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Student Mixer
*Due to the limit on the number of people, This activity priority open for participants in Student & Early-career Researcher Program and Master Class.
l Tickets can be purchased separately via the online registration system.
l Based on first-come-first-serve basis due to limited number.
▌Student Tour – October 27, Sunday
TICCèConfucius TempleèDalongdong Bao'an TempleèDihua StreetèCentral Park Café
The price included Tour bus, Insurance, Tour Guide, A bottle of water, Lunch Box, and dinner at Central Park Café.
And provide Lunch box on the bus.
Confucius Temple
The Taipei Confucius Temple is modeled after the original Confucius Temple in Qufu, China. In keeping with the sober spirit of Confucianism, the building is appropriately austere. Visitors also won't find the spring couplets common at other types of temples. Some say this is because it would be rude to display the writing of another in a temple dedicated to the Sage. Among the Confucius temples in Taiwan, Taipei's is the only one adorned with southern Fujian-style ceramic applique. At the main hall of the temple one can see a black plaque with gold lettering that reads "Educate without Discrimination." Every year on September 28, a grand ceremony with traditional music and stylized dancing is held at the temple in honor of Confucius.
Next to Taipei's Confucius temple is a temple that seems like it is the polar opposite of the other - The Dalongdong Bao-An Temple or just "Bao-An Temple" is arguably one of the busiest and most beautiful folk-religion temples in Taiwan. The temple is extremely ornate and is a national treasure to the people of Taiwan having achieved the status of a level two historic monument and being recognized by the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. The temple is also highly recommended by travel publications and is listed as a "must-visit" attraction by Lonely Planet.Bao-An Temple wins most of its accolades from its attention to detail and the beautiful art contained with the display of Taiwanese lilies that make the temple smell amazing. The original builders spent a considerable amount of money contracting the best artisans in the country at the time to help decorate the temple. If you are a fan of traditional art, Bao-An temple really is an excellently preserved museum to showcase the rich cultural history of Taiwan and the immigrants who came here so long ago.
Dihua Street
Cutting through Datong District is one of Taipei's historic neighborhoods, Dihua Street offers visitors a glimpse of mid-19th century Taipei as well as the city's thriving artistic side.
Running between Nanjing West Road and Minquan West Road, the street is known as being the heart of Dadaocheng, the oldest still-surviving neighborhood in Taipei, and for its traditional medicinal tea, sundries, and fabric and tailor shops. But there is still more to explore along Dihua Street with its historic architecture in traditional Fujian style, Baroque style and western style. Art galleries and contemporary craft shops have also made Dihua Street a popular tourist attraction. It is indeed an excellent place to enjoy the joyful atmosphere and to experience Taiwan culture
The tour will be happily end here. Buffet at Central Park Café is included, the store is near by the MRT Taipower Building Station, you can take the MRT back to your hotel after dinner.

