The Blender Foundation has released the first official beta of Blender 2.80, the long-awaited major update to the open-source 3D modelling, animation and compositing software.
The release – it isn't a stable production build yet, but it's a step closer – follows three years of development, and over a year of experimental public test builds.
First announced in 2015, the Blender 2.8 update cycle has been described as 'The Workflow Project', addressing the need for major structural changes in Blender's core architecture.
At the heart of these is the overhaul of the dependency graph, which powers modifiers and constraints. The work should mean that animation rigs evaluate faster, and improve performance on complex scenes.
We wrote about the background history in more detail when the first experimental builds were released last year, so check out our original story for a summary of Blender 2.8's origins and under-the-hood changes.
However, for many artists, particularly those coming to Blender from other software, the main attraction of Blender 2.80 will be the updated user interface and new features.
The online release notes run to several pages of text, but the video above, in which leading Blender artist Pablo Vazquez picks his own top five, is a good place to start.
Blender's idiosyncratic user interface and workflow have often been cited as stumbling blocks for users coming to the software from other DCC applications.
The 2.80 release brings Blender more in line with industry conventions, introducing a new dark UI theme, flat icon design, new viewport gizmos, and making left-click the default for selecting objects.
A lot of work has been done on usability: the way that tools are named and the way shortcuts work should be more consistent, and menus have been reorganised to bring commonly used commands to the top.
There are also new readymade templates for different project types – including general 3D work, sculpting, VFX and 2D animation – available when launching Blender.
Each comes with a set of workspaces: customisable UI layouts tailored to specific tasks like modelling or texture painting, which users can tab between to streamline workflow.
A render breakdown for Goodnight Claire. Goodbye Kansas Studios lead creature artist Daniel Bystedt's unnerving 3D short was created entirely using Eevee, Blender 2.8's new real-time render engine.
Probably the most-talked about feature in Blender 2.80 – and certainly the one to have generated the most eye-catching user demos – is Eevee, Blender's new physically based real-time renderer.
Although it can also be used to generate final-quality images, issues like inter-frame stability in animations mean that its main use – at least initially – will probably be interactive render previews.
It powers Blender's newly rewritten viewport, and supports a range of sophisticated effects, including reflections, refractions, depth of field, motion blur, subsurface scattering, and ambient occlusion.
The display options in the viewport have also been significantly extended: objects can be displayed as flat-shaded, HDRI-lit or with Matcap materials, and there is a useful-looking Cavity shader – an AO-based effect that picks out fine details on a model.
The viewport also features a new overlay system, providing better control over the way in which the background grid, wireframe and weightmaps are displayed.
The Blender 2.8 update evolves the software's Grease Pencil feature from a simple animation and rough-out tool to a complete 2D animation toolset in its own right.
Grease Pencil assets go from being simple strokes to actual Blender objects, each existing on its own layer in 3D space, and possessing its own shading and layer blending effects and modifier stack.
You can get an idea of Grease Pencil's new capabilities by watching Hero, the Blender Institute's open-source 2D short, released earlier this year.
Blender 2.8 replaces the software's old system of 3D layers and layer groups with Collections, used to organise objects in a scene, instance groups of objects, and link groups across .blend files.
That has a number of important benefits for workflow, including removing the old limit of 20 layers in a scene, and making it easier to divide heavy production scenes up into smaller assets.
In addition, the old render layer system has been expanded and renamed View Layers.
As well as dividing renders up into passes for compositing, it can now be used to control which objects are visible in the viewport, making it possible to generate variants of a scene.
Not to be outdone by Eevee, Blender's existing physically based renderer gets a number of new features that bring it more into line with commercial production renderers.
They include a new hair shader based on the same Disney research used for its counterpart in V-Ray Next, and random walk subsurface scattering, also recently supported in Arnold.
Cycles also becomes the latest render engine to support the now-industry-standard Cryptomatte ID matte generation system, used extensively in visual effects pipelines.
Blender 2.8 also introduces a number of smaller features and workflow improvements.
In the video, Vazquez singles out the new glTF exporter, which makes Blender the latest tool to support the new real-time 3D scene format, and improved cloth simulation.
As you might expect of a major structural update, the release is API-breaking, so external add-ons will need to be recompiled before they can be used.
Blender 2.80 is available in beta for Windows Vista+, Linux and Mac OS X 10.6+. For live production work, The Blender Foundation recommends the current stable release, Blender 2.79b.
The update is now feature-locked, so the betas should be followed by a series of release candidate builds, before an eventual production-ready release.


