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Pakistan: A victim, Not Sponsor of Terrorism
April 24, 2019 by Nasir Hassan in Extremism / South Asia Research Desk / Terrorism
Syed Nasir Hassan
The temptation to use violence to influence other people is not something new. This has been done in the past. However, in the modern world the discourse around use of violence has taken new forms. Most of the narrative building around use of violence to influence political outcomes has an extremist or terrorist idiom.
Pakistan has long been a victim of extremist violence. A key tactic for perpetrators of violence for political purposes is to exploit the peculiar vulnerabilities of their victims. For decades, Pakistanis have been facing terrorist attacks, mostly from people having some grievance against the state. The victims have mostly been unrelated people, possibly because they are soft targets. In some cases law enforcement and state officials too have been attacked. The violence was so endemic at one point that it crippled life in some regions. After a long and hard struggle waged by the people and the security agencies there are signs that the terrorists are finding it hard to continue their activities.
Since its independence, Pakistan has faced many problems. These have included natural disasters as well as wars. However the scourge of terrorism has hit it the hardest. After the United States launched its campaign against Taliban and Al Qaeda in 2001, more than 65,000 Pakistani civilians and armed forces personnel have been killed in some sort of a terrorist attack or the other. There has been some disagreement on whether the policies pursued by various governments were the best under the circumstances. Irrespective of the merits of such decisions, the fact is that the impact of the fighting, particularly violence by non-state actor has been huge. For more than 15 years not a week went by without there being some cause for mourning all over Pakistan.
Pakistan is the only nation in the world to have refused to surrender to the terrorists, fought them with admirable fortitude and succeed in defeating them. It is sometimes argued that the fight was unnecessary or could have been avoided. This is not true. The narrative is meant, it seems, to undermine the efforts of the state and weaken the resolve of its security agencies.
Ironically, Pakistan has been accused by its neighbor to the east of being a state sponsor of terrorism. It is amazing the way such an argument so callously ignores the sacrifices and sufferings of the armed forces and security agency personnel, their families and the Pakistanis at large. The Pakistani military has carried out no less than eight full scale military operations to liquidate the entrenched terrorists. The United States decided to invade Afghanistan in 2001 following the Taliban government's refusal to hand over the Al Qaeda leaders accused of plotting the 9/11 strikes in US. For its cooperation, Pakistan was designated a non-NATO ally. The blowback of the war included a rise in terrorism in many parts of the world.
After nearly two decades the US has been unable to declare victory and leave Afghanistan. For its part Pakistan has suffered unprecedented losses, both in terms of human capital and economic damage. And yet Pakistan has been accused of being a safe haven for terrorists. This can only be a false and dishonest accusation. Throughout the war on terror Pakistan has been the victim of terrorism rather than an exporter or sponsor of it. It is still striving to overcome the damage.
Countering Terrorism and the dawn of CPEC
April 11, 2019 by admin in Terrorism / Uncategorized
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is much more than just a development deal between two states; it is to a large extent a mega-project which encompasses many foyers of economy, trade and politics as well as strategy between two highly important states within Asia. It incorporates developing a network of roads, pipelines, and railways which connects Balochistan province in Pakistan with Xinjiangin China. It has heralded a cross country exchange of nationals who are working day and night to make this mega-project a successful one. At present, there is an estimate of around 20,000 Chinese nationals working across Pakistan, and this means that around 70,000 short-term visit visas are being issued each year.
But with all this being said, it needs to be understood that the current state of terrorism is threatening to the entire endeavour and this needs to be catered to. There are countless foreign forces which are at work to derail this mega-project and Pakistan is understandably doing its part, but it also opens susceptibility for China. There is also a propaganda being floated around by some hostile forces which are against CPEC and this revolves around the perspicacity of China being a so called "future colonizing power" as well as the issue of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. This can add to some inside forces operational in making CPEC more vulnerable and sensitive. Furthermore, there is a threat of terrorism which is being emanated within the Baloch Insurgents as well as the added foreign pressure of other Islamist terrorist groups particularly the Islamic State's (ISIS) local affiliates in the country. The terror attacks which rocked Balochistan in December 2018 and January 2019 are testimonies of this.
To begin with it must be cleared that currently the Baloch insurgent groups have exhibited signs of antagonism toward the Chinese presence in Pakistan. This province has a dire sense of dearth paralleled with other provinces and because of this under-development and political instability there is a lack of trust within Baloch people towards the Federal governments. Adding the Chinese presence in this atmosphere has only proven to further this lack of trust and probable resentment. The idea of exploitation of local resources by the Chinese is a coming propaganda which has already surfaced and will be pushed by some entities which do not wish for CPEC to succeed. A total of six Baloch separatist groups have publicised displeasure toward the Chinese presence, which is impaired by the government's inability to address Baloch grievances. In the year 2018, Allah Nazar Baloch who is the commander of the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) addressed a letter to the Chinese ambassador to Pakistan, stating that Chinese nationals, including fishermen, labourers, and tourists, are legitimate targets for attacks. Furthermore, in 2018 the BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) targeted a bus transporting Chinese engineersin the Dalbandin district in a suicide bombing.
Moreover the Islamic State's (IS) local branch for the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), has also targeted Chinese presence in Pakistan. The IS has labelled China an "oppressor of Muslims similar to Israel, India, and the U.S." in the past. The increasing Chinese presence in Pakistani provinces gives these networks an opening to gain conspicuousness and coverage by targeting foreign nationals and business professionals which adds to their importance as well. With the Islamic State's territorial defeat in Iraq and Syria, a possible shift toward Afghanistan and Pakistan as a safe-haven for operations, and portrayal of itself as a group that is as strong now as it was back in 2014.
China has strategic geostrategic interests in Pakistan which will be indomitable to avert CPEC from failing or its interests being targeted by terrorist and separatist groups. China has no doubt become more inclined to strengthen its counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan since 2015, the most recent example of which is the joint training exercise conducted in Punjab province in December 2018. Previously China has patented the TTP as a serious and well-engineered menace to peace and stability within Pakistan which adversely impacts the Chinese position in the state after the group threatened to cut off access to the Karakoram Highway.
The combativeness in Balochistan province is largely advocated to be a product of the proxy war between India and Pakistan. Pakistan has by and again claimed that Indian intelligence is tangled in Balochistan and has been capitalising on the militancy in the province. These proclamations were broadened in 2016, when an Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, was arrested and indicted by Pakistan of being a spy. These loopholes present in security can add up to the overall stagnation and possible blacking out of the $62 billion dollar deal between two prominent states. If this deal goes through, Balochistan will be resuscitated and has the potential to turn into a developing province for the future. Of course Pakistan and its policy makers are not completely phased out as there is an active unit of forces which are taking care of the impeding issue at hand. The collaboration between Pakistan and China has enhanced and this vulnerability does not need to be worried about much in the context of the larger strategic cooperation. CPEC is prone to terrorism but it is also prone to safeguarding the project, the intensity of which far exceeds the threats. Furthermore, the Pakistan-China cooperative partnership to counter-terrorism is need of time, especially when the BRI is transforming the world from geo-political to geo-economic phase. Mutual trust, joint efforts, and regional cooperation is the key to completely eliminate the scourge of terrorism from the face of earth.
