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Matthews wins stage six of Volta a Catalunya as Lopez remains in charge
By Dan Palmer
Australia's Michael Matthews won stage six of the Volta a Catalunya today as Miguel Angel Lopez retained the overall lead.
The 28-year-old Matthews, riding for Team Sunweb, launched a solo break at the end of the 169.1 kilometre route from Valls to Vila-seca.
Germany's Phil Bauhaus, riding for Bahrain–Merida, looked to have enough in the tank to reel in the Australian but despite coming up alongside, Matthews held on for victory.
He was timed at 3 hours 56min 36sec as Daryl Impey of South Africa and Mitchelton-Scott came through for third place.
Lopez, riding for Astana, had tried to break for the line but the Colombian was caught in the final 1,500 metres.
He remains at the top of the general classification in 25:53:41, 14 seconds ahead of Britain's Mitchelton-Scott rider Adam Yates with one stage to go.
Team Sky's Colombian Egan Bernal is third overall, 17 seconds off the pace.
The International Cycling Union WorldTour race will conclude tomorrow with a 143.1km stage, beginning and ending in Barcelona.
Miguel Angel Lopez retained the overall lead with one stage to go ©Getty Images
Tomorrow will also see the Gent-Wevelgem in Belgium, a one-day race on both the men's and women's WorldTour.
The Classic race features a flat finish which could aid the sprinters but three climbs of the Kemmelberg and various cobbled sections will also provide a challenge.
Wind and rain are also often a factor.
In the men's race, Slovakia's triple world road race champion Peter Sagan and Belgium's reigning Olympic gold medallist Greg van Avermaet will be contenders.
Among the women, defending champion and WorldTour leader Marta Bastianelli will be one of the favourites for Italy.
Dutchwoman Kirsten Wild, a six-time world champion on the track, is also part of the field.
March 2019: Schachmann secures stage five victory at Volta a Catalunya
March 2019: Lopez leads Volta a Catalunya after stage four triumph
March 2019: Dutchman Groenewegen triumphs at Three Days of Bruges–De Panne as Yates takes stage three of Volta a Catalunya
March 2019: Australia's Matthews sprints to victory on stage two of Volta a Catalunya
March 2019: De Gendt wins opening stage of Volta a Catalunya after long range solo attack
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Before you ask, "How do you, the Wandering Wahoo, know so much about opera?" I'll tell you. My encyclopedic knowledge of opera has been gleaned from watching Jeopardy!, listening to Saturday Afternoon at The Met (sponsored by Toll Brothers), and that time I chatted with the opera queen who was wearing assless chaps outside a leather bar in San Francisco.
A long time ago, in a place that existed someplace between Brigadoon and Boalsburg, there was a city-state known as Felicevalle, difficult to reach, but a helluva good time once you got there. Felicevalle was in the far reaches of the Kingdom of Scrivelegno, ruled by the unpopular King Tomaso. King Tomaso ignored Felicevalle, except for the occasional visit to bask in the reflected glory of its gladiators, gorge on fried foods at its fairs, and extract taxes from its hardworking citizens. Except, of course, from those producing gas from Marcellus Shale. No taxes for them.
When King Tomaso meets an old crone at Starbucks and hears rumors of unspeakable crimes in Felicevalle, he realizes—before anyone could say double tall soy latte with whip—that his dreams of even more power and fame are within his grasp. The King cackles with glee (the emotion, not the TV show) when he learns that the man accused of the crimes had worked —in the distant past—for his frenemy, the aging Generalissimo Giuseppe Pescapadre, the most famous man in Scrivelegno. Unlike King Tomaso, Generalissimo Giuseppe is beloved by the citizens of the entire kingdom. With affection, everyone calls the Generalissimo "GiuPe".
Months later when the scandal of unspeakable crimes engulfs the kingdom, the Alleged Perp, GiuPe's long ago protégé, is arrested. As Alleged Perps go, this one is not the brightest footlight on the stage; he mistakenly hires the Village Idiot as his attorney. While he awaits trial, the A.P. is imprisoned in a hut on the side of Felicevalle's sacred mountain and becomes a subplot in his own story.
Seizing his chance to dominate the prosperous but confused city-state, King Tomaso makes a rare appearance at a meeting of the Privy Council of Felicevalle. GiuPe has told the Privy Council that to atone for any mistakes he may have made, he will turn in his sword and return to his farm at the end of the gladiatorial season. The Privy Council does what they do best and discusses who to blame for the scandal, an upcoming Jerry Lewis Film Festival, and where to have lunch. It bows to the King's wishes and immediately exiles not only GiuPe and but also the not much loved Doge, Gramspan the First.
When GiuPe receives the news of his dismissal by carrier pigeon, his wife sings the show-stopping aria, After 61 Years He Deserved Better. Riots ensue when the news of GiuPe's dismissal reaches the peasants of Felicevalle.
The Privy Council installs a loyal functionary as the new Doge, bypassing Felicevalle's standard Doge search committee process. The P.C. also elevates one of GiuPe's assistants to command Felicevalle's gladiators, sending him to an almost certain death in battle. Wait, it's opera. There is no almost. More is more! The gladiators lose every contest until battle is suspended for the winter. The Privy Council's ineptitude in kowtowing to the King is exposed and it loses the trust of the citizens.
Soon afterward, in a stunning blow to the community, Generalissimo Pescapadre, beloved GiuPe, dies at his farm. Everyone wonders, was it a broken heart, or was he cursed by a witch?
The people ignore the possible curse and rise up and show their love of and loyalty to GiuPe with several large production numbers. The men and women of the kingdom hatch plans to revolt against King Tomaso and his henchpersons on the Privy Council as the curtain falls on Act One.
Quite a lot, eh? Hey, no one said opera was like haiku with music!
Act Two opens deep in the forest at Wicked Witch Signorina Vitoria's cottage made not from candy but from antacid tablets. She casts a spell that causes all firstborn sons in Felicevalle to throw like girls. The townsfolk ignore gladiatorial combat and concentrate their energies on duplicate bridge and the home edition of Project Runway. Beer sales plummet as young men take up drinking chai and vow to save themselves for girls who meet their mothers' exacting standards. Young women opt for sensible shoes and clothes picked out by their parents. Pilgrims stop travelling to Felicevalle so the sale of lucky charms and trinkets falls precipitously, impoverishing the town's merchants. Act Two closes with the GiuPe's successor singing the famous solo, Belichick Never Grunted at Me That There Would Be Days like This.
In Act Three, Leecorso Il Bloviatore, the frequently heard but never (well, hardly ever) listened to oracle, finally appears predicting a renaissance for the town. At a nearby gypsy encampment, the townsfolk mistake Brutus the Buckeye for a Yule log and throw him into the bonfire in an Agnes de Mille-esque dance number. Privy Councilors soon fear for their safety and take a page from the Baltimore Colts' playbook and move to Indianapolis in the middle of the night.
Finally a hefty woman in a breastplate and Viking helmet answers an ad on Craigslist for "Opera Singer Wanted" placed by the town fathers (and mothers) of Felicevalle. She qualifies under Federal nutritional guidelines as a fat lady. Her mellifluous song lifts the various curses and spells and everyone in Felicevalle goes back to living happily ever after.
So, are you saying that the sons will not throw like girls after all? This is important. In the meantime and while the city-state is all torches and pitchforks, perhaps the sons should consider embellishing their stab-proof, gladiating Lorica squamata with some identifying crest. At least convert to Roman numerals. Just tying to make lemons into lemonade.
I like your positive attitude, D.C.B. In the meantime, I have both torches and pitchforks warmed up and waiting for your next visit.
I'm not SWITCHmodern. I'm the Dowager Countess of Bridgehampton.
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Otoplasty is a common procedure, often called "ear pinning surgery," that repositions large or protruding ears. This is typically done to stop teasing among children, but it may also be performed for adults with prominent ears.
Here in Mobile, Alabama plastic surgeon Randy Proffitt performs otoplasty surgery to pin back protruding ears. Through plastic surgery, he can make your ears appear natural and more proportional.
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Protruding of the ears is common. It can be a very distracting part of your appearance. If you address the problem early with otoplasty, it's possible to prevent teasing and negative self-image.
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Many times insurance may cover otoplasty in children. Dr Proffitt can submit photos along with a letter to your insurance company to see if your child meets their criteria for coverage.
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Local or general anesthesia can be used during otoplasty. Children often receive a general anesthetic to sleep through the two to three hour long procedure. Adolescents and adults often receive local anesthesia in combination with a sedative, so they remain awake during the procedure. After otoplasty is complete, the ears are positioned closer to the head. The patient will need to protect them during recovery.
After ear surgery, Dr. Proffitt may advise you to limit activities that could bend or move the ears. Bandages are secured around the head to hold the ears in their new position. They are usually swapped for a light head dressing after a few days.
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Otoplasty or ear pinning is the procedure that reduces protruding ears. It is an underutilized procedure. Who is a good candidate for otoplasty? Someone who feels that their ears "stick out" is a good candidate. For children, the best time to "fix" a child's ears is before they start school. Often this is the time when other children start to make fun of someone with protruding ears and hurtful name calling is the result. You can prevent those taunting remarks by having the surgery before a child starts school. Typically this is around age 5. The child is safely anesthetized and the procedure takes anywhere from 1 to 1-1/2 hours to do. In general, sutures are all absorbable and the child has a dressing applied over the ears which I leave in place for approximately 5 days, after which the dressing is removed and the child can shampoo his or her hair and around the ears. I like to have the child wear an elastic headband over the ears at nighttime for one month so that they do not catch it on the edge of a pillow. There is some swelling, which will obscure some of the contours of the ear but usually resolves within several weeks. Certainly, ears can also be fixed later on in life, but generally after about age 9 or 10, depending on the person; it can be done under local with sedation.
As far as the techniques, it depends on the anatomy of the ears causing the prominence. Most often sutures are placed underneath the skin to hold the ear cartilage in its new position. Sometimes the earlobe, which is not made up of cartilage but is soft tissue, has to be addressed as well.
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Catherine "Cathy" Fischer-Hummels (* 31. Januar 1988 in Dachau als Catherine Fischer) ist eine deutsche Moderatorin, Influencerin, It-Girl und Unternehmerin. Sie wurde als Ehefrau des Fußballspielers Mats Hummels bekannt.

