The Associated Press reports a state appeals court said Tuesday, July 17, that the San Francisco 49ers may pat down fans before they enter Monster Park. The California Court of Appeal said that Daniel and Kathleen Sheehan waived their privacy concerns because they knew of the pat-down searches before they bought their tickets for the 2006-07 season. The court said the couple could quit going to games if the searches offended them.


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Our Award-Winning Writers Cover the Latest Healthcare News, Views, and Features
Workforce Data: January 2016
Healthcare Employment Strong at Year-End
The year 2015 came to a close with continued growth in healthcare jobs, capping off a very strong employment year for the industry.
Healthcare employment improved by more than 39,000 jobs in the last month of 2015. Specifically, healthcare employment grew from 15,299,000 in November to 15,338,400, according to seasonally adjusted preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Of that growth, 23,400 were jobs in ambulatory care facilities while 12,300 jobs were added by hospitals.
For the year 2015, healthcare averaged employment growth of 40,000 jobs per month in 2015, compared with 26,000 per month in 2014.
Medical School Enrollment Continues to Grow
News from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) about medical school enrollment might be a bright spot for a healthcare industry suffering from unrelenting physician shortages.
The AAMC recently reported that medical school enrollment hit a record high this year. Enrollment for first-year students grew from 20,343 in 2014 to 20,630 in 2015, with the same split between male (42%) and female (48%) students. In fact, enrollment has increased 25% overall since 2002.
Not only that, but applications were at an all-time high this year, too. Total applications rose 6.2% to reach 52,550. The number of first-time applicants, which AAMC calls "an important indicator of interest in medicine," also grew by 4.8% to 38,460 this year.
However, the need to increase the physician workforce still remains, according to another report released earlier this year from AAMC. The March study noted that the U.S. will probably have a shortage of between 46,000 and 90,000 physicians by 2025—and while there will be shortages in both primary and specialty care, the specialty care shortage will be "particularly acute."
What are the Most Hazardous Healthcare Jobs?
It's common knowledge that nurses and nursing aides suffer a disproportionate amount of on-the-job injuries—often musculoskeletal injuries sustained from moving patients or equipment. But there are other jobs in healthcare that are also hazardous to your health.
Business Insider recently ranked the top 27 jobs that are most damaging to a person's health, based on information from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety Network database. The dubious award for taking the No. 1 slot on the list goes to dentists, dental surgeons and dental assistants. The top reasons for the selection were a high rate of exposure to contaminants, disease and infections and a lot of time spent sitting.
Providers in the field of anesthesia -- anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologist assistants — took the No. 3 spot on the list. When providing anesthesia, they're at risk for exposure to disease and infections, contaminants and radiation.

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An old farmhouse in the countryside with typical cone-shaped trullo roofs – Serena, now the owner, fell in love with it and has put much effort as well as her heart and soul into restoring it. The result, a comfortable holiday home, which radiates the charm of times gone by, lies embedded on an 8,000 m² property – a dream of an accommodation for Apulia vacationers!
Start into your day by swimming a few laps in the wonderful pool in the morning before enjoying a delicious croissant for breakfast just like the Italians do.
Afterwards: relax on the terrace of your holiday home, leave for an excursion to the marvelous white towns of Cisternino and Ostuni (ca. 7 km off) or pack up your swimwear and go to the beach – the choice is yours.
If you spend your holidays in Apulia, you have got the so-called "imbarazzo della scelta" – you are spoilt for choice.
By the way, the sandy beaches about 15 km off count among the most beautiful in Italy.
Another holiday home of owner Serena, "La Torretta", is located in the immediate vicinity of Casa del Pastore, 150 m off.
The way up to Casa del Pastore is lined by almond trees.
Comfortable and cozy furnishing is found inside the holiday home, which accommodates four adults and two children. During the works of renovation special care was paid to preserving the rural style and the natural coloring.
When entering your holiday accommodation, you find yourself in an impressive living/dining room with very well appointed kitchen, dining area and a round arch opening into the 'fireplace room' with two sofas.
The kitchen includes gas stove, oven, refrigerator with freezer compartment, dish washer, toaster, water boiler and Nespresso coffee machine.
The door to the left in the eat-in kitchen opens into the living room with TV, from where you reach a pass-through room, which in former times used to be home to the animals, the stable. This room offers access of a trullo bedroom with double bed and a bathroom with shower, WC and bidet.
The right-hand door in the eat-in kitchen opens into the second bedroom, also with double bed as well as en-suite bathroom with shower, WC and bidet.
With its two separate sleeping areas, each with en suite bathroom, Casa del Pastore might be ideal for two couples, who wish to spend their holidays together, but also have a bit of privacy.
Families can be provided with additional beds for children or a cradle upon request.
Internet access is available via WLAN.
The strong walls of the building provide for a pleasant atmosphere inside, temperatures are neither too high nor too low. According to the owner's experience air conditioning is not necessary; the holiday home is, however, furnished with heating and a fireplace.
Holidays homes as well furnished as Casa del Pastore are seldom found in Southern Italy.
Quite a number of sunbeds are found at the pool, which, depending on weather conditions, is open from end of April to mid October, as well as on an adjacent shaded terrace.
As the pool measures 3.5 x 10 meters, it might, in some cases, be a good alternative to swimming in the sea.
The place in front of the house, where you find comfortable garden furniture at your disposal, might be the ideal spot to gather for an aperitif before dinner.
Under a stately old olive tree you can enjoy your evening meal before relaxing in the hammocks.
A grill, a parasol and an outdoor shower are also found in the outdoor area.
Furnishing of Casa del Pastore includes, amongst others, WLAN, washing machine, dish washer, toaster, water boiler, Nespresso coffee machine, grill, outdoor shower, hair dryer, fly screens, gas heating and fireplace.
A high chair and children's beds for the very young are available upon request.
Parking: Two to three cars can be parked on the premises.
Shopping can be done at Casalini, 3 km off, where you also find a gas station and restaurants.
The larger towns of Cisternino and Ostuni are ca. 7 km off.
The sandy beaches on the Adriatic Coast are at a distance of about 15 km.
Should you be interested in the reign of the Hohenstaufen King Frederick II, then do visit Castel del Monte near Bari. Our tip: A visit to the castle on your day of arrival or departure, either on your way from Bari airport to your holiday home or vice versa at the end of your stay.
The stately premises with large pool leave nothing to be desired.
The viale running up to your holiday home La Casa del Pastore.
From the eat-in kitchen you access the 'fireplace room', the living room, the two bedrooms and the two bathrooms.
On the piazza in front of the house, garden furniture is at your disposal.
The open living area with fireplace.
The turquoise blue water of the pool lies sparkling in the Southern Italian sun, waiting for you to take a swim.
Glance into one of the gorgeous bedrooms of Casa del Pastore.
...with two sofas and TV.
Dining outdoors, in the shade, under olive trees.
Holiday feeling at the pool!
...which in design and color reminds you of bygone times.
The typical trulli roofs also 'top off' Casa del Pastore.
In their houses, the farmers used to live right next door to their animals.
...cool off in the pool.
Enjoy a view of the vast landscape of the trulli valley from this wonderful spot in front of the house.
The above prices are valid per person per day, bed linen, towels and final cleaning included.
Max. occupancy: 4 adults and 1 child.
- up to 5 years no charge.
- aged 5 to 12 years: 10 € per day.
Minimum stay: 3 nights; exception May to October: 7 days (day of arrival/departure: Saturday).
Use of heating: optional (to be paid onsite).


Focused in domestic and professional gastronomy. Additives free product.
It is a solution for various preparations, specially desserts, sauces, juices and smoothies. Ideal for gastronomy and gelato shops because of its conservation capacity.
We offer 5 varieties: raspberry, blue berry, blackberry, combined berries and passion fruit.


