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// Generated on 2014-01-24 using generator-angular 0.7.1
'use strict';

// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// use this if you want to recursively match all subfolders:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'

module.exports = function (grunt) {

  // Load grunt tasks automatically
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  // Time how long tasks take. Can help when optimizing build times
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  // Define the configuration for all the tasks
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      dist: 'dist',
      docs: 'docs'
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    // Watches files for changes and runs tasks based on the changed files
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        options: {
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      styles: {
        files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
        tasks: ['newer:copy:styles']
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      livereload: {
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        imagesDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
        javascriptsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
        fontsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/fonts',
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      server: {
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          // https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/30
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            // Make directory browse-able.
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      dist: {
        options: {
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    // Make sure code styles are up to par and there are no obvious mistakes
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      all: [
        'Gruntfile.js',
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      test: {
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    // Empties folders to start fresh
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          src: [
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      server: '.tmp'
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    // Automatically inject Bower components into the app
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        html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html',
        ignorePath: '<%= yeoman.app %>/'
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    },
    // TODO: move this to copy:fonts
    symlink: {
      options: {
        overwrite: true
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        src: [
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    // Renames files for browser caching purposes
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        files: {
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            '<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
            '<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
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      options: {
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    // Performs rewrites based on rev and the useminPrepare configuration
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      html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
      css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
      options: {
        assetsDirs: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>']
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    // The following *-min tasks produce minified files in the dist folder
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        files: [{
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          cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
          src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif}',
          dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
        }]
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    },
    svgmin: {
      dist: {
        files: [{
          expand: true,
          cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
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          dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
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          collapseWhitespace: true,
          collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
          removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
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        files: [{
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          cwd: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
          src: ['*.html', 'views/{,*/}*.html'],
          dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
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    // Allow the use of non-minsafe AngularJS files. Automatically makes it
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        options: {
            mangle: false,
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        files: {
          '<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/main.js': ['.tmp/concat/scripts/main.js']
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    },

    // Replace Google CDN references
    cdnify: {
      dist: {
        html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/*.html']
      }
    },

    // Copies remaining files to places other tasks can use
    copy: {
      dist: {
        files: [{
          expand: true,
          dot: true,
          cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
          dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
          src: [
            '*.{ico,png,txt}',
            '.htaccess',
            '*.html',
            'views/{,*/}*.html',
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          expand: true,
          cwd: '.tmp/images',
          dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images',
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      fonts: {
        files: [{
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          dot: true,
          flatten: true,
          cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
          dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/fonts',
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          dot: true,
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      styles: {
        expand: true,
        cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
        dest: '.tmp/styles/',
        src: '{,*/}*.css'
      },
      uglify: {
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    // Run some tasks in parallel to speed up the build process
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    // uglify: {
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        'git.js': {
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    docco: {
        dist: {
            src: [
                '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/*.js',
                '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/directives/*.js',
                '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/helpers/*.js',
                '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/navbar/*.js',
                '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/requests/*.js',
                '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/services/*.js',
                '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/controllers/*.js'
            ],
            options: {
                layout: 'parallel',
                output: '<%= yeoman.docs %>',
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  grunt.registerTask('serve', function (target) {
    if (target === 'dist') {
      return grunt.task.run(['build', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
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    grunt.task.run([
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  grunt.registerTask('server', function () {
    grunt.log.warn('The `server` task has been deprecated. Use `grunt serve` to start a server.');
    grunt.task.run(['serve']);
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  grunt.registerTask('test', [
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    'karma'
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  grunt.registerTask('build', [
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    'concurrent:dist',
    'concat',
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    'copy:fonts',
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};
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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I crossed the line at Liverpool Marathon and looked up and saw the time: 3:46:19. I couldn't quite believe that after the struggle of Parliament Street and the emotion of last few miles I had made it home in the 3 hour 40s ... I was thrilled and overwhelmed and exhausted.
I walked forward and received my medal, race t-shirt, Clif bar and other lovely goodies and went to find a place to do my stretches and then sit down. I was all swept up in the moment and speaking to the other runners and spectators around me, all of us congratulating each other on completing such a big thing. I was FINALLY a marathon runner.
Later on when I received a text from the organisers confirming my chip time of 3:45:11 I was thrilled. Absolutely thrilled to be so close to my (secret!) target time of 3 hours 45. But I was also a little bit disappointed that I didn't make the London Marathon Good For Age cut off time of 3 hours 45 minutes. Getting a Good For Age (GFA) means that you don't have to go through the lottery of the ballot – you automatically get allocated a place.
It sounds ridiculous. I know it does. It was my first marathon, I couldn't possibly have hoped for a better time – I honestly was ecstatic. But the little secret part of me – the Evil Sarah that sits on my shoulder that always tells me what I've done wrong - whispered to me that I'd missed the cut off by 11 seconds.
I'd applied for the London Marathon by ballot for 3 years – it was applied for me on my behalf even BEFORE I started running! – and I've never got through. My name wasn't picked out of the imaginary hat and I'd been rejected every year. And now I'd missed the 'Good For Age' time by 11 SECONDS. Rejected again.
Later on as I lay in my bath – cold first of all to soothe the sore legs, then hot water added to warm up for the rest of me – I chatted to my running buddies on Twitter. They have been great – absolutely fantastic and it was amazing to have their support and to share the same worries and nerves before the race.
Well, it looks as though I'm going to have to stop moaning about sore feet, blisters and walking like John Wayne because it sounds as though I'm going to be doing it all over again in 2014 … WOO HOO!!!!!
3:45:11????? You friggin' rockstar. Now bring on London, ey?!
Thanks Paul!! As my feet and legs get less sore, Manchester is looking more and more appealing. (I must need my head examined!!) :) Jen - you fancy Manchester Marathon too? It sounds as though you've got the half maras sorted!!