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Alex Wood (baseball)
Robert Alexander Wood (born January 12, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers. Before playing professional baseball, Wood played for his high school team at Ardrey Kell High School and college baseball for the Georgia Bulldogs. He made his MLB debut during the 2013 season for the Atlanta Braves.
Wood with the Mississippi Braves
Cincinnati Reds – No. 40
Born: (1991-01-12) January 12, 1991 (age 28)
Bats: Right Throws: Left
MLB debut
May 30, 2013, for the Atlanta Braves
MLB statistics
(through 2018 season)
Win–loss record
Atlanta Braves (2013–2015)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2015–2018)
Cincinnati Reds (2019-present)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2017)
Wood was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended Ardrey Kell High School,[1] where he played for the school's baseball team. In 2009 he was named the North Carolina Class 4A player of the year.[2]
He enrolled at the University of Georgia, where he played college baseball for the Georgia Bulldogs baseball team.[3] Wood was redshirted during his first season at Georgia because he had required Tommy John surgery after his senior year of high school. At Georgia, Wood had a 13-10 win-loss record and a 3.57 ERA in 32 games pitched. He struck out 180 batters and walked 47 in 204 1⁄3 innings.[4]
Atlanta BravesEdit
Wood before an Atlanta Braves game (2014)
The Atlanta Braves drafted Wood in the second round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He played for the Rome Braves of the Class A South Atlantic League in 2012, where he pitched in 13 games, going 4-3 with a 2.22 earned run average (ERA) and 52 strikeouts.[3] He began the 2013 season with the Mississippi Braves of the Class AA Southern League.[5]
After pitching in ten games the first two months of the season and posting an ERA of 1.26, the Braves promoted him to the major leagues on May 30.[6] That night, in his major league debut, he pitched the ninth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays. Wood made his first major league start on June 18, 2013 where he allowed one run and earned his first loss.[7]
Wood finished the 2014 season with an 11-11 record and a 2.78 ERA in 171.2 innings with 170 strikeouts.[8][9]
Los Angeles DodgersEdit
On July 30, 2015, in a three-team trade, the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Wood, Mat Latos, Michael Morse, Bronson Arroyo, Jim Johnson, Luis Avilán, and José Peraza, while the Miami Marlins acquired minor league pitchers Victor Araujo, Jeff Brigham, and Kevin Guzman, and the Braves received Héctor Olivera, Paco Rodriguez, minor league pitcher Zachary Bird and a competitive balance draft pick for the 2016 MLB Draft.[10] He joined the Dodgers starting rotation and was 5–6 with a 4.35 ERA in 12 starts for them.[11]
Wood began 2016 in the Dodgers starting rotation. He made 10 starts in April and May and was 1–4 with a 3.99 ERA.[12] On May 21 against the San Diego Padres he struck out a career high 13 batters in only six innings of work, the first Dodgers pitcher in history to have struck out that many in so few innings.[13] However, he reported that he was not feeling 100% after a May 30 outing against the Chicago Cubs.[14] An MRI exam the next day revealed a posterior impingement in his left elbow, requiring four weeks of rest, and he was placed on the disabled list.[15] On June 16, he reported that the infringement subsided after he had some fluid drained from his elbow and he would be cleared to resume a throwing program a few days earlier than expected.[16] He threw a simulated game against minor league hitters on July 16 and early reports were that it went well.[17] However, shortly afterwards it was determined that he would need elbow debridement surgery, which would cause him to miss an additional two months.[18] He did not rejoin the Dodgers roster until September 20.[19] Overall, he appeared in 14 games for the Dodgers in 2016 (10 starts) and was 1–4 with a 3.73 ERA.[20] The Dodgers did not carry Wood on their roster for the first round of the playoffs, but on October 15, he was added to their roster for the league championship series.[21][22] He pitched two scoreless innings in that series.[20] After the season, Wood signed a $2.8 million contract with the Dodgers for 2017, avoiding salary arbitration.[23]
After beginning the 2017 season in the bullpen, Wood moved to the rotation after an injury to Rich Hill. He won the National League Player of the Week Award for the week of May 8–14 after he pitched 11 scoreless innings with 21 strikeouts over two starts that week.[24] A few weeks later he was also awarded with the National League Pitcher of the Month Award after he went 5–0 with a 1.27 ERA and 41 strikeouts in May.[25] Wood eventually had his scoreless innings streak snapped at 28 on June 10.[26] On July 5, Wood became the first Dodgers starting pitcher to begin the season 10–0 since Don Newcombe in 1955.[27] On July 7, Wood was named to the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.[28] In 27 appearances for the Dodgers (25 starts and two early season relief appearances) he was 16–3 with a 2.72 ERA and struck out 151 batters.[20] He allowed three runs in 42⁄3 innings in his one start in the 2017 NLCS[20] but in the 2017 World Series he started game four and allowed only one run in 52⁄3 innings and then came back and pitched two shutout innings of relief in game seven.[29] In the off-season, Wood signed a one-year, $6 million, contract to avoid salary arbitration.[30] In 2018, he went 9-7 in 33 appearances (27 starts).
Cincinnati RedsEdit
On December 21, 2018, the Dodgers traded Wood to the Cincinnati Reds, along with Matt Kemp, Yasiel Puig, Kyle Farmer and cash considerations in exchange for Homer Bailey, Jeter Downs, and Josiah Gray.[31]
Pitching styleEdit
Wood pitches with a herky-jerky three-quarters delivery. Based on his previous success, Wood began regularly pitching from the stretch position starting in 2018.[32] He throws a four-seam fastball 91 to 95 miles per hour (146–153 km/h), a two-seam sinker 91 to 95 mph (146 to 153 km/h), a changeup 84 to 85 miles per hour (135–137 km/h), and a knuckle curve 79 to 81 miles per hour (127–130 km/h).[33][34][35][36]
Wood married his longtime girlfriend, Suzanna Villarreal, a realtor, on November 25, 2017, in Dacula, Georgia.[37]
Wood grew up an Atlanta Braves fan.[38]
^ "Charlotte native makes MLB debut with Atlanta Braves". WCNC-TV. May 31, 2013. Archived from the original on March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
^ "HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK, ARDREY KELL'S WOOD, SOUTH STANLY'S POPLIN HONORED". Charlotte Observer. July 14, 2009. p. 2C. Retrieved September 27, 2013. (subscription required)
^ a b Bowman, Mark (May 24, 2013). "Prospect Alex Wood making impression on Braves | braves.com: News". Atlanta.braves.mlb.com. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
^ Towers, Chip (June 5, 2012). "UGA's Alex Wood thrilled to be drafted by Atlanta Braves". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
^ Curtright, Guy (April 16, 2013). "SL notes: Wood struts 'nasty' stuff | MiLB.com News | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Milb.com. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
^ Rodgers, Carroll (February 29, 2012). "Braves promote left-hander Alex Wood". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
^ "New York Mets (26-40) 4, Atlanta Braves (42-29) 3 - June 18, 2013". MLB.com. . Retrieved June 18, 2013.
^ Beller, Michael (February 12, 2015). "Player Profile: Don't sleep on Alex Wood, who has plenty of room to grow". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
^ O'Brien, David (February 10, 2015). "Go ahead and doubt Alex Wood, Braves lefty thrives on it". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
^ Bowman, Mark (July 30, 2015). "Braves to get Olivera in huge 3-team deal". MLB.com. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
^ "Alex Wood 2015 Pitching Gamelogs". Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
^ "Alex Wood 2016 Pitching Gamelogs". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
^ Weisman, Jon (May 21, 2016). "Alex Wood sets career high in strikeouts with 13". Dodgers.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
^ Hoornstra, J.P. (May 30, 2016). "LA Dodgers muster only one hit in 2-0 loss to Chicago Cubs". LA Daily News. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
^ Stephen, Eric (June 1, 2016). "Alex Wood to rest 4 weeks after MRI reveals elbow impingement". SB Nation. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
^ Hoornstra, J.P. (June 16, 2016). "LA Dodgers' Alex Wood gets good news, will begin throwing next week". LA Daily News. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
^ Gurnick, Ken (July 16, 2016). "Kershaw, Wood make strides in sim games". mlb.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
^ McCullough, Andy (July 20, 2016). "Dodgers' Alex Wood will miss an estimated eight weeks after elbow procedure". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
^ Stephen, Eric (September 20, 2016). "Dodgers activate Alex Wood from DL, DFA Bud Norris". SB Nation. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
^ a b c d "Alex Wood Statistics & History". Baseball Reference.
^ Axsia, Mike (October 7, 2016). "MLB Postseason 2016: Dodgers and Nationals announce NLDS rosters". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
^ McCollough, Andy (October 16, 2016). "Dodgers add Enrique Hernandez, Alex Wood to NLCS roster against Cubs". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
^ Stephen, Eric (January 13, 2017). "Dodgers avoid salary arbitration with Alex Wood". SB Nation. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
^ Stephen, Eric (May 15, 2017). "Alex Wood named NL Player of the Week". SB Nation. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
^ Lara-Cinesomo, Vince (June 2, 2017). "Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger Among May's Best". Baseball America. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
^ Thornton, Joshua and Austin Laymance (June 11, 2017). "Dodgers top Reds on Seager's walk-off 2B". MLB.com. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
