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MGM COO Corey Sanders Sells $2.4 Million Worth of Casino Stock
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) COO Corey Sanders unloaded 60,000 shares of the casino giant's stock on Monday in a transaction valued at $2.4 million.
MGM COO Corey Sanders in a company interview. He sold $2.4 million worth of stock Monday. (Image: MGMThink.com)
The gaming executive sold the shares at an average price of $40, according to a Form 4 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Sanders' sale of his employers equity came as the casino stock closed slightly below $40 on Jan. 23. Today, it finished at $40.28, marking its first closing print above $40 since last May.
The chief operating officer still directly owns 231,498 shares of the Luxor operator while indirectly holding 36,465 shares.
Regarding MGM, the Bellagio operator's shares disappointed last year when considering the impressive monthly gross gaming revenue (GGR) data delivered by Nevada casino companies. However, the stock is on a torrid pace to start 2023, soaring 20.13% since the start of the year.
Sanders MGM Stock Sale Not Alarming
Sanders' Jan. 23 sale of MGM stock arrived after the executive sold 10,000 shares of MGM on Jan. 6 and another 10,000 three days at average prices of $36 and $38, respectively. He also sold 20,000 shares at an average price of $38 last November, according to a regulatory filing.
While the COO's recent sting of trimming exposure to the gaming company's shares may be seen as cause for alarm among some investors, insider selling can be and often is merely a symptom of an executive wanting to raise cash or diversify personal portfolio holdings.
Conversely, insider buying is generally viewed in a positive light because the investment community believes those with intimate knowledge of a firm only buy shares for one reason: because they think the stock will appreciate.
Additionally, MGM is one of the gaming industry's most diligent buyers of its own shares, having orchestrated massive share repurchases over the past couple of years.
MGM Rumors
Last week, speculation resurfaced that MGM could make another takeover offer for Entain Plc (OTC: GMVHY), its partner in the BetMGM business.
The Las Vegas-based company hasn't publicly confirmed if it will make another run at the Coral owner. As such, it's not yet known how a proposal will be constructed — all cash, all stock or a mixture of the two. However, if equity is involved, the suitor's shares are likely to decline when news of the bid becomes public.
In January 2021, MGM offered $11.06 billion in cash and equity for the Ladbrokes owner, but that proposal was ultimately turned away.
For MGM, it makes sense to acquire Entain, because in the BetMGM agreement, the latter provides technology services. But the unit derives benefit from the gaming company's well-known brand and land-based operations in select states, positioning it capture iGaming licenses in those locations.
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package kafka

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"sort"
	"strconv"
	"sync"
	"sync/atomic"
	"text/template"

	kafka "github.com/Shopify/sarama"
	"github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/alert"
	"github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/keyvalue"
	"github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/server/vars"
	"github.com/pkg/errors"
	metrics "github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics"
)

const (
	statWriteMessageCount = "write_messages"
	statWriteErrorCount   = "write_errors"
)

type Diagnostic interface {
	WithContext(ctx ...keyvalue.T) Diagnostic
	InsecureSkipVerify()
	Error(msg string, err error)
}

type Cluster struct {
	mu  sync.RWMutex
	cfg Config

	writers map[string]*writer
}

// writer wraps a kafka.Writer and tracks stats
type writer struct {
	// These fields are use with atomic we want to ensure they are aligned properly so we place them at the top of the struct
	requestsInFlightMetric metrics.Counter
	errorCount             int64
	diagnostic             Diagnostic
	kafka                  kafka.AsyncProducer

	cluster,
	topic string

	wg sync.WaitGroup

	statsKey string

	done chan struct{}
}

func (w *writer) Open() {
	statsKey, statsMap := vars.NewStatistic("kafka", map[string]string{
		"cluster": w.cluster,
		"topic":   w.topic,
	})
	w.statsKey = statsKey
	// setup stats for the writer
	writeErrors := &writeErrorCount{
		w: w,
	}
	statsMap.Set(statWriteErrorCount, writeErrors)
	writeMessages := &writeMessageCount{
		w: w,
	}
	statsMap.Set(statWriteMessageCount, writeMessages)
	w.done = make(chan struct{}, 1)
	w.wg.Add(1)
	go func() {
		defer w.wg.Done()
		w.pollErrors()
	}()
}

func (w *writer) Close() {

	close(w.done)
	vars.DeleteStatistic(w.statsKey)
	err := w.kafka.Close()

	if err != nil {
		w.diagnostic.Error("error in kafka client shutdown", err)
	}
	w.wg.Wait()
}

// pollErrors periodically reads the writer Stats and accumulates the results.
// A read operation on the kafka.Writer.Stats() method causes the internal counters to be reset.
// As a result we control all reads through this method.
func (w *writer) pollErrors() {
	for {
		select {
		case <-w.done:
			return
		case err := <-w.kafka.Errors():
			atomic.AddInt64(&w.errorCount, 1)
			if err != nil {
				w.diagnostic.Error("kafka client error", err)
			}
		}
	}
}

// writeMessageCount implements the kexpvar.IntVar to expose error counts.
type writeMessageCount struct {
	w *writer
}

func (w *writeMessageCount) IntValue() int64 {
	return w.w.requestsInFlightMetric.Count()
}
func (w *writeMessageCount) String() string {
	return strconv.FormatInt(w.w.requestsInFlightMetric.Count(), 10)
}

// writeErrorCount implements the kexpvar.IntVar to expose error counts.
type writeErrorCount struct {
	w *writer
}

func (w *writeErrorCount) IntValue() int64 {
	return atomic.LoadInt64(&w.w.errorCount)
}
func (w *writeErrorCount) String() string {
	return strconv.FormatInt(w.IntValue(), 10)
}

func NewCluster(c Config) *Cluster {
	return &Cluster{
		cfg:     c,
		writers: make(map[string]*writer),
	}
}

func (c *Cluster) WriteMessage(diagnostic Diagnostic, target WriteTarget, key, msg []byte) error {
	w, err := c.writer(target, diagnostic)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	w.kafka.Input() <- &kafka.ProducerMessage{
		Topic: target.Topic,
		Key:   kafka.ByteEncoder(key),
		Value: kafka.ByteEncoder(msg),
	}
	return nil
}

func (c *Cluster) writer(target WriteTarget, diagnostic Diagnostic) (*writer, error) {
	topic := target.Topic
	c.mu.RLock()
	w, ok := c.writers[topic]
	c.mu.RUnlock()
	if !ok {
		c.mu.Lock()
		defer c.mu.Unlock()
		w, ok = c.writers[topic]
		if !ok {
			wc, err := c.cfg.writerConfig(diagnostic, target)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			kp, err := kafka.NewAsyncProducer(c.cfg.Brokers, wc)

			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}

			// Create new writer
			w = &writer{
				requestsInFlightMetric: metrics.GetOrRegisterCounter("requests-in-flight", wc.MetricRegistry),
				kafka:                  kp,
				cluster:                c.cfg.ID,
				topic:                  topic,
				diagnostic:             diagnostic,
			}
			w.Open()
			c.writers[topic] = w
		}
	}
	return w, nil
}

func (c *Cluster) Close() {
	c.mu.Lock()
	defer c.mu.Unlock()
	for _, w := range c.writers {
		w.Close()
	}
	return
}

func (c *Cluster) Update(cfg Config) error {
	c.mu.Lock()
	defer c.mu.Unlock()
	if configChanged(c.cfg, cfg) {
		c.clearWriters()
	}
	c.cfg = cfg
	return nil
}

func configChanged(old, new Config) bool {
	if len(old.Brokers) != len(new.Brokers) {
		return true
	}
	sort.Strings(old.Brokers)
	sort.Strings(new.Brokers)
	for i, b := range old.Brokers {
		if new.Brokers[i] != b {
			return true
		}
	}
	return old.UseSSL != new.UseSSL ||
		old.SSLCA != new.SSLCA ||
		old.SSLCert != new.SSLCert ||
		old.SSLKey != new.SSLKey ||
		old.SASLAuth != new.SASLAuth
}

func (c *Cluster) clearWriters() {
	for t, w := range c.writers {
		w.Close()
		delete(c.writers, t)
	}
}

type Service struct {
	mu       sync.RWMutex
	clusters map[string]*Cluster
	diag     Diagnostic
}

func NewService(cs Configs, d Diagnostic) *Service {
	clusters := make(map[string]*Cluster, len(cs))
	for _, c := range cs {
		if c.InsecureSkipVerify {
			d.InsecureSkipVerify()
		}
		clusters[c.ID] = NewCluster(c)
	}
	return &Service{
		diag:     d,
		clusters: clusters,
	}
}

func (s *Service) Cluster(id string) (*Cluster, bool) {
	s.mu.RLock()
	defer s.mu.RUnlock()
	c, ok := s.clusters[id]
	return c, ok
}

func (s *Service) Update(newConfigs []interface{}) error {
	s.mu.Lock()
	defer s.mu.Unlock()

	clusterExists := make(map[string]bool, len(s.clusters))

	for _, nc := range newConfigs {
		if c, ok := nc.(Config); ok {
			if err := c.Validate(); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			if c.Enabled {
				if c.InsecureSkipVerify {
					s.diag.InsecureSkipVerify()
				}
				cluster, ok := s.clusters[c.ID]
				if !ok {
					s.clusters[c.ID] = NewCluster(c)
				} else {
					if err := cluster.Update(c); err != nil {
						return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to update cluster %q", c.ID)
					}
				}
				clusterExists[c.ID] = true
			} else {
				cluster, ok := s.clusters[c.ID]
				if ok {
					cluster.Close()
					delete(s.clusters, c.ID)
				}
			}
		} else {
			return fmt.Errorf("unexpected config object type, got %T exp %T", nc, c)
		}
	}