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Catherine Hummels hat einen älteren Bruder, der als Psychiater arbeitet, und eine ein Jahr jüngere Schwester. Hummels wuchs in Unterschleißheim als Tochter einer Steuerberaterin und eines Ingenieurs auf. Sie besuchte dort das Carl-Orff-Gymnasium, war Cheerleaderin und als Austauschschülerin ein Jahr in den USA. In München lernte sie 2007 den Fußballspieler Mats Hummels kennen, der zu dieser Zeit beim FC Bayern München spielte. Als der Abwehrspieler im Jahr 2008 zu Borussia Dortmund wechselte, zog sie ebenfalls mit ins Ruhrgebiet und studierte dort an der TU Dortmund Wirtschaftswissenschaften.

Am 15. Juni 2015 heiratete sie Mats Hummels im Bayerischen Hof München. Im Jahr 2018 wurde der gemeinsame Sohn geboren. Das Paar trennte sich 2021 und ließ sich am Jahresende 2022 scheiden.

Tätigkeiten
Erste Schritte in der Medienwelt unternahm Hummels ab Mai 2013 als Kolumnistin des Magazins Closer. Bei der Berlin Fashion Week im Juli 2013 arbeitete sie als Reporterin für die ProSieben-Sendung red! Stars, Lifestyle & More. Ab August 2013 bis Juli 2014 betreute sie als Moderatorin die Sky-Sports-Sendung Cathy unterwegs. Während der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft in Brasilien 2014 führte sie für bild.de ein Video-Tagebuch.

Im März 2015 nahm sie an der Seite des Profitänzers Marius Iepure an der 8. Staffel der RTL-Show Let's Dance teil. Das Paar erhielt nach der ersten Runde die wenigsten Zuschauerstimmen und belegte den letzten Platz.

Seit Juli 2020 ist Hummels bei RTL ZWEI als Moderatorin tätig, sie präsentiert die Realityshow Kampf der Realitystars – Schiffbruch am Traumstrand. Im September 2020 ersetzte sie die an COVID-19 erkrankte Jana Ina Zarrella als Moderatorin von Love Island.

Im November 2020 trat sie in der ProSieben-Show Schlag den Star an und unterlag Stefanie Hertel. Im Dezember 2021 nahm sie am Promi-Special von Ninja Warrior Germany teil.

2021 sprach sie als Gast in der achten Folge des NDR-Info-Podcasts Raus aus der Depression (Moderation: Harald Schmidt) und in der Talkshow deep und deutlich über eine Depression in ihrer Jugend. 2022 war Hummels mit Heinz Strunk im SWR-Podcast 1 plus 1 – Freundschaft auf Zeit zu hören.

Hummels ist Co-Autorin mehrerer Bücher und Inhaberin eines Unternehmens, das Veranstaltungen und Retreats organisiert. Die Deutsche Depressionsliga warf ihr vor, Depression für Werbezwecke zu benutzen.

Gerichtsverfahren
Im August 2018 erwirkte der Sportartikelhersteller Hummel vor dem Landgericht Hamburg eine einstweilige Verfügung gegen Hummels, die es ihr verbot, Schuhe mit dem Schriftzug Hummels auf den Markt zu bringen.

2019 gewann Hummels ein gegen sie angestrengtes Gerichtsverfahren wegen vermeintlicher Schleichwerbung des Verbands Sozialer Wettbewerb am Landgericht München.

Bücher
 (mit Flora Fink) Stark mit Yoga. Südwest, München 2018, ISBN 978-3-517096-87-2.
 (mit Antonia Gavazzeni, Christina Wiedemann) Das Zuckerfrei-Kochbuch für Kinder.  Zs Zabert Und Sandmann, München 2020, ISBN 978-3-965840-26-3.
 (mit Peter Käfferlein, Olaf Köhne) Mein Umweg zum Glück. Benevento, Wals bei Salzburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-710901-13-3.
 (mit Sebastian Fischer (ihrem Bruder)) Aus dem Schatten – Dein Weg aus der Depression. Südwest, 2022, ISBN 978-3-517101-74-3.

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Ian Gerard McKay (born 1963) is a Canadian executive who has worked extensively in business and politics. On April 15, 2021, he was appointed as Canada's Ambassador to Japan by Global Affairs Canada  following his three-year tenure as CEO of Invest in Canada. McKay is also recognized for assisting in the successful final negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership as the Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Japan.

Early life and education

McKay was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, and was raised in Penticton, British Columbia. He is the youngest of five boys.  In July 1980, he was sent by his hometown to live in the town of Ikeda, on Japan's island of Hokkaido.  At the age of 16, he developed a lifelong appreciation for the country and for its language. Upon graduating from Penticton Secondary School in 1981, he returned to Japan as a Rotary Youth Exchange student.  Following his studies, McKay worked and lived in Japan over the course of 14 years.

McKay studied Political Science and Asian Studies at the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia; he received an MBA from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, in 2005.

Business background

Immediately following his studies at the University of British Columbia in 1987, McKay was recruited as a derivatives broker by EuroBrokers Investment Inc. in New York. Subsequently, he was seconded to EuroBrokers Tokyo office, becoming Managing Director in 1994. In 1998, McKay went to London and became joint Managing Director of EuroBrokers International in London.  From 2006 - 2009, McKay was Director of Business Development for ICAP Capital Markets (Canada) Inc, working in the energy markets in Vancouver and Calgary.

Following 18 years in the financial markets, working in New York City, Tokyo, London and Vancouver, McKay served as a Senior Policy Advisor to three federal cabinet ministers in Ottawa. From March 2010 to May 2013 he served as the National Director for the Liberal Party of Canada. Following his time in Ottawa, McKay returned to Vancouver where he served five years as the CEO of the Vancouver Economic Commission, the City of Vancouver's economic development agency from 2013 until 2018.

Political involvement

McKay entered federal politics as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2000 general election, running as a candidate in the riding of West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast. He also served as the treasurer for the British Columbia Liberal Party.

