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Q: Java retrieve alternative Ldap Attribute names The situation:
I'm actually reading contact information from an Ldap source within a Java application. The found SearchResult contains all values I want, no trouble with that.
Once the SearchResult is available, I need to read its attributes - which attributes to read, is specified by the user in a config file.
The problem, explained on an example:
A user specifies to read the property 'stateOrProvinceName'. The Ldap handles this as 'st'. The returned Searchresult will contain a key=>value pair with 'st' as key. If I look up 'stateOrProvinceName' this will of cource not be found. I want that 'st' key - but I do not want to manually code a mappnig of alternative Ldap-Field names. The relevant code part:
Attributes ldapAttributes = foundContact.getAttributes();
Attribute wantedAttribute = ldapAttributes.get(ldapFieldName);

Explanation: 'foundContact' is the SearchResult, I store its Attributes in 'ldapAttributes'. The 'ldapFieldName' is the name, the user specified in the config file (like 'stateOrProvinceName'), I try to get this attribute and store it in 'wantedAttribute'. If 'stateOrProvinceName' is not contained, 'wantedAttribute' is of course null. But since 'st' exists, I do not want this to be null ;)
The question:
is there some 'easy' way to retrieve a list of all alternative names, given one name of an attribute?
Thanks for your time!

A: The rfc'ed approach for that is to locate the attribute definition in your entry's subschemaSubentry referenced schema definition. (p32 in RFC 4512)
E.g. OpenLDAP stores this information in cn=Subschema. Unfortunately this entry uses the attribute definition format which you first have to parse by yourself:
attributetype ( 2.5.4.8
    NAME ( 'st' 'stateOrProvinceName' )
    DESC 'RFC2256: state or province which this object resides in'
    SUP name )

Iirc/maybe UnboundID's LDAP SDK has now a parser for this purspose.


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Stalin's James Bond
This is a story about ideals, beliefs and betrayal. Richard Sorge fought against Hitler and National Socialism.
Out of conviction for the Communist cause, Richard Sorge acted as a spy in service of Stalin. The man with a German father and a Russian mother was a member of Hitler's NSDAP and was living in Japan, an ally of Nazi-Germany. In 1951 a journalist wrote that, "He had indeed betrayed his fatherland, but in favour of his motherland." And truer words have never been spoken. He was a master spy, duty-bound to the fight against Hitler - a daredevil, a womanizer and a rule breaker. Richard Sorge is not just the model for Ian Fleming's "James Bond" - he was the actual James Bond - A fact that turns this historical documentary into a cinematic thriller. His is a story about love, loyalty, trust and betrayal.
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Liverpool cool Naby Keita interest after rejected bids - sources
BERLIN -- Liverpool have accepted RB Leipzig's unwillingness to sell Naby Keita and will wait until next summer to return for him, sources have told ESPN FC.
Liverpool had been tracking the Guinea midfielder all summer and had two bids rejected by the Bundesliga runners-up -- the second of which was worth €75 million, according to owner Dietrich Mateschitz.
Leipzig's stance -- both publicly and privately -- has been that Keita is not for sale at any price this summer as the club embark on the Champions League for the first time in their history.
And, barring any U-turn from Leipzig while the transfer window is still open, Liverpool will put their interest in the 22-year-old on hold till next summer, sources have told ESPN FC.
It has been reported that Keita's contract includes an exit clause of £48m, which comes into activation next summer.
RB Leipzig sporting director Ralf Rangnick recently hit out at the advisors of Keita and Emil Forsberg for unsettling the players this summer.
Rangnick drew criticism for implying that Keita's head had been turned by the "whole village in Guinea" and later tried to clarify the comments.
"I know Naby from the very first day when he came to Salzburg," he said. "We therefore have a very close relationship, also to his adviser. We are in a trusting exchange. That is exactly what I said in my lecture in Bochum.
"Behind many players with an African background, and I've met a lot of them, there is a clan and sometimes a whole village, that lives from the help of one football player. And it's the case that there are people behind Naby, that demand his transfer."
Meanwhile, Liverpool defender Connor Randall has completed a season-long loan move to Scottish side Hearts, the Merseyside club have confirmed.


