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'Hub' launches to support sexual assault victims in Staffordshire
Staffordshire University is leading a new initiative to improve support for victims and survivors of domestic abuse and sexual offences
The VAWG Hub will bring together organisations involved in supporting victims and survivors of domestic abuse and sexual offences
There are lots of people out there working really hard to address these issues. However, there is often a disconnect between different organisations and we are seeing increased competition for funding. We want to provide an opportunity to come together, share best practice and help to shape future provision in the region.
Dr Em Temple-Malt, PG Course Leader for Sociology and Social Justice
The Staffordshire University Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Hub is a new network designed to enable organisations involved in supporting victims and survivors to connect, learn, collaborate and share ideas.
A launch event is taking place this week on Thursday 27 October at the University's Stoke-on-Trent campus and organisers are keen for practitioners and community members from across Staffordshire and the West Midlands to attend.
In the year 2021, 1,377 counts of sexual violence were perpetrated against females of varying age ranges in the county of Staffordshire. Moreover, sexual violence and other sexual offences are purportedly the most committed crime in various areas across Staffordshire, including, Burton town, Uxbridge, Penkull and Stoke.
Dr Em Temple-Malt, co-founder of the VAWG Hub, explained: "Reaching out and supporting survivors or victims of sexual violence and abuse is a complex task because this group are typically 'hard to reach'. The sensitivity, stigma, perceived shame and personal nature of sexual violence can discourage people from coming forward to seek support.
"Our aspiration for the Hub is to connect professional support services but we're also keen to involve any community organisation that is likely to come across people who are experiencing, fleeing or recovering from abuse."
The creation of the Hub was prompted by a recent report commissioned by Staffordshire Women's Aid to explore the needs of sexual offence victims and survivors from ethnically diverse communities. The project was led by Dr Em Temple-Malt and Dr Laura Walton-Williams, working alongside students from Centre for Crime, Justice and Security, who reached out to women from minority groups and professionals working in the county to better understand their experiences and the barriers to seeking support.
The team identified a variety of factors which might prevent victims reporting offences such as language barriers, wanting to protect their children, feared stigma and shame within their community or not wanting to fuel negative perceptions about their community.
This research led to a publication of a report, the delivery of training events and an online webinar to raise awareness of the particular needs of victims from BME communities. Interview data was also used to inform the production of five scripts and short films showcasing 'Survivor Voices' which are available to watch on Staffordshire Women's Aid YouTube channel.
Dr Em Temple-Malt added: "This is just one example of the professional research that has been produced working alongside our students and we are keen to build on this. The VAWG Hub is an exciting opportunity for organisations in a range of fields to come to us with issues or predicaments that they don't fully understand and need support with.
"The launch event will provide a chance for you to learn more about what we do, contribute to how the Hub operates and to have coffee, cake and mingle with fellow delegates. We hope to see you there!"
The Staffordshire University Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Hub launch takes place on Thursday 27 October at 10am – book your place.
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Staffordshire University Business Awards launched
The inaugural Staffordshire University Business Awards has officially launched.
Austerity is pushing thousands of families to the brink in Stoke-on-Trent
A new report describes how austerity, in the form of cuts to health, welfare and social services, is driving increasing poverty and destitution.
Discover more about apprenticeships – at Staffordshire University!
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Staffordshire University has launched a new policy brief to guide the creation of telehealth patient consultation guidelines and training.


This Pressure Cooker Mac and Cheese is the food of my people. My people specifically being my children and husband because without mac and cheese, I am not sure they would eat anything other than cold cereal. I digress.
I give in to their mac and cheese needs because it sustains them and it's easy to cook. What makes it even easier is using my electric pressure cooker!
This pressure cooker mac and cheese uses 3 cheeses, but please don't tell my family that. According to them I only use cheddar. If I told them I also used gruyere they would lock me up and demand Kraft. Don't tell your family either!
Making pasta in the Instant Pot is really easy. For this recipe I used 1 pound of pasta shells and 4 cups of water. To determine the number of minutes to set your Instant Pot to, you divide the cook time on the pasta box in half. I have found that most short pastas do well by setting the time on the Instant pot by pressing the manual button, then setting it for 4 minutes. When it is finished cooking, release the pressure using the quick release valve on top.
I also added 3 tablespoons of butter and a teaspoon of salt to the pot before I set it to cook.
When the pressure is released, I opened the pot and gave the noodles a good stir and added the half and half and the cheese.
My son is always asking for really creamy mac and cheese. I got you boo.
A quick and easy batch of 3 cheese mac and cheese using the Instant Pot pressure cooker. This one uses mild and sharp cheddar and gruyere!
In an Instant Pot pressure cooker, add the pasta, water, butter, and salt. Lock the lid and set the pressure valve to sealing. Using the manual function, set the cook time for 4 minutes. When the timer goes off, turn the knob to release the pressure. Remove the lid and give a big stir.
Add the half and half and cheese and stir until all of the cheese is melted. Add more salt if necessary and serve.
Cheeses that would do well in mac and cheese are cheddar, gruyere, gouda, fontina and monterey jack. You could even add some goat cheese!
Avoid mozzarella or provolone. They are too stringy.


