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Q: Upload,retrive and display image in HBase using Thrift and Php I have set up HBase and trying to use Thrift-Php to upload an image and then display it. I have one table with one column family named info and used something like:
$tmpName=$_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"];
$fp = fopen($tmpName, 'r');
$data = fread($fp, filesize($tmpName));
$data = addslashes($data);
fclose($fp);
try {
    $mutations = array(
         new Mutation( array(
            'column' => 'info:pic',
            'value' => $data
            ) ),
            );
$client->mutateRow( $t, $username, $mutations );
   } catch ( IOError $e ) {
        echo( "expected error: {$e->message}\n" );
   }

Which seems to work as it stores something in Hbase and then
$arr = $client->getRow($t, $username);
foreach ( $arr as $k=>$TRowResult  ) {
$values = $TRowResult->columns;
asort( $values );
foreach ( $values as $k=>$v ) {
        $usr= $v->value;
        $content=$_GET['username'];
    header('Content-type: image/jpg');
        echo $usr;
}

}
But I get an error message saying that the image contains errors. Can someone provide an example in Php?
Thank you.

A: I think, your problem is that you use $data = addslashes($data); when you store data. There's no need to quote characters when storing them to HBase.
And, you can retrieve data like this:
$values = $TRowResult->columns;
$usr= $values['info:pic']->value;
$content=$_GET['username'];
header('Content-type: image/jpg');
echo $usr;


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Pentti Haanpää (1905-1955) est un romancier et nouvelliste finlandais.
Il a écrit près de 350 nouvelles et dix romans.

Biographie et son œuvre
Pentti Haanpää naît à Pulkkila en 1905. Son père, Mikko Haanpää, et son grand-père, le cultivateur et sénateur , étaient des auteurs publiés.
Tous les deux étaient également socialement et politiquement actifs dans leur région d'origine.
Sa mère Maria Susanna Keckman est née à Haapavesi dans une famille de fermiers.
Le rapport de Pentti avec sa mère était très étroit, mais elle a été parfois offensée par son fils parce qu'il n'a pas beaucoup parlé d'elle dans son travail.

À l'école de Leskelä, Haanpää est un bon élève, et le délégué de ses camarades de classe.
Après l'école, il commence à publier en 1921 des textes dans le magazine Pääskynen, mais est également très actif en sports.
En 1923 il rejoint l'association littéraire Nuoren Voiman Liitto et a continué d'écrire pour le magazine Nuori Voima.

Les opinions antimilitaristes et marxistes dans les années 1920 et 1930 n'ont pas été bien accueillies par les critiques, principalement de droite.

Le premier livre de Haanpää, Maantietä pitkin, paraît en 1925. Il est bien reçu par les critiques, qui notent particulièrement le style habile et remarquable de Haanpää. Après ce début réussi, Haanpää décide de se consacrer entièrement à l'écriture. Il sert dans l'armée en 1925-26. En 1927 paraît Tuuli käy heidän ylitseen, un recueil de nouvelles. Cette publication est suivie de Kenttä ja kasarmi (1928), qui dépeint l'armée comme un système fermé, fonctionnant selon ses propres règles.

Le livre suscite beaucoup de discussions dans l'atmosphère militariste du moment. Parmi les critiques Olavi Paavolainen, le leader spirituel de la nouvelle génération des auteurs, qui a passé en revue le roman des débuts de Haanpää avec bienveillance, et a particulièrement apprécié son expression franche et assurée. Kasarmi de ja de Kenttä est le premier ouvrage dans lequel Haanpää a recours à sa propre expérience.
Le temps qu'il a passé dans l'armée lui a été désagréable, et il a estimé avoir gaspillé une année de sa vie dans « la camisole de force d'un soldat. »
Sa description des méthodes de formation et de la laideur du système totalitaire brutal, en plus des critiques patriotes, firent que pendant les sept années suivantes aucun éditeur ne publia les manuscrits de Haanpää.

Pendant ce silence imposé durant les années 1930, Haanpää écrit deux ouvrages controversés.
Le Noitaympyrä, orienté vers le socialisme, écrit au début des années 1930, examine le conflit entre un marginal et son environnement qui lui est insupportable.
À la fin de Pâte Teikka, le protagoniste fait son propre choix et quitte la Finlande pour un futur inconnu - il traverse la frontière et gagne l'Union soviétique.
Le roman anti-militariste Vääpeli Sadon Tapaus, écrit après Noitaympyrä, traite du sadisme des quartiers maîtres. Les héros principaux sont Simo Kärnä, une recrue promue caporal, et le psychopathe sergent-major Sato, qui incarne le militarisme, et dont le nom se rapporte évidemment au sadisme.
Après les humiliations, Kärnä emploie son intelligence et manipule l'épouse de Sato pour se venger, puis se rend compte qu'il a employé les mêmes méthodes que Sato.

Ces livres controversés ne sont pas parus jusqu'en 1956. Haanpää était parmi les auteurs les plus connus du groupe littéraire , dont les membres ont favorisé le vers libre et sont plus ou moins marxistes, tels Arvo Turtiainen, Katri Vala, Viljo Kajava et Elvi Sinervo.

Pendant la Guerre d'hiver (1939-40) entre la Finlande et l'Union soviétique, Haanpää sert dans l'armée.
Il est en ligne de front en Laponie, et une fois le contact perdu avec sa compagnie, il erre seul dans la région sauvage, sans notion de temps ni d'espace.
En 1940 il se marie à Aili Karjalainen qu'il a rencontrée vers la fin des années 1930.
Haanpää évoquera ses expériences militaires, notamment dans l'histoire Sallimuksen sormi, dans laquelle une compagnie fatiguée, retranchée dans une église, est attaquée par les avions ennemis.

Durant la guerre de continuation (1941-44) Haanpää est au service des troupes dans la région de Kiestinki et d'Untua.
Il publie deux livres, le roman de guerre Korpisotaa (1940), basé sur ses propres expériences et traduit en français par Aurélien Sauvageot sous le titre « Guerre dans le désert blanc » (Gallimard), et Nykyaikaa (1942), un recueil de nouvelles.
L'éditeur autrichien   Verlag prévoyait de traduire cette œuvre ; une nouvelle de Haanpää, « Siipirikko », était déjà apparue dans le magazine allemand Das Reich. Cependant, les éditeurs allemands n'ont pas considéré Korpisotaa assez encourageant.

Après la guerre, Haanpää écrit certains de ses meilleurs ouvrages, parmi eux Yhdeksän miehen saappaat (1945), un roman de guerre, dans lequel la même paire de bottes passe d'un soldat de la cavalerie à l'autre, et Jauhot (1949), basé sur un événement historique, quand les paysans ont saisi un grenier gouvernemental pendant la grande famine de 1866-1868.
Le voyage de Haanpää en 1953 en Chine a inspiré Kiinalaiset jutut (1954).
Bien que Haanpää ait condamné plus tôt les restrictions à la liberté de parole dans l'Union soviétique, il garde le silence sur ce sujet dans son livre sur la Chine, admirant l'esprit du changement, qui a saisi le pays.

Haanpää se noie lors d'une partie de pêche le , deux semaines avant son cinquantième anniversaire.
Son dernier roman, Puut, l'histoire d'un homme qui s'éloigne du socialisme, est inachevé. Les œuvres complètes de Haanpää paraissent en 1956 (10 volumes), puis en 1976 (8 vols.). Les notes de Haanpää de 1925 à 1939 sont éditées en 1976 sous le titre Muistiinmerkintöjä.

Les nouvelles de Haanpää sont peuplées de personnages inoubliables, son style est plein de nuances et d'observations perspicaces - on dit de Haanpää qu'il emploie plus de vocabulaire que tout autre auteur finlandais.
La désillusion et le pessimisme dominent la plupart de ses œuvres, mais il a également employé l'humour noir.
Haanpää s'est concentré sur des personnes simples.
Son personnage préféré était le bûcheron, dont la vie libre, mais dure, et le contact étroit aux forces de la nature, ont inspiré plusieurs de ses histoires. Bien que l'auteur ait identifié des tendances totalitaires dans le socialisme, il n'a pas changé ses vues même après la guerre de continuation.

Bibliographie
Les premiers ouvrages de Haanpää comportent de nombreuses critiques mais la publication des livres les plus forts ont attendu vingt ans avant d'être publiés comme Noitaympyrä (1956), où le protagoniste choisit le communisme au lieu de la démocratie occidentale, et Vääpeli sadon tapaus (1956), une critique amère de la vie militaire et de sa brutalité.
Haanpää doit sa réputation d'écrivain à ses nouvelles, dont il a publié douze volumes.

