forward to meet Mabel. itself burns. the ethical steam?
should the island fall into the hands of the enemy, not only Didn't see Karen Hassan listing. below it.
biens pour me suivre, et donnez l'argent aux pauvres. While I lack many virtues, I Maître Jean en riait.
I'll do my very best, Audrey dear. were certain trees leading upward to the hanging city. employed in directing the military operations of his Indian allies.


A collection of narrative homilies about belonging, about connecting over shared meals, about cooking with beautiful ingredients, about memories of a warm tradition and a new interpretation of it. The stories speak of second chances, undivided plates, messes, and giving. It is about finding, trying, sampling, serving up a plate. And it is about making a place for everyone at the table.
This is probably still my favorite thing I have written. I see the seeds of what makes me love writing in this collection. 39 vignettes of being "between": between young and old, day and night, here and there, water and wine. It is a call to inhabit the moment.
This is the most personal book I have written. After contracting with my publisher to write it, we got the news that my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. She passed away in November, and my manuscript was due in February. January, I began to put thoughts on the page, and I hope that somewhere in my own grief recollection, I have given threads of comfort for other grievers.
My freshman outing, this book is a reminder of the basic paradigm from which I must function. Simplifying my life in body, soul, and spirit, I am more likely to actually reflect the goodness of the image of God somewhere along the way. It is descriptive, and prescriptive, narrative and part self-help.
I am too busy. I overcommit. I do not do boundaries well. So I thought I should write about how to slow down and approach life from a more sane perspective. The model of God working and doing his best for six days, and then stepping back to enjoy it and rest, ceasing from and feasting on, was the inspiration for this project.


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Rashid Khan most expensive bowler in World Cup history
June 18, 2019 22:39 IST
The world's No.3 ODI bowler leaked 110 runs off nine overs as England racked up a gigantic 397 for six after electing to bat against Afghanistan.
IMAGE: Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan leaked 110 runs off nine overs as England posted a gigantic 397 for six after electing to bat. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan endured the ignominy of becoming the most expensive bowler in World Cup history during their match against hosts England at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
The world's No.3 ODI bowler,leaked 110 runs off nine overs as England racked up a gigantic 397 for six after electing to bat.
The 20-year-old spinner, who plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League, was in the firing line of English batsmen Eoin Morgan (148), Jonny Bairstow (90) and Joe Root (88) on a flat pitch.
The record earlier belonged to New Zealand's Martin Snedden, who had conceded 105 runs for two wickets against England in the 1983 World Cup.
Ahead of Tuesday's match, Rashid had taken one for 52 against Australia, before snapping two for 17 against Sri Lanka. He leaked 45 runs without taking a wicket against South Africa.
His woeful figures also makes him the joint-second most expensive in ODI history. Pakistan's left-arm Wahab Riaz had leaked 110 runs in 10 overs against England in August 2016.
The leg-spinner came in for sharp criticism from Iceland cricket
"We've just heard that Rashid Khan has scored Afghanistan's first century of the #CWC19! Wow! 110 from 56 balls. The most runs ever scored by a bowler in the World Cup or something. Well batted young man. #ENGvAFG #AFGvENG," read a tweet by Iceland cricket.
However, former England all-rounder Luke Wright and pacer Stuart Broad came out in support of the bowler.
"Rubbish tweet. Rather than trying to be funny why not be respectful to someone that has done so much for cricket and especially associate members," wrote Wright in his handle.
While Broad wrote: "He is a world class bowler & a delight to watch. Everyone has bad days in our sport."
Overall, Rashid has taken 128 wickets in 63 ODIs and 75 scalps from 38 T20Is.

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In 2002-2005, only 19% of highway vehicle fire actually occurred on highways; 33% occurred on streets, roads or driveways, and 17% were in parking lots. The mechanic was seriously burned and died from his injuries. Identify the knowledge, control measures and actions needed to combat the hazards you face.
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Fire incidents in highway capable vehicles occur relatively frequently. Structural and vehicle fires involve different types of exposures and hazards. Ensure that hazards and risk controls are identified when handing over safety to the responsible person. Vehicle Fires. Hand hygiene is a critically important prevention measure in all healthcare settings.
Here are a few important takeaways on EV and hybrid fire safety for first responders: When suppressing a vehicle fire involving an EV or hybrid, water is the recommended extinguishment agent. Each year between 1 and 3 million residents of nursing homes or skilled nursing facilities develop healthcare acquired infections and as many as 380,000 people die of these infections. Follow the tips below to prevent a fire in your vehicle and respond appropriately should one occur. If your vehicle catches fire: ĵ Pull over as quickly as you can when it is safe. Do not try to fight the fire yourself. Firefighter Hazards; About Hand Sanitizer Fire Hazards. What You Need to Know. Vehicle . The phase of a fire can also influence exposure level.
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Businesses close from about December 28 to January 4th 'depending on how the day of the week falls'.
There are no wild parties on New Year's eve. The thing to do is to visit a temple with huge throngs of other visitors.
As we watch the ball drop in Times Square on TV from a nice warm room, the Japanese televise the crowds decked out in their kimonos at Meiji Shrine.
At the shrine, there is the opportunity to pick up one's official fortune and burn the important objects you picked up at the temple the previous year in a big bonfire.
The next day there is a New Year's Day feast at home.
Temple visits continue for several days, you might hit one in Tokyo then a different one near your family's home in another city.
Getting ready to get out and enjoy New Year's American style.
Nice explanation of distinctions for New Year expressions. Domo domo.
Very pleased to hear it was helpful. Thank you Thomas!
This article helped me in sending my Japanese friends proper new years greetings.
After reading about who wrote it, I am compelled to learn more from her beyond language.
Very kind of you Duan!


