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Group Tax Compliance Manager PAUL BRIDES advises on new company car advisory fuel rates that took effect from 1 June 2013.
The new rates will apply to all journeys on or after 1 June 2013 until further notice. Employers will then have a month long window where they can use either the previous or new current rates, as they choose.
Employers may therefore make or require supplementary payments if they so wish, but are under no obligation to do either.


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Bar wars: Police zoom into action to stop weekend fun
by Michael Jackman
What a drag. Apparently, the police decided to crack down on all sorts of fun stuff in Detroit and Hamtramck this weekend. Details are still hazy, because everybody is still sleeping off hangovers from all these weekend hootenannies, but here are the unsupported rumors.
Multiple sources say that the Cass Corridor's Comet Bar was shut down by police on Saturday night. The scuttlebutt is that the bar's liquor license expired at midnight, and the police were present by then and told all the customers to leave shortly after midnight. A person at the event said that one cop was somewhat apologetic, saying that the orders came down from higher up, and that the bar had to be shut down.
This set off a bunch of counter-rumors. You see, the bar sits in the footprint of Mike Ilitch's new Red Wings stadium. As a result, sources say that the bar owners had been keeping the bar running on a week-to-week basis, never sure when the final hour would come. Knowledgable sources claim that a bar will usually be allowed to finish out the night in such cases, but this obviously wasn't the case. The long weekend and following holiday leaves the bar with little recourse in the short term.
In a way, it's refreshing to see the city of Detroit cracking down on violations that it had turned a blind eye to in the past. Take, for instance, the city's efforts to have the Park Avenue building razed for violations. That wouldn't have happened so quickly in the past. Add to that the fact that the police wouldn't let the Comet Bar run without a license, even for a moment.
But, is it a mere coincidence that both properties are either on the site of the future stadium or part of the proposed $650 million new Detroit Red Wings arena district? These are the sort of questions the bar's closing left whirling in its wake.
Saturday night also saw another police action, this one at Detroit's North End Studios, where an art opening was allegedly taking place. Accounts say it was a SWAT-style raid, reminiscent of the "Raid on CAID" in June 0f 2008. Our source told us that, while there had been some illicit high jinks at the venue in the past, the evening's main event was a simple art opening, perhaps not the rave the police had been hoping for. We're still waiting for word to filter in about what really happened, but it doesn't present a pretty picture that people can have their houses robbed and have to wait a day for the police to come by to take a report, but the cops have the resources to arm up and close down a what sounds like a tame art event.
A day earlier, on Friday night, police allegedly closed down Hamtramck's White Star Bar, a European dance club. When the club's disappointed patrons lined the street, edging up toward Small's Bar, one source said police used "tear gas," although this is certainly almost false. Perhaps police instead fogged the crowd with Mace, which they did a few months ago to disperse a crowd at Steve's Liquor Store in Hamtramck. We sincerely hope that no law-abiding patrons of Small's Bar were swept up in that action.
All in all, it seems that a weekend of revelry just presented too tempting a target for the police, who decided to go on the offensive. And yet we have to wonder why, in a city with a high murder rate, known trap houses, and flagrant street prostitution, and with countless warrants to be served, the police go after bars and pleasure seekers. Could it be that bursting into art events and impounding cars generates more money for the cops than simply enforcing the law.
For that matter, what does "keeping the peace" mean when two of the weekend's alleged police actions sound like the cops created more chaos than they prevented?
UPDATE: A poster to Comet Bar's Facebook page denies that the police visit had anything to do with a liquor license, claiming that a patron called the cops, who then shut the bar down. Somebody else who was there that night claims, however, that the police went straight for the bar's paperwork. As the rumors continue to fly, we'll do our best to sort out what used to be called a "developing story."
News Hits Comet Bar North End Studios White Star police
John Oliver revisits 'the funkiest shakedown in human history,' the CAID raid

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Share this Story: Barbershops to open as COVID-19 rules ease in parts of California
Barbershops to open as COVID-19 rules ease in parts of California
Sharon Bernstein
SACRAMENTO — Barbershops and hair salons can re-open with some changes to their operations in parts of California where public health officials call it safe, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday, as the most populous U.S. state continued to ease its coronavirus-related restrictions.
Salon employees in the 47 of California's 58 counties that have been cleared to re-open them will be required to wear face coverings and encouraged to also don goggles or other eye protection when working with customers, new guidelines released on Tuesday said. Customers must also wear face coverings, use hand sanitizer and follow social distancing guidelines.
Barbershops to open as COVID-19 rules ease in parts of California Back to video
Workers and customers must all be screened for fever and other symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
The move to allow haircuts by appointment in most of the state's 58 counties comes a day after Newsom allowed churches to hold abbreviated services with no more than 25% of their buildings' capacity.
Nationwide, some health experts warn that reopening too quickly could trigger outbreaks of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Twenty U.S. states reported an increase in new cases for the week ended May 24 as the death toll nears 100,000, according to a Reuters analysis. Florida reported a nearly 6% increase, while New York registered a double-digit decline.
In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump to support infrastructure spending to jumpstart the U.S. economy as states further relaxed lockdowns and some people flouted precautions aimed at curtailing the novel coronavirus.
Recognizing the risk of a second surge of the disease, Newsom chastised Californians who packed beaches over the Memorial Day weekend, or congregated without face coverings.
"We're not even out of the first wave of this pandemic," he said. "This pandemic has just begun." (Reporting by Sharon Bernstein; editing by Jonathan Oatis, Marguerita Choy and Tom Brown)


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Orzeczenie czasownikowe, orzeczenie proste  – orzeczenie, wyrażone pojedynczym wyrazem, który jest osobową formą czasownika. Wyrażone najczęściej czasownikiem w formie osobowej, np.
Banknoty dotarły do Europy w XVII wieku. Nazywa czynność, którą wykonuje podmiot. Odpowiada na pytania: co robi? co się z nim dzieje? w jakim znajduje się stanie?

Przykłady:

 Gosia je grzyby.
 Bartek bije worek bokserski.
 Kapitan zajada się żelkami.

Orzeczenie czasownikowe wyrażone jest:
 osobową formą czasownika: np. (Ona) biegnie.
 osobową formą czasownika z zaimkiem zwrotnym (czasowniki w stronie zwrotnej) np. (Piotr) przebiera się.
 osobową formą czasownika z partykułą "nie" np. (Dzieciaki) nie przyjechały.

Orzeczenie czasownikowe można oddać za pomocą  sekwencji zależnych od siebie czasowników: Będziesz miał potężne kłopoty.

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Orzeczenie

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That's the thing about supressing your feelings. You don't even realize what you're doing- until it's 2 PM on a Thursday, and the sound of the faucet makes you cry.
We may push down the pain. But it still finds a way to reveal itself... shouting "I'm tired of suffering in silence."
But then we turn the faucet off. And we go about our day.
We should listen to ourselves more often.
I hope you find some way to positively express all those feelings of yours, writer. Wish you all the best.
Self love and self acceptance is so important to practice in our lives. I pray that you get the courage to let your emotions free.
I will never stop hearting this.


This exciting, original piece has already been enjoyed and performed by show choir groups and choirs across the country. The combination of English and Swahili text makes this a cultural study as well as an upbeat and exciting musical experience. Get your rainstick and percussion instruments ready for an effective accompaniment, or use the great tracks that accompany this title.


Peggy Sue's 50's Diner is an original roadside Diner 10 miles north of Barstow on the I-15 Fwy at the Ghost Town Rd. exit halfway between Southern California and Las Vegas.
life Dinosaur Sculptures, Waterfalls, Fountains, Ponds, Grass and Trees for our guests to take a stroll. We appreciate you visiting with us at Peggy Sue's. Hope you reveled some old memories and made some new ones.


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Coaching hub
How we get our name
Bigfoot Go-Ride and Bigfoot Youth CC are the 'junior branches' of Bigfoot CC, a local bike club which takes its name from a former local bike shop in Hayes Village.
Bigfoot's Youth section was launched as a branch of the club in September 2014. You can find out more about the club here.
This page contains links to useful information specifically related to the Youth section.
Spin Sessions 2018
We have arranged spin sessions on Thursday nights in January, February and March. This page contains information about the sessions and who is on the list to come to each week's session. Find out more here.
Youth rides 2018
For those Youth riders who can comfortably road ride Hayes to Brighton in a day, we have three more exciting opportunities this year that are ideal for you. These are now open for you to book! Find out more here.
Jack Petchey Achievement Awards
Bigfoot Youth is proud to be supported by the Jack Petchey Foundation. The Jack Petchey Achievement Awards helps us to celebrate the achievements of our young people as well as receive additional funding. Find out more, including a list of all our previous Achievement Award winners, here.
Jack Petchey Leader Award
Find out more about the Jack Petchey Leader Award, including our past winners.
The good care of your children is our number one priority. We want our junior members to have fun in a safe environment. Our club is regulated by British Cycling, and delivers the British Cycling Go-Ride coaching programme. We are also a Clubmark accredited club, providing a safe and rewarding environment ensuring the welfare of our members. Find out how we protect your personal data: Privacy.


