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Gauteng man bitten at Jongensfontein
Rescue / 7 July 2012
NSRI spoke to Jacques Mostert, 29, from Centurion, this morning by telephone and he is in good spirits and recovering well in a Mossel Bay hospital.
He told us that his friend had exited the water while they were surfing and on his way out of the surf he was circled by a shark which bit him and he managed to swim out of the surf after being bitten and his friends ran into the water to help him out of the water before raising the alarm.
Hospital staff and doctors at Life Bayview hospital in Mossel Bay stitched his wounds last night and he remains in hospital receiving treatment but he is out of danger.
Original news release:
Rico Menezies, NSRI Stilbaai station commander, said:"At 17h15 on the afternoon of Friday, 07th July, NSRI Stilbaai volunteer sea rescue duty crew and the SA Police Force and Cape Nature, were activated following reports of a man bitten by a shark while surfing at Sandstrand (Sand Beach), Jongensfontein, 20 kilometers up the coast from Stilbaai – North East of Cape Town, approximately half way between Cape Town and Mossel Bay.
"NSRI Stilbaai volunteer sea rescue duty crew, Cape Nature and Police responded to the scene where the victim was found on the beach suffering two serious lacerations to his left upper leg and serious lacerations to his left knee with serious blood loss but conscious.
"NSRI medics and local doctor, dr. Pieter Joubert, treated the man on-scene, stabilizing him using tournique bandaging and intravenous fluid replacement, to compensate for massive blood loss, and oxygen therapy, and an ER24 ambulance was summoned and the patient has been transported to hospital in a serious but stable condition.
"He was surfing with friends and his fellow surfers, who reportedly witnessed the incident, removed him from the water.
"Initial estimates, based on the eye-witness accounts, and from the bite marks we estimate the shark to have been between 4 and 4.5 meters but the species of shark is not yet confirmed.
"The victim, 29 year old Jacques Mostert, from Eldorado Park, Centurion, Gauteng, was on holiday with friends and we believe his brother is with him too.
"The parents of the victim, in Centurion, have been informed and they are reassured that their son is doing well and in good care."

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The Chairman of the PCA, Mr Harold Scruby, today congratulated the NSW Minister for Roads, the Hon Carl Scully, on his decision to install flashing orange, solar-powered lights at the Middle Harbour School at Cremorne in Sydney.
Mr Scruby said: "This will be the first trial of flashing orange lights coupled with a speed camera. While previous trials have been inconclusive, the PCA believes that when coupled with the enforcement function, the vast majority of drivers will slow down and obey the law.
"NSW was the first state to create 40 kmh School Zones around all schools, over 18 months ago. It was a tough political decision at the time but it has undoubtedly saved many lives and limbs of our greatest assets … our children.
Mr Scruby added: "A study conducted in September last year revealed that 4,689 motorists had been booked in this zone over a 5-week period. But the good news is that over 886,000 motorists (over 99%) obeyed the speed limit during the same period. However, we believe this could still be significantly reduced with the addition of the flashing lights. Best-practice Road Safety requires equity and fairness. The PCA believes that the vast majority of motorists would have been speeding in this zone, unintentionally or inadvertently. Many motorists claim they are sometimes confused as to whether the schools (public or private) are on holidays, what day of the week it is and the precise time. The flashing lights will be activated only during the morning and afternoon school zone hours on school days. This will eliminate any guess work and confusion.
"Anecdotal evidence suggests most motorists agree with 40 kmh School Zones, but they want warning Flashing Lights. Anyone caught now has only themselves to blame and must accept the consequences.
"We expect to see a dramatic reduction in the number of motorists booked during this trial at this location and if successful, we will increase our campaign for Speed Cameras and Flashing Orange Solar Powered Lights around every school in NSW.
MIDDLE Harbour Public School principal Wayne Bensley says he is disappointed at the location and effectiveness of the RTA's new flashing lights outside the school in Ourimbah Rd.
In a letter to the RTA, Mr Bensley said the lights were "partly obscured by trees and far too high to be readily noticed or in your face".
"These flashing lights are simply not in the driver's natural line of sight," he wrote.
The school has joined the State Government's trial of flashing lights in 43 school locations as an additional road safety measure announced by NSW Roads Minister Carl Scully at the end of July.
Mr Scully said Middle Harbour was a unique site with substantial peak-hour traffic.
Mr Bensley said the first he was aware the flashing light trial was going to take place was hearing about it on an evening news bulletin. No contact had been made with the school.
This strongly suggested they were less visible and less effective than they could be, he said.
Pedestrian Council of Australia chairman Harold Scruby said he agreed with Mr Bensley about the lights' location.
"They are probably too high up and not the best type of flashing light," Mr Scruby said.
Mosman councillor Jim Reid said the lights would be more effective if they were included on an extension arm over the traffic.
A RTA official said a visit would be arranged to the school to investigate the principal's concerns.
"If something needs to be fixed, it will be fixed," she said.


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Advocate Spotlight: Saloni Tandon
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Name: Saloni Tandon
Occupation: Manager at MicroSave Consulting (MSC)
What achievement makes you most proud?
At MSC, we have been able to ensure that the Government of India and the banking infrastructure work together in an efficient and effective manner to rapidly onboard beneficiaries on to the formal financial system and enroll them in affordable social protection schemes. Over the last two years, we have helped establish new protocols, and enhance the efficiency of the existing ones across 27 districts. This has helped ensure that over 20 million new beneficiaries have access to basic bank accounts. Our project has been deemed successful and has allowed the Government of India to expand it across all 112 backward 'aspirational' districts in the form of a dedicated government led mission. This has been a major achievement for us. It allows us to share critical policy level recommendations with the government, with the aim of ensuring that all people in the country have access to basic bank accounts, and social protection.
Why do you advocate for financial literacy & inclusion?
At every stage of life, access to affordable and timely financial resources makes all the difference. For a poor, vulnerable individual, lack of access to affordable financial resources pushes him/her further in the vicious cycle of poverty. The recent COVID crisis has proved the importance of savings, and credit for the ultra poor, and the low and middle income segment. Women across the globe, and more particularly in India, face negative gender norms. The lack of - access to a safe place to save their money or avenues to borrow credit often restricts their empowerment or even worse, traps them in toxic, abusive environments. I hope to be able to bridge these gaps through my work. I believe access to finance, especially to individuals that intent to repay the money, should never be a barrier in their access to a better standard of living, quality education or quality healthcare.
What would you say is the best advice for the next generation of youth (inspiring them to become financially literate)?
Unfortunately, the world runs on money. There will be a time when you'll need money for a loved one, or to fulfill your own ambitions. Every single penny spent unwisely in the past will come to haunt you at that moment. For the sake of you and your family's future, please be wise today. Please take care of your finances today.
Favorite (inspirational) quote:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt (1910)
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It may at root be trying to avoid an unfunded mandate, but the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is bringing a court case to oppose the principle that the atmosphere is a public resource which it is the state's duty to protect.
As part of a national environmental movement, a group of youths in 2011 demanded that the commission enact steps to reduce greenhouse gases. The agency refused, and the youths' parents sued on their behalf.
State lawyers late last month argued in front of the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals that Triana's comments were beyond the scope of the case and should be "vacated.
Both sides agree that the debate is largely symbolic, but it's interesting that the State of Texas is so convinced that its responsibilities lie in actually avoiding any responsibility for the air that it is willing to appeal the judgment.
The atmosphere is not a public resource? What an absurdly contorted assertion.


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NJCAA - Basketball
Fourth Quarter STCC Rally Tops Massasoit Women's Hoops, 62-57
Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield Technical Community College (5-2, 4-1) 6 16 19 21 62
Massasoit Community College 15 10 25 7 57
Sienna Johnson
Pts: Jamie Staples - 19
Reb: Katelyn Paulk - 18
Ast: McKenna Sousa - 7
Pts: Sierra Johnson - 16
Reb: Karen Snow - 14
BROCKTON, Mass. ---- In a game of runs, Springfield Tech outscored Massasoit 21-7 in the fourth quarter to steal a 62-57 victory at the Peter Asiaf Field House on Saturday.
The Warriors dropped to 2-3 with the loss, while Springfield Tech improved to 5-2 on the young season.
Sierra Johnson (Brockton) led the Warriors with a double-double, 16 points and 10 rebounds, followed by Sienna Johnson's (Brockton) 11 points.
Courtney Foley (Holbrook) added 10 points, seven rebounds and five steals in the loss.
STCC received 19 points from Jamie Staples, including a trio of 3-point plays, and 18 points from center Katelyn Paulk.
In the first half, Massasoit raced out to a 15-0 lead capped by a Sienna Johnson banked 3-pointer with just under five minutes left in the first quarter.
STCC answered right back with a 15-0 run of its own, as the score became tied at 15-all with 6:23 left in the second.
From there the game was a back-and-forth affair, featuring four ties as the Warriors held a slight edge, 25-22 at the break.
In a high scoring third quarter, Massasoit took a 50-41 lead into the fourth quarter.
STCC went on a 17-0 run in the fourth over the first 7:03 of the period as the Warriors were held scoreless until a jumper by Sierra Johnson with 2:57 left in the game.
The Warriors would pull within three off a pair of Sierra Johnson free throws, 60-57, but could get no closer as the Rams would eventually run out the clock.
Massasoit hosts Gateway on Tuesday at 5:30 PM.