	// Find any deleted clusters
	for name, cluster := range s.clusters {
		if !clusterExists[name] {
			cluster.Close()
			delete(s.clusters, name)
		}
	}

	return nil
}

func (s *Service) Open() error {
	return nil
}

func (s *Service) Close() error {
	return nil
}

type testOptions struct {
	Cluster string `json:"cluster"`
	Topic   string `json:"topic"`
	Key     string `json:"key"`
	Message string `json:"message"`
}

func (s *Service) TestOptions() interface{} {
	return &testOptions{
		Cluster: "example",
		Topic:   "test",
		Key:     "key",
		Message: "test kafka message",
	}
}

func (s *Service) Test(options interface{}) error {
	o, ok := options.(*testOptions)
	if !ok {
		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected options type %t", options)
	}
	c, ok := s.Cluster(o.Cluster)
	if !ok {
		return fmt.Errorf("unknown cluster %q", o.Cluster)
	}
	return c.WriteMessage(s.diag, WriteTarget{Topic: o.Topic}, []byte(o.Key), []byte(o.Message))
}

type HandlerConfig struct {
	Cluster              string `mapstructure:"cluster"`
	Topic                string `mapstructure:"topic"`
	Template             string `mapstructure:"template"`
	DisablePartitionById bool   `mapstructure:"disablePartitionById"`
	PartitionAlgorithm   string `mapstructure:"partitionAlgorithm"`
}

type handler struct {
	s *Service

	cluster     *Cluster
	writeTarget WriteTarget
	template    *template.Template

	diag Diagnostic
}

func (s *Service) Handler(c HandlerConfig, ctx ...keyvalue.T) (alert.Handler, error) {
	cluster, ok := s.Cluster(c.Cluster)
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown cluster %q", c.Cluster)
	}
	var t *template.Template
	if c.Template != "" {
		var err error
		t, err = template.New("kafka alert template").Parse(c.Template)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to parse template")
		}
	}

	diag := s.diag.WithContext(ctx...)

	return &handler{
		s:       s,
		cluster: cluster,
		writeTarget: WriteTarget{
			Topic:              c.Topic,
			PartitionById:      !c.DisablePartitionById,
			PartitionAlgorithm: c.PartitionAlgorithm,
		},
		template: t,
		diag:     diag,
	}, nil
}

func (h *handler) Handle(event alert.Event) {
	body, err := h.prepareBody(event.AlertData())
	if err != nil {
		h.diag.Error("failed to prepare kafka message body", err)
	}
	if err := h.cluster.WriteMessage(h.diag, h.writeTarget, []byte(event.State.ID), body); err != nil {
		h.diag.Error("failed to write message to kafka", err)
	}
}
func (h *handler) prepareBody(ad alert.Data) ([]byte, error) {
	body := bytes.Buffer{}
	if h.template != nil {
		err := h.template.Execute(&body, ad)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to execute alert template")
		}
	} else {
		err := json.NewEncoder(&body).Encode(ad)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to marshal alert data json")
		}
	}
	return body.Bytes(), nil
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Lamb isn't actually in season in the UK... so where has it come from?
Supporting homegrown, local, British produce is a great way to shop sustainably and champion family farms.
While it's often easy and tempting to quickly pop into our local supermarket to pick up meat or chocolate eggs, it's important we know where the food we're eating has come from — and knowing that we are making a difference to the environment around us.
This Easter, make the switch to support local farms and family businesses. Whether it's by buying chocolate eggs at your local farm shop or vegetables from a nearby market, there are great ways we can all #KeepBritainFarming this Easter.
Much of the food consumed at Easter includes roasted lamb, duck, salmon and often chicken. Choosing to pick these up from local farms is a great way to support family-run businesses, as well as backing meats that have been raised ethically. "Organic meat will typically cost a bit more, but by eating only organic, even if less frequently, means that the planet isn't paying the price," Abby Allen, meat and fish buyer at Abel & Cole tells Country Living.
Research the best ones in your local area to avoid travelling far to pick them up. If you're collecting them up from supermarkets, ensure the meat is 100% British. Most lamb eaten at Easter time is sourced from outside of the UK due to lambing patterns, so choosing to only buy British will help to keep Britain faming.
"Roast lamb is hugely popular for Easter Sunday, but lamb is typically 'out of season' at this time of year and so the majority of lamb meat found in supermarkets is sourced from outside of the UK," continues Abby.
"Beef, turkey, pork and even wild game such as muntjac and venison are all available at this time of year from British farmers, with Easter orders for these already pouring in."
If you're looking to create a beautiful Easter centrepiece, head to local florists to pick up flowers and plants to decorate your table. These would have been grown locally by the florists themselves, instead of being imported from outside of the UK. It's also an excellent way to support local businesses.
"The benefits of buying British flowers are numerous. From supporting the local economy and businesses, to enjoying the variety which different seasons bring. Freshly picked flowers also means more time in your vase and less time on the road which means reduced travel miles. When in-season, the quality of the flowers goes up and the price down, plus it also encourages biodiversity and wildlife on farmland," florist Miranda Hackett tells Country Living.
Approximately 80 million chocolate Easter eggs are sold in the UK every year, which equates to around £200 million worth of chocolate treats. Right after Christmas is over, the supermarket shelves are stacked with hundreds of boxed eggs ready for people to buy. Local farms all around the country sell locally-made hand-crafted Easter eggs that have been made with love, while wonderfully supporting local businesses. Quite brilliantly, too, the chocolate eggs sold at small-scale farm shops won't be over-wrapped in plastic. Which is just another reason to shop at local farms this Easter.
Traditionally, fish is the meal eaten on Good Friday — and it's another great opportunity to put British farming first. "It's really important to keep sustainability in mind when choosing fish for your Good Friday supper, particularly as 90% of global fish stocks are either fully or over-exploited. Keep a lookout for the Marine Conversation Society's (MCS) Good Fish Guide, which provides an updated rating of the sustainability of fish species," tells Abby Allen, meat & fish buyer at Abel & Cole to Country Living.
Keep a look out for seasonal produce that can easily be found in local farm shops. Farmers will often stock up on British-grown vegetables around Easter time, so do your meal preparation around what they have available. This will prevent you needing to go to the supermarket for extra items smaller farms may not have. Buying everything you need from a local farm will help to support their business as well as ensuring the produce is sustainable.


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Q: Flags.log.split is not a Function - Polymer I'm having this error on a web project using Polymer. The exact line is the following.
var parts = flags.log.split(","); -> Is not a function

I have read in some forums that the problem is caused by the order of the scripts imported, and that webcomponents.js must be the first script imported, but I'm still having the same error.

A: Not only Scripts order but also make sure the script is loaded before the HTML imports.
<!-- Scripts Imports -->
<script src="/bower_components/webcomponentsjs/webcomponents.js"></script>

<!-- HTML Imports -->
<link rel="import" href="/bower_components/paper-elements/paper-elements.html">

I found out the best place to put these are before any other links or scripts in the HEAD.

A: I found my error. It was a custom element I downloaded from github who was throwing the error.

