All drivers in Arizona, regardless of their own possible experience with DUI charges, should at least be somewhat familiar with the procedures that are followed when someone is pulled over by the police and there is the reason to believe that they might be intoxicated. One of the key components of Arizona's notoriously strict approach to drinking and driving relies on what is commonly referred to as the driver's BAC (blood alcohol content) at the time of the traffic stop. But what does that really mean? How much does the average person know how the BAC is calculated and whether it is accurate evidence of being over the DUI limit? And more importantly, are the results of these tests as infallible as we've been led to believe?
In simplest terms, your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is the percentage of alcohol in your blood. With each alcoholic beverage you consume, the proportion of alcohol to blood in your body changes. Your blood alcohol concentration rises, and the higher your BAC percentage is, the more likely you are to be impaired by the alcohol in your system.
Breath Test– This is the most commonly used method of BAC testing, due in large part to the portability of the testing device (breathalyzer) and the immediate results. Testing consists of having the driver blow into the breathalyzer.
Blood Test– Widely considered by law enforcement to be the most accurate of the BAC testing methods, blood is drawn from the driver and tested in a lab.
Urine Test– Considered to be the least reliable testing method of BAC, this test requires the driver to provide a urine sample to be tested.
The BAC percentage that is recognized as legally intoxicated is determined on a state level, so it can differ. In Arizona, you could be arrested for DUI if you are impaired by any substance to the slightest degree, You will be charged with a separate crime if your BAC test results are at or above 0.08%. This limit is lower for drivers of commercial vehicles (0.04%) and there is a zero-tolerance policy for anyone under 21, meaning a reading of any percentage will result in a DUI arrest.
Every state relies on BAC percentages to help identify drivers who are under the influence. While these tests are clearly a more reliable form of measuring intoxication than a field sobriety test, this does not mean that these tests are always without error. In fact, there are several factors that can skew the precision of the results of a BAC test that are not always taken into consideration. These factors can range from simple physical details, like how much the person drinking weighs too much more complex issues with the equipment used to draw and even analyze the samples.
For blood tests specifically, there are studies which have shown that the accuracy of the test results can be off for a variety of reasons. These include the manner in which the blood is drawn, where and at what temperature the sample is stored, and the amount of time between the drawing of the sample and the analyzing of it.
While BAC tests can be a useful tool for law enforcement, helping them determine when someone behind the wheel is a danger to other and themselves, these tests may not be unquestionable evidence of guilt that some believe them to be.
If you have been charged with a DUI and feel that your blood alcohol content results may have been faulty, contact us today.


The TPD-BC3G-26 range antenna is a range of highly efficient and portable data card antenna. These paddle style antennas are easily positioned on a notebook or laptop screen using a hook and loop pad and the connector is plugged directly into the mobile broadband data card, express card or USB modem.
These antennas have been designed to fit in the packaging that the modems are sold in, making them perfect for bundling as an accessory to improve customer data and retention rates.


Welcome to your new home. Beautiful new home with spacious front porch and deck to enjoy this quiet neighborhood. Lots of room in this 4 bedroom. Open floor plan but distinct areas for living room, dining and breakfast area. Quality cabinets and granite in kitchen and bathrooms. Bathrooms tiled including tiled shower surrounds. 2 walk in closets in the master bedroom. Lots of space to enjoy on this large lot. Stainless steel kitchen appliances. Move in ready.


I'm back today with another trending color combination that caught my eye in the December 2015 issue of HGTV Magazine. Here is the Christmas card I made today, using the "mint green, navy and light blue" combination the magazine suggests.
My card uses Close To My Heart's (CTMH) "Festive Trees" stamp set (#B1493), along with Exclusive Inks stamp pads in Pacifica (large tree), Pear (middle) and Lagoon (right). I also used a small pieces of blue Glitter Trim and fern Thick Twine. The images were stamped on White Daisy CTMH paper, stitched onto Sweet Leaf cardstock and mounted with Foam Tape onto Pacifica card-stock. I also embossed the silver star atop the large tree, and applied Wink of Stella Silver glitter to the tree on the right.


Area : 97 sq. kms.
The main stand in Bijapur is near the southwestern side of the citadel, near the city center. Bus services to Badami (4 hours), Belgaum (5 hours), Gulbarga (4 hours), Bidar (7 hours), Hubli (4½ hours), and Sholapur (2 hours) are frequent.
Bijapur is well connected by rail with Bangalore and other major cities of India. It has its own railhead that is located just 2 kms from the main town.
The nearest airport is at Belgaum (205 kms). Indian and Jet airways flight operators connect Bijapur to the rest of India.
The foundation of this historic city were laid during the reign of the Chalukayan Dynasty of Kalyani between 10th and 11th Centuries. They called it 'Vijayapura' or the city of Victory from hence comes its present name Bijapur.
Bijapur came under Muslim influence, first under Alauddin Khilji, The Sultan of Delhi, towards the end of the 13th Century and then under the Bahamani Kings of Bidar 1347. In 1481, Mohammed III, one of the Bahamani Sultans, appointed Yusuf Adil Khan as the Governor of the Bijapur. One of the sons of Sultan Mohammed II of Turkey, Yusuf Adil Khan fled his country on the death of his father, to escape the massacre of crown princes in the battle for the succession to the throne. He was purchased as a slave by Mohammed Gavan, the Prime Minister of Mohammed III. With the decline of the Bahamani power at Bidar, Yusuf declared his independence in 1489 and thus became the founder of the Adil Shahi Dynasty which survived as the Kingdom till its annexation by Aurangazeb in 1686.
Bijapur experienced a great burst of architectural activity under the Adi Shahi Dynasty. The Adil Shahi encouraged building activity to such an extent that Bijapur itself has over 50 Masks, more than 20 tombs and a number of palaces. An interesting feature of employment of large numbers of Indian artisans. Earlier Muslim rulers of the Deccan deployed Persian Craftsmen and Architects.


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Year 7 make the transition to Middle School
Year 7 have made their big transition to the Middle School with some workshops conducted by Enlighten Education. From Monday to Wednesday, the girls took part in a program with talks on time management, organisation and how to cope with stress.
They also played some getting-to-know-you games and learned how to be a good friend. Year 7 students Emily and Jemima had some positive things to say about their first week in Middle School.
Emily comes to Wenona as a Boarder from Narromine Primary School about six hours north-west of Sydney. "I was really excited to come to Wenona," she says. "My sisters have friends who have siblings in my year, and I had already got to know them a bit. I wasn't really afraid of the work I'll have it do, I'm excited for it."
Jemima has been at the school since Kindergarten. But she has enjoyed making lots of new friends. "It was a good introduction to Year 7. We had talks on friendship and wrote compliment in each other's diaries," she said.
"We learnt skills for how to cope with typical High School life," Emily said. Jemima particularly liked receiving a diary, and having more freedom than in Junior School. Her only hassle so far has been getting lost on the way to class.
"I'm really excited for the year ahead," Emily says. "I'm excited for English because I really like writing." Jemima is looking forward to Technology and Design, because she didn't have that in the Junior School.

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Bystander Intervention Training coming to USU to assist victims of sexual violence
Written by Bill Walter
Coming up on March 30th at Utah State University, the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault, along with CAPSA and USU's SAAVI (Sexual Assault & Anti-Violence Information) office will sponsor what is known as Bystander Intervention Training. On KVNU's For the People program, Coalition Executive Director Turner Bitton told host Jason Williams what this type of training is about.
"Bystander Intervention Training seeks to train folks to know how to intervene in those situations. Because it's not always appropriate to jump in as a 'knight in shining armor' or even as an individual bystander to jump in and insert yourself into a situation," he explained.
Bitton said the best way to help someone who has been victimized by sexual violence is to say the words "I am here for you", "I believe you and I support you", or "I will help you get the resources you need". He said even if you're not a full-time trained advocate, the words "I believe you" are life-changing.
Bitton said, unfortunately, upwards of 88% of sexual violence (whether it's rape, intimate partner rape, sexual assault or sexual harassment) in the state of Utah is not reported either to friends, family, law enforcement or advocates. He's hoping the training can change that. Again, the training will be next Thursday at 6 p.m. in Room 236 in Old Main. You can get more information and RSVP at www.ucasa.org


Whether you want to sew up something comfortable for everyday wear, a simple top for a summer picnic or some secret pyjamas for a lazy day lounging at home, there's a whole host of fabulous casual patterns to choose from. We've teamed up with our friends at Simple Sew to bring you some of their best casual patterns and a special offer just for the Love Sewing readers.
The Stylish Shell Top pattern is a versatile option with four different views to choose from. Keep things simple with a sleeveless vest top or play around with a host of colour-blocking options with separate yoke, sleeve and bottom panel variations.
To complete your ultimate casual outfit, why not pair up your top with the Lapwing Trousers? These easy-to-construct drawstring-waist trousers sit flatteringly just below the natural waist and drape gently to the floor. Jenny from the Wardrobe Architect has even produced a full photo step-by-step guide on how to make them.
If you'd rather whip up a casual tunic then the Nicole Dress is a good option. Its pinafore dress style makes it perfect for layering, so it's a super option whatever the season. Why not try making the statement pockets in a contrast fabric for an added punch of colour.
These three easy-sew casual patterns are available now from Simple Sew Patterns and if you pick up all three in the special Love Sewing Casual Friday Bundle, you can save a cool 33% and get a free set of Gutermann thread to boot! Use the code LOVESEWING at the checkout for an extra 10% off all patterns!


