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Save rats? Kill people? GE looking for ways to further research
9 July 2009 10 July 2009 TBLeave a comment
From CNSNews.com comes this story about GE Healthcare, a subsidary of General Electric, and its efforts to use embryonic stem cell research to test drug toxicity and spare poor lab rats:
On June 30, GE Healthcare and Geron Corporation announced a multi-year alliance where Geron will provide GE scientists with an undisclosed amount of human embryonic stem cells.
The human cells will be used "to develop and commercialize cellular assay products derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) for use in drug discovery, development and toxicity screening," according to a news release.
GE Healthcare, which is based in Britain, hopes that human embryonic testing will spare lab rats from having potentially toxic drugs in or on the animals.
"This could replace, to a large extent, animal trials," Konstantin Fiedler, general manager of cell technologies at GE Healthcare, told Reuters.
"Once you have human cells and you can get them in a standardized way, like you get right now, your lab rats in a standardized way, you can actually do those experiments on those cells," he added.
But this is all nonsense, says Dr. David Prentice, senior fellow for life science at the Family Research Council:
[Prentice said] that embryos must be killed before stem cells can be derived from them for research purposes.
"Human embryonic stem cell research is ethically irresponsible and scientifically unworthy, as well as useless for patients," Prentice said.
Prentice explained that General Electric's optimism in saving lab animals from testing by using hESCs is also largely unfounded.
"There is always going to be a problem on trying to rely just on cultured cells to do drug testing," Prentice explained.
The problem, he said, is that many drugs are metabolized in the liver and other parts of the body and those metabolized substances then become the active ingredients of the drugs.
"Treating just cells in culture will give you some idea of toxicity or perhaps effectiveness on a certain cell type, but will not actually work for the whole organ, or the entire system, or the organism," Prentice said. "So this is not going to replace all animal testing.
Prentice also pointed out that most of the research involving embryonic stem cells thus far has produced no valid therapies, while successful therapies for several diseases and conditions are already in place using adult stem cells, he said.
But, of course, the problem with adult stem cells, which have no ethical baggage associated with them, is that the president who said we must not put ideology over science has pulled government funding for that research.
Breakthrough: Restoring sight by adult stem cell treatment
15 June 2009 15 June 2009 TBLeave a comment
Adult stem cell technology is amazing in what it can accomplish. The video below shows how sight is being restored using contact lenses coated with the person's own stem cells. WARNING: There is eye surgery shown in parts that may be hard to watch for the squeamish.
That is great news. Josh Brahm comments on that and points out that you should be careful when reading stories about these breakthroughs. As a headline writer myself, I can say that biases aren't always there when headlines are written. But I also know that subtleties can be lost when readers look at headlines and don't read stories all the way through. Also, while headlines can be innocently vague, it does irritate me when stories are vaguely written or edited. That is shoddy journalism. Saying stem cell research when it is actually adult (or ISP) stem cell research is either laziness or brazen misrepresentation. Either way it's wrong.
New ground being broken in Georgia on embryo adoptions
2 June 2009 TBLeave a comment
From the Christian Examiner:
ATLANTA — The nation's first law governing the adoption of embryos is set to take effect in Georgia after being passed by the legislature and signed by the governor.
The "Option of Adoption Act," which will go into effect July 1, will provide safeguards for both parties involved in an embryo adoption, which is a unique form of adoption in which a couple — often an infertile one — adopts one or more surplus embryos from a couple who has undergone in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
Embryo adoption allows the adopting mother to experience pregnancy and has been promoted by pro-lifers for years but, until now, has not been governed by the laws of any state. Significantly, the Georgia bill amends Georgia's adoption laws to make clear that embryo adoption in fact is a form of adoption. The law also allows adoptive parents to file in court for a final order of adoption (for the child who is born as the result of the embryo adoption), which supporters of the new law say clarifies that the adopting parents are eligible for claiming some but not all of their expenses for the federal adoption tax credit, which this year is more than $11,000.
Although embryo adoption tends to be cheaper than traditional adoption it nevertheless can still cost several thousands of dollars.
Couples who undergo an embryo adoption in a state without such a law as Georgia's must sign private legal contracts that treat the embryo as property. The new Georgia law defines an embryo as "an individualized fertilized ovum of the human species from the single-cell stage to eight-week development."
The law has the support of the nation's embryo adoption programs, including Nightlight Christian Adoptions, which runs the nation's oldest embryo adoption program — the Snowflakes program.
"Science has outpaced our legislation in clarifying the rights of the parties in potential disputes involving embryo transfer between families," Ron Stoddart, executive director of Nightlight Christian Adoptions, previously told Baptist Press. "There needs to be certainty, particularly before an embryo is thawed and implanted in the womb of an adopting mother."
HT: Zach Nielsen
How science news works
20 May 2009 TBLeave a comment
Courtesy Wesley Smith at Secondhand Smoke:
Related: The spin machine of human evolution in high gear
Popular Mechanics explores the science of Star Trek
8 May 2009 TBLeave a comment
To boldly go where many more geeks will follow, go here.
Don't put your faith in science
29 March 2009 TBLeave a comment
To me, it is deeply disturbing when the president puts his faith in scientists, saying things like "promoting science isn't just about providing resources — it is also about protecting free and open inquiry. It is about letting scientists like those here today [on March 9] do their jobs, free from manipulation or coercion, and listening to what they tell us, even when it's inconvenient — especially when it's inconvenient. It is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda – and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology."
To divorce any kind of ideology from science is to give science a free rein that leads to frightening results. In a review of Pamela Winnick's book "A Jealous God: Science's Crusade Against Religion," Wesley Smith points out what kind of work scientists are capable of when human life is disregarded. From his review published in the Discovery Institute's First Things:
Early on, Winnick wrenchingly demonstrates the potential antihuman consequences of pursuing scientism's view of scientific research. During the late 1960s and into the 1970s, scientists conducted human experiments on living fetuses, justified by the philosophical assertion that fetuses are only "potential" human life.
One such experiment, which won the Foundation Prize Award from the American Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is described by Winnick in sickening detail: "In a 1968 study called the 'Artificial Placenta,' a twenty-six-week-old fetus, weighing more than a pound, was obtained from a fourteen-year-old girl, presumably from a therapeutic abortion. Along with fourteen other fetuses, it was immersed in a liquid containing oxygen and kept alive a full five hours." The study itself explains that the fetus made"irregular gaspmg movements, twice a minute, … but there was not proper respiration." Once the pumping of oxygenated blood was stopped, however, "the gasping respiratory efforts increased to 8 to 10 times a minute …. The fetus died 21 minutes after leaving the circuit."
So, for those of you who feel squeamish or think I'm overstating it when I mention Nazi doctors in regard to therapeutic stem cell research, I'd ask you to read that last paragraph again and remember that we're talking about 1960s America and not 1940s Nazi Germany. Smith notes that the experiments were stopped when an outraged public and Congress — led by Ted Kennedy — demanded they be stopped. But we live in a different age where the drumbeat call for cures has drowned out any thought of human exceptionalism. In other words, it matters not that embryos are human, it only matters what cures can (possibly) be found.
The idea that science is somehow benign and trustworthy left untethered from any kind of ideological guidelines is naive and will lead to situations like the one described above. Smith, in his review of Winnock's book, says science of is not the target in "A Jealous God" but rather a belief (scientism she calls it) that "promotes a stark materialistic utilitarianism as the way to achieve progress." Science is not our savior, and we can never forget that.
The Associated Press: Your one-way news service
6 March 2009 6 March 2009 TBLeave a comment
The Associated Press reported Friday that President Obama is expected to sign on Monday an executive order reversing restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
After reading this article, you may wonder what's missing. The answer: Any kind of reaction from those opposing reversing restrictions. Instead, we are given the views of an anonymous senior administration official (the quote fragment "scientific integrity" which gives you an idea of how this administration totally misunderstands the issue), a stem cell researcher who favors embryonic stem cell research, Obama himself (from his views on the campaign trail when he announced his opposition) and a spokesman for a group that advocates embryonic stem cell research.
What can be said that might give pause for reversing the policy? Two paragraphs give the entire argument against it:
Such research is controversial because embryos must be destroyed to obtain the cells; they typically are culled from fertility-clinic leftovers otherwise destined to be thrown away. Once a group of stem cells is culled, it can be kept alive and propagating in lab dishes for years.
There are different types of stem cells, and critics say the nation should pursue alternatives to embryonic ones such as adult stem cells, or those found floating in amniotic fluid or the placenta. But leading researchers consider embryonic stem cells the most flexible, and thus most promising, form – and say that science, not politics, should ultimately judge.
This is followed by a comment by an embryonic stem cell research advocate saying that "science works best and patients are served best by having all the tools at our disposal."
And I'm sure Josef Mengele would agree.
It's disappointing that it took two writers, Ben Feller and Lauran Neergaard, to write an article that is basically propaganda for the embryonic stem cell research position. It's not like there are no scientists to be found on the other side, but Feller and Neergaard didn't make the effort to talk to them. Here would have been a good start, at least as far as better framing the argument from the other side. Instead, we get cheerleading from the AP.
Science and religion: John Lennox, the merry warrior for Christ
1 December 2008 1 December 2008 TBLeave a comment
John Lennox is an Oxford professor of mathematics.
John Dickson at the Centre for Public Christianity has posted a series of video interviews with noted Oxford professor of mathematics and Christian apologist John Lennox. Among the topics addressed were:
Who is John Lennox?
Introduction to the Professor
A Good God?
Hope for a mucked up world
Science, Atheism and Belief
Has science buried God?
Face off!
Debating Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens
Science, the Bible and belief in the 21st Century
Do you have to put your brain to one side to read the Bible?
Atheism and morality
Does atheism provide grounds for morality?
The evils of Christendom
Do the evils done in the name of Christ show that Christianity has failed?
Russian adventures
Professor Lennox discusses his experiences in Eastern Europe
Creator or the Multiverse?
Does the fine tuning of the universe point to God or an infinite collection of universes?
Christianity and the tooth fairy
Does science deal with reality and religion with everything else?
HT: Justin Taylor
Spider-Man? How about every man?
4 June 2008 4 June 2008 TB2 Comments
According to new research, humans can see into the future ever so briefly, which explains why we are tricked by optical illusions.
Researcher Mark Changizi of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York says it starts with a neural lag that most everyone experiences while awake. When light hits your retina, about one-tenth of a second goes by before the brain translates the signal into a visual perception of the world.
Scientists already knew about the lag, yet they have debated over exactly how we compensate, with one school of thought proposing our motor system somehow modifies our movements to offset the delay.
Changizi now says it's our visual system that has evolved to compensate for neural delays, generating images of what will occur one-tenth of a second into the future. That foresight keeps our view of the world in the present. It gives you enough heads up to catch a fly ball (instead of getting socked in the face) and maneuver smoothly through a crowd. His research on this topic is detailed in the May/June issue of the journal Cognitive Science.
The article goes on to explain that illusions occur because our brains try to perceive the future but reality doesn't match our perceptions. The question that comes to my mind: Is this something that has evolved or is it one more way we are "fearfully and wonderfully made." ?
HT: Centurion


