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var windowIDs = [];
var stateStorage = [];
var scratchStorage = [];

// 30 days
var defaultDuration = 30 * 86400000;

function addWindowID(windowID) {
	windowIDs[windowIDs.length] = windowID;
}

// used to populate
function loadStateObject(windowID, stateObject) {
	if ((window.name == null) || (window.name.length == 0)) {
		// this is a new page so there is no chance of a
		//  relevant cookie
		var seeTime = new Date();
		window.name = seeTime.getTime();
	} else {
		var namespace = windowID;
		namespace += '_';
		namespace += window.name;
		stateObject.loadData(namespace);
	}
	// put state settings in cache
	stateStorage[windowID] = stateObject;
	return stateObject;
}

function getNameSpace(windowID) {
	return (windowID + '_' + window.name);
}

function getStateObject(windowID) {
	return (stateStorage[windowID]);
}

function saveStateObject(stateObject) {
	var namespace = stateObject.windowID + '_' + window.name;
	// the object knows how to store its important settings
	//   in cookies
	stateObject.saveData(stateObject.windowID, namespace);
}

function cacheObject(cacheID, scratchObject) {
	// put dynamic object data in javascript ram
	scratchStorage[cacheID] = scratchObject;
}

function getScratchObject(cacheID) {
	// get dynamic object data from javascript ram
	return (scratchStorage[cacheID]);
}

function getMillisecondsInDays(days) {
	var duration = 86400000;
	duration *= days;
	return duration;
}

function getMillisecondsInHours(hours) {
	var duration = 3600000;
	duration *= hours;
	return duration;
}

function setCookie(c_name, value) {
	var exdate = new Date();
	// set cookie to last 30 days
	exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + defaultDuration);
	document.cookie = c_name + "=" + escape(value) + ";expires=" + exdate.toGMTString();
}

function setCookie(c_name, value, milliseconds) {
	var exdate = new Date();
	// set cookie to last 30 days
	exdate.setTime(exdate.getTime() + milliseconds);
	document.cookie = c_name + "=" + escape(value) + ";expires=" + exdate.toGMTString();
}

function getCookie(c_name, result) {
	if (0 < document.cookie.length) {
		c_start = document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=");
		if (c_start != -1) {
			c_start += c_name.length + 1;
			c_end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", c_start);
			if (c_end < 0) {
				c_end = document.cookie.length;
			}
			result = unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start, c_end));
		}
	}
	return result;
}

// support for setting the main portlet division with
//   html from a server jsp file or raw writing
function stampHTML(division, ajaxHttp) {
	var toSet = document.getElementById(division);
	toSet.innerHTML = ajaxHttp.responseText;
}

//  Use extjs method to insure that values from javascript ram are
//    updated in their cookies
Ext.EventManager.on(window, "unload", function() {
	for (var i = 0; i < windowIDs.length; i++) {
		var stateObject = stateStorage[windowIDs[i]];
		saveStateObject(stateObject);
	}
});


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All That Glitters Is Not Food: FDA Warns to Watch Out for Non-Edible Glitters
By Rachael Rettner 18 December 2018
(Image: © SrdjanPav/Getty Images)
If you're thinking about glitzing up your holiday baking with some food glitter, or adding a sparkle to your New Year's Eve cocktail, health officials have a warning for you: Not all "decorative" food glitters are safe to eat.
On Friday (Dec. 14), the Food and Drug Administration warned consumers that some decorative glitters and dusts that are promoted for use on foods may actually contain ingredients that should not be eaten.
But fear not, glitter fans, there are some truly edible glitters out there. But how can you tell which glitters are safe to use to decorate your treats?
The FDA says that edible glitters and dust products are required by law to list their ingredients. Such edible ingredients typically include sugar, acacia (gum arabic), maltodextrin, cornstarch, and color additives specifically approved for food use, such as mica-based pearlescent pigments, the FDA says.
Another thing you should look out for is the word "edible." Most edible glitters and dusts will say "edible" on the label, the FDA says. If a product simply says "non-toxic" and doesn't include an ingredients list, you shouldn't eat it, the FDA says.
If you do choose to use non-edible products as food decorations, make sure to remove these decorations before serving and eating the food, the FDA notes.
9 Disgusting Things That the FDA Allows in Your Food
11 Ways Processed Food Is Different from Real Food
9 Snack Foods: Healthy or Not?

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Implementing a Successful Digital Transformation Strategy
What do these digital concepts—Cloud, Mobility, Blockchain, IoT, Agile and DevOps culture—mean to you? If you asked 10 different people, you would likely receive 10 wildly varying answers.
More importantly though, how do these digital innovations play into your business and IT strategy? Which solution mix best supports your enterprise growth goals and is appropriately scalable? Should you move to the cloud? Does it make sense to implement an Agile framework?
With so many solutions and offerings in the marketplace, it is crucial to begin an assessment by assembling a knowledgeable and experienced technical and business team—one whose collective knowledge and skills will enable them to extract the most value from their target operating model and digital transformation initiative.
With so many solutions and offerings in the marketplace, it is crucial to begin an assessment by assembling a knowledgeable and experienced technical and business team.
Remember to incorporate culture & capabilities
One of the first steps to developing a successful digital transformation strategy is an in-depth analysis of a firm's culture and capabilities along with its strategic imperatives. In order to plan and sequence the transformation initiatives in a way that will integrate the most effectively with existing people and process, it is critical to truly understand an organization's capabilities, quirks, and capacity for change.
One way to ensure the diverse team can be successful creating their digital operating model is to prioritize the development of design principles, which center the model and tie its value back to enterprise strategy. Using design principles will ensure future state people, process, and technology elements are united in their focus towards transformational objectives.
Although the tools and processes of the future state model may be years off, a cultural shift towards collaboration must begin at once. Digital transformations cannot realize their full potential if behavioral norms are not strongly collaborative. Organizations must deconstruct silos and create horizontal teams that can execute strategic initiatives with agility. Localize decision making authority to enable quicker, more impactful progress. Allowing agile disciplines, such as scrum, to develop and spread organically from within IT to other departments will also help the cultural transformation take hold by further encouraging collaboration and mitigating risk.
Commit to continuous transformation
The pace of digital can be overwhelming, and the only way to stay competitive long-term is to fully plan and commit to a digital operating model capable of evolving alongside new technologies and unpredictable change. In this sense, the digital transformation we are witnessing is interminable, suggesting that the most successful companies will be those that create highly adaptive and agile operating models.
It is impossible for firms to effectively insulate themselves from continued technological disruption. In order to survive and even thrive in the digital age, organizations should set a goal of transforming to a digital operating model, executed by agile teams who are intentionally linked to a winning long-term enterprise strategy.
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De Nederlandse Filmacademie, meestal aangeduid als "de filmacademie" (en door studenten als "de academie"), is gevestigd in Amsterdam aan het Mr. Visserplein.

De Filmacademie is een faculteit van de Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (AHK). De Academie biedt een vierjarige hbo-opleiding, waarin studenten worden opgeleid op alle sleutelfuncties van het filmvak (zie onder). Studenten werken gedurende de hele opleiding in crews en worden begeleid door ervaren filmmakers. Volgens de website richt het onderwijs zich op "de creatieve, vakinhoudelijke, de technische en de artistieke ontwikkeling van de student". Sinds 2009 biedt de Filmacademie ook een masteropleiding Film aan.

Pathé stelt de Tuschinski Award beschikbaar, die jaarlijks wordt toegekend aan de regisseur van het beste eindexamenwerkstuk van deze school.

Geschiedenis

De Nederlandse Filmacademie werd in 1958 opgericht door dr. Jan Marie Peters als een tweejarige opleiding. In 1960 werd de opleiding officieel erkend. In 1965 werd het onderwijs aan de Nederlandse Filmacademie met twee jaar uitgebreid tot een vierjarige studie. Voor het eerst werden drie studierichtingen aangeboden: een 'artistieke' richting met vakken als regie en scenario, een 'technische' richting met vakken als camera, geluid en montage én een productierichting.

Elektronische media kregen steeds meer invloed binnen de opleiding. Daarom nam men in 1975 het besluit om film en televisie een gelijkwaardige plaats binnen het lessen- en praktijkprogramma te geven. In dat jaar werd ook de naam van de opleiding officieel gewijzigd in Nederlandse Film en Televisie Academie. Sinds 2013 heeft de academie de oude naam weer terug: Nederlandse Filmacademie.

De Nederlandse Filmacademie was oorspronkelijk gevestigd in de Oude Hoogstraat en later aan de Overtoom, met uitzicht op het Vondelpark. In 1999 verhuisde de academie naar het door Koen van Velsen ontworpen gebouw aan het Markenplein.

De academie fuseerde in 1987 met het Conservatorium van Amsterdam, de Theaterschool, de Academie voor Beeldende Vorming, de Academie van Bouwkunst en de Reinwardt Academie tot de Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (AHK). Binnen de AHK wordt onder andere samengewerkt in onderwijsprojecten en op het gebied van artistiek en theoretisch onderzoek.