^ Gilbert, Steve and Ken Gurnick (July 6, 2017). "Wood you believe it? Another gem for L.A. lefty". mlb.com. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
^ Stephen, Eric (July 7, 2017). "Alex Wood named to National League All-Star team". SB Nation. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
^ "Alex Wood Post-season game logs". Baseball Reference. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
^ Stephen, Eric (January 12, 2018). "Alex Wood signs for reported $6 million, avoids arbitration". SB Nation. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
^ "Dodgers deal Puig, Kemp, Wood, Farmer to Reds". MLB.com. December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
^ "Alex Wood to try pitching out of the stretch". HardballTalk. February 21, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
^ Cicchella, Joel (September 5, 2013). "Getting to Know The Braves' Alex Wood: A Scouting Report & Outlook". Roto Professor. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
^ Rogers, Carroll (May 30, 2013). "Braves promote left-hander Alex Wood". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
^ Jones, Landon (December 19, 2013). "Alex Wood and small samples". Beyondd the Boxscore. SBNation. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
^ "Alex Wood Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance". Brooks Baseball. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
^ "Suzanna Villarreal, Alex Wood's Fiancee: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". heavy. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ https://simplybuckhead.com/alex-wood/
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By AVNetwork Staff (Digital Signage Magazine) 2011-01-06T11:50:40Z
The availability of 3D content will remain the greatest determinant of the value of 3D TVs to consumers – and as a result its achievable premium in TV sets. 3D TVs were launched with much fanfare at IFA 2009, but a year ago at CES, the first real products reached the market. Since then, shipments have made steady, although slightly disappointing, progress. Global shipments in 2010 were expected to total 3.2 million worldwide, according to the DisplaySearch Quarterly TV Design and Features Report.
"TV manufacturers really got ahead of themselves in 2010, and they forgot that a TV is a tool to watch content," said Paul Gray, Director of TV Electronics Research at DisplaySearch. "People will only buy a 3D TV if there is enough content to watch, and in 2010, there simply was not enough 3D content available. As a result, only 4% of TVs 40" and larger had 3D capabilities."
Despite this, competitive pressures in the industry are rapidly making 3D a compulsory feature. DisplaySearch forecasts that nearly18 million 3D sets will be shipped in 2011, rising to over 91 million in 2014.
"TV set makers are strongly committed to 3D, and they expect their strong lead to encourage content creators to follow," Gray added. "Weakness in the North American TV market was largely to blame for slow 3D shipments, although our research shows that only 40 3D Blu-ray disc titles were available across all genres at the end of 2010."
The DisplaySearch Quarterly TV Design and Features Report also examines systems with 3D passive glasses, which launched in China in December 2010 and are expected to be featured at CES. These are being offered as an alternative to the existing shutter glasses types, which have significant drawbacks, including high costs, weight, the need for re-charging, and limited interoperability.
"What is disturbing, though, is the prospect of a format war," said Gray. "It would be very damaging and consumers would opt to wait if they sense obsolescence, especially when they are already cautious about spending."
Other key findings from the Q4 report include:
In the global broadcast environment, South African countries have opted to jump straight to the latest DVB-T2 broadcast standard. DisplaySearch forecasts that almost 20 million TV sets will ship with DVB-T2 decoding in 2015.
21% of all TVs shipped in 2010 are forecast to have internet connectivity. This category is forecast to grow to over 122 million in 2014, with emerging markets providing a significant portion of the growth as broadband adoption surges.
TV set makers are addressing the new opportunities in emerging markets for flat panel TVs, with TV products being launched that are customized to consumers in these regions. Low power consumption, resilience to electricity supply failure, robust reception, and different local preferences are being actualized in new TV models.
The DisplaySearch Quarterly TV Design and Features Report is a quarterly update of the rapid shifts in TV feature development. The 200+ page report examines and forecasts video processor and signal processing IC market development, including 120/100 and 200/240 Hz frame rates and market shares for major IC vendors. In addition, the report features forecasting for MPEG-4 decoding and the digital broadcast environment around the world, including a forecast for DVB-T2; TV connectivity, such as wired and wireless networked TVs; LED backlighting; 3D capability and implementation; remote controls and chassis design; and power consumption. The report also outlines national digital broadcast timetables for 91 countries, and forecasts the shipment of TV sets by digital broadcast standard or connected TV by region.
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A man missing for more than 40 years was identified by the Alaska Bureau of Investigation as a Chugiak resident who was last seen in 1979 before being discovered murdered years before on an island near Anchorage in 1989. (Courtesy photo / Alaska Department of Public Safety)
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The body, found in 1989, had been unidentified until now.
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A body found in 1989 on an island off the coast of Anchorage has been identified, shedding new light on the 32-year-old cold case, according to the state public safety department.
The body found on Fire Island in July 1989, has been identified as Michael Allison Beavers, the Alaska Department of Public Safety announced.
Beavers was last seen in November 1979 at 40 years old, according to the department, when he left his home in Chugiak in an automobile to drive to Seattle. He never arrived in Seattle, and his spouse reported him missing to the Anchorage Police Department in January 1980.
On July 24, 1989, human remains in an advanced state of decomposition were found on the northwest shore of Fire Island, according to the department. Troopers collected the remains; a subsequent autopsy revealed that the body belonged to a Caucasian man between 35 and 50 years old, who was likely the victim of homicide. According to the autopsy, the body had been lying on the beach for at least a year, according to the department. Efforts to identify the body were unsuccessful and eventually, the remains were interred at the Anchorage Municipal Cemetery.
The investigation into Beavers' disappearance, then unlinked to the body found on Fire Island, was closed in 1982, according to the department. In 1992, Beavers was declared deceased.
DNA collected from the remains was sent first to the FBI Laboratory in Virginia in 2003, where no identification was made. In 2021, the Alaska Bureau of Investigation Cold Case Investigation Unit reopened the case, sending bone samples to a private DNA lab in Texas. The samples were linked to other persons in a larger database, some of whom were from Alaska, according to the public safety department.After locating a close relative of Beavers, a positive identification was made, DeSpain said.
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After months of Coronavirus lockdown, China's Hubei province is set to allow the resumption of all transportation from Wuhan on April 8 – the seat and centre of the deadly virus that has claimed thousands of lives worldwide.
The coronavirus first emerged in the city last December.
According to a statement posted on the provincial government's website on Tuesday, people in Wuhan will be allowed to leave the city and Hubei province. The pandemic has infected more than 80,000 Chinese people and claimed the lives of over 3200 people but recently, Hubei reported no new domestic infections on March 19.
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We have good news for Beyonce's followers! Finally, the artist's album 'Lemonade' will no longer be exclusive to the Tidal platform. This means that, after its release 3 years ago, Apple Music users will be able to access the song conglomerate on April 23rd.
That's why, in addition to being available on iTunes for purchase, now people who subscribe to Apple Music will be able to see this Beyoncé album in the catalogue. In order to enjoy it, users will have to listen to the audio of the movie of the same name that was presented jointly to the album and where all the songs are.
The release of 'Lemonade' on Apple Music marks the third anniversary of the film's HBO debut. It's also the first time that the entire Beyonce catalog is available for broadcast.
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In 2016 Benyoncé released the album Lemonade, an album that is only available today on Tidal to listen to via streaming. However, the Apple user who wanted to listen to it had to go to iTunes to buy it, where it has been on sale since its release.
Lemonade' is a 65-minute album with guest appearances by The Weeknd, Jack White, Kendrick Lamar and James Blake. All Apple Music subscribers will be able to listen to it from next Tuesday.
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Insight chats with dentist Laura Kelly about the challenges of working during the pandemic and doing her bit to support the NHS vaccination campaign
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WHEN the first lockdown came in March 2020, dentist Laura Kelly was managing a busy appointment book at Larkhall Dental Institute and finalising arrangements for her spring wedding.
But with just days to go before her stag and hen party celebrations, she was facing the prospect of not only cancelling her big day, but cancelling scores of patient appointments.
It is a familiar tale that played out across the UK in 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic forced dental professionals to down tools and restricted them to offering only limited care and advice over the phone.