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Truly successful service providers understand that the role of the service technician is changing. Digitalization is making it possible to enhance the entire customer service experience. From greatly improved first-time-fix rates, to real-time service response, to predictive maintenance, service technicians can almost guarantee customer satisfaction. However, digitalization is redefining the role of service technician in more ways than one.
Field services are no longer just a matter of installations, repairs, and maintenance. In fact, service technicians are becoming valuable lead generators and contributing substantially to new revenue streams.
Headquartered in France with 800 field service technicians worldwide, Markem-Imaje knows how well-equipped and prepared technicians can contribute to cross-selling and upselling. When switching to the Coresystems field service management solution, the company saw a 60% increase in lead generation. But how is field service yielding more leads?
Sales is a straightforward business. A company sells a product and simultaneously attempts to offer the customer as many additional complementary services in the process. Maintenance packages, insurance policies, and even training are all standard cross-sells for new products. However, the limitations on legacy systems often meant that the sales ended there. Without a comprehensive system in place to sync valuable customer and machine data with back-office information on new offers and products, it was nearly impossible to inform customers about upgrades, add-ons, accessories and more. Thanks to digitalization, this is changing.
1. Initial sale: A company salesperson sells customers a new machine or device, often with a maintenance package. When exploited, this is an essential CRM tool.
2. Onsite customer service: Field service visits are no longer just routine repair and maintenance visits. They offer an opportunity for field service technicians to assess and evaluate the customer's current operations and processes. Is the customer planning to expand? Will the company need more powerful equipment in the near future? Field service technicians are perfectly poised to ascertain real customer needs.
3. FSM software interface: Thanks to FSM solutions, relevant customer data is accessible across all channels. That means the service technician, with real-time insight into the customers' requirements, can easily cross-check new available products and services, which are compatible with the customer's current machines and devices.
In order to maximize on this potential for lead generation, two things have to happen. First, service technicians have to be aware of what to look for and what questions to ask. This is easy to accomplish with detailed checklists and procedures, for example by creating business rules in the database. With a set of guidelines, service technicians can easily navigate a service call without overlooking any opportunities for upselling or cross-selling.
A service technician on site has run through the field visit checklist and noticed that the customer is either using a competitor's product or requires spare parts for a machine. Using the FSM software on a mobile device, he or she can note this down, as well as any suggestions or customer issues, in the customer profile. Depending on the actual use case or customer requirements, this information can automatically be sent to a CRM system where a sales opportunity is created. Alternatively, a PDF document can be created which is automatically sent to the salespeople at headquarters who can then immediately follow up with relevant offers for the customers.
Contrary to common misconception, digitalization is creating new business opportunities and exciting new ways to access untapped revenue sources. It is promoting cross-sector cooperation, and this interconnectivity is strengthening each individual link of the entire chain. Not only does it make sense to take advantage of all your assets, it makes good business sense to foster continued customer communications. Beyond sales and purchase. The next generation of field service technicians is making that possible.


In 2012, Yang Jun (Jessica) nervously began producing her first radio program in Hong Kong. She designed the series specifically for female listeners and called it Spiritual Beauty (Xin Ling Li Ren in Mandarin). The program currently airs twice a week on shortwave radio in China and is available online. Adventist World Radio (AWR) recently talked with Jessica about Spiritual Beauty and in the process discovered much more about this committed young woman behind the microphone.
AWR: Jessica, why are you dedicated to working in radio?
Jessica: I think that God made the decision for me. Several years ago, I was planning to become a teacher. While I was earning my master's degree in education, I volunteered part-time in the media center at the Chinese Union Mission. That gave me the opportunity to see the process of recording radio programs, and I found it fascinating. I also realized that this ministry has tremendous possibilities for sharing Christ's love.
When the director of the media center invited me to join the team as a producer, I really wanted to say yes. But I had no training and didn't feel qualified. I decided to pray and let God lead me.
After I completed my degree, I received a call from the director. She proposed that I work in the media center for three months and then decide whether I wanted to continue. I eagerly accepted her offer, and I love my work as a producer! I've grown closer to God, and I feel that He guides me every day as I seek to share His Word.
This job also provides me with a channel to connect with people whom I'd likely never meet. They aren't only my listeners, they've become my friends. They share their joys and sorrows with me in letters and e-mails, and ask for prayer. To be honest, I'm not good at talking with others face to face, especially strangers. But through the radio I can talk to many people and feel close to them.
AWR: Why did you decide to start a program specifically for female listeners?
Jessica: When I took several psychology courses, I was fascinated by the differences between men and women. I really wanted to know more about myself as a female and figure out my purpose in life. I believe other women have the same interest, not just young girls but also married women who need to find their own value in their families and workplaces.
When I got the chance to produce my first radio program, I chose this subject immediately. In fact, I'm the main beneficiary! I've grown along with the program.
AWR: What are your goals for Spiritual Beauty?
Jessica: To help my listeners discover the rich value and meaning of a woman's life. I'm on a journey to learn these things myself, but I hope that I've given my listeners some ideas for discovering their own God-given value.
Each episode features the story of a woman in the Bible and raises questions that relate to the story, such as: What kind of personality does she have? What problems does she encounter? Do you struggle with any of the same issues? What solutions can we find in Scripture?
AWR: How did you come up with ideas for topics?
Jessica: Mostly from reading Bible stories. I read each story many times and analyze each character. And, before I jump into the story, I pray for God's guidance and inspiration.
Another great source for content is my friends and listeners. They share their experiences and thoughts with me and invite me to share them with others. I also glean books, magazines, and the Internet for things that I think will enrich women's lives and their relationship with God. I even offer health and beauty tips.
AWR: What response have you gotten from listeners?
Jessica: Because this was my first program, I didn't have any training in production and hosting. What I had was faith in God and a group of enthusiastic colleagues. After the program went on the air, I was very nervous. I didn't know how many people would listen or how they would feel about it.
Several weeks passed, and I got the first letter from one of my listeners. She said, "I'm inspired by your program. It helps me to know more about the women mentioned in the Bible and realize the precious value of being a Christian." This letter gave me a lot of encouragement.
I'm so grateful to think that God has used me to bless someone else's life.


Description: Though the massive walkers used by the clone troopers formed the backbone of the Republic's armored vehicle force, there were times when the plodding transports were impractical. Soft, waterlogged terrain slowed the squat walkers considerably, requiring a greater emphasis on smaller hovering transports to provide transportation and fire support to the infantry. On worlds such as Kashyyyk and Felucia, the two-man swamp speeder fit this need. The open-air fanboat has a pair of twin laser cannons pivot mounted at the front of the craft.
Developed by Aratech, the Infantry Support Platform (ISP) uses a hybrid repulsorlift/vectored fan propulsion system that allows it to hover aloft without touching the tough terrains of the planets where it is assigned. The rear-mounted turbofan can generate a thrust of up to 100 kilometers per hour, which can be reverse vectored in emergencies to provide a sudden stop. The small vehicles are primarily used for anti-infantry support, but the cannons are potent enough to crack the armor of tank droids and shielded droid gunships.
Stats by FreddyB. Descriptive Text and Image is from StarWars.com, and copyright is retained by LucasFilm.


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Florian's mini-tour of Scotland with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) moves onto Glasgow for the last of three concerts with a romantic theme over Valentine's Day. The venue for...
14 Feb Romantic Grieg with RSNO Edinburgh
Florian travels from Aberdeen south to Edinburgh with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) for the second of three concerts with a romantic theme over Valentine's Day. The venue for...
13 Feb Grieg with the RSNO Aberdeen
Florian returns to Scotland to join the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) for three concerts with a romantic theme over Valentine's Day. The venue for this first concert in the...
12 Jan BOZAR Next Generation 2019-20
Florian travels to Brussels to give a recital in the BOZAR Next Generation 2019-20 series of concerts. BOZAR is the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts, three concert halls, exhibition spaces,...
07 Dec Dohnányi with Havant Symphony Orchestra
Florian travels to Hampshire to join Jonathan Butcher and Havant Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Dohnányi's Variations on a Nursery Song. Programme Berlioz, Overture "Le Carnaval romain"* Sibelius, The Swan of Tuonela Dohnányi,...
29 Nov Four sonatas for South Hill Park
Florian returns to South Hill Park Arts Centre to perform a programme of four sonatas: Programme Haydn, Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI/52, L. 62 Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 21 in C...
29 Oct Perivale Recital
Florian returns to Perivale for an afternoon recital of music by Chopin and Liszt. Programme Chopin, Scherzo no 1 in B minor Op 20 Chopin, Nocturne in C sharp minor Op 27 no...
12 Aug Škampa Quartet and Florian Mitrea play Dvořák
Florian joins the Škampa Quartet at the Dartington Festival. Dvořák's Piano Quintet Op. 81 was written in just seven weeks during 1887 at the composer's country cottage at Vysoká, between...
11 Aug Liszt: Life, music & Franciscan faith @ Dartington
Not just a concert and not quite a lecture, but with elements of both! The father-in-law and son-in-law team of Iain Lane and Florian Mitrea explore the inspiration for the...
07 Aug Edinburgh Fringe: Chopin after Lunch
Florian's final performance at the Edinburgh Fringe 2019 is this afternoon recital of music by Chopin. Programme Scherzo No.1 in B Minor, Op.20 Nocturne No.7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op.27, No.1 Nocturne No.15 in F...
'Following the River' receives award nomination
Radu Paladi remembered in film
Florian's first Edinburgh Festival Fringe