De directeuren van de Nederlandse Filmacademie waren:
Jan Marie Peters (1958-1967)
 Anton Koolhaas (1968-1978)
Rens Groot (1978-1987), Hans Klap (1978-1984) en Wim van der Velde (1978-1987)
Henk Petiet (1987-1992)
 Richard Woolley (1992-1996)
 Ad 's-Gravesande (1996-1999)
Marieke Schoenmakers (2000-2008)
Wim Capteyn (interim, 2008-2009)
Sytze van der Laan (2009-2011)
Renate Litjens (interim, 2011)
 Bart Römer (sinds 2012)

Afstudeerrichtingen

De Nederlandse Filmacademie kent negen afstudeerrichtingen:
 Regie (fictie en documentaire)
 Scenario
 Filmproducent
 Cinematography (voorheenCamera/Licht)
 Production design
 Sound design
 Montage
 Visual effects/Immersive media (VFX&IM)

Eindexamenfilms

Oud-studenten

Externe link
 Website van de Nederlandse Filmacademie

Hogeschool in Amsterdam

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Q: Configuración Service Provider Buenas gente,
Estoy configurando un Service Provider en Java que se comunique con un IdP pasándole un String para que este lo valide. El protocolo de comunicación entre ambos debe ser SAML. Nunca había hecho esto así que estoy un poco perdido y estoy haciendo pruebas.
El código de mi clase es el siguiente:
    DefaultBootstrap.bootstrap();

    // Request
    final AuthnRequest ar = createAuthNRequest(urlSP, urlIdP);
    final String arString = samlToString(ar);

    // Element para el request
    final Element req = getElementFromString(arString);

    // Element para el header
    final SOAPElement headerElem = createHeader(prefijo, uri, miString);

    final MessageFactory messageFactory = MessageFactory.newInstance();
    final SOAPMessage message = messageFactory.createMessage();
    final SOAPPart soapPart = message.getSOAPPart();
    final SOAPEnvelope envelope = soapPart.getEnvelope();

    // Header
    final SOAPHeader header = envelope.getHeader();
    header.addChildElement(headerElem);

    // Body
    final SOAPBody body = envelope.getBody();
    body.addDocument(((Node) req).getOwnerDocument());

    message.saveChanges();
    final SOAPConnectionFactory scf = SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance();
    final SOAPConnection sc = scf.createConnection();
    final SOAPMessage resp = sc.call(message, urlIdP);

Como se puede ver simplemente me creo un Element para el header y el body de un SOAPMessage. En el body meto el AuthnRequest y en el header el String que quiero que el IdP me valide. El código de los métodos a los que se llama no los pongo por no engordar mucho el mensaje, pero si son relevantes decídmelo y los pongo.
El xml que se manda en el sc.call es el siguiente:
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<SOAP-ENV:Header>
    <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
        <wsse:UsernameToken xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" wsu:Id="UsernameToken-2" xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
            <wsse:Username xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">miString</wsse:Username>
        </wsse:UsernameToken>
    </wsse:Security>
</SOAP-ENV:Header>
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
    <saml2p:AuthnRequest xmlns:saml2p="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol" Destination="http://idp.seg.um:8080" ID="_45c45694c107cdf75164305f2231cb76" IssueInstant="2016-07-22T06:30:48.230Z" Version="2.0">
        <saml2:Issuer xmlns:saml2="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion" Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:entity">http://sp.seg.um:8080</saml2:Issuer>
    </saml2p:AuthnRequest>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>

Mi pregunta es, ¿Con esto sería suficiente? Lo pregunto porque he visto en muchos sitios que se crean .xsd, .wsdl....pero como es algo tan tonto (o eso parece) no me he complicado mucho la vida la verdad.
Un saludo y gracias de antemano!

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HomeKate Middleton Recycles Her Polka-Dot Dress for the D-Day Exhibition at Bletchley Park
Kate Middleton Recycles Her Polka-Dot Dress for the D-Day Exhibition at Bletchley Park
582 May 17, 2019 | by Junie Sihlangu
On Tuesday afternoon, Duchess Kate went to Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes, to attend the D-Day special exhibition. She was there to celebrate the role played by the codebreakers ahead of the 75th anniversary of the landings next month.
WHAT SHE WORE
For this occasion, the Royal recycled an Alessandra Rich navy blue and white polka-dot dress that featured a slit that showed off her toned legs. She completed her look with a clutch and powder blue pumps.
Kate previously wore the mid-length dress at Prince Charles' official 70th birthday portraits last year. The dress features white buttons and a vintage-inspired contrast collar and cuffs.
"YOU WERE SO VERY IMPORTANT"
At the event, she spoke about how her code-breaker grandmother felt unable to tell her about the important work she did at Bletchley Park. Duchess Kate, 37, honored her late grandmother and other veterans telling them: "You were so very important."
The Royal was taken on a tour to view a new memorial of bricks containing her grandmother and great-aunt. Speaking about her grandmother and others she noted how they were "so sworn to secrecy that she never felt able to tell us about what she did."
KATE'S GRANDMOTHER'S ROLE AND OTHERS
Her paternal grandmother, Valerie Glassborow, was one of the people who worked to decipher the secrets of the German Enigma machine at the site. The Duchess met up with four other women who had worked as codebreakers; who were all now in their 90s.
She honored the women by telling them to be "so proud" of their achievements. They were Rena Stewart, who worked in Hut 3; Georgina Rose, a Teleprinter Operator and Morse Code Slip Reader in Block E; Elizabeth Diacon, a Teleprinter Room Supervisor, serving Hut 3, Hut 6 and Hut 8; and Audrey Mather, a Teleprinter Operator who was based in Block E.
THE ROYAL'S PREVIOUS VISIT
Kate shared her hopes that the new generation would continue celebrating them. The Royal had visited Bletchley before in 2014 to retrace the footsteps of Glassborow and her twin sister Mary.
WHERE HER GRANDMOTHERS' WERE ASSIGNED
The two sisters both worked as duty officers and were employed as Foreign Office Civilians in the Cover Management Y section in 1944. They were said to have been formally employed by the "Government Code and Cypher School" at Bletchley.
Duchess Kate at Bletchley Park | Photo: Getty Images
The pair was assigned to Hut 16 which has now been restored as Hut 6 and opened to the public. Kate honored her grandmother's memory by wearing her brooch.
MEETING SCHOOLCHILDREN WHO ARE LEARNING TO CODE
She also met up with a group of schoolchildren who were learning to code using Enigma machines. The Royal emphasized the lifesaving work done by the staff during the Second World War and encouraged the children to learn further.
RECYCLED DRESS WORN AT PRINCE CHARLES' 2018 BIRTHDAY
For Prince Charles' 70th birthday last November 14, he was surrounded by close family for the family portraits. Present were his wife: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William, Prince Harry, Kate, Duchess Meghan, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
Meghan Markle Is Set On Breaking Her Pregnancy Rules
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With the housing market well on the way to complete recovery, many licensees in Hawaii are making the move to become a real estate broker. After all, one of the benefits of a forming a career in real estate is the control it allows you in shaping your personal success. The step towards becoming a broker is the beginning of an exciting new chapter in the life of a real estate professional. There is no need to wait for a promotion. A real estate licensee is able to simply make the decision to sign up for broker training and the state exam. Once this decision has been made, it may be only a matter of weeks before you are working as a Hawaii broker. Real estate sales associates in Hawaii who are ready to take the next step in their real estate careers can begin the process of becoming a licensed real estate broker in Hawaii by completing the state's requirements for licensure.
Exam: pass 2 parts of the licensing exam.
There are 2 parts in Hawaii Real Estate Salesperson Exam. The first part is called national part. The second part is called state specific part. The national part consists of 80 questions, answer 56 questions correctly and you will be allowed to pass the next part of the Exam. The next part – state specific – consists of 50 questions. Make sure you answer 35 of them. The both parts of the exam in Hawaii lasts for 4 hours.
Real Estate Salesperson Exams in Hawaii are administered by Pearson VUE at www.pearsonvue.com.
If you successfully pass the first part of the exam in Hawaii, you can pass the second part during 2 years and if you fail any of these 2 parts, you also will have 2-year period to retake it.
The Hawaii Real Estate Salesperson Examinations are taken on a computer. You can watch your results right after finishing the exam. You can't take anything with to the exam room, only simple functioning calculators are allowed.
It is essential to pay $68 of the registration fee to take the Hawaii Real Estate salesperson exam.


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require_relative '../test_helper'

require 'rouge'

class SyntaxHighlightTest < FilterTest
  def subject
    @subject ||= Mato::HtmlFilters::SyntaxHighlight.new
  end

  def highlight(markdown)
    process(markdown).render_html
  end

  def test_guess_lexer
    assert { subject.guess_lexer('js', nil, '').tag == 'javascript' }
    assert { subject.guess_lexer(nil, 'foo.js', '').tag == 'javascript' }
    assert { subject.guess_lexer(nil, nil, %{#!/usr/bin/env node\n}).tag == 'javascript' }
    assert { subject.guess_lexer('diff', 'config.yml', '').tag == 'diff' }
  end

  def test_guess_lexer_for_ambiguous_filename
    # .pl is perl or prolog
    assert do
      tag = subject.guess_lexer(nil, 'foo.pl', '').tag
      tag == "perl" || tag == "prolog"
    end
  end

  def test_guess_lexer_for_unknown_file
    assert { subject.guess_lexer(nil, 'unknown', '').tag == 'plaintext' }
  end

  def test_parse_label
    assert { subject.parse_label(nil) == {} }
    assert { subject.parse_label('ruby:foo.rb') == { language: 'ruby', filename: 'foo.rb' } }
    assert { subject.parse_label('ruby') == { language: 'ruby' } }
    assert { subject.parse_label('foo.rb') == { filename: 'foo.rb' } }
    assert { subject.parse_label('Gemfile') == { filename: 'Gemfile' } }
  end

  def test_call_with_lang
    markdown = <<~'MD'
      ```ruby
      p "Hello, world!"
      ````
    MD

    assert_html_eq(highlight(markdown), <<~'HTML')

ruby

p "Hello, world!"

