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The Dec. 6 launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the Department of Defense's (DOD) Space Test Program 3 (STP-3) mission has been scrubbed. The team repaired the ground storage system but will require additional time to verify the sample integrity of the fuel prior to tanking operations. Launch of the mission – which hosts NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) and the NASA-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Ultraviolet Spectro-Coronagraph (UVSC) Pathfinder – is now scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 4:04 a.m. EST. NASA TV live launch coverage will start approximately 35 minutes before launch on Dec. 7, at 3:30 a.m. EST: ● Watch on NASA → https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive
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Former NASA astronaut Michael Collins, who flew on the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 missions, passed away on April 28, 2021. "Today the nation lost a true pioneer and lifelong advocate for exploration in astronaut Michael Collins. As pilot of the Apollo 11 command module – some called him 'the loneliest man in history' – while his colleagues walked on the Moon for the first time, he helped our nation achieve a defining milestone. He also distinguished himself in the Gemini Program and as an Air Force pilot. "Michael remained a tireless promoter of space. 'Exploration is not a choice, really, it's an imperative,' he said. Intensely thoughtful about his experience in orbit, he added, 'What would be worth recording is what kind of civilization we Earthlings created and whether or not we ventured out into other parts of the galaxy.' " In a statment, his family said, "Mike always faced the challenges of life with grace and humility, and faced this, his final challenge, in the same way. We will miss him terribly. Yet we also know how lucky Mike felt to have lived the life he did." During the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, Collins remained in lunar orbit while fellow crewmembers Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the moon's surface in the lunar module. On July 20, they became the first men to step onto the surface of another planetary body. Collins, orbiting 65 miles above them, was momentarily almost forgotten as the world's attention focused on his two crewmates below. But after the crew's safe return, their 16 days in quarantine and the tours afterwards that brought millions to welcome them home, it became clear to even the most uncaring observer that this was very much a three-man crew. The plaque left on the moon that said, "We came in peace for all mankind," was signed by Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins and President Richard M. Nixon. Michael Collins was born Oct. 31, 1930 in Rome, Italy. He graduated from Saint Albans School in Washington, D.C., and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1952. He chose an Air Force career. He was a fighter pilot and from 1959 to 1963 served as a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base in California. He logged more than 4,200 hours of flying time. Collins was a member of the third group of NASA astronauts, selected in October 1963. His first flight was as pilot of Gemini 10, a three-day mission launched July 18, 1966. The flight, commanded by John Young, set an altitude record. The rocket of an Agena target-docking vehicle with which they had docked boosted them into an altitude of 476 miles. Later they rendezvoused with a second Agena. Collins became the third U.S. spacewalker when he retrieved a micrometeorite detection device from that Agena. Discover more information about Collins and his NASA career, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/astronautprofiles/collins/ + https://www.nasa.gov/michael-collins
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021), was a member of the British royal family as the husband of Elizabeth II. Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. He was born in Greece, but his family was exiled from the country when he was eighteen months old. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the British Royal Navy in 1939, aged 18. From July 1939, he began corresponding with the then thirteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth, whom he had first met in 1934. During the Second World War he served with distinction in the Mediterranean and Pacific Fleets. After the war, Philip was granted permission by George VI to marry Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947, he abandoned his Greek and Danish titles and styles, became a naturalised British subject, and adopted his maternal grandparents' surname Mountbatten. He married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. Just before the wedding, he was granted the style His Royal Highness and created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich by King George VI. Philip left active military service when Elizabeth became queen in 1952, having reached the rank of commander, and was made a British prince in 1957. Philip had four children with Elizabeth: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. Through a British Order in Council issued in 1960, descendants of the couple not bearing royal styles and titles can use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor, which has also been used by some members of the royal family who do hold titles, such as Anne, Andrew, and Edward. A sports enthusiast, Philip helped develop the equestrian event of carriage driving. He was a patron, president, or member of over 780 organisations, and he served as chairman of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, a self-improvement program for young people aged 14 to 24. He was the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch and the longest-lived male member of the British royal family. He retired from his royal duties on 2 August 2017, aged 96, having completed 22,219 solo engagements since 1952. Philip died on 9 April 2021, two months before his 100th birthday. Discover more from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh
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The probability of success of developing medicines to treat human disease can be improved by leveraging human genetics. Different types of genetic data and techniques, including genome-wide association, whole-exome sequencing, and whole-genome sequencing, can be used to gain insight into human disease. Layering different types of genetic evidence from Mendelian disease, coding variants, and common variation can bolster support for a genetic target. Human knockouts offer the potential to perform reverse genetic screens in humans to identify physiologically relevant targets.


Many Millennials have been championing the rise of socialism in American politics. With Senator Bernie Sanders leading the charge against free market economic policies, many of these young enthusiasts believe that Senator Sander's brand of socialism is what has been missing from this country. And even though it is unclear if these Millennials actually understand exactly what socialism means, they still continue to be its most vocal supporters.
In fact, just weeks ago, a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, won the Democratic primary for New York's 14th congressional district. But given the trend of Millennials loving socialism, 28-year-old Ocasio-Cortez will certainly not be the last.
There are numerous reasons to be opposed to socialist policies being implemented within the United States, especially when we look at other nations who have met with devastating consequences as a result of socialist economic policies being implemented in their respective countries, Venezuela, for example. But among the most common critiques against socialism, there is an ever-present concern that socialism breeds laziness. When individuals are not compensated based on their hard work and productivity, there is no incentive to put forth your best effort. Though many proponents of socialism will scoff at this suggestion, Senator Sanders has proved that work ethic does, in fact, suffer in socialist societies.
During the 2016 election, The Daily Wire released an article revealing some interesting facts about the socialist darling of American politics, Senator Bernie Sanders. As it turns out, in 1971, Senator Sanders was asked to leave a socialist commune because of his refusal to pitch in and help out on the farm.
In the book, We Are as Gods, written by Kate Daloz, the author tells the story of the rise and fall of the Myrtle Hill Farm, a commune in northeast Vermont. Daloz was raised near the commune, which gave her a unique insight into life on the farm.
In the summer of 1971, 30-year-old Bernie Sanders made a trip out to the commune. As a member of the socialist Liberation Union Party, the young Sanders was on the verge of becoming a rising political figure in America. As is customary in commune living, each resident and visitor is expected to contribute their "fair" share when it came to working on the farm. However, this proved to be problematic for Sanders.
However, Craig was not alone in his feelings toward Sanders. The farm had a policy that allowed each visitor to stay for at least three days. Though many were allowed to stay longer, Bernie Sanders was politely asked to "move on" after his three days came to an end.
Since Senator Sanders is currently leading the socialist movement within the United States, this speaks volumes about the movement as a whole. This revelation also doesn't do much to calm the fears of many Americans who fear that socialism will lead to a decreased work ethic due to a lack of incentives.


