Salman Zafar, Founder of Cleantech Solutions talks to Bhavani Prakash of Green Collar Asia about industry trends, and offers tips for professionals trying to enter this sector. This interview was originally published on www.greencollarasia.com and is being republished with the kind permission of Bhavani Prakash.
Green Collar Asia: How did you become so interested in renewable energy, and waste-to-energy technologies?
Salman Zafar: I am a chemical engineer by education. After completing my Master's degree program in 2004, I got the opportunity to work as a Research Fellow at India Institute of Technology Roorkee (India) on large-scale biogas power projects which initiated me into waste-to-energy/biomass sector.
During the course of my two-year fellowship, I was involved in the design, operation and troubleshooting of biogas plants and other biomass energy projects. The idea of converting wastes into clean and useful energy appealed to me in a big way, and after completing my education in 2006 I started writing professional articles and blogs on biomass energy and waste management which were well-received around the world. A Swedish gentleman read one of my articles and was so impressed that he asked me to prepare a comprehensive report on biomass wastes in Southeast Asia and there was no looking back from that day onwards.
Green Collar Asia: As a leading authority in Asia and the Middle East in this realm, can you give an overview of the trends in the region?
The global market for waste to energy technologies has shown substantial growth over the last five years, increasing from $4.83 billion in 2006, to $7.08 billion in 2010 with continued market growth through the global economic downturn. Over the coming decade, growth trends are expected to continue, led by expansion in the US, European, Chinese, Asia-Pacific and Indian markets. Asian and Middle Eastern countries have seriously begun to view waste-to-energy technology as a sustainable alternative to landfills for disposing waste while generating clean energy.
Salman Zafar: China, United States, Germany, India and Brazil are witnessing a good deal of activity in the cleantech sector. China has made rapid progress in renewable energy sector, particular in wind energy, and invested more than USD 50 billion in different renewable energy resources in 2010. India is among a top destination for renewable energy investments with more than USD 4 billion pouring in for solar, wind and biomass projects in 2010. Brazil has also made strong investment in clean energy and is the market leader in Latin America.
Green Collar Asia: As a keynote speaker and panelist for several events, do you see a growth in the number of conferences in renewable energy, and new locations for these?
Salman Zafar: Yes, there has been significant proliferation in academic as well as industrial conferences in recent years. Renewable energy has caught the attention of the policy-makers, academic institutions, corporates, entrepreneurs and masses because of concerns related to global warming, industrial pollution and dwindling fossil fuel reserves. Infact, oil-rich countries like UAE and Saudi Arabia are working on large clean energy projects to mitigate the harmful environmental effects of the oil and gas industry.
As far as new venues for renewable energy conferences are concerned, countries like United Arab Emirates, India, China and Singapore are in the limelight. Worldwide enthusiasm for renewable energy has increased dramatically in recent years, and hundreds of conferences and exhibitions are being organized each year at hitherto unknown destinations.
Salman Zafar: Skills for renewable energy jobs are more or less the same as that required for traditional jobs. The capability to transfer traditional skills to a green energy project is a crucial factor for any industry professional. Renewable energy jobs are heavily based on core knowledge areas like math, science, engineering and technology. To get an edge, it would be beneficial to get specialized knowledge and experience in the areas of energy efficiency, waste management, environmental policies, natural resource management, computer modeling tools etc. A wide variety of jobs are on offer in renewable energy sector, such as managers, process operators, engineers, IT professionals, computer systems engineers, designers, technicians etc.
Salman Zafar: Being a relatively new industrial segment, it is advisable not to rush things while entering renewable energy sector. Focusing your education on core knowledge areas is the first step towards a green energy career. There is an avalanche of jobs in renewable energy sector, and key to success is to use your transferable skills to get a job in renewable energy.
Bhavani Prakash is the Founder of Green Collar Asia. She is a recruiter, speaker, trainer and writer in the environment/sustainability sector.


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Melanie Balcomb joins Purdue women's basketball coaching staff
Former head coach at Vanderbilt and Xavier has 445 career victories
Mike Carmin
WEST LAFAYETTE – Sharon Versyp added an experienced coach with deep offensive knowledge to her Purdue women's basketball staff Tuesday.
Melanie Balcomb, who has served as a head coach at two NCAA Division I programs, is the Boilermakers' senior associate head coach. She replaces assistant Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton, who left to pursue other coaching opportunities.
Balcomb is known for creative and innovated strategies on the offensive end. Purdue finished last in the Big Ten in points per game (60.9) during the conference season, despite three players averaging in double figures, and struggled to produce points in fourth quarters.
Whether Balcomb was hired to help implement a new system or improve the one currently used by Versyp will be interesting to watch.
As the game's rules have changed to aid in generating more offense, the Boilermakers haven't kept pace. Only once in Versyp's 13 seasons has Purdue averaged more than 70 points.
"Melanie brings invaluable experience and knowledge of the game to our program and has a brilliant offensive mindset," Versyp said in a statement. "A proven winner with a high understanding of college dynamics, she brings incredible energy, recruiting ties from all over the country and an amazing passion for basketball. We're thrilled to have her expertise and presence join the Boilermaker family."
Versyp's background is more on the defensive side, and the Boilermakers have held up well over the years, but they've always needed more of a scoring punch. With nearly everyone returning, plus the addition of transfer Jenelle Grant, Purdue must take a major step forward on offense.
Balcomb spent 23 seasons as a head coach, including 21 at the NCAA Division I level.
RECRUITING:Purdue women's basketball adds Canadian guard Roxane Makolo
LOOKING AHEAD:Purdue women's basketball needs to 'deliver better results'
DEPARTURE:Wisdom-Hylton leaves Purdue women's basketball coaching staff
She's the all-time winningest coach at Vanderbilt. In 14 seasons, she compiled a 310-149 record, leading the Commodores to three SEC Tournament Championships and four NCAA Sweet 16 appearances but resigned following the 2015-16 season.
She was Xavier's head coach for seven years, posting a 135-78 record, where she worked for current Purdue athletic director Mike Bobinski.
She guided the Musketeers to three straight NCAA appearances, including in 2001 when they beat Tennessee in the Sweet 16 and lost to Purdue in the Elite Eight in Birmingham, Alabama.
After leaving Vanderbilt, Balcomb worked at South Carolina as director of coaching offensive analytics during the season the Gamecocks won the national championship. She was hired at Texas Tech as an associate head coach in 2017 but resigned after six months for personal reasons.
Contact Journal & Courier Purdue football and women's basketball reporter Mike Carmin at mcarmin@gannett.com. Follow on Twitter: @carmin_jc

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Norfolk Showground set for 3,000 runners taking part in Larking Gowen City of Norwich Half Marathon
David Freezer
Published: 5:30 AM November 23, 2013 Updated: 2:30 PM October 10, 2020
Runners in the 2012 Larking Gowen City of Norwich Half Marathon at the showground. Picture: Simon Finlay. - Credit: Simon Finlay
The challenge of running 13.1 miles will be taken up by 3,000 runners at the city's Norfolk Showground tomorrow.
The Larking Gowen City of Norwich Half Marathon returns and is expected to attract hundreds of supporters and well-wishers to the showground for the popular event.
Weather conditions look set to be settled this year, with the event's late November date having made for difficult running conditions in the past and even had to be cancelled in 2010 because of a wintry blast.
But Phil Garner, forecaster at University of East Anglia based Weatherquest, said runners should have no weather worries this time and temperatures should be between 5C and 8C.
'It's looking a bit cloudy and you can't discount the chance of a very isolated shower but the odds are that it will stay dry and it should be good running conditions,' he said.
'It's going to be fairly settled generally and there should be a north to north-easterly wind of about 10 or 12mph, so it shouldn't cause any problems.'
Ensuring the half marathon runs smoothly will be 225 volunteers, made up from Macmillan Cancer Support, the City of Norwich Athletics Club (CONAC) and Norwich accountancy firm Larking Gowen, which sponsors the race.
The winner of last year's race, CONAC's Nick Earl, is in Australia so will not be back to try and better his winning time of 01:13:34. But the top woman from last year, Daisy Glover of Ely Runners, returns to try and improve on her winning team of 01:20:13.
At the showground yesterday were 60 Macmillan volunteers busily stuffing souvenir bags which will be handed to runners at the finish line, as organisers looked forward to the race getting under way at 11am tomorrow.
'We normally come up here and it's pouring with rain, so we don't know what to do with ourselves,' joked race director Hugh McGill, from CONAC.
'We had to cancel in 2010 because of the snow and then there were gale-force winds in 2011 and 2012 so it's great that the weather is looking settled.
'Obviously we've been waiting for this for a long time after we sold out of places six weeks before the race, which just shows the race is growing in popularity. We've got 3,000 runners and that is the limit we can host on the course.
'A lot of work has gone into the course this week, every house on the route has received a letter with all the details about the race and road closures, and all the signs are out on the route, so hopefully the local people will come out and support the runners.'
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Be sure to see Monday's EDP for a four-page special photo supplement to commemorate this year's City of Norwich Half Marathon.
All the hard work, smiles, sweat and tears of the 3,000 runners taking on the challenge at the Norfolk Showground will be published alongside the top results, with the full results available at www.edp24.co.uk and www.eveningnews24.co.uk
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Q: No. of ways to put 1's in exactly K cell of 2*N grid such that no two 1's cell share adjacent side Its not like coloring of 2*N grid with m colors. Here I need to calculate number of ways to put 1's in exactly K cell of 2*N grid such that no two cells containing share adjacent side.
Ex : for
n = 4 k = 3 -> 12
n = 4 k = 2 -> 18
My approach : I got the relation P(n,k) = P(n-2,k-1) + P(n-1,k-1) + P(n-1,k)
Can we obtain any formula for this relation ??
Similar question has already answered but my question is bit different.
How to reduce this relation in a formula ??

