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Public Affairs Specialist/Digital Communications Analyst, Administrative Office of the US Courts, Washington, DC – apply by Oct. 15
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Communications Associate, Radiology Dept., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Coordinator/Writer with Center for Leadership Simulation & Gaming, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Marketing Manager, School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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NORTH AMERICA: Platform Watch: 'Brooklyn' ($1.66M), 'Spotlight' ($1.55M) & 'Room' ($0.70M) All Receive Oscar Bumps from Their Best Picture Nominations
Fandango: 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' Becomes Top Superhero Pre-Seller In Company History
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Establishes New Opening Weekend Benchmark with Record Breaking $238.0M; 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip' #2 with $14.4M; 'Sisters' #3 with $13.4M
NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Estimates: 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Zooms Past $800M After Leading with $41.6M; 'The Revenant' Breaks Out with $38.0M Second Place Take; 'The Forest' Opens in Fourth with Solid $13.1M
NORTH AMERICA: 'Deadpool' Continues to Rule with $2.33M on Monday; 'Gods of Egypt' Takes Second with $0.956M; 'The Revenant' Moves into Fourth with $0.511M After Academy Award Wins
NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Estimates: 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Now Looking at Record Breaking $247M Weekend
NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Estimates: 'The Revenant' Leads with $16.0M; 'Dirty Grandpa' ($11.5M), 'The Boy' ($11.3M) and 'The 5th Wave' ($10.7M) All Open Modestly as Winter Storm Jonas Hits the East Coast
NORTH AMERICA: Platform Watch: 'Knight of Cups' off to a Modest $57K Start in NY/LA
'Star Wars' Report: 'The Force Awakens' on the Verge of Becoming the Second Highest Grossing Film of All-Time Domestically
NORTH AMERICA: 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Reaches $770M After Leading Thursday with $5.97M; 'Daddy's Home' Passes $100M After $1.48M Daily Take
NORTH AMERICA: 'Deadpool' Leads on Super Tuesday with $2.85M; 'Gods of Egypt' Runner-Up with $1.27M
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Shatters Christmas Eve Record with $27.6M on Thursday; Seven-Day Start is a Record Breaking $391.1M
NORTH AMERICA: 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' on the Verge of Overtaking 'Avatar' with $758.2M After Leading Tuesday with $7.97M; 'Daddy's Home' #2 with $2.18M; 'The Hateful Eight' #3 with $1.78M
NORTH AMERICA: 'Zootopia' Climbs to $213M Domestic Haul In 20 Days; 'The Divergent Series: Allegiant' Claims $35.2M Six-Day Start; 'Miracles from Heaven' Stands at $23M through Eight Days
NORTH AMERICA: 4-Day Estimates: 'Deadpool' Destroys Expectations and Records with $150.0M Launch; 'Kung Fu Panda 3' Takes Second with $26.0M; 'How to Be Single' Solid in Third with $20.6M; 'Zoolander 2' Lackluster in Fourth with $16.0M
NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Estimates: 'Zootopia' Registers Fourth Largest March Debut of All-Time with $73.7M; 'London Has Fallen' Second with $21.7M; 'Deadpool' Passes $300M After $16.4M Take
NORTH AMERICA: 4-Day Weekend Actuals: 'Ride Along 2' Leads with $41.0M Start; 'The Revenant' Second with Strong $37.5M Hold; 'The Force Awakens' Third with $33.0M; '13 Hours' Debuts in Fourth with $19.2M
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Vodafone distributors Anglia Telecom and Fone Logistics, being integrated under new parent Daisy Communications, and service providers, including Alternative Networks, will be reorganised through its new channel division Vodafone Partner Services (VPS) next quarter.
Kelly said around two thirds of Vodafone's indirect revenue comes from its VPS dealers partners, of which it has reviewed its old base and selected around 400 to work with directly going forward.
The other third comes from distribution and service providers partners, including Daisy Communications' combined Anglia Telecom and Fone Logistics business.