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01.March, 2017
Havyard delivers on operations and heads for the future
Havyard Group has turned deficit into plus and delivered operating profits of NOK 112 million in 2016, although large write-downs weighs down financial results.
Operating profits (EBIT) for 2016 ended on NOK 112 million, which provides an EBIT margin of 5.6 %. After write-downs of ship values in connection with ownership shares in offshore vessels, pre-tax results come in at NOK 23 million. All companies apart from Norwegian Electric Systems delivered positive results, with Havyard Ship Technology the biggest contributor with an EBIT of NOK 64 million.
CEO Geir Johan Bakke is very pleased with these figures.
This shows that we have taken several good steps towards providing results, and I am incredibly proud and grateful for the fantastic effort of our employees in 2016. I am therefore pleased to inform that according to agreement, bonuses will be paid out to all employees, equal for everyone with adjustments only made according to actual percentage of employment and country of residence. It is easy to be leader of Havyard with the high number of skilful and motivated employees, and we have marked the course for the future where we together will create safe, profitable and exciting workplaces.
From ship technology to «maritime technology group».
Havyard started out in 2000 as a shipyard with 150 employees. From 2005 through the acquisition of Leine Maritime and the founding of Havyard Design & Solutions, and in 2007 through the establishment of Havyard Power & Systems, Havyard has developed into an international group with focus on ship technology.
Havyard developed further at sea and ashore through the formation of Norwegian Electric Systems in 2009, in 2012 by purchasing MMC and in 2013 by founding HPR.
The change from ship technology to a maritime technology group is both a description of what we are today and a signal of what way we wish to take and develop the company in the future.
Further develops the group and increases to 5 business areas
Havyard Group takes more action within its organisation, in order to strengthen its focus on profitable growth and to secure development of new competitive products and services. The growth in Havyard has been made through organic growth, mergers and acquisitions.
These are processes, after we have had a period of consolidation, which we will have an increased future focus on, in order to reach our targets of profitable growth within our priority areas.
HPR (Havyard Production & Service), which is located in Poland and is our company for sourcing and personnel, will be established as a separate business area. HPR was formerly a subsidiary of Havyard Ship Technology and has previously sold much of its capacity internally, although currently it sells its largest part of turnover externally and the aim is to increase this turnover further. HPR is going to profile itself with its own brand name HPRTM, to make the company visible in the market, and to increase the value of HPR as an independent company. HPR with Nedim Jacupovic as General Manager has 300 employees and had a turnover in 2016 of NOK 150 million, with financial results of NOK 3.5 million. The company moves into new production facilities this spring and aims to both increase turnover and financial results for 2017.
The Havyard Ship Technology shipyard (HST) in Leirvik, Norway will remain a vital part of Havyard, as a shop window and laboratory for development of new technology and equipment, together with a focus on profitable contracts in accordance with customer needs. In this context, fixed costs at the shipyard have been considerably reduced and capacity is made more flexible in order to meet fluctuations in the market. To secure an overall smoother shipyard activity, parts of both the short-term and long-term capacity have been earmarked repairs and conversions.
Havyard Power & Systems, which has previously been a subsidiary of Havyard Design & Solution, transfers across to the business area of «Power & Systems» together with Norwegian Electric Systems (51% ownership share). Tor Leif Mongstad who is currently President and CEO of Norwegian Electric Systems becomes leader of this business area. The aim by gathering resources into «Power & Systems» is to increase competitiveness of products as well as developing new ones in agreement with market changes and needs.
President and CEO Geir Johan Bakke says that these changes will help Havyard Group take another step forward and secure profitable growth in line with requirements seen in the market.
At the same time, we want to make visible the current values within the group through, in addition to profitable growth, consider development and sale of companies.
Bakke believes 2017 is going to be the most demanding year yet within the industry.
We do believe, considering all, that it will a decent year for us. As for the future, based on processes we have and projects we work on, then we are optimistic for 2018 and 2019.


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Q: Ontologies: Why should I define object restrictions on a class if I can assign a property directly to the individual? This question is actually the same as this one. The above answer answers the question "What is the difference between Property Restriction and Property Assertion?" But in my opinion it does not answer the question (of the OP) :

Why should I use Property Restrictions at all?

Let's say
Every man likes a woman. (i.e. "man subClassOf like some woman")

For what use is this other than assigning likes property, e.g. like some {Mary}, to every single (man) individual (what I have to do anyway, if I do the Property Restriction).
Currently I am building a basic ontology, but after creating the classes I'm not sure what advantage I get, when I put those Property Restrictions on it. Because, fetching an individual via e.g.
SELECT ?subject ?likes
WHERE {
   ?subject rdfs:subClassOf :man;
             :like ?likes .
}

will get me the data whether I have this PropertyRestriction or not (maybe this assumption is not correct).
Maybe a small example will help me to understand what I can use it for.

A: This is one of those places where OWL is a bit counter-intuitive.  Property restrictions are used for classification.  For example, given the assertion "man subClassOf like some woman", you can find that some object with the like property with an object that is a member of woman is a man.
I suspect what you're looking for is somewhat the opposite: Do all members of man have a likes property that is a member of woman?  That is something OWL isn't very good at answering, mostly because of the Open-World Assumption. However, if you want to do this in RDF, using SPARQL to query the data, then it's relatively easy:
SELECT ?subject
WHERE {
   ?subject a :Man .
   FILTER NOT EXISTS {
      ?subject :likes ?woman .
      ?woman a :Woman .
   }
}

Which basically states that if a member of man has neither a likes property or the likes property is not a member of woman, then the individual fails to meet the every many likes a woman criteria.  Note that no subclassing is necessary here.  Members of man use the likes property to specify an individual.  Again following the references example an RDF specification would be:
:John :likes :Mary .
:Mary a :Woman .
:John a :Man .

Where Turtle syntax allows a in place of rdf:type.
Note also that you can still infer membership of man:
CONSTRUCT {
   ?subject a :Man .
}
WHERE {
   ?subject :likes ?object .
   ?object a :Woman .
   FILTER NOT EXISTS {
      ?subject a :Man .
   }
}

...which states that if an individual is not already a member of man and has a likes property that is a member of man, we infer that the individual is a member of man by returning a set of triples (as opposed to SELECTing the variable bindings in a match).
So back to the original question of "Why use property restrictions?".  Use these if you want to do classification per the first paragraph in this response.  OWL excels at that kind of classification.  Otherwise, it will be worth looking at a SPARQL-based solution.
For reference, a couple of SPARQL-based W3C proposals have been around for a while - take a look at SPIN and SHACL, the latter of which is now a working draft.

A: It's useful to know the existential restrictions exists when there are no individuals. Depending on your needs, this might be unnecessary.

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A team of Mexican journalists found that Mexico has recalled two medical devices in 20 years, while the U.S. has recalled over 26,000 during the same period.
A Medtronic heart monitor implant. Medtronic is one of the companies Castillo's team investigated for device-related deaths.
Over the last two decades, the U.S. has recalled 26,700 medical devices, according to Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad – a team of journalists in Mexico City working in association with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The reason these Mexican journalists are on the case is because these recalled or defective medical devices usually end up back in Mexico.
Reporter Miriam Castillo is one of the reporters on that team, and says Mexicans most likely won't know that these devices – which include pacemakers and orthopedic implants for people with damaged bones or joints – could be harmful because the Mexican equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rarely recalls products.
"We only had two recalls in almost 20 years," Castillo says.
She says her team found that in Mexico, people generally don't have a lot of information about products or devices that may be unsafe.
Another issue is that many of the failing devices are originally assembled in Mexico; the ones that are shipped to the U.S. are regulated by the FDA, but the same products that will end up in the Mexican market are poorly regulated.
In their project, called "Implant Files," the reporters found that Mexico isn't the only country with lax medical-device regulation. Only a handful of countries do regulate, including the U.S., Canada and Brazil. She says many countries don't regulate medical devices because the device companies are influential, and can lobby to limit government oversight. Her team also found evidence of corruption.
"There were bribes," Castillo says. But she says Mexico doesn't punish the companies in those cases.
In the U.S., injured patients can file class action lawsuits against medical device companies, but Castillo says Mexican patients cannot join these suits. She says the law in Mexico makes it hard for patients to prove that their injury was the fault of the device.


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Q: Invalid Signature Coinbase I'm trying to use the API for Coinbase but I get invalid signature.
So probably I'm actually sign it wrong or I'm missing something.
what should I use on request? should i use POST or GET on method?
$urlapi = "https://api.coinbase.com/v2/time";
            $Key = "--------------";
            $Secret = "------------";
            $fecha = new DateTime();
            $timestamp = $fecha->getTimestamp();
            $request="";
            $body="";
            $method="GET";
            $Datas = $timestamp . $method . $request . $body;
            $hmacSig = hash_hmac('sha256',$Datas,$Secret);
            $curl = curl_init($urlapi);
            curl_setopt($curl,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,array('Content-Type: application/json','CB-ACCESS-KEY: '.$Key,'CB-VERSION: 2015-07-07','CB-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP: '. $timestamp,'CB-ACCESS-SIGN: '.$hmacSig));
            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
            curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
            $resp = curl_exec($curl);
            if(!curl_exec($curl)){
            die('Error: "' . curl_error($curl) . '" - Code: ' . curl_errno($curl));
            }
            curl_close($curl);

            print_r($resp);

A: Get Current Time is a GET request (ref). The HTTP verb (GET/POST etc.) can be found in the docs for each type of request here:

In your example, the problem is that the $request variable in your message is blank. It should be $request="/v2/time";
hash_hmac returns hex encoded string by default so the hashing part is correct.