A: Got the relation between (n,k)
$\sum_{r=0}^{k-1} 2\binom{k-1}{r}\binom{n+1+r-k}{k}$
This agrees with calculations for n=3,k=2 and n=5,k=3.

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Welcome to my October Frugal Fashionista Fashion Show.
If you're not familiar with my ongoing Frugal Fashionista series, it's my personal attempt to encourage women that we can dress fabulously, express a creative side that we never thought imaginable, and do it all on a "yard sale" budget.
Yes, I have heard all the hesitations about dressing thrift, but I can guarantee that with an eagle eye and some patience, we can all create a small designer wardrobe consisting of core wardrobe pieces for $100. For those of you with petite to plus sizes, it requires a bit more work, but just this week alone I found the cutest size zero Anne Taylor dress (sold in their retail stores just last year), the sassiest size 22 pair of jeans…hip as can be, a fabulous size 20 black dress and three plus size skirts all for a total of $15.
So have some fun…you may hit the jackpot your first time out…or not, but when you do, it's SO worth it.
My great find this week.
I accented the outfit with a brown jeweled bracelet – $1 (yard sale), and a fun drop necklace that you must see, but can't…ugh. Again, yard sale.
So have you done the math?
I was going to do another outfit, but this is your opportunity to show us the great deals and steals that you have put together in the fashion department. Remember, at least one of the main items in your outfit should be second hand.
You are truly a Frugal Fashionista! I love the outifts you put together.
WOWZERS! I love the skirt! Beautiful! You've really opened my eyes to giving the clothing in thrift stores more than a passing glance. I'm already styling a few more items to my work wardrobe thanks to you. Keep the ideas and tips coming.
Thanks for hosting Jen! It takes a brave woman to post pics of herself, and you do it often! And I LOVE that skirt, it's just wonderful. It's great to find a piece that goes with lots of others.
Although I find plenty of clothing for me and family, I am still working on finding shoes and accessories the way you do – or maybe it's just that I don't look because I tend to wear the same black shoes, brown shoes and three necklaces that are my favorites!
I know…I feel so silly every time I take and post these pics with my outfits, but when I stopped posting the Frugal Fashionista posts, there was anarchy. I got a TON of emails, so it's back to me putting me big 'ole face on the screen. Trust me, I am looking for a mannequin or dress form at GoodWill. That would help.
It wouldn't be the same on a mannequin! But I hear what you're saying about feeling silly. 🙂 Thanks for doing it anyway.
Gorgeous – love the outfit and price!
Hello, my frugal friend! Great outfit, love the skirt & you know how excited I get about all of this too.
I'm so glad I came across your post. I love being frugal and finding great clothes. Thanks for posting your great finds.
You look fabulous, as always. Love the shirt and the skirt….
I am so bad about taking pics of my finds lately but I have been in dire need of a fall jacket and scouted one out at Target that I loved 2 months ago. It is navy blue, peacoat style in a lighter weight fabric with big ole cream colored buttons. A fabulously fun green and cream polka dot lining. $40. Ugh.
Last week it appeared, new with tags, on the rack at my Goodwill. $9.99 And it was 50% off day.
My dream jacket for just under 5 bucks!
I think it looks great in blog life too! I love the skirt! So cute!
You inspired me to try thrift shopping, and your kind tutorial inspired me to try linking up again! If I did it wrong, it's not your fault! (If you have a chance to read my link, you'll understand why I almost didn't post.:} ) Your finds are fabulous, as always.
Jen, I just love your Frugal Fashionista posts. 🙂 Once again, you've proven that you don't have to spend $$ to look cute!
Awesome! Truly inspiring! Thanks so much, however, my question is – how did you lose the weight, because I could stand to lose some, too!
My fifth child will be 2 in January! She is our precious gift from God.
I know exactly what you mean because it is more than eating right and exercising for me. It has more to do with not wanting to taking care of me. I still look at it as being selfish if I ask for help, but it is a work in progress!
Love your thoughts and ideas! Thanks again!
That outfit looks great! Love the shoes.
Great outfit! It would look great with chunky silver and turquiose southwestern type jewelry,too. I'm so happy to see the photos. It turns out my filter was blocking photo bucket!
The outfit is fabulous! I just don't get it though. How do you do garage sales? Do you just drive around looking for them or do you have a neighborhood that you stick to or do you look in the paper for ads and map out your plan? I NEVER find anything at garage sales and I hate just meandering until I find one. There has to be a better way that I am just missing. The thrift shops around here are just packed…with people! It seems everyone is thrifting nowadays and there's nothing good left. Maybe it's just the area in which I live – too much unemployment here.
hi Barb – Sprinkled through out my trash to treasure posts I give tips for yard sale-ing, but I will do a few posts that give them all in one spot. There is a "plan" that you have to have to find the treasures…most importantly, getting up early and being at the sales by 7:00am for the best variety, going fast..don't meander at each and every sale, mapping it out before hand so you know where you're going and not having to look for them. It's a hunt, but it's a fun hunt.
I only do church, school or neighborhood sales and going near the end of the morning people are practically giving away their stuff.
For example, this morning I got Ann Taylor, Express, Gap and New York and Co clothes for .50 cents a piece.
I also picked up some wooden toys for my boys (a wooden train for $1 and a wooden castle building block set for $3). I thought they'd be fun to put away for Christmas. I googled the names (I'd never heard of them before) and the train is valued at $75 and the castle at $280!!
There are TONS of great deals to be had – and at homes you don't expect it at!! But there's also a lot of over priced things to wade through too. A lady this morning was trying to sell curtains for $150 – at a YARD SALE!!
Chuckling with you on the $150 – WHAT IN THE WORLD??…I hit a few like that last weekend and thought to myself, "Do they think this is Target?" In my yard sale post that I did earlier this year, I completely agreed with you that there are still great things later in the day. In fact, by then, people are ready to really make some deals. If people are looking for really nice household decor, furniture and big tag items though, the earlier the better (since I will have beat you to them by ten…ha ha ;).
Oh, I'm so glad this is a linky thing because I would love to show off what I am wearing in the frugal fashionista way!
Okay, girlfriend, you are the BEST! I have a number of clothing items that I've purchased from thrift stores over the years, but you are THE BEST at pulling different elements together to make super-chic ensembles. I am seriously envying that skirt–what a great find! And holy moley, it looks awesome on you!
How fun! I had no idea that you do this! I love to bargain shop. And I have to say that those shoes are AWESOME – I am lusting after them!
I think you are the cutest momma I know.
That outfit makes me smile… it's dreamy.
For my 14 yr old- 2 pr dress slacks, 3 cute dressy jackets, 3 dressy tanks, turtleneck sweater, blouse, and 2 pr jeans.
Plus a pair of jeans for one of my boys.
The jackets for my 14 yr old alone would have been more than that retail! All name brand stuff…all the jackets were Ann Taylor Loft.
Needless to say, I was a very happy mommy!!
WOW – you had an amazing day. So fun to hear all the kids getting such great things. Isn't it wonderful to have children/teens that are completely fine with GW?
I HIT THE JACKPOT after I wrote this post with a black leather jacket. Can't wait to show you all.
Love love love the shoes! They are gorgeous!
I love, love, LOVE this series :). I recently got hired as a photographer and the "uniform" required is black. I'm a springy type of person who adores pastels and lots of pink… so I had pretty much zero by way of black in my wardrobe. I have spent $15 and have name brand–some even still brand new–attire to dress up for work. I still need another pair of pants and something comfortable for shoes… But I feel pretty good about the pennies I've pinched ;).
I forgot to add to my other comment above… I was totally planning on participating this round… and, well. I dawdled.
Me again. With a question.
Do you know anyone in Canada that has gotten amazing steals on stuff at yard sales/thrift stores?
That is where I am originally from and I have never seen stuff like I find down here at yard sales up there – but I left there 5 yrs ago when I was 19 (and not a devoted yard sale/thrift store junkee) I get a lot of comments from friends and family members (in Canada) saying they could never find the same type of deals up there… and I am almost inclined to agree with them!
Just wondering if you know of any great frugal shoppers up north!
What a cute outfit! Thanks for the inspiration.
Love this outfit, but then I love just about every outfit you put together. I especially like the skirt in this one.
You are my inspiration. When I get in a clothes slump, I check out your website. I love your frugal ways!! It inspires me to hit the thrift store once more to see what I can find. (Frankly, it's about all I can afford anyway.) You always look like a million dollars!
girl, you'd look good in a brown paper bag!!!!
You always find great outfits for super cheap! I just found a great peasant dress and Lucky Brand Jean Jacket…at goodwill!
How cute are you!?! Love, love, love the shoes.
FYI, I am fully hooked on couponing. Have been doing it religiously since your workshop, saving hundreds every month, and have enough laundry detergent for 8 months.
Thank you, thank you for the inspiration and know-how!
Just want to say that, even though I'm a size 1x/2x, I still find lots of clothes @ the thrift stores. My favorite is a Travelsmith basic black dress — size 1x — for a cost of $1.50. And my London Fog print trenchcoat — for $8.
And for the kids! Today we went thrifting, and, despite the $12 dress that DD#2 insisted she needed for her speech competition, we came in under budget.
Unfortunately, I don't have the knack of putting a jazzy outfit together. Maybe if I keep reading ….
You really have a special talent!
You know how to spot pieces and then how to put them together for a great look.