What are the changes to pricing that JotForm is making on February 1, 2018?
It's the new payment submissions limit. The number of payment submissions you can receive per month has been updated and would take effect on the mentioned date.


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Ethics Committee Opens Probe Into Rep. Katie Hill Over Alleged Affair With Congressional Staffer
Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly having..
Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly having an affair with a congressional staffer, which would be a violation of the House Code of Ethics.
"The Committee is aware of public allegations that Representative Katie Hill may have engaged in a sexual relationship with an individual on her congressional staff, in violation of House Rule XXIII, clause 18(a)," Chairman Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and Ranking Member Kenny Marchant (R-Texas) said in a joint statement late Oct. 23.
According to the House of Representatives Code of Official Conduct: "A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not engage in a sexual relationship with any employee of the House who works under the supervision of the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, or who is an employee of a committee on which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner serves. This paragraph does not apply with respect to any relationship between two people who are married to each other."
In a letter to family, friends, supporters, and constituents later Wednesday, Hill said the allegations that she had an affair with a congressional staffer were false and accused her estranged husband of trying to humiliate her.
"I am disgusted that my opponents would seek to exploit such a private matter for political gain. This coordinated effort to try to destroy me and the people close to me is despicable and will not succeed," she wrote, adding that shes cooperating with the Ethics Committee.
She also admitted having an affair with a younger campaign aide despite knowing it was wrong.
"During the final tumultuous years of my abusive marriage, I became involved in a relationship with someone on my campaign. I know that even a consensual relationship with a subordinate is inappropriate, but I still allowed it to happen despite my better judgment. For that I apologize," she wrote.
#new #California Democrat #KatieHill admits affair, apologizes, promises to work with Ethics Committee. pic.twitter.com/SZPXKGkEVl
— Kevin Corke (@kevincorke) October 24, 2019
According to a Nov. 2018 Ethics Committee report into another member of Congress, Congress members can also get in trouble for things that happen during the campaigns. "The Committee has repeatedly noted it has jurisdiction over misconduct relating to a successful campaign for election to the House," the report stated.
Three photographs of Hill, 32, and a woman in her 20s were published last week by Red State, including a photograph showing Hill naked and brushing the staffers hair. Hill was in a long-term sexual relationship with her husband, Kenny Heslep, and the female campaign staffer, who was hired by Hill in 2017, through May 2017, according to texts obtained by Red State.
Hill started in Congress in January.
Other texts showed Heslep learning of an affair Hill had with a campaign worker who is now a congressional staffer, Graham Kelly. Heslep said he filed for divorce after learning about the affair.
Along with denying the affair with Kelly, Hill said whoever distributed the intimate photographs of her should be punished and that she had notified the police.
"I have notified Capitol Hill police who are investigating the situation and potential legal violations of those who posted and distributed the photos, and therefore will have no further comment on the digital materials," she said.
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From our experience, here are a few of the biggest Website mistakes. Usability testing and solid Internet marketing strategies can minimize these problems.
There is a usability gap where the site visitor does not understand your message or how to use the site properly. This causes a disconnect between the intentions of the Website and how people actually use the site. Most sites are created in a vacuum where only a few people build something that is seen by many. Putting your site in front of test users is a great way to break free from this vacuum and gain real understanding of how people use your site.
IT departments manage the Website, rather than marketing. Websites are marketing tools best managed by marketing. IT staff may oversee development and technology issues, but marketing staff are the key strategists behind the site's purpose and use. Marketing should be advocates for the customer and best understand to how to meet customer needs.
Many Websites are ugly with a poor layout, colors, graphics, photos and small fonts. This can happen when an IT staff member takes it upon himself or herself to become a graphic designer. This leads to a site with too many images, photos or too much design. Visitors comment on this by noticing that the site is too cluttered, noisy and confusing.
Look for designers that specialize in clean, simple and easy to follow designs. Site visitors are much more interested in ease of use and access to the key information they want, rather than too much design.
The site breaks or is clunky. Thoroughly test your site because broken links and other site problems are a reflection on your business and a marketing issue. This communicates the wrong message about your company. In depth user testing can help alert you to technical flaws and fix them.
One common mistake on the Web is sites that focus on the company too much, with little meaningful content for visitors. Fill your site with benefits to customers that answer their questions and meet their needs. Your site will only get results in direct proportion to what it does for visitors and customers.
· Keep the site updated on a regular basis.
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· Use a secure connection.
· People with money wear reading glasses, use large fonts on the Web.
· Be consistent and keep it simple. This leads to happy site visitors.
Finally, remember that on the Web you can't just "build it and they will come." You must market the Website to draw in traffic.
What has been the ROI on this Website?
What do suppose people are thinking when they see the home page?
Do you have comprehensive stats, including unique visitors?
How can we get traffic to this site?
What works on the Internet in our industry or marketplace?
Do I need a Website? Why?
How easy is it for users to navigate the site?


