The Wine Festival was organised for the first time in 1961 and since then it has become an established annual event of merrymaking and fun, in which the citizens of Limassol are not the only participants; visitors come also from every part of Cyprus. Its reputation is spread beyond the geographic boundaries of the island. In September of each year, Limassol becomes the attraction of thousands of tourists who visit the Municipal Garden to enjoy the Wine Festival and play with the locals a starring role in this euphoria. They become the protagonists since the Festival is a play which is mounted and the visitors are the enthusiasts, who banish from their mind all concerns and feel an inward sense of comfort, free from social conventions or protocols, in an atmosphere of unconditional fraternization, generated by the mysterious effect of wine. Drinking Cypriot wine is as if the rays of sunlight, the dawn breeze, the atmosphere lucidity, the romantic magic of the land and the sky of Cyprus transfused you.Since ancient times Cyprus became a festivity place to celebrate the production of wine. The Wine Festival in Limassol may be considered a variation of the ancient festivities, a revival of the ancestor worship and rites in the honour of Dionysus, the god of vine and wine and Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love. In the antiquity our ancestors worshipped this god and goddess by drinking wine, which rejoiced them. While making sacrifices, gods received the smell while man ate the meat. Wine accompanied and corroborated the banquet. The gods high on Olympus Mountain enjoyed the nectar, which is the quintessence of wine. In ancient Greece the wine became the drink of gods and man.
Cyprus is renowned for its good wine. According to Strabo, the Geographer, the island was abounding in good wine. In the early Christian years Saint Tychon, the Bishop of Amathus, performed his most important miracle with the vine and the wine; it planted a vine, which struck root immediately … , came into leaf immediately, blossomed immediately, produced sweet and ripe grapes immediately".
In Byzantine times, eminent and renowned people drank the sweet wine. In mediaeval times Cyprus was always renowned for its wine, which according to an Italian traveller of the 16th century, "it possesses some healing qualities like a balm for the human organism". L. von Suchen, a German priest, who was sauntering along, wrote two centuries before that Engedi's vineyard, which is mentioned in the "Song of Solomon", where the bride describes her bridegroom as "a bunch of grapes from Cyprus taken from Engedi's vineyard", is in Cyprus indeed.
The reputation of the Cypriot wine has not lost lustre, which has led to the Wine Festival becoming an established cultural event for Limassol, the town of merriment and joy. Besides, vine growing is mainly developed in the region of Limassol where the biggest wine industries are set up: KEO, SODAP, LOEL and ETKO; they contribute with their participation in organising the Wine Festival. Wine accompanies the traditional Cypriot dishes and mezes. The festive atmosphere is enlivened by folklore dances and songs as well as theatre performances and nutritional customs and habits related to the manufacturing and consumption of wine.
Tourists, consequently, consider the Wine Festival an important traditional festivity and a significant cultural event. Apart from its festive nature, its role in promoting the Cypriot wines, which have in many cases been the inspiration of poets and novelists, cannot be neglected throughout centuries. The Cypriot wine is "soft like Muses' string/ … bright as Paphia's eyes e'er met us, / light as ever trod her feet! / and the brown bees of Hymettus / make their honey, not so sweet".
On the 16th August 1961 Cyprus became an independent country. After a year of independence the Wine Festival was born in Cyprus. Just as every creature has his own parent, family and nationality the Lemesos (Limassol) Wine Festival could not take place anywhere else but in Lemesos (Limassol), it being its natural birth place. You could say that the Lemesos (Limassol) Development Association is the parent, everyone who has been involved in the Festival since 7th October 1961 is its family and its face and body are the people of Lemesos (Limassol) and the visitors who come along to drink and enjoy the wine.
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This is a description of what one might experience during one evening at the Wine Festival.
The Festival takes place in the Lemesos (Limassol) Municipal Gardens, which are situated on the east side of the town near the sea. There is an entrance fee which is payable at the gate, of which there are three. On entry to the Festival through the main entrance, situated on the south, you will see a giant statue of a Cypriot village winegrower in his traditional local costume.
This has been the emblem of the Wine Festival since the 1961. There are pavilions on both sides of the main entrance belonging to the wineries of Lemesos (Limassol): ETKO, KEO, LOEL, SODAP, and LAONA, where the visitors can taste, free of charge, all kinds of wines. It must be emphasized that all the wines offered to all visitors in unlimited quantities is free of charge with the compliments of the Lemesos (Limassol) Municipality.
Every evening about 15,000 visitors come along to the Festival, to enjoy the happy and jolly atmosphere of people feasting with wine, delicious local dishes, at fixed low prices, local dances and songs and theatrical plays with comedy, humor and satire.
One night in the Limasol's wine festival is an opportunity for every person to live the Greek tradition of the Dionysiac celebrations, when all inhabitants of Attica, citizens or farmers, sat at common banquets, offered free by the state, tasted the new wines and participate in the mass dances,songs, poetry and drama. During these celebrations a number of slaves were set free, whilst those still in slavery were allowed a spell of independence and entertainment. As then, here are the free banquets, the free wine, but there are no slaves to free, you can get free from every care of life from social conventions and formalities, from daily needs and worries of life.


When we talk about Diwali, one is always reminded of Diwali greeting messages. People often search for the Diwali greeting messages on google too. It may be for making greeting cards or crafting any art related to Diwali or even making handmade decorative items. This year Diwali starts from 10th of October and will be celebrated at 30th of October. People start preparing for the festive season even before Dusshera. Cards, lanterns, buntings all are constituted amongst the famous decorative material available in the shops.
One can come out with thousands of ideas if it comes to messages, but the most important part of finding Diwali greeting messages is to find out an apt one and then put it into usage. Here we have wide variety of deepawali greeting messages for you to choose from.
Comes Lord Ganesha with smiles all around, look for your surroundings, there is happiness in the air and sweet music sound.
Home full of lamps and heart wishes for joy….
Wishing you all a very happy Diwali...!!
And hurry up coz you have to adorn the thaali.
Walls lit with incandescent diyas... Wishing you a safe and prosperous Diwali!!