The Unmanned War Featured
April 9, 2019 by admin in Human Security / Terrorism / Uncategorized
There was a time when wars were fought with swords and cavalry, and then came the age of early modern warfare with the excessive use of gunpowder which had a major impact on the way war was fought, or as Wendell Phillips likes to put it that "What gunpowder did for war, the printing press has done for the mind". Today, the art of warfare is even more modernized with the help of information technology and advancement in sciences, and the way war is fought today is beyond the imagination of a person from a early modern era. The current age of warfare includes the use of "unmanned combat aerial vehicle" (UCAV), or in laymen terms known as the Drone. Over the last decade, drone has played a huge role, in particular for United States, on "War against Terrorism" after the catastrophic 9/11 attack. The countries affected by this policy of United States are Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Afghanistan. But one question that arises here is that this excessive use of drone attacks by United States on other states; is it even legal according to International Law? In this paper, I will be looking at the reason and legality of drone attacks in Pakistan, and why it is not a firm solution to end terrorism in the region.
First of all, it is important to understand the reason and legality behind the drone attacks in Pakistan. Christof Heyns, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, summary or arbitrary execution, raises his worry against the attacks carried out by United States, since he believe it works as a challenge for International Law. Heyns expressed his stance at the conference, where at that moment a Pakistani ambassador was present as well, who stated that
"We find the use of drones to be totally counterproductive in terms of succeeding in the war against terror. It leads to greater levels of terror rather than reducing them."
However, Christof Heyns failed to address the issue of legality here, because if Pakistan is condemning the attacks in UN, doesn't that mean the drone attacks are taking place by United States' unilateral will? If that's the case, it must be clear that United States is violating the UN Charter's Article 2(4) which states that:
All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations
It is not just the violation of UN Charter, but it is also a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty, says Ben Emmerson, the United Nations' special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism.6 The first drone attack in Pakistan happened in June 2004, and up until October 2012; around 334 drone attacks took place in Pakistan.8 One may ask that if it is a breach of Pakistan's independence and the UN Charter, why is there a huge record of drone attacks that took place in Pakistan? The search for legality behind this makes one think how controversial and tangled the situation is.
The drone attacks are usually conducted in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), which shares its border with Afghanistan. It is said that Taliban fighters from Afghanistan took refuge in FATA, where they further allied with Pakistani Taliban, and made their stronghold there, and launched attacks in different areas within Pakistan.9 The control of government of Pakistan over FATA is rather nominal, and the lack of ability to fight terrorists in that region was seen as a failure by the American administration, this is the point when the American policy to use drone attacks developed.
"The primary objective of the air campaign has been to disrupt Al Qaeda's external network and prevent the group from striking at the US and her allies". Another reason that is given is to stop the "Pakistani Taliban commanders who threaten the stability of the Pakistani state".
These reasons mentioned can be seen as why the drone attacks take place in FATA region of Pakistan, but what about its legality? Sean D. Murphy discusses the legality of the issue, and states that there are three ways through which it can be legal; if the actions are taken with the consent of Pakistan, authorized by a UN Security Council Resolution, self-defence against Non-State actors, or as self-defence against Pakistan itself. Starting with the consent of Pakistan, this part is rather like a grey area. In 2008, Washington Post claimed that when the new chief of Pakistan's intelligence service visited Washington to talk with USA's head of military and intelligence staff, they had a secret understanding or consensus on the use of drone attacks. However, then-Pakistani government have openly said that these attacks are violation of their sovereignty, and have taken place without their consent. Now there is a possibility that then-Pakistani government was not unveiling the reality to the people of Pakistan, while they were making deals with United States behind closed doors. Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2008, Yousaf Raza Gillani, said to Anne Paterson, then-United States Ambassador to Pakistan, that:
"I don't care if they do it (drone strikes) as long as they get the right people. We'll protest in the National Assembly and then ignore it."
The current government responded when asked if they have a deal with United States, they openly said that there might be some kind of understanding with previous government; the spokesman for Pakistan's foreign ministry said "We regard such strikes as a violation of our sovereignty as well as international law. They are also counter-productive." In a nutshell, it can be concluded that there is no common grounds between United States and Pakistan because of unavailability of a legal document which will say otherwise.
Coming to the UN Security Council, the UN Charter Chapter VII allows the Security Council to "decide upon measures necessary for maintaining or restoring peace and security". After the 9/11 attacks, many resolutions were adopted by UN in relation with Afghanistan, but none of them allowed United States for operations in Pakistan, hence there is no evidence of UNSCR allowing the drone attacks in Pakistan legally. Only way it may be justified is on the basis of "individual or collective self-defence" against a non-state actor. Article 51 of the UN Charter may justify the violation of Article 2(4) as it allows a state to practice use-of-force when acting in self-defence, by keeping this in mind, it can be said that it is still possible that United States is defending itself against Al-Qaeda through drone attacks in Pakistan, as it is believed that they are taking refuge in FATA.17 The final case behind the legality of drone strikes is self-defence against the Pakistani state, and this can only be done if it is proven that the Pakistani state is helping the Taliban in the FATA region, and also through:
"The International Court of Justice held that a state that suffers an armed attack by irregular forces from the territory of another state shall 'attribute the armed attack to [the] state".
But this is only possible if there is an existing relationship between the militants and the Pakistani state. This is obviously not the case, as Pakistan has been doing an operation known as Zarb-e-Azb in one of the tribal regions of FATA since 2014, and has killed more than 3,400 militants.
The detailed analysis of legality of drone strikes makes it easy to understand why it is a problem for International Law. The post 9/11 era opened a door to a lot of new political agendas, like the introduction of the US National Security Strategy of 2002, allowing United States to act pre-emptively "against a threat that may possibly emerge in the future". And also the justification of United States using drone attacks is based on the argument of "preemptive attack against non-state actors", even though they have never referred to their exercise of right of self-defence as allowed by Article 51 in the Security Council. The non-state actors operating in Pakistan are matter of the Pakistani state itself, and it would be reasonable if Pakistan was a 'failed state' or did not have the military capability, whereas Pakistan has the sixth largest army in the world. A point that should not be ignored here is that Pakistani government is often strong-armed by United States, and they usually have to oblige to what the American administration instructs because Pakistan receives financial assistance from it, and also U.S. has a strong diplomatic influence on Pakistan too, as it can use the Security Council to put pressure on Pakistan. United States also demanded Pakistan to collaborate with it on war against terrorism, or else prepare to be bombed back to the Stone Age.