text:
Paul Moyer: A Broadcasting Icon Retires
By Rebecca Nieto	• Published at 3:04 pm on May 12, 2009
NBC4 celebrates the career of a colleague. Paul Moyer is a local boy that's done well. Since 1972 he has been delivering the straight story to you from his anchor chair. We now play him tribute and say thank you for the tremendous contributions he has made to Los Angeles broadcasting.
"Good Evening everyone it is 5 o'clock and I'm Paul Moyer." Paul has delivered the news to generations of Angelenos. He grew up in the South Bay of Los Angeles County and says, "I was a big news watcher as a kid. A big part was because I wanted to know what was going on. Somewhere in the back of my mind - I had an interest in what they were doing - may be someday I could do that."
Paul Moyer signed on the air as weekend anchor for "KNBC News Service" in February 1972. He was in good company. Paul recalls, "Look who we had at this station at one time. We had Tom Brokaw, Tom Snyder, Jess Marlow, Bryant Gumbel, Ross Porter, Stu Nahan, Pat Sajak - this station was a gift."
NBC4 anchor Colleen Williams says Paul had a special connection to viewers, "Paul grew up in Los Angeles. He was a Torrance boy. He grew up here. He really connected with viewers."
By 1973 big changes were afoot at the anchor desk with the departures of then NBC4 anchors Tom Brokaw and Tom Snyder. Paul remembers, "Brokaw left and went to New York in 1973 and i took the 11. Snyder left in 74 and i got the six."
Paul was now the lead anchor at channel four - playing a prominent role in Los Angeles broadcasting. NBC4 sportscaster Fred Roggin says, "He defined the role and communicated with viewers."
In 1974, Paul covered one of the biggest news stories of the time … nothing like it had been - live on T.V. L.A.P.D. was involved in a deadly shootout with the S.L.A. kidnappers of heiress Patty Hearst. Paul says, "I will never forget this story because it was the first actual remote i had anchored from the studio. We were doing something so new to the station."
It is situations like that where Paul has excelled says NBC4 Weathercaster Fritz Coleman, "Anchor people earn their money not by reading the teleprompter - but in those occasional times when there is breaking news."
Paul co-hosted the popular "Sunday Show" with former NBC4 anchor Kelly Lange. Paul says he enjoyed the show, "It was live T.V. and it was so much fun to do." But it was his interview with T.V. legend Lucille Ball that made Paul the most nervous. "I didn't sleep that night. Lucille Ball is one of the biggest stars T.V. has ever had."
But Paul has a way of putting everyone at ease - including then NBC4 rookie sportscaster Bryant Gumbel, "When I first got there – I was doing weekends with Paul Moyer."
Paul would be part of NBC broadcast history when Kelly joined him as the company's first female anchor. Paul and Kelly co-anchored the news for nearly 5 years - until he left in 1979 to work for KABC. He would return in 1992... re-teamed with Kelly and with a new partner - Colleen Williams. Colleen reflects, "If there was a major event in Los Angeles in the past 15, 16, may be 17 years I shared it with Paul."
There have been wildfires, high profile murder trials, terrorist attacks and everyday events. Colleen says Paul was always prepared. "He was always prepped. Always ready to go. He had his info down before he sat down." Paul says you it's a must to sit in the anchor chair, "You've got to be a reporter first - because the whole thing is about trust and believability."
NBC4 Executive Producer Wendy Harris offers this observation about Paul's overall approach to breaking news, "When everything hits the fan you can count on Paul to bring it all together." Fritz Coleman agrees, "He is the anchor man and that is he is the pivotal player of our team."
Paul is tireless in his exposure of pressing problems - like counterfeit i.d.'s and credit card rip offs. His investigative reports on Playa Vista earned him the respected Peabody Award. Paul says winning that honor exceeded his dreams, "Are you kidding me? Are local guys supposed to win Peabodys?"
There have been other honors - but it may the landmark relationship with Colleen, Fritz and Fred that will be most remembered. Together they made up the longest running anchor team in Los Angeles.
Fritz says, "We are this family in the sense of what we have experienced for 20 years together." Colleen adds this thought, "We shared a lot of things. Our kids grew up together."
But Fred says Paul had another love beyond news, "He was a very committed and dedicated journalist. I think his heart was always with sports." A recent promo for NFL season may add some insight "Hey great show Mr. Moyer. Thanks kid! It was a tough one. Hey kid! (Paul tosses anchor jacket to young kid) Wow!"
Athlete or not, Colleen says Paul may not have the talent needed to hit the dance floor, "Paul was a great athlete. He wasn't the best dancer in the world. I have seen Paul dance - and he won't be dancing when he retires."
In his 25 years at NBC4 - Paul says he has had a few looks, "Bad hair… bad clothes." Fred says, "When Paul started in the 70's, he had enormous hair. It looked like a beehive."
Paul never took himself too seriously such as when he spoofed colleague Tom Snyder on the air. Here's what he said, "For the last couple of years people have written in - called into KNBC and said Paul Moyer looks something like Tom Snyder. I am here to tell you that's not true - tonight November 21, 1974."
As he enters retirement - Paul's colleagues offer these heartfelt reflections. Fred says, "When the big book of television is written where will Paul Moyer end up? He'll end up at the very top of his profession."
Colleen says of Paul, "As a partner, I can't think of anyone who was more professional." While Wendy Harris offers this salute, "Paul if anyone deserves to relax and have a great time now - you do."
But it's Fritz who makes this special plea, "I would like to do an on-air appeal - if I could rent his guest house for a reasonable amount of money. Please - I will do yard work… I will shop… I will be a man servant."

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Tuesday 25th September started out as a pretty standard day of planned work carrying out ecological surveys in north Kent. Of all the areas I'm working in at the moment, the particular spot I found myself in on this morning, is probably the quietest, so myself and my colleague got settled in for a fairly uninspiring few hours. The weather was at least fine, sunny, warm and not a breath of wind, and there was a fair amount of visible bird migration too, which was a nice distraction. I mentioned via WhatsApp to other colleagues in the area that with the mirror calm water, we might spot some porpoises today if nothing else. A couple of hours had passed when out of the corner of my eye I noticed a thin white strip appear on the surface of the water near one of the moored barges in front of me, and then again. Weird, I thought to myself, that looked a bit like a cetacean. I mentioned that I'd seen something strange to my colleague sat next to me, but upon seeing nothing more, and having only seen it with naked eye, I decided it must have been the wash of a passing ship breaking and creating a small 'white horse' as it deflected off the barge.
About an hour more passed, I was just been dealing with some work emails on my phone when I heard the distinctive sound, at least to me, of an exhaling cetacean, a blow! ****! I looked up… right out in front of me was that white shape again! I lifted my bins to the spot, it surfaced again, $#!£!!!! It was indeed a cetacean, and a whale, a SMALL, WHITE, WHALE! Again it surfaced. A small white whale with what appeared to be NO DORSAL FIN. Holy crap, am I seeing what I think I'm seeing… A BELUGA… in the Thames?! I've worked as a Marine Mammal Observer professionally on and off for eight years, including 10 weeks on a vessel in the arctic circle off Russia in 2015 where I'd been lucky enough to see a number of Beluga pods, so I was fairly sure I knew what I was looking at, but still, this is the Thames! Don't balls this up, I thought to myself. It's good, whatever it is, but I've got to rule out perhaps an albino whale of another species. I hadn't seen a dorsal, but maybe I'd missed it. I waited for what seemed an age, it surfaced again, I trained my scope on the spot set my phone to record video, it surfaced again, I missed it. Then once more, this time I was on the right spot and caught it on camera. I put the phone down and watched it again through the scope, I could see its whole back and definitely, no. dorsal. fin. IT REALLY IS A BELUGA! Better check that footage! Yep, clear, small white whale, no dorsal – Beluga whale.
Susie, my graduate scheme ecologist colleague sat next to me, didn't really understand my excitement or the magnitude of what this was and I don't know what she must have thought of my excited, slightly scatty, nervous behaviour! I quickly phoned Mike Hoit who was surveying nearby and said something along the lines of "This is going to sound crazy, but this is not a joke, I am deadly serious, I'm watching a Beluga just out in front of me." Mike, is a very keen mammal watcher (particularly cetaceans) and has travelled most of the oceans to watch rare mammals. He is extremely knowledgeable on the subject and agreed with me that if it has no dorsal fin it can only really be Beluga or Narwhal, and if it's all white it has to be Beluga. Not quite believing what he was hearing he started making his way along the seawall towards me. I then called Dave Farrow, who I knew was not far from Coalhouse fort in Essex, on the opposite side of the Thames to me and told him. Minutes later Mikey arrived and Dave called back to say he could see it. Great. Now to get the news out. I called my manager to check it was OK, then I tweeted the video.
Due to not being over familiar with the area, and there not being any easy road access to where I was, I put out that it was off of Coalhouse fort. There is a large carpark there and I knew from Dave Farrow being there, that it could be seen from there. I called RBA to make sure they'd picked up the tweet, then tweeted the exact location of the whale, so if people knew of other ways to get closer views they could find their own place to park.
For the next hour the whale made regularly feeding dives between the two barges out in front of us. Diving for between 3 and 10 minutes before surfacing, making around 3-6 breaks of the surface for breaths in between the dives. It barely moved in more than 100m in any direction during this time.
As news started to spread 'virally' over twitter and the media, the first people started to arrive and see the whale. Very quickly and disappointingly an RNLI RIB came along and got far too close to the whale, before the gathering onlookers shouted at them to move away. Soon after, media helicopters were hovering above, never had I caused such a media frenzied twitch before!
A couple of times over the next few hours it moved behind the barge where it remained out of view for up to 30 minutes, explaining why it had initially disappeared after my very first sighting. I suspect the barges and buoys were churning up the bottom, making for good feeding for the whale. We put out requests that marine traffic should not disturb the animal as it seemed quite well and would not benefit from the additional stress of nearby boats, this for the most part was done.
I had to go on to another ecological survey scheduled for the afternoon, so I left the whale around 13:30 still diving around the area I'd first found it. I returned briefly in the evening for a couple of interview requests from the BBC and ITN and the whale was still looking well and looking like it was actively feeding. This was not how I'd expected the day to go!
The whale was still present the next morning and at the time of writing (end of day 2) was last seen looking well just before dusk. Although it's clearly lost, being several thousand miles too far south, and on its own, it's an interesting situation, when arctic pack ice melts in the summer, Belugas migrate south, moving into shallow seas and estuaries, so the Thames at this location may well be a suitable feeding place for this animal at this time. It appears to be in good health and it may not be in any immediate danger so it will be interesting to see how the story of this Thames Beluga plays out!