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Q: Database Not Found while using PDO to retrieve data from mysql database I am trying to retrieve data from mysql database using PDO but "DATABASE NOT FOUND" Output is executing
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A: In your code, you are creating the connection objects with the following statement:
$db = new PDO("mysql:host=$dbhost;dbname=$dbname", "$dbuser", "$dbpass");

but, for checking it, you have:
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instead, you'll have to use $db there. Like this:
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Edit
Also, your execute function should read like:
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VIDEO: Obika Looks Ahead To Gillingham Showdown
Town Striker Jon Obika is in confident mood ahead of tonight's must-win clash against Gillingham at The County Ground.
Swindon play host to the Gills later (7.45pm Kick-Off) and the striker is targeting a second successive victory.
"We're looking forward to Tuesday and we need to follow up Saturday's victory and get back-to-back wins," he exclusively told Town's Official YouTube Channel.
"It is another big game and I feel we are ready to take all three points.
"They've got good players like Bradley Dack and Josh Wright, who is having a good season, so they have players who are in a bit of form.
"But we've got to continue creating chances and stick to our game because we've played well recently."
WATCH THE FULL VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH JON OBIKA FOR FREE BELOW:
STATEMENT: TOMMY WRIGHT
Swindon Town can confirm first-team coach, Tommy Wright will remain in employment at the football club following his sentencing at Southwark Crown Court today.
RARMANI EDMONDS-GREEN SIGNS FROM HUDDERSFIELD
Swindon Town are delighted to announce the signing of Rarmani Edmonds-Green on-loan from Huddersfield Town until the end of the season.
CADDIS SIGNS DEAL UNTIL 2021
Swindon Town Football Club are delighted to confirm Paul Caddis has extended his stay at the County Ground.
DOYLE RECALLED BY BRADFORD
Swindon Town can confirm that Eoin Doyle has been recalled by his parent club Bradford City.

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In evaluating the effectiveness of a patch management system, several critical elements should be present (see "Information Security: Effective Patch Management Is Critical to Mitigating Software Vulnerabilities," United States General Accounting Office report GAO-03-1138T, 2003; "Creating a Patch and Vulnerability Management Program," NIST Special Publication 800-40, Version 2.
patch database are reflected in the Chinese and Swedish versions.
Also, bird droppings in connected patches harbored more berries from shrubs in the center patches than did droppings in patches not connected to the central patch.
In fact, GartnerG2 predicts that 90% of cyberattacks will exploit known security flaws for which a patch is available or a solution known.
oral-contraceptives market, is in the final stages of testing the patch in several hundred women.
Employees determine if a lining requires a full patch, a top sleeve and bottom patch, or a reline based on furnace power readings taken during the week and on weekends.
Shavlik Technologies, LLC, a leading security policy compliance and automated vulnerability management provider, today announced broad vulnerability management and patch management support for Microsoft([R]) Vista clients.
Patch your clothes with the GORE-TEX[R] Fabric Repair Kit from McNett Corporation.
company Johnson & Johnson--states that each discarded patch still contains 600 micrograms of ethinylestradiol.
The patch helps eliminate withdrawal symptoms by providing a steady level of nicotine.
A 7-milligram patch was worn 16 hours a day for three to seven days, then a 14-milligram patch for two to seven days.
In a glucose-clamp study in normal subjects, Altea Therapeutics achieved constant insulin delivery at therapeutic levels over a 12-hour patch application period.


