I am happy to announce that the RTM build of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 2 is now available for download for Veeam service providers! This is the latest update for our flagship product and adds support for the upcoming release of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 2.0 along with other significant enhancements and bug fixes. But when it comes to our service providers, the biggest new feature is Veeam Backup Remote Access. Let's dive straight into this new feature!
The key part of backup as a service (BaaS) offerings is full management of data protection activities and infrastructure, so service providers providing BaaS all have the requirement to connect to their customers' Veeam Backup & Replication environments to perform on-going management and troubleshooting. Until today, performing these tasks required deploying and maintaining VPN (or similar technologies) to connect to the client sites – not an ideal solution for complexity, reliability and cost.
A couple of years ago, we promised service providers that their investment in Veeam Cloud Connect will keep paying off in the future as we add more functionality on top of the Cloud Connect framework – and we've been fulfilling this promise ever since. Initially, in Veeam Backup & Replication v8, the Cloud Connect framework only supported backup and backup copy jobs – but already in v9, we added support for replication jobs for the complete cloud-based disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) solution, as well as basic remote management with Veeam Managed Backup Portal (now Veeam Availability Console).
Now, in 9.5 Update 2, we are enabling a full remote backup console experience, as well as Remote Desktop connectivity to the tenant's backup server – all through the existing single-port TLS-secured tunnel provided by Veeam Cloud Connect! Finally, you can wave goodbye to babysitting VPNs and manage your tenant's backup servers transparently and out of the box.
To further empower our new and existing Veeam Cloud & Service Providers (VCSP) partners to deliver managed services, in Update 2 we are introducing a new feature that enables VCSP support staff to remotely connect to a tenant's backup server with the Veeam Backup & Replication Console, as well with the Remote Desktop client over the existing Cloud Connect tunnel, without the requirement to establish direct layer three network connectivity first. This enables remote support, troubleshooting and management of the tenant's backup and replication jobs and the backup server itself. How cool is that?
Veeam Backup Remote Access allows full remote management of Veeam Backup & Replication installations at customer sites, with the ability to connect a Veeam backup console or Microsoft RDP client to a customer's backup server over the existing Cloud Connect tunnel.
The Veeam Backup Remote Access feature takes advantage of an existing single-port TLS-secured connection to the service provider that is established from tenant's Veeam Backup & Replication environment once they register their service provider. This allows the service provider staff to connect to their tenant's backup server using backup console or Remote Desktop console from any computer – whether their workstation is in the service provider's data center or on the beach of a paradise island.
Both options offer the ability for the service provider to perform remote management and troubleshooting. The Remote Console can be used to connect to the tenant's Veeam Backup & Replication server to check on job status or modify configuration, manage backup infrastructure components, or perform any other tasks you'd normally perform on the tenant's behalf from within the console. Meanwhile, the Remote Desktop option can be used to perform troubleshooting of the backup server itself; change the OS settings, install patches and so on.
Quite simply, it just works! Obviously, for security reasons the tenant must opt-in to remote management by the services provider by selecting the Allow this Veeam Backup & Replication installation to be managed by the service provider check box as shown below.
And that's it! Now the service provider can connect to the tenant's backup server using their preferred way – Remote Console or Remote Desktop.
Please note however that by default, for better security the computer running either client application must be located in the service provider's data center and have direct connectivity to the service provider's Cloud Connect server. So, if your support staff does end up on the road or based remotely, you need to enable them to use this feature by selecting the Accept remote console connection requests originating from the Internet check box on the Security tab of the General Options dialog of the Cloud Connect server.
Direct network connection, for when the console is located in the service provider data center; in this case, you need to supply a Cloud Connect backup server name and port number.
Through the cloud gateway, for when the console can be located anywhere on the Internet; in this case, you need to supply a cloud gateway address and Cloud Connect port number much the same way your tenants do. Just remember that with the default security settings, such connections will be refused by the Cloud Connect server.
Regardless of which way you chose to connect to the Cloud Connect server, you will also need to provide an account with Full Administrator role on your Cloud Connect server.
Once connected, you can select the tenant that is to be remotely managed from the list, as well as tenant's backup server to connect to (in case a tenant has multiple backup servers). Finally, you need to specify the username and password of an account with a role on the tenant's backup server. Yes, that's a lot of credentials to enter – which is why we let you create a shortcut with all credentials saved by clicking the corresponding option, sending the shortcut to your desktop.
If all supplied credentials are correct, the service provider console will load up indicating that it is connected to the tenant's backup server as shown below.
Once connected, you can perform all the management tasks Veeam Backup & Replication console supports except file and application item recoveries, as for now this process requires backup to be mounted locally to the console – so for performance considerations, these are best performed using a local console via a Remote Desktop client, the capability I will cover next!
The remote desktop connection to the tenant's Veeam Backup & Replication server is immediately established through the Cloud Connect tunnel. Of course, your Remote Desktop client will ask you to provide administrative credentials to the backup server you are connecting to. There's no limitation to what you can do with the remote desktop session established, just remember that it will continue to run even if you close your service provider console.
With the addition of Veeam Backup Remote Access functionality, Veeam continues to enhance service capabilities for our VCSPs, helping to extend their management and support offerings to better serve their clients in delivering Veeam-powered Availability. We have achieved this by taking further advantage of our existing Cloud Connect framework that continues to be a central focus of our cloud Availability platform, with even more features coming to it in the future. If only other investments made by typical service providers provided so much ROI!
Wanna give it a try? Don't wait, download now! All VCSPs already have access to the RTM build of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 2 and can familiarize themselves with our latest and greatest technology, before it becomes generally available in a few weeks.
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Valentine's Day fun
February 14, 2011 by Jackie
Parties are so much fun here at CSNW. On today's party menu was strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, apples, dried pears, bananas, beets, sunflower seeds and tons of mixed nuts. We received a plethora of decorations and new toys from our friends Dick and Robbi Brown, Felicity, Stephanie, and Kate. Food was hidden in all kinds of Valentine's Day themed boxes, cups, and gift bags and the playroom was filled with awesome new toys, including at least 5 new Valentine's Day troll dolls. Thanks so much everyone!
Step one= party:
Annie drinking pomegranate juice:
Jamie opening her "Valentine":
Foxie checking out one of her new Valentine's Day trolls:
Step 2= nap.
Negra in her festive Valentine's Day nest:
Burrito getting in touch with his feminine side:
Needless to say, a good time was had by all! Happy Valentine's Day!
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Today in memory of Eleanor Julia Talbot
February 14, 2011 by Diana
Margaret and Karen have sponsored today in memory of their beloved feline companion, Eleanor Julia Talbot, who passed away two years ago. Eleanor was not so much a people-person, but she found a loving home and grew fond of another feline in their household, Butchie Barney Nishitani. I know that Margaret and Karen provided Eleanor with love on her terms, and she was a lucky cat to have found such terrific humans to look after her.
As most of you know, Margaret is a wonderful artist who has created paintings of the Cle Elum Seven chimpanzees. Below is one of my favorites – Annie grooming Missy. To me, the painting, and the photo that it was based on, really show how important relationships are. It's true whether we are humans, chimpanzees, or cats like Eleanor and Butchie.
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A Pyrrhic victory for Cameron?
Published in Business Spectator (Melbourne), 14 May 2015
There is no question that the British Conservatives' election result is way better than any pollster had predicted. Achieving an absolute majority of the seats is a major feat for Prime Minister David Cameron – and one that probably not even Cameron himself would have thought possible. He deserves to be congratulated on that.
Cameron should not spend too much time celebrating, however. First of all, a closer look at the figures shows that his victory is not quite as impressive as it looks at first sight. Second, the tasks ahead of Cameron are so challenging they make the last election campaign look like a walk in the park.
The next couple of years will be crucial for David Cameron's premiership. They will define his place in the history books. Will he be remembered as the Prime Minister who restored the British economy, kept the Kingdom united and negotiated a better deal with the European Union? Or will he fail on any of these fronts – in which case his re-election could well be seen as a Pyrrhic victory.
To begin with the numbers, emphatic election victories typically look different from what Cameron's Conservatives scored last Thursday. In the end, the party managed to get 36.9 per cent of the vote. That is only slightly better than the Conservatives' 2010 result, which had them on 36.1 per cent.
Cameron's result is an okay outcome, but not an electoral triumph. To put it into comparison, in his first couple of elections, Tony Blair achieved around 43 per cent for the Labour Party – as did Margaret Thatcher for the Tories in her three election victories. Historically, there have been elections in which parties found themselves in opposition with a much larger share of the vote. For example, Labour won 43.8 per cent in 1959 and still lost to the Conservatives.
For those who think that such large shares of the vote are unachievable in today's fractured electoral landscapes, Germany's Angela Merkel managed 41.5 per cent for her party in 2013, New Zealand's John Key (in his third election!) won 47 per cent last year – and Tony Abbott got 45.6 per cent of the popular vote in the 2013 federal election.
The figures look even worse when considering the mediocre turnout. Only 66.1 per cent of the electorate voted. This means that Cameron's Conservatives only have the backing of 22.5 per cent of all voters. On such figures, one might well ask what legitimacy there is behind their absolute parliamentary majority.
And there is yet another way of looking at Cameron's election result, which makes it appear even weaker. The two parties that formed his coalition government over the past five years scored a combined 59 per cent of the popular vote in 2010. That was reduced to 44.8 per cent in this year's election. In other words, the previous government lost about a quarter of its electoral support – hardly a ringing endorsement of its performance.
Given all these figures, one might well come to the conclusion that Cameron was lucky to have won 51 per cent of the seats in the House of Commons with a relatively modest share of the vote. It was only thanks to the fracturing of Britain's political landscape, a hapless campaign by his Labour opponent Ed Miliband, low voter turnout and a cunning electoral strategy that focused on killing off the Liberal Democrats that Cameron retained the keys to 10 Downing Street.
After the election, former Conservative Chief Whip and now Justice Secretary Michael Gove said the Prime Minister had the "wind in his sails" and insisted that rebellious backbenchers should therefore get in line and kowtow to the Prime Minister's authority. It may take a while for Cameron's party to realise how lucky it has been in this election. But once it does, it will undermine Cameron's authority – and leave Gove's reasoning wishful thinking.
Which leads us to the second reason why Cameron's election victory may not turn out to be a reason to celebrate in the long run. What lies ahead of Cameron's government are serious challenges which require a united party, especially because his parliamentary majority is wafer-thin.
In the Commons, Cameron has a working majority of just 15 MPs (also because the four Northern Irish Sinn Féin MPs do not take their seats). Especially when it comes to European Union matters, this could turn out to be insufficient.
The Conservative party has been hopelessly divided on EU matters since the days of Margaret Thatcher. In the last parliament, Cameron's coalition government was defeated in a motion on the EU budget in 2012 when 53 Conservative MPs defied the party line. It is not going to be any easier for Cameron in the new parliament.
Cameron stands to suffer the same fate as his Conservative predecessor John Major. Major also unexpectedly won a re-election (in 1992) but then had to spend the next five years dealing with a near-permanent revolt over Europe from his own backbenches.
By 2017 at the latest, and perhaps much earlier if newspaper reports can be believed, Cameron will hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union. He wants to hold it having renegotiated the terms of Britain's membership first. However, EU leaders are not prepared to have it that way. EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Parliament President Martin Schulz first want to hear from Britain whether it even wants to stay in the EU before they are even going to talk about potential concessions.
There is no way in which Cameron could come to a negotiation result with the EU that will satisfy both his party's Europhiles and its Eurosceptics. One wing or the other will always be dissatisfied with the outcome – and rebel. And, of course, the referendum could also fail to produce the outcome that Cameron would like to see. It could force his government to stay in Europe even if he had failed to gain substantial concessions from Brussels. It could also force him to leave the EU even if he has gained any such concessions.
The business of negotiating with Europe and then going into a referendum will prove a massive distraction to the business of governing the UK. Not that this would be easy in the first place. We have not even mentioned the Scottish problem after the Scottish Nationalists' sweeping victory north of the border. We have not talked about the promise of "English votes for English laws", plans to abolish the Human Rights Act, reforms of the BBC, let alone cuts to the welfare state or policies to reign in the budget deficit.
Cameron's all-Conservative government will have plenty of challenges to overcome in this new parliament. And in doing so, it will not have the convenient excuse left of having to take a coalition partner's view into account.
Once Cameron's post-election party is over, he will soon realise that there is not going to be a honeymoon for his government. He faces some of the most difficult problems any peace-time UK government ever had to tackle. And neither his party's mediocre share of the popular vote nor his thin parliamentary majority will help.
So once again congratulations to Cameron's Conservatives on their unexpected election victory – and good luck for the coming five years. They will need it.