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package org.jbpm.examples.serializablevariable;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import org.jbpm.api.ProcessInstance;
import org.jbpm.test.JbpmTestCase;

/**
 * @author Tom Baeyens
 */
public class SerializableVariableTest extends JbpmTestCase {

  String deploymentId;

  protected void setUp() throws Exception {
    super.setUp();

    deploymentId = repositoryService.createDeployment()
        .addResourceFromClasspath("org/jbpm/examples/serializablevariable/process.jpdl.xml")
        .deploy();
  }

  protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
    repositoryService.deleteDeploymentCascade(deploymentId);

    super.tearDown();
  }

  public void testSerializableVariableUpdate() {
    Set<String> messages = new HashSet<String>();
    messages.add("serialize");
    messages.add("me");

    Map<String, Object> variables = new HashMap<String, Object>();
    variables.put("messages", messages);

    ProcessInstance processInstance = executionService.startProcessInstanceByKey("SerializableVariable", variables);
    String pid = processInstance.getId();
    executionService.signalExecutionById(pid);

    Set<String> expectedMessages = new HashSet<String>();
    expectedMessages.add("i");
    expectedMessages.add("was");
    expectedMessages.add("updated");

    messages = (Set<String>) executionService.getVariable(pid, "messages");
    assertEquals(expectedMessages, messages);
  }
}

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කාන්තා හා ළමා කටයුතු සහ සමාජ ආරක්ෂණ අමාත්‍යාංශය
Ministry of Women & Child Affairs and Social Security
மகளிர், சிறுவர் அலுவல்கள் மற்றும் சமூக பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்ச
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Persons who are not citizens of Sri Lanka and not domiciled or resident in Sri Lanka are considered as foreign applicants. As per the Adoption of Children Ordinance No. 24 of 1941 (Amendment No. 15 of 1992), a foreign applicant should submit a Home Study Report and a Police Report issued by the country of the applicant and other documents to the Commissioner of Department of Probation and Child Care Services through the Sri Lankan Embassy in that country.
In addition, it is necessary to follow the rules and regulations in the Hague Adoption Convention. If no local applicant is available to adopt a particular child, only the Commissioner of the Department of Probation and Child Care Services has the authority of allocating a child living in a Children's Home registered under the Orphanages Ordinance for foreign applicants. No foreign applicant is allowed to select children. All matters in relation to the adoption are taken place between the state organizations of the applicant's state of residence and the local central authority as per Hague Convention, the Department of Probation and Child Care Services.
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The Department of Probation and Child Care Services, functioning under the Central Government, provides funds for the 09 Provincial Departments of Probation and Child Care Services for the protection of orphaned, abandoned and destitute children and to bring about a sound mental development of such children. These funds are provided after prioritizing the requests received by the Provincial Probation Officers and are monitored regularly.
Every year, the Department of Probation and Child Care Services takes measures such as fixing CCTV cameras, putting up fences, gates and walls to enhance the protection of children in children's homes and also to upgrade basic facilities such as building up water tanks, lavatories etc.
In addition to upgrading the children's homes in the 9 provinces, steps are taken annually to uplift the resources of the National Center for Counseling and Training of Children which is under the supervision of the Department of Probation and Child Care Services.
The Department also takes action to develop the skills of the children in the children's homes who have completed 18 years. Under this, leadership development programmes, entertainment programmes, children's camps, trips, sport competitions, "Sil" campaigns, "sharamadhana" campaigns are conducted. Trainings on painting, hand crafts, sewing, bakery product preparation, shoe and bag sewing are given to develop vocational skills of the children.
Providing necessary equipment for the children's homes and identifying issues in relation to improving the output of these centers are done under supervision of children's homes. Moreover, trainings are conducted to the staff since regular training of the human resource working with these children is a necessity.
Accordingly, the Department of Probation and Child Care Services spends around Rs. 15 million annually for the upgrading of physical and human resource of children's homes.
In addition, various projects are carried out in relation to upgrading of children's homes from the financial assistances of non-governmental organizations.
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Q: Azure Service Fabric Actors Reentrancy with Services When using stateful services and actors in service fabric, the documentation states that actors have an reentrancy policy allowing actors to go from ActorA to AcotrB and back to ActorA in one call context chain. As described here here
But how does this interact with services? Eg. can i do something like: Service1 > Actor1 > Service2 > Actor2 > Service1 > Actor1 ...? Or will the call context be lost when contacting a service?

