Dang - it's good! Why eat out? When you can whip up a healthy dinner and celebrate Mother's day in the comforts of your own home? A popular confinement food, we present to you a delicious Dang Gui Chicken with Black Fungus recipe from mummy Shirley Tay. It's fragrant, tasty, healthy! Like Ginseng, Dang Gui is a medicinal herb used for centuries to treat various ailments. Although the Chinese herb is a magic tonic for both genders, dang gui is especially popular among women as a confinement food and it's known to help regulate menstruation!
Dang Gui is popularly used to make Chinese tonics, but innovative Shirley has tried it on this amazing recipe that makes the chicken fragrant and tender, and tastes wonderfully appetizing with the other addition of Black Fungus (木耳), Wolfberries (枸杞子) and Red Dates (紅棗).
Also known as Tang Kwei or Chinese Angelica Root (当归), the herb is strong in fragrance, and sweet with a tinge of bitterness. Other health benefits include treatment for cardiovascular issues, constipation, insomnia, inflammation, and women's reproductive issues. It's known that adding alcohol to the dish also helps to promote blood circulation.
Full recipe is right below!
Dang - it's good! Why eat out? When you can whip up a healthy dinner and celebrate Mother's day in the comforts of your own home? A popular confinement food, we present to you a delicious Dang Gui Chicken with Black Fungus recipe from mummy Shirley Tay. It's fragrant, tasty, healthy!


Bill Parker, a native of Arizona, studied interior design at the University of Arizona. After graduation, he began his career with Ethan Allen, Inc., where he received the National Circle of Excellence Award as one of the top 25 Ethan Allen designers across the United States. Bill is certified with the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ), and is a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).
In 1984, Bill opened Parker & Alford Interior Design, Inc., in Tucson, and in 1993 he partnered with Larry N. Deutsch to form the Chicago and Tucson design firm of Deutsch | Parker Design, Ltd. Bill has designed many luxury homes in Chicago, Tucson, Carmel, Coral Gables, Aspen, Albuquerque and Palm Desert. Among his contract and hospitality work, Bill redesigned the interiors for Tucson Country Club, Troon Golf and Country Club in Scottsdale, and he is the retained designer for Westmoreland Country Club in Wilmette, Illinois. Most recently, Bill completed the redesign of guest rooms at the Hacienda del Sol Resort in Tucson.
Bill has served as President of the Arizona South Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers and was on the National Board of Directors of ASID. Complimenting his professional career, Bill served for nine years on the University of Arizona Dance Advisory Board and currently serves on the University of Arizona Museum of Art Partner's Board. Bill maintains homes in both Chicago and Tucson.
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It's raining today in Southern California, so it's not just you East Coasters with your bomb cyclone and subzero temps who are having weather difficulties. We're suffering too. Of course, this is actually good news in our case, since this has been one of the driest years on record up to now. To celebrate, here's a picture of a lovely yellow rose following a rain shower. I took it at the Garden of the Senses in Sneem, the nearest big city (population approximately 557) to our house in Ireland. I'm not sure why it's called that. It's nice, but it's a pretty ordinary garden, appealing to the usual senses that every garden appeals to. I guess it's marketing hype, Ireland style.


When you think about building a team or company where employees are engaged, motivated, and excited to stick around for a while, there's likely one word you've heard again and again: culture. And for good reason—the vibe of your office and the people who come to work there every day has a huge impact on your happiness, and your overall success.
But, fostering a vibrant and cohesive culture doesn't happen overnight—and it certainly doesn't happen by accident. So, let's dive into everything you need to know about company culture—including how you can cultivate a positive one within your own organization.
Why Is Culture Such a Big Deal?
The best way to think about culture? It's the personality of your company. Culture culminates your organization's mission, values, and beliefs to form the overarching spirit of your workplace as a whole. And, much like with people, personality matters.
Culture has proven to directly correlate with a number of factors that are important to both employers and employees alike.
Take employee retention, for example. A Columbia University study discovered that the likelihood of turnover at companies with rich cultures is a mere 13.9 percent. At companies with poor company cultures? It's a whopping 48.4 percent.
Job satisfaction is another key component. Understandably, employees who believe their workplaces have a positive culture are much happier in their careers—which is beneficial for everyone when you consider that happy employees are 12 percent more productive than the average worker.
And while the perks of a positive culture are numerous, that doesn't mean that you can close your eyes, click your heels together, and have it all magically fall into place.
Like anything else, cultivating a great culture requires conscious thought, planning, and effort. Here's what you can do to establish a winning work environment within your own company.
It all starts with outlining the exact culture you want to foster. Do you want a laid back and casual work environment? A fast-paced and high-energy office where there's a lot of drive to innovate and excel? An emphasis on professional development? Or, a focus on giving back to the community?
Figure out the values and elements that are important to your company. And, all employees should be invited to participate in this conversation so they can provide insights into the way your workplace is perceived. Plus, they deserve a say in how this takes shape, since they're the ones who work within your culture day in and day out.
But once you have the culture that you want defined, you don't get to sit back and watch as it takes effect. You need to make the necessary changes to actually live your culture, and lead by example.
For example, perhaps you've identified a supportive management style as a key pillar of your desired culture. From regularly scheduled one-on-ones to plenty of formal and informal feedback sessions, how will you instill that concept into daily life for your entire team?
Defining your culture is really only the first step—you need to be prepared to act on the values that you've outlined.
There's nothing like a pat on the back for a job well done—and that holds true for employees of all ranks and departments. Showing genuine appreciation for the hard work that team members put in makes them feel valued and respected, critical for employee satisfaction.
While formal rewards and recognition programs are great, this should be a value that's pervasive throughout your entire office, to create a culture of appreciation and encourage team work.
Even if it's a compliment passed from one employee to another or a piece of praise from a superior, remember that recognition doesn't need to be formal to be effective. The more these sorts of commendations become commonplace, the more positive and supportive your whole environment will be.
Everybody wants to be productive in the office. But, not too many people actively seek out a culture that's all work and absolutely no play.
When you spend so much time with your colleagues during any given week, it's natural (and even encouraged!) to want to get to know them on a personal level outside of the office.
This is why some of the liveliest and most vibrant cultures encourage plenty of social interaction amongst their employees—whether it's kickball leagues, holiday parties, game nights, or even a company-sponsored retreat or getaway.
If you aren't in a position to institute a company-wide event or tradition, get an impromptu happy hour on the calendar with some of your team members. Any sort of fun outing with your co-workers will strengthen your bonds and lead to a positive, close-knit culture.
Some of the most beloved company cultures have at least one thing in common: they all make sure that employees are able to take care of themselves—both inside the office and out.
In today's constantly-connected society, there's much less separation between our work and personal lives. And organizations with thriving cultures empower their employees to bring their whole, authentic selves to work, while doing their best to maintain their health and happiness.
Whether it's a reimbursed gym membership, flexible work schedules, or even the option to work remotely occasionally, companies who place their focus on results and encourage self-care tend to have happier employees who are motivated to stick around.
Nobody wants to feel like just another cog in a wheel. To establish a winning culture within your own company, you need to be able to help employees look beyond their immediate to-do list and understand the greater purpose they're serving.
Maybe your team members are motivated by knowing how their work contributes to the organization as a whole. Or, maybe your staff finds involvement in various charity and community efforts particularly inspiring.
The important thing is to encourage people to step outside themselves and see the forest—instead of just the trees.
One look at the numerous benefits and it becomes obvious that company culture is irrefutably important, but knowing how to establish and foster one within your own company can be daunting.
The important thing to remember is that culture isn't something that just happens. It takes work and active participation—from both employers and employees. When both band together in the interest of living your company's values, you're sure to end up with a winning work environment.
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Point B is a 100% employee-owned firm that helps organizations form, execute, and thrive. With an integrated set of businesses that include management consulting, venture investment and advisory services, and property development, this pioneering approach delivers insights, knowledge, and follow-through at every scale. Point B's values-based culture is recognized as the best in the industry—a culture based on open communication, transparency, and a strong ownership mentality.