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WATERFORD HOTEL GROUP PROMOTES DUANE SCHRODER TO GENERAL MANAGER OF MARRIOTT HARTFORD DOWNTOWN
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WATERFORD, CT (September 6, 2016) — Waterford Hotel Group has announced the promotion of Duane Schroder to General Manager of Marriott Hartford Downtown. As General Manager, Schroder is responsible for all aspects of the hotel's operations. Waterford Hotel Group, a national hotel and convention center management firm, manages the 409-room hotel.
WATERFORD HOTEL GROUP APPOINTS PRENTIM ILJAZI TO GENERAL MANAGER OF COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT, STUART
WATERFORD, CT (September 6, 2016) — Waterford Hotel Group, Inc. has announced the appointment of Prentim (Pete) Iljazi to General Manager of the 120-room Courtyard by Marriott in Stuart, Florida. Waterford Hotel Group, a national hotel and convention center management firm, manages the hotel. As general manager, Iljazi will be responsible for all phases of the hotel's operations, sales and administration, as well as the associates employed at the hotel.
WATERFORD HOTEL GROUP PROMOTES WESTON BEDORE TO GENERAL MANAGER OF COURTYARD WARWICK
WATERFORD, CT (September 6, 2016) — Waterford Hotel Group has appointed Weston Bedore as the General Manager for the 92-room Courtyard by Marriott in Warwick, RI. As general manager, Bedore will be responsible for all of the hotel's operations, sales, and administration, as well as the associates employed at the property. Courtyard Warwick is professionally managed by Waterford Hotel Group, a national hotel and convention center management.
THE LORD JEFFERY INN WELCOMES FABIO PARI-DI-MONRIVA AS GENERAL MANAGER
WATERFORD, CT (September 6, 2016) – Waterford Hotel Group has announced the promotion of Fabio Pari-Di-Monriva General Manager of The Lord Jeffery Inn. As General Manager, Pari-Di-Monriva will be responsible for all of the Inn's operations, sales and administration. Waterford Hotel Group, a national hotel and convention center management firm, manages the 49-room Inn.
HILTON HARTFORD DOWNTOWN TEAM GOES "OVER THE EDGE" FOR CHARITY
HARTFORD, CT (August 16, 2016) — On July 27, Michelle Davis, Catering Sales Manager and Cherene Cotter, Guest Service Associate of the Hilton Hartford, participated in the Shatterproof Challenge. The challenge required participants to raise money for the chance to rappel down the 22-story Hilton Hartford in Connecticut. The money raised by Davis and Cotter added to the more than $250,000 that was raised at the event. Waterford Group Charitable Foundation, an extension of one of the nation's top hotel and convention center management companies, Waterford Hotel Group, co-partnered with Shatterproof for the third year on the Hartford challenge. Shatterproof is a national organization committed to protecting children from developing addiction to alcohol or other drugs and ending the stigma and suffering of those affected by this disease.
MARRIOTT HARTFORD DOWNTOWN TEAM GOES "OVER THE EDGE" FOR CHARITY
HARTFORD, CT (August 12, 2016) — On July 27, Carolyn Boucher, Group Rooms Coordinator and Duane Schroder, General Manager of the Marriott Hartford Downtown, participated in the Shatterproof Challenge. The challenge required participants to raise money for the chance to rappel down the 22-story Hilton Hartford in Connecticut. The money raised by Boucher and Schroder added to the more than $250,000 that was raised at the event. Waterford Group Charitable Foundation, an extension of one of the nation's top hotel and convention center management companies, Waterford Hotel Group, co-partnered with Shatterproof for the third year on the Hartford challenge. Shatterproof is a national organization committed to protecting children from developing addiction to alcohol or other drugs and ending the stigma and suffering of those affected by this disease.
HOMEWOOD SUITES ITHACA MANAGER GOES "OVER THE EDGE" FOR CHARITY
ITHACA, NY (August 12, 2016) — On July 27, Mohamed Abdelrehim, General Manager of Homewood Suites Ithaca, participated in the Shatterproof Challenge. The challenge required participants to raise money for the chance to rappel down the 22-story Hilton Hartford in Connecticut. The money raised by Abdelrehim added to the more than $250,000 that was raised at the event. Waterford Group Charitable Foundation, an extension of one of the nation's top hotel and convention center management companies, Waterford Hotel Group, co-partnered with Shatterproof for the third year on the Hartford challenge. Shatterproof is a national organization committed to protecting children from developing addiction to alcohol or other drugs and ending the stigma and suffering of those affected by this disease.
MELODY DUFFY APPOINTED AS THE NEW SALES MANAGER AT GETTYSBURG HOTEL
GETTYSBURG, PA (August 11, 2016) — Melody Duffy has recently been announced as the new Sales Manager at Gettysburg Hotel in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Established in 1797, the 119-room hotel is located on Lincoln Square and is owned by Gettysburg College. Waterford Hotel Group, a national hotel and convention center management firm, manages the property.
SHERATON BRADLEY MANAGER GOES "OVER THE EDGE" FOR CHARITY
WINDSOR LOCKS, CT (August 9, 2016) — On July 27, John Loyacano, General Manager of the Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley International Airport, participated in the Shatterproof Challenge. The challenge required participants to raise money for the chance to rappel down the 22-story Hilton Hartford in Connecticut. The over $600 raised by Loyacano added to the more than $250,000 that was raised at the event. Waterford Group Charitable Foundation, an extension of one of the nation's top hotel and convention center management companies, Waterford Hotel Group, co-partnered with Shatterproof for the third year on the Hartford challenge. Shatterproof is a national organization committed to protecting children from developing addiction to alcohol or other drugs and ending the stigma and suffering of those affected by this disease.
GETTYSBURG HOTEL PRESENTS $500 DONATION TO SURVIVORS, INC.
GETTYSBURG, PA (August 8, 2016) — On behalf of the associates at the Gettysburg Hotel, hotel General Manager Chuck Moran recently presented a check in the amount of $500 to Terri Hamrick, President and CEO of Survivor's, Inc. Survivors, Inc. has a mission that domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking violate the sanctity and the safety of our relationships, homes, and communities. They provide comprehensive services and advocacy to those seeking lives free of violence.

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SOTU, cherry scones, early morning!
SNL or Up All Night could write a skit about this morning in my home. 5:39am: I hear Jack singing on la toilette, all lights are on, and he's simultaneously building some Lego contraption. 5:41am: Oliver starts carrying on about "something on my wall, Jack. You put it there. I want some milk. You put it on the wall, Jack." Out of desperation, I brought him some milk after about 10 minutes and then had to turn on my iWhiteNoise on high to escape the wailing calls pleading to come in my bed.
At this point, Jack flushes, turns on seemingly every light in the house and it's all over. I was regaled with the hilarity -"mom, laugh when I tell you this"- of spying a toilet seat on the recycling center's conveyor belt yesterday (cool field trip), and asked if they could have garbanzo beans in their mess kits and eat out as the sun came up. Now, I love garbanzo beans but not straight out of a can at 6:30 in the morning. Who can begrudge good eaters though, so beans they got! Now we're enjoying freshly baked cherry-cardamom scones: mass, cone head consumption is more accurate. This is a divine recipe.
Y'all, I kid you not: Oliver just took too big a bite and then spit out the excess, happily chewing what remained. What a day I've got in store. More later. T, come home!