Floral pattern is very beautiful. Amazing top for summer.
It's very cute and so comfy. She adores it so much.
Cute little top that has a gentle design and we match my girls!
Super simple but still very dressy and good-looking. Fits nicely!
so cute and stylish! perfect for all-day comfort!


Everything You Need is in Holly Springs!
Holly Springs is close to NC-540, which allows residents to reach Research Triangle Park with ease. Downtown Raleigh, too, is not far away.
Town life centers around the Holly Springs Cultural Center, which features a library, farmers' market, and performing arts theater.
Between Main Street and Holly Springs Towne Center, residents have plenty of places to browse the shop windows and grab a bite to eat.
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Holly Springs started as a small village in the 1800s (and before that, a hunting ground used by the Tuscarora Indians). Since then, it has blossomed into a modern town that more than 30,000 people call home. Beyond its convenience to Downtown Raleigh and Research Triangle Park, Holly Springs boasts its own desirable amenities.
The Wake County Public School System, which serves K-12 students in Holly Springs and surrounding communities, is acclaimed for its National Board Certified teachers, variety of academic and extracurricular programs, and high graduation rates.
Holly Springs is home to a number of community parks, including Bass Lake Park, Jones Park, Parrish Womble Park, and Sugg Farm Park. In addition to their tranquil scenery, these parks feature everything from hiking trails to fishing ponds. But the town's pride and joy is the North Main Athletic Complex, a state-of-the-art facility that features an 1,800-seat stadium, turf soccer fields, and a tennis center.
Whether you're eager to browse the shelves at the local library or take part in a fun community event, you don't have to venture much farther than the Holly Springs Cultural Center. Outdoor concerts, indoor movie screenings, plays, classes, and camps are just a few of the many activities you can enjoy at this state-of-the-art community center.
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ATKINSON AND MICHELLE EXPRESS BOUND
The trade last December that sent Brad Reid to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks has now been completed.
Clinton Atkinson D (91) and Cody Michelle FW (92) are coming to the Express as the future considerations to finalize the trade.
Atkinson will be entering his 20 year old season next year. He had a fine season last year finishing third among all BCHL defencemen with 48 points. Plus, his 45 assists were second among defencemen trailing only Coastal Conference MVP Joey Laleggia who was the top play maker in the BCHL with 62 helpers. In 105 career BCHL games, Atkinson has 5 goals and 50 assists for 55 points.
Express Head Coach Jon Calvano is familiar Atkinson having coached him with the Vancouver North West Giants in 06-07.
In his first season in the BCHL, Michelle had 11 goals and 28 points in 56 games. He brings some decent size 6' 173lbs and grit to the Express lineup. Prior to coming to Salmon Arm he played with the Prince Albert Mintos of the Saskatchewan Midget League.
Michelle captained Team Saskatchewan to a gold medal in the Aboriginal Midget Championships in 2010. He teamed up with Interior Conference Rookie of the year Bryce Gervais and Taylor Fauchoux for 46 points in that tournament.
WIERCIOCH TO MAKE NHL DEBUT
Former Express Patrick Wiercioch is expected to make his NHL debut tonight for the Ottawa Senators when they take on the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh.
He got the call to fill in for Sergei Gonchar who is sidelined with a concussion.
Wiercioch played the 06-07 season with the Burnaby Express as a 16 year old. He had 9 goals and 25 points in 42 games in his lone season in Express colors.
He then went to the USHL's Omaha Lancers where he was drafted by the Sens in the 2nd round 42nd overall in 2008.
He played the previous two seasons at the University of Denver. This season he's played his first full season of pro hockey with the Sens AHL affiliate in Binghamton racking up 4 goals and 16 points in 63 games.
From what I have read, Wiercioch had a slow start this season making the transition to the pros. But has been one of the baby Sens better players in the last 6 weeks.
Weircioch was quoted as saying "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't (nervous)". His parents are trying to make their way to Carolina for the game.
When he steps on the ice, Weircioch will become the 7th former Express to play in an NHL game and 2nd this season to make his debut after Mark Dekanich played earlier this season for the Nashville Predators.
EXPRESS TOP PLAYS VIDEOS
Here's two more videos from Cary Derksen to end the season featuring the top hits and plays of this past season.
EAGLES SWEEP EXPRESS
The Surrey Eagles completed a 4 game sweep of the Express with a 3-1 win.
A shorthanded Express roster played one of their best games of the playoffs.
The Express played without injured players, Mike Krgovich, Mitchell Deacon, Garrick Perry, Matt Mazzarolo and the suspended Cody Castro.
Coming up were AP's Alex Kerfoot, Mitchell Fyffe, Joey Santucci and Djordje Leposavic.
Despite the roster lacking in Junior A experience, the Express battled the Eagles hard all game long.
The difference in this game was of the main reasons Surrey completed the sweep. And that is the Eagles top line leading their attack. Richard Vanderhoek scored a pair of goals. Jeff Vanderlugt scored the other Eagles goal.
Destry Straight scored the lone Express goal in the second period off the rush to pull the Express even.
A tip of the hat is due to the Express. They battled hard all game long hoping that their season wouldn't come to an end on home ice.
Karel St. Laurent came up with some timely saves most notably in the second period off of Massimo Lamacchia and Austin Carroll. Khaleed Devji had another strong game in the Express crease.
The penalty killing had it's best night of the playoffs going perfect on this night. But the powerplay never found a way to get in track in this series. During the regular season the Express powerplay was among the top 5 in the BCHL. Surrey completely shut it down and did not allow a single Express powerplay goal in the 4 game series.
Whenever a season comes to an end, your heart always goes out to the 20 year olds. Their junior careers come to an end. Jason Grecica, Riley Mcintosh played their final games tonight. While Mike Krgovich, Matt Mazzarolo watched from the stands, and of course captain Garrick Perry was mending a dislocated shoulder after having surgery a few days ago. Jared Eng and Massimo Lamacchia also saw their junior careers come to an end as they have signed scholarships for next season.
Congratulations to the Surrey Eagles on winning this series. They will play the Langley Chiefs for the third straight year in the playoffs after they completed a 4 game sweep of their own with a 6-5 overtime win over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.
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Q: Problems with tests on selenium hub and kubernetes I have a problem with Kubernetes and Selenium side runner. I started the Selenium hub as service on cluster k8s. I have 2 nodes, one with Firefox browser and the other one with Chrome browser, I should perform tests using selenium-side-runner starting all from local, pointing to hub selenium nodes. Unfortunately I can't really understand how or what is the right URL for each knot to perform tests.
Can you help me, please?
I attach a screenshot of my current situation.
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Thank you very much.

A: Try using <selenium_hub_svc_name>.<selenium_namespace>:<selenium_hub_svc_port>. This will use k8s internal DNS https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/dns-pod-service/#services

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Schuifelen, ook wel bekend als slijpen, slowen, soften, kleffen en zelfs zwemmen (in Eindhoven en omgeving), is een intieme manier van dansen, langzaam en dicht tegen elkaar aan. De jongen houdt meestal zijn handen op de heupen van het meisje, zij legt haar handen op zijn schouders. Het koppeltje wiegt dan langzaam heen-en-weer, op de maat van de muziek. Vaak wordt het licht gedimd, om de dansparen intimiteit te verschaffen.
In Vlaanderen wordt schuifelen ook wel Tegelplakken genoemd omdat je bij het dansen nauwelijks van de plaats komt, alsof je op een denkbeeldige tegel staat.