For many years in the tactical community in the Northeast, SWAT Operators have spoken of the importance of having joint SWAT training and SWAT competitions. The intrinsic value of SWAT Challenges can be measured on a variety of levels. Tactics, movement techniques, equipment trends, professional contacts, inter-agency familiarization, fitness levels and shooting proficiency are just a few of the areas that can be positively impacted by a SWAT Challenge. But in spite of the overwhelming need for SWAT challenges, as well as the immeasurable benefit of them, there are only a small number across the United States.
But the fact remained that in New England, and more specifically, Connecticut, there was no organized SWAT Challenge. In 2005, The West Hartford Police Department SWAT team decided to change that fact. Over many months of tireless effort, long meetings, extensive planning and detailed discussions with many SWAT operators, the first ever Connecticut SWAT Challenge was officially created. Thanks to the support of the West Hartford Police Department, particularly WHPD Chief James Strillacci, we got the go-ahead to host the event. Thus, the 2005 Connecticut SWAT Challenge was set for October 6th and 7th 2005, and the response was overwhelming. Despite limiting the number of teams in the field, 16 teams representing 27 towns and cities, as well as the United States Army and Connecticut State Police, were officially entered into the 2005 C.S.C.. These teams represented some of the best that the Connecticut Tactical Community had to offer. The 2005 C.S.C. was fully sponsored and supported by the West Hartford Police Department. Also stepping forward to make the Connecticut SWAT Challenge a reality was the West Hartford Police Officers Association and West Hartford Lodge #27 of the Fraternal Order of the Police. With great fanfare and unbelievable support from fellow Connecticut SWAT teams, the 2005 Connecticut SWAT Challenge kicked off under clear skies on October 6th, 2005.
Over the next 2 days (long days!), these SWAT teams put on a remarkable display of skill, spirit, enthusiasm, teamwork and intensity. The CT SWAT Challenge consisted of 5 unique events designed to test the talent and fortitude of these teams. The Officer Rescue Challenge, The Handgun/Patrol Rifle Challenge, the Sniper Challenge, The Shoot House Scenario Challenge and the Physical Fitness Challenge course were a gut check for even the most accomplished teams. But every team finished successfully and without injury or incident. The response from the participants, the media, the law enforcement community and most of all, the public, was outstanding. Bonds were formed, trade secrets were exchanged, tips and techniques were assimilated into SWAT training programs and we all learned from each other. But most of all, the event pushed each and every team to its' limits and let all of us know in the SWAT community what we were good at and what areas we needed to improve.
In 2006, we implemented a variety of new changes to improve the event and to make it more rewarding and challenging for everyone involved. We brought in sponsors and vendors who represented the best in tactical SWAT and Police equipment. Additionally, they donated a bevy of prizes to the participating teams. From handguns, to rifles, to holsters, to gloves, to targets, to hydration systems, to entry vests, these companies helped support the teams that attended to CSC. They also donated their products for in-event competition as well as demos. We thank all of the sponsors and vendors for their support and look forward to working with them in the future.
Another large change was that in 2006 we added another event and made 5 out of the 6 events head to head. Thus, each event was staged so 2 teams would run against each other at the same time. Not only was this visually stimulating, but more importantly it added stress to the SWAT Operators. Hearing the other teams shots and watching them move made the other team try to pick up their own pace and give that much more effort. Racing the clock is not the most enjoyable or challenging approach. Going head up certainly is! In 2005, none of the events were head to head other than the PT Challenge so we were very happy and excited with the head to head format in 2006. It is here to stay and we know all the teams in our event were thrilled to see this change.
In 2007, we grew to 26 teams and brought on the best companies that any SWAT Challenge in America could boast. Our sponsors and vendors responded by giving away $50,000 in prizes and give aways. As has always been our way, the courses and event were all run by active SWAT Operators on the West Hartford SWAT team. We introduced the best and most realistic event to date: The First Choice Armor/Z-Medica School Bus Assault Challenge (which was subsequently "copied" by another privately run SWAT Challenge, albeit not nearly as good or realistic!). We also raised the bar and unveiled the diabolical but team building 5.2 mile Under Armour Physical Fitness Challenge. Along the hilly and winding course were 20 SWAT testing stations that had everything from zip lines, to a handcuff run, to land nav to water crossings to a sked pull, this course gut checked every SWAT Operator. 2007 ended with a bang and with a great outlook for 2008.
2008 was a watershed year for those of us here at the Connecticut SWAT Challenge. While other Challenges were struggling to survive and change, we increased to 33 teams and nearly 85 vendors and sponsors. Our events were unique once again, introducing events like the Scott SCBA Mystery Challenge (clearing a meth house and using live fire) and the US Armor Officer Rescue Challenge which utilized floating platforms where Officers had to fire from. And as all SWAT Operators found out, the 5.7 mile PT course had the toughest 25 stations they had ever seen at a SWAT event. Our Lenco Meet and Greet and Stag Arms Championship Award Dinner were attended by over 650 SWAT Officers and LE personnel. Thanks to these great companies, it was all FREE of charge for the attendees. We moved to a great new HQ area, thanks to our friends at the Metacon Gun Club. Located directly between the two firing ranges (only 200 yards from each!), our new venue was a hit with competitors, visitors and vendors alike. As has become our core mission, we provide a first rate training exercise and SWAT competition while linking these teams up with the BEST law enforcement support companies in the world.
In 2009, we had 37 teams from 7 states and some 120 vendors/sponsors. The courses were incredibly realistic with a new set of skills that were tested. Officers came from all over the country to compete and we were honored to have Connecticut Governor Jodi M. Rell give a keynote speech to our competitors. This year, EVERY event started on time and ended either on time or ahead of schedule. I have never heard of an event of this size and magnitude being able to run so smoothly and it surely is due to all the volunteers and helpers, and surely the WHPD SWAT Team, that this occurred. We also saw the longest and hardest SWAT Comp PT Challenge ANYWHERE in 2009 at our event, the 6.2 mile killer that had 30 testing stations along the way. Winning time, just over 2 hours!!! Over and over, we heard from our companies, our competitors and our visitors that this event is the best SWAT Comp and best Vendor Show in the country.
2010, 2011 and 2012 brought on even more changes. Our teams came more prepared, and our sponsors and vendors became even more generous if that is possible. Our TCCC course trained hundreds of tactical medics and SWAT and Police Officers and we implemented even more challenging courses of fire and problem solving events. We had a night shoot using IR illuminators and we incorporated robots into the training. Teams from Canada and California came aboard and we saw a great response from the public at large coming to watch this free event open to all. The staff running the event grew to roughly 100 Officers, civilians and retired officers who realized that the training we as first responders need to get better and better every year. And the CSC is the place to get that.
2013 and 2014 were vital in preparing for the future of the CSC for the next decade. In 2014 we celebrated our 10th anniversary and welcomed in a host of new teams and top notch companies. We incorporated Tasers, less lethal deployment, events with sniper initiated movements, school bus entries and a host of other cutting edge courses. We even utilized a helicopter in one event and it became one of the most realistic yet exciting add-ins ever to hit the CSC. Our schedule of training expanded and in addition to the TCCC, we brought in an active Delta Operator to teach an advanced carbine class. This was done prior to the start of the actual CSC so it's a great change that we will add to as each year goes by. Never in the history of modern day law enforcement have our needs for cutting edge training been more vital. Combine that with the incredible advancements in the technology world, and we are the most fortunate L/E entity in the land because we can call upon the greatest collection of vendors and sponsors to equip all of us!
2015 was a watershed year because Our Heroes Fund took over as sponsoring entity for the best SWAT training and SWAT competition in the world. As a Non Profit creation, OHF strives to support, train and educate first responders, our nation's military service people, and those injured or killed in the line of duty. 30+ teams from 8 states came and competed and we offered training classes that were second to none. Our sponsors and vendors gave away over $150,000 worth of product which no training event or comp can even come close to matching.
Coming for 2016: 38 teams, new classes like the Video Diagnostics Pistol taught by retired Army Ranger, Special Forces and Delta Sergeant Major. Tactical Questioning class taught by Case Officers with extensive Middle East experience. Helicopter operations are back, explosive options, tactical considerations in every event and some new innovations that will change comps from here forward (can you say drones…..). 150+ vendors for the single largest vendor show at any SWAT comp in the world. Don't miss this year's event!


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George Herrmann (Moscou,  — Zurique, ) foi um engenheiro suíço nascido na Rússia.

Aos 12 anos de idade foi para a Suíça. Estudou no Instituto Federal de Tecnologia de Zurique, onde obteve os graus de bacharel em 1945 e doutorado em 1949, ambos em engenharia civil. Após um ano como pós-doutorado na École Polytechnique no Canada, tornou-se professor associado de engenharia civil da Universidade Columbia em 1951, em 1962 professor da Universidade Northwestern e em 1970 professor da Universidade Stanford.