Mark is the Chief Spark, more commonly known as the Managing Director. He has a long background in the education industry from an IT, building and energy perspective. Mark started Bright Spark in 2011 and its focus shifted solely to energy services in 2013.
Mark Says "Bright Spark gives us the opportunity to make a difference - we are a company that is focused on ensuring that we deliver best value for customers and are motivated by doing a good job over profit."
Outside of work when not looking after his two young children and growing dubious beards, Mark enjoys Rugby, Snowboarding, Scuba diving, sailing, cycling, watching Formula 1, Wine and infrequently shaving.
Grant heads up Projects and Operations for Bright Spark and is also the resident Solar PV expert. He has been working in the Energy Industry for over 20 years and has been involved in the installation of hundreds of PV systems as well as lighting and heating projects.
" We work without the normal limitations of most companies - the focus is always doing a good job for our customers over and above profit. Our growing teams work to the principle that 'Good is not Good enough, only Excellent will do'" says Grant.
Outside of work Grant spends a lot of time charity fundraising, spending time outdoors (normally in a water related activity) and as he lives in "Torbados" this normally involves boats of some description.
Saul is our Technical Director and has over 12 years' experience in the trade. He has worked on a wide range of projects from domestic and commercial to industrial. Saul grew up in a small village in Bedfordshire where he trained as an Electrician, but moved to Devon in 2015 where he continued his career.
Tara has recently joined Bright Spark to develop and grow the administrative side of the company as we grow. She has a strong background in working in a wide range of different companies - from start ups to multi nationals.
Tara will be building a customer and delivery focused back office as well as marketing, finance and internal projects including managing the renovation of our new office.
Due to the expansion of our energy procurement business we are working in a strategic partnership with Pulse Business Energy (part of the Arrow Communications Group).
Pulse Business Energy are award winning energy brokers and will be managing the day to day requirements of our gas and electricity customers using their large team based from their Waterloo offices.


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Tesla's new safety report paints Autopilot in a good light, but it's not that simple
Tesla's Autopilot is pretty safe, but we need more data.
Image: Sjoerd van der Wal / getty images
By Stan Schroeder 2019-07-18 11:26:37 UTC
Tesla's new Vehicle Safety Report is out, and things are looking good for the electric car maker, especially its Autopilot set of self-driving features.
Tesla's accident data for the first quarter of 2019 shows that there was one accident for every 2.87 million miles driven in which drivers had Autopilot engaged. For drivers that had Tesla's active safety features turned on, but not Autopilot, the company registered one accident for every 1.76 million miles driven. Finally, for those driving with both Autopilot and active safety features off, Tesla registered one accident per every 1.26 million miles driven.
The numbers improved in the second quarter, when Tesla recorded one accident per 3.27 million miles driven with Autopilot, 2.19 million miles without Autopilot but active safety on, and 1.41 million miles with both features off.
Tesla points out that NHTSA's data at the end of Q1 and Q2 was one crash per 436,000 miles and 498,000 miles, respectively.
While Tesla's numbers portray Autopilot as the safest option to drive with, one needs to take into account that Autopilot is most often used on highways (read Electrek's take as well), meaning that Autopilot-on and Autopilot-off miles cannot be directly compared.
The comparison between driving with or without active safety features is likely more meaningful. Those features, which include things like Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Departure Avoidance, and Side Collision Warning, are meant to be — and probably are — turned on in most driving scenarios.
SEE ALSO: Tesla just took the cheapest version of these models off the market
Interestingly, comparing Tesla's data from Q3 2018 to Q2 2019, there's not that much improvement regarding driving with Autopilot. In Q3 2018, there was one accident for every 3.34 million miles driven with Autopilot, which bests all later results.
As far as driving without Autopilot but with active safety on, the situation is different, and shows steady improvement in the last three quarters. In Q3 2018, there was one accident for every 1.92 million miles driven. The number dropped to 1.58 million miles in Q4 2018, before rising to 1.76 million miles in Q1 2019 and, finally, to 2.19 million miles in Q2 2019. Overall, Tesla's data shows that it's considerably safer to drive with active safety features than without them.
Tesla also shared its data for vehicle fires, but on an annual basis, since the company claims some quarters passed with zero such incidents. From 2012-2018, Tesla says, there has been approximately one Tesla vehicle fire for every 170 million miles traveled, which compares well with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)'s data for U.S. vehicles overall, which states that there is a vehicle fire for every 19 million miles traveled.
WATCH: Elon Musk discusses eventually having Tesla cars support third-party games, apps
Topics: autonomous cars, autonomous vehicles, autopilot, safety, Tech, Tesla, Transportation


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The Secret History of Wonder Woman
Lepore, Jill
An investigation into the origins of comic book heroine Wonder Woman, who emerged in 1941 from the imagination of William Moulton Marston. Lepore argues that Wonder Woman is the missing link in the history of the struggle for women's rights. von Lepore, Jill
Jill Lepore is a professor of American history at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her books include Book of Ages, a finalist for the National Book Award; New York Burning, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; The Name of War, winner of the Bancroft Prize; and The Mansion of Happiness, which was short-listed for the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Notes: I am remembering New Paradigm, which I completed during my ITE residency in YEAR, as it was such a process piece. In this piece there were so many variations on how to work the black and white discs, to turn them concave or convex, all the same size black to white lines or variegated. The most interesting piece of the process was how to attach them together so that they would come into the form my mind had imagined. All at once, I realized how when I was watching one of my fellow ITE residents stitching his work together. This was wonderful as it would not only be the attachment I was looking for, but it would also allow the piece to move!!!


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Flexible Displays for Electronic Ink
Last week a flexible display using electronic ink was unveiled in Cambridge, Mass., advancing the technology needed to create a changeable display screen that is portable, lightweight and easy to read as paper. Some technologists have envisioned that this technology could lead to something like a continually updated newspaper that displays information carried over the Internet.
About the stiffness and thickness of a mousepad, the prototype was created as part of a joint project between E Ink, which was founded by physicists from the Media Laboratory at MIT, and Lucent Technologies, which has created flexible plastic circuits. The core technology consists of an ink that responds to electric charges, enabling words or images to be displayed on a relatively thin screen without the need for a conventional cathode-ray tube monitor or liquid crystal display screen.
For more information, visit www.eink.com.
Internet Educator of the Year Award
Classroom Connect announced the second annual Internet Educator of the Year Award. The award will go to an educator who has embraced Internet resources and technologies and successfully integrated them into the classroom. Nominations for the Internet Educator of the Year 2001 Award must be received by December 31, 2000. The awardee will be notified in January 2001.
For more information visit www.classroom.com/conferences/award
Student Wins Grand Prize in Peer-to-Peer Sweepstakes
Porivo Technologies, Inc., recently announced the grand prize winner of its October "Cycles for Cycles'' sweepstakes. Daniel Fung, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of California, Berkeley, received the $2,000 grand prize, a mountain bike from PerformanceBike.com. Fung and other PC users across the country participated in the sweepstakes by downloading the Porivo PEER, a secure application that links PCs together in large-scale computing projects across the Internet. Two additional users won first-prize certificates worth $1,000. Porivo also announced a new sweepstakes for December, offering $10,000 in cash prizes for Porivo PEER users.
To participate in the new December sweepstakes, users can register online at www.porivo.com and download the Porivo PEER application.
First Graduate of Online University Receives Degree
Gennie Kirch, a Roy, Utah elementary school teacher, received her Master of Arts degree in learning and technology Friday in a ceremony attended by the Governors of 11 western states. The special occasion was held in conjunction with the Western Governors' Association meeting in La Jolla and celebrates the first commencement ceremony and the first graduate of Western Governors University, an online, competency-based university. Governors is one of only a few virtual universities to achieve candidate for accreditation status and is the only competency- based university to gain that status.
Ciphergen Collaborates With Johns Hopkins
Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc. announced the start of a multi-year research collaboration with The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine aimed at the discovery of novel protein biomarkers in the field of cancer. The focus of the collaboration will be the discovery and validation of diagnostic markers that improve tumor detection, tumor classification by type, invasiveness and stage, and tumor monitoring. The protein markers currently available to address these tasks are very limited in comparison with the scope of medical needs in oncology.
As part of this multi-year collaboration, Ciphergen will provide financial support and technical assistance through its Biomarker Discovery Centers. Johns Hopkins will contribute significant resources including cancer serum samples and the clinical ex- pertise of its physicians and scientists. Ciphergen will have access to the commercial rights of the discoveries made through the collaboration with Johns Hopkins.
'Jumping DNA' Discovery Wins Award
Alka Agrawal's discovery of jumping DNA's role in creating the modern immune system, earned this year's $25,000 Young Scientists Prize, awarded by Science and Amersham Pharmacia Biotech (APBiotech). Agrawal was working on a doctorate at Yale University when she proved that genes called RAG1 and RAG2 carry out genetic reshuffling or "transposition'' reactions in a test tube. In theory, if these genes trigger transposition in living cells, too, they may be involved in harmful DNA trans- locations associated with certain cancers, Agrawal explained in her winning essay, which appears in the 1 December 2000 issue of Science.
Information about the prize and copies of the winning essays are posted on Science Online www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/pharmacia/prize/apbprize.shl.
NSF Honors 409 Junior Faculty Members
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is honoring 409 outstanding junior faculty members in science and engineering nationwide with the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards, NSF's most prestigious honor for junior faculty members. Awards for 2000 range in amount from $200,000 to $500,000, and in duration from four to five years. NSF established the CAREER program in 1995 to help top performing scientists and engineers early in their careers to develop simultaneously their contributions and commitment to research and to education.
For a list of individual awardees, visit www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/career/start.htm.


