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Irish Quakers commit to sustainability and ethical investments
April 16, 2016 quakersireland
Quaker Meetings in Ireland are set to become "as sustainable as possible", following a resolution made by Ireland Yearly Meeting (IYM) on 3rd April 2016.
Each Meeting is asked to develop a sustainability plan before January 2017, taking into consideration factors such as accessibility by public transport, energy efficiency, use of Fairtrade tea and coffee and use of organic and locally sourced food, when possible (EcoQuakers are drawing up a template plan to help Meetings in this process).
IYM is asked to take the same factors into account when planning the next Yearly Meeting.
A commitment was also made to develop an investment strategy by January 2017 to ethically invest all funds* within Yearly Meeting in sustainable and peaceful companies, and to divest from destructive industries, including fossil fuels.
These two commitments were made following the call to action on sustainability that came from the Friends World Committee for Consultation's Plenary in Peru in January 2016, urging the worldwide Quaker community to re-double its efforts in relation to sustainability.
*this includes all funds invested for growth or income by Yearly Meeting, Quarterly Meetings, Monthly Meetings and Preparative Meetings
Minute 40 of Ireland Yearly Meeting 2016:
Call to action on Sustainability from Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) Plenary in Peru Claire Conboy-Stephenson has read the minute agreed at the FWCC Plenary in Peru urging the worldwide Quaker community to re-double its efforts in relation to sustainability. It calls on Yearly Meetings to initiate at least two concrete actions on sustainability by January 2017.
The Special Interest Group facilitated by Eco-Quakers Ireland has reflected on this and has proposed a number of actions. We agree to the following two actions:
1.To commit to making all the Meetings within Ireland Yearly Meeting as sustainable as possible, considering such factors as accessibility by public transport, energy efficiency, use of Fairtrade tea and coffee and use of organic and locally sourced food when possible. We ask Meetings to develop a sustainability plan, no matter how simple, before January 2017. We ask Ireland Yearly Meeting to take its sustainability plan into consideration when planning for its next Yearly Meeting.
2.To follow in the steps of FWCC by developing an investment strategy, by January 2017, to ethically invest all the funds within the Yearly Meeting in sustainable and peaceful companies, and divest from destructive industries, including fossil fuels.
We also ask all Meetings to consider how truth prospers with regard to sustainability, taking care to relate this to all of our testimonies – peace, simplicity, truth and equality.
Epistle – IYM 2016
April 8, 2016 quakersireland
To Friends Everywhere
We send warm greetings from Ireland Yearly Meeting, held from 31st March – 3rd April 2016 at King's Hospital School on the western outskirts of Dublin. The theme of our Yearly Meeting was "Who is my Neighbour?, underpinned by a quotation from C. Winifred Lamb written circa 1954: "How can we, such a small insignificant group of people as the Society of Friends help to stem the tide of evil and hate, and greed and fear that is so widespread in the world today?" (Quaker Life & Practice: A Book of the Christian Experience of the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland, paragraph 4.13).
To read the full Epistle – click on the link below
Epistle IYM 2016
'Who is my neighbour?' IYM Public Lecture 2016
More than 180 people attended the Public Lecture at this year's Ireland Yearly Meeting.
Addressing the topic, 'Who is my Neighbour? What is our Testimony on Inclusion?', Will Haire of South Belfast Quaker Meeting, called on us to consider how we can include those most in need in our society through a broader social contract, responsible participation in the economy, social service and by leading inclusive personal lives.
"We are challenged to create a counter-culture, challenging the mainstream and consumerism of our society and to argue in what we say, and in what we do, for a different way of life," said Will.
"We have to argue for a fair tax system, fair pay for all, and for a fair welfare system," he said, adding that taxes should be progressive, with the weight falling on those who can afford them.
"We have to argue for good, transparent governance of businesses, the economy, the state and indeed all institutions – ourselves included. That fits with our testimony to integrity, to our use of plan language."
"We have to build better links with those who are experiencing poverty. We have to understand their views, their concerns. We have to include them in the process of our thinking, our action, to create a real dialogue."
Will concluded: "We have to be the good neighbour, the neighbour to everyone who needs our help."
You can read the full script of Will's lecture here – IYM Public Lecture 2016.
'The Gift of Conflict' – Marisa Johnson
"Conflict brings with it the potential for deepening relationships, for learning, for transformation and spiritual development."
Marisa Johnson, FWCC-EMES Secretary
That was the view expressed by Marisa Johnson, Secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation – Europe and Middle East Section, when she addressed Ireland Yearly Meeting's Ministry and Oversight session on 31st March 2016.
Marisa said that if we welcomed creativity, energy, connection and relationship as gifts, we needed to welcome conflict also, "as being intimately connected with all of these".
"Just as we welcome the gift of fire to keep us warm and cook our food. Yet we are always aware that, out of control, fire can and does destroy," she said.
Marjorie Lamb, Margrit Grey, Marisa Johnson
"In order for a conflict to become apparent, it is necessary for someone to care very deeply about something – most people do not seek conflict lightly, so need or passion are necessary to provide the required motivation and energy for conflict to become active. Caring and passion are gifts too."
Marisa said we should encourage the emergence of many possible solutions, and try them on for size: "Do they meet the needs of all involved? Are they aligned to God's gracious generosity and loving compassion?"
You can read the full text of Marisa's talk here – Gift of Conflict – Marisa Johnson.
Newtown Junior School marks Ireland 2016 by creating a peace garden
March 27, 2016 quakersireland
Artist Ciara Harrison and Newtown pupils making poppies for the Indoor Garden of Peace
Newtown Junior School in Waterford (Ireland's only Quaker national school) has chosen to mark Ireland 2016 by creating an Indoor Garden of Peace.
Artist Ciara Harrison, a Rathfarnham Quaker and a past pupil of Newtown Secondary School, came up with the idea for the collaborative and educational art project and helped the children bring the peace garden to life.
"As a national school, Newtown Junior School was required to commemorate the anniversary of the 1916 Rising," said Ciara, "But, as a Quaker school, it was important for them to respect the Quaker ethos of peace, pacificity and non-violence.
"We took on the approach of looking to the future – to the next 100 years – to promote a world of peace. We decided to use the symbol of a white poppy to do this.
"The initiative of the white poppy began in Britain in 1933 by a women's pacifist group as a symbol of peace and non-violence. This symbol is widely used among Quakers in Britain and also in Ireland.
"We were inspired by this group and decided that we would produce a garden of peace where each pupil would produce a poppy (using recycled white fabric) that would then be installed in an area of the school, creating an Indoor Garden of Peace that would invite visitors, staff and pupils to walk among it and, at the end of the exhibition, to take a poppy of peace home with them."
The Citizen's Role in Building Peace, 30th March 2016
Militarisation and International Agreements
The Citizen's Role in Building Peace
Friends Meeting House,
4/5 Eustace Street, Temple Bar (beside Irish Film Institute)
Wednesday, 30th March at 7.30 pm
All are welcome to a seminar on how we, as citizens of this country and the European Union, can influence policy makers and governments to promote alternatives to violence in this difficult time. It will also consider how small groups can give their advocacy real impact at UN, EU and local level.
The contributors to the seminar are:
Andrew Lane of Quaker Council for European Affairs, Brussels
Tony D'Costa of Pax Christi
Siobhan O'Donoghue of Uplift (Coordinated Action for Progressive Change)
They will explore their peace building and campaigning initiatives at UN, EU and grass roots level respectively.
Prof John Doyle, Director, Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstrcution, DCU who will consider recent developments in Irish Neutrality.
This free event is hosted by the Dublin Quaker Peace Committee.
Places are limited, so please let us know if you plan to be present.
Email Martin Leavy at martin.leavy@dcu.ie or text 087 648 8586 or Sean McCrum at smccrum.1949@gmail.com or text 087 947 4459
Safeguarding trainings for youth & children's leaders – Dublin & Belfast
Youth Leaders – Sunday School Teachers….. This is just for you!!!!!
IYM Education Committee and Youth Coordinator are hosting worthwhile trainings which will help us support our Young Friends better.
We would really like to see you there if you are volunteering with our young people in any way!
Where? Rathfarnham Meeting House Date?14/04/16
South Belfast Meeting House Date? 21/04/16
Time? 6:45-9:45pm Cost? Free
What is the training about?
This accredited training is based on the principles of good practice in safeguarding children and young people as outlined in 'Our Duty to Care'. This half-day certificated training programme covers:
awareness of safeguarding children and young people;
procedures for reporting concerns; and
code of behaviour for staff and volunteers.
Who delivers the training?
Keeping Children and Young People Safe training is delivered by qualified and accredited trainers who work for Volunteer Now . They have experiences of safeguarding issues
If all Sunday school teachers can't make it, please encourage one or two to come. They can then share their learning with others in their Meeting.
Youth Leaders: this is really important for you!!! Please let me know if you (and others) are coming. There are 25 place available.
Carolyn McMullan iym.youth@outlook.com Mobile Number 07834571117
Exploring the Early Quaker Vision, 29th April – 1st May, Cork
Please click on the link below to print an application form
Early Quaker Vision-application_form
Rathfarnham Friends shine a light on climate justice
Rathfarnham Quaker Meeting invited members of the local community to join them in a candle-lit vigil to mark Earth Hour on 19th March.
Almost 20 people took part in the hour-long vigil, which included several contributions on the theme of the environment and the need for climate justice.
Gillian Armstrong, Member of Rathfarnham Meeting and the Religious Society of Friends representative on Eco-Congregation Ireland, pictured after the Earth Hour vigil with Aubrey Flegg of the Dublin Unitarian Church
It is the third year in a row Rathfarnham Meeting has marked Earth Hour in this way and they were pleased to be joined once again by a number of visitors from nearby churches.
Earth Hour is the world's largest global day of environmental action, which sees millions of people throughout the globe switch off their lights for an hour at 8.30pm local time. Lights are switched off at landmark buildings throughout the globe, including this year at Áras an Uachtaráin.
The Meeting was pleased to host a special Shine a Light on Climate Justice candle for their event. The three-foot tall candle, which was commissioned late last year by Eco-Congregation Ireland (an ecumenical environmental project of the Irish Inter-Church Meeting), is travelling throughout Ireland visiting a different church or faith community each week.
Fairtrade makes a huge difference, banana farmer tells Rathfarnham Friends
Buying Fairtrade products makes a huge difference to the lives of farmers and producers, a banana farmer from the Dominican Republic told Rathfarnham Friends when she visited their Meeting on 6th March.
Maria Genao, who undertook a speaking tour of Ireland to mark Fairtrade Fortnight, said that the impact that Fairtrade had on the lives of small producers were many. "It ensures our work as producers by protecting the market throughout the year, by helping us in many ways to keep growing and by being there through tough times when we are in need," she said.
Maria, who works on her mother's 3.5 hectare farm, said that the premium Fairtrade farmers received gave them stability during fluctuations in the market, like when there was no rain for 18 months, which drastically impacted the amount of bananas produced. It also enabled communities to put money into health and education and allowed farmers to live with dignity.
Maria has also set up a handcraft business, which sees local women and young people making baskets and table cloths from banana fibres. She hopes to find an export market for these items in the near future and to explore the possibilities of making other products from banana fibres.
Rathfarnham Friends were pleased to be joined by Friends from other Meetings – adults and children – to hear their special speaker.
The twelve children present were interested to hear that Maria and her family eat bananas at every meal and that, as well as eating ripe yellow bananas and banana pancakes, they cook green bananas, which they mash like mashed potatoes.
Rathfarnham Meeting made a commitment some years ago to only buying Fairtrade tea and coffee. To find out more about Fairtrade, see www.fairtrade.ie.
Quaker House Dublin Closed January 21, 2020
Quaker House Dublin Closed from 1pm January 22, 2020 at 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Yearly Meetings Committee January 25, 2020 at 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Quaker House, Stocking Ln, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, Ireland
Meeting for Worship for Brexit January 31, 2020 at 9:45 pm – 10:45 pm Friends Meeting House (Quakers), 4-5 Eustace St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 XN59 Friendsin Eustace Street will hold a Meeting for Worship on Friday 31 January between9.45pm and 10.45pm to hold all in the light as Britain exits the EU. Allare welcome, either in person or in the comfort of your own home/Meeting House.This marks a significant date in our history and we hope holding a Meeting forWorship…
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If initial reports are confirmed, Jang Geun-seok — a hot commodity these days — may soon be back on television in his next project. It's an adaptation of Mary Stayed Out All Night [매리는 외박중], a manhwa that comes from the creator of Full House's original manhwa (it's a working title for the drama, which will air on KBS).
Jang had planned for his next role to be the movie adaptation of You're My Pet, but due to production delays on that project, he may well be back in a drama first. Note: This article talks about the casting as a done deal, but others are saying Jang is "a strong possibility." I'd say take it all with a grain of salt.
Mary Stayed Out All Night deals with a woman (the titular Mary) who decides she is through with dating, but then strikes up a romance with a "dangerous-looking but charming" death-metal band vocalist. A "lively, upbeat" love triangle develops with a third character, a "perfect type" of man who's got it all goin' on in terms of looks, skills, personality, and family background.
Jang Geun-seok just played a pop group vocalist in last year's hit drama You're Beautiful. He'll again play a musician here, albeit a harder-edged rocker than the idol star of the previous series.
This project will be a co-production between Korea's KBS Media and Japan's ACC Korea and will be written by In Eun-ah, who wrote the drama phenom Goong and the cotton-candy-sweet Love & Marriage. A director has yet to be confirmed. There are a few stars in contention for the Mary role, though we haven't been given any hints thus far.