JPMorgan analyst Richard Shane upgraded Santander Consumer (SC) to Neutral from Underweight and raised his price target for the shares to $23 from $20. The analyst remains constructive on the U.S. consumer into the second half of 2019 as he believes "strong" labor markets and wage growth "provide a stable foundation for credit." Santander Consumer is positioned to announce a "significant" return of capital heading into the Q1 reporting season, Shane tells investors in a research note. Discover Financial (DFS) is the analyst's best idea in the group over the next 12 to 18 months.
JPMorgan analyst Richard Shane downgraded Santander Consumer to Underweight from Neutral with an unchanged $20 price target. The analyst cites relative valuation for the downgrade as he believes the company's consumer finance peers offer stronger risk/reward profiles and more compelling upside to current levels.
BMO Capital analyst James Fotheringham raised his price target on Credit Acceptance (CACC) to $390 after its "broad-based" Q4 earnings beat and its higher expected loan balances. The analyst also keeps his Market Perform rating on the stock, reflecting the "negative impact of narrowing spreads, extended loan terms, and increasing purchase loans penetration." Fotheringham believes that Credit Acceptance trades at an "unwarranted premium" and recommends that investors buy its peer Santander Consumer (SC).


Natural MD Radio: Diet and Detoxification - Do Foods Really Help?
Natural MD Radio: Detoxification – Does What You Eat Matter?
Today, in the third episode in the Natural MD Radio series on detoxification, I explain what 'food as medicine' really means and show you "the why" behind your body's need for specific nutrients to support detoxification.
I also teach you about the word 'phytonutrient' – perhaps one of the most important food words to know to help you stay optimally healthy in today's world. And I share which foods are the 'powerhouses' for these nutrients.
PLUS, as a special gift, you get access to the Natural MD Detoxification Foods Guide. It's totally FREE and you can use it to bolster up your next grocery shop with all the nutrient-rich foods I talk about in the podcast – and more! Download your copy here – no sign-up required.
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Hi! I'm looking for the Phases of Liver Detoxification chart you refer to, I'm not seeing it. Can you guide me in the right direction?
Hi Paxton. That was my error. I will get that up on the page shortly.
Hi there! I love this podcast, and I'm particularly loving this series on detoxification -- the deep science is so awesome!!!!! I always tell friends that nutrition is the only medicine that really makes sense to me bc it's the only thing that can get at the root of the chemical reactions our bodies do 24/7/365 to survive! I'm a biochem nerd ;) I came over here to check out the liver diagram you're talking about in the episode, but I'm not seeing it. Can you direct me?
Hi Elizabeth. That was my error. I will get that up on the page shortly.
Fantastic episode! I can not find the links you mentioned in the podcast. Also, have you done a blog about whole food support for those struggling with type 2 diabetes and holistic alternatives to drugs like metformin?
Try avivaromm.com/091. Not a blog specifically on that topic, but her book - The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution - could be very helpful.
Try avivaromm.com/091. We just discovered that until we hit 100 episodes, we need to add the zero. The link must be 3 digits!