Ouvrages traduits en français

Ouvrages en finnois
 Maantietä pitkin, 1925,
 Rikas mies (pièce de théâtre), 1925/1956
 Kolmen Töräpään tarina, 1927
 Tuuli käy heidän ylitseen, kertomuksia, 1927
 Kenttä ja kasarmi: kertomuksia tasavallan armeijasta, 1928
 Hota-Leenan poika, 1929
 Karavaani ja muita juttuja, 1930
 Noitaympyrä, 1931/1956
 Väljän taivaan alla, 1932/1956
 Ilmeitä isänmaan kasvoilla, 1933/1956
 Pojan paluu (pièce de théâtre), 1933/1956
 Vääpeli Sadon tapaus, 1935/1956
 Isännät ja isäntien varjot: romaani talonpojan sortumisesta, 1935
 Syntyykö uusi suku eli Kaaleppi Köyhkänän vanhuus, romaani, 1937
 Lauma, kertomuksia, 1937
 Taivalvaaran näyttelijä, roman, 1938
 Ihmiselon karvas ihanuus, nouvelles, 1939
 Korpisotaa, 1940,
 Nykyaikaa, kertomuksia, 1942
 Yhdeksän miehen saappaat, 1945
 Jutut: valikoima tuotannosta, 1946/1952
 Heta Rahko korkeassa iässä: uusia juttuja, 1947
 Jauhot: tarina pakkasen jäljiltä, 1949
 Atomintutkija, 1950
 Iisakki Vähäpuheinen: muutamia muistelmia hänen elämästään, 1953
 Kiinalaiset jutut: muistikuvia (livre de voyage), 1954
 Kolme mestarijuttua, 1955
 Puut (roman inachevé), 1955
 Valitut teokset, 1955
 Kootut teokset, 1956–1958 (10 tomes)
 Maa- ja metsäkyliltä: Iltalehden alakertasarja 1927–1928 (ed. Eino Kauppinen), 1968
 Kirveeniskuja. (ed. Veikko Huovinen), 1971
 Kootut teokset, 1976 (8 tomes)
 Kairanmaa: valitut jutut. (ed. Erno Paasilinna), 1985
 Vanha voiman mies: novelleja ja kirjoituksia. (ed. Vesa Karonen), 1995
 Kiinalaiset jutut ja Kiinan-matkan päiväkirja. (ed. Esko Viirret) 2001
 Kirjeet, 2005 (ed. Vesa Karonen, Esko Viirret)
 Ilmeitä isänmaan kasvoilla, (nouvelles, ed. Matti Salminen), Into 2013

Prix et reconnaissance
 Pro Finlandia, 1948.
 Prix national de littérature

Citation
Le cinéaste Aki Kaurismäki a émis l'opinion définitive suivante:

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Sources

Articles connexes
 Liste d'écrivains finlandais

Liens externes

Écrivain finlandais du XXe siècle
Nouvelliste finlandais du XXe siècle
Romancier finlandais
Lauréat de la médaille Pro Finlandia
Titulaire de la médaille « Pour le Travail Vaillant dans la Grande Guerre patriotique 1941-1945 »
Naissance en octobre 1905
Naissance en Ostrobotnie du Nord
Décès en septembre 1955
Décès à Pyhäntä
Décès à 49 ans
Mort par noyade
Militaire finlandais de la Seconde Guerre mondiale

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By Paul D. Marks
Anyone who knows me knows I'm obsessed with Los Angeles, past and present. L.A. history. L.A. culture.
I was born here and go way back on one side of my family. I write a lot about it in both fiction and non-fiction and it's been said that L.A. is its own distinct character in my work.
I'm also into the 1940s, film noir and the big band/swing music of the era.
So it really wasn't a stretch to write a novel set on the L.A. home front during World War II.
The Blues Don't Care is about a young piano player named Bobby Saxon who wants to play with the house band at the famous Club Alabam on Central Avenue, the heart of black life in L.A. If Bobby gets the gig he would be the only white player in the otherwise all-black band.
And though it was before my time, I know a fair amount about the 1940s.
But I've never been to the Club Alabam (it was long gone before I ever heard about it) or the legendary Dunbar Hotel next door, where well-known African-American entertainers, politicians and others stayed when they weren't allowed to stay at most hotels.
I never played piano in a hot jazz band. I was never the only white guy in an all-black band. And I never wore a fedora or smoked Lucky Strikes.
So how, as a writer, do I write about things I haven't experienced? How do I write about people who are different from me? How do I achieve a feeling of authenticity for that time and place?
To get the era and its people right there are the usual suspects, er, sources. Books, the internet, photos. Movies and music from the time period. But there are also some other maybe overlooked approaches which I'll get into later.
I understand that movies aren't reality, but watching the movies and listening to the music of a particular era can help give you an appreciation for the zeitgeist of that era, especially if it was before your time.
Some of the movies that were helpful were The Maltese Falcon, Mrs. Miniver, Stormy Weather, Waterloo Bridge (1940 version) and many others. They often depict the uncertainty of the times and the sacrifices that people made.
Also, the film noirs that started really taking off around 1944 with Double Indemnity offered their bleak, dark view of the world.
It's said that film noir was a reaction to the harsh realities of the war, which makes perfect sense. Noirs such as The Woman in the Window, Murder, My Sweet and others are good examples.
While working on The Blues Don't Care, I would also play swing music and listen to popular songs of the time, like We'll Meet Again by Vera Lynn, I'll Be Seeing You by Bing Crosby, as well as versions by Sinatra, Billie Holiday and others.
And Take the A Train, Duke Ellington's great song, In the Mood by Glenn Miller, One O'Clock Jump by Count Basie, Sing Sing Sing, by Benny Goodman, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy and Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree With Anyone Else But Me by the Andrews Sisters.
And this doesn't even begin to scratch the proverbial surface.
There's just something about listening to the music of an era that can really take you back in time.
Sure, they're old-fashioned. But still valuable sources of info.
Even with the internet the old Time-Life series This Fabulous Century is very useful. The books are broken down by decade and give a variety of info about each decade.
The one from the 1940s came in handy. There are also many other books about the home front during that time period and also on specific areas like L.A. history and Central Avenue in particular.
Fiction is also a good source.
I love to read David Goodis, whose novels were made into movies like Dark Passage, which came out right after the war.
Chester Himes' If He Hollers Let Him Go sets you down in L.A. during the war, a time of racial injustice, and makes you feel as if you are there.
Reading books written in the era can provide insight into what life was like and what people were thinking about.
There are tons of places on the internet on all kinds of subjects, but some certainly aren't fact-checked so you might want to check more than one source. Another problem is that so many of them just copy from each other, so if the origin source is inaccurate so are the ones that copied it.
Some of the things I found useful to look up on the net were things like "how much did a pack of cigarettes cost in 1943?"
Or what car models were made during the war.
Trick question. During WWII the automobile industry converted to war production so cars weren't being manufactured. That little fact led me to make sure that the cars I chose for my characters were realistic for the time period—for example there were no new civilian cars from 1942 to 1945.
It was also helpful to look up what clothes men and women wore, what types of hats, gloves, and hairstyles were in fashion. Also, what items were scarce during the war, like nylons. Instead of nylons women "painted" a stripe on the back of their legs to imitate the stocking seams of nylons from the era.
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They were a great source for things that one generally doesn't find in books or on the net.
Also, my friend Clyde Williams, African-American artist and cowboy, who had exhibited at the historic Dunbar Hotel, was a great source. He turned me onto some old-timers from the era and the neighborhood, who helped add verisimilitude.
There are still many buildings and neighborhoods in Los Angeles that were around in the 40s that you can visit and imagine what they were like back in the day. The much-admired Bradbury building, the Dunbar (which is now a museum and senior housing). Central Avenue itself.
One source that you may not have thought of that's extremely useful is maps.
Things change, streets change. And, of course, there were no freeways back then.
So how would I get my characters from Los Angeles to Long Beach in pre-freeway times? I looked on the net, but my best sources were old L.A. area street maps that I bought on eBay. They not only helped me with the route to Long Beach but with several other geographical issues.
On top of that they were fascinating and I probably spent way too much time just looking at them.
The Human Experience
Writers have to be able to empathize and put themselves in the place of their characters.
As human beings we have shared experiences. I may never have experienced certain things, but I can imagine what it was like and try to express that through my characters.
I can draw on my own experiences and emotions as a human being. What must it have been like to live in that society at that time? How would that character react to this situation or relate to that person?
As writers we have to draw on our inner feelings. We have to be able to inhabit the lives of characters who may be totally different from us. We have to be able to understand the motivations and emotions of both our villains and our heroes.
Sometimes it's not pleasant and sometimes we have to stretch ourselves to try to understand what would motivate certain actions. But those crucial details are what can make a novel richer and more layered and complex.
When all is said and done, a well written novel will never seem like it was researched at all. It will seem like the writer lived it and is writing about their own experience and you will join them there.
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T-shirt business offers Detroit youths a blueprint for success
Updated Apr 03, 2019; Posted Aug 24, 2013
Kibwe Pope
By Model D
By Matthew Lewis, Model D
DETROIT, MI - Kibwe Pope is an entrepreneur turned social entrepreneur. He runs a t-shirt printing business located on Woodbridge Street in the Rivertown district of Detroit. He is also a photographer, filmmaker, and youth mentor. Kibwe taught himself all of these skills, but he's working hard to share that knowledge with kids from the Osborn neighborhood in Northeast Detroit.
"I'm training kids to give them the tools to one day work for themselves," says Pope, who's Key Way to Kids Charity offers classes within the Matrix Center to kids in digital media, marketing, and entrepreneurship.
Recently, Kibwe launched a youth apprenticeship that employs kids from Osborn as t-shirt makers and lets them use his equipment. He also teaches them how to market and sell their own products.
Pope grew up in Southfield, but moved to Osborn as a teenager when his family hit hard times. At age 18, he got mixed up in street life, which led to his incarceration. After eight years in prison, he came back changed, wanting to do more to help youth avoid his mistakes.
As a returning citizen, Kibwe struggled to find work and decided to go into business for himself. Since then he has tried his hand at many businesses -- from successfully owning and operating several mobile phone franchises to launching a t-shirt printing business with partners.
"Everybody with a neck wears t-shirts. It's a multi-billion dollar industry," says Kibwe. That's why he figured it would be a good skill to teach youth living in the 48205 zip code. Currently, 15 neighborhood youth participate in the program. They get rides down to Kibwe's t-shirt printing shop in the warehouse district just east of downtown. Five of those kids are actually employed by the company, and all of them can design their own products for sale. Recently, Kibwe's kids designed and printed shirts that they sold to the Osborn Business Association.
Kibwe's printing apprenticeship was recently awarded a grant by Community Connections, a resident-driven grant program funded by the Skillman Foundation that believes local groups and leaders are essential if neighborhoods are to create safe environments where children and youth grow up successfully, and gives them money to do so.
Community Connections grants range from $500 to $5,000 and are awarded to community-based proposals coming from within each of the Skillman Foundation's Good Neighborhoods program areas. Grants are evaluated and awarded by a board comprised of community residents known as "Change Makers," who volunteer their time to deliberate over and award proposals on a monthly basis.Community Connections celebrates its seventh anniversary this month, having awarded over $2 million in small grants since its launch.
"You couldn't buy a better deliberation body," says Lisa Leverette, manager of the Community Connections program about the volunteer Change Makers. "It's kind of revolutionary, giving normal people money to do community projects. Our resident panels are excellent stewards of the grant dollars."
Community Connections was built to respond to a gap in neighborhood grantmaking, which tended to go to traditional organizations such as boys and girls clubs. Now, average residents can bring their ideas to a panel of their neighbors and pitch programs to improve the places where they live. "This program has community ownership," says Leverette. "You need to have residents at the center."
Examples of how this program has given residents community ownership abound in Osborn. A few years ago, some neighbors formed the Beland Manning Association and came to Community Connections for a modest $500 grant to help them undergo a community planning process to figure out how to transform a neglected park in the neighborhood that was being used for nefarious activity. The group used the initial grant to leverage other funds, with which they bought a riding lawnmower to maintain the park and playscape equipment. The initial grant essentially launched a block club that is strong today and continues to maintain the park.
Another grant was made to the Greenbriar Community Association, who approached the Change Makers with a proposal to run a cultural exchange program between the African American and Hmong communities in that part of Osborn. The programming brought together these two groups who, despite their proximity as neighbors, previously had little interaction with one another.
This sort of sustainable community development is what the Community Connections program is all about. In addition to improving places, Community Connections is developing leaders within the community. Says Leverette, "We're seasoning residents' minds to be interested in what's going on with families in our communities. It's a stepping stone to much larger things."
As for Kibwe Pope, he plans to use the grant to start developing leaders at a young age. "We're not reinventing the wheel. We're giving kids the keys to success."
Matthew Lewis is spending the summer reporting from the Osborn neighborhood. This story first appeared on Model D.


