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Tabor survives trip to Saint Mary
ORIGINALLY WRITTEN TOM STOPPEL
The 13th ranked Tabor College Bluejays survived five turnovers and defeated the University of Saint Mary Saturday in Lansing, 21-12.
Dwayne Cleaves scored on a 14 yard run on Tabors first possession of the game to give the Bluejays a quick 7-0 lead.
But it would prove to be the only score for Tabor in the half, as they led just 7-6 into the halftime locker room.
Tyson Ratzlaff hauled in a Ricky Ishida pass from 38 yards out with 6:39 to play in the third quarter, giving Tabor a 14-6 lead, but the Spires answered with a 53-yard fumble return for a score to cut the lead to 14-12.
That was the score with 7:20 to play in the contest when Ernest Garza picked off a Saint Mary pass and returned it 41 yards to secure the Bluejay victory.
Tabor had 328 yards total offense and 17 first downs to just 190 yards and nine first downs for Saint Mary, but Tabor turnovers repeatedly thwarted Bluejay drives.
With the win, Tabor moves to 7-0 overall and 6-0 in conference play.
Next Saturday, the Ottawa Braves come to Hillsboro in a battle for first place, as they also sport a perfect 6-0 KCAC record. Game time is set for 1:30.
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China Rendez-Vous, a unique all-encompassing luxury lifestyle event, which has seen great success in previous seven years, is coming back again. This year's event is set to be held at Sanya Visun Times Coast between December 8th and 11th, 2017.
Initiated and launched by Visun group, China Rendez-Vous is definitely the most important event in Hainan. Since 2010, it has developed as Asia's first lifestyle exhibition in terms of scale, exhibitor brands, the amount of visitors and orders.
In 2016 alone, the event's on-site transactions even reached 2 million yuan. This year, a good number of domestic and international yacht brands have confirmed to attend the show, including Ferretti Yachts, JETSET Marine, Jetpon Group, Jeanneau and OMNIA Marine.
The world's largest market capitalisation of Asian Jewellery brands Chow Tai Fook has confirmed its partnership as Strategic Partner and will once again exhibiting the latest jewellery collection at the show, hopes to attract more elites and widening its brand awareness within Chinese market through the industrial influence of China Rendez-Vous.
Besides luxury yachts and premium lifestyles, there are more items that can be seen involving real estate, luxurious cars, tourism, artistic works and fashion.
Sanya is already a booming hub for the international yachting community. Strongly backed by the government, the China Rendez-Vous forms part of the plan to build the city into a high-end international tourism destination and bring more and more superyachts to the region's waters.
As a world-class brand promoting yachting and premium lifestyles, China Rendez-Vous has become a significant window showcase in China. In the coming months, China Rendez-Vous is planning to host Media & Friends Gathering and VIP Exclusive Dinner events in five cities and regions including Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Hong Kong to introduce the marine culture and lifestyle, and keep audiences familarized with the details of 2017 China Rendez-Vous.


Hope everyones doing okay. I've been working on a billing sheet for a company with multiple product codes and rates etc to be pulled from the master sheet. I would like to create a macro wherein values from certain cells such as invoice number, date, client name, part name, rate, units, taxable values, different taxes, and the total amount to be auto populated into a different sheet, thus saving the task of having to fill the vey same values for the purpose of maintaining records.
Thanks very much in advance.!
Do you mean that you would like to populate a number of different sheets? That is, a different sheet for each customer?
Hey Vcoolio, thank for getting back.
OK. Can you now supply us with an example so that we can better understand your scenario.
Upload a sample of your work book (please use dummy data) to a free file sharing site such as Drop Box and then post the link to your file back here.
This will give us something to work with and test. Please show us in the sample your inputs ("Invoices" sheet) and the expected results in the "Sales Details" sheet.
Thank you so much for coming forward to help. My mail is ***@*** . If you could send me your contact mail on my address, id be happy to share the file for you to take a look at.
Figured i'm not allowed to share email addresses on here.
Good that you picked up on that. This is a public forum and, for the benefit of anyone else who comes this way looking for a similar solution, all queries need to be dealt with publicly not privately.
Anyway, I'm assuming that your invoice set up will remain the same for all clients and you would like the details from each section of the invoice summarised in the Sales Details sheet, listed horizontally under the appropriate heading. The Sales Details sheet will basically be a summary sheet for all client invoices. Have I understood this correctly?
If so, I'll have a look at this tonight and get back to you tomorrow.
BTW, I also assume that you would like the entries in the invoice to be cleared once transferred to the Sales Details sheet. Is this correct?
Thank you so much for helping me out with this.
The sales data sheet would be a summary of values generated in the invoice and would be best if I could clear the key values from the invoice sheet barring the formulae once the data is populated in the sales data sheet.
Also, it would be great if you could provide some pointers on how and where the macro formula can be edited in the future if certain cell values are to be removed, added or modified.
Really appreciate this help. Thanks again.
ws2.Range("A3:A" & lr) = "=A2"
ws2.Range("B3:B" & lr) = "=B2"
ws2.Range("C3:C" & lr) = "=C2"
ws2.Range("D3:D" & lr) = "=D2"
ws2.Range("E3:E" & lr) = "=E2"
ws2.Range("L2:L" & lr) = "=K2*J2"
ws2.Range("N2:N" & lr) = "=IF(E2=""y"",(L2*(M2*50%)),""0"")"
ws2.Range("O2:O" & lr) = "=N2"
ws2.Range("P2:P" & lr) = "=IF(E2=""n"",(L2*M2),""0"")"
ws2.Range("Q2:Q" & lr) = "=SUM(L2)+SUM(N2:P2)"
Merged cells generally play havoc with VBA coding but I think that I've managed to get around that problem. It would be good if you could change the formatting to exclude any merged cells as this would also reduce the amount of code required for a work around.
There are two codes above but place them in one standard module and assign the "MoveIt" code to a button in your "Invoices" sheet.
Because of the way the invoice is set up, I found it simpler to use a helper sheet, so, in your work book, open a new sheet and name it "Helper". Don't worry about placing any headings in the "Helper" sheet. The code will actually hide this sheet once it has done its job.
You'll note in the code that I have used your formulae (slightly modified) to help with the data transfer.
The key values are cleared from the invoice once the data transfer is completed with all formulae being left intact.
This will automatically click the date over for you each day.
Should you ever need to, the key to making any alterations to the code lie in the copy array (cArray) and the paste array (pArray). But be careful with altering anything as both arrays are tied to each other for correct copying/pasting. For example, J12 (Invoices) is pasted to A2 (Sales Details), M12 is pasted to B2 etc.. They are ordered pairs and must be in the same position in their respective arrays. You may also need to carefully examine the second part of the code ("ClearItMergeIt) to ensure correct unmerging-clearing-merging. But, if you are not too sure, just come back here for help.
Click on the "RUN" button to see it work.
Test the codes in a copy of your work book first.
I'm having some issues with Drop Box at the moment.
WOW!! Works like a charm! Does exactly what i had set out to! Thank you so very much for your tremendous help! I was not able to access the drop box file, but i managed to insert the code and get it to run!. I really appreciate you continuing to be involved!
So just to be clear, henceforth if i have to add new cell values or remove existing ones, i just enter/delete the cell number from the (cArray) and ensure that the corresponding cell number is entered/deleted from the (pArray)?
Once again, really grateful for the effort!
Excellent! I'm glad to have been able to help.
Yes. Just alter the arrays as needed and keep them ordered but, like I said, just come back for help if you get stuck somewhere along the line.
Did the other link work?
I'll leave it to you to mark this thread as solved.
Holy cow, That is a lot of footwork there, bud! Nice job, once again!
I am saving this link as a proof of concept, so others can use the model!
I think Rodney owes you a steak (I have to keep with the beef theme!)!
Thanks for the kind words. It became a bit of a challenge so I just "kept on truckin' "!
The merged cells provided the challenge (don't like merged cells).
Yes. Good idea. After all, that's what these public forums are for.
Ha. For all that work , I need to buy you a couple of pints to wash down that steak as well bud!
And yes. The other link worked too.!
Hmmmm... I think I know what you mean!
@rodney, keep coming back, we will all learn with contributors such as vcoolio!
Absolutely. Will always keep coming back whenever there is a particularly tricky subject!
Thanks Rodney and Mark for all the kind words. All the Volunteers here do what they can, when they can, to help out.
We might see you again Rodney (steak and pints in hand!).