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In 1966, with the help of the West Berlin Senate, the DAAD officially took over the West Berlin "artists-in-residence program," initiated by the Ford Foundation in 1963, and has continued to administer and develop it since then under the name the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. In 1978, the daadgalerie was opened as a new exhibition venue in West Berlin for bringing together the diverse activities of the artists' program and offering international guests a platform within the German cultural scene. From the very beginning, the daadgalerie has held exhibitions, performances, readings, concerts, sound projects, and film presentations. Some of the first exhibitions at the daadgalerie included installations by Michelangelo Pistoletto (1978) and Ben Vautier (1979). Produced at nearly the same time were urbanistic projects in the broadest sense that would have a pivotal effect on art developments in the 1980s, such as Stephen Willats's examination of West Berlin's social structure, Leben in vorgegeben Grenzen/Vier Inseln in Berlin (Life in Given Limits – Four Islands in Berlin), or Paul-Armand Gette's investigation of Berlin vegetation, Exotik als Banalität (Exoticism as Banality, 1980). This also included significant works of video art by Nan Hoover (1981) and Joan Jonas, I Saw Her Burning (1984). In addition to this, German or Berlin artists were also shown, including filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger's very first exhibition in 1981. A reading by Stanislaw Lem broke all visitor records at the daadgalerie and provided the impetus for a large-scale renovation of the interior spaces of the former villa of German silent film star Henny Porten on Kurfürstenstrasse. René Block, head of all divisions of the daadgalerie from 1982–92, succeeded in unifying the various artistic strands of the artists' program in a number of Fluxus-inspired interdisciplinary projects. This included the multi-media Rosenfest in 1984, featuring site-based works by Lawrence Weiner and Jannis Kounellis, or Maryanne Amacher's sound-space-light installation The Music Rooms (1987). The Artists-in-Berlin Program provided support to Nam June Paik during the complex organization of his famous TV satellite action Good Morning Mr. Orwell on 1.1.1984. In the same year Paik showed a media installation at the daadgalerie. Even the early 1990s were marked by impressive exhibitions with large-scale installations. Around the fall of the Wall in 1989, Ilya Kabakov designed the project Ausstellung eines Buches (Exhibition of a Book) for the daadgalerie. In 1994, Damien Hirst transformed the gallery space into a walk-through butterfly garden with Good Environment For Coloured Monochrome Paintings (1994). Prior to this, Ayse Erkmen made the gallery itself the focus of her exhibition Das Haus (The House) (1993) through her skillful intervening in the exhibition space by lowering the neon lighting.
Renée Green's project on archives, Miscellaneous, and Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler's participatory installation (see photo) were presented in 1995 parallel to the premiere of Stan Douglas's groundbreaking projection Der Sandmann (The Sandman)—based on the story by ETA Hoffmann—and Matt Mullican's flag installation at the Neue Nationalgalerie and the Alexanderplatz station (see photo). Also at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Douglas Gordon presented two video installations specifically designed for the site in 1999, while David Lamelas and Steve McQueen each presented new projects at the daadgalerie, Invention of Dr. Morel (1999), Lamelas; Barrage (2000), McQueen, the same year.
In 2005, the daadgalerie moved to Zimmerstrasse, which had once been divided by the Berlin Wall. Here, projects by and with Artists-in-Berlin Program guests from all disciplines were realized in a white-cube-like exhibition space. Since January 2017, the daadgalerie has a new location at Oranienstr.161 in Kreuzberg. The exhibition and venue spaces are located in "Haus Stiller," a residential and commercial building designed by Oskar Kaufmann and built from 1910 to 1911. Presented on the ground floor level of the daadgalerie are exhibitions featuring current and former guests of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. The daadgalerie_studio located on the first floor serves as a venue for public events of the visual arts, film, literature, and music divisions.
The Berliner Künstlerprogramm – Artists-in-Berlin Program – is one of the most renowned international programs offering grants to artists in the fields of visual arts, literature, music and film. Since 1963, some 20 grants are awarded to international artists for an approximately one year stay in Berlin. The names of over 1.000 former guests impressively underscore the quality of the program. During more than 50 years of existence, it has made a significant contribution to the international representation of contemporary arts in Berlin.
From the very beginning, the Berliner Künstlerprogramm has defined itself as a forum of artistic dialogue which extends beyond cultural, geographical and, certainly, beyond political borders. This forum is effective and vigorous not only through the work and presence of the artists living in the city, but also through the approximately 100 events a year which the Berliner Künstlerprogramm hosts in conjunction with its guests in Berlin and other cities, and not least, by the international juries of experts in the four sections who decide upon the invitations to be issued. In this way, standpoints of the international artistic avant-garde are mediated, not only in Berlin, stimulating both aesthetic and political discourse. In Berlin, the center of activities is the daadgalerie on Oranienstraße.
Artists in the fields of literature, film and music may submit an application to the Berliner Künstlerprogramm, application forms can be downloaded at www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de under the link scholarship. Artists in the visual arts cannot submit their own application. In this field an international jury nominates artists for the invitations.
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Your Crazy Love week at the Crazy Horse Paris!
You are here : Home > Valentine's day 2021 in Paris > Valentines Day at the Crazy Horse Paris
Come to discover the famous girl dancers of the Crazy Horse and the show "CRAZY LOVE WEEK" for Valentine's Day ! Our offer includes access ticket to the cabaret to attend the music hall of the Crazy Horse with 1/2 bottle of Veuve Cliquot rosé champagne and 1 box of 2 "macarons création Crazy by Ladurée"...
Crazy Horse Paris - affectionately known as Le Crazy - was founded in Paris in 1951 by Alain Bernardin, an avant-garde artist and insatiable admirer of women. With their memorable names (Enny Gmatic, Trauma Tease, Fasty Wizz, Mika Do and so on), the legendary Crazy Horse dancers represent the French elite of beauty and seduction. Discover a legendary and cosy venue, a favourite among international artists and celebrities, such as Beyoncé, Dita Von Teese, Christian Louboutin, David Lynch and Jean Paul Gaultier, to name but a few. Like them, go crazy about "Le Crazy"!
"Love is in the air!" At Crazy Horse from Monday 10th to Sunday 16th, February 2020!
On Valentine's Day, Crazy Horse innovates and presents for the first time its "Crazy Love Week": a festive and upbeat week sprinkled with nice surprises.
Each evening of this special and exclusive week, the show "Totally Crazy" will transform into an ode to love through revisited shows with a romantic playlist and an artistic wink.
It is with passion, audacity, sensuality and humor that the legendary troop of Crazy Girls, "the most beautiful girls in the world", interpret this festive show, dressed and sublimated by the subtle rays of lights, artistic signature of Crazy Horse.
The Crazy Valentine's Day offer, exclusively containing two macaroons created by Ladurée X Crazy Horse, will be available every day of the week!
OFER AVAILABLE FROM 10 TO 16 OF FEBRUARY 2020
A Crazy Valentine's Day !
Shows at 8:30pm et 10:45pm
New Show "CRAZY LOVE WEEK" / Duration : 1h30
Included in our offer :
• 1/2 bottle of Veuve Cliquot rosé champagne (or 2 drinks per person)
Discovery Cruise + Dinner
at the foot of the Eiffel Tower
Valentine's Day cruise Diamant Bleu
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Valentine's dinner show at the Lido de Paris


Mistletoe Lane is 12 months of wonderful applique fun from Bunny Hill Designs.
It's time to hang the mistletoe, surround yourself with family and friends, and start a tradition to last a lifetime.
Count down the days to Christmas with our Mistletoe Lane quilt. Use the panel to create numbered tags for the little pockets on this special advent quilt, then hang them on the tree as you count the days.
Cinnamon, the Mistletoe Lane goose, joins in the festivities throughout the quilt. She'll skate her way into your heart! Your family will love the holidays with Mistletoe Lane!
Each month for 12 months you will receive one block pattern and the fabric to complete the block. Month 12 also includes the fabric for sashing, borders and binding and directions for completing the quilt.
You'll have so much fun with this wonderful quilt! Join our block of the month and get started right away!
When you sign up for this block of the month, you will be charged a sign-up fee of $40.00.
Each month you will receive a kit that includes instructions for one block, a photo of the block, a full-size pattern, and fabric. A fee of $24.00 will be charged each month for 12 months for this kit.
An optional embellishment kit is also available. It includes all of the buttons Anne used in the original quilt plus Baker's Twine. If you decide to purchase the embellishment kit, please choose just one. We have a red and white twine option and a pink and white twine option. The Embellishment Kit is $11.71.
You can also purchase a coordinated backing from the same collection.
When you sign up for this block of the month, you are committing to purchasing all of the blocks for the quilt. We will charge your credit card and ship your package around the 15th of each month starting in July, 2015 and ending in June of 2016.
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More household hijinks with Lincoln Loud and his ten sisters: Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lucy, Lisa, Lola, Lana, and Lily. Learn the insides and outs of the living in the Loud House and thriving in the chaos. Featuring all new stories and art by creator Chris Savino, and the show's creative team!


When I was inspired by my sister's gorgeous photo of Rustico Bay, I had to create this tunic-length raglan sleeve sweater, which features a pointelle-edge collar, cuff and hem. In colours as shown.
A coordinating scarf and mittens are also available!
60% lamb's wool, 40% sheep's wool - 100% luxurious!