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Home » » Appeal Court rejects AG's application
Appeal Court rejects AG's application
Ekneliyagoda disappearance case
By Chitra Weerarathne
The Court of Appeal yesterday refused an application by the Attorney General seeking to set aside an order of the Homagama Magistrate dated May 17, 2012, whereby President's Counsel Mohan Pieris, Senior Legal Adviser to the Cabinet of Ministers, was summoned to testify at the inquiry into the alleged disappearance of Prageeth Ekneligoda.
The Court of Appeal said that only the President was immune to legal proceedings and may not answer summons by any Court of law.
Mrs. Sandya Ekneligoda, wife of Prageeth Ekneligoda, had filed a Habaes Corpus application in the Court of Appeal Complaining
that her husband was missing since January 2010. The Court of Appeal at an earlier hearing ordered the Homagama Magistrate to hold an inquiry into the alleged disappearance.
The family members of Ekneligoda had appealed to the Magistrate to summon retired Attorney General Pieris, on the basis that while he was in Geneva he had said that Prageeth Ekneligoda was living in a foreign country.
Yesterday, the Deputy Solicitor General, Shavindra Fernando, told the Court that Mohan Peiris had said what he had been informed of.
Kirshmal Warnasuriya appeared for Mrs. Ekneligoda, the wife of Prageeth Ekneligoda.
Mohan Peiris has been summoned to testify before the Magistrate on June 5, 2012.
The Habaes Corpus application will be called before the Court of Appeal, on July 23, 2012.
The Court of Appeal Bench comprised Justices W. L. Ranjith Silva and Nalin Perera.
Prageeth Ekneligoda, at the time of his disappearance, was working as a journalist at Lanka-e-News website. He had supported former Army Commander Gen. Sarath Fonseka during the latter's presidential election campaign, Sandya Ekaneligoda, had said in her application.
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Etna, N.H. — Audrey McCollum, 92, passed away on Monday evening, September 5.
A 35-year resident of the Upper Valley, Audrey was therapist and writer, who published several books and hundreds of articles, including many in local newspapers. Audrey was a devoted environmentalist; she committed much of her time and energy to environmental causes; and the bulk of her most recent writing focused on topics relating to the preservation of the natural world.
In addition, Audrey continually strived to find ways to preserve the memory of her beloved husband, Dr. Robert W. McCollum, who died in 2010.
Audrey lived a long and incredibly rich life and touched the lives of so many others. Born and raised in New York City and spending decades living in the New Haven, Connecticut area, Audrey worked at Yale University Child Study Center for years before going into private practice, providing support and counseling to hundreds of clients.
She traveled the world, frequently visiting Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the South Pacific, her travels driven by her love of the natural world and other cultures and her curiosity about the lives of indigenous peoples.
Audrey will be deeply missed by her daughter, Cindy; her son, Doug; her son-in-law, John; her daughter-in-law, Karen; and her two grandsons, Justin and Zach.
A memorial service is being planned for Oct. Donations in Audrey's memory can be made to the Hanover Conservancy—online at hanoverconservancy.orgor sent to 71 Lyme Rd., Hanover, NH 03755.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Rand-Wilson Funeral Home of Hanover, N.H.


Please pray for Chrissie's lungs as she' bleeding right now...a lot.
As soon as I read your post about the bleeding in Chrissie's lungs, I began to pray. I immediately had a mental image of the woman with the issue of blood, just touching the hem of Jesus' garment and having an immediate STOP to her bleeding. So that is how I prayed...that Chrissie's bleeding would STOP now!
May His peace surround you!
Continued prayers. Continued prayers. Continued prayers.
And when I passed thee, and saw blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
I am prayer for her! I've asked others to pray as well.


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Elisabeth Schroedter, est une femme politique allemande née le  à Dresde. Elle a été élue députée européenne pour la première fois lors des élections européennes de 1994, alors que les représentants des nouveaux Länder faisaient leur entrée au Parlement européen. Elle a été réélue lors des élections européennes de 1999, de 2004 et de 2009.

Elle a été faite chevalier de l'ordre du Mérite de la République fédérale d'Allemagne en novembre 2002.

Pour la , elle siège au sein du groupe des Verts/Alliance libre européenne. Elle est vice-présidente de la commission de l'emploi et des affaires sociales et est membre de la délégation pour les relations avec la Biélorussie et de la délégation à l'Assemblée parlementaire Euronest.