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Asiana 214 Crash at SFO, during final approach on 7/6/13
Posted on July 10, 2013 by reformfaanow@gmail.com
Fatal Air Crash
A Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines was destroyed, with two fatalities and numerous serious injuries, after crashing into the seawall at the approach end of the San Francisco's Runway 28 Left (28L). The flight had originated in Beijing, and made a stopover at the airport in Seoul, Korea (where Asiana is based), before continuing a flight of roughly ten hours and twenty minutes to San Francisco. Weather conditions at SFO were not a factor, and Visual Approaches were being flown.
The primary cause appears to be centering on a loss of airspeed. One explanation for this occurrence is the possibility that the flight crew had armed — but did not actually activate — the auto-throttle, then failed to notice the gradual speed reduction.
Data on FlightAware indicates that ATC turned the 777 onto a long final, roughly 17-miles from the runway end, and at an elevation of 4,700′. Tabulated groundspeeds appear normal until the last minute of flight, when the speed rapidly decayed to 118-knots, well below the target airspeed of 137-knots. NTSB interviews and a review of the ATC tapes shows the flight crew recognized the deficient airspeed and promptly added power and reported a go-around. The engines did respond (which seemingly discounts a theory of any engine problems), but the pilot actions were too late and the aircraft was too low to the ground. Just seconds later, the stick shaker activated and a stall commenced at about the moment of impact.
A large piece of runway debris: the separated tail section of Asiana 214.
Upon impacting the seawall, the tail assembly separated from the fuselage. Passengers reported the fuselage nose was suddenly jerked upward. At least one news article reported crash victims with paralysis due to spinal cord fractures. The debris field indicates that the tail section and landing gear came to rest on the runway, and the fuselage/wing portion remained upright and made a flat spin roughly 360-degrees before stopping in the grass strip to the left of Runway 28L. Two flight attendants seated at the rear of the fuselage were reportedly ejected, and both were seriously injured during the crash. A fire began at the right (number two) engine. All passengers were able to evacuate, but reports indicate many were temporarily trapped; ground emergency responders provided knives to help cut people free from their seats. At least one chute deployed into (not out from) the cabin, temporarily pinning at least one person.
There were witnesses close by. A United Boeing 747 was waiting adjacent to the approach end of Runway 28L. The flight crew and those passengers looking out the cabin windows saw the rapid disintegration and developing fire, just 300-feet from their seats.
NTSB has drawn criticism from various aviation groups for being very open in the release of information. NTSB has been very clear to state that their service is to the larger public first, and their mission of transparency includes sharing information as it is gathered. NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman has also repeatedly emphasized that the information is all tentative, and the final conclusions will only be produced after a more thorough analysis. From the perspective of a citizen with concerns about past efforts by FAA to conceal aviation failures, this level of transparency is outstanding. It empowers all of us to participate within a broader safety culture, and it helps restore faith in government (which has become so horribly damaged in recent years).
Here are links to some of the articles:
7-6-2013 – Data for the entire flight, as posted at FlightAware.com.
7-7-2013 – Here's What We Know About the Asiana Flight 214 Crash (So Far) ..
Includes a timeline, video images (by witnesses), NTSB photos, and links to other articles.
7-8-2013 – Asiana Airlines Flight 214: A Pilot's Perspective
7-9-2013 – NTSB: 2 Asiana flight attendants ejected from plane
7-10-2013 – KAL & Asiana: training issues
An aiREFORM.com page connecting the Asiana 214 accident back to the KAL801 accident that killed 228 in 1997, and suggested how dangerous TV's and other distractions might be, in the ATC workplace. Also includes a compilation of pilot comments discussing CRM training (did it work, or did it fail?) and the possible contribution of cultural 'obedience' toward higher aviation accident rates.
7-10-2013 – NTSB probes auto speed controls in SFO crash
Discusses possibility that the auto-throttle was armed but not activated. Notes the two Chinese girls who were killed sat in the back row, and both had begged their parents to come on this extended school tour of the U.S. Also discusses the ALPA concerns about NTSB openness, and NTSB's position in favor of maximum transparency.
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UPDATE: 7-12-2013 — A third victim has been identified. Reports indicate she was a student at the same school as the other victims, from a Chinese school group on a tour to the U.S. She had been hospitalized in critical condition after the accident. This article also includes a photograph taken while the fuselage was being transported to storage; the photo shows the intense fire damage after the evacuation.
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New cassava bioplastic prompts Central Java to mull incentives to replace plastic
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Salatiga, Central Java / Thu, July 18, 2019 / 02:51 pm
Sinar Jaya Plastindo director Whelly Sujono (right) presents a shopping bag made of cassava bioplastic to Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo at a World Environment Day event on July 17, 2019 in Salatiga, Central Java. (JP/Suherdjoko)
The Central Java administration has embarked on a mission to gradually replace plastic packaging with bioplastics made of cassava peel, which its producer claims is more environmentally friendly than petroleum-based plastics.
The bioplastics were exhibited on Wednesday during an event in Salatiga, Central Java, that marked World Environment Day, which falls annually on June 5.
"We made the bioplastics from cassava. The plastic decomposes in just only a week," Whelly Sujono, the director of Sinar Jaya Plastindo, said on introducing the company's new product. "This is one way to atone for our sins in contributing to the world's [plastic crisis]."
Sinar Jaya Plastindo, which is headquartered in Sukoharjo regency, has been manufacturing plastic products for 14 years.
Whelly said that the company had distributed the bioplastic to hospitals and was currently approaching shopping malls and shopping centers.
Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo welcomed the bioplastic's development.
"We have already produced bioplastics, but it is not yet popular. I will issue a policy to push for [wider use of] bioplastics," said Ganjar.
"We should set targets, for example, we should reduce the volume of plastics by 50 percent and replace them with bioplastics by next year. Maybe in two to five years, we can replace 100 percent of plastics with bioplastics," he said.
He added that the provincial administration would also consider offering incentives to companies that produced bioplastics.
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Hope Is Despair and Change Is Joblessness
By James Walsh
Monday, 14 May 2012 12:44 PM Current | Bio | Archive
President Barack Obama promised the Hispanic community comprehensive immigration reform during his first year in the White House. That didn't happen. He still promises comprehensive immigration reform but now not until his second term in the White House.
His broken promises weigh heavily on many Hispanics.
The president, finding himself in a surprisingly heated re-election campaign, chooses to ignore the 70 percent of Americans who welcome legal immigrants but who oppose amnesty and a free pass to citizenship for those breaking U.S. immigration laws.
A child listens to President Obama speak on immigration in 2011.
How many foreign nationals are in the United States illegally? The guesstimate ranges from 11 million to 36 million men, women, and children. While higher numbers are proffered by immigration-control advocates, numbers are lower from government agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs), and immigrant advocates.
Meanwhile, a new silent majority of U.S. citizens holds that illegal immigration is aggravating the high unemployment and underemployment now vexing the nation. Many college graduates, skilled workers, and unskilled workers who find themselves unemployed or underemployed believe that their career goals are being derailed by the cost of government services for illegal aliens, a cost that is harming the U.S. economy.
In an April 4, report, the Pew Hispanic Center (PHC) found that 47 percent of Hispanics consider themselves "very different from the typical American."
An April 23 PHC report found that the net migration from Mexico to the United States had fallen to zero — and perhaps less — with more Mexicans leaving the U.S. then entering it.
According to federal government figures, however, more than half of the estimated 12 million immigrants currently residing in the U.S. entered illegally. Even accepting that low-ball figure, how could illegal immigrants not impact the U.S. job market?
The Pew Hispanic Center bases its contention that net migration from Mexico to the U.S. has slowed or even reversed on multiple government data sets from Mexico and the United States. These reports, however, qualify their numbers as estimates or approximations.
Such qualifiers confirm that the United States has no idea of the exact number of illegal aliens and their extended families now residing in the United States, nor can the U.S. Government state the exact costs and impacts of undocumented aliens.
Local and state agencies do a better job, as they calculate rises and declines in costs of outlays and intakes of criminal justice systems, educational institutions, healthcare facilities, such as emergency rooms, and social/welfare programs.
These costs are likely to be a more accurate barometer of the comings and goings of users of services than are the costs estimated by the federal government, nongovernment organizations, or non-profit pundits.
The Obama administration has dealt with immigration legislation by pushing for the DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors). This proposed legislation would grant U.S. citizenship to persons of a certain age group who were brought illegally into the United States as minors.
The question remains, why did the Democrats who were still in charge of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives during the December 2010 lame-duck session of Congress, fail to pass the DREAM Act?
Now Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is preparing a Republican version of the DREAM Act that would offer a pathway to permanent residency status for minors brought into the United States illegally and who are now enrolled in college or serving in the U.S. military. His bill, however, is being condemned by liberals, even before it is submitted.
Meanwhile college and graduate students — Hispanics among them — receiving their degrees in 2012, vocally express their dismay that, after sending out 60 to 80 resumes and job applications, they have no interviews. A recent segment on the PBS' "NewsHour" featured their misery as a commentary on today's job market.
Recent graduates are experiencing high unemployment, high student loan payments, and no real job prospects. This is especially so, if they happen not to have degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics — the in-demand STEM majors. As of May 8, unemployment estimates for recent college graduates is 32 percent, with underemployment for another 20.2 percent.
Ironically, many illegal aliens who overstay their student visas have graduated in STEM courses and are well employed. In contrast, students who opted for gender studies, ethnic studies, social studies, and other "lightweight" degrees, find themselves unemployed and moving back home with their parents.
The Obama administration fails to address the job question just as it fails to address comprehensive immigration reform.
Meanwhile U.S. citizen workers are losing jobs to visa overstays, either because of education deficiencies or lack of work ethic. Employers assert that many young Americans lack the specialty skills, discipline, or desire to work in high-tech STEM fields, in crafts, or in agriculture.
Many of these young people who voted in 2008 are disaffected with the Obama promises of "hope" and "change" and the unfulfilled promises of employment and immigration reform. For them, "hope" has become "despair," and "change" has become "unemployment."
James H. Walsh was associate general counsel with the U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1983 to 1994. Read more reports from James Walsh — Click Here Now.
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It's important to take advantage of any opportunity to connect with the family. Parent engagement is an important part of ensuring the success of students. Many parents will stop by the school, ask questions, or send an email with a concern. For others connecting with teachers and making time to locate resources is a challenge.
One of the reasons I'm so passionate about the integration of scannable technology is the opportunities it affords all stakeholders in the community. When looking at a QR code on a poster or the back of a cereal box you might not think that it has the potential to change the way teachers connect with their students' families. This free and device agnostic technology is a game-changer in classrooms across the world.
QR codes are a simple and easy-to-use tool.
Teachers can make QR codes for free using a variety of online tools. All you need to do is copy and paste a link to a website into the QR code generator. You can decide how you want parents to receive the QR code. Maybe it's imported as an image (like a clipart) on the bottom of a page or maybe that QR code is placed on a magnet that is sent home in the beginning of the school year. You can even print out QR codes on sticky paper and attach them to a student's folder or an item that you're sending home.
The idea here is that you are connecting resources that you want families to interact with to a QR code. Families can scan a QR code with any smartphone using a variety of apps. These apps are free and can be found on any mobile device app store.
So how can QR codes promote family engagement?
You can connect resources to QR codes for parents to interact with. Maybe this is information you want them to read before you start a new unit with their children. Maybe this is a video you want them to watch with their children to get ready for an upcoming literature study. You can even connect a survey tool like Google Forms to a QR code and have parents open up and submit the form on their mobile device.
QR codes can connect parents to any type of content posted online. You can even take a student creation, like a project made with Adobe Spark Page or Spark Video and connect the link to a QR code. This is a great way to engage parents with the materials their students are creating in school. It's a simple option to view content students create and post online with a quick scan of their mobile phone.
In order to increase family engagement we need to reach families where they are.
This might mean taking advantage of a smartphone in their pocket with scannable technology. Just like any classroom behavior you want students to develop, make sure parents under value of scanning a QR code on a smartphone. Maybe this is something you introduce at back-to-school night or you use with students regularly so they can assist their families at home. If your students' families don't have smartphones easily accessible, use a short URL creator like bit.ly so parents can type in that web link in to access the website at a local library or on a computer in their home.
You can learn more about using scannable technology in your classroom and with all the community stakeholders in my new book Deeper Learning with QR Codes and Augmented Reality, now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
This post was originally featured in P21Blogazine.
This is the great use of technology and it shows how we all are connected to it and how technology is affecting our life. Using QR code to connect with parents is a appreciable idea. Parents can also be connected through a customised application. These apps are easy to use with no maintenance time, one only needs to update it timely.