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Empirical Spirits, Copenhagen, Denmark
To put it simply, Empirical Spirits' primary focus is to explore flavor incessantly, by any means necessary. This being said, it's no wonder that it was founded by Noma alums, Lars Williams and Mark Emil Hermansen in 2017 in a warehouse on an island just outside of downtown Copenhagen.
After 10+ years at the famed restaurant, the duo took a closure for moving and reconfiguring out of the original location as an opportunity to embark on their own quest into spirits. This was no accident, as spirits is category Lars had often thought of as being the most "democratic" process for capturing flavors; a process that preserves the natural essence of the ingredients indefinitely, allowing more people around the world to experience them.
Using a chef-like philosophy in their approach to acquiring ingredients that are in-season and of the highest quality, they set about to create a distillation method that suited their goals. This lead Lars to become enveloped in vacuum distillation, a process in which the ingredients are heated to a much lower temperature relative to traditional pot still distillation, allowing for many of the properties of each ingredient to remain present in the final product. The first was built by Lars himself, and resembled the kind of machine you might find in sci-fi movies from the 1960s. They have since grown their operation to include multiples of these special stills, as well as other machinery to aid in the delicate extraction of flavor from their raw ingredients.
This approach to capturing flavor also influences every step leading up to distillation.
Grains - The current spirits are based on barley. First, the grains are steamed before inoculating them with koji-kin spores - a type of mold you find in foods such a miso, shoyu and soy sauce.
Barley Koji - The koji ferments until it forms into a dense white cake-like substance. During this time, the complex starches are broken down into enzymatic proteins called amylase and protease. These proteins are what gives us the umami, floral and sweet notes we are looking for.
Brewing/Fermentation - The barley koji is blended with Pilsner malt, naked barley, and Belgian Saison yeast. This mixture is allowed to ferment slowly so all flavors created in the process are preserved. They use fermentation not only to produce alcohol, rather it is seen as the biggest potential in creating flavor. Each spirit is double fermented, with each fermentation adding complexity and depth.
Distilling - Vacuum stills are used to create thespirits. Rather than using heat, we apply vacuum pressure between 5 and 7 torres of pressure. This allows for distillation at temperatures between 5 and 30 degrees Celsius, and as a result retain all the flavors of the botanicals, grains, and yeast.
Cuts - Around 50 cuts from each 500-liter distillation. This allows them to pull apart flavors into different segments. Each cut is chosen for a specific character before being pieced back together.
Blending - Blending is done using different ingredients, such as vinegar and kombucha that are made in-house from the spent grains and botanicals created during the first distillation. This allows us to play around with different ABVs so that we can create the most flavorsome results.
Helena (Evergreen):
Helena is Empirical Spirits most unadorned product: a double fermented clear koji spirit, the purest flavor expression of fermentation. Made from barley koji, pilsner malt, and saison yeast, this product blends Eastern and Western spirits methods to create an extremely smooth base spirit with subtle nutty aromas and a delicate sweet barley character. Koji provides a flawless flavor profile that provides a sweet, umami and floral note.
Charlene McGee (Evergreen):
A juniper spirit inspired by the Scandinavian culinary tradition of smoking. Named after the underage pyrokinetic main character Steven King's novel, Firestarter, Charlene McGee is made from juniper berries, juniper wood, barley koji, Belgian saison yeast, and pilsner malt. Juniper berries are smoked with their own wood, lightly crushed, macerated, and gently distilled at low temperatures to preserve the fruity, vibrant integrity of the botanical and the seductive smoky flavor profile. The final blend is matured in Oloroso casks to impart a faintly sweet and cozy note of woodiness. The spirit has refreshing base notes of fresh juniper, fruity blackberries and resinous, fragrant juniper sap that leaves a smooth, smoky finish. Unlike a traditional heavily peated spirit, this is an entirely brand new kind of flavor experience with smoke.
Fallen Pony (Evergreen):
This is an aromatic double-fermented quince tea spirit made from a base of quince, barley koji, Belgian saison yeast and pilsner malt. The spent fruit material is made into a quince tea kombucha and then vacuum distilled. This is then added to rectify the final product to preserve the sweet botanical notes and create balanced acidity. This is a deceptively light and surprising drinking experience at 35% ABV that will appeal to the adventurous imbiber who has tried everything.
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"Millions of dazzling pearls and gems lie hidden in the deep recesses of the ocean caves.
"It may be truly said, that the spiritual creation of the soul in the New Birth presents the being and character of GOD in a new light. It is like a new revelation of Jehovah to the mind. The unregenerate man does not worship the God of the Bible. The God therein revealed and made known to us, only in and by the Lord Jesus Christ. Worshiping a god of his own imagination, he rears his altar to 'THE UNKNOWN GOD'. Divesting the God of Scripture of His divine perfections–His holiness, His justice, His truth, His power–he completely undeifies Him, robbing Him of His glory, and annihilating His very being.
But, now born again, a new creature, lo! the God of the Bible bursts upon his new-found vision and his wondering gaze, as a newly-revealed God. Clothed with new attributes, arrayed with new perfections, bathed with new glory, standing in a new relation, the new creature falls down at His feet in adoring admiration and love, exclaiming, 'I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear–but now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.' Never did the being of God appear so true, the perfections of God so glorious, the character of God so great, the government of God so holy, the relation of God so endearing as now. Born into a new world, the GOD Sun of that world–the GOD of the new creation–unveils to the eye as infinitely, ineffably lovely.


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Model predictive control of an industrial dryer
V. M. Cristea, M. Baldea, A. Agachi
The paper presents the simulation results of an advanced control algorithm used for the control of the drying process of electric insulators. The industrial batch dryer is modeled and two different approaches are taken for its control. First, Model Predictive Control (MPC) is used for controlling the air temperature in the drying chamber. Results are compared with data obtained by using traditional PID control. In a second, more advantageous, approach a state observer is used for inferring the moisture content of the product, which is then controlled by means of the MPC controller. The linear model used by the MPC controller is periodically updated accounting for the non-linear behavior of the process. The requested drying program (both for temperature and moisture content control) consists of a rampconstant profile that is obtained by manipulating the air and natural gas flow rate. Simulation results reveal clear benefits of these MPC approaches over traditional control methods, and prove real incentives for industrial implementation.
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Q: LoaderLock was detected, and turning off the warning does not work I am trying to write an application that takes in sound from the default audio recording device on a computer. When running any code that accesses DirectX from my managed code i get this error:

DLL 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC\Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound\1.0.2902.0__31bf3856ad364e35\Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound.dll' is attempting managed execution inside OS Loader lock. Do not attempt to run managed code inside a DllMain or image initialization function since doing so can cause the application to hang.

DevicesCollection coll = new DevicesCollection();

and
Device d = new Device(DSoundHelper.DefaultCaptureDevice);

and
Capture c = new Capture(DSoundHelper.DefaultCaptureDevice);

all cause the LoaderLock MDA to pop up and tell me there is a problem. I have scoured the internet (stackoverflow included) for solutions to this problem, but most people just say to turn off the warning, which does not work. When I turn off the warning, a generic ApplicationException is thrown, which is even less useful. I have seen the answers to this question as well, which didn't help because he said to remove the code that is causing the error. Others have said "fix your code."
My questions are:
how can I call any (preferably managed) DirectX code from C# without getting this error?
edit: this is the stack trace I get:
at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound.Device..ctor(Guid guidDev)
at Autotuner.fMain.button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\\Users\\Scott\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2008\\Projects\\Autotuner\\Autotuner\\Form1.cs:line 17
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
at Autotuner.Program.Main() in C:\\Users\\Scott\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2008\\Projects\\Autotuner\\Autotuner\\Program.cs:line 18
at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args)
at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

A: Outside of the managed environment, one of the easiest ways in c++ to execute code within the loader lock is to have classes embedded in dll's performing their initialization at global scope.
The only time to do the initialization of dll objects is during the DllMain messages from the OS - but during these messages the loader lock is active. the loader lock prevents different threads loading dll's entering a single dll's DllMain at the same time.
To fix the issue is quite difficult in C++ (and, presumably managed environments) as there are possibly many implicit objects needing construction in a dll. Nonetheless, you need to find the initialization code thats being called from DllMain, and ensure that, well, its called from explicit initialization / shutdown functions the dll exports, or done just-in-time.

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Father Felix Cornelius Donnelly  (23 November 1929 – 26 August 2019) was a New Zealand priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland. He was well known as a social activist, writer, academic and radio talkback host.

Early life
Donnelly was born in Christchurch, the son of a journalist. He was educated at St Peter's College, Auckland (1940–1946). He gained an MA from the University of Auckland and a PhD (1977) from the same institution.

Pastoral career
Donnelly studied for the Catholic priesthood at Holy Cross College, Mosgiel (1947–1953). He was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland by Archbishop Liston on 19 July 1953. He was Director of Religious Education for the Auckland Diocese 1962-1971. In 1964-1965, he studied pastoral theology at the Lumen Vitae Catethetical Institute in Brussels Lumen which contributed to his sometimes controversial reform of religious education in Catholic schools with less emphasis on rote learning and church regulation and the encouragement of students to examine in group discussions the practical living out of their Christian commitment. He was also considerably influenced by the Second Vatican Council 1962-1965. By 1970 Donnelly had relinquished his religious education role and had turned to more general social support initiatives for youth.