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Academia and the Profession |21 November 2000
Research Training in Six Selected Internal Medicine Fellowship Programs Free
Michael E. Whitcomb, MD; Deborah L. Walter, MPA
Effective July 1997, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) established a research pathway to certification to encourage research training of general internists and subspecialists.
To document the current status of research training in six selected subspecialty programs, to examine opportunities available for trainees to undertake formal course work, and to report the percentage of subspecialty programs that might accept research pathway fellows.
National Study of Graduate Education in Internal Medicine questionnaires from 1996–1997 and 1997–1998.
Programs in internal medicine subspecialties accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
1163 (84%) and 1094 (79%) directors of internal medicine subspecialty programs in 1996–1997 and 1997–1998, respectively.
Survey questions on the amount of time fellows usually spend conducting research and available opportunities to pursue course work leading to an advanced degree.
On average, during their last year of training, fellows enrolled in infectious disease, nephrology, endocrinology, and rheumatology programs spent 40% to 50% of their time conducting research, whereas fellows in gastroenterology and cardiology spent 25% to 30% of their time conducting research. Compared with programs sponsored by major teaching hospitals, a greater percentage of programs sponsored by academic medical center hospitals planned to accept persons interested in pursuing the new ABIM Research Pathway (28% vs. 8%) and to provide opportunities for fellows to obtain an advanced degree (60% vs. 14%).
Few internal medicine subspecialty programs are currently designed to provide adequate research training as defined by the Institute of Medicine and the ABIM.
Whitcomb ME, Walter DL. Research Training in Six Selected Internal Medicine Fellowship Programs. Ann Intern Med. 2000;133:800–807. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-133-10-200011210-00013
Published: Ann Intern Med. 2000;133(10):800-807.
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-133-10-200011210-00013
Young Physician-Scientists: Internal Medicine's Challenge
Research Training in Subspecialty Programs
The Declining Number and Variety of Procedures Done by General Internists
The Future of Annals
Threats to Graduate Medical Education Funding and the Need for a Rational Approach: A Statement From the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
Obituary - John Eisenberg
Annals of Internal Medicine; 136 (3): A13
Internal Medicine at the Crossroads: Training Subspecialists for the Next Century
Why internal medicine subspecialists and generalists should register for ACP Journal Club PLUS
Annals of Internal Medicine; 149 (6): JC3-2
Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Cardiology, Education and Training, Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Hospital Medicine, Infectious Disease.
Why and how to prepare, write and submit clinical cases.
Clin Teach 2020.
Bidirectional association between GERD and asthma in children: two longitudinal follow-up studies using a national sample cohort.
Pediatr Res 2020.


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Coons' Global Fragility Act included in spending deal
Delaware News Desk
Dec 16, 2019 at 5:00 PM Dec 16, 2019 at 7:21 PM
Sen. Chris Coons' bipartisan Global Fragility Act, which will improve U.S. government efforts to prevent terrorism from taking root in developing countries around the world, is expected to become law after being included in the bipartisan appropriations package to fund the federal government for fiscal 2020, the senator's office announced Dec. 16.
"The U.S. has spent nearly $5.9 trillion in the 18 years since 9/11 to combat extremism and terrorism around the world, and it's clear we need a new strategy to do that more effectively," said Coons. "This legislation is a genuinely bipartisan effort to prevent terrorism from taking hold in the first place, and, by doing that, save American lives and taxpayer dollars. This bipartisan legislation will promote the stabilization of fragile environments where terrorists thrive, build peace, and maximize the impact of U.S. foreign assistance."
"Thank you to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their support of this legislation, especially Sen. Graham, Sen. Leahy, Sen. Risch and Sen. Menendez, as well as Rep. Engel and Rep. McCaul," said Coons. "I am also grateful to the United States Institute of Peace for their leadership on this important issue as well as the coalition of organizations led by the Alliance for Peacebuilding and Mercy Corps for their support of this effort. I am looking forward to working with the Trump administration, the private sector, foreign governments, and a wide-range of NGOs to realize the goals of this bill."
Fragile states can become threats to the security of the U.S. because their governments are seen as ineffective or illegitimate by their citizens, heightening the risk of terrorism and terrorist recruitment, violent conflict, criminal activity and corruption, according to a release from Coons' office. Violent conflict also drives global displacement, with nearly 70 million people forcibly displaced around the world.
The Global Fragility Act responds to these challenges by requiring the Secretary of State, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of Defense to collaborate on a 10-year strategy to prevent and reduce instability in at least five priority countries or regions. The bill improves interagency coordination and enhances monitoring, evaluation and oversight to ensure the effectiveness of U.S. investments. The legislation also authorizes the establishment of a Multi-donor Global Fragility Fund to leverage and coordinate public and private resources from partners around the world to combat this national security threat.
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BR. JOE GRABENSTEIN is a native of Cumberland, MD. He has been working in the Archives of La Salle University and of the Baltimore District since 1992, and took over both operations in 1994. Brother Joe received his M.L.S. (archival track) degree from the University of Maryland in 1992. He has given several hundred classroom presentations at La Salle University regarding Lasallian legacy, and has written a handful of history-related articles in Lasallian publications. Brother Joe's favorite hobby is traveling to museums and battlefields, and he can't resist the urge to read roadside history markers during countless trips throughout the East. As Moderator of the La Salle Singers (campus choir), he attends the twice-a-week rehearsals and has coordinated a drive to virtually double the membership during the past year. His greatest surprise came in 2007 when the La Salle University yearbook staff dedicated the Explorer to him; his student workers keep excellent secrets! Brother Joe will continue to manage the Archives of the former Baltimore District, located at La Salle University, and will visit each school in the southern half of DENA at least once per year. He also hopes to gradually visit the schools, one by one, in the northern half of DENA during the next three or four years. And just for the record…both Amy Surak and Brother Joe will collect documents springing from DENA (that is, documents and items since September 9, 2009).
AMY SURAK has been the Archivist of Manhattan College since 2002. In this role, she will continue to oversee the management of the Archives of Manhattan College and of the former New York and LI-NE Districts. These collections (and additions thereto) continue to be housed in the O'Malley Library at Manhattan College in a state-of-the-art facility. A native of Buchanan (NY) and a graduate of Bryn Mawr College, Amy received her M.A. in history and museum studies and her certification in archival management from New York University in 1999. During several trips to Rome, she has rendered invaluable assistance to the Motherhouse Archives in the modernization of its computer system. Hobbies include running and reading, when time allows. She married computer programmer Adam Bleakney in 2005, and their combined talents resulted in the user-friendly archival computer program which Amy has named "Archiver." (Sounds a bit like the TV show "McGyver," quips Amy!) She and Adam live in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and they justifiably beam at the mention of their two young sons, Nathan and Owen.
BR. WALTER FARRELL is our friendly "neighbor to the North." Born in Glace Bay, Cape Breton (Nova Scotia), he has been the Archivist of the District of Toronto since 1990. Brother Walter graduated from the University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario) and received his archival training in Toronto by way of a number of workshops with "hands-on" techniques and experiences. Like Amy Surak and Brother Joe, Brother Walter has been a faithful member of the De La Salle Regional Archivists Association and has attended virtually all of the yearly meetings at rotating locations. The Archives of the former Toronto District continue to be housed on the property of the De La Salle "Oaklands" Community on Farnham Avenue in Toronto. This is because of Canadian laws which protect such holdings as national patrimony. If anyone has a question about the history of the Brothers in Toronto, Brother Walter is an e-mail away.


In our blog hop last week I introduced the Swirly Bird cards I had created for class this month. Now it is time to see another one of these beauties up close.
I'm loving the cute little boat stamp pieces. It is perfect to use the long scribbles as the waves underneath (not that I did that for this card, but an awesome possibility none the less).
This is great for any guy cards you could need. Here I made for a baby boy, but it could be for a boy birthday, and my friend changed up this card to have a father's day sentiment on it as well.
You could easily make this layout with just paper and it would be adorable. But I love how it looks dressed up with the little strips of blingy glimmer paper along the flag. And the new in-color ribbon this year is so fun in all it's ruffled goodness.


