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Jeanetta Lynn Parker in The Birth of a Nation
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Betsy Ross & Our Flag
Perhaps the best-known figure from the American Revolutionary era, who wasn't a president, general or statesman, was
Elizabeth Griscom, better known to all as Betsy Ross. She was born on January 1, 1752, in the bustling colonial city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; to Samuel and Rebecca James Griscom. Betsy, as she preferred to be called, was the eighth of seventeen children.
Betsy grew up in a Quaker family, with a long line of craftsmen in her linage. He father was a carpenter who built houses. As a child she attended a Quaker school, where she apprenticed under the watchful eyes of William Webster, an upholsterer. It is in his workshop that she learned to sew mattresses, chair covers, and window blinds.
While apprenticing with Webster, Betsy met a fellow apprentice named John Ross. So in 1773, at the age of 21, Betsy crossed the river to New Jersey to elope with her John. He was the son of an Episcopal rector, which was a double act of defiance by Betsy, which brought about her being expelled from the Quaker church.
Together, John and Betsy, started their own upholstery shop, however he ended up joining the militia. Only after a little over two years into their marriage, he died by unsubstantiated circumstances, leaving her as a widow.
Now in the summer of 1776 or 1777, and newly widowed, it has been said that Betsy received a visit from General George Washington. Being noted as a fine seamstress, he desired for her to design a flag for the new nation. General Washington, and the Continental Congress, had come up with a basic layout on what they wanted. She argued with Washington over the stars for the flag. He wanting a six-pointed star, and she wanting five points. Her reasoning was that the cloth could be folded and cut out with a single snip. It is said that Betsy was the one who finalized the design.
However, when looking at the Charles Wilson Peale's 1779 painting of George Washington, after the 1777 Battle of Princeton, the flag features six-pointed stars. (If this is the painting they are referring to, I'm unable to tell if they are 5 or 6 pointed.)
It seems that back during the Revolutionary war, there were several seamstresses who were working on flags. A receipt from the Pennsylvania State Navy Board shows they paid Betsy 15 pounds for sewing ship's standards. However, similar receipts still exist for other seamstresses in Philadelphia. Such as Margaret Manning in 1775, Cornelia Bridges in 1776, and a Rebecca Young, whose daughter Mary Pickergill sewed the mammoth flag that later inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner." So who actually was the seamstress that worked on our first flag? Her name is not a verified fact. But let's just say it's Betsy Ross, and let it go at that.
In June of 1777, Betsy married Joseph Ashburn. He was a sailor, and the father of two daughters. However, this one too ended in sorrow. Joseph was a privateer in the West Indies, and died in a British prison.
A year later Betsey married again, and this time it was to John Claypoole. A man Betsy knew from her childhood in the Philadelphia's Quaker community. John had been imprisoned in England with Ashburn, but survived the harsh treatment they had received. Shortly after their wedding, the Treaty of Paris was signed, thus ending the Revolutionary War. Their marriage was blessed with five daughters.
During the Revolutionary war Betsey, when not sewing, would make lead balls for the muskets used by the Patriot Militia. It was her way of helping to rid our country of the British.
For over the next decades, Betsy and her daughters sewed upholstery, and made banners, flags and standards for the new nation. In 1810 she made six 18' X 24' garrison flags to be sent to New Orleans. During this time she also made 27 flags for the Indian Department. At the end of her life, with her vision failing, she spent her last days living in quiet retirement. She died in 1836, at the age of 84.
The Betsy Ross House
http://historicphiladelphia.org/betsy-ross-house/what-to-see/
When entering the Betsy Ross House you will be able to go back in time, and visualize her quietly sewing, or in the evenings preparing lead balls in her fireplace.
You will also notice how small her home was, especially compared to the lavish conditions portrayed in so many paintings. In truth, you could have fit her home into the room depicting her showing the newly made flag to General George Washington and the others. But artist and time has a way of embellishing the truth, just to make it a little more exciting.
While in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, be sure to stop in for a visit at the Betsey Ross House. You will be glad that you did.
Click on the Liberty Bell to return to the 1776 page.
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Sometimes its those little changes that really matter and change everything. We learn from our own mistakes and gradually start doing things which helps us live a better and optimistic life.For me becoming positive and grateful to God was certainly life-changing! Now there are so many beautiful and wonderful things in life that I'm truly grateful for. It really takes a small change in your day-to-day routine to bring in happiness, positivity and health to your life!So without further ado, let's jump right in!
1. Be thankful. When you get up in the morning notice the big as well as the small things around you that make you feel special because let's admit it, we ALL are blessed in some way or the other!
2. Eat breakfast. This is the most important meal of the day and many of us tend to skip it. Breakfast is essential in kick-starting your day and give the energy to rock your work routine (plus, you don't need to have those unhealthy foods out there!).
3. Drink 2-3 L of water. I know, I know, it's a little bit hard to drink that boring/plain water..but it's extremely beneficial for detoxing your body.
4. Add in nuts, berries, fruits in your diet.
5.Walk/ run/ jog everyday (try going outdoors if possible for fresh air).
6.Drink green tea. Not only it helps in reducing weight but it is also packed with anti-oxidants which are great for your over-all body and skin.
8. Write your daily experiences in a diary.
9. Take a 5 minutes break after working on your computer. Look around. Watch green trees and plants.
10. Smile and laugh often. We all know "laughter is the best medicine".
11. Be kind and help your colleagues/ neighbours if necessary.
12. Practice self-care every Sunday.
13. Give yourself a new haircut.
15. Read 2 chapter everyday from a book. Its effective in increasing your vocabulary as well as giving you knowledge and new perceptions.
16. Stop procrastinating. Do it right now and enjoy later.
18. Clean that closet which is dirt and messy from abut 6 months.
19. Do not judge others.
20. Plan your next-day-outfit today.
21. Try new things. You like scuba or sky diving? Think less, go for it.
22. Get more sleep. We NEED 8 hours so zzzzzzz..
23. Keep your watch 5 minutes ahead of the actual time. You'll never arrive late next time.
24. Learn a new recipe.
25. Follow a good skincare routine everyday. It's important for your skin.
26. Listen to other people's viewpoint also.
28. Stop worrying and start living.
30. Dream big. Certainly your dreams are important and will definitely come true…its just that you have to add in a little more effort!


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Launching early this month, the clothing site – www.clothingattesco.com – will initially deliver to countries in the EU ahead of a wider roll out. Tesco expects the service to be popular in markets where F&F is already an established brand and where it has stores, such as, Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary.
It also expects to do well in countries with a high number of British nationals such as Spain and France.
Standard international delivery will take between two and six days and cost from £4.95.
In the last six months, Tesco's online clothing sales were up 45%.
This summer Tesco launched click and collect on clothing in the UK at 250 stores. By the end of the year a further 500 shops will offer the service.


