosophy to be just as helpful when applied to art. Artist's are particularly notorious for fetish, ritual, superstition and dependence when it comes down to the "work" of creating art. But as Hugh MacLeod says "The more talented somebody is, the less they need the props." Of course props can help set a mood and inspire the imagination. I'm quite fond of my props – but fondness and dependence are two very different things. Thanks for the great post!
I usually write on a netbook (because it's portable enough to take everywhere, *and* usually affords a free wifi connection which I employ relentlessly for research/fact checking/targeted serendipity; for me, usually more stimulating than distracting, though that's a separate conversation). Sometimes I'll jot tidbits into a small A6-sized paper notebook.
But sometimes I'll get stuck, and I've recently discovered my wife's large drawing board. I'll grab it off her easel, put a few sheets of cheap 18×24 newsprint on that, and suddenly I'm free to draw, doodle, mindmap, columnize, and all those other things which a large blank paper space invites; it nearly always helps get me over the hump.
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Fourth grade is primarily a self-contained classroom program. Daily classroom studies include: math, reading, grammar, writing, spelling, science, social studies and Bible. In addition, students also meet with enrichment teachers in the following subjects each week: computer (one 45-minute period), P.E. (two 50-minute periods), library (one 30-minute period), and a fine arts elective (one 60-minute period).
Students receive four report cards throughout the year. These report cards measure progress in academic skills, work habits and citizenship. Teachers and parents meet for a conference at the end of the first quarter. Approximately 40 minutes of homework is given four days a week, including independent reading.
Reading: we read one children's classic, two historical novels and one fantasy novel, in addition to reading short stories and poetry in our reading textbook. Reading skills are also practiced.


... to start packing. Much of it seems to involve getting rid of junk, deciding what I need to give away or sell (Some stuff here) and generally de-clutter my life. As such I spent a fair bit of last night going through my files and disposing of stuff that was no longer relevant; this involved shredding a lot of stuff as it's amazing how many pieces of paper you can collect over 10 years with your bank details on it (yes I've had the same account for 10 years).
I suspect I'll get rid of my video tapes and just stick with DVDs, which means the VCR will be for sale ded cheep. Not sure what to do with my bikes; I suspect my parents may be able to store them. I should also get rid of one of the older PCs; over time I'll move to macs and flatscreens. And then there's the stack of old HDDs and cables... Oh, and tradgoth stuff I never wear. Gods I'm a magpie.
The main thing I think I need right now is boxes, but I've got some sources.
Tenner the pair ok? How should I send them in your direction?
By all means. Either post them, or I might be able to come round in the car one evening if it's not too much of an imposition (it'd probably be cheaper, quicker and safer given the post round north London)?
Never got back to you on this one - feel free to drop by; mail me for phone number.
That's K's video, IIRC - doesn't appear to still be here.
*nods* It's definitely mine, and is happily living in Croydon now.
Excellent! It's such a cute movie, the idea of it going unloved pained me, no matter which format it was on.
I hate clearing things out. Gotta be done, though.
If when you move you want rid of any bits of furniture (for example the little unpainted end-table next to the sofa, or folding chairs), let me know and I'll take them off your hands. I'm going for a quite modern, clean, light wood look in the new place so those would work well.


