A new configuration is available for the Users > Accounts page. This alternate page view presents Site Managers with a filter page instead of loading the entire user list. This alternative is particularly useful for clients with a large number of accounts since it improves performance by eliminating the wait time for the user list to load.
If you'd like this new feature for your system, please enter a SRS ticket to request that the new accounts manage page filter view be enabled. Note that this configuration is not a toggle; it is a global change that will affect all Site Managers.


Are you wondering how to make sure your guests have a blast at your reception? One of the first places to start is with the entertainment–DJ, live music, or maybe even both. Rusch Entertainment is one of the most reputable DJ companies in Michigan and we are so excited for the chance to get some advice from them! Dean Rusch started Rusch Entertainment in 1971, and now he and his two sons, Corey and Casey, run the business. Today, we bring you some awesome tips on wedding entertainment from Corey & Casey!
When it comes to booking vendors, the sooner the better. Corey explains that this is especially true for entertainment vendors, like DJ's, as many of these industry professionals can only do one event a night–it becomes a game of first come, first serve. Reserve these vendors as soon as you find the ones you like and don't forget to pay the deposit to lock in their services!
Your guests are going to be where the couple is. If you're on the dance floor, your guests will be too.
Don't micromanage the timeline. Things happen, and we will stick as close to the timeline as possible.
If there are older guests, try not to sit them right in front of the speakers.
The DJ needs to be easily visible and near the dance floor so they can get a feel for the crowd.
If you have dance floor lighting, keep in mind that darker is better. Use dimmers for chandeliers, café lighting, etc.
When picking songs for your reception, take into account not only your taste, but the guests' as well.
When picking your music, don't overdo it. Pick 10-20 you like and a few you don't, and let us fill in from there.
If you have to cut corners on your budget, don't skimp on your entertainment – it can make or break your event!


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Chelsea 2-2 Sheffield United: Point for Blades after late Zouma own goal
French defender Kurt Zouma deflected a late cross into his own net for Sheffield United's equaliser
Sheffield United battled back from two goals down to snatch a point after Kurt Zouma's late own goal at Stamford Bridge.
The hosts were 2-0 up by half-time after striker Tammy Abraham struck twice for his third and fourth goals of the season.
But the Blades pulled one back in the first minute of the second half when Callum Robinson, who had missed from close range in the first half, scored his first since joining the club in the summer.
And they pulled level after 89 minutes when Robinson's cross towards substitute Lys Mousset was diverted into his own net by the unlucky Zouma to leave Frank Lampard still searching for a first home win since he became Chelsea manager.
Chelsea struggled to threaten after United keeper Dean Henderson made a brilliant save in the second half to deny Abraham a hat-trick.
The result puts the visitors, who finished second in the Championship last season, into eighth in the Premier League table, one place above Chelsea.
Blues good start undone
After a loss and a draw in their first two league games, Chelsea's 3-2 win at Norwich last week had finally given Lampard the result that he felt his side had deserved based on their performances from the start of the season.
And when Chelsea were 2-0 up by half-time, that upwards trend looked to be continuing – but a flat second-half display undermined the good work of earlier, especially by Abraham.
The 21-year-old was quick to react when a mistake by Henderson allowed him a sharp chance from six yards for his first.
And he was equally alert when a mistake by Jack O'Connell and John Egan conspired to give him the opportunity to fire the ball home from the edge of the box off Henderson's hand and just inside the post.
But the Blades keeper's excellence when dropping low to turn Abraham's header away after the break proved to be the turning point, with Chelsea looking tired and short of ideas in the face of their spirited opponents.
The home crowd became increasingly edgy, which seemed to transfer to their team and it came as little surprise when Sheffield United equalised.
Lampard's starting 11 was the youngest Chelsea have named in the Premier League era with an average age of 24 years and 158 days, and they will have to learn how to close out this kind of encounter if they are to settle into the upper reaches of the table.
Blades take their chances when it matters
Blades manager Chris Wilder had not been impressed by his side's efforts in their 2-1 defeat by Leicester in their previous league outing, saying he "didn't see why they should get applause" from the Bramall Lane crowd.
Compare and contrast with this week, when Wilder and his players celebrated this hard-won point on the pitch in front of their fans after the final whistle.
The half-time scoreline was not a fair reflection on United, who had looked threatening in their rare attacks before the break.
Chris Basham miscued a shot a long way wide after a neat United move, and Robinson missed with a low header when free inside the six-yard area.
But the former Preston striker's first goal for the Blades changed the momentum of the game at just the right time, and helped deflate the home side and their supporters.
A lack of Premier League experience compared to Chelsea counted for nothing, and Wilder's side showed the value of taking chances when they come along by scoring with their only on-target efforts of the match.
Chelsea visit Molineux to take on Wolves when the Premier League returns after the international break, kicking off at 15:00 BST on Saturday 14 September. The Blades host Southampton at Bramall Lane on the same date with the same start time.
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The popular messaging app WhatsApp for iPhone was update yesterday with a few new features, bringing the ability to have Siri read new messages you have received via the service. The Facebook-owned software now supports the Persian language while the Group Info, Contact Info and Calls sections have been revamped to make them easier to use. WhatsApp's two-factor authentication interface was tweaked as well.
You can now ask Siri to read aloud new messages you have received on WhatsApp.
Before you can use this and other SiriKit features within the app, you must first enable Siri support for WhatsApp in Settings → Siri → App Support. Keep in mind that asking Siri to read your latest messages on WhatsApp requires iOS 10.3 or later.
Like before, you can also ask Siri to call or message people on WhatsApp.
Another enhancement in this edition of WhatsApp includes a reworked Contact Info screen that's now more informative than before, as shown on the screenshot below. The Group Info screen and the Calls tab have seen some visual improvements, too.
For instance, the Voice Call icon has been replaced with a plus symbol that, when tapped, shows a list of contacts that you can call via voice and video. In the My Updates screen, you can now select multiple statuses at once and forward or delete them.
Lastly, WhatsApp is now localized in Persian, the Camera now remembers its last state of usage and the two-step verification interface has seen some design tweaks as well.
WhatsApp version 2.17.20 is available free on App Store.


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The Virtual Center for Supernetworks
Return to Associates:
Dr. Amir Masoumi
Professor Masoumi's page at Manhattan College.
Dr. Amir Masoumi is an Assistant Professor at the School of Businesss at Manhattan College in NYC. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration with a major in Management Science and a minor in Industrial Engineering at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, in May 2013, an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Azad University, Science and Research Campus, Tehran, Iran in 2006, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran in 2003.
His research interests include: perishable product supply chain networks and applications to healthcare and disaster relief.
Amir was the President of the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter for 2008-2009. He received the 2009, 2010, and 2011 Awards for Exceptional Service to the student chapter. From 2009-2010, Amir was the Coordinator of the Speaker Series.
He received the Judith B. Liebman Award from INFORMS at the INFORMS Meeting in Minneapolis in 2013.
Mergers and Acquisitions in Blood Banking Systems: A Supply Chain Network Approach
Amir H. Masoumi, Min Yu, and Anna Nagurney, International Journal of Production Economics 193: (2017), pp 406-421.
An Integrated Disaster Relief Supply Chain Network Model with Time Targets and Demand Uncertainty
Anna Nagurney, Amir H. Masoumi, and Min Yu, in Regional Science Matters: Studies Dedicated to Walter Isard, P. Nijkamp, A. Rose, and K. Kourtit, Editors, Springer International Publishing Switzerland (2015) pp 287-318.
Networks Against Time: Supply Chain Analytics for Perishable Products
Springer Briefs in Optimization, Springer, NY, 2013 (with Anna Nagurney, Min Yu, and Ladimer S. Nagurney).
Supply Chain Network Operations Management of a Blood Banking System with Cost and Risk Minimization
Anna Nagurney, Amir H. Masoumi, and Min Yu, Computational Management Science 9(2): (2012) pp 205-231.
A Supply Chain Generalized Network Oligopoly Model for Pharmaceuticals Under Brand Differentiation and Perishability
Amir H. Masoumi, Min Yu, and Anna Nagurney, Transportation Research E 48: (2012) pp 762-780.
Supply Chain Network Design of a Sustainable Blood Banking System
Anna Nagurney and Amir H. Masoumi, in Sustainable Supply Chains: Models, Methods and Public Policy Implications (2012) T. Boone, V. Jayaraman, and R. Ganeshan, Editors, Springer, London, England, pp 49-72.
UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter


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Haggard, Springsteen & Times of Change
My grandfather liked to say he was an "Okie from Muskogee," having lived in the Oklahoma town for a period before moving to East Texas with my grandmother. I remember him telling me this numerous times, especially when Merle Haggard's signature song came on the radio.
Haggard, who died last week at age 79, wrote "Okie from Muskogee" in 1969 after he became frustrated with anti-military, pro-sex and drugs protests that helped define the Vietnam era. The song, released three weeks after Woodstock, became a Number One hit as angry, proud conservatives embraced and latched on to its lyrics.
I'm not a huge Haggard fan, although I greatly admire his body of work and his ability to write about a hard scrabble life that included a stint at San Quentin, five wives, alcohol, drugs, bad business decisions, and battles with the IRS. Reading the many tributes written in the wake of his death, what I find most interesting is how he constantly evolved in his stances while tapping into the frustration of conservative whites piqued by changing morals and values.
Interestingly, Haggard's death came just a couple of days before Bruce Springsteen decided to cancel a concert in Greensboro, N.C., to protest the state's passage of HB2 – or the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act. The law, passed during a hastily scheduled legislative session by an increasingly conservative General Assembly, discriminates against transgender people and the LGBT community.
"To my mind, it's an attempt by people who cannot stand the progress our country has made in recognizing the human rights of all of our citizens to overturn that progress," Springsteen said in a statement announcing the cancellation. "No other group of North Carolinians faces such a burden."
Driving through North Carolina earlier this week in a truck that had only AM radio, I heard "Okie from Muskogee" in tribute to Haggard and wondered what he would have thought of the state's latest legal action. After all, U.S. politics are the most strident they've been since Vietnam, and Haggard already had come too close to the flames of controversy more than once.
"I write from common knowledge, current knowledge, collective intelligence," Haggard told author R.J. Smith about "Okie from Muskogee" in 2000. "At the time I wrote that song, I was just about as intelligent as the American public was. And they was about as dumb as a rock."
I wish everyone could evolve like that over time…
The photos above are of my grandparents around the time "Okie from Muskogee" was released. The video below is of my favorite Haggard song, a duet with Willie Nelson on "Poncho & Lefty." (Seeing Townes Van Zandt, who wrote the song, in the video is a nice touch.)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – A Tennessee State University student has been named a 2014 HBCU All-Star by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, for his accomplishments in academics, leadership and civic engagement.
Jeremiah T. Cooper, a sophomore Computer Science major from Nashville, will serve as an ambassador of the White House Initiative by providing outreach and communication with his fellow students about the value of education and the Initiative as a networking resource.
Cooper was among 75 All-Stars selected from 445 undergraduate, graduate and professional students who submitted completed applications including transcripts, resumes, essays and recommendations. The students represent 64 HBCUs from across the nation.
In announcing Cooper and his fellow all-stars' selection, the White House Initiative said "engaging with this next generation of leaders" who will go on to make meaningful contributions to society is crucial to the success of the community and global competitiveness of the United States.
Cooper, a very active and community-oriented student, is on full academic scholarship at TSU with a 3.74 GPA. He is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and a former historian and e-board member of Collegiate 100, where he mentors young people. He is a youth leader and advocate with the Mt. Nebo Baptist Church Youth Council, where among other activities, he monitors and mentors children ages 3-14.
In a letter congratulating Cooper for his selection, the White House Initiative noted his outstanding credentials.
"Your superb achievements in academics, leadership and civic engagement have once again set you apart from other applicants. The White House Initiatives on Historically Black Colleges and Universities is delighted that you will represent your school and the initiative as an all-star student who will graduate as a leader from one of the nation's finest HBCUs," the letter stated.
Cooper's (Computer Science) department head and advisor, did not mince words when he heard about his student's selection as an HBCU all-star.
He described Cooper as a team player and a mentor who is involved in projects that require not only technical but also "very critical soft skills" such as working in teams and effective communication.
"Jeremiah sometimes assists our faculty in teaching some of our computer programming classes, while also serving as a mentor to some of our freshmen. He is an active member of our Game Programming Group," Sekmen added.
According to the White House Initiative's announcement, over the course of the next year, Cooper and his fellow all-stars, using social media and their relationships with community-based organizations, will share "promising and proven" practices that support opportunities for all young people to achieve their educational and career potential.
In addition, the 45 female and 30 male All-Stars will participate in regional events and web chats with the deputy director of the WHIHBCUs, other Initiative staff and professionals from a wide range of disciplines. They will also have opportunities to engage with other scholars to showcase individual and collective talent across the HBCU community.


Excavations at Poulton, a multi-period archaeological site just outside Chester, have uncovered evidence of human population spanning thousands of years from the Iron Age through to the modern period. One of the most significant areas is a large cemetery surrounding a medieval chapel. This talk by Kevin Cootes, Poulton Project Archaeologist, examines this fascinating site and explores the most recent archaeological discoveries.


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Children from Pu Phar village, displaced after fighting between the military and members of the People's Defence Force, attend a school lesson under a makeshift structure as they take refuge in the jungle near Demoso, Kayah state in Myanmar on July 3, 2021 ( AFP / STR)
Chinese embassy in Myanmar rejects 'fabricated' reports it gave $180 million to education ministry
AFP Hong Kong Published on Monday 22 November 2021 at 06:00
Reports circulating on Twitter claim the Chinese embassy in Myanmar donated 1.16 billion yuan ($180 million) to Myanmar's education ministry on November 12 in a bid to increase Chinese influence on Burmese youth. The claim is false; the Chinese embassy in Myanmar said the reports were "totally fabricated", while the tweets feature a photo taken at a vaccine donation event.
"November 12th. On behalf of the Chinese government, the Chinese embassy in Myanmar donated materials and cash totalling RMB 1.16 billion to the Ministry of Education of Myanmar for the 2022 free lunch programme for all primary and secondary school students in Myanmar," reads a screenshot posted on Twitter on November 16.
"Chen Hai, China's ambassador to Myanmar, said that they want to make sure Myanmar's next generation feels the achievements of China's development".
The screenshot features a photo of two officials in front of the Chinese national flag and a wall reading "Embassy in Myanmar" in Chinese and "THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA" in English.
The traditional Chinese tweet reads: "Have Chinese children experienced it?"
Screenshot of a tweet sharing the misleading claim, taken on November 18, 2021
Similar reports were shared here and here on Twitter.
However, the claim is false.
A reverse image search on Chinese search engine Baidu found the photo showing the two officials in a report about Chinese vaccines sent to Myanmar, published on November 12 on the Chinese embassy in Myanmar's website.
The headline reads: "A new batch of Covid-19 vaccines from Chinese government arrives in Yangon".
"On November 12, one million Sinovax vaccine doses, as the first batch of three million doses assisted by the Chinese government arrived at Yangon International Airport. Chen Hai, Chinese ambassador to Myanmar, held a video handover ceremony with Thet Khaing Win, Minister of health in Myanmar," the report reads.
Below is a screenshot comparison of the image shared in misleading posts (left) and the report on vaccines (right):
Screenshot comparison of the image shared in misleading posts (L) and the report on vaccines (R)
The Chinese embassy in Myanmar refuted reports about a purported donation to the education ministry.
"The texts in the tweet are totally fabricated and the photo alongside the texts was taken from a news picture of the handover ceremony of China's aid to Myanmar vaccine on November 12," a spokesperson told AFP.
"Since this year, China has provided Myanmar with 8.9 million doses Covid-19 vaccine and many batches of anti-epidemic materials. The embassy has also carried out many donation projects for Myanmar students, the disabled, hospitalized children and other groups."
AFP found no credible news reports about China donating 1.16 billion yuan to Myanmar on November 12.
AFP Hong Kong


Handagala Vihara, a cave temple located under a boulder, was built during the late Kandy period. It houses a large reclining statue of the Buddha & a dagoba. On the walls of the exterior & interior, & on the cave-roof, are paintings of the period, some of which were painted over in the 20th century. In addition, a few poorly preserved traces of paint probably dating from the 5th century indicate that the temple was already in use during the classical Sinhalese period. These may be among the earliest paintings in their island.