How to antique a mirror with patina…it's a process that takes a little time, but easy to do! Why would you want to make a new mirror look old? I prefer vintage pieces but it's not always possible to find and when it's not…then DIY to the rescue.
Below is a new frameless mirror that I purchased several years back for around $15. It's been given patina and desilvered, ghosted and made to look ancient.
I am chemically sensitive and try and think about the environment when working on a project and found this product years ago. It's called Ready Strip and comes in a different container now, sold by the gallon in most hardware stores for under $30. That may sound pricy, but a gallon goes a long way and you'll have plenty left over for other projects.
Apply with a toss away brush in a very thick coat and be sure to wear gloves. It's not toxic, but still. Allow to dry at least overnight. A full 48 hours is better with this formula, if possible…especially in a humid climate like I live in.
Once it's dry the color changes a bit, and you can remove with a plastic paint spatula. Be sure to work outside with a dropcloth, as it's messy! Tip: Do not use a metal paint scraper, as it will scratch the glass (unless you want that look).
Be sure to look at the mirror from the front and see if the black coating is coming off as well as the silvering that is under the black paint. You will want all of the black paint off, or most of it…but not all of the silvering….or it will just look like a piece of glass. Scrape carefully and then use your fingers to smear the silvering before it's all dry. You may wish to practice on a piece that you don't care about first until you are comfortable with the technique.
Wash any remaining stripper off with some water and paper toweling. I don't use the stripper rinse spray that you can purchase…just water will do. If your mirror will be in a bathroom or high humidity area then spray the back with a clear fixative.
How to antique a mirror with patina is a really an easy project for any level. It doesn't require perfection in the details…enjoy and please share!
I love old mirrors! Their patina is so interesting and unique! Great post to revisit! 🙂 Hope you are having a great week!
stands with 3 shelves each. I am going to work on them. Many thanks for the idea.


Now in its sixth decade, the University of Hartford sits proudly on a 350-acre main campus that includes parts of Hartford, West Hartford, and Bloomfield, Conn. It provides a beautifully landscaped vista with grassy expanses and wooded areas with a branch of the Park River winding through it.
Despite its bucolic setting and relatively small size, UHart offers a dynamic student experience charged with diversity in its programs, activities, and student body. International and U.S. students of color comprise nearly 30 percent of all undergraduates.
At the University of Hartford, students pursue a wide range of interests and talents. They are Dance Team members who major in accounting, Division I basketball players who study biomedical engineering, and health science majors who teach English in Ecuador and plan to join the Peace Corps.
Alumni include Broadway and film actors, opera standouts, internationally known artists and musicians, professional all-star athletes, successful business entrepreneurs, award-winning teachers and nurses, engineers who make groundbreaking discoveries, and doctors who are leaders in their fields.
The University of Hartford provides a robust, distinctive educational experience for its more than 5,000 undergraduate and 1,600 graduate students. Distinguished faculty provide rigorous instruction as well as research, performance, and internship opportunities in more than 100 degree programs in the arts, humanities, business, engineering and technology, education, and health professions. With students from 48 states and 63 countries, we are a university for the world.


Aloha from the flashing toy capital - complete with all your Hawaiian theme needs!
Make sure you are seen at the next luau with our selection of flashing Hawaiian leis, light up massive beach balls, flower headbands and a LED cup to hold your Mai Tai. Your next Hawaiian themed event will the party to remember!


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Le occasioni di Rosa è un film del 1981 diretto da Salvatore Piscicelli.

Trama
Rosa, un'operaia napoletana, decide di prostituirsi con l'approvazione del compagno Tonino. Tonino a sua volta si lega ad un omosessuale ricco. Questi ha come scopo far sposare Rosa e Tonino per poter avere dalla coppia un figlio. Girato nel contesto di una Napoli industriale, mostra la vicenda sotto una luce sgradevole, ricordando Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Riconoscimenti
1982 - David di Donatello
Migliore attrice esordiente a Marina Suma
Nomination Miglior regia a Salvatore Piscicelli
Nomination Migliore attrice protagonista a Marina Suma
Nomination Migliore montatore a Franco Letti
1982 - Nastro d'argento
Migliore attrice esordiente a Marina Suma

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Film ambientati a Napoli
Film drammatici
Film diretti da Salvatore Piscicelli

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Raleigh's Heron trade exclusive show is set to return to the firm's Nottingham headquarters from February 9th to 11th.
New parts and accessories labels will be one of the highlights for dealers checking in, with brand additions including OTE Sports, JVC cameras and Burley Trailers. New products are also expected from Dahon, Vaude, Schwalbe, Michelin, Uvex, Squire, Galius, Lusso, New Loox, Unior, RSP, XLC and many more.
Raleigh's parts and accessories manager Paul Cooke said: "We've had a hugely positive year on our accessories business and we've certainly seen a boost from access we've had to Accell Group products, which we're continuing to bring through this coming year.
"We're confident that we can bring one of the widest portfolios of exciting new brands. This show will give many dealers their first taste of what's to come."
A training ride alongside Team Raleigh will take place on the Sunday for dealers looking to go for a spin on the latest bike launches. Among the new bikes, raleigh will show HaiBike's several new 700c Xduro ebikes.
One-to-one presentations will discuss the Raleigh Rewards programme, Raleigh TV in-store consoles, My Shop Online, our B2B ordering and Raleigh Service Centre status, among other support programmes on offer to dealers.


