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Q: Issue Overwriting .geojson File to ArcGIS Feature Layer with ArcPy I am struggling to get my Python code to successfully overwrite and update a feature layer that feeds into a Dashboard product on my ArcGIS account. The dashboard (which is updated on a weekly basis) is fed by two feature layers: a dataset .csv file and a .geojson that feeds the map aspect of the dashboard. The same code is used to automate the updating of both files, and it works fine for the .csv file.
import os
import json
import arcgis
from arcgis.gis import GIS
import arcgis.features
import pandas as pd
from arcgis.features import FeatureLayerCollection

homeFolder = r"C:\Users\ujcho\Desktop\Dashboards"

print("Starting upload")
gis = GIS("home")

print("Karpel Dashboard")
#Upload Combined Data to Karpel Dashboard
feature_layer_item = gis.content.search("[ITEM ID NUMBER]")[0]
print(feature_layer_item)
flayers = feature_layer_item.tables
flayer = flayers[0]
flayer.manager.truncate()
data_file_location = homeFolder + r'\Karpel Dashboard - v2.0\CombinedDataV2.csv'
flayerNew = FeatureLayerCollection.fromitem(feature_layer_item)
flayerNew.manager.overwrite(data_file_location)

print("Karpel Dashboard - Polygons")
#Polygons
#Uploads hexes to ESRI dashboard
feature_layer_item = gis.content.search("[ITEM ID NUMBER]")[0]
print(feature_layer_item)
flayers = feature_layer_item.layers
flayer = flayers[0]
flayer.manager.truncate()
data_file_location = homeFolder + r'\Karpel Dashboard - v2.0\Maps\MasterSpatialDataFixedV2.geojson'
flayerNew = FeatureLayerCollection.fromitem(feature_layer_item)
flayerNew.manager.overwrite(data_file_location)

The error I get when I run the entire dashboard:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\ujcho\Desktop\Dashboards\Karpel Dashboard - v2.0\DataUploader.py", line 60, in <module>
    main()
  File "C:\Users\ujcho\Desktop\Dashboards\Karpel Dashboard - v2.0\DataUploader.py", line 57, in main
    flayerNew.manager.overwrite(data_file_location)
  File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\features\managers.py", line 2356, in overwrite
    if related_data_item.update(item_properties=params, data=data_file):
  File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\gis\__init__.py", line 12961, in update
    status = self._gis.content._add_by_part(
  File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\gis\__init__.py", line 5102, in _add_by_part
    path += "/" + folder_id
TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "NoneType") to str
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\ujcho\Desktop\Dashboards\Karpel Dashboard - v2.0\karpelDashboardRunner.py", line 110, in <module>
    DataUploaderRunner()
  File "C:\Users\ujcho\Desktop\Dashboards\Karpel Dashboard - v2.0\DataUploaderRunner.py", line 19, in DataUploaderRunner
    subprocess.check_call([pythonPath, scriptPath])
  File "C:\Users\ujcho\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 413, in check_call
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\python.exe', 'C:\\Users\\ujcho\\Desktop\\Dashboards\\Karpel Dashboard - v2.0\\DataUploader.py']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\ujcho\Desktop\Dashboards\Karpel Dashboard - v2.0\DataUploader.py", line 60, in <module>
    main()
  File "C:\Users\ujcho\Desktop\Dashboards\Karpel Dashboard - v2.0\DataUploader.py", line 57, in main
    flayerNew.manager.overwrite(data_file_location)
  File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\features\managers.py", line 2356, in overwrite
    if related_data_item.update(item_properties=params, data=data_file):
  File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\gis\__init__.py", line 12961, in update
    status = self._gis.content._add_by_part(
  File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\gis\__init__.py", line 5102, in _add_by_part
    path += "/" + folder_id
TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "NoneType") to str
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\ujcho\Desktop\Dashboards\Karpel Dashboard - v2.0\karpelDashboardRunner.py", line 110, in <module>
    DataUploaderRunner()
  File "C:\Users\ujcho\Desktop\Dashboards\Karpel Dashboard - v2.0\DataUploaderRunner.py", line 19, in DataUploaderRunner
    subprocess.check_call([pythonPath, scriptPath])
  File "C:\Users\ujcho\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 413, in check_call
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\python.exe', 'C:\\Users\\ujcho\\Desktop\\Dashboards\\Karpel Dashboard - v2.0\\DataUploader.py']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

Does anybody know what is preventing the code from being able to automate the updating of the .geojson file to its feature layer on ArcGIS?


2. Victorian processing is dominated by a powerful 100% farmer-owned co-operative.
Having said that, we do share some concerns regarding the profitability of milk pricing.
"At an average of approximately US$29 per 100kg of milk last year, Australian dairy farmers generally receive among the lowest prices compared to many major producing countries and so must operate highly cost-efficient production systems. This is regularly borne out by international comparisons; where Australian farms consistently have costs of production in the lower cost category of all farms in such surveys. The fact that around half of Australia's milk production has been exported over the last decade reflects this high level of competitiveness.
← Have we got your goat?
I know it's not feasible in all areas but where I live we have two farmers markets in our region. One every Sunday in one location and another every Saturday in another location. Farmers sell their produce direct to the public which includes fruit,veg, yoghurts, cheeses & meat. the produce is so fresh and cheaper than supermarkets so they are a huge success. when the markets first started up, the fruit & vege section of Coles was decimated. I have friends who grow tomatoes and sell them to both Coles, Woollies, Aldi and at the markets. they make much bigger profit from the market but admittedly the bulk goes to the supermarkets. There should be more farmers markets around!
The bad news is that it's really tricky to sell milk products at farmer's markets. The compliance rigmarole and capital expenditure is a huge hurdle for any farmer to overcome.
This situation bothers me terribly here in QLD, and I try to have conversations with my Home Economics and Agriculture kids about why it is important to think about what is happening in supermarkets, when cheap milk,eggs, vegetables, etc are on offer. It will come back to bite the consumer in one way or another in the future. Kids are genuinely interested in how it all works. They often know someone in the district who has got out of dairying in our district, in the the last decade or two because of deregulation.
My self, I am happy to buy milk from smaller producers, co-ops, etc, at a premium price, but I understand too, why there are those that cannot and those that are not interested. I also enjoy farmers markets too, not necessarily because of a belief that it is all "organic", or better, but because I like to think I can give money straight back to a farmer who works darn hard to provide and grow produce.
Maybe farmers can band together and look at opportunities like cooperatives, and value adding concepts that put them more in control of what they produce. The beetroot growers in our district are being forced to rethink their future because Golden Circle is taking its production to New Zealand. We are all hoping a scheme can be found that allows the continuation of the industry, keeps production local and helps maintain the legacy of community.
Thanks for your comment and for supporting farmers, Lisa. Our co-op, Murray Goulburn, is a big farmer success story and processes 35 per cent of Australian milk, so it can be done! I am sure that if we didn't have such a strong farmer owned co-op, we would receive much less for our milk.