To put it in a nutshell, are these drone strikes a solution for terrorism in the region? It seems so it is not as it is being counterproductive for Pakistan. The strikes have certainly destabilized the position of Al-Qaeda; but with them becoming fragile, it created a vacuum of power which is then filled by other terrorist organizations, like Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, which poses an even bigger threat to the Government of Pakistan. Hence, United States "has weakened its principal enemy, Al-Qaeda, but only at the cost of earning a new set of enemies". Another issue to address is that the drone strikes contradicts with American strategic goal of increasing the legitimacy of the Pakistani government, because the attacks decline the position of Pakistani government in international and domestic realm, causing it to lose its legitimacy and sovereignty among its people and also in the international community. It can be concluded that with drone strikes, United States is creating more terrorists in the region and damaging the position of the Pakistani government. United States and Pakistan should find a common ground and a legal way to address this issue, as they already have a consensus on war against terrorism; both states need to come up with a way which is less counter-productive and has a more concrete end result compared to drone attacks, otherwise Pakistan may have to face the results of these counterproductive acts.
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COVID-positive workers pressured to stay on the job, say OSHA complaints
By: Dana Gentry - January 11, 2022 5:59 am
Drive-through testing at Sam Boyd Stadium Sunday night. (Clark County photo)
Workers who test positive for COVID say they're being asked to stay on the job, according to a dozen complaints filed with Nevada OSHA in December.
"Four employees that had informed management that they tested positive for COVID were denied time off to quarantine and faced retaliation if they did not return to work," says a complaint filed against a popular Las Vegas eatery in late December. The Current is not identifying the restaurant as the complaint has not been substantiated.
Nevada OSHA has yet to substantiate any complaints filed in the second half of 2021.
"They have 6 months to issue a citation," says Nevada Business and Industry spokeswoman Teri Williams. "It's possible there is a mix of inspections that found no violations and those that are still in process."
Of the 216 complaints filed with Nevada OSHA in December, a dozen involved employees being asked or required to work while COVID-positive, or symptomatic and awaiting test results.
"The employer is not ensuring that employees that exhibit COVID-like symptoms are required to stay home," says a complaint filed Dec. 27 by workers at a retail establishment in a Las Vegas hotel. "Management required the symptomatic employees to continue working through the holiday weekend, potentially exposing the rest of the employees."
"Employees experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 were denied time off to get tested and quarantined," says a complaint filed against another Las Vegas restaurant in late December. "Management told the sick employees to come into work…"
Omicron, the latest COVID variant, is highly infectious, exacerbating an already critical labor shortage. But it's less virulent, according to health experts, resulting in symptoms more akin to a head cold than the respiratory distress associated with previous strains of COVID.
Nevada health officials report a record number of new COVID cases in recent days. On Friday, the Southern Nevada Health District reported a record 6,110 new cases in one day.
Is the plethora of infected individuals, coupled with the critical shortage of workers, causing employers to throw caution to the wind in an effort to keep their businesses open?
Some 4.5 million workers in the U.S. quit their jobs in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and a whopping one million workers quit jobs in the hospitality sector. It's a record number of resignations overall and a record number for restaurant and hotel workers.
Wages for hotel and restaurant workers have increased by 13.61% during the pandemic – from $16.90 an hour in Feb. 2020 to $19.20 in November, Business Insider reported this week.
While recent COVID developments – a lower death rate, the availability of vaccinations, and more treatment options – may ease an employer's moral qualms about requiring employees to work while sick, experts say the practice is nothing new.
A joint investigation conducted by Popular Information and More Perfect Union, a media outlet focused on working people, reveals Red Lobster employees who reported symptoms of COVID were threatened with discipline if they didn't come to work.
The chain of national restaurants denied the allegation in a statement.
"No one is allowed to work sick," Red Lobster said in a statement. "Employees who violate this policy are subject to disciplinary action, including termination of employment."
Minimum-wage workers who often lack paid sick leave are especially vulnerable to coercion from employers who demand they work while sick.
Only 12% of Red Lobster employees have paid sick leave, according to the report.
An OSHA complaint filed December 16 against a fast food restaurant in Pahrump says an employee was allowed to work after receiving a positive COVID test on Dec. 12.
The worker "posted her COVID-19 results on an employee bulletin board but the manager made the employee take it down."
The Shift Project is the "largest source of data on work scheduling for hourly service workers," according to its website.
About two-thirds of workers The Shift Project surveyed last year who had been sick in the last month (not just with COVID) reported working while sick, according to Dr. Daniel Schneider, a Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, and co-founder of The Shift Project.
"When we asked these workers why they worked sick, we found that a confluence of lack of paid sick leave AND chronic short-staffing were to blame," Schneider told the Current via email.
The workers surveyed cited all the factors that applied to their situation:
– I didn't have paid sick leave (30%)
– I was afraid I'd get in trouble for calling out sick (44%)
– I couldn't get medical documentation (30%)
– My supervisor pressured me (17%)
– I wanted to save my sick days (10%)
– I couldn't get anyone to cover my shift (40%)
– I needed the pay (55%)
– I didn't want to let down my co-workers (45%)
Some employers encourage ill employees to attend work while sick by imposing a 'mandatory absence' policy, says Las Vegas employment attorney Christian Gabroy. "Eight strikes and you're out the window."
Gabroy advises anyone who is awaiting COVID test results or has tested positive to document a request to come to work.
"It is not safe for me to return to work now," he advises an isolated employee to respond in writing to an employer. "I have tested positive for COVID. I have COVID symptoms. I have not tested negative for COVID. After the CDC's required time period and testing guidelines, may I please alert you of my return to work?"
"At this point, contact OSHA. It's generally better if you have contacted OSHA before you're terminated," Gabroy advises.
Employers have an obligation under a variety of laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, to protect employees from a "direct threat."
A "direct threat" is defined as "a significant risk of substantial harm to the health or safety of the individual or others that cannot be eliminated or reduced by reasonable accommodation," according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which offers extensive guidance to employers on dealing with COVID and employees, and provides links to the Centers for Disease Control website.
"Potentially exposed employees who have symptoms of COVID-19 should self-isolate and follow CDC recommended steps," the CDC's website says. "Potentially exposed employees who do not have symptoms should remain at home or in a comparable setting and practice social distancing…"
Gabroy says workers should "tell the employer they're violating Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance by asking a worker to return, and ask that they please not retaliate."