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"sharron, havanese originate from cuba, they belong to the same bichon family as the maltese and bichon frise, come in every colour, except blue and green!!"
"Very cute dog. I've never seen a havenese before. What's the story on this breed?"
"what a darling !!!! he's gorgeous !!!!!"
"Ziggy is so cute, and looks so sweet as well!"
"Awww such a pretty dog,,,,looks so smart and sweet!!"


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Eskom & Greece, It's Really The Same Thing
Eskom & Greece, It's The Same Thing
The two hot issues on the current agenda are the economic woes of Greece and the power failures of Eskom. If you think about it, these situations are strikingly similar.
Let's begin here…
It is the modern middle-class nightmare: you bust a gut, working overtime so that you can afford to send your child off to the best private school in the area. After matriculating, he (this is usually a boy thing), goes off to university (more money), and after taking two years to fail first-year, he qualifies, cum laude in partying and missing lectures. You put your foot down and insist that he moves back home, where he promises to pull it all together and to get a job, while studying part-time.
Two years and three unsuccessful jobs later; it is always the fault an unreasonable boss or work that was beneath him. He has now become a specialist in Xbox and Pirate Bay. All funded by mom and dad. On top of that he needs to buy smokes and go out once in a while; at your expense of course.
All the while, you cling to the regular promise that the next big job or business opportunity is just around the corner. Mom and dad just keep on paying, and working harder. From time to time, to lose your temper, you shout, you moan but still you buy the new Xbox game, the toiletries or the smokes. He is your child, after all.
At what stage does the "tough love" begin? How many threats can you issue before you act? How much money do you spend before you say enough? At what point are his problems, his problems?
So now back to Eskom and Greece.
In both cases, they have been given every advantage to succeed. The Eskom of the New South Africa, inherited a national grid which was in good shape thanks to over-investment in the Old South Africa. They also had great technical staff, no debt and, most importantly, they were a state sanctioned monopoly. What could possibly go wrong? Greece was included in the greatest economic experiment of all time, the Euro zone. This meant trading in a massive market, using an acceptable hard currency and access to more financing than they had seen in their long history. What could go wrong?
Well in both cases, they blew it.
Eskom replaced the skilled technical staff with inexperienced and under-qualified people. They then chose not to maintain the grid or buy coal from the best providers and then they paid out obscene bonuses to management who were doing a really poor job.
Greece suffered their own special kind of madness when they refused to modernise their industry, increased the remuneration of a non-productive civil service and then crooked the books when they loaned money from big brother. It is only at this stage that they start behaving like the young man from the earlier story. Having ended up in really bad positions entirely of their own making; Eskom and Greece are now telling the very people whose money they misappropriated in their little misadventures, that if they don't give them more money they will behave even worse.
The cheek of it all! I think that the time has come to practice a little bit of tough love. I hope that the European Central Bank stands firm with Greece. I hope that the ECB tells them to improve their finances, cut government expenditure or hand over the Parthenon. I hope that the South African government tells Eskom to fix up the broken power stations, buy the cheapest available coal and stop running advertisements which tell us to use less of their product.
I fear that neither will occur and we will still be hoping that Eskom and Greece behave properly a decade from now. It's just not in their DNA.


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Nim's island : original motion picture soundtrack (CD)
Nim's island : original motion picture soundtrack
Patrick Doyle (composer)
Nim's island
Baby turtles
Galileo helps Jack
Volcano and door
Buccaneer ship
Become the hero
Airport whale
Lizard attack
Volcano erupts
Helicopter storm
Woman overboard
Alex nearly drowns
Alex swims away
Nim sees Jack
Patrick Doyle 1953-
Varèse Sarabande, 2008
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About Patrick Doyle
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Patrick Doyle (born 6 April 1953) is a Scottish film composer with Irish heritage. A longtime collaborator of actor-director Kenneth Branagh, Doyle is known for his work composing for films such as Henry V, Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet, Carlito's Way, and Gosford Park, as well as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Thor, Brave, Cinderella, and Murder on the Orient Express. Doyle has been nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, and is the recipient of the ASCAP Henry Mancini Award for "outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music".
Doyle has scored films for renowned directors including Robert Altman, Ang Lee, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, Brian De Palma, Chen Kaige, Amma Asante, Régis Wargnier and Kenneth Branagh.
Life and career…Read more on Wikipedia
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Seargant Stubby : An American hero
All is true : original motion picture soundtrack
Une femme française
Gosford Park
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As you like it : music from the HBO film
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Response: Hospital-based or regional registries are typically limited in their catchment area, making loss to follow-up a major concern when patients move out of the area or otherwise receive subsequent medical care outside of the original hospital network. The American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR), a part of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' (AAOS) registries portfolio, has the goal of tracking total joint arthroplasty (TJA) patients nationally across the US, but currently captures only approximately 28% of annual TJA procedures. Until a nationwide network of reporting hospitals is established that covers at least 90% of all TJA procedures, loss to follow-up due to migration will be a key potential limitation of large-scale studies on implant performance in the US.
Assessment of loss to follow-up can provide an essential understanding of the migration patterns of TJA patients, and help to improve recruitment and enrollment efforts of the AJRR. The magnitude and characteristics of patient migration following TJA have not previously been studied in the US.
Response: The Medicare program is the closest approximation to a nationwide health insurance system in the US; therefore, we used the Medicare program as a pseudo-registry for tracking US arthroplasty patients. Medicare hospital records of beneficiaries enrolled in the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program from January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2015, were queried to identify primary and revision hip or knee arthroplasties.
Five years after the primary arthroplasty, 4.52% of patients (95% CI: 4.50-4.54) moved out of state and another 4.55% (95% CI: 4.53-4.57) moved to a different county within the same state. Western states such as Alaska, Nevada, and Arizona had the highest migration rates, whereas Midwestern states such as Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin had the lowest rates. Florida was the leading destination state, followed by Texas, California, and Arizona. Adjusted for other factors, total knee patients were less likely to migrate out of state than total hip patients (hazard ratio: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.97-0.98 p<0.001). Patients that were older, non-white, or with poorer health status (i.e., with heart disease, obesity or diabetes) were less likely to migrate out of state than younger, white, or healthier patients.
When hip or knee revisions were performed within one year of the primary arthroplasty, 81.7% (95% CI: 81.4-82.0) were performed in the same hospital and 73.9% (95% CI: 73.6-74.2) were performed by the same surgeon. However, for revisions performed within five years, only 48.8% (95% CI: 48.1-49.5) were performed in the same hospital and 17.2% (95% CI: 16.6-17.7) by the same surgeon. For every additional year after the primary arthroplasty, the likelihood of attending another hospital for revision increased by 9% (relative risk (RR): 1.09, 95% CI: 1.09-1.10, p<0.001). Knee revisions were more likely than hip revisions to be performed at another hospital (RR: 1.11, 95% CI: 1.09-1.12, p<0.001). Patients were less likely to visit another hospital for revision if the primary arthroplasty was performed at a large hospital with 450 or more beds (RR: 0.85, 95% CI: 0.83-0.87, p<0.001), as compared with smaller hospitals with fewer than 150 beds.
Response: The rate of migration varies significantly among total joint arthroplasty patients in Medicare. Capturing patients who migrate out of state, with associated changes in medical facility, is not feasible without a nationwide network of participating hospitals. Analysis of the performance and longevity of implants based solely on registry data may not reflect the experience of all total joint arthroplasty patients.
The likelihood of attending a different hospital for revision strengthened with increasing time since the primary arthroplasty. These findings reinforce the risk of biased results when implant performance is assessed based only on revisions that can be captured within a limited set of hospitals. Research into implant performance must take precautions to minimize incomplete capture of revision and other post-primary outcomes due to migration or other factors that result in changing facilities at the time of revision.
Response: The AJRR will continue to examine "linked revisions", i.e. revisions where both the primary and revision procedure is performed within participating AJRR institutions to better understand these migration patterns as our hospital enrollment increases.
Disclosures: I have no disclosures pertinent to this research but I am a Senior Editor for Adult Reconstruction at Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.
This entry was posted in AAOS18, Author Interviews, Orthopedics, UCSF and tagged AAOS18; orthopedics, joint replacement by Marie Benz MD FAAD. Bookmark the permalink.


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Raggiunse la fama negli anni ottanta soprattutto per le interpretazioni in La piccola bottega degli orrori (1986), Ghostbusters - Acchiappafantasmi (1984), Ghostbusters II - Acchiappafantasmi II (1989), Balle spaziali (1987) e Tesoro, mi si sono ristretti i ragazzi (1989).