Following on from last month's announcement that it would be working alongside fellow German automaker BMW and U.S. Charging Provider ChargePoint to build both an east and west coast fast-charging corridor for its electric car customers, Volkswagen has announced a commitment to a total $10 million investment into supporting electric car charging infrastructure over the next year.
Last month's joint project with BMW and ChargePoint is just part of the $10 million investment, says VW.
The announcement, made yesterday at the 2015 Electric Drive Congress in Washington D.C. by Jörg Sommer, Vice President for Product Marketing and Strategy at Volkswagen of America, will include installing DC Fast Charging stations at select dealers across the U.S. in addition to the 100 DC Fast Chargers already planned as part of its joint project with ChargePoint and BMW.
The charging stations — which will use the Combo CCS quick charge standard championed by all German automakers as their quick charge standard of choice — will be capable of recharging electric cars like the current-generation Volkswagen e-Golf from empty to 80 percent full in around 30 minutes. Within a few years' time, those same fast chargers will also be capable of recharging the battery packs of Volkswagen's future plug-in hybrid models, all of which will come with CCS connectors as standard.
But in order for Volkswagen's $10 million of investment to be of use to millions of Americans however, Sommer warned, federal and state governments needed to also step up to the plate to help electric vehicle adoption along.
Volkswagen: Government needs to play its part, too.
While the U.S. federal government has helped fund charging network developments in the past, the majority of funds was spent on building slower-speed, Level 2 charging stations in busy cities and existing electric-car hotspots. But, argued Sommer, without those longer-distance, reliable, rapid charging networks, fewer people would adopt electric cars.
In other words, Sommer said, it was time for the Government to lead by example.
Despite calling for more government funds to be spent on electric cars, Sommer also called for an extension to the EPA's 'credit multiplier' to help automakers meet CAFE standards by producing EVs.
"This should be a U.S. Government priority, and federal purchasing guidelines should reflect that by giving fleet purchases the flexibility they need," he continued, adding that state, local and regional infrastructure deployment relied on regulators and legislators to support programs that reinforced the efforts of automakers to encourage mass electric vehicle adoption.
We also note however, that Sommer called for the EPA's greenhouse gas regulation policy to extend the 'multiplier credits' used for plug-in vehicles beyond 2020. Offered for plug-in, electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles as well as compressed natural gas vehicles, multiplier credits enable automakers to meet increasingly tough emissions requirements and corporate average fuel economy standards by multiplying the effect of any emissions credits and fuel economy credits earned across the fleet.
In other words, with those multipliers in place, automakers need to produce fewer plug-in vehicles to meet emissions targets than they would without them in place.
Calling for those multiplier credits to be extended implies that Volkswagen — like many other automakers — believes current EPA emissions and CAFE targets are going to be too difficult to meet without some extra help.


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People who might be in need of the exclusivity agreement document are varied. First is you are handling a business and want to be the exclusive provider for particular types of products to the business. That will be really good to have the agreement signed by both parties. If you have a business and one is being agreed providing the exclusive product for your business so that others would not get any same products. That will be completely great for your business and of course it will give you the exclusiveness and not to worry about the competition which might be possibly happened. Then, you might need such the exclusivity agreement if you want to have the competitive advantage by making the limit on with whom your partner of business may work with. They are some people which might be in need of the document.
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Bobo, the 2018 Golden Boot winner, has been picked in the Professional Footballers Australia team of the season. Picture: Toby Zerna
Sydney FC dominate PFA Team of the Year
by TOM SMITHIES
2nd May 2018 5:18 PM
SYDNEY FC's domination of the A-League season has been underlined by an unprecedented number of players being voted in by their peers to the players' union team of the season.
The annual "best of" team, chosen by ballot of all members of Professional Footballers Australia, has six Sydney players in the starting XI and eight in the overall squad.
Unsurprisingly three of the four members of Sydney's regular defence have been selected, including PFA president Alex Wilkinson, along with two of the team's front four - Johnny Warren Medallist Adrian Mierzejewski and the A-League's leading scorer by some distance this season, Bobo.
Rhys Williams and Leroy George from Melbourne Victory and Newcastle's Dimitri Petratos make it in to the first XI from the grand finalists, though Williams has been ruled out of Saturday night's showpiece through injury.
Completing Sydney's representation in the PFA squad, including two of the six substitutes, Graham Arnold was voted coach of the season.
"There are so many fascinating dimensions to the team - some exciting young talent, new faces from different leagues, players who have rebuilt their careers and loyal club servants who just keep consistently performing at the highest level," said PFA CEO John Didulica.
City young gun Daniel Arzani won a bench spot.
"Once again, we thought it was important to recognise emerging talent by allocating two places for under-23 players in the 17-man squad, those spots being filled by two genuinely exciting prospects in Daniel Arzani and Thomas Deng, who have become entrenched in their respective first XIs."
2018 PFA A-LEAGUE TEAM OF THE YEAR
GOALKEEPER: Jamie Young (Brisbane Roar)
DEFENDERS: Luke Wilkshire (Sydney FC), Alex Wilkinson (Sydney FC), Rhys Williams (Melbourne Victory), Michael Zullo (Sydney FC)
MIDFIELDERS: Josh Brillante (Sydney FC), Luke Brattan (Melbourne City), Dimitri Petratos (Newcastle Jets)
FORWARDS: Adrian Mierzejewski (Sydney FC), Bobo (Sydney FC), Leroy George (Melbourne Victory)
SUBSTITUTES: Andrew Redmayne (Sydney FC), Bart Schenkeveld (Melbourne City), Isaias Sanchez (Adelaide United), Milos Ninkovic (Sydney FC), Andrew Nabbout (Newcastle Jets), Thomas Deng (Melbourne Victory), Daniel Arzani (Melbourne City)
COACH: Graham Arnold (Sydney FC)
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U.S. Treasury Yields Surge to the Highest Levels Since 2019
Powell says Fed ready to raise rates faster if needed
Fed's Bostic says quick adjustment to trajectory may be needed
By: Greg Ritchie, James Hirai, and Michael Mackenzie
Treasuries slumped, sending the two-, five- and 10-year yields to the highest levels since May 2019, as policy makers in the U.S. and Europe cranked up expectations for higher borrowing costs in the face of mounting inflationary pressures.
Another round of selling arrived in the early afternoon in New York after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank was prepared to "move more aggressively by raising the federal funds rate by more than 25 basis points at a meeting or meetings," in remarks to the National Association for Business Economics.
The two-year rate — more sensitive to Fed policy changes than longer-dated ones — rose nearly 13 basis points to 2.06%. That's up from below 1.5% as recently as March 7, as traders priced in seven quarter-point hikes by December. Yields on five-year notes jumped by 14 basis points to 2.28%, while the 10-year rate climbed almost 12 basis points to 2.268%.
The 30-year yield rose to just shy of the peak seen last week after the Fed raised its key rate for the first time since 2018. The prospect of more corporate debt sales, including GlaxoSmithKline Plc's seven-part $8.5 billion deal, was also seen helping push long-dated yields higher.
"We're moving pretty quickly and seeing the two-year responding to market expectations of more rate hikes," said Greg Faranello, head of U.S. rates trading and strategy at AmeriVet Securities. With companies seeking to lock in current rates, "the stars are aligning for a breakout higher in long-dated yields. Oil is still rising, inflation is not coming down and quantitative tightening is coming."
Earlier on Monday, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic — who favors a less aggressive approach than most of his fellow officials — said rapidly shifting events "could warrant quickly adjusting the trajectory of policy." Two Fed officials on Friday said they would be open to raising interest rates in half percentage-point steps, pushing for more aggressive action to curb the hottest inflation in 40 years.
"Markets, in our view, are underweighting the odds that the Fed will have to deliver more hikes to bring inflation back towards its target," Praveen Korapaty, chief global rates strategist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., said in a note Friday.
In the euro area, Italian bonds led losses as traders piled back into bets the European Central Bank will raise interest rates to zero this year for the first time since 2014.
The ECB's Klaas Knot said market expectations of an interest-rate increase later this year are "quite realistic," according to an interview with Les Echos, an apparent endorsement of the more rapid pace of increases being priced in.
The messaging highlights lingering concerns over the risks to the inflation outlook, with a surge in crude oil resuming as Russia's war in Ukraine rages on. This week offers a plethora of central bank speakers, and traders will be scouring the addresses for any signs other policy makers are turning more hawkish.
Policy Outlook
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey speaks at a Bank for International Settlements event on Wednesday for the first time since the central bank raised interest rates for a third successive time last week. Traders are betting that the BOE will raise the key rate to almost 2% by year-end, compared with nearly 2.25% before last week's quarter-point hike.
Money markets are pricing two quarter-point ECB hikes in 2022, compared with less than one such increase at the start of the month, according to interest-rate swaps. The bank's key rate stands at minus 0.5%.
Brent crude oil jumped as much as 4.8% to $113.08 per barrel. It has rallied more than 40% this year as sanctions imposed on Russia threaten to curtail global supplies.
— With assistance by Elizabeth Stanton


