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Sunak's Spending Review a 'major blow' for families on Universal Credit
November 25, 2020, 4:09 pm Updated: November 25, 2020, 5:23 pm
Charities have criticised Rishi Sunak for not addressing calls to extend the uplift in Universal Credit beyond March 2021 (Jonathan Brady/PA Archive)
Millions of families on Universal Credit are facing "agonising uncertainty" after the Government's spending review did not address calls for benefit increases to be extended, charities have warned.
Since April this year, Universal Credit claimants were given a £20-a-week boost in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The temporary measure is due to come to an end in April 2021, prompting charities to call on the Government to extend and even make permanent the welfare increase beyond the impending deadline.
However, Chancellor Rishi Sunak did not address these calls when he set out his one-year Spending Review at the House of Commons, leading to community figures urging him to reconsider.
Youth homelessness charity Centrepoint said it had argued strongly for the retention of the £20 uplift in Universal Credit, which has made "a huge day-to-day difference for thousands of unemployed young people".
Paul Noblet, head of public affairs at Centrepoint, said: "The government's failure to commit to retaining the current uplift in Universal Credit is hugely disappointing and will weigh heavily on the minds of millions of people for whom the £20 a week increase has made a huge difference.
⚠ Our #SpendingReview response:@RishiSunak's failure to commit to retaining the current uplift in Universal Credit is hugely disappointing for the millions for whom the £20pw increase has made a huge difference.
We urge @GOVUK to think again.https://t.co/1UJKnmPOhj pic.twitter.com/uMbQSvrFqZ
— Centrepoint (@centrepointuk) November 25, 2020
"There is still time for the government to reflect on this issue between now and the end of March and we urge them to think again."
Director of policy and campaigns at children's charity Action for Children, Imran Hussain, said: "It's not right that low-income families face a £1,000 cut to their Universal Credit help from next year – adding even more stress to a second lockdown, the arrival of winter and with Christmas around the corner.
"The Government must put this right – right now – to prevent a generation of children from being scarred by poverty and the pandemic which would carry significant long-term costs to the public finances."
Our CEO @ThomasJLawson responds to the #SpendingReview.
"There is an absence of any new policies to improve our inadequate social security system and enable people to have enough income to get by, let alone thrive." pic.twitter.com/wtxpuA3OW2
— Turn2us (@turn2us_org) November 25, 2020
Charity Turn2us, which helps people in financial hardship, said the Spending Review does not go far enough for low income households.
Thomas Lawson, chief executive at Turn2us, said: "For a society that believes in compassion and fairness, the lack of commitment to maintaining the vital £20 uplift to Universal Credit will make it impossible for so many of us to get back on our feet.
"Our own research into people's financial resilience shows how one in three of us have had to rely on credit since the pandemic took hold.
"We urge the Government to prevent a rising tide of destitution."
Their sentiments were shared by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC), a network of more than 100 charities and organisations including the MS Society, Z2K, Disability Rights UK and Inclusion London.
Anastasia Berry, policy co-chair of the DBC and policy manager at the MS Society, praised the Government for recognising the extra help Universal Credit claimants needed during the crisis, but added: "Those on legacy benefits, like Employment and Support Allowance and Jobseekers Allowance, were disgracefully refused the same financial lifeline."
She added: "Instead, for eight months, around two million disabled people have been discriminated against, leaving them struggling to eat a cooked meal a day, pay to heat their homes and get vital medical treatment.
"Despite multiple letters and a 119,000-signature-strong petition sent to the Chancellor to call for a £20 a week increase, today's spending review was another example of the Government refusing to acknowledge the financial challenges these disabled people are facing as a result of this pandemic.
"Granting them an additional 37p – in line with inflation – has left us lost for words."
James Taylor, executive director of strategy at disability equality charity Scope, said: "Disabled people have been forgotten time and time again since the pandemic began.
"The stark omission of a longer uplift to Universal Credit, and of the refusal to extend this to legacy benefits, is an example of how disabled people are being forgotten again."
Stephen Timms, Labour MP for East Ham and chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee (Anthony Devlin/PA)
The chancellor was also criticised by Stephen Timms , Labour MP for East Ham and chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee, who described the omission of benefit rates in the Spending Review as a "major blow".
He said: "Millions of people on Universal Credit are now facing the Christmas period in agonising uncertainty, not knowing whether the Government will cut their income by £20 a week next April.
"Meanwhile, those on older benefits, who have already missed out on the rise because the DWP's systems are too old-fashioned, will receive an increase of just 0.5% next year.
"The Government must think again. If it doesn't – some of the most vulnerable people in society will be faced with a tough winter with no additional support."
In a written ministerial statement on Wednesday, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey did not say whether the Universal Credit uplift will be extended, but said the Government will "look at the economic and health context in the new year".
On whether the temporary measure will be reviewed in the new year, a spokesman from the Treasury said it was "not ruling anything out for the future" as it waits for "more clarity on the national economic and social picture".
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33 steps to prevent suicide in Luxembourg
One in every 50 deaths in Luxembourg is caused by suicide, Luxembourg's health ministry revealed on Wednesday while outlining the country's first suicide prevention plan.
The plan for the period of 2015 to 2019, is based on the Australian strategy for preventing suicides, which has since been applied in Ireland and New Zealand.
It contains 33 measures, many of which are focused on understanding the causes of suicides in order to implement targeted suicide prevention measures.
They include mental health campaigns in work places, the commissioning of studies of psychological autopsies and the creation of a national register to record deaths from suicide and suicide attempts.
In schools, the plan calls on teachers to have an alert system, whereby staff are able to notify appropriate authorities if they recognise suicide warning signs in learners.
In care homes, meanwhile, care workers and health professionals will be made aware of the increased suicide risk among elderly people who have lost their autonomy.
Outlining the measures on Wednesday, Luxembourg Health Minister Lydia Mutsch revealed that 85 people took their own lives in Luxembourg in 2014.
Men more likely to take own lives
The highest proportion of suicides was recorded among seniors aged 80 to 84, who were six times more likely to take their lives than 15 to 19-year-olds.
Records show that men in Luxembourg were three times more likely than women to commit suicide, namely because generally men were less inclined to seek help to deal with the problems which can lead to suicide.
According to ministry figures, 276 women and 741 men took their own lives in Luxembourg between 2000 and 2013.
Regardless of age, men were found to be more likely to commit suicide. The ratio was highest among 15 to 19-year-olds where they were six times more likely to take their own lives.
Among 55 to 69-year-olds, men were twice as likely as women to commit suicide.
If you know of anyone who may be experiencing suicidal feelings, advise them to seek help from a friend or professional.
Free telephone advice can be sought by calling SOS Détresse (in Luxembourg) on 45 45 45 (from 3pm to 11pm and at weekends from 11pm to 7am.
People at risk are urged to avoid spending time alone, to try to do a relaxing activity like yoga or jogging and to come up with a personal crisis plan listing helpful, calming activities and useful contacts in case of a crisis.
More detailed advice can be found by visiting www.mind.org.uk
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Under Tun Dr Mahathir's chairmanship, PPBM has moved quickly to establish itself across the Malaysian peninsula. It now has divisions in 137 out of the 165 parliamentary constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia.
For a party that is just one year old, being able to cover more than 80% of its targeted constituencies is no mean feat. This is recognised by its coalition partners in the opposition alliance Pakatan Harapan. When Pakatan announced the seat allocation for its component parties, PPBM was given the biggest share in Peninsular Malaysia with 52 seats.
The party is also attracting members, with the number of applications estimated at around 200,000. Of these, 55% are below 35 years old, and for the majority, PPBM is their first party. This is impressive because the general assumption in Malaysia is that the young either reject ethnic-based politics or party politics altogether.
Almost all of the younger PPBM members I interviewed told me they joined the party because of Dr Mahathir. They were born in the early 1980s and for the first 22 years of their lives, he was prime minister. They were too young to understand the criticisms thrown at him at that time. But they saw modern infrastructure being built daily in a country that was enjoying respectable economic growth.
There is a tendency among Malay voters to associate the rise of the DAP to the rising political clout of Malaysian Chinese, and by extension, the erosion of Malay political power. Thus, voting for any party that helps the DAP get into government is tantamount to jeopardising the Malays' special position.
It will be tough for the PPBM to win over Malay voters when they contest with a Pakatan coalition that includes the DAP.
The wider environment is clearly challenging for PPBM. But PPBM is offering a completely new push into the Malay heartland. For this vital contribution, it wants to be rewarded with a fair share of seats in places where the Pakatan coalition has a higher chance of winning, namely those with mixed-ethnic demographics.
This is a big demand because among Pakatan parties, the expectation is for PPBM to contest in seats with a high Malay population since its raison d'etre is to replace Umno.
PPBM leaders, however, argue that Pakatan can win over mixed seats only if Malay voters in those areas are persuaded to its side, and that this will happen only if PPBM is present. Thus, if PPBM is the reason for Pakatan to win in mixed seats, its vital contribution must be reciprocated in the form of seats in mixed areas as well.
Seat allocation among Pakatan parties is therefore very important for PPBM's longer-term survival.
So far, PPBM seems happy with the parliamentary seats that have been allocated to it. But the tussle for seat distribution at the state level is ongoing.


