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What Sadio Mane's Exciting Award Says About Talent And Media Efforts Towards African Sports
The much-loved and scintillating Sadio Mane is one referred player home and abroad. Controversial or not, his 2019 CAF African Player of the Year title is well-deserved.
The Senegalese edged Liverpool teammate Mohammed Salah – who won the award for the last two years – and Algerian attacker Riyad Mahrez to the prestigious honor.
On the other hand, not so long ago, African sports was a tool for China's aggressive global soft-power agenda. The Angola 2010 AFCON had 4 venues built by China, inclusive in a USD 600 Mn aid package. The diplomacy is no coincidence, as Angola is now China's largest oil supplier.
If anything, this proves that there's potential in African sports, but not just in the way imagined. While we celebrate African stars on the green playing field, there are few things to be uncovered.
Speaking Of Talent
Sadio Mane performed to a ridiculous high in 2019, but apart from that he had a lot more going for him than the numbers. The international took four tries, the UEFA Champions League trophy, a runner-up finish at the African Cup of Nations (AFCON), the Premier League Golden Boot and a next-to-perfect first half of the 2019/2020 season for the football star to ascend Africa's football throne.
The bar needed to be that high for him to finally make good on his three years of nomination for the award. Thats says a lot about the caliber of competition that stood in his way.
Mahrez and Salah, who took the last three gongs home, held their baubles aloft while Sadio Mane played the role of the conscientious bridesmaid. Well, he was toothsome, but had the underlying determination to finally catch the African Footballer of the Year bouquet.
Of all the obstacles he had to surmount, the one telling enough for home was his performance at AFCON. Sadio Mane did quite well in the Egypt-hosted competition last year, but much of his do-great-stuff that landed him the award came from outside the continent. It is no new topic that African talents are under-recognized, but it's hotter now more than ever.
The struggle and scuffle to gain recognition in Africa isn't sports-dominant. The industry could suffer the most, but the same conundrum exists in the continent's tech space. African talent is on the rise, but most people have a hard time believing it. At least, until such talent lifts a crown in an innovation showdown organized in San Francisco.
International 'Appearances'
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It is not far-fetched to say that more people in Nigeria did not know Dara Oladosu before he got a job offer from Twitter. Even after building Quoted Replies, making it easy for Tweeps to find quoted replies of a particular tweet, it still took Jack Dorsey's invitation to the Twitter family for the Nigerian to really becoming a person of sensation. Of course, the media did its best to carry his super idea, but more than half the people still asked: "Who is Dara?"
The case here, is that Africans seem to need to make it to the global stage before they are recognized. Beliefs here are other football stars on the continent that are unknown because of media representations of African sports.
Joseph Ameh, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Arsenal Newspaper – a Nigeria-based Arsenal-focused publication – confirms the deficit. In an interview with WeeTracker, he compared the African sports industry with that of the global and maintained that the former is less represented.
"Sports in Africa is far behind when placed side by side with that of continents like Europe and South America. It's commonplace that public attention plays a big role in the advancement of any venture, which is why it seems like athletes from the black soil end up less successful than their counterparts from the Western world. Media recognition on its own is a form of motivation".
A look at local dailies and blogs will help discover that more attention is given to players that are not of African descent. In contrast, English tabloids keep on heaping praise on their own products, some of who we all know are not as skilled as many of ours. How then do we gain wide-range recognition when we do not glorify what we have?
Good For Business?
Definitely not. Talent, when given the avenue to shine under favorable conditions, would no doubt go lengths to dazzle. In lieu of more opportunities – whether local or international – the better the talent becomes.
Unfortunately, the growing African sports space seems to not have broken even when it comes to giving talent the needed attention to flourish. On a general scope, the chances become much thinner for international recognition. One may have to go tooth and nail, like Sadio Mane, before that has a chance happening.
Societies who give room for their talents to thrive do that for a number of reasons. One of them is to make them become better players that can be reckoned with at any level.
As earlier stated, the more chances they are given, the more advanced they become. You will definitely become rusty as a sportsman if you do not get the avenue to constantly do what you are good at.
These talents, in turn, bring honour to the countries they represent when they must have made their names a household one. Let us take a look at the case of someone like Gabriel Martinelli.
At age 18, his praise is already being sung by football fans and pundits and what is the secret behind that? He is a Brazilian. Brazil is one of the top nations on the log when it comes to discovering and grooming talents for the greater floor and Martinelli is so lucky to hail from such a place.
"He currently plays for Arsenal in England but before this time, he had plied his trade locally at Corinthians and Ituano. His exploits at home caused top European clubs to beam their searchlight on him.
The skilled forward would most likely not have made it this far if he grew up on the black continent. Who knows what would have become of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi if they were from countries that care less about their talents," explains Joseph, a sports analyst.
The State Of Things
The sports industry is growing faster than China's national economy and the rate of sports employment has been growing at a faster rate than total employment in the European Union (EU).
The role of sports in Africa's economic development, however, is yet to be completely realized. In the continent, the gains of sport have been majorly limited to the socio-cultural spectacle, it unifying and happiness factors.
More so, the occasional hosting of international competitions has not been met with the needed commercialization of the standard infrastructures, leaving under-utilized sporting infrastructures from Abuja4 Cape Town.
At the other end of the continent, South Africa is to become the first ever African nation host to an American NBA game, which is impressive.
Many studies of the global sport industry tends to suggest just how far behind the rest of the world Africa is. On this evidence, there is little to suggest that Africa's sport industry is on the verge of becoming a global force.
Recognizing Local Craft
Sadio Mane may have only placed fourth in the Ballon D'Or voting, but it was telling that even that finish was widely considered an injustice. No less than Lionel Messi, who claimed his sixth, was on board the Senegal international's bandwagon, voting Mane to win ahead of his Liverpool team mate Virgil Van Dijk and, most tellingly, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Recognizing local talent and adequately representing them in the media is one way to push the African sports industries forwards. The sensational story of the Kenyan marathoner, Eliud Kipchoge, is proof. There are tons of local football clubs and leagues in different places in the continent, but most of them are underrepresented due to an array of factors.
Joseph concludes: "We need to step up our sports to the maximum standard so for our players to become independent of international appearances to make it far. Once talents playing in the African League begin winning the African Best Player Awards, then I will be convinced that we can boast of matching the standards of international leagues".
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La  division d'infanterie nord-africaine ( DINA) est une division d'infanterie de l'armée de terre française qui a participé à la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Chefs de corps
 1936 - 1939 :  général Sciard
 1939 :  général Tarrit
 1939 : général Chapouilly
 1940 : général Mast

L'entre-deux-guerres

Seconde Guerre mondiale

Drôle de guerre

En 1939, la  DINA, division d'active de type nord-est, est en garnison à Poitiers.

En , la  DINA remplace la  d'infanterie au sein du  corps d'armée, dépendant de la  qui doit éviter un enveloppement de la ligne Maginot. La  se voit confier le renforcement du  d'infanterie de forteresse qui occupe le sous-secteur de Mouzon (secteur fortifié de Montmédy). Elle défend ainsi un front sur la Chiers qui s'étend du confluent de cette rivière avec la Meuse (avec à sa gauche la  d'infanterie) jusqu'à La Ferté-sur-Chiers (ouvrage de La Ferté, où commence la zone de la  d'infanterie coloniale, sous l'autorité du  corps d'armée). Ce sous-secteur dispose d'un nombre limité de fortifications par rapport au sous-secteur voisin de Montmédy à droite.

Cette zone du front est en effet perçue comme secondaire par le commandement français, qui juge peu probable une offensive allemande d'envergure contre le sous-secteur de Mouzon car le  des Ardennes (à l'ouest de Montmédy) conjugué à la Meuse est considéré comme peu propice à une action d'envergure. Néanmoins le sous-secteur de Mouzon possède une certaine solidité, la Chiers constitue un bon obstacle avec sa rive sud abrupte.

