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Police Dismantle A Camp With Hundreds Of Migrants In Calais
ByMichael Taylor
The French police on Friday dismantled a camp with several hundred migrants that had been established in some warehouses in a neighborhood on the outskirts of the French city of Calais , the main port of connection with Great Britain.
The Prefecture (a government delegation) explained on its Twitter account that the operation began at 6 am "at the instruction of the Ministry of the Interior" and based on a judicial decision.
The evacuation of the around 600 people – according to the figures given by the authorities – took place in the Virval neighborhood, near the Calais hospital, in some warehouses where they had found refuge for a few months.
The migrants were directed by the forces of order to a dozen buses to be sent to different reception centers in the department of Pas de Calais.
About thirty children
The Prefecture said in a statement, in which it pointed out that about thirty children lived in the ships , that before the evacuation the occupants had been proposed to transfer them to different shelters.
The owner of the ships had filed a complaint about the occupation, which had led to an expulsion order.
On Tuesday night there had been a stab fight involving some thirty people.
The mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchart, and the president of the region, Xavier Bertrand, had demanded that the Government evacuate that camp to prevent a large-scale implantation such as the one outside the city from being reconstituted in the city , known as "the jungle".
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IAEA Briefs U.S. Envoy On Iran Nuclear Deal
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has met with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) officials for what she has described as a fact-finding mission as part of the U.S. administration's review of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
President Donald Trump in April ordered a review of whether a suspension of sanctions on Iran related to the agreement between Tehran and world powers was in the U.S. national security interest.
The U.S. administration accuses Tehran of not abiding by the spirit of the accord, which placed curbs on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
Tehran, for its part, accuses Washington of violating the spirit of the deal by imposing new sanctions against the Islamic republic over its missile program.
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley made no comment to reporters as she arrived for her talks with IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano, the AFP news agency reported.
A day before the meeting, Haley was quoted as saying that the talks were to answer U.S. questions about the UN atomic watchdog's inspections and monitoring.
"We have no decision made" about whether to scrap the nuclear deal, Haley told The Washington Post. "What we are doing is trying to find out as much information as we can."
Meanwhile, Haley told Reuters that Washington wants to know if the IAEA plans to inspect Iranian military sites to verify Tehran's compliance with the agreement.
"They have the authority to look at military sites now. They have the authority to look at any suspicious sites now, it's just are they doing it?" Haley said.
Tehran has rejected giving international inspectors access to Iranian military sites.
"Why would they say that if they had nothing to hide?" Haley asked. "Why wouldn't they let the IAEA go there?"
The IAEA said no public statements or news conference were planned on the talks.
The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, said on August 22 that the Islamic republic could resume production of highly enriched uranium within five days if the nuclear deal was revoked.
"If we make the determination, we are able to resume 20 percent-enrichment in at most five days," Salehi told state media, adding that Iran's "biggest priority" was to maintain the nuclear accord but "not at any price."
Last week, President Hassan Rohani warned that Tehran could abandon the nuclear deal "within hours" if the United States continues with its policies of "sanctions and coercion."
The July 2015 nuclear deal gave Iran relief from international sanctions and imposed restrictions on its nuclear activities, including a cap on its uranium enrichment at under 5 percent.
High-level enrichment of uranium -- 20 percent or more -- would take Tehran close to the level needed for a nuclear weapon.
U.S. and UN watchdogs monitoring compliance with the agreement have found Iran has adhered to the deal.
However, the U.S. administration has frequently charged that Tehran violates the spirit of the agreement by continuing to test-launch ballistic missiles and rockets capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
The United States has imposed several rounds of sanctions over the missile and rocket launches, which Iran maintains are for self-defense and do not violate the deal.
Tehran has long said its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
Under U.S. law, the State Department must notify Congress every 90 days of Iran's compliance with the nuclear deal, which was negotiated under President Barack Obama. The next deadline is October.
The U.S. review of its policy toward Iran is also looking at Tehran's behavior in the Middle East, which Washington has said undermines U.S. interests.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on August 15 that Washington believes the nuclear deal did not put an end to Tehran's other "destabilizing activities" in the region.
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Sibyl Murphree Pool (1901–1973) was a politician from Alabama. She was first appointed as the Secretary of State of Alabama in 1944 following the resignation of David Howell Turner. In 1950, she was elected Alabama State Treasurer and served until 1955.

Pool was born in 1901 in York, Alabama. She graduated from Alabama State College for Women, now known as the University of Montevallo. She then went on to attend the Livingston State Teacher's College. In 1936, she was elected to fill in a two-year vacancy in the Alabama House of Representatives. In 1944, Governor Chauncey Sparks appointed Pool to serve as Secretary of State. In 1946, she became the first woman elected to statewide office in Alabama as Secretary of State. She ran for treasurer in 1950 and carried 65 of 67 of Alabama's counties. In 1954, she was elected to the first of four terms on the Alabama Public Service Commission, garnishing the largest percentage of the vote in all 67 counties.

She died in 1973.

