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Jernej Damjan (* 28. Mai 1983 in Ljubljana) ist ein ehemaliger slowenischer Skispringer. Er startet für den SSK Sam Ihan. Sein bisher größter Einzelerfolg ist der Sieg von der Großschanze bei der Winter-Universiade 2003 in Tarvis. Zudem gewann er eine Silber- und drei Bronzemedaillen mit der slowenischen Mannschaft bei Skisprung- und Skiflug-Weltmeisterschaften. 2014 gewann er den Skisprung-Grand-Prix.

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Jernej Damjan trat erstmals bei den Continental-Cup-Springen in Bischofshofen am 12. und 13. Januar 2002 in das internationale Rampenlicht. Nachdem er beim ersten Springen am Sonnabend als 33. noch an den Punkterängen vorbeigesprungen war, erreichte er am Sonntag als 29. seine ersten beiden Continental-Cup-Punkte. Zwei Monate später konnte im japanischen Yamagata bereits seinen ersten Sieg in dieser Wettkampfserie feiern. Bei der Winter-Universiade 2003 in Tarvis gewann er nicht nur die Goldmedaille von der Großschanze, sondern erreichte mit der slowenischen Equipe auch den zweiten Platz im Mannschaftswettbewerb. Nachdem er am 15. Februar 2004 in Westby seinen zweiten Continental-Cup-Sieg errungen hatte, wurde er dann am 10. Januar 2004 in Liberec erstmals im Weltcup eingesetzt.

Damjan gewann bei der Nordischen Ski-WM 2005 in Oberstdorf Bronze mit der Mannschaft von der Normalschanze. Im Februar 2006 nahm er in Turin zum ersten an den Olympischen Winterspielen teil. Er belegte in den Einzelwettbewerben den 35. Platz von der Normalschanze und den 28. Platz von der Großschanze. Mit der slowenischen Mannschaft wurde er Zehnter.

Seinen ersten Podestplatz im Weltcup erreichte er am 10. Februar 2007 in Willingen, wo er den dritten Rang belegte. Am 17. Februar 2008 erreichte er im Einzelspringen von Willingen mit dem zweiten Platz sein bis dahin bestes Resultat. Hinzu kamen in der Saison 2007/08 vier fünfte Plätze. Dadurch belegte er in der Weltcupwertung, als bester Slowene, Rang 15. Bei den Slowenischen Meisterschaften 2009 in Kranj gewann er im Einzel- wie auch im Teamspringen die Bronzemedaille. In der Saison 2009/10 konnte er wieder eine aufsteigende Form beweisen, nachdem er in der Saison 2008/09 lediglich Platz 37 im Gesamtweltcup belegt hatte.

Bei den Olympischen Winterspielen 2010 in Vancouver schied Damjan im Springen von der Normalschanze als 38. punktgleich mit Lukáš Hlava und von der Großschanze als 33. jeweils nach dem ersten Durchgang aus.

Bei den Slowenischen Meisterschaften 2010 in Kranj gewann Damjan im Einzel und im Team die Silbermedaille.

Bei den Nordischen Skiweltmeisterschaften 2011 im norwegischen Oslo errang er mit der slowenischen Equipe die Bronzemedaille im Mannschaftswettbewerb. Diesen Erfolg konnte er ein Jahr später bei der Skiflug-Weltmeisterschaft 2012 in Vikersund wiederholen. Am 24. August 2013 gelang Damjan beim Springen im japanischen Hakuba punktgleich mit Noriaki Kasai sein erster Sieg bei einem Grand-Prix-Springen. Nachdem im selben Sommer ein zweiter Platz in Nischni Tagil und zwei in Almaty folgten, belegte er in der Gesamtwertung des Skisprung-Grand-Prix 2013 hinter Andreas Wellinger den zweiten Platz.

Sein erster Weltcupsieg gelang Damjan am 18. Januar 2014 beim Mannschaftsspringen in Zakopane. Bereits eine Woche später, am 26. Januar 2014, gelang ihm im japanischen Sapporo sein erster Weltcupsieg in einem Einzelwettbewerb. Einen Tag zuvor war er bereits, auf der gleichen Schanze, als Zweitplatzierter auf das Podest gesprungen. Bei den Olympischen Winterspielen 2014 in Sotschi belegte er in den Einzelwettbewerben den neunten Platz von der Normalschanze und den 17. Platz von der Großschanze. Mit der slowenischen Mannschaft wurde er Fünfter. Am Saisonende erreichte er mit Platz 13 seine bisher beste Platzierung in der Weltcup-Gesamtwertung. Auch 2014 machte er im Sommer wieder auf sich aufmerksam: Ein Sieg beim Springen in Almaty und drei weitere Podestplatzierungen (2 × in Hakuba und einmal in Almaty) bescherten ihm am Ende der Sommersaison 2014 erstmals den Grand-Prix-Gesamtsieg. In der Weltcup-Saison 2014/15 erreichte er erneut eine Podestplatzierung als Dritter in Engelberg. Zudem sprang er mehrmals unter die besten zehn. Im Gesamtweltcup landete er als 14. zum zweiten Mal nacheinander in den Top 15.

Nachdem er im Sommer 2015 noch in Grand Prix aktiv war, kam er im darauffolgenden Winter nicht im Weltcup zum Einsatz und startete nur im Continental Cup. Bei den Slowenischen Meisterschaften 2016 in Planica gewann Damjan im Einzelwettbewerb vor Domen Prevc und Nejc Dežman die Goldmedaille sowie im Teamwettbewerb mit David Krapež, Miha Kveder und Tilen Bartol die Silbermedaille. Nach diesem Erfolg gehörte er in der Saison 2016/17 dann wieder zur slowenischen Weltcup-Mannschaft. Sein bestes Saisonergebnis war Platz 13 beim Skifliegen in Oberstdorf. Außerdem nahm er an den Nordischen Skiweltmeisterschaften 2017 in Lahti teil. Dabei belegte er die Plätze 32 auf der Normalschanze und 21 auf der Großschanze im Einzel. Mit der slowenischen Mannschaft wurde er Fünfter.

Beim zweiten Einzelspringen der Weltcup-Saison 2017/18 im finnischen Ruka sicherte er sich überraschend seinen zweiten Weltcupsieg im Einzel vor Johann André Forfang und Andreas Wellinger. Die Vierschanzentournee 2017/18 beendete er nach den Plätzen 14, 13, 5 und 17 als Zehnter der Gesamtwertung, was seine bis dahin beste Platzierung in der Tourneewertung war. Bei der Skiflug-Weltmeisterschaft 2018 in Oberstdorf belegte er den 15. Platz im Einzel und holte im Mannschaftsspringen zusammen mit Anže Semenič, Domen Prevc und Peter Prevc die Silbermedaille als Zweiter hinter Norwegen. Bei den Olympischen Winterspielen 2018 in Pyeongchang gehörte er zum fünfköpfigen slowenischen Aufgebot und wurde in allen drei Wettbewerben eingesetzt. Im Einzelwettbewerb auf der Normalschanze belegte er den 28. Platz und im Einzelwettbewerb auf der Großschanze den 16. Platz. Mit der slowenischen Mannschaft wurde er im Mannschaftswettbewerb auf der Großschanze Fünfter.

