Intel and Infineon announced Monday that they had agreed to the deal, in which Intel will own the wireless business of Germany's Infineon Technologies in exchange for $1.4 billion in cash. The deal pertains to a range of wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi, 3G, WiMAX and LTE.
Infineon makes the baseband chip found in the iPhone, and the company has had a strong partnership with Apple, supplying chipsets for Apple's smartphone since it was first released in 2007.
The relationship between Apple and Intel, however, has not been as rosy, as tension has stemmed from the fact that Apple opted to rely on ARM architecture for the iPhone and iPad. Intel has even publicly slammed the iPhone, stating that the device is not capable of accessing the "full Internet," and asserting that such functionality requires Intel-based architecture.
Apple has also entered into the chipmaking business, through key acquisitions of PA Semi for $278 million in 2008, and Intrinsity this year for $121 million. Those purchases set the stage for Apple to make its own custom A4 processor, based on the ARM architecture, found in the iPad and iPhone 4.
On the other hand, Intel has pushed its low-power, low-cost Atom processor for mobile devices, including smartphones, but the chips still cost more and use more power than their ARM competitors. The Atom was even pegged to be coming to Apple products in 2008, though it never came to be.
A deal between the Intel and Infineon has been rumored for the last month, though previous reports had alleged the company's wireless chip division could go for a price as high as $2 billion.


Long Vowel Sounds Clip It!
This unit contains 20 cards; 4 cards for each vowel. The aim of this activity is for children to correctly identify the long vowel sound of each picture and to clip a clothes peg on the correct letter sound. Alternatively, children can use dry-erase markers to color the correct vowel sound.
I have included 4 follow up worksheets that can also be used independently from this activity. The worksheets can be completed with dot paints, ABC stickers or children can simply color the circle to show the answer.


This entry was posted on February 11th, 2014 and is filed under Conflicts of Interest, Ethics & Conflicts, Professional Responsibility for Government Attorneys, Quorum & Voting Requirements.
Local elected officials come from all walks of life. Farmers, teachers, architects, car dealers, insurance agents, realtors . . . you name the occupation and it's a sure bet someone with that experience is serving on a city council or a board of county commissioners somewhere in North Carolina.
Board members from different professions create opportunities and challenges for local governments and the attorneys who represent them. This is especially true when an attorney is elected to a local governing board. In addition to traditional conflict of interest laws applicable to all elected officials, attorneys serving on local boards need to worry how the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct might limit their actions.
My colleague Frayda Bluestein expertly summarizes North Carolina's conflict of interest provisions for local officials here. At the risk of over simplifying things, for purposes of this blog post I'll boil down Frayda's detailed analysis to one sentence: state law limits a local government board member's obligation and authority to vote on any matter in which the member's personal interest—usually but not always financial—potentially conflicts with the interest of that local government.
As for the ethical rules governing attorney board members, remember that when an attorney serves on a local government's governing board that local government is not the attorney's client. This means we're not primarily concerned with the typical conflict between two different clients that is the subject of many of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct . Instead, an attorney board member needs to worry about conflicts between the attorney's obligations as an elected official and the interests of that attorney's clients, legal colleagues, and competitors.
Here's how I think these ethics rules and North Carolina's conflict of interest laws govern some common scenarios involving attorney board members. To simplify the hypothetical descriptions, assume for all of them that Attorney Ann is both a partner in the Dean & Roy law firm and serves on the Tar Heel Town Council. (The analysis would be identical if Ann served on the board of county commissioners, albeit with different citations as noted below).
1. Tar Heel Town considers retaining Ann's law firm to represent the town.
This relationship is permitted only under limited circumstances.
G.S. 14-234 prohibits contracts between a local government and a board member of that local government. However, the statute applies only if the board member derives any income directly from the contract or if she owns more than 10% of the firm that is contracting with the local government.
Even if G.S. 14-234 applies to a given contract there are a number of exceptions to its prohibitions. One major exception is for contracts worth less than $40,000 annually with "small jurisdictions," defined as cities with no more than 15,000 residents and counties that have no cities with no more than 15,000 residents.
If G.S. 14-234 applies to a particular contract that does not meet any of the statute's exceptions, then that contract would be illegal and void and the board member who benefited from such a contract could be prosecuted for a misdemeanor violation.
2. Ann's law firm represents clients appearing before the Tar Heel Town Council.
This is permitted, but Ann must disclose her relationship to the Dean & Roy law firm and should not comment on the matter, attend meetings at which the matter is discussed, or vote on the matter. See G.S. 153A-44 (counties), G.S. 160-75 (cities), and N.C. State Bar CPR 290 (1981).
3. Ann's law firm represents a client suing Tar Heel Town.
This is permitted if screening occurs on both sides. A local government board member's law firm may be adverse to that local government so long as the board member is excluded from participation in the matter by both the town and the law firm. See N.C. State Bar 2002 Formal Ethics Opinion 2, which overruled RPC 160 (1994). One caveat: if a lawsuit names the board member as an individual in addition to naming the member in her official capacity, the conflicting representation may not be permitted.
In our hypothetical, Ann could not participate in town council discussions or votes on the matter nor could she be involved with Dean & Roy's representation or the fees generated by that representation.
4. Ann represents another local government while serving on the Tar Heel Town Council.
Ann can continue to represent clients while serving on the board, including other local governments, but she needs to be wary of the potential conflicts that could arise. Is Ann representing the county in which Tar Heel Town resides? Is Ann's client a town 200 miles away from Tar Heel Town? The closer in proximity, the more likely a conflict will arise between Ann's personal interest in serving Tar Heel Town and her professional obligation to the other local government she represents. If such a conflict arose, Ann would need to choose between continuing to serve on the Tar Heel Town Council and continuing to represent the other local government. See N.C. Rule of Professional Conduct 1.7.
What's more, Ann may not use her influence as an elected official to give any of her clients special advantage when "it is obvious that such action is not in the public interest." See N.C. Rule of Professional Conduct 6.6. Nor may Ann or her partners boast of an ability to influence Tar Heel Town officials to benefit Dean & Roy's clients. See N.C. Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4. This means Ann's partners should not use Ann's role as an elected official to attract new clients (although law firms implicitly do this all of the time when they brag about having former elected officials on staff).
5. After Ann leaves office, she represents a client adverse to Tar Heel Town.
This is permissible so long as Ann does not use confidential information she obtained solely because of her role on the Tar Heel Town council and the matter is not one in which she participated personally and substantially while serving on the council. G.S. 14-234.1 and N.C. Rule of Professional Conduct 1.11.


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News Omicron will lead to growth in number of cases, deaths: WHO
Movies Zareen Khan Says She Cannot Be A Monkey On Salman Khan's Back; 'That Undermines The Hard Work I Have Done'
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Elon Musk-Owned Starlink Offers Refund Option For Pre-Orders After Directed By DoT
| Published: Tuesday, January 4, 2022, 15:12 [IST]
Starlink internet services was up for pre-orders in India since last year. If you've signed up for Starlink services, you better check your email. The Elon Musk-owned company is now offering a refund for those who had pre-ordered the internet service as part of the directorate from the Department of Telecom.
Starlink Refund For Pre-Orders
A report from Gadgets 360 has revealed the insides of the email that many customers are receiving now. According to the email, customers who had pre-ordered the Starlink can get a refund as per the directions from the Department of Telecom. The DoT has ordered to offer a refund to pre-orders until Starlink's internet service is licensed in India.
So far, it was believed Starlink was working on launching its services in the country in ten rural constituencies. What's more, the Starlink email says the timeline for receiving the license to operate in India is currently unknown. Moreover, Starlink has several issues that need to be resolved within the licensing framework to begin its operations in India.
To note, the SpaceX service had registered its business in November as Starlink Satellite Communications Private Limited. This would allow the internet provider to apply for licenses before providing the service to its customers. The main aim of Starlink services is to provide high-speed internet via satellites, especially in rural areas.
Will Starlink Services Be Cancelled?
The SpaceX-run Starlink internet services is one of the most ambitious missions taken by CEO Elon Musk. The company has already sent thousands of satellites to beacon back high-speed internet to the Earth, aiming to provide the service everywhere on Earth, especially the rural areas. However, Starlink has faced a roadblock in India.
The license issue in India could significantly delay the high-speed internet service in the country. Looking back, Starlink Country Director Sanjay Bhargava stated that the company hoped to apply for a commercial license on or before January 31. Starlink aimed to have 200,000 devices in India by December 2022, starting with a major rollout by April this year.
Starlink also stated it has received 5,000 pre-orders in India. But now, the pre-orders have been stopped after the new directorate by the telecom department. No one knows how long the delay will persist now.
SpaceX, NASA Team Up Again; This Time To Crash Into An Asteroid
SpaceX Crew-3 Mission Ferrying Astronauts To ISS Successful: Here's How They Pulled It Off
Was Jeff Bezos Obsessed With Elon Musk's Space Ambitions? Leaked Document Suggests So!
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Q: Speed Up ComboBox list read I'm trying to use a combo box to set some strings. It works but it's really slow for values above 1200.
Here is the code:
import wx