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Is it your dream to have an interior design career? If so, you need to have a plan to achieve your goal. Where are you going to go to school, should be the first question you ask yourself. Have you done any research on Interior Design schools in your area? If you have found a school, research it thoroughly. What do Professional Interior Designers think of the school? Does it have a good record of accomplishment in graduates getting work in the Interior Design field?
Speak to a Professional Interior Designer; ask them how they got their interior design career started. What school did they attend? Was it difficult in finding work once they graduated? Did they volunteer their services in order to gain experience? Another important aspect to consider is will you be able to attend school in person or do you need to take an online degree program instead. Many Interior Design students keep a full time job and take an online degree program from an accredited Design school. It is something to consider if you need to keep working to pay the bills or support a family. Do not give up on your dream!
We already know that you want an Interior Design career, but do you know what Interior Design is all about? Do not think that this career is all about being creative all day long. It is also not about choosing pretty colors and working with amazing fabric either. Interior Design is about selling the client on your ideas, organizing every detail and making sure that the client is completely happy when the job is finished. An Interior Designer must work with the local municipalities to make sure all building codes are adhered to, and accurate records must be kept regarding the entire job from beginning to end. Other important tasks that the designer is responsible for include negotiating with contractors and making sure they get the job done properly and on time. Dealing with problems is a daily occurrence for Interior Designers, what do you do when the painter does not show up? It is the Designers job to make sure everything comes together smoothly.
Once you have finished your education, your Interior Design career will likely begin as a junior designer or assistant designer. As your career advances, you could end up as a senior designer, a project manager or even a partner in a design firm. Another option for your design career is to become a self-employed interior designer.
To give yourself an advantage over other aspiring interior designers, it would be prudent to learn as much as you about computer aided drafting software. Knowledge of this type of computer program could start you off at a higher pay scale. You can aid your interior design career by taking some marketing or sales courses since interior design is more about selling and marketing than anything else is. If you really want to improve your sales pitch to prospective clients, take some acting classes.
I hope that this information has not dissuaded you from seeking your dream of an interior design career.


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Natural Foods Merchandiser
Norman Dill on carving out the right niche for your natural foods store
Norman Dill, founder of Rebecca's Natural Food, explains how the store managed to thrive despite the threat of close competition.
Melaina Juntti | Mar 10, 2015
After owning a health food store in the 1970s and then leaving to earn his MBA, Norman Dill returned to retail in 1987, opening Rebecca's Natural Food in Charlottesville, Virginia. Business was solid for a few years. But then Dill suddenly faced a problem many independents today know well but that wasn't yet common in the early '90s: Whole Foods Market opened nearby. Seeing his food sales suffer, Dill decided to retool Rebecca's, shifting the store's focus to products and services that the national chain didn't provide. The revamp worked. Now, more than 20 years later, Rebecca's remains a thriving center of health and wellness that more than holds its own against the competition. Dill shares with NFM his keys to success.
Whole Foods came to Charlottesville early in its growth. How did you retool to stay afloat?
Norman Dill: It was one of the first Whole Foods stores to come to a small city, and it really hurt our grocery, produce, meat and dairy sales. We were right on the verge of not making it. So we started emphasizing vitamins and supplements more. Supplements went from 10 percent of our sales to 50 percent. That's still about where we are today.
Impressive! Sounds like a successful switch.
ND: It was, but the key change was when we made a commitment to always having very knowledgeable employees on hand who could talk about supplements. We began offering employees insurance, vacation time and IRAs to make working at Rebecca's a career for our core people. As a result, at least five people have been with us for more than 15 years. Those core employees can talk about real issues with shoppers and have gathered a loyal following. They also have good relationships with local alternative health practitioners.
How do you go about building a knowledgeable staff?
ND: I look for people who are familiar with specific areas such Ayurveda or homeopathy, but prior knowledge isn't always necessary. The key things are having a passion for healthy living and an interest in learning. Yes, it's important that our employees be knowledgeable, but we also want them to help create an enjoyable vibe in the store. When they really care about what we are doing, that adds so much to our business. We know that customers don't have to come here—they just really want to.
In what other ways do you differentiate from today's ever-increasing competition?
ND: Even Kroger next door has a natural foods section that's bigger than our entire store, so it's hard to compete on items like soymilk. So we really try to emphasize products customers can't get elsewhere. We try to be cutting-edge with local—pasture-raised eggs, meats, cheeses, fermented products. Our customers all shop at other local food stores as well, and that's OK. In fact, when Whole Foods recently relocated to just blocks away from us and Trader Joe's opened across the street from it, we were worried. But neither really affected us at all.
How have natural products shoppers changed over the years?
ND: One big change I've noticed in recent years is that shoppers are a lot more interested in their general lifestyles. Rather than looking at supplements therapeutically and coming in only when they have the flu, they're focusing on eating a healthy diet and sticking to a vitamin routine. This trend is a sign to me that wecan offer so much by having personal contact with people. Rather than just selling products, we're inspiring them and giving them the confidence to better their lives.
What's next for Rebecca's?
ND: Going forward, we'll really emphasize working with more local producers and distributors. We also want to get more local producers to make items that we can sell under the Rebecca's name—we'd like become more of a destination because of our own-brand products. We just launched a line of soaps made in Charlottesville that has sold very well. In fact, body care was our fastest-growing department in 2014, so we'll also emphasize that more.
3 ways to thrive despite competition
Follow Norman Dill's tips:
Brand local products. Selling small, local producers' goods under your brand name can be a win-win for both parties. You can help them grow their business while you build up your selection of unique products that customers will come to know you for.
Befriend the competition. Your competitors could actually send business your way. "We have Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and a few other natural independents in town, and we specialize in different things," Dill says. "We are all very friendly with one another. Whole Foods recommends our store all the time because we have a much larger supplements department."
Be firm but flexible. "We have very high product standards and many absolutes such as no GMOs in food," Dill says. "However, with produce, in order to support local, we really can't be absolute about certified organic, because so many Virginia growers just can't get certified. We'd rather offer an apple or peach right off the tree." Fresh and local will likely lure shoppers.
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Once you've established that your pet is infested with fleas or ticks, time is of the essence. But be sure to remain calm and take things one step at a time. First, treat your pet; consult with your veterinarian to find the best treatment option. Secondly, you will need to thoroughly clean and treat your home – inside and out – especially those areas where your pet spends a lot of time. Flea and tick infestations can be difficult to eliminate, so it is a good idea to call your experienced Truly Nolen professionally trained pest control experts in order to rid you and your home of fleas and ticks.
Since 1938, Truly Nolen has been keeping you, your family, and your pets safe and pest free. Millions of our satisfied customers have enjoyed the individualized attention provided by our professionally trained technicians backed by our reliable Truly Nolen guarantee. We know each home is unique and will take the time to fully understand the extent of your problem. Truly Nolen's comprehensive flea and tick treatment and individualized service begins with an interview, followed by a thorough inspection and pest identification, and results in a suggested course of action tailored for your specific situation.
Your Truly Nolen technician will ask where you have experienced fleas or ticks to determine the extent of your infestation. Our professionally trained technicians will use their "think like a bug" science-based approach as they conduct a visual inspection of the likely areas of infestation, including areas where your pets have been. Your technician will take thorough notes of all findings and at the end of the inspection will outline suggestions for implementing an integrated pest management solution specific for your home. Your technician will discuss with you which areas of your home may require preparation before treatment.
First, thoroughly vacuum the entire house, including hard surfaces, with particular attention to any place an animal rested or where animal bedding is situated. Be sure to get under everything – furniture, rugs, etc. You may also need to vacuum and treat furniture. Once you are finished, immediately seal your vacuum bag in a plastic bag and throw it away. This prevents the fleas from crawling back out and infesting your home again. Vacuuming and shampooing or steam cleaning the carpet can kill some of the larvae; however it may also still leave some live fleas, so a chemical treatment may be necessary.
Wash all linens and pet beds in order to kill possible fleas. You should wash and dry any bedding at the hottest temperature it will tolerate or, if washing is not feasible, discard it in an outside trash receptacle.
To ensure the safety of you and your animals, it is recommended your veterinarian treat your pet for fleas and/or ticks on the day Truly Nolen provides service. This should prevent your pet from re-introducing the pest into the treated environment, as well as remove the insect for the benefit of the animal's health. Make sure to remove any pet feeding dishes or any other pet-related items from the treatment area. Please keep your pet out of treated areas until materials are dry (approximately one hour) and ventilate the interior during that time.
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The 2017 FOBIF AGM will be held on Monday July 10 at 7.30 pm at the Ray Bradfield Rooms, beside Victory Park, Castlemaine.
Our speaker this year will be Brian Bainbridge who has recently moved up to our district. For many years Brian has been a member of the Merri Creek Management Committee formed in 1989 to preserve and restore the natural and cultural values of the creek. He has been employed as the Ecological Restoration Planner and involved with Plains Yam Daisy and the Golden Sun Moth projects. More details of his talk will be posted on this site soon. An interview with Brian can be found here.
Positions on the committee are President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and two ordinary members.
The FOBIF constitution is the Model Rules of Association provided by Consumer Affairs Victoria. These provide that if the number of nominations received before the AGM equals the number of places, those nominated will be declared elected. If there is an excess of nominees over places, an election will take place at the meeting.
Please note that all FOBIF committee meetings are open to any member to attend and contribute. They are held at the Continuing Education building in Templeton Street Castlemaine on the second Monday of each month from February to December, at 6 pm.