This infographic shows a variety of data about the cycle track within Calgary and primarily focuses on the gender gap. This project included working with extensive research and data from The City of Calgary to create easy to understand diagrams. The different types of data visualizations within the infographic include a choropleth map, bar graphs and donut charts.
This project was presented at Calgary City Hall where students had the opportunity to showcase their work and take part in conversations about the research the city collected and how we, as information designers, visualized it.


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Hittepetit is een benaming in het Nederlands voor een klein bedrijvig persoon van het vrouwelijk geslacht. Het kan een jongedame zijn die assertief en toch wel positief ervaren overkomt, maar ook een vrouw die druk-druk-druk is. Truus de Mier, een personage uit De Fabeltjeskrant, voldoet volgens sommigen ook aan deze definitie.

Het woord werd in 1855-1856 behandeld in het tijdschrift De Navorscher, waar geconcludeerd werd dat het woord te maken had met 'hit' of 'hitje' in de betekenis Hitlands paard(je) en de toevoeging 'petit' zou een rijmende verlenging zijn. De definitie was 'een vrouw of meisje, klein van persoon, die altijd in beweging is en gedurig heen en weer draaft'.

In 1921 kwam de revue Hittepetit op de planken, met tekst van Sam Trip en muziek van Chris van Dinteren. Het vrolijke kermisspel gaat over een meisje uit Marken dat de liefde als een spel zag, maar uiteindelijk toch trouwde met haar Janus. De revue werd populair, maar het gelijknamige liedje uit het toneelstuk werd een regelrechte hit: Hittepetit is van alle meisjes/ zeker de liefste die ik ken. Het werd gezongen door onder anderen de cabaretier Eduard Jacobs. Het meisje Hittepetit was als sympathieke wildebras overbekend in het Nederland van de jaren twintig, getuige bijvoorbeeld het reisje naar Weesp 'In de lange tram' dat Carry van Bruggen beschreef in haar krantenrubriek 'Van het Platteland'.

Externe link
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To the office in jeans? Well, at most places, no one would even raise an eyebrow. Although I love jeans and I always wear them when I'm off work, I rarely wear them to work. Not because of me and what I choose but because of other peoples expectations. I have ended up in situations and meetings where I just don't feel comfortable in jeans. But today is a good jeans day! I feel cool, stylish and confident!


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Is Conan O'Brien Stealing Jokes From Twitter?
By Jacob Geers, July 28th 2015
Flickr / Roberta Romero
Robert "Alex" Kaseberg is a freelance writer who is accusing Conan O'Brien and his comedy show — cleverly entitled Conan — of stealing jokes from his Twitter account.
As the story goes, Kaseberg posted the following joke on his Twitter account and personal Blogspot site (I didn't realize Blogspot was still around).
"A Delta flight from Cleveland to New York took off with only two passengers. And they wrestled for control of the armrest the entire flight."
Kaseberg claims that the exact same joke appeared on Conan's show the next night, but that he initially brushed it off as a coincidence.
My immediate reaction was they stole my joke. But then I remembered that, although the odds are slight of somebody also picking an armrest struggle for a joke, I decided maybe it was a coincidence. Conan and his staff did not seem to me to be the type to steal jokes.
But then, according to Kaseberg, it happened again:
[On] Feb. 3rd I wrote and posted this joke on my blog at 9:02 am and on Twitter;
"Tom Brady has decided to give his Super Bowl MVP truck to the man who won the game for the Patriots. So enjoy that truck Pete Carroll."
Again, like my armrest joke, the very same joke appeared the next day, Feb. 4th, on Conan's monologue almost exactly word for word. Conan said; "So they gave the truck to Pete Carroll."
After a third incidence of "joke stealing," Kaseberg had had enough. He decided to contact Conan's head writer, Mike Sweeney.
For what seemed like 15 agonizing minutes, Mike Sweeney, the head writer of "Conan," angrily and loudly denied those were my jokes. He was furious that I was accusing them of stealing jokes, but most of all he was incensed that I would suggest his writers would have anything to do with my pathetic blog and it's author, me, a no-name failure.
This whole situation is kinda weird. As many people have pointed out, Kaseberg's jokes were all about topical events and contained material that could be easily thought of by others. Kaseberg also comes off as a conspiracy theorist, who is easy set-off and upset.
But, I am also struck with how bizarre The Conan Show's response to the allegation has been. If his account is true (which it might not be), why was Mike Sweeney act so pissed off during their phone call? If I am Sweeney, and the allegation is false, I sweetly tell the person that we didn't steal their content, offer a complimentary tote bag, and hang up as soon as possible. I don't rant and scream into the phone like a crazy person.
Conan assistant Andy Richter has also made a weirdly defensive tweet about the whole ordeal:
There's no possible way more than one person could have concurrently had these same species-elevating insights! THESE TAKES ARE TOO HOT!
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) July 27, 2015
I guess I just don't find it very likely that Conan stole some jokes off an obscure blogspot website, but I also think that if the allegations are false, they really need some new PR people to help guide them through shit like this.
True or not, Kaseberg is going through with a lawsuit. He is suing Conan O'Brien and the show in California court for violating his copyright on the jokes. I guess we'll see how this turns out?
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Luis Joshua Vicente-Ramirez, 16, of no fixed address was taken into custody this afternoon, police say.
A teen wanted in a double murder in York was arrested Tuesday afternoon, according to York City Police.
Luis Joshua Vicente-Ramirez, 16, of no fixed address, was arrested around 4:55 p.m. in the 300 Block of East Cottage Place, a news release states. He was taken into custody by patrol officers.
The teen was wanted in the deaths of 28-year-old Jameel Murray and 15-year-old Dezmen Jones. The two had been shot on Sept. 26 in the area of the 600 block of West Princess Street.
Vicente-Ramirez faces charges of two counts of criminal homicide, firearms not to be carried without a license and possession of a firearm by a minor.


