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Most aquatic organisms have evolved mechanisms to minimize damage by UVR. Many terrestrial species have additionally had to adapt to plant compounds (e.g., furanocoumarins) that are extremely toxic when activated by UVR. Over evolutionary time, it is unlikely that these compounds have been present in aquatic systems at concentrations sufficient to trigger adaptive responses. Within the last century, however, release of anthropogenic contaminants, particularly polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), has greatly increased the potential for photoactivated toxicity in aquatic environments. Most phototoxic compounds exert toxicity via a photosensitizing process that produces (within tissues) ROS that ultimately damage biomacromolecules. Some phototoxic compounds, under certain conditions, may exert toxicity after they have been photochemically modified in the external environment. Both mechanisms require sufficient doses of chemical and UVR, particularly UV-A (315 to 400 nm). Assessment of the potential for phototoxic damage in aquatic systems requires thorough analysis of both of these elements, as well as species and lifestage-specific vulnerabilities. Because photoactivated contaminants are present in high concentrations at fairly isolated areas that may function as sinks, and are presently still being introduced into aquatic systems, consideration of phototoxicity will continue to be a significant ecological concern.
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So, three arguments in favour of Brexit, one in favour of Bremain, and one critique of the "spitfire nationalism" which is adopted by the right-wing proponents of Brexit? If you're going to have a forum on this important topic, how about at least pretending to take a balanced approach?
Your snark is really unwarranted. I worked extremely hard to get a balance in this forum. I wrote to over 25 leading scholars to ask them to contribute a pro-Bremain position. I also asked friends and colleagues repeatedly for suggestions, as Facebook friends will testify. Almost all of those I approached either did not reply, or rejected my approach, saying they were either under purdah (for funding reasons) or too busy. I found this remarkable, given how most academics seem to be pro-EU — but then I know how overworked everyone is. In the end we got 3 pro-Brexit and 2 pro-Bremain pieces. I would have preferred 3 each, but I just couldn't find another person willing to contribute. It didn't make sense to drop one pro-Brexit post just to achieve exact numerical equity. All in all, I think we achieved a reasonable balance. If you or anyone else wants to contribute, feel free to drop me an email with a pitch.
As readers will see, we now have a sixth contributor taking an anti-Brexit stance.
I think the forum is shaping up really nicely and you've taken an admirably balanced role in this venture Lee. I have my critiques of other established forums in other sites and their pretensions to balance (or manufacture of debate). But we are talkign about DoT and you. And you have done your best to provide for us an excellent balance of arguments in absolute good faith. thanks.
Why has no one challenged Cameron about not negotiating an Exit deal over trade, migration and immigration.
When asked today about the benifits of an exit he replied you'll have to ask the leave campaigners.
This has to be the greatest letdown of power for the UK this millennium. Someone highlight this please.
This is a serious issue. In the Seventies we had a choice, we knew what trade deals were in place already and what we were being offered if we joined the EU. This time we have another choice, more of the same or take a guess.
Terrible politics and even worse leadership. You would never get away with this in business, but steer the country through blindness. That's OK.
Hoping that someone will highlight this topic.
1) Partly this is due to the process of leaving the EU: the departing member-state must negotiate with the rest to set the terms of departure/ what the future relationship with the EU would be. Hence it is not possible to specify in advance what that would be.
2) This is very convenient for Bremain forces because it adds to the uncertainty, fear and sense of risk that they wish to promote in order to convince people to stay in. So Cameron never had much incentive to try to clarify would Brexit would look like.
I don't have a problem with you not pretending to be balanced. Media organisations pretending to take a balanced approach, on the other hand, I can't abide.
More importantly, your links don't seem to be working.
As stated in the intro, the post links will go live over the week to come as the posts are published.
Sorry – I realised this after I posted the comment. The first bit stands, however, and thanks for getting back to me.
Is the link to Philip Cunliffe's piece not present as a deliberate measure or is it accidental?


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RADIO personality Fifi Box has gone public with a shocking case of sexual assault perpetrated by a "high profile" male celebrity during an interview more than a decade ago.
Speaking about Taylor Swift and DJ David Mueller's duelling lawsuits over an alleged groping incident, Box revealed she'd suffered such an incident herself - one she wishes she'd handled differently.
"I can say that I've found myself, as a young woman particularly working in the media, in situations where I've found myself uncomfortable. You could argue I've been sexually assaulted, and yet laughed or giggled my way through I because I've been scared or intimidated by the situation," she revealed on Fox FM this morning.
"There was one particular guest who came into the studio. I was 24-25 at the time and he would've been in his 50s. VERY high profile," said Box, now 40.
"He sat in the studio and during the interview, he was touching me - reaching over and grabbing and stroking my leg - then grabbed my head and forced it down into his crotch. Actually rubbed my head in his crotch."
One of Box's current Fox FM co-hosts, Byron Cooke, also witnessed the incident, and later refused to air the prerecorded interview with the unnamed male celeb.
"It felt like 1981 with this dude ... not that it was ever right. But it sounded wrong, looked wrong, and it was wrong," said Cooke.
Box said she remembered going into a state of shock as the incident unfolded.
"A part of you is shocked. Is this guy actually doing this to me? You're trying to be polite. Our boss came into the studio and I thought, 'Oh thank god, he's here to save me'. [But] Our boss wanted a photo with that person. In that moment I'm thinking, maybe what happened to me is fine?
"It's when you walk away you think, I'm not happy with that."
Cooke said that with another decade-and-a-half of media experience under their belt, he and Box would not tolerate the same kind of behaviour today.
"Knowing what we know now, we would not have accepted that and we would've been a hell of a lot more vocal than we were. We were both kids in that situation. In the moment, it was awkwardly laughed off because we thought, I don't know, maybe that's what happens," he said.
"It wasn't right."
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The following is an extract from a paper I have just completed with Professor Simon Knox (Cranfield Uni) on reverse market corporate branding. If you are interested in a copy of "Reverse Market Orientation and Corporate Brand Development", please email me at chris.lawer@theomcgroup.com.
If, as Deshpande et al. and Slater and Narver argue, market orientation defines a cultural focus on satisfying the needs and wants of an organisation's customers, then corporate branding is one important means to convey this cultural emphasis. Its goals are to conceive, manage and communicate corporate brand values in order to guide managerial decisions, actions and normative firm behaviour. Yet despite these intentions, there are a growing number of critics of corporate branding who claim that it often does not achieve such alignment and consistency. These academics and practitioners argue that the customer's interests can never be put first, despite the claims of the market concept and market orientation. For example, Mitchell (2003) suggests that instead of corporate brands fulfilling their role as trusted beacons of superior customer value, a form of "brand narcissism" sits at the heart of the way firms create, distribute and exchange value; a disorder that arises from a combination of the structural, operational, motivational and methodological causes that define modern brand management. Willmott (2003) also focuses on a misalignment in firm-customer interests. He suggests that many commercial organisations have forgotten the importance of mutual relationships that should exist between themselves and other key stakeholders. Ind (2003a:p.4) adopts a similar view, stating that in their primary pursuit of sales, growth and profitability, firms "can be meretricious and they can try to limit our freedom of choice. These are seller-centric brands that operate from the perspective of the brand builder … they undermine the very reason we pay for the reassurance of brands: trust". Kitchin (2003) also discusses issues of trust, relationships and corporate brand management. Like Tapscott and Ticoll (2004) in "The Naked Corporation", he places the three in the wider context of the declining trust that individual customers have in commercial organisations.
We argue that to address these criticisms, corporate brand management must first acknowledge and then find new approaches to correct the misalignment of interests that can exist between the actions of the organisation and the needs of its customers and other stakeholders. At the heart of this shift in corporate brand management is a greater understanding of customer attitudes, knowledge, values, relationships and their perceptions of value. Managers must augment the traditional "inside-out" tenets of corporate brand value (vision, culture and image) with additional "outside-in" dimensions that are derived from the new drivers of customer value.
Can I see the paper?
Count me in, one year on. I'll email you off-blog, Chris.


