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A biotech talk: Re – [Generating, Creating, Interpreting] on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 5:30 pm in Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
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This image is intriguing as it's being used to illustrate an ArtSci Salon April 30, 2019 event about biotechnology (from the Re – [Generating, Creating, Interpreting] event webpage),
Re – [Generating, Creating, Interpreting]
Conversations about Life
We live in strange times. We mourn for the countless lives we are losing to extinction, famine, severe weather and disease; we celebrate the possibility that science may assist us in preserving what we have and in regenerating what is no more. We aspire to re-create long gone species and proceed to create new one. Biotechnologies both terrify and invigorate us. We are torn between creating risk free futures and taking exciting Promethean risks. We claim that biotech can create a more democratic society; yet, we are increasingly racist, sexist and classist.
What's at stake? How can life unfold from here? How do we reinterpret and re-imagine it? Join us for a series of brief presentations and a following juicy discussion. There will be refreshments. …And juice
Joana Magalhães
Institute of Biomedical Research, A Coruña (INIBIC)
Polona Tratnik
Research Institute for Humanities, Alma Mater Europaea, Ljubljana
Roberta Buiani
Centre for Feminist Research, York University, Toronto
Dolores Steinman
Biomedical Simulation Lab (BSL)
OCADU (Ontario College of Art and Design University)
DF Salon, Room 701K (7th floor)
205 Richmond St W
RSVP https://www.facebook.com/events/811144362603498/
For the curious, here are the bios (also from the Re – [Generating, Creating, Interpreting] event webpage),
Roberta Buiani (PhD Communication and Culture, YorkU) is an interdisciplinary artist, media scholar and curator based in Toronto. She is the co-founder of the ArtSci Salon at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences (Toronto) and co-organizer of LASER Toronto. Her recent SSHRC-funded research creation project draws on feminist technoscience and on collaborative encounters across the sciences and the arts to investigate emerging life forms exceeding the categories defined by traditional methods of classification. Her artistic work has travelled to art festivals (Transmediale; Hemispheric Institute Encuentro; Brazil), community centres and galleries (the Free Gallery Toronto; Immigrant Movement International, Queens, Myseum of Toronto), and science institutions (RPI; the Fields Institute). Her writing has appeared on Space and Culture, Cultural Studies and The Canadian Journal of Communication among others. With the ArtSci Salon she has launched a series of experiments in "squatting academia", by re-populating abandoned spaces and cabinets across university campuses with SciArt installations. Currently, she is a research associate at the Centre for Feminist Research at York University. ArtSci Salon website: https://artscisalon.com Personal http://atomarborea.net
Joana Magalhães holds a B.Sc. in Biology and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Research of A Coruña, Spain, working in the field of regenerative medicine strategies for osteoarthritis. Previous positions include a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Spanish Networking Biomedical Center and a Marie Curie PhD Fellowship at the Spanish Council for Scientific Research. In parallel with her scientific career, she develops STEAM-for-health media strategies from a gender perspective that received several national and international awards (Science on Stage 2017 for Radio, Press and TV or SCI-DOC Festival Mention of honour Women in Science Category 2018). Currently, she is Correspondent for "Women in Science" at Efervesciencia Radio Program. Moreover, she was a scientist-in-residence at Fundación Luis Seoane and Artesacía Theatrical Company for "TRANSCÉNICA" – I Transmedia Creators Meeting (2015). She is the Spanish Representative at the Young Scientist Forum – European Society of Biomaterials and Board Member of the Association of Women in Science and Technology (AMIT) – Galician Node. http://jomagellan.tumblr.com
Dolores Steinman Biomedical Simulation Lab, University of Toronto.
Dr. Steinman's involvement with the Biomedical Simulation Laboratory (BSL), at the University of Toronto, is based on her experience as an MD (Romania) and PhD in Cell Biology (Canada) that led her to contribute in situating the BSL's "patient-specific" computer-based simulations in the socio-historical, ethical and aesthetic context of medical imaging and imagery.
Polona Tratnik, Ph.D., is Dean of Alma Mater Europaea – Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis, Faculty and Research Institute for Humanities, Ljubljana [Slovenia], where she is a Professor and Head of Research as well. She also teaches courses at the Faculty for Media and Communication at Singidunum University in Serbia, at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Ljubljana, at the Faculty of Education of the University of Maribor and at the Faculty for Design of the University of Primorska. She used to be the Head of the Department for Cultural Studies at the Faculty for Humanities of the University of Primorska. In 2012 she was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar, as well as a Guest Professor at the University of California Santa Cruz. She was a Guest Professor also at the Capital Normal University Bejing (China), at the Faculty for Art and Design Helsinki TAIK (Finland), and at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México(Mexico City). She is president of the Slovenian Society of Aesthetics (since 2011) and an Executive Committee Member of the International Association of Aesthetics. She has authored seven monographs and one proceeding as single author, including the Hacer-vivir más allá del cuerpo y del medio (Mexico City: Herder, 2013), Art as Intervention(Sophia, 2017) and Conquest of Body. Biopower with Biotechnology (Springer, 2017). Polona Tratnik is a pioneer bio artist exhibiting worldwide at shows such as Ars Electronica festival and BEAP festival in Perth .http://www.polona-tratnik.si
It should be a stimulating discussion although I am curious as to about omission from this list: "… biotech can create a more democratic society; yet, we are increasingly racist, sexist and classist. " What about age or, more specifically, ageism? Maybe next time, eh?
This entry was posted in science communication and tagged art/sci, ArtSci Salon, biotechnology, Canada, Dolores Steinman, Institute of Biomedical Research of A Coruña, Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis, Joana Magalhãe, Polona Tratnik, Re [Generating Creating Interpreting]; Conversations about Life, Roberta Buiani, SciArt, Slovenia, Spain on April 25, 2019 by Maryse de la Giroday.
ArtSci Salon visits the Society for Literature, Science & the Arts 2018 Meeting in Toronto (Canada) while Vancouver's Curiosity Collider provides a November 2018 update
I have two art/sci (or sciart) announcements, one concerns an event and the other is a news update.
Toronto's ArtSci Salon and the Society of Literature, Science & the Arts (SLSA) 2018 Meeting
How could I not have stumbled across SLSA until now? Better late than never but the 2018 meeting/conference in Toronto, Canada is the 32nd of this annual event. (sigh)
Getting on to the important points, the ArtSci Salon is hosting a special roundtable as part of the conference (from a November 14, 2018 announcement received via email),
ArtSci Salon has organized a special roundtable at the annual SLSA
(Society for Science Literature and the Arts) which will take place in
Toronto this week.
The roundtable is public and will be held at OCADU [Ontario College of Art and Design University] in the gallery on 49 McCaul Street.
Re-locating the rational: on the re-making of categories through art and science (or: the artist is out of mind!)
A roundtable and a mobile/pop-up exhibition organized by ArtSci Salon
The world always exceeds our conception of it (Shotwell, 2016)
Coinciding with this year's SLSA "Out of Mind" conference in Toronto, ArtSci Salon is proposing a panel/roundtable on "out-of-mindedness" as a way to re-think categories, and to disrupt the disciplinary and methodological status quo through which we normally see science and the humanities unfolding in academic contexts. We plan to do it through a pop-up exhibition featuring the works of local artists and members of SLSA.
What to do when the sciences and the humanities loose [sic] their ability to fully grasp, and sometimes even speak of, phenomena that have inevitably become too complex, too diffuse to be simplified through a model or a formula, or to be seized and summarized by one discipline?
This initiative is not designed to propose a set of new categories, but to pose a series of open questions, highlighting the necessity to conduct collaborative research between artistic practices and scientific research. We interpret the idea of "out of mind" as a strategy. In fact, using the arts as our preferred mode of expression, we believe that we ought to step out of the traditional mind configurations and fixed wiring in order to seize new ways to come to term with the multiplicities characterizing current environmental transformations. These occurrences have proved to be connected with nature, culture, and society in too many intricate ways, to the extent that neither science, nor technological methods are able to fully comprehend them.
Roundtable Participants:
Roberta Buiani (Chair)
Erika Biddles
Jenifer Wightman
Stephanie Rothenberg
Adam Zaretsky
Kathy High
Here's the poster:
One more logistical detail,
[T]he roundtable will be at 10:30-12:00 noon [Friday, November 16, 2018] followed by a small tour of the mobile pop-up exhibition[.]
For the curious, here's the SLSA website and the SLSA 2018 [Meeting]—Out of Your Mind website. Unexpectedly, the University of Toronto is not one of the conference hosts, instead we have the University of Waterloo [Waterloo, Ontario] and York University [Toronto, Ontario] as joint hosts with OCAD University—Canada's oldest art and design institution—partnering with the Rochester Institute of Technology (New York state, US).
