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Ozzy Osbourne's concert that shocked his fans
Feb 7, 2019 7:49 pm by taso
In January 1982, just after the release of his album "Diary of a Madman," Ozzy Osbourne was giving a concert at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Someone from the audience, instead of throwing on the scene a bottle or a bra, as usual, threw Ozzy Osbourne a bat.
He, thinking that it was plastic, put it in his mouth and bite it on the throat! According to rumors, the bat gave back the bite, and Ozzy Osbourne, after the concert, was transferred to a hospital to be treated for rabies.
As he said after years, his problem was not the bite of the bat, but the questions that he would have to answer till the end of his life, questions like "Why did you do it," "What taste did it had?". "And after the end of my life they would dig me out of the grave, to ask me the same questions"! …
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You would think this is the era of the retro-shooter revival. Call of Duty and Halo are considered overdone; these days, it's all about those classic first person shooters of the 90s. Doom, Wolfenstein and Shadow Warrior have all seen successful reboots, fusing the mechanics of old with new conventions, stories and visuals. Nostalgia is a powerful drug, but like any intoxicant it can end up being a mostly empty promise. Several indie games promise to be the triumphant return of the 90s shooter, but behind those promises are often sheep in wolves' clothing.
Strafe, which I previously reviewed, is probably the most salient example. Strafe and its overbearing crowdfunding commercials were all too eager to convey just how "OMG 90s!" the game would be. Yes, Strafe, I remember the saccharine, diabetic taste of Surge. I remember Skip-It, the Tiger Electronics novelty that inevitably ended up broken in half, water-logged and yellowing in suburban backyards across America. I also remember Quake, and I'm sorry, but your repetitive procedurally-generated levels, unfair difficulty spikes and unbalanced rogue-lite mechanics are not Quake, no matter how much your low-poly, unfiltered graphics try to hide it.
Who's that coming up behind you to tap you on the shoulder, Strafe? Why, that's Dusk. And Dusk would like you to step aside.
Dusk is not some pretender, desperately trying after the crown of 90s FPS while sneering behind a faux-confident, pixelated façade. Dusk is an earnest love letter to 90s shooters, mixing all their best elements into an intoxicating, gothic tribute. You begin Dusk as a nameless victim, hanging from a meathook in a dingy basement, armed only with dual sickles as you face down two chainsaw-wielding maniacs hooded in burlap sacks. The game gives no indication of how you ended up in this predicament, but your objective is clear: escape, and kill everything on your way out.
After dealing with your would-be executioners you obtain a handgun, and before long, another so you can wield akimbo pistols. You emerge from the first level into what is apparently the backwoods of the American Northeast, everybody's favorite vacation spot. This locale is already pretty unsettling, but you soon realize that this particularly charming corner has been taken over by a cult that is transforming it with an eldritch supernatural power. Undead, acid-spitting goats, KKK-esque cultists who hurl fireballs, and shotgun-packing scarecrows animated through some arcane means are just a few of the enemies you'll encounter.
More weapons come, steadily: a shotgun, dual-wielded shotguns, then a godlike double-barreled shotgun, an enchanted crossbow, a grenade launcher…Quake's Ranger would be proud. But Dusk's hook is more than just its incredibly fast, satisfying gunplay and balanced arsenal. Other tribute shooters have done that. Dusk really nails the one indelible element of all great 90s shooters, and that's intricate, quality level design crafted with care and a sense of place and mischief.
Doom and Quake had excellent map design, the kind of labyrinths and castles you could memorize and speedrun, maps that became a part of long-time players' subconscious thought. But Build Engine games like Duke Nukem 3D and Blood felt like real places, with their own culture and a quirky, interactive sense of humor. Dusk takes the best of both worlds. It has the misty, gothic atmosphere of Quake and maps you can strafe back and forth across with at breakneck speed, but if you slow down for a minute you'll recognize those telltale interactive moments.
Beer can be quaffed to increase morale (armor), but drink too much and your aim will go all wavy for a few seconds. Desperate for health? You can light a fire, grab some gibs, roast them over the fire and eat them. Small objects can be flushed down toilets. Grass and bushes can be chopped Zelda-style to reveal powerups. And nearly every item in the game can be picked up, carried around and tossed; thrown bars of soap, amusingly, insta-gib any enemy.
All of this is lovingly rendered in such low-poly meshes that it must have been painful for the artist to limit themselves, especially with such dynamic engines and modeling software available today. Dusk's dedication to that mid-90s aesthetic is admirable, and it reminded me just how talented the folks at Id and 3D Realms were back in the day, cranking out their games on 486's and Pentiums. Dusk goes even farther, including filters to make the resolutions look more pixelated, the option to render the textures in bi-linear or nearest-neighbor software mode, and even the ability to run in low-color mode. The game's opening cut-scene, if you can call it that, is a loading screen imitating some arcane version of DOS.
Dusk's tributes don't stop at the visuals; it also has a killer soundtrack. To be fair, I'll admit that Toytree's sythwave soundtrack for Strafe was the only truly transcendent aspect of that game, but Dusk takes a different route. Composed by Andrew Hulshult, the man who single-handedly made a metal cover album of Doom II, Dusk's music takes a "best of both worlds" approach similar to the graphics. Each level has a spooky ambient track reminiscent of the industrial, atmospheric music that Trent Reznor composed for Quake. But when the action heats up—when you trigger a spawn trap or run into a boss—the music ramps up into the sort of driving metal reminiscent of Sonic Mayhem's Quake II soundtrack. Dusk's music isn't as infectious as Bobby Prince's 80s metal-inspired soundtracks for Doom and Duke Nukem, but it takes a more subtle, balanced approach that fits Dusk perfectly.
The truly crazy thing about Dusk is that for the majority of its development, it was made by a single guy: David Szymanski. I'm pretty sure that his studio, New Blood Interactive, still consists of only three people. Dusk has been in development for roughly three years, and the level of professionalism and loving tribute on show here are inspiring. You can pre-purchase and play the first episode in Steam early access for $20, which also nets you the second and third episodes when the game gets its full release, appropriately on October 31st.
For 33 tenderly crafted old school shooter levels spanning three episodes, $20 is a steal. With games like Strafe failing to live up to expectations, and studios like Gearbox apparently forgetting that they own Duke Nukem, Dusk is a godsend for a gamer like me. Don't let this one pass you by.
Dusk has the backwoods setting of Blood and Redneck Rampage, the forbidding atmosphere and murky palette of Quake, the tight, sharp action of Doom, and the subtle sense of place and interactivity of Duke Nukem 3D. Essentially, Dusk is a retro shooter fan's dream come true.


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Karen Berger's eye for talent is one of many reasons why she's a legend in the comics industry. As editor of Vertigo Comics, she helped put writers such as Neil Gaiman, Garth Ennis, Brian K. Vaughan, and many others on the path to comics stardom. She's doing it again now for her new imprint for Dark Horse Comics, Berger Books.
In an exclusive interview with SYFY WIRE, Berger went into detail about the latest release from the comics line that bears her name. She Could Fly is a brand-new series debuting this summer from writer Christopher Cantwell and artist Martin Morazzo. Cantwell's name will be very familiar to fans of AMC's series Halt and Catch Fire, since he's the co-creator and showrunner.
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The series has the engrossing premise of a troubled teenager, government agents, and a flying woman who dies. It's the kind of high concept one might expect from a television writer, but it's the ability to bring that premise home that separates those people who "want" to write comics from those who can. According to Berger, Cantwell delivers the goods.
"He made the segue from TV to comics in a heartbeat," Berger tells SYFY WIRE. "And his ear for dialogue is phenomenal."
It's the kind of comic that fits right in with the creator-driven idea that birthed Berger Books: original, thought-provoking and kooky stories that challenge the reader. Check out the interview clip below for more details on She Could Fly, which lands in comics shops on July 11.