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Watch: Car dart through oncoming traffic in dramatic police chase in Dudley
The black motor, believed to be a Nissan Qashqai, is captured swerving along three lanes of traffic on Birmingham Road, Dudley, in a desperate bid to escape the police
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This is the jaw-dropping moment a motorist drives towards oncoming traffic and before flying over the central reservation during a dramatic police chase in Dudley.
The astonishing clip shows the motor, believed to be a Nissan Qashqai, speeding along Birmingham Road at around 2pm on Tuesday, September 10.
Perplexed drivers can be seen slamming on their brakes as the family SUV swerves across three lanes in a desperate bid to escape the tailing police cars near to the Village Hotel.
The black car, believed to be a Nissan Qashqai, is captured swerving along three lanes of traffic on Birmingham Road, Dudley, in a desperate bid to escape. (Image: Muhammad Waseem)
A number of units – including two undercover cop cars – were drafted in during the pursuit and are captured on the film.
"That is so dangerous," one said. "How the hell did they not hit someone driving like that?"
While another added: "I really do hope the police caught him and threw the book at him. Top-class t***."
It's not known if the driver was apprehended but West Midlands Police has been approached for comment on the incident.
The police chase came less than an hour before a green dirt bike was filmed being chased by police in Tipton.
Top stories - Black Country
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The other shocking footage, which can be viewed by clicking here , shows the green dirt bike ripping through Toll End Road as the drama unfolded on Tuesday, September 10.
Keep up-to-date with all things Dudley, Walsall, Sandwell and Wolverhampton on our Black Country Live Facebook page - where you'll get the latest news, travel, weather and events in your area.
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It's been years since I lost Ben, so long yet it doesn't seem long enough. I never thought I'd return here, to where everything started. Where everything ended.
Play as Jason as he explores his brother's room from a new perspective. After wishing to be small again, to feel closer to his younger brother, Jason finds himself in a strange new world filled with larger than life furniture, troublesome obstacles, and less-than-helpful occupants.
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ThumbsUp
=======

[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/bouchard/thumbs_up.png)](http://travis-ci.org/bouchard/thumbs_up) [![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/bouchard/thumbs_up.png)](https://codeclimate.com/github/bouchard/thumbs_up)

**Note: Version 0.5.x is a breaking change for #plusminus_tally and #tally, with > 50% speedups.**

A ridiculously straightforward and simple package 'o' code to enable voting in your application, a la stackoverflow.com, etc.
Allows an arbitrary number of entities (users, etc.) to vote on models.

### Mixins
This plugin introduces three mixins to your recipe book:

1. **acts\_as\_voteable** : Intended for content objects like Posts, Comments, etc. * (See *Configuration* below for caveats)
2. **acts\_as\_voter** : Intended for voting entities, like Users. * (See *Configuration* below for caveats)
3. **has\_karma** : Adds some helpers to acts\_as\_voter models for calculating karma.

### Inspiration

This plugin started as an adaptation / update of vote\_fu for use with Rails 3. It adds some speed, removes some cruft, and is adapted for use with ActiveRecord / Arel in Rails 3. It maintains the awesomeness of the original vote\_fu.

Installation
============

### Require the gem:
```shell
gem 'thumbs_up'
```

### Create and run the ThumbsUp migration:
```shell
rails generate thumbs_up
rake db:migrate
```

Configuration
=============

The relationship setup by the acts_as_voteable and acts_as_voter mixins both default to `votes`.  This causes one to obscure the other if you have a single class that votes on other instances of the same class.  If you have this scenario:
```ruby
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_voter     # relationship :votes will be obscured by the same named relationship from acts_as_voteable :(
  acts_as_voteable
end
```
Configure alternate relationship names in an initializer at `config/initializers/thumbs_up.rb`:
```ruby
ThumbsUp.configuration.voteable_relationship_name = :votes_on   # defaults to :votes
ThumbsUp.configuration.voter_relationship_name =    :votes_by   # defaults to :votes
```

Usage
=====

## Getting Started

### Turn your AR models into something that can be voted upon.
```ruby
class SomeModel < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_voteable
end

class Question < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_voteable
end
```

### Turn your Users (or any other model) into voters.
```ruby
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_voter
  # The following line is optional, and tracks karma (up votes) for questions this user has submitted.
  # Each question has a submitter_id column that tracks the user who submitted it.
  # The option :weight value will be multiplied to any karma from that voteable model (defaults to 1).
  # You can track any voteable model.
  has_karma :questions, :as => :submitter, :weight => 0.5
  # Karma by default is only calculated from upvotes. If you pass an array to the weight option, you can count downvotes as well (below, downvotes count for half as much karma against you):
  has_karma :questions, :as => :submitter, :weight => [ 1, 0.5 ]
end

class Robot < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_voter
end
```

### To cast a vote for a Model you can do the following:

#### Shorthand syntax
```ruby
voter.vote_for(voteable)     	# Adds a +1 vote
voter.vote_against(voteable) 	# Adds a -1 vote
voter.vote(voteable, vote) 	# Adds either a +1 or -1 vote: vote => true (+1), vote => false (-1)

voter.vote_exclusively_for(voteable)	# Removes any previous votes by that particular voter, and votes for.
voter.vote_exclusively_against(voteable)	# Removes any previous votes by that particular voter, and votes against.

voter.unvote_for(voteable)  # Clears all votes for that user
```

### Querying votes

Did the first user vote for the Car with id = 2 already?
```ruby
u = User.first
u.vote_for(Car.find(2))
u.voted_on?(Car.find(2)) #=> true
```

Did the first user vote for or against the Car with id = 2?
```ruby
u = User.first
u.vote_for(Car.find(2))
u.voted_for?(Car.find(2)) #=> true
u.voted_against?(Car.find(2)) #=> false
```

Or check directly!
```ruby
u = User.first
u.vote_for(Car.find(2))
u.voted_how?(Car.find(2)) #=> true, if voted_for

u.vote_against(Car.find(3))
u.voted_how?(Car.find(3)) #=> false, if voted_against

u.vote_for(Car.find(4))
u.voted_how?(Car.find(4)) #=> nil, if didn't vote for it
```

in case you use `--unique-voting false` (documented below):
```ruby
u.voted_how?(Car.find(2)) #=> [false, true, true, false]
```

#### Tallying Votes

You can easily retrieve voteable object collections based on the properties of their votes:
```ruby
@items = Item.tally.limit(10).where('created_at > ?', 2.days.ago).having('COUNT(votes.id) < 10')
```

Or for MySQL:
```ruby
@items = Item.tally.limit(10).where('created_at > ?', 2.days.ago).having('vote_count < 10')
```

This will select the Items with less than 10 votes, the votes having been cast within the last two days, with a limit of 10 items. *This tallies all votes, regardless of whether they are +1 (up) or -1 (down).* The #tally method returns an ActiveRecord Relation, so you can chain the normal method calls on to it.

#### Tallying Rank ("Plusminus")

**You most likely want to use this over the normal tally**

This is similar to tallying votes, but this will return voteable object collections based on the sum of the differences between up and down votes (ups are +1, downs are -1). For Instance, a voteable with 3 upvotes and 2 downvotes will have a plusminus_tally of 1.
```ruby
@items = Item.plusminus_tally.limit(10).where('created_at > ?', 2.days.ago).having('plusminus_tally > 10')
```

#### Lower level queries
```ruby
positiveVoteCount = voteable.votes_for
negativeVoteCount = voteable.votes_against
# Votes for minus votes against. If you want more than a few model instances' worth, use `plusminus_tally` instead.
plusminus         = voteable.plusminus

voter.voted_for?(voteable) # True if the voter voted for this object.
voter.vote_count(:up | :down | :all) # returns the count of +1, -1, or all votes

voteable.voted_by?(voter) # True if the voter voted for this object.
@voters = voteable.voters_who_voted
```

### One vote per user!

ThumbsUp by default only allows one vote per user. This can be changed by removing:

#### In vote.rb:
```ruby
validates_uniqueness_of :voteable_id, :scope => [:voteable_type, :voter_type, :voter_id]
```

#### In the migration, the unique index:
```ruby
add_index :votes, ["voter_id", "voter_type", "voteable_id", "voteable_type"], :unique => true, :name => "uniq_one_vote_only"
```
You can also use `--unique-voting false` when running the generator command:
```shell
rails generate thumbs_up --unique-voting false
```

#### Testing ThumbsUp

Testing is a bit more than trivial now as our #tally and #plusminus_tally queries don't function properly under SQLite. To set up for testing:

* mysql

```sql
$ mysql -uroot # You may have set a password locally. Change as needed.
  > CREATE USER 'test'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'test';
  > CREATE DATABASE thumbs_up_test;
  > USE thumbs_up_test;
  > GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON thumbs_up_test TO 'test'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'test';
  > exit;
```
* Postgres

```PLpgSQL
$ psql # You may have set a password locally. Change as needed.
  > CREATE ROLE test;
  > ALTER ROLE test WITH SUPERUSER;
  > ALTER ROLE test WITH LOGIN;
  > CREATE DATABASE thumbs_up_test;
  > GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE thumbs_up_test to test;
  > \q
```
* Run tests

```shell
$ rake # Runs the test suite against all adapters.
```

Credits
=======

Basic scaffold is from Peter Jackson's work on VoteFu / ActsAsVoteable. All code updated for Rails 3, cleaned up for speed and clarity, karma calculation fixed, and (hopefully) zero introduced bugs.