A: Re-entrancy only applies between actors. In your example, the second invocation from Service1 to Actor1 will block and eventually time out.

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The impact on cotton losses from 2018 hurricanes has not been fully realized, and economic growth and a cotton surplus has growers questioning market risks heading into 2019, according to a Texas A&M University professor and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist.
It all comes down to supply and demand, Dr. John Robinson, professor and Extension specialist in cotton marketing, said. The November World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report shows only partial losses from Hurricanes Michael and Florence. Robinson expects those figures to rise.
"I wouldn't be surprised to have the next report and maybe the next two still whittle away at the U.S. production estimate as the USDA figures out how many bales were actually lost during the storm events," he said.
Demand for cotton remains a concern for many, Robinson said.
"The demand for grain crops has been largely unaffected by things that affect cotton demand, mainly because there's a growing class of people who are becoming wealthy in some of the developing countries," he said.
Citizens of those countries typically improve their diets by focusing on grains and meats—and grain-fed meats—which helps those commodities, Robinson said. Cotton, however, doesn't prosper from that economic development.
International politics have also hurt demand for cotton, Robinson said. Political upheaval in Turkey has disrupted trade for the country. And there's China, whose trade situation with the U.S. includes tariffs on cotton and cotton-based apparel.
"Tariffs are a tax on consumers, which ultimately results in slower growth to the extent that the GDP is lower and cotton consumption is lower," he said.
While demand may be declining, supply will be a different story.
Weather conditions are forecasted as great for cotton growth, Robinson said.
"I'm worried about a supply response, which is economic code for weak prices as a result of excess supplies," he said.


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Released defender Rob Kiernan could be set for a surprising move to Premier League side Wigan Athletic, the Watford Observer understands.
Kiernan had been offered a new two-year contract by Watford this summer but he decided against signing the deal which was on, what the club described as, "marginally reduced terms" compared to his previous contract.
No compensation fee is due for the 20-year-old centre half, who is comfortable on the ball and can also play in midfield.
When Kiernan left the club last week, Watford's head of football business Ross Wilson explained: "As he is under 24, this means he has the option to leave.
"Rob is now free to join another club without any compensation being due.
Kiernan only made two substitute appearances for Watford, both from the bench in the FA Cup, and had loan spells at Kilmarnock, Yeovil Town, Bradford City and Wycombe Wanderers.
The Republic of Ireland Under-21 international's time at Wycombe was severely hampered by injury as he went off in his opening game at the club. Whilst he was fit enough to start the following match, he went off again and was then unable to break into the promotion-chasing side.
Kiernan had been at Watford since the age of nine but was a midfielder until a few years ago when new Watford boss Sean Dyche recommended he switched to centre back.
In an interview the Watford Observer earlier this year, Kiernan said: "I prefer to play at centre back. I made the switch two seasons ago so I am a new centre back, so to speak, and I am still learning the position a lot.
Click here to read more of Kiernan's interview, where he explains why he tries to mould himself on Bolton's Gary Cahill.


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3. Tip in the peppers and fry briskly for about 5 minutes, until the skin is blistered.
4. Sprinkle over the salt and stir to coat. Serve straight away.
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According to the data out of Airbnb the number one city on the rise for solo travel is Cancún, Mexico. The city has seen a 170% uptick in solo bookings through the website over the past year. The number two city on the list? That would be Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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Q: Square root of a complex number I was trying to find the square root of a complex number $w=u+iv$, I assumed $z^2=(x+iy)^2=w$ Now solving this equation I got two values of $x$ and two values of $y$ in terms of $u$ and $v$. So, I get a possible of 4 solutions. But fundamental theorem of algebra says it has exactly two roots. What are these two roots?
My work $x=\pm \sqrt {\sqrt {u^2+v^2}+u}$ and $y=\pm \sqrt {\sqrt {u^2+v^2}-u}$

A: To  choose two needed solutions, you have to check whether $-2xy=v$.

