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Chinese religious freedom activist awarded Nobel Peace Prize
A Chinese human rights dissident and democracy advocate was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, reports Peter J. Smith, LifeSiteNews.com.
Liu Xiaobo is the architect of a pro-democracy and human rights manifesto called Charter 08, which called for basic freedoms such as freedom of religion, assembly, protection of private property, and the guarantee of rights outlined under the U.N.'s Declaration of Universal Human Rights.
Authorities arrested Liu two days before the Charter's December 8, 2008 release and charged him with "inciting the subversion of state power." After declaring him guilty, a Chinese court sentenced Liu on Christmas Day 2009 to 11 years in prison.
The Nobel committee in particular cited Liu's pacifism in challenging communist China's human rights abuses and calling for democratic reforms.
Liu was nominated in part by eight U.S. lawmakers who praised his work and suffering for human rights in China.
On behalf of himself and seven other U.S. Congressman, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) recommended that the Nobel Peace Prize Committee recognize not only Liu, but jointly award the prize to two other human rights activists, Chen Guangcheng and Gao Zhisheng, who have been persecuted specifically for fighting China's brutal policy of forced abortion and sterilizations under the "one-child" policy.
Chen is a blind self-taught lawyer, who took the burden upon himself to defend local Chinese peasant women from forced sterilization and their children from forced abortion by local government authorities.
Gao, a Beijing attorney committed to defending human rights in China, was one of Chen's lawyers. On February 4, 2009, Gao went missing under suspicious circumstances.
Geng He, Gao's wife, told the Associated Press that she has not spoken to her husband since April and fears for his safety.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has blasted the Nobel committee's selection of Liu, calling the award a "blasphemy" and Liu a "criminal."
"The Nobel Peace Prize is meant to award individuals who promote international harmony and friendship, peace and disarmament. Liu Xiaobo is a criminal who has been sentenced by Chinese judicial departments for violating Chinese law," the ministry said on its website. "Awarding the peace to Liu runs completely counter to the principle of the award and is also a blasphemy to the Peace Prize."
The AP reports that news of Liu's Nobel award has been blacked out in China. It added that Liu Xia, his wife, is guarded in her Beijing apartment by police, who have forbidden her from meeting with reporters.
Liu's wife, who is able to communicate by telephone and electronic media, told CNN that she intends to visit him in prison soon to inform him of the prize, and encourage him. She hopes to be able to visit Norway to collect the award on his behalf.
Last year's Nobel Peace Prize recipient was President Barack Obama, who was nominated shortly after his presidential inauguration. Obama praised Liu for his sacrifice in a statement and called upon Chinese authorities to release him from prison.
"By granting the prize to Mr. Liu, the Nobel Committee has chosen someone who has been an eloquent and courageous spokesman for the advance of universal values through peaceful and non-violent means, including his support for democracy, human rights, and the rule of law," said Obama.
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Sterilize the unfit says British professor David Marsland
The mentally and morally "unfit" should be sterilized, Professor David Marsland, a sociologist and health expert, said this weekend. The professor made the remarks on the BBC radio program Iconoclasts, which advertises itself as the place to "think the unthinkable," reports Hilary White, LifeSiteNews.com.
Pro-life advocates and disability rights campaigners have responded by saying that Marsland's proposed system is a straightforward throwback to the coercive eugenics practices of the past.
Marsland, Emeritus Scholar of Sociology and Health Sciences at Brunel University, London and Professorial Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Buckingham, told the BBC that "permanent sterilization" is the solution to child neglect and abuse.
"Children are abused or grossly neglected by a very small minority of inadequate parents." Such parents, he said, are not distinguished by "disadvantage, poverty or exploitation," he said, but by "a number or moral and mental inadequacies" caused by "serious mental defect," "chronic mental illness" and drug addiction and alcoholism.
"Short of lifetime incarceration," he said, the solution is "permanent sterilization."
The debate, chaired by the BBC's Edward Stourton, was held in response to a request by a local council in the West Midlands that wanted to force contraception on a 29-year-old woman who members of the council judged was mentally incapable of making decisions about childrearing. The judge in the case refused to permit it, saying such a decision would "raise profound questions about state intervention in private and family life."
Children whose parents are alcoholics or drug addicts can be rescued from abusive situations, but, Marlsand said, "Why should we allow further predictable victims to be harmed by the same perpetrators? Here too, sterilization provides a dependable answer."
He dismissed possible objections based on human rights, saying that "Rights is a grossly overused and fundamentally incoherent concept … Neither philosophers nor political activists can agree on the nature of human rights or on their extent."
Complaints that court-ordered sterilization could be abused "should be ignored," he added. "This argument would inhibit any and every action of social defense."
Brian Clowes, director of research for Human Life International (HLI), told LifeSiteNews (LSN) that in his view Professor Marsland is just one more in a long line of eugenicists who want to solve human problems by erasing the humans who have them. Clowes compared Marsland to Lothrop Stoddard and Margaret Sanger, prominent early 20th century eugenicists who promoted contraception and sterilization for blacks, Catholics, the poor and the mentally ill and disabled whom they classified as "human weeds."
He told LSN, "It does not seem to occur to Marsland that most severe child abuse is committed by people he might consider 'perfectly normal,' people like his elitist friends and neighbors."
"Most frightening of all," he said, "is Marsland's dismissal of human rights. In essence, he is saying people have no rights whatsoever, because there is no universal agreement on what those rights actually are."
The program, which aired on Saturday, August 28, also featured a professor of ethics and philosophy at Oxford, who expressed concern about Marland's proposal, saying, "There are serious problems about who makes the decisions, and abuses." Janet Radcliffe Richards, a Professor of Practical Philosophy at Oxford, continued, "I would dispute the argument that this is for the sake of the children.
"It's curious case that if the child doesn't exist, it can't be harmed. And to say that it would be better for the child not to exist, you need to be able to say that its life is worse than nothing. Now I think that's a difficult thing to do because most people are glad they exist."
But Radcliffe Richards refused to reject categorically the notion of forced sterilization as a solution to social problems. She said there "is a really serious argument" about the "cost to the rest of society of allowing people to have children when you can pretty strongly predict that those children are going to be a nuisance."
Marsland's remarks also drew a response from Alison Davis, head of the campaign group No Less Human, who rejected his entire argument, saying that compulsory sterilization would itself be "an abuse of some of the most vulnerable people in society."
Marsland's closing comments, Davis said, were indicative of his anti-human perspective. In those remarks he said that nothing in the discussion had changed his mind, and that the reduction of births would be desirable since "there are too many people anyway."
Davis commented, "As a disabled person myself I find his comments offensive, degrading and eugenic in content.
"The BBC is supposed to stand against prejudicial comments against any minority group. As such it is against it's own code of conduct, as well as a breach of basic human decency, to broadcast such inflammatory and ableist views."
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MALAYSIA: COURT SET TO RULE ON USE OF 'ALLAH' AMONG NON-MUSLIMS
Posted on August 1, 2009 by particularkev
Judges to determine whether Malaysians of other faiths can use the Arabic word.
MUMBAI, India, July 6 (Compass direct News) – With the Kuala Lumpur High Court in Malaysia scheduled to determine the legality of the word "Allah" in non-Muslim literature tomorrow, what is at stake goes beyond the sanctioned name for God among non-Muslims in the majority-Muslim nation.