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Venture Capital Asia E-commerce
E-Commerce Startup Xiaohongshu Seeks to Raise $500 Million
Yunan Zhang
| June 28, 2019 10:59 AM PDT
Photo: Miranda Qu, co-founder of Xiaohongshu. Photo by Bloomberg.
Xiaohongshu, a Chinese startup that's a mashup of Instagram and Pinterest, is in talks to raise as much as $500 million at a valuation that could reach $6 billion, said four people familiar with the matter. The talks defy a slowdown in technology funding deals in China.
A social media and online retailing startup that lets users post reviews and recommendations, and make purchases, Xiahongshu is holding discussions with potential investors including SoftBank's Vision Fund, Sequoia Capital China and Hillhouse Capital, the people said. The potential valuation would be double that of its last funding round, though the deal hasn't yet closed and terms could still change. Existing backers include Chinese internet giants Alibaba and Tencent, and venture capitalists including GGV Capital and Genesis Capital. Xiaohongshu denied it was raising money.
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Novak Djokovic news: Andy Murray gives his verdict on the latest twist in visa saga
Ayanda Frances Felem
Andy Murray has given his verdict on the unfolding visa crisis involving Novak Djokovic is facing in Australia, as he insisted the problem would end if all players were vacinated.
Murray has enjoyed a long rivalry on the court and a strong bond with Djokovic off it and while he offered some sympathy for the world number one after his visa was cancelled for a second time by Australian authorities on Friday, he insisted rules needed to be followed.
Andy Murray on Novak Djokovic's latest setback in his visa battle #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/9DTghON9gc
— Tennis365 (@tennis365com) January 14, 2022
An urgent appeal by Djokovic is being heard in court against the cancellation of his visa by the Australian government for a second time as he faces deportation again after the immigration minister had used his ministerial discretion to revoke.
"It's not a good situation, I'm not going to sit here and start kicking Novak whilst he's down," said Murray
"I said it the other day, it's not a good situation for anyone. It's unfortunate that it's ended up in this sort of situation, and who knows? I don't know what the process is from now.
"I don't know what route he goes down, if he can appeal that and how long that takes, and can he still be out practising whilst that process is going on or still competing in the tournament?"
"I just want it obviously to get resolved. I think it could be good for everyone if that was the case. It just seems like it's dragged on for quite a long time now and it's not great for tennis, not great for the Australian Open, not great for Novak.
"Obviously a lot of people have criticised the government here, as well. It's not been good."
Murray was speaking after he reached his first ATP final in 27 months by beating Reilly Opelka in three sets at the Sydney Classic on Friday.
The former world No.1 appearance in an ATP Tour final will be his first since winning the European Open in Antwerp in October 2019.
Andy Murray Novak Djokovic


Pa Hire: short for public address hire: electronic sound amplification equipment powerful enough to reach a large audience. When enquiring about pa hire you'll need to specify what the equipment is for, where it's for and for how many people.
If it's an outdoor event then you need to think about rain cover. Igoe pa hire can supply �pop-up' marquees for front of house mixing equipment and covered outdoor stages for performances.
What power facilities are available at the venue / site? You may need to hire a generator; Igoe pa hire can give you advice on this.
For outdoor events that only require pa hire for speech, (announcements etc) the types of loudspeakers that work best are pa horns. These look like big grey plastic trumpets. Many of them can be linked together and distributed across a large arena to cover tens of thousands of people. This is specialist pa hire kit and not the kind of equipment suited to amplifying live bands or DJ's.
Roughly how many people are going to be addressed? Obviously a pa system suitable for 50 people will be very different from one that could cater for 500. Our pa systems page can help you decide what size pa you need based on the expected number of guests.
Putting on an event with amplified music is not just about renting speakers � you also need to think about sound equipment hire. If you're putting on a DJ event then you are going to need sound equipment hire in the form of Technics record decks and/or Pioneer CDJ's and a DJ mixer. There are lots of different DJ mixers from basic 2 channel scratch mixers to 6 or 8 channel installation club mixers. Check out our DJ equipment hire page.
If you are putting on a live band then sound equipment hire is essential. Firstly you'll need a mixing desk. These can have anything from 4 � 64 channels. You need to know how many instruments / vocals are involved in the band before you can decide how many channels you need. Some drum kits will require 16 channels on their own!
You'll need to hire sm58 mics for vocals; sm57 mics for horns and for guitar amps. In addition you will need D.I. (direct input) boxes for the bass guitar, keyboards and all other instruments that have a built in pick up.
To do it properly you'll also need outboard gear: gates, compressors, graphics and effects, or you can find a sound equipment hire company that can supply a digital desk like the Yamaha LS9 or Yamaha M7 CL with all the outboard built in.
Monitoring is essential for live bands. Monitors are loudspeakers that point back at the artists so they can hear themselves as they play / sing. Some performers use an IEM (in ear monitoring) system like a pair of in-ear headphones. Usually monitors come in the form of �stage wedges' that go on the floor. Monitoring can be done form FOH (front of house) or using an additional mixing desk and monitor engineer positioned at the side of stage.
Unless it's a small band in a small venue you're much better off getting a professional live sound production company to do the whole job instead of trying to dry hire live sound equipment and do it yourself. See our live sound page.
Companies offering sound system hire range from small scale operations stocking a few pairs of Mackie active full range speakers to major international players who could supply a massive point source system from the likes of Funktion-One or EAW; or a line array solution like the Martin Audio Longbow system. These are the kind of sound system hire companies that Glastonbury festival would need to approach with systems capable of delivering clear and full range sound to every single punter in a crowd of fifty thousand people.
Of course, whatever scale event you are planning there will be an event production company out there who can provide a sound system hire service that will be just right for you. Igoe pa hire is one of the UK's most �up and coming production companies with sound, lighting and staging equipment to suit any event from 50 to 5,000 people.


Bully plays the Hi-Tone tonight.
There must be something in the water at Middle Tennessee State University. Sharon Van Etten attended classes in Murfreesboro, as did Julien Baker and Bully's Alicia Bognanno, who earned a degree in audio recording before getting an internship at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio studios in Chicago.
After playing in Nasvhille's King Arthur, Bognanno formed Bully and released a demo tape before gaining the attention of Columbia Records label Startime International. Check out music from Bully below, and get to the Hi-Tone by 8 p.m. tonight with $10 in your hand. Greys from Toronto open.


6/8/17 - This is a beautiful 1920 commercial DWM luger in .30 caliber. The original bluing rates at 98%, with minor edge wear on the high edges. Both the magazine and frame are GERMANY marked for export. Straw is still beautiful and largely intact. Grips are unnumbered but do have a name scribbled inside. Mint bore.


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A Escola Estadual de São Paulo, originalmente denominada Gymnásio do Estado de São Paulo, é uma tradicional escola pública brasileira, administrada pela Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo e localizada no centro da capital paulista, junto ao Parque Dom Pedro II. Fundada em 1894, possui grande importância na história do ensino público no estado.

Foi o primeiro ginásio instalado na cidade de São Paulo e, por muito tempo, referência nacional no ensino secundário, tendo sido responsável pela formação de um grande contingente de líderes políticos, intelectuais, cientistas e empresários de destaque na sociedade brasileira. O ingresso, como nos demais ginásios do estado, deu-se por muitas décadas por meio de concurso.

Ocupou diversas instalações, entre elas o edifício da Pinacoteca do Estado, e sofreu mudanças substanciais em sua metodologia, em função das diversas adaptações do ensino público registradas no país a partir da década de 1960.

Hoje, oferece exclusivamente o Ensino Médio em tempo integral, cuja missão é ser um núcleo formador de jovens protagonistas, primando por sua excelência acadêmica, no apoio integral aos seus projetos de vida, seu aprimoramento como pessoa humana, sua formação ética, seu desenvolvimento da autonomia intelectual e seu pensamento crítico, ou seja, formando jovens autônomos, solidários e competentes.

Teve alguns alunos ilustres como o ex-governador Carvalho Pinto, o jornalista Vladimir Herzog e Casper Líbero, o escritor e banqueiro Eduardo Parreira, o jurista Hélio Bicudo e o jornalista, contista, novelista, romancista e ensaísta Orígenes Lessa.

Ligações externas
Ginásio de São Paulo - Página sobre a escola no site da Fundação Mário Covas.

Sao Paulo
Instituições de ensino médio de São Paulo

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A day after Hindustan Times highlighted the matter of open power theft — use of 'kundi' connection — for over a year by the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) complex building at Dera Baba Nanak, the Punjab government on Saturday ordered a time-bound probe into this.
Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday directed Gurdaspur deputy commissioner Abhinav Trikha to "hold a time-bound and exhaustive inquiry into the sequence of events leading to the officers resorting to pilferage of power".
He asked the DC to submit the inquiry report at the earliest so that stern action could be taken against the officers involved in the offence.
The CM further said such acts of violation or negligence on the part of any public servant while discharging their official duties would never be tolerated at any cost and such delinquent officers deserved "severest of serve" punishment as deterrent for other such erring officials in the future.
Confirming the development, the DC said, "Following the directions of the CM, I am holding an inquiry into the matter. I have already called for all relevant records from the SDM office and the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL)". No erring official would be spared, he added.
On Friday, HT had highlighted how the complex — having offices of SDM, tehsildar, naib tehsildar and suvidha centre — was being run on illegal kundi connections, resulting loss of crores of rupees to the Powwercom.


java.lang.IllegalStateException - when current object doesn't represent a number value.
java.lang.IllegalStateException - when current object doesn't represent a boolean value.
java.lang.IllegalStateException - when current object doesn't represent a string value.
java.lang.IllegalStateException - when current object doesn't represent an Object.
java.lang.IllegalStateException - when current object doesn't represent java.lang.Object.
java.lang.IllegalStateException - when current object doesn't represent a function.
java.lang.IllegalStateException - when current object doesn't represent an array.
java.lang.IllegalStateException - when current object doesn't represent a Number object.
java.lang.IllegalStateException - when current object doesn't represent a Boolean object.
java.lang.IllegalStateException - when current object doesn't represent a String object.