Jack Ervin Wiles, 73, of Rockwell, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at his residence.
He was born November 18, 1945 in Rowan County, NC to Ervin and Ruby Wiles. Jack served in the United Stated Navy receiving a National Defense Service Medal. Jack graduated from Truck Driving training school in October 1972 and later retired as a Truck Driver for Billings Freight Systems in Lexington.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by daughter Kandy Lorraine Wiles; brother in law, Wayne Goodman; and biological sister, Jean Reeves.
Jack is survived by his wife Patsy Goodman Wiles, whom he married December 31, 1970; son, Chris (Laura) Wiles of Salisbury; three daughters, Patty (Alvin) Shaver of Rockwell, Elaine (Randy) Bowles of Salisbury, and Beverly (Mark) Lottes of Salisbury; sister, Kathy (Chuck) Robinson of Ocean Isle; sisters in law, Dianne (Ray) Goodman of Rockwell and Alice (Chris) Selle of Hartsville, SC; 14 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; constant companion, his dog, Scarlett; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family will greet friends and relatives from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at Powles Staton Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Salisbury, NC with Rev. Don Safrit officiating.
Burial will take place in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery with Military Rites.
The family asked that you wear blue since it was Jack's favorite color. Instead of flowers buy a camilla bush to plant and think of your loved ones when it blooms. Otherwise, memorials may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 205 St. Paul's Church Road, Salisbury, NC 28146 or Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.
Powles Staton Funeral Home of Rockwell, honored provider of Veterans Funeral Care, is assisting the Wiles family. Online condolences may be made at www.powlesfuneralhome.com.
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Walking around Vancouver this past week, I was interested to see the large number of homeless calling downtown Vancouver home. There were folks literally setting up living areas on the sidewalk, some with book shelves, comfortable looking beds, and one even had a little bedroom set up including a side table with a vase and flowers. It solidified my thought that home is where the heart is and got me thinking more about how best to assist individuals whose home and family is and has been the streets. I also gave thought to homelessness and public perception, which led me to putting my thoughts around this on paper.
Having worked with the homeless now for many years, I am constantly met with "they just need to work", "they just don't want to work", "they choose homelessness." To this, I can unequivocally respond that in my almost decade of working with the homeless, I've yet to meet one person who doesn't have a story, leading to the, ohhhhhhhh, I get it moment.
In engaging with the homeless, we have found that most have been met with circumstances well beyond their control, and unsupported trauma, abuse and neglect eventually takes its' toll. So many people have never had access to the support needed to gain forward momentum, and this, combined with today's critical housing shortage, makes housing for some seem next to impossible. Mental health is prevalent, and often leads to self-medication and addiction, which is another aspect of homelessness understandably misunderstood by those who have a different, more fortunate story to tell. Hearing a rough sleeper's story increases awareness around mental health and addiction. I recently challenged one of my clients around his alcohol use. He responded, "you try getting sober when you are living on the street." I get it.
Piers has been very fortunate to have been awarded the opportunity to help community members struggling with housing challenges in West Kelowna. In April, we started the Homeward Program, funded through Canada's Homelessness Partnering Strategy. We work with individuals on matters around housing, employment, and life skills development. We have been thoroughly enjoying working in partnership with the amazing Westbank United Church, who hold Community Lunches daily, to mention only one of the services they offer West Kelowna residents through this busy facility! We are enjoying getting to know West Kelowna's business members and service provider partners. We are finding a strong unity and family feeling in West Kelowna, and we are very thankful to work towards becoming a part of this community!
We are excited by the challenge ahead of us and look forward to reporting good news throughout the duration of this project. 😊 Thanks for welcoming us West Kelowna!


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Quite flabbergasted while looking into the One Pro International (OPI) opportunity. Not quite sure what to do with it. How about you friend? Have you signed up only to discover that OnePro International is nothing more than an incomplete website dashboard.
It appears like an attractive opportunity, showing you the areas that you can earn Philippine Peso by completing a few various tasks in the user dashboard sector.
Maybe we might have to delve deeper into this basic, yet undeveloped program. The next best step will be to investigate any social media pages for news about the One Pro platform so we can try to understand what it does.
Because nothing on this website appears to be working. Something is telling me that OnePro may still be in the early developmental stages. Like I Mean I Didn't even have to use an email address to sign up/sign in to the Dream Builder.
Okay, okay. Let us see what info we can uncover about this mysterious OnePro International – The Dream Builder dashboard shall we!
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What is there really to say about One Pro. How about you enlighten me in the comments section below because by clicking on the 'About Us' link within the website itself does nothing for you.
Not to mention, 'Help' and 'Contact Us' links to pages does not do anything but highlight as you hover over them.
The website's brand and logo looks really awesome by the way. The symbol reminds me of the type of image used at an online casino or something!
Since the currency displayed on the user dashboard is as Philippine Peso – (₱). And the domain names area code ends in .ph. It makes it quite obvious that the One Pro International website is technically targeted for a Filipino audience.
Although it is labelled as OnePro International. Stating International in the brand name, so this company might need to update various currency codes for international users.
One Pro is worth $24,702 in total web asset value. Gets around 5,715 visits / day and ranks in position 244,741 inside the online world of Alexa rank.
I'm simply dumbfounded how this is even possible since there is nothing that can be done inside! Unless it's because I reside in Australia and may possible not permit use for Australian residents.
Since the recent update with the dashboard interface has apparently taken place that could be causing a problem for new users joining One Pro International.
Than again it could simply be a rubbish website that's been running since 2018.
The first impression of the dashboard. It looks user-friendly. Ironically enough, in the navigational area the only tab you can click on is 'Dashboards'.
It automatically disappears roughly after a 1 minute duration. In the top right-hand corner of the dashboard you can see a drop down menu to your account and log out option.
After testing it, you can successfully log out of the dashboard where you will be whisked off to that initial login screen where you only need to insert a user name and password to access the platform.
If One Pro International was a legitimate platform. They would need to have an email attached to everyone's account to keep details more private and secure. Especially since One Pro is involved in financial activities where withdrawing take place.
The One Pro International dashboard needs a considerable amount of work done before it should be accessible by the online population.
By clicking on any of these selections mentioned just now does absolutely nothing!
There are no products listed for sale, reuse or marketable on One Pro International's site. But by checking out their Facebook business pages. There is an image within it's feed that looks like a soap box.
It has branding on the box – One Pro Glutamansi Soap.
In my opinion this is just false advertising. There is no way to make income from One Pro's site at this point in time!
It also says within that One Pro International is an Advertising/marketing company in Quezon City, Philippines.
Do not need an email address to create a profile within.
Free entrance, no apparent costs.
The site doesn't achieve any sort of income or success for it's users.
Looks like an under developed website that can only display the dashboard and nothing else.
Cannot access the About me, Contact me, or Help pages.
I threw together this short article to be sweet and straight to the point. Everything typed was a result of utilising the website from within the dashboard. In the attempt of trying to watch some videos to earn some Philippine peso for something new.
It would have been great to earn some Philippine Peso by viewing short videos online. My intuition tells me that this website might be worth a look back in about a year's time to see if any significant changes, progression has been made.
Hopefully it lives up to the hype and fulfil's what it preaches – earn to watch and earn by referring new members to the OnePro platform.
So Until a Momentous change is Made Here. You Are Better Off Heading Over to a Well Tuned Platform that has over 1.4 million Certified Entrepreneurs Using This to Make a SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME Via the Internet.
Sorry to have disappointed you today. I'm sure you were misled into thinking that you can really earn some Philippine Peso by watching YouTube video Ads and other stuff via One Pro International.
If you know something that I did not mention you feel should be highlighted within this article. Please shed your suggestions below. Really consider clicking over to that recommendation if you want a legitimate place to start with online! Have a grand day buddy.