Aufgrund einer schweren Armverletzung fiel Damjan für die Saison 2019/20 aus. Bei den Olympischen Jugend-Winterspielen 2020 in Lausanne unterstützte Damjan als Vorbild und Symbolfigur die teilnehmenden Skispringerinnen und Skispringer.

Mitte Mai 2021 gab Damjan sein Karriereende bekannt. Anschließend wurde er Social Media Coordinator beim slowenischen Skiverband sowie ab der Saison 2022/23 Kommentator für die englischsprachigen Skisprung-Übertragungen auf dem Sender Eurosport.

Erfolge

Weltcupsiege im Einzel

Weltcupsiege im Team

Grand-Prix-Siege im Einzel

Continental-Cup-Siege im Einzel

Statistik

Weltcup-Platzierungen

Grand-Prix-Platzierungen

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Slowenischer Meister (Skispringen)
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Teilnehmer der Olympischen Winterspiele 2006
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Winterspiele 2010
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Winterspiele 2014
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Winterspiele 2018
Jugoslawe
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As I travel the roads along life's journey, I try each night before I sleep to reflect on the day's experiences. To me, living is a series of processes that require continuous improvements. Day in, day out, I move through these processes, knowing that the end result of each experience produce nothing more than what … Continue reading Stop!
So much of life is spent waiting -- waiting to grow out of childhood into adulthood; waiting to meet miss or mister "right"; waiting on the breaks to achieve our goals; waiting to retire; just simply waiting on someone or something or another! So I say, stop the waiting: seize the opportunities at hand; discern … Continue reading Transcend Waiting!


I looked up one of my favorite songs - or at least it was a "favorite" until they played it millions of times on the radio - Gotye with Somebody that i used to know.
These guys made it. They live for and from their performances on Youtube.
Even if you don´t know any German some of their "plays" are still worth watching.


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Miscellaneous office & administrative support workers, including desktop publishers
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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Miscellaneous office & administrative support workers, including desktop publishers and on wages and locations for those in the field. General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals is the industry that employs the most Miscellaneous office & administrative support workers, including desktop publishers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Miscellaneous office & administrative support workers, including desktop publishers, by average wage, is Petroleum refining. Miscellaneous office & administrative support workers, including desktop publishers are paid most in Hartford County (North) PUMA, CT but are relatively concentrated in Allentown City PUMA, PA.
In 2018, Miscellaneous office & administrative support workers, including desktop publishers earned an average of $42,180, $11,708 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, & repair workers, including wind turbine service technicians make somewhat more than Miscellaneous office & administrative support workers, including desktop publishers while Court, municipal, & license clerks make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Miscellaneous office & administrative support workers, including desktop publishers as measured by average annual salary in the US.
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Hartford County (North) PUMA, CT
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PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Miscellaneous office & administrative support workers, including desktop publishers
Allentown City PUMA, PA
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This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Miscellaneous office & administrative support workers, including desktop publishers.
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Proof-number search (short: PN search) is a game tree search algorithm invented by Victor Allis, with applications mostly in endgame solvers, but also for sub-goals during games.

Using a binary goal (e.g. first player wins the game), game trees of two-person perfect-information games can be mapped to an and–or tree. Maximizing nodes become OR-nodes, minimizing nodes are mapped to AND-nodes. For all nodes proof and disproof numbers are stored, and updated during the search.

To each node of the partially expanded game tree the proof number and
disproof number are associated. A proof number represents the minimum number of leaf
nodes which have to be proved in order to prove the node. Analogously, a disproof
number represents the minimum number of leaves which have to be disproved
in order to disprove the node. Because the goal of the tree is to prove a forced
win, winning nodes are regarded as proved. Therefore, they have proof number
0 and disproof number ∞. Lost or drawn nodes are regarded as
disproved. They have proof number ∞ and disproof number
0. Unknown leaf nodes have a proof and disproof number of unity.
The proof number of an internal AND node is equal to the sum of
its children's proof numbers, since to prove an AND node all the children have
to be proved. The disproof number of an AND node is equal to the minimum of
its children's disproof numbers. The disproof number of an internal OR node is
equal to the sum of its children's disproof numbers, since to disprove an OR node
all the children have to be disproved. Its proof number is equal to the minimum
of its children's proof numbers.

The procedure of selecting the most-proving node
to expand is the following. We start at the root. Then, at each OR node the child
with the lowest proof number is selected as successor, and at each AND node the
child with the lowest disproof number is selected as successor. Finally, when a
leaf node is reached, it is expanded and its children are evaluated.

The proof and disproof numbers represent lower bounds on the number of nodes to be evaluated to prove (or disprove) certain nodes. By always selecting the most proving (disproving) node to expand, an efficient search is generated.

Some variants of proof number search like dfPN, PN2, PDS-PN have been developed to address the quite big memory
requirements of the algorithm.

References

Further reading

A. Kishimoto, M.H.M. Winands, M. Müller, and J-T. Saito (2012) Game-tree search using proof numbers: The first twenty years, ICGA, 35(3):131–156, pdf