Biografia
Nato a Toronto, nella provincia canadese dell'Ontario, il 18 aprile 1953 da una famiglia ebraica, iniziò la carriera nel mondo dello spettacolo negli anni settanta, quando, con lo pseudonimo di "Rick Allan", cominciò a lavorare come DJ presso varie stazioni radio della sua città natale. In seguito passò alla Canadian Broadcasting Corporation dove, assieme a Ken Finkleman, si dedicò all'attività di comico. Moranis portò avanti il suo lavoro di comico televisivo anche sul canale SCTV, dove interpretò diversi personaggi divenuti famosi, tra cui i fratelli Bob e Doug McKenzie (Doug era interpretato dall'attore canadese Dave Thomas), che furono poi protagonisti del film La strana voglia (1983), il primo della carriera di Moranis.

Nel 1986 sposò Ann Belsky, che morì nel 1991 per un cancro al seno; in seguito alla sua morte, Moranis decise di limitare le proprie apparizioni al cinema per accudire meglio i due figli, recitando ne I Flintstones (1994) per cessare definitivamente la carriera cinematografica con Tesoro, mi si è allargato il ragazzino (1992) e Tesoro, ci siamo ristretti anche noi (1997). Successivamente lavorò solo e saltuariamente al doppiaggio di film d'animazione, Koda, fratello orso (2003) e Koda, fratello orso 2 (2006).

Negli anni 2000 iniziò a dedicarsi ad altre attività: nel 2005 pubblicò un album di musica country con testi comici intitolato The Agoraphobic Cowboy, e nel 2006 abbandonò definitivamente il cinema. Nel 2013 pubblicò un altro album dal titolo My Mother's Brisket & Other Love Songs. Il 12 febbraio 2020 è stato annunciato il ritorno di Moranis in un nuovo sequel di Tesoro, mi si sono ristretti i ragazzi, notizia confermata dallo stesso attore il giorno successivo.

Filmografia

Attore

Cinema
 La strana voglia (The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew), regia di Rick Moranis e Dave Thomas (1983)
 The Wild Life, regia di Art Linson (1984)
 Ghostbusters - Acchiappafantasmi (Ghostbusters), regia di Ivan Reitman (1984)
 Strade di fuoco (Streets of Fire), regia di Walter Hill (1984)
 Chi più spende... più guadagna! (Brewster's Millions), regia di Walter Hill (1985)
 Palle d'acciaio (Head Office), regia di Ken Finkleman (1985)
 La piccola bottega degli orrori (Little Shop of Horrors), regia di Frank Oz (1986)
 Club Paradise, regia di Harold Ramis (1986)
 Balle spaziali (Spaceballs), regia di Mel Brooks (1987)
 Ghostbusters II - Acchiappafantasmi II, regia di Ivan Reitman (1989)
 Parenti, amici e tanti guai (Parenthood), regia di Ron Howard (1989)
 Tesoro, mi si sono ristretti i ragazzi (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids), regia di Joe Johnston (1989)
 Il testimone più pazzo del mondo (My Blue Heaven), regia di Herbert Ross (1990)
 Pazzi a Beverly Hills (L.A. Story), regia di Mick Jackson (1991) - cameo non accreditato
 Tesoro, mi si è allargato il ragazzino (Honey, I Blew Up the Kid), regia di Randal Kleiser (1992)
 Duca si nasce! (Splitting Heirs), regia di Robert Young (1993)
 Piccoli campioni (Little Giants), regia di Duwayne Dunham (1994)
 I Flintstones (The Flintstones), regia di Brian Levant (1994)
 Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, regia non accreditata di Randal Kleiser - cortometraggio (1994) - non accreditato
 Il grande bullo (Big Bully), regia di Steve Miner (1996)
 Tesoro, ci siamo ristretti anche noi (Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves), regia di Dean Cundey (1997)

Televisione
 90 Minutes Live - serie TV (1976)
 Second City TV - serie TV, 1 episodio (1982)
 The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour - serie TV, 1 episodio (1982)
 Twilight Theater - spettacolo TV (1982)
 SCTV Network 90 - serie TV, 20 episodi (1981-1982)
 Hockey Night, regia di Paul Shapiro - film TV (1984)
 The Last Polka, regia di John Blanchard - film TV (1985)
 The Rocket Boy, regia di John Blanchard e Peter Hudecki - film TV (1989)

Doppiatore
 Mostri o non mostri... tutti a scuola - serie TV d'animazione (1990)
 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
 Koda, fratello orso (Brother Bear), regia di Aaron Blaise (2003)
 Koda, fratello orso 2 (Brother Bear 2), regia di Ben Gluck (2006)
 The Goldbergs - serie TV, episodio 5x21 (2018)

Sceneggiatore
 Second City TV - serie TV, 2 episodi (1980-1981)
 SCTV Network 90 - serie TV, 20 episodi (1981-1982)
 La strana voglia (The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew), regia di Rick Moranis e Dave Thomas (1983)

Discografia

Album
 1981 - The Great White North
 1989 - You, Me, the Music and Me
 2005 - The Agoraphobic Cowboy.
 2013 - My Mother's Brisket & Other Love Songs

Doppiatori italiani
 Vittorio Stagni in Balle spaziali, Tesoro, mi si sono ristretti i ragazzi, Tesoro, mi si è allargato il ragazzino, Duca si nasce!, I Flintstones, Tesoro, ci siamo ristretti anche noi
 Oreste Lionello in Ghostbusters - Acchiappafantasmi, Ghostbusters II - Acchiappafantasmi II
 Mauro Gravina in Strade di fuoco, Il testimone più pazzo del mondo
 Massimo Rossi ne La piccola bottega degli orrori, Il grande bullo
 Roberto Chevalier in Palle d'acciaio
 Tonino Accolla in Parenti, amici e tanti guai
 Oreste Baldini in Pazzi a Beverly Hills
 Mino Caprio in Piccoli campioni
 Ambrogio Colombo in Pazzi a Beverly Hills (ridoppiaggio)
Da doppiatore è sostituito da:
 Massimo Olcese in Koda, fratello orso, Koda, fratello orso 2
 Flavio Arras in Mostri o non mostri...tutti a scuola

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If you need a locksmith fast, you should always look for the ones that are near your area. Emergency Locksmith 4U are covering Hackney 24 hours a day, every day of the week. We are just a phone call away from you, so if you have an emergency contact us now. One of our technicians will come to you in 10 to 25 minutes.
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Our experts have years of experience in dealing with lock outs, lock repairs, lock changes and lock installs. Their skills will let them replace your old and defective lock with a new one fast and efficiently, and they will not damage your door in the process.
We always recommend our customers to choose top quality locks for the main entrances to their property. Safety and security should be always their top priority.
When your key breaks into the lock, it is better to call a professional for help. Trying to extract the key yourself may result in damaging your lock. We have the right tools to take out the key in just a few minutes, without breaking the lock. This may seem like an easy operation, but without the right equipment you can do more harm than good.
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Our quality assurance group provides the final word on when tooling and gauging has met client requirements, while supporting automation acceptance testing and qualification processes.
Each member of the quality control team is trained on internal auditing to ensure that every process is delivered at the high standard our customers expect.
Micro's quality plan is certified to meet the standards of ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D and our equipment is rigorously maintained and traceable to NIST standards.
Zeiss 10166 Spectrum CMM: 39.4" x 63" x 23.6"
Brown & Sharpe Microval: 14" x 16" x 12"
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This Cutjack Mini model has a textured black FRN handle and a satin finished blade.
The Cutjack Mini folding knife is the perfect multipurpose everyday carry knife as imagined by Steel Will Knives. It features a combination of lightweight FRN handle scales paired with a durable D2 tool steel blade. Excellent handle ergonomics and a finger choil allow a comfortable and secure grip in multiple positions. Easy one-handed deployment is achieved quickly using the flipper and a light flick of the wrist. The Cutjack comes fitted with a reversible tip-up pocket clip.
Love the ergos of this knife, action is a little slow but it's 38 bucks! D2 is good to go. Great budget knife.
I wanted to love this knife but right out of the box the action came super stiff. I thought maybe after using it awhile it would get better but it didn't. So I resolved to take it apart, clean it, and lube it. Couldn't get all the screws off due to loctite or something and I don't have a soldering tool currently.. so I'm stuck with an even worse action until I can borrow a tool. While I'm sure it'll get taken care of in the end and be a fine knife, the hassle was annoying.
Wow! For the money, this knife is outstanding. I also plan to get the large version when it's back in stock. Thanks Bladehq for shipping it fast.
I wish there were more knives like this.
This knife should cost about 60-80 but it's a very great deal for 40. Just need a little more maintenance on the D2 blade but other than that it's a very smooth flipper and you get strong edge retention.
The Cutjack is excellent. Design, Steel, Handle material, Clip, etc. are all good if not great. Then you see the price and it is mind boggling. This feels like a much more expensive knife than it is. Great job Steel Will.
Just got this Cutjack today. The first thing I thought was "Did BladeHQ goof on the price?" This knife feels like a $60, or $70 knife, easily. Beautiful blade, good steel riding on bronze washers, all Torx fasteners that are nicely rounded. No sharp edges on the handle, nice early lock-up. From the photo, I thought the FRN scales would feel cheap, but no way, feels premium and solid. Aggressive enough to provide excellent grip, but not a pocket shredder. Perfect clip tension.
An interesting point is that the blade stop is not visible, it's integrated into the handle on the non show side. Nice touch. The back spacer protrudes slightly, but is well rounded to not cause hot spots. I only have one small nit-pick, and that's the fact that the blade edge goes all the way up to the forward finger choil. I would like to see just a bit of non sharpened edge just forward of the choil. Not a deal breaker though. This knife has a lot going for it. If you're looking for a small and relatively light weight flipper that feels like a knife twice it's price, this is it.