We are talking about sparks that could ignite something that, for the moment, is cold. Finally, the exclusive economic zone EEZ is the area extending nautical miles from the baseline towards the sea, where the coastal nation has exclusive rights to the available natural resources.
Inwhen the parties were still unable to come to an agreement, Peru took its case to the International Court in research topics online dating Hague in the hopes of having the issue resolved. In turn, Chile declined to negotiate, claiming the maritime border had already been stipulated in previous treaties.
Additionally, sardines and anchovies are at the core of their fishing industries. According to UNCLOS, territorial waters are defined as the area starting from the baseline out to 12 nautical miles into the sea where countries have full control and sovereignty.
Where the coasts of two States are opposite or adjacent to each other, neither of the two States is entitled, failing agreement between them to the contrary, to extend its territorial sea beyond the median line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial seas of each of the two States is measured.
United Nations, May 24, According to the UN, Chile and Peru rank among the top ten fishery producers in the world. Establishing a development policy for the fisheries industry in that area of the country.
Formulate socioeconomic and cultural integration policies with our neighbours. The war started in with the alliance of Peru and Bolivia against Chile over the mining industry along shared territory, and ended in with the Treaty of Ancon defining national land borders and benefiting Chile with territorial gain.
Accessed February 10, International institutions often serve as facilitators of peace and order, and for the purpose of maritime regulation, the United Nations UN has become the leading authority.
Promoting a public investment program in the Tacna and Moquegua regions that favours South Amercian integration. The legal process, which lasted over six years, culminated in an impartial judgment and victory for both sides.
The Court announced it would deliver its ruling on January 27, The geopolitical representation of each country exemplified the concept of picking and choosing. Finally, it concluded that the border starts at Marker No.
There are fewer than 10 days to go before the judgment by the International Court of Justice in The Hague; so many things could still happen, and rumours and controversy are sure to continue to abound.
The definitions of territorial sea limits were of particular interest during the Peru v. Parker, Noel, and Rebecca Adler-Nissen.
Yet they have a range of possibilities when it comes to how they inscribe their borders.
Peru and Chile agreed that El Punto de la Concordia was the last boundary point between the two nations before reaching coastal waters; the treaty did not refer to maritime boundaries. It claimed that the Declaration of and the Proclamation of only applied to artesian fishing practices, and did not prove that both countries had agreed on a maritime border.
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3. Peru filed a petition against Chile requesting the official delimitation of the maritime border between both nations starting at Concordia and the recognition of its EEZ, whom Chile did not acknowledge.
Post originally published on Juan Arellano's blog Globalizado. Defining the role of the Armed Forces in our national security and sovereignty in the post-Hague phase. The above provision does not apply, however, where it is necessary by reason of historic title, or other special circumstances, to delimit the territorial seas of the two States in a way which is at variance therewith.
Peru claimed that El Punto De La Concordia, defined inshould be the starting point for the maritime boundary. Hence, it is not surprising that numerous nations around the world are involved in maritime disputes. We should be focussing on improving the wellbeing of our citizens and the road to that objective is not paved with proprietary wrangling over the maritime triangle.
The UN conducted two subsequent conventions in andresulting in the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea UNCLOSa comprehensive document defining the legal use and demarcation of national and international waters.
Duilia Mora TurnerMar 17views This content was written by a student and assessed as part of a university degree. The resolved dispute between Peru and Chile proves that legalistic intervention is a peaceful and adequate method for defining borders in modern times.


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Palárikovo (do roku 1948 Slovenský Meder, ) je obec na jihozápadě Slovenska v okrese Nové Zámky, v Nitranském kraji. Nachází se na Podunajské nížině, cca 88 km od Bratislavy a 13 km od Nových Zámků, má rozlohu 51,294 km² a 4 243 obyvatel (2019). Od 1. srpna roku 1948 obec nese jméno významného slovenského dramatika a publicisty Jána Palárika.

Místní části
K obci patří místní části – Čiky, Ľudovítov, Jur, Žofia a Drahy.

Historie
Archeologickými nálezy je osídlení doloženo od neolitu po středověk. Významné bylo keltské pohřebiště z 3.–1. století před n. l.,  sídlištní objekt z římské doby a středověký hřbitov . Obec Meder je písemně doložena k roku 1248 jako majetek uherských královen. Do roku 1431 patřila k majetku Ctibora, majitele Šuranského hradu. V letech 1308–1321 obec trpěla válkou Matúše Čáka Trenčanského s vojskem uherského krále Karla Roberta z Anjou. Roku 1430 se regionem dvakrát přehnala husitské vojska. Rozhodnutím soudu z 28. března 1435 majetek přešel na krále Zikmunda Lucemburského, který Slovenský Meder daroval za služby Michalovi Orsághovi. Ze středověku se dochovaly cenné archeologické nálezy v podobě pozůstatků kamenných staveb a keramiky.

Osmanští Turci obec dobyli v roce 1559 a v roce 1617 se se připomíná jako pustá. V roce 1676 se v regionu zformovali Turci k vpádu na Moravu. Od roku 1690 patřila obec moravskému rodu Kouniců, s nimiž přišli také kolonisté z Moravy.

Prosperitu obce ukončilo protihabsburské povstání Kuruců a především smrt Dominika Ondřeje Kounice (1655–1705), po němž se obec nazývala Nové Kounice. Jeho mladší syn, diplomat a moravský zemský hejtman Maxmilián Oldřich Kounic (1679–1746) neměl o Nové Kounice zájem, protože panství téměř nic nevynášelo, a tak je 1. dubna 1730 prodal kuruckému generálovi Alexandru (Sándorovi) Károlyimu z Nagykároly (1669–1743) , který v letech 1703-1710 jako velitel vojska panství Kounice zpustošil a za své zásluhy o Uherský stát byl roku 1712 povýšen do hraběcího stavu.

Název obce Tót Megyeri se vyskytuje poprvé písemně v archivech hrabat Károlyiů roku 1725. Hrabě Sándor Károlyi dal postavit na místě bývalého zámku hraběte Kounice svůj zámek. Rodina pak obhospodařovala panství o rozloze 54 hektarů. O rozvoj obce se zasloužil hrabě Alois Károlyi (1825–1890), který po matce pocházel z rodu Kouniců. Roku 1865 založil v obci lihovar s palírnou kořalky, roku 1871 cihelnu, roku 1889 vodovod a provozoval také velkochov ovcí. Rodina Pálffyů zde měla svůj hřebčín. Poslední majitel panství, hrabě Ladislav/Lájoš Károly, založil také Společnost pro lov a ochranu zvířat. Jemu bylo panství zkonfiskováno v roce 1945. V letech 1939–1945 obsadili obec maďarští fašisté, část slovenského obyvatelstva před nimi uprchla.

V roce 1950 bylo založeno Jednotné zemědělské družstvo a v roce 1952 postihla obec ničivá povodeň.

Historické názvy
 1248 Meder
 1690–1730 Nové Kounice
 1725 Tót Megyery
 1773, 1786 Megyer
 1808 Tót-Megyer
 1863–1913, 1938–1945 Tótmegyer,
 1920 Slovenský Meder, 1927–1938
 1945–1948 Slovenský Meder, Tót-Megyer
 1948–dosud Palárikovo

Polohopis

Obec Palárikovo, původním názvem Slovenský Meder, leží na jihozápadním Slovensku, v Podunajské nížině, 13 km od okresního sídla Nové Zámky a 8 km od Šuran. Katastr obce o rozloze 5129 ha má rovinatý charakter, s průměrnou nadmořskou výškou 113 m n. m.

Části obce
K obci patří místní části – Čiky, Ľudovítov, Dolný Jur, Horný Jur, Žofia a Drahy.

Etnické složení obyvatelstva
 Slováci – 96,70 %
 Maďaři – 2,13 %
 Češi – 0,69 %
 Ukrajinci – 0,04 %
 Němci a ostatní – 0,02 %

Památky

 Římskokatolický kostel sv. Jana Nepomuckého – trojlodní barokní bazilika z roku 1745, patronátní kostel hraběcí rodiny Károlyů, jejichž kamenný erb je vsazen nad hlavní vchod; úpravy z 19. a 20. století, hlavní oltář sv. Jana Nepomuckého barokní s obrazem světce z poloviny 18. století, rokoková křtitelnice.
 Sochy: sv. Floriána z 18. století, sv. Vendelína z roku 1914
 Zámek (kaštiel) rodiny Károlyů, třítraktová původně barokní stavba na půdorysu písmene U, vystavěná po roce 1725 na místě sídla Kouniců. Novoklasicistní úpravy průčelí se sloupovým portikem proběhly roku 1866 podle projektu architekta Mikuláše Ybla. V roce 1945 byl zámek zestátněn a od roku 1946 sloužil pro kanceláře Státních lesů. Dochoval se jeden nepřestavěný sál. Nad balkónem se dochoval erb Károlyů. K zámku patří bývalé objekty bažantnice, hřebčína, hospodářského dvora, rozsáhlý anglický park a lovecký revír.
 ̈Dřevěná vodárenská věž – technická památka z roku 1869, upravená v roce 1900 a ve druhé polovině 20. století adaptovaná na rozhlednu, jíž slouží dosud.
 Panská sýpka, třípodlažní trojtraktová historizující stavba ze 60. let 19. století, zbytek hospodářského dvora.
 Boží muka

Slavní rodáci
 Alexander Gerič (1920–1944) – slovenský válečný pilot
 Karol Strmeň, vlastním jménem Karol Bekéni (1921–1994) – romanista, redaktor slovenské exilové literatury ve Spojených státech, básník katolické moderny a překladatel poezie
 Agneša Gundová-Jergová (1926–2010) – redaktorka rozhlasové stanice Hlas Ameriky, publicistka a spisovatelka

Doprava
Palárikovo leží na železniční trati Bratislava–Štúrovo, na které jsou železniční stanice Palárikovo a Ľudovítov. Ze železniční stanice Palárikovo vede též trať do Šuran.