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Sir David Amess MP dies after stabbing
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Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed multiple times at a constituency surgery.
The 69-year-old, who has been the Member of Parliament for Southend West since 1997, and was MP for Basildon from 1983 to 1997, was assaulted at Belfairs Methodist Church.
Essex Police have arrested a 25-year-old man on suspicion of murder who is currently being held in custody. It is not yet confirmed whether the attack was terror-related, but counter-terrorism officials are assisting the investigation.
In a statement, an Essex Police spokesperson said: "We were called to reports of a stabbing in Eastwood Road North, Leigh-on-Sea, shortly after 12.05pm today. Officers were on scene shortly after, arrested a man and recovered a knife. He is currently in custody.
"We are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident and do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the wider public. We want to thank the public who alerted us to the incident so quickly."
Paramedics were treating Amess at the scene for around two hours. An air ambulance later flew to the scene, with armed police and a forensic team deployed.
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So far, 2015 has been a busy year for us. We would like to thank our family and friends for their continued support and take this opportunity to welcome the new supporters who have joined Alfie's Journey Team this year.
We would also like to thank all those who have donated, requested sponsor packs, held events, handed out awareness cards and supported Alfie's fund. We couldn't do all this without you and we thank each and every one of you for helping us to raise over £34,000 for future research, in memory of our beautiful Alfie Bear.
This year started with Northants Police choosing The Brain Tumour Charity - Alfie's Journey Fund as their charity of the year 2015. We were all thrilled when we was told the news. This means a great deal to us and will no doubt give our Alfie's fund a massive boost over the coming year. We would like to thank Northants Police for their continued support, especially those who have been personally involved throughout Alfie's journey.
Beards for Alfie
On Friday 16th January, Alex Harris, Glen Simpson, Stephen, Martyn and Colin held a Karaoke/Disco where they had their beards shaved off. The lads had grown their beards for Alfie since the 1st August 2014. Between their Just Giving page and money donated on the night, they raised an amazing £1023.13 for Alfie's Journey Fund. Big thank you to them all for their support and for their dedication to the cause.
Helen's Sponsored Hair Grow Challenge
Alfie's Auntie Helen has done incredibly well with her hair grow challenge and has raised a wonderful £468.00 for Alfie's fund. Helen has suffered with Alopecia for the past 13 years and has always worried about growing it back as it becomes patchy and itchy. However Helen is determined to do it for Alfie and we are all extremely proud of her. Helen has extended her challenge until the 02nd June (Alfie's first Angelversary). If you would like to sponsor Helen on her amazing challenge here is the link https://www.justgiving.com/InAlfiesMemory/
Big thank you Helen. You are doing Alfie proud ♥
Big thank you to James Atter who raised a further £460 from his Tough Mudder Challenge for Alfie's Fund.
Big thank you to Alfie's Auntie Christine, who held a Pampered Chef evening raising a fantastic £167.00 for Alfie's Journey Fund.
Big thank you to Alfie's Nana, who raised an amazing £638.55 for Alfie's Journey Fund from her indoor bowls event and raffle.
Big thank you to Army HQ, Andover who held a Valentines themed cake bake and raised a wonderful £95.00 for Alfie's Journey Fund.
Thank you to all of you for your support and for helping to make a difference.
The Brain Tumour Charity's Research Strategy - A Cure Can't Wait
At the end of January, The Brain Tumour Charity released their new research strategy 'A Cure Can't Wait.' The new strategy defines their priorities over the next five years as they aim to create a world where brain tumours are defeated. You can find Alfie's story on page 15 of the new strategy http://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/Resources/SDBTT/Documents/research-strategy-final-v2.pdf
In February, The Brain Tumour Charity issued their new printed news letter 'The Grey Matters' which includes a feature on proton beam therapy and some of the community champions and volunteers that have been vital to the success of the HeadSmart early diagnosis campaign. We also did an interview which is featured on page 11 http://issuu.com/thebraintumourcharity/docs/thegreymatters_issue8v2/10
The 4th February was 'World Cancer Day.' On this day, our Ryan, aged 11 shaved off all his hair to raise awareness of Childhood Cancer. He also raised a fantastic £195 for his little brothers charity in just one day. In Ryan's own words "People with Cancer don't chose to lose their hair but I chose to do it to raise awareness for them."
On the 16th February, Alfie's amazing older brothers were praised in the local paper for their fundraising efforts. As well as fundraising for Alfie's Journey Fund, they have also fundraised for both Disney Ward, NGH and Kamrans Ward, JRH. Last Christmas the boys launched a toy appeal so they could take gifts into the children spending Christmas on the wards. They were both so pleased to have been able to do that and thanked everyone that helped by donating a toy. We are incredibly proud of them both.
Alfie's story reaches Seville
