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Q: Win 2008 single server development environment (architecture) I have a few questions about a test development environment that I'm setting up on this server:

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*Intel Core i7-920 Quadcode incl. Hyper Threading

*8 GB DDR3 RAM (triple-channel)

*2x 750 GB SATA-II (probably software RAID 1)

The server is going to support max 5 users, maybe 10 when stressed. I was hoping that I could run all the following products on the same server:

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*Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 w/ IIS

*SQL Server 2008 x64 (R2 when released)

*Team Foundation Server 2010

*Sharepoint Foundation 2010

I know this sounds overkill, but remember that this is for development purpose and testing. This is not a production environment. My question if this will be possible at all?
Should I run it all on one Windows 2008 installation, or should I run it in multiple virtual environments using Hyper-V?
What do you think?

Edit 1: About the processor. What version of Windows Server 2008 should I run? Standard supports 4 CPU's, but how will the OS count my processor? Core i7 has 4 cores and with hyper-threading, will it count as 8 cores? Or will the OS see my Core i7 as one CPU?
So, Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise?

A: Crap out - USE Hyper-V and get some more RAM.
Poiunt is - that is as you say for development. Hyper-V has a lot of nic features. YOu can roll back installs (Snapshot), put up nw servers in a moment's notice with very little sccripting (just prepare a server, sysprep it). THIs is a lot of flexibility. Without the flexibility you really loose out for a development environment. I run multiple server similar to that (just AMD based, from 8 GB - outdated - to 32 gb RAM) for production and development and i will never ever install anything physical anymore (including database servers - I have one that is pretty high end, 8gb ram etc., and it runs in hyper-v, with physical disc mapping. Reason: Server replaces are easier when the drivers stay the same ;)
Especially for a dev environment, the ability to "play" with machines is terrific. FOr example sharepoint - put up ONE machine with all (SQL, sharepoint) JUST for sharepoint. Install some complex add in - rollback - install - rollback. No need to have a working uninstaller at that point.
Now, for TFS - that is at least 2-3 VM's to start with. Sorry ;) Here is MY TFS setup:
* Machine "SQL" - that is my main SQL Server internal, doing only that. It is used by various subsystems (Sharepoint, TFS, CRM etc.)
* Machine "tfs" - the TFS Server. ONLY runs TFS.
* Machine "tfs-build" - the TFS build server .Right now a controller + 2 agents. I consider moving the controller to the tfs machine. Anyhow, the main idea here is that I do not want to build on the machine tfs - that should be "stable". tfs-build gets all kinds of third party stuff installed and removed, and has - for examlpe - visual studio on it ;)

A: Yes, it will be possible, and no don't use HV.
Firstly your processor will handle the load just fine, secondly unless your app design is silly 8GB will be just fine too and thirdly adding HV will actually make it much slower as for such an environment 8GB isn't actually that much.
Oh and out of interest does your server use triple-channel memory (i.e. do the number of memory slots divide by 3 or 2; for example 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 over 2, 4, 8 etc.?), as many nehalem/westmere/sandy-bridge-based boxes run much faster when they use 3 memory modules than 2.

A: That should be fine for that many users. If anything, up the memory to 12GB if you think SQL development will be heavy.

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Q: Navigator.pushReplacement gives Null check operator used on a null value. This time it is - state Google signin provider class is not navigating to the next screen. Signin the user works, but the suer has to signin then leave the app and then re-open. After re-opening the app works fine with the user signed in.
Error log gives:
[ERROR:flutter/lib/ui/ui_dart_state.cc(209)] Unhandled Exception: Null check operator used on a null value E/flutter ( 9884): #0      StatefulElement.state (package:flutter/src/widgets/framework.dart:4789:44) E/flutter ( 9884): #1      Navigator.of (package:flutter/src/widgets/navigator.dart:2730:47) E/flutter ( 9884): #2      GoogleSignInProvider.signInwithGoogle (package:blahblah/google_signin_provider.dart:37:17) E/flutter ( 9884): <asynchronous suspension>
The error points to a "state" in the Navigator class. How do I set it, so the app navigates?
class GoogleSignInProvider extends ChangeNotifier {

final FirebaseAuth _auth = FirebaseAuth.instance;
User user = firebaseAuth.currentUser;
final GoogleSignIn _googleSignIn = GoogleSignIn();

 Future<String> signInwithGoogle(BuildContext context) async {

  try {
    final GoogleSignInAccount googleSignInAccount =
    await _googleSignIn.signIn();
    final GoogleSignInAuthentication googleSignInAuthentication =
    await googleSignInAccount.authentication;
    final AuthCredential credential = GoogleAuthProvider.credential(
      accessToken: googleSignInAuthentication.accessToken,
      idToken: googleSignInAuthentication.idToken,
    );
    await _auth.signInWithCredential(credential);
  } on FirebaseAuthException catch (e) {
    print(e.message);
    throw e;
  }

  final User currentUser = FirebaseAuth.instance.currentUser;
  String uid = currentUser.uid;
  if (currentUser != null)
    await usersRef.doc(currentUser.uid).set({'id': uid, 'email':
 currentUser.email,
      'username': currentUser.displayName, 'photoUrl':
 currentUser.photoURL,
      'phone': '', 'dob': '', 'sex': ''});

 Navigator.of(context).pushReplacement(
      MaterialPageRoute(builder: (_) => TabScreen()));
  notifyListeners();
return null;
}

Future logout() async {
await _googleSignIn.disconnect();
FirebaseAuth.instance.signOut();
}
}

thanks for the help!

A: Since you have sound null safety enabled, you do not need to do a null check on currentUser.


