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INEC extends deadline for PVC collection
by Egoh February 8, 2019, 3:47 pm 65 Comments
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has extended deadline for Permanent voters cards (PVC) collection across the country.
Collection of PVC was scheduled to end today, however the electoral body has extended it to Monday, February 11.
Chairman of INEC, Mahmoud Yakubu who spoke at the opening of a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) in Abuja on Friday, said the decision was as a result of complaints received by the agency.
According to him the deadline is to ensure no eligible Nigerian is disfranchised because of their inability to collect their PVCs, and it is expected that INEC officials will work on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m to 6 p.m. during the exercise.
Tweets which confirmed that INEC has extended deadline for PVC collection, reads;
INEC extends deadline for collection of PVCs from Friday 8th February to Monday 11th February 2019. This will include Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 6pm. INEC Chair, Prof Mahmood Yakubu made the announcement at today's meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners
In the last couple of days, we have been inundated by calls, from Nigerians to review the current process of collection of Permanent Voters Cards. I response, the Commission has taken the following decisions; The collection of PVCs will now take place from 9am to 6pm daily. All State offices are hereby directed to review the procedure for the collection of PVCs and dedicate all the staff of the Local Government offices to the collection process.
Staff are enjoined to be civil in attending to citizens and to escalate issues that they cannot immediately resolve to their superiors. The Commission wishes to reassure Nigerians that we will continue to take every necessary step to ensure that no registered voter is disenfranchised on account of non-collection of PVCs.
Similarly, the Commission is taking urgent steps to address complaints of unavailability of the PVCs of some registered voters before the end the deadline for the collection. We wish to reiterate that after the deadline of Monday 11th February 2019, all uncollected PVCs will be recalled and deposited with the CBN for safe-keeping until after the General Elections when the collection of cards and the continuous registration of voters will resume.
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Boys Junior Varsity Football, Boys Varsity Football · Sep 6 RNE Loses Home Opener
On a night when history was made at Richland Northeast, the Cavalier football team came up short in a 20-6 loss to Lancaster. The first home game ever played on the campus of Richland Northeast opened with a defensive struggle as both teams were scoreless after one quarter. Midway through the second quarter, Lancaster finally found the endzone when standout wide receiver Jay Hood hauled in an 11 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Keendarius Truesdale. The Bruins added to their 7-0 halftime lead early in the 3rd quarter when Truesdale capped off a long drive with a 1 yard touchdown run. The Northeast offense found a spark late in the fourth quarter when quarterback Simeon Kelly found Jeff Rhodon on a 43 yard strike to put the Cavs on the board and cut the Lancaster lead to 20-6, but the Bruins were able to control the ball for the remaining minutes and hold on for the 14 point victory.
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When a person is injured while working on the job, generally their only remedy is to file a workers' compensation claim because in New Jersey you cannot sue your employer. Filing a workers' compensation claim protects an employee in many ways. One of the issues commonly dealt with is getting outstanding medical bills paid before they go into collection. The following scenario occurs often after a workplace injury. An employee is injured at work, goes to the emergency room for evaluation, and several weeks later a bill arrives in the mail. The injured worker understandably becomes concerned about who will pay for the bill and how to ensure that the bill is paid for before it adversely affects their credit. This becomes particularly stressful for the injured worker that is not in a financial position to pay for the bill and seek reimbursement later.
However, when a compensable claim for workers' compensation benefits is filed, the employer has the right and obligation to provide medical treatment. At Levinson Axelrod, we make a difference for our clients by working diligently to ensure that the injured worker receives necessary medically treatment and that any related medical expenses do not become the responsibility of the injured worker. Many times it is necessary to file the appropriate motion to ensure timely treatment and payment of outstanding medical bills. Accordingly, the injured workers' credit will not be adversely affected by unpaid medical expenses.


29. END OF WW2. SOME IMMIGRATION TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL. ON NOVEMBER 29TH 1947, THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY NOTED TO PARTITION PALESTINE INTO JEWISH AND ARAB STATES, WITH JERUSALEM UNDER INTERNATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY.
THE PARTITION PLAN PASSED BY A MARGIN OF 33 TO 13, WITH THE USA AND RUSSIA VOTING IN FAVOR. BRITAIN ABSTAINED AND STATED IT WOULD DO NOTHING TO ENFORCE THE PLAN. SO MUCH FOR THE BALFOUR DECLARATION TO ESTABLISH A HOME STATE FOR THE JEWS.
30. ON MAY 14TH 1948, DAVID BEN-GURION PROCLAIMED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
31. THE 1947 UN OFFER TO THE JEWS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN WHAT ZIONISTS HAD DREAMED OF. BUT IT WAS A STATE FOR THEM, SO THEY ACCEPTED THE UN RESOLUTION. THE ARABS AGAIN REJECTED THE PLAN.
32. ON MAY 15TH 1948: EGYPT, SYRIA, TRANS-JORDAN, SAUDI ARABIA, LEBANON, AND IRAQ, ALL SENT TROOPS AGAINST ISRAEL. TO WIPE OUT THE JEWS AND TO PUSH THEM INTO THE SEA.
33. THE ARABS LOST MORE TERRITORY TO THE JEWS THAN WHAT THE UN HAD OFFERED THEM.
34. JERUSALEM WAS CONTROLLED BY JORDAN UNTIL 1967 AND THE 6 DAY WAR.
35. THE PROCESS OF CREATING A STATE FOR PALESTINIANS IS STILL IN THE "WORKING OUT STAGE" - BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE PALESTINIANS SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN STATE.
36. DESPITE WARS, TERRORISM, BOYCOTTS, ETC. THE STATE OF ISRAEL SUPPLIES A HOME FOR JEWS. ISRAEL'S CONTRIBUTION IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, HEALTH CARE, AGRICULTURE, SOLAR ENERGY, LEND A DEGREE OF CREDIBILITY AS TO WHAT IS WRITTEN IN CONSERVATIVE AND MODERN ORTHODOX PRAYER BOOKS.
37. THE STATE OF ISRAEL IS THE BEGINNING OF THE FLOWERING OF REDEMPTION. BUT THIS IS A CONTROVERSIAL CLAIM. FOR THE ZIONISTS WHO BROUGHT THE DESERT TO BLOOM, WHO BUILT THE FARMS AND ORCHARDS, WERE NOT GOVERNED BY MESSIANIC FERVOR, OR TRADITIONAL JUDAISM. FOR THEM IT WAS THE DESIRE TO SOLVE THE JEWISH PROBLEM. TO HAVE A NATIONAL HOME SO JEWS COULD BE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PEOPLE.
38. DAVID BEN-GURION SAID, "WE WANT TO BE A NORMAL PEOPLE, WITH COPS AND ROBBERS, POLICEMEN, AND PROSTITUTES, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE." AND ISRAEL DOES HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF THEM IN SOCIETY NOW.
39. ISRAEL HAS A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. ISRAEL DOES NOT YET HAVE A CONSTITUTION. IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE "GOD" IS NOT MENTIONED.
40. CONSERVATIVE AND ORTHODOX JEWS UNDERSTAND REDEMPTION IS NOT HERE, BUT REDEMPTION CAN'T HAPPEN UNLESS THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE BACK IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL. JEWS CAN STILL LIVE OUTSIDE THE LAND OF ISRAEL, BUT IN ORDER FOR JEWISH MISSION TO BE COMPLETE, THE JEWS NEED TO HAVE A NATION, IN ORDER TO ACTUALIZE THAT BIBLICAL MODEL OF LIVING RIGHTEOUSLY IN GOD'S EYES, NOT JUST AS INDIVIDUALS, BUT AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A NATION.
JUDAISM IS OPTIMISTIC - A HISTORY - A NOW - A FUTURE - THERE IS DIRECTION, AND EVEN IN A BAD WORLD WE CANNOT DESPAIR.
WHAT THE ZIONISTS DO NOT KNOW IS THAT THE 7 TIMES OF PUNISHMENT WAS OVER IN 1917 [360 DAYS X 7 INTO YEARS - FROM 604 B.C. TO 1917 A.D.] AND HENCE THEY COULD ESTABLISH A HOMELAND ONCE MORE. ESTABLISHING A HOME LAND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH END TIME PROPHECY, BUT ONLY THAT THEIR PUNISHMENT OF 7 TIMES WAS OVER.
THE JEWS WILL YET [AS ALL ISRAELITE NATIONS] HAVE TO FACE END TIME DESTRUCTION AS A NATION, WITH A SCATTERING, AND ONLY ABOUT 1/10 LEFT ALIVE AT THE COMING OF CHRIST. THEN REDEMPTION IN REAL REPENTANCE, AND A RETURN TO THE LAND OF PROMISE, UNDER THE MESSIAH CHRIST JESUS. MOST OF ALL BIBLE PROPHECY THAT IS YET TO COME, IS FOR THE LAST 42 MONTHS, or 3 AND 1/2 YEARS, OF THE VERY END OF THIS AGE, AND THEN INTO THE NEW AGE THAT IS TO COME.