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#ifndef __BULLET_MULTI_SPHERE_SHAPE_H__
#define __BULLET_MULTI_SPHERE_SHAPE_H__

#include "pandabase.h"

#include "bullet_includes.h"
#include "bulletShape.h"

#include "pta_LVecBase3.h"
#include "pta_stdfloat.h"

/**
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class EXPCL_PANDABULLET BulletMultiSphereShape : public BulletShape {

PUBLISHED:
  BulletMultiSphereShape(const PTA_LVecBase3 &points, const PTA_stdfloat &radii);
  INLINE BulletMultiSphereShape(const BulletMultiSphereShape &copy);
  INLINE void operator = (const BulletMultiSphereShape &copy);
  INLINE ~BulletMultiSphereShape();

  INLINE int get_sphere_count() const;
  INLINE LPoint3 get_sphere_pos(int index) const;
  INLINE PN_stdfloat get_sphere_radius(int index) const;

  MAKE_PROPERTY(sphere_count, get_sphere_count);
  MAKE_SEQ_PROPERTY(sphere_pos, get_sphere_count, get_sphere_pos);
  MAKE_SEQ_PROPERTY(sphere_radius, get_sphere_count, get_sphere_radius);

public:
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private:
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public:
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    return _type_handle;
  }
  static void init_type() {
    BulletShape::init_type();
    register_type(_type_handle, "BulletMultiSphereShape",
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  }
  virtual TypeHandle get_type() const {
    return get_class_type();
  }
  virtual TypeHandle force_init_type() {
    init_type();
    return get_class_type();
  }

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  static TypeHandle _type_handle;
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In Old Greek mythology Kalipso was the goddess who kept Odyssey on the island for seven years. It came to Arm in XIX c. by means of literature (Fenelon's "Telemak's Adventures"). We also have the forms Kalipsi, Kalep.


By Forum News Service on Apr 9, 2019 at 6:40 p.m.
A bridge collapsed on a Norman County, Minn., highway to floodwaters.
Norman County Sheriff's Office reported a bridge over a drainage ditch in rural Norman County failed due to floodwaters Tuesday, April 9, according to a Facebook post.
"County Hwy 18 is closed North of County Hwy 19 due to bridge failure. Be careful driving during the flood as things like this can happen at anytime," the post said, accompanied by a photo.
The bridge is located near Ada, about 42 miles north of Fargo.


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Jaws: An NES Revenge Revisited
Last month I discussed and possibly even lionized Clockwork Aquario, the adorable arcade action game resurrected over two decades after Westone reluctantly canceled it. I'm glad to see that Strictly Limited Games has made good on their promises of reissuing the game, and they're offering Clockwork Aquario as a basic Switch or PlayStation 4 release, an elaborate special edition, or an Ultra collector's edition with every kind of bonus trinket short of a Huck Londo punching puppet.
All of the editions seem to be selling fast. That might not bode well for casual buyers, but it's comforting to think that so many people care about this lost little arcade adventure from 1993—or at least that the scalpers who make up a good chunk of the limited-edition customer base assume that so many people would care.
Seeing a Westone creation so elaborately revived puts me in mind of another game from the now-defunct developer's catalog: Jaws.
Jaws for the NES is sometimes labeled Jaws: The Revenge by mistake, and at other times it's lumped in with some of the worst things on the system. That's also a mistake. Jaws isn't a defining moment in Westone history, but under the right circumstances it's an interesting game.
Publisher LJN played it vague with the movie connection, though the game lands closest to the most recent Jaws: The Revenge. The player sails a small map, going between two ports and spearing sea creatures in random encounters. Jaws looms near all the while, and once you've upgraded your power levels and gained a mini-sub, you can damage the giant shark enough to bring about a first-person duel wherein you must spear Jaws with the prow of the boat. That at least is straight from Jaws: The Revenge, though there's no sign of Mario Van Peebles inexplicably surviving a shark attack, Michael Caine collecting a paycheck, or the creature itself violating all known shark biology by roaring.
In fact, Jaws is more intriguing if you take it as a completely original game. With no storyline or initial directions to introduce things, you're left to infer that your scuba-outfitted character is an instantaneously loathsome psychopath.


It was a beautiful day for a business trip to Lansing. Terry Boer, President of Tulip City Air Service, flew Greg Robinson, Aaron Thelenwood and Phil Eizinga for a 30 minute trip in his Cessna six-seater to a meeting with MDOT to review WMRA's five-year plan.
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If we have questioning, curious minds we are more intrinsically motivated to change, shift and let go of what is no longer serving. So my friends, the quality and regularity of our internal questions reigns supreme over our willfulness when it comes to this whole business of achieving. Fascinating huh????
Dare I say, this so explains my ongoing awe of the effectiveness of private coaching! The sheer value of a relationship that is designed to ask (and keep asking) powerful questions that shift our inner self talk away from the pure will where, we so easily get mired, alone in our own heads.
For more, see this recent article in the Scientific American.
Inspirational Credits: Article brought to my attention by my wickedly brilliant, hilarious colleague, Jeff Jacobson.
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WATCH: Masked DJ Malaa allegedly arrested during set
music news 25/03/2019
Footage has emerged of Malaa being arrested and taken away by police officers during his set at San Diego club Bassment.
More footage of the arrest is circulating on social media, and has led fans to question whether it was legitimate or a publicity stunt.
The officers did not remove Malaa's signature balaclava before taking him away and one of the officers has been recognised from previous prank videos.
Check out the footage and decide for yourself, has the man with mixtapes called Illegal and Illegal II really gotten himself into some trouble?


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Q: Overriding xsl templates in SharePoint 2016 I am attempting to customize the aggregate section of a grouped list that I have created through a schema.xml in a Visual Studio project.  I have created a mapped folder to {SharePointRoot}\Template\LAYOUTS\XSL and created a folder called ratings under it.  In this folder, I created viewgrouped.xsl and changed my XSLLink element to point to this for my view.  In order to check and see if this is working, I copied over the aggregate template from vwstyles.xsl and made the match attribute more specific by adding a check for TemplateType.  I then removed all the contents of the template so my custom xsl looks like this:
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" version="1.0"
exclude-result-prefixes="xsl msxsl ddwrt"
xmlns:ddwrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/runtime"
xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20"
xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls"
xmlns:pcm="urn:PageContentManager" xmlns:ddwrt2="urn:frontpage:internal"
ddwrt:oob="true">

<xsl:output method="html" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes" />
<xsl:include href="/_layouts/15/xsl/main.xsl"/>
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    <xsl:param name="Rows" select="."/>
    <xsl:param name="GroupLevel" select="1"/>
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I would have thought that this would have caused the summary row to not be printed.  However, when I ran the application and navigated to the view, everything still looked just as it did with the default template.  I tried adding
<xsl:value-of select="$GroupLevel"/>
 below the second <xsl:param, but that didn't show up either.  Can someone tell me how to get this template to be called in place of the original?

A: I have found that in SharePoint 2016 (at least on-premises), most of the view is not controlled by XSL.  The best way to change the way a view looks is to create a custom aspx page and use that to add your own javascript to the view.  You can then use JSLink to add templates and override the functions used to create the view.