listy=list()
for i in range(1200):
    listy.append(str(i))
print(listy)

class bdnomes(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent, title):
        super(bdnomes, self).__init__(parent, title=title, size=(500,300))

        self.InitUI()

    def InitUI(self):
        pnl=wx.Panel(self)

        self.cbx1=wx.ComboBox(pnl, choices=listy, pos=(10,10))
        self.cbx1.Bind(wx.EVT_COMBOBOX,self.onSelect)
        self.Centre()
        self.Show(True)

    def onSelect(self, e):
        widget=e.GetEventObject()
        if isinstance(widget,wx.ComboBox):
                print(str(widget.GetValue()))

ex = wx.App()
bdnomes(None, 'Bd')
ex.MainLoop()

Is it possíble to speed up?

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60,000 Young Eagles Enrolled in Sporty's Learn to Fly Course
July 11, 2019 - The EAA Young Eagles program achieved a major milestone on June 28, as 60,000 Young Eagles have now enrolled in the Sporty's Learn to Fly Course.
The Sporty's Learn to Fly Course offers ground school, test prep, and real-world training all in one easy-to-use system. Learning content consists of dynamic in-flight HD video, 3D animations, and easy-to-understand instruction that prepare students to earn private, recreational, and sport pilot certificates. Students also gain access to narrated flight maneuvers, powerful analytical tools, and even a CFI if extra help is needed.
"It is incredibly important for EAA and the Young Eagles program to provide children interested in aviation with as many outlets as possible to learn more about flying," said Brian O'Lena, senior program coordinator of the EAA Young Eagles program. "Fostering the spirit of aviation within these thousands of kids has the potential to turn their interest in flying into a future hobby or even a career."
Sporty's Learn to Fly Course has earned numerous awards and was recently named the best virtual training course for earning a private pilot certificate by Aviation Consumer. The course was praised for its engaging and intuitive content, portability, and dynamic study options for all aspects of initial flight training.
Sporty's, a longtime partner of EAA and the Young Eagles program, has offered the Learn to Fly Course (valued at $199) to Young Eagles free of charge for the last nine years, giving Young Eagles the best of the best when it comes to flight training resources.
"As a company and as individuals, we are committed to growing the pilot population," said Michael Wolf, CEO and president of Sporty's. "Providing our LTF Course to Young Eagles helps to encourage young people to pursue their aviation dreams."
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47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Describes the life and accomplishments of the first president of the United States.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.5 1.0 67194.
Reading Counts RC 3-5 3.7 3 Quiz: 35165 Guided reading level: R.
Although legend says that George Washington's teeth were made of wood, they were really made first of cow's teeth, and then from hippopotamus tusks. He became a soldier when he was just nineteen, and when America declared its independence many years later, Washington was chosen to lead the army, and eventually the country.
Candice Ransom was born in Virginia in 1952. She grew up in the country and spent most of her time daydreaming, creating stories in her head once she'd read all the books in her school library. After writing her first book at age 7, she has gone on to write over 100 books for children and young adults.
She has a Masters in Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College and is earning a Masters in Children's Literature from Hollins University. Among her popular titles are The Big Green Pocketbook (1993), One Christmas Dawn (1996), The Promise Quilt (2002), and Liberty Street (2003). Her books have received numerous awards, including the Hodge Podge Society Best Children's Book; Pick of the List; Notable Trade Book in Social Studies; New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Book; New York Library Best One Hundred Book; IRA/Children's Choice; and ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Readers.
Ransom is also a ghostwriter for the Boxcar Children Mysteries, having written 18 titles for the series. She has started the Promise Quilt Literacy Project, which gives books to the children of the Virginia Appalachians. Instead of donating to individuals or to school libraries, Ransom sends 30 new books to a classroom, choosing a different school each month and giving the teacher the option of keeping the books in the classroom or letting each child take one home.
K-Gr 3-Young readers are introduced to several Founding Fathers. The authors present rudimentary information about each figure using basic language, with important vocabulary concepts in bold. A mix of imagery, including artistic renderings and glossy photographs of important sites, are appropriately spaced to complement the text. Although the titles briefly discuss the legacy of each Founding Father, they don't address controversial aspects. QR codes linking related activities are included in each section, encouraging further exploration with the help of an adult. -VERDICT A very basic primer on key players in early U.S. history. Large nonfiction collections may want to consider. © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.


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Raptors embark on most challenging title defence in NBA history
1 August 2020, 2:55 pm ·5-min read
Never underestimate the heart of a champion. (Photo by Brian Sevald/NBAE via Getty Images)
The NBA made its return with two competitive and highly entertaining games on Thursday, capped off by a showdown between the Lakers and Clippers. But as we all know, the season doesn't officially start until the defending champions take the court (listen, when you win the Larry OB, you make the rules up as you wish).
The Raptors will (re)start their title defence on Saturday. There are eight seeding games to be played over the next two weeks. The defending champs have a particularly tough schedule, but are most likely locked into the No. 2 seed in the East, with the potential of falling to No. 3, which wouldn't matter as much because home court advantage doesn't exist in the bubble, unless you count laggy 56K modem images of virtual fans waving at you behind the basket as you shoot free throws.
Leading up to the NBA restart, there has been a lot of discussion about what value to place on this Disney World championship. Some have argued that there should be an asterisk because of the one-of-a-kind circumstances. Others have made the point that asking players to sequester themselves for three months without access to the outside world means this will be the toughest title run ever.
I'm siding with the latter, especially when it relates to the Raptors, who will be embarking on the most unique and challenging title defense in NBA history. This was already the case before the global pandemic and a COVID-19 positive test from Rudy Gobert caused the entire league to suspend the 2019-20 season in early March.
Just a few weeks after celebrating the franchise's first championship, the Raptors were back in the very familiar place of being overlooked and disregarded. Kawhi Leonard—despite visiting Niagara Falls, attending a Toronto Blue Jays game, and carrying a Shoppers Drug Mart bag with him on vacation—chose the Los Angeles Clippers in free agency, and immediately, the Raptors were dismissed as a team without a shot of even returning to the playoffs in some circles.
Fred VanVleet admitted this week the offseason chatter was amusing to the members of the championship team who returned to defend their title this season. "I think it was almost laughable for us," VanVleet said. "We laughed. I mean we obviously lost Kawhi and Danny [Green], who were a huge part of our team, but it was, like, laughable."
Most teams don't recover from losing an all-world talent like Leonard, but the Raptors aren't most teams. Masai Ujiri built a roster both capable of absorbing the risk of trading for one year of Leonard's services and also moving forward as a contending team without him.
Anyone who watched the Raptors in last year's playoffs knows they weren't a one-man team. Perhaps their regular season performance this year—a 46-18 record before the season was suspended—might have convinced everyone else who didn't believe so. The prognosticators forgot that if you put a healthy Kyle Lowry with four serviceable NBA players on the floor, that can still get you 50 wins a season (and a 30-point second half comeback against the Dallas Mavericks).
They also didn't factor in the internal improvement of the core group. Aside from Lowry, Serge Ibaka is having a career year, VanVleet established himself as an NBA starter and one of the most underrated defenders in the league, Norman Powell looked like a Sixth Man of the Year frontrunner when the season stopped, OG Anunoby is already an All-NBA level defensive player and continues to progress, Pascal Siakam has exceeded all expectations as the No. 1 option on a contending team. Even the most disappointing player of the group, Marc Gasol, emerged from quarantine looking like he's in the best shape of his career, with encouraging early returns in the scrimmage games.
Throw in the mad genius of Nick Nurse and contributions from undrafted rookie Terence Davis and the rest of a versatile bench unit, and it's not difficult to understand why the Raptors are carrying themselves with the confidence of a defending champion.
Nurse made his team's goal extremely clear earlier this week. "We're coming here to win the thing," he said. This is not just some false bravado from a head coach hanging on to last year's championship, but more so it is the confidence derived from watching his team navigate through injuries and the loss of two key starters, while creating a new identity and re-establishing themselves as contenders in the process.
When the season came to an abrupt stop in March, the Raptors had already answered a lot of questions we had about them, but doubters remain. If the Raptors can navigate through Leonard's departure, an injury-riddled regular season, a four-month midseason stoppage because of a global pandemic, and win four playoff rounds at Disney World without any semblance of home court advantage, objectively it will be the hardest path a defending champion has taken in league history.
Nobody should be surprised, though, if it does happen, and the 2019-20 Raptors have given us every reason to believe they are capable of winning another championship this season.
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NEARLY £1 million is to be spent on strengthening flood defences on the Conwy Valley rail line.
The line has been plagued by flooding problems in recent years and has had £6.5 million spent on repairs and improvements since 2004.
It reopened on Monday after being shut for almost two weeks after the latest floods. The planned works will strengthen the river defence between Glan Conwy and Dolgarrog, the tunnel at Ffestiniog and the track along the route.
The line, from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog, had been closed the region was swamped by 90mm of rain in 24 hours last month.
Passengers were transported by bus in the meantime.
After the flood water receded, Network Rail's divers were able to go into the river to carry out safety inspections of five railway bridges.
Mark Langman, area general manager, said: "While we were able to carry out the bulk of the repair very quickly, our work to inspect the structures under the river was seriously hampered by the flood water.
Some ballast on around three miles of track was washed away, while bridges and culverts were also blocked by trees and debris washed down by the floods.
All the damaged track and blocked structures have now been repaired and Network Rail has also finished checking 26 railway bridges along the 27-mile route, finding them in good condition.