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Keshet Announces Honorees for Inaugural Landres Courage for Dignity Award
May 11, 2014 By eJP
Jennifer Gorovitz, former CEO of the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund (JCF), and Ayala Katz, who became an outspoken leader for LGBT equality in Israel following the murder of her gay son, Nir, have been named the first recipients of Keshet's new Landres Courage for Dignity Award. Nir was one of two Israelis murdered in a shooting at the Bar Noar, a Tel Aviv center for LGBT youth, where he volunteered as a counselor.
Keshet is the nation's largest organization working for LGBT equality and inclusion in all areas of Jewish life. Former Keshet Board member Shawn Landres created the award to recognize individuals who display public courage as allies to support the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people or others whose dignity is at stake.
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Well done to the Year 2 Team and all the children in Year 2 for their fantastic performance of 'A Midwife Crisis'.
All the children performed with lots of enthusiasm and it was a delight to watch. It was thoroughly enjoyed by all the parents, staff, children and governors who came along to watch it.


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Vascular Treatment Technology Discussed
Iranian specialists discussed the latest technology in the treatment of artery stenosis at the fourth national atherothrombosis conference in Tehran on Friday, on the occasion of the International Day of Atherothrombosis (Feb. 17).
Atherothrombosis is a complex disease in which cholesterol deposition, inflammation, and thrombus formation play a major role. Rupture of high-risk, vulnerable plaques is responsible for coronary thrombosis and sudden cardiac death. It is the leading cause of mortality in the industrialized world.
According to Masoud Qasemi, head of the Iranian Atherosclerosis Association, the discussions centered on the global technological advancements in the field, and Iran's access to the latest methods, IRNA reported.
"Iran has a long history of treating vascular diseases and medical facilities have developed so much in the past two decades that today all heart patients have access to quality medical services," he said.
Iran is also among the pioneers of vascular stenting and has been practicing the method since 2001, soon after developed countries adopted it.
A stent is a small mesh tube that's used to treat narrow or weak arteries or blood vessels (to keep the passageway open), and stenting is the placement of a stent.
"Treatment methods are developed from medicinal therapy to atherectomy and finally vascular stenting," Qasemi said.
He added that the former methods have not been replaced but are still employed alongside new technologies based on a patient's condition.
"Medical teams are now able to decide which treatment is best for a particular patient, whether it is medicine, surgery or modern technologies of vascular stenting and angioplasty, as all of them are available in the country."
He also pointed to developments in the field of medicine in the past five years that have reduced the risks of cardiovascular and cerebral conditions, increasing the chances of survival through advanced medical techniques.
Modern drugs have been introduced that are an alternative to surgery or used as supplements after a surgery.
"New generation of anticoagulants for instance that are known as NOAC have enabled us to treat patients in critical stages of the illness," he said.
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Brief History of Neoliberalism. First Printing in dustjacket
By: HARVEY, David
HARVEY, David. A Brief History of Neoliberalism. (Oxford) : Oxford University Press, (2005). First Printing. Pp (5),vi-vii,(1),1-247,(1). Figures. Maps. Index. 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "Neoliberalism—the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guide for all human action—has become dominant in both thought and practice throughout much of the world since 1970 or so. Its spread has depended upon a reconstitution of state powers such that privatization, finance, and market processes are emphasized. State interventions in the economy are minimized while the obligations of the state to provide for the welfare of its citizens are diminished. David Harvey, author of The Condition of Postmodernity and The New Imperialism, here tells the political-economic story of whereneoliberalization came from and how it proliferated on the world stage. Wh ile Thatcher and Reagan are often cited as primary authors of this neoliberal turn, Harvey shows how a complex of forces, from Chile to China and fromNew York City to Mexico City, have also played their part. In addition he explores the continuities and contrasts between neoliberalism of the Clinton sort and the recent turn towards neoconservative imperialism of George W.Bush. Finally, through critical engagement with this history, Harvey const ructs a framework not only for analyzing the political and economic dangersthat now surround us, but also for assessing the prospects for the more so cially just alternatives being advocated by many oppositional movements." (from the dj). Contents : Introduction. 1. Freedom's just another word. 2. The construction of consent. 3. The neoliberal state. 4. Uneven geographicaldevelopments. 5. Neoliberalism 'with Chinese characteristics'. 6. Neoliber alism on trial. 7. Freedom's prospect. Very good in dustjacket. 35.00
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Q: Elasticsearch Single analyzer across multiple index I have time-based indices
students-2018
students-2019
students-2020
I have defined 1 analyzer with synonyms, I want to reuse the same analyzer across multiple indexes, how do I achieve that?

A: You can define an index template and then create your custom analyzer with that template which includes all your student indices.
You can add your index-pattern in below index template call as mention in the official doc.
Sample index template def
{
    "index_patterns": ["student-*"],
    "settings": {
        "analysis": {
            "analyzer": {
                "my_custom_analyzer": {
                    "type": "custom",
                    "tokenizer": "standard",
                    "char_filter": [
                        "html_strip"
                    ],
                    "filter": [
                        "lowercase",
                        "asciifolding"
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Now all your student indices like students-2018 , students-2019 will have this my_custom_analyzer which is defined in the index template.
Create a student index without any setting and analyzer like
http://{{you-es-hostname}}/student-2018

And then check its setting using GET http://{{you-es-hostname}}/student-2018, which would give below output and includes the analyzer created in the index template.
{
    "student-2018": {
        "aliases": {},
        "mappings": {},
        "settings": {
            "index": {
                "number_of_shards": "5",
                "provided_name": "student-2018",
                "creation_date": "1588653678067",
                "analysis": {
                    "analyzer": {
                        "my_custom_analyzer": {
                            "filter": [
                                "lowercase",
                                "asciifolding"
                            ],
                            "char_filter": [
                                "html_strip"
                            ],
                            "type": "custom",
                            "tokenizer": "standard"
                        }
                    }
                },
                "number_of_replicas": "1",
                "uuid": "kjGEgKCOSJeIlrASP-RaMQ",
                "version": {
                    "created": "7040299"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}


Sony Ericsson have just announced a new android phone name "Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman". As you can tell from the name, Sony Ericsson are introducing the Walkman name with this new handset, the first android phone to carry the brand. The phone itself looks quite nice, all in white, if not a little chunky from the images..
The phone has a 3.2" screen and single core 1Ghz CPU. It looks to be a mid-range phone specs wise, but the Walkman branding makes me think Sony Ericsson will price this as if it was a high-end phone. If so, this may be as popular as the SE Xperia Play, which was also way overpriced for what it brought. It does ship with gingerbread which is a plus though.