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Pedro Antonio Serra Bauzá (Sóller, 18 de agosto de 1928-Palma de Mallorca, 2 de noviembre de 2018) fue un empresario y editor español, presidente del Grupo Serra.

Biografía
En 1953 fundó la editorial Atlante, publicando numerosas novelas, como Bearn, de Llorenç Villalonga o La familia de Pascual Duarte de Camilo José Cela, traducida al catalán (1957) por Miquel Manuel Serra Pastor. Asimismo, editó El vol de l'alosa, obra ilustrada con veintiún dibujos originales de Joan Miró y diecinueve poemas de autores mallorquines.

Como promotor cultural y director editorial, promovió la publicación de obras tan importantes como la Gran Enciclopèdia de Mallorca, la Enciclopedia práctica de medicina y salud de Baleares, Els Reis de Mallorca y la Gran enciclopèdia de la pintura i l'escultura a les Balears. Además, en 2000 inició la traducción al catalán de Die Balearen (Les Balears descrites per la paraula i la imatge), del Archiduque Luis Salvador de Austria.

Dirigió el diario mallorquín Última Hora entre 1974 y 1983. Fruto de su amistad con Joan Miró, en 1984 escribió Miró i Mallorca —traducida al español, inglés, francés, alemán y japonés—, de la cual se hizo una segunda edición actualizada. Por otra parte, es autor de Brujas la bella, Brujas la muerta (1956), Vinos y dioses (1985), con litografías de Enrique Broglia, De Guillem de Torrella a Juli Ramis (1986), con litografías de Juli Ramis, 101 escultures a la vall de Sóller (1995), 101 pintors (Memòries d'una col·lecció) (2000), L'ombra del garrover. Escrits sobre art (1957-2003) (2003), Memòries d'un museu. Diàlegs en es Baluard (2007), Viatge a la Xina (2008) y Juli Ramis a Can Prunera (2010); y coautor de Can Prunera Museu Modernista. Catàleg dels grans mestres dels segles XIX i XX (2010).

Persona muy vinculada al mundo artístico, en 1978 organizó los actos en homenaje al 85 aniversario de Joan Miró, entre los cuales destacaron una exposición antológica en la Llonja de Palma y una muestra-homenaje de 365 artistas en el Casal Solleric (Palma). Fue uno de los impulsores y promotores del Museu d'Art Contemporani de Valldemossa (1992) y en 1996, proyectó la creación de la Fundació d'Art Serra, que presidió. En febrero de 1997 se puso al frente del Consorcio del Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani es Baluard, cuyo museo se inauguró en 2004. En Sóller, su pueblo, y como presidente de la Fundació Tren de l'Art, colaboró con el Ferrocarril de Sóller S. A. en la transformación del edificio modernista Can Prunera en un centro artístico dedicado al modernismo y a exposiciones temporales.

Estaba casado con Margalida Magraner y tenía tres hijos: Carmen, Miquel y Paula.

Premios y distinciones
Fue condecorado con numerosas distinciones, entre las que destacan:

 Gran Cruz del Orden Civil de Alfonso X el Sabio
 Medalla de Oro del Ayuntamiento de Palma de Mallorca
 Medalla de Honor y Gratitud del Consejo Insular de Mallorca
 Cruz de San Jorge, otorgada por la Generalidad de Cataluña (1996)
 Medalla de Oro al Mérito al Trabajo
 Medalla de Oro al Mérito Turístico
 Medalla de Oro al Mérito a las Bellas Artes
 Medalla de Oro de la Comunidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares (2010)
 Doctor honoris causa del Dowling College, de Oakdale (Nueva York)
 Hijo ilustre de Sóller
 Hijo adoptivo de Fornaluch.

Asociaciones a las que perteneció

 Académico numerario de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Sebastián
 Académico correspondiente de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando de Madrid.

Notas

Referencias

Nacidos en Sóller
Fallecidos en Palma de Mallorca
Empresarios de España
Editores de España del siglo XX
Académicos de la  Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Comendadores de la Orden de Alfonso X el Sabio

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This is another great book if you want to learn about the ways of low budget independent filmmaking. Don Dohler has been making movies in his home town of Baltimore since 1976. But even before that, movie magic was his life.
This book covers Dohler's beginning interests in filmmaking, from starting his own little magazine, to eventually going on to making feature films. His magazine helped and inspired future hopefuls that shared the same passion. Tom Sullivan, the man behind the special makeup effects of Evil Dead said that he learned a lot from Don's early magazine.
But this book also covers every one of the five films that Dohler directed, from his first film The Alien Factor, to his last one, Blood Massacre. Giving the reader an great insight at all the little stuff that goes on behind the camera of low budget films, from the first conception to the very end.


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S. Africa's Ruling Party Draws Fire
Mandela and others label government's constitutional proposals as 'apartheid in disguise'
By John Battersby Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
THE publication of the ruling National Party's proposals for a democratic constitution has opened a season of intense bargaining before negotiations begin over a transition to majority rule."After two years of hard work we are on the threshold of negotiation," President Frederik de Klerk told delegates at the party's annual conference in Natal province on Friday. Mr. De Klerk said he was confident it was possible to have a new constitution within three years. If there is no agreement by then, South Africa faces a national ballot that would risk a victory by right-wing parties. The proposals were approved at the ruling party's national conference here Thursday but must still win the support of the four provincial party congresses before they become policy. The National Party plan, has been sharply criticized by the African National Congress and other groups as "apartheid in disguise," a charge De Klerk denies. He said his party would negotiate in good faith but would use its power to ensure a system does not emerge in which "one group would dominate another." "The proposals are a recipe for continued conflict," ANC President Nelson Mandela said Friday. "They are proposals that, if advanced seriously, can only retard progress toward a negotiated solution." The ANC's proposals advocate a centralized system in which protection for minorities would not frustrate majority rule. The most controversial features of the National Party plan include a minority veto in the upper house, proportional representation in the Cabinet, and a rotating presidency in an executive council of three to five members. National Party officials justify these mechanisms as a bid to force rule by a "grand coalition" of the major parties. Also under fire are proposed neighborhood councils - with powers to determine "norms and standards and a system of voting at municipal level that gives extra votes to p roperty owners and taxpayers, who are predominantly white. Mr. Mandela said the National Party plan would "entrench minority privileges by ensuring that any majority party is powerless to make significant social changes." Prominent white liberals have also been critical of the National Party's proposals. "In their present form they would prevent a fundamental transformation of the society," says Democratic Party legislator Jan van Eck. "It is only when such a transformation is guaranteed that you can begin to talk about checks-and-balances with any legitimacy," he says. But political scientists say there is much in common between the two sets of proposals. "There is already a fairly impressive degree of convergence on basic democratic principles," says David Welsh, political scientist at Cape Town University. "The central point is that the National Party has accepted universal suffrage on a common voters roll in the lower house of Parliament. Once that linchpin is in place, bargaining about the final form of the constitution is made much easier." The more controversial proposals would not survive the negotiating process, Professor Welsh says. "Proposals like the minority veto in the upper house will not fly in their present form." The liberal Democratic Party's own proposals are closer to the ANC plan but have much in common with both. "When you boil it down the Democratic proposals represent the point of compromise between the National Party and the ANC," says a Western diplomat. All three plans propose a multiparty democracy with an independent judiciary and a bill of human rights. They all opt for a two-house parliament based on one person, one vote elections in the lower house and regional representation in the upper house. They all advocate the supremacy of the constitution as the ultimate authority in judging both the legislative and the executive. The Democratic Party proposes a federal constitution and spells out how the powers of government will be divided between federal and state governments. The National Party leans toward a federal system, while the ANC leans toward retaining more power in central government while still providing for "strong and effective local government." The degree to which power is centralized is likely to become the main dynamic of the negotiations. The next stage of the negotiating process will be a national peace conference next weekend in Johannesburg which will lay the foundation for an all-party conference to discuss constitutional principles, the form of transitional rule, and what body will draw up a new constitution.
F.W. de Klerk remembered for conflicted legacy in South Africa
In South Africa, upstart candidate treads a path radically different from Mandela's
Violence breaks out during drafting of Nepalese constitution