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Former Wonder Girls' Lim announces that she's pregnant with her 1st child!
Former Wonder Girls member Lim has personally announced that she is pregnant with her first child!
On October 8 at 2PM KST, Lim uploaded a video on her YouTube channel 'Lim's diary'. In the video, Lim and her husband Shin Min Chul appeared in the camera frame, visibly nervous. Lim then stated, "Something big has happened." Shin Min Chul added, "Yeah, it is a pretty big deal." Lim then tells her husband to reveal the big news, and Shin Min Chul makes the big announcement: "Our Lim got a baby!"
Lim expressed her happiness to share the big news with her subscribers first, and went on to say, "I am in the beginning stages of my pregnancy. Many people do not know [of my pregnancy] yet. It's my first time dealing with this kind of news, so I feel flustered." The couple then revealed that they had been wanting a child by March of next year, and things went exactly as planned. The couple are expecting the birth of their first child in March 2022.
Congratulations to Lim and her husband Shin Min Chul!
Former Wonder Girls' Lim announces that she's pregnant with her 1st child! Reviewed by Bears on October 08, 2021 Rating: 5


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Search Inside Yourself is a book that makes big claims – a guide to achieving success, happiness and even world peace. It is based on a self-development course created by Google engineer turned personal development expert Chade-Meng Tan.
I was delighted to review the book because it focuses on using development of mindfulness techniques and emotional intelligence to find success and fulfilment at work.
It is rare that the link is made between spiritual development and corporate success and refreshing that this is endorsed by arguably the world's most successful and ubiquitous organisation.
Overall, this book provides a wide range of thought-provoking evidence and practices based on some of the latest scientific research into the way our minds work. There is no doubt that any reader will benefit hugely from committing to growing their self-awareness.
Excited – this a book about important ideas of mindfulness, presence and emotional intelligence. It is exciting to hear how they have had a real impact on the course participants at Google, in the corporate world and beyond.
There is a genuine passion and commitment in the writing that is infectious – an underlying belief that small inner changes can have huge outer world impact – that is exciting to read.
Challenged – there are some great ideas and practical exercises to help develop myself and grow. I certainly benefitted from the mindfulness meditations which have helped me become more aware of my thoughts and feelings and how to manage them.
I loved the reminders on treating people with compassion and empathy – particularly approaching every person with love and kindness.
This book challenges the reader to grow and the simple exercises have wide-reaching impact.
Impressed – by the scale of ambition of this book – to spread world peace. It can feel embarrassing and foolish to make the case that inner change can stop wars happening.
Although there isn't really a practical blue print for world peace in the book, working on being a compassionate leader, developing empathy, listening and managing afflictive emotions will help the world be a much better place.
Frustrated – As a believer in these ideas, this book was preaching to the converted. I've always found it hard to inject real humour and levity into the ideas of mindfulness.
Although Search Inside Yourself sets out with this intention, it is packed with (in my opinion) bad jokes and rather unnecessary cartoons. This bit falls into the "nice try" category but doesn't really add to the book.
One day I'm sure the secret of how to be mindful and funny will emerge.
Happy – I learnt a lot things about myself that genuinely do contribute to a sense of well-being.
The section on stepping back from our emotions and not letting them control really hit home. Understanding the feelings and sensations and how they drive emotions and thoughts allowed me to step back and avoid riding the emotion train.
With more choice over how to react, I can avoid grasping and aversion and that has helped me feel more content and balanced.
Overall, this is a powerful and useful book. The series of exercises are great to work through on your own and can also be effective in groups or organisations.
The investment you make in buying this book and following through with developing your inner self will certainly pay off many times.
So, job done and most of the claims are backed up by the content – great work and a great read.
This review was written as part of a TLC book tour for Search Inside Yourself.
As a TLC book tour host, I've just been reading Situations Matter by Sam Sommers in an attempt to find out. If you'd like to find out too, you can find out more and purchase the book here.
On the face of it, it quite common sense that things can change depending on the surrounding circumstances. For example, I used to read 20 to 30 of these psychology books every year as I'm fascinated by how research and science can help us be better and more effective.
Since my situation changed and I had my son in November I've read approximately 5 pages of one book. So situations do matter!
1) Is the book fun to read?
3) Will it help me with some practical advice to live a better (less ordinary) life?
Sommers is a psychology professor at Tufts. He has created a witty and articulate read. He covers a wide range of topics including love, gender differences, the power of crowds and the challenges of conformity.
This is no po-faced route march through the psychology of context and influence. There are plenty of good personal examples to show how context can alter a situation for the better (for example getting a shirty airline clerk to give him a hotel room after a missed connection by revealing his wife was pregnant).
The book engages you throughout with things to try and learn from and it will put a smile on your face. So far, so good.
Situations Matters covers the idea of context from a wide range of innovative angles. Each one is backed up by some scientific evidence as witnessed by the extensive notes at the end. This feels more than simple conjecture.
The section on self-help and improvement provided some fresh insight for me. Sommers notes that our self-perception can shift depending on the context – we have multiple, complex and shifting personalities (for example our corporate warrior work self, parent self and all alone self).
Remembering that we are a constantly evolving and changing entity helps a lot. The book reminds us we have the power to develop, grow and change and that is a hopeful and worthwhile conclusion.