"It was a very difficult and uncertain time," says Laura, 28, who has worked at Clyde Munro's South Lanarkshire practice for four years. "We had to turn patients away and for a while we could only offer telephone advice. It was frustrating we weren't able to do more. But we worked together with our sister practice in Uddingston to do the best we could to support patients."
The practices teamed up to operate a patient telephone line, offering whatever advice they could remotely and referring patients who needed more urgent treatment to the nascent NHS treatment hubs.
Changing landscape
Just over one year later, with the NHS mass vaccination programme in full swing, Laura is glad to finally be returning to normal working hours in May 2021. While the practice reopened in June 2020, continuing restrictions meant the dentists worked fewer but longer days, staggering patient visits, in a bid to tackle the backlog of appointments.
Laura says: "We wanted to help patients but we've been limited by the restrictions and there were certain things we couldn't do in that initial phase after reopening.
"Fortunately there are no longer restrictions on the types of treatments we can carry out, but we of course still have to wear additional PPE, as well as having fallow time and staggered appointments." As restrictions continue to ease, demand for appointments is increasing.
Laura says: "It's a bit stressful thinking about the backlog of treatments. That'll take a good few months to clear, but we will get there. We just have to do what we can and continue prioritising those who need to be seen soonest."
Vaccine effort
It has been a stressful and worrying time for the profession, but Laura has remained positive and has made the most of any down-time.
In addition to boosting her professional development through online CPD, a key role for Laura has been as a Covid vaccinator, working shifts in her local community centre in February and March.
"A colleague told me positive things about his work as a vaccinator and it encouraged me to look into it," Laura says. "I was keen to help out because the sooner we vaccinate the sooner we can get back to some kind of normal life. It's been a really good experience."
Laura completed around 12 hours' worth of online modules on topics ranging from immunology to health and safety – watching educational videos, completing assessments and writing up logbooks along the way. Once her training was signed off, she was able to book in for vaccination centre shifts via a centralised "bank" website.
"By the time I got involved, there were quite efficient systems in place for training and booking shifts," Laura says. "You'd do an induction session for each new vaccination site you work at and then there's a briefing with the head nurse at the beginning of every shift."
Laura mostly worked at Whitehill Community Centre in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, alongside a multidisciplinary team of health professionals and lay volunteers.
There, patients are welcomed at the entrance by the volunteers who check key details including names and temperatures. The patients are then directed through a one-way system to undergo a clinical assessment before finally receiving the jab.
"As a dentist, I did either clinical assessments – where I consented the patients – or I administered the vaccine," Laura says. "The whole set-up ran really well.
"When I was there, it was a really broad mix of people, with doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals like speech therapists and opticians. NHS Lanarkshire has since appointed a team of nurses to do the vaccinating, so I received a letter saying they wouldn't need dentists like me unless they were short-staffed. They wanted to free up dentists to focus on seeing patients."
Maintaining balance
Laura has been gradually building back up to full-time working hours. While it may be tempting for some practices to extend opening hours to fit in more appointments, Laura is grateful not to be facing weeks of overtime.
"For months I was going into the practice on alternate days which really limits the number of patients you can see," she says. "You can understand why it would be tempting to start doing extra hours to clear the backlog, but you don't want to go back and be burnt out."
She credits keeping in regular contact with friends and family, running 5Ks and long dog walks for helping her through the challenges of lockdown. She was also pleased to have financial support from MDDUS in the form of reduced subscription rates for dental members.
Laura says: "It was really good that MDDUS reduced the subscription fee when we had to stop practising. I heard from friends that other providers didn't do that. They also offer really useful online CPD and their advisers are so helpful. That's why I've always stayed with MDDUS."
Looking ahead to 2021, Laura is hopeful to continue being able to see patients full time, but accepts that restrictions such as fallow time and additional PPE are likely to remain in place for a while yet.
She says: "It's crazy how quickly you do adapt to wearing all the extra masks and gowns, although the respirator masks are hot and uncomfortable, especially if you're wearing them for longer procedures. I don't think I'll ever complain about a normal day's work again!"
Laura is also crossing her fingers that in September she will get the chance to swap her scrubs for a bridal gown and finally walk down the aisle.
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Photo credit: Ashley Coombes, EPICSCOTLAND
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Eisenhower's TerryLee Talasky set a meet record at the Kane Invitational on Saturday in the 200 meters.
KANE – It was a record-setting day for TerryLee Talasky at the Kane Invitational on Saturday.
The senior sprinter won the 100, 200 and 400, setting a meet record in the 200 with a time of 25.93.
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Nordic countries struggle with a severe drug overdose problem
The drugs causing deaths differ among the five countries
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Despite the fact that the Nordic countries are often seen as ideal in practically every global ranking of quality of life and social equality, the number of drug-related deaths in these countries are among the highest in Europe.
The Nordic countries are, however, far behind the United States in the number of fatal drug overdoses. Various measures to reduce drug-related harms have been introduced. Still hundreds of people die every year of fatal drug overdose.
"Despite the geographic vicinity and similarity of the social security and health care systems, there are differences in the drugs that cause overdose deaths in the Nordic countries", says Kirsten Wiese Simonsen who leads the group of Nordic researchers.
In Norway and Denmark, the number of deaths caused by a drug overdose decreased, whereas in Finland, Sweden and Iceland it increased, compared to a previous study from 2012.
This is shown in a recent scientific paper in which all overdose deaths among users of illegal drugs in the Nordic countries in 2017 were investigated by a group of forensic toxicologists and pathologists from all five countries.
The same study has been conducted seven times over a period of nearly 30 years, which gives excellent insight into changes in time as well as into differences and similarities between the countries.
Opioids were responsible for most of the overdose deaths
Heroin still causes a big portion of deaths in all Nordic countries except in Finland where buprenorphine continues to be the main drug causing overdose deaths. Heroin was the most common intoxicant in Sweden and Norway. In Denmark, heroin was the second most common drug, after methadone.
"All in all, opioids such as heroin, methadone and buprenorphine were responsible for the majority of all overdose deaths in the Nordic countries", Wiese Simonsen says.
Overall, deaths caused by an overdose by cocaine and MDMA increased, when compared to the previous study from 2012.
Sweden faced an epidemic of fentanyl derivatives in 2017, which caused an overall increase in the country's overdose mortality rate. The epidemic inflicted some legislative changes in the country, which have later reduced the number of deaths related to fentanyl derivatives to a markedly lower level.
In addition to the extremely dangerous fentanyl derivatives, many other new psychoactive substances (NPS) were seen in the Nordic countries, especially stimulant drugs. Most of the deaths were poly-drug poisonings with 4-6 different substances contributing to the overdose.
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The overdose mortality rate in the Nordic countries has levelled off over the years, with Sweden and Iceland being the top countries, and Denmark having the lowest rate. In all countries, however, the rate is more than twice the European average (2.26) published by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).
The Nordic countries are still well behind the United States, where, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there occurred 20.7 drug overdose deaths per 100 000 inhabitants in 2018.
The age of the individuals in this study ranged between 14 and 70. The mean age at death in drug overdoses varied between the countries. In Denmark and Norway, a typical victim of an overdose death was 41 years, whereas the mean age was between 33 and 35 in the other countries.
Ilkka Ojanperä
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Q: Unable to create Webhook Subscription for Event-Grid I'm having this issue with Azure Event-Grid since yesterday and cannot find where I'm doing wrong.
I've used the below link to create a custom event-grid topic in azure cli.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-grid/scripts/event-grid-cli-create-custom-topic
And used the link below to handle validation at the endpoint side.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-grid/receive-events
and testing with the following payload
[{
"subject": "Contoso/foo/bar/items",
"eventType": "Microsoft.EventGrid.SubscriptionValidationEvent",
"eventTime": "2017-08-16T01:57:26.005121Z",
"id": "602a88ef-0001-00e6-1233-1646070610ea",
"data": {
        "validationCode": "123456789"
        },
"dataVersion": "",
"metadataVersion": "1"
}]