Social concern
Donnelly was the founder and long-term director of the Youthlink Family Trust. In 1970 Donnelly was instrumental in founding Youthline, a telephone counselling helpline service for youth, run by youth, which still continues.  He also established the Youthline Hostel as a home for troubled youth in Auckland in 1971. For 20 years Donnelly was a talk back host on Radio Pacific. Donnelly was a prolific writer of non-fiction and wrote one novel. Felix Donnelly College was named after him. Donnelly was a public advocate for Homosexual law reform in the 1980s. This contributed to the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986.

Academic career
As an academic, Donnelly was Director of the Department of Community Health and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science at the University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences from 1972 until his retirement in 1994.

Honours and awards
In 1990, Donnelly was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the welfare of youth.

Death and contribution
Donnelly died in Auckland on 26 August 2019 at the age of 89. Donnelly was a controversial commentator on issues in relation to human sexuality. His views were often seen to be in conflict with the teachings of the Catholic Church but, although his ministry was at times limited, Donnelly remained a priest of the church. Bishop Pat Dunn of Auckland said that one of the great strengths of Donnelly was his kindness and strong sense of compassion. "While there were times when Felix disagreed with church teaching and practices, one could always be sure that the safety and welfare of those in his care was paramount. In many way, he was ahead of his time, and all of us owe him a debt of gratitude for the compassion and honesty he brought to his work."

Bibliography
 Assembly prayers, (compiler), James M. Liston, Auckland 1964.
 Prayers for young children, (compiler), Imprimateur: James M. Liston, 1964.
 Big Boys Don't Cry, Cassell New Zealand, Auckland, 1978 (republished by Allan & Unwin; Port Nicholson Press, Wellington, 1985).
 Candles in the wind, Cassell New Zealand, Auckland, c1979.
 Time to talk : counsellor and counselled  (editor), Felix Donnelly, Auckland; George Allen & Unwin, Sydney. 1981.
 One Priest's Life, Australia and New Zealand Book Company, Auckland, 1982. (autobiography)
 Flames & ether : a personal view of sexuality,  Allen & Unwin, Sydney, Australia and Port Nicholson Press, Wellington, 1984
 Who cares?, Australia and New Zealand Book Company, Auckland, 1984.
 Youthlink story, Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press, Wellington, 1987.
 World upside down, Penguin Books, Auckland, 1988.
 Teenage sexuality [illustration, Mike Yule ; editor, Graeme Leather], GP Books, Wellington, c 1989.
 Father Forgive them, GP Books, Wellington, 1990. (a novel)

See also

Roman Catholicism in New Zealand
Denzil Meuli - a near contemporary Auckland priest who had a completely different basis for dissent.

References

Sources
Felix Donnelly, One Priest's Life, Australia and New Zealand Book Company, Auckland, 1982.

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2019 deaths
New Zealand people of Irish descent
New Zealand Roman Catholic priests
University of Auckland alumni
People from Christchurch
People from the Auckland Region
People educated at St Peter's College, Auckland
St Peter's College, Auckland faculty
Holy Cross College, New Zealand alumni
New Zealand community activists
New Zealand male novelists
Academic staff of the University of Auckland
20th-century New Zealand novelists
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20th-century New Zealand male writers

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Caster Semenya slams African athletics leaders
Two-time Olympic and three-time world champion Caster Semenya has branded leaders in African athletics "cowards" for failing to stand up and fight for female athletes who are facing eligibility issues.
The 31-year-old is barred from competing in her preferred 800m race by World Athletics' differences of sexual development (DSD) rules introduced in 2019.
Athletes with high testosterone are required to medically lower their levels in order to compete in events between 400m and 1500m.
"I think that, in this day, we have coward leaders," Semenya said.
"In this continent, people are quiet. I don't know why they're quiet. They're not fighting for their own athletes.
"You have got to show up and work, fight for your athletes, and then African athletics will be great. At this moment it's disappointing."
When asked by BBC Sport Africa about Semenya's comments and whether African athletics leadership has done enough for its athletes, Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) president Malboum Kalkaba said: "Sorry, I do not have an answer".
Similar cases across continent
Several other African athletes have been affected by the DSD rules, including Burundi's Olympic silver medallist Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi and her fellow 800m runner Margaret Wambui of Kenya.
Last year, two Namibian teenagers, Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, were forced to step down from the 400m weeks before the Tokyo Olympics after they were informed of their elevated testosterone levels.
Both Mboma and Masilingi ended up competing in the 200m in Japan, with Mboma winning historic Olympic silver for her country.
However, Semenya, who now competes over 5000m, has questioned African leadership's handling of the teenagers' situation as well as its relative "silence" on the DSD matter in general.
"When I was 18, I couldn't speak up," the South African said. "Now I'm mature enough, I can speak.
"Imagine what was going on through those kids' minds. They can't do anything, but the leaders are just sitting out there enjoying the privileges, being in the boardrooms."
CAA director general Lamine Faty said Semenya "has the right to express her sentiments" and that concerns over DSD rules were raised by the organisation a "long time ago" and were discussed again recently at a CAA council meeting in Mauritius.
A debate about eligibility in women's sports has been heating up, with the recent focus being on the status of transgender athletes.
Last week, World Athletics president Seb Coe hinted his organisation could follow swimming in banning transgender women from elite female competitions, insisting "fairness is non-negotiable".
"We continue to study, research and contribute to the growing body of evidence that testosterone is a key determinant in performance, and have scheduled a discussion on our regulations with our council at the end of the year," he told BBC Sport.
'We are never going to stop fighting'
Champion over 800m at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, Semenya has previously challenged World Athletics' rules but lost her case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2019.
She then lost an appeal and was defeated at Switzerland's Federal Supreme Court a year later, before going to the European Court of Human Rights where her case has yet to be heard.
"We are never going to stop fighting," she said.
"At the moment it is not about me, it's about the young kids that are coming up now that are going to face the same problem.
"There are a lot of kids that want to compete in 400m, in 800m and in 1500m, but they cannot be included.
"They say sport is for all, but at the moment it's not for all."
Beatrice MasilingiCAACaster SemenyaChristine MbomaConfederation of African AthleticsCourt of Arbitration for SportEuropean Court of Human RightsFrancine NiyonsabaLamine FatyMalboum KalkabaMargaret WambuiSEB CoeWorld Athletics
Christine Mboma sets junior world record in Zurich
Namibian teenage sensation Christine Mboma, continued her sparkling season with victory in the 200m that was held at the finals of the Wanda Diamond League series that was held on Thursday (9) night in Zurich.
Mboma set a new junior world record on Thursday night when she won the women's 200m final at Wanda Diamond League held at the Weltklasse meeting.
The Namibian athlete clocked 21.78 seconds to set a new junior world record and beat a strong field that included Shericka Jackson of Jamaica and Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith.
Jackson was relegated to second place, with a personal-best time of 21.81 seconds followed by Asher-Smith in third place after clocking 22.19.
Mboma is classified as having Differences in sexual development (DSD) — or being an "intersex" athlete — with naturally high testosterone levels and is thus barred from her chosen event, the 400m.
This regulations barred the female athletes – including South African star Caster Semenya — who have what the athletics body called "high levels of endogenous testosterone" from competing on the international stage unless they maintained low blood testosterone levels.
Blood serum tests conducted in June confirmed that both Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi had levels of endogenous testosterone above the World Athletics-mandated limit of 5 nanomoles of serum testosterone per litre.
They were forced to stop competing in 400m races and have since been running in 200m dashes.
Beatrice MasilingiCaster SemenyaChristine MbomaDifferences in sexual developmentDina Asher-SmithWanda Diamond League
Christine Mboma stuns stars in 200m race in Brussels
September 4, 2021 John Vaselyne
Namibia's Christine Mboma was the standout performer on Friday night at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme in the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.
The Tokyo silver medallist produced her trademark fast finish to win in 21.84, the same time as she recorded in the U20 World Championship in Nairobi two weeks ago and just three-hundredths outside her world junior record set in the Tokyo final.
Mboma, who had to step down to 200m due to World Athletics' rules relating to naturally high testosterone levels in women, said: "It was my first Diamond League experience and to be able to win in such a strong field is great.
The 18 year-old has now gone sub-22 four times in the women's 200m in 2021(21.97, 21.81, 21.84. 21.84).
"I'm really happy with this win because it's my first Diamond League race," said Mboma. "To be able to win in such a strong field is great.
"It has been a very tough and busy season with the Olympics and the world junior championships, but I'm still in good shape."
Jamaica's double Olympic medallist Shericka Jackson was second in 21.95 with reigning world champion Dina Asher-Smith coming home in third place in season's best of 22.04.
World U20 silver medallist Champion Beatrice Masilingi also from Namibia finished in a distant fifth place in 22.50.
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Sylvester Simiyu and Mercy Chebet knocked out of 100m race at World U20
Kenyan Sprinters Sylvester Simiyu and Mercy Chebet failed in their quest to win a medal at the world under 20 championships at the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani.
The duo, competing in 100m, were knocked out of the championships after Simiyu crossed the line 5th place in heat six.
Despite losing, simiyu was happy that he has managed his personal best in his category.
Sylvester Simiyu reacts after failing to qualify to the next round. PHOTO: Kelly Ayodi/ Sport Picha Ltd.
Chebet managed to pull 12.39 in her heat failing to cut the cut in a race that Namibia's Beatrice Masilingi managed to break the National U20 record when she clocked 11.20.
Beatrice MasilingiMercy ChebetMoi International Sports CentreSylvester Simiyu
Namibian sprinters resurrect 'paradox' of DSD rules
August 3, 2021 Reuters
The presence of Namibian teenagers Beatrice Masilingi and Christine Mboma in the Olympic women's 200 metres final weeks after they were banned from the 400m due to excess levels of testosterone has reopened the debate about DSD athletes.
The two 18-year-olds are the latest to fall foul of the rules regarding female athletes with Differences of Sexual Development (DSD) after more than a decade of the sport's authorities wrestling with the issue.
A DSD or intersex athlete is broadly described as one who has XY sex chromosomes, has a blood testosterone level in the male range and has the ability to use testosterone circulating within their bodies.
World Athletics (WA) tried to find a way to restrict such athletes from taking part in women's races in a bid to protect what they described as the "level playing field", bringing about the Hyperandrogenism Regulations in 2011, which set a testosterone limit for women athletes.
Indian sprinter Dutee Chand challenged the rules at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in 2015, and CAS suspended them, asking WA to produce evidence that increased testosterone levels gave athletes an advantage.
In the meantime, with the rules lifted, Caster Semenya and others were able to return to the track, with three DSD athletes sweeping the 800m medals at the Rio Olympics.
WA returned with data, widely criticised by some in the scientific community, to show there was an advantage in events ranging from 400m to a mile. They believed there was an advantage in longer and shorter events, but could not back it up, and reserved the right to add further events once they had more evidence.
CAS accepted this and in 2018, a new version of the rules banned DSD athletes from competing in races within that range, unless they took testosterone-reducing medication for at least six months beforehand.
'PARADOX IN ACTION'
South African Semenya had been at the forefront of the battle since she blazed onto the scene by winning the 800m at 2009 world championships as an 18-year-old, and was immediately consumed by the debate over her gender status.
After she was banned, she initially followed that medical route but saw a marked deterioration in her performances, and instead returned to fighting for the right to race in her natural state.
She lost that battle – all three 800m medallists from Rio are banned from Tokyo – despite widespread support from the South African government, who claimed the rules were discriminatory towards African athletes, and others who argued they were a violation of her human rights.
CAS agreed the DSD rules were discriminatory but crucially ruled that the discrimination was "necessary, reasonable and proportionate to protect the integrity of female athletics".
WA had always said it was fundamentally impossible to find a solution that would satisfy both sides, and came down in support of the tens of thousands of female athletes around the world at the expense of the limited number of DSD athletes.
"It is a sensitive issue but there are some contexts, sport being one of them, where biology has to trump identity," WA said.
The issue appeared to have gone quiet after Semenya lost her latest court battle in Switzerland, but it re-emerged in June when Masilingi and Mboma, who had been in sparkling form on the European circuit, were withdrawn from the Tokyo 400m events after tests revealed above-regulation levels of testosterone.
They entered the 200m instead and have twice posted personal best times – Mboma's 21.97 seconds being an under-20 world record – to reach Tuesday's final.
"The paradox in action … where we know that testosterone confers advantages in all events, but the policy implies it exists only in some," wrote South African sports scientist Ross Tucker in his Science of Sport blog.
"Thus an athlete is legal one day, illegal the next, depending on the event," added Tucker, who described WA's original study as "poorly conceived … and very (very, very) weak on the evidence."
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Anthony is a passionate designer, working at scales ranging from furniture to neighborhoods. He enjoys the challenge of meeting limited budgets while innovating within project constraints and exploring material combinations, details, and construction techniques. He believes architecture must engage communities at the beginning of the development process to create meaningful, positive change within both the city and the profession. Anthony has worked with ioby and BLDG Memphis to complete several public art and tactical-urbanism projects in Memphis and serves on Urban Art Commission's Advisory Committee.