A: If you work with the system
$x^2-y^2 = u \\
2xy = v$
you obtain, provided $x \neq 0$, that $y = v/2x$ and $4x^4-4ux^2-v^2 = 0$
From $4x^4-4u^2x^2-v^2 = 0$ you obtain two complex and two real values for $x$. Each real value for $x$ corresponds to only one real value for $y$ ($y = v/2x$), and those give the two square roots of $u+iv$.
This means that in your expressions, you have to pick the same signs if $v>0$, and pick opposite signs if $v<0$.
(and also your expressions seem to lack a division by $2$ somewhere).

A: The following way is elementary but it works. Let you want to find $\sqrt{x+yi}$. Set $$\sqrt{x+yi}=a+bi$$ then $$x+iy=(a+ib)^2=a^2-b^2+2iab$$ so $$x=a^2-b^2,~~~y=2ab$$ by solving the equations simultaneously, we have: $$a=\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{x^2+y^2}+x}{2}},~~b=\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{x^2+y^2}-x}{2}}$$Note that $\sqrt{x+yi}=\pm(a+bi)$


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Super50 Day 18: T&T Red Force Secure Place In Semis
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A solid team bowling performance, led by captain Imran Khan, and classy batting, anchored by experienced duo Darren Bravo and Jason Mohammed, guided Trinidad & Tobago Red Force to a six-wicket win over Guyana Jaguars, to secure their place in the semi-finals of the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup.
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Proceedings commenced with the hosts winning the toss and putting the Jaguars into bat. Both sides made changes firstly with Guyana bringing into young all-rounder Ronaldo Ali Mohammed for Raymon Reifer, while Trinidad & Tobago recalled off spinner Jon-Russ Jaggesar for opener Jeremy Solozano.
After the rain delay which temporarily halted play from 1:48pm to 3:28pm was over, Jaggesar bowled Chandrapaul Hemraj (8) with a big spinning off break delivery, that hit the top off off-stump.
This was a sign of things to come as the Red Force spin triumvirate of captain Khan with his leg spin, Jagessar and left-arm spinner Yannic Ottley combined to restrict the Jaguars to 78 for five in the 25th over.
Guyana should have lost their sixth wicket soon after, but Ali Mohammed when on (4) was dropped at second slip off Khan's bowling.
That missed opportunity enabled Ali Mohammed (27) to be a useful partner to Jonathan Foo whose unbeaten innings of 97 not out, stabilized the Jaguars innings
Foo and Ali Mohammed added 71 for the sixth wicket, then Veerasammy Permaul (22) further supported in a 50 run eight wicket stand, which aided the Guyanese in posting a respectable total.
Needing 220 to win, the Jaguars initially restricted the hosts to 51 for three. It should have been 55 for four, when Jason Mohammed then on (1), was dropped at cover by Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai via the bowling of off-spinner Ramall Lewis.
Similarly with the score 80 for three in the 21st over, Bravo on (25) was dropped by a jumping Barnwell at mid on, off Ali Mohammed, as he attempted a lofted drive.
These two missed opportunities came back to haunt the Jaguars cruelly, as the pair displayed their international experience, putting the Guyana bowlers to the sword.
Only the mild anti-climax finish where Bravo was out caught at long-on, as he tried to finish game with a boundary and get his century simultaneously, denied Red Force the perfect ending.
At Brian Lara Academy: Windwards Volcanoes ended their sojourn in the Colonial Medical insurance Super50 with a hard fought 11 run victory over the United States of America.
Kavem Hodge, the Windwards captain recapped the game and tournament performance to CWI Media.
"They USA pushed us very hard, they have a lot of experience guys that have played around the world, so it wasn't a team we could take lightly", said Hodge
"We saw them beat the West Indies emerging players, so our aim was not to make that mistake and we pushed ourselves to finish the tournament on a high note, in what was a really tough game."
The Volcanoes had suffered two close defeats to Trinidad & Tobago Red Force by two and Guyana Jaguars 22 runs respectively.
Hodge noted the positives factor in those defeats was how team fought until the end, while acknowledging his pleasure of scoring his maiden List A century of 123 in the aforementioned encounter versus Guyana.
"It took a lot out of me to take over captaincy half way through the tournament. But it helped me to learn a lot about myself and I think it trickled down to my batting and I got a lot of help from the guys in incorporating the plans I had for the team.
"Getting my first list A hundred was a big moment for me. It was something I've planned, so just hoping to build on this."
Source: CWI Media