On Feb. 21, police in New Jersey announced that three people were taken into custody after drugs were found during multiple raids. The raids reportedly concluded an investigation into cocaine trafficking that had been going on for a month. The accused individuals are a 25-year-old man, his 24-year-old girlfriend and a 35-year-old man.
The investigation into the alleged criminal activities reportedly began when a Fort Lee police detective learned that the 25-year-old man had obtained a driver's license through fraud. Detectives then gathered information about a car that was allegedly being used to transport drugs. After stopping the vehicle, police officers determined that it contained a hidden compartment in the dashboard. However, the dashboard was empty at the time, and the driver did not receive any charges.
When a search warrant was executed at the 25-year-old man's apartment, cocaine was found hidden in the stove. In addition to the cocaine, investigators seized packaging materials and over $6,000 in cash. A raid at the 35-year-old man's residence led to the discovery of over $14,000 in cash, a kilo press and a small quantity of heroin. The 25-year-old man was charged for cocaine distribution, money laundering and identity theft while his girlfriend was charged for cocaine distribution. The 35-year-old man faces charges for heroin possession and money laundering.
A person who is facing drug charges after a raid might want to have a criminal defense attorney look into the details of the search warrant that was used by investigators. In some cases, mistakes on a search warrant can lead to evidence being found inadmissible in court. The suppression of key pieces of evidence can often result in drug charges being dropped.


The winners of the 17th prestigious Bett Awards 2015 were announced last night (Wednesday 21 January, 2015) at the Bett Awards Dinner held at The Brewery, London.
The annual Bett Awards represent a partnership between i2i Events Group, the organisers of Bett, the world's largest learning technology event, and the education sector's trade association and Bett founders, BESA. BESA managed the judging process, overseeing the impartiality and fairness of the robust, two-stage judging process by a diverse panel. Members of the panel are now revised each year to ensure a broad and fair perspective of the qualities needed in today's learning environments.
The judges, who are all educational professionals, look for what works in the classroom or the school setting in terms of design, cost-effectiveness, support of higher order thinking skills and effective learning and teaching styles.
Considered the highest accolade in the industry, the Bett Awards bring together developers, distributors and educational practitioners each year to recognise, reward and celebrate ICT excellence in the education sector.


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Jeffrey D. Fisher, PhD
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychological Sciences & Founding Director, Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP)
Dr. Jeffrey Fisher is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut and the founding Director of its Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP). He has published extensively on factors associated with HIV risk behavior and has done conceptual and empirical work in the area of increasing HIV preventive behavior. He has designed, implemented, and evaluated several effective HIV risk behavior change interventions in multiple populations. His work also focuses on increasing adherence to ART and on health behavior change in general. Dr. Fisher's research on HIV to date has involved MSM, injection drug users, heterosexual adolescents, and individuals who are HIV infected. He has been awarded 9 major HIV risk reduction grants for the U.S. National Institutes of Health since 1989.
Dr. Fisher has been involved with over $30.6 million in grants as Principal Investigator, Co-Director, or Co-Investigator, and has been Principal Investigator on $22.7 million in external grants. He has lectured and consulted internationally in the areas of HIV preventive behavior and adherence to medications. In addition, he has served on the National Institute of Mental Health Psychobiological, Biological, and Neuroscience Subcommittee, the Mental Health Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Review Committee, and the editorial boards of several journals. Dr. Fisher is a fellow of the American Psychological Society and Divisions 8, 9, and 34 of the American Psychological Association.
PhD, Purdue University, 1975 (social psychology)
MS, Purdue University, 1973
BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1971
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The Democrats Plan For Voter Suppression
By Tony Quinn
Sacramento Democrats have come up with a clever way to suppress votes in the next primary, one that will keep hundreds of thousands of voters from the polls next March. This is a just passed law that forbids the Secretary of State from listing President Trump on the Republican primary ballot because he has not released his tax returns, which he obviously has no intention of doing.
The vote suppression will come because without the incumbent president listed, and no likelihood of a serious Republican alternative, GOP voters will have no reason to vote in the primary election. At the same time, millions of Democrats are sure to surge to the polls given the hot Democratic race for president.
Ordinarily this would affect only the presidential race, and then not in a meaningful way as Trump is sure to win the GOP nomination for a second term, California or not. But under California's unique primary law for all other partisan offices, the fall runoff is not between the top Democrat and the top Republican, but the top two primary finishers regardless of party.
So with only Democrats voting in the March primary, we will end up with only Democrats in the November runoffs for congress and the legislature. Republicans are hoping to make a run at some of the seven US House seats they lost in 2018, and at least four incumbent GOP state senators are facing serious challenges in 202. There could be no Republicans for several of these offices if only Democrats vote in the primary contests.
Voter suppression is usually something Democrats accuse Republicans of doing. Democrats and their friends in leftwing academic circles have long contended that requiring photo identification before voting is a GOP plot to keep low income Democrats from the polls. Actually there is no sign that photo IDs or other GOP hatched voting legislation keeps people from voting. Democrats claimed that new voting laws passed by the GOP legislature in Georgia cost them the governor's race in 2018; but in fact the turnout in 2018 was a million and a half more voters than cast ballots in 2014.
But the California Democratic voter suppression is in a class of its own; it will keep people from the polls by denying the incumbent president a place on the official Republican ballot. This is so extreme it amounts to a manipulation of the ballot never before tried in American history. Gov. Jerry Brown killed a similar measure last year, but Gov. Gavin Newsom signed this version no doubt hoping it would vault him to major domo of the Trump resistance parade.
Republicans have not taken this sitting down; they have filed two lawsuits, one in state court, one in federal court, challenging the new law as unconstitutional. The state and national GOP and California Trump supporters alleged in federal court that the measure violates numerous constitutional provisions, the most important of which is qualifications for the presidency.
Their suit notes that the Qualifications Clause of the US Constitution sets forth three eligibility requirements, being a natural born citizen, over the age of 35, and living in the United States for 14 years. They contend California is trying to add a new "extra- constitutional qualification", public release of tax returns.
On its face this is a pretty strong argument, except that the peculiarities of the Electoral College system as outlined in the Constitution provide that "each state shall appoint, in a manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors" (allotted to that state). These Electors meet following the November election and actually elect the president.
Selecting delegates to a national convention is nowhere in the Constitution and the only directive is that the legislature directs how the presidential election is conducted. So can the legislature add a qualification to be placed on the state primary ballot? That is an issue for the federal courts to sort out. This suit was filed in the Sacramento federal court which means any decision probably has to go through the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and onto the Supreme Court. This could be a time consuming process.
The second lawsuit was filed by the California GOP directly with the California Supreme Court and challenges the tax return law on state constitutional grounds. Here the plaintiffs are greatly aided by a constitutional amendment passed in 1972. It directs the Secretary of State to place on the primary ballot all the acknowledged presidential candidates of all the qualified parties. The suit asserts Trump must be placed on the ballot by this California constitutional amendment.
The 1972 amendment was intended to prevent exactly what the legislature is doing, keeping a viable candidate's name off the ballot. For decades ambitious governors had a habit of running as "favorite sons" so they could control their state delegation at the national convention and make deals to vote their delegates. In 1960, Gov. Pat Brown ran as the Democratic favorite son, keeping voters from choosing between John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson or Hubert Humphrey, the real presidential candidates. In 1968, Gov., Ronald Reagan ran as the GOP favorite son, keeping Richard Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller off the ballot.
Favorite son candidacies never worked especially well, but one was a spectacular success. In 1952, Gov. Earl Warren ran as the GOP favorite son. At the Chicago convention that July, California's delegation was crucial to the success of the Dwight Eisenhower forces, and so his handlers "negotiated" a price for Warren to vote with them on an important issue. That price was giving Warren the first Supreme Court opening in the new administration, which Warren got when he was made Chief Justice in 1953.
On the whole "favorite sons" were a tool for smarmy politicians in smoke filled rooms to trade away their state delegations for political goodies. California was wise to do away with this in 1972 by requiring the Secretary of State to put every candidate's name on the ballot.
Now it will be up to the California Supreme Court to decide whether a contemporary gaggle of smarmy politicians, the California legislature, can get away with playing even worse games with today's presidential ballot.