The section on finding love is particularly insightful. A good reminder that love is much more complex than getting hit by cupid's arrow and finding the one.
So, definitely some credible and useful new angles on context. Strike two!
Will it make my life better?
At the end of each chapter is a summary of the key points and an attempt to look at the applications in real life.
The conclusions on the chapter on the power of crowds and conformity encourage the reader not to use the context of a crowd as a reason not to act. Sommers uses the example of the Liverpool 38 who all saw Jamie Bulger with his killers before his murder and took no action. Having the bravery to step out from cover could have saved his life.
He also notes that if you need help in a crowd or more generally you need to be very obvious about your need and make a clear request. A lesson that most of use need to hear in one way or another.
There are plenty more gems throughout the book for you to enjoy. Sommers has hit the mark on all three counts.
As I've learned, context is key with this summary. This book is well worth a read If you enjoy popular psychology and want to use the power of context to be more influential and happier. It may not be for you if you like your self-development to be a bit more hard edged and instructive.
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Have you ever done something that makes everyone you know shake their heads in disbelief?
For me the first one that springs to mind was when I put the kettle on the stove and lit the gas.
I only remembered it was an electic kettle made of plastic when it set on fire. Shake shake.
This is closely followed by my decision to quit my job as a senior manager at Deloitte to start my coaching business.
One friend simply burst into tears.
If you're thinking about leaving behind your safe job that makes you miserable you'll be worried about the same reaction.
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On a scale of 1 to 10, how productive were you last month?
If you think that number is too low, this article is all about how to get stuff done without making life into a route march.
We all have things that we want to achieve – from making real our beautiful dreams of an ideal future through to changing the lightbulbs in the hall (why do they keep burning out?).
Last month saw me reach new peaks of personal productivity (starting from a low baseline).
Somehow I've managed to market and sell our flat, find a house to buy, get plans and a builder to renovate this house, find a place to rent, start moving our flat, prepare for our baby to arrive, write my first e-book and keep growing the coaching practice.
I've probably been somewhere between a 7 and 8 out of 10 for most of this time. It's felt like quite a trek and fun has gone a bit by the wayside.
Frankly I'm a bit knackered now, and this week, productivity is probably down closer to a 4. More time has been spent sitting in the park in the sunshine, or looking at a blinking cursor (it took 28 minutes for this article to get started).
I've never felt very confident about picking up the phone, particularly to ask someone to do something they might not want to do.
Our house move couldn't happen without calling virtually hundreds of estate agents, lawyers, surveyors and other people. It forced me to take action.
Each call got a little less horrendous and by the fiftieth one, I was quite enjoying it. My mobile phone bill testifies to the fact that I now love picking up the phone. Taking action built my confidence and allowed me to do even more.
Self-discipline is a slippery creature to pin down. It allows us to do the dirty work and tough challenges that can move us forward to our goals.
Yet it can disappear in the blink of an eye. Suddenly the Come Dine with Me omnibus becomes the most important televisual event of all time, certainly more important than sending those vital documents to the lawyers.
I've found that self-discipline is like going to the gym. You have to start where you are and you can't suddenly lift three times your own body weight. By building up slowly and getting a little more done each day and week (and forgiving yourself when you screw up), self-discipline can get stronger.
Like exercise, it also feels good. When you make a commitment to yourself and keep it (despite the temptation to read the sport section of the newspaper again), your self-esteem takes a little boost.
Having spent a lot of my life doing just enough to get by, it was intriguing to be a super-achiever.
Frankly, it probably made me into quite a boring person. When you are building gant charts for moving your stuff at 11pm, you know you have a problem.
I think I may have neglected some of the activities and people that bring fun into my life over the summer.
Finding this balance and time to recharge can actually make you more productive (and certainly keeps you sane).
1. Identify your number one time-wasting tactic. Tomorrow morning when you wake up, make a commitment to yourself to reduce or eliminate it from your day (eg I won't check Facebook today). Keep this promise to yourself and you're showing respect for yourself.
2. Set yourself three monthly goals for October that you'd really like to achieve (be discrete and tangible). Identify your reward for doing them. Ask someone you trust to hold you accountable. Commit and make them happen.
3. Commit to something new and fun – a course, time with friends each week, just reading a book for 30 minutes each evening. Keep that promise to yourself.
5. Keep track of how much real work you do in the office this week. Aim for a 10% improvement the week after.
6. Set and commit to some goals you'd like to achieve before Christmas and make a plan for making it happen. Keep your goals somewhere prominent and tick them off as they get done.
7. If you've been overachieving for a long time and it's starting to wear you out, think about what you can de-prioritze and replace with something more fun.
Go take and action and get stuff done!
You might be finding that one of the most frustrating parts of a career change is finding the right opportunity.
If you have a good idea of what you want to next, it can feel like trying to find a needle in haystack to track down the perfect job.
This post will arm you with a job hunting strategy and tactics that work.
The great news is that the right opportunity IS out there – with a good plan, dedication and the right attitude you can find it.


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I met the Prinsloo family on a cloudy Saturday afternoon for a family shoot. The clouds were beautiful and the view over town was spectacular. After the shoot we all stared into the skies and watched the sun set. Awesome precious time spent with a beautiful family.