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WANG, Limei et al. BRD4 inhibition suppresses cell growth, migration and invasion of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma. Biol. Res. [online]. 2017, vol.50, 19. ISSN 0716-9760. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40659-017-0124-9.
Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) inhibition is a new therapeutic strategy for many malignancies. In this study, we aimed to explore the effect of BRD4 inhibition by JQ1 on in vitro cell growth, migration and invasion of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC).
The human normal epithelial cells and SACC cells (ACC-LM and ACC-83) were treated with JQ1 at concentrations of 0, 0.1, 0.5 or 1 μM. Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay was performed to evaluate cell proliferation. Cell apoptosis and cell cycle distribution was evaluated by Flow cytometry. Immunofluorescence staining was used to examine the expression of BRD4 in SACC cells. The quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay and western blot assay were performed to examine messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein levels in SACC cells. Wound- healing assay and transwell assay were used to evaluate the activities of migration and invasion of SACC cells.
JQ1 exhibits no adverse effects on proliferation, cell cycle and cell apoptosis of the normal human epithelial cells, while suppressed proliferation and cell cycle, and induced apoptosis of SACC cells, down-regulated the mRNA and protein levels of BRD4 in SACC cells, meanwhile reduced protein expressions of c-myc and BCL-2, two known target genes of BRD4. Moreover, JQ1 inhibited SACC cell migration and invasion by regulating key epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) characteristics including E-cadherin, Vimentin and Twist.
BRD4 is an important transcription factor in SACC and BRD4 inhibition by JQ1 may be a new strategy for SACC treatment.
Keywords : Salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma; BRD4 inhibition; Proliferation; Migration; Epithelial-mesenchymal transition.


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MWC 349 is a double (likely, triple) star system in the constellation Cygnus.  Its properties are still debated and it may be a massive highly luminous star or a very young less luminous Herbig Ae/Be star.  MWC 349 is also a variable star with the designation V1478 Cygni.

MWC 349A and B and a third star
MWC 349 is a resolved double star, with its components separated by 2.4 arc seconds.  The primary, MWC 349A, is a B[e] star, where the B is the spectral type and the [e] denotes forbidden emission lines.  Its spectrum lacks absorption features and is variable but has been classified as B0-1.5 with a supergiant luminosity class.  The secondary, MWC 349B, is a giant star with a spectral type of B0III.

It has been proposed that there is a third star, of lower mass and closely orbiting MWC 349A, possibly at a distance of 12–13 AU from the primary with a period of 9 years.  Such a star has not been observed but would help to explain some unusual properties of the system.

Features
MWC 349B appears to be a relatively conventional hot giant star, but it is nonetheless very unusual.  It is a supergiant B[e] star, indicating that it is a luminous star with high mass loss and a disc of surrounding material.  These features are shared by pre-main-sequence stars and evolved very massive stars, and it is unclear which category MWC 349A falls into.

MWC 349 is one of the brightest radio sources in the sky and 2 cm observations show a prominent hourglass nebula.  It also has a very faint infrared nebula with the same orientation and geometry, but 400 times larger (5 parsecs across).  It is extremely unusual in showing hydrogen recombination masers and lasers, interpreted as originating in the disc.

One theory is that MWC 349A is a highly luminous evolved star similar to a luminous blue variable (LBV), with an absolute magnitude somewhere between −6.7 and −7.3, and a bolometric luminosity several hundred thousand times that of the sun.  It is a variable star and the General Catalogue of Variable Stars lists it as an S Doradus variable due to its erratic brightness and spectral changes.  The distant association with MWC 349B and its remoteness from the dense star-forming regions that would normally host such luminous stars is unusual.  One possibility is that the whole system was ejected from Cygnus OB2 and the two components have since become unbound due to mass loss from MWC 349A.

The alternative theory is that MWC 349A is still condensing onto the main sequence.  It is still a massive star surrounded by a disc of material but that material was not ejected from the star, and the luminosity is lower than would be the case for a more massive evolved star.  The compact nature of the material absorbing and re-radiating much of the stars output suggests that it is unlikely to be extremely luminous.

Origin
MWC 349 may be a runaway star ejected from the nearby, massive Cygnus OB2 association. The mass of the main component of the system, MWC 349A, is assumed to have been when the star was born 40 times the mass of the Sun, but stellar evolution left it with just 20-25 solar masses, destabilizing the system and causing MWC 349B to no longer be gravitationally bound.

References

Further reading

External links
 MWC 349A: A hot edge-on disk
 SCIENTISTS DISCOVER FIRST NATURAL LASER IN SPACE

B-type giants
B(e) stars
Runaway stars
Radio stars (astronomy)

Cygnus (constellation)
IRAS catalogue objects
Cygni, V1478
J20324553+4039366

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This Brother Drum Unit can be known by the manufacturer's code, DR3115.
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Nepal tweaker Lamichhane added to ICC World XI squad
Dubai, May 16: Nepal wrist-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane was on Wednesday added to the ICC World XI squad for the May 31 T20I against the West Indies.`The match will be played at Lord's and all the proceeds will be used to redevelop the stadia in the Caribbean which were damaged due to hurricanes last year.Lamichhane, 17, will join a star-studded line-up, which also comprises Eoin Morgan (captain), Shahid Afridi, Tamim Iqbal, Dinesh Karthik, Rashid Khan, Mitchell McClenaghan, Shoaib Malik, Hardik Pandya, Thisara Perera and Luke Ronchi against the ICC World Twenty20 champion side, which includes the likes of Samuel Badree, Carlos Brathwaite, Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Marlon Samuels and Andre Russell.Lamichhane was spotted by then Nepal coach Pubudu Dassanayake in 2014 and first represented Nepal in the ICC Under19 Cricket World Cup 2016 in which he took 16 wickets.In the historic MCC versus Nepal match at Lord's in July 2016, Lamichhane had figures of one for 25 as the visitors successfully defended 217/8, bowling out the hosts for 176 in 47.2 overs.Lamichhane claimed 17 wickets in six ICC World Cricket League Division Two matches in Namibia earlier this year in February and then followed up with 13 wickets in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in March to help Nepal finish eighth and with it earn ODI status until 2022.Success continued to follow for Lamichhane when he became the first Nepal player to be picked in the IPL 2018 auction when he was signed up by Delhi Daredevils. He justified his selection when he returned figures of one for 25 on his debut against the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore.Reacting to the news of his inclusion in the ICC World XI, Lamichhane said: "I am privileged to have been chosen to be part of the ICC World XI against the Windies. It is an honour for the entire country and passionate followers of Nepal cricket, as well as an indicator that we are making our mark on the international game.""Training, sharing the dressing room and playing with some of the trend-setters who we saw on television while growing up is something I look forward to. This is an opportunity for me to learn and improve, and I am committed to cashing in on this."What can I say about Lord's, it's the Home of Cricket, it's a complete history of cricket and a dream venue for any cricketer. To play there in 2016 was a memorable occasion, which I look forward to reliving later this month. "I hope I will continue to get opportunities in future which, in turn, will help me improve my skills as well as my country to strengthen its position on the world cricket map," he added.Meanwhile, Bangladesh star Shakib Al Hasan has withdrawn from the match due to personal reasons and his replacement will be announced soon.


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Q: For loop not incrementing if I multiply the increment in golang I was assuming I can use any operator to increment the incrementing variable in for loop. Looks like it's not the case. Following code loops for ever.
import (
    "fmt"
)

func main() {
    for i:=0; i<10; i=i*2{
    fmt.Println(i)
    }
}

go playground
Following code works fine.
import (
    "fmt"
)

func main() {
    for i:=0; i<10; i=i+2{
    fmt.Println(i)
    }
}

A: Your loop starts at i := 0, so you are just continuously doing i := 0 * 2, so you get an infinite loop (as you should), since 0 < 10 and i never actually gets bigger.