A: define('API_KEY', 'xxxx');
define('API_SECRET', 'xxxxxxxxx');
define('API_BASE', 'https://api.coinbase.com');
define('API_VERSION', '2015-08-31');

$headers = array(
      'Content-Type: application/json',
      'CB-VERSION: ' . API_VERSION
    );

$url = API_BASE.'/v2/time';
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, FALSE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$output = json_decode($response, true);
print_r($output);

will return
Array ( [data] => Array ( [iso] => 2015-12-01T10:35:58Z [epoch] => 1448966158 ) )

A: You must use GET method, because is just to get some information, authentication is no needed.
This is an easier way:
$time = file_get_contents('https://api.coinbase.com/v2/time');
$time = json_decode($time);
$time = $time->data->epoch;


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"""
Script to update stock prices
in database on a daily basis
after the closing of the markets
and before next-day opening.
"""

import os
import sys
import re
import pprint
import time
import datetime
import holidays
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import sqlite3
import pandas.io.sql as pdsql
import urllib
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bsoup

# custom
sys.path.append('../')
import dbmgt
import core
import daily

def doDailyUpdate(directory, db_name):
	"""
	Control logic for daily stock
	price and ticker symbol updates.

	If successful, returns messages
	of updated stocks and new stocks
	data acquisition status. Otherwise,
	will return tuple of Flase and error.

	Steps
	-----
	1. instantiate class, set variables,
	and connect to a DB instance.

	2. get the current NASDAQ downloaded
	stock list.

	3. rename tickers in the DB as needed
	using renameStocks.

	4. update price history for all unchanged
	stocks.

	5. update the DB AllStocksKey table with
	any new tickers using compareStockListsWithIsIn.

	6. use the new_stocks dataframe to
	timeDelayPopulate each one.

	7. close the DB, commit all changes, and
	log results.
	"""

	try:

		# STEP 1: SET VARIABLES AND CONNECT TO DB
		# instantiate dailyStocks class and connect to db
		db_path = ''.join([directory, db_name])
		dailys = daily.dailyStocks(db_path)
		# connect to DB
		dailys.connectToDB(dailys.dbcnx)
		# challenge db connection
		assert isinstance(dailys.dbcnx[0], sqlite3.Connection), 'Couldn\'t connect to DB %r. Try again.' % db_name
		# print db path to console for reference
		print(dailys.dbcnx[2])

		# STEP 2: get and test the current NASDAQ downloaded stock list.
		# first get the current list of stocks
		exchanges = ['NASDAQ', 'NYSE']
		# test stock list instance type and contents
		stock_list = dailys.getAllCurStocks(exchanges)

		# STEP 3: rename tickers in the DB as needed using renameStocks.
		# get a dataframe of all stock name changes from NASDAQ listings
		ticker_changes = dailys.checkStockNameChanges()
		# change the ticker symbols
		changes_made = dailys.renameStocks(ticker_changes)
		# if issues, print status of stocks that have been changed to console
		if changes_made[0] is True:
			assert( all( ['Updated' in msg for msg in changes_made[1]] ) ), "All stock name changes were reported good but did not process properly."
		elif changes_made[0] is False:
			if 'Nothing to update' in changes_made[1]:
				print(changes_made[1])

		# STEP 4: update price history for all unchanged stocks.
		# get a reference for all stocks currently in DB
		db_stocks = pd.read_sql('SELECT * FROM "AllStocksKey";', con=dailys.dbcnx[0])
		# split old, new and unused tickers into separate dataframes
		comparisons = dailys.compareStockListsWithIsIn(db_stocks, stock_list)
		# get the new prices for each stock and keep track of the results of the acquisition
		price_hist_results = dailys.dailyTimeDelayPriceUpdate(comparisons[0])

		# STEP 5: update the DB AllStocksKey table with any new tickers using compareStockListsWithIsIn results.
		# report success updateAllStocksTable
		all_stocks_update = dailys.updateAllStocksTable(comparisons[1])

		# STEP 6: timeDelayPopulate new stocks
		# finally, add a newly reported stock to the DB

		# STEP 7: close db, commit changes, and log results
		dailys.closeDBConnection(dailys.dbcnx[0])

		# to do: log all results.
		return True, 'Finished daily updates. \
			Check log file for results at %r' % log

	except Exception as e:
		return False, e

if __name__ == '__main__':

	try:
		# check to make sure cmd line argument passed
		assert len(sys.argv) >= 3, "Missing an argument. Please supply a db directory and file name to write to with the format NAME.db"
		# make sure a DB folder in directory if doesn't already exist
		if os.path.exists(sys.argv[1]) is False:
			raise ValueError('An invalid directory name was passed to daily update function. Check for errors in %r' % sys.argv[1])
		# check to make db name passed has proper format
		if '.db' not in sys.argv[2]:
			raise ValueError('No db connection passed with script. Try again.')
		# initialize the db
		results = doDailyUpdate(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
		print(results)

	except Exception as e:
		print('An error occured.', e)

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1. To lose; specifically, to chew on something of which more was bitten off than one can. Probably related to gnashing of teeth.
2. To bite the bag; See bagbiter.
A hand gesture commonly accompanies this. To perform it, hold the four fingers together and place the thumb against their tips. Now open and close your hand rapidly to suggest a biting action (much like what Pac-Man does in the classic video game, though this pantomime seems to predate that). The gesture alone means 'chomp chomp' (see Verb Doubling in the Jargon Construction section of the Prependices). The hand may be pointed at the object of complaint, and for real emphasis you can use both hands at once. Doing this to a person is equivalent to saying "You chomper!" If you point the gesture at yourself, it is a humble but humorous admission of some failure. You might do this if someone told you that a program you had written had failed in some surprising way and you felt dumb for not having anticipated it.