Engenheiros civis da Suíça

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Voorhees a jolly good fellow!
Jack, a handsome man, walked into a sports bar around 9:58 pm. He sat down next to this blonde at the bar and stared up at the TV as the 10:00 news came on. The news crew was covering a story of a man on a ledge of a large building preparing to jump.
The blonde looked at Jack and said, "Do you think he'll jump?"
Jack says, "You know what, I bet he will." The blonde replied, "Well, I bet he won't." Jack placed $30 on the bar and said, "You're on!"
Just as the blonde placed her money on the bar, the guy did a swan dive off of the building, falling to his death. The blonde was very upset and handed her $30 to Jack, saying, "Fair's fair... Here's your money."
Jack replied, "I can't take your money, I saw this earlier on the 5 o'clock news and knew he would jump."
The blonde replies, "I did too; but I didn't think he'd do it again."
Jack took the money.
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Roll me up and smoke me when I die.
I've seen that joke before and I still laughed.
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I didn't think she'd lose the bet again.
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Girls are great!
A lady slips and falls down the stairs.
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A blonde teenager, wanting to earn some extra money for the summer, decided to hire herself out as a "handy-woman"
She started canvassing a nearby well-to-do neighborhood. She went to the front door of the first house, and asked the owner if he had any odd jobs for her to do.
"Well, I guess I could use somebody to paint my porch," he said, "How much will you charge me?"
Delighted, the girl quickly responded, "How about $50?"
The man agreed and told her that the paint brushes and everything she would need was in the garage.
The man's wife, hearing the conversation said to her husband, "Does she realize that our porch goes ALL the way around the house?"
He responded, "That's a bit cynical, isn't it?"
The wife replied, "You're right. I guess I'm starting to believe all those dumb blonde jokes we've been getting by email lately."
Later that day, the blonde teenager came to the door to collect her money.
"You're finished already?" the startled husband asked.
"Yes, she replied, and I even had paint left over, so I gave it two coats."
Impressed, the man reached into his pocket for the $50.00 and handed it to her along with a $10.00 tip.
"And, by the way," the teenager added, "it's not a Porch, it's a Lexus."
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Do you know why scuba divers fall backwards out of the boat when going for a dive?
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if they fell forward they'd fall into the boat.
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I've never seen boogers so green.
Did you hear about the unsolved toilet theft at the police station? The police have nothing to go on.
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@Janers Moist Owlettes
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This guy was running excitedly out of the bar to his friends.
-guys! Guys! I made 20$ and 50cent from sucking dick tonight!
-..who gave you the 50cent?
-everyone did.
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Let us take a tabular format data in the file "longley.reg".
The first column is the string with two characters. The second, third, fourth and fifth column is the data of the floating type or exponential type format. The precision of this data is varying and somewhere very high which might not be always required. We will try to round off to 3 digits after decimal point.
This output is much more organized than the unformatted one.
In data analysis, reading and writing a text file is essential as you can not store all your data in your program. Here, we see how can we write a text file, append to that text file and later read that file.
Here, we append few lines to the previous text file.
Reading a file is equally essential as writing a file and sometimes even more if we are just visualizing the data.
Perl is a general purpose, high-level programming language. High-level language means, which you can use for wide variety of applications. It also has many modules available which can be used easily. It has made useful of great features from several other programming languages including C, shell script, awk, sed etc. This makes it even more efficient. It has most advanced feature of text data manipulations which makes it very useful in computational biology. It has also been used for a long time in Geophysics and there are many popular codes available in this language.
You can even use this language as a wrapper of your other group of programs which will make your program easy to use. The codes in Perl are very easy to read and understand which makes it very popular.
Each command in perl should terminate with the semicolon, ";".
Comment in a perl script starts with the "#" entry.
The perl script can be invoked by the first line "#!/usr/bin/perl" (if the perl executable is present in this path, else you can find the path to perl using the shell command "which perl").
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2. diagonalizing_matrix.pl –> this program diagonalizes the given matrix. It can be used to diagonalize the moment tensor matrix as well.
4. maj_min_dc.pl –> this gives the major and minor double couple as output.
5. dc_clvd_mt.pl –> this gives the double couple and clvd part as output.
6. focal_mech_info.pl –> this gives the auxiliary fault plane as output for a given main fault plane.
7. plot_focal_mech.sh –> this bash script plots the focal mechanism solution for a given strike, dip and rake. It makes use of the focal_mech_info.pl program.


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Q: Optimal Stock Selection Algorithm (Python) Given a total amount of available capital, the values of stocks at the current date and the values of the same stocks at a later date, I need to find a way to calculate the optimal return if I can buy at most one share of any stock.
For example:
Given
input:
capital = 10
cur_vals = [3,4,5,6]
fut_vals = [6,7,5,3]

output:
6

So far I've come up with the following:
def optimal_select(spend, cur_value, fut_value):

    #create list of (returns,current_vals)

    diffs = sorted([(fut_value[i] - cur_value[i],cur_value[i]) for i in range(len(cur_value))], reverse = True)

    values = []

    for k in range(len(diffs)):

        #initial balance:
        balance = spend - diffs[k][1]

        #initial returns
        returns = diffs[k][0]

        #attempt to add each additional stock by highest return

        for j in range(k+1,len(diffs)):

            if diffs[j][1] <= balance and diffs[j][1] > 0:

                balance += -diffs[j][1]
                returns += diffs[j][0]

        values.append(returns)

    return max(values)

Although, I know this won't give me the correct answer all the time because it doesn't account for the case where it makes sense to forgo the highest return selection at a given iteration for multiple less costly stocks that sum to higher returns.
For example:
optimal_select(8, [4,4,2,2],[10,9,5,5])

output: 11

Where the correct output in this case should be 12.
Is there a particular algorithm or area of optimization that I can reference that might help me better structure my approach?

A: Thanks to the comment, I was able to work through the correct solution with the 0-1 knapsack problem and the following code:
def optimal_selection(w, cost, returns):

    m = [[None for i in range(len(cost)+1)] for j in range(w + 1)]

    for j in range(w+1):
        m[j][0] = 0

    for i in range(1,len(cost)+1):

        for j in range(w+1):

            if cost[i-1] > j:

                m[j][i] = m[j][i-1]

            else:

                m[j][i] = max(m[j][i-1], m[j-cost[i-1]][i-1] + returns[i-1])