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After briefly touching a record high, the Dow Jones eased lower on Friday as several economists cast doubt on Donald Trump's phase one deal. | Source: AP Photo / Richard Drew
Dow Stalls as a Skeptical Wall Street Shreds Trump's China Deal
September 23, 2020 UTC: 1:23 PM. December 13, 2019 UTC: 8:21 PM. by Francois Aure
The Dow Jones reversed after briefly touching record highs.
Retail sales disappointed, potentially exposing weakness in the US economy's most important sector.
Wall Street sees plenty of holes in Trump's trade deal, with one economist fearing it won't survive the weekend.
An exhausted Dow Jones struggled to rally on Friday, even after Donald Trump unveiled details of his plan to abandon December's tariff hikes.
The Dow was well priced for this eventuality, and some concerns remain over the viability of securing a more substantial trade deal, especially given how much the White House labored to achieve this basic agreement.
Dow Jones Runs Out of Gas as Trade Deal Underwhelms
The Nasdaq was the top-performing of the three major US stock market indices. It rallied 0.2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 mostly tracked sideways.
Shortly before the close, the Dow had declined 6.39 points or 0.02% to settle at 28,125.66 – nearly 170 points off its session high.
The Dow Jones chopped sideways as Donald Trump's phase one deal didn't provide lasting support to stocks. | Source: Yahoo Finance
Crude oil continues to rally, up 1.4% to close the week, while the price of gold enjoyed another bullish bump with a 0.6% gain.
Some disappointing retail sales data was a concern for the Dow, as this is the latest in a long string of macro releases suggesting that isolated weakness in specific sectors of the economy may now be leaking into the vital consumer sector.
US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to outline some more detail on his phase one trade deal. While the tweets brought no surprises, it was notable to see that "phase two" negotiations are an immediate priority.
Trump Can't Confirm Size of Chinese Farm Purchases
Trump spoke from the White House today during a meeting with the president of Paraguay. His precise wording on the proposed Chinese agricultural purchases was that he "thinks they'll hit…much more than $50 billion…pretty soon," suggesting a looser arrangement than US negotiators had been angling for.
This degree of uncertainty may be what is keeping the Dow Jones from reacting even more positively to the expected cancellation of December's tariffs.
Wall Street Has Doubts About "Phase One" Deal
Articulating many investors' views, Han de Jong, Chief Economist at ABN AMRO, outlined his skepticism that China has shifted its stance on purchasing an unnecessary surplus of food for its dwindling pork industry.
Focusing on the reaction in Washington, he notes that while there is a chance that Trump will further reduce his import taxes on Chinese goods, both Republicans and Democrats are concerned that the president is losing his negotiating edge.
The Americans will not introduce new levies that were planned for 15 December and there is talk of the possibility that tariffs already imposed will be reduced. However, there is criticism now both from Republican ranks as well as from Democrats that President Trump will give away a strong leverage if tariffs are reduced.
If the White House has lost its best bargaining chip, there would be a non-negligible chance of having to re-escalate the trade war, which will always remain a lingering concern for Dow bulls until a significant resolution is made.
Wall Street fears Trump gave up a key bargaining chip without getting much in return. | Source: Brendan Smialowski / AFP
Joseph Bruesalas, RSM's chief US economist, doubts if Trump's deal will even survive the next few days. He also fears that a trade war with Europe is around the corner, stating on Twitter,
Both China & US say there is a trade deal. Rollback of Sep tariff to 7.5%. But, what is the number on agricultural purchases. How is it an agreement if both sides have not yet converged on a number? Wondering if this so-called deal survives the weekend?
He added later,
Watching the trade presser & it's exactly what many fear: interpretation of victory and immediate turn towards Europe on trade. Btw, what about Huawei?"
Wall Street's worries about the enforceability of the trade deal were compounded late in the trading session, as one of Trump's top economic advisers, Larry Kudlow, said "we will see" when pressed as to whether China would uphold their end of the bargain. Kudlow's admission sent stocks slipping lower as investors' concerns were realized.
Dow 30: Boeing Woes Detract from Apple Surge
It was a very mixed day in the Dow 30 as the dust settled from a hectic week filled with volatile swings.
Unfortunately for the index, Boeing (BA) stock was once again taking a pounding (-1.4%) after the FAA chief pushed back against the company's efforts to restore the 737 MAX to the skies. Additional pressure came from the fact that Qantas joined United as the latest airline to choose Airbus over Boeing to fill a specific need in its fleet.
Apple (AAPL) stock jumped over 1.1%, helping cushion the Dow Jones from what otherwise could have been a rough day in the stock market. Microsoft (MSFT), another of the world's most valuable companies, chipped in a 0.9% rally.
Suggesting some trepidation over the China deal, global trade barometer Caterpillar (CAT) stock fell an even 1%.
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Lewis Sullivan and Suffolk win gold medals at Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships
Carl Marston
Published: 12:07 AM March 9, 2020 Updated: 6:42 PM October 11, 2020
Suffolk's under-15 boys' winning team, from left: James Peck, Ben Peck, Lewis Sullivan and Oliver Hitchcock - Credit: Archant
Lewis Sullivan's sensational season continued with victory at the Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships, in the process spearheading Suffolk to terrific team gold medals in the under-15 boys' age group at Loughborough on Saturday.
Lewis Sullivan, on his way to victory in the under-15 boys' race at the Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships, at Loughborough. Picture: CONTRIBUTED - Credit: Archant
Lewis Sullivan's sensational season continued with victory at the Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships, in the process spearheading Suffolk to terrific team gold medals in the under-15 boys' age group at Loughborough on Saturday.
Sullivan followed up his fantastic win at the English National Cross Country Championships, from a fortnight earlier in Nottingham, with another dominant display against the best athletes in the country to complete a notable double.
The Bury St Edmunds-based 15-year-old, who is a pupil at Sybil Andrews Academy on Moreton Hall and is a member of Saint Edmund Pacers, actually scooped three gold medals on the day, adding the team award and the British Cross Challenge title to his individual Inter-Counties gold.
He was superbly backed up in the team stakes by fellow Suffolk athletes Ben Peck (fifth), Oliver Hitchcock (11th) and James Peck (17th).
On the podium: Suffolk's Lewis Sullivan, centre, flanked by runner-up Chris Perkins (left) and third-placed Alex Adams - Credit: Archant
It was only the second time that Suffolk had ever won team gold at the Inter-Counties, following on from the victory of the under-17 women's team of 20 years ago, in 2000, which comprised Ellie Trickett, Victoria Kenny, Sarah Partridge and Kirsty Waterson.
"It was another great weekend," enthused Sullivan, who is coached by Martyn Brophy at the Pacers.
"The course was pretty tough, not over-boggy, but the mud still weighed down the legs and slowed you down. It felt a lot harder than it should have been.
"It was a 4.5K distance, and I started off at the front. I was tucked in behind Chris Perkins for most of the race. We were basically running side-by-side, with him just in front, until the final kilometre.
"I then managed to pull away, up a long gradual rise uphill, and he couldn't reel me back in. I had about a 10-second lead at the end, so it all went perfectly to plan.
"I'm having an unbelievable season. I'm unbeaten in my age group, so it's going better than I could even have dreamt.
- One-two for Suffolk at English National Championships
"And it was a great day for Suffolk, to win the team medals. That was a big highlight for us. We have terrific team camaraderie," added Sullivan, who also won the British Cross Challenge due to his previous wins in the Series at Liverpool and Cardiff.
Sullivan clocked 14mins 30secs, with Chris Perkins (North-East) second in 14:38 and Alex Adams (Warwicks) third in 14:45.
Brandon-based Ben Peck, in the bottom half of this age group, produced another superb run in fifth (14:50).
The Thetford AC athlete, who trains with Sullivan at the Bury track once a week, was second to Sullivan at the English National Championships, and was crowned Inter-Counties champion in the under-13 age group last year, at the same Loughborough venue.
The successful under-15 team was closed out by Culford School's Hitchcock, a member of Ipswich Harriers, and Ben's older brother James Peck.
This same quartet had struck team gold at the English Schools Championships the previous March, going on to represent English Schools at the Home Countries International in Dublin.
Elsewhere, Verity Valentine (Pacers) was an impressive 13th in the under-13 girls race, having finished 14th at the recent English National event.
The trio of Freddie Adams (46th), Will Lowden (68th) and Tom Henson (69th) packed well for Suffolk in the under-17 men's race, while Liam Davison led the way with 19th for the under-13s.
In the under-20 section, Suffolk's leading performers were James Pettersson (21st, men) and Maddie Jordan-Lee (16th female), while Hannah Pettersson (51st) and Charlotte Christensen (58th) were to the fore in the senior women.
In the colours of Essex, Colchester & Tendring AC's Sam Plummer was an excellent runner-up in the under-13 boys' race, and there were top-100 finishes in the senior men's ranks for the Colchester Harriers duo of Adrian Mussett (76th) and Angus Holford (95th). Southend's Adam Hickey was second overall.
Harriers' Milly Presland was 99th in the under-17 women's race, and CATs' Freddy Richardson 59th in the men's equivalent.
Suffolk results at Inter-Counties Championships:
Under-13 girls: 13 V Valentine 14:46; 95 A Taylor 15:50; 128 E Wright 16:08; 140 A Crabb 16:14; 202 I Moore 16:49; 221 P Gaunt 17:00; 234 F Wilcox 17:09; 255 L Hitchcock 17:30. Suffolk 21st team.
Under-13 boys: 19 L Davison 13:58; 74 J Trangmar 14:30; 143 T Taylor 15:04; 156 A Taylor 15:11; 212 S Melero 15:43; 215 M Jeffery 15:44. Suffolk 22nd team.
Under-15 girls: 149 A Goddard 19:44; 183 M Lansdown 20:13; 259 E Marshall 21:33; 264 F Aston 21:45; 289 S Gathorne-Hardy 23:25; 291 S Allen 23:30. Suffolk 37th team.
Under-15 boys: 1 L Sullivan 14:30; 5 B Peck 14:50; 11 O Hitchcock 15:06; 17 J Peck 15:13; 80 R Shearer 16:02; 134 M Berry 16:29; 198 B Phillips 17:07; 207 L Wallace 17:19. Suffolk 1st team.
Under-17 girls: 152 M Dann 25:33; 186 R Morley 26:23; 236 D Brooke 28:09; 243 L Genner 28:37; 269 J Bilner 32:35. Suffolk 39th team.
Under-17 boys: 46 F Adams 22:35; 68 W Lowden 23:01; 69 T Henson 23:01; 159 S Burkitt 24:25; 175 E Turner 24:48; 239 M Bennett 26:37; 246 J Webb 26:54; 253 D Bradnam 27:27. Suffolk 13th team.
Under-20 women: 16 Maddie Jordan-Lee 26:17; 41 P Unthank 27:26; 52 Millie Jordan-Lee 28:15; 132 H Heines 37:23. Suffolk 11th team.
Under-20 men: 21 J Pettersson 33:00; 92 S Stevens 36:15; 102 M Snowden 36:42; 141 S Quercia-Smale 38:58; 150 M Moore 39:46; 175 K Church 45:53; 177 C Bilner 47:45. Suffolk 17th team.
Senior women: 51 H Pettersson 48:24; 58 C Christensen 48:59; 131 J Gooderham 52:01; 200 E Wix 56:13; 219 A O'Hare 57:33; 233 K King 58:59. Suffolk 17th team.
Senior men: 206 S Ramsey 46:00; 217 J Smith 46:25; 252 A Southwood 47:46; 260 S Williams 48:09.