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Who Will Star In 'At The Mountains Of Madness'? Studio Wants James McAvoy, Guillermo Del Toro Wants...Tom Cruise?
By Russ Fischer/Sept. 2, 2010 2:52 pm EST
This report is kind of thin right now, but Collider says that it has sources saying there are conflicting desires for the leading man of Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft novel At the Mountains of Madness. The site's report has it that Universal wants James McAvoy (who headed up the studio's film Wanted) to star, while Guillermo del Toro wants Tom Cruise.
We're assuming now that the lead roles is geologist William Dyer, of Miskatonic University. He narrates the original novella (going from memory here) in which Dyer and associates travel to Antarctica to investigate the disappearance of a research team. Turns out the team had uncovered remains of fourteen unusual life forms, some of which were in much better condition than others. Arriving at the destroyed camp, Dyer finds some of those life forms gone, and eventually finds and explores an ancient city that was once home to the ancient Elder Things.
We know the film will be huge, and that it will be darker than most tentpoles. Cruise, if available and willing, could help global box office, while he might make the film a more difficult sale at home. (Given that Guillermo del Toro has said he plans to shoot in May, Cruise's availability isn't a given. And he isn't quick to sign on to films, either.)
McAvoy is a good bet, but remains an unknown for many audiences. He'd be an asset to the film, but wouldn't help sell it. Frankly, it is surprising to hear that the studio wants McAvoy, but he's a lot cheaper and less liable to be controlling than Cruise. My personal choice would certainly be McAvoy, but I can't say I wouldn't be interested to see what del Toro would do with Cruise.


Transformable aircraft consists of blocks and modules. Blocks can be replaced at the request of the customer, changing the power and the energy capacity.
Transformable aircraft is able to fly like a gyroplane, with the vector of thrust passing through the center of mass.
Transformable aircraft is equipped with an electric power plant.


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Q: How to drop the end of variables names in R Most of my variables (800 variables) end in ".value", I am trying to find a way to rename all of them so as to drop this.  Is this possible in R?

A: We can use sub to match the suffix .value at the end ($) of the string in the names of the dataset and replace it with blank ("").
names(df) <- sub("\\.value$", "", names(df))

If this is not a data.frame and are individual objects created in the global environment, we can get the values in a list with mget, change the names of the list using sub.
 lst <- mget(ls(pattern = "\\.value$"))
 names(lst) <- sub("\\.value$", "", names(lst))

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A new Collaboration cracking the CODE of cancer.
In order to expand knowledge of anti-cancer medicines use across Europe, a collaboration led by data provider QuintilesIMS is building a new oncology data network, designed to aggregate treatment data from specialist cancer centres across the region.
Ruder Finn's brief was to give the Collaboration a name, an identity, and a story. The new brand would need to open doors, and communicate the value of the initiative, to clinicians, healthcare systems, and other stakeholders.
Our creative strategy focused on the idea of 'joining the data', highlighting the value in aggregating disparate data sources, and presenting the Collaboration as true partners with clinicians in the fight against cancer.
Based on this insight CODE, the Collaboration for Oncology Data in Europe, was born.
We devised the name, a logo, and a full range of supporting brand assets: website, leave-behind literature in four languages, business cards, templates and brand guidelines.
Ruder Finn devised the name, a logo, and a full range of supporting brand assets.


The people of Nembe-Bassambiri in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have asked the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the state capital, to stop the lease of OML 29 to Aiteo pending the outcome of a substantive suit before the court.
BusinessDay reliably gathers that the development is the result of plans by the Minister of Petroleum Resources to go ahead with the lease of OML 29 to Aiteo for $82 million without regard to the position of the community in Suit No. FHC/YNG/CS/62/2015.
The plaintiffs are Ikaonaworio Eferebo-Igoma, Iyerite Chiefson Awululu-Atubu, Ayebaesin Edoghotu-Omoh, Markson Amaegbe-Orutari, B. C. Benwari-Yousuo and Doibo Evans representing OML 29 communities.
The defendants are Attorney-General of the Federation, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Federal Ministry of Environment, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Aiteo Exploration and Production Limited, Attorney-General of Bayelsa State and The Deeds Registrar, Bayelsa State Ministry of Lands.
He said the $82 million payment was made in five tranches of $18,455,000.00, $9,277,500.00, $9,277,500.00, $6,866,468.23, $20 million and $18,230,000.00 on 22nd January, 2018, 22nd January 2018, 6th November, 2018, 14th November, 2018, 18th December, 2018 and 22nd January, 2019, respectively.
When the matter came up on Friday, March 22 in Court 2, Federal High Court, Yenagoa, the trial justice, Awogboro Abimbola fixed April 11 for hearing on the motion on notice while urging both parties to make more efforts in ongoing settlement moves.
Abimbola asked both parties to inform the court of any progress made on the settlement efforts at the next adjourned date.
Earlier, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, Iniruo Wills told the court that by proceeding to renew the lease, the 2nd and 5th defendants were sending a dangerous and disturbing signal to both the court and the host community.
Wills informed the court that the host community was having a hard time restraining the youth from taking the law into their hands in the wake of the reported payment if $82 million by Aiteo to the Department of Petroleum Resources for the renewal of OML 29.
He described the development as an affront on the court in view of efforts to settle the substantive suit before the court and had therefore filed a motion to set aside all the steps taken to renew the lease while urging the court to proceed on the motion on notice.
Counsel to the Minister of Petroleum Resources, S. Soberekon, however, pleaded for time as the motion was served on her client that very morning.
On August 4, 2015, the Nembe-Bassambiri community through their lawyers, Ntephe, Smith and Wills had asked the court to stop the renewal of OML 29 to Aiteo on several grounds including an attempt to escape their obligations to the host communities.


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using System;
using System.Drawing;

namespace DrawingQuickstartConsole
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Random rand = new Random();
            using (var bmp = new Bitmap(600, 400))
            using (var gfx = Graphics.FromImage(bmp))
            using (var pen = new Pen(Color.White))
            {
                gfx.SmoothingMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;
                gfx.Clear(Color.Navy);
                for (int i = 0; i < 10_000; i++)
                {
                    pen.Color = Color.FromArgb(rand.Next());
                    var pt1 = new Point(rand.Next(bmp.Width), rand.Next(bmp.Height));
                    var pt2 = new Point(rand.Next(bmp.Width), rand.Next(bmp.Height));
                    gfx.DrawLine(pen, pt1, pt2);
                }
                bmp.Save("drawing-quickstart-console.png");
            }
        }
    }
}


Ukraine stresses the absurdity of Russia's claims that the Ukrainian forces were to blame for the tragic death of an OSCE Special Monitoring Mission's observer, a U.S. citizen, in a militant-controlled area in Donbas in April 2017, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna said, addressing the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council September 28, 2017.
The Ambassador stated that the safety and security of the OSCE SMM "must definitely remain a priority for all OSCE participating States, which established this Mission.
"One of these States, the Russian Federation, tries to escape its responsibility for serious incidents with the SMM monitors in certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions controlled by its hybrid forces, including the tragic incident of 23 April 2017 near Pryshyb," said Ukraine's envoy.
"Today we heard the absurdity of so-called conclusions drawn by Russia from the report of the external investigation into the incident. Evading responsibility was the aim of the Russian side when it announced its idea on the deployment of the UN peacekeeping operation, which would be limited only to the protection of the SMM monitors," Prokopchuk said.
As reported earlier, Russia's envoy to the OSCE at the Permanent Council's meeting Sept 28 blamed Ukraine in the death of an OSCE monitor in the occupied part of Luhansk region.
UNIAN memo. On April 23, 2017, the car of the OSCE mission patrol was blown up on a mine outside the village of Pryshyb in the part of Luhansk region controlled by Russian proxy forces. An OSCE observer, U.S. citizen Joseph Stone was killed in a blast while observers from Germany and the Czech Republic were injured.
Right after the tragic incident, the Kremlin-controlled media have resorted to exploiting the death of an OSCE monitor for propaganda purposes, accusing Ukraine military of shelling the site where the landmine hit an OSCE patrol vehicle and claiming that Kyiv was impeding the investigation.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry responded to the accusation and dismissed it as groundless and fake. And interactive map developed by the Ukraine Crisis Media Center that tracks fighting in the occupied eastern territories shows that Ukrainian armed forces have not shelled any areas around Pryshyb, the village in Luhansk oblast where the OSCE vehicle hit a mine. On Aril 23, all shelling in Luhansk province took place in the area of Stanytsia Luhanska and Valuiske, areas held by the Russian-backed militants, according to Stopfake.org.
During an April 24 briefing about the mine incident, OSCE Ukraine Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug did not mention any Ukrainian obstruction into the investigation, nor did he say that the area was being shelled.