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Giuseppe Misuraca (28 February 1884 – 4 June 1962) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and served as Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela from 1941 to 1949.

Biography
Giuseppe Misuraca was born on 28 February 1884 in Cefalù, Sicily, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 18 April 1908. In his diaries, Angelo Roncalli, the future Pope John XXIII described him as "my dear friend from the Seminary".

To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1908. His work in the diplomatic service of the Holy See included a posting in the United States where he was promoted from second class to first class secretary in 1913 As World War II was starting he was counselor at the nunciature in Italy.

On 2 July 1941, Pope Pius XII named him Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela and titular archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia. He received his episcopal consecration on 20 July 1941 from Cardinal Luigi Maglione.

He resigned in March 1949 at the age of 65.

Misuraca died on 4 June 1962 at the age of 78.

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L'épreuve individuelle féminine de tir à l'arc des Jeux olympiques d'été 2012 de Londres s'est déroulée au Lord's Cricket Ground, du  au .

Ki Bo-bae de la Corée du Sud a remporté la médaille d'or. Les mexicaines Aída Román et Mariana Avitia ont remportée respectivement les médailles d'argent et de bronze.

Format de la compétition
La compétition débute avec un tour réunissant les 64 archères. Chaque archère tire un total de 72 flèches (en deux séries de six volées de six flèches), puis est classée  à  en fonction de son score.

Les phases finales commencent en  de finale, où l'archère ayant fini premier du tir de qualification rencontre la , la deuxième rencontre la  et ainsi de suite. Les matchs se déroulent en 4 volées de 3 flèches, chaque volée se faisant en tir alterné : les archères tirent 1 flèche chacune leur tour, avec 40 secondes par flèche. L'archère remportant le duel participe au tour suivant, la perdante est éliminée, sauf en demi-finales, où les perdantes se rencontrent lors du match pour la troisième place.

Programme

Tous les temps correspondent à l'UTC+1

Résultats

Qualifications

Phase finale

Tableau final

Voici le tableau final pour l'épreuve individuelle femmes :

Premiers tours

Première partie

Deuxième partie

Troisième partie

Quatrième partie

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Jeux olympiques d'été de 2012
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Liens externes
Le site officiel du Comité international olympique
Site officiel de Londres 2012

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You are here: Home About Council Media Releases 2017 Media ReleasesTalks@Willoughby presents Kevin Kwan speaking about his novel Rich People Problems
Talks@Willoughby presents Kevin Kwan speaking about his novel Rich People Problems
12.30pm, Tuesday 5 September
Chatswood Library on The Concourse
Lower Ground, 409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood
Join international bestselling author, Kevin Kwan at Chatswood Library this September as he speaks about his hilarious new novel, Rich People Problems, the latest instalment in his fabulously over-the-top series about the affluent families of Singapore.
When Nicholas's grandmother Shang Su Yi falls gravely ill, the entire Young family descend on Singapore ostensibly to care for their matriarch, but really to stake claim on the massive fortune that she controls. A hilarious tale of a family driven by fortune and greed, Kevin's final novel in his blockbusting trilogy will reveal the long-buried secrets and problems of Asia's most privileged families.
Kevin Kwan is the author of the international bestsellers Crazy Rich Asians, soon to be a major motion picture, and China Rich Girlfriend. Born in Singapore, he has called New York's West Village home since 1995.
Lindfield Bookshop will provide copies of the book for sale and signing at the venue.
Bookings are essential, please visit www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Library/


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Talent and Skills
SFI develops, attracts and retains diverse academic and research talent that powers Ireland's innovation society.
In 2020, COVID-19 and climate change brought to the fore the importance of the role of science and research in improving our world. SFI supports the work of early-stage researchers, established individuals and larger research collectives, investing in world-class talent to help Ireland become a global innovation leader in scientific and engineering research for the advancement of Ireland's economy and society.
Supporting a diverse STEM talent pool
SFI collaborates with government, industry and universities, working to create and sustain a more diverse STEM talent pool that is positioned to help rebuild our economy, and a more equitable and inclusive society, creating and advancing knowledge that can better ensure we are resilient to future economic and societal disruptions.
Pictured right: Lola Jordan from Tivoli Senior Branch and Issy Jordan of Tivoli Guides, Dun Laoghaire, at the launch of Irish Girl Guides' Space badge.
Talent and Skills Key Statistics 2020
SFI Award Holders and 643 SFI Funded Investigators supported.
postgraduate (PhD and Masters) students supported by SFI.
€5.4 million
invested in 50 STEM projects through the SFI Discover Programme Call, while Science Week celebrated 25 years.
invested in 12 awards under the SFI Public Service Fellowship Programme.
SFI Centres for Research Training Programme
The SFI Centres for Research Training Programme was established to increase the number of PhDs under the theme of 'Data and ICT Skills for the Future'.
This is helping to meet the data skills needs of industry and to support and nurture early-career research talent, preparing postgraduate students for a multitude of career pathways, with 37% going on to Industry. This cohort model gives PhD students significant support in peer-to-peer learning and the opportunity to work across institutions.
In 2020, 179 students began their PhDs. 41% of these were women.
"We get a lot of opportunity to present our own research to our peers, as well as learn about each other's research. We get to build relationships with thought leaders in their fields through having access to the multiple universities. We get a lot of industry partners in to give interesting talks about how machine learning can be used in industry and how our work then can be translated into an industry environment after we finish our PhDs."
Ciara Feely, PhD candidate at the SFI Centre for Research Training in Machine Learning.
SFI Supporting Emerging Research Leaders
In 2020, SFI launched the SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme to support individual-led research with an emphasis on areas of high-risk, high-reward, to help us to build a better future for Ireland through discovery, innovation, and impact. Run in collaboration with the Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the programme design was driven by feedback from the research community seeking funding for individual-led research and access to shorter-term project funding. The first Frontier awards were announced, 72 in total, representing an investment of €52 million supporting research in areas such as spinal cord injury, novel materials, species biodiversity in food production, computer graphics and information security. 45% of the research grants supported are to be led by women researchers.
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Responding to COVID-19
In 2020, the global research community came together in an unprecedented, and immensely collaborative and agile manner to address the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Excellent Science
SFI supports and drives Ireland's contribution to the latest scientific breakthroughs which lead to innovation for academia, enterprise, the public sector, society and beyond.
In 2020 SFI continued to foster and maintain our strong global connections with international funding agencies, as well as seeking new opportunities for international research collaborations.
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There are still some good ones out there. A great one just opened in Boynton Beach Florida.
I'm from a west suburb and looking at Google maps, 515 La Grange Rd is just south of 47th St.
Speaks volume!!! What is the name of the shop, please?
Nice to hear of their generosity. Too far for me, glad others are patronizing.
So happy to see this good report on my favorite yarn store. The folks there are friendly and encouraging, and they have a lovely yarn selection. Right in my neighborhood, too!
I also like to patronize LYS. The one In Piyalup is closing, I heard. That is so sad.
Most people are truly good at heart. the funny part is most of them don't know it.
That lys has got it goin' on! Kudos to them!
Our LYS in Lafayette, LA also generously supports local causes. In a recent initiative our local food bank executive director (Food Net of Acadiana) challenged organizations/groups to donate 100 cans of protein rich food and our LYS participated. LYS owners announced that for a can of food donated at their shop there would be a 5% shopping discount. As knitters came but forgot their cans the shop owners allowed the shoppers to purchase a can from a case they (LYS owners) had bought and donate it back to them to give to Food Net's challenge and thus be able to get their 5% discount. I thought this to be very clever and generous solution thus making it a win-win situation.
The name of the yarn shop is "Idea Studio Yarn".
Whenever I go on vacation, one of the first things I do is get the LYS locator hopping. I'm a true believer in supporting this industry. Can't always make a purchase in every shop, but stop at as many as I can to see the knitted items displayed, yarn lines featured, and small talk with owners about their towns. So glad my husband puts up with me and my hobby.
The Idea Studio is located north of Route 34 (Ogden AV) and south of 31st st. Their phone # is 708 352 1789. I'm sure they can direct you. Great shop. Enjoy.