Zie ook
 Slow (dans)
 Bubbling

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Kjeld Rasmussen Cup er en træningskamp arrangeret af Brøndby IF i årene 2006 til 2011, opkaldt efter klubbens tidligere formand og Brøndby Kommunes mangeårige borgmester, Kjeld Rasmussen. Den foregik altid på Brøndby Stadion og med Brøndby IF som den ene deltager. Vinderen modtog en smuk præmie i form af en glasvase.

Brøndby IF har vundet 3 gange, mens også FC Nürnberg, Juventus FC og PSV Eindhoven har vundet en enkelt gang.

Kampe
Der er spillet følgende kampe:

Kjeld Rasmussen Cup I

15-07-2006
Brøndby IF-1. FC Nürnberg 0-3
Mål: 2 x Vittek, Reinhardt
4.207 tilskuere

Kjeld Rasmussen Cup II

11-07-2007
Brøndby-AJ Auxerre 2-1
Mål: Peter Madsen og Per Nielsen (str.) + Jelen
15.889 tilskuere

Kjeld Rasmussen Cup III

23-07-2008
Brøndby-Juventus F.C. 1-2
Mål: Alexander Farnerud (str.) + Amauri, Iaquinta
19.093 tilskuere

Kjeld Rasmussen Cup IV

11-07-2009
Brøndby-PSV Eindhoven 1-2
Mål: Alexander Farnerud (str.) + Dzsudzsak, Lazovic
4.006 tilskuere

Kjeld Rasmussen Cup V

10-07-2010
Brøndby-Djurgårdens IF 4-1
Mål: Ousman Jallow, Michael Krohn-Dehli, Bruno Batata og Martin Bernburg + Youssef
2.402 tilskuere

Kjeld Rasmussen Cup VI

13-07-2011
Brøndby IF-Samsunspor 1-0
Mål: Mikkel Thygesen
2.004 tilskuere

Fodboldturneringer
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Culture | Topic Archive
100 Czech Design Icons - "the key to the nation's memory"
Ian Willoughby
100 Czech Design Icons is the title of a remarkable exhibition which has just got underway in Prague. It features an extremely broad range of Czech design classics, from a Cubist clock made by Josef Gocar in 1912 to colourful 1970s inflatable animals.
Overdue: Libraries open a new chapter in public relations
Brian Kenety, Martina Grenova
Exhibitions, author readings and book signings, free Internet and a general amnesty on late fees for patrons with overdue books - yes, it's Libraries Week once again in the Czech Republic.
Borrowing the Devil's Bible
Daniela Lazarová
The Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek was in Sweden this week, and he made a most unusual request. He surprised his host, Prime Minister Goran Persson, by asking to borrow the Devil's Bible, one of the artefacts that was stolen by the Swedish army from the Czech lands during the Thirty Years War in the mid 17th century.
Renowned US psychologist Philip Zimbardo honoured by Havel foundation
Every year the Vize (Vision) 97 Foundation of former Czech president Vaclav Havel and his wife Dagmar presents an award for outstanding work in the world of science. This year's winner is one of the world's best known psychologists, Philip Zimbardo. He is famous for his work on behaviour in prisons, and last year sat on the commission investigating the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. I spoke to Professor Zimbardo at Tuesday's ceremony, and asked him what it meant to receive this award from Mr Havel.
Annual festival bringing design closer to public
The focus is on design this week in Prague, as the annual Designblok festival showcases both Czech and international furniture, accessories and fashion at a host of venues around the city. The centre of activities is a disused factory in the district of Karlin, which has been converted into a huge and very colourful temporary gallery. Just before the official opening on Monday evening, I asked organiser Jana Zielinski what was the aim of the Designblok festival.
John Connolly - on crime writing and his latest novel The Black Angel - partly set in the Czech Rep
Jan Velinger
John Connolly is the bestselling author of Nocturnes - a collection of macabre short stories, and the Charlie Parker novels that have successfully blended mystery with the supernatural. Over five books - beginning with Every Dead Thing - Connolly's main character, private eye Charlie Parker, has found himself in some pretty sticky situations. In Connolly's latest, The Black Angel, the character even visits the Czech Republic to learn more about the origins of a famous bone chapel. The author, who is Irish, spent a great deal of time in this country,
Encore: Finding an answer to Dvorak's "Question"
Patricia Goodson, David Vaughan
A new CD brings Dvorak's piano compositions to a broader audience; the Smetana Trio revives Novak's Trio in D minor, and a historic Prague Spring recording is available at last.
Two leftfield classical music festivals get underway in Prague
Coilin O'Connor
In this week's Arts, we look at two slightly offbeat classical music festivals: the wonderfully eclectic Strings of Autumn event, which is celebrating its tenth aniversary, and Prague's International Chamber Music Festival, which promotes an often-neglected side of classical music.
Joyce Pritchard: visit to ancestral Czech villages in Romania "the trip of a lifetime"
In today's special programme we meet Joyce Pritchard, an American woman who recently went back to her roots, when she visited the isolated Czech villages in Romania from which her great-grandparents emigrated a century ago. She and 14 other Americans of Czech-Romanian descent met long-lost relatives and experienced old Czech customs in a region somewhat left behind by the modern world. It was, says Joyce Pritchard, the trip of a lifetime.
Roman Polanski's "Oliver Twist" premieres in Prague
One of the world's most famous film directors, Roman Polanski, was in Prague this weekend to attend the premiere of his latest movie Oliver Twist, an adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel of life on the streets of Victorian London. Oliver Twist is the latest major movie to be filmed in Prague, mostly at the city's Barrandov studios. So is it any good? Theo Schwinke, editorial director of Monitor CE, publishers of the Prague Daily Monitor, was at the premiere.


