Along with Nashville's mild sunshine and crunchy leaves on the ground, the fall season is is especially sweet with the seasonal goodies at Trader Joe's. Like most people, I relish in trying out all the autumn-inspired foods and sundries at Trader Joe's. Keep reading to see my top picks for what to stock in your fridge, pantry, and home for the fall season, including home goods, happy hour drinks, main meals, and appetizers. What are your favorites?
This apple cider is crisp and effervescent with a fruit-forward aftertaste. If you like Crispin cider, you will love Henry Hotspur's cider. You can find me sipping this on a warm fall day after work while I start preparing dinner. It's sweet yet tart and very refreshing.
Did you know that TJ's sells candles? At $3.99 each, these strongly scented candles bring warmth and atmosphere to my place. The Honeycrisp Apple candle gives off a tart apple scent while the Pumpkin Vanilla is warmer and spicier in category. If you need inexpensive fall candles, grab these and enjoy!
If these pumpkin tortilla chips were in a contest, they would squash the competition (laughs). All vegetable jokes aside, these chips are crunchy with a hint of salt and cinnamon. Of course, I have to dip these in the Fall Harvest salsa for an afterwork snack. The chips are also delicious when paired with a greek yogurt dip. Sometimes, I dip chips in the tiniest bowl of greek yogurt for a filling, satisfying snack that holds me over before dinner.
Now, let's talk about this tomato-based Fall Harvest salsa! Including pumpkin, apples, and butternut squash, this mildly spicy salsa is delicious on scrambled eggs and bib lettuce salad. Instead of salad dressing, I spoon a bit of this salsa on my greens and savor the spicy fall flavors.
I don't usually buy sugary fruit bars, but I make an exception for these pumpkin cereal bars. When paired with a cup of coffee (pumpkin spice, of course), these cereal bars are the perfect mid-morning snack. Sometimes, I eat half in the morning and save the second half for dessert after lunch. If you love cinnamon, you'll have to try these.
This pumpkin bread mix yields the most moist, flavorful pumpkin muffins. I bake these once every fall and freeze the muffins in little sandwich bags. Anytime I'm craving a sweet treat, I thaw one in the microwave for 30 seconds and violà!
Don't forget to pick up chocolate chips and add them to the pumpkin bread mix, if you like that flavor profile. I also add a handful of golden raisins to give the muffins some fiber and texture. Be sure to wash it all down with a Henry Hotspur's cider, if you feel so inclined.
Both of these seasonal drinks are spectacular! If you enjoy sipping spiced cider, you must try the Fuji Apple Spiced Cider. It's refreshing when served cold, but warming and electric when taken hot. If you are a tea-drinker, the Harvest Blend Herbal Tea is an absolute dream. I brewed some in my classroom tea kettle before school started one morning and all of my students commented on how good the room smelled for hours! This tea tastes exactly like cinnamon apples without any sugar. For $1.99 a box, this makes for a lovely gift, too.
This pumpkin ravioli is stuffed with a mild cheese filling that gives it the perfect balance of creamy, salty, and ever-so-slightly sweet flavor profiles. While it can be paired with the Autumnal Harvest Alfredo Sauce (which is delicious poured over broccoli and cauliflower) , I prefer to serve it simply with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese, flaky sea salt, and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. This ravioli is rich, filling, and highly recommended if you like pumpkin and squash flavors in your pasta.
This vegan chili makes for a hearty, hot lunch if you pack a lunch for work. Made with quinoa, beans, sweet potatoes and pumpkin purée, this soup will fill you up with fiber and protein. I pair mine with a few slices of baguette and a side salad, if I have time to pack it. Have you tried this autumnal soup?
If you are looking for an easy cheese plate for entertaining during the holidays, serve up the Toscano Cheese and Pumpkin Crisps on a board. Dusted with cinnamon, this creamy cow's milk cheese has a sweet, nutty flavor. Slice it up and serve with the crunchy, chewy crisps to impress your guests and spice up happy hour!
What do you think of the seasonal foods I picked up on my grocery store run? I hope this post inspires you to embrace the flavors of fall and try new things. My top 3 picks are the candles, Harvest Blend Tea, and Pumpkin Muffin mix. Have you tried these seasonal foods and sundries? Let me know if you have any other fall favorites at TJ's!


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Balochistan: Second attack in three days kills four
More from South Asia
Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 4:00pm
An explosion in the Balochistan province of Pakistan has killed four police officers.
Dawn News reports that 12 other people were injured in the attack in the Satellite Town area of Quetta.
The blast, which is believed to have involved a motorcycle bomb, took place shortly after a police van arrived to provide security to people offering prayers at a mosque.
It is the second major attack in Balochistan within the last three days, after a luxury hotel in Gwadar was targeted and five people killed.
The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the latest attack.
Donald Trump hits out at India trade tariffs
US President Donald Trump has hit out over trade tariffs imposed by India.