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Swiss citizen of Armenian origin, Adelina Cüberyan v. Fürstenberg is a renowned international curator. A pioneer in the field, she is known for broadening contemporary art to include a multicultural approach. She was one of the first curators to show active interest in non-European artists and established a signature multicultural approach in art. With her unique vision on contemporary exhibitions, she has placed art in spaces such as monasteries, medersas, large public buildings, squares, islands, parks, etc. Her works strives to provide a larger context for visual art by making it a more vigorous part of our lives, creating a more vivid dialogue between art forms, and relating it to global social issues.
She is the Founder and the first Director of the Centre d'Art Contemporain of Geneva. Her work as Director of Le Magasin at the Centre National d'Art Contemporain of Grenoble and of its School of Curators was internationally recognized with an award at the Biennale of Venice (1993). She has organized numerous large-scale exhibitions around the world including Dialogues of Peace to mark the United Nations's 50th anniversary (1995). She was appointed by UNHCR and the European Commission to produce Stories on Human Rights, 22 short fiction films for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2008). In 2013 she was Chief Curator of the 4th Thessaloniki Biennale. In 1996 she founded ART for The World, an NGO working with contemporary art, independent cinema and human rights. Among her most recent curatorships, FOOD (2013-2015) at the Ariana Museum, Geneva; SESC Pinheiros, Sao Paulo; MUCEM, Marseille; and Here Africa (2014-2015)at the Château de Penthes, Geneva, and at the SESC Belenzhino, Sao Paulo.
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Crowe, F., Appleby, P., Travis, R. and Key, T. (2013). Risk of hospitalization or death from ischemic heart disease among British vegetarians and nonvegetarians: results from the EPIC-Oxford cohort study. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 97(3), pp.597-603. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.112.044073
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Lymbery, P. and Oakeshott, I. (2014). Farmageddon: The true cost of cheap meat. Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Home > Sports > List > Athletics > Records > Pole Vault
Pole Vault World Records
The pole vault is one of the jumping events, part of athletics (track and field), requiring a competitor to leap over a bar using a long pole.
The current pole vault world record (as of September 2022) for men is held by US-born Swedish vaulter Armand Duplantis set in 2022 with a vault of 6.21 m (20 ft 4+1⁄4 in). For women, the record is held by Russian Yelena Isinbayeva, set in 2009, with 5.06 m (16 ft 7 in).
an athlete clears the bar in the pole vault
Men's Pole Vault World Record Progression
6.21 m (20 ft 4+1⁄4 in) Armand Duplantis Sweden/USA July 24, 2022
6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) Armand Duplantis Sweden/USA March 20, 2022
6.19 m (20 ft 3+1⁄2 in) Armand Duplantis Sweden/USA March 7, 2022
6.18 m (20 ft 3+1⁄4 in) Armand Duplantis Sweden/USA February 15, 2020
6.17 m (20 ft 2+3⁄4 in) Armand Duplantis Sweden/USA February 8, 2020
6.16 m (20 ft 2+1⁄2 in) Renaud Lavillenie France February 15, 2014
6.14 m (20 ft 1+1⁄2 in) Sergey Bubka Ukraine July 31, 1994
6.13 m (20 ft 1+1⁄4 in) Sergey Bubka Ukraine September 19, 1992
6.12 m (20 ft 3⁄4 in) Sergey Bubka Ukraine August 30, 1992
6.11 m (20 ft 1⁄2 in) Sergey Bubka Ukraine June 13, 1992
6.10 m (20 ft 0 in) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union August 5, 1991
6.09 m (19 ft 11+3⁄4 in) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union July 8, 1991
6.08 m (19 ft 11+1⁄4 in) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union June 9, 1991
6.07 m (19 ft 10+3⁄4 in) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union May 6, 1991
6.06 m (19 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union July 10, 1988
6.05 m (19 ft 10 in) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union June 9, 1988
6.03 m (19 ft 9+1⁄4 in) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union June 23, 1987
6.01 m (19 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union July 8, 1986
6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union July 13, 1985
5.94 m (19 ft 5+3⁄4 in) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union August 31, 1984
5.91 m (19 ft 4+1⁄2 in) Thierry Vigneron France August 31, 1984
5.90 m (19 ft 4+1⁄4 in) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union July 13, 1984
5.88 m (19 ft 3+1⁄4 in) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union June 2, 1984
5.85 m (19 ft 2+1⁄4 in) Sergey Bubka Soviet Union May 26, 1984
5.83 m (19 ft 1+1⁄2 in) Thierry Vigneron France September 1, 1983
5.82 m (19 ft 1 in) Pierre Quinon France August 28, 1983
5.81 m (19 ft 1⁄2 in) Vladimir Polyakov Soviet Union June 26, 1981
5.80 m (19 ft 1⁄4 in) Thierry Vigneron France June 20, 1981
5.78 m (18 ft 11+1⁄2 in) Władysław Kozakiewicz Poland July 30, 1980
5.77 m (18 ft 11 in) Philippe Houvion France July 17, 1980
5.75 m (18 ft 10+1⁄4 in) Thierry Vigneron France June 29, 1980
5.75 m (18 ft 10+1⁄4 in) Thierry Vigneron France June 1, 1980
5.72 m (18 ft 9 in) Władysław Kozakiewicz Poland May 11, 1980
5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in) David Roberts USA June 22, 1976
5.67 m (18 ft 7 in) Earl Bell USA May 29, 1976
5.65 m (18 ft 6+1⁄4 in) David Roberts USA March 28, 1975
5.63 m (18 ft 5+1⁄2 in) Bob Seagren USA July 2, 1972
5.55 m (18 ft 2+1⁄2 in) Kjell Isaksson Sweden June 12, 1972
5.54 m (18 ft 2 in) Kjell Isaksson Sweden April 15, 1972
5.51 m (18 ft 3⁄4 in) Kjell Isaksson Sweden April 8, 1972
5.49 m (18 ft 0 in) Christos Papanikolaou Greece October 24, 1970
5.46 m (17 ft 10+3⁄4 in) Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany September 3, 1970
5.45 m (17 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany June 17, 1970
5.44 m (17 ft 10 in) John Pennel USA June 21, 1969
5.41 m (17 ft 8+3⁄4 in) Bob Seagren USA September 12, 1968
5.38 m (17 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Paul Wilson USA June 23, 1967
5.36 m (17 ft 7 in) Bob Seagren USA June 10, 1967
5.34 m (17 ft 6 in) John Pennel USA July 23, 1966
5.32 m (17 ft 5+1⁄4 in) Bob Seagren USA May 14, 1966
5.28 m (17 ft 3+3⁄4 in) Fred Hansen USA July 25, 1964
5.23 m (17 ft 1+3⁄4 in) Fred Hansen USA June 13, 1964
5.20 m (17 ft 1⁄2 in) John Pennel USA August 24, 1963
5.13 m (16 ft 9+3⁄4 in) John Pennel USA August 5, 1963
5.08 m (16 ft 8 in) Brian Sternberg USA June 7, 1963
5.00 m (16 ft 4+3⁄4 in) Brian Sternberg USA April 27, 1963
4.94 m (16 ft 2+1⁄4 in) Pentti Nikula Finland June 22, 1962
4.93 m (16 ft 2 in) Dave Tork USA April 28, 1962
4.89 m (16 ft 1⁄2 in) John Uelses USA March 31, 1962
4.83 m (15 ft 10 in) George Davies USA May 20, 1961
4.80 m (15 ft 8+3⁄4 in) Don Bragg USA July 2, 1960
4.78 m (15 ft 8 in) Robert Gutowski USA April 27, 1957
4.77 m (15 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Cornelius Warmerdam USA May 23, 1942
4.72 m (15 ft 5+3⁄4 in) Cornelius Warmerdam USA June 26, 1941
4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) Cornelius Warmerdam USA June 29, 1940
4.54 m (14 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Earle Meadows USA May 29, 1937
4.54 m (14 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Bill Sefton USA May 29, 1937
4.43 m (14 ft 6+1⁄4 in) George Varoff USA July 4, 1936
4.39 m (14 ft 4+3⁄4 in) Keith Brown USA June 1, 1935
4.37 m (14 ft 4 in) William Graber USA July 16, 1932
4.30 m (14 ft 1+1⁄4 in) Lee Barnes USA April 28, 1928
4.27 m (14 ft 0 in) Sabin Carr USA May 28, 1927
4.25 m (13 ft 11+1⁄4 in) Charles Hoff Norway September 27, 1925
4.23 m (13 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Charles Hoff Norway August 13, 1925
4.21 m (13 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Charles Hoff Norway July 22, 1923
4.12 m (13 ft 6 in) Charles Hoff Norway September 22, 1922
4.09 m (13 ft 5 in) Frank Foss USA August 20, 1920
4.02 m (13 ft 2+1⁄4 in) Marc Wright USA June 8, 1912
Women's Pole Vault World Record Progression
The IAAF only introduced the pole vault to the World Record list in 1994. The inaugural record was 4.05m by Caiyun Sun of China. Prior to that, the world bests were collated, some of these were set using imperial units, though we have converted and listed them in metric units for ease of comparison.
5.06 m (16 ft 7 in) Yelena Isinbayeva Russia 28-Aug-09
5.05 m (16 ft 6+3⁄4 in) Yelena Isinbayeva Russia 18-Aug-08
5.04 m (16 ft 6+1⁄4 in) Yelena Isinbayeva Russia 29-Jul-08
5.03 m (16 ft 6 in) Yelena Isinbayeva Russia 11-Jul-08
5.01 m (16 ft 5 in) Yelena Isinbayeva Russia 9-Aug-05
4.93 m (16 ft 2 in) Yelena Isinbayeva Russia 5-Jul-05
4.92 m (16 ft 1+1⁄2 in) Yelena Isinbayeva Russia 3-Sep-04
4.90 m (16 ft 3⁄4 in) Yelena Isinbayeva Russia 30-Jul-04
4.88 m (16 ft 0 in) Svetlana Feofanova Russia 4-Jul-04
4.87 m (15 ft 11+1⁄2 in) Yelena Isinbayeva Russia 27-Jun-04
4.86 m (15 ft 11+1⁄4 in) Yelena Isinbayeva Russia 6-Mar-04
4.85 m (15 ft 10+3⁄4 in) Svetlana Feofanova Russia 22-Feb-04
4.83 m (15 ft 10 in) Yelena Isinbayeva Russia 15-Feb-04
4.81 m (15 ft 9+1⁄4 in) Stacy Dragila USA 9-Jun-01
4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) Stacy Dragila USA 27-Apr-01
4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) Stacy Dragila USA 17-Feb-01
4.66 m (15 ft 3+1⁄4 in) Stacy Dragila USA 17-Feb-01
4.64 m (15 ft 2+1⁄2 in) Svetlana Feofanova Russia 11-Feb-01
4.63 m (15 ft 2+1⁄4 in) Stacy Dragila USA 2-Feb-01
4.63 m (15 ft 2+1⁄4 in) Stacy Dragila USA 23-Jul-00
4.62 m (15 ft 1+3⁄4 in) Stacy Dragila USA 3-Mar-00
4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) Stacy Dragila USA 21-Aug-99
4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) Emma George Australia 20-Feb-99
4.59 m (15 ft 1⁄2 in) Emma George Australia 21-Mar-98
4.57 m (14 ft 11+3⁄4 in) Emma George Australia 21-Feb-98
4.55 m (14 ft 11 in) Emma George Australia 20-Feb-97
4.50 m (14 ft 9 in) Emma George Australia 8-Feb-97
4.45 m (14 ft 7 in) Emma George Australia 14-Jul-96
4.42 m (14 ft 6 in) Emma George Australia 29-Jun-96
4.41 m (14 ft 5+1⁄2 in) Emma George Australia 28-Jan-96
4.28 m (14 ft 1⁄2 in) Emma George Australia 17-Dec-95
4.25 m (13 ft 11+1⁄4 in) Emma George Australia 30-Nov-95
4.22 m (13 ft 10 in) Daniela Bártová Czech Republic 11-Sep-95
4.21 m (13 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Daniela Bártová Czech Republic 22-Aug-95
4.18 m (13 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Andrea Müller Germany 5-Aug-95
4.17 m (13 ft 8 in) Daniela Bártová Czech Republic 15-Jul-95
4.16 m (13 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Daniela Bártová Czech Republic 14-Jul-95
4.15 m (13 ft 7+1⁄4 in) Daniela Bártová Czech Republic 6-Jul-95
4.13 m (13 ft 6+1⁄2 in) Daniela Bártová Czech Republic 24-Jun-95
4.12 m (13 ft 6 in) Daniela Bártová Czech Republic 18-Jun-95
4.10 m (13 ft 5+1⁄4 in) Daniela Bártová Czech Republic 21-May-95
4.08 m (13 ft 4+1⁄2 in) Zhong Guiqing China 18-May-95
4.08 m (13 ft 4+1⁄2 in) Sun Caiyun China 18-May-95
4.05 m (13 ft 3+1⁄4 in) Zhang Chunzhen China 10-Aug-91
4.02 m (13 ft 2+1⁄4 in) Zhang Chunzhen China 5-Jun-91
4.00 m (13 ft 1+1⁄4 in) Zhang Chunzhen China 24-Mar-91
=3.83 m (12 ft 6+3⁄4 in) Zhang Chunzhen China 24-Mar-91
3.83 m (12 ft 6+3⁄4 in) Sun Caiyun China 24-Mar-91
3.81 m (12 ft 6 in) Zhang Chunzhen China 24-Mar-90
3.80 m (12 ft 5+1⁄2 in) Zhang Chunzhen China 9-Sep-89
3.76 m (12 ft 4 in) Zhou Minxin China 22-Apr-89
3.75 m (12 ft 3+1⁄2 in) Zhang Chunzhen China 10-Jun-88
3.73 m (12 ft 2+3⁄4 in) Shao Jingmen China 4-May-88
3.72 m (12 ft 2+1⁄4 in) Zhang Chunzhen China 20-Apr-88
3.59 m (11 ft 91⁄2 in) Jana Edwards USA 23-Jul-83
3.50 m (11 ft 6 in) Jana Edwards USA 23-Jul-83
3.37 m (11 ft 1 in) Jana Edwards USA 18-Jun-83
3.05 m (10 ft 01⁄4 in) Jana Edwards USA June 1983
3.05 m (10 ft 01⁄4 in) Irene Spieker USA 9-Feb-79
2.92 m (9 ft 7 in) Irene Spieker USA 9-Feb-79
2.60 m (8 ft 61⁄2 in) Irene Spieker USA 10-Feb-78
=2.59 m (8 ft 6 in) Brenda Walker New Zealand 8-Jan-69
2.59 m (8 ft 6 in) Diane Bragg USA 6-Jul-52
2.53 m (8 ft 3+1⁄2 in) Zoya Romanova Soviet Union 26-Aug-35
=2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Yelena Goldobina Soviet Union 7-Sep-24
2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Helene Henneke Germany 17-Jul-21
2.25 m (7 ft 4+1⁄2 in) Elva Hintze Germany 17-Jul-21
2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) Mildred Carl USA 3-Jun-19
2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Mildred Carl USA 6-Jun-15
=1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Mildred Carl USA 6-Jun-15
1.90m (6 ft 3 in) Eva Fisk USA 13-May-15
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Eva Fisk USA 13-May-15
=1.84 m (6 ft 01⁄2 in) Eva Fisk USA 13-May-15
1.84 m (6 ft 01⁄2 in) Lois Tatum USA 13-Apr-15
=1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Emma Lee King USA 13-Apr-15
1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Lois Tatum USA 13-Apr-15
1.77 m (5 ft 93⁄4 in) Hazel Hutaff USA 3-Apr-15
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Hazel Hutaff USA 3-Apr-15
1.72 m (5 ft 73⁄4 in) Ruth Spencer USA 15-May-11
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Ruth Spencer USA 15-May-11
1.49 m (4 ft 11 in) Ruth Spencer USA 15-May-11
High jump world records, plus more Athletics Records
Profile of Sergey Bubka
About the Pole Vault event
Pole Vault at the Olympics
Poll: Which world athletics record will be broken next? the Pole Vault or High Jump?
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When you're looking for a way to spice up dinner time, our rabbit meat for sale is a great option. Rabbit meat tastes very similar to that of chicken, but it is leaner. In general though, it can be used in the same recipes as a tasty alternative. It has a higher-quality protein, more vitamins and minerals, less fat, and greater proportions of certain fatty acids. Overall, a healthier dinner option! Now, we already know it's not widely available in the grocery store, but luckily for you, we offer fresh, whole, cleaned, farm-raised rabbits that come from the best farms in China. Each rabbit package we offer has about 10 pounds of meat or 5 whole rabbits. Your rabbit meat comes packaged in dry ice, ensuring that it will remain fresh and ready for consumption. Once you try it, you'll understand why it is so popular in other countries, and considered a delicacy.
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rocqup aims to create a marketplace for health and beauty service providers and consumers (Marketplace users). Typical service providers include small businesses or soletraders in the health and beauty sector who want to create a new sales and marketing channel harnessing web, mobile and social media. A rocqup consumer is anyone who wants to pamper themselves by booking a health or beauty session and who enjoys the flexibility of instant booking 24/7.
Why can't I book for some services?
Some businesses, although listed with rocqup, may not have registered or completed their verification process. In this case, the service provider details will be listed, but instant booking will not be available. The same will apply for a service provider who has run out of rocqup credit and has not opted in for auto credit top-up option. If it's one of your favourite salons, ask them to sign up!
Why is the calendar showing that I am not working on a particular day when I have configured my hours to be working at that time?
I accidentally added an additional Site – how can I delete it?
We've had a few 'whoops' moments where Providers have accidentally deleted their site, subsequently deleting all their services and options. As this is a significant step in the process, we're happy to do this for you. Please email us if you have accidentally entered an additional site and would like to have it removed.
How much does it cost to use rocqup?
Consumers (Marketplace users) can use rocqup to search for services, register an account and make bookings with instant confirmation without incurring any transaction fee from rocqup.
For health and beauty service providers, rocqup application can be used to manage their bookings for free. Service providers will only be charged a transaction fee of 7% (inc. GST) for any booking placed through rocqup marketplace by the consumer.
You can learn more about the rocqup salon management software and provider fees here.
Are there any other fees I could be charged?
There is no hidden fee to rocqup. The 7% commission fee includes SMS reminder. For bookings made directly, rocqup does not charge commission but will charge a 15 cents fee for sending SMS if SMS reminder is opted in when the booking is made.
Does rocqup pricing include GST?
Can I setup recurring auto top up?
Does rocqup booking integrate to my calendar?
Yes. When a booking is made, both provider and consumer will receive an email with appointment details attached (.ics file). This is a standard format that can be imported into any calendar like outlook, google calendar, etc. Marketplace app also integrates into your device calendar and as booking is made, the appointment is also automatically added to the calendar on your phone or tablet so you will also get automatic reminders.
As a health or beauty service provider, can I integrate rocqup into my existing webpage?
As a service provider, can I integrate rocqup to my facebook page?
As a service provider, how do I send marketing emails to all my customers?
rocqup allows you to export your full contact list into CSV (comma separated) file. You can then use software/service of your choice such as MailChimp to run your email marketing campaigns. rocqup also has auto-pilot marketing feature which automatic send follow up email on periodically basis (as configured by you) to your customers to remind them to book for your service again.
As a service provider, how do I gain insight about my business performance?
rocqup has several built in reports that help you gain insight about your past and future bookings & revenues. Apart from the standard report, rocqup also allows you to export booking activities for the last 12 months to a CSV (comma separated) file that you can then open in Excel or other analysis tools of your choice to perform further analysis. To see a list of all of the health and beauty service provider features, click here.