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2 Chainz – Dead Man Walking Ft. Future [iTunes Plus M4A + Mp3 CDQ]
January 16, 2020 Stanley Foreign Songs, Music 0
2 Chainz has been busy this year, and it's only halfway through January. Aside from assisting Quando Rondo on the track, "Bad Vibe" off his debut album, QPac, last week, 2 Chainz also dropped his own song, the Atlanta anthem, "Falcons Hawks Braves." While "Falcons Hawks Braves" likely won't be a single on whatever project he's cooking up next since it wasn't formally uploaded onto streaming services, 2 Chainz has plenty of other music in the works. His track with Skooly from his T.R.U. crew titled "Virgil's Discount" dropped last week, after he had announced that a joint project called NO FACE NO CASE with Skooly the rest of the T.R.U. members, Sleepy Rose, Worl, and Hott Lockedn, would be released on February 7th.
Despite the abundance of recent musical ventures, 2 Chainz got us hyped once again on Tuesday when he revealed that he'd be dropping even more music this week. His vague "New Music Friday" tweet meant that the specific details of this drop remained a mystery—a single from NO FACE NO CASE? a solo track? a feature on a different artist's song? On Wednesday, though, he released a snippet of the upcoming single, called "Dead Man Walking," and revealed the exciting artist featured.
"New vibes dropping Friday with @Future…..DEAD MAN WALKING," he wrote in the caption of the 30 second clip from the accompanying music video. The horror-infused snippet of the "Dead Man Walking" visuals alternates between solo shots of each rapper, cutting to images of things like creepy, white-eyeballed creatures and burning cars. Based on their outfits and accessories in the video, "Dead Man Walking" appears to be "the hardest song in the world" that the artists claimed they had made way back in July. At this rate, this collab is about to go off.
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'Never Let a Crisis go to Waste': How Three CEOs Helped their Companies Thrive in a Pandemic
Thomas Malnight, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Ivy Buche, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted different responses from company CEOs seeking to ensure their businesses survive. Keeping their employees safe has been the first priority, but beyond that, their task has involved understanding the situation, launching countermeasures, and trying to evolve ways of working to ensure their businesses can continue.
We spoke to the chief executives of three major companies in three very different industries. In their responses to the crisis, we found that Winston Churchill's adage of "never let a crisis go to waste" was as relevant as ever, with businesses finding positives during the pandemic.
Accelerate Strategy
Shipping giant AP Møller-Maersk embarked on a historic transformation in 2016 to become an integrated transport and logistics company – combining its shipping line, port operations, and freight forwarding businesses into a single entity. However, progress had been limited.
The pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to Maersk's customers who, faced with falling demand, had to manage their global supply networks as effectively as possible. They wanted better information across the supply chain and the ability to change outcomes while goods were in transit.
These demands affirmed Maersk's strategy to shift from being a port-to-port container transport company to an integrated, end-to-end logistics company, making use of digital technologies to provide the connectivity and visibility that customers required.
Maersk's customers turned to its blockchain-enabled supply chain platform TradeLens, where the number of transactions almost tripled from 70,000 a week in January 2020 to 194,000 a week in June. Transactions through Maersk.com increased by 20%-25% between January and October 2020. Maersk's CEO Soren Skou told us: "The investments we made in the last five years in digital capabilities came in very handy during COVID-19."
The pandemic accelerated Maersk's technological transformation efforts, which led to new digital products and services while modernizing its customer interface, back-end infrastructure, and assets such as ships and terminals. Maersk also built expertise through acquisitions, purchasing warehousing and distribution company Performance Team, and customs management firm KGH Customs.
Skou was able to apply what he'd learned from the financial crisis of 2008-09 when Maersk and its competitors fought for market share and ended up driving down freight rates. This time, Skou focused on profitability: cutting capacity by 20%, but filling the remaining vessels even as the pandemic caused shipping volumes to drop. The plunging price of oil also helped Maersk's financial performance, and its earnings actually increased in the first three quarters of 2020, despite the near-paralysis of the global economy.
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Scale-Up Innovation
Large companies are often seen as slow and trailing in innovation compared to smaller, more nimble competitors. Standard operating procedures mean they focus on developing "perfect" solutions, testing in pilot markets, and proving the business case over a couple of years, before finally rolling out – by which time they have probably missed the boat.
Mars Petcare, a global leader in pet food and pet health services, found that COVID-19 necessitated scaling up innovation. Prior to the crisis, the company had been working on a telehealth service for pet owners, offering video consultations with vets at 20 veterinary hospitals, where it proved to be a valuable triage tool for prioritizing cases.
As the pandemic took hold, pet owners started working from home, inevitably spending more time with their pets which generated more queries about minor health issues. An initial video call with a vet was an ideal solution.
Working with Microsoft, the company scaled its telehealth service from 20 to around 2,000 veterinary hospitals – in one month. Poul Weihrauch, global president of Mars Petcare, told us:
This may not help our earnings in the short term, but it will make the clients happier and pets healthier today and in the long term. A common belief is that big companies are slow, but this shows that big companies can scale innovation very quickly. This time, it was done by necessity… but clearly the goal is that it should be the norm
These efforts, spurred by high demand during COVID-19, tied in well with Mars Petcare's strategy to dramatically accelerate its evolution from pet food manufacturer to provider of pet care services.
Engage with employees and customers
When the pandemic struck, security became an "essential service". Security company Securitas realized it needed to quickly ramp up its electronic solutions. This validated the company's strategy launched in 2018 to evolve from providing traditional physical guarding to digital security solutions such as facial recognition technology and remote video monitoring.
CEO Magnus Ahlqvist wanted to manage customers' uncertainty, outlining how Securitas was dealing with the crisis. He and his management team worked with major clients, with a similar sponsorship system for each of the countries in which Securitas operates. Ahlqvist told us:
"I have spent more time with clients than I would normally… Being visible and present for clients in a tough moment will pay off in the long term"
The Swedish company's 340,000 frontline guards had to rise to an unprecedented challenge, for which the company pushed hard to equip them with better digital tools.
Having already embarked on strategic transformations, these firms were well equipped to turn an unparalleled threat into an opportunity. Setting a good example from the top, the chief executives were able to put the crisis to work by accelerating strategy, scaling innovation, and deepening customer engagement, generating the energy required for the organization to thrive, despite the hurdles thrown up by COVID-19.
Thomas Malnight, Professor of Strategy, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Ivy Buche, Associate Director, Business Transformation Initiative, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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With no moon in sight the sky is as black as I've ever seen it. "Sackcloth" is the apocalyptic term that my Southern Baptist mind conjures. I live in a remote region of the Texas Panhandle and must concede that the nights here in southwest Texas are as impressive as I've seen. We are 80 road miles from the closest town and the weak lights of the small cities in the distance offer no match to the overpowering darkness of a Chihuahuan Desert night. Millions of stars dot the sky overhead. The minor stars are so bright that finding constellations is somewhat difficult; however, we try.
I'm in camp with three friends as we recline in our lawn chairs and ruminate about life's goings-on. I relish the others' wisdom. My brother Bubba and a couple of friends from Childress are with me. A few hours earlier, we made the 300-plus-mile drive from Childress to fish the fabled Devils River. We sit and talk about the next morning's adventure while watching lightning dance in the distance. Time and again, the conversation turns to the river's rapids.
Just before sunset, we'd visited the river and fished a bit on a narrow strip of frontage on the state-owned property. We feel lucky to be on the stretch of river because the Devils is notorious for lacking public access. In doing pre-trip research, I found the stories of unwelcoming landowners and elusive public access a bit daunting. So much so, we tried to convince ourselves to float another, more accessible river like the Guadalupe or Llano but the lure of wild country and a wilder river proved too strong.
A few hours before sunrise we make a long and arduous trek from our cabin down a rough and rocky road to the river's edge. On the way, we ford creeks swollen with swift waters from recent rains. The country is so rocky, flash flooding is a danger in the area because almost all the water that falls in the river basin is runoff and flows quickly while making its way to the Devils and eventually to the Rio Grande.
Upon seeing the river, we delight in her sheer beauty. The deep jade water flows through rugged karst which filters sediments before bubbling up through the numerous springs that line the river's banks. We stop first to explore a huge spring that flows cold, clear water into the river at a rate that is incomprehensible.
I am told that the spring flows from the exact rock seam that separates the Edwards Plateau from the Chihuahuan Desert. I can't confirm it, but the idea makes for cool conversation.
Ceremoniously, each one of us stoops to drink as if to christen ourselves in the holy Hill Country water.
Walking away from the spring we look at the water flowing past and begin to see fish darting about as if we weren't there. Mostly, though, we admire the river's beauty and ponder the hellish rush of water that we hear a half-mile downstream. We want to explore the noise, but signs everywhere declare that the land downriver is privately owned. Walking down there along the banks would mean trespassing, and we dare not ruin our trip for mere curiosity. So, the sound must wait for exploration by canoe.
This marks the fifth time I've floated this stretch of river and so far, the newness hasn't worn off. I don't know if it's the solitude that brings me back or the sheer beautiful harmony between the water and the rocks. Perhaps it's the fishing or the paddling. I think it is simply all of it together— Texas the way Texas used to be.
For rancher Ruthie Russell, a TWA Life Member, this is the way the Devils River should remain. Russell, along with her family, owns the 7,700-acre Sycamore Canyon Ranch. It's an expansive piece of desert property that borders three miles of the Devils River. Like other private landowners, Russell and her clan protect their property and hence the river in earnest. She placed her ranch under a conservation easement with the Texas Agricultural Land Trust or TALT.
Russell explains to me that Texas loses more land to fragmentation each year than any other state. "We all have nightmares about the land getting chopped up all over the state. I mean it's just horrible cancer that's happening all over. We are lucky enough to own land and the least we can do is try to protect it," she says.
As we talk, she speaks of the Devils with reverence and respect, and the conversation soon turns to the most imminent danger to the river and the open spaces that surround it: wind farms.
Recently, a Chinese entrepreneur bought more than 100,000 acres in Val Verde County to develop wind farms. With federal subsidies and a push to create more energy from renewable sources, Texas has seen a boom in wind farm construction.
Steady wind, relatively inexpensive land, and a limited regulatory environment make much of Texas' open spaces easy targets for wind developers. When the projects were announced west of Russell's ranch, she and many others in Val Verde County dug in their heels.
Once we slip into Old Towne canoes, we spend a few minutes orienting our gear and getting our fishing equipment ready. We each tie on an olive-colored woolly booger.
Ten minutes ... It takes us 10 minutes to float downstream far enough to see the river change angles. Instead of flat and placid, the river begins to run briskly downhill.
The faster the river runs, the faster my heart beats. Deep in a cane thicket, Bubba and I can't tell where we're going but we know we are going somewhere. The ride through the cane is a bit disorienting because the river's sensory assault. The sound of the waterfall is omnipresent.
Trucking through the cane, the vertical, deep green stanchions rush by at in a blur of green, nearly inducing hypnotic vertigo. Intermittent splashes of cold water insure we stay lucid and focus on our trip, while the smell of rotting vegetation erupts and revives us every time we stick a paddle in the black muck where the cane grows.
At the end of a long stretch of rapids, we stop and regain our bearings. Bubba and I stop first. In a minute or so, the others catch up. We've made a pact to stay together. As seasoned outdoorsmen, we know safety comes in numbers, so we keep each other in sight.
We stare for a minute at the long stretch of skinny water that runs over rounded stones. Taking safety into consideration, we portage our canoes for the next couple hundred yards and avoid the strong current altogether. This early on the trip there's no point in risking losing our gear or injury, so we play it safe. Before we head too far down river, though, we take time to get to know Dolan Falls.
The signs that point out Dolan Falls tell us that the surrounding land belongs to the Texas Nature Conservancy. It also reminds us that due to the fragility of the most unspoiled riparian region in Texas, we should appreciate the waterfall for just a few minutes and move on.
The river above the waterfall seems oddly disconnected from the river below the falls. I've never seen any big waterfalls before much less in Texas, so I ponder at how extremely the river falls off. Flanking the deluge, I make my way to where I can look into the falls' mouth.
I never realized such a beautiful water feature existed in Texas. I stand in awe. My photographer's instincts take over and I shoot pictures.
Not wanting to wear out our welcome at the site, Bubba and I head to the waterfall's other side. Loading our gear, we pull our canoe back upstream and cross in some shallow riffle rapids, carefully avoiding the deeper, more treacherous water that could sweep us over the falls. Bubba and I soon find out that a long canoe loaded with camera equipment and a day's worth of gear is heavy; big rocks lying at river's edge compound the difficulty of getting around the falls.
We push, pull, lift and occasionally cuss, but finally get the canoe below Dolan Falls. Although the overcast sky keeps the June temperatures tolerable, we both sweat heavily.
Shoving off from the falls, we are all proud to have what is the first and most formidable obstacle behind us. Although it took some work, we easily made it around the falls. With the falls' roar fading, it's time to fish.
On the river, I'm as alone as I've ever felt in Texas. Absolutely no one is around except for those in our party. The river and the fish are wild.
Russell says she is afraid that continued and unabated development of this fragile desert and wetlands will change the Devils River watershed permanently and irreparably. The advocacy group she is aligning with is Val Verde Vistas; the group opposes further wind development in the county and are digging in to try and fight the proposed foreign-owned energy complex.
According to the group, Val Verde Vistas "…is its citizens, governments, and organizations of Val Verde County who have joined together to oppose wind farm expansion in the region." Among the negative impacts of a wind farm complex, the group claims, is that it creates airspace hazards for Air Force pilots in training, sacrifices future generation opportunities for limited short-term benefits to external interests, devalues real estate and creates a hazard for wildlife. Russell says the wind farms threaten to scar the landscape that she and others have worked so hard to protect.
She understands the impact that development could have on the desert and water quality in the river that holds the southernmost breeding population of smallmouth bass in North America. She is also afraid how the energy developments could affect tourism for the river and the state-owned lands that flank the riparian area.
For the next couple of hours, we alternate negotiating rapids and fishing. Except for a brief respite to eat a river-side lunch of summer sausage and crackers, we spend most of our time progressing downriver. At the trip's halfway point, we encounter another, albeit smaller, waterfall and swiftly portage around to safer water.
Immediately downstream from the waterfall, we stop at a flat with water reminiscent of the Caribbean. Even under overcast skies the water is colorful and glows like a gem when the sun finally breaks through.
We park the boats in shallow water on the river's west side and wade a broad, shallow shelf. Near the middle of the river, the shelf drops sharply and holds fish by the dozen.
Across the river, a small neck juts back into the bank. Submerged in the neck is an underwater spring that flows tap-clear water into the river. The hole is probably 10 feet deep and 15 feet wide and acts as a natural aquarium. Inside this "aquarium," gar, carp as big as 25 pounds, big catfish and numerous species of unknown baitfish live harmoniously. Although they can escape to the river proper, the fish just hang out in the spring's flow. I snorkel a bit and marvel at how many fish inhabit this river.
Eight rough and rugged river miles and nine hours later, we make it to the endpoint. A litany of adjectives describes the way we feel: tired, hungry, proud and satisfied work…for starters.
Sleep doesn't come easy tonight because of our excitement, but we must rest. We've got another day of fishing ahead of us along the same stretch of river.
As the sun slips from sight, we eat dinner. After supper, we adjourn to the porch's edge to give our interpretation of the day's adventure. Midnight falls, and we're still talking. While Bubba talks of rapids and such, I stare into the sky and squint to make out a faint satellite as it drifts overhead. My mind drifts away from the conversation as I quietly contemplate.
The stars seem a lot brighter tonight. Sackcloth described the sky's blackness last night, but tonight, I am simply in awe with the region and descriptors escape me. This trip down the Devils has me enchanted.