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Q: Calculating when all rooms are busy Let's say we have two bookable rooms - Room 1 and Room 2. The rooms arn't visible during booking, but are automatically distributed when the user books a room. We want to calculate which times both are booked at the same time. In other words - what time is no room available.
The problem is when we add a third room - Room 3 - it won't work anymore, as it only compares two rooms. How do I adjust (or completely replace) the logic so the number of rooms can be variable?
Input:
<?php
$busy_rooms = array (
  'room_1' =>
  array (
    0 =>
    array (
      'from' =>
      DateTime::__set_state(array(
         'date' => '2017-10-02 11:00:00.000000',
         'timezone_type' => 1,
         'timezone' => '+02:00',
      )),
      'to' =>
      DateTime::__set_state(array(
         'date' => '2017-10-02 12:00:00.000000',
         'timezone_type' => 1,
         'timezone' => '+02:00',
      )),
    ),
  ),
  'room_2' =>
  array (
    0 =>
    array (
      'from' =>
      DateTime::__set_state(array(
         'date' => '2017-10-02 09:00:00.000000',
         'timezone_type' => 1,
         'timezone' => '+02:00',
      )),
      'to' =>
      DateTime::__set_state(array(
         'date' => '2017-10-02 16:00:00.000000',
         'timezone_type' => 1,
         'timezone' => '+02:00',
      )),
    )
  )
);

In the example above, no room is available between 11:00-12:00 that particular day. The current logic seems to handle this correctly.
Current logic:
<?php
$busy_times = array()

foreach($busy_rooms as $a_id => $a_busy_times) {
    foreach($busy_rooms as $b_id => $b_busy_times) {

        // Never compare a room with itself
        if($b_id === $a_id) continue;

        foreach($a_busy_times as $a_busy) {
            foreach($b_busy_times as $b_busy) {

                // B within A
                //    |--B--|
                // |-----A-----|
                if($b_busy['from'] >= $a_busy['from'] && $b_busy['to'] <= $a_busy['to']) {
                    $busy_times[] = array(
                        'from' => clone $b_busy['from'],
                        'to' => clone $b_busy['to']
                    );
                }

                // B-from within A, B-to after A
                //    |--B--|
                // |--A--|
                elseif($b_busy['from'] >= $a_busy['from'] && $b_busy['to'] >= $a_busy['to'] && $b_busy['from'] <= $a_busy['to']) {
                    $busy_times[] = array(
                        'from' => clone $b_busy['from'],
                        'to' => clone $a_busy['to']
                    );
                }

                // B-from before A, B-to within A
                // |--B--|
                //    |--A--|
                elseif($b_busy['from'] <= $a_busy['from'] && $b_busy['to'] <= $a_busy['to'] && $b_busy['to'] >= $a_busy['from']) {
                    $busy_times[] = array(
                        'from' => clone $b_busy['from'],
                        'to' => clone $a_busy['to']
                    );
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Output (contents of $busy_times):
<?php
array (
  array (
    'from' =>
    DateTime::__set_state(array(
       'date' => '2017-10-02 11:00:00.000000',
       'timezone_type' => 1,
       'timezone' => '+02:00',
    )),
    'to' =>
    DateTime::__set_state(array(
       'date' => '2017-10-02 12:00:00.000000',
       'timezone_type' => 1,
       'timezone' => '+02:00',
    )),
  )
);


A lot of us spend a great portion of our lives in fear of death. Death has been, in many ways, the ultimate mystery of this existence.
It is an inevitable doom that is waiting for each of us. We will eventually arrive at the point in our lives when we meet death.
But our dread is rooted in illogical assessments of life. That is why fear of death is only temporary and after a while, most people get over it.
But death is not what people deem it to be!
Does a scientist who discovers a new phenomenon truly die after a while?
Does an innovator who invents things and pushes the boundaries of technology really die by the passage of time?
What about a great painter, an athlete, or a writer?
Our idea of death is misguided. Death is not the end of all things, as it holds no power over us so long as we are alive.
But there is another sort of death that is much more frightening than the one that occurs in the real world.
The kind of death that I am talking about happens when someone loses their hope and give up on everything.
The kind of death that happens when someone trips and sends a clashing wave down the spine of their life.
This sort of death has destroyed the lives of many a man before their proper and real death came and took them away.
This death may be fictitious and only true in your mind, but it is much more devastating than the real occurrence of death, because in this case, you are actually alive, but refuse to live as you should.
You only experience painful and slow death when you lose your grip on life and give control to everything else.
A person who doesn't know why he wakes up everyday is not alive. A person who doesn't have a goal or a purpose to strive for on a daily basis is not alive.
A person who thinks that his life is miserable and does not want to work to change anything is not alive.
These kinds of people are all dead, one way or another, but they fear the real phenomena of death that should not bother them, as it is ultimately a mystery.
If you want to check and see whether you are alive or not, think about the last time that you were genuinely passionate and excited about something.
If you want to see if you are actually living, think about the last time that you felt in love with someone or something so much that you couldn't contain your excitement and longing.
Do not think of death as merely a concept that is far away.
Some of us are already dead. We just don't realize it.
A BIG HUG AND A GREAT WEEK - ALL OF YOU!
"You Only Experience Death When You Lose Your Grip on Life..."
This is all right but in this world where all people are running to be superior than others, it's gets very difficult to stay positive and focus on our goals!
Comparto en todo su contenido esta publicaciòn. Todo ser humano debe tener un propòsito de vida, una aspiraciòn, un deseo o un objetivo que cumplir en la vida y ser preocupado por alcanzarlo, de lo contrario es como vivir por vivir sin esperanza, sin tener un puerto de destino, no saber a donde llegar. Este  tipo de personas ha de considerarse muerta en vida.
Excellent review @chbartist, I agree with you completely, that you should not be afraid of death and worry about it! Someone from the wise men said "A coward dies several times in a life, a brave one dies once", therefore we all need to get rid of this fear and change our lives for the better with confidence!
death is only a transition to another dimension, no one needs to be afraid of it.
What you described as living deaths are mostly deeply depressed people, they are not dead, most of them are in very bad life situations.
We get more and more of them, it's one of the biggest problems of our system.
I already met some of them on Steemit, they got a turnaround by start posting, they got new hope and an inspiration for their lives.
So Steemit can also be a wonderful therapy.
I agree! This is such a great article!
Hay situaciones en la vida tan devastadoras que uno termina perdiendo la esperanza de vivir.
En estos momentos de dolor, cuando tendemos a sentir depresión, el apoyo de familiares y amigos será crucial para manejar estos momentos de gran tristeza.
Es importante buscar ayuda profesional de psicólogos o psiquiatras. El cerebro es un órgano del cuerpo que puede enfermarse y cuando esto sucede, debe visitar al especialista de esa parte del cuerpo.
I feel like I live when I feel the passion in doing things to improve the life of my family and myself.  Everyday the time I use to achieve goals is living and another way I can feel my future goals getting closer and being achieved!
Death should not be seen as a fatality but as a part of the process of life and thus recognize that, on an earthly level, we are passing through this world. This will allow us to rid ourselves of the excessive attachment that does so much harm to us and to enjoy the present moment to the fullest. Cordial greetings my dear @chbartist.
> If you want to see if you are actually living, think about the last time that you felt in love with someone or something so much that you couldn't contain your excitement and longing.
Death is an exciting moment for those who believe on live after death.
The life after death is different from the life we're living now, and this is mystery that I'm excited of.
This makes me wonder how many folks only wake up and start living once a doctor tells them that their body is approaching its death.
What an amazing fact you have bought into limelight! True,  Life should be full of excitement and liveliness.
i agree that death has no power over you. Worry to make change for things under your control.
ego death is a rebirth.
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I read you and I know what you mean. When I read the title I was wondering if had written the paradox of real death. Like Jesus Christ, dying but not dying. Sometime back, I read a book called "A course on Miracles" which states that to believe that death is the only way to make it to God is the play of the ego. We don't need to die, in fact, death is where you lose the game.
I never quite understood this part. Then how do you make it back to God. I hope I will find the answer.