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Fatehpur district
Khaga tehsil
Ganhi
Ganhi Population, Caste, Working Data Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh - Census 2011
Ganhi is a village situated in Khaga tehsil of Fatehpur district in Uttar Pradesh. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 90 families residing in the village Ganhi. The total population of Ganhi is 490 out of which 260 are males and 230 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Ganhi is 885.
The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Ganhi village is 91 which is 19% of the total population. There are 57 male children and 34 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Ganhi is 596 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (885) of Ganhi village.
As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Ganhi is 53.9%. Thus Ganhi village has lower literacy rate compared to 57.4% of Fatehpur district. The male literacy rate is 63.55% and the female literacy rate is 43.88% in Ganhi village.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Ganhi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.
Ganhi Data as per Census 2011
As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Ganhi village.
Children 91 57 34
Scheduled Caste 209 111 98
Illiterate 275 131 144
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.7% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Ganhi village.
In Ganhi village out of total population, 296 were engaged in work activities. 5.7% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.3% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 296 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.
Main Workers 17 11 6
Cultivators 5 3 2
Agriculture Labourer 2 1 1
Other Workers 10 7 3
Marginal Workers 279 133 146
Non Working 194 116 78
Map of Ganhi, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
Nearby Villages to Ganhi, Khaga
Below are the list of villages near Ganhi village in Khaga.
Kharkhar 707
Kheirai 6,537
Gazipur 1,737
Pai 1,884
Ruhallapur 1,248
Barar 1,810
Raipur 646
Garha 16,310
Basva 4,515
Kachhra 2,407
Ganhi, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh - Wikipedia

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Cyprus: A Haircut In All But Name
After six months of broad stability in euro area markets, Saturday morning's announcement by the Eurogroup of its framework for the Cyprus bailout – based on an offer of up to €10bn of multilateral funds while bailing-in Cypriot bank depositors and junior bondholders (but not sovereign bondholders) – has ushered in a new, possibly damaging, phase of the single currency's crisis.
The complex agreement, which envisages Cypriot government debt rising to 100% of GDP by 2020, includes a restructuring and recapitalisation of its banks, an increase in Cyprus's withholding tax on capital income, an increase in its super-low corporate tax rate and expectations of a new contribution from Russia. But all of that has been lost in the negative headlines surrounding the demand that bank depositors need to contribute €5.8bn via a supposedly one-off, oxymoronic 'stability levy' on their savings.
Given German exhortations about the nature of some of the high-value funds lodged with the Cypriot banks, the 9.9% charge on deposits worth more than €100k did not come out of the blue. But the planned 6.75% charge on deposits up to €100k, which is designed to by-pass (and has the effect of undermining) the euro area deposit guarantee scheme, was a surprise as evidenced by the queues that formed outside Cypriot bank cash machines on the weekend. And it is a risky move, which has the potential to trigger contagion at banks right across the recession-mired periphery. After all, who in their right mind would trust the eurogroup's assurance that its decision to apply a levy on bank deposits will be a one-off? Depositors in Spain and Portugal will no doubt be afraid.
With this being the euro area, together with the conspiracy (to snatch household savings) we also get the risk of a major cock-up, since it remains to be seen whether the Cypriot government will even be able to pass the legislation required for its deposit-grab. With President Anastasiades' governing coalition holding just half of the 56 seats in the parliament, and some members of the government's junior partner, the Democrats, arguing against the legislation, a positive vote is no done deal, hence its postponement to today and the possible imposition of an additional Bank Holiday tomorrow. And most recent reports suggest that moves are afoot to alter the balance of the levy, to place more burden on deposits over €100k. But the Cypriot government appears to have no choice other than to raise the €5.8bn one way or another from bank depositors. And if the bill does not pass and it can't, the ECB's threat to withdraw emergency liquidity assistance from Cypriot banks risks triggering financial meltdown in the member state and contagion across the periphery and beyond. So, all eyes today will be on Nicosia.
But whatever the outcome in Cyprus, there is almost certainly going to be longer-term damage to the banking systems in the euro area periphery. While talk of banking runs is likely hyperbole, this decision will inevitably add pressure on to the peripheral banks already-fragile deposit bases. As we argued last week only by restoring stability can deposit, and hence lending rates, be lowered in the periphery. The decision on Cyprus makes that process much less likely.