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Xbox One Game Install Sizes Revealed: Digital Future Is Not Possible Right Now
By Will Usher published 26 October 13
I'm not sure what the folks at the Microsoft Redmond offices were drinking when they came up with an "all digital" future but it certainly wasn't steeped in the confinements of reality. The official game sizes for the Xbox One have been revealed and unless you were on a fiber optic connection, downloading these games wouldn't have been convenient at all.
Gamepur took snapshots of the official boxes for the Xbox One launch titles, including Ryse, Forza Motorsport 5 and Dead Rising 3. Each of the games has their official install sizes listed along with a few other details, which you can check out in the images below.
Look at those sizes.
These are launch games and their minimum install size comes out to 35 gigabytes; that's two additional gigabyte more than the PC version of Max Payne 3. Ryse is a whooping 47 gigabytes.
Both Dead Rising 3 and Forza Motorsport 5 are 35GB, meaning if you bought both these games on day one and planned on downloading them day-one through Microsoft's digital portal, you would have to download more than 70GB worth of data. I'm here to tell you right now, there are a lot of people who have a cap of about 50GB, so that means you could only download one game a month.
Even more than that, you could forget about digitally lending games to people unless they're paying out the bunghole for NSA-quality internet speeds. Also, the time it would take for someone to download a game you shared with them, they may as well have ordered a used copy from Amazon and it would probably arrive at their doorstep faster than them having to download it.
Originally, Microsoft's plan was that games would be available day and date through their Azure service for purchase along with the physical copies. In the original policy gamers couldn't lend games in the traditional sense without jumping through some hoops. Microsoft did have a Family Share Plan that they later scrapped (and conveniently Valve picked up and implemented into Steam) where up to 10 people could have shared access to your library of games (although the details on how many people and for what amount of time was under a lot of contention).
The simple reality is that all this talk about an "all digital future" was about as clear-cut as a pig's trough filled with horse feces. I have no idea who Microsoft was catering the original Xbox One toward with this "all digital future", especially when the first wave of games are almost equivalent to a lot of people's monthly ISP data cap.
That's not to mention that even if you had a data cap of 250GB or more, if you didn't have speeds exceeding 1MB of data transfer per second, it would take several days of nonstop downloading just to download one game, which means you really couldn't be doing anything else with your internet service while the game downloads... such as looking up nude pictures of Ellen Page's character from Beyond: Two Souls.
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Cancer patients need a lot of attention for them to feel cared for and loved. Carrying gifts for cancer patients when you wish to see them can make a lot of difference with their status. It is not easy for a cancer patient to become a warrior since a lot of energy and strength is needed to fight cancer. Some of the ways that you can make a cancer patient to smile is buying them gifts.
The most crucial thing is for them to feel loved by a show of an item however small it is. There are many types of gifts that one can choose to take to a cancer patient. Though selecting a gift for a cancer patient is not easy, make sure that you try your level best. Below are some of the guidelines to be followed when selecting gifts for a cancer patient.
The stage the cancer patient is at is the first tip to consider when choosing a cancer patient gift. The cancer patient can be at an early stage when the tumor has just been discovered. If it was discovered at the late stage a serious treatment has to take place. This factor will help you come to a consensus on which gift will suit the cancer patient the most. If at a late stage, supporting the cancer patient with some chemotherapy fee would greatly help him or her.
Do you have any strings attached to the cancer patient? Make sure that you are able to answer yourself this kind of questions whenever you want to purchase a gift for the patient. If you have your dearest person as the cancer patient, make sure the gift you choose portrays your love for them. Make it clear to them that you still love them so much by a show of the gift. Either of your parents would be the one fighting cancer, make sure that you buy them the best gift ever.
Is the cancer patient outgoing on their situation? You should be in a position to give an answer for this whenever you are choosing the cancer patient gifts as you can view here. An outgoing cancer patient enables you to decide the gift with ease. According to the likes of a reserved cancer patient, you can decide on what they prefer most. It is not easy to choose but through the little sharing you may have can distinguish the gift that suits him or her as this website explains.
What way will you use for the cancer patient to get the gift? It is an important tip to think about whenever you are buying the gifts. Giving the gift in person can be a bit emotional so maybe you can opt to ship the gift if the person is not close to you.


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Q: Trouble understanding value vs Series in PineScript greenCandleCount=0
if close > open
    greenCandleCount := greenCandleCount+1
plot(greenCandleCount)

In the above example, greenCandleCount is a value in the first line. But, close and open are both Series of floats. So in line 3, greenCandleCount seems to get converted into series. Because the line 2 comparison operation seems to produce a Series of booleans. Somehow a single variable lying inside an if block where the expression is a Series, also gets expanded into a Series. So why does this happen?

A: greenCandleCount doesn't get converted to series. The way you've declared it, it was always a series variable. At the start of the next bar, greenCandleCount would be reset to 0
With the code you've provided, greenCandleCount would always be either 1 or 0 and you'd be able to reference the previous bar's greenCandleCount state the same as any other series variable ie greenCandleCount[1]
If you wish to have a variable that is only initialized once and maintains it's value across bars it must be declared with the var keyword ie
var greenCandleCount = 0
Then your code will count the number of green candles on the entire chart.
https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v4/#op_var


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Q: What is the best logic to create filtering system in CMS, and then to add option to choose how many filtered results will be shown? I am building CMS for a blog and I added option to filter posts on admin dashboard. Options are published posts, draft posts, commented posts and most viewed posts.
Here is the code
<?php
function get_options($select){

$filters = array('All posts' => 1, 'Published Posts' => 2, 'Drafted Posts' => 3, 'Commented Posts' => 4, 'Most Viewed Posts' => 5);

$options = '';

foreach($filters as $k => $v) {
    if($select == $v){
        $options.='<option value="'.$v.'" selected>'.$k.'</option>';
    } else {

        $options.='<option value="'.$v.'">'.$k.'</option>';
    }
}

return $options;

}

?>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" id="filter">

        <select class="form-control" name="filter_posts" onchange="this.form.submit();">
            <option value="">Filter Posts</option>
            <?php echo get_options($selected); ?>
        </select>

</form>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['filter_posts'])) {

            $filter_posts = $_POST['filter_posts'];

            switch ($filter_posts) {

                case '1';

                    include_once("all_posts.php"); //Here is query for all posts from database

                    break;

                case '2';

                   include_once("published_posts.php"); //Here is query for published posts from database

                    break;

                case '3';

                    include_once("draft_posts.php"); //Here is code for drafted posts from database

                    break;

                case '4';

                    include_once("commented_posts.php");//Here is query for commented posts from database

                    break;

                case '5';

                   include_once("most_viewed_posts.php");//Here is query for most viewed posts from database

                    break;
            }
        }
?>

This works for me, and I get all wanted results, but I want do add a functionality to select how many results will be displayed on a page. For example show 20 posts, show 40 posts, show all posts. But it needs to show, for example, if I filter posts to published posts, and select show 20 posts, it needs to show 20 posts for published posts, etc. How to do this?
Here is HTML for select options.
<form action="" method="post">

        <select name="select_num_posts" class="form-control">

            <option value="20" selected>Show 20</option>
            <option value="40">Show 40</option>
            <option value="all">Show All</option>

        </select>

        <input type="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-success" value="Apply">

</form>

A: You could make many more PHP files, called draft_posts_20.php, draft_posts_40.php and draft_posts_all.php, etc, but that would create many, many files. Clearly this approach is flawed.
I assume that each of these files, all_posts.php, draft_posts.php, etc, contain very similar code. There's a database query and some output code. They are basically copies of each other, with a slight variation.
I think you should try to put them all into one PHP file, and then also incorporate your new filter. The output part should be the same for all of them, it's just the database query you need to vary, based on your two filters.

A: Here is code from single page version. This way I am managing to filter posts, but I dont know how to filter filtered posts, to show 20, 40 etc.
<?php
    function get_options($select){

        $filters = array('All posts' => 1, 'Published Posts' => 2, 'Drafted Posts' => 3, 'Commented Posts' => 4, 'Most Viewed Posts' => 5);

        $options = '';

        foreach($filters as $k => $v) {
            if($select == $v){
                $options.='<option value="'.$v.'" selected>'.$k.'</option>';
            } else {

                $options.='<option value="'.$v.'">'.$k.'</option>';
            }
        }

        return $options;

    }

    function get_num_options($select){

        $filters = array('Show 20' => 20, 'Show 40' => 40, 'Show All' => 'all');

        $options = '';

        foreach($filters as $k => $v) {
            if($select == $v){
                $options.='<option value="'.$v.'" selected>'.$k.'</option>';
            } else {

                $options.='<option value="'.$v.'">'.$k.'</option>';
            }
        }

        return $options;

    }

?>
    <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" id="filter">

            <select class="form-control" name="filter_posts" onchange="this.form.submit();">
                <option value="">Filter Posts</option>
                <?php echo get_options($selected); ?>
            </select>

    </form>

<?php
      if (!isset($_POST['filter_posts'])) {

                    $stmt1 = mysqli_prepare($connection, "SELECT posts.post_id, posts.post_author, posts.post_user, posts.post_title, posts.post_category_id, posts.comment_status, posts.post_image, posts.post_tags, posts.post_comment_count, posts.post_date, posts.post_views_count, categories.cat_id, categories.cat_title FROM posts LEFT JOIN categories ON posts.post_category_id = categories.cat_id ORDER BY post_id DESC");

                    //Bind
                    //mysqli_stmt_bind_param();
                    //Execute
                    mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt1);
                    mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt1);
                    //Result
                    mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt1, $post_id, $post_author, $post_user, $post_title, $post_category_id, $comment_status, $post_image, $post_tags, $post_comment_count, $post_date, $post_views_count, $cat_id, $cat_title);

                    confirmQuery($stmt1);