Such a limit on free speech in Malaysia is especially biting for Muslim converts to Christianity; already the Malaysian government does not recognize their conversions and marriages and still considers their offspring to be legally Muslim. With non-Muslims increasingly feeling the sting of discrimination and Muslim elites feeling a need to assert a national Islamic identity, the skirmish over "Allah" is clearly part of a greater cultural war.
Malaysian authorities and Malaysia's Roman Catholic Church have continued to lock horns over use of the word "Allah" in the Malay-language edition of the Herald, the church's newspaper, as they await the ruling. The newspaper had been allowed to use the term until a final court decision, but the Kuala Lumpur High Court on May 30 overturned that brief reprieve.
The Catholic newspaper has provided a panoply of historical uses of "Allah" among Christians in Malaysia. The Rev. Lawrence Andrew, editor of the Herald, quotes examples from a Malay-Latin dictionary dated 1631, and the Dutch-Malay Dictionary of 1650 lists "Allah" as the vernacular translation for God.
"This is testified by the fact that we have a Malay-Latin Dictionary printed in 1631, in which the word 'Allah' is cited," Andrew said. "To have a word in a dictionary means that that particular word has already been in use in the community prior to the dictionary. The word for 'God' in Latin is 'Deus' and in Malay, it is 'Allah.' Upon the arrival of the Dutch…a Dutch-Malay Dictionary was produced in 1650 where the word for 'God' in Dutch was 'Godt,' and in Malay, 'Allah.'"
According to church sources, the Malay term for "God," Tuhan, came into vogue only after deadly May 13, 1969 communal riots as part of a national unity campaign.
Andrew noted that "Allah" is an Arabic term derived from the same roots as the Hebrew Elohim, and that the word pre-dates Muhammad, Islam's prophet. Besides ignoring history, Andrew says, the government also conveniently ignores its universal use among Christians in the Middle East.
"Since the status quo remains, we will not use the word 'Allah' in our publication" until the court says otherwise, Andrew said. "In fact we have not been using it since our January edition."
Since 1970, the government of Malaysia has consistently championed Islam as a parallel source of identity and nationalism among the politically dominant Malay-Muslim majority. Dress codes, cultural norms and the Malay language underwent a rapid Islamization in tandem with discriminative actions against minority groups.
Christians were particularly hard-hit by the effort in the name of national unity. Licences are rarely issued for church buildings in the capital city, Kuala Lumpur. New evangelical congregations had to meet at either hotels or warehouses for their Sunday services while Islamic semiotics and terminologies swamped the intellectual and official discourse. Conversion of Christians to Islam were particularly trumpeted by the media.
These efforts have largely failed. Local churches continued to grow, and the number of secret Muslim converts to Christianity began to rise.
At the same time, pandemic corruption and political authoritarianism have gradually led to a sense of disenchantment with political Islam among many. This erosion in Malay-Islam dominance has led to political bankruptcy, as evidenced by disastrous results for the ruling coalition during March 2008 general elections.
Given these political realities, Malay elites believe they can ill afford to be seen as soft on minority "encroachment," and observers say this need to ingratiate Islamists lies at the root of the tussle over non-Muslim use of the word "Allah." Officially, however, the government says only that use of the word among non-Muslims could create "confusion" among Muslims.
The Herald has a circulation of 13,000 and an estimated readership of 50,000. The newspaper is sold in Catholic churches and is not available from newsstands.
Malaysia's population is about 60 percent Muslim, 19 percent Buddhist and 9 percent Christian. About 6 percent are Hindu, with 2.6 percent of the population adhering to Confucianism, Taoism and other traditional Chinese religions.
Arabicization of Malay Language
The debate over "Allah" follows an effort by the government to promote the Arabicization of the Malay language at the expense of Sanskrit and Malay terms. When a Malaysian student has to refer to a pig in an essay or test, the required term is the Arabic khinzir.
Other Malay terms such as pokok (tree) and bunga (flower), long used to refer to loan principal and interest respectively, have been expunged from school texts in favor of the Arabic kaedah (base) and faedah (benefit).
Some sources indicate that the Arabicization of the Malay language, however, has come with unintended consequences, such as making Christian mission work and translation easier. Since the Malay vocabulary has its limitations, Christians can use time-tested Arabic-derived terms to provide meaningful context.
For a long time, the only Malay Bible available in Malaysia was the Indonesian "Al Kitab," which, included the word "Allah." As Bahasa Malaysia (official name of the Malay language in Malaysia) and Bahasa Indonesia are very similar, the "Al Kitab" can be easily understood by a native speaker of Malay. As a result, the "Al Kitab" was viewed as an unwelcome missionary tool by Malaysian authorities. Its legal status was heatedly contested behind closed doors during the 1981-2003 reign of then-Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad.
Significant Christian indigenous populations in East Malaysia use Bahasa Malaysia as a language of wider communication. The Malay-language content of the Herald reportedly serves just that need: using the national language with universal terms across a multi-lingual Babel of tribal Catholic communities in East Malaysia.
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TURKEY: CHRISTIANS MAY APPEAL FINE FOR 'ILLEGAL' FUNDS
Converts accused of 'insulting Turkishness' fear ruling sets dangerous precedent.
ISTANBUL, March 27 (Compass Direct News) – Fearing that a court-ordered fine of two Turkish Christians here for "illegal collection of funds" would set a precedent crippling to churches, their lawyer plans to take the case to a European court.
Hakan Tastan and Turan Topal each paid the fine of 600 Turkish lira (US$360) to a civil court in the Beyoglu district of Istanbul yesterday. The verdict cannot be appealed within the Turkish legal system, but their lawyer said he is considering taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights.
The ruling refers to the men receiving church offerings without official permission from local civil authorities. Nearly all Protestant fellowships in Turkey are registered as associations, with very few having status as a recognized religious body, and a strict application of the law would limit the scope of churches collecting funds.
Although the punishment is a relatively small fine, their lawyer told Compass there is now a precedent that authorities could use to harass any church for collecting tithes and offerings.
"For now, this court decision is an individual decision, but we fear in the future this could be carried out against all churches," said defense attorney Haydar Polat.
Umut Sahin, spokesman for the Alliance of Protestant Churches of Turkey, concurred that the case was worrisome for the country's small Protestant community and could set a disturbing precedent to be against other congregations.
When originally charged, the two men were summoned to police headquarters just before church services by three plainclothes policemen waiting for Tastan at his church. Tastan and Topal were given a "penalty" sheet from security police that ordered each to pay the fine for breaking a civil law.
The court decision to fine them, enacted on Nov. 11, 2008 but not delivered until March 13, denied their request to drop the penalty. The two men claimed they were only collecting money from their co-religionists.
Judge Hakim Tastan ruled at the First Magistrate Court that the two men were guilty of violating section 29 of Civil Administrative Code 2860, which forbids the collection of money without official permission from local district authorities.
In light of the charge of "insulting Turkishness," the two men believe the smaller accusation of collecting money illegally is merely part of a wider effort by the state to harass and discredit Turkish Christians.
"They are doing this to bother and intimidate us, possibly to pressure us to leave the country," Tastan told Compass. "They have the intention to hinder church establishment and the spread of the gospel."
Tastan has spoken publicly over his strong sense of pride in his Turkish identity and frustration with state institutions biased against religious minorities.
"This case is proof that Turkey's legal system regarding human rights isn't acting in a just and suitable way," he said.
Difficult Circumstances