COVID-positive workers pressured to stay on the job, say OSHA complaints

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Q: Laravel SSR: ReferenceError: window is not defined I am trying to implement Server Side Rendering (SSR) in my Laravel React app.
I am following this tutorial and using spatie/laravel-server-side-rendering. Even after following each step as it is, SSR not working for me and follwoing error was thrown

The command "node /var/www/html/project/storage/app/ssr/8dd09f6fe4766c697e76479c162340d8.js" failed. Exit Code: 1(General error)
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    /*
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     * client script can render everything from scratch without errors. If
     * `debug` is enabled, an exception will be thrown when the JavaScript can't
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    'debug' => env('APP_DEBUG', true),

    /*
     * Set to true if you're using Laravel Mix, then you can pass a script
     * identifier to `ssr` instead of a full path.
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    'mix' => true,

    /*
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Please let me know if more information is needed.

A: You need to set:
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and still you have to check for all the browser objects like window and document witch are not supported on the server.

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The Blind Side DVD, Blu-ray
Warner Home Video has announced the DVD and Blu-ray release of the Oscar nominated sports drama 'The Blind Side' starring Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Kathy Bates and Tim McGraw. A homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, Oher (Quinton Aaron) is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential on and off the football field.
DVD Release Date: March 23, 2010
Genre: Sports, Drama, Adaptation
Director: John Lee Hancock
Screenwriter: John Lee Hancock
Official Website: TheBlindSideMovie.com
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Kathy Bates, Tim McGraw, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon
Running Time: 2 hrs. 6 min.
MPAA Rating: (PG-13) for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual
DVD Features:
Additional Scenes
Blu-ray Features:
Michael Oher Exclusive
Rare interview with the pro footballer whose life the movie depicts
Sidelines: Conversations on The Blind Side
Sandra Bullock and Leigh Anne Tuohy go one-on-one
Director/Screenwriter John Lee Hancock and author Michal Lewis go one-on-one
Acting and Coaches: Behind The Blind Side
When six legendary SEC College Football Coaches come together, competition steps up both on and off the screen
The Story of Big Quinton – Neophype Actor
Quinton Aaron's moving life story has much in common with the football star he portrays
Plot Details
Based on the book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis.
Sandra Bullock ("The Proposal"), Tim McGraw ("Friday Night Lights") and Oscar®-winner Kathy Bates ("Misery," "Revolutionary Road") star in Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Blind Side," which depicts the remarkable true story of All-American football star Michael Oher.
A homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, Oher (Quinton Aaron) is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential on and off the football field. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own.
Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.
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Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf and Uma Thurman star in director Lars von Trier's drama Nymphomaniac: Volume I. A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the…
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package org.apache.flink.runtime.scheduler;

import org.apache.flink.api.common.time.Time;
import org.apache.flink.runtime.jobmaster.slotpool.PhysicalSlotProvider;
import org.apache.flink.runtime.jobmaster.slotpool.PhysicalSlotRequestBulkChecker;
import org.apache.flink.runtime.scheduler.SharedSlotProfileRetriever.SharedSlotProfileRetrieverFactory;

/**
 * Factory for {@link SlotSharingExecutionSlotAllocator}.
 */
class SlotSharingExecutionSlotAllocatorFactory implements ExecutionSlotAllocatorFactory {
	private final PhysicalSlotProvider slotProvider;

	private final boolean slotWillBeOccupiedIndefinitely;

	private final PhysicalSlotRequestBulkChecker bulkChecker;

	private final Time allocationTimeout;

	SlotSharingExecutionSlotAllocatorFactory(
			PhysicalSlotProvider slotProvider,
			boolean slotWillBeOccupiedIndefinitely,
			PhysicalSlotRequestBulkChecker bulkChecker,
			Time allocationTimeout) {
		this.slotProvider = slotProvider;
		this.slotWillBeOccupiedIndefinitely = slotWillBeOccupiedIndefinitely;
		this.bulkChecker = bulkChecker;
		this.allocationTimeout = allocationTimeout;
	}

	@Override
	public ExecutionSlotAllocator createInstance(final ExecutionSlotAllocationContext context) {
		SlotSharingStrategy slotSharingStrategy = new LocalInputPreferredSlotSharingStrategy(
			context.getSchedulingTopology(),
			context.getLogicalSlotSharingGroups(),
			context.getCoLocationGroups());
		SharedSlotProfileRetrieverFactory sharedSlotProfileRetrieverFactory = new MergingSharedSlotProfileRetrieverFactory(
			context::getPreferredLocations,
			context::getPriorAllocationId);
		return new SlotSharingExecutionSlotAllocator(
			slotProvider,
			slotWillBeOccupiedIndefinitely,
			slotSharingStrategy,
			sharedSlotProfileRetrieverFactory,
			bulkChecker,
			allocationTimeout,
			context::getResourceProfile);
	}
}