La  n'est dans son ensemble pas concernée par les plans d'intervention en Belgique et doit conserver sa position. En revanche un de ses bataillons, le I/ régiment de zouaves, doit aller se placer sur la Semois en recueil du groupement est de la  légère de cavalerie qui participe à la manœuvre retardatrice en Ardenne. Son groupe de reconnaissance de division d'infanterie, le , doit également participer à la manœuvre retardatrice en renforçant la  de cavalerie sur sa gauche, laquelle doit gagner la Vierre.

Bataille de France

Composition
1939
 de tirailleurs algériens, en garnison à Châteauroux
 de tirailleurs algériens, en garnison à Périgueux
 de tirailleurs tunisiens, en garnison à La Roche-sur-Yon
 de chars de combat, en garnison à Tours
 d'artillerie, en garnison à Poitiers

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Cavalerie
93 groupe de reconnaissance de division d'infanterie
Infanterie
 régiment de tirailleurs algériens
 régiment de tirailleurs algériens
 de zouaves
Artillerie
 régiment d'artillerie nord-africaine
220 régiment d'artillerie lourde nord-africaine
 batterie divisionnaire antichar du  RANA
93 parc d'artillerie divisionnaire
93 compagnie d'ouvriers d'artillerie
93 section de munitions hippomobile
293 section de munitions automobile
Génie
compagnie de sapeurs-mineurs 93/1
compagnie de sapeurs-mineurs 93/2
Transmissions
compagnie télégraphique 93/81
compagnie radio 93/82
Train
compagnie hippomobile 93/9
compagnie automobile 193/9
Intendance
groupe d'exploitation divisionnaire 93/9
Santé
  sanitaire divisionnaire

Notes et références

Articles connexes

Liens externes
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Division d'infanterie de l'Armée de terre française

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Pathways to the superintendency: Case studies of Hispanic superintendents in Texas
Sandra Calzada, University of Texas at El Paso
The purposes of this study were (a) to learn about the pathways to the superintendency for Hispanic superintendents in Texas and (b) to examine cultural issues encountered along the way. Collected data were compared to Schein's theory of organizational career mobility. A triangulation approach consisting of in-depth interviewing, survey completion, and observational data solicited information pertaining to their career development tracks, personal and career preparation, and incentives or disincentives to pursuing the superintendency. Participants were purposively selected from approximately 120 to 130 current Hispanic superintendents in Texas. The selected superintendents lead large districts (student enrollment exceeding 25,000) throughout various Texas geographical regions. Specifically, 11 current Hispanic superintendents met the research criteria to participate in the study. It was found that, rather than looking at pathways to the superintendency as the acquisition of titles (principal, director, area/associate superintendent), what determines career advancement or leads to the pathway to the superintendency for Hispanic individuals is their (a) self-perception, (b) attitudes, and (c) behaviors as they traverse specific work experiences related to school leadership. The "glass ceiling" for Hispanic leaders who wish to advance to the superintendency involves changing perceptions about Hispanic leaders and serving as the impetus for future educational leaders so they too are considered viable candidates.
Cultural anthropology|Educational leadership|School administration|Hispanic American studies
Calzada, Sandra, "Pathways to the superintendency: Case studies of Hispanic superintendents in Texas" (2015). ETD Collection for University of Texas, El Paso. AAI3708534.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/dissertations/AAI3708534

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Nick Cave unveils cover of Leonard Cohen's "Avalanche" for "Black Sails"
January 10, 2015 - 17:36 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - From Her to Eternity, the first album Nick Cave released with his long-running group the Bad Seeds all the way back in 1984, was a fascinating collision of classic pop crooning and industrial noise, with a gothic mood set by the opening cover of Leonard Cohen's "Avalanche" that transformed the pensive acoustic ballad into a ghoulish ode to self-annihilation. Recently Cave revisited the song, recording a new version for Starz's pirate drama Black Sails that takes a whole new approach, with a spare piano-and-strings arrangement, Cave's finely aged vocals, and a melancholic air, Entertainment Weekly reports.
The new version of "Avalanche" will appear in trailers for Black Sails and at the end of this season's ninth episode.
Season two of Black Sails premieres Saturday, Jan. 24, at 9 p.m. on Starz.
Entertainment Weekly. Hear Nick Cave's new cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Avalanche' for 'Black Sails'
Iranian-Armenian singer Andy getting a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
At age 22, Andy Madadian left Iran with nothing, moved to Los Angeles and started playing at nightclubs to pay rent.
Steven Zaillian nabs Oscar nomination for "The Irishman"
American screenwriter of Armenian descent Steven Zaillian has been nominated for an Academy Award for "The Irishman".
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Cher's final dates of 2019 raised the diva's calendar-year gross to $108.2 million, making it the biggest year of her touring career.
Armenia considers opening 17th century underground city to public
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Just when you think there is no further your expectations can fall, they find a way to surpass them. It's hard to imagine any two political figures behaving with less conviction or decency than Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn this week. We must have truly done something terrible in a previous life to deserve this.
At any other time, you'd presume that we'd reached some sort of nadir, a basement dungeon of political decency, beyond which it was impossible to fall. But this is Brexit, so they will invariably exceed themselves next week.
May's attempt to 'reach out' in the wake of her historic defeat this week was as self-interested and false as it was possible to imagine. She refused to make any changes to her proposals at all. She was not willing to change her policy in the slightest.
Instead, she appeared only interested in using the talks for short-term political advantage. A Downing Street statement was arranged for just hours after her invite, seemingly with the sole intention of pointing out to people that Corbyn had not attended yet. Those politicians who did attend talks - The Green's Caroline Lucas, the Lib Dem's Vince Cable, the SNP's Ian Blackford, and others - said there was nothing new on the table and that they wouldn't bother attending again unless something changed.
Corbyn saw how badly the prime minister was failing to live up to the moment and tried to match it. There is a kind of solidarity of irresponsibility between the two. Or perhaps it is a competition.
The Labour leader demanded that the prime minister "rule out" no-deal as a precondition for talks.
This is a standard tactic of parties who do not want to engage. It's equivalent to when governments demand a terrorist group renounces violence before entering into talks with it. It treats the ultimate aim as a precondition of holding negotiations to achieve it.
These talks are a way to stop May from allowing no-deal. They are a chance for opposition parties to get her to pull on the brakes. But there is no point simply demanding that as a precondition of holding the talks at all. That is a party political game.
Even if May said she ruled out no-deal, it would be a meaningless promise. No-deal happens automatically on March 29th as a result of the Article 50 notification. It is the default outcome. To stop it, we need a parliamentary majority for something. That could be a motion demanding the government petition for an extension to Article 50. Or it could be legislation to hold a People's Vote, with an attached extension. Or perhaps a new mandate for talks on customs union and single market membership, again with an attached extension provision.
Even if we were simply to revoke Article 50, we would still need a parliamentary majority. The European Court of Justice ruling allowing the UK to unilaterally cancel Brexit stated that it had to do that in accordance with its constitutional arrangements. And the Gina Miller case, back in the halcyon days of 2017, showed that governments cannot use the royal prerogative to overrule a decision which has been taken by parliament. In this case, parliament voted to trigger Article 50. So either by a motion or a piece of legislation - there is a lively legal debate on exactly which - there needs to be a majority even to cancel Article 50.
Of course, none of this really matters. Whether Corbyn holds talks with May or not is immaterial. She refused to give the talks meaning, because she ruled out making any changes to her policy on the basis of them. And he ruled out taking part in the talks by saying he would not participate unless she made the changes in advance. This has been an utter waste of our time.
They are the most inadequate, self-interested, unimaginative, unprincipled, irresponsible party leaders in living history. There is no thesaurus in the world which could contain all the descriptions of their failures. In a moment which requires towering political figures, we're lumped with them: a prime minister with the intellectual status of a pebble and an opposition leader with the cerebral qualities of crumbled paper.
It cannot possibly be any clearer that these two figures have failed the country and are incapable of living up to the historic moment they find themselves in.
It is now up to MPs to take the lead. There are proposals floating around Westminster to give parliamentarians control over the Commons timetable. This could be attached as an amendment to May's motion on what she plans to do next. It is imperative that this now passes. There are no other routes of preventing disaster. Parliament must formally take control.
This moment has shown us what terrible political leaders we have ended up with. When things are quieter, we can ask ourselves some searching questions about how that came to pass. For now, there is just one cheerful thought. Their inadequacy might force a constitutional change which gives parliament lasting powers over the executive. That would be the closest thing we ever find to a Brexit dividend.