Game artificial intelligence
Graph algorithms
Search algorithms

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Road To Armageddon – 7.3 – Daniel 8 – Vision Of The Ram And The Goat
Daniel's vision of the ram, the he-goat, and the little horn.
Click onto any blue letter, number or symbol to see the video and text on the blog.
A Glimpse Of Armageddon – The Sixth Bowl Judgment – Will you be there – if so, in which capacity? This is an honest question, which demands a serious response.
Revelation 16:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
Sixth Bowl: Euphrates Dried Up
15 "Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame."
Study note. Biblegateway.com. MacArthur Study Bible note.
16:15 Blessed. See note on 1:3. watches, and keeps his garments. Our Lord stresses the need for constant readiness for His return (cf. 1 John 2:28). The imagery pictures a soldier ready for battle, or a homeowner watchful for the arrival of a thief (see also 3:3; 1 Thess. 5:2, 4; 2 Pet. 3:10).
Daniel 8 New King James Version (NKJV)
Notice Hanukkah in verse 14
Study notes are from Biblegateway.com. MacArthur Study Bible notes.
The Vision At Susa
1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me—to me, Daniel—after the one that appeared to me the first time. 2 I saw in the vision, and it so happened while I was looking, that I was in Shushan, the citadel, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision that I was by the River Ulai.
8:1 third year. Ca. 551 B.C., two years after the dream of chap. 7 but before chap. 5. the first time. Looks back to chap. 7.
8:2 Shushan. Called Susa by the Greeks, this was a chief city of the Medo-Persian Empire, about 250 mi. E of Babylon. Since Daniel saw himself in a vision, he may not have been bodily in that place (cf. Ezekiel's vision of being at the Jerusalem temple, though bodily still with the elders in Babylon, Ezek. 8–11).
The Ram With The Two Horns
3 Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and there, standing beside the river, was a ram which had two horns, and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last. 4 I saw the ram pushing westward, northward, and southward, so that no animal could withstand him; nor was there any that could deliver from his hand, but he did according to his will and became great.
The Male Goat From The West
5 And as I was considering, suddenly a male goat came from the west, across the surface of the whole earth, without touching the ground; and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. 6 Then he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing beside the river, and ran at him with furious power. 7 And I saw him confronting the ram; he was moved with rage against him, attacked the ram, and broke his two horns. There was no power in the ram to withstand him, but he cast him down to the ground and trampled him; and there was no one that could deliver the ram from his hand.
The Great Horn Broken
8 Therefore the male goat grew very great; but when he became strong, the large horn was broken, and in place of it four notable ones came up toward the four winds of heaven.
The Emergence Of The Little Horn
9 And out of one of them came a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the Glorious Land. 10 And it grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground, and trampled them.
8:9 Glorious Land. Palestine. Cf. 11:16, 41.
8:3–9 This imagery unfolded historically. The ram pictures the Medo-Persian Empire, as a whole, its two horns standing for the two entities (the Medes and the Persians) that merged into one. The history of this empire is briefly noted in v. 4, as it is seen conquering from the E to the W, S and N, under Cyrus, as predicted also by Isaiah 150 years earlier (Is. 45:1–7). The higher horn, which appeared last, represents Persia. The goat (v. 5) represents Greece with its great horn Alexander, who with his army of 35,000, moved with such speed that he is pictured as not even touching the ground. The broken horn is Alexander in his death; the 4 horns are generals who became kings over 4 sectors of the Grecian empire after Alexander (cf. 7:6). The small horn is Antiochus Epiphanes, who rose from the third empire to rule the Syrian division in 175–164 B.C. and is the same king dominant in 11:21–35. Cf. 7:8, 24–26 where a similar "little horn" clearly represents the final Antichrist. The reason both are described as "little horns" is because one prefigures the other. A far more detailed summary will come later in 11:2–35.
8:10 host of heaven. Picturesque language portrays Antiochus' persecution against Jewish people using the figure of stars (cf. Gen. 12:3; 15:5; 22:17; Ex. 12:41; Deut. 1:10). When defeated, the "stars" (Jewish people) will fall under the tyrant's domination.
The Desolation Of The Sanctuary
11 He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of the host; and by him the daily sacrifices were taken away, and the place of His sanctuary was cast down.
8:11 Prince. In addition to the desecration of the temple (cf. 1 Macc. 1:20–24, 41–50), Antiochus blasphemed Christ to whom ultimately the host of Jewish people sacrifice and to whom the sanctuary belongs. He is later the "Prince of princes" (v. 25).
12 Because of transgression, an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this and prospered.
13 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was speaking, "How long will the vision be, concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot?"
8:13 holy one. Angels are in view here.
14 And he said to me, "For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed."
8:14 two thousand three hundred days. These are 2,300 evenings/mornings, with no "and" in between, which refers to 2,300 total units or days. Genesis 1:5 does use "and," i.e., "Evening and morning, one day." The period runs to about 61/3 years of sacrificing a lamb twice a day, morning and evening (Ex. 29:38, 39). The prophecy was precise in identifying the time as that of Antiochus' persecution, ca. Sept. 6, 171 B.C. to Dec. 25, 165/4 B.C. After his death, Jews celebrated the cleansing of their holy place in the Feast of Lights, or Hanukkah, in celebration of the restoration led by Judas Maccabeus.
Note by Dr. John F. Walvoord (Deceased), Dallas Theological Seminary, The 2300 days and December 25, 167. B.C., from Bible.org.
https://bible.org/seriespage/8-vision-ram-and-goat#P1247_525074
Innumerable explanations have been attempted to make the twenty-three hundred days coincide with the history of Antiochus Epiphanes. The terminus ad quem of the twenty-three hundred days is taken by most expositors as 164 B.C. when Antiochus Epiphanes died during a military campaign in Media. This permitted the purging of the sanctuary and the return to Jewish worship. Figuring from this date backward twenty-three hundred days would fix the beginning time at 171 b.c. In that year, Onias III, the legitimate high priest, was murdered and a pseudo line of priests assumed power. This would give adequate fulfillment in time for the twenty-three hundred days to elapse at the time of the death of Antiochus. The actual desecration of the temple, however, did not occur until December 25, 167 B.C. when the sacrifices in the temple were forcibly caused to cease and a Greek altar erected in the temple. The actual desecration of the temple lasted only about three years. During this period, Antiochus issued coins with the title "Epiphanes," which claimed that he manifested divine honors and which showed him as beardless and wearing a diadem.
John 10:22-23 New King James Version (NKJV)
Christ Celebrated "The Feast Of Dedication/Feast Of Lights/ Hanukkah"
22 Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
10:22 Feast of Dedication. The Jewish celebration of Hanukkah, which celebrates the Israelite victory over the Syrian leader Antiochus Epiphanes, who persecuted Israel. In ca. 170 B.C. he conquered Jerusalem and desecrated the Jewish temple by setting up a pagan altar to displace the altar of God. Under the leadership of an old priest named Mattathias (his family name was called the Hasmoneans), the Jews fought guerrilla warfare (known as the Maccabean Revolt—166–142 B.C.) against Syria and freed the temple and the land from Syrian dominance until 63 B.C. when Rome (Pompey) took control of Palestine. It was in 164 B.C. on 25 Chislev (Dec. approximately), that the Jews liberated the temple and rededicated it. The celebration is also known as the "Feast of Lights" because of the lighting of lamps and candles in Jewish homes to commemorate the event. it was winter. John indicated by this phrase that the cold weather drove Jesus to walk on the eastern side of the temple in the sheltered area of Solomon's porch, which after the resurrection became the regular gathering place of Christians where they would proclaim the gospel (see Acts 3:11; 5:12).
Visions Interpreted In Relation To The Time Of The End
15 Then it happened, when I, Daniel, had seen the vision and was seeking the meaning, that suddenly there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
8:15 appearance of a man. The word for man meaning "a mighty man" is the linguistic framework for "Gabriel," which means "mighty one of God." This is the first mention of an angel by name in the Bible. 16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, who called, and said, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision."
8:16 a man's voice. God spoke with a human voice. the Ulai. A river E of the Persian city of Susa.
17 So he came near where I stood, and when he came I was afraid and fell on my face; but he said to me, "Understand, son of man, that the vision refers to the time of the end."
8:17 afraid and fell. Loss of consciousness is a common reaction to heavenly visitation (cf. Ezek. 1; Is. 6; Rev. 1). time of the end. This term likely has a double sense of fulfillment. First, the "end" (as v. 19), "latter time" (vv. 19, 23), and "appointed time" (v. 19) refer to time late in the specific span that the historical prophecy has in view. That time is the period defined by the empires in these verses, Persia (Ram) and Greece (Goat), when the Grecian sector will be divided into 4 parts (v. 8). One of these, the Syrian under Seleucus (see note on v. 22), will eventually lead to Antiochus Epiphanes (175–164 B.C.) as the "little horn" meant in v. 9, who persecutes the people of Israel (v. 10) and defies God (v. 11). Cf. 11:21–35 and see notes there. Secondly, this "little horn" in v. 9, the Antichrist in the last days at the time of the eschatological fulfillment, sees Antiochus as a pattern of the Antichrist, who in many ways will be like him, though far greater in power, and will exercise his career in the end of the age just before Christ's return.
18 Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me, and stood me upright. 19 And he said, "Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall be.
The Interpretation Of The Ram And The Goat
20 The ram which you saw, having the two horns—they are the kings of Media and Persia.21 And the male goat is the kingdom of Greece. The large horn that is between its eyes is the first king. 22 As for the broken horn and the four that stood up in its place, four kingdoms shall arise out of that nation, but not with its power.
The Latter Time Of The Kingdom
23 "And in the latter time of their kingdom,
When the transgressors have reached their fullness,
A king shall arise,
Having fierce features,
Who understands sinister schemes.
24 His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power;
He shall destroy fearfully,
And shall prosper and thrive;
He shall destroy the mighty, and also the holy people.
25 "Through his cunning
He shall cause deceit to prosper under his rule;
And he shall exalt himself in his heart.
He shall destroy many in their prosperity.
He shall even rise against the Prince of princes;
But he shall be broken without human means.
26 "And the vision of the evenings and mornings
Which was told is true;
Therefore seal up the vision,
For it refers to many days in the future."
8:23–25 A king shall arise. The near fulfillment views Antiochus as the historical persecutor as in vv. 9–14. His career down to 164 B.C. was "in the latter time of their kingdom," that of the male goat in the Syrian territory. Rome conquered Greece by 146 B.C., only a few years later, and became the next dominant empire. Antiochus died, "broken without human means," due to insanity and disease of the bowels. The far fulfillment sees Antiochus in vv. 23–25 as prophetically illustrating the final tribulation period and the Antichrist. In such a view, the king here is also the "little horn," as in 7:7; 8:9 and the willful king in 11:36–45.
Effect On Daniel
27 And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for days; afterward I arose and went about the king's business. I was astonished by the vision, but no one understood it.
Study note from John F. Walvoord
As a result of the tremendous vision given to Daniel and his exhaustion because of it, Daniel records that he fainted and was sick for days thereafter. Upon his recovery, he was able to resume his conduct of the king's business. Jeffrey notes that Daniel by his immediate resumption of his work in the king's service proves that he had been in Babylon all the time, and that his presence in Susa was purely visionary.463
The dramatic character of the vision and its tremendous implications, although not understandable to Daniel, remained in his mind. But he could find none that could give him the complete interpretation. It is obvious that the intent of the vision was to record the prophecy for the benefit of future generations rather than for Daniel himself. Unlike the previous instances where Daniel was the interpreter of divine revelation, here Daniel becomes the recorder of it without understanding all that he wrote or experienced.
The emphasis of the eighth chapter of Daniel is on prophecy as it relates to Israel; and for this reason, the little horn is given prominence both in the vision and in the interpretation. The times of the Gentiles, although not entirely a period of persecution of Israel, often resulted in great trial to them. Of the four great world empires anticipated by Daniel, only the Persian empire was relatively kind to the Jew. As Christ Himself indicated in Luke 21:24, the times of the Gentiles is characterized by the treading down of Jerusalem, and the subjugation and persecution of the people of Israel.
Outline from Scofield Study Bible, Dr. C.I. Scofield (deceased)
The vision of the ram and the goat (8:1-8)
The little horn (8:9-14)
The interpretation of the vision (8:15-19)
The identity of the ram (8:20)
The goat and his successors (8:21-22)
The king of bold face (8:23-27)
Audio Lesson: Daniel's Vision Of A Ram And A Goat
http://www.dts.edu/media/play/daniel-ram-goat-vision/?audio=true
Dr. J. Dwight Pentecost (Deceased), Dallas Theological Seminary; Author of Things To Come; In this audio lesson, Dr. Pentecost ties Daniel and Revelation together, discussing Hanukkah, identifying the anti-Christ.
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Video | Meet the Bernarda Alba team
'It's about how you negotiate your way in a man's world. How do you do that as a woman?' – Melita Jurisic
Meet the director and cast from The House of Bernarda Alba. Candy Bowers, Peta Brady, Julie Forsyth, Bessie Holland, Sue Jones, Melita Jurisic and Emily Milledge make up the cast of Patricia Cornelius' adaptation of Lorca's classic drama, directed by Leticia Cáceres. Watch the video above or here
The House of Bernarda Alba Cast
The House of Bernarda Alba
Video | The House of Bernarda Alba
Gallery | The House of Bernarda Alba on stage
Feature | Inside Alba's house
Programme | The House of Bernarda Alba
My week with The House of Bernarda Alba
Work experience student Liliana Goodwin tells us about her week observing rehearsals for The House of Bernarda Alba.