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from gearshift.toolbox.admi18n import pygettext

def test_support_explicit_lang():
    """the coma should not make the extractor bork
    """
    assert _('Something', 'en') == u'Something'
    assert _('New', 'en') == u'New'

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If Arthur Miller is the greatest American playwright at the mid-20th century mark, then certainly Death of A Salesman is his greatest play, and therefore one of the greatest American plays of our time. It speaks to the boom in capitalism following World War II and the changing role of men in the new corporate culture. Willy Loman is a vivid symbol of the devalued "average" man in the autumn of American world dominance. To watch it now seems like bearing witness to the beginning of the corporate culture that dominates every aspect of American society.
Willy has been a salesman for 36 years and now struggles to make ends meet and confront the harsh reality of the lack of success for himself and his two sons, Biff and Happy. His loyal wife Linda tries desperately to hold the family together. If that description sounds routine and familiar, it is evidence of the potency of the play's themes that continue to resonate and leave a legacy in American drama some 60 years after it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1949).
While community theatres often embrace classic plays, Salesman is a complex, challenging text – even the 2012 Broadway revival directed by no less than Mike Nichols garnered mixed reviews. Clarksville Little Theatre delivers an earnest, well-intentioned version that only intermittently plumbs the depths of the script with success.
Structurally the play juxtaposes two time frames: 1948, when Willy seems to be losing his grip on reality as his career falls apart and his two sons are adults facing their own difficulties, and several years earlier when they were boys in high school. In the first act, these transitions were abrupt and sometimes confusing, with not enough attention paid to delineating the flashbacks that emanate from Willy's troubled psyche. These moments need to breathe a bit more than they do here. By act two the audience has grown accustomed enough to these shifts and some clarity is restored.
Performance is often also an issue, although good effort is involved. Jay R. Lillie makes for an interesting Willy Loman, successfully depicting a small, nasally and neurotic personality that works well enough to illuminate the themes of the play. A common image of Willy is to see him as a once solid man who has been beaten down, but because Lillie plays him the same in both time frames, whether by limitation or design, the fraudulence of the character is emphasized.
Gregory Bone is a decent enough Biff, and certainly brings passion and energy to his work, even though his anachronistic modern facial hair is distracting. Wes Yunker does well with Happy and Heidi Platt does solid work as Willy's wife, Linda. Among the remaining ensemble, as the neighbors who are closest to the Lomans, Spencer Korcz is sometimes too hyper-kinetic as the young Bernard, who looks up to Biff, but he gets it just right as the adult version who counsels Willy with compassion, and Michael McCollum manages an effective Charley, his father.
The rest do creditable work although it is in the service of a production that is never able to rise above the confines of conventionality. It sails along the surfaces of the play with respect, but rarely displays true understanding of the tragedy unfolding for the Loman family. Director Russell Spencer perhaps takes too serious an approach, missing much of the humor that brings greater dimension to the play.
On the other hand, I see community theatres like Clarksville too often choose third-rate material unworthy of the company or its audience, so Death of A Salesman must be recognized for a brave and risky move when musicals and light comedies are more likely to sell tickets. Artistically, I would rather witness a struggle to realize a great play than the same effort wasted on a mediocre one.
Do Undead Souls Go to Heaven?


To go back to the previous editor of WordPress, go to plugins > add new > classic editor, install and activate the classic editor plugin.
With the latest update of WordPress 5.0, a new WordPress content editor is included, called Gutenberg, which have a radically new user interface.
Unfortunately, this new graphical user interface does not work with all previously used plugins of WordPress, and does not include some basic functions that were possible before, for example like selecting and copying tags from the post tags list.
Hopefully, it is very easy to switch back to the previous WordPress text editor, by installing the official plugin WordPress Classic Editor, freely available in the plugins directory.
In order to install the WordPress plugin classic editor, start by open the add new page of the plugins option of WordPress, accessible in the administration left sidebar menu.
Here, type "classic editor" in the top right search field, which should get you several possible plugins.
The official one, compatible and tested with latest WordPress version, and called exactly "classic editor", should be the first search result. Click on install now to have that plugin installed on your WordPress website.
The installation might take some time, depending on your server internet connection, and the connection to the WordPress plugins directory, from where the classic editor plugin has to be downloaded.
Once the installation is over, click on the activate button in order to replace instantaneously the new Gutenberg content editor with the old WordPress content editor, now called classic editor.
Go back to create a new post, or edit an existing one, and the Gutenberg should be replaced with the WordPress classic editor, just as before the update to the WordPress 5.0 version, which isn't even stable yet, as it was recently released and might still contain some bugs.
Introduced with WordPress version 5, the Gutenberg content editor replaces the former classic editor. It has terrible reviews on WordPress website, as the look and feel is actually more like a regression than an improvement.
If you really want to keep using the difficult Gutenberg content editor, there are many tutorials available on the Web, to help you make your first steps using it.
However, if you have been using the classic editor for a while, you might prefer to simply deactivate the Gutenberg editor, and keep using the classic editor, as the new one does not bring any improvement.
Once the plugin WordPress classic editor has been installed, it is worth checking its options.
Switching back to WordPress classic editor allows for extra options, such as having WordPress switch to old editor forced to all users of the installation, allowing the users to switch to old editor or to new editor by themselves, and also posting via email.
It is also possible to select a default post category and a default post format, which will be enforced for all users of the site.


When September rolls around, you might be embarking on a new phase of your life. If you plan to go to college this year, everything you do now needs to take you a step closer to your goal. When people apply for college, they have to choose a list of schools that they want to go to at the start of the semester. You probably have a first-choice college in mind already, and so you wish to make sure that they accept you. There are no magic solutions when it comes to applying for schools. This process will take hard work if you want to get it right.
Okay, so the first step is one of the hardest things you will ever have to do. Choosing what college you want to go to is a massive deal. Remember, it is not just about what college gets the best results. You also have to think about which school specializes in the subject you want to major in so that you will get an excellent education. Talk to anyone who will listen to you about this decision and don't make it until you are ready.
If you need a little extra help when it comes to getting into the best college for you, you can get it. There are quite a few companies that now offer students a college consulting service. That means that a specialist will help you to get into your school of choice. If you find that the whole application process is stressful, you should consider this option.
Of course, if you want to get into an incredible school, you need to get the right grades. You might already know what grades your first-choice college expects from its applicants. You need to work towards getting those grades, or you have no chance of getting into the school you want to attend. If you know that you have a weak area, you should focus on improving it. You could get a personal tutor to help you along the way so that you boost your confidence and enhance skill set.
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Olivier Chandon (17 September 1955 – 2 March 1983), also called Olivier Chandon de Brailles, Oliver Chandon de Briailles, and Olivier Chandon Debrailles, was a French race car driver, heir to the Moët et Chandon champagne, and one-time boyfriend of the American model Christie Brinkley.