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By Sara Tischauser on Feb 2, 2018 at 7:00 a.m.
The Pierce County Economic Development Corporation (PCEDC) held its annual meeting Jan. 30, 2018, to recognize local businesses for their contributions to Pierce County.
PCEDC Board of Directors President Michael Fronmueller welcomed everyone to the event, held at the University Center at UW-River Falls.
PCEDC Executive Director Joe Folsom spoke to attendees about his return to the area and being ready to help Pierce County. He wants to have open communication with the public and be able to collaborate on ideas for the betterment of the county and its entrepreneurs.
He opened up discussion for anyone who had questions and spoke about ways to grow agricultural tourism in Pierce County. Folsom emphasized the importance of reaching people in Minnesota with opportunities for Minnesotans to come experience some of Pierce County agriculture.
"Who are we trying to bring in," Folsom said about Pierce County agricultural tourism. "Best opportunity other side of river, let's bring wealth across the river. Bring metropolitan to rural [area]."
The PCEDC also recognized local businesses for their contributions to Pierce County with the small business of the year, large business of the year and ag champion of the year awards.
South Fork Cafe in River Falls received Small Business of the Year honors.
Since 1987, owners Chris and Dawn Berendes have served the River Falls community homemade meals and a breakfast buffet on Saturdays and Sundays.
Chris and Dawn, along with their 16 hardworking employees, offer customers made-from-scratch soups, homemade pies, homemade waffle cones filled with Bridgeman's ice cream, and a full menu of other foods.
South Fork Cafe has also been active in the community with its Veterans Support efforts, Cruisin' for a Cause Bike Run and Bowls of Hope. They also support local organizations such as American Legions Lifeline, FFA Alumni Tractor Pull, Relay for Life, St. Jude's Children's Hospital and many more.
Large Business of the Year went to Cernohous Chevrolet in Prescott.
Since 1932, Cernohous Chevrolet has served Pierce County, first with its original location on Broad Street and now at its Orrin Road locations in Prescott, its home since 1976. The business was founded by Raymond Cernohous and remains a family owned and operated business.
Cernohous offers a one-stop-shop for customers offering full service, parts, accessories and a body shop.
The business has 48 employees. The company says they work to exceed their customers' expectations while offering a fair price for automotive needs.
The recipient of this year's Ag Champion was the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) at UW-River Falls.
CAFES has about 1,500 undergraduate students in 14 different majors and has the largest major (in terms of enrollment) with its Animal Science major. In addition, CAFES offers students 21 student organizations in which to participate.
In recent years, faculty have developed an agricultural-focused study abroad experience for students which has included trips to India, Ireland and Argentina. One of the newest international initiatives in the works is a collaborative effort between CAFES and the AERES University in the Netherlands on a joint International Food Business degree. Students pursuing this degree will spend a year at the partner university.


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Q: searching for old chemfig versions I would like to have older chemfig version packages. Unfortunately ctan has only the last version. I would especially need versions 1.3, 1.31, 1.32, 1.33, 1.34, 1.4, 1.41. If someone has any of these or other old version please let me know.

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Tipping Point fans spot 'proof' of Magnet Man as they're distracted by 'gorgeous' player
Tipping Point fans are convinced there's a secret 'Magnet Man' lurking inside the game machine on the hit ITV game show, conspiring to keep certain players in the show.
And nowhere was this apparent bias more evident to fans at home than during Wednesday's episode, as viewers became distracted by one 'gorgeous' player who they reckoned should be kept in the game.
Four new players stepped up to the podium – Lucy, Catherine, Phil and Ethan.
But blonde-haired Lucy left fans at home in a bit of a tizzy, as they couldn't help commenting on her good looks, as one tweeted: "Fabulous Lucy! Put a smile on Ben's face!"
Another cheekily posted: "Lucy is nicely out in front."
Fans were distracted by Lucy's good looks
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But Phil, on the other hand, left fans distracted with his choice of a black, red and white polo shirt, which featured a trio of bold colours in segments on the front.
Distracted fans immediately flocked to social media to comment on Phil's fashion choice, with one writing: "I'll be seeing that shirt in my nightmares!"
"We definitely won't miss seeing that shirt," someone else echoed, as a third tweeted: "I don't know what made Phil buy that shirt!"
Fans weren't keen on Phil's shirt
And, despite his impressive performance in the first round, he was first to be eliminated – with several of his counters dangling on the very edge of the tipping point.
This led fans to post once again about the Magnet Man conspiracy that hangs over the programme.
Taking to Twitter, one wrote: "Proof there is a Magnet Man!"
Lucy made it through to the next round with Ben at the helm
Someone else followed up: "Magnet Man does it again!", while another fan penned: "Magnet Man is on fire today!"
A fellow conspiracy theorist echoed: "Lucy has paid off Magnet Man. I am sure of it!"
"Magnet Man is working overtime today," a fifth agreed.
Meanwhile, Lucy was onto a winning streak in the second round, accumulating a whopping nine counters in a single drop – and the coveted mystery prize of a Bluetooth speaker.
And it was Catherine who scooped the second mystery prize, despite Lucy announcing her intention to be "greedy" and go after it in Drop Zone Four.
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New Trailer for Theatrical Re-Release of Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Dekalog'
by Alex Billington
"It's wrong to ask for everything at once." Janus Films has debuted a trailer for the upcoming theatrical re-release of Krzysztof Kieslowski's acclaimed series Dekalog, or Decalogue. It's best to refer to the official description to explain this one: "Originally made for Polish television, Dekalog focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Its ten hour-long films, drawing from the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, grapple deftly with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time." Janus is putting out a 4K version of the film series in theaters this fall in the US, for those interested in watching it.
Here's a fan-made trailer for the theatrical re-release of Krzysztof Kieslowski's Dekalog, found via TFS:
The "Dekalog" is a series of ten shorts created for Polish Television, with plots loosely based upon the Ten Commandments, directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski. Two of these, Dekalog 5 and 6, are shorter cuts from the feature-length films--Krotki film o zabijaniu (A Short Film About Killing) and Krotki film o milosci (A Short Film About Love), respectively. They deal with the emotional turmoil suffered by humanity, when instinctual acts and societal morality conflict. The "Dekalog", or Decalogue, is directed by acclaimed Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski, of many great films previously including most notably the Three Colors trilogy. This series was first shown on Polish TV from 1989 to 1990. Janus Films will re-release the entire series restored in 4K high definition starting on September 2nd in NYC. For more info, visit Janus Films. Our friends at The Film Stage have listings for other cities including Montreal, Los Angeles and Austin, TX.
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'Short film of killing' (I think that would be English title) is one of those films I mostly remember from Kieslowski. This one I saw only once when I was young. It definitely deserves another occasion. Nice reminding and very surprised I can find it on some American site about films, Kudos to you, sir ...
shiboleth on Aug 16, 2016
Damn. Respect.
DAVIDPD on Aug 16, 2016