In 2001, McKay moved to Ottawa and served as senior policy advisor to three federal cabinet ministers;  Minister of Industry, Allan Rock; Leader of the Government in the Senate, Jack Austin; and David Emerson, Minister of Industry.  In 2010, McKay was appointed as the National Director of the Liberal Party of Canada.

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The Interview: Sound in NoiseWe Speak to Sound in Noise about his brand new EP!
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Sound in Noise has just dropped the second part of his 'Shapes' EP series, one which will eventually go on to build a whole package from the exclusively signed Ram Records artist. To celebrate its release, we caught up with the producer to give us the lowdown on Shapes, its meaning and what he has in store for its subsequent editions.
Hi Eero! Thanks for chatting with us. So, this is the second part of your EP series 'Shapes'. Tell us how this selection differs from the first? What were your aims for the second part of this project? Will there be a third part?
Sound In Noise: Hi! I think this one is even more versatile then the first. There's a bit of neuro, a bit of dancefloor drum & bass and even jungle. Part three will also be coming soon and there will probably be more soulful vibes featured on that selection.
Why have you named the project 'Shapes'? And how does this relate to the music on each EP, part 1 and 2?
Sound In Noise: Shapes represents the different shapes and styles of drum & bass. Shapes also symbolise different emotions, feelings, people – they're everywhere really. Anyway, I like to produce with no boundaries. Over the years I have been producing and playing all kinds of drum & bass and with 'shapes' I wanted to put all this into one album.
Part 1 was first the introduction to the album and "Cowards" was the opening track with a message about the society we live in now. For me it's about living my life outside the box in every sense of the meaning and enjoying the ride.
Part 2 starts with a track called "13". That number has been following me over the last few years. People say that it can be your lucky or unlucky number, but what's important is how you see it. I made a noisy drum & bass tune out of it. Andy has been double dropping it with "Dead Limit" lately... so seems lucky to me!
What do you have planned for 2020? Is there a bigger project on the horizon? 2019 has been a consistent year for you in terms of releases.
Sound In Noise: As I said earlier, Shapes part 3, then finally the full album will see the light in 2020, which is divided into different parts. Also, I have a remix on Program 100, for Frankee's "Firethorn". I also have some other remixes in the works that I can't talk about right now.
How did you come under Ram's radar? Is there something which first drew you to the label and if so, how did this help your journey into the label's roster?
Sound In Noise: I don't know where to start really... It has been a hell of a journey. Andy C, Moving Fusion, Shimon and Ram Trilogy are all big heroes of mine. It all happened unexpectantly. I finished a bunch of demos and one friend told me that I should send these to RAM at the time. So, I thought I would try my luck and send some tunes – I got a reply that Ram is interested in taking a few tracks for the forthcoming compilation they had coming out. And then we built it from there, until at one stage I was invited to join exclusively with the label. I was super happy about that! This was special for me coming from a small place like Estonia.
What's been your favourite Ram show to date?
Sound In Noise: Festival wise It has to be the RAM stage at MADE festival in Birmingham! The Ram tent was totally packed. Big up to the Weird Science crew!
Creamfields is the biggest festival I have ever played but again I had problems with my laptop and after that I stopped using computers when DJ'ing! Club wise I have to say the RAM night in Zurich, that was heavy! High five to MC Fava, the Divercity crew and Simon! Then of course, a special big up to Rhys! I'm really looking forward to the RAM night at XOYO this December too.
You run a successful club night in Estonia – how do you feel like this has helped you gain a foothold within drum & bass and how do you balance making tunes and running this club night?
Sound In Noise: "Sin City" we closed last December. Me and my mate Mander did it monthly for 15 years in a row. We managed to bring all the main dnb acts to this small town called Tartu from all over the world (over 150 drum & bass artists, some of them multiple times). We had so many sick nights and memories. It just ran to its natural end and we wanted to finish it when it was still on a high. Even on the last night we had full house. Anyway "Sin City" went into the history books and it was time to move on. Now I've started to work with one club in my hometown Tallinn, it's called Studio. Honestly this club has the best sound in the whole country, hands down. The second floor has a perfectly low ceiling room packed with a carefully calibrated Function One sound system, great for bass music. We now have a monthly sweaty drum & bass night there called "Format"; there's always a great vibe and the crowd is amazing!
We do it in collaboration with the club management, so it doesn't affect my studio time too much. I'm still working in my studio every day.