I'm LOVING those pretty cocktail rings!
The first ring reminds me of my wifes wedding ring from her first marriage.
I have to admit I do prefer the topshop ring to the designer one. I don't see any point in blowing your budget when you can get the exact same style for a cheaper price!
Also if you want to read my short story you can pop me an email so I can send you it: it's at the top of my blog.


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Uzbekistan passes new law to end statelessness for 50,000 people amidst steps to improve human rights
23 March 2020 By Sofia Svensson
An estimated 50,000 stateless people in Uzbekistan are set to acquire citizenship following the passing of a new law in the country. There are currently 97,346 documented stateless people in Uzbekistan, many are ethnic Uzbeks who fled Tajikistan's civil war in the early 1990s. Statelessness in the country and across the wider region is largely a result of the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the formation of new States, which left hundreds of thousands throughout Central Asia stateless.
In a statement, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that in granting nationality to those who previously had none, Uzbekistan is "profoundly bettering" the lives of a too-often invisible and vulnerable population.
"The Secretary-General commends this achievement as an important contribution to global efforts to end statelessness worldwide by 2024," the statement continued.
A provision in the Citizenship Law, signed by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on 20 March 2020, will come into effect on 1 April, conferring citizenship to registered stateless people who were granted permanent residence in Uzbekistan before 1 January 1995.
The new law also includes other important provisions to prevent statelessness and introduces, for the first-time, simplified naturalization procedures. The simplified naturalization procedures will come into effect in September this year and will also benefit registered stateless people who acquired permanent residence permits after 1 January 1995.
UNHCR, which provided recommendations to Uzbekistan during the drafting process, said authorities estimate that around half of the country's stateless population – some 49,228 people – will benefit from the new provision and be recognised as citizens. Their children will also be eligible for citizenship through the same process.
"Uzbekistan has made significant progress in resolving and preventing statelessness in recent years and this development is a huge leap forward in ending known cases of statelessness. Tens of thousands of people now have the opportunity to belong," said Yasuko Oda, UNHCR Representative for Central Asia.
Almost three decades have passed since the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union and the subsequent proclamation of independence by fifteen states. Soviet nationality ceased to exist and most former Soviet Republics adopted their own nationality laws yet the collapse of the USSR is one of the events in recent history that has resulted in mass statelessness.
Because former Soviet states took different approaches to the gain or loss of citizenship, and because of multiple defects and contradictions in the laws of these states, certain individuals and entire groups of people who never exchanged their Soviet passports for the passports of a newly formed state for one reason or another became vulnerable and, ultimately, stateless.
Since Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev assumed power in September 2016 following the death of Islam Karimov, he has taken some steps to improve the country's abysmal human rights record, such as releasing some political prisoners, relaxing certain restrictions on free expression, removing citizens from the security services' notorious "black list," and increasing accountability of government institutions to the citizenry. These moves, coupled with Tashkent's efforts to improve ties with its Central Asian neighbors have contributed to a sense of hope in Uzbekistan about the possibility for change.
Last year, The Economist declared Uzbekistan its "country of the year", arguing that "no other country travelled as far" as the Central Asian nation in 2019 in terms of economic and other reforms.
But as The Economist also notes, the country "still has a long way to go" and it remains "far from (being) a democracy." It remains to be seen if Uzbekistan's still authoritarian government will follow up the modest steps it has taken with institutional change and sustainable human rights improvements.
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Unprecedented crackdown sees more than 50 of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement arrested	6 January 2021
EU offers additional funding to address humanitarian emergency for migrants in Bosnia	6 January 2021
Three prominent Vietnamese dissidents handed "appalling" sentences as the 13th National Congress approaches	5 January 2021
Concern over absence of human rights considerations in new UK-Turkey trade deal	5 January 2021


We are increasingly seeing fashion brands edging into the wearable technology market and tech companies edging from wearables into the fashion market. Today here is further evidence of the former with Tommy Hilfiger's launch of two designs of solar powered jacket – for him and for her.
Now what would a solar powered jacket do? Of course jackets don't need electricity and this one doesn't either, it generates electricity for your portable devices using built-in solar panels and rechargeable battery packs. Being a Hilfiger design it seeks too this solar powering task in a stylish, sporty and comfortable way. Whether it achieves the stylish criteria I shall leave up to the your judgement.
As above you can see that you would be able to recharge a typical 2,000mAh smartphone three times with the jacket as fully charged. While out and about in the daytime you can of course have your jacket recharged by the sunlight. Tommy Hilfiger thoughtfully puts a charging cable end in the pockets of the jacket.
In a road test of the Jacket Forbes Magazine's Rachel Arthur concluded that the jacket is "stylish while simultaneously offering a solution that is inherently useful to the individual wearing it". However she added that "it's a ways off yet in terms of being something to be worn everyday".
These his 'n' hers solar powered jackets are available now in select Tommy Hilfiger stores in the US with 50% of the revenue going to the Fresh Air Fund charity helping low-income children to enjoy summer camp experiences.


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Masked Email Addresses Could Change Login Credentials for the Better
Stop giving out half your login details to anyone who asks
Charlie Sorrel
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Charlie Sorrel has been writing about technology, and its effects on society and the planet, for 13 years.
Updated on September 30, 2021 11:50AM EDT
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Your email address is as much a part of your online identity as your phone number or Social Security number.
Fastmail and 1Password have teamed up to make one-time emails as easy as one-time passwords.
Stop using the same email for everything.
Fastmail / 1Password
Do you use the same email or a handful of email addresses for all your communications? You should probably stop doing that.
Whenever you create a new account for, well, anything, you may use a password manager to create unique and complex passcodes. But you probably still use the same email address for everything. Wouldn't it be great if you could also create a unique email address to go with that strong password?
Fastmail and 1Password have teamed up to offer "masked" email addresses, which are just that. You can automatically generate a new email address at sign up, and it will automatically forward to your regular inbox. Masked emails join recent, similar offers from DuckDuckGo and Apple. Are we finally getting serious about email security?
"'In-the-know' email people have used masked email addresses for years. Making it easy to use is what makes it accessible, though," Helen Horstmann-Allen, chief operating officer of Fastmail, told Lifewire via email. "That's what was such an amazing opportunity about 1Password for us. The email part was simple for us, and working with them meant we could put the feature exactly where you need it most—when you're signing up for a new service."
Importance of Email
Your email isn't just a way to send and receive messages. It's also a part of your identity on the internet. We protect our passwords, and we refuse to take part in Facebook "quizzes" that try to gather personal information like your mother's maiden name, but we give the same email address to our friends and family that we use to sign up for online accounts.
"Using the same email everywhere means that anybody who knows your email address knows half of the combination you use to unlock all your online accounts," says Horstmann-Allen.
Getting Serious
This year, both Apple and DuckDuckGo have offered ways to fight this. Apple lets you create unique email addresses on demand, and DuckDuckGo gives you a duck.com email that's not used to anonymize you, but to clean out trackers sent via email before forwarding the sanitized mail to you.
Email might still be totally insecure and unencrypted, but at least we're starting to take it seriously. But why now?
Track and Trouble
Overall, we're becoming more aware of online privacy issues, and with the recent exodus to working from home, personal security hygiene has gotten even more important.
"Email phishing, combined with social engineering, accounts for 60% of all cyberattacks," Patricia Cerniauskaite, senior public relations manager of password manager service NordPass, told Lifewire via email. "Comparing the first and second quarters of 2020, targeted phishing attempts went up by 400%. Such a rapid increase could be attributed to the global shift to remote work, as bad actors have seen opportunity in taking advantage of remote employees that are not protected by corporate perimeters."
Fastmail
It's a lot harder to phish somebody if they use unique email addresses for all accounts. And, of course, you can cut down on spam, or unwanted email, just by deactivating that address. We can't avoid email, but we can stop making it so easy to exploit.
"You need to log in to half the things on the internet to use them, and you need an email address to log in. If you give everybody the same email address, you're trying everything you do to one identity," Ricardo Signes, chief technology officer of Fastmail, told Lifewire via email.
Help Yourself
To use this new 1Password and Fastmail mashup, you must first connect your accounts. Then, whenever you sign up for a new service, using 1Password to create a password, you can also create a new email address. Any email arriving at that address will arrive in your inbox, as usual.
'In-the-know' email people have used masked email addresses for years.
But how do you clean up the mess you've already made? The bad news is, you can't. The good news is, like planting a tree, the second best time to start is now. Your old email address is probably beyond saving, but from now on, you can do better.
"Just having one email address for friends and one for companies goes a long way. Having one for each company goes further," says Signes. "If you've been using one address for everything for a long time, it's not really possible to undo, but starting fresh is easy, especially when you can use aliases to keep getting mail for your old address as long as you like."
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Karine Ferri is the girlfriend of Lyon midfielder Yoann Gourcuff. Gourcuff previously played for AC Milan and is a member of the French national team.
Karine was the former partner of the winner of "Star Academy" 4, Gregory Lemarchal.