Macy's is having some great sales going on today! Easter is next weekend, just a little over a week away, so they are having sales on Easter Dresses up to 40% off! You'll find brands like Calvin Klein, DKNY, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger & many more. This sale is going on today & tomorrow only, Friday April 12th & Saturday April 13, 2019.
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Let us know your favorite finds at Macy's right now! Remember, that you can get free shipping when ship to your local store, too – just make sure to look at the pickup date to make sure it's in time for Easter.
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Here's your chance to explore Scotland's attractions like never before - through virtual reality! Navigate your way around an interactive map and visit 3D models of some of Scotland's most iconic locations before taking a 360° tour around each.
Developed during the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design Scotland 2016, this app was a collaborative project between the Scottish academic, technology and tourism sectors. It allows you, wherever you are in the world, to take a virtual tour of iconic tourist attractions in Scotland during the Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology 2017.


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Q: Transform a label from string to float I want to transform the label (that is a string) in a float number.
I'm doing like this:
label = LabelEncoder()
balanced_data['label'] = label.fit_transform(balanced_data['activity'])
balanced_data.head()

And I obtain label in number form but still string.
How can I fix it? Thank you

A: Let's assume a new DataFrame with two columns (the Product and Price columns). Only this time, the values under the Price column would contain a combination of both numeric and non-numeric data:
You can then use the astype(float) method to perform the conversion into a float:
Data = {'Product': ['A','B'],'Price': ['250','270']}
df = pd.DataFrame(Data)
df['Price'] = df['Price'].astype(float)

print (df)
print (df.dtypes)

A: Your problem is somewhere else. You define label = LabelEncoder()  - then you use label.type and get AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'type'.
This means label (at this exact moment) is of type string whereas it should be reported to be <class 'sklearn.preprocessing._label.LabelEncoder'> following label = LabelEncoder()!

When fit'ing labels that way, you get integers already, not strings: no conversion whatsoever needed:
from sklearn import preprocessing
import pandas as pd
from random import random, choice

r = random
c = choice

df = pd.DataFrame([[r(),r(),r(),r(),c(["sitting","standing"])] for _ in range(6)],
                  columns=["quat1","quat2","quat3","quat4","activity"])

le = preprocessing.LabelEncoder()
df["label"] = le.fit_transform(df["activity"])

print(df)
print(df["label"].dtypes)

Output:
      quat1     quat2     quat3     quat4  activity  label
0  0.550365  0.051738  0.485262  0.194497  standing      1
1  0.656460  0.151324  0.131370  0.338022  standing      1
2  0.512595  0.501235  0.449589  0.302794  standing      1
3  0.440568  0.043643  0.817394  0.128534   sitting      0
4  0.364890  0.714289  0.683436  0.731021   sitting      0
5  0.708488  0.423278  0.624220  0.880735  standing      1

int32

To get back to your label, use
print(le.inverse_transform([0]))   # ['sitting']

See Examples on sklearn.preprocessing.LabelEncoder documentation

A: You can try the "eval"
st = "5"
st_as_int = eval(st)
print(type(st_as_int))

would return "int"

A: Since the label is currently a string, you will have to cast the string to a float.
label = float(label)

That should work. More on casting here.