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Alabama Department of Public Safety, Alabama
End of Watch Sunday, April 11, 1971
Ormand Franklin Watkins
Trooper Ormand Watkins was shot and killed after stopping a reckless driver on Sibert Road, in Etowah County.
During the traffic stop it was determined that the man was drunk. The man gained control of Trooper Watkins gun and fatally wounded him. He also shot and wounded a second trooper who was on the scene.
Trooper Watkins' killer was sentenced to 30 years in prison but served only 10 years before being pardoned by Governor George Wallace.
Trooper Watkins had been with the agency for six months. He was survived by his wife and 1-week-old child.
Tour 6 months
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Offender Pardoned
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Encryption 27 April 2021
A Digital Dystopia: How Calls for Backdoors to Encryption Would Ruin the Internet for Everyone
By Denise AlmeidaGuest Author
A little over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, our reliance on private, safe, and secure communication has become more critical than ever. So it's no surprise that organizations across all sectors are increasingly adopting encryption. It's our strongest digital security tool online, keeping the information we share in daily activities like online banking, working from home, and messaging friends out of the hands of criminals. Encryption is even addressed in the GDPR – as a necessary information security measure to reduce the chance of a data breach.
But while more people and businesses are relying on end-to-end encryption, it's come under threat from governments. In the European Union, and many other parts of the world, policymakers are calling for encryption backdoors. These proposed backdoors reduce security standards and could cause a catastrophic chain reaction. By creating a fatal weak point in encryption, it would only be a matter of time before the backdoor is discovered and exploited, leading to more targeted attacks that put everyone at greater risk of harm.
Imagine what would happen if they got their wish. Without secure encryption, the Internet – and parts of the world that increasingly rely on it – would soon become a dystopia.
It would have a dramatic effect on the ability of business and governments to continue functioning, especially when most collaboration is happening online. The risks of information breaches, trade secrets, and employee information being leaked would have long-term, negative implications – the very reason businesses and governments rely on encryption to secure their data.
We all want to prevent crime online. As the creators and guardians of the Matrix protocol, we've started working on ways to tackle abuse in a decentralized protocol, such as Matrix, without backdoors.
Matrix is an encrypted decentralized communications protocol, powered by open-source software, where anyone can spin up and run their own server. The principles of interoperability and data autonomy are intrinsically part of the ethos of the protocol, as is the core belief that private and secure communications are a right, not a privilege. In a decentralized architecture where several servers may be involved, you have no choice but ensure the user's data is end-to-end encrypted.
Encryption backdoors are often described as a magical solution that can solve all online harms. But we see it as a proposed technology solution to what is fundamentally a human problem. Human problems require humanized solutions, which is why we're working on combating abuse without encryption backdoors. One way is through building a reputation system to empower users with the tools to protect themselves from bad actors – without undermining people's privacy.
The role of private and secure communication has become crucial in helping us fight the pandemic, by enabling millions of people around the world to stay home. End-to-end encryption is what makes it possible. Undermining encryption not only sets a dangerous precedent, but it's also a lose-lose proposition. It disproportionately harms the people and businesses who rely on secure communications worldwide – while having minimal impact on the bad actors who are targeted by backdoors.
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Cambio CDS was awarded funding from Manchester Health innovation fund to support COVID
Industry News | June 30, 2020, 1:43 p.m.
Chest pain is one of the most common reasons for hospital admission for patients presenting at the Emergency Department, but many of these admissions could be safely avoided with improved diagnostic technology to rapidly rule out acute coronary syndromes (ACS) such as heart attack. Several clinical studies and real-world evaluations show that the Troponin-only Manchester Acute Coronary Syndrome (T-MACS) decision aid accurately identifies those at low risk of heart attack, allowing for more patients to be discharged early. The funding will be used in collaboration with e-healthcare company Cambio CDS and their Open-Standards Clinical Decision Support platform. The project will develop and pilot an online app platform for T-MACS within the workflow to allow clinicians to calculate the risk, review recommended a course of action and save data for future T-MACS related research.
Professor Richard Body, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Honorary Lecturer in Cardiovascular Medicine at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, said: "This collaboration with Cambio CDS is crucial to ensure that our current endeavours remain fully compliant with changing regulations and to make the project scalable. The platform provided by Cambio CDS would enable hospitals across the world to rapidly adopt efficient clinical pathways to care for patients with chest pain, optimising patient care and reducing unnecessary use of precious healthcare resources."