Partnerská města

Galerie

Odkazy

Reference

Související články

 Palárikovské lúky
 Palárikovský park

Externí odkazy

 http://www.palarikovo.com
 http://www.obecpalarikovo.sk

Obce v okrese Nové Zámky
Obce v Nitranském regionu
Podunajsko
Přejmenovaná sídla na Slovensku

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These days there are all sorts of races for runners and non-runners alike. There's the standard road race for runners seeking to challenge the clock, the obstacle course race for people seeking to challenge their physical strength, and then there is the inflatable obstacle course race, a unique kind of event that puts fun to the test.
If you thought spontaneous getaways and wild trips ended with summer break, think again. The girls at RSVP packed their bags and went soaring through Georgia's skies with an easy-to-plan and easy-to-enjoy road trip.
Fly Aerial Studio is the ideal place in Montgomery for all things ground and aerial yoga. Kimberly Sabel, owner and instructor of Fly Aerial, noticed a need for aerial yoga in the River Region. After receiving her certification in Aerial Yoga in Charleston, South Carolina, Kimberly came back to Montgomery to open her dream studio. ͞Well I've always wanted to be in the circus, haven't we all?͟ Since opening her doors in December of 2016, Kimberly's life has been a circus in more ways than just her poses on a fabric. Her busy schedule does not leave much room for downtime. But, Kimberly would not have it any other way. Fly Aerial Studio is the ideal place in Montgomery for all things ground and aerial yoga. Kimberly Sabel, owner and instructor of Fly Aerial, noticed a need for aerial yoga in the River Region. After receiving her certification in Aerial Yoga in Charleston, South Carolina, Kimberly came back to Montgomery to open her dream studio. ͞Well I've always wanted to be in the circus, haven't we all?͟ Since opening her doors in December of 2016, Kimberly's life has been a circus in more ways than just her poses on a fabric. Her busy schedule does not leave much room for downtime. But, Kimberly would not have it any other way.
Paddling the Coosa is one of my favorite outdoor activities. Thousands of people from all around the Southeast have come to enjoy the fun and excitement the Coosa offers. On the Coosa River, you may be rubbing elbows with the server at a local Montgomery eatery or the CEO of a multimillion dollar company; you never know who you may run into. Whether it's a canoe cruise with the kiddos, a big float trip with friends or soloing through some of the river's white water rapids, the Coosa has something for everyone no matter your skill level.
After the holidays, when the last cookie has been eaten and the eggnog carton is finally empty, our thoughts turn to health and fitness. Often, though, any weight loss or exercise goals we make at the beginning of the year quickly slip away because of our busy schedules. However, an ahead-of-trend fitness program that's about to explode in the fitness industry hopes to remedy that. It's called Fitness Fusion.


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'Over the Lege' Plumbs the Tragicomedy of Texas Politics
Governor Greg Abbott snickers and nudges Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick to place slumbering House Speaker Dade Phelan's fingers in a glass of warm water. The three politicians are having a sleepover, and Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, clearly not getting the message, keeps trying to invite himself in. Just as the old prank goes, Phelan wizzes himself, and Abbott instructs Patrick to use the urine stains as inspiration for the next time they redraw Texas' district maps.
Thankfully, this is fiction, but its outrageousness may not be far from the truth.
Enter political satire Over the Lege (a la #texlege), which began its sixth season last weekend and wasted no time in rolling out the Goddess of Liberty in a wheelchair front and center. Dance numbers, skits, and interviews with political personalities make up the sketch comedy. Best described as if Saturday Night Live had an unwanted pregnancy with The Colbert Report and its right to abortion was revoked, it aims to both educate and entertain—or "edutain" as Stephanie Chiarello, the show's creator and a longtime legislative staffer, wisecracked. Chiarello bears the lion's share of responsibility for production, and a small cast and team of writers donate their time to make it happen.
"Nobody's paying attention except us," Chiarello said.
'Over the Lege' creator Stephanie Chiarello Steve Rogers Photography
Over the Lege bounces like a ricocheting pinball between gravitas and whimsy. "Subtlety," the cast said, "was never part of the show." Over the Lege is fun. Like oh-no-they-didn't fun. Like how-does-Chiarello-still-have-a-job fun. She and her team of writers and actors are wildly successful at masking the farce that we call the Texas Legislature with more farce.
Texas's favorite beaver, Buc-ee—possibly a true independent—hosted a game show, "So You Think You Can Vote." One contestant, a teacher and mother of three, slowly learns that because of new restrictions on mail-in ballots and the ban on 24-hour voting, she may not be able to cast her vote.
The audience was given a brief tour of the Texas Twilight Zone, where a woman embraced the fact that she could earn more respect as a firearm—don't ask how, this is the Texas Twilight Zone, y'all—than as a human with a uterus. In a quick glance at the future gubernatorial debate, Abbott and his followers chased Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke to the tune of "Yakety Sax." One cannot forget the advertisement for Bob's House of Dildo-Shaped Firearms, a puckish reference to the legal limit on the number of "obscene devices" a Texan can legally own (five, if you were wondering).
Chiarello has worked as a legislative staffer for the past 15 years and bears witness to the antics—and antics there are—of those elected to serve the interests of their constituent Texans. While most of us are watching the big reels and hot takes on CNN or listening to a polite NPR newscaster during our morning commute, legislative aides in the trenches catch it live and unmoderated.
Chiarello pitched the show, which focuses on Texas politics, to the former The Institution Theater—then one of three improv theaters in Austin—in 2016. The Institution accepted her pitch, and the show ran for four weekends its first year and sold out every night.
Even in its infancy, Over the Lege hosted the iconic Wendy Davis, who in 2013 staged a 13-hour-long filibuster in defense of abortion rights and ran for governor of Texas shortly after. Former state senator and mayor of Austin, Kirk Watson, also made an appearance.
After two years at The Institution Theater, Over the Lege had outgrown its 40-seat capacity, where it wasn't uncommon for audience members to have to sit on stage. "In some magical way," Chiarello won a small grant from the City of Austin to move into the substantially larger Debra and Kevin Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center.
Just before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Kristen Gunn, co-host of The Rabble, a progressive podcast that promotes civic engagement, encouraged Chiarello to create an Over the Lege podcast. In the fashion of NPR's Wait Wait… Don't tell me!, guest comedians compete against each other with the support of political celebrities in games such as Tweets or Twasn'ts—as in "Did they seriously tweet that?" Chiarello tries to include a mix of legislators, lobbyists, journalists, and advocates on the podcast to give listeners a comprehensive perspective on just what the hell is going on in the Texas State Capitol.
It is no secret that Texas' attorney general, Ken Paxton, has been charged with securities fraud. But it might not be common knowledge that his wife and Texas state senator, Angela, introduced a bill that would give him the power to exempt himself from those charges. Even less likely to be public knowledge is that Representative Andrew Murr's handlebar mustache (AKA "a Murr-stache for the ages") will "echo through the annals of Texas lore" in a resolution introduced by Representative Jared Patterson.
Chiarello witnesses the machinations and continues to produce hilarious political satire—all without compensation. "Yeah, I need a break," Chiarello admits. But then she asks herself, "Is it about me trying or people paying attention? And I think it's about me trying." She may be masking pain with humor after years of working in government, but we must remind ourselves that we can't look "over the lege" like she can.
Over the Lege is Chiarello's method of demonstrating that we can and should laugh at the Texas State Legislature because "people get so angry and then they don't know what to do."
And there is much more to do in the Capitol than stare up at the rotunda. Testify at a committee hearing. If you visit your representative's office and don't bump into them, you'll at least get an aide. Austinites have less of an excuse than anyone, "if they would just get off their asses and drive."
"Just do something and just do one more thing than nothing," Chiarello said. "And you're winning."
The post 'Over the Lege' Plumbs the Tragicomedy of Texas Politics appeared first on The Texas Observer.
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Members of Lambert's boys basketball team admitted that losing in the semifinals of the Region 5-7A tournament on Wednesday was not the desired outcome. It means the Longhorns have to go on the road for the first round of next week's state playoffs.
Lambert could still work for a better seeding, though, and after withstanding a late charge by Forsyth Central on Friday night, the Longhorns defeated the Bulldogs 75-70 to earn the region's No. 3 seed next week.
"We didn't do a great job of protecting the ball and taking good shots down the stretch, but closing out a game like this, I think it will help us out down the road," Lambert head coach Scott Bracco said.
In the fourth quarter, the Longhorns (21-6) took their biggest lead at 69-50 on a Will Baker corner three-pointer. Central would go to work on the inside, getting the ball to Akeem Washington for six of his team-high 16 points off the bench. Back-to-back three-point buckets by Jake Craft and Anthony Roveto brought the Bulldogs to within six points at 73-67 with 32.8 seconds left in the game.
The lead then fell to 74-70 on another Craft triple. Central forced another late Longhorn turnover, allowing the Bulldogs to get a good look at a layup by Reveto. However, it was blocked by Braxton Beaty to thwart the comeback.
The Longhorns raced out to an 8-0 lead at the start of the game, forcing four quick turnovers. Their defensive pressure did not allow the ball across the timeline for the first two minutes of the game. Baker said inserting Braden Bamburowski helped create those miscues.
Lambert's relentless pressure forced 28 Central turnovers, with 20 in the first half. The Longhorns took full advantage, turning them in to 17 points.
Baker scored a game-high 17 points and hit four of Lambert's nine three-point baskets. Mitch Ganote scored 14 points for the Longhorns.Central got 14 points from Craft, 13 points from Roveto and 11 points from Jackson Leak.
Now the four seed, Central will face the winner of the Region 8 tournament, which won't be completed until this weekend. No matter who the Bulldogs draw, though, they've made history as the first Central boys team to earn a spot in the state tournament since 2001.
Bracco said his squad is now accepting the road warrior mentality. With the path to a state title now tougher than what they originally envisioned, the Longhorns are going to have to work together to ultimately capture the ultimate prize.