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Why It's So Hard to Get Mental Healthcare in Rural America
When I was diagnosed with schizophrenia, living in rural Maine became a nightmare.
by Syrena Clark
Oct 7 2016, 4:00am
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I've lived in rural Maine my entire life, which has been both a blessing and a curse. Maine is miles of ramshackle houses, roads worsening each spring season, miles of woods, old mill towns, and abandoned buildings. The sprawl of nothingness has a certain charm. There are acres of quiet, spaces to breathe.
By the time I was diagnosed with schizophrenia, though, I had started to feel differently. As chronic psychosis became part of my life, living in rural Maine became a major disadvantage.
I experienced my first psychotic break in 2013. Since then, I've been hospitalized six times, toggling between bouts of mania and depression. But as my illness worsened, it became harder and harder to find doctors who had the training to treat serious mental illness. Only 9 percent of doctors and 16 percent of registered nurses choose to work in rural areas, making it difficult—if not impossible—to find adequate treatment.
"In rural areas, too often there are too few providers to allow for the 'luxury' of seeking out the services of a specialist—they simply don't exist," Paul Mackie, president of the National Association for Rural Mental Health, told me.
"Depending on how 'rural' one is geographically, access to care and services range from acceptable to nearly impossible," he said. "The last I understood, approximately 90 percent of all psychologists and psychiatrists and 80 percent of clinical social workers are located in urban locations."
In the entire state of Maine, there are fewer than ten in-patient psychiatric hospitals where one could go during a mental-health crisis. Even getting to a psychiatric hospital, or a doctor, can be difficult. By definition, people in rural areas are isolated geographically, so the closest emergency room or specialist might be several hours away.
"I was in contact with a woman from western Nebraska who had to travel more than 90 miles, one way, every week, to take her child with behavioral issues to a child psychologist," John Crabtree, media director for the Center for Rural Affairs, told me. "That's fine if you have a car, and a license, and the ability to take time off from work. [But] when any of those things becomes problematic, your access to services are lost."
Related: What It's Like to Be a High-Functioning Schizophrenic
And it's not just isolation. People in rural areas are more likely to lack adequate health insurance or the means to pay for mental healthcare out of pocket. In Nebraska, for example, there are an estimated 201,000 people without health insurance, roughly half of whom "earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to qualify for tax credits to buy coverage through the marketplace," according to a report by the Center for Rural Affairs. Without health insurance, my medications would cost more than $2,000 a month—an impossible sum for most people, but especially for anyone too sick to work.
Conditions in rural areas can also exacerbate mental-health problems. One in five adults suffers from mental illness, but in rural areas, rates of depression and suicide attempts are significantly higher than in urban areas, according to a report by the Center for Rural Affairs. Mostly because of isolation and poverty. For people who can't afford or access mental healthcare, some turn to self-medication, treating symptoms with drugs, alcohol, and self-harm, worsening their own illnesses. Where I live, it's easier to buy Klonopin from a dealer than it is from a psychiatrist.
After years of inadequate treatment, I swallowed an entire bottle of Gabapentin, a type of seizure medication. My goal was to die. When I was later strapped into an ambulance, the drive to the hospital was over an hour. I got better there, but after six days, I was discharged. It was far too soon, but there simply weren't enough beds to stay.
Mackie said his organization and others are investing in programs that will bring more attention to mental healthcare in rural areas, including programs that "[educate] people in rural areas to be able to provide assistance and care at a basic level," so as to start a pipeline of people who can later become licensed mental-health professionals.
"We know that people from rural areas are more likely to want to live and work in rural areas," he explained, so "the National Association for Rural Mental Health and others support focusing behavioral health education on communities and people who are statistically more likely to become rural providers."
The US Department of Health and Human Services's Office of Rural Health Policy has also outlined a list of potential solutions, including incorporating more telehealth technologies to connect people in remote areas to providers. But Mackie pointed out that many people in rural areas lack high-speed internet and "the current access to adequate bandwidth is too low for this to actually be viable."
For now, for many people in rural areas, it feels like there are no good solutions. Every time I've been hospitalized, it feels like a Band-Aid on a wound that needs stitches. And when I think back on my own suicide attempt, I think about how my story is all too common for those trapped in rural America, who are also suffering alone.
If you are concerned about your mental health or that of someone you know, visit the Mental Health America website.
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Activist arrested for Independence Day salute
Jan 5, 2009 (DVB), Private tutor Aung Pe from Twan Tay township in Rangoon division was arrested on Burmese independence day yesterday after he saluted a national monument with his hands tied.
National League for Democracy spokesperson Nyan Win said Aung Pe had been arrested after making the gesture.
"He tied his own hands up and saluted the Independence monument. He was arrested for doing that," he said.
Aung Pe's political activities have previously brought him into conflict with the authorities.
He was arrested on 14 February 2005 for saluting the independence monument in downtown Rangoon while holding a picture of general Aung San the day before, which is the birthday of Burma's national hero general Aung San.
He was jailed for three years for violating regulations governing private tutors and was released from Insein prison on 14 February 2008.
After his release, Aung Pe walked the 17 miles back to Twan Tay from Rangoon to enjoy the fresh air and views of the outside world and as a tribute to the other political prisoners who still remain in detention.
He was prevented from renewing his teaching licence but vowed to continue providing free education for children and carry on with his political activities.
Aung Pe was arrested again on 27 May in Rangoon as he marched with other activists towards Aung San Suu Kyi's house calling for her release, but was released on 10 June.
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import express, { Request, RequestHandler, Response } from 'express';
import _ from 'lodash';

import * as db from './db';

const router = express.Router();

const getDomain = (req: Request) => req.protocol + '://' + req.get('host');

const wrap = (fn: (req: Request, res: Response) => Promise<void>): RequestHandler => (req, res, next) =>
  fn(req, res).catch(err => next(err));

router.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const domain = getDomain(req);

  res.json({
    languages_url: `${domain}/languages`,
    showcases_url: `${domain}/showcases`,
    trending_url: `${domain}/trending`
  });
});

router.get(
  '/languages',
  wrap(async (req, res) => {
    const languages = await db.getLanguages();

    const result = _(languages)
      .reject(x => x.slug === 'all')
      .sortBy('name')
      .value();

    res.json(result);
  })
);

router.get(
  '/trending',
  wrap(async (req, res) => {
    const language = req.query.language || 'all';
    const since = req.query.since || 'daily';
    const trending = await db.getTrending(language, since);
    if (!trending) {
      return res.status(404).end();
    }

    res.json(trending);
  })
);

router.get(
  '/showcases',
  wrap(async (req, res) => {
    const showcases = await db.getShowcases();

    res.json(
      showcases.map(x => {
        return {
          description: x.description,
          image_url: x.image,
          name: x.name,
          slug: x.slug
        };
      })
    );
  })
);

router.get(
  '/showcases/:id',
  wrap(async (req, res) => {
    const showcase = await db.getShowcase(req.params.id);
    if (!showcase) {
      res.status(404).end();
    } else {
      res.json(showcase);
    }
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);

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RELEASE: Conservative Groups Spending Big to Influence Nonpartisan Judicial Races
Press Release Aug 11, 2014
Katie Murphy
Washington, D.C. — On Thursday, the Republican State Leadership Committee, or RSLC, tried unsuccessfully to unseat three Tennessee justices vying for new terms on the state supreme court by funding attack ads in an opposition campaign. Although the RSLC's attempts failed to remove the three justices, its campaign forced the justices to engage in an unprecedented fundraising effort, with campaign cash coming from donors who have a financial stake in the court's rulings.
Today, a new report released by the Center for American Progress outlines how national conservative groups—including the RSLC and the Koch-affiliated Americans for Prosperity, or AFP—could come to dominate nonpartisan judicial elections across the country, erroding judicial independence with a flood of partisan campaign cash.
CAP's report focuses on nonpartisan judicial elections in Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina—the three states that most recently changed from partisan to nonpartisan judicial elections. Meanwhile, conservative legislatures in these three states have passed controversial bills that are currently facing or will soon face legal challenges. National conservative groups, many of which are headquartered in Washington, D.C., are now inundating the nonpartisan judicial in Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina with partisan campaign cash; spending big to put conservative judges on the bench in order to protect statutes passed by conservative lawmakers.
"Until now, reforms in Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina had largely succeeded in keeping the courts free of political pressure," said Billy Corriher, Director of Research for Legal Progress at CAP. "In an effort to insulate legislators' conservative agendas from legal challenges, the RSLC and other right-wing groups are flooding these races with campaign cash. Partisan campaign cash leads to increasing pressure for judges to rule in ways that please wealthy donors."
In North Carolina and Tennessee, the courts are the only branch of government not controlled by conservatives. However, as controversial legislation—such as Tennessee's voter ID law and North Carolina's legislative attacks on programs that help low- and moderate-income families—navigates through state courts, national conservative groups are pouring big money into putting conservative, pro-corporate judges on the bench.
The influx of conservative campaign cash is not confined to Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. With access to the national GOP fundraising network, groups such as the RSLC seem to be targeting states that have not seen much campaign cash in judicial elections in the past—a potential game changer for judicial elections nationwide.
In order to free courts from political pressure, CAP recommends the following reforms:
Remove judges from the electoral process. The corrupting influence of money in judicial elections would not be a factor if judges were not elected.
Adopt thoughtful and responsible measures to keep partisanship and big money out of state judicial elections. Public financing programs can restore public confidence in judges' ability to rule independent of partisan pressure and big-money interests.
Demand dark-money groups disclose their donors. Without adequate disclosure, voters are deprived of information that is vital in assessing the trustworthiness of out-of-state attack ads.
Read the report: Koch Brothers and D.C. Conservatives Spending Big on Nonpartisan State Supreme Court Races by Billy Corriher
State Judicial Ethics Rules Fail to Address Flood of Campaign Cash from Lawyers and Litigants by Billy Corriher and Jake Paiva
Supreme Court's Campaign Finance Jurisprudence Displays a Naïve View of Political Corruption by Billy Corriher
Partisan Judicial Elections and the Distorting Influence of Campaign Cash by Billy Corriher
Voters Overwhelmingly Support Judicial Election Reforms by Billy Corriher
For more information or to speak to an expert, contact Katie Murphy at kmurphy@americanprogress.org or 202.495.3628.