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Obituary – Christy L. Walker
By Editor | October 18, 2021 | 0
Christy L. Walker was born December 7, 1952, in Steamboat Springs, Colo., to the late Wright Creech, Sr. and the late Eula (Rogers) Creech. She went with the Lord on October 17, 2021, at her home in Licking, Mo., at the age of 68.
Christy is survived by her older brother, Loran Creech; younger brother, Mike Creech; six children, Crystal, Michael, Michelle, Tammy, BJ, and Susie; 14 grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Wright and Eula Creech; three brothers, Wright Jr. (Bub), Joe, Ron and Randy; and one grandson, Corey.
Christy was loved by all who knew her. She was a loving person to all of her family and friends. A daughter, sister, mother, grandmother and a great friend. She will be greatly missed.
A visitation for Christy will be held on Friday, October 22, 2021, at 12 p.m. at Fox Funeral Home, 128 S. Main St., Licking. A funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. at Fox Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Mason Creech, Rodney Creech, Aaron Taylor, Nick Vallero, Bruce Rogers and Kaiden Wantland. Interment will follow at Vollmar Cemetery in rural Raymondville.
Arrangements entrusted to Fox Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at www.foxfh.net.


While talking with a fellow mother of a toddler, I made the joke that my toddler put the T in Toddler. Then I started rattling off a whole slew of other T words that my toddler fits, well, to a T! Here are 10 of my favorites, and for an added bonus, I added the actual definition of the word from the Merriam Webster dictionary, to show just how true these 'T's are!
1. Terrorize: v. To cause (someone) to be extremely afraid. If it's not what my toddler might say, it's what he might do that keeps me VERY afraid!
2. Tester: n. One that tests or is Used for Testing. Nothing gets by him without his own investigation. He needs to touch, question, play with... everything must be tested!
3. Traitor n. 1. : one who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty 2 : one who commits treason. A Toddler will throw anyone under the bus. If they are not calling out someone, they are telling their business.
4. Talkative: a. Tending to talk a lot or to enjoy having conversations with people. HE NEVER STOPS TALKING!
5. Tameless: a. not tamed or not capable of being tamed. The child cannot be tamed. Nope. It can't be done.
6. Tantrum: n. an uncontrolled expression of childish anger : an angry outburst by a child or by someone who is behaving like a child. I'd say Merriam and Webster pretty much just summed it up.
7. Tardy: a. Slow in moving, acting, or happening. For some reason when I tell my toddler it's time to go, he hears, sit down and start playing with toys.
8. Truthful: a. containing or expressing the truth A toddler will tell you anything you want to know. They will even tell on themselves! They will also tell on you, so beware.
9. Thieves: n. One that steals especially stealthily or secretly. You have seen the toddler Rules of Possession right?
10. Theatrical: a. Behaving or done in a way that is meant to attract attention and that is often not genuine or sincere. Oh My Lawd! The theatrics! A toddler can give an Oscar winning performance at the drop of a hat. It's pretty amazing really. A toddler can go from full tear meltdown to excited and laughing back to meltdown. On queue they can do just about anything... but go to sleep of course.


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TipperaryLive
Tipperary archivists save rare film footage of life in 1930's Ireland
Niamh Dillon
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Librarian Mary Guinan Darmody from Tipperary Studies at the Source Arts Centre, Thurles pictured with the suitcase of films
Rare film footage depicting rural life in Tipperary almost 90 years ago has been digitally preserved and made available to the public by Tipperary Studies.
Up until last year, the socially and culturally rich films were stored in a suitcase in an attic until they were donated to the Tipperary County Library who immediately set to work preserving the decades old footage.
The films were shot by Captain William D.A. Kemmis who served with the British Army and married Winona Rosalie Armstrong of Moyaliffe House outside Thurles in 1927.
After the last of the local Armstrong family passed away in the early 80's, the suitcase of films were handed to Mick Barry from Clonoulty who safely stored them in his own home.
In 2018 his wife Kitty brought the suitcase to Tipperary Studies who sought the help of a Dublin based company specialising in digitally transforming 16mm reels.
The new additions to the digital archives at the library contain short films on air shows, horse racing, footage of the Coronation of their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and farming practices in the 1930's including footage of hay making at Moyaliffe.
In all, the suitcase contained 27 reels of 16mm and 35mm films, including a film of Captain Kemmis' own wedding.
The short clips have been heralded for their cultural significance and librarian Mary Guinan Darmody says it is hoped this latest discovery will encourage others to come forward with their own historical documents, photos or artefacts.
"It is wonderful to know that these film reels will remain in Tipperary as they are of tremendous local interest. They will be kept safe and are now available to the public through our digital archive and website."
"It is amazing to think they lasted so well in the suitcase and makes you wonder what else could be out there in someone's attic," she says.
To view the Captain William Kemmis film collection visit www.tipperarystudies.ie.
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Tensile Creates Facade for Randwick Racecourse Car Park
We're backing our skills and experience in webnet installation in the redevelopment of the Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney.
Part of the redevelopment is the construction of a three-level 580-vehicle car park, positioned over the day stalls.
Tensile's role in this project is the design and installation of a webnet facade for the car park.
Tensile's installation of a designer facade
The Randwick Racecourse car park will be accessible to vehicles via a spiral ramp, and will also provide links for pedestrians to other areas, including the main grandstand and the owners' pavilions.
The key aspect of this project is the integration of practicality with design, giving an essential safety element an artistic look.
The job has two parts to it:
A webnet mesh screen to provide safety. The screen will be installed from the inside-out via use of a small crawler crane from the roof and an eight-person team. The mesh will provide fall protection for car park users, as well as for workers in the interim. More than 2,000m2 of webnet will be required for completion of the task.
A facade feature comprising approximately 5,500 coloured metal discs. This will provide a decorative element to the mesh screen.
The entire facade is under Tensile's control, which is a major advantage in a project such as this. This is because it reduces the need to constantly consult with multiple subcontractors to overcome challenges and solve problems – in effect simplifying the process.
Tensile has collaborated with architects Fitzpatrick+Partners and builders AW Edwards on the project, which is expected to be completed in 2018.
If you'd like to know more about webnet or the installation of a green facade or wall, get in contact with us by phone or via our contact form.
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I want your experience with PAWS Creations and our pet water bottle stands to be a positive one. I had rather you know what I have learned to make your purchase decision with, than to purchase a water bottle stand and be unhappy with it. With that in mind I wanted to share with you this information.
Every pet has his or her own loveable personality, just like us! It's the same with how they will drink from the water bottle.
I have provided a drip bowl with our water bottle products because of the how the water bottle works. For more information please see our FAQ's section and What You Need to Know.
I currently have five dogs and use three different size water stands and each dog has their own drinking style. My four smallest dogs (9 to 11-inches at the withers - Sugar, Macek, Patti and Booboo) use the 25-inch PAWS (Pet Adjustable Water Stand™ Patented). Sugar, Patti and Booboo are very neat and tidy drinkers and keep their heads steady as they lick the drinking tube tip. But Macek drinks in a kind of jerking motion which causes a few drops of water to drip. Nothing major and those drops fall into the drip bowl.
*Serena is my biggest dog (22-inch at the withers), weighing in at 84 (sometimes plus) pounds and she uses a 35-inch PAWS. She holds her head steady to drink but her mouth overfills and some of the water dribbles out of the side of her mouth. I replaced her small drip bowl with a larger size bowl and that took care of the problem. Sometimes as she walks away from her PAWS some water will drop but again nothing major, just a few drops. I have placed small decorative rugs under each of my pet's water stands so they have something soft to stand on as they drink so those drops never reach the floor. They fall on the rug and evaporate.
Wondering why Serena's mouth overfilled, I contacted the water bottle manufacturers.
They stated "they only recommend the use of the water bottles for pets up to 80 pounds", a fact I did not realize when I invented our pet water bottle stands and made Serena's stand.
They also stated; "That with larger pets it's usually messy and also the delivery of the water through the drinking tube takes longer and could become tiresome for them when they drink which could mean they don't get enough water".
Lastly they stated; "Whether to use a water bottle depends on the consumer and their preferences".
So as a consumer myself, I use the water bottle stand with my large pet and it works for her and for me with the use of a larger drip bowl. Although Serena is a big dog she is also a low-energy, calm dog and if I felt that she was not consuming enough water I would not use the pet water bottle stand with her as her health and well being will always come first with me, (as would any pet either yours or mine, hence this letter).
*About Serena: Serena is just as her name implies a serene, gentle and kind dog. She lived a life of terrible abuse and neglect before she was rescued by the no-kill animal shelter (Friends of Strays) that literally struggled minute by minute to save her life. When I adopted her she was deeply afraid to love or trust anyone and it took me weeks of daily physical contact (gently body massages) and reassuring words of love spoken quietly to overcome her fears. Today she is a well-adjusted friendly (though still a bit cautious) dog who is always ready for a game of fetch or to have her belly or back rubbed. She will also drive you crazy asking to be brushed. Anytime she sees the doggie brush or comb she will sit at my feet, tail wagging, gazing up at me with her whiskey colored eyes begging to be groomed. Bath day is just as bad as she thinks that is the best day ever.