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HomeNews2006 Biletnikoff Award winner Calvin Johnson selected to appear on the cover of Madden NFL13
2006 Biletnikoff Award winner Calvin Johnson selected to appear on the cover of Madden NFL13
Media Release – May 2, 2012
Tallahassee, FL -The Board of Trustees of the Tallahassee Quarterback Club (TQC) Foundation, Inc., the Florida based creator and sponsor of the Biletnikoff Award, sent its congratulations to 2006 Biletnikoff Award winner Calvin Johnson for being selected by national fan voting to appear on the cover of Madden NFL13, the dynamic interactive football game.
Johnson was selected from an original field of 64 NFL players; twenty million fans cast votes to select the NFL player who would appear on the Madden NFL 13 cover.
The Biletnikoff Award was created in 1994 to recognize college football's outstanding receiver as chosen by a prominent national selection committee of 150 journalists, commentators, and former players.
Foundation Chairman Walter W. Manley II commented, "Obviously, Calvin is as popular with the nation as he was with our trustees and banquet patrons; we all salute him as an incredible receiver, as well, and wish him all the best."
Besides sponsoring and presenting the Biletnikoff Award, the TQC Foundation also donates over $200,000 annually for scholarships awarded to high school seniors who have overcome significant barriers in life to achieve at the highest academic and extracurricular levels. Those students attend universities all over the country, including Harvard, Duke, Dartmouth, Florida, Georgia Tech, Florida State, and Florida A&M.
The 2012 Biletnikoff Award winner will be feted at the TQC Foundation's Annual Banquet on February 9, 2013, at the University Center Club, located in the south end of Florida State University's Doak Campbell Stadium.
NFL Hall of Fame Player Larry Csonka will be the banquet keynote speaker. Larry Csonka and Fred Biletnikoff will present the Biletnikoff Award trophy to the 2012 winner before 600 patrons.
The Biletnikoff Award is presented annually to the nation's outstanding college football receiver, (the award defines receiver as any player who catches a pass), by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc. (TQCF). The TQC Foundation is an independent, charitable organization that was founded in 1994. Present Chairman and Founding Trustee, Professor Walter W. Manley II, Founding Trustee L. Thomas Cox, Jr., Founding Trustee Rocky Bevis, and Founding Trustee Bob Teel established the award and the TQC Foundation that sponsors it. Many more have contributed to its development as one of the most prominent awards in college football. The idea of a college receiver's award was not a novel one, as a number of organizations throughout America considered establishing it; however, the TQC Foundation joined the idea to the organization's vision and created an outstanding award and dynamic organization. The trophy, presented to each winner, is the most beautiful individual award in college football – it has won several national awards for design excellence and aesthetic appeal.
The Biletnikoff Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game's predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information, visit the association's official website, http://www.ncfaa.org.


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Navy orders two new patrol vessels
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 05:27 PM
The Navy is to buy two new patrol vessels for its fleet, it was announced today.
The €100m order will replace older ships in 2014 and 2015 to maintain defence, customs and fisheries duties on Ireland's 3,500 miles of coastline.
Defence Minister Tony Killeen said he was delighted to announce Government financial backing for the vessels.
"The acquisition of two new modern vessels will ensure that the Naval Service continues to be fully equipped to carry out its day to day roles in enforcing the State's sovereign rights over our waters and our fisheries and meeting Ireland's obligations in the area of maritime safety and security and fisheries protection," the minister said.
"I am acutely aware of the difficulties for Irish fishermen arising from the damage inflicted by over-fishing of some key stocks off our coast. The Naval Service plays a significant role in helping to return these stocks to sustainability."
The navy fleet plays a vital role in fisheries protection and works closely with gardaí and customs officials in the seizure of drugs.
By 2015, all but two of the current fleet of eight Naval vessels will be at least 30 years old, and it is not recommended that ships remain in service for more than 35 years.
Babcock Marine, a British shipyard, has been contracted to build the two new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs). Negotiations on the finer details are ongoing.
The two new OPVs will be 90m (295ft) vessels with a crew of 44 and 10 trainees, and will have a cruise speed of 16 knots with a capability of reaching 23 knots. The ships will be packing a 76mm (3in) cannon, two heavy machine guns and four general purpose machine guns.
Finance Minister Brian Lenihan announced the deal with Mr Killeen on board the LE Niamh after returning to its base in Haulbowline, Cork, following a 10-week mission to Latin America.
The tour was in support of cultural and heritage links with the region and marked the celebration of the bicentenaries of independence by Mexico, Argentina and Chile.
It also promoted trade links between Ireland and these countries.


Microscope image of brown fat (e-BAT, or engineered Brown Adipose Tissue) created by adding a key control switch to skin cells of mice. Presence of green-stained objects (droplets of oil stored in the cell) confirms the skin cells have been converted to brown fat-producint cells. Blue objects are cell nuclei.
Newswise — Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have shown that they can engineer mouse and human cells to produce brown fat, a natural energy-burning type of fat that counteracts obesity. If such a strategy can be developed for use in people, the scientists say, it could open a novel approach to treating obesity and diabetes.
A team led by Bruce Spiegelman, PhD, has identified both parts of a molecular switch that normally causes some immature muscle cells in the embryo to become brown fat cells. With this switch in hand, the scientists showed they could manipulate it to force other types of cells in the laboratory to produce brown fat, known as Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT). Their findings are being reported in the journal Nature on its Web site as an advanced online publication on July 29.
The scientists then transplanted these synthetic brown fat precursors, known as eBAT (engineered BAT), into adult mice to augment their innate stores of brown fat. Tests showed that the brown fat transplants were burning caloric energy at a high rate -- energy that otherwise would have been stored as fat in white adipose tissue.
"Since brown fat cells have very high capacity to dissipate excess energy and counteract obesity, eBAT has a very high potential for treating obesity," said Shingo Kajimura, PhD, lead author of the paper. "We are currently working on this."
Excess caloric energy in the diet is stored in white fat calls that pile up in the body, particularly in the thighs and abdomen. The accumulated fat content in overweight people puts stress on these cells, which give out signals that cause inflammation in body organs and the circulatory system, creating risks of heart disease and diabetes.
Brown fat, by contrast, works in an opposite fashion; it evolved to protect animals from cold conditions and prevent obesity. Brown fat cells are equipped with a large supply of mitochondria -- tiny organelles that use oxygen to burn sugar from the diet to generate heat, rather than store the energy as fat.
Scientists have long thought that brown fat was present in young animals and human newborns but virtually absent in human adults. Recently, however, researchers have used modern PET (positron emission tomography) scanners -- which detect tissue that is actively absorbing sugar -- to search for deposits of brown fat in adults. Such experiments have revealed unexpectedly large amounts of brown fat scattered through the neck and chest areas.
In 2007, Spiegelman's team, led by Patrick Seale, PhD, who is the second author of the new Nature paper, discovered a protein, PRDM16, that serves as a switch that determines whether immature muscle cells will develop into mature muscle cells or become brown fat cells.
But this was not the whole story. The scientists suspected that PRDM16 worked with another unknown protein to initiate brown fat development. This proved to be the case. In the new experiments, the Spiegelman group found that PRMD16 works in tandem with the protein C/EBP-beta, and only as a two-part unit are they sufficient to jump-start brown fat development in several types of cells.
To find out if the PRDM16-C/EBP-beta switch could change the identity of other types of cells, forcing them to become brown fat cells, the researchers used viruses to transfer the switch into embryonic mouse connective tissue cells called fibroblasts. They also installed the switch into adult mouse skin cells, and into human skin cells isolated from foreskins removed from newborns during circumcision.
In all three cases, the fibroblasts produced mature brown fat cells. The scientists then transplanted the cells into mice, where they produced brown fat tissue. PET scans confirmed that the new brown fat tissue was burning excess energy in the animals, as they should. The experiments did not test whether the extra brown fat actually protected the mice from becoming obese.
Spiegelman said the results "give a lot more credence" to efforts to manipulate the brown fat switch as a potential means of treating people with obesity and diabetes. One strategy would be to remove some tissue from the patient, add the PRDM16-C/EBP switch, and return it to the patient where it would manufacture additional brown fat.
A more conventional possibility would be to administer a drug to the patient that would ramp up the production of brown fat without the need for a transplant, said Spiegelman, who is also a professor of cell biology at Harvard Medical School. "If we can find a hormone that does that, it's reasonable to think that it might provide a direct anti-obesity treatment."
Other authors on the paper are Kazuishi Kubota, PhD, and Steven P. Gygi, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, and Elaine Lunsford and John V. Frangioni, MD, PhD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Picower Foundation.


