As the most decorated athlete in Olympic history, Michael Phelps won his 23rd gold medal on Saturday at the medley relay. Emerging from retirement to take on one final round of Olympic Games, Phelps came motivated to win.
There's no doubt that Phelps is one of the most physically gifted athletes of all time, but his success is also due to a number of other factors. His methods for visualization, setting goals and preparing for any type of scenario have helped position him for success.
So how does the aquatic superstar do it? Here are six secrets to success that have pushed Phelps as one of the most talented athletes in history.
Even at 8 years old, Phelps set goals and imagined a future in the Olympics, he explained during an interview with Joe Buck of Fox Sports, showing a "goal sheet" he had created as a child.
Now, nearly 23 medals in, Phelps and his successes are "largely a product of his other-worldly ability to set and create goals." He writes down his goals "in the form of times for various races" and checks on them daily.
"I have my goals somewhere I can see them, so when I get out of bed I know I'm waking up to work on what I'm going to achieve," he said.
Goals that frighten you, motivate you or force you out of your comfort zone are the ones that will push you and ignite personal progress.
As a teenager, Phelps's coach Bob Bowman would tell him at the end of each practice to go home and "watch the videotape. Watch it before you go to sleep and when you wake up." The "videotape" was Phelps's mental visualization of the "perfect race." Imagining himself swimming flawlessly from start to finish, assessing his competition and going over even the smallest of details, such as envisioning the water dripping from his lips, pushed Phelps to success.
Bowman made Phelps turn this routine into a habit, which Phelps still employs today. The night before a race, Phelps will visualize himself in a race both from the perspective of someone in the stands and from his viewpoint in the water.
Through visualization, Phelps also prepares himself for any possible scenario that may occur during race time. Going over and having a plan for every situation -- good or bad -- helps Phelps prepare for anything that may come his way.
During the 2008 games in Beijing, Phelps's goggles broke at the start of the 200-meter butterfly final. Although most would think that losing your sight in the middle of an Olympic race may be a cause for panic, Phelps continued on. Because he had mentally prepared for such a situation, it did not hold him back. Finishing the race with a new world record showed the power of Phelps's use of visualization and mental preparation.
Be resilient to "bad" performances.
As long as Phelps knows he has done his best -- he has trained, prepared and tried his absolute hardest -- he will avoid dwelling on a lost race. Bowman, his coach, always highlighted that athletes must not focus on the outcome, but rather the process.
During the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Phelps's winning streak was interrupted by South African Chad le Clos -- who beat the swimmer by .05 of a second at the 200-meter butterfly races.
Motivated by the loss, Phelps studied the tape of the race and realized where he went wrong and what he needed to change.
"I noticed a lot that I did in that race that I'm not going to do again. I think I'm a lot more prepared this time," he said in a statement before the Rio Games this year.
Nobody can achieve excellence without putting in the time and effort. Although he may be blessed with the ideal swimmer's body, Phelps would never have reached success without practice and persistence.
Whether in or out of the water, Phelps has always pushed himself to reach his dreams.


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Tpc v 0.40a doesn't compile on my ArchLinux 64-bit.
Makefile:43: *** mixed implicit and normal rules.  Stop.
And above compile tpc just fine.
Thanks for the information, I'll check this fact.
- Polished and updated documentation with new options and behaviours.
again because some commands have been changed.
- Corrected some DRAM reports for Family 10h processors.
tested at all on processors with more than two cores.
- Introduced a new interface for performance counters.
Brazos and Llano support has not tested by myself, I have no hardware, but by some volounteers. They reported it basicly works. Since I don't know when I will be able to continue the project (lack of time, lack of hardware), I release now with partial support.
This tool seems fantastic and I thought the development was stopped.
I have a Tyan s2915 with 2 Opteron 8389 (Quad Core Shanghai 2.9 GHz) on Ubuntu 10.04.
I compiled successfully TPC and I am able to run it, everything seems to work, I read temperatures, P-states, etc.
The only things I cannot change are the frequencies and voltages.
How can I check the CPU frequency ?
Because I don't really know how to monitor it. Most of the solutions only read the manufacturer speed.
Do you think my problems only come from the fact that the Opteron shanghai is not supported even though it is Family 10h Processor ?
This tool is the only one I know that is actually working for some people, I don't understand why so few people seems to have an interest in it.
Your Opteron should be fully supported. It is a family 10h processor.
Multiprocessor machines are also fully supported.
I don't really understand what is the problem: you're not able to change frequency and voltage or you don't know if the frequency/voltage have been really changed?
The former case has to be investigated. As I see from your log, there should be no problems setting custom frequencies or voltages.
The latter case requires a benchmark tool to see if *effectively* the frequency has changed. You may run TurionPowerControl -l again to see if the processor registers are correctly written (you should see 2500 Mhz as the frequency of all cores of both your processors), if so you can run a benchmark.
In the documentation I suggest to use prime95 and its benchmark feature, but any other benchmark will be equally useful. Of course you should not check cpuinfo or cpufreq tools because they don't update with realtime informations.
So processor registers should be correctly written right ?
I am currently running some heavy multi-threaded computations and I do not see them speeding up or crashing, so I assume that the speed and voltages have not been changed.
I am writing on the right P-state, correct?
Ok, the program is correctly writing the registers. The modifications become active when there's a transition to the pstate you have modified, so if you disabled C&Q or have a fixed frequency, your cpu won't re-enter in your modified pstate and modifications don't become active.
Simply -fo 0 tells the program to force all cores of all processors to re-enter in pstate 0 to let the new register values become active.
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I've been using k10ctl for *years*. It "just works". Not sure what's supposed to be so great about TPC.
I didn't know k10 was available for Linux, I will give it a try.
TPC has the advantage to exist, such software is so rare on Linux.


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Noel Mewton-Wood (20 November 19225 December 1953) was an Australian-born concert pianist who achieved international fame on the basis of many distinguished concerto recordings during his short life.

Life and career
Born in Melbourne, he studied with Waldemar Seidel at the Melbourne Conservatorium until the age of fourteen. After further study at London's Royal Academy of Music, he took private lessons from Artur Schnabel in Italy.

In March 1940, he returned to London for his debut performance at Queen's Hall, performing Beethoven's third piano concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Thomas Beecham.  He then went on tour in the UK as assisting artist accompanying Viennese tenor Richard Tauber, and later performed in France, Germany, South Africa, Poland, Turkey and Australia.

Mewton-Wood also possessed considerable talent as a composer. His string trio was featured on the Second Boosey and Hawkes Concerts held at Wigmore Hall on 27 March 1943. He also composed music for films including Tawny Pipit (1944) and Chance of a Lifetime (1950).

During his time in London he lived in a house in Hammersmith Terrace and there would often host musical evenings and entertain his close friends Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.

Mewton-Wood's The Times obituary of 7 December 1953 described his debut performance:

In 1952–53, while Britten was busy composing his opera Gloriana, he deputised Mewton-Wood to accompany his partner, tenor Peter Pears.

When only 31, Mewton-Wood committed suicide by drinking prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide), apparently blaming himself for the death from a ruptured appendix of William Fedrick, whom he lived with, feeling he had overlooked the early symptoms. Mr. Fedrick was suffering from the severe pain for two or three days before calling a doctor and was eventually admitted to Westminster Hospital for an immediate operation but he subsequently died. Mewton-Wood became distressed and was advised to check himself into the Atkinson Morley Hospital for psychiatric treatment where he stayed for five days. He was released but put under supervision. Mewton-Wood was found dead in his music room on 5 December 1953.

The notes written by a friend of Mewton-Wood, John Amis, for the reissue of the Bliss Concerto recording, confirm that Mewton-Wood was homosexual and was distraught at his lover's tragic death.

Benjamin Britten wrote Canticle III: Still falls the rain for a concert in Mewton-Wood's memory.

In 1962, his old teacher Waldemar Seidel auditioned the 7-year-old Geoffrey Tozer and declared "Noel has come back".  Noel Mewton-Wood had died eleven months before Tozer was born.