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The Musalman Daily – The Only Handwritten Newspaper in The World
Kaushik Patowary Oct 29, 2009 0 comments
"The Musalman Daily", is one of the oldest Urdu-language daily newspaper published from Chennai in India, and is probably the only one in the world that is still being handwritten. This four-page evening paper has managed to retain the old school look despite the availability of modern printing technology. "The Musalman Daily" has been around for the past 82 years since it's inception in 1927 by founder Syed Azmathullah.
All four pages of the newspaper are handwritten by calligraphers, before being mass-produced with a printing press. The calligraphers, known as katibs, work in a little corner of a 800 sq. ft. one-room office. It takes three hours using a pen, ink and ruler to transform a sheet of paper into news and art. They don't have many facilities — only two wall fans, three bulbs and a tube light. Only last year did the editorl had a computer and a printer installed in his office so advertisers could email ads.
Each katib is responsible for one page. If someone is sick, the others pull double shifts -- there are no replacements anywhere in the city. When calligraphers make mistakes they rewrite everything from scratch. They earn 60 rupees (about $1.50) per page.
The final proofs are transferred onto a black and white negative, then pressed onto printing plates.
The handwritten stories are the Musalman's biggest selling point. The paper has about 23,000 subscribers who pay less than $10 per year. Each copy of the newspaper sells at 75 paisa or about 1.6 cents.
Sources: Zimbio, Wikipedia, Wired
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"For this week's #inspiby, Gerda had me at the first brilliantly bright layer in her black Dylusions journal. I love the chalky yet almost water-color-like effect she got from the purples and oranges. From there, she just adds more depth and interest with each different product she uses, and I love to see the page develop before our eyes. She includes distressed die cuts and ghostly stencil silhouettes with white highlights, and she uses distress oxide inks – which I adore.
Thanks Karen! I love everything Fall and Halloween themed and am already dreaming up ideas using the gorgeous fall colors. If you don't have a black journal, no worries, you could always paint your pages black or perhaps glue down black paper into your journal. If you recall weeks ago, I did this for one of our prompts with good results.
Be sure to check out Gerda's YouTube channel. Show her some love by subscribing and Liking her videos! You can also find her on Google +.
As always you have until Sunday midnight to post pictures of your Inspired by layout on Instagram using the #inspiby tag.
You can also tag both Karen and me in your posts, we love seeing your creations and following along with your art journey! Don't stress yourself out over the deadline or supplies. Use what you have, create when you can, and most of all just HAVE FUN! Can't wait to see your spooktacular pages this week!
XO- Erin and Karen too!
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Isaac Humphrey Snowden (1826–1869) was one of the first three African-American students admitted to Harvard Medical School, in 1850, along with Martin Delany and Daniel Laing, Jr.  Snowden and Laing were sponsored by the American Colonization Society in doing so and had previously been connected with the Young Men's Literary Society in Boston.

After being at Harvard for a time white students protested the admission of black students, and Snowden and the two other black students were removed from the school.  Snowden then studied with a surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and unsuccessfully tried to re-enter Harvard in 1853.

In 1854, after completing his medical education, Snowden sailed for Liberia on the ship Sophia Walke to serve in Sinou County. He died in Liberia in 1869.

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A Study of Black Intellectual and Literary Societies in Antebellum Boston