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Washington|Professor in Deadlocked Terrorism Case Could Face a New Indictment
Professor in Deadlocked Terrorism Case Could Face a New Indictment
By Neil MacFarquhar
Sami al-Arian, a computer science professor imprisoned for more than five years after pleading guilty to a single terrorism-related charge when his trial deadlocked, is back in legal limbo this week. He faces either deportation or a new indictment that could extend his incarceration for years.
The Justice Department and some independent terrorism investigators have long accused Mr. Al-Arian of being the main North America organizer for Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which has claimed responsibility for some of the more deadly suicide bombings against Israeli targets and which the United States has designated a terrorist organization.
Mr. Al-Arian's supporters, though, say that he is nothing more sinister than an outspoken Palestinian activist, and that the Justice Department has tried to exploit the post-Sept. 11 mood in the United States to punish him for that, using legal maneuvering to keep him behind bars.
"The government has shown a willingness to go to the most extreme lengths to prolong Mr. Al-Arian's incarceration," his defense lawyer, Jonathan Turley, said.
The treatment of Mr. Al-Arian, who taught at the University of South Florida, has drawn international condemnation, including a complaint in 2007 by Amnesty International that he has suffered a pattern of abuse in United States prisons.
Mr. Al-Arian maintains that a plea agreement he reached with the federal government in 2006, in which he accepted deportation in exchange for pleading guilty to one terrorism-related charge, included a verbal understanding that he would not have to testify in any other case. The government maintains that the plea agreement does not explicitly bar such testimony. The United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, in Atlanta, upheld the government's stance in January. The government has thrice sought to compel him to testify before a long-running grand jury in Federal District Court in Alexandria, Va.
If the government chooses to charge Mr. Al-Arian with criminal contempt for refusing to testify, his time in jail could be open-ended, Mr. Turley said. "It is an abuse of the grand jury system," he said. "It is an effort to secure by abusive means what the government could not secure from a jury."
A Justice Department spokesman, Dean Boyd, pointed to the 11th Circuit's decision as affirming that the government's stance is correct. Jim Rybicki, spokesman for the United States attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia, would not comment.
Mr. Al-Arian, 50, has been in jail since February 2003, somewhat longer than his 57-month sentence because of the wrestling over his grand jury testimony. The sentence expired last weekend, though, so he is now in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which would be in charge of his deportation should it occur.
He has been moved repeatedly from jail to jail, Mr. Turley said. A slight man, Mr. Al-Arian has been on a hunger strike since March 3 and has lost more than 30 pounds, he added. A Palestinian born in Kuwait, Mr. Al-Arian was a legal resident of the United States, but not a citizen. His trial is the subject of a documentary, "USA vs. Al-Arian," that can be watched at linktv.org/programs/usavs.
In February 2003, a 121-page indictment trumpeted by the United States attorney general, John Ashcroft, painted Mr. Al-Arian as a linchpin of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or P.I.J., funneling money, support and logistical advice to suicide bombers. But after a six-month trial in Federal District Court in Tampa, Fla., Mr. Al-Arian was acquitted on eight counts and the jury deadlocked on the remaining nine. The hung jury was considered a major embarrassment for the Bush administration by critics who saw it as another example of the administration's overreaching on terrorism cases.
Rather than face another trial, defense lawyers said, Mr. Al-Arian pleaded guilty to one conspiracy count of helping individuals associated with P.I.J. on immigration and other court matters. The United States designated P.I.J. a terrorist organization in January 1995, and the activities to which he pleaded guilty occurred shortly after that.
In negotiating the plea agreement, his defense lawyers said, they explicitly removed standard language stating that Mr. Al-Arian agreed to testify against others.
"They made a deal, and that deal was that if he would enter this negotiation, it would end all business with the federal government, but they didn't mean it," said Linda Moreno, one of his lawyers in the Florida case.