Vancouver's Curiosity Collider
Coincidentally on the same day I received the ArtSci Salon event information, I received a November 14, 2018 update for Vancouver's art/sci (or sciart) organization, Curiosity Collider. From the update received via email,
Collider Update
Next events (save-the-date), call for submissions, and other art+science in town
Collisions Festival:
Meet Up & Hang Out
Are you an artist working in the sci/art genre? A scientist interested in collaborating with artists? Or one who wears both hats?
In the fall of 2019, the Curiosity Collider will be hosting our inaugural Sci-Art festival The Collisions Festival; the first theme will be Invasive Systems. The call for submission will be open in spring, 2019. The theme is meant to be broad in scope and not limited to any specific scientific subject/discipline; participants are encouraged to suggest various interpretation of the theme.
We would like to invite all artists and scientists who are interested in participating or potentially submitting a proposal to join us at this meet up event, chat about possible collaborations, and learn more about projects and details on "collaborative work" proposals we are looking for.
RSVP now so we know how many to expect.. This is a casual drop in event; feel free to stay, or just stop by and say hi!
Notice that RSVP? Taken with the next announcement, something becomes evident,
Join the Collider Team!
Are you passionate about art and science? Want to be part of the awesome Curiosity Collider team to help create new ways to experience science?
We are now inviting applications for the following positions:
Development Director (volunteer board position, Deadline Dec 15)
Digital/Social Media volunteers (until positions are filled)
Read more on our volunteer page. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions!
In the old days a 'development director' was a 'fundraiser'. That RSVP? Likely, they're trying to establish the size of their potential audience so they can get government grants. Audience size is important to corporate or 'other' funders but if you want a government grant you need numbers.
Getting back to the update, this is a grouping of Curiosity Collider's latest hits,
#ColliderCafe: Art. Science. Cadence.
Did you miss our most recent Collider Cafe event? You can now chek out the talks by Singer-songwriter Devon More, Biologists Wayne Maddison and David Maddison, as well as Integrated Media Artist Victoria Gibson on our YouTube Channel.
Check out the talks now.
Et al 3: Collaboration Process for Quantum Futures
Nerd Nite, Science Slam, and Curiosity Collider joined forces for the 3rd edition of Et al: the ultimate bar science night event. During the event, Quantum Physicist James Day and our Creative Managing Director Char Hoyt gave attendees an overview of the collaboration process that made Night shift: Quantum Futures, an event curated by CC and hosted at the Museum of Anthropology, possible.
Missed the show? Watch the presentation on our YouTube channel now.
While they don't seem to have any details, there is a date for the next Collider Cafe,
Next Collider Cafe
Our next Collider Cafe will be on Wednesday, January 23 at Cafe Deux Soleils. #ColliderCafe is a space for artists, scientists, makers, and anyone interested in art+science. Meet. Discover. Connect. Create.
Are you curious? Join us to explore how art and science intersect in the exploration of curiosity.
Finally, a miscellaneous listing of related events being held in Vancouver, mostly, this November,
Looking for more art+science in town?
November 17 (Victoria) Science Writers and Communicators of Canada is hosting a workshop on science writing in an age of reconciliation: What science writers can learn from indigenous community members about better representation and relationships. Only a few spots left! Register now.
November 15-18 CC friend Dzee Louise will open her studio during the East Side Cultural Crawl! Drop by at studio #5 just at the top of the stairs of the William Clark Building at 1310 William Street (on the corner of Clark).
November 21 Natural History (Paleoart) Illustrator Julius Csotonyi will present a public lecture at the Vancouver Public Library (Kits branch) on the mutually beneficial affair between science and art.
November 21 Our friends at Nerd Nite Vancouver is hosting another awesome event next week, including a presentation by artist Michael Markowsky who will talk about how he ends up "Painting on the Moon". Get your tickets now!
Until December 15 Vancouver Biennale's CURIOUS IMAGININGS continues…check out the exhibition that will "challenge us to explore the social impacts of emerging biotechnology and our ethical limits in an age where genetic engineering and digital technologies are already pushing the boundaries of humanity."
For more Vancouver art+science events, visit the Curiosity Collider events calendar. Let us know about your art+science events by emailing info@curiositycollider.org.
I did write a preview (June 18, 2018) for the last event on the list, Curious Imaginings, which included some of the latest science on xenotransplantation and chimeras (i.e., examples of emerging biotechnology). That's all folks!
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All about gene editing, sexual reproduction, and the arts (an October 27, 2018 ArtSci Salon event in Toronto, Canada)
This ArtSci Salon event is part of the third world congress, GeNeDis (Genetics, Geriatrics, and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research). GeNeDis 2018 was organized by The Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Human Electrophysiology, Department of Informatics of the Ionian University (Corfu Greece) in cooperation with the Fields Institute (for Research in Mathematical Sciences) at the University of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) and Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo Ontario).
The ArtSci Salon will be presenting (from the ArtSci Salon GeNeDis event page) Note: Read carefully as this is a multi-pronged event,
GeNeDis Panel and Exhibition – Gene Editing, sexual reproduction and the arts: Oct 27, 2018
ArtSci salon is proud to present an event to explore the entangled issues of sex and sexual fantasy, sexual reproduction and sexual regulation, fertility and sexual technologies. We invited artists and scholars to address these themes using their preferred approach: the result is a thought provoking series which interrogates and imagines these issues through human/non-human sexual fantasies, interrogates them by means of modified gynaecological instruments, rewrites potential scenarios as enhanced and/or elderly humans, or offers unexpected ways to hack sex right here, right now.
Our goal is not just to imagine how media, technological enhancement, gene editing and medical treatments will transform our idea of sex and our sexuality as human beings and as part of the wide non-human world that surrounds us. It is also to think of how creative/critical initiatives may facilitate a sustained dialogue to help us cope with unresolved issues in the present. Interdisciplinary so!
The event will be accompanied by an exhibition on display Oct 18-Nov.8 in the Koffler Students Centre Cabinets, University of Toronto
Gene editing, sexual reproduction and the arts: the present, the future and the imagined
ArtSci Salon will participate in the scientific conference GeNeDis (Genetics, Geriatrics, and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research) with a special panel addressing the topic of gene editing and sexual reproduction from a sciart perspective. The discussion will be preceded by the official opening of an exhibition illustrating how present issues in gynaecology and sexual regulation, hormonal management, human enhancement and sexual and cultural identity may be addressed, redressed, hacked and reimagined through the arts.
The Panel will be followed by a reception
Chair: Roberta Buiani, ArtSci Salon, Fields Institute
Speakers: Byron Rich, Samira Daneshvar, Adam Zaretsky & Dolores Steinman.
Saturday, Oct 27,
Lennox Hall
77 Adelaide Street W.
please, RSVP here
For a little more detail about the event, you can check an Oct. 19, 2018 news item in Clot magazine,
On October 27th [2018], interdisciplinary group ArtSci Salon will present a panel discussion addressing the topic of gene editing and sexual reproduction from a sciart perspective. Preceding the discussion will be the official opening of an exhibition featuring the work of four of the speakers; a show that reimagines issues relating to gynaecology, sexual regulation, hormonal management and cultural identity through the arts.
During the conversation itself, the panel will focus on the current status of genome editing, presenting a nuanced alternative to sensationalist media narratives that often frame genome editing as a set of dichotomized future predictions, either utopian or dystopian. Stepping back into the present, the speakers will rethink the implications of genome editing through a creative lens, exploring the intersection of scientific and artistic interventions as they relate to human enhancement. Both panel and exhibition will approach these topics with an emphasis on their social implications, exploring in particular issues relating to sexual reproduction, fertility and sexual technologies – simultaneously raising awareness of sexual politics and the medicalization of the body.
The news item goes on to briefly describe the panelists.
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Stolbro er en Landsby, bygget om omkring landevejen, med ca. 150 indbyggere (heraf ca. 30 børn) fordelt på omkring 70 husstande, 2 km vest for Guderup på øen Als. Landbymiljøet er på trods af nutidens forandringer stadig bevaret den oprindelige blanding af erhverv, landbrug og boliger. I nutiden er der foruden landbrug, en vognmandsforretning, en entreprenørvirksomhed og en maskinstation.