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What are the PROS of being an FHA Approved Condominium?
Statistics show that approximately 60% of new home-buyers intend to use an FHA Loan. If your community does not have FHA condo approval, you potentially limit the buying pool to only 40% of home-buyers.
NOTE: These are "regular" buyers – an FHA loan is not associated with low-income HUD programs, such as Section 8. In some counties, an FHA insured loan can reach amounts of $800,000.00 or more. Since the recession, most American buyers are using FHA insured loans, and this will be the trend for years to come.
FHA approved Condos have a larger pool of prospective buyers, therefore increasing competition and demand for the product. This can result in higher purchase prices and an increase in market value. This will ultimately increase the value of all units throughout the community.
FHA Certification is necessary to get a Reverse Mortgage (HECM). Many owners use these types of loans as a financial planning tool and cannot stay in their units without this type of financing. Without FHA condo approval, unit owners can not obtain a reverse mortgage.
This means that in the future, an FHA Loan can be assumed (including the interest rate) by a new buyer. With interest rates at an all-time low, this can be a very valuable asset to an HOA community.
Realtors are more likely to bring their clients to FHA and VA Approved communities. Units with these approvals are easier to sell and most often sell for higher prices than similar condo associations that are not approved.
Going through the FHA condo approval process gives your Homeowners the sense that you as a Board care about the community and want it to thrive. By avoiding the approval process, it will hamper unit owners when they go to sell, refinance, or reverse their units.
At this time, experts agree that there are no "cons" to being FHA Certified. However there are sever misconceptions about FHA Condo Approval. Remember, chances are, your community was certified when it was first developed. Most communities in the US are currently seeking FHA eligibility.
The FHA and VA provide mortgage insurance to banks, credit unions, and other lenders. In turn, these lenders make loans that meet insurance standards. If the loan defaults, the FHA or VA reimburses the lenders for a portion. They do not "approve buyers." This is still done by the lender/bank, just like conventional loans.
To use an FHA or VA Insured Mortgage, there is a minimum set of standards that must be met by a potential mortgagee. However, each lender enforces additional requirements based on their own best practice. These requirements include mortgage score, credit history, bankruptcy and foreclosure/short sale history, and employment verification.
This is false. FHA Condo approval is completely unrelated to affordable housing programs. The FHA can insure loans upwards of $800,000.00 in some areas. Since the recession, most American buyers are using FHA insured loans, and this will be the trend for years to come.
No. There are many different factors that come into play during a foreclosure. If down payments were the key to borrower default, banks and lenders would be able to predict all foreclosures. Many conventional lenders allow down payments equally as low as FHA.
The FHA will not have any "control" over the governing of the community. An FHA certified community has no obligation to maintain its certification, and the FHA does not monitor the association. When a condominium is placed on the FHA connection list, the FHA is simply certifying that the Association meets requirements set forth in the FHA Handbook.
No. The FHA does not lend money. It insures loans that meet their standards. Sub-prime loans are what caused the mortgage crisis. FHA Insured loans are a big part of how the housing market came back.
Well-managed and financially stable communities have no trouble becoming FHA approved. The cost has dropped dramatically since 2010. When the guidelines initially changed, Attorneys were charging upwards of $5,000 to review the documents. FHA Submission companies like FHA Review are able to streamline the process and charge significantly less.
A defense owners can raise if the Board claims the owner has violated the rules is "selective enforcement," meaning the Board arbitrarily picks on some violators and not others. In addition, owners oftentimes like to rely on approval given by one board member, taking that as "Board approval" of the owner's actions. The case below tackles both of these issues, in the context of a dispute over an owner's installation of hard-surface flooring.
Facts. In a 2017 case, an owner who lived in an upper-level condominium unit replaced her carpeting with laminated flooring. The problem is, the Association's Declaration prohibited the installation of any flooring other than carpet, without prior Board approval. The owner had not received approval from the Board prior to installation of the flooring, but she did allegedly have an email exchange with the Board president wherein he said it would be ok. The owner below her unit complained to the Board, and the Board eventually filed a lawsuit seeking enforcement of the Association's flooring restrictions, after some failed attempts at settlement. The owner contended that the Board only selectively enforced the flooring rule against 11 of the 94 units—but the evidence showed that there were only 11 units that were upper units, and there was no evidence that the Board failed to follow up on a complaint associated with noise from any of the units below upper units.
Court Rulings. The Court found that there was no selective enforcement by the Board because (1) the clear purpose of the flooring restriction was to avoid noise complaints; (2) the evidence showed that the Association consistently took enforcement action on the noise complaints submitted to it; and (3) the noise complaints only came from lower unit owners against the upper unit owners. The Court also found that the owner was wrong to rely upon the president saying that she could install the floor, because the documents required approval by "the Board of Directors," and not just one member.
Lesson. This case provides a good example of how a court would analyze the defense of selective enforcement by an owner, and highlights the importance of the Board taking every complaint of a violation seriously and taking consistent action. While the court did not buy the owner's defense that she relied upon the president's statements, all board members should still take heed and remember to be clear in your individual communications with homeowners—if something requires "Board approval," that means that the Board has to act as a whole.
Between October and December each year, starter home inventory in the US gets a 7% boost, according to new data from Trulia.
In 70 of the 100 largest US metros, the number of starter homes on the market reaches its annual peak during this time, meaning those looking to buy their first home will have more to choose from this time of year.
Trulia defines a starter home as any listing priced below $232,751, based on weighted averages from the 100 largest metro areas in the US. The next tier, trade-up homes, are categorized as any listing priced between $232,752 and $360,469. A listing above that threshold is considered a premium home.
The number of homes available for first-time buyers the US tends to fall between July and September, when trade-up and premium home inventory is at its peak.
Since 2012, starter home inventories in the summer months have declined by as much as 20.4%, driving prices up and rendering home-ownership unattainable for many young Americans.
Though starter home listings begin to increase and reach a peak during the fall, buyers looking for their first home will find better deals by waiting to make an offer until after the holidays. By the time January rolls around, according to Trulia, prices for all categories of homes drop to their lowest prices.
Think of it as shopping the sale rack — swimsuits are moved to the clearance rack when stores need to make room for winter coats. Homeowners who have had their house on the market since summer or fall will be extra motivated to sell during winter, even if that means accepting a lower price.
According to Trulia, the average first-time home-buyer has to put nearly 40% of their income toward their mortgage payments — 2.3% more than last year. That's a far cry from the standard measure of housing affordability, which says Americans should spend 30% or less of their pre-tax income.
For first time home-buyers in particular, house hunting during peak inventory season — but waiting to buy — could pay off. You'll be able to explore what's out there and refine your list of "wants" and "needs" before you have to act fast when prices are low after the holidays.
HOA laws are generated at the state level. Some states require licensing and others do not. Connecticut is one state that requires certification as well as licensure to prove you have what it takes to manage a successful HOA. Since other states are passing similar bills, or could in the future, it is important for everyone to understand the bill, not just those in Connecticut.
What Is the Manager Licensure Bill?
In the past, community association and HOA managers didn't need any certification or training to get a community association manager license in Connecticut. With the new bill, managers are required to undergo training and receive certification from the National Board of Certification for Community Association Mangers (NBC-CAM). This helps prove they are ready and trained to properly manage a HOA.
What Is the Importance of the Manager Licensure Bill?
As a potential property manager it's important to understand the Manager Licensure Bill. Other states already look to NBC-CAM to determine what managers need to know, so it is not inconceivable that they may also adopt a similar bill.
If you are a HOA manager in Connecticut and you are already certified by the NBC-CAM, you have nothing to worry about. However, if you are not certified, you must become certified, regardless of how much experience you have. Having certification proves to the state and your residents that you have the training and knowledge to successfully manage an HOA, reducing fraud and incompetence.
If you do not live in a state that requires NBC-CAM certification to manage a community association, consider becoming certified anyway. You never know when your state might pass a similar bill. Plus, it looks good to potential residents and employers if you have the proof that you can run their community.
As Election Day draws near, disputes over political yard signs can lead to lessons of free-speech in America's neighborhoods. Homeowners' desires to the express their political views by planting yard signs may collide with community association boards' efforts to preserve their communities' appearance.
It is important for your community to have reasonable rules about political signs and even more important to have a community association manager with the knowledge and skill to effectively guide the residents through the process of creating, communicating and enforcing community rules. Community association managers are like small town mayors, with the responsibility to be reasonable and fair while upholding rules. If your community has yard sign regulations, make sure they conform to state and local laws and enforce them consistently, management should be knowledgeable of best practices, industry standards and laws affecting political signs. Make sure your community is protected with competent management.
Work with your community manager to develop a rule that will be effective for your community during the next election.
Last Wednesday, August 1st, the U.S. Senate passed two amendments that aid the issue of failing foundations in northern Connecticut.
The first amendment passed appoints the Government Accountability Office to assess the financial burden of the crumbling foundation crisis and outline a regulatory and legislative action to help the issue.
Officials have stated that a certain mineral, pyrrhotite, is the cause of the problem. Leading the second amendment to mandate the U.S. Geological Survey to create a map showing where the mineral is found across the country.
A state report shows that pyrrhotite used in the concrete aggregate for the foundations that have crumbled is partly to blame. The problem was detected in north-central Connecticut, Gov. Dannel Malloy estimates that as many as 34,000 homes in 36 towns could have failing foundations.
Insurance companies are known to deny crumbling foundation claims stating that the problem does not qualify under their definition of "collapse". The cost of a crumbling foundation can cost a homeowner up to 200,00 in repairs.
The amendments were presented by Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal.
Resp. Joe Courtney and John Larson worked on the amendments and presented a similar legislation that passed the U.S. House of Representatives in July. Jointly they stated that they will continue to press for more support for the homeowners grappling with the issue in their district. "As we have said before, no single bill or action is going to be able to fix this problem and we remain committed to pressing forward with these proposals and others at every available opportunity" they said.
The two amendments are the latest in many federal solutions Connecticut's congressional delegation has sought for victims.
ADA vs FHA: How do they affect community associations?
The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act have several similarities.
Both outlaw discrimination against individuals with disabilities, require reasonable accommodations and modifications, and mandate features of accessibility, design, and construction.
However, the ADA provides that there cannot be discrimination against persons with disabilities in a place of public accommodation. Unless your property includes a facility that is open to the general public such as a clubhouse, a pool, or parking lot, the provisions of ADA do not apply. The FHA requires that all covered multifamily dwellings designed and constructed for first occupancy after March 13, 1991 be accessible to and usable by people with disabilities.
1- An accessible building entrance on an accessible route.
2- Accessible common and public use areas. – Cut outs on curbs, routes without stairs to clubhouse, pool, etc.
3- Usable doors – Doors to entrances and interior doors must be wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair.
5- Light switches, electrical outlets, thermostats and other- no lower than 15 inches or higher than 48 inches from floor.
Environmental controls in accessible locations.
6- Reinforced walls in bathrooms for later installation of grab bars required around tub, toilet and shower.
7- Usable kitchens – must allow parallel approach to sink and stove and forward approach to other appliances.
Community associations are required under FHA to make reasonable accommodations when necessary to allow the handicapped owner to enjoy his or her dwelling.
If you are having a problem regarding a disability, handicap, or reasonable accommodation issue you should consult with your attorney before taking any action.
Can I Still Get A Mortgage After Credit Problems?
It depends on what the problems were and how long it's been since you had those problems.
Traditionally, someone with credit problems — like those brought on by foreclosures, bankruptcy, or general poor financial health — will have a hard time getting a mortgage (especially one with good terms and conditions) until these negative items age off.
For example, bankruptcy can be reported for 10 years from your filing date. One exception is a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, where the debtor pays back some or all of the debt over time. Discharged Chapter 13 bankruptcies may be removed seven years from the filing date.
Here's a breakdown of how long some common negative items can stay on your report.
Your credit blunders may mean you don't get the lowest rates or best terms and conditions, but that doesn't mean all hope is lost. If you're ready to get the home of your dreams, it's time to take action on improving your credit.
Before you apply for a mortgage, you'll want to review your credit reports regardless of where your credit stands. This gives you a good starting point to first see what credit problems are affecting you, as well as to look for any errors that may be bringing down your scores. If you see something wrong, credit bureaus have to respond to any disputes you file.
If you can hold off applying for a mortgage until you've done some work to improve your scores, it may ultimately save you time and money. Things like making your payments on time, limiting the number of inquiries you make on your credit, and paying down your debts to improve your credit utilization ratio can help significantly.
There's a lot you can do to repair your credit on your own, but if you're having a hard time, it's good to know that there are other options. Professional credit repair experts may be able to help you with everything from filing disputes to figure out the necessary supporting documentation.
While you're working on improving your credit, it's a good idea to start (or continue) setting money aside. The more you can save for a down payment, the better off you'll likely be. A larger payment upfront can be appealing to lenders and also can potentially mean less interest over time and lower monthly payments. However, this doesn't mean you shouldn't be using the money to pay down debts (and, in turn, improving your credit utilization).
Remember, bankruptcies and other significant credit problems don't automatically lock the door on getting a mortgage. You just need to think strategically and do your best to get your credit moving in the right direction.
10 Questions to Ask the Condo Board Before You Buy!
Before you buy a condominium, have your REALTOR® contact the condo board with the following questions. In the process, you'll learn how responsive — and organized — its members are. You'll also be alerted to potential problems with the property.
Our Condominium Has 50% FHA Concentration – Now What?
Our first response would be to make sure that you don't lose your FHA Condominium Project Approval! Obviously, FHA buyers are attracted to your community so it would be beneficial to the association to maintain this approval (Law of Supply and Demand).
Really, though, the question stems from the FHA guideline that the maximum concentration of FHA loans in a condominium is 50%. FHA uses case numbers to track all FHA loans and no FHA loan may exist without one. Once the 50% level is reached, case numbers may no longer be automatically assigned using FHA's online system FHA Connection.
However, FHA does allow greater than 50% concentration in condominiums that meet its guidelines to be granted an exception. In these cases, lenders must contact the jurisdictional Homeownership Center (HOC) and request a case number manually. If the condominium meets the exception criteria, FHA will allow up to 100% FHA loan concentration in the condominium.
**Exceptions to the 10% criterion: (1) if the project is 10 units or less, no one person/entity may own more than one unit; (2) Federal, state and qualified non-profit programs may own more than 10% of the units provided that the program is designed to assist low- and moderate- income buyers and renters; and (3) units owned and inhabited by an investor are considered owner-occupied.
The concentration exception terminates with the expiration of the condominium's FHA project approval. Once the project is recertified, the concentration exception may be sought again. Unless HUD changes this with the issuance of another Mortgagee Letter, it can be assumed that exceptions will continue to be granted once the project is approved and continues to meet the above-mentioned criteria.