Buoyant from seeing my friend's garden a few times, the client exclaimed: "I want a garden like Sally's!" My friend Sally Johanssohn's garden, the product of 20 or so more years' hard work, has been featured in magazines and garden tours, and once played host to an biennial rare plant fair that draws people all over Australia. In addition, a specialist nursery, now mostly mail-order, carries anything from tree peonies to Canary Island endemics. While Sally enjoys propagating and selling plants, she takes a conservative stance on designing gardens and refers clients to a talented garden designer friend. Because her garden packed with rarities is not for mere dilettantes, Sally is aware that it is not a garden for everyone. After consideration, she graciously consented to select and design plantings for this client and her husband, recent retirees from Melbourne. I was invited to come on board, and both of us were invited for tea to survey the place and have a discussion with the clients. The clients' edict was simple - bulbs, flowers, and woody plants layered in Sally's style.
A series of interlocking terraces, the garden had a L-shaped configuration that wraps around the renovated house situated at the hillside bottom. Each terrace had wooden retaining walls built by the clients, and the terrace beds were already enriched with fresh topsoil and compost. Although the garden had a south facing orientation, the surrounding trees reduced light levels to those of a east or west exposure. However, the garden's coastal proximity meant a frost-free, warmer climate that afforded a wider range of plants than that of Sally's garden at a higher altitude.
As ideal as a frost-free climate is amicable for gardening, it does pose certain challenges. Weeds grow unfettered throughout the year, and plants do not always enter complete dormancy, behaving in a strangely suspended growth. What are completely deciduous in cold climates are either semi-evergreen or evergreen. Winters can be unbearably damp and such conditions become conducive to foliar diseases.
The clients were obviously keen to complete their garden since one bed, which ran the length of the house, was already planted a year ago. This bed not only had beautiful choice hellebores, but also rarer oddities uncommon in Australian gardens. Grevillea petrophiloides, a Western Australian shrub with pink bottlebrush flowers similar to Sanguisorba (burnet), marked the northwest corner, and enviable clumps of Mysotidium hortensia (Chatham Island forget-me-not) cascaded down near the front. The only major change we implemented was a Westringia fruticosa (coast rosemary) hedge split into the three lines that flowed upwards into the upper terrace. Three to four Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Golf Ball' provided additional definition.
Preexisting plants were mostly retained and helped us steer towards appropriate colors. Two mature Clematis montana var. grandiflora graced the grid fencing bordering the neighbor's driveway. They guided us towards silver-leafed and white flowering plants. Since the clients desired better screening in winter, we added two more Clematis armandii, an evergreen Chinese species with white flowers at the far ends of the fence. The longer border backed by the fence were carpeted with Narcissus 'Thalia' and snowdrops, Stachys byzantina, and Salvia officinalis 'Berggarten'. Four olive trees (Olea europaea) give additional structure and eventually will curtain the driveway as they mature. To keep these trees within scale, we will prune them into columnar forms. The border lacked definition after the first wave of planting, but will be stronger with some editing and maintenance.
In front of the pole fencing behind the house, Acer griseum inspired us to dream up a rust theme - bronzes, ochres, and oranges, all hues that Australian gardeners are inordinately fond of. Shadier than other terraced beds, the site afforded us to place plants requiring afternoon shade from the intense sun. Beesia deltophylla, a Chinese buttercup relative seldom used en masse, and the New Zealand sedge Unicina rubra spiraled around the maple, and Isoplexis (Digitalis) canariensis has upright spires of orange flowers that attract nectar-seeking birds. The overall planting was very successful and sadly could only be realized in mild temperate climates.
Fond of cooking and eating out, the clients requested herbs, vegetables, and fruit trees. These culinary plants are discreet because we chose to emphasize their ornamental attributes first. Cynara cardunuculus (artichoke), Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus' (creeping rosemary) and Salvia officinalis 'Berggarten' fulfill their roles as garden plants rather than edible ones. Two Meyer lemon trees signal the transition from the olive allee into the upper terraces and hopefully engulf the area with their fragrance in the summer warmth.
The central terraces adjacent to the kitchen and porch outlooking to the water required more finesse and attention than the ones already planted. To reflect the clear Tasmanian skies, we chose blue to purple-flowering herbaceous perennials. Penstemon 'Sour Grapes', Salvia 'Indigo Spires', and Salvia mexicana 'Limelight' have a long flowering season. For levity, Stipa gigantea (giant oats grass) was mingled with Dierama pulcherrimum, a South African iris relative, and Peroskvia atriplicifolia (Russian sage). A camellia hedge in the back created an enclosed 'tunnel' to an alcove by the birches.
The clients undertook the soil improvements and planting themselves while we monitored the progress at regular intervals. It was astonishing to witness the rapid growth within one year - what were mere rosettes and tufts had burgeoned into recognizable shapes, becoming the 3-D realizations of our sketches prepared before the clients. We had anticipated seeing the garden reach its full potential but sadly three years after the garden was completed, the clients sold the property. However, the project was an interesting exercise that forced us to rethink the multi-dimensionality of the garden.