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CNIT Cybersecurity Team wins 1st Place at Western Regional CPTC
November 19, 2020 December 16, 2020 The Guardsman Eli Wald, CPTC, Hannah Asuncion, Melvin Wong, Computer Networking and Information Technology, CNIT, Collegiate PenTesting Competition, Richard Taha, Elizabeth Biddlecome, Cybersecurity Team
By Hannah Asuncion
hasunci1@mail.ccsf.edu
The Computer Networking and Information Technology(CNIT) Cybersecurity Team, led by instructors Sam Bowne and Elizabeth Biddlecome won the Western Regional Collegiate PenTesting Competition during the weekend of Oct. 24-25. They competed against teams from major universities like Stanford, Cal Poly, UC Riverside, and UC San Diego.
The CNIT Cybersecurity Team has been competing in multiple competitions, which were also against major colleges and universities. In the past they have placed, but this year is their first time coming in first.
Instructor Elizabeth Biddlecome takes this opportunity to check City College's network while on campus. San Francisco, CA. Nov. 14, 2020. Photo by Melvin Wong/The Guardsman.
According to the Department Chair of Computer Networking and Information Technology Richard Taha, the department provides various courses for all types of students. It varies from high school graduates to students who decide to change their careers to older adults who either have been laid off or are thinking of leaving their dead-end jobs.
Taha talks about the CPTC award and how "Like most awards, these awards help the individuals directly first. The second area of help is that it establishes our reputation as a premier institution of higher technology. The participants could apply for better positions in Cybersecurity and we will get more students enrolled who realize that there is a local college providing nationally recognized education in Cybersecurity."
Aside from Cybersecurity and Network Security, there are multiple programs that lead to other areas in employment like Cloud Administration, Web Development, CISCO Technology, Microsoft Support, and Technical Support.
Students can also attend the basic networking classes or at least have equivalent experience then proceed to take one of these classes. All these classes have programs, which provide options to receive either a Certificate of Achievement or an Associate of Science Degree.
"We used to have meetings on campus; now that we are all remote due to the pandemic, we must do things a bit differently. Students typically join the team Discord to chat with existing members and find events that interest them. This may change in the future," said Biddlecome.
Most team practices are open to anyone who is interested, but due to the pandemic, all the practice sessions are held online. "Practicing along with the team is a great way to get involved and learn more about participating in various competitions."
Usually, there are 6-8 students per team which are typically selected before each registration for competitions. They are selected "based on several criteria, including technical and non-technical skills, good sportspersonship, ability to collaborate well, eligibility based on enrollment, and availability."
Computer Networking and Information Technology (CNIT) instructor Elizabeth Biddlecome makes her way through campus after not having set foot in it since the beginning of the pandemic. San Francisco, CA. Nov. 14, 2020. Photo by Melvin Wong/The Guardsman.
"The team has won awards at CPTC and other competitions in the past. This is the first time CCSF has won first place at regionals (we have previously come in second and third at past CPTC regionals, and won an IEEE-sponsored prize at nationals). This is the first time any team has ever beaten Stanford!"
Dante Alabastro Co-Captain of the CNIT Cybersecurity Team mentioned how their primary focus as a team was to improve their communication and coordination skills beyond their technical skills. They made sure that the whole team was on the same page during the entire competition.
Computer Networking and Information Technology (CNIT) Cybersecurity Team Co-Captain Dante Alabastro regales the story of his team's recent first place victory at the Western Regional Collegiate PenTesting Competition. San Francisco, CA. Nov. 14, 2020. Photo by Melvin Wong/The Guardsman.
The team was very surprised at their first-place victory since there were "such incredible teams" in the Western Region like Stanford, who was this year's host for the competition.
"The whole community has always been so supportive and we're very lucky to be able to take part in it. The team is incredibly excited to move on to nationals this year and are ready to take what we have learned to the next level! We've been refining our process and plan on performing even stronger at nationals," Alabastro said.
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Romantic drama set in the 1950s which tells the story of young Irish immigrant Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), who moves from small town Ireland to Brooklyn, NY. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love in the shape of Italian-American Tony (Emory Cohen).
When a family tragedy brings Eilis back to Ireland, she finds herself absorbed into her old community and being courted by Jim (Domhnall Gleeson). As she repeatedly postpones her return to America, Eilis finds herself confronting a terrible dilemma, a heart-breaking choice between two men and two countries.
Eilis Lacey: [voice over] I'm away to America. My sister Rose arranged it.
Rose: [voice over] It's hard for me to believe that you're reading this thousands of miles across the sea.
Eilis Lacey: [voice over] Father Flood sponsored me and he found me a job.
Eilis Lacey: So what were you doing at an Irish dance?
Tony: I really like Irish girls.
Tony: Would you dance with me? The secret is to look as though you know what you're doing.
Eilis Lacey: I wish someone had told me that years ago.
Eilis Lacey: [voice over] Dear Rose, I think of you and mother every single day. I have a boyfriend. He's sweet, he's funny. Tony has helped me to feel that I have a life here I didn't have before I met him.
Tony: I want to ask you something and you're gonna say, "Oh, it's too soon." Will you come for dinner and meet my family?
Eilis Lacey: I'd love to.
Tony: You like Italian food?
Tony: You want to go home I guess?
Eilis Lacey: How would it be for you if I did go home?
Eilis Lacey: Afraid that I wouldn't come back?
Tony: Yeah. Home is home.
Eilis Lacey: I'd imagined a different life for myself.
Jim Farrell: But your life here could be just as good. Better even.
Eilis Lacey: [voice over] Tony I want you to know that… I don't know what I want you to know.
Eilis Lacey: [voice over] One day you'll catch yourself thinking about something or someone who has no connection with the past, and you'll realize that this is where your life is.
Eilis: When you get to immigration, keep your eyes wide open. Look as if you know where you're going. You have to think like an American. You'll feel so homesick that you'll want to die, and there's nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won't kill you. And one day the sun will come out. You might not even notice straightaway, it'll be that faint. And then you'll catch yourself thinking about something or someone who has no connection with the past, someone who's only yours, and you'll realize, that this is where your life is.


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Dark Horse and Netflix turn 'Stranger Things' into a comic book series
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Fans of Stranger Things won't have to wait long for new adventures in the Upside Down. Dark Horse and Netflix have entered into a multi-year publishing deal to produce a line of comic books based on Netflix series, Stranger Things. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, Dark Horse president Mike Richardson said, "Dark Horse is known for championing stories and storytellers. We are so excited to work with Netflix to bring the world of Stranger Things to comics." The deal was announced on Entertainment Weekly, and the first four-issue arc will focus on Will's horrifying adventures in Upside Down, and will tell the story of what happened to Will while he was stuck in the Upside Down during Stranger Things season one. As indicated by Dark Horse, the future comic book stories could explore other significant origin stories or depict previously unseen tales set during the first or second seasons. Jody Houser will write the series with illustrations by Stefano Martino, inking by Keith Champagne, colouring by Lauren Affe and lettering by Nate Piekos. The first series of Stranger Things will launch in September 2018.
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the scarf I loomed in the fashion stitch, rows 150 in a single strand of yarn.
the hat brim I did the garter stitch for 3" then ewraped till hat from top to bottom measured 8 1/2 ".
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Interventional neurovascular treatment of traumatic carotid and vertebral artery lesions: results in 234 cases.
Higashida RT1, Halbach VV, Tsai FY, Norman D, Pribram HF, Mehringer CM, Hieshima GB.
Department of Radiology, Interventional Neuroradiology Section, San Francisco, CA 94143.
Traumatic injuries to the head and neck that result in arteriovenous fistulae are often difficult to treat by direct surgical access. This is because of anatomic location, instability of the acutely injured patient, and difficulty in localizing the exact site of injury. Between 1974 and 1988, 234 consecutive cases of traumatic injuries to the carotid or vertebral artery were evaluated by our group for intravascular embolization therapy. This included 206 cases of direct and seven cases of indirect carotid-cavernous sinus fistulae and 21 cases of traumatic vertebral fistulae. A variety of devices including detachable balloons, liquid tissue adhesives, microcoils, and silk suture were used with the goal of fistula occlusion and preservation of the parent vessel. This was achieved in 193 cases (82%). In the remaining 41 cases (18%), the carotid or vertebral artery had to be occluded by endovascular occlusion techniques because of extensive vascular injury in 28 cases and subtotal occlusion of the fistula in 13 cases. Complications included transient cerebral ischemia in six cases, pseudoaneurysm formation in five cases, stroke in five cases, and peripheral nerve injury in one case. The development of interventional neurovascular techniques has altered the management of these acutely injured patients. The preferred method for treatment has shifted from direct surgical access under general anesthesia to endovascular therapy under local anesthesia.