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Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness Receives Community Foundation Grant
Trenton, New Jersey – Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness received a $21,125 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President's Grant Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation, in support of working to end homelessness in Greater Trenton though its Housing First and Rapid Rehousing programs. Funds will be used to provide safety net services and to develop strategies to stabilize the availability of shelter and permanent housing.
Frank A. Cirillo, executive director of the Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness, said the funds would be used to support initiatives to prevent and end homelessness in the Trenton/Mercer community, and advance state-wide strategies to stabilize short-term shelter, and fund permanent housing solutions to end homelessness. "The Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness is honored and excited to have been awarded a generous $21,125 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President's Grant Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation to support its efforts to stabilize short term shelter in Mercer County, and advocate for state-wide solutions to fund a safety net for individuals and families who become homeless. This includes the development and funding of rapid permanent housing policies for the homeless," said Cirillo. "Shelters should be safe-havens with no barriers to access, and should be used as a short-term safety net within a system whose goal is permanent housing," said Cirillo. "Housing First and Rapid Rehousing policies should be adopted as State policy. The goal of moving families and individuals as quickly as possible into housing is the Federal direction. It is both humane and cost effective. We need to explore all possible funding options to make these policies a reality, particularly in the challenging years ahead."
Founded in 2004, the Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness is a public-private partnership of the county's business, government and the non-profit sectors. Its mission is to develop and implement strategies and systems to end homelessness in Mercer County through permanent housing.
Utilizing Housing First policy, the Mercer Alliance has developed systems that have become state and national models for ending homelessness for families, singles, and veterans; particularly those experiencing chronic homelessness. As a result of these initiatives Point in Time statics indicate singles homelessness in the Trenton/Mercer area has been reduced by 62% compared to the State average of 43% and the national average of 31%, and ended veterans' homelessness in 2015. Family homelessness has been reduced by 79% compared to the state average of 58% and the national average of 18%.
As impressive as these accomplishments are, there is still a great deal of work to do to prevent homelessness, and to ensure that individuals and families experiencing homelessness are rapidly rehoused and can access the necessary resources and services to succeed. Our census data indicates there were still 201 homeless families and 1443 homeless individuals in the Trenton/Mercer area in 2016.
The Mercer Alliance is extremely grateful that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President's Grant Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation has recognized the value of supporting its initiatives through the generosity of their grant funding.
The Princeton Area Community Foundation promotes philanthropy to advance the well-being of our communities forever. The Community Foundation provides charitable giving expertise to individuals, nonprofits and corporations, and each year invests millions of dollars into the community through grants and scholarships. For more information on the Community Foundation please contact them at 609-219-1800 or online at www.pacf.org.
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Heeyoung Kim
Heeyoung Kim Pl. 27, White Orchid
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Native Plants of the Woods and Prairie—Published by Oppenheimer Editions
In the spirit of natural history artists of the past, contemporary botanical artist Heeyoung Kim documents and depicts rare and native plants from endangered ecosystems. Her exquisite, deftly painted compositions portray native woodland and prairie plants. Giving priority to rare, endangered species, she also paints common species when they have high ecological value. Drawing her specimens in situ with precise measurements, Heeyoung Kim works in watercolor, ink or graphite pencil, depending upon the characteristics of each plant. After her first solo exhibition in 2011, she quickly gained a reputation as a wildflower botanical artist, winning several prestigious awards. Her work has been exhibited at The American Society of Botanical Artists/Horticultural Society of New York, Chicago, and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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At least 58 people, including 11 children, reportedly died and scores were injured after a hospital in Khan Sheikhoun was targeted in a suspected gas attack on Tuesday morning, Reuters reported, citing medics and rebel activists. Soon after a missile allegedly hit the facility, people started showing symptoms of chemical poisoning, such as choking and fainting.
The victims were reportedly also seen with foam coming out of their mouths. While the major Syrian opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, and other pro-rebel groups put the blame on the attack onto President Bashar Assad's government, the Syrian military dismissed all allegations as propaganda by the rebels.
"We deny completely the use of any chemical or toxic material in Khan Sheikhoun town today and the army has not used nor will use in any place or time, neither in past or in future," the Syrian army said in a statement.


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Ohio governor to unveil Medicare and Medicaid reforms Thursday
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Utah's latest Medicaid plan faces key GOP vote
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Arkansas Medicaid's enrollment takes a dip
The number of people approved for coverage under Arkansas' expanded Medicaid program rose to 263,387 in July before falling by almost 29,219 by the end of September, according to numbers released Friday by the state Department of Human Services. Meanwhile, the cost per person of the so-called private option, which covers most of the newly eligible adults, has increased from June to September by $6.89, from $484.94 to $491.83. READ MORE
Arkansas DHS director says he will leave department by end of year
The director of Arkansas' Department of Human Services said Thursday that he will leave his job by the end of the year. John Selig said in a news release that he told Gov. Asa Hutchinson about his plans to leave the department that has overseen the implementation of the state's "private option" Medicaid expansion plan. Hutchinson said in an emailed statement that he met with Selig on Wednesday and asked him to stay on through January to help with the transition. READ MORE
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Florida Senate panel wants answers from DOH on children's health programs
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New estimates of eligibility for ACA coverage among the uninsured
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No fiddling with Civic Space-CSOs affirm at Paris EITI Meeting
CSO, Economic, Governance
We demand that an independent, external review be commissioned to analyse the EITI's tools to assess civil society participation; and we demand that Myanmar receive "meaningful" rather than "satisfactory" progress during its validation
By Governance and economic analysis centre team, Paris
At the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) global conference which took place in Paris between 17th and 20th of June 2019, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) warned governments accross the world and vowed that they will not accept anything less than an unequivocal guarantee that Civic space and participation in EITI governance processes will continue to be safe guarded and protected.
This followed what CSOs described as an encroachment on Civic space by selective interpretation and application of the EITI standard.
A collective statement issued by the global CSO extractive transparence movement coordinated by Publish What you Pay observed that Civic space is shrinking worldwide, including many EITI Countries. Civil society is carefully monitoring the situation and gravely concerned with what we see.
The EITI is a global standard for good governance for the oil, gas and mineral resources currently implemented in 52 Countries around the world.
In recent board decisions, the board has taken what CSO view as a double standard or non-balanced approach in interpreting the standard. We have seen some Countries punished for violating the CSO protocol while others are treated with 'kid gloves'
The Standard requires that member states undergo regular validation on implementation of the EITI Standard after which implementing states are ranked as having achieved either satisfactory or made meaningful progress or suspended for failure to meet the standards. Under extreme conditions countries are delisted from the EITI. The status of the EITI in different implementing Countries can be viewed via: https://eiti.org/
The Civil society protocol is one of the benchmarks required to be assessed during the EITI validation and implementing countries are required to demonstrate that the operational environment in the country is conducive for civil Society to freely operate and participate in the extractive sector governance.
To achieve accountable management of natural resource citizens must have access to relevant information about the sector is managed. EITI's main historical purpose is to provide this transparency. Civil Society has been a driving force behind progress in the types of transparency and granularity of data provided by the EITI over the years, most recently with advocacy on contract transparency.
Transparency should be accompanied by meaningful participation. Participation is about the ability of people to have agency in natural resource governance decisions that directly affect them or their livelihoods.
How to interpret and enforce EITI requirements for civil society participation has been contentious and recurring over years. It has been debated in relation to a number of countries such as Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Azerbaijan and Niger. In recent years both Azerbaijan and Niger have withdrawn from the EITI after facing suspension linked to Civic space concerns.
Several times have been made to clarify the interpretation and enforcement of civil society participation; notably with 2015 civil society protocol.
These documents make it clear that EITI is meant to assess the general political environment and that EITI requirements cover any civil society expressing views related to natural resources government (not just MSG-Members) along a spectrum of activities, expression, operation, association engagement and access to public decision making.
None the less, interpreting and enforcing EITI's requirements regarding civic space remains contentious, more recently with the validation of Myanmar.
Against a backdrop of shrinking space globally, now is the time to review whether EITI's mechanisms for assessing civic space are fit for purposes and serving the broader objective: Ensuring civil society's ability to participate freely, independently and meaningfully in the national dialogue on natural resource governance.
According to data provided by the Civicus Monitor indicates that our of 50+ EITI implementing Countries 40 have seriously restricted Civic space, including 2 listed as closed. 13 repressed, 25 obstructed and a further 6 with narrowed Civic space and 5 as open.
Activist working on transparency in the extractive sector are among the most targeted globally. Attacks against activists working on transparency in the extractives include killings, torture and disappearances as well as criminalization of their activists. The business and human rights resource centre has identified attacks on human rights activists working on business related activities in approximately 36% of the 50+ EITI implementing Countries in the last three years.
Myanmar represents a test case for how the board assess requirement 1.3 and will be a bell weather for similar scenarios in Countries like the Dominican Republic. It is important to uphold EITI's commitment to review the broader environment in which EITI operates and to assess whether the broader objective of Civil society protocol has been fulfilled, Ms Elisa Peter, Executive Director of Publish What You Pay Global CSO Coalition stated.
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Infrastructure spending to keep Chinese construction in the black for 2020
12 June 2020 | By GCR Staff | 0 Comments
The effects on Chinese construction of the coronavirus lockdown in the first quarter of the year are expected to be countered by public sector investment in infrastructure, according to a report from market analyst Fitch Solutions.
The sector's output fell more than 17% between January and March, but is likely to make up ground over the remainder of 2020 and to record a year-on-year increase of 1.8% over the full 12 months. However, Fitch noted that this depends on how quickly increased funding can be translated into activity.
"We remain positive on the outlook of China's construction sector, which is the world's largest in terms of nominal value," the report says. "Growth will be driven by government efforts to invest in infrastructure, both in the transport and energy sectors, to improve connectivity between cities and to reduce pollution."
Construction is set to be the main beneficiary of government attempts to pump demand into the economy. Other areas, particularly those dependent on exports, are likely to continue to suffer – a number of surveys have found international demand falling rapidly. For example, research firm TS Lombard expects China's exports to fall 40% in the second quarter of 2020, and construction has not been immune to this (see further reading).
The construction recovery is also suggested by a rise in demand for cement and site machinery. Last month, the 25 largest makers of excavators recorded sales up 60% year on year, according to data from the China Construction Machinery Association.
The increased investment in infrastructure has been boosted by spending at the province and city level. In May, bonds worth $150bn were issued by local governments, surpassing the previous record of $101bn issued in January.
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Celtics Prospect Tacko Fall Gets Tough: "If You're Gonna Come at Me, Be Ready"
By	Sean Deveney
Updated Nov 17, 2019 at 4:47pm
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Tacko-mania is in fine form here at the Portland Expo Center in Maine. Tacko Fall had another big G-League game for the Red Claws on Sunday, finishing with 21 points on 9-for-9 shooting with a blocked shot and five rebounds.
The Red Claws are now 3-0, with Fall averaging 16.7 points on 78.6 percent shooting. He's blocked 10 shots in three games.
A seldom-seen side of the normally soft-spoken Fall, a Celtics prospect, showed up in the win: a non-nonsense, take-no-guff tough player who was hit with the first technical foul of his young career.
In the fourth quarter, after a foul from forward Devin Robinson of the Raptors 905, Fall and Robinson wound up face-to-face, chattering. Fall, avoiding further conflagration, put up his hands and walked away. Both players were hit with technicals.
"I told the ref, 'You guys can't let it get that far. If you see things, get out ahead, you gotta clean it up,'" Fall told Heavy.com after the game. "All throughout the game, they were small so they're always going to try to do some tricks here and there. Like they were hitting my legs, grabbing me while I was rolling, I got tired of it."
In the first half, Fall fouled Robinson, who went to the floor. While on the floor, Robinson kicked his legs out and put Fall's leg into a sort of scissors hold, nearly tripping Fall. That was where the conflict between the two started.
"He had my leg," Fall said. "Like I was trying to get my leg out. I talked to the ref before that happened, like, you guys don't want us to do certain things, you have to clean it up. You let it get there and then you call a tech on both of us. I'm the biggest guy on the floor. I'm going to play like it. If you're gonna come at me, be ready. It's not going to go your way."
That set things up for the second-half confrontation. Fall said Robinson, a veteran of the NBA who spent time with the Wizards in 2017-18 and 2018-19, was too aggressive with his hands, not his legs, in that sequence.
"In the second half, I was setting a screen, while I was setting the screen he grabbed my arm," Fall said. "He pushed me a little bit. I tried to push him off me the first time. Then I'm rolling again and he's doing the same thing and I'm like, 'All right, that's enough.' Then it got to that point."
Tacko Fall on a Celtics Two-Way Contract
Fall is with the Red Claws after signing a two-way contract with the Celtics this offseason. At 7-5 and a star in college for Central Florida, where he averaged 10.1 points on 74.0 percent shooting, Fall went undrafted in this year's NBA Draft, an outcome he admits surprised and disappointed him.
But he bounced back by excelling in Summer League play and earning a chance with Boston. He became a fan favorite in Las Vegas and that carried over to Boston's preseason slate, where Fall would draw standing ovations from the crowd at the TD Garden when he'd check into games.
On a two-way deal, Fall can spend as many as 45 days with the Celtics. Most of the season will be spent honing his game and building experience here in Portland.
"He's been great," Maine coach Darren Erman said. "He is eager to learn, he is a guy who has come here to work hard and find ways to get better. He wants to be a player for the Boston Celtics and he understands that starts here. He's an NBA player, there is no question about that."
And he won't be pushed around. Asked about being targeted for extra physical play here in the G-League because of his size and the hype that surrounds him, he smiled and repeated himself.
"If you're going to do it," Fall said, "be ready because it's not going to go your way."
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Celtics two-way center Tacko Fall is usually a soft-spoken big man. But on Sunday in Maine he showed his tough side.