Alex Morgan's "Hit Man" is one hot read!
A hustler living in a run-down apartment gets a visit from a former lover. Todd's old flame is now a hired gun for the local mob boss. When Nico reappears at his door, Todd has high hopes that he has come back to renew their relationship which ended when Nico became a hit man. But Nico makes it clear that he didn't return to rekindle the flame that burned so hot when they were lovers. He's been hired to execute Todd. In horror, Todd realizes there may be no escape for him but he convinces Nico into one last night of the unbridled revelry that they once knew. Nico agrees, but will he allow Todd to escape? Or will he carry out his mob boss's orders?
A cool breeze wafted through the open window, alleviating the stuffiness of my efficiency apartment. It was warmer than usual for this time of year, so it was a treat to have such beautiful weather. I ventured to open the window a little more, ignoring the din of the city, and allowing more air to circulate, since I had no air conditioning. I laid back on my bed and tried to get in a comfortable position to fall asleep.
A knock at the door brought me back from the edges of drowsiness.
I walked to the door in my shorts and peered through the peephole. I could see a tall figure in the dim hallway outside but he kept his face lowered, hidden from me and anyone else who might be watching.
I was used to this attempt at anonymity so I was not alarmed as I opened the door. When I recognized him, I sucked in my breath with an audible gasp and my heart leapt in my chest.
"Nico?" My voice was just above a whisper in surprise and desire.
"Hey, babe," he replied with a smile. He remembered the pet name that he had for me.
I hadn't seen my former lover in six long years, but he looked the same, as if time had not passed for him. We had been inseparable for a year and half before that. Back then, Nico had been voracious, insatiable and uninhibited. He was also generous. I attended school at that time and he had just been hired by Big Johnny, the mob overlord in this part of the city. I knew that Nico was in training to be a hired gun, and those elements of danger and devil-may-care attitude attracted me to him.
Nico set me up in an apartment (much nicer than this one) near school and near him. He came to me every night and we would indulge in carnal pleasures of the flesh until we were exhausted, sweating and panting.
Then he began to distance himself from me. The change was subtle at first, so I didn't suspect anything was wrong. He pimped me out a few times and I went along with it because I thought it would please him. In retrospect, it was only to keep me from noticing he was absent.
Before long, he stopped coming to see me altogether. I couldn't find him and he never tried to contact me. I knew he was getting pressure from Big Johnny to leave me. I overheard his part of phone conversations, and Nico talked in his sleep, giving me enough clues to realize what was going on. And pillow talk can loosen even the most secretive of tongues.
Inconsolable for weeks, I often contemplated suicide. I lost the plush apartment, since Nico stopped paying for it, and had to settle for this run-down hell-hole, where I have been for over five years.
In my depression, I almost didn't graduate, but passed with barely acceptable grades. After that I could not hold steady work because I couldn't concentrate nor did I have any will power to move on. Finally, I took to the streets hustling. It's an ugly dangerous job but for it's all that I could do.
That's been my life ever since he left, and now he stood at my door. Those six years were swept from my memory in an instant.


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Q: Calculate the average of a subsample with cast in R reshape2 I am attempting to calculate the average of a subsample with the function acast. As the subsample, I want to use data within a percentile range for which I use quantile within the subset. The problem seems that the quantiles are calculated before arranging the data by groups, thus the same values are used. See the example below:
library(reshape2)
library(plyr)
data(airquality)
aqm <- melt(airquality, id=c("Month", "Day"), na.rm=TRUE)
## here I calculate the length for each group for the whole sample
acast(aqm, variable + Month ~ . , length, value.var = "value")
## here I calculate the length for the range within the quantiles 0.05 - 0.5
acast(aqm, variable + Month ~ . , length, value.var = "value",  subset = .(value >= quantile(value,c(0.05)) & value <= quantile(value,c(0.5))))

I should get with the subset half of the observations for each group, but instead I get in some cases way lees than half and in other way more. It seems to me that the quantiles are calculated with the melted data, therefore the function applies the same quantile numbers to all groups.
Does anyone have an idea how to make that the quantiles are calculates for each group? Any help would be appreciated. I know this would be possible by doing a loop by categories, but want to see if there is a way to do it all at once.
Thanks,
Sergio René


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Q: Error al enviar post a controlador cakephp 3 recojo los datos del formulario para guardarlos en una variable localStorage
function recuperaDatos(){

            var elForm = document.querySelector("#form1"), //O simplemente 'form1'
            valores = []; //Array en el que se guardarán los valores

            [].forEach.call(elForm.elements, function(elemento){ //Recorro el conjunto de elementos
                if (elemento.value == " "  || elemento.value == null) {

                }
                valores.push(elemento.value); //Guardo el valor de cada elemento en el array
            });

            //Guardo todo de manera local
            datosLocal += localStorage.form1 = JSON.stringify({
                elementos: elForm.innerHTML, //Los elementos del formulario
                id: elForm.id || "", //El 'id' del formulario o una cadena vacía
                method: "POST", //El método establecido o "GET"
                //action: "add", //La dirección hacia la que se enviarán los datos o una cadena vacía
                enctype: elForm.enctype || "", //El tipo de contenido del formulario o una cadena vacía
                datos: valores //El array con los valores de los elementos del formulario
            });

        }

Y  esa  variable envio los datos a una   funcion que esta en  el controlador que guarda  en la base de datos  de la siguiente manera :
function enviaPost(){
    var caed = '/caed';
        if ( window.location.host != 'nodo.pw' || window.location.host != 'elmaguire.local:5757' ) {
            caed = '';
        }
     var guardado = JSON.parse(datosLocal);
 console.log(guardado['datos']);

           $.ajax({
                type:"POST",
                url: url+ "/users/add",
                dataType: 'JSON',
                data: JSON.stringify(guardado['datos']),
                success: function (data) {
                    console.log('Sin conexion a internet. Los datos se gusrdaran localmente para enviarlos al restablecer la conexion a internet');
                    console.log(data);
                },
                error: function(e) {
                        console.log( 'error add - not found'+e);
                }
            });

}

y mi la función que guarda en la base es la siguiente:
public function add($type_user = '')
    {

        $idLoggedUser = $this->Auth->user('id');
        $role = $this->Auth->user('role');
        $cnterUsrLogged =  $this->Auth->user('center_id');

        $user_id = '';
        $errors = [];
        date_default_timezone_set('America/Mexico_City');
        $date = date('Y-m-d');

        $roles   = $this->Users->Roles->find('Roles',[
                                                    'profile' =>$role,
                                                    'idLoggedUser'=>$idLoggedUser,
                                                    'idUserEdit'=>''
                                                    ])->combine('name', 'full_name');

        $centros = $this->Users->Centers->find('Centers',[
                                                    'profile' =>$role,
                                                    'center_id' => $cnterUsrLogged
                                                    ]);
        $centers        = $centros->combine('id', 'plantel');     //para select

        $estados        = $this->Users->States->find();
        $states         = $estados->combine('id', 'name');        //para select

        $discapacidades      = $this->Users->Disabilities->find();
        $disabilities        = $discapacidades->combine('id', 'nombre');       //para select

        $discapEspecificas   = $this->Users->Specificdisabilities->find();
        $specificdisabilities= $discapEspecificas->combine('id', 'nombre');     //para select

        //Inicia manejo de datos del formulario
        $user = $this->Users->newEntity();

        if ($this->request->is('post')) {

            $this->request->data['owners'][0]['id'] = $this->Auth->user('id');
            $this->request->data['owners'][0]['_joinData']['notification_id'] = '1';
            $this->request->data['owners'][0]['_joinData']['date'] = date('Y-m-d');

            if($role == 'auxiliar'){
                $this->request->data['owners'][1]['id'] = $this->Auth->user('user_created_id');;
                $this->request->data['owners'][1]['_joinData']['notification_id'] = '1';
                $this->request->data['owners'][1]['_joinData']['date'] = date('Y-m-d');
            }

            $user = $this->Users->patchEntity($user, $this->request->getData(),['associated' => ['Owners._joinData']]);

            //$this->request->data['foto'] = $this->request->data['fotousuario'];
            //$this->request->data['firma'] = $this->request->data['firmausuario'];