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DENVER - Mix Master Mike has performed around the world on his own and with the Beastie Boys, but there's one more place the DJ says he wants to play one day: the moon.
"It may sound corny, but anything can be done," he said. "I'd like to scratch on the moon, a full-on, two-hour set. Then after the set, plant the flag and then come back."
For now, the turntablist is promoting new headphones he launched with Skullcandy, new albums, and an iPhone application set to come out in January that he describes as putting an iPod with two turntables and a mixer in someone's pocket.
He also is among musicians interacting with fans online at www.thepublicrecord.com, where he invites people to send him guitar riffs, synthesizer tones or other clips, and he'll videotape himself mixing them in on his turntables.
"I can't imagine back in the day being able to make music with my musical heroes, and this Web site gives fans the opportunity to make music with us," he said.
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This post is the first in a series of 3 posts we are writing to describe what it's like to be a co-narcissist in the tech industry, how to stop being a co-narcissist, and how narcissism plays out in tech specifically.
Here are links to the 2nd post, Cutting the IV Line and the third, Patterns of Blood-bags and Narcissists in Tech.
We've decided to call co-narcissists "blood-bags" for this series of posts. Why blood-bag? In the opening scenes of "Mad Max: Fury Road," Max is captured and forced to serve as a portable blood-bag for an injured War Boy — they hook up an IV line to transfer Max's blood to the War Boy so he can join in the chase after Furiosa. Max is only useful to this society as a source of blood; otherwise he is merely an object to them, to thrown away when used up. This is a good analogy for how narcissists view people who provide them with their own version of blood, called "narcissistic supply" (more on that later). Other examples of blood-bags in pop culture include Sookie's relationship with Bill in True Blood, Melissa McCarthy's character in the film Spy, and the high school girls surrounding the lead Heather in the '80's cult film classic, Heathers.
We were inspired by the recent post on narcissists in tech, "No more rock stars: how to stop abuse in tech." You see, rock stars need blood-bags; they can't exist without them. If you can learn to identify when you are serving as a blood-bag, and figure out how to stop, you will be taking away the support that rock stars and narcissists need to survive. In this first post, we will describe what narcissists and co-narcissists are.
You might find this post difficult or confronting if you've been in a narcissistic relationship in any role. Use your judgement and stop reading if it is too upsetting for you. As a general rule, it's a good idea to avoid publicly labeling other people with mental health conditions or personality disorders. However, it's perfectly reasonable and healthy to identify abusive dynamics and patterns and to take action to protect yourself, even if you aren't sure about someone else's diagnosis. If someone is acting in a way that fits a narcissistic pattern, you can use the methods of coping with narcissism to protect yourself, without feeling bad about potentially mislabeling the other person as a narcissist.
This post was co-written by Marlena Compton and Valerie Aurora. It is informed by our experiences working as software testers, software developers, and social justice activists in the software industry.
We tend to focus on the narcissist when we talk about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), but there are at least two players in any narcissistic relationship: the narcissist and the narcissist's partner. Psychologists call the partner the co-narcissist, but we're going to use "co-narcissist" interchangeably with "blood-bag" in this post. "Blood-bag" is gory and gross and demeaning, but in our experience that reflects the reality of being a co-narcissist pretty well.
First, let's talk about narcissists. Narcissism, our sense of self-love, is something all humans possess and is a normal part of a healthy personality.
When we say someone is a narcissist, we are talking about someone with a destructive sense of self-love. In her book, The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists, Eleanor Payson describes a narcissist as someone who "excessively pursues admiration, attention, status, understanding, support, money, power, control, or perfection in some form" (Kindle Location 132). Their intense, single-minded pursuit of these goals often sabotages the goal itself — for example, they may demand admiration so overtly that they make people feel contempt for them. Sometimes narcissists are people whose sense of self was damaged by a narcissistic parent ignoring their needs or shaming them for having needs when they were a small child. Sometimes this child gets stuck in a pattern of demanding their needs be met but being unable to feel satisfied — the bottomless pit of narcissistic need. Sometimes narcissism develops later in life, when someone was relatively normal until they became enormously successful or famous. This is called acquired situational narcissism.
This damaged sense of self shows itself in the way narcissists relate to other people. Because they are unable to recognize the rules of relationship reciprocity — that is, the normal give-and-take of a healthy relationship — narcissists see relationships only in terms of what they need. The normal rules of relationship reciprocity don't exist in their world. They may be unwilling to give appropriate attention or time to their husband, wife, father, mother, brother, sister, lover, friend or co-worker — and yet, if they are in any of these roles themselves, they see themselves as deserving unending attention and effort. Even if they appear to be giving out affection or attention, narcissists are always motivated by receiving some kind of direct return.
Narcissists come in several types, some of which don't look like our stereotypical image of a narcissist. The popular stereotype of a narcissist is someone who is always the center of attention in the room, wearing the flashiest clothing, or outright demanding recognition. This is an overt narcissist: someone who loudly tells anyone who will listen how great they are, displays comical overconfidence, and gets angry and abusive when they don't get what they want. The overt narcissist can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from someone with antisocial personality disorder (a.k.a. a sociopath or psychopath).
Narcissists can also take the form of a covert narcissist, someone who is intellectually aware that people often don't like people who want to be the center of attention, but who still craves that recognition and status. They often hide their narcissism through taking on a "helper" role, such as doctor, therapist, or assistant, or by taking on a persona of an isolated or misunderstood person: unappreciated artist, lonely misanthrope, or persecuted activist. This kind of narcissist will organize the best birthday party ever, and then sulk in the back of the room unless they are effusively praised and thanked, at which point they will blushingly disclaim any credit. A covert narcissist usually doesn't act over-confident; instead they are more likely to act needy and constantly ask for reassurance in the form of approval and compliments. They tend to be incredibly sensitive to small or perceived insults (including constructive criticism), and blame all their problems on other people.
A benevolent narcissist knows that helping others and being kind to them is an effective way to win praise and attention, so they will make large donations to charity, or give extravagant gifts, or ostentatiously devote their lives to helping others. They still expect and demand to be praised and recognized for their good work and will sulk if they feel insufficiently appreciated or lauded. The difference between a benevolent narcissist and a benevolent person is not how much recognition they get, but what their underlying central motivation is: getting praise for doing good (narcissist), or doing good (non-narcissist). That is, wanting or insisting on fair recognition for good deeds doesn't make you a narcissist, doing good deeds primarily for the recognition you receive makes you a narcissist. Benevolent narcissists can be a force for overall good in the world, and may have less negative impact on others than other kinds of narcissists, but they still require the support and sacrifice of co-narcissists.
Many other kinds of narcissists exist, but covert narcissist and benevolent narcissists are the two subtler kinds that we thought were worth pointing out in this post.
Now let's talk about the blood-bag — the narcissist's partner, or co-narcissist.
The blood-bag is an endless source of support and caring for the narcissist. As you can imagine, endless care and feeding requires large amounts of emotional energy. Blood-bags are typically caring, sensitive people. Blood-bags know their narcissist's wants and needs down to the tiniest of details. They have been trained to be loyal, honest, sincere and hardworking. In short, blood-bags have all of the people skills narcissists do without.
Blood-bags acquire these skills through intensive training, often at the hands of narcissistic parents.
At the same time that the blood-bag is an endless source of caring energy for their narcissist, the blood-bag has difficulty recognizing when the narcissist is treating them inappropriately. Often the blood-bag will ignore their own needs or rights, or create twisted logical explanations to frame the narcissist's behavior as acceptable no matter how out of bounds it is.
If you grew up comparing yourself to Cinderella, if one or both of your parents were constantly insisting on perfection, or if you were the caretaker for a "perfect" sibling and/or constantly asked to put aside your own feelings for the good of the family, chances are you were a blood-bag in training.
Giving up your own feelings to support someone else is the origin of becoming a blood-bag. You learned that your job in life was to prop up the narcissists in your family. If your mom or dad had a bad day, you were there to show them the great marks on your schoolwork.
If this was your childhood, then the training was happening every waking moment of every day, every month and every year. By the time you left home, you were fully prepared by your family to be a blood-bag for the next narcissist who happened to notice you from across the room.
What does it feel like to be a blood-bag?
When a blood-bag first meets their narcissist, it is enthralling, intoxicating and golden. It feels like being more than you think you actually are. You are flying over rooftops hand in hand with a gorgeous perfect person at your side telling you how great you are. That's the beginning.
What you don't notice is how they slowly start to draw from you. In the beginning, there is no way to see that they are actually building a bubble around the two of you, isolating you from outside opinion and support. Over time, they gradually draw from the bank of your effort and energy at an unsustainable rate.
Part of the implicit deal between a narcissist and a blood-bag is that once the narcissist's needs are met, it will be the blood-bag's turn to get their own needs met. But a narcissist's needs are by definition insatiable. They may grudgingly allow the co-narcissist to get some of their needs met sometimes, especially if doing so reflects well on the narcissist, but it's always a struggle — the gifts are always reluctantly given or have strings attached. The narcissist always feels more entitled to time, energy, and attention than the co-narcissist. The co-narcissist gets the crumbs from the table, and has to feel both guilty and grateful for them.
In the natural progression of things, a blood-bag will feel worse and worse about themselves as time goes on. The narcissist will constantly be telling them how imperfect and broken they are (often accusing them of being selfish and inconsiderate, ironically). The blood-bag becomes more self-critical, more depressed, has more feelings of worthlessness. The solution offered by the narcissist is to work harder, give more, self-sacrifice yet again. This will never work.
If you are the person who's been trained to support someone this way, chances are you've never given yourself the respect you deserve because you were never taught how. Instead you were taught to work tirelessly, endlessly and forever to prop up someone for whom nothing is ever perfect enough.
While that's sad and can leave you feeling robbed when you face it, once you learn how to focus the spotlight on yourself and that it's ok to do this, you will see someone who is strong, smart and knows how to work hard. You will see someone who has developed some serious skills but who still has empathy.
In the next post, we'll talking about how to cut the IV line connecting you to a narcissist.


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Most sea turtles off Australia's east coast have consumed plastic, study finds
Plastic pollution is creating an "evolutionary trap" for young sea turtles because they "eat anything", according to a new study.
Research led by the University of Exeter found plastic in the stomachs of small juvenile turtles along both the east (Pacific) and west (Indian Ocean) coasts of Australia.
The animals travel on currents and start out life in the open ocean after hatching on beaches.
But many young turtles swallow plastic as the currents accumulate vast quantities of waste.
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Dr Emily Duncan, of the Centre for Ecology and Conservation on Exeter's Penryn Campus in Cornwall, said: "Juvenile turtles have evolved to develop in the open ocean, where predators are relatively scarce.
"However, our results suggest that this evolved behaviour now leads them into a trap - bringing them into highly polluted areas such as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
"Juvenile sea turtles generally have no specialised diet - they eat anything, and our study suggests this includes plastic."
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She added: "We don't yet know what impact ingesting plastic has on juvenile turtles, but any losses at these early stages of life could have a significant impact on population levels."
The study examined juvenile sea turtles that either washed up or were accidentally caught by fishers on the Australian coasts.
It included a total of 121 sea turtles from five of the world's seven species: green, loggerhead, hawksbill, olive ridley and flatback.
Data revealed that the proportion of turtles containing plastic was much higher on the Pacific coast, with 86% of loggerheads, 83% of greens, 80% of flatbacks and 29% of olive ridleys.
Comparatively, 28% of flatbacks, 21% of loggerheads and 9% of green turtles contained plastic on the Indian Ocean coast.
The researchers found that plastic in the Pacific turtles was mostly hard fragments, which could come from a vast range of products used by humans, while Indian Ocean plastics were mostly fibres - possibly from fishing ropes or nets.
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The polymers most commonly ingested by turtles in both oceans were polyethylene and polypropylene.
Dr Duncan said: "These polymers are so widely used in plastic products that it's impossible to pin down the likely sources of the fragments we found.
"Hatchlings generally contained fragments up to about 5mm to 10mm in length, and particle sizes went up along with the size of the turtles.
"The next stage of our research is to find out if and how plastic ingestion affects the health and survival of these turtles.
"This will require close collaboration with researchers and veterinarians around the world."
Sea Life Trust and the National Geographic Society funded the research, which was published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.
The research team also included Murdoch University, the Department of Environment and Science (Queensland) and the Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions (Western Australia).
Sky News has launched the first daily prime time news show dedicated to climate change.
The Daily Climate Show is broadcast at 6.30pm and 9.30pm Monday to Friday on Sky News, the Sky News website and app, on YouTube and Twitter.
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The show also highlights solutions to the crisis and how small changes can make a big difference.