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Christophe Benichou creates inhabitable space among a pile of wooden logs blocks
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French architect Christophe Benichou has developed a concept for a simple shelter or inhabitable space that can provide a house to anyone in an idyllic landscape.
Named The Wall Of Logs, the structure is built from a giant wall that contains a pile of wooden logs blocks - but it forms a building that has mega windows being both a space and a façade element. Benichou's created this habitat concept during a hike on the Aubrac plateau in central France.
Christophe Benichou, who runs his own office Christophe Benichou Architectures in France, describes his approach "as a descriptive sensorial architecture" and he designs buildings "that are situated in their environment, a tell-tale achievement explaining what it stands for and what we are or wish to be."
The Wall Of Logs is just one of them that tries to be a building with a different sensorial experience. The structure, acting both a building and a facade or a simple wall, entirely offers an interesting experience that you might want to feel.
"The wall of logs" is a concept habitat born during a hike on the Aubrac plateau in central France. In these vast expanses where gentle slopes undulate to infinity, a pile of logs blocks the eye. It's a great wall in the landscape; a rampart, to perforate, to release the sight," said Christophe Benichou.
The architects designed two monumental windows within this mass. The structure also looks like a sculptural intervention in an empty field and if visitors come closer, then they understand that it is an inhabitable structure that they can live in.
"Around them are located all the functions of a habitat that came to colonize the wall. A refuge in the logs," he added.
"Its heart of wood is wrapped in a thin bark of steel, concealing structure, carpentry and furniture, to offer two pure frames in the heart of nature."
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A damning expose of how Canada is blatantly condoning Khalistani terrorism
The Khalistanis in the West are thriving even though the Khalistan project is in shambles in Punjab, the state that is home to the Sikhs. Milewski insists that it is the Pakistanis who are driving the campaign – to avenge 1971
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Jul 01, 2021
Canada's justice system is blind – and deaf: when the judges are white, when the equally white security agencies are sloppy; when those seeking justice are mostly non-white (even if Canadians); and when the guilty are Khalistani (those part of a separatist movement seeking an independent Sikh homeland called Khalistan), terrorists who go scot-free even for crimes directed at fellow Sikh Canadian citizens. This is the sum and substance of this probing book authored by veteran Canadian journalist Terry Milewski.
Although meant to be a study of the global Khalistani project, Milewski largely focuses on Canada, home to the largest share of the world's Sikh diaspora at about half a million. Milewski knows the subject and its principal actors in Canada inside out; in a damning expose, he identifies the most active Khalistanis in his country and reveals how the investigation into the 1985 Air India bombing was botched by a biased justice system in Canada.
Khalistani terrorism in Canada
Sikh lawyer and community activist Ujjal Dosanjh, later a premier of British Columbia – the westernmost province of Canada - and a federal health minister, was viciously beaten by a Khalistani in Vancouver. The attacker, Jaspal Atwal of the International Sikh Youth Federation, was freed on a technicality after a novice detective blew up the case. Dosanjh survived only because his law partner appeared at the parking lot.
Atwal later went on to shoot a Punjab cabinet minister Malkiat Singh Sidhu, on Vancouver Island in 1986 (he survived but was assassinated in Punjab five years later); and, shockingly, was with the delegation of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau visiting India in 2018 and was photographed with Trudeau's wife at a reception in Mumbai.
A few months after Dosanjh was attacked, Balraj Deol of the Hindu-Sikh Forum was thrashed in Toronto – the country's most populous city - by Khalistanis. One of his unpunished attackers, Kulwinder Singh Malhi, went to a Pakistani training camp, crossed over to India and in July 1987 was involved in the killing of 38 Hindu bus passengers near Lalru village in Punjab. Malhi was shot dead by the police in India. No one was punished in Canada for attacking Deol.
Naturally, extremists in Canada went from strength to strength. Even explicit endorsement of political murder did not produce any complaint from Canadian politicians, who were happy to attend rallies called by Khalistanis so as not to erode their Sikh vote bank.
The man who plotted the horrific bombing of the Air India plane off Ireland which killed 331 innocents was Talwinder Singh Parmar, who earlier served a prison sentence in Germany and was wanted in India. The man who assembled the bombs for him was Inderjit Reyat, who confessed. Nothing happened to Parmar in Canada although he was barred from entering the US.
Parmar sneaked into India from Pakistan and was shot dead by the Punjab Police. Khalistanis in Canada eulogized Parmar, the worst mass murderer in Canada's history. Canadian authorities looked the other way.
Air India bombing
Milewski says Canadian security agencies had plenty of tips about the Air India bombing but did nothing. In August 1984, a French-Canadian criminal, Gerry Boudreault, told the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) that some Vancouver Sikhs offered him USD 200,000 to smuggle a bomb onto an Air India flight from Montreal to London.
A Sikh, Harmail Singh Grewal, a petty criminal, told the police separately that some Sikhs planned to use a French-Canadian – it was Boudreault – to blow up an Indian plane. He said the plan involved two bombs and two planes; this is what then happened. The other bomb exploded at the Narita airport in Japan.
On June 1, 1985, three weeks before the bombing, Air India's security manager in Mumbai sent out a warning that Sikh extremists might blow up an aircraft with explosives. The telex went to the RCMP, which never shared it with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). Two CSIS men tailed Parmar on a trip to Vancouver Island where he went to see how Reyat's bomb-making was going on. Even then, Parmar was not even questioned.
On June 10, an informer told the police in Toronto that people at gurudwaras were warned not to fly Air India. Nothing happened. And then the Air India plane was bombed. Even after the crime, CSIS refused to reveal its surveillance of the bomb testing episode and no evidence was produced against Parmar.
Judiciary found wanting
Parmar and others were charged in 1986 with conspiring to blow up the Indian Parliament and take hostages. The case was built on wiretaps. The court asked the prosecution to reveal the wiretaps to the defense. The prosecutors refused. Parmar and others walked free.
Almost all criminal cases against the Khalistanis collapsed in Canadian courts. Sikhs who courageously spoke against the terrorists were threatened into silence. The judges simply refused to believe any evidence against the Khalistanis.
When Tara Singh Hayer threatened to expose the bombers, he was shot dead. His friend, Tarsem Purewal, was shot outside his office.
A gangster told the police that Hayer's was a USD 50,000 contract killing, paid for by the Babbar Khalsa. Ajaib Singh Bari, who gloated that Khalistanis would not rest until 50,000 Hindus were killed and who admitted to be part of the Air India plot, face no punishment in Canada.
The Khalistanis in the West are thriving even though the Khalistan project is in shambles in Punjab, the state that is home to the Sikhs. Milewski insists that it is the Pakistanis who are driving the campaign – to avenge 1971 (the dismemberment of Pakistan with East Pakistan becoming Bangladesh with the help of the Indian government and Indian Army).
The irony is that forced conversions, attacks on gurdwaras and worsening discrimination against religious minorities in Pakistan has left that country now with just 10,000 Sikhs from an earlier two million.
As for the terrorists, their ambitious Khalistan territory encompasses the Indian states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and even parts of Rajasthan – but not an inch of the Punjab which lies in Pakistan! "The separatists clearly know where their patron sets the limits."
(Blood for Blood: Fifty Years of the Global Khalistan Project; Author Terry Milewski; Publishers HarperCollins India; Pages 251; Price Rs 599)
(The reviewer is a veteran journalist who writes on diplomacy and politics. He can be contacted at ranjini17@hotmail.com)