As much as I welcome a change in season (sweater season!) in all ways, I'm not at all unhappy about extending my summer—in Bali. The cold comes all too quickly and ferociously in these northern parts. There will be plenty of that (and plenty of sweaters) when I get back!
September always resets my compass. I set to list-making and organizing and re-feathering the nest. And somehow, it feels like a start to a new calendar year. So, enter list-making. I'm in the final lap of trip organizing: applying for 60-day visa stay; apartment subletting; acquiring new luggage; nailing down my packing. And then there's Back-To-School shopping for Number Four. I timed my departure so that I wouldn't miss out on that, as well as wanting to be here while he settles in to his second year of high school. Oh, and there are murmurs of a going away party for this mama, so that's put a big ole smile on my face.
In the meantime, my feet are planted in the here and now, and I'm greedily soaking up every ravine walk I can, every whisper of autumn. September in Toronto—I wouldn't want to miss it.
I've never travelled to eastern Canada in the fall, but I've heard that the trip is a must. I thought I should drop by and tell how much I've been secretly enjoying your photos, (usually on my phone, from which I never leave comments). Warm Autumn wishes to you.


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OPINION: Trains are cool
Blythe Terry, Editor-in-Chief|December 5, 2018
Photo via Flickr (Nolan Williamson) under Creative Commons license
The locomotive was a game-changer circa 1800, and for a while in Atlanta history, rail was more than a big deal. Can public transit today be the comeback kid we all so desperately need?
Here's a hot take: expansion of public transportation in the Atlanta metro area is a necessity. I mean, who doesn't love a good train?
Whether it's an occasional visit to the city or an everyday commute, interstate driving isn't fun by any stretch of the imagination."
— Editor-in-Chief Blythe Terry
Now, I may be a severe urban planning nerd and as such predisposed to support hyper-idealized, overambitious plans that seek to seamlessly connect the urban and suburban landscapes, but that doesn't really matter, because it's all such a good idea.
No one needs to be told that the Atlanta area has a horrid traffic problem. Whether it's an occasional visit to the city or an everyday commute, interstate driving isn't fun by any stretch of the imagination. This is especially true for verifiable out-of-towners, Peachtree City residents being poignant among them.
Beyond being an annoyance, the traffic to and from Atlanta and other cities across the country is deadly. A 2014 study in the Journal of Public Transportation found higher fatality rates among driving commuters versus those who took public transit. Despite the buzz surrounding potential disasters associated with trains, the everyday tragedy of car accidents is much more common. That being said, ongoing improvement and upkeep of our public transit systems are key to both safety and efficiency: just take a lesson from the New York City subway.
It's a clear, two-fold benefit to human welfare, especially in Fayette County, as it could make long commutes somewhat less bothersome and bring easier access to the city for personal trips. "
In Atlanta's case, however, there aren't many trains to keep up with in the first place. I'd argue not only for expansions within the city, but the addition of a system that's a hallmark of countless other metro areas: the commuter rail. It's a clear, two-fold benefit to human welfare, especially in Fayette County, as it could make long commutes somewhat less bothersome and bring easier access to the city for personal trips.
While MARTA has made recent strides, including approval on a new light-rail system, near-approval on a Clayton County commuter rail, and an imminent, sweeping rebranding as "the ATL," dreams of getting trains "way down here" can still seem pretty far from reality.
Between the white-flight-fueled history of the opposition to transit and the sheer scale a project would need to be to get off the ground, it may be easy to just pretend that the trains are a non-option.
But the metro area is changing. Atlanta is fast becoming a true millennial hub, between the BeltLine and the Birds. We may not have gotten the Amazon headquarters, but there's some sort of flourishing coming on, and there's not much anyone can do to stop it.
So the metaphorical wooden whistle is being blown, and the conductor is calling all aboard. It may feel comfortable to stay on the platform, but I mean, come on! Just get on the train. Trains are cool.
Bonus material: a "dream" MARTA map made by fellow urban planning nerd Jason Lathbury, and a "never going to happen, at least not before global warming catches up to us" MARTA map, also by Lathbury.
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You should also check out Robbie's World Cupdate of Thursday's match while also walking up to Friday's matches.
While in stoppage time, Cheryshev put what was believed to be the cherry on top of Russia's convincing win over the Saudis with a blast coming from just inside the 18. The long counter to set up the strike was also worth watching, but Saudi Arabia had all but given up by the time that Cheryshev netted his second.
Big man goal! Big man goal! The near 6-foot-5 Dzyuba subbed in during the second half and immediately made his presence felt as Aleksandr Golovin's cross from inside the box found the head of Dzyuba, who promptly sent the ball into goal, giving the hosts a 3-0 lead.
This 12th-minute lid-lifter opened Russia's lay-up line against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. A simple header in the box as Russia got a second attack off a set piece as Aleksandr Golovin sent a pretty cross into the 18 where Gazinsky rose up and sent a header just past Saudi keeper Abdullah Almuaiouf.
In the 43rd minute Cheryshev – an early substitute in the match – took a feed in the penalty area, undressed a pair of Saudi Arabia defenders with a quick stutter before his clean left-footed strike found the back of the net. It wasn't the type of goal that goes into video-game trailers, but it all but sealed three points for the Russians.
Having set up two goals earlier in the match, Golovin's free kick strike ran the Russian lead to 5-0, giving the hosts a valuable goal if goal-differential comes into the equation. From about 25 yards away, Golovin sent the kick over the Saudi wall and past late-reacting Saudi keeper Abdullah Almuaiouf. It was the closest that we had to a golazo on Thursday.