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Frontiers of Medicine
Stem Cells Allow Nearly Blind Patients to See
Stem cells could lead to new treatments for eye disorders
Photography by Peter A. Kemmer—Getty Images/Flickr RF
By Alice Park
October 14, 2014 7:11 PM EDT
In a report published in the journal Lancet, scientists led by Dr. Robert Lanza, chief scientific officer at Advanced Cell Technology, provide the first evidence that stem cells from human embryos can be a safe and effective source of therapies for two types of eye diseases—age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of vision loss in people over age 60, and Stargardt's macular dystrophy, a rarer, inherited condition that can leave patients legally blind and only able to sense hand motions.
In the study, 18 patients with either disorder received transplants of retinal epithelial cells (RPE) made from stem cells that came from human embryos. The embryos were from IVF procedures and donated for research. Lanza and his team devised a process of treating the stem cells so they could turn into the RPE cells. In patients with macular degeneration, these are the cells responsible for their vision loss; normally they help to keep the nerve cells that sense light in the retina healthy and functioning properly, but in those with macular degeneration or Stargardt's, they start to deteriorate. Without RPE cells, the nerves then start to die, leading to gradual vision loss.
MORE: Stem Cell Miracle? New Therapies May Cure Chronic Conditions Like Alzheimer's
The transplants of RPE cells were injected directly into the space in front of the retina of each patient's most damaged eye. The new RPE cells can't force the formation of new nerve cells, but they can help the ones that are still there to keep functioning and doing their job to process light and help the patient to see. "Only one RPE can maintain the health of a thousand photoreceptors," says Lanza.
The trial is the only one approved by the Food and Drug Administration involving human embryonic stem cells as a treatment. (Another, the first to gain the agency's approval, involved using human embryonic stem cells to treat spinal cord injury, but was stopped by the company.) Because the stem cells come from unrelated donors, and because they can grow into any of the body's many cells types, experts have been concerned about their risks, including the possibility of tumors and immune rejection.
MORE: Early Success in a Human Embryonic Stem Cell Trial to Treat Blindness
But Lanza says the retinal space in the eye is the ideal place to test such cells, since the body's immune cells don't enter this space. Even so, just to be safe, the patients were all given drugs to suppress their immune system for one week before the transplant and for 12 weeks following the surgery.
While the trial was only supposed to evaluate the safety of the therapy, it also provided valuable information about the technology's potential effectiveness. The patients have been followed for more than three years, and half of the 18 were able to read three more lines on the eye chart. That translated to critical improvements in their daily lives as well—some were able to read their watch and use computers again.
"Our goal was to prevent further progression of the disease, not reverse it and see visual improvement," says Lanza. "But seeing the improvement in vision was frosting on the cake."
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Lev Parnas' Attorney Addresses Devin Nunes on Twitter After He Can't Confirm They Spoke: 'Lev Remembers'
By James Walker On 12/6/19 at 5:01 AM EST
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The personal attorney of Rudy Giuliani's indicted associate Lev Parnas has questioned Devin Nunes' claim that he was not able to confirm whether he'd had a phone conversation with Parnas.
Parnas' lawyer Joseph Bondy said that Parnas "remembers" what the pair allegedly spoke about in a tweet directed at Nunes yesterday, responding to the California representative's claim that he was "not able to confirm" whether the pair had any phone conversation.
The attorney's latest swipe at the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee followed the panel's release of call logs supposedly involving Nunes, Parnas and Giuliani, published Tuesday in its impeachment report.
Nunes has been accused of taking part in phone calls with the president's personal lawyer, as well as Parnas and fellow Giuliani associate Igor Furman, who are both alleged to have helped Giuliani request that Ukraine investigate President Donald Trump's political rival Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.
Representative Devin Nunes attends a House Ways and Means Committee markup of the Republicans tax reform plan titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act., on Capitol Hill November 9, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Speaking to Fox News on Thursday about the release of his phone records, Nunes said: "I still have to even go through my phone records to see if he's [Adam Schiff] even telling the truth."
Asked what he discussed with Parnas, the GOP representative said: "Well I don't even know because I've never met Lev Parnas... and so it's a great question because many people want to know, including myself."
"You never had any phone conversation with him?" host Martha MacCallum asked.
Nunes responded: "We have not been able to confirm that yet."
Asked if he didn't think he would remember if he had a phone call with Parnas, he said: "You have to remember, we are the House Intelligence Committee, Oversight Committee. So we get calls from people every day. All walks of life. I get them from all over the world. From allies and people that aren't our allies."
Hey @DevinNunes—Lev remembers what you spoke about. You don't remember? #LetLevSpeak https://t.co/UlKZnGCxqR
— Joseph A. Bondy (@josephabondy) December 6, 2019
The California representative later said it wasn't known whether the calls were from his cellphone or his office phone, saying his team was dealing with "thousands of pages of metadata."
Parnas' personal lawyer was not convinced by Nunes' Fox News appearance yesterday. Responding to his interview with the network, Bondy tweeted: "Hey @DevinNunes—Lev remembers what you spoke about. You don't remember? #LetLevSpeak".
Devin Nunes Doesn't 'Recall' Talking With Giuliani Associate Lev Parnas
Newsweek has contacted the office of Rep. Devin Nunes for a response.
Bondy's tweet Thursday came just a few days after he also told the ranking minority member of the House Intelligence Committee that he "should have recused yourself at the outset" of the impeachment hearings.
Congressman Nunes admitted he spoke to Giuliani over the phone while speaking to Fox News' Sean Hannity this week, but said it was to laugh at how the Mueller report into Russian interference in the 2016 election had "completely bombed and flamed out."
He also said that he did not "really recall" the name of Parnas but admitted it was "possible" that he spoke to the indicted associate of Giuliani.
"I'll go back and check on my records," Nunes said. "But it seems very unlikely that I would be taking calls from random people."
Correction (12-6-19, 06:00 ET): The headline of this article has been updated to reflect that Lev Parnas' attorney claims his client remembers what he allegedly spoke about with Devin Nunes.
Lev Parnas' Attorney Addresses Devin Nunes on Twitter After He Can't Confirm They Spoke: 'Lev Remembers' | U.S.


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Q: Understanding Javascript Promises - Just want explanation Here is what I'm trying to do. I need to do some pre-processing on a JSON object.  In order to do so, I need to loop through each element, do a promise for a new person if there is no id for that person, and then update that element in the list.
Example:
participant:[{
    person:{
        firstName: 'john'
        lastName: 'Doe'
    },
    role: 'Plumber'
}, {
    person: '12345a9j09kf23f3'
    role: 'Window Washer'
}]

The first element doesn't have a person id, so I'm going to create a promise, create the person in the database and then update that element and replace 'John Doe' with a personId. The second element already has an id and doesn't need to go to the database to create a new person.
This code works as is. The problem is that I am trying to do a for loop and I need a synchrounous promise. I am in trouble. How can I use a loop and have a promise called or conditionally not handle a promise and the logic work synchronously?
Box.create(box)
.then(function(data) {
  _.forEach(participants, function (participant) {
      //This promise will be executed asynchronously, possible to make it synchronous with the for loop?
      if (typeof participant.person != 'undefined' && typeof participant.person.firstName != 'undefined') {
         Person.create(participant.person).then(function (data) {
            return Participant.create({}).then(function(data){
              newParticipants.push(data);
            })
          });
      } else {
        participants.push(participant);
      }
  });
  return Q(undefined);
}).then(function(){
 // more logic

A:
I need a synchrounous promise. I am in trouble

You cannot. Promises are inherently asynchronous. They're not a tool to make asynchronous tasks execute synchronously, they're an abstraction to work with asynchronous results smoothly.
What you can do is fire a task for each participant, to asynchronously create it in the database if it's not apparent there, and let them run in parallel. Then you easily take all the results (promise for them) and wait for all of them so that you get a promise for all results of all tasks - that's what Q.all does.
Instead of "looping" with foreach, you always should map to a new result - functional programming if you want. It would look like this:
Box.create(box).then(function(data) {
  var participants = data.participants; // or so?
  var promises = _.map(participants, function (participant) {
    if (typeof participant.person != 'undefined' && typeof participant.person.firstName != 'undefined') {
      return Person.create(participant.person)
             .then(Participant.create)
      // a promise for the new participant, created from the data that Person.create yielded
    } else {
      return Q(participant);
      // a (fulfilled) promise for the participant that we already have
    }
  });
  return Q.all(promises);
}).then(function(participants) {
  // more logic, now with all (old+new) participants
});


