REP. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE. WILL PRESENT THE CBCF ALC' 18 JAZZ LEGACY AWARDS TO CHAMBERS AND MEMBERS OF M'BOOM Re: PERCUSSION.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, (D-TX), Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, leading member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Board will serve, for the first time, as the Honorary Host of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference Jazz Issue Forum and Concert. Jazz events will take place during the CBCF's 48th Annual Legislative Conference, on September 13, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (WEWCC), 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington, DC 20001 and the City Winery, 1350 Oakie St., NE, Washington, DC 20002.
The 2018 ALC Jazz Concert features Joe Chambers -- one of the most recorded drummers and accomplished composers of the last five decades, leading M'BOOM Re: Percussion. M'BOOM is a percussion collective, founded in 1970 by the NEA Jazz Master Max Roach. Besides Chambers, M'Boom includes fellow percussionists Bobby Sanabria, Warren I. Smith, Diego Lopez and vocalist Mavis Swan Poole. Supporting M'Boom will be resident, Washington artists: Herman Burney on Double Bass; Brian Settles on Soprano and Tenor Saxophones, and The String Queens with Kendall Isadore (violin), Robin Massie (violin), Dawn Johnson (viola) and Elise Cuffy (cello). The concert will be held on Thursday September 13 th, from 8:00 to 10:30 pm, for the first time at the City Winery, 1350 Oakie St., NE. Doors open at 7:00 pm. The ALC '18 Jazz Concert is a ticketed event.
During the concert Rep. Jackson Lee will present the ALC' 18 CBCF Jazz Legacy Awards to Chambers, Sanabria, Smith and Lopez. The 2018 CBCF ALC Jazz Issue Forum is entitled Jazz Preservation, Education and Promulgation: DC Jazz Stories. Aaron Myers and Herb Scott, of the Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation will provide on update on HR 4626: The National Jazz Preservation, Education and Promulgation Act. The ALC '18 Jazz Issue Forum takes place on Thursday September 13, 2018, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, in Room 103A of the WEWCC.
The 33rd Annual ALC Jazz Issue Forum explores how the central principles of HR 4626 are featured in the newly published book, DC Jazz: Stories of Jazz Music in Washington, D.C. (Georgetown University Press). Panelists include Bridget Arwine, Freelance Writer, Photographer and Founder of Beets and Bebop Media; Anna Harwell Celenza, Thomas Caestecker Professor of Music, Georgetown University; Rusty Hassan, 50 year Jazz Radio Programmer and Jazz History Instructor, University of the District of Columbia; Cedric Hendricks, Executive Producer ALC '18 Jazz Issue Forum and Concert; Willard Jenkins, Artistic Director, DC Jazz Festival; Judith Korey, Curator of the University of the district of Columbia's Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives; and Lauren Sinclair, American University, School of Professional and Extended Studies and violinist with the Howard University Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Maurice Jackson, Co-Editor of DC Jazz, and Professor of History and African-American Studies, Georgetown University, will moderate the panel. The CBCF ALC Jazz Issue Forum is free and open to the public. Since 1985, The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) Jazz Issue Forum and Concert has convened during the Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference for the purpose of celebrating and educating the public about Jazz. The CBCF has utilized performances, awards presentations and panel discussions to showcase various aspects of the jazz experience and vibrancy of the music as a dynamic cultural phenomenon in our society.


The perfect mariage of practical and CGI to create flowing shapes and light highlighting the release of a vodka brand, Glass.
This was an experimental piece I worked on while freelancing at Strange & Wonderful. The premise was to repurpose the monitor box used on a previous piece to fit a new subject and add a new environment. I spent the time to reconfigure the set up, rebuild the After Effects template, and set up a similar system focused on a vertical product. While I was working on getting the setup built and ready for shooting, our director, Will Hyde, was shooting slow motion footage of water pours and splashes that could be fed back into the animation template. Everything you see in the video, with the exception of the end lockup, was shot completely in camera with no post production. Using this method, we are able to get complex reflection and refraction in a live video environment with much less time and more accuracy than doing a full CG piece.


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Saelices de Mayorga est une commune de la province de Valladolid dans la communauté autonome de Castille-et-León en Espagne.

Sites et patrimoine
L'édifice le plus caractéristique de la commune est l'église San Pedro Advíncula.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Article connexe
 Liste des communes de la province de Valladolid

Liens externes
 Site de la mairie de Saelices de Mayorga

Commune dans la province de Valladolid

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In my example, I was using Tomcat Server but it should be applicable to other web servers as well. The first output row contains the column names and the remaining rows contain the output data. The prepared statements are often used hdbc conjunction with parameter markers, which allow the parameters to be changed each jfopen the statement is run. Finally, it exposes Java objects through reflection, allowing Java methods to be dynamically called.
Establish connection to db2 using the jt Using the prepared statements usually consists of three parts: You can also set up a configuration bean instead of XML config.
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The last call shows the creation of a java. This prompt assumes that everything is an SQL command, with the exception of jdbcClient commands which begin with '! In the second call, the getCatalog method on the existing CON object is called.
The jdbcClient recognizes that a result set was returned by the stored procedure and displays the contents of the result set. You do not need to add the. The jdbcClient program allows you to easily connect to a database and run the SQL statements.
Here are examples of how these calls can be used. The various types are shown in the following table.
I have tried using the db2jcc. These features include the ability to run a command in a separate jtipen, the ability to repeat a command for a specified number of times, commands to view the history of the entered commands, and commands to control the formatting of the output data.
The use of reflection is not limited to JDBC objects. As an enhanced developer tool, jdbcClient also allows the use of reflection to involve methods on Java and JDBC objects.
You can use jdbcClient to experiment with all kinds of Java objects. I tried using the com. Sign up using Email and Password.


I wanted to work in a community project where you can teach more freely and try out different things. I am a teacher at home so wanted to see how different it would be and maybe use something back home and use something from home in Argentina to improve my teaching in both places.
Yes I think so, although I was only there for a couple of weeks, I think the children gained from the activities we had organised.
Maybe funds and time permitting!
Volunteering gives you a completely different perspective and the children don't have to go to a community centre so you need to go the extra mile or they won't come the next day. But that was great fun because you knew if they came each day they liked what you were doing. You don't get that feedback from your class at home.
An activity in your bag ready every day. Some volunteers had nothing to use when the children finished their work or games early so it's good to grab something.
Buenos Aires is not that cheap compared to other countries. I spent £150 but you might be able to spend less, it depends whether you go out in the evenings. If you cook in the apartment you'll save a lot more.
Make the most of the hours you spend with the children as it is so special to them. At home you don't know what they are going through.