Stolbrolykke, der oprindelig blev bebygget med udflyttergårde fra Stolbro, danner nu rammen om den landbrugsproduktion, der af miljøhensyn ikke kan ske inde i selve landsbyen.

Bylauget har etableret en legeplads med legetårn med rutsjebane, sandkasse, gynger og flere klatremuligheder. Ved Stolbro Strand ca. 3 km vest for Stolbro er der en grillplads. Om sommeren er der udlagt en badebro, og færdsel på broen er på eget ansvar.

I naturskønne omgivelser ved Lillenor ca. 3 km nordvest for Stolbro ligger en af Stolbro og Stolbroløkkes ældste bebyggelser. Det gamle bindingsværkshus har oprindelig været en fiskerhytte. Efter den store oversvømmelse i 1872, flyttede den sidste fiskerfamilie. Huset blev renoveret i 2012.

Historie
Stolbro kan føres tilbage til 1500-tallet, men fund fra stenalderen vidner om, at stedet har været beboet i flere tusind år.
Yderst på Stolbro Lykke, parallelt med stranden ved Stolbro Næs, fandt museumsinspektør Jens Raben, Sønderborg (1880-1960) fra 1938 til 1948, resterne af fire skibssætninger. Øst for skibssætningerne, lidt højere i terrænet, anes tre små gravhøje omgivet af en krans af sten. Tre af dem var i en tilstand så man kunne fastsætte det meste af deres størrelse.
 A: Længde ca. 17 m; bredde ca. 6,0 m; bevarede sten: 40
 B: Længde ca.14 m; bredde ca. 5,0 m; bevarede sten: 9
 C: Længde ca. 12 m; bredde ca. 4,5 m; bevarede sten: I 1948 formodentlig 10
 D: Kun fire sten er bevaret.
Skibssætning C blev i 1960 undersøgt af Peter Vilhelm Glob, som fastlagte standsporene af 45 sten. I skibssætningen befandt der sig en kvadratmeter stor bålplads med ca 35 gram brændte knogler, som ikke kunne bestemmes. Denne form for grav, med kun en brandplet, er typisk for 600-800-tallet. Genstande fundet i den udgravede rundhøj peger på samme periode. I dag er kun den udgravede skibssætning samt de tre rundhøje synlige i terrænet.

Omkring 1750 bestod Stolbro af selvejergårde, fæstegårde, kådnere, indsiddere, smed og hjulmager. En kådner var den tids husmand og havde ca. 1 til 5 tønde land. De fleste bønder i Stolbro var underlagt Kronen, men i 1770 var der kun to fæstegårde, som var underlagt Hjortspring len. Efter 1770 blev landsbyfællesskabet ophævet og bondebrugene blev selvstændige driftsenheder.

1834 byggede gårdejer Laurids Jørgensen (1780-1868) en 400 m² stor typisk alsisk bindingsværkslade på Stolbro Gade 21. 1985 købte Svend Ove Petersen gårdens bygninger. Laden var bevaringsværdig. 1989 fik foreningen Bygnings- og landskabskultur på Nordals overdraget den 400 m² stor bindingsværkslade. Laden er en typisk alsisk bindingsværkslade. 1992 blev laden genopført ved siden af Alsingergården i Svenstrup. Den vinkelbyggede bygning i 2 og 3 tavles højde er dateret på to dørkarme.

Omkring 1900 var der en købmand, skomager, bødker, smed, hjulmager og en hjemmeslagter. Stolbro havde også sit eget brandvæsen, og senere kom der en bager og skrædder.

1908 etablerede Peter Hansen Schmidt (1883-1940) en købmandsforretning på Stolbro Gade 13. 1921 fik han et dansk næringsbrev til at drive en købmandshandel uden stærke drikke. 1941 købte Jens Christiansen Fogt (1918-1994) huset og fortsatte med købmandsforretningen indtil 1992.

1912 blev skolen bygget. Skolestuen lå i den vestlige ende, og antallet af elever kunne variere fra 20 til 30 børn. Skolen blev nedlagt i 1961.

Den 17. september 2011 blev der i Stolbro opsat en granit-skulptur skabt af Claus Nydal (1962-2014). Skulpturen blev afsløret af den daværende borgmester A.P. Hansen.

Eksterne henvisninger og kilder
 Stolbro Bylaug's hjemmeside
 Stolbro Nakke
 Stolbrobogen

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Are Japan's Largest Companies Shrinking?
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The Number of Japanese Companies in the Fortune Global 500 List is Stabilizing
Since 1995, ninety-six Japanese companies have dropped out of the Fortune Global 500. What's important to note, however, is that the fastest rate of decline occurred from 1995 to 2005, after which the rate of decline slowed and now is almost flat, despite the large number of Chinese firms joining the list.
How companies do in the #FortuneGlobal500 corresponds to some extent with their own country's growth, creating a natural shift from slower growing economies such as Japan's to faster growing ones such as China's. However, over the past 5 years (since 2014), only 5 Japanese firms have dropped off the list: Sharp (sold), Fujifilm Holdings, Alfresca Holdings, Cosmo Oil, and Japan Tobacco. The United States dropped more companies from the list than Japan in the same timeframe.
Only Seven are in the Bottom 100
Japan's remaining companies in the list are well distributed, with only 7 companies in the lower 401-500 ranked block. Those companies are: NEC (470), East Japan Railway (458), Chubu Electric Power (453), Subaru (440), Sumitomo Electric Industries (437), Medipal Holdings (436), and Kansai Electric Power (420).
Is Dropping in the Ranking Always Bad?
Keep in mind that this is a revenue-based ranking, and movements up or down don't always equate to good or bad, respectively. Higher revenue can be the result of mergers and acquisitions, while lower revenue could indicate carefully planned divestitures, and/or more focus by a diversified conglomerate. Divesting under-performing or non-strategic areas and acquiring companies accretive to the bottom line or with a larger global footprint can be a very smart move. Take Hitachi for example. Revenue was down slightly in 5 years, and profit was up. They've executed some smart divestitures along the way, which contributed to lowered revenue and higher profit, while positioning them for strategic acquisitions in the power industry (ABB Power Grids) and automotive industry (Honda affiliates Keihin Corp., Showa Corp. and Nissin Kogyo Co).
Most Segments are Up vs 5 Years Ago
Looking at Japanese companies grouped into market segments as shown below, most segments have held steady or grown on an actual Yen basis. Don't be surprised. Many of the companies in these segments are over 100 years old, and quite stable.
Segments that are declining include Electronics, Oil & Gas Operations, Electric Utilities, and in the "Other" category (details not shown) Computer Hardware. Even if a segment is up, though, that's not the whole story. If the Auto and Truck Manufacturers segment revenue is up, how does that compare to a broader index of Auto and Truck Manufacturing companies globally? And thus, are the largest Japanese auto and truck manufacturers gaining or losing share in the global market?
Implications for Japan's Global Businesses
For each of Japan's big industries there are different considerations for globalization such as:
ability to adapt to rapid change
global levels of competition
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alignment with Japan's national priorities, etc.
In some segments Japanese companies are clearly losing ground globally, such as in consumer electronics, where the digital revolution changed how these devices were made, leading manufacturing and then ultimately market share to shift to lower cost countries. A COVID-19 driven downturn could, however, present new opportunities. Japanese companies have been and continue to stockpile cash, despite increased shareholder activism and a pick-up in buyback activity in Japan to improve ROE for shareholders. Some companies have taken very little risk, choosing instead to make slow but steady progress on their inwardly-focused goals, which might not include aggressive global aspirations. In a time when complex international deals involving Japanese giants such as the Texas Central Railway are facing potential COVID-related setbacks, focusing inward might feel good. I've heard from Japanese colleagues that this can be a huge comfort zone - global business can be such a headache. However, that's not a winning strategy for Japan. As I've pointed out in my previous blog on How Japan is Doing with Artificial Intelligence and What's at Stake, globalization brings the benefits of international specialization, and enhances productivity through competition and cross-border information exchanges. It also enhances Japan's global security. Without globalization, Japan's companies will continue to slide from the Fortune Global 500 over time, and there will be no Japanese newcomers on the list bringing opportunity and security to Japan. To prepare for the future, the leaders of Japan's largest companies can:
Create a corporate environment in Japan that attracts upwardly motivated top talent (including more women) into their ranks, creating a truly engaged workforce ready to align with and execute leadership-driven reforms that will make their significant cash reserves go farther
Acquire synergistic global businesses that give them presence in key overseas markets
Attract and retain the best local talent for those businesses, adapting to local HR practices and benchmarks
Manage those global businesses with a light touch
Monitor such businesses for big issues and make corrections when required
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Marajo Tower is a 23-storey, PEZA accredited office building. It is located in a special area in the Bonifacio Global City called E-Square, a well-planned, well-zoned area which, technology-wise, anticipates all global needs.
Location: 312 26th Street West corner 4th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, 1634, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Contact Us
Tel: +632 856.7175 to 78
Fax: +632 856.7174
Email: admin@marajogroup.com
Salcedo Towers
Salcedo Village, Makati City
Salcedo Towers is a modern 27-storey E-Building situated in the very heart of the Makati Central Business District (CBD). It is conveniently located along H.V. dela Costa Street, Salcedo Village, and is very accessible to public transportation from Ayala and Gil Puyat Avenues.
Location: 169 H. de la Costa Street, Salcedo Village, Makati City 1227 Philippines Contact Us
Tel: +632 832.7272
MRJ Center
Poblacion, Makati City
MRJ Center is a premium commercial and office building located in the fast developing vicinity of Makati Poblacion — a stone's throw away from the Makati Central Business District. and within the bustling Makati Avenue area. The 17-storey building is bounded by three streets – J.P. Rizal, Gomez and Zamora.
Location: 954 J.P. Rizal Ave. corner Gomez Street, Poblacion, Makati City 1210, Philippines Contact Us
Tel: +(63)2 893-2325, 810-5054, 753-1081
Fax: +(63)2 813-7165, 817-0185, 894-1271
Let us know how we can help you get settled in your new office or dwelling.
We will be glad to serve you. Talk to us today!
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Bellwether Farms Ricotta is the perfect partner for vine-ripened tomatoes from your garden or the farmers market in this simply beautiful side dish for a summer feast.
In a large bowl, combine the Ricotta, olive oil, grated cheese, herbs and pepper.
Fill the cored tomatoes with the cheese mixture.
Bake uncovered for approximately 20-30 minutes at 375 degrees.