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Parisian of the Month: Ajiri Aki
I am happy to have Ajiri Aki who has had a diverse career in fashion and who also launched tabletop website last year as my Parisian of the Month.
Where were your born and where did you grow up?
I was born in Nigeria and grew up in Austin, Texas.
When and why did you move to Paris?
I moved to Paris 7.5 years ago after marrying my Swiss German husband who was already living here. We dated for a year and half long distance before having a big Nigerian and Texan wedding.
You lived in New York City, my hometown, for ten years working in the fashion industry. Please describe some of the jobs you had.
I loved spending my Twenties in The City. I first went there as a fashion intern at W Magazine then got a job working as a men's fashion editor at DNR, which was eventually folded into WWD. (The fashion industry's main newspaper.) I basically learned everything working on a weekly publication because I had to go out into the market to meet designers then come back and produce my own shoots and write my own copy. It was the best learning experience. I also got to style lots of celebrities like Boy George and Pharrell. Then I went on to work at Suede Magazine, a short-lived magazine from Time Inc. for women of color. I was the accessories editor, but also styled many celebrities like Lenny Kravitz, Misty Copeland, Kerry Washington, and Joy Bryant. It was one of the crazier fashion jobs that included going to Morrocco on a day's notice to meet a crew I didn't know with 5 suitcases of clothes.
You worked at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of the City of New York. What was that like and what are your most significant memories?
Calm and inspiring, which was the opposite of my magazine and styling days, and I was desperately in need of that. I loved every day at both museums trolling through magazine archives and seeing beautiful garments and pieces from the 17th to early 20th centuries. I also got the chance to get to know and work with the legendary Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton. At the MCNY I was the research assistant on a show about Black Style from the 1920s to the present, but kept proposing so many ideas and solutions that I was bumped up to Associate Curator. It was an absolute dream and I got to talk on the phone with LLCool J, meet Diddy, Dapper Dan, and so many famous photographers like Mark Seliger and Albert Watson.
You've had such a versatile career, including co-authoring a book about the recently departed Karl Lagerfeld. Please tell us about the book and also your feelings when the great Karl passed away.
Yes there have been so many things that interest me and I am not afraid to take a hard right in my career path and try things. (Of course I get scared but do it anyways.) Working on Where's Karl? was insanely exhausting but so rewarding. Me and my co-author Stacey Caldwell made Pinterest boards of every single person you see in the book and lists of what they would be doing and who they were standing next to. Everything was so detailed and curated before we passed it on to our illustrator. Even for the cities we would send over loose line drawings and cultural references. So much work!! However it all paid off because the book became a New York Times best seller and Karl loved it!! He was buying up all the books in Paris until we sent him boxes. Then after we wrapped up a 5 city book tour in the States, he sent us on a 7 city European tour to all the Karl Lagerfeld stores. The president of Chanel even requested a custom scene. The whole experience was wonderful.
Stacey and I were so sad when Karl passed away because he was so generous to us and supported our book. We were also clearly big fans.
You started a new business last year, Madame de la Maison. Please tell us about your new venture and the services and merchandise you offer.
Madame de la Maison is a linen and antique sales and rental business. I am in the business of bringing people together at the table with beautiful objects. I rent everything you need for the table such as linens, mix and match antique plates, silverware, crystal stemware, brass candelabras, etc…for weddings as well as private events. You can even rent for your next dinner party of 2! In a few months I will also have a modern contemporary collection of brands we all know and love. I want people to be able to rent items they actually want to own in real life. So many rental companies just offer boring basics you can find at Ikea or Hema and wouldn't want to buy. I want to be Rent the Runway for home and entertaining. For the online shop I have saved you the time of scouring the flea market or wasting time with online marketplaces with pages and pages of objects. It is a tightly curated collection of objects at price points you can still get excited about.
On your website you say you scour France to find the best pieces. What are your favorite flea markets and brocantes in Paris and throughout France?
I love visiting the street flea markets in Paris, which change locations every weekend. However my real jam is getting in my car and driving around Provence or through the Loire looking for treasures.
What are some of your favorite home and tabletop boutiques in Paris?
There sadly aren't too many that get me excited or that I don't feel kinda bored of. I honestly feel like Paris is lacking in this department. In New York there are so many good home stores. I still love La Tresorie and Ailleurs Paris though.
If you could decorate a table for anyone or any event, past or future, who or what would it be and how would you style it?
I would love to decorate a table for a big art benefit dinner and I would play with the shades of the same color to match a painting. I love when I get the freedom to style the table.
Do you have some cool tips about how to easily decorate and dress up your table without too much fuss?
Linens, simple low flowers, and votives add color, ambiance and joy instantly.
What do you prefer about Paris?
I prefer that life in Paris is slow living in the big city.
https://madamedelamaison.com/
Last week to see my photo exhibit at Hotel Pont Royal, 5-7 rue Montalembert, 75007 Metro: Rue du Bac
March 28, 2019 in Parisian of the Month | Permalink | Comments (1)
Sweet Cheese
Last week I was invited to a super fun event where cheese was the star of the show.
Sweet Cheese celebrates 10 international chefs who have each dreamed up a sweet and savory dessert incorporating their favorite French cheese.
The event was sponsored by an experimental label, Oh My Milk, a division of CNIEL, the French dairy association to promote French cheeses worldwide.
Held at loft space on Quai de Valmy on Canal Saint Martin, a cross section of forty bloggers, influencers, and YouTube stars were invited to the experience.
A bar with especially designed cocktails for the occasion was set up before the tastings and guests mingled before the event officially started at 8PM.
The tables were prettily decorated with vases of seasonal flowers and each place setting had black stone cheeseboard with a tag with each guest's name. I was seated next to an Australian architect living in Paris and across from Oliver Gee of the Earful Tower podcasts.
Once we were seated, there was a short video of each chef in their restaurant kitchen, telling their story about their earliest memories of how they fell in love with cooking. They shared about their first experience tasting French cheese, and how they decided on their favorite one to use in their recipe.
The creations were presented from the most savory to the sweetest. Some were light and airy, some were rich, some were weird but good, some were just too weird, some were so subtle you couldn't tell what kind of cheese it was, some were absolutely delicious, and only one I didn't like.
The presentation of some of the dishes were little works of food art, almost too pretty to eat, although that has never stopped me before.
At the end of the presentation, the chefs lined up against a wall so we could applaud and photograph them.
I have a big appetite and I can consume most people under the table. However, in this very rare situation, I was almost full by the sixth dish, and had to pace myself towards the end. I had a food hangover the next morning, plop, plop, fizz fizzing Alka Seltzer first thing when I got up.
Click here to download the book with all 10 chefs and the recipes.
Five of the chefs will feature their creation for one day at their restaurant. Click here for the list.
Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a contest giving away a free dinner for two at one of the chef's restaurants.
March 26, 2019 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Magnolia Blooms Palais Royal
Late last Saturday morning after relaxing with a café noisette at my favorite Paris café, Les Nemours (a blog about that soon), I strolled into Palais Royal to see if I could find something new to photograph.
It's funny how things in nature happen so quickly; Just a few days earlier I passed through the Palais Royal and all the trees were bare, nary a bloom. But suddenly out of nowhere, Mother Nature waved her magic wand and had the magnolia trees burst into bloom. Most were in that perfect shade of pink that only nature could produce, but I did spot a few white ones. The wind had strewn many of the leaves onto benches, the tops of shrubs, and on the ground.
The sky was gray with a blue hue, kind of like that weird blue rinse grandmothers use to apply to their hair, which made the pink magnolias pop.
Do you have a favorite from this series?
March 25, 2019 in Parks, Gardens,Outdoors | Permalink | Comments (3)
Door of the Month March 2019: 21 Rue de l' Université
My photo exhibition at the Pont Royal Hotel is close to the rue de la Université. Years ago I discovered rue de l'Université had a treasure trove of fabulous doors.
At #21 is a red lacquered door with lovely details. It was a hotel particulier built in 1639 for Thomas de Bragelongne and was acquired by Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Arch-Chancellor of the Empire. It was known as Hôtel de Cambacérès and owned by the Duke and Duchess de la Salle.
One of the most unusual details of the hardware of the door is at the bottom right and left hand sides. These structures were built to help slow down the horses arriving, so the wheels wouldn't scrape the limestone, leaving marks. This is the first one I've ever seen with a face on it. I can't quite figure out what the face is –Is it a ram because of the horn, or is it a fish? Also, is that a tassel hanging from its mouth? Perhaps you have some clues.
21 rue de l"Université, 75007
Metro: Rue du Bac
Last two weeks to see my photo show.
March 21, 2019 in Door of the Month | Permalink | Comments (0)
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I am always happy as a clam when American musicals come to Paris, as it's one of the things I truly miss about living in New York. In past years I've enjoyed productions of Sunday in the Park with George, My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd, The King and I, West Side Story, and An American in Paris.
This season Guys and Dolls, the quintessential American musical is making its premiere in Paris.
I went to see it last Friday night and was overjoyed. The production from beginning to end left a smile on my face and I hummed the tunes for hours on end after I left the theater.
Based on Damon Runyon's tales of New York City from the 1930s, the story follows a group of outcasts, gamblers and hustlers coming up against the stiff morality of the Salvation Army. Try as they might, the Salvation Army characters eventually succumb to their immoral underlings.
The cast is uniformly excellent, hitting all their marks, but the true star of the show is Ria Jones, as Adelaide. Her flare, timing, and wit as the lovable, lamentable Adelaide was superb, adding that little bit of extra je-ne-sais quois that gives her star power. She reminded me a bit of the brassy Ethel Merman, especially with her curly auburn mop and large voice.
I forgot how many consistently great songs Guys and Dolls contains from longing ballads like I'll Know and I've Never Been in Love Before, to the finger-snapping anthem Luck Be a Lady, to musical comedy classics such as Adelaide's Lament and Marry the Man, and the clever If I Were a Bell.
The exuberant and athletic choreography by Stephen Mear gives the show an extra shot of energy, to an already fast moving show and the costumes vary, sometimes spot on for the period but in brash colors, sometimes cheap looking, looking like the production gave the costume designer a limited budget.
Guys and Dolls is the feel good hit of the season, a much-needed respite from the disconcerting times we live in.
Until July 28, 2019
Carré Marigny 75008
Metro: Champs Elysees-Clemenceau
https://www.theatremarigny.fr/
March 18, 2019 in Entertainment | Permalink | Comments (2)
Roxie Paris
Roxie Paris is set to bring the elegant supper clubs of the 1930s and 40s back into vogue again.
Newly opened at the end of 2018, I was invited for dinner two weeks ago. Located on a side street off the Champs Elysees, the exterior already emits a throwback to the 1930s with a black lacquer marquis spelling ROXIE in bold letters.
Two good looking, well dressed staff members warmly greeted us, took our coats and escorted us to the dining room. The lacquered interior looked like it was dipped into a bottle of red high gloss nail polish. On the stage were two singers, one strumming the guitar, crooning pop songs we all know and love in a relaxed, folksy style. Behind them was a fabulous Art Deco style mural with a naked goddess spreading her arms and a round chandelier
We were escorted up a shows stopping double-sided staircase, the kind you would imagine a line of beautiful dancers dressed in sequence and feathers would come down. Upstairs we were seated at a table overlooking the stage downstairs.
In true French tradition, we were offered Champagne as the first order of business, although we opted for wine with dinner instead. The menu choices were quite appealing and it took some serious decision making before Vincent and I made our final choices. A crispy tuna maki was crispy and light with a bit of crunch to it, with super fresh tuna. Vincent enjoyed his salmon cooked with a piquant Asian style sauce and I savored my chicken rolled in crushed peanuts and cornflakes in a peanut sauce. Dessert was a divine chocolate sensation hard to describe.
The name Roxie is inspired by Roxie Hart, the femme fatale that's the heroine of the musical Chicago is based on. Roxie brings back the days of private supper clubs and speakeasies but in an updated version.
Instead of torch singers slinking over a grand piano, Roxie has a musically versatile six-piece band and singer performing everything from Aretha Franklin to Joe Cocker to Lenny Kravitz to Adele. Unfortunately the band was not performing the night we were there, but I'd like to return and see them.
The bar at Roxie serves creative cocktails with throwback names- Ginger Rogers, Roxie Hart, and Louis Armstrong plus a formidable menu of whiskies and bourbon.
Roxie can be rented out for a private function for dinner and/or drinks, so if you want a bang up venue for a special occasion, this is it.
29 rue de Ponthieu, 75008
Metro: Franklin Roosevelt
https://roxie-paris.com/
Only three more weeks left of my photo exhibition at the Hotel Pont Royal, 5-7 rue Montalembert, 75007
March 12, 2019 in Parties,Nightlife,Openings, Restaurant Reviews, Restaurants/Food/Drink | Permalink | Comments (2)
Reopening of Private Apartments in Chateau de Chantilly
After a two-year restoration, the private apartments of Chateau de Chantilly have been reopened to the public. In 1845 Henri de Orleans/the Duke of Aumale, the last heir to the Duke Aumale, commissioned architect Victor Dubois and decorator Eugene Lami to create private apartments for he and his new wife, Maria-Carolina-Augusta, on the ground floor of the Petite Chateau of the Chateau de Chantilly. The series of eight rooms was completed in 1847, includes the prince and princesses bedroom, salon, toilet and bathrooms, plus the Petite Singerie, the only room that hasn't been altered since it was built. The wood panels painted in 1735 by Christophe Huet, a kind of satire, display the aristocratic activities of female monkeys (lunch during the hunt, picking cherries, playing card games, dressing) borrowing the clothes and expressions of the Condé princesses, in each season of the year.
There were fifteen stages of the demanding undertaking including restoration of the painted ceilings, gilding and paint, restoration of the wood paneling, wainscoting, and parquet floors, plus the replacement of textiles including tassels.
On a small group tour the other day, the guide took us through the eight rooms, explaining the significance of each one, the history of the furniture, paintings, general décor style, and family. The most beautiful of the rooms was the duchess's salon, a semi-circular room painted in the most vivacious shade of violet, along with a hand painted-ceiling of blue sky and cherubs. The furniture is upholstered in violet silk and the walls and doors are decorated with exquisite gilded wood paneling.
The contrast between the duchess's and duke's bedrooms is unusual. The duchess's bedroom is a study in opulence with teal blue with an extravagant floor to ceiling bed canopy, white lace bedspread, tufted silk chairs, and white gilded walls while the duke's bedroom is much more subdued with a small bed with barely a headboard, and pale gray walls, although his desk is quite elaborate.
In order to control the wear and tear by admitting too many visitors, the apartments can only be visited with a guide. A 45-minute tour in English is given everyday at 11:30AM for a cost of 5€ in addition to the general admission ticket for the chateau.
Domaine Chantilly
http://www.domainedechantilly.com/en/reopening-of-the-private-apartments/
March 11, 2019 in Museums/Galleries/Exhibits | Permalink | Comments (0)
Apple Store Champs Elysees
I have been an Apple fan ever since I bought my first Mac laptop in 2001. Every computer I've owned since then is an Apple and I bought my first I-Phone in 2008.
Besides their superior products, I've always liked their consistent minimalist and streamlined design, which their stores clearly reflect. They are more like tech laboratories than a retail store.
A few months ago a new store on the Champs Elysees opened and it's the most beautiful and unusual Apple store I've ever been in.
What's unusual about the store is the fact that it's located in a former hotel Particulier with a corner rotunda. Inventor and aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont, who was one of the first men to fly an airplane, once owned it.
Instead of one vast open space like most Apple stores, there's an assemblage of smaller scale rooms on three floors. The centerpiece is an ornately carved staircase stripped to its original finish with stairs in chocolate brown veined marble, and landings of black and white diamond shaped tiles.
Walking through the lobby entrance though a portal of swirled wrought iron, you arrive at the spectacular atrium reaching up three floors capped by a mirrored kaleidoscope ceiling. The atrium, lined with newly potted trees, serves as an event space. There's a massive screen where videos and news of product updates are shown. Customers can sit on wood cubes to watch.
On the second floor is a series of salon-like rooms, which are still recognizable as rooms of the original apartment with wood parquet floors and painted over fireplaces and moldings.
The Genius Bar is discreetly located down a long hall with no sign on it and if one has to wait on line, they are visually rewarded with a series of Art Nouveau stained glass panels.
My favorite room was the semi-circular with curved glass paned windows overlooking the Champs Elysees filled just with I-Watches. The Hermes double strap one has my name on it.
Another room, which is beautifully decorated with mid-century style furniture and black and white vintage style photos, appears to be a screening room (there's a large screen on one wall) and also features a long light wood table, perhaps for dining or reading.
The store is definitely a destination and you can add it to your must see places in Paris.
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Metro: George V
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Eye Prefer Paris Book of the Month March 2019: The Empire and the Five Kings by Bernard-Henri Levy
It's been a while since I've posted a new book, so I am re-launching the Eye Prefer Paris Book of the Month series.
I am happy to have the new book The Empire and the Five Kings: America's Abdication and the Fate of the World by award winning French author Bernard-Henri Levy as my selection this month. Levy is one of the most respected and popular authors and intellectuals in France.
In this book, Levy offers a provocative look at America's withdrawal from world leadership and the rising powers who seek to fill the vacuum left behind.
The United States was once the hope of the world, a beacon of freedom and the defender of liberal democracy. Even when America did not live up to its ideals, it still recognized their importance, at home and abroad. But as Lévy lays bare in this powerful and disturbing analysis of the world today, America is retreating from its traditional leadership role, and in its place have come five ambitious powers, former empires eager to assert their primacy and influence.
The Empire and the Five Kings draws upon lessons from history and the eternal touchstones of human culture to reveal the stakes facing the West as America retreats from its leadership role, a process that did not begin with the current president and is not likely to end with him.
The publisher of The Empire and the Five Kings has kindly offered a free copy of the book for one of our readers.
Be the first person to leave a comment in the comments section on https://www.ipreferparis.net and you will receive a copy of the book. Please note, the book must be shipped in the continental USA.
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March 05, 2019 in Eye Prefer Paris Book of the Month | Permalink | Comments (3)