People in youth work are rarely neutral about Jerome G. Miller.
"Probably the greatest reformer the field of juvenile justice has ever seen," declares Dan Macallair, a vice president in the San Francisco office of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice.
"He manages by chaos," says attorney Elizabeth Siegel, co-founder of DC Action for Children in Washington, D.C.
"He's not afraid to make enemies," says Peter Greenwood, a senior scholar at the RAND Corporation.
Good thing. For during his 30 years in juvenile justice and child welfare, Miller's M.O. has been to push for immediate change, confront and not compromise with critics, remove power and prerogatives from social welfare professionals and ignore bureaucratic protocol.
His theories and methods spark admiration and support from some, and harsh opposition and political rebuke from others. "He's so reviled because he not only challenged the status quo, but he changed it," Macallair says.
Miller, 69, sounds reasonable. "We try to do for the average offender what a thinking, compassionate, middleclass parent or brother or son would do for someone in their family were they in trouble," he says in the offices of the Alexandria, Va.-based National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, a criminal justice and human service agency he co-founded in 1977.
It's not his advocacy of community therapy settings (rather than large institutions) for youth offenders and foster children that drives his critics crazy. Nor is it his championing of sentencing alternatives — community service, victim restitution, drug or alcohol treatment and neighborhood supervision — for anyone who otherwise would be incarcerated. He espouses making neighborhoods responsible for providing foster care for their own residents, and mitigative studies for people tried for capital offenses. Such once cutting-edge theories are accepted in many circles today and might be considered moderate reforms at a time when some lawmakers applaud boot camps and chain gangs.
Take Miller's latest big brush with the public social welfare bureaucracy, when he served as general receiver for the child welfare system in the District of Columbia from 1995-97. Before his appointment, Miller noted that management was not his strong suit and that city bureaucrats were probably not ready for his approach. Sure enough, his ambitious plans for decentralizing services, starting neighborhood collaborations and reuniting children with their families ran into a bottleneck of opposition from front-line staff members.
"He wrote a lot of plans, but nothing got accomplished," says Siegel of DC Action for Children.
Miller's D.C. experience fit a pattern. In Pennsylvania, as commissioner of children and youth in the mid-70s, he pulled 400 youths out of the Camp Hill corrections facility, which he called a "human sewer," and shut down a reform school in Warrendale. But his plans for community facilities ran into massive opposition from juvenile court judges.
In 1973, as director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, he brought back more than 800 children who had been farmed to out-of-state child welfare agencies. He embarked on creating a community-centered foster care system, but political opposition blocked the plan.
In 1969, as commissioner of youth in Massachusetts, Miller closed all the state's reform schools and replaced them with a network of community-based programs. Under his direction, delinquent youths were allowed to do things such as go sailing and chase humpback whales. His moves brought scathing criticism from judges and social welfare professionals, among others.
The idea of therapeutic communities was new to politicians and social workers, and is still not embraced by all in government or social welfare. For Miller, the idea went back to his days as an Air Force psychiatric social work officer in England in the 1960s.
Miller had significant encounters with A.S. Neill, founder of the Summerhill school for troubled children and author of a popular book by the same name, and with psychoanalyst George Lyward, organizer of a therapeutic community for troubled adolescents in a monastery in Kent during World War II.
"I got immersed in these models," recalls Miller. Lyward's program, "a place of openness, unconditional care and emotional growth," Miller once wrote, became the standard he tried to apply in Massachusetts.
Perhaps Miller, who grew up in the small town of Wahpeton, N.D., began heading toward these ideas during his formative years at the now-defunct Maryknoll College, a Catholic seminary in Glen Ellyn, Ill. There he was deeply influenced by the teachings of the Maryknoll order, a missionary group devoted to working for international social justice. After graduation Miller went to a farm outside Bedford, Mass., for a novitiate year when talking usually was not allowed except on weekends.
Now Miller promotes his ideas with missionary zeal in other ways — lecturing, writing and working through the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives. He and his co-founders started the center with $500, printing a newsletter about youth issues and problems in institutions.
Today the NCIA has a $10 million budget and about 200 staffers in offices in Alexandria and Baltimore. It directs criminal justice programs addressing alternative sentencing, sexual disorders, severely retarded adults and emotionally disturbed youngsters, and public policy. Director Herb Holter, one of the co-founders, manages the center; Miller writes and lectures. He is finishing a book on child welfare reform.
Years of fighting have not deflected him from his vision of making criminal and juvenile justice, as well as child welfare, more responsive to individual needs. He says too many behavioral patterns — social and psychiatric problems, community health problems — are being criminalized.
West, Hollie I. "An Impatient Reformer is Admired and Reviled." Youth Today, February 2001, p. 52.


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Projection & Screens
Taking a Second Look at LCD
By David Keene (AVTechnology) 17 December 2012
Back in early spring, when news was released that Samsung's LCD biz had been realigned, we are awash in pundits' and mass media pronouncements that LCD was on the way out. OLED was the new acronym de jour. We'd all be watching OLED TVs soon, and the mall the train station would sport OLED displays in all their 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio glory. Maybe it was the word "organic" in the name. It does sound cool, and vaguely politically correct: "organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels".
OLED is beautiful. Stunning image. But I was an early skeptic, and said then, as I say now: the LCD panel has never been stronger in the market. It will continue to dominate the TV market. Any move to OLED or other platforms is years away– well beyond any need for a reevaluation of the market. And digital signage– there is no serious rival for traditional, low-cost display.
But since then, there has been more OLED fever. You've all read it.
But finally, even the mass media is realizing the hype was over-done. Just last week, Miyoung Kim of Reuters wrote (December 10th):
"Liquid-crystal display (LCD) screens were expected to slowly fade and die, giving way to lighter, thinner and tougher organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels in everything from smartphones to televisions.... But LCD is refusing to go quietly as its picture quality keeps getting better. At the same time, the major backers of credit card-thin OLED panels - led by Samsung Electronics Co and LG Electronics Inc - are struggling to make the technology cheap enough to mass produce ..."
Now, today, back to the trade press, with more sensible analysis, this time from our friends at DisplaySearch:
Korean Panel Makers Change TV Priorities: OLED vs. 4Kx2K
Korean TV panel makers are in the process of adjusting their priorities. The adjustment is mainly due to difficulties in commercializing AMOLED TV, but also to the fact that the outlook for 4Kx2K (ultra-high definition) TV is becoming more promising.
Since the beginning of 2012, when both Samsung and LG Display demonstrated 55" AMOLED TV at CES, both have been claiming they will mass-produce large size AMOLED TVs panel within the year. However the commercialization plan has been delayed repeatedly. At the same time, aggressive pricing of some large size LCD TV on Black Friday and the resulting sales shows that, for many end users, a larger and cheaper LCD TV is more attractive than a high-end, slim, and fancy OLED TV. The emphasis on AMOLED TV has been reduced, and the new focus is on the high definition.
A fundamental challenge for AMOLED TV remains manufacturing yield. Pilot production indicates that 55" AMOLED TV panel straight yield (without repair) is in single digits due to instability in the large backplanes (using LTPS or oxide TFT). Total yield (after repair) is estimated to be less than 30%. Finally, frit encapsulation is too fragile for large area TV, and is resulting in reduced panel life.
Because of the high manufacturing costs, 55" AMOLED TV set prices are expected to be in the $10K range, a very high price compared to comparable LCD TVs. Also, due to the lifespan and reliability issues, after service costs are not predictable. There may be a need for a large advertising and education campaign to highlight AMOLED's advantages compared to LCD TV.
After IFA 2012, Korean panel makers lost some confidence in AMOLED, and began to feel that they could not justify a further investment into capacity expansion for AMOLED. At the same time, the visual quality of 4Kx2K became clearer to consumers. For panel makers, 4Kx2K LCD TV seems to be easier to manufacture than 4Kx2K AMOLED TV.
The ways in which Korean panel makers are adjusting their AMOLED and 4Kx2K TV panel development priority are shown below.
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Q: How to continuously check ltrace command output in C program I'm trying to capture output of ltrace command using C program.
I have tried using popen() but that's not working, I need to capture continuously output not only once.
Below is my code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int carg, char *args[]) {
    FILE *fp = popen("ltrace -p pid", "r");
    char buf[255];
    while (1) {
        if (fgets(buf, 255, fp) != NULL) {
            printf("Captured Text: %s", buf);
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

Please give me your advice

A: ltrace outputs to stderr, not stdout. But popen() will read the pipe connecting the command's stdout. So this should be enough to fix it:
FILE *fp = popen("ltrace -p pid 2>&1", "r");

UPDATE: likewise, to filter directly the same ltrace command in a shell:
ltrace -p pid 2>&1 | grep someregex

ltrace's default output is to stderr so it has to be redirected to stdout to be useful for a pipe.