                    $stmt2 = mysqli_prepare($connection, "SELECT posts.post_id, posts.post_author, posts.post_user, posts.post_title, posts.post_category_id, posts.comment_status, posts.post_image, posts.post_tags, posts.post_comment_count, posts.post_date, posts.post_views_count, categories.cat_id, categories.cat_title FROM posts LEFT JOIN categories ON posts.post_category_id = categories.cat_id WHERE posts.user_id = " . loggedInUserId() . " ORDER BY post_id DESC");

                    //Bind
                    //mysqli_stmt_bind_param();
                    //Execute
                    mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt2);
                    mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt2);
                    //Result
                    mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt2, $post_id, $post_author, $post_user, $post_title, $post_category_id, $comment_status, $post_image, $post_tags, $post_comment_count, $post_date, $post_views_count, $cat_id, $cat_title);

                    confirmQuery($stmt2);

                    if (is_admin()) {

                        $stmt = $stmt1;
                    } else {

                        $stmt = $stmt2;
                    }
                } else {

                    $filter_posts = $_POST['filter_posts'];

                    switch ($filter_posts) {

                        case '1';

                            $stmt1 = mysqli_prepare($connection, "SELECT posts.post_id, posts.post_author, posts.post_user, posts.post_title, posts.post_category_id, posts.comment_status, posts.post_image, posts.post_tags, posts.post_comment_count, posts.post_date, posts.post_views_count, categories.cat_id, categories.cat_title FROM posts LEFT JOIN categories ON posts.post_category_id = categories.cat_id ORDER BY post_id DESC");

                            //Bind
                            //mysqli_stmt_bind_param();
                            //Execute
                            mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt1);
                            mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt1);
                            //Result
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt1, $post_id, $post_author, $post_user, $post_title, $post_category_id, $comment_status, $post_image, $post_tags, $post_comment_count, $post_date, $post_views_count, $cat_id, $cat_title);

                            confirmQuery($stmt1);

                            $stmt2 = mysqli_prepare($connection, "SELECT posts.post_id, posts.post_author, posts.post_user, posts.post_title, posts.post_category_id, posts.comment_status, posts.post_image, posts.post_tags, posts.post_comment_count, posts.post_date, posts.post_views_count, categories.cat_id, categories.cat_title FROM posts LEFT JOIN categories ON posts.post_category_id = categories.cat_id WHERE posts.user_id = " . loggedInUserId() . " ORDER BY post_id DESC");

                            //Bind
                            //mysqli_stmt_bind_param();
                            //Execute
                            mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt2);
                            mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt2);
                            //Result
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt2, $post_id, $post_author, $post_user, $post_title, $post_category_id, $comment_status, $post_image, $post_tags, $post_comment_count, $post_date, $post_views_count, $cat_id, $cat_title);

                            confirmQuery($stmt2);

                            if (is_admin()) {

                                $stmt = $stmt1;
                            } else {

                                $stmt = $stmt2;
                            }

                            break;

                        case '2';

                            $stmt1 = mysqli_prepare($connection, "SELECT posts.post_id, posts.post_author, posts.post_user, posts.post_title, posts.post_category_id, posts.comment_status, posts.post_image, posts.post_tags, posts.post_comment_count, posts.post_date, posts.post_views_count, categories.cat_id, categories.cat_title FROM posts LEFT JOIN categories ON posts.post_category_id = categories.cat_id WHERE posts.comment_status = ? ORDER BY post_id DESC");

                            //Bind
                            //mysqli_stmt_bind_param();
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt1, "s", $comment_status);

                            $comment_status = 'published';
                            //Execute
                            mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt1);
                            mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt1);
                            //Result
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt1, $post_id, $post_author, $post_user, $post_title, $post_category_id, $comment_status, $post_image, $post_tags, $post_comment_count, $post_date, $post_views_count, $cat_id, $cat_title);

                            confirmQuery($stmt1);

                            $stmt2 = mysqli_prepare($connection, "SELECT posts.post_id, posts.post_author, posts.post_user, posts.post_title, posts.post_category_id, posts.comment_status, posts.post_image, posts.post_tags, posts.post_comment_count, posts.post_date, posts.post_views_count, categories.cat_id, categories.cat_title FROM posts LEFT JOIN categories ON posts.post_category_id = categories.cat_id WHERE posts.comment_status = ? AND posts.user_id = " . loggedInUserId() . " ORDER BY post_id DESC");

                            //Bind
                            //mysqli_stmt_bind_param();
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt2, "s", $comment_status);

                            $comment_status = 'published';
                            //Execute
                            mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt2);
                            mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt2);
                            //Result
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt2, $post_id, $post_author, $post_user, $post_title, $post_category_id, $comment_status, $post_image, $post_tags, $post_comment_count, $post_date, $post_views_count, $cat_id, $cat_title);

                            confirmQuery($stmt2);

                            if (is_admin()) {

                                $stmt = $stmt1;
                            } else {

                                $stmt = $stmt2;
                            }

                            break;

                        case '3';

                            $stmt1 = mysqli_prepare($connection, "SELECT posts.post_id, posts.post_author, posts.post_user, posts.post_title, posts.post_category_id, posts.comment_status, posts.post_image, posts.post_tags, posts.post_comment_count, posts.post_date, posts.post_views_count, categories.cat_id, categories.cat_title FROM posts LEFT JOIN categories ON posts.post_category_id = categories.cat_id WHERE posts.comment_status = ? ORDER BY post_id DESC");

                            //Bind
                            //mysqli_stmt_bind_param();
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt1, "s", $comment_status);

                            $comment_status = 'draft';
                            //Execute
                            mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt1);
                            mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt1);
                            //Result
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt1, $post_id, $post_author, $post_user, $post_title, $post_category_id, $comment_status, $post_image, $post_tags, $post_comment_count, $post_date, $post_views_count, $cat_id, $cat_title);

                            confirmQuery($stmt1);

                            $stmt2 = mysqli_prepare($connection, "SELECT posts.post_id, posts.post_author, posts.post_user, posts.post_title, posts.post_category_id, posts.comment_status, posts.post_image, posts.post_tags, posts.post_comment_count, posts.post_date, posts.post_views_count, categories.cat_id, categories.cat_title FROM posts LEFT JOIN categories ON posts.post_category_id = categories.cat_id WHERE posts.comment_status = ? AND posts.user_id = " . loggedInUserId() . " ORDER BY post_id DESC");

                            //Bind
                            //mysqli_stmt_bind_param();
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt2, "s", $comment_status);

                            $comment_status = 'draft';
                            //Execute
                            mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt2);
                            mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt2);
                            //Result
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt2, $post_id, $post_author, $post_user, $post_title, $post_category_id, $comment_status, $post_image, $post_tags, $post_comment_count, $post_date, $post_views_count, $cat_id, $cat_title);

                            confirmQuery($stmt2);

                            if (is_admin()) {

                                $stmt = $stmt1;
                            } else {

                                $stmt = $stmt2;
                            }

                            break;

                        case '4';

                            $stmt1 = mysqli_prepare($connection, "SELECT posts.post_id, posts.post_author, posts.post_user, posts.post_title, posts.post_category_id, posts.comment_status, posts.post_image, posts.post_tags, posts.post_comment_count, posts.post_date, posts.post_views_count, categories.cat_id, categories.cat_title FROM posts LEFT JOIN categories ON posts.post_category_id = categories.cat_id WHERE posts.post_comment_count > 0 ORDER BY post_id DESC");

                            //Bind
                            //mysqli_stmt_bind_param();

                            //Execute
                            mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt1);
                            mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt1);
                            //Result
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt1, $post_id, $post_author, $post_user, $post_title, $post_category_id, $comment_status, $post_image, $post_tags, $post_comment_count, $post_date, $post_views_count, $cat_id, $cat_title);

                            confirmQuery($stmt1);

                            $stmt2 = mysqli_prepare($connection, "SELECT posts.post_id, posts.post_author, posts.post_user, posts.post_title, posts.post_category_id, posts.comment_status, posts.post_image, posts.post_tags, posts.post_comment_count, posts.post_date, posts.post_views_count, categories.cat_id, categories.cat_title FROM posts LEFT JOIN categories ON posts.post_category_id = categories.cat_id WHERE posts.post_comment_count > 0 AND posts.user_id = " . loggedInUserId() . " ORDER BY post_id DESC");

                            //Bind
                            //mysqli_stmt_bind_param();
                            //Execute
                            mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt2);
                            mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt2);
                            //Result
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt2, $post_id, $post_author, $post_user, $post_title, $post_category_id, $comment_status, $post_image, $post_tags, $post_comment_count, $post_date, $post_views_count, $cat_id, $cat_title);

                            confirmQuery($stmt2);

                            if (is_admin()) {

                                $stmt = $stmt1;
                            } else {

                                $stmt = $stmt2;
                            }

                            break;

                        case '5';

                            $stmt1 = mysqli_prepare($connection, "SELECT posts.post_id, posts.post_author, posts.post_user, posts.post_title, posts.post_category_id, posts.comment_status, posts.post_image, posts.post_tags, posts.post_comment_count, posts.post_date, posts.post_views_count, categories.cat_id, categories.cat_title FROM posts LEFT JOIN categories ON posts.post_category_id = categories.cat_id ORDER BY post_views_count DESC");