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VoiceGlo's VoIP Sweepstakes
Not to be overshadowed by verizon's entry into the VoIP game, VoiceGlo has announced a promotion whereby users of the VoIP service can be eligible to win (cue announcer voice:) A NEW CAR!!!
Voiceglo is encouraging people to 'Talk It Up' with friends and family this summer using Voiceglo's free Internet phone, the GloPhone, and possibly win a car in the process. The company announced its "Talk It Up Sweepstakes," the first in a series of four sweepstakes contests Voiceglo will be holding throughout the year, with grand prizes that include the winners' choice of a PT Cruiser, a Cooper MINI, a Volkswagen Beetle convertible, a Chevy SSR convertible, or a Jeep Wrangler Sport convertible.
The first sweepstakes contest is running now until August 31st, and anyone activating a GloPhone at www.glophone.com/sweepstakes will automatically be entered into weekly drawings for Apple iPod minis. Additionally, each winner is entered into a drawing to pick the car of their choice. As an added incentive, customers will receive bonus entries into the sweepstakes for each person they refer to the service who activates a GloPhone before the end of August. There is no limit on the number of sweepstakes entries an individual can be awarded. Other cars and prizes will be given away in subsequent contests each month from September through November.


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In a world with over one billion smartphone users, we want our games to have unprecedented global reach. Whether it's the high school student waiting on a Shibuya Station platform, the waitress in South Africa relaxing before her shift starts, the businessman in the high-rise Manhattan office killing time before his next meeting, or the children gathering to play together in an Indian village, we live in a world where anyone, anywhere can enjoy games. If only we could share our own games with those people worldwide; if only we could be the reason for their delight, their joy, their passion, and help them connect with their friends... These were the thoughts that sparked the vision for our future.
These days, it feels like there's a new game on the market almost every day. With so much choice, it's not uncommon for games to fade into obscurity without making a splash, and it's rare for a game to truly surprise us with new and exciting ways to play. Against this backdrop, we came up with three standards that we want all of our games to achieve. Only by keeping these standards in mind will we be able to realize the vision that we dream of for our future.
To create games that use new concepts and experiences to delight and fascinate players.
To create games that appeal to our players all over the world.
To create games that excel, never compromising on quality.
We believe that we can only consider a game to be successful if the players enjoy it. As such, we promise to only make games that we truly believe to be fun and exciting, and which adhere to the standards above.
For us, it doesn't matter what the latest trend is or what other companies might be doing. We are focussed on one goal alone: to keep making games with unique concepts, delighting our players and providing endless entertainment to our fans around the world.
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世界中の人へ。
BRINGING THE AMAZING, TO YOU.
互いを尊重し、わかりあう。
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WFS has developed and operates several titles, such as Another Eden and After Lost. Our titles are available worldwide on the GREE Platform, the App Store, and GooglePlay™. We strive to offer not only mobile games but are also developing titles for the Switch and messenger games for LINE.
At WFS, we offer digital solutions to corporate clients.
Based on our experience and development know-how, we can offer wide range of services from initial planning of development and operation.
Fanbeats is a fan-community platform that is made possible thanks to GREE's years of development and operation experience, and WFS's marketing expertise. We are utilizing this platform to bolster and support the marketing activities of both companies and individual creators.
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High tide for the yardstick?
Henry Hood, Partner in the Family department at Hunters, reviews the judgment in the case of Charman v Charman, putting it in the context of a string of cases where family law and trusts collide.
Large divorce cases have been making the news recently, with the award in Charman v Charman at £48m (left untouched by the Court of Appeal in May this year) presently leading the field – but perhaps not for long. The recipients of these awards owe a considerable debt to Mrs White, whose claims were considered by the House of Lords in 2000. The amount awarded was unremarkable by today's standards, but the approach Mrs White persuaded the House to take was revolutionary. It is possible to identify various themes in relation to capital division from the way in which this approach has been developed in the intervening period, reaching (arguably) its high point in the cases of Miller and McFarlane in 2006.
Belying the reality that applies to most divorces, which is that the need to provide two of everything usually means that there is not enough money to go around, the new law in this area is invariably made in the so called 'big money' cases. Accordingly, for the purposes of this article, it is necessary to make two assumptions: first, that the husband earns, while the wife looks after him, the home and the children; and secondly that there is ample money to go around.
Read the full article in Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal via a PDF, here.


Curried Thai tofu salad is a great salad to serve whether you are looking for an eclectic mix or serving other Asian dishes.
Drain and press tofu, then cube and freeze overnight. Thaw and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 25 minutes, tossing after 12 minutes. While tofu is baking, mix curry, lemon juice, mayo, vinegar, pepper flakes, soy sauce, and peanut butter. Set aside. When tofu is done baking, cool then mix, along with remaining ingredients, into the sauce ingredients that you set aside earlier. Chill for at least 30 minutes then serve cold.
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3.5 stars. Pretty good. Definitely interested enough to continue.
Solid storytelling makes up for the fact that this is a pretty standard trope at Marvel: hero who gained his powers through a science experiment revisits his origin to find that other people were experimented on with the same process before and/or after. Wolverine and Captain America come to mind immediately.Anyhow, I enjoyed this iteration due to the tight script and the general awesomeness of Luke Cage.
An adventure I could see featured on an action tv show with a message about legacy and parents.


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Die Liste der Kreisstraßen im Landkreis Kelheim ist eine Auflistung der Kreisstraßen im bayerischen Landkreis Kelheim mit deren Verlauf.