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Former Red Sox Cy Young winner Rick Porcello retires from baseball
Former Red Sox pitcher Rick Porcello has officially announced his retirement from baseball.
Porcello, who last pitched in 2020 and turns 34 later this month, made the announcement in a conversation with WEEI's Rob Bradford at David Ortiz's charity golf tournament in Florida over the weekend.
"This is Rick Porcello," he said during an appearance on the Bradfo Sho Podcast. "I want to tell all the listeners I'm retired. Thank you for all the great memories, and thanks for everything."
The Red Sox originally acquired Porcello from the Tigers in a December 2014 trade that sent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes to Detroit. Boston signed the right-hander to a four-year, $82.5 million contract extension (that did not take effect until 2016) before the start of the 2015 season.
In his debut season with the Sox, Porcello struggled to the tune of a 4.92 ERA and 4.13 FIP over 28 starts (172 innings). The following year, he broke out by going 22-4 with a 3.15 ERA and 3.40 FIP across 33 starts (223 innings) en route to beating out former teammate Justin Verlander for the 2016 American League Cy Young Award.
After surpassing the 200-inning plateau again in 2017, Porcello played a key role in helping the Red Sox win a World Series in 2018. He led the club in innings pitched during the regular season (191 1/3) and produced a 5.32 ERA in five appearances (three starts) during the postseason.
Porcello's final season in Boston was one to forget (5.52 ERA in 32 starts). Still, the reliable righty forged a 4.43 ERA and respectable 4.13 FIP to go along with 852 strikeouts to 211 walks over 159 starts (964 innings) in five seasons with the Red Sox. Only three pitchers (Max Scherzer, Verlander, and Zack Greinke) accrued more innings than Porcello during that four-year stretch.
Coming off a disappointing end to his time with the Sox, Porcello inked a one-year, $10 million deal with the Mets in Dec. 2019. As the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the length of the 2020 major-league season to just 60 games, Porcello yielded a 5.64 ERA and 3.33 FIP in 12 starts (59 innings) for New York. He became a free agent again that winter and went unsigned.
"There was a lot of personal stuff I probably don't want to get into, but I think the bottom line was that I was very fortunate to have the years I had in the big leagues," Porcello told Bradford. "I think COVID lent some perspective on my life. I wanted to be with my family. I wanted to get back into that type of lifestyle and be around them because every year that you're gone is another year where your parents are getting older, and your brothers are getting older. I think COVID impacts a lot of people like that."
When asked if he garnered interest from teams following the abbreviated 2020 campaign, Porcello responded: "There was some interest but I had two (expletive) years back-to-back so not that much interest."
Originally selected by the Tigers with the 27th overall pick of the 2007 amateur draft out of Seton Hall Preparatory School in New Jersey, Porcello debuted with Detroit less than two years later. He retires having gone 150-125 with a 4.40 ERA and 1,561 strikeouts in 12 seasons between the Tigers, Red Sox, and Mets.
Shortly after Porcello made his announcement official, the Red Sox made sure to wish him well on social media.
"A Cy Young Winner & World Series Champ," the club's official Twitter account tweeted on Monday. "Congrats on a great career and best of luck in retirement, Rick."
(Picture of Rick Porcello: Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)
Author: Brendan Campbell
Blogging about the Boston Red Sox since April '17. Also support Tottenham Hotspur. View all posts by Brendan Campbell
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Mehrnoush Rahmani (Teheran, 12 september 1982) is een Nederlandse actrice met Perzische roots. Ze staat bekend om haar bijzondere transformatievermogen. In 2014 studeerde Rahmani af aan de acteursopleiding op de Toneelacademie Maastricht. Begin 2015 werd ze bekend bij het grote publiek door haar rol van Samantha Fardjam in de televisieserie Moordvrouw.

Filmografie

Film
 2020: Buiten is het Feest - Ambtenaar
2020: Vlinders - Sophie
2019: What you and I share with Salmon - Zaide
 2017: One, no one, 100.000 - Lena
 2014: 2/11 Het spel van de wolf – Latifa
 2013: Your First – Daria
 2013: Witnesses - Lisa
 2012: De Maan van Anouar (televisiefilm) – Mahvash

Televisie
 2021: BuZa: Justine Magita
2020: Mocro Maffia (televisieserie): Komt Goed - Advocaat
2020: Dit zijn wij - Dokter
2019: Bad Influencer - Erhan
2018: Flikken Rotterdam - Roxi
 2017: Oh mijn Hemel - diverse rollen
 2017: De mannentester - Justine Egmond
 2017: De mannen van dokter Anne - Shirin
 2015-2017: Moordvrouw - Samantha Fardjam
 2015: Noord Zuid – Maryam
 2013: Goodmornin' (webserie) - Vamp
 2012: Gerede Twijfel - Naheed

Theater
 2019: Cleopatra - Cleopatra
 2017-2019: Disconnect - Roxanne
 2016: Dijkdrift - La Femina
 2015: Pentamerone - Renzolla / Luna/ Mirte/ Fee
 2014: Gejaagd door de wind - Miss Pittypat / Prissy/ Honey/ Yankey woman
 2013: De goede mens van Sezuan ('Der gute Mensch von Sezuan') – Shin
 2013: De kaart en het gebied - Savi / Jasselin/ Marily

Externe link
 Officiële website

Nederlands filmacteur
Nederlands televisieacteur
Nederlands toneelacteur

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Q: How to use AsyncTask manager with this code? I have this code and i would like to use asyncTask manager with this to let the user know something is happening. How would i allow this to happen with this snippet of code. i cant seem to figure it out. I know the asyncTask will be better than using a Hanlder. Or would it?
But anyway here is an example. if anyone can help out. Please do. Thanks.
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i would like to run this method with a progress dialog spinner letting the user know something is happening. How do i do this, and stop the spinner when the web page is loaded?
Here is my SearchForItem().
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*If you need functionality for cancelling your AsyncTask, more methods exist and are well documented in the documentation.

*With your new AsyncTask subclass, start it in the onClick method from your first snippet.

*If any of this doesn't make sense, refer to Painless Threading in the Android Documentation, as it is extremely helpful.

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Registration period for 2019 summer season now open!
Entries are now open for the 2019 Cricket Finland SM summer leagues and SM-Viikko!
The summer league season will start on Saturday May 4th and continue until the end of September. The scheduling of matches is only just beginning, but we hope to issue a draft version to all clubs before the end of the year. To assist the FCA with scheduling, and to avoid possible clashes with non-FCA tournaments, we kindly request that you provide brief details of any non-FCA organized tournaments that your club is planning to organize or participate in during the 2019 season.
SM-Viikko will again be held in Vantaa at the Tikkurila Cricket Ground, from 4th to 7th July. We are also calling for preliminary entries for this competition now. We are studying ways to increase the importance of the SM-Viikko competition, and T10 cricket generally, and want to see if there is enough interest to allow us to hold T10 qualification rounds during May/June 2019.
The main details of the SM T20 and SM One-Day (previously SM40) leagues are described in the attached files. There are changes to both competitions, however mostly to the structure of the T20 competition, with a view to 2019 being a pathway to more long-term solid growth in this format. We welcome more team entries in T20 in 2019 from all clubs. We plan to issue the finalized Playing Conditions for each competition in good time before the start of the season.
Entries close at 23.59 (Finnish time) on SUNDAY 25th NOVEMBER, 2018.
If your club is interested in entering one or more teams in any of the competitions, please reply to this message before the above deadline, and complete the below information.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Vantaa Town and the FCA have agreed that ALL cricket related bookings for the use of Tikkurila Cricket Ground in the 2019 season will only be made directly between the FCA and Vantaa Town, and invoices to clubs for use of the ground will be issued by the FCA. Furthermore, priority for use of the ground for cricket purposes will be given to the FCA. Therefore clubs should not attempt to make direct bookings with Vantaa Town, but should instead coordinate their needs with the FCA. The FCA is also currently in discussions with Vantaa Town about improving training facilities at both TCG & Hakunila, so please also do not contact Vantaa Town about this development area – we will advise you of progress in due course.
How many T20 league teams will your club enter for 2019?
By submitting this entry we agree to abide by all rules of the 2019 SM T20 League including ensuring all entry and match fees will be paid by the due dates.
By submitting this entry we agree to abide by all rules of the 2019 SM One-Day League including ensuring all entry and match fees will be paid by the due dates.


