Tungiasis occurs after the flea burrows into a person's skin. The fleas prefer to burrow in the toes, heels, soles, and rims of the feet, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In fact, 99 percent of lesions caused by these fleas are found on the feet. The resulting rash in tungiasis infestations is pretty scary looking, with painful green spheres with black holes in their centers.
flea's hindquarters remain in contact with the air, providing an avenue for breathing, defecating, and expelling eggs," according to the WHO. "During a period of four to six weeks, the embedded sand flea undergoes different developmental stages, produces eggs, and eventually dies." The flea's eggs then fall to the ground.
Coconut oil-based bug spray might help prevent tungiasis. "The regular application of coconut oil effectively prevents [the sand fleas that cause tungiasis] from penetrating into the skin," according to the WHO.
The patient in the new case report had received all her recommended tetanus vaccinations and sand fleas were removed "from multiple lesions," her doctors wrote. Luckily, she had no complications at a follow-up appointment either.


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Kung Fu Plaza Supports Wine Pairings and Music for Kids
May 09, 2011 | Industry News
Kung Fu Plaza, the oldest and most authentic Thai restaurant in Las Vegas, is partnering with the William Hill Estate Winery in support of local music programs and the VH1 Save The Music Foundation.
For every glass of William Hill Estate wine ordered at Kung Fu Plaza, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to local music educational programs.
"The partnership represents two firsts for this family-owned Las Vegas restaurant," says Alan Wong, general manager of Kung Fu Plaza. "We are making a commitment to support music education and joining the trend in Asia to begin pairing wines with Chinese and Thai foods."
Wong said that Thai restaurants traditionally serve beer with Thai food and some people order drinks made with Mekong, a liquor made with indigenous sugar canes, rice, herbs, and spices. However, in the last two years, Hong Kong has been developing a thriving wine culture.
"China is aiming to make Hong Kong the Asian hub for wine and encouraging its people to drink more with Asian meals," Wong says. "We've been tracking the trend since November and wine sales continue to soar in Asia."
Wong adds that most pairings had previously been confined to German Rieslings and Zinfandels. But the restaurant's new program is opening up more opportunities with William Hill.
"I had been researching which wineries to introduce for several months when I learned about William Hill Estate Winery's commitment to the VH1 Save The Music Foundation," Wong says. "As we have been in Las Vegas since 1973, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to give back to the local community too."
In addition to matching donations for every glass of wine purchased, William Hill has supplied training cards for servers. Wong says he and some of his team members have been working hard to match the right wines.
William Hill is donating $30,000 to the national VH1 Save The Music campaign. It has also pledged a portion of all proceeds to be donated to local school programs.
"I am amazed by the impact music programs have made in so many schools across the country," Wong says. "Kids that were at risk or even dropping out of school seem to turn themselves around because music teaches them focus, renews their enthusiasm, and creates positive peer role models to follow."
The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to restoring instrumental music education in America's public schools as part of a complete education. To date, the foundation has provided more than $47 million in new musical instruments to 1,750 public schools in more than 100 cities around the country, impacting the lives of over 1.6 million children.
The VH1 Save The Music Foundation has benefited more than 31 local elementary and middle schools in Las Vegas, Logandale, North Las Vegas, and Moapa. Wong says Kung Fu Plaza is still determining which local school will receive the funds.
"It will take time because ordering wine with Chinese and Thai cuisine is so very new for people in Las Vegas," Wong says. "But we feel very strongly that every little bit will help area students over time. They need instruments and dedicated music education programs as part of their core curriculum."
Wong said the restaurant has yet to choose which schools will receive additional funds.
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Airports in Guanajuato, Mexico
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Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world, and it's a major hub for those traveling around the Americas. Whether your final destination is Mexico City or you have a layover at its Benito Juarez Airport, it's nice to have a list on hand of things you can do to keep yourself busy without risking being too far away. It's located at the northeastern corner of the city, and it's not too far from some of the city's major attractions.
Getting Out of the Airport
As an international airport that serves the Greater Mexico City area, Benito Juarez is well connected to other parts of the district. There are two main terminals, with a free tram that takes passengers from one to the other. Otherwise, there are several ways to get into the city:
Hotel shuttles
Major bus companies generally take passengers to destinations outside Mexico City. While there are local buses, they can be confusing for people unfamiliar with the bus system. So, the two best ways to get out of the airport are the Metro and Uber. The Metro station is very close to the airport.
To get there, follow the length of the terminal by turning left toward Gate A in the arrival hall. Once you reach the doors, step outside and look for the Metro logo depicting Terminal Aérea station, which is the yellow line, Line 5. From there, you can connect to the rest of the city, reaching the center of the city in about 30 minutes for just about 25 cents. Otherwise, taking an Uber is a reliable way to get into the city, and it works just as it does in the U.S.
Nearby via Public Transportation
Even on a long layover, it would be difficult to see everything Mexico City has to offer. But, luckily, some of the best parts of the city are less than 5 miles from the airport:
Museo del Templo Mayor
The Revolution Monument
Plaza Garibaldi
The Historic Center (Centro Historico)
Sanborn's House of Tiles
Murals of Diego Rivera
These destinations give visitors a chance to explore the city's history and culture. From art and music to architecture and design, travelers who don't want to get too far away from the airport can enjoy photo-ops, delicious food, shopping streets and the sounds of the bustling city.
There's a lot of debate regarding the safety of Mexico City. While many people consider it to be unsafe, others who know the city well argue that it's much safer than most places in the U.S. But as a large city, it stands to reason that some areas should be avoided.
The Mexico City Airport and the area surrounding it is one of those questionable neighborhoods, so it's not advisable to wander the streets in the vicinity, especially at night. Petty and violent crimes can happen, even at the airport itself.
Don't feel like leaving the airport on your layover? The Mexico City Airport is itself a very good place to explore while waiting for a flight. Just checking out VIP lounges and hotels within the airport, such as the Hilton Mexico City Airport or the NH Aeropuerto T2 Mexico City can be a satisfying way to spend some time. There are plenty of places to eat, shop and relax. You can even work out at the gym in the Camino Real in Terminal 1.
Skyscanner: Things to do near MEX
Sleeping in Airports: Mexico City Airport Guide
Mexico City: Airport Hotels
Frommer's: Getting There in Mexico City
Travel and Leisure: Things to Do in Mexico City Airport
Frommer's: Staying Safe in Mexico
Hana LaRock is a freelance content writer from New York, currently living in Mexico. She has spent the last five years traveling the world and living abroad and has lived in South Korea and Israel. Hana has been writing about her travel experiences for several years and has been published in print magazines like Travel Ideas and Ensemble Vacations, as well as websites such as Tour Amigo, The Culture Trip, REI, and Orbitz. Hana has been to nearly 30 countries and counting. Through her experiences, she has learned to navigate the challenges that can come with visiting other countries and cultures. To learn more, visit her website at www.hanalarockwriting.com.
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It Can't Happen Here… Can It?
Although we are best known for our foreign reporting tax work, we handle many criminal tax cases. While we see a fair number of people with unreported foreign bank and brokerage accounts, we also see the traditional "bread and butter" tax evasion cases involving cash transactions or two sets of books. Often those cases are difficult to uncover but that could soon change.
America's underground economy isn't drugs or illegal gaming – although those are true 100% cash businesses – its those sectors of the economy that operate primarily with cash. Commercial fisherman, pizza shop owners and cabbies are prime examples. The IRS has always had a hard time achieving tax compliance in these areas but recent tactics by Italian tax officials may change that.
While increased spot audits might get some American businesses to grumble a bit, the new tactics don't stop there. Italian officials are considering banning cash transactions for certain purchases! That didn't get much play in the NYT's coverage but the impact here would be huge. I suspect that many restaurants would see their reported sales double.
Another measure in Italy involves police stopping luxury motor vehicles and checking the ownership information against income tax records. From Las Vegas pimps in Escalades to Bentley owners that report no income, the impact in the U.S. would be dramatic. In a prior life decades ago, I would often be asked to prosecute people who declared hundreds of thousands of dollars in income on car loan applications yet nothing on their tax return.
There is no movement yet in the U.S. to resort to such police state tactics being used by Italy but that could change if Italian officials keep having such success with their program. Italian Prime Minister Mario Monte claims the measures have brought in billions of dollars in new revenues. When cash strapped cities and politicians in the U.S. hear those numbers, it won't be long before such aggressive revenue measures are proposed here.
The law firm of Mahany & Ertl represents people accused of serious tax crimes such as filing false returns, tax evasion, conspiracy to defraud, failure to pay and failure to file. We are one of the few firms that concentrate in criminal tax cases and know how to effectively defend people accused of these serious crimes. If you are under investigation, under indictment or simply want to come into compliance before the IRS comes knocking on the door, give us a call.
All inquiries are confidential and protected by the attorney client privilege.
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The Wanton Bishops are a band from Lebanon with the soul and sound of America's Deep South. While their story begins singing blues and rock in Beirut, they recently embarked on the trip of lifetime to the US where their inspiration was born. Red Bull Music documented their journey of musical discovery in the film Walk It Home, and A Color Bright was asked to create a printed publication.
This project was definitely a collaboration without borders, kicking off with a cross-continental team: photographer Balazs Gardi in Los Angeles, writer Jane Lerner in New York, Red Bull's constantly globe-trotting Culture Marketing team, and myself in Berlin. We later added illustrator Ngaio Parr in Sydney, because apparently we didn't feel there were enough time zones involved. My role included the publication design, art direction and management of the project. Read the whole process here.