    return max([i for sub in m for i in sub])

```

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//  BaseWKWebViewController.m
//  MoxaYS
//
//  Created by heguanjie on 17/9/13.
//  Copyright © 2017年 jiudaifu. All rights reserved.
//

#import "BaseWKWebViewController.h"
#import "MJRefresh.h"

@interface BaseWKWebViewController ()
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIBarButtonItem *backBarButtonItem;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIBarButtonItem *closeBarButtonItem;
@property (nonatomic, strong) id <UIGestureRecognizerDelegate>delegate;
//@property (nonatomic, strong) UIRefreshControl *refreshControl;
@property (nonatomic, strong) MJRefreshHeader *refreshHeader;

@end

@implementation BaseWKWebViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.

    self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];

//    _url = @"http://www.sina.com";
    [self createWebView];
    [self setMjRefreshHeader];
//    [self createNaviItem];
//    [self loadRequest];
}

- (void)setMjRefreshHeader{
    __weak typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
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            [weakSelf webViewReload];
        }];
    } else {
        _webView.scrollView.mj_header = [MJRefreshNormalHeader headerWithRefreshingBlock:^{
            [weakSelf webViewReload];
        }];
    }
}
- (void)dealloc {
    [_wk_WebView removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"estimatedProgress"];
    [_wk_WebView stopLoading];
    [_webView stopLoading];
    _wk_WebView.UIDelegate = nil;
    _wk_WebView.navigationDelegate = nil;
    _webView.delegate = nil;
}

#pragma mark - 加载请求
- (void)loadRequest {
//    if (![self.url hasPrefix:@"http"]) {//是否具有http前缀
//        self.url = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://%@",self.url];
//    }
    NSString * htmlResponseStr=[NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:self.url] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:Nil];
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        request =[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:self.url] cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData timeoutInterval:3];
    }else{
        request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:self.url] cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReturnCacheDataDontLoad timeoutInterval:3];
    }
    if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice]systemVersion]floatValue] >= 8.0) {
        [_wk_WebView loadRequest:request];
    } else {
        [_webView loadRequest:request];
    }
}

- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context {
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                _loadingProgressView.hidden = YES;
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        }
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}

//重新加载
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#pragma mark - 懒加载
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#pragma mark - 导航按钮
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- (void)showRightBarButtonItem {

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- (UIBarButtonItem*)closeBarButtonItem {
    if (!_closeBarButtonItem) {
        _closeBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithTitle:@"关闭" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:@selector(close:)];
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- (void)back:(UIBarButtonItem*)item {
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- (void)close:(UIBarButtonItem*)item {
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#pragma mark - 自定义导航按钮支持侧滑手势处理
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- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
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    return self.navigationController.viewControllers.count > 1;
}

#pragma mark - WebViewDelegate
- (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView *)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType {
    webView.hidden = NO;
    // 不加载空白网址
    if ([request.URL.scheme isEqual:@"about"]) {
        webView.hidden = YES;
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- (void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView *)webView {
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//    [self showLeftBarButtonItem];
//    [_refreshControl endRefreshing];
    [webView.scrollView.mj_header endRefreshing];
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- (void)webView:(UIWebView *)webView didFailLoadWithError:(NSError *)error {
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//    NSString *urlString = [navigationAction.request.URL absoluteString];
//    urlString = [urlString stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
//    NSLog(@"---decidePolicyForNavigationAction--urlString = %@",urlString);
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//    decisionHandler(WKNavigationActionPolicyAllow);
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#pragma mark 加载状态回调
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    webView.hidden = NO;
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//页面加载完成
- (void)webView:(WKWebView *)webView didFinishNavigation:(null_unspecified WKNavigation *)navigation{
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//    [self showLeftBarButtonItem];

//    [_refreshControl endRefreshing];
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//页面加载失败
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}

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#pragma mark - Navigation

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- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {
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What the Next-Gen GPS Satellite Upgrade Means for You
By Jared Newman
Testing is about to begin on the next-generation of Global Positioning System satellites, with the arrival of a prototype unit at a Lockheed Martin complex in Colorado.
These "Block III" satellites are part of a $5.5 billion upgrade to GPS, a government-run system that consumers rely on for directions on their phones, cars and standalone navigation devices. What does the big upgrade mean for consumers? Here are the big improvements that Block III aims to provide:
Better Accuracy
Block III GPS Satellites will be able to determine position to within three feet, compared to 10 feet with current technology, the Associated Press reports. That translates to more accurate directions while driving, and more importantly, better tracking when the user is on foot. More accurate navigation will prove especially valuable as tech companies such as Google try to take their mapping apps indoors to shopping malls and transit hubs,
More Reliable Coverage
Block III GPS is supposed to be more reliable in areas where the current technology is shaky, such as under heavy tree canopies or on city streets surrounded by skyscrapers. And as Google Maps project manager Steve Lee told Wired last month, GPS doesn't work well indoors, so Google had to do a lot of extra work to improve accuracy. The more powerful Block III satellites should be more reliable in covered areas and may reduce the amount of work needed for indoor applications.
Safer from Jamming
The AP notes that Block III's higher-powered signal will be "harder for enemies to jam," but intentional attacks may not be the only concern. Consumer-grade GPS jammers, which are illegal to sell or use but are nonetheless popular among commercial drivers who don't want to be tracked by their employers, also pose a safety risk. In 2009, for instance, one trucker's signal jammer was interfering with GPS at Newark airport in New Jersey. Block III's more powerful transmissions will improve resistance to GPS jamming.
The prototype that arrived at Lockheed Martin this week won't be launched into space. The first flight model will arrive next summer, with the goal of launching in May 2014. Ultimately the Pentagon wants to buy 32 satellites with the new technology, but we'll be using the existing technology for at least the next couple of years.
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CONFERENCE: Harvard
The Perils of Small-Minority Controllers
William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance Harvard Law School
Julian Franks
Professor of Finance / London Business School
This Article contributes to the long-standing and heated debate over dual- class companies by placing a spotlight on a significant set of dual-class companies whose structures raise especially severe governance concerns: those with controllers holding a small minority of the company's equity capital. Such small- minority controllers dominate some of the country's largest companies, and we show that their numbers can be expected to grow.
We begin by analyzing the perils of small-minority controllers, explaining how they generate considerable governance costs and risks and showing how these costs can be expected to escalate as the controller's stake decreases. We then identify the mechanisms that enable such controllers to retain their power despite holding a small or even a tiny minority of the company's equity capital. Based on a hand-collected analysis of governance documents of these companies, we present novel empirical evidence on the current incidence and potential growth of small- minority and tiny-minority controllers. Among other things, we show that governance arrangements at a substantial majority of dual-class companies enable the controller to reduce his equity stake to below 10% and still retain a lock on control, and a sizable fraction of such companies enable retaining control with less than a 5% stake.
Finally, we examine the considerable policy implications that arise from recognizing the perils of small-minority controllers. We first discuss disclosures necessary to make transparent to investors the extent to which arrangements enable controllers to reduce their stake without forgoing control. We then identify and examine measures that public officials or institutional investors could take to ensure that controllers maintain a minimum fraction of equity capital; to provide public investors with extra protections in the presence of small-minority controllers; or to screen midstream changes that can introduce or increase the costs of small-minority controllers.
Board declassification and firm value: Have shareholders and boards really destroyed billions in value?
Emiliano Catan
Assistant Professor of Law
NYU Law School
Unsuccessful Teams
Renee Adams
Professor of Finance/FIRN director, Commonwealth Bank Chair in Finance