    HTML
  end

  def test_call_with_filename
    markdown = <<~'MD'
      ```foo.rb
      p "Hello, world!"
      ````
    MD

    assert_html_eq(highlight(markdown), <<~'HTML')

foo.rb

p "Hello, world!"

    HTML
  end

  def test_call_with_lang_filname_pair
    markdown = <<~'MD'
      ```ruby:foo.rb
      p "Hello, world!"
      ````
    MD

    assert_html_eq(highlight(markdown), <<~'HTML')

foo.rb

p "Hello, world!"

    HTML
  end

  def test_guess_language
    markdown = <<~'MD'
      ```
      #!/usr/bin/env ruby
      p "Hello, world!"
      ````
    MD

    assert_html_eq(highlight(markdown), <<~'HTML')

ruby

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
      p "Hello, world!"

    HTML
  end

  def test_call_with_lang_filname_pair_with_diferent_attrs
    markdown = <<~'MD'
      ```diff:foo.rb
      - p "Hello, world!"
      + puts "Hello, world!"
      ````
    MD

    assert_html_eq(highlight(markdown), <<~'HTML')

foo.rb

- p "Hello, world!"
      + puts "Hello, world!"

    HTML
  end

  def test_call_with_rouge_error
    markdown = <<~'MD'
      ```ruby
      puts "hello"
      ```
    MD

    any_instance_of(Rouge::Lexers::Ruby) do |klass|
      stub(klass).lex { raise "Error!" }
    end

    begin
      stderr = StringIO.new
      $stderr = stderr
      got = highlight(markdown)
    ensure
      $stderr = STDERR
    end

    assert_html_eq(got, <<~'HTML')

puts "hello"

    HTML

    assert_equal "Error!\n", stderr.string

    # Remove injected any_instance_of double for Rouge::Lexers::Ruby
    RR::Injections::DoubleInjection.reset
  end
end

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13 New Hotels in the Pipeline for Dublin
Published on Nov 5 2015 3:28 PM in Hotel tagged: Dublin / Property / JLL
An extra 2,500 hotel bedrooms will be created in Dublin if the 13 new hotels being proposed are developed, according to estate agent JLL. Daniel O'Connor of JLL told the Irish Independent that 13 n...
An extra 2,500 hotel bedrooms will be created in Dublin if the 13 new hotels being proposed are developed, according to estate agent JLL.
Daniel O'Connor of JLL told the Irish Independent that 13 new hotels are in the planning stage, although two have so far been refused planning permission.
Including the hotels currently underway and extensions to existing hotels, an extra 3,500 rooms will be created in the city if all plans come to fruition.
A recent survey carried out by accounting firm Crowe Horwath revealed that an additional 5,000 hotel rooms will need to be created in the next three to five years to cater for demand in the capital.
The extra rooms could help attract the Web Summit back to the city if the projects are completed before the end of the decade and would also help with Ireland's bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup, said O'Connor.
Irish investment group Tetrarch is currently seeking permission to build a "budget boutique" hotel on Sackville Place just off Dublin's O'Connell Street while during the summer a Co. Tyrone-based company was awarded building permission to develop a Holiday Inn Express on O'Connell Street. Dalata has also announced plans to open new hotels in the city.
Two Irish Restaurant Properties Hit The Market
Dublin Named World's Eighth Best City For Beer
Dublin has been named the eighth best city in the world for beer by UK-based price comparison website money.co.uk. An article published on money.co.uk stated, "With world-class breweries, bars, and...
24 New Hotels Comprising 4,500 Rooms To Open In Dublin By End Of 2023, According To Estate Agency Savills
24 new hotels comprising 4,500 rooms will open in Dublin by the end of 2023, according to estate agency Savills. Details In a statement published on savills.ie, the estate agency said, "24 new hotel...
B&B Property In Rathmines, Dublin 6, Hits The Market
A bed and breakfast property at 132 Rathmines Road Lower And 1, 2 & 3 Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin 6, has hit the market via Young's Estate Agents for €3.5 million. Property Details The p...
Permission Granted For New Temple Bar Hotel
Dublin City Council has granted planning permission for a 12-bedroom boutique hotel at the corner of Merchant's Arch and Temple Bar Square in Dublin. The development of the hotel will involve the d...
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Bruce Willis:
. "The Whole Ten Yards"
At the end of this takeoff on the bumbling hitman-gangster formula, Matthew Perry keeps repeating how confused he's been because he wasn't let in on The Plan. Who was? This bit of dialogue would seem to be director Howard Deutch's and screenwriter George Gallo's attempt to co-opt what will be in all of our minds by the time we get through their thicket of misdirection and inconsistency. He wants to neutralize the objections to his manipulation of a somewhat inept story line. But I've got news for him: a character's expression of confusion isn't going to alter the thought we leave the theatre with.
Which is not to say the film isn't funny. Indeed, this comedy of errors has its moments. For this I credit an assemblage of actors who pull off some broadly physical burlesque routines and a well-timed funny line or two. But, genius it ain't.
After we meet the incompetent Gogolak crime family in a prologue scene that pays off like a nickel bet we pick up the main characters, hit man Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis) and dentist Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky (Perry) from the original "The Whole 9 Yards" with the addition of a couple cross-conspiratorializing wives in marriages that were made somewhere south of heaven.
Jimmy is now a hitman sidelined by gourmet cooking which adds to the consternation of wife Jill (super-sexy Amanda Peet), a hit-woman wanna-be. Her attempts at inflicting mortality as a contract killer, however, tend to go awry when her marks fly out of windows or down elevator shafts before she gets a chance to put a hole through them. This is one frustrated lady and Jimmy's fussing around behind an apron doesn't help matters.
What's worse is that he's in a conspiracy with his ex-wife, now married to Oz, exchanging enough flirtations to make it appear there's a some kind of polygamous relationship going on, which is imcomprehensible considering Jill's physical gifts and near-perfect bond with Jimmy. They certainly speak the same language -- another angle that stretches credulity for the sake of the comedy.
But, then, Cynthia (classy Natasha Henstridge) gets kidnapped by the Gogolaks in their effort to flush Jimmy out from hiding. They were supposed to think Jimmy dead, but they know better. The Gogolak clan, headed by brain challenged crime boss/ex-con Lazlo (heavily disguised Kevin Pollak), is convinced that Jimmy's torch for his ex still burns strongly enough to bring him out in the open for a little payback. Y'get it?
When the issues become so cross-pollinated that you don't know what the story is leading to, you're forced to sit back and try to enjoy the zany departures from anything that might relate to reality and to a story with objectives that bounce all over the place. It smacks of a farce that took shape on the set and at the whim of those involved.
The general comedic timing is good; Perry gets overbroad in searching for his laugh producing schtick, Willis holds onto the colorful misbehavior of a comic strip character and Peet is the top draw of the enterprise. Henstridge is solid; Pollak is a flyball out of the park and the rest of the crew strain to justify the space they take up. Deutch, the director, might have done better to start over in a search for something more than antics and phony mystery with which to fill the abiding vacuity.
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package config

import (
	"reflect"
	"testing"

	configpb "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/testgrid/pb/config"
	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
)