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HomePoliticsCongress demands that the "wrong decision" of revoking Article 370 be reversed
Updated: 19 August, 2019
Congress demands that the "wrong decision" of revoking Article 370 be reversed
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad added that nobody in the state is happy with the decision of abrogating Article 370 and hence it should be reversed.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, image via Twitter
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that the 'wrong decision' of scrapping Article 370 which made Jammu and Kashmir an integral part of India without any riders attached be reversed.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress: I demand from the govt that the wrong decision (#Article370Scrapped) taken by them, which has also been proved wrong as nobody in the state is happy, such a decision should be reversed. Political leaders should be released & normalcy must be restored. pic.twitter.com/GD2Cvio5V9
— ANI (@ANI) August 19, 2019
He also added that nobody in the state is happy with the decision and hence it should be reversed. Ghulam Nabi Azad has been one of the most prominent leaders in Congress to be very vocally critical of abrogation of Article 370. Prior to the abrogation, he had not only exonerated the jihadis but even peddled the "Governor Jagmohan did it" theory on the Kashmiri Pandit Exodus in the 1990s. Earlier, Azad had called the abrogation of Article 370 a "murderous decision".
He had also insinuated that the Kashmiris are a tradeable commodity as he stated that locals in Shopian who were seen after the abrogation of Article 370 dining out with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval were paid for the charade.
Congress is facing a divide within in its own ranks as there are two distinct factions over the issue of Jammu and Kashmir. While one has manifestly protested against the government's decision regarding the state, the other too has come out and supported the central government for the true integration of the state with the union and the annulment of the partition relic. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Milind Deora, Deepender Hooda, Janardhan Dwivedi have welcomed the government's decision. Congress' chief whip Bhubaneswar Kalita resigned from Rajya Sabha because he was upset over Congress' stand to oppose Centre's move to dilute Article 370. Senior Congress leader Dr Karan Singh, who is also the son of Maharaja Hari Singh who had signed the Instrument of Accession agreeing to accede the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir to the Dominion of India.
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It's no secret that Anna Kidman loves Christmas. "I feel as though every person in my life is compelled to tag me in every Christmas picture they see on Instagram," she laughs. "Seriously, I get about five tags a day at this time of year." The popular wedding, food and portrait photographer is a self-confessed Christmas devotee, having to restrain herself from putting up decorations from early November, although she usually gives in and goes wild by mid-month.
Christmas decorating at Anna's Glendowie home goes well beyond putting up a Christmas tree and hanging a wreath on the door. The front door opens to a scene of glowing miniature ceramic houses on the hall stand, accompanied by a botanical installation by floral designer Alex Lovich of Wonder Florals, whom Anna often works alongside at weddings. There are wreaths on doors and mirrors, gilded miniature Christmas trees, angels, bells, bows and candlesticks, and not one, but two trees — one in the living room and one in the bedroom of her and husband Zach's children, Max and Darcie.
It's all about imbuing the time of year with a sense of magic, by creating a space that takes you outside the everyday and gives you a sense of occasion, she says.