Monitoring the Monitor: Distracted Institutional Investors and Board Governance
Ronald Masulis
Scientia Professor in Finance, University of New South Wales


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One recent evening, while in my desk chair working on the latest and greatest open-innovation initiative, I was reminded of one of my favorite innovation stories.
As the long evening hours stretched before me, a squeak in the chair became progressively worse. What started as barely a mouse squeak morphed into a shrill shriek by late evening. I tried not shifting in the seat to minimize the sound, which only led to cramping in my legs and a stiff back.
More decisive action was needed.
I stomped off to get the toolbox, and much to my unhappiness it was bereft of oil. Next I pulled down the ladder to the loft where I keep all my additional home tools and equipment. I know I have something up there but between skis, Christmas decorations and now-stored summer clothes I couldn't find what I needed. I then ventured out to the late-night store where I knew I'd find what I was looking for – a trusty can of WD40.
For those of you who are unfamiliar, WD40 is a multipurpose lubricant and can be easily found in any store. Armed with this most manly of products I set about hunting down the squeak's source. Within a minute the figurative mouse was dead. Happiness and peace was restored.
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instructions. Nice carrot to get people engaged.
Open Innovation can so often be a complex matter, but this one was a good example of a simple request that could be easily understood by anyone. It connected directly with the end market. No need to run expensive marketing campaigns hoping to connect with your consumer – but target them directly in this very simple but focused way. They in turn can provide valuable insight on product uses.
This is particularly helpful when you have such a diversified market as WD40, even though there are a few core uses. WD40 of course share these uses and have identified more than 2,000 to date and I'm sure more will be added over time. So with a bit of website engineering you can more fully inform your market of your value proposition.
On reflection, this campaign perhaps has less to do with finding new things but letting consumers know what else they can use it for, as higher rates of consumption will undoubtedly lead to increased sales. As new uses are identified, the company can look at sharing those uses with other potential users – thus increasing the market.
This was the spark and reminded me of a great "hunting ground" for focused customer ideas. Discovering existing or potential new uses/markets for products that requires little or no product development can be a real low-hanging fruit innovation challenge for companies to undertake.
WD40 has taken it to an extreme – with some 2,000+ uses. But for many this is something new and rarely considered. It could be something hidden to you or yet discovered. Many people can help from your sales force, account managers, distributors to customers themselves in bringing these ideas forward. Who will help you explore this area of opportunity?
I recall two examples from our archives. One company brought in a school bus and was looking for new ways to innovate and add/improve the offering it produced for this product. One keen individual inspecting the bus scratched the window – as any rebellious teenager may do. The connection he made was that their company produced scratch- and graffiti-resistant glass for bus shelters, which he could see being used on the bus itself. Some quick research identified this was a known problem and there was a need for a solution.
In another company, account managers were asked if they sold any of their products to someone unusual. The product itself was in the building trade and used as a sealant. One account manager reported back that instead of selling to the building trade he was selling to a marine shop. After contacting this company, they discovered that their sealant worked perfectly well on marine vessels. This resulted in a quick bit of re-branding and marketing on the same product and instead of selling to one marine shop they sold to hundreds – massively increasing revenues from a simple line extension.
It may not be that you have 2,000 uses for your product to market, but you could probably find one or two great line-extensions in new markets. With very little effort, imagine what your company could achieve by unearthing these hidden possibilities from customers, account managers and your sales teams.
Think about your products – are there hidden uses or line extensions you need to investigate that will add real dollars to your company's growth?
Matt Chapman is a senior innovation solution consultant at Imaginatik, an innovation management consultancy and software company based in Boston. He has helped companies all over the world adopt innovation cultures, and is a regular speaker and writer on innovation best practice.
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Flu Awareness Week, 22 – 26 October 2018
22 Oct 2018 - 26 Oct 2018
World Health Organization (WHO) - Regional office for Europe
The Flu Awareness Week is marked across the WHO European Region every year in October. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of vaccination for people's health and well-being and to increase the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination of people with underlying risk factors.
The Flu Awareness Week is a communication campaign marked across the WHO European Region every year in October. The campaign is organised by the WHO/Europe and aims to increase the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination of people in risk groups. Every April the European Immunization Week is extended, to raise awareness of the importance of vaccination for people's health and well-being.
ECDC supports the Flu Awareness Week by providing scientific evidence on vaccination.
Why a specific campaign on influenza?
Influenza is usually mild and most people recover quickly, but some people are at high risk of serious complications, some of which can be life-threatening and result in death. The elderly, pregnant women, young children and people with underlying health conditions are more likely than others to develop severe disease if they should be infected. In addition, health care workers are more exposed to different viruses on a daily basis, including the influenza virus, and should be vaccinated to protect themselves and their patients.
Influenza places a substantial burden on the health of people in Europe each year. It is estimated that 30% of the burden of communicable diseases in Europe is due to influenza. Up to 50 million people each year are estimated to have symptomatic influenza in EU/EEA countries and as a consequence between 15 000 – 70 000 are estimated to die from influenza associated causes and on a global level, 290 000-646 000 respiratory deaths are estimated to be related to influenza. In addition, the large number of mild to moderate infections result in work absences, losses to production and pressure on the health and social care services.
Influenza is a disease with high social and economic costs, and vaccination is the best way to prevent the disease. As influenza viruses change, vaccination against influenza is needed every year to keep up with the circulating viruses. In the northern hemisphere, the seasonal influenza circulation is observed between November up to May, so October is the optimal time to receive an influenza vaccination.
Join the initiative to increase vaccination coverage by raising awareness of the importance of vaccination!
Seasonal influenza - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2017 - 2018
Infographic: Influenza in Europe, Season 2017-2018
Infographic - 22 Oct 2018
Influenza ranked highest in burden of disease measured in DALYs
News - 20 Apr 2018
WHO recommendations for influenza virus vaccine composition for the 2018-2019 Northern hemisphere season
News, ECDC comment - 26 Feb 2018
Low uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination in Europe may jeopardise capacity to protect people in next pandemic
Press release - 7 Feb 2018
Influenza disease overview
Factsheet about seasonal influenza
Influenza is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The best way to prevent flu is by getting a flu vaccine each year.
Risk groups for severe influenza
Some people are at high risk of serious complications as a result of influenza, some of which can be life-threatening and result in death. The risk groups includes people who are more likely than others to develop severe disease if they should be infected, such as the elderly, pregnant women, young children and people with underlying health conditions.
Read more about the disease
Influenza transmission and virus circulation in Europe
Flu News Europe: Weekly influenza updates
Weekly reports on influenza activity in Europe throughout the flu season are available as Flu News Europe reports and weekly infographic.
Influenza Virus Characterisation Reports, summary Europe
The influenza virus characterisation reports give an overview of circulating influenza viruses in Europe. They provide details on the current vaccine strains, summarise the development of the viruses since the last report, and closely follow the main developments for the ongoing influenza season.
Influenza in Europe, summary of the season 2017–18
The influenza 2017/18 surveillance season started in week 40/2017 & ended in week 20/2018. Here you find an overview of the ECDC main outputs during the season 2017/18.
See all surveillance reports on seasonal influenza
Influenza vaccination coverage rates in the EU/EEA
ECDC is collecting, sharing and disseminating information on national vaccination programmes and provides guidance for improving the overall performance of the vaccination systems in EU/EEA Member States. The latest data on vaccination coverage by country in the EU/EEA of different risk- and target groups are available in the reports listed on this page.
Public health guidance: Seasonal influenza vaccination of children and pregnant women
The aim of this guidance document is to provide EU/EEA Member States and EU bodies with relevant information to make an informed decision on routine vaccination of healthy children and pregnant women with seasonal influenza vaccine. The options presented in this document are based on a systematic review of the literature and the opinions of a group of independent experts.