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Sustainable packaging: How Singapore firms are getting it right
Over the past 11 years, signatories to the Singapore Packaging Agreement have averted about 46,000 tonnes of packaging waste, enough to fill about 88 Olympic-size pools. Eco-Business looks at how winners of the SPA Awards 2018 have cut their packaging waste.
Water dispensers at Wildlife Reserve Singapore's four parks have led to a 20 per cent reduction in packaged water sales, saving 13 tonnes of plastic a year. Image: WRS
By Feng Zengkun
In October 2017, Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) finished installing 27 water dispensers across its four parks – the Jurong Bird Park, Night Safari, River Safari and Singapore Zoo – to encourage visitors to use their own water bottles instead of buying water.
Since then, the company's sales of packaged water have fallen by about 20 per cent, reducing its packaging waste by an estimated 13 tonnes per year, albeit at a cost to its bottom-line.
"Although our sales of reusable water bottles have offset only part of the revenue loss, we are convinced that this initiative is necessary. As a conservation leader, we must 'walk the talk' to inspire our guests and the business community to do their part," said Belina Lee, chief corporate development officer for Mandai Park Holdings, which is WRS's holding company.
Minister Masagos Zulkifli and Senior Minister of State Dr Amy Khor from the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources with the winners of the SPA Awards 2018. Image: SPA
On 10 July 2018, WRS and 12 other firms were honoured at the annual Singapore Packaging Agreement (SPA) Awards for slashing their packaging waste. The SPA was launched by Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) in 2007 to urge organisations to tackle their packaging waste, which makes up a third of the country's domestic waste by weight disposed of.
So far, 231 organisations have signed the voluntary SPA, and their efforts have staved off about 46,000 tonnes of packaging waste and saved more than $100 million in cost savings from materials, according to the NEA.
Small changes, big impact
"Plastic waste is killing more than a million animals each year, and as operators of four world-class wildlife parks, we have the responsibility to minimise the plastic waste that we generate in our daily operations," Lee explained.
In June 2017, WRS started charging 30 cents or 50 cents for the two-size reusable polyethylene bags that it used to provide for free with every purchase at its retail stores. Since then, the average number of bags given out monthly has halved from 29,455 to 14,651, reducing the firm's plastic packaging use by 2.33 tonnes per year.
The proceeds from the bags are donated to the WRS Conservation Fund charity, which primarily aims to conserve Singapore's endangered native wildlife.
The company also no longer provides disposable cups during internal meetings and training sessions, and all of its parks' food and beverage outlets are now straw-free. It is also considering eliminating takeaway carton boxes for staff lunches.
Other companies have taken aim at their packaging waste in other ways. Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), for example, used to pack its hotel amenities, such as combs, shower caps and dental kits, in laminated paper that gets easily crumpled or damaged by water. Amenities with spoiled packaging were thrown away even if they were unused.
In December 2017, RWS started using water-resistant packaging for the amenities instead. It estimated that this would reduce its packaging and unused amenities waste by 0.46 tonnes and 6.44 tonnes annually respectively.
The company also replaced its wall-mounted dispensers for shower gel, shampoo and hand soap at Genting Hotel Jurong, which previously used single-use plastic cartridges, with dispensers that can be refilled easily with recyclable refill packs. This switch has reduced packaging waste by 0.94 tonnes and transport packaging by about 0.5 tonnes per year, since the refill packs take up less space.
RWS also purchased more than 1,000 reusable plastic egg trays to replace the single-use paper trays that its supplier previously used. This is expected to cut about 3.7 tonnes of paper packaging waste annually.
"With these and other measures, we reduced our packaging waste by more than 9 tonnes in the past year. We hope that others will be inspired to develop innovative and practical solutions that will make a difference to the environment," said an RWS spokesperson.
Tweaking manufacturing
Food and beverage company Nestlé Singapore introduced four measures in 2017 alone to minimise its packaging waste. By using kraft slip sheets instead of wooden pallets to transport bags of starch, it expects to reduce its wood waste by 522 tonnes per year and save $107,000 annually.
It also replaced jerricans with larger intermediate bulk containers for the transportation and storage of enzymes, lessening its packaging use by 1.9 tonnes per year. Furthermore, while the jerricans were thrown away after use, the containers are recycled.
Old and new sticks of the Nescafé 3-in-1 Original. Image: SPA
Nestlé also cut the height of its coffee powder sticks for its Nescafé 3-in-1 Original, Less Sugar and 2-in-1 Zero line of products from 175 mm to 170 mm. This decreased its packaging material use by 6.04 tonnes per year and helped it to save $17,700 annually.
Lastly, it increased the length of the laminate per reel for those products from 2,000 mm to 2,500 mm. In the manufacturing process, some laminate is wasted during each reel changeover, so a longer reel results in fewer changeovers and less waste. Nestlé estimates that this measure would help it to avoid 0.04 tonnes of packaging waste each year.
Resourceful thinking
In 1999, LHT Holdings established Singapore's first waste wood recycling plant, turning timber industrial waste into an environmentally friendly product called "technical wood". It used this compressed engineered wood as a replacement for natural wood and created a line of sustainable pallets, crates, boxes and other wood packaging.
Almost two decades later, in 2017, it collaborated with the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology to invent another eco-friendly product: a wood-plastic composite cap for wooden blocks.
The cap is made from recycled plastic and wood waste, and fitted onto wooden blocks made of technical wood. This helps to increase the blocks' lifespan from five years to at least eight to 10 years. These reinforced blocks are then fitted between wooden planks to create more long-lasting wooden pallets.
Wood-plastic composite cap for wooden blocks. Image: LHT Holdings
"We can't make the entire pallet out of the wood-plastic composite because it would be too heavy for workers to handle. Still, creating the composite will enable us to recycle an estimated 76.8 tonnes of plastic packaging waste per year," said LHT Holdings head of strategic planning and business development Thomas Yeo.
Albert Lim, SPA's chairman, said that the SPA Award winners' resourcefulness in reducing their packaging waste showed that there are many ways for companies to do so.
"We also had several companies submitting entries for the first time for the 2018 awards, and that's a sign that more businesses are becoming aware of the importance of reducing packaging waste," he said.
He concluded: "Whether it's redesigning packaging to use less material, using lighter packaging materials, or finding new ways to reduce packaging that we have not even thought of yet, there's always something more that companies can do."
Signatories will be invited to participate in the SPA Awards 2019 from October 2018. Non-signatories who wish to join the SPA can download the application form at www.nea.gov.sg/SPA and email the completed form to Singapore_Packaging_Agreement@nea.gov.sg.
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The families of the first kidnapped Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, who were abducted from their homes or from their job posts in Belacevac, Retimlje, Retina, Orahovac, Prizren and other places in May and June 1998 joined together and got organized, and set up the Association of the Families of the Kidnapped and Murdered, so that we have been active since 1998.
We wanted to join together in one place not only the kidnapped civilians, but also all of the victims, including kidnapped and murdered soldiers and policemen, and we therefore set up an association entitled "The Association of the Families of the Kidnapped and Murdered in Kosovo and Metohija." The Association was formally registered in July 2003, thus encompassing for the first time all of the victims of the Albanian terror in one place. The seat of the Association is in Belgrade and there are also hard-working offices in Prokuplje, Strbac and Sutomore (for Montenegro ).
One of the ten founders who was trusted with the responsibility by the families of the kidnapped and murdered victims and delegated with the distressing, but honourable work of searching for the abducted and trying to keep from oblivion the thousands of victims of the Albanian terror is the President of the Association Simo Spasic.
Since the foundation of the Association to the present days, we have organized and held hundreds of protests in the streets and squares of Belgrade and in the towns all over Serbia, in front of the embassies, state institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations. We have met with domestic and foreign officials of the highest ranks, we have written notes and reactions, and have sent them all over the world only with one goal – to finally speak aloud of the horrible anguishes and suffering of Serbs and other non-Albanians from Kosovo and Metohija, and to have the ill-fated destiny of the kidnapped and abducted family finally resolved. For, we are witnesses of a sad and unacceptable truth that even after ten years since the first kidnappings of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, the families of more than five hundred of our fatalities still do not have any data about their destiny. All of us whose relatives have been kidnapped would, of course, love for them to be alive. But, if they are not, we have been asking and we will keep on asking to have their earthly remains returned to us in order to bury them with dignity in accordance with our customs.
In its further activities, the Association will use all legal means to publicly speak about the perishing of the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, to insist on the revealing of the truth on the kidnapped and murdered persons during the pre-war, war and post-war periods, all of this with a hope that the victims of the Albanian terror will never be forgotten.
Over 2500 Serbs and non-Albanians have been kidnapped and murdered in Kosovo and Metohija. So far, 299 earthly remains of the individuals from the list of the missing persons have been exhumed and handed over to the families, but even after eleven years, we still do not know the destiny of over 540 kidnapped Serbs. For the crimes against these people, none of the Albanian criminals has ever been arrested or sentenced.
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The Westminster men's basketball team fell to NCAA Division II Maryville University Saturday afternoon, 72-56. The Westminster Blue Jays are now 2-8 on the season.
The Blue Jays kept with the Maryville Saints throughout the first half, but were unable to grab the lead. A layup by junior Tanner Gentges tied the game at 16-16 with 8:55 remaining in the half, but the Saints pulled away. Heading into halftime, the Blue Jays trailed by three, 33-30.
To start the second half, freshman Tanner Cochran knocked down both from the foul line. Senior Brandon Moore then laid in a shot to take the Blue Jay's first lead of the game just 1:24 into the second half, 34-33. Maryville followed with a 9-0 hot streak. They increased their lead to 13 points with 14:41 left in the game, 49-36.
Maryville outscored the Blue Jays 39-26 in the second half to take the 72-56 win.
Moore led the Blue Jays offensively with 12 points and defensively with four rebounds. Cochran added eight points to the loss and Gentges dished in four assists.
The Blue Jays are off for the holidays, and will return to the court again on Saturday, January 3, at MacMurray College with a 3:00 pm game time.