Moving out of the laboratory: does nicotine improve everyday attention?
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Contextual Factors Associated with Pregnancy Termination among Young Women in Nigeria
Authors: Bola Lukman Solanke
Source: Women's Reproductive Health, Volume 8, 2021 - Issue 2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2021.1901518
Topic(s): Abortion
Published: APR 2021
Abstract: Pregnancy termination where it is illegally performed has serious implications for women's current and future well-being. In this study, I investigated the association between contextual factors and pregnancy termination among 13,724 young women based on data from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). Three mixed-effect logistic regression models were estimated. Results reveal that 8.68% had ever terminated a pregnancy. Southern women (AOR = 0.68, p < 0.05; 95% CI: 0.48–0.96) and those who resided in communities with a high wealth level (AOR = 0.63, p < 0.05; 95% CI: 0.43–0.90), high education level (AOR = 0.43, p < 0.01; 95% CI: 0.33–0.56), and high media exposure (AOR = 0.74, p < 0.05; 95% CI: 0.61–0.89) had lower odds of pregnancy termination than those who resided in communities with high unmet need for family planning (AOR = 2.19, p < 0.01; 95% CI: 1.76–2.73). Public health policy would benefit from a better understanding of how context enhances demand for pregnancy termination.
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Q: less undefined method error I have the following less compile error. My less is below not sure what is causing this.
undefined_methodError: error evaluating function `darken`: Object #<Object> has no method 'toHSL' in /Users/anderskitson/Sites/mrskitson.ca/wp-content/themes/wordpress-bootstrap/library/less/variables.less:164:34
163 @navbarBackground:                "../images/nav.png";
164 @navbarBorder:                    darken(@navbarBackground, 12%);
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@navbarBackground: "../images/nav.png";
background: url("{@navbarBackground}");

A: From the fine manual:

darken
Decrease the lightness of a color by an absolute amount.
Parameters:

*

*color: A color object.

*amount: A percentage 0-100%.

  Returns: color

The darken function wants a color but your @navbarBackground is a URL for a background image. You're getting a complaint about toHSL because LESS is trying to convert the color to the HSL format to make the darkening computation easier.
I don't know of any way to darken an image through LESS, you might need to manually darken the image and switch between them as needed.

A: You are missing an @ in darken method, i.e.
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Abstract In Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) network, for a given connection request, a route has to be found, and a dedicated wavelength has to be assigned along that route. This problem of assigning route and wavelength to the connection request, using minimum network resources, is called Routing and Wavelength Assignment (RWA) Problem. This thesis focuses on the analysis of proposed RWA algorithms in large WDM networks. We use simulations and analysis of randomly generated large networks under dynamic traffic and static traffic, with and without protection of the connection request. The protection of the primary route between source and destination is considered by setting up a dedicated backup path in case of failures. The wavelength requirements are analyzed using different wavelength assignment heuristics under different routing techniques for a set of connection requests. We find that, the fixed alternate routing packs the connection requests into less number of wavelengths than the fixed routing and most-used performs slightly better than the first-fit heuristic.


HomeCGI 3D@yellowdogltd: make your #renderings #crowdsourcing thousands of individually owned #PCs and earn money!
Any 3D animator or artist hungry for processing power. Animation studios and freelance animators, 3D artists and designers, VFX Artists, motion designers, CGI creators and technical directors will all love the speed and reliability of YellowDog.
Simply download our software and upload your file for rendering. It then gets broken down into byte sized pieces and shared out among our pack of power providers to render. When the job's complete you'll be told as soon as it's ready for download. You'll get it back right first time, every time, having been given a thorough once over by YellowDog's quality checking software.
YellowDog is compatible with Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 – 2016, Maya 2014 – 2016, Cinema 4D R17, V-Ray, mental ray and Corona render engines.
YellowDog's pack of power providers is being gathered together from computers all over the UK, enabling businesses to get pounds for their PC power or to donate to their chosen charity, whichever they prefer. So by using YellowDog, you'll have the satisfaction of investing back into businesses, or a deserving charity a much needed handout.
You can rely on YellowDog. Your files are encrypted during upload; the job is then broken down into smaller chunks before sending for rendering; we rigorously check and track every power provider, and your work only ever exists in a temporary disk on the power provider's machine that's encrypted using the latest security technology.
Will there always be enough power?
Another brilliant thing is that YellowDog can be in so many places at once. Because your jobs are spread over a whole network of processors, there will always be one ready and willing to play and to get the job done.
YellowDog is a pedigree pooch for the price of a mongrel pup. Every job is quoted in advance based on the number of frames, type and complexity of render and how quickly you want it turned around. The price you see is the price you pay. And you can use YellowDog as and when you want with no monthly subscription.
As standard YellowDog costs £1 per hour. That gets you the equivalent power of two modern servers.
If you want your job rendered faster, you can increase what you pay and you get more power. If time is not of the essence, you can reduce the amount of power you have and get charged less. You're always in control.
YellowDog is a great way to make money for any servers or workstations that are idle for some of the time. It makes your spare and otherwise unused processing power available to 3D animators and artists hungry for more, to help them create ever more complex images and effects. In return, you make money every time YellowDog runs and is busy rendering files.
You can rely 100% on YellowDog. Only work certified by YellowDog is able to run in the YellowDog application and all the artists' files are always safely kept away from your own. The render jobs only ever exist in a temporary disk on your machines and is encrypted using the latest security technology.
Will it affect my machine?
YellowDog creates a temporary encrypted folder on your machine and only uses your machine's processor and memory when the computer is not doing any other work. As well as being totally secure it also means that there's no impact to your other services by installing YellowDog.
Simply download the YellowDog application onto your server or workstation, register as one of our pack of power providers and you're ready to start automatically processing bite-sized chunks of our 3D animators' and artists' projects. You're in full control of when YellowDog runs, how much of your computers' processing power it uses and whether you'd like paying for the power used, or if you'd like it donating to charity.
If your server or workstation is running 64-bit Windows 7 or later, has a dual core processor and at least 8GB of RAM, then welcome to The Pack.
Does it run on mobiles and tablets?
Not yet. YellowDog only runs on Windows servers and workstations. But it's something we're working on so watch this space.
How much you earn depends on how many jobs you process and how quickly your computer can chew through them. Typical earnings could be around £5 a week – that's money for nothing except for the few pennies a day it will cost to leave your machine running.
You can decide whether to keep your rewards or to donate them to your chosen charity. When you sign up, we'll ask you for either your bank account details or the name of your chosen good cause. Once we have your details, payments are made automatically each month.
Who'll be using my power?
You could be helping major animation studios create their next big hit, or any number of 3D animators and artists, motion designers or visual effects artists get the brilliant rendering results they need to bring their ideas to life.
We believe YellowDog is a very clean puppy. Until now, animators have had to use large datacentres that need constant cooling to work – often doubling the amount of energy they use compared to the same job handled by YellowDog on your computer. So as well as creating great art, you're also creating a low carbon paw print.