Repertoire
In addition to Beethoven, Mewton-Wood's repertoire included:
 Sir Arthur Bliss's Piano Concerto (Bliss was so impressed with Mewton-Wood's many performances and his recording of the work that he wrote his Piano Sonata for him)
 Busoni's Fantasia contrappuntistica and Piano Concerto (a 1948 recording with Sir Thomas Beecham is the earliest complete recording of the Busoni concerto known to survive)
 Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
 Hindemith's Ludus Tonalis
 Tchaikovsky's three piano concertos, Concert Fantasia and G major sonata
 Tippett's song cycle The Heart's Assurance, with tenor Peter Pears
 Works by Bartók, Britten (Mewton-Wood gave the world premiere of the revised version of Britten's Piano Concerto), Liszt, Schubert, Mahler and Schumann.

He also composed chamber music, a piano concerto, ballet music, and music for the films Tawny Pipit (1944) and Chance of a Lifetime (1950).

Books
Noel Mewton-Wood features in Sonia Orchard's 2009 novel, The Virtuoso, which is narrated by a fictional obsessive admirer and sometime lover of Noel. The novel is informed by the author's own background as a pianist, and her interviews with many of Noel Mewton-Wood's friends and contemporaries.

References

Sadie, S. (ed.) (1980) The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, [vol. 12.]
Nixa label, CLP 1153, original recording, Chopin Piano Concerto No 1 in E Minor, Opus 11, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Mewton-Wood, Pianist, Walter Goehr, Conductor.

External links
 An interview with the Sonia Orchard, author of The Virtuoso
 Entry on Noel Mewton-Wood in Australian Dictionary of Biography

1922 births
1953 suicides
Australian classical pianists
Male classical pianists
Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music
Australian LGBT musicians
Suicides by cyanide poisoning
Musicians from Melbourne
LGBT classical musicians
Benjamin Britten
Pupils of Artur Schnabel
20th-century classical pianists
20th-century Australian musicians
20th-century classical composers
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Had a bad day today - soccer team lost, bad customers at work.. then i went home today and checked my email and I saw the email from SIA!
Oh yah, just in case there's a gender confusion, I applied for the SIA Steward post. Hopefully the other guys in here will get their invites soon. My interview is on 8 Jan @ 11am.
Anyone here has any insight on how the selection process will be like for SIA Stewards?
Hey eCaf....when did you send out the application?
I remember I sent out my application via email on the 15th.. had problems getting the email through..
Congrats eCaf, looks like so far you are the only lucky guy around here. For now i hope... Good luck to the rest of the guys... Don't give up hope as yet.
Yea, don't give up just yet. I believe the selection process is still going on, so cross ur fingers and check ur emails regularly.
I just checked my email today again n i received another SIA interview invitation!! The 1st one i received is on 0920 7 Jan, the 2nd one i received is at 1040 7 Jan, is it becos i sent both by snail mail n email and both got thru?
Anyone like me? Wonder how i shld confirm my attendance?
Good wat . Touchwood , but in case U don't make it on the first try , U can go walking around somewhere in STC for awhile , then go and try again for 2nd time ?
Hmmm , maybe U just reply to 1 of the timings would do ?
I also received double invitation,but i reply them that i acknowledge the earlier invitation already.I worry if they find that you are dishonest(I think this is dishonest) then will blacklist me and never give me another chance in future.I also sent by snail mail and email.
[quote="SK 22"]Anyone is invited for any interview on 7 Jan 06 at 1440? I think because I stay far so I was given afternoon slot.
singaporegrrl... i got my invitation.. i think you will be getting yours soon..
JULIE, you how come didnt see you ard?
WAWA, must be busy researching, always at busy mode.
Paige, thank you for advices and sharing with me. Keep stretching!
Guys, don't worry...you will get your invites.
Try ways to reach them to check your application.
Thanks for ur wishes.. wish u luck too... anyone timing @ 1040??
Please keep us updated on ur interview k?
I don't get the invitation! Anyone has the no. to SIA human resource? I want to enquire on my application.
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singaporegrrl wrote: I don't get the invitation! Anyone has the no. to SIA? I want to enquire on my application.
wait a little while more.. i received my invite at ard this time in e late morning yday too.. urs might be on ur way. juz hang in there a little while!
all the best! hope u get the invite asap!
cream wrote: They will first group u up in a group of ten. After which u will be brought to a room where u will be introduced to 2 "tester". From there u will be asked to do a self intro. A very brief n short one. After which u will be brought to another room. There they will tell u who will be shotlisted to got for another round. The second round is the one to one interview.
After u go thru that round, they will ask u to come back another day for interview. They will ask u to go and sit for a short IQ test. After that u will proceed to do a so call speech in front of everyone. If u pass this round there will be a swim test.
i believe that the speech has been erdicated for sometime isnt it?
Sorry wat does 'erdicated' mean???
Hi Rosey, tks for ur reply!
Soz, my brother just came back from Shanghai so everyday hog onto the pc don't let me use. Haha.. Abit busy with his return so did not really had the time to go online!
Yeah! I was telling Trish that you definately will get an invite! But yours so early ah. Hmmm.. Maybe you can wait for me for awhile, we can go out have lunch or something? Been wanting to meet you! =) You got my msn right?
Best Regards and good lcuk!
be strong! We are more powerful then we thought!
Ok! tomorrow I will bring you more!
Please dun give up k? I had juz heard frm my friend in SQ that SQ needs more then 900 staff for 2006... so.. dun give up k?
As for those who havent receive the invites, dun give up.. they will conduct another round for the rest if the responses are overwhelming..
Just keep trying gals & guys!
Goodluck ladies, especially those regulars in here! May lady luck shine on everyone!
The coveted email finally came in eh?
any more ladies in the 1340hr slot??


It's been two weeks since we last checked in on the week's top stories and trends. In that time, Facebook Insights has gotten, well, more insightful. We've also had the trio of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday all contributing to the country's bottom line. That's making people busier than ever, so many of us are looking at the end of the year and hoping we can take some time off. A recent poll asked business owners what happens on social media when they take vacation. Those stories and more — is Google+ really showing signs of life? — are what we're buzzing about this week.
Big retailers are celebrating after a record Black Friday and Cyber Monday (heck, even President Obama had a Cyber Monday sale this year), but it appears that during the weekend after Thanksgiving, a large number of Americans were shopping small. Small Business Saturday, an event started by American Express, resulted in increased sales across the country for local independent merchants.
Bottom Line: We did our part for Small Business Saturday, we hope lots of other consumers did so for your business, and we hope this continues throughout the holiday season. If you ask us, Small Business Saturday should be every day.
Social media has done wonders for word of mouth marketing. Now it's incredibly easy to share your interests, preferences, and activities with others and to influence untold numbers of your friends, family members, and colleagues. Quite simply, people like to follow the lead of others. According to one study, a restaurant increased sales of specific dishes by 13–20% just by highlighting them as "our most popular items."
Bottom Line: The more your customers, clients, members, and supporters talk about you on social media, the more of an effect it can have on the people in their networks. Deliver a great customer experience, provide great content, encourage check-ins on location-based services like Foursquare. Let the actions of those you come in contact with drive the actions of others.
Facebook has added a new metric to its Insights dashboard that shares when users have either hid a post or given negative feedback on a brand's Page. Not all Page administrators can see this functionality yet (like many new Facebook features, it's being rolled out slowly), and there is no word on when everyone will have access to it.
Bottom Line: While it can sometimes be painful, knowing the not-so-nice things your Facebook fans are saying about you is incredibly helpful because it can encourage positive changes. Hopefully Facebook will make this feature permanent and available to everyone soon.
Bottom Line: Facebook and Twitter may get most of the attention when people talk about social media, but LinkedIn, with its quieter but active network of more than 135 million users, is an effective channel for some more than others. What's working for your B2B?
After months of mixed opinion and low usage, Google+ is starting to show some signs of life. The social network had more than 6.8 million U.S. visits in the week ending November 12. That's a 5% increase compared to the week before, and a 25% increase compared to a month ago, according to Hitwise. The reason for this, at least according to some analysts, is that now that Google+ has more than 40 million users, people are finding more friends and colleagues on the social networking site than they were when it launched last summer.
Bottom Line: Are you on Google+? More importantly, are your customers, clients, members, and supporters? With more people using the site, it may be time to start exploring whether it's worth creating a page there for your business or organization.
6. Can you take a vacation from social media?
Do you let your social media presence go on vacation when the person responsible for it does? According to a SmartPulse poll, 35% of businesses say their social media posting goes on a break when their staffer is away. Perhaps more frightening was this statistic: 17% of employers said "Our social media person doesn't get to take vacations."
Bottom Line: Social media activity is 24/7. You never know when someone will tweet or post about your business or organization. But we're all human and we need a break sometime. Use a tool like HootSuite to pre-schedule social media posts, and then use NutshellMail to stay abreast of what's being said about you, even when you (or your social media person) are on vacation.
What news and trends caught your eye during the past week? Share your thoughts with us here or on our Facebook Page.
Social media are present and future of internet marketing, but blogs and emails can still be of use if implemented properly.