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Епархия Порт-Харкорта () — епархия Римско-Католической церкви c центром в городе Порт-Харкорт, Нигерия. Епархия Порт-Харкорта входит в митрополию Калабара. Кафедральным собором епархии Порт-Харкорта является церковь Тела Христова.

История
16 мая 1961 года Римский папа Иоанн XXIII издал буллу Quod Apostolis, которой учредил епархию Порт-Харкорта, выделив её из епархии Оверри.

24 августа 1964 года епархия Порт-Харкорта передала часть своей территории новой миссии Sui iuris Бомади (сегодня - Апостольский викариат Бомади).

Ординарии епархии
 епископ Godfrey Okoye CSSp (1961 — 1970);
 епископ Alexius Obabu Makozi (1991 — 2009);
 епископ Camillus Archibong Etokudoh (2009 — по настоящее время).

Источник
 Annuario Pontificio, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, ISBN 88-209-7422-3
 Булла Quod Apostolis, AAS 54 (1962), стр. 260

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Why is this called Forex trading?
Discussion in 'General Forex Talk' started by Fallout_fan, Jan 10, 2012.
I almost got sucked into this you know. Not your fault though, mostly all the sites around the net.
I was actually looking to trade metals and oil and googling about the subject and google kept flowing me over with these sites.
After some research I understood you were only trading CFD's: You don't old the gold or the currency you trade in!
Why are you guys pouring fuel on the fire and more importantly: why aren't you trading on the real stock/forex/resource markets?
Some FPA members trade CFDs. Most of us trade retail forex. A few brokers even have an option to take delivery.


Comments raised at the 2013 Global Superyacht Forum raised the question of whether the industry is not far off a shortage of crew – a troublesome proposition in the context of recent questions regarding crew quality alongside rising crew numbers.
This once again highlights the problem: if the superyacht industry utilises the commercial sector, numbers are not and will never be a problem, but owners are not after numbers; they are after quality – and it is exactly this that others in the recruitment sector have noticed. "[I'm] not sure about a shortage of crew. [In] deck and interior, sadly many are not experienced enough or don't have the right experience," elaborated Paul Rutterford, recruitment manager at Viking Crew Management.
A result of this shortage of quality crew is arguably already showing itself in the industry's escalating introduction of rotation into crew contracts. After all, the desire for qualified and professional superyacht crew stronger today than ever before, those who fulfill this criteria are in a stronger position to demand rotation as part of their contract. "Big ticketed chief and second engineers are in shorter supply than ticketed captains, and are therefore in a position to request rotation-only roles, which they do," said Louise Calibourdin, crewing manager at The Crew Network.
What was of particular note when speaking with the recruitment sector, however, was their collective emphasis on crew numbers, not crew quality – confirmation of the problem at hand. Consequently, a common shift of focus from quantity to quality is needed and if achieved will have a catalytic impact upon training and course quality and high standards within the industry. Moreover, this shift of focus will cement the industry in the best possible position should the prediction of this quality crew shortage become tangible.


Your reputation is your most important asset and risk. Keynote speaker Deon Binneman understands reputation, how it is built, sustained or destroyed and how it needs to be protected and repaired.
Deon quickly analyzes client problems and provide advice on reputation issues and incidents in a grounded and easily understandable way.
He communicates messages which are passionate, well-researched and hard-hitting and makes sure to equipt audiences with valuable knowledge and insights. Audiences describe his style as both relaxed, humorous and business focused and his messages as well researched, hard hitting and entertaining too.
As a public speaker, Binneman is in high demand. He has provided speaking, training and consulting services in sixteen countries including China, Australia, Malaysia, Holland, Singapore, and across Southern Africa, and he has consistently received high scores in delegate appraisals and many testimonials as well.
Respected business leaders such as Warren Buffett speak about the importance of reputation, as did ancient philosophers such as Socrates. So, does it really matter? Yes, it does and keynote speaker Deon Binneman can prove it! Not only is a favorable reputation a company, country, city, industry, profession or person's most important asset, it is also its greatest and most fragile risk as it can also too easily be destroyed. For the past 22 years, "Your Reputation Matters" has been Deon Binneman's slogan, his business, mission and passion – he speaks, provides advice, facilitates learning, challenges, consults, coaches and assists management and individuals on how to manage and protect this most valuable asset.
He has facilitated and spoken at more than 125 conferences in 17 countries including the Global Conference of the IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors) and the world's largest conference on Sustainable Investment. Binneman was invited back by popular demand on four occasions to the Southern African conferences of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
In 2016 his Reputation Risk presentation at the IIA conference drew more than 600 delegates and he also spoke about the Auditing of Stakeholder Management. Deon Binneman is an experienced and multiskilled management training facilitator who has led seminars on a wide variety of management training subjects such as Stakeholder Reputation and Relationship Management at GIBS (Gordon Institute of Business Science). He has taught professionals how to market their services and consultancies for more than twenty years now.
Binneman has provided insight and advice on a wide range of corporate reputation and crisis management matters including life safety crises, recalls, reputation risk and stakeholder issues. Some of these big scaled projects included providing strategic advice to Statistics SA during the 2011 South African Census (The count of more than 53 million citizens) before, during and after the project; providing strategic advice and crisis plan simulation training for ATNS – Air Traffic Navigation Services during the Soccer World Cup – which was South Africa's biggest sporting tournament to date (same scale as the Olympics); training AIG SA Brokers in Product Recall Management and providing strategic advice to SA's largest telecommunications company Vodacom on how to both develop and embed a reputation risk profile dimension into their Enterprise Wide Risk Management system.
Binneman's more than thirty years of experience include PR and strategic communications, training and development, public affairs, organisational development, health and safety consulting as well as entrepreneurial development and Professional Services marketing. Prior to his 21 years solo career, he worked as an OD (Organizational Development) Consultant for a large retail group and as a Corporate Affairs and Training Adviser to small businesses as well. he served for six years in the South African Medical Services (Armed Forces) as a medical instructor and management support staff member at a variety of locations, such as the Institute for Aviation Medicine.