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Kapaa Tide Chart. The largest known tidal range at Kapaa is 0.91m 3.0 feet.
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What's the Big Deal About Avios.com "Closing"?
Avios.com is closing, according to British Airways and Avios. Between 21 May, 2018 and July/August, Avios.com members might find that a new British Airways Executive Club account will be opened in their name, and that their Avios will be transferred across.
But less is going to change than many press reports would have you believe. The key detail is buried in the FAQ section.
If you're a member of another airline programme you'll continue to collect and spend Avios with the airline partners as you do today.
… well then nothing should happen this summer. You are a member of "another airline programme", NOT avios.com. (even though you probably consider, as I do, that you have an avios.com account) The same applies to those who signed up for Vueling Club or Flybe.
Avios E-Store –> I have seen nothing from Avios or BA that suggests that anything will change. In fact, Avios.com offers an e-store for several different countries. I suppose that it is possible that the UK version will be shut down, but that doesn't seem particularly sensible to me.
Avios.com Household Accounts will definitely be dissolved. A few details have been provided here.
Avios transfer Iberia->Avios.com->BAEC facility will be lost. How will we transfer avios in the fuure? Will BA charge us cash, or a percentage of the avios?
The only thing that changes is that you won't have an Avios account that's not associated to any airline. Thankfully, AerClub (AerLingus) and VuelingClub (Vueling) are your best allies.
Exactly. Every travel hacking InsideFlyer UK reader should be perfectly fine for the avios.com workaround, provided they've associated with an airline.
One genuine potential hitch with the changes is what happens as regards transferring Avios from a BAEC Household account to Iberia Plus. Without the Avios.com route, that could be a significant blow to the value of BAEC HH accounts. As you say though, linking your Avios.com account to Aer Club should keep it live and therefore that option open, or BAEC might make things easier.
Big loss for those running erewards and rewardsforthoughts accounts set up under avios account numbers.
I spoke with avios live chat this morning to clarify some questions I had, the advisor stated I could no longer collect or use my avios account numbers after 20th May.
Don't you earn more Avios by converting E-Rewards into IB+ anyhow? And if your E-Rewards account is locked onto Avios, surely your account would be opened up to all of the reward options.
I have one account where the only redemption partner is Avios, so that's lost soon. I use another to redeem on IB.
Rewards for thoughts are pure avios account also and I've used up my BAEC versions also.
My RFT account is with avios.com. I'd better sign up for them with BAEC. Presumably they won't be closing those.
Unless Ba.com changes before Avios.com closes, the ability to book Aer Lingus redemptions online will be lost.
point me to where on aerClub you can redeem points for flights ?
Did you try either reading that page or clicking thru to booking ?
As I said, lose Avios.com, lose the ability to booking Aerlingus transatlantic flights online with avios, unless BA.com changes it's functionality.
I did in fact click through but come on Ian. IAG is going to tell the entire country of Ireland that they can't book Aer Lingus rewards any more, just because the back-end is operated by what now is "Avios.com" and IAG really wants to shut avios.com down and get rid of millions of customers. All IAG is doing is nudging "Avios Travel Rewards" members who aren't affiliated with any airline over to BAEC.
In the coming months, the Avios Travel Rewards Programme is moving to the British Airways Executive Club. As you are also registered with AerClub and/or Vueling Club, your Avios balance will remain in your AerClub and/or Vueling Club account.
You'll still be able to collect and spend Avios with these airline programmes as you do today.
You make a fair point, there surely needs to be a way of booking Aer Lingus using avios, when Avios.com closes. The difference I was citing is that currently with either BA or Iberia, you can use their native sites to book avios rewards. Aer Lingus doesn't have a native ability.
However, I see some reports that avios.com isn't actually closing, it is just the avios frequent flyer accounts that are closing, which if true means you'll still be able to spend your baec.com avios on avios.com.
It could be a tactical sacrifice of "Avios Travel Rewards" so that the common Avios platform for all of IAG can be put in place using the avios.com website and IT infrastructure.
I can't work out what will happen regarding pending reservations with booking.com/avios, which of course gain points. I have a stack of hotel bookings for the end of this year. Do you know if the points will transfer automatically to my BAEC account, or will they disappear?
So I imagine the Avios accounts will start to vanish.
I note with interest that Rewards For Thoughts, who send avios direct to my avios.com account, have not sent out an email. So will these be directed elsewhere? Aer Club?


There is a tremendous need to invest and upgrade America's drinking water infrastructure. According to a 2007 USEPA survey, the 20-year capital investment needed for public water systems is estimated at about $335 billion. There is no question that aging infrastructure is in need of renewal, but a continuing issue that needs to be addressed is the order in which pipes are to be renewed. If a pipe is replaced too soon, it may not have reached its full life cycle. Replace a pipe too late and incur some unavoidable costs for additional repairs and damages caused by main failures and compromise the level of service provided to the customer. One clear goal of most replacement programs is to reduce the cost and number of breaks as a program proceeds.
The St. Louis County Water Co., now part of Missouri American Water (MAW), was one of the early experimenters in the field of main prioritization as one of the subjects of a study through the Water Research Foundation, Prioritizing Water Main Replacement and Rehabilitation (2002, order #90898/project #459). This project developed a decision tool, which utilized main break data and cohort analysis as the key criteria that helped MAW make pipe replacement decisions.
Improved main break data collection and the advent of a geographic information system (GIS) led to a search for a new tool in 2008. Working with GL Denton Noble (GL), MAW prepared main and main break data for incorporation with a GIS network designed for the project. The pipe network was sourced from a computer-aided design (CAD) to GIS translation that was performed by MAW. GL then scrubbed the database to remove any "non-pipe" lines. A GIS process was then created by GL to assign pipe installation year and material based on annotations from the CAD database. The GIS was populated with geo-coded main break data segregated by corrosion, joint failures, and breaks. Following a period of data cleansing to verify and cross check data, GL put their program called Main Replacement Prioritization (MRP) to work.
1. The first step utilizes main break history to construct a condition assessment model of all ferrous pipes.
2. The second step looks at a series of possible performance indicators to be used for renewal criteria for pipe segments and selects weightings to be given for these criteria.
3. The third step constructs a multiyear project program taking into account the annual budget available and the proximity of other mains that are subject for replacement.
Step 1 performs both a cohort and proximity analysis for families of ferrous water pipe. In other words, pipes of like material and diameter within close proximity of one another are assigned a break curve based upon past history. In this way, for example, a block of 4-inch cast iron main lacking a recorded break history near 4-inch cast iron pipes with numerous breaks are grouped together. In work supported by the Computer Aided REhabilitation for Water Networks (CARE-W) work in Europe, this approach, while not perfect, has been found to be more predictive of future breaks than other statistical studies. This tendency towards failure is then incorporated into a broader set of performance criteria in step 2.
1. The presence of critical customers (usually hospitals and schools).
2. If the pipe was galvanized steel — the utility has a goal to phase all of this material out of use, as it is often associated with water quality complaints and poor flow.