Vegan Zucchini Breakfast Casserole – Naomi Vegan Meets!
In a skillet, heat 1 tsp olive oil. Add the garlic, saute for a few seconds. Don't let it brown. Add the zucchini, tomatoes and onions. Season with ground black pepper and Italian seasoning. Saute for five minutes or until zucchini is soft but not mushy. If there is liquid in the pan, cook over high heat for a few minutes until most of it has evaporated. Turn off the heat.While the zucchini is cooking, place the soaked, drained cashews in a blender along with 2 cups water, basil, lemon juice, salt and jalapeno. Add salt to taste and blend until very smooth. Make the mashed potatoes by mashing together the boiled, peeled potatoes with the remaining 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil, salt, sage, and lemon zest.In a large bowl, mix the zucchini-tomato mixture, bread, and half the mashed potatoes.Place them in a 9 X 2 inch baking dish and spread evenly.Pour on the basil cream evenly, and toss or press down slightly to make sure the bread cubes are immersed in the cream.Scatter on the remaining mashed potatoes over the casserole.Cover tightly with a cling wrap and place in the refrigerator overnight for the flavors to merge and for the bread to get thoroughly soaked.When you're ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the baking dish in the oven and cook 40 minutes.After 40 minutes, turn on the custom broil to 450 degrees. Broil for 8-10 minutes or until the tops of the bread and mashed potatoes turn golden brown.Remove from the oven, garnish with basil, let stand about 10 minutes. Then scoop out and serve ho.
The most Important meal of the Day is Breakfast. So why not make it count.
Ingredients: 2 medium zucchini cut into thin rings, 1 medium tomato diced, 1 onion, finely chopped, 4 cloves garlic crushed, 1 tsp Italian seasonings, 1 tbsp + 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil, 1 moderately hot chili pepper like jalapeno minced, 10 leaves of fresh basil + more for garnish, 1 cup cashews soaked for 30 minutes, Juice of 1/2 lemon + zest of the lemon, 4 medium russet potatoes boiled and peeled, 4 leaves of sage finely minced,5 slices of bread use white, whole wheat or sourdough, cut into cubes, Salt and ground black pepper to taste.


List of Maps -- List of Appendices -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The British Crown and the Maori People -- CHAPTER 2 Maori Sovereignty and its Demise -- CHAPTER 3 The Treaty at Waitangi -- CHAPTER 4 Extending the Treaty -- CHAPTER 5 Early Years of Doubt and Debate -- CHAPTER 6 Challenges to Sovereignty and the Treaty -- CHAPTER 7 A Matter of Mana -- CHAPTER 8 A War of Sovereignty -- CHAPTER 9 The Quest for Lost Rights -- CHAPTER 10 A Struggle for Autonomy -- CHAPTER 11 A Residue of Guilt: 1890-1987 -- Appendices -- Glossary -- References -- Bibliography -- Index.
Dr Orange, DCNZM, OBE, grew up in a family where Maori affairs were a daily concern. She has been closely involved in discussions over the Treaty in relation to court hearings and the Waitangi Tribunal. After many years as the General Editor of the acclaimed Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Claudia Orange is currently Collections and Research Group Director at Te Papa.
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I don't know when I started enjoying wine. The last few years, certainly; I distinctly remember not drinking wine until at least 2001 and wouldn't have started enjoying it until much later. It probably coincided with Nellie discovering good wine, whatever that means.
Nowadays, while I'm hardly an aficionado, I quite enjoy it. I know enough to have favourite varietals and regions. I like Italian whites and California Cab Sauv, and I (naturally) hate Merlot. I like lighter, thinner wines like Pinot over robust wines like Bordeaux or Amarone. I don't generally like French wine, except when I'm in France, which I can't really explain. And I've developed a real fondness for, and interest in, Ontario wines. To wit: we've finally taken advantage of living next door to the Niagara region, and plan to soon visit the burgeoning Prince Edward County region. Our upcoming trip to San Francisco with a side trip to Napa has morphed into Napa-Sonoma-Healdsburg with San Francisco bookends. Our last lengthy trip to Nova Scotia included a visit to their young & interesting wine region. I'm even regretting not making a jaunt through the Okanagan part of our last trip to BC. And, of course, I'm hoping for one or two wine region outings when we visit the brother in Australia next year.
Nellie and I are (for a number of reasons beyond this one, it's safe to say) odd: we both really enjoy beer and wine. I'd say I still prefer beer to wine, if I could pick only one, and I'm sure Nellie would say the opposite, but I think there aren't many people who don't prefer one and tolerate the other…let alone a pair of them. By the way, guys, if you'd like to get your wine-loving missus on-board with ze bier, check this out. Anyway, back to that California trip: for our five days in Napa we're (obviously) drinking nothing but wine, whereas in San Francisco we've scoped out all the best beer places and can't wait to try all the Trappist and microbrew goodness that we can't get here in Toronto. We're weird that way.
Side note, though: barley wine may sound like the best of these worlds. It is not. It most definitely not.