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BG Group 2013 Production Milestones Delivery Remains on Track
BG Group is today hosting a Capital Markets Day for analysts and investors focussing on its world-class exploration business and unique LNG model. In addition, the Group also updates on progress against milestones; operations; and, the delivery of its key growth projects.
Operational update
All guidance for 2013 remains unchanged. Delivery of all the 2013 production milestones remains on track, with seven already delivered. Most recently, production commenced from Bongkot North Phase 3k in Thailand and Margarita Phase 2 in Bolivia, the latter coming onstream four weeks ahead of schedule. The Itau Phase 2 project, also in Bolivia, is now due onstream in November and the remaining two milestones for the year, including the start-up of Jasmine in the North Sea, are on schedule.
The QCLNG project in Australia remains on schedule, with first gas into the plant expected around the year end. In Brazil, the second and third FPSOs came onstream as planned, and work continues on further well hook-ups.
With regards to 2014 milestones, due to the on-going political and social instability in Egypt, phase 9a of West Delta Deep Marine has suffered delay, resulting in first production commencing later than expected in 2014, provided no further disruption is caused to the programme. In Norway, first production from the Knarr project is likely to be delayed by approximately four months into the second half of 2014. The Group anticipates that the combined impact from Egypt and Norway in 2014 will be a reduction of approximately 30 000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed).
In line with the Group's strategy of pursuing value over volume and the continuing low natural gas price in the USA, BG Group expects to continue to operate fewer rigs in the USA. The Group now expects 2014 volumes from the USA to be reduced by approximately 17 000 boed.
The Group's 775 000 – 825 000 boed 2015 production guidance remains unchanged, but this is subject to a recovery in natural gas prices in the USA and future events in Egypt.
Exploration and LNG Capital Markets Day
The Exploration update, hosted by Malcolm Brown, will include a detailed review of the Group's hub exploration opportunities and new basin prospects. It will also give greater detail on how BG Group's exploration expertise and execution has delivered 15 giant discoveries in 15 years; total net unrisked potential resources of approximately 22 billion barrels of oil equivalent; and, an average three-year reserves replacement of 200%.
The LNG update, hosted by Matt Schatzman and Martin Houston, will give detail on BG Group's view of a tighter global LNG market stretching into the next decade; will show in greater detail how the Group's unique LNG model, which is backed by physical assets, delivers value; and, will provide an update on the four LNG growth projects the Group currently has in various stages of development.
Press Release, September 09, 2013
Posted on September 9, 2013 with tags 2013, BG, Delivery, europe, Group, Milestones, News, Offshore, production, Remains, Track, UK.
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First Look: Meet the New Red Dawn Wolverines
By Dan Bradley on August 10, 2009, 12:53 am
Four more Wolverines are set to join MGM/UA's remake of the 1984 Soviet invasion thriller Red Dawn (scroll below for pics).
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Josh Hutcherson, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise and Edwin Hodge will join previously announced Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck and Adrianne Palicki in forming a youthful resistance dubbed the Wolverines against foreign invaders. Though the original featured strictly Russian opponents, the remake will add Chinese soldiers to the mix.
The only Wolverine not mentioned in any casting announcements is Arturo "Aardvark" Mondracon played by actor Doug Toby. You can see him below in the second picture, first row on the left. His role was relatively minor compared to the other Wolverines which means either his character did not make it into the new script or the role has yet to be cast.
Director Dan Bradley is expected to whisk the new Wolverines off for military training at an undisclosed location in the coming weeks. Principal photography will commence next month in Detroit with a September 24, 2010 release date.
Now that we have the potential complete roster of Wolverines I felt inspired to put together a little pictorial comparing the new warriors with the old. Aside from two race swaps from white to black which should not make a difference, the new cast is a near spitting image of their predecessors.
First row: Chris Hemsworth and Patrick Swayze as leader Jed Eckert; Adrianne Palicki and Jennifer Grey as tough girl Toni; Josh Peck and Charlie Sheen as Jed's younger brother Matt.
Second row: Isabel Lucas and Lea Thompson as Matt's girlfriend Erica; Josh Hutcherson and C. Thomas Howell as Robert the tech geek; Connor Cruise and Darren Dalton as Spokane's Mayor's son Daryl.
Last row: Edwin Hodge and Brad Savage as football star Danny.


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Sa'eed al-Hadad relates bombing of al-Batsh home in Gaza City with no prior warning, which killed 18 family members
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I live in a-Tufah neighborhood in Gaza City. Right across from my house, on the other side of the street, is al-Batsh neighborhood. The al-Batsh family lives there in four or five buildings with two or three stories each.
On Saturday evening, 12 July 2014, I was at home, watching TV coverage of the fighting between Hamas and Israel. Most of my neighbors were at home, too. Others were attending a-Tarawih prayer which marks the end of Ramadan fasting for the day.
A child from al-Batsh family during the funeral. Photo: Muhammad Salem, Reuters, 13 July 14
At around 10:30 P.M., I heard two loud explosions. They were really close to my house and the whole area shook. There was no warning fire beforehand like there was in other cases. Glass in my house shattered and the whole area was covered in thick smoke. Based on the direction the sound came from, I guessed that an al-Batsh house had been bombed, but I didn't know which one. I made sure everyone in my family was okay and went outside. Everyone was walking towards the al-Batsh houses and I did too.
We got there and saw the results of the bombing. Three houses were very badly damaged. The worst was the house belonging to Majdi Subhi al-Batsh, which was just a pile of rubble. I think that was the target of the bombing. We started searching for survivors. A few minutes later, ambulance teams arrived, as well as civil defense people and municipality officials.
We started carrying the injured people out of the houses. It didn't take long to realize that everyone in Majdi's house was dead – men, women and children. We didn't find a single body in one piece. There were only parts of people scattered everywhere.
The damage to the three houses was huge, and dozens of other houses nearby were damaged too. They had cracked walls, shattered windows and broken doors.
We continued looking for survivors and carrying bodies out all night. We only learned the names of all the people who were killed the next morning. Seventeen people were killed, all from the al-Batsh family. It's a huge tragedy. I can't express it in words. No one in the neighborhood ever imagined that family homes would be attacked for no reason, with no prior warning. Killing entire families is a massive injustice. It's inconceivable and I still can't get my head around it.
I know that residential areas have been attacked in the current war, but the inhabitants were given prior warning and told to leave. That's what happened when my brother's home was bombed three days ago. Someone from the Israeli Shabak [Israel Security Agency] called the family and told them to evacuate the house because it was going to be bombed in ten minutes. Then they shot a warning missile, and the house was bombed about 15 minutes later. The family and neighbors had enough time to get out and no one was hurt.
None of that happened with the al-Batsh family. As far as I know, they were given no warning before the bombing. I asked a lot of neighbors and they all say the same.
Harming innocent people, women and children, is a heinous crime.
Sa'eed Ramadan Sa'eed al-Hadad, 49, a married father of three, lives in a-Tufah neighborhood in Gaza City. He gave his testimony by phone to Iyad Hadad, B'Tselem's field researcher in Ramallah, on 13 July 2014.
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Majed Subhi al-Batsh, 50
Amal Hassan al-Batsh, 49
Bahaa Maj al-Batsh, 28
Samah 'Alaa al-Batsh, 20, was 8 months pregnant
Amal Bahaa al-Batsh, 2
Jalal Majed al-Batsh, 26
Manar Majed al-Batsh, 13
Mahmud Majed al-Batsh, 22
Ibrahim Majed al-Batsh, 18
Khaled Majed al-Batsh, 20
Marwa Maj al-Batsh, 25
Nahed Na'im al-Batsh, 41
Anas 'Alaa Subhi al-Batsh, 10
Qusai 'Issam al-Batsh, 12
Muhammad 'Issam al-Batsh, 17
Yihya 'Alaa al-Batsh, 18
'Aziza Yusef al-Batsh, 59
Yazid Ass'ad al-Batsh, 21, died of his wounds on 24 July 2014
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The Divine Plan dives deep into the pivotal bond between Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan. Just six weeks apart in the spring of 1981, the pope and the president took bullets from would-be assassins. Surviving strikingly similar near-death experiences, they confided to each other a shared conviction: that God had spared their lives for the purpose of defeating communism.
The Divine Plan draws on the film's exclusive interviews with renowned historians, scholars, journalists, and church officials including well-known historians Douglas Brinkley, H.W. Brands, Anne Applebaum, John O'Sullivan, Craig Shirley (the leading biographer of John Paul II), George Weigel, close Reagan adviser Richard V. Allen, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Robert Barron.