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New Tree Of Life Created In Ward 5
A Tree of Life has been created by patients in Ward 5 at Forth Valley Royal Hospital with the help of artists from Artlink Central.
It follows the resumption of occupational therapy sessions which were suspended during the pandemic. Staff say patients are delighted to welcome the artists back.
The Tree of Life was constructed by three people and discussions took place around the change in seasons and nature. The two-hour long sessions were run over six weeks and designed to improve self confidence and health and wellbeing.
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"I never thought I would enjoy doing something like this again."
"I've never done anything like this before and it's taken me away from being in hospital."
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This comprehensive peace agreement seeks to end the conflict between the Government of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). It comprises a ceasefire including the management of arms and armies of both the national army and the Moist group by the United Nations. It calls for political, economic and social change in the country and adherence to humanitarian law and human rights principles, including through the establishment of a National Human Rights Commission, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a National Peace and Rehabilitation Commission. The agreement calls for the election of a constituent assembly to end the transition period and calls on the UN to observe and assist the electoral process. The agreement also calls for the nationalization of all property belonging to the King and Queen and to decide by a simple majority in the first constitutional assembly meeting whether to retain the monarchy as an institution.
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Effects of aging on cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rabbits
M. Nakajima, I. Date, K. Takahashi, Y. Ninomiya, S. Asari, T. Ohmoto
Graduate School of Medicine Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Academic Field of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Background and Purpose - The effects of aging on cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remain to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to clarify age-related differences of vasospasm and of papaverine reactivity in the responses of basilar arteries after SAH in rabbits. Methods - Rabbits receiving a single injection of arterial blood into the cisterna magna were divided into 3 groups: young (2 to 3 months old), adult (6 to 9 months old), and old (20 to 40 months old). Vertebrobasilar angiograms were obtained before SAH and 1, 2, 4, and 7 days after SAH. Papaverine was administrated selectively via the vertebral artery on day 2, and serial angiography was performed for up to 2 hours. Vessel structures were assessed with light microscopy on days 1, 2, 4, and 7 after SAH and at 10, 30, and 60 minutes after papaverine infusion. Results - Mortality from SAH in old rabbits was 40%, whereas that of young and adult rabbits was 0%. Angiograms revealed that SAH induced maximal constriction of the basilar arteries on day 2 in all age groups, and the constrictions were significantly increased with age at all time points investigated. The degree of dilatation of spastic basilar arteries after intra-arterial papaverine administration significantly decreased with age. Duration of the efficacy of papaverine became significantly shorter with age. Vessel diameter returned to the preinfusion value ≈ 120, 60, and 30 minutes after infusion in young, adult, and old rabbits, respectively. Light microscopy in old rabbits showed luminal narrowing and corrugation of the internal elastic lamina not only in the basilar arteries but also in small arteries and intraparenchymal arterioles. Conclusions - This study suggests that aging increases the degree of vasospasm in rabbits. The impaired reactivity to papaverine with aging might imply the early transition of the aged vessel to the papaverine-resistant chronic stage.
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https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.32.3.620
Angiography, digital subtraction
Cerebral ischemia, transient
Advanced and Specialised Nursing
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Nakajima, M., Date, I., Takahashi, K., Ninomiya, Y., Asari, S., & Ohmoto, T. (2001). Effects of aging on cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rabbits. Stroke, 32(3), [d]620-628. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.32.3.620
Effects of aging on cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rabbits. / Nakajima, M.; Date, I.; Takahashi, K.; Ninomiya, Y.; Asari, S.; Ohmoto, T.
In: Stroke, Vol. 32, No. 3, 2001, p. [d]620-628.
Nakajima, M, Date, I, Takahashi, K, Ninomiya, Y, Asari, S & Ohmoto, T 2001, 'Effects of aging on cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rabbits', Stroke, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. [d]620-628. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.32.3.620
Nakajima M, Date I, Takahashi K, Ninomiya Y, Asari S, Ohmoto T. Effects of aging on cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rabbits. Stroke. 2001;32(3):[d]620-628. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.32.3.620
Nakajima, M. ; Date, I. ; Takahashi, K. ; Ninomiya, Y. ; Asari, S. ; Ohmoto, T. / Effects of aging on cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rabbits. In: Stroke. 2001 ; Vol. 32, No. 3. pp. [d]620-628.
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	var iDelay = 100;