                            //Bind
                            //mysqli_stmt_bind_param();
                            //Execute
                            mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt1);
                            mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt1);
                            //Result
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt1, $post_id, $post_author, $post_user, $post_title, $post_category_id, $comment_status, $post_image, $post_tags, $post_comment_count, $post_date, $post_views_count, $cat_id, $cat_title);

                            confirmQuery($stmt1);

                            $stmt2 = mysqli_prepare($connection, "SELECT posts.post_id, posts.post_author, posts.post_user, posts.post_title, posts.post_category_id, posts.comment_status, posts.post_image, posts.post_tags, posts.post_comment_count, posts.post_date, posts.post_views_count, categories.cat_id, categories.cat_title FROM posts LEFT JOIN categories ON posts.post_category_id = categories.cat_id WHERE posts.user_id = " . loggedInUserId() . " ORDER BY post_views_count DESC");

                            //Bind
                            //mysqli_stmt_bind_param();
                            //Execute
                            mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt2);
                            mysqli_stmt_store_result($stmt2);
                            //Result
                            mysqli_stmt_bind_result($stmt2, $post_id, $post_author, $post_user, $post_title, $post_category_id, $comment_status, $post_image, $post_tags, $post_comment_count, $post_date, $post_views_count, $cat_id, $cat_title);

                            confirmQuery($stmt2);

                            if (is_admin()) {

                                $stmt = $stmt1;
                            } else {

                                $stmt = $stmt2;
                            }

                            break;
                    }
                }

                while (mysqli_stmt_fetch($stmt)) {

                   //Echo result
                }

                ?>

    <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" id="filter">

            <select class="form-control" name="select_num_posts" onchange="this.form.submit();">
                <option value="">Show Posts</option>
                <?php echo get_num_options($selected); ?>
            </select>

    </form>


Citruss TV's recently launched Holiday TV programme has been a big hit with Arab viewers, according to the show's producer.
Citruss TV's recently launched Holiday TV programme has been a big hit with Arab viewers, according to the show's producer. The Arabic language travel show, which allows viewers to book the holidays they see on the TV via a call centre, has received a surprisingly good response from a market that is traditionally accustomed to booking holidays through travel agents, said Brigitte Schreiber, producer, Holiday Television. "Although it's too early to view statistics regarding profits or viewers, our call centre is receiving around 50 calls a day," she explained. "Basically, the viewers see a complete package bundled up by the tour operators that we partner with, and they see the highlights of the destination on the TV in front of them; the camera cannot lie." All call centre staff have travel industry experience and receive relevant product and destination training. Schreiber asks established tour operators to create packages for the programme; effectively providing them with free advertising. "We depend on quality of service and a good end product, so we are promoting their packages free-of-charge; its another way for us to promote tourism to the region," she said. "It can only be a benefit for the tour operators involved; they have our viewers in their hands." Holiday TV also features interviews with industry professionals, which so far have included Etihad Airways' head of communications Ian Ferguson-Brown.


Luxury Saudi fashion label Hindamme has released a sports-luxe driving jacket to commemorate the lifting of the ban on women drivers in the Kingdom. The jacket, available in green or black, is emblazoned with the date, June 24, in both English and Arabic.
"I was moved by the decision to lift the ban on women driving because it seemed like something that would never happen," said designer Mohammed Khoja, who is the founder of the brand.
"Every country has historic days when things happen that shift the course of the future - and this is one of those dates. That was the inspiration. I thought, how can I, as a designer, pay tribute to this without doing something cliche?"
Female motorists got behind the wheel for the first time in decades in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Some three million women in Saudi Arabia could receive licences and actively begin driving by 2020, according to consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.


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Study Finds the Cost of Coal is Crossing Over
Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay
By Rick Laezman
Since the advent of renewable energy, observers have kept a close watch on coal. Of course, replacing coal as the primary fuel source for generating electricity in the United States has always been one of the primary objectives of renewable power. However, the low cost of coal and its huge market share have seemed like insurmountable obstacles.
One way to measure the ascent of renewables has been the so-called "coal cost crossover." Essentially, it's the proverbial tipping point, at which the cost of renewables has reached parity with, and maybe even descended below, the low cost of coal. According to a recent study, renewables have finally reached that point.
"The Coal Cost Crossover: Economic Viability of Existing Coal Compared to New Local Wind and Solar Resources," published on March 24 by Energy Innovation and Vibrant Clean Energy, asserts that America has officially entered the coal cost crossover. It argues that coal plants have become uncompetitive on a wide scale compared with renewable generation. Specifically, it states local wind and solar could now replace approximately 74 percent of the U.S. coal fleet at an immediate savings to customers.
In the future, that trend will only increase. According to the report, the number will grow to 86 percent of the coal fleet by the year 2025.
To reach their conclusions, the researches compiled a dataset of coal, wind and solar costs. Their modeling compared each coal plant's marginal energy cost to the lowest levelized cost of energy for wind or solar resource localized around that coal plant. By comparing coal plants to renewable resources within 35 miles of each other, researchers were able to control for additional transmission costs in their equations.
According to the study's results, the greatest concentration of coal facilities that are threatened by lower cost renewables is in the Southern region.
Of course, the study's authors did not overlook its policy implications, suggesting the need for more coal plant retirements. According to the authors "the cost crossover raises substantial questions for regulators and utilities as to why these coal plants should keep running instead of new renewable power plants."
Rick Laezman
Rick Laezman is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer who has been covering renewable power for more than 10 years. He may be reached at richardlaezman@msn.com.
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Samsung Galaxy S8 vs. Sony Xperia XZ – Best Features and Specs Comparison
by Eduard Watson/ May 13, 2017/ Technology/
When it comes to choosing what smartphone to buy for yourself or a loved one, it can get quite tricky, because more and more brands are putting out amazing phones now. Even mid-range, affordable devices are becoming pretty state-of-the-art as far as technology is concerned. However, we're not here to talk about mid-range smartphones today. We're here to compare the king of Android devices, the Samsung Galaxy S8, with a recent launch from Sony, the Sony Xperia XZ.
A smartphone from the Sony Xperia line might not be what you'd imagine seeing compared to an acclaimed giant of the smartphone world like the Samsung Galaxy line. However, Sony has upped their game tremendously with the new Sony Xperia XZ. Let's take a look and see why.
The Battle Begins
Upon initial comparison, the Samsung Galaxy S8 looks better than the Sony Xperia XZ, with its bigger screen and more elegant appearance. However, while the Sony's screen might be a tad smaller, it also has 807ppi of pixel density, which is amazing compared to the 570ppi of the Samsung. Not even the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus can beat it there.
And the advantages of the Sony Xperia XZ continue. The two phones have an equal amount of RAM (4GB) and an equal amount of internal storage (64GB, +SD-support up to 256GB), and also the very same processor. We're talking about the newest octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 running at a 2.4 GHz capacity. However, when we get to the camera, that's when the Sony Xperia XZ truly wins, with its whopping 13MP front camera and 19MP rear one. The Samsung Galaxy S8 cannot even compare with this, seeing as the Sony's selfie camera is better than its rear one.
Therefore, the Sony Xperia XZ is clearly the winner here, and it's clear that Sony has improved their game tremendously with this launch.
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namespace boost { namespace geometry
{

namespace strategies { namespace io
{

template
    <
        typename FormulaPolicy = strategy::andoyer,
        typename Spheroid = srs::spheroid<double>,
        typename CalculationType = void
    >
class geographic
    : public strategies::detail::geographic_base<Spheroid>
{
    using base_t = strategies::detail::geographic_base<Spheroid>;

public:
    geographic() = default;

    explicit geographic(Spheroid const& spheroid)
        : base_t(spheroid)
    {}

    auto point_order() const
    {
        return strategy::point_order::geographic
                <
                    FormulaPolicy, Spheroid, CalculationType
                >(base_t::m_spheroid);
    }

    template <typename Geometry1, typename Geometry2>
    static auto relate(Geometry1 const&, Geometry2 const&,
                       std::enable_if_t
                            <
                                util::is_pointlike<Geometry1>::value
                             && util::is_pointlike<Geometry2>::value
                            > * = nullptr)
    {
        return strategy::within::spherical_point_point();
    }

    template <typename Geometry1, typename Geometry2>
    auto relate(Geometry1 const&, Geometry2 const&,
                std::enable_if_t
                    <
                        util::is_pointlike<Geometry1>::value
                        && ( util::is_linear<Geometry2>::value
                        || util::is_polygonal<Geometry2>::value )
                    > * = nullptr) const
    {
        return strategy::within::geographic_winding
            <
                void, void,
                FormulaPolicy, Spheroid, CalculationType
            >(base_t::m_spheroid);
    }
};

namespace services
{

template <typename Geometry>
struct default_strategy<Geometry, geographic_tag>
{
    typedef geographic<> type;
};