Abkürzungen

 EI: Kreisstraße im Landkreis Eichstätt
 FS: Kreisstraße im Landkreis Freising
 KEH: Kreisstraße im Landkreis Kelheim
 LA: Kreisstraße im Landkreis Landshut
 NM: Kreisstraße im Landkreis Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
 PAF: Kreisstraße im Landkreis Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
 R: Kreisstraße im Landkreis Regensburg
 St: Staatsstraße in Bayern

Liste
Nicht vorhandene bzw. nicht nachgewiesene Kreisstraßen werden in Kursivdruck gekennzeichnet, ebenso Straßen und Straßenabschnitte, die unabhängig vom Grund (Herabstufung zu einer Gemeindestraße oder Höherstufung) keine Kreisstraßen mehr sind.

Der Straßenverlauf wird in der Regel von Nord nach Süd und von West nach Ost angegeben.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Staatsstraßen in Bayern
 Liste der Bundesstraßen in Deutschland

Quellen
 OpenStreetMap: Landkreis Kelheim – Landkreis Kelheim im OpenStreetMap-Wiki

Kreisstrassen Kelheim
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Kelheim

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Mind Garbage: Countdown to Comic Con - It's Finally Here!!!
Guys, it's comic con tomorrow!! I'm so excited. There's been another guest announcement that is crazy exciting for me. Zachary Levi, the voice of Flynn in Tangled and of course the title character in the great show Chuck. I can't afford to meet him sadly, but he has a free talk scheduled that I will most definitely be going to.
Important announcement now ladies and gentlemen, drum roll please, my cosplay is officially finished! I'm not going to add a complete photo on here because I want you to see it to full effect with my friend as Ralph when we're at comic con.
I painted the white stripes on to the leggings which took a while, although it was ironing it to heat set the paint that was particularly tedious, however I think they turned out rather well in the end, and of course you've already seen the finished hoodie.
I've now glued the painted hair bits to some hair grips and tried them in my hair. I have also done a run through of my make up which went much better than expected, although on the day I will be adding false lashes as well. I actually had the side fringe cut in and dyed my hair black just for comic con.
The schedule for the day has been announced, as has the floor plan. I would recommend that anyone who is going check which photo area their photo shoots are in, and then check the floorplan in advance so that they know where they need to be.
This year they have also added rough ideas of which batch numbers are likely to get done in each shoot, which makes it much easier to plan your day.
I am pleased to announce the lucky winner of the Kaylee Frye teddy bear is Claire Davies. Congratulations, I very much hope you enjoy your prize!
Now, I have one last tip for anyone that is going to comic con, and that is to try to relax and have fun. It can get a bit stressful if you have a lot to do, but try to keep calm and take some time to take it all in.
So, you all know what I'll be wearing, if any of you see me on the day feel free to say hi. And if you don't see me on the day then keep an eye on my blog ready for my post about the day including plenty of photographs.
Enjoy the Comic Con! It looks like you have prepared for so long for it and I'm sure your costume will be amazing! I'm looking forward to see photos with the entire outfit!
My son loves Comic Con. They have a big one in Cardiff. Hope you have fun!
Have an amazing time at Comic Con - hope we get to hear all about it afterwards!
The cosplay looks great! Zachary Levi.. I would love to meet him.


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NOAA offers $20K reward for tips on beachgoers who harassed dolphin
A man walks his dog along the beach Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Galveston, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
By: Tatiana Salazar
QUINTANA, Texas — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is now offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information that leads to the arrest of the people responsible for the death of a dolphin.
The dolphin died on a Texas beach in April after it became stranded, and people harassed it.
Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network posted on Facebook that the dolphin was alive when it became stranded on Quintana Beach, south of Houston.
The group said beachgoers pushed the dolphin back to sea and tried to swim with and ride the animal.
The dolphin died before rescuers arrived at the beach.
Necropsy, or non-human autopsy, results show the dolphin died from drowning, NOAA said.
NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement is asking anyone with information about the incident to call its hotline at (800) 853-1964.
Tips may be left anonymously. But in order to be eligible for the reward, you must leave your name and contact information.
NOAA says it is illegal to feed or harass wild marine animals, including dolphins.
People found guilty of harassing, harming, killing or even feeding wild dolphins could face up to $100,000 in fines and up to 1 year in jail.
Should beachgoers find a stranded marine animal, they should allow it to return to the water on its own and not crowd around it, NOAA says.