func TestConverge(t *testing.T) {
	cases := []struct {
		name     string
		inputs   map[string]*configpb.Configuration
		expected *configpb.Configuration
	}{
		{
			name: "nil input; throws error",
		},
		{
			name: "Merge with no conflicts; no name changes",
			inputs: map[string]*configpb.Configuration{
				"halloween": {
					TestGroups: []*configpb.TestGroup{
						aValidTestGroupNamed("pumpkin-decorator"),
						aValidTestGroupNamed("cobweb-decorator"),
						aValidTestGroupNamed("candy-corn-emitter"),
					},
					Dashboards: []*configpb.Dashboard{
						{
							Name: "Decorations",
							DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
								{
									Name:          "Jack-O-Lanterns",
									TestGroupName: "pumpkin-decorator",
								},
								{
									Name:          "Spooky Cave",
									TestGroupName: "cobweb-decorator",
								},
							},
						},
						{
							Name: "Treats",
							DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
								{
									Name:          "Candy Corn Only (sorry)",
									TestGroupName: "candy-corn-emitter",
								},
							},
						},
					},
					DashboardGroups: []*configpb.DashboardGroup{
						{
							Name:           "Halloween",
							DashboardNames: []string{"Treats", "Decorations"},
						},
					},
				},
				"thanksgiving": {
					TestGroups: []*configpb.TestGroup{
						aValidTestGroupNamed("meal-preparer"),
					},
					Dashboards: []*configpb.Dashboard{
						{
							Name: "Thanksgiving",
							DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
								{
									Name:          "Meal Prep",
									TestGroupName: "meal-preparer",
								},
							},
						},
					},
				},
			},
			expected: &configpb.Configuration{
				TestGroups: []*configpb.TestGroup{
					aValidTestGroupNamed("pumpkin-decorator"),
					aValidTestGroupNamed("cobweb-decorator"),
					aValidTestGroupNamed("candy-corn-emitter"),
					aValidTestGroupNamed("meal-preparer"),
				},
				Dashboards: []*configpb.Dashboard{
					{
						Name: "Decorations",
						DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
							{
								Name:          "Jack-O-Lanterns",
								TestGroupName: "pumpkin-decorator",
							},
							{
								Name:          "Spooky Cave",
								TestGroupName: "cobweb-decorator",
							},
						},
					},
					{
						Name: "Treats",
						DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
							{
								Name:          "Candy Corn Only (sorry)",
								TestGroupName: "candy-corn-emitter",
							},
						},
					},
					{
						Name: "Thanksgiving",
						DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
							{
								Name:          "Meal Prep",
								TestGroupName: "meal-preparer",
							},
						},
					},
				},
				DashboardGroups: []*configpb.DashboardGroup{
					{
						Name:           "Halloween",
						DashboardNames: []string{"Treats", "Decorations"},
					},
				},
			},
		},
		{
			name: "Merge with conflicts; renames with key-prefix",
			inputs: map[string]*configpb.Configuration{
				"halloween": {
					TestGroups: []*configpb.TestGroup{
						aValidTestGroupNamed("pumpkin-decorator"),
						aValidTestGroupNamed("candy-emitter"),
					},
					Dashboards: []*configpb.Dashboard{
						{
							Name: "Decorations",
							DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
								{
									Name:          "Living Room",
									TestGroupName: "pumpkin-decorator",
								},
							},
						},
						{
							Name: "Treats",
							DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
								{
									Name:          "Candy",
									TestGroupName: "candy-emitter",
								},
							},
						},
					},
					DashboardGroups: []*configpb.DashboardGroup{
						{
							Name:           "To-Do",
							DashboardNames: []string{"Treats", "Decorations"},
						},
					},
				},
				"crimbo": {
					TestGroups: []*configpb.TestGroup{
						aValidTestGroupNamed("tree-decorator"),
						aValidTestGroupNamed("candy-emitter"),
					},
					Dashboards: []*configpb.Dashboard{
						{
							Name: "Decorations",
							DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
								{
									Name:          "Living Room",
									TestGroupName: "tree-decorator",
								},
							},
						},
						{
							Name: "Treats",
							DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
								{
									Name:          "Candy",
									TestGroupName: "candy-emitter",
								},
							},
						},
					},
					DashboardGroups: []*configpb.DashboardGroup{
						{
							Name:           "To-Do",
							DashboardNames: []string{"Treats", "Decorations"},
						},
					},
				},
			},
			expected: &configpb.Configuration{
				TestGroups: []*configpb.TestGroup{
					aValidTestGroupNamed("tree-decorator"),
					aValidTestGroupNamed("candy-emitter"),
					aValidTestGroupNamed("pumpkin-decorator"),
					aValidTestGroupNamed("halloween-candy-emitter"),
				},
				Dashboards: []*configpb.Dashboard{
					{
						Name: "Decorations",
						DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
							{
								Name:          "Living Room",
								TestGroupName: "tree-decorator",
							},
						},
					},
					{
						Name: "Treats",
						DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
							{
								Name:          "Candy",
								TestGroupName: "candy-emitter",
							},
						},
					},
					{
						Name: "halloween-Decorations",
						DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
							{
								Name:          "Living Room",
								TestGroupName: "pumpkin-decorator",
							},
						},
					},
					{
						Name: "halloween-Treats",
						DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
							{
								Name:          "Candy",
								TestGroupName: "halloween-candy-emitter",
							},
						},
					},
				},
				DashboardGroups: []*configpb.DashboardGroup{
					{
						Name:           "To-Do",
						DashboardNames: []string{"Treats", "Decorations"},
					},
					{
						Name:           "halloween-To-Do",
						DashboardNames: []string{"halloween-Treats", "halloween-Decorations"},
					},
				},
			},
		},
	}

	for _, testcase := range cases {
		t.Run(testcase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			for iname, input := range testcase.inputs {
				err := Validate(input)
				if err != nil {
					t.Logf("Warning! Input %s doesn't validate; the result might not either.", iname)
					t.Logf("Validation error: %v", err)
				}
			}

			result, err := Converge(testcase.inputs)

			if testcase.expected != nil {
				if err := Validate(result); err != nil {
					t.Errorf("Result doesn't validate: %v", result)
					t.Errorf("Validation error: %v", err)
				}

				if !proto.Equal(testcase.expected, result) {
					t.Errorf("Expected %v, but got %v", testcase.expected, result)
				}
			} else {
				if err == nil {
					t.Errorf("Expected an error, but got none.")
				}
			}

		})
	}
}

func TestRenameTestGroup(t *testing.T) {
	cases := []struct {
		name     string
		old      string
		new      string
		input    *configpb.Configuration
		expected *configpb.Configuration
	}{
		{
			name: "Old string isn't in TestGroup; no change",
			old:  "foo",
			new:  "bar",
			input: &configpb.Configuration{
				TestGroups: []*configpb.TestGroup{
					{
						Name: "foo-group",
					},
				},
			},
			expected: &configpb.Configuration{
				TestGroups: []*configpb.TestGroup{
					{
						Name: "foo-group",
					},
				},
			},
		},
		{
			name: "Changes Dashboard Tab references",
			old:  "foo",
			new:  "bar",
			input: &configpb.Configuration{
				TestGroups: []*configpb.TestGroup{
					{
						Name: "foo",
					},
				},
				Dashboards: []*configpb.Dashboard{
					{
						Name: "foo",
						DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
							{
								Name:          "foo",
								TestGroupName: "foo",
							},
						},
					},
				},
			},
			expected: &configpb.Configuration{
				TestGroups: []*configpb.TestGroup{
					{
						Name: "bar",
					},
				},
				Dashboards: []*configpb.Dashboard{
					{
						Name: "foo",
						DashboardTab: []*configpb.DashboardTab{
							{
								Name:          "foo",
								TestGroupName: "bar",
							},
						},
					},
				},
			},
		},
	}

	for _, testcase := range cases {
		t.Run(testcase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			result := RenameTestGroup(testcase.old, testcase.new, testcase.input)

			if !proto.Equal(testcase.expected, result) {
				t.Errorf("Expected %v, but got %v", testcase.expected, result)
			}
		})
	}
}

func TestRenameDashboard(t *testing.T) {
	cases := []struct {
		name     string
		old      string
		new      string
		input    *configpb.Configuration
		expected *configpb.Configuration
	}{
		{
			name: "Old string isn't in Dashboard; do nothing",
			old:  "foo",
			new:  "bar",
			input: &configpb.Configuration{
				Dashboards: []*configpb.Dashboard{
					{
						Name: "foo-group",
					},
				},
			},
			expected: &configpb.Configuration{
				Dashboards: []*configpb.Dashboard{
					{
						Name: "foo-group",
					},
				},
			},
		},
		{
			name: "Changes Dashboard Group reference",
			old:  "foo",
			new:  "bar",
			input: &configpb.Configuration{
				Dashboards: []*configpb.Dashboard{
					{
						Name: "foo",
					},
				},
				DashboardGroups: []*configpb.DashboardGroup{
					{
						Name:           "foo",
						DashboardNames: []string{"foo"},
					},
				},
			},
			expected: &configpb.Configuration{
				Dashboards: []*configpb.Dashboard{
					{
						Name: "bar",
					},
				},
				DashboardGroups: []*configpb.DashboardGroup{
					{
						Name:           "foo",
						DashboardNames: []string{"bar"},
					},
				},
			},
		},
	}

	for _, testcase := range cases {
		t.Run(testcase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			result := RenameDashboard(testcase.old, testcase.new, testcase.input)

			if !proto.Equal(testcase.expected, result) {
				t.Errorf("Expected %v, but got %v", testcase.expected, result)
			}
		})
	}
}

func TestRenameDashboardGroup(t *testing.T) {
	cases := []struct {
		name     string
		old      string
		new      string
		input    *configpb.Configuration
		expected *configpb.Configuration
	}{
		{
			name: "Old string isn't in Dashboard Group; do nothing",
			old:  "foo",
			new:  "bar",
			input: &configpb.Configuration{
				DashboardGroups: []*configpb.DashboardGroup{
					{Name: "foo-foo"},
				},
			},
			expected: &configpb.Configuration{
				DashboardGroups: []*configpb.DashboardGroup{
					{Name: "foo-foo"},
				},
			},
		},
		{
			name: "Renames Dashboard Group",
			old:  "foo",
			new:  "bar",
			input: &configpb.Configuration{
				DashboardGroups: []*configpb.DashboardGroup{
					{Name: "foo"},
				},
			},
			expected: &configpb.Configuration{
				DashboardGroups: []*configpb.DashboardGroup{
					{Name: "bar"},
				},
			},
		},
	}