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Microsoft Employees in Washington Contract Coronavirus, Put in Quarantine
The two tech company staffers, whose exact job titles have not been released, are reportedly located in Puget Sound, which is close to Microsoft's corporate headquarters in Redmond.
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Dolly Parton's goddaughter, Miley Cyrus, has lauded her as a "legend with a flip phone" and a "meme queen."
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Woman Imprisoned For Lying on Resume and Using Kate Upton Photo
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'Tattooed Wizard' Florida Man Wanted for Series of Bank Robberies
Florida deputies are hunting for Jesse Paul Ayotte, a self-described "merchant of dreams" on his LinkedIn profile, after a bank robbery spree.
By Shane Croucher On 8/1/19 at 9:51 AM EDT
Michael Cohen Erases Trump's Name From Twitter Profile
Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen scrubbed all Twitter profile references to his client and the Trump Organization.
What's in That New Privacy Policy in Your Inbox?
Your new privacy policy might actually allow you to take back some of your personal data.
By Nina Godlewski On 5/9/18 at 1:00 AM EDT
Top 50 U.S. Companies to Work For Revealed
Microsoft doesn't make the list, but there's a good reason why.
By James Hetherington On 3/21/18 at 10:28 AM EDT
Why Can't Facebook Take Down All Terrorist Content?
FB doesn't remove pages that violates its standards, even when told of the malicious content.
By Ryan Goodman On 1/17/18 at 8:10 AM EST
LinkedIn Hosted Jihadi Lectures for Years, Study Says
LinkedIn carried some of the jihadi content for eight years.
By Jessica Kwong On 12/13/17 at 11:15 AM EST
China Accused of Using LinkedIn to Spy on West
Germany's domestic intelligence agency suspected Chinese spies of using the networking website to gather information. China was not happy about the accusation.
By Anthony Cuthbertson On 12/11/17 at 6:13 AM EST
George Papadopoulos Lied on His Resume for Policy Job
The Trump campaign probably should have called more references.
By Linley Sanders On 11/1/17 at 10:48 AM EDT
Russia Is Threatening to Close Facebook Like LinkedIn
Russia's recent legislation has placed demands on the location of servers that have already ousted LinkedIn, in what could be a precursor to bigger networks.
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Bad News Bots
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Richard Epstein: Is There Gender Bias at Facebook?
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Got the Post-Graduation Blues? Pack a Bag
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Facebook and Twitter Risk Russia Ban
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Czech Police Arrests Russian for Alleged U.S. Hacking
An FBI-supported operation arrested a Russian in Prague linked to cyberattacks on the U.S.
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Tel Aviv Diary: Social Media Blamed for Terrorism
Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Google will face fines if they do not remove posts meant to incite terror.
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Mark Zuckerberg's Social Media Accounts Hacked
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Chloe Bennet may already be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with her role as Daisy/Quake on Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, but with the Disney/Fox deal bringing the X-Men into things, a new piece of fan art by BossLogic has a bit of fun imagining what Bennet might look like as Rogue.
In one of the artist's more recent works, BossLogic gives Bennet Rogue's classic comic book look with the bright, yellow and green costume complete with brown leather jacket and the streak of white in her hair. You can check out the image below.
Fan response to the image appeared to be pretty positive, though the artist acknowledged in the image's caption that the piece was "just some fun, not casting." And that "not casting" comment is notable. With the Gambit movie on track to finally start filming in March after years of delays, many fans have been hopeful that the Channing Tatum project will see Gambit and Rogue paired together in the film. While there has been no indication that Rogue will appear in the Gambit film — and, to be fair, there haven't been a lot of clear details regarding the film's casting overall — Lizzy Caplan has reportedly been cast as the film's mystery female lead. Caplan's character turning out to be Rogue would make for an interesting take on the film's reported Ocean's Eleven meets Romeo & Juliet with mutants vibe.
As for Bennet playing Rogue, however, that's even more unlikely than the character popping up in Gambit. Bennet's Daisy/Quake and the rest of the SHIELD team have their hands full dealing with their unexpected trip into the future as well as the Kree this season on ABC's Marvel's Agents of SHIELD.


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Alas    es una novela de Mijaíl Kuzmín, publicada en 1906. Fue la primera novela rusa de temática homosexual y causó un gran escándalo en el ambiente literario conservador de la Rusia zarista.

Argumento
La novela trata de la pasión de un adolescente huérfano, Vania Smurov, por su mentor, Larion Strup, que lo inicia en el descubrimiento del mundo del arte clásico, renacentista y romántico. Al final de la primera parte, Vania queda conmocionado cuando descubre que el objeto de su admiración frecuenta un baño público para homosexuales. Para aclarar sus sentimientos, Vania se retira al campo, a la región del Volga, pero su experiencia nauseabunda con las aldenas, cuyos incentivos para que él disfrute su juventud no son más que burdas tentativas de seducción, induce Vania a aceptar la invitación de uno de sus profesores para acompañarle en un viaje por Italia. En la última parte de la novela, Vania y Strup, que también se encuentra en Italia, disfrutan del suave clima del Mediterráneo y las obras de arte deslumbrantes de Florencia y Roma, mientras el príncipe Orsini habla al delicado joven sobre el arte del hedonismo.

Recepción crítica
Aunque la novela fue escrita de forma competente, en un estilo elegante y original, su recepción quedó marcada por el escándalo. El tema central, de gran sensualidad estética, generó comparaciones con las obras contemporáneas de Oscar Wilde y André Gide, que cubren un territorio temático similar. Vladimir Nabokov parodió la novela de Kuzmin en su cuento «El ojo vigilante»,  dando al protagonista el nombre de «Smurov», siendo «Vania» una muchacha. De acuerdo con Justin Torres, «Alas no es sólo una obra estéticamente subversiva, es una defensa franca de la homosexualidad».

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Enlaces externos
 Biografía del autor en gaytoday.com

Novelas de Rusia
Novelas en ruso
Novelas LGBT
Literatura LGBT en Rusia
LGBT en 1906