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If you already have a subscription and are looking to extend it for three more months, you can get another offer on three months that drops the price from $29.99 to $24.99. It is also valid until May 12, just like this new promotion.
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Q: Merge two dictionaries of dictionaries I am trying to merge two dictionaries of dictionaries in aws lambda python 3
This does not work, I am using boto3
a = {'Action': 'DELETE', 'ResourceRecordSet': {'AliasTarget': {'HostedZoneId': 'BLABLABLA', 'EvaluateTargetHealth': False, 'DNSName': 'BLABLA'}, 'Type': 'A', 'Name': 'BLABLABLA'}}

b = {'Action': 'UPSERT', 'ResourceRecordSet': {'TTL': 60, 'Type': 'CNAME', 'Name': 'BLABLA', 'ResourceRecords': [{'Value': 'blablabla'}]}}

c = a_dictionary.update(b_dictionary)
print(c)

The print command prints none

A: The snippet as posted will raise a name error since the dictionaries are named a and b, not a_dictionary and b_dictionary.
That aside, a.update(b) updates a in place and returns None.
To merge two dictionaries into a new dict, you can splat the dicts:
c = {**a, **b}

If you're using an older version of Python that doesn't support the syntax, two dicts can be merged with
c = dict(a, **b)

However, this won't do deep merging, which may be what you'd like -- it will simply overwrite "top-level" entries from a with those from b.

A: The update function doesn't return new dictionary, it updates the first dictionary. So in your case you should write:
a.update(b)
And a will have updated data.

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The Executive Committee is a closed group comprised of the elected Officers of the Association: President, President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, and the Affiliate Representative to the Governing Council. The IPHA Parliamentarian is an appointed, non-voting member of the this Committee. The Executive Committee is responsible for the budget and management operations of the Association including bylaws, procedures, finance, personnel, and leadership development and utilization.
The Executive Council is a closed group comprised of the Officers of the Association, the Parliamentarian, and the representatives of duly recognized Sections and At-Large Council members. The Executive Council is responsible for all affairs of the Association, establishing policy and carrying out the purpose of the Association.
The Nominating Committee is a closed group comprised of five elected members, a Presidential appointed Committee Chair, and IPHA Secretary. The Nominating Committee serves a crucial role by making the final selection of the uncontested slate of officers as well as the contested slate for annual IPHA Election.
The Membership Committee is open to all IPHA members. This Committee is responsible for the recruitment, retention, and engagement of IPHA members.
The Annual Meeting Committee is open to all IPHA members. This Committee is responsible for planning and conducting the IPHA annual meeting/conference.


Strabismus is a condition where one eye is turned in a different direction than the eye that is used for seeing. This divergence can be towards the centre and is then called esotropia (from the Greek ese, meaning inward). When the eye turn out it is known as exotropia (from the Greek exo meaning outward). The divergence can be only slight and almost imperceptible to very severe where the pupil is almost hidden in the corner of the eye. The divergence can also by up and is then called hyperphoria (from the Greek hyper meaning above), or it can be down and is then referred to as hypophoria (from the Greek hypo meaning down). Strabismus is usually present at a very early age but can also develop in adults.
Because of the divergent eye stressful double vision is experienced and the brain switches of the image from one eye creating ambliopia. This is one reason why strabismus and ambliopia are associated.
Strabismus occurs because one or several of the eye muscles are held too tight. For example in esotropia, which account for almost 50%, the inner recti muscle is too tense causing the eye to be turned too far inward.
There is also a type of strabismus known as heterophoria which is a deviation that is held in check by normal convergence. Almost everyone has some degree of this, and it is considered to be normal.
The cause of strabismus is not known at the present time. The usual approach is to first treat ambliopia if it is present. Strabismus itself may be treated by inserting prisms in order to correct for the divergence. However there is a limit to how much divergence that can be treated (up to 5 D prism diopters) before the glasses become too heavy. Fresnel lenses are sometimes used since they are lighter and can be constructed to correct higher degree of divergence.
Surgery is another option that is often recommended by ophthalmologists since it corrects the eye position so the cosmetic appearance is improved. However the vision is not always improved with surgically shortening or repositioning the eye muscle. In any case surgery should only be contemplated after all other options have been exhausted.
Ophthalmologist William H. Bates, M.D. (1920) concluded that strabismus was caused, not by the strength of the muscles but by strain, and in that respect was no different than near-sight, far-sight and astigmatism. They are all functional problems that will respond to Vision Training.
Strabismus is usually something that afflicts children. However, it is not uncommon in adults as well. In many cases the individual has been to see a lot of doctors and clinics. Often the traditional treatment procedures lead nowhere and only builds more frustration for all concerned.
'Mom, do I look more handsome with or without glasses?' My son Dominic, 8, asked. 'You looked handsome with glasses but you look so smart without them,' I said. Dominic started to miss his pair of glasses soon after he got rid of them, as people used to say he looked good wearing glasses.
He was born far-sighted, so the ophthalmologists said, and was diagnosed to have 700+ far sight. He began to wear glasses at the age of two.
Magically, after joining the magic-eyes workshop (over the Lunar New Year Holidays) conducted by Leo, he got rid of his far sight. He got rid of his glasses right away, in three days.
On the first day of the workshop, Dominic learned to do the string and knots exercises. Leo stressed that he must do this repeatedly and intensively on the second day if we were to see any quick results. How intensive? 50 times a day, which means you must do it every 15 minutes. Dominic almost hit the target. He was kind of successful as he did 48 times. It paid. He was rid of the far-sight problem almost at once. He told me he saw things very clearly without glasses. We made it, except one thing: his two eyes were not coordinating very well. His right eye's vision was better than the left so the left eyeball would turn in at times. This worried me as the workshop was over and I felt a little bit helpless.
I managed to speak to Leo over the phone the next day and he asked me to keep practicing the string and knots as well as the eye chart with Dominic until the eyeball would not turn in. Dominic and I were doing the exercises as a team so both of us needed to work hard. But, Dominic had to go back to school after the holidays, so we just forgot about the exercises for the moment as advised by Leo ('Give him a break', he said, 'do it only at weekends'). We spent the following weekend to practice the string and knots and eye chart. This time, we did about 20 times (I just wanted to make him feel relaxed so I did not push him real hard). Also, I remembered what Leo said: we, the parents, must give the kids lots of praises in doing the exercises. I did. By the end of the day, I almost noticed the change. His left eyeball did not turn in that often. We did the exercises again over the next weekend and I could see that the problem was getting better and better.
After about two weeks, life returned to normal. No more string, knots and eye chart as Dominic's left eyeball did not turn in at all! It works. The string and knots exercises are very, very useful. It helps the two eyes to coordinate such that you learn to use both eyes to locate the target (the knots). When you use both eyes to see, the eyeball will not turn in any more.
I ask Dominic to do the eye chart once in a while (every two months) just to check his eyesight. He has now achieved the 20/20 (100%) vision. We are working towards 16/20 (120%).
It sounds magical, but it is not. We, Dominic and I, have put in much effort in it. You and your kid must work together, and be a good team. But first and foremost, you must have faith in it before magic can turn into reality!
Dominic was working very hard and as a result he also achieved his outcome quickly. Apart from being far sighted, Dominic alsol had Strabismus, where one of his eyes turned in towards the nose.
Until very resently doctors believd that high degree of far sight, hyperopia, was a contributing factor to the development fo Strabismus. Recently it has become clear that there is no relationship between hyperopia and strabismus.
Dominic was probably perscribed the strong plus lenses because of that belief. Just wearing glasses do not do anything for the Strabismus. Glasses are passive and corrective only. What Dominic and his mom did with the string with knots on was to be active about training his eye coordination and develop the appropriate automatic sub-conscious refleces that produce normal eyesight.
Further more recent studies show that if you put plus lenses on young children you essetially doom them to be far sighted for life. Fortunately, Dominic still had enough focusing power to overcome the damage the longe wear of plus lenses had caused. His mom was quite schocked when she realized that he could see clearly less than a meter out. Confuingly they had to do the near sighted exercise to repair the damge.
Dominic is a wonderful example of what active Vision training can do. He now has Magic eyes.