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JEAN SEGURA'S BIG BAT LIFTS PHILS OVER FISH IN EXTRAS!
By Sam Bush
Jean Segura's two-run homer in the 14th inning and the Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 3-1.
Scott Kingery had three hits, Cesar Hernandez got his first homer of the season, starter Vince Velasquez had a no-hitter going through 5 2/3 innings and eight Phillies pitchers combined to limit the Marlins to a 5-for-45 day at the plate.
"The bullpen kept us in the game," Segura said. "Huge for us."
W. Y. Chen (0-1) came on to pitch the 14th, was charged with two runs and his ERA actually dipped from 24.75 to 23.40. Chen — the highest-paid Marlins player this season, making $20 million — has allowed 12 runs over three innings of relief in his last two appearances. He gave up a triple to McCutchen, and Segura connected one batter later.
"He's battling," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said of Chen. "It's where we're at with him right now. Basically, he's got to get through this."
Miami batters struck out 18 times, tied for the fourth-most in franchise history. Brian Anderson homered for the Marlins, whose 18-strikeout game came one day after an 18-hit effort.
"We just never really got anything going," Mattingly said.
Victor Arano (1-0) pitched the 12th and 13th for the Phils, getting all six outs by strikeout. Jose Alvarez worked the 14th, gave up a leadoff single but finished out his first save.
Both teams used eight pitchers. There were 424 pitches in the 4-hour, 38-minute contest.
"The pitching is the story today," Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said.
The Phillies had runners on in each of the last six innings. They stranded a total of eighth between the 9th and 13th, as Marlins relievers kept the game tied. They even got away with walking Segura twice in extra innings with Bryce Harper in the on-deck circle, retiring the Philadelphia slugger in both of those instances.
The Phils got runners into scoring position in each of the first three innings, but couldn't break through against Miami starter Jose Urena until Hernandez hit a two-out homer in the fourth for a 1-0 lead.
That was the lone big mistake for Urena, who allowed seven hits, struck out seven and walked none in seven innings. His ERA fell from 9.22 to 6.53.
Velasquez allowed two hits, walked three and struck out four against a Marlins lineup that came in batting .230 on the season and had three starters entering the day under .200.
"We understand that Vince is definitely a work in progress," Kapler said. "He has two quality outings under his belt at this point. We feel good about those."
The lone run against Velasquez was Anderson's homer that tied the game at 1-1. That's the way it stayed for the next 2 hours, 51 minutes — until Segura connected.
"He did a good job hitting that pitch," Chen said through a translator. "It really wasn't that bad a location."
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Holistic Actions for Diseases Archives - Holistic Actions!
Problem = possible decreased kidney function.
Holistic Action! = monitor for early warning signs and kidney function at home while promoting healing by your pet's body.
Henry is a 6 year old Golden. His mom has been watching him drink much more than usual. Everything else about him is normal.
Nothing has changed with his BEAM (Behavior, Energy, Appetite, Mood) or other symptoms and his blood tests are all normal.
What can his concerned guardian do?
Wait and watch and reactively treat when problems arise? Or proactively prevent a problem before it starts?
Diane is holistically-minded and has heard about how dis-ease progresses. She knows that internal imbalance moves from the functional "nothing is wrong" except an external symptom level to the structural level where the kidney tests are abnormal.
She chose to be proactive so is watching Henry like a hawk and closely monitoring for any changes. She wants to know right away if something is wrong and nip any problems in the bud.
There are four simple things Diane can do at home that reflect directly on kidney function.
These same four methods can be used to monitor any stage of kidney failure. Whether your pet seems fine, or has a named dis-ease like "Lyme nephritis" or "CKD" (chronic kidney disease).
Measure the amount of water he is drinking.
Keep a close eye on quantity of urination for Henry and size of urine clumps in cats.
Use a sensitive dipstick test at home to keep track of protein loss in the urine.
Monitor the concentration of the first morning urine with an inexpensive and easy to use device called a refractometer.
Along with these simple home tests, your veterinarian can pickup early kidney dis-eases at home by comparing any bloodwork that has recently been run to previous results.
Even when tests are "normal", trends of the results can be very important.
For example, creatinine is one blood test that is run on most screening panels. There is a phenomenon called "creatinine creep" which can be a great internal symptom early warning sign that kidney function is decreasing.
Using these simple holistic methods of monitoring internal and external symptoms, you can help your pets live happier and healthier lives.
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The problem? Cystitis (Urinary Tract "Infection" or UTI).
Solution and take home? An easy process to resolve and prevent it.
You come home to a puddle of urine on the kitchen floor or outside the litter box. Or maybe your previously well housebroken 5 month old puppy wakes you up overnight with a urgent request to go outside to pee.
"Inappropriate" (to you, but not your pet) urination, frequent, urgent, painful and otherwise abnormal urinations are common clues that your pet may have cystitis (UTI). What does that really mean?
Any "itis" is an irritation. That's it. Not infection. A healthy and natural response by the body. Cystitis (bladder irritation), or enteritis (intestinal irritation), dermatitis (skin irritation) are clues that there is an internal imbalance causing an irritation and inflammatory response.
Inflammation is the body's natural healing mechanism. Cystitis does not mean the there is an infection. The symptoms that you see are clues to what is going on internally.
Gradually resolve symptoms by treating the underlying imbalance (better known as "dis-ease").
Improve overall health which reduces the chances for relapse.
Bacterial infections do not usually cause cystitis. Most commonly, the bacteria are only secondary invaders. Like a one-two punch. Inflammation causes the tissue irritation which sets the stage for bacterial overgrowth.
Healthy bladders (and other parts of the body) have built-in very strong protection against infection. These include physical barriers, natural anti-biotic properties of urine, and a powerful immune system.
Understanding the physiologic changes that occur in cystitis can help you decide how to help your pet. In cats (and some dogs) the most common causes are related to the environmental-emotional-physical connection. They trigger the inflammatory response and cystitis symptoms. Not an infection.
1. Evaluate the environment and litter box hygiene. Any change can trigger these symptoms. Especially in cats. If there are no obvious trigger that you can modify (like feeding dry food, a dirty litter box, new litter, a new pet) then go to step two.
2. Bring a urine sample (or your pet) to your veterinarian. The vet's diagnosis and treatment recommendations add reliable information to your Holistic Medical Decision Making (HMDM Step 2). You can use of this information both for treatment decisions as well as for monitoring.
Try not to let any urinalysis findings (like crystals, white cells, blood, etc.) scare you into treating any way that you're not comfortable. These abnormalities can resolve as the underlying dis-ease is treated.
What you do now will have a direct effect on persistence, recurrence and progression of the dis-ease.
3. Increase fluid intake and fresh food feeding. Stop any dry food. This is critical. Especially for cats. Adding organic chicken broth to the food is one great way to increase fluid intake. Make the food as soupy as your pet will accept.
4. Monitor both the urinary as well as the BEAM (Behavior, Energy, Appetite, Mood) symptoms. These will help you decide if your pet is improving overall. In addition to just urinary symptom improvement. Record them in your journal to decide your next step.
5. Re-evaluate the treatment. Is it holistic? Does it take all of the different factors, like environment and stress, into consideration? If there is no improvement or if only the urinary symptoms improve while overall health is declining (maybe your pet's urinary symptoms are better but now s/he is lethargic, getting pickier, having diarrhea or vomiting, etc.) then move to step 6.
7. Now's also a great time to increase holistic support to promote natural healing. Homeopathic medicines, flower essences (especially those that help reduce fear and anxiety), Reiki, loving, soothing massages and T-Touch, play and other forms of environmental enrichment will help.
8. Congratulations! You did a great job. Your patience and perseverance with working through your pet's symptoms has paid off with a happier cat who will have fewer problems in the future.
Holistic Actions! will always improve your pet's quality of life and overall happiness.
Join us as at Holistic Actions! Academy to have our faculty help you to help your pets.
Homeopathic treatment can help any named dis-ease. As long as sufficient vitality exists.
Animals have convulsions for various reasons. What can you do if your pet has a seizure? And is already being treated with homeopathy.
Based on the clues which the body generates secondary to physiologic changes which cause diagnostic test abnormalities. In turn, these symptom changes are secondary to internal energetic imbalances.
What clues? Symptoms. For any seizing patient whose symptoms correspond to the homeopathic medicine "picture". For any named dis-ease.
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Our companion animals give us unconditional love and support. They deserve the best that we can give them. Unfortunately many of them are living shorter lives. They're also suffering from more serious and stubborn dis-eases. Things that just keep coming back and getting worse over time.
Dogs and cats are able to have long and healthy lives because of their ability to interact in a life-sustaining way with their environments. Their responses to external stressors keep them healthy or make them sick. The genes are only partially responsible for these reactions.
What you do matters even more! Behavior problems, seizures, and even brain tumors can be prevented and helped by the choices that you make every day.
For example, a dog can be playing with his friends and get a little wound which bleeds a bit but then clots and heals. Why? Because his complex clotting mechanism is working properly. However if the same pup has the genetic variation that causes Von Willebrand's disease (VWD), the bleeding may not stop. The fun play is over and you have to rush to the veterinary hospital to get help. Some dogs have even bled to death due to this and other bleeding defects. Similar to hemophilia.
However, most animals with VWD are able to have normal lives. Why? Because just like a light switch, genes and the proteins they code for can be turned on or off. This is what are called epi-genetic influences. Many environmental factors effect genetic expression.
Things you do every day like vaccinating, medication use, feeding, and symptom suppression can modify the genes.
"Nutrigenomics" is the scientific term for this. Everyone can learn more about it from Dr. Dodds' great 2015 book "Canine Nutrigenomics: The New Science of Feeding Your Dog of Optimum Health". Guardians of cats, horses, and any living being can also benefit. This is not just about dogs.
In human animals, one of these genes causes an enzyme to be made that adds a very important little piece onto other chemicals in the body. This is called methylation. Abnormalities of methylation can cause symptoms of serious brain and behavioral imbalance ranging from obsessive compulsive disorders to schizophrenia and even brain tumors.
The thing is, that even if the gene is abnormal, the methylation process can be normal. That's because, like VWD and many other genetic abnormalities, the disease it can cause can be prevented. Even once a dis-ease is active it can be helped. This is known as the gene's "penetrance". The result, or penetration of any gene can be modified through epigenetic and nutrigenomic influences.
You can make a huge difference in your pet's quality and length of life. Every Holistic Action! that you take will help.
Many behavior and brain problems can easily be helped. Take advantage of epigenetics and start today. Feed fresh food, increase environmental stimulation, exercise and socialization.
Even though MTHFR abnormalities have not yet been documented in companion animals, adding methyl donors will also help. These can be found in dark green leafy vegetables and supplements like betaine and dimethylglycine. This simple action alone can reduce (and stop) seizures. You'll also be helping the whole body function better.


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Q: Mocking a function that returns a Generator in PHP with PHPUnit/Phake Lets say that I have the following interface:
interface MyInterface
{
    public function yieldData();
}

I want to create a mock of this interface, for example like so:
$mocked_instance = Phake::partialMock(MyInterface::class);

What is the most preferred way to mock the yield method? This is the best that I came up with:
Phake::when($mocked_instance)->yieldData()->thenReturn([]);

Is there a way to do this in PHPUnit/Phake that more closely resembles the original functionality of the function (i.e. returning a Generator)?

A: Thank you Oliver Maksimovic for your comment, which has helped me in finding a solution that works for me.
I've decided to create the following function on my base testcase:
/*
 * @param array @array
 *
 * @return \Generator|[]
 */
protected function arrayAsGenerator(array $array)
{
    foreach ($array as $item) {
        yield $item;
    }
}

This allows me to do the following:
$mocked_instance = Phake::partialMock(MyInterface::class);

$numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

Phake::when($mocked_instance)
    ->yieldData()
    ->thenReturn($this->arrayAsGenerator($numbers));

A: I'm using PHPUnit only, and didn't want to mess with adding Phake or other testing frameworks. The most useful solution to this problem I found came from this article:
https://www.gpapadop.gr/blog/2017/11/01/mocking-generators-in-phpunit/
However, I don't like the choice of syntax in the article, and I think it's easier to understand the code with a helper method, generate(). Under the hood, it's still using the PHPUnit::returnCallback() like in the article.
Here's an example Dependency class with a Generator method I need to mock:
class MockedClass
{
    public function generatorFunc() : Generator
    {
        $values = [1,2,3,4];

        foreach($values as $value)
        {
            yield $value;
        }
    }
}

And here's a PhpUnit Test class with a generate() helper method that implements the solution in the article above:
class ExampleTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
{
    // Helper function creates a nicer interface for mocking Generator behavior
    protected function generate(array $yield_values)
    {
        return $this->returnCallback(function() use ($yield_values) {
            foreach ($yield_values as $value) {
                yield $value;
            }
        });
    }

    public function testMockedGeneratorExample()
    {
        $mockedObj = $this->createMock(MockedClass::class);

        $mockedObj->expects($this->once())
            ->method('generatorFunc')
            ->will($this->generate([5,6,7,8]));

        // Run code that uses MockedClass as dependency
        // Make additional assertions as needed...
    }
}

A: You could use Phony, a PHP mocking library with first-class support for generators:
$handle = mock(MyInterface::class);
$handle->yieldData->generates([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])->returns();

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Part 1 of this story examined how universities are taking a more personalized approach to admissions.
In today's hyper-competitive market, the ability to engage students meaningfully is key, but the job of the admissions office doesn't stop there. Admissions counselors are also tasked with identifying those students who are serious about attending their institutions and with pulling together a student body that reflects their schools' academic and cultural values. For both purposes, the ability to crunch data is critical.
At Manchester University in Indiana, the admissions office also sifts the data to determine which interactions are likely to result in a student ultimately enrolling. "We assign point values to interactions to learn if one student perhaps is more interested than another," said Adam Hohman, assistant vice president for enrollment and marketing.
Indeed, the granularity of the data allows admissions officers to refine outreach programs to a remarkable degree. "EMP allows us to see when e-mails are most opened, so we can develop a trajectory knowing that an e-mail is best served on a certain day at a certain time," said Hohman.
Equally remarkable is the fact that all of this can be achieved with less staff time. At Penn State, for example, the admissions staff was able to populate a report for an outbound calling campaign in just a few minutes, something that previously would have taken someone a day or two to complete. "Automated processes such as automated campaign delivery free up time for people to implement ideas and projects that keep Penn State competitive," said Tornatore.