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It may not be the "Jordan was picked from the beginning" bit that's going around the Intarwebs, but if you aren't quite sure who Mr. Fuller, Mr. Lythgoe & Mr. Davis wanted to win, an interview Blake gave to Entertainment Weekly may have the real story.
Pretty much everyone except for hormonal pre-teens agree that the song that won the contest and was the "Idol" song sucked monkey balls. I mean, seriously… This Is My Now? More like "Let me blow chow." It was bland, insipid, schmaltzy, and I don't think a single person believed Jordin's "emotion" in the final measures. It was obvious that Blake hated it as much as we all did by his delivery, but for those wondering why he didn't give it the old Blake treatment to at least try to make it interesting?
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2022 Department of Medicine Clinical Excellence Awards
Matt Mallum, MFA
The 2022 Department of Medicine Clinical Excellence Awards, which recognize professional excellence, were announced at the department town hall on Thursday, October 6, 2022.
This year saw a record number of nominations. "It's a testament to the outstanding faculty and providers that we have in the Department of Medicine," noted Department Chair and George R. and Elaine Love Professor Lynn Schnapp, MD, before presenting the awards.
Congratulations to all nominees and recipients!
Grossman-Page Professionalism Award
Christie Bartels, MD, MS, associate professor and division chief, Rheumatology
Awarded to a Department of Medicine faculty member who displays the highest standards of professionalism and compassion in our missions, consistently demonstrates ethical conduct in their work and interactions with others, and represents the DOM with energy, honor and humility.
Dr. Bartels' nomination notes: "She is a consummate professional who leads with humility, integrity, and honesty [and] is respected across the institution for her vision in ambulatory care and her professionalism."
Lorna Belsky, MD, clinical professor, General Internal Medicine
Awarded to an exemplary Department of Medicine clinician who is recognized by patients and families as a caring and dedicated healthcare provider, and by their peers as having made substantial contributions to the clinical care of patients. They are identified as a role model for residents, students and their faculty colleagues.
Dr. Belsky's nomination notes: "She is the doctor's doctor for many UW physicians, [the] epitome of an exemplary internist, and an outstanding diagnostician with exemplary interpersonal skills."
Clinician Rising Star Award
Amy Jaeger, MD, assistant clinical professor, Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine
Awarded to an exemplary junior member of the Department of Medicine recognized by patients and families as a caring and dedicated healthcare provider, and by their peers as having made substantial contributions to the clinical care of patients. Their clinical experience, service commitment, and professionalism identify them as a role model for residents, students and their faculty colleagues.
Dr. Jaeger's nomination notes: "[Always] willing to help with a cheerful attitude and positive interactions with patients, she is highly capable on the technical side and has excellent clinical judgement to ensure the right procedure is offered to the right patient."
Advanced Practice Provider of the Year Award
Monica Zablotney, NP, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Awarded to a Department of Medicine Advanced Practice Provider who is recognized by patients and families as a caring and dedicated healthcare provider, and by their peers as having made substantial contributions to the clinical care of patients. Their clinical excellence, service commitment and professionalism identify them as a role model.
Ms. Zablotney's nomination notes: "She is an outstanding APP care provider in the inpatient and now outpatient GI settings […with] an outstanding work ethic and great medical judgement."
Advancement of Diversity Award (This Year in Honor of Dr. Molly Carnes)
Angela Byars-Winston, PhD, professor, General Internal Medicine
Awarded to a Department of Medicine faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding commitment and service to the ideals of diversity, equity, and inclusion beyond the scope of their job, area of research, or training.
Dr. Byars-Winston's nomination notes: "She has committed her career to ensuring an inclusive and equitable learning environment for all learners."
Quality Improvement Award
Ravi Viswanathan, MD, associate professor, Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine
Awarded to a DOM faculty member who has demonstrated commitment and engagement to quality improvement and patient safety as reflected in the principles of optimizing patient care, reducing medical errors, enhancing accountability and stewardship, and continually striving to "do better."
Dr. Viswanathan's nomination notes: "He has led a number of initiatives to improve care, enhance communications and ensure coordination among all providers in the division's allergy clinic."
Thanks to Nominating Committee
A special thank you to the Nominating Committee members, who carefully reviewed nominations and selected the award recipients:
Sarah Ahrens, MD, associate clinical professor, Hospital Medicine
Sharon Gehl, MBA, associate department administrator
Deepak Gopal, MD, professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Lisa Jones, MD, MPH, MMCI, assistant professor, Gasteroenterology and Hepatology
Ryan Mattison, MD, associate professor, Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Palliative Care
Brenda Muth, NP, Nephrology
Nicole Reilly, MD, assistant clinical professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
Laurel Romer, MD, clinical professor, General Internal Medicine
James Stein, MD, Robert Turell Professor of Cardiovascular Research and vice chair for faculty development, Cardiovascular Medicine
Laura Zakowski, MD, professor and vice chair for education, General Internal Medicine
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Children Growing Very Old in 'Before Your Very Eyes'
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October 26, 2015: "Before Your Very Eyes" is a downer with an upper of a cast. That contrast is pretty much the entire point of this ingenious but ultimately unsurprising theatrical essay from the media-mixing British-German arts collective Gob Squad, now in residence at the Public Theater. Here's the premise: Take a group of young people — really young, between the ages of 9 and 14 — and put them in a petri dish of a room, behind a one-way mirror. Then let audiences observe as they age — really age, into their eighth and ninth decades — via the theatrical equivalent of time-lapse photography. It is, in other words, a complete middle-school-to-grave experience. Or, to quote the impersonally annotative LED display above the stage of Martinson Hall, where "Before Your Very Eyes" opened on Monday night: "Real live children! A rare and magnificent opportunity to witness seven lives lived in fast forward before your very eyes." A clarification is perhaps required for the very literal-minded: The members of this born-to-die septet do not really grow older as we watch them, at least no older than the 70 minutes it takes to perform the show. Yes, they do commune with videos of their somewhat younger selves. (The ensemble members collaborated with the Gob Squad team over a period of two years.)
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Africa: Masiyiwa's Arduous Journey to Procure Covid-19 Vaccines for Africa
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Vaccine hesitancy is doing arguably the greatest injustice to the African Union's (AU's) hard work that was led by Strive Masiyiwa, the continental body's special envoy dealing with the Covid-19 crisis.
Masiyiwa, the AU envoy tasked with securing vaccines for the continent, recently chronicled Africa's struggle to secure jabs for its 1.3 billion people when he worked closely with President Cyril Ramaphosa to make sure the continent had a seat on the table on the global vaccine acquisition and distribution plans.
He recently told the Nation Brand Forum 2021 that he was appointed last year when Ramaphosa was chairperson of the AU and when he convened the Presidents' Bureau, a grouping of 10 heads of state heading regional organisations.
The businessman slammed the conspiracy theories when he urged South Africans to get vaccinated, as a sign of their appreciation for the hard work that had been put into ensuring that they get the life-saving jabs.
"This vaccine hesitancy must be defeated, and industry must take the forefront. That is the role of Brand South Africa," said Masiyiwa
"If we do not open up the vaccination, the size, the tragic loss of life which is associated with this disease, of which South Africa has got a disproportionate amount of Africans that have died in South Africa than anywhere else from this pandemic, the effect on the economy, the lockdowns, tourism, the isolation because of this red zoning and all this, can only now be ended by the vaccine.
"So, if there's nothing else you can do as industrialists today, is just get out there this weekend and get some people to vaccinate. Let's use the vaccines that are available. They have been approved by the WHO. They took billions of dollars, which we don't have, to produce," he said.
He narrated the sleeplessness his team and President Ramaphosa had spent fighting for South Africa and the continent to get their share of the vaccine.
"Let me tell you, I can tell you, calls at midnight, all these things going on as we battled to get Pfizer, to get Johnson and Johnson, to get you vaccines. So please, I urge you, there is nothing wrong with vaccines. This is just science, we've been taking vaccines forever."
The masterstroke to bring Masiyiwa on board started in June last year when Ramaphosa, in his capacity as chairperson of the Bureau, suggested to the heads of states that a special task force of special envoys be established to prepare the continent for the pandemic.
Masiyiwa was appointed special envoy to deal with the Covid-19 crisis, with special focus on the supply chain, under which the vaccines would be bought and delivered for the continent.
Said Masiyiwa: "By August, last year, we had a pretty good idea, based on the science coming out of the Africa Centre for Disease Control, that the possibility of a success on the vaccine front was getting stronger. As the trial results were coming through, the Bureau of presidents was meeting regularly with the task force members. And the scientists recommended to the heads of state in August last year that to contain this virus, we would need to target at least 60% of Africa's population through vaccination.
"So, we would need to vaccinate 60% of our people, which is roughly about 800 million people in a continent of 1.3 billion. This was the science and the heads of state endorsed this position in August last year. And it was then communicated to all 55 member states (including the Caribbean region) with their request that they positioned themselves and prepared to vaccinate 60% of their population."
Further, the heads of state agreed to a special committee, independent of the envoys. Masiyiwa was asked to coordinate it, with Ramaphosa as the chairperson.
The special committee was named the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), not to be confused with the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT), a special purpose vehicle set up to buy vaccines.
The target for vaccination was revised to 70% (or 900 million people) as it became clearer what the impact of the coronavirus would be on the continent. This target was set in August last year.
Masiyiwa said there were two types of vaccines administered in the continent- the double dose, Pfizer, and the single dose, Johnson & Johnson.
To get 70% of the African population vaccinated, this would translate to 1.8 billion doses, or 900 million single doses. But by the time they met in August 2020 to endorse Africa's position, the WHO and the Global Alliance for Vaccines (GAVI), with the support of the rich nations, had set up Covax. The idea was that when vaccine production begins, and it would be clear that there were not enough vaccines, all nations must agree to share.
"Africa obviously endorsed the idea, we were very happy that we would get 20% vaccines from this initiative," said Masiyiwa.
But a rude awakening awaited the continent.
"As soon as we agreed in August to pursue our target, we met with Covax. And Covax told us they could only do 20%. We told them that we were looking for at least 60% of our population. And they said, 'Well, you have to find that money and do that yourselves' said Masiyiwa, who immediately reported back to Ramaphosa.
Ramaphosa suggested that they get donors to at least "agree to a 50/50 arrangement where we will do 50% of the vaccines and they find the other 50%".
This led to a meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron. Thereafter, Macron met with the Bureau of presidents on two occasions.
Macron came back and informed them that the donors were prepared to donate only 27%, with plans to add another 3% down the road though dose sharing.
"As Africa now had to focus our attention on getting the remainder of the vaccines," said Masiyiwa.
By November/December last year, the target was to buy enough vaccines for 400 million people, now revised to 450 million. The first vaccines had begun to come through.
The next step was to meet all the major suppliers who had vaccines available at the time and would be available between December last year and April 2021. They met AstraZeneca, Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer, Moderna, Sinopharm, Sinovak, and Sputnik of Russia.
"Then we got the big shock of our lives. They said there were no vaccines available for 2021. One supplier offered us 500,000. For the period between December to June, we were looking at about 1.8 to 2 million doses for a continent of 1.3. billion.
"Governments were absolutely panicking. Heads of states were calling suppliers directly themselves. People just couldn't believe that there were no vaccines. All the suppliers had pre-sold their available capacity," revealed Masiyiwa.
More shocks awaited Africa.
"They were saying to us when vaccines become available, we want payment upfront. In fact, they were taking orders in December for delivery in 2022 with upfront payments."
Added Masiyiwa: "How do you buy vaccines for so many member states? We are not the EU, we have no balance sheet as Africa, as the AU. And many of the member states were scrambling because they didn't have money in their budgets to actually buy vaccines."
Further, "vaccine manufacturers also demanded a no-fault compensation scheme, an insurance scheme to guarantee them that if there was any comeback on their vaccines, we would be the ones covering the insurance."
After meeting with Macron and the Bureau of presidents in December, the Covax leadership made a presentation in January, where they would deliver 750 million doses by December 2021.
But when Masiyiwa was in Geneva last month, they confirmed that they had only delivered 71 million doses, less than 10% of that target.
"There was an absolute no show by Covax and by the donors," said Masiyiwa.
Faced with no vaccines and no money in December, Ramaphosa called a number of meetings to find solutions.
Ramaphosa then called Masiyiwa to inform him that he had met the CEO of Aspen, who had come to tell him that they had been given a contract by Johnson and Johnson to produce vaccines in South Africa. Ramaphosa wanted to know why those vaccines were not available for Africa to buy.
Ramaphosa then phoned the chairman of Johnson and Johnson in the United States.
When Ramaphosa asked them to sell the vaccines to Africa, they said they had already sold them. "President said I don't care, then you can't produce them in South Africa. I'm not gonna go into too much detail, but the president was incredibly effective."
Ramaphosa's hard stance intervention was a turning point for Africa.
"So really, this led for the first time to Africa having access to vaccines, the facility at Aspen could produce 250 million doses. And we zeroed in on that. South Africa would take 31 million doses, and the rest of the doses would go to the rest of the continent," said Masiyiwa.
Ncube is the founder of Zambezi News. This story was published in the Sunday Independent, South Africa.
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Currently there are conflicting views regarding the relationship between being overweight and assisted reproduction treatments such as in Vitro fertilisation (IVF) and egg donation. Restrictive medical protocols in some countries lead to a high BMI being an obstacle to receiving ART.
This is a controversial subject as research papers published recently have failed to find this relationship between weight and fertility.
Faced with other studies that have shown a strong link between being overweight and infertility: the more overweight a woman is, the less chance she will have of obtaining a pregnancy and higher the risk of obstetric complications. These complications include ovulation disorders, deficiency at the luteal phase, lower quality embryos and lower pregnancy rates and births. They also have a higher risk of developing serious medical problems during pregnancy, for example, diabetes and high blood pressure.
At Instituto Bernabeu not only are we committed to the birth of a healthy child, but also to the health of the mother during and after pregnancy. For this, a personalised treatment plan and monitoring programme are fundamental reflecting the personal characteristics and needs of each patient.