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RT @KendallRogers: Lastly, it must be reiterated that ADs were under zero requirement to pay the third coach in softball or baseball. You could stay status quo and just keep trucking along. At any rate, I do appreciate the ADs who are willing to face the heat and answer for their votes.
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WH Prepping Plan To Help Vulnerable Ukraine Refugees Enter US
According to a source, the White House will reveal a strategy in the coming days that will make it easier for vulnerable Ukrainian migrants to enter the US.
The plan, which could be presented this week, would allow LGBTQ activists, journalists, and Ukrainians to travel to the US safely and stay for a limited time.
It would also expedite the process of reuniting Ukrainians with family members in the United States, according to the network's sources.
Officials from the Biden administration alluded to the idea on Tuesday, but did not provide any details.
President Joe Biden will announce more American contributions to a coordinated humanitarian response to alleviate the suffering of civilians within Ukraine and to respond to the swelling tide of refugees, according to White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.
The president was ready to travel to Belgium and Poland for an emergency NATO summit on the Ukraine conflict, where he would meet with allies and discuss extra Russian penalties and Ukrainian help.
Biden was considering utilizing his presidential authority to grant refugees humanitarian parole or designate them for a program that helped refugees flee war zones in Afghanistan.
The choices do not guarantee permanent legal status, but the White House believes that most Ukrainians who find safe havens in Europe will wish to return home eventually.
Following allegations that numerous individuals seeking asylum in the United States were denied entry at the Mexican border, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated last week that they will not be turned away.
According to the network, refugees would be airlifted into the country and given support services under the White House proposals, avoiding the perilous and unpredictable ordeal asylum applicants undergo at the physical US border.
Ukraine residents who arrived in the United States before March 1 would be permitted to stay for 18 months, the US stated earlier this month.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 3.5 million Ukrainians have fled their homes since Russia's unprovoked invasion four weeks ago, making it Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II.
According to the group, the vast majority had fled to Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, and the Republic of Moldova. More than a quarter-million people sought refuge in Russia and Belarus, which is a Russian ally.
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Why learning about Game Development?
I'm not a software developer (but that may change) and do not aspire to become a professional game developer. But I am taking the Harvard course on game development called GD50, which is a part of the growing collection of learning resources associated with the CS50 Introduction to Computer Science course at Harvard. Why bother to learn this?
Programming today to me is part hobby, part professional tool. I use my programming skills at work to automate processes and to provide features to online courses that are not possible with the features of the authoring tool we are using alone. So it is not at the center of my work, but an available tool that I sometimes use, sometimes not. In my free time, I like to learn and experiment with concepts and ideas new to me, like different programming paradigms or doing fun sketches with Processing or p5.
But when I started to learn programming the first time around (I did that more than once), my goal was to learn how to create games. I was a teenager and did what I could at that time with Amiga Basic on my first computer, an Amiga 500 (a few months ago I found some books on C and Assembler from that time and remembered, that I at least tried to learn them too. I had totally forgotten about that). But my intestests changes from tech to the humanities (yes, reading Goethe, Kant and all those dead white men somehow seemed more interesting to me then working on programs on my computer) and when I learned programming again in my thirties, it was the web that took my attention, as was not really a gamer anymore. In the last years, I have seen the rise of the indy game scene and with it the idea of games as art, games as a way of creative expression and my interest in making games myself grew again. I am not sure, that I will really create a single game, but I would like to know more about how to do so. On the professional side, I think there is a lot to learn in game development, that is transferable to other sides of development, be it web development or my current field of work, instructional design. Some of it has been called "gamification" in the last year and this seems to have had its hype, but I think taking a look at real game development instead of learning about gamification directly (which I have to some extent already done, of course), will help with questions like "How do I make something fun?" Another, not topic related cause might be also about fun: the cs50 courses are usually fun.


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Greif Announces CEO Transition
Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B), a world leader in industrial packaging, today announced that David Fischer will step down as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors of the company effective October 31, 2015. The company also announced that the Board has elected Pete Watson to succeed him as President and Chief Executive Officer effective November 1, 2015, and Fischer will remain with the company through December 31, 2015 to assist with the transition process.
Michael Gasser, Chairman of the Greif Board of Directors, said "We thank David for his dedication and many significant achievements over the past eleven years at Greif, for the design and implementation of the company's transformation initiative that is lowering our cost structure and improving our performance, and for his passion for safety and the well-being of people and the planet. We have a strong, dedicated organization, and we are confident in Pete's ability to lead the company."
Fischer said "I am very proud of the Greif team and all that we have accomplished during my tenure with the company. With the transformation initiative now taking hold and with the team in place, I am bullish on the outlook for achieving the goals we have set forth for 2017. I look forward to working with Pete and the executive team over the next couple of months to ensure continuity in the implementation of the transformation."
Watson stated "I look forward to leading Greif and working closely with the Board, the senior management team and all of our associates around the world to execute our transformation process. These efforts are expected to provide immediate benefits to Greif and position us for more profitable growth."
About Pete Watson
Pete Watson has served as Chief Operating Officer of the company since January 2014. From September 2012 until December 2013, Watson was the Vice President and Group President, Paper Packaging & Services, Global Sourcing and Supply Chain and Greif Business System. Since he joined the company in 1999, Watson has served in a variety of positions, including Division President, Paper Packaging & Services, and President of CorrChoice (a division of the company). His prior experience includes various roles with Union Camp Corporation, prior to its acquisition by International Paper. Watson is a graduate of Springfield College in Massachusetts, with a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Master of Science in Education Administration.
About Greif
Greif is a world leader in industrial packaging products and services. The company produces steel, plastic, fibre, flexible and corrugated containers and containerboard, and provides reconditioning, blending, filling and packaging services for a wide range of industries. Greif also manages timber properties in North America. The company is strategically positioned in more than 50 countries to serve global as well as regional customers. Additional information is on the company's website at www.greif.com.
Certain information in this news release consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions, expectations and other information currently available to management. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from those forecasted, projected or anticipated, whether expressed or implied. The most significant of these risks and uncertainties are described in Part I of the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 2014. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in forward-looking statements have a reasonable basis, the company can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from those forecasted, projected or anticipated, whether expressed in or implied by the statements. The company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.
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30 year-old central defender who joined Hayes & Yeading United in February 2019 having spent time this season with both Farnborough and Hendon, playing against United for the latter in the Middlesex Senior Cup.
Adam started out with Northwood and this was followed by brief spells with Cockfosters, Uxbridge and Chalfont St Peter before settling for a couple of seasons at Dunstable Town, for whom he captained when they came to the SKYex and beat United 1-0 in the Southern Premier during 2016/17.
From Dunstable Town he moved to Chesham United last season before the aforementioned spells with Farnborough and Hendon earlier in the current campaign.