The civil court case was the second set of longstanding charges against the two men. The first involves Turkey's notorious Article 301, a loosely-defined law that criminalizes insulting "the Turkish nation."
On Feb. 24 a Silivri court received the go-ahead from the Ministry of Justice to try the men under Article 301. The crux of the first case – originally leveled against them in 2007 by ultranationalist lawyer Kemal Kerincsiz, now indicted in a national conspiracy to overthrow the government – focused on the two men's missionary efforts as defaming Islam.
Due to lack of proof and no-shows by the prosecution team's witnesses, the converts from Islam believe they will be acquitted in their next hearing on May 28.
Turkey has come under recent criticism over its handling of religious minority rights by a Council of Europe report, accusing the country of "wrong interpretation" of the Lausanne Treaty as a pretext for refusing to implement minority rights, according to the Hurriyet Daily News.
The 1923 treaty, penned between Turkey and European powers following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, only recognizes Greeks, Jews and Armenians as minority populations in Turkey.
More troublesome, Turkey's basis of rights for its non-Muslim minorities is built upon reciprocity with Greece's treatment of its Muslim minorities. This basis pushes both nations to a "lowest-common denominator" understanding of minority rights, rather than a concept of universal freedoms, the report said.
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WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE ASSEMBLY CLOSES IN THAILAND
More than 500 senior evangelical leaders gathering in Pattaya, Thailand from October 25-30, 2008, have wrapped up their General Assembly, after five days of intensive discussion to plan the way forward in world evangelization, reports Michael Ireland, chief correspondent, ASSIST News Service.
On Wednesday, delegates agreed upon six major resolutions setting out an evangelical response to religious liberty, HIV and Aids, poverty, peacemaking, creation care and the global financial crisis, according to a media release obtained by ANS.
"The worldwide financial turmoil is, at its root, evidence of what happens when too many are captivated by greed and put their faith in, and entrust their security and future aspirations to, a system animated by the maximization of wealth. Many legitimately feel betrayed," read the resolution on the global financial crisis.
"While we hope that the painful consequences of the turmoil will be mitigated, our concern is that its impact will continue to permeate into more regions and economies of the world. We recognize that this economic crisis will have the most painful impact on the poor, who are the most vulnerable.
"We reaffirm our faith in God and acknowledge that He is in control. We repent when we have placed our trust in money, institutions and persons, rather than God. Our security is not found in the things of this world."
The resolution called on Christians to care for the poor during the crisis and live simply and generously.
"The Body of Christ, His Church, is living with HIV," stated the resolution on HIV, a major focus area for the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA). "With brokenness we admit that as Evangelical Christians we have allowed stigmatization and discrimination to characterize our relationships with people living with HIV. We repent of these sinful attitudes and commit to ensuring that they are changed."
In the preamble to the resolution on the Millennium Development Goals, evangelical leaders stated, "In coping with the financial crisis of 2008, governments and international institutions have shown how quickly and effectively they can move to mobilize massive resources in the face of serious threats to our global, common economic well being.
"Yet one child dying of preventable causes every three seconds and 2.7 billion people barely sustained on an income of less than two dollars per day has yet to evoke a similar level of urgent response.
"We believe this to be an affront to God, a shame to governments and civil society, and a massive challenge to the witness and mission of the followers of Christ."
World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) international director Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe told delegates that they faced additional challenges to fulfilling the Great Commission from radical secularism, postmodernism, declining Christianity at the same time as growing interest in spirituality, trafficking and migration.
He insisted, however, that great challenges also brought great opportunities for evangelical engagement.
"We see this tremendous growth and this seismic shift in the church around the world and we are excited to what God is doing as he raises up women and men around the world in so many different places," he said.
"As we think about the global reality of the world in which we live, [there are] immense challenges but also immense opportunities."
Dr Tunnicliffe also said that the WEA would remain committed to integral mission "or holistic transformation, a proclamation and demonstration of the Gospel".
"It is not simply that evangelism and social involvement are done alongside of each other but rather in integral mission proclamation has social consequences. We call people to love and repentance in all areas of life," he said.
He reaffirmed the WEA's commitment to world evangelization.
"If anyone tells you that we've gone soft on world evangelization you can tell them that we are totally committed to world evangelization because it is only Jesus Christ that changes people's lives," he said.
A highlight of the week was an address from the Rev Joel Edwards, who was commissioned during the assembly as the new director of Christian anti-poverty movement Micah Challenge.
In his address, the former head of the UK Evangelical Alliance told delegates that the power to rehabilitate the word 'evangelical' lay in their hands.
"Whatever people think of evangelical Christians, if people are going to think differently about evangelicals the only people who can actually change their minds are evangelicals," he said.
"We must reinvent, rehabilitate and re-inhabit what evangelical means as good news. We must present Christ credibly to our culture and we should seek to be active citizens working for long-term spiritual and social change.
"Words can change their meaning. If 420 million evangelicals in over 130 nations across the world really wanted it to happen, evangelical could mean good news."
In another key address, the head of the Evangelical Fellowship of India, the Rev Richard Howell said that an identity anchored in Christ and a universal God was an evangelical non-negotiable in an age of pluralism.
"We have but one agenda: obedience to the Triune God revealed in Jesus Christ," said Dr Howell. "We are evangelical Christians for the sake of God."
"Our identity has to be related back to God. Unless we do that, we will never know who we are. Our identity comes from God and God alone."
"The Christian belief in the oneness of God implies God's universality, and the universality implies transcendence with respect to any given culture.
"Christians can never be first of all Asians, Africans, Europeans, Americans, Australians and then Christians."
The assembly also heard from the Chair of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (LCWE), Douglas Birdsall.
The WEA is collaborating with the LCWE in its major Cape Town 2010 meeting, which will bring together 4,000 evangelicals to assess the next steps in realizing the movement's vision of 'the whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world'.
"You might ask is there a need for an international congress that deals with world evangelization," Birdsall told the assembly. "I would say that throughout history, such a gathering is only necessary when the future of the life of the church is threatened by some type of challenge – either internal challenge or external pressure."
The assembly also saw the launch of the WEA Leadership Institute, a brand new initiative to see the leaders of the WEA's 128 national alliances trained to serve and proclaim Christ within some challenging contexts.
"Leading an Evangelical Alliance is not easy," commented Dr Tunnicliffe. "That's why we want to provide them with the relevant training and resources."
Also commissioned during the week was the new leader of the WEA's Religious Liberty Commission, Sri Lankan national Godfrey Yogarajah.
Dr Tunnicliffe rounded up the assembly with a call to evangelicals to keep in step with God's work on earth.
"It is my prayer that we in our community will be women and men who live with divine purpose within our lives, that we will be good leaders envisioned by God to make a difference in the world," he said.
"The most important thing that you can do with your [life] is to integrate it into the never ending story of God's kingdom. God's already at work in the world. He's doing things. We just need to align with what He is doing."
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Is Well Health Stock a Buy in December 2022?