Mark of the Ninja: Remastered is headed to Nintendo Switch on 10/9! You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options. Will you be an unknown, invisible ghost, or a brutal, silent assassin?
Originally released in 2012, this high-definition remaster of the critically acclaimed stealth action game is coming this fall. The game really makes players feel like a ninja, as they use silence, agility and wits to navigate beautifully designed 2D levels.
Check out the latest Nindies Showcase video, featuring more than a dozen independent games coming to Nintendo eShop on the Nintendo Switch system in 2018.
One of the fun things about this site + YT that I've really come to enjoy is that I get to experience a lot of content without having to actively partake in it. For example, doing his crazy 100%'s, people growing plants, or speedruns on YT. Watching someone do an 18 minute speedrun of Rogue Legacy is a pretty fun way to "play" the game without having to play it.


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declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Http\Requests;

use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;

final class WebhookRequest extends FormRequest
{
    public function authorize(): bool
    {
        Log::info('[Webhook] New request', ['webhook_name' => $this->webhookName()]);
        Log::info('[Webhook] Payload', $this->all());

        $allowedWebhooks = (array) config('tito.allowed_webhooks');

        return in_array($this->webhookName(), $allowedWebhooks);
    }

    public function rules(): array
    {
        if ($this->isRegistrationWebhook()) {
            return $this->registrationRules();
        }

        return [];
    }

    public function isRegistrationWebhook(): bool
    {
        return Str::startsWith($this->webhookName(), 'registration.');
    }

    protected function registrationRules(): array
    {
        return [
            'tickets.*.slug' => 'required|string',
            'tickets.*.reference' => 'required|string',
            'tickets.*.name' => 'required|string',
            'tickets.*.email' => 'required|email',
            'tickets.*.responses' => 'required|array',
            'tickets.*.responses.*' => 'required|string',
            'event.id' => 'required|integer',
            'event.slug' => 'required|string',
        ];
    }

    private function webhookName(): string
    {
        return (string) $this->header('X-Webhook-Name');
    }
}

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There are a lot of interesting events on our agenda that we would like to share with you!
If you are joining some of these events as well, great! Feel free to contact us on LinkedIn to meet each other in person. If not, keep an eye on our socials for regular updates. We will share our personal highlights afterward!
SAP TechEd offers technical lectures and hands-on workshops covering the latest industry trends and topics.
Insight into current product roadmaps.
Cloud Foundry Summit Europe is the premier event for end users to learn the platform from those who build and use it every day. Join hundreds of developers in Basel to learn how to run apps at scale – using a platform or containers on multiple clouds.
SAP Customer Experience is an immersive educational experience for everyone who puts their customer at the center of their business. From executive keynotes to the show floor, we're planning more than 200 sessions covering the topics that mean the most to you. Discover why you should attend.
Boomi World is an annual user and partner conference that will bring together the global Boomi community to learn, network and share best practices on using Boomi's #1 iPaaS to build a connected business.
Boomi expects approximately 1000 attendees at Boomi World 2018.
Perform is Dynatrace's annual premier event bringing together active digital and cloud experts in technology communities across Europe. Join us to connect, collaborate, and learn how Dynatrace can help you simplify digital complexity to accelerate innovation and transformation.
Hear from cloud leaders and discover how you can reinvent digital performance at Perform Benelux. Immerse yourself in a day of hands-on knowledge sharing from the best and brightest in the industry and take away information that will transform your organization.
On September 6, 2017 SAP organized 'The Digital Shift' in Brussels Expo.


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1st Dibs Blog - 18 Homes with Striking Landscape Design
Country or city, acres or square feet, these outdoor areas are expertly appointed and incredibly inspiring by Colleen Egan
At an 18th-century chateau in Cabrières-d'Aigues, France, restored by Northwick Design, the sprawling grounds include mature shade trees and outbuildings that date back to the 16th century, and the property leads into a national park. This fountain-side sitting area is accented by lavender plants.
1st Dibs Blog - ROUND SOFAS ARE BACK
Curves might just be the remedy to a lackluster living room by Julia Millay Walsh
In 1970, when Vladimir Kagan, now considered a pioneer of modern furniture design, released his Serpentine sofa, he revolutionized furniture and ushered in a new era of round. The long, low, sinuous design eschewed all things square, straight and ordinary. Suddenly, furniture was sexy again.
Kagan passed away in 2016, and now amid a fervor for all things '70s (think: Stilnovo lighting, chrome shelving, Milo Baughman chairs), the anti-rectangular sofa is having a renaissance.
The traffic-stopping seating is appearing in interiors from Los Angeles to Paris and everywhere in between, and we're not angry about it.
Catherine Connolly at Northwick Design found this sculptural vintage Giò Ponti sofa at auction and decided to incorporate it into this stately West London living room "The room lends itself to the unusual shape as it permits movement and flow onto the beautiful terrace through any of the three French windows behind," Connolly says. It looks luxurious for lounging on as well!
House and Garden The List Directory
The List - an indispensable guide for anybody wanting work done to their home, from a single pair of curtains to a whole house project.
Northwick Design had the privilidge of working for the artistic director of Swarovski to create this stunning family home in the countryside outside London.
Northwick Design have been recently been selected by 1stdibs as one of their distinctive design firms.
Living Etc
'Space is really valuable in London, so it's important that every area is used.' Says interior designer at Chelsea-based Northwick Design.
'In this house, the architects MBA had proposed a separate cellar, but we wanted to incorporate the elegant look of the wine more fully into the interior. By using clever lighting and sliding glass doors, we were able to create an interesting space that leads you through to the rest of the house.'
Effortlessly stylish and sensitive to her clients' needs, Cathy Connolly has been transforming private houses for three decades. She decorates with a light touch, mixing natural materials and a soft, considered palette. 'Colour and texture are important,' she says. 'A house should flow, with a link connecting the rooms.'
'Nothing should match totally and nothing should be so precious that you don't feel happy using it.'


Present: BERRY, SMITH, & GREEN, JJ.
Insurance, Subrogation, Waiver, "All risk" policy. Contract, Construction contract. Subrogation.
CIVIL ACTION commenced in the Superior Court Department on March 14, 2005.
Motions for summary judgment were heard by D. Lloyd Macdonald, J., a motion for summary judgment was heard by Merita A. Hopkins, J., and entry of final judgment was ordered by Linda E. Giles, J.
John Donovan, III, for the plaintiff.
Grace V.B. Garcia for Payton Construction Corporation & another.
Jon A. Halaby for D.J. Plumbing and Heating, Inc.
The essential basis for the entry of summary judgments in favor of the respective defendants was a determination that North American had no right to seek damages in subrogation against the three defendant contractors because of a waiver of subrogation rights clause in the American Institute of Architects standard form contract, adopting by reference the "General Conditions of the Contract for Construction" (AIA Contract). The AIA contract was signed by the owner and the general contractor Payton. Under the AIA contract, the subcontractors were also required to sign subrogation waivers. Payton had the subcontractor Nardone sign a contract that contained the required subrogation waiver clause. However, for reasons not explained in the record, the subcontractor D.J. did not agree to the subrogation waiver, which was crossed out in the contract between D.J. and Payton.
validity, similar waivers each in favor of other parties enumerated herein. The policies shall provide such waivers of subrogation by endorsement or otherwise. A waiver of subrogation shall be effective as to a person or entity even though that person or entity would otherwise have a duty of indemnification, contractual or otherwise, did not pay the insurance premium directly or indirectly, and whether or not the person or entity had an insurable interest in the property damaged."
(Emphasis added). Absent the subrogation waiver, North American, as subrogee, would stand in the shoes of the insured owner. That is, since North American paid the owner on the insured claims, as the subrogated insurer, North American would succeed to any rights of action the owner may have against the parties responsible for the loss, but also would be subject to any defenses that would bar the owner's rights of action. Here, in respect to the fire, the responsible parties were alleged to have been the general contractor Payton and the subcontractors D.J. and Nardone. Thus, North American stands as the owner in respect to claims against and defenses by these defendants. See Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. National Consol. Warehouses, Inc., 34 Mass. App. Ct. 293 , 296-297 (1993).
A waiver of subrogation would, in effect, extinguish any rights of action by North American because there would be a full defense barring the complaint, in that North American would be bound by the owner's subrogation waiver. However, in this appeal, as in the proceedings below, North American contends that the owner's subrogation waiver was unenforceable because Payton did not obtain the required waiver from D.J. This omission, North American submits, was a material breach of the AIA contract rendering the entire subrogation waiver void. Therefore, North American asserts, the defendants are not protected and may not take advantage of the subrogation waiver. North American's contention regarding a material breach was rejected by the Superior Court judges.
"According to plaintiffs, by not obtaining waivers from defendants, the general contractor materially breached the contract, thereby preventing defendants from enforcing the waiver-of-subrogation provision.
insurance policy, the insurer knew the risk when it insured plaintiffs and presumably set the rates based on that risk. The absence of mutual waivers with respect to the subcontractors was not a material breach affecting the primary purpose of the provision, which was to protect the contractor and its subcontractors from liability for accidental property loss."
Behr, 173 Vt. at 130-131. We adopt the rationale so formulated in Behr. This rationale is consistent with this court's analysis in a related context. Specifically, Haemonetics Corp. v. Brophy & Phillips Co., 23 Mass. App. Ct. 254 , 258 (1986), speaks to the utility of subrogation waivers in construction contracts to ensure cost effectiveness and judicial economy. To this end, in Haemonetics Corp., this court held that "[a] waiver of subrogation is useful in such projects because it avoids disruption and disputes among the parties to the project. It thus eliminates the need for lawsuits, and yet protects the contracting parties from loss by bringing all property damage under the all risks builder's property insurance." Ibid., quoting from Tokio Marine & Fire Ins. Co. v. Employers Ins., 786 F.2d 101, 104 (2d Cir. 1986).
In conclusion, we hold that the failure of a general contractor to obtain a waiver from a subcontractor under the AIA contract, in circumstances such as presented here, does not invalidate the subrogation waiver, nor does it render it unenforceable. In short, the insurer, North American, is bound by the subrogation waiver set forth in the AIA contract at issue.
[Note 1] Nardone Electrical Corporation and D.J. Plumbing and Heating, Inc.
[Note 2] Summary judgment motions filed by Payton and Nardone were allowed together in 2006; D.J.'s summary judgment motion was allowed in 2007 by a different judge. Final judgment in favor of all of the defendants was entered in 2009.
[Note 3] North American's argument that there was a material breach is based on the theoretical possibility that, because the subcontractor D.J. failed to sign the subrogation waiver, the owner was exposed to potential liability from D.J. But the record demonstrates no such liability, either actual or threatened. Given that lack of exposure, to the extent that Payton's failure to get the waiver signed by D.J. was a breach, it appears to be an immaterial breach, not rising to the level of rendering the subrogation unenforceable.