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FIFTH GRADERS AT ALL THREE NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS MOVE UP & EIGHTH GRADERS AT NS MIDDLE SCHOOL MOVE ON!
During the week of June 19th, families, administration, faculty and staff were warmly welcomed to the Moving Up ceremonies of each of the three North Shore Elementary Schools led by their respective principals including Dr. Chris Zublionis (Sea Cliff), Mrs. Bridget Finder (Glenwood Landing) and Mrs. Lori Nimmo (Glen Head). In addition, Principal Dr. Marc Ferris at North Shore Middle School led his eighth graders in a memorable Moving On ceremony which was held on June 22nd, 2017, at North Shore High School. New North Shore Middle School Principal Mr. Robert Dennis was introduced to all of his incoming 6th grade students at each of the elementary schools. Best of luck to Dr. Marc Ferris as he becomes the next Assistant Superintendent of the Wantagh School District!
Congratulations go out to all of the fifth and eighth graders at the North Shore School District who received diplomas and celebrated their special days to the delight of their parents, teachers, families, and friends. We wish you the best of luck and a happy and healthy summer!
Article by Shelly Newman Photos by Adrienne Daley and Shelly Newman
Photo Caption 1: Glen Head Elementary School (Photo by Shelly Newman)
Pictured are fifth graders at Glen Head Elementary School on stage at their recent Commencement Ceremony.
Photo Caption 2: (Photo by Adrienne Daley)
Glenwood Landing fifth graders rose in celebration of their recent Graduation Ceremony.
Sea Cliff Elementary students celebrated Moving Up day with their teachers, families and friends.
North Shore Middle School students featured at their Moving On ceremony with Principal Dr. Marc Ferris held at North Shore High School.


Molecular imprinting is an inexpensive method for the rapid fabrication of organic polymeric and inorganic network-structured materials that selectively bind a template molecule—in other words, materials that function as artificial antibodies. Imprints against small-molecule templates have been generated for decades, but attempts to prepare imprints against proteins have, until recently, been far less successful. The field has progressed rapidly, however, and a number of molecular imprints selective for protein ligands have now been reported. Given the enormous potential of replacing the antibodies used in a host of immunoassays with robust and inexpensive receptors, efforts in this area continue to intensify. This review begins with a brief analysis of two naturally occurring protein–ligand complexes, each of which illustrates the specific interactions essential for precise molecular recognition. Key developments—all appearing in 2006 and 2007—in the molecular imprinting of proteins, including many impressive advances, are then discussed.