The current year has been extremely brutal for growth stocks across sectors. The triple whammy of rising inflation, supply chain disruptions, and higher interest rates has dragged valuations of several growth stocks lower in 2022.
But the pullback offers investors the chance to buy quality stocks at a depressed valuation and benefit from outsized gains once the market recovers. One such beaten-down TSX tech stock is WELL Health (TSX:WELL). Down 70% from all-time highs, this Canadian health-tech company is currently valued at a market cap of $623 million. Let's see if WELL stock is a buy in December 2022.
Well Health is a top TSX growth stock
Despite its market-trailing performance in 2022, WELL Health has created massive wealth for long-term investors. WELL Health went public in April 2016 and has since returned over 2,300% to investors in the last six years.
Deploying an acquisition-based business model, the company has increased sales from $10.6 million in 2018 to $302.3 million in 2021. Better still, Well Health expects to end 2022 with sales of $565 million. Comparatively, its bottom line could improve from an adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) loss of $1.2 million in 2018 to an EBITDA profit of $100 million in 2022. WELL Health expects to end 2023 with an annual revenue run rate of $700 million.
WELL Health aims to leverage technology and positively impact health outcomes by empowering health practitioners and their patients. It has successfully created a robust end-to-end healthcare system in Canada. South of the border, it provides omnichannel healthcare services and solutions in specialized markets.
WELL Health emphasized that more than 21,000 practitioners purchase its products or services and its annual run rate for patient interactions stood at 4.7 million. Over 90% of the company's revenues are of a recurring nature, enabling WELL Health to generate cash flows across market cycles.
What next for WELL stock and investors?
WELL Health is likely to focus on highly accretive acquisitions to gain traction in the rapidly expanding digital health market. It has already acquired 50 companies since inception, enabling the company to grow its sales by 177% annually in the last two years.
WELL Health has built a solid practitioner enablement platform from which it derives predictable revenue. Its powerful network effects are primarily driven by the acquisition of physical as well as digital healthcare assets.
Given Bay Street's revenue estimates for 2023, WELL stock is priced at less than 1 times sales, which is really cheap for a profitable growth stock. Analysts tracking the company remain bullish on WELL Health and expect shares to rise by almost 200% in the next 12 months.
The Foolish takeaway
WELL Health has multiple secular tailwinds that should allow the company to outpace the broader markets in the upcoming decade. It's currently on track to report free cash flow of $50 million in the next 12 months, making it one of the most undervalued growth stocks on the TSX right now.
WELL Health's cheap valuation, widening profit margins, and acquisition-based business model suggest it is a top buy for December 2022.
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Iran makes maximalist demands as Vienna nuclear talks open
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran struck a maximalist tone Tuesday after just one day of restarted talks in Vienna over its tattered nuclear deal, suggesting everything discussed in previous rounds of diplomacy could be renegotiated.
Iranian state media reported the comments by Ali Bagheri, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, and Mohammed Eslami, the country's civilian nuclear chief. It remained unclear, however, whether this represented an opening gambit by Iran's new hard-line president or signaled serious trouble for those hoping to restore the 2015 deal that saw Tehran strictly limit its enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.
The United States left the deal under then-President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran in 2018. Since the deal's collapse, Iran now enriches small amounts of uranium up to 60% purity — a short step from weapons-grade levels of 90%. Iran also spins advanced centrifuges barred by the accord, and its uranium stockpile now far exceeds the accord's limits.
President Joe Biden has said America's willing to re-enter the deal, though the negotiations continue with U.S. officials not in the room as in previous rounds of talks since Washington's withdrawal.
Speaking to Iranian state television, Bagheri referred to the previous rounds of talks only as a "draft."
"Drafts are subject to negotiation. Therefore nothing is agreed on unless everything has been agreed on," he said. "On that basis, all discussions that took place in the six rounds are summarized and are subject to negotiations. This was admitted by all parties in today's meeting as well."
Another state TV segment saw Bagheri in Vienna also saying Iran demanded a "guarantee by American not to impose new sanctions" or not re-impose previously lifted sanctions.
Eslami, speaking to Iran's state-run IRNA news agency, reiterated that demand.
"The talks (in Vienna) are about return of the U.S. to the deal and they have to lift all sanctions and this should be in practice and verifiable," he said. He did not elaborate.
Talks in Vienna resumed Monday after an over five-month hiatus as hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi took power. Raisi, a protégé of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, campaigned on getting sanctions lifted. However, fellow hard-liners within Iran's theocracy long have criticized the nuclear deal as giving too much away to the West.
Iran's comments Tuesday stood in stark contrast to the optimistic tone offered by the European Union diplomat leading the talks.
"I feel positive that we can be doing important things for the next weeks," Enrique Mora told reporters on Monday.
Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's top representative to the talks, also tweeted Tuesday that the resumption of negotiations was "quite successful."
"Participants decided to continue without delay the drafting process in two working groups – on sanctions lifting and nuclear issues," he wrote. "This work starts immediately."
Israel, Iran's regional, nuclear-armed rival, kept up its own pressure amid the negotiations. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in a video address delivered to nations negotiating in Vienna, warned that he saw Iran trying to "end sanctions in exchange for almost nothing."
"Iran deserves no rewards, no bargain deals and no sanctions relief in return for their brutality," Bennett said in the video that he later posted to Twitter. "I call upon our allies around the world: Do not give in to Iran's nuclear blackmail."
Iran maintains its atomic program is peaceful. However, U.S. intelligence agencies and international inspectors say Iran had an organized nuclear weapons program up until 2003. Nonproliferation experts fear the brinkmanship could push Tehran toward even more extreme measures to try to force the West to lift sanctions.
Making matters more difficult, United Nations nuclear inspectors remain unable to fully monitor Iran's program after Tehran limited their access. A trip to Iran last week by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, failed to make any progress on that issue.
Associated Press writer Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report.
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Mold and mildew can turn a dream condo into a nightmare | Tannenbaum Scro, P.L.
But when construction defects begin to make themselves evident, everything can change. Carefree living can turn into a bad dream - a nightmare that costs a fortune to repair.
At the very top of the list of resulting problems from condominium construction defects: water damage. Water can seep in through a leaking roof or windows and cause extensive damage to ceilings and walls. Unfortunately, leaks in roofs, windows or water pipes can also result in mold and mildew growth.
The mold and mildew can spread to the heating and cooling system and from there through vents to other parts of the condominium, contaminating carpeting, furniture and clothing, and then on to neighboring condos.
The mold can be difficult and costly to get rid of - and worst of all, it can cause health that include inflammation, rashes and congestion, and for people with certain sensitivities, it can worsen asthma and allergy symptoms and contribute to even more serious health problems.
We don't have space here for an exhaustive list; there are many more flaws in design, materials and construction that are best addressed with the help of an attorney experienced in construction law litigation. It is advisable to speak with an experienced construction defect attorney before engaging experts to analyze or commencing repairs, particularly because any investigation or repair may interfere with any chances for recovery.