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Harnessing the sun's power to light up rural SA
Apr 08 2018 06:01
Miriam Mannak
Solar-powered shipping container lights up communities
Limpopo's solar plant shows coal not only power king of the Bushveld
(Solar) power to the people
RMB sees the money in financing solar power
SA bets on gas, renewables for biggest chunk of energy capacity
Over 70% of Africa's energy to come from renewables
Load shedding may be behind us, but South Africa's energy situation leaves much to be desired.
Millions of people, mostly living in rural areas, don't have access to electricity and are forced to rely on charcoal, paraffin and firewood.
Off-grid solar solutions have the potential to solve this issue.
South Africa may have significantly improved people's access to electricity since 1994, but 16% of the population – 8 million men, women and children – still has no power.
One reason, besides being unable to afford electricity, is that the national grid doesn't reach remote, rural areas.
Renewable energy can make a difference, particularly off-grid solutions that don't require recipients to be connected to the national grid.
READ: Signing of renewable deals in line with NDP - Parliament committees
This market is exploding, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
The 2018 Off-Grid Solar Market Trends report by Lighting Global, an initiative by the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank and the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association, shows that 130 million off-grid home kits, solar kiosks and other devices have been sold across sub-Saharan Africa since 2010.
East Africa is leading the way in this regard.
One of the key players, M-Kopa, has sold more than 600 000 solar-power home kits in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since its launch in 2011.
Its goal is to increase that number to 4 million by 2023.
South Africa has jumped on to the off-grid solar bandwagon with innovations such as Shakti Energy, Freedom Won and The Sun Exchange.
One of the latest ventures is SolarTurtle, a local manufacturer of solar-powered kiosks and containers that serve as small business premises.
CEO and founder James van der Walt said: "There is a massive off-grid solar opportunity in South Africa because the demand for electricity is growing, and because of the applicability of solar – the sun shines everywhere.
"I had the idea in 2009 when I was living in Ireland, but I only had the courage to give up my day job as a software engineer when I moved back to South Africa in 2011."
Van der Walt said that, on his return to South Africa, he contacted the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies at the University of Stellenbosch for feedback.
"They suggested I enrol in their mechanical engineering master's programme, which I did."
He decided to focus on off-grid solar applications after visiting 12 schools in the Eastern Cape where the departments of education, and science and technology had started rolling out tablets.
READ: Jeff Radebe signs R56bn contract with renewable power producers
"The problem was their energy supply," Van der Walt said.
"Government-installed solar panels had been stolen or were broken, and there were issues related to copper cable theft.
"Security is a big issue. It is a well-organised campaign that goes from school to school to steal cables and panels after school when there is no one around. They asked me to have a look at the situation, which I did," said Van der Walt.
The first pilot container was deployed in June 2015, thanks to support from the Technology Innovation Agency, and the department of science and technology.
More opened in due course, including Nedbank's first solar branch in Mncwasa, 60km from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape in September.
"This was exciting. Not everyone sees the value of rural electrification," said Van der Walt.
"I hope more of these contracts come our way soon. There is a business case for new markets, which are people living in informal settlements and rural areas. Many companies seem to be waking up
to this.
"We are making a difference from every direction," he said, noting that SolarTurtle aimed to spread its wings when the time was right.
Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe are countries Van der Walt wants to expand into.
"At the same time, we don't want to lose South Africa as a market," he said.
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Hey everyone! We are super excited to announce a tour we're hosting for TRACING SHADOWS by Alex Lidell which releases on April 8th!
The tour will run for two weeks - from April 9th-13th & 16th-20th will have two stops per day and will consist of a mix of reviews, and excerpts.
We are totally stoked for the tour for TRACING SHADOWS this April (Jaime loves this one!)! We can't wait for everyone to read it!


State Police Troop "L" investigate fatal crash on the Southern State Parkway in Farmingdale, NY.
Ohio man wanted for kidnapping a mother and five children, arrested on the Thruway in Cheektowaga.
Bronx, NY man arrested for Leandra's Law DWI, Reckless Endangerment, and multiple other charges following a pursuit on the Thruway with children in the car.
Poughkeepsie, New York – On April 18, 2019, the New York State Police from the Poughkeepsie barracks arrested Christopher Zambas, age 31, of Pleasant Valley, for Falsifying Business Records in the 1st degree, a class E felony, and Providing a False Sworn Statement in the 2nd degree, a class A misdemeanor.
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Donald Donald Trump's education foundation has given $1.6 million to a white supremacist organization, the group's leaders say.
The foundation has not responded to a request for comment.
The foundation did not respond to questions about the donation.
White supremacists have been an active part of the Trump family's life for decades.
A review of federal tax records shows Don Jr. and Eric Trump gave more than $5 million to white nationalist groups and organizations in the last decade.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, is a white nationalist group that advocates for an "ethno-cultural homeland."
Its leaders have said the group is "fighting to restore the white race to its rightful place as the dominant race in the world."
The organization has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding over the years, but its president has said its funding comes from private donors.
The Trump Foundation's statement to The Associated Press says the money was given to "white separatist organizations and their allies in government and business."
It says the foundation's purpose is to "advocate for the rights and prosperity of white people" and that it will "actively engage with organizations that promote the ideals of white nationalism and white supremacy."
The statement says Don Jr., Eric and Ivanka Trump are "fully committed to the welfare of all Americans."
The foundation says it has never been involved in any kind of violence or criminal activity.
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Producers of food and health supplements could use their labeling to inform consumers of the truth regarding certain elements of their products.
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Last week, President Barack Obama officially signed bill HR 933, The Consolidated and Further Continuing Associations Act, which contains a subsection that would allegedly uphold the practice of using GMOs for food production.
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Saleh Kebzabo (en ) né à Léré dans le sud ouest du Tchad le 27 mars 1947 est un homme politique tchadien. Il est le président de l'Union nationale pour le développement et le renouveau (UNDR), député à l'Assemblée nationale du Tchad et opposant au régime d'Idriss Déby. En , Kebzabo est nommé Premier ministre du Tchad.

Études et profession
Il poursuit ses études primaires et secondaires au Cameroun et en 1966 intègre le centre de formation des journalistes à Paris. Il a ensuite étudié de de 1972 à 1974 à l'Institut français de presse à l'Université Paris 2.

Il a été journaliste, rédacteur en chef et directeur à l'Agence tchadienne de presse de 1968 à 1972. Entre 1972 et 1976, il fut pigiste puis rédacteur à Jeune Afrique. De 1975 à 1976 il a été correspondant régional de Jeune Afrique à Dakar et à ensuite été membre fondateur de Demain L'Afrique à Paris en 1977. En 1980, il est directeur de publication de Demain l'Afrique à Paris. En 1989, il créa son propre journal : N'Djaména Hebdo.

Saleh Kebzabo a créé en 1986 l'Agence de publicité et de communication Média pub de la STI (Société tchadienne d'informatique) et de la Grande Librairie du Tchad. Il a également participé à la réhabilitation du Centre national du patronat tchadien (CNPT) par le Rotary Club de N'Djaména. De 1986 à 1992 il fut membre de la Fédération tchadienne de basket ball, vice-président puis président. Il est membre actif du Rotary Club International depuis 1988 et a été 2 fois Président de ce groupe : en 2002 et en 2018. Il participe par ailleurs à la Convention du Rotary International à Chicago en 2005.

En 1991, Saleh Kebzabo participe à la réunion de l'UNESCO sur la presse à Windhoek (Namibie). En 1997 il fut Chef de la délégation tchadienne à l'Assemblée générale de l'ONU (New York) et en 2000 il participe à la Conférence générale de la FAO à Rome (Italie).

Politique

Il est membre fondateur du parti Union nationale pour le développement et le renouveau (UNDR) et est élu président de l'UNDR en 1992 à la suite de la démission du premier président. Il participe ensuite à la Conférence nationale souveraine en 1993 et participe au gouvernement issu de la CNS comme ministre du Commerce et de la Promotion industrielle ; puis ministre des Travaux publics et des Transports.

Entre 1997 et 1998, il est ministre des Affaires étrangères, ministre des Travaux publics, de l'Urbanisme et de l'Habitat, ministre des Mines, de l'Énergie et du Pétrole.

En 1999, il est ministre d'État, ministre de l'Agriculture.

De 2007 à 2016 il est député au Parlement panafricain (PAP, Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud) et a ainsi été Président de la Commission de Coopération, des Relations internationales et du Règlement des conflits au PAP.

Il participe ensuite en 2014 et 2015 au Conseil international de l'Internationale socialiste à Genève (Suisse) et Luanda (Angola).

En 1996, il devient candidat à l'élection présidentielle et obtient 8,6 % des suffrages. Il est aussi candidat en 2001 (où il obtient 7 %) et en 2006. Depuis 2011, il est considéré comme le chef de file de l'opposition au président Idriss Déby.

Il arrive second à l'élection présidentielle de 2016, avec 12,80 % des voix, Idriss Déby ayant, quant à lui, obtenu 61,56 % des suffrages exprimés. Très influent, en 2018, il surprend le reste de l'opposition en acceptant de rencontrer le président Déby. Il est à préciser que le chef de file de l'opposition à l'obligation de rencontrer le chef de l'État pour consultation et divers problèmes.

Pour l'élection présidentielle d'avril 2021, 15 partis de l'opposition se regroupent au sein de l'Alliance Victoire. En février 2021, l'Alliance organise une primaire pour désigner son candidat : Kebzabo affronte Théophile Bebzoune Bongoro qui l'emporte. Le 12 février 2021, Saleh Kebzabo annonce que son parti, l'UNDR, se retire de l'Alliance Victoire et qu'il est désigné candidat de l'UNDR à l'élection présidentielle du 11 avril 2021. En mars 2021, Saleh Kebzabo retire sa candidature et dénonce une « militarisation évidente du climat politique », après l'intrusion des forces de sécurité dans la résidence du candidat Yaya Dillo.