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 * User: martindeiss
 * Date: 09.02.15
 * Time: 13:25
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namespace AppBundle\Manager;

use AppBundle\Entity\Comment;
use AppBundle\Entity\Repository\CommentRepository;
use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ManagerRegistry;

class CommentManager {

    /**
     * @var ManagerRegistry
     */
    protected $managerRegistry;

    protected $modelClass;

    /**
     * @var CommentRepository;
     */
    protected $repository;

    function __construct(ManagerRegistry $managerRegistry, $modelClass)
    {
        $this->managerRegistry = $managerRegistry;
        $this->modelClass = $modelClass;
    }

    public function create()
    {
        return new Comment();
    }

    public function persist(Comment $comment, $flush = true)
    {
        $this->managerRegistry->getManager()->persist($comment);
        if ($flush) {
            $this->managerRegistry->getManager()->flush();
        }
    }

    /**
     * @return CommentRepository
     */
    public function getRepository()
    {
        if (!$this->repository) {
            $this->setRepository($this->managerRegistry->getRepository($this->modelClass));
        }

        return $this->repository;
    }

    /**
     * @param CommentRepository $repository
     */
    public function setRepository(CommentRepository $repository)
    {
        $this->repository = $repository;
    }

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Q: SQL Solve a Function with a While Loop Using SQL server, write a while loop to  calculate and print the functional value of f(x) = 3x&3 -2X^2 + 15 for all odd non negative integers <= 25. ( 1, 3, 5, …23,25).
This is what I have written out so far

And this is the result I get

So theoretically I should be getting 45,640 when @x = 25
What am I going wrong here?