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Canada's Patio Season Forecast Is Here & BC Is Gonna Be Intense
Dine-in isn't an option in every province just yet.
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Summer is almost here and that would usually mean dining outside at your favourite restaurants. A patio season in Canada forecast has dropped and it will bring the heat in some places. However, it might be a little different this year because of public health measures in every province.
With the onset of June and the official start of summer approaching, it's almost the most wonderful time of the year for patio lovers.
The Weather Network has released a forecast for the season and most of Canada is in for great patio weather.
If you like to bask in warmth while you dine outside, Kelowna, Toronto, Montreal, Regina, Winnipeg and Ottawa will be perfect this summer with daytime highs in the mid-20s.
Kelowna will the hot spot with 27 C expected to be the high throughout June, July and August.
If you don't like to sit in the heat while out in the patio, some spots will be a little cooler.
Charlottetown, Calgary and Vancouver will all be in the low 20s this summer.
Across the provinces, St. John's is the major city that's expected to be the chilliest when it comes to daytime highs with just 19 C.
Regardless of the weather you prefer, public health measures could stop you from enjoying outdoor fun.
If your province isn't allowing restaurants to offer dine-in services, you might just have to make do with your own backyard or balcony patio.
Restaurants, cafes and pubs in B.C. are currently allowed to let people dine in with distancing measures in place.
Vancouver is letting establishments set up temporary patios on sidewalks and streets.
In Alberta, restaurants, cafes, pubs and bars can reopen at 50% capacity.
Saskatchewan is planning to let restaurants open up indoor and outdoor dining areas again on June 8 as long as capacity is reduced to 50% and proper distance is upheld.
Restaurants in Manitoba can now use their patios again with seating arranged to keep a two-metre distance between tables.
P.E.I. is letting six people sit at one table with no rules about who they have to be dining with.
New Brunswick already allows for restaurants to be open.
On June 8, Newfoundland & Labrador is expected to move onto its next phase which would allow for restaurants to reopen for in-person dining again.
Above normal precipitation that's expected for parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba could put a damper on patio season.
There could also be increased risks of thunderstorms.
Canada's summer forecast has dropped too and a lot of warm weather is expected across most of the country.
B.C., Yukon, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick could get temperatures slightly above normal while most of the other parts of the country will be near normal.
Though The Weather Network does not expect the heat to be relentless this summer.
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Defense Minister, Teodor Melescanu, and a military delegation will visit the Republic of Slovakia, between November 12 and 13, invited by his Slovakian counterpart Frantisek Kasicky.
The agenda of the NATO Summit to occur in Bucharest next year, the aspects of the European Policy of Security and Defense (PESA), the state in Kosovo and the issues of security in the Black Sea Enlarged Region are the main topics to be approached by the two officials.
During the talks they will also focus on the participation in the theaters of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the process of transformation and modernization of the two countries' armed forces and the bilateral military cooperation.
The Romanian military delegation will meet personalities of the Slovakian Parliament and Government.
The military delegation will lay a wreath in the Romanian graveyard in Zvolen and at the Monument from Insurrection Place in Banska Bistrica in the memory of the Romanian military that died in battles in the Second World War for Slovakia' freedom.


This week we are devling into the works of Claire Barrow, a multi media exploration of fashion, diverse art production, and editorials which scream the hand crafted look of elegance in what she creates.
We've been hooked with Barrows work for a while now as she has produced such a wide presentation of works in her exploration of different styles and collections. Works of hers include draped fabrics painted on and printed with her own unique sketches and illustrative patterns. This stripped back style is present in her A/W16 collection. The collection incorporates some edwardian style garments with a worn/tattered look to each piece, mixed in with more modern craft in her style of hand drawn patterns adorning them. There is a wonderful mix of the more minimal style twinned with multiple layering of fabrics creating intricate looks.
Apparent in all of her work, Barrow gives age to each of her garments, like they have been lived through by another individual before being presented. Even in her most recent collection released in 2018 named 'Xtreme Sports: Adrenaline Collection' which was shot throughout a theme park. The distressed look can be seen particularly in the colourful fine art style hoodies, tops and body suits. The art tattoo sleeves are an absolute favourite of ours, something so simple such as a fabric sleeve with Barrows signature style of illustrations covering the surface. Fantastic example of using less materials to make inspiring and sellable products. Her art shop is truly unique housing her self produced products with obscure items in this collections, like clocks, puzzle kits, ect, an online purchasable portfolio!
We love the styling throughout her catalogue of work, and how she has created such vibrance in making wearable art that is not only visually beautiful but adapts along side so well with the less polished canvases she selects to work onto.


A beautiful waterfront neighbourhood, if you love being outdoors and leading an active lifestyle, Eagle Harbour is the perfect place to search for your new home. This community is filled with some of West Vancouver's most stunning oceanside homes, plus three different marinas and some great parks and schools. Browse properties at Eagle Harbour and find your dream home today.
Eagle Harbour can be found at the base of Cypress Mountain and runs from the Trans Canada Highway, down to Marine Drive. Nearby neighbourhoods include Caulfeild, Cypress Park, West Bay, Dundarave, and Sandy Cove.
Many Eagle Harbour residents are homeowners, with 94% owning property, versus 6% renting. The majority of households are made up of couples, with approximately 67% married and 22% single. Around half of Eagle Harbour residents are aged over 50.
This is a neighbourhood full of amazing custom-designed waterfront homes, with many featuring open patios, overlooking the ocean, with stunning mountain views, and many are also built on large lots. The majority of Eagle Harbour homes are detached single-family homes. Contact me to find out more about current bench mark pricing in the area.
A community offering its residents easy access to many of West Vancouver's best recreational facilities, popular attractions in the neighbourhood include the nearby Eagle Harbour Yacht Club, a non-profit yachting club also offering an annual sailing school. Eagle Harbour is also located nearby to Cypress Mountain, which is a popular destination for skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing during the winter months. Nearby parks include Cypress Falls Park and Lighthouse Park, both offering forested trails great for exploring, as well as breathtaking views overlooking the city.
Caulfeild Village Shopping Centre is just a few minutes drive, or short walk away, and is home to various restaurants, including Italian restaurant, Pastameli and Mega Sushi, serving authentic Japanese cuisine, as well as featuring convenience stores like Cobs Bread, Subway and Starbucks. Other popular dining spots just a short drive away are Hugo's on Eagle Harbour, featuring live music on Thursday nights, and Olive & Anchor, overlooking the stunning Horseshoe Bay.
As with restaurants, Caulfeild Village Shopping Centre is great for eateries and cafes, as well as being home to a range of stores, from banks and hair studios, to boutiques and pharmacies. It also has a large Safeway, conveniently close for grocery shopping, or driving less than 10 minutes to Marine Drive will take you to IGA Marketplace. If you can't find what you're looking for, Park Royal Mall is just a short drive from the Eagle Harbour neighbourhood.
A popular area for families, Eagle Harbour is home to a variety of schools including the local Eagle Harbour Montessori School, a public K-5 school that administers an enriched learning program. Other nearby schools include Westcot Elementary, and Rockridge Secondary, offering the prestigious International Baccalaureate program.
Located close by to Marine Drive and offering convenient access to Highway One, Eagle Harbour residents can drive around the neighbourhood stress free, quickly and easily. Eagle Harbour is also well serviced by West Vancouver transit routes for those who wish to travel by bus.
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Kipnuk () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 639, down from 644 in 2000.

Kipnuk consists mostly Yupik speaking Native Alaskans; the name means a "bend" referring to the bend in the (Qukaqliq) Kugkaktlik River where it is situated. The original settlement was situated along "Nukallpiarcunarli", a slough feeding into the (Qukaqliq) Kugkaktlik. This slough was thus named, because it was hard to detect. It was ideal for ambushing "Nukallpiaqs" or warrior/providers.

Geography
Kipnuk is located at  (59.937619, -164.043926).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which,  of it is land and  of it (1.22%) is water.

Kipnuk is served by Kipnuk Airport.

Demographics

Kipnuk first appeared on the 1940 U.S. Census as an unincorporated native village. It was made a census-designated place (CDP) as of the 1980 census.

As of the census of 2000, there were 644 people, 137 households, and 122 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was .  There were 154 housing units at an average density of 7.9/sq mi (3.1/km2).  The racial makeup of the CDP was 2.02% White, 96.58% Native American, and 1.40% from two or more races.

There were 137 households, out of which 64.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.7% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 10.9% were non-families. 10.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 4.70 and the average family size was 5.04.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 45.3% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 13.2% from 45 to 64, and 5.0% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females, there were 130.0 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.0 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,375, and the median income for a family was $35,714. Males had a median income of $29,167 versus $23,333 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $8,589.  About 21.5% of families and 20.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.7% of those under age 18 and 19.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education
It is served by the K-12 Chief Paul Memorial School, operated by the Lower Kuskokwim School District.  it has 190 students.