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Home > Trafficking in Women > General Information > What Is Trafficking in Women? > Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world, fueled in large part by the lucrative business of trafficking women and girls for commercial sexual exploitation.[1] Sex trafficking represents at least two-thirds of the estimated $150 billion in illegal profits generated annually by all forced labor around the world.[2] While sophisticated criminal organizations are increasingly involved in the international sex trafficking of women and girls, many victims are trafficked locally or within limited geographic regions by "unorganized" pimps or semi-organized criminal networks.[3] (See Trafficking in Women: Organized Crime and Trafficking in Women: Trafficking Routes for more information).
Commercial sexual exploitation takes many forms, and the relationship between prostitution and trafficking for sex purposes can be complicated. However, some researchers argue that, "pimp-controlled prostitution is indistinguishable from trafficking," given the prevalence of violence and coercion in the commercial sex industry as whole.[4] Additionally, an increasing amount of research links rising demand for commercial sex in more economically prosperous countries with growing demand for trafficked women and girls.[5] A 2012 study by the London School of Economics and the German Institute for Economic Research found that human trafficking "inflows" into a country were highest in rich countries such as Germany with legalized prostitution and a thriving commercial sex market.[6] (See Trafficking in Women: Demand for Women's Sexual Services for more information).
Some women are deceived, coerced, drugged or kidnapped before being trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation. Vulnerable young girls trafficked for sex in their home country or abroad may be targeted and "groomed" by traffickers who pretend a romantic interest in the girls and then use violence and rape to control them.[7] The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that this particular form of recruitment by traffickers, known as "feigned romantic interest," is becoming more prevalent.[8] Many women have never worked as prostitutes and do not know what is happening until they find themselves raped or forced to take clients.[9] These women may be trafficked into work at strip clubs as waitresses or as dancers, which then leads to situations of forced prostitution.[10] Some women are trafficked directly to brothels, where they are held against their will, coerced, raped and threatened.[11]
Regardless of how women are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation, the terrible conditions under which they are generally forced to work violate their fundamental human rights, including the right to personal autonomy and bodily integrity.[12] Women and girls trafficked across international borders, either by force or deception, are often at the mercy of brothel owners and pimps because they cannot speak the language or are unfamiliar with local customs.[13] Traffickers also use physical and sexual assault, threats of harm to the victim or to her family, and imprisonment to control women.[14] Few women successfully escape their traffickers. If they do escape, they may be caught, and the resulting punishment for the victim or her family can include severe injury or even death.[15]
Most of the commercial sex trade is now conducted online, expanding the scale and scope prostitution as well as the demand for sexually exploited women and girls. As described in a 2014 Albany Law Review article:
Fifty years ago pimps coerced women to solicit on the street where they were advertised to the relatively limited marketplace of sex buyers who evaluated the women's physical appearances and made selections on the street corner. Prostitution is now a business that is advertised on the Internet, expanding the reach of pimps to a wider market of potential sex buyers. Women can be sold for 15 minutes or for a week for johns' sexual use, selected and purchased online like a rental car . . . . Eighty-eight percent of sex buyers in a 2011 research study had bought women and children for sexual use indoors via Internet-advertised escort agencies, strip clubs, gentlemen's clubs, brothels, and massage parlors . . . . Adapted by traffickers, pimps, and pornographers, the global reach of the Internet has facilitated sex buyers' access to prostituted women and children, thereby increasing sex trafficking.[16]
Earlier commentators noted the same trend, stating, "[t]he Internet has become a vast resource for promoting the global trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and children. The information superhighway is used to actively engage in the buying and selling of women and children."[17] Additionally, the European Police agency, Europol, reports that traffickers are leveraging social media, web-chats and web-cameras to lure more victims into prostitution and control their movements more easily and cheaply.[18] In general, the crime of sex trafficking thrives due to high demand and low risk of criminal punishment.[19]
[1] Polaris, "Human Trafficking," http://www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/overview/why-trafficking-exists (accessed April 30, 2015).
[2] International Labor Organization, "Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labor" (May 20, 2014).
[3] United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, "Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2014" (Vienna: 2014), https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/glotip/GLOTIP_2014_full_report.pdf.
[4] Melissa Farley, Kenneth Franzblau, and M. Alexis Kennedy, "Online Prostitution and Trafficking," Albany Law Review 77, no. 3, 1055 (October 8, 2014): 1039-1094, http://www.albanylawreview.org/Articles/Vol77_3/77.3.1039%20Farley%20Franzblau%20Kennedy.pdf.
[5] Vanessa Von Struensee, "Globalized, Wired, Sex Trafficking in Women and Children," Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law 7, http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v7n2/struensee72nf.html.
[6] Seo-Young Cho, Axel Dreher and Eric Neumayer, "Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking?" World Development 41, no. 1 (January 16, 2012): 67-82, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1986065.
[7] Lauren Martin and Alexandra Pierce, et al., "Mapping the Market for Sex with Trafficked Minor Girls in Minneapolis: Structures, Functions, and Patterns," Full Report: Preliminary Findings, September 2014, available at http://uroc.umn.edu/documents/mapping-the-market-full.pdf.
[9] See, e.g., Rafael Romo, "Promise of a better life leads to the nightmare of sexual slavery," CNN.com, September 17, 2010, http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/09/16/human.trafficking.claudia/.
[10] Human Rights Watch, "Hopes Betrayed: Trafficking of Women and Girls to Post-Conflict Bosnia Sex Industry," Bosnia And Herzegovina, p. 16-17, Volume 14, No. 9(D), November 2002.
[11] See, e.g., Hazel Thompson, "Inside the brutal and hopeless world of Mumbai's trafficked teenage sex slaves," The Guardian, September 28, 2013, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/28/trafficked-india-red-light-districts.
[12] See the Advocates for Human Rights, Stop Violence Against Women, "Trafficking Violates Women's Human Rights," http://www.stopvaw.org/Trafficking_Violates_Women_s_Human_Rights (accessed November 20, 2014).
[13] Vanessa Von Struensee, "Globalized, Wired, Sex Trafficking in Women and Children," Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law 7, http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v7n2/struensee72nf.html; see also Rafael Romo, "Promise of a better life leads to the nightmare of sexual slavery," CNN.com, September 17, 2010, http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/09/16/human.trafficking.claudia/.
[15] Ibid.; see also, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, "Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2014," pp. 32, 38, 43, 45 (Vienna: 2014), https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/glotip/GLOTIP_2014_full_report.pdf.
[16] Melissa Farley, Kenneth Franzblau, and M. Alexis Kennedy, "Online Prostitution and Trafficking," Albany Law Review 77, no. 3 (October 8, 2014): 1039-1094, http://www.albanylawreview.org/Articles/Vol77_3/77.3.1039%20Farley%20Franzblau%20Kennedy.pdf.
[18] The Associated Press, "Sex traffickers 'using Facebook' to lure young women into prostitution," IBN Live, November 28, 2014, http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sex-traffickers-using-facebook-to-lure-young-women-into-prostitution/515344-11.html.
[19] Polaris, "Human Trafficking," http://www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/overview/why-trafficking-exists (accessed April 30, 2015).


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Q: Search for values in 2 columns from CSV I have a csv files with say 20 odd columns.
I need to get the 14th and 15th column values where value in 14th column is say "VALUE1" and value in 15th column is "VALUE2".
My condition gets satisfied only when 14th column has VALUE1 and 15th column has VALUE2. I need to get the aggregate count.
I think wc -l could give me the count list and
cut -d "," -f14,15 gives me the 14th and 15th column values. But how to check whether 14th has VALUE1 and 15th has VALUE2?
I think the one below works
grep -r "" * | cut -d " " -f14,15 | grep "Value1" | grep "Value2"

but still I don't think this is the perfect way to do do it.

A: awk could be more useful here.
For example:
$> echo "a b c d e" | awk '$2=="b" && $3=="c" {print}'
a b c d e

$> echo "a b c d e" | awk '$2=="a" && $3=="c" {print}'

$> echo "a b c d e" | awk '$2=="b" && $3=="d" {print}'

So answer to your question could be:
awk '$14=="VALUE1" && $15=="VALUE2" {print}'

A: If awk is not available you can do it with cut, grep and wc:
$ echo -e 'a,b, c,d\na,val1 ,val2,c' \
   | cut -d ',' -f2,3 | grep '^ *val1 *, *val2 *$' | wc -l

Assuming , as delimiter (and no somehow escaped , is included) in the input. For testing purposes, the columns 2 and 3 are used instead of 14 and 15.
Note that the grep pattern allows trailing whitespace after/before the values (you can remove the * sub-patterns if you don't want that). The meta-characters ^ and $ match the beginning and the end of a line.
The pipe grep "Value1" | grep "Value2" from you question does not do what you specify - it would match too much, e.g.:

    ..., Value1Value2, , ...
    ..., Value1, Value2, ...
    ..., OtherValue1, Value2, ...
    ...

If awk is available (it is pretty standard) you can do it like this:
$ echo -e 'a,b, c,d\na,val1,val2,c' \
    | awk -F, '$2 == "val1" && $3 == "val2" {++sum} END {print sum}'

awk automatically trims whitespace from the values. END is a specially pattern that matches after all lines are processed.