	for _, testcase := range cases {
		t.Run(testcase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			result := RenameDashboardGroup(testcase.old, testcase.new, testcase.input)

			if !proto.Equal(testcase.expected, result) {
				t.Errorf("Expected %v, but got %v", testcase.expected, result)
			}
		})
	}
}

func TestNegotiateConversions(t *testing.T) {
	cases := []struct {
		Name     string
		original []string
		new      []string
		expected map[string]string
	}{
		{
			Name: "No sets; no conflicts",
		},
		{
			Name:     "Sets with no conflict; no conflicts",
			original: []string{"one", "two", "three"},
			new:      []string{"un", "deux", "trois"},
			expected: map[string]string{},
		},
		{
			Name:     "Sets with conflicts; conflicts returned",
			original: []string{"one", "two", "three"},
			new:      []string{"three", "one", "four"},
			expected: map[string]string{
				"one":   "prefix-one",
				"three": "prefix-three",
			},
		},
		{
			Name:     "Sets with conflicts with prefix; modified prefix returned",
			original: []string{"ichi", "ni", "prefix-ichi"},
			new:      []string{"ichi", "ni", "prefix-ni"},
			expected: map[string]string{
				"ichi": "prefix-2-ichi",
				"ni":   "prefix-2-ni",
			},
		},
	}

	for _, test := range cases {
		t.Run(test.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
			originalMap := make(map[string]void)
			for _, a := range test.original {
				originalMap[a] = insert
			}

			newMap := make(map[string]void)
			for _, a := range test.new {
				newMap[a] = insert
			}

			result := negotiateConversions("prefix", originalMap, newMap)

			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expected, result) {
				t.Errorf("Expected %v, but got %v", test.expected, result)
			}
		})
	}
}

func aValidTestGroupNamed(name string) *configpb.TestGroup {
	return &configpb.TestGroup{
		Name:             name,
		GcsPrefix:        "gcs://some/path",
		DaysOfResults:    1,
		NumColumnsRecent: 3,
	}
}


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Japan to Unveil Yen-Mitigation Package
by Naharnet Newsdesk 20 September 2011, 14:03
The Japanese government is to unveil a series of measures aimed at cushioning the impact of the persistently high yen on the domestic economy, according to a report.
The package is likely to include subsidies for companies to establish facilities in Japan and help for Japanese corporations wishing to take stakes in foreign energy projects, Kyodo news said, citing unnamed officials.
The strength of the Japanese currency, which in August hit a post-war high against the U.S. dollar, has walloped outward-facing manufacturers in a country that is heavily dependent on exports.
A high yen makes Japanese products expensive for overseas buyers and diminishes the value of repatriated profits. But it also makes foreign purchases more attractive for companies wishing to expand overseas.
In his inaugural policy speech last week, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said the rise of the unit meant Japan was facing "a crisis of unprecedented industrial hollowing-out".
He warned that unless measures are taken "domestic industries could go downhill and jobs could be lost. If that happens, it would be almost impossible to break out of deflation and reconstruct areas" affected by the March 11 quake and tsunami.
The yen has rocketed in value over recent months as financial uncertainty in Europe and the United States continues to send global traders scurrying into the safe-haven currency.
Despite three interventions in the markets in the past year, two of which were carried out by Tokyo alone, the yen has remained strong.
On Tuesday, the unit was trading at 76.56 yen to the dollar.
Kyodo said the measures will be financed by a planned extra budget, which will also help pay for the reconstruction of areas damaged by the March disasters.