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Документ-камера — особливий клас телевізорних камер, які призначені для передачі зображень документів (наприклад, оригіналів на папері) у вигляді телевізорного сигналу або в якій-небудь іншій електронній формі. За конструктивною будовою схожа на кодоскоп, але з телекамерою на місці верхнього об'єктива-перископа.
Документ-камери дозволяють одержувати і транслювати в режимі реального часу чітке і різке зображення практично будь-якого об'єкта, в тому числі і трьохмірних.
Зображення, одержане за допомогою документ-камери, може бути уведено в комп'ютер, показане на екрані телевізора, передано через Інтернет, спроектоване на екран за допомогою мультимедіапроектора.
Типовим застосуванням документ-камери є:
 класна кімната
 аудиторія чи конференс-зала
 відеоконференція чи телепрезентація
 представлення документів у залах суду
 різноманітні медичні застосування (телемедицина, теле-патологія, рентгенівські плівки тощо)
Документ-камери замінили епіпроектори, які колись використовувалися для цієї мети. За допомогою збільшення зображення документ-камери можуть працювати з дуже дрібним шрифтом в книгах або з друкованими сторінками на традиційних прозорих плівках. Також приміщення не доведеться затемнювати, щоб працювати з документ-камерою. Більшість цих пристроїв можуть також відправляти відеосигнал до комп'ютера через кабель USB. Іноді документ-камери з'єднуються з діалоговим мультимедійними дошками(подібно до Panaboard, Qomo, Smartboard, Activboard або інші марки) замість стандартного екрану.

Типи

 Портативні

Достатньо легкі (як правило до 5 кг), виготовлені з ударостійких матеріалів, що робить їх транспортування безпечнішим, оснащені ручкою для перенесення або спеціальною сумкою. Попри малий розмір мають високі технічні характеристики.

 Стаціонарні

Масивні і важкі (до 15 кг), мають велику кількість рознімачів для передачі даних, відрізняються від портативних більш високою роздільною здатністю і розширеним набором функціональних можливостей.

Використання
За допомогою документ-камери можна відображати рекламні матеріали, документи, слайди, рентгенівські знімки і просто зразки продукції або які-небудь предмети.

Документ-камери застосовуються в навчальному процесі, спрощують роботу з аудиторією. Оскільки передача даних відбувається в режимі реального часу, камери дозволяють здійснювати відеоконференції та ідеально підходять для віддаленого навчання.

Додаткове обладнання

 Адаптер для мікроскопа

Використовується для підключення камери до окуляра мікроскопа.

 Антиблікова плівка

Прозора плівка з матовим покриттям, що призначене для ліквідації бліків при проектуванні глянцевих поверхонь журналів, книг, фотографій і т. д.

 Кейс

Звичайний дорожні кейси, що використовується для перевезення камери і мікроскопа або дві документ-камери.

 Підсвітка з лазерними вказівниками

Лазери окреслюють область поля зору камери, тобто дозволяють визначити, куди покласти предмет.

 Світний планшет

Призначений для рентгенівських знімків, прозорих плівок і т. д. Підключається безпосередньо до камери (для камер із вмонтованим планшетом додатковий планшет не потрібно).