The Ministry of Labour's Othsman Hassan (left) and Sen Tith discuss renovations to the mosque at Boeung Kak Lake.
of the lakeside is under way.
not built properly, and the roof is leaking," he said.
the new centre is completed.
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June 21, 2013 by Indie Gamer Guy Leave a comment
Who needs E3? I mean, really. It's become so overblown and ridiculous that the whole thing seems like a Mike Judge or Christopher Guest directed parody film to me anymore. (Actually, a mockumentary styled video game movie is an awesome idea. My brain is awash with ideas! Cathy, get our people on the horn! )
This past weekend, I attended an event that's more my speed, an anti E3 if you will, the Too Many Games Expo which was held in a quiet suburb of Philadelphia. To me, an event like this does it right: it's big, but not so big where you'll get overwhelmed; it has a little something for everyone and yet isn't so vanilla that you won't stumble across cool artifacts of gaming ephemera tucked away in some random corner of the hall.
Is this "playing with power" too?
Shortly after arriving early Saturday afternoon, my son, Kyle, and I did a quick tour of the hall. Right then, we both realized that we didn't bring anywhere near enough cash with us because there were just so many cool things to buy. We stopped for a moment to grab a quick bite to eat and as I was scarfing down a hot dog, I was lucky enough to catch James Rolfe (The Angry Video Game Nerd) and his cohort, Mike Matei, making a sly entrance through a side door to the hall. James was gracious to stop for a moment, shake my hand and take a picture. He said he knew of our little home away from home on the interwebs here because Mike was a fan. Pretty damn cool, if I do say so myself.
Sorry James, but I treasure my photo with Steve Wiebe a bit more. Steve, if you're out there, call me!!!
Over the next few hours Kyle and I got to see/hear a set by awesome chiptune artist, Danimal Cannon, watch an N64 Goldeneye tournament, scope out some cool cosplayers, play some classic coin-op games (I posted the high scores on Dig Dug, Joust and Crazy Climber but fucking Commando still handed me my ass; not too shabby for an old man, though) and attend the Angry Video Game Nerd panel.
Moby?? Where have you been, man?
The AVGN panel is where my experience at Too Many Games went off the rails a bit, unfortunately, because the audience was on the boorish side. It's been some time since I've attended one of these panels and the ones I've attended in the past were a bit more upscale, I suppose, dealing with mostly journalism, game narrative and/or writing related topics. I've been a huge fan of James' work since he started out as the Nerd, but I guess I didn't realize that his true fan base isn't 42-year-old geek dads like myself because, quite honestly, I don't think of myself in those terms. I own all six volumes of Nerd DVD's and love them to death. Does this mean I have to give them up now?
The questions from the capacity crowd came at a rapid clip. James, Mike and AVGN Theme composer, Kyle Justin, did their level best to answer them with humor and conviction, and mad props to them for that, but my thoughts meandered to Alex from A Clockwork Orange and his famous quip to one of his unruly droogs: "You're being a bastard with no manners. Without a dook of an idea about how to comport yourself public-wise, O my brother." And after about the tenth ridiculous, recycled and poorly-worded question stammered out a fanboy's mouth, I decided to beat a hasty retreat. I exited stage left while thanking the gods on high that I had the foresight to choose seats that were close to the doors.
"I could have sworn somebody just asked us that question…"
As we were exiting, my son, Kyle, who is 20 and certainly more in line with the Nerd's core demographic, remarked in total "tractor beam" mode, "I had a million dollar idea while we were sitting in there: we should open a grooming, style and manners booth at the various video game and anime cons. Like a Martha Stewart thing…but for dudes."
Sunday was the day I reserved for talking with the indie developers and checking out their games. But first, I managed to re-connect with an old acquaintance, author Jeff Ryan. Jeff had a booth at the Expo and was selling his excellent book on the history of Nintendo, Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America. Check it out if you dig all that is the Big N; I highly recommend it. Jeff's next book will be about the true origins and history of Mickey Mouse. He obviously has a thing for taking on the sacred cows of our popular culture…but I look forward to reading it all the same!
"Now, this is where the magic happens…'
There were a good many more indie game booths than I expected at the Too Many Games Expo. I suppose this is a testament to the allure of the indie game scene these days. These four were the most interesting and/or promising that I had the pleasure of demoing that day. It should be noted that all of these games are some time away from a true launch and, hopefully, they'll all see the light of day on some platform or other in the not-too-distant future. So, without further ado:
1. The Great Gaias by Horizon's End. This is a very cool looking classic RPG that harkens back to the best games of the 16 and 32-bit eras of gaming. Check out some kickass gameplay footage right here:
2. Default Dan by Default Dan Studios. Default Dan is a platformer with some very interesting gameplay twists, as it chucks all the conventions of traditional platforming experiences right out the window. Have a look:
3. Bit Blaster by Null Foundry. The best way I can describe this game is to call it "Warlords in Space" with real-time physics and a slick, design your own ship mechanic. Very cool.
Bit Blaster has everything a growing gamer needs.
4. The Island of Eternal Struggle by Wimbus Studios. Another old-school RPG homage but this one has a wry sense of humor and some interesting, turn-based combat wrinkles that set it apart from the crowd. Take a peek:
All in all, I can't recommend these kinds of smaller conventions and expos highly enough, as you get to see the real people of the video game industry, slugging it out in the trenches. E3 is like an effete Officer's Club soiree compared to events like Too Many Games which are akin to the gore swathed beaches of fucking Normandy. Can you guess where you are going to learn more and figure out what this industry is really all about?
If I need to answer that question for you…well, my friend, I'm sorry to say, but I don't think you'll ever truly know.
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iPhone Developers: The Phone's Great. What About The App Store?
We did a quick survey of developers following today' 3G iPhone announcement. All of them them were giddy about the phone and its possiblities. And all of them had one worry: What's going on with the iTunes App store?
Specifically: How are we going to get our stuff in the store? And what happens then?
The way that Jobs and company run the store will have enormous impact on the developers' odds. In the regular mobile world, there are two ways for developers to get their stuff on someone's handset: on and off the "deck". That is: You can buy something from the carrier's mobile store. Or you can go through an end-run, usually via an SMS shortcode that you see on a TV or magazine add. That second option isn't available on the iPhone. Everything goes through the store.
So the way that Apple chooses to display developers' wares will have enormous impact. There will be premium space — the digital equivalent of a prime "end cap" near a grocery store's register. And there will be the equivalent of a low shelf in the back of the store, back by the cat litter. It's a good bet that the handful of developers that got on stage with Jobs today will end with pretty sweet placement. And that leaves everyone else understandably anxious about what will happen to them.
See all of our iPhone coverage here.


2018 High-Tech Fair | VTEAM unveiled China's highest specification technology feast Kindly add these Geo-location tags in the section of the website. This Geo-location tags are much helpful to target local clients.
The China International Hi-Tech Fair (High-tech Fair), known as the "China Science and Technology Exhibition No. 1", was held at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center on November 14-18, 2018.
In this high-tech fair, Guangming District has a total of 45 representative enterprises participating in the theme of "adhering to the new development concept and promoting high-quality development", including 14 high-tech enterprises such as Dongyingxunda, Witmu Optoelectronics and Weiguang Bio. As well as exhibitors from the Shenzhen High-level Talent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Exhibition and Tsinghua University, the participating projects mainly involve strategic emerging industries such as artificial intelligence, new materials, biology and life health.
Walking into the Guangming District booth, the most interesting thing is the large LED intelligent floor screen. As the content of the screen changes, the audience is sometimes a step by step, and it seems that they are on the court and show their footsteps... Real-time interaction makes adults and children have fun. The LED screen is VTEAM's latest Imagic series of LED floor screen. It uses radar sensing technology to realize interactive functions. It adopts a full-custom process, and the surface is non-slip and wear-resistant. The back is made of eight-thick thickness aluminum plate bottom, and the maximum load per square meter. Up to two tons.
The products on display also include high-definition 4K rental screens and high-definition transparent screen products. And the industry first launched a large-span LED transparent screen solution for glass curtain wall, which is lighter, more transparent and more concise. It provides new ideas from engineering effect design, scheme design, engineering construction and installation, and has realized the transformation of industrial applications. According to Lin's on-site interview, "The total number of research and development teams in VTEAM is 30, and it has strong research and development strength. Every year, it invests more in new products and has obtained a number of related patent technologies. Currently, it is gradually expanding the market for shaped curtain walls. The participation in the exhibition has been very rewarding and many people are very interested in our products."