References

Census-designated places in Alaska
Census-designated places in Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Census-designated places in Unorganized Borough, Alaska
Populated coastal places in Alaska on the Pacific Ocean

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Discovering New Things at the Technology..,: what is webpart ?
As the name implies, it means parts of a web.
Web Parts are the building blocks for building web pages in SharePoint.
Web Parts are essentially ASP.NET web controls that inherit the web control base class in ASP.NET but have special abilities compared with ordinary ASP.NET web controls.
3. Mapped folders cannot be added to the project in Sand box solutions.


Genius Brands International's (Nasdaq: GNUS) new preschool series premiered on November 5th on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genius Brands International, Inc. "Genius Brands" (GNUS), a leading media company that creates, produces and licenses children's multimedia entertainment content and products for global broadcast, digital and retail distribution, announced today that its Chairman & CEO Andy Heyward will host a business update conference call to discuss on Monday, November 19, 2018 at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT the Company's exciting news relating to its recent launch of its new preschool series, Rainbow Rangers.
When: Monday, November 19, 2018 at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT.
Please join the conference call at least 15 minutes early to register. A digital replay will be available by telephone approximately two hours after the completion of the call until February 15, 2019 and may be accessed by dialing 877-660-6853 from the U.S. or 201-612-7415 for international callers and using the Conference ID# 13685298.
Featuring engaging storylines rooted in themes of empowerment, diversity, friendship and sustainability, Rainbow Rangers follows the thrilling rescue-based adventures of seven 9-year-old girls who are Earth's first responders, protecting people, animals, resources, and the natural beauty of our world. The Rainbow Rangers, who live in the magical land of Kaleidoscopia at the other side of the rainbow, have their own distinctive personalities and superpowers. Whenever there's trouble for the people or animals of Earth, our seven heroines zoom into action and ride their Spectra Scooters across the rainbow to save the day. Viewers will join them on exciting adventures, but also see them at home having the same daily dramas and hilarities as every preschooler watching the show. And at its heart, Rainbow Rangers is about empowering and encouraging girls to take action and make a difference in their own homes and neighborhoods to improve and safeguard the planet.
Beginning back-to-school 2019 (July/August), Genius Brands will launch the U.S. retail program for Rainbow Rangers with over 300 branded products debuting at retail across all categories of kid's consumer products. Master toy partner Mattel will premiere a range of toys, including collectible dolls, traditional fashion dolls, role play items, and a playset. Other product categories from Genius Brands' roster of blue-chip partners include apparel, publishing, sleepwear, bedding and bath, footwear, bags and backpacks, Halloween costumes and accessories, youth consumer electronics, health and beauty aids, cosmetics, bicycles and ride-ons, and a Rainbow Rangers live touring show.
Rainbow Rangers boasts a unique and highly-accomplished team of creators from the animated motion picture world, including Rob Minkoff (Disney's The Lion King director), Shane Morris (Disney's Frozen co-writer), Tim Mansfield and New York Times Bestselling author and Emmy-nominated writer Elise Allen (Dinosaur Train, Lion Guard, Barbie specials), who is serving as head writer and co-creator. Genius Brands' Chairman and CEO and multiple Emmy Award-winning producer of more than 5,000 episodes of children's programming, Andy Heyward, serves as executive producer, with legendary Disney alum Ruben Aquino creating key designs. Aquino is responsible for the design and animation of many of Disney's most iconic characters from award-winning films including The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Mulan and Frozen.
Headquartered in Beverly Hills, Genius Brands International, Inc. (GNUS) is a leading global kids media company developing, producing, marketing and licensing branded children's entertainment properties and consumer products for media and retail distribution. The Company's "content with a purpose" brand portfolio, which is led by award-winning creators and producers, includes preschool properties Rainbow Rangers for Nick Jr. and Llama Llama for Netflix; award-winning toddler brand, Baby Genius; adventure comedy STEM series, Thomas Edison's Secret Lab; and financial literacy and entrepreneurship series, Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaires Club. The Company's content catalog also includes the animated series, Stan Lee's Cosmic Crusaders, created with Stan Lee's Pow! Entertainment. Seeing the need to provide kids and parents with a safe viewing environment that offers premium enriching and engaging programming, Genius Brands launched the Genius Brands Network – comprised of Kid Genius Cartoon Channel and Baby Genius TV, as well as an exclusive Kid Genius Cartoons Plus subscription channel on Amazon Prime. The Network channels are available in approximately 80 million U.S. households via a variety of distribution platforms, such as OTT, set-top box, internet and mobile. Through licensing agreements with category leading partners, characters from the Company's properties also appear on a wide range of consumer products for retail. For additional information please visit www.gnusbrands.com.


Henry, I found it interesting to see how the two different Ning communities varied in their structure and activity levels. I find Ning communities sometimes feel very vibrant and participative, sometimes very dead and I would love to know how much customisation and moderation of space impacts on activity.
I do share Sian's concern about the ethics of the screenshots - walled garden social networks like this shouldn't be controversial but I wasn't sure from your account if registration was required to only post or whether viewing also required login?
I enjoyed this one Henry - particularly the final bit about whether these do actually constitute a community or not.... I'd be interested to hear more thoughts on this, from you and others.
I did wonder about the ethics of posting the screenshots here - to what extent is there an expectation of privacy in 'communities' like these? Sure, you only have to register and log in to access this material, but does that relative ease of access somehow bely the actual sense in which the community feels itself to be contained and private?
3. What community ? Admittedly I have very little personal experience in the use of social networking sites. In fact although I have had a Facebook account for a number of years I rarely make use of it. This project thus provided a welcome opportunity for me to study an online community of my choice in a formal and more thorough manner. The choice was a difficult one - after some lengthy browsing I decided to remain within my comfort zone and investigate a community close to my professional interests.
4. Why Ning? I have been a member of a few e-learning-related Ning communities for some time but have very rarely logged in, made even fewer contributions and certainly did not engage with the community. Ning is a classical social networking platform developed several years ago. In fact it may be seen as a ' Facebook -light' version only concentrating on the core aspects of social networking and taking a minimalist attitude to community building. There some Ning add-ons but nothing like the numerous applets and widgets found on Facebook .
8. Finding communities Suitable communities may be found via a simple keyword search as shown below: You then can join these groups via a single mouse click.
10. Personal privacy setting The privacy setting on one's Ning profile is public by default, considered acceptable as it is a professional networking platform. However the user can manually change the setting to ' Members of social network only' , to ' Just my friends' or even ' Just me' . It is assumed that most uses use the 'public' default but no data is available to confirm this.
15. Personal community tools A second 'friendship' tool available in all Ning communities is the ' Gift' tool analogous to the ' Gift Applet' in Facebook though much more rudimentary. As with the birthday tool this was not found to be used in either of the two Ning communities studied (see below as an example).
17. Welcoming new members The moderator of Classroom 2.0 has set up an icebreaking forum for novices where he advices them to introduce them-selves to the community, with a bit of background information to which others or the moderator himself will reply.
19. Effectiveness of communication Synchronous communication is mediated via text-based chat ; in the largest community Classroom 2.0 26 members were present online with one sending out chat invites but without receiving replies (see below) indicating a distinct unpopularity of this mode of online communication.
22. Postings on Forums Most forums deal with queries, seeking advice and support, on issues relating to the e-learning profession. This Is typical of both communities and associations as defined in Bell (2001), and in this context these networks appear to work well.
23. Effectiveness of collaboration tools Wiki : Under the More menu option the Classroom 2.0 Ning community has a Wiki tool based on the WikiSpaces platform which contais its own community discussion tool as shown below.
24. Online communication tools Under the Members menu option user may compose their own blogs; the interface is simple with opportunities for adding images, files and hyperlinks. The blog settings may be the set to 'public', 'open to friends' or kept 'private'.
25. Community blogging Classroom 2.0 has an active blogging community with a total of nearly 4500 blogs. Many of the postings are topical and not always/necessarily related to educational issues (see below).
26. Additional networking tools Beyond its online communication tools Ning also allows and encourages its members to come together face-to-face by alerting them to live events and workshops across the country organised in specalist subject areas . Thus Ning seems to recognise the importance of alternative modes of communication beyond the pure online experience.
28. Additional networking tools Workshop : Like the events feature workshops is an Ning add-on. Classroom 2.0 has a separate menu option which advertises workshops held mainly in the US; the frequency of occurrence varies but is around one per month.
31. Language and Netiquette As the main purpose of members in the two online communities is to search for professional advice the language tends to be formal, friendly and supportive; some postings contain Web-links. Discussion threads tend to be short and there are rarely longer debates on key issues. New threads to emerge rapidly and old ones do fade away quickly. Users tend to adhere to the official Netiquette rules of the Web but social symbols like smilies are rarely used. It is also noticeable that members rarely address each other with first names.
32. Moderation on the network On the rare occasions where dialogue will be more heated as shown opposite the moderator will intervene to calm things down in a diplomatic way.
33. What sort of communities are they? Using Tonnies basic differentiation between Gesellschaft and Gemeinschaft it appears that engagement and discourse on the two Ning communities are somewhere in between the two categories. Whilst the smaller Digital Storytelling in the Classroom community appears to be more personal and more tight-knit, possibly due to its more narrow focus, I failed to detect the online 'homesteading' feature as proposed by Rheingold (1993) equating communities to neighbourhood bars or pubs.
34. What sort of communities are they? In some way the Classroom 2.0 is quite the opposite – it is bubbly, active and more diverse which inevitably does lead to more controversy. By offering a broader range of tools including live Web-conferences and Wikis it extends the scope of the online presence to its members thus broadening networking opportunities. On the other hand it feels very formal and remote, and it appears to have a large proportion of lurkers.
35. Conclusion Both Ning communities investigated serve to provide professional community support,dialogue and exchange of ideas. The language and discourse used reflects this desire on focus and brevity. It appears that non-academic issues are kept well outside. Given Baym's (1998) definition of online community as a community where (all/most) participants imagine themselves as a community then clearly neither of these fall within this category. In this sense the two sites may be better defined as online specialist focus groups.