In the beginning of Chapter 21, the Torah tells how an encounter with the Canaanites of the Negev concluded with the capture of a single captive – who Rashi identifies as a maidservant.
While I shy away from attempts at identifying why this might have happened, Targum Yonatan and others focus on the recent death of Aharon, and the subsequent disappearance of the clouds, as the opening that provided the chance for a military encounter to go sour.
G-d, in turn, listened to the voice of Israel and allowed them to defeat the Canaanites.
Two questions come to mind. Why wouldn't Moshe pray on behalf of the people, as he has so many times in the past? Why is the language of Israel praying written in the singular – isn't the whole nation, millions of people, praying?
The Shakh explains why Moshe might not have prayed on behalf of the people. Following a line of thinking that appears in many places in the Midrash and Chazal, the Shakh suggests (based on the Yalkut Shimoni) that when the people saw Moshe descending from the mountain with Elazar, and without Aharon, they were suspicious that Moshe had killed his brother.
There were actually three groups – those who suspected Moshe of murder, those who suspected Elazar of murder, and those who believed Aharon had died a natural death. To squelch all the rumors, the people were given a vision of Aharon being accompanied by angels to the point that all understood that he had died naturally.
Two out of three groups were suspicious of murder, rendering Moshe uninterested in praying on their behalf. Let them pray for themselves if after 40 years they could even conceive of such a notion that Moshe or Elazar killed their brother/father.
The singular language is more compelling of a question to me, but in light of recent events, I think nothing could be more clear as to why the people are depicted as praying in the singular, in the aftermath of one person being taken captive.
All I have read is that the country of Israel, as fractured as it sometimes is in times of peace, and when people have time to fight about things that, all told, are not that important, is a different country today than it was before Naftali, Eyal and Gilad were kidnapped. We could surely benefit from the prayer of Moshe at this time. But in the absence of a Moshe Rabbeinu, we are coming together to pray as one.
The nation and the country of Israel understands this well. The nation as one has taken a vow to "bring our boys back." As of this writing there was not much news or hopes to hang onto. But the nation of Israel seems united as one, to rid its land of the evil of Hamas, and to destroy the infrastructure that allows evil people to roam freely, to kidnap innocent children because they "are frustrated with the occupation." And of course, to see the three boys returned to their homes in safety.
Most of us do things, and sometimes even regrettable things, when we are frustrated. But we don't kill people, or kidnap children. Moshe would be very frustrated with even the suspicion of such.
Maybe Israel – the nation and the country – can take a vow, using the Torah's precedent, that if You, G-d, will help rid this pestilence from our land – whether through political means, relocation strategies, etc, then we, united as one, will not take anything from the cherem, and we will not celebrate the emptiness of once inhabited lands.
We, as one People, will celebrate that we live in peace, and that our youth need not fear when they hitchhike, because they know they are in a "medinah yehudit" (Jewish country) in which chesed is the guiding principle of Jews helping Jews, because, of course, the person behind the wheel is concerned only for your welfare.


If you view the economy as an equation as I do, then you might also understand why I continually call for a more level playing field. There must be a balance between those that invest and those that create and trade those investment products. When there is no balance there is a meltdown and the game grinds to a halt. But, that is only one piece of the equation.
Energy is a most important piece of the economic equation, and that part that is dependent on the price of oil, which is then made into gasoline, is very important for two reasons. First, the price of oil and gas acts like a tax in that it takes purchasing power out of the system. When you are going to be paying $3, $4 or $5 for a gallon of gas, you will have fewer dollars to spend on consumer durables. This will slow the growth of our gross domestic product.
Second, the dollars that are leaving our economy as a result of our oil purchases, and going to foreign corporations and countries, is taking with it the life blood of our domestic economy. It too is a form of a tax.
We say we want to grow the pie, but everything points in the opposite direction. The size of the economic pie of the United States has a huge rock tied to it. That rock is the price of oil. The fact that so many of those dollars being spent on gasoline are leaving the country is holding the economy back. When you couple that with the fact that we import far too much stuff from China and other countries, that limit what we are allowed to export to them, we have an equation that is seriously out of balance. This is not rocket surgery or that hard to understand, and yet no one talks about this. Why?
Almost all of the professional news commentators that I listen to, share your views that the playing field is not level. When will our politicians realize this obvious fact. Don't they hear and see what is happening.


COLLAGE opens discussion about what happens to the thousands of images stored in the cloud or other devices, why do we hold them, how can they be dear to us if we never print them, is this part of our continuous disposable lifestyle or it there something we can do to treasure these moment more? Accompanying Emma's editions will be originals of each background work, collaged with the female form, a first chance to own an original artwork, only available from Emma Hack Gallery.
Pigment Print on Photo Rag Float-mounted in white box frame.


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Q: Change the system Region/Location setting using vbs I was wondering if perhaps somebody could assist with a query I have.
Once a week i get file from my US counterpart that i need to save locally to my machine, and change the format of the file. I have since created a VBScript that can perform a SaveAs routine and save it, however in order to retain the date formats in US, I am having to change my Region setting to US in control panel before the procedure and after to change to default local setting.
I have been researching this and got some ideas from the Microsoft site that shows how to use the Set Locale and Get locale, but my code doesnt seem to actually change anything, even though it executes without error.
Can somebody please give me some pointers...
option explicit
dim currentLocale
currentLocale = GetLocale()

SetLocale 1033       ' 1033 is the EN-US locale

' Revert back to the default system locale
SetLocale currentLocale

A: Option Explicit

'Define a key registry path
Dim strComputer
Dim objRegistry
Dim strKeyPath
Dim strValueName
Dim getValue
Dim regKeyPath
Dim strLocaleName, strCountry, strshortDateValue, strlongDateValue, strshortTimeValue, strlongTimeValue, strfirstDayOfWeekValue

Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
strComputer = "."
Set objRegistry = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
regKeyPath = "Control Panel\International"

strLocaleName = "en-US"
strCountry = "United States"
strshortDateValue = "M/d/yyyy"
strlongDateValue = "dddd, MMMM d, yyyy"
strshortTimeValue = "h:mm tt"
strlongTimeValue = "h:mm:ss tt"
strfirstDayOfWeekValue = "6"

objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "LocaleName", strLocaleName
objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "sCountry", strCountry
objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "sShortDate", strshortDateValue
objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "sLongDate", strlongDateValue
objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "sShortTime", strshortTimeValue
objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "sTimeFormat", strlongTimeValue
objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "iFirstDayOfWeek", strfirstDayOfWeekValue

WScript.Echo "Successfully changed system regional settings."