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Who is the Social State?
If you ever want to catch my ear, just start talking about government use of social media. It is a fascinating cornucopia of opportunities for applied research and practical policy work. This thought-provoking post by Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene over on Governing motivated me to post my first blog topic, to continue this conversation into one of my areas of interest–the person(s) and policies behind the profile. I'll keep this relatively short, more questions than answers, something get my thoughts out now and revisit later.
Social media and social networks existed long before the Internet. However, the long arm of the Internet's reach and speed has given rise to communities of digital media unlike anything we've ever known. Seven in ten people in the US use social media, 8 in 10 people age 49 and under. Government has also jumped on this ubiquitous communication train. Public administrators and legislators at every level engage the public, stakeholders, and each other.
Some in government hopped onto social media platforms as a natural extension of their duties, such as with legislators or administrators within public-facing offices. Others saw social media as "part of the presidential mandate: 'We had to use social media to accomplish the goals of the Open Government and Transparency initiative.'"  When done right, social media allows members of government to increase transparency, accountability, and increase civic engagement through greater public consultation and participatory democracy. But what does it mean to do it right?
Operating social media differs for individuals, non-governmental organizations, and government. Individuals are bound only by the terms and conditions of the particular social media platform. Organizations may have an additional layer of social media use policies. Government policies vary by office, but may have many additional layers such as communication data retention (archiving). Doing it right, at least for government, starts with following these policies and procedures; yet the lack of uniform policy standards creates a veritable wild west of government social media use.
How to get it right, whether it is social media or anything else, is a billion dollar question and way too broad. Despite the additional communication and data policy layers that accompany government, many of the following considerations are also valid for private companies and nonprofit organizations. Additionally, although I say social media, most of these thoughts could equally apply to conversations about email policy.
I would start at the beginning, start with the social media account profile. Is the account an official government account or an individual/personal account used wholly or in part for official purposes? We can look to our two most recent US presidents Twitter presence as a perfect example. President Obama frequently used the @POTUS account for his presidential executive activity and his @BarackObama account for personal and political party activity. President Trump conducts most of his presidential communications via his @realDonaldTrump personal account. He took over control of the official @POTUS account, but primarily uses it far less frequently and mostly to retweet instead of posting original content. These two different approaches carry real implications for communications and data management and policy.
From an institutional perspective, setting policy to prevent using personal social media accounts for official government helps alleviate concerns about account continuity between elected officials and administrators. In the case of the two US presidents, they agreed to clear all of the Obama-era @POTUS tweets from the account and start the Trump administration with a clean tweet slate. This may or may not become practice between future presidential administrations. However, many other official administration accounts preserve their posts between staff changes.
These practices vary and can become more complicated for elected officials in state and local executive and legislative offices. In some cases, official accounts are created, but those accounts are personalized to the officer holder. In the case of my local Washington DC, the current mayor, Murial Bowser, has the Twitter account of @MayorBowser for her official mayoral business and a separate account @MurielBowser for her personal and political campaign business. Additionally, she has the @TeamMuriel for the mayoral executive office communications on behalf of @MayorBowser. For each of these official and personal accounts, she includes her first and/or last name. This allows the personalized touch that might be appreciated by her constituents, but does not lend well for once she is out of office. On one hand, the next mayor will likely need to create new accounts to differentiate her/himself, possibly following the same personalized account name trend for all of its pros and cons. Furthermore, it is not customary to use the mayor honorific to former mayors, and so continued usage of these personalized official accounts may confuse those not familiar with the current landscape of government officials, as in the case of former DC Mayor Vincent Gray and his still active @mayorvincegray account.
In addition to any challenges faced by isolating official and personal social media account names, several other questions arise that pertain to the usage of those accounts. How do we address data retention in these accounts? For example, should government officials that use personal accounts for official business be able to delete social media posts without running afoul of data archiving policies? Similarly, what are the implications and repercussions of first amendment rights if a government official blocks the social media accounts of a dissenter? Does it matter, and if so then how, if that blockage occurred on a personal or official government account?
 p.33 from Allenby, Brad. (2015). Emerging technologies and the future of humanity. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 71(6): 29-38.
 p.126 from Mergel, Ines. (2013). Social media adoption and resulting tactics in the U.S. federal government. Government Information Quarterly 30 (2): 123–30. doi:10.1016/j.giq.2012.12.004.


The full Montgomery County Council holds is holding a worksession on the draft Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan. This is the full Council's first opportunity to comment upon and make changes to the plan. Please see RCA's letter to the Council outlining key issues and concerns.
The Rollingwood Citizens Association has remained actively engaged in the planning process for redevelopment of Chevy Chase Lake. We have advocated on behalf of our individual neighborhood concerns as well as through membership in the Connecticut Avenue Corridor Committee (CACC). The CACC is the coalition of "inside-the-beltway-communities" along Connecticut Avenue that was formed to speak with a unified voice.
This week, the Montgomery County Council's Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee met again to discuss how to proceed with the Chevy Chase Lake redevelopment. Overall significant progress has been made, but the work isn't complete.
There is much to be pleased about and some things to continue to worry about. Areas of disagreement include the phasing of the Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) property along Chevy Chase Lake Drive, the height of their tall building and the building of a new road connecting Manor Road to Chevy Chase Lake Drive, and the Chevy Chase Land Company's 120 foot building in in Phase 1 prior to Purple Line construction.
The full Council will be taking up the discussion on July 9nd and this will be the final substantive review of the proposed plan. Therefore, comments should be provided by July 4th or 5th.
Even for those of us who have been deeply involved in the process, we recognize that Chevy Chase Lake issues are complex and numerous. At the same time, any and all comments to the County Council are welcome and encouraged. We have been asked that comments to the Councilmembers be simple and to the point.
1) Retention of the two section map amendments (a two phased approach).
2) Reduction of the Phase I Chevy Chase Lake 150 foot building to 120 feet (down from the Land Company's proposed 130 "compromise").
3) Change for Newdale Mews to 45 feet and only Phase II.
4) Acceptance of the HOC's new proposal which includes overall reductions in property densities and heights on the eastern portion of property, the continuation of the new road from the Chevy Chase Phase I property on the HOC site connecting to Chevy Chase Lake Drive, the addition of a park further to the west of the property. Against the HOC wishes, they voted 2-1 to retain the development in Phase II.
5) Acceptance of the zoning on the Chevy Chase Land Company's 8401Connecticut Avenue property at a FAR 4.0 and a height of 150 feet.
6) Discussion of traffic: while a few intersection improvements are being contemplated, the real way they plan to address the issue is to just raise the bar for "failing".
On March 5th, the Montgomery County Council held a public hearing on the Planning Board's recommended Sector Plan for Chevy Chase Lake.
The Sector Plan proposes major redevelopment of Chevy Chase Lake on both sides of Connecticut Avenue. Redevelopment presents both opportunities and challenges. The project will provide neighborhood-serving retail opportunities, new housing options, open space, and other amenities. At the same time, Connecticut Avenue is already highly congested, neighborhood schools are over-crowded, and overly-large buildings could overwhelm the residential character of the Chevy Chase Lake area. Achieving proper balance is key to compatible growth.
Throughout the planning process, RCA has worked closely with our neighbors to communicate community concerns. In general, neighboring communities support a development of moderate scale in two phases. Phase One would involve smaller-scale development of the shopping center at Chevy Chase Lake East. The larger development would occur in Phase Two once there is certainly with respect to the Purple Line. Because Rollingwood is somewhat separated from Chevy Chase Lake, RCA also supports amenities providing greater connectivity to our community. RCA's full comments are posted here.
At the direction of the County Council, the County Planning Board is updating the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan. This review will likely result in major changes in permitted residential and commercial density as well as traffic.
Current Zoning Conditions: Under the current zoning plan adopted in 1990, there is a potential for 780,449 sq feet of commercial development (office, retail & other) with 518,551 sq feet of that currently built. Similarly, there is a potential for 2,332 dwelling units (single family detached, attached and multi-family) with 1,319 currently built.
Potential Changes: During their review, county government planners will examine both commercial and residential zoning density. It is likely that significant changes will be made to the 1990 plan including far greater densities, taller buildings, and a complete change in the type of retail services offered. Traffic congestion will increase, possibly leading to pressure to widen Connecticut Avenue and other roads. See more detail here.
The planners will be looking at 'smart growth' principles and new urban zoning approaches to support significant and far-reaching changes to this area.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission have yet to present specific proposals for their properties. The other properties — owned by the Chevy Chase Land Company — will be developed in phases. The residential properties in yellow are expected to be included in a later phase.
Connecticut Avenue Corridor Committee: RCA has joined with twenty-two directly affected communities listed below to form the the "Connecticut Avenue Corridor Committee" (CACC) to engage in the planning process and to assure the best possible outcome for the communities surrounding the Chevy Chase Lake.
3) the amount, nature and placement of any proposed increased density.
What can you do to have a impact on this process? It is important to follow this issue and let our community leaders know your concerns and the concerns of Rollingwood. In particular, there will be critical times for individuals to write in and/or testify. We will let you know when, where and how.