July 31, 1932 - February 18, 2007—Note this profile is still being updated.
Barbara Gittings was an active national activist and a critical archivist and editor. Her work was instrumental in wrenching the narrative of LGBTQIA lives out of the regime of psychiatry and into the hands of LGBTQIA folks themselves.
She was born in Austria, moved to Montreal, Canada as a child and then to Wilmington, Delaware. She moved to Philadelphia at age 18.
In the pre-Stonewall years of LGBTQIA activism, Gittings dogged work to uncover, collect and publicize information and stories about LGBTQIA people and to refute the pathology loudly advanced by the discipline of Psychiatry was deeply impactful to the important efforts that intertwined and followed. While on a trip in California in 1956, Gittings met Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, co-founders of the important lesbian collective, Daughters of Billitis, who in 1958 asked her to start a chapter in New York City.
Gittings served as chapter president for three years and became the editor of the group's national magazine, The Ladder, 1963-66. During this time, she worked with other east coast activists to organize a series of picket lines in 1965 at the White House, the United Nations and Philadelphia's Independence Hall. These picket line protests were part of a growing set of protests and sit-ins in which LGBTQIA people risked their employment status, their relationships with family, friends and neighbors, and their safety to publicly criticize and resist the police, the government and the society as a whole for the violent regulation and repression of LGBTQIA lives. Among other important event in this history is the 1965 sit-in at Dewey's Café in Philadelphia in which a group of gay, lesbian and/or trans youth protested the café's refusal to serve a handful of patrons because of their gender non-conforming dress.
It is important to note that this range of protests demonstrate an active site of conflict within early LGBTQIA activism. For the picket line demonstrations, including the Annual Reminder Day protests which happened every year from 1965 until the Stonewall riots in 1969 at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, activists were required to dress in clothes that conformed to normative gender codes and those who didn't were asked to leave. The Dewey's sit-in was one large event among countless smaller daily and weekly refusals enacted by individuals and small groups living, working and socializing on the streets of Philadelphia and other U.S. cities and towns who very simply but courageously insisted to express themselves and their gender according to their own sense of who they were.
In addition to her work with DOB, the Ladder and the picket-line protests in D.C. and Philadelphia, Gittings was a leading figure in several important efforts in the late 60s, early 70s to dismantle the dominant societal notion that homosexuality was an illness. At the 1972 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatry Association, Gittings, Frank Kameny and an anonymous gay psychiatrist, co-presented on a panel, called "Psychiatry: Friend of Foe to Homosexuals: A Dialogue". The event impacted the APA and in the 1973 homosexuality was removed from the industry's bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or DSM, as a mental disorder.
Importantly, Gittings regularly appeared in newspaper stories, on television news stories and in public lectures to discuss lesbianism, homosexuality and the movement for equal rights. Her appearances used the "power of the press" to combat popular stereotypes about lesbians and spread a personal perspective on the movement. Throughout her life, Gittings worked to combat job discrimination against LGBTQIA people and to get material about LGBTQIA lives into libraries in the city and the country.