Meeting report: Understanding the behavioural aspects and the role of health communication in mitigating the impact of seasonal influenza
The meeting report covers health communication strategies that could be undertaken to better promote influenza prevention measures and the healthcare professionals' role in the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination.
Vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers and their patients in Europe
The aim of this research project is to have a better understanding of vaccine hesitancy and safety concerns among healthcare vaccine providers and their patients in Europe and to explore the link and potential influence between the two groups.
Let's talk about hesitancy: enhancing confidence in vaccination and uptake
This guide provides practical evidence-based and peer-reviewed advice for public health programme managers and communicators involved with immunisation services. It identifies ways to enhance people's confidence in vaccination and addresses common issues which underlie vaccination hesitancy.
Communication on immunisation – building trust
With an emphasis on the concepts of trust and transparency, this guide has been developed to assist those involved in planning and implementing health communication activities to promote immunisation.
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Vaccination campaigns
E-learning course: Influenza vaccination campaigns targeting healthcare workers
This online course aims to support the EU/EEA Member States in their planning of annual seasonal influenza vaccination campaigns targeting healthcare workers.
Influenza communication guide: How to increase influenza vaccination uptake and promote preventive measures to limit its spread
The influenza vaccination communication guide provide advice, guidance and campaign materials to support national influenza vaccination campaigns with the purpose of increasing the influenza vaccination uptake in the EU Member States.
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World Health Organization, Regional Office For Europe - Flu Awareness Campaign 2018: The 6th Flu Awareness Campaign aims to increase uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination among risk groups, such as older people, pregnant women, young children and people with underlying health conditions, all of whom are more likely to develop complications from influenza.
Influenza vaccination – 7 things to know
Is it just a "touch of the flu" for you, or do you face a greater risk?
World Health Organization, Regional Office For Europe - Flu Awareness Campaign: WHO/Europe launched the Flu Awareness Campaign initiative in 2013 as an extension of European Immunization Week.
World Health Organization - Influenza spotlight: Influenza: are we ready?
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Shorter women are more likely to have long-term relationships with men, and more likely to have children, according to a study of 10,000 people born in the UK in 1958.
The average height for a British woman is 1.62 metres (5 feet, 4 inches). But those who were between 1.51 and 1.58 metres were most likely to be married and to have children by the age of 42. This relationship held true even after accounting for social class.
The study also found that women prefer men who are taller than average. A man of 1.83 metres (6 feet exactly) was more likely to have a partner and children than a man standing at the average height of 1.77 metres (5 feet, 10 inches).
But why men should prefer smaller women is unclear, says Daniel Nettle of the Open University, who led the research. "There is no evidence that shorter women conceive more quickly or are more fertile in a contemporary population," he says. In fact, previous studies have found that smaller women are more likely to die in childbirth.
"But we know that men are drawn to things that in our evolutionary past would have been a cue for fertility. And in one sense tallness is a negative cue – tall women reach puberty later and probably their secondary sexual characteristics develop somewhat later," he says.
Nettle thinks the finding that men prefer mates who are smaller than average, but women prefer the opposite, also suggests the height disparity between the sexes is likely to continue.
The genetics of height is poorly understood, he stresses. "Oddly enough, we know that the heights of mother and son and of father and daughter correlate. So it would seem that a woman choosing a tall husband is also choosing tall daughters."
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Latinos love using Instagram. According to one survey Hispanic use of Instagram far outweighed its use for non-Hispanics: 43.9% to 29.2%. In another, Latinos outnumbered whites, 18% to 11%.
This is one reason why many brands are starting to use Instagram to reach their customers, and a great opportunity for us to highlight our favorite Latinos and Latinas to follow on Instagram. They may not be the most famous or have the most followers, but they're awesome for a bunch of different reasons.
The Houston rapper/entrepreneur/clothing magnate/YouTube star is a hoot! Follow him for everything from updates on music/shows to see his latest clothing designs, sneak peeks of his YouTube videos and the most hilarious and risqué Latino-themed memes!
This Texas native makes stickers for your nails in uniquely Latino, and awesome, designs. If you want to see La Virgen de la Guadalupe, Selena, Loteria, Frida Kahlo or Día de los Muertos on your nails, this is the account for you. The coolest thing about this account is all the ideas for your own nails you can get from following.
If you love art, you've got to follow this account, because you've never seen anything like this! This Chilean artist takes historic icons and makes them cool, so cool you want to hang out with his paintings. Follow now!
Instabex aka Becky Arreaga. Okay, a little self-promotion, but Mambo's President is fun, funny and spontaneous. You won't regret a follow, we promise!
Mexico-based journalist Daniel Hernandez goes on some pretty awesome adventures as a book writer and current Mexico bureau chief for VICE News. If you've ever been to Latin America, you'll recognize some of the awesome adventures Hernandez shares, if you haven't, you don't want to miss these.
As the originator of the #FitAndThick hashtag, we appreciate Nicole's promotion of healthy bodies that lie outside of the super skinny traditional beauty model. Plus, she's smoking hot, so there's that.
This account spotlights Mexico in ways you're unlikely to see anywhere else. Part gorgeous photos, part gorgeous people and part society pages, this account offers a unique view of Mexico.
Texas native and famous photographer Penny De Los Santos takes amazing photos of anything, though currently she's focused on food. Beautiful food. The kind of food that makes your mouth water. You will not regret following her…unless it's lunchtime.
Cartoonist, satirist, writer, radio host, there are so many ways to describe Lalo Alcaraz, and you'll find many more by following him. Whether it's giving talks at universities, writing Fox's upcoming "Bordertown" cartoon show, or painting his iconic Chicano-themed paintings, Lalo is always up to something interesting.
Lead singer for Girl In A Coma and solo artist is amazingly talented, beautiful and fun. See the world through her eyes.
This clothing company is using Instagram to reach bicultural millennials in ways that are appealing and interesting. It's about selling clothes, but more importantly, about selling the brand as cool. Check it out.
What you need to know: La Banda Elastica covers Latin music in a way you've never seen it before. María Madrigal is a photographer who helps run the site, and her Instagram is at once beautiful and jarring.
And…drumroll please… MercuryMambo! Of course we had to get a little self promotion in there!


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PH added more countries in its "Red List" amid the threat of the new Covid-19 variant
Published 29 November 2021 1 min read
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) added seven more European nations in its "red listed" countries, wherein travelers from these places are banned from entering the Philippines.
Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium and Italy are now under the Red List starting Nov. 28 until Dec. 15.
Earlier, the government also removed 7 African nations (South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and Mozambique) from its green list countries due to the presence of a new Covid-19 variant, the Omicron, which is said to have many mutations.
The IATF said it would not permit inbound international travelers from or who have been to Red List areas within the last 14 days, regardless of their vaccination status.
But, the IATF said Filipinos planning to return to the Philippines may be allowed as long as it's via government-initiated or non-government-initiated repatriation and Bayanihan Flights.
However, they also said that these Filipinos' entry would be subject to the prevailing entry, testing, and quarantine protocols for Red List areas.
The government clarified that it would not bar passengers already in transit and all who have been to these Red List areas within 14 days immediately before their arrival in the Philippines or who arrive before 12:01 a.m. Nov. 30.
"They shall nevertheless be required to undergo facility-based quarantine for 14 days with testing on the 7th day, with day 1 being the date of arrival, notwithstanding a negative RT-PCR result," the IATF said in a statement.
Meanwhile, travelers who have already arrived before Nov. 28 and are currently undergoing quarantine under their country of origin's classifications shall complete their respective testing and quarantine protocols.
The IATF added that passengers, whether Filipinos or foreigners, merely transiting through these Red List areas will not be deemed as having come from these areas if they stayed in the airport the whole time.
"Upon their arrival in the Philippines, passengers covered by the immediately preceding paragraph shall comply with existing testing and quarantine protocols," the IATF said.
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An investigation has thrown doubt on the story of the Florida woman who claimed to have invented the fidget spinner toy while looking for a way to distract young Palestinian boys from clashing with Israeli police.
"It started as a way of promoting peace," Catherine Hettinger told CNN Money last week.
Bloomberg News confirmed Thursday that Hettinger was granted a patent for a spinning device in 1997. But Hettinger's device, which she pitched unsuccessfully to the toymaker Hasbro, had little in common with the ubiquitous fidget spinner sold today resembling a coaster-sized propeller with a bearing in the middle.