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		<meta charset="utf-8" />
		<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
		<title>Ez-Date-Picker</title>
		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

		<link href="bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
		<link href="bower_components/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

    <link href="demo/style.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

    <link href="dist/ez-datetime.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

ez-datetime

Button Control

      {{ form.date1 ? (form.date1 | ezDate:'YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm') : 'Pick a Date' }}

    - clear

    Model value => {{ form.date1 || 'null' }}

Input Control

    <form name="_form">

        <input class="form-control" ez-datetime-control type="text" ng-model="form.date3" view-format="YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm" />

    </form>

Range Selector

    <form name="_form4">

        {{ (form.date4Range.from | ezDate:'YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm')|| 'Start Date' }} - {{ (form.date4Range.to | ezDate:'YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm') || 'End Date' }}

    </form>
    Form Dirty State => {{ _form4.$dirty }}

    Model value => {{ form.date4Range || 'null' }}

Input Range Selector

    <form name="_form5">
      <input class="form-control" type="text" ez-datetime-control ng-model="form.date5Range" from="form.date5RangeFrom" to="form.date5RangeTo" />
    </form>
    Form Dirty State => {{ _form5.$dirty }}

    Model value => {{ form.date5Range || 'null' }}

Input Control Range

        <input class="form-control" type="text" ez-datetime-control ng-model="form.from2" to="form.to2" placeholder="Select a start date..."/>

-

        <input class="form-control" ez-datetime-control type="text" ng-model="form.to2" from="form.from2" placeholder="Select a due date..."/>

Standalone Datepicker

    Model value => {{ form.date5 || 'null' }}

Standalone Timepicker

    Model value => {{ form.time1 || 'null' }}

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Operators of C++ are similar to Operators of C language. They are the symbol which operates on value or a variable. For example: + is a operator to perform addition.
This statement assigns to variable a the value contained in variable b. The value of a at the moment this statement is executed is lost and replaced by the value of b.
Consider also that we are only assigning the value of b to a at the moment of the assignment operation. Therefore, if value of b changes at a later moment, it will not affect the a.
C++ has following arithmetic operators for numbers: short, int, long, long long, char (treated as 8-bit signed integer), unsigned short, unsigned int, unsigned long, unsigned long long, unsigned char, float, double and long double.
All above operators are binary operators, i.e., they take 2 operands. The multiplication, division & remainder take precedence over addition and subtraction. Within the same precedence level (e.g., addition and subtraction), the expression is evaluated from left to right. For example, 1+2+3-4 is evaluated as ((1+2)+3)-4.
It is important to take note that int/int produces an int, with the result truncated, e.g., 1/2 → 0 (instead of 0.5).
C++ supports unary arithmetic operators: increment '++' and decrement '--'.
The increment/decrement operator can be placed before the operand (prefix operator), or after the operand (postfix operator). This has different meaning in operations.
If '++' or '--' involves in an another operation, then pre-order or post-order is important to specify the order of execution.
cout << x++ << endl; // Save x(5); Increment x(=6); Print old x(5).
cout << ++x << endl; // Increment x(=6); Print x(6).
// This is confusing! So try to avoid it! What is i=++i? What is i=i++?
Prefix operator (e.g, ++i) could be more efficient than postfix operator (e.g., i++).
2 expressions can be compared using relational and Comparison operators. E.g., to know if 2 values are equal or if one is greater than other.
The result of such operation is either true or false (i.e., Boolean value).
In C++, these operations returns a bool value of either false (0) or true (1 or a non-zero value).
Each comparison operation involves 2 operands, e.g., x <= 100. It is invalid to write 1 < x < 100 in programming. Instead, we need to break out the two comparison operations x > 1, x < 100, and join with with a logical AND operator, i.e., (x > 1) && (x < 100), where && denotes AND operator.
It is an abbreviation of If else condition. If condition is true, then true block is evaluated, otherwise false block is evaluated.
6==5 ? 4 : 3 // it evaluates 3, because 6 is not equal to 5.
6==5+1 ? 4 : 3 // it evaluates 4, because 6 is equal to 5+1(i.e.,6).
4>3 ? a : b // it evaluates to the value of a, since 4 is greater than 3.
a>b ? a : b // it evaluates to whichever is greater.
In above example, a is equal to 2, and b is equal to 7, so the expression being evaluated (a>b) was not true, thus the first value specified after the question mark was discarded in favor of the second value which was b (with a value of 7).
Comma operator is used to distinct 2 or more expressions/values that are included where only one is expected.
These operators modify the bit patterns that represent the values of variables.
Here, variable s is assigned the value 1, since char is a type with a size of one byte.
When an single expression contains 2 operators with same precedence level, grouping determines which one is evaluated firstly: either left-to-right or right-to-left.


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Andrej Sergejevitj Arsjavin (ryska: Андрей Сергеевич Аршавин), född 29 maj 1981 i Leningrad, Sovjetunionen, är en rysk före detta fotbollsspelare. Han spelade senast för FC Kairat och var tidigare ordinarie i det ryska landslaget. Han var en allsidig anfallare som även kunde spela som anfallande mittfältare och ytter. Han är känd för sin bollkontroll, blick för spelet, snabbhet och tempo.

Klubbkarriär
Arsjavin examinerades från fotbollsskolan Smena. 1999 och tidigt 2000 spelade han för Zenits farmarlag Zenit-2 i den ryska division 2. 2000 togs han upp i Zenits A-lag och spelade sin första A-lagsmatch mot Bradford City AFC i UEFA Intertoto Cup.. Han spelade på flera positioner och startade som högermittfältare, sedan som anfallande mittfältare och till sist rollen som andra anfallaren, spelandes på en kant eller bakom första anfallaren. Han vann den ryska ligans utmärkelse Årets spelare till stor del för sin förmåga som ytter, spelmakare och anfallare.

Under säsongen 2007 ledde Arsjavin Zenit till ligaguldet i Ryska Premier League genom att vara i startelvan i alla 30 matcher och göra 10 mål och 11 målgivande passningar. Det var klubbens första ligatitel sedan den sovjetiska ligan lades ned 1984. Han var även en tongivande spelare i Zenits vinst av UEFA-cupen 2007/2008. I juni 2008 meddelade Zenits tränare Dick Advocaat att Arsjavin vill lämna klubben.

Den 3 februari, 2009, skrev Arsjavin på för engelska Arsenal efter nästan 10 säsonger i Zenits A-lag.
Arsjavin debuterade mot Sunderland AFC och spelade cirka 60 minuter, där han fick högt betyg av engelsk media.
Arsjavin gjorde sitt första mål i klubben mot Blackburn Rovers.

21 april 2009 stod Arsjavin för fyra mål i bortamatchen i Premier League mot Liverpool som slutade 4–4.

Den 24 februari 2012 lånades Arsjavin ut till moderklubben Zenit St. Petersburg.

Den 27 juni 2013 meddelades att Arsjavin återvänt som spelare i moderklubben Zenit St. Petersburg.

Landslagskarriär

Arsjavin debuterade för Rysslands landslag 17 maj 2002 i en match mot Vitryssland. Han gjorde sitt första landslagsmål i en vänskapsmatch mot Rumänien 13 februari 2003. Han var kapten i landslaget under en match i kvalspelet mot Estland till EM 2008. Arsjavin fick sitt stora internationella genombrott genom sina insatser i EM 2008. Han var avstängd i de två första gruppspelsmatcherna under EM 2008 på grund av regelbrott i EM-kvalet. Han gjorde totalt två mål på tre matcher (inklusive kvarts- och semifinal).

Landslagsmål

Meriter
 2000 — Finalist UEFA Intertoto Cup
 2001 — Brons Ryska Premier League
 2003 — Silver Ryska Premier League
 2003 — Guld Ryska Premier League cup
 2007 — Guld Ryska Premier League
 2008 — Guld Ryska Supercupen
 2008 — Guld UEFA-cupen 2007/2008
 2008 — Guld UEFA Super Cup 2008
 2012 — Guld Ryska Premier League
 2015 — Guld Ryska Premier League
 2017 — Guld Kazakiska cupen
 2017 — Guld Kazakiska supercupen
 2018 — Guld Kazakiska cupen

Referenser

Webbkällor
 Profil på ryska fotbollsförbundets webbplats. Läst 9 april 2010.