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Remembering Tiananmen
Students protesting in Tiananmen Square, May 1989 (the photo accompanies the account by Elizabeth Pisani in Granta 105 discussed below).
Tourists and citizens strolling through Tiananmen Square, June 2008 (from my trip to Beijing last year in advance of the Summer Olympics).
Amid the decidedly low-volume reporting on the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre yesterday, I was struck by Elizabeth Pisani's reflections on her witnessing of the events of June 3-4, 1989 in a recent issue of Granta ("Chinese Whispers," Granta 105 [Lost and Found]). Pisani was a young reporter for Reuters, who together with her colleague Graham Earnshaw, filed some of the first dispatches on the tanks (or Armoured Personnel Carriers, as she quickly learned to distinguish them) rolling into the square--and over the bodies of the students occupying it.
What makes Pisani's account so interesting is her attempt to come to grips with the differences between her personal recollections of the events (and her participating in them) twenty years hence, those posted to the Internet by Earnshaw in his own published memoir in 2001, and the record Pisani committed to paper in 1989 partly as an exorcism and partly as a guard against memorial contradiction (the whole issue is devoted to memory). The "Early Record," as Pisani labels it, by and large accords with her subsequent dinner-table retellings of the events (the "Late Record"), but with some noticeable discrepancies regarding where she had thought she and Graham were when the tanks rolled in, and what she felt when she saw those tanks. To the Late Record, it soon becomes clear to her, she has added embellishments that she can only have acquired from elsewhere (other published reports and images, etc.). As Pisani notes, "my presence in Tiananmen Square when the troops started moving across it is fundamental to my identity" (86). But, as she also goes on to ask, "Can I claim as my own the feelings, images, thoughts that I have sucked back in from the collective memory? Do I become a different person as my memory changes, or do I change my memories because I am becoming a different person?" (87).
In the 20 years since June 4, 1989, when not just China but also Western countries clamouring to do business with its booming economy have done their best to erase from the historical record the events of that night, Pisani's questions take on added urgency. Indeed, there is a way in which we would be better served in claiming more of the collective memory of Tiananmen as our own.
Labels: Elizabeth Pisani, Granta 105, Memory, Tiananmen Square
I thought you might like to see a memorial for Tiananmen Square that people made with their own dancing bodies in cities around the world.
I sent out the introduction and the instructions in English, German, Cantonese and Mandarin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMBTuFbLQH4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MziREAZ_WqA
There are some traces online:
This London online-TV coverage has beautiful footage of some of the 70 people who made the memorial in Sydney:
http://www.babelgum.com/html/clip.php?clipId=3020413
Here it is in Singapore, at the Substation:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raisondetre/sets/72157619666974881/
Here is a group doing it on the news in Tucson, Arizona:
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=10482853
These people in Brussels are part of Amnesty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdGQJnBgC1k
But these completely unrelated other people in Brussels are not:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ3hNopi9IU
Some people making the dancing vigil in Bristol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i569iMX7cBc
In Weimar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C0_b9QRVp4
And Erfurt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4OqBrzcCyg
In Leipzig:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUuFwOX1FAc
Beilefeld:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPS5dtyz2Yc
On stage in Philadelphia:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/48139587.html
and then there are these people in Athens making a... rockstar version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4At4RlvjJ0
And finally, streaming from Auckland, Hobart, Brisbane, Singapore, Belgrade, Dunkerque, Brussels, and Richmond, Virginia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2CXW2Z0WYo
Phantom Phèdre
Intelligent Homosexuals
What's Happening Here?
Judith Thompson Turns Up the Volume on Iraq


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Luther Price
Luther Price, Meat, 1999. Handmade slide, 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (3.8 x 3.8 cm). Collection of the artist. © Luther Price; courtesy the artist
Video: Luther Price
In this video, 2012 Whitney Biennial artist Luther Price discusses his handmade films and slides.
Born in 1962 in Marlboro, Massachusetts
Lives and Works in Revere, Massachusetts
Known since the 1980s for his Super-8 films and performances, Luther Price has, in recent years, turned to 16mm film, creating new works from discarded prints of old documentaries, snippets of Hollywood features, and other examples of cinematic detritus. He re-edits the footage by hand, effaces the image through scraping, buries the films to rot and gather mold, and adds chaotic visual patterns using colored inks and permanent markers. For soundtracks, he frequently uses only the brutal electromechanical noise generated by sprocket holes running through the projector's audio system. Each reel he produces is thereby a unique object, often altered to such an extent that it struggles through the projector, as if playing out the end of film itself; his is a cinema that ecstatically embraces its death drive, so as to achieve maximum potency.
Using some of the same techniques as for his films, the artist also creates handmade slides, which are exhibited here for the first time. Price makes these slides to stand as general representations of his film pieces; when asked to contribute an image of his work for publication, he prefers to submit a slide, rather than reproduce one frame of a filmstrip, because each slide exists as a discrete, independent work. These isolated objects, however, demonstrate just as much strength as the films they are intended to epitomize.
Price typically begins with found footage, which he cuts up and reassembles, combines, and otherwise alters. He often presses other things between the two glass plates of the slides, projecting ants, dirt, and adhesive materials onto the gallery wall. Like his films, these slides are studies of a dying technology, pushing and exploring the qualities of light projected through and onto a variety of transparent, semitransparent, and opaque materials.
Mar 1–May 27, 2012


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Netflix billing through Cox is available to select customers as a convenience. If you are susbcribed to Netflix using a credit card, then you continue to have access to Netflix from your Contour 2 receiver. To learn more about Netflix on Contour 2, refer to About the Contour 2 Netflix App.
Access a summary of your Netflix account status, plan, and charges by visiting Netflix.com/YourAccount.
Netflix membership pricing is controlled by Netflix.
As a Netflix subscriber through Cox, Netflix charges bill display under Other Service Provider. This includes the amount of the subscription charge and the date through which you have access to the Netflix service, as determined by Netflix.
Important: If you find that you have duplicate accounts set up, contact the Netflix Help Center.
New Netflix customers receive a free trial period determined by Netflix. The Netflix through Cox charge displays on your bill as $0.00 charge. Once the trial period is over, the membership charges display under Other Service Providers. For more information related to Netflix free trial, refer to the Netflix Help Center.