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Why Lubbock Foodies Are Horrified to Discover the Truth About Imitation Vanilla
Lance Ballance Published: November 10, 2021
Photo by Dana DeVolk on Unsplash
(Inset photo by Tim Umphreys on Unsplash)
We know. Sometimes, you read something that makes you do about 37 double takes, and STILL question it's validity. Then you Google it...and get really creeped out about the world we live in.
Screenshot: National Lampoon
Screenshot: National Lampoon, Netflix
Coming on the heels of the discovery of disco beavers that have invaded Lubbock, let us introduce you to a wonderful compound known as Castoreum, which we assume is Latin for "Beaver Ass Juice."
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Screenshot: Google
After a journey down the rabbit hole (or beaver dam...either way) of Google, it was suggested that we Google where vanilla flavoring comes from. As a result, I'm about to throw away my computer, toss out every drop of vanilla flavoring in the house, never eat ice cream again, and move to a Quonset hut in Greenland.
According to experts, Castoreum is found in the butt glands of beavers and has a sweet vanilla smell, which is sometimes used in vanilla flavoring or scenting. My biggest question is: WHO'S IDEA WAS IT TO SNIFF A BEAVER'S ASS??? Who researches this (literal) crap?
A story from FactMyth confirms this horrific revelation that the the butt funk of beavers is used (albeit rarely) to "help mimic the flavor of vanilla, raspberry, and strawberry flavors in foods such as ice cream, chewing gum, pudding, and much more for over 80 years. It has and is also used in perfume due to its scent."
Apparently, one of the reasons that it's not used more often is that beaver stank is a bit cost-prohibitive. It's also a bit difficult to harvest, as it involves a process similar to "milking" the beaver's castoreum gland. That sounds like a Mike Rowe "Dirty Job" if we've ever heard one.
So, the question is... "Am I eating Beaver Butt Goop?" More than likely, no. It's pricey and sexy, which is why vanillin is much more popular. It's also why we do not recommend squeezing the ass of a Lubbock beaver. However, it may explain the crazy popularity of Bu-Cee's Beaver Nuggets.
Mmmmm, they're asstastic!
Emily Claire's First Time Going to Buc-ee's
I drove to Dallas for a concert, and on my way back I decided to stop by Buc-ee's and see what all the hype was about. I am so glad I went, and I wanted to share my experience with all of you.
11 Awful Things in Lubbock That Remind You That You're in Lubbock
Some of these aren't really that awful. Some of them definitely are.
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Q: Ruby on Rails loopback requests cause deadlock? Solution
I am switching to unicorn in development mode. One worker process for each level of recursion is needed to prevent the deadlock situation, so I am running with 2 worker processes.
Problem
I am working on the Thin server in my development environment. I use port 3000 (the default in dev environment). My problem is getting the server to make requests to itself.
Let's say I have the following controller:
# app/controllers/recursions_controller.rb
class RecursionsController < ApplicationController

    # /recursions
    def index

        # synchronously call recursions#show
        RestClient.get("http://localhost:3000/recursions/1")

        # finish!
        render :text => 'index'

    end

    # /recursions/:id
    def show

        # finish immediately
        render :text => 'show'

    end

end

Here is the corresponding route:
# config/routes.rb
resources :recursions

Here is output from the request log when I initially request recursions#index:
[INFO] 2013-01-15 12:09:05 -0800 Started GET "/recursions" for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-01-15 12:09:05 -0800
Processing by RecursionsController#index as HTML
Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 60049ms

[FATAL] 2013-01-15 12:10:05 -0800 RestClient::RequestTimeout (Request Timeout):
  app/controllers/recursions_controller.rb:8:in `index'
  Rendered /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/actionpack-3.2.11/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/templates/rescues/_trace.erb (0.8ms)
  Rendered /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/actionpack-3.2.11/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/templates/rescues/_request_and_response.erb (0.7ms)
  Rendered /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/actionpack-3.2.11/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/templates/rescues/diagnostics.erb within rescues/layout (7.4ms)

[INFO] 2013-01-15 12:10:05 -0800

[INFO] 2013-01-15 12:10:05 -0800

[INFO] 2013-01-15 12:10:05 -0800 Started GET "/recursions/1" for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-01-15 12:10:05 -0800
Processing by RecursionsController#show as XML
  Parameters: {"id"=>"1"}
  Rendered text template (0.0ms)
Completed 200 OK in 7ms (Views: 5.5ms)

I suspect what is going on here is some kind of deadlock situation. Request A cannot return until request B returns (recursive ordering, can't help it), but request B cannot be processed until request A returns (apparent limitation built into my webserver?). The deadlock is resolved when RestClient times out, causing an exception and terminating request A with a 500. Only then is request B handled, though it's moot at this point.
It seems to me like my webserver cannot handle concurrent requests. That said, here are my questions:

*

*Is there a webserver I can switch to in my dev environment that is not limited this way? We use Unicorn in production which can spawn multiple worker processes and therefore handle concurrent requests, but Unicorn seems too heavy for a dev environment. The same thing that makes Unicorn a solution to my problem could make it difficult to read the log output. This is my last resort solution.

*Is there a tricky way to make a request to the Rails/Rack frameworks that circumvents the apparent concurrent request limitation?

*Can anyone provide me with docs stating this limation explicitly? I don't know if it's a limitation inherent to all single-process Ruby on Rails webservers or just Thin.
Note: This is just a toy problem to demonstrate the blocking issue I am having. If you need to know the actual reason for this, it is that I am moving some HTTP services from another part of our infrastructure into our RoR app. Our RoR app consumes these service at many different points in our code, so I am trying to leave the client code for these services untouched and only change the implementation. That means making circular HTTP requests. This will be optimized at a later date, when everything has stabilized.

A: You are correct that by default your app will only process one request at a time. This limitation is implemented by the Rack::Lock middleware - it will be there no matter what webserver you use.
You can change this by calling config.thread_safe! in the appropriate environment.rb file. However rails' development mode code reloading is not thread safe and is disabled by this setting, which makes it not really usable in development. Exactly what config.thread_safe! does is described in the rails configuration guide.
passenger, pow, unicorn all make it easy to run multiple instances.

A: I ran into this exact problem with one of my clients.  It's exactly as you describe - since you're running a single-threaded webserver with only one process, you are limited to 1 client at a time.  If you make a second request, or a loopback request as it were, your 2nd request is queued by the OS until the first times out.
Switching to unicorn doesn't intrinsically fix the problem, though in our case we were on unicorn and we simply bumped the worker count to '2'.  I'm not familiar with thin enough to recommend how to increase the worker count, but no doubt there is a way.  Otherwise, use unicorn - you'd also get better dev/prod parity if you made the switch, so it might be worthwhile.