Now that it's finally peach season I've been going a little too crazy buying peaches. So far I've made a dessert, dinner, breakfast, and drinks with my peaches, so I'm pretty proud of myself for fulfilling my promise not to let peach season slip away from me as quickly as strawberry season did this year. I do think I'm ready to take a bit of a break from peaches now though. It's not that I'm sick of eating them, I don't think I could ever get sick of sweet, juicy ripe peaches. But I am sick to death of trying to peel them and getting peach juice all over the kitchen and myself. I know it would be a lot easier if I blanched them quickly in boiling water first, but that would require waiting for water to boil and I'm far too impatient for that.
Anyways, today I'm sharing the first of three delicious peach recipes. This salad is really fresh and flavourful and highlights some of my favourite summer ingredients. The flavours all work really well together, with the sweet peaches and blueberries being balanced out by the richness of the goat cheese and the acidity in the dressing, and the pecans adding a nice crunch. The addition of chicken made this great as a main dish, but you could also leave it out to serve this salad as a side dish.
I made this for Ryan and I because we're both trying to eat a little better lately, and Ryan was surprised when I told him it was healthy because he assumes that all things that taste good are bad for you. He actually said that it tasted like something you would get at a restaurant, which I consider a big compliment coming from someone who usually isn't too fond of "healthy food".
It's a little hard to get all the components on your fork, but once you take a bite you'll be instantly reaching for another forkful!
Stay tuned for more peach recipes coming up later this week!
Divide spinach onto two plates. Lay chicken and peaches on top of spinach in an alternating circular pattern. Top with blueberries, pecans, and crumbled goat cheese. Drizzle dressing on top and serve.
I have all these ingredients at home... will make it today. Thanks for an amazing recipe, Natalie.


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Q: Python: Moving letters within the alphabet in a string I've been working in Python and have been trying to move all letters in a string n spaces in the alphabet, however I've run into a fair amount of errors.
print("Cryptography")
userInput = str(input("Write anything that you'd like to encrypt here: "))
userNumberInput = int(input("Please choose a number without decimals here: "))
userInput = userInput.lower()
wordCount = userInput.split()
loopRunner = int(0)
letterCount = list()
for word in range(len(wordCount)):
    letterCount.insert(loopRunner,len(wordCount[loopRunner]))
    print(letterCount[loopRunner])
    loopRunner = loopRunner + 1

outputString = "" .join((chr(97 + (ord(letter) -97 + userNumberInput) % 26) for letter in userInput))
loopRunner = 0
for word in range(len(wordCount)):
    outputString2 = [outputString[i:i+letterCount[loopRunner]] for i in range (0, len(outputString), letterCount[loopRunner])]
    loopRunner = loopRunner + 1
finalResult = " " .join(outputString2)
print(finalResult)

So far it does what I need it to do, however when I try to run this, it also seems to count spaces as letters and I have no idea how to exclude them, while keeping them in the final result just as they are.
Another thing that I'd like to know is if there is any way for me to keep the letters from being turned into lowercase ones and keep the code functional?
I've been trying things for hours but haven't been able to come upon a good solution.

A: One way to do this without editing what you have already is to index all the locations where spaces are and save those index locations as a string. Please note my example is messy and you should try to implement without a try/except structure.
n = 0
spacesLocation = []
while(True):
    try:
        spacesLocation.append(userInput.index(' '))
        userInput = userInput.replace(' ', '', 1)
        n+=1
    except:
        n = 0
        break

Then at the end add them back in:
while(n < len(spacesLocation)):#goes through where all the spaces are
    finalResult = finalResult[:spacesLocation[n]+n] + ' ' +finalResult[spacesLocation[n]+n:]#adds spaces where they go
    n+=1#re-iterates to go through where all the spaces should be

so your whole thing looks something like this:
print("Cryptography")
userInput = str(input("Write anything that you'd like to encrypt here: "))
n = 0
spacesLocation = []
while(True):
    try:
        spacesLocation.append(userInput.index(' '))
        userInput = userInput.replace(' ', '', 1)
        n+=1
    except:
        n = 0
        break
userNumberInput = int(input("Please choose a number without decimals here: "))
userInput = userInput.lower()
wordCount = userInput.split()
loopRunner = int(0)
letterCount = list()
for word in range(len(wordCount)):
    letterCount.insert(loopRunner,len(wordCount[loopRunner]))
    print(letterCount[loopRunner])
    loopRunner = loopRunner + 1

outputString = "" .join((chr(97 + (ord(letter) -97 + userNumberInput) % 26) for letter in userInput))
loopRunner = 0
for word in range(len(wordCount)):
    outputString2 = [outputString[i:i+letterCount[loopRunner]] for i in range (0, len(outputString), letterCount[loopRunner])]
    loopRunner = loopRunner + 1
finalResult = " " .join(outputString2)
while(n < len(spacesLocation)):
    finalResult = finalResult[:spacesLocation[n]+n] + ' ' +finalResult[spacesLocation[n]+n:]
    n+=1
print(finalResult)

Comment if you have any questions about how that works because stackoverflow is meant to increase understanding, not just give solutions.

A: You may use string module and shift function as follows:
import string

def shift():
    userInput = input("Write anything that you'd like to encrypt here: ")
    userNumberInput = int(input("Please choose a number without decimals here: "))
    letters=' '+string.ascii_letters
    if userNumberInput > len(letters): userNumberInput = userNumberInput%len(letters)
    d={k:v for k,v in zip(letters,' '+letters[userNumberInput:]+letters[:userNumberInput])}
    return ''.join([x.replace(x,d[x]) for x in userInput])

Function unchange space position and shift all letters in userInput exactly userNumberInput number

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The Price of an iPhone Generation – I think they're on to something here.
I have an iPhone myself, and I would encourage most people to embrace the technology (in a sense, we don't have much of a choice), but it's so important to think deeply and become aware of the dangers not only for the individual using this technology, but also for the culture who will collectively embrace this technology.
There are many cultural pitfalls that secular culture will fall directly into without a second thought. My worry is that the church will be susceptible to the same pitfalls.
Substitute "adolescents" with "church leaders desperate to keep up with culture" and you have the mindset with which an increasing number of Christians set out to reach people via "relevant" ministry methods.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Qoollo.Concierge.Commands;
using Qoollo.Concierge.UniversalExecution.Core;
using Qoollo.Concierge.Whale;
using Qoollo.Concierge.WindowsService;

namespace Qoollo.Concierge.UniversalExecution.AppModes
{
    internal class DebugMode : AppMode
    {
        /// <summary>
        ///If this argument is provided, program will exit after complete
        /// </summary>
        public const string DefaultExitOnCompleteArg = "-noi";

        public static string ModeInfo = "Run program in Debug mode (Add -noi arg for exit after complete)";

        public DebugMode(string[] args) : base("debug", ModeInfo, args)
        {
        }

        public DebugMode() : base(AppModeNames.Debug, ModeInfo)
        {
        }

        protected override void Build(string[] args, ExecutableBuilder executableBuilder)
        {
            if (!WinServiceHelpers.IsServiceInstalled(executableBuilder.WindowsServiceConfig.InstallName))
                StartAsDebug(args, executableBuilder);
            else if (WinServiceHelpers.IsServiceStopped(executableBuilder.WindowsServiceConfig.InstallName))
            {
                Console.WriteLine(WinServiceStatus.Get(executableBuilder.WindowsServiceConfig.InstallName).ToString());
                StartAsDebug(args, executableBuilder);
            }
            else
                Console.WriteLine(WinServiceStatus.Get(executableBuilder.WindowsServiceConfig.InstallName).ToString());
        }

        private void StartAsDebug(string[] args, ExecutableBuilder executableBuilder)
        {
            var interactive = args == null || !args.Contains(DefaultExitOnCompleteArg);

            var executable = executableBuilder.Build(CommandExecutorProxy, RunMode.Debug,
                executableBuilder.WindowsServiceConfig.Async, args, interactive: interactive);

            if (!interactive)
            {
                executable.Start();
                return;
            }

            RegistrateExecutable(executable);

            Console.WriteLine(
                WinServiceMessages.ServiceStartedMessage(executableBuilder.WindowsServiceConfig.DisplayName));