A: The following function will use only Bash to do what you want:
foo ()
{
    local filename="$1";
    while IFS=, read -ra arr; do
        if [[ "${arr[13]}" = "VALUE1" && "${arr[14]}" = "VALUE2" ]]; then
            printf '%s\n' "${arr[13]}" "${arr[14]}";
        fi;
    done < "$filename"
}

Usage: foo [/path/to/file.txt]
Sample output:
rany$ cat > source.txt
a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,VALUE1,VALUE2
a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,NOMATCH1,NOMATCH2
a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,VALUE1,VALUE2

rany$ foo source.txt
VALUE1
VALUE2
VALUE1
VALUE2

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Richard Morrison, while licensed as a representative, and Richard Morrison Personal Real Estate Corporation (currently unlicensed) with RE/MAX City Realty, Vancouver, failed to disclose, in writing, the nature of the agency relationship with their client before providing trading services. The Contract of Purchase and Sale, the Multiple Listing Contract, and the Working with a Realtor Brochure® all indicated that Mr. Morrison was the designated agent for the seller, when in fact another licensee was providing all trading services to the seller under the agreements.
Mr. Morrison's actions contravened sections 5-8 and 5-10 of the Council Rules.
Richard Morrison must pay a discipline penalty of $2,000.00 to the Council.
Richard Morrison must pay enforcement expenses of $1,250.00 to the Council.
Read the full Consent Order (PDF).


If improving core strength is among your fitness goals this year (and why wouldn't it be!?) then this video is for you! These tips will give your side plank training a huge boost, tripling the effectiveness of this important stabilising exercise.
THE KEY TAKEAWAY FOR PERFECT PLANKS: When you do any plank, don't just hold the position as long as you can. Instead, work on generating as much tension as possible.
Planks (and any static hold) are an opportunity to teach the body to create maximum stiffness on demand, which leads to more core stability. Whether you're lifting heavy weights, bracing to take an impact in a contact sport, or engaging your core to maintain a better running position, the ability to instantly fire up the correct muscles as hard as possible is a huge asset. And it's something we want to get better and better at over time.
Of course we also want good core endurance so we can hold good positions for extended periods of time and under fatigue.
Having said that, I'd still recommend that the vast majority (or perhaps even all) of your core training focusing on engaging the target muscles to the max.
In the side plank, you can either stay somewhat relaxed/lazy and still hold a decent looking plank.
Or, you can actively squeeze the glute of your bottom leg and pull the elbow down toward your foot to engage the lat and obliques on your bottom side.
This makes the plank much harder and you probably won't be able to hold it as long. But it also makes it more effective.
PERFECT PLANK TIP 1: Make sure you're in a comfortable position and feeling balanced.
PERFECT PLANK TIP 2: Think into your obliques and lat muscles and SQUEEZE! That is where you get so much extra benefit from this exercise.
PERFECT PLANK TIP 3: Try a hollow body hold on a 45 degree angle. This exercise will skyrocket your oblique game!


Apple Computer's release of your basic Crowther & Woods clone. One of the earliest disk-based games for the Apple II series (the date on mine is 1980).
Multiple package variations exist -- I've seen a version in the standard Apple II "Diskware" package in addition to this one. If anyone has another incarnation, I'd appreciate a scan of the cover.


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module Arrow
  module GenericTakeable
    class << self
      def included(base)
        base.__send__(:alias_method, :take_raw, :take)
        base.__send__(:alias_method, :take, :take_generic)
      end
    end

    def take_generic(indices)
      case indices
      when ::Array
        take_raw(IntArrayBuilder.build(indices))
      when ChunkedArray
        take_chunked_array(indices)
      else
        take_raw(indices)
      end
    end
  end
end


After changing release date twice, finally Romeo film has locked its release date to Karthik 27. Film has released its trailer at INAS Award 2074 where the star cast also shared their views regarding the film. 3 minute trailer is mixed of love, emotion, action and suspense.
Romeo features the story of prostitutes and their love story. Film features Nisha Adhikari, Melina Manandhar, Hassan Raza Khan, Oshima Banu in lead role. Film seems to be triangular love story where the lead actor falls in love with a prostitute and how his life gets changed.
Romeo is written by Kiran Michael and directed by Shankar Karki. Film is scheduled to release on Karthik 24.


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class MallsConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'malls'


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module LinkedIn
  module API
    module Jobs
    end
  end
end


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News > The Dark Pictures Anthology concludes its first season
The Dark Pictures Anthology concludes its first season
by Georgie Peru November 1, 2021
If you've made it to the end of House of Ashes, you'll have seen a glimpse of The Dark Pictures Anthology season one finale.
The finale, The Devil In Me, concludes the first season of the anthology. But the good news for fans is that this isn't the last you'll see of The Dark Pictures.
Fans of the gruesome and legendary Saw series will undoubtedly be keen to get their teeth into The Devil In Me. The announcement trailer for the season one finale of The Dark Pictures Anthology was dropped on October 29, 2021.
"Are you prepared to meet a killer?", PlayStation owners get a taste of what's to come in what's expected to be the most spine-tingling game in the series, yet.
The Devil In Me consists of a group of documentary filmmakers receiving an invite to a replica of H.H. Holmes' Murder Castle.
In the 1800s, Holmes purchased an empty lot in Chicago and built his infamous "Murder Castle" here. The labyrinth consisted of booby traps, secret passages, and soundproofed rooms.
Unsuspecting victims would fall through trapdoors that led to the building's basement.
While reports suggest Holmes killed as many as 200 people in his sinister lair, his actual number of victims may have been much lower. The number of his victims is still debated by historians.
Making the right choice has always been an integral part of The Dark Pictures Anthology. Now, more than ever, the choices you make will decide who lives and who dies.
Bandai Namco says: "Players will watch in horror as their unfortunate crew falls prey to a twisted game master who is observing their every move."
Who Will Star In The Devil In Me?
Image Credit: IMDB
While there will be many more to come, we know that one of the characters in The Devil In Me is Jessie Buckley.
Jessie is an Irish actress known for her roles in Chernobyl, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, and Fargo.
When Will The Devil In Me Be Released?
While there's no official information about The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me release date, we expect the series finale to conclude on or around Halloween 2022.
Likely inspired by the Saw franchise, players are subjected to deadly games and will be required to make life or death decisions.
The Dark Pictures Anthology Easter Eggs
For those who have played all of the games in The Dark Pictures Anthology, you may have noticed some hints regarding The Devil In Me.
In Man of Medan, there's an article about a murder near a hotel in the 1947 newspaper. In the Old Magazine in Little Hope, the article entitled "Architects of Murder" alludes to Murder Castle.
Most recently, in House of Ashes, there's a newspaper article about a serial killer named Manny Sherman. There's also a book called "Mind of a Killer".
Georgie Peru
Georgie is the Editor in Chief for Unboxed Reviews. She has a thirst for researching the latest gaming news and trending games, with a particular focus on game guides. Some of Georgie's favorite games are Ark, Animal Crossing, Final Fantasy VII, and Kingdoms Reborn.


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Home > Our Speakers > Speaker Directory > Professor John Fitzpatrick
Professor John Fitzpatrick
Director, Kent Law Clinic
Professor John Fitzpatrick worked for fifteen years in Community Law Centres (first as a client and later as a solicitor) in Brixton and Hammersmith before joining the University of Kent at Canterbury in 1991 as a lecturer in law. He currently teaches human rights law and public law in the University.
He has served on the management committee of the Hammersmith and Fulham Community Law Centre since 1991, and from 2007 to 2009 was Chair of the Law Centres Federation representing the Law Centres of England and Wales. Since 1991 he has been the Director of the Kent Law Clinic in the University.
The Clinic is a joint endeavour of students and academic staff in the Kent Law School and volunteer solicitors and barristers in private practice. It provides free legal advice and representation to local residents mainly in employment, housing, immigration, asylum, welfare benefits and public law matters.
Under the supervision of qualified, practising lawyers on the academic staff, the students act for clients of the Clinic, and are taught through their participation in this work. Their work in the Clinic is assessed for the purposes of their LLB degrees.
In 2006 he was awarded an OBE for services to the administration of justice, and in 2007 the University of Kent was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize for the work of the Law Clinic. He has a degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford.
Kirsty Williams
Assembly Member and Cabinet Secretary for Education, Welsh Government
Professor Kimberley Scharf
Head of the Department of Economics, University of Birmingham
Dr. Tim Grant
Senior Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics
Sir Stephen Wall
Former Ambassador, Political Expert & Historian
Lord (Paul) Boateng
Peer & Former Cabinet Minister


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package org.chabu.prot.v1.internal;

import org.chabu.prot.v1.ChabuConnectingValidator;
import org.chabu.prot.v1.ChabuConnectionAcceptInfo;
import org.chabu.prot.v1.ChabuErrorCode;
import org.chabu.prot.v1.ChabuSetupInfo;

public class Setup {

	private ChabuSetupInfo infoLocal;
	private ChabuSetupInfo infoRemote;

	private final ChabuConnectingValidator connectingValidator;

	/**
	 * Have recv the ACCEPT packet
	 */
	private RecvState recvAccepted = RecvState.IDLE;