A: You can use a recursive cte (instead of using a while loop) to generate all the odd numbers <= 25 and then apply the function on those numbers.
with oddnums_cte as (select 1 num
                     union all
                     select num+2 from oddnums_cte where num < 25)
select num, (3*power(num,3))-(2*power(num,2))+15 as function_value
from oddnums_cte

A: You have to use power function like the following
Declare @SUMSQUARE Integer, @x Integer
SET @X = 1

WHILE (@X <= 25)
BEGIN

SELECT @SUMSQUARE =  (3*power(@X,3))-(2*power(@X,2))+15
PRINT @SUMSQUARE
SET @X = @X + 2

END

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NIST Draws up Guidelines for Protecting Medical Patient Data on Mobile Devices
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By Mohana Ravindranath,
By Mohana Ravindranath
The guidelines attempt to ensure doctors don't compromise patient data when they use smartphones to access electronic health records.
The federal government is attempting to ensure that doctors don't inadvertently compromise patient data when they use smartphones to access electronic health records.
The National Institutes of Standards in Technology this week released a step-by-step guide for hospitals and IT professionals, listing ways to secure the connection between devices and electronic health records.
NIST is collecting public comment on this draft until Sept. 25, 2015.
"Doctors have been early adopters of mobile devices, and have been using them in any sort of fashion because they can make their lives easier" as they move from patient to patient, Nate Lesser, deputy director of NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, told Nextgov. "The primary challenge that industry brought to us is a doctor using a mobile device to collect patient information and refer that information to another provider."
But mobile devices bring security risks, according to NIST. A doctor could lose a device that can access sensitive patient information. The device could be stolen. Or hackers might be able obtain credentials, posing as authorized users, among others.
Security techniques NIST outlined in the draft guidelines include using an open source intrusion detection technology, mobile-device management software that could let directors monitor and enforce their security policy and certification systems that can distinguish between "good" devices and intruders, Lesser said.
The guidelines were developed in collaboration with cyber experts from the private sector and academia. NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence tested them in a laboratory designed to simulate the IT infrastructure of a hospital, reenacting scenarios such as "a physician using a mobile device and electronic health record application to send a prescription."
Lesser emphasized the guidelines are just the first step in creating standards and are intended to prompt hospitals and healthcare organizations to think more about the risks posed by mobile device use and choose a security system that works for them.
For instance, Lesser said, "we happen to use an open source version of an intrusion detection system, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't consider going out and buying your intrusion detection system."
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Lou Ferrigno Slams The MCU Version Of The Hulk: 'We Want The Real Hulk Back'
Lou Ferrigno Cirtical Of Modern Version Of The Incredible Hulk
byDerek Hall
Photos via Instagram @theofficiallouferrigno
Lou Ferrigno is known for his role as the Incredible Hulk in the 1970's television show of the same name. However, he is not too happy with the way things have changed for the character in recent years.
Ferrigno was one of the best bodybuilders of his era, competing at a high level. He is a two time winner of the Mr. Universe competition, as well as the Mr. America. In addition to that, he placed as high as second place in the Mr. Olympia. He was without a doubt, an incredible competitor during the Golden Age of bodybuilding.
On the other hand, Ferrigno was perhaps more known for his ventures outside of competition. In particular, he gained infamy for his role in the show The Incredible Hulk. The series, which aired 1977-1982, was based on the Marvel comic series. In the tv show, Lou played Bruce Banner's alter ego, the muscular and green Hulk.
Since Lou Ferrigno was the Hulk, a lot has changed for the character. There have been several iterations of the character on both the big and small screen. Although none have been more popular than Mark Ruffalo's portrayal in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, culminating with the huge Avengers Endgame film.
While this version of the Hulk was met with high praise, Ferrigno was not too thrilled with it. Speaking recently at the Hamilton Comic Con, in Canada, he expressed his distaste for the new version of the big green monster.
Here is what he had to say:
"What's happening is that the first two Hulk movies, the CGI was improving, but the last one, Endgame, I was disappointed. Because the Hulk needs to be hideous, he needs to be a creature.
You see in Endgame, Mark Ruffalo — I think it has a lot to do with him and Disney — I didn't like the way it portrayed [Hulk]. It took away that beauty, that quality of the Hulk. That's why a lot of people liked the series."
A post shared by Lou Ferrigno (@theofficiallouferrigno)
While Ferrigno brings up some valid points, it is important to keep in mind the character in Endgame is specific to the comics. When Banner manages to blend his genius, with the Hulk's strength, it results in someone referred to as "Professor Hulk." This is the more civil version of the character, seen in that film.
Do you think that Lou Ferrigno is right about Marvel's new approach to the Hulk?
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Actually Endgame Hulk is not specific at all to the comics, it is pure Disney. Professor Hulk in the comics is an actual merging of both personalities of Hulk and Banner, Endgame Hulk is just pure Bruce Banner big and green, wearing Hulk's body like a suit. Where's Hulk's personality? Where's the guy who isn't embarrassed to smash a car? Professor Hulk in the comics loves a good fight and still loves to smash, he was not a pacifist hipster who dabs. What makes Endgame Hulk disappointing is no we don't get the best of both worlds, we just get a full movie of Banner again, like IW and no Hulk at all. We barely even get a glimpse of him in the final showdown, while the other heroes are showcased very prominently and the Hulk was a CORE Avenger. Hulk fans already felt cheated after getting no Hulk in Infinity War (his appearance at the beginning was a mere cameo), and many fans believed there would be some sort of payoff in Endgame, a great Hulk moment, and sadly it was never delivered. Something is dreadfully wrong when Pepper Potts gets an action sequence and all we see the Hulk do is toss a bench. If that doesn't explain why Hulk fans felt disappointed after viewing the Infinity saga I don't know what else will.
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Q: Translucent Status bar makes the layout out of bounds(showing view behind) I want to achieve a translucent status bar, and I found this,
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentNavigation">true</item>

yes it made my status bar translucent when my collapsing toolbar/appbar is expanded
but the problem is the one of the views(imageView) became behind on one of the other views(seems like its parent layout went out of bounds, please see the attach image)
opaque status bar, please see the image at the bottom
before that I didnt have any issues at all like this
non-translucent status bar
this is my xml, i tried to remove as much as possible, please bear with me,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@android:color/background_light">

<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
    android:id="@+id/mHomeAppBar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="430dp"
    android:background="@color/colorPrimaryDark"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">

    <android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout
        android:id="@+id/main.collapsing"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        app:contentScrim="?attr/colorPrimary"
        app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|snap|exitUntilCollapsed"
        app:title="">

        <android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:paddingLeft="15dp"
            android:paddingRight="15dp"
            android:paddingTop="15dp"
            app:layout_collapseMode="parallax"
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlwaysCollapsed">

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/image_view_on_bottom"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
                app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
                app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_near_me_white_18dp"/>

        </android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/mHomeToolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            app:layout_collapseMode="pin"
            app:navigationIcon="?attr/homeAsUpIndicator"
            app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"/>

    </android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout>

</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
    android:id="@+id/mHomeScrollView"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fillViewport="true"
    app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">

    <android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/mLayoutTabComponents"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:visibility="visible">

            <android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
                android:id="@+id/mHomeTabLayout"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                app:tabGravity="fill"
                app:tabMode="fixed" />

            <android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
                android:id="@+id/mHomeViewPager"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="0dp"
                android:layout_weight="1"

                app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" />
        </LinearLayout>

    </android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

  </android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>

 </android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

and this is the style
<style name = "AppThemeNoActionBar" parent =
"Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="android:subtitle">@null</item>
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
    <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowTranslucentNavigation">true</item>
    <item name="android:background">@null</item>
    <!-- Support library compatibility -->
    <item name="background">@null</item>
</style>

Im trying everything around, I tried to put app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" in every parent container and layout, and I tried to remove the TabLayout's tabGravity from fill to nothing, but still no luck :(, can anyone help me figure whats wrong, I know Im missing something on the style, but please put me in the right direction, again, I apologise if the xml code is a bit long, thanks in advance!
Update: I removed all the unnecessary view contents on the layout xml. anyone? :(

A: I manage to solve my problem by setting
fitSystemWindows

to false
that resulted the status bar to remove the padding it generates, then I add a 25dp top padding on the next layout which is the AppBarLayout that contains all the child views, now it works perfectly as I wanted.
thanks to these posts, if everyone encounters the same, or related issue with translucent status bar, please have a look here
Translucent/Transparent status bar + CoordinatorLayout + Toolbar + Fragment
Using windowTranslucentStatus with CollapsingToolbarLayout