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        android:text="@string/aboutTitle"
        android:textSize="30dip"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:textStyle="bold"
    />
</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:weightSum="1.0"
    android:background ="@color/red"
>
       <LinearLayout

            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight=".15"
        />

        <LinearLayout
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight=".70"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:background="@color/green"
         />

     //contents

         <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight=".15"
         />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

How can I implement the frame 70% width, 70% height?

A: You can wrap your content layout with some extra vertical and horizontal LinearLayouts with empty View's and make something like this:

Ok, here is my implementation. (but i don't think that it is the best practise because of empty view's)
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <View
      android:layout_width="0dp"
      android:layout_height="match_parent"
      android:layout_weight="0.15" />

    <LinearLayout
      android:layout_width="0dp"
      android:layout_height="match_parent"
      android:layout_weight="0.7"
      android:orientation="vertical">

         <View
           android:layout_width="fill_parent"
           android:layout_height="0dp"
           android:layout_weight="0.15" />

         <!-- content layout -->
         <LinearLayout
           android:layout_width="fill_parent"
           android:layout_height="0dp"
           android:layout_weight="0.7"
           android:background="#0f0" >
        </LinearLayout>

        <View
           android:layout_width="fill_parent"
           android:layout_height="0dp"
           android:layout_weight="0.15" />
    </LinearLayout>

    <View
      android:layout_width="0dp"
      android:layout_height="match_parent"
      android:layout_weight="0.15" />
</LinearLayout>

this will give you:

green area is exactly 70% of screen width and 70% of screen height

A: The easiest way is to create the red squire and set padding for the distance towards the inner green squire
sample with fixed padding:

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/titleLabel"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:text="@string/aboutTitle"
        android:textSize="30dip"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:textStyle="bold"
    />

</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:padding ="30dp"
    android:background="@color/red">

    <LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="@color/green">

    <!-- contents green squire -->

    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

edit try to impliment weightsum tag, sample:
<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="@color/red"
    android:weightSum="10">
    <LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="@color/green"
    android:weightSum="7"
    android:gravity="center">
    <!-- contents green squire -->
    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>


eCommerce is fueling the growth of Walmart and our goal is to create a premiere Product Management organization who will lead this company into the future. To that end, the Customer Experience team at Walmart Labs is looking for a Principal Product Manager to partner with Retail's senior management to create vertical specialist experiences for Entertainment and Enthusiast categories.
This role will establish roadmaps for some of the fastest growing parts of the business, and so will enjoy the full support of senior leadership. A successful candidate requires deep knowledge of the product management process, has previous experience crafting end-to-end experiences for the customer journey, and clearly demonstrates a strong passion for helping both Walmart and the customer succeed.
The ideal candidate is customer-centric, sensitive to design, fluent in analytics and the business model, actively communicates both up and down the org, and is results-oriented with a strong bias for action. This individual is an evangelist for the needs of both the customer and the business, and has a deep understanding of the customers' job to be done. She/he is an excellent communicator and builds strong cross-functional relationships, internally and externally. This individual will be skilled in working across departments to collaborate with Business Managers, User Experience, Application Architects, Engineering, Program Managers, QA, and Operations teams.
Establish a Product roadmap for Walmart's Entertainment and Enthusiast categories, and lead a team to execute against the roadmap.
Partnering with the retail GMs to develop and champion a product strategy to support annual goals.
Being a driving force with UX and Engineering for scalable, well-crafted, end-to-end customer experiences.
Presenting and clearly articulating product strategy to company leadership.
Conducting competitive research to understand market dynamics and opportunities.
Partnering with Engineering and Analytics to execute with both confidence and speed.
Define, track and iterate on key product goals.
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Experience creating wireframes and mockups using Sketch, Balsamiq etc.