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GNAC » General News GNACSPORTS.COM
Alone Unbeaten, UAA Earns Team Of The Week Award
Spencer Svejcar scored 18 points and added five assists in the Seawolves 87-84 victory over Western Washington on Saturday.
Boxscore vs Simon Fraser
Boxscore vs Western Washington
PORTLAND, Ore. – As the last standing undefeated basketball team in GNAC play, the Alaska Anchorage men's squad was selected the GNAC's Red Lion Team of the Week after home wins over Simon Fraser and Western Washington.
"Having had to battle through some adversity early in the season, this group has already proven to be a very hard-working and cohesive team," said head coach Rusty Osborne. "It's nice to be recognized for that effort, but we still have a lot of work left."
The Seawolves entered the week as one of three teams in all of GNAC basketball undefeated in conference action, but were the lone team to escape the week unscathed. They used two strong offensive performances to defeat Simon Fraser 96-83 on Thursday and Western Washington 87-84 on Saturday at the Alaska Airlines Center.
"It's certainly ideal to be unbeaten right now, but we know we're only just past the quarter mark of league play and this is an extremely competitive conference," Osborne said. "We're looking forward to seeing how we measure up the next two weeks against some very good opponents."
Alaska Anchorage won their seventh straight game, moving to 6-0 in GNAC play and 13-4 overall. Against Simon Fraser, the Seawolves were led by Sekou Wiggs' 23 points and eight rebounds. Seniors Christian Leckband and Brian McGill came off the bench to add 21 and 17 points, respectively, as the Seawolves cruised to a double-digit victory. They shot 31 of 60 (51.7 percent) from the field and held an advantage of 29 on free throw attempts. The Seawolves never trailed in the contest.
After Western Washington defeated previously unbeaten Alaska in a thrilling overtime contest, Alaska Anchorage got its shot at the Vikings. The Seawolves took a 43-35 lead into halftime, but had to hold off a furious rally from the visitors. Western Washington knotted the game up at 77 apiece with just over five minutes remaining, but the Seawolves finished on a 10-7 run to claim their seventh straight victory.
"We showed a real lack of intensity on Thursday night against a Simon Fraser team that played very hard in its first game without its leading scorer," said Osborne. "Luckily, we turned that around Saturday and took the lead early against Western Washington. That was important because we put ourselves in position to withstand their run and come up with the big plays at the end of the game."
Wiggs led the team once again with 21 points, six assists and three rebounds. Spencer Svejcar added 18 points with five assists and McGill chipped in 14 points, seven assists and five rebounds off the bench. The Seawolves shot over 50 percent from the field again, finishing 30 of 59, and scored 25 points off of the bench.
"We took much better care of the ball Saturday with just 10 turnovers (after 18 vs. SFU) and we continued to move the ball well on offense, which led to good shooting percentages in both games," Osborne said.
The Seawolves lead the GNAC in scoring margin (+14.5) and free throw percentage (.786) this season. They rank first in Division II in free throws made (370), third in free throw attempts (471) and third in total assists (295). Wiggs leads the GNAC in scoring with 23.8 points per game and is third in the nation in total points (405), while teammate Corey Hammell is first in the GNAC in rebounding with 10.0 boards per contest and leads the nation in offensive rebounds per game at 4.71.
Alaska Anchorage returns to action Tues., Jan. 12, hosting Montana State Billings. They then travel to face Alaska in a battle of two of the top teams in the GNAC standings this season on Sat., Jan 16.
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had written graffiti all over 31 walls, windows, and automobiles.
cocaine in his car and was unaware of the Wal-Mart arrest.
of nearly $5,000 two weeks earlier.
of a local government building in a stolen car, which had no license plate.
Rice," but police got tough with him when he was unable to spell "Johnny"
in any of the conventional ways.  His real name, he said then, is Dyvon D.
was not wanted by police on any other matter.
estranged wife on the telephone.


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package org.embulk.encoder;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

import java.io.OutputStream;

import mockit.Mocked;
import mockit.NonStrictExpectations;
import mockit.Verifications;

import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.bzip2.BZip2CompressorOutputStream;
import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.deflate.DeflateCompressorOutputStream;
import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.gzip.GzipCompressorOutputStream;
import org.embulk.encoder.CommonsCompressEncoderPlugin.PluginTask;
import org.embulk.spi.Buffer;
import org.embulk.spi.BufferAllocator;
import org.embulk.spi.FileOutput;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

public class TestCommonsCompressCompressorProvider {
    @Mocked
    PluginTask task;

    @Mocked
    FileOutput fileOutput;

    CommonsCompressCompressorProvider provider;

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
    }

    @After
    public void tearDown() throws Exception {
        provider = null;
    }

    @Test
    public void testIsCompressorFormat() {
        assertTrue(CommonsCompressCompressorProvider.isCompressorFormat("bzip2"));
        assertTrue(CommonsCompressCompressorProvider.isCompressorFormat("gzip"));
        assertTrue(CommonsCompressCompressorProvider.isCompressorFormat("deflate"));
        assertFalse(CommonsCompressCompressorProvider.isCompressorFormat("tar"));
        assertFalse(CommonsCompressCompressorProvider.isCompressorFormat("zip"));
    }

    @Test
    public void testCommonsCompressCompressorProvider() {
        new NonStrictExpectations() {{
            task.getFormat(); result = "gzip";
            task.getBufferAllocator(); result = new MockBufferAllocator();
        }};

        assertNotNull("Check constructor.", new CommonsCompressCompressorProvider(task, fileOutput));
    }

    @Test
    public void testOpenNext() throws Exception {
        new NonStrictExpectations() {{
            task.getFormat(); result = "gzip";
            task.getBufferAllocator(); result = new MockBufferAllocator();
        }};

        provider = new CommonsCompressCompressorProvider(task, fileOutput);
        OutputStream out = provider.openNext();
        assertTrue("Verify a stream instance.", out instanceof GzipCompressorOutputStream);
        provider.close();

        new Verifications() {{
            fileOutput.nextFile(); times = 1;
        }};
    }

    @Test
    public void testFinish() throws Exception {
        new NonStrictExpectations() {{
            task.getFormat(); result = "gzip";
            task.getBufferAllocator(); result = new MockBufferAllocator();
        }};

        provider = new CommonsCompressCompressorProvider(task, fileOutput);
        provider.finish();
        provider.close();

        new Verifications() {{
            fileOutput.finish(); times = 1;
        }};
    }

    @Test
    public void testClose() throws Exception {
        new NonStrictExpectations() {{
            task.getFormat(); result = "gzip";
            task.getBufferAllocator(); result = new MockBufferAllocator();
        }};

        provider = new CommonsCompressCompressorProvider(task, fileOutput);
        provider.close();

        new Verifications() {{
            fileOutput.close(); times = 1;
        }};
    }

    @Test
    public void testCreateCompressorOutputStreamGzip() throws Exception {
        new NonStrictExpectations() {{
            task.getFormat(); result = "gzip";
            task.getBufferAllocator(); result = new MockBufferAllocator();
        }};

        provider = new CommonsCompressCompressorProvider(task, fileOutput);
        OutputStream out = provider.createCompressorOutputStream();
        assertTrue("Verify a stream instance.", out instanceof GzipCompressorOutputStream);
        provider.close();

        new Verifications() {{
            fileOutput.close(); times = 1;
        }};
    }

    @Test
    public void testCreateCompressorOutputStreamBzip2() throws Exception {
        new NonStrictExpectations() {{
            task.getFormat(); result = "bzip2";
            task.getBufferAllocator(); result = new MockBufferAllocator();
        }};

        provider = new CommonsCompressCompressorProvider(task, fileOutput);
        OutputStream out = provider.createCompressorOutputStream();
        assertTrue("Verify a stream instance.", out instanceof BZip2CompressorOutputStream);
        provider.close();

        new Verifications() {{
            fileOutput.close(); times = 1;
        }};
    }

    @Test
    public void testCreateCompressorOutputStreamDeflate() throws Exception {
        new NonStrictExpectations() {{
            task.getFormat(); result = "deflate";
            task.getBufferAllocator(); result = new MockBufferAllocator();
        }};

        provider = new CommonsCompressCompressorProvider(task, fileOutput);
        OutputStream out = provider.createCompressorOutputStream();
        assertTrue("Verify a stream instance.", out instanceof DeflateCompressorOutputStream);
        provider.close();