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Q: read MP3 from http with node.js I tried to read an MP3 from internet but each time I try to run the API I get this error :
throw er; // Unhandled stream error in pipe.
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\ahmedfadhel.achour\Desktop\watson_analyzer\song1.mp3'

I am using Watson speech to text to convert this audio mp3 to text. I used request to read the link and then piped it like this
var request = require('request')
var fs = require('fs');
var params = {
  audio: request('http://www.castingmachine.com/medias/combeau_marie_1179/audio_af0eacfbc42c4faeabe8bdeb678cd913.mp3').pipe(fs.createReadStream('song1.mp3')),
  // From file
  //audio : fs.createReadStream('public/dnc2004speech.mp3'),
  content_type: 'audio/mp3; rate=44100',
  continuous: true,
  model:'fr-FR_BroadbandModel',
  word_confidence: false,
  interim_results: false,
};
 let convert = await speechToText.recognize(params)
  .then(transcript => {

    return JSON.stringify(transcript.results.map(res=>res.alternatives[0].transcript).join(''), null, 2);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    return err;
  });

  console.log('convert',convert)

Any help would be appreciated


From old fashioneds to custard-filled longjohns, from glazed yeast donuts to apple fritters, Columbus does donuts and we do it well. Here's your complete A to Z guide to Columbus donuts.
Amy's on the West Side features a colorful selection of pastries topped with everything imaginable: candies, cookies, marshmallows, fresh fruit, bacon, cotton candy - you name it. It's a delight just to walk in and look through all the display cases!
The Angry Baker's two shops – cafes in Olde Towne East and Victorian Village – cater to vegan and gluten-free donut lovers, although their pastries will appeal to everyone. Their selection varies from seasonal pumpkin spice to strawberry to vanilla with chocolate ganache and beyond.
Auddino's is a family-run Italian bakery creating breads and rolls for area restaurants. Their retail bakery, tucked down a side-street near the Ohio Expo Center, features classic styles of donuts. Their signature is the doughssant, a fried and glazed croissant they've been crafting since the early '90s.
This Japanese bakery on the northwest side makes everything from scratch and creates flavors you won't find elsewhere in Columbus. Try dense yeast-raised donuts flavored with curry or sweet red bean paste.
This shop pops up at seasonal farmers markets with their colorful creations. In the off months, find them at Highline Coffee and the Hills Market in Worthington.
This campus classic has been serving Ohio State since 1969. They're open 24/7 and make donuts the old school way – all by hand. Try their seasonal cake donuts like pumpkin or red velvet, or go for the signature Buckeye Donut, the German chocolate or the maple bacon longjohn.
Sit at the counter with a donut and a coffee at this south side institution and you'll feel like you're stepping back in time. Though not owned by the same family as the campus stop, this Buckeye Donuts is also open 24/7 and makes all the classic styles by hand.
Cherbourg's adorable Bexley cafe is a perfect spot to cozy up with coffee and a pastry on a cold morning. The dedicated gluten- and nut-free bakery includes donuts with cinnamon, chocolate and seasonal flavors on their menu.
The award-winning Destination Donuts has a home inside the North Market. It's nearly impossible to walk by their colorful display and not pick up a couple of their giant yeast-raised beauties. They run through flavors like cookies and cream, butterscotch, apricot pistachio, lemon triple berry and more.
DK is a Grandview staple, a diner and donut shop where the walls are plastered with Grandview schools paraphernalia. The "DK' stands for "Donut Kitchen," and their hand-made donuts are amongst the best in the city. Specialties include the old fashioned sour cream donuts, giant longjohns with vanilla cream and softball-sized apple fritters.
Hailing originally from the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Polaris (and soon Dublin!) Duck Donuts has local owners. They fry up a simple, not-too-sweet yeast donut as a base, then let you choose from glazes, frostings and creative toppings. Kids can even order a donut and a carton of milk, served on a frisbee to take home!
Amongst Fox in the Snow's beautiful spread of tarts and muffins and cinnamon rolls, you'll usually find their dense, sugar-dusted yeast donuts filled with chocolate or vanilla custard.
Golden Donuts on the south side is another throwback, a donut shop pumping out the classics for years. Stop by for a mixed dozen or grab a seat at the swiveling stools by the long, low counter and order an omelet or French toast.
Like all old school donut joints, HoneyDip has its legions of fans. Located on Kenny Road on the northwest side, the donut shop renovated a few years ago to add a bigger dining room and full breakfast menu. Enjoy chocolate-iced glazed donuts, longjohns, cinnamon rolls, or take your donut love to the next level with a donut breakfast sandwich: egg, cheese and bacon or sausage sandwiched between two glazed donuts.
Jolly Pirate locations used to dot the central Ohio landscape, but these days they've dwindled to three: Grove City, Reynoldsburg and Newark. Many of the old franchises have closed or been converted into different shops, like HoneyDip or Buckeye Donuts. The remaining locations still have that classic look: tiled floors, low counters, and wire trays lined with donuts. Get some to go and they're packed in a box that looks like a treasure chest.
Lil Donut factory is a tiny family-run spot in Hilliard, delighting with beautiful selections hand-made every day. Watch them on social media to see what they're whipping up each day, but really, you can just show up and trust they'll have something you love. Just get there early – they tend to sell out!
The Little Donut Shop near campus fries one base type of cake donut, then coats them with fun toppings like crushed cookies, candies, maple bacon, powdered sugar, chocolate pretzel and other seasonal tastes.
This little bakery on the Hilltop bakes cakes, breads, cookies and a selection of donuts, from fritters to chocolate- or vanilla-iced yeast donuts, pumpkin spice and French crullers.
The Goodie Shop has been a favorite of Upper Arlington residents for decades. Find it in the Tremont Center in Upper Arlington, near other community favorites like Huffman's Market and Chef-O-Nette diner. They specialize in cookies and cakes, but their donuts can't be missed, from the cake stick donuts to the glazed twists to the cinnamon sugar raised donuts.
Much like Duck Donuts or the Little Donut Shop, the groovy Peace, Love and Little Donuts in Old Worthington crafts tiny cake donuts that they dip and glaze with fun flavors. Check the display cases to see what they're making; try the chocolate dipping in chocolate chips, vanilla topped with Fruity Pebbles or the blueberry pancake donut.
Resch's has been making the good stuff since 1912! The sixth generation of the family works their East Side bakery, where you can order cakes and breads in addition to donuts. They excel at the old school varieties: twisted glazed yeast donuts, cake donuts covered in chocolate or the popular nut-topped cinnamon rolls (called the granny roll when drizzled with white icing!).
Schneider's is the neighborhood favorite for Westerville. Their Uptown storefront is the place for cookies, cakes, breads and loads of donuts. They're known for their Davy Crockett (a cinnamon twist with maple icing) and Nut Toppers (a glazed cinnamon bun with white icing and peanuts). Schneider's also serves the Celebration Donut, a 10-inch yeast-raised donut that serves up to 20 people. They also open around 1 or 1:30 a.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, with Otterbein University students lining up in the middle of the night for fresh donuts.
Tupelo is a donut shop coming soon to Clintonville, but while they build out their space they park their bright turquoise truck, Tilly, in different spots around the city. Try their crème brulee donut, the rosewater almond or the orange cardamom donut holes.