Après la mort d'Idriss Déby en avril 2021, son fils Mahamat Idriss Déby prend le pouvoir lors d'un coup d'État. Kebzabo reconnait la légitimité de l'autorité du Conseil militaire de transition formé par les militaires. La junte met en place un Comité d'organisation du Dialogue national inclusif chargé d'impliquer la société civile dans la mise en place d'un retour à la démocratie. En août 2021, Kebzabo est nommé vice-président du Comité d'organisation. En octobre 2022, Saleh Kebzabo est nommé Premier ministre du Tchad par Mahamat Idris Déby.

Vie privée
Il est marié à Jeanne Kebzabo, femme d'affaires et chef d'entreprises avec qui il a eu 3 garçons et une fille.

Notes et références

Naissance au Tchad
Naissance en mars 1947
Premier ministre du Tchad
Député du Tchad
Journaliste tchadien
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Q: Adding to the front of an ArrayDeque in Java I am tasked with creating a method that adds to the front (left) of an ArrayDeque without using the Deque library. I have come up with a method though its not adding to the que, it is coming out with an empty que.
Here is my addLeft method:
public T[] addLeft(T item){
    T[] copyarr = (T[]) new Object[arr.length+1];

    if(isEmpty()){
        copyarr[frontPos] = item;

    }else{
        copyarr[frontPos] = item;
        frontPos--;
        for(int i = 1; i<copyarr.length; i++){
            copyarr[i] = arr[i];
        }
    }
    arr = copyarr;
    return arr;
}

Here is the test code iv been using:
public class DequeueTest {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Dequeue test = new Dequeue();
    test.addLeft(3);
    test.addLeft(4);
    System.out.println(test.toString());
}
}

Any idea where i have gone wrong ?

A: Can you clarify "ArrayDeque without using the Deque library"? Does it mean you do not want to use the ArrayDeque from the JDK?
You've gone wrong at the array copy statement, which should be
copyarr[i] = arr[i-1]

(note how the index is shifted)
Your implementation has serious runtime costs for adding elements in front, as you are copying the array every time.
(From the computer science class: ArrayLists gain their runtime behaviour from doubling the array size, when needed, thus balancing the re-sizing costs over all append operations.)
Also, as already mentioned in the comments, have a look at the ArrayDeque implementation for inspiration. Maybe offerFirst is really just what you need.
Addition based on the comment by Ferrybig:
You may want to track the array size in an extra variable, so that the storage array can be larger than the actual deque. This way you can double the storage array size when it is too small, sparing you from creating a copy every time.
Still, you have to move the elements (from higher to lower indexes) and finally put in the new element on the first place.
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is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Playing career
Higashikawa was born in Ishikawa Prefecture on September 30, 1964. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he joined Yamaha Motors (later Júbilo Iwata) in 1988. He played many matches as side back from first season. However his opportunity to play decreased in 1990s. In 1995, he moved to the Japan Football League club Honda. He played many matches over three seasons and retired at the end of the 1997 season.

Coaching career
After retirement, Higashikawa started coaching career at Honda in 1998. In 2006, he moved to newly promoted J2 League club, Ehime FC. He served as coach for the top team in 2006 and manager for the youth team in 2007. In 2008, he moved to the Regional Leagues club V-Varen Nagasaki and became a manager. The club was promoted to Japan Football League in 2009. However, the club results were poor and he was fired in June 2009.