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Jinsong Chen
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Jinsong Chen is a geological staff scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He received a B.Eng. (1988) in water-resources engineering, a B.S. (1988) in applied mathematics, and an M.Eng. (1990) in hydrology from Tsinghua University in China. He also received an M.S. (1997) in environmental fluid mechanics from Georgia Institute of Technology, an M.A. (2001) in statistics, and a Ph.D. (2001) in environmental engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He worked in Tsinghua University from 1990 to 1995 and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California at Berkeley and at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 2002 to 2003. Since 2004, he has worked as a geological scientist in the former Earth Sciences Division, currently with the Energy Geosciences Division.
Jinsong Chen's research focus is on the development and application of statistical and mathematical models for solving complex problems in earth and environment sciences. His interests are interdisciplinary and across surface hydrology, hydrogeology, geophysics, and statistics. His current research areas include:
Hydrogeophysics/biogeophysics is the use of geophysical methods for imaging subsurface properties and for monitoring important processes related to hydrogeological and biogeochemical studies. One main challenge in hydrogeophysics/biogeophysics is the lack of effective methods for integrating multi-scale and multi-source information, such as geological, hydrogeological, geophysical, geochemical, and biological data. read more »
Geophysical inverse problems are the inferences of physical properties from geophysical measurements. They are typically ill-posed because of non-uniqueness of the solutions and nonlinearity of the forward modeling. The main tasks of my research in the area: (1) To formulate inverse problems properly within a Bayesian framework, (2) To develop efficient (often problem-specific) Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling strategies... read more »
Environmental Applied Statistics. Modern statistics provides a variety of methods for solving complex problems in earth and environmental sciences, such as spatial statistics (geostatistics), time series analysis, Bayesian statistics, multivariate data analysis, linear and nonlinear regression, and multiple testing techniques. Fast growing of computing power makes it possible to implement many computationally intensive methods. read more »
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2001
M.A. Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, 2001
M.S. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1997
M.Eng. Hydrology and Water Resources, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1990
B.Eng. Water Resources Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1988
B.S. Applied Mathematics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1988
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Stochastic inversion of spectral induced polarization data for Cole-Cole parameters (SISIP): The free C++ source codes serve two purposes:
Provide a tool for inverting laboratory or field spectral IP data for Cole-Cole parameters by specifying prior ranges rather than initial values. The inversion results provide extensive global information on unknown parameters, such as posterior marginal probability distributions, from which we can obtain better estimates and more accurate uncertainty bounds of unknowns.
Provide an example for people who want to learn Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) based Bayesian methods for inverse problems. The detailed mathematical derivations and algorithms were published in Geophysics (Chen et al., 2008), and the C++ implementation on Linux or Unix can be downloaded for academic and non-profit research under the BSD license (check it). The structure of the codes can be applied to stochastic inversion of other types of data.
Download C++ source codes for academic and non-profit research.
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Three years ago, we featured the work of photographer Maja Daniels on In Sight. At that time, Daniels had been awarded the first grant from the Bob and Diane Fund, a grant established to bring awareness to visual storytelling about Alzheimer's and dementia. The images were both haunting and poignant. Since then, the Swedish photographer has moved on to other subjects but has kept a hold on both the haunting and the poignant. This time, on In Sight, we are taking a look at her book, "Elf Dalia," published this year by Mack.
"Most of the inhabitants of the Swedish valley of Alvdalen still speak Elfdalian, an ancient language with strong links to the Vikings' Old Norse. How it has managed to persist to this day remains a mystery because the community has never been completely isolated.
In 1668 events in Alvdalen sparked the birth of the Swedish witch-hunts, when 20 women and one man were executed on the basis of testimonies provided by witnesses who were mainly children. The first witch-story involved a girl from Älvdalen called Gertrud who had been reported for walking on water, a story which later spread via a famous illustration, first to Germany and then further afield to Salem, Massachusetts.
"Elf Dalia" (2019) by Maja Daniels is published by Mack. More about the book can be found here.


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Originally from Melbourne, Mark moved to Adelaide to pursue his interest in dentistry and completed a Bachelor of Dental Surgery at the University of Adelaide in 2007. Mark started working as a dentist in Cairns the following year at two practice locations in Earlville and Gordonvale. The decision to move to Cairns was not purely motivated by work with Mark having a keen interest in fishing, camping and 4WDing, making several trips up Cape York in search of adventure. He is also passionate about fitness and has competed in the Great Pyramid Race in Gordonvale numerous times.
While working as a general dentist Mark developed an interest in orthodontics and completed the primary fellowship exams for the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in 2011 to gain entry into an Orthodontic training facility. He commenced a Doctor of Clinical Dentistry in Orthodontics in 2012 where he learnt the skills necessary to improve patient smiles. He has also been awarded membership to the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and is currently a member of the Australian Society of Orthodontists and Australian Orthodontic Board.
Mark prides himself on being able to offer high quality yet affordable orthodontics to all age groups and periodically visits both Tully and Weipa to help provide specialty services to more remote regions of Far North Queensland and Cape York.
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Q: HTML modal popup can lose focus by tabbing to form fields in background I have modal popup with an overlay written in html / js, everything works fine but if a user tabs enough they can get to the underlying form fields / buttons. Is there any good way of preventing this?

A: This is a rough idea but I'm hoping to inspire ideas rather than tell you exactly how to do it. I'll use a combination of pseudocode and pseudo-jquery-code:
function showMymodaldExample() {
    //Show modal dialog (mymodal) code goes here
    //
    //Then we bind an event
    $(document).bind('mymodal.keydown', function(e) {
        if ( currently focussed element is not a child of mymodal ) {
            set the focus previous element
        }
    });
}