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February 8, 2018 February 8, 2018 nhbiz4rail E-blast, General
Last Tuesday, nearly 60 businesses and organizations united to launch NH Business for Rail Expansion. This statewide, nonpartisan business coalition is committed to expanding passenger rail from Boston to Manchester and growing and diversifying New Hampshire's economy.
The support continued last week as members of the coalition along with Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, Nashua's economic development director, the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and other business leaders traveled to Concord to testify on behalf of House Bill 2018, which would provide critical funding for this effort.
What is House Bill 2018?
House Bill 2018 is the Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan, which includes $4 million in funding to undertake the Project Development phase of the proposed rail project.
This phase would deliver a detailed analysis of environmental, engineering and geotechnical requirements, along with a firm financial plan – providing all the answers elected officials would need to make an informed decision whether or not to support rail.
Funding would be provided by the federal government and wouldn't cost New Hampshire taxpayers a dime now, nor compel the state to spend a dime in the future.
Email members of the House Public Works and Highways Committee and let them know that you support $4 million in Project Development funding for passenger rail expansion.
Explain that this is a worthwhile investment of federal funds that will only provide answers to the many questions they have about the project's viability.
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Thredbo delivered big time during winter 2018. From record snow depths to Australia's biggest après and events calendar, Thredbo had something for everyone.
Nothing beats powder and bluebird days on Australia's longest runs, long lunches at the best on mountain restaurants and bars, backcountry adventures thanks to the new North Face BC tours, the biggest parties and live concerts featuring Australia's best artists, festivals and endless entertainment for the kids.
On the mountain, we enjoyed another huge winter of events including the popular Kids Snow Festival for families, The Torah Bright Mini Shred with over 300 kids being inspired by Australian Olympic legends, the progressive Thredbo Snow Series, the iconic fast and furious Top to Bottom race, the 5th Annual Transfer Banked Slalom, Tinder Uni Week, Rainbow Mountain, The Australian Snow Uni Games and lots more, offering a serious season of action and non-stop good times on the mountain that everyone enjoyed! Every week there was an event and party to attend.
Families, friends and first timers loved the Saturday night flare run as well as the Thursday Family Fun nights that ran every week throughout winter. There's something so special about skiing and snowboarding under the alpine night sky in the evening...amazing to see so many people enjoy it this winter!
The kids loved Thredboland, the perfect ski program for children aged 3 to 6 years, it's non-stop fun and learning new ski and board skills with playful themes and activities to enjoy both inside and outside with their new ski buddies.
A huge hit with all guests this winter was the The North Face Backcountry Tours, a new product offered this winter and the first backcountry program for an Australian resort, offering guest's guided ski and board tours outside of the resort boundaries! This exciting new product gave intermediate to advanced skiers and snowboarders the opportunity to take on a new adventure and learn new skills plus explore the beautiful, vast and expansive terrain of the Australian Main Range! From touring to the top of Australia's highest peak, Mt Kosciuszko to riding steep lines down the iconic Etheridge face, there was a tour that sparked everyone's adventurous side.
No other Australian resort has packed as much action and entertainment into a season and Thredbo stands head and shoulders above the competition thanks to Australia's longest runs, variety of terrain, massive vertical, stunning alpine village and the best events and après.


Network Rail will shortly begin a year-long £4m programme of work to replace and widen the bridge over the railway at Muirhead Road, Baillieston.
The renewal of the bridge is part of a wider, rolling programme of maintenance work on our structures which is designed to extend their lifespan and keep our network safe and reliable.
Work will start on Monday September 4 and will be ongoing until September 2018. It includes the demolition and reconstruction of the existing concrete bridge deck which is gradually deteriorating and nearing the end of its life-span.
Replacing the bridge deck will ensure that the structure remains fit for purpose and the wider structure will also allow the removal of traffic lights and weight restrictions from the bridge.
Prior to demolishing the bridge deck, utilities which serve the community will be diverted on to a temporary structure which is a lengthy process and one which will be required again after the bridge deck has been reconstructed.
To deliver this work safely, Muirhead Road will need to close to vehicles for extended periods. The installation of a temporary footbridge will allow pedestrian and cycle access to be maintained throughout the bridge demolition and reconstruction.
Muirhead Road will close initially for a three week period in October before again needing to close for seven months from the middle of February 2018.
Work on the structure will include periods of piling, installation of foundations and steelwork, as well as demolition and other construction activities.
Billy McKay, Network Rail programme manager, said: "We know that Muirhead Road is an important route for local traffic and we do not take the decision to request its closure lightly.
"We understand the impact that this has for both road users and those next to the proposed diversion route. However, this is the most efficient and safest way to undertake the work required on the structure.
Network Rail has worked with Glasgow City Council to put in place an appropriate diversion and all local access has been retained either side of the bridge. The council has also made a funding contribution to the project to enable the weight restrictions and traffic lights to be removed.


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On September 22, Nanda Prasad Adhikari, who had been on a hunger strike for more than 300 days demanding justice for his son who was killed during the Maoist insurgency, passed away. Once the news of his demise became public, there was flood of sympathy on Facebook and Twitter. Following this, most so-called human rights activists were preoccupied giving interviews and posting their comments on the incident online. Still, politicians and the state did not provide an immediate reaction to the episode. Although, in medical terms, Adhikari died because of his ill health, in reality, he had been lying on his death bed for a long time. So who are we to blame for his death—Nanda Prasad himself, the state, or civil society?
TRC and politicians
It has been over seven years since Janaandolan II. During this period, six different governments have been formed with the same political parties and politicians who were part of the Janaandolan. But when it comes to addressing issues of transitional justice, no progress has been made. This is despite the fact that Nepalis have elected a second Constituent Assembly (CA) to write theconstitution.
So, what is the barrier to establishing an effective transitional justice mechanism? Is it so difficult to reach common ground politically? A past ordinance on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was not acceptable to victims and civil society. The constitutional validity of the ordinance was challenged and a Supreme Court verdict came in Madhav Kumar Basnet v The Government of Nepal where the court held the provision of a TRC to be unconstitutional and suggested the formation of a separate commission of inquiry on enforced disappearance of persons. Abiding by the court decision, another ordinance was tabled and discussed heavily, but the fate of that document remains uncertain, as the TRC bill has again been challenged at the Supreme Court on grounds that it provides blanket amnesty and the formation of a panel is unconstitutional.
Meanwhile, the Adhikari couple was still on their hunger strike. Politicians repeteadly requested them to end their strike but Nanda Prasad stuck to his fight for justice, which ultimately took his life. So why are political parties still reluctant to address the issue? Every political party, whether it be the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML or UCPN (Maoist), promised to establish a transitional justice mechanism in their election manifesto. All those promises have gone in vain. So it is doubtful if Nanda Prasad's death will even affect the transitional justice process.
Politicians were least bothered about Nanda Prasad when he was alive, so why would they be bothered after his demise? Sometimes, it seems as though our politicians are not leaders of the people but rather, leaders of their own interest groups. Even when the government made an effort to investigate war crimes, a senior Maoist leader publicly challenged the government to arrest him for war crimes, if investigated. So we lost an opportunity to investigate such leaders. Additionally, politicians' sought to prove in Parliament the 'funding' for an activist and writer to support the Adhikari hunger strike. Those politicians seemed to interpret the strike as targeted at them. It is so sad to note this shifted the focus from the issue of transitional justice to by whom and how it was raised.
All to blame
Personally, I blame Nepali civil society for the demise of Nanda Prasad. Our civil society does not have leaders, we only have followers, either followers of politicians or donor agencies or those drowned in self-interest. The Adhikari hunger strike began during the tenure of Khil Raj Regmi as head of government. When news of the hunger strike came up, civil society was raising its voice against the government's failure in addressing the issue. There were discussions, meetings, protest rallies, posters, and finally, the hunger strike ended with a promise to fulfil the Adhikaris' demands. But the couple again started their hunger strike as the elections to the second Constituent Assembly drew close. This time around, they did not receive overwhelming support.
So the Adhikari incident shows that our civil society is very weak. Why was our civil society unable to influence the government for a period of more than seven years and even after 300 days of the Adhikaris' hunger strike? Similarly, the media is also to be blamed. In a democracy, the media is supposed to be a watchdog. But has the Nepali media become a powerful transformer of social, political, and cultural values and structures? No doubt, the media has played an important role in establishing democracy. But it failed to lend support to the Adhikaris' fight for justice. Instead, their demands were portrayed as individual concerns; the issue behind the concern was overlooked.
Nanda Prasad's convinces me that I am from a country with no human values. In addition to the politicians, media and civil society, we as individual citizens also share the blame. Our support for causes is limited to liking pictures on Facebook. Even those who supported Adhikari did so out of sympathy rather than for the cause of justice. As citizens, had we been concerned about our duties, we would have fought this battle with the Adhikaris together and compeled politicians to have a transitional justice mechanism in place by now.
It was very unfortunate to witness the death of Nanda Prasad while he was on a hunger strike for justice. And things will only get worse if his concerns are not addressed properly even after his death. If such a situation continues, then the credibility of the rule of law will be lost. I hope such an incident does not repeat in this so-called new republican Nepal. My heartfelt condolences to the Adhikari family. I hope Nanda Prasad's soul rests in peace.
Upreti is an advocate and can be reached at upretipratyush@gmail.com
Source: Justice Denied, The Kathmandu Post, 12/10/2014