Biography
Olivier Chandon de Brailles was the only son of Frederic Chandon de Brailles, chairman of the Moët-Hennessy group and heir to the Moët & Chandon champagne fortune.

 Chandon spoke five languages, had a second degree black belt in Tae-Kwen-Do, and was a race car driver and skydiver.

A graduate of Le Rosey in Switzerland, he served in the French Air Force and later moved to New York City. There he attended New York University to study marketing and worked in the sales department of United Technologies. Earlier, he began racing cars in Europe at age 18, whereby he assumed the shortened name of Olivier Chandon. He later resumed his race car career in the United States.

On 2 March 1983, Chandon, a member of the New York-based Fred Opert Racing Team, was killed while driving a Ralt race car in a private practice session at Moroso Motorsports Park in West Palm Beach, Florida, while preparing for the upcoming Formula Atlantic season. While in New York Chandon lived in the infamous Chelsea Hotel.

Travelling over 100 miles per hour, Chandon's vehicle crashed through a barrier, fell into a canal and landed upside down, where he was pinned in his car at the feet and drowned in an otherwise survivable accident. The cause of the accident could not be determined: either the throttle stuck or driver error.

Chandon had a romantic relationship with model Christie Brinkley. The two first met at Studio 54 where she was holding a party to promote Brinkley's 1982 calendar and then they became an "item" for the gossip magazines. Chandon had phoned her less than an hour before the accident to arrange to meet her in Palm Beach that evening. When told of the accident, a distraught Brinkley stayed in California.

Olivier Chandon is buried in the Laferté-sur-Aube cemetery, in Haute-Marne.

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Austrians vote in snap election with conservatives in lead
Vienna, Austria Published: Sep 29, 2019, 09:28 AM(IST)
Vice Mayor of Vienna Dominik Nepp, Head of Austria's Freedom Party Norbert Hofer and Former Interior Minister Herbert Kickl hold Austrian flags during the final election rally in Vienna, Austria. Photograph:( Reuters )
Austrians vote Sunday in snap elections, in which the conservatives look set to triumph but will have difficulties finding a partner to govern after a corruption scandal brought down their last coalition with the far-right
Austrians vote Sunday in snap elections, in which the conservatives look set to triumph but will have difficulties finding a partner to govern after a corruption scandal brought down their last coalition with the far-right.
The People's Party (OeVP) led by 33-year-old Sebastian Kurz is predicted to gain around 33 per cent, up slightly from the last elections two years ago but not enough to form a majority government.
Kurz has "nothing to win, but a lot to lose", according to an editorial in Die Presse daily on Saturday.
"Even with a nice plus on Sunday, it is more difficult for him than in 2017," it said, adding there was no partner that quite suited him anymore.
With 6.4 million people eligible to vote, polling stations open at 7 am (0500 GMT) and close at 5 pm (1500 GMT) when first projections are expected.
Far-right troubles
The parliamentary elections were brought about by the "Ibiza-gate" corruption scandal that engulfed Kurz's far-right coalition partner in May, after just 18 months in government together.
Experts have predicted "whizz-kid" Kurz could once again partner up with the Freedom Party (FPOe) in a re-run of the coalition that has been touted by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and other nationalists as a model for all of Europe.
But fresh allegations of wrong-doing have shaken the far-right over the past week.
Prosecutors confirmed Thursday they were investigating Heinz-Christian Strache, who resigned as FPOe leader and vice-chancellor in May because of "Ibiza-gate", over fraudulent party expense claims.
The FPOe's current leader, Norbert Hofer, has said he won't tread "gently" if any wrong-doing is confirmed, leading to worries that supporters of Strache, who led the party for 14 years and remains influential, could stay away from the polls in protest.
Kurz himself has also warned that left-leaning parties could gain more than predicted and then band together to form a coalition without him.
"If there is just a little shift... then there will be a majority against us," Kurz told supporters at a final rally in Vienna on Saturday.
Climate matters
Unlike in 2017, the top voter concern is not immigration -- a welcome topic for Kurz and his former far-right allies -- but the climate.
Tens of thousands of people marched Friday in Vienna and other Austrian cities to demand the government fight climate change.
The protests were part of global demonstrations led by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and the biggest yet in the small Alpine country of 8.8 million inhabitants.
Against this backdrop, Austria's Greens -- who failed to get into parliament in 2017 in shock results -- look set to make the biggest inroads on Sunday.
They are tipped to gain around 13 per cent, up 10 percentage points from two years ago.
It remains to be seen if Kurz, a former law student who has enjoyed a rapid ascent through the ranks in Austrian politics, tries to woo them and another small party, the liberal NEOs, after Sunday to form a partnership.
Unsurprisingly given the reason the election was called, corruption in public life and party financing have also been prominent themes in the campaign, as well as more bread-and-butter issues like social care.
Another option for Kurz could be forming a coalition with the Social Democrats (SPOe).
With a predicted historic low of around 22 per cent, the SPOe was neck and neck with the FPOe before the troubles this week as the country's second strongest party.
Since World War II, either OeVP or SPOe have always governed, and for 44 years in total the two ruled together, but it was Kurz who ended their last partnership, leading to the 2017 polls.
Kurz has also floated the idea of ruling in a minority government. But this would potentially continue political uncertainty and could even trigger another election.
Either way, negotiations between parties are expected to take months again. Ultimately, President Alexander Van der Bellen, a former Greens leader, will need to approve any government.
The OeVP-FPOe government imploded in May when two German media outlets published footage filmed secretly on the Spanish resort island of Ibiza, showing Strache appearing to offer public contracts in exchange for campaign help from a fake Russian backer.
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New Technologies and the Future of Languages
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We are living a digital revolution that is having a dramatic impact on communication and society. Recent developments in information and communication technology are sometimes compared to the so-called Gutenberg Revolution created by the invention of the printing press.
What can this analogy with the Gutenberg Revolution tell us about the future of our languages?
The printing press undoubtedly helped to increase the exchange of information. However, it also led to the extinction of many languages. Regional and minority languages were rarely printed and were limited to oral forms of transmission, which in turn restricted the scope of their use.
Will the new technologies have a similar impact on our languages? Are there new risks of extinction for our languages?
Human language is a gateway to the world around us. Through its daily use we communicate, learn, share information, plan our future, coordinate with each other, and enjoy stories and poems.
However, in the digital age and in a globalized world, human language also creates major barriers. Whilst new technologies permit people all over the world to communicate with each other by providing immediate access to an endless repository of information, much of this new universe remains inaccessible and closed, locked within the invisible barriers created by the diversity of languages in which it is expressed.
Language technology and linguistic research can make a significant contribution towards the dismantling of these linguistic barriers. And that is only part of an even more far-reaching impact: they will eventually enable intuitive language-based interaction with technological devices ranging from household electronic machinery and vehicles to computers and robots.
But will all languages be suitably prepared to be used under such new technological conditions?
Are all languages being researched and equipped with appropriate language technology to face their future and strive in the digital age?
The attempt to answer questions like these triggered the publication of series of White Papers for thirty languages spoken in the EU.
The same questions are stimulating the organization of the present series of workshops described in this website.


Although it didn't sell that well, EarthBound is considered a classic RPG by many (including our writer Amir). It's noted for it's classic rock style music and comedic references to pop culture. In Japan, EarthBound is part of a series of games called "Mother" most of which have never seen US soil.