The 26th Annual Governor's Ball, March 16, 2019, with the theme "Peace and Love" raised funds for the 2019 - 2020 year. Event Chair Ken Levy, along with the Gift Chair, Bob Freeman, and Sponsor Chair, Hoshi Daruwalla, and over 40 volunteers made this event a success.
The purpose of the Governor's Ball is to raise money, have fun, and develop friendships both in and outside the Rotary Community. City and County Officials attend this event. The Atlanta Rotaract Club volunteers manage the check-in and check-out process. And, throughout the ball, the image of Rotary is enhanced by our sharing with the particpants the work that we do with the funds provided by this great event in our local and global commuities.


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Horizen which was formerly ZenCash has made some remarkable progress in the last few months. Here's a refresher on what has happened in the last three months.
If you have following this privacy blockchain project for some time, you will remember that ZenCash was hit by a 51% attack in the second quarter of this year. Although the event was quite unfortunate, especially to investors and members of their loyal fanbase, the team went to work immediately and the attack was quickly contained.
A major software upgrade was rolled out as part of plans to mitigate future attacks; the previous version 2.0.14 was upgraded to 2.0.15. The new version includes a Bitcoin Consensus Enhancement protocol that penalizes offline miners. Interestingly, this innovation can be implemented on any proof of work blockchain that uses Bitcoin protocol.


As leaders we spend a good amount of time mentoring and growing our team. I believe in servant leadership. We have a responsibility to our teams to create a positive culture and nurture those we surround ourselves with.
We have a responsibility to ourselves too! We all get busy with juggling schedules, family, the ever-growing pile of work to be done and tasks to be accomplished.
"You are the only person on earth who can use your ability." Zig Ziglar, motivational author and speaker.
Our abilities grow and expand when we use them. Test your abilities, push yourself a bit and step outside your comfort zone. You just might surprise yourself and achieve more than you ever imagined!


Located in the heart of Hamilton County, Ohio, Carthage is one of 52 Cincinnati neighborhoods. The Carthage Civic League, Inc. was founded in 1937 and is one of the oldest community councils in Cincinnati.
As a community, it is our goal to build community pride, create a positive image for Carthage, increase home ownership, and attract new businesses that will support our community needs.
We sincerely believe that if we work together we can achieve these changes, and in the process create a community that will be admired by residents, businesses, and other communities.
The Carthage Civic League meets on the 3rd Monday of each month, (except in January) at 7:30pm.


1 School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
2 Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH, USA.
Citation: Laura Maurer BS, Gonzalez-Estrada A, Fernandez J (2015) A Delayed Presentation of Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP). Int J Clin Med Allergy. 03(1), 11-13. doi: dx.doi.org/10.19070/2332-2799-150004.
Copyright: Gonzalez-Estrada A© 2015. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP) is a Type IVd hypersensitivity reaction that usually occurs within 1-5 days of drug exposure. The diagnosis is clinical and confirmed by skin biopsy. A scoring algorithm has been developed which assigns points to characteristic clinical signs in order to aid in the diagnosis. AGEP is a self-limited disease with a favorable prognosis in most cases. We present an unusual delayed presentation of AGEP secondary to hydroxycholoroquine.
Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP) occurs in 1-5 million cases per year, and has 2-5% mortality [1, 2]. It is most frequently characterized by an acute episode of erythematous and edematous eruptions of sterile pustules within 1-5 days of drug exposure. AGEP has a female predominance  as well as a genetic susceptibility related to HLA B51, DR11, and DQ3 .
A 70-year-old female with polymyalgia rheumatica on corticosteroids for 2 years presented with pruritic rash. The rash began on her face and spread to her scalp, chest, upper and lower extremities. The patient self- increased her prednisone from 7mg to 40mg a day with no relief and experienced subjective fevers,chills,malaise, increased thirst and anorexia requiring hospitalization. Medications on admission included loraze pam, hydrochlorothiazade/ triamterene, fluticasone, tiotropium bromide, alendronate, ibuprofen, prednisone, and hydroxychloroquine. The patient was seen by Dermatology who noted diffuse erythematous pustular lesions (Figure I) on her scalp (Figure II), chest (Figure III), abdomen (Figure IV), and back (Figure V) and performed two skin biopsies. The differential diagnosis included Steven-Johnson's syndrome (SJS), drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP), pustular psoriasis, and infectious etiologies.
Figure 1. Diffuse erythematous pustular lesions.
Figure 2. Scalp with erythematous pustular lesions.
Figure 3. Chest with erythematous pustular lesions.
Figure 4. Abdomen with erythematous pustular lesions.
Figure 5. Upper back with erythematous pustular lesions.
Laboratory workup was relevant for aleukocytosis with left shift (22,630 polymorphonuclear cells)and elevated CRP. Early signs of SJS and DRESS were monitored closely. Her biopsy results described pustular and erythematous lesions, spongiform subcorneal pustules with dermal acute and chronic inflammation with the presence of neutrophils. The cultures showed no growth. The skin biopsy along with the lack of eosinophils on blood smear favored a diagnosis of AGEP. Upon further questioning, she had started hydroxychloroquine three weeks prior to her cutaneous manifestations. Immediate skin prick testing was not performed. Patch testing may be considered in selected patients presenting with delayed type IV. However, this has not been validated and is not utilized at our Institution. Clinical history and histopathology supported an AGEP diagnosis despite an uncharacteristic threeweek span between inciting drug administration and reaction. Consequently, hydroxychloroquine was discontinued. Recovery occurred slowly over a three-week period and was complicated by S.auerus bacteremia secondary to skin integrity loss, requiring nafcillin treatment.
AGEP is considered a Type IVd hypersensitivity reaction, characterized by drug specific T-cells secreting neutrophil attractant IL-8/CXCL8 [5, 6]. Common causes of medication induced AGEP  are shown in Table I. With regards to hydroxycholoroquine, the average time between drug initiation and the onset of reaction has been reported to be 12 days, with 78% of cases presenting in the first 15 days .
The diagnosis is dependent upon histopathology identifying subcorneal, intraepidermal pustules, edema of the papillary dermis, perivascular infiltrates with neutrophils and eosinophils, focal necrotic keratinocytes, and vasculitis . This is frequently confused with generalized pustular psoriasis, with the key difference being the lack of acanthosis and papillomatosis in AGEP [7, 8]. A scoring algorithm has been developed which assigns points to characteristic clinical signs in order to aid in the diagnosis . According to the algorithm, our patient had a highly probable diagnosis, losing points for delayed onset and slow recovery . AGEP is a self-limited disease with a favorable prognosis in most cases. The recommended treatment consists of withdrawal of the suspected drug and supportive therapy . Secondary skin infections are a common complication in the elderly and immune compromised patients.
Table I. Medications that induce AGEP.
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Dashiell Hammett meets speculative fiction in this engaging tale of two thespians who become stars in a conspiracy beyond their control.When struggling actors Nick and Luella meet, its love at act one. But the show may close earlier than they think when they find that an easy gig re-creating the past for elderly James Dumfries is really a phony time-travel scam concocted to separate an old man from his money. It turns out that Dumfries is no ordinary senior citizen. He is the creator of workware, a technology that has changed the world by enabling workers to manage the most tiresome tasks without complaint, trainingor memory. What machines had once done, man can do againat the high price of his humanity. But that was never Dumfriess intentionand now he doesnt just want to see the past, he wants to change it. Through Nick. Caught in the web of Dumfriess regrets and the governments lies, Nick and Lu soon find themselves in the spotlight of a decades-long dramawith a killer ending.From the Paperback edition.