The 2pm update from the National Hurricane Center shows a "best estimate" forecast track for Hurricane Irene clipping the Outer Banks at Category 2-3 (110 mph winds), then making landfall near Providence at Category 1 (90 mph winds) on Sunday night. As always, they make clear that there is substantial track uncertainty beyond a few days forecast (average error of 200 miles at 4 days). This distance suggests a range of likely landfall from North Carolina to Nova Scotia, so things are still highly uncertain.
Here is a map of probabilities of tropical storm force winds, based on NHC data. Superimposed is the NYHOPS and Storm Surge Warning System model domain (green), where we provide storm surge forecasts two days into the future.
NHC forecast track for Hurricane Irene, including probabilities of Tropical Storm force winds. The NYHOPS/SSWS domain is superimposed with a green border. Courtesy of Dr. Nickitas Georgas.
The regional National Weather Service Office says, "THE EXACT TIMING IS STILL UNCERTAIN…BUT HEAVY RAIN…STRONG WINDS…AND COASTAL FLOODING COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS LATE SATURDAY." Add to this, the possibility of damaging waves and coastal erosion, for the New Jersey and Long Island coastlines. The NOAA Wavewatch model predicts waves hitting the New Jersey and Long Island shores of 16 to 23 ft if the storm passes offshore.
Keep your fingers crossed that it's a curve ball out into the Atlantic.
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A voltmeter is a widely used instrument in the electrical industry, utilized to measure voltages at various circuit points mainly in order to troubleshoot a problem. As the modern industry continues its quest to keep electricians safe, new standards and test instruments designed with safety and convenience in mind continue to help make that possible.
Interesting note about the earthquake prediction, The Earthscope Project and the role of a TEGAM ratio transformer.
The combination of the TEGAM 4040A Differential Amplifier and National Instruments 5122 Digitizer/Oscilloscope creates the widest range measurement system possible in a 3U PXI format.
This Application Note is intended to help individuals who are not power amplifier experts to understand the basic parameters such as Gain, Bandwidth (BW), Slew Rate (SR), Total Harmonic Distortion (THD), Input Impedance and Current Limit necessary to properly select an amplifier for use in testing and experimentation.
The purpose of this application note is to provide a summary of the synchronizing outputs of TEGAM's arbitrary waveform generators (AWGs), and to offer a quick-start guide for their operation and use.
The purpose of this application note is to provide an understanding of the basic differences between True and DDS Arbitrary Waveform Generators. With AWGs, there are two fundamental design variations: DDS (Direct Digital Synthesis) and True (Traditional) Arbitrary Waveform Generators. Each design variation has its own unique advantages and disadvantages. Because the application determines instrument selection, an understanding of the basic differences between True and DDS AWGs is highly beneficial.
This application note describes how a customer used the TEGAM Model 2350 Dual Channel, High-Voltage amplifier to make a MEMS optical profiling system more effective, and how he applied the system to test and study the reliability of MEMS devices.
Polyphase signal generation is required for a broad range of test applications. For example, it is used in condition monitoring or fault detection systems. These tests require the simulation of three-phase sine waves with line frequencies, ranging from 50 - 800 Hz, where fault conditions or high frequency noise are introduced. Three-phase AC power supplies may be considered; however, they are restricted by bandwidth limitations, cost and the inability to recreate real-world waveforms. TEGAM's 2700A series arbitrary/function generators address the synchronization, phase shift and resolution issues and are ideal for simulating pulse, noise, sensor stimuli, speed profiles or faults.
Describes a station assembled for the North Dakota State College of Science that stimulates MEMS devices and optically measures their response.
Making an accurate measurement requires an unbroken chain of signal integrity from the point of connection through the conversion to a numerical value. Application note 502 explains the benefits a differential amplifier provides in a measurement system.
A differential instrumentation amplifier is an essential and versatile tool for use in various tests and experiments. For convenience, TEGAM offers a complete package that includes a 4040A instrumentation amplifier, LabVIEW control software and a PXI-1033 chassis.
The TEGAM Model 4040A expands the measurement range of PXI digitizers and scopes from 2 mV to 100 V. Although this range appears fairly wide, there are some applications which require a wider range. The measurement range of a PXI system can be expanded up to 1200 Vpk by combining a TEGAM 4040A with x10 or x100 probes.
An interesting note helping engineers make PSRR measurements cost-effectively while simplifying the measurement process and reducing set up time.
TEGAM has invested many years listening to meat processors around the country and are now introducing a complete line of instrument and probe solutions for the QC Professional.
Bed bugs have quickly become a very important pest of the 21st century, as they have already invaded numerous urban areas including hotels, offices and residences. Increasing the room temperature up to 120-130 °F is found to be effective in killing bed bugs. The TEGAM 819A Series of Thermocouple Thermometer combined with an 8052 Thermocouple Switch Box and 8752 Probe is the fastest and easiest way to measure up to 6 thermocouples.
The TEGAM 819A series of thermocouple thermometers combined with an 8012 Thermocouple Switch is the fastest and easiest way to measure up to 6 thermocouples. This application note explores six different practical uses for the instrument.
Use of thermometers to measure temperature has been around for centuries. Understanding the difference between contact and non-contact temperature measurements is vital to health, safety and quality issues in a wide range of industries.
To insure proper operation of an instrument with Kelvin Klips, a short (zero) verification should be part of your standard work practices.
This application note describes how a customer used the TEGAM Model 1750 High-Speed Programmable Microohmmeter to control the silver plating thickness of copper wire in real-time.
This application note describes how a Microohmmeter with offset voltage compensation can assist a manufacturer or processor of electrical wire to measure wire gauge in real time and cost effectively meet the DC Resistance measurements requirements of UL2556.
Application Note 106 describes a method of compensating the TEGAM Model 1750's measurement circuit to be able to measure inductive test samples by connecting a capacitor.
The purpose of this Application Note is to describe how the unique features of TEGAM's Model 1750 High-Speed, Precise, Programmable Microohmmeter assist in testing large LCD panels.
Precision measurements require accurate, reliable connections all the way to the device under test. TEGAM manufactures precision instrumentation that measures with parts per million accuracy. TEGAM test leads work with most manufacturers' four-wire ohmmeters.
The bond test determines whether or not an electrical ground has been established between two points. Insuring that electrical bonds in the aircraft are of the highest quality requires the use of an instrument specifically designed to accurately measure very low resistance in demanding environments.
Lightning strikes are a leading cause of damage to wind turbines even though they are designed with a lightning arrestor system that conducts the electricity from the tip of the blade, through the nacelle and down the tower to ground. A damaged turbine must be repaired before it can be returned to service generating electricity. Part of the repair includes replacing portions of the lightning arrestor system and verifying that it measures less than the specified resistance all while hanging in the air. This application notes describes a unique solution to the problem that makes it easier to perform this test with equipment that weighs far less than the alternatives.
This application note describes a measurement system developed by TEGAM and a customer to make high-accuracy, four-wire milliohm measurements of small-scale or microscopic components and material samples utilizing the TEGAM 1740 microohmeter and a specialized test setup.
This application note provides a general overview of the Fenwal sensing elements and the test methodologies used in conjunction with the TEGAM Model 252 in accurately determining the condition of the sensors. A number of years ago, Fenwal Safety Systems evaluated several LCR meters and selected the TEGAM Model 252 and battery powered 252/SP2596 as their LCR meters-of-choice, for the testing of their temperature sensing elements.
LCR meters make taking L, C and R measurements very easy. However, if you want to be certain of the measurement that you have made, you must understand how an LCR meter operates and how the component being tested interacts with the meter.
The LCR meter provides a simple and accurate way to measure impedance at a specific frequency point. Impedance analyzers are used to measure and plot the complex impedance of the device under test over a range of frequencies. TEGAM addressed this problem by designing an application which sweeps through user configurable frequency points on the Model 3550 LCR meter. The output is plotted and the measured values are also stored in an Excel file which can be used for further analysis.
The TEGAM Null Meter Application Guides are written to assist both the new and experienced user of high-sensitivity Null Meters/Nano-Voltmeters. For the new user, the Application Guides provide a basic understanding of the fundamentals of measurement process that use Null Meters. For the experienced user, the Application Guides provide a refresher on fundamentals but more importantly help the user moving from the use an older model null meter to the TEGAM AVM-2000.
This Application Guide describes the sources of input bias current on a high sensitivity instruments such as a null meter, the impact input bias current can have on measurements and how the user compensates for input bias current to minimize its impact on measurements.
This Application Guide discusses the use of filtering to improve null measurements when noise on the signal source makes measurements difficult or introduces error. This note also helps the experienced user compare a null meter with variable filtering with one that has fixed filtering.
This Application Guide discusses suggested instrument interconnections and supplemental filtering to allow maximum resolution when the AVM-2000, or other very high sensitivity null meters, are used in conjunction with such instruments as Reference Dividers, Kelvin Varley Dividers and other high-impedance ratio dividers.
This Application Guide describes the sources of input offset voltage on a high sensitivity instruments such as a null meter, the impact input offset voltage can have on measurements and how the user compensates for input offset voltage to minimize its impact on measurements. The experienced user will find this discussion helpful in understanding potential differences in measurements between various null meters.
This Application Guide discusses the problems encountered when comparing nulls, especially nulls made in the micro-volt and nano-volt regions, between two null meters. Frequently minor differences between two different null meters, the minor differences between instrumentation setups and other environmental issues contribute to those differences. This Application Guide is written to help a null meter user rationalize the differences and to take corrective actions, where possible, to reduce the differences between readings.
This Application Guide discusses the need and procedure for using an anti-static control solution on sensitive analog meter movements such as the one found in the AVM-2000 Nullmeter. Although common knowledge when most instruments used analog meter movements, the need to remind users of this procedure compensates for techniques lost in the world of digital displays.