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The change in WhatsApp's policy has led to a massive increase in alternative messengers
At the beginning of January, the most common messaging service WhatsApp warned users about changes in the privacy policy. The message asked for permission of the data transfer from the messenger to Facebook and its subsidiaries, otherwise, users would not be able to use the app.
Many users saw a threat in such an agreement and instead of accepting the new terms of WhatsApp, switching to alternative services. So, in just a week, the Signal messenger was downloaded almost 8 million times, the application recommended by Elon Musk in his Twitter account. The funny fact is that many investors began to buy up shares of "Signal " in large quantities after the post of the richest man in the world. However, they made the wrong choice, investing in a little-known organization with a similar name. Over the past week, Signal was most often downloaded in India and the United States.
Telegram, which is already familiar to users, also grew strongly, its growth in the first week of January was 91%, and in the United States, the application became the second most downloaded among all mobile services of the multi-million market. In the very first days of the new year, tens of millions of people joined Telegram, and the total number of users exceeded half a billion. At the same time, there were rumors in the network that Apple now plans to remove Telegram from the App Store. Users receive messages with instructions on how to disable the automatic removal of apps on iOS.
Facebook, which among others owns, WhatsApp, began to lose not only the trust of the audience but also money. According to Forbes, against the background of what is happening, Mark Zuckerberg lost $3.9 billion for the day. The recent accident with Donald Trump does not add points to the company, his account was permanently blocked by the management of Twitter, and Facebook and its subsidiaries joined the eternal ban of the former US president.


Sad news, passed on by Nadine Redman, his sister: John Quartly, 91, died recently. He was at LWGS in the 1940s, and had been living in Colchester for some years. He had been ill for quite a time but many years was a staunch supporter of the OTA.
I knew him quite well as a very bright and friendly character in the sixth form.


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A NEW ORGANIZATION
Governmental Body
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Challenges in implementing an HIV-I post-exposure prophylaxis program for sexually assaulted persons in Ontario, Canada
HIV counselling
HIV screening
Sexual assault survivors
T. Myhr
H. Humphries
T. Leeke
J. DuMont
M.R. Loutfy
S. Macdonald
A. Rachlis
Women's College Research Institute
Examines the challenges of implementing a program of universal offering HIV post-exposure prophlaxis to at-risk sexually assaulted person's presenting to Ontario's hospital-based Sexual Assault /Domestic Violence Treatment Centres.
http://www.womensresearch.ca/PDF/programs/HIVPEP/Challenges%20Poster_PRINTER.pdf
A prospective cohort study of HIV post-exposure prophlaxis for sexual assault victims/survivors
HIV combination therapies
Examines the feasibility of a standardized program of HIV counseling for all sexual assault clients and offering post-exposure prophlaxis (PEP) to those at risk. Also determines HIV PEP acceptance and completion rates and establishes their predictors.
Code Blue for Child Care
Code Blue is a Canada-wide campaign to build a real pan-Canadian child care system. The campaign brings together national, provincial and territorial child care organizations, labour, women's and social justice groups along with Canadians from all walks of life.
http://www.buildchildcare.ca/
Strengthening resistance: confronting violence against women and HIV/AIDS (2006)
AIDS discrimination
HIV positive women
Centre for Women's Global Leadership
Focuses on the points of intersection in the social, political and public health crises of violence against women and HIV/AIDS. The report uses a human rights lens to focus on critical political challenges and on innovative strategies used by activists worldwide as they respond to the links between violence and HIV/AIDS.
http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/publications/strengthening.pdf
http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/publications/strengthening.htm
Hesperian
The Hesperian Foundation is a non-profit publisher of books and newsletters for community-based health care. Simply written and heavily illustrated, Hesperian books are designed so that people with little formal education can understand, apply and share health information. Developed collaboratively with health workers and community members from around the world, our books and newsletters address the underlying social, political, and economic causes of poor health and suggest ways groups can organize to improve health conditions in their communities.
http://www.hesperian.org/
1919 Addison Street, Suite 304,
CDM Bulletin: medicare and the "European model"
Looking at the european model, discusses how private insurance for medically necessary physician and hospital services does not improve access to publicly insured services, does not lower costs or improve quality of care, can increase wait times for those not privately insured, and can exacerbate human resources shortages in the public sector.
http://www.cwhn.ca/sites/default/files/cdm-europe.pdf
Current Oncology
Cancer policy
Cancer survival
Multimed Inc.
Milton, ON
Current Oncology is a Canadian based and internationally distributed journal, representing a multidisciplinary medium encompassing health care workers in the field of cancer therapy to report upon and to review progress in the management of this disease. Their website offers such resources as a listing of patient support groups, patient pamphlets as well as current research for those working in the field.
http://www.current-oncology.com/index.php/oncology/index
Inclusive organizations: a tool for continuous improvement in health and social service agencies
Maureen Kalloo
Paula Migliardi
Immigrant Women's Association of Manitoba
Provides practices that health and social service agencies and organizations can use in their efforts to meet the needs of a culturally and racially diverse population.
Social Planning Council of Winnipeg
COMM.K35 2006
http://www.spcw.mb.ca/files/file/IWAM_FinalDoc72dpi.pdf
Women, sexual identity and the Internet
Womyn's Voices
Discusses the availability and distribution of pornography and erotica on the Internet.
Womenspace


Jimi Tiger is the sole survivor of the hundreds of fish that lived in our pond. He was named Jimi Tiger after the song Eye of the Tiger and the artist who sang it.
Today, after a few days in isolation, he joined the Elite Eleven in the aquarium.
He immediately began to bully the other fish, some two to three times his size.
As I watched him, a horrible thought began to form in my mind. I think Jimi Tiger might be responsible for the disappearance of his classmates in the pond.
Jimi Tiger could be…….*gasp*……..a serial killer.
Last fall, we had floater after floater, and we could find no reason for their deaths.
Now, I believe I know what happened. They were being murdered during the night by this nut ball fish.
The name Jimi Tiger just isn't going to fit. We are going to have to change his name.
That's it; we'll call him Dexter Lecter, the serial killer cannibal Comet.
I hope the Elite Eleven can come up with a plan to protect themselves, but I think Dexter Lecter might end up arrested and on trial in Pondville court.