How Food Sensitivities may be Hijacking your Weight-loss Goals!
"Doc, I've tried everything. I've done all the diets. I've done HCG, low-calorie diets, I've even taken those magic pills I saw on the TV and it is just no use. I can't lose weight and it's not my fault."
How many times have I heard that?
But you know what? I believe them… and here's why.
I believe they've tried everything they can think of and I not only think but know that sometimes it isn't their fault. The reason I believe this is because their focus has been entirely external, when internally, something might be wrong physiologically. What do I mean by that?
It is very possible some people could have foods in their diet that they are sensitive to and these food sensitivities could be short circuiting their body's ability to lose weight.
In order to better understand this, we need to realize there is a difference between a food allergy, a food sensitivity, and a food intolerance.
When someone has an allergy to a food (such as shellfish, peanuts, etc.) if that person eats that food they will have a fairly immediate reaction in some way, usually within a few minutes. Maybe their tongue will swell or their lips will turn red.
What many of us haven't heard of is food sensitivities. A food sensitivity is not an allergy, but instead, it is a slow reaction which can take four, five, even six days to manifest symptoms. Those symptoms could include: swelling, inflammation, headaches, pains and, for some, a resistance to weight loss. I don't remember what I ate six days ago, do you?
A food intolerance would be like when someone is lactose intolerant. It may produce some embarrassing gas but not much more than that.
It may be well worth exploring to see if you have any food sensitivities especially if you have tried numerous methods to lose weight. There are two ways to do this.
Coca's pulse test is the first method I would recommend to determine if you have food sensitivities. It's cheap, easy, and can be done in the comfort of your own home. It would take too long to explain with words how it works, at the top of the page is a video that explains how you can do it at home.
Although Coca's pulse test is free and painless, there is some room to improve accuracy. This is where blood tests for specific food panels come into play. We use a very simple pin prick test, which you can order from us, and complete this procedure at your home. It's as simple as pricking your finger with the included instrument, and then placing your droplets of blood on the piece of test paper. Box it up and ship to the lab.
This will test for 120 of the most common foods we consume, in both the raw and cooked form. Few doctors are doing this. And even fewer labs are testing foods in both the raw and cooked state. This lab will test Immunoglobulin G which is a protein complex used to determine what foods you may be sensitive too.
Interestingly enough, some people, who have been tested and found to be negative for allergies, come up positive for certain food sensitivities.
As I mentioned in the video, you could just remove the usual "suspects" when it comes to the bad guys; such as dairy, wheat, corn (and corn products), tomatoes, sugar and salt.
So if you're having difficulty losing weight, it may be worth your while to be tested and it would be very worthwhile if you're just getting started in your weight loss journey. If you have questions or would like a phone consultation, feel free to call us at the office at 815-469-7472 and mention you read this blog on Apex-Fitness' website. Also, check out the blogs from the other contributors on this website for other helpful tips.
Thanks and make it a great day!!!
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Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Police advise people to leave their homes after 'viable device' found at Filton house
Police have confirmed a "suspicious item" has been found
Bronwen Weatherby
Police have arrested a man in his 30s after a "suspicious item" was found at a house on Filton Avenue.
Officers have been making door-to-door enquiries and advising residents to evacuate to a nearby school while emergency services deal with the situation.
The Royal Logistics Core Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit - or bomb squad - have been called and are now on the scene.
Police reveal details of man due in court on explosive charges
Bomb squad Filton avenue after "suspicious item" found.
This is why Bristol Waste might not be sorting your recycling anymore
They have been pictured putting their full body suit and armour on to enter a property on part of the road between Lockleaze Road and Berry Lane.
The bomb squad have been called to Filton Avenue after the discovery of a suspicious item in a house
Paramedics have also arrived and are currently standing by on the closed-off road.
Residents have been told the item found is believed to be a "viable device".
Filton Avenue
People told to leave homes
'Suspicious item' removed
'Not terrorism-related'
Traffic, including bus services are being diverted away from the road by police officers.
In a statement from Avon and Somerset police at around 5.30pm, they said: "We're currently at an address on Filton Avenue following the discovery of a suspicious item.
"The road is currently closed and the EOD have been requested to attend as precautionary measure.
Man arrested on suspicion of wounding after Bristol kebab shop assault
"A man aged in his 30s has been arrested in connection with the incident and enquiries are ongoing."
A resident of Berry Lane, Matthew Pursey said that police had been around to his home to advise his family to evacuate.
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He said: "Police came around about couple of hours ago to advise evacuation - voluntarily - to the school after they found what they called a 'viable device'.
Mr Pursey was told a "package" had been found near the bus stop on the corner of Berry Lane and Filton Avenue.
However, other eye-witnesses have seen a lot of police activity around one property on Filton Avenue.
In pictures: Closure of Filton Avenue after suspicious item found
"Police have been waiting for 'EOD' which I assume means bomb disposal or technicians, who I think turned up approx 17:45," said Mr Pursey.
"Some people have evacuated and some have decided to stay in their homes," he added.
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PSN back up in USA, California. Thank goodness it was a simple update then password change. Couldn't be easier.
There are more then you know!
I have got some problems with changing PSN password for my kids account(s).
They have their email on hotmail. During the procedure it says it mailed the link to the email account on hotmail, but it never arrives.
Anybody else with this problem? And is there a solution for this?
other email providers such as gmail work ok.
The psn email I received said to wait because of so many people trying at once.
Correct, my gmail account and xs4all account received the mail instantly.
I am still waiting for the email to arrive in the hotmail accounts.
I`m still awaiting for my other email to come through, its a hotmail account and has been over 24hrs for it to arrive now, will keep ya updated thats if it comes through. I`ve had to lose one of my GT5 accounts :@ cos the email I used was completly false and never excisted, thank god there wasn`t much on there.
I have a Hotmail account and had no trouble (it took a couple of minutes) to come through - all good here.
I ll have a scout tomorrow in work if u don't find it first.