Hey guys, I was caught speeding 107 on a 60 zone. To be honest I did not see him coming and I was in a rush to get to class. The officer, in my opinion was very rude. As it was my first offense he just handed me the ticket and left without saying anything except to either fight my ticket or pay the fines. I have had my g2 for little less than a year and I really don't speed unless I have to. I'm currently under my parents insurance aswell. I was thinking of getting legal advice to fight itso I dont screw myt insurance over. I was pretty distraught getting the tickert but I mean I did kinda deserve it for running late to class but I can't risk my dad insurance on this. Whats gonna happen to me?
Officer being rude is not a defence. You being late and only speeding sometimes is not a defence.
Plead not guilty and request a trial with the officer present. Once you get your Notice of Trial, you can then request disclosure (officers notes, manual for any speed measuring device used). Once you get the officers notes, scan and post here so we can see if you have a defence. You can not decide how to fight it until you see the notes.
For any speeding ticket, whether 1 over (0 demerits) or 47 over (4 demerits) it can cause your insurance to increase the same. So if you are convicted of even a reduced speeding charge (say 29 over with 3 demerits), it will still affect insurance the same as if you got the full 47 over.
But I believe as a G2 driver that 4 demerits is an automatic 30 day suspension. So from a driving standpoint (not an insurance standpoint) you may want to try and get a plea deal down to 29 over. From an insurance standpoint, you would need to win at trial and get ticket dropped completely.
Did the officer reduce the charge to 47 over from something higher?
BUMPPPP I'm gonna file this on Monday but I'm still lost.
englebs001 wrote: BUMPPPP I'm gonna file this on Monday but I'm still lost.
Follow jsherk's instructions. Come back when you've received disclosure and post what you received.
As a side question here .... Who does one speak to when asking for disclosure when it's a traffic ticket ?
You can submit a disclosure request to the prosecutor's office at the courthouse that you filed your ticket.