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I was recently reminded of a post from back in 2014 by Mikael Huss that he wrote after the Swedish elections in the same year. In it he did some data analysis on the results from the municipal elections as well as looking at it in the light of a number of different variables about the municipalities. He uses principal component analysis (PCA) and random forest predictive modeling to look at the data. The full blog post is available here. I do recommend checking it out since it's an interesting read!
To begin with I'd like to apologize for the mix of languages in this post. The data source for this post are in swedish, and I've not taken the time to translate them. However, as I expect that this is mostly of interest to sweden based readers anyways I expect that this won't be too much of a problem.
As Mikael remarks in his original post standard PCA is not suited to analysing compositional data (e.g. like in the voting data, where all the voting percentages need to add up to one for each municipality). This mean that I wanted to look into using robust principal component analysis for compositional data (available from the "robComposions" r-package) to see how that would influence the results.
Lets begin by having a look at the scoring plots overlaid with some information about the municipalities.
The two figures above shows two similar views of the Swedish political landscape. There is a clear trend from from rural to urban, with the left-right political spectrum following along approximately the same lines.
Looking at the loading of the first principal component we see that we should expect to see municipalities with a relatively higher proportion of the traditionally rural Center party (C) votes on the left. On this side we also expect to see municipalities with a high percentage of votes for the right-wing populist/xenophobic party, the Sweden democrats (SD). While on the right we see municipalities with a high percentage of votes for the Liberals (FP) and the Green Party (MP). My interpretation is that this lends strength to the hypothesis that the x-axis shows a separation from rural to urban.
The second principal component interestingly seems to show a separation along the lines traditional Swedish political lines, with the right being on the bottom half of the figure and the left being in the top part.
To get a feel for this, let's add the names of the municipalities to the PCA.
While this figure is something of a mess we can clearly see the names of the outliers. And this does seem to make sense. Gällivare and Jokkmokk in the north of Sweden traditionally having a strong leaning towards the left, while Danderyd outside of Stockholm is well known as a stronghold of the Swedish right. On the left we see rural municipalities like Ragunda and Strömsund and on the right we see the larger cities of Sweden, like Stockholm and Göteborg.
All-in-all it seems that my results here concur with Mikaels.
Mikael then goes on to do random forest classification to see if certain keep parameters about the different municipalities can predict the voting outcome. I decided to take more straightforward route here. I think that this is especially interesting due to the statements made in the blog Cornucopia(in Swedish) about the correlation between the percentage of votes for SD and the number of asylum seekers in the municipality.
Lars Wideräng claims that there is a strong positive correlation between the number of asylum seekers per capita in a municipality and the SD voting percentage, and a negative correlation with the number of M votes. He states as one possiblitiy that in municipalities with a high number of asylum seekers, voters flee from M over to SD because of this. However I think that that this is oversimplifying the situation.
One claim that he makes is that municipalities with right-wing governments accept fewer asylum seekers. Looking at this density plot, this appears to be correct.


When I was kid first watching The Neverending Story (1984), little-me thought that Atreyu was a girl.
This, even though, male pronouns were probably used to describe Atreyu. To be honest, I was at an age where I mostly followed along to movies by the pictures rather than the dialogue.
Thus, in my head, the story was cool adventure girl character something something what amazing flying dog! something something magical book something something cute princess girl.
And, I thought this Atreyu girl was the greatest.
For, I thought that Atreyu was not just any girl, but that he was, perhaps, a lesbian girl. Not that I even knew what a lesbian was, back then. But, I thought Atreyu was a girl that was different from other girls portrayed in movies. Maybe, say, a girl like myself. (And, mind you, imagine a child assuming that of course a girl would be central to a child's fantasy adventure story! Ah, the innocence of youth, before Hollywood had disabused me of that notion).
Anyway, I think what I'm trying to say is that I identified with this gender non-confirming "girl" Atreyu. And that, perhaps, the movie was one of my lesbian "roots."
Discuss this, or other things.
Like, Jessica Jones. People are watching this, yes?! And Stephen King's Wizard and Glass is, like, the book that will not end, am I right? It's entertaining, but again I will need to disinfect myself with some good queer/feminist science fiction/fantasy next.