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Devices Interventional Oncology
Medtronic's OsteoCool(TM) Procedure Shows Significant, Swift Pain Relief and Sustained Improvement for Cancer Patients
The OPuS One Clinical Study is the largest study with the most meaningful clinical results supporting the OsteoCool™ Technology to-date
DUBLIN, Dec. 15, 2020 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today announced the release of outcomes in the first 100 patients treated with the OsteoCool™ Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) System in the OPuS One Clinical Study (as referenced below) – the largest, prospective study in RFA for bone metastases. The study, which is the most meaningful clinical data release for the OsteoCool™ technology to date, showed patients had significant and swift improvement in pain relief at just three days post-procedure and sustained improvements in pain and quality of life out to six months. The results were published in the November edition of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.
"The rapid pain relief was arguably the most important finding from the study. Also, given the significant improvement in quality of life we saw in such a sick patient population, we're hopeful this meaningful data provides evidence to support moving this therapy up earlier in the cancer treatment paradigm." Jason Levy, MD, Interventional radiologist, Northside Hospital System, Atlanta GA.
Cancer that has metastasized, or moved to surrounding bone, can affect quality of life, producing complications such as pain, fractures, and decreased mobility.1 In addition to these symptoms, bone metastases can cause mood changes such as depression and anxiety.2 Radiation therapy is traditionally considered the gold standard palliative treatment for patients with bone metastases. But 1 in 3 cancer patients are left with inadequate treatment or undermanaged pain control because treatments like opioids, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy did not work for them.3 OsteoCool™ system can be used as an adjunctive treatment in this instance and it does not disrupt other systemic therapies.
"Our Interventional Pain Therapies business is inherently connected to the Medtronic Mission – which calls us to alleviate pain," said Anu Codaty, vice president and general manager of Medtronic's Interventional Pain Therapies business, which is reported as part of the Restorative Therapies Group. "With this data, we hope to bring awareness to a treatment option that can quickly help cancer patients suffering from debilitating pain."
According to the study results, patients treated with RFA achieved significant improvements in pain relief (worst and average pain) at all visits. Results showed rapid pain improvement as early as 3 days and sustained out to 6 months. Patients in the study also achieved significant improvements in pain interference and quality of life at all visits. Pain interference measures seven interference items (general activity, mood, walking ability, normal work, relations with other people, sleeping, and enjoyment of life).
The multicenter center study included a total of 218 patients at 16 centers in the United States, Europe, and Canada. Follow-up was completed on patients immediately post-RFA, 3 days, 1 week, and 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-procedure. The newly released data on pain, quality of life, medication, and safety included outcomes out to 6 months in the first 100 patients.
The OPuS One primary endpoint was achieved through these results – to demonstrate an improvement from baseline to 3 months post-RFA in worst pain score in the past 24 hours in subjects treated for metastatic lesions in only the thoracic and/or lumbar vertebral body(ies). Eighty-seven percent of patients had tumors involving the thoracolumbar spine and thirteen percent had tumors located in the pelvis and/or sacrum.
More information can be found at www.medtronic.com/opusone. Additional study details can be found at clinicaltrials.gov.
About the OsteoCool™ Radiofrequency Ablation System
The OsteoCool™ System is intended for palliative treatment in spinal procedures by ablation of metastatic malignant lesions in a vertebral body and for ablation of benign bone tumors such as osteoid osteoma. It is also intended for coagulation and ablation of tissue in bone during surgical procedures including palliation of pain associated with metastatic lesions involving bone in patients who have failed or are not candidates for standard therapy. The system is contraindicated for use in the cervical spine. Risks for the system include damage to surrounding tissue through iatrogenic injury as a consequence of electrosurgery, pulmonary embolism, and nerve injury including thermal injury, puncture of the spinal cord or nerve roots potentially resulting in radiculopathy, paresis, and paralysis.
About the J Vasc Interv Radiol (JVIR) Publication
Levy J, Hopkins T, Morris J, et al. Radiofrequency Ablation for the Palliative Treatment of Bone Metastases: Outcomes from the Multicenter OsteoCool Tumor Ablation Post-Market Study (OPuS One Study) in 100 Patients. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2020; 31:1745–1752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2020.07.014
Medtronic plc (www.medtronic.com), headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is among the world's largest medical technology, services and solutions companies – alleviating pain, restoring health and extending life for millions of people around the world. Medtronic employs more than 90,000 people worldwide, serving physicians, hospitals and patients in more than 150 countries. The company is focused on collaborating with stakeholders around the world to take healthcare Further, Together.
Any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties such as those described in Medtronic's periodic reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from anticipated results.
Goetz, et al. Percutaneous Image-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Painful Metastases Involving Bone: A Multicenter Study. J Clin Oncol. 2004; 22 (2): 300-306.
Spiegel D, et al. Pain and depression in patients with cancer. Cancer. 1994;74:2570-2578.
Anselmetti, et al. Treatment of Extraspinal Painful Bone Metastases with Percutaneous Cementoplasty: A Prospective Study of 50 Patients. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2008;31:1165-1173.
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Because of it's tremendous deterrent effect power or aspect. Says Chris E. McGoey, an internationally acclaimed expert and probably among the foremost authorities on house security management in America who normally functions with the media on house violence, crime and burglary prevention and is often a frequent specialist witness in court situations on such matters all through America, who was consulted by study's reviewers, among other sources, alarm systems deter burglaries because they increase the potential and [provoke in the prospective burglar the] fear of getting caught and arrested by the police. The deterrent worth comes in the alarm company lawn indicators which can be placed in the protected premises, and in the alarm decals on the windows. Property and apartment burglars will normally bypass a property with visible alarm indicators and can visit a different house that doesn't have such a sign.
Alarm systems is usually a great addition to any household or small business, and bring peace of mind to individuals who reside, work, and personal the creating. Knowing your alarm technique will make it that substantially additional effective of a deterrent to burglary, nonetheless, when the burglar knows far more about your technique than you do, they will take advantage of small flaws that could end up costing a huge number of dollars of harm and theft, or worse. It turned out, nonetheless, in the researchers' findings, that the answer to that vital query is YES, it's, and in a Enormous Way... BOTTOM LINE:Overwhelmingly, by the overwhelming quantity of information accumulated by the expert researchers of this New York investigative office, the just about conclusive discovering of your researchers is that the mere fact of just having an excellent, professionally installed and monitored ELECTRONIC Property Safety Technique ALONE, DRASTICALLY REDUCES the possibility of having a BURGLARY in a house, and hugely DETERS BURGLARS from hitting a house. (Just as it does, at the same time, in respect to other important threat and emergency conditions).
Get your alarm method. You will wish to first get a Monitronics alarm program, which might be accomplished by going to their website and filling out a type or calling to possess a representative come out and demonstrate their technique. Right after working at the largest alarm corporation in the nation, I saw that individuals who ended up unsatisfied with their protection, or ended up having to recover from a major loss due to break in, made some of these really simple, quick to miss mistakes.
- A current 2009 Rutgers University study by its School of Criminal Justice, utilizing 5 years of data, essentially the most comprehensive of its kind ever carried out, scientifically proved that burglars, by a margin of as significantly as 30 to 40 %, are likely to keep away from houses with burglar alarm systems, as the study additional located that an installed burglar alarm makes a dwelling significantly less desirable for the would-be and active intruders and protects the home without the need of displacing burglars to nearby houses. Activate your program. When you may have an Monitronics alarm method, you will must activate it. You are able to do in two ways. Very first, when you had an installer set up the technique for you personally, he will activate your system at that time.
- That, in deed, in an earlier study in 1994 that was primarily based on interviews with burglars, Burglars around the Job, which had been published by Northeastern University Press, researchers had produced a related acquiring, and had concluded that, Most offenders, even though, wanted to prevent alarms altogether and, upon encountering such devices abandoned all thought of attacking the dwelling. Almost just about every alarm method owner is aware that their method runs off of your electricity of the property, it truly is either plugged into a wall or it is hard-wired into the creating. There's an issue with that nonetheless: If the electrical energy goes out, a breaker flips, or the plug comes loose, the alarm method loses its main source of energy!
- That, as outlined by a Temple University study headed by Professor Simon Hakim, Director from the university's Center for Competitive Government, a monitored alarm method makes a residence three occasions much less most likely to become burglarized versus a residence without having an alarm. Businesses devoid of alarm systems are 4.five times additional most likely to become burglarized than the ones with electronic safety technique. And, finally, losses as a result of burglary average 400 much less in residences with no alarm safety systems. Arm your system, make certain all doors and windows are closed. Press the Doors and Windows button. When arming the method at evening, press the button twice. A remote handle may be applied to arm and disarm your Monitronics alarm also. The controller is accessible at the time of obtain.
- That, in accordance with confession produced by the burglars, 9 out of 10 convicted burglars admitted that they would steer clear of making a burglary try altogether on a house that's protected by an alarm system. (U.S. Division of Justice study, 1999). 1 OTHER Crucial Finding Of these RESEARCHERS, Even though IS THIS: That, what exactly is likely with the most essential importance of all, even so, is that you decide on an electronic method that is definitely from the Proper brand from a high quality business. Like any other industry, there are actually superior brands and businesses, and you will find undesirable brands and firms. Backup batteries are what your alarm technique certainly will depend on for the duration of a energy outage. These are ordinarily situated in the panel or, inside the case of enclosed systems, in the keypad itself. What most owners will not be aware of, is that these batteries don't possess a extremely extended life, and they have to be maintained periodically to function at all. An old, worn out battery, or one that just isn't hooked up appropriate, won't energy the method.
In deed, in accordance with this discovering, as a homeowner or customer when you select the improper or incorrect house security method, or, even worse than that, the incorrect or unreliable firm which delivers or installs the method for you, you stand a critical likelihood of sustaining significant break ins, and even risk to life, that is certainly just mainly attributable to that certain factor alone! And, additional far more, which you may possibly, in stead, possibly discover oneself in even worse shape than you have been prior to you initially went for the residence security program.
- That, an efficient dwelling safety method (but one particular from a trustworthy house safety business) tends to make a house 3 times Significantly less Likely to become burglarized, based on a National Burglar and Fire Association study (2004). Moreover, nevertheless, the 2009 study by Rutgers University, initial cited above, identified that even though possessing a residential burglary alarm method within a household does, in deed, reduce crime by as a great deal as 30-40 percent, it does so, although, not just on the house only that has the alarm technique, but inside the Whole surrounding region. Choose and use a pin number. To disarm your program, enter the four-digit PIN number which you chose in the time of activation. Press gradually and firmly to become certain the quantity is entered adequately.
Activate the emergency buttons in your Monitronics alarm by pressing the proper button twice. This measure is put in spot to be sure you might be really in an emergency situation. Monitronics also has a silent alarm feature in case of property invasion. For safety motives, you'll be able to get in touch with the firm to learn much more concerning the feature. As soon as your alarm goes off, Monitronics will make contact with you by means of the program to make sure that almost everything is okay.
- That installation of electronic security items by Americans, and use of qualified solutions (and also the spending) on them, has been growing at an estimated four.3 percent per year (STAT Resources, Inc., a Newton, Mass, complete service market analysis organization specialized in such matters).
Years ago, bells had been applied in shops as well as other public areas. This was to announce a customer or other particular person coming in in the event the shopkeeper was in the back from the retailer. They are nevertheless utilized for compact shops and in some people's houses. These could be vacation bells as element of a decoration, a single cow bell, or any quantity of other types. These bells are available in all selection of sounds and look. Most of them are exceptionally sensitive to motion. They will notify you when the front door, or any door is opened as they sound in the slightest movement if hung appropriately.
- That 94 % of residence alarm owners are satisfied with their alarm systems (Prof. Simon Hakim's study of Temple University). That 90 percent from the Police believe that alarms deter burglary attempts. (STAT Sources study). This can be 1 virtually everyone knows about, whether they've an alarm technique or not. We've all observed the films exactly where the burglar sneaks about outdoors the residence until he comes across the phone line entering the property. He pulls out his snippers, and cuts the line. Then, when he busts open the window or front door, the alarm goes off, but nobody can get the signal.
- In line with a Board Resolution passed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police in 1994, alarm systems, supplying, although, they may be professionally installed and monitored, are beneficial instruments to deter crime and supply peace of mind for each residential users and business owners.
In point of fact, obtaining an excellent monitored burglary alarm program is not only vital and effective as a burglary deterring tool. But, as outlined by security specialists, pound-for-pound, possessing a monitored household alarm safety system, which they strongly emphasize Should be a fantastic and reliable brand, is perhaps the most effective and SINGLE MOST Powerful Answer that one particular could institute in having a household that scares away prospective burglars and keeps them away out of your dwelling, and your loved ones safety. In contrast to most issues in the motion pictures, this can be one particular that Hollywood got right. Typical alarm systems use the telephone line to send out any signals at all, which includes fire, burglary, and carbon monoxide signals. Without the telephone line, absolutely nothing is received by the alarm enterprise, and no call goes out towards the authorities. Even numerous telephone line systems are fairly quick to disable from the outside from the building.


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School leadership ensures that the school facilities, pedagogy and activities of Loyola create an environment that is conducive to our students becoming intellectually competent, religious, loving, open to growth and committed to doing justice. They support our caring and dedicated faculty and staff to model what is means to be men and women for others.
Marcelle completed her Masters degrees in Religious Education and Educational Administration. She was the first lay principal at both Notre Dame High School, St. Joseph's College Secondary School for Girls and Little Flower Academy. In 1999, she was appointed to the OISE.
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For the past 125 years, the school's mission has never wavered from the vision of its founding community: to educate young people to change the world through a life formation that focuses on forming the "whole person". In Jesuit education, the road to academic excellence extends far beyond the confines of the traditional classroom.
Care for the "whole person" means ensuring students are not just intellectually competent, but that they are open to growth, loving, religious, and committed to doing justice. It means ensuring a balance of intellectual, physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
For over 125 years, Loyola has fostered student engagement both inside and outside of the classroom. The competence, commitment, compassion, and conscience they have are nurtured by their involvement in all aspects of school life. They carry these qualities forward into life outside the school walls -- with their families, friends, communities and workplaces, and ultimately -- the world.
All of that starts here. The care and experience of our Faculty and Staff, our alumni and older students, provides an environment for Secondary 1 students that is immediately welcoming, stimulating, exciting and will change your child's life and your family forever.
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Comme le disent nos étudiants, c'est « une aventure hors du commun ».
Dr. Diachyshyn is a product of a Jesuit education, having graduated from this school in 1996. After receiving degrees in English literature, history, and education, he returned to Loyola. Dr. Diachyshyn has stayed true to the intellectual curiosity instilled in him by his Jesuit formation by completing a Ph.D. in English Literature.
Dr. Mark Diachyshyn
It is with great pleasure that we announce that the Loyola Board of Governors and the Jesuit Board of Directors approved and ratified the appointment of Dr. Mark Diachyshyn as Principal of Loyola High School starting for the 2022-23 school year. Dr. Diachyshyn is a product of a Jesuit education, having graduated from this school in 1996. After receiving degrees in English literature, history, and education, he returned to Loyola and has been an essential part of the fabric of this school ever since. Dr. Diachyshyn has stayed true to the intellectual curiosity instilled in him by his Jesuit formation by completing a Ph.D. in English Literature.
He has made an invaluable impact on this school, having been Vice-Principal of Academics (Senior School) since 2016, and having previously served as Department Head of English Language Arts. He is unwavering in his faith in God and has an unquestionable devotion to ensuring that our Jesuit, Catholic way of proceeding permeates through all we do.
Executive Director of Advancement
Scott Corbett
Scott Corbett came to Loyola from McGill University where he spent the last six years working as a Senior Development Officer, helping to prepare McGill for their bicentennial capital campaign. In his role Scott also led the advancement efforts to inaugurate the Max Bell School of Public Policy. Prior to McGill, Scott worked in leadership roles in the industrial manufacturing, wholesales and sporting goods fields.
Executive Director of Operations
Dr. Fouad Maroun
Secretary General of Saint Joseph University (USJ) of Beirut, Dr. Maroun has a background in Civil Engineering with a Master of Engineering from McGill University, an MBA and Executive Doctorate in Business Administration from Université Paris Dauphine, France.. In 2004 he founded the highly successful Athletics Department at USJ and created the Beirut Unisports Festival. In his role as Secretary General Dr. Maroun headed multiple executive committees focused on creating and steering USJ's strategic plan, and streamlining processes at the University.