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NCIS Renewed for Season 16 as Star Mark Harmon Signs New Deal
By Ryan Schwartz / April 13 2018, 10:14 AM PDT
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Agent Gibbs isn't going anywhere.
CBS has renewed NCIS for a 16th season, the network announced on Friday. What's more, Mark Harmon has signed a new deal to remain on as a star and executive producer of the long-running procedural.
"It's pretty simple – viewers everywhere love NCIS," Kelly Kahl, President of CBS Entertainment, said in a statement. "This show speaks to viewers of all ages, in all parts of the country and around the world. NCIS' amazing characters and terrific storytelling result in some of TV's most passionate fans. Of course, none of this would be possible without an outstanding production team, and talented cast led by the incomparable and absolutely tireless Mark Harmon. We're thrilled he is returning as the centerpiece of the show, and we could not be more excited for NCIS 16th season."
Word of Harmon's contract extension comes as NCIS is about to lose one of its last remaining original cast members. Costar Pauley Perrette is leaving the series after 15 years as forensic specialist Abby Sciuto, and will make her final appearance in this season's penultimate episode (airing Tuesday, May 8).
Season to date, NCIS is averaging 13.3 million total viewers and a 1.4 demo rating in Live+Same Day numbers, easily ranking No. 1 among CBS dramas.
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HomeBritish ColumbiaClean energy technology adoption by BC fishery businesses supported by new federal program
Clean energy technology adoption by BC fishery businesses supported by new federal program
April 12, 2018 Energi Staff 2 British Columbia
Fisheries and Aquaculture Clean Technology Adoption Program will provide up to $20 million over four years
Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced over $225,000 in funding from the Fisheries and Aquaculture Clean Technology Adoption Program to support clean economic growth for six British Columbia businesses, according to a press release.
Effingham Oysters Inc. will use the funds to install solar panels and energy storage batteries that will reduce diesel transport and consumption by two-thirds of its current use.
Nova Harvest Ltd. will reduce propane use by 95 per cent by reclaiming heat from water outflows with a heat-pump.
"Canada's fisheries and aquaculture industries know the importance of environmental stewardship for the sustainability of our coastal waters. We're pleased that through this program, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is able to help these businesses decrease their environmental impact," said Dominic LeBlanc, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.
A new auxiliary engine and upgraded longline strengths at Salish Seas Fisheries will lead to reduced emissions and protect the environment by preventing the loss of hooks and lines at sea.
Bee Islets Growers Corp. will replace Styrofoam floatation billets with high density polyethylene floatation billets. This will reduce the environmental impact and provide proof of technology for other aquaculture operators to transition to this cleaner form of floatation support.
OM Harvesting Ltd. will use the funding to replace an outdated auxiliary boat engine. The new fuel efficient engine will result in fuel savings of 10 to 20 per cent while increasing dependability for operations in remote regions of the B.C. coast.
West Coast Fishculture will convert a diesel engine, used to wash nets, to an electric engine and replace an old tugboat engine with a high efficiency engine, resulting in reduced emissions and fuel and energy use.
The Province of British Columbia is an active partner in promoting the adoption of clean technologies into the fisheries and aquaculture sectors and contributed over $30,000 in funding to these environmentally friendly initiatives.
"These projects will help energize the growth and production of B.C. seafood products and extend the reputation B.C. has for sustainable aquaculture and fishery practices. The improved energy efficiency and reduced environmental footprints are one more reason to buy B.C. seafood, enjoy its quality, and support jobs and communities along our coast," said Lana Popham, Minister of Agriculture, British Columbia.
The Fisheries and Aquaculture Clean Technology Adoption Program will provide up to $20 million over four years. The program will help Canada's fisheries and aquaculture industries incorporate existing clean technology into their day-to-day operations. Adopting the use of more sustainable and efficient tools, practices and techniques will reduce the potential environmental impact of their activities.
Parties interested in applying for funding can do so through the DFO website.
Bombshell in the BC Legislature: Horgan govt knew all along stopping Kinder Morgan is illegal
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ARRL Headquarters — ham history in the morning and a pileup in the afternoon.
Arriving at the ARRL headquarters building around 11 AM, we were greeted by our volunteer guide Charles "Skip" Colton, W1FTE. Since Skip would finish his shift at noon and the W1AW building would shut down over the lunch hour, Skip advised us to get on the air immediately for a contact or two on 17 meters and then return for an afternoon session on 20 meters. Marginal band conditions on 17 meters made reception difficult, but after several CQs I was able to dig a mobile in England from out of the static.
After lunch, we returned to the W1AW building for an SSB session, this time on 20 meters. Operating the FT DX 9000 transceiver in the "contest" studio was a pleasure. Atmospherics on 20 meters were considerably better than on 17 meters. As a result, I was able to make contacts with Cuba and Slovenia. Sylvia took some great pictures of the W1AW station with me at the controls. What a blast!
For those of you planning a trip to ARRL, the tour of the headquarters building is a must. Our guide for the afternoon was Grant Warner, AA1T. He was a brilliant and enthusiastic host who provided us with a wealth of information about the ARRL and radio history in general. With a continuous dialogue of ARRL and communications history, Grant guided us through the nerve center of the League. Of particular interest was the outgoing QSL Bureau, the Education Department, the ARRL Lab and the Contest and Awards area. Kudos to the lab technician who took the time to track down a source on the Internet for purchasing Ben Stearns' book, Arthur Collins, Radio Wizard.
So, next time you think about taking a trip to ARRL headquarters, do it. It is well worth the time to see the League in action.
Kenneth, WAØSLU, an ARRL member, is a retired instrumental music teacher and jazz DJ for radio station KCCK. He has been a ham for 47 years and received his 40 year member pin from the ARRL in 2008. Originally licensed as KN9BGS in 1956, he returned to the hobby of his boyhood in 1964 with the call of WA9MUS. Moving to Iowa in 1967 he was assigned the call WAØSLU. Low power and digital operation are his favorite pastimes on the bands along with a regular weekly schedule with his brother Chuck, N4YXW, in Warrenton, Virginia. Ken can be contacted at 304 Walnut St, Tipton, IA 52772-1845, wa0slu@arrl.net.