Фотокамери

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Islamic Party of Britain
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Muslims Against Crusades
Salafism
Sexism in the Qur'an
""The present Western-style education is mixed with issues that run contrary to our beliefs in Islam, like rain. We believe it is a creation of God rather than an evaporation caused by the sun that condenses and becomes rain or like saying the world is a sphere. If it runs contrary to the teachings of Allah, we reject it. We also reject the theory of Darwinism.
—Founder Mohammed Yusuf[1]
ISWAP, or the Islamic State's West African Province, The People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad[2], more commonly known as Boko Haram ("Western education is sinful" in Hausa ) is a Sunni Islamist paramilitary group responsible for killing thousands of people across Nigeria. Founded in 2002, targets of Boko Haram ranged from banks to bars to churches, although it focused mainly on state institutions including the police and army, and argues that it is fighting authoritarianism and corruption. Reuters reports that Boko Haram was responsible for 10,000 killings in 2014.[3] Boko Haram have caused famine in a state where they are active.[4]
The group also has kidnapped some western tourists, many Nigerians , and has assassinated members of the Islamic establishment who are critics of the group.[5] Boko Haram has actively opposed polio vaccination.[6] The group claims inspiration from the Taliban and has demanded the implementation of sharia law in northern Nigeria.[7]
Boko Haram originally pledged allegiance to al Qaeda as leader of the global jihad, but then flip-flopped to demonstrate how meaningful its oaths are by pledging allegiance to the Islamic State and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as Caliph of all the Muslims.[8] After months of no response, DAESH finally acknowledged their subservience.
Reportedly, it has received funding from the Al-Muntada Trust.[9]
Threat[edit]
Boko Haram is a large threat to Nigeria, especially during election years. Many north Nigerian politicians have openly stated that Nigeria does not have the military capability to defeat Boko Haram and reports indicate this is true as Boko Haram's fighters are not only better armed but they are much more disciplined than Nigeria's military.[10] This is supported by the fact that Nigeria has asked for international help to defeat Boko Haram, after the group launched a 2014 terrorist attack that killed up to 2,000 Nigerians and used several small children as "suicide" bombers in yet more attacks.[11][12] The Council on Foreign Relations and the Congressional Research Service state Boko Haram was responsible for at least 5,000 deaths in the first half of 2014.
There are claims that Nigeria's northern politicians are supporting Boko Haram and these claims do have a degree of weight to them as there is some pretty strong evidence.[13]
What makes Boko Haram so tough to beat is a mixture of ethnic and religious tensions in Nigeria hampering a coordinated strike against Boko Haram, rampant corruption in both northern Nigeria and the Nigerian military along with low morale in the Nigerian military.[14]
Some military successes against Boko Haram in the Spring of 2015 have been attributed to South African mercenaries having joined the fight,[15] but the Nigerian army denies this (well, they would, wouldn't they?)
The rise of Boko Haram has also had other, unintended repercussions. In neighboring Cameroon, fear of Boko Haram and other groups known to use rape as a weapon of war, has led some parents to practice breast ironing on their daughters in the bizarre belief that this will make them less likely to become victims of rape.
↑ Nigeria's 'Taliban' enigma
↑ Who are Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists?
↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/09/us-nigeria-violence-idUSKBN0KH1VV20150109
↑ Boko Haram triggers famine in Borno state
↑ Should the US fear Boko Haram?
↑ Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgency thwarting UN war on polio
↑ Nigerian death toll from Boko Haram attacks 'nears 1,000'
↑ http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/africa/2014/07/13/Boko-Haram-voices-support-for-ISIS-Baghdadi.html
↑ http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/35888-boko-harams-funding-traced-to-uk-sarabia-sect-planned-to-turn-nigeria-into-afghanistan-arrested-kingpin-opens-up
↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/17/us-nigeria-violence-idUSBREA1G1AO20140217
↑ http://www.voanews.com/content/nigerias-political-war-behind-the-war/1941740.html
↑ http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/missing-nigeria-schoolgirls/boko-haram-appears-be-using-abducted-girls-suicide-bombers-experts-n284456
↑ http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2014/0305/Slaughter-crazy-Why-is-Nigeria-s-Boko-Haram-so-successful
↑ Africa's soldiers of fortune join fight against Boko Haram Financial Times, 26 March 2015
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The Armys Interest in Space Control
The Army is critically dependent on space capabilities to enable and enhance land warfare. Virtually every Army operation uses space capabilities. Today, space is used largely for its ability to enhance the effectiveness of combat forces, particularly in the areas of communication, navigation, locating and targeting the enemy, and anticipating weather. As a result, space capabilities that have an impact on the Armyís land warfare capability must be protected. Likewise, when critical to the military forces of the United States, such tremendous asymmetrical advantages must be denied to an adversary.
The Army views space as a vertical extension of the battlefield and an integral part of the battlespace, one that has been especially instrumental during the ongoing Global War on Terrorism. The Armyís transformation integrates space into all phases of planning and operations as a core element of that process. The Armyís future force, serving as part of the joint force, has even more adaptable and lethal capabilities, which further extend the advantage of the ultimate high ground. The rapidly changing nature of warfighting results in a growing Army interest in protecting and denying capabilities in space.
The Armyís dependence on space will increase as space-based capabilities enable future force concepts of information superiority, enhanced situational awareness, and high-tempo, noncontiguous operations. The use of space will increase as technology provides more flexible, less expensive space access, and supports development of a more comprehensive and integrated suite of warfighting tools. History and the rate of technological advancement clearly demonstrate that the time will come when space not only enhances land warfighting capabilities but also becomes key terrain in and from which combat engagements occur.
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Caffeine is a very commonly used psychotropic substance, with the typical caffeine user consuming about the equivalent caffeine content of two cups of coffee per day on average. This fact is unsurprising, as clear influences have been examined and observed across a number of areas including mood (i.e., increased positive mood, decreased irritability); neurocognition (improved information processing, reduced distractibility); alertness (i.e., increased vigilance) and increased wakefulness. Further, preexisting vulnerability to attentional deficits (e.g., ADHD) or emotional distress may predispose individuals to use or abuse caffeine as self-medication for these difficulties. Due to the wide array of caffeine effects, and the extensive use of caffeinated substances worldwide, the effects of caffeine use and resulting withdrawal from caffeine abstinence are important topics for health care providers to understand. This course explores and reviews relevant information and research on stimulant effects of caffeine, many of them similar to other commonly abused substances, and the mechanisms which may underlie such effects.
Discuss the worldwide prevalence of caffeine use from a psychological and physiological viewpoint.
Describe the basic psychotropic effects of caffeine use and the 2 specific underlying mechanisms of action (neurochemically & neuroanatomically).
Recognize the impact of caffeine use and withdrawal on 3 areas of functioning (e.g., mood, cognition, and physiology), particularly as it relates to treatment in general and specific (ADHD) populations.
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Is Poverty In The World's Richest Country Simply Bad Luck?
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Covered with a blanket, a homeless man sleeps along a Hollywood sidewalk in California. (Image... [+] credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife)
There is a new study out with the finding that urban sprawl contributes to inequality, making it more difficult for the poor to climb the income ladder.
Okay, let's accept that idea for a moment. Why is there urban sprawl? Isn't it directly tied to liberal policies that have prevailed over the past 40 years? Federal judges and the teachers unions combined to destroy the inner city schools. So middle class families who wanted a decent education for their children had no choice but to turn to private schools or retreat to the suburbs. Then, minimum wage laws, labor monopolies and the lure of welfare made the inner city increasingly unattractive to employers seeking a productive workforce.
As the tax base shrinks and taxpaying voters disappear, city government becomes completely captured by the public sector unions. They use their power to pad their own compensation at the expense of deteriorating city services and to wrest promises of post-retirement benefits that can only be paid by an (unlikely) influx of new taxpayers. Thus starts a downward political death spiral that can only end in bankruptcy.
So what's the obvious public policy conclusion? Don't adopt policies that chase the middle class and the job creator community away. Or at least that would be obvious unless you write for The New York Times. Here is Paul Krugman, who does a decent job of describing the study's conclusions:
"Atlanta looks just like Detroit gone bust: both are places where the American dream seems to be dying, where the children of the poor have great difficulty climbing the economic ladder. In fact, upward social mobility — the extent to which children manage to achieve a higher socioeconomic status than their parents — is even lower in Atlanta than it is in Detroit…
And in Atlanta poor and rich neighborhoods are far apart because, basically, everything is far apart; Atlanta is the Sultan of Sprawl, even more spread out than other major Sun Belt cities…As a result, disadvantaged workers often find themselves stranded; there may be jobs available somewhere, but they literally can't get there."
As it turns out, the sprawl theory of perpetual poverty may be completely wrong. Randal O'Toole says it won't hold water and notes that only a few years ago Krugman blamed the housing bubble on anti-sprawl policies.
Even so, what are the solutions? All Krugman has to offer is:
"[T]his observation clearly reinforces the case for policies that help families function without multiple cars."
Cars? What about the teachers unions? Not a word. What about the lack of school choice? Nada. Minimum wage laws, labor union monopoles, and other restrictions on the right to work? Not a peep. A culture of welfare dependency that erodes the willingness to work? Zero. City governments doing what private companies are no longer allowed to do: promising post-retirement benefits without funding them? Zilch.
What about the fact that the policies routinely advocated on the editorial pages of the Times are far more harmful to social mobility than the automobile could ever be? Not a word about that either.
What's true of cities is also true of states. People and capital move where they are welcome. As Travis Brown and I wrote the other day in the Dallas Morning News:
"Texas is the nation's No. 1 job creator. Since the official end of the recession in 2009, Texas has been responsible for almost one out of every two jobs created in the entire country.
This is not a new phenomenon. For decades, Texas has been creating jobs faster than other states. Between 2001 and 2011, while many other states were hemorrhaging jobs, Texas increased private-sector employment by 732,800…
Why has Texas been so successful at job creation? We're a very labor-friendly state — meaning that government doesn't very often get between job creators and job seekers. The Mercatus Center at George Mason University ranks Texas No. 1 in labor market freedom."
I don't know what it is about the left, but they can't see the connection between the policies they advocate and the harmful results they decry.
Take President Obama. He is now talking about the economy. But the way he talks about it is as though (after 4 ½ year in office) he bears no personal responsibility for anything that's happened. As Charles Krauthammer pointed out the other night, Obama talks about the economy "as if he has been a bystander," as someone who "just arrived on a boat." "It's his economy and he's pretending he just stumbled on it."
Hmmm. Maybe we should send them all back to school for a course in mainstream economics.
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Jayalalithaa writes to Modi
Seeking a "decisive shift" in the Centre's stance vis-a-vis Sri Lanka on the arrest of Tamil Nadu fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to secure the release of 33 fishermen, arrested by the island nation's navy, and ensure a lasting solution to the issue.
In a letter to Modi for the first time on the fishermen issue, Jayalalithaa said 33 fishermen from Rameswaram fishing base in Tamil Nadu, along with their seven fishing boats, were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday.
Stating that the previous UPA regime's response on the issue was "meek," which "emboldened" Lanka, she recalled that there were 76 incidents of apprehension and 67 incidents of attacks on fishermen of Tamil Nadu in the past three years by Sri Lankan Navy.
Her numerous letters to the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking "strong diplomatic action" was of "no avail," she charged.
"I hope that there will now be a decisive shift in the Centre's stance under your leadership and that India will now take necessary steps to find a lasting solution to this vexatious question," she said in her letter.
The "resumption of abductions and detentions" by Sri Lanka had sent shock waves among the fishermen right at the beginning of the fishing season today, after a 45-day fishing ban, she noted.
"There was an expectation that, with the change of government at the Centre, there would be a reset in the relations with Sri Lanka and such attacks and apprehensions would cease."
Seeking Modi's intervention, she said, "we hope that the firmness of India's response would ensure that such instances do not recur hereafter."
The fishermen's right to fish in their traditional waters of the Palk Bay was allegedly being infringed repeatedly and effectively abrogated by Sri Lanka, she said.
"This [infringement] is caused in no small measure because of India having entered into an ill-advised agreement, which ceded to Sri Lanka the islet of Katchatheevu, which was historically part of India's territory and undisputedly an integral part of India."
Referring to the bilateral fishermen level talks in Chennai (January 27) and in Colombo (May 12) this year, Jayalalithaa alleged that Sri Lanka's stance in these talks was "obdurate."
She alleged that the "meek and weak" response of the UPA government to the repeated instances of abduction of and attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen in their traditional waters had "emboldened" Sri Lanka to act "brutally" against the fishermen.
Alleging that "an immobile policy paralysis" characterised the approach of the UPA on the issue, she said there was high expectation in Tamil Nadu that the new NDA government at the Centre would act decisively on the issue.
"To put an end to the systematic violence unleashed by the Sri Lankan Navy and to impress upon them. (Indian Express)
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Joanne Savio talks with her former student Roland Folkmayer about the retrospective of her dance photography and about what she seeks to achieve in a photographic portrait.
RF: What does it feel like having a retrospective of your work?
JS: It's a very emotional experience. Each of those images have some kind of memory, some more than others. As I looked at the negatives down in my basement—surrounded by, you know, the washer, the dryer, the water tank–working on this very tiny, light table with an old magnifying glass—it wasn't just picking out images for a show from thousands of negatives of dance, but it was also a visual memoir. I shed tears over some of those images. Some of these subjects are not with us anymore. Some of the assistants that helped me create this work are not here anymore. Awam Amkpa, a friend of mine who is a scholar and artist here, said, "Don't think of it as a retrospective. Think of it as an introspective," which I thought was excellent, you know, a good way to look at it.