Add the values of the three angles in any triangle, and you'll get 180 degrees. If you have a right triangle, one of its angles is 90 degrees by definition. That means the sum of the other two angles has to be 90 degrees, and if you know one of them, you can immediately find the other. But how do you find the angles if you don't know either? The answer is to rely on the other important property of the triangle, the lengths of its sides. They are related to the magnitude of the angles.
Find the angles in a right triangle by calculating their sine, cosine or tangent, which are functions of the lengths of the sides of the triangle.
Sine (sin) is the ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse: (sin ø = opposite/hypotenuse).
Cosine (cos) is the ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse: cos ø = adjacent/hypotenuse.
Tangent (tan) is the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side: tan ø = opposite/adjacent.
Each ratio of each pair of lines corresponds to a particular angle, and these ratios are tabulated along with the angles they define. If you can measure the lengths of at least two of the sides of a right triangle, all you have to do is calculate the sine, cosine or tangent of the angle and use a table to look it up.
One of the best known real-world applications of these principles is a ladder resting against a vertical wall. The magnitudes of the angles the ladder forms with the ground and the wall are all-important. If the angle against the wall is too small, the ladder will fall backward, while if the angle on the ground is too small, the ladder will slip. Since the angle between the wall and the ground is 90 degrees, you can calculate the two angles the ladder makes using sine, cosine or tangent, and in so doing, you might prevent an accident.
The ladder forms the hypotenuse of the right triangle.
This distance is the adjacent side when determining the angle the ladder makes with the ground.
Use cosine tables to find the angle the ladder makes with the ground. Calculate the ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse, and then look up the ratio in a table of cosines to find the corresponding angle.
Calculate the angle the ladder makes with the wall by subtracting the angle you just found from 90. Alternatively, you can find the value of this angle using a sine table.
A 20-foot ladder is resting against the side of a house, and the distance from the base of the ladder to the foundation is 12 feet. What are the angles the ladder makes with the ground and the house?
Calculate the cosine of the angle the ladder makes with the ground. It's 12/20 = 0.6. Using a table of cosines (or a scientific calculator), you'll find the angle to be almost exactly 53 degrees. This makes the angle of the ladder against the wall (90 - 53) = 36 degrees.
If you're using your calculator, and you know the cosine of an angle, press the cos-1 key to find the angle. The same applies to sine and tangent.
Deziel, Chris. "How to Find the Angles of a Right Triangle." Sciencing, https://sciencing.com/angle-right-triangle-8159743.html. 30 April 2018.


What Are The Advantages Of Smart Key Locks?
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For those of us who lose keys easily, these keys unlock the door of your car with just a touch. They are more attractive than other keys. They are easier to use. They are easily made. They are completely unique, so you don't need to fear break-ins. The process to make these is easy.
No need an expensive locksmith to re-key, no appointment, it's DIY. The rekey tool comes with the lock. It's an easy fast process anyone can do.
There are at least two kinds of smart keys. One (used on Mercedes Benz cars) is a plastic key where the code is imbedded as digital information, rather than physical bumps of metal. The other type (by Kwikset) is a metal key with a sidebar, which resists being "bumped". The advantage is additional security against picking of the lock.
For women like me, whose keys always fall to the bottom of their purses, smart key locks are a god-send. Using a smart key allows entry into vehicles by transmitting a signal from the key to the door handle when it is touched. The key does not need to be held while doing this.
1. Easy to access. 2. Lock mechanisms work smoothly compared to other locks. 3. Big advantage is if you have a pair of unused keys and you want to give to somebody for short time you can re-key the lock and change later. 4. Bright brass finish looks attractive.
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There is something to be said about hot gooey cheese oozing from the center of some succulent meat. It kind of makes me giddy…yes, giddy. I am not ashamed. As badly as I have yearned for a "Jucy Lucy" recently (a luscious…and very gluttonous cheese-stuffed burger), devouring one of these fat-laden beauties right before bikini season would be an awful decision. Yet, with the intense Jucy Lucy cravings and a recent and random obsession with Kalamata olives, I began brainstorming. I had just bought a package of Whole Wheat Israeli couscous that I had been pretty stoked to use too. I could see clearly now…no obstacles were in my way. My kitchen would be anxiously awaiting a Mediterranean (cheese stuffed) Meatball creation that my beau would later deem "incredible"- his favorite adjective when his taste buds are pleased.
I must admit; I made a foodie mistake. Being a bit too health conscious and therefore neglecting my true gastronomic powers, I chose ground turkey breast (99/1, people) to make my meatballs. Friends, don't do this. I can assure you that as delicious as my dinner came out (and was well received by Chris) it would have been blow your socks off, fantastic had I used lamb. Get ground lamb…for goodness sakes, get the lamb. Not to mention, I had to use way more veggies and egg for added moisture than I listed in the recipe below.
Ground Lamb mixed with the sweetness of roasted reds and onions along with the delightfully piercing bite from the Feta cheese stuffed within, these orbs of goodness will be sure to please. Toss them on top of some sautéed spinach and kalamata olive infused Israeli couscous (think tiny pasta "pearls") and you have a winner, winner, meatball dinner. It gets better. A scrumptious cool and creamy Lemon Feta Tzatziki dolloped on top guarantees salivating before and after each bite.
1) Prepare Tzatziki sauce by simply mixing all ingredients, breaking up the feta into small crumbles with a fork. Set aside (Do not refrigerate).
2) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, add all meatball ingredients EXCEPT for the feta cheese. With your hands, thoroughly combine/knead all ingredients.
3) Using wax paper or a clean counter top, shape your meat into golf sized balls. Then, with each meatball, carefully push a small piece of feta into the center and reform the meat around it.
4) On your stovetop, heat ¼ cup olive oil in a very large oven-safe pan to medium high heat. If you do not have an extra large pan, you may want to use two pans so you don't run out of room.
5) Wait until the pan is completely up to temp (I always test for a sizzle with a pinch of flour). With a large spoon, carefully add meatballs one by one to the pan. Be sure to give 1-2 inches room between each meatball, ensuring you don't "overcrowd" the pan.
6) Brown your meatballs, carefully turning them after 20 seconds on each side. When all sides have been browned, add the pan to your oven for 20 minutes for beef/lamb meatballs or 30 minutes for turkey or chicken.
7) Bring 2 cups water to boil in medium sized pot (for couscous). Once boiling, add 1 ½ cups couscous along with a hefty pinch of salt. Stir occasionally until cooked al dente (about 10 minutes).
8) In a medium sized skillet, on medium heat, with a tablespoon EVOO, sauté your fresh spinach and kalamata olives until spinach is completely wilted.
9) If needed, drain couscous (couscous will absorb most, if not all of the water). To the couscous, mix in spinach, kalamata olives and 3 tablespoons lemon juice.
10) Plate meatballs with couscous and spoon Tzatziki on top. Garnish with fresh Oregano leaves and/or sprigs.
***If you want to get fancy, put Tzatziki sauce into a small zip-lock bag and carefully cut the tip of one of the very bottom corners of the bag. Then, you can squeeze Tzatziki out in a decorative fashion like icing on a cake).


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Sony Music Rejects R. Kelly Over Sexual Assault Allegations
Renowned American singer Robert Kelly also known as Sylvester Kelly has parted ways with Sony Music and its subsidiary label RCA Records.
The severing of ties comes amidst Kelly's mounting sexual misconduct allegations and the damning docu-series Surviving R. Kelly, which aired on Lifetime earlier this month.
In addition to cutting Kelly from the roster, Sony vows not to release any new music from the disgraced R&B singer, per reports from both Billboard and Variety.
Kelly was signed to Sony back in 2012 and has released four albums through RCA, including 2015's The Buffet which featured Lil Wayne, Ty Dolla $ign, and Jhene Aiko.
Amidst the backlash sparked by Surviving R. Kelly, fans have pressured Sony to part ways with the musician.
However, the label initially refused to cave in over concerns of a retaliatory lawsuit and instead opted to momentarily shelve his music until criminal investigations "resolve one way or the other."
Sony joins other former Kelly associates that have since decided to distance themselves from the singer, who over the last two decades has been accused of abusing countless women and even holding some hostage in a "sex dungeon."
This month has seen previous collaborators like Lady Gaga, Chance the Rapper, and Phoenix all condemn Kelly and remove their collaborative songs from streaming services.
Kelly has attempted to clear his name, most recently by launching a website and Facebook account dedicated to "exposing" and discrediting his accusers. The career fallout has resulted in panic attacks, for which Kelly was hospitalized.
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"Tatts Group and it's predecessor companies TAB Queensland and UNiTAB Limited have used Action Shopfitters since 1992 to undertake various shop fitting projects on our Retail Network in Queensland and the Northern Territory and on various corporate office buildings in Queensland and New South Wales.
I have been dealing with Action Shopfitters and their representative Norm Bowkett since 1998 and at all times have found them to be professional in their dealings with Tatts Group and other parties involved in our projects including the subcontractors, engineers and architects.
Projects undertaken on our behalf have included minor refurbishments to re-imaging our entire network of 130 retail sites and corporate office fitouts.
All work undertaken has been of a high standard with excellent control of their staff and contractors resolve any issues that arise during projects.
I recommend Action Shopfitters and their staff and can be contacted to discuss their workmanship and abilities further."