The Blueway Adventure race 2019 now in its fourth year is a great race for adventure race first timers with the perfect course for all levels of fitness to get involved. Strictly no entrants under the age of 18.
Free quality race tech t-shirt for the first 200 participants.
Registration to close midnight Thursday 2nd May.


Hemp hearts, dates and prunes covered in dark chocolate. Our chocolate bites are packed with protein and made with only clean, nutritious ingredients.
Ingredients: Dark chocolate, hemp hearts, dates, prunes, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, raisins, coconut nectar.


Each case is unique and turns upon the particular facts and circumstances of the case. Therefore, determining whether one's case has merit usually involves a multi-step process. First, a qualified lawyer reviews the case to determine whether the type of injury suffered by the patient, and the conduct on the part of the health provider, rise to the level of a medical malpractice claim. At times, this requires review of your medical records, and consultation with physicians and other health care providers to assist in determining whether the actions of the health care providers fell below acceptable medical standards. The case may thus need to be evaluated from both a legal and a medical perspective. Many factors are considered in reaching a decision, including: whether the claim is barred by a statute of limitations, whether the health care provided fell below accepted medical standards, whether the type of injury you suffered as a result of the treatment rises to the level of a claim, the potential for recovery, and the likelihood of being able to collect upon a judgment if successful. Given the many complex medical and legal issues that will likely be involved, it is difficult for one to reach a conclusion about the merits of the case before the case is thoroughly reviewed and analyzed by a qualified attorney. Therefore, anyone who suspects that they may have been the victim of medical malpractice should consult a qualified attorney immediately.


Here are five actionable tips to help you plan a powerful International Women's Day campaign on March 8.
This study showed people were more likely to commit to donating an organ if stories identified the person who would receive it or focused on the impact of organ donors. These researchers observed the identifiable victim effect even in stories without personalizing information. And this researcher documented how a slight tweak in language, from saying "people in a group" rather than "a group of people," led to increases in empathy. Get 5 more storytelling tips.
It could be as intimate as a dinner at your house for your 10 most-engaged donors or an open discussion on the role of men in advancing gender equality (like this event hosted by International Center for Research on Women). Events are a great way to help people connect to complex issues, and they can be tailored to your organization's strengths. Download a press advisory template to alert your local media outlets about your International Women's Day event.
3. Reach out to the press.
The worldwide observance of International Women's Day is an ideal time to introduce a local reporter to a staff expert who is available for media interviews. You can also ask for news coverage of your latest publication or work in women's empowerment—reporters tend to be more receptive to pitches like this when they are newsworthy and related to an upcoming date. Download a free press release template to get started.
4. Tap into social media momentum.
Popular hashtags to use for this year's International Women's Day campaign include #PressforProgress, #IWD2018, and #InternationalWomensDay. Want to take it one step further? Hosting a Twitter chat is one way to achieve this goal as part of your International Women's Day campaign. The Kupona Foundation, in partnership with GlobalGiving, shared their best tips for hosting an effective chat. Download a Twitter Chat Checklist.
5. Think about how to engage boys and men in your work.
This nonprofit in Nigeria built a strong network of male advocates, by starting with the founder's husband and two sons. In Kenya, this founder builds mixed-gender football teams so boys can learn the issues that impact girls impact them, too. Her approach will inspire you!
GlobalGiving partners whose projects serve women and girls are eligible to apply to be part of the GlobalGiving Girl Fund Campaign.


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Strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks New Zealand
The quakes forced people to flee in panic from buildings. There were no initial reports of injuries.
Christchurch has been shaken by thousands of aftershocks since a 6.3-magnitude quake killed 181 people in February.
A series of tremors were felt on Monday, the largest of which the U.S. Geological Survey recorded at magnitude 6.0.
One of the temblors trapped two people inside St. John's Church, which mostly collapsed in the February quake. Police said they have since been rescued. Another building nearby was brought down, but no one was inside.
People attending inquest hearings for victims of the Feb. 22 earthquake reportedly bolted from the Riccarton Park Function Center when Monday's quakes struck. Others fled from buildings at Canterbury University and the Westfield Riccarton Mall, which also suffered heavy damage in February.


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@class CarNative;

typedef enum {
    GenderMale,
    GenderFemale
} Gender;

@interface PersonNative : NSObject

@property (nonatomic, copy)   NSString *name;
@property (nonatomic, copy)   NSString *email;
@property (nonatomic, assign) Gender gender;
@property (nonatomic, strong) CarNative *car;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSArray *phones;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSArray *friends;
@property (nonatomic, strong) PersonNative *partner;

@end

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1892 House Bill 0295. An Act To Establish The Salary Of The Assistant Clerk Of The Municipal Court Of The South Boston District.
Title 1892 House Bill 0295. An Act To Establish The Salary Of The Assistant Clerk Of The Municipal Court Of The South Boston District.


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Le Circuito del Porto-Trofeo Arvedi est une course cycliste disputée à Crémone, dans la province de Crémone en Lombardie. Il est organisé par le Club ciclistico cremonese 1891.

Historique

Créé en 1967, le Circuito del Porto-Trofeo Arvedi était une épreuve amateurs jusqu'en 2004. Il fait partie de l'UCI Europe Tour depuis 2005, en catégorie 1.2. Il est par conséquent ouvert aux équipes continentales professionnelles italiennes, aux équipes continentales, à des équipes nationales et à des équipes régionales ou de clubs. Les UCI ProTeams (première division) ne peuvent pas participer.

L'édition 2020 est annulée en raison de la pandémie de coronavirus.