        new Verifications() {{
            fileOutput.close(); times = 1;
        }};
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BRADENTON BEACH – The Charter Review Committee (CRC) reached consensus on several items during its Monday, July 9 meeting.
Members Debra Cox, Anne Leister, Dan Morhaus and Randy Milton support a potential charter amendment that would create two City Commission wards.
Cox and Morhaus participated in Monday's meeting by phone.
If placed on the ballot by the City Commission and approved by city voters, this amendment would create a two-ward system with two commissioners being elected from a north ward by north ward voters only, two commissioners being elected from a south ward by south ward voters only and an at-large mayor elected citywide. The exact ward boundaries would need to be clarified, but the Cortez Bridge has been mentioned as a possible dividing line.
The four geographically based commission wards established in the 1950s were eliminated by city voters last year in support of a charter amendment proposed by the Concerned Neighbors of Bradenton Committee (CNOBB) group. In that system, candidates were ward-specific, but all city voters were allowed to vote in all commission races.
As they did during their two previous meetings, Cox, Leister and Milton first expressed support for a return to the four-ward system, but they compromised on the proposed two-ward system after debating whether the two wards would allow for citywide voting or ward-specific voting.
Chair Mary Bell opposed returning to a ward system due to her ongoing concerns about Bradenton Beach's shrinking population and the increased difficulty in finding commission candidates.
Morhaus said he saw no point in returning to a four-ward system or creating a two-ward system in which voters from one ward would help determine the winners in another ward. He said limiting the votes to the ward-specific residents would create parochial representation if that was the intent.
Cox and Leister said they like the wards because it helps preserve that Old Florida and neighborhood feel. Milton said he likes having a representative that he knows and that knows his neighborhood.
If the City Commission places the two-ward charter amendment question on the fall ballot, city voters will determine whether wards are restored in a modified form.
The committee members again unanimously opposed a charter amendment that would require the city to hire a full-time city manager as proposed by the Keep Our Residential Neighborhood (KORN) political action committee.
KORN treasurer John Metz questioned a statement Bell made at the previous meeting regarding a city manager costing an estimated $200,000 a year in salary and benefits. Metz estimated the total cost to be closer to $120,000 to $140,000, which he said is about what Police Chief Sam Speciale earns.
Morhaus said he didn't see the benefit in hiring a city manager and Bell said the committee's collective opposition was based more on the lack of an actual need for a manager than it was on dollars and cents.
The committee unanimously supports a citywide prohibition on multi-level parking garages, but upon the advice of the city attorney agreed that the city charter is not the right place to address those desires because state law no longer allows land use matters to be decided by voter referendum.
City Planner Alan Garrett told the members about the Planning and Zoning Board and City Commission's efforts to adopt two city ordinances that would prohibit parking garages citywide by amending the comprehensive plan's future land use map and the city's land development code.
Metz noted ordinance changes could be undone by a future commission, whereas a charter amendment could only be reversed by city voters.
Commission candidate Tjet Martin suggested there at least be a requirement for a four-fifths supra-majority commission vote to undo ordinance-enacted parking garage prohibitions. Perry said the charter already requires a four-fifths commission vote to amend the comp plan.
The committee unanimously supports requiring City Commission candidates to be registered voters – a requirement city voters eliminated last fall when supporting a CNOBB amendment that also reduced candidate residency requirements from two years to one.
The committee supports the one-year residency requirement but also feels commission candidates should be registered city voters for at least one year before seeking office. Milton said CRC members are required to be city voters and the same should apply to commission members.
Regarding the City Commission's request to better define residency, the committee recommends an amendment that would require commission candidates to prove their residency by providing at least three of following items that include a Bradenton Beach address: a county-issued voter registration card, a Florida driver license or state ID, a declaration of domicile that includes a residency date, a bank statement, a property tax bill, a long-term lease or a federal tax return.
The Charter Review Committee expects to meet once or twice more to conclude its work.


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Q: PSQL ON UPDATE interaction with multi-column foreign key So, I have been tasked with setting up a new DB to handle server patching. I'm still in the design phase and I've been unable to find something to answer this question so I'm reaching out for help.
I have so far:
CREATE TABLE servers (
    name varchar(50) PRIMARY KEY,
    patch_id varchar(10) REFERENCES patch_info(id) NOT NULL,
    env varchar(5),
    ...
)

CREATE TABLE patch_info (
    id varchar(10) PRIMARY KEY,
    patch_time timestamptz NOT NULL,
    reboot_time timestamptz NOT NULL,
)

CREATE TABLE patch_data (
    id big serial PRIMARY KEY,
    name varchar(50),
    patch_id varchar(10),
    env varchar(5),
    FOREIGN KEY (name, patch_id, env) REFERENCES servers (name, patch_id, env) NOT NULL ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE
)

My question is what is the behavior if I update the patch_id in the servers table. the patch_info table basically just contains a full list of patch/reboot time identifiers referenced by the id value in other tables. The actual patch_info table itself will only change once a month when the ids are updated to reflect time/dates in the current month, but individual servers frequently change their times on a month to month basis, so when the patch_id field changes in the servers table that change needs to cascade down to the patch_data table.
The other question was about the ON DELETE option. I want the patch_data table to cascade a delete if the actual server.name field is deleted, but not if the patch_id is null or removed. Is this the current behavior of my ON CASCADE ON DELETE statement or can I use the patch_data.name column in two separate foreign keys?
Any help is appreciated, thanks.

A: First, you will need a unique or primary key constraint on servers (name, patch_id, env), since every foreign key must reference either a primary or a unique key.
ON UPDATE CASCADE will update the patch_id column (there are no "fields" in tables) in patch_data if you update patch_id in servers.
ON DELETE CASCADE will delete rows in patch_data if you delete the referenced row from servers.
You cannot "delete a field". Perhaps you mean "update the column to NULL". If the constraint on servers is a primary key constraint, then you cannot do that, because primary key columns are not nullable. If it is a unique constraint, and you update patch_id to NULL in servers, the referencing rows in patch_data will also have patch_id set to NULL. The consequence of that is that the foreign key relationship is no longer effective, because foreign keys are only enforced for columns that are not NULL.
If that sounds confusing, right you are. Consequently, make sure that all involved columns are defined NOT NULL, then nothing weird can happen.

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Fox sells 80% of Super Bowl ads
Brian Steinberg, AdAge.com
Fox has sold as much as 80% of its ad inventory for the Super Bowl, according to a person familiar with the situation, a signal that advertisers are moving earlier than ever to secure good positions in TV programming that still has the power to secure a broad audience.
At a time when most video content seems to reach fewer people than ever before, the Super Bowl is reaching more. CBS's telecast of the event this year set a record for broadcast television. It reached an average of 106.5 million people, topping the longstanding record set by CBS's telecast of the series finale of M*A*S*H in 1983. Meanwhile, other top-tier programs—including many scripted series, such as ABC's Lost or Fox's 24—have seen ratings erode over time.
Fox is seeking between $2.8 million and $3 million for a 30-second spot in the game, this person said -- a little more, it seems, than CBS sought for this year's broadcast. Still, the initial pricing does not represent an increase from NBC's efforts to seek $3 million a pop for every ad berth in the 2009 game.
The ability to notch 80% of Super Bowl ad sales by June shows quite a turnaround in advertiser fascination with the event. CBS hadn't reached the 70% sell-out point for the 2010 game until September of last year. And NBC only sold about 30% of its Super Bowl inventory when it completed its 2008 upfront sales in early June of 2008.
But even when the economy is in better shape, selling so much of the Super Bowl before the leaves turn red and gold is abnormal. Selling 90% of the inventory in the 2008 game, the last time Fox broadcast the pigskin classic, took the network until late October of 2007.
General Motors has signed up to advertise in the game, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, after being absent from it in 2009 and 2010. A GM spokeswoman said the company is "not announcing any specific plans at this time." Mediaweek previously reported some elements of Fox's Super Bowl sales efforts.
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The Wisconsin Vital Records Office is responsible for filing, preserving, protecting, changing, and issuing copies of birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates, divorce certificates, and records of declaration of domestic partnership and termination of domestic partnership for events that occur in Wisconsin.
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Ordinarily, state managed government agencies including Wisconsin Vital Records can charge a small fee to pull the birth record an individual made application for and for the cost of generating photo copies and mailing them out to you.
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Diigo is a social bookmarking web application that permits users to bookmark, tag, and add "sticky notes" (a feature unique to Diigo) to websites. With this project we plan to enhance the description of the Law Library's Modern Manuscript collections, which should lead to increased access and use by researchers.
The primary goal of this project is to learn what "hidden" information the library's manuscript collections may contain. Through our finding aids we provide basic information about a collection, enough so that a researcher can determine whether or not to request a certain box. For example, correspondence folders are probably the most requested items from any collection. Researchers hope to glean insight into an individual's thought process by reading the letters they wrote to friends and colleagues. However, a folder of correspondence may only bear the description of the correspondents and date of correspondence (e.g. Frankfurter – Freund, 1936-1942). Unfortunately, these descriptions do not always provide the most sought after information: the subject of the communication. Researchers can potentially help ameliorate this issue through their work with correspondence and other files; the key is to develop a reasonable way to collect information from patrons. Diigo – with its ability to facilitate communication among users – is the tool we hope will help us capture and use this knowledge.
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On the other hand, probably, the audience for this product, advanced features are not important. The gadget has a specially designed interface, based on Android 2.3. In the second quarter of 2012 is planned to upgrade to the Ice Cream Sandwich. Price LG Prada 3.0 is about $ 775.