	/**
	 * The setup data is completely received.
	 */
	private RecvState recvSetupCompleted = RecvState.WAITING;

	private ChabuConnectionAcceptInfo acceptInfo;
	private AbortMessage abortMessage;

	public Setup(ChabuSetupInfo info, AbortMessage abortMessage, ChabuConnectingValidator connectingValidator ){
		this.infoLocal = info;
		this.infoRemote = new ChabuSetupInfo();
		this.abortMessage = abortMessage;
		this.connectingValidator = connectingValidator;
	}

	public void setRemote(ChabuSetupInfo info) {
		infoRemote = info;
		this.recvSetupCompleted = RecvState.RECVED;
	}
	public int getRemoteMaxReceiveSize() {
		return infoRemote.recvPacketSize;
	}
	public boolean isValidatorWasChecked() {
		return acceptInfo != null;
	}
	public ChabuConnectionAcceptInfo getAcceptInfo() {
		if( acceptInfo == null ){
			if( connectingValidator != null ){
				acceptInfo = connectingValidator.isAccepted(infoLocal, infoRemote);
			}
			if( acceptInfo == null ){
				acceptInfo = new ChabuConnectionAcceptInfo( 0, "" );
			}
		}
		return acceptInfo;
	}

	public boolean isRemoteSetupReceived() {
		return recvSetupCompleted == RecvState.RECVED;
	}
	public ChabuSetupInfo getInfoLocal() {
		return infoLocal;
	}

	void checkConnectingValidator() {
		checkConnectingValidatorMaxReceiveSize();
		callApplicationAcceptListener();
	}

	private boolean callApplicationAcceptListener() {
		boolean isOk = true;
		if( !isValidatorWasChecked() ){

			@SuppressWarnings("hiding")
			ChabuConnectionAcceptInfo acceptInfo = getAcceptInfo();

			if( acceptInfo != null && acceptInfo.code != 0 ){
				isOk = false;
				abortMessage.setPending(acceptInfo.code, acceptInfo.message );
			}
		}
		return isOk;
	}

	private void checkConnectingValidatorMaxReceiveSize() {
		int maxReceiveSize = getRemoteMaxReceiveSize();
		if( maxReceiveSize < Constants.MAX_RECV_LIMIT_LOW ){

			String msg = String.format( "MaxReceiveSize too low: 0x%X", maxReceiveSize);

			abortMessage.setPending(ChabuErrorCode.SETUP_REMOTE_MAXRECVSIZE_TOO_LOW.getCode(), msg);

		}
		else if( maxReceiveSize > Constants.MAX_RECV_LIMIT_HIGH ){

			String msg = String.format( "MaxReceiveSize too high 0x%X", maxReceiveSize);

			abortMessage.setPending(ChabuErrorCode.SETUP_REMOTE_MAXRECVSIZE_TOO_HIGH.getCode(), msg);

		}
		else if( !Utils.isAligned4( maxReceiveSize ) ){

			String msg = String.format( "MaxReceiveSize is not aligned 0x%X", maxReceiveSize);

			abortMessage.setPending(ChabuErrorCode.SETUP_REMOTE_MAXRECVSIZE_NOT_ALIGNED.getCode(), msg);

		}
	}

	public void setRemoteAcceptReceived() {
		Utils.ensure( !isRemoteAcceptReceived(), ChabuErrorCode.PROTOCOL_ACCEPT_TWICE, "Recveived ACCEPT twice" );
		recvAccepted = RecvState.RECVED;
	}

	public boolean isRemoteAcceptReceived() {
		return recvAccepted == RecvState.RECVED;
	}

	public ChabuSetupInfo getInfoRemote() {
		return infoRemote;
	}

}


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Adelaide Yaa Agyeiwaa Ntim (born 24 June 1971) is a Ghanaian politician. She has been the Member of Parliament representing the Nsuta-Kwaman-Beposo Constituency in the Ashanti Region since 7 January 2021.

Early life and education
Adelaide Yaa Agyeiwaa Ntim was born on 24 June 1971 and hails from Nsuta-Ashanti. She holds two Diplomas - Pharmacy Assistant (2017), and Basic Criminal Law (2019).

Political career
Ntim ousted the then member of parliament for the Nsuta-Kwaman-Beposo constituency, Kwame Asafu Adjei, in the June 2020 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Primaries to become the party's candidate for the December 2020 election. Prior to becoming a member of the Ghanaian Parliament, Ntim renounced her citizenship of the United States of America in August 2020. She won the December 2020 parliamentary election with 23,622 votes representing 71.7% of the total votes cast, beating her opponent Newman Dapaah of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) who obtained 9,321 votes representing 28.3% of the total valid votes cast.

Committees
As a first timer in Parliament, she serves as the Vice Chairperson and a Member of the Foreign Affairs and Environment, Science and Technology Committees in parliament respectively.

Personal life
She is a Christian.

Philanthropy
In June 2021, Ntim funded abandoned school projects in Kruwi and Asuafu in the Nsuta-Kwaman-Beposo Constituency. She also presented equipment and tools such as sewing machines and hair dryers to seamstresses, tailors and beauticians. She also gave farm equipment, seedlings and money to farmer groups. Communities such as Abrewa Anko and Amangoase also received water systems.

References

1971 births
Living people
Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025
New Patriotic Party politicians
People from Ashanti Region
Women members of the Parliament of Ghana
21st-century Ghanaian women politicians