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"Dream City" International Blockchain Collaboration Between China and ConsenSys
Eddie Mitchell
In a world first, the Chinese City of Xiong'an will be home to a blockchain deployment program, transforming the newly-established 'number-one urban project' into a "dream city", backed by President Xi Jinping.
Mega-cities
Over the past three decades, urban development in China has been exploding; major cities have been receiving record levels of funding, and areas such as Shenzhen and Shanghai's Pudong have been placed on a special list for development throughout the past 40 years.
Xiong'an is one of the most recent additions to the list of "mega-cities" and has been a largely underdeveloped area. In April, plans for the Xiong'an New Area were revealed as well as documents guiding the cities development through to 2035.
Bolstered by blockchain
These ambitious developments have received a rocket-fueled boost as a significant partnership between Xiong'an and blockchain development company ConsenSys.
On 23 July, ConsenSys and the Xiong'an government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the "dream city" project, marking the first time that Xiong'an has publicly recruited a foreign development studio to aid in its blockchain efforts.
Blockchain is high up on the city's technological agenda, it is one of several technological fields that the government has listed as part of cutting-edge and can transform Xiongan into a leading tech hub for the country.
Joseph Lubin, Ethereum co-founder and ConsenSys founder said in a statement, "As one of our first major projects in the People's Republic of China, we are excited to help define the many "use cases" that could benefit from the trust infrastructure enabled by Ethereum technology."
According to the South China Morning Post, the full MoU has not been published, though in a statement ConsenSys wrote, it would "… follow with agreements addressing different aspects of this innovative multi-faceted initiative, and establish Xiongan as a next-generation smart city and a leading blockchain innovation hub".
ConsenSys has several global partnerships on the go; Ireland is in partnership with the studio to develop and deploy Ethereum-based blockchain platforms and products, and the Philippines, for example, are working with the studio to bridge gaps between the unbanked and traditional financial services.
Billions upon billions
China is pumping extraordinary amounts of money into domestic blockchain developments. In April, one of the specially designated mega-cities Shenzhen was reported to be investing CNY 500 million (USD 80 million) into blockchain startups in the city in a public-private partnership.
Before that, the city of Hangzhou received USD 1.6 billion to invest in blockchain effort. The funding project has already opened a Blockchain Industrial Park with ten blockchain projects from around the world being "successfully contracted" into it.
Most recently, Nanjing City is set to receive CNY 10 billion (USD 1.48 billion) worth of investment to support public blockchain projects in another public-private fund that will support academic innovations, blockchain startups as well as established companies seeking to adopt blockchain technology.
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So I will be returning to Vlogging this month, and i will be ever increasing my content I produce across Blog and YouTube as you may have noticed recently i have done a sneaky rebrand of this website back to RebuildRob.com instead of iRobSmith.com this has been done because I thought i would be embarrassed that I was building a brand based on my weight loss and thats why i broke the brand up mid 2016, but its time to refocus and re-dedicate myself to RebuildRob and i am more determined than ever.
So New Year, New Rules comes from putting whats good first and what makes me happy, leaving dramas behind and living the way of the winner, something i will go into in an upcoming vlog.
If i want to express myself via wearing make-up and letting my alter ego Ambr Blaq come out now and then i will, if i want to dye my hair a certain colour this month or not i will, i fully intent to live more and more in the moment. As we only have one life to live and I'm entering my 26th Year on this planet and its time to start to make moves.
As i said New Year, New Rules and Welcome to Wig Change no1 Lilac.


US President Obama unveils $3.83 Trillion budget and yet there is more of a buzz that "The Donald" (as in Donald Trump), is coming to the Toronto area for 4 days to conduct free seminars on building wealth, rather than spending it.
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Prof. Iris Reychav holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. She spent 10 years at Motorola in the field of information systems. She earned her Ph.D. from Bar-Ilan University's Graduate School of Business Administration, and did her post- doctoral work at Tel Aviv University in cooperation with INSEAD. She Joined Ariel University in 2009, and served as the Head of Industrial Engineering & Management Department and Head of the Graduate Program in Robotic & Human Factors between 2015-2017.
As part of the desire to expose students to real-life situations, deliberations and decision-making processes, Prof. Reychav initiated and led together with Prof. Dr. Sacha Götte from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Engineering and Architecture's Master of science in engineering, an international exchange program. The course in Switzerland focused on a Business Game simulation and advanced global technologies, while in Israel the focus was on CRM and Digital Transformation. The course included in-depth visits to leading companies visits such as Liebherr Machine Bulle, Pilatus Aircraft, Schindler, and Maxon Motor (in Switzeland) and Amdocs, Microsoft, SAP, ISCAR (in Israel). Each week-long course was held with mixed student teams from both institutions, and the courses gained great feedbacks.
Undergraduate Mentoring Projects in collaboration with Leading companies which led to recruitment of participating students.
Prof. Reychav emphasizes teaching and research in tight connection with industry. She believes in the importance of exposing the students to real life practices and enhancing their skills to work in the environment of the 21st century. In this context, She established a collaborative lab where she holds undergraduate courses in information systems and customer relationship management in an interactive team methodology, in which students interact in groups and collaborate while using their mobile technologies. She also held a seminar for master program on the topics of IOT & Smart Cities, and Collaborative Robots including projects that were done in a textile company that implemented collaborative robots.
The collaborative platform in the lab was also utilized to host a joint inter-disciplinary project of students from industrial engineering and students from Architecture guided by Dr. Michal Moshe. Project teams were built and the teams presented their work in the competition held by the Israeli Green Building Council (ILGBC) on Israel challenges at 2048. Learning experience of the students were amazing, students learn to collaborate between discipline while focusing on problem solving cases.
Mentoring Students at the TAU School of Medicine in their thesis.
Assuta Medical Center Hospital : Empowerment patients through Mobile in Genecology clinic , Improving Utilization of operation room, Big Data Of MRI Test diagnosis, EMR Application on the mobile for Nurses.
Maccabi HMO- Big Data on Risk Analysis, EGPRN International Research Collaboration on Mobile technologies in Physician Waiting room.
Mobile application for patient self-report in clinic and among senior people, Mobile in diabetic Clinic.
Hi-tech- Sentiment analysis in Yammer Platform, Social Network Analysis in Yammer Platform, Idea evaluation by Machine learning.
Health care today has been irrevocably altered by patient access to information technology. Not only to do patients seek out health-related information using Internet-based sources, they also expect to have access to technology that facilitates all aspects of their health care experiences. These expectations range from information availability prior to interaction with their health care providers, extends into their waiting room experiences, their physician interactions, their treatment options and choices, procedural and decision-making matters, and subsequent follow-up care. Gamification, Internet of Things, Mobile Computing, Big Data, Social Media and other technologies form the core of their expectations. More than ever, patients are empowered to shape their own health care experiences and this trend shows no signs of slowing down or reversing. This book provides a snapshot of current patient experience-centered research areas and offers ideas for the future of this field. Health-related information technologies have created new venues for patients and their families to interact with health care providers, actively manage their care, subsequently experience better outcomes. These new technologies offer new ways for physicians to partner with their patients in improve quality of care in a transformative way. This book examines existing challenges as well as potential opportunities for improving patient care, empowerment, personalization, and outcomes through emerging health information technology.
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global, publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. The book is tentatively scheduled for placement in the "Advances in Medical Technologies and Clinical Practice (AMTCP)" book series ( https://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-medical-technologies-clinical-practice/73682). For additional information, please visit www.igi-global.com.