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Ipswich Star > News > Business
This new app will change the way you see Ipswich
Published: 8:49 AM October 3, 2019
Tipll is set to launch in Ipswich later this year. Photo: Tipll. - Credit: Archant
The chances are you haven't heard of Tipll.
Why would you have?
The app, developed in the heart of Suffolk, is yet to launch and announce itself to the world.
But if I was to ask you the same question this time next year, it's likely you will simply show me the app's icon on your phone.
By combining the best features of TripAdvisor, Groupon and yes, even Pokemon GO, Tipll has set itself up as the heir apparent to these mega-successes and the next new app to sweep the globe.
Tipll founder Grant Thompson. Photo: Tipll. - Credit: Archant
MORE: Ipswich firm announces new sponsorship deal with FAIt uses augmented reality, GPS and Geo Field notifications to help users choose the best spots to eat, drink and explore a new city.
And while that may all sound a bit complicated, in practice it's deceptively simple.
Users will hold up their phone and allow the app to scan their new surroundings.
Through augmented reality the street will jump into the user's phone, providing descriptions, recommendations and deals of what is on offer based on predefined preferences.
"A lot of what we are trying to do is make the whole journey for a user better", founder Grant Thompson explains.
"We've all been in a situation where you get to a new place and you are pretty lost.
"You want know 'where is the best place for food? Where is the best coffee house?' But because of your unfamiliarity you just start gravitating towards chains.
"People are moving towards an experience-based appreciation of a place and we want to help provide a better experience of a city or a better experience of a night out."
Mr Thompson, a former professional rugby player from Durham, first came up with the concept in 2016.
He jokes that after his 14th broken nose he began to contemplate life after rugby and got into sales before running a group promotions firm.
It was here that he would be constantly bombarded with calls for tips and recommendations from clients on where to go in new cities.
Thompson spotted a gap in the market and dreamed up Tipll.
"I thought there needs to be an app which allows people to see a city based on there own preferences", he explained.
"What you like to eat, what you like to drink, where you like to go - that's how a city should be seen.
"I think a lot of people in the UK are quite hesitant to try new places because they don't know enough information about them - Tipll will open the door for them."
While Tipll has remained true to its original concept, until recently the ex-rugby player had struggled to fully get the concept over the line.
Balancing the pressures of paying his mortgage and supporting his family while growing the business came with its own problems.
"I knocked on a lot of doors to try to get that initial investment sorted but found it difficult because it was just me. Being a sole founder is incredibly tough", he added.
However, since meeting and recruiting Paul Hutton, the Suffolk-based founder of a number of leading software agencies, momentum behind the app has continued to build.
Mr Thompson was subsequently introduced to Paddy Bishopp and Toby Durrant of entrepreneurial hotbed Shout About Suffolk, who loved the concept so much they gave the company an initial seed investment.
In recent months the growing team has secured more than half a million pounds in funding for the app and set up a tech development team in Melton.
"I spent two years being a struggling tech founder in the north east but I could never find the right partnership with tech.
"Then I met Paul, he's got a great knowledge of tech but also a great way of explaining it to a non-technical person."
With an Ipswich launch on the cards for later this year the team are readying to roll out the app globally within the next 18 months.
Mr Thompson added: "There's no way this is just going to be UK-based. Our long term plan is to create a personal concierge service for everyone."


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Jane Bunnett at Hugh's Room, Toronto – February 27, 2009
Danilo Navas
Jane Bunnett is joined on stage by her group The Spirits of Havana and special guest vocalists Elizabeth Sheppard and Telmary Diaz. Performing songs from her new critically acclaimed CD "Embracing Voices" as well as a wide variety of songs from her many award winning albums.
Photographs by Danilo Navas
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Stefano Bollani Trio At Koerner Hall
TD Jazz · The Art of the Trio Concert Series
The Royal Conservatory of Music featured the Stefano Bollani Trio & the Roberto Occhipinti Trio on the evening of November 18, 2016, at the magnificent Koerner Hall in Toronto. This was the second concert in the series celebrating the trio, which is one of the most enduring formats in jazz. As every concert on this series, one international artist (Bollani) and one Canadian trio (Occhipinti) were presented on the same evening.
Roberto Occhipinti, one of Canada's premier bassists, a five-time Juno Award nominated musician who is equally at home playing classical music as well as jazz and world music, opened the concert, joined by a powerful duo of Cuban-American artists, pianist Manuel Valera and percussionist Dafnis Prieto. They opened their set with a fitting tribute to pianist Keith Jarrett entitled 'Umbria', and continued with several songs ('Dom de Iludir', 'Que Bolá') from Roberto's new album Stabilimento.
Stefano Bollani was joined by Jesper Bodilsen on bass and Morten Lund on drums. A great entertainer with a contagious sense of humour, Bollani is the embodiment of artistic elegance and true showmanship. A charismatic leader who conducts his musicians (in this case a trio) with flair and exuding energy, Bollani plays the piano as a river flows on a quiet valley. His musical ideas are like a continuous lyrical flow that touches the audiences with a full range of emotions.
Photos of Stefano Bollani Trio by Atael Weissman (click to enlarge)
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About Kanaan
Kanaan company was founded in 1990. in Radikovci with the goal of manufacturing food products. The company was founded by its current owner and director Zvonko Popović. Since 2005. the factory is placed in industrial zone Janjevci in Donji Miholjac, where it operates today
Market position
Our products have been recognized as the best buy option by our buyers, which resulted in the position of the market leader in the Croatian snack market despite the presence of global brands from large European and American manufacturers.
Manufacturing capacities
Kanaan has it's own manufacturing and storage of raw materials. During 2013. the company has invested 1.5 million € in building new potato warehouse with its capacity of 8000t. In 2014. the company has invested over 1.5 million € in new manufacturing lines for the manufacturing of potato chips.
Always on top
During its 28 years of operating, Kanaan has developed in respectable company with over 100 employees and a large assortment of snack products.
The technologically advanced company spans on over 30 000m² in which there are two potato chips manufacturing lines, two corn flips manufacturing lines, a manufacturing line for the production of popcorn, a manufacturing line for the production of a healthy snack, and manufacturing line for the production of dry roasted peanuts. Total production capacity over 6000t annually.
KANAAN d.o.o.
Industrijska zona Janjevci 4
31540 Donji Miholjac
Email: kanaan@kanaan.hr
Classic chips
Hand cooked chips
Rice snack
Popcorn snack
Dry roast peanut
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I was a first time real estate investor looking for my first 'deal'. I do not live in Pittsburgh so I was looking for a realtor who had extensive local real estate knowledge, expertise in real estate investing themselves and who was very responsive. Anthony, was all of those things a lot more. He was extremely proactive in finding and sending me deal opportunities from the start and provided unwavering guidance as I weeded through the various properties. Once I was under contract, Anthony made the closing processing seem seamless. He was incredibly organized and ensured that nothing fell through the cracks. Anthony is an incredibly hard worker, trustworthy and knowledgeable. I will be using Anthony for all my real estate purchases.