            $user->fecha_inscripcion = $date;
            $user->full_name =  $user->nombre .' '.$user->ap_paterno.' '.$user->ap_materno;
            $user->user_created_id = $this->Auth->user('id');
            $user->categoria  = 'Activo';
            if($role == 'auxiliar'){
                 $user->role = 'estudiante';
                 $user->center_id = $cnterUsrLogged;
            }

            // debug( $user); exit;
           //Para generar la matricula
           if ( $user->role == 'estudiante') {
                $matricula = $this->matricula($estados, $user->state_id, $discapacidades , $user->disability_id, $discapEspecificas, $user->specificdisability_id, $user->center_id);
                $user->matricula = $matricula;
            }

            //cargar Imagen
            if(!$user->errors() && $this->request->data['foto']['error'] != 4){
                $fileOK = $this->uploadFiles('files'.DS.'Users', $this->request->data['foto'], $user->curp,'foto');
                if(array_key_exists('filename', $fileOK)) {
                    $user->foto = $fileOK['filename'];
                    $user->alt  = $fileOK['alt'];
                    $user->dir  = $fileOK['dir'];
                }
            }
            //carga firma

            if(!$user->errors() && $this->request->data['firma']['error'] != 4){
               //debug($this->request->data['firma']); exit;
                $file_ok = $this->uploadFiles('files'.DS.'Users', $this->request->data['firma'], $user->curp,'firma');
                if(array_key_exists('filename', $file_ok)) {
                    $user->firma = $file_ok['filename'];
                    $user->alt_firma  = $file_ok['alt'];
                    $user->dir_firma  = $file_ok['dir'];
                }
            }
            //debug($this->request->data);

            $errors = $user->errors();

            if ($this->Users->save($user, ['associated' => ['Owners._joinData']])) {

                //Guarda la notificacion para el id del nuevo usuario
                $notificationsUsers = TableRegistry::get('notificationsUsers');
                $notifUsr = $notificationsUsers->newEntity();
                $notifUsr->date     = date('Y-m-d');
                $notifUsr->owner_id = $user->id;
                $notifUsr->user_id  = $user->id;
                $notifUsr->notification_id  = 1;
                $notificationsUsers->save( $notifUsr);

                //send email
                $content_notif = $this->Users->Notifications->find('all', ['conditions' => ['type' => 'registro'] ])
                                                             ->first()->toArray() ;

                $user['notifications_data'] = $content_notif;
                $this->getMailer('User')->send('generic_email', [$user]);

                if(!$this->request->is('ajax')){
                    return $this->redirect(['action' => 'edit'.'/'.$user->id.'/successadd']);
                }else{
                    echo "ok-ajax";
                }
            }else if($this->request->is('ajax')){
             print_r($errors);
             // guardar estos  errores en una  variable  de  sesion o en algun lugar;
             exit;
           }
           // $this->Flash->error(__('El usuario no se guardó. Por favor, intente nuevamente.'));
        }

        // model y action variables  para  pasar  al  elemento lwsuccesUsers - muestra  una ventana de notificacion
        $model = 'users';
        $action = 'edit'; // para que despues de darlo de alta regrese a la pantalla edit

        $this->set(compact('user','centers','roles','specificdisabilities','disabilities','date','cnterUsrLogged','states','type_user','user_id','errors','model','action','role'));
        $this->set('_serialize', ['user']);
    }

Solo que al guardar  me manda un error  no lo guarda nose si cambie la forma de recibir los datos. ayuda!!

A: Bueno  pude solucionarlo en primera en mi cuntrolador  me faltaba la siguiente linea:
 $this->response->disableCache();
          $this->autoRender = false;

en segunda por que no hacia de forma correcta la obtención de datos  es la siguiente:
$this->request->data['datos'];

asi es como me dejo de salir el error. espero les sirva-


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'Reserves are dwindling all the time'
Media & politics
26.11.2021 | Expert warns of imminent blackouts
People Politics & regulation Security of supply Switzerland
Noël Graber
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Switzerland has recently been giving greater thought to the issue of supply security. It's an issue that has long preoccupied Herbert Saurugg. The international blackout expert from Austria warns of imminent power outages in Europe and their far-reaching consequences. Is his warning alarmist or appropriate? Read for yourself.
Mr Saurugg, as an international blackout expert, you can surely tell us: when will the lights go out in Europe?
(Laughs) Even I don't have a crystal ball. But the way the supply situation has developed in Europe over the last 10 years and the way it is set to develop in the next few years, I fear that it could become critical this next winter. That doesn't necessarily mean blackouts. But rolling regional shutdowns are a definite possibility.
What developments are you referring to?
The synchronous grid of Continental Europe has ever-dwindling reserves and room for manoeuvre. By the end of next year, Germany alone will lose around 22 gigawatts of power from nuclear and coal-fired power plants. Until just a few years ago, we had major surplus reserves in Europe. But they will soon be used up. And available capacity is only one of multiple pillars of electricity supply security.
Blackout expert Herbert Saurugg
What else does it take?
Current reserves. They ensure stability in the grid. Turbines and generators in nuclear, hydro and coal power plants are heavy rotating masses that store large amounts of energy and continually compensate for fluctuations, because you can never produce exactly as much electricity as you need at any given time. And you don't even have to manage it, physics takes care of it all by itself. With every major power plant that is removed from the grid, the system becomes a little more fragile and more susceptible to malfunction. Things might be fine for a long time. But then you have a tipping point where it only takes a minor disruption to throw the whole system off balance. As I see it, there isn't nearly enough discussion about this.
Has the situation deteriorated in recent years? How do you measure something like this?
Take Austria as an example. In 2011, it only took two interventions in the area of congestion management to ensure system stability. In 2018, there was at least one intervention on 301 days. And the system is getting more complex all the time. More actors are involved and this makes the system more vulnerable.
You often hear the accusation that supply security is suffering from the expansion of renewables. Do you share this view?
Well, the problem doesn't lie with the renewable production facilities. It is more the way they are integrated into the electricity grid. Wind power and solar power are only available when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining. There is very little flexibility. With the expansion of renewables, many countries have failed to mandate or set up corresponding storage facilities.
So it's only the old world of power supply that works? Large-scale power plants are the solution?
No. But we have to adapt the whole system to the new framework conditions, not just some of the generation. We need storage – from inherent to seasonal. Switzerland and Austria, for example, are well positioned in this area with their pumped power plants and storage power plants. Germany, on the other hand, only has around 40 gigawatt hours of pumped storage capacity. That wouldn't even cover the country's needs for one hour. This is something that is completely ignored in the course of the energy transition.
You are a blackout expert. This means you help companies with blackout provision. Doesn't that make you a professional scaremonger? Blackouts are your business.
(Laughs) I have to make my living somehow. For me, blackouts are an example scenario – unfortunately an extremely realistic one. Our society is completely dependent on international supply chains, which can very soon collapse in the event of a large-scale power failure. While power supply can be restored fairly quickly, it takes much longer for logistics chains. But we barely have any fallback levels to compensate for outage. We saw that very clearly in the delivery bottlenecks after the first lockdowns. Once supply chains are disrupted, it takes time for everything to run smoothly again. Here I would mention Austria once more. Surveys show that one-third of the population would no longer be self-sufficient after just four days. After seven days, it's two-thirds. And all those people would have no time to restart the electricity or food supply, for example, because would they have to fight for their own survival.
And Switzerland? The administration has recognised the risk here. In the federal government's risk report, power shortage is the top priority – higher than the pandemic.
Agreed. Switzerland has recognised the problem better than other countries. But has it also addressed it? Could today's Swiss population be self-sufficient for two weeks? I have my doubts. Even in Switzerland, the implications of this kind of event are still not widely understood. If there is a general lack of electricity and the supply chains collapse, Switzerland would also be unable to ensure supply – and then it affects everyone, even if Switzerland is certainly in a better position than many other countries.
Are there any countries that are well prepared?
Ironically, those that are not used to high levels of supply security. Where they expect the electricity to drop out now and then. For example, many companies in the US have their own power supply, simply because they can't count on constant electricity. This is the curse of high supply security. Because everything works all the time, we believe that it is a law of nature that electricity comes from the socket.
What is your advice to companies that want to prepare for a blackout?
Many people believe they have to hedge it all with an emergency power supply. It often helps just to run through this kind of scenario. What does it mean for my company to have no electricity over a longer period? To not receive deliveries? What damage can I prevent with organisational measures? How can I help to get the system and basic services up and running again more quickly? Take food producers, for example. They don't have to offer 100 products again all at once, maybe just one or two to quickly resume basic supply. And particularly important is that the staff have to able to weather the crisis, they have to be motivated to also make provisions for themselves. They're the most important resource in a company.
Axpo's view
Overall, Axpo takes a less drastic view of the security supply situation in the synchronous grid of Europe than Herbert Saurugg. Assuming the existing import capacities remain available and the nuclear power plants in Switzerland and France maintain average availability, Axpo believes that supply security in Switzerland is provided until 2035, even taking stress scenarios (such as persistent windless conditions) into account. However, there may be restrictions on import capacities from 2025 resulting from the EU's Clean Energy Package.
What do you think Switzerland's electricity supply should look like in the future? Generate your own electricity mix: powerswitcher.axpo.com
Axpo Nordic is a leading independent player in the Nordic energy market – specialising in trading and developing products and services for retailers, energy-intensive industries and energy producers. Axpo Nordic is based in Oslo, Malmö and Helsinki. The team consists of 40 employees with extensive experience from trading and origination in the Nordic region and Europe. The company was established in 2003 and today we are one of the largest traders on the Nordic and Baltic markets. Axpo Nordic is a part of Axpo Group, a Swiss energy company active in over 30 countries throughout Europe and the USA.
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This smoky-tasting salsa makes a great salad, too. Just serve it in a mound over torn salad greens.
Remove and discard husks and silks from corn; set corn aside. Cut red pepper into quarters; remove and discard seeds and membrane. Brush corn and pepper quarters with 2 teaspoons oil.
Coat grill rack with cooking spray; place on grill over medium-hot coals (350° to 400°). Place corn on rack; grill, covered, 20 minutes or until tender, turning every 5 minutes. Let cool; cut corn from cob. Place red pepper on rack; grill, covered, 5 minutes on each side. Let cool; dice red pepper.
Combine corn, red pepper, onion, and remaining ingredients in a medium bowl; stir well. Serve at room temperature with chicken or pork or as a dip with no-oil baked tortilla chips.