In New York City, Cartier celebrated its new high jewelry collection with an event on Governor's Island, featuring music from Andra Day and a set from DJ Grandmaster Flash. Ahead, an exclusive glimpse inside the evening, with guests Diane Kruger, Carey Mulligan, and Martha Stewart.
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Sofia Coppola and Cyrille Vigneron.
Casey Neistat and Mercedes Abramo.
Ahn Duong and Carolyn Murphy.
Martha Stewart and Kevin Sharkey.
Mafalda Saxe and Zani Gugelmann.
Casey Fremont Crowe and Zoe Buckman.


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Let kids be the stars of their own dreams with Dreamers Sleep & Play Character Blankets! This is the perfect blanket set for playing, pretending, snuggling and sleeping. It comes with a warm and cozy blanket featuring the body of the character plus a coordinating pillow to complete the enchanting look.
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UPDATE: Power has been restored to Duke Energy customers after a brief outage in Guilford County.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Nearly 3,000 Duke Energy customers in Guilford County are without power this morning.
The outage is south of Interstate 40, east of Highway 68 and north of Gallimore Dairy Road.
The outage has left several intersections without traffic lights.
Officers will be manning the major intersections throughout the morning.
Motorists are asked to exercise caution and to follow all right-of-way rules at the unmanned intersections.
Duke Energy is still working to determine what caused this outage.
According to Duke Energy's outage map, power is expected to be restored by 7:30 a.m.


Lexington, KY—With Keeneland's spring meet in full swing, the 144th Kentucky Derby on May 5, the 143rd running of the Preakness on May 19, and the upcoming 150th Belmont Stakes on June 9, the nation's attention is focused on Thoroughbred racing. The Sport of Kings has a long and storied history that is worth revisiting because of what it reveals about our broader society. Among the most famous early stars in the sport was Isaac Burns Murphy (1861–1896), one of the most dynamic jockeys of his era. Still considered one of the finest riders of all time, Murphy was the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby three times, and his 44 percent win record remains unmatched. Despite his success, Murphy was pushed out of Thoroughbred racing when African American jockeys were forced off the track, and he died in obscurity.
In The Prince of Jockeys: The Life of Isaac Burns Murphy, author Pellom McDaniels III offers the first definitive biography of this celebrated athlete whose life spanned the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the adoption of Jim Crow legislation. Despite the obstacles he faced, Murphy became an important figure—not just in sports, but also in the social, political, and cultural consciousness of African Americans.
Murphy's rise as the premier jockey of his day coincided with the many opportunities that opened up for blacks in the postbellum period, especially during Reconstruction. The facts that he was able to read and write from an early age, gain access to the wealthiest Americans (who paid him well for his services), and use his purchasing power as a capitalist made him a model for resistance to popular notions of black inferiority. As African Americans like Murphy gained both socially and financially, it created a backlash among those with power, which eventually forced them out of many of the professions where they made their mark, including Thoroughbred racing.
In the spring of 1896, three months after Murphy's death, the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson institutionalized Jim Crow segregation. His death also marked the demise of the black jockey in American horse racing. By the end of the century, only a handful of quality black jockeys could be found on American racetracks. Great riders like Anthony Hamilton (1866–1904), Willie Simms (1870–1927), and Jimmy Winkfield (1882–1974), the last black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby, were shut out by a system that favored white jockeys and wanted to rid the tracks of black competition. Eventually, all three would leave the United States to race in Europe.
Drawing from legal documents, census data, and newspapers, this comprehensive profile explores how Murphy epitomized the rise of the black middle class and contributed to the construction of popular notions about African American identity, community, and citizenship during his lifetime. The legacy of Isaac Burns Murphy is one of complex origins, a sense of purpose, and an extraordinary degree of intelligence. Lexington, Kentucky is fortunate to have him as a model of the best kind of nobility: humble, dignified, human.
About the author: Pellom McDaniels III is curator of African American Collections in the Stuart A. Rose Library at Emory University. He received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for The Prince of Jockeys.


The fifth season of FOXs Empire soundtrack is full of songs, with the first episode having 4 killer tracks alone. Find and listen to the complete list of songs from Empire, season 5 below. The original music supervisor Jennifer Ross is back for the latest season and selecting music for the show so stay tuned for what promises to be a great season 5 playlist. Below you'll be able to find the complete playlist, listen to all the full soundtrack songs, play full OST music and the trailer tracks.
An official soundtrack for Empire – Season 5 has not yet been announced or released. Stay tuned and we'll let you know if this changes.