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How to Cook a Moose (paperback)
Written by Kate Christensen
Paperback, 312 pages, 6 x 9, Memoir/Food
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Winner of the 2016 Maine Literary Award for Memoir
Inspired by her move from Brooklyn to Maine, as well as the slow-food, buy-local movement that has re-energized sustainable farming, bestselling author Kate Christensen turns her blockbuster talent to telling the story of the hardship and happiness that has sustained her adopted home through thick and thin, as demonstrated through the staple foods of the region. Using a candid blend of humor, insight, culinary knowledge, and taste for rugged adventure, Christensen shares personal insights and takes readers on a journey into the lives and landscapes of the farmers, fishermen, hunters, chefs, and families who harvest or produce delicious, healthful food. She also details the history of food in the region and the secrets to cultivating her own sources of joy. The result is a mouthwatering literary stew that combines the magic ingredients of love, personal appetites, hard labor, history, and original recipes.
"That Christensen, the award-winning author of such novels as "The Epicure's Lament" and "The Great Man," ended up in Maine is her good fortune, and therefore ours. The Pine Tree state is a food lover's paradise. The author enriches the book with her adopted state's history of lobsters, tales of foraging for black trumpet mushrooms and stories of intrepid Mainers who have worked the land."
"Inspired by M.F.K. Fisher's How to Cook a Wolf, Christensen points out the Maine residents don't need war to know that life can be hard but sweet. The sweetness she finds is in fresh seafood and wild blueberries, but also in the familiar faces of her Portland friends and neighbors, a crisp, bright day at the beach, or a warm night at home with a bowl of chicken stew."
––Claudia Konsoulas, Appetite for Books Blog
"I like that Ms. Christensen shows us, as M.F.K. Fisher did, the pleasures of a world of food where the scrupulous weighing out of precise calories, vitamins and other nutritional units doesn't exist, because to labor over it is to exist without spirit...Her book gets us thinking about what we are really hungry for and whether the "rules" of eating have begun to outweigh its pleasures."
"At its core, "How to Cook a Moose" is a love story. It is Christensen's tale of embracing joy at midlife — with her younger husband, with a state — and her gratitude for a locally produced, home-cooked feast shared with those you love."
"[An] exuberant, unabashedly gourmand-esque follow-up to Blue Plate Special...Christensen is eating well, in love, and radiating the 'quiet internal daily joy of living in a culture based on authenticity and integrity.'"
"An engaging book that uses a love of food and place to frame Christensen's story of a significant move later in life. Highly recommended for fans of memoirs and of food writing."
"How to Cook a Moose is as lush, lean, and hardy as the region that inspired it. I devoured every word of this beautifully written book."
—Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train
"How to Cook a Moose is Kate Christensen's gorgeously composed love letter to Maine, its people, and its food. Like Maine itself, it is both cozy and rugged, grounded in a powerful sense of place. One of our finest novelists is one of our best memoirists and food writers, too."
—Rosie Schaap, author of Drinking with Men
"How to Cook a Moose is part of a long proud literary tradition that asks: Why do we Americans feel the need to start over? How do we do it? And with whom? And where? Christensen is one of our best, most versatile writers, and her latest is a terrifically smart, funny, disarming story about how we get where we're meant to go, and what we might eat when we get there."
—Brock Clarke, author of The Happiest People in the World
"Christensen does a lovely job of weaving commentary on the variety of dishes they eat with sketches and discussions of the people who grow, pick and cook that food."
—Shelf Awareness
"...readers partial to this kind of regional travelogue will find it a treat. "
"Fans of Christensen's novels and of her cooking-and-living blog, who have drooled for years over her fairy-tale travel, culinary, and romantic adventures with Brendan, will delight in the raucously, unabashedly ecstatic paean to her adopted home in "the northern corner" of New England, and to her delicious, contented life."
"And ultimately that is what this rhapsodic memoir is about: celebrating good, fresh food, prepared with love–while the issue of how sustainable it all is inevitably weaves its way into the narrative, the real message is, let's simply appreciate it while we can."
—Bill Lundgren, guest contributer on Bill and Dave's Cocktail Hour
"Irrepressible as ever, Christensen is more narrator than centerpiece here, on a quest to uncover the true Maine spirit. Her interweaving of research, history and interviews works to good effect."
—Joan Silverman, Portland Press Herald
"An utterly transportive and joyful memoir."
—Abbe Wright, Editor of Read it Forward
"A charming, funny and lucid look at food, drink and life in Maine."
––Bill Bushnell, Kennebec Journal
"There is a moment, in the very best of stories, where you find your self — or the self you wish to be. Those connections are what I discovered in the early pages of Kate Christensen's How to Cook a Moose [. . .] In that initial journey, retraced here, I saw my own; I felt not only peace but also kinship."
––Simran Sethi, Los Angeles Review of Books
Q & A with "How to Cook a Moose" Author Kate Christensen
How to Cook a Moose, a culinary memoir by New York Times best-selling author, Kate Christensen, launches next week. The book, which has already received rave reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, and Shelf Awareness, tells the story of Kate's move from New York City to Portland, Maine, her discovery of the inspiring local food community, and the history behind traditional, New England fare from lobster to wild blueberries. Kate, who is a talented home cook, also offers many of her favorite seasonal recipes to complement each chapter.
In preparation for the launch, we sat down with Kate to discuss her current and past projects, her love of food, and more about her writing life.
Kate Christensen is the author, most recently, of Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites, as well as six previous novels, including The Epicur
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To add a bit of variety to the website we will be featuring Christian art from around Southern Synod to go into a photo gallery. You are invited to send in a photo of a Christian-themed art work that inspires you, either located in Southern Synod or produced by someone connected to the Area. A brief note about the artist and the work to go along with the photo would be appreciated. Please e-mail the photo and text to office@urcsouthern.org.uk.
To kick off the gallery we have posted a picture of a collage hanging up on one of the walls of Synod Office….