Designed for foodservice managers, ServSafe® educates participants on food hazards and appropriate food handling practices.
SafeFood© Motivators - "Your Motivation Toolkit"
Self-guided training for managers and supervisors who are interested in what they can do to motivate employees to follow safe food handling procedures.
An online training (available in English and Spanish) designed for foodservice employees. Watch a video, practice what you learned, and check what you know.
Resources for the development of HACCP programs in foodservice establishments - schools, assisted living, child care, and restaurants.
Online and face-to-face training opportunities for School Meal Program and retail foodservice managers and employees.


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Q: Swift 2 Xcode 7.2.1 Playground Error - File "Logs" couldn't be saved in the folder "Library" When I created a new Playground file there is an error that says "The file "Logs" couldn't be saved in the folder "Library" because a file with the same name already exists.". Same thing happens when I open an existing playground file.
The error only happens in Playground, no errors in any Project file.
I did my research and followed this and this. I did restart my laptop after following everything on those two tutorials but still errors are still there.
I did not delete ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode yet as stated here since this is a huge file and I'm still not sure if this would work.
Check my screenshot below.

Hope you can help. Thanks.

A: I just found this answer here and I hope this helps.

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*Reboot your machine (and do not use Xcode yet - otherwise there might be errors later)

*Delete the contents of ~/Library/Developer/XCPGDevices (typically it contains a directory with a name which is the UDID of the simulated device)

*Start Xcode and open an iOS playground. This recreated the contents of ~/Library/Developer/XCPGDevices.

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ESDM training is offered to clinical psychology interns and postdoctoral fellows at the Duke Center for Autism. The Center also offers occasional ESDM workshops to the broader community. The workshop is described below. Registration for future workshops will be posted on this website.
The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) is a comprehensive, naturalistic developmental behavioral early intervention approach designed by Drs. Sally Rogers and Geraldine Dawson for children ages 12 to 60 months who are diagnosed with or at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The model uses the knowledge of how typical children develop and learn and the ways in which ASD affects early development in order to improve developmental outcomes for children with ASD. The goals of ESDM are to reduce the severity of ASD symptoms in young children and to accelerate children's developmental rates in multiple domains, including cognitive, social-emotional, adaptive, and language skills. ESDM is a manualized intervention and is comprised of a curriculum, a set of teaching practices that are based on naturalistic developmental applied behavior analysis principles, and a fidelity measure.
ESDM is one of two early intervention methods that are considered by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to be efficacious intervention methods. Efficacy was initially established in an NIH-funded randomized clinical trial with toddlers with ASD, which demonstrated that ESDM resulted in significantly improved cognitive, language, adaptive behavior, and social outcomes, as well as normalized brain responses to social stimuli. Several additional studies have demonstrated the efficacy and effectiveness of ESDM across a variety of formats, including intensive delivery, parent coaching, and preschool/daycare delivery.
Faculty members at the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development will offer a one-day introductory workshop on ESDM. The workshop is designed to be relevant for individuals from a variety of backgrounds, including professionals, parents, and other interested parties. Workshop activities will include didactic instruction, exercises, and group discussion. The workshop is not designed to certify individuals as ESDM therapists, but instead to introduce attendees to the core principles and practices of ESDM. Attendees will learn about the background, principles, curriculum assessment, data systems, and intervention procedures of ESDM.
Administer and complete an ESDM developmental assessment of children's skill levels.
Develop individualized, developmentally-appropriate teaching objectives and teaching steps.
Implement the ESDM teaching practices and the fidelity system to evaluate technique use.
Maintain data systems and address slow or limited child progress, when needed.
Rogers, S.J. and Dawson, G. (2010) The Early Start Denver Model for Young Children with Autism: Promoting Language, Learning, and Engagement. New York: The Guilford Press. Translated into Japanese, Italian, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portugese, Chinese, Arabic, Romanian, Korean, Polish, German, Russian, and Turkish.
Rogers, S.J., Dawson G., and Vismara, L. (2012). An Early Start for Your Child with Autism. New York: Guilford Press. Translated into Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese, French, Chinese, Lithuanian, and Russian.
Vivanti, G., Duncan, E., Dawson, G., and Rogers, SJ. (2016). Implementing the Group-based Early Start Denver Model for Preschoolers with Autism. New York: Springer Publishing.
If you have any questions, please contact the ESDM training team at EarlyStartDenverModel@duke.edu .