There are many reasons why one may be selling their Cerec technology. Over the past 13-years I've heard just about every reason possible of why one want's to sell their CADCAM technology. The most common thread is that "it's just not being utilized" as much as they would have hoped to and they are just seeking a quick sale before they have to make another payment. This technology is just like anything else we buy and don't use. However, the "unloading" part is not like most other things we buy. You will never grasp of what all entails of selling this technology until you actually try it for yourself. Perfect world, Dr. Smith down the street stop's over checks it out and pays on the spot and takes it home with him. We'll just say that might happen 1-5,000 times! Here's the real deal...your answering non-stop phone calls of "what's wrong with it", finding a buyer that actually get's back to you after he said "I'll buy it". After you got an "I do" now try getting paid, without 5-10 calls and feeling like a bill collector, then to only hear "I've changed my mind" or "my financing fell through", then your back to square one. After you have a buyer in hand and he's paid, now the fun part of packing and shipping comes in. We do it for a living and we have it down to a science, there was only a 3-year learning curve with the right crates, right shipping companies and finding "real insurance". For the average dentist this is all a huge hassle and I've heard of some real nightmares. This is just one of many reason, CASH IS KING....a now buyer, a now deal and this thing is outta-hear tomorrow.
4 Star Dental Equipment, Inc. / www.Tools4smiles.com is the original pioneer in the "used Cerec business", since 2004. We have a pretty good idea on the history of this technology, exact values and depreciation values expanding over 13-years and over 600-Cerec transaction. Along with reasons why dentist want buy or sell pre-owned Cerec technology. With over $13,000,000 in Cerec transactions over the years of buying and selling pre-owned Cerec's to every corner of the Planet......yes, we are experts in this arena. There is no one in the USA with more experience, knowledge or know-how to assist you with selling your pre-owned Cerec!
www.Tools4Smiles.com is the only website of it's kind to assist specifically pre-owned Cerec and E4D / CADCAM buyers and sellers. We make selling your Cerec on your own as simple as 1-2-3! Best of all there are no "consignment" fees, selling fees, paypal fees or ebay fees and it's all for FREE. There is no catch, so you put that thought to rest. We eve offer your customers financing, of all credit types up to $150,000. We will assist you with getting your unit listed, sold, packed up and shipped anywhere in the world. Concierge shipping assistance is $599 and this includes the custom crate and packing materials and we send you the airway bill shipping labels, we don't pay for the freight. This website allows you to truly keep 100% of the profits. It doesn't get any better than that! If your unit does not sell in 30-days, we will make you a cash offer and take care of the fees on the custom crate, packing materials and the shipping fees. Over the past 13-years / 600+ Cerec transactions, we have made upfront cash offers on 90% of the transactions. The other 10% had grinded it out and with a little assistance from us, had managed to sell it on their own. We'll tell EXACTLY how to sell it and assist you with every step. We'll even provide you with a FREE appraisal on our website www.tools4smiles.com. Use the automated form, enter a few images and we'll have a FREE appraisal for you within 24-hours!
Some players in the pre-owned Cerec world like to promote and operate primarily by consignments. This is the ultimate business model to have "no skin" in the game and zero investment, other than a few hours of time. It's a great business when you have zero risk in any business. Don't you wish your dental practice ran like that? You don't have to buy any dental supplies, pay any staff or pay your lease until you have someone willing to do the treatment, then everyone get's paid. This is how Consignment companies operate.....they may have your best interest at heart as it's the only way they are getting paid, but not having "skin in the game" is a "game change". We see "consignment companies" like real estate agents, they take a few pictures, list it on various websites and sell it for whatever price you want, initially. After a few weeks or months will circle back to you to suggest a lower price (kind of like the price they knew all along) to meet the market to draw some interest. This process repeats it's self until you've finally come to the conclusion the value is a lot less than what you thought. When your just tired of trying to sell it and just want to be done with the process, you'll either decide to keep it or take a "close enough" offer. Yup, it's exactly like the Real Estate business.
The obvious reason is "cash today" and your not waiting on a Consignment company to sell your equipment in 4-8 weeks. They know it's over-priced from the get-go, hence 4-weeks goes by with no offers. They also know that you'll eventually succumb to a much lower price after a month and don't care if you don't....the zero "skin in the game" program comes into effect. They have several other fishing poles in the water at different intervals of how long the bait has been cast out there. Hint: look at a consignment company's inventory and see the least expensive priced unit....this is the one that has been on the market for several months and the price has dropped significantly. Look at the highest priced unit's for sale....these are the new-by's on the block. I guess every seller just needs 4-weeks to see it listed, promoted and entertain a few low ball offers for reality to set in of what your really have, as far as "street value". I hear very often, "I see them selling for XYZ. Many times, sellers are confused with what they are seeing is what they are "listed" for, not SOLD. Trust me, those numbers are 10's of thousands apart. Do you want to be a "seller" or a "lister"? Lister is not going to put a single dollar in your bank account!
Considering the astonishing depreciation rate of this technology, every month your holding out for a "few more bucks", your losing even more money with the monthly depreciation. Again, consignment companies don't care who long you take to say "sell it". They are still making 10-30% on the other consignments that were put into rotation months ago.
Taking a cash deal eliminates you or the front desk fielding 100 - questions of what's wrong with it, why are you selling it, figuring out how to pack it up, who's going to ship it, is there "really" shipping insurance", having to deal with shipping companies in the event damage occurs, who's paying for the damages, dealing with the end user for weeks or months after the sale. When your trying to practice dentistry, these are all major distractions that won't go away until the issues are resolved. If you fall into this nightmare, you'll quickly be thinking about "should have taken" the direct CASH purchase, as none of this headache is worth it.
Like anything else with a high price tag, nothing is easier than someone else taking care of all the details, putting a check in your hands in a days, not weeks and your free! Free of debt, free of any further headaches and now you can finally have a good night's sleep. Some consignment companies make you accountable for 30-days after the sale! For the record, our website will assist you to do everything a "consignment" company promises, for FREE! With the exception, you'll need to answer the eMails.
We all have different idea on how we like to do business, at the end of the day..I'm personally "a bird in hand" kind of business guy. And I know for a fact "if B-Back's were Green Backs", I'd be retired! Famous last words "I'll be back". I hope to have been informative to some degree and hopefully shed some light on the real deal of the used CADCAM business. We are always available to help you 7-days a week. Visit us on the web at www.tools4smiles.com or contact us toll free 1.877.CEREC2U.
Best of luck with all of your Cerec endeavors!


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Kambar (கம்பர்) foi um poeta tâmil. Kambar é popularmente conhecido por ser autor do Ramavatharam (popularmente conhecido como Kambaramayanam), a versão tâmil de Ramayana, ou a História de Rama, um dos mais antigos épicos da história humana inspirados pelo épico sânscrito. A versão original foi escrita pelo sábio Valmiki. Esse épico, de 24000 versos, conta sobre um príncipe Raghuvamsa, Rama de Ayodhya, cuja esposa, Sita, é abduzida por Ravana, um poderoso imperador. Na mitologia hindu, Rama é considerado a sétima encarnação do deus Vixnu, um dos deuses da trindade sagrada hindu (incluindo Brama e Xiva).

Kamban floresceu no século XII em Therazhundur, uma vila no culturalmente rico distrito de Thanjavur, no estado moderno de Tamil Nadu, no sul da Índia. Kamban foi um grande estudioso das duas mais antigas e ricas linguagens da Índia, sânscrito e tâmil. Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar, em uma biografia, Kavicakravarty Kamban, escreve em detalhes sobre esse poeta do . O Ramavataram ou Kamba Ramayanam de Kamban é um épico de mais de 10000 versos, de 4 linhas cada. Kamba Ramayana não é uma tradução do épico sânscrito de Valmiki, mas sim uma recontagem original da história do deus Rama. A obra poética é bem conhecida pelas suas comparações. É, portanto, tão grandiosa que impressiona muitos pela sua imaginação e criatividade.

Conta a lenda que o episódio inteiro foi escrito em uma noite por Ganesha. Diz-se que Ganesha escreveu os poemas que Kambar ditou-lhe durante a noite, como Kambar procrastinou a obra até o dia anterior ao prazo estabelecido pelo rei. Existe um ditado que diz: Kamban veetu kattu thariyum kavi paadum, que, livremente traduzido, significa: até mesmo o tear de Kamban consegue escrever um poema. Kambar também escreveu obras literárias como Er Ezhupathu (setenta canções sobre a grandeza da agricultura) e o Mangala Vazhthu (que louva a grandeza e a benevolência dos Kongu Vellala Gounder que foram os seus patrões, com Sadayappa Vallal também pertencendo à comunidade).

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Kavicakravarty Kambar, e-text by Mahavidwan R.Raghava Iyengar,

Literatura da Índia


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In this Oct. 9, 2019 photo, anti-government demonstrators commandeer an armored vehicle during a nationwide strike against President Lenin Moreno and his economic policies in Quito, Ecuador. The military warned people who plan to participate in the national strike over fuel price hikes to avoid acts of violence. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)
This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean that were published in the past week.
Anti-government protests convulsed Ecuador, with indigenous groups, union activists and others blocking roads and clashing with police after fuel prices jumped with the end of government subsidies.
Haiti's economy was paralyzed after weeks of street protests by demonstrators demanding that President Jovenel Moïse leave office.
In Colombia, powerful former President Alvaro Uribe appeared before the Supreme Court for questioning in a case involving alleged witness tampering that could potentially cast a dark shadow over his legacy.
Thousands lined major boulevards in Mexico City to catch a glimpse of the hearse bearing the ashes of singer José José, who was memorialized in a tribute at the majestic Palace of Fine Arts and a Mass at one of Latin America's most important Roman Catholic shrines.
Former Dominican President Leonel Fernández contested his apparent defeat in a primary vote by the Dominican Republic's governing party to pick its presidential candidate.
Brazil's government failed to auction four oil fields near one of the nation's biggest coral reef systems.
Curated by photojournalist Moises Castillo in Guatemala City. On Twitter: https://twitter.com/moises1975 .


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Gold is a comedy-drama directed by renowned director Alphonse Puthren. He also written, edited, worked as a stunt choreographer, visual effects and animation artist and also did colour grading for the film. The movie marked Puthren's directorial comeback after a seven-year break in the Mollywood film industry.
GOLD starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Nayanthara releasing on December in Malayalam and Tamil. Interestingly, the film releasing in theatres with almost zero promotions. This film received mixed reviews and below average Box Office response.
The comedy-drama, which is different from the director's sleeper hit 'Premam', has Prithviraj playing Joshy, a mobile shop owner, who wakes up to see an SUV (Bolero) parked outside his house. A chain of events that follows after a quotation gang tries to get hold of the Bolero in the middle of the night forms the crux of the narrative.
Noted platform Prime Video has grabbed the streaming rights of the movie. Now, it has announced that the film would be available from December 29 in Malayalam with English Subtitle.


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It provides other services including content marketing, outreach, social media marketing and conversion rate optimisation and employs more than 70 staff.