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Norwegian space industry blasts off with new spaceport
By The Explorer
Andøya Space
After flying under the radar for decades, Norway's space industry is rocketing into the limelight. In 2022, Norway will open the first launch base for satellites on the European continent. "Our commercial space activities will put Norway on the map as a strategic, European asset in the space sector," says Christian Hauglie-Hanssen, Director General of the Norwegian Space Agency.
The spaceport is a part of Norway's foray into New Space, the emerging commercial space industry. Andøya Space, a Norwegian aerospace company, is establishing a launch site for small satellites at Andøya in Northern Norway. This will make Norway one of the few countries worldwide to have a spaceport on their own territory.
Ingun Berget
Andøya Spaceport
"We are creating the foundation for Norway's New Space industry."
"In this new arena, smaller satellite technology with high functionality will facilitate dedicated launches at a dedicated time to a dedicated orbit at competitive launch prices," says Berget.
As a launch site operator, Andøya Space will provide the technical infrastructure including launch pads and buildings, while launch operators and launch service providers will bring their launch vehicles and payloads to the spaceport.
In addition, the Norwegian Government is fully behind the venture, allocating NOK 365.6 million (roughly USD 42 million) for development of the spaceport.
Norway's best kept secret
"Norway has a 60-year history in space, but not a lot of people have been aware of it," says Berget.
She is referring to Norway's decades of support for science missions. Since 1962, more than 1 200 suborbital rockets have been launched from Andøya to explore the upper and middle atmosphere in the Arctic. Ground-based instrumentation such as the Alomar Observatory is part of the infrastructure as well.
"When we open the new spaceport, the existing launch activity for scientific rockets will continue as usual. The spaceport will unlock new possibilities for scientific research, as satellites are crucial for gathering data on a global scale. Scientists can, for instance, map marine algal growth, which indicates the extent of global warming," says Berget.
Moreover, Andøya's remote location on the coast, 300 km within the Arctic Circle, is a perfect starting point to reach the polar and sun-synchronous orbits used by small satellites, according to Berget. In these orbits, satellites can serve a variety of commercial and scientific purposes, from earth observation to marine surveillance and telecommunications.
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Big explosion of small satellites
Simon Flack
Special Advisor, Innovation Norway
Business Developer, Invest in Norway
"The private spaceport is the sexiest thing Norway has going for it. We expect to see an explosion of small satellites and companies that will fuel the entire ecosystem."
Flack's enthusiasm is backed up by hard numbers. Morgan Stanley, the global investment bank and wealth management firm, predicts that space will become a USD 1 trillion industry by 2040.
"Before, this was the domain of big government. Then along came Elon Musk, who created a viable business model with SpaceX. If you're a small company with a small satellite, you need a small launcher. Norway is one of the first countries in Europe to facilitate this with a spaceport," says Flack.
Even before the ribbon has been cut, the new launch site has gained international customers. Andøya Space has signed term sheet agreements with the German satellite launch companies Isar Aerospace and Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA). Andøya Space will deliver the services for the launch infrastructure to launch operators, while Isar Aerospace and RFA will offer launch capacity for international customers.
More than just a spaceport
Everyone involved in the launch site project has big ambitions for the future.
"Our aim is to turn Andøya into Norway's smart version of the Kennedy Space Center, enabling a complete ecosystem to establish around it. It's where businesses go for incubation, where kids go to space camp and where universities run their projects. We also want to attract foreign companies to the region," says Flack.
To realise this vision, NewSpace North was established as a national innovation centre. NewSpace North will give more businesses access to space and more space companies access to new business. Key Norwegian companies, universities and research institutes are backing the project.
Berget adds another dimension to this vision:
"Sustainability will be uppermost in our minds. We must consider the impact this facility will have on the environment and the entire value chain," she says.
She mentions the human aspect as well. "Norway has knowledge, research and competency to share with the rest of the world. Farmers in Africa can improve their crop yields with satellite data. Schoolchildren around the world can easily attend a rocket launch from Andøya online. Companies and researchers can collaborate to solve global issues by using and sharing satellite data. Also, larger challenges, such as space debris, can be tackled together."
"There are so many aspects to this spaceport. It's much more than just the physical buildings," she concludes. "It's a new innovation ecosystem that will draw on competencies from many industries, the education sector and startups to forge an interesting path for the Norwegian space industry."
Sixty years of Norwegian space activity
1962: The first launch of a Norwegian suborbital research rocket took place from Andøya.
1980s: Military missile testing began with the early Norwegian Penguin anti-ship missile.
1994: The Alomar Observatory was established to study the Arctic atmosphere using state-of-the-art lidar, radar and other remote sensing systems.
1997: A second launch site was built on Svalbard, enabling scientists to use smaller, less expensive rockets.
2000: A space education subsidiary was founded to provide hands-on learning experiences for pupils and students.
2012: A drone built by Andøya Space performed one of the world's longest civilian beyond radio-line-of-sight (BRLOS) drone flights, relying solely on satellite communications.
Late 2022/early 2023: A launch site for small satellites into polar low Earth orbit and sun-synchronous orbits is planned to begin operations.
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Stability and Threat in the Middle East
Think Tank (6/2022)
Prof Amin Saikal (right)
Muhammad Saiful Alam Shah Bin Sudiman
How stable is the Middle East today compared to its turbulent past? What are the main sources of threat affecting the region's future directions? These were the questions addressed by Professor Amin Saikal, RSIS Distinguished Visiting Fellow, who spoke at a seminar presented by the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism (ICPVTR) at RSIS on 28 October 2022.
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Prof Saikal suggested that violent extremism, interstate disputes and tensions, and national upheaval were the sources of threat to instability in the Middle East. In terms of violent extremism, both the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Al Qaeda (AQ) have lost some of their resiliency, however, their ideologies and operations have persisted due to a weak or non-viable central government, political fragmentation, conflicts fuelled by domestic and/or external imperatives, socio-economic disparities, sectarian divisions, and poverty and unemployment especially among the young and ungoverned spaces. Both ISIS and AQ have since regrouped and mounted several attacks in early 2022, working closely because of a common agenda albeit different timetable. The Taliban's return to power has also boosted AQ's position, as close military cooperation and coordination between the two were observed.
On the subject of interstate tensions, Prof Saikal opined that Iran has been very much involved on multiple fronts. Tehran and Riyadh have remained locked in rivalry or in proxy conflicts e.g. in Yemen, Syria, and Lebanon. Saudi Arabia and some of its Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) partners except Qatar still view Iran as the major threat due to the Iranian uranium enrichment programme, a blatant disregard for the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement. This has pushed Riyadh to establish an informal link with Israel while the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain normalised their relationships with the Jewish state. Tehran's continuous support to the Palestinians and its involvement in Syria and Lebanon are viewed by Jerusalem as an existential threat. At the same time, Iran has forged an almost de facto alliance with Russia and China, with Tehran providing Moscow with drone capabilities in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and concluding a 25-year agreement with Beijing. More recently, Riyadh-Washington ties hit rock bottom when the kingdom joined forces with Russia to reduce OPAC oil production despite US demands for reduced in energy prices. Separately, the UAE President recently visited Vladimir Putin, an action that could represent the sense of comradery among autocratic, theocratic, and authoritarian rulers.
National upheaval was the final source of threat to instability, according to Prof Saikal. All states including Israel have experienced the polarisation between the forces of the status-quo and the forces of change. Although a decade has passed, the Arab Spring has continued to haunt Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan and Algeria, he said.
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What is an Aura? What are Aura Layers?
What is an aura? An aura is an electromagnetic field that emits from any living thing. It is comprised of many layers, with each aura layer having its own function or role. An aura is not separate from the physical body but is an extension of it in different composition.
To compare, the characteristics of planet Earth include physical and atmospheric layers. The attributes of each layer are different in likeness, appearance and function; each is an interconnected part incorporating the entity as entirely complete.
Continuing to use the Earth as a working example of how the human aura serves to function, its layers interactively exchange information with each other. The layers serve as a system of feedback and can indicate states of health, patterns of activity, stagnancy and warn of forthcoming ailments or disease.
As the Earth becomes more densely polluted, sections of its atmosphere will suggest the presence of ailment. By observing patterns of the wind, temperature, air flow and pressure, it allows for accurate predictions of stormy weather between different zones.
Our awareness or neglect of this system of feedback can mean the difference between preventative maintenance and a result that is costly in damage.
All of this information can be detected through observation of atmospheric changes.
Human auras are similar – the aura layers relay specific feedback between our physical body and its functioning systems, our mental and emotional states of being, and they exchange information with other auras that we interact with.
Using the aura as a more direct way to gauge health has been snubbed in the past because auras were not readily seen or were still thought of by many as mythical apparitions.
However, present technology now has the capability to detect and record the human energy field, and the existence of auras is becoming more widely accepted as an authentic physiological marvel.
Documented research on the physics of the aura phenomenon has been ongoing since as early as the year 1777. Modern notable research carried out by Dr. Seymon Kirlian in 1939, for which Kirlian Photography has been coined, openly made the controversial claims of their existence, exhibiting photographic 'proof' of auras through his technique of electrophotography.
More studies were done to further advance our knowledge about what the presence of this energy field means, how it functions and how to analyze what it does. United States scientist, Dr. Thelma Moss, author of The Body Electric , led UCLA's parapsychology laboratory during the 1970's to study Kirlian Photography in an effort to document and explain the aura images that are present in an electrophotograph.
At present, Dr. Konstantin Korotkov at the Russian University, St. Petersburg State Technical University of Informational Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, uses a process called GDV (Gas Discharge Visualization), a development in aura detection technology based on the Kirlian Effect.
In 1999 the Russian Academy of Science approved Korotkov's methods and use of GDV techniques and equipment for use in hospitals and athletic training programs as a means of detecting stress in the body to apply preventative measures.
Because auras are classed as a supernatural occurrence, there are varying theories as to how many aura layers there are; how far each layer extends, their individual functions, and what each of the aura colors truly represents. Interpreting aura colors and their meanings still relies largely on anecdotal evidence. The historical accounting of what each aura color corresponds to in our physical anatomy is currently being examined in color psychology research.
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The Sunshine Book Club has held its first meeting this year at Quintessence, Ikoyi, Lagos. The group met on January 28, 2017.
There was no meeting in December 2016 so there was so much to catch up on.
We started off talking about New Year goals because no one makes resolutions anymore.
The one goal everyone had on common was to become better versions of ourselves.
For December, we selected two books just incase we couldn't meet up for the holidays. We read 'The Carnivorous City' by Toni Kan and 'A Conspiracy of Ravens' by Othuke Ominiabohs.
Both book brought on interesting conversations. Too bad you missed the meeting. See pictures from the meet up below.
This month (February), we are reading 'Under The Udala Trees' by Chinelo Okparanta.
The next Sunshine Book Club meeting holds in Lagos on February 25, 2017.