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Q: How to display data from related tables in Details Action in View MVC4? I want to display details view from related tables using ViewModel.
So i've created the Details Action method but it's not working.
 public ActionResult Details(int id)
    {

        IQueryable<EntryViewModel> query = (from cat in _db.Categories
                 join en in _db.Entries on cat.Id equals en.CategoryId
                 where en.Id == id
                 select new EntryViewModel
                 {
                     Title = en.Title,
                     Username = en.Username,
                     Password = en.Password,
                     Url = en.Url,
                     Description = en.Description,
                     Category = cat.Name
                 }).AsQueryable();

        return View(query);
    }

I am getting this error, that cannot figure out solution.
The model item passed into the dictionary is of type
'System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.DbQuery`1[App.ViewModels.EntryViewModel]',
 but this dictionary requires a model item of type 'App.ViewModels.EntryViewModel'.

View:
@model PasswordCloudApp.ViewModels.EntryViewModel

@{
ViewBag.Title = "Details";
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}

Details

<fieldset>
<legend>EntryViewModel</legend>

     @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Title)

    @Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Title)

     @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Username)

    @Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Username)

     @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Password)

    @Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Password)

     @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Url)

    @Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Url)

     @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Description)

    @Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Description)

</fieldset>

@Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { /* id=Model.PrimaryKey */ }) |
@Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index")

Any suggestions?

A: You must set model in your view like:
@model IQueryable<PasswordCloudApp.ViewModels.EntryViewModel>

A: Your model is of type PasswordCloudApp.ViewModels.EntryViewModel but you are passing from the controller an IQueryable<EntryViewModel>.
Since you expect a single item given an id, you can change your controller code to return that single item (and maybe return a 404 if not found):
public ActionResult Details(int id)
{

    EntryViewModel model = (from cat in _db.Categories
                            join en in _db.Entries on cat.Id equals en.CategoryId
                            where en.Id == id
                            select new EntryViewModel
                            {
                                Title = en.Title,
                                Username = en.Username,
                                Password = en.Password,
                                Url = en.Url,
                                Description = en.Description,
                                Category = cat.Name
                            }).FirstOrDefault();

    if (model == null) return HttpNotFound();

    return View(model);
}

A: Actually you have PasswordCloudApp.ViewModels.EntryViewModel bound to with your view but you are passing Iqueryable so while returning the view from the action either you associate FirstOrDefault() of the result or change the @model IQueryable<PasswordCloudApp.ViewModels.EntryViewModel> in the view.
public ActionResult Details(int id)
    {

        IQueryable<EntryViewModel> query = (from cat in _db.Categories
                 join en in _db.Entries on cat.Id equals en.CategoryId
                 where en.Id == id
                 select new EntryViewModel
                 {
                     Title = en.Title,
                     Username = en.Username,
                     Password = en.Password,
                     Url = en.Url,
                     Description = en.Description,
                     Category = cat.Name
                 }).AsQueryable();