Dr Rong Chen, Cambio CDS CEO, said: "As Cambio CDS we are very pleased to have this opportunity to continue working with the NHS. Professor Body's T-MACS solution is a wonderful application that has real impact for patient care and reducing unnecessary hospital admissions. We look forward to continue working with Professor Body and his team to ensure that T-MACS is seamlessly embedded in the Hospital System workflow with our EHR independent Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Solution."
https://www.cambiogroup.com/inspiration/news/cambio-cds-t-macs-awarded-50000
https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/news/momentum-fund-winners-2020-covid-19/
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Most incumbents were re-elected to the 16-member House of Delegates, while only 7 were re-elected to the 13-member Senate. One woman was re-elected to the House of Delegates and another woman was elected to the Senate. In the presidential elections, held in parallel with the parliamentary elections, Senator Surangel Whipps Jr. defeated Vice President Raymond Oilouch. Senator Jerrlyn Uduch Sengebau Sr. was elected as Vice President, thereby becoming the second woman in Palau to assume the post.
With no political parties in Palau, there was no nationwide election campaigning. Although Palau had registered only one COVID-19 case before the 2020 elections, the country's tourism sector – which generates about 80 per cent of the nation's total GDP and employs over 75 per cent of the workforce – was severely affected by the global pandemic.
On 21 January 2021, Mr. Surangel Whipps Jr. was sworn in as the new President, succeeding his brother-in-law Tommy Remengesau Jr., who was stepping down after serving two four-year terms. The new President promised to revive the country's tourism-dependent economy and deal with climate change together with large countries by reminding them that "the threat is real". He also pledged to continue formal recognition of, and close relations with, Taiwan.
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Marketing614 | Densil Porteous (Wexner Center for the Arts)
In the premiere episode of Marketin614, Densil Porteous (Director of Marketing/Communications & Outreach at the Wexner Center for the Arts) sits down with Vital Companies CMO Jason Clayton to build his very own Potato Head (pictured), discuss why he loves his red TOMS, and the relationship that the Wex has with students at the Ohio State University. Learn more about the path that led him to the Wex, some of his approaches to marketing, and more!
"Mt. Rushmore" is a segment on Marketing614 that takes a spin on a party game. Instead of replacing the faces on Mt. Rushmore with one's four most influential/favorite artists, guests on the show have the opportunity to replace the faces with their favorite brands and tell us why they matter!
Watch to find out which brands Densil values and why.
Another segment that our guests on Marketing614 take part in is "Brand This Thing", a 60-second brainstorming session where the guest puts their creativity and marketing skills to the test! The guests are given no context on what the product is that they have to brand. After each episode, the Vital team gets together to write and record a radio spot for the product. The radio spots are released the same day as the full episodes, so keep your eye (or ear?) out!
Watch this segment to see what Densil comes up with!
Densil's Bio:
Densil Porteous has served as Director, Marketing/Communications at the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University since September 2016; in his role he works to help set vision, strategy, and direction for institutional marketing/communications and outreach moments.
Prior to arriving at the Wexner Center he served as Associate Vice President for Enrollment Operations at Columbus College of Art & Design (OH) and in various capacities guiding marketing, outreach, and storytelling at Stanford University (CA), Drew School (CA), and Kenyon College (OH). Porteous' award-winning work aided in recruiting students and connecting with alumni through telling the unique stories of the respective college's experience; while leveraging and enhancing brand recognition for the institutions.
Porteous earned his bachelor of arts at Kenyon College and completed his MBA work at the University of Phoenix.
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Well boat is now booked for this years holiday. Shadowfax from Chas Hardern Boats on the Shropshire Union canal at Beeston. We are going to do the 4 counties ring again this year posibly anticlockwise (not decided yet) and include the Llangolen canal as I want to go over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. We went to see the boat at the yard last night, almost the same layout as Beeston Castle from last year but this boat feels much less cramped, little things like the galley has shallower worktops and cupboards making the walkway just a few inches wider. The bog also looks to be in a better position but will have to report back on that after use 😛 . Most importantly this boat is a semi-trad so I will have somewhere to put my tea^wbeer.
I posted this from the iPhone app originally as I will probably have better coverage on the phone than on wifi. Only issues with the app were not being able to adjust the position of the pictures and no way to add the links. Still its better than no connectivity and pictures taken with the phone will have GPS location on them to help with iPhoto places.