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Assassins threaten to kill Ondo businessman (see text message)
The Managing Director of Holyview Investment International Limited, Pastor Babatunde Adebayo, has raised the alarm over threat to his life by some faceless people who called him with foreign-like telephone numbers and sent messages threatening to eliminate him.
He disclosed this on Monday while addressing some journalists in Akure, the Ondo State capital on his experience with the callers.
Adebayo explained how he narrowly escaped from some men in an unmarked vehicle who trailed him to his church.
He called on all security agencies in the state to come to his rescue as the callers were threatening him to vacate his landed property located at Plot 1-18, Alagbaka Extension II, Akure, and his office property at Oke Emeso Street, Akure, Ondo State.
One of the messages sent on his mobile set reads: "You are joking with ur life & ur business but you don't know. Very soon, we shall see if the police, DSS & soldiers can protect you in this Akure."
When asked why he could be the target of his tormentors, the businessman, who deals in computer hardware and software, said he could not figure out who was after his life.
He, however, disclosed that he had a matter pending at the appellate court in Lagos which has to do with a sum of N30 million loan he got from FundQuest Financial Services Limited to fund a contract award.
According to him, the financial institution got a ruling against him, his company, and the Guarantor, Pastor Samson Oluwamodede, General Overseer of Prayer Centre, Akure through who he was introduced to the financial institution for the loan.
Failing to fully pay back the loan due to the inability of the awarding bank to credit his account with the sum of N113,600,000.00 (80% of the contract value) FundQuest therefore, on October 15, 2014, dragged him, his company, and his guarantor to court, demanding repayment of N88, 721, 137.66 being over 190 per cent (190%) interest rate per annum as against the agreed 30% interest rate per annum.
In Suit No: LD/7382/14, on July 2, 2015, Justice O.A. Williams of the High Court of Lagos State in the Lagos Judicial Division, Fast Track Commercial Revenue and Mortgage Division, Court No 22, Igbosere, Lagos, ruled in favour of the finance company despite the contentious interest rate.
Subsequently, an enrolment of order was filed by the finance company praying the court to grant it garnishee for payment of N117, 132, 486.21 by Holyview Investment International Limited, which was granted by the same judge, Justice O. A. Williams on 17th day November 2015 bringing the interest rate to over 270 per cent (270%) per annum in just 18 months.
Adebayo noted that the restructuring paper on the N34,132,748 dated June 28, 2013, and presented before the court by the finance company, which was hiked to N117, 132, 486.21, on 90 per cent interest rate contrary to the original 30 per cent, was neither signed by him nor his guarantor, yet the court ruled on its paper.
He, however, said he had on November 9, 2017, filed a motion on notice at the Court of Appeal in the Lagos Judicial Division, sitting in Lagos, challenging the judgement of the lower court with Appeal No.CA/L/1009M/15 Suit No. LD/7382/14 was granted on November 13, 2018.
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FNE at Venice 2019: Review: The Laundromat Featured
Anna Franklin 2019-09-02
Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas in The Laundromat by Steven Soderbergh
VENICE: Director Steven Soderbergh's film The Laundromat, which screens in the main competition in Venice, is based on the book Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite by Jake Bernstein. The book and a series of exposes articles in 2015 came into being when documents that became known as the Panama Papers were leaked to journalists by someone inside the Panamanian law firm of Mossack Fonseca, one of the world's largest providers of offshore corporate services. The documents revealed information about more than 200,000 offshore companies and set off an avalanche of scandal and money laundering investigations around the world, although no one is assuming that anything has changed in this system that aides the super-rich in hiding their money from tax-authorities and government officials.
But Soderbergh's film is not a documentary and he has used the story telling device of an innocent victim, who suffers from the kind of things that are the end-game of this kind of money laundering industry.
Ellen Martin played by Meryl Streep is an average, recently retired American, whose husband played by James Cromwell dies in a boating accident along with a number of other victims. But when Ellen tries to collect on her insurance she finds out that due to a scam she will get nothing. Angry Ellen begins to try to unravel the layers of off-shore companies that have created this situation.
What she finds is the kinds of financial wheeler dealers that created the Panama City law firm that the Panama papers were leaded from. Soderbergh plays the story for irony and laughs and we see Jürgen Mossack played by Gary Oldman and his partner Ramón Fonseca played by Antonia Banderas in a series of face to camera shots giving us the low-down and how money and the corrupt global financial system really works to make sure that the super-rich continue to get richer while people like Ellen get screwed.
Soderbergh gives us a series of lessons in international finance and plays it for laughs with nice touches like Mossack and Fonseca telling us how common the use of shell companies is and that even the director of this film has several of them. Streep is an unlikely uncover investor into the world of offshore finance but it doesn't seem to matter as she is really just a vehicle for the director to let us know about this corrupt world of high finance that is ruining our lives for profit.
Soderbergh has dealt with this kind of topic before but in a totally different way in his excellent earlier film Traffic, which also delivered a powerful message on corruption and the drug trade and how when big money steps in governments and law enforcement lose control and greed takes over. Traffic was a dark and powerful film and one of Soderbergh's best. In some ways The Laundromat covers the same territory but in a much lighter way. Maybe over the 20 years since Soderbergh made Traffic he has mellowed but the message of how power and money corrupt is still the same.
The Laundromat (USA)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, Jeffrey Wright, Matthias Schoenaerts, James Cromwell, Sharon Stone