	QUnit.module("Navigation");

	opaTest("Should see the objects list", function (Given, When, Then) {
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		Given.iStartMyApp();

		// Assertions
		Then.onTheWorklistPage.iShouldSeeTheTable();
	});

	opaTest("Should react on hash change", function (Given, When, Then) {
		// Actions
		When.onTheWorklistPage.iRememberTheItemAtPosition(2);
		When.onTheBrowser.iChangeTheHashToTheRememberedItem();

		// Assertions
		Then.onTheObjectPage.iShouldSeeTheRememberedObject();
	});

	opaTest("Should go back to the TablePage", function (Given, When, Then) {
		// Actions
		When.onTheBrowser.iPressOnTheBackwardsButton();

		// Assertions
		Then.onTheWorklistPage.iShouldSeeTheTable();
	});

	opaTest("Object Page shows the correct object Details", function (Given, When, Then) {
		// Actions
		When.onTheWorklistPage.iRememberTheItemAtPosition(1).
			and.iPressATableItemAtPosition(1);

		// Assertions
		Then.onTheObjectPage.iShouldSeeTheRememberedObject();
	});

	opaTest("Should be on the table page again when browser back is pressed", function (Given, When, Then) {
		// Actions
		When.onTheBrowser.iPressOnTheBackwardsButton();

		// Assertions
		Then.onTheWorklistPage.iShouldSeeTheTable();
	});

	opaTest("Should be on the object page again when browser forwards is pressed", function (Given, When, Then) {
		// Actions
		When.onTheBrowser.iPressOnTheForwardsButton();

		// Assertions
		Then.onTheObjectPage.iShouldSeeTheRememberedObject();

		// Cleanup
		Then.iTeardownMyApp();
	});

	opaTest("Start the App and simulate metadata error: MessageBox should be shown", function (Given, When, Then) {
		//Arrangement
		Given.iStartMyApp({
			delay: iDelay,
			metadataError: true
		});

		//Assertions
		Then.onTheAppPage.iShouldSeeTheMessageBox();

		// Actions
		When.onTheAppPage.iCloseTheMessageBox();

		// Cleanup
		Then.iTeardownMyApp();
	});

	opaTest("Start the App and simulate bad request error: MessageBox should be shown", function (Given, When, Then) {
		//Arrangement
		Given.iStartMyApp({
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			errorType: "serverError"
		});

		//Assertions
		Then.onTheAppPage.iShouldSeeTheMessageBox();

		// Actions
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Cryptocurrency: India set to chart middle path between ban and free trading
Shiv Chhatrala — December 8, 2021 comments off
The government has listed the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2021 for introduction in the winter session of Parliament.
The Narendra Modi government plans to bring in legislation in the ongoing winter session of Parliament for regulating cryptocurrencies. The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill is yet to be cleared by the Union cabinet. The market is rife with speculation that the proposed law will set a deadline for holders of cryptocurrencies to declare their assets. Rumour has it that the government is likely to appoint a regulator to oversee cryptocurrencies.
A Bloomberg report cited unidentified sources as saying that the government may set a high threshold for crypto investment to protect small investors. The government had earlier said that it was planning an outright ban on private cryptocurrencies. The Economic Times reported this morning that the new law will require crypto exchanges to obtain licences from the government.
India has the highest number of crypto owners globally at 10 crore. Indians have already invested $6.6 billion in cryptocurrencies and the country is among the fastest-growing markets in the world. This is the reason why the government is rushing through a bill, unusual for a country with a slow legislative process in financial regulation.
READ I Cryptocurrency: Govt, RBI must exercise utmost caution
The rise of cryptocurrency
One needs to understand why there is a huge demand for cryptocurrencies. Investors world over became sceptical of the global financial system after the financial meltdown of 2008. The crisis was the result of weak financial regulation and lack of government policies. The rise of cryptocurrencies can be attributed to this crisis of confidence.
In 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto created a cryptocurrency named Bitcoin. The value of cryptocurrency lies in the fact that the digital/virtual money is available only in limited amounts. For example, there are only 21 million bitcoins available in the world. An asset assumes value when people recognise its worth.
Cryptocurrencies are protected under cryptography, a blockchain technology. All crypto transactions are done through the blockchain where transactions will be recorded in such a manner that it is almost impossible to tweak them. Interestingly, the blockchain technology negates the necessity of any authority or regulator to oversee transactions which makes cryptos a decentralised system.
READ I Cryptocurrency: India should go in for an outright ban
One can say cryptos became popular because people find the cryptographic system more trustworthy than the national authorities that issue currencies. This is the reason why a large number of countries are either accepting cryptos or trying to bring them under regulation. There is widespread fear that zero regulation of the crypto economy could lead to anarchy in the financial world. Several countries contemplated a ban on cryptocurrencies, but realised that banning cryptos may not work because of its decentralised nature.
Will the efforts to regulate them work? The backers say cryptocurrency transactions are recorded at multiple places which makes the entire process transparent and accountable. Crypto investors see no harm in virtual money and emphasise on maintaining its decentralised nature, while the governments predict massive damage to the world economy if cryptos are not regulated.
Several countries like China have banned cryptocurrencies. However, the ban resulted in illegal mining and trading activity. Some other countries have regulated cryptocurrency in one way or the other. Regulation becomes necessary because no country can afford to allow a parallel digital currency alongside the national currency.
READ I Cryptocurrency race: Cautious India may miss the bus
India and cryptocurrency regulation
India has made several attempts to ban cryptocurrencies since 2018 when the Reserve Bank of India issued a ban. But the Supreme Court reversed the RBI ban in 2020 on the grounds of proportionality. While acknowledging the authority of the RBI to regulate virtual currencies, the SC said that the ban/regulation has to be proportionate to the risk of damage posed. In the same year, an inter-ministerial committee drafted a crypto-token regulation bill, which allowed regulated trading in cryptocurrency.
The committee's final report, released in 2019, proposed a law named Banning of Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2019 which suggested an outright ban on cryptocurrency. The bill came under criticism for its vague definitions and was never tabled in Parliament. Finally, the government has listed a bill in November 2021, the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill.
The global cryptocurrency market is valued at around $3 trillion. The Chainalysis Global Crypto Adoption Index 2021 ranked India second in the world in terms of cryptocurrency adoption rate. It is estimated that 70-80% of India's cryptocurrency investors have invested between Rs 500 and Rs 2,000. The regulation could be the middle path between an outright ban and complete freedom in cryptocurrency trading. This is the right thing to do for any government as the future of cryptocurrency is still uncertain.
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Rockford's Rouge River artists join Grand Haven artists for show, sale | Arts & Culture
Rockford's Rouge River artists join Grand Haven artists for show, sale
Submitted by tom scott (photography), Community Content Provider
Saturday, November 13th, 2010, 7:59am
Topics: Arts & Culture, Events, News
Grand Haven, MI - The Fire Barn Gallery of the Grand Haven Area Arts Council is hosting an opening reception from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 at the Gallery, 18 N. Fifth St. in Grand Haven.
The show will continue through Dec. 17.
"Local artists will debut their work at this first-time event," said Linda Goss, show coordinator. "This is for artists, by artists, featuring many varied medias. This is a show you won't want to miss and the chance to see the premiere work by many local talents."
Goss said over a dozen artists will display their works in watercolor, acrylics, oils, photography, jewelry, pottery and stained glass.
"With the upcoming holidays, local art makes a timeless and treasured gift," Goss said. "We appreciate the GHAAC for the use of their community venue." We hope to see you all there at the beginning of this Holiday Season.
Thank You, Tom Scott
CONTACT: Linda Goss
lindakg@chartermi.net