Pat is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council with expertise in recoverable energy, cyber-security, aerospace and missile defense. He also is the Senior Vice President at Alphabet Energy, Inc. leading the application of thermoelectric technology to convert waste heat directly into electricity for the U.S. government and military. Additionally, Pat is a member of National Advisory Committee for Spark 101 (a non-profit organization to stimulate students' interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).
During his Army career, Pat was the Director of the US Missile Defense Agency and held many positions of responsibility for the procurement of missile defense systems, combat support vehicles and power generation equipment. He holds functional and technical expertise in aerospace, electronics, and physics and was an Associate Professor of Physics at West Point. He is a West Point graduate with master's degrees in Physics, National Security and Strategic Studies, and Management.


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During the festival from Friday (not Thursday) 13th November (Friday) til 16th November (Monday) morning, you will have the possibility to stay in the accomodation place in Aachen. You should bring your sleeping bag and a camping mat. In the hall you will have the possibility to use the shower/WC. One overnight-stay will cost 10,- € per person (for rent and incidentals). The number of participants is limited (max. 30 people). Registration is required! If you need this accommodation, please tell us by registration on the topic "observation"!
The new A&O close to Aachen's central station: Perfect for karnevalistas, history experts, friends of nature, spa lovers and forrozeiros & forrozeiras :)!
Sees itself as a meeting place for people from all over Europe. Students, leisure groups and conference participants from Germany and across the border will appreciate the international atmosphere at the youth hostel.


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London Sources: Gold Traders Are Paid to NOT Take Physical Delivery
What the heck are those mysterious "exchange for physicals," the mechanisms by which contracts to buy gold on the New York Commodities Exchange are neither fulfilled by delivery on the Comex nor settled for cash there but transported for supposed delivery elsewhere?
The mechanism long has been incorporated by the Comex trading system but was described as an "emergency" procedure undertaken upon agreement by buyer and seller – except that the use of this "emergency" procedure has exploded in the last year, involving tens of thousands of contracts and, nominally, hundreds of tonnes of gold.
In one respect this is not so surprising, since there never has been much tonnage in Comex gold vaults, with nearly all Comex contracts settled for cash. But apparently physical demand over the last year has risen enough to cause sellers to need to source gold elsewhere.
The presumption is that the EFPs shift a seller's delivery obligations off the Comex to bullion banks in London. But this raises another issue, since so many EFPs have been issued in the last year that if delivery really was being claimed for them, unallocated metal in London – metal available for sale, rather than metal being vaulted for exchange-traded funds and other institutions – would be wiped out. In January, researcher Ronan Manly calculated that fewer than 1,200 tonnes of gold in London were really available for trade.
Indeed, sources in the London gold market say that few EFPs ever claim delivery. Rather, these sources say, EFPs are usually cash-settled in London with their claimants paid cash bonuses that are never reflected in the gold price, which would be much higher if the bonuses were reflected.
But as the tightness of gold supply in London increasingly has been recognized in recent months, EFP claimants are said to have been demanding larger bonuses against the risk that the gold will run out, making their EFPs worthless.
Despite the "physicals" in their name, the vast increase in their use suggests that most EFPs have not been resolved by any delivery of metal. So those using and sustaining the mechanism must have other purposes – like sustaining the increasingly creaky fractional-reserve gold banking system.
Whatever is happening with the EFPs, their enormous use in the last year is new and indicates some big change in the gold market, and it must be an especially sensitive change because Comex operator CME Group, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency – nominal regulators of the gold market and its bullion banks – refuse to explain what it means.


Since no one seems to be following up in this thread http://www.zkoss.org/forum/listComment/18752-Event-Queue-subscribed-more-than-once, I'll briefly explain the issue.
When trying to use an MVVM pattern, you often see suggestions to use Composers for things where you are dealing more directly with the UI elements (the idea being that ViewModels shouldn't know about a UI elements.
However in order for a ViewModel to notify a Composer of an event, you can't just listen for a regular global command, it has to subscribe to a queue with a listener and your ViewModel has to send out a global command to that queue.
From the above thread though this seems to have a lot of messy issues with having to clean up listeners, whereas instead of using a Composer I just use a ViewModel I don't have those issues. In fact the ViewModel code and the Composer look almost identical.
Am I taking the wrong approach here?
Bottom line is I don't see what advantage I get not using ViewModels for everything.
In general, I agree with you. However, in my current project, which uses the business portal layout, I have mixed the two. For the portal container itself, I am using a SelectorComposer, but for all the portal children components, I find it better to use the MVVM design pattern.
I chose not to go with MVVM for the portal container itself due to its heavy involvement with dynamically creating, updating, and destroying its child components. But, the MVVM pattern has proven highly efficient for its child components because their min and max view can avail themselves of a shared viewmodel. So, bottom line for me is, if the container is primarily dealing with the management of UI components, a composer makes a bit more sense, but if the UI component is primarily dealing with the presentation and updating of data, then the MVVM makes more sense.
@rdgrimes...but do you ever have to call your composer from a view model? That's what caused me to change things since the only way I know of to notify the composer from a VM is to have the composer listen on a queue... this creates headaches when dealing with making sure the listener is removed when not being used any more. If you have a composer with @Subscribe listening for an event... and you refresh the page, you'll have multiple instances of the listener created and it'll fire for as many times as you have instances. It can create some real issues. I hope this gets addressed in some future release if it all possible.
I believe the default scope is desktop otherwise.
I really don't know if that will make the difference, but alternately you could subscribe to the queue, not by using the annotation, but through code that first checks to see if the composer is already subscribed to it.
I had tried using Session, but still ended up with multiple instances created.
In regard to not using the annotation, you're right there are ways to do things via code, but then you do need more complex checks like you pointed out and this forum link posts out http://www.zkoss.org/forum/listComment/18752-Event-Queue-subscribed-more-than-once, but that's sort of my point, it's a lot more code for what I see is no gain if I just use a ViewModel instead?
Good discussion. Thanks for your input.
@sjoshi your question isn't similar at all. I'll try to help you the best I can as a newbie in your thread not this one.
Regarding to original topic, I will not choose only MVC or MVVM in my app, it is really depends on different case in the app.
I agree with rdgrimes, for the entire site control, or very exquisite control , I will use MVC. I can management many detail.
but for a form base or showing tedious data, I will use MVVM, it helps me to skip writing many code.
and MVVM is also good for a project that want to isolate UI and Controller from direct code access, and make your programmer think with the view-state not UI(both advantage and disadvantage).
You mean to say it is ok to use both MVC and MVVM ? . In most of my examples, i manage to use MVVM, but only problem is there is no way to detach the modal window on MVVM. So i always mix MVVM and MVC to achieve the same.
And how do you guys feel about (or what is your experience with) using ViewModel with a little bit of view knowledge i.e. wiring some components in afterCompose()? I know it breaks MVVM pattern but do you see place for it as well or is it pure evil?