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Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
By Kate Bolick
New Price: $14.43
Used Price: $1.59
Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Danticat, Bolick, Zhang, Machado, Smiley, Crain, Rowell, and More
Thom Beckwith - 8.27.2019
Here's a quick look at some notable books—new titles from the likes of Edwidge Danticat, Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado, Jane Smiley, Caleb Crain, and Rainbow Rowell—that are publishing this week. Want to learn more about upcoming titles? Then go read our most recent book preview. Want to help The Millions keep churning out great books coverage? Then sign up to be a member today. Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat Here's what Publishers Weekly had to say about Everything Inside: "Families fracture and reform in Danticat's outstanding and deeply memorable story collection. Set among the Haitian 'dyaspora' including Miami, New York, and Haiti itself, the tales describe the complicated lives of people who live in one place but are drawn elsewhere. The American children of immigrants discover that their lives have been shaped by their parents' Haitian pasts, as in the touching, funny 'In the Old Days,' when a New York high school teacher learns that her absent father, who divorced her mother and returned to Haiti, is dying, and rushes to meet him. In the book's standout story, 'Sunrise, Sunset,' a woman with dementia struggles to impart the lessons of motherhood to her own daughter: 'You are always saying hello to them while preparing them to say goodbye to you.' And the charming 'Hot Air Balloons' follows two college freshmen—Neah, the child of academics, and Lucy, the daughter of migrant farm workers—as each comes to her own understanding of Haiti, a place of 'idyllic beaches' and 'dewy mountaintops,' as well as corruption and poverty, where girls are 'recruited for orgies with international aid workers.' In plain, propulsive prose, and with great compassion, Danticat writes both of her characters' losses and of their determination to continue: 'There are loves that outlive lovers.'" March Sisters by Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado, and Jane Smiley Here's what Publishers Weekly had to say about March Sisters: "In this thoughtful essay collection, four contemporary authors explore their relationships to the title characters of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Each focuses on the sister who holds particular significance for them, considering how their attitude toward the character has changed as they've grown from 'little women' themselves into adults. Bolick (Spinster) recalls initially finding Meg March 'yawningly familiar, the quintessential good girl of morality tales' until she found herself, like Meg, feeling utterly out of her element at a party. Similarly, Zhang (Sour Hearts) felt irritated by Jo March's 'boyishness' and 'impetuousness,' but then, as she matured, unearthed deeper layers in the character. Machado (Her Body and Other Parties) finds common ground with the doomed Beth March through her own history of childhood illness, while Smiley (Golden Age) stirringly defends the oft-maligned Amy as the epitome of a 'modern woman' and 'thoughtful feminist.' In addition to sharing literary insights and personal histories, the authors also discuss the extent to which the Marches resembled and diverged from their real-life models: Alcott's own sisters. Any readers who have ever compared themselves to Meg, Jo, Beth, or Amy—or to all four—will enjoy seeing Alcott's much-loved classic through these alternate perspectives." Bottle Grove by Daniel Handler Here's what Publishers Weekly had to say about Bottle Grove: "Handler's latest novel for adults (following All the Dirty Parts) is a hilarious tale about unlikely couples set during the San Francisco dot-com explosion. Martin is a 30-year-old co-owner of Bottle Grove bar when he meets Padgett, a woman with a trust fund, sharp wit, and a drinking problem, while they're both working a wedding for Rachel and Ben, and soon become a couple. The wedding ends with a bang when the significant other of Reynard, who is pretending to be a vicar, confronts Reynard about his infidelity and Reynard crashes his car trying to escape her. After the wedding, Martin and his business partner need cash to keep their bar open, and Martin hatches a plan that involves Padgett meeting tech tycoon Vic and enchanting him to get money out of him. Padgett, not in on the scheme, realizes what Martin's doing after becoming involved with Vic, a complicated and famous man with plenty of secrets. Meanwhile, Rachel and Ben are still married, but she's feeling restless and unsettled while Reynard lurks around her, biding his time to seduce her. Handler cleverly exposes the sinister sides of his protagonists as they clamor for what they think they deserve. Readers expecting Handler's trademark humor and bite won't be disappointed." [millions_ad] What Red Was by Rosie Price Here's what Publishers Weekly had to say about What Red Was: "Two young adult friends uneasily navigate the aftermath of sexual assault in Price's searing debut. Kate Quaile meets Max Rippon during their first year of university in Gloucestershire, and the two bond over a shared love of film and quiet nights in. Kate's upbringing in council housing with her divorced mother, Alison, a recovering alcoholic, clashes with the wealth of Max's family, especially the old money of his grandmother's lavish country estate. Despite differences, Kate is welcomed by his family, including his mother, Zara, an acclaimed feminist film director, even if they do not fully understand Kate and Max's platonic friendship. During a summer party at the Rippons' London home, Max's churlish cousin Lewis rapes Kate. She hesitantly discloses her assault, first to Zara and then to Max, without naming her attacker. Zara insists on paying for therapy and providing her with contacts in the film industry for work while Max provides emotional support. As Kate begins her lurching recovery, Max deals with his grandmother's death and the family complications fed by their strong repression of uncomfortable emotions. Price has a sure hand in her depiction of the disruption that the trauma causes to Kate's life. This powerful novel handles its explosive plot with an admirable delicacy and offers an emotional portrait of friendship." Overthrow by Caleb Crain Here's what Publishers Weekly had to say about Overthrow: "Crain's ambitious if flawed novel (after Necessary Errors) portrays young utopians caught on the wrong side of a government security project. Amid the idealism and hubbub of New York City during the Occupy movement, Matthew, a lonely graduate student in his early 30s, meets the younger, beautiful Leif, a skater and poet who might just be telepathic. As Matthew and Leif's relationship blossoms into romance, Matthew falls in with Leif's group of friends and Occupy protesters: Elspeth, a fact-checker with her own empathic streak; Raleigh, a self-centered computer whiz; and Julia, a rich young woman delighted by the excitement of their movement. The group's murky aims involve using their empathic and telepathic gifts to restructure society by trusting in feelings. As the group begins to realize what they want, they hack into a government contractor's files and are arrested which tests the strength of their loyalties to one another. Crain crafts elegant, effortless sentences, but the shifting perspectives and alliances of the novel feel less compelling than Matthew's initial, skeptical point of view. Just as these characters' optimism cannot be sustained amid the realities of capitalism and control, neither can the novel's momentum be sustained after their arrests, culminating in a legal battle. This novel's promising premise is ultimately overshadowed by its shortcomings." Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell Here's what Publishers Weekly had to say about Pumpkin Heads: "For the last several years, high schoolers Deja and Josiah (Josie) have been best friends during autumn, working together at the Pumpkin Patch's Succotash Hut. On Halloween, the last day of their final year working at the Patch, outgoing Deja, a plus-size black girl who has dated many of the Patch's staffers—girls and boys alike—intends to make sure that responsible, quiet Josie, who is white, finally talks to his long-standing crush, a young woman who works at the Fudge Shoppe. A packed night at the Patch leads to the duo pursuing 'Fudge Girl' through the grounds, reliving memories, averting catastrophes, eating all their favorite snacks, and savoring one last autumnal night together. Art by Hicks (Comics Will Break Your Heart) turns the sweetly witty dialogue by Rowell (Carry On) into a miniature autumn universe; precise, affectionate details (signage, costumes, endpaper maps) will coax readers to revel in the cozy atmosphere. The pacing is assured, driving along in short bursts that leave room for key scenes to stretch, but it's the primary characters' authentic friendship—built over several seasons working alongside one another—and the variously inclusive cast that really bring this funny last-day story home." [millions_email]
Essays, Reviews
No Miss Havishams Here: On Emma Rathbone's 'Losing It'
Tess Malone - 7.29.2016
1. Hookup culture is destroying relationships and intimacy, Nancy Jo Sales declared in a 2015 Vanity Fair article. She quoted everyone from banking bros who bragged about their numbers of Tinder conquests, to social scientists who believe hookup culture is as revolutionary as the introduction of marriage 10,000 years ago. But what if you aren't hooking up? Where do you fit in? Emma Rathbone asks these questions in her second novel, Losing It. Her protagonist, Julia Greenfield, is a directionless 26-year-old fixated on the fact that she's still a virgin. Not for lack of interest, but misplaced optimism -- she declines a high school boyfriend's request to have sex in a pool, assuming she could "afford to decline, if only to make the next proposition all the more delicious." Except the next proposition never comes, and as the years pass Julia's fear of having to tell men she's a virgin consumes her and ruins any chance she has of sex. When her parents suggest she spend the summer with her maiden aunt Vivienne in Durham, North Carolina, Julia decides this will be her opportunity to lose "it." A new girl in town during a hot North Carolina summer seems like the perfect scenario, but awkward Julia self-sabotages: taking a boring office job where everyone is old and married; going on online dates with misogynists; and learning that Vivienne is a 58-year-old virgin, Julia's own worst nightmare. As she writes, "That was the problem -- to want something so badly was to jam yourself into the wrong places, gum up the works, send clanging vibrations into the cosmos. But how can you step back and affect nonchalance?" We're supposed to be rooting for Julia, but just as Julia concludes that there is something "too much" about Vivienne's personality that prevented her from pairing up, there is something likewise lacking in Julia's that keeps her single. She picks bad lovers, says the wrong thing, and completely misjudges any romantic moment to tragicomic effect. It's a testament to Rathbone's writing that we still find Julia sympathetic even as it becomes clearer that Julia's own poor decision-making is part of the issue. She is an anti-hero of her own story, solely because of a fluke of sexual chemistry and opportunity. As a middle-class, well-educated, heterosexual white woman, Julia should've had dozens of opportunities to have sex, but she is a statistical anomaly, who doesn't quite fit in with the hook-up generation of her peers, or with the self-declared spinster Gen-Xers before her. 2. If there is a poster girl for sex-positive millennials, it's Lena Dunham. In the 2012 pilot of her HBO show Girls, we see Dunham's character engaged in bad couch sex with her not-quite boyfriend. This was her sexually liberated battle cry, that millennial women were hooking up and not ashamed of it. Dunham's own writings have followed suit, with much of her essay collection, Not that Kind of Girl, devoted to her own sexual experiences in college and beyond. In "Take My Virginity (No, Really, Take It)," Dunham writes about being "the oldest virgin in town" (with "town" being Oberlin college) as a college sophomore; already, virginity is a burden that must jettisoned to fit in with the anything-goes sexuality of her liberal arts school and her later career. This freewheeling upper-middle-class millennial archetype appears frequently in fiction, too. Adelle Waldman explores the male perspective in The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P (a book Dunham also praised), in which the titular protagonist sleeps with his intellectual circle as a distraction from the book he's writing. Sex is presented as an afterthought, though clearly it seeps into all aspects of life, even as everyone pretends not to care. The challenge of so-called laissez-faire sex is the main theme running through Katherine Heiny's short story collection, Single, Carefree, Mellow. The characters are anything but what the title suggests, spending most of the stories conflicted about their supposedly casual affairs. In these books, it's never a question of will they or won't they, but whether it will mean anything after they do. The very impetus of the story is sex, hence there are no stories for the sex-less, intentional or not. The generation ahead of the millennials has reclaimed singledom as a social movement. Kate Bolick's memoir/history book Spinster is about redefining the formerly pejorative word. To Bolick and the women she profiles -- among them Edith Wharton and Neith Boyce -- spinsterhood isn't about virginity or chastity, but rather about proudly living as an unmarried, and thus unemcumbered, woman. She concludes that "spinster" is a dated concept: "The choice between being married versus being single doesn't even belong here in the twenty-first century." Rebecca Traister develops the thesis further in All the Single Ladies, her nonfiction examination of just what it means socially and politically when women have more choices than just marriage. The first single women spawned revolutionary movements from abolition to suffrage, and with only 20 percent of Americans married by age 29 today, single women could continue to change the dominant culture. "Single women are taking up space in a world that was not built for them. We are a new republic, with a new category of citizen," she writes. Being single is a call to action in these books, but it's also a choice. Of course, this new singledom can come with unexpected hitches. "In a culture that has more fully acknowledged female sexuality as a reality, it is perhaps more difficult than ever to be an adult woman who does not have sex," Traister writes. She continues to tell the story of sexually willing women who couldn't find the opportunity to have sex, including herself (Traister didn't lose her virginity until age 24), describing it with increasingly negative vocabulary: freighted, loom, frigid, cumbersome. Virginity is pathologized after a certain age. 3. While millennials and Gen-Xers ultimately have different views on singledom and sex, both are fighting against a previous narrative that dictated social mores (particularly for women). But someone like Rathbone's Julia Greenfield was never part of the narrative to begin with. This doesn't leave her much room in literature or even culture. Indeed, literary virgins with any agency are few and far between. The most infamous example is Charles Dickens's Miss Havisham in Great Expectations. After being left at the altar, she retreats to a mansion, where she never takes off her wedding dress and is described as a witch. She is a pitiful wreck whose forced virginity pushes her to mental breakdown and full removal from society. Even Jeffrey Eugenides's titular virgins in The Virgin Suicides are more figurative than literal virgins. They are trapped by both their strict parents and the narrative the neighborhood teenage boys impose on them, effectively fetishizing their virginity. All of these women's fates are decided and described by men, both by the domineering men who keep them virgins and the male authors who write about them. They are modern-day cautionary tales. This is what makes Losing It subversive. We understand Julia's hesitation, which is almost radical in this world of swipe-happy 20-somethings. But even though her characters may be ashamed of their virginity, Rathbone isn't ashamed on their behalf, and so gives voice to a silent subgroup. This isn't just Julia's story; it's also Vivienne's, and Rathbone decides not to give us a definitive reason for why Vivienne is still a virgin. There are no Miss Havishams here. Sometimes nothing is wrong; sometimes it just doesn't happen. (And sometimes, in Julia's case, it does.)