RF: Absolutely. When you were going through your pictures, how did you know what to exclude, and what to include?
JS: In the film department, as you know, we have the expression "Kill the darlings." And I had to do that for this show. I kept editing, editing, editing, taking things out, and trying to stand back in my mind, to see how these images converse with each other. Do they have something in common? Is there a gesture? Is there something that would make the images live together as a family? [Laughs.] I still mourn some of the images that I couldn't fit into the show.
RF: So you were looking for—something more like an emotional attachment for you, or some other sort of quality?
JS: I had to say to myself, "Okay. Is this [image in the show] because I'm so attached to this person, and I'm really remembering that moment shooting them? But how will an audience react to this image?"
RF: Why did you choose this twenty-year time frame for your exhibit? Why not shorter, or longer?
JS: That's a great question. One way to think about it is 1986 was the first dance project I ever photographed, of Merce Cunningham. And there was no budget. I had gone back to school later in my life, at 33, I had already graduated with a degree in English Literature–
RF: Great. [Laughs.]
JS: —and I was then studying at Cooper Union, which is an amazing art school, and engineering, and architecture school in New York. And almost all of the students there were appropriate college age but we became friends. There was one young man there who later became an extremely famous designer and writer, Abbott Miller, who ended up art-directing and designing the beautiful magazine called Dance Ink. He called me and said, "I have this project, a portrait. I think you'd be perfect for it. But there's really no budget." When he said the subject was Merce Cunningham, I said, "I'm ready. I'll go." And my husband, Jim, went with me as an assistant. So that was the beginning. And even though I didn't stop shooting dance in 2004, it seemed like the bulk of my work, including my book Vital Grace, as well as most of the work I had done for Brooklyn Academy of Music and Dance Ink., seemed to finish up at around that point. So it seemed like a perfect chapter to try to illustrate. But I intend to continue shooting dance and taking portraits for the rest of my life.
Portrait of Pina Bausch, Italy, 1994.
Photo by Joanne Savio
RF: How does dance keep you inspired? Why do you think it's an essential and important topic in your life?
JS: Because for one thing I'm so clumsy. And these incredible, beautiful beings can do something that I cannot do. So the ones that are performance based, it was exciting to shoot. There is some kind of gut reaction about when to press that shutter. Someone who came to my opening said, "That's a perfect moment with Baryshnikov and Trisha Brown. How did you know to shoot that moment?" But it was the instinct of seeing a beautiful form. I would hear myself gasp behind the lens. For that moment in time I also feel like I'm flying through the air, I am these dancers. But when I stop time for that second, it forces the viewer to study that image. So the image appears important, or it appears that it's something that needs to be looked at.
RF: That's very interesting. So you weren't necessarily capturing a particular moment but could, sort of let it happen?
JS: I'm usually working with these people not as they're performing for an audience. So I can say, "I want to make sure that I got that jump. Can you try it again?" No one's saying, "Oh, you should get that." You know, there's just something inside of you that feels a moment you connect as human beings, something about that person that's reminding you of yourself. Like, I'm looking at you now, how you're holding your hands. I'm looking at your gestures, your eyes. If I were taking a portrait of you right now, I'd be looking for those moments where it would feel right to take that picture.
RF: When I look at these pictures, I wonder—how do you bring out the vulnerability in people?
JS: You know, the first thing is that you try to establish a sense of trust and respect between you and your subject. If it's someone famous I do research before the shoot, because I want them to know that they're not just another project to me, that I'm interested in who they are, what was there upbringing like, where were they born. I also feel when a camera is on you, you can feel vulnerable. And I want my subjects to know that they're in good hands. I want them to know that I am going to work with them to make an interesting and beautiful portrait of them, no matter how we define beauty. Also, I don't rush them. It goes back to the class you took with me ["Sound, Image, Story"], when I tried to stress slowing our world down, looking at tiny moments of light, little gestures, a look in the eye, expressions on a face.
RF: How can we practice slowing our world down?
JS: That's—I'm still— [Laughs.] I'm still struggling with that myself.
RF: Interesting.
JS: When I slow my world down, I don't tend to fall as much. [Laughs.]
I want my subjects to know that they're in good hands. I want them to know that I am going to work with them to make an interesting and beautiful portrait of them, no matter how we define beauty.
RF: Your exhibition is called Grace, and your images were featured in a book called Vital Grace. So I wondered, what is grace to you, in your life?
JS: Even in this context, it's not just grace in the sense of being graceful, but also in the sense of giving blessings and giving thanks to something. These photos are a way also to honor the people that were willing to sit in front of my camera and willing to show themselves to me. So it's also a grace in the sense of giving back to these people a blessing of gratitude.
RF: Putting together this exhibit was a long process. What will you take away from this whole exhibition?
JS: I'm still processing it all but it does feel really good to see my work around me. Because it's like being almost in the company of friends, subjects, memories in my own life. So I walk away from the exhibition feeling very grateful for the life I have.
Joanne Savio's exhibition Grace: A Retrospective of Dance Portraiture and Performance 1986-2004 continues at the NYUAD Project Space gallery through February 25.
Top photo: Trisha Brown, archival digital print from film negative, 156 x 111.8cm. Choreography, If You Couldn't See Me, 1994. Images courtesy of the artist.
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A protester gestures beside a Tunisian flag in front of the headquarters of the Constitutional Democratic Rally party of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali during a demonstration in downtown Tunis on January 20, 2011. . REUTERS/ Finbarr O'Reilly
TUNIS | Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:38am EST
(Reuters) - Tunisians Saturday marked the first anniversary of the revolution that started the Arab Spring with celebrations that were true to the spirit of the revolt: raucous, unscripted and driven by the energy of ordinary people.
Thousands of people flooded into Bourguiba Avenue in the center of the capital, the same spot where demonstrators massed exactly one year ago, forcing autocratic leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to accept his rule was over and flee the country.
Since that moment, Tunisia has become a model for democratic change in the Middle East, and its revolt has re-shaped the political landscape of the region. It inspired revolutions in Egypt and Libya, as well as uprisings in Syria and Yemen whose outcome is still in the balance.
In a nod to the people power origins of Tunisia's revolution, the country's new authorities did not try to stage-manage the public celebrations.
Instead they invited people to descend on the center of the capital to mark the day in their own way.
Some people marched down Bourguiba Avenue chanting Tunisia is Free! and Bye bye dictatorship. Welcome freedom! Others carried Tunisian flags, and cages with their doors swinging open, an allegory for the country's journey to freedom.
This is an occasion when all Tunisians should celebrate with pride, said Samir Ben Omrane, who was in the center of Tunis with his wife and two daughters. His wife was carrying a birthday cake with a single candle on the top.
I am happy that my children can live in freedom in this country, which has provided an example to the world, he said.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that a year ago the world was inspired by Tunisia's demands for democracy, freedom and dignity.
Their courage echoed throughout the region, where other peoples, encouraged by the actions of their Tunisian brothers and sisters, found the courage to also make their rightful aspirations heard, he said in a statement.
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The celebrations in Tunisia were in stark contrast to the tightly-regimented and starchy public occasions held during Ben Ali's 23-year-rule over Tunisia, when dissent was punished with long jail terms, torture or forced exile.
The new Tunisia is a cacophony of different groups, each demanding to be heard.
For all its progress toward democracy, Tunisia has acute problems of poverty and unemployment and its society is split over the rise to power of Islamists who were banned from public life for years under Ben Ali.
One group of young people gathered in front of the Interior Ministry headquarters to press for deeper reforms.
It's true that Ben Ali is not here any more, said one of the group, 25-year-old Walid Ben Salam. But we still have to be careful and to protect this revolution ... What we are missing is a separation of religion from politics, he said.
We need to pay homage to the martyrs of the revolution and not forget the thousands of unemployed people.
Elsewhere, several dozen relatives of people killed by security forces in the run-up to the revolution protested outside the Saudi Arabian embassy.
They were demanding the extradition of Ben Ali and his wife, Leila Trabelsi, who have been in Saudi Arabia since fleeing there a year ago.
Moncef Marzouki, a political prisoner under Ben Ali who is now the country's president, declared Saturday a national holiday. He marked the event by granting pardons to 9,000 prisoners and commuting 122 death sentences.
In the official part of the celebrations later Saturday, Marzouki will take part in a ceremony attended by visiting officials including the heads of state from Qatar, Libya and Algeria.
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Police have launched an investigation after a man and a woman approached a four-year-old boy and stroked his face.
The pair approached the young boy on the corner of New Bridge Road and Rosmead Street in east Hull, while his mother was talking to a friend. The woman then stroked his face and touched his arm before being confronted by his mother.
Initial reports were that the woman also tried to lead the boy away but this has not been confirmed by Humberside Police.
The woman approached the four-year-old boy and stroked his face
The woman is described as having tanned skin, in her mid to late 40's, fat build, and around 5ft 4ins to 5 ft ins and wearing a dark navy headscarf, dark blue or black coat, a long dark blue skirt, possibly with a floral pattern.
It is said she was with an unknown man.
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A spokesman for Humberside Police said: "It is reported that a mother was with her two small children talking to a friend outside the newsagents when a man and woman approached her four-year-old son.
"The woman allegedly stroked the boy's face and touched him on the arm, the mother then confronted the couple who left in the direction of Southcoates Lane.
"Investigations are underway to establish the circumstances of the incident. It was initially reported that the woman tried to lead the boy away, however this has not been confirmed.
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"The unknown female is described as having tanned skin, mid to late 40'sm fat build, 5'4"-5'5" in height, wearing a dark navy headscarf, dark blue or black coat, wearing a long dark blue skirt possibly with a floral pattern. The nationality of the female is not known.
Police have launched an investigation
"The unknown male is described as being dark skinned, medium build, around 5'7" in height, possibly wearing a benny hat and wearing all dark clothing."
Police are asking anyone with any information to call 101 quoting log number 270 of 13/03/2018.
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I had never heard of these books before I read your entry.
Now I must have them!
Damn you! Damn you and your literary commentary!
Bwahahahaha! *evil laugh* I am a pirate enabler. Seriously, they are so, so funny. Everyone should read them!
Ha, that reminds me, don't you have one for meeeeeeee? That you haven't given me?
Oh, I do, actually! It's part of your birthday present from last year! It's under my bed, I think.
Apparently I am a rather incompetent pirate enabler.
Thanks! And I'm honestly going to try to do better with keeping this blog updated than the Pirate Captain one. But having said that, I am very lazy.
You're welcome! And thanks for writing about the pirates. I got sent the Adventure with Whaling last summer for work (I'm a critic) and even the press release made me laugh; I've looked in vain ever since for anything nearly as funny or piratical, so I'm very glad to see that the pirates are returning.
God, I just realised that now I have described myself as a "critic" rather than a plain old journalist twice in one day - here and in my last entry. How poncey.
Eee! And hurrah! And I hope the blog doesn't have too many entries yet, otherwise I will not get anything done tonight.
Oh dear. It really really doesn't warrant an 'Eee!'. I can't handle that kind of pressure. It's just the usual 'I found a funny shaped pebble, here is a picture of my pebble, do you think it looks like a crow, I might stick feathers to it' rubbish, like blogs are supposed to be.
Don't worry, the Eee! was in large part in anticipation of the book, and the blog is just gravy. I am in no position to demand interesting content from anyone's blog, given that I have recently been writing about mailing containers for magazines and how I am tired from working out. Since I am lazy and I procrastinate a lot, I am always happy to see pictures of crow-like pebbles.
And aren't you nice, responding to people even if they aren't poncey critics like stellanova.
I'm not sure the book deserves an entire Eee either, but it will have a fancy red spine, and a picture of a bear on the back, if that counts for anything. And I remember from my brief two month period of going to a gym that working out is usually a great source of anecdotes, especially if you can manage to actually *fall off* a rowing machine, which is harder than it sounds. I might join one again just to fill up my livejournal.
I have never tried to fall off a rowing machine (I think I did try to use a rowing machine once, a long time ago, with limited success), but it does seem like it would be a pretty challenging proposition, what with them being low to the ground and all that. I work out at home so that I can keep my anecdotes to myself, or, in a worst case scenario, between myself and the emergency room doctor. Or, in a more realistic worst case scenario, between myself, the emergency room doctor, and my roommate, since I'd probably need her help to get to the emergency room.
But a fancy red spine! And a picture of a bear! I am definitely looking forward to the book now.
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You are Joe Danger, the world's most determined stuntman. You live to thrill the crowd and break World Records. Take on your friends or race against your rivals – the reckless "Team Nasty". You laugh in the face of danger, and it laughs back, as you bounce from boulder to boulder, on fire, towards that pile of mousetraps. Freeze the game at any point and edit your level however you want it. Once you are finished, share the joy.
Joe Danger aims to recreate the childish joy of the first time you took a toy motorbike, doused it in lighter fluid, lit it, and launched it at high speed over your carefully constructed ramp out a second story window, while all the kids in the neighbourhood cheered below.
I am hoping this may be $10, but i could see this being $15 or 20. I'm hoping there will be enough content in it to justify the potentially high price, or rather would like to see if offered at the initial $10 and then have future DLC at a later date.