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Colt "Havok" McLendon is a SMG Slayer for Gen.G.
After working his way up through the ranks on teams such as TIC Gaming and RevolutioN, Havok joined iSolation eSports alongside Dedo, LlamaGod, and SiLLy. Again, The team place Top 12 in their first offline event at UMG California 2015. More importantly, the team won the MLG Pro League CoD AW Season 3 Relegation Tournament to qualify for MLG Pro League AW Season 3 Regular Season where the team placed 5th in the regular season and Top 6 at the playoffs. The team did win the EGL Dallas 10K although the event did not feature many notable teams. Rounding out the season, iSolation eSports placed Top 12 at the MLG World Finals 2015 and the players went their separate ways going into Black Ops 3.
Going into the Black Ops 3 season, Havok was only 17. So he had to wait to compete in official CWL events until February, when he would turn 18. He joined Cloud9 immediately, and shortly later joined Team Envy as a Pro League substitute. With C9, Havok helped them qualify for Pro League Relegation, where they defeated Counter Logic Gaming to earn their pro league spot. The team finished fifth place in the regular season and qualified for the Playoffs. There, the team lost in the first round to Rise Nation. They finished Top 8 at MLG Orlando Open 2016 and then Havok found himself on compLexity Gaming with Parasite, LlamaGod, and Swarley. compLexity Gaming topped their group by shocking OpTic Gaming in their first match. Although it was short lived as the were doubled first rounded in the bracket and finished Top 16.
Havok's stock reached an all-time high going into the Infinite Warfare season. Evil Geniuses picked him up, along with NAMELESS, StuDyy, and Nagafen. They finished last at the PlayStation Experience Invitational. The team remained consistently average throughout the season, as they placed Top 8, To 20, Top 8, and Top 8 at the open events and then Top 8 at the Pro League Stage 1 Playoffs. Looking for a change, StuDyy was swapped out for Parasite. Their placings improved marginally at the CWL Anaheim Open but then fell off as they ended Pro League Stage 12 with a Top 12 finish and the Call of Duty World League Championship 2017 in dead last. The poor placements at the end of the year are considered to be at the fault of Havok. On stream, Parasite said that he refused to attend a pre champs boot camp to spend time with his girlfriend. He also supposedly pulled out throwing knives at champs in their final match after being unable to qualify for the championship bracket.
Havok's stock now reached an all-time low and the team he started the game with showed. He joined S&D star Rallied and two players coming out of retirement, ProoFy and Dedo with eRa Eternity. They finished Top 64 at the CWL Dallas Open and immediately disbanded. Havok then joined Blfire, Mosh, and Legal where they were picked up by InControl Gaming for the CWL New Orleans Open and placed Top 20 from open bracket. The team left InControl but remained together and were signed by Gone Gaming a few weeks later. They placed second in the CWL National Circuit United States 2018 Stage 1 and qualified for the Canadian Championship Series 2018 National Final where they placed Top 4. After three open event finished at Top 28, Top 28, and Top 32. Gone Gaming released the roster. A month later, Havok rejoined Gone Gaming with LlamaGod, Evasion, and Skyz. They didn't see much better results as they placed Top 28 at the CWL Anaheim Open and failed to qualify for the Call of Duty World League Championship 2018. The team disbanded in the off season.
Havok joined Spacely, Maux, MajorManiak, and Nagafen in going into the season. The team announced that they would go orgless into the CWL Las Vegas Open hoping to increase their stock should they qualify for the CWL Pro League. Right before the event, Str8 Rippin signed the roster for the event only. The team placed Top 8, then competed as Team Space at the Pro League Qualifier and made it into the league. After qualifying, they found their pay day as they were signed by esports giants Gen.G.
Havok's break through event was the MLG Pro League CoD AW Season 3 Relegation Tournament. His team, iSolation eSports, went on to finish 5-6th at MLG Pro League Season 3 Playoffs.
Havok became a substitute and played four matches for Team EnVyUs in the 2016 NA CWL Stage 1 Regular Season and after he turned eighteen and became eligible.
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The chancellor just placed tech at the heart of solving Britain's productivity crisis
Budget 2018: A mixed bag – ComputerWeekly.com
Is the Budget enough to drive post-Brexit success for... – ComputerWeekly.com
Chancellor's Budget boost for tech is tempered by ... – ComputerWeekly.com
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced the most tech-friendly Budget ever. It wasn't only the headline figures that mattered though, welcome as they were, including more than £500m of funding, with a range of initiatives to boost artificial intelligence (AI), driverless cars, computer science education, broadband, 5G, tech startups, open data, digital skills and R&D.
More than that, the chancellor put technology at the heart of solving the UK's productivity crisis – and as such, right at the centre of attempts to make Brexit an economic success.
Hammond identified Britain's woeful productivity gap as its biggest economic challenge – it will be after Brexit, and it would be if we weren't leaving the EU. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) even revised downwards its forecast for productivity growth after UK productivity fell by 0.6% in the first six months of 2017.
As a result, the government is investing in what it sees as the next-generation technologies with the most promise to unlock greater productivity. More productivity means more competitive businesses; it means companies will (in theory) put up wages, helping to address the decline in real earnings since the 2008 crash.
That in turn alleviates pressure on welfare spending, which eases social inequality, which helps consumer spending, which boosts GDP in the sort of positive growth cycle every government tells us it's capable of delivering.
Nobody is pretending technology is a panacea – it's not going to deliver all those benefits on its own – but it's clear the government sees tech as central to its hopes and plans to ensure Brexit is not the disaster many in the IT sector (and beyond) fear it will be.
The OBR agrees – committee member Sir Charles Bean told the Guardian the forecaster does not agree with doom-laden predictions that AI will destroy jobs. The government has taken that on board and sees such technologies as an investment that delivers growth in productivity in the way that investing in plant and machinery would have done 50 years ago for a manufacturer. It would be good to see similar tax incentives for corporate investment in technology, but that's for another day.
As the CBI has pointed out, we need more than funding for next-generation technologies – firms need to improve their game on implementing established IT too. But for the first time, tech is not simply an economic nice-to-have – the government has placed it at the heart of its political strategy too. All they have to do now, is deliver.


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A D-Bus implementation for .NET Core.

Design goals:
* Be asynchronous at the heart
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COMPOSER PAULINE OLIVEROS DEAD AT 84
Famed composer and experimental music pioneer, Pauline Oliveros has died at the age of 84.
She was known for her embrace of new technology in creating music.
In a career that spanned six decades, Oliveros made major contributions to music theory, and influenced a wide range of fellow musicians.
Much of her music employed the concepts of what she called "deep listening" and "sonic awareness."
They were intended to help musicians and listeners feel the difference between passively hearing sound and actively listening to it.
The post COMPOSER PAULINE OLIVEROS DEAD AT 84 appeared first on Zoomer Radio AM740.


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Q: JAVA - How to continue a while loop gracefully if one of the functions inside it fails? I have a function which consists of a while loop.
 Inside the while loop, I call a number of private methods.
 If any of the methods fails (returns false, but also throws a private designed exception), I would like to continue strait to the next iteration.
example:
 void func (){

    while (true){

        func1();
        func2();
        func3();

    }
 }

As I said, each func also throws myException object on error.
Thank you!

A: Wrap each function() call with a try-catch block. Like
while(true){
    try{
        func1();
    }catch(YourException1 exception){
    //Do something.
    }

    try{
        func2();
    }catch(YourException2 exception){
    //Do something.
    }

    try{
        func3();
    }catch(YourException3 exception){
    //Do something.
    }
}

A: Put a try-catch block inside the loop.

A: Catch the exception and decide what to do:
void func (){

    while (true){
        try {
            func1();
        } catch (MyException e) {
            // print error or don't do nothing
        }
        try {
            func2();
        } catch (MyException e) {
            // print error or don't do nothing
        }
        try {
            func3();
        } catch (MyException e) {
            // print error or don't do nothing
        }
    }
 }

A: You could use the && operator to connect the function calls to not execute any after one of them failed and surround everything with a try-catch block.
void func (){
    while (true){
        try{ func1() && func2() && func3(); }
        catch (YourCustomException e){ }
    }
}


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Q: GCP Firestore export - filter by field in document I'm currently struggling with exporting documents from Firestore's collection. In one of my collections there are basically few types of json frames. Difference between them is in "operationType" line at the end of every document.
I'm asking is there any way to export only one type of those documents? I need files with operationType: "TRANSACTION"
If there is no such possibility, is there any way find certains documents by timestamps used there?

A: You can do something like following: ( This is a Python code)
// get the collection
const collections = firestore.collection('collection_name').get()

// get all documents
const documents = shopSnapshot.docs.map(doc => doc.data());

console.log(documents);

// iterate over the documents and get only those documents which are operationType = Transactions
newDocumentsList = []
for(var i=0; i<documents.length; i++){
    if(documents[i].operationType = 'TRANSACTION'):
         newDocumentsList.add(docuemtns[i])