This script will change your regional settings in registry. Use with caution. This will change to US, so if you intend on using this script, make sure you know what the default settings are before you change them. Merely reverting the settings in Control Panel will not work.
The script below will change everything back to UK again.
Option Explicit

'Define a key registry path
Dim strComputer
Dim objRegistry
Dim strKeyPath
Dim strValueName
Dim getValue
Dim regKeyPath
Dim strLocaleName, strCountry, strshortDateValue, strlongDateValue, strshortTimeValue, strlongTimeValue, strfirstDayOfWeekValue

Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
strComputer = "."
Set objRegistry = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
regKeyPath = "Control Panel\International"

strLocaleName = "en-GB"
strCountry = "United Kingdom"
strshortDateValue = "dd/MM/yyyy"
strlongDateValue = "dd MMMM yyyy"
strshortTimeValue = "HH:mm"
strlongTimeValue = "HH:mm:ss"
strfirstDayOfWeekValue = "0"

objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "LocaleName", strLocaleName
objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "sCountry", strCountry
objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "sShortDate", strshortDateValue
objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "sLongDate", strlongDateValue
objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "sShortTime", strshortTimeValue
objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "sTimeFormat", strlongTimeValue
objRegistry.SetStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, regKeyPath, "iFirstDayOfWeek", strfirstDayOfWeekValue

WScript.Echo "Successfully changed system regional settings."

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Q: Django request.method automatically set to GET and not POST I'd like to setup an LDAP Authentication Backend in Django, and I've already used ldap3 to confirm a bind, with success.
 I'm now realising that writing a class for my LDAP Backend with just ldap3 is not so straightforward, and that installing
 django_auth_ldap could be another route to explore.
I've tested already some code to create a bind to the LDAP "server", and then perform a simple search. All okay. This method I tested is outside of my Django framework.
When implementing the same method into my Django framework, I encounter an issue when the method gets called. Because of the print statements, I know the view is getting called as exptected, but the part of the code whereby the first "if" statement should be executed, does not get called unless I change from "POST"
 to "GET". But then this seems to create the next issue (when I set to "GET", so to force the next lines to be executed), because I'd like that a login page then gets called, where I can then input my LDAP credentials,
 ultimately confirming the LDAP connection. Here is my code:
 views.py

 def login_ldap(request):
    LDAP_SERVER = '10.222.4.88'
    searchFilter='random'
    print (request)
    print (LDAP_SERVER)

print ("request.method:{0}".format(request.method))

if request.method == "GET":
    print ("if statement executed")
    username = request.GET['username']
    print ("U:{0}".format(username))
    password = request.GET['password']
    print ("P:{0}".format(password))

    # Define the server and bind_dn
    server = Server(LDAP_SERVER, get_info=ALL)
    bind_dn = 'cn={0}, ou=Prod, ou=Extern, ou=User, ou=ABC, dc=DEF, dc=com'.format(username)
    # Define the Connection
    conn = Connection(server, bind_dn, password, auto_bind=True) # Use raise_exceptions=True for exceptions
    print ("search: {0}",format(conn.search))
    print ("conn: {0}",format(conn))
    conn.start_tls() #Session now on a secure channel. See output from following print statement and "tls started"
    print ("conn_tls: {0}",format(conn))
    d = conn.extend.standard.who_am_i()
    print (d)
    #print ("Server Info: {0}",format(server.info))
    conn.open()
    conn.bind()

    # The LDAP search base for looking up users.
    LDAP_AUTH_SEARCH_BASE = "ou=ABC, dc=DEF, dc=com"

    if conn.bind():
        conn.search(
                 search_base=LDAP_AUTH_SEARCH_BASE,
                 search_filter= '(cn={})'.format(searchFilter), # This is the user being searched for
                 search_scope=SUBTREE # BASE & LEVEL also possible settings
                    )
        entry = conn.entries[0]
        res = conn.bind()
    print (res)

return render(request, 'search_page.html', {'entry':entry})

The error message received on my webpage:
MultiValueDictKeyError at /login_ldap/
"'username'"
Request Method: GET
Request URL:    http://127.0.0.1:8000/login_ldap/
Django Version: 1.11
Exception Type: MultiValueDictKeyError
Exception Value:
"'username'"

I assume this is related to the GET and no longer the POST method. Why is the request.method being automatically set to GET and not POST when implementing
this in Django? Is this class for the authentication in the correct location, in the views.py file or should there be a separate file for this?
What should be included in the settings.py exactly (related to BACKEND_AUTH)?
EDIT:
views.py

def login_view(request):
if request.POST:
username = request.POST['username']
print ("U:{0}".format(username))
password = request.POST['password']
print ("P:{0}".format(password))
user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
print (user)
if user is not None:
if user.is_active:
login(request, user)
return redirect('index')
else:
messages.error(request, "User is not active in Database")
else:
print ("Please check your credentials!")
messages.error(request, "Please check your username and password!")
return render(request, 'login.html')

index.html

This is the public page, Please Login

urls.py

urlpatterns = [
url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
url(r'^login_ldap/$', login_ldap, name='login_ldap'),
url(r'^login/$', login_view, name='login'),
url(r'^logout/$', logout_view, name='logout'),
url(r'^change_password/$', change_password, name='change_password'),
url(r'^$', index, name='index'),
]

settings.py

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
)

search_page.html

{% load static %}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u" crossorigin="anonymous">
<link href='{% static "login.css" %}' rel="stylesheet">

<form method='post' action="" class="form-signin">{% csrf_token %}

Please login

<input type="text" class="form-control" name="username" placeholder="Username" required="" autofocus=""/>

<input type="password" class="form-control" name="password" placeholder="Password" required=""/>

<button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block" type="submit">Login</button>
</form>

A: You can use get() function to get the data.
if request.method == "GET":
    print ("if statement executed")
    username = request.GET.get('username')

For more reference you can see here,
MultiValueDictKeyError in Django
And about POST method you may require to import the csr_exempt and use the decorator before your view.
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"My husband said I was crazy to do online business, because he challenged me, asking 'Who will give you money online?'" revealed Shopee Seller of the Year winner Te Mei Hong.
"Of course now he sings a different tune," she laughed – not only because her first month sales alone hit RM20,000, but probably because approximately 19 months later, she is now nearly RM700,000 richer.
Te joined Shopee (a mobile marketplace) in September 2015,and admits her first month revenue estimate was only around RM3,000 or RM4,000, which was "already good enough for me".
Not only did she not expect it to hit the volume it did, but she revealed that she also had to overcome a lot of negativity from her family.
"Other than my husband, my kids also don't like me working 24 hours on my computer because I don't have time for them. I'm doing everything myself at the moment, including packing; so I sometimes go without sleep.
"This was especially so when I ran about five to seven campaigns whereby I sold products at RM1 only. Those three months were madness," she recalls.
And while she focused on building up her online business, Te said her hubby played support by taking care of the accounts and playing the mummy role – such as ferrying the children to and from school.
And with her growing confidence and success, Te has set her sights on even bigger things.
"I want to hire some assistants. I also want to look into my chat response which is a bit poor right now," said the 39-year-old from Medan, Indonesia, who has already bought the house next door to hers to cope with her fast expanding business.
Her market buyers are 100% Malaysian now, but being a foreigner did have its challenges for her when she first arrived in Malaysia in 2003.
In 2009, she established her own online wholesale business using mainly Facebook to market her products of children's and babies clothes and toys.
Selling under Cathyshop (her first daughter's name), Te says she learned how to get followers and good ratings, and set herself a target of 3,000 ratings in the next six months – which she reached.
As a self-taught entrepreneur, Te says if one is willing to make huge sacrifices and dare to lose – one can succeed. She feels this sacrifice has all paid off for her.
In recognition of that hard work, Te received a trophy, RM30,000 worth of Shopee advertising space and RM3,500 cash at the first ever Shopee Seller Awards last night.
Before giving out the awards, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said Malaysia has witnessed a prolific and colossal boom in the area of mobile commerce as the affordability of smartphones and other mobile devices have made the internet accessible like never before.
Shopee Malaysia regional managing director Ian Ho said Shopee will commence its 'Cash on Delivery' service in May this year, which will allow sellers to enlarge their customer base, and capture buyers who are not as yet comfortable with online purchasing.
Ho said the COD service also intends to capture customers who are still not comfortable with online shopping, particularly those in the rural areas and the older generation.
He added that a Shopee Raya festival will start on May 15 and run for 45 days.
Shopee is an online platform for sellers that recorded an annualised gross merchandise of US$2.5 billion regionally with more than 30 million installs in seven countries; with Malaysia contributing to two million of the number.
Apart from the coveted top seller award, other categories that were recognised were: most popular official store, best in men's fashion, best in women's fashion and best in mobile and gadgets, just to name a few.


Tony Buzan has written over 80 books, including The BrainSmart Leader and The Mind Map Book, making him the BBC's best-ever-selling international author. He is a former Editor of The International Journal of MENSA, Founder of The Brain Trust, and originator of Mind Maps®. He has worked with numerous Fortune 500 organizations.


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Црква Зачећа Светог Јована Претече је оскрњављена и запаљена црква у Пећкој бањи, насељеном месту у општини Пећ, на Косову и Метохији. Припадала је Епархији рашко-призренске Српске православне цркве.