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An American country music singer and television personality who is also known for his role as a judge on the televised singing competitions Nashville Star, Clash of the Choirs, and The Voice
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Small Business Leadership Daily Brief: June 6, 2018 – If Everything Is Important, Then Nothing Is Important!
I first remember uttering this phrase as a teenager working for an autocratic, micromanager of a stereo shop who loved to preach, "Everything is important." He would traipse around picking nits. Quite often we'd find ourselves doing things to appease him while other things that are far more critical went undone. For example, I remember working to connect some equipment in a sound room so we could avoid embarrassment when a shopper wanted to hear a certain setup. When you work in a retail environment that requires you to demonstrate something to a shopper, you want things to work as they should. I'd endured the ongoing embarrassment of a foiled demo because a co-worker would move or disconnect a piece of gear without letting the rest of us know (and without fixing what he broke). Almost daily the rest of us were frustrated, and we all knew the main culprit.
As I'm taking care of that, the manager did an "all hands to the back" rampage session. We would file the owner's manuals to the showroom gear in a file cabinet, alphabetically. Somebody had pulled one and left it laying on a box in the warehouse instead of filing it back where it belonged. This was almost never a problem. Mostly because shoppers rarely wanted to see one.
This Tuesday news broke and the Internet is losing its mind over the White House rescinding an invitation to greet the President because a handful of players don't want to go. I'm apolitical. That means I don't care. You can judge me if you'd like. I'm a capitalist willing to assume responsibility for my own life. I'm thankful for our freedoms, but I don't get wrapped around the axle about what goes on in D.C. (well, that's not entirely true – Tuesday night I was disturbed that Vegas lost, again in the Stanley Cup Finals). Nearly everywhere I look online people are writing, judging, slamming or supporting what's going on with an NFL team visiting the White House.
And this impacts my life, or my business HOW?
My life is made worse by this HOW?
My life is improved by this HOW?
It's not. It doesn't affect me one little bit. Unless I allow it. By being distracted from what really matters. Sorta like that manager who felt it more urgent for all hands to be lambasted instead of making sure our showroom was shopper ready!
If everything is important, then nothing is important!
Many managers, leaders and business owners love to preach their perceived truth that every detail matters. Perhaps. If you're manufacturing aerospace parts it matters more than if you're manufacturing beanies. I get it.
When you tell your employees that everything is important then you're telling them there are no priorities. How can there be if everything is equally important? But you don't stop to realize that's what you're saying. And you're not likely understanding how demoralizing it is to your people as they do their work. They know some things matter more than others. They understand some things are more critical than others. The more you beat them down with messages contrary to that truth – the worse it gets. Customer service and all other performance standards will erode. As you strain to emphasize everything being important, you'll notice everything begins to fail.
Set your own standards. Do you really care about your employees and customers? You should. If you do, then make the things that are important those things that most impact employees and customers. It's not about refusing to look at lesser things (like an unfiled owner's manual). It just means you can weigh if that's a problem or not. A problem that requires some corrective action other than asking people to make sure they do it correctly next time.
Stop trying to fix every problem with an immediate whack of a sledgehammer. If your employees can't recite to you what's most important in your business, then you've got serious work to do.
Previous post: Small Business Leadership Daily Brief: June 5, 2018 – We Manage The Work. We Lead The People.