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Steven Soderbergh doesn't understand superhero movies because there's no f*cking
Steven Soderbergh has aired his grievances with superhero movies saying there's not enough f*cking in these films for his tastes
Steven Soderbergh, the director behind thriller movie Oceans 11 and disaster movie Contagion, has aired his grievances with the most maligned but profitable genre in Hollywood, superhero films. In an interview with The Daily Beast, Soderbergh was asked if he'd like to return to franchise work.
"Not really," he answered. "I'm not a snob; it's not that I feel it's some lower tier in any way. It really becomes about what universe you occupy as a storyteller. I'm just too earthbound to really release myself to a universe in which Newtonian physics don't exist [laughs]."
The Magic Mike director then said he struggles to relate to the sexless world of the genre. "For a lot of these, for me to understand the world and how to write or supervise the writing of the story and the characters—apart from the fact that I can bend time and defy gravity and shoot beams out of my fingers—there's no fucking," he laughed. "Nobody's fucking! Like, I don't know how to tell people how to behave in a world in which that is not a thing."
Soderbergh's not wrong about the superhero genre being pretty sexless. Most of these action movies are more focused on the exhibition of spectacle than pure exhibitionism, but things are changing.
Eternals recently made history as the first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie to feature a sex scene. We say sex scene, it was about as erotic as two action figures being mashed together, but it was something.
Sexlessness isn't just an issue in superhero movies, though. It's something that's infected a lot of modern blockbusters, most of which are pretty chaste these days. A recent piece by The Guardian broke down the reason for the death of the sex scene, and it's got less to do with a new wave of prudishness in Hollywood and more to do with the bottom line.
Basically, if you put a sex scene in your movie, you're more likely to get an R-rating which limits your potential audience and, therefore, your box office. Studios just aren't willing to take the financial hit to titillate audiences anymore.


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Gary Knaus – President
Gary Knaus grew up near Rifle where his father was a large-animal veterinarian. He trained at University of Colorado Medical School and has been a physician in Carbondale for almost 40 years. He was awarded the Walking Stick Award by the University of Colorado in 2000 as the outstanding Rural Colorado Family Physician. Gary and his wife Jill own the family ranch near Rifle which is conserved through AVLT. He was a founding member of the Mount Sopris Nordic Council and a director of the Basalt Water Conservation District.
Jeanne Doremus – Vice President
Jeanne is an Aspen-based attorney specializing in trust and estates, business and property law. She received her law degree from the University of Denver and has practiced in Aspen for over 25 years. Jeanne has been on the AVLT board since 2014, and was a founding member of Alpine Legal Services more than 20 years ago, where she is currently board chair. She has also been a volunteer for Aspen Youth Center, Response, Wildwood School, Room to Read, Aspen High School Booster Club and 100+ Women. Jeanne and her husband Andrew live in Aspen and operate a ranch near Paonia, where they and their five sons are a well-known and devoted hockey family. In a fun and noteworthy bit of history, Jeanne's father-in-law, John Doremus, was a founding board member of Aspen Valley Land Trust (originally incorporated as Pitkin County Parks Association) in 1967.
David Chase – Treasurer
David Chase's career has included being a professor of finance at Northern Arizona University, managing member of a private equity firm and a having a life long involvement with cattle ranching. David holds a BA, MBA (Tuck School) and Ph. D (Arizona State University). Participating in and supporting cultural, educational, scientific and environmental organizations have been central. David has served on the Boards of The Nature Conservancy of Arizona and New Mexico and the Santa Fe Conservation Trust.
Ellen Huntley Dube – Secretary
Ellen, a native of Florida, has twenty years of experience in organizational management, conservation land acquisition, and sustainable agriculture. She completed a B.S. in Chemistry from Furman University and her M.S. in Soil and Water Sciences at the University of Florida. She served in the United States Peace Corps for two years teaching high school sciences in Ghana, West Africa. Ellen has worked in organic certification and land trust accreditation, assisted in coordinating one of the first local farm product labels in the Southeastern U.S. and collaborated with community leaders to address community food needs. Ellen is currently the president of the general partner of her family's limited partnership which specializes in commercial real estate.
Ellen, her husband Matt, and their son, Andrew (7), moved to Snowmass Village, Colorado from Gainesville, Florida to be closer to Ellen's sister and her family. She is happily surprised with how much she enjoys the seasons here and is thankful for a growing sense of place in the Roaring Fork Valley. Ellen enjoys reading, piano, downhill and cross country skiing, and hiking with friends.
Fred Lodge
Fred is a retired acquisitions attorney who joined the board in January 2013. He spent most of his career as a partner with Morrison & Foerster, working in New York City, Tokyo and Denver. He and his wife, Susan, moved to Colorado permanently in 2006. He was born in New York and received a B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D., degree cum laude, from Fordham University. Fred is active in several community efforts, and is an avid gardener and painter, and skis at every possible opportunity.
Jim Cardamone
Jim joined the AVLT Board in January 2013. He moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in 1981 after graduating from Middlebury College in Vermont with a degree in American Literature. Jim's professional experience has been primarily in sales and marketing as a real estate broker, and he is now a broker with Coldwell Banker MasonMorse Realtors in Aspen and Carbondale, and is an avid skier, hunter and outdoorsman. He rejoined the AVLT Board in 2013 and is currently living in Aspen to support his son's professional skiing aspirations.
Amy Krick
Whether working on the ranch, raising steers and lambs for 4-H, or competing in rodeos, Amy has been intimately involved with horses and livestock for as long as she can remember. Amy grew up on a ranch south of Silt and after graduating Rifle High School, she earned a bachelor of science in biological sciences at Stanford University. She moved back to Colorado, where she earned Master of Business Administration and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees at Colorado State University. She has studied and worked abroad in Chile, Scotland, Australia and New South Wales. Amy works at the Glenwood Veterinary Clinic in Glenwood Springs, and she and her husband Nick live on a ranch north of New Castle where they help manage her family's cattle operation. When she is not at the clinic, she enjoys riding and helping out on the ranch, skiing, camping, fishing, gardening, cooking, and traveling as often as possible.
Scott Hanley
Scott moved to Colorado in 2006 and received a B.A. in Political Science from Colorado State University. Following school he worked in the public policy/political realm along the Front Range and Western Slope. It was on the campaign trail where he realized he needed more ranchland and less concrete in his life and moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in 2013. His career now focuses on fixed income and he is a Level III candidate in the CFA Program. Outside the office, Scott enjoys anything involving swimming, biking and running – preferably in that order.
Charles Bantis
Charlie joined the board in October 2018 after applying his skills as a co-chair of The Grand Land Dance. Charlie is currently president of the First Western Trust, Aspen. He is an experienced market president with a long history of creating profitable asset growth. His love of the mountains drew he and his family to the Roaring Fork Valley almost 20 years ago. They have hiked, biked, skied, and ridden their horses all over the valley, and are still discovering new places. Charlie's commitment to community runs deep. He serves, or has served, on the boards of Colorado Humanities, Aspen Chamber Resort Association, and Aspen Junior Hockey. As a long-time supporter of AVLT, Charlie is one of the few and the proud to have attended every Land Dance!
Curtis Kaufman
Curtis is a developer who built his career entitling land and securing financing for single-family home builders across the western United States. He received his B.A. in Economics from San Diego State University. In 1998, Curtis and his wife and their three children followed their dreams of living in the mountains and made Aspen their permanent home. A passionate community volunteer, Curtis has served on the Board of the Aspen Valley Ski Club and Thompson Divide Coalition. He enjoys skiing, hiking, and biking across the Elk Mountains.
Scott Miller is a partner with Patrick, Miller & Noto, a Roaring Fork Valley based law firm specializing in water rights, ditch easements, wetlands, water quality, water conservation and other water related issues. He received his law degree and a masters in environmental law from Vermont Law School in 1995. He and his firm also practice in other states including Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming; and Scott was counsel on a large interstate water case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court. Scott frequently publishes and speaks on a variety of legal issues relating to western water law and ditch easements. Scott grew up in Rochester, NY and moved to Colorado in the '80's where he went to University of Colorado – Boulder. After a stint in Steamboat Springs he moved to Aspen in 1989. His Mom owned a 70 acre ranch in Old Snowmass which helped fuel his love for open spaces and preserving ranchlands. Scott likes to play almost any sport, including hockey, his late-in-life passion; and loves to ski, mountain bike and spend as much time as possible with his active wife Cathy, and two sons, Keaton (16) and Carson (14).
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SELMA Screening and Q&A
On February 19, 2015, CUE and the Columbia Alumni Association are co-sponsoring a screening of SELMA in Los Angeles with Q&A from Columbia Alum and studio executive Alana Mayo. Click here to RSVP! (This event is open to Columbia Alumni and a guest only.)
Please join CUE for a screening of SELMA on Tuesday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m. on the Paramount lot. We are delighted to have SELMA producer Alana Mayo (CC'06) with us for a Q&A following the screening. The event is free, but space is limited, so please RSVP by Friday, February 12 to reserve your seat.
Screening of SELMA
followed by a Q&A with SELMA producer Alana Mayo (CC'06)
Please RSVP at above link by Friday, February 12
About SELMA: Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 legally desegregated the South, discrimination was still rampant in certain areas, making it very difficult for blacks to register to vote. In 1965, an Alabama city became the battleground in the fight for suffrage. Despite violent opposition, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his followers pressed forward on an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, and their efforts culminated in President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The film was directed by Ava DuVernay and is nominated for Best Picture.
About Alana Mayo (CC'06): Alana Mayo graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor's Degree in English in 2006. After working with independent New York filmmakers such as Lee Daniels, Tribeca Films and Warrington Hudlin, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in feature film production and development. She worked as an assistant to Warner Bros. based producer Andrew Lazar for two years before being promoted to Creative Executive. She then worked as a Creative Executive at Twentieth Century Fox before coming to Paramount Pictures as a Creative Executive.