Externa länkar
 Officiell webbplats
 Andrej Arsjavin på FIFA.com

Ryska fotbollsspelare
Ryska landslagsspelare i fotboll
Spelare i FC Zenit Sankt Petersburg
Spelare i Arsenal FC
Spelare i FC Kuban Krasnodar
Spelare i FC Kajrat Almaty
Spelare i Premjer-Liga
Spelare i Premier League
Spelare i Europamästerskapet i fotboll för herrar 2008
Spelare i Europamästerskapet i fotboll för herrar 2012
Födda 1981
Män
Levande personer
Idrottare från Sankt Petersburg
Ryska idrottare under 2000-talet


What is the deadline for Bush School on-campus degree applications?
MPSA/MIA: The Bush School enrolls students each fall; there are no spring admissions. We begin accepting applications in August for the following fall's enrollment. The priority deadline is January 15, 2019. This allows time for processing, file review, and interviews for decision-making in early March.
The Bush School may continue to accept applications beyond the priority date on a space-available basis. Typically, MIA applicants have until late February and MPSA applicants have until April. The website will advertise if we are still accepting applications. Students interested in applying after the priority deadline should contact bushschoolapplications@tamu.edu or call 979-862-3476 for updates on the current process and timeline.
MIP: Rolling admissions makes the process more flexible for our one-year degree applicants. Those looking for a fall start need apply by April 15 and those for a spring start by October 15. Those seeking early decisions may contact our office to work within your timeline.
What documents are required for a complete degree application?
The Bush School admissions office works with Graduate Admissions Processing at Texas A&M to handle all applications and support materials. Together, we require the application and fee; official transcripts; three recommendations; statement of purpose; professional résumé; test scores; and for the MIA, an international experience essay. Most of these documents can be uploaded in the Applicant Information System (AIS) after a candidate has submitted his/her ApplyTexas application. Documents can also be e-mailed or mailed. Complete and detailed instructions can be found online in the Instructions section.
MPSA/MIA: Requires the application and fee, official transcripts, three recommendations, statement of purpose, professional résumé, test scores, and for the MIA, an international experience essay.
MIP: Requires the application and fee, official transcripts, two recommendations, statement of purpose, professional résumé, and GRE is suggested if GPA is less than 3.0.
What exams are required for degree admission? Can tests be waived? What if I take a test more than once?
MPSA/MIA: Requires the GRE (or GMAT); may consider waivers for those with advanced degrees. Non-native English speakers may have to submit TOEFL or IELTS.
MIP: GRE encouraged for those with a GPA below 3.0, but not required. Non-native English speakers may have to submit TOEFL or IELTS.
We prefer the GRE General Test but will accept the GMAT. Submitted scores may not be older than five years and must include the verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing portions. Very few waivers are granted, not even for those with substantial work experience. Nor do we make conditional admits with an applicant's intent to take the tests after enrollment.
International students from non-English speaking countries must submit proof of English proficiency in one of several ways: Score at least a 146 on the GRE verbal section (or 22 on the GAMAT verbal); present a current TOEFL of at least 80 ibt, present a current IELTS score of at least 6.0 overall band, or complete all years of a bachelor's degree or higher at a U.S. accredited university. See more below in the TOEFL question.
There is no penalty for those who take a test more than once. Texas A&M takes the highest total from one test date. Scores are not averaged.
What if I cannot take the test or cannot have the test scores arrive by the deadline?
An application will be considered incomplete without official test scores. Applicants can submit the online application without scores, and after taking the GRE, can email us the unofficial verbal and quantitative scores to be used as placeholders until the originals arrive 10-12 days later. Scores can be emailed to bushschoolapplications@tamu.edu. We recommend tests be completed by December to meet the mid-January priority deadline.
Do international students have to take the TOEFL / IELTS exam?
International students from non-English speaking countries must submit proof of English proficiency, but can qualify in several ways: Score at least a 146 on the GRE verbal section (or 22 on the GAMAT verbal); present a current TOEFL of at least 80 ibt, present a current IELTS score of at least 6.0 overall band, or complete all years of a bachelor's degree or higher at a US accredited university.
The Bush School's preferred scores are 100 iBT or 600 PBT for TOEFL and 7.0 for IELTS. However, we will consider any score above the TAMU minimums. Scores should be sent directly from the testing service to Texas A&M and be from a test date within two years of the date that the application reaches Graduate Admissions Processing.
Who makes the decision on admissions? When will final decisions be announced?
Shortly after the January priority deadline, each department's Admissions Committee reviews the submitted applications and narrows the applicant pool to double the intended class size (for a class of 90, we interview about 180). Selected applicants are invited to the Interview Conferences in February or March, where applicants can visit the campus and interact with Bush School faculty, staff, alumni, and students.
The Admissions Committee convenes within a week after the final Interview Conference to make admissions decisions. Final decisions are announced to students in mid-March.
Each year, the Bush School places a number of applicants on a wait list. Those students are notified if and when places become available and are updated regularly. The wait list is not ranked.
When does the Bush School start in the fall?
The Bush School hosts a mandatory incoming student orientation the week prior to the first day of classes, which is typically the last Monday in August. For specific dates, refer to the Texas A&M University Academic Calendar.
Are there any required prerequisite courses?
The MPSA program has no required prerequisites, but it does recommend that students have prior coursework in American government, economics, and/or statistics/research methods.
Students in the MIA National Security and Diplomacy track are expected to have some prior knowledge of international history and politics, while those in the International Development and Economics Policy track are encouraged to have prior coursework in basic statistics and introductory or intermediate micro or macroeconomics.
What are the required number of hours and graduation requirements in each degree?
MPSA/MIA: Both degrees are two-year, 48-credit-hour, full or part-time degrees combining 48 academic credit hours and a summer professional internship (or language training for the MIA). Also for the MIA's native English speakers, passing a foreign language exam is required to graduate.
MIP: The degree is 30-credit hours; no capstone, internship, or language requirement.
Can I apply my graduate certificate courses towards a degree?
A maximum of 12 credit hours taken in post-baccalaureate non-degree status (G6) may be applied toward a master's degree. You would want to research the class options to better coordinate your concentration requirements. Successful completion of a certificate does not guarantee admission to a degree.
Can I transfer graduate hours from another university towards a degree?
In order for candidates to use transfer courses on their TAMU degree plan, the courses must have been taken in residence at an accredited or approved institution, the candidate must have been in degree-seeking status at the institution, and the grades must be a "B" or better. In most cases, no more than 12 transfer hours can count towards a student's degree plan in the MPSA or MIA; 9 hours for the MIP. As well, academic work used toward a previous degree many not be used again and any work over 7 years old cannot transfer. The department head has final approval for any transfer work.
Are graduate assistantships (GAs) offered to first-year students?
The Bush School does not offer GA positions to incoming, first-year students. However, about twenty research GAs are awarded per department, as are a few non-teaching GAs, to our top second-year students. These positions are awarded to students with the best grades in the first year as well as to Texas A&M Fellowship awardees (as part of their second-year funding).
How much will the two-year degree cost?
MPSA/MIA: The yearly cost of tuition/fees is about $12,500 for resident rates, which our scholarships qualify non-residents to pay. Living costs are about $22,000 a year. That puts the total cost of this degree at $34,500 a year, or $69,000 over two years BEFORE scholarship support. International students pay a few additional fees, increasing the cost by $3,000. And remember, students live in an affordable town with close proximity to four major U.S. cities and they graduate to join one of the largest and active alumni associations in the world.
MIP: This one-year degree tackles 30 hours at a yearly tuition/fee cost of about $15,000 for resident and $29,000 for non-resident. Living costs are about $22,000 a year for a total cost of $37,000 for resident and under $52,000 for non-resident.
Do you offer career mentoring and assistance to help students secure internships and employment?
Yes, the Bush School's Career Services Office is committed to helping its students and alumni create successful careers, providing them with the tools to complete an effective employment search, make connections with employers, and find opportunities to build a network of professional contacts. Through our career development workshops, internship and job search assistance programs, and alumni mentoring program, we help students build the bridge between academia and the professional world. Additional information can be found online in the Career Services section.


HALFORD, Helen May - On August 20th, 2018, in her 88th year, Helen May Halford (nee Willies) passed away peacefully at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Affectionately known as 'Elma' to her family, she was a wonderful mother to Alan, Julie, and David (Stephanie) and a loving grandma and great-grandma to Korey (Angie) and their son Lukas; Michael Jacot and William Jacot; Christopher and Oliver. She was a beloved sister of Amy Ferguson (Alex), Ruth Stadele, Beth Baird, and David (Liz), all of whom reside 'across the pond' along with several nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her brother Ian and his wife Helen; brother-in-law Jim Baird; and is survived by her dear friend, Bob Henry, of Woodstock. Helen was born on May 28th, 1931, in Ayr, Scotland to the late May and Ernest Willies. She immigrated to Canada with her former husband Richard, wee son Alan, and soon-to-be-born daughter Julie in 1957, crossing the rough Atlantic Ocean aboard a cargo ship. Always brave and determined, Helen worked tirelessly, building a home for her children, and supporting the family excavating business, all the while working as an RNA at Alexandra Hospital in Ingersoll – a career that spanned more than 30 years. She loved to travel and after her retirement, focused on volunteer work, most notably at Alexandra Hospital and the Breakfast Club at the former Princess Elizabeth Public School in Ingersoll. Helen devoted her life to her family and to helping others and will be remembered for her bright-eyed smile, soft-spoken greetings, gentle manner, and incredibly kind heart. In accordance with her wishes, cremation has taken place and a private memorial is planned. Arrangements have been entrusted to the McBEATH-DYNES FUNERAL HOME , 246 Thames Street South, Ingersoll, 519-425-1600. Donations to a charity of your choice, in memory of Helen (cheques accepted) would be appreciated. Personal condolences may be sent at www.gffh.