} // namespace services

}} // namespace strategies::io

}} // namespace boost::geometry

#endif // BOOST_GEOMETRY_STRATEGIES_IO_GEOGRAPHIC_HPP

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1.	The Customer at the time of enrolment has to specify the desired quantity for which he/she wants to enroll in BOG.
2.	On joining, the customer will be given a passbook for recording the monthly payment and on successful completion of installments in the first 10 Months the customer will be provided with a certificate on closure of the passbook.
3.	Discontinuance will result in the customer getting back gold jewellery for the money that he/she advanced, at the market rate on the date of payment or on the date of cancellation, whichever is higher. Wastage charges will be applicable for the gold jewellery on the above applicable rate.
4.	Customer discontinuing this scheme will not be entitled to get any benefits of the plan.
5.	This certificate will secure the customer up to the market price of 3000 at the time of maturity. So if the market price goes beyond 3000 the customer has to pay the difference.
6. Under this plan redemption is allowed only through gold jewellery both at the maturity/cancellation.
8.	This is an advance purchase plan and not a financial plan.
1. The Customer will be provided with a certificate at the time of payment. At the time of redemption, the customer is required to hand over the same to KFJ in lieu of 916 hallmarked gold jewellery.
2. The customer is at liberty to purchase any gold jewellery at the time of maturity. However, market wastage charges will be applicable for the same at the prevailing market rate.
3. Discontinuance will result in the customer getting back gold jewellery for the money that he/she advanced, at the market rate on the date of payment or on the date of cancellation, whichever is higher. Market wastage charges will be applicable for the gold jewellery at the prevailing market rate.
4. Customer discontinuing this scheme will not be entitled to get any benefits of the plan.
5. This bond will secure the customer up to the market price of 3000, at the time of maturity. So if the market price goes beyond 3000 the customer has to pay the difference.
6. Under this plan redemption as gold coins or bullion or cash is not allowed due to government restrictions, both at maturity /cancellation.
7. This plan is subject to the rules and regulation of the government laws and therefore the necessary taxes, deductions and charges will be levied at the time of delivery. In case of any change in existing laws, rules, acts, etc., by a Regulatory authority, the necessary requirements have to be complied with, by the customer. Management reserves the right to do so, to comply with Government regulations.
8. This is an advance purchase plan and not a financial plan.


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Q: PHP autodoc(Inheritance) autodocumentor tags I am using phpautodocumentor, I am writing a class which extends a class which is in completely different folder, How can I write in comments that I am extending that particular class. Because intellisense in visual studio or Aptana doesn't recognize. The code works fine.The problem is documenting. It doesn't say I am extending so and so class in documentation

A: There's no tag for extending, your IDE should realize it from the code, good ones - like PDT, Zend Studio or PhpStorm - do. However, there's a @see tag to refer to other content in the docs.
 /**
  * this class extends main_class.
  * @see main_class, TEST_CONST
  */
  subclass extends main_class {
  }

A: (from the perspective of phpDocumentor, docblocks in general, and IDE popup help...)
Ideally, the IDE should recognize from the code that the current class is a child of another class, and show you info from the parent docblock on the child class's popup help.  However, if you put a docblock on the child class itself and write info there that duplicates sections from the parent docblock (short description, long description, @param, @return), then the child docblock info will sometimes "override" the parent info, effectively preventing the popup from showing any parent info at all.
If I make a docblock on a child class or inherited items, I'll stick with only using tags in them other than @param and @return, so that the child docblock info augments the parent info rather than replace it.  Generally, though, I won't put a docblock on inherited methods since I don't need it to show anything beyond what's already given in the parent's docblock.

(from the perspective of "phpautodocumentor", which I don't know of, and Aptana, which I don't use but is presumed to be an Eclipse derivative...)
I have assumed that you are mainly referring to the IDE's popup help showing you parent class info when you highlight the child class.
Instead, if you are referring to something that is generating actual class documentation separately from IDE file editing, then nothing should generally be required other than the code itself.  phpDocumentor certainly recognizes class inheritance from the code alone, and will show inherited things in their own section in most of the output converters.  If "phpautodocumentor" is something else, then I can't speak to what its capabilities are.


Synopsis: After years on the road conning wealthy nobles out of their gold, Kiera is ready to give up her life of crime and return to her childhood home of Cearbhall. She's got one last job in mind, one that will see her set for life. What harm could come from impersonating a country princess to marry a prince and live wealthily ever after? Except her childhood home is nothing like she remembered. The king has gone senile, his younger sons rule with terror, and the crown prince is missing. The prince she's to wed is only interested in siring an heir, and her future brother-in-law wants to get into her skirts. Deciding the grifter's life wasn't so bad after all, Kiera plots her escape. Before she can steal away, she's discovered and thrown into the dungeon with a crazed wolfborn to die.
Kiera turned the ivory crank on the side of the massive oak bookshelf. The mechanism within propelled the shelf along a track in the floor, opening an aisle between the bookcases for her. She pulled her notes out of her apron pocket, verified that she had accessed the correct aisle of the law section, and edged sideways down the temporary corridor. Her lantern only illuminated a few feet before all was lost to shadow. The old tomes were dust-covered and occasionally misfiled, but she found what she was looking for without having to traverse the entire aisle.
Kiera forced herself to remain perfectly still. There was only one such kingdom, and she hoped he wouldn't remember its name.
"Cearbhall?" Brogan smiled. "That's what it was called, that little place where you grew up. Cearbhall would be perfect for an endeavor like that." Brogan's gaze grew unfocused as he stared past her into the darkness of the library. He seemed to have forgotten that Kiera was in the room.


New Delhi, Dec 8 : St. Stephen's College on Friday recognised the efforts of one of its students whose initiative has spelt development for hundreds of villagers in the hills of Manipur.
For Armstrong Pame -who joined St. Stephen's College in 2005 with Physics (Hons)-the felicitation by his alma mater after all these years, was a proud moment.
The foremost initiative for this Young Turk after joining the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) in 2009 was to work for the betterment of Impa village, where he hailed from and spent most of his childhood.
"This village had no roads or electricity and it was my dream to provide a basic road so that in times of emergency at least a four-wheeler vehicle can pass through," said Pame.
After Pame joined the IAS, plans were under way for infrastructure development in the deep recesses of the North East.
As the sub division officer of the Tousem sub division (Manipur), Pame pulled out all stops to pool in resources for the construction of a 100-kilometre stretch of road in this district. While 60 kilometres required intensive repair work, Pame said that a 40-kilometre stretch had to be constructed afresh.
"I got in touch with the villagers and we did a lot of brainstorming, after which we decided that we would work to build roads in the area. So about 150 villagers agreed to provide firewood, manpower and other resources that they could. I requested some of my friends who provided bulldozers and other equipment for very nominal rates," he added.
Even though financing the project was a constraint, it did not prove to be a deterrent.
"I told the villagers that I would pay them a basic salary from what I had saved over the months. My mother pooled in money from my father's pension and my brother and his wife also joined in. But we got a major boost when we put up this initiative on Facebook. Now we have generated almost R16 lakh. In future, I will request the government to help us," he said.


Too bad ;(( This software looked fabulous, but 5 month without a news... I would truly love this developper find help somewhere to move quicker... because we will all be sad not to see a new version coming up VERY VERY SOON... In the meantime competitors are moving fast, so where are you here ? what's up ?
Still here, sorry for the delay. Development is now resumed so we are moving to the next version. There will be a new beta before the final 3.5, so we could test the new additions.
Anyone got a clue as it's driving me up the wall?
Also, is this software still being supported, as I never get any replies?
quiero saber si actualmente se esta comercializando el soft y si el mismo acepta el controlador numark total control??