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Canada nearly cashless?
By Canadian Pizza September 26, 2013
Sept. 26, 2013, Toronto – Canadians prefer cashless payments, finds a new report from MasterCard.
MasterCard's report, The Cashless Journey, identified Canada as one of the countries closest to being nearly cashless, along with Belgium and France. This places Canada among the most advanced countries in the world for cashless payments.
Much of this success can be attributed to early adoption of payment innovations like PayPass Tap & Go technology, EMV Chip migration, a modern payments infrastructure, and the rapid emergence in Canada of NFC payment ready terminals.
The report tracks how 33 major economies are progressing from cash-based to cashless societies and identifies new technologies, government programs and consumer preferences as key factors that are driving this shift, creating more productive and inclusive economies.
"The increased adoption of electronic payments has propelled Canada to leapfrog other countries and secure a top spot as nearly cashless," said Betty DeVita, president of MasterCard Canada, in a press release.
Of the $63 trillion that consumers spent globally in 2011, 34 per cent ($21 trillion) was done with cash while cashless payments accounted for 66 per cent ($42 trillion)
Ninety per cent of the total value of consumer payments is non-cash payments. Cash payments roughly sits at 10 per cent, and it only accounts for a little more than 40 per cent of the number of transactions. Countries including the United States (where an estimated 80 per cent of what consumers' spent was cashless), and Singapore (69 per cent) are considered to be approaching a "tipping point" to becoming nearly cashless.
Emerging economies such as India (32 per cent), Russia (31 per cent) and Nigeria (10 per cent) are just emerging into the cashless segment. In many cases, they are shifting cash share at a faster pace than their more developed peers thanks to factors such as a growing middle class.
However, in countries such as Germany (where an estimated 76 per cent of the value of consumer spend was cashless), Japan (62 per cent), Spain (54 per cent) and Taiwan (43 per cent), cultural behaviour appears to be keeping cash usage higher than market conditions would suggest.
Road to cashless payment
Majority of Cdns. comfortable with cashless future
Cash transactions to drop 70% by 2030 in Canada: survey
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Saucers over Oklahoma
by David A. Farris
Saturday morning, July 31, 1965, at 1:05 a.m., Officer Lewis Sikes of the Wynnewood Police Department reported sighting a bright object in the sky a few miles northeast of town. He described the object as having a blue-green center, with a rotating light circling the midsection. The object abruptly rose into the night sky, where it hovered for a few minutes before it began to lose altitude and then move off to the north. The sighting was also confirmed by the Murray County Sheriff's Office. Tinker Air Force Base picked up an unidentified blip on their radarscope at the same time as the Wynnewood sighting. The object was tracked at an altitude of 8,000 feet until it disappeared from their screen approximately 15 miles southwest of Midwest City. It was later learned that Carswell Army Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas, had also tracked an unidentified object on their radar screen earlier that evening. A UFO had been witnessed by many people, including members of law enforcement, and tracked on radar by military personnel at two different air force bases; this was only the first night.
At the time, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, was home to a small understaffed, underfunded office that was responsible for investigating reports of unidentified flying objects. Project Blue Book was established in 1952 in response to civilian reports of such phenomenon. It was highly criticized as a public-relations stunt to patronize taxpayers. Yet, America was in a cold war with the Soviet Union. A UFO sighting was more likely to be Russian than extraterrestrial, which was one reason such reports were taken seriously.
There were also civilian UFO organizations that conducted their own investigations within state or regional areas. In 1965, Hayden C. Hewes was the 20-year-old director of the Interplanetary Intelligence of UFOs. The purpose of the organization was the study and scientific research of unidentified flying objects. Members included scientists, astronomers, and others interested in the UFO phenomenon. Should police or media hear reports of UFO activity, Hewes was notified.
That Saturday, Hewes traveled to Wynnewood to interview Officer Sikes. It was a busy day for Interplanetary Intelligence of UFOs members, who received a wave of reported UFO sightings. On this same day, a man claimed that while fishing at Lake Hefner, he had witnessed a saucer-type craft emerge from the water, hover momentarily, and then fly away. The unnamed witness was reported to have been admitted to a local hospital in a state of shock.
By Sunday, August 1, UFOs were the talk of the town, having been sighted throughout the state. Oklahomans who wanted to glimpse one of these crafts were on alert, armed with binoculars and cameras. When dusk fell, saucer-watchers would not be disappointed. Around 9 p.m., Hewes received a phone call from television newsman Mike Buchanan informing him that the highway patrol had received more than 20 reports of UFOs en route towards Oklahoma City. Hewes drove to the highway patrol's lookout tower that was formerly located along Broadway Extension, south of Edmond, near 122nd Street. He scanned the night sky for hours while reports of these strange flying objects came in over the police radio as they were happening. Tinker Air Force Base reported tracking four UFOs on radar at an altitude of 22,000 feet. The crafts appeared as they had the night before: very bright, multicolored, hovering, and then flying off at high rates of speed, sometimes making sharp, right-angle turns.
The earliest reported sighting near Edmond that Sunday night occurred east of town, about 10 p.m., when Wes Pitchford and his wife watched one of the objects as it passed near their home. They were startled to see the craft flying at such a low altitude of approximately a half mile or less. It was described as circular, about 30 feet in diameter, and with a dome on top. Mr. Pitchford said that the object first appeared on the eastern horizon, quickly approached his house, and then "whooshed on by, going west by southwest."
Meanwhile, at the lookout tower, observers continued their watch without any luck. Until about 11:30 p.m., when a craft was reported north of El Reno and moving east, putting it about 20 miles west of the tower. Hewes, six highway patrolmen, and a reporter looked in amazement as a bright, multicolored UFO appeared over the western horizon, heading towards Edmond. Hewes stated, "It looked like a light source. Dominantly white and appeared to have a green glow around it. The UFO also seemed to be flashing red, white, and blue lights. It hovered over the area for about an hour."
Officer Joel Cobb of the Edmond Police Department was on duty that Sunday night. It was before midnight when he heard over his police radio a general broadcast to watch for unusual flying objects. He soon witnessed "a brightly lighted object, which changed color frequently" over his house in the north-central area of town. "It appeared to hover briefly, then moved north where it hovered over Gracelawn Cemetery for several minutes."
Officer Cobb and his wife watched the object until it suddenly "zipped away to the north." Mrs. Cobb reported watching a similar object in the night sky south of town until about 3:00 a.m.
Edmond Police Officer Chuck Jones was also on duty that Sunday night and saw the strange lights in the presence of other witnesses. Their sighting was to the southwest of town and lasted for several minutes. Officer Jones explained, "It was brightly lighted—it was not a plane and it was not a star."
The craft was witnessed by many Edmond residents before moving on to the northeast. This craft, or a similar one that traveled in the same direct, flew over Tulsa about an hour and a half later, where it was photographed before it continued on into Kansas.
Oklahoma was not the only state to experience UFO activity on that hot summer night. By midnight, the UPI wire service reported thousands of UFO reports from Dallas, Texas. Similar sightings were reported in Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming.
By Monday's morning light, August 2, tens of thousands of people from seven different states had witnessed UFO activity. At least two U.S. Air Force bases had tracked the strange lights on radar at the same time they were observed by members of the military and law enforcement. Had American air space been invaded by a foreign presence? Questions went up the Air Force chain of command until they reached the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The flippant responses previously given by government officials to dismiss such sightings would not work in this case. But, they tried anyway.
By afternoon that same Monday, the Air Force had solved the UFO mystery of the previous two nights. An official response from the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Information stated: "The initial study of the majority of reports received thus far would indicate that observations were astrological in nature. The objects most likely observed were the planet or stars Jupiter, Capella, Belegeux, or Aldeberon, which are clearly visible in the eastern sky.
"The time of the reported sightings and azimuth and elevation of reported sightings supports this conclusion. There were no aircraft scrambled in an attempt to intercept the reported objects."
The lights seen blinking and changing color were explained as a natural atmospheric phenomenon called scintillation, the same effect that causes stars to appear to twinkle.
The Air Force response concluded, "The investigation is continuing."
Robert Risser, who was then the director of the Oklahoma Science and Arts Foundation planetarium, emphatically disagreed. He told the Oklahoma Journal, "That is as far from the truth as you can get. Somebody had made a mistake. These stars and planets are on the opposite side of the earth from Oklahoma City at this time of year."
Risser suggested that someone may have read the star chart wrong, or had it upside down. He did concede that meteors and a touch of mass hysteria could have accounted for some reports, then added, "But that still leaves a number of observations still unexplained."
By Tuesday, local papers had begun their coverage of the previous nights' events in what became a series of articles on the Sooner saucer sightings. The August 3 edition of the Edmond Sun reported the events of the previous Sunday night in a front-page article under the headline "Edmond Claims Share of Saucer Sighting."
This same evening, the Interplanetary Intelligence of UFOs hosted a watch party on the grounds of WKY Radio, which was located on Britton Road, south of the Broadway Extension.
On the following evening of August 4, Edmond residents were still seeing UFOs. The Edmond Police Department received a report of four red objects flying towards town from the northeast at about 8:30 p.m. The sighting was witnessed by a family of five, who watched the lights dim and then reappear just as bright.
As late Sunday evening of August 1 faded into early Monday morning, the objects continued to travel northeast from the Oklahoma City area. Just after midnight, Tulsa residents watched as the lights approach from the west. At around 12:30 a.m., four members of the Full Gospel Chapel were leaving for the evening when they witnessed the phenomenon. They watch for about an hour, as the lights traveled overhead, continuing in their northeast direction until they disappeared over Sand Springs. The Reverend Buster Stotlemyre said, "We counted 17 or better that were distinct. It's odd. They would go a distance, then stop, change color, then go on. The colors changed slowly from white to green to red. They were together, but were not in formation. One seemed to zigzag or sway in and out."
At approximately 1:45 a.m., a 14-year-old Tulsa paperboy was poised to make UFO history. Alan Smith and his father had observed the strange lights the night before. This night, father and son stood at the ready in their backyard, armed with a Boy Scout camera. Also present were Alan's 18-year-old sister, Sherly, her husband, Ron Holt, and the Smiths' next-door neighbor, Daryl Swimmer.
The object came into view from the western sky as it continued its north-by-northeast direction. It appeared to the group as a blob of rotating, multicolored lights and was reported to emit a whining sound. As the object increased its speed, the lights became brighter and the whining pitch intensified. The group noticed that the neighborhood dogs began to howl, apparently in response to the object's proximity.
Witnesses estimated the object was between 40 to 60 feet in diameter. Alan waited until the lights were overhead, then pointed his camera and clicked the shutter.
Despite the following few days of UFO hysteria in the news, the Smiths waited a week before taking the roll of film to the Exel Camera Store, at 914 South Detroit in Tulsa, for developing. When the photos were ready, the family was disappointed to find no image of the strange lights. Examination of the negatives revealed there were two photos that had not been developed. One appeared to be a multicolored blob near the corner of the frame. The Smiths returned the following day to have the photo in question developed. When it was ready, the family was amazed to see an image of what they had watched fly overhead that early Monday morning. What had appeared as a blob of light to observers was captured on film as a saucer-shaped object displaying different color sections, separated by solid black lines.
The Smith family realized that they were in possession of a good quality UFO photo, but were not sure what to do with it. A neighbor of the Smiths' telephoned Hayden Hewes and asked him if he would be interested in seeing an "unusual photograph" taken a couple of weeks earlier, the same night that Hewes had sighted a similar object.
Hewes arrived at the Smiths' house with Cliff King, a photographer for the Oklahoma Journal. Besides interviewing witnesses and examining the unusual photo, King attempted to duplicate the image under the same circumstances. He stood in the back yard at approximately the same time of night to eliminate the possibility the boy's camera lens was flawed or that the image was merely a reflection of an earth-bound object.
John Gumm, chief photographer for the Oklahoma Journal, examined the roll of film shot by King, in addition to the photo and negative of Smith's UFO. The object was estimated to be approximately 50 feet in diameter and less than a mile away in distance.
The Journal knew they had an important story, but wanted to be cautious before reporting something as incredible as a UFO photo. Witnesses present when the photo was taken were interviewed by the Journal's aviation editor, Jim Krouse, who first learned of the incident from a Tulsa reporter. Additional interviews were conducted by associate editor Bill Boykin and publisher W.P. "Bill" Atkinson. By early October, the newsmen were satisfied.
On Tuesday, October 5, 1965, the Oklahoma Journal presented photographic evidence of the UFOs seen over Oklahoma in a front-page article. The paper had purchased the photo and negative from Smith for $15. Hewes was also in possession of copies of the photo and negatives. With permission, he supplied fellow UFO researchers and the media with copies of the now famous image when requested.
Hewes sent copies of the photo to Eastman Kodak and the office of Project Blue Book at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Both offices responded with the same conclusion that photo analysis was useless without the original negative.
In the meantime, Smith's photo, now property of the Oklahoma Journal, was receiving much attention. It appeared in publications worldwide and continues to be reprinted in books and articles today. It reached its height of popularity when it appeared in the April 1, 1966, issue of Life magazine. This was when Project Blue Book decided that they wanted another look at the mysterious photo, and this time they insisted on seeing the original and the negative. The Journal complied, and on June 9, 1966, the Air Force's Photo Processing and Photo Analysis Division completed their official report. It read in part, "Using the 2.5 image size and the camera/range data quoted in the (Journal) article, the object become approximately 30 feet in diameter—or 40 percent smaller than quoted in the article (50 feet)—at a range of less than one mile."
The report concluded with, "Photo-processing personnel noted that the image bears a resemblance, although doesn't appear identical, to the effect they have observed obtained by photographing a multi-colored revolving filter flood light of the type used to illuminate and color aluminum trees during the Christmas season."
Despite any reservations Air Force investigators may have had about what the object in the photograph was, their conclusions regarding size and distance matched that of Journal's analyses and eyewitnesses. Attempts were later made by civilian photographers to re-create the photo using a "multi-colored revolving filter flood light," but the results were not a match.
In 1977, a civilian UFO research group from Phoenix, Arizona, known as Ground Saucer Watch analyzed the photo using new computer scanning techniques. Their results also estimated the object photographed to be less than one mile away and about 30 to 40 feet in diameter. It was also determined that the density of the lines separating the colors on the object were greater than the surrounding night sky. Their conclusion was that the photograph captured the image of a single, solid, three-dimensional object approximately the shape of a saucer.
So, whatever became of the original photo and negative? That is what Hewes would like to know. A copy negative had remained in his possession for decades, until he generously lent it to the producers of the television show Unsolved Mysteries. Perhaps someday they will solve the mystery of what they did with it.
After a summer of UFO sightings without satisfactory explanation, the American people were not sure what to think. They appealed to their elected representatives, who soon understood that these so-called UFO "kooks" were the same hardworking, taxpaying citizens who voted them into office. On April 5, 1966, Congress held its first open hearing on the subject of UFOs. Representative L. Mendel Rivers of South Carolina had the dubious honor of heading the meeting, which seemed to be an attempt to patronize voters for another term. Nothing was resolved and Project Blue Book was now under more pressure than ever to come up with answers.
By this point, the Air Force had had enough of the UFO business. Attempts to solve the mysterious phenomenon were unsuccessful, as were their responses to dismiss sightings. In 1966, as a means to an end, the previous two decades of reports collected by Project Blue Book were analyzed by a team of scientists at Colorado University under the direction of Dr. Edward Uhler Condon. The Condon Committee, as it became known, was controversial from the start. Dr. Condon was criticized for having already made up his mind in regard to the non-existence of UFOs. It seemed as if the American voters and taxpayers were again being patronized.
By December of 1968, the committee's predictable conclusions were published in the Condon Report. It stated that UFOs were not of significance for scientific study and recommended that Project Blue Book be canceled. The following year, the Air Force was officially relieved of its responsibility to investigate UFOs and presently does not collect reports of such sightings. Ironically, the greatest numbers of official government documents involving UFOs belong to the U.S. Navy.
Published in This Land, Vol. 6, Issue 2, January 15, 2015. Portions of this article originally appeared in Oklahoma Outlaws, Spooky Stories, and All Around Folklore.