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Q: Pdo insert multiple rows by number I have little problem and i have no idea how to make it work.
I want to make query that inserts rows by number.
Example:
If posted number is 8 then query adds 8 rows.
Any idea how to do it with pdo?

A: SQL
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With a life-long interest in art and science, Carole Wray holds a BS in Chemistry from Pitt, and has worked in university labs at Pitt, CMU, and Birmingham University in England. She has taken classes in art at Carnegie Mellon, and PCA, along with various watercolor and print workshops throughout the US. A potter since 1975, Carole has taught wheel throwing at PCA.
Carole is also a mother of three and grandmother of four, and an avid gardener.


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'Open season for violence': Fury over woke Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg who WON'T prosecute criminals
Australia Covid-19: Parents push for longer school holidays to get children jabbed
There is growing backlash over the progressive new Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his shockingly soft stance on crime that was revealed on Monday in a memo to his staff, less than a week after new Mayor Eric Adams took office.
Bragg, the newly minted prosecutor of the Big Apple's main borough, sent a memo to his staff Monday announcing that he 'will not seek carceral' sentences for criminals, unless they were guilty of murder or a handful of other crimes he deems serious enough to jail a criminal for.
Among his sweeping changes is that prosecutors should ditch felony armed robbery charges and instead charge suspects with petit larceny – a misdemeanor which carries a maximum of one year in prison – even if a weapon is involved 'if do not create a genuine risk of physical harm.'
Burglaries won't be prosecuted as burglaries if the burglar steals from a storage unit or outdoor property that isn't connected to a 'living' dwelling, and lesser crimes like prostitution, turnstile jumping, weapons possession (of non-firearms) and marijuana possession won't be prosecuted at all.
Drug dealers will not be prosecuted for felony crimes unless they commit others, on top of drug dealing and prison should be a 'last resort', despite the mounting number of violent crimes being committed on the streets of New York by repeat offenders who have been let out of jail early.
NYPD unions, New York Republicans and angry residents now fear how much worse the city's crime problem can possibly get with a prosecutor who refuses to go after the criminals they fear.
'Why doesn't Bragg just give the drug dealers business cards telling everyone they're open for business, what their hours are, and what they charge?' Detectives Endowment Association President Paul DiGiacomo said in a statement on Wednesday.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has vowed not to prosecute some violent crimes and downgrade felonies like armed robberies to the misdemeanor petit larceny if there isn't a 'genuine threat', even if a weapon is involved
'Alvin Bragg's memo to his staff specifying his prosecution policy will result in more crime and increased shootings.
'Where there are drugs, there are guns. D.A. Bragg has made himself the police, the judge and the jury.'
Curtis Sliwa, the Republican Mayoral Candidate who ran against Adams but was defeated, told DailyMail.com on Wednesday: 'It's an advertisement for criminals,' he said. 'Come to Manhattan.'
In an earlier appearance on Newsmax, he said it created an 'open season' for criminals and that Adams – who promised to be tough on crime – needed to come down harder on his new DA.
Beware of Eric Adams who says one thing and then immediately embraces the guy who is advertising: 'come to the borough of Manhattan and commit crime.
Republican Mayoral Candidate Curtis Sliwa
'Beware of Eric Adams who says one thing and then immediately embraces the guy who is advertising: 'come to the borough of Manhattan and commit crime.
'It's open season.
'That means smash and grabs, that means shoplifting, armed robbery, somebody can put a gun to your head as a tourist and guess what, he gets a desk appearance ticket.
'Eric Adams can't have it both ways.'
The Police Benevolent Association president Patrick J. Lynch, who leads the nearly 24,000-member union, said that has 'serious concerns' over the new policies.
'Police officers don't want to be sent out to enforce laws that the district attorneys won't prosecute.
'There are already too many people who believe that they can commit crimes, resist arrest, interfere with police officers and face zero consequences.'
The Detectives' Endowment Association released this statement saying he might as well give the criminals business cards
Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch said he has 'serious concerns'
The union chief said he hoped that Bragg would sit down with the leaders from his union to discuss the changes.
'We must all pull together towards one goal: a safer New York City.'
NYGOP Chairman Nick Langworthy called the policy 'pure insanity'.
'I fear for the safety of New York residents, businesses owners and tourists. They tried the same reforms in San Francisco that focused on decarceration and what you see very fast is a descent into a free-for-all.'
Richie Greenberg, former mayoral candidate in San Francisco
'This policy is pure insanity by a Soros-funded, woke DA who is opening the door for even more crime and chaos on New York City streets.
'This, on top of Democrats' end to cash bail, will have deadly results and send even more residents, businesses and tourists fleeing.
'This is a damning reminder that elections have consequences,' he told DailyMail.com.
Richie Greenberg, a former mayoral candidate in San Francisco who is now spearheading the effort to remove Chesa Boudin, the city's prosecutor who has abolished cash bail, said he feared for the people of New York.
'I fear for the safety of New York residents, businesses owners and tourists.
'They tried the same reforms in San Francisco that focused on decarceration and what you see very fast is a descent into a free-for-all.'
'Criminals come from all around to prey on businesses and the people of San Francisco,' he said.
'Beware of Eric Adams who says one thing and then immediately embraces the guy who is advertising: 'come to the borough of Manhattan and commit crime' said Adams' former opponent, Curtis Sliwa
Crime in New York City is so bad that the Mayor Eric Adams called 911 himself this week after watching two men brawl in the street
ALVIN BRAGG'S MEMO PROMISING NOT TO JAIL CRIMINALS AND ONLY USE PRISON AS A 'LAST RESORT'
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Bragg's memo said he would seek 'alternatives' to jailtime for misdemeanors, and that some felonies should be downgraded to misdemeanors so that the suspects who commit them can escape custody.
It was a shock to some of those who voted for Adams on his promise that he would crack down on the city's worsening crime problem.
The new Mayor has not commented on the criticism of Bragg's memo.
On Wednesday, Bragg tried to offer reassurances that he would only let non-violent criminals who stole 'toothpaste' or 'bread'.
'We will be tough when we need to be, but we will not be seeking to destroy lives through unnecessary incarceration.
New York City is currently experiencing soaring crime rates and an increase in shooting incidents not seen since the mid-2000s
'In practical terms that means: I've prosecuted gun cases and if you use a gun to rob a store, or any armed robbery, you will be prosecuted. I've prosecuted cases involving assaulting law enforcement, and if you punch a police officer, you will be prosecuted.
'But if you are houseless with an addiction problem and you steal toothpaste and some bread, you will be diverted for treatment to help break the cycle of recidivism.'
He did not clarify the extent to which the criminals would be prosecuted, or if he would seek jail term for them.
The most recent crime stats put out by the NYPD show that crime continues to tick up in the new year.
The first homicide of 2022 in NYC: A woman was stabbed to death near a diner in Astoria, Queens on New Year's Day at 9pm
Compared to last year major crimes, which include murder, rape, robbery, felony assault and others, have jumped 38 per cent for the week of December 27 to January 2.
There have been fewer murders in that period – five to last year's 10 during the same period – but grand larceny spiked 84 percent, rape is up 35 percent and robber climbed 21 percent.
Crime is only up about two percent compared to two years ago, but 15 percent higher than last decade.
New Mayor Eric Adams endorsed Bragg for Manhattan prosecutor and claimed on Monday that his policies would help reduce crime.
Adams was an attractive choice for many voters because of his repeated promises to crack down on crime and bring back plain clothes units to disband gangs and tackle gun violence.
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What Should You Do with an Old Life-Insurance Policy?
Life insurance is easy to forget when you don't need it. As you near retirement, it might be a good time to reevaluate your needs. Is your old policy – possibly purchased decades ago – still serving a purpose?
Life insurance is important as we start our adult lives – get married, buy homes, have children. That's because we want to provide for our loved ones should a tragic accident or illness prohibit us from providing financial assistance.
But then life goes on. Our children grow up. We pay off our mortgages. We retire, and we're living (hopefully) comfortable lives provided by our Social Security income and retirement savings. But we have these old life-insurance policies, and we're still paying premiums for them. What should we do?
One option is to simply stop paying premiums and let the policy lapse. The money you paid in premiums could be used in a number of other ways that are more beneficial given your current life circumstances.
For example, you could use the proceeds to pay down any debt you have. You could use the money to add to your nest egg, investing it in a manner that will, hopefully, grow over time.
Or you could invest it in long-term care insurance (or a dedicated "rainy day" fund to be used for long-term expenses, should you need them as you age).
Of course, the policy may still benefit you. Just because you have no children living at home doesn't mean you don't need life insurance. Think of all the ways the people in your life could be affected by your death, and ask yourself how your life-insurance proceeds would help them.
If you can come up with enough ways, it might be worth keeping your policy in effect and reevaluating in another one to five years.