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The Lies We Tell Each Other About the Right To Counsel
Fifty years ago today, the Supreme Court recognized the constitutional right to an attorney for criminal defendants, even when they cannot afford one. Today, however, "the sad truth is that there is no universal right to counsel."
Andrew Cohen
In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright, I have spent the past few months reading about the right to counsel in America—the way it was half a century ago, the way it is today, and the way it ought to be if we are to give meaning and effect to the mandate the justices unanimously expressed on the morning of March 18, 1963.
What I discovered—or, rather, what I was reminded to remember—was perhaps best expressed by someone who read the long piece I wrote on Gideon for The Atlantic. The right to counsel, this reader pointedly noted, was just "another lie we tell each other to hide the truth" about unequal justice in America. She is right. For all the glory we heap upon Gideon, for all the preening we display about our fealty to the rule of law, the sad truth is that there is no universal right to counsel today.
Yes, it exists on paper. And in popular mythology thanks to the justices' ruling in Miranda v. Arizona—"You have the right to an attorney…" But the Sixth Amendment's fair trial guarantee of competent counsel, part of the panoply of due process protections the Constitution is supposed to guarantee us all, has been systematically neglected and scorned since 1963. It has been legislated and judicially interpreted out of existence for millions of Americans caught up in our criminal justice systems. That's the truth. The rest is just a lie.
What happened to this vital protection is as simple as the story of Clarence Earl Gideon himself. The Supreme Court in Gideon gave us the right to an attorney if we were too poor to afford one. At the time, the broad obligation to provide lawyers to indigent defendants was considered a reasonable burden that state and local officials, and bar associations, could manage. But it was a different time in America—a time before mass incarceration and widespread criminalization for non-violent offenses.
By 1984, following national spasms of crime and punishment, as criminal prosecutions swamped the nation's courts and prisons, it was clear that the Supreme Court, Congress, and state lawmakers confronted new choices over the right to counsel. Faced with a flood of new defendants, most of whom were too poor to afford their own attorney, legal and political leaders either could recommit themselves to the promise of Gideon or they could find ways to limit the scope of the ruling—and thus the scope of the right to counsel.
The first path—ensuring that the new wave of indigent defendants would get competent counsel—would have required the expenditure of a great deal of money on public defenders and other resources aimed at fortifying the remedy expressed in Gideon. The second path—acknowledging the limitations of the Sixth Amendment protections for indigent defendants—would require a series of judicial rulings and legislative choices that defined the right to counsel so narrowly as to restore the "unequal justice" that Justice Hugo Black bemoaned in his Gideon opinion.
We know today which path our legal and political leaders chose. Instead of ensuring that the right to counsel kept pace with the explosion of criminal cases, the Supreme Court and the Congress (and state legislatures) allowed the right to be left by the side of the road. The Court accomplished this mostly in Strickland v. Washington, a 1984 decision in which the justice established such low legal standards for recognizing "effective assistance" of counsel that they effectively gutted Gideon.
Only Justice Thurgood Marshall dissented in Strickland. "My objection to the performance standard adopted by the Court," he prophetically wrote, "is that it is so malleable that, in practice, it will either have no grip at all or will yield excessive variation in the manner in which the Sixth Amendment is interpreted and applied by different courts. To tell lawyers and the lower courts that counsel for a criminal defendant must behave 'reasonably' and must act like 'a reasonably competent attorney' is to tell them almost nothing (citations omitted by me)."
Sadly today, as a result of decisions like Strickland (and more recent ones), and as experts at the Brennan Center and elsewhere have amply established, there is no meaningful right to counsel for millions of Americans too poor to afford their own attorney. Too many of these men and women often have to wait in jail for months on petty criminal charges before they are given an attorney. Others are represented only for a few minutes by overwhelmed public defenders. In some states, defendants must talk with prosecutors before getting their own public defenders.
Any constitutional right that is recognized in the breach in such a fashion is really no constitutional right at all. As Professor Stephen Bright of Yale Law School and the Southern Center for Human Rights said a few weeks ago, "it is better to be rich and guilty than poor and innocent" in America today. Of course, that's precisely what the nation's leading lawyers and scholars and human rights advocates were saying 50 years ago before the Supreme Court decided the Gideon case. We've come so far—and yet here we still are.
We are here, stuck in an unacceptable position, even though the grandees of law and politics know precisely how to solve the problem. It isn't high calculus. It's obvious what needs to be done. The Brennan Center will be out soon with a new white paper highlighting reasonable ways—low-cost options, you could say—in which the right to counsel may be better secured. One idea is for state and federal governments to examine over-criminalization of petty offenses and reclassify ones that have no public safety benefit. Another is to increase funding from a variety of sources for public defenders. Third is making public defender offices more effective, including adding a social worker and rigorous trainings.
These aren't revolutionary ideas or tactics. They are all reasonable and prudent measures. They would secure rights for millions of people whose political power is negligible and whose rights are thus supposed to be protected by our courts of law. Attorney General Eric Holder Friday called this a moral issue and he's right. He also conceded there is a crisis over indigent defense. This candor is a good start. So is the Justice Department's Access to Justice Initiative. But now our judges and our elected officials have to act more boldly. If there still is a constitutional right to counsel it cannot be observed in the breach.
Indeed, as we begin the next 50 years after Gideon, what's most striking to me is the vast gulf between what we teach our children about the right to counsel and the truth about the right to counsel. When it comes to this vital right, we are today making a series of choices about the Constitution, and our fellow citizens, that are legally unsound and morally indefensible. If we are honest about the problem, we'll solve it. If we continue to lie to one another about it, America's poorest will continue to receive the very second-class justice the Supreme Court once promised it would end.


I give up: I'm not clever enough to be a Progressive. I can't follow the sinuosities of your thinking. How can it be "beyond revolting" for the president to be considering perjuring himself about Monica Lewinsky, and then "embarrassing and pitiful and small" for Starr to catch him? You seem to want to have it both ways–to take both Geraldo's lines and Michael Kelly's–and that is a subtlety beyond my ability to comprehend. Nor do I understand how you can denounce the Clinton administration's tepid attempt to enforce international arms controls upon Iraq–and then call for a new round of international arms controls in place of the old ones.
But let's go back to this Clinton business. Monday will be one of the biggest news days in recent American history. By Monday night, we'll know either that the president has stuck to the story he swore to in the Paula Jones case (in which case he's almost certainly perjured himself before a federal grand jury) or else disavowed it (in which case, the head of an administration that has vigorously prosecuted sexual harassment in the private sector will have confessed to perjury to protect himself in a sexual harassment case). At that point, it's going to be very difficult to reconcile your wish to grant the president the right to disport himself as he pleases, no questions asked, with your distaste for official lying. I think you are about to discover that today's attempt to find a "third way" between Clinton and Starr is as doomed as yesterday's attempt to find a "third way" between socialism and free market.


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Home Dito Telecommunity News DITO reaches 9 million subscribers and expands to new cities.
DITO reaches 9 million subscribers and expands to new cities.
Staff ni Anjie June 21, 2022 Dito Telecommunity, News,
DITO Telecommunity Corporation, the country's newest mobile network operator (MNO), achieved another milestone by garnering more than 9 million customers during the country's 124th Independence Day celebrations. DITO's one-millionth subscription was reached at the end of June last year, just three months after the company's commercial launch on March 8, 2021.
"Hitting milestone after milestone, DITO is once again preparing for the yearly government audit and is confident of reaching 70% of the country's population shortly before July 2022, allowing it to finally go head-to-head against the country's two legacy MNOs in terms of presence," said Atty. Adel Tamano, DITO Chief Administrative Officer.
Despite the difficulties of the global pandemic, he continued, DITO has been busy ramping up its network roll-out since 2019, and has made its presence felt in more than 540 cities and municipalities, more than 110,000 sales touch points, built 20 DITO experience stores, erected close to 5,000 cellular towers, built more than 100 data centers, and laid out more than 30,000 kilometers of fiber cable to link the archipelago.
Top 5 Things You Should Know About DITO
"We as DITO are serious about our commitments to knit Filipino communities through the DITO brand of connection," Tamano said.
As part of its commercial development, DITO will light up barangays in the following cities later this month:
Sta. Catalina, Ilocos Sur
Banayoyo, Ilocos Sur
Pasuquin, Ilocos Sur
City of Batac, Ilocos Sur
Labo, Camarines Sur
Buhi, Camarines Sur
Goa, Camarines Sur
Juban, Sorsogon
Pilar, Sorsogon
Tunga, Leyte
Tabontabon, Leyte
Santa Fe, Leyte
Dumalinao Zamboanga del Sur
Tubod, Lanao del Norte
Magallanes, Agusan del Norte
Tiwi, Albay
DITO recently welcomed subscribers from Paombong Bulacan, Isabela's Ramon and Reina Mercedes, Palawan's Puerto Princesa, Pagsanjan and Pila Laguna, Occidental Mindoro's San Jose, and Isabela's Naguilian.
Furthermore, during April and May of this year, DITO has expanded its coverage to include Ilocos, Cagayan, Benguet, Kalinga, Isabela, Pangasinan, Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, and Zambales, bringing DITO's total coverage to over 540 cities and municipalities countrywide.
DITO also staged activities to coincide with the commercial debut of Boracay in Visayas, where locals were allowed to become instant DITO retail merchants through a CSR initiative, and in General Santos City in Mindanao, in cooperation with SM.
"Day by day, milestone by milestone, DITO has proven to be a resilient and positively disruptive force in the Philippine telco market, improving internet speeds and increasing competition against the two other telcos, with the Filipino people emerging as the final victors," Tamano concluded.
Visit DITO's official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/DITOphofficial) or website for additional information on DITO Telecommunity (www.dito.ph).
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Well it's Saturday and time to take a look at who said what about this week's pic. Remember our lovely ladies?
Mel B just never knew there'd be a Spice Girls reunion.
But I didn't scare everyone off.
and former Biggest Loser contestant Lola the Big Cola.
I've been known to take a Coca-Cola or Fanta to bed, and maybe even a Pepsi.
But the last time I took a Big Cola to bed I was up all night.
Well, good for you Shawn. I guess that box of Viagra came through for you, eh? Congratulations, though, you be hangin' with the dufus this week. And I refuse to ask you "How's it hangin' eh?" I think we already have a good idea.
Here's your badge you old smoothie you.
Hey, make sure you join us next Wednesday for another edition of Pause Ponder and Pun. Like the lottery people keep telling me, "You gotta be in it to win it!"
I'm so excited over the win Duf, that I think I will be up all night.
Congratulations, Shawn, good job! I'll be back again next week, Dufus, I need that stinkin' badge!
Gee, Shawn, they say you should call a doctor if it lasts more than 4 hours. Are you complaining or bragging? Congratulations on your big…win.
Badges? You need some stinkin' badges?


Brandi Bottalico is an editor at the Capital Gazette.
he 2019 legislative session wrapped up late Monday night sparing the last 30 minutes of Sine Die for a joint session to honor House Speaker Mike Busch who died Sunday. See how legislation put forth by Anne Arundel County representatives fared before the close of session.