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RNA-sequencing profiling analysis of pericyte-derived extracellular vesicle-mimetic nanovesicles-regulated genes in primary cultured fibroblasts from normal and Peyronie's disease penile tunica albuginea.
Peyronie's disease (PD) is a severe fibrotic disease of the tunica albuginea that causes penis curvature and leads to penile pain, deformity, and erectile dysfunction. The role of pericytes in the pathogenesis of fibrosis has recently been determined. Extracellular vesicle (EV)-mimetic nanovesicles (NVs) have attracted attention regarding intercellular communication between cells in the field of fibrosis. However, the global gene expression of pericyte-derived EV-mimetic NVs (PC-NVs) in regulating fibrosis remains unknown. Here, we used RNA-sequencing technology to investigate the potential target genes regulated by PC-NVs in primary fibroblasts derived from human PD plaque.
Human primary fibroblasts derived from normal and PD patients was cultured and treated with cavernosum pericytes isolated extracellular vesicle (EV)-mimetic nanovesicles (NVs). A global gene expression RNA-sequencing assay was performed on normal fibroblasts, PD fibroblasts, and PD fibroblasts treated with PC-NVs. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used for sequencing data validation.
A total of 4135 genes showed significantly differential expression in the normal fibroblasts, PD fibroblasts, and PD fibroblasts treated with PC-NVs. However, only 91 contra-regulated genes were detected among the three libraries. Furthermore, 20 contra-regulated genes were selected and 11 showed consistent changes in the RNA-sequencing assay, which were validated by RT-PCR.
The gene expression profiling results suggested that these validated genes may be good targets for understanding potential mechanisms and conducting molecular studies into PD.
BMC urology. 2021 Aug 06*** epublish ***
Guo Nan Yin, Shuguang Piao, Zhiyong Liu, Lei Wang, Jiyeon Ock, Mi-Hye Kwon, Do-Kyun Kim, Yong Song Gho, Jun-Kyu Suh, Ji-Kan Ryu
Department of Urology and National Research Center for Sexual Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine, 7-206, 3rd St, Shinheung-Dong, Jung-Gu, Incheon, 22332, Republic of Korea., Department of Urology at Changhai Hospital Affiliated with the Naval Medicine University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China., Korea Zoonosis Research Institute, Jeonbuk National University, Iksan, Jeonbuk, 54531, Korea., Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Korea., Department of Urology and National Research Center for Sexual Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine, 7-206, 3rd St, Shinheung-Dong, Jung-Gu, Incheon, 22332, Republic of Korea. ., Department of Urology and National Research Center for Sexual Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine, 7-206, 3rd St, Shinheung-Dong, Jung-Gu, Incheon, 22332, Republic of Korea. .


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#if UNITY_EDITOR
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;

namespace Sabresaurus.SabreCSG
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Helper for accessing Unity's built in key mappings
	/// </summary>
	public static class EditorKeyMappings
	{
		const string TOOL_VIEW_KEY = "Tools/View";
		const string TOOL_MOVE_KEY = "Tools/Move";
		const string TOOL_ROTATE_KEY = "Tools/Rotate";

		const string TOOL_VIEW_DEFAULT = "Q";
		const string TOOL_MOVE_DEFAULT = "W";
		const string TOOL_ROTATE_DEFAULT = "E";

		const string VIEW_FORWARD_KEY = "View/FPS Forward";
		const string VIEW_BACK_KEY = "View/FPS Back";
		const string VIEW_STRAFE_LEFT_KEY = "View/FPS Strafe Left";
		const string VIEW_STRAFE_RIGHT_KEY = "View/FPS Strafe Right";
		const string VIEW_STRAFE_UP_KEY = "View/FPS Strafe Up";
		const string VIEW_STRAFE_DOWN_KEY = "View/FPS Strafe Down";

		const string VIEW_FORWARD_DEFAULT = "W";
		const string VIEW_BACK_DEFAULT = "S";
		const string VIEW_STRAFE_LEFT_DEFAULT = "A";
		const string VIEW_STRAFE_RIGHT_DEFAULT = "D";
		const string VIEW_STRAFE_UP_DEFAULT = "E";
		const string VIEW_STRAFE_DOWN_DEFAULT = "Q";

		public static Event GetToolViewMapping()
		{
			return GetMapping(TOOL_VIEW_KEY) ?? Event.KeyboardEvent(TOOL_VIEW_DEFAULT);
		}

		public static Event GetToolMoveMapping()
		{
			return GetMapping(TOOL_MOVE_KEY) ?? Event.KeyboardEvent(TOOL_MOVE_DEFAULT);
		}

		public static Event GetToolRotateMapping()
		{
			return GetMapping(TOOL_ROTATE_KEY) ?? Event.KeyboardEvent(TOOL_ROTATE_DEFAULT);
		}

		public static Event GetViewForwardMapping()
		{
			return GetMapping(VIEW_FORWARD_KEY) ?? Event.KeyboardEvent(VIEW_FORWARD_DEFAULT);
		}

		public static Event GetViewBackMapping()
		{
			return GetMapping(VIEW_BACK_KEY) ?? Event.KeyboardEvent(VIEW_BACK_DEFAULT);
		}

		public static Event GetViewStrafeLeftMapping()
		{
			return GetMapping(VIEW_STRAFE_LEFT_KEY) ?? Event.KeyboardEvent(VIEW_STRAFE_LEFT_DEFAULT);
		}

		public static Event GetViewStrafeRightMapping()
		{
			return GetMapping(VIEW_STRAFE_RIGHT_KEY) ?? Event.KeyboardEvent(VIEW_STRAFE_RIGHT_DEFAULT);
		}

		public static Event GetViewStrafeUpMapping()
		{
			return GetMapping(VIEW_STRAFE_UP_KEY) ?? Event.KeyboardEvent(VIEW_STRAFE_UP_DEFAULT);
		}

		public static Event GetViewStrafeDownMapping()
		{
			return GetMapping(VIEW_STRAFE_DOWN_KEY) ?? Event.KeyboardEvent(VIEW_STRAFE_DOWN_DEFAULT);
		}

		private static Event GetMapping(string key)
		{
			string value = EditorPrefs.GetString(key);

			if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
			{
				string[] split = value.Split(';');
				if(split.Length == 2)
				{
					return Event.KeyboardEvent(split[1]);
				}
				else
				{
					return null;
				}
			}
			else
			{
				return null;
			}
		}
	}
}
#endif


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namespace legion
{

/// Image value textures.
class LCLASSAPI ImageTexture : public ITexture
{
public:
    LAPI static ITexture* create( Context* context, const Parameters& params );

    LAPI ImageTexture( Context* context );
    LAPI ~ImageTexture();

    LAPI void set( const std::string& filename );

    LAPI Type     getType()const;
    LAPI unsigned getValueDim()const;
    LAPI int      getTexID()const;

private:
    unsigned    m_val_dim;
    int         m_tex_id;
    std::string m_filename;
};

}

#endif // LEGION_OBJECTS_TEXTURE_IMAGE_TEXTURE_HPP_