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Revelers celebrate 14th Esch Cavalcade
In bright sunshine and warm temperatures on Sunday afternoon thousands of revelers celebrated carnival in the streets of Esch-sur-Alzette.
8.3.2015 Luxembourg, ESCH, Kavalkade Esch, Carnaval, Karneval, cortège photo Anouk Antony
No less than 57 clubs and organisations participated in the procession for the 14th edition of Escher cavalcade.
But it was an international affair with 16 floats from Germany, five from France and one from Belgium, alongside the Luxembourg floats too.
After the launch at around 2.30pm on the Place Victor Hugo, the participants meandered up to the rue de Canal and on to the Place Brill.
Most onlookers however, were lured to the rue Alzette and after the three-kilometre journey, the floats arrived at the town hall square, where the "Afterkavalkade" began. A party that went on well into the night!
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Q: What is the preferred way to allow Silverlight App to consume your existing stack Quick one for a silverlight noob.
I have an existing middle tier (Domain Core, Persistence, Infrastructure etc) that supports an mvc front end.
I am looking at developing a separate backend admin app in silverlight and have begun work using prism. I see that silverlight apps cannot ref non-silverlight assemblies.
What is the best way to allow silverlight to talk to the existing middle tier? I assume it may be a WCFRIA facade?
Cheers

A: Your assumption is correct, though there are also other limited options.
If your needs are reasonably simple, I'd look at WCF RIA Services first.  If your service needs to provide more complex things, like callbacks to the client, RIA Services might not work for you, but the general WCF idea still holds.
You may also want to look at cross-compiling some of your business logic inside a Silverlight assembly, so you can get client-side rather than server-side validations, that sort of thing.  But that's more gravy than an actual requirement for most LOB applications.  The basic idea of using WCF in some fashion to wrap your existing infrastructure is the way to go.


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July 8, 2015 / 12:57 PM / in 4 years
At least 22 killed in Algerian ethnic clashes: medical sources
Hamid Ould Ahmed
ALGIERS (Reuters) - At least 22 people have been killed in ethnic clashes between Arab and Amazigh communities around the Algerian desert town of Ghardaia, with several businesses and homes burned down, medical sources and state media said on Wednesday.
The violence that erupted over the weekend was some of the worst in years in the flashpoint region where tensions often run high between Arabs and Mozabite Berbers - one of the Amazigh people of North Africa - competing for jobs, houses and land.
Security forces were sending reinforcements in a bid to calm renewed clashes that intensified on Monday and Tuesday night.
"Most of the victims died after being struck in the head by projectiles," said one local official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media. "We hope the situation will improve. Tribal leaders have been mediating."
Fifteen people died of wounds on Tuesday night and another four people died of their wounds in hospital on Wednesday, a local medical source told Reuters.
Most Mozabites live in the desert region around Ghardaia province but some are based in northern areas.
About 70 Mozabites staged a rally in Algiers on Wednesday to urge authorities to take urgent measures to end confrontations there.
Some protesters carried banners that read 'I, Ghardaia' among others, witnesses said.
Three people had died on Monday, mainly in the small town of Guerrara, near Ghardaia, state media said.
Ghardaia, around 600 km (370 miles) from Algiers, is home to both Arabs and the Mozabite Berber, who speak their own language and follow their own school of Islam.
Interior Minister Noureddine Bedoui arrived in Ghardaia early on Wednesday, as tribal leaders called for "vigilance and wisdom", the official APS news agency reported.
About 30 people were also wounded, including seven seriously, in the past two days, while several businesses, houses and cars were burned, medical and local sources said.
The clashes were the worst in recent years. Similar violence erupted in the area last year, resulting in the death of at least two people. Five people died the previous year.
Reporting by Hamid Ould Ahmed; Writing by Patrick Markey; Editing by Rosalind Russell