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Is it true that anything can be concluded from a contradiction? Can you explain? It's seems like its a tautology if taken figuratively because we can indeed conclude anything if we suspend the rules of reasoning, but there is nothing especially interesting in that fact in my humble opinion.
Stephen Maitzen
December 20, 2012 (changed December 20, 2012 ) Permalink
The topic is controversial (as I indicate below), but the inference rules of standard logic do allow you to derive any conclusion at all from any (formally) contradictory premise. Here's one way (let P and Q be any propositions at all):
1. P & Not-P [Premise: formal contradiction]
2. Therefore: P [From 1, by conjunction elimination]
3. Therefore: P or Q [From 2, by disjunction introduction]
4. Therefore: Not-P [From 1, by conjunction elimination]
5. Therefore: Q [From 3, 4, by disjunctive syllogism]
Those who object to such derivations usually call themselves "paraconsistent" logicians; more at this SEP entry. They typically reject step 5 on the grounds that disjunctive syllogism "breaks down" in the presence of contradictions. I confess I've never found their line persuasive.
William Rapaport
It's not just that disjunctive syllogism breaks down, but that the conclusion Q is, in general, irrelevant to the premise, which only talks about P (and Not-P). So, in Bertrand Russell's famous version, given a contradiction about, say, arithmetic ("2+2=4 & 2+2=5"), you can use the derivation given by Maitzen to prove that Russell (a famous atheist) is the Pope.
For interesting (and amusing) arguments in favor of the importance of relevance, see the early chapters of Anderson, Alan Ross, & Belnap, Nuel D., Jr. (eds.) (1975), Entailment: The Logic of Relevance and Necessity, Vol. I (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press). Relevance logics, a form of paraconsistent logic, have found important applications in artificial intelligence, where it is desirable, in devising a computational model of a mind, to have it use a system of logic that does not lead to irrelevancies. For discussion on that topic, see Shapiro, Stuart C. & Wand, Mitchell (1976), 'The Relevance of Relevance', Technical Report 46 (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Computer Science Department) and Shapiro, Stuart C., 'Relevance Logic in Computer Science', in Anderson, Alan Ross; Belnap, Nuel D., Jr.; & Dunn, J. Michael (eds.) (1992), Entailment: The Logic of Relevance and Necessity, Vol. II (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press), Sect. 83, pp. 553-563.
@William Rapaport: Unless disjunctive syllogism or one of the other two rules used in the derivation fails, the "irrelevance" of the conclusion to the premise is irrelevant to whether the conclusion follows from the premise. Relevance logic has to give up at least one of those rules, none of which is easy to give up.
Daniel J. Velleman
Stephen Maitzen has given a syntactic response, showing how formal rules of logic can be used to derive any conclusion Q from a contradiction P & not-P. It might be worthwhile to point out that one can also give a semantic explanation of why Q follows from P & not-P--that is, an explanation based on the truth or falsity of the premise and conclusion, rather than on rules for manipulating logical symbols.
The semantic definition of logical consequence is this: We say that a conclusion follows from a collection of premises if, in every situation in which the premises are all true, the conclusion is also true. To put it another way: the conclusion fails to follow from the premises if (and only if) there is some situation in which all the premises are true, but the conclusion is false. For example, the conclusion "It is snowing" does not follow from the premise "It is either raining or snowing," because there is a situation in which the premise is true but the conclusion is false--namely, if it is raining.
Now, let's apply this definition to Stephen's example. The only way that the conclusion Q could fail to follow from the premise P & not-P is if there is some situation in which P & not-P is true but Q is false. But there is no such situation, for the simple reason that there is no situation in which P & not-P is true. So the conclusion Q does follow from the premise P & not-P, according to the semantic definition of logical consequence.
By the way, in your question you suggest that this kind of reasoning involves some sort of suspension of the rules of reasoning. But that is not true. The point of Stephen's response is to show that according to the rules of reasoning, Q follows from P & not-P. No rules of reasoning have been suspended or changed in any way. Similarly, the point of my explanation is to show that according to the usual semantic definition of logical consequence, Q is a consequence of P & not-P.
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Argentina to get electric buses
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Development of this new vehicle will take place at Equipmake's base in Hethel, Norfolk, with Equipmake responsible for developing the whole powertrain, providing the electric motors, power control and battery integration systems.
The Equipmake EBus drivetrain will feature two APM200 motors at its heart. These motors will be mated to Semikron SKAI inverters, while battery technology will be provided by the latest generation lithium-ion cells.
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To charge the vehicle, the operator needs access to a standard three-phase supply, which will fully charge the vehicle in around five hours. However, the powertrain does also support fast charging – and has an onboard charger.
Equipmake has also arranged the batteries in modular packages. The bus is based on the Agrale MT17, a 12m single deck model capable of carrying 70 passengers. Overall weight of the new electric bus will be the same as the diesel version.
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Ian Foley, managing director of Equipmake said, 'This is a very exciting announcement. We are very happy to be working with Agrale, one of South America's leading manufacturers of commercial vehicles. We have always prided ourselves on our ability to offer the complete EV drivetrain solution and this project will allow us to show off all of our skills, of which proprietary technology such as the APM200 spoke motor is a very important part.'