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R.M.S. AUSONIA
Soon after,( August 20th ) Baba took a ship from Venice to Alexandria, Egypt, with Kaka and Chanji. Seeing Baba board the Ausonia at 4 P.M, his lovers wept sadly at his departure. The moment the ship sailed away, Baba's eyes filled with tears. Kaka and Chanji had never seen Baba so sad over a departure. His English lovers sent a cable to him on board ship, and Baba pressed it to his lips and eyes, wetting it with his tears. Baba's eyes remained wet with tears until he retired that night at ten. As if in agony, Baba spent a restless and sleepless night, and Kaka and Chanji wondered why he should suffer so. What sort of love could cause the Master of Bliss, who is above all worldly happiness and misery, to be so restless. How great that love must be!
For the next three days, Baba showed no interest in meeting anyone or going for a walk around the ship. He constantly remembered each one of those left behind and their ways. He spelled out on the board: "Kimco, my heart. How they all love me!" And he dictated this short rhyme to be sent to them:
"Kimco, my heart, now as ever and ever as now.
How I love you! How I miss you!
Just wait four months, when I come and kiss you!"
The ship docked at Alexandria at 5 P.M. on August 23rd. Baba, Kaka and Chanji went directly to the station and took the train to Cairo. They arrived at 10:30 P.M. and stayed at the Luna Park Hotel.
Lord Meher Volume 5, Page 1703 & 5
Excerpt from a letter dictated by Baba to Mani whilst sailing on the RMS. Ausonia
Excerpt from a letter dictated by Baba to Mani whilst sailing on the RMS. Ausonia ( typed version )
RMS Ausonia
This article is about the Cunard liner. For the Italian liner, see SS Ausonia.
Name: RMS Ausonia
Owner: Cunard Line
Builder: Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle upon Tyne
Yard number: 970
Launched: 22 March 1921
Maiden voyage: 31 August 1922
Fate: Scrapped, 1965
Length: 538 ft (164 m)
Beam: 65 ft 4 in (19.9 m)
Propulsion: Geared turbines, 8,500 shp (6,338 kW), twin screws
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity: 510 cabin class, 1,178 third class
RMS Ausonia, launched in 1921, was one of Cunard's six post-World War I "A-class" ocean liners for the Canadian service.
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Ausonia was built in Newcastle by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., launched on 22 March 1921, and completed in June. She made her maiden voyage on 31 August 1921 from Liverpool to Montreal, and the following season went into service on the London-Canada route.
In December 1938, the Ausonia carried about 50 American veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade returning from the Spanish Civil War from Le Havre, France, by way of England and Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving in New York City on 20 December 1938.
On 2 September 1939 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into an armed merchant cruiser. On 3 June 1942 the Ausonia was converted to a repair ship. She was laid up during 1945. In 1958 she went to Malta as repair ship for the Mediterranean Fleet. In September 1964 she was laid up at Portsmouth, and in August 1965 she was sold to be broken up at Castellon, Spain.