Can a complete blood count (cbc) determine leukemia?
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The Duke of Cambridge visits The Royal Marsden
The Duke of Cambridge, President of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, visited The Royal Marsden in Chelsea to learn about the psychological support being offered to staff, patients and their families.
The Royal Marsden opened its doors in 1851 as the world's first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education. Now, it is the largest and most comprehensive cancer centre in Europe, treating and seeing over 50,000 NHS and private patients every year.
Meeting Aly, Matron at the Bud Flanagan Unit. At end of 2017 Aly took time off work with stress, compassion fatigue and depression. Aly said: "It was a very upsetting and difficult time, but with the support of my family, GP and The Royal Marsden team, I not only got through it, I came back stronger than ever." Since returning to work, Aly has been promoted to Matron.
With Julie, who was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014. Following treatment and remission, the cancer came back in 2018 and she received robotic surgery at The Royal Marsden. Julie received psychological support to deal with her relapse and treatment impact, together with speech and language therapy to get her speech and eating back to a 'new' normal.
Visiting the Ellis Ward, which specialises in the care of female patients undergoing investigations and treatments for breast, gynaecological, urological and gastrointestinal cancers.
In January this year, The Royal Marsden announced the sudden death of Professor Martin Gore, who was their Medical Director for 10 years and a Trustee of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. The Duke met Professor Gore's widow, Pauline Gore, and some of his closest colleagues.
The staff of the Royal Marsden work tirelessly to continue to make a national and global contribution to cancer research and treatment, so that more people are cured and quality of life is improved for those living with cancer. The Duke met staff to thank them for their incredible work.
The Duke of York hosts the iDEA Awards
The Countess of Wessex opens the Thames Valley Air Ambulance HQ
The Queen opens the new Schroders Headquarters
The Duchess of Cambridge views family letters from the First World War
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visit Nigeria
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visit The Gambia
The Princess Royal visits the Bazalgette Sewer Network
The Queen visits the Lexicon Shopping Centre, Bracknell.
The Queen celebrates the RAF Club's 100th Anniversary
The Duke of Gloucester visits Thailand
Official Photographs released from Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's wedding
Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank's Wedding Day in Windsor
Charities invited to the Wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank
The Royal Wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Mr. Jack Brooksbank online
Princess Eugenie and Mr. Jack Brooksbank and their families share photographs before their Wedding Day
The Duchess of Cambridge opens the V&A's new photography centre
Decant of the East Wing at Buckingham Palace
The Prince of Wales receives GQ Man of the Year Award
The Duchess of Sussex attends the opening of Oceania at the Royal Academy of Art
The Countess of Wessex on the Isle of Wight
The Duchess of Sussex supports cookbook celebrating community kitchen
Historic items found at the Palace of Holyroodhouse
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Wedding Outfits to go on Display
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visit Salisbury
The Countess of Wessex visits Haslar Marina
Art students help restore decorations in Buckingham Palace
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visit Cornwall and Devon
The Duchess of Cornwall visits the Isle of Wight
The Duke of Sussex attends the 2018 International AIDS Conference
The Duke of Sussex visits the RFU Injured Players Foundation
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit the Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition
Reservicing: Mapping the Palace
The Queen meets the President of the United States of America and Mrs Melania Trump
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit Ireland
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visit Wales
The Countess of Wessex attends Women's Network Forum event
The wedding of Princess Eugenie of York with Mr Jack Brooksbank – members of the public invited to Windsor Castle grounds
The Earl of Wessex opens the transformed Royal Airforce Museum
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall visit Salisbury
The Duke of Cambridge attends the official handover of the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre to the Nation
The Queen and The Duchess of Sussex visit Cheshire
The Duke of York celebrates the UK's Science, Technology and Engineering Sector
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Autumn Tour
The Queen opens The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries with The Prince of Wales
The Queen's Medal for Music 2017
The Princess Royal hosts the annual Not Forgotten Association Garden Party
The Queen and The Duchess of Cornwall meet Medical Detection Dogs
The Duke of York visits China 2018
The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2018