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Well | Gay Teenagers Face Harsher Punishments
Gay Teenagers Face Harsher Punishments
December 6, 2010 9:43 am December 6, 2010 9:43 am
5:58 p.m. | Updated
Gay, lesbian and bisexual teens in the United States are far more likely to be harshly punished by schools and courts than their straight peers, even though they are less likely to engage in serious misdeeds, according to a study published on Monday in the medical journal Pediatrics.
The findings, based on a national sample of more than 15,000 middle and high school students, come at a time of heightened attention to the plight of homosexual and bisexual teens. While several high-profile bullying and suicide cases around the country have highlighted the harassment of these adolescents by their peers, the new data suggest they also suffer a hidden bias when judged by school and legal authorities.
"Gay, lesbian and bisexual kids are being punished by police, courts and by school officials, and it's not because they're misbehaving more,'' said Kathryn Himmelstein, the study's lead author, who initiated the research while an undergraduate student at Yale University.
Ms. Himmelstein, now a high school math teacher in New York City, began the study after spending time working in the juvenile justice system during a leave of absence from college. She noticed a disproportionate number of gay and lesbian teens in juvenile court but could find no studies in the scientific literature evaluating whether gay teens were more likely to be involved in criminal activity or to be more severely punished.
As a result, she began conducting her own study for her senior thesis at Yale University. She used data collected between 1994 and 2002 for the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, an ongoing survey tracking the behavior and health issues of middle and high school students.
Researchers asked teens about nonviolent misdeeds like alcohol use, lying to parents, shoplifting and vandalism, as well as more serious crimes like using a weapon, burglary or selling drugs.
Lesbian, gay and bisexual youths were only slightly more likely to report minor and moderate non-violent misbehavior, like running away, lying to parents or shoplifting, compared to straight peers. These teens were less likely to engage in serious crimes and violence than their straight peers.
But after controlling for differences in behavior, lesbian, gay and bisexual teens overall were far more likely to be stopped by police, arrested or convicted of a crime than other adolescents, Ms. Himmelstein found.
In addition, teens who said they had experienced feelings of same-sex attraction were more likely to have been expelled from school than other teens.
Girls who labeled themselves as lesbian or bisexual appeared to be at highest risk for punishment, experiencing 50 percent more police stops and about twice the risk of arrest and conviction as heterosexual girls who reported similar levels of misconduct.
The study wasn't designed to determine the reasons that behavior by lesbian, gay and bisexual teens is more likely to be punished or criminalized. The authors speculated that the more severe punishments meted out to these teens may reflect a bias by school and court officials, or that they may be less likely to receive educational and child welfare support services than their straight peers.
"Our youth tell us this kind of thing all the time,'' said Betsy Pursell, vice president for public education and outreach for Human Rights Campaign, a Washington-based advocacy group.
Ms. Pursell notes that while teens obviously don't wear labels, teens who are struggling with same sex attraction or who have self-identified as gay may be perceived to be more difficult if they adopt various behaviors that set them apart from straight peers.
For instance, a gay teen may feel victimized or ostracized, or may be more likely to step outside traditional gender roles or be more guarded in interactions with peers and adults.
"I think adults who work with young people, for better or worse, tend to quickly categorize kids,'' says Ms. Pursell. "They may not be categorizing them as L.G.B.T., but as mainstream or out of the mainstream, a potential troublemaker or not a potential troublemaker.''
Larry Esser December 6, 2010 · 10:11 am
When I was a teen, a neighbor a couple of years older than me used to stop his car on the street just to beat me up. I never understood why, I barely knew him. But this is what happens to us, some people, including authorities, know that we are different and automatically come after us. Thanks to Ms. Himmelstein for seeing this and really looking into it. We need this research to fight the pervasive misunderstanding and stereotyping that leads to violence and mistreatment such as this.
Kim December 6, 2010 · 10:12 am
How incredibly sad!
I watched an old friend get railroaded for a crime he didn't commit–one could easily argue that no one crime was committed–because he was gay. The sheriff in Lincoln County, Tennessee, emerged from an interview with him claiming that he had confessed, when in fact the only thing he had confessed to was being gay, which everyone he worked with already knew. He lost everything. He was an adult, but under these circumstances, I can easily see a gay teen in Lincoln County railroaded or treated unfairly.
FerialDay December 6, 2010 · 10:22 am
This was my experience. Although I managed to avoid the courts, the school administrators (in what was actually a pretty progressive east coast town) were always trying to "bring me to heel." I got detention for what were minor infractions, things other girls did often and with impunity. And it was always carefully explained to me that my "attitude" was what needed reform. When I look back on it now, I see that my butchness was targeted as "attitude." Sad memories, actually. But it got better :-)
FROM TPP — Interesting insights. Thanks for sharing your story.
Patricia December 6, 2010 · 10:41 am
There was a very sad case near us a few years ago, when a developmentally delayed teen was convicted because of consensual sex with a minor, even though they were only 1 or 2 years apart in age. The "romeo and juliet" laws, which protect teens from rape convictions for consensual sex, didn't apply when the teens were the same gender. He was treated as a rapist and convicted, with a significant sentence.
Mike December 6, 2010 · 11:04 am
And everyone is so shocked and horrorified when a gay teen committs suicide.
ij December 6, 2010 · 11:07 am
"Our data show that lesbian, gay and bisexual youth are being excessively punished, but the data don't say why,''
I really hope that is a print error and that the quote should have read 'doesn't.' Yale graduates, especially those who are now grade school teachers, should know and use proper English.
FROM TPP — The word "data" is a plural noun so the quote is grammatically correct.
A.T.H. December 6, 2010 · 11:09 am
It would be interesting for the study's author to speculate how law enforcement and judicial system personnel are able to discern which girls are lesbians.
FROM TPP — I'm not sure what point you are trying to make, but it's certainly not a surprise that people might draw conclusions about teens based on appearance and mannerisms. As an earlier reader noted, the fact that she didn't conform to gender stereotypes as a young girl (she called it 'butchness') may have been misconstrued by authority figures as defiance or aggression, when in fact she was just expressing herself outside feminine norms.
Frank December 6, 2010 · 11:18 am
While it is possible that "lesbian, gay and bisexual youth are being excessively punished" by both the school and justice system, it doesn't seem likely that this study is sufficient to demonstrate this claim. In particular, the authors correlate measures of "LGB self-identification" with a number of punitive measures, including school expulsion, conviction and arrest rates. Additionally, the authors control for "behaviors, including illegal conduct" in their multivariate analysis.
How it is possible to control for the amount of illegal conduct an individual is involved in separately from the extent that this individual is punished by the school and justice system? It is difficult to say how accurate self-report measures on personal conduct will be in such a case, suggesting that the former measure (amount of illegal conduct) might be a mis-accurate representation on teenager's behavior.
While I certainly agree that this study demonstrates the growing and ominous threat to LGB teenagers in American society, I disagree with the contention that this study demonstrates any sort of institutionalized persecution on behalf of the criminal justice system.
As a result, I find it at least a little bit troubling that "the authors speculated that the more severe punishments meted out to gay teens may reflect a bias by school and court officials" without providing any evidence in support of this claim.
Leigh December 6, 2010 · 11:21 am
To every gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered teen (or adult, for that matter): I am just one of your straight allies. I can't pretend that I know what it is like to grow up in a society that isn't completely accepting of your identity, but I can say that you have my support. There is a growing army of us who support your right to be yourself and lead a peaceful life.
50PlusSam December 6, 2010 · 11:23 am
Unbelievable. And this what is called everyone is equal before the law regardless of religion, race or gender. And I naively thought that we were an enlightened society
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Edgar December 6, 2010 · 11:25 am
Teachers and judges are not immune from having prejudices; they are just supposed to rise above those prejudices when doing their jobs. Gays are still perceived as rebellious and not willing to "just change". Asking a teacher at what age he or she decided to become straight is considered insolent instead of enlightening.
In many cases, incarcerating gays instead of probation is the equivalent of doubling the penalty, because they are then introduced not only to the brutal prison population, but to the experience of having a jail term on their record. It's a bit like branding.
From now on, they'll have to explain how they came to be jailed, and trying to explain that a judge handed out a stiffer penalty because someone is gay forces an admission to people who are not entitled to that knowledge.
It would be useful to change some of our terms to "same-gender" instead of "same sex" because actual sex has so very little to do with it, and brings up the thought of, "who does what to whom?" Most gay people are simply choosing to be with peers.
Thank God the threat of branding, excessive punishment for real or perceived wrongdoings and ostracizement don't lead these "mal-adjusted" kids to suicide!
CAC in DC December 6, 2010 · 11:34 am
Gay teenagers already feel disenfranchised. This feeling can result in antisocial behavior. Even if this behavior does not actually result in criminal activity (or minor school infractions), the label still makes them more likely to be singled out by authorities. Eventually, this becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy, which not only explains the high suicide rate among gay kids, but also other self-destructive behavior in young gay people such as drug and alcohol use and dangerous promiscuity.
And yes, I'm speaking from experience. I grew up in a small, Southern town and went through 12 years of Catholic schools. Although I was not "out" in high school (that didn't happen until college) I had a large number of "out" friends in high school who struggled with the issues mentioned above. Once they worked through these issues, and it was not quick or painless, my friends (and myself) all went on to lead successful lives as gay Americans. Many are not so lucky.
But why should it be "luck" that they survived being gay?. Friends for 40 years, we get together now and talk about our experiences and the aftermath. Our conversations usually conclude with statements such as, "If I hadn't been treated like an outcast because I was a girl who liked PE and math…." or "If I wasn't treated like there was something wrong with me because I was a boy who didn't like sports but was great at choir…."
What is WRONG with an educational system that only recognizes kids who conform to some "Happy Days" stereotype as being useful, or being worthy of being encouraged even for skills and abilities that don't adhere to gender stereotypes? And how many lives, and pain, would be saved if teachers and other in positions of authority did?
Behind the headlines of suicide and violence, there is still a lot of pain. Unnecessary pain caused by small minds in (often) small towns.
keldwalker December 6, 2010 · 11:36 am
Sounds about right for a bigoted society by the USA. Watch DW Griffith's racist "The Birth of a Nation" to get an idea of what America's really about.
MD December 6, 2010 · 11:37 am
It's true, and is probably so with all species. When you are different, you are a target of base actions of cruelty as well as passive biased judgment from authority. Some teachers, ones that may have been gay themselves even picked me out in school to give me a hard time, but there were also some that gave me a break when they saw what pain I was going through with my peers.
Tonia December 6, 2010 · 11:49 am
If you think about it, we should expect this, given the statistics showing that vastly disproportionate numbers of gay, lesbian, bisexual and especially transgender teenagers experience homelessness, suicide, depression, substance abuse, and school problems (dropping out, bullying, withdrawal/absenteeism). For example, the U.S Dept. of Health and Human Services has estimated that between 20 and 40 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBT.
I'd also mention that these dynamics parallel the experiences of other oppressed groups in our criminal justice and educational systems. There's lots one can say about that, but in trying to create real solutions, I think that our culture really needs to better understand racism, sexism, homophobia/transphobia, and other oppressions, and the effects of stereotypes, behavioral confirmation, stereotype threat, etc. on human perception, judgment and performance, so we can start addressing these issues at their root. Otherwise, we won't be able to to work together to develop policies and redesign institutions that people can trust and in which they feel personally invested.
Too many lives are being compromised and wasted while people remain unable to really work on these fundamental problems, which only exacerbate the other problems our society faces (from economic inequality to insufficiencies in the educational system).
Dr Bob in the Bronx December 6, 2010 · 11:49 am
Is this surprising? Particularly in light of decisions by school boards in places like Hennepin Co. MN to require teachers to retain "neutral" on same sex issues specifically. Looking the other way enshrines bullying. Why would it not be reflected in defacto public policy? Amazing research. Amazing, too that the data even exists.
Christian December 6, 2010 · 11:55 am
I am shocked and disheartened to read the results of this study but I guess no one should be surprised that the very authorities who do nothing to prevent or punish anti-gay bullying demonstrate their own animus towards gay youth with harsher punishments to punish not the ostensible offense but rather the 'crime' of deviancy from the heterosexual norm.
The National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health includes self-reported data on misbehavior of many kinds, and I think the many studies using the data imply that social scientists believe it's valid enough. So that's how we know this bias really exists–because in looking for a correlation between 'crime' (some of these offenses are not criminal, others are status crimes, for clarity) and punishment, the authors of this study found that there is a gap for girls who self-ID as 'straight'.
Here's what I'd like to know: Are girls whose presentation to authority figures gets them tagged as 'deviant', because they are experimenting with gender norms, being punished at rates similar to their straight male peers?
That was my experience as the only out lesbian in my high school, 25 years ago. Since my dad was the town's attorney for civil cases, and my neighbor was the police chief (he succeeded my uncle in that role, supervising two of my cousins), I was protected from criminal charges by family connections. However, that protection did not extend inside the walls of the schools, where I was targeted by authority.
What I recall, through the haze induced by self-medication, is that some adults were open and honest about their view that I deserved to be punished like my male peers because I acted and looked like one of them.
So I'm wondering whether the underlying study has the data required to measure that comparison point? I know that generally girls are less likely than boys to be punished regardless of the 'crime'.
FROM TPP — Really interesting question. Unfortunately the study doesn't make the comparison, but it's food for thought and hopefully an issue that will be explored in future studies.
wdef December 6, 2010 · 11:56 am
It will probably take some more studies to show correlation, but this shouldn't be surprising, either. Assuming that institutions like courts and schools are unbiased, blind to differences, etc is assuming that somehow when people come to these places all bias mysteriously disappears…
Prejudice of any kind is not genetic, and it is a learned behavior, and given what we see of the bias and bullying of GLBT perceived youth from their peers, where do people think that bias comes from? From the parents and adults in society who, gee whiz, are the people who make up institutions like schools and the legal system.
And it doesn't necessarily matter where you live. If a student is GLBT, and living in supposedly tolerant and liberal NYC, and going to the NYC public schools, they face the fact that being gay is not exactly loved by many in the black and hispanic communities, who make up much of the school system. More importantly, the administrators and teachers are heavily minority as well, so would it surprise someone to think they could be hostile against GLBT perceived youth? Likewise, the NYPD has both minority officers, and white officers with a profile not exactly suggesting being sympathetic to gays (blue collar and catholic, a lot of them).
And then if this is true in supposedly liberal NYC, what about the bible belt or the midwest, where many of the people in 'institutions' have societal or more likely, religious bias against gays? Do you think they 'flip a magic switch' and lose their bias? Did for example southern cops and sheriffs and courts and juries check their bias at the door back in the days of Jim Crow?
Assuming that people in law enforcement or the schools will not reflect the bias of outside by the nature of being in those positions is pretty naive. It is why we sadly have hate crimes laws, it reflects the fact that when people with significant bias against them come into the court system even as victim, that those who perpetuate the crimes can find more sympathy then the victim. Likewise, when they come into these institutions, they can face harsher punishment then someone not looked down upon. Not long ago there was a murder case down in the bible belt where the fact that the perpetrator was gay was allowed to be told to the jury (when it had nothing to do with the case at hand, which I believe was murder in the act of robbery), and the accused was found guilty and sentenced to death, which for the type of crime he supposedly committed generally wouldn't draw that kind of penalty, and more importantly, when asked afterword, Jurors said that the accused being gay did influence their decision…….
and that is in 'liberal' NYC, how about in the bible belt or midwest, where many of the teachers and judges and
QueerGuy December 6, 2010 · 11:57 am
This is not unbelievable in the slightest.
The USA is a country founded on the acceptance of the hatred and fear and persecution of others: just read the almost universally lauded Declaration of Independence to see how the Founding Fathers at the time regarded the Native Americans. In fact, the Revolutionary War, of which so many Americans are so absurdly and ignorantly proud, was not conducted by patriots against a repressive foreign rule but by a gang of terrorists determined to thwart the benevolent diktats of a sovereign who was determined to try to protect all his subjects, including the "savages", from exploitation by ruthless colonialists.
Gays, lesbians and bisexuals who "misbehave" are different from the usual riff-raff who typically misbehave in that they tend to be more politically aware, more attuned to injustice, more vocal about demanding their rights from those in authority. They often read actual books – shock horror, rather than simply feed on the vapours seeping from the Idiot Box. Consequently, they're seen by those in control as "uppity" – just like those Native Americans and then those African-Americans who demanded their rights were seen as uppity by the land thieves and the plantation owners.
Teachers, school boards and cops recruit from those who have a desire to try to direct and to control; to put down and to punish others – all for their own good naturally! Many teachers and cops are bullies, sadists, racists and homophobes. That's why they become teachers and cops in the first place – so they can have the opportunity to bully others weaker than themselves, aka children, without too much interference or oversight from on high.
The home schooling movement in the USA unfortunately has become a marker in recent years for Christian nutters. But in its essence, it's the right thing to do.
Parents, if you have a gay or lesbian child, or if that child is sensitive or more intelligent than usual – don't send that child to school. Educate him or her at home instead. They can socialise outside school at sporting clubs and the like if that's what they want.
Too big an ask, or you're not smart enough or well educated enough to educate your own kids? Then don't have kids and do the world a favour!
Kasia December 6, 2010 · 12:06 pm
It was 1997, I was 18 and out for drive with the top down one night with my then girlfriend along South Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach. Snowbird season had passed so the streets were quiet on the already sleepy island. For no reason at all, we were pulled over by a police cruiser and had to endure the homophobic banter of a portly redneck who couldn't wrap his thick brain around how two attractive females could possibly be out on a romantic drive. "You must be in town for the Lillith Lesbo Fair, right?" he belched. My blistering retort didn't go over so well so he threatened to cuff us for disorderly conduct. It was then that my quick-witted paramour informed him of her relations to some powerful folks in the legal world.
He quickly recoiled and sent us on our way. Imagine if I wasn't dating the daughter of a bigshot lawyer…
Rob December 6, 2010 · 12:11 pm
I have horrible news for you. I'm 41 and it has never stopped. I'm very definitely out, but I'm a non-fem guy. I wold appear to be, and not for any reason other than I am who I am, more like a straight guy than a flamboyantly out man. I'm not judging how people choose to act or be. I will say, that regardless of a rather bland appearance, I'm still quite the target for suspicion and derision……….
I have three degrees in music performance and I am a church musician. I have also worked as a management member in the automotive related logistics business.
I have been the target of this behavior whether I was in rural Kansas, where I am now, or the supposedly liberal and accepting mid-atlantic region of Washington, DC.
I've even received the same vindictiveness from my own gay brothers and sisters while at school at Oberlin Conservatory. I do not know what it is for some of us gay folk, but for some of us, there certainly is some sort of something (Can't figure out a better name than that) which we brodcast which says, in essence, "I'm a threat, attack me before I attack you".
It's the only thing I can figure which explains why I've received the degree of hate and I can't help but wonder if it isn't the same for others.
I will say this, those who are flamboyantly out in my small Kansas hometown seem to NOT be the recipient of this behavior. For them, people shrug and say, eh, that's just so and so. But for me, a more masculine, archetypical non-flamboyant, football watching, regular sort of dude, even though I'm nice, gentle and otherwise go out of my way to help people in a spirit of kindness, I get the evil eye from gay and straights alike…….
Odd isn't it? And nobody, not family, teachers, counselors, collegues, pastors, etc. have EVER been able to figure out why I draw this wrathfull behavior from others. But they've witnessed it, to their disbelief and shrug their head just as I do………
Ana December 6, 2010 · 12:15 pm
Kudos to Kathyrn Himmelstein. Her work underscores the real contribution that undergraduates can make to knowledge. Well done! Now if only more colleges and universities received funding to help more college students do independent research…
Mind Inquirer December 6, 2010 · 12:16 pm
Y'know, I was just talking with a friend last night about how hopefully, in 50 years, we'll look back on this discrimination with the same disdain most people feel regarding the Jim Crow laws. As a 20-something, it's sad to think that I live in a society that, by and large, has such a blatant disregard for GLBT equality. This really touches a nerve for me because my brother recently came out. He had some behavioral issues in school, so some of his teachers' reactions may have been warranted, but I know that he was also pegged as "different" by both classmates and school officials. Very sad.
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R in TX December 6, 2010 · 12:18 pm
As a "butch" woman, this does not at all shock me. I didn't get into a lot of trouble as an adolescent, but I was pulled over several times for minor traffic violations. Each time, they would pat me down, search my car, and accuse me of everything from drug use to theft. Law enforcement officials wanted to find something on me, when my only crime was to exceed the speed limit by a few miles per hour.
None of my straight, gender-conforming friends were ever subjected to this kind of treatment when stopped.
FROM TPP — Terrible story.
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I want to say a huge thank you to Abby Clare for this idea! Writing this post has made me feel even more festive than I already was.
1. Is your Christmas tree real or fake?
REAL. We've always had a real tree and I have a post coming in a couple of days about why I love a real tree so much!
2. What is your favourite Christmas movie?
3. Do you have Christmas traditions? If so, what is your most cherished?
Not really, Christmas Day always follows the same format but nothing I'd consider a tradition.
4. Do you open any presents on Christmas Eve?
Absolutely not. Do I look like a monster to you? I do like the idea of a Christmas Eve box with new pyjamas, hot chocolate etc and this is something I'd consider doing when I have children of my own but I am so against opening any kind of present early.
5. What is your favourite Christmas song/carol?
I really don't think I have one. I have a Christmas playlist with about 50 songs and I'd really struggle to pick just one.
6. What decoration do you place at the very top of your tree?
A gold star, one year it had a selfie of me attached… Did someone say extra?
7. What is your favourite festive drink?
In case you couldn't tell from day number 10… Baileys Hot Chocolate!
8. How do you plan what to buy people as gifts? Plan it out in a list or just shop til you drop?
I usually have a list, I start thinking about it pretty early but end up picking little bits and pieces up when I'm shopping that weren't on the list.
9. When do you open your presents? In the morning or at night?
The morning, I can never wait! Even as an 'adult' (I use the term loosely) I'm still like a kid at Christmas and wake up super early.
10. When do you start to get excited about Christmas?
Early! Like I mentioned above, I've been watching Christmas films since September. I get waves of excitement a few months in advance and them from mid-November it's constant.
11. *Bonus Question* – What are you most excited for this year over the Christmas season?
It's the first year in about 5 or 6 that my Granda and Auntie & Uncle will be spending Christmas with us which is great. It's also the first Christmas that Ian and I will have together after 4 years of Christmases apart so I'm super excited!
Let me know if you're using this Christmas tag!