I would like to discuss teenagers, self-harm, and signs of entity attachment. Suicide, self-harm, uncontrollable rage or grief are hard subjects to discuss, let alone heal.
It is still taboo to suggest that mental health issues could be causing self-harm, depression, rage and suicide. These causes can be caused by unseen and unfelt forces.
Spirit entity attacks are not going to make mainstream news, but then again nothing important does. Many people believe that these are only dealt with in black magic or the occult. I assure you that it's more common then you might think. One cause of negative entity attachment is from holes in your aura, one cause hallucinogenic drugs, such as LSD. This can give people the illusion of opening your channel, but in this example it isn't done right. The fact is, however, that there are thousands of occultists out there summoning entities and deities for their own selfish benefit, and there always has been people doing this. Sometimes these doorways are left open. That is why I recommend white light to everyone.
Do you have a deeply depressed, anxious, teenager? He or she may feel or have a dark look. If you have issues connecting with them, or they arnt motivated to do anything other then lie around. Maybe they don't have the energy to go out and get a job, but they will go out all night. They rarely smile, they can be angry or hostile for no reason. As a parent it's easy to dismiss their behavior as just their age. Trust me it is easy for people to get negative entities attached to them or their aura.
What your teen is manifesting may have nothing to do with the normal teenage drama, it could be dangerous, even life threatening. If they are harboring a negative entity either inside of them or in their aura you will know, follow your intuition. This can be difficult dealing with this in your own family.
Your intuition will just know there is something wrong with this person. It will just not feel right.
Your guts may be screaming at you to pay attention to this person you no longer recognise. While at pains not to interfere with him and what he's up to, through fear of feeling like a helicopter parent, the concern doesn't leave you. He does not feel right. My boyfriend and I have Someone in our family that has a negative entity inside of them. She feeds on negativity, and emotions such as fear and anxiety. This person can be downright abusive to get it. Another red flag is she doesn't want help, and just wants to be left alone. This is what the spirit attachment wants, to get the person alone. If you leave them alone the negative entity wins.
A lot of you have discovered you have children that are cutters, because you will discover it inadvertently, they won't tell you. They self-harm by slicing their skin, smacking their heads, burning, biting, and other harmful activities. This will make you as their parent or caregiver feel shock and guilt, these are the negative emotions it will feed off of. Any attempt to be loving or supportive we not work, remember we have to respect their choices and honor their free will. A lot of mental health providers cause medication, which can suicide attempts or even suicide.
Let's be clear; you are really not alone. This is not your teenager or his friends. It's dark energy, whether that's psychological, physical, mental or spiritual.
"One in twelve children and young people are said to self-harm and over the last ten years inpatient admissions for young people who self-harm have increased by 68%. In the last year alone these hospital admissions for under 25s increased by 10%. And, among females under 25, there has been a 77% increase in the last ten years" say the Cello Group.
These are huge numbers. Care-givers would be wise to consider the possibility, even if it's remote, which it isn't, that you have an uninvited guest attached to your teenager, one so malevolent it would kill her if it wanted to.
Entity attachment. It sounds dramatic. But then suicide is and so is self-harm, and they're on the increase.
Your health professional will know nothing of entity attachments, curses or implants.
-A person will not know they need help because the entity is constantly telling them they are alright and there is no problem at all.