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This Reagecon Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Surrogate Standard (2 Compound Mix) is a ready to use product, that can be used to monitor the complete analytical process, from sample preparation to instrument performance. Typically, this mixture contains compounds similar in chemical composition to analytes of interest in environmental and batch QC samples that may be spiked with such a surrogate mix. Surrogate recoveries for environmental samples, can then be used to evaluate matrix interference and extraction efficiency. Such products can be used for a variety of gas and liquid chromatography methods that include GC, GC-MS, HPLC and LC-MS. This product can also be used to validate appropriate test methods or qualify an instrument in a regulated industry. The product is tested on a high performance GC-MS.
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Patrol powstańczy (inne tytuły: Pikieta powstańcza w 1863 r., Pikieta powstańcza, Zwiady na fortpoczcie, Podjazd, Patrol) – obraz Maksymiliana Gierymskiego namalowany na płótnie w 1873 i zaprezentowany na wystawie powszechnej w Wiedniu w tym samym roku.

Linia horyzontu dzieli obraz na pół: chłodną strefę nieba i ciepłą strefę ziemi. Obraz przedstawia konny patrol powstańców styczniowych zasięgający języka od dziada – włóczęgi na polnej drodze. Powstańcy są umundurowani i uzbrojeni. Dziad wędrowny ma na sobie sukmanę chłopską, przewieszoną przez piersi torbę i kij. Figury ludzi i koni nie stanowią jednak centralnego punktu obrazu. Wzrok widza biegnie poza granice obrazu, tam skąd może nadejść niebezpieczeństwo.

Przedstawiona scena jest jak gdyby syntezą sytuacji, w jakiej znaleźli się powstańcy. Zagubieni pośród piaszczystej okolicy, pełni niepewności czekają odzewu na oddany wystrzał, szukają swoich i wypytują o wroga. Sytuacja ta nosi na sobie piętno jakiejś absurdalności, niemożności wyjścia z zaklętego kręgu. Spokojna, jak zwykle u Gierymskiego, jest tylko natura. Potęga natury uwypukla kruchość człowieka, a jej obojętność przypomina mu o własnej śmiertelności.

Obraz był inspiracją dla Jacka Kaczmarskiego do napisania utworu Pikieta powstańcza, który został wykonany w 1981 podczas koncertu w warszawskiej "Zachęcie". Utwór rozpoczynał się słowami:

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Spring is here! Summer is approaching! Let's go outside and play for a while!
Remember how exciting summers were as a kid? Running in and out of the house, chasing down the ice cream truck and smacking at mosquitoes nibbling on our ankles -- ah, now those were the good old days! But being stock photographers, we have a license to embrace spring and summer with a childlike zeal, having the same kind of fun we used to have every time we ventured outdoors.
When it comes to getting the most out of our outdoor shots, I always try to remember two things: props and location. Bringing along just the right item, or spending a few minutes of your drive to head to an out-of-the-way spot can lead to stock shots that sell--and can lead to some great stories to tell at your next barbecue.
Before heading out for a weekend getaway or a week-long road trip, take a few moments to think about the surroundings you will be visiting.
For example, I recently took a road trip to Sedona, Arizona, and in my suitcase along with my hiking clothes and toiletries I packed an assortment of Southwestern- dishes and tableware. Why? So I could photograph Southwestern food on location in the desert. The end result was salsa and tortilla chips nestled against a cactus growing in the famous red rocks of Sedona. I also brought along a folding camp chair, my son's dirty old hiking boots, and other types of outdoor gear for still life shots depicting the necessities for an outdoor adventure.
Heading to the beach? Bring along some drinking glasses, a colorful beverage, and paper umbrellas, set them in the sand and photograph them with the surf in the background. Planning on a little water-skiing this weekend? Get some shots of your gear on deck, before you get suited up. Is a raucous weekend in Las Vegas in your future? Use your imagination!
Believe it or not, backyards offer a whole world of on-location opportunities. What's in your backyard? Lush green grass or a swimming pool perhaps? But you don't have to wait for a picnic, pool party or vacation to photograph these types of events. I live in a sparsely landscaped apartment complex, with a backyard that consists of a parking lot and swimming pool -- A typical concrete jungle in the city. But that didn't stop me from producing food photos that make people believe they were shot at a vacation resort or pool party. The kids who lived downstairs from me were swimming in the pool, I had some fresh steamed crab in the fridge for dinner, and a photo was born.
So make a pitcher of lemonade, slice up some watermelon, fix a few sandwiches, and set them on the lawn along with some flowers and linens. Stage the kids' outdoor toys before asking them to put them away. Before turning on the sprinklers, grab a pot of flowers that need watering, maybe some gardening tools, and place them in the grass. Turn on the water, and voila! Instant rain without getting wet.
Wherever you go, whether it's a vacation or a short trip to the backyard, bring along a few extra props that will tell the story of the location's scenery and atmosphere. Be creative! Pack some dishes in your suitcase, or put tonight's dinner on a picnic blanket in your front yard -- summertime stock photo opportunities are all around!
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That's a great idea! I'll have to bring along a bag of items with me to shoots now, great tips!
You're very welcome, Steve! It's a great shot that perfectly illustrates the point of my article.
Great article Karin. Thanks for using my photo.
Nice suggestions, Karin - gets those old imagination juices going!
Excellent ideas! I have already thought of a few to do in my backyard.