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Home Phytobiotics reinforces its leading position in organic minerals
Phytobiotics reinforces its leading position in organic minerals
Germany's Phytobiotics Futterzusatzstoffe GmbH has upgraded its facilities in China and Brazil while at the same time raising production capacity in Germany.
Dr Hermann Roth
Dr Hermann Roth, founder and CEO, said Phytobiotics spent around US$4 million to upgrade its extraction plant in China.
In Germany, it is expanding organic mineral and Sangrovit production capacity. Facility and warehouse upgrades in strategic markets both locally and offshore are estimated to cost more than US$10 million in 2019. More staff for its technical and sales teams are being added to penetrate further into strategic markets.
Phytobiotics production facility in Neuendettelsau
The new Plexomin production line is now installed at the newly expanded manufacturing facility of sister company Senso Additive GmbH in Neuendettelsau, Bavaria. The new production line features two machines to control the reaction of glycine and the mineral raw materials.
Raw material warehouse
The Plexomin products use patented bis-glycinates and lysinates technologies which means they can withstand high temperatures during pelleting and remain intact in the highly acidic environment of the digestive tract.
The bis-glycinate and lysinate trace minerals are non-reactive and highly bio-available. They outperform the predecessor mono-glycinate organic trace minerals, he said.
Dust evaporation system
Bis-glycinate chelation technology is used for Cu and Zu, and lysinate for Mn and Fe. The final products are granulated, free flowing and dust free.
Its organic selenium products contain high levels of selenomethionine and selenocysteine.
Automatic weighing and dosing system
Phytobiotics guarantees product quality due to watertight in-process controls and accredited labs that test raw materials through to finished products. The products live up to the strict limits of European feedstuff legislation, ensuring safe products from feed to fork.
Plexomin is also applicable in crops. Phytobiotics will debut its crop-related business in Asia in 2019 before launching a global business in 2021. Based on field trials, Plexomin organic minerals can improve growth and yields of canola, soybeans and corn through foliar spraying to solve micronutrient deficiencies.
Glycine is a limiting amino acid in plants and plays an important role in chlorophyll formation in the leaves. Foliar application of Plexomin on canola can improve yields by up to 40%, especially under dry conditions when the plant cannot absorb minerals from the soil.
Senso Additive
Biogas products are generating a fair turnover for the company. Senso Additive – a subsidiary of Phytobiotics, has captured 25% of the market share for biogas treatments in Germany.
"It is a fast growing business and we now have businesses in Denmark, The Netherlands and France. Its next move is to blast a trail in Asia," he said.
Senso additive plant
Senso Additive is mineral additive product used in bioreactors to increase methane yield and reactor performance when using high fiber and nitrogen feed- stock such as chicken manure.
Senso Additive contains cobalt and nickel which are limiting factors for methanogenic bacteria. The company can evaluate different fermenting conditions to appraise stability and methane output.
Miracol – a game changing flavor
Flavors and sweeteners line Miracol hit the market in June 2018. Miracol offers tailor-made flavors and sweetener combinations that are exclusively designed upon customer request. Its flagship flavors and sweeteners are PiggySweet, PhytoSweet and Appitello.
It plans to launch "forest mushroom," a unique flavor containing a meaty taste for piglets. The flavor mimics what piglets eat in the forest.
"In the wild after weaning, the piglets eat forage and sometimes carrion. So, we try to find out what the hogs eat in nature and copy it," he said.
Proprietary trials found that the forest mushroom flavor is highly palatable and increases feed intake even without an added sweetener. It is applicable in creep feed, pre-starter and starter feed.
"We found it works best without sweeteners. In nature, piglets do not get sweet flavors. We should give them what they want to eat, not what we want," he added
Dr Roth believes that colostrum powder is a promising tool to bolster animal health and put a lid on the pervasive use of antimicrobials in piglets.
Phytobiotics is preparing to roll out a high quality colostrum powder product using the newest technologies to preserve its functional contents.
Sangrovit line – a continuing innovation
Sangrovit, a phytogenic feed additive derived from an extract of the Papaveraceae plant Macleaya cordata, will retain its flagship status.
Conveyor transports extracted Macleaya cordata to feed the mill
Sangrovit products contain quaternary benzophenantridine and protopine alkaloids which have anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties.
Sangrovit WS, a water-soluble variant, is used to combat digestive tract infections and inflammation in poultry and swine, especially necrotic enteritis and salmonellosis.
Apart from daily rations, Sangrovit WS can be applied in a higher dosage when the animals are infected. A new packing size and new formulations are on the way.
Sangromix ML, which is Sangrovit blended with monolauric acid, was developed to deal with infections of gram positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus and Clostridium perfringens in piglets.
Phytobiotics sees potential for Sangrovit to be used more widely in various species and production phases, as well as a broader spectrum solution for meeting the day-to-day challenges of animal production. Research on turkey production, heat stress in swine and the early development of calves is in the works.
The existing facility has annual capacity of 3,000 tons/three shifts/day. With the new facility coming online, the company will boost its annual capacity for Sangrovit to 9,000 tonnes/year. It is looking into capacity expansion again in 2022.
The Animal Production Inflammation Centre (APIC) is a collaborative research effort designed to investigate the root causes of inflammation in food animal production and develop strategies to minimize adverse effects.
APIC is driven by interdisciplinary cooperative research undertaken by globally recognized research centers. It focuses on tackling existing problems and generating new knowledge and technologies.
Ms.Elena Filatov and Dr Hermann Roth
Phytobiotics will continue its own R&D activities aimed at discovering new cost-savings technologies that are beneficial to users. It offers grants to students and contracts research on new and existing products to explore new applications, validate their effectiveness and mode of action. Phytobiotics places a high priority on research into inflammation and gut, liver and kidney health. The company so far has more than 50 worldwide patents, said Dr Roth.
It is partnering with businesses in the US, Brazil and Thailand, and has opened offices in various parts of the world. The company is set to deploy technical staff in Thailand to serve customers in Southeast Asia. So far, it has more than 60 international partners in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, South America and North America.
It joined forces with Guangdong-based VTR Bio-Tech Co Ltd in 2018 to form Victory Enzymes GmbH, located in Neuendettelsau, Germany. Phytobiotics holds a 49% share.
Victory Enzymes GmbH is active in the development, production and distribution of animal feed enzymes across Europe.
Dr Roth is a firm believer in organic growth and will continue to develop the business from the inside.
"I have never seen a leaping synergy from acquisition. Often, acquisition leads to selling off good business units and losing competent staff in a bid to comply with antitrust laws. In such cases, one plus one is always less than two," he noted.
Phytobiotics has maintained steady growth of 20% per annum over the past 20 years due to innovation.


Airbus teams in the FAL and in the Flight Test Dept. are working hard to get the A350 XWB off the ground in time to scoop the headlines at next Paris air show.
Gilles Fournier, managing director for the Paris air show, told journalists last month he expects the A350 to fly by the start of the event, though there are no firm plans for a visit.