If you think that any handyman can install them, you might not like the headaches and problems that might arise after that. Since they are a free flowing system, they need a underlayment as well that will need more than just laying out, measuring, cutting and clicking all the different flooring pieces together. One needs to understand the entire flooring system to be able to install them without any problems.


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Santorum & Patriot Voices PAC Endorse Iowa's Matt Schultz For Congress
Posted by Patriot Voices 1429pc on January 30, 2014 · Flag
VERONA, PA - 2012 Iowa Republican Presidential Caucus victor, former U.S. Senator, and Chairman of Patriot Voices Rick Santorum endorses Matt Schultz for Congress in Iowa's 3rd congressional district.
Rick Santorum said, "I first met Matt Schultz in early 2010 when I visited Council Bluffs, Iowa for a luncheon to support the Pottawattamie County Republican Party. After lunch, Matt and I visited one-on-one, getting to know more about each other and talking about our mutually shared vision for our nation. From that day forward, it was clear to me that Matt was a strong leader, great family man, and a leading face in a new generation of conservatives ready to return our nation to a path of prosperity."
"The American people need courageous leaders in Congress to do the right thing for their constituents and the nation, and no candidate better epitomizes this brand of bold leadership more than Matt Schultz. As Iowa's Secretary of State, Matt has led the fight for voter integrity and insuring each vote counts. I have no doubt that Matt will bring this same leadership to the Halls of Congress on issues like fiscal responsibility and job creation for working families. My wife Karen and I are both proud to wholeheartedly endorse Matt's candidacy. I look forward to joining Matt on the campaign trail soon," concluded Santorum.
Matt Schultz currently serves as Iowa's Secretary of State. During the 2012 presidential primaries, Schultz was the only Iowa statewide official to endorse a candidate for President, endorsing Senator Santorum in December 2011. Santorum also endorsed Schultz's campaign for Iowa Secretary of State in 2010.
Paid for by Patriot Voices PAC and authorized by Schultz for Iowa.


Packing for a hotel stay can be hard, so, when it's time to go camping (no indoor plumbing included) packing can feel nothing short of daunting. The Wisconsin Union's Outdoor UW team is here to help with tips and tricks from Wisconsin Basecamp Leaders Hannah Bucci and Murray Dunsirm.
Wisconsin Basecamp is an Outdoor UW program that looks to connect freshmen and transfer students with other students and to the great outdoors. Our Basecamp student leaders have experienced much of what the outdoors has to offer and are sharing their advice for how to pack for recreation success.
It is good to prepare for sudden changes in the weather. Dunsirn suggests bringing a light rain jacket that can fit into a small pocket so that it doesn't take up a large amount of space and to also pack one warm layer. Even during the summer, nights can get a little chilly. Athletic shoes and clothing are strongly recommended.
Prioritize protecting yourself from the sun.
We are all glad the long awaited summer sun is back. But, when you are spending eight or more hours in it rock climbing or backpacking, you need to protect your skin from damage. Bucci recommends bringing sunscreen and a hat on your outdoor adventures.
Leave your electronics at home!
One of the main purposes of being in the outdoors is to leave the modern world and all of its worries behind. It's a time to connect with nature and connect with those along the adventure with you. Both Bucci and Dunsirn suggest just leaving devices like tablets and laptops at home in order to really get the most out of your experience. If bringing your cell phone for emergency purposes, try leaving it off unless it's needed. Not to mention there isn't any Internet in the woods or at the top of a mountain. And that's a good thing.
You're likely going to need some gear. What gear you will need will really depends on your experience. No matter your plans, a list is always a good idea. Do you need tents, backpacks, food, dishware or boating equipment? During Basecamp, this is all provided. But when you're venturing out on your own, your list of supplies will be your best friend. There's no Wal-Mart in the forest. If you're not ready to commit to buying a tent or other equipment, check out the outdoor rentals available at Outdoor UW here.
To find out more about ways to get outdoors this summer and how Outdoor UW can help you get started on your adventure, check out union.wisc.edu/outdoor-uw, or visit the Outdoor UW desk on the lower level of Memorial Union.


"Looks like change has come," says Arnold Clavio of GMA News as he opened his report about the zero crime rate in Metro Manila yesterday, June 30, 2016.
According to the report by Jun Veneracion of GMA News, the PNP NCRPO claimed that no crime was registered in Metro Manila during the inauguration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
The zero crime rate happens only in Metro Manila when Manny Pacquiao, now a Senator, has a boxing match.
Chief Insp. Kimberly Molitas, spokesperson of PNP-NCRPO summarizes his observation yesterday in one paragraph.
I suppose it is unusual, una sa lahat bago pa naman talaga manumpa ang ating presidente…marami nang unusual na nangyari sa law enforcement side.
Chief Inspector Molitas was referring to the unusually high volume of drug-related suspects who voluntarily surrendered to their local police precincts and accept the offer of amnesty and livelihood assistance by the PNP.
It can be recalled that a week before the Duterte inauguration, more than 300 drug pushers and users from 12 barangays in Quezon City surrendered to the police.
Meanwhile in South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat, more than 3000 drug users and pushers combined surrendered to the police to avail the gracious offer of leniency by the local authorities.
According to the Pasay City Police Chief Senior Supt. Joel Dorie, they expect around 500 drug pushers and users to surrender on Friday, which is today in Pasay.
Bibigyan muna natin sila ng pagkakataon na sumuko sa atin, after nito intensify na natin ang operation laban sa kanila.
The Pasay police told GMA News that they are giving the drug-related suspects 5 days to give up and undergo rehabilitation.
After the deadline this Friday, the Pasay police promised to intensify their anti-drug campaign.
The PNP said that the information gathered from the surrenderees has been a big help in their anti-illegal drugs operation. The PNP organization expects a vigorous campaign under the Duterte administration.
Any reaction? Please feel free to comment below and let us know your opinion on the matter.
You may watch the video report here.
When witty Malacanang Spox Roque meets a super slow media man in the press con…the internet have a good laugh!


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Context: Mechanical properties such as compressive strength and tensile strength of core build up materials play an important role in efficacy and longevity of the tooth and its restoration. Aims: To compare the compressive & tensile strength of four different core build up materials- Paracore, Luxacore Z Dual, Fluorocore and Multicore. Methods and Material: A total of 200 specimens divided into four groups, 50 of each material were fabricated and subjected the universal testing machine to determine the compressive strength & tensile strength of each. Readings were recorded in each group and compared using one factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) after ascertaining normality by Shapiro-Wilk's test and homogeneity of variance between groups by Levene's test and the significance of mean difference between the groups was done by Bonferronis's post hoc test after adjusting for multiple contrasts. Analyses were performed on SPSS software (Windows version 17.0). The differences observed between the groups were statistically significant. Results: Paracore showed the highest compressive strength and tensile strength than the rest of the materials. Conclusions: It was concluded that Paracore is the best suited material for core build up.
Keywords: Compressive strength, Tensile Strength, Core build up, Composites.


UVify reported closing its $4 million private placement today. All the unregistered equity securities issued were acquired by one investor. No offering was previously initiated by the company under a registration exemption with the SEC.
UVify develops 3D recognition technology that enables drone to fly without GPS. The company is backed by KCube ventures.
The company was registered in 2015 and has its headquarters located in San Jose CA. No revenues were reported by the company.
The executive team includes Hyon Lim.