            RegistrateCommand(CommandExecutorProxy.Build("exit", () => Executable.Stop(), "Stop program"));
        }

        public static string GetHelp()
        {
            var list = new List<string>
            {
                "noi program will exit after complete"
            };

            return CustomConsoleHelpers.FormatHelp(list);
        }
    }
}


In summer 2010, Carole volunteered as a witness in the trial of the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor. Footage of her seven-hour cross-examination is intercut with Carole's reflections on the experience and interviews with the Premier bookers who were drawn into the case after Annie posted photos of a "Blood Diamonds Party" held at the agency on Facebook. Chris, Carole and Sissy talk about the impact that Naomi Campbell had on their business and personal lives: a relationship that has ended in a commercial dispute. Carole visits her lawyer in preparation for the court case.
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Steve Bruce compensation wrangle delays Newcastle United deal
South Shields community cafe gets new lease of life
A cafe giving people the chance to boost their skills and employability has received the top rating in a food standards test.
Saturday, 19 January, 2019, 08:00
John Brennan with a Salad he prepared in the kitchen at the Action Stations community cafe, South Shields. Picture by FRANK REID
Action Stations Community cafe based in Boldon Lane has been awarded five stars for food hygiene.
For a number of years it has been providing a place where people can meet, make new friends and enjoy a low-cost meal.
The Action Stations community cafe, South Shields. Picture by FRANK REID
Staff and volunteers hope this latest rating will help bring even more people through the doors to give them a chance to find out more about what the cafe has to offer.
As well as serving food, the venue provides a place where people can learn new skills and take part in cooking programmes including how to cook on a budget.
Hazel McCallion Chief Executive of Action Station said "The café is the heart of the organisation and it is friendly and welcoming.
"We have an extensive menu and provide low cost meals with a daily special cooked lunch costing £2.70.
Steven Peterson (62) washing up in the kitchen of the Action Stations community cafe, South Shields. Picture by FRANK REID
"We were delighted to receive a five star rating for food hygiene in October 2018.
"We have a fantastic team of staff and volunteers who we would not be able to run the café and kitchen without their hardwork and dedication."
The cook supervisor is Adrienne Bateman who manages the café and kitchen with support of 19 volunteers.
Action Stations provides a place where people can access a range of services and take part in courses to help boost their employability prospects and tackle social isolation.
The venue is currently recruiting for volunteers for a number of roles including in the library. For information on volunteering contact Lynsey Angus Operations Manager on 0191 455 8122 or lynsey_actionstation@hotmail.com
For details on courses and servicesd available at Action Stations call in or visit actionstation.org.uk/


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Oil prices topped $100 a barrel Wednesday, as traders feared tensions in Egypt could spread to the broader Middle East.
U.S. oil prices rose as high as $102.18 early Wednesday, the highest they've been in over a year.
While oil production from Egypt is negligible, the country controls the Suez Canal and pipeline, which move about 4 million barrels of oil per day. Plus, the country is one of the largest and most powerful in the Middle East and North Africa -- home to about a third of the world's oil production.
"The fear of contagion in the Middle East to major oil producers is the ultimate concern," Matt Smith, a commodities analyst at Summit Energy in Louisville, Ky, wrote in a research note Tuesday.
Protestors in Egypt have been demanding the country's democratically elected, Islamist president step down, saying he has not governed the country in an inclusive manor. The protests are the largest the county has seen since the 2011 uprising that ousted longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak.
Seven people have died in the protests, and the Egyptian military has given the president 48 hours to resolve the dispute. Some have hinted there may be a coup, though it's uncertain what actions the military will take. That deadline approaches Wednesday night.
Oil prices have risen about 16% in the last two months. Traders cite an improving economy, rising demand for crude oil from refiners in the United States, and problems getting supplies of light, sweet crude to market as other reasons for the price run up.


The work Saint Odd represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
The seventh Odd Thomas thriller from the master storyteller. Small-town guy meets big-time evil. The future is haunting Odd Thomas. The carnival has returned to Pico Mundo, the same one that came to town when Odd was just sixteen. Odd is drawn to an arcade tent where he discovers Gypsy Mummy, the fortune-telling machine that told him that he and Stormy Llewellyn were destined to be together forever. But Stormy is dead and Pico Mundo is under threat once more. History seems to be repeating itself as Odd grapples with a satanic cult intent on bringing destruction to his town. An unseasonal storm is brewing, and as the sky darkens and the sun turns blood-red, it seems that all of nature is complicit in their plans. Meanwhile Odd is having dreams of a drowned Pico Mundo, where the submerged streetlamps eerily light the streets. But there's no way Pico Mundo could wind up underwater... could it?


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require 'minitest/autorun'
require 'spec_helper'

describe Stripe::Callbacks do
  include Rack::Test::Methods

  def app
    Rails.application
  end

  before do
    header 'Accept', 'application/json'
    header 'Content-Type', 'application/json'
    @observer = Class.new.tap do |cls|
      cls.class_eval do
        include Stripe::Callbacks
      end
    end
    @content = JSON.parse(File.read File.expand_path('../invoice_payment_succeeded.json', __FILE__))
    self.type = @content['type']

  end

  def type=(type)
    @content['type'] = type
    @stubbed_event = Stripe::Event.construct_from(@content)
    Stripe::Event.stubs(:retrieve).returns(@stubbed_event)
  end

  after do
    ::Stripe::Callbacks.clear_callbacks!
  end

  it 'has eager loaded the callbacks listed in the configuration' do
    assert Dummy.const_defined?(:ModelWithCallbacks), 'should have eager loaded'
    assert Dummy.const_defined?(:ModuleWithCallbacks), 'should have eager loaded'
  end

  it 'has a ping interface just to make sure that everything is working just fine' do
    get '/stripe/ping'
    assert last_response.ok?
  end

  describe 'defined with a bang' do
    code = nil
    before do
      code = proc {|target, e| @event = e; @target = target}
      @observer.class_eval do
        after_invoice_payment_succeeded! do |evt, target|
          code.call(evt, target)
        end
      end
    end
    it 'is invoked for the invoice.payment_succeeded event' do
      post 'stripe/events', JSON.pretty_generate(@content)
      @event.wont_be_nil
      @event.type.must_equal 'invoice.payment_succeeded'
      @target.total.must_equal 6999
    end
    it 'is not invoked for other types of events' do
      self.type = 'invoked.payment_failed'
      post 'stripe/events/', JSON.pretty_generate(@content)
    end
    describe 'if it raises an exception' do
      before do
        code = proc {fail 'boom!'}
      end
      it 'causes the whole webhook to fail' do
        proc {post 'stripe/events', JSON.pretty_generate(@content)}.must_raise RuntimeError
      end
    end
  end

  describe 'defined without a bang and raising an exception' do
    before do
      @observer.class_eval do
        after_invoice_payment_succeeded do |evt|
          fail 'boom!'
        end
      end
    end

    it 'does not cause the webhook to fail' do
      post 'stripe/events', JSON.pretty_generate(@content)
      last_response.status.must_be :>=, 200
      last_response.status.must_be :<, 300
    end
  end

  describe 'designed to catch any event' do
    events = nil
    before do
      events = []
      @observer.class_eval do
        after_stripe_event do |target, evt|
          events << evt
        end
      end
    end
    it 'gets invoked for any standard event' do
      self.type = 'invoice.payment_failed'
      post 'stripe/events/', JSON.pretty_generate(@content)
      events.first.type.must_equal 'invoice.payment_failed'
    end

    it 'gets invoked for any event whatsoever' do
      self.type = 'foo.bar.baz'
      post 'stripe/events/', JSON.pretty_generate(@content)
      events.first.type.must_equal 'foo.bar.baz'
    end
  end

  describe 'filtering on specific changed attributes' do
    events = nil
    before do
      events = []
      self.type = 'invoice.updated'
      @stubbed_event.data.previous_attributes = {}
    end
    describe 'specified as an single symbol' do
      before do
        @observer.class_eval do
          after_invoice_updated! :only => :closed do |invoice, evt|
            events << evt
          end
        end
      end
      it 'does not fire events for with a prior attribute was specified' do
        post 'stripe/events', JSON.pretty_generate(@content)
        events.length.must_equal 0
      end
      it 'does fire events for which the prior attribute was specified' do
        @stubbed_event.data.previous_attributes['closed'] = true
        post 'stripe/events', JSON.pretty_generate(@content)
        events.length.must_equal 1
      end
    end
    describe 'specified as an array' do
      before do
        @observer.class_eval do
          after_invoice_updated! :only => [:currency, :subtotal] do |invoice, evt|
            events << evt
          end
        end
      end
      it 'does not fire events for which prior attributes were not specified' do
        post 'stripe/events', JSON.pretty_generate(@content)
        events.length.must_equal 0
      end
      it 'does fire events for which prior attributes were specified' do
        @stubbed_event.data.previous_attributes['subtotal'] = 699
        post 'stripe/events', JSON.pretty_generate(@content)
        events.length.must_equal 1
      end
    end
    describe 'specified as a lambda' do
      before do
        @observer.class_eval do
          after_invoice_updated :only => proc {|target, evt| evt.data.previous_attributes.has_key? "closed"} do |i,e|
            events << e
          end
        end
      end
      it 'does not fire events for which the lambda is not true' do
        post 'stripe/events', JSON.pretty_generate(@content)
        events.length.must_equal 0
      end

      it 'does fire events for when the lambda is true' do
        @stubbed_event.data.previous_attributes['closed'] = 'false'
        post 'stripe/events', JSON.pretty_generate(@content)
        events.length.must_equal 1
      end
    end
  end
end