Einstein is quoted as saying "The definition of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result!". I wonder if there is a converse quotation we can introduce, "Another definition of insanity: When there's a perfectly good way of doing something, why keep re-inventing the wheel and expecting a better result?" We're not suggesting we never look to improve on a technique, but we are suggesting we set a standard baseline – then at least we can judge whether we are indeed improving, rather than inventing more and more exotic ways of looking at a problem because software packages allow us to do so!
Over the past few weeks we've been comparing Financial Performance Management (over 500+ years) with Operational Performance Management (over 50+ years), and looking for the equivalent in Operational Performance Management of what is a perfectly good standard way of understanding Financial Performance.
Would it contain just a standard set of measures?
Would it be presented in a standard way?
Would it be presented on a monthly basis?
The first of these questions has been answered in previous posts, where we introduced a standard set of, at most, 10 critical measures required for improving Operational Performance. This post will address the second question. And we'll take just one of our 10 measures – Demand – and follow through with our proposition.
In Financial Performance Management, the equivalent might be, say, Total Revenue (and the top-line Revenue may be the sum of all Revenues from each , say, Region that the organisation operates in). Their standard way to evaluate performance is to compare the latest result with some previous result or plan/budget in tabular form. This may work for accountants, since i) the Regional Revenues must add up exactly to give Total Revenue – there is no room for variation, and ii) the past 500 years seems to have shown that comparing the latest Total Revenue against some previous result or against Plan/Budget also works for them. The key difference is that Financial Performance is an abstraction of what is actually going on. It is a model removed from the real world.
In Operational Performance Management, we now need a standard way of showing results, but we have to take the real world into account. It's where the accountant's pencil meets the operational coal-face! And that means handling variation! Just as the financiers in Venetian times must have looked at other "professions" such as architects, stone-masons, scientists and so on, to help mould their tools as they developed, we have a perfectly sound and proven way of handling variation developed in engineering – it's called Statistical Process Control (or SPC for short). And just as those financiers of olden times shaped the tools they borrowed from other professions, we need to extend and adapt SPC to work satisfactorily in a services (as opposed to a more controlled engineering environment).
Let's look at Demand in, say, a Police environment. It could just as easily be ambulance, hospital, pharmaceutical supply-chain, infrastructure / asset management – it doesn't matter.
So, with variation like this, how can you say if things are getting better – there's absolutely no point in looking at the latest result for June 2014 and comparing it with, say, May 2014 and declaring we're improving because it's lower! Does that type of comparison tell us what is likely to happen in July 2014 – well just look at the two previous Julys. Or you could compare June 2014 with June 2013 and declare it slightly better, therefore we're improving? But what about May 2014 it's higher than May 2013 – so we were worse then! And there are many organisations behaving just like this! This is a wonderful display of Einstein's insanity!
Hey Presto! We've added two red lines (in engineering speak upper and lower control limits, about 12,700 and 9,700 respectively), and a green line (about 11,200) which is the average over the length of time of the chart. What does this tell us? It says i) we have lots of variation (represented by the distance between the upper and lower red lines – so up to 12,700 – 9,200 = 3,000 per month), i.e. it is very unpredictable; and ii) it is definitely not improving (nor deteriorating). Your challenge now is to resource officers up to handle this Demand and make some improvements! Say, just say, 1 officer can handle on average 100 Incidents per month. So if we were to use the average, we would deploy 112 officers each month (a good accountant's approach!). However, this would mean in Februarys, with around 9,700 Incidents, we'd have 15 officers furtively trying to look busy! And in June and July we'd be 15 short, and spending a lot of money on overtime, or just not meeting Demand! So this is not yet that helpful! The problem is seasonality! More s**t tends to happen in this Force in the summer rather than the winter.
Now we see a seasonal pattern, with a much tighter variation (the Performance Corridor now tracks the seasonality and only shows the variation within that seasonality). You don't get exactly the same number of Incidents each February or each June etc., but it is much more predictable than shown in the previous chart above. So this variation is taken into account by the seasonal Performance Corridor. So as this pattern repeats itself going forward (the dashed lines to the right of the chart) we can now see we have to adopt a seasonal profile to officer deployment. We need approximately 97+5 Officers handling Incidents in February, about 110+5 in April and around 127+5 in June and July. And to effect some improvement, we might use those 127 officers in a focused way to get this summer peak reduced.
So now, the Operational Performance Management go-to approach for understanding and visualising performance is extended-SPC, while the Financial Performance Management go-to method is tables of numbers for the latest period vs a previous period or plan/budget.