Palmarès

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|1967
| Mauro Landini
| Angelo Cremonesi
| Mario Negri
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|1968
| Valerio Valenti
| Eugenio Benelli
| Valerio Mantovani
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|1969
| Andrea Ciatti
| Pierluigi Ferraroni
| Paolo Virminetti
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|1970
| Pietro Algeri
| Andrea Ciatti
| Gianfranco Foresti
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|1971
| Gianfranco Foresti
| Mario Tremolada
| Alfio Monfredini
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|1972
| Valerio Lualdi
| Aldo Parecchini
| Alessio Antonini
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|1973
| Alessandro Cardelli
| Ettore Rinaldi
| Maurizio Mantovani
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|1974
| Giuseppe Colombo
| Bruno Giacomino
| Franco Calvi
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|1975
| Roberto Ceruti
| Agostino Bertagnoli
| Fausto Scotti
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|1976
| Agostino Bertagnoli
| Giovanni Ferreni
| Domenico Perani
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|1977
| Mario Noris
| Maurizio Carrara
| Luigi Busacchini
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|1978
| Emanuele Seghezzi
| Emilio Bedendo
| Duilio Negri
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|1979
| Maurizio Piovani
| Silvestro Milani
| Maurizio Orlandi
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|1980
| Silvestro Milani
| Maurizio Piovani
| Emanuele Seghezzi
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|1981
| Luigi Ferreri
| Davide Pollio
| Antonio Leali
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|1982
| Dario Claudio Montani
| Mauro Ricciutelli
| Gianfranco Zanovelli
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|1983
| Umberto Vigano
| Giambattista Zonca
| Adriano Baffi
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|1984
| Angelo Tosi
| Giambattista Bardelloni
| Stefano Pedrinazzi
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|1985
| Ettore Badolato
| Gianni Bugno
| Ettore Manenti
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|1986
| Ercole Mores
| Giovanni Fidanza
| Stefano Breme
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|1987
| Alberto Destro
| Paolo Tabanelli
| Ettore Badolato
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|1988
| Luigi Tessaro
| Biagio Conte
| Enrico Pezzetti
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|1989
| Riccardo Tarlao
| Luigi Mauri
| Luigi Dessi
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|1990
| Angelo Tameni
| Aladino Vicentini
| Maurizio Tomi
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|1991
| Claudio Camin
| Marco Villa
| Michele Paletti
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|1992
| Nicola Minali
| Federico Colonna
| Maurizio Tomi
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|1993
| Federico Colonna
| Mario Traversoni
| Mauro Radaelli
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|1994
| Michele Zamboni
| Simone Zucchi
| Massimo Falgari
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|1995
| Alberto Destro
| Nicola Chesini
| Matteo Frutti
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|1996
| Enrico Bonetti
| Roberto Zoccarato
| Nicola Chesini
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|1997
| Cristian Bianchini
| Walter Castignola
| Nicola Chesini
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|1998
| Nicola Chesini
| Oleg Grishkine
| Vasyl Yakovlev
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|1999
| Alessandro Romio
| Cristian Gobbi
| Mauro Gerosa
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|2000
| Luciano Pagliarini
| Angelo Furlan
| Cristian Bianchini
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|2001
| Juri Alvisi
| Yuri Ivanov
| Allan Davis
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|2002
| Stefano Bonini
| Devid Garbelli
| Daniele Della Tommasina
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|2003
| Yuri Ivanov
| Alessandro Ballan
| Ruslan Pidgornyy
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|2004
| Mattia Gavazzi
| Danilo Napolitano
| Paride Grillo
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|2005
| Maximiliano Richeze
| Honorio Machado
| Marco Frapporti
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|2006
| Manolo Zanella
| Marco Cattaneo
| Konstantin Volik
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|2007
| Jacopo Guarnieri
| Davide Tortella
| Edoardo Costanzi
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|2008
| Michele Nodari
| Marcello Franzini
| Samuele Marzoli
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|2009
| Filippo Baggio
| Edoardo Costanzi
| Andrea Guardini
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|2010
| Marco Amicabile
| Rafael Andriato
| Ruslan Karimov
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|2011
| Cristian Rossi
| Christian Delle Stelle
| Eduardo Costanzi
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|2012
| Paolo Simion
| Nicola Ruffoni
| Davide Martinelli
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|2013
| Paolo Simion
| Liam Bertazzo
| Davide Martinelli
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|2014
| Jakub Mareczko
| Rino Gasparrini
| Nicolas Marini
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|2015
| Riccardo Minali
| Luca Pacioni
| Matteo Malucelli
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|2016
| Marco Maronese
| Riccardo Minali
| Simone Consonni
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|2017
| Imerio Cima
| Giovanni Lonardi
| Michael Bresciani
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|2018
| Giovanni Lonardi
| Moreno Marchetti
| Ahmed Amine Galdoune
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|2019
| Luca Mozzato
| Nicolás Gómez
| Yuri Colonna
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|2020
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| 2021
|  Gleb Syritsa
|  Nicolás Gómez
|  Giovanni Lonardi
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| 2022
|  Davide Persico
|  Mattia Pinazzi
|  Matteo Fiaschi
|}

Notes et références

Lien externe
  Site officiel du Club ciclistico cremonese 1891

Compétition cycliste en Italie
UCI Europe Tour
Sport à Crémone
Compétition fondée en 1967
Cyclisme en Lombardie


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Finnekumla landskommun var en tidigare kommun i dåvarande Älvsborgs län.

Administrativ historik
Kommunen inrättades i Finnekumla socken i Kinds härad i Västergötland när 1862 års kommunalförordningar trädde i kraft.

Vid kommunreformen 1952 uppgick landskommunen i Åsundens landskommun som 1974 uppgick i Ulricehamns kommun.

Källor

Sveriges kommuner 1863-1951
Indelningar i Ulricehamns kommun
Tidigare kommuner i Älvsborgs län