Here's some more Poorman stuff . . .
The above photo of Capt. A. R. Poorman was taken approximately May 31, 1914 at the Lock Haven Armory in Lockport, PA.
Capt. Poorman was in Company H, 12th Infantry.
NOTE: Capt. Poorman died June 21, 1918 in the Lock Haven Hospital. He had a brother and three sisters.
Bob Schadt's mother was Twyla Poorman Schadt, my dad's first cousin. They lived on Nittany Road (Brewery Road) a block or so from us in Castanea PA. Bob is our Poorman family genealogist. Thanks Bob!!!


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Playoff Preview: Chicago Blackhawks vs. Phoenix Coyotes
By Patrick White April 10th, 2012
Both the Chicago Blackhawks and the Phoenix Coyotes have had surprising seasons, but in opposite respects. The Blackhawks thought that Corey Crawford was finally becoming the goalie of the future for the team after last years' performance, but was inconsistent for much of the year and saw a decrease in his numbers. To go along with Crawford's poor play, the 'Hawks lost captain Jonathan Toews for the last 23 games of the season due to a concussion, and he remains a question mark for the playoffs. Chicago has overcome a lot of adversity and secured the 6th spot in the Western Conference and enters the postseason as one of the hottest teams in the league earning a point in 9 of its last 10 games.
On the flip side, the Phoenix Coyotes went through an offseason where they watched Vezina-finalist and enigmatic goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov bolt for Philadelphia, and shipped disgruntled prospect Kyle Turris off to Ottawa. The biggest move of the offseason was signing underachieving backup goaltender Mike Smith from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Smith has been one of the biggest surprises in the league. Without the play of Smith, Phoenix may not be in this position. Ray Whitney has done his best Teemu Selanne impression and refuses to let old age hinder his production with 77 points to lead the 'Yotes in scoring. Radim Vrbata had perhaps the quitest 35 goal season in the league, upping his goal production from 19 in 2010-2011. To finish off what was an overachieving and magical regular season, Phoenix won its first Pacific Division title in franchise history dating all the way back to the days as the Winnipeg Jets. The 'Yotes have another first ahead of them now. For the first time in the history of the two franchises, the Blackhawks and Coyotes will play each other in the playoffs. This series features a veteran high-powered offense and a young but stingy defense that should make for one heck of a first round matchup.
The Blackhawks (1-2-1 vs. Phoenix this season)
Chicago is no strange r to the playoffs making the postseason for the 4th season. The core players from the Blackhawk's Stanley Cup run two springs ago are still around and will be depended upon to provide much needed veteran experience for the young players making their first appearance. Coach Joel Quenneville is going to need all 25 guys on the team to step up and play their role if the 'Hawks want to make another run. The one guy that the Blackhawks are going to need in a big way is Jonathan Toews. His impact on all facets of the game is irreplaceable. Without Toews, the 'Hawks are not very deep down the middle. Marcus Kruger and Andrew Shaw have been nice surprises for the 'Hawks, but its hard to make up for the loss of Toews. The 'Hawks did averaged 3 goals per game in the regular season, good for 6th in the league which is a good thing considering they are playing the team with the 5th best Goals Against average in the league.
Corey Crawford needs to be what Antti Niemi was for the 'Hawks in 2009-2010. The young goaltender has been pretty average this season and there is no better time for him to figure his game out and be a rock between the pipes. The advantage that Crawford has over counterpart Mike Smith is that he has a veteran defense playing in front of him. Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, and Niklas Hjalmarsson have all been here before with the 'Hawks. The additions of Nick Leddy and Johnny Oduya round out what is one of the most solid defense corps in the entire league. Keith and Oduya are going to be counted on to produce some offense from the back end and to use their great skating ability to clear the puck themselves. If the defensemen can relieve Crawford of some pressure, and Crawford can play above average, than the 'Hawks have a shot. This team reminds me of the 2010 Philadelphia Flyers that the 'Hawks faced in the Stanley Cup: Good offensive firepower up front, solid back end, and average goaltending. Like Michael Leighton did for the Flyers, Crawford isn't required to steal games for the 'Hawks, but he must keep them in the game.
Now the offense. I already mentioned that the health of Toews makes a monumental difference for this team. Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa, and Patrick Sharp are the guys that everyone is going to look to for the offense. Kane is remembered for the Cup-clinching goal and his offensive talent must be on display during this series. Patrick Sharp is the 'Hawks sniper and leading goal scorer and that must continue in this series. Marian Hossa had himself a great season leading Chicago in points. These three must carry the load on offense and find a way to solve a much-improved Mike Smith. What makes the playoffs so exciting is the role players that step up and make a major impact on the series (A la Max Talbot for the Penguins in the 2009 Finals). Kruger, Shaw, and Bryan Bickell are going to need to chip in with some offense and provide a spark for this team. Viktor Stalberg shaped up to be a pretty smart acquisition by Stan Bowman and his offense prowess is going to be crucial for Chicago. The Coyotes defense is good, but the more physical Chicago can be with them and wear them down, the better its chances of moving on.
On the injury front, Chicago is expected to get their 3 walking wounded back for the playoffs. Dave Bolland is an important cog in Chicago's lineup in the faceoff circle and as the guy who is going to get under the skin of the Coyotes. He needs to throw guys like Radim Vrbata, Shane Doan, and Ray Whitney off their games. Bolland is Chicago's pest, but he also kills penalties, scores some timely goals, and provides more veteran leadership for this team. Andrew Brunette suffered a foot injury and is probable to play in Game 1 for Chicago. He is another role player who, despite having a down year, is able to bring veteran leadership to the dressing room. And then theres Toews, but I won't harp on his importance any more (But with him, Chicago is a MUCH better team).
Coach Joel Quenneville is one of the best coaches in the league and will have his troops ready to play for this series. Chicago comes into the series with a record of 6-1-3 in its last 10 games. The postseason is all about who is hot and Chicago appears to be hot at the right time. Coaching plays a major factor when it comes to matchups, which will be a game within the game in this series. Chicago also must improve in the special teams aspect. Phoenix has a very disciplined PK unit good for 8th in the league. If the Blackhawks can stay out of the box, and capitalize on the few powerplay opportunities it gets(Phoenix averages 9.30 PIM per game, 3rd least in the league), their is no reason they should not move on this round.
Phoenix Coyotes (3-1-0 vs. Chicago this season)
Phoenix is all around one of the better defensive teams in the Western Conference, and that may work in their favor against the Blackhawks. Mike Smith has been phenomenal for the Coyotes this season and is hot at the right time. His 38 wins are good for fourth in the league and he posted a 2.21 GAA and 8 shutouts. Smith is the staple for the Coyotes and he must play well for Phoenix to do damage in the playoffs. As odd as it seems, Phoenix is looked is regarded as the "underdogs" in this series despite winning the Pacific Division. Phoenix is going to count on its' strong penalty killing to stop what can be an explosive Chicago offense.
One concern with Phoenix is the depth at forward. The team relies heavily on Whitney, Doan, and Vrbata to provide offense. Keith Yandle and Oliver Ekman-Larsson were two of the top scorers for Phoenix, but they play defense and must focus on being responsible in their own end. With the depth of Chicago's defense, and the lack of depth at forward for Phoenix, the pressure will surely be on Mike Smith to steal some 1-0, 2-0, 2-1 hockey games for the Coyotes. Secondary scoring will be even more important for Phoenix than it will be for Chicago.
I think the Coyotes were a great story this season and gave Coyotes a reason to cheer for the team, but I don't think they can match the skill and experience of Chicago. Coach of the Year candidate Dave Tibbett will have his guys out there battling, but Mike Smith can only do so much for this team. Chicago will pepper him with shots and eventually wear him down. I think Toews sits out Game 1 and comes back Game 2 giving Chicago the jump it needs to take the series. Although I heavily criticize him, Corey Crawford will finally show why the organization had enough faith with him to be its goaltender.
Chicago win 4-2 over Phoenix
We'll see how it all shapes out. Good Luck to your favorite team and until next time, Happy Hockey.