TROY - Troy Bethany Christian defeated Calvary Baptist Academy 2-0 in the Michigan Association of Christian Schools state tournament Friday.
Troy scored twice in the first half on goals by Mike Walker and Jacob Pardington.
"Tonight, our seniors (Tyler Davenport, Terry Kubczak and Cory Crawford) showed great leadership," said CBA coach John VanHolstyn. "They kept the guys playing hard. I'm proud of the guys and their effort tonight."
CBA finishes its season 4-7-2.


The Amore Pacific's IOPE has decided to catch up higher requests from folks with re-borned Air Cushions in Spring passing by 3 months ago. This might have driven its fans crazy for new outlooks as well as new formulas. Somewhere in my last posts, I did a review of IOPE Air Cushion 2016 generation in Matte Longwear from impartial points of view. Stop talking about it, we gotta giving all of our favors to the youngest blood at the moment. I'm gonna share a review of 2017 IOPE Air Cushion in Intense Cover, from which I anticipate delivering more beautiful coverage. And, believe more amazing things will happen in this change.
1. What Is 2017 Air Cushion All About?
Let's cut straight to the point, New IOPE Air Cushion is still up to 4 finishes same as the previous generation of 2016. However, it promises to provide certain improvements that are more considerate for variety of skin types but also customer desires. They are Natural, Cover, Intense Cover and Matte Longwear. I can tell the Natural Glow and Moisture Lasting of 2016 IOPE Air Cushion were no longer to exist in the new introduction. It seems that the company has offered two substitutes, in short, Natural and Cover.
We bet these two represent almost what inspires the 5th generation, which is supposed to make us want it so bad. The innovation is using Air Prism Water™, which is only a privilege granted to the Natural and Cover. Let me walk you through, Air prism water is a trademarked formula, in which Bio Water™ is added with moisturizing trehalose and 3D prism pearl. I think we've been familiar with the Bio Water™, came up in the 2016 IOPE Air Cushion to effectively hydrate skin throughout the day. Then, the idea is to create extraordinarily moisturizing effect with shiny surface, which will be more superior than previous generations.
Intense Cover and Matte Longwear somehow still keep its' formula, not different from the last year version. However, the company also reform them for higher gratifications as well as purposes.
Air Cushion Natural contains the largest amount of hydration; otherwise, the least coverage in range. It's infused by the Air Prism Water™ to substantially lock skin in moisture with noticeable radiance. Additionally, Coloring Technology™ that is made of blending pigments uniformly through repeated collision for the better vividness of hue and coverage.
Air Cushion Cover brings about high hydration level by similarly including the Air Prism Water™; but more coverage than Natural. Moreover, it includes Multi-porous Prism Powder™ and also, Prisma Powder™ that are inclined to brighten skin tone and result in smoother texture.
Air Cushion Intense Cover tends to deliver the highest coverage with a medium moisturizing content. The finish is prone to matte side with less glowy look than Natural and Cover lines. Bio Water™ solely functions to hydrate skin. Also, the line consists of LCCP powder (patent registration), which is technically designed to pursue an impeccable, seamless looking skin. That tends to vigorously cover up imperfections, even the peskiest ones, such as blemishes and red spots.
Air Cushion Matte Longwear is gonna provide the lowest amount of hydration with a medium coverage. Like Intense Cover, the cushion has only Bio Water™, which works for its' moisturizing effect. Furthermore, it contains the clear pore elastomer structure and compact fitting system to manage excessive sebum. Gives a fresh, clean and soft surface without oily traces, reduces skin's exaggerated shine and dramatically conceals pores. Also, it's mostly skewed to matte side.
All of these will come with 4 shades and emphasize their whitening effect, strong sun protection (SPF 50+ PA+++) and dampen fine lines.
If your skin is suffering from extremely dryness or flakiness, Natural and Cover must be top of your choices. They bring about a coveted dewy, luminous look, no more dullness creeping to your skin. Nevertheless, in case of oily skin, just pick Matte Longwear and your skin will love you for that. My skin is kinda combination, sometimes dry with many pimples, redness and acne scars so Intense Cover is definitely for me.
No.21 works best for my skin tone. The shade literally has yellowish, warm undertone fit pretty well for my skin color and makes me look livelier. Although it's kinda slightly tan, compared to the color of my neck and body, yet, it doesn't cause a big distinction to be a matter tho.
I'd say the Intense Cover is much better than what I got last year. It's too good to be true. Undeniably, the cushion is very buildable and tends to give a flawless looking skin with silky texture. When applying onto my face, the foundation quickly diffuses and spreads evenly without streaks or patchy marks. I usually have redness around my cheeks and some small bumps, blemishes and acne scars upon my chin and forehead. I don't need to put many layers and it effortlessly diminishes the appearance of these annoying flaws. Additionally, it doesn't settle in pores like the one I got 2 years ago (Air Cushion XP-3th generation).
Besides, the foundation incredibly neutralizes discoloration and hyperpigmentation of my skin. Dark circles are always nasty under my eyes because of stress and sleep deprivation. It's shockingly amazing to cover up them without a doubt. The intense cover seems to result in the highest coverage; however, I don't feel heavy or uncomfortable at all. It visibly gives weightless sensation. It's more like you're wearing your own skin, but looks more stunning and healthier.
Admittedly, the hydrating property isn't as strong as Natural and Cover. I think it's literally sufficient or enough toward normal or combination skin. I don't feel disgruntled about this. Its' finish is adorable, more likely to be half of glowy and half of matte. It's kinda semi-matte. The more moisturizing content is added, more glow or shine you're gonna get to the coverage. I'm not really a fan of dewy skin; I do like my skin looks radiant and beautifully reflect the light. However, shiny, moist and soaked looks actually bother me. The Intense Cover still delivers a radiant surface reasonably without any greasy or sticky feelings for the whole day.
Lastly, it can stay in place for up to 7 hours or more without primer and setting powder. The cushion does have smell, it's kinda a strong fragrance same as before and not lingering at all.
The company doesn't change the packaging of Intense Cover and Matte Longwear, same as the 2016 generation. Intense Cover comes into a white, pearly case with orangey border. Except for Natural and Cover, which have more enchanting, silvery cases, which can be nobly called as "mirrorball holo prism cases" by folks. Sorry that I couldn't show you the mirrorball in this post, the Intense Cover seems to be perfect for my need and skin condition.
Look at closely inside the cushion, it still has the honeycomb-like design; otherwise, different finishes also require different structure. Both Intense Cover and Matte Longwear are prone to have plenty of small 3D cells that include contents and demonstrate better adhesion for delicate and thin cover. On the other hand, Natural and Cover tend to get larger 3D cells that facilitate providing great moisturizing power.
The sponge is still slender and small as usual, I don't like it. This is sort of inconvenient to hold tightly in my hands and I often carelessly drop the sponge while applying. So, I can't make it snappy to apply the foundation and pat evenly all over my face. I find the sponge isn't worth the cushion. As usual, the box includes a sealed, complimentary refill 15g with the case, which already has the foundation inside.
The cushion is much more amazing and loveable than before. I fairly satisfied with it. The price is affordable and I think it's worth it. I'll give it 8 out of 10. You can check out the price right below.
I hope you find this post helpful and informative to make good choices. If you have any questions, ideas or suggestion, please be open to me. I'd love to hear you out. Thank you so much for joining us!


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Morena Spanu cresce calcisticamente nelle formazioni giovanili del il , passando dalle Esordienti alla squadra che gioca il Campionato Primavera di categoria.

Le prestazioni offerte nei tornei giovanili convincono al società ad inserirla nella rosa della formazione titolare allenata da Giorgio Tonino come riserva del reparto offensivo. Spanu fa il suo esordio in Serie A durante la stagione 2008-2009 alla 14ª giornata di campionato, nella partita giocata in casa il 22 febbraio 2009 e vinta sulla , incontro terminato per 4-2, sostituendo al 90' Simona Sodini autrice della quadripletta granata. Per la sua prima rete in Serie A deve aspettare la stagione successiva, il 6 febbraio 2010 alla 12ª giornata, gol decisivo che permette all'86' raggiungere sul 4-4 l'incontro con la .

Col il Torino rimane quattro campionati di Serie A, fino al termine della stagione 2011-2012.

Durante il calciomercato estivo 2013 trova un accordo con il  che, nell'ambito di un rafforzamento del proprio organico al fine di puntare alla promozione, le assicura un posto da titolare nel reparto offensivo dalla stagione 2013-2014. Al primo campionato con la nuova maglia contribuisce a far giocare alla squadra un campionato di vertice, rimanendo in prima posizione per gran parte del girone di ritorno fino alla penultima giornata, vedendo sfumare la promozione per il superamento del Cuneo San Rocco il 4 maggio 2014, alla tredicesima ed ultima giornata di ritorno, nella partita vinta dalle biancorosse in casa per 1 a 0. L'appuntamento è rimandato alla sola stagione 2014-2015, dove grazie alle sue 17 reti siglate su 25 presenze, seconda migliore realizzatrice del club a pari merito con Raffaella Barbieri e dietro a Erika Moretti (27 reti), al suo termine raggiunge il primo posto e la storica promozione della squadra di Luserna San Giovanni.