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This paper describes the changes that must occur for distributed query optimization to. While work in this area develop…. I. How a database processes a query as well as some of the algorithms and rule-sets utilized to produce more efficient queries will also be presented identifies future research directions. The remainder of this paper is organized as follows. Ioannidis. Zoé Lacroix, in Bioinformatics, 2003. Section 2 presents some basic concepts for XML query processing, including XML data tree, XML schema. Orca is a comprehensive development uniting state-of-the-art query optimization technology with own original research. In our model, Query processing: A 3-step process. This stable equilibrium of distributed query optimization research has been punctuated by recent work in peer to peer databases [4], continuous query systems [5], [6], and other stream-based overlay networks [7]. 4.4.3 Query Optimization. Techniques based on sharing data and computation among queries have been an active research topic in database systems. The rea-. While work in this area develop…. Research Paper Query Optimization, approval to teach k 6 resume, presentation speaking rubric nyc, write finance dissertation introduction. Section 3 first defines the query model that will be used throughout this paper and then presents a formulation of the multiple-query optimization problem. Techniques based on sharing data and computation among queries have been an active research topic in database systems. Compile-Time Query Optimization for Big Data Analytics Leonidas Fegaras University of Texas at Arlington, CSE, 416 Yates Street, P.O. Techniques based on sharing data and computation among queries have been an active research topic in database systems. In this paper, we investigate cost-based query optimization approaches to ef-ficiently evaluate such mining tasks. There has been extensive work in query optimization since the early '70s. To our knowledge, this paper is the first effort in estimating the needed input size for optimal rank aggregation algorithms. Compile-Time Query Optimization for Big Data Analytics Leonidas Fegaras University of Texas at Arlington, CSE, 416 Yates Street, P.O. It is hard to capture the breadth and depth of this large body of work in a short article. theThe main function of many relational database management systems is query optimization in which multiple query plans are to be prepared for satisfying a query are examined, and based on result of examined queries good query plan is identified. Our goal has been to identify classes of histograms that combine three. business and user requirements. How a database processes a query as well as some of the algorithms and rule-sets utilized to produce more efficient queries will also be presented Compile-Time Query Optimization for Big Data Analytics Leonidas Fegaras University of Texas at Arlington, CSE, 416 Yates Street, P.O. Some of the basic techniques of query processing and optimization have been presented in this paper. This paper will introduce the reader to the basic concepts of query processing and query optimization in the relational database domain. In this paper, an ant colony algorithm as one of the hybrid strategy of evolutionary algorithms is utilized to find a solution for join query optimization problem in the distributed database systems associated query execution plan. of Wisconsin. Our goal has been to identify classes of histograms that combine three. In this paper, we overview the line of research on histograms that we have followed at the Univ. An Overview of Data Warehousing and OLAP Technology by Surajit Chaudhuri, Umeshwar Dayal. Keywords : Cloud Computing, Map-Reduce, Service Level Agreement, Query optimization, Conventional SQL. This paper presents a user-interactive multi-objective query optimization strategy based on a modified weighted sum model, called Normalized Weighted Sum Model (NWSM). Keywords : Cloud Computing, Map-Reduce, Service Level Agreement, Query optimization, Conventional SQL. technique of Query Optimization. of Wisconsin. We were granted a limited amount of computation time on a D-Wave 2X adiabatic quantum annealer, currently hosted at NASA Ames Research Center in California.. After decades of work still having this problem far from re-solved [26], some have even questioned it and argued for the need of optimizer application hints [6]. However, current query hints are not. View Query Optimization Research Papers on Academia.edu for free An Overview of Query Optimization in Relational Systems by Surajit Chaudhuri. Techniques based on sharing data and computation among queries have been an active research topic in database systems. Box 19015, Arlington, TX 76019, USA, fegaras@cse.uta.edu ABSTRACT Many emerging programming environments for large-scale data analysis, such as Map-Reduce, Spark, and Flink,. Power Hints for Query Optimization Nicolas Bruno, Surajit Chaudhuri, Ravi Ramamurthy Microsoft Research, USA {nicolasb,surajitc,ravirama}@microsoft.com Abstract—Commercial database systems expose query hints to address situations in which the optimizer chooses a poor plan for a given query. Compile-Time Query Optimization for Big Data Analytics Leonidas Fegaras University of Texas at Arlington, CSE, 416 Yates Street, P.O. Therefore, I have decided to focus primarily on the optimization of SQL queries in relational database systems and present my biased and incomplete view […]. We then present a (ARRQ) technique to process queries with a minimum quantity of intersite data transfer.. Keywords Query Optimization, Constraint based pruning, Federation, SPARQL query, RDF graph Introduction Queries are executed either in relational database xml database. Query Optimization, tuples. In this paper, the various approaches are reviewed for query optimization. In the final part of the paper we study constraint-based query optimization in the context of SPARQL, also known as Semantic Query Optimization (SQO). 25 in the area. Research Challenges in Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Join Query Optimization aiDM'20, June 14–19, 2020, Portland, OR, USA action and state must be encoded as a fixed length vector which the trained neural network model expects as input. INTRODUCTION. SQO has been ap-plied successfully in other contexts before, such as Conjunc-tive Query (CQ) optimization (e.g., [3]), relational databases (e.g., [17]), and deductive databases (e.g., [5]). Techniques based on sharing data and computation among queries have been an active research topic in database systems. This paper covers how these SQL queries can be optimized for better performance. We were granted a limited amount of computation time on a D-Wave 2X adiabatic quantum annealer, currently hosted at NASA Ames Research Center in California tables requested by a query. Research of Spark SQL Query Optimization Based on Massive Small Files on HDFS @inproceedings{Cheng2019ResearchOS, title={Research of Spark SQL Query Optimization Based on Massive Small Files on HDFS}, author={Kefei Cheng and Xudong Chen and Ke Zhou and Xianjun Deng and Zhao Luo}, year={2019} }. This algorithm is implemented in the distributed INGRES data-base system. In this paper, we describe the distributed query optimization problem in detail. SQL optimization attempts to optimize the SQL queries at the application level, and typically offers the biggest potential for database performance optimization. Query optimization subject is very deep but we will try to cover the most important points. Box 19015, Arlington, TX 76019, USA, fegaras@cse.uta.edu ABSTRACT Many emerging programming environments for large-scale data analysis, such as Map-Reduce, Spark, and Flink,. Box 19015, Arlington, TX 76019, USA, fegaras@cse.uta.edu ABSTRACT Many emerging programming environments for large-scale data analysis, such as Map-Reduce, Spark, and Flink,. In this paper, we focus specifically on the state representation. Section 3 first defines the query model that will be used throughout this paper and then presents a formulation of the multiple-query optimization problem. The action and query in this example would be encoded for our model as :. How a database processes a query as well as some of the algorithms and rule-sets utilized to produce more efficient queries query optimization research paper will also be presented been the subject of multiple research thrusts, including schema integration [3, 4], data transformation [2], as well as distributed query processing and optimization. The action and query in this example would be encoded for our model as :. The most popular. This stable equilibrium of distributed query optimization research has been punctuated by recent work in peer to peer databases [4], continuous query systems [5], [6], and other stream-based overlay networks [7]. Compile-Time Query Optimization for Big Data Analytics Leonidas Fegaras University of Texas at Arlington, CSE, 416 Yates Street, P.O. Techniques based on sharing data and computation among queries have been an active research topic in database systems. It is hard to capture the breadth and depth of this large body of work in a short article. The most popular. However, current query hints are not. INTRODUCTION Cloud computing is a very successful paradigm for service-oriented computing [1]. Many current database systems use some form of histograms to approximate the frequency distribution of values in the attributes of relations and based on them estimate some query result sizes and access plan costs. This may or may not be the absolute best of all. The performances of the query processing and optimization techniques proposed in this paper are fully evaluated with two benchmarks, XMark and XMach, and two real data sets, Shakes and DBLP. While these bench-marks have proven their value for evaluating query engines, we argue that they are not good benchmarks for the cardi-nality estimation component of query optimizers. 1 Company names have been changed for the public version of this paper have prompted Pivotal to build a new query optimizer. While work in this area develop…. Many research papers on query processing and optimization use standard benchmarks like TPC-H, TPC-DS, or the Star Schema Benchmark (SSB) [4,43,41]. In this paper we present the architecture of Orca, the new query optimizer for all Pivotal data management products, including Pivotal Greenplum Database and Pivotal HAWQ. SQO has been ap-plied successfully in other contexts before, such as Conjunc-tive Query (CQ) optimization (e.g., [3]), relational databases (e.g., [17]), and deductive databases (e.g., [5]). Performance studies ofthis algorithm are re-ported in [10]. database performance optimization, is the activity of making a database system run faster. In the final part of the paper we study constraint-based query optimization in the context of SPARQL, also known as Semantic Query Optimization (SQO). Box 19015, Arlington, TX 76019, USA, fegaras@cse.uta.edu ABSTRACT Many emerging programming environments for large-scale data analysis, such as Map-Reduce, Spark, and Flink,. Because of limited storage space available we use the cloud for executing the query query plans become. Query optimization [79, 80] is the science and the art of applying equivalence rules to rewrite the tree of operators evoked in a query and produce an optimal plan.A plan is optimal if it returns the answer in the least time or using the least space Multiple-Query Optimization. Query optimization is a core database research topic with a huge body of related work, that cannot be fully represented in this sec-tion.