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{
	VBO_Vertex = 0,
	VBO_Index,
	VBO_MAX
};

enum eTestMeshObj
{
	TMO_Sky = 0,
	TMO_Obj,
	TMO_MAX,
};

static muggle::Renderer* renderer = nullptr;
static muggle::ShaderObj *vert_shader = nullptr, *frag_shader = nullptr;
static muggle::ShaderProgramGLSL shader_program;
static GLuint vao_handles[TMO_MAX] = { 0 };
static GLuint vbo_handles[TMO_MAX][VBO_MAX] = { 0 };
static muggle::Camera camera;
static muggle::MeshData* p_mesh[TMO_MAX] = { nullptr };
static muggle::matrix4f mat_model;
static muggle::matrix4f mat_view;
static muggle::matrix4f mat_projection;
static muggle::matrix4f mat_mv;
static muggle::matrix3f mat_normal;
static muggle::matrix4f mat_mvp;

static muggle::Texture* cube_tex = nullptr;

void Init()
{
	// get application and renderer
	muggle::Application* app = muggle::GetApplication();
	renderer = app->getRenderer();
	renderer->setClearColor(muggle::vec4f(0.3f, 0.3f, 0.3f, 0.3f));

	// initialize glad
	if (!gladLoadGL())
	{
		MASSERT_MSG(0, "Failed in gladLoadGL");
		return;
	}

	PrepareShader();
	PrepareData();

	// camera initialize
	camera.Update();
}
void Update()
{
	camera.Update();

	// muggle::quatf quat = muggle::quatf::FromYawPitchRoll(0, (float)-HALF_PI, 0.0f);
	// mat_model = muggle::MathUtils::Rotate(quat);
	mat_model = muggle::matrix4f::identify;
	mat_view = camera.getViewMatrix();
	mat_projection = camera.getProjectionMatrix();

	mat_mv = mat_model * mat_view;
	mat_normal = (muggle::matrix3f)mat_mv;
	mat_normal = muggle::matrix3f::Inverse(mat_normal);
	mat_normal = muggle::matrix3f::Transpose(mat_normal);
	mat_mvp = mat_mv * mat_projection;
}
void Render()
{
	// enable depth test
	glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
	glDepthFunc(GL_LESS);

	shader_program.Use();

	for (int i = 0; i < TMO_MAX; ++i)
	{
		glBindVertexArray(vao_handles[i]);

		// set uniform variable in shader
		muggle::vec3f camera_pos = camera.getPosition();
		shader_program.setUniform("worldCameraPos", camera_pos);

		shader_program.setUniform("ModelMatrix", mat_model);
		shader_program.setUniform("MVP", mat_mvp);

		shader_program.setTexture("CubeMapTex", cube_tex, 0);

		shader_program.setUniform("materialInfo.Eta", 0.9f);
		shader_program.setUniform("materialInfo.ReflectFactor", 0.5f);

		// draw cube
		shader_program.setUniform("DrawSkyBox", i == TMO_Sky ? true : false);
		if (p_mesh[i]->num_index > 0)
		{
			int index_type = (p_mesh[i]->size_index == 2 ? GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT : GL_UNSIGNED_INT);
			glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, p_mesh[i]->num_index, index_type, (GLvoid*)NULL);
		}
		else
		{
			glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, p_mesh[i]->num_vertex);
		}
	}
}
void Destroy()
{
	for (int i = 0; i < TMO_MAX; ++i)
	{
		// delete vbo and vao
		glDeleteBuffers(VBO_MAX, vbo_handles[i]);
		glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &vao_handles[i]);

		// delete mesh data
		if (p_mesh[i])
		{
			delete p_mesh[i];
		}
	}

	// delete texture
	if (cube_tex)
	{
		delete cube_tex;
	}

	// destroy shader program and shader object
	shader_program.Destroy();

	if (vert_shader)
	{
		vert_shader->Destroy();
		delete vert_shader;
		vert_shader = nullptr;
	}
	if (frag_shader)
	{
		frag_shader->Destroy();
		delete frag_shader;
		frag_shader = nullptr;
	}
}

void PrepareData()
{
	// load texture
	static const char* cube_images[6] =
	{
		"res/textures/uffizi/uffizi_px.png",
		"res/textures/uffizi/uffizi_nx.png",
		"res/textures/uffizi/uffizi_py.png",
		"res/textures/uffizi/uffizi_ny.png",
		"res/textures/uffizi/uffizi_pz.png",
		"res/textures/uffizi/uffizi_nz.png",
	};
	cube_tex = muggle::Texture::LoadCube(cube_images);
	MWARNING(cube_tex != nullptr, "Failed load cube texture %s\n", cube_images[0]);

	// load mesh
	p_mesh[TMO_Sky] = muggle::GeometryMesh::GenerateSphere(100.0f, 30, 30);
	p_mesh[TMO_Obj] = muggle::GeometryMesh::GenerateCuboid(5.0f, 5.0f, 5.0f);
	// MeshDataPrint(p_mesh);

	CreateVBO();
	CreateVAO();
}
void PrepareShader()
{
	const char* vert_shader_name = "res_learn_opengl/shaders/reflection_and_refraction_vert.glsl";
	const char* frag_shader_name = "res_learn_opengl/shaders/reflection_and_refraction_frag.glsl";

	// create shader object
	vert_shader = muggle::CreateShaderObj(
		renderer, vert_shader_name, "main",
		muggle::ShaderStageType::VS, muggle::ShaderType::GLSL
	);
	frag_shader = muggle::CreateShaderObj(
		renderer, frag_shader_name, "main",
		muggle::ShaderStageType::PS, muggle::ShaderType::GLSL
	);

	// initialize shader program
	shader_program.Initialize();
	shader_program.Attach(vert_shader);
	shader_program.Attach(frag_shader);

	// link shader program
	shader_program.Link();
}

void CreateVBO()
{
	for (int i = 0; i < TMO_MAX; ++i)
	{
		// create buffer object
		glGenBuffers(VBO_MAX, vbo_handles[i]);
		MASSERT_MSG(vbo_handles[i][VBO_Vertex] != 0 && vbo_handles[i][VBO_Index] != 0, "Failed in Generate buffer object");

		// vertex buffer
		size_t vert_size = p_mesh[i]->num_vertex * p_mesh[i]->vertex_decl.stride;
		glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo_handles[i][VBO_Vertex]);
		glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vert_size, (void*)p_mesh[i]->ptr_vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);

		// index buffer
		size_t index_size = p_mesh[i]->size_index * p_mesh[i]->num_index;
		glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo_handles[i][VBO_Index]);
		glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, index_size, (void*)p_mesh[i]->ptr_indices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);

		// end bind vbo
		glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
		glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
	}
}
void CreateVAO()
{
	for (int i = 0; i < TMO_MAX; ++i)
	{
		// create and bind to a vertex array object
		glGenVertexArrays(1, &vao_handles[i]);
		glBindVertexArray(vao_handles[i]);

		// enable vertex attribute arrays
		glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);		// vertex position
		glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);		// vertex normal
		glEnableVertexAttribArray(2);		// vertex texture coordinate

		// map attribute index to buffer
		glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo_handles[i][VBO_Vertex]);
		glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE,
			p_mesh[i]->vertex_decl.stride, (void*)p_mesh[i]->vertex_decl.offsets[muggle::VertexAttribute::Position]);
		glVertexAttribPointer(1, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE,
			p_mesh[i]->vertex_decl.stride, (void*)p_mesh[i]->vertex_decl.offsets[muggle::VertexAttribute::Normal]);
		glVertexAttribPointer(2, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE,
			p_mesh[i]->vertex_decl.stride, (void*)p_mesh[i]->vertex_decl.offsets[muggle::VertexAttribute::TexCoord0]);

		// bind index
		glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo_handles[i][VBO_Index]);

		// end bind vao
		glBindVertexArray(0);
	}
}

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Danny is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelor's in Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science with a concentration in Athletic Training. He later attended the University of Tennessee, earning his Master's in Exercise Science. He holds certifications as an Athletic Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA).
Danny has worked in a variety of settings from the high school athletic training room, wellness centers, sports performance gyms and most recently conducting research on ACL injury prevention and rehabilitation. Danny is passionate about active living, whether it is establishing habits, recovering from injury, or getting an athlete to their peak performance, he is passionate about helping individuals safely develop a life full of movement - emphasizing mobility and strength to meet their daily demands.
In his free time he is especially keen on pursuing this lifestyle with his family in the outdoors--hiking, backpacking, camping--sharing this passion with his two young daughters.
If you would like to contact Danny directly you may do so via email at danny.clifford@gobeyondexercise.com.