Kick off your visit on the 22nd (Thu): admire the masterpieces at Kansallisgalleria.
For other places to visit, ratings, where to stay, and other tourist information, use the Helsinki tour itinerary maker website .
Athens, Greece to Helsinki is an approximately 7.5-hour flight. You can also drive; or do a combination of bus and ferry. In November, Helsinki is much colder than Athens - with highs of 5°C and lows of 0°C. Finish your sightseeing early on the 24th (Sat) so you can travel to Rovaniemi.
Eschew the tourist crowds and head to SantaPark and LAURI. Next up on the itinerary: experience the excitement of Feelapland, take in the views from Lumberjack's Candle Bridge, take in the architecture and atmosphere at Rovaniemi Church, and Head underground at Syvasenvaara Fell.
For other places to visit, reviews, photos, and other tourist information, use the Rovaniemi trip app .
Traveling by flight from Helsinki to Rovaniemi takes 4 hours. Alternatively, you can do a combination of flight and train; or drive. Prepare for a bit cooler weather when traveling from Helsinki in November: high temperatures in Rovaniemi hover around -2°C and lows are around -7°C. Finish your sightseeing early on the 27th (Tue) so you can travel back home.


The Butler family social event of the season took place at the Wedding Bowl – a park overlooking the beach in La Jolla.
The weather was NOT wedding day perfect, and as we waited for the ceremony to begin, the clouds, breeze and cool (actually cold) temperatures made us all wish we had classy jackets to match our wedding finery.
Nathan remained his usual cool self and chatted with the guests after giving Peter some last minute instructions about the music. Pete was more nervous than Nate – certain he would ruin the occasion by messing up the music. But he handled that i-pod like a champ.
Peter got the music going, and Katie demurely made her way down the ramp scattering the flower petals as she'd been instructed. When she got to the front and still had petals left in the basket, the minister told her to just dump them all out. She dutifully obeyed, so Nikki had a plush cushion of rose petals under [one of] her feet.
As Nikki and her dad started down, I found myself looking from Nikki to the waiting Nate and back again. Their grins were contagious! And "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" seemed the perfect background.
Nikki's excitement was evident as she bounced and rocked on her heels while they promised to love, honor and respect each other. Nate kept grinning. And we all shared their enthusiasm!
The reception dinner was a delicious barbecue catered by Phil's. The cakes (carrot with cream cheese icing and white with berry filling and white chocolate icing) were the perfect ending.
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Thanks for sharing. These pictures are great. I love your comments too. I'd sure love to see some more pictures of the rest of your family tho. Send them to me!! Congratulations to all of you.


ST. LOUIS – Neal Adams ("Batman," "Green Lantern", Rick Burchett ("Wonder Woman," "The Flash"), Cullen Bunn ("Wolverine," "Avenging Spider-Man"), Jorge Molina ("X-Men," "Fear Itself") and Chris Samnee ("Daredevil," "Before Watchmen") are among the leading comics creators scheduled to attend the inaugural Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con, March 22-24 at America's Center. The collection of more than 85 talented artists and writers will also feature such luminaries as Tyler Kirkham ("Superboy," "Teen Titans"), Gary Friedrich ("Ghost Rider," "Monster of Frankenstein"), Freddie Williams II ("Green Arrow," "Captain Atom"), Arthur Suydam ("Marvel Zombies," "Army of Darkness") and Michael Golden ("Hulk," "Star Wars").
Two Eisner Award Hall of Famers in Adams and legend Stan Lee, two other Eisner winners (Burchett, Freidrich) and four nominees (Bunn, Samnee, Chris Grine ("Chickenhare") and Matt Kindt ("JLA," Agent of S.H.A.D.E.") will be on hand.
The stellar roster complements a celebrity lineup with Laurie Holden, Billy Dee Williams, WWE® Superstar Randy Orton®, Henry Winkler, James Marsters and Dean Cain headlining. The event also features a variety of activities, exhibitors and special attractions in the second event on Wizard World's expanded 2013 calendar.
Additionally, all full price attendees will receive a free copy of the Exclusive Variant Cover of 'The Walking Dead #1 comic, illustrated by Suydam, available only at Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con.
Wizard World Comic Con events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, graphic novels, comics, toys, video gaming, television, sci-fi, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con show hours are Friday, March 22, 3-8 p.m.; Saturday, March 23, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.; and Sunday, March 24, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
For more on the 2013 Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con, visit http://www.wizardworld.com/home-stlouis.html.


Game Testers Needed to do QA on 1st/3rd person video game PC or MAC.
We're a small software company that needs people to test a beta version of our game for functionality and play-ability. You will be required to take detailed notes on your experience playing the game and provide detailed system specs (Operating System, CPU type and speed, system memory (RAM)), as well as video card specs (GPU type and speed and GPU memory).
During game play as you discover a defect or have an idea about the functionality or play-ability of the game, you can pause the game by hitting the Esc key to take notes. A Microsoft Word file (.docx) with specific questions that must be answered is included in the Project Files section for this job. If you do not have Word, then you can view the file and take notes in a different program. All responses will have to returned to us in a Word (.docx), .txt, or .pdf file.
This is a zombie-themed 1st-person video game with cognitive training activities built into the game play. The activities are color oriented so color-blind people are not eligible for this job. This is not a gory game but it is a 1st-person shooting game so the applicant must be able to play 1st-person shooter games without getting motion sickness or have any other issues with this type of game play.
All testers will have to complete the Training component in the game. We need the testers to play the game for at least an hour after completing the Training component. You will be expected to take notes on the Training and other game play as well as provide feedback on the menu components of the game.
The game will be available for download the 2nd week of October and all game play and feedback must be completed within 48 hours of the game becoming available. It should take about 2 hours to complete the work for this job after you download the game.


Citation: TAN SUQIN, TRACY (2007-07-08). Resistance on the Internet: A study of the Singapore Case. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
Abstract: This thesis employs Antonio Gramsci's framework of hegemony, supplemented by James C. Scott's theoretical framework of resistance, to the context of Singapore politics to understand the dynamics of political resistance in Singapore. In attempting to analyse the scope for the struggle for hegemony on the Internet, this study employs textual analysis in the examination of the various cyberspace entities, "alternative" websites, forums and blogs, focusing on the online activities surrounding the 2006 General Elections, the various reactions by netizens and counter-reactions from the government offline. This study thus argues that citizens in Singapore who are constrained by legal implications of open protests and confrontation exploit the use of the Internet--a realm that is impossible to control fully-- to constantly negotiate the subtle disciplining mechanisms of the state, drawing from their arsenal various strategies of resistance: the veil of anonymity, gossip, rumour, the disguise of humour in satire/parody and "rightful resistance"; thereby offering counter-hegemonic readings, alternative discourses and dissenting opinions in various ways that circumvent existing laws and regulations.


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class Regexp::MatchLength
  include Enumerable

  def self.of(obj)
    exp = obj.is_a?(Regexp::Expression::Base) ? obj : Regexp::Parser.parse(obj)
    exp.match_length
  end

  def initialize(exp, opts = {})
    self.exp_class = exp.class
    self.min_rep = exp.repetitions.min
    self.max_rep = exp.repetitions.max
    if (base = opts[:base])
      self.base_min = base
      self.base_max = base
      self.reify = ->{ '.' * base }
    else
      self.base_min = opts.fetch(:base_min)
      self.base_max = opts.fetch(:base_max)
      self.reify = opts.fetch(:reify)
    end
  end

  def each(opts = {})
    return enum_for(__method__, opts) unless block_given?
    limit = opts[:limit] || 1000
    yielded = 0
    (min..max).each do |num|
      next unless include?(num)
      yield(num)
      break if (yielded += 1) >= limit
    end
  end

  def endless_each
    return enum_for(__method__) unless block_given?
    (min..max).each { |num| yield(num) if include?(num) }
  end

  def include?(length)
    test_regexp.match?('X' * length)
  end

  def fixed?
    min == max
  end

  def min
    min_rep * base_min
  end

  def max
    max_rep * base_max
  end

  def minmax
    [min, max]
  end

  def inspect
    type = exp_class.name.sub('Regexp::Expression::', '')
    "#<#{self.class}<#{type}> min=#{min} max=#{max}>"
  end