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The Afghan security forces retook control of five police posts in Jalrez, one of the most unsafe districts in Central Maidan Wardak, a day after the Taliban insurgents seized the checkpoints in the district.
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Ar. Sunita Subedi received her bachelor's degree in Architecture from Nepal Engineering College in 2001 and Master's in Disaster Risk Management from Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus in 2013. She is a recipient of DAAD scholarship twice under South East Asian Educational Network for Disaster and Environmental Engineering (SEANDEE) in University of Kassel, Germany where she was involved in disaster related laboratory works and trainings in 2012 and worked as a medium term research student in 2013.
In her initial career, she worked as a community architect in Children First, an INGO working for the welfare of the children. Here, she was involved in various projects from designing of community centre, improvement of school infrastructure to low cost model house construction at different places of Nepal. After completing her masters, she was involved for a year in review of existing bye-laws and zoning regulations and preparation of participatory micro and macro level planning of all the municipalities of Kathmandu valley for risk sensitive planning project under comprehensive DRM programme for UNDP and endline survey of urban WASH and CBDRM in different places of Lalitpur for OXFAM.
Ar. Sunita Subedi is also the co-founder of Technical Alliance Pvt. Ltd., an architecture firm under which she has successfully executed numerous projects. She is a full time faculty in Acme Engineering College since 2008 and currently holds a position of head of the architecture department.
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Architect and Urban Planner by education, Apil K.C. has been involved in both academia as well as in the professional field since 2012. Presently, Mr. KC runs an architecture and urban planning firm, Urban Park Pvt. Ltd., and is associated with the Institute of Engineering, Part-Time Lecturer and DRR Consultant at World Bank
Apil was awarded a fellowship for the 2013 Ando training program in Osaka, Japan, and have received a prestigious DAAD research grant for a stay period of 4 months at the Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT) at Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Köln-Germany, during 2014-2015, for his Master's research in governance and urban planning and 2019 DAAD Short Term Grant
He's been involved as a researcher at various projects at the Institute of Engineering and other INGOs as JICA, UNDP, and WWF. His research interest includes inclusive planning, integrated and innovative planning practices, urban governance, community-based disaster risk management, and public participation in planning. Apil has been an enthusiastic advocate of inclusive urban planning, political economy, and architecture theories. He's written on contemporary issues related to urban planning and resilience city planning in popular newspapers and online portals. Mr. KC was also Executive Member of the Society of Nepalese Architects (2016-2018) leading the committee for international relationships and active member of NEA and RUPSON.
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At KSC, the industrial supercomputing team is dedicated to collaborate with Korean companies, especially small and medium-sized business (SMB), by providing them with supercomputing technologies and infrastructures. The main goals of the team are to support supercomputing based simulation technologies to Korean SMBs and to develop advanced product development environment for the Korean industry.
Since 2007, this team has supported around 150 SMBs and has reduced their product development time and cost of 50% by applying simulation technologies (CFD/CAE) on the supercomputer. This team has developed LARD (Large-scale Realistic Design) environment which can provide realistic design and simulation to substitute physical design/experiments activities into virtual design/experiment activities.
The aim of LARD project is the development of design and simulation environment closest to the real world. This imposes large-scale data processing, large-scale simulation, VR/AR and photo-realistic rendering technologies. In this project, the team also tries to integrate design activities such as digital mockup (DMU), product styling (conceptual design) with simulation activities in a virtual reality environment for the seamless product design and simulation.
The KSC team has selected Avizo software for the LARD environment development. Avizo software is the ideal software for 3D visualization and analysis of simulation data and is the perfect tool for the visualization on immersive VR systems and large multi-screen configurations. More than a simple application, Avizo is a 3D software framework, which makes customization and in-house development possible. This has been really useful for the KSC team. KSC also deployed DirectViz, a powerful extension providing real-time realistic 3D rendering.
"Avizo provides high-performance visualization capabilities for simulation post-processing on VR-based systems" says Jaesung Kim, Senior Researcher at Supercomputing Center (KSC). Avizo software's visualization of numerical simulation results is outstanding compared to similar software tools on the market. Furthermore, its extendable capabilities allow us to customize it to perfectly fit our own needs."
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The KSC team plans to add simulation functionality to control simulation solvers (Ansys, Fluent, CFX) in Avizo's VR environment. In addition, the KSC team hopes to develop a mixed rendering functionality to visualize simulation results and realistic rendering images together.
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At a very svelte 114g, it'll certainly help keep the weight down on your steed. Each Selle San Marco Mantra Superleggera Open saddle is hand made, meaning that each will come out at a slightly different weight. Selle San Marco promises no saddle will weigh more than 117g but if you get lucky yours could be even lighter than ours at 114g.
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It is a flat saddle and personally liking the Fizik Arione shape, I liked this too. It allows for a little bit of forward or backwards movement on top of the saddle for different riding positions.
Even with the relief channel (the cut-out) you'll be able to find all kinds of riding positions, including a pretty aggressive on-the-nose style, without any obstruction or lack of comfort.
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To a non-athlete, the list of my tennis injuries may signal that, at 62, retirement from the game would be a very good idea: rotator-cuff injury (2001); sprained wrist and back (2002); tennis elbow (2003); re-injured wrist (2004); hip sprain (2005); toe surgery, back sprain (2007); re-injured rotator cuff (2009); back spasms, rotator cuff again (2010); broken right toe, burst cyst behind right knee, right-hip arthritis, sprained back (2011).
But to a senior athlete, pain is such a constant that is often ignored. It takes a rapid-fire sequence of play-stopping injuries to illuminate what seems obvious to others: An aging body demands accommodation.
Some aging athletes come to competition later in life, such as Mary Lathram, a 96-year-old Falls Church woman who began swimming for fitness at 64, started competing at 65 and set a world record in the 200-meter backstroke at 92. Some are athletes who never stopped, such as 48-year-old marathon runner and orthopedic surgeon Ben Kittredge of Alexandria, who has kept running since college — eight miles a day, seven days a week. Many others are like me, former teen athletes who compete intermittently as adults. I led my tennis team at the University of Georgia from 1967 to 1971 and still qualify for teams at the highest local amateur level.
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Of course, the best advice is to reduce the risk of injury in the first place. The key is being mindful — and respectful — of the changes that occur as one ages.
A plethora of factors influence the maintenance of conditioning and the rate of decline — factors such as the ability to train intensely, skeleton size, body fat composition, joint mobility, strength, endurance and coordination. For example, age-related decline in strength can be partially offset by resistance training, so a softball player with strong legs and hips can still sprint fast enough to beat the throw to first base. However, if that player has poor joint mobility in the hips or knees, acceleration may diminish despite his or her strength, according to Martinelli.
Vigorous conditioning can mitigate declines in strength and aerobic capacity, according to Wright. Senior athletes can also lessen the chances of injury through such steps as cross-training and taking sufficient rest time between intense workouts.
Still, having expert knowledge and keeping yourself in shape doesn't insure one against injury. Even Branche, 55, who does fitness training twice a week and plays tennis three times a week (often with men two decades younger) found himself sprawled on the court at the McLean Racquet Club last fall, victim of a burst quadriceps tendon. After surgery and six months of therapy, Branche, once a nationally competitive amateur tennis player, is back on the court. He fully expects to continue at least as long as his father did — well into his 70s.
Leet is an Arlington-based communications and management consultant who recently started the blog More Fit After 40.


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