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Women to Women is a place to develop friendships between women of all ages to help one another along the walk of faith. Many personal testimonies are shared and a variety of activities enjoyed through the year.
Ladies, come enjoy an afternoon of tea and testimonies.


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Home News FAMILY PLANNING SUMMIT: RENEWING COMMITMENT TO THE FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM
FAMILY PLANNING SUMMIT: RENEWING COMMITMENT TO THE FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM
Kabul, 2 February 2019 – The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in collaboration with UNFPA Afghanistan and other international health partners today convened a one-day national summit on family planning.
Afghanistan's health sector has made remarkable progress over the last decade. This includes a significant decline in maternal mortality that is attributed to the increased promotion and delivery of family planning services. Despite such progress, family planning use has remained static – at 20 percent – over the last eight years.
The Government of Afghanistan has identified family planning as one of its key priorities. The low level of family planning use poses a threat to maternal and child health, household incomes and national economic development.
"Due to a high fertility rate, around half of country's population is under 15 years of age. Continuing with the same fertility trend will increase the youth bulge. Given our limited resources, it would be difficult to provide opportunities to fulfil the potential of all the young people," says Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz, the Minister of Public Health.
The summit aims to mobilize the political commitment and leadership of government in coordination with other partners to enable investments for increased access to quality family planning services in Afghanistan. The event will bring together relevant government ministries, members of parliament, UN agencies, donors, civil society, the media, non-governmental organizations and religious leaders.
The Government of Afghanistan and UNFPA as well as national and international health partners renew their commitment to reach the most vulnerable people with family planning services in order to ensure universal access and address unmet needs.
"Universal access to voluntary family planning services can reduce maternal deaths by as much as three quarters and infant deaths by a fifth," says Dr. Bannet Ndyanabangi, UNFPA Afghanistan Country Representative. "Investing in family planning is also part of a larger effort to improve women's education, employment and socio-economic progress. It's about a new path to sustainable development."
Click here for Dari version
Click here for Pashto version
At the Ministry of Public Health: Dr. Zelaikha Anwari, +93 700034540, zanwari.mophrhd@gmail.com
At UNFPA Afghanistan: Dr. Abdul Malik Faize, +93 729 261 345, faize@unfpa.org
Story of Freshta: A Dream Comes True
Afghanistan Commemorates the World Population Day 2018; "Family Planning is a Human Right"
Training midwives for new Family Health Houses in Herat and Ghor Provinces
National Family Planning Summit Report


Apache Software Foundation community has grown to over 300 projects with over 6000 code committers.
This year's most popular projects were Hadoop, Ambari, Camel, Ignite, and Beam. By size, the repos for OpenOffice, NetBeans, Flex, Hadoop, and Trafodion took up the most space on the ASF servers.
You'll find the full report from ASF here.