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Fresh from being appointed Culinary Development Director for Mastcraft Hotels, Chef Preet Tandi is unveiling his first order of business with the launch of Soho Wala; a stunning new eatery offering the most sumptuous in Indian street food, accessed through its own listed entrance on the iconic Great Marlborough Street, adjacent to the Courthouse Hotel Soho.
With food that will be designed to transport the palate and excite the senses, the term 'Wala' (pronounced 'Valla') is commonly used across Indian trading to describe a merchant or seller of the finest fare.
The interiors have been designed to capture the voracious spirit of the Indian market place, bursting with colour and delicious vibrancy.
The 50-cover restaurant will offer guests the flexibility to dine at leisure, with small sharing plates for group celebrations. Plates can also be ready within a matter of minutes for a quick lunch pit-stop, with spice-infused cocktails at the ready.
Dishes from the menu will include Kurkure Bhaji – crispy lotus root and okra; Mirchi Matchstick chicken with fresh green chilli, lime & root ginger and Assam tea brule with vanilla ice cream and malai crème; while the fragrant cocktail list boasts the Rooh Afza Cosmo, the Chai White Russian and the Sharabi Lassi.
Via previous posts at the helms of Nobu London, Dinner by Heston, Monmouth Kitchen , Leicester Square Kitchen and a string of five-star hotels, Chef Tandi's first solo concept will fuse time-honoured flavours with a cutting-edge menu that brings the boldness of India to one of London's most revered and historical addresses.