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Q: would there ever be sharing parts of caller/callee stack frames? I was wondering Are these scenarios ever possible for a compiler to do?
first we define SomeDataType as:
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Scenario #1_regarding a callee function having reference parameter like this:
void doSomething(SomeDataType & input){
...
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assuming the function isn't inline and only variables in scopes of caller functions are passed to this function in a program and regarding the fact that references aren't necessarily pointers, the part of memory where the input argument is placed is shared between stack frame of any caller function and stack frame of "doSomething" callee function so that "doSomething" can address that parameter just the way it addresses any local variable in its local scope which is by adding offset to a base pointer that determines beginning address of its stack frame.
Scenario #2_This seems more improbable to me but anyway; regarding a callee function that returns a structure of type "SomeDataType":
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...
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the part of memory where the structure "someStruct" resides is shared between stack frame of any caller and stack frame of "doSomething" callee function so considering the following statement in a caller function:
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in the scope of that caller using "TheStruct" results in using the same part of memory where "SomeStruct" in the scope of callee resides meaning basically the callee function doesn't copy "someStruct" anywhere and even if copying was necessary like when there was a statement like below in a caller function indicating that destination isn't a structure in the caller scope:
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it'll be the caller duty to copy contents of that shared part to where that pointer tells.

A: If you pass a reference (or pointer) to a local variable in the calling function (caller), then that will be on the caller stackframe. Note that I'm not aware of any architecture, where if you lift the carpet and look at how it's actually working under the pretty surface, references aren't actually pointers. The standard doesn't REQUIRE that, but it is how it is implemented for at least most architectures - I'd actually be interested in understanding HOW ELSE you could implement it - but I haven't spent much time thinking about it.
The typical behaviour of a function that has a struct or class return type is that it passes an "extra" argument pointing to a temporary space to store the return type, e.g.:
 T myfunc(int x, int y)

 ...

 void foo()
 {
    ...
    T x = myfunc(2, 18);
    ...
 }

will appear the same as (the hidden argument won't necessarily be the FIRST argument - but it's almost certainly either first or last):
 void myfunc(T& hidden, int x, int y)

 void foo()
 {
    ...
    T x;
    myfunc(x, 2, 18);
    ...
 }

It is not really that the stackframe is shared, as much as "we pass pointers that are in the stackframe of the or another, earlier, caller.
So, yes, there can be accesses from the current callee into an earlier callers stackframe, for sure.


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To be honest no, I have a rough outline of where I want the story to go but am pre-occupied with the style of writing at the moment. When I was reading some of my older stuff I noticed a few things I wanted to improve upon so hopefully I can address that with this story.
Yes, Riffed is a film based during the recession in 2009. An office in Dublin is told that their business is closing down. It is a black comedy and has done quite well so far. It has been picked for a few festivals which was quite satisfying.
I hope maybe next year to enter a few more festivals and possibly make the film available online too.
So do you prefer writing screenplays, writing short stories or writing novels? What do you think they main differences are between the three styles?
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Maryam Khaksari, Michigan Technological University
Lynn R. Mazzoleni, Michigan Technological University
Chunhai Ruan, University of Michigan Medical School
Peng Song, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Neil D. Hershey, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Robert T. Kennedy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Mark A. Burns, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University
© 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers A method for simultaneous determination of water-soluble vitamins B1, B2, B3 (nicotinamide), B5, B6 (pyridoxamine), B9 and fat-soluble vitamins E (α-tocopherol) and K1 in tears, and B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, A (retinol), and E in blood serum is described. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) was used with a ternary mobile phase of water and acetonitrile containing 0.1% formic acid and methanol containing 5 mM ammonium formate. Vitamins were quantified using an internal standard method. Using 25 μL injection volumes, the limits of detection were in the range of 0.066-5.3 ng in tear, and 0.087-1.1 ng in serum with linear responses for all vitamins. Intra- and inter-day precision and recoveries were satisfactory. This is the first study to demonstrate simultaneous vitamin detections in microliters of biological samples which has distinct advantages in many diagnostic applications with limited available fluids (e.g., tears; elderly anemic blood) or sampling small subjects (e.g., rodents). © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 64: 3709–3718, 2018.
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Khaksari, M., Mazzoleni, L., Ruan, C., Song, P., Hershey, N., Kennedy, R., Burns, M., & Minerick, A. (2018). Detection and quantification of vitamins in microliter volumes of biological samples by LC-MS for clinical screening. AIChE Journal, 64(10), 3709-3718. http://doi.org/10.1002/aic.16345