and getting 123456789 back with a 200 response.
When I run the commands at the link below, I'm getting this error.

Deployment failed. Correlation ID:
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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-grid/scripts/event-grid-cli-subscribe-custom-topic
Much thanks in advance

A: I am missing the implementation of your validation handshake (in your webhook implementation), but if you have just returned the "123456789" in your HTTP-200 response, that might be the reason.
You have to return a json payload, containing your code, like the following:
{
  "validationResponse": "123456789"
}

More detailed explanation in the docs.

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Faulty caravans issue not going away
With caravan owners continuing to come forward to report serious faults, the ACCC has launched a survey to find out more.
Andy Kollmorgen @andykollmorgen
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The new Road Vehicle Standards Act sets a lower standard for low-volume manufacturers and importers, which have been the source of most of the safety and quality issues
Industry sources say smaller manufacturers lack engineering and quality-control expertise
The ACCC has received 1300 complaints from caravan owners over the past five years and is looking for consumer input
CHOICE has heard from more than a few aggrieved consumers in recent years who've had continuing issues with their caravans and little luck in getting the problems fixed.
The stories we hear are often from people of retirement age, whose dreams of road trips across the land have been bogged down in an endless cycle of major faults and ongoing repairs, sometimes while in transit.
As we've reported previously, the evidence is substantial that a certain segment of the industry is rife with shoddy manufacturing practices, leaving many caravan owners stuck with poorly built and often unsafe vehicles.
We are looking for further information from consumers and industry about the issues they have had with their caravans and their experience trying to get their concerns fixed
ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard
When they seek repairs, manufacturers and dealers often ignore their obligations under consumer law.
The issue is also on the agenda of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which launched a survey of caravan owners on 12 November this year. Over the past five years, the ACCC has received 1300 complaints from caravan owners.
"We are looking for further information from consumers and industry about the issues they have had with their caravans and their experience trying to get their concerns fixed," the ACCC's Delia Rickard says, adding, "This information will help to inform our future work, including possible enforcement action."
For many of the caravan owners we've heard from here at CHOICE, having the marketplace regulator on the case will be a welcome development.
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"I purchased a new motorhome a couple of years ago for over $150,000 from a long-established Australian motorhome and caravan manufacturer and it was an absolute disaster even before the delivery date," one owner recently told us.
"A full rendition of this epic saga would equal War and Peace, and some level of peace was only achieved by selling the motorhome at less than four years old. The total cost per day of actual use was horrendous in both financial and emotional terms."
Another consumer paid $75,000 for a caravan before it was built and, after numerous delays in delivery, had problems from the start.
The purchasing environment is totally skewed towards the seller and manufacturers at the moment
"It was the beginning of a long-running saga with the dealer about faults and many problems. The van went back to the dealer on numerous occasions to have the faults rectified, but they didn't want to know."
One prospective caravan owner we recently heard from who was aware of the problems in the industry declined to make a purchase after reading through a number of sales contracts.
"Demand is so high that businesses can dictate the terms, and people appear to be proceeding irrespective of the risks. The purchasing environment is totally skewed towards the seller and manufacturers at the moment. We hope that the heat of the industry dissipates over the next couple of years and we can execute a caravan purchase on more equitable terms."
Smaller caravan manufacturers and importers have a long history of shoddy workmanship in Australia.
'A lot of shonks in the industry'
Colin Young, an engineer by training and the founder and principal of the Caravan Council of Australia (CCA), has been advocating for a tighter grip on the caravan industry over the past 12 years.
He's seen "literally thousands of unsafe caravans" in his work conducting quality and compliance audits for manufactures and importers and checking caravans for prospective buyers and owners.
"There are a lot of shonks in the industry," says Young.
There has been a pathetic lack of regulatory audits of manufacturers and importers, as well as the lack of inspections of caravans being offered for sale
Colin Young, Caravan Council of Australia
The CCA "warmly welcomes this much-needed initiative by the ACCC. It is long overdue, but much better to be late rather than never," says Young.
While smaller manufacturers of caravans and trailers are meant to comply with the legal requirements of the government's Vehicle Standards Bulletin VSB1 (for trailers 4.5 tonnes and under), industry sources as well as caravan owners report that many don't.
"Self-certification of caravans is completely unsatisfactory," says Young. "There has been a pathetic lack of regulatory audits of manufacturers and importers, as well as the lack of inspections of caravans being offered for sale."
Read more: Caravan industry says Aussie caravans are 'best in class', despite complaints
CHOICE has heard from many consumers whose caravans had multiple major faults.
New road rules don't go far enough
In 2018, the Motor Vehicle Standards Act (MVSA) was replaced by the Road Vehicle Standards Act (RVSA), and manufacturers and importers of caravans or trailers 4.5 tonnes or lighter – known as low ATM (aggregate trailer mass) vehicles – now have to abide by national road standards (as defined by Australian Design Rules) and also list the caravans on a new Register of Approved Vehicles. (The new RVSA came into effect in July 2021 with a transitional period until July 2022.)
But it's still basically an honour system for these smaller manufacturers since, unlike larger manufacturers, they won't have to include information on the register to demonstrate that they meet the VSB1 standards.
Instead, they are required to "make a declaration of compliance and retain information that supports their declaration", a Department of Infrastructure spokesperson told CHOICE.
Young points out that this exemption lets smaller manufacturers, "who are highly disproportionately represented in the number of problems reported", off the hook.
Under the new RVSA, manufacturers or importers who supply four trailers or less per year – which generally means low ATM vehicles – are also not required to take the additional step of getting a vehicle type approval that covers the make and category of the caravan.
The Department of Infrastructure spokesperson says manufacturers must have "a conformity of production system and retain information that shows compliance with applicable national road vehicle standards to secure a type approval".
Over recent years, there have been a number of manufacturers going out of business, typically by going bankrupt, and then starting up again under a different name
Young says this is rarely the case with small manufacturers.
"This dispensation will be a real drawback to the government's intent to significantly reduce the number of accidents, deaths and injuries involving caravans on our roads," says Young.
"No doubt there will be groups of manufacturers, each of whom make just four caravans a year, banding together for marketing purposes and offering a large number of near-identical caravans."
Young also says low-volume manufacturers and importers are the source of most of the problems in the industry, and are often under-resourced and lack engineering and quality assurance expertise. In addition, Phoenix trading is not unusual in the caravan industry.
"Over recent years, there have been a number of manufacturers going out of business, typically by going bankrupt, and then starting up again under a different name," says Young. "Often there are large debts owed by the previous business, and its customers are left stranded."
CEO of the Caravan Industry Association of Australia (CIAA) Stuart Lamont takes a different of the new requirements that the RVSA imposes on low-volume manufacturers, saying that having to declare their products are compliant and retain evidence to support the claim is a significant regulatory requirement.
"We would argue that smaller manufacturers and importers still have an extensive and appropriate compliance and administrative burden to meet to supply products to market," Lamont says.
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Many caravan owners we've heard from say dealers and manufacturers push back hard against any requests to have problems fixed. Most owners can't afford the cost of taking their case to a state tribunal, a fact that some caravan manufacturers seem willing to exploit.
The pressure of the gag is something that no one understands until they are subjected to it.
Tracy Leigh
Another critic of shoddy practices in the caravan industry, Tracy Leigh says caravan sellers often compel owners to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs, or gag orders) as a condition for fixing a major fault, which is a likely violation of consumer law.
"The pressure of the gag is something that no one understands until they are subjected to it," Leigh says.
"Imagine being gagged, losing a ton of money, the caravan can never be used, and you are entirely innocent but can't stand the pressure anymore and the financial losses. But if you say one thing to one person and the company finds out and decides to punish you, you have to pay everything back. It is a very effective weapon and it is used with far too much frequency."
Leigh says all the cases she's seen of caravan owners ending up signing NDAs started when they tried to get a refund due to major faults.
Leigh also makes the point that design and quality problems in the industry are hardly restricted to smaller caravan manufacturers.
"All the thousands of complaints I have dealt with have been the larger manufacturers, and the caravans are often RVMAP [Recreational Vehicle Manufacturing Accreditation Program] accredited," Leigh says.
According to CIAA, the RVMAP badge on a vehicle means some vehicles from that manufacturer have been inspected as part of the continual auditing process and have adhered to Australian Design Rules and Federal Compliance Regulations. But Leighs says the accreditation is not always reliable.
"This is one of the most serious issues in the industry, as the CIAA advertises 100% compliance, consumers believe it in droves, then experience serious faults with their caravans and the CIAA will do nothing."
But Lamont rejects this, saying "we have never claimed this. Our results heavily support the view that product supplied under a RVMAP licence is on average significantly more compliant than those products supplied outside of the program."
The ACCC survey closes on 10 December. If you're a caravan owner who's had problems, have your say.
Update: The article was updated from its original version to include comments from Stuart Lamont, CEO of the Caravan Industry Association of Australia.