Keep the kitchen cool this summer as you prepare vibrant dishes without preheating the oven. That's right, we are nixing the oven all season long to take advantage of the grill, seasonal produce, and a few supermarket shortcuts for easy, cookout-ready meals. Grab your sunglasses and head outdoors; with these trusty recipes, there's no reason you should be sweating it out in the kitchen.
Picking up already steamed shrimp from the seafood counter of your favorite grocery store is a great time saving trick—and it can help keep your oven turned off during the summer months. Thus, these no-cook noodle bowls are packed with fresh flavors and textures, but take mere minutes to assemble. They're just the low-effort, highly refreshing weeknight-friendly recipe you need during the hottest days of the year.
Cool, creamy, and loaded with fresh flavor, this is just about the most perfect summer soup we could imagine. Plus, it's a great no-cook recipe for when the heat of summer hits and you want to keep your kitchen cool. While a large blender helps here, you could certainly prepare the soup in two batches and stir them together at the end. Serve as a light lunch or appetizer with crusty bread—or for a more substantial meal, this chilled watercress-cucumber soup is a delicious partner to our Ultimate Grilled Tomato Sandwich. In order to get sour cream that "swirls" into the soup (instead of sinking to the bottom), you'll need to thin it out with a bit of water. In a small bowl, simply whisk together a 2-to-1 ratio of sour cream and water, and you'll be good to go.
Toasty bread, juicy tomatoes, melty cheese, and smoky bacon—what's not to love? These decadent grilled sandwiches are the perfect place to put your ripe summer tomatoes, and pair beautifully with a light, refreshing summer soup. While you could certainly prepare them in a skillet on the stove, going to the grill takes these superb summer sandwiches to the next level.
These easy lettuce wraps make for a perfectly light and lovely summer supper that won't heat up your kitchen. We use a quickly grilled pork tenderloin here, but you could easily substitute any other protein you feel like tossing on the grill (like steak, chicken, or shrimp) or even smoked, pulled pork leftover from yesterday's barbecue. Simply set out your components in separate bowls and let everyone assemble their lettuce wraps as they please for a fun family meal.
Using a blend of spiralized summer squash and zucchini "noodles," this light and bright summer entree is as refreshing as they come. We absolutely love the fresh flavors this simple green goddess dressing packs into the dish; any leftover dressing would be great for dipping veggies into for an easy snack. Taking advantage of already steamed shrimp from the seafood counter of your favorite grocery store keeps this vibrant dish entirely no-cook and incredibly speedy. And to save a few extra minutes, you can grab containers of pre-spiralized vegetables from the produce section. In order to prevent sogginess, wait until it's time to eat before assembling the components of your zoodle bowl.
Not only does this vibrant salad taste like summer on a plate, but it's also a fantastic make-ahead recipe that doesn't require heating up the kitchen. While this is certainly not a meal that will weigh you down, store-bought rotisserie chicken makes the tomato salad hearty enough to serve as a satisfying entree. Soaking the couscous is a genius trick that yields a perfect fluffy texture—no cooking necessary. Plus, the overnight soaking means your couscous will be chilled and ready to go when you're ready to assemble the salad. Plan ahead to take advantage of this savvy meal prep move.
Make these low-calorie, no-cook bowls ahead for an easy lunch or dinner when time is tight. Change up the fruit, nut, or protein for whatever you have on hand.
These sweet "cupcakes" made of fresh blueberry sorbet are a delightful, cooling lemon-berry treat with a cookie crunch on the bottom and fluffy whipped cream on top. They're the perfect dessert for any summer gathering. The cupcakes can be made well in advance, simply top with fresh whipped cream right before serving.
For a simple and elegant way to serve your summer farmers' market tomatoes, this speedy salad is perfect. Dressed in a basil chimichurri and speckled with creamy dollops of ricotta cheese, this show-stopping side is perfect for effortless entertaining.
We use young heirloom Cherokee Purple tomatoes to balance the intense sweetness of Sun Golds with a little acid and umami depth, but other red cherry tomatoes will work well also.
Achieve bold and bright flavors within minutes in this colorful, summery-toned salad. The Old Bay Seasoning delivers a kick of signature spice and a beautiful red hue to cocktail shrimp. Plump and juicy peaches are marinated in olive oil and dill to create a delicately sweet and herbaceous base for the salad. And blue cheese adds a sharp, creamy, and delightfully funky element that partners well with the a caramelized shallots in the vinaigrette. Despite its impressive appearance, this summer salad is simple to assemble, but do so right before you plan to serve it for peak freshness.
Sturdy shaved Brussels sprouts hold the crunchy almonds and a garlicky Parmesan vinaigrette without wilting. Serve with roast chicken or lamb.
Green (unripe) tomatoes have more vitamin C and calcium than the more popular ripe red ones, and they are rich in B vitamins, vitamin A, and vitamin K. They make a deliciously tart, tangy addition to a chilled gazpacho.
Sea scallops are perfect for speedy (yet totally elegant) weeknight dinners, as they cook to perfection in no time flat. In fact, this ideal dinner for two can be ready on your table in 30 minutes. The capers in this recipe deliver a delicious punch of briny salinity that we absolutely love paired with fresh shellfish. The whole-grain Dijon mustard adds delicate texture to the sauce and the lemon zest delivers an extra touch of brightness. Stirring in the butter at the very end of cooking creates a touch of velvety richness, in that special way only butter can do. Serve this dish over a bed of leafy greens, mashed potatoes, or rice. Feel free to swap basil or cilantro for the chopped fresh parsley we call for here.
Be sure to toss the salad gently so the pieces of orange and avocado keep their shape. Pair with a fall chili or tacos.
Serve a slice of summer with a tomato and cucumber salad. The vinaigrette is made with salty soy sauce, but berfore serving, sprinkle a pinch of flaky sea salt to add texture to the fresh tomatoes.
Sliced heirloom tomatoes are wow-worthy on their own--a simple vinaigrette and dollops of basil-flecked ricotta take them over the top. Serve with toasted baguette slices to sop up any tomato juices.
There's no better way to describe this poached chicken dish than wellness in a bowl. The delicate and delicious noodle bowl is a shining example of how to make and use poached chicken like a pro. Gently poaching chicken breasts in a liquid thats lightly flavored with aromatics, such as ginger and lemongrass, leads to wonderfully succulent, tender meat with a lovely level of flavoring. In this wholesome dish, we also use the poaching liquid both to cook the noodles and create the light coconut broth. The key to successful poaching is temperature control; once you've added your chicken to the pot, you want to keep your poaching liquid from ever reaching a boil. In fact, you should aim to keep the water at a state of releasing wispy spouts of steam from the surface, but never bubbling, throughout the entirety of the cooking process. (It's not nearly as intense/difficult as it seems.) You should also try to purchase chicken breasts that are roughly the same size so that they cook at the same rate.