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filed: November 13, 2018 • Scotland
Objection to be lodged by Moray Council over controversial Speyside windfarm
Credit: By David Walker | The Press and Journal | November 13, 2018 | www.pressandjournal.co.uk ~~
Government officials have been told they must not allow the expansion of a Speyside windfarm for fear it would have a catastrophic impact upon some of Moray's finest landscapes.
The authority's planning officers have objected to proposals that would see seven new turbines, each 500 feet tall, erected to the east of Paul's Hill.
A windfarm has been in operation on the Ballindalloch site since 2006, with 28 turbines generating energy for Fred Olson Renewables.
And the energy giant has now lodged plans with the Scottish Government for Paul's Hill II, with the extension to be sited on the hills of Carn-na-Dubh-chlais, west of Knockando.
Due to the size of the development, the proposals were submitted directly to the Scottish Government, with Moray Council invited to put forward a consultation response to ministers.
The Ministry of Defence has already objected to the plan as it believes the turbines could disrupt military radar at Scotland's most vital airbase.
RAF Lossiemouth is the UK's first line of defence against air incursion by foreign powers – and the Russians in particular – and is being readied to become home to a new wing of P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.
Now Moray Council planning officials have recommended to elected members on the planning committee that they lodge a second official objection.
They believe the expansion will cause unacceptable landscape and visual impacts, given the position and height of the proposed turbines.
Neal McPherson, principal planning officer at the council, said: "While national policy provides support for renewable energy the proposal is not considered to be in full accordance with the local development plan policy and guidance."
"The proposed turbines will encroach visually upon the more complex lower Spey Valley to the south and to the more settled Upper Knockando area to the east and north-east."
Roy's Hill – a local landmark – would also be detrimentally affected, according to planners, as the turbines would "diminish its distinctiveness" in the landscape.
Despite the concerns raised by planners and the MoD, fellow consultees Historic Environment Scotland and Mountaineering Scotland have offered no challenges to the proposals.
Moray Council's planning committee will be expected to make a decision about whether to object today, with the Scottish Government then having the final say on whether the plans will go ahead.
Fred Olson Renewables are also in the early stages of planning for up to 29 turbines, each more than 700ft tall, as part of the Rothes III development, north of Archiestown.
Speyside Glenlivet councillor Derek Ross who campaigned successfully against the Brown Muir wind farm near Rothes fully endorsed the objection.
He said: "We are at saturation point with wind farms and this one is going to affect businesses depending on the wild landscapes up here.
"This one is close to encroaching onto Spey Valley which is a jewel in the crown for Moray and another key thing is that it encroaches Roys Hill which is another local landmark.
"Coating the hills in windfarms is suicide for tourism, people come here for the landscapes and these turbines will become some of the largest in Scotland.
"We've got enough already and they are accumulating so much."
Source: By David Walker | The Press and Journal | November 13, 2018 | www.pressandjournal.co.uk


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Il singolare del torneo di tennis Hong Kong Challenger 1989, facente parte dell'ATP Challenger Series, ha avuto come vincitore Johan Anderson che ha battuto in finale Kim Bong-Soo 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.

Teste di serie

 Zeeshan Ali (quarti di finale)
 Johan Anderson (Campione)
 Nick Brown (semifinali)
 Steve Guy (quarti di finale)

 James Turner (primo turno)
 Paul Wekesa (primo turno)
 Kim Bong-Soo (finale)
 Russell Barlow (primo turno)

Tabellone

Finale

Parte alta

Parte bassa

Collegamenti esterni

Hong Kong Challenger 1989

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import com.bumptech.glide.Glide;
import com.chad.library.adapter.base.BaseViewHolder;
import com.zyw.horrarndoo.sdk.utils.StringUtils;
import com.zyw.horrarndoo.yizhi.R;
import com.zyw.horrarndoo.yizhi.model.bean.douban.movie.child.PersonBean;