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At the opening ceremony of the symposium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Senger received the award in recognition of his commitment and long-time contribution to the development of the DRM standard.
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During the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Digital Broadcasting Symposium 2008, DRM Chairman Peter Senger received an award for lifetime achievements.
Senger began his career with German international service, Deutsche Welle (DW), in 1965 after studying broadcast engineering in Berlin. Until June 2002, he held the posts of chief engineer and deputy technical director at DW.
He has been chairman of the DRM Consortium since 1998 and also received a lifetime award from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 2003 for his commitment to the advancement of international broadcasting.
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Serious data protection failures in adoption proceedings
I have recently acted for a number of adoptive parents who, whilst in the process of adopting children, have been victims of data protection breaches by either the local authority or the courts.
In all of these cases, sensitive personal information about the adoptive parents was sent to the birth parents in error resulting in the safety of the adoptive family being put at risk because the birth parents were opposed to the adoption.
Unfortunately, the consequences in many of these cases have been that the adoptive family has had to urgently flee their existing home and relocate to another area of the country in order to safeguard themselves and their newly adopted children.
Having to move home quickly and unexpectedly can clearly be an incredibly stressful experience particularly when your family's safety could also be a risk. This can be ever more frustrating knowing that such a drastic change is necessary because of a simple but careless error made by an organisation entrusted with your personal data.
If this has happened to you, it will usually be possible to claim damages against the organisation that is responsible for unlawfully passing your personal information to a third party. This is because the Data Protection Act 1998 imposes obligations on organisations that control a person's personal data to ensure that the information is held securely and processed only in accordance with the law. The Data Protection Act 1998 allows a person to claim compensation when a data breach has caused them loss and distress.
Damages for a successful breach of data protection claim, in adoption and other similar cases, can be considerable given that the party responsible for the data protection breach will probably be required to pay out for all of the financial losses necessarily sustained by the injured party in restoring them to the position they enjoyed prior to the breach occurring. Clearly, these costs could be substantial if it is necessary for the injured party to move home and relocate to a new area. Further, the injured party is entitled to claim damages for the distress caused. These amounts can be significant where a family has been up-rooted from their home and forced to relocate knowing that their safety may be in jeopardy.
In addition to having to potentially pay significant damages to the injured party, the party responsible for the breach may also face a substantial fine from the regulator responsible for ensuring compliance with data protection laws – the Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") – should the injured party choose to complain.
For example, a local authority that unlawfully discloses sensitive personal information about the adoptive parent to a third party in adoption proceedings, could face a damages claim and associated legal costs totalling several hundred thousands of pounds together with a separate fine from the ICO of anything up to £0.5 million.
It is, therefore, crucial public bodies and private companies take great care in ensuring that an individual's sensitive personal data is safeguarded and only processed lawfully and securely.
If you have been the victim of a data protection breach, Stephensons Solicitors LLP have a specialist team who can assist you to claim compensation. Alternatively, if you represent an organisation that is responsible for controlling personal data and would like advice on how to ensure that such data is handled lawfully, securely and in accordance with data protection law, contact us now so that we can help.
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qualcomm: Qualcomm may have a "plan" for portable gaming devices
By Benjamin D. Dunagan on	 December 6, 2021 Sound devices
The advent of smartphones has more or less made portable gaming devices rather redundant. Unless you're a "fan," portable gaming devices these days don't find too many outlets. The likes of Nintendo and Sony have persisted and have kind of kept the category alive and now Qualcomm wants to make things happen.
At its Tech Summit event, Qualcomm showcased a truly designed platform for portable gaming devices and then announced its all-new Snapdragon G gaming platform. There's also the Portable development kit to make it easier for developers to optimize or create new titles for new categories of devices.
The first chip under the new Snapdragon G is the G3x Gem 1. It comes with features like Adreno GPU with Qualcomm Elite Gaming features, 5mmWave support, thermal management, stereo haptics, its Snapdragon and more.
The portable development kit developed by Razer also comes with some interesting hardware such as a huge 6.65 inch 120Hz FHD OLED panel, advanced thermal system with fan for sustained performance, 5G connectivity, 4-way speakers, dual microphone, integrated controllers with haptics and 6000mAh battery.
For now, the device is only intended as a benchmark for developers and OEMs. However, it does offer a glimpse of what Qualcomm might be planning. These are just normal specs when it comes to a good gaming smartphone, but the real deal is that it runs an Android operating system unlike the Nintendo Switch or Steam Deck which runs some version of a custom operating system designed to take advantage of their own closed ecosystem only.
For example, the Nintendo Switch has its own ecosystem that relies primarily on developers (including proprietary titles) and game studios making games or at least optimizing games specifically for portable devices. The same goes for Steam devices where PC gaming becomes a relatively compact form factor.
What could make the difference is the Android operating system. The operating system has become almost synonymous with mobile gaming. It also has several triple-A titles, including popular titles like BGMI, PUBG: New State, CoD Mobile, etc. Then there are games that take advantage of Vulkan and OpenGL offering top-notch graphics performance. The operating system continually pushes the boundaries by delivering games with refresh rates of up to 144Hz and 60fps.
Another aspect of this is that OEMs are already focused on delivering the best possible gaming performance from their smartphones and some even have dedicated gaming smartphones. For example, Asus ROG Phone, BlackShark, True me also have their GT line and similarly iQoo is also known for making good devices with good gaming performance.
The new Snapdragon G3x chip will allow these OEMs to create a portable gaming device based on a familiar platform that businesses and users are used to. The games are already here, just a little bit of optimization can change the whole scenario of portable gaming. And that's what Qualcomm seems to be betting on.
The Portable game kit is designed as a platform that will allow users to play console, PC and cloud games directly on the device as it also supports Xbox Game Pass that allows gamers to play or stream games from Xbox Cloud, console, and PC.
Whether or not handheld gaming devices can make a comeback remains to be seen, but Qualcomm certainly appears to have a plan for it.
(The author traveled to Hawaii, USA, at the official invitation of Qualcomm)


Here's a fun and revealing exercise someone shared in a FB group recently. Many of the group were drawn to give it a try. The results were inspiring!
Don't overthink it, just go for it!
It's a fascinating and clarifying exercise for both reader and writer.
The 200-word limit allows your creative subconscious mind to pull up all the truly relevant pieces of your story, the parts that have real, lasting significance, underpinning your life and giving it meaning. Sometimes mistaken meaning.
= Something wrong with me!
Meet love of my life 2 months before emigrating. Oh-ohhh, now what?
2 kids, leave London, country life – yay!
Find EFT Tapping – Hallelujah!
Get biz coach instead, find niche – EFT for biz/money blocks – success! – love my peeps, love my life!
Phew, breathless now. That's me – in 200 words or less. Mistaken meanings and all. Did you spot any? Yes, I'm tapping on them!
We'd love to hear the Story Of You and how you came to do what you do in 200 words or less.
Then please share with your contacts using the buttons below.
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Love for TV/movies began young.
Grade A student, skived, lost love for education same time parents gave up lives to a spiritual practice.
17 left home for London, been down south since.
Worked in retail, big brands, joined BA, travelled the world, did amazing jobs.
Found man, married, then left man.
33 finally found myself, free spirit since.
Fell in love once, he left.
Self-employed since 2004, freelance communications, home accessories business.
Worked a year in USA, confidence hit rock bottom, came home.
Built myself back up, trained as a coach.
2014 doing communications became too painful, prolapsed disk, evaluated life.
Worked few days a week, only doing work I enjoyed, led to coaching communications people.
Realised I'm good at sharing what I know, created eight circles.
Escaped to countryside, time/space to breathe.
Began building coaching business, moved away from communications, growing coaching taking time, time for associate communications work, had a new idea.
Always meant to allow my creative spirit to run free.
Fear big part in my life, dealing with it now, I am a courageous creative.
And so you should be, Neets. You are indeed a courageous soul.
Thank you so much for sharing your story with us – it means a lot.
Did you have any 'aha' moments looking back over your 200 words? I see lots of challenges – all contributing to where you are now?
Linda Anderson recently posted…Too shy to stand out? This is for you!
Hey Linda thank you for your kind words – my ah-ha moments came in the form of what I thought was important in my life story really wasn't – maybe it was at the time, it isn't now.
My challenges for me are just life, decisions I've made and all I've learnt from and continue to learn form – a continually evolving being lol.
One thing that struck me is that I have done most of this alone – never really thought about it until I read it back…maybe there is something there to tap on.
Me in 200 words or less.
I am an INFP empathic healer. I am Autistic, felt energy, and have as a life goal to help people heal naturally and effectively. I graduated massage school, not a perfect fit. In 1990 something, I found EFT tapping. Graduated Reiki certificate level two. After fifteen plus Years, Graduated EFT level two. Now thirty four. I have two goals now. To run EFT for small groups stress relief in my local area, and to make my living Surrogate healing for people and pets. 49.00 group once a month, $150.00 for singles, With payments mailed directly to me afterwards. No refunds. This is my dream career, helping people heal, my lifetime vision.
A beautiful lifetime vision, Renee. Thank you for sharing.
1945 my birth, youngest of 6. We had to keep ourselves separate from others. A loving family and are members of strict religious sect.
1959 left school @ 14 became a P.A. for executive in company owned by sect.
1960 My three oldest brothers left home and were not allowed home again.
1964 married member of sect. Can't work "a women's place in home" three daughter's lives are so desperately restricted in sect. I'm torn!
1967 Left sect no contact with parents, sister & brother in sect.
1974 pregnant 4th daughter, joined NCT bought book "The New Childbirth" by Erna Wright. Practiced daily before & during birth, discovered later it was self-hypnosis, amazing. Wow found brothers who left home and third brother through Salvation Army. Excited discovered he had been hypnotherapist for 17 years and loved it.
1980 Opened clinic, and absolutely love my calling. Divorced!
2000 Training EFT Gary Craig & trained others in uk + worldwide +hypnosis hospitals IVF help + birthing joys!!!
2009 Breast cancer, incredible healing journey.
Wow, that's quite a journey Mair!
Interesting that you also found your brush with cancer to be an incredible healing opportunity.
Thank you so much for sharing your story with us here.
Wow Linda, I feel breathless reading your story too & it's amazing how much you told us in those few words, I know a lot more about you now than I did previously.
So for the 2nd time today you've inspired me with a blog topic, thank you.