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Q: Enable CORS, WEBAPP, i am struggling with the following problem. I created a simple webapp that sends via JavaScript "GET" Operations to a other server.
So the problem is my app is hosted lets say on www.webapp.com/WebContent and the webapp itselfes consumes Data services. This OData Services are hosted on another system www.sap.universityber.com/opu/… so when I want to run the app locally with the reverse proxy (apache) and disable the security settings in chrome everything works fine. But when I want to run it from a normal browser without reverse proxy and the chrome settings it says "NO DATA", Reason -> CORS.

*

*Can somebody in this forum tell me how such a CORS- Enablement work maybe with an example code?

Please help.
Thanks

A: Enabling CORS would need to be done by www.sap.universityber.com/opu/, not in your web app. If it's an open API, they may offer a JSONP alternative (JSONP isn't subject to the Same Origin Policy, it does an end-run around it, but it also needs the cooperation of the server providing the content).

A: In short, you have to specify in your header  that you accept requests from other domains. An in-depth read https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Access_control_CORS
A brief example:
   Access-Control-Allow-Origin: http://mozilla.com

Do note that this has some implications for your security.

A: If you own the another system (www.sap.universityber.com/opu/), then you need to set the following response headers in the response from this system for every request:
'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': "www.webapp.com/WebContent",
'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'GET,PUT,POST,DELETE,OPTIONS',
'Access-Control-Allow-Headers': 'Content-Type'


Feature Requests and Feedback: In Backlog (21 ideas) – Welcome to the Office Developer Platform suggestion box!
It would be extremely helpful in certain cases to prevent user to interact with the sheet/workbook while some action in the task pane is required or when some process is running (e.g. when some complex sheet changes are being performed - formatting, inserting columns, inserting data, charts....).
Thank you for your input! We've added this to our backlog as something we want to implement. There are many items on the backlog, so we can't set an exact estimated time for this, but we'll keep you posted with status updates.
It would be great to have a CancelEdit or have the Range Select / setting range values automatically cancel the editing and avoid this error which seems to have no workaround.
Whenever a cell is being edited by the user, any attempt to select a different range or update values in different ranges causes the General Exception error. There is no method to Cancel the Edit (essentially just need to send the ESCAPE keystroke to the workbook).
Hi Brian. Thank you for your input, it is greatly appreciated! We've added this to our backlog as something we want to implement. There are many items on the backlog, so we can't set an exact estimated time for this, but we'll keep you posted with status updates.
Need a Change Tracking API in Word.
Thank you for the feedback! We've added this to our backlog and we'll keep you posted with status updates.
Hi Pankaj, thank you for your input! We've added this to our backlog as something we want to implement. There are many items on the backlog, so we can't set an exact estimated time for this, but we'll keep you posted with status updates.
In a workflow scenario (not sharepoint workflow, something custom) where we want to have a button in a Word Add-In taskpane to close the Word Online window after saving the file. In this button we initiate a next workflow step by saving the document, initiate the next step by e.g. setting a flag in sharepoint and closing the document editing session of the user.
This could either be an office general api or a word specific api (this is where we need it the most).
Hi Ernst, thank you for your input! We've added this to our backlog as something we want to implement. There are many items on the backlog, so we can't set an exact estimated time for this, but we'll keep you posted with status updates.
It will be much convenient to allow users to bind shortcut to a button / function. Users will be able to trigger them more quickly when they need.
Note that, in Excel users can bind a shortcut to a VBA macro. That proves that binding shortcuts is a real need.
The current BindingDataChangedEventArgs object passed to the event handler for the Binding.BindingDataChanged event only contains properties for the binding that raised the event and the type of event. There is no specific information about what cells, columns, or rows in the table object were changed. When dealing with tables with many rows and columns and/or end-user gestures that edit/insert/delete many cells/rows/columns at once, this API is not very useful. Contrast this to the (Excel) COM APIs where, at least, the SheetChanged event provides a Range object that describes what was changed.
We are collecting API requirements for developing Office Add-ins in Excel, specifically for Events API.
If you are considering moving an existing COM/VSTO/VBA Add-in to Office Add-in, or creating a new Office Add-in in Excel, and have events requirements, please fill the survey below and help us focus on the right set of events and design. We truly appreciate your help!
Do you want to popularize Office JS Add-in development? Why don't you do as you did with VBA? There is a macro recorder and the VBE (VBA's IDE).
Anyone with a regular Office instalation can be a "developer" - just press Alt+F11 and start coding. This is a great incentive for begginer programmers.
If you recluse Office JS programming to Visual Studio it'll be no use even if the framework is great, because there'll be no adoption by the community.
You have to tease your customers' mind so he'll get addicted in macro recording and will want to learn more about office automatization.
That being said - I believe that providing an IDE for Office JS Add-in development should be a priority in the roadmap.
I understand that the compiling and deployment of Office Add-ins are a whole bunch more complicated than compiling a VBA project - that's why we use Visual Studio. However, in the worst case you could limit applications's IDE's capacibilities (for example, you can create Office task panes and Office-level add-ins using VB6, but can't do that through VBA).
Thanks for your suggestion. This is actually on our backlog already. We understand the importance and how much people love macro recorder. So stay tuned and it is coming.
Recently we got an option to insert task panes using add-in commands which is really nice feature. It would be very useful to have an option to insert content panes in Excel, Word and Power Point as well.
The enhanced Excel-specific APIs available for developing Office Add-ins that run with Excel 2016 are a nice start. There are some key missing APIs. One area in need of extending is eventing. For workbooks that contain multiple worksheets, it is critical for the Add-in to be able to determine when a worksheet is activated/deactivated so that the Add-in's UI can adapt accordingly. Similarly, the Office Add-in should be able to hook an event so that when the workbook gets closed/shut down (and maybe Saved), the Add-in can persist in-memory state into the workbook.
Can you please provide a feature which enables to create the bindings to named range which has multiple non contiguous ranges in it ?.