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After Four Decades, Iranian Women's Frustrations are Erupting
tags: Middle East, Iran, womens history, Islamic History
by Kelly J. Shannon
Kelly J. Shannon is an associate professor of history at Florida Atlantic University, author of U.S. Foreign Policy and Muslim Women's Human Rights, and is currently writing a book on U.S. relations with Iran from 1905-1953.
Woman. Life. Freedom. Those are the words being chanted by the thousands of anti-government protesters taking to the streets across Iran in response to the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The young woman died while in the custody of the Gasht-e Ershad — the country's "morality police" — who detained Amini for violating Iran's hijab law, which mandates veiling for women and modest Islamic dress. Despite the government's insistence that Amini died of a preexisting heart condition, Iranians widely believe that the morality police beat her to death.
While Amini's death was the spark that ignited the protests, the roots of unrest stretch back decades. At its heart, the current uprising is about the Islamic Republic's four decades of patriarchal oppression and violence against women, as well as the determined resistance of Iranian women to that oppression.
While Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's government, which ruled Iran from 1941 to 1979, was repressive, women in Iran made significant gains during his rule. They had access to higher education, careers, the right to vote and hold office (admittedly a dubious right in an undemocratic country), equal pay laws, health care and reproductive rights, and a cabinet-level position dedicated to women's issues — only the second such position in the world. Women could choose how they dressed. Because of women's activism, Iran's 1967 Family Protection Law — and a subsequent 1975 amendment — was one of the most liberal such laws in the Islamic world. It mandated more equitable marriage, divorce and inheritance rights for women and largely eliminated polygamy.
Although many women participated in the uprising that toppled the shah's regime, controlling and subordinating women was at the top of the new Islamic Republic's agenda from the moment of its inception in 1979. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the fundamentalist Shiite cleric who was the symbolic leader of the revolution, saw women's equality as incompatible with the strict Islamic society he sought to create.
On March 6, 1979, just weeks after the shah fled the country and two days before International Women's Day, Khomeini declared that he wished to overturn the Family Protection Law and that all women must wear the chador, Iran's traditional form of Islamic veil that covers a woman's hair and body. In response, tens of thousands of Iranian women marched in protest across the country for three days. Because Khomeini still shared political power with pro-democracy liberals like Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan, the protests caused him to temporarily back down and rescind the declarations.
But in 1980, after Khomeini consolidated power, he once again ordered compulsory veiling and fired all female judges. Female protesters again took to the streets, but they could not stop Khomeini's agenda. The Islamic Republic officially enshrined compulsory veiling into law in 1983, along with other restrictions on women's rights.
Read entire article at Made By History at the Washington Post


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"Jerry?" Charles Raymond stuck his head into the bow of the ship, looking for his friend.
He found him sitting on the floor, playing solitaire. "What's up?" he said, placing his cards down with steady precision.
"You won't believe the things they've been sayin', Jerry," Charles watched as his friend moved some more cards around, rearranging the deck.
"What could the passengers have been saying that concerns us?" Jerry shook his head, not bothering to look Charles in the eye.
That got Jerry's attention, and for the first time since Charles arrived, he froze in his movements. "What?" he said.
He'd phrased it like a question, but it came out like a statement.
As though on cue, the door to the ship's bow opened with a bang, and a crewman bounced in with three people in strange clothing trailing behind him.
The two friends shared a look before creeping over to the edge of the hallway, behind a wall between the main hallway and their own.
The three people, two girls and a boy, stood tall near them. They each stared at the pipes and railings lining the old ship's walls, the girls appearing frightened, the boy appearing bored. Charles noticed that their gazes seemed to skip right over them as their eyes passed by the wall. His eyebrows furrowed.
One of the girl's eyes widened, and the boy just rolled his eyes.
"I knew that," said the other girl, grinning.
"Everyone knows that," Jerry whispered into Charles' ear.
"Shh!" he smacked his friend's shoulder.
Charles' breath hitched, and he felt Jerry move a hand to cover his mouth.
Charles felt a cold hand on his arm.
"That was the ship we were on," Jerry turned to him.
Charles opened his mouth to respond, but no noise came out.
Charles frowned, he remembered that. The zigzag had made him nauseous, he remembered yakking in a corner. He remembered Jerry, as well as some other sailors, laughing at him from off to the side.
Charles remembered how the Queen Mary had grown steadily growing closer to their own little ship. "Any faster and she'd be on top of us!" he remembered telling Jerry.
Jerry's chuckle had been uneasy.
He remembered the panic. Men were running around all over the place. The ship had been so big, it looked like a giant. Charles remembered looking to Jerry, and saw the sick expression that had covered his normally smiling face.
The pieces were coming together now. Charles exchanged a grim look with Jerry, who'd been twisting his hair into a mess.
That had been Charles. At first, when the ship went down, he'd been above the water, he remembered calling for Jerry as he struggled to stay afloat. He remembered the ship, growing larger than he'd ever imagined, plow straight over him. He remembered little from that moment onward, only that he'd been scared, and cold.
The crewman grinned at the two men. The girls followed his gaze towards the wall, but saw nothing there. The boy shook his head again.
While the girls went busy snapping away with their telephones, Charles turned back to his friend.
Jerry nodded, staring at the floor.
"We…" laughter began to escape from his mouth, and Jerry looked up at him with a frown, "We--we're the--" he couldn't stop it now, he broke out into full on laughter.
A second later, Jerry began to join him.
Charles paused and thought. What were they? He thought back to when he'd first woken up on the ship. He wondered how he got there, and why so many of his crew members had disappeared.
He remembered wandering through the bottom deck of the Queen Mary, wondering why the American soldiers refused to look at him, refused to answer his questions. He remembered feeling scared, almost to the point of tears, and collapsing into a frightened pile near the ship's bow.
He remembered wondering why the hull had looked so damaged. That was when he saw Jerry in his little corner, playing solitaire in the very spot he'd been in when Charles told him about the tour.
The joy he'd felt had been so powerful, he could still feel it today.
They really hadn't. Nor had they left the ship. He remembered recorded accidents on the ship, a few after it had been turned back into a cruise ship, but they never concerned him before. Now, he wondered why he never questioned how, after somebody died on the ship, he would see them walking the halls not a day after the death had been announced.
Jerry rested his hand on Charles' shoulder, giving it a shake. The corners of his mouth twitched.
"Hello, ghosts!" the boy's voice suddenly rang out, the call echoing off of the cold metal walls.
All three of the crewman watched as the girls shushed him.
"Show yourselves!" called the boy.
"They're not real," said the boy.
"How on earth are we supposed to cool the air?" said Charles.
"I know how we can make the room stink," Jerry grinned.
He made his way towards the door, knocking his hand on the railing as he did so. The girls watched him, looking disgruntled.
The boy paused near the wall, still knocking on the railing.
"How should we do that?" asked Charles, eyeing the boy.
The blood drained from the boy's face. The girls froze.
The girls joined the boy at the door.
"And knocks?" the boy eyed the wall, his eyes raking over the spot where Jerry and Charles stood.
With that, the tour group left the ship's bow, closing the door tight behind them. Slowly, Jerry and Charles turned to look at each other. A second later, they burst into laughter.
"What a fat-head!" Charles joined.
"And all you did was knock!" Jerry slapped the inside of his thigh and leaned against the railing.
Charles looked to his friend and shared a smile. He hadn't liked what had happened to them on the HMS Curacoa. Who would have? The first few moments he'd spent alone on Queen Mary were some of his worst. However, finding Jerry had been one of the most precious.
The idea of spending eternity scaring the dickens out of tourists with him excited Charles to no end. He couldn't wait for the next group of people to walk into the room.


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(85388) Sakazukiyama est un astéroïde de la ceinture principale.