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Scottish Opera's new production of Donizetti's sunny comedy is setting out on a tour to 17 venues around the country. The Company's Music Director, Stuart Stratford – who attracted rave reviews for his work on Rusalka and Opera Holland Park's Iris earlier this year – conducts the first six performances of this lively opera. Derek Clark, Scottish Opera's Head of Music, takes over on the remaining dates.
Young British director Oliver Platt and designer Oliver Townsend (Rodelinda 2013) take inspiration from the world of PG Wodehouse for their staging of The Elixir of Love. The tour opens in Motherwell before travelling to Stirling, Elgin, Ullapool, Stornoway, Thurso, Drumnadrochit, Ellon, Langholm, Newton Stewart, Kilmarnock, Greenock, Oban, St. Andrews, Perth, Galashiels and Musselburgh.
Ellie Laugharne (Pirates of Penzance 2013) takes on the role of Adina. She is joined by Welsh tenor Elgan Llyr Thomas, winner of 2015's prestigious Stuart Burrows International Voice Award, and acclaimed baritone James Cleverton. Five players from The Orchestra of Scottish Opera will accompany the singers in a new instrumental arrangement by Derek Clark. Audiences can look forward to a decidedly tongue-in-cheek take on Donizetti's lyrical score. Highlights include 'Una furtiva lagrima' and Dulcamara's patter songs.
Elixir of Love has a history of perfomance in Scotland starting as long ago as 1838 - read about it here.


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Holmfields old website had become out of date in both appearance and content, so our aim was to modernise their brands appearance to help improve their rankings and conversion rates.
We spent some time working directly with the client to revise the content and prioritise the services they wanted to push. Brand consistency was one of the biggest improvements, with their new logo and new brand colours forming the pallet of the site. Content was optimised to current SEO standards, with an aim to be more relevant to their customers expectations and what they are looking for – in turn seeing an increase in conversions.
We have had our website designed and published by Success Local and it looks stunning, they listened to everything that we wanted to display on our website and the sort of style we were looking for, also giving loads of ideas and advice of how the website should look. We had numerous visits from Success Local to show us how the website build is progressing and to check we were completely happy before it finally went live. They also offer great SEO, updating our website so we appear on the search with different keywords. We would certainly recommend Success Local to any business looking to build a website, we could not fault the service and professionalism.
Getting people into their showroom was a big aim from the new website, so user experience and call to actions played an important role in the design. Complementary colours and concise iconography highlight trust signs and high quality photos provided by the client visually demonstrate the quality of their products and services. The website is now mobile friendly and secured with an SSL certificate following the latest advances in web. Load time and page size has decreased, improving the user experience especially on mobile.
Holmfields SEO has also seen vast improvements with the positions of their keywords increasing by a total of 405 positions in months from August 2017 (when the campaign began) to June 2018. They began with 27 out of their 36 keywords appearing on the first page of Google search results and they now have all 36 keywords showing on page one.
Since launching the new website and beginning the SEO campaign, organic search sessions have increased with overall traffic rising as a result. Bounce rate has lowered to 38.16% and the average duration on the website has increased to 2 minutes and 07 seconds. The result of all of this is a goal conversion rate of 17.85%, resulting in a return on the customers investment soon after.
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January 14, 2011 in "Cancer"
A study published in the International Journal of Oncology this year shows that ultra-diluted homeopathic remedies have a cytotoxic effect on breast cancer cells. The study was conducted by a team of researchers headed by The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
"They conducted an in vitro study to determine if products prescribed by a clinic in India have any effect on breast cancer cell lines. We studied four ultra-diluted remedies (Carcinosin, Phytolacca, Conium and Thuja) against two human breast adenocarcinoma cell lines (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231) and a cell line derived from immortalized normal human mammary epithelial cells (HMLE).
The homeopathic medicines tested included: Carcinosin, 30C; Conium maculatum, 3C; Phytolacca decandra, 200C and Thuja occidentalis, 30C, and the strongest effects were found from Carcinosin and Phytolacca. The experiments were repeated at least twice in each case of remedy. "Carcinosin and phytolacca appeared similar in activity to paclitaxel (Taxol), the most commonly used chemotherapeutic drug for breast cancer, when it was tested in the two adenocarcinoma cell lines investigated in this in parallel experiments." In addition, the study says that the remedies exerted different effects according to the "genetic background of the treated cancer cells." This ties in with the homeopathic notion of susceptibility that we each may need a different medicine for seemingly the same disease due to our own unique expression of the disease and character.
This is a particularly interesting study because the effects caused by the remedies would most certainly not be the placebo effect. This is not the only in vitro (test-tube or petri dish)study that has shown that ultra-diluted medicines can exhibit a physiological effect. This could be one of the strongest studies yet to show that homeopathy does not utilise only the placebo effect but that homeopathic remedies have their own drug action on the physiology of the person.


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#LincolnOrBust
Theater raises funds for international performance
Cast members from "Urinetown" walk at the Pittsburg Art Walk on Friday, April 20 singing along to the soundtrack, collecting donations.
Photo by: Maddy Emerson
Story by Gina Mathew, Editor in Chief
While the citizens of "Urinetown" must pay for the privilege to pee, the cast, crew and pit band are hoping not to give a penny toward their trip to the International Thespian Festival (ITF) as a result of a major fundraising campaign.
Approximately 7,000 theater students, teachers and professionals from the U.S. and Canada will attend ITF, a week-long theater conference in Lincoln, Neb. on June 25-30.
The PHS theater troupe made school history when their show, "Urinetown," earned a bid as one of 11 shows in the nation to perform at the convention. But along with the honor came a hefty price tag.
The group, comprised of 47 students and three teachers, aims to raise an estimated $45,000 to cover the expenses for food, lodging, registration and travel as well as on-site workshops, shows and competitions.
"The registration for the event is approximately $800 per student and it's all-inclusive. Unless the [students] want to purchase extra vending stuff or souvenirs, there shouldn't be any other cost," theater director Greg Shaw said. "We've got to rent a truck to take the set, band instruments and costumes. We've got to pay for the hotel rooms of people that are just coming up for the show. We estimated that to be between four and five thousand dollars, so our target was $45,000 for the entire event."
Andra Stefanoni, mother of junior Dominic Stefanoni, was responsible for promoting various fundraisers through press releases and social media. Stefanoni updated the fundraising progress on the "Friends of Pittsburg High School Performing Arts" Facebook page.
"I helped organize a core team of parents to spearhead several fundraising efforts since we learned of our selection in January," Stefanoni said. "My role was to facilitate brainstorming on how we would raise $45,000, then to develop an action plan and marketing strategies for that."
Some of those strategies included partnering with local businesses, such as Chatter's, Neptune Auto Repair, Piece of Cake Nutrition, Root Coffeehouse and Sweet Designs Cakery, who donated a portion of their sales on a designated day.
At the Pittsburg Art Walk on April 20, students and parents set up a popcorn and cotton candy station, along with a custom toilet for donations, collecting $585.
The troupe also started a GoFundMe campaign. At the time of submission, 29 donors managed to raise $2,376 for the trip.
"We have planned several local fundraisers such as silent auctions, ice cream socials and so on," the page said. "For the rest, we're turning to the public here on GoFundMe in hopes people give what they can, whether it's $20 or $2,000."
In that spirit, the campaign adopted the slogan "Give What You Can" to encourage donations big and small.
"We truly mean it," Stefanoni said. "We tried to structure our campaign so that everyone who would like to give could do so in a way that was accessible."
On March 23, the troupe hosted "An Evening with the Stars," a cabaret-style event at the Circle B Ranch featuring alumni and current students as performers and wait staff.
"The cabaret was really successful and we got a lot of feedback from community members saying, 'We should do this all the time,'" Shaw said. "The kids loved it because they got to do something they don't normally get to perform."
We tried to structure our campaign so that everyone who would like to give could do so in a way that was accessible."
— Andra Stefanoni
Due to the positive response, the troupe will host "An Evening with the Stars: Take Two" at Circle B on May 25. Tickets are $25 each.
Shaw envisions the cabaret as an ongoing fundraiser for the future.
"I want to do a couple cabarets every year, maybe one each semester, and allow the kids to showcase their talents. Then, any proceeds that come from that will just go toward future [events] and we won't start at zero. We'll start at whatever that fund is and raise the difference."
Senior Fayne Speer believes the outpour of community support is a testament to the success of the program.
"I'm really grateful for all of the donations people have given," Speer said. "I think it says we're dedicated to what we do and the community sees that."
Senior Kaity Rhea realized the fundraising would be a massive undertaking, but she is proud of the outcome.
"Raising $45,000 is not an easy task," Rhea said. "But we're just about there, so it's really amazing. We worked very hard."
In the future, Shaw plans to raise money in advance.
"I'm hoping to start a fund so that, when kids qualify for state or internationals, we can help where we can to either defer or pay in full those fees that go along with representing our school at an extraordinarily high level," Shaw said. "That's my goal."
The troupe will offer one final performance of "Urinetown" on June 3 at 7 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium. Admission will be free and open to the public.
"[It is] a final dress [rehearsal] of 'Urinetown' to get ready," Shaw said. "I'm hoping we do it free of charge and invite the community to grab a seat and come enjoy this show that's gotten quite a bit of recognition."
Tags: Fine Arts, Fundraising, International, ITF, Theater
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Creating irreversible masterpieces
Hidden Hits
Constructing a class
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	"github.com/SchweizerischeBundesbahnen/ssp-backend/server/kafka"
	"github.com/SchweizerischeBundesbahnen/ssp-backend/server/keycloak"
	"github.com/SchweizerischeBundesbahnen/ssp-backend/server/ldap"
	"github.com/SchweizerischeBundesbahnen/ssp-backend/server/openshift"
	"github.com/SchweizerischeBundesbahnen/ssp-backend/server/otc"
	"github.com/SchweizerischeBundesbahnen/ssp-backend/server/sematext"
	"github.com/SchweizerischeBundesbahnen/ssp-backend/server/tower"
	"github.com/gin-contrib/cors"
	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	config.Init("bla")