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We're not a deanery but more of a cross-deanery network for people interested in international development work in orthopaedics. The opportunities are vast and the rewards priceless. There are ever more hurdles creeping in the way of enthusiastic trainees these days and working alongside WOC-UK is a really good way of tackling them. There are many trainees who will have dealt with them successfully who will be able to advise you. There are also many eminent surgeons with an extensive catalogue of experiences abroad whom you will be able to network with. More and more, the organization is getting involved in events for trainees. Two of these events, which are now yearly, are the WOC-UK annual conference and the Global Surgical Frontiers.
No TPD of course for WOC-UK.
Our projects happen worldwide, depending on where our members are based. Some are coordinated by someone in post, while others received regular visits by the coordinating WOC person.
WOC supports trainees taking placements abroad and currently has 2 grants worth up to £1500 each.
They are allocated on a competitive basis and information on how to apply is on the website under the "get involved/ fellowship" section.
WOC-UK also has trainee specific lectures aimed towards practicing in resource-challenged environments at its annual events.
WOC-UK has produced a number of publications available to members including guidelines and a pocket book- both accessible from the website.
Once a WOC-UK member, one can continue with yearly membership or can upgrade to life membership.
WOC-UK is not for profit and many people who have once been involved get involved again at a later stage in their careers, including post retirement. Involvement doesn't require one to travel to anywhere in the world. The complex work of international development needs people based in the UK too. Indeed a lot of the coordination, procurement, networking and logistical/ intellectual support are conducted from individual UK hospitals where our volunteering members are based.
This is country specific and WOC-UK is attempting to put together a guide with relevant information on individual countries where they are based.
WOC-UK works alongside a number of different partners, many of which have their own websites.
A list of those can be found directly in a booklet on our website (get involved/fellowship/ BOTA WOC guidelines).
1: 5 billion people lack access to safe, affordable surgical and anaesthetic care when needed.
2: 143 million additional surgical procedures are needed each year to save lives and prevent disability.
3: 33 million individuals face catastrophic health expenditure due to payment for surgery and anaesthesia each year.
4: Investment in surgical and anaesthesia services is affordable, saves lives and promotes economic growth.
5: Surgery is an indivisible, indispensible part of healthcare.
World Orthopaedic Concern-UK (WOC-UK) aims to help tackle this burden through capacity building in the countries that need it most. We believe that UK trainees have an important role to play in improving the Orthopaedic provision in Low- and Middle income countries, by getting involved in projects happening around the globe today. We provide support for trainees who wish to link up with established overseas centres for the purposes of short and long-term Out Of Programme Experiences (OOPEs).
By enabling trainees to gain Orthopaedic exposure in the developing world, WOC-UK hopes to leave a legacy of passionate and able Consultants who have on-the-job experience of how to build capacity in the form of service provision, as well as teaching and training on a local, regional and even national scale.
For more information on current projects, as well as travel bursaries and scholarships available, see our website http://www.wocuk.org/ or contact James Berwin (BOTA Linkman for WOC-UK).
Pictures below were taken from my trip with Steve Mannion (Chairman of WOC-UK) to the Centre of Medical Rehabilitation in Vientiane, Laos. Despite Laos' recent economic growth, the provision of Orthopaedic Surgery is poor. The purpose of these visits are to teach and train Orthopaedics to surgeons from around the country, some of whom have no formal Orthopaedic training at all. For this trip, I was awarded a travelling scholarship to help pay for airfare and accommodation. (Top Left: Club Foot in a young child, Top Right: Chronic Polio, Bottom Right: Neglected Club Foot).


1. Your project is coming to an end, and you are in the process of listing the activities that must be performed to close out the project. Which of the following should be performed during the closing processes?
6. Which of the following statements are true regarding the procurement audit?
7. Most risk acceptance policies rely on a contingency allowance for the project. A contingency allowance is an amount of money the project will likely need in the contingency reserve based on the impact, probability, and expected monetary value of a risk event. Project KIL has risks A and B. A has 25% probability of occurring and a negative impact of -$50 while B has 45% probability of occurring and a negative impact of -$90. What is the expected monetary value (Ex$V) for risk A?
8. Which of the following documents formally indicates that the customer or sponsor has officially accepted the project deliverables?
9. Which of the following statements are FALSE regarding the relationship between project phase and project life cycles?
10. Which of the following statements are true?


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What is Tea? Where is it Coming From? How is Tea Made?
Tea — the most widely consumed beverage in the world after water — is a product of steeping the leaves or twigs of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis in hot water. The resulting brew has a slightly bitter, astringent flavor, with natural sweet notes.
Enjoyed by hundreds of millions of people in all corners of the earth, tea originated in China as a medicinal drink where it was discovered by Portuguese merchants and clergy in the 16th century. During the 17th century tea became popular in Britain, which in turn introduced it in its colonies, India being one of them.
All types of tea — green, black, white, or oolong — come from the same plant, Camellia sinensis. If left untouched this evergreen will become a small tree, reaching as high as 52 feet. However, most often it is kept short.
I'd like to ad that the tea plant is named in honor of the Reverend Georg Kamel who was also known as Camellus. He was a jesuit botanist. Sinensis in Latin SIMPLY means "from China".
Touche. Great post. Keep up the amazing spirit.


1 big thing: Counterprogramming "The Trump Show"
In his hour-long, prime-time interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, fired FBI Director James Comey called President Trump a "person who sees moral equivalence in Charlottesville, who talks about and treats women like they're pieces of meat, who lies constantly."
Comey used almost identical wording in an interview in today's USA Today, calling Trump "someone who is able to see moral equivalence in Charlottesville or to speak and treat women like they're pieces of meat and to lie constantly."
In arguing to both outlets that Trump is "morally unfit to be president," Comey made it clear that, like a skilled political candidate, he'll be repeating a specific message with fervor and discipline on a coast-to-coast book tour that includes a saturation schedule of interviews and audience events.
European Parliament member Guy Verhofstadt tweeted: "Facebook has more active users in Europe than in the US. We expect Mark Zuckerberg to come to the European Parliament."
Go deeper on the threats, including privacy, antitrust and taxation.
It took five hours. After Jonathan Swan's "Sneak Peek" newsletter reported last evening that President Trump was furious about Vice President Pence hiring a former Never Trumper, the aide quit before he'd even started.
Some White House officials were taken by surprise when the WashPost's Josh Rogin reported Thursday: "After months of searching, Vice President Pence has chosen a new national security adviser. Jon Lerner, deputy to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley ... Lerner will also keep his job working for Haley, dividing his time between the two principals."
Swan then reported: "The President believed Lerner was a card-carrying member of the 'Never Trump' movement because Lerner crafted brutal attack ads for Club for Growth's multimillion-dollar anti-Trump blitz during the Republican primaries."
Trump told White House chief of staff John Kelly to get rid of Lerner. Pence, who was filling in for Trump at the Summit of the Americas in Peru, called the president in the Oval Office and talked him around.
But Trump remained hopping mad about it. The issue probably wasn't going away, and the White House concluded it wasn't worth the continued heartburn and negative attention.
While Comey was on the air last night, the vice president's office issued a statement: "Tonight Jon informed the Vice President that he was withdrawing from coming on board as national security advisor."
4. "There were curse words ... a lot of curse words"
Trump, a "reluctant hawk," "instinctually opposes many of the punitive measures pushed by his Cabinet that have crippled his ability to forge a close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin."
"Trump seemed distracted in March as his aides briefed him ... on the administration's plan to expel 60 Russian diplomats and suspected spies. ... The United States, they explained, would be ousting roughly the same number of Russians as its European allies."
"The next day, ... Trump erupted ... France and Germany were each expelling only four Russian officials."
"His briefers tried to reassure him that the sum total of European expulsions was roughly the same as the U.S. ... 'I don't care about the total!' [an] administration official recalled Trump screaming."
"Growing angrier, Trump insisted that his aides had misled him."
"News reports point to a growing possibility that President Trump may act to cripple or shut down an investigation by the nation's top law-enforcement agencies into his campaign and administration."
"Lawmakers need to be preparing now for that possibility because if and when it comes to pass, they will suddenly find themselves on the edge of an abyss, with the Constitution in their hands."
"Make no mistake: If Mr. Trump takes such drastic action, he will be striking at the foundation of the American government, attempting to set a precedent that a president, alone among American citizens, is above the law. What can seem now like a political sideshow will instantly become a constitutional crisis, and history will come calling."
"Of course, this president has been known to huff and puff, to bluff and bluster, and he may be doing no more than that now."
"HOUSTON — Following a recent series of hospitalizations, and after consulting her family and doctors, Mrs. Bush, now age 92, has decided not to seek additional medical treatment and will instead focus on comfort care."
"It will not surprise those who know her that Barbara Bush has been a rock in the face of her failing health, worrying not for herself — thanks to her abiding faith — but for others."
Why it matters: That means "billions of dollars in returns to their executives and investors."
Automakers are asking for more flexibility, but not to wholly repeal the standard.
The catch: It's not clear that the Trump administration is actually willing to find a middle ground.
What's next: We don't yet know whether Trump will use a scalpel or an ax, though precedent suggests it'll be the latter.
A senior EPA official told me the agency, along with the Transportation Department, will issue multiple options in coming months, from a near full-scale repeal to a minor rollback.
"Hide snacks wherever they will fit, including under a wristwatch. ... Each layer of clothing provides a spot to stow an umbrella, food or flip flops."
Jason Francisco ... figured out that on airlines that charge for cold water, flight attendants often pour hot water from the onboard tea kettle at no cost. To help feed his family of six, Mr. Francisco ... brings aboard budget flights several packets of instant miso soup, bowls of dry ramen noodles and reusable dinnerware ... 'Even the flight attendant gave me a high-five.'"
"Before boarding a flight last year ... Mark Gustafson, 32, stopped by See's Candies at the airport for a $25 box of chocolates. Then he made a beeline for the head flight attendant in economy ... After takeoff, the flight attendant slipped Mr. Gustafson a free steak dinner from first class. She returned several times for what amounted to all-you-can-drink red wine service."