Nobody ever said that children were easy to raise. They don't come with guidelines or instructions, and they certainly don't come with a "pause" button (I've looked!). What they do come with is a crucial set of physical and emotional needs that must be met. Failure of the parents to meet these specific needs can have wide-ranging and long-lasting negative effects.
1. Provide an environment that is SAFE.
A. Keep your child free from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.
B. Keep unsafe objects locked up or out of reach of your child.
C. Get to know your child's caregivers (get references or background checks).
D. Correct any potential dangers around the house.
2. Provide your child with BASIC NEEDS.
3. Provide your child with SELF-ESTEEM NEEDS.
A. Accept your child's uniqueness and respect his or her individuality.
B. Encourage (don't push) your child to participate in a club, activity, or sport.
C. Notice and acknowledge your child's achievements and pro-social behavior.
D. Encourage proper hygiene (to look good is to feel good, or so they say!).
E. Set expectations for your child that are realistic and age-appropriate.
F. Use your child's misbehavior as a time to teach, not to criticize or ridicule.
4. Teach your child MORALS and VALUES.
5. Develop MUTUAL RESPECT with your child.
6. Provide DISCIPLINE which is effective and appropriate.
7. Involve yourself in your child's EDUCATION.
B. Make sure that your child is completing his or her homework each night.
C. Assist your child with his or her homework, but don't DO the homework.
D. Talk to your child each day about school (what is being studied, any interesting events,...etc.).
E. Recognize and acknowledge your child's academic achievements.
8. Get to KNOW YOUR CHILD.
A. Spend quality time together.
B. Be approachable to your child.
1. Supplying your child with the most expensive designer clothes or shoes available.
2. Picking up after your child/Cleaning your child's room.
3. Dropping everything you're doing to give your child a ride somewhere.
4. Providing your child with a cell phone, television, computer, or game system.
5. Bailing your child out of trouble every time he or she does something wrong.
6. Maintaining an unlimited supply of treats, chips, sodas, or junk foods for your child's unlimited consumption.
7. Replacing toys or other items that your child has lost or misplaced.
8. Welcoming any or all of your child's friends into your home for social or other activities.