Two patent experts who reviewed Hettinger's idea at Bloomberg's request doubt it was the precursor of the current toy, despite an account on Wikipedia suggesting otherwise.
"In reading it, it doesn't appear to cover the products that people are selling now," Jeffrey Blake, a partner at a law firm focused on intellectual property, told Bloomberg.
Hettinger, 62, a chemical engineer by training, did not disagree.
A Kickstarter campaign for for Hettinger's device shows a child spinning a toy that looks nothing like the fidget spinners currently on the market.
Hettinger told CNN Money that she brainstormed her device after visiting Israel and hearing of young Palestinians throwing rocks at Israel soldiers. So far, no one has challenged that part of the story.


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You Are Here Home Batman on Film Why THE BATMAN's 1st Trailer Used a Nirvana Song
Why THE BATMAN's 1st Trailer Used a Nirvana Song
Diana Prince - October 29, 2020 at 13:14
The composer of THE BATMAN — Michael Giacchino — recently talked to CINEMABLEND about the use of Nirvana's "Something in the Way" in the film's first trailer. Here's what he had to say…
I think we just got lucky when it came around time to do the trailer. We got really lucky that [my main theme] just, it lied in perfectly against that song, you know? That was one of those things where they sent it to me, and they were like, 'Should we fill it in more?' And I'm just like, 'I don't know. It sounds pretty great the way it is and the way that it's just sort of layered in.' And we gave them a few things to add into it, but not much at all. I feel like they did a really good job with that trailer. It was a great way of saying, 'Here's your next Batman.'
Giacchino also talked about the film's main musical theme (which we first heard in the "Camera Test" released by Matt Reeves earlier this year)…
I just had an idea one day and I was like, 'Oh, this, you know, in knowing the character that Matt is bringing to the screen, I just thought this, to me, feels like… if I were Batman, if I were Matt Reeves as Batman, what would be going through my head as I stood up on top of some building and just looked at the city?' And I thought, 'Yeah, this is what would get me going through my head.' And so I wrote that, sent it to Matt and he really loved it. Then we had a chance to record a bunch of it when I was in London at one point, we did that, for no other reason than to maybe use it for trailers. I know Matt most importantly just wanted it to be able to edit with it. I wrote like 40 minutes or so of music, none of which to anything pictorially. It was just sort of like, 'Well, here's what I'm thinking, you know?' And so who knows how much will last, and how much we'll look at later and go 'It doesn't fit as well as we thought.' But that particular, very simple main theme, you know, that'll be there.
Good stuff! Click on the links provided for the full interview. – Bill "Jett" Ramey
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Which Star Wars movie is the best in the original trilogy?
Entertainment / Movies / Sci-Fi
We vote and discuss the best Star Wars movie from the original trilogy: Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Backs or Return of The Jedi? Choose one! Invite other Star Wars fans to join our discussion
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Star Wars is undeniably one of the most influential movie trilogies in the history of cinema, and, together with Star Trek's, the sci-fi universe with the largest fan base. Star Wars popularized the space opera sub-genre by combining elements from several movie genres such as adventure, war, fantasy and science fiction. Its creator, George Lucas, managed to create an unforgettable universe populated by compelling characters, which decades later are still very much alive in the imagination of millions.
The success of the original Star Wars movie trilogy was such that it quickly became an extremely profitable entertainment franchise. Who hasn't played with Star Wars toys, video games or board games? Haven't you read any novel or comic-book or watched cartoons about this saga? But Star Wars is not only a money making machine. The original trilogy is considered by critics among the best movies ever produced in the space opera and science fiction genres.
The movies of the original trilogy were re-released in the 1990s with new scenes and special effects. A second Star Wars movie trilogy, capturing the events prior to the original trilogy, was produced later. These films: The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002), and Revenge of the Sith (2005), although successful, did not reach the iconic status of the first three films. Similarly it is still too early to know if J.J. Abrams' Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) and the other two movies of the third trilogy, as well as the new stand-alone movies of the saga, such as Rogue One: a Star Wars Story (2016) will manage to be as popular and iconic original three movies.
Which Star Wars movie is the best?
In the first film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) the evil Darth Vader (David Prowse) commander in chief of the Imperial Forces hold Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) hostage in order to smash the rebellion that is threatening the Galactic Empire, he serves. The young Jedi Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the smugglers Han Solo (Harrison Ford), captain of the Millennium Falcon, his companion the Wookiee Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) and the droids R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) engage in an interplanetary quest to rescue the beautiful princess and help the Rebel Alliance.
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) starts with an impressive battle on the ice planet Hoth where the Imperial troops and its AT-AT walkers assault one of the most important bases of the Rebel Alliance. Han Solo and Leia escape in the Millennium Falcon and Luke travels to the planet Dagobah to be trained by the legendary Jedi Master Yoda. Thanks to him Luke survived his duel with his powerful nemesis Darth Vader, who in the end reveals that he is in fact Luke's father.
In the last film, Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi (1983), Luke Skywalker fights the kingpin Jabba the Hut to rescue his companion from his fortress in Tatooine. The battle of Endor and the destruction of the Death Star are also crucial for the victory of the Rebel Alliance over the Galactic Empire. With the death of Darth Vader and the Emperor Palpatine the Dark Side is finally defeated.
All of these three movies have memorable scenes and characters, be we are sure you have a favorite one.
Which Star Wars movie is the best in the original trilogy? Vote here and tell us why
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Kegan Fisher is an artist and designer based in New York, NY. She has a hard time when asked where she's "from" – she moved around a lot as a kid and lived in many places. St. Louis is the answer she usually settles on. Kegan came to New York in 2003 to attend Pratt Institute. She graduated in 2007 with a BFA in Industrial Design. Right after school she want on to found Design Glut and is considered a rising star in the design world.
In her spare moments she somehow also finds time to paint. Many of the pieces on this site are for sale – get in touch if you'd like to be the owner of an original Kegan.
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Fisher's work deconstructs our industrialized world. Her paintings: candy colored landscapes driven by perspective, strive to alter ones perception of space. To bring the viewer, if for only momentarily, into a world where gravity is suspended, and elements float effortlessly.
Both the midwest and city are obvious influences in Kegan's work. Sprawling land, dead end roads, and afternoon thunderstorms butt against urban development, false light, and grid patterned street blocks. Underlying all is a perpetual, and ongoing loneliness.
Fisher implores the viewer to acknowledge the power of land against technology, and the notion that design of a fully automated system has no need for its creator.
Her paintings are playgrounds of factory, mass production, and machine. Worlds void of people, where skyscrapers plummet through highways, sewage runs through midwest fields, and then end of the world begins in Spring.
Though rigid in technique, their is underlying fluidity throughout Fisher's work. Her use of gradient color blocks, strong vantage point, and directional form lead the viewer in, and throughout, their world.
Kegan Fisher's Images
Midwest Sunrise
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Earthquake Painting
highway overpasses
At 3:05pm on November 5, 2009, Sara Louise Petty said…
Thanks for the add. Beautiful work. Love the color and graphic feeling.
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Your work is greate... congratulations.


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Panel Tackles School-to-Prison Pipeline, Mass Incarceration
When a panel convenes this week to discuss juvenile justice reform in Pensacola, it will have more than academic relevance for the local area. It's an issue local officials have struggled with for a while.
Keyontay Humphries, the American Civil Liberties Union's regional organizer of Northwest Florida, points to a 2015 study by the James Madison Institute and Southern Poverty Law Center. In Escambia County, the study found, a child charged with a felony is four times as likely to be tried as an adult as a child living in Miami-Dade.
"This has a local implication," Humphries said. "This issue of charging children as adults is definitely impacting the local community."
The forum Wednesday evening (Oct. 26) in Pensacola is entitled Criminalizing Kids: The Effects of Mass Incarceration on Our Youth. It will feature both a panel discussion on the issue, as well as a screening of a film concerning the school-to-prison pipeline. The event is part of Youth Action Awareness Month.
Participants in the panel discussion include Deborrah Brodsky, director of the Project on Accountable Justice at Florida State University, which was involved in the 2015 James Madison study; Minister Jeremy Graham, an activist who helped lead the effort to shut down the notorious and now-closed Walnut Grove Correctional facility in Mississippi; as well as author Dr. Amir Whitaker ("The Knucklehead's Guide to Escaping the Trap") and SPLC policy counsel in Florida Scott McCoy.