September is here and so is the second part of my roadtrip last year from Settle to Joshua tree! Below are photos from the Pharos concert venue right outside of Joshua Tree Park, where I saw one of the most amazing sunsets of my life in addition to the amazing concert, as well as from within the park itself.
All images were taken w/ a Nikon D60 and a 35mm lens.


Why Doesn't My Doctor Know More about Fibromyalgia?
Welcome to my blog, in which I bridge the worlds of fibromyalgia patient and doctor. My personal experience gives me the unique perspective of a physician studying fibromyalgia "from the inside." Since my diagnosis in medical school, my hope has been to act as a translator between the worlds of doctors and patients.
Because so many health care providers still struggle to help their patients with fibromyalgia, patients often have to take it into our own hands and bring information about new treatments to our doctors. Fibromyalgia patients recognize that their doctors don't know how to help them, naming their highest priority as better-educated health care professionals in one survey. This leaves patients desperately searching for answers on their own.
Bridging the gap between doctor and patient is my over-arching goal with everything I write, including my new book, The FibroManual. And this blog is an extension of that, keeping you updated on new treatments, new ideas and new research. I also want to educate other health care providers on what fibromyalgia is like, how to treat it better, and how to be more understanding of what a day in the life of a "fibromite" is like.
I welcome your comments and suggestions on topics to cover for FM. If there is a topic or question that comes up for you personally in dealing with fibromyalgia, I guarantee hundreds of other patients have the same question and want to know more about it.
The first really big question I want to answer today is this: More than 6,000 research studies have now illuminated the processes in the body that cause fibromyalgia, so why don't doctors know more about managing this very common illness? Fibromyalgia is described in medical journals as "perplexing," "mysterious," and "confusing." Primary care providers (PCPs) report uncertainty about how to treat this illness, with one study concluding that "diagnosing and managing fibromyalgia is challenging for physicians."
Partly it is due to fibromyalgia's status as an orphan disease, claimed by no specialty but awkwardly straddling the fields of rheumatology, neurology, and pain medicine. The majority of fibromyalgia care falls to the overwhelmed PCPs who don't have time to go searching for new treatment ideas among the sea of medical publications.
The usual lag between research and clinical practice is exacerbated by the lack of press time for fibromyalgia in the big medical journals. Since 1987, only one fibromyalgia study has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the most widely read medical journal in the world. For an illness that affects an estimated 10 million American, this is shameful. Fibromyalgia is the 14th most frequent reason for visiting a PCP, more common than sore throats or urinary tract infections.
Some useful fibromyalgia treatments are neglected because they utilize medications in non-standard ways, like the dementia drug that was recently found to dramatically reduce fibromyalgia pain and brain fog. Other treatments are ignored because they come from the world of alternative medicine. Doctors simply don't read massage therapy journals like the one that published a large European study that found myofascial release, a manual therapy that targets painful fascia, provided long-lasting relief of fibromyalgia pain.
But the harried PCP does not have time to actively search out studies on new treatments for fibro, so research has to be brought to their attention in some other way—namely by their patients. So keep reading for more treatment ideas. Upcoming topics include low-dose naltrexone, medical marijuana, IV ketamine, and fibromyalgia health coaches.


Set up a stunning display of creativity and soft light by arranging several of these unique lanterns as part of your Christmas tableau.
The Crescent Moon Fairy Light Lantern is a unique orb filled with LED string lights that dangles from a moon-shaped black metal stand covered with heavy twine. The sphere is available in the shape of a glass globe or glass apple and measures 4.5" x 4.5". The fairy lights come in a variety of colors that include multi-color, yellow, blue or purple. The crescent moon stands 10" high. Get one of each to create a striking display as a set or put one in every room of the house as part of your Christmas decorations!
While the handcrafted fairy light lantern can really add to your holiday décor, it also makes a wonderful Christmas gift for all ages. This can be the perfect item for that person who is so difficult to buy for!


I can not repeat described behavior with test data. Please provide several rows bug is repeatable with.
Verified as described. Bug exists since version 5.0.48. This is not same as bug #31001.
Not repeatable with 5.0.66, 5.0 bzr and 5.1 bzr.
Probably a duplicate of Bug#31001 (or at least fixed by the same fix).
Attachment: bug37830.test (application/octet-stream, text), 1.41 KiB.
ranges was ignoring the DESC flag.
as a suffix for every secondary key.
the DESC is not valid.
But we generally would like to do this because it's faster.
reverse ordering and read the EQ_RANGE backwards.
Bug #37964 marked as a duplicate of this bug.
Fixed by performing only reverse scan if the primary key is used.
Removed some dead code in the process.
Noted in 5.0.68, 5.1.28 changelogs.
Setting report to Patch queued pending push into 6.0.x.
Note that the code is still not pushed in 5.0.
Removing entry from 5.0.68 changelog, per Joro's last note.
Resetting report to Need Doc Info.
Setting report to Patch Queued pending push of fix into 5.0.x.
Test file. Maybe this is not exactly this bug - but it seems connected to this.
Attachment: bug-37830.txt (text/plain), 471.94 KiB.