	log.SetReportCaller(true)

	if config.Config().GetBool("debug") {
		log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
		gin.SetMode(gin.DebugMode)
	} else {
		gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
	}

	router := gin.New()
	router.Use(gin.Recovery())

	// Allow cors
	corsConfig := cors.DefaultConfig()
	corsConfig.AllowAllOrigins = true
	corsConfig.AddAllowHeaders("authorization", "*")
	corsConfig.AddAllowMethods("DELETE")
	router.Use(cors.New(corsConfig))

	// Public routes
	router.GET("/features", featuresHandler)

	// Protected routes
	auth := router.Group("/api/")
	auth.Use(keycloak.Auth(keycloak.LoggedInCheck()))
	{
		// Openshift routes
		openshift.RegisterRoutes(auth)

		// AWS routes
		aws.RegisterRoutes(auth)

		// OTC routes
		otc.RegisterRoutes(auth)

		// Sematext routes
		sematext.RegisterRoutes(auth)

		// Ansible Tower
		tower.RegisterRoutes(auth)

		// Kafka routes
		kafka.RegisterRoutes(auth)

		// LDAP routes
		ldap.RegisterRoutes(auth)
	}

	log.Println("Cloud SSP is running")

	port := config.Config().GetString("port")
	if port == "" {
		port = "8000"
	}
	err := router.Run(":" + port)
	if err != nil {
		log.Println(err)
	}
}

// not in common package, because that generates an import loop
type featureToggleResponse struct {
	Openshift openshift.Features `json:"openshift"`
	OTC       otc.Features       `json:"otc"`
	Kafka     kafka.Features     `json:"kafka"`
}

func featuresHandler(c *gin.Context) {
	params := c.Request.URL.Query()
	clusterId := params.Get("clusterid")
	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, featureToggleResponse{
		Openshift: openshift.GetFeatures(clusterId),
		OTC:       otc.GetFeatures(),
		Kafka:     kafka.GetFeatures(),
	})
}


Description - Niru Versa Runner mats are designed to withstand harsh chemicals commonly found in the kitchen as well as hot greases, oils, and animal fats. The versa runner mat also has slotted perforations for proper drainage and a scraper rib design to help provide added traction for long runs in kitchen hallways and walkways. The mat is also constructed of rubber which naturally helps provide beneficial cushioning under foot to prevent fatigue during long periods of standing.
Size – 2' x 60', 3' x 60', and 4' x 60' sized mats are available.
Weight – 180 Lbs. / mat for the 2' x 60' runner mats, 270 Lbs. / mat for the 3' x 60' runner mat, and 360 Lbs. / mat for the 4' x 60' niru versa runner kitchen mat.
Recommended Uses – Niru versa runner mats are an ideal choice for use in long hallways and walkways where an anti slip runner mat would be beneficial. Runner mats are also designed to be used where food cart traffic often takes place such as in restaurant kitchen hallways, food service walkways, commercial / industrial food preparation areas, and anywhere else a rubber runner mat would be beneficial.
Scrubbing the runner mats thoroughly with a brush and mild detergent and water solution.
Note: Do not use any butyl based solvents / degreasers or oil style cleaners such as Pinesol, Lysol, Murphy's Oil Soap, WD40, paint thinner, etc. since these types of cleaners will break down the rubber mats over time.


Portico Church is located at 302 Church Ave in Oshkosh. We're on the corner of Church and Franklin, just one block east of Jackson. Street parking is available, or you may use the city hall parking lot just across the street. A drop-off zone for families is located at the main entrance.


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thai-destination
China could let their citizens visit Thailand by late 2022, says travel association
The Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) has estimated that Chinese authority may let their citizens travel to Thailand in about one year from now or by late 2022, despite the fact that China is among the 46 low-risk countries from which the travelers can enter Thailand without quarantine from November 1 onward under the government's plan to reopen the country.
"Two major events that will take place in China between now and late 2022 are the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou," said ATTA president Sisdivachr Cheewarattanaporn on Wednesday. "These events will tell us more about China's policy in letting people in and out of the country."
Sisdivachr further added that in 2019, before Covid-19 outbreak, over 11 million Chinese tourists had visited Thailand and were accountable for 27 per cent of total foreign visitors, generating income of more than Bt543 billion.
"As Chinese authority has yet to allow their citizens to visit Thailand, in the next one year we must focus our targets to European markets such as England, Germany, France, and Scandinavian countries as well as the United States and the Middle East," he said. "India is also a high potential market, but it is not on the list of 46 low-risk countries. It is yet to be seen if the government will expand the list of countries after November 1."
"To attract more foreign visitors, we must keep daily infection rate down to about 1,000 patients per day as well as increase two-dose vaccination rate to at least 70-80 per cent of the population to achieve the herd immunity," said ATTA president.
Travelers from 46 countries can enter Thailand without quarantine from November 1
Thailand must reopen soon if it wants to survive: FTI
Thailand's Nov 1 reopening will not put anyone at risk, promises CCSA
ChinaTouristsreopeningtourismBreaking News
Yaowarat Road named one of world's 'coolest' streets by Time Out magazine
Ubon Ratchathani gets ready for surge of visitors lured by yearly 'parading shrimp' phenomenon
Over 4 million foreign tourists have visited Thailand so far this year
Upbeat Tourism Council expects over 12 million foreign visitors this year
Carnival Magic, world's first Thai Carnival theme park lands in Phuket


Want to get involved with all the green happenings in Western New York, but not quite sure where to begin? Start by learning about your carbon footprint, or about a speaker that could come to your classroom, club meeting or other event to talk about different environmental topics.
Or jump right in by participating in a Western New York Environmental Alliance Working Group Meeting, or acting as a citizen journalist through the Grow 716 texting project. There is always our community calendar to look over for different outdoor recreation events and volunteer opportunities.
Do you have an opportunity that you would like others to get involved in? Submit your events and volunteering opportunities to our calendar.


The J&K Government ordered that Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary to hold the charge of the post of Director Information.
According to an order issued by the General Administration department, Choudhary, an IAS officer of 2009 batch, shall hold the charge until further orders, relieving Bashir Ahmad Dar, Special Secretary in the Chief Minister's Secretariat of the additional charge.
Choudhary, additional secretary in the CM secretariat, is also holding the charge of MD JKTDC.