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Le  championnat d'Afrique masculin de volley-ball s'est déroulé du 21 au  en Tunisie. Il met aux prises dix équipes africaines.

Équipes présentes

Lieu de la compétition

Tour préliminaire

Groupe A

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Groupe B

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Tour final

Match de classement ( et  places)

Classement final

Vainqueur

Références

2019
Volley-ball masculin
Volley-ball masculin 2019
Compétition de volley-ball en Tunisie
Sport à Tunis
Sport en Tunisie en 2019
Volley-ball en juillet 2019


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Apple Progressing on First Retail Stores in Singapore and Mexico City
Wednesday July 27, 2016 7:27 AM PDT by Joe Rossignol
In addition to expanding its retail footprint in China over the past few years, Apple is moving ahead with new stores in other countries.
Photos obtained by MacRumors from reader Myles today reveal progress on Apple's first retail store in Singapore, a location that has been confirmed by Apple since November 2015 and under renovation since earlier this year. Construction of the store's glass facade and canopy is now well underway.
The project allegedly has an expected completion date of October 31, 2016, suggesting that the store could open as early as November.
Additional photos sent to MacRumors by reader Rodrigo show an Apple-like large, black construction barrier at Mexico City's Via Santa Fe, an upscale wing of Centro Santa Fe, the largest shopping mall in Latin America. The store will be located on the upper level of the shopping mall and is likely in the early stages of renovations.
In January, an anonymous tipster said Apple is planning a major retail expansion in Latin America, starting with stores in the Mexican cities of Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey. The tipster said Apple will subsequently open its first retail stores in the countries of Chile, Peru, and Argentina.
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Atlus has released new information about their upcoming collaboration with VanillaWare, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in 2018 in Japan, with a western release planned.
The publisher reminds fans of Odin Sphere's scenario where players once played through the story through the perspective of five protagonists. The system they use was enjoyed by players and will be seen in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, which will have the same director, George Kamitani. However, this time, players will play as 13 protagonists set in the 1980's in a place where it's commonplace to pilot mechs known as "Sentinels".
The game will return to familiar areas throughout the campaign, like the train station. Being that this is a VanillaWare game, what sets 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim apart is that it's not based in a fantasy world. Instead, it's is set in a modern Japan. The developers use light in the scenes to produce detailed and beautiful environments.
In an event known as "that day", despair washed over the region, regardless of who you were or what class you were apart of. However, one boy named Juurou Anbu stood up against this and fought back. The color of orange twilight swept over the city. Fire erupted and smoke filled the streets. No one knew exactly what was going on.
During gameplay, the story will switch between the perspectives of 13 protagonists. This group of individuals have made up their minds about fighting against the despair and learning the truth. They each hold an important key to the story.
There is going to a choice system that determines how the story progresses. These events will be left up to the player and how they approach certain situations.
As of right now, two protagonists of been revealed, a boy name Juurou Anbu and a girl named Iori Fuyuzaka. Each of the main characters will pilot a Sentinel to fight back against the coming destruction. One of the Sentinels is called "Second Generation Type-1 Sentinel No. 13.", but it will not be the only model.


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The Making of Modern Europe, from 1500 to the Present
How do we make sense of the Brexit vote in Great-Britain, the rise of political Islam and the "veil" debates in France, the anti-globalization movements in Spain and Greece, the growth of demagogic anti-immigrant parties from the Netherlands to Italy, or the fact that Swedes get more than thirty paid days off per year? This course seeks to answer these questions by exploring the history of modern Europe. Among other themes, we will discuss the Protestant Reformation, the rise of absolutism, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, industrialism, colonialism, the Russian Revolution, the two world wars, decolonization and immigration, May '68, and the construction of the European Union. In conjunction, we will examine how modern ideologies (liberalism, Marxism, imperialism, conservatism, fascism, totalitarianism) were developed and challenged. Through a wide array of historical documents (fiction, letters, philosophy, treatises, manifestoes, films, and art), we will consider why "old Europe" is still relevant for us today.
Breadth Requirement (HB)
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Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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package com.sun.jini.outrigger;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Subclass of QueryWatcher for non-transactional if
 * exists reads. Resolves with the first matching
 * transition where the transaction is null and the entry
 * is visible (the entry's current state is ignored) or if
 * the locked entry set goes empty.
 */
class ReadIfExistsWatcher extends SingletonQueryWatcher
    implements IfExistsWatcher
{
    /**
     * The set of entries that would match but are currently
     * unavailable (e.g. they are locked). We only keep
     * the ids, not the entries themselves.
     */
    private final Set lockedEntries;

    /**
     * Set true once the query thread is
     * done processing the backlog. Once this is
     * true it is ok to resolve if
     * lockedEntries is empty.
     */
    private boolean backlogFinished = false;

    /**
     * Create a new ReadIfExistsWatcher.
     * @param expiration the initial expiration time
     *        for this TransitionWatcher in
     *        milliseconds since the beginning of the epoch.
     * @param timestamp the value that is used
     *        to sort TransitionWatchers.
     * @param startOrdinal the highest ordinal associated
     *        with operations that are considered to have occurred
     *        before the operation associated with this watcher.
     * @param lockedEntries Set of entries (by their IDs)
     *        that match but are unavailable. Must be non-empty.
     *        Keeps a reference to this object.
     * @throws NullPointerException if lockedEntries is
     *         null.
     */
    ReadIfExistsWatcher(long expiration, long timestamp, long startOrdinal,
			Set lockedEntries)
    {
	super(expiration, timestamp, startOrdinal);

	if (lockedEntries == null)
	    throw new NullPointerException("lockedEntries must be non-null");

	this.lockedEntries = lockedEntries;
    }

    boolean isInterested(EntryTransition transition, long ordinal) {
	/* If we are unresolved pretty much all transitions are
	 * interesting because we may need to update
	 * lockedEntries. The only exception is read locks being
	 * resolved. It is important that transitions triggered by the
	 * release of read locks get filtered out - otherwise process
	 * could end up adding and removing elements to lockedEntries
	 * when it shouldn't.
	 *
	 * Note, !isResolved() without the lock will result only in
	 * false positives, not false negatives - it will only
	 * cause isInterested() to return false if we are resolved,
	 * we may still return true if we are resolved though.
	 */

	if (!transition.isVisible() && transition.isAvailable()) {
	    /* must be a transition triggered by a read lock release,
	     * wont change anything so ignore it.
	     */
	    return false;
	}

	return (ordinal>startOrdinal) && !isResolved();
    }

    synchronized void process(EntryTransition transition, long now) {
	if (isResolved())
	    return; // Already done.

	final EntryRep rep = transition.getHandle().rep();
	final boolean isVisible = transition.isVisible();

	/* If the entry was visible at one time to the null
	 * transaction we can just resolve.
	 */
	if (isVisible && (transition.getTxn() == null)) {
	    resolve(transition.getHandle(), null);
	} else if (isVisible) { // && getTxn() != null
	    /* If we are here transition.getTxn() must be != null
	     * and the entry was visible, implying that it was an entry
	     * written under a transaction and is interesting to
	     * us, but not yet visible. We need to add it lockedEntries
	     * even if has been removed since it could have gotten
	     * replaced before it was removed. If we did not
	     * add it we would be acting on the future.
	     */
	    lockedEntries.add(rep.id());
	} else {
	    /* Must not be visible (and becaues of the test in
	     * isInteresting can't be available either - that is
	     * transition can't just be the release of a read lock),
	     * transition must mark the resolution of the transaction
	     * in such away that the entry has been removed, remove it
	     * from the set and see if that makes the set empty.
	     */
	    lockedEntries.remove(rep.id());
	    if (backlogFinished && lockedEntries.isEmpty())
		resolve(null, null);
	}
    }

    synchronized boolean catchUp(EntryTransition transition, long now) {
	if (isResolved())
	    return true; // Already done.