In alignment with its financial inclusion drive, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced a promotional campaign aimed at rewarding its youth segment customers for using their FirstBank XploreFirst Savings accounts whilst also encouraging healthy savings habit. The promo which kicked off on October 1, 2018, is scheduled to run for 6 months to March 30, 2019.
First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is the premier Bank in West Africa and the leading banking services solutions provider in Nigeria. With some 14 million customer accounts, FirstBank provides a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services with over 750 business locations. The Bank has an international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank in the Republic of Congo, Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea, Sierra-Leone and Senegal, as well as a Representative Office in Beijing.
Since its establishment in 1894, FirstBank has consistently built relationships with customers focusing on the fundamentals of good corporate governance, strong liquidity, optimized risk management, and leadership. Over the years, the Bank has led the financing of private investment in infrastructure development in the Nigerian economy by playing key roles in the Federal Government's privatization and commercialization schemes. With its global reach, FirstBank provides prospective investors wishing to explore the vast business opportunities that are available in Nigeria, an internationally competitive world-class brand and a credible financial partner.
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A remarkable literary spat has erupted with the Oxford Professor of Poetry comparing the work of the Poet Laureate to Mills & Boon.
In a lecture entitled Poetry, Policing and Public Order, Sir Geoffrey Hill launched an attack on Carol Ann Duffy for her eagerness to 'democratise' poetry.
Duffy has attracted the ire of traditionalists by suggesting communication by text messages and social networks were actually helping children develop poetry skills.
Once widely tipped as a possible Poet Laureate himself, Sir Geoffrey insisted that the 56-year-old must 'consider that she may be wrong'.
Speaking at Oxford, Sir Geoffrey cattily referred to an interview Duffy gave to the Guardian last September in which one of her earlier poems was discussed.
He said: 'For the common good she is willing to have quoted by the Guardian interviewer several lines from a poem by herself that could be easily be mistaken for a first effort by one of the young people she wishes to encourage.
'This is democratic English pared to its barest bean and I would not myself have the moral courage to write so.
Born in Glasgow, but raised south of the border in Stafford, Duffy became Britain's first female Poet Laureate in May 2009.
She claims to have grown up in a 'bookless house' and has become a passionate advocate for the teaching of poetry in schools and the popularisation of the art among the young.
Her views have, however, sometimes been in stark contrast to those of educational experts.
Last year, Duffy stood up to defend the so-called Facebook Generation, who some have blamed for killing off modern language.
Duffy countered that they were the future of literature adding, controversially, that 'the poem is a form of texting'.
'It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is,' she told the Guardian.
'We've got to realise that the Facebook generation is the future – and, oddly enough, poetry is the perfect form for them.
Sir Geoffrey was elected the Oxford Professor of Poetry in 2010, after being passed over for the role of Poet Laureate despite support from luminaries like Seamus Heany.
He said: 'When the Laureate speaks of the tremendous potential for a vital new poetry to be drawn from the practice of texting she is policing her patch.
Despite the criticism, Sir Geoffrey did find some words of praise for Duffy's recent poem on Armistice Day.


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Exploring the Human Cognitive Capacity in Understanding Systems: A Grey Systems Theory Perspective
Ehsan Javanmardi
Sifeng Liu
The main purpose of this study is to probe into the human capacity of understanding systems and defects in human knowledge of the world. The study addresses the greyness levels and systems levels and explains why the world cannot be perceived as a purely white or black structure. It also clarifies why human knowledge of systems always remains grey. The investigation relies on logical and deductive reasoning and uses the theoretical foundations of systems thinking and Boulding's systems hierarchy. The most important argument that this study advances is that human knowledge, in any form or under any circumstances, is grey and incomplete and will remain grey. Because the notion of "perfect knowledge" is ambiguous given human epistemic limits, any proportion of knowledge is incomplete and prone to change. Less complexity could lead to more accurate predications, but even in the simplest forms of systems, reaching perfect knowledge seems to be an unwarranted claim. Furthermore, because our perception of past events is incomplete, we cannot predict the future with certainty, as a result of which both the past and the future appear grey to us. The world, as an integrated system, is neither black nor white, but it remains grey, and the systems partially recognized by humans are part of the grey world. Gaining knowledge and increasing discoveries only contribute to the grey systems that are already known.
Systems thinking Grey systems theory Human understanding capacity Boulding's systems hierarchy Uncertain systems Philosophy of grey systems
This work was supported by a project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71671091), a Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship under the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union entitled "Grey Systems and Its Application to Data Mining and Decision Support" (Grant No. 629051). It is also supported by a joint project of both the NSFC and the RS of the UK entitled "On grey dynamic scheduling model of complex product based on sensing information of internet of things" (7171101211), a project of the Leverhulme Trust International Network entitled "Grey Systems and Its Applications" (IN-2014-020), and a project of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018M642254), Also, the authors would like to acknowledge the support provided by the Postdoctoral Foundation of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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Il country pop è un genere musicale country particolarmente influenzato della musica pop, nato negli Stati Uniti negli anni sessanta.

Storia
I primi contatti tra la musica country e il pop avvennero negli anni cinquanta a Nashville, generando il cosiddetto Nashville Sound, dove dalla musica country vennero tolti il violino e il banjo, con una ricerca di melodie più immediate e con l'obiettivo di vendere più dischi. Artisti famosi di questo periodo furono Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline e Eddy Arnold.

Si dovettero aspettare gli anni settanta per avere una rinascita del genere, con un vero e proprio boom nelle classifiche. Glen Campbell con la sua Rhinestone Cowboy ne è un esempio significativo. Molti artisti pop come Olivia Newton-John iniziarono a cimentarsi in brani country.

Dopo l'uscita del film Urban Cowboy del 1980 con John Travolta ci fu un nuovo boom del genere, e molti artisti country come Willie Nelson e Dolly Parton aggiunsero elementi pop alla loro musica.

Negli anni novanta, grazie anche all'aumento delle concessioni di frequenze radio date a molte radio locali, la musica country divenne più conosciuta. Molti nuovi artisti country pop vennero alla ribalta, tra questi: Garth Brooks, LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain, Billy Ray Cyrus, Martina McBride e Faith Hill.

Nel nuovo millennio il genere produsse altri artisti di successo come Lee Ann Womack, Taylor Swift e Lady Antebellum.

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It's a claim that makes sense only if we have faith. And faith is God's gift. Our faith can be shaken by the struggles of life, or by the injustice and suffering that we see in the world. Like the prophet Elijah, we may be tempted to give up. But our membership of God's Church, and our sharing in the Eucharist, strengthen us on our journey of faith.


So i thought i would start making a trance series, after charting on mixcloud in the progressive trance charts with my may mix, lets make a show. Then i got to thinking a really good idea as i can get Instagram friends and Twitter friends to make mixes for a show to. One small step for man, one giant leap for the unheard trance DJ's and producers.
The first show features some of my favourite recent 2018 trance releases from the beatport trance charts mixed with recent trance tunes, then ending with a banging classic remix of Quench dreams. Hey its always good to throw a classic in the mix.