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Günther Theischinger
Günther Theischinger has had a lifelong interest in aquatic insects. He has published more than 300 scientific papers, and over the years has described more than 60 new species and several new genera of Australian dragonflies. He has been a visiting scientist at the Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra, and is a Research Associate of the Australian Museum and a Visiting Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution.
The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia Edition 2
Günther Theischinger and John Hawking
Illustrated by Albert Orr


I've never liked the whole vs. idea of frameworks and langauges. I don't like that programmers and developers battle each other on the fact that some languages are better than others. The truth is, every language is better at something (well except maybe Whitespace). I wish programmers and developers could look at other languages and frameworks and be inspired by the things it did right, instead of brush it off and say "Well mine is still better because of x and y!".
In your specific case, you should hands down choose the framework based on if you are more familiar with PHP or Ruby. Program your application in what you're comfortable with, then in your free time practice the other and gain Comfortability with it and make your own decision about which you like more. You are the only person who can decide which is better for you. Both Laravel and Ruby on Rails are absolutely amazing frameworks, and both have personally inspired me a lot. I would suggest somewhere down the line learning both of them, however for now I would say work with whatever language you know best.
Best of luck to you and happy coding!
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As mentioned on Twitter, I love this and there is another great example from Australia between Federation University Library and Casey Cardinia Libraries https://berwicknews.starcommunity.com.au/news/2018-10-17/library-and-university-unite/ I work in a multi-campus academic library and think digital literacies development and programming is a great area where could collaborate with our local public libraries – We could connect students with their local public library to help them find and access resources after they graduate (to complement those they can access as alumni) – they generally don't have all the research databases, but they tend to have at least some and lots of great services – many public libraries do a lot of work helping people apply for jobs and build 'employability' or work and business-related skills and literacies (including but not limited to digital literacies). I support history students (among others) and I regularly promote public libraries as a great source of local history knowledge and connections in research skills, information and archival literacy classes… I've been thinking I would like to build on this some day and co-facilitate a class with a public librarian on family and local history research… I love the idea of connecting international students with their local public library too – in addition to helping them learn English, many have collections in languages other than English and it could also help them connect back to their home country and reduce feelings of isolation and/or homesickness. Some public libraries host conversation clubs (or related programs) in English and other languages and perhaps international students could be part of them and gain skills and experiences to complement their studies and help them get work. Students studying languages other than English and/or linguistics could similarly be part of conversation clubs etc. I have also heard from a few people who work in public libraries that uni students often study there and ask the librarians for help because they are comfortable there and have grown up going to that library – whereas academic libraries can be quite intimidating places (in fact, I was one of those students!). I also love the idea of connecting students with recreational reading at public libraries… One area I am perhaps most excited about is collaborating with public libraries to connect people with research and translate knowledge with and for communities (beyond the academy). We could work with public librarians to help people find and use Open Access research, we could help organise researcher talks in public libraries for researchers to communicate their knowledge, we could help researchers make and share infographics and videos to help translate their research… and more!
Thank you Clare! What an utterly wonderful story of academic and public library collaboration that benefits the end users. Love it!


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Q: How can I "manually" edit an annotation in a pdf without corrupting the file? I need to insert an hyperlink into a few thousand existing pdfs. I'm working with zend_pdf which apparently is not able to set an invisible border. The only way I found to make the link borders invisible (found it somewhere else on this site, here, to be precise) is to search for each link "element" of the pdf and add a /Border annotation, like this:

echo str_replace('/Annot /Subtype /Link', '/Annot /Subtype /Link /Border[0 0 0]', $pdf->render());

Since I need to work on files that reside on my filesystem, I'm using the sed command for the search & replace operation.
Now, at first sight this works, as the documents are displayed correctly by Acrobat 8, osx 10.6's Viewer and Ubuntu's document viewer. However, tools such as pdftk (1.41) and pdfinfo (0.12.1) report the structure is corrupted. This is annoying since it means that no further manipulation of the pdf using pdftk will be possible, since the tool refuses to work on the file as there are errors in it.
I looked into the files using a binary editor and I found out that if I add more than two bytes after "/Link", the file gets corrupted. This confuses me a lot, since based on the pdf specifications (I'm using 1.4) there is no checksum except for streams, which should mean that one can add as much bytes as he wants, as long as he's not doing that inside a stream and the inserted bytes are valid pdf syntax.
What am I missing here?
Here is an example:
the original pdf
the processed pdf

A: Adding the additional "/Border" element in the file actually corrupts the pdf's xref table. The xref table references all the objects by their position, measured in bytes from the beginning of the file. Inserting the additional element of course shifts the position (offset) of the subsequent contents by a few bytes.
To fix the xref table after the edit, I can use pdftk from pdf labs (http://www.pdftk.com) to fix the xref table:

$ pdftk corrupted_file.pdf output fixed_file.pdf

As a matter of fact, I was not able to find a comprehensive Pdf solution for php, and I had to use several different kinds of tools (zend_pdf, pdftk, sed) to implement my workflow.