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"I'd be happy with third" Andy Murray reveals surprise aspiration for tournament return
Andy Murray, former World no.1, has said he's targeting a third place finish in his group of four players at the 'Battle of the Brits'
Andy Murray is renowned for his dry, sarcastic sense of humour so maybe he wasn't being 100% truthful when he announced that his target for the group stage of the 'Battle of the Brits' was to finish third out of four.
Murray was speaking to his brother Jamie immediately after the draw for this new event when he said, "I'm looking to finish third in my group. I'd be happy with that"
Murray has been drawn in the Tim Henman Group with: James Ward (#273), Liam Broady (#211), Andy Murray (#129), and Kyle Edmund (#44)
The other group is named after Greg Rusedski and features: Jack Draper (#285), Jay Clarke (#167), Cameron Norrie (#77), and Dan Evans (#28).
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The Cloud9 service is a cloud based SaaS solution (Software-as-a-Service).
As Cloud9 is delivered as a service there is no requirement for capital outlay relating to hardware, software licensing or additional IT infrastructure. The service is completely web based. An internet connection is all the infrastructure you need. Due to Cloud Computing technology, all software updates or new functionality is instantly available to our clients.


There are many reasons people want their dogs get trained. Dogs can be trained for pleasure, some are trained as specialized hunting dogs, work, pleasurable house pets. Dogs are generally known to want little more than to please their owner. This is one of the reasons that they will make a great companion and pet. The following article here gives you some advice and tips when it comes time to train your loyal mutt.
Rewarding dogs properly and generously is important when it comes to training them. Giving your dog treats at the right time and with the proper amount is crucial. This is because a dog does not always understand what it is being rewarded for when they do not receive their treat at the right time.
Establish a calm environment when you enter a room your dog is in. It is okay to have play time, but remember to stay relaxed.
The first thing your dog. You must command your dog's respect by being able to maintain discipline, or your dog is unlikely to obey.Always walk ahead of your dog when you go on walks, because this is the position to show leadership.
Limit the time of training sessions with your dog so he doesn't lose focus. Spending too much time just on one aspect of training will start to bore your dog and waste your efforts. Try to keep the initial training sessions limited to about 10 minutes.
Make training with your dog enjoy the daily training. Taking some time to have fun with your dog makes your dog like you more, and your dog will be more likely to respond well to training. Training can be pretty fun, but you should set aside some real "play time" as well.
Exercise your dog for at least an hour each day in addition to its regular outside potty breaks outside. A dog who has received plenty of exercise and have fun will be much easier to manage.
You must be firm during dog in order to train it effectively.This fosters a strong bond during your dog.
Use your puppy's name as much as you speak. By using his name all the time in the first month of having our dog, your puppy will learn that this sound is in reference to him. Choose a short name that is easily recognizable from other terms.
Anxiety is frequently the cause of destructive behavior like chewing or clawing. If you give the dog a chew toy and put him in the safety of a dog crate, your dog and your house will stay safe.
Learn your dog communicates in order to prevent accidents inside. Dogs will let you know when they need to heed nature's call.By knowing this pattern, you could take your pet outside right away, which teaches him appropriate behaviors. House training will be so much simpler when you can be sensitive to your dog.
As you can see, dogs are trained for a variety of different reasons and applications. Everyone knows that dogs have a strong desire to please. A dog that is trained properly will be give you fulfillment and joy in your life. The information that has been provided in the article should help you learn how to train your beloved dog.


Care of a baby. Do I want to bring down a temperature of a child?
In an effort to help your newborn and trying to ease his suffering, moms and dads often make lots of mistakes. One of them - a overwhelming desire to bring down a temperature each time it appears. But in doing how, we are instead to be harmful newborn's aging body. After all, with a temperature it is struggling with a variety of viruses and bacteria.
Temperature increase in disease indicates that a immune system is involved in the work and fight microbes invaders. If the baby has no fever, so you must pay note to its immunity: this is not good.
How, you must understand a following: pathogenic viruses and bacteria may be killed only at high temperature. And for that, it need go up so much so up to 38.5 oC.
However, there is another point of view: a temperature is much dangerous and may kill viruses, however mentioned, you say, even at a temperature of 40 ° C and above, they are yet quite viable. But increases a risk of multiple complications in a nervous and hematopoietic systems. Of complications due to receive antipyretics said, unfortunately, much less. But a risk in this case is much better. In addition, interferon, infection-fighting, yet produced only at high temperatures, and in fact larger amounts than a aging body temperature above - it's a fact.
In fact, this matter is quite complex and there are much of arguments and counter-arguments on both sides. Most likely, you will do how you consult a medical man. Most moms and dads select to shoot down the temperature: so it is easier psychologically. But we still recommend to focus on a child, if he feels lovely, playing, having fun, give the possibility of the aging body to fight a infection on your own. Otherwise you will possess to resort to drugs each time he would be sick.
You must not worry too much and worry approximately it: little children much easier to tolerate higher temperature than adults. Frequently, even rising above 40 degrees, it does not represent a threat to them. Still, there are times when you must to do: too big a temperature may actually be dangerous, especially for infants.


White Cube. London. A massive gallery welcoming 2 artists : Robert Irwin and Cerith Wyn Evans. Both playing with neon sculptures and perception.
Upon entering the room displaying Cerith Wyn Evans' installation there's a pause; a hesitation. I need to take the time to process what's going on here. 3 neon sculptures hanging from the wall and 2 palm trees slowly rotating.
3 neon sculptures hanging from the wall and 2 palm trees slowly rotating.
The sculpture on the left oddly makes sense. 3 circles and a shape that looks like a star. Elements which remind me of how planets are aligned. It's a sort of scaled neon galaxy, which has been interpreted by Cerith Wyn Evans here.
The press release which I got from the entrance of the gallery explains the inspirations for the design of the sculptures. I honestly tried to understand everything, from the Japanese Noh theatre influence to Marcel Duchamp's "Oculist Witnesses", "The bride stripped bare by her bachelors' and the 'Illuminating Gas'. I just researched the 'Oculist Witnesses' and found out that the 3 elliptical rings and the circle were mimicking symbols from a commercial eye test.
Failing to understand precisely the artist's intents within his work; I made the decision to deliver my understanding, perception and personal interpretation.
The sculptures create attraction. Not because of what they represent, circles, zigzags or lines. But because of the materials used to fabricate the details. Transparent glass tubes filled up with a smokey gaz.
Transparent glass tubes filled up with a smokey gaz.
Each tube is lit up. From up close, I can perceive a combustion system with a small flame. It's technical. I'm impressed and I try to imagine how complicated creating and setting up this sculpture must have been. My emotions altered as I moved closer to the piece. Amazed, intrigued and curious. All I wanted was to rush home and find the artist's motives and explanations.
This art is different. It's meant to be admired and contemplated from every possible angle by walking around the pieces. And to stop wanting to know more and everything. A concept I found tough to fight.