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Quantum Materials recently announced shipments of Cadmium-free red and green quantum dots to consumer electronics manufacturers as a result of meetings at the 2015 CES. Quantum Material's patented automated high-volume production capacity provides manufacturers with an economical source for Cadmium-free uniform and stable Quantum Dots for the next generation of displays, batteries and solid state lighting solutions.
Quantum Materials has brought recently-made investments in automated capital equipment, facilities and personnel to produce Cadmium-free Quantum Dots online and as a result has increased production capacity to meet electronics manufacturers demand.
The DCIA's Internet of Things (IoT) Marathon was recorded during the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show from January 6th through 9th in Las Vegas, NV, covering this newest and arguably largest-ever industry phenomenon. Demos, displays, and discussions were captured for this major industry webcast in the Distributed Computing Industry Association's (DCIA) production studio at the Sands Expo & Convention Center.
The animation detailing cadmium-free quantum dots included in the DCIA's IoT Quantum Materials segment is available as a separate video for download by broadcast outlets at http://bit.ly/1KhSS9i for use with attribution to Quantum Materials Corp.
The DCIA sees enormous promise in smart objects and software for fitness, healthcare, and life sciences; programmable home appliances and systems as well as residential energy management, media entertainment and social networking solutions, geolocation services and vehicular automation, and – for both private sector institutions and governmental agencies – retail, public space, and manufacturing environments.
The DCIA also supports industry efforts to improve efficiency and reduce power consumption, address cybersecurity and related vulnerabilities, establish common protocols and communications standards for interoperability and connectivity among various devices, and enhance ease-of-use for consumers.