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overnights May 21, 2012
Mad Men Recap: Hare Krishna
By Matt Zoller Seitz
Christmas Waltz
Photo: Jordin Althaus/AMC
When Don Draper pulled the brim of his hat down over his eyes and said a dashing farewell to Joan in "Christmas Waltz," I felt something I hadn't yet felt during this otherwise excellent season of Mad Men: elation. Written by Victor Levin and Matthew Weiner and directed by Michael Uppendahl, it moved and felt more like an early episode, snappy and sexy. I don't say this to take anything away from the rest of season five to date — for their creative ambition, I'd put episodes one through six up against any run of any series in TV history — but to acknowledge what some other fans have been saying. Except for bits of comedy (mostly involving Roger), this season has had a pervasive sense of unease. We haven't been given too much sexy banter between funny, attractive grown-ups, like the lovely sequence between the just-divorce-papered Joan and the domestically unhappy Don at the bar. When we do get a scene like that, we feel a sense of cathartic relief, as if we've been crawling across a desert and somebody appeared before us with a parasol and a glass of ice water.
Historical context has something to do with it. Nearly every episode of season five has contained a nod to the violence of the era and the sense of impending generational upheaval that's making Don and the other partners (including the young old fogey Pete Campbell) feel disconnected from their culture and old before their time. But it's also a character thing: Nearly every major character, male and female, has been struggling under the burden of being something they're not naturally inclined to be. Some have reacted by embracing that difference, albeit reluctantly: Roger and Jane splitting up, for example, or Peggy moving in with her boyfriend (though she doesn't seem too satisfied with that change, otherwise why would she be practically living at the office?). Others have acted out, consciously or unconsciously: Pete Campbell's dour fling with his traveling companion's wife, Joan kicking her insensitive husband to the curb, and all the Megan-Don stuff, which has anchored most of the thematic action this season.
Jon Hamm alluded to a possible Don-Joan hookup this season, and the show now appears to be headed in that direction. When Don impulsively dragged her to the Jaguar dealership to get her mind off having been served divorce papers (I loved her blowup at the receptionist, which was a long time coming), they were playacting marriage and seemed very comfortable doing so; I especially loved Joan responding to the Jaguar salesman by saying they had four children "between us." "That car does nothing to me," Don said. "It's because you're happy, you don't need it," Joan replied — a great bit of writing for how it recognized the reality of Don's situation by confirming his delusions. The car, of course, is Joan, which is why I laughed out loud at that moment when Don told the salesman, "She really wants me to take it for a ride."
Playacting marriage has been a sub-theme this season. Recall that in "Lady Lazarus," Don and Megan are asked to enact a husband-wife script in the Cool Whip test kitchen, and do it effortlessly at SCDP, but when Megan leaves the firm to pursue her acting career, Peggy has to step in, and her awkward, resentful version of the scene with Don is like a parody of a marriage gone sour. Then there was that bit last week with Roger asking his soon-to-be-ex Jane to accompany him to the Manischewitz client dinner and pretend that they were still married. Playacting has always been important to Mad Men and has been explored through many characters over the last five seasons. The fact that the main character is an imposter whose entire life is a performance makes it official. (And he married an actress. Perfect!) Problem is, can't sell either an actual lifestyle or a scripted scene unless your heart is in it — unless you can commit.
Don committed to his marriage with Megan and has made a lot of noise about how her influence has made him a better man, and on a superficial level there's some truth to this. He hasn't cheated on her once (that we know of) and has pointedly rejected any opportunities that came his way — even during the brothel tour with the Jaguar contact, which according to the mores of the time would have been considered "off-books" by guys like Roger, Don, and Pete.
But Megan's youth, beauty, and optimism have also started to weigh heavily on Don, reminding him of his advancing age (he recently turned 40, which, culturally speaking, felt a lot older then than it probably does now) and disconnecting him from the source of his power, his mastery of words and work. The scene in this episode where Megan and Don attend a stridently anti-commercial play exposed another fissure in Don's second marriage: Megan's the child of left-wing intellectuals and is thus predisposed to distrust and dislike the very industry that pays for her lavish lifestyle. (Like most Mad Men details, their evening's entertainment is drawn from history: The trilogy American Hurrah premiered at the Pocket Theatre in Manhattan on November 7, 1966.) Megan has a reflexive anti-advertising bias that's only now starting to surface. The argument between them immediately following the play suggested that, without meaning to, Don has somehow taken that scene between him and the condescending beatnik in season one and turned it into a marriage. "How do you sleep at night," a beat asks him snidely. "On a bed made of money," Don replies.
More playacting: Harry, Mad Men's funniest character after Roger, finally gets half of an episode to himself, reconnecting with Paul Kinsey. Paul has remade himself as a Hare Krishna follower in thrall to the movement's founder Srila Prabhupada. He also has a main squeeze, Mother Lakshmi. But despite all his nattering about the satisfactions of rejecting the material world and his apparently genuine belief in the value of spiritual inquiry, it's clear that Paul isn't happy — otherwise why would he push his apparently horrible Star Trek spec script on Harry and press him to forward it to NBC? (With its heavy-handed race-relations theme, Paul's script, "The Negron Complex," suggests a third-season Trek episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.") Paul's praise for Star Trek's storytelling formula could also describe Mad Men and many of the more notable modern TV dramas: "Moral complexities tinged with adventure." On this show, of course, the adventures are mainly emotional rather than physical. The final frontier is interior.
The Harry-Paul subplot resolves with one of the season's most moving scenes: Harry, unable to tell Paul the truth about his script, instead gives him $500 and encourages him to move to Los Angeles and make a go of it as a writer. It's not the best solution, obviously — if Paul's writing is that bad, he'll end up working at the A&P in West Hollywood rather than in Gene Roddenberry's writers' room — but the genuine tenderness that flows between the two former officemates is unaffected and moving. Here, too, the word relief applies: The now-bald, robed Paul, who has no money and few prospects, is so overwhelmed by his old friend's generosity that he hugs him right there in the coffee shop. At the same time, though, I was again reminded of one of Don's lines from the season one beatnik tell-off scene: "People want to be told what to do so badly that they'll listen to anyone."
I loved the coffee shop scene so much that it made me almost (but not quite) forgive the scene between Lakshmi and Harry in Harry's office, which is hands-down the dumbest and most incoherent scene in season five of Mad Men, and the one that most lends credence to the notion that this is ultimately a male-centered show that understands many of its female characters in an academic rather than intuitive way. Lakshmi was there to …
Well, what the hell was she there to do, anyway? The most charitable interpretation would be to say that her motivations made sense to her, but not to Harry. But seriously, can we just collectively agree that the scene was a hot mess, so much so that Harry, in his incredulity and confusion, seemed like an audience surrogate? Why was Lakshmi using her sexuality to influence Harry by banging him in his office instantly? Wouldn't it have made more sense — as Harry, not normally the most clearheaded character, pointed out — to tease Harry with the possibility of sex but not actually go through with it? She says that when she was with Harry in the Krishna temple, she felt a tingling all over, "Especially one place," and that she was on guard against Harry's attempt to yank Paul out of the movement: "You want to make him into a gross materialist when he's living in the spiritual world." Whaaaaa???? "I'm confused," Harry asks after banging her doggy-style atop his desk. "Why did we just do that?" "I'm trading the only thing I have," she says. "But you already gave it away!" Harry exclaims. It's as if a naysayer's notes from a Mad Men writers' room meeting got incorporated into the scene rather than being used to solve the scene's problems.
Anyway, back to Don and Joan: We all wanted to see this (potential) hookup happen. Right? The stars are aligned. Not only are Don and Joan the two Mad Men characters who most obviously embody Old Movie notions of glamour, they're both either emerging from (or dealing with) the realization that they are who they are, and that they can't just remake their lives with the snap of a finger (or a proposal to a secretary at Disneyland). In retrospect, Joan's marriage now seems an extreme and ill-advised reaction against her nature; in the early part of this season, the sight of her stuck at home with a baby was depressing, not because there's anything inherently bad about being a parent or a military wife, but because Joan was always at her happiest in the office, acing the role of sexy mother hen, and negotiating relationships between employers and employees with a knowing grin and some not-so-sly innuendo. Don is at his best, and his happiest, pulling miracles out of his posterior.
The big speech at the end of the episode was a great example of this skill: Don turned a glass-half-empty situation (the Christmas bonuses barely paid for via partner deferments) into "Your cup runneth over." And he did it through sheer enthusiasm and canny phrasing and nothing else. He even pulled a Tom Sawyer and made everyone (momentarily) thrilled to slave for several weekends on the Jaguar account during the holiday season when they should be spending time with their families. We have just three episodes left this season, and who knows where they'll go, but I'm going to make a prediction anyway: Don Draper will be "back" by the end, but at terrible cost. He'll either be standing in the smoldering ruins of his marriage to Megan or else duplicating the previous matrimonial scenario that he described to Joan at the bar: being bad, then going home and being good. When Megan confronted the drunk Don after his day with Joan and blasted him as "someone who doesn't give a shit about anyone," it was as if the spirit of Betty had invaded the room, though Don certainly asked for it by staying out all day without so much as a tipoff phone call and making that smart-ass remark about Megan getting out a "rolling pin." "You like to get mad," he said confidently, sidling up to her and trying and failing to turn on the Draper charm. "That's what gets you going." It'll get her going, all right, but not in the way that Don hopes. Going, as in leaving.
• We see Lane Pryce forging a check with Don's signature, presumably to take care of his tax issues. From the skillful, practiced way he traces Don's signature atop a light table, it seems as if it's not the first time he's forged a check, though maybe he just has a knack for it.
• Peggy has been given very little to do this season, partly because so much screen time has been devoted to Don and Megan's marriage and the misadventures of other supporting characters. Maybe there'll be a narrative Hail Mary between now and the finale that'll make Peggy's marginalization seem worth it, but still, color me bummed.
• After making a big to-do out of integrating the firm, Mad Men has done nothing of note with Dawn's character other than that one great scene between her and Peggy at Peggy's apartment. I realize this is the show's prerogative and that, given the characters' near-total disconnect from African-American life, it's not unbelievable. But I can't help feeling that the show is just flat-out terrified of going there for fear of not getting the details right, and that in light of this, maybe they would have been better off not going there at all. What is stopping the series from giving us a glimpse into Dawn's personal life, or maybe a few more juicy scenes, or even a half-episode? We've gotten to know a lot more about another new character, Michael Ginsberg, than we have about Dawn; they even gave his father a couple of scenes. What's with the hesitance? Is it really harder for audiences, or the writers, to imagine their way into the life of a young black secretary than the life of the poor white prostitute's son who stole a man's identity in Korea and remade himself as an advertising genius? Go ahead, Mad Men, and boldly go there.
Mad Men's Matt Weiner on How He Found the Perfect Megan Draper


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Heroes: Sung and unsung
Humour in real life
Campus capers
Festivals and faith
Crash averted!
Mr Kumar, who works as a railway traffic controller, had the most scary experience ten years ago. This is what happened: The "Gujarat Queen" left Ahmedabad at 6.30 am and headed for Vadodara situated 100 kilometres away while travelling at a speed of 50 km per hour. The "Vadodara Express", meanwhile, started from Vadodara at 7.00 am and travelled towards Ahmedabad at 40 km per hour.
At 7.30 am, Mr Kumar, who was then at Vadodara, came to know that both the trains were running on the same track! Mr Kumar acted at once, and caused both the trains to halt. Thanks to Mr Kumar, a major accident was averted. But just supposing that the blunder had not come to anyone's notice, can you determine as to when the two trains might have collided?
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Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad - www.iimahd.ernet.in
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Téléchargez la partition de A catch on the midnight cats, canon anglais de Michael Wise avec accords de guitare (3 voix).
If the business of love be no more than to purr.
Puss, puss lasts not long but turns to cat-whore.
Both hazard, both hazard, their necks in the fray.
Keep their feet, mount their tails, mount their tails and away.