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College of DuPage Trustee Maureen Dunne Appointed Secretary of Illinois Community College Trustees Association
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YouMail Announces One-Time, Permanent Ditching of Unwanted Callers
IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - Mar 15, 2012) - YouMail, Inc. (www.youmail.com) today announced that it now has a "One-Tap" solution for Android users that allows any caller to be instantly, completely,...
YouMail Lets You Take Charge of Your Caller ID Brand
IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 31, 2012) - YouMail, Inc. (www.youmail.com) today announced that any owner of a US phone number can finally control their own personal brand through caller ID --...
YouMail Launches Visual Caller ID Application for Android
IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - Dec 20, 2011) - YouMail, Inc. (www.youmail.com) today announced the launch of WhoAreYou, the company's second smartphone application. The completely free WhoAreYou...
YouMail Visual Voicemail Plus App Hits 3 Million Download Milestone
IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - Nov 9, 2011) - YouMail announced today that the company's Visual Voicemail Plus application for mobile devices has surpassed the three million organic downloads milestone,...
YouMail Makes Visual Voicemail Truly Visual
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'Sunny With a Chance of Idiocy': Weatherman Gets Canned After Calling Anti-Lockdown Protestors Nazis
By Alex Parker | May 02, 2020 10:00 PM ET
(AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)
Ahh — the old Nazi comparison. It's a favorite of many. Wanna insult some political faction? Just compare them to Hitler's henchmen.
It's such a best-loved method of degradation, it's sometimes applied to things that are the polar opposite.
Such was the case for a Minnesota weatherman recently.
Amid American's crippling COVID-19 closure, meteorologist Sven Sundgaard reposted an online comment attributed to Rabbi Michael Adam Latz. The remark labeled anti-lockdown protestors as "white nationalist Nazi sympathizer gun fetishist miscreants."
Yes — miscreants.
That was April 19th, and on Friday — May 1st — news station KARE11 parted ways with their forecaster.
Former U.S. congressman Jason Lewis was no doubt stoked:
Today's forecast: mostly sunny w/ a chance of idiocy.
First 'sports reporter' @KFANRosen attacks the right to peaceably assemble.
Now 'weatherman' @svensundgaard does this. #Covid_19 models are about as accurate as his forecasts.@kare11 should fire him!https://t.co/awo2Wiesfo
— Jason Lewis (@LewisForMN) April 30, 2020
At the time of this writing, KARE11's post has garnered 5.8K comments and 7.8K reactions — for and against.
One Facebooker wrote, "I wasn't one of the protestors but found his comments referring to people as Nazi's as absurd and unworthy of any legitimate news station. Again, thank you!"
"I am on the side of science and Sven. Due to the poor ethics of KARE 11, I have decided to part ways with KARE 11."
It wasn't the first time Sven turned to the Third Reich when searching for an analogy.
During a 2015 Star Tribune interview, he had this to say about some folks greeting President Obama with a Confederate flag:
"I had a great-great-grandfather who fought in the Civil War in the 38th Iowa Infantry. Injured because those, what's the word we should use, morons and racists in the South wanted to preserve their way of life. They lost. Actually what I've likened it to, and I don't think it's an exaggeration, let's pretend that Germany were a state in the U.S. and they still wanted to fly the Nazi flag. Get real."
To be clear, KARE11's post about "ethics and other policies" was the only comment made by the Minneapolis station. So officially, they didn't necessarily sack Sven for his assertion of similarity between Open America activists and murderous, goose-stepping socialists.
But I gotta think it didn't help.
It was an odd bit of eyesight — perceiving those protesting perceived tyranny as tyrannical.
But this is the world in which we live — one that wants to paint so many as Hitler.
Speaking of, one such frequently-framed fellow's notably on the side of the ralliers:
LIBERATE MINNESOTA!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2020
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Adam Carolla Offers Tucker Carlson a Terrific Metaphor for Big Government
Sweden Maintains Its Lead: To Encourage Social Distancing, a City Covers Its Park With Chicken Poop
Professor Fears the Racist, Sexist Repercussions of a Pandemic-Ending Oxford Vaccine
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"You have a hormone imbalance." Simple words spoken by my female doctor that would forever change my life. Being unmarried and 26, I wasn't sure what those words meant for me. I just knew I wasn't getting a cycle like I once did. I had gone through some weight gain- and then weight loss – and so I thought my infrequent cycle was due to changes in my weight. The nurse that came to sit beside me smiled and told me we could talk or cry if we needed to. I was still unsure what any of this meant, told the nurse I was fine, and left the doctor's office.
I went home, and did what any person of the internet age would do – I got on Google. I started looking at what hormone imbalances meant. Struggles with getting pregnant. Medicine – that could alter my personality and how I felt. Whenever you deal with hormones- you are altering more then just the way your body reacts- you are altering who you are. My head began to wrap around the idea. I struggled with something that would require medicine – for a the rest of my life. Or, I would live with the effects.
The doctor had told me since I was not sexually active, nor wanting to get pregnant – that I didn't need to take medications yet if I didn't want to. I choose not to. I didn't see a real reason to change what was working okay for me. I figured when I got married, we would deal with it.
Before Scott and I even started dating, he had told me that He had his first wife (who had passed away) had thought they were done with children – and so he had a vasectomy. I told him in the same conversation that I struggled with a hormone imbalance. Nothing big about it – no issue. However, as we moved toward dating -and than marriage – our desire to have a child together one day grew. I was so excited to become the "bonus mom" to our three blessings – but the longing inside my heart was still to have a baby. To experience life with my child from the very beginning. Hubby and I talked, and prayed, and cried. Many tears out of our eyes and hearts. I had such adverse effects to the medications I tried – that I just couldn't stay on them. So, Scott and I sought wise counsel.
We talked to several friends, and older wiser people in our churches. Medical counsel. We came down to some blunt basics. There were choices for me- but they were expensive. IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) is very expensive and invasive- and it doesn't always take. My medication was expensive – and had adverse effects (that I didn't want to have while being a mom – and some of them would effect the physical side of mine and hubby's relationship.) If we tried just medicine- Scott would also need reversal surgery – which is also expensive and doesn't always work. Or then there was adoption.
If you have heard much of my story- you know adoption started in my heart from before I was born. I didn't know my biological dad- and was adopted by my step dad at the age of three. He never treated me different then my siblings. I always knew I was loved. He was a wonderful example of God's love for us (found in Romans and Ephesians 1:4-6). I had been around families that had adopted and had always thought I would like to adopt after I had biological children. I just never thought it would be the ONLY way I would grow my family.
Scott and I did a lot of praying. We realized a lot of money was going to go into any of our choices. However, we want to be a good steward of the money God has given us. So, we decided adoption was our best bet. The other options didn't really promise us a baby- adoption had the most promise. Plus, we would get to have an eternal effect on the life of a child, and maybe a birth family. We could be a missionary in our own home.
Currently, Scott and I have paid almost $9,000 for our adoption. Please don't think that all these fundraisers are a way for us to ask others to do for us. However, we know God owns the cattle on a thousand hills. He owns EVERY DOLLAR IN THE WORLD. We know that He has people that He will use to bless us – and to help us bring our sweet baby home.
Every day, I live with infertility. I see "I am pregnant" announcements. Gender reveals. Ultrasounds. And I am excited – for every. single. one. However, some of the greatest advice I have been given has been to grieve. Yes, I grieve. Three to four times a year, when I do get a cycle, I cry. I grieve for the loss of a child that will never be in my womb. Eyes that wont look like mine. Kicks and flutters in my tummy that wont be felt. Yes my friend, if you struggle with infertility, please grieve. You have a right -you have loss. Most people don't feel like I have dealt with loss- because the baby was never there. However, it is the loss of what WON'T be.
I hold my hands open. I don't know what God is going to do. I know in just 3 days, this adoption fundraiser will be over – and although there will still be post about adoption (for education) – we wont be asking for as much help. We have given SO many ways that people can help us. But the days for these fundraisers are coming to a close.
If you were thinking of waiting until we have a "match" to help us – the reality is, we might not share that information with everyone. We know there is a chance the birth mom will back out. We might share- we might not. We don't know yet. However, we can't be matched without the funds. It doesn't work that way at our agency. There is no payment plan. You don't get matched without the funds. So, please, if you feel like you are waiting – don't wait.
Besides the fundraisers listed in the link above, we are selling t-shirts (and we need to sell about 40 more!) and bracelets. If you follow the link from the t-shirt graphic – it will take you to a secure site for your address. You can pay via the GoFundMe Link. T-shirts are 20 – bracelets are 2.00.
I live with infertility. Every day. It isn't going away. I hid and kept quiet for a long time. But, if I have learned anything from this journey – it is that I shouldn't hide. That there are other women like me out there. We need each other. We need to lock shields, and support and encourage one another. Hold each other in our hard times- and rejoice in victories.
I will worship as I LIVE with infertility. I will live – giving ALL glory to God – for He is going to give me children in a supernatural way.
Oh Mandy – this is such a lovely post. Heartbreaking, inspiring and so revealing of who you and Scott are. I grieve for you…I know the grief of the loss of a child – and your loss is no different. I love you sister!!
Mandy, I suffer with you. We lost our first child in 2011. We have since not been able to conceive a child. I also have two blessings from my husbands previous marriage. There birth mother is still in there lives, so they may call me mama but it's just in name. I struggle everyday with the loss of our baby. As well as every month when I either get a negative test or a cycle. It's heart breaking when I see all if my friends and family posting there announcements or gender reveals. I feel like a failure when I can't give my husband the one thing he has asked me for. I know that God has a special plan and His timing is perfect. I pray that your family will be blessed with that sweet baby soon.
Mandy – I found you through Women Living Well GMG leaders forum and saw you are adopting! I will be praying for you as you travel this journey. Two and a half years ago we welcomed our son into our world through the gift of adoption. The road leading up to it was so not easy, but we see how God orchestrated each and every step. He provided for us in ways we couldn't imagine, even the timing of when our son came to us (I had given up hope that we would ever get matched!) God couldn't have hand-picked a better child for our family. I share a bit of his story on my blog. My favorite verse that carried me through (and still was) is Psalm 27:13,14 – "I am confident of this I will see the goodness of the Lord. Wait for the Lord; be strong and wait for the Lord." I know the Lord will provide for you and bless your family!
Oh Christie! Your comment encouraged me so much! I am so glad you found me. Thank you for your sweet words!! <3 Praying for your family!