This week, I shift back to Illustrator. In which I explore one of the oldest—not to mention, one of my favorite—features in that particular piece of software: blends. These things were introduced waaaaaaaay back in Illustrator 88 (which came out in 1988, when I was a mere child of 26 and Guns N' Roses played its best hand with "Sweet Child O' Mine," not that I was paying all that much attention to the song thing because I was a nerd using Illustrator). Between you and me, blends were originally Illustrator's bizarre response to FreeHand's automatic gradients (which Illustrator didn't add until a few years later). These days, you probably won't use blends to make an everyday-average gradient backdrop. I mean really, what the feck's the point? But blends're useful as a sack of srewdrivers for creating all varieties of intermediate objects. Which are precisely what we need to fabricate this week's topic, shooting stars.
We're reaching for the stars this week with Deke. Well, actually we're making one beautiful glowing star that spreads its luminance across a dark sky. In this week's free movie, you'll see how simple paths and the deft application of blending in Illustrator can create an absolutely stellar effect. And you don't need the latest and greatest Illustrator to play with this feature in your own projects. Although Deke is using Illustrator CS5 in the video, the tools involved have been a part of the application since 1988!
Want to see more Illustrator illusion? Members of the lynda.com Online Training Library can catch this week's exclusive video here, in which Deke shows you how to automatically create the repeating effects of his gargoyle's wings, the sarcophagus it protects, and the fence around the cryptic tomb.
Frankly, sometimes I find Illustrator a little mysterious. But Deke's Techniques will give you stellar powers in under eight minutes. And if you want to explore Adobe's vector-drawing powerhouse, you can check out the first course in Deke's Illustrator One-on-One series here. Meanwhile, seasoned Illustrator explorers shouldn't miss our deep-dive series— Illustrator Insider Training —with Illustrator commander extraordinaire, Mordy Golding.
And next week, Deke continues the galactic travels in Illustrator with a custom starburst (shown below). Every week, a free technique from Captain Deke!
Whether you use Illustrator on a regular basis or not, these videos will rock your midnight world. Meanwhile, keep an eye out for my upcoming video course, Up and Running with Illustrator , in which I teach you how to come to terms with the world's most powerful vector drawing program in under 3 hours. My sources tell me that it should go live this week.


When Is The Best Time To Sell WordPress Themes?
Like any other product, the demand for WordPress themes does have seasonality. In our observation, theme sales do well from January to March then slows down from April to May. Summer months are usually slow while sales pick up in the fall with a dip around Christmas time.
Seasonality in any product or service is determined mainly by socio-cultural factors in the marketplace. In most markets around the world, economic activity is dependent on holidays or the absence or presence of school. There is also the aspect of climate, where people tend to stay indoors more during the cold months.
In the case of theme sales, it can be said that this phenomenon is mainly driven by the level of activity a person has during a season. Great sales during the first quarter of the year may be attributed to more free time for buyers to stay online as the kids are still in school and most folks prefer to stay indoors during winter. This means people have more time to tinker with their websites during this time and spotting opportunities for improvement or change could mean upgrading to a newer WordPress theme or buying and installing a new plugin. The spring slowdown correlates to the physical activities associated with this season: spring cleaning, gardening, putting away winter stuff, etc. Sometimes the lure of the outdoors is greater than staying inside the house, what with the weather becoming more pleasant and warmer. When summer kicks in and as the kids are out of school, that's when all the vacations, trips and out of town activities happen. People tend to relax a bit more and work on websites take a back burner during this time. As kids go back to school in the fall, sales gradually picks up as people find more time to focus on work before the next big holidays, like Thanksgiving and Christmas, roll in. Spending patterns during Thanksgiving and Christmas usually turn towards gifts, gadgets, and other stuff to buy online unless WordPress authors take their cue from the season and create enticing special prices for WordPress theme packages or bundles.
Knowing these patterns, how do you align development and marketing activities for your themes? It would be wise to have your development activities lie heavily during the spring and summer months. That way, your resources do not have to compete with the demands of development and marketing at the same time. The best time to strengthen core technology, respond to emerging design trends, is during these lean months. As fall comes, resources can be shifted to marketing and after sales support as sales starts picking up. This is the right time to introduce new products and manage customer satisfaction as they adapt to your new themes.
Recognizing these consumer patterns may help you plan your annual business cycle as you make those critical decisions to save time, effort and money in your WordPress business.
interesting post I never really thought of whether or not it is a good "time" to release a product.


Self description: I can say that I have a good sense of humor and I like when people laugh, joke and are happy around me. I am also very honest and sincere person. I think it is better to tell the truth but never hide the truth as sooner or later it will become true. I am kind and gentle person.
I can say that I like both active and passive rest. I like reading books or walking in the park, along the seaside. At the same time I like fitness and try to keep fit. I enjoy getting to know culture of the other countries, see their traditions and customs.
What you are looking in your partner: I am looking for a man who appreciates family values, who also likes humor and has a good sense of humor. I would like him to be responsible, ready for creating family and taking care about it, when family is on the first place for him, when he knows that he is a man, a head of this family and behaves in appropriate way. I would like him to be honest and faithful, ready for everything for the sake of his family.


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Reception, Auction to kick off 2007 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference
Beth King, Communications Manager, (317) 927-8000, ext. 211
INDIANAPOLIS – Journalists are cordially invited to a reception and auction that will kick off the 2007 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference, Thursday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. on the grounds of The National Music Center, part of the Historic Carnegie Library, 801 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
"The SPJ Convention has become the national event for the journalism community to celebrate the profession, learn about its future and receive world class training in how to practice our craft," SPJ National President-Elect Clint Brewer said. "This year's convention will be one of our best filled with journalism's best and brightest stars as well as industry decision makers and visionaries."
Coinciding with the Opening Night Reception is the Legal Defense Fund Auction. Annually, this event raises money to assist journalists in defending the freedom of speech and press guaranteed by the First Amendment. Celebrity guest auctioneers include CBS News legend Bob Scheiffer and Radio Hall of Fame member Jim Bohannon. Both men will auction off many items, including gift certificates, jewelry and tickets to talk shows. Additionally, a silent auction will feature autographed books, photos and other memorabilia. Tickets to the Opening Night Reception and the Legal Defense Fund Auction cost $65. For a full list of live and silent auction items, please visit www.spj.org/c-ldf-auctionitems.asp.
"The fruits of this auction each year help fund the good fight to defend a free press in this country," Brewer said. "It is a night where journalists are encouraged to vote with their wallets."
To obtain a media credential for this event, please contact SPJ Communications Manager Beth King at (317) 927-8000, ext. 211. For more information about the 2007 SPJ National Convention & Journalism Conference — including a full convention schedule — or to register, visit www.spj.org/convention.asp.
Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well informed citizenry; works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press. For more information about SPJ, visit www.spj.org.


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Keywords opens new recording studio in Sao Paulo
Keywords Studios
July 5th, 2019 - 12:32pm
By Craig Chapple, Senior Editor
Services provider Keywords Studios has opened its first dedicated recording studio for games in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The new 3,550ft² facility has been set up with its subsidiary Maximal Studios, which the company acquired in 2018. The space features six individual studios for recording, 5.1 surround sound mixing and pre and post-production.
Maximal has provided localisation services for more than 150 games including FIFA, World of Warcraft and Overwatch.
Key territory
"With our new space in Sao Paulo we are further consolidating Keywords Studios' presence in Brazil," said head of Keywords Studios Brazil Priscila Caiado.
"We are creating new jobs, increasing our capacity and, as a consequence, offering a greater variety of services to our clients."
Keywords Studios regional MD for the Americas Nicolas Liorzou added: "Brazil is a key territory for video-games.
"Yet localisation in Brazilian Portuguese was lacking a dedicated and scalable state-of-the-art, go-to voice-over recording capacity. We believe that with this expanded studio in Sao Paulo, we'll now be in the best position to accommodate the always-increasing needs of our customers in Brazilian Portuguese voice-over."
Brazil's games industry has experienced a significant growth period over the last few years. Between 2014 and 2018 the number of games companies more than doubled from 133 to 276, while the new of people employed increased from 1,133 staff to 2,731.
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Craig Chapple
Craig Chapple is Senior Editor of PocketGamer.biz and InfluencerUpdate.biz. He was previously Deputy Editor at Develop and Online Editor at Nintendo of Europe.
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