As of late last week, Humphries learned that the panel would also be featuring an individual who is first-hand familiar with the state's youth justice system. The panelist — identified as J.P. — will be discussing his experience in Polk County.
According to Humphries, the panelist was charged with theft as a youth and while serving a sentence in a juvenile facility officials made the decision to absorb juveniles into the county's adult facility. It resulted in an SPLC lawsuit.
While in the adult facility, the panelist was "beat up pretty badly."
"That's when he picked up his first adult charge, as a victim of assault," Humphries said, explaining that the fight resulted in an assault charge.
Once released, the individual was apparently assaulted at his school, where he was again charged with assault. That charged was later dropped, but the violation of his parole stood.
"And he ended up doing two and a half years in prison," Humphries said.
The former inmate — from his journey in a youth facility for theft, to his subsequent years behind bars — is now a student, trying to wrap up his GED. He's also turned into an activist when it comes to juvenile justice issues.
"Out trying to tell his story and change the world," Humphries said.
Groups like the ACLU and SLPC have worked with the local educational, law enforcement and judicial communities in recent years in an effort to curb the so-called school-to-prison pipeline. The organizations have encouraged the use of measures such as civil citations in lieu of arrests.
"We've seen some improvement," Humphries said. "Law enforcement has really bought into the civil citation program."
But youth are still being arrested. While Humphries sites a "slight decrease" in the number of misdemeanors — where civil citations are more likely to come into play — she also sees the continuance of felony charges for things like fighting at school or drug possession.
And she's concerned with a minor's prospects in the local judicial system. She'd like to see more diverting, less youth being tried as adults.
"We still have a court system that seeks to adjudicate children," Humphries said, citing the 2015 study. "This is a judicial system that seeks to convict."
The local panel discussion and film screening is scheduled for Oct. 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Earl J. Bowden Building, located at 120 Church St. in downtown Pensacola. The event is sponsored by the ACLU, SPLC, League of Women Voters of the Pensacola Bay Area, The Coffee Party, University of West FLorida Social Work Department and Escambia Youth Justice Coalition.
Tags ACLU civil citations justice juvenile school to prison pipeline Southern Poverty Law Center youth


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Iowa's Danny Carroll, former Huckabee campaign leader, endorses Bachmann
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Tags: Danny Carroll, Family Leader, Michele Bachmann, Roy Moore
Candidate Tags: Michele Bachmann
Danny Carroll, the Iowa co-chairman for Mike Huckabee's 2008 presidential campaign in Iowa, has endorsed Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann.
Republican Danny Carroll of Grinnell
Carroll is a former state lawmaker from Grinnell and former chairman of the Family Leader, an Iowa-based organization that advocates against same-sex marriage and abortion.
Bachmann in a statement said Carroll "has been a strong leader on issues that we hold near to our hearts – strong families, pro-life, and fiscal responsibility."
Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, finished second in the Iowa Straw Poll four years ago and claimed victory in the 2008 Iowa GOP caucuses. He opted against seeking the Republican nomination for the 2012 election.
This election cycle, Carroll first endorsed Roy Moore, an ousted Alabama Supreme Court justice, but ended those ties in June saying it was clear Moore couldn't raise enough money for a viable campaign.
In the Bachmann statement, Carroll said: "I have admired and respected Michele ever since I first met her back in the legislative session. The fact that she stood strong on the debt ceiling issue was a clincher for me. She was correct in her position on the debt limit and I appreciate the leadership she has demonstrated throughout the process."
Bachmann is a congresswoman from Minnesota.


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A girlfriend who loved art once said told me that the more she learnt about art, the more she realised she didn't know. That's exactly how I feel about winemaking right now. Not that I'm a winemaker. But as a wine writer, I have always felt it was important to learn some of the technical side to make the writing authentic. It's easier said than done.
This is the fourth year in a row that I have worked a couple of days of vintage at Pegasus Bay in North Canterbury. Or is it the fifth? Who's counting. And the word 'work' isn't strictly accurate. It's more a case of tagging alongside a winemaker or two, plunging the cap on a couple of Pinot tanks, measuring a ferment starter and, occasionally, digging out tanks of sticky Pinot skins after the wine's been moved to barrels.
It's amazing dabbling in vintage work. I've learnt so much about how much I don't know.
The incredibly diverse range of skills a winemaker needs to be successful is mind boggling. Knowledge of plant biology is essential to coax the best from the raw material – the grapes. Then there's chemistry for the winemaking, technical understanding and proficiency when working with pumps and tanks and pipes in the winery. And last, but far from least, you need to love it. That's the only way to blend wine that tastes great.
And here, without further ado, are this week's wines for the weekend.
Marlborough winemaker John Forrest was at the forefront of pioneering New Zealand's modern wine industry, he was one of the first to adopt screwcaps in 2001 and, now, he is leading the pack with experiments of Albarino in this country. This fresh, high acid white grape variety is originally from the maritime climate of north west Spain, which makes it ideally suited to New Zealand. Its freshness and vibrant green herb and citrus flavours shine through in this well priced wine.
Whole bunch ferments are rising and so is the quality of Pinot Noir at Pegasus Bay winery in North Canterbury.
The winemaking team is on a mission to fine tune their Pinot Noirs and this, the freshly released 2016, is possibly the best yet, although I am still smitten with the earthy depths and fruit ripeness in the 2015.
The grapes in this wine were harvested at 24 brix in stages between 7 and 21 April 2016. About one third were placed at the bottom of tanks to ferment as whole bunches, which adds strong fruity aromas and structure to the wine, which was matured in French oak (40% new) for 18 months. Its fruit weight and fresh acidity are beautifully balanced by the wine's full body, moderate tannins and lingering flavoursome finish.
It often sometimes seems strange to discover the gritty reality behind the romantic dream of winemaking but a sip of this wine me of why I fell in love with wine in the first place.
The first time winemaker ever Dom Maxwell bottled a Pinot Noir that was fermented in the vineyard (rather than in the winery) was 2013 but that wine was firmly in the experimental category. Three years later, he made the first vineyard ferment Pinot Noir that was destined for commercial release and this new release is the second one. It's distinctively different Pinot Noir from most, in part because of its pale ruby colour and in part because of its earthier flavours, which are surprisingly medium bodied, given the pale hue of this tasty drop.
It was bottled unfined and unfiltered with a lower than usual dose of sulphur dioxide added only at bottling to prevent oxidation. This tastes spicy, interesting and fresh and, hopefully, has a long life ahead. I plan to find out by cellaring some.
If fermenting a wine in the vineyard sounds like an edgy idea, how about trying it in the cool of autumn in the South Island?
The wines in question are the 2016 Greystone Vineyard Ferment Pinot Noir and brand new 2017 Greystone Vineyard Ferment Pinot Noir. They are made from 100% certified organic grapes, fermented 100% with wild yeasts and aged 100% in older oak (no new barriques here). They were also fermented entirely in the vineyard.
It's an unusual place to ferment grapes, even if it does, ironically, seem to be the most logical place to do it. No transportation is needed, for one thing, and that means the grapes can be picked and placed immediately into their fermentation vessels. What could be more logical?
The first time winemaker Dom Maxwell ever bottled a Pinot Noir that was fermented in the vineyard (rather than in the winery) was 2013 but that wine was firmly in the experimental category. Three years later, he made the first vineyard ferment Pinot Noir that was destined for commercial release.
It's a distinctively different style of Pinot Noir from one of the great Pinot regions in this country – North Canterbury, which is home to Greystone Wines.
This week, a bunch of wine writers and retailers visited the vineyard to watch the Pinot grapes fermenting and taste the wines. I was invited. It was a great insight into an interesting new way (or should that be, an old traditional way) of producing Pinot Noir?
The wines are made without added yeasts. They are bottled unfined and unfiltered. Sulphur dioxide added only at bottling.
They are not the only top notch Pinot Noirs made at Greystone Wines by any stretch, but these wines do push new and interesting boundaries – in a good way. Winemaker Dom Maxwell uses 20% whole bunches of Pinot Noir in the ferment tanks and visits them all once a day, every day, to test the ferments. They tend to be .5% lower in alcohol than their counterparts that are fermented in the winery, which may in part be due to the wild yeasts and in part to the long, slow ferments in the cooler outdoor temperatures. In general, the outdoor ferments range from 24 to 34 degrees Celcius while the indoor winery ferments range from 26 to 33 degrees.
The 2016 Greystone Vineyard Ferment Pinot Noir is a silky, graceful Pinot Noir and is as understated as its front label, which features an evocative illustration of the vineyard. The artwork is by illustrator Hanna Berry, who wandered into the vineyard with her sketchpad and drew a picture perfect rendition of it, in black and white. It's a fitting illustration for a Pinot Noir that is as interesting and tasty as the winemaking thought behind it.