	final EntryHandle handle = transition.getHandle();
	final EntryRep rep = handle.rep();
	final boolean isVisible = transition.isVisible();

	/* Was this the resolution of a read lock? if so ignore */
	if (!isVisible && transition.isAvailable())
	    return false;

	/* If the entry was visible at one time to the null
	 * transaction we can just resolve.
	 */
	if (isVisible && (transition.getTxn() == null)) {
	    resolve(handle, null);
	    return true;
	}

	if (isVisible) { // && getTxn() != null
	    /* If we are here transition.getTxn() must be != null and
	     * the entry is/was visible to someone, implying that it
	     * was an entry written under a transaction and is
	     * interesting to us, but not yet visible to us. We only
	     * add if it has not already been removed.  It might have
	     * gotten replaced before removal, but since we won't let
	     * this query get resolved with a definitive null before
	     * we get past the point in the journal where it was
	     * removed it is ok to never put it in (and if we did put
	     * it in it might never get removed since process() may
	     * have already processed the removal). We don't need to
	     * check to see it the entry has been provisionally
	     * removed since if has been provisional removal does not
	     * put in entries in the journal and if it is
	     * provisionally removed it has not yet been removed so
	     * the remove recored has not yet been created (must less
	     * processed).
	     */
	    synchronized (handle) {
		if (!handle.removed()) {
		    lockedEntries.add(rep.id());
		}
	    }

	    // Either way, still not resolved.
	    return false;
	}

	/* Must not be visible (and because of the first test can't be
	 * available either - that is transition can't just be the
	 * release of a read lock), transition must mark the
	 * resolution of the transaction in such away that the entry
	 * has been removed, remove it from the set (don't need to
	 * check for empty because we haven't gotten to the point
	 * where we can resolve with a definitive null.)
	 */
	lockedEntries.remove(rep.id());
	return false;
    }

    /**
     * Once the backlog is complete we can resolve if
     * lockedEntries is/becomes empty.
     */
    public synchronized void caughtUp() {
	backlogFinished = true;

	if (isResolved())
	    return; // Don't much mater.

	if (lockedEntries.isEmpty())
	    resolve(null, null);
    }

    public synchronized boolean isLockedEntrySetEmpty() {
	if (!isResolved())
	    throw new IllegalStateException("Query not yet resolved");
	return lockedEntries.isEmpty();
    }
}

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One week into 2021.
Without a doubt, our anticipated and planned-for calendar days in 2020 were gratuitously stolen and replaced with far too many uncertainties, injustices, unrest + casualties than any of us would have preferred. No one was left untouched by the sorrow of our shared year. The difficulties took a toll.
Personally speaking, there were (and continue to be) hardships within our family and our small business. MudLOVE, like so many others, was not left unscathed. We are all a little banged up and bruised from the year.
At the start of 2020, we ventured out as a husband & wife team, leading at MudLOVE in a capacity that we had never before in the past 11 years. With renewed hustle & grit and the scrappy entrepreneur spirit we have had in our tool belt since becoming founders, we set out to inspire our team.
And then. Sales, website traffic and community interaction came to a screeching halt. In one day. After the State of Indiana issued a quarantine, most of our team of 34 people were furloughed. Our payroll shifted overnight to a team made up of the two of us, and our creative marketing department of two others working from home (all being paid a new rate of minimum wage).
Our four active boys (we don't know what quiet spirit, reserved-kinda children are like) were now home from school and we joined our community in being involuntarily led into homeschooling, online-learning. Rest assured, from that point forward, our boys learned more about running a business during those crazed days than math. We share one of the many lessons in gratitude from the year alongside all parents: teachers are angels among us.
It wasn't quite the hustle and grit we had in mind for our year when we turned our boys' playroom into a makeshift shipping department. I suppose it makes some sense; at times it feels as though we're playing dress-up as business owners.
Quite honestly, it didn't feel too different from the challenges we typically face as accidental business owners (slash) untrained entrepreneurs. We already spend the majority of our days in the unknown as we strive to make our way and learn as we go. We're experienced pivot-ers. (We tried to save the world from one more blog post with the word pivot, the word every.single.business.owner has chosen to describe the ways in which we moved & made decisions when our world turned upside down. But at last, we could not.)
We all found ourselves living in a world that's very much divided, experiencing unfathomable pain and uncertain circumstances. Yet in the midst of it, we paid attention, and if we took the time, we were all the recipients of a gift. The gift of gratitude. Gratitude for the many silver linings and moments of grace that swirled around us.
The MudLOVE Silver Lining? We were able to do what we do best. Simply put, MudLOVE uses ceramic products to love others because we believe love changes the world. For 11 years, our community has used our products to encourage others through difficult days, to inspire others to take action and to love others with a tangible gift when there are "just no words". It was such a time as this.
We encouraged loving one another and created a unique product with dear friends, offering our community give-back care packs to send to friends & family.
We took action by sending 1,018 "hope" bracelets to front-liners in the fight against COVID. Read the Delp's story HERE.
We stood for equality with the Black community and made the much-requested "Black Lives Matter" and "=" bracelets available for all, at our lowest price possible. Read more HERE.
We seized the opportunity of time to reflect & write a company manifesto, clearly stating our purpose and beliefs. Read our manifesto HERE.
We re-organized roles and systems within our company, making it possible for our friends at Vida Plena (women that have found dignified work in the Dominican Republic) to remain employed weaving Viona bracelets.
We gave 91,164 weeks of clean water to those in need, in the Central African Republic, through our partner Water for Good.
Most of our team made their way back to our studio after our mandatory quarantine ended. We all stayed healthy and our doors remain open. We are thankful and humbled to have played a small part in encouraging others throughout a difficult year, through our handmade products.
Standing on the horizon of a new year, we have much to look forward to. New products are currently in development, plans for new partnerships are underway, fundraising campaigns are getting a facelift, just to name a few.
Since our foundation, MudLOVE has run off the support of a beautiful, loving community. That's you! We hear your stories of inspiration day in and day out and have hopes to share more of them with you in 2021. We are grateful for you and appreciate the continued passion for the products we handcraft with you in mind. Sending you all the love and prayers for health & safety in 2021.
w/ LOVE,
Luke & Whitney
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This weekend Laurie and Andy Kuzneski and their friends, Mark and Cathleen Zilner, co-hosted the Annual Fund Kickoff for the YMCA of Indiana County. This is the 6th year for this event which is held at the Zilner's home in Indiana, PA. Cathleen Zilner, and her band Told Ya So performed and Laurie Kuzneski prepared the food for the 100+ guests who came out to support the Y.
While final numbers aren't in for this year's event, to date Laurie & Andy and Cathleen & Mark have raised over $40,000 for the YMCA of Indiana County.


US ones, or more like the FIDE ones?
and don't take into account positional considerations.
for 1600-rated players!? Isn't the best move the best move period?
leading to the best move or at least to the same evaluation?
right? And if US ratings are lower, why is that?
believe) different systems and they rate different populations.
which a beginner is rated about 50 and a GM about 250.
The computer plays the move that maximizes its evaluation function.
That's not quite how I'd define the horizon effect, although it's close.
"successfully" moved the disaster out past its own horizon.
see a move because it's too far in the future.
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ household tool that weighs a ton!
ratings. Pandolfini didn't have a response to it. I think he is wrong.
helpful, but often it really isn't.
rated game in over 30 years?