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How An Exiled Activist In Minnesota Helped Spur Big Political Changes In Ethiopia
Published December 6, 2018 at 12:14 PM MST
Maheder Haileselassie Tadese
Jawar Mohammed, 32, created the Oromia Media Network and used it to bludgeon one of the most brutal regimes on the African continent.
In person, Jawar Mohammed is quieter, smaller than the big persona he has built online.
To see him, you arrive at what looks like an old embassy residence in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. It's hulking and white, multiple stories, surrounded by tall walls. You're frisked by plainclothes security officials and then guided through a series of empty rooms, one covered in Oriental rugs. Finally, you reach his small office, where he is sipping tea, monitoring his phones and keeping up with the latest political action on his laptop.
At 32, with a mischievous smile and a round, boyish face, he keeps the air of a startup CEO, but Jawar is without a doubt the most controversial man in Ethiopia. The previous government branded him a terrorist, because from exile in the U.S., he created a media network and used it to bludgeon that government — one of the most brutal regimes on the African continent.
The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, the ruling party, was armed to the teeth and controlled the executive branch, Parliament and judiciary for almost three decades. An airtight intelligence operation meant there was little they didn't know, so any potential dissent was dealt with swiftly and violently. There is no comprehensive count, but human rights groups have for years decried vast abuses by the government.
Zacharias Abubeker / AFP/Getty Images
People protest against the Ethiopian government during an Oromo festival in October 2017. Anti-government protests by young Oromo men began in 2015 and helped spur political change.
"This was one of the most powerful regimes in Africa," Jawar tells NPR. "Supported by the West and China, Russia, together. Even a liberal like [Barack] Obama, who is committed to human rights and democracy, looked at them and said there is no way these guys are going to go." During a 2015 visit, and much to the dismay of Ethiopian civil society groups, President Obama was accommodating of the regime, even calling it "democratically elected."
But the regime had one big weakness: In a diverse country, it was mostly led by Tigrayans, a minority ethnic group that makes up less than 10 percent of the country's population. The Oromo — the largest ethnic group, representing more than a third of the population — had mostly been left out.
"[The Oromos] have been economically and politically, culturally marginalized for a long time, because the Oromos were always a threat to whoever was in power," Jawar says. "And to prevent Oromos from coming to power, to disempower them ... ridiculing them was very important, demoralizing them was very important."
Jawar, an Oromo, saw his opportunity. On his network, broadcasting from Minnesota to Ethiopia via satellite and social media, he decried injustice. He highlighted Oromo history and encouraged young Oromos to be proud of their culture.
"I called it the project of building collective self-esteem," he says.
The qeerroo protests
Confidence in their numbers — and in who they were — pushed protesters to the streets to demand better governance and equal representation from a minority-led government.
And it worked. Beginning in the fall of 2015, thousands of protesters — mostly young bachelors known as qeerroos in the Oromo language — organized boycotts and set up roadblocks, paralyzing commerce. Ethiopia is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world — its GDP expanding at breakneck pace — but the instability led to a 20 percent decrease in foreign direct investment. For a regime whose main promise was development, this was devastating.
Eventually, the Amhara, the second-biggest ethnic group in the country, joined the protests. The government crumbled with the resignation in February of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
Abiy Ahmed (left) holds an Ethiopian flag with his predecessor, Hailemariam Desalegn, at the Ethiopian Parliament, following Ahmed's swearing-in ceremony as prime minister in April.
In August, Jawar returned to Ethiopia as a hero. He had last been there in 2008. The government of new reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, an Oromo from the ruling coalition, dropped all terrorism charges against him, and Jawar transformed from an outside agitator, an activist, to a political figure with huge influence over the new government.
Thousands of people lined the streets, celebrating his return. But across the country, perhaps emboldened by their unlikely victory, young Oromos clashed violently with members of other ethnic groups, and the violence displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
On Twitter and in newspapers, critics wondered if the ethnically driven politics that helped push political change had become toxic — threatening to rip the country apart along ethnic lines.
Jawar brushes off those kinds of concerns, dismissing them as political barbs with no basis in reality.
"When you do things the way I do, you create a lot of losers," he says. "Of course you are going to have a lot of enemies."
"We were struggling for the whole Ethiopia"
Driving from Addis Ababa to Shashamane, you notice a couple of things: the vast factories quickly industrializing Ethiopia and the hordes of young, unemployed men hanging out on street corners, waiting for someone to give them any job.
Shashamane, a small town about a five-hour drive south of Addis Ababa, is in the heartland of the Oromia region and is one of the places where Jawar's theories about political activism came to life.
"You can call it the second Minnesota," Kemal Welyali says.
At the peak of the protest movement, images from Shashamane played all over Jawar's Oromia Media Network, showing young men running, crossing their arms in protest, or desolate streets during the nationwide strike earlier this year — not a single business open, not one truck shuttling goods out to the capital.
Eyder Peralta / NPR
Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina was freed from jail in January. In today's Ethiopia, he says, "There are a lot of clashes of dreams."
Kemal played a central organizing role. He took every opportunity to speak about corruption and minority rule, even at funerals and weddings. It was time, he preached, to stand up to a cruel government. He says he spoke mostly to the older folks, because he knew when the young people took to the streets, they would need their elders' support.
Kemal stops his car in front of a strip mall. On the day Jawar came to Shashamane, in August, thousands showed up to welcome someone they viewed as their philosophical inspiration. But at some point, the crowd fixated on one man — a non-Oromo whom they accused of carrying a bomb.
Kemal points at a lamppost in front of him: That's where the crowd hung the man by his feet and beat him to death. No bomb was ever found.
"We were not the ones who hung him," Kemal says, blaming another group for trying to spark a new conflict between young Oromos and police.
Either way, as images of a mob of young men surrounding the man's limp body spread across Ethiopia, it sparked fears that the Oromos' uprising had empowered violent ethnic nationalism.