  def to_re
    "(?:#{reify.call}){#{min_rep},#{max_rep unless max_rep == Float::INFINITY}}"
  end

  private

  attr_accessor :base_min, :base_max, :min_rep, :max_rep, :exp_class, :reify

  def test_regexp
    @test_regexp ||= Regexp.new("^#{to_re}$").tap do |regexp|
      regexp.respond_to?(:match?) || def regexp.match?(str); !!match(str) end
    end
  end
end

module Regexp::Expression
  MatchLength = Regexp::MatchLength

  [
    CharacterSet,
    CharacterSet::Intersection,
    CharacterSet::IntersectedSequence,
    CharacterSet::Range,
    CharacterType::Base,
    EscapeSequence::Base,
    PosixClass,
    UnicodeProperty::Base,
  ].each do |klass|
    klass.class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
      def match_length
        MatchLength.new(self, base: 1)
      end
    RUBY
  end

  class Literal
    def match_length
      MatchLength.new(self, base: text.length)
    end
  end

  class Subexpression
    def match_length
      MatchLength.new(self,
                       base_min: map { |exp| exp.match_length.min }.inject(0, :+),
                       base_max: map { |exp| exp.match_length.max }.inject(0, :+),
                       reify: ->{ map { |exp| exp.match_length.to_re }.join })
    end

    def inner_match_length
      dummy = Regexp::Expression::Root.construct
      dummy.expressions = expressions.map(&:clone)
      dummy.quantifier = quantifier && quantifier.clone
      dummy.match_length
    end
  end

  [
    Alternation,
    Conditional::Expression,
  ].each do |klass|
    klass.class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
      def match_length
        MatchLength.new(self,
                         base_min: map { |exp| exp.match_length.min }.min,
                         base_max: map { |exp| exp.match_length.max }.max,
                         reify: ->{ map { |exp| exp.match_length.to_re }.join('|') })
      end
    RUBY
  end

  [
    Anchor::Base,
    Assertion::Base,
    Conditional::Condition,
    FreeSpace,
    Keep::Mark,
  ].each do |klass|
    klass.class_eval <<-RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
      def match_length
        MatchLength.new(self, base: 0)
      end
    RUBY
  end

  class Backreference::Base
    def match_length
      if referenced_expression.nil?
        raise ArgumentError, 'Missing referenced_expression - not parsed?'
      end
      referenced_expression.unquantified_clone.match_length
    end
  end

  class EscapeSequence::CodepointList
    def match_length
      MatchLength.new(self, base: codepoints.count)
    end
  end

  # Special case. Absence group can match 0.. chars, irrespective of content.
  # TODO: in theory, they *can* exclude match lengths with `.`: `(?~.{3})`
  class Group::Absence
    def match_length
      MatchLength.new(self, base_min: 0, base_max: Float::INFINITY, reify: ->{ '.*' })
    end
  end
end

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Ken Golar, Vice President of Finance, Grand Casino Mille Lacs & Hinckley
Ken Golar's 18-year career in gaming has included executive financial positions at some of the largest operators in the business, including MGM Resorts at the corporate level and The Mirage at the property level. Golar also spent a year on the supplier side at Light & Wonder before accepting his current role as vice president of finance at Grand Casino Mille Lacs & Hinckley.
Golar's megaresort and supplier experience come to bear in a much different setting than in the past, in the locals-oriented market in Minnesota, where the two Grand casinos work in concert to manage operations at properties less than an hour's drive apart. Golar is stationed at the Hinckley property, where he works with his counterpart—Ali Khaghani, the finance VP stationed at Mille Lacs—to forge a team approach to finance for the good of the larger operation.
"We've got two properties, two leaders, so it's important to work with my counterpart," Golar says. "We have different processes, different modeling, so since I've come here, we've got both properties aligned with Grand Casino standards. My counterpart is here at Hinckley once a month. It's important to collaborate, support and communicate to get team finance on the same page."
It helps that his counterpart, Khaghani, is also an alum of MGM Resorts International, having worked both at the corporate level and at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
"Working for MGM Resorts, in my opinion the premier company in the gaming entertainment industry, that experience brings the substantial gaming knowledge, expertise and skill set that comes from working for one of best casino operators in the industry," Golar says.
For his part, Golar is adapting that experience to bring new ideas to the smaller Minnesota market. "You've got to be creative, and help the team grow through challenges," he says. "It's a great opportunity, coming from a big market like Las Vegas to a small market in Minnesota. Las Vegas benefits from huge visitation as a tourist destination, whereas now, we need to be more cautious when we go about planning in this market. I'm still learning the market, but I've got a great support team that values my input, my expertise and my perspective."
One critical aspect of finance operations Golar has brought to Minnesota is the use of technology to mine data for more efficiency in decision-making. Last July, the casino deployed the QCI business intelligence platform to assist in host, marketing and slot data analysis. Golar says it has made his job easier, and data mining technology will be utilized on a broader basis in the near future.
"We've implemented QCI and we're going through the training process, but it's already made the process of interpreting data much quicker and easier," Golar says, "which makes it much easier to support business performance and identify trends.
"Coming from Las Vegas and MGM Resorts, we had the best technology and applications to make utilizing data easier. Now, we don't have a lot of capital dollars to spend, so we're going through a process with technology that will help in making better decisions. Being in a new market with a smaller casino, it's definitely prudent to invest a lot of capital dollars in technology."
As far as priorities for 2023, Golar says the finance operation for Grand Casino Mille Lacs & Hinckley is a work in progress that is moving toward maturity. He says his job now is to "keep learning, keep being open-minded, and keep being a leader—motivate, inspire, work with the team, grow and be productive.
"My job is to grow my team, teach them, and be humble, and we we will be successful."
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February 7-9, 2023: ICE London, ExCel, London. Produced by Clarion Gaming. For more information visit www.icelondon.uk.com/welcome.
February 13-16, 2023: Western Indian Gaming Conference & Tradeshow, Sycuan Casino Resort, El Cajon, CA. Join tribal leaders, casino operations managers, regulators, policy makers and industry professionals from throughout the country to discuss issues facing the tribal government gaming industry. For information visit https://cniga.com/wigc.
February 15, 2023: AGA State of the Industry Webinar. Join the American Gaming Association's (AGA) President and CEO Bill Miller and Vice President, Research David Forman on Feb. 15 at 11:30 AM ET/8:30 AM PT as they report on full-year 2022 commercial gaming revenue figures, reflect on a record-breaking year, and look toward AGA priorities in 2023. To register visit: www.bigmarker.com
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February 27-March 1, 2023: Casino Esports Conference, Alexis Park Resort, 375 E. Harmon Ave., Las Vegas, NV. Produced by Fox Marketing, LLC. For more information visit www.casinoesportconf.com.
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March 13-16, 2023: SIGMA Eurasia, Festival Arena Intercontinental Hotel, Festival City, Dubai, UAE. Asia being at the forefront of modern iGaming and its growing prosperity makes it a core player in the gaming industry of the future. For more information visit sigma.world/eurasia.
March 15-16, 2023: IGSA Technology Summit Focus: Sports Betting, Italian American Club, Las Vegas, NV. This must attend summit will focus on four key topics: Sports Betting, Cashless and Credit wagering, Metaverse and Cyber Risk and Security. For more information visit www.igsa.org.
March 21-23, 2023: ASEAN Gaming Summit, Manila, Philippines. Organized by AGB (Asia Gaming Brief). For more information visit https://aseangaming.com.
March 21-23, 2023: CasinoBeats Summit (Spring iGaming Week), Intercontinental, St Julian's, Malta. Organized by KPMG and Gaming Malta. For more information visit https://sbcevents.com/casinobeats-summit.
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April 19-20, 2023: SAGSE Latin America, Hilton Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Closed and exclusive event for operators, regulators and sponsors. For more information visit https://www.sagselatam.com/en.
April 19-20, 2023: East Coast Gaming Congress & NexGen Forum, Hard Rock & Casino, Atlantic City, NJ. For sponsorship or conference information, visit ecgc.us or contact Donna Vecere at [email protected].
May 3-6, 2023: Southern Gaming Summit, Biloxi, MS. One of the oldest gaming conference and trade shows, the Southern Gaming Summit is owned by the Mississippi Gaming & Hospitality Association (MGHA), guaranteeing a conference "of the industry, by the industry, about the industry." For more information visit https://www.sgsummit.org.
May 9-11, 2023: SBC Summit North America, Meadowlands Exposition Center, New Jersey. The Leading Sports Betting and iGaming event in North America. Organized by SBC. For more information visit https://sbcevents.com/sbc-summit-north-america.
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May 15-19, 2023: SIGMA Americas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. SiGMA America's first event for the market is perfectly timed to connect its wide-reaching network in the West with Latin America's leading suppliers, operators, and affiliates. For more information visit sigma.world/americas.
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HYDERABAD: You don't expect the most basic tool to record a crime – first information report (FIR) – to become the source of a crime. But that is what cyber security experts fear can easily happen, given the manner in which the Telangana police is uploading FIRs on its website.
TOI randomly examined FIRs filed between January and March and came across at least 15 documents where sensitive financial information of complainants was uploaded on the website – tspolice.gov.in – without any attempt to hide it. This included bank account numbers, debit and credit card numbers and mobile phone numbers linked with these cards.
Experts say this information is enough for a tech savvy fraudster to misuse it in multiple ways.
In 2016, the Supreme Court had ordered all states and Union Territories to upload FIRs within 24 hours of their registration at a police station, on police or government websites. While the cyber crime cell under the Hyderabad commissionerate has been following the order since then, those under Rachakonda and Cyberabad, have not been uploading cyber-crime related FIRs citing technical glitch.
Cyber crime cops, who warn people not to share personal information with anyone, have revealed such sensitive information," said Sai Krishna, vice president of Cognore — a cyber security company. Another city-based hacker said how these details — account number and debit card number — make fraudsters' work easy. "If a hacker already has information of account details, phone number, debit card and CVV, the hacker just has to find a way to bypass the one-time password (OTP) measure. In many cases, it is not very difficult," said the hacker.
Apar Gupta, executive director of the Internet Freedom Foundation agrees that the sensitive financial information on public domain can lead to more crime. "The whole point of SC rule asking to upload the FIRs online was the accused persons can get the copy of FIR, which is a public document. So redacting information before uploading will not serve the purpose. The cops need to consult cybersecurity experts, ethical hackers and other stakeholders to come up with a solution to address this issue," said Gupta.
Anjani Kumar, commissioner of police, Hyderabad said cops are following the SC rule. "As per statistics from CCRB, there has not been any case in which anyone has complained that he or she has been a victim of frauds because of FIRs. However, in the future, there may be some issue relating to this, which then can be addressed collectively by all the stakeholders within the existing parameters of the law," said the CP.