Here's the TV footage of the Blue Knights' Mark Arnold (5.79 MB) getting the "Everyday Hero" award from Denver's ABC affiliate TV station KMGH (channel 7). Thanks to Rosalie Danskin of the Blue Knights for sending us the videotape. To view it, you'll need a recent version of the Windows Media player (available for free HERE). Here's the news story that we ran about Arnold winning the award: Mark Arnold of the Blue Knights was honored Wednesday by Denver's ABC affiliate TV station KMGH (channel 7) as an "Everyday Hero." Each week, the station "salutes Coloradans who are making a difference in their community." For more information about the award, go HERE. Arnold was nominated by the Blue Knights' Alumni Association for his many years of dedication to the Blue Knights and its many programs. In addition to TV personality Mitch Jelniker of Channel 7, many people showed up to surprise him: Members of the booster and corporate boards, a Blue Knight parent, several alumni and even his two daughters.
The presentation and interview will be televised on Channel 7 (KMGH) on Friday, July 18 at 10 p.m., Sunday, July 20 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Wednesday, July 23 at 11 a.m.
Channel 7 accepts nominations on their website via a series of questions to be filled out and submitted. Below are the responses to all of the questions as written by various members of the alumni association.
Did the nominee solve this problem by himself/herself? Who else was involved in initiating the situation? Mark has the assistance of the booster board and the corporate board, and when the corps is on the road there are volunteers who help with cooking, driving and other aspects of getting the caravan down the road, but all in all Mark points everyone in the right direction. He has been the constant driving force of the organization for 19 years.
How has this made a difference in the lives of others? Who has benefited from the solution? I don't think you could even begin to count the number of corps members Mark has helped out. He keeps alive a creative outlet for kids to learn not only how to become a better performer or musician, but how to become a better person. Mark provides these young adults the opportunity to gain personal dignity, self-confidence, responsibility and perseverance at the time of their lives when they need it most.
Is the nominee still involved in the solution/program? If so, how? Mark is the heart and soul of the Blue Knights organization and his dedication is unsurpassed and irreplaceable.
Has the nominee motivated others to actively get involved? Has the nominee inspired others to solve problems in their neighborhood? When you are dealing with a non-profit organization, there is always a struggle to get people to volunteer. Mark seems to find a way to not only get people involved but to have them enjoy themselves and return year after year. He successfully inspires others to volunteer to do everything from cook four meals a day for the kids while the corps is on the road to selling souvenirs to housing members of the staff and corps to working bingo games. He has also inspired many professionals including Bill Welsh (music composer for the youth organization "Up With People") and Andrew Hudson (spokesperson for Mayor Webb) to become actively involved in the Blue Knight organization. In terms of inspiring others to solve problems in their neighborhood, the best testament to how Mark spreads his wings throughout our community is to look at all the music programs in schools around the state, from high school marching bands (90 percent of Colorado marching bands have Blue Knight members, alumni or staff members teaching them) to elementary and middle school music classes.
Does this go beyond the scope of the nominee's job? Practically everything Mark does goes beyond the scope of his job. If something needs to be done and nobody has stepped up to do it, Mark will do it regardless of whether or not it is in his "job description." As stated above, in addition to his "official" job title of corps director, Mark acts as a cook, counselor, bus driver, mechanic, maid, handyman, diplomat, instructor and father to each member of the corps. Mark dedicates his time and services year-round to the corps and in return we offer our eternal gratitude and admiration.
How long has the nominee worked on the program? This is his 19th year with the corps.
What sacrifices has the nominee made in order to ensure the success of the program? Mark has worked relentlessly on the success of the Blue Knights. He has donated time and money to ensure that the members of the Blue Knights do not go without food and transportation during the organization's hard times. Mark has sacrificed 19 summers away from his family, missing out on normal family activities such as vacations and soccer games.


LBEH (Let's Bring Em Home) is an organization that purchases plane tickets for junior enlisted military personnel, allowing them the opportunity to fly home and spend the holidays with their families. This program was initially started in December 2001 to show grateful appreciation to American service members deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and has become an annual tradition ever since.
You too can be a part of this awesome event - by donating frequent flyer miles and/or making financial contributions - if you can't do either, then help out by spreading the word of this effort to others!


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Radagun was started by husband and wife songwriters Todd and Aimee Low. Since their start in late 2008 they have developed an intense on-line presence, performed live on TV, and had their music and videos featured on several stations including Fuse TV, MTV Latin America, and The Oxygen Network on the hit reality TV show The Bad Girls Club. Their music was also featured in the award winning independent film I Want Him Dead, and is featured in the video game JAM Live Music Arcade for X-Box and Playstation 3 along with Fallout Boy, Modest Mouse and others. Radagun has been reviewed in several prominent online music blogs, and has been featured in AMP Magazine, and Alternative Press.
Radagun recorded with producers Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount (All Time Low, Cartel) to produce their full length album Life Lessons which featured their single "Check Me Out". The single received top 15 charting on CMJ radio stations. Later they entered the studio with Scott Riebling (Fallout Boy, Cobra Starship) and Paul David Hager (Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus) to record their EP We Just Woke Up. To promote their EP CD they hit the road with Atomic Tom, 100 Monkeys, and several others.