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Jailed PFLP Leader to Run in Palestine Elections
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In the upcoming elections for the Palestinian Authority's Palestinian Legislative Council in the Israeli-occupied territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Ahmad Saadat, the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), has announced his candidacy from jail.
Saadat was interviewed by Fight Back! in May of 2003, a year after his incarceration. He was imprisoned as part of the Jericho Agreement between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the U.S. and British governments. He has a long history of fighting for the Palestinian people ever since he joined the PFLP as a student in 1967. A son of a low-paid worker, he understands the daily struggles of the people in Palestine.
PFLP spokesperson Dr. Rabah Mohena told the Palestinian newspaper Al-Ayyam that his organization should play a part in the Palestinian parliament, in order to, "represent the issues that concern the Palestinian public." Another member of the group said that the decision was taken in order to support the "right of prisoners to stand for office and to take part in the Palestinian elections."
The Palestinian Authority (the Palestinian government established in place of the Palestine Liberation Organization by Israeli and U.S. pressure in 1993) currently by and large serves the interests of the U.S. and Israel. It continues to negotiate away the sovereignty of the Palestinian people and is coming dangerously close to relinquishing the Right of Return. Half of the Palestinian people do not live within the original borders of Palestine. Many who were born and raised in Palestine are not allowed any rights as inhabitants of their homeland. On the other hand, scores of Jewish people born and raised outside of the original and occupied Palestinian territories can obtain citizenship with a simple letter from their rabbi. This is not an example of a just society. Anyone who is to lead the Palestinian people must protect and lead all of her people and this is why Saadat would be an important addition to the Palestinian Legislative Council.
On Dec. 23, 70 U.S. senators passed a resolution labeling Palestinian resistance organizations as 'terrorist groups' and attempted to prevent them from running in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections. The PFLP responded by threatening to boycott the elections if representatives of these resistance groups were not allowed to run.
It is not possible for the people of Palestine to be free unless they have control of thier own land. This means the right of return and self-determination and control of their own borders and resources. The Palestinian people need a government and leaders who are working in their interest, not that of the U.S. or the illegal government of Israel. Ahmad Saadat's candidacy for the Palestinian Legislative Council is a good sign for the Palestinian people and a step towards a free Palestine.
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After sitting on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Medical Toxicology during his fellowship training, Dr. Neavyn served as Director of Medical Toxicology at Hartford Hospital, where he established a medical toxicology clinic, served as the physician-lead for the Hazardous Drugs Task Force, and advised the Medical Ethics Committee on matters of poisoning and drug overdose. Dr. Neavyn is a fatality reviewer for the National Poison Data System and Physician Co-Chair for the American College of Medical Toxicology position statement on brain death diagnosis in the poisoned patient.
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Dolphin ban has zoos worried
Artificial dolphins will soon be the only ones left in Switzerland. Keystone
Parliament's decision to ban the import of dolphins and whales has been welcomed by supporters of animal rights, but zoos are concerned that the change to Switzerland's animal protection law could lead to arbitrary legislation.
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When the issue was previously voted on in March, the House of Representatives opted for a ban on the keeping of dolphins in addition to the import ban. The chamber has now aligned itself with the more moderate Senate position.
Veteran animal rights lawyer Antoine Goetschel welcomed the decision. "It's a good starting point. In this case an import ban has about the same consequences as a ban on keeping dolphins," he told swissinfo.ch.
"It's a good measure as well because it complies with the Swiss constitution, which is unique in protecting animals' dignity," he added.
Double death
The debate about the dolphins' destiny was sparked by publicity surrounding the deaths of two of the animals in the space of a week at the Connyland theme park in northeastern canton Thurgau last November.
The cause of the mammals' deaths has not been clearly established, although antibiotics were thought to have played a role. In total eight dolphins died at Switzerland's only dolphinarium within three years.
The news of the dolphins' deaths last year came as a revision of the animal protection law was before parliament.
Amongst other amendments to the law, parliament had already voted on changes to include a ban on the trade in dog and cat fur.
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Earlier this month, Connyland issued a press release saying the park would launch a referendum against any import ban. But realistically it would need the support of the Swiss Zoo Association to attempt to rally popular support.
The association has previously objected to the "Connyland law" and is considering its position in the light of Tuesday's developments.
Alex Rübel, director of Zurich zoo said the dolphin import ban marked the beginning of "arbitrary legislation".
Rübel said his objection had nothing to do with showing solidarity with Connyland.
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"The fixation on Connyland is exactly our problem." Zoos are not about dolphins but about principles, he told Bern's Der Bund newspaper on Wednesday. "With the import ban the basis of the law is reversed."
"Swiss animal protection law is based on the quality of the keeping practices. The zoo keeping requirements are laid down specifically for each species of animal," Rübel said.
With an import ban [..] the discussion in parliament about special regulations becomes a "purely emotional thing", Rübel argued.
Goetschel said the new law again raised the question about the ethics of keeping wild animals in captivity.
"Should we keep elephants, giraffes and so on just for people to look at them? When you consider dolphins live in schools of 300 to 400, using their sonar system to communicate, then even a spacious pool is obscenely small."
"The new point of view is to look at human animal relationships taking into account the dignity of the animal. This is the wider view."
Goetschel emphasised that the owners of Connyland were not members of the zoo association. "They are not running a zoo but an amusement park," he said.
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Our Director of International Cooperation and Erasmus+ Institutional Coordinator will present VUM`s project BEEHIVE at the event "HEInnovate: Supporting Institutional Change in Higher Education", which will take place on June 14 and June 15 at Ruse University 'Angel Kanchev'.
The event is organised by the European Commission, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria and Ruse University 'Angel Kanchev' and is part of the calendar of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The event will start on 14 June 2018 with three simultaneous sessions: Train the trainers whole-day session (accessible only upon acceptance of application), a set of speed-dating exercises focusing on two of the dimensions of HEInnovate: 'Preparing and Supporting Entrepreneurs' and 'Entrepreneurial Teaching and Learning'. In the afternoon, the participants can opt for panel discussions on Innovation through Higher Education, The Regional Perspective or visit the Innovative Youth EXPO, which will feature entrepreneurial and innovative projects of students from Bulgaria and the European Union. The EXPO is organized under the auspices of Mr Krasimir Valchev, Minister of Education and Science of Bulgaria, the National Assembly of Students' Councils of Bulgaria and The Council of the Rectors of Bulgaria. The first day will finish with elevator pitches and an award ceremony of the EXPO participants. The second day of the event will bring all participants together in plenary sessions with opening addresses, keynote and a high-level panel discussion. The event will gather around 150 European higher education institution representatives, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders that will engage in policy discussions, networking and debates.
The presentation will cover two dimensions related to the HEInnovate iniative:nPreparing and Supporting Entrepreneurs and Leadership and Governance. The BEEHIVE project's overall objective is to build sustainable university-based entrepreneurial ecosystems at higher education institutions in Indonesia and the Philippines, and to enhance their students' and graduates' employability and ability to create jobs. Furthermore, BEEHIVE strives to support the partner universities' transformation into entrepreneurial universities.
1. Towards the Entrepreneurial University National Benchmarking Reports for Indonesia and the Philippines to map out and benchmark the status of universities in Indonesia and the Philippines towards an alignment with the entrepreneurial university concept.
2. Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Entrepreneurship for All to disseminate up-to-date training and knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship across the campuses of the Indonesian and Philippine universities involved and to build their students entrepreneurial skills. At least 1000 students are to benefit from the MOOC delivered in English through the project website.
3. BEEHIVE Accelerator Programme induced at the partner universities to create entrepreneurship-based self-employment opportunities through streamlined business start-up support in the framework of five designated seed accelerators. At least ten business start-ups will be established through the BEEHIVE.
4. BEEHIVE Label designed to empower Indonesian and Philippine universities to transform gradually into entrepreneurial universities through the evaluation of their entrepreneurial ecosystems' excellence. At least three universities will be certified and awarded a BEEHIVE Label in the course of the final third project year.
Being a joint Erasmus+ project with a scope of intervention mainly at university level, BEEHIVE addresses and brings legitimate gains first and foremost to the last two listed areas, namely to entrepreneurship education and training, and to creativity and innovation. The project fosters awareness of entrepreneurship across campus and introduces up-to-date business start-up education and training. Furthermore, through the BEEHIVE Accelerator Programme it also provides support to innovative start-up endeavors. Last but not least, through the BEEHIVE Label the project promotes the entrepreneurial university concept across the higher education sectors in Indonesia and the Philippines.
BEEHIVE secondary target groups include students, alumni, faculty and senior management of universities in Indonesia and the Philippines that are not members of the BEEHIVE consortium; Indonesian and Philippine universities' business partners; companies, business investors and venture capitalists, civil society representatives, policy makers and public authorities supporting start-ups in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Nurturing student entrepreneurship requires a multifaceted holistic approach that sees entrepreneurship not merely as an individual effort but as a comprehensive process of networking and creating synergies between different stakeholders.
The BEEHIVE project is designed to provide support to University of Indonesia (the oldest and the largest public university in the country), BINUS University (the largest private university in Indonesia), University of Cebu (the largest university in the Philippines) as well as Mapua University and Saint Louis University in the Philippines, both of which have student bodies of nearly 20 000 students. In hindsight, it seems that including small-sized universities, as well as more regional universities would have added a new layer to the project impact on national level.


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[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/tandrewnichols/n-installed.png)](https://travis-ci.org/tandrewnichols/n-installed) [![downloads](http://img.shields.io/npm/dm/n-installed.svg)](https://npmjs.org/package/n-installed) [![npm](http://img.shields.io/npm/v/n-installed.svg)](https://npmjs.org/package/n-installed) [![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/tandrewnichols/n-installed/badges/gpa.svg)](https://codeclimate.com/github/tandrewnichols/n-installed) [![Test Coverage](https://codeclimate.com/github/tandrewnichols/n-installed/badges/coverage.svg)](https://codeclimate.com/github/tandrewnichols/n-installed) [![dependencies](https://david-dm.org/tandrewnichols/n-installed.png)](https://david-dm.org/tandrewnichols/n-installed)

# n-installed

Get a list of node binaries installed via n

## Installation

`npm install --save n-installed`

## Summary

`n-installed` exports a function that returns an object with a `node` property and an `io` property, where each is an array of binary version installed via [n](https://github.com/tj/n). For instance, on my machine, this function returns:

```js
{
  node: ['0.10.41', '0.12.9', '4.2.4', '5.4.0'],
  io: ['1.8.4', '2.5.0', '3.3.1'],
  all: ['0.10.41', '0.12.9', '1.8.4', '2.5.0', '3.3.1', '4.2.4', '5.4.0']
}
```

## Usage

`n-installed` has both synchronous and asynchronous modes. Just pass a callback for async.

```js
// Sync
var installed = require('n-installed');
var versions = installed();

// Async
installed(function(err, versions) {

});
```

This library uses the `N_PREFIX` environment variable to find binaries. If for some reason that would be unreliable in your environment, you can pass the location of the `n` install as the first parameter.

```js
// Sync
var versions = installed('other/path/to/n');

// Async
installed('other/path/to/n', function(err, versions) {

});
```

## Contributing

Please see [the contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).