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Q: Weird SQL Connection Issue I've got two applications, one is a pretty standard ASP.NET MVC C# 4.5 and the other is a standard C# 4.5 Windows Application.
They both connect to the same SQL Server using exactly the same connection string, and the web application connects successfully.
However, the Windows Application fails with the following:

A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an error occurred during the login process. (provider: SSL Provider, error: 0 - The specified data could not be decrypted.\r\n)"

This occurs locally, on the test server and the live server but I have absolutely no idea why.
All it's doing using a simple SqlConnection object and calling the Open() method.
I've got another client with the same mix of Web App and Windows App projects and there are no issues like this at all, yet if I copy one of the Windows Apps from the working client and incorporate it into this one, it fails.
I am literally clueless with this one and I think I'm about to cry, so please, if you can offer any insight at all, please do...it's probably something really simple that I'm missing.
2 connection string settings in app.config that I've tried:
<add name="XXXXXX"
     connectionString="Data Source=.\SQL2014;Initial Catalog=****;User ID=****;Password=****;Persist Security Info=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;enlist=false"
     providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

<add name="XXXXXX"
     connectionString="Server=.\SQL2014;Database=****;User ID=****;Password=****;Encrypt=True;TrustServerCertificate=True;Connection Timeout=30;MultipleActiveResultSets=true" />

A: Can't connect to SQL Server database from Local IIS over HTTPS
I think this is due to a component called NCrypt (available via NuGet) which I've isolated to be the cause.
When it's in my bin folder the executable fails to connect to SQL, and when I delete it the connection succeeds like I would expect.
The chances of anyone else giving me the answer to this were minimal at best, so  I'm sorry to have wasted your time...
At least I've worked it out!

A: Try adding Integrated Security=true; to  your web config. You can also specify Trusted_Connection=True; or Integrated Security=SSPI; All of these mean the same. I suspect your Windows Authentication is not trusted on the desktop.


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Gillian Campbell
A conversation with Louise C
Louise: What prompted you to write the Apple House?
Gillian: Growing up in Quebec in the fifties and sixties, I was aware of two major divides in the cultural landscape, religion and language. Religion was something one was born to. Babies were issued baptismal certificates, not birth certificates. School Boards were either Catholic or Protestant and taxes were directed to one or the other. Religion was immutable but language was another matter. Hardly anyone I knew spoke French but lots of French people spoke English. That was the norm but as a child it made me uneasy. I wondered why. What would it be like to be French? I left Quebec in my early twenties but the question stayed with me. I suppose the novel was an attempt to imagine the answer to that question. It was an exploration really.
Louise: What did you discover?
Gillian: Well it's an impossible question, of course, almost like asking what it's like to be human. There isn't a simple answer. It's different for everyone, that's what I discovered. It all depends who you are and what has happened to you. The Apple House is the story of what happened to Imogene Jackson.
Louise: St. Ange du Lac is a little bit like the village where I grew up. Is it a real place?
Gillian: It's real to me but you won't find it on the map.
Louise: There was an English girl, I remember, with really big feet. She came to the village school for a while. Wasn't that you?
Gillian: Absolutely not!
Louise: Yes but isn't the story just the teeniest bit autobiographical?
Gillian: The landscape I've described arose from childhood memories but the characters and the events are all fictional.
Louise: Really?
Gillian: Well, except for you of course!
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CFSI-FM Radio Interview
The Apple House
© Gillian Campbell


An ill-advised kick-around with friends has put paid to Rory McIlroy's chances of defending his Open Championship title next week and, as a result, the betting for the year's third major has been thrown into disarray.
The Northern Irishman had been a strong favourite to retain the Claret Jug but news that the 26-year-old had ruptured ankle ligaments in a friendly game of football sent 2015 US Open and Masters victor Jordan Spieth, to the head of the betting.
The 21-year-old is now Stan James' 11/2 jolly to land his third major of the year at St Andrews.
Victory for Spieth is also a big ask despite his success so far this season. Some have questioned the young American's decision to play in this week's John Deere Classic rather than head to Scotland earlier to acclimatise but even discounting that, picking up three majors in a calendar year would be an enormous and rare achievement.
Indeed, only two players – Tiger Woods and Ben Hogan – have managed such a feat, so the statistics don't exactly favour the world number two and his price is plenty short enough when you consider how great an achievement it would be – accordingly, it may be shrewd for punters to look a little further down the field to find the value.
Big-hitter Dustin Johnson is a 14/1 shot at bet365 and after the South Carolinian tied for sixth and second in the Masters and US Open respectively, it's easy to see why.
Louis Oosthuizen was also a joint runner-up at Chambers Bay last month, a result that prompted Ladbrokes to trim the South African to 25/1 to repeat his 2010 success and Justin Rose, at 18/1 with Paddy Power, is expected to lead the European challenge.
With two top-five finishes in a handful of Open Championship appearances, Rickie Fowler is someone that saves some of his best golf for this event so he isn't without appeal at 25/1 (Winner.com) and William Hill's 33/1 chance Phil Mickelson, who delivered at Muirfield in 2013, is another that can't be ruled out.
Elsewhere, betway chalk Tiger Woods up at 28/1 even though he last won a major in 2008, BetVictor can expect interest in their quote of 33/1 about a Jason Day victory and Brandt Snedeker (50/1, bet365) has been turning in some impressive performances of late.
Sheffield's Danny Willett, meanwhile, is a man whose stock is certainly rising and at 100/1 via Skybet, the 27-year-old could give each-way punters a real run for their money.
St Helens suffered a mauling at the hands of leaders Leeds in the Super League last week but second-placed Saints are set to bounce back tomorrow (Friday) as they welcome Huddersfield to Langtree Park.
BetVictor rate the hosts as 1/2 favourites to send the Giants home empty-handed and in the handicaps, Stan James give them just six points to claw back at odds of 10/11.
Chris Froome has long been favoured by many punters to claim a second Tour de France crown this year and his status as pre-race favourite was confirmed on when he was installed as bet365's 4/5 jolly to be wearing the yellow jersey in Paris in a few weeks' time.
Keep an eye on Nairo Quintana, though. He's currently 5/2 (Stan James) to win the race and a generous-looking 3/1 (BetVictor.com) to claim the King of the Mountains polka-dot jersey, as well as being priced at 1/5 (William Hill) to win the Young Rider accolade.
Bookies have confidence in Lewis Hamilton becoming the first Briton to successfully defend his Formula One driver's title.
He's offered at 1/5 by Betway to be crowned F1 champion at the end of the season, with his nearest rival, Nico Rosberg, quoted at 4/1 by Winner.com.
Hamilton has a 17-point cushion going into the next race, in Hungary on July 26, which explains why Paddy Power rate him as their overwhelming 4/9 favourite to win – Rosberg is 9/4 at Ladbrokes.
Bet of the week: Dustin Johnson to win the Open – 14/1 (bet365).


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