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Security roles and privileges
Applies to PowerApps and Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement apps version 9.x
Applies to Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement apps version 9.x (on-premises)
To control data access, you must set up an organizational structure that both protects sensitive data and enables collaboration. You do this by setting up business units, security roles, and field security profiles.
Check out the following video: How to set up security roles in Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement.
Security roles
A security role defines how different users, such as salespeople, access different types of records. To control access to data, you can modify existing security roles, create new security roles, or change which security roles are assigned to each user. Each user can have multiple security roles.
Security role privileges are cumulative: having more than one security role gives a user every privilege available in every role.
Each security role consists of record-level privileges and task-based privileges.
Record-level privileges define which tasks a user with access to the record can do, such as Read, Create, Delete, Write, Assign, Share, Append, and Append To. Append means to attach another record, such as an activity or note, to a record. Append to means to be attached to a record. More information: Record-level privileges.
Task-based privileges, at the bottom of the form, give a user privileges to perform specific tasks, such as publish articles.
The colored circles on the security role settings page define the access level for that privilege. Access levels determine how deep or high in the organizational business unit hierarchy the user can perform the specified privilege. The following table lists the levels of access in the app, starting with the level that gives users the most access.
Global. This access level gives a user access to all records in the organization, regardless of the business unit hierarchical level that the instance or the user belongs to. Users who have Global access automatically have Deep, Local, and Basic access, also.
Because this access level gives access to information throughout the organization, it should be restricted to match the organization's data security plan. This level of access is usually reserved for managers with authority over the organization.
The application refers to this access level as Organization.
Deep. This access level gives a user access to records in the user's business unit and all business units subordinate to the user's business unit.
Users who have Deep access automatically have Local and Basic access, also.
Because this access level gives access to information throughout the business unit and subordinate business units, it should be restricted to match the organization's data security plan. This level of access is usually reserved for managers with authority over the business units.
The application refers to this access level as Parent: Child Business Units.
Local. This access level gives a user access to records in the user's business unit.
Users who have Local access automatically have Basic access, also.
Because this access level gives access to information throughout the business unit, it should be restricted to match the organization's data security plan. This level of access is usually reserved for managers with authority over the business unit.
The application refers to this access level as Business Unit.
Basic. This access level gives a user access to records that the user owns, objects that are shared with the user, and objects that are shared with a team that the user is a member of.
This is the typical level of access for sales and service representatives.
The application refers to this access level as User.
None. No access is allowed.
To ensure that users can view and access all areas of the web application, such as entity forms, the nav bar, or the command bar, all security roles in the organization must include the Read privilege on the Web Resource entity. For example, without read permissions, a user won't be able to open a form that contains a web resource and will see an error message similar to this: "Missing prvReadWebResource privilege." More information: Create or edit a security role
Record-level privileges
PowerApps and Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement use eight different record-level privileges that determine the level of access a user has to a specific record or record type.
Create Required to make a new record. Which records can be created depends on the access level of the permission defined in your security role.
Read Required to open a record to view the contents. Which records can be read depends on the access level of the permission defined in your security role.
Write Required to make changes to a record. Which records can be changed depends on the access level of the permission defined in your security role.
Delete Required to permanently remove a record. Which records can be deleted depends on the access level of the permission defined in your security role.
Append Required to associate a record with the current record. For example, if a user has Append rights on an opportunity, the user can add a note to an opportunity. Which records can be appended depends on the access level of the permission defined in your security role.
Append To Required to associate the current record with another record. For example, a note can be attached to an opportunity if the user has Append To rights on the note. Which records can be appended to depends on the access level of the permission defined in your security role.
Assign Required to give ownership of a record to another user. Which records can be assigned depends on the access level of the permission defined in your security role.
Share Required to give access to a record to another user while keeping your own access. Which records can be shared depends on the access level of the permission defined in your security role.
Overriding security roles
The owner of a record or a person who has the Share privilege on a record can share a record with other users or teams. Sharing can add Read, Write, Delete, Append, Assign, and Share privileges for specific records.
Teams are used primarily for sharing records that team members ordinarily couldn't access. More information: Manage security, users and teams.
It's not possible to remove access for a particular record. Any change to a security role privilege applies to all records of that record type.
Team member's privilege inheritance
User and Team privileges
User privileges: User is granted these privileges directly when a security role is assigned to the user. User can create and has access to records created/owned by the user when Basic access level for Create and Read were given.
Team privileges: User is granted these privileges as member of the team. For team members who do not have user privileges of their own, they can only create records with the team as the owner and they have access to records owned by the Team when Basic access level for Create and Read were given.
A security role can be set to provide a team member with direct Basic-level access user privileges. A team member can create records that they own and records that have the team as owner when the Basic access level for Create is given. When the Basic access level for Read is given, team member can access records that are owned by both that team member and by the team.
This member's privilege inheritance role is applicable to Owner and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Group teams.
Create a security role with team member's privilege inheritance
Make sure that you have the System Administrator or System Customizer security role or equivalent permissions.
Check your security role:
Don't have the correct permissions? Contact your system administrator.
Go to Settings > Security.
Select Security Roles.
Enter a role name.
Select the Member's privilege inheritance drop-down list.
Select Direct User/Basic access level and Team privileges.
Go to each tab and set the appropriate privileges on each entity.
To change the access level for a privilege, select the access-level symbol until you see the symbol you want. The access levels available depend on whether the record type is organization-owned or user-owned.
You can also set this privilege inheritance property for all out-of-the-box security roles except the System Administrator role. When a privilege inheritance security role is assigned to a user, the user gets all the privileges directly, just like a security role without privilege inheritance.
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Taqha-ye Jafar Qoli (, also Romanized as Ţāqhā-ye Ja'far Qolī and Ţāqā Ja'far Qolī; also known as Bard Bedūl) is a village in Qaleh-ye Khvajeh Rural District, in the Central District of Andika County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 33, in 5 families.