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Single-use plastics back in use
Traders blame it on customers not bringing their own bags
July 31, 2021 12:51 am | Updated 12:54 am IST - CHENNAI
Pon Vasanth B.A
Ban only on paper: Plastic carry bags are back among retail traders and hawkers in Chennai.
Despite a ban being in force, single use plastics, particularly polythene carry bags, are back in use widely in the city again.
The State government banned the use of single-use plastics in 2019. While the enforcement was stringent initially, the monitoring seemed to have waned particularly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to their re-emergence. The banned plastics are commonly spotted mostly in small stores, eateries and among hawkers selling vegetables.
G. Meena, who sells vegetables on Eldams Road, said they were forced to have carry bags as a majority of the customers do not bring bags. "It is relatively better how. A lot of people do bring bags. However, many still do not. We will be happy if everyone brings their own bags as we do not have to spend on carry bags," she said.
A grocer in Teynampet said that while many supermarkets and big outlets had switched to cloth bags, those running small shops like him could not make that switch completely. "In big outlets, customers are charged ₹10 or ₹20 for a bag. Those who come to our shops do not want to pay extra for a bag," he said.
Many eateries have switched to using plastics for packaging.
N. Prakash, a delivery partner with one of the major online food delivery platforms, said that while they had switched to paper bags soon after the ban, plastics had gradually returned.
"A lot of restaurants are avoiding plastics. However, many have started using plastic boxes and carry bags as they find them to be easier for packing food," he said.
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S. Rakkappan, president, Tamil Nadu Plastic Manufacturers' Association (TAPMA), said that although the usage of plastics had gradually resumed, the manufacturing units remained severely affected. "As far as I know, more than 75% to 80% of MSME units have shut shop. Whatever plastics we see in Tamil Nadu are predominantly coming from places like Puducherry and Daman and Diu," he said.
He alleged that the support the previous government promised to provide to MSME units for producing alternatives to plastic never materialised. "I personally tried to help 10 to 15 units. It did not help. Many people who were running and working in small units are struggling now," he said.
An official from the Greater Chennai Corporation said that periodic checks were being conducted although the focus may have reduced after the outbreak of COVID-19.
The official said that monitoring would be intensified.
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Some of my earliest memories as a young boy were Sunday dinners at Grandma Manning's home. I think that one of the reasons I remember those dinners so well, was the fact that "Grandma Connie" always set the table with her best china. I can remember how special I felt sitting down at Grandma's dining room table with its beautifully embroidered table cloth, lovely china and silver settings, and serving plates and dishes full of delicious food.
When Grandma Connie passed, my wife and I inherited a piece of her china which was slightly faded from having been used for so many "very special occasions" over the years. Grandma's philosophy was to surround yourself with the things you love and then use and enjoy them.
Grandma Connie's example rubbed off on me as a young lad. When I received or purchased something I really liked, I wouldn't store it in a box, I'd display it where I could enjoy looking at it—and be reminded to use it! Thus, our family room and my bedroom often had machines I created with my Erector Set; buildings I made with my Lincoln Logs, American Bricks, and Kenner Girders; new slot car layouts—and more—on display. Surrounding myself with the things I loved most brought me great joy then and has continued to bring me great joy throughout my entire life.
I am so fortunate that I married a woman who is also passionate about surrounding herself with the things she loves most—including her "Old Boy" (ha!).
A few years back, after a trip to Mexico to go scuba diving and explore the ruins at Chichen Itza, we purchased a large set of colorful tableware to remind us of our adventure. My wife carefully stored them in our cupboards. Then, one evening in the middle of the week, she called me for dinner. To my surprise, our table was set with a festive tablecloth and our colorful, Mexican tableware. I was overjoyed with the visual sensation.
When I asked my wife, "What's the occasion?" She responded, "I decided that we don't need a 'special occasion' to enjoy our beautiful dishes." We both started laughing as we agreed that our beautiful dishes were not purchased to sit behind cupboard doors but to bring pizzazz to our dinner table!
The first picture shows some of the art we have collected, some of the art I have created, shadow boxes that contain special mementos, and some of our books.
The second picture shows a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed aluminum box, some of my sea shells, a shadow box with ancient ammonite fossils from the Cretaceous Period that I collected in Central Utah, and a display I made with sand from near the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.
The third picture shows my Matchbox Car collection and some of our antique bottle collection.
The fourth picture shows my mineral cabinet with some of the specimens in my collection (many of which, I personally collected in the field).
The first picture shows some of the "glass" we have collected, including three, framed mosaics we purchased from the same gallery on three, separate trips to Maui.
The second picture shows a pyrite dodecahedron from Bingham Canyon; Seashells from Galveston Island in Texas; sand from Kauai, Hawaii; coral from a beach on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico; various pieces of pottery we have collected; a polished slab of coprolite (fossilized dinosaur dung) from the Jurassic Period from Utah; and a vase full of Utah Wonderstone (colorful, banded rhyolite).
The table in the first picture contains native american art and artifacts; kaleidoscopes; one of my pen & ink drawings of Florence, Italy; a print of Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night;" fossil fish; and a model of the Space Shuttle which was a gift from a client (ATK).
The second picture shows a portion of my sand and pebble collection (in four dram vials). I have specimens from all over the world—many were gifts from my friends.
The third picture is a case with more of my sea shell collection.
Those of you who have had the experience of sorting through a loved one's earthly possessions, after they have passed, have undoubtedly experienced the following. As you go through the boxes, bags, drawers, etc., you inevitably find items that are still wrapped and new as the day they were purchased. You may have found wonderful collections of interesting items that you hadn't even been aware they collected. As you proceed, there comes a realization that many of those "treasures" don't mean the same thing to you that they meant to your deceased loved one, so you sell them or give them away. As you go through this process, you probably wonder why they never used those things or displayed them where they could have enjoyed them more.
My wife and I have made a pact with each other that when we buy, collect, or receive things we really treasure, we will display them in our home and enjoy them while we have life. We both know—and have even been told by our children—that many of our treasures will not mean to them what they meant to us.
I encourage all of us to take an inventory of our personal "treasures" and decide whether they might bring us more joy if they were displayed where we could see, enjoy, and use them on a more regular basis. In closing, I'd like to thank my Grandma Connie for sharing her treasured china and silver service with her family on "special occasions," which occurred every time we got together to share Sunday dinner—or dinner on any other day.
While reading your post I was reminded of my own grandma and the awesome dinners we ate at the home of our grandparents. Those sweet memories. I have a piece of her China in my kitchen. I have many souvenirs from my travels in Asia. I went there 17 times in different countries. I love having collections and artwork to display in my home. They are my personal treasures!
Connie, I'm happy that my post was a catalyst in bringing back such sweet memories for you. I believe the little treasures we are drawn to collect provide touchstones for special memories and the joy they brought to us. Having those little remembrances around us allows us to relive those special experiences and re-experience the original joy they brought to us.


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Archer is as strong as ever in Season 11 premiere
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"It may seem like an overly easy comparison given that they're the longest-running series in the FX family of networks, but Archer seems like the animated show most closely following in the footsteps of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," says Steve Greene. "The sturdy-but-flexible foundation of each sitcom has allowed opportunities for plenty of diversions. The fact that both have continued to return to their strengths has rarely been a sign of stagnation — if anything, it's a vindication of the technique and execution that has kept each on the air for this long."
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