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Q: How to prove that superadditive function has this property? Let $f: [0, \infty) \to \mathbb R$ be a function satisfying the following conditions:

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*For any $x,y \ge 0$, $f(x+y) \ge f(x) + f(y)$.

*For any $x \in [0,2]$, $f(x) \ge x^2 - x$.

Prove that, for any positive integer $M$ and positive reals $n_1,\dots,n_M$ with $n_1+\dots+n_M = M$, we have
$$f(n_1)+\dots+f(n_M) \ge 0$$
How can I prove this statement?

A: First, note that for a nonnegative integer $N$ and nonnegative $x$, we have $f(Nx)\ge Nf(x)$. Now if for each integer $i$ such that $1\le i\le M$, we let $m_i=\big\lfloor\frac{n_i}{2}\big\rfloor$ and $\epsilon_i=n_i-2m_i$ then:
$$f(n_1)+\dots+f(n_M)=f(2m_1+\epsilon_1)+\dots+f(2m_1+\epsilon_1)\\
\ge f(2m_1)+\dots+f(2m_M)+f(\epsilon_1)+\dots+f(\epsilon_M)$$
Because each $m_i$ is a nonnegative integer and for each $\epsilon_i$ we have $0\le\epsilon_i\leq2$, therefore:
$$f(2m_1)+\dots+f(2m_M)+f(\epsilon_1)+\dots+f(\epsilon_M)\\
\ge m_1f(2)+\dots+m_Mf(2)+\big(\epsilon_1^2-\epsilon_1\big)+\dots+\big(\epsilon_M^2-\epsilon_M\big)\\
\ge2m_1+\dots+2m_M+(\epsilon_1^2-\epsilon_1)+\dots+(\epsilon_M^2-\epsilon_M)\\
=(2m_1+\epsilon_1)+\dots+(2m_M+\epsilon_M)+\big(\epsilon_1^2-2\epsilon_1\big)+\dots+\big(\epsilon_M^2-2\epsilon_M\big)\\
\ge n_1+\dots+n_M+(-1)+\dots+(-1)\\
=M-M=0\\$$
So we conclude that $f(n_1)+\dots+f(n_M)\geq0$. It's easy to see that if the equality holds, then each $\epsilon_i$ must be equal to $1$. Because
$n_1+\dots+n_M=M$, therefore each $n_i$ must be equal to $1$ and also $f(1)$ must be equal to $0$. Obviously, the converse is also true.