Spanu inizia il campionato giocando con il Luserna anche la stagione entrante, tuttavia durante il calciomercato invernale la società svincola l'atleta che si congeda con ulteriori 4 presenze su 8 incontri e una rete segnata. Il 10 febbraio 2016 ha firmato un contratto con il , esordendo quattro giorni dopo in campionato nella partita casalinga vinta contro il . La squadra, iscritta nel girone C, grazie alla maggior caratura tecnica dell'organico riesce a conquistare posizioni di vertice già nella prima parte del campionato impensierito solo dal Castelfranco, confermando il risultato a fine stagione conquistando la prima posizione imbattuto a 58 punti, uno in più delle rivali del  secondo classificato, e riconquistando la promozione in Serie A dopo un solo anno.

Al ritorno in Serie A, la squadra si mantiene stabile al settimo posto dalla sesta all'ultima giornata, conquistando al termine del campionato la matematica salvezza ed evitando i play-out con il Chieti grazie alla differenza superiore a 7 punti come previsto dal regolamento. Spanu da comunque un apporto limitato alla prestazione, giocando le sole prime due partite di campionato.

Con la decisione presa nell'estate 2017 dalla dirigenza del Cuneo nel cedere il titolo sportivo alla , la società svincola tutte le loro tesserate.

Palmarès

Luserna: 2014-2015
Cuneo: 2015-2016

Trofei Giovanili
  Campionato Primavera: 1
Torino: 2006-2007

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Collegamenti esterni

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More than four years ago, Thompson Garrard was presented with an opportunity that changed his life forever.
Garrard, an avid golfer who wanted to spread his love for the game, was looking for an avenue to teach golf. And when Special Olympics Santa Barbara was looking for coaches, it was the perfect opportunity. Garrard stepped up and decided to volunteer.
He was excited to share his love of golf and become a mentor and change the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. What he didn't expect was the change it would have on his own life.
"Being a coach for Special Olympics has taught me to be more patient and has brought so much joy into my life," said Garrard. "The sheer joy is what makes it."
On Garrard's first day as a volunteer coach, he was introduced to Zachary Alonzo, a Special Olympics athlete who was also sharing the experience of it being his first day.
"Four years ago I was lucky enough to get one word sentences from him. Because of Special Olympics, I've seen him become more outgoing and open. He's met new people and tried new sports." Since joining Special Olympics Alonzo has also tried bowling, softball, and bocce.
However, he eventually found his way back to golf.
"He has a knack for it," said Garrard. "I am usually the one to get us into trouble and he's the one to get us out."
As a pair, they won the gold at the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in the Level 2, 9 Hole Alternate Stroke.
When his partner Zachary Alonzo was asked why he likes golf, he replied, "Because it's awesome."
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This time of year, we have many reasons to be especially cognizant of the physical condition of our homes. Between the snow, ice, and chilling winds of winter weather, residential and commercial properties have plenty of issues that can arise each year if the proper precautions are not taken. One of the more common winter problems property owners experience is frozen pipes, which in turn often lead to burst pipes. Frozen and burst pipes can cause widespread water damage throughout a home or business, which may result in extensive repairs and even mold problems. Here are ways that frozen pipes can result in major property damage this winter.
Water damage is the most obvious direct result of a frozen pipe that has burst. Many would assume that a pipe bursts where a blockage of ice has formed, but this would be an incorrect assumption. A pipe will typically rupture between the closed faucet and the blockage itself – which unfortunately means somewhere in your home. Depending on whether or not the leak is slow or fast-moving depends on how quickly the water will spread. How long the water sits could mean the difference between a minor cleanup and a saturated mess.
If you encounter a large-scale leak that is left untreated for an extended period of time, you can expect to have a rather extensive property restoration project on your hands. Water permeates through building surfaces like nothing else. Though the water is clean, having come from your own plumbing supply, you'll still likely need to pull up and dispose of carpeting, flooring, drywall, ceilings, and more. This can be a lengthy process that may result in temporary displacement from your home. Do yourself a favor and stay ahead of freezing pipes.
Mold development is always a risk after dealing with water damage of any kind. Where there is moisture, mold can follow; following a burst pipe, for example, mold has everything it needs to grow. That is why it's imperative that during the water cleanup process, all traces of water and humidity are removed from the space. We recommend scheduling a mold inspection following any type of water damage. Mold can pose serious risks to your health, and eliminating those risks sooner rather than later is key.
This winter season, contact your local Restoration 1 branch for service if you're faced with a frozen pipe disaster. Whether you are dealing with a burst pipe, water damage, or mold, finding a team you can rely on 24/7 is the only way to have true peace of mind this winter. Call us for expert property damage restoration services now!


Kickass McAwesome: Spring is a Lie!
As I write this blog post it is technically the second day of Spring, I say technically because it's unseasonably cold, and at one point it flurried. This winter has proven to be a very snowy season, especially compared to last year when besides a freak storm in October we got no snow, but I digress. I really don't care that Winter has decided to not let go it's icy hold on us. Winter is actually my favorite season, and I rather enjoy the snow.


Kritters Thoughts: Two people have reason to be in awe of the Golden Gate Bridge. Each are led to go there to find answers for their futures.
There are two storylines in this book. Katie Connelly lives in San Francisco and is mourning the loss of her father. She is tasked to write a history of the bridge and through the task she is reconnecting with her father and learns a lot about the bridge and how it contributed to her father's death. Dave Riley lives in New York City and has always earned to drive a motorcycle across the bridge and after a tragedy befalls him and his family this dream becomes a reality.
I loved this story. I love a dual narrative and I love when the why of the two stories lines isn't a plot piece. It was easy to know from the beginning most of the reasons for the two storylines and there is a sweet twist to add more depth.
My only gripe was the ending. I wanted so much more. I wish it hadn't ended when it did, I couldn't believe that that was where the author left us. I am a reader that likes to know the complete ending - I don't want anything ambiguous!
This was my first Camron Wright read. Where should I go next after this one?
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one copy of this book free of charge from PubVendo. I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.


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Breast cancer survivors share messages of hope
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Five of Ford's Warriors in Pink campaign inspire and empower other patients
Published: October 04, 2016 13:52 Paul Crompton, Staff Reporter
Radiating with positivity, breast cancer survivors selected by Ford Middle East and North Africa for this year's edition of Warriors in Pink have come together to reflect on their battles with the disease and to share their heartfelt stories. Image Credit: Ford Motor Company
Dubai: Inspiring and courageous breast cancer survivors represented the 2016 edition of Warriors in Pink campaign to reflect on their battles with the disease and share their heart-wrenching stories.
The Ford Motor Company's programme brought together five breast cancer survivors from the UAE to support, inspire and empower patients, survivors and co-survivors of the disease year after year.
Ford organised several photo sessions for survivors — "Models of Courage" — across the Middle East and North Africa region, in the hope that these courageous ladies' actions can inspire current and future patients in their own battles.
This year's edition was more of an adrenalin-fuelled event held in a boxing ring at the Fit Republik fitness centre in Sports City, Dubai. The survivors modelled the new apparel and accessories collection of the "Warriors in Pink" clothing and accessories line, which includes a wide range of items from scarves to shirts, and shared their powerful message of hope.
Algerian Hanifa Meslem said after being diagnosed with cancer, "You start appreciating the really simple pleasures of life. Waking up in the morning, being healthy, being able to walk. This was also an opportunity to see who was really there for me."
She smiles. "I will never stress anymore about anything. It's not good and it will not change. Whatever comes it's here, and we have to deal with it. I live now, in every single moment."
Dikrayat Saleh, another Model of Courage from the UK, said she has no regrets after getting breast cancer, even after a gruelling period of diagnosis, treatment and a mastectomy, the removal of one of her breasts.
"I see it as a blessing in disguise," she said. "It's changed me 80 per cent. It's made me not to take everything so seriously, not to be so stressed, not to make a big deal out of small issues.
"Be grateful for every single day you have, because you don't know what's around the next corner."
Sue Nigoghossian, general manager, Communications, Ford Middle East and North Africa, they were thrilled to welcome these women to the Models of Courage programme. "We are proud to have them represent Warriors in Pink in the region. This campaign has flourished into a long-standing programme in the Middle East and North Africa, and we continue to be committed to raising greater awareness of breast cancer and the importance of early detection as it can help save lives."
Breast cancer affects one in five people in the UAE, according to the Health Authority Abu Dhabi. Many other factors, such as social stigma, cultural issues and a lack of awareness were blamed for late detection.
Ford Middle East and North Africa has again partnered with the Zulekha Hospital to offer free mammograms and consultations during the month of October. Women in the UAE can register again for free mammograms at the Zulekha Hospitals in Dubai and Sharjah till December 31.
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