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Michal Bonell's Holiday Message
Atlanta Jewish Times' staff shares their community insights, advice and perspectives during this time as we enter in to the 5781/ 2020 Rosh Hashanah New Year.
By Michal Bonell	September 18, 2020, 7:07 am Edit
Michal Bonell is a senior account manager for the Atlanta Jewish Times.
As I look into the New Year, it's difficult to put my thoughts and emotions into words, so I will use writings that express my feelings:
"We will not go back to normal. Normal never was. Our pre-corona existence was not normal other than we normalized greed, inequity, exhaustion, depletion, extraction, disconnection, confusion, rage, hoarding, hate and lack. We should not long to return, my friends. We are being given the opportunity to stitch a new garment. One that fits all of humanity and nature." — Sonya Renee Taylor, author
"Nor should we long to…at least not the normal that means white collar work is viewed as important, and blue-collar or 'unskilled' work is viewed as somehow not-essential …The normal that means some skin colors…some body shapes…some gender expressions are more valuable than others…We should not long to return to a world of redlining, and generational poverty, and food deserts. … We should not long to return to a world of inadequate health care, and predatory loans, and a frayed social safety net. We should not long to return to a world of unbridled consumption, and peak oil, melting glaciers, rising oceans, and polluted air and water. …We should not long to return to a world of hate, mass shootings, and violence. We should not long to return to a world where the claim is always that these problems are too big, too complex, and too intractable to do anything about." — All Saints Parish in Brookline, Mass.
Michal Bonell
Community Response


Today is the day – the day above all others. She had been waiting for this day for quite some time. Milindia (pronounced mel-in-dee-uh) had known it was coming, but now that it was finally here, she wasn't sure what to do with herself. She had done lots of preparing – lots of thinking about what it would be like when it finally came, but she had never actually thought to consider what she would do when it was actually here. That is to say, she imagined what it would be like, but she didn't imagine what she would do.
Domeniana (pronounced dough-min-yan-uh) was frolicking through the various fruit trees in the orchard. She was laughing and singing and playing as her feet floated from one patch of grass to the next. She was careful not to step on any of the fruit that had just landed on the ground as she knew that this could be food for some of her animal friends.


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Spanish Photo Contest Highlights Spectacular Mountain Images
June 8, 2022 Jerry Kobalenko Mountain | Photos
What looks like it could have been a sandwich of multiple images was actually a carefully crafted single shot. It took the photographer a month to find the proper location in the Pyrenees. He stationed himself one kilometre away to capture the silhouette of four friends drafted as models. Photo: Yhabril Moro
Every year, the Club Vasco de Camping Elkartea, a small mountaineering club in the Pyrenees east of Bilbao, runs a photo contest for mountain images. CVCEPhoto draws entries from photographers around the world, leading to a surprisingly strong collection of winners for what seems like mainly a local contest.
Last week, the awards ceremony took place. Here are some of the winners.
During a crossing of the Alps from Italy to France, a skier passes through a glacial corridor. Photo: Anna Ivanova
Some photo ideas take years to bring off. Years ago, photographer Christian Gore was climbing near this arch in Italy but never captured the image he wanted. One night, long after he and his wife moved to Canada, he woke up with the image in his head. Eventually, he returned to Italy, enlisted a climber friend, and nailed the image.
While working on a documentary in Iceland about extreme kayaking, David Nogales discovered the Aldeyjarfoss waterfall. The fluted basaltic columns of the cliff gave the scene an added element of interest.
Nikolai Bruegger came to this spot — presumably near the Matterhorn — specifically to shoot the Milky Way. The 20-second exposure at ISO 4000 gave him what he wanted.
With snow in the forest, Felix Urrutia ventured into Urkiola Natural Park in northern Spain to photograph the beech forest, still with autumn leaves. When a couple passed between two trees in his frame, he knew he had the shot of the day.
Jerry Kobalenko
Jerry Kobalenko is the editor of ExplorersWeb. One of Canada's premier arctic travelers, he is the author of The Horizontal Everest and Arctic Eden, and has just finished a book about adventures in Labrador. In 2018, he was awarded the Polar Medal by the Governor General of Canada and in 2022, he received the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal for services to exploration.
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MRC 2021 he 1st International Workshop on Machine Reasoning
Mar 12, 2021 - Mar 12, 2021 online Jan 20, 2021 (Jan 15, 2021)
Sep 18, 2021 - Sep 19, 2021 Copenhagen, Denmark Jan 23, 2021
CHEME 2021 5th International Conference on Chemical Engineering
Mar 27, 2021 - Mar 28, 2021 Sydney, Australia Jan 23, 2021
MLCL 2021 2nd International Conference on Machine learning and Cloud Computing
May 22, 2021 - May 23, 2021 Zurich, Switzerland Jan 23, 2021
IJBISS 2021 International Journal of Business Information Systems Strategies
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AEROIJ 2021 Aerospace Engineering: An International Journal
IJME 2021 International Journal of Microelectronics Engineering
IJICS 2021 International Journal of Instrumentation and Control Systems
ACIJ 2021 Advanced Computing: An International Journal
NLPA 2021 2nd International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Applications
Apr 24, 2021 - Apr 25, 2021 Copenhagen, Denmark Jan 23, 2021
NLPCL 2021 2nd International Conference on Natural Language and Computational Linguistics
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Since it is spring break, this amateur spends her entire day on the move. She is with a guy that she likes in the car and she is showing her around the town she is staying in. The last thing he shows her is the bedroom.