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Valheim News
Development Blog: Quests and Concepts
Thread starter Nick
Happy new year, vikings!
We opted out of writing these regular development blogs for the last part of 2022, figuring there wasn't much more we could tell you that wasn't about announcing the Mistlands update itself! But now we have passed that particular milestone, and it's time to look towards the future.
First though, we want to say a most heartfelt thank you to all of you who played the Mistlands during the Public Test phase, and to all of you who have played the update since it was released properly. Thank you for your feedback, for your thoughts and for your time! With Mistlands being such a large and long-expected update, it was quite scary to finally reveal it to all of you, and it was such a relief to see how much you liked it!
But now to the future, for real.
Our next big biome update is going to be the Ashlands, and we have begun with the pre-production of that biome by creating some concept art and trying to work out the feeling we want the biome to have. It will be quite different from what we're all used to, given that the Ashlands is a large chunk of land at the far south of the map, rather than small islands spread out over the world.
When it comes to development itself, there is something we would like to do very differently this time. With the Mistlands, we were very secretive. This is great for those who want to discover as much as possible for themselves (which is the main reason why we kept so much hidden), but it's also not very transparent. Therefore, our ambition with the development of the Ashlands is to show you a lot more of the process. This will mean you will see things in their early stages, and maybe even things that won't end up making it into the game at all, but you will also hopefully have a better understanding of how far along the development has gotten. We'll be trying this out for the Ashlands development period and see how it goes, and we'd like to start off right away by showing you some enemy concepts:
As you might be able to guess from these images, our current design vision for the Ashlands is that it's a land of the dead, as well as a place with quite a volcanic nature. We're really looking forward to exploring the concept and finding out where it will lead us, and we're excited to have you along for this journey!
If you're concerned about the Ashlands taking a long time to develop, you can rest assured that we have some fun things planned for you between then and now. Something you already know is that Valheim will get an Xbox release early this year, and with the crossplay support you will be able to play with your console-bound friends. We have also talked about adding some new difficulty settings, and we are working on something which we're currently calling Hildir's Quest! While the programming and QA folks were busy working out the final bugs of the Mistlands, our artists got creative and designed some brand new clothes for your characters, which became the start of this little update. The clothes might still get further changes, but we think they're looking pretty nice so far!
Hildir's Quest will also have some other fun things, like an additional NPC (the eponymous Hildir herself) and a way for you to re-style your existing characters' hair! Don't worry though, an update like this won't be taking any significant time away from the development of the Ashlands. Due to the nature of game development, not everyone can work on the same thing at the same time, and working on something like Hildir's Quest will ensure that the Ashlands pre-production can proceed while the team works as efficiently as possible.
Another thing we want to do in the future is to improve the accessibility of the game. This is long overdue, but we want to finally add some options so that more people can enjoy Valheim. If you have a disability or any other factor that affects your gaming, you are more than welcome to send us an email and tell us a bit about it and about any solutions you can think of that would improve your experience.
Build of the month
Since it's been a while without announcing a Build of the Month, we want to highlight more than one creation this time! Check out the cosy cottage by HelloHellie, MythicBuildV's epic dragon temple, and the proud Mistlands keep by TBasicBuilder. If you want your creation to be featured, use the hashtag #ValheimBotM on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. You can view previous builds in this thread on Steam.
Thank you for joining us on the Valheim journey thus far, and let's head into 2023 together!
/The Iron Gate team
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WATCH: Meet the Powerhouse Cast of 24/7
Mary Ann Bardinas January 28, 2020 01:41 PM
Just less than a week after Dreamscape Entertainment released a short clip of returning actress Julia Montes' intensive training on traditional Pinoy martial arts arnis and gun firing as she prepared for her comeback project titled 24/7, the said production unit has finally unveiled the other thespians who are going to be a part of its ensemble.
WATCH: Julia Montes makes TV comeback with 24/7 series
In this montage of the story conference and script reading that was held recently, the actors weren't able to hold back their emotions as everyone expressed how pleased, honored, and grateful he/she is for being included in this much-awaited teleserye. They imparted their reaction upon learning their inclusion in the project and what it is going to be about.
Besides, they didn't forget to greet the lead star on her return as well, who had gone emotional and speechless also due to the overwhelming happiness that she felt for being entrusted with this kind of project despite of shying away from the limelight for more than a year.
To be helmed by renowned television and movie director Manny Q. Palo, joining Julia in the upcoming action drama are veterans Edu Manzano and Pen Medina, bankable actors Arjo Atayde, Joross Gamboa, Joem Bascon, Matt Evans, Benj Manalo, and Patrick Sugui, theater thespian Paeng Sudayan, and talented actresses Meryll Soriano, Anna Luna, Alora Sasam, and Melissa Ricks, who's also making her TV comeback after taking a hiatus.
Also included in this video was the cast's "look test", which somehow gave us a hint of the type of character each of them is going to portray.
Click on the play button to see for yourself the highlights of the recently-held storycon and script reading session!
Cast ng teleseryeng 24/7, inilabas na
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Every week, Techfoliance highlights four promising Fintech start-ups across Europe in various verticals: lending, payment, investment, etc. In this weekly FinTech mapping we will focus on Winvestify, Yolt, OakNorth and Ditto Bank.
Winvestify is a Spain-based FinTech that has developed a platform to integrate the management of all investments in P2P Lending platforms made by private investors and professionals in one single dashboard.
Yolt is a Amsterdam-based FinTech that provides an easy way to manage money from UK bank accounts and credit cards in one single app. The solution is owned by ING.
OakNorth is a London-Based FinTech that has developed a lending platform for entrepreneurs and provides fast, flexible and accessible debt finance (£0.5m-£25m). The start-up secured £66m equity investment from Indiabulls, India´s largest non-bank SME lender and became the first UK bank to have its core systems fully-hosted in the cloud.
Ditto Bank is a France-based FinTech that has launched a mobile-driven multi-currency bank that gives people the freedom to manage current accounts in currencies and make payments all around the world.