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Posts Tagged 'inediti'
Dal Washington Post del 1934-1935
giovedì, 17 dicembre, 2009 20:06 Written by Antonio Rossi
La stampa statunitense si occupò dell'inaugurazione di Pontinia in maniera incidentale, Analogamente agli altri artcioli esteri visionati, infatti, fu il discorso del Duce, Benito Mussolini, alla cerimonia di inaugurazione del comune di Pontinia che suscito l'interesse della stampa mondiale oltre al fatto che si celebrava la prima giornata della Fede ed il capo del regime era proprio a Pontinia che suo malgrado nonostante la sua umile vocazione ha avuto ampia eco meditica facendo da sfondo a quel particolare momento storico e politco dell'Italia.
Times | 19 Dicembre 1936
The Times | December 19, 193
"A Fairy Tale" FROM OUR O\WN CORRESPONDEN1t ROME, DEC. IS On the anniversary of " Wedding Ring Day" and of the defiant speech at Pontinia, Signor Mussolini to-day visited the township of Littoria, in the Pontine Marshes, and after. bestowing rewards upon a number of the most meritorious agricultural labourers made a speech summarizing the Italiin successes of the past year and reminding the nation that further trials may lie ahead. Signor Mussolini began by recalling how they had conquered the Empire in seven months and how they had pacified it in barely three months, so that there were now 115,000 labourers engaged on road building, and added: " All this has been done in the face of everything and of everybody."
The Times | 14 Gennaio, 1936
The Times | January 14, 1936
Italy Taking Soundings FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT PARIS, JAN. 13 Signor Cerruti, the Italian Ambassador, to-day called on M. Laval, the Prime Minister, at the Quai d'Orsay. Other visitors were the Ambassadors of Belgium, Japan, and the United States. There is reason to believe that the conversation between M. Laval and Signor Cerruti related chiefly to the possibility of League intervention towards a settlement of the Abyssinian war. It is now possible to confirm the reports that Signor Mussolini is anxious for the League to appoint a committee of investi- gation to proceed to Abyssinia to report on conditions there. This proposal is in- spired by the hope that such a committee would produce a report which might lead to a basis of settlement acceptable to an Italy whose ambitions are beginning to show signs of modification. The Duce has made his hopes known tp M. Laval and has asked for his support, though without asking him to take the initiative in the matter. To the report that the task of submitting the suggestion had been ascribed to Belgium must be added another to the effect that M. Politis, the Greek Foreign Minister, has also been approached.
M. Laval's Chances The new Session of the French Chamber, its last before the General Election, began formally yesterday in an atmosphere of uncertainty. The major Parliamentary com- bats of the last few months are over. M. LAVAL'S Government, challenged in turn on their Budget, their foreign policy, and the ques- tion of the political leagues, have escaped defeat -narrowly enough on the second issue-but are still faced by the determined hostility of the Socialists and Communists and by elements among the Socialist-Radicals whose one desire is to defeat the PRIME MINISTER.
Fall Of French Cabinet FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT PARIS JAN. 22 The existence of the Laval Govern- ment came to its expected end to-day. At a Cabinet meeting held at the Quai d'Orsay this afternoon M. Herriot and three other Radical Ministers-M. Paganon (Interior), M. Bonnet (Commerce), and M. Bertrand (Merchant Marine)-handed their letter of resignation to M. Laval. The other two Radical Ministers, M. Regnier (Finance) and M. Maupoil (Pensions) had refused to sign the letter. M. Laval then went to the Elysee, accompanied by his colleagues, and placed the collective resignation of the Cabinet in the hands of the President. M. Lebrun immediately asked M. Laval to form another Ministry, and M. Laval declined to do so. Later in the evening M. Bouisson, the President of the Chamber, also declined to form a Government. After his resignation M. Laval issued a statement for publication which the Radicals will find difficult to answer. It reads as follows:- I have handed the resignation of the Cabinet to thc
President of the Republic, and I hav_ declined his proposal that I slhould form anothcr Ministry. I did not seek power: I accepted it last June as a *duty to my country. I believc that I have fulfilled my mission. The franc, which I was appointed to defend, is intact. Thc Budget, diminished by one-fiftlh, has been passed. The measures taken in every direction are beginning to bear fruit, and thc first signs of a recovery of industrial and agri- cultural activity are apparent. In the course of the debates in Parliamcnt the divisions between Frenchmien were appeased. Wc saw the dawn of national reconciliation. During the last few months, in the foreign field, grave diflicultics appeared.


Five years ago this January, the economy entered into a postrecession planning exercise: How to innovate in the face of changing economic, technical and political norms? The iPhone was a toddler, the iPad had just been unveiled and no one could have predicted the arrival of the Apple Watch let alone its Taptic Engine, a linear actuator inside Apple Watch that produces haptic feedback.
Fast-forward to 2015, and trends that emerge suggest a refined understanding of how data, technology and design will contribute to healthcare transformation.
If there is a hallmark of 2015, it is organizational maturity as heathcare and life sciences companies realign resources in the name of innovation.
Investing in the ability to experiment at scale can also serve as a catalyst for organizational behavior change. "We have had big ideas succeed and others fail. If the approach to driving the organization forward rested on the success of those specific ideas or concepts, we would create an organization more afraid of failure because the future capabilities of the organization would be riding on the success of each project," Mayer says.
2. The data science movement is here.
Following years of keynotes and panels on the subject of big data, the movement has firmly arrived, primarily propelled by early-stage companies. While incumbents, such as payers and pharma, seek to better use existing data, start-ups are designing their companies from the ground up to collect, store and make use of data.
Larger organizations have taken note, allocating significant resources to build new data science teams. Currently, companies such as Humana, Aetna, Biogen, Abbott Laboratories and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have open positions for data scientists. Even the White House has made a key hire in D. J. Patil as the first government chief data scientist, notes Aman Bhandari, former White House adviser. Patil, who coined the term data science, will focus on precision medicine and serves as a harbinger of future efforts for healthcare. "There will continue to be an increased emphasis on all things data, from interoperability to privacy to bringing new disciplines like data science to healthcare," says Bhandari.
If data science is the movement of our time, interoperability is the rallying cry. Without interoperability of systems, there is no data liquidity. If data is not liquid, population health cannot be achieved.
At the heart of this challenge is the electronic medical record. "EMRs weren't designed to be interoperable," says Niko Skievaski, co-founder of Redox, a team of former Epic developers now focusing on EMR integration. Historically, every EMR installation was highly customized, with the result that not only did different EMRs not connect with one another, but the same EMR software installed in different health systems did not connect.
"If health data were a lake," said Skievaski, "every health application would need to build its own pipe to the source." As a result, the water is either completely inaccessible and/or dirty. Redox tackles this challenge head-on by centralizing access to the lake. "Interoperability is a huge problem, but it's not insolvable from a tech standpoint," said Skievaski.
With an increased desire for interoperability comes an increased need for security. "Anytime you have motion, transfer or access to data, you run into problems of control, security and privacy," says Chas Ballew, co-founder of Aptible, a firm that focuses on secure and private cloud deployment for digital health solutions.
"There's never just one way in, there are many ways in," Ballew says. "There are doors, windows, the basement. If you are going to lock your house, you want to board up the windows and put a guard at the door." His platform aims to "lock down the house" by limiting the number of ways in and maintaining security as part of larger compliance efforts.
5. Humans first, then technology.
While advances in data science and technology are welcome, numerous organizations are investing in empathy with end customers prior to developing solutions. "There has been a recent obsession with using technology to solve clinical problems," said Sachin Jain, chief medical officer, CareMore Health System/Anthem.
Elizabeth Egan, executive director, global strategy & innovation, AstraZeneca, agrees, urging the industry to connect with payers, healthcare providers and patients. "Don't think about digital solutions—think about problems and the issue causing them," she says.
PillPack is reinventing the pharmacy experience, just as Oscar is reinventing the health insurance experience and Theranos is reinventing the lab testing experience. "For the first time ever, the consumer actually matters," said Josh Kushner, co-founder of Oscar, on a panel at the Clinton Health Matters Summit. His company is flying in the face of traditional models by going direct-to-consumer with a superior, human-centered experience. "We have been able to take the data and not only create a better experience but provide access to better care.
"I think what's exciting is that we were all founded on the idea of prioritizing the customer experience over everything else. We had the opportunity to start from scratch and totally reimagine what that experience should be," says Cohen.
7. The new care team.
Five years ago pharma spread early-stage investment dollars wide to better understand how data, technology and design would alter the healthcare landscape. Now with experience under its belts, pharma is narrowing investment theses, clearly articulating areas of focus more in line with a seasoned venture capitalist's approach. "You can't be an expert in every discipline. So we picked three," states the Johnson & Johnson innovation portal.
Photograph courtesy of Merck | Heritage Provider Network Demo Day.
Five years after the first health hackathon, healthcare organizations have learned to open up. "We used to have a very big 'not invented here' complex but now realize that, with the pace of emerging technology and new business models, we would be left very far behind if we had to rely only on our internal capabilities to drive innovation," says Mayer of Pfizer.
Pfizer is not alone. In recent years organizations such as UnitedHealth Group, Sanofi US, Lilly and GSK have developed enterprisewide open-innovation capabilities to tap early-stage innovators on both the research and the commercial sides of the business. Most recently, Janssen Labs, an external R&D engine that works with early-stage companies, has also evolved, becoming a part of Johnson & Johnson Innovation and subsequently renamed Johnson & Johnson Innovation JLABS (JLABS).
10. It's time for clinical innovation.
How do the themes of data science, empathy and open innovation come together? Through new and improved approaches to drug development. "The clinical trial and research world is probably the most ripe for disruption," says Turner, who adds, "because EMRs and analytics companies are creating and storing real-world data, they create opportunities to learn that will drive both R&D and coverage decisions." His firm aims to accelerate research and optimize treatment by enabling personalized medicine and helping physicians and patients make better data-driven decisions.
Major corporations are following suit, supporting initiatives such as the nonprofit Trancelerate Biopharma or the NIH Accelerating Medicines Partnership. Both are investing heavily in access to open data, with the NIH projecting a total investment of $656 million through 2020 to support the Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative. Others have developed entire platforms to support clinical innovation. Lilly's Clinical Open Innovation Platform, for example, aims to make public data about clinical trials available with the end goal of advancing clinical research.