In the capital, the word qeerroo makes people shudder now. They are radicals, they say.
But Kemal says only people who don't know their movement brand them as radicals. Yes, he says, this movement emboldened Oromos and gave them pride, but that was part of a bigger plan. The point of this struggle, he says, was to first bring Oromos together to defeat the old regime and then bring along the rest of Ethiopia.
"Our struggle is to bring real democracy," he says. "We weren't struggling for the Oromo tribe only. We were struggling for the whole Ethiopia."
"A vacuum in the middle"
Jawar left Ethiopia for a university in Singapore in 2003. Two years later, he moved to the United States; he studied political science at Stanford and received a master's in human rights studies at Columbia University.
As a student in the U.S., he was thinking and writing about Oromos in Ethiopia. In the mid-2000s, he led protests outside the State Department to bring attention to what he said was the mistreatment of Oromos at the hands of the Ethiopian state. He settled in Minnesota, where his wife, also Ethiopian, was a student.
Jawar was controversial among Ethiopians from the very beginning of his political activism. In 2009, he wrote an essay highly critical of the Oromo Liberation Front, then a separatist group that had struggled against Ethiopian regimes for decades. It was time to move on, he argued, because it was clear the OLF could no longer serve the aspirations of Oromos.
Jawar says he spent time studying nonviolent protests of the U.S. and India, and he paid close attention to the Arab Spring movements.
His big moment came about three years ago, when the Ethiopian government moved to expand the capital city, in essence taking more land from the people of Oromia.
That sparked huge street protests. At the same time, Jawar launched his media network, which gave young protesters a voice. His Facebook page garnered more than 1.5 million followers and he plastered his feed — and his satellite channel — with graphic content showing clashes between protesters and police.
Critics say he exaggerated what was happening in Ethiopia — that he inflated death tolls and even reported falsely that the Ethiopian government had used helicopter gunships to mow down Oromo worshippers during their most sacred holiday. During this period, he was deemed an enemy of the Ethiopian state and was no longer able to return home. His critics said he fanned the flames by framing a lot of this in ethnic terms — as a Tigrayan conspiracy against Oromos.
But Jawar sees his role through a more academic lens. He says as this protest movement unfolded, he and other Oromo leaders did recognize the potential for radicalization — and that's why they pushed for democracy.
More recent episodes of violence, he argues, don't stem from ethnic division. Instead, he says, this is what happens during political transitions.
He's calm and unemotional when he talks about the violence across the country.
"When you move from dictatorship to democracy, people move from fearing the guns to respecting the law," he says. "But there is a vacuum in the middle; there is a gap."
The "not negotiable" demands
As Kemal pulls out of the Shashamane strip mall, a heavy rain begins to fall.
For years, Kemal was on the run. The previous government tracked his cellphones, so he switched SIM cards hundreds of times. He would stay in a town for a few days, talk to leaders about nonviolent protests and then move elsewhere.
His family stayed in Shashamane, and he encouraged his 18-year-old son, Wetumusa Kemal, to go out into the streets.
He motions to Wetumusa to show this reporter the consequences of that. Wetumusa rolls up his pant leg, revealing a scar from a bullet wound on his left knee.
During the struggle, Wetumusa says, the military was everywhere. It surrounded schools and beat the students in classrooms. Sometimes soldiers would round them up during protests and send them to re-education camps.
"They told us to lie down, then they beat us with the sticks and they ran over us with their big shoes," he says.
Even if you weren't protesting, he says, if the military determined you were young and Oromo, you would face a beating or imprisonment.
Over the past few years, human rights groups estimate, more than 1,000 Ethiopians were killed by the state and tens of thousands were thrown into detention centers, where torture, as Wetumusa describes, was common.
This, father and son both agree, was a painful struggle, but they have won. Their victory, they say, gives them a right to two other demands: that the capital should once again be administered by Oromia, and that the Oromo language should displace Amharic as the country's official language.
Reminded that those two demands could prove highly combustible, Kemal responds without hesitating: "They are not negotiable."
"Clashes of dreams"
The issue of Addis Ababa is not simple. It has long represented the clash between the Oromo majority and the ruling class, a point of contention since the late 1800s, when Emperor Menelik II — an Amhara — staked claim to what Oromos called Finfinne.
Today, Addis Ababa is a cosmopolitan city, a federal cutout in the middle of Oromia that is home to all ethnic groups and a source of much government revenue.
Jawar, though, seems unconcerned about the capital's future. Unlike Kemal, he leaves room for negotiation — the federal government and the city's multiethnic residents have rights that should be respected, he says — but to him, the big issue is already settled: The territory of Addis Ababa has to be returned to the Oromos.
"I don't see how that can be a radical proposition," he says, "if there is almost 100 percent consensus among Oromos."
Merera Gudina, an Oromo and once the country's most prominent opposition politician, was released from prison thanks in large part to unrelenting qeerroo protests. These unresolved issues are the biggest danger in Ethiopia, he warns.
"There are a lot of clashes of dreams," he says. If they can't be negotiated, he warns, the country will crumble.
One minute, Jawar can be a hard-liner who dismisses any negotiation, and the next, a pragmatist who insists controversial issues can be resolved once the Ethiopian government becomes "legitimate" and people come to respect the law.
In Ethiopia now, "No one has legitimacy," he says. Not even Ahmed, the prime minister, who came to his position by a decision of the ruling party rather than by popular vote.
The uprising, Jawar says, was never about creating an Oromo state, but it was certainly about Oromos asserting their rights.
"When I was in America, I was Oromo; I was African; I was American," he says. "We shouldn't be forcing people to choose; we should create a condition of complementary identities."
In his mind, free, fair and credible elections are the answer.
"Elections will enable us to have legitimate representatives of the various ethnic groups and a real ethnic bargain will begin," he says. "There will be conflicts; there will tensions. There will be communal violence every now and then, but that violence can be contained because you will have legitimate representatives."
And if the process is fair, he says, he is willing to accept whoever comes to power — Oromo or not.
"We fought for a democratic government," he says. "Not for a popular government. We don't care who is going to rule this place, but that person has to have the consent our people expressed through the ballots."