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College Profile: CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Founded in 1961, the Graduate Center is the doctorate-granting institution of the City University of New York (CUNY). In this nationally unique consortium of over 1700 faculty members, a core faculty of 125 Graduate Center appointments is supplemented by over 1600 additional faculty members drawn from throughout CUNY's eleven senior colleges and New York City's leading cultural and scientific institutions. With 4000 doctoral students, they pursue a shared enterprise of expanding the boundaries of knowledge in over 30 doctoral programs and 7 master's programs in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The recently released Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index placed ten of the Graduate Center's Ph.D. programs among the top ten in the country, and six were ranked in the top five. In the "broad" category of humanities, the Graduate Center was fourth; the first three were Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
Augmenting this enterprise are 29 research centers and institutes focused on areas of compelling social, civic, cultural, and scientific concerns. Also affiliated with the institution are three University Center programs: the CUNY Baccalaureate Program through which undergraduates can earn bachelor's degrees by taking courses at any of the CUNY colleges; the CUNY School of Professional Studies and the associated Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies; and the recently established CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which offers a master's degree in journalism.
In addition, Continuing Education and Public Programs extends the Graduate Center's intellectual and cultural resources to the general public, offering access to a wide range of events, including lectures, symposia, performances, and workshops.
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Likely Obama Victory Aided by Globally Aware Youth Vote Says Global Leadership Adventures Executive Director
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Most pundits acknowledge that the likely Presidential election victory for Senator Barack Obama will be aided by the massive turnout of young voters. Andrew H. Motiwalla, Executive Director of Global Leadership Adventures, says that part of this is due to the fact that the Millenials, or Generation Y, are more globally aware than previous generations.
Today, more American high school and college students study abroad than ever before. Study abroad at the university level has become mainstream, and its trickling down to the high school level. Global Leadership Adventures, a California based organization, offers international travel programs for high school students to learn about different cultures and volunteer in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This increased global awareness is having an effect on politics.
Motiwalla asserts, "When the McCain campaign tried to scare the public by constantly showing a photo of Obama in traditional Kenyan clothing, it backfired on Gen Y. Instead of being scared of other cultures, Gen Y-ers are respectful and culturally sensitive. Many became interested in going to Kenya to visit the town where Obama's father was from."
The generational gap between the two campaigns is clear. 85% of Global Leadership Adventures students have Facebook profiles. But its not just technology that separates the campaigns – it's the world view that comes with it. High school students use social networks to interact with people from around the world and with people from different faiths.
Motiwalla claims that this could be one of the reasons that the 'Obama is a secret Muslim' rumor failed to get traction with the globally aware Milennials. "Their reaction was, 'its clear Obama is not a Muslim. But so what if a person is a Muslim? So what?'"
The trend in rising numbers of students studying aboard shows no sign of slowing down. Therefore, political campaigns need to take into account the impact of a generation of globally-minded, politically active, highly educated students on the political discourse.
Motiwalla believes that this could be the last Presidential campaign where tactics like Kenyan clothing or non-Christian religions will be widely used in an effort to scare voters. The youth vote will be too worldly to fall for that – or at least Motiwalla hopes students from Global Leadership Adventures will be.
More information about Global Leadership Adventures can be found at http://www.experienceGLA.com
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Fury as Moray Council force through leadership changes
18th November 2014 by insideMoray
Councillor Douglas Ross – challenged legality of council leadership vote
Moray Council's administration has managed to force through changes to the leadership despite a rearguard action by Douglas Ross, who until recently had been a key member of the ruling group.
The crisis was brought about when Councillor Allan Wright stepped down from his role as Leader of the Council – only weeks later to re-emerge as the only candidate for the more senior post of Convener, with current Convener, Stewart Cree, stepping into the Leader role.
That sparked Today's special meeting of the Full Council at which Fochabers/Lhanbryde member Douglas Ross launched an immediate challenge to the process, first asking the outgoing Leader if he was prepared to answer questions.
Councillor Ross said: "Is the current leader content that his nominated replacement as leader of the Council in terms of Councillor Cree has been described by himself as a 'coward' – does he want a coward to lead Moray Council?"
While Cllr Wright declined to answer, Cllr Cree responded: "He is not obliged to answer and I have never regarded his remarks as being addressed at myself."
Councillor Ross went on to propose a motion that no decision on the leadership posts be taken until the next meeting of the Full Council in December, allowing time for members to consider all the implications of the move.
Responding to Cllr Cree he said: "It is interesting that you don't consider that remark as being directed to yourself because it was actually directed to all councillors who voted against the school closures which you did as well.
"I have to say that I do have difficulties with this shuffle between Convener and Leader – the Leader of the Council resigned because he felt he did not have the support of a majority of councillors – and if he did not feel he had the support of the majority of councillors to be leader then I now question why he feels he now has support to be Convener.
"I have read in a number of places since this announcement was made that simply this 'job swap' looks more like shifting the deck chairs on the Titanic rather than actual changes to the leadership and the way forward for Moray Council."
SNP group leader, Councillor Pearl Paul, seconded a motion on a delay in taking the decision adding that the local authority might also consider if both posts were actually required.
However, the motion was defeated by 13 votes to 11 – indicating that all administration councillors had this time rallied behind their leadership.
Despite the decision Councillor Ross questioned on a point of order if the vote had not required a two thirds majority under Moray Council Standing Orders.
After seeking legal advice Cllr Cree insisted that was not the case as he had voluntarily given up his post and not been forced out – a decision that brought a recording of dissent by all members of the SNP opposition group.
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La Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto Femenino es la máxima competición de clubes de Baloncesto femenino del Ecuador. La competición es organizada por la CLEB (Comisión de la Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto) con el aval de la Federación Ecuatoriana de Basquetbol.

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 Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto
 Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto Profesional
 Federación Ecuatoriana de Basquetbol

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Q: React Native manipulate values between components I have this Modal component:
    export default class PopUpModal extends Component {
   constructor() {
      super();
      //this.state = {windowVisible: false};
   }
   openModal = () => {
      this.props.onToggle(true);
   }
   closeModal = () => {
      console.log('Pressing CLOSE');
      this.props.onToggle(false);
   }
   setMessage = (text) => {
       this.props.modalText = text;
   }
   render() {

      return (

        <Modal style={styles.modal} position={"center"} swipeToClose={false} backdropPressToClose={false} visible={this.props.windowVisible}
        onRequestClose={() => {this._setModalVisible(false)}} >
                <View style={styles.modalContentContainer}>
                <TouchableHighlight onPress={() => {
                  this.closeModal();
                }}>

                <Text>{this.props.modalText}</Text>
                </TouchableHighlight>

                </View>
            </Modal>
      );

   }
}

being rendered in a Scene. And I've manage to get actions to work between the two, with the "setModalVisible" e.i. But I want to manipulate/change the value of this.props.modalTextin the Scene since it will display error messages which may vary.
This is the relevant code from the Scene:
    export default class LoginScene extends Component {

  constructor(p) {
    super(p);

    this.state = {
      email: '',
      password: '',
      windowVisible: false,
      modalText: '',
    };

  }
    onTogglePopUpWindow =(value) => {
    console.log('PRESSING UP');
    this.setState({windowVisible: value});
  }

  render() {

    const { email, password } = this.state;

    return (
      <View style={styles.container}>

        {this.state.windowVisible ? <PopUpModal
          windowVisible={this.state.windowVisible}
          onToggle={this.onTogglePopUpWindow}
        /> : null}

So there's really no code on the matter to point at since I'm not even sure how to begin. But what I want to achieve is to have the <Text> element's value in my PopUpModal component to change depending on some if statements I'll write. Basically setting it's value from the LogInScene .
Thanks in advance.

A: Not sure did I understand your need correctly or not. It seems you want to pass data from LoginScene which is modalText to the PopUpModal component.
You can pass it as a props.
<PopUpModal
    windowVisible={this.state.windowVisible}
    onToggle={this.onTogglePopUpWindow}
    modalText={this.state.modalText}
        />

Then in PopUpModal component you will have access to this modal text.
export default class PopUpModal extends Component {
   constructor() {
      super();
      console.log(this.props.modalText)
   }