RHS Garden Wisley is situated just off the M25. At junction 10, take the A3 direction Guildford.
The nearest train stations are Woking and West Byfleet.
Smart casual wear. Please note the grass may be damp and it is advised that waterproof shoes may be a good idea.
Yes you may bring your own picnic into the concert arena. You are asked not to bring tables but chairs, blankets, folding chairs etc. are permitted.
No barbecues, barbecue candles or naked flames.
Flash photography, videos and recording devises of any sort are not permitted.
• This ticket does not allow them entry to the Wisley Gardens. For more information on visiting the gardens, patrons should call 01483 224 234 or www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley.
• Patron may bring a picnic into the concert arena.
• Patrons are asked not to bring tables but chairs and blankets are permitted.
• Patrons are not allowed to bring barbecues, barbecue candles or naked flames.
• The performers are in a covered arena and the concert will still go ahead on the night if it is raining. Only in extreme conditions and a question of health and safety is involved would the concert be cancelled.
• Any decision to cancel the concert will be taken at the advertised starting time (6pm). No refunds will be given if a concert is started by later abandoned.
• The concerts will take place on the grass at Seven Acres which is situated opposite the restaurant and Cafeteria.
• The concert area will be sign posted within the car park. The car parks will be lit in the evening after the concert is finished. However, concert goers are asked to bring a torch just in case.
• The performers will be facing toward the restaurant and cafe area - north west in direction.


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Q: Edit Xcode color scheme for line number background Anyone knows how to change the line number background color in Xcode, referring to the area in the red box below? Access the setting by:

Xcode -> Preferences... -> Fonts & Colors

I read through the .dvtcolortheme file but haven't found any hint.

A: You can edit the background of the line colors by going opening the color scheme in a text editor and changing the values for the property DVTMarkupTextInlineCodeColor

These are decimal RGB color values so in this example I have set the background to white with an opacity level of 0.7

A: Unfortunately it seems that the line number/gutter area is given its background colour automatically based on what the background of the editor is. This can be seen by changing the editor's background colour to white or black, and it chooses both a darker colour for white, and a lighter colour for black.

A: It could be fixed with Xcode restart

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Honestly I have great skin and can not complain too much. I rarely suffer from breakouts and my skin type is normal to dry, it also tends to lean towards the sensitive side. That being said, we all have little things we don't like about out skin/body, so here are mine.
I have a red, freckled skin tone.
When I was younger I got a severe sunburn on my face and I've had sun damage build up on top of it ever since. I want to Reverse these sun spots so that without make up I have a smooth complexion.
Another thing I want to change is the redness I have specifically on my face. I wouldn't go as far to say it's rosacea but it looks similar. So those are the two main things I want to make better or reverse: the sun damage and the redness. That's why I chose the "reverse" package.
Click on any of the products above to shop.
then continue with what works best for you.
Let The Weekly Diary begin!!
None of the photos below have been altered in ANY WAY nor do I have on ANY make up. Everything is as raw and real as possible.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday only morning.
Monday: First Impression: Woah, I like it! I was expecting the step one scrub to be a little more harsh. But surprisingly it was light and the expholiant pieces in the product were small.
Step two toner: Refreshing. It's cold, and unlike others wasn't drying to my skin. Lastly the lightening creme and SPF. I used the tiniest amount of lightening creme because I've heard a dab will do you! It has a faint smell that isn't amazing but it's nonetheless tolerable.
Wednesday: I was looking forward to using my Reverse this morning, I just love having a clean face. I washed my face and went to school.
Friday: After todays wash my skin is a little aggravated so I'm going to lay off until Monday.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday only morning.
Monday: this week I'm starting to use it every day, morning!
Wednesday: I can tell my skin is already starting to get more use to it. Last Friday, my skin got really red and angry when I washed my face so I laid off a few days. With a new product I've really learned to just listen to my skin and try and stick with the regimen the best I can.
I've also noticed my skin to be a little bit more dry so before bed I put a plentiful amount of coconut oil on my face and go to sleep.
Thursday: I've washed my face everyday this week and it's starting to feel so good!
Saturday: I went home to Graham this weekend and took my new skincare. Saturday morning when I woke up and washed my face my mom was very surprised about how much my skin had already lightened. She also said she could kind of see the pattern of the motions I've been washing my face because it was lighter in certain areas. The areas she noticed was EXACTLY where I had been liberally applying product so that was a wake up call to stop doing the same motion when washing and mix it up a little bit! I was completely shocked it was working THAT good!?
I can't believe its only been two weeks and my family is already noticing a change! So exciting!
Monday: Getting this week started off right, of course; with my morning routine each day. Starting this week my routine is getting amped up a notch. I am finally starting to see bigger results. Not only did my mom mention a difference in my skin Connor made a remark that my skin "looked like I was wearing make-up!"
On days I "don't wear makeup" I usually just put on concealer under my eyes and on sun spots and then put on powder. I do this just so I can achieve a "makeup-less" clear skin look. He knows this, that's why when I said I wasn't wearing make up he was very surprised!
He's very sweet so he could be just saying that but he's also honest so I'm going to take it and run with it! This regimen has impressed me this far.
One very small downfall is the dryness/peeling that comes along with this regimen. However, when you're "sluffing" off dead skin cells and dark marks and brightening the skin, naturally some of that has to come along with it.
Thursday: This week I've washed my face morning and night since Monday and will continue to do so until tomorrow night (friday night.) After that, this weekend and for the remaining weeks I'm going to stick to a every morning and only nights on SMWF. My skin is pretty irritated with so much exfoliation so I see my skin respond best when I cleanse just a little less.
Monday: Last week, the suggested regimen was every day morning and night. For most that probably would work really well. But for my skin it was a little too much. I got a few little, red, scratch type bumps, from too much expholiaion so from here on out i'm going to do the regimen like it says request for week three.
Wash every morning & wash at night only on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Monday: I am starting to struggle to keep up with my routine! Before now I have never had much of a skincare routine, bad, I know! But honestly it can be a little tedious. I don't always do both morning and night but I try and at least do one or the other. Typically that ends up being night because your body does a TON of repairing while you're asleep and I want to have a clean face while that's happening!
One more week to go!! I'm so excited to take my final pictures next week and compare them all!
I have finally reached week 8 and I just got done scrolling through my progress photos! I am truly amazed. I am also excited to see what another 8 weeks will do for my skin! I hope you enjoyed taking a peek into my skin care journey! If you want to start yours feel free to reach out to Kim Mahan. She has all the answers to your Rodan + Fields questions and can help you get started.


Thank you for your interest in The Portman!
Escape the hustle and bustle of Oxford Street and come join us for a hearty meal in our ground floor pub or first floor dining room.
Relax in our plush velvet chairs at tables set with crisp white linen and indulge yourself in our Chef's excellent British cuisine. The Portman is open 365 days a year serving breakfast, lunch, afternoon and dinner from 7:30am till midnight.
The Portman offers and extensive international wine list ranging from £18.95 a bottle to £159.00 a bottle. We also offer real ales and premium lagers and have expert mixoligists that can mix up a range of different cocktails.
Our first floor dining room is available for exclusive hire and can seat up to 45 guests or 60 standing guests. We also offer a variety of menus suitable for every occasion and we have your own iPod facility so you can play your very own music through the room's speakers. The Portman is unique in its own way and offers a Gastro pub style menu with attentive efficient service. There are no rules at The Portman and we do our best to the give the customer whatever they want.
The Portman can also offer exclusive hire of the whole pub and dining room which can easily accommodate 100 guests.
Average spend per head is £35.00 and there is a discretionary 12.5% service charge added to every bill.


SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has been conducting ballistic missile launching drills on a regular basis to counter what it called the United States' nuclear war threats, Pyongyang's state media said Friday.
"It was a normal drill that was aimed at countering nuclear war maneuvers staged by enemy forces including the U.S.," said the Rodong Sinmun, the country's main newspaper, referring to the country's firing of four ballistic missiles on March 6.
North Korea said that it launched four ballistic missiles in an exercise targeting U.S. military bases in Japan, vowing to bolster its missile capabilities in terms of quantity and quality.


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Q: Excel Pivot Table - Uneven group interval I have around about 12,000 individual accounts with balances ranging from .01 to over 5mm. I want to group them in a column header so that I know the number of accounts that fall into each range as well as the summed up value of those accounts. I know how to create my pivot table to do this except for the grouping. I can only get one group to work (0-100,000 and >100,000). What I need is:
0-100,000; 100,000-1,000,000; 1,000,000-5,000,000; 5,000,000+
Can this be done? Manually grouping them isn't very viable given that I have 12,000 different account balances....and I wouldn't really want to do that manually anyway.

A: Can you add a calculated column to the source of the data with a formula to return the categories you want?  A nested "If" statement should handle it with ease. Something along the line of:
=IF(AND(BALANCE>0,BALANCE<100000),"0-100,0000",IF(AND(BALANCE>=100000,BALANCE<1000000),"100,000-1,000,000"))

Just add in the rest of the IF(AND(X,Y),"Display text") to generate your categories.