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Global Campaign against IEDs: Overview
During 2010, in Iraq and Afghanistan, there were 233 improvised explosive device (IED) incidents per month[i]. There were an additional 89 incidents, or almost three incidents per day, in the rest of the world. The IED is becoming the weapon of choice for those advancing their objectives through terror and violence. Exclusively military solutions to the IED problem have not and will not be successful. We[1] propose an alternative approach combining the rule-of-law; fact-based information campaigns; and locally led sustainable development initiatives. Country-specific applications of our approach will lay the foundation for a Global Campaign against IEDs.
IEDs are an emerging global epidemic
With 323 incidents per month worldwide in 2010 and 89 incidents per month excluding Iraq and Afghanistan, the IED is a clearly established weapon of choice for those who use terror and violence to achieve their objectives. Historically, these incidents have occurred in a variety of situations including conflict and post-conflict environments (Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine); illegal drug operations (Mexico, Columbia, Peru); insurgencies (Chechnya, Russia, Nigeria, Northern Ireland); election-related violence (Kenya, Nigeria, Ivory Coast); religious crises (India, Pakistan, Nigeria); ethnic conflicts (Nigeria, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Serbia); and other terrorism events (United States, United Kingdom, Russia, France). As a final example, the perpetrator of the July 2011 attack in Oslo, Norway described the IED as a "marketing tool" for his extremist views.
In 2008 and 2009[ii], global IED incidents were documented at 291 and 308 per month respectively. In 2006 during a six month period Landmine Action[iii] found 1,836 incidents of explosive devices in populated areas across 38 different countries. Sixty percent (1,105 or 184 per month) involved "bombs" or "car-bombs"—predominantly IEDs. These combined data indicate that IED use is likely proliferating.
The 2008 and 2009 incidents involved an estimated 13,771 killed (84% civilians) and 44,506 wounded (88% civilians). There were 196 killed and 28 wounded among those who deployed the IEDs. In cases where these incidents occurred in populated areas some 90% of reported casualties were civilians. Cumulatively just for Nigeria, Thailand, and India there were over 1,621 killed or injured in 2009 and 2010. In these three countries incidents rose 44% in 2010 as compared to 2009.
In Mexico, drug-related proliferation of illegal small arms and associated violence—known as precursors to IED use—foreshadowed the vehicle-borne IED incident in Cuidad Juarez on 15 July 2010. From no reported attacks in 2009, there were six additional IED incidents[vi] through January 2011.
These trends underscore the seriousness of the IED problem. Innocent civilians, most often women and children, bear the brunt of the suffering. Those in affected areas live in fear of additional attacks that disrupt everything from daily routines, to health care to elections. When displacement, destruction, and loss of personal assets are added to this mix[v] sustainable livelihoods are severely degraded. With no central, universally trusted repository that tracks IED incidents, the actual impacts are likely greater than depicted.
The IED is a significant global threat to stability, sustainable development, human rights, and humanitarian operations. Even so, they are inevitably framed as an exclusively military problem. It is our position that a purely military response will never halt the proliferation of IEDs; eliminate civilian casualties; or address the root causes of IED production networks.
Our approach to the IED problem
Our approach is comprehensive using appropriate military and non-military efforts and is guided by the Capital Analysis and Performance Strategy (CAPS) SM. CAPS[vi], unlike traditional approaches that view problems through a single domain specific lens (e.g. health, political), analyzes problems and produces solutions using multiple lenses that correspond to seven capital forms (Political, Natural, Economic, Infrastructure, Cultural, Social, and Human). It recognizes the capital forms are related and interdependent where a change in one may dramatically influence others. At its core, CAPS is a holistic approach focused on doing and responding to needs with sustainable solutions.
Military approaches emphasize responses that attack the network, defeat the device, and train the force. In practice this targets the infrastructure used to produce and deploy IEDs; provides protection of military forces against IEDs; and enables military personnel to survive IED attacks. This focus ignores the socio-economic, cultural, and other root causes that enable the use of IEDs. It also does nothing to reduce the negative psychological impact (e.g., chronic fear) from a systemic threat of IED use. Neither militaries nor police are trained to deal with these issues—nor should they be. In our view, the military-focused response in Iraq and Afghanistan has had limited effect; it is failing and exacerbating the problem in Nigeria and other developing countries; and is not implementable in a democracy. Resolving the IED problem is the responsibility of the global community. PIF's approach, guided by CAPS, has three core elements with two optional technology enablers. Each of these elements is described below.
Neutralize IED networks. The first element is an application of CAPS that neutralizes[2] existing IED networks and prevents new ones from forming. A key focus will be putting IEDs on the global agenda soliciting independent advice and commentary regarding their impact on security, stability and development. This frames the problem as a shared challenge for the global public-private community, and brings together the various cultures in the Whole of Government (WOG) and development communities. It builds trust between a government, its population, and the solution partners. This trust is essential for supplanting IED networks with sustainable livelihoods. In addition, the CAPS methodology allows us to simultaneously address multiple nodes in the IED network emphasizing up-stream interventions. This is in contrast to military solutions that can only address nodes amendable to their kinetic approach.
It is important to note that applying the CAPS to the central problem of IEDs has farther reaching consequences For example, one of the root causes producing IED networks in Nigeria is the fact that only a few benefit from the country's oil revenue. Corruption in government and the oil sector divert funds from public works. Consequently, infrastructure (hospitals, schools, roads, sanitation,) is inadequate and pollution ruins fishing and agricultural industries. This, in turn, creates and fosters negative social capital producing militants. The accompanying reduction in Nigeria's political capital manifests in the population's loss of trust in their government, police, and the law. This creates and supports bad bonding social capital, especially in youths, marked by extremism and militancy. The result is a cultural environment tolerant of IED networks. Solutions that focus solely on apprehension of IED network members do not resolve these root causes. As a result new recruits are always available. CAPS broadens the dialogue to include participants beyond governments—it embraces the whole community. In so doing the real causes of militancy, extremism, and violence are eliminated and those who use IEDs lose political and social capital making them ineffective.
Fact-based information campaign. The second core element of our approach is a fact-based positive reinforced information campaign composed of several components. First is a partnership between local and international mainstream media to promote reporting of balanced and accurate IED information using a variety of communication technologies. Second is engaging both civilian and military populations through social media as a focused and integral part of the solution to the IED problem. Third is an education component countering instruction (e.g. teaching children terrorism is patriotic and a religious right) that builds negative social capital. Taken together these three components will undermine the foundation of IED networks before and after they form. The final component is objective reporting of all IED incidents and activities by both traditional media and civil society using social media. This will help ensure opposing parties become accountable for their actions and reduce the likelihood that any one party can create and use misinformation for their own advantage. In addition to strengthening the role of media, the information campaign will inform the population and influence the political, cultural, and social capital of the various parties. This influence will be positive or negative based on their actions, transparency, and honesty—IEDs and those who use them will be forced out of the shadows.