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Raleigh, Aug. 31-Sept. 1: African American Cultural Festival of Raleigh and Wake County. Details: /www.aacfralwake.org.
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Chhath Puja festivities span across four days and are observed to worship the Sun god and seek his blessings for the overall prosperity of the family.
The prominent festival for the North Indian state of Bihar and certain regions of Uttar Pradesh and Nepal, Chhath Puja rituals start on the sixth day of Hindu calendar month, Kartika.
Starting, November 13, Chhath Puja festivities span across four days and are observed to worship the Sun god and seek his blessings for the overall prosperity of the family. The fervour around the puja is marked by offering prayers to the Sun god, fasting and taking dips into the holy waters of Ganga (however, with time people have evolved and become less rigid about this rule).
1. Chhath puja is mainly observed in Bihar and Nepal. Bihar has a number of Sun temples, flanked by a surajkund or sacred pool of the Sun.
2. It is a ritual bathing festival that follows a period of abstinence and ritual segregation of the worshiper (parvaitin) from the main household for four days. The parvaitin observes ritual purity, and sleeps on the floor on a single blanket.
3. This is the only festival which has no involvement of any priest.
4. The devotees offer their prayers to the setting sun, and then the rising sun.
5. It is the most glorious form of Sun worship.
6. The main worshipers (parvaitin) are women.
7. The parvaitin pray for the well-being of their family, for prosperity and for offspring.
8. The prasad offerings include sweets (Thekua) and fruit offered in small bamboo winnows.
9. The food is strictly vegetarian and it is cooked without salt, onions or garlic.
10. Day 1: Nahay khay (bathe and eat): The parvaitin take a dip in river. The house is cleaned. Only one meal is eaten and contains "kaddu-bhat" or channa dal, and arwa chawal (rice).
11. Day 2: Kharna (the day before Chhath): On Panchami, the parvaitins observe a fast till evening a little after sunset. Just after the worship of earth, the offerings of Rasiao-kheer (rice delicacy), puris (puffs of wheat flour) and bananas, are distributed. From time onwards, for the next 36 hours, the parvaitin goes on a fast without water.
12. Day 3: Chhath: Sanjhiya Arghya (evening offerings): The day is spent preparing the Prasad (offerings) at home. Offerings (Argh) are made in the evening to the setting sun. In the night a colorful event of Kosi is held. Here, lighted earthen lamps are kept under a canopy of five sugarcane sticks. The five sticks signify the human body made of five elements.
13. Day 4: Parna (day after Chhath): Bihaniya Aragh (next morning offerings): On this final day the parvaitin with family go to the riverbank before sunrise and offer (Aragh) to the rising sun. The festival ends with the breaking of the fast.
5. Vitamin D is sued for absorbing calcium from the food.
6. All the food items used in this pooja are high in calcium.
7. Kartik is also high fertility months. Vitamin D deficiency is linked to infertility.
8. In fasting state natural calcium is better absorbed.
9. Patients with compromised kidneys should not do this fast.
10. Fast is never broken with feast. This fast is usually broken with ginger and jaggery.


A chart listing residency requirements for voting in U.S. federal, state, and local elections.
The Supreme Court decision of March 21, 1972, declared lengthy requirements for voting in state and local elections unconstitutional and suggested that 30 days was an ample period. Most of the states have changed or eliminatedtheir durational residency requirements to comply with the ruling, as shown.
Alabama No durational residency requirement. 10-day registration requirement. In-person registration by 5 p.m., eleven days before election date.
Alaska 30-day residency requirement. If otherwise qualified but has not been a resident of the election district for at least 30 days preceding the date of a presidential election, is entitled to register and vote for presidential and	vice-presidential candidates.
Arizona 30-day residency requirement. Residency in the state 29 days preceding the election.
Arkansas No durational residency requirement.
California Must be a registered voter 29 days before an election; 20-day residency requirement.
Colorado Residency requirement of 25 days immediately preceding the election.
Connecticut No durational residency requirement. Registration deadline 14th day before election; registration and party enrollment deadline by 12 noon the day before primary.
Delaware No durational residency requirement. Must reside in Delaware and register by the last day that the books are open for registration.
District of Columbia No durational residency requirement. Registration stops 30 days before any election. Voters must inform Board of Elections of change of address within 30 days of moving.
Florida No durational residency requirement. 29-day registration requirement before national election; 29-day registration requirement before first and second state primary.
Georgia No durational residency requirement. 30-day registration requirement.
Hawaii No durational residency requirement. 30-day registration requirement.
Idaho 30-day residency requirement. May register 25 days prior to any election with County Clerk. If eligible to vote, an individual may register in person at the polling place on election day at the resident precinct and complete	a registration card, make an oath, and provide proof of residence.
Iowa No durational residency requirement.10-day registration requirement. In-person registration by 5 p.m., eleven days before election date.
Louisiana No durational residency requirement. Register 24 days prior to any election.
Maine No durational residency requirement.
Maryland No durational residency requirement.
Massachusetts No durational residency requirement. No residency required to register to vote.
Minnesota Permits registration and voting on election day with approved ID; 20-day residency requirement.
Mississippi 30-day residency requirement. 30 days registration required; 60 days if registration is by mail.
Missouri No durational residency requirement. Must be registered by the fourth Wednesday prior to election.
Nebraska No durational residency requirement. Registration deadline is second Friday prior to election.
New Hampshire No durational residency requirement. Registration deadline is 10 days prior to election. Same-day registrations for federal and state elections.
New Jersey 30-day residency requirement.
New Mexico No durational residency requirement. Must register 28 days before election.
New York 30-day residency requirement.
North Carolina 30-day residency requirement.
North Dakota 30-day residency requirement.
Oklahoma No durational residency requirement.
Oregon Must register by close of business day of registering agencies (which varies), 21st day before the election.
Pennsylvania 30-day residency requirement. 30-day registration requirement.
Rhode Island 30-day residency requirement.
South Carolina No durational residency requirement. Registration certificate not valid for 30 days, but if you move within the state you can vote in old precinct during the 30 days.
South Dakota No durational residency requirement. 15-day registration requirement.
Tennessee 30-day residency requirement. 30-day registration requirement.
Texas No durational residency requirement. 30-day registration requirement.
Vermont 10–12 day residency requirement. Administrative cut-off date for processing applications is second Saturday before the election, by 12 noon.
Virginia No durational residency requirement.
Washington 30-day residency requirement. 30-day registration requirement.
West Virginia No durational residency requirement. 30-day registration requirement.
Wyoming No durational residency requirement. 30-day registration requirement.
Source: Questionnaires to the states.