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[NEWS] Han Geng prepares for (his) second album; Choreographs for Music Billboard
The 11th Music Billboard Award Ceremony would be held at the Dong Guan Yu Lan Theatre, popular Han Geng would be presenting a special performance at this ceremony, (and) according to reports, Han Geng would be preparing for his second album.
A performance to sum Han Geng's achievements of the year
At the past ten Billboard ceremonies, Han Geng's creative opening dance wowed the crowd with his superb dancing skills, (and) as for this upcoming ceremony, what does Han Geng have up his sleeves for the most anticipated performance? At Music Billboard's exclusive interview, Han Geng revealed that he has already started choreographing (the performance's) dance, (and) has made changes for the song, by (this) month end (he'd) be able to start practicing, (and he hopes) that he'd be able to display a performance to sum up his achievements of the year.
Until press time, Han Geng is voted the most popular male singer in the poll at the 11th Music Billboard, and has surpassed the other nominated singers. Han Geng revealed that he isn't a very ambitious person, (and) only hopes to do whatever that he's doing well and work hard, (so as to) not let down his fans that have supported him thus far, thanks the fans for their approval (with regards to him and his career), (and to allow) nature to decide on the (winner of the) award. Talking about his own idol, Han Geng revealed that since his schooling days he has always idolized Qi Qin, (and Han Geng) is able to sing most of his songs, but regrets not being to attend any concert by Qi Qin. Today at 1745h, at Sina Music Billboard Award Ceremony's Most Popular Artist live telecast (would simultaneously) broadcast Han Geng's exclusive interview, stay tuned.
Han Geng's newest album starts preparations; To subvert the challenge of rock style
Han Geng revealed that returning back to the Mainland Chinese music industry in this one year was really essential for himself, (the) free environment allowed himself to try out different genres of music that he didn't try out before, (and) seeing the people in the same (music) industry's resilience and creativity, Han Geng also gained a lot of inspiration (and felt) encouraged. It has been known that as Han Geng was busy promoting for <My Kingdom>, has secretly started preparations for his second album, and the second album would give off a even more different music feel, (and) as Han Geng personally likes the rock music genre, the entire second album would revolve around the rock genre, (the album's) music and style would be completely changed, and when talking about the future rock-styled Han Geng, Han Geng laughed while saying that he would put in place his own style, adding the rock feel into both the choreography and love songs, and (about) the overall outcome, (please) wait till the album has been released.
The 11th Music Billdboard Award Ceremony has already started its countdown, Han Geng, Yoga Lin, Tian Fu Zhen, have all already started preparations for their special performance, this ceremony is about to be launched onto the big screens. 11th April marks the day in which all the big stars come together, (and together) makes it "music is pleasant to you!"
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When you live on a river, its lifecycle is of daily concern. The Guadalupe River in San Jose was dry in summer 2014 for the first time since we bought our house 18 years ago. California is in a major drought, with last month the first completely rainless January since 1849 (presumably, when record keeping started).
We are now in our second rainstorm of the winter. The Guadalupe riparian corridor is home to a wide variety of wild animals which are dependent on its water and ecosystem. Some of the larger creatures we see regularly in our garden include: Jerusalem Cricket (Stenopelmatus), garter snake (Thamnophis), Alligator lizard (Elgaria coerulea), American swallowtail butterfly caterpillar (Papilio polyxenes), arboreal salamander (Aneides lugubris), California Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus), Horsehair worm (Nematomorpha), as well as the more common ducks, geese, song birds, humming birds, hawks, vultures, raccoons, opossums, cats, skunks, and squirrels (grey, black, and gold). The river is also home to both steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and chinook or king salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). I am sure they are as happy as we are to be wet this week!


Lorna and Jay Utley plan to sell this prototype of a Scottish sand wedge replica as a retirement gift.
Who says entrepreneurs have to start out early?
Lorna Utley, recently retired president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit, and her husband, Jud Utley, an engineer by trade and owner of Grosse Pointe Woods-based industrial electronics company Marathon Cable Co. and manufacturers' rep Brush Controls, are just getting started.
And it's all in the name of fun.
The avid golfers plan to begin making and selling replicas of a Scottish sand wedge passed down by Jud Utley's father as retirement gifts. They already have a prototype in hand, with a head cast from steel, a hickory shaft and a leather grip to make it look like it's from days gone by.
The Ayres Golf replicas fulfill a lifelong dream of her father-in-law, Lorna Utley said, noting that while you could play with the wedge, you certainly wouldn't be competitive.
The pair aren't stopping there.
They plan to make a headphone amplifier using vacuum tubes. Like the sand wedge, the Detroit Glass Audio headphones will be sold online and be a bit of a throwback, using retro technology that's beloved by some audiophiles.
"We're not going to be the next Apple, that's for sure," he said.
"But there are enough people doing similar things, there's a small market for it."
Correction: This version corrects the name of Jud Utley.


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Q: I have a misunderstanding with localStorage I'm currently beginning to learn how to use javascript, and I have a small problem.
I'm making a minigame of 'find the random number', and I'm trying to implement a localStorage savestate that let me keep my game as it was when I closed it, but without success. Here's the part of my JS
where I'm stuck.
let Rndm = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100) + 1;

var tentatives = document.querySelector('.tentatives');
var resultat = document.querySelector('.resultat');
var plusoumoins = document.querySelector('.plusoumoins');
var valider = document.querySelector('.valider');
var essai = document.querySelector('.essai');

var nmbrmax = 1000;
var nmbrtent = 1;

let j1 = document.getElementById("j1");
let j2 = document.getElementById("j2");
var joueur1 = document.getElementById("joueur1");
var joueur2 = document.getElementById("joueur2");
let nomsjoueurs = document.getElementById("nomsjoueurs");
let tour = document.getElementById("tour");

var playerTurn = 0;
const partiesauvee = []

function sauvegarder() {
    partiesauvee.push(tentatives.textContent);
    partiesauvee.push(resultat.textContent);
    partiesauvee.push(plusoumoins.textContent);
    partiesauvee.push(nmbrmax);
    partiesauvee.push(nmbrtent);
    partiesauvee.push(joueur1.value);
    partiesauvee.push(joueur2.value);

    localStorage.setItem('sauvegard', JSON.stringify(partiesauvee))
}

function refresh() {
    const partiesauvee = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('sauvegard'));
    var tentatives = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('sauvegard'));
    var resultat = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('sauvegard'));
    var plusoumoins = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('sauvegard'));

    var nmbrmax = localStorage.getItem('sauvegard');
    var nmbrtent = localStorage.getItem('sauvegard');

    var joueur1 = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('sauvegard'));
    var joueur2 = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('sauvegard'));
}

window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', refresh);

When the sauvegarder function is activated, the console.log(localstorage) find all the values,
but I can't find a way to return them to their places. Someone have an idea? Thanks !

A: You're storing an array. You need to assign each array element to a different DOM element.
function refresh() {
  const storage = localStorage.getItem('sauvegard');
  if (!storage) { // nothing saved
    return;
  }
  const partiesauvee = JSON.parse(storage);
  tentatives.textContent = partiesauvee[0];
  resultat.textContent = partiesauvee[1];
  plusoumoins.textContent = partiesauvee[2];
  nmbrmax.textContent = partiesauvee[3];
  nmbrtent.textContent = partiesauvee[4];
  joueur1.textContent = partiesauvee[5];
  joueur2.textContent = partiesauvee[6];
}


"A Keyblade that provides an extra boost in Strength and ensures every strike is a critical hit."
Make every kind of Ice Cream.
The Sweetstack is a Keychain for Terra's, Ventus's, and Aqua's Keyblades that appears in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.
The Sweetstack is a Keyblade designed to look as if it is comprised of multiple scoops of ice cream stacked inside a clear bowl; Terra's version has six scoops, Aqua's has five, and Ventus's has four. The teeth comprise three orange slices splayed out. The hand guard is formed by two soft-serve ice cream cones on either side, connected by several metal ice cream scoopers. The Keychain is made of ice cream cones with a sundae as the token.
The Sweetstack's name references the typically sweet flavor of ice cream and the stacked scoops of ice cream that make up the Keyblade's shaft. The Keyblade's Japanese name, "Delicious Tower," carries the same meaning.


Always go for the DOUBLE-DOUBLE, animal style with no pickles. Add fries and a vanilla shake to the order. While you wait, pull out two paper containers, grab onto their rims and pull the seams loose. Two is all you need to harness your favorite condiments. Ketchup? Of course. Banana peppers? A must. Your burger still has a long way to go, so pour out some water, float a lemon in it and try to chill—complementary lemon-infused water is something no one should ever pass up. Now wait patiently. Sit through ten or more orders you don't care about to slowly pass by. Soon enough, your magic number will be called out. The time has finally come. Bring your tray and take a good look at that beautiful burger. Make sure it's not a salad—feel free to remove some lettuce if there are more than three sheets. Usually not necessary, but it happens. Salt and pepper your fries, set up your milkshake and from here on, everything is up to you.