Social media, and its associated wisdom of the crowd, is a critical enabler for this information campaign. Social media has distinct advantages in reach, accessibility, usability, immediacy, and permanence over traditional media types. Social media such as Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, GovLoop, and blogs will be used to engage and involve everyday people in the campaign against IEDs engendering positive bonding social capital. Social media has influenced global change ranging from human rights reform to the toppling of governments. It can help stop IEDs. Effective use of social media in the information campaign will be essential in supporting other strategic components.
Apply the rule of law. The third and last element is applying international rule of law to IED incidents. This immediately and effectively moves IEDs from a military problem to a law enforcement problem emphasizing the crime rather than the political background and motivation of the attackers. Arguments will shift to center around the fact that IED attacks are illegal under existing international law allowing the local community to build a public stigma against the use of IEDs. Implementation of this rule of law element also promotes police reform and accountability; good governance; international and local human rights; accessible and integrated systems of international and local justice; human rights inquiry, implementation and protections. In the end, IED users will be seen as criminals committing a crime and not making a political statement. After the July 2011 incident in Oslo, Norway correctly focused on the perpetrator's crime effectively removing political views from the dialog on guilt and innocence.
Technology Enablers. While the technology described here is not a requirement for success, it is a very important element. We envision two technology-based enablers as part of our overall approach: (1) The IED Alert and Reporting System and (2) The IED Incident Tracker. Both make their primary contribution to the fact-based information campaign with secondary contributions to the rule of law element and measuring the success of our approach. Each enabler is described below after the underlying foundation for these technology efforts is introduced.
We plan extensive use of mobile technologies using a foundation based on the open source Ushahidi platform [ www.ushahidi.com ] providing crowd-sourced information collection and visualization. Implementing our two enablers will require several modifications to Ushahidi. Our objective will be to create open source plug-ins that will be made available to the larger Ushahidi community.
The IED Alert and Reporting System using a combination of Internet and mobile phone technologies has two primary goals. The first is to produce verified (through carefully defined due diligence) alerts of IED deployments with the objective of reducing casualties and damage. The second is a method for the public to contribute IED-related information. A pictorial representation of this system is shown in Attachment A. This system has the unique potential to actively engage local populations by providing a communications venue that includes citizens, opposition, government and police which could be used to communicate about a variety of community-based issues engendering positive social capital.
The goal of the IED Incident Tracking System is to establish an independent, objective, and trusted global repository of verified IED incidents. The objectives are (1) a map-based view of these incidents available to local citizens as part of the fact based information campaign and (2) an underlying database of sufficient quality and structure to serve analysts tracking the success of our efforts. The data from the system will be made available to all interested parties in downloadable formats appropriate for further analysis to facilitate a truly accurate count of global IED incidents.
Anticipated outcomes
As a long-term effort the goals and objectives of our approach will be refined over time based on experience, evolved best-practices, and input from the global community. Our initial goal is to show quick return on investment through a pilot implementation in a selected project county. The objectives of that implementation would be:
Reduce IED use and the adverse effects on civil society across the capital forms;
Neutralize existing IED networks and prevent new ones from forming;
Mobilize the global community against IEDs and those who use them through social media that capitalizes on the wisdom of the crowd; and
Strengthen international rule of law framing IEDs in neutral, non-political terms.
A successful application of our approach will:
Eliminate the advantage perpetrators receive from using IEDs;
Coordinate public-private efforts across the seven capital forms to eliminate IED network support while building sustainable livelihoods for local populations;
Shift the primary responsibility for neutralizing IED networks from the military to the community by enforcing the rule of law; and most importantly;
Be locally based, led, and owned by the project country population[vii].
All of this is accomplished in the context of the extended benefits that accrue when the seven capital forms are balanced enabling self-sufficient and sustainable livelihoods. These outcomes become durable by establishing IEDs as a unifying issue at the national and local levels. This will initiate and sustain dialogue on a variety of issues that form the root causes for IED use and the networks that produce them.
Further detail about the Global Campaign, its implementation, measures of effectiveness, and how you can support our efforts is available by contacting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
ATTACHMENT A: THE IED ALERTING AND REPORTING SYSTEM
Figure 1. The IED Alerting and Reporting System
[1] The Global Campaign against IEDs is a combined effort of Partners International Foundation [ www.partners-international.org ] and its Center for Applied Innovation [ www.caihq.com ]
[2] Military forces attack the network using predominantly kinetic solutions that result in civilian casualties and property damage. Our approach neutralizes existing networks by rending them ineffective and prevents new networks from becoming functional—without negative impacts on civilian populations.
[i] WITS, the National Counterterrorism Center, [ wits.nctc.gov ]. Data retrieved 12 Sep 2011.
[ii] WITS, the National Counterterrorism Center, [wits.nctc.gov ]. Data retrieved 12 Sep 2011.
[iii] Richard Moyes, Policy and Research Director, Landmine Action, Presentation to the Group of Governmental Experts of Amended Protocol II of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): IEDs and explosive violence – framing the humanitarian problem, 20 April 2009, page 3. For additional information on the relationship between landmines and IEDs see Campaign Update: Landmines and IEDs.
[iv] Personal communication from United States Department of State, Overseas Security Advisory Council.
[v] United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict 2009, January 2010, page i.
[vi] The goal of CAPS is four-fold. The first is a disciplined analysis to clearly define the problem, root causes, and relationships among the seven capital forms—the as is state. The relationships among the capital forms in this as-is state guides recognition of root causes and solutions. This ensures solutions do not promote efforts in one capital form while producing negative impacts on others. Second, existing efforts are reviewed. Decisions to maintain them as best practices or divest them are informed by the analysis of the as-is state. Third, potential solutions are prioritized using a variety of metrics including direct and indirect Return on Investment (ROI). These metrics are derived from quantitative and qualitative variables with well established relationships to the capital forms. Fourth a locally led holistic approach with immediate implementation ensures the knowledge, skills, and associated capabilities are transitioned to the project country in a sustainable manner. You can find more information about CAPS at [ www.partners-international.org/sustainablelivelihoods/capital-formation.html ]
[vii] PIF's approach is designed to invest in entrepreneurship, innovation, and engagement of civil society through social media that scales from a local to national level in four stages. Sustaining our approach is supported by hiring and training local citizens to execute the program, creating jobs in the process. Execution of the program is gradually transitioned to the project country—at various levels—as the stages progress. Scaling the project begins with Stage 2 after a successful Stage 1 pilot implementation guided by PIF. In Stage 2 we will transition key capabilities to a project country-based CAPS-trained team at the local level. In Stage 3, the program trains members of the national CAPS team selected by the project country government and expands into other local areas. Stages 3 and 4 transitions the CAPS capability to the project country government for deployment as a national program where it will directly impact the entire population. In stage 4 the transfer of capability to the project country is complete and PIF remains available only as required for future assistance and long distance mentoring.