        return View(query.FirstOrDefault());
    }

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Cloudflare Sued for Failing to Terminate Repeat Infringers
In a new complaint filed at a California federal court, Cloudflare stands accused of contributing to, aiding, and abetting copyright infringements. The company fails to terminate customers who are repeatedly called out and is therefore liable, the argument goes. The case in question was not filed by Hollywood or the major record labels, but by two manufacturers of wedding dresses.
As one of the leading CDN and DDoS protection services, Cloudflare is used by millions of websites across the globe.
This includes thousands of "copyright-infringing" sites, including the likes of The Pirate Bay, which rely on the U.S.-based company to keep server loads down and their location unknown.
This is a thorn in the side of many copyright holders who have repeatedly complained about Cloudflare's role. While the major entertainment giants generally take a diplomatic approach, others are taking their grievance to court.
In 2016 Cloudflare was sued for contributory copyright infringement by adult publisher ALS Scan. This case ended in a confidential settlement this summer, but now there's more trouble on the horizon for the company.
The new threat doesn't come from any of the major entertainment industry players, but from two manufacturers and wholesalers of wedding dresses. Not a typical "piracy" lawsuit, but it's a copyright case that could have broad effects.
In a complaint filed at a federal court in California, Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero Designs argue that Cloudflare fails to terminate sites of counterfeit vendors after multiple warnings. This makes Cloudflare liable for the associated copyright infringements, they add.
"Plaintiffs have filed hundreds of 'takedown notices' with CloudFlare, consistent with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), but CloudFlare has failed and/or refused to respond to those notices by terminating its services to infringers," the complaint reads.
"As such, CloudFlare is liable for the infringements committed by its customers."
The counterfeit websites selling fake goods are not a new problem. In recent years the American Bridal & Prom Industry Association has filed lawsuits against hundreds of counterfeit sites, resulting in the shutdown of over 1,500 domain names.
What is new, however, is that the wedding dress manufacturers are now trying to hold a third-party intermediary liable. The complaint also targets the unnamed 'does' behind the allegedly infringing sites, but the CDN provider is the main focus.
Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero state that Cloudflare "shields pirate sites and their hosts from legal recourse by copyright owners" and that it's "unable or unwilling to remove any infringing content."
The allegations are similar to those made in the ALS lawsuit. At the time the CDN provider countered that it was merely caching files and that the infringing content would still be there if Cloudflare was taken out of the equation.
The Court disagreed with this assessment, noting that Cloudflare's cache can be seen as a substantial infringement by itself, which is something the company has control over. That said, it wasn't determined whether the company itself can be held liable.
In the present lawsuit, the two wedding dress manufacturers clearly believe that can be possible. They used the company's "Counterfeit Technology" to send thousands of DMCA takedown notices, and even though terminating repeat infringers is an option under Cloudflare's terms, nothing happened.
Part of one of the thousands of notices.
"Cloudflare has persisted in offering CDN and related services to pirate websites, notwithstanding these numerous notifications of infringement on such sites," the complaint reads.
"In this fashion, Cloudflare has induced, contributed to, profited from, and aided and abetted multiple infringements of Plaintiffs' copyrights, failing and refusing all along to implement or enforce a repeat infringer policy, and is thus liable for the infringements alleged herein."
In closing, Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero demand damages for the losses they've suffered as well preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to stop all infringing activity.
While the case has nothing to do with traditional pirate sites, a ruling could spill over, which means that the entertainment industries will watch this case closely.
A copy of the complaint filed by Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero Designs is available here (pdf).
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Great Decisions Coming To Library In February
The Transylvania County Library will host Great Decisions, America's largest discussion program on world affairs, beginning in February. In partnership with the World Affairs Council of WNC, UNC-A, Blue Ridge Community College and Isothermal...
'Women Led The Way' To Kick Off Bag Lunch Series
The 2020 Bag Lunch Arts Series kicks off in January with "Women Led the Way: Social Reform - A Local Perspective." The program begins at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the Rogow Room at the Transylvania County Library and is made possible by the...
Brevard College Launching Its Fine Arts Calendar Jan. 24
Brevard College launches its spring Fine Arts calendar with a film installation exhibition by artist and filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson entitled "...We Was Waiting for Them." The title for the exhibition comes from a quote by acclaimed funk...
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These new books are now available at the Transylvania County Library: Fiction Grey, Iona. "The Glittering Hour." Selina comes from the "right" kind of family and is expected to marry well. Lawrence is a talented painter, though he has no...
Arts Council Announces Pottery Classes For 2020
The Transylvania Community Arts Council (TC Arts) has announced that registration has begun for winter pottery and ceramics classes and open studio sessions beginning Jan. 21. The classes are taught by ceramic education director, Philippa Lampos....
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Local Songwriters To Play At 185 King St.
On Friday, Jan. 24, at 8 p.m., 185 King Street will be featuring songwriters from the county and region. Andrew Scotchie, Clint Roberts and Dave Desmelik have all earned credit across the region as accomplished and rising singer/songwriters....
Anna Lynch Returns To 185 King Street
Anna Lynch will be performing at 185 King St. this Saturday, Jan. 4. Lynch is a native Californian, born and raised in the small wine country town of Sebastopol and now resides in a small town on the...
Ruffage: A Practical Guide To Vegetables
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Former BHS Teacher Roberts Discusses Nurturing Creativity
These new books are now available at the Transylvania County Library: Fiction Colvin, Jeffrey. "Africaville." Spanning three generations of the Sebolt family this saga tells the story of how time can tear apart and bring together those who are...
Brevard To Hold Final Gallery Walk Of Year
The galleries and arts spots of Brevard invite the public to the final Gallery Walk of the 2019 season on Friday, Dec. 20, from 5-8 p.m. Cindy Rehm serves as interim executive director of the...
Author Travels World To Help Orphaned Girl
These new books are now available at the Transylvania County Library: Fiction Bryndza, Robert. Nine Elms. For a brief time, Kate was a hero for catching the Nine Elms serial killer when she was a young police officer, but her glory was quickly...
Pilot Cove To Begin Second Saturday Concerts This Spring
Pilot Cove and EchoMIx Entertainment have announced they will be offering Second Saturday concerts beginning in May. The concerts will feature touring and regional bands, songsmiths from across North Carolina, food trucks, local food vendors and...
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When Holiday Shopping, Remember The Library
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No. 7 Features New Artists For Gallery Walk
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BLT's 'Christmas Belles' Is A Holiday Romp
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Medieval Remedies Were Deadly
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Are You Excited on the Launch of KTM Duke 390?
The Duke 390 will be launched on 25th June, 2013.
The heat has already smoked in. The beast is getting ready to launch on 25th June, 2013. The second machine of the Austrian motorcycle giant, KTM. Sky-high is the expectation about it. Yup guys, we are talking about the much speculated bike of the year, the KTM Duke 390. It's since last year, we have been carrying on the same topic on the Duke 390. There was no official confirmation until 12th June, when the firm confirmed about the launch of the bike through their official Facebook page. And now the excitement is beeping on to see the motorcycle for the first time in the Indian soil.
Although, the Duke 390 is not a new machine to the motorcycle world, it's certainly a new baby to the Indian roads. The fanatics here are commoved to have a first look at the machine. KTM has already been reported fabulous comments over the Duke 390. So the same is expected here in India as well.
Bajaj Auto, which is the third biggest two-wheeler manufacturer of India is the sole distributor of KTM motorcycles. The company also distributes Kawasaki monsters across the country. So it was rumoured that Kawasaki was purposefully delaying the launch of the Duke 390. Because, the firm had to introduce the Japanese baby, the Ninja 300. Well, the Ninja 300 and the Duke 390 comes almost under the same class. So launching both machines at the same time would cause marketing issues for both firms. So Bajaj brilliantly delayed the Duke 390.
The Duke 390 follows the same design of its younger sibling the KTM Duke 200, which has been given a good response in the Indian market. Its heart is of a well refined 373.2cc, Single-cylinder, 4-stroke, spark-ignition engine, liquid-cooled engine, which delivers a gorgeous power of 44 Hp. It's engine is coupled with a 6-speed, claw shifted gear transmission.
The highlight of the bike will be ABS (Anti-Locking Brake System). It is expected that ABS will be optional. So you need to pay more to own the ABS version. Still, the motorcycle is very accurate with its single disc brake on each wheel. More impressively, the bike has class leading fuel efficiency of 30 kmpl, which is really unachieved by any two-wheeler in this class. So an entry level bike mingled with fuel efficiency is really gonna play outperforming in the Indian market.
However, we need to wait a bit longer to know about the pricing of the bike. Still, the Duke 390 is supposed to be priced Rs. 2.25 lakh ex-showroom.
Last updated on 21-06-2013. Published on 21-06-2013.
I love this bike a lot. This really gonna do it the company. KTM has already shown its power with the Duke 200. Now lets wait for the elder bro.


The original Chap Mei Cobra mold. It was later used in a similar basic design to form Orcus´s pet Cobra, included for example with the "Legends Of Knights Chevalier Battle" playset.
This hood-snake however has a button. When pressed, the snake performs the bite motion.
Figure: "Hunter Zuk". Same mold later used to create "Chief Kahara" included with "Jungle Adventure Treasure Hunt" playset.
It's a greay sculpted figure, my Black Panther and him are a pair of Wakanda warriors.


> > IIRC this exception has always been there when running without hadoop.
> > > This is not a problem, though it might seem strange to users.
> > >>> * source code tag "release-1.5.6-rc1" .
> > >>> approval, with at least 3 PMC affirmative votes.


Our Client is a family owned enterprise consisting of 4 trading companies providing manufactured shopfittings and installation services into the retail, banking and grocery markets on a national and international basis. These four divisions have a combined turnover of £40m.
An opportunity exists to join a motivated and enthusiastic administration team of 5 in a busy and fast moving warehousing and assembly operation.
Perform all elements of the computer bookings necessary to capture and record all activities carried out within the assembly and warehousing operation. These include Goods Inwards, customer returns, and stock movements, collation of assembly components, picking and despatch.
Effective communication/ liaison with warehouse operations team to ensure all tasks are issued to the shop floor with the correct paperwork and in time to meet required delivery dates.
Check and ensure accuracy of work/ activity being transacted by warehouse operatives.
Effective communication/ liaison with sales and manufacturing teams to highlight and resolve shortages of required products.
Effective communication/ liaison with transport team to ensure timing of transport bookings is aligned with delivery of packaged product.
Ensure stock integrity through enforcing disciplined and rigorous movement procedures and managing and implementing effective Perpetual Inventory controls.
Attend team meetings to discuss and organise daily workload.
Ensure rigorous compliance with company ISO procedures.
Ensure rigorous compliance with company Health & Safety procedures.
Ability to work under demanding timescales in a very pressurised environment.
Ability to effectively manage own time to achieve hard deadlines.
Prior experience in a warehouse environment preferred.
Computer literate and significant experience of computer based warehouse/ stock systems.
Logical approach to issue resolution.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with colleagues.