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package com.mcleodmoores.examples.simulated.loader.data;

import com.mcleodmoores.examples.simulated.historical.SimulatedHistoricalDataGenerator;
import com.opengamma.component.tool.AbstractTool;
import com.opengamma.financial.tool.ToolContext;
import com.opengamma.scripts.Scriptable;

/**
 * Example tool to initialize historical data.
 */
@Scriptable
public class ExampleHistoricalDataGeneratorTool extends AbstractTool<ToolContext> {

  /**
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   * @param args  the standard tool arguments, not null
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  public static void main(final String[] args) {  // CSIGNORE
    new ExampleHistoricalDataGeneratorTool().invokeAndTerminate(args);
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  //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  @Override
  protected void doRun() {
    new SimulatedHistoricalDataGenerator(getToolContext().getHistoricalTimeSeriesMaster()).run();
  }

}


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But the biggest difference? The back of the disc itself. If you turn a disc over and see your reflection, you have a real copy of the game. No reflection? Well, it's a fake.
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We Still Have Time to Restore Our Climate. But the Climate Time Bomb Is Ticking
Center for Media and Democracy
Jul 19, 2017 4:56AM EDT Home
By Alex Carlin
A recent New York Magazine article about the climate ruin we are facing, by David Wallace Wells, has caused a furor for describing the catastrophes that could happen to our planet by the end of the century if we do not mitigate the harms to our climate and reverse course. This op-ed by guest contributor Alex Carlin contends that those crises could happen much sooner, and he details steps he believes could help forestall disaster.
Yes, Virginia, we still have time to restore our climate. But the Climate Time Bomb is undeniably ticking–and Trump has pulled out of the Paris agreement.
What should we do?
Trump climate policy is blind and deaf to the fact that the Climate Bomb can cause millions—or even potentially billions—of deaths by mid-century. I believe Trump's rogue refusal to defuse the Bomb is an unfathomably heinous crime against humanity.
While the Paris agreement focuses on lowering CO2 emissions, there is a second indispensable task we must also perform to defuse The Bomb: restoring the Arctic ice.
For thousands of years, the frozen Arctic has been keeping our climate hospitable—until now. The Arctic is a critical part of the earth's mechanism for controlling the planet's temperature and climate.
But ominously, the Arctic Ocean has nearly finished changing from a state of "perennial ice"–covered with sea ice in the winter and never substantially ice free in the summer–to a state of "seasonal ice"–substantially ice free in the summer.
Completing this switchover would herald the biggest change in the global ecosystem since before the start of human civilization, and it would have a devastating impact.
Billions of people will face the risk of death in this century from adverse climate change outcomes such as starvation, heat stress, resource wars and disease if we don't restore the perennial ice.
Mass Starvation
The UK's Special Representative for Climate Change, Sir David King, warns us that with current climate policies we risk simultaneous collapses of basic crop production in the major breadbaskets of the Northern Hemisphere.
Dr. Peter Carter, an expert reviewer of the IPCC 5th assessment, says that "the entire world depends on the high food productivity of the Northern Hemisphere. The IPCC 5th assessment and recent research shows that the world's best food producing regions in the northern hemisphere are vulnerable to a high probability of multi-breadbasket failure from already committed (locked in) global climate change." Carter expects that, in this context, the effects of the Arctic sea ice switchover would "end the great food production of the Northern Hemisphere, world food output would plummet and with that the world population, losing billions of lives by mid-century."
Here are three reasons why restoring sea ice in the Arctic is mandatory for preventing mass starvation.
First, an agriculture that provides enough food requires a predictable and favorable Earth Climate System.
A relatively unsung factor is surprisingly vital in this system: high-altitude atmospheric jet streams which circulate the planet in paths whose routes and speeds are critically important for the type of weather and climate that farms require to produce food.
The behavior of the jet streams depends on a particular "temperature gradient"–the difference in temperature between the Arctic and the Tropics.
For millennia, the perennial ice of the Arctic has been an important factor in keeping these jet streams consistent and stable. But since the mid-80s the Arctic has been heating significantly faster than the Tropics–a phenomenon called "Arctic amplification." Diminishing sea ice has been playing a leading role in this, and the resulting smaller gradient has already caused the streams to change their speeds and typical paths.
This kind of jet stream disruption leads to unpredictable, unfavorable and extreme weather, with massive swings to heat or cold, devastating droughts, lingering blizzards and mighty floods.
When, perhaps within only a few years, the Arctic Ocean switches fully to seasonal ice conditions, the jet streams will almost inevitably take up new patterns of behavior, leading to weather that is quite different from what our farmers need to feed the population. By mid-century, much of our agricultural land will be toasted or flooded–or both at different times.
A second threat to agriculture is methane, a greenhouse gas that heats the planet like CO2 on steroids. Gigatons galore of methane and other carbon products reside under the Arctic ice and in the thawing tundra and "permafrost" nearby.
For thousands of years we benefited from a perennial state of Arctic sea ice that acted as a cap that kept this methane out of the atmosphere. As we lose the cap, calamitous methane releases become ever more likely. Large releases of methane would accelerate global warming, and the Arctic amplification would further reduce the Arctic to Tropic temperature gradient, causing more jet stream disruption, worsen weather extremes and batter our farms.
Sev Clarke, a prominent inventor of green and climate restoration technologies described the methane threat this way: "If we don't restore the ice, within 15 years methane and CO2 emissions from land and sea are likely to become so intense as to interfere substantially with normal cropping, to push land cultivation and population polewards, and to render much of the tropics unbearably hot during summer. My belief, reinforced by recent, and as yet unpublished, research by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists, is that we have just entered the phase of super-exponentially increasing methane releases from the Arctic."
A third threat to agriculture is sea level rise. Losing the perennial Arctic sea ice is speeding up the melting and partial disintegration of the great Greenland Ice Sheet, and is also having an effect in Antarctica, partly through disruption of the "great ocean conveyor" which sends Arctic-cooled water all the way to the Antarctic. Warming of this water has caused some Antarctic sheets to become unstable. These effects could lead to a devastating half meter of sea level rise by 2050, plus much more by 2100, which would wipe out huge areas of low-lying farmland.
So, as it turns out, if we want to feed our population, allowing the Arctic to lose its perennial sea ice is not an option.
It's very bad, but there are solutions.
The Arctic can be refrozen, and the sea ice restored.
Actions to restore the Arctic sea ice–combined with reduced greenhouse gas emissions and removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere–do give us a chance to survive.
Given the stakes, why are there not scientists, engineers, planners and all sorts of able-bodied citizens calling for a restoration of the Arctic ice?
Well, actually, there are.
Climate Restoration—One Answer to 'What Should We Do?'
The above-mentioned inventor, Sev Clarke, is working with The Climate Restoration Foundation (CRF), spearheaded by the mathematician Kevin Lister. This group is working on what actually needs to happen to avoid Climate Ruin.
Do we really need to design techniques for restoring the Arctic sea ice? Why not just bring CO2 emissions down to near zero? Wouldn't that cause the sea ice to naturally restore itself, without any additional human action to restore it?
CRF says the answer is "no." That's because CO2 concentrations are so high already, and CO2 lingers in the atmosphere so long, that if we only reduce our CO2 emissions, the Arctic Ocean will not recover its lost ice anytime soon.
CRF emphasizes that we really must hurry: if the Arctic Ocean does switch its "state" from perennial ice to seasonal ice, it will "stick" there and, to a large extent, get "locked" into its new state, via a phenomenon known as "hysteresis."
They say we are on a track to cross that line in a handful of years, and once we cross that line, going back to where we need to be to feed our population becomes a Herculean task.
The CRF website describes three major actions to keep us from getting caught in this death trap: Marine Cloud Brightening, Buoyant Nutrient Flakes, and Ice Cap Thickening. Lister explained, "They are designed to keep us from getting stuck in a high temperature state. It will need all three technologies working together and on scale, and if this is done then the mutual reinforcement will be such that the sum of the effects will be greater than the individual parts."
CRF is also designing an ingenious way to pay for the task of restoring the ice via the insurance industry, where fossil fuel industries would pay an extra premium that fairly reflects the climate change liability they cause. If they refuse to pay then they would lose their ability to do business because they would be denied insurance coverage.
Keeping them firmly grounded, CRF includes the foremost authority in the polar field, professor Peter Wadhams, who for decades has been doing a magnificent job of exploring the Arctic sea ice, on top of the surface and under it by submarine, to get to the truth of what we face in this crisis. Recently he has come out with a "must read" book on this subject, "A Farewell To Ice."
Also providing support to CRF is professor Paul Beckwith who has expertise on high-altitude atmospheric jet stream issues. His focus is on addressing the aspects of Abrupt Climate Change.
The Point of No Return?
Lister identifies the most important moment in this emergency.
It's not when the Greenland Ice Sheet melting becomes unstoppable, or other such ecosystem events, but rather it's when "it is no longer possible to develop and deploy an effective climate intervention strategy in time."