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A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
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Tej, a youngster who's highly attached to his family, is banished from his home by his uncle. He then finds himself in London, where he falls in love with Nandini….
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Dual Audio, Romance, South Special
Khosla Ka Ghosla! (2006)
Upon retirement, cranky control freak Kamal Kishore Khosla obsesses about procuring a plot of land in Delhi, where he plans to build his dream house. After investing his entire life's…
Genre: Bollywood, Comedy
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A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of…
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Scramble (2017)
When his girlfriend is kidnapped by an underground prostitution ring, a neighborhood loser clashes with a pimp, Asian gangsters, and renegade killers.
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The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of…
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Incisive comic Jen Kirkman gets real about women's bodies, the value of alone time and an Italian private tour guide who may have been a ghost.
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Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
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Announcement: Sedgwick Memorial Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health
Journal of Appalachian Health Editor-in-Chief, F. Douglas Scutchfield, MD, was honored with the Sedgwick Memorial Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health at APHA's Annual Meeting this month. This year's medal was awarded to him based on his outstanding contributions to public health services research, accreditation of local public health departments, and his many years of mentorship of professional students and practitioners.
The Sedgwick Memorial Medal, APHA's oldest and most prestigious award, was established in honor of the late Professor William Thompson Sedgwick and was first awarded by APHA for distinguished service and advancement of public health knowledge and practice in 1929. Professor Sedgwick was president of APHA in 1915 and Head of the Department of Biological and Public Health at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1883 to 1921. The Sedgwick award, one of the highest honors bestowed by APHA, is a true accolade of the profession, the recognition by an individual's colleagues of outstanding accomplishments in the field of public health.
Previous awardees include Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, Jose F. Cordero, Lawrence W. Green, Richard J. Jackson, David Satcher, Robert S. Lawrence, C. William Keck, William H. McBeath, William H. Foege, Julius B. Richmond, Lester Breslow, and Karl F. Meyer.
The overall objective of the Journal of Appalachian Health (JAH) is to improve the health status of the population of Appalachia through the rapid dissemination of knowledge of their health problems and evidence-based solutions to them. JAH will provide actionable knowledge through an online, open access, easily accessible peer-reviewed process focused specifically on Appalachia. JAH is available without charge to authors or readers, including those in the region who can and will use it in their work, whether in a healthcare or a non-healthcare field that has the potential for modification of factors that contribute to poor health.
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Last night I went to the opening of Avedon Warhol at the Gagosian Gallery in London. The exhibition pairs the works of Andy Warhol and Richard Avedon who both developed a strong artistic style in the 60s that sometimes overlapped as they both used portraiture to depict celebrities of their time. I recognised some of them and was surprised by others. It is not the first time I see works by Warhol or Avedon but it was fantastic to see the silkscreen prints and photographs in large scale juxtaposed in a gallery space that looks more like a museum space.
One of the works that impressed me the most which I had never seen was Avedon's larger than life size mural of Andy Warhol and members of the The Factory (1969). I read and watched documentaries about The Factory and in it you can recognise fabulous Candy Darling (a transsexual who appeared in Warhol's films). The faces of the sitters are have an emotionless expression which is typical of Warhol's Pop Art.
RICHARD AVEDON, Any Warhol and members of The Factory,1969. Subjects are Paul Morissey, Joe Dalessandro, Candy Darling, Eric Emerson, Jay Johnson, Tom Hompertz, Gerard Malanga, Viva, Taylor Mead, Brigid Pollock and Andy Warhol.
RICHARD AVEDON, Any Warhol and members of The Factory,1969. Subjects are Gerard Malanga, Viva, Taylor Mead, Brigid Pollock and Andy Warhol.
The show was quite popular and there was along queue outside to get in despite the rain and freezing cold. It is definitely worth seeing. The show runs until APRIL 23.


How to build a gas station between Earth and the Moon.
Right now all space missions are based on, and launched from, Earth. But Earth's gravitational pull is strong. To get into orbit, a rocket has to be traveling 11 kilometers a second — 25,000 miles per hour!
Any rocket leaving Earth has to carry all the fuel it will ever use to get to its destination and, if needed, back again. That fuel is heavy — and getting it moving at such high speeds takes a lot of energy. If we could refuel in orbit, that launch energy could lift more people or cargo or scientific equipment into orbit. Then the spacecraft could refuel in space, where Earth's gravity is less powerful.
This would let us triple the payload delivery to Mars. At present, a human Mars mission is estimated to cost as much as U.S. $100 billion, and will need hundreds of tons of cargo. Delivering more cargo from Earth to Mars with fewer rocket launches would save billions of dollars and years of time.
Building a gas station between Earth and the moon would also reduce costs for missions beyond Mars. NASA is looking for extraterrestrial life on the moons of Saturn and Jupiter. Future spacecraft could carry much more cargo if they could refuel in space — who knows what scientific discoveries sending large exploration vehicles to these moons could enable?