The fourth largest continent, South America has long been dominated by Latin influences, and is today the home of a number of republics. Nevertheless, it is the cradle of a large and important pre-Columbian Empire, the Inca; and even in the relatively recent past has been the host of a large and fairly stable empire of European foundation: Brazil.
Presently this covers: Acre, Araucania, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Chile, Chimu, Colombia, Counani, Demerara-Essequibo, Ecuador, Entre Rios, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guayaquil, Guyana, Inca, Maranhão, Paraguay, Palmares, Pernambuco, Peru, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Suriname, Tucumán, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Willoughby Colony.
ACRE A large swath of jungle in the Upper Amazon Basin, bordering parts of Peru and Bolivia.
ARAUCANIA A region in southern Chile, inhabited by a native people of the same name. The Araucan Indians successfully resisted Spanish attempts to conquer them, and in fact were a notable threat to both the Colony of Chile and later the Republic. In the 19th century an ephemeral Aracaunian Kingdom was set up, but even after it's annexation to Chile the Araucans retained a viable culture.
Kingdom dissolved, Araucans placed on a reservation in the south.
ARGENTINAThe wide expanse east of the Andes, encompassing the southeastern quarter of the continent.
Río de la Plata Consisting of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay; until 1776 an autonomous administrative district of the Viceroyalty of Peru.
Nunez's remarkable career included a 1528 expedition to Florida, during which he and several others were shipwrecked and enslaved by local Indians, escaped and explored vast areas of the American Southwest.
The provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán. were all de facto autonomous during most of c. 1819-c. 1852/62. Those that are linked were actually secessionist or independent at one point or another.
BOLIVIAThe interior, north of Argentina and southeast of Peru.
BRAZILAn immense nation taking up much of South America, the 5th largest on Earth in terms of sheer size. The modern nation began as several settlements of Portuguese colonists along the coast, and has expanded slowly inward since then. Some parts of the Amazon River basin have only been explored within the last 50 years or so. During much of the 19th century, Brazil was an Empire.
Kingdom of Brazil In personal union with Portugal.
Política do Café com Leite During the Campos Salles Presidency, he developed a policy called "Coffee and Milk" wherein the state of São Paulo (coffee plantation landowners) and Minas Gerais (dairy producers) would share the power over the country alternating presidents from their respective states.
Ignoring the "Café com Leite" policy, Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa sponsors Júlio Prestes, from São Paulo, as his successor. Minas Gerais allies itself with the states of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Sul. Getúlio Vargas is their candidate. The election was seriously corrupted and Júlio Prestes won, resulting in Vargas initiating a coup d`etat on 3 November.
Vargas governed within three distinct phases - a Provisional Government supported by Fascist elements 1930-1934, a Constitutional format 1934-1937, in which the Fascists were disbanded, and the "Estado Novo" (New State, a dictatorship modelled after the forms of Pilsudski in Poland and Salazar in Portugal, 1937-1945.
Vargas returned to power by democratic means, and gained a reputation as "Father of the Poor"; but he ended his administration by committing suicide.
João Belchior Marques Goulart "Jango"....1961–1964 Overthrown by the military in a coup.
BUENOS AIRES A city and district on the Río de la Plata, in northern Argentina. It has nearly always been the largest and most important Argentine city, and has normally served as the capital during periods of national unity.
Argentina disintegrated as a state after 1820, and would not be substantially unified again until 1852. Buenos Aires Province was effectively autonomous from 1820 to 1852, and in secession 1852-1862.
Rosas held a dictatorship in the 1830's, 40's, and early 50's that affected much of Argentina.
CHILE The very long, narrow strip of territory west of the Andes, in the southwest of the continent.
Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo.................1780-1783 ?
COLOMBIAThe exceedingly mountainous region of the far northern portion of the continent.
ANTIOQUIA A region in northern Colombia, comprising the northern termini of the Western Range and Central Range, based on the city of Medellin.
CARTAGENA de INDIAS The district around the city of Cartagena, a port in far northern Colombia.
CAUCA A state in southwestern Colombia, based on the city of Popoyan, and located from the coast, athwart the Western Range, and across the point where the Eastern range breaks off from the Central Range.
CUNDINAMARCA A district in central Colombia athwart the valley of the Magdalena River between the Central Range and the Eastern Range, with the current capital of Bogotá as its focus.
TUNJA A city in the Eastern Range of central Colombia, 80 miles (128 km.) northeast of Bogotá; currently the capital of Boyacá State.
COUNANI A region located between French Guiana to the northwest and the northern edge of the Amazon delta to the southeast, currently the Brazilian State of Amapá. In the 19th century it was a disputed territory, pitting French versus Brazilian interests against each other. In 1886 a pro-French state was organized, provoking strong resistance from Brazil, and the formation some years later of a pro-Brazilian state. The second attempt was followed by outright hostlities, leading to eventual arbitrage by Switzerland, which awarded the province to Brazil.
To Brazil (Para State), 1900 (State of Amapá organized 1942).
DEMERARA-ESSEQUIBO Two colonies located on the Guiana coast.
A long sequence of rapid conquests, withdrawals, and re-annexations occured during the period 1784-1796, mostly involving French and British forces.
Merged with Berbice to form British Guiana, 1831.
ECUADOROn the northwest coast of the continent.
ENTRE RIOS A Province of Argentina, lying on the west bank of the La Plata River, adjacent to Uruguay on the east bank, and just north of Buenos Aires Province. During the era of disunity in the first half of the 19th century, Entre Rios was autonomous, and briefly an independent Republic.
FALKLAND ISLANDS An island group about 300 miles (480 km.) east of Argentina, in the South Atlantic.
Repeatedly sighted during the 17th century. The first unambiguous report was British, from about 1592, and the first known landing (1690) was also British, but French, Dutch, and Spanish ships were also aware of their existence.
FRENCH GUIANAOn the north coast of the continent.
GUAYAQUIL A district in southern Colombia, briefly independent during the revolutions of the early 19th century.
GUYANAOn the north coast of the continent.
A long sequence of rapid conquests, withdrawals, and re-annexations occured during the period 1794-1803, mostly involving French and British forces. From 1796 on, the interruptions were of brief duration and no lasting significance.
MARANHÃO A Brazilian State in the north, located on the coast between the Gurupi and Parnaiba Rivers.
Claimed by Portugal from the early 16th c.
St. Louis (now São Luis), founded by the French, is the capital and chief city of the region, located on an island in the double estuary of the Mearim and Itapicuru Rivers.
PALMARES On the coast of the easternmost bulge of Brazil, about 50 miles (80 km.) south of Recife. A kingdom estabished by Maroons (runaway slaves).
PARAGUAYOriginally the entire Rio Plata basin, in modern times the term has been restricted to the interior state southeast of Bolivia, southwest of Brazil, and north of Argentina.
The Reductions were Jesuit missions located in Paraguay, northern Argentina, and the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Tightly organized communities of Guarani Indians, supervised and protected by Jesuit missionaries, they held very considerable autonomy from the local colonial governments, and are sometimes thought of as an independent Jesuit "state". The communities endured amidst considerable anti-Jesuit animosity at times, but were generally prosperous. Their numbers were reduced as a result of the Guarani War of 1750-2, and they were suppressed altogether half a generation later, shortly before the general suppression of the Society as a whole.
PERNAMBUCO A province in eastern Brazil, running from the sea to the inland plateau; the chief city is Recife (Mauritzstad during the Dutch occupation). The inhabitants, especially the inlanders, have a reputation for truculence and lawlessness.
Separatist revolutions 1824 (Confederation of the Equator), 1831, 1848.
PERU The west coast of the continent, between Colombia and Chile.
CHIMÚ The Chimú people evolved a state out of the ancient Moche culture, along a coastal strip from about the Ecuador-Peru frontier what is now northern Peru before the Inca, and developed many of the classic attributes that are thought of as Incan in the fields of civil engineering, irrigation, and political organization. A highly stratified society, the names of their sovereigns have usually not survived. They were conquered by the Inca in 1465-70.
Minchancaman was the last Chimú king. He retained his titles after the Inca conquest in 1470 but was taken to Cuzco where he lived out the rest of his life as a "guest" of the Inca emperor.
Earlier Sican sovereigns, names unknown, from c. 800.
See Bolivia for a continuation of this succession.
RIO GRANDE do SUL The far southern extremity of Brazil, with the Atlantic coast to the east, Uruguay to the south, and Argentina to the west. The province was briefly independent in the first half of the 19th century. The region was much disputed between Spain and Portugal in the 18th century.
RIO de JANEIRO Onetime capital and still the second-largest city in Brazil (after Sao Paulo) - it remains the cultural center of the nation - Rio is a major international city set on an extraordinarily beautiful coastline.
Colony of Antarctic France, led by a French Huguenot, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon.
Town established in territory newly seized from the French establishment, 1565.
Capital of Brazil transferred here, 1763.
Capital transferred to Brasilia, 1960.
SANTA CATARINA A State of Brazil in the far south, bordering on the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul to it's south - the capital at Florianópolis is about 350 miles (560 km.) southwest of Rio de Janeiro.
One of the participants in this brief independence movement was Guiseppe Garibaldi, who later returned to his native Italy and succeeded in unifying the various Italian states into the modern nation.
SURINAME On the north coast of the continent.
TUCUMÁN A small Argentinian province in the northwest, on the edge of the Andes. During the era of disunity in the first half of the 18th century, Tucumán, like most other Argentiunian provinces, was de facto autonomous. In 1820-1, it hosted an ephemeral Republic.
URUGUAYAcross the Plata River estuary from Argentina.
VENEZUELA The northernmost quarter of the continent, opposite the Caribbean.