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Home/Others/Six Indian Origin CEO's of Top International Companies in the World (Part II)
Six Indian Origin CEO's of Top International Companies in the World (Part II)
For decades now, Indians and Indian-origin
India has produced many leaders of the world's most influential and top companies, who are playing important roles in their growth, which is something not many countries can boast of. Continuing from the first part of the story here are the names of a few more Indian CEOs of top companies across the globe.
Leena Nair- Chanel
Leena Nair belongs to Kolhapur, Maharashtra was recognized as the youngest, first female, and the first Asian ever to achieve the feat of being the CEO of Chanel, the famous French fashion brand.
Leena Nair was born on June 11, 1969, in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. She got a degree in electronics engineering from Walchand College of Engineering. She then completed her degree from XLRI Jamshedpur where she was a gold medalist. After completing her studies, she worked in various big international companies and later joined Anglo-Dutch Company Unilever where she was appointed as the Chief Human Resource Officer in 2016. Leena Nair was appointed as the CEO of the French fashion brand Chanel in January 2022.
Shantanu Narayen
Shantanu Narayen was born and brought up in Hyderabad, India, and is the CEO of Adobe since 2007.
Shantanu Narayan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Science from Osmania University, an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MS from Bowling Green State University. After completing his education, he started his career at Apple and then joined Adobe in 1998 where he was appointed as the CEO in 2007 when his age was 45. In 2016 he was ranked among the world's best CEOs by Barron's Magazine. He has been holding the position of Adobe's CEO from 2007 till the present.
Parag Agrawal- Twitter
Parag Agrawal completed his B.Tech. Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay in 2005 and was appointed as the CEO of Twitter in 2021.
Parag Agrawal was born and brought up in Ajmer, Rajasthan where he completed his schooling at Atomic Energy Central School No.4. He then joined IIT, Bombay where he completed B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering. He then pursued a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University, USA, and later joined Microsoft Research and Yahoo! Research in leadership positions. He joined Twitter as a software engineer in 2011 and in 2021 he was appointed as the CEO of Twitter when former CEO, Jack Dorsey stepped down. Unfortunately, he was sacked from his position recently after Elon Musk acquired Twitter.
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Via the EET comes word of a new technology called Photosynth, which can stitch together 2D snapshots of a location to build a 3D walkthrough. So for instance, you could do a Google Image or Flickr search for photos of the Eiffel Tower, dump all the resulting photos of the monument into Photosynth, and have the software recreate it and its surroundings in 3D.
We have developed a system for interactively browsing and exploring large unstructured collections of photographs of a scene using a novel 3D interface. Our system consists of an image-based modeling front end, which automatically computes the viewpoint of each photograph as well as a sparse 3D model of the scene and image to model correspondences. Our photo navigation tool uses image-based rendering techniques to smoothly transition between photographs, while also enabling full 3D navigation and exploration of the set of images and world geometry, along with auxiliary information such as overhead maps. Our system also makes it easy to construct photo tours of scenic or historic locations, as well as to annotate image details, which are automatically transferred to other relevant images in the collection. We demonstrate our system on several large personal photo collections as well as images gathered from photo sharing Web sites on the Internet.
The first thing that I thought of on reading this this story is Harvard's Archaeological Resources for New Testament Studies, which is basically a digital archive of Helmut Koester's massive photo collection of archaeological sites. Many other historians have similar photo archives of sites, monuments, artifacts, etc. relating to their fields of interest, and something like Photosynth could be used to synthesize those collections into 3D walkthroughs for folks who can't afford to visit the sites themselves.
Right now, Photosynth is just one of a number of projects from a collaboration of Microsoft Research and the University of Washington. So there's no word yet on when you'll be able to pick up a copy. No doubt the comercial release of this is three to five years away. In the meantime, check out this video of the software in action, this video interview with one of the architects, and this in-browser Java demo.


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The program was created in 1996 and first started in San Francisco as the Bay Area Green Business Program. It has since moved into seven counties who all work in partnership with the US EPA and California EPA. The program is being copied in Southern California, Sacramento, Arizona and Hawai'i.
The WWTF has a 53kW photo voltaic system and 1300kW capacity of cogeneration using on-site derived methane gas. On an annual basis, this makes the facility 68% powered from Green Power. Both of the generators have continuous maintenance and on-going technology upgrades to make them more efficient and run cleaner. The PV system also had several inverters replaced this year to keep the output at its maximum. By utilizing as much renewable energy as we can, we continue to be a partner with the EPA's program.
We also have use of the logo to show our allegiance to using green power.
We have an Energy Star online account, where we enter our annual usage data for electricity, natural gas and water. This is monitored by a third party website www.noesis.com, for benchmarking and collaboration with other, similar facilities. We can compare our energy/gallons treated with facilities that are members of the program. We also have use of the logo.
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Q: Selecting column names where values are NULL Ok, 4 hours of coding and only 6 hours of searching... and I'm no better off than when I started. Here's my problem. I have a table (tmpShell) and it has 12 columns. It's a basic table with no constraints - used for temporary reporting. As we insert data, I have to extract an ID number (PatientId) and all column NAMES where the value for that PatientId is null.
Example:

PatientId    Fname    Lname      DOB
123455       Sam      NULL       NULL2345455      NULL     Doe        1/1/198009172349     John     Jone       NULL

What I want to return is:

PatientId    ErrorMsg
123455       Lname,DOB2345455      Fname09172349     DOB

Of course, if all columns have a value, the errormsg would be null.
I have tried and failed about 300 different pieces of code, but this appear to be the closest I can get. Unfortunately, this just returns EVERY column, not the nulls.

     ALTER PROC [sp_aaShowAllNullColumns]
      @tableName VARCHAR(255)
     AS
      BEGIN
            SET NOCOUNT ON;

        DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(4000);
        DECLARE @cols NVARCHAR(4000);
        DECLARE @tcols TABLE ( [colbit] NVARCHAR(255) );
        --DECLARE @tablename VARCHAR(255) = 'tmpShell';
        INSERT @tcols
                SELECT
                        'count(' + [columns].[name] + ') as ' + [columns].[name] + ', ' AS [colbit]
                    FROM
                        [sys].[columns]
                    WHERE
                        [columns].[object_id] = OBJECT_ID(@tableName);

        SELECT
                @cols = COALESCE(@cols, ', ', '') + [@tcols].[colbit]
            FROM
                @tcols;
        SELECT
                @cols = SUBSTRING(@cols, 1, ( LEN(@cols) - 1 ));
        SELECT
                @cols = ISNULL(@cols, '');

        SELECT
                @sql = 'select patientid, count(*) as Rows' + @cols + ' from ' + @tableName + ' group by patientid having count(*) > 0';
        CREATE TABLE [tmpShell2]
               (
                [patientid] VARCHAR(15)
               ,[Rows] CHAR(2)
               ,[Rn] CHAR(2)
               ,[patId] CHAR(2)
               ,[fname] CHAR(2)
               ,[lname] CHAR(2)
               ,[dob] CHAR(2)
               ,[addr1] CHAR(2)
               ,[city] CHAR(2)
               ,[state] CHAR(2)
               ,[zip] CHAR(2)
               ,[country] CHAR(2)
               ,[psite] CHAR(2)
               ,[csite] CHAR(2)
               ,[ssite] CHAR(2)
               ,[scode] CHAR(2)
               ,[sfid] CHAR(2)
               ,[taskid] CHAR(2)
               ,[errormsg] CHAR(2)
               );
        INSERT INTO [tmpShell2]
                EXEC [sys].[sp_executesql]
                    @sql;