DENVER, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Colorado Energy Office and GRID Alternatives announce five community solar projects designed to demonstrate the viability of community solar models that serve low-income households. Delta Montrose Electric Association, Gunnison County Electric Association, Holy Cross Energy, San Miguel Power Association and Yampa Valley Electric Association have volunteered to build low-income projects totaling 579 kW. Each project is designed to optimize the community solar model to reduce energy costs for the utilities' highest need customers – those who spend more than 4 percent of income on utility bills - in Colorado's rural communities.
"Colorado has always been a leader in renewable energy, and now we take another innovative step forward as we create community solar models that are more affordable and available to Colorado rural electric cooperatives and the low-income communities they serve," said Colorado Energy Office Director, Jeff Ackermann.
GRID Alternatives (GRID) received a $1.2 million Colorado Energy Office (CEO) grant in August 2015 to implement low-income community solar, and has played an instrumental role securing agreements from each utility partner. GRID leveraged the CEO investment to attract additional resources from partnering utilities, private funds and in-kind equipment donations.
"We have seen a tremendous groundswell of hard-working families wanting solar and the benefits it brings," said Chuck Watkins, executive director of GRID Colorado. "These community solar projects not only provide solar access - they have a community impact. GRID brings savings to families that need it most, job training in a fast growing industry and clean, renewable energy that benefits everyone."
Each utility is piloting a slight variation on the low-income community solar model to address the unique needs of rural utility service areas and their customers. The projects selected are both affordable and scalable for utility partners, and offer great potential to expand across the state.
"Working to provide access to locally generated and renewable energy for all of our members, regardless of their income, is part of what we consider the cooperative difference. The affordable community solar array provides the opportunity for all of our members to participate," said Delta Montrose Electric Association CEO, Jasen Bronec.
CEO and GRID Alternatives expect to secure additional partnerships with utilities through 2017 to install 1 MW of combined solar energy for a minimum of 300 low income subscribers.
For more information, visit www.Colorado.gov/energy or www.gridalternatives.org.


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Maps and GPS directions to Pizza Hut Darmstadt Gräfenhäuser Str. and other Pizza Hut locations in Germany. Find your nearest Pizza Hut. Welcome to Pizza Hut in Germany. After humble beginnings in 1958 Pizza Hut has grown to be the world's #1 Pizza chain with over 12,000 stores in 90 countries and growing, building over 170 worldwide this year.
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A while back we covered the basics of Knowledge Management. In this post we will cover the topic from the view point of SMEs (SME = Small & Medium Sized Enterprise). Of course, SMEs are a very motley crew and thus generalisations are hard to make, but the following chapters discuss some of the most typical characteristics of SMEs and their linkage to knowledge management.
Before going forward, it's important to understand that SMEs are not "big enterprises" down-scaled and therefore guidelines that apply in big companies can not directly be copied to SMEs. In order to implement knowledge management successfully in small businesses, the unique characteristics of SMEs must be taken into consideration.
Many SMEs are in fact actively doing knowledge management without actually knowing it, since the term is not familiar to them and their approach is less systematic than in bigger companies. They apply knowledge management without detailed strategy or plan and rarely have IT tools or systems to support it. There are also SMEs, where knowledge management is a completely unfamiliar term or then they see it as being something for big organizations only.
If you look at an organization chart of an SME, you seldom see layers or boxes and lines (if in fact such a chart even has been made). In addition to having flexible and flat organization structure, SMEs don't have strict job titles or roles and the division of responsibilities is flickering. Many employees are experienced enough to handle several different types of roles. Some employees have over become sort of "multi-talents" for the company, since they seem to know so much on everything. These persons are often (unwillingly) the receivers of multiple questions, since co-workers are in the habit of turning to few trusted key persons in problem situations. "Go and ask from Mister X, he will know", is a common phrase when some issue needs to be resolved. In our company the development manager is the usually the centre for all types of questions since he seems to have the knowledge on everything from product dimensioning to machine and software issues. This works as long as the number of personnel is few and everybody knows each other well. But finding the proper knowledge might become an issue, when the company grows. Pretty soon it will find itself in a situation, where more systematic approach to knowledge management is needed.
The flat organization structure keeps communication channels short and communication is informal and open. The employees have close relationships, since they interact almost daily. This is why lots of knowledge and experiences are shared face to face through observation and learning. Close relationships facilitate the sharing of tacit knowledge.
Tacit knowledge and vast amount of it is an important theme in knowledge management for SMEs. They often don't have a central repository for knowledge and only small part of information is documented, instead it scattered in different parts of the organization. The organizational knowledge base is largely compromised of the experiences, know-how and learning of individual employees, which has accumulated over the years. One key source of knowledge is the founder / owner of the company. In Ekocoil, our CEO Veikko holds a large amount of invaluable knowledge and learning from our field, as he has observed it already for decades.
Tacit knowledge is a critical success factor for SMEs and they should pay attention to maintaining this knowledge inside the organization even in a situation, where key personnel leave the company. This issue is topical especially now, when the big generations are approaching pension. Companies must find ways to pass on the tacit knowledge of an individual employee, so that is becomes available for the whole organization to use. We will discuss this topic in more detail in future posts.
Knowledge contains, but is not limited to data and information, since it has a wider scope extending to skills and understanding. Interpretations, values, experiences and views developed through expertise are all part of knowledge. Knowledge is so multi-dimensional that it may be hard to put it into words or pass on to others. That's why in organizations it resides not only in documents, databases and tools, but is also included in organizational culture, ways of working and in processes and practices.
As the focus of competitive edge has shifted from tangible assets to intangible, the significance of knowledge as a valuable resource and as a unique competitive factor has increased. Nowadays, products alone wont guarantee success and companies must constantly reinvent themselves, for example through more efficient production methods, shorter delivery times and through fast-paced product innovations. In addition, service is more or less always included with the product, as companies are offering whole solutions opposite to just offering the physical product. It is getting increasingly difficult to compete just with products alone, since they can often be easily copied, but a rich knowledge reserve and skilful utilization of this knowledge provide companies with a strong competitive edge.
It has become a rarity for a company to exist in a completely stable environment. Changes seem to happen in continuously more rapid-paced cycles. In order to successfully sail these stormy seas, companies must have the ability to endure uncertainty and to adapt themselves to changing circumstances. This requires not only accurate knowledge about markets, economical trends and competitors but also the skills to use this knowledge to create business benefits. Careful monitoring of the business environment allows company to foresee changes and their possible effects thus making it possible to adjust strategy accordingly. A strong vision and understanding of the surrounding dynamics makes it possible to turn threats into opportunities and challenges into victories.
In conclusion, intangible assets need to be nourished and valued. The knowledge of a single employee should be harnessed and made available for the whole organization. The next posts in this series will provide means for this as we discuss knowledge management.