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In the 1930's, the site was renovated by the owner and, in 1955, it was sold to the city of Long Beach and re-opened as a museum. In 1988, Rancho Los Cerritos was designated as an official State Historic Landmark. While the site is still primarily used as a museum to showcase and exemplify California's multi-cultural history and diversity, it is also frequently used as a special event space.
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We present a case of near identical patellar fractures in adolescent monozygotic twins who are both high-level competitive gymnasts. These patients presented 14 months apart with almost identical history and clinical findings. Both had an intense training regime involving over 30 hours per week of load-bearing exercise. Clinical and radiological examinations suggested avulsion or sleeve fracture of the inferior pole of the patella with minimal displacement. Diagnoses of patellar stress fracture with avulsion of the distal pole and symptomatic bipartite patella could not be reliably excluded. Both fractures were treated conservatively with immobilisation of the knee in extension. An excellent functional result was observed in both patients with return to full activity at 8 weeks.
This is the first published case of identical injury to the patella in monozygotic twins. A significant genetic influence on bone mineral density (BMD) has been reported and low BMD is associated with increased susceptibility to fracture. These injuries corroborate a genetic influence on susceptibility to fracture. There is a requirement for further work to investigate genetic factors influencing susceptibility to fracture.
The patella is the largest sesamoid bone in the body. It is formed within the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle as it crosses anterior to the knee joint. Approximately 1% of all skeletal injuries in the adult and child are patella fractures [1–3]. Transverse fractures, including avulsion fractures, commonly result from indirect trauma, especially in the young . A diastasis of 3 mm between fragments is diagnostic of a displaced fracture [1, 4].
We report two near identical patella cases of fracture in adolescent, male identical twins, both competitive gymnasts aiming for the 2012 Olympic Games. Both had an intense training regime involving over 30 hours per week of load-bearing exercise. This regime included running, jumping and landing from height. Both fractures were treated conservatively with immobilisation of the knee in extension. An excellent functional result was observed in both patients.
A healthy 13-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with acute onset of anterior left knee pain. This occurred during a gymnastics training session as he took off for a tumble. He described hearing a "crunch" sound as he extended the left knee upon take-off. Prior to this injury he was well. His only past medical history was a non-radiological General Practice diagnosis of Osgood-Schlatter disease more than 12 months earlier, symptoms of which had resolved completely.
Clinical examination of his knee revealed a small effusion with tenderness at the inferior pole of the patella. He was unable to straight leg raise because of pain. Initial plain film radiography (Figure 1) demonstrated a fracture of the inferior pole of the patella with minimal displacement. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a distinct separation of the inferior pole of the patella (Figure 2) and bone marrow oedema (Figure 3). The knee was immobilised in extension in a brace for a period of 5 weeks, following which he was found to be pain-free. He gradually returned to activity and by 8 weeks had resumed his normal training regime. Plain film radiography at 17 months post injury showed complete union of the patella (Figure 4).
Plain film radiographs of Case 1 at presentation.
T1-weighted sagittal MRI of Case 1 at 2 weeks.
T2-weighted sagittal MRI of Case 1 at 2 weeks.
Plain film radiographs of Case 1 at 17 months.
The identical twin of the patient in case 1 presented to the Emergency Department 14 months later, aged 15 years, with an almost identical history. He experienced acute-onset anterior left knee pain whilst taking off for a tumble during a gymnastics training session. He also reported hearing a noise, described as a single "click" or "pop". His only past medical history prior to this was Osgood-Schlatter disease of the contra-lateral knee diagnosed without radiology three years previously.
Clinical examination of the left knee revealed a small effusion and tenderness at the inferior pole of the patella. He was able to actively straight leg raise but with significant discomfort. Passive flexion of the knee was painful. Initial plain film radiography (Figure 5) demonstrated a fracture of the inferior pole of the patella with minimal displacement.
Plain film radiographs of Case 2 at presentation.
His injury was managed in the same manner as his brother's. The knee was immobilised in extension in a brace for a period of 5 weeks from injury. Pain-free, he resumed activity upon removal of the brace. Plain film radiography at 12 weeks demonstrated evidence of early union (Figure 6). He, also, was able to return to his pre-injury level of training at 8 weeks.
Plain film radiographs of Case 2 at 12 weeks.
Gymnastics is a hazardous sport , especially in the paediatric population, in whom there is a high incidence and severity of injury . One third (33.8%) of gymnastic injuries in children involves the lower extremity . This report describes the presence of a patella fracture in high performing monozygotic twin brothers. To our knowledge no other case of identical patella fractures has been reported in twins.
Significant genetic influence on bone composition has been well documented, heredity and racial factors heavily influencing bone mineral density (BMD) . This is evident in children [6, 7] and adults [8–10] alike. Indeed, Friedl et al. attributed seventy percent of the variability in BMD to genetics . Examining twins has further demonstrated genotype to play a major role in the determination of BMD . Monozygotic twins have been shown to have a more highly correlated BMD than dizygotic twins [12, 13]. A conclusive explanation for such variation remains elusive with multiple genes shown to be related to bone strength and mass . A lower BMD has been observed in adolescents with fractures . It follows that the genetic composition of these two patients may have placed them at increased risk of suffering a patella fracture. Intrinsic factors, including activity and knee kinematics, at the time of injury would have produced a similar stress pattern in each case. Extrinsic factors such as training intensity, training load, footwear and training surfaces were also very similar in both cases. A recent Australian study of acrobatic gymnastics highlighted the 11–15 years age period specifically as "critical for the occurrence of injury" . Its authors hypothesised that the adolescent growth spurt may be culpable for a greater susceptibility to injury in those undergoing excessive training regimes during this period.
It is difficult to reliably assess the type of fractures sustained. Anatomically identical stress fracture has been described in monozygotic twins previously [16, 17]. Chronic stress fracture of the patella is a recognised injury , usually preceded by a painful syndrome. No history of anterior knee pain in the months prior to the acute injury was given in these cases. Stress fracture without preceding pain has, however, been reported previously and this diagnosis therefore remains a possibility .
The bipartite patella, whilst usually asymptomatic [20, 21], is a well documented cause of anterior knee pain, especially following injury [20–23] and unity of bipartite patella has been reported previously . Bipartite patellae are almost always bilateral . Both cases in this report had normal contralateral radiographic appearances. However, without the benefit of pre-morbid radiography, we are unable to exclude this diagnosis.
In the absence of a definitive diagnosis, minimally displaced avulsion or sleeve fracture of the distal pole of the patella was deemed most likely. This type of injury is an uncommon cause of anterior knee pain . There was a distinct separation of the inferior pole from the main body of the patella with a diastasis of less than 3 mm observed. The diagnosis was supported in case 1 following magnetic resonance imaging (Figures 2, 3).
We believe this is the only published case of identical injury to the patella in monozygotic twins. It corroborates the potential for a genetic influence on susceptibility to fracture and illustrates the need for further research in this area.
Written informed consent was obtained from the parent of the patients for publication of this case report and accompanying images. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal.
Andrew J Beamish, Gareth L Roberts and Peter Cnudde contributed equally to this work.
AJB, GLR, PC. Andrew J Beamish, Gareth L Roberts and Peter Cnudde contributed equally. All authors co-wrote the paper and read and approved the final manuscript.


A Unimer Research International poll found that President Oscar Arias has come back into favor among more Costa Ricans in January, with a 49 percent public approval rating, up from 29 percent in an earlier poll in August.
Published Sunday in the daily La Nación, the poll surveyed 1,225 citizens from Jan. 20 to 27.
La Nación cited Arias´ reaction after the Jan. 8 earthquake, his response to the financial crisis and advances on free trade pacts among the factors that might have moved more of the population over to the president´s side.
Forty-one percent of those surveyed also said Costa Rica´s government ministers are performing "well" to "very well," a significant improvement from 18 percent in August.
In terms of disapproval, while 28 percent deemed Arias´ performance as "bad" or "very bad" in August, this time that category dropped to 17 percent. Those still critical of Arias tend to be between 18 and 29 years old, followers of the Libertarian Movement or the left-leaning Citizen Action Party, or residents of rural areas outside San José, according to the study.
In previous polls, public opinion of Arias had plummeted because of economic woes and escalating crime that were causing citizens to lose faith in their leader. Those issues continue to be the highest concern for Ticos, in that order, according to a separate opinion poll undertaken by CID-Gallup and published Feb. 3 in the business daily La República.
In a November poll, CID-Gallup showed an even further drop in Arias´ approval rating from the August Unimer study, with a dismal 24 percent showing.