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Entries open for 2018 NZ Hi-Tech Awards
The Hi-Tech Awards recognise the achievers of the NZ Hi-Tech industry from the start-up and emerging categories through to the coveted PwC Company of the Year, which was won in 2017 by PushPay.
The categories for the 2018 Awards have been revised with the addition of two new categories. One to recognise inspiring leadership, while the other recognises an outstanding contribution to the local tech sector by an overseas headquartered company. The Public Sector category has also been expanded to encompass solutions developed for the wider public good. This category is being sponsored for the first time by Visa.
Jen Rutherford, NZ Hi-Tech Trust Chair, says the aim of the Hi-Tech Awards is to acknowledge, recognise and celebrate excellence within the New Zealand Hi-Tech industry, which is now the third largest export earner in the country and the fastest growing export sector. The Awards increase the awareness of the contribution the tech sector makes to the New Zealand economy and the country as a whole.
"The 2017 Awards programme was the most successful ever, with a record number of entries and more than 900 people attending the sold-out Gala Awards Dinner. We are looking to continue this momentum as we open for the 2018 Awards and look forward to the Gala Dinner on the 25th May next year, which we are really excited to take back to Christchurch. It will be a fitting finale to NZ Tech's Techweek '18."
"For 2018 we've changed out a couple of the categories and revised the entry criteria to ensure we have a major focus on diversity and inclusion. Not only do we want companies to be conscious of where they are now from a diversity perspective but critically where are they heading in terms of promoting and encouraging diversity in their workplace. We also encourage people to nominate companies and individuals that they think are worthy entrants" says Rutherford.
The 13 categories for the 2018 NZ Hi-Tech Awards are:
PwC Hi-Tech Company of the Year
Coretex Hi-Tech Emerging Company of the year
NZVIF Hi-Tech Start-up Company of the year
Callaghan Innovation Maori Innovation
Duncan Cotterill Most Innovative Hi-Tech Software Solution
NZTE Best Hi-Tech for the Agritech Sector
Quick Circuit Best Contribution by an Internationally Headquartered Company
Kiwibank Most Innovative Hi-Tech Service
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Finalists will be announced at simultaneous events in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch on 28 March, 2018
Winners will be announced at the Gala Dinner in Christchurch on 25 May, 2018 along with the recipient of the 2018 Tait Communications Flying Kiwi Award.
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PULSE RADIO
'Countdown' tallies too many jumpscares
Andres Carrillo
Countdown is in a theatre near you and it's trying to be your top horror pick this Halloween season.
Countdown follows Quinn, a nurse, trying to cheat death after she finds out she will die soon. She learns this through an app that tells people how long they have to live.
Photo Courtesy IMBD.com
The death app will tell when a person will die in an exact moment, the
protagonist downloads the app and turns out has 3 days to live.
Along the way, she finds others fighting the clock and goes through a journey of self-forgiveness.
Countdown is a decent "January Horror Film," debuting in October. By "January Horror Film," I mean that the film is part of a string of horror films that traditionally came out at the start of the year.
They are identifiable by a lazy plot and scares that seriously discount what could be a clever concept.
That's not to say that Countdown is terrible. The filmmakers seem to know that they shouldn't take themselves too seriously; which leads to some of the best parts of the film.
The standouts of the film are Tom Segura, a stand-up comedian who plays a tech wizard, and P.J. Byrne, who plays a geeky priest.
These characters remind the audience that the filmmakers aren't trying to be James Wan and give hope that the movie is bad on purpose.
By the way, stay for the credits for a great scene with Tom Segura with a cool cameo.
Unfortunately, this is undermined by some plot threads that try too hard be serious.
Audiences have to sloth through a character arc about self-forgiveness and another lazy #metoo thread.
The film isn't genuinely scary and is riddles with jump scare. The only fear I had was that I'd have to listen to another jarring noise.
The jump scares served to annoy me and the film took any chance it had to attempt to try to make me go deaf.
Again, I don't hate this movie.
Its saving grace is its leading actress, Elizabeth Lail, playing Quinn. Lail has had other roles like Beck in the Netflix series "You," that proves she can act.
She tries her best to make her role standout and if they chose another actress, Countdown wouldn't be as interesting.
Jordan Calloway as Matt is also trying his best and I hope to see him in other roles. I genuinely thought he did a good job with what he was given.
Countdown is better than the other movies like it. Mostly because of efforts of the talented cast.
My issue with the film is that it's based off a lazy "horror template," that relies on jump scares rather than putting in the work into an actual scary stories.
The film is just mediocre. Other directors like James Wan, who directed the Conjuring and Insidious, have shown the interesting things that can be done with horror and that there's no longer an excuse for these clichés.
If you want a movie to see for Halloween, just go see Joker, a truly disturbing picture.Don't waste your money on an amateur product.
I give Countdown 2 out of 5 stars.
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Elizabeth Warren's Embrace of Black Lives Matter Is an Example of Moral Leadership
Peniel E. Joseph
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivering remarks April 13, 2015, during the Good Jobs Green Jobs National Conference in Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Warren is not running for president.
But based on the dazzling speech she recently delivered on racial and economic justice, she most definitely should. Sen. Warren (D-Mass.) furthered our national conversation about race with a bold speech linking racial equality, public policy, economic justice and American history.
Warren's #BlackLivesMatter speech Sunday at the Edward Kennedy Institute in Boston threw down a political and moral gauntlet, as she became the first politician of national stature to articulate a full-throated endorsement of the battle against structural and institutional racism that has become the cri de coeur of Black Lives Matter activists around the nation and the world.
Warren did this through a deft combination of historical analysis and policy brief, noting, "Coming out of the Great Depression, America built a middle class, but systematic discrimination kept most African-American families from being part of it."
Most importantly, Warren highlighted the link between race and class in America: "Economic justice is not—and has never been—sufficient to ensure racial justice."
This is a crucial lesson with which many white progressives—hello, Bernie Sanders!—have yet to come to terms.
Warren rightfully placed the Black Lives Matter movement as a direct heir of the civil rights movement's heroic period, during which activists fought for bread-and-butter issues such as housing, jobs and schools and against racial violence that plagued the Jim Crow era.
Civil rights, asserted Warren, introduced new laws that ensured that "Black lives matter. Black citizens matter. Black families matter."
Warren then proceeded to do what few national politicians do when discussing contemporary race relations: She was both honest and bold. Fifty years after the civil rights era's heyday, "violence against African Americans has not disappeared," she said.
The senator, a former Harvard University law professor, described this violence in panoramic terms, documenting the physical assaults on black bodies that have become a clarion call for activists and writers, and the legal and legislative bullying that threatens voting rights in our own time.
Economic violence against the black community has increased both the income and wealth gaps between African Americans and whites, with blacks still unable to recover housing losses (including those engineered through racist "mud people" loans engineered by Wells Fargo) sustained during the 2008 recession.
Warren's speech moved expertly between the past and present, recalling the manner in which black activists during the 1960s upset the status quo by challenging powerful interests to acknowledge that black lives were important and sacred.
Yesterday's troublemakers become, with the passage of time, today's historical icons.
Warren's brilliant speech exemplifies larger national truths about race and democracy in America. Racial slavery has permanently scarred the nation's political, economic and social institutions, leading to a world wherein black folks have suffered centuries of institutional discrimination and humiliation, yet are still accused of standing in line for "free stuff" doled out by the government.
Activist DeRay Mckesson told the Washington Post that "Warren, better than any political leader I've yet heard, understands the protests as a matter of life or death—that the American dream has been sustained by an intentional violence and that the uprisings have been the result of years of lived trauma."
Black Lives Matter activists may have found a political ally in Warren, who, while refusing to run for president, has become one of the nation's most powerful voices for change.
The civil rights movement only scratched the metaphorical surface of the tapestry of racism and white supremacy—in housing; real estate; public schools; business; federal, state and local governments; the criminal-justice system—that current generations of black activists find themselves battling.
Warren's political candor offers an example of moral and political leadership to presidential aspirants too afraid to boldly outline how America's racial and economic divide is intertwined in our history, policies and personal lives.
Our national celebrations regarding racial and economic justice have been as woefully premature as conservative attempts to demonize Black Lives Matter activists have been predictable. Warren's speech reminds us that social movements and mainstream politicians always exist in creative tension. National unrest inspired John F. Kennedy's finest moment as president. Selma, Ala., helped thrust Lyndon B. Johnson into the ages. Warren's Black Lives Matter speech will prove historic, and remind us that linking social justice to national destiny has produced America's most sublime historical movements and defining political moments.
Peniel E. Joseph, a contributing editor at The Root, is professor and founding director, the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America, Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama and Stokely: A Life. Follow him on Twitter.


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But nothing is preselected again. However now I can see the param in the URL with a not null value. What's wrong in my approach?
The item is selected when it's value matches the one where it's headed (the selectOneMenu value).
The matching is done with equals() and hashCode() in your entities when convertEntity is used. Override them. Use a SMPC. Drop any extra parameters etc.
But is still not preselecting anything.
Is correct this declaration of param and converterId to use in combination with s:converEntity?
I couldn't solve this problem, I'm not sure why. Its strange because I was not getting errors.
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Trace Lounge is one of the latest clubs to set up at Clarke Quay, the epicenter of Singapore's after-dark action. Located on Magazine Road next to Central Mall and just a few minutes' walk up the river from Clarke Quay MRT, Trace goes heavy on the EDM and hip hop, with some top notch lighting effects (we love the lasers) and sound system to match.
Following the trend of many big clubs in Singapore, Trace is only open for three nights of the week: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Expect hip hop for their lady's night on Wednesday, while the weekend is all about the hands-in-the air EDM which continues until 04:00.
Opened in June 2015, it's fair to say that Trace Lounge has a long way to go to establish its name alongside the likes of Zouk, Attica and Canvas (Home Club), all of which have steadily won the local, expat and tourist crowd looking to party hard in Singapore.
The good news is that Trace has obviously enjoyed considerable investment. Firstly, the lighting system is about the best we've seen anywhere in Singapore, with the green ceiling-to-floor laser beams standing out as the most impressive feature. Spotlights and more lasers are projected from behind the DJ booth, and the supped-up sound system does justice to the non-stop EDM drops on the weekend.
Drinks wise, think any other mainstream club in Singapore. This means beer and mixers around $20, while the look-at-me drink of choice – Champagne - with sparklers stuffed in the top for good measure - will probably set you back a few hundred bucks. Our advice is to spilt a bottle between friends, or if you're a girl, just go on a Wednesday take advantage of the free flow drinks. Cover charge on the weekend is $20-30.
Find Trace Club a few minutes walk north from Clarke Quay MRT on Magazine Road next to the Clemenceau Avenue Bridge.