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"someones co driver hurt their back not sure how bad it was and what their recovery is"
"that is why they call it #DAKAR what a video what a accomplishment to finish the thing"
"yep rooting for them to do the best they can and leave happy with what they accomplish and learn from mistakes to make the future better"
"honestly do you have to win to win or can the accomplishment of going to trying your best and hopefully finishing the race should that be enough that is something probably none of us here can say we have done finishing Dakar and how many others in…"
"seriously how many other Americans have gone to DAKAR to compete. Seriously as long as Robby and his sidekicks finish the rally I will be happy. He is doing things his way and that is the American Way #FullSpeedAhead Am what I always liked when I…"
"yea 21st https://www.dakar.com/en/rankings/stage-1/Car?type=ce but I took a acreen capture at 1st so that should still count right"
"if you do not know then we are all in trouble LOL"
"yea I saw that on the other tracker and then came her and saw TOG post saying 20th so yea I am confused like you"
"yea it is strange when looking at the a stages"
"Happy to get to follow Robby at Dakar again been so long almost forgot how to long in here again I wonder if anyone has any engine info on this thing he will be racing all I can find it 3 cyl and about 130 hp stock so not sure could not find…"
"DO : your best and bring home the win DO NOT: smuggle home drugs/illegals"
"this goes for everyone cause when someone gets hurt it just takes the enjoyment out of it. yea I know its racing but still at least for me someone winning that I like passes really fast and the memories of the ones that pass linger like they should"
"thanks TOG .... That angle totally helped ...... I could not really understand what happened until I saw this... Thanks"
"that fact that they spend so much is why it is even fun to pull for the underdogs.... without the people at the top you would not have the people on the bottom racing to catch them"


Here's a small image gallery of projects that we have completed rcently for a number of clients.
This was a large cottage of varying styles which had evolved over the years. We provided a two storey oak & glass extension with a mezzanine floor housing a library. The basis of the design was to take advantage of the magnificent views across the Chilterns & to introduce light into the centre of the building.
This was a large cottage of varying styles which had evolved over the years. We provided a two storey oak & glass extension with a mezzanine floor housing a library, taking advantage of the magnificent views across the Chilterns & to introduce light into the centre of the building.
This was a new house on a Stud Farm in Oxfordshire. The site was at the top of a hill with commanding views across the valley. The raking buttressing piers where incorporated to maximise the view.
This was a derelict farmhouse deep in the Bordeaux countryside. We designed a farmhouse in the vernacular style. The isolated position of the site allowed us the opportunity to include numerous balconies, even one in the bathroom.
This was an office building, constructed in the early 70's & not touched since.
We remodelled the first & second floor offices, converted the ground floor garages to retail units & added a penthouse flat with a river on the roof.


CAROBB is funded by Public Health England. It provides population based information on congenital anomalies affecting births from 2005 onwards in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. Congenital anomaly information is also available for Oxford only from 1991. Data are obtained voluntarily from multiple sources. Information is collected both pre and postnatally and includes infants up to age one year.
Data collection established in 1991 for Oxford data, 2005 for 3 counties data.
CAROBB is a Full Member of EUROCAT and is referred to as Thames Valley (UK) in the EUROCAT data.
For more information about CAROBB, click here.


Word on the Street, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
1. Queen's Park Circle. The setting is bucolic, a curved encampment of tents, a fretwork of leaves. You can reach the Park any way you like, even in a stroller. On Sunday I biked down the long seam of Avenue Road, spilling light all the way, the unreal city rising to meet me: the Tower, the Chrystal, the legislature a shadow obscured by trees. I forded the broad stream of pink-clad runners at Bloor, and passed into Queen's Park like a scout. All day I rounded the circle from one direction and then the other, withdrawing regularly to rest and sort the day's accumulation of books. I talked to squirrels. I rested under a variety of trees. I liked WOTS at its former Queen Street location, but the move to Queen's Park has been brilliant. The WOTS is now more accessible in just about every way.
2. It never rains. Well, almost never. This year's sun surely made up for last year's downpour. And even last year it only rained in the afternoon.
3. Author Appearances and Book signings. Sitting at the science fiction writers' tent beside the vigorously self-advertising (and award-winning) Robert J. Sawyer was the quiet and contemplative (and critically lauded) Terence M. Green, whose Witness to Life is the only novel I know of set in the Toronto Junction. Terence was gracious enough to sign a copy of Blue Limbo, a futuristic scifi thriller set in Toronto. I also had the great pleasure of meeting poet, editor and small press guru Stuart Ross, novelist and playwright Darren O'Donnell, and novelist and storyteller Alvin Abram.
4. Free stuff. Free admission to a book festival a very wonderful thing, but you can't top free loot. The best freebies this year were fabric bags advertising publishers and arts media organizations. The best two: Book Television's stylish black bag that folds into a square and snaps shut, and Booklounge.ca's zippered bag in a smart robin's egg blue. Enviro-bag: it's the new black.
5. Diverse street food. I like street meat, but have to agree with Multistory Complex that Toronto's street food vending restrictions are asinine. The diversity of food available at WOTS (not to mention the eager lineups at every grill) underscored the need for more portable shawarma, pad thai, grilled corn-on-the-cob, and kebobs on our city's streets.
6. The unexpected. At the City of Toronto tent, where I read from "Toronto's Tower of Babel" (thank you Alana), I ran into George Vanderburgh, publisher of Raymond Souster's poetry (including Uptown Downtown, shortlisted for the 2007 Toronto Book Award). Unfortunately I missed the trio of readings from Uptown Downtown, but George was gracious enough to steer me to the VIP lounge where we shared literary gossip and finished off the sushi.
7. Books. So many books. Christopher Dewdney's Natural History of Southwestern Ontario on CD (which is going to go straight into my iPod as soon as I can rip it). Four $2 books from Insomniac Press, including Phlip Arima's simultaneously perplexing and amusing Broken Accidents (2003), rob mclennan's edited anthology, side/lines: A New Canadian Poetics, and Gwendolyn MacEwen's King of Egypt, King of Dreams (1971) and Julian the Magician (1963). Margaret Atwood's The Door, from Ben McNally Books. Farzana Doctor's Stealing Nasreen and Bonnie Burston's The House on Lippincott, both from Inanna. A pile of other books yet to be read and sorted. And a big dose of anticipation for next year's WOTS. It won't rain. It (almost) never does.


Our Cherry Bombe trouser were made in collaboration by Cherry Bombe magazine.
They are made from lightweight cotton for everyday wear in and out of the kitchen. slim fit with a high waist and tapered legs that are cropped to sit above the ankle. Finished with a gold zip, pleated pocket detail and two slanted belt loops for cloths.
The cherry print is based on the Cherry Bombe logo and screen printed in South London. Each pair is unique due to the nature of the print.


both for and against ear candling.
I have to admit, I find myself shaking my head at some of claims being made about ear candling.
So, who should I believe? Well - I think I'll believe myself!
My sister first introduced this home remedy at a family barbeque, and since I had been having a problem with plugged up ears, it immediately caught my attention.
I had also been seeing a nutritionist and when I asked her if she had ever heard of this (and of course she had!:), she offered to do a session for me. This is what I found.
She brought out some ear candles which are shaped like long tapered candles, except they are hollow and they do not have candle wicks. She used an ordinary aluminum pie plate to catch any drips from the candle, punching a hole in the middle in order to insert the candle. She lit the wider end of the candle and rested the narrower end gently in my ear.
After a few moments I heard some small sounds – a crinkling or rustling sound. I didn't know what I was hearing, was it the flame? Was it wax moving through my ear? I didn't know, but I've since decided I am hearing the soft crackling of the flame - but that's my own opinion.
I didn't notice much else, but when the candle had burnt down, she cut it open and there was about an inch of – ear wax, I supposed. She told me that ear wax is a natural protection in the ear canal, and that after a session, I shouldn't do things like swimming or soaking my head for 24 hours, so that I wouldn't get water in my ears until the natural protection is back.
So I did. And it worked even better the second time. It seemed that I needed several sessions to get things cleared up, then I didn't seem to need it so often. But every once in a while, I like to do this again when it seems that my hearing is getting a little muffled again. I enjoy the experience and the benefits.