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HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1950s → 1954 → November 1954 → 9 November 1954 → Commons Sitting → NATIONAL FINANCE
NUCLEAR AND ATOMIC EXPLOSIONS
HC Deb 09 November 1954 vol 532 cc1038-41 1039
§ 45. Mr. Wyatt
asked the Prime Minister after how many explosions, atomic and nuclear, and over what period, he is advised that a lethal atmosphere will be produced over substantial areas of the world.
§ The Prime Minister (Sir Winston Churchill)
An answer to this Question would depend on an accurate assessment of a variety of immeasurables. I am advised that from our present knowledge the number of major experimental explosions required to produce lethal risks over an area beyond that immediately affected by the explosion would be very large indeed. On the most cautious assumptions it would be, so I am advised, considerably greater than the number which could conceivably be employed in any tests likely to be made by the Powers who possess these weapons. Investigation into this problem is proceeding actively and continuously.
§ Mr. Wyatt
I hope that the Prime Minister will not try to make jokes about this matter. [HON. MEMBERS: "Oh."] Is it not a fact that Dr. Adrian, at the British Association in September, said: … we must face the possibility that repeated atomic explosions would lead to a degree of general radioactivity which no one could tolerate or escape. Surely, the Prime Minister should consult with his scientific advisers to get some accurate information on this matter, because, I understand, it is possible to obtain it.
§ The Prime Minister
I have not had an opportunity of verifying the quotation to which the hon. Member refers.
It is in "The Times."
§ Mr. Noel-Baker
Is the Prime Minister aware that more than 300 people of various nationalities suffered physical damage from radioactivity after the experiments last spring, and that dangerously radioactive fish were caught in the Pacific three months later? In the light of these facts, will the Prime Minister reconsider the proposal made by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Rowley Regis and Tipton (Mr. A. Henderson) that tests should be 1040 suspended while the United Nations consider the abolition of atomic weapons?
I do not think it would be within my power to take a decision of that kind.
As, while the tests go on, Her Majesty's Government will also be obliged, no doubt, to make further tests themselves, surely the Prime Minister could propose a suspension, which could very easily be made effective, because no test can take place in any part of the world without its being known to every other nation.
There have been a number of experiments of which record has reached us of explosions in Russia, and then there were those which took place a year ago under the authority of the United States. But it is one thing to form a view about what would be the most agreeable course to be pursued in these matters by either of these two countries and quite another thing to persuade them, still more to compel them, not to have tests.
§ Mr. Strachey
Would the Prime Minister not agree that not only for these reasons, but also for military reasons, a position has now been reached when it would be to the advantage of this country, as of the rest of the world, to achieve, if possible, a convention banning the further development of these weapons?
I am sure that it would have been a very good thing if none of these things had ever been discovered at all. At what stage in their discovery they should be arrested, and with what advantage to particular nations that are experimenting in them, is a much more complicated question to decide.
§ 47. Mr. Sorensen
asked the Prime Minister what further information he has received in respect of the nature and extent of contamination or the immediate or delayed injurious effects of nuclear explosive radiation; and whether Her Majesty's Government have taken further steps towards securing international deliberation of this matter by medical experts.
We have a great deal of information on this extremely complex question and we are continuing 1041 to pursue our researches intensively. As the hon. Member will now be aware, Her Majesty's Government, together with others, have proposed that an international conference of scientists on atomic energy be organised during the coming summer, and a resolution to this effect is now under discussion in the Political Committee of the United Nations. This conference will doubtless consider, among other matters, the effects of radiation on human beings.
§ Mr. Edelman
Will the Prime Minister say whether we are in direct communication with the Japanese medical experts, who have most direct experience of the noxious effects of radioactivity?
I am quite sure that all the information which is available here and in the United States on such aspects is at the disposal of our expert authorities.
§ Mr. Sorensen
May I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether the results of these deliberations will be made public and not kept secret?
I should like to see what they were before I even imagined that I had the authority to decide such a question.
§ Mr. Paget
Is it not a fact that we know that these effects are cumulative and, as I think the right hon. Gentleman himself put it, that they endure for 5,000 years so that each explosion is building up a lethal atmosphere? In those circumstances, why cannot we suggest to the Americans and the Russians, "Let us stop these experiments now."?
The hon. and learned Gentleman might, with all his eloquence and learning, go to both the Americans and the Russians—[An HON. MEMBER: "The right hon. Gentleman is Prime Minister."]—and suggest to them that they should alter the course on which they have embarked, but whether or not that would result in anything more than an abrupt termination of the talk, I cannot tell.
I will, if the right hon. Gentleman will give me his job.
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Vacation in this beautiful two bedroom condo that offers modern, mountain lodge decor throughout. Enjoy sitting on the private balcony that overlooks Wears Valley and the Smoky Mountains. Gather around the fireplace in the spacious living room or get together in the fully equipped kitchen as you prepare a family favorite. Other amenities include a washer/dryer, dining area, bar seating, walk-in shower and a jacuzzi tub.


This article presents an analysis of the results of twenty years of experience in the treatment of hydrocephalus using shunting systems. The article treats of the frequency of reinterventions after implantation of shunts and the range of possible complications. Every second patient needed exploration of a shunt. Herewith, more than half of them had a dysfunction within a year after implantation. The tendency to an earlier installation of shunts is discovered.
Key words: hydrocephalus, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting, shunt malfunction.
Khachatryan V.A., Bersnev V.P., Safin Sh.M. et al. Gidrotsefaliya (Patogenez, diagnostika, khirurgicheskoe lechenie) [Hydrocephalus (pathogenesis, diagnosis, surgical treatment)]. Saint Petersburg: Izd-vo RNKhI im. prof. A.L. Polenova, 1998. 234 p.
Khachatryan V.A., Orlov Yu.A., Kim A.V. Oslozhneniya klapannykh likvoroshuntiruyushchikh operatsiy [Complications valve shunting operations]. Saint Petersburg: ZhFGBU "RNKhI im. Prof. A.L. Polenova" Ministerstv Rossii, 2013. 440 p.
Orlov Yu.A. Gidrotsefaliya [Hydrocephalus]. Kiev, 1995. 123 p.
Badalyan A.A., Zhurba L.T., Vsevolozhskaya N.M. Rukovodstvo po nevrologii rannego detskogo vozrasta [Guide neurology early childhood]. Kiev, 1980. 528 p.
Golovko I.M., Kostyk M.N., Detsik O.Ya. Hydrocephalus in preterm newborns. Pediatriya. 1994, no. 4, pp. 24-27 (in Russ.).
Baratov V.V. Otdalennye rezul'taty likvoroshuntiruyushchikh operatsiy: avtoref. dis. … kand. med. nauk [Long-term results shunting operations. Synopsis of dis. PhD med. sciences]. Saint Petersburg, 2000. 23 p.
Abu Kh.I. Oslozhneniya likvoroshunitiruyushchikh operatsiy i sposoby ikh umen'sheniya: avtoref. dis. … kand. med. nauk [Complications likvoroshunitiruyuschih operations and ways to reduce them. Synopsis of dis. PhD med. sciences]. Saint Petersburg, 2004. 24 p.