The recently proposed tracking–learning–detection (TLD) method has become a popular visual tracking algorithm as it was shown to provide promising long-term tracking results. On the other hand, the high computational cost of the algorithm prevents it being used at higher resolutions and frame rates. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of a heterogeneous CPU–GPU TLD (H-TLD) solution using OpenMP and CUDA. Leveraging the advantages of the heterogeneous architecture, serial parts are run asynchronously on the CPU while the most computationally costly parts are parallelized and run on the GPU. Design of the solution ensures keeping data transfers between CPU and GPU at a minimum and applying stream compaction and overlapping data transfer with computation whenever such transfers are necessary. The workload is balanced for a uniform work distribution across the GPU multiprocessors. Results show that 10.25 times speed-up is achieved at 1920 \(\times\) 1080 resolution compared to the baseline TLD. The source code has been made publicly available to download from the following address: http://gpuresearch.ii.metu.edu.tr/codes/.


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Removal begins Wednesday, June 18th. All items must be removed by Saturday, June 28th, by Appointment Only. Please contact Don Maynard to schedule your appointment at 401-474-2716, or donmaynard@hotmail.com.
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This page presents the Google satellite map (zoomable and browsable) of Ardyne in Canterbury district in New Zealand.
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UC Davis law school dean wins national award. Diversity is at the heart of the honor
Ariane Lange
December 3, 2022, 4:59 p.m. ·2 min read
The dean of the UC Davis School of Law has won a new national award that recognizes his efforts to diversify the law program.
On Nov. 28, the Association of American Law Schools announced that Dean Kevin R. Johnson would receive the inaugural Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy. Multiple people nominated Johnson for the award, and he was selected unanimously.
The honor, the association said, is given for "devotion to mentoring junior and aspiring faculty from underrepresented communities and promoting diversity, inclusion and equity in the legal academy." It is named for a law professor who died earlier this year after a long career of vociferously advocating for colleagues who were women and people of color.
"For decades, Dean Kevin Johnson has exemplified Michael Olivas's dedication to uplifting the next generation of diverse leaders in legal education." said Anthony Varona, the University of Seattle School of Law dean who chaired the selection committee.
The award will be presented on Jan. 5 at the AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Under Johnson's leadership since 2008, the Davis law school faculty is now majority minority. This stands in stark contrast to law schools across the country: According to a paper published in the Clinical Legal Education Association Newsletter, in 2020, nearly 80% of full-time law faculty were white.
Johnson joined the faculty of UC Davis in 1989. He was hired alongside a Latino man and a Black woman, and, as he wrote in the Chronicle of Higher Education, he learned that before they were hired, the faculty had been all-white.
As the dean at Davis, Johnson also started a speaking series focused on racial justice. In November, he announced the decision to withdraw the school from U.S. News & World Report rankings. He wrote that in addition to other problems, "The U.S. News rankings discourage law schools from enrolling more diverse student bodies and do not in any way value more diverse law faculties."
The sections of the law school association focused on civil rights, education law, immigration law, minority groups and student services were involved in the award selection process.
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My most recent post, The future of education is already here: part 2 looked at the impact of data on teaching and learning, and how the relationship between school and home was changing as result.
But another important result of the way we are able to use data is how schools approach the business of teaching and learning. In this last article of the series, I shall discuss the ways technology supports flexible, student-based learning, as well as the ways the easy access to knowledge is changing how teachers operate in the classroom.
Our understanding of learning is constantly developing, and this has led to changes in how we teach. There is a myriad of learning theories, of varying degrees of credibility, but one thing is clear: people learn in different ways, at different times and with different subjects.
The whole process is then further complicated by factoring in the different ways people teach. So the more that teaching can be tailored to meet the needs of the individual, the more likely we are to see successful outcomes. This requires teaching to be as flexible as possible.
Technology allows teachers to share material with their students in a manner that allows the learner to use it in the way that best suits them. Furthermore, with less time being spent going through notes, teachers have more time to work with individuals and small groups so that they can better meet their needs at that moment.
Flexible learning can also lead toward a greater degree of independence in the student's study habits. This in turn means that teachers need to provide a more thorough guidance for their students. Online learning platforms provide teachers with a format where they can collate appropriate resources, ensuring that students have a suitable starting point for their work, and feedback in detail throughout.
By using tech solutions, content is both easy to manage as well as being accessible on any device the student is using, (mobile, laptop or desktop).The idea of having the accumulated knowledge of the world at your fingertips should be a good thing, right? No more having to rote learn facts that will be mentally discarded as soon as we've sat the relevant exam.
But this vast ocean of knowledge throws up its own challenges for students as they have to navigate their way through to the most useful/accurate and unbiased knowledge for any particular task. Traditionally controlling this flow of information was relatively straightforward - the knowledge you need is in a textbook and further information can be found in the school library. In the current technological environment however, one of the problems that teachers face is in being able to direct their students to the appropriate information. A good online solution will allow teachers to provide students with either a 'walled garden', (particularly useful for younger students) or a series of starting points for research. This gives students the freedom to explore topics whilst still receiving guidance on what knowledge will be useful.
Of course, access to such a wide knowledge base also stimulates a desire to discuss what we have discovered. Whilst one of the benefits of the classroom environment is the ability to talk about ideas and collaborate in refining them, an online environment that facilitates discussion (through a forum for example) can help to ensure that any follow up, face-to-face conversations are more focused and informed. Teachers are able to better understand student misconceptions before the lesson takes place and plan activities accordingly.
Technology has made an extraordinary impact on the world we live in and the rate of change can at times feel breath-taking. I don't consider myself to be 'old', (although my children might disagree), but I remember a time when the use of 'multimedia' in a lesson involved the whole class trooping off to the TV room to watch a BBC education programme that was being aired at a specific time. Forty years later we teach in an environment where the tools for using multimedia in a classroom can be the size of a notebook in the hands of every individual in the classroom. Historically, education is notoriously slow to catch up. This is in no way a criticism of teachers - if we are to use a new tool appropriately, then we need to know what it can do. However, the pace of change in technology today allows us to approach the question from a different perspective. Instead of looking at what technology currently provides, perhaps we should be looking at what we want it to be capable of. As teachers we also need to broaden our ideas of what teaching and learning should look like if we are to really take advantage of the new tools we have available.
The future is here now. Technology is providing us with the opportunity to not only embrace new ideas and innovation, but also to think about how we might want to shape the changes yet to come. As our understanding of learning develops, the growing diversity of our interaction with students can deeply inform the discussion. And, as teachers, we need to make sure that we have a strong voice.