"We felt that looking into how we could improve network hardware before we made the move would be worth a little extra investment of our time and resources," GBF's Eric Warshawsky says.
Paying extra attention to a technology migration strategy means your business can hit the ground running after an office move.
Fourteen miles — from Greensboro to High Point, N.C. That's how far GBF, a medical supplies packager, decided to move its front office and warehouse. Even with four months lead time, it wasn't news that IT Manager Eric Warshawsky took lightly.
For Warshawsky, the relocation meant migrating a wired and a wireless network; moving servers, desktop and notebook computers; managing technology service providers; and making sure the company and its 50 employees experienced virtually zero downtime. Moreover, his two-person IT team had to accomplish the prep and relocation while overseeing and supporting current GBF systems operations.
"As moves go, this one was pretty straightforward — except that we were doubling the size of the building, which meant everyone would be spread out a lot farther," he recalls of the move, which took place in November.
Moving is often one of life's more stressful events. For a business, a move requires dismantling and then rebuilding the key components of the operation — and potentially disrupting sales, production and customer service. But company officials who have recently completed office relocations say the exercise doesn't have to be unsettling. If the team plans methodically and keeps an eye out for opportunities to streamline and upgrade technology, a business can hit the ground running at the new site — with better IT performance and more efficient processes from the get-go.
What do you consider the most important steps to take to ensure a successful office relocation?
At GBF, Warshawsky took advantage of the move to overcome a few issues the company had been dealing with in its original location, including wireless dead zones within the manufacturing environment caused by poorly located nodes and a wired network that had been built with too many network switches between endpoints.
That investment included upgrading network cabling for Gigabit Ethernet, installing HP ProCurve network switches and rolling out a Cisco Systems Dual-Band Wireless network. Warshawsky also insisted on a dedicated wiring room in the new facility, enhanced APC battery backup and an upgraded network firewall.
"Relying on outside expertise was critical because it helped us fill in the gaps in our knowledge and freed us up to do other things," Tawani Enterprises' Troy Perkins says.
For officials at Tawani Enterprises, relocation was all about beefing up the technology foundation of their operation. For the past two-plus years, this Chicago wealth management firm has been bringing its individual operations under one roof. The far-flung offices each support various components, including commercial real estate, portfolio management, video production and administrative support.
Fortunately, IT Manager Troy Perkins had plenty of lead time to determine the requirements, figure out how technologies and products could best support everyone's needs, and procure and implement the most appropriate solutions — before he began planning the move. "This was a long-term project, so we did have time to put on paper what we wanted, talk to the vendors and design everything from the ground up," Perkins says.
Because the team didn't have the knowledge to research and procure cutting-edge products, Perkins asked vendors to suggest designs for the new network and data center. "Relying on outside expertise was critical because it helped us fill in the gaps in our knowledge and freed us up to do other things," he says. The final system features APC power and cooling systems for a dedicated server room, a full direct Internet connection with a Multiprotocol Label Switching backbone, a Cisco internal wired network and an 802.11n Cisco wireless network, and an integrated NetApp storage and network data solution.
A technology migration can be daunting for many small to midsize businesses because they often have tight operating budgets and very little cash reserves.
This past summer, the business development firm moved from Mission Valley, Calif., to downtown San Diego. The management team considered the move the perfect opportunity to upgrade from a slew of external drives on an iMac desktop computer to a standalone Apple server, Gelin says. But a couple of factors complicated the move: a limited budget and demands from unexpected new customers.
Gelin and her partners had planned the move to coincide with what was typically their slowest time of the year. Gelin says the best decisions she made were to hire an outside specialist to configure the new server and to pay for online storage, which ensured that personnel could access data and continue operations throughout the relocation process. The company also overlapped the end and start dates of their two leases, which provided a full month to incrementally migrate technology and personnel to the new space.
Even when businesses are proactive in planning for potential hiccups, they can run into unanticipated complications. That was certainly the case for the Darton Group, a specialized consulting firm in Charlotte, N.C., that provides its customers with accounting and finance professionals.
Co-owner Rochelle Rivas, who oversaw the technology migration, notes that although her company moved just four miles, she could not retain the same telecommunications carrier, and that nearly turned out to be a budget-buster.
Because of automatic renewal policies that had kicked in before the planned move, Darton ultimately paid more than $2,000 in service disconnection fees. "I was shocked at the costs," Rivas says. She asked her web and data center hosting vendor to provide her with a project manager who could help her navigate the regulatory issues involved with changing service providers and making key technology enhancements, such as upgrading to a T1 fiber-optics line and Voice over IP.
Know the details of your service contracts. If a move will take you out of a service area, immediately get your contracts and documentation out and review them carefully. If possible, schedule an office move in tandem with contract end dates.
Plan your new network configuration. This should include wired, fiber-optic and wireless components, as well as any upgrades you intend to include.
Detail server room requirements. Research new power needs and look for opportunities to improve performance.
Schedule changes with service providers. This should include disconnects on or changes to phone, cell phone, network and web hosting services, as well as Domain Name Service changes.
Plan every detail. Obtain a blueprint of the complete office layout — including the locations of desks and printer stands — to optimize power outlets and communications ports.
Verify before you buy. If you're adding cutting-edge products to the mix, research whether they will interoperate with your legacy equipment.
Install and validate. Any new equipment should be burned in and tested before a move, as should wired and wireless networks and phone systems.
Prepare for worst-case scenarios. Document your backup procedures, label all wiring and machines, and have tools to disassemble and assemble equipment.
Seek specialists as appropriate. Be willing to obtain outside help in areas such as network wiring, server setup, project management and infrastructure design.
Develop a checklist of changes. Log any changes required once servers, user systems and network equipment are in place at the new location.


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SAUDI ARABIA - ISLAM
For head of Al-Azhar, religious education reform is needed to stop Islamic extremism
For Ahmed al-Tayeb, it is urgent to come up with new educational programmes to avoid "corrupt interpretations" of the Qur'an and Sunnah. Islamic terrorism undermines the unity of the Muslim world. He blames Mideast tensions on a "new global colonialism allied to world Zionism". a speech by the Saudi king is read at the conference.
Makkah (AsiaNews/Agencies) - The head of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's foremost seat of learning, has called for radical education reform in Muslim countries in an effort to contain the spread of religious extremism.
Speaking at an international conference titled 'Islam and the fight against terrorism' in Makkah, Ahmed al-Tayeb explained the rise of religious extremism among Muslims on "the historical accumulation of extremist tendencies... that grew out of corrupt interpretations of some texts in the Holy Quran and Sunnah [Prophet Mohamed's teachings]".
In his view, "The only hope for the Muslim nation to recover unity is to tackle in our schools and universities this tendency to accuse Muslims of being unbelievers." Hence, special education programmes need to be implemented to correct "false and ambiguous concepts."
He also called for a conference of Muslim scholars who focus on the common values that unite them, whilst leaving each country's people to follow agree upon teachings.
Al-Tayeb's speech comes in the wake of a string of executions by the Islamic State (IS) group "to purify" Islam and fight its enemies. On 4 February, the Jihadist group released a video showing a Jordanian pilot torched to death in a cage.
Before this, Al-Azhar had issued a statement slamming the "barbaric crimes" committed by IS. Reacting to the aforementioned incident, it stated that the Qur'an prescribes "killing, crucifixion and chopping of the limbs" for those who kill innocent people.
In Makkah, al-Tayeb did not explicitly mention IS, but denounced "terrorist groups . . . who have opted for savage and barbaric practices".
At the same time, he blamed unrest in the region on a plot by what he called "new global colonialism allied to world Zionism". For him, this plot has exploited "confessional tensions" in conflict-ridden Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Libya.
At the opening of the three-day conference, Prince Khaled read a statement from Saudi King Salman, custodian of Islam's holiest sites.
"Terrorism is a scourge which is the product of extremist ideology," the king said. "It is a threat to our Muslim nation and to the entire world."
What is more, the Saudi monarch said, terrorism has created a situation in which Muslims are now seen as "culprits and as a source of fear and concern." This has shaken the ties between Muslim and non-Muslim nations.
al-tayeb
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End of Hajj in Makkah
For Al-Azhar's grand imam, Christian-Muslim strife is not religious in nature
Islamic parties against expulsion of foreign madrassa students
Meeting between Pope Francis and the Imam of Al Azhar "for dialogue and peace in the world"