Yesterday, we took a look at the Boston Bruins' farm system, highlighted by a promising group of centremen featuring Ryan Donato, Trent Frederic, and Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson. Heading into part four of my series, we're going to take a look at the farm system of a Buffalo Sabres team that's seemingly figured it out at last this season. Without further ado, let's take a look.
It's not too often that you see an overage prospect sign with an NHL team and immediately become their best prospect, but so far that's looking like the case for Pilut. After a breakout SHL season where he put up 38 points in 52 games, he signed with the Sabres and immediately started torching the AHL with 22 points in his first 16 games. He just earned his first NHL call up and if he keeps impressing then he likely won't maintain his prospect status for much longer.
While first round picks typically get all the attention, it seems as though the Sabres might have struck gold with this pick. Olofsson was drafted as a small winger in the 7th round of the 2014 draft and after a very successful final SHL season, he was brought over to North America where he currently has 19 points in 18 games with the Rochester Americans of the AHL. He's another guy who's potentially due for a call up.
A projected first round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, Asplund slid to the second round and the Sabres were more than happy to scoop him up at 33rd overall. He finished his final SHL season with Farjestad BK last year was brought over to the AHL along with Olofsson. Though Asplund only has four points in his first 21 games, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt seeing that he's never played in North America before and is still young.
After an 18 game NHL stint last season and a three game stint the year before, Guhle is four games away from losing prospect status by my definition, but since he sits at 21, he makes this list. Guhle began the season in the AHL and still remains there today, having mustered nine points through 19 games thus far.
Standing tall at 6'4 and 218lbs, Samuelsson was another projected first round pick who dropped to the second round for the Sabres to pick up. The Swedish-American is currently playing for Western Michigan University of the NCAA where so far he's registered six points in 14 games.
After spending the start of his career overseas, the hulking Finnish goalie made the switch over to North America to play junior hockey where he's currently with the Sudbury Wolves. He currently sports a record of 15-5-1 with a goals against average of 2.50 and a save percentage of .922.
C.J. was signed by the Buffalo Sabres during 2016-17 after an impressive season with UMass-Lowell of the NCAA where he put up 51 points in 41 games. He only has two NHL games under his belt, but he's been consistently good in the AHL and has 17 points in 21 games this season, so it's entirely possible we could see Smith in the NHL soon.
I know you're probably tired of hearing the name "Nylander" over the past two grueling months, but unfortunately you're about to hear it again. Alexander Nylander was raising questions about whether or not he was a good pick at 8th overall in his first two AHL seasons, but he's seemingly found his game and currently has 17 points in 21 AHL games. Nylander wasn't a draft pick of current GM Jason Botterill, so there's less pressure for the Sabres to call him up and thus, more time for him to develop in the AHL.
After spending four seasons with St. Cloud State University, Borgen is currently in the middle of his first pro season where he's registered a total of five points in 21 games. As he plays a more defensive style of game, he'll likely take a little bit longer to develop but could very well turn into a solid d-man for the Sabres.
Oglevie was signed as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Notre Dame back in 2018. After a successful season where he put up 39 points in 36 games, he's currently playing for the Rochester Americans where he hasn't been able to find the same success, mustering only one point in 14 games. He will likely remain in the AHL to develop for the next little bit.
Thanks for reading! Tune in tomorrow where we'll go over the Calgary Flames' top ten prospects.


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Last week, the Yucatan Living offices were paid a visit by Ernesto Avila Castañeda, one of the most genteel and business-like young men we've met in a long time. He was visiting us in his capacity as Gerente Regional (Regional Manager) of PlanetBowl Entertainment Center, and he was coming to talk to us about a bowling league.
We were intrigued by Ernesto... not just because he was so serious and sincere, but because he really cares about bowling.
Just to give you a little background here, bowling has never been our thing. We remember bowling allies from back in the Mad Men era (late Fifties - early Sixties) when we were intrigued by how the ball got from the back of the building up to the scoretable or where that little blast of fresh air came from for drying your hands. We played briefly as adults years later, but one of us (we won't say who...) kept ending up sitting on the floor with the ball bouncing down the gutter... somehow the game never had an appeal. But being around Ernesto got us kind of excited about it again... because he's really into bowling.
Ernesto, who is from Mexico City, spent a few years of his adult life in Cincinnati. While he was there, he started competing in bowling and started down the path to becoming a professional bowler. In the end, he decided that he couldn't afford the travel and other expenses that it took to compete, but he became a U.S. Bowling Congress certified coach instead. He achieved the Silver Level of coaching (only Gold is higher), and now finds himself back in Mexico, managing PlanetBowl and coaching players from the Yucatan State Bowling Team.
Yes, Yucatan has a bowling team.
Not only that, but two of their team members are on the Mexico National Bowling Team, and they and Ernesto are active in the worldwide movement to get bowling accepted as an Olympic sport. In the meantime, there is a World Tenpin Bowling Championship (every four years... just like the World Cup!) and the last time it was played, Mexico finished second, beaten by (who else?) the United States.
The place to bowl in Merida is PlanetBowl... and if you haven't been there, you really ought to visit. This is not our parent's bowling alley, which was a nondescript building on the outskirts of town, accompanied by an equally nondescript coffee shop (which did, we must admit, serve the most delicious apple pie...). No, PlanetBowl is for bowling in the 21st Century. It is a two-story behemoth building that features 32 lanes (16 on each floor), a coffee shop/restaurant, a video arcade for the kids who don't want to bowl, a pro shop, lockers and restrooms. The pro shop provides balls and shoes to buy, as well as repair services and ball maintenance. There is also a billiards room and a bar. Oh, and plenty of parking. The whole building is air-conditioned (reason enough to go there on some days, right?) and there is no smoking in the building. And if your skills are a little rusty, there is bowling school every Saturday morning at 10 AM.
But that isn't why Ernesto came to talk to us. He assumed we already knew about PlanetBowl. He was here because he wants to start an extranjero bowling league (Ernesto is too polite to use the term gringo). PlanetBowl has 7 leagues right now, all with Spanish-speaking members. There's a Rookies League, a Medium Level league, etc. There are teams with names like La Pistolas, Power Girls, No Mercy and Pollitos (Little Chickens?). Ernesto thought that perhaps those of us who don't speak Spanish so well might like to start our own league, and then start playing the Spanish-speaking leagues... and we could all improve our language skills (not to mention our bowling scores)!
So Ernesto proposes this... that those of us who are interested pick a Saturday and meet at PlanetBowl at noon. For the cost of a shoe rental, he invites as many of us who want to to come bowl for an hour for free, and then talk with him afterwards about setting up a bowling league, choosing a night of the week to play, etc. He will serve refreshments for the meeting. The usual game, once you are bowling in a league, is $120-130 pesos per person for league night (shoes are free then, or you can bring your own, of course), which includes 3 games and requires at least four teams.
So, who's in? Who wants to join a bowling league? If you are interested, email Ernest at ernesto@planetbowl.com.mx. Or call him on his cel at 999-968-2774 or in his office at 999-948-1967 (a very good year...). Yes, Ernesto speaks and writes near-perfect English (those years in Cincinnati, you know). If you can, get a few friends to join you and make a team.
Tell Ernesto you want to be in the Gringo Bowling League. Tell him you heard about him on YucatanLiving.com. And then work with him to come up with a date for your first Saturday. Before you know it, you'll be bowling! Voilá! GringoBowl!!
* Note: The first meeting will be on November 7th at 12:00 PM. Plan to be there!
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[...] so do drop by or call and put your name on their list. You can read all about it right here on Yucatan Living. The information for the meeting is: Location: Planet Bowl Time: 12:00 PM Admission: Free [...]