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London protest against Bahrain Grand Prix
20 April 2012 12 May 2016 Peter Tatchell Foundation
Bahrain protesters urge cancellation at Formula One HQ
Date: Saturday 21 April 2012
Time: 12.30 – 1.30pm
Address: Formula One HQ, 6 Princess Gate, London SW7 1QJ
Bahrain exiles and their British supporters will gather outside the London headquarters of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone this Saturday (tomorrow) at 12.30pm.
They are calling for this Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix to be cancelled, citing "the violent suppression of pro-democracy protesters" by the King of Bahrain. They have condemned Bernie Ecclestone's decision to "put profit-making before human rights."
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell will join the protest. He said:
"There should be no sport as usual, while the Bahraini regime is killing and torturing its own citizens. Holding the Grand Prix in Bahrain is collusion with tyranny. It gives the regime respectability. I urge British drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button take a stand against dictatorship by withdrawing from Sunday's race. It will be a tainted competition, steeped in shame and blood. There is a high risk that democracy protesters will be killed by the Bahraini security forces."
Founder of the Justice for Bahrain movement, Mohammed Sadiq, added:
"Hosting the Grand Prix is part of the King's bid to convince the world that the repression is over and the situation in Bahrain has returned to normal. It hasn't. There are daily human rights abuses perpetrated on peaceful protesters. It is a shocking, callous misjudgement by Bernie Ecclestone to proceed with the race at a time when pro-democracy campaigners are being arrested, beaten, jailed, tortured and killed. Holding the Grand Prix is a slap in the face to the victims of repression. Formula One bosses should be siding with Bahrain's democrats, not with the dictatorship."
Mr Tatchell added:
"If the duty to protect civilians applies in Syria, why not in Bahrain?
"Britain should be working with the rest of the international community to impose sanctions on the Bahrain regime.
"Bahrain's leaders should be referred to the International Criminal Court and the UN Human Rights Council on charges of torture and crimes against humanity," he said.
According to a November 2011 report by the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, 45 pro-democracy campaigners have been killed by the regime, 1,500 arrested, nearly 1,900 have suffered torture and ill-treatment. The arrested and abused include doctors and nurses who treated injured protesters.
Read the report in full here: http://bit.ly/w852m5
Even before the current wave of repression, Bahrain had a poor human rights record; having been previously criticised by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
Amnesty International report: – http://tiny.cc/0lhbp
Human Rights Watch report: = http://tiny.cc/cgtfm
Amnesty International, Bahrain, Bernie Ecclestone, democracy, Formula One, Grand Prix, Human Rights Watch.
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Puli inji – a sweet and sour ginger pickle usually served as an appetizer in Kerala Sadhya. It's a combination of tongue pleasing flavors. The main ingredients of puli inji are ginger, tamarind and jaggery. It can be refrigerated and store like pickles.
Chop ginger, green chillies and curry leaves finely.
Dissolve tamarind in 1½ cup of warm water. Remove the seeds and any pieces that have not dissolved with the water.
Heat 2½ table spoon of coconut oil in a pan and put mustard seeds. When it splutters, add finely chopped ginger, green chillies, curry leaves and a little salt. Sauté it in a medium heat until it turns golden brown.
Reduce the heat, add chilli, turmeric and asafetida powders. Stir it for few seconds.
Next, add tamarind dissolved water and salt. Stir continuously in a medium heat, until the gravy thickens.
Proceed to add crushed jaggery, combine well and dissolve it.
Remove from heat and let it cool. Transfer the puli inji to a dry container and serve only after 3 hours to avoid the bitterness.
1) Adding broken dry red chillies in step 3 will enhance the taste.
2) Puli Inji can be refrigerated and store like pickles. Use only dry spoons, whenever you take it for serving.
3) Adjust the quantity of chillies and jaggery to suite your taste.
I tried it twice. It is excellent.
Thanks Asha. Hope you will try other recipes too.
Super ayittundu.. We are celebrating onam next week and I am going to follow this recipe.
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I would to know how to make uzhun vada (udid dal/ vada) I tried but it came out to be little watery which was difficult to put hole, I made it without hole…. please help me.
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I was thinking that making puli inji will be difficult.. Tried this recipe for this Onam and it came out really nice… Now I have it made it large quantity and stocked it tooo goes really well with lemon rice, veg rice also… Thanks for sharing … Please include more pickle recipes !
Rajitha, Thanks a lot for this wonderful feedback. Happy to know that you made it twice, that too large quantity. I will try to post more pickle recipes. Hope you will try other recipes too.
It is wonder full and healthy recipe. I tried today every one like it. Thanks a lot.
Nisha, Glad you all loved it! Thanks for the feedback.
Hi Shaan, Great man.. tried few Recipe at home. Working fine.. expect more new onces. Wish you happy onam!
Hi Shaan, its good. Thank you.
Hi, I will be trying your inji puli recipe today, will let you know how it turned out to be. Keep posting other Indian recipes other than South Indian.
Radhika, Thanks for trying Puli Inji recipe. Hope it will work out well for you. I will try to add more recipes. Hope to see you here often.
Hello, I would like to know, what type of ginger do you use – old or young? Will there be a difference? Thank you so much!
Angeline, we need to use old ginger for this traditional recipe. Thanks for the comment.
Hi Shan, thank you so much for your guidance! I can't wait to try out your recipe.
You are welcome Angeline. Hope it will come out good for you.
Hello, is there is any other style for preparing this item by adding fried coconut paste?
Sam, I haven't come across the method you mentioned. As it name suggest the main ingredients are "puli" and "inji". Thanks for the comment.
Hai, I tried this recipe nd turned up very well. thanks a lot.
Thanks for the recipe. Am going to try it today. My hubby is the worst critic and hope he likes it.
Thanks Deepa. Hope you will share the feedback.
I tried your easy recipe. My Puli Inji tasted bitter as I was cooking it. So I kept adding brown sugar to reduce the bitterness. Hope that the bitterness reduces in the next 3 hours. Do you know what causes the bitterness? Thanks.
Usha, Puli Inji will taste bitter immediately after cooking it. It will become tasty after few hours, may be after 10 hours.


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NFL draft top-5 snapshot: Quarterbacks will be in high demand in 2021
Eric Edholm
January 6, 2021, 11:46 AM ·5 min read
The top of the 2021 NFL draft is set in stone — that is, until picks can be traded. We know the order of the first 18 selections, with the remaining 14 in Round 1 to be determined based on the results of the playoffs.
And what we have atop the draft is a fascinating landscape that could lead to a lot of trade activity. Why? Well, it appears that the most interesting — and perhaps most coveted — prospects in the draft's upper reaches will be quarterbacks.
But not all teams picking in that range will draft QBs. The Miami Dolphins at 3 just announced that Tua Tagovailoa will be their starter next season. The Atlanta Falcons have Matt Ryan under contract, with nearly $50 million in dead money remaining. The Cincinnati Bengals won't pick another QB.
So that certainly opens the door for multiple trades in the top 10, pending what happens during the free-agency period. Quarterbacks are expected to be the main trade-up targets. We could end up with three going in the top five overall picks and perhaps four in the top 10.
Then again, that means many mock drafts figure to look pretty ugly. Uglier than normal, that is.
Here's a quick snapshot how the top five stands now:
A quick look at the top of the 2021 NFL draft. (Amber Matsumoto/Yahoo Sports)
Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence
Lawrence has bid farewell to Clemson in an apparent declaration for the draft, so the first domino has fallen. There will be a new general manager in Jacksonville. Could this be like Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay after he hired former GM Ryan Grigson? Grigson admitted after the draft that Andrew Luck was in essence Irsay's pick.
Earlier this week, Jaguars owner Shad Khan said that he would retain personnel control for the time being. That can't sit well for prospective GM candidates. But what would happen if, say, Urban Meyer becomes head coach?
Even if Lawrence feels like a mortal lock to Jacksonville, we're not putting the chances quite at 100 percent right now. We'll hedge and say 99 or so.
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BYU QB Zach Wilson
There is a lot of chatter that GM Joe Douglas will look to trade down. But then again, Douglas was pretty vague and non-committal when asked about Sam Darnold's future in New York. Perhaps Douglas is just playing smart poker. It never hurts to listen to offers and see what options present themselves.
As for the Wilson vs. Justin Fields debate, the one thing we can tell you, having spoken to multiple teams about the quarterbacks this season, is that there will be no consensus. Some like Wilson better. Others prefer Fields. And there are some Trey Lance supporters out there, too. This is going to be fascinating theater to watch everything play out over the next 16 weeks.
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Many are mad that I've had Chase in this spot over, say, Alabama's DeVonta Smith, the newly minted Heisman Trophy winner. Readers have informed me that Smith and Tagovailoa were college teammates. Good info; we'll file that away for certain.
The truth is that I don't know which receiver the Dolphins favor, and I don't believe they know yet, either. They'll take the best player here, regardless of what uniform they wear. Now, is Chase better than Smith? Is there another option that would be superior to either?
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The Falcons were 0-7 in one-score games. They still have Ryan, and his contract is a boat anchor. Everything in my head is screaming, "no" with this pairing, and yet I think the next general manager is going to have to have a real honest and tough call on the longer-term future of the franchise.
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