This is the continuation of my previous article Test bootable USB drive without restarting your computer.You can read more about bootable usb drives in that article.
In this article I will show you how you can boot a bootable usb drive in Virtual Machine created by VirtualBox.You can easily test bootable USB drives within Windows or Linux and without restarting using this method.
The Extension pack adds support for USB 2.0 devices.
Section 9.6 in the VirtualBox manual contains all the details required to attach a physical disk to a virtual machine.Using the vboxmanage.exe tool you can create a tiny vmdk file which points to your real USB drive (Physical Drive/Disk).You can attach this tiny vmdk to your virtual machine.A vmdk file is a virtual hard disk file which can be used with VirtualBox and VMWare.
Navigate to your Virtual Box installation Directory.
In Windows your 1st Hard Disk will be \\.\PhysicalDrive0.Your 2nd Hard disk will be \\.\PhysicalDrive1.
You will have to replace \\.\PhysicalDrive1 with the correct drive number.
Now you should have a tiny vmdk file.You can start your Virtual Machine with this tiny vmdk and boot from it.
Create a new Machine or Select an Existing Machine.
Select the vmdk file that you had created.
Make sure that usb.vmdk is your Primary Master.
System-Boot Order.Set your Hard Disk as the first boot device.
Now start your Virtual Machine.
Your virtual machine will boot from your bootable physical USB Drive.
In this screenshot I have used a bootable Ubuntu USB drive created using Unetbootin.
running windows 7 (i also guess windows vista) with UAC turned on you have to run cmd and virtualbox as an administrator to get access to the usb drive!
Very nice description ,i am going to try .
Excelent!!! your guide is EXCELENT!
Thnaks, that helps a lot… maybe not to fix my issue, but a damn nice way to troubleshoot!
Thnaks, but this is only for windows? In ubuntu how to use USB Driver boot as VirtualBox ???
I guess createrawvmdk command can be launched on Ubuntu too. You need to adapt this tutorial.
this command works and creates a fully valid vmdk-file, but i cannot appand to my VM.
I have external bootable usb-hdd with ms-dos installed (+some utilities) and Windows XP as host OS.
Attaching and booting usb-hdd in VirtualBox works fine, but any changes made on this disk in guest OS (ms-dos) are not actually saved on disk i.e. i did not see any changes when explore usb-hdd in my host OS (Windows).
For example, i successfully create some file in guest ms-dos, it is shown in file system (via 'dir' command). But when i close my virtual pc and explore this usb-hdd in my host OS, this file does not exist!
I haven't tried it, but perhaps you should set the drive to Writethrough instead of Normal (the default).
Either change it in VirtualBox.xml or use `VboxManage.exe modifyhd ` (see the user manual for more information).
I am running a live usb version of ubuntu (9.10) from my usb, through virtualbox, using these instructions. I have persistence set up on the usb and it works fine when used normally.
But when loaded on the virtualbox none of the changes I make stay.
I have tried Yoni's tip of changing the drive to Writethrough in stead of Normal in VirtualBox.xml, but still have the same problem.
Has anyone got this working, with changes to files on the live usb stick persisting?
Now that I can boot from the USB key (created by Symantec Ghost for Broadcom NICs), the next problem to solve is joining the network interfaces between the physical and virtual. Or may be more simpler get the drivers that VirtualBox is simulating.
I'm doing this for documentation with screenshots.
Which version of Virtual Box are you using and which Operating system?
Are you sure you have entered the commands correctly?
Can you post the exact command you tried?
Looks like you are running windows xp.So your Path contain Documents and Settings.Since it contains spaces it must be enclosed in inverted commas.
I'm making a bootable usb-stick with several programs/minixp/bootcd etc. And now i dont have to switch constantly.
Very clear explanations and works perfectly.
BTW, for those who are paranoid like me, there's a simple way to mount the physical device as read-only.
In the .vmdk file, under "Extent description", change RW to RDONLY.
Thanks for the tips. Your article actually reminded me that USB drives are reported as "PhysicalDriveN" as well.
Thanks a lot! Now I can boot from my USB-HDD!
Thank you for a great tutorial, it was very well written. I feel your information is outdated however, because there is a much easier and better way to get a USB drive to boot in a Virtual Machine.
1. Go to http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagerdl.html , and download the most recent .zip .
2. Extract it, and navigate to /intsall/plpbtin.iso .
4. Now, when you turn on the VM, it gives you an option to boot USB, Floppy, Hard Drive, and CD.
This method might be easier, plus users will not need to create a new virtual image of their USB after every single change to it.
Thank you for your time, I hope this information will be put to good use.
Thanks for the great post. Would you please describe the step of adding the .iso to the VM. Exactly how is that done?
Also, this was earlier noted, both cmd and virtualbox must be run in administrator mode if you're in windows 7.
Great article! Helps a lot!
If you choose to use an existing VM to boot the USB drive… first disable any existing USB filters for the drive you're attempting to boot from.
It happened to me. I forgot to write "-rawdisk". That'll do.
I can't add to VirtualBox the "usb.vmdk" as harddrive, when it point to a external harddrive formated as ext4. Just got an error trying to do that. That way I can't boot Ubuntu as guest from an external hard drive, on a Windows host. When Sun/Oracle say that will not implement USB on VirtualBox's bios, they justify saying that there is no benefit on this feature, they can only be kidding from our intellect.
And just to confirm what was told here before: on windows 7 and vista you have to run cmd as administrator to have rights to access the "\\.\PhysicalDrive1" and create the vmdk file.
Thanks anyway for all the info, great post!
My most heart-felt kudos for this guide. You have saved me 2 days of frustration over this. So glad I found your blog this morning. For once staying up late pays off!
Mr. Shekhar from Sun has told how to boot from USB.
Well,I tried this method.But it does not seem work.Where do you get the option to specify the floppy drive letter?
It works. Thanks for posting this information.
That was perfect! I'm using Linux, it it seems to work only as root. That's because I suppose that it connects to device /dev/sdx. And only the root can manage that directory. I've lunched the command as a root (sudo Vbox…) but still when I'm trying to load the file in VBox as a normal user i get an error – something like access denied. If i run Vbox as root, everything works as a charm.
I'm not to confident to run Vbox as root. If someone finds a way to make this work without being a root use, it would be great! Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much – the pictures help a lot too!
I had that problem too when I ran from cygwin. When I tried from the DOS shell, and ran it from the directory where I wanted to put the .vmdk file, it worked.
I made an USB clean install Ubuntu, but when I tried to boot from this USB the VM frozen my linux, this happened exactly when the bootloader start. I think that maybe is because the system try to access at the swap on the USB.
You know what is the problem?
I am sorry, but i don't understand what you mean by 'USB clean install Ubuntu'.Can you please explain 'clean install USB'?
RAW host disk access VMDK file D:\usb.vmdk created successfully.
The medium 'D:\usb.vmdk' can't be used as the requested device type.
Please see my next reply to this post.
I'm sorry, I had managed to solve my previous problem post. In order to be able to attach it to the IDE controller, you need to either start the VirtualBox as Administrator or disable the UAC.
I'm currently using Windows 7 64-bit host with Ubuntu-Server 10.10 running on VirtualBox 4.0.4.
Thank you so much, it`s elegant, brilliant problem solving. I`m so thanksfull for you.
FATAL: Could not read from the boot medium. System halted!
FANTASTIC! Lifesaving article. If only there were more like this. Thanks!
Thank you very much. This is the first tutorial that works.
Please add that you have to run VirtualBox and CMD under Windows 7 as administrator..


As growing numbers of critics are questioning the role of standardized testing in schools, Sen. Terry Gipson, D-Rhinebeck, is calling on the state to cut ties with testing giant Pearson Inc.
Gipson has introduced legislation to end New York's use of Pearson to create Common Core-based tests and prevent teachers in training from having to take Pearson-run certification exams.
Pearson, the London-based mega-corporation that bills itself as "the world's leading learning company," has a five-year, $32 million deal with New York to develop Common Core-based tests for grades three to eight.
Gipson, whose district includes part of Putnam County, said various groups have different positions on the Common Core standards and other state reforms but he sensed bipartisan support for changing New York's testing policies.
Lisa Jackson, president of the Carmel Teachers Association, one of several teachers unions supporting Gipson's legislation, said the state should develop its own 3 to 8 tests, as it does with high school Regents exams.
Various groups of educators and parents have criticized the state's education agenda, including the fast-paced rollout of Common Core and new tests aligned to the standards. At least six Lower Hudson Valley school districts have decided not to administer "field tests" this month for the state Education Department. The tests are being given to students in about 4,000 New York schools to provide information for the development of future tests by Pearson.
"We are not the research and development arm of Pearson," said Peter Mustich, superintendent of the Rye Neck school district, one of the six not giving the tests.
Last month, more than 3,140 students in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam sat outthe state's math tests developed by Pearson. They represented 3.4 percent of students eligible locally to take the tests in grades three to eight.
Jackson repeated the increasingly common complaint that schools and teachers do not get to see most questions on the 3 to 8 tests, leaving them unable to use the results to meet students' needs.
The state Education Departments maintains that it cannot release all tests questions because the tests are expensive to develop and some questions will be re-used on future tests.
A memo accompanying one of Gipson's bills notes that in December state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reached a $7.7 million settlement with Pearson Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit arm of for-profit Pearson, for developing course materials intended for commercial sale.
The Education Department had no comment on Gipson's legislation.


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Q: Scraping ASP.net website: Need to Page through a Gridview using Python Mechanize I'm trying to scrape an asp.net page where I need to page through the items a list of items that are in a gridview control. I've never used asp.net but have been searching the Net for pointers but now I've hit a brick wall. The page links are of the form:
javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderEverything$ContentPlaceHolderFullWidthContent$ContentPlaceHolderMain$gridViewItems','Page$2')

I'm currently trying to get this working using Mechanize in Python. I initially tried the following, assuming that the VIEWSTATE variables would be handled by mechanize.
br.form.set_all_readonly(False)
br['__EVENTTARGET'] = 'ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderEverything$ContentPlaceHolderFullWidthContent$ContentPlaceHolderMain$gridViewItems'
br['__EVENTARGUMENT'] = 'Page$2'
response = br.submit(name="ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderEverything$ContentPlaceHolderFullWidthContent$ContentPlaceHolderMain$itemLocator$btnItemSearch")
html = br.response().read()

Using a network monitor(Fiddler2), I noticed that two more variables were populated so I added these in too:
br.select_form(nr=0)
br.form.new_control('hidden','ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderEverything$ScriptManager1',attrs = dict(name='ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderEverything$ScriptManager1'))
br.form.new_control('hidden','hiddenInputToUpdateATBuffer_CommonToolkitScripts',attrs = dict(name='hiddenInputToUpdateATBuffer_CommonToolkitScripts'))
br.form.new_control('hidden','__ASYNCPOST',attrs = dict(name='__ASYNCPOST'))
br.form.set_all_readonly(False)
br['hiddenInputToUpdateATBuffer_CommonToolkitScripts'] = '1'
br['__ASYNCPOST'] = 'TRUE'
br['ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderEverything$ScriptManager1'] = 'ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderEverything$ContentPlaceHolderFullWidthContent$ContentPlaceHolderMain$SearchResultsUpdatePanel|ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderEverything$ContentPlaceHolderFullWidthContent$ContentPlaceHolderMain$gridViewItems'
br['__EVENTTARGET'] = 'ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderEverything$ContentPlaceHolderFullWidthContent$ContentPlaceHolderMain$gridViewItems'
br['__EVENTARGUMENT'] = 'Page$2'
response = br.submit(name="ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolderEverything$ContentPlaceHolderFullWidthContent$ContentPlaceHolderMain$itemLocator$btnItemSearch")
html = br.response().read()

With both of these the html I get back is still for page 1 only.
I think there may be a couple of potential issues:

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*I'm not sure I'm doing the submit right. There are multiple submit buttons on the page so the one I'm searching for is the "search" button, which is what I previously used to get to the first page. I could see that being why the first page is displayed. If I use br.submit() without a name then it uses another submit control that takes you somewhere else.

*When you click a page number in a browser, the gridview control updates without a page reload. As I'm not running Javascript, maybe I can't get that but I would at least expect to be able to get back the data from the POST and parse that.
Any help would be much appreciated!

A: Managed to to it by building an xmlhttprequest per the answer here:
Using Python and Mechanize to submit form data and authenticate