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KL Rahul: Next Captain of Team India?
No, It's not a question on the captaincy of Virat Kohli, he's doing a great job. So, it's not the time to appoint a new captain for Team India just yet. However, the CricketBloggers are analyzing those early signs, to think that KL Rahul shall be the next Team India captain. Age by his side, and learning as quickly as the F1 racing car, KL Rahul looks destined to be the all-format captain for Indian cricket. In the past year, he has consistently played some brilliant innings to win the games. Moreover, his maturity as a player has grown manyfold in the period. Unlike a year ago, he is a lot more consistent and a vital cog in India's success at home and abroad alike.
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KL Rahul: an All Formats Specialist
Rahul is one of those rare players, who've started their careers in a test match outside India and still performed well. Though he struggled in the first few years, he has grown leaps and bounds as a player in 2019. His consistency with the bat has earned him the call in the XIs across the formats. And needless to say that he has performed well across the formats. So, he's an all format specialist that team management will look for the leadership role.
Additionally, team management has also given the responsibility to keep wickets, and he hasn't performed badly. In spite of regular wicket-keeper Sanju Samson's presence in team XI last T20 game against New Zealand, Team management has shown faith in Rahul to keep the wickets. So, he can also be a regular wicket-keeper for Team India.
Cool Head over the Strong body
In Virat Kohli's regime, physical fitness has taken a center stage in every player's game plan. And KL Rahul is no different. Subsequently, he has attained a strong physical body that breaks down very rarely. The physique is of so high-quality that team management has asked him to keep the wickets for 50 overs and open the batting. That's a no mean feat.
Over and above, he has improved his focus tremendously after his behavior in one of the Indian TV chat show came under scrutiny. As he gestured after scoring a century in a recent ODI, he has completely shut out the noise coming into his ears. As we already mentioned earlier, he has improved his performance drastically after that incident.
IPL Leadership Experience
After the not so successful year in the 2019 edition of IPL, Kings XI Punjab appointed KL Rahul as their captain to steward the ship in the 2020 edition. This will give him a good shot at a leadership role in the global tournament. The experience of driving Indian and foreign player alike, it will be a test of his character in the leadership role. If he comes out on top in the role, the road will be all but clear for him to take up the leadership role of team India.
Candidature of Rohit Sharma
Though we could argue about Rohit Sharma, he more seems to be the Stuart Mcgill of India. Though very good at a leadership role – some also rate him above Kohli – the team already has a better captain in Virat Kohli who also plays in all three formats. By the time Kohli steps down from the role, Rohit will be on the verge of retirement. So, considering him for a long term future shall be ruled out.
Considering all the points mentioned above, and team management's faith in him, KL Rahul seems to be the next all-formats captain for the Indian team. Just to make his road easy, the team management may award T20 captaincy first, with the back-up role played by Kohli in other formats.
Though the Indian team has all-formats and successful payers like Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, captainship is rarely given to fast bowlers due to their over-the-top workload.
Do let us know your choice of the player who can be a good candidate for the team India's captainship after Kohli.
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When deadlines and opportunities abound, it can seem really hard to take a day for yourself. But sometimes, the signs you should are overwhelming. See if these describe you.
You're about to get a break for Christmas – but when was the last time you took a day off? I mean really took a day off – unplugged from your computer, turned off your phone, and stayed as far away from the business as possible for a full day? Even if good things are happening and you have the privilege of doing what you love, the stress can add up and your productivity can drop way down.
If you are showing several of these 7 signs, it means that you're definitely leaving it too long between breaks.
You haven't gotten to the bottom of a to-do list in over a month.
Your idea of a holiday is coming into the office at 9 a.m. instead of 7.
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Q: Change eclipse formatting to indent only 4 spaces on newline after opening parenthesis Is there a way to configure such a thing in eclipse java?

A: I think what you're looking for is Window - Preferences - Java - Code Style - Formatter - Edit... - Line Wrapping - Default indentation for wrapped lines.

A: I don't think this is possible. I've been looking for this for a while (but for C). I want the code to look like this for wrapped lines:
/*
 * Parameters
 */
class Example {
    void foo(int arg1, int arg2,
        int arg3, int arg4,
        int arg5, int arg6) {
    }
};

However, Eclipse only allows you to specify the number of tabs to use, not whether to use tabs or spaces. The place I've been looking is in the Preferences under C/C++ > Code Style > Formatter > Edit Format button.
Update: This is doable, but the settings are a pain and it won't appear quite correctly on the screen. It will write the file properly however. Here we go:

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*Click the "Edit" button in the preferences area mentioned above (replace "C/C++" with your language of choice)

*In the "Indentation" section,

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*Set "Tab Policy" to "Mixed"

*Check the box for "Use tabs only for leading indentations"

*Set "Indentation size" and "Tab size" both to 4

*In the "Line Wrapping" section:

*

*Set "Default indentation for wrapped lines" to 1

Word of warning: I have no idea how this might affect other indentation settings elsewhere in the Code Formatter preferences.

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Just how rare are these pearls? Only four other quahog pearls are known to have been found since 2002, all found accidentally while eating or cleaning clams. They are lustrous, lavender and big enough to mount on a ring.
This particular saltwater pearl is 6.22 carats, measuring 11.43 x 8.36 mm. It was found several years ago, but sold earlier this year to a Japanese collector for $16,500.