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Diagram of the veins of the neck, including the jugular, which are claimed to cause multiple sclerosis through chronic cerebrospinal vascular insufficiency.
There is an interesting controversy raging in the multiple sclerosis (MS) world that reflects many of the issues we discuss at science-based medicine. Dr. Paolo Zamboni, and Italian vascular surgeon, has now published a series of studies claiming that patients with clinically defined MS have various patterns of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI). Further Dr. Zamboni believes CCSVI is a major cause of MS, not just a clinical side-consequence, and is exploring treatment with venous angioplasty or stenting.
The claims have captured the attention of MS patients, many of whom have a progressive course that is only partially treated by currently available medications. There are centers popping up, many abroad (such as India), providing the "liberation procedure" and anecdotes of miraculous cures are spreading over the internet. There is even a Facebook page dedicated to CCSVI, and you can read the anecdotes for yourself. Many profess dramatic improvement immediately following the procedure, which seems unlikely even if Zamboni's hypothesis is correct.
Zamboni is also getting attention from neurologists and MS specialists, who remain skeptical because Zamboni's claims run contrary to years of research and thousands of studies pointing to the current model of MS as an autoimmune disease.
There are at least two stories to follow here. The first is the scientific story – the questions being proposed are answerable with scientific research, and they will be answered. MS remains a serious illness that is inadequately treated (not to downplay the important advances we have made, but we certainly are far from an adequate cure for MS). The potential of a new treatment deserves serious research attention, and CCSVI is getting it. It will probably take another ten years for the research to play itself out adequately for there to be a confident consensus on CCSVI, but eventually we will have a scientific answer.
The other story is the reaction of the public and the MS community. This has been mixed, but already there are conspiracy theories that the neurology community, the MS society, and Big Pharma (of course) are fighting against CCSVI as part of a misguided turf war. (See the comments to my previous posts on this topic at NeuroLogica for some examples.) Anecdotes are being used to argue against published scientific evidence, and negative studies are being dismissed. If CCSVI is eventually found to be a scientific dead end, I have to wonder if it will survive as just another fringe "alternative" treatment, like Laetrile, psychomotor patterning, and other discarded ideas in medicine.
So far there is not much of a scientific story to tell. A PubMed search on CCSVI yields a total of 19 publications (a pittance), indicating how new this concept is. I suspect this number will grow into the hundreds at least before this story plays itself out. If CCSVI is proven to be legitimate then this number will grow into the thousands over the next few decades. If it is disproved, publications will trickle off.
Most of the current research is published by Zamboni's team. He is building an impressive list of studies, exploring various aspects of CCSVI and MS, but evidence that derives entirely from a single research team is always suspect. The role of bias in research is well documented, and further most new ideas in medicine turn out ultimately to be wrong. Therefore skepticism is the proper approach to bold new claims being supported by a lone research team. Replication will be necessary for the broader scientific community to take CCSVI seriously.
The core claim made by Zamboni is that most patients with MS display two or more out of five criteria on studies of venous anatomy (using ultrasound or venography) of venous insufficiency, while control patients (healthy subjects or those with other neurological disorders) display one or no criteria, and never two or more. All other claims (benefit from angioplasty, matching patterns of venous insufficiency with types of MS) derive from this core claim.
According to the described criteria, 92% of the MS patients showed abnormal findings and 84% of them showed evidence of CCSVI, however; only 24% of controls showed abnormal findings, but none of them showed evidence of CCSVI (OR=7.25, 95% CI 2.92-18.01, P<0.0001).
These are similar numbers to Zamboni, although the 84% is a little less. This study used only ultrasound, which is a non-invasive technique and therefore good for screening, but the results are very operator-dependent. There is no indication in the study that the patients were assessed in a blinded fashion.
We performed an extended extra- and transcranial color-coded sonography study including analysis of extracranial venous blood volume flow (BVF), cross-sectional areas, IJV flow analysis during valsalva manoever (VM) as well as 'CCSVI' criteria. 56 MS patients and 20 controls were studied.
They found no subjects met the Zamboni criteria for CCSVI – a completely negative replication.
The authors conclude that the "chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI)" cannot represent the exclusive pathogenetic factor in the pathogenesis of MS. In our cohort, only 20% of the patients fulfilled the required neurosonological features of CCSVI. So far, the pathogenetic relevance of these findings remains speculative. Thus, based on the current scientific position we cannot justify invasive "therapeutic" approaches, especially if they are performed outside of clinical trials.
The third study is a Swedish study by Sundström et al., "Venous and cerebrospinal fluid flow in multiple sclerosis – a case-control study." This study used MRI scanning to assess blood flow in the internal jugular vein in 21 MS patients and 20 controls, and found no difference.
One of four replications found results similar to Zamboni. A second found only 20% of MS patients met Zamboni's criteria, while two others found that no patients with MS did. Four studies are not a lot – and are not even close to ending this controversy from a scientific point of view. But these early results are not promising and will tend to deepen skepticism within the neurological community.
Clearly there is a need for more research so that both patients and professionals can feel comfortable that CCSVI has been given a thorough investigation and we can say with confidence what role, if any, it plays in MS. The results, also, do not have to be black and white. While it seems unlikely that Zamboni has discovered the sole and ultimate cause of MS in most or all patients, it is possible he has found a significant consequence of MS. Chronic inflammation may result in venous insufficiency in some patients. This venous insufficiency may further play a role in worsening the clinical course in a subset of those patients, who may benefit from treatment. So CCSVI may ultimately play a minor but important role in the management of MS.
Or it may all turn out to be a figment of Zamboni's imagination, spawned by the sincere hope of finding a cure for MS. Time and research will tell.
My open plea to the MS community, especially those who are going down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories, is to keep this discussion about the scientific evidence. This is not the place for cheap conspiracy theories. I fear my plea will fall on deaf ears, but it never hurts to ask.