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Should you buy the iPhone X?
The iPhone X is finally available to buy, but is it worth nearly a grand of your hard-earned cash? Here are the arguments for and against!
Why you should buy an iPhone X
The first, and most obvious, reason is that it's the most advanced iPhone ever made. With the new hexacore A11 Bionic chip, it outpowers everything that's come before it – and pretty much everything else on the market too.
It looks fantastic too, with Apple just a notch away from achieving an apparently-long-held ambition to build an all-screen iPhone. The X boasts a 5.8 inch OLED screen (the first time Apple has used OLED), although the device itself is actually smaller than the iPhone 8 Plus thanks to an almost complete lack of bezels.
To accommodate that massive screen, Apple decided to do away with the Home button. Its main function (taking you home) has been replaced by a simple swipe up gesture, while Touch ID has been usurped by Face ID, which uses the True Depth camera and over 30,000 infrared beams to scan your face.
Facial recognition is still a relatively untested technology but Apple seem confident that users will take to it quickly, insisting that it's both more accurate and more secure than fingerprint authentication. Hopefully people won't experience the technical issues suffered by Craig Federighi at the iPhone X keynote event.
The X is built using a combination of metal and glass, a change designed to accommodate wireless charging (or inductive charging, to be more precise). iPhone 4 owners will probably shudder at the thought of owning another phone with a glass back, but Apple claims the X is built using the toughest glass available. Probably best not to test that claim though.
You'll be able to charge the iPhone X using any Qi charger, although there is an official Apple charging mat: AirPower. AirPower allows you to charge your AirPods and Apple Watch at the same time, making it an essential purchase for the Apple connoisseur.
The cameras has also received an upgrade. While the dual cameras are still 12 megapixel, the faster image signal processor will provide 83% more light in photos and optical image stabilisation is now present on both lenses. The front-facing camera's new depth perception abilities has allowed Apple to add Portrait Mode to selfies too.
Finally, there's perhaps the iPhone X's most futuristic feature: augmented reality. Apple are going big on AR apps and the iPhone X, with its huge screen and masses of power, is the best way to experience them.
Why you should think twice
The price will be a major stumbling block for most people; no matter how cut it, £999 for the base 64GB model is a lot of money. The 256GB model costs an even more eye-watering £1,149.
Of course, you'll be able to spread that out if you sign up to a contract but the monthly instalments will still be pretty steep. It really is worth selling your current phone and making some extra cash if you're planning to upgrade!
The other big issue is a potential lack of stock. Apple has experienced some well-reported manufacturing issues and as little as 2 to 3 million units could be available at launch; to put that in context, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus sold 16 million units in one weekend.
Those production problems could limit stock until the end of the year too, with the Nikkei Asian Review suggesting Apple will only produce 20 million units before the end of the year. In short: you'll need to move fast if you want an iPhone X before Christmas.
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A4E CEOs: Back-to-Back crises call for urgent action on key aviation policies to assist aviation's recovery and support continued decarbonisation efforts
Brussels, 31 March 2022 Download as PDF
Aviation remains one of the worst hit sectors, with A4E airlines having lost nearly 500m passengers during COVID-19 pandemic.
Soaring energy prices will increase airline operating costs beyond 2023; updated EU policies would accelerate airlines' sustainable recovery and help rebuild connectivity.
Brussels, 31 March 2022: Two years since the COVID-19 pandemic began in Europe, and five weeks after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, A4E CEOs are navigating back-to-back crises and have called on European policy makers to take urgent action on key legislative proposals that would strengthen airlines' recovery prospects, protect and accelerate decarbonisation efforts and help rebuild passenger connectivity.
European aviation remains one of the sectors hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2020-2021, A4E airlines lost over 500m passengers compared to 2019, and some experienced staff cuts (-150,000 employees) due to the pandemic. According to the latest IATA forecast, Europe's airlines are not expected to post a profit until 2023, or 2024 at the earliest. A thriving and economically viable aviation sector in Europe is a key enabler for other industries' recovery, including tourism.
With fuel representing up to 35% of airlines' operating costs, and energy prices expected to remain high until at least 2023, EU aviation policies must reflect the "new reality" airlines in Europe are facing. Despite strong pent-up demand among Europeans to travel again, record oil and carbon prices Oil prices have soared in the last three weeks to reach a 14-year high of $139 a barrel combined with lengthy detours around Russian airspace will weaken competition between European and non-European carriers for flights to/from Asia.
Key policies must be re-assessed and swiftly updated to help airlines mitigate rising costs on multiple fronts and operate more efficiently. For example, more cost-efficient air navigation services for flights within Europe could be realized along with an up to 10% reduction in CO2 emissions by implementing the Single European Sky, which remains in trilogue negotiations between the European Council, the European Parliament and European Commission.
Without appropriate mitigation measures, future energy and climate policies will erode airlines' competitiveness and lead to carbon leakage.
CEOs reiterated their commitment to reaching net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 and support European carbon reduction targets — but stressed the need for global climate action and pricing support measures to level the playing field. A4E CEOs want global uniform regulation, including a global carbon price for aviation which would stimulate low carbon technology development — as well as using the system of ETS allowances to support the uptake of sustainable fuels.
"Europe can become a global leader in decarbonising aviation. But achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 should not erode the competitiveness of European airlines nor lead to carbon leakage", said Carsten Spohr, Lufthansa Group CEO and A4E's 2022 Chair. "To be successful, policies must be designed to avoid distorting competition between European stakeholders within the single aviation market — as well as between European and non-European airlines", Spohr added.
The long overdue reform of EU air passenger rights rules (EU261) will ensure better information for passengers, reduce complexity, and incentivise airlines to minimize the impact of flight disruptions. For example, a list of so-called 'extraordinary circumstances' will help passengers know when they can claim compensation. As key issues are not defined in the current legislation, the total cost of European airlines' compliance to EU261 has risen from €1.6 bn in 2011 to €5.3 bn in 2018. Steer, "Study on the current level of protection of passenger rights in the EU" for the European Commission, January 2020. It is vital that EU261 is streamlined and made future-proof should aviation be affected by another crisis like COVID-19.
"We call on the incoming Czech EU Council Presidency to prioritise both the SES and EU 261 proposals when its mandate begins in July. Given the multiple crises European carriers are now facing – whether energy, consumer health, or geopolitical – a thorough re-evaluation of the aviation regulatory landscape has become an absolute necessity", said Thomas Reynaert, Managing Director of Airlines for Europe (A4E).
"We need to draw on all the lessons learned following two years of this pandemic: travel restrictions have been proven ineffective and should be abandoned altogether. Only then can we restore passenger confidence in air travel and begin our path towards recovery", Reynaert added.
Media Contact: Jennifer Janzen, Communications Director, A4E, +32 499 828294 jennifer.janzen@a4e.eu


In a strategic association with Tata Motors,Coimbatore-based Jayem Automotives is planning to launch an electric car known as the 'Neo'.
In March this year, Tata Motors announced the launch of JT Special Vehicles Pvt Ltd, a 50:50 JV with Jayem Automotives for development of special performance vehicles.
While confirming the development, the company refused to provide further details. Tata Motors' officials were not immediately available for a comment.
The 48-volt Neo will be assembled and marketed by Jayem Auto, and is designed to run 150 km with air-conditioning, on a full charge.
J Anand, MD Jayem Automotives Pvt Ltd said: "The Neo is powered by an electric drive system developed and supplied to Jayem by Electra EV, a technology company which develops and produces electric drive systems. The first batch of cars will be supplied shortly."
The development comes at a time when the government has set an ambitious target of having only electric cars by 2030.
Jayem is a new age automotive company with expertise in design, development, prototyping and production of exciting performance variants of automobiles. Jayem works with world's top companies and has cutting-edge technologies spread across the spectrum of high-performance automobiles, engines for space sector, special performance engines, and its associate motorsport company manufactures of one of the fastest Formula racing cars for MRF in Asia with Jayem's assistance.


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