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What should be the strategy to run Junits on the application that has two different ejb modules under same EAR.
I have two modules in the Enterprise archive.
Module 1 - is a common uitlities code used by module 2. It contain singleton EJB's and other EJB's.
I tried to create archive for the module 1 and deploy it using arquillian, it creates jar but does nothing after that. it doesnt display any error in the log, so I am unable to determine whats going wrong. The only logs I see is Server start up log and after that System.out statement that I print in the createDeployment method.
I can one file getting created under standalone/data/content folder, but it doensnt get deployed. I dont see anything new under deployments folder.
Any idea whats going wrong here.
What should be the strategy to run Junits on the application that has two different ejb modules under same EAR ? Are there any steps which I should be following ?
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I didn't want to move to Bushwick. I felt like I was too old, didn't have enough tattoos, and was wary of being smack in the middle of an extremely strong wave of gentrification.
But, the price was right, we were near a train, and we had a "backyard", which I affectionally call the "prison yard" due to its small size, lack of grass, and high walls on all four sides. So my partner and me began building our first home together and it was going swell.
Then I hurt my back, badly, after returning from our first vacation in 5 years. I was laid up and frustrated and feeling sorry for myself. I missed people. So I decided that, when I was back on my feet, I would go out and meet my neighbors.
In January of 2019, The New York Times wrote about this personal project of mine. I am very, very grateful to everyone who allowed me to photograph them. I'm equally grateful to my neighbors who didn't say yes to being photographed, but still hung out with me.
This is a simple project. I'm not trying to say anything specific here. I just wanted to meet and hang out and, if they were cool with it, photograph my neighbors. And guess what? They were awesome. I've always been optimistic about my fellow human being, and this project was a great reminder of its easier than it looks to relate to strangers.
I'm really looking forward to meeting more neighbors in 2019.


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What They Dreamed Be Ours To Do – September 7, 2008, Homecoming
September 21, 2010 by Rev. Frank Hall - Minister Emeritus
One of my favorite hymns, Rank by Rank, closes with the line: "…guard we well the crown they won; what they dreamed be ours to do, hope their hopes, and seal them true."
It's easy to take our freedoms for granted, so it's good to be reminded that those freedoms, including religious freedom, didn't come without struggle and sacrifice: it was, indeed, a 'crown they won,' and we must stand guard lest it be stolen! Freedom is all about choice, and freedom to choose is always at risk.
At this annual service of rededication I think first of the folks who got together 59 years ago, meeting at first in one another's homes in Bridgeport, Fairfield and Westport — their numbers grew so they rented space in the Women's Club in Westport, which they soon outgrew and moved to the Saugatuck School where they continued to grow into The First Unitarian Church in Fairfield County. Finally they acquired the land we're on today and built this wonderful sanctuary.
(After the merger of Unitarians and Universalists in 1961 the name had to be changed, since there had been a Universalist congregation in Stamford since 1841. We became the Unitarian Church in Westport, drawing members from all over Fairfield County and beyond.)
I don't know precisely what the original dozen or so folks dreamed, but I like to think that somewhere, in some of their minds, their dream included what we have here in this sanctuary today – not necessarily in detail, with glass walls looking into the woods and banked by a serene memorial garden – but they dreamed of having a home of their own that they would be proud to leave for future generations. They did that!
Our pulpit has been refurbished, and when it was brought back into the sanctuary by the craftsman who shared in the work, he looked at the sanctuary and simply said, "Wow!"
The hymn says, 'What they dreamed be ours to do.' While their dream included having land and buildings, that's not the essence of the dream. The essence of their dream, I believe, was about creating a caring, compassionate community – people of various religious backgrounds, or no religious background…people who could overcome differences that might divide, and find the common ground of caring that has characterized this congregation from the start.
That kind of caring and compassionate community needs to be nurtured, and where there are cracks in the wall, we need to fix them; where there are gaps in communication, we need to fix them; where there are people out there who are in need of this kind of religious community, we need to welcome them.
That's what I see in the phrase: 'what they dreamed be ours to do.' It is at once an inspiration and at the same time it is a challenging, demanding responsibility. That's what we need to be doing – that's what they hoped, and it's a hope we share.
Today we re-dedicate ourselves to the essential purposes of this religious community, inspired by those who came before and responsible to those who will follow us.
I think back to our 19th century forebears who dreamed of a religion that was not mired in old creeds and confining dogma, that saw Jesus as fully human and located the divine spark within every person as the potential for love and compassion; so they were called Unitarian, saying that God is One, not three.
I think back to our 18th century forebears who refused to accept the idea of hell as a place of punishment to be feared in an imagined afterlife, asserting that God was a God of love, not of punishment, who would not create such a place. So they were called Universalists, saying that all souls are saved, in the sense that none are eternally separated from God.
Today we are reminded of the roots of our religious faith; we are reminded that we carry the torch of religious freedom, and the responsibility to provide leadership in religion's new frontier, weaving science and faith, history and mythologies that speak to both head and heart.
It's not enough to support the teaching of Darwin's discoveries about the evolution of life on our planet – of course we support every step that science takes along the road toward living out our human potential. But along the way we need to be sensitive to the feelings of loss that many people in the traditional religious community feel – science sometimes threatens to undermine the foundation on which they've built their faith, and that faith system has sustained so many for so long.
It's not enough for us to predict 'the end of faith,' (Sam Harris) or to say that we have to 'break the spell,' (Daniel Dennett) or to declare that God is a 'delusion.' (Richard Dawkins), even while we understand those sentiments.
It's not enough to dismiss the picture of the old anthropomorphic gods that the religions have painted over the centuries – we need to fill the gap with a concept of God that's compatible with our rational minds; we need to embrace an idea of the divine that dwells within each of us, and among us, and in all of Nature; something worthy of our praise, worthy of our respect – a concept that does not compromise the rational mind, but neither should it deny that thoughtful, intelligent people are supported and sustained by stories and pictures provided by the so-called Abrahamic faith, a belief system whose foundational story is shared by Jews, Christians and Muslims.
It's a tall order. We have our work cut out for us.
'What they dreamed be ours to do.' They dreamed of a religious community characterized by a genuine sense of caring and compassion for one another as our primary religious task.
They dreamed of a religious faith that embraces science at its best, including the best science of the mind – to better understand what makes us tick and why we humans invented all the religions to begin with.
They dreamed of a religious community committed to social outreach as summarized in that famous passage from Matthew 25 where Jesus tells his friends that whatever they have done for others – whom he referred to as 'the least of these' – you have done it to me. That's an important part of what we need to do: to feed the hungry, to help the homeless, to visit those who are sick or confined, and to know that doing so touches something sacred, since the divine spark animates every person and every creature.
May this time together today inspire us to do whatever we can to keep that dream alive – it was their dream, and it is the dream we are here to share.
I want to express my appreciation for the great staff who serves this congregation, starting with Ed Thompson, our dean – he's been here for over 30 years; And Margie Allen our Associate Minister, Debra Haffner our Community Minister, Perry Montrose, our Director of Religious Education, David Vita our Director of Social Justice, Jamie Forbes our Director of Youth Outreach, Jan Braunle and John Carroll our Administrators and, of course, Bobby Santiago, our Sexton
Finally let me add a word of thanks to our Board of Trustees and all the committees and lay volunteers who make it all happen. One of the things they dreamed is that this would, in a memorable phrase from 19th century Unitarian minister Theodore Parker, a congregation 'of all the people, by all the people and for all the people.' Lincoln borrowed the phrase and we take it out from time to time to remind one another that this congregation is 'owned and operated' by its members.
What they dreamed be ours to do!
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