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package com.google.javascript.jscomp;

/** Common errors for Closure primitives that are reported in multiple passses. */
final class ClosurePrimitiveErrors {

  private ClosurePrimitiveErrors() {}

  static final DiagnosticType DUPLICATE_MODULE =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_DUPLICATE_MODULE",
          "Duplicate module: {0}. Module already declared in other file {1}");

  static final DiagnosticType DUPLICATE_NAMESPACE =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_DUPLICATE_NAMESPACE",
          "Duplicate namespace: {0}. Namespace already provided in other file {1}");

  static final DiagnosticType INVALID_DESTRUCTURING_FORWARD_DECLARE =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_INVALID_DESTRUCTURING_FORWARD_DECLARE",
          "Cannot destructure a forward-declared type");

  static final DiagnosticType MODULE_USES_GOOG_MODULE_GET =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_MODULE_USES_GOOG_MODULE_GET",
          "It's illegal to use a 'goog.module.get' at the module top-level."
              + " Did you mean to use goog.require instead?");

  static final DiagnosticType INVALID_FORWARD_DECLARE_NAMESPACE =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_GOOG_MODULE_INVALID_FORWARD_DECLARE_NAMESPACE",
          "goog.forwardDeclare parameter must be a string literal.");

  static final DiagnosticType INVALID_GET_NAMESPACE =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_GOOG_MODULE_INVALID_GET_NAMESPACE",
          "goog.module.get parameter must be a string literal.");

  static final DiagnosticType INVALID_REQUIRE_NAMESPACE =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_GOOG_MODULE_INVALID_REQUIRE_NAMESPACE",
          "goog.require parameter must be a string literal.");

  static final DiagnosticType INVALID_REQUIRE_TYPE_NAMESPACE =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_GOOG_MODULE_INVALID_REQUIRE_TYPE_NAMESPACE",
          "goog.requireType parameter must be a string literal.");

  static final DiagnosticType MISSING_MODULE_OR_PROVIDE =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_MISSING_MODULE_OR_PROVIDE", "Required namespace \"{0}\" never defined.");

  static final DiagnosticType MISSING_MODULE_OR_PROVIDE_FOR_FORWARD_DECLARE =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_MISSING_MODULE_OR_PROVIDE_FOR_FORWARD_DECLARE",
          "Required namespace \"{0}\" never defined.");

  static final DiagnosticType INVALID_GET_CALL_SCOPE =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_GOOG_MODULE_INVALID_GET_CALL_SCOPE",
          "goog.module.get can not be called in global scope.");

  static final DiagnosticType INVALID_CLOSURE_CALL_SCOPE_ERROR =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_INVALID_CLOSURE_CALL_ERROR",
          "Closure primitive methods (goog.provide, goog.require, goog.define, etc) must be called "
              + "at file scope.");

  static final DiagnosticType TOO_MANY_ARGUMENTS_ERROR =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_TOO_MANY_ARGUMENTS_ERROR", "method \"{0}\" called with more than one argument");

  static final DiagnosticType NULL_ARGUMENT_ERROR =
      DiagnosticType.error("JSC_NULL_ARGUMENT_ERROR", "method \"{0}\" called without an argument");

  static final DiagnosticType INVALID_ARGUMENT_ERROR =
      DiagnosticType.error(
          "JSC_INVALID_ARGUMENT_ERROR", "method \"{0}\" called with invalid argument");
}

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Q: How to mock angularjs $window.sessionStorage with Jasmine and Karma I'm brand new to Jasmine and trying to figure out how to mock the $window.sessionStorage object when testing an angularjs SPA using Jasmine.
(function() {
    'use strict';

    var serviceId = 'session';

    // Define the service on the module.
    // Inject the dependencies.
    // Point to the service definition function.
    angular.module('app').service(serviceId, ['$window', session]);

    function session($window) {

        var token = null;

        var service = {
            create: create,
            destroy: destroy,
            getToken: getToken,
            read: read
        };

        return service;

        ...

        /**
         * Get the session token
         */
        function getToken() {
            return this.token;
        }

        /**
         * Read session variables from local session storage
         */
        function read() {
            this.token = $window.sessionStorage.getItem('token');
        }
    }
})();

A simple test I'm trying to do is just stub out the sessionStorage and inject my stub for my test.
'use strict';

describe("session", function() {
    var session;
    var $window;
    beforeEach(module("app"));
/*
    beforeEach(function() {
        $window = {sessionStorage: {replace: jasmine.createSpy()}};

        module(function($provide) {
            $provide.value('$window', $window);
        });
    });
*/
    beforeEach(inject(function (_session_) {
        session = _session_;
    }));

    describe("read", function() {
        it("should read session data from the window", function() {
            $window.sessionStorage.token = 'token';
            session.read();

            expect(session.getToken()).toBe('token');
        });
    });
});

A: You can simply create an normal object to achieve what you need, like this:
describe("session", function() {

    ...

    beforeEach(inject(function (_session_, _$window_) {
        session = _session_;
        $window = _$window_;

        $window.sessionStorage = { // mocking sessionStorage
            getItem: function(key) {
                return this[key];
            }
        };
    }));

    ...
});


A committee of parents, community residents, and school system officials is set to begin studying the possibilities with regard to redistricting Maryland City Elementary School students as they transition to and attend middle school.
The committee will study options available, to the extent possible, to better balance middle school space utilizations by potentially moving students in the Maryland City Elementary School attendance zone from MacArthur Middle School to Meade Middle School. MacArthur Middle School is at about 75 percent of state-rated capacity, and projected to be over capacity by 2021. Meade Middle School is at about 55 percent of state-rated capacity, and projected to remain well under capacity through at least 2026.
The study will not involve changing the attendance boundaries for Maryland City Elementary School.
An organizational meeting of the committee will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at Meade Middle School. The committee also is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. on October 17, 2017, at Maryland City Elementary School.
The committee may choose to have additional meetings. All committee meetings are open to the public. Public input is welcome at all meetings except the organizational meeting.
The committee will make a recommendation to schools Superintendent George Arlotto in November. Dr. Arlotto will forward his recommendations to the Board of Education no later than the first Board meeting in December. The Board will conduct public hearings on the plans before reaching a decision no later than April 30, 2018.
The school system's redistricting timeline is attached to this email. As meetings take place, more information will be posted on the school system's web site, www.aacps.org.