The seen.by - art - community supported by Spiegel Online is certainly one of the more exclusive communities on the market. Unlike many other photo communities, where you can upload all photos you want, the photos here have to be accepted and released by the editors before they appear on your profil.
I published at seen.by some photos of my fashion- projects. Once again I worked with minimal equipment only and remained faithful to the style of "natural - light - photography".
Since a couple of days, one of the first photos of my current project, "Yellow" is now to be seen on my profil at seen.by, more will follow!
I would also like to thank the girls (no models, but friends) who've done a great job, especially because they felt so uneasy in the beginning of being in public with their styling... but I think the result speaks for itself!


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Under Section 20 Children Act 1989, where regulation 48 does not apply, where the short breaks exceed a total of 17 days block nights and goes over 75 days in a 12-month period and / or takes place in more than one setting. In this case, the child enters the looked after system, an Independent Reviewing Officer must be appointed and a Looked After Child Plan created and the plan will be reviewed on a regular basis.
During the assessment process the social worker will consider the impact of the child's disability upon their own needs as well as wider impact within the family. The social worker will establish within the assessment whether the schedule of entitlements and provisions outlined in the CSDPA 1970 section 2 are required to meet the child's needs and if so discuss how the schedule of provision can be delivered with the family.
Under Section 20 of the Children Act.
Views of the child and parents need to be essential to all planning and assessments.
The outcome of the assessment should be discussed with the team manager, in order to decide which route to follow i.e. provision solely through the Education Health and Care Plan or under Section 17 or Section 20 of the Children's Act and this needs to be highlighted in the analysis of the assessment.
In circumstances in which an EHC plan is being considered for a child, Children's Social Care will provide information to inform a decision by the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) service within 6 weeks. Where there is a decision to issue an EHC plan children's social care will provide information to the (SEND) service, or work with the family and EHC caseworker in order to set out the social care information advice and support available. This will be achieved within 10 weeks and support will be provided solely through the EHC plan and Early Help Supporting Families Team because there are no significant issues concerning the families parenting capacity as understood from the joint EHC assessment. It would be therefore disproportionate to bring the family into the Child and Family Assessment process.
The social care information advice and support that is offered will be part of the EHC plan and reviewed as part of the EHC reviewing and monitoring system jointly with multi-disciplinary colleagues led by Education.
The EHC plan can include support from community and voluntary sector resources, targeted support provided via short break commissioning and small grants.
The EHC plan will be reviewed once a year and during this process the child's need for social care assessment advice or support will be considered and responded to if necessary.
The local authority has powers under Section 17(6) of the 1989 Act, to provide accommodation as part of a range of services, in order to carry out their general duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need. If the child and family's needs are more complex a Single Assessment within Section 17 will be completed and the provision of services will be set out in a Child in Need (CIN) Short Break Care Plan as explained above in section 1 and 2 of this chapter.
State the nature of and how often the support is provided.
If the assessment has concluded that overnight stays would be beneficial then introductory visits for overnight stays should take place at regular intervals. This should be agreed within the care planning meeting following the assessment involving parents/person(s) with parental responsibility and should be recorded in the CIN Short Break Care Plan before the start of the first stay.
Significant change to the plan should be considered at a CIN Review or following further assessment. Reviews may be arranged earlier, e.g. at the request of the child, parents or carer; or in cases where the circumstances change.
Children who receive short breaks under Section 17 are not Looked After and are categorised as 'Support and Commissioning', Children's Social Care are involved to provide advice support and services and there are no known concerns about their parents capacity to meet their child's needs. In such cases intervention, monitoring and reviewing should be proportionate. There is no need for an Independent Reviewing Officer to be appointed and the requirements and regulations which usually apply to looked after children in relation to health assessments and reports, and notification of placements, do not apply.
It is the responsibility of the social worker to arrange and co-ordinate the review of the CIN Short Break Care Plan. The first review of the plans should be completed at three months and thereafter every six months. The Review needs to include the family and all agencies involved in supporting the child and family. The meeting will be chaired by the allocated social worker.
Ensure the review should include the monitoring of direct payments and associated services provided when Direct Payments are being used.
In each case the review should consider whether this continues to be the most appropriate legislative basis for the service/s to be provided to the child/young person and their family.
A record should be kept recording the views of those involved in the review including the decisions/ actions agreed and the agreed person(s) responsible for completing these actions with clear timescales. Parents/carers, the child and relevant others should receive a signed copy of the plan.
Visiting and monitoring arrangements by social workers under Section 17 CIN (including Support and Commissioning).
The required visiting and Care Team meeting pattern for CIN take place as directed by Statutory Guidance (four weekly visits, four weekly care team meetings) unless the Child in Need is a child with disabilities and has been classified by the Team Manager as "Short break Looked After Child (LAC)" or as "Support and Commissioning".
The minimum visiting arrangements for a Child in Need under Section 17 classified as "Support and Commissioning" who is not provided with overnight short breaks is one visit between each review (see Short Break Statutory Guidance).
The minimum visiting arrangements for a Child in Need under Section 17 classified as "Support and Commissioning'' who is provided with overnight stays is 2 visits between reviews one of which should be in the home and one in the commissioned provision. To ensure a regular visiting pattern these visits should take place, one month prior to the CIN review (in order to inform the review and to obtain the child/young persons' views) and two months following a CIN review. The venue of these visits alternating between the family home and the commissioned provision wherever possible.
This is a minimum requirement, the frequency of visits should reflect the need for support and be agreed with the family/care team and be reflected in the CIN Short Break Care Plan.
For children in need classified as "Support and Commissioning" there is no minimum requirement to hold care team meetings but these may be necessary and/or helpful for some children.
In supervision and in consultation with the team manager classifications of CIN will be reviewed and consideration given to whether additional visiting and monitoring is required e.g. where there are more complex issues visits would be expected to be at a higher level. This can include seeing the child in a range of settings including school.
If accommodation is provided under section 20(4) for a continuous period of more than 24 hours, then the child is looked after by the local authority for the period in which the child is accommodated.
If the child is looked after, then the placement must be a placement with local authority foster carer, in a registered children's home; or in another appropriate arrangement, under section 22c of the Children Act (1989). However the regulations are modified to reduce the administrative load and ensure requirements are more proportionate to the needs of children in short breaks.
Regulation 48 allows for a series of pre-planned short breaks for a particular child in the same placement to be treated as a single placement for purposes of applying the Regulations. In these cases, the planning arrangements required by the regulations are modified in respect of short break so that they are more appropriate for situations where the child's parents are effectively planning for their child's future and the child is provided with a series of short breaks as a measure of family support.
When overnight short breaks are to be provided and placement identified, introductory visits need to be planned and agreed within the care planning meeting involving parents / carer / child where possible. This should be recorded in the Short Break Support Plan before the start of the first overnight stay.
The reasons why the council would decide to provide accommodation under section 20(4) of the Children's Act with regulation 48 applying rather than provide overnight support through Section 17 is because an independent chair of reviews (Independent Reviewing Officer) and a greater level of co-ordination from a social worker is required. This is usually because there are a series of complex circumstances involved in the child's care and/or development. This may include a combination of issues which when considered together point to a need for a greater level of intervention e.g. siblings with disabilities or risks, parental illness or disability, parenting, housing, environmental factors and very complex fluctuating health conditions.
These plans are relevant where short breaks are provided under Section 20, and should include detailed information in relation to the child's communication, health care plan, lifting/moving, behaviour management.
State the nature of and frequency of the support provided.
No significant change should be made to the plan unless this has been considered at a review or following further assessment. Reviews may be arranged earlier, e.g. at the request of the child, parents or carer; or in cases where the circumstances change.
All reviews under these arrangements are chaired by an Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO). The initial review of the plan must take place within 3 months and six monthly thereafter. In each case the review should consider whether this continues to be the most appropriate legislative basis for the service/s to be provided.
As a minimum requirement a care team meeting must be convened on at least one occasion between reviews.
The minimum visiting arrangements under section 20 (Regulation 48 applies) are 2 visits between reviews one of which should be in the home and one in the placement. To ensure a regular visiting pattern these visits should take place, one month prior to the CIN review (in order to inform the review and to obtain the child/young persons' views) and two months following a CIN review. The venue of these visits alternating between the family home and the placement wherever possible.
A Child is provided with accommodation under Section 20(4) for a continuous period of more than 24 hours and; exceed timescales, set out above in section 1, be complex or involve multiple providers. In these circumstances the LAC regulations apply and there are no modifications to standard Children's Social Care procedures for Looked After Children in Section 6, Looked After Children of this procedures manual. The child will be subject to a LAC Care Plan and the first review must take place within 20 days of the placement and the second review within three months of the initial review.


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Q: S3, Serverless Framework, Java - Unable to execute HTTP request:Read timed out I have a Aws lambda that try to access to S3 bucket to get head object and then their metadata.
I am using Serverless to test locally.
But, when I execute locally the test, i get:
software.amazon.awssdk.core.exception.SdkClientException: Unable to execute HTTP request: Read timed

If I implemented the lambda with node js, then it work fine. But I need to use Java.
Technologies:

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*Java8

*software.amazon.awssdk:bom:2.17.103

*software.amazon.awssdk:lambda

*software.amazon.awssdk:s3

*"serverless": "^2.71.0"

*"serverless-offline": "^8.4.0"

*"serverless-s3-local": "^0.6.21"

Environment:

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*Local

*I don't have VPC

Code:
public class FileS3Handler implements RequestHandler<Map<String,String>, String> {

    @Override
    public String handleRequest(Map<String,String> event, Context context)
    {
        String response;

        URI uri = new URI("http://localhost:3333");

        S3Configuration config = S3Configuration.builder()
                .pathStyleAccessEnabled(true)
                .build();

        S3Client s3Client = S3Client.builder()
                .endpointOverride(uri)
                .serviceConfiguration(config)
                .build();

        HeadObjectRequest headObjectRequest = HeadObjectRequest.builder()
                .bucket("myBucket")
                .key("myFile")
                .build();
            s3Client.
        HeadObjectResponse headObjectResponse = s3Client.headObject(headObjectRequest);

        response = "Metadata: "+ headObjectResponse.metadata().toString();

        return response;
    }
}

Environment Variables:
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=S3RVER
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=S3RVER
AWS_REGION=us-west-2

serverless.yml
service: example

provider:
  name: aws
  region: us-west-2
  runtime: java8
  lambdaHashingVersion: 20201221