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Why Twelve Tribes
And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers, the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain [for them], as they earnestly serve God night and day. And for this hope, O King, I am being accused by Jews. (Acts 26:6-7)
Our twelve tribes have nothing to do with mystical tribalism, as in the beliefs of some. Rather, we are speaking of people actually dwelling together in unity, living a tribal life in twelve different geographical areas on the earth, so as to be a light to the nations.
When Paul, in his defense before Agrippa, referred to "our twelve tribes" in Acts 26:7, surely he was not referring to the Jews who were accusing him. There was no point in flattering them about "earnestly serving God night and day." The Master had already prophesied to the Jews that, "The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and be given to a nation producing the fruit of it."1 A new nation had to take the place of the old. And this is exactly what Paul meant when he wrote to the Gentile Ephesians:
You were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the common-wealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ... So then, you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets… (Ephesians 2:12-13,19-20)
It was through apostles like Paul that this new nation was being formed, the commonwealth of Israel, or the Israel of God as Paul called it.2 This new nation was not one formed by physical descendants, but of those born of the Spirit.3 It was a nation of an entirely different order, composed only of disciples, because only they had given up their old life4 outside the commonwealth of Israel to be born again into the new holy nation.5 Only they were the ones who had taken the Master seriously enough to put aside their own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, and yes, even their own life, in order to follow Him as He had commanded.6 And they certainly respected His word enough to forsake their own possessions, which was the only way in which they could even begin to qualify as disciples.7
The whole emphasis of the Master's preaching was the kingdom of God and how to enter it. In relative importance, the topic of the kingdom is mentioned three times as often as salvation in the New Testament. So it was absolutely essential that a nation be prepared that could inherit that kingdom.8 It had to be a nation bonded together with a deeper commitment than mere family ties or blood relations. And being part of that new nation was what being a disciple was all about — and still is to this very day.
Do You Believe in Prophecy?
Many Christians today are puzzled about this notion of a holy nation, for they do not see themselves as part of a nation, which is understandable. Some even regard these passages as merely symbolic, a mystical ideal, while others fancy that they must somehow refer to the Jews in Palestine, or perhaps Jewish Christians. But do you believe in Biblical prophecy? Surely you do!
Paul the Apostle certainly did, so much so that in fact he applied it directly to himself and Barnabas when he said, "For thus the Lord has commanded us, 'I have placed you as a light for the nations, that you should bring salvation to the end of the earth.'"9 But is it so unreasonable to think that the apostles were raising up a twelve-tribed nation, a New Covenant Israel, composed of both Jews and Gentiles, united together by the Holy Spirit? No, not at all, because the Scripture from which Paul quoted said first, "It is too small a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob..."10 Here's a little Bible quiz: Jacob's sons each became the head of a tribe, and all the tribes together were called Israel. How many sons did Jacob have? How many tribes were there?
Surely James knew when he wrote "... to the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad, greetings."11 But Old Covenant Israel had not been a twelve-tribed nation since the days of King Solomon! Ten of the tribes vanished from history in the Assyrian captivity, some 700 years before James wrote his letter. Had James gone off the deep end? Who was James writing to, anyway?
The apostle Peter knew exactly who, when he wrote:
For you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. (1 Peter 2:9-10)
Clearly Peter was addressing a newly-formed people who were once not a people. Something had changed in their life to warrant them being called a people, for if they had remained in their same old houses, worked their same old jobs, and only believed in Jesus, they would still be not a people. They would still remain integrated into society in the same way as Christianity is today.
"That's all well and good," you might say, "but why doesn't the rest of the New Testament say anything about the church being composed of twelve tribes?"
Don't be hasty! Have you ever heard of the church being called the "bride" of Messiah? It comes from Ephesians and Revelations:
… that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she should be holy and blameless. (Ephesians 5:26-27)
Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready… (Revelation 19:7)
But the Book of Revelation gives us two other pictures of the bride, which is the church, revealing her true composition:
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman [the same word translated as "wife"] clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars? (Revelation 12:1)
And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I shall show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb. And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper. It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. (Revelation 21:9-12)
What do all these references signify? Twelve apostles… our twelve tribes… the commonwealth of Israel… the Israel of God… a holy nation… a crown of twelve stars… twelve tribes of the sons of Israel… Get the picture?
We have come to see that the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost gave birth to a rich tribal life of togetherness and mutual care and accountability that exposed the selfishness of that perverse generation.12 This life increased and developed into a twelve-tribed holy nation of priests13 who earnestly served God night and day,14 intended to fulfill Malachi 1:5,11. She should have grown to full stature as the spotless bride of Revelation 19:7, for whom Yahshua, the Bridegroom, would return in triumph as the rest of the chapter describes. But something happened. Her love waned and the prophetic warnings of Romans 11:22, 2 Corinthians 11:2-3, and Revelation 2:5 came upon her:
Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God's kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off. (Romans 11:22)
For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. But I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:2-3)
Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you, and will remove your lampstand out of its place — unless you repent. (Revelation 2:5)
The virgin bride defiled herself and became the harlot of Revelation chapters 17 and 18 — Christianity:
And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! And she has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird." (Revelation 18:2)
The word become indicates a transition from one nature to another, as this is a direct reference to Isaiah 1:21:
How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, but now murderers. (Isaiah 1:21)
But as Romans 9:29 anticipates, a seed of that early, vital life was preserved in heaven, awaiting the fullness of time when the faith to obey the true gospel would again be kindled in a people...
I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division; for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two, and two against three... father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law. (Luke 12:49-53)
We know that there are many sincere Christians in the many churches around the world. If they are truly God's people, they will respond to His appeal, or call, for them to come out of "her."15 Now there is a place for the sincere to come into. Every sincere one who wants to come out of that fallen organized religion must be baptized into the true Body of God that is formed by obedience to the Gospel — being washed of their former life, and of their allegiance to what is false.16
1Matthew 21:43
2Galatians 6:16
41 Peter 1:18
51 Peter 2:9
6Matthew 10:34-39
7Luke 14:26,33
9Acts 13:47
10Isaiah 49:6
11James 1:1
12Acts 2:40; Philippians 2:15
131 Peter 2:9
14Acts 26:7
15Revelation 18:2-5
161 Corinthians 12:12-13; Acts 19:3; Acts 2:37-45
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A Tribal Life We are a tribal people. The folk that you will meet in our community are part of a tribespeople. Our life is expressed through living together in community. We love working with each other on our farms and in our cottage industries, doing folk dances and playing music, building, teaching our children at home, and caring for one another. Our desire is to live as naturally as possible by being close to Creation and to people. Our vision: not a lifestyle, but the forming of a new nation – the twelve tribe nation of Israel. We want to be restored back to what we were created to be.
The Confederation of Twelve Tribes: A Manifesto The New Israel,1 or the New Sons of Jacob,2 is an alliance of twelve tribes.3 Joshua 24 shows the tribes of old Israel gathered one last time under their great commander, Joshua. No longer would his strong leadership hold the tribes together.
Tribes in the New Covenant And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers, the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain [for them], as they earnestly serve God night and day. And for this hope, O King, I am being accused by Jews. (Acts 26:6-7) When Paul, in his defense before Agrippa, referred to "our twelve tribes," there were no twelve tribes as there had been in the Old Covenant times. There were only two identifiable tribes left who returned from the captivity ? Benjamin and Judah.
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Monster Magnet has a new record out, so you know what that means - we ignore it and review an album from their 1990s output. Before their breakout single 'Space Lord," MM scored a minor hit with 'Negasonic Teenage Warhead' off their 1995 album Dopes to Infinity. Does the whole album live up to the promise of the single, or this a case where stoner rock experimentation turns into a big mess? And what really is stoner rock, anyway? Tune in to find out.