On the 22nd February, Michelle Lewis took her running to a new level when she flew out to Spain and ran 26.2 Miles in the Seville Marathon. This was the first time Michelle had run a marathon and we are honoured that she chose to do it for our Alfie. Michele completed the marathon in an amazing 5hrs 5mins. A huge well done to Michelle, we are all so proud of her. While in Spain, Michelle wore her Alfie's Journey running vest and was determined to raise awareness of DIPG and Alfie's story while she was out there.
Michelle was spurred on by the crowd who were all giving her the thumbs up on her way around. Michelle said she didn't understand why the locals were giving her the thumbs up until she looked down and saw Alfie's smiling face on the front of her vest with his famous thumbs up and this made her more determined. Michelle raised an amazing £847.41.
A huge thank you to Michelle from us all ♥
March - Brain Tumour Awareness Month
March is Brain Tumour Awareness Month and we all know how important awareness is. This year we have given out our awareness packs which include DIPG symptom cards, HeadSmart Symptom cards and an info/fact sheet on Paediatric brain tumours including DIPG. It is so important that people are aware of the signs and symptoms of brain tumours.
This month, the government was asked why there 'Be Clear on Cancer Symptom Awareness Campaign' does not include Brain Tumours. The public health minister, Jane Ellison MP response was
"A number of factors are taken into account when deciding which campaigns to develop and run, with one of the main criteria being the number of deaths that could be avoided through earlier diagnosis. The focus for national campaigns so far has therefore been on lung, breast (in women over... 70), bowel, kidney and bladder, and oesophago-gastric cancers."
This is so frustrating and just doesn't make any sense to us. Brain Tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and people under the age of 40 in the UK. So we can't understand why Brain Tumours are not being made a priority? HeadSmart have halved diagnosis times in children, but have still not been included in the Government's early diagnosis campaign. This is not acceptable!
The Brain Tumour Charity are calling on the public to help make the change and ask that you please add your voice by writing a message to your MP or promoting their general election manifesto at http://bit.ly/1B1fbI0.
The 6th March was 'Bandana for Brain Tumours Day' which is The Brain Tumour Charity's campaign to raise awareness of this awful disease. The Bandanas for Brain Tumours mission was to raise funds to accelerate the pace of ground-breaking research that can help save lives now and help create a chain reaction of awareness. It was great to see so many people from all over the country wearing their bandanas with pride.
Team Alfie's Sponsored Bike Ride
Alfie's Brothers and Cousins wanted to complete a bike ride in Alfie's memory to raise awareness of DIPG. On the 14th March, Alfie's brothers, cousins, Dad, Uncle Graham & Auntie Chrissie all took to their saddles and completed a seven mile sponsored bike ride around Pitsford reservoir. The team was all wearing their Alfie's Journey t-shirts and despite some riding with injuries they all did amazing. Team Alfie have also raised a fantastic £525 and still collecting. A big well done to Tyronne, Evan & Chloe, Ryan, Rhys, Graham, Danny & Christine. I am so proud of you all ♥
Silverstone Half Marathon
On the 15th March Craig, Carl & Abby ran the Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon for Alfie's Journey Fund. They completed the half marathon in under 2hrs 10mins and raised an amazing £425. Well done to Craig, Carl and Abbey and a big thank you for their support :-)
Arif Ahmed
Lots of innocent children are dying because of this dipg monster. Everyone children are at serious danger. You don't when it's going strike down to your kids. Our precious daughter saira has been taken away from us on 4th July this year without any warning. She had been diagnosed on 21 jan this year. So you don't know when this monster strike to you precious little. We should put pressure on government to spend hundred million to have urgent research programme to defeat this beast sooner than later. This children are innocent, they have no voice. They dying because of government negligence attitude towards children not save them from this dipg monsters by not spend hundreds of millions. Only people will understand pain who lost their precious child. Nothing will change that. That's why every parents should raise awareness against this beast and force the government to spend lots of money to find cure sooner than later otherwise every nine days a new parent have to face this unimaginable danger which have faced. Nothing will replace our daughter and pain and suffering we have been through . We will suffer rest of our life. So all the parents raise your voice for your children because they have none. Thanks. Mr and Mrs Ahmed.
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I am delighted to see the Beecroft Gallery now opening in its new home in the old central library building in Victoria Avenue. When the new Forum project started to take shape the issue of what to do with the old building needed to be addressed. Various options were considered to include the possibility of using it for a new school, before the present plan was devised. The original building housing the Beecroft was always intended as a temporary home. It was in poor structural condition and was not particularly accessible. It did not do justice to the gallery itself which at times has risked being too much of a "hidden gem". The new home will provide far enhanced facilities and a home in the middle of the town which will hopefully encourage ever greater numbers of visitors. It is good to see a further initiative of the last Administration coming to fruition.