On a recent Friday night, I was craving Tex-Mex and Indian food. With only time and money for one takeout order, what's a girl to do?
The Answer: Go to Pondicheri.
Although Pondicheri doesn't explicitly advertise itself as "fusion" cuisine, some of its playful spins on "classic, homestyle and street foods of India" nevertheless remind me of my favorite Tex-Mex staples. If only by virtue of their appearance, the "frankies" -- egg and roti wraps stuffed with slow-cooked meats, sautéed greens, and a variety of chutneys and yogurt sauces -- evoke the classic burrito in terms of composition and construction.
And since I was specifically craving some sort of red meat taco/quesadilla/tortilla concoction, I ordered the keema frankie, which combines ground beef, tomato, yogurt, greens and caramelized onions. All frankies come with a choice of desi fries or salad, but because I'm all about mega-powerful spices, I substituted a small turmeric rice for no extra charge.
Even in takeout form, the beef frankie retained its taste and integrity: The roti was fluffy and wonderfully earthy in flavor, the ground meat strongly redolent of cumin and just a bit of cinnamon, and the onions soft and pleasantly sweet. Unfortunately, the tomato and yogurt were barely detectable; a heavier ladle of sauce with a greater proportion of yogurt would have done much to balance the more complex, fiery keema flavors (a deficiency that's easily fixed if you have plain yogurt and some tomato or red pepper paste at home). My side of rice kept the meal fairly light, rather than gut-busting (which I predict might have been the case had I gone with the more substantial desi fries).
I'm well aware that referring to the frankie as an "Indian burrito" is pretty Ameri-(Texas?)-centric. But I don't mean to do the frankie a disservice by implying it is a "derivative" dish; I like it very much in its own right and am just additionally delighted it happens to satisfy two culinary cravings at once.


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Ericus Benedicti Schroderus, född sannolikt på 1570-talet i Nyköping, död där 1647, var en svensk skriftställare och boktryckare. Han var bror till Johan Skytte.

Schroderus blev 1604 skolrektor i Nyköping, förordnades 1612 att vara korrektor på kungens och kronans tryck i Stockholm samt att översätta vid behov. Han var slottssekreterare, då han 1619 tillika blev husgerådsskrivare i Stockholms slott, fick 1630 privilegium på eget tryckeri och mot eftertryck samt förordnades samtidigt att vara inspektor (censor) över allt Stockholmstryck. Schroderus författade själv åtskilliga skrifter i allehanda ämnen, men är märkligast som översättare av en mängd utländska arbeten, genom vilkas offentliggörande han utövade betydande inflytande på den samtida bildningen i Sverige. Bland dessa märks bland annat Johannes Magnus svenska historia (1620), Titi Livii historia (1626), Lucas Osianders kyrkohistoria (1635), Johann Arndts Paradis lustgård (1646, två upplagor) och Chronicon Carionis (1649).

Källor

Svenska boktryckare
Svenska översättare
Svenskspråkiga översättare
Översättare från latin
Översättare från tyska
Svenska författare under 1600-talet
Personer från Nyköping
Födda 1570-talet
Avlidna 1647
Män
Ugglan


text:
gem_package "pg" do
  action :install
end

postgresql_connection_info = {
  :host     => node['geoevents']['database']['hostname'],
  :port     => node['geoevents']['database']['port'],
  :username => 'postgres',
  :password => node['postgresql']['password']['postgres']
}

geoevents_db = node['geoevents']['settings']['DATABASES']['default']

# Create the geoevents user
postgresql_database_user geoevents_db[:user] do
    connection postgresql_connection_info
    password geoevents_db[:password]
    action :create
end

# Create the geoevents database
postgresql_database geoevents_db[:name] do
  connection postgresql_connection_info
  template node['postgis']['template_name']
  owner geoevents_db[:user]
  action :create
  notifies :run, "bash[install_fixtures]"
end

postgresql_database 'set user' do
  connection   postgresql_connection_info
  database_name geoevents_db[:name]
  sql 'grant select on geometry_columns, spatial_ref_sys to ' + geoevents_db[:user] + ';'
  action :query
end


Welcome to the website for the campaign to save Freeman's Wood from developers SATNAM and their employers, The Property Trust from London.
Just a brief comment to show my support and to keep in contact with events.
Please keep up the fight to keep the wood for the people of Lancaster and for our future generations.


Program by Design, your course tailored to you or your organisation's needs.
3cm has successfully delivered to over 18,000 people and over 1,200 organisations since 1990. "It's your Choice…Short targeted workshops or Australian National Qualifications".
…or you may be interested in our range of Short Courses.
Short courses are a great way to target and focus 1 hour or 1-3 days of a specific identified need. 3cm has many of these to choose from, or we have the capacity to collaborate and design a tailored program.
Action Learning is about making it stick and applying the learnt skill or knowledge, so it becomes part of your working life or life skills. The 70-20-10 model combined with the 3cm twist is how 3cm applies and imbeds.
Qualifications certify the knowledge and skills that a person has achieved through study, training, work and life experience. They are a measure of Australia's intellectual capital, which is increasingly important in a society where unskilled jobs have disappeared and continuous up skilling is required in all forms of work and in day-to-day life.
An AQF qualification is recognised all around Australia and by other countries.
School, work-based qualifications and academic qualifications are part of a single system of qualifications, allowing maximum flexibility in career planning and continuous learning.
The AQF links together the qualifications and is a highly visible, quality-assured national system of educational recognition that promotes lifelong learning and a seamless and diverse education and training system.
Graduates at this level will have factual, technical, procedural and some theoretical knowledge of a specific area of work and learning.
Graduates at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy and judgement and to take limited responsibility in known and stable contexts within established parameters.
Graduates at this level will have broad factual, technical and some theoretical knowledge of a specific area or a broad field of work and learning.
Graduates at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, judgement and limited responsibility in known or changing contexts and within established parameters.
Graduates at this level will have technical and theoretical knowledge in a specific area or a broad field of work and learning.
Graduates at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, judgement and defined responsibility in known or changing contexts and within broad but established parameters.
Graduates at this level will have broad theoretical and technical knowledge of a specific area or a broad field of work and learning.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is the term used to describe a number of assessment processes resulting in the formal recognition of competencies (skills, knowledge and attitudes) that a person has acquired through formal training, work experience and/or life experience.
Like many people today, you may have worked your way up to the position you now hold. In doing this work, you have probably gained a great deal of competence as a manager, assessor or trainer but you may not hold any qualifications for these skills. This means it may be more difficult for you to demonstrate that you actually have these skills when going for a promotion, new job or satisfying compliance.
If this is the case, you need a way to get the qualifications you deserve without doing another training course. 3cm's streamlined approach to Recognition of Prior Learning assessment is making it easier for people to gain formal qualification or units of competency.
To determine your eligibility for 3cm's RPL program, contact us to request a meeting for a Recognition of Prior Learning assessment with one of the 3cm Assessors. You may also refer to the learning outcomes of the specific modules.
3cm recognises qualifications and statements of attainment issued by other Registered Training Organisations under the Australian Qualifications Framework. If the skills and knowledge are gained through accredited training, a process of Mutual Recognition will be applied.


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Dave Schreiber (born December 5, 1944) is a Canadian radio announcer for the Ottawa Senators. He has called their games since their debut, in 1992. He works primarily for TSN 1200, an Ottawa sports radio station.

Schreiber was born in Windsor, Ontario. He has previously announced for the Ottawa 67's, from 1974 until 2012, a total of 38 years. He also has called games for the Ottawa Rough Riders and the Ottawa Renegades.

Early career
Schreiber was inspired to become a broadcaster after meeting with disc jockeys while he was in high school. His first job was as a disc jockey in northern Ontario. After his short stint there, he began calling hockey games in 1965, for the Smiths Falls Bears, a junior hockey team, on CJET radio Smiths Falls. The team was playing in the Eastern Canada Memorial Cup. Schreiber broadcast the semi-finals and finals game for the Bears, against the Lachine Maroons and the Sydney-Cape Breton Post Bombers.

Ottawa 67's
Dave Schreiber was the longtime voice of the Ottawa 67's, an Ontario Hockey League team based in Ottawa, Ontario. He called games for the club from the 1970s to 2012, when he retired from the 67's. He continued with the Ottawa Senators though.

His first call of a 67's game was the 27th of July 1974. That night, the 67's beat the Toronto Marlboros 9-7, with Gord Donnelly scoring the first goal of the game nine seconds in for the 67's. That game was also Brian Kilrea's first game as head coach of the 67's. Schreiber later said "Little did I realize, I'm up there calling my first game — Sept. 27, 1974 — I'm in the booth for my first game, Killer's down on the bench, and little did I realize I would ride his coattails to five Memorial Cups and he'd become the winningest coach in Canadian junior hockey history and be named to the Hockey Hall of Fame."

The night of his retirement, the 67's held a special night to celebrate his time with the team. That night, Schreiber received a gold microphone in honour of his time spent with the club.

Other
Schreiber has also called games for the Ottawa Renegades, a short-lived Canadian Football League team, from 2002 to 2005, when the team became defunct. Before that, he had called games for the Ottawa Rough Riders (from 1992 to 1995), the city's previous CFL team. He was the third man on the Rough Riders broadcasts in the late 1970s.