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Arians mum on question about Jameis Winston's future
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in the midst of a late-season surge that likely won't land them in the playoffs, but will bring some smiles to fans.
Starting quarterback Jameis Winston is enjoying them, too, but they might be his final outings in pewter and red. Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians was asked if he was queried by ownership now, would he throw his full support behind Winston as the team's starting quarterback going forward?
"I'm gonna pass on that one," Arians said, via ESPN. "I'm gonna wait until the end of December."
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That's, well, less than assuring for Winston. The former No. 1 overall pick out of Florida State has long been known for taking unnecessary risks that have hurt the team, which has spent five years balancing that reality with his potential and natural talent. He's reached his worst point in the turnover department in 2019, though, throwing an even 20 interceptions to go along with 22 touchdowns.
The turnovers are so frequent, you could almost set your watch to them. In Tampa Bay's 12 games this season, Winston has thrown at least one interception in eight of them. He's thrown multiple interceptions in six of those eight games, including a five-interception outing in a loss to Carolina in London. Sunday's 28-11 win was his first interception-free game since Nov. 3.
That alone is not a franchise quarterback characteristic, and it's emblematic of Winston's career, really. Over his four years and 12 games, Winston has thrown 110 touchdowns and 78 interceptions. His yardage outputs per season are quite good — above 252 yards per game in each season of his career — but it's the interceptions (and fumbles) that constantly rob him of being a legitimate franchise-changing player. He's been stuck in an in-between for so long, he might never move beyond it.
Arians was seen as the quarterback whisperer who might finally boost Winston over that hump, help him cut down on his mistakes and soldify him as the guy, but that simply hasn't happened.
"There's been really, really, really good and there's been some really, really bad," Arians said. "I'm gonna pass until it's over and then we'll make a decision."
The Buccaneers weren't sure about their opinion of him when it came time to pick up his fifth-year option before the 2018 season, but did so because of the unknown. Now that the marriage with Arians hasn't produced significant change, Winston will get four games before Tampa Bay must choose to either attempt to retain him, or let him walk.
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It is the size and shape of Manhattan with about a thousand inhabitants. It is hard to be precise; the most confusing date on the island's calendar is Father's Day.
The old timers whose forefathers arrived before the motorcar, look on the invasion of Seventies draft dodgers with amused tolerance.
The dodgers, now ancient anarchists, do not believe in change, and regard newer arrivals, who do believe in indoor plumbing, with deep suspicion.
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Michael Dennis arrived on Denman from San Francisco in 1980. He was not running away from war but escaping from a brilliant career (Stanford PHd in Neuropsychology, Harvard instructor, University College London Research Fellow, U.C. San Francisco Professor of Psychology).
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Today, his work may be admired by many, and afforded by few, all over the world and most especially at 3760 Lake Road on Denman Island.
In my sculpture over time I have gravitated to less and less detail of feature which allows the viewer greater freedom to read in whatever details they wish for their own interpretations.
I explore that fine line between figuration and abstraction which line probably differs with each viewer.
Follow the jump for more images and quotes from Michael Dennis.
I need only the vaguest suggestion of a familiar form to read it as such. This repeatedly brings me back to recognition of the information that can be conveyed/received by a single line inclined one way or another it can imply movement or stasis.
It can even project emotion the least inflection of a line around the mouth speaks volumes approval/disapproval joy/sorrow happiness/sadness.
There are neurons in our visual cortex which only pay attention to lines each with its own preferred orientation.
In a sense I am still studying the nervous system from its most integrated side.
Editor's note: You can see one of Michael Dennis's early pieces in the courtyard of UCSF. For more information about Michael, visit www.mdennissculpture.com.
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Anders Thorvald (egentligen Torvald Andersson), född 26 oktober 1901 i Linköping, död 11 augusti 1977 i Spånga, var en svensk skulptör och antikhandlare.

Han var son till vagnmakaren Fredrik Andersson och Emelia Lustig och från 1935 gift med Edit Björksten. Thorvald studerade vid fackavdelningen för skulptur på Högre konstindustriella skolan 1924–1926 och för Carl Milles vid Kungliga konsthögskolan i Stockholm 1926–1930. Sommarmånaderna mellan de båda skolorna tillbringade han i Paris, där han bedrev konstnärliga observationer och tecknade efter levande modell, samt i Florens och Rom. Under 1930-talet var han huvudsakligen verksam med dekorativa uppgifter för det bostadsområde som byggdes upp på Ladugårdsgärde i Stockholm.

Bland hans offentliga utsmyckningar märks arbeten stuckaturer i ett flertal kyrkor och biografer samt medaljen till Stockholmsutställningen 1930 som senare ställdes ut på Nordisk Medaillekunst efter 1914 i Köpenhamn 1955. Han utförde även smärre arbeten för Sporrong. Efter att han etablerade en antikaffär i Stockholm blev hans verksamhet som skulptör en bisyssla. Thorvald är representerad vid Statens historiska museum.

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Svenskt konstnärslexikon del V, sid 438, Allhems Förlag, Malmö.
Svenska konstnärer, Biografisk handbok, Väbo förlag, 1987, sid 527,

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Beijing/Wuhan, Apr 11 () China's health authorities on Saturday asked the public to strengthen protective measures and avoid gatherings after a number of cluster infections of the coronavirus were reported in some parts of the country, sparking concerns about the re-emergence of the vicious virus.
All localities should intensify screenings and detection of Covid-19 cases, targeting key places and groups with high risks of infection, in order to minimise the risk of an epidemic rebound, Mi Feng, a spokesperson for the National Health Commission (NHC) said.
Noting that cluster infections have been reported in some parts of the country, Mi urged the public to strengthen protective measures and avoid gatherings, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
Concerns about the second wave of coronavirus cases grew as hundreds of Chinese citizens returned from abroad, including from countries hit hard by the coronavirus.
On Saturday, China reported 46 new coronavirus cases, including four local and 34 asymptomatic infections, while three more people died due to the global pandemic, taking the death toll in the country to 3,339.
According to the NHC, the Chinese mainland reported a total of 1,183 imported cases as of Friday. Of them, 449 have been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 734 are being treated with 37 in severe condition.
The overall confirmed cases in the country reached 81,953 by Friday, including 1,089 patients who were still being treated, 77,525 people discharged after recovery, it said.
A total of 46 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported on Friday, of which 42 were imported, it added.
The four new domestically transmitted cases were reported, with three in Guangdong and one in Heilongjiang, it said in its daily report on Saturday.
Three deaths, all in the epicentre Hubei province and eight new suspected cases, all imported ones, were reported on Friday on the mainland China, it said.
The commission said that 44 people, all imported ones, were still suspected of being infected with the virus.
Also on Friday, 34 new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, including seven from abroad, were reported on the mainland.
The NHC said 1,092 asymptomatic cases, including 338 from abroad, were still under medical observation.
Asymptomatic cases refer to people who are tested positive for the coronavirus but develop no symptoms such as fever, cough or sore throat. They are infectious and pose a risk of spreading to others.
By Friday, 989 confirmed cases including four deaths had been reported in Hong Kong, 45 confirmed cases in Macao and 382 in Taiwan including six deaths.
The Health Commission of Wuhan, the origin of the pandemic, said the number of Covid-19 patients in severe and critical condition dropped below 100 on Friday showing further improvement of city, where the virus was first reported in December last year.
Among the 320 COVID-19 patients being treated in hospital, 51 were still in severe condition and 44 others in critical condition, it said
Medical experts said the treatment of the severe and critical cases remained difficult.
"Most of the severe patients (in Wuhan hospitals) have turned negative in nucleic acid testing, so the anti-virus treatment is no longer needed," said Yuan Yufeng, vice president of Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital that mainly treats severely ill patients.
"Their main problems include severe organ damage caused by the disease, thus requiring advanced life support, and pre-existing health problems such as cerebral infarction, coronary disease and diabetes, which keep them in hospitals. Many of them are elderly patients and their treatment remains difficult," he said
"The reason such patients are placed in the four largest hospitals in Wuhan is that the Chinese government hopes the hospitals' medical prowess can help save their lives," Yuan said, Xinhua reported. KJV NSA
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Shelley Kovco Calls For Inquiry Finding Overturn
After the flood of emotions I"ve been through since receiving a post purporting to be from Shelley Kovco, I'm having trouble believing that it was from the same person appearing in the reports coming out this morning. On the strength of the report commissioned by the NSW Homicide squad, Shelley has called for the military finding of death by skylarking to be overturned. Kovco's mother is calling for an inquest.
The Homicide squad's report says that ""insufficient evidence [is] available ... to determine whether the trigger was pulled deliberately or accidentally".
Here's the current version from The Age.
What do I make of the missive from "Shelley" now? Shelley Kovco has said today that all she wants is for the word "skylarking" taken out, so that the verdict is simply that Kovco died of a gunshot wound to the head. Fair enough. What I still would like to know is that if, as claimed in the post, there is footage of Kovco being worked on, why hasn't it been mentioned till now?
One thing I know for sure is that I've only had a very minor taste of how Shelley Kovco might feel. I feel so sad for her. However, if there is going to be an inquest then I will be following it closely.
By Richard Tonkin at 30 Mar 2007 - 10:49am