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Country Report: Duration of detention Last updated: 19/05/21
National law specifies a time limit for the detention of asylum seekers which is limited to nine months. According to the Reception Regulations "any person detained in accordance with these regulations shall, on the lapse of nine months, be released from detention if he is still an applicant".[1]
In the past, applicants formally detained in line with the grounds of the Reception Conditions Directive were usually released after two or three months and placed under alternatives to detention. However, this policy changed in 2020 as most asylum-seekers detained under the RCD were those applicants coming from safe countries of origin, such as Bangladesh, Ghana, or Morocco. They were no longer released after the mandatory period of time. They remained in detention until their case was processed through the accelerated procedure since considered manifestly unfounded, often taking up to six months to finalise. In most cases seen by lawyers, these applicants ended up receiving their rejection from IPA, followed almost immediately by the automatic review from the IPAT, the removal order, and return decision. Therefore, they remain in detention awaiting potential return.
Applicants detained under the Health Regulations and de facto detainees are kept in detention until there is space available in open centres. Therefore, applicants may remain in detention for several months even though they have been medically cleared and no valid grounds for their detention remains, or ever even existed.
The Immigration Police officially indicated that the average duration of detention for asylum-seekers is two months.[2] However, this is not in line with numerous reports by the CPT, NGOs, and lawyers assisting asylum seekers in detention. The UNHCR Representative also indicated that if "the length of time asylum seekers spent in detention varied in 2020 but many had been detained eight months or longer".[3]
[1] Regulation 6(7) Reception Regulations.
[2] Information provided by the Immigration Office of the Malta Police Force, February 2021.
[3]Times of Malta, 'Migrant detention numbers shrink, fears about child detainees remain', 7 February 2021, available at: https://bit.ly/2NJkd00.


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Pärnumaa (plným názvem Pärnu maakond, tedy "Pernovský kraj") je jeden z patnácti estonských krajů. Nachází se na jihozápadě Estonska, na pobřeží Rižského zálivu a sousedí s oblastmi Raplamaa, Läänemaa, Järvamaa a Viljandimaa. Na jihu sousedí též s Lotyšskem. Pärnumaa zabírá 5 418,73 km², což z něj činí rozlohou největší estonský kraj.

Správní dělení

Pärnumaa sestává z jednoho statutárního města Pärnu a šesti samosprávných obcí. Před reorganizací v roce 2017 byl členěn na 21 samosprávných jednotek — dvě statutární města a 19 obcí.

Historie
V okrese Pärnu se nachází nejstarší známé lidské sídliště v Estonsku, které se nachází dva km po řece Pärnu u města Sindi, poblíž vesnice Pulli. Oblast se datuje do období mezolitu 8500 př. n. l.

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 Oficiální stránky krajské správy

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You are here: Home › About Ted Roche
About Ted Roche
By Ted Roche on May 21, 2006 in Home Page, Technology
Last good picture, 1997-ish
An independent consultant specializing in web site development and database-centric software development, co-author of 4 books, contributor/editor to another six. Work web is http://www.tedroche.com .
Currently, working on Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL and MySQL databases, jQuery and occasionally a bit of PHP. Certified MySQL Developer (CMDEV) for MySQL 5.x (2008), Core Certified in MySQL 4.x. Former Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, 1994-2002, Microsoft Certified System Engineer and Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, first certified in Windows 3.1. Passed 17 exams, 1994-2000.
Senior Member of the Association of Computing Machinery, Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union and many other organizations.
Former member of Greater New Hampshire Linux User Group, New Hampshire Ruby Group, Alphaloft Community Supporter, Python Special Interest Group, Seacoast WordPress Developers Group, National Writer's Union, Boston Computer Society, Foxboro Area Common Users Group and many other organizations.
Editor/Technical editor for Using SQLite to Bypass the 2 GB .DBF Filesize Limit, 2013, written by Whil Hentzen and published by Hentzenwerke Publishing
Technical Reviewer for The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Second Edition, by David Black, Manning Publications, July 4, 2014.
Technical editor for "MySQL Client-Server Applications with Visual FoxPro," 2007, written by Whil Hentzen and published by Hentzenwerke Publishing
Hackers' Guide™ to Visual FoxPro 7, 2002, co-author with Tamar E. Granor, Doug Hennig and Della Martin.
Essential SourceSafe, 2001, sole author, published by Hentzenwerke Publishing
Microsoft Office Automation with Visual FoxPro, 2000, editor. Authors Tamar E. Granor and Della Martin.
Hackers' Guide™ to Visual FoxPro 6, 1998, co-author with Tamar E. Granor
FoxPro 2.5 Programmer's Reference, editor. Authors Bill House and Tamar E. Granor
FoxPro Windows Advanced Multi-User Developer's Handbook, editor. Authors Pat Adams and Jordan Powell.
Using FoxPro 2.5 for Windows, editor and contributing author. Main authors Steve Arnott and Lisa C. Slater.
Using FoxPro 2.5 for DOS, editor and contributing author. Main authors Steve Arnott and Lisa C. Slater.
Contributing Editor to FoxPro Advisor magazine. Fifty columns of "Ask Advisor" or "Advisor Answers" published 1995 – 2000, along with a dozen feature articles.
Currently an independent consultant and head of Ted Roche & Associates, LLC – http://www.tedroche.com. We develop Visual FoxPro solutions, and work with clients as mentors, trainers and developers. Other tools include Microsoft SQL Server and Visual SourceSafe, the Oracle family of databases and Free/Open Source Software like Linux, Apache, MySQL, PostGreSQL, Python, Subversion, Twiki and Zope.
2000-2001: Worked at http://www.bugcentral.com before its parent did the Chapter 11 thing.
1995-2000: Worked at Blackstone Data Systems, who also managed to tank during the dot-com bomb. A great group, a great learning experience.
1995: New Hampshire Health & Human Services as a support technician while finishing "Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 3.0"
1992-1995: A brief employment at Brickstone Square in Andover, MA., followed by independent consulting, including Kronos and New England Computer Sales (NECX, since purchased by VerticalNet).
1989-1992: Software Developer for AINetwork and New Hampshire Insurance, part of AIG. Worked on a mailing label system for tracking attendees to the golf tourney that eventually turned into the most powerful and accurate P&L in the entire company. Scope creep. PCs and Fox had a tendency to do that kind of thing. Eventually wrote the report that proved the company would never make money, and they closed. Sure hope I was right. I was among the hundreds laid off.
1987- 1989: Worked for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Division of Food and Drugs. Moonlighted evenings and weekends at "The Memory Location," Washington Street, Wellesley, MA, selling Commodore 64, 128 and Amiga computers, peripherals and software. What a blast! Great fun, cool stuff, great bosses – Don Towne and Roy Lee.
Also volunteered for the Foxboro Area Commodore User Group as President, BBS SysOp and newsletter editor. BBS was a blast: 300 baud modem, Commodore 64, an SFD-1001 IEEE-488-interfaced One-Megabyte! 5-1/4″ floppy disk. Beta-tester for GEOS Software. First public-domain (pre-Open Source) software release was a quad-density Epson printer driver hand-coded in 6502 assembler. Owner of Commodore Amiga 500, 1000 and 2000. So much for future visions!
Ten year member of the Boston Computer Society. RIP.
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, 1984, from the Regent's Program of the University of the State of New York, renamed Regent's College and now Excelsior College. Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from Mohegan Community College, now Three Rivers Community College Norwich, Connecticut. Both degrees earned while serving in the U.S. Navy full-time.
1979-1987: Served as an Electrician's Mate First Class, EM1/SS, Submarine Service. Ten deterrent patrols aboard the USS Daniel Webster, SSBN-626, Blue Crew, 1981-1987.
NPTU Ballston Spa, New York, winter of 1980-81.
Naval Nuclear Power School, Orlando Florida, 1980. Top electrician in my graduating class, 3.94 GPA.
Boot camp, Basic Electricity and Electronics, Electrician's Mate "A" School, Great Lakes Training Center, Chicago, Illinois, 1979-1980.
Crosbro, Inc., 1978-1978: shipped my first commercial applications (order processing, inventory control, work-in-process tracking) written in BASIC on WANG 2200-A, T and VP computer systems. 16 kB RAM, BASIC in ROM, Key File Access Method (KFAM) as an ISAM database.
Bates College, 1976 – 1978. Teletype terminals, PDP-8 and 11, time-sharing with Dartmouth College. BASIC and beta-tested SBASIC – structured basic, without line numbers! – on the Dartmouth system.
Brockton High School, 1972-1976. Swim team, 3 letters, National Honor Society. Learned BASIC on a PDP-4.
Contoocook, NH based developer working at Ted Roche & Associates, LLC. Former FoxPro expert, now specializing in Open Source web development using the LAMP stack and WordPress.
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