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Maddow Blog | Most Americans balk at Republicans' Supreme Court scheme
Four years ago, when Senate Republicans launched an unprecedented, 10-month blockade against a sitting president's Supreme Court nominee, GOP senators insisted they were merely trying to give voters a voice in the process. "Let voters decide," Republicans declared, arguing that the winner of the next presidential campaign — six months away — should fill a vacancy.
In 2020, those same Republicans have decided they no longer agree with themselves. To defend their nihilistic hypocrisy, many GOP senators are saying they're simply reflecting voters' will: Americans elected a Republican president and Republican-led Senate, so they're justified in ramming through a high court nominee while millions cast their ballots.
Part of the problem is the popular vote: more voters preferred Donald Trump's opponent, and more Americans cast ballots for Democratic Senate candidates than Republican candidates.
But the other part of the problem is that a majority of Americans are not on board with the GOP's scheme.
Nearly six in 10 Americans say that the president elected in November should be the one to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS…. All told, 59% say the winner of the upcoming presidential election should choose the person to fill Ginsburg's seat, including 97% of Democrats, 59% of independents and 17% of Republicans…. In the new poll, 41% say Trump should make an appointment to the seat now.
The results from the CNN poll come on the heels of a New York Times report from the weekend, which noted two polls taken shortly before Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing — one national survey, and one polling three battleground states — both found voters preferring Joe Biden specifically on the issue of selecting Supreme Court justices. In fact, in both polls, Biden's lead on this issue was larger than his overall lead over Trump, suggesting even some Americans who don't intend to vote for Biden nevertheless trust him on this issue more than the incumbent president.
There are also private surveys to consider. The Washington Post reported yesterday:
Among some of the president's advisers, jitters stem from a recent internal Republican poll discussed among officials in the White House and the Trump campaign this week that contained an alarming range of signs about the vacancy, according to people who reviewed it. The poll — conducted over the weekend among about 1,500 likely voters in 17 swing states, including Arizona, Wisconsin, Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania — showed that 51 percent of voters said they trust Biden more than Trump to handle the vacancy, while only 43 percent said they trusted Trump.
The same Republican-commissioned poll reportedly found a 52% majority in these battleground states believe the Senate should wait until after the election to proceed with the Supreme Court confirmation process.
Republicans may prefer to pretend the public is with them on their high-court gambit, but the evidence to the contrary is tough to miss.
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India Dealbook: SkyLimit sells majority stake; Chaitanya India Fin Credit raises $5m
By Ishita Russell
Vivek Oberoi has acquired majority stake in health and fitness startup SkyLimit Integrated Wellness, while Chaitanya India Fin Credit has raised Rs 33 crore ($5 million) through an issue of non-convertible debentures.
Vivek Oberoi picks up majority stake in SkyLimit
Indian actor Vivek Oberoi has acquired majority stake in health and fitness startup SkyLimit Integrated Wellness Solutions, said a report in The Economic Times.
Founded in the US in 2012, SkyLimit provides a multi-discipline regenerative medicine and anti-ageing facility. It launched its India operations last year with a clinic in Juhu, Mumbai.
Oberoi and Haresh M Mehta, founder of SkyLimit, plan to invest Rs 500 crore ($78.5 million) over the next three years in the company to open 150 clinics across India.
"I saw this as a very lucrative opportunity to get advanced American technology in the medical field to India and decided to partner Haresh. I have taken majority stake in the company and together we plan to invest over Rs 500 crore in the next three years," Oberoi told the newspaper.
Chaitanya India Fin Credit raises $5m via NCDs
Chaitanya India Fin Credit has raised Rs 33 crore ($5 million) through an issue of non-convertible debentures, which were subscribed by AAV Sarl, an affiliate of global impact investment company Symbiotics Group, according to a report in The Economic Times.
Founded in 2009, Bengaluru-based Chaitanya Rural Intermediation Development Services Pvt Ltd had raised Rs 47 crore ($7 million) from Equator Capital's fund ShoreCap II and a few HNIs last year.
Chaitanya India currently operates across Karnataka, Maharashtra and Bihar, providing joint liability group loans, along with financial literacy programmes, to rural communities across the three states.
"Despite the advent of Small Finance Banks and the increased focus of banks and NBFCs on the financial inclusion space, we believe that there is still space for MFIs that are creating significant impact by offering multiple products to clients, to scale," said Abhijit Ray, managing director, Unitus Capital.
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Port Vale have sold more than 5,300 tickets for their FA Cup third round tie at Manchester City after three days of sales.
There have been a steady stream of sales today after fans snapped up 4,500 in the first two days. Tickets went on sale on Wednesday to season ticket holders, who can have two each, before they go on general sale on Sunday December 22.
The Vale have been given an allocation of around 8,000, which includes hospitality tickets. So, they are on course for their biggest away following since 7,800 Vale fans went to Aston Villa for the FA Cup fourth round tie in 2006.
John Askey's side earned their place in the third round with a 1-0 away win at MK Dons in the first round before Tom Pope's second half hat-trick gave them a 3-1 victory at Cheltenham in the second round.
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DOI: 10.12691/aees-8-6-15
Mapping the Geographical Distribution and Seasonal Variation of Dengue and Chikungunya Vector Mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus) in the Epidemic Hotspot Regions of India: A Step towards the Vector Control and Sustainable Health
M. Palaniyandi1, , T. Sharmila2, P. Manivel2, P Thirumalai2 and PH Anand2
1ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Indira Nagar, Pondicherry-605006, India
2Department of Geography, Government Arts and Science College, Kumbakonam (Autonomous), (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University), Tamil Nadu, India
Pub. Date: September 27, 2020
M. Palaniyandi, T. Sharmila, P. Manivel, P Thirumalai and PH Anand. Mapping the Geographical Distribution and Seasonal Variation of Dengue and Chikungunya Vector Mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus) in the Epidemic Hotspot Regions of India: A Step towards the Vector Control and Sustainable Health. Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences. 2020; 8(6):428-440. doi: 10.12691/aees-8-6-15
Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are known vector mosquitoes for several emerging arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) including dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses across the world. Aedes species vector mosquitoes are blamed for the spread of dengue and chikungunya in India. Dengue and Chikungunya is the illustrious public health problems in the country, dengue has public health importance and cumulative burden to the affected community, especially in the Southern States of India, since 1991, and followed by the highest outbreaks of chikungunya in the Southern India, 2006. Dengue cases reported from 24 States and 3 Union Territories out of 34 States / Union Territories in India, and highest reports recorded in 5 major States (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Punjab and West Bengal), during 2017. All the four serotypes of dengue virus (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4) are detected across the country various with space and time. Mapping the geographical distribution and seasonal variation of dengue and chikungunya vector mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus) is absolutely significant for the systematic surveillance, organization, and implementation, accordingly, the public health authority possibly will make prevention measures to control the dengue epidemic earlier in advance and monitoring the endemic situation in the state as well as in the country, continuously [16,17,18]. Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus vector mosquito's density caused by the man-made containers (socio-economic variables), and the natural breeding habitats, and land use / land cover types, environmental risk factors, and climate determinants. All the four serotypes of dengue virus (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4) are reported in India. The study has mainly focused on the major endemic districts in India, where the state of endemic has accumulative problems, and is grumbling the community. Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are the known vector mosquitoes of dengue and chikungunya. The endemic districts have unique landscape terrain and land use / land cover pattern, and climate factors (precipitation, temperature, relative humidity, and saturation deficiency). The major landscape terrain has hilly, plain and coastal areas. The epidemic areas receive rainfall by both the southwest monsoon and the northeast monsoon from April to November (almost 8 months), and has the average temperature range of 22°C to 31°C, and relative humidity of 70 % to 90 %, and the present study contains the vector density is highly influenced by the maximum number of rainy days, and the occurrences of dengue epidemics clustered regions in India mainly where it receives annual mean rainfall ranging from 300 mm to 1200 mm. The spatial distribution and seasonal variation of vector mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus) in the identified endemic districts are absolutely griping the situation by seasonal variation in precipitation and temperature, land cover spatial variations, socio-economic, and ecological differences have directly affected the profusion of vector mosquitoes and the incubation period of the dengue and chikungunya virus, and thus, huge epidemics in the identified endemic districts along with entire state. Consequently, the nature and manmade environment is fuelling for the huge number of profusion of Aedes species mosquitoes in the epidemics area. Mapping the spatial distribution and seasonal variation of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, using Remote Sensing, and GIS technology could be an ultimate tool for functioning a dengue surveillance in the endemic districts as well as in the country, and thus, comfort to the public health experts to organize, implement and choose an appropriate control strategy for the prevention measures to control the grumpy situation in the dengue endemic hot spot regions in the country.
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