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Chrysanne Stathacos
Welcome to artist talk with Chrysanne Stathacos.
Date Place
12.05.2022 18:00 - 20:00 Auditorium
Bli medlem av Klubben
Chrysanne Stathacos (b. 1951) shows five works in the exhibition Every Moment Counts - AIDS and its Feelings. As a witness and friend of several of the participating artists, she has a unique perspective and personal relationship to both the art and the pandemic and we look forward to hearing what she has to say in conversation with one of the exhibition's two curators, Ana María Bresciani.
Chrysanne Stathacos was born in Buffalo, New York, of Greek, American, and Canadian origin. Originally trained as a printmaker, Stathacos combines printmaking, photography, video, and installation in various ways, often creating participatory public art projects. The outbreak of the AIDS epidemic affected her experience of mortality and loss in the early 1980s and through the 1990s. The experience of losing many friends due to AIDS in the mid-to-late 1990s initiated a journey to India and East Asia, where Stathacos became involved with Buddhism and Eastern spirituality, which inform both her art and activism, including her engagement with issues of sexuality and gender.
The works Stathacos shows in the exhibition stems from 1991 to 2020 and are mainly works in which she uses intimate materials such as condoms and spirals, and organic material such as cannabis and roses on her canvases. The repeated patterns transform the materials into poetic compositions.
Stathacos currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada and Athens, Greece.
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Chrysanne Stathacos in converstation with Ana María Bresciani, senior curator at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter and curator of the exhibition Every Moment Counts – AIDS and its Feelings
Poster signing with Chrysanne Stathacos
Artist and curator will be available for the audience in the exhibition
The event is over
Doors are closing
Tuesday — Wednesday 11:00 — 17:00
Friday — Sunday 11:00 — 17:00
May 1 Closed
May 17 Closed
May 24 11:00 — 17:00
23. juni 11:00 — 21:00
December 20-27 Closed
December 31-January 3 Closed
About Henie Onstad
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Illustration: Ingo Giezendanner's incredible digital document of all the places he's ever been
Madeleine Morley
To enter into the tangle of illustrations that makes up GRRRR.net is to enter into another world, a world of grizzly, pixellated line drawings and mysterious crooked nooks and corners, a world which seems to be based on the one that we know, but which also seems to belong to a separate universe entirely. Ingo Giezendanner has been working on his dense, digital atlas since 1998, a mind-blowing project which intricately documents all the cities that he's lived in and visited over the past 16 years.
Ingo illustrates unnoticed or overlooked places in urban spaces, like garbage strewn alleys or unknown cafes, or even unmade beds in remote rooms under railway arches, and he pins these knotted illustrations on his interactive map. His travels have taken him from his hometown of Zurich all the way to California, to the edges of Australia, and to the tips of South America, all of which he's exquisitely rendered in wiry, black and white. Ingo's map looks a bit like what would happen if you plunged Google Maps into an ink pot, and he uses flashing, pixellated arrows to point out the digital mesh of moments and memories that he's collected on his many travels.
You never know what you'll stumble across next when cruising through GRRRR.net. You might be studying an image when suddenly a door will spontaneously combust, or you'll happen across an abandoned television on the curb of a street which will begin to play an animation of swarming, sprouting mushrooms. There are so many surprises packed into the labyrinthine site that no two people will ever have the same experience when they're exploring Ingo's atlas. The site provides a curious antidote to the hyper-recorded reality of Google Street View, allowing you to see the world through a mind, as opposed to a machine.
Ingo Giezendanner: GRRRR.net
Contemplative, slow-paced and confusing: a peak inside the portfolio of illustrator Elie Huault
Katie Benn's work is underpinned by playful combinations of colour
Faye Hadfield embraces unpredictability in her personality-filled anthropomorphic vases
Illustrator Joe O'Donnell returns with even more colour, clunkiness and humour
Through experimentation, creatives hold the key to shaping a better technological future
www.grrrr.net


When the topic of life insurance comes up, people typically discuss how families and businesses can protect their assets in the future. They don't usually think of it being applicable to single people. But life insurance is really a long-term benefit that everyone should consider. Even if you aren't married or don't have kids, it doesn't mean your death won't have a financial impact on others in the present or is the future.
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In the wake of the US exit from JCPOA [which occurred on 8 May], Trump, Barnea wrote, will threaten a rain of 'fire and fury' onto Tehran … whilst Putin is expected to restrain Iran from attacking Israel using Syrian territory, thus leaving Netanyahu free to set new 'rules of the game' by which the Israel may attack and destroy Iranian forces anywhere in Syria (and not just in the border area, as earlier agreed) when it wishes, without fear of retaliation.
"There is only one thing that isn't clear [concerning this deal]", a senior Israeli Defence official closest to Netanyahu, told Ben Caspit, "that is, who works for whom? Does Netanyahu work for Trump, or is President Trump at the service of Netanyahu ... From the outside … it looks like the two men are perfectly in sync. From the inside, this seems even more so: This kind of cooperation … sometimes makes it seem as if they are actually just one single, large office".
This entire 'inverted pyramid' of Middle East engineering had, as its single point of departure, Mohammed bin Salman (MbS).
It was Jared Kushner, the Washington Post reports, who "championed Mohammed as a reformer poised to usher the ultraconservative, oil-rich monarchy into modernity. Kushner privately argued for months, last year, that Mohammed would be key to crafting a Middle East peace plan, and that with the prince's blessing, much of the Arab world would follow". It was Kushner, the Post continued, "who pushed his father-in-law to make his first foreign trip as president to Riyadh, against objections from then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson - and warnings from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis".
MbS remains - for now - as Crown Prince. President Sisi and Prime Minister Netanyahu both have expressed their support for MbS and "as U.S. officials contemplate a more robust response [to the Khashoggi killing], Kushner has emphasized the importance of the U.S.-Saudi alliance in the region", the Washington Post reports. MbS' Uncle (who as a son of King Abdel Aziz, under the traditional succession system, would be himself in line for the throne), no doubt hopes to try to undo some of the damage done to the standing of the al-Saud family, and to that of the Kingdom. Will he succeed? Will MbS accede now to Ahmad unscrambling the very centralisation of power that made MbS so many enemies, in the first place, to achieve it? Has the al-Saud family the will, or are they too disconcerted by events?
May 2018 now seems a distant era. Trump is still the same 'Trump', but Putin is not the same Putin. The Russian Defence Establishment has weighed in with their President to express their displeasure at Israeli air strikes on Syria - purportedly targeting Iranian forces in Syria. The Russian Defence Ministry too, has enveloped Syria in a belt of missiles and electronic disabling systems across the Syrian airspace. Politically, the situation has changed too: Germany and France have joined the Astana Process for Syria. Europe wants Syrian refugees to return home, and that translates into Europe demanding stability in Syria. Some Gulf States too, have tentatively begun normalising with the Syrian state.
First, the loss of Netanyahu's and MbS' stovepipe to Trump, via Jared Kushner, by-passing all America's own system of 'checks and balances'. The Kushner 'stovepipe' neither forewarned Washington of coming 'mistakes', nor was Kushner able to prevent them. Both Congress and the Intelligences Services of the US and UK are already elbowing into these affairs. They are not MbS fans. It is no secret that Prince Mohamed bin Naif was their man (he is still under 'palace arrest').
And the second setback is that Prince Ahmad's clear objective must be other than this - instability in, or conflict with, Iran. His is to restore the family's standing, and to recoup something of its leadership credentials in the Sunni world, which has been shredded by the war in Yemen – and is now under direct neo-Ottoman challenge from Turkey. The al-Saud family, one may surmise, will have no appetite to replace one disastrous and costly war (Yemen), with another – an even greater conflict, with its large and powerful neighbor, Iran. It makes no sense now. Perhaps this is why we see signs of Israel rushing to hurry Arab state normalisation – even absent any amelioration for the Palestinians.
"Trump could have declared a US withdrawal [from the JCPOA], and made do with that. But under the influence of Netanyahu and of his new team, he chose to go one step further. The economic sanctions on Iran will be much tighter, beyond what they were, before the nuclear agreement was signed. "Hit them in their pockets", Netanyahu advised Trump: "if you hit them in their pockets, they will choke; and when they choke, they will throw out the ayatollahs"".
This was another bit of 'stovepiped' advice passed directly to the US President.
His officials might have warned him that it was fantasy. There is no example of sanctions alone having toppled a state; and whilst the US can use its claim of judicial hegemony as an enforcement mechanism, the US has effectively isolated itself in sanctioning Iran: Europe wants no further insecurity. It wants no more refugees heading to Europe. Was it Trump's tough stance that brought Kim to the table? Or, perhaps contrarily, might Kim have seen a meeting with Trump simply as the price that he had to pay in order to advance Korean re-unification? Was Trump warned that Iran would suffer economic pain, but that it would nonetheless persevere, in spite of sanctions? No – well, that's the problem inherent in listening principally to 'stovepipes'.