Rei Wakasa, Hiroyuki Kawano, Akira Matsuda, Hiroko Ushio, Toshiro Sakuma, Akira Murakami, Nobuyuki Ebihara; Cross-talk Between Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells and Mast Cells via Secreted Mediators, Especially Mast Cell Tryptase. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):6083.
Purpose: Numerous mast cells are present in the choroid. Although mast cells are known to be involved in inflammatory responses, their role in choroidal inflammation is not well understood. In this study, we investigated the influence of mast cell mediators on retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE cells) in vitro.
Methods: Initially, we observed human choroidal tissues by light microscopy. Next, we examined the expression of receptors for mast cell mediators on RPE cells by RT-PCR analysis. We also assessed the production of IL-8 and VEGF after RPE cells were stimulated with mast cell conditioned medium or various mast cell mediators using an antibody array and ELISA. Furthermore, we investigated the influence of tryptase on the migration of RPE cells by the scratch assay. Finally, we examined stem cell factor (SCF) expression in RPE cells by RT-PCR and ELISA.
Results: Many connective tissue type mast cells were observed in the choroid. RPE cells expressed protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR2), histamine R1, TNF-α R1, and CCR 1, 3, 4, 8, and 11. Mast cell conditioned medium, tryptase, PAR2 agonists, histamine, and TNF-α all enhanced IL-8 production by RPE cells, while only tryptase enhanced the production of VEGF. Tryptase also enhanced phosphorylated ERK 1/2 expression, resulting in increased migration of RPE cells. Moreover, RPE cells expressed SCF.
Conclusions: Cross-talk between mast cells and RPE cells via secreted mediators, especially tryptase, may have a crucial role in choroidal inflammation.


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Wormhole (C64)
April 22, 2020 Posted in Commodore 64
Graphics - 75%
Sound - 70%
Fun - 80%
Depth - 85%
A fun platform shooter that offers a lot of action, even if none of it is original and gets rock hard very quickly.
Being a worldwide leader in experimental and applied physics, HARDONICS prides itself on its highest security standards to provide a safe work environment to the best scientists and engineers. But as they say 'accidents do happen' and so it is when one of the lab's Professors successfully create a wormhole connected to a planet in the far distance of the universe. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the alien planet are not friendly and have used the wormhole to start their takeover of the World while at the same time kidnapping the Professor. You have been employed to go in to eliminate the aliens and save the Professor so that he can shut the Wormhole down for good before more aliens use it to over run Earth.
Wormhole starts off with having our sole saviour being helicoptered into an area just outside the research facility. Once we land, the game starts off proper and we find that Wormhole looks to be a run'n'gun style of game and our task is to collect a key and reach the end of each level before our air counter dwindles down to zero, killing alien species along the way and avoiding the various hazards found within the research lab. Killing aliens adds to our cash points while collecting token icons count towards our bonus score. These two items together are combined to determine the salary points we earn during the game.
Our player carries a jetpack that will help us jump greater distances however it has a limited fuel capacity and we will have to collect fuel pack pick ups along the way to help us with our quest. Other pick ups found within the game include the ability to increase our vertical jumping range and bombs that can be used to drop on the alien scum. Along with the standard pistol and bombs, you can upgrade your weapon to a laser and a rocket launcher.
Losing a life, we are taken to the nearest checkpoint and as we continue on playing one thing I noticed was that aliens do not respawn when killed, which is a god send as Wormhole is a game that gets very challenging after the second level. In addition to the run'n'gun style action, Wormhole incorporates a strong platform jumping element to it and it is this part that provides the challenge.
The game has the option to allow you to set your own keyboard and joystick commands for in game functions, along with providing a built-in trainer allowing you to customise your gaming experience. But note, using a trainer disables the high score recording for the game.
Wormhole contains 15 levels in total spread out across three different environments and becoming familiar with the layout of the hazards will be a must as you try to pull off pixel perfect jumps on many occasions. Even with the infinite lives trainer enabled, I found progress being quite tough as my lack of timing meant that I would die over and over again. Things get ridiculously difficult when you get to the last level where you are trying to control your character and the Professor at the same time.
Everything within the game appears to move about quite well and the game graphics are quite vibrant. No doubt a number of the enemies and game environments will feel quite familiar as their design may have been inspired by a number of classic titles. Music soundtrack is very good, changing from one game world to another.
There is a lot on offer with Wormhole without necessarily introducing anything new. As such the game may be critiqued as being a rip off or a derivative of many other games. I personally don't have an issue with this as long as it is done well, which I think Wormhole does pull off. Other than the lack of originality and the high difficulty setting, there is no much to fault the game, which makes Wormhole a quality title and welcome addition to the C64 library.
Code, Graphics, Music by Thomas and Thorsten Rosenbaum
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Chinese Takeout » książka
ISBN-13: 9780060548827 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 304 str.
Arthur Nersesian
From the author of the cult classic The Fuck-Up comes a vicious new tale of art, drugs, love, and death on the Lower East Side.Orloff Trenchant is a painter who sells books on West 4th Street in Manhattan and is obsessed with mastering his craft. Desperate for cash, Or agrees to take a commission no one else will touch: he has three weeks to carve a headstone for a recently deceased restaurateur -- a Chinese takeout box. As Or attempts to make his deadline, he navigates among a toxic mix of fellow artists, struggling gallery owners, bloodsucking art dealers, his politically active friends, and a haunting addict poet whose life is more out of control than Or's own. Nersesian's prose is sparkling and hypnotic in this brutal and comic story that will make you wonder if life and art are two different things.
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A former city judge with the city of West Point was arrested last Thursday in Monroe County after he allegedly tried to break into a house.
David Lambert, 47, was arrested on Sept. 13 by the Monroe County Sheriff's Department after an incident on HuckLann Drive. Authorities said Lambert went to the residence and allegedly kicked in the door.
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ICYMI: Big Ten Sends Record Number of Teams to NCAA Baseball Tournament
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You might not have seen it because Michigan State wasn't in it, but after a very hard fought Big Ten tournament filled with upsets, the Big Ten is sending a record number of teams to the NCAA tournament.
Iowa, the five seed in the Big Ten tournament, beat the seven seed Northwestern in the final game to receive the conference's automatic bid. Four other Big Ten schools also received at-large selections.
The five Big Ten representatives in the baseball tournament is a conference record. Teams were drawn into four team groups and play double elimination games until one team from each group advances to the Super Regionals.
Previously mentioned Iowa received a 4-seed and will play against Houston who hosts the regional. Baylor and Texas A&M are also in that group.
Michigan and their 40+ wins this season advanced despite being the first team knocked out of the Big Ten tournament. They grab a 3-seed and play Florida Gulf Coast in the Chapel Hill regional. North Carolina and Davidson make up the other half.
Nebraska has to travel west to play in the Corvallis region. The Cornhuskers are the 2-seed and will play Yale. Winner plays the winner of Oregon State and Holy Cross.
Indiana (who hosted the Big Ten tournament) does not have to travel far, they go to Lexington as a 2-seed and will play North Carolina State in their first game. Kentucky and Ohio are the one-four matchup.
And Maryland heads to the Winston-Salem regional to play West Virginia. The Terps are a 3-seed and are joined in that group by Wake Forest and UMBC.
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