That point of no return has now arrived, and it is staring us in the face. If people fully understood how and why their families face a ruined world by mid-century, they would be demanding, with "hair on fire" urgency, If people really understood this truly existential crisis and the need for urgent action, they would be demanding that our political leaders scramble at full speed to restore the ice and, of course, to reduce our net CO2 emissions to zero.
Geoengineering?
Restoring sea ice will certainly require some local engineering intervention, but does the situation constitute enough of an emergency to justify risking the unexplored outcomes of intervention on a global scale, of geoengineering?
As far back as 2009, The Scotsman reported that scientists feared that the lack of action in the preceding 17 years, in which "emissions of climate changing gases such as carbon dioxide soared, has set the world on a path towards potential 4°C (7.2°F) rises as early as 2060, and 6°C (10.8°F) rises by the end of the century."
The article quoted professor Kevin Anderson, who advises the UK government on climate change, and is the deputy director of the highly respected Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
Anderson said, "The consequences are terrifying. For humanity it's a matter of life or death. We will not make all human beings extinct, as a few people with the right sort of resources may put themselves in the right parts of the world and survive. But I think it's extremely unlikely that we wouldn't have mass death at 4°C. If you have got a population of nine billion by 2050 and you hit 4°C, 5°C or 6°C, you might have half a billion people surviving."
Anderson, no alarmist, is testifying that plausibly with "business as usual" we could have billions of deaths by 2050.
Can we avoid this catastrophe without geoengineering?
This is a question we all must consider with great care.
John Nissen, founder and chair of the Arctic Methane Emergency Group, cooperates with CRF.
He summed it up this way:
"The climate science establishment is so focused on the fight to reduce CO2 emissions that it has ignored the bigger picture: that the Earth System is hurtling towards a new climate regime for the planet, led by abrupt changes in the Arctic as it becomes seasonally free of sea ice. The loss of ice cover means that the Arctic will warm even more rapidly than before, threatening
a reversal of air circulation at high latitude, disrupting climate at lower latitudes;
further escalation of methane emissions from land and undersea permafrost;
further escalation of melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet; and
a huge contribution to climate forcing and the warming of the whole planet.
These dreadful consequences add up to a new climate regime for the planet. They can only be avoided by cooling the Arctic and saving the sea ice."
While he said categorically that the prospect of geoengineering should never provide polluters or governments a "get out of jail free card" to avoid their absolute duty to drastically cut CO2 emissions, he maintains that "climate change could actually be reversed with the help of geoengineering, and it would be far simpler, safer and cheaper than trying to adapt to ever worsening climate change, and sea level rise to boot."
He emphasized the bright side:
"Let's be positive and appreciate the huge benefits that climate restoration would bring. Moreover, this could be the greatest collaborative venture ever undertaken, employing our best scientific and engineering talent. It could even be an opportunity for peace, as everyone works for the same goal. And by getting together to solve the greatest challenge ever faced by human civilization, we could demonstrate togetherness and counter the divisive politics of self-interest which is sweeping the world."
Nissen even wants oil companies to get involved. He pointed out that "it is in their best interests to collaborate on climate restoration, since they would suffer the catastrophic consequences of unchecked climate change just as much as everyone else. Moreover, they have valuable skills and resources to help in the restoration effort."
We still have a golden opportunity to restore our climate, and Trump has paradoxically brought Climate Ruin back onto the international agenda in the nick of time.
But now we need specific plans that diagram, step by step, how to motivate our entire society to fully acknowledge the climate problem, including what is happening in the Arctic, and then adamantly demand that the solutions be implemented immediately.
I believe that unconditionally, we must reach net zero CO2 emissions very fast, but science is now giving us a second required task: we must also save the Arctic ice.
As Winston Churchill once said, "It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required."
If you know how we can survive the threat of Climate Ruin without geoengineering, then, by all means, please share your ideas.
Reposted with permission from our media associate Center for Media and Democracy.
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North Carolina "Toddler Tour de France" Welcoming Hundreds of Cute 2- to 6-Year Olds
Tiny riders take over the Queen City at the NASCAR Hall of Fame
Leslie Prevish
Rapid City, S.D. (May 29, 2018) — Hundreds of enthusiastic toddlers – some still in diapers – from throughout North Carolina and as far away as California and Ontario, will ride in family-friendly bike races and play experiences at the Strider Cup, June 16, at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte. For parents and spectators alike, the event will provide one-of-a-kind opportunities to take captivating photos and videos.
"It is a sight to see toddlers leaning into turns with huge grins on their faces, exhibiting excellent balance and control," said Strider Founder and Chief Enthusiast Ryan McFarland. "Parents who are on the hunt for ways to get their kids to put down their tablets and screens, and enjoy the outdoors, need look no further."
The Strider Cup series, held across the United States and around the globe, is powered by the groundbreaking design of Strider Bikes, which empowers toddlers and young children to safely enjoy the mobility and independence of two-wheel biking at an earlier age than any prior generation.
A typical race scene involves toddlers kicking their legs to propel the bikes along a 500-foot plus journey over ramps, obstacles and through tunnels. Racers delight in the podium ceremony afterward, where the fastest tykes earn trophies and all racers take home medals.
The Strider Cup event runs from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. and will include race classes for registered riders 6 years old and younger, as well as a free learn-to-pedal area with demo bikes and helmets for all children. Other free activities are available courtesy of event sponsors FedEx, Springfree Trampoline, Spirited Cyclist/Uptown Cycles, Honey Stinger, I Heart Water and The Charlotte Observer.
During the lunch hour, Strider will present Special Olympics Young Athletes Charlotte with 10 Strider 14x Sport Bikes, designed for children 3 – 7 years old.
For racers, registration is $27 per class and includes a jersey, number plate, and other goodies valued at more than $50. More information, registration and the full schedule are available at www.StriderBikes.com/Charlotte
Strider Cup marks the third and final stop along the way for the 2018 U.S. races. The summer of two-wheeled excitement culminates July 20–21 in Boulder, Colorado, with the Strider Cup World Championship, an international toddler biking celebration attracting families from across the globe for two days of camaraderie, excitement and bike riding.
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Colorado "Toddler Tour de France" Welcoming Hundreds of Cute 2- to 6-Year-Olds
Rapid City, S.D. (June 26, 2018) — Hundreds of enthusiastic toddlers from around the globe – some still in diapers, will ride in family-friendly bike races and play experiences at the Strider Cup World Championship, July 20-21, at Central Park & Civic Area in Boulder, Colorado. ...read more
By Leslie Prevish
Ohio "Toddler Tour de France" Welcoming Hundreds of Cute 2- to 6-Year Olds
Rapid City, S.D. (May 8, 2018) — Hundreds of cute, enthusiastic toddlers – some still in diapers – from throughout Ohio and as far away as Texas, will participate in family-friendly bike races and play experiences at the Strider Cup race, May 26, in Public Square in Downtown ...read more
Hundreds of Adorable 2- to 6-Year-Olds to Race in the Texas "Toddler Tour de France"
Rapid City, S.D. - April 19, 2018 Hundreds of the cutest, most enthusiastic toddlers – some still in diapers – from throughout Texas and as far away as Costa Rica, will participate in family-friendly bike races and play experiences at the Strider Cup race, May 5, in Sundance ...read more
Thailand, Malaysia and Japan Win Toddler Tour de France Titles
Hundreds of families cheered on children 6 years old and younger as they raced balance bikes "Fred Flintstone-style" in the Strider Cup World Championship, dubbed the "Toddler Tour de France" on July 21 in Boulder, Colorado. Thailand and Malaysia took home one title each and ...read more
Charlotte Hosting World's Cutest Toddler Race
Rapid City, SD - February 27, 2018 Strider Bikes, the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of children's balance bikes, is pleased to announce the dates and locations for its United States 2018 Strider Cup races, part of the international Strider Bike racing series for ...read more
Tour de France of Toddler Racing Features Strider Bikes in Lincoln
Governor Pete Ricketts Declares Kids Bike & Smile Day Rapid City, S.D. - June 12, 2017 Strider Sports, the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of children's no-pedal balance bikes, welcomed future Tour de France riders to the Strider Cup Race Presented by Raising Cane's ...read more
Bike Racing Toddlers Take Over Sundance Square in Fort Worth
Rapid City, SD (May 5, 2018) — More than 250 tykes took part in the Strider Cup Race on May 5 at Sundance Square in Fort Worth, Texas, to kick off National Bike Month. Children ages six years old and under rode the balance bikes along the 400-foot plus journey over ramps, tires ...read more
Two-Wheeling Toddlers Race for Titles at NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte
Rapid City, S.D. (June 16, 2018) — Hundreds of families cheered on children 6 years old and younger as they raced balance bikes "Fred Flint stone-style" in the Strider Cup race June 16 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina. Over 140 racers from 14 states and ...read more
Boulder Hosting World's Cutest Toddler Race
Rapid City, S.D. - February 7, 2018 Strider Bikes, the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of children's balance bikes, is pleased to announce the dates and locations for its United States 2018 Strider Cup races, part of the international Strider Bike racing series for ...read more