Individuals who have recently been working with personal computers for years might have noticed that mainstream operating systems and applications have become easier to use above the years (supposedly). Jobs that use to be complex procedures and required experienced professional to accomplish can today be carried out at the press of a button. For example, setting up up the Directory site in Microsoft windows 2000 or higher can at this time be made by a sorcerer leading your most amateur technical person to imagine they will "securely" create the working environment. This is actually quite not very true. Half the time this procedure falls flat because DNS does not really change effectively or perhaps secureness accord are laid back because the end user simply cannot execute a certain function.
You of the reasons why operating devices and applications "appear" to be much easier to work with they make use of to is usually developers have created procedures and reusable objects to have care of all of the complex duties designed for you. For example, back in the past when I started out while a maker using set up language and c/c++, I put to create basically all the code myself. Info is creatively driven, with a huge number of lines of code already crafted for you. All you have to do is without question create the system to your software as well as the advancement environment and compiler offers all of those other sophisticated products for the purpose of you. Who also wrote this other code? How may you be certain it is certainly protected. Basically, you may have no idea and there is definitely zero convenient approach to answer this question.
The reality is it could seem a lot easier within the surface nevertheless the difficulty within the backend computer software can easily be extraordinary. And you know what, secure surroundings do not really coexist well with complication. This can be you of the reasons there are several opportunities for hackers, infections, and spyware and adware to assault your pcs. How a large number of bugs will be in the Microsoft Operating System? I am able to almost guarantee that no one particular seriously knows for certain, not even Microsoft developers. However , I can certainly tell you that there is hundreds, if not thousands of insects, cracks, and reliability weaknesses in mainstream systems and applications just patiently waiting being open and maliciously used.
Why don't we obtain a comparison regarding the world of computer software and protection with that for the space application. Scientists in NASA own know for years that the space taxi is among the many complex systems on the globe. With mls of wiring, amazing physical features, scores of lines of functioning system and application code, and failsafe systems to defend failsafe devices, and including more failsafe systems to shield other devices. Devices like the space shuttle have to perform consistently, cost properly, and possess substantial Mean-Time-Between-Failure(MTBF).
In general the space shuttle has a great track record. Something this is not though is economical and constant. Every time we have an introduce different problems crop up that trigger holdups hindrances impediments. In a few instances, however, many basic pieces of this intricate system, like "O" rings, have regrettably resulted in a airport terminal outcome. For what reason are stuff like this overlooked? Are they simply not upon the palpeur screen mainly because all the other difficulties of the system require much interest? You will discover , 000, 000 different parameters I think. The fact is usually, NASA experts know that they need to focus on growing much less impossible devices to achieve all their objectives.
A similar principal of reducing complexity to enhance protection, performance, and minimize failures really does apply to the world of computers and networking. Ever time I just here colleagues of mine talk about extremely building systems they will structure meant for clientele and how hard they had been to execute I cringe. How in the community are persons suppose to price efficiently and dependably control these kinds of things. In some cases it's nearly impossible. Just inquire any organization how various versions or perhaps different brands of intrusion diagnosis systems they have been through. As them how frequently the have obtained infections simply by virus and malware due to poorly designed software or applications. Or perhaps, if they have ever possessed a break the rules of in protection for the reason that developer of any specific program was powered by usability and inadvertently put on place a bit of helpful code that was also useful to a hacker.
Just a few days ago I used to be thinking regarding something while simple simply because Microsoft Expression. I apply MS-Word almost all the time, every day in fact. Are you aware how powerful this application really is undoubtedly? Microsoft company Phrase may conduct an array of organic tasks love mathematics, codes, graphing, craze analysis, crazy typeface and graphic results, url to exterior data which includes data source, and execute net based functions.
Do you know the things i use this for the purpose of, to write forms. nothing crazy or complex, at least most of the period. Couldn't it become interesting that after you first installed or constructed Microsoft Expression, there was an option for setting up simply a uncovered bones version of the primary merchandise. I am talking about, really removed straight down hence presently there was not much to this. You can do this into a level, nevertheless all the shared application pieces are still presently there. Almost just about every laptop My spouse and i have destroyed during secureness assessments has received MS-Word installed on it. I actually can't tell you how many times I currently have used this applications capacity to do a myriad of complex duties to steal the program and also other systems additionally. We shall leave the details of this for a further document even if.


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Q: EXPO Receiving Notifications works when the application is in the background/foreground, but not when the application is killed I just learned about notifications in the expo, now I have successfully sent notifications and I have also managed to get data from the notifications I sent, the problem is, if the application is in background or foreground, addNotificationResponseReceivedListener is working properly (redirect to another page), but if I close the application, and I receive a notification, then I press the notification, the application opens but the addNotificationResponseReceivedListener function is not running, I try this in a standalone application
what i'm using:
"expo": "~40.0.0",
"expo-notifications": "^0.9.0",

here's my example code in Home.js:
componentDidMount() {
    //another code..
    Notifications.addNotificationResponseReceivedListener(
      this._handleNotificationResponse
    );
  }

_handleNotificationResponse = (response) => {
    console.log(
      "CONSOLE FROM NOTIF: " +
        JSON.stringify(response.notification.request.content.data.from)
    );
    if (response.notification.request.content.data.from== "GEMASS") {
      this.props.navigation.navigate("goToPage", {
        //another code...
      });
    } else {
    }
  };

here's my file tree:
App.js
Components
   - Home.js

and here's my terminal looks like when i run on expo client:
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can you guys help me? it means a lot :)


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Facebook's Business Accounts are specialised for taking care of Facebook Pages and also Facebook Advertisements. How To Create A Business Facebook Account - You can think about them as stripped down Individual Profiles that do not have a public existence. A Facebook Business Account needs to be connected to a Facebook Page to begin with. If your not-for-profit currently has a Facebook Page, you could Create a 'dummy' Page to Create business Account, then add the Business Account as an admin to your Facebook Page as well as remove the 'dummy' Page.
Action 1: Make sure you aren't logged right into Facebook. Go to http://www.facebook.com and click the web link on the front Page that claims "Create a Page ...".
Step 2: Choose "Cause or Community" for your not-for-profit. Each of these options have slightly various 'about' areas that allow you to include various kinds of details. For instance, a Resident Business of Place' could have opening up times. You can transform this later on.
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Thai anti-govt protesters clash with police in Bangkok
BANGKOK (Reuters) – More than a thousand Thai anti-government protesters clashed with police on Saturday, as they protested against the government's failure to handle coronavirus outbreaks and its impact on the economy.
The protesters marched toward Government House, the office of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, demanding his resignation.
Police sealed off a road near Victory Monument in the capital Bangkok using containers and shot tear gas and rubber bullets to push protesters back.
"We are holding this line," police announced over loud speaker.
About a hundred officers were seen in riot gear and shields meters away from where demonstrators had gathered.
Street protests against the government have been held in recent weeks by several groups, including Prayuth's former political allies, as frustrations mount over its management of coronavirus outbreaks and the damage pandemic measures have inflicted on the economy.
Thailand reported on Saturday a record of nearly 22,000 new COVID-19 infections in a single day and the highest deaths, 212 fatalities.
The Southeast Asian country has reported 736,522 total cases and 6,066 deaths from the coronavirus since the pandemic began last year.
(Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng and Jiraporn Kuhakan; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)


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Zehra Güneş est une joueuse de volley-ball turque née le  à Kartal (İstanbul). Elle mesure  et joue au poste de centrale. Elle totalise  en équipe de Turquie.

Biographie

Clubs

Palmarès

Équipe nationale
 Ligue des nations
 Finaliste : 2018.
 Championnat d'Europe
 Finaliste : 2019.
Championnat du monde des moins de 23 ans
Vainqueur : 2017.

Clubs
Championnat du monde des clubs
 Vainqueur : 2018.
 Ligue des champions
 Vainqueur : 2018.
Championnat de Turquie
 Vainqueur : 2018, 2019.
 Coupe de Turquie
 Vainqueur: 2018.
 Supercoupe de Turquie
 Vainqueur : 2017.
Finaliste : 2018, 2019, 2020.

Distinctions individuelles
 Championnat du monde de volley-ball féminin des moins de 20 ans 2017: Meilleures centrales.
 Championnat du monde de volley-ball féminin des moins de 18 ans 2015: Meilleures centrales.
 Championnat du monde des clubs de volley-ball féminin 2019 : Meilleures centrales.

Notes et références

Liens internes
 Équipe de Turquie de volley-ball féminin

Liens externes
  Son profil sur le site de la FIVB
  Son profil sur le site de la CEV
  Site officiel de son club