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SEASON WRAPUP: After a forgettable season, Warriors ready to move forward
Janie McCauley
SAN FRANCISCO — After reaching five straight NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors couldn't have foreseen such a strange, disappointing season as they debuted their snazzy new Chase Center in San Francisco.
The Warriors had the worst record in the NBA at 15-50 with a roster of largely unknowns taking the court night after night.
Kevin Durant had departed. Klay Thompson sat out recovering from surgery for a torn left knee ligament sustained in Game 6 of last year's finals against champion Toronto. Stephen Curry broke his left hand.
Andrew Wiggins arrived and never got to showcase his star talent alongside the team's top rotation before pro sports were halted because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Steve Kerr's coaching got tested like never before as he relied on rookies and young players to learn on the fly because that's all Golden State had available.
Then the Warriors were one of the teams left out when the NBA's Board of Governors approved a 22-team format for restarting the league season next month.
"We all recognize that there are much more important and pressing issues in our world right now that need to be addressed and corrected," general manager Bob Myers said in a statement.
"Basketball is secondary at this point. Nonetheless, it is helpful to have a definitive resolution to our season. We can now focus our efforts on preparing for the 2020-21 season and, ideally, putting ourselves in position to be a very successful team. In many respects, despite our won-loss record, we had a productive season this year."
Here are some things to take away from Golden State's forgettable season, which snapped seven straight playoff appearances:
OPTIMISM AHEAD
Curry, Kerr, Thompson and the rest of the Warriors realize there's a core in place to take this group back to the top. Even perennial winners have a down year at some point, after all.
"This is an amazing opportunity the way I see it in terms of moving into another championship window that we are extremely capable of doing," Curry said. "This year has been tough, so many injuries, so many new faces."
CURRY'S ABSENCE
The two-time NBA MVP missed 58 games after falling on his left hand Oct. 30 against Phoenix. He returned at last on March 5 to face the Raptors only to contract the flu and sit out again before the season was stopped.
Curry knew he wouldn't be fully healthy the rest of the way, but now he has the time he needs to recover. And so do teammates like Thompson and Draymond Green.
TRADE 'EM AWAY
In February, the faces everyone had just begun to get to know were gone just like that.
Golden State dealt D'Angelo Russell, Jacob Evans III and Omari Spellman to the Minnesota Timberwolves ahead of the trade deadline for Wiggins and draft picks
"That's unprecedented," Myers said at the time, while noting the moves provided financial flexibility to plan for the future.
Like spending in free agency.
"As painful as it was to move some of these guys and do that, the thinking was that going into 2020 summer it provided some flexibility and maneuverability with our payroll," he said.
The Warriors lost 10 straight during one especially ugly stretch. They went just 8-26 at home and had a hard time getting through the close games, dropping all five overtime contests they played.
The frustration mounted and even Kerr begged for a victory just to keep morale up in the locker room.
"We understand where we are record-wise, but we still have a standard that we have to play to," Kerr said.
He was forced to use 33 different starting lineups, most since a franchise record-high 49 in 2009-10 — and the sixth-highest total used in a single season.
"Our rookies gained valuable experience, several of our young veterans showed marked improvement, our injured players progressed in their rehab, and our culture remained strong," Myers said.
UNFAMILIAR FACES
Out of necessity to keep a lineup on the floor, fans got to know young players they likely wouldn't have seen so soon: Seven rookies played for Golden State and together they averaged 29.1 points.
From Ky Bowman and Eric Paschall to Jordan Poole and Alen Smailagić, they all had to play significant roles. Not since the Philadelphia Warriors of 1952-53 played eight rookies had the franchise used so many first-year players.
Golden State will get a top-five draft pick.
"We've got Klay coming back, we've got Draymond doing his thing, we've got Andrew Wiggins, we've got a lot of the young guys that are going to be a part of our team going forward," Curry said.


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We need to look at Jesus with eyes that are not projecting onto him what others have done. We need to look at him on the cross and realize that he is saying, "I suffered this much for you. How could I be unfaithful to you now?" We need to see him smiling at us with the radical love and resurrection power that is more than we can imagine. He so much love for us that, like a dam that bursts from holding back too much water, his love and power pours freely over us.
Because the Lord is faithful, the next question the pope asked us to consider is: "How do we live the newness of God that transforms us every day?" In our relationships with our sweetheart and our family, the faithful love of God, when we rely on it, transforms us into givers of faithful love. Our tendencies toward sin and unfaithfulness are transformed into a stronger ability to love others as he loves us.
When am I most difficult to love? What will I do to convert this self-awareness into greater awareness of Christ's faithful love for me?
When is my beloved most difficult to love, and what will I do to respond with the faithful love of Christ?
Share what you think God's resurrection power can do — and has already done — for your relationship. Then pray together for an increase of awareness of God's faithful love for both of you. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you recollect, throughout the course of each day, his incomparable love.
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B. Freudenberg received a Diploma in Video Production from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2003 and completed his M.A. in Sinology, Classical Chinese Philology, and Media Studies at Trier University in 2008. He has been a PhD student at HKBU's Humanities Dept. since 2010 working on a thesis exploring the relationship between Chinese intellectual traditions and Hong Kong cinema in terms of both narrative formula and visual architecture. His research centers around issues of Chinese aesthetics, Hong Kong culture, critical theory, and film theory.


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Marita makes the Hall of Fame!
Tullaroan native Marita Walton-Lanigan with her Hall of Fame award from the University of Maryland.
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A Kilkennywoman has been honoured for her athletics achievements in the US.
Marita Walton-Lanigan's record was recognised by the University of Maryland, who inducted her into their Athletics Hall of Fame.
The first Irishwoman to receive a sports scholarship in 1979, Tullaroan native Marita was honoured at a gala banquet in Washington. She was six-times All-American in shot-put and discus and was also the US indoor national champion and record holder in 1982 and 1983.
Marita, who still holds the Irish record for the senior women's shot-put, travelled to the event with her husband Eddie, sons Simon and Martin and daughter Marita.


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Foot Locker Unveils Women's Concept
Posted by Thomas J. Ryan | Nov 12, 2012 | Apparel Updates, Footwear, Outdoor, Sports/Fitness, Sportsmans, Uncategorized, Update
Foot Locker, Inc. announced the introduction of SIX:02, an elevated retail concept featuring top brands in fitness apparel and athletic footwear for women. The first three stores will open for the holiday season in Stamford Mall in Stamford, CT, Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ, and North Star Mall in San Antonio, TX.
SIX:02's unique design will be the first to offer women a broad choice of athletic brands in an environment created especially for her. The store features dedicated fit zones and fitting lounge areas for her to find the perfect fitness pants, sports bras, tops, and athletic footwear for her body type, activity, and style. A well-trained team will provide tips on how to coordinate the right outfits for her fitness activity, always with an eye for style. The extensive collection will offer top name brands, including Nike, adidas, ASICS, Under Armour, New Balance, Mizuno, Brooks, and Actra, as well as emerging premium fitness brands, such as Pink Lotus, Colosseum, and Spanx. Women will be inspired and motivated through imagery, verbiage, and music throughout her shopping experience.
"A woman's day tends to be packed with work, family, and friends. She often finds a moment for herself at the gym, during a run, or at an early morning fitness class," said Stacy Cunningham, executive vice president of marketing at Foot Locker. "We understand that it's her time to feel good and to look good. She deserves a place to find premium fitness and athletic gear that allows her to combine her personal style and versatility with performance features. We are excited to offer her that opportunity and experience at SIX:02."
SIX:02 is a part of Foot Locker, Inc., a specialty athletic retailer that operates approximately 3,350 stores in 23 countries in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Through its Foot Locker, Footaction, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, and CCS retail stores, as well as its direct-to-customer channels, including footlocker.com, Eastbay, and CCS.com, the Company is a leading provider of athletic footwear and apparel.
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Providing actionable intelligence to the battle commanders and providing operation priorities to the intelligence analysts continues to be an Army and Defense wide focus. With the Common Operating Environment (COE) initiative, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) (ASA(ALT)) is enabling the Command, Control, and Intelligence (C2I) Programs of Record (PORs) to break down these interoperability barriers.
We are working to bridge these two worlds by working independently in-between various C2I PORs. Through our support of Project Manager (PM) Distributed Ground System – Army (DCGS-A), PM Mission Command (MC), and Product Manager (PdM) Ground Soldier System (GSS), our engineers have solutions that enable the exchange of Geospatial-Intelligence (GEOINT) information in both the Command Post (CP) and mounted (M) Computing Environments (CEs). We are working with Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) to help define the support required by Army units to enable the creation and flow of intelligence information to operation commanders in the field.
Our SmartContent™ suite and LiveMaps™ toolkit provides effective mobile and web-based solution for ensuring consistent access to geospatial and temporal content in disconnected, intermittent, and limited (DIL) networked environments.


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The little girl looked at me sadly.
Mrs. Nayar is the richest woman in town.
Which sentence has both an adjective and an adverb?
A. He was completely shocked.
B. The fat puppy looked at me excitedly.
C. It is a fast computer.
D. The bird flew high.
Find the adverbs in the following sentences.
He usually gets good grades in Math.
He waited for me outside the gym.
Salma never comes to the community meetings.
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
I believe that dogs are the ______ pets of all.