A: You could skip the Pivot table entirely and use COUNTIFS
=COUNTIFS(A$1:A$10,">"&0,A$1:A$8,"<="&100000)
=COUNTIFS(A$1:A$10,">"&100000,A$1:A$10,"<="&500000)

And so on
For the last category you can use a COUNTIF
=COUNTIF(A$1:A$10,">"&5000000)

(My formulas assume the data is in Range A1:A10)


Halogen lamp: halogen headlamps are injected with iodine and other halogen substances. When the bulb of a vehicle is heated at high temperature, the tungsten wire is sublimated, and then the tungsten is solidified on tungsten wire after cooling. Therefore, the service life is longer than that of the ordinary incandescent lamp.
the light principle of the LED lamp.
Halogen lamp: the structure is relatively simple, the manufacturing cost is relatively low, the light is more uniform, when the rain and snow days, penetration is relatively strong. However, the brightness is limited and the color of the light is yellow. Life expectancy is not very short, but LED is less advantageous.
LED lamp: LED lamp saves electricity, life and lighting speed. However, the cost of LED lamps is generally high. Once there are problems, the repair cost will become a problem.
In fact, the ordinary halogen lamp is enough to meet our daily lighting needs, and the LED lamp is relatively environmentally friendly except for the good lighting effect. If you are faced with a halogen and LED lamp, which one do you use?


The Switch has become a haven for indie game developers of late, and there are often well over a dozen indie games that release on the Switch every week. The reason for this is simple- they sell on the system like they sell nowhere else, and more and more indie developers have found themselves prioritizing Nintendo's hybrid for their titles.
In the future, Nintendo wants that to continue, and, in fact, expand beyond where it is right now. Speaking at a briefing for shareholders, Nintendo senior executive officer Susumu Tanaka mentioned that the company wants to be able to release 20-30 indie games on the Switch every week, also noting that there are multiple indie games that have sold a million on the Switch already. That last part should help keep the Switch an attractive platform for indie game developers.
Indie games have gone on to become among the best games in the Switch's library- whether it is known hits like Stardew Valley or Hollow Knight, or completely new gems like Golf Story or Celeste, they've become important additions to the Switch's library. Given how they keep selling, it is clear that Switch owners want more of them, too. And if AAA third party developers won't support the Switch, they will be ceding the market to indie developers entirely- who, it seems, are all too happy to fill the void in their stead.


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Windows 11 New Features
Windows 11 features
A new version of Windows is now available for compatible PCs and includes a number of new features and improvements.
On October 5, Microsoft began rolling out Windows 11, and Microsoft has also released Windows 11 ISO images. Unlike prior Windows 10 updates, this new operating system places a greater emphasis on consumer-facing features and improvements, especially in comparison to the relatively low-key Windows updates published in recent years.
With Windows 11, software compatibility was unchanged, thus older apps should still work. To get the most out of Windows, you'll need updated versions of some apps and utilities, as usual.
New features in Windows 11
1. Start Menu
As you can see in the screenshots below, Windows 11 has a completely new Start Menu and taskbar interface.
2. Windows Tools
Microsoft is creating a new "Windows Tools" section in File Explorer, which will provide access to advanced apps like PowerShell and Windows Accessories.
The Windows Tools folder is now where you may find these tools. PowerShell is still accessible via the Windows 11 Start Menu and Windows Search. Microsoft has also separated File Explorer from the rest of the Start menu as part of this endeavor.
3.Storage Health Monitoring
Windows 11 added the ability to monitor the storage health of NVMe SSDs and alert users when their data is in danger.
This feature, which can be accessible in the Settings, is designed to detect hardware issues with NVMe SSDs. If problems with your disc are discovered, a notification will display to warn users that it's time to take action. Users will be prompted to back up their data and begin the recovery process after receiving the message.
4. File Explorer Design Changes
To improve the touchscreen experience, the default layout of traditional File Explorer has been changed with more padding.
If you like the traditional look, Microsoft has added a new option called "Use the compact mode" to the Folder View Options menu.
The increased padding, according to Microsoft, is intended to improve consistency with newer Windows features. Since tablet mode has been removed, the existing interface's UX improved. To make working with files and folders on a touch screen easier.
The orientation of folder icons and default file type icons is updated by Microsoft. Desktop, Documents, Downloads, and Pictures are some of the folders available. The icon for the Recycle Bin changed.
Within the Explorer, we're seeing some rounded corners. The right-click (context menu) has been redesigned.
File Explorer now has a new "command bar" header interface that uses Windows 11's Mica material to apply the desktop backdrop and accent colour to the header.
5. New Task View and Virtual Desktops
Microsoft is updating the Task View interface in Windows 11 to include additional capabilities for Virtual Desktops.
The Task View button is on the taskbar by default, and you can click it to open the task view. Task View, as the name implies, you to see all the open windows on your desktop, including those that are minimized or maximized.
The Task View feature allows you to create "many desktops," which are useful for separating jobs. Rename, reorder, and edit the backgrounds for each of your virtual desktops in Windows 11.
Now we could modify the background of virtual desktops. Go to Settings > Personalization > Background in the Settings app. Change the wallpaper for the active virtual desktop by left-clicking a background on the next screen. In Task View, the background is shown in the preview thumbnail.
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Microsoft is bringing gadget-like widgets to the desktop in Windows Vista. Users will be able to read their Microsoft Newsfeed on their desktops and receive daily weather and traffic updates.
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By Sophia Corso Boston University clinical associate professor Phillipe Copeland recently created ...
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Boston University clinical associate professor Phillipe Copeland recently created a "racism denial response guide" that smears those who make statements such as "I don't see race" as deniers of racism and gives guidance on how to initiate and fuel divisive confrontations over the matter.
In a piece published in the Emancipator, a project of the Boston Globe in partnership with Boston University, Copeland defines racism denial as a "political strategy" and "coping tool" that "obscur[es] the reality of racism or minimiz[es] its significance."
Hey people, I'm offering this tool in case it helps you to counter #RacismDenial https://t.co/2hGNXaCwQx
— Phillipe Copeland (@PTheeEducator) January 11, 2023
For example, Copeland suggests that believing that the non-profit organization Black Lives Matter–which has been credibly accused of allocating more than $6 million of its funds to purchase a mansion home for its founder–"lacks credibility" is an example of "engaging in racism denial."
He proceeds to outline "the eight forms of racism denial": refuting, minimizing, myopia, replacing, defending, excusing, revising history, and distorting. Each form is defined in a chart, giving examples of "tactics" of these forms and "response strategies."
For example, "myopia" is defined as "an inability or unwillingness to perceive racism accurately." Stating "I don't see race" and "claiming the existence of additional or alternative explanations [that equals] the absence of racism" engages in this type of racism denial. Copeland tells readers to respond by saying that racism still influences the particular outcome of the discussion and to "correct miseducation or disinformation."
Using this definition and examples, seeing and judging someone for the content of their character rather than the color of their skin now seems to be an act of denying racism. This is the complete opposite of what proponents of racial equality, such as Martin Luther King Jr., preached– whose observance was just recently celebrated on Monday.
Another example of racism denial that Copeland outlines is "distorting", which he defines as "turning reality inside out to claim that White people are the real victims," such as labeling antiracism as racism. Copeland's responsive strategies include asking the individual to "define racism and explain specifically how antiracist efforts are 'racist.'"
As Young America's Foundation has previously reported, there are many examples of universities discriminating against certain demographics that can be considered anti-white or anti-Asian racism. For example, Ithica College in New York planned to host a career exploration program exclusively for racial minority students in October. The Medical University of South Carolina excluded white students from the institution's "Business Success Academy" program, which provides a $20,000 scholarship to students who participate. While those on the Left may view these programs as "great leaps for the advancement of diversity," discriminating against certain races while favoring others is clearly a racist violation of students' civil rights.
Ibram X. Kendi, a proponent of "anti-racism," who has perpetuated his agenda through various written works, including "How To Be An Anti-Racist" and a children's book, "Anti-Racist Baby," voiced his support for Copeland's piece on Twitter.
In this @the_emancipator piece, Boston University's @PTheeEducator breaks down eight forms of racist denial, which "involves obscuring the reality of racism or minimizing its significance."https://t.co/C0r4eAzR2M pic.twitter.com/r33MHzUnR7
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) January 13, 2023
"In this [the Emancipator] piece, Boston University's [Dr. Phillepe Copeland] breaks down eight forms of racist denial, which 'involves obscuring the reality of racism or minimizing its significance,'" he wrote.
To "confront" well-intentioned people, as Copeland suggests, and to further suggest that their common sense approach to race relations (treating everyone equally, regardless of skin color) is "harmful" is clearly wrong.
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