Schreiber has been the track announcer for the Rideau Carleton Raceway. He served in that post from 1981 to 1995, and returned from 2001 to 2002.

He also called Ottawa Lynx Triple A baseball as well as called the Heavyweight Commonwealth Boxing title fight between Trevor Berbick and Conroy Nelson in Halifax.

Personal life
Schreiber has 3 children.

References

Sources
TSN 1200 Ottawa | News & Audio for all Ottawa Sports
Last call for the Voice
Broadcaster Dave "The Voice" Schreiber calls final Ottawa 67's game
Making the right call: Dave Schreiber

1944 births
Living people
Canadian Football League announcers
Canadian sports announcers
National Hockey League broadcasters
Ottawa Senators announcers
People from Windsor, Ontario


I am really happy to hear this. To comment on what God does in our lives, from the drastic to the daily, is something more people should do. I was a dreadful cook when I first got married. (Have I shared my recipe for Hockey Puck Parmesan?) I find that if I ask God for new inspiration, he'll provide it. I can honestly get more excited over the prospect of cooking one gourmet meal every once in a while than a month of average stuff. I wish I felt gourmet 2-3x/week! You'll hear about it when I do.
Hockey Puck Parmesan? I've GOT to hear that one!
I, too, have seen a lot of grace in the area of cooking! When we were first married, I used to be so fearful of inviting people over because I was prideful and didn't want others to know what an incompetent cook I was. Thankfully, although I still have a long way to go in this area, God has worked in my heart and allowed me to joyfully open our home during meal time. Thank you for blogging about this and helping me to realize what a work God has already done!
Great post! But I was a little confused at your age, are you 26 then? LOL!


#9 - For Beatrix's wonderful school, and the world she has there.
#10 - For the Winter Street house, as much of a PITA as it is sometimes.
#11 - For Krista, and Vote No pumpkin pie!
#12 - For the beauty that is Saint Paul, and the people who want to save it.
#13 - For free Punch Pizza, on a night it was sorely needed.
#14 - For Soup Night and the people that make it fun.
#15 - For the amazingness that is Give to the Max Day. Watching the generosity unfold every year humbles me, and watching the reaction from the non-profits is equally touching. Over 15 million dollars donated today, folks!


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% Shows the usage of alternate projections to construct a Grassmannian frame
close all; clear all; clc;
rng('default');
% Create the directory for storing images
[status_code,message,message_id] = mkdir('bin');
N = 64;
D = 121;
dict = spx.dict.simple.gaussian_dict(N, D);
% dict = spx.dict.simple.overcomplete2DDCT(N, D);
initial_dictionary = dict.A;
options.iterations = 1000;
result = spx.dict.grassmannian.alternate_projections(initial_dictionary, options);
final_dictionary = result.dictionary;
fprintf('Signal space dimension: %d\n', N);
fprintf('Number of atoms: %d\n', D);
fprintf('Number of off-diagonal entries in D: %d\n', D^2 - D);
fprintf('Rank of final dictionary: %d\n', rank(final_dictionary));
initial_coherence = spx.dict.coherence(initial_dictionary);
fprintf('Initial coherence: %12.8f\n', initial_coherence);
fprintf('Target coherence: %12.8f\n', result.target_coherence);
fprintf('Iterations: %6i\n', result.iterations);
fprintf('Final coherence: %12.8f\n', spx.dict.coherence(final_dictionary));
save('bin/dictionary.mat', 'final_dictionary');

mf = spx.graphics.Figures();
mf.new_figure('Gram matrices');
initial_gram = initial_dictionary'*initial_dictionary;
final_gram  = final_dictionary' * final_dictionary;
% the following image has
% original gram matrix in TL corner
% final gram matrix in TR corner
% initial gram matrix absolute values in BL corner.
% final gram matrix absolute values in BR corner.
gram_image = [initial_gram, ones(D, 2), final_gram
         ones(2, 2*D + 2)
         abs(initial_gram), ones(D, 2), abs(final_gram)];
imagesc(gram_image);
colorbar;
colormap(gray(256))
axis image
axis off;

mf.new_figure('Coherence improvement graph');
clf;
h=semilogx(result.coherence_array,'b'); hold on;
set(h,'LineWidth',2);
h=semilogx(result.mean_coherence_array,'r'); hold on;
set(h,'LineWidth',2);
h=semilogx(result.target_coherence*ones(result.iterations, 1),'g');
set(h,'LineWidth',2);
axis([0 result.iterations 0 initial_coherence + .1]);
legend({'Obtained $\mu$','mean coherence','Optimal $\mu$'},1);
set(gca,'FontSize',14);

mf.new_figure('Inner products');
clf;
sorted_initial_gram = sort(initial_gram(:));
% remove the D diagonal elements
sorted_initial_gram= sorted_initial_gram(1:end-D);
h=plot(sorted_initial_gram);
set(h,'LineWidth',2);
hold on;
sorted_final_gram = sort(final_gram(:));
% remove the D diagonal elements
sorted_final_gram=sorted_final_gram(1:end-D);
h=plot(sorted_final_gram,'r');
set(h,'LineWidth',2);
grid on;
axis([0 (D^2-D) (-initial_coherence -.1) (initial_coherence + .1)]);
opt_mu = result.target_coherence;
h=plot([1,D*(D-1)],[opt_mu, opt_mu],'g');
set(h,'LineWidth',2);
legend({'Initial Gram','Final Gram','Optimal $\mu$'},2);
h=plot([1,D*(D-1)],[-opt_mu,-opt_mu],'g');
set(h,'LineWidth',2);
set(gca,'FontSize',14);


A HUGE indoor funfair attraction for families is heading to Liverpool.
It's the first time the event has visited the city following a successful debut in Yorkshire last year.
Set across almost 60,000 sq ft, the event is the biggest of its kind to visit Liverpool and will be filled with fairground favourites for all ages, from dodgems and waltzers to the cups and saucers ride.
The weeklong indoor event will take place at Exhibition Centre Liverpool on the waterfront during the Easter break (April 15 to 22) and offers unlimited access to rides during each session.
John Lowery, director of Events and Attractions, which organises the Indoor Funfair said: "We've designed the event to maximise fun for all the family, with a dedicated section for younger children.
Colm Graham, Senior Sales Manager for Exhibition Centre Liverpool said: "We're thrilled the company behind Indoor Funfair has chosen to bring the attraction to Liverpool and we know our experience at managing such events was key to that decision.
Tickets cost £10 for unlimited access to a three-hour session with spectator tickets priced at £2.
There is also a special online offer of four riding wristbands for £35.
Refreshments and any prize games are not included in the ticket price.
Sessions run daily from 10am-1pm; 2pm-5pm and 6pm-9pm.


Birthday Party was a special one for Children's Entertainer Adam Allsortz!!!
Brilliant party and hosted in a gorgeous garden setting proving that hiring a hall or space isn't always necessary to host the Adam Allsortz show.
Being a children's entertainer is a wonderful job but when I got the opportunity to do a party for not only a group of children I performed for a year ago but also had the pleasure of teaching is a it was the icing on the cake.
Mum Moira was so helpful from start to finish and we even managed to get consent forms done so as I could use some of the footage to make my new childrens party showreel.
I was also asked to perform my close up magic to the parents (which I offer as a party extra). This went down a treat and particularly works because the parents aren't expecting this silly magician to blow their minds.


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Q: How to get the eclipse platform version in "2022-03" programmatically I need to get the Eclipse version in 2022-03 format programmatically.
I am trying using Platform.getBundle("org.eclipse.platform").getVersion()
but it is giving the version in 4.23.0.v20220308-0310 format.
Could anyone have a suggestion, please?
Thanks in advance for your time.

A: 2022-03 is the name of the whole product package, rather than Eclipse Platform which is just one component. 4.23 is the correct version for Platform.
As far as I am aware the 2022-03 name is only present in the about.mappings file in the "defining bundle" for the product and is just used in the "about" text.
The about.mappings looks something like
# about.mappings
# contains fill-ins for about.properties
# java.io.Properties file (ISO 8859-1 with "\" escapes)
# This file does not need to be translated.

0=I20220817-1800
1=2022-09
2=4.25

You can read this using:
IProduct product = Platform.getProduct();

Bundle bundle = product.getDefiningBundle();

URL location = FileLocator.find(bundle, new Path("about.mappings"));

try (InputStream is = location.openStream())
 {
   ResourceBundle res = new PropertyResourceBundle(is);

   String version = res.getString("1");
 }
catch (final IOException ex)
 {
   ...
 }

This is based on code in org.eclipse.ui.internal.ProductProperties