Close to the Fronsac wine-producing area, this Bordeaux has a similar structure and power. Aged in vats to promote the expression of the aromas of fruit in respect of the terroir (Fronsac production area).
Servir à 18° en apéritif avec des fromages ou au cours du repas sur toutes viandes grillées et en sauce.


MULTAN, Pakistan — It has been 12 years since Fida Hussein Ghalvi testified against the militant who was charged with killing 12 members of his family. But some days he feels as if he were the one who ended up in jail. He still gets threats, his servants all quit and an armed guard is posted at his gate.
Most maddening is the fact that the militant — Malik Ishaq, one of the founders of the country's most vicious sectarian group, whose police record has a dizzying tally of at least 70 murders — has never had a conviction that stuck.
In Pakistan, the weakness of the state is matched only by the strength of its criminals. When Mr. Ishaq was arrested in 1997, he unleashed his broad network against his opponents, killing witnesses, threatening judges and intimidating the police, leading nearly all of the prosecutions against him to collapse eventually.
Now, with the cases against him mostly exhausted, Mr. Ishaq, 50, jihadi hero and leader of the militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, could be out on bail as early as this month. That prospect terrifies Mr. Ghalvi, whose world has shrunk to the size of his house in this central Pakistani city.
Punishing criminals is a slippery business in Pakistan, where years of military rule have badly weakened the country's civilian institutions, like its police force. Its criminal code dates from the 1860s. There are no modern-day forensics, shifting the burden onto witnesses, who, without a functioning protection program, routinely refuse to appear.
What is more, the country's intelligence agencies have a long history of nurturing militants as proxy forces over the heads of the police. Few civilian victims, judges or even police officials dare to buck what Pakistanis take for granted as an untouchable network of support.
Such was the case with Hafiz Saeed, a cleric who was freed from house arrest in June, despite abundant evidence that his group was behind the attacks in Mumbai, India, that killed more than 160 people last year.
Mr. Ishaq is no exception. Pakistan's spy agency, hedging against the Shiite revolution in neighboring Iran and in favor of the fight against the Soviets in Afghanistan, began pouring money into hard-line Sunni groups like his in the 1980s.
These days, Mr. Ishaq, a cigarette dealer with a sixth-grade education who has been in jail since 1997 with 44 cases against him, no longer seems to have official support, police officers said. Even so, convicting him has been all but impossible.