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Црква посвећена Зачећу Светог Јована Претече и Кума Божијег, изградила је 1998. године породица Рајовић. Црква је пројектована са основом у сложеном облику, у три целине, три звоника са правоугаоном базом, припратом и наосом у облику развијеног уписаног крста у комбинацији са триконхосаом и олтарским простором.

Основа развијеног уписаног крста цркве није потпуна зато што са источне стране има скраћени травеј који се одмах наставља на простор централне апсиде, проскомидије и ђаконикон са обе стране. Звоници су у основи отворени на четири стране и спојени таваничном плочом галерије. Аутори пројекта су Љубиша и Радомир Фолић. Храм је живописао Драгомир Јашовић, иконописао Павле Аксентијевић, мозаик урадио Здравко Вајагић, полијелеј и крстове израдио Бане Ракалић. Звона су изливена у Ливници "Поповић".

Разарање цркве 1999. године
Црква је оштећена и са унутрашње стране паљена од стране албанских екстремиста, након доласка италијанских снага КФОР-а.

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Спољашње везе

 Дан ветерана /Списак уништених и оскрнављених цркава на Косову и Метохији (Јун-Октобар 1999)

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Smart-home devices already come with the benefit of saving money or time, but now some insurance companies will reward customers for adopting smart-home technologies at an early stage.
U.S. insurance firms are leading the charge, offering discounts to home owners with smart smoke detectors, thermostats, and automation devices. Hopefully the insurance firms will lead by example, pushing other insurance companies to offer rewards for early adopters to smart-home technology.
The growth in the smart-home (Internet of Things) industry is expected to explode in the next five years, leading to a $30 billion (£20 billion) industry by 2019. Leading analysts believe Apple's HomeKit and Google's 'Works With Nest' platforms should be the foundation to success.
Nest Labs has already provided two of the most popular smart-home devices, the thermostat and smoke detector, alongside acquiring home security service Dropcam for £369 million in late-2014.
Other 'Works With Nest' devices like the August smart door lock, Phillips Hue bulb, Withings sleep system and LG smart washing machines all connect to the main Nest application, but currently do not work in sync with one another.
Google has bright hopes for the future of smart-home, considering the amount of investment (£4 billion and counting) the search giant has put into the industry.
Apple, on the other hand, is moving a bit slower due to lack of smart-home hardware to lead the charge. The HomeKit platform has a few takers, but does not have the industry credibility Nest established when it successfully launched its own smart-home devices.
Other providers like Samsung and Qualcomm have tried to set up Internet of Things platforms, but for the most part these platforms and standards seem convoluted and not adopted by the major smart-home providers.


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Endangered Australian Tortoises Adapt to New Climate
A project and study conducted by local researchers, believe that relocating the endangered Western Swamp Tortoise will give the species a better chance of survival. Their native habitat resides on the outskirts of Perth, Australia, but unfortunately due to the rise in unnatural temperature and the decrease in necessary rainfall, many species are finding it difficult to adapt to the new climate. In order to protect this already rare species, they relocated 3 dozen tortoises 200 miles south of their original location – hoping this new landscape will be the factor of their survival in the wild.
Relocating animals to a new location, with new climate, resources and other dire factors can be a huge gamble when it comes to the species adaptation and livelihood. It can have unpredictable and dire consequences that lead to partial downfalls in that location's ecosystem. One very common occurrence is the introduction of a then developed invasive species. An invasive species, at its most basic level, is a species integrated into a location non native to them, eventually causing ecological harm to the environment around them.
As the Earth's overall temperature increases, due to global warming and climate change, environmental phenomena such as rainfall, humidity, water levels, the ground heat and many other factors can either decrease or increase – changing the natural make up of a set area. Ultimately bringing risk to many species of animals, plants and insects, pushing them to different terrain and if internally pushed enough – possible extinction.
The phases of the tortoise relocation was conducted by Nicole Mitchell, associate Professor of Conservation Physiology at the University of Western Australia and her team of researchers. The issue first caught Mitchell's attention back in 2008, when the effects of climate change started to alter certain environments. This specific group of tortoises have lived in that location for over 100 years, so its longer life cycle is more difficult to evolve to its ever changing surroundings.
The tortoises were relocated to the wetlands of Scott National Park in Western Australia, where the temperatures are naturally colder than what the species is used to but Mitchell believes in 50 years that location will have the ideal temperature for this species, and possibly many others. The researchers attached trackers to the tortoises' shells to monitor their vitals, movement and overall adaptation.
This project was the third batch of tortoises to be released into the wetlands of Western Australia, the other locations were deemed unsuccessful due to the scarcity in food sources.
There is a proposed question of whether or not mankind should manipulate nature, if even they believe it's for its survival. Nature has a funny way of adapting to the changes of the set environment, but when it gets to a level of no return, when should humans interfere?
"Do we let nature run its course and let our species die because of climate change? Is that a natural ending? Or do we have an ethical responsibility to save these species?" - Nicole Mitchell
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I am a professional triathlete born and raised in British Columbia Canada. Grew up playing hockey and basketball but was surrounded by triathlon thanks to Ironman Canada being in my hometown of Penticton. Ran track and steeplechase for UBC while completing a degree in Marketing at the Sauder School of Business at UBC.
First got hooked on the triathlon lifestyle after my first triathlon in 2005 in my hometown. After graduation, decided to make it my career. In 2009 I raced my first event as a Pro and have been chasing that dream ever since.
I love promoting the sport through the younger generation. I try to attend every kids race at every race I attend. I also help to coach a kids triathlon club in my hometown of Penticton. There is no better way to get stoked and motivated before a race then by watching the pure excitement on those kids faces before the race - they aren't worried about a finishing time - they just want to have fun!
I'll do whatever it takes to get to the finish line — even if that includes Getting Ugly!
Thank you to my sponsors. You are the Mickey Goldmill to my Rocky.


The Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced a firmware update to reduce the risk of rapid battery depletion and address cybersecurity vulnerabilities in certain Abbott devices that provide pacing for slow heart rhythms and electrical shock or pacing to stop dangerously fast heart rhythms. The update applies to several families of Abbott (formerly St. Jude Medical) implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators, including certain devices included in a 2016 recall related to premature battery depletion. FDA recommends that all eligible patients receive the firmware update at their next regularly scheduled visit or when appropriate, depending on the preferences of the patient and physician. Firmware is a type of software embedded in the hardware of a medical device.
The Food and Drug Administration plans to revise its 2016 draft compounding guidance for hospital and health system pharmacies.
In a letter today to Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., AHA responds to a recent request from the senator for input regarding cybersecurity in the health care sector.
The Food and Drug Administration Friday released draft guidance on how drug developers can apply for the agency's Competitive Generic Therapies designation.


GOALS from Jon Parkin and Amari Morgan-Smith secured a 2-1 victory today over Bradford Park Avenue and lifted City back into the Vanarama National League North play-off zone.
Former City striker Adam Boyes pulled a goal back in stoppage time for Avenue but it was not enough to prevent the Minstermen winning four games in a row for the first time in nearly four years.
New signing Raul Correia made his debut in City's attack and Daniel Rowe returned in midfield as a replacement for loan signing Alex Pattison who is now back at parent club Middlesbrough.
Sporting director Dave Penney revealed, afterwards, that there is still a possibility of Pattison returning for a second spell on loan at Bootham Crescent (see below).
City took the lead four minutes before halftime when Parkin beat goalkeeper Steven Drench with a neat left foot finish after running onto a pass from Connolly.
It was the veteran striker's 25th goal of the season in all competitions and he is now the division's leading marksman with 20 league goals.
Substitute Morgan-Smith doubled City's lead in the 65th minute when bundling home a cross from captain Sean Newton.
Avenue, who started the game one point above City in the table, might have pulled a goal back in the 74th minute but for a brilliant save by Adam Bartlett.
The City goalkeeper dived full-length to claw a close-range header from Boyes away from the top corner of the net.
Even then, Avenue substitute Adam Nowakowski might have converted the rebound but pressure from Jonny Burn led to the ball hitting the outside of the post.
Boyes finally got on the scoresheet in stoppage time, tapping home from close-range after a cross from Oli Johnson.
There was still time for Avenue to force two corners but City's defence held firm for a valuable three points.
Commenting on the situation regarding Pattison, Penney said: "We would love him to come back. We thought he was excellent. There is still a possibility. The player wants to play at as high a level as he can - but he's enjoyed it here and he's got a good relationship with Martin and the players.
"He wanted to play today but (Middlesbrough manager) Tony Pulis wanted to have a look at him in an Under-23 game tomorrow.
"We are hopeful we can get him back," Penney added. "We will keep asking the question. Martin is going have a look tomorrow and have a word with people at Middlesbrough and say 'Can we have him for Tuesday!"
York City: Bartlett; Law, Burn, Bencherif, Ferguson; Rowe (Morgan-Smith 52), Newton, Moke, Connolly (Parslow 90+3); Correia (Gray 82), Parkin. Unused substitutes: Smith, Simpson.
Bradford Park Avenue: Drench; Ross (Vidal 30), Killock, Havern, Hill; Brooksby (Nowakowski 68), Wroe, Spencer (Boshell 77), Clee; Boyes, Johnson. Unused substitutes: Hall, Knight.