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Theodore D. Rice Papers
Identifier: WSP002801
The collection is comprised of four manuscript boxes detailing the career of Dr. Theodore D. Rice and his time at Wayne State University. Records include manuscript materials, correspondence, course-related materials.
Rice, Theodore D. (Person)
Material entirely in English.
Boxes 3-4 require patrons to make an appointment with the AV Department prior to visiting.
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library Rules for Use of Archival Materials.
Dr. Theodore D. Rice (1904-1989) was a Professor of Education at Wayne State University (WSU) for fifteen years, from 1957 to 1972. He received his Bachelor of Arts (1927) and Master of Arts (1932) degrees from the University of Denver, and his Ph.D. in Education from Northwestern University in 1943. Before coming to WSU, Dr. Rice worked as a teacher and principal at Yuma County High School from 1927 to 1929, and as a teacher, department head, and supervisor in the Denver Public Schools from 1930 to 1939. He served as an Associate Professor at Oklahoma A&M College from 1945 to 1947, and concurrently as the Assistant Superintendent in charge of curriculum for Oklahoma City Public Schools. Dr. Rice left Oklahoma for New York University (NYU), where he was a Professor for ten years (1947-1957) before coming to Wayne State. He specialized in secondary education. While at NYU, both Dr. Rice and his wife Dr. Chandos Reid Rice, an Assistant Professor at Columbia University's Teachers College, received Fulbright scholarships to spend a year abroad (1953-1954) at the University of Madras in India. He also spent a sabbatical year as a Visiting Professor of Education in 1964 at the University of Hawaii, and as a Research Scholar at the New Delhi University in India (1964-1965). Dr. Rice was active in local civic organizations and served as the President of the United States (U.S.) Section of the World Education Fellowship, a voluntary and non-partisan UNESCO non-governmental organization. He and his wife spent their retirement years in Colorado, where he stayed active lobbying on behalf of senior citizens and elder issues. Dr, T.D. Rice passed away in Boulder, Colorado in 1989.
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Dr. Theodore D. Rice (1904-1989) was a Professor of Education at Wayne State University (WSU) for fifteen years, from 1957 to 1972. He specialized in secondary education.
Papers are arranged chronologically within the collection.
Collection donated to the Wayne State University Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs by the Museum of Education, University of South Carolina in 2017.
Transferred Materials
Box 3, containing recordings, and Box 4 containing slides, negatives, and photographs have been transferred to the Reuther Library's AV Department.
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Mon, 19 Oct, 2020 - 08:45
Conor Hourihane taps into Bandon connections to begin coaching path
Conor Hourihane of Republic of Ireland in action against Todor Nedelev of Bulgaria recently. Picture: Alex Nicodim/Sportsfile
John Bohane
CORK soccer star Conor Hourihane recently began studying for his coaching badges with the FAI as the Aston Villa player begins planning for life after playing professional soccer.
The Republic of Ireland international midfielder and 14 other players recently began studying towards their UEFA B coaching licence under the tutelage of FAI Head of Coach Education Niall O'Regan.
O'Regan, who also hails from Bandon, is thrilled to help Conor achieve his coaching goals.
"Conor is fabulous to watch and to work with. His ambition, drive, work ethic and general professionalism is what you would encourage any young professional to aspire to.
"The way in which he carries himself throughout the game is hugely respected by many senior figures in football. I am delighted to be working with Conor and a group of 15 professional players in gaining their coaching qualifications.
"They will progress through the UEFA B Licence. it is great to see them preparing for the transition out of the game as players and into the game as coaches."
O'Regan has known and worked with Hourihane since he was a young lad starting off in his soccer career with his local club Bandon AFC.
He has loved watching the talented midfielder grow into a Premier League regular and mainstay in the current international team.
"As per playing Conor is the ultimate professional in relation to all aspects of the course. We have been monitoring the coaching practicals online through video and audio recordings and it is great to see him in action.
"The knowledge he imparts and the references he has from his own playing experience are invaluable and the players are just at the edge of their seats looking for more.
"He has a good few years left to continue making an impact with Villa and Ireland. I have no doubt though when time comes on his playing career, he will make the natural progression into coaching and management."
Another close associate of O'Regan's, Richie Holland was recently appointed assistant manager of Cork City until the end of this season.
"I am absolutely delighted.
"Having seen his career evolve over the past decade, it is great to see people like him who has put the hours in at every level of the game to hone their skills, to now be able to put them into practice at the highest level.
"Richard knows the club well, having had success as a player. It is a great opportunity for both Colin and Richard to make their mark on the team."
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