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ROHAN N GOWDA'S CAMPAIGN TO GIVE SIGHT TO 20 ELDERLY PEOPLE FROM VILLAGES.
I am ROHAN N GOWDA, 16 yrs & in the 11 grade at Vidyashilp, Yelahanka. With your help, I want to give sight to 20 elderly people in villages who have cataracts.
20% FUNDED
Campaign ended.
To whoever it may concern,
Good day! My name is Rohan N Gowda and I am studying in Grade 11 at Vidyashilp Academy in Bangalore.
India is a large nation with millions of people. Of these many people almost 3 million of them are visually impaired and these number only keep rising due to several reasons, one of which are cataracts. This issue can be easily dealt with in many of our households as most our weekly expenditures are approximately 20,000 INR. However, this amount of money would be a devastating loss to those who come from economically backwards families. This, of course, is extremely shocking news and an issue that must be addressed almost immediately. Most people wonder how they could help these people out and here is one such way.
Let me tell you more about this campaign of mine. A few days ago, our school hosted a program where the team from Fueladream.com told us about a crowdfunding program which is going to help raise funds for elderly people. These people come from underprivileged backgrounds and urgently need to undergo cataract surgeries. These surgeries normally, at the bare minimum, cost 20,000 INR and this price can go upto almost 1 lakh. However, thanks to the effort made by FuelADream, we can complete this surgery in merely a tenth of the price! That's right! A small contribution of just Rs 1000 can make a difference to the life of someone & give them back their sight.. I was really surprised that it takes just INR 1000 to make a difference.
I strongly believe that we can help those who are in need and in the process, transform their lives. Please support my campaign and let us together bring light into the lives of these people. Keep funding this till the last date and tell recommend my page to everyone you know. While my minimum goal is INR 20000, I would like to raise much more than that and help more people see again.
INR 1000 is what you and I would spend if we went out on a weekend to a theatre to watch a movie and have popcorn. That amount is all it takes to give sight to one person and change their life and the life of their families. Please be the change you wish to see. Lead from the darkness and into the light.
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Der Geological Survey of Victoria war unter dieser Bezeichnung die oberste geowissenschaftliche Behörde des australischen Bundesstaates Victoria. Durch die Fusion mit der Petroleum Branch des Ministeriums für Bergbau ging die Behörde in der neuen staatlichen Agentur GeoScience Victoria auf. Der Sitz war und ist Melbourne.

Entwicklung
Die Gründung des Geological Survey of Victoria ist mit den Goldfunden im Jahre 1851 verbunden. Der damalige Gouverneur Charles La Trobe erkannte die Notwendigkeit einer Prospektion seines Gebietes unter fachlichen Gesichtspunkten. Demzufolge forderte er bei der Kolonialverwaltung in London einen Geologen an. Mit dieser Aufgabe betraute man Alfred Selwyn (1824–1902). Die Gründung des geologischen Dienstes von Victoria fällt mit der Ankunft Selwyns im Jahre 1852 zusammen. Eine 1853 datierte geologische Karte von einer Region zwischen Malmsbury und Bendigo gilt als die älteste ihrer Art vom Bundesstaat Victoria. In den 1860er Jahren hatte die geologische Kartierung unter seiner Leitung wegen ihrer Qualität weltweite Anerkennung erworben.

Zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts war die Arbeit des geologischen Dienstes weniger an wissenschaftlichen, sondern mehr an bergbaulich-ökonomischen Zielstellungen orientiert. Die Kartierungen auf dem Walhalla-Goldfeld erforderten Erkundungsgrabungen mit Stollenvortrieb. Im Falle von bestehenden untertägigen Bergbauanlagen kartierte man mit Hilfe der Begehung des Stollensystems.

Die Erkundung möglicher Kohlelagerstätten war seit der Gründung des geologischen Dienstes eine vorrangige Aufgabe. Die seit den späten 1850er Jahren ausgebeuteten Vorkommen um Kap Paterson konnten nie den Eigenbedarf der Kolonie decken. Weitere Erkundungen im südlichen Gippsland erbrachten nicht den erwünschten Erfolg. Als 1909 ein Streik in den Kohlegruben von New South Wales die Versorgung mit Brennstoff in Victoria stark beeinträchtigte, nahm man die Erkundungen wieder auf. In der Umgebung von Wonthaggi wurde man fündig. Der Abbau in dieser Region hielt bis 1968 an. Die Entdeckung der Kohleflöze würdigte die Regierung 1910 mit der Eröffnung des Geologischen Museums in der Macarthur Street von East Melbourne. Dessen Existenz war stets umstritten. Im Jahr 1965 riss man das Gebäude ab und übergab die Sammlungen mit geologischen, paläontologischen und technischen Exponaten dem Museum of Victoria, wo sie heute aufbewahrt und ausgestellt werden.

In den 1920er Jahren wandte man sich verstärkt der Suche nach Erdöl zu. Die ersten Funde durch Bohrungen im Seegebiet des Gippsland erbrachten nutzungsfähige Vorräte. Die Suche wurde über mehrere Jahrzehnte fortgesetzt. Im Jahr 1955 begann man die Ölsuche in den offshore-Bereich zu verlegen. Bei den auf diese Weise entdeckten Öl- und Gasvorkommen prognostizierte man Vorräte für eine Förderung bis in das 21. Jahrhundert hinein.

Aufgaben
Die 2004 gebildete GeoScience Victoria ist eine Abteilung der Earth Resources Development Division (ERDD) im Department of Primary Industries (deutsch etwa: Ministerium für Schlüsselindustrien).

Zu den modernen Aufgaben gehören:
 Erkundung von neuen Lagerstätten mineralischer Rohstoffe und Erdöl
 Förderung des Bundesstaates Victoria als Investitionsstandort der Montanindustrie
 Bereitstellung eigener geowissenschaftlicher Informationen und Sicherung des globalen Informationszugangs
 Beratung der Regierung zum Umfang und Wert der verfügbaren Bodenschätze

Weblinks
 Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Victoria, Australia: Geological Survey of Victoria, Webpräsenz. auf www.earthresources.vic.gov.au (englisch)
 Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Victoria, Australia: 150 Years of the Geological Survey of Victoria. auf www.earthresources.vic.gov.au (englisch)
 Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Victoria, Australia: Geologie des Bundesstaates Victoria. auf www.earthresources.vic.gov.au (englisch)

Weiterführende Literatur
 Thomas A. Darragh: The Geological Survey of Victoria Under Alfred Selwyn, 1852-1868. in: Historical Records of Australian Science. Jg. 7 (1987), Nr. 1, S. 1–25

Geologie Australiens
Behörde (Australien)
Gegründet 1852
Organisation (Melbourne)
Historische Organisation (Australien)


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Q: ResultSet and String variable issue This Program  is retrieving data from a database. I need to use a string variable for my program. but when I Put ResultSet String value in the String Variable and its showing 'java.sql.SQLException: Before start of result set' after run the programm.
here is my code:
try{
 // for database connection

    Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/email_auto_responder","root","");

    Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
    ResultSet EmailAccounts = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM `clemailaccounts`");

String hostSubtract = EmailAccounts.getString(2).substring(EmailAccounts.getString(2).indexOf("@"));
String partiallyCompanyName = hostSubtract.replace("@", "");
String companyName = partiallyCompanyName.replace(".com", "");

   while(EmailAccounts.next()) {

  System.out.println(EmailAccounts.getInt(1)+"  "+EmailAccounts.getString(2)+"  "+ companyName +"  "+EmailAccounts.getString(4));
                + "\n");
        }
}
   catch(Exception e)
 { System.out.println(e);}

I saw in some example they use resultset value in String variable. But I am not sure why I am getting this error. There is another thing in Eclips its also not showing any error. but after run the code I got this exception. any help will be appreciated. Thanks in Advance

A: Your cursor is before the first row and then you are requesting the data. You need to move the cursor to the first row. Do EmailAccounts.next() first and then get String

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Bistatic radar images of the binary asteroid 2017 YE5 from the Arecibo Observatory and the Green Bank Observatory on June 25. The observations show that the asteroid consists of two separate objects in orbit around each other. Credit: Arecibo/GBO/NSF/NASA/JPL-Caltech.
New observations by three of the world's largest radio telescopes have revealed that an asteroid discovered last year is actually two objects, each about 900 meters (3000 feet) in size, orbiting each other.
Near-Earth asteroid 2017 YE5 was discovered with observations provided by the Cadi Ayyad University Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey on December 21, 2017, but no details about the asteroid's physical properties were known until the end of June. This is only the fourth "equal mass" binary near-Earth asteroid ever detected, consisting of two objects nearly identical in size, orbiting each other. The new observations provide the most detailed images ever obtained of this type of binary asteroid.
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