Joueuse turque de volley-ball
Naissance en juillet 1999
Naissance à Istanbul


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Early Signing Period: Where the Ducks Stand As of Now
Cameron Johansson December 19, 2019 Recruiting
The Ducks had themselves a very successful first day in the Early Signing Period with a majority of their top-ranked recruits signing their letters of intent to continue their athletic and academic careers in Eugene. This marks the second straight year Mario Cristobal has been able to secure a top-20, nationally ranked recruiting class.
Many Oregon fans are still anxious to hear about highly sought after recruits Dontae Manning and Kelee Ringo. It has been noted that the two players are going to wait until the beginning of January to make their final announcements. With that said, there is still a lot of optimism the Ducks will land both Manning and Ringo. They both have taken numerous visits to Eugene and all indications say they have gone well.
Should there be a concern these two Oregon targets are not announcing during the Early Signing Period? No, there is no indication that Oregon is not still in the running. It's not uncommon for recruits to take a little extra time to decide and commit on a later date. The Under Armour All-American game has also been a historically big day for commitments. Some players also like to hold their own events to announce their commitment and where they signed their letter of intent.
To end the anxious discussion on what we don't yet have, at the conclusion of day one, Oregon has over 20 signees, and here are some notable recruits who put their commitments on paper.
Justin Flowe
Justin Flowe picks Oregon over Clemson, Miami and his hometown team, USC.
Go with the Flowe! In stunning fashion, in the gymnasium of Upland High School, California's number-one outside linebacker Justin Flowe reached for an Oregon Ducks hat after a quick tease of a Miami Hurricanes hat. This marks the second year in a row the Ducks have landed California's best prospect. Kayvon Thibodeaux committed to Oregon in the 2019 cycle and, like Flowe, left hometown team USC with their hands in their pockets.
Flowe's recruitment has been a bit of a whirlwind and was very up in the air until the recent days. Early indications were showing that Clemson was a clear-cut favorite for the linebacker, but as Flowe started to take more visits, his decision became more translucent. In the final days leading up to Wednesday, it seemed more like a ping-pong match between the Ducks and USC. Oregon was a favorite, but nothing was certain until Flowe reached to his right and donned the green and yellow cap.
Flowe is number nine in the ESPN top 300, and his commitment marks the sixth player from the top 300 to sign with Oregon this year. The future of the Oregon linebackers is just getting started with the commitment of Flowe, another signee that will be discussed later, and with four-star commit Keith Brown making his way to Eugene in 2021. Oregon's defense is going to be something to be feared.
Noah Sewell
Five-star recruit Noah Sewell
Ducks fans rejoiced when they scored their second five-star recruit in as many years. The Oregon defense improved with the commitment of Noah Sewell.
The Utah native was highly sought after and could've handpicked his school. Toward the end of his recruitment, the battle seemed to be mostly between Oregon and Utah. The hometown school was appealing, but an opportunity to play at Oregon, link up with his brother Penei Sewell and possibly start as a freshman essentially sealed the deal.
His reputation and play have been well documented. Many Oregon fans believed Sewell was always going to commit to the Ducks, and his post-state championship announcement had fans holding their breath. Breath easy now, Sewell is now officially a Duck.
Luke Hill
Four-star recruit Luke Hill
Oregon went to the East Coast to secure this four-star recruit from Baltimore, Maryland. On Wednesday, Luke Hill confirmed he is in for the 3,000 mile trip across the country by signing his letter of intent.
This four-star cornerback was heavily sought after by Michigan and Clemson as well as Oregon. The early indications where that Hill was going to commit to the defending National Champion Clemson Tigers. You can now put that claim to bed because Hill will be a Duck in 2020.
Oregon fans should be happy with this signing because they have gained an all-around solid cornerback who could see some play as early as next season. The Ducks are already strong at the safety and cornerback positions, but this just made them that much stronger and, maybe more importantly, deeper.
Jaylen Smith
Jaylen Smith was the first to sign an Oregon 2020 letter of intent.
Oregon's first signee of the day came all the way from North Carolina in Jaylen Smith. Cristobal's recruiting efforts from the Southeast seem to be working because the Ducks scored a very talented, four-star defensive end.
Smith was expected to sign with the Ducks today after making his Twitter announcement on December 4 stating,
"My whole life I've always had something to prove. Every situation I've been in, I was the underdog. Everything that I have now was given, it was taken. Eugene will be my home. Recruitment 100% shut down. Let's make history."
His level of motivation and commitment toward the program could soon make him a fan favorite.
Jay Butterfield
Pro-Style quarterback Jay Butterfield
How about some offense? Well, Oregon got some with the signing of quarterback Jay Butterfield. The quarterback position has a lot of heads turning for obvious reasons. As it would stand right now, Tyler Shough is the most likely option to replace Justin Herbert behind center. Freshman Cale Millen could also be waiting in the wings; however, Butterfield can add an element of familiarity to this offense.
The Bay Area native is of similar stature to Herbert, standing 6'6" and weighing just over 200 pounds. He plays a pro-style game with a big arm. Butterfield is a four-star who has been committed to the Ducks since May. However, with the recent announcement of Marcus Arroyo becoming the new head coach at UNLV, there was some skepticism whether Butterfield would indeed remain with the Ducks. Yesterday's signing put those concerns to rest, and Oregon has found themselves yet another solid quarterback.
Bennett Williams
Junior College transfer Bennett Williams.
Oregon has landed a Junior College transfer signee, as Bennett Williams made it official he is taking his talents to Eugene. This is an underrated signing from a kid who has a solid resume. This defensive back has two years of college football under his belt, attending the University of Illinois his freshman year before he was dismissed from the team, subsequently finding a home at the College of San Mateo.
After his freshman year at Illinois, he was named an ESPN Freshman All-American, and he was a JUCO First Team All-American after his only year at San Mateo. It could be because of his JUCO transfer status that he's not getting as much of the spotlight of some of the incoming freshmen, but this is certainly a big addition to an already strong secondary.
Out of the 22 commits the Ducks had entering Wednesday, there was a notable but predictable flip in wide receiver Johnny Wilson. He instead signed his letter of intent to attend Arizona State. This was predicted after former Oregon offensive analyst and touted recruiter Prentice Gill took a job on Herm Edwards' staff. One of the more surprising flips of the day was defensive back Myles Slusher, who signed his letter of intent with Arkansas after verbally committing to the Ducks. It isn't very apparent what caused this flip, but it is an interesting one, to say the least.
The main takeaway from yesterday is that the future is bright in Eugene. Oregon's football team and culture improved with the players who signed, and fans should be excited to see these kids progress and in their respective football careers. A point of emphasis is that this group of freshmen is going to be battle tested right from the get-go with the second game of the season against Ohio State. It is certainly going to be exciting to see what these young men bring to the table.
Cameron Johansson
Eugene, OregonTop Photo by Kevin Cline
Phil Anderson, the FishDuck.com Volunteer editor for this article, is a trial lawyer in Bend Oregon.
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Ruthless efficiency. Always demanded, today's workplaces are characterised by the constant need for more. More productivity, more profit and more output. The mounting pressure is often felt very keenly by CIOs as they're tasked with helping employees achieve those (sometimes impossible) goals. Although technology can help, as organisations continue to battle an ever-increasing amount of information, productivity has gone from being a top priority to an urgent requirement. The data deluge is slowing businesses down and the figures speak for themselves. A recent study from Canon found that workers are spending an average of 25 minutes per day locating historical documents! Multiply this by the number of workers in your organisation and the number of days in a week and the significant level of wasted time and resource becomes abundantly clear.
Can anything be done about it? Training, investment in the best equipment and better employee motivation are often named by IT leaders as key factors to help achieve productivity. But none of these solutions can work by themselves. Training can only prove useful in the context of an efficient framework with many principles and practices already in place. Investment in the best equipment is pointless if staff don't know how to use it. Employee motivation can only go so far if they are limited by their knowledge and capabilities. Have you ever been motivated by a task that you didn't feel you could do? Of course not. The trick then, is to be able to train, invest in and motivate staff without unnecessarily increasing workloads, budgets or time spent.
Sounds impossible, right? It doesn't have to be. With only three small steps, CIOs can reach these goals and genuinely attest that business technology does improve business productivity. The best part is the steps themselves come from the very place where productivity starts: the workforce.
It's crucial for CIOs to focus their efforts on managing information and to remember that this is where the real productivity investments start. Without proper storage systems to help employees contain and manage information, any hopes of long-term productivity gains will be damaged as files get lost, duplicated or compromised. Over three quarters of respondents claim their organisations already have central servers, but at least four in ten aren't making use of them as often as they should be.
A lack of standardised processes is exactly the reason for the four in ten statistic above. Almost half of office workers view their company as unproductive due to information not being shared effectively. However, this is not usually due to a lack of infrastructure, but a lack of processes. From agreeing on whether documents are stored in hard or soft copy to coming up with consistent file taxonomy, different organisations will need different procedures but these are absolutely crucial for the long-term efficacy of the business.
Naturally it's not enough to have standardised practices in place – CIOs also need to make sure these are adhered to. On-going training is a key way to help workers master these methods and stop wasting time. Indeed, over half believe it should be the main priority when it comes to improving productivity, as they recognise that learning more about the technology they use means they can get the most out of it and do a better job. The other benefit of training is that it builds knowledge, which in turn builds confidence and motivation. And, as many truly exceptional IT leaders will attest, employee motivation is invaluable in the results it can generate.
Employee productivity can be improved with the right technology and tools. But by following the above three steps it is possible to make real long-term changes to the running of your business, improve motivation and actually develop a framework in which no employee is left behind and productivity continues to grow. Remember: centralise, standardise and train. The rest will come to you.


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Author: Rich Noyes
The 2021 Debt War: Brace for Nasty Media Name-Calling
by Rich Noyes • September 22, 2021
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