The property's heritage unique design and architecture make Le 1500 a true Montreal landmark. Every aspect of the interior design has been carefully selected to provide tenants with a pleasant working environment and to create one of the most aesthetically striking buildings in the city. Natural light floods the interior, thanks to a stunning glass roof, which overlooks a nine-storey atrium and a lush indoor garden that offers an oasis of peace and tranquility to occupants. In addition, the building provides ample fenestration and a spectacular view of the surrounding cityscape. Located in the heart of downtown Montreal, the state-of-the-art building offers tenants a distinctive location, a wide range of nearby amenities, two lobbies - one on Robert-Bourassa Boulevard and the other on De Maisonneuve Boulevard, a VIP underground parking and easy access via several major thoroughfares as well as a direct connection to the 33-kilometre-long «underground city» and the McGill subway station. Its remarkable architecture, its interior contemporary decor and its exceptional comfort come together to create a first class building of its kind.


This is an outdoor activity program that aims to bring Bitexco people together, to share, to communicate more and to become a strong team. Only internal cohesion, active cooperation of each new member can bring Bitexco's success.
Ending five challenges the whole team bursted into tears of joy, the final secret treasure turned to be the Bitexco long lasting principles.
The smile on each member's faces is huge gift for the staff team, TS Travel & Event.


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Litigation Costs: How far will £10,000 get you?
The answer is a little further than you might expect!
Earlier this year, on the 9th March 2015, despite widespread opposition, the government brought into effect a dramatic increase to civil court fees. In short, for money claims over £10,000, litigants in the civil courts will have to pay an issue fee of 5% of the value of their claim, subject to a cap of £10,000. The result being that any claim greater than £200,000 will now attract an issue fee of £10,000, representing a whopping 576% increase to the previous fees.
A litigant's fragile nest egg, that they're often forced to use to fund litigation, will therefore incur a huge dent before they even pass go. This is on top of legal costs incurred for an advice on merits, case preparation and instruction of experts and/or enquiry agents. Consequently, the sum of £10,000 may initially appear to get you not very far at all. However, most litigants are so outraged and emotionally linked to the dispute that litigation is unfortunately the only way forward. There are also many cases where the crossover between criminal and civil liability is likely to be an issue, especially in any alleged bribery or Fraud Act offence cases.
Stretching the Pot a little further!
Although litigants may be aware that a criminal offence might have occurred, they are not aware that they can pursue the offender in the criminal courts through a private prosecution. Private prosecutions are an often overlooked legal avenue for fighting fraud – many lawyers, let alone their clients, do not even realise that a private prosecution is an option. In fact, the criminal law can often be a more suitable vehicle to pursue the offender, whether that be a company or an individual. This will not necessarily be an option in all cases, however, circumstances will arise where the issues are clear, the offences are serious and the criminal law could and should be invoked.
In these cases, private prosecutions can be brought by any individual or any company, the right being expressly preserved by section 6(1) Prosecution of Offences Act 1985. Other than the fact the prosecution is brought by a private individual or company, for all other purposes they operate in exactly the same way as if the prosecution had been brought by the Crown.
Among many other advantages to bringing a private prosecution, which are often brought in tandem with civil proceedings, one noticeable advantage is the lack of an issue fee. A litigant might be best advised to save the £10,000 civil court fee and invest that money into receiving invaluable legal advice from an experienced prosecutor as to whether they have a case suitable for a private prosecution.
Depending on the nature and complexity of the case and the amount of investigation required, £10,000 in legal fees may enable a litigant to i) receive an advice on merits, ii) gather further evidence, iii) prepare the prosecution case papers and iv) pay for representation at the first hearing, where, of course, the defendant may plead guilty.
£10,000 might, therefore, get you a little further past 'Go' than initially thought.
Civil and Criminal Law in Tandem – delay caused by criminal proceedings to civil claim a myth
It is often considered that criminal and civil proceedings should not be undertaken in tandem, or that if they are, it is likely that civil proceedings will be halted whilst criminal proceedings rumble on, perhaps taking years. However, the High Court confirmed its approach to such situations in Financial Services Authority v Anderson[1]. In this case, the claimant had commenced civil proceedings against the defendants, but after the proceedings had been issued, the defendants were also arrested by the police on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud, money laundering and fraud by misrepresentation in relation to the same facts. During the course of the civil proceedings, the defendants sought an adjournment as a result of the criminal investigation, on the basis that if the civil proceedings continued it would expose them to potential prejudice in the criminal investigation. The court referred to the established case law and confirmed that where there are concurrent criminal proceedings, the key consideration regarding a stay in civil proceedings is whether the continuation of the civil case will give rise to a real, as opposed to a fanciful, risk of serious prejudice which may lead to injustice in one (or perhaps both) of the proceedings. It is not enough that both cases arise from the same facts.
Furthermore, when used in conjunction, civil and criminal law can be extremely powerful allies. For example, consider a civil injunction and criminal bail. One halts a specific activity; one can limit a broad range of actions such as international travel, daily activities and place of residence.
Cost Neutral
Even more attractive – a private prosecution will often be cost neutral. A private prosecutor can ask for costs against a defendant when he or she is convicted or a costs order from central funds. In this regard, the court can and should order "reasonable" costs for investigative and legal expenses to be paid out of central funds. The prosecution will not be allowed to recover costs if they have conducted the prosecution in an improper or vexatious manner – for example, concealing evidence or not complying with disclosure obligations, and for that reason, it is paramount that the prosecution is conducted by prosecutors with experience in conducting complex fraud investigations and private prosecutions.
Clearly there needs to be good standard of evidence available to succeed in any fraud claim but private prosecutions can provide a helpful additional tool alongside a civil fraud claim and should not be overlooked as an option.
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GMV Minerals Inc. (the "Company" or "GMV") (TSX VENTURE:GMV) is pleased to report preliminary results from two additional holes from its recently completed reverse circulation drill program designed to extend the known mineralization on its Mexican Hat gold property in S.E. Arizona. As was the case in the first batch of holes reported on February 1, 2017, both holes are adding to the existing resource.
Ian Klassen, GMV's CEO remarked, "We are pleased with these additional assays. As per our recent announcement on February 1, not only have we been able to extend the H2 Zone and encounter additional mineralization to the southeast, beyond the previous limits of our resource, but now we have also done the same to the northeast of the deposit. These results give us some of the deepest cuts into our zones and should translate well into additional tonnage and ounces."
The metallurgical testing on the Company's bulk sample from Mexican Hat is completed and final assays on the residue are in progress at the lab. A detailed news release on this test will be issued once the results have been received.


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Why I walked out after only 59 days in the marriage-Inooro TV's Winrose Wangui.
Talented Inooro TV presenter Winrose Wangui has one breathtaking story about her marriage that would make one question the stability of celebrities' marriages.
The beautiful News anchor revealed in an interview that she only stayed in her marriage for two months before calling it quits, packed her bags and left never to look back.
The gospel singer said her ex-husband bagged a better wife when the two went their separate ways. According to her, their unio was always troubled and it was doomed to implode from the beginning.
News anchor, Winrose Wangui
Apparently, even when they were making plans for their big event, they had issues and disagreements. They would later wed in a widely publicized wedding ceremony that was attended by most of media personalities and musicians.
I have tried to commit suicide twice, Njogu wa Njoroge's second wife opens up on her painful past.
Even though Wangui and her man tried to sit and talk things out, it was just hard to come to an understanding. By the time the presenter and her man were calling it quits, she had just learnt she was expecting a baby and had to spend the following nine months alone.
The TV anchor also said her bitter breakup had her isolated and dejected to a point she felt like life was a heavy load lying on her shoulders. After a tumultuous two months, the single mum craved peace and chose to cater for herself.
"I wanted to hold my child in my arms and experience some peace while at it. I did not want any commotion from the outside world and chose to sleep in a private ward," the scribe said.
Gospel artist and News anchor, Winrose Wangui
When she was required to undergo a C-section, Wangui signed her consent forms by herself and checked into a private ward. Only the musician's mum was slotted as an emergency contact.
From her detailed confession, the mother of one hinted her hubby did not waste time after the two were divorced.
According to the journalist, her child and her ex's kid are not too far apart in terms of age. Now, the mother of one insists marriage can only work if God is involved.
Wangui and her estranged partner Reuben walked down the aisle in April 2017.
Popular TV presenter in trouble for leaking photos of a colleague and his new wife