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Korean mobile carriers are moving to cancel launch events for the Galaxy S20 smartphone amid the coronavirus scare, industry sources said Thursday.
SK Telecom and KT had originally planned to hold launch events for the Samsung smartphone on Feb. 27.
According to the sources, SK Telecom will not hold a launch event participated in by its customers.
KT is highly unlikely to hold an offline launch event, they added.
"With high public worries over the novel coronavirus, there seems to be no need to create a feeling of anxiety by insisting on holding large-scale launch ceremonies as in the past," an industry source said.
LG U+ has decided not to hold launch events for new mobile phones beginning this year, starting with the Galaxy S20.
The three mobile carriers used to hold massive launch events for Samsung and Apple phones with sports stars or popular entertainers attending.
Instead of massive events, the companies are reportedly seeking to ramp up online marketing activities or provide customers with more benefits as the Galaxy S20 series is seen as a magnet for 5G customers.
On Tuesday, Samsung introduced the Galaxy S20 series and the Galaxy Z Flip, a vertically folding phone, at an event in San Francisco. All three Galaxy S20 phones have bigger screens, upgraded cameras and larger battery capacities than the Galaxy S10 predecessors.
Samsung said the Galaxy Z Flip will hit the market Friday, starting with South Korea and the United States, and the Galaxy S20 series will be launched on March 6. Pre-orders in Korea will be taken between Feb. 20 and 26.
At the event, Roh Tae-moon, chief of Samsung's mobile communications business, said the tech company has decided to cancel a range of events for customers in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
As of early Thursday, Korea has reported 28 confirmed cases of the corona virus, with seven patients released from quarantine after making full recoveries.


OROVILLE — The state Department of Water Resources does not expect to need to operate the Oroville Dam spillway anytime soon but is preparing in the event that it is necessary.
The spillway can't be used until the water reaches its gates at 813 feet. If water does reach that level, it doesn't necessarily mean the structure will be used, DWR said in a press release sent Thursday.
"Releases are based on available flood storage, environmental needs, and water deliveries," the release reads.
DWR has said the main spillway was ready to use since Nov. 1, 2018, though some minor work continues there and construction on the emergency spillway is ongoing. Lake Oroville is expected to reach average levels for this time of year, according to the department. If the spillway is used, DWR will be following its 2018/2019 Lake Oroville Flood Operations Plan.
Meanwhile, the department just announced it was increasing State Water Project allocations from 15 percent, decided last month, up to 35 percent. This means that State Water Project contractors south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta may receive 35 percent of their requests for the 2019 calendar year. Allocations are reviewed monthly and finalized typically by May.
Lake Oroville, the largest reservoir of the State Water Project, has been managed conservatively with public safety in mind as work continues on the spillways, according to DWR. It is at 53 percent of capacity and 78 percent of average. Most state reservoirs are at or above their average capacity for this time of year and the Sierra Nevada snowpack statewide is around 146 percent of average.


As some sort of event has just happened in the United States of America, I should remind you that Barack is Swahili for blessed, that Hussein is Arabic for handsome, and that Obama is Dholuo for crooked. This means that, etymologically speaking, Barack Hussein Obama is Blessed, Handsome and Crooked. Mind you, as my first name means God of War (from Mars), I'm not sure you can read too much into a name.
Anyway, these days he's addressed as Mr President. So here, though I've posted it before, is me doing a Ted Talk on the word president.
I should point out that I said 1771 instead of 1789. The perils of speaking without notes.


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One of the most common questions I get from readers and clients is, "What prenatal vitamin should I choose"? I've avoided answering this question for a while because it's hard to give specific brand name recommendations when there is so much to choose from and product availability varies tremendously depending on where you live. That being said, this week I'm going to offer a launching point for women. You'll find a much more in depth answer to this question on Baby Making and Beyond but for now, here's a great place to start.
Why do I need a Prenatal if I have a tip top diet?
- Pregnancy (and while breastfeeding) is a time with increased, some might say insane, nutrient demands. We quite simply just need, LOTS of essential micro nutrients to support the body's process of creating a new life. Most diets, even the best, can't provide all you need. The good news is that most of the time your baby will get what he or she needs by depleting you of nutrients. If you aren't replenishing your stores, you can, and will become deficient. This is especially true if you are having multiple babies 2-3 years apart or less.
If only all farms could look like this :) A view from a home visit a few years back.
- Soil and food quality just isn't what it used to be. Even the cleanest of diets won't provide all of the nutrients you need for optimal fertility and pregnancy. The carrots our grandparents ate are not the same as the ones we find in the grocery store today, even the organic heirloom rainbow ones. A Scientific American article looked at several different studies which demonstrated time and time again that from 1975 to 1997 average calcium levels in 12 fresh veggies dropped by 27%, iron levels by 37%, vitamin A by 21% and vitamin C by 30%.
- The stress of our modern busy lives and athletic pursuits depletes all of us of essential micronutrients. Stress and high cortisol will drain you of several critical fertility and pregnancy nutrients like B- vitamins (including folate), vitamin C, zinc and magnesium.
- If you've are a recovering vegan/vegetarian, have had a history of food restriction, over exercise or spent much of your life (like most of us) eating a standard american diet, you are nutrient depleted. It takes many years to correct these imbalances.
- Steer clear of drugstore or mainstream brands of prenatal (centrum, costco ect). They are made with synthetic vitamins that are not well absorbed or utilized well by our bodies and may even be harmful. For example, synthetic vitamin E can cause congenital heart defects in babies and DNA damage in mamas.
- Look for a brand that lists Folate (5- methyltetrahydrofolate) not "folic acid" especially if your have or suspect you have MTHFR or other methylation issues as you won't be able to utilize the synthetic form of this B-vitamin. While high dietary FOLATE is associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer, a high rate of FOLIC ACID consumption or supplementation has been suspected in promoting the progression of breast tumours in some women and can reduce the expression of beneficial tumor suppressor genes while increasing the expression of HER2 (breast cancer promoting genes). High dose folic acid supplementation can also mask B12 deficiency which could put you at risk for preterm labour. Baby Making and Beyond will have lots more on this critical difference. Folate must be sourced from real food so a "raw or whole food" like brand will usually have folate not folic acid in it.
- Look for synergistic combinations of vitamins with cofactors to aid in absorption and assimilation. These may include fruit powder extracts, enzymes or herbs.
- Ensure they don't contain soy, gluten or dairy and look for 3rd party testing and verification.
NUMBER ONE VERY BEST: Seeking Health Optimal Prenatal - Not cheap but awesome ingredients and a correct blend of vitamin A sources. If you have low iron, this is pretty much the only thing that is missing.
Seeking Health Protein Powder: This is my ideal choice. It can help stave off nausea with its high protein content and gives you all the nutrients you need. Great for Vegans.
Smarty Pants Prenatal- For women who have lots of nausea and can't stomach a traditional prenatal vitamin OR who are sensitive to iron (this is iron free). If this is all you can get into you, it's a good option until your nausea clears.
Thorne Basic Prenatal. Thorne's Basic Prenatal provides the active forms of folate (5-MTHF) and vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin) for optimal tissue-ready use. Basic Prenatal also contains well-absorbed iron bisglycinate, which meets a pregnant woman's increased need for iron while being easy on the stomach and non-constipating. Several of Basic Prenatal's ingredients (including vitamin C, vitamin B6, and vitamin K) have been demonstrated to benefit "morning sickness." Basic Prenatal is manufactured with the purest possible ingredients and without the additives and coatings usually found in mainstream prenatal supplements. This supplement doesn't contain K2 so it's important that you get your K2 from your diet or from another supplement.
Vitamin Code Raw Prenatal- This one is significantly more affordable than some of the others and has some decent ingredients. If budget is a concern for you, I'd stick with this one.
Knowing what supplements to take during pregnancy can feel complicated. Prenatals are a good place to start but in order to optimize your health, you may benefit from taking a few other things (such as calcium, DHA ect), it's best to talk to your functional medicine practitioner about this or become one of my wellness clients and book your consult today.


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On the x-axis are different types of windows and on the y-axis, the average cost of repairing them in US dollars for the past year. As indicated by the colors, quotes vary between domestic vehicles, foreign vehicles, and luxury. Back window Replacements for 1995 Acura Integra 2 Door Coupe were the most expensive type of auto glass repair overall in Fontana, California, which typically costed an average of US$747.19 in the past year.
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Below are some recent auto glass repair and replacement price quotes for Fontana, California via Glass.Net. These estimates have been given to customers in your area from local car glass repair shops, for their specific vehicles and auto glass damage. This includes car side window repairs ("Door"), front windshield and rear window.
Great, Fast service ! Would recommend to anyone!
Very positive experience all around. Thank you.
Excellent prompt professional service! Very pleased!
Tech did a great job quickly replacing my windshield. However, they missed their appointment window by about 1 hour...I called and was told they were running a little late. Other than that, very satisfied.