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Apple has released an updated version of iOS 12.1.2 for those iOS users who had not yet downloaded the previous build, released earlier this week. If you've already downloaded iOS 12.1.2, you do not need to download this new version, and the update will not appear in the Settings app. This update follows closely on the heels of iOS 13, and adds features like the ability to automate actions in the Shortcuts app, send your estimated time of arrival using Maps, bug fixes, and tweaks.
The son of a wealthy real estate developer, Trump attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania before taking charge of his family's business. An astute businessman and charismatic leader, he built and renovated numerous hotels, casinos, and office towers during his business career, accumulating a net worth of billions. He also owned several beauty pageants and ventured into reality television as well.
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Ananich also requested further emergency funding from the state and long-term funding to address the effects of the lead MLiveU contamination. On March 2, 2016, Michigan declared that returning to the Detroit water system must be approved by the state. When approved, the city was granted an emergency loan of $7 million. On September 27, 2016, Flint officials announced that the city will continue to use Detroit water until a new stretch of pipeline is constructed and the Flint River is tested and treated by the KWA. Prior to August 2014, additional chlorine had been added to eliminate bacteria from the Flint River. This is likely the cause of a spike in trihalomethanes, unsafe chlorine byproducts, in one of eight water locations.
They're about to cut the cake and embark on their new life together. Throughout history, Congress has raised the minimum wage 22 times. Shirkey did not provide any evidence of his claim that votes were cast under the names of dead people, but the Michigan Secretary of State's office has been debunking similar theories since November. MLive has contacted spokespeople for Shirkey and the Secretary of State for further comment.
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On August 11, 2016, Kelsey Pieper, a member of Edwards' research team, said 45 percent of residents that collected samples in July for the lead testing program had no detectable level of particulate lead in their water supply. She added the study yielded a lead reading of 13.9 ppb, just below the federal action level of 15 ppb. However, Pieper acknowledged the sampling, which was conducted by volunteer residents, does not fulfill the testing requirements of the federal Lead and Copper Rule. State testing of the most-recent six month monitoring period, which began January 1 and complied with Lead and Copper Rule regulations, showed a 90th percentile lead reading of 20 ppb, which exceeds the federal action level. Roughly 93 percent of samples from the third round of expanded state sentinel site testing showed results below the lead action level. Edwards called the results the "beginning of the end" of the public health disaster associated with the water crisis.
On June 9, 2017, the MDEQ reported their May 2017 testing showed 90 percent of Tier I samples at or below 6 ppb of lead with 93.1 percent of the samples at or below 15 ppb.
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Jim Ananich, the State Senator representing Flint, demanded that the state refund the $2 million to the city.
Using the model to prioritize excavations throughout 2016 and 2017 yielded a hit rate of about 80%.


Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) – The Olmsted County Sheriff's Department has released the name of the man who was killed in a work-related accident near Stewartville Thursday.
The man was 28-year-old Kiel Warnken of Rochester.
The accident happened at an asphalt and quarry operation along County Road 6 around 11 a.m.
Department Captain Scott Behrns says the preliminary investigation indicates Warnken was fatally injured when he became caught between his dump truck and another that was backing up. Warnken had parked his truck and was standing near the rear of the vehicle when the other driver began backing up.
The preliminary investigation indicates Warnken had been having trouble closing the rear gate of his truck. He apparently had asked the other driver to back his truck into the gate in an attempt to close it and that's when the accident happened. The two worked for Rochester Asphalt and Concrete.
OSHA is expected to investigate the accident.


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Analyse des incitations et penalisations pour l'arachide au Mali
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Analysis of incentives and disincentives for maize in Uganda
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8 Reasons Why Each of Us Can't Live Without Physical Touch
We've forgotten how to communicate through touch. Sure, we give others an occasional hug and a kiss on the cheek, but new technology has affected how we relate to people. We're under the impression that we're more connected to each other but it's not true: a screen will never be able to replace a touch on the hand or a pat on the back. This is worrisome since touch is the first sense we used to communicate and it's the one we lack to do better today.
Bright Side knows that physical contact is crucial for our well-being so we want to give you some reasons why you should start practicing it today.
1. Touch is part of how humans were made to communicate.
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Touch is intrinsically part of the way humans are designed to communicate. It's the first sense we use to do so and it can be considered our first real language. Just ask any mom how sometimes touching her pregnant belly could encourage kicks from her baby.
The idea that nonverbal communication, such as posture and looks, is essential for understanding each other is not new. However, only recently has a study proven that we can interpret emotions from other kinds of nonverbal communication like touch. We're born knowing how to "speak touch" and using this language not only lets you express more than one emotion at a time, like gratitude, pride, and satisfaction; but touching another person also makes their message more clear.
2. It's crucial for a healthy relationship to thrive.
Using touch in a relationship is vital to communicate emotions to foster a connection, satisfaction, happiness, and a sense of safety and belonging. The bond can become so strong that scientists have found that couples only need to hold hands to synchronize their brain waves, heartbeats, breathing, and the easing of pain.
Furthermore, touch is so powerful that it can induce biological effects on your partner. It causes the brain to release oxytocin, also known as the hormone of love, which is a substance that makes you feel happy, satisfied, and in love.
3. Touch is so important for babies, it's literally a matter of life and death.
Even when all their basic needs like food, rest, and diaper changing are met, research shows babies who are daily deprived of touch can die. If the mother, father, or any other adult in the absence of the parent doesn't hug, kiss, hold and cuddle the baby for long enough, their development and mental health can be affected and ultimately, their lives. This may be one fact that can prove how vital touch is for human beings.
Scientists know touch is transcendent to healthy physical, emotional, and mental development. Some believe that our need for touch is connected to our need for love. It would have been a survival tool we developed during evolution to help us stay alive.
4. It's key to our mental health.
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Because we're social animals, our basic needs require touch. The majority of our social interactions are accompanied by a kind of touch like a pat on the back, a handshake, a hug, or a greeting kiss, depending on the culture. They help develop a relationship of trust. That's the reason why loneliness is not only considered a lack of social interaction with people but also of physical interaction.
Touch helps us become conscious of our personal and physical boundaries, but letting someone come through those boundaries allows familiarity to emerge and lets us connect with friends and lovers.
5. It could also be critical for our physical health.
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With so many physical treatments at your disposal that don't result in expensive medical bills, it's easy to see why many people are opting for traditional remedies. It could be an appointment for acupuncture or a session of chiropractic massage. But the truth is, apart from the lower price, these treatments work because many of them involve touch.
Touch has long been known in Chinese and Indian cultures, for example, to be a treatment for healing. Today, medical research is starting to prove how powerful it can be. Examples array from a study that explored how touch can be a way of decreasing pain in cancer patients to another that investigated how touch reduces anxiety in patients with dementia.
6. It makes you and your brain happy.
Because our brain releases oxytocin when we allow someone to touch us, we experience the feeling of happiness. The chemical provokes a decrease in blood pressure and lowers the levels of norepinephrine, a stress hormone, and as a result, we feel calm and satisfied. Therefore, people who interact more frequently by using touch have higher levels of oxytocin and in return, a higher degree of well-being.
7. It makes things more real.
Touch manifests things as more real to us than any sense. It's a direct way to understand our surroundings. In cases where we find ourselves doubting our surroundings or our senses, we instantly appeal to touch because we trust it more to show us what reality is like. This "Thomas Effect" and its name was coined by the example of the apostle, Thomas who asked to touch Jesus' wounds to make sure the man he was seeing was, in fact, Jesus.
Not only do we have more confidence in perceiving the reality of our environment, but also in that of ourselves and our social relations, like how close we are to a friend.
8. Touch is a trick we use to convince someone of something.
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A study revealed that we are more prone to help a stranger if a touch complements the request. Other research shows that a waiter receives higher tips in a restaurant if they slightly touch the customer's shoulder during the transaction.
That's because touch can be used to increase sincerity and trustworthiness, so next time you need some help or want to close a sale, try politely touching the other person. You might convince them to do what you want!
Do you believe we can someday recover touch in this digital age? Would you like to see, hug, and kiss your friends more often after reading this? Tell us in the comment section!
Illustrated by Alice Perkmini for Bright Side