125 years ago this week, women in Aotearoa New Zealand were granted the right to vote in local elections. Freyberg High School will be marking this event with a range of activities which include assembly speakers, a video about what equality means to us, workshops with ex-student and President of the National Women's Council, Vanisa Dhiru, and a mufti day to support Women's Refuge in Palmerston North. Suffrage Week ends with the re-enactment of a suffragist rally at lunchtime on Friday in the E Block quad. Special guests will be attending, including the Mayor, Grant Smith, and our local MP Iain Lees-Galloway. Our very own petition, modelled on the original suffrage petition will be presented at the rally. We'd love to see lots of students there to help celebrate Suffrage 125.


Birmingham's devolution experiment is facing a financial crisis after the City Council admitted it has no idea how much is actually being spent on the power-to-the-people pledge.
Birmingham's devolution experiment is facing a financial crisis after the City Council admitted it has no idea how much is actually being spent on the power-to-the-people pledge.
It is known that the 11 district committees dubbed mini-town halls when they were established two years ago - are overspending on management costs by #250,000 a year.
But an attempt to discover the true cost of devolution failed when the council's corporate finance director said figures were not available.
Brendan Arnold told a scrutiny committee: "The council does not, as a matter of course, collect information about the cost of devolution and localisation."
Some died in places like Korea, others were used for guinea pigs in atomic tests, and the whole idea was arguably alien to British traditions.
Incompetent managers including one who faked his CV to get a job are to blame for an NHS budget crisis which could close four hospitals, an MP has claimed.
But Government Ministers are ultimately responsible for failing to ensure hospital executives are competent, said MP Philip Dunne (Con Ludlow).
He was speaking in a House of Commons debate on health services in Shropshire, where four community hospitals are threatened with closure.
Local health services have run up debts of #36 million, and are spending #25 million above their budgets annually.
As a result, Shropshire County Primary Care Trust is considering closing community hospitals in Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Bishop's Castle and Whitchurch.


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Q: Start a windows service without elevation I have a windows service "Service1" configured to log on as "Local Service".
I built a console application to start it programmatically.
        var service = new ServiceController("Service1");
        service.Start();

I know that if I run the ConsoleApplication1 from an administrator command prompt it starts smoothly.
And if I run it without elevation I get an:

System error 5 has occurred.
Access is denied.

But, I need to start it without elevation.
Is it possible, or I have to change the way to achieve this?

A: I followed torak link and I understand this key difference concerning rights in a service:

*

*a service has rights concerning the "Run as" user

*a service has different permission to control the service (i.e. to start/stop it)

So, to start the service I need to modify the service control permission.
Well, I have done a windows service called Service1 and I made an installer with WIX.
During setup I call ServiceInstall
      <ServiceInstall Id="ServiceInstaller" Type="ownProcess" Vital="yes"
       Name="Service1" DisplayName="Service1"
       Description="Service1 description"Start="demand"
       Account="NT AUTHORITY\LocalService"
       ErrorControl="ignore" Interactive="no" >
      </ServiceInstall>

Then I have a client program called TestProgram where I try to start the service:
var service = new ServiceController("Service1");
service.Start();

And obviously it doesn't start the service without elevation of TestProgram (that runs under a normal user account).
So the solution is to instruct WIX to allow members of the user group (for example) to start/stop the service, using the PermissionEx tag:
<util:PermissionEx User="Users" ServiceStart="yes" ServiceStop="yes">
</util:PermissionEx>

Hope this helps. Thank you all.

A: If i can add my 2 cents,  here is my solution that wont require any complex App.Manifest or Windows Service modification.
The concept is simply to call "Net Start" through a process that is elevated :
public string StartServiceViaProcess(string param_strServiceName)
    {
        try
        {
            const int ERROR_CANCELLED = 1223; //The operation was canceled by the user.

            Process process = new Process();
            ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
            startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
            startInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe";
            startInfo.Verb = "runas";
            startInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            startInfo.Arguments = "/C net start " + param_strServiceName;
            process.StartInfo = startInfo;
            try
            {
                Process.Start(startInfo);
            }
            catch (Win32Exception ex)
            {
                if (ex.NativeErrorCode == ERROR_CANCELLED)
                    return "L'usager a annulé la demande d'exécution avec privilège.";
                else
                    throw;
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            return ex.SI_ConvertToString();
        }
        return "";
    }

A: You can set the ACL for the service itself to allow this. The SetACL.exe utility makes this (somewhat) straightforward; e.g.:
SetACL.exe -on "MyService" -ot srv -actn ace -ace "n:S-1-5-32-545;p:start_stop"

This allows members of the Users group (S-1-5-32-545) to start and stop MyService.

A: I don't think you can do it - It is my understanding that this is due to security reasons. Allowing malware to automatically elevate itself would be problematic.

A: This is the link that I followed and solved my issue.

How to Grant non-Administrators Rights to Manage Services
By default, common users with no system administrator privileges
  cannot manage Windows services. It means that they cannot stop, start
  or change the settings or permissions for such services. In some
  cases, it is necessary that a user had the permissions to restart or
  manage certain services. In this article, we'll consider some ways to
  manage permissions for Windows services. In particular, we'll show how
  to grant a standard user without administrative rights the permissions
  to start and stop a specific service...
There is no simple and convenient integrated tool to manage services
  permissions in Windows. We'll consider some ways to grant a user
  permissions to manage service...


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Start shipping date is the date ShipBob will start to import and ship your orders. When integrating your store with ShipBob we have to know which date you would like to begin shipping your orders. Often times when switching between fulfillment providers or starting a new store, you may have old orders that you do not want to ship or have already shipped.
Setting your shipping date is a part of the configuration settings process when integrating your store with ShipBob. Start Shipping Date is a calculation between Today's Date and the selected Start Shipping Date on the store settings.
For instance, if today is December 14th and the selected Start Shipping Date is December 16th, we will not import any orders.
For instance, if today is December 14th and the selected Start Shipping Date is December 14th, we will import any orders that were purchased starting December 14th (Today) and onward.
Note: We can only import orders 120 days back.


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March Madness Finally Claims First Big Victim In Villanova
Oliver VanDervoort
March Madness hasn't been nearly as mad as it has been in the past, but Saturday finally saw a really big upset that likely shook up quite a few brackets. March Madness in the NCAA tournament is known as the time of year when teams that are set to win the national championship suddenly find themselves losing to teams they should be able to easily topple.
While a few lower seeds had managed to knock off their high seeded opponents, none of the very high seeds had suffered from March Madness until No. 1 seeded Villanova went down to No. 8 seed North Carolina State. Perhaps the most impressive thing about this March Madness upset is that it didn't take any kind of massive comeback for the Wolf Pack to knock off one of the four teams the NCAA selection committee saw as a favorite to win the tourney.
What's really mad about this March Madness upset is the teams that were involved have always been known as NCAA Tournament upstarts. In fact, Villanova and North Carolina State are considered two of the teams that gave March Madness it's moniker. About 30 years ago, North Carolina State got it's only National Title when it pulled off a huge upset of Houston. NC State was once again an 8 seed but the number one seed that day was faced off in the National Championship game.
Villanova grabbed its own bit of March Madness lore when it, then an eight seed also knocked off a number one seeded Georgetown Hoyas team in 1985. On Saturday, Villanova was no longer the David, but it was now the goliath. It appears the Wildcats aren't quite as confident in their standing when talking about being the team that is favored. NC State clearly still enjoyed its ability to be the team that knocked off the bigger, badder opponent.
It's safe to say that very few people had actually expected the Wolfpack to get into the Sweet Sixteen. Their chances were thought so slim by so many that even President Obama didn't pick them. That sat so poorly with one Wolfpack player that he actually made a rather derogatory comment about the President. It should be pointed out that the Wolfpack player isn't the only one to call the President out. Georgia State head coach Ron Turner said he hopes the President makes better decisions in the oval office after Georgia State pulled off its own little March Madness when it beat Baylor in the first round.
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what is wrong with the armsoc driver?
Posted in wrong subforum - moved.
It looks like your Xserver is running ABI 23 and your armsoc_drv with ABI 20. That means your armsoc_drv is older than the rest of your Xserver.