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Hare Krishna kan syfta på:

 Hare Krishna – en religiös rörelse som registrerades i USA 1966
 Hare Krishna (mantra) – en 16-ords Vaishnava mantra
 Hare Krishna (musikalbum) – Unicornibots debutalbum utgivet den 1 oktober 2010


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Share this Story: Canada needs more scientists
Canada needs more scientists
Darah Hansen
Canadians understand that the country needs more mathematicians, engineers and scientists, but it appears most of us just aren't attracted to those particular fields of study.
That's the finding of a new report by the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, entitled "Competing in the 21st Century Skills Race".
Canada needs more scientists Back to video
According to the report, Canada is in serious danger of falling behind the fast-growing Asian nations when it comes to educating a new generation of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians.
It further warns that a continuation of this trend could impact Canada's ability to compete in the global economy.
The report cites a 2010 survey of Canadians aged 16 to 18, only 37 per cent of whom expressed an interest in taking even one science course at the post-secondary level.
And while participation in college and university education remains high nationally, the proportion of students in science, technology, engineering or math programs is weak, especially at the post-graduate level.
By contrast, India, China and other fast-growing Asian economies are putting a special emphasis on educating large numbers of highly qualified graduates in science-related fields, in particular engineering.
In China, for example, more than one in three newly granted university degrees are in engineering disciplines.
In Canada, the comparable rate is only one in 10.
"As we consider how best to strengthen Canada's educational system, it is essential that we pay close attention to what other countries are doing to address their own needs for highly skilled labour," the report's authors found.
The report's authors include Graham Orpwood, professor emeritus of math at York University in Toronto, Bonnie Schmidt, president and founder of Let's Talk Science, a national not-for-profit organization, and Hu Jun, associate professor at the China National Institute for Educational Sciences in Beijing.
According to the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), the report is the sixth in a series to explore the impact on Canada of Asia's rapid economic development. The council defines itself as the voice of Canada's business community, representing 150 chief executives and leading entrepreneurs in all sectors and regions of the country.


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Here's what historic vine you are based on your star sign
IRL	• Jan 19 2018
Cancer, this is why we all make fun of you
by Una Dabiero
In January 2017, Twitter shut down Vine, proving to us all that they not only love nazis but also hope to see our entire generation die in a pit of depression. In commemoration of this historic time, we're here to tell you which iconic vine you are based on your star sign. Prepare to be dragged.
Aries, you are so so sweet to the people you know. You are a loyal friend and a great listener. But you are also a fucking bitch to people you hate. Not just like a passive-aggressive bitch, either. An AGGRESSIVE bitch. Basically, your personality is just like "Fuck Off Janet" guy's. Be good to Aries or else.
Taurus, you're dedicated and dogged to a fault. You're so into everything you fucking do and you will defend the things you love until you die. Kinda like the kid who focused reallllyyy hard to spell "Iridocyclitis."
Gemini is literally represented by the twins. We all know you're a little two-faced. And you know, that's not really a bad thing. You know how to play the field. But as a result, sometimes you end up in a few lies: that's why you're the "why you always lying" Vine.
Cancer, you have so much love for people but you're so fucking naive. As a result, your life is kinda always a train wreck. Here's a visual representation.
Leos know that they love the spotlight. You're always the one to dance on tables, post thirst traps, and swipe right on everyone just for the messages. You know who else loves the spotlight? Dancing Terio.
Virgo, you're addicted to perfection. You know that everything you do is flawless and you will NOT allow people to minimize that. So when someone tells you that you did something wrong, you say "bitch, where?"
Libra, you are so fucking chill. You are so go with the flow, I had no idea how to define you. But I do know you say "yes" or at least "ok" to everything, awkwardly, hoping you don't stir the pot. As a result, you're the "okay guy" vine. This isn't even a drag. I wish I were this friendly, tbh.
Scorpios are fucking bold. You know exactly how to get what you want. You know what else is really bold? Screaming "DEEZ NUTS" into a phone and then capitalizing on it as a personal brand.
Sagittarius, you're very adventurous. So adventurous, you would probably steal your mom's car to get somewhere far away from the hellhole you call a hometown. Broom Broom!
Capricorn, you march to the beat of your own drum. Partially because you are too ambitious to let anyone hold you back, and partially because you're too fucking stubborn to do anything anyone else's way. That's why you're the "It's Wednesday, My Dudes" vine. You're… unique.
Aquarius, you're just really fucking honest. You will do anything to tell your truth. Even if your truth is that you wrap yourself up like an upside down burrito at night.
Pisces, we all know you're a fucking softy. When you fall in love, you can never let that person go. That's why you're definitely the vine known for celebrating a man's everlasting love for his proverbial "bitch." Try not to cry those Pisces tears.
The rules of 2019 have already been decided and there's nothing we can do about it
People are already mad
I feel kind of bad for 2019 because people are already mad at it and it hasn't even started. It's like when you get with someone following a breakup and you're already assuming they're cheating on and lying to you, because why would anyone ever be genuine? How can you blame us though? Even if…
Your weekly horoscopes are here, and it looks like someone is finally going to commit
Took long enough
by Codi Cheyenne
When I dip, you dip. The energies of the cosmos seriously slipped last week, and now we're all rising back up. That means you're going to have to shake off the dust and become alert. Venus and Saturn will also connect this week, offering us some much-needed connection to other people, as well as clarity…
Your weekly horoscope is all about how to avoid some pretty intense love drama
How to avoid getting dumped after you already bought his Christmas gift
Mercury's retrograde ends on December 6th! How are we celebrating? What better way than with a New Moon in Sagittarius the very next day! If you're wise, you'll use this for a fresh start to stop getting caught up in the same dramatic situations playing on repeat and move on. Use this as a chance…


As a kid, I always loved seeing the balsa wood dinosaur skeletons in the toy store. I dreamed of having all of them, and when I finally saved up enough allowance to buy my first, I was so excited. I opened up my triceratops and started putting pieces together and about 10 pieces in–snap–I broke one. Some glue and tape allowed me to get the thing built, but my infatuation with them was destroyed, and I never got another one.
Fast forward 30 years, and 32 Square just launched their third Kickstarter for their newest version of Boneyard Pets 3D dinosaur puzzles. They sent me two prototypes of their latest designs–a pterodactyl and a velociraptor. All the new kits in this Kickstarter are made from Komatex PVC to bring added flexibility, color, and a more accessible price point. All Boneyard Pets are cut in 32 Square's Brooklyn fabrication shop.
There will be nine different dinosaurs available as part of the Kickstarter so a total of 54 possible kits! There are a couple hundred Early Bird rewards that are a steal, and there are volume discounts for the more kits you want to back. Even better, because this is their third Kickstarter, and they have all of the tools and plans ready to go, they expect to have all rewards shipped by August.
My two-year-old was almost as excited as I was when I took the package out of the box. The sheet of CNC cut Komatex is in a clear bag along with an instruction sheet and a small piece of sandpaper. The front of the package has the name of the dinosaur, and the available colors (six in total) listed. The back of the package gives a bunch of details about the specific dinosaur like diet, size, when and where it lived, along with its scientific classification.
I quickly punched all of the pieces out of the sheet. Most of the CNC "fuzz" came off with a really light sweep of the included sandpaper. I had to put a little elbow grease in on a couple of the tabs where they were attached to the sheet, but I was able to get all the pieces cleaned up in just a few minutes. Obviously, sanding anything will make a small mess, so be prepared.
The instructions are pretty straight forward. Every slot is numbered and you just slide the two slots with the same number together. After just a couple of minutes, we had a fully built pterodactyl. As a bonus, the finished 3D dinosaur ended up bigger than I expected.
Remembering back to my own childhood, I decided to test out the durability of the pieces. As you can see, they have a lot of flexibility and are not prone to breaking.
Confident in its seeming indestructibility, I handed the pterodactyl to my son. He proceeded to fly it around the house and then set it down and the floor and studied it intently. I will admit that having him in his pterodactyl pajamas for this unboxing was intentional.
If you were, or still are, a fan of dinosaurs and those old school 3D dinosaur puzzles, I highly recommend you checkout Boneyard Pets. The Kickstarter is a great way to get a deal on the newest line. You can also check out their existing line on their website, on Amazon, or on Etsy. They have dinosaurs available in many sizes and materials including laminated Baltic Birch ,neon acrylic, and two-toned HDPE plastic.