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Armand Salvador B. Mijares is a Filipino archaeologist from Manila, Philippines. He works as Professor of Archaeology at the Archaeological Studies Program of the University of the Philippines-Diliman. He specializes in lithic analysis, ceramic petrology, soil micromorphology, paleolithic archaeology and early human migration in Southeast Asia. In 2010, Mijares gained international attention as the main author of a Journal of Human Evolution report about a 67,000-year old foot bone discovered in Callao Cave. That report gave evidence for the newly named species of Homo, called Homo luzonensis, named after the Philippines' largest island—Luzon. The discovery has  advanced the complexity of early human  colonization of Southeast Asia.

Education
Mijares earned his Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies from the University of the Philippines Manila and his Master of Arts in Anthropology at the University of the Philippines Diliman. In 1996, he did his Diploma in Archaeology at UP-Diliman's newly established Archaeological Studies Program and went on with a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue his Master of Science in Anthropology major in Archaeology at the University of New Mexico in 2001. He finished his PhD in Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology at the Australian National University under the tutelage  of Peter Bellwood in 2006

Career
After he received his Master's degree, he  taught at the University of the Philippines Manila. Afterwards  he pursued archaeological research work at the National Museum of the Philippines in 1994 , and worked as an archaeologist in the museum until 2006. After earning his Ph.D., Mijares returned to  University of the Philippines-Diliman where he now does his archeological research as Professor at the  Archaeological Studies Program.

He is a member of the editorial board of World Archaeology journal.

Research
Mijares' research primarily focuses on understanding early human migration in Maritime Southeast Asia. He is also interested in reconstructing hunter-gatherer subsistence strategy during the Late Pleistocene and early Holocene period through thorough excavations in Northern Luzon, especially in Callao Cave Complex, where the earliest human remains in the Philippines (67kya), was found. He is also leading an archaeological research in the island of Mindoro which has been in collaboration with other specialists and colleagues, both local and international, in order to reconstruct past human movements. Mijares' area of specialization is on lithic analysis, ceramic petrology, soil micromorphology, early human migration and Palaeolithic archaeology.

Homo luzonensis
Mijares and his team found the bones of two adults and a child, from a previously unknown human-related species now called Homo luzonensis and previously known as the Callao Man.

The hominin fossils and teeth are from three individuals and were collectively nicknamed 'Ubag', after a mythical cave man that were excavated in 2007, 2011 and 2015. The Internationally pooled team of specialists and archaeologists consist of paleoanthropologist Florent Détroit of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, zooarchaeologist Philip Piper of Australian National University, and geochronologist Rainer Grün of Griffith University, dug up the hominin fossils from a sedimentary level located three meters below the current surface of the cave floor. Through uranium-series dating, the bones were found to be 50 to 67 thousand years old—making them the earliest human remains to be discovered in the Philippines

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1966 births
Living people
People from Manila
Filipino archaeologists
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Fri 18 Mar 1932
LENNIE GWYTHER'S EXAMPLE.
Sir,—Just such an example as provided by a child of nine summers, Lennie Gwyther, was, and is, needed to raise the spirit of our people and to fire our youth and others to do things
Fri 18 Mar 1932 - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Page 7 - LENNIE GWYTHER'S EXAMPLE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
Sir,-Just such an example as provided by a
child of nine summers, Lennie Gwyther, was,
and is, needed to raise the spirit of our people
and to fire our youth and others to do things
-not to talk only. The sturdy pioneer spirit
is not dead, the spirit that explored and
settled this country and is now operating in
Central Australia. Let it be remembered
that this little lad, when his father was in
hospital, cultivated the farm-a mere child. It
reminds one of our Prime Minister, Mr.
Lyons, who, after his father's death, as a
youth conducted the farm for the family, and
even paid all his late father's "debts of hon-
our." Probably all this passed through his
mind when he met the lad In Canberra. This
is the spirit-not legislation-needed to make
a nation, and to lift Australia out of the
present morass. The phrase "most pestif-
erous" seems likely to become popular.
If the United States had a similar case to
Lennie's they would make the lad financially
rich, as with Colonel Lindburgh, their one
great airman, who, I feel safe in saying,
could easily be beaten by at least a score
of Australians, and possibly equalled by 100.
And yet we make no such fuss as they, nor
do the sturdy Dutch make such fuss over
their gallant and capable airmen who, unos-
tentatiously, have flown (and are flying) for
hundreds of thousands of miles. Lennie and
Mr. Lyons are both "of the soil," as were some
of America's greatest men, as the immortal
Lincoln, Garfield, etc. On the other hand,
Sir Henry Parkes and Mr. Seddon were town
men, poor, self-educated, but sturdy. Try to
imagine any of those giants taking the dole!
I am, etc.,
GUM TIPS.
March 15.
LENNIE GWYTHER'S EXAMPLE. (1932, March 18). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved January 22, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16849134
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