There is a crucial difference between appreciating dirt and nostalgia for land. Dirt exists in space; land does not. Once you untether yourself from what you previously thought possible, you will realize that space is no delicate matter. It's to be clawed, hugged, yelled into, grasped at.
It is big and it is small. It can be way over your head and trapped in your pocket. It's actually hilarious to think about — how much anxiety fizzes around something so easily manipulated. Go ahead and manipulate it. Visualize it warping around your dangling fingers and then throw those fingers forward.


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An important element of our work is the commitment dedicated to the work carried out in the internal finishing department. An industrial additive production must have the characteristics, both technical-functional and aesthetic, expected by the designer.
The heat treatments give the component crystalline structures and specific properties, they can be made in vacuum and / or controlled atmosphere (argon). For example, stress relief eliminates residual stresses that may arise during the use of the component.
Polishing and satin finishing allow to obtain shiny surfaces and opaque surfaces, respectively.
Tumbling allows to reduce the roughness of the surface, it can also be used to prepare the piece for subsequent polishing.
Galvanic treatments, such as anodizing or PVD coating, allow to confer certain aesthetic / technical properties to the component.
The shootpeening is realized thanks to a jet of microspheres that impacts and consequently harden the surface, for a very pleasant and uniform visual effect. The treatment proves useful not only from an aesthetic point of view, but also from the functional one as it increases the fatigue strength of the treated component. Unless otherwise specified by the customer, all metal parts and components are submitted to the shotpeening process.
Sample painting according to customer requirements: glossy or matt finish, embossing, specific effects, colors from RAL or Pantone. The preparation of the piece before painting is fundamental in order to obtain a final effect of the highest level.
Wrapping allows you to cover the piece with special leathers, fabrics and materials. It is a finish particularly suitable for mock-ups.
The galvanic processes, or coating, such as chromium plating, nickel plating and copper plating allow to obtain a certain electrical, mechanical or conductive performance. These are structural treatments mainly used for technical purposes, but which offer excellent performance also from an aesthetic point of view, so different shades and satins are available. These processes require special care in preparing the surface before treatment.
The vacuum metallization is used to obtain a mirror, chrome, or satin finish. Through this procedure, applicable to all our rapid prototyping technologies, it is possible to obtain metallizations in different colors (gold, chrome, silver, copper, bronze and other colors), as well as various glazing.
Coating or protective coatings that give properties to materials. In particular, thanks to the paint developed with Lechler, it is possible to coat the models (or only part of them), in order to guarantee a higher use temperature and an increase in resistance to corrosive agents.
With the impregnation process, color dyeing, the piece produced is made waterproof; it is mainly used with superficially porous materials (SLS and FDM technologies). The components are colored by absorbing a liquid dye.
Light fiber coatings make the prototypes more and more similar to the final piece. Various materials are available such as carbon leather, alutex, kevlar, radica and many others.
It is a technology that allows to detect geometries directly from a physical object, through a laser scan; subsequently the mathematics detected can be modified and optimized.


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Wednesday, April 29 – 1914 Players in the Central League (appearances): Smith (38), Biggar (36), Milnes (36), Spink (34), Barton (33), Tully (33), Henderson (26),
Liverpool Reserves v Rochdale 2-3 (League match: January 3, 1914)
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January 3, 1914 Reserves, Central League, at Anfield. Liverpool Reserves – Rochdale 2-3 (0-2). Attendance: 4,000. Referee: Mr. J. Twist. Liverpool Reserves (2-3-5): Peter Malone,
Newcastle United v Liverpool 0-1 (League match: April 30, 1909)
April 30, 1909 Match: Football League, First Division, at St. James' Park, kick-off: 17:00 Newcastle United – Liverpool 0-1 (0-0). Attendance: 10,000. Referee: Mr. A.
Victoria United v Liverpool 0-1 (Friendly: April 28, 1897)
April 28, 1897 Match: Friendly, at Torry. Victoria United – Liverpool 0-1 (0-1). Attendance: 2,000. Referee: Mr. J. Thompson. Victoria United (2-3-5): Findlay; McNeil, Allan;
Aberdeenshire v Invernesshire 4-1 (Inter County: October 3, 1896)
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October 3, 1896 Match: Inter County, at Cattofield (Aberdeen). Aberdeenshire – Invernesshire 4-1 (0-1). Aberdeenshire (2-3-5): Smyth, Davidson, Ross, D. Currie, Low, Thom. Ritchie, Hogg
Sheffield v Glasgow 3-3 (Inter City: November 12, 1892)
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November 12, 1892 Match: Inter City, at Bramall Lane, kick-off: 14:45. Sheffield – Glasgow 3-3 (1-0). Attendance: 10,000. Referee: Mr. W.J. Jope (Wednesbury); linesmen: Messrs.


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Woobadda Creek bridge gets permit approval
The Bloomfield Track is part of the Cape Tribulation Road Link which is the coastal road that connects Cairns, Mossman and Cooktown. The Road Link passes through the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area at Daintree National Park and at Cedar Bay National Park north of Bloomfield.
The Wet Tropics Management Authority congratulated the Cairns Regional Council for their extensive engagement with the community to develop the Plan.
"As well as providing social and cultural connectivity. It was very helpful in informing us in the assessment of the Woobadda Creek permit application. It also highlighted a unique opportunity to present the World Heritage Area's important natural and scenic values," Wet Tropics Management Authority executive director, Mr Andrew Maclean said.
"It is vital that we manage the Cape Tribulation Road Link to ensure that the remote, wild and undisturbed natural attributes remain an integral part of the driving experience - whilst protecting the integrity of the unique environmental and cultural heritage values of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area," Mr Maclean said.
"The Authority looks forward to working with the local councils and communities to create a safer and more enjoyable experience for all road users including improving signage and interpretation along the Bloomfield and Daintree Roads," Mr Maclean added.
Published: 09th Jul 2013


I am originally from Kansas City and moved to Columbia to study Marketing and Management at Columbia College in 2011. While in school I stumbled upon SMS at a job fair and, as they say, the rest is history. I started working here as a Marketing Intern in May of 2013, and moved into a full time position when I graduated in December of 2014. I have had a few different roles now leading up to my current position of Marketing Team Leader.
I love working at a company with such a fun and rewarding work environment. I look forward to coming to work every day and enjoying the company of all of the amazing and talented people I am fortunate enough to work with. It is difficult to explain what makes the culture at SMS what it is without actually being a part of it, but is truly an amazing place to be.
I grew up around circle track racing and have a passion for all things related to cars and motorsports. Being from Kansas City, I am also a lifelong Chiefs and Royals fan as well as all things Mizzou. I spend my free time with my amazing fiancé, Sedel, and our Border Collie, Hans. I also like to research and learn about anything that interests me, although usually nothing that is actually productive or useful.
Adding or growing your business in the senior market, marketing and strategy, back office support, and almost anything else you can think of. I am truly just your connection to our team. With all of the combined knowledge in our office, we can answer most questions on the first phone call. If we don't have the answer, we can typically find one and get back with you shortly. Regardless though, I promise you will always have the full commitment of our team to answer every question and put all of our energy into helping you succeed.