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City Hall on Your Corner
Go ahead, Mr. Mayor, and raze Government Center's eyesore. But resist the urge to build a replacement.
Tom Menino is right: We should tear down City Hall. But do we really need to build a new one? The mayor has never made a secret of his unhappiness with the 39-year-old building and the grim plaza that surrounds it. Shortly after he assumed office in 1993, he kicked off an all-out effort to improve it. After more than a dozen fruitless years, the truth of the matter became apparent: City Hall and its plaza simply can't be fixed. The only solution is to bulldoze the concrete monster and convert the space to new uses – perhaps offices, condos, restaurants, a grassy park. The project could net Boston a fair chunk of change and still leave it with better and more usable public space than it has now.
So Godspeed with your plans, Mr. Mayor, and ignore the snipes of architects unwilling to admit their mistakes and city councilors looking for an argument.
Less good, however, is Menino's proposal to build City Hall's replacement along the South Boston Waterfront. Skeptics say the location is inconvenient and that it's a ham-handed effort to jump-start development. True or not, those complaints miss the real issue: Why should we have a City Hall at all? Perhaps, instead, we should remake city government altogether, decentralizing operations and bringing services closer to Boston's residents.
My model for this begins with something most everyone agrees was a mistake: Mayor Kevin White's "Little City Halls." There were 14 of them around the city in the 1970s; they were supposed to do all that the big hall did, but more conveniently and with greater sensitivity to local needs. Instead, staffers at the neighborhood offices used them to create their own bases of power, setting up a dynamic of them vs. downtown. Moving to stop that, White seized control, then used the Little City Halls to reward friends and punish enemies, critics at the time charged. This early experiment in decentralization was such a disappointment that when Proposition 2½ budget cuts forced White to shutter the program in 1981, few protested.
But times have changed. Much of the failure of the Little City Halls was due to a lack of technology. Back then, satellite offices had to be given some measure of authority and discretion, since automated databases and real-time access to information were largely unavailable. Today, of course, communications and computers mean city services can be delivered more cheaply and more conveniently from anywhere. The worries about satellite offices developing their own agendas or becoming politicized are outdated. Decentralization no longer means a loss of control.
In fact, much decentralization has already taken place. The Parks and Recreation Department – parts of which were once located in City Hall – is now at 1010 Massachusetts Avenue (between the South End, Roxbury, and Dorchester), as are Inspectional Services and the Public Health Commission. The Police and Fire Department headquarters and the Department of Archives and Records are scattered throughout Boston. Moreover, the city is working to renovate the Ferdinand Building in Dudley Square, which will eventually house the School Department and the Department of Neighborhood Services.
So, if not all city operations have to be at City Hall, why have one in the first place? Well, of course, a City Hall does communicate the, ahem, majesty of local government (please don't snicker), and there is something to be said for that. Logically, the two branches of government – the mayor's office and the City Council – should be located in one place. So, too, should some key planning and financial offices, as well as rooms for hearings and such.
But not much else. One could imagine a small, elegant City Hall downtown – perhaps moving it back to its former digs in the gorgeous and sadly underused Old City Hall on School Street (now occupied by a steakhouse, no less). City operations could be located throughout Boston, in places that are less costly, more accessible, and more efficient. And city services – licenses, permits, tax and ticket payments, and the like – could be handled by satellite offices or through the Web. It could be a win-win for all: We raze an ugly building and get a better government in return.
Originally published in the Boston Sunday Globe Magazine, April 15, 2007.
Posted on April 15, 2007 at 10:26 AM | Permalink


Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most technologically advanced diagnostic tools available. MRI uses a powerful magnet, low intensity radio frequency pulses, and computer technology to create detailed images of the soft tissues, muscles, nerves, and bones in your body. MRI uses no radiation. Depending upon your physician's order, an IV injection of contrast my be required for your scan.
Your technologist will conduct the test from an adjacent room. You will be able to communicate with your technologist though a patient intercom system during the entire exam. You should remain relaxed and as still as possible. You will hear a thumping sound from the MRI system that ranges from barely audible to quite noticeable.
Most exams take 30 to 60 minutes to complete and you may resume normal activities afterward. If you have taken any medication to relax prior to your exam, we ask that you bring a driver for your safety.


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In France, you still get EarPods with new iPhones
Pas cette fois, Apple!
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By Stan Schroeder 2020-10-15 13:52:39 UTC
Incroyable!
Apple may have stopped shipping its wired EarPods with new iPhones, but apparently its new policy doesn't apply to France.
According to MacRumors, every new iPhone shipped in that country will still come with EarPods. This is likely due to French law, which requires all smartphones to ship with a hands-free kit in order to protect children under 14 years of age from electromagnetic radiation.
If you speak French, this is the legislation in question; it says that promoting the use of a mobile phone without such accessory is punishable by a fine of up to 75,000 euros for an individual or 350,000 euros for a company such as Apple.
SEE ALSO: Apple unveils iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini with 5G support
We've checked Apple France's online store and it's true: for the iPhone 12 Pro, for example, the contents of the box include the phone itself, a USB-C to Lightning cable, and EarPods with a Lightning connector.
Sadly, the power adapter isn't included.
At its iPhone 12 launch event earlier this week, Apple announced it would stop shipping EarPods and the power adapter with all new iPhones, citing environmental concerns. This means that some users will have to pay extra money to get these accessories, but Apple at least reduced the price of both from $29 to $19.
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Kids' natural playfulness usually causes injuries to their bodies that can sometimes be irreversible. It is commonly believed that losing an already permanent tooth is undoable. However, in reality these lost teeth are capable of being implanted back with proper knowledge and skill.
Here are some first aid tips that you may want to know in case of emergence that may cause tooth dislodgment.
Pick the tooth up. Make sure that you pick it up as gently as you can. Also, do your best to avoid having contact with the root. What you can do instead is to hold it by its crown, which is the visible part of it outside the gum.
Wash the tooth gently and lightly under running water. You can also use milk. Do not scrub the tooth. A light rinse would be just fine.
Try and place it back in your child's cavity in order to preserve the nerve ends and avoid its expiring. If you cannot put back the tooth in its cavity, ask your child to keep it his mouth, between his cheek and his gums. The goal is to allow the saliva to do its work, which is to keep it alive and disinfected. However, if your child is unconscious do not place the tooth in his mouth for he may accidentally swallow it and at the same time foreclose any hopes of salvaging it.
If your child is unconscious and you are prevented from placing it in his mouth, what you can do is to place the tooth in a small bowl filled with milk.
Upon doing all of these, rush your child to your dentist, but do not forget to bring his tooth with you. Remember that the sooner that you get to the dentist, the greater the chance that the tooth will be restored. The ideal period for tooth re-implantation is about thirty to sixty minutes so make sure that you have someone who can call and set an emergency appointment with your child's dentist as you are traveling.
A child may feel some pain or none at all. If his nerve has been exposed, surely he will be screaming because of the pain, in which case, he could be given a pain killing type of medication to relieve the intense pain he is experiencing.
Also, in cases of tooth loss, there may or may not be loss of blood and their gravity may also vary for each kid. Some may bleed severely, while others may just shed a few drops.


(JTA) — H.R. McMaster, the U.S. National Security Advisor, called the converging interests of Israel and other Middle Eastern countries an "opportunity," during an address to the American Jewish Committee's Global Forum in Washington.
Citing the 1967 Six Day War as an example, McMaster said that what can appear to be an unprecedented challenge can present opportunities. Today, in the face of threats from Hamas, Hezbollah, the Islamic State and Iran, Israel "has adapted and performed amazingly well" because it "consistently recognized and acted on opportunities when others may have seen only difficulties," he said.
McMaster said that Trump convinced more than 50 leaders of Muslim countries he met with in Saudi Arabia to agree "to cut off the financing for extremists and prevent them from hijacking and perverting their religion," a pledge he said the administration intended to monitor.
McMaster added that while in Israel, Trump "reaffirmed America's rock-solid alliance with our closest military ally," and emphasized to the Palestinian Authority leadership the need to counter terrorism.
The AJC Global Forum runs through June 6 in Washington, D.C., with more than 2,500 participants from across the United States and 70 countries around the world.


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