Mitigating payments risk in the digital currency industry is challenging. Every day, our payments risk team works to mitigate the damage caused by scams and abuse, while protecting our good customers from false positives and friction. The adversaries targeting Coinbase use novel and sophisticated methods, so maintaining a diverse, organized, and capable team is required to outsmart them. Successfully responding to fraud threats requires constant awareness, and thinking several steps ahead.
As a Payments Risk analyst, you will be responsible for developing a high level of awareness for the problems in your domain. You'll be given access to (and encouraged to develop) high impact tools and backend data for investigations purposes. You'll also work as part of a larger payments risk team that will help share their experience and achieve shared goals. Effective innovation in the risk space allows Coinbase to pursue its mission of creating an open financial system for the world.
Review purchases and deposits for potential fraudulent activity.
Decision escalated customer accounts from Support, Payment Ops, and other teams in a timely manner.
Design and monitor risk management strategies that allow the company to continue growing.
Create risk-based rules to mitigate emerging fraud trends and monitor performance of same with regard to fraud prevention and customer experience.
Communicate concise and actionable business strategies from vast amounts of data.
Effectively prioritize from a diverse set of problems to focus your attention on the most needed areas.
Resolve fraud issues whenever possible, and escalate or pair with others to drive projects to completion.
SQL ability, or other database-querying language.
Must be a curious, analytical thinker capable of communicating analysis clearly.
A demonstrated ability to detect and investigate anomalous activity.
Strong organization and prioritization skills - needs to be flexible to meet the demands of a fast-paced environment.
Knowledge of Card Not Present fraud and ACH fraud.
1+ years' experience in e-commerce, payments or financial services in Fraud Management and or Trust and Safety.


No overt wood characters on the nose. Subtle citrus fruit and citrus blossom fragrances are apparent, with hints of vanilla pod and almond flakes. These characteristics follow through onto the palate, which is noticeably 'pebbly'. The fine, fresh acidity is natural, and adds poise and focus to the wine.
about the harvest: A great vintage – with a very healthy crop. Harvesting started 25 February and continued until 1 March. Average yield was 7 tons per hectare and grapes came in at 22.5° - 22.7° Brix.


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Q: Allowing parent to process mouse event if event was not consumed by child I have this frame:

Here is what happens:

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*When I'm over the Pinkish panel, the scroll pane works just fine.

*When I put the mouse over the Darker gray JTextArea the scroll pane does not get the event.

In general my question is how can I make sure the parent of a component receives the event if the component didn't handle that specific event, even if the component has a listener and is enabled?
Perhaps a specific example will do.
You can see the calculator, the calculator is drawn on a scalable image panel, and can zoom in and out by the Ctrl + Wheel event, but when I don't press Ctrl, I would like the scroll pane to receive the event and scroll the view port. (I think this sums it)
Adam.

A: While not entirely "neat", my answer in this question might be adapted to do what you want to do.
Instead of a MOUSE_EVENT_MASK you'd use a AWTEvent.MOUSE_WHEEL_EVENT_MASK, and pass the event to the scrollpane when the control key state is appropriate.
(With any luck someone will post a "real" mechanism to forward an event to the parent component).

A: As I described in my comment, and it works fine...


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Format: CD/DVD
Artist: Toyah
CatNo: CDTRED849
Toyah Anthem 2CD_DVD
2022 release of Toyah's 1981 hit album Anthem.
Remastered by Nick Watson from the original master tapes and approved by Joel Bogen.
Includes booklet with a brand-new introduction by Toyah in the 24-page booklet which contains stunning classic and rare images plus previously unseen out-takes from photo shoots.
Compiled by Craig Astley, who also provides new sleevenotes, the expanded 2CD+DVD release presents the full album complemented by 25 bonus tracks.
Produced by Nick Tauber, with arrangements by the band and Toyah, the album features a line- up that saw Willcox and Joel Bogen joined by Nigel Glockler, Phil Spalding and Adrian Lee.
The bonus material includes a six-song live session recorded on 1 April, 1981 at BBC's Paris Theatre in London which is released commercially for the first time ever plus 'Thunder In The Mountains', the third Top Ten single of 1981 by the 'Anthem' Toyah line-up along with a previously unreleased unfaded version of the flexi-disc track 'For You'.
The accompanying DVD (NTSC/Region Free) presents a fascinating in-depth interview feature with Toyah about the creation of the album plus a track-by-track commentary and exclusive renditions of three 'Anthem' songs, plus for the first time ever classic footage of Toyah's 1981 BBC performances of 'It's A Mystery', 'I Want To Be Free' and 'Thunder In The Mountains' and four different appearances on the legendary Top Of The Pops alongside performances originally broadcast on Something Else, Cheggers Plays Pop and Multi-Coloured Swap Shop plus the classic promo videos for 'I Want To Be Free' and 'Thunder In The Mountains', both directed by Godley & Creme.
1 I WANT TO BE FREE
2 OBSOLETE
3 POP STAR
4 ELOCUTION LESSON
5 JUNGLES OF JUPITER
6 I AM
7 IT'S A MYSTERY (ALBUM MIX)
8 MASAI BOY
9 MARIONETTE
10 DEMOLITION MEN
11 WE ARE
12 IT'S A MYSTERY
13 REVELATIONS
14 WAR BOYS
15 ANGELS & DEMONS
16 WALKIE TALKIE
17 ALIEN
18 SPHINX
19 FOR YOU (UNFADED VERSION)*
20 I WANT TO BE FREE
1 THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS
2 STREET ADDICT
3 VOODOO DOLL
4 WAR BOYS (LIVE AT PARIS THEATRE LONDON APRIL 1981*
5 NEON WOMB (LIVE AT PARIS THEATRE LONDON APRIL 1981*
6 DANCED (LIVE AT PARIS THEATRE LONDON APRIL 1981*
7 ANGELS & DEMONS (LIVE AT PARIS THEATRE LONDON APRIL 1981*
8 IT'S A MYSTERY (LIVE AT PARIS THEATRE LONDON APRIL 1981*
9 IEYA (LIVE AT PARIS THEATRE LONDON APRIL 1981*
10 IT'S A MYSTERY (EXTENDED INSTRUMENTAL)*
11 I AM (INSTRUMENTAL)*
12 POP STAR (INSTRUMENTAL)*
13 JUNGLES OF JUPITER (INSTRUMENTAL)*
14 JOEL & PHIL (INSTRUMENTAL OUTTAKE)*
15 TURKISH DELIGHT (INSTRUMENTAL OUTTAKE)*
16 TELEVISION (INSTRUMENTAL OUTTAKE)*
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
1 THE STORY BEHIND THE ALBUM
2 TRACK BY TRACK COMMENTARY
3 I WANT TO BE FREE: ELECTRO/ ACOUSTIC SESSION 2021
4 IT'S A MYSTERY: ELECTRO/ ACOUSTIC SESSION 2021
5 WE ARE: ELECTRO/ACOUSTIC SESSION 2021
6 I WANT TO BE FREE: PROMO VIDEO
7 THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS: PROMO VIDEO
8 IT'S A MYSTERY: TOP OF THE POPS 19/02/1981
10 I WANT TO BE FREE: TOP OF THE POPS 21/05/1981
11 THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS: TOP OF THE POPS 01/10/1981
12 I WANT TO BE FREE: CHEGGERS PLAYS POP 18/05/1981
13 IT'S A MYSTERY: SWAP SHOP 10/10/1881
14 IEYA: SOMETHING ELSE 30/10/1981
15 THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS: SOMETHING ELSE 30/10/1981
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Artist: Bozzio Levin Stevens
Anthem (Gold)
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Artist: Fractal Sextet
Butterfly Mind (2CD)
Artist: Tim Bowness