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Q: Dual Monitor difficulties (VirtualBox ubuntu host) - rdesktop sessions mirror I am running ubuntu 9.10 host with a Windows guest and need to extend my guest windows desktop into the second monitor (otherwise I will have to convert to a dual boot situation because this is a work furnished computer, please HELP!!)
Current Situation:
Windows Guest Running with VRDP enabled and successfully connecting.
Guest Additions running and VBox set to 2 monitors and I see two monitors in display settings.
connecting via 2 different rdesktop sessions mirrors the display. even though display settings of Guest Windows is set to extend desktop.
is there a rdesktop option to signify to the VBox it is the second display?
I need the second connection be the second display.
any ideas?

A: Have you tried configuring VirtualBox to handle the monitor as if it was double-wide? This would give you one rdesktop window that would span both screens.

A: There is a (commercial) program called TeamViewer that works quite well with multiple monitors. It is free for personal use as well.
Maybe you instead of a second monitor can use a virtual desktop program?

A: The multi-monitor support in VirtualBox is really intended to be used with the native GUI, not through rdesktop. I would suggest using that mode rather than trying to establish a remote desktop connection. The performance should also improve.
If you have some specific need to use rdesktop in place of the native GUI, I would suggest instead to specify an extra wide connection width (or tall, depending on how your monitors are arranged).


A chemical could cause the cells of the aggressive brain cancer which killed Dame Tessa Jowell to "self-destruct", new research suggests.
The energy supply to tumour cells, taken from patients with glioblastoma multiforme, was shut off when they were exposed to synthetic chemical KHS101, according to the study in journal Science Translational Medicine.
It is hoped the discovery may help tackle the devastating cancer, which only 5% of patients survive for more than five years.
The research, led by the University of Leeds, examined the effect of KHS101 on human cells in the laboratory.
The chemical was found to disrupt mitochondria, which supply energy to the cells, and the metabolism within tumour cells.
Dr Heiko Wurdak, from the University of Leeds, said: "When we started this research we thought KHS101 might slow down the growth of glioblastoma, but we were surprised to find that the tumour cells basically self-destructed when exposed to it.
"This is the first step in a long process, but our findings pave the way for drug developers to start investigating the uses of this chemical, and we hope that one day it will be helping to extend people's lives in the clinic."
Commenting on the findings, Professor Richard Gilbertson, a Cancer Research UK brain tumour expert, said: "Treatment for glioblastoma has remained essentially unchanged for decades, so there is a pressing need for preclinical research like this to identify and characterise potential new drugs.
"While the findings are encouraging, as an experimental chemical, further rigorous testing and refinement of KHS101 is required before trials in people can begin."


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Dětské přízraky (v anglické originále Ghost Children) je román anglické spisovatelky Sue Townsendové. Kniha zachycuje syrový příběh nenaplněných citů mezi Christopherem a Angelou a jejich nenarozenou dcerou.

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Hlavními postavami knihy jsou milenci Christopher Moore a Angela Carrová. Zatímco Angela si dítě nepřeje, Christopher po něm bytostně touží. Když Angela otěhotní, jde na potrat a Christopherovi řekne, že o dítě přišla náhodou. Za nedlouho na to se rozcházejí, avšak ze ztráty dítěte se už nikdy úplně nevzpamatují.

Po sedmnácti letech se Christopher s Angelou znovu setkává a opět se do ni zamiluje. Angela je však už vdaná za Gregoryho, pracuje v cestovní kanceláři a vede spořádaný život. Jak Angela, tak Christopher si s sebou stále nesou své staré trauma: zatímco Angela se s ním vyrovnává po svém (sladkostmi, díky kterým přibrala desítky kilo), Christopher si pořídil psa, žije osamělým životem a není schopen si najít trvalejší zaměstnání. Dvojice se začne tajně scházet, Angelin manžel však na jejich vztah přijde a pokusí se spáchat sebevraždu.

Příběh Christophera a Angely se prolíná s příběhem Tamary a Crackla, dvojice žijící na okraji společnosti. Mají spolu dceru Storme, kterou jednou potká Christopher a okamžitě si ji zamiluje. Crackle bere drogy a jednou v noci v návalu vzteku svou dceru těžce zraní. Když Christopher zjistí, že je Storme v nemocnici, dochází za ní. Po Gregoryho pokusu o sebevraždu Tamara zjišťuje, že je znovu těhotná. Christopher se s ní a Cracklem dohodne, že od ní ještě nenarozené dítě odkoupí. Děj končí v prostředí porodnice, kde Christopher s Angelou konečně svírají své vysněné dítě a Crackle odchází s Christopherovým psem.

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Knihy z roku 1997
Anglické romány

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Please welcome our new team members from around the Globe!
We are happy to announce new hires and appointment of an executive and advisory board!
Home » CloudCentral Blog » Please welcome our new team members from around the Globe!
Wilhelmina Duyvestyn has joined us as Director Product Management and Marketing and the Executive and Global Advisory Boards enhance our team with mature and agile experts to drive our growth in the Cloud Computing market.
Wilhelmina has previously held roles including Director of Product and Solution marketing at VMware, Software AG, Microsoft and NCR. Her solutions focus is Cloud Computing, Big Data, Virtualisation and Server Infrastructure. Her deep global insights into product management will benefit CloudCentral's product offering capabilities – moving solution ideas to commercialised outcomes, quickly and with highly saleable features.
Additionally we're taking the opportunity to confirm the recent establishment of our Executive Board of Directors including the appointment of Roger Buckeridge, Non-Executive Chairman. With almost three decades of venture capital and advisory experience, Roger will work closely with the CloudCentral executive, Board and advisory teams to manage capital investments, outcomes and chart strategic growth plans. " CloudCentral has a real opportunity to leverage the tremendous growth in demand for Cloud Computing in Australia. We have built a strong team to drive this growth," comments Roger Buckeridge.
Joining Roger on the Board is Brian Ferreira, Non-Executive Director; Tim Peterson, Non-Executive Director; Russell Evans, Non-Executive Director and last, but certainly not least our CEO, Founder and Executive Director Kristoffer Sheather.
CloudCentral's first global Advisory Board has also been established and members include Kylie Hammond, Chair; Leslie Phillips Sales & Marketing Advisor; Randy Bias Cloud Technology and Market Advisor; Richard Elling, Storage Technology Advisor; Todd Bell, Security Advisor, Mike Van de Wiel, Consulting Advisor, Prem Krithivasan , Partnerships and Channels Advisor and Jack Lo, Financial Advisor.
The entire CloudCentral team thoroughly delighted to announce these appointments of our day-to-day team, Executive Board and Advisory members. "I'm confident these highly skilled individuals will be an invaluable contribution to our intensive growth plan. CloudCentral has always focused on bringing unique, purpose built, cloud computing solutions and services to market and this enables us to continue doing so," commented our CEO, Kristoffer Sheather.


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Q: How to change email account on Concent screen of Google Cloud Console? I am stuck. I have created this app for some time already. At that point I just used my account. Now I'd like present a user with a different email that corresponds to system support email. Is there a way to change it?

UPDATE: please see my comment. It's all about currently logged in user, nothing else.

A: In order to change the email associated with your project, you must first add another account with the email you want set as the primary email to your owners. This is set in Permissions > Add Member.
After you have added another user to the permissions, they must then access the project in order to set their email as the project's email address.