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Q: Convert NOT IN query to better performance I'm using MySQL 5.0, and I need to fine tune this query. Can anyone please tell me what tuning I can do in this?
SELECT DISTINCT(alert_master_id) FROM alert_appln_header
WHERE created_date < DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL (SELECT parameters FROM schedule_config WHERE schedule_name = "Purging_Config") DAY)
AND alert_master_id NOT IN (
SELECT DISTINCT(alert_master_id) FROM alert_details
WHERE end_date IS NULL AND created_date < DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL (SELECT parameters FROM schedule_config WHERE schedule_name = "Purging_Config") DAY)
UNION
SELECT DISTINCT(alert_master_id) FROM alert_sara_header
WHERE sara_master_id IN
(SELECT alert_sara_master_id FROM alert_sara_lines
WHERE end_date IS NULL) AND created_date < DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL (SELECT parameters FROM schedule_config WHERE schedule_name = "Purging_Config") DAY)
) LIMIT 5000;

A: The first thing that I'd do is rewrite the subqueries as joins:
SELECT      h.alert_master_id

FROM        alert_appln_header h

       JOIN schedule_config c
         ON c.schedule_name = 'Purging_Config'

  LEFT JOIN alert_details d
         ON d.alert_master_id = h.alert_master_id
        AND d.end_date IS NULL
        AND d.created_date < CURRENT_DATE - INTERVAL c.parameters DAY

  LEFT JOIN (
              alert_sara_header s
         JOIN alert_sara_lines  l
           ON l.alert_sara_master_id = s.sara_master_id
            )
         ON s.alert_master_id = h.alert_master_id
        AND s.end_date IS NULL
        AND s.created_date < CURRENT_DATE - INTERVAL c.parameters DAY

WHERE       h.created_date < CURRENT_DATE - INTERVAL c.parameters DAY
        AND d.alert_master_id IS NULL
        AND s.alert_master_id IS NULL

GROUP BY    h.alert_master_id

LIMIT       5000

If it's still slow after that, re-examine your indexing strategy.  I'd suggest indexes over:

*

*alert_appln_header(alert_master_id,created_date)

*schedule_config(schedule_name)

*alert_details(alert_master_id,end_date,created_date)

*alert_sara_header(sara_master_id,alert_master_id,end_date,created_date)

*alert_sara_lines(alert_sara_master_id)

A: OK, this may be just a shot in the dark, but I think you don't need as many DISTINCT here.
SELECT DISTINCT(alert_master_id) FROM alert_appln_header
WHERE created_date < DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL (SELECT parameters FROM schedule_config WHERE schedule_name = "Purging_Config") DAY)
AND alert_master_id NOT IN (
     -- removed distinct here --
    SELECT alert_master_id FROM alert_details
    WHERE end_date IS NULL AND created_date < DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL (SELECT parameters FROM schedule_config WHERE schedule_name = "Purging_Config") DAY)
    UNION
     -- removed distinct here --
    SELECT alert_master_id FROM alert_sara_header
    WHERE sara_master_id IN
        (SELECT alert_sara_master_id FROM alert_sara_lines
        WHERE end_date IS NULL)
    AND created_date < DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL (SELECT parameters FROM schedule_config WHERE schedule_name = "Purging_Config") DAY)
) LIMIT 5000;

Since using the DISTINCT is very costly, try to avoid it. In the first WHERE clause you are checking for ids that are NOT within some result, so it shouldn't matter if in that result some ids appear more than once.