        DECLARE @tbl VARCHAR(255) = 'tmpShell2';
        SELECT DISTINCT
                [TS].[patientid]
            ,   STUFF((
                        SELECT DISTINCT
                                ', ' + [C].[name]
                            FROM
                                [tmpShell2] AS [TS2]
                                JOIN [sys].[columns] AS [C]
                                ON [C].[object_id] = OBJECT_ID(@tbl)
                            WHERE
                      [C].[name] NOT IN ( 'SFID', 'TaskId',     'ErrorMsg' )
                                AND [C].[name] IS NOT NULL
                      FOR
                        XML PATH('')
                      ), 1, 1, '')
            FROM
                [tmpShell2] AS [TS];

        DROP TABLE [dbo].[tmpShell2];

  END;
 GO
 EXEC [sp_aaShowAllNullColumns]
'tmpShell';
</pre>

A: I think you over complicated things.
You can try using CASE EXPRESSION :
SELECT t.patientID,
       CASE WHEN t.fname is NULL THEN 'Fname,' ELSE '' END +
       CASE WHEN t.Lname is NULL THEN 'Lname,' ELSE '' END +
       CASE WHEN t.DOB is NULL THEN 'DOB,' ELSE '' END
       ..... as ErrorMsg
FROM YourTable t

This will result with an unnecessary comma in the end of the errorMsg , to handle it you can do this:
       REPLACE(CASE... +
               CASE... +
               CASE WHEN t.DOB is NULL THEN 'DOB,' ELSE '' END
               ..... + ' ') ', ','') as ErrorMsg

This will make the last comma unique because it will have a space concatenate to it and will make sure only it will be deleted .

A: How about something like this?
SELECT
a.PatientID
, CASE a.tmpCol
    WHEN '' THEN NULL
    ELSE STUFF(a.tmpCol,1,1,'')
END AS ErrorMsg
FROM
(
SELECT
    PatientID
    , CASE WHEN FirstName IS NULL THEN ',FirstName' ELSE '' END
    + CASE WHEN LastName IS NULL THEN ',LastName' ELSE '' END
    + CASE WHEN DOB IS NULL THEN ',DOB' ELSE '' END AS tmpCol
FROM
    <tableName>
) a;

A: You can use a pivot query to get the result you want.  The following query should approximate your desired output:
SELECT PatientId,
    CONCAT(CASE WHEN Fname IS NULL THEN 'Fname ' ELSE '' END,
           CASE WHEN Lname IS NULL THEN 'Lname ' ELSE '' END,
           CASE WHEN DOB IS NULL THEN 'DOB' ELSE '' END)
FROM yourTable

A: Here's a SQLfiddle based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/38036046/2314737 with handling of the commas
http://sqlfiddle.com/#!9/708796/1
SELECT PatientId,
    REPLACE(RTRIM(CONCAT(CASE WHEN Fname IS NULL THEN 'Fname ' ELSE '' END,
           CASE WHEN Lname IS NULL THEN 'Lname ' ELSE '' END,
           CASE WHEN DOB IS NULL THEN 'DOB' ELSE '' END)),
            ' ',',')
FROM YourTable

A: This is a stored procedure that will take in the schema name, table name and column name, then produce the desired result.
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[DynamicErrorProducing]
@schema_name NVARCHAR(100),
@table_name  NVARCHAR(100),
@column_name NVARCHAR(100)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @countTable  TINYINT;
DECLARE @countColumn TINYINT;
DECLARE @string NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE @sqlString NVARCHAR(MAX);

SET @countTable=0;

SELECT
    @countTable=COUNT(*)
FROM
    sys.tables
WHERE
    SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id)=@schema_name
    AND name=@table_name;

-- If there is no table as described, quit with an error
IF (@countTable = 0)
    RETURN 0;

SET @countColumn=0;

SELECT
    @countColumn=COUNT(*)
FROM
    sys.columns
WHERE
    object_id = OBJECT_ID(@schema_name+'.'+@table_name)
    AND name=@column_name;

IF (@countColumn<> 1)
    RETURN;

SELECT
    @countColumn=COUNT(*)
FROM
    sys.columns
WHERE
    object_id = OBJECT_ID(@schema_name+'.'+@table_name)
    AND name<>@column_name;

IF (@countColumn<1)
    RETURN;

SELECT @string=STUFF(
    (
    SELECT
        '+ CASE WHEN '+name+' IS NULL THEN '''' ELSE '','+name+''' END '
    FROM
        sys.columns
    WHERE
        object_id = OBJECT_ID(@schema_name+'.'+@table_name)
        AND name<>@column_name
    FOR XML PATH(''))
    ,1,2,'');

SET @sqlString=N'
SELECT
    a.'+@column_name+'
    , CASE WHEN a.tmpCol='''' THEN NULL ELSE STUFF(a.tmpCol,1,1,'''') END AS ErrMsg
FROM
(
SELECT
    '+@column_name+'
    ,'+@string+' AS tmpCol
FROM
    '+@schema_name+'.'+@table_name+'
) a';

EXEC sp_executesql
    @statement=@sqlString;

END

GO

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June 14 2013, 4:38pm, The Times
Lewes Crown Court was told that Jeremy Forrest spent a week on the run with the schoolgirlTimes photographer Peter Nicholls
A married teacher was warned by colleagues to keep his distance from one of his 14-year-old pupils seven months before he allegedly abducted her to France, a jury was told today.
Gossip had been circulating among pupils at Bishop Bell C of E School in Eastbourne, East Sussex, that the schoolgirl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had a crush on Jeremy Forrest, 30, her maths teacher.
Some students claimed that Mr Forrest had shown favouritism to the girl during a half-term school trip to Los Angeles in February last year, Lewes Crown Court heard.
Emma Tremaman, a teacher who organised the trip, said that the girl had avoided sanction for alleged misbehaviour after Mr Forrest intervened, saying that she had not been involved.