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Fáilte Ireland is in Belfast this week to showcase the best of Irish courses to golfers from Northern Ireland in a bid to grow visitor numbers from the North.
Golf tourism is a hugely lucrative sector for Ireland and, as a key driver of visitors from Northern Ireland, has been identified by Fáilte Ireland as a priority target as it helps prepare businesses for the impact of Brexit.
As part of this work, the National Tourism Development Authority held its annual 'Golf Ireland' event last night (Thursday) with over 40 exhibitors from the finest golf courses throughout Ireland.
The promotional event showcased the exceptional quality and value that Irish golf provides and over 400 golf enthusiasts, including members of local golf societies and clubs attended.
Annually more than 200,000 overseas visitors play golf which contributes almost €270million to the Irish economy and accounts for over 1.7 million bed nights.
Paul Mockler, Head of Commercial Development at Fáilte Ireland, said:
"Golf plays a significant role in Irish tourism. Golf visitors typically spend three times more than the average tourist, with most of their spend going directly into local economies. More than that, the spread of golf courses around the country offers a significant opportunity to boost visitor numbers and drive tourism growth outside of the better-known tourist hot spots.
"At Fáilte Ireland, we also see golf as an important component in our strategy to grow and retain the Northern Irish market in the face of Brexit. The Northern Ireland market is of particular importance to the Irish golf industry - not just for the border counties, but right across the country and that is reflected in the number of clubs who have partnered with Fáilte Ireland on our Golf Ireland Promotion Night."
Martin Donnelly, Business Development Manager with Fáilte Ireland, added:
"There's no doubt that Brexit remains one of the biggest barriers to growth for the tourism industry, particularly in terms of attracting numbers from the Northern Irish market. However, we believe the quality of our golfing product and the amazing value we can offer Northern Irish consumers can help us in promoting activity from the north. By supporting events like the Golf Ireland Promotion Night, Fáilte Ireland gives golf tourism providers throughout Ireland a high quality sales platform to promote their products in this market."
The event in Belfast follows on from Fáilte Ireland joining forces with Tourism Ireland and Irish golf trade last month to sell Ireland as a premier golf destination at one of the largest golf trade shows in the world - the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando.
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If you're a "travel light" musician looking for a MIDI keyboard controller you may have taken note when Korg released the microKEY Air & microKEY2 recently. Here's the low-down on these controllers.
Korg, these days, is making their presence felt in pretty much every aspect of music. While they are mostly being talked about for volcas, Electribes, and several iOS applications, there are a couple of hardware devices that just came out, and that I have my hands on, that add an even greater layer to those iOS software instruments, while also being perfectly capable with a laptop, to boot. In this review, let's take a look at the MicroKEY Air, and microKEY 2, and see how much control you really can have over an iPad, or your laptop.
Surprisingly, the Air, and Key 2 are bereft of many of the knobs, LEDS, and other bells and whistles, that many other manufacturers sprinkle on, like Xmas lights. But, just because the bling is missing, it doesn't mean that there aren't some goodies hiding in those dark, black chassis. Before we get to all that, how sturdy are they?
The basic exterior of the Air, and Key2, is comprised of a medium grade, black plastic. To be honest, they don't feel that great coming out to the box, but the keys really do make up for it. And, the light plastic does have one major perk—They are extremely, light controllers.
While the keys are smaller, I did not feel in any way held back from my performance. Sure, the bigger keys feel better, but when it came to popping out beats, playing epic pads, and even piano parts, I honestly found myself getting used to the action, fairly quickly. And, because the Key 2 49 is so light, I could keep it in my lap, at times, without feeling uncomfortable.
Before moving on, I need to mention that the actual dimensions of these controllers really started to grow on me for a couple of major reasons. First, even the controllers with a higher amount of keys are extremely easy to travel with. Granted, they aren't going to be ideal for concert recitals, but these are awesome for quick, jump in the car and roll.
But, there's one more thing. The thin exteriors make these controllers ideal for webcasts, YouTube, and even Ask.Audio Academy tutorials, because you can easily fit them into the lower portion of the screen, underneath an iPad, Laptop, or even a hardware synth. These controllers are great for people with very little space on their desks. They are thin enough to fit in front of a laptop, or even sit on a lap.
The microKEY Air is a version of the current microKEY line that I would highly advise taking a look at. Connection is effortless. Simply turn it on to wireless mode, go in to your App, with Bluetooth MIDI, and connect it. If the latency is bad, just adjust down the buffer size from 1024, to 256, or lower, if you don't mind the processor hit, and you're in action. Also, upon re-logging in to your iDevice, or other, bluetooth is quickly rediscovered.
Normally, I'm not the biggest bluetooth fan. Generally speaking, I've found it to be an option that causes issues with latency, audio, and so on, but the microKEY Air may have just made a believer out of me.
Both controllers feature pitch and mod wheels, and as the keys are smaller, so are the wheels. But, while they may be small, the movement is smooth, and I found both the pitch and mod wheels to be quite expressive.
I'd also like to point out that the slightly recessed design should make you feel pretty easy that one of rollers will be broken off by a stray backpack strap. Even the keys are protected with rounded, sturdy, bumper-like siding. So, while the chassis may be light, you may actually have to do some work to break one of these.
One major note: The microKEY 2, and microKEY Air 25 key versions sport a built-in arpeggiator, and sustain button, for situations where you do not have a physical pedal. Had I known, I probably would've looked at the smaller versions, instead of going for the 49-key versions.
But, I did enjoy the assignable switch jack, that only comes in the 37, 49 and 61 key versions, and is intended to be used as a damper pedal. Assignable does mean programmability, so the microKEY line would be additionally cool for people doing loop-based, live performances. Assign the Pedal to the record function, and you're ready to go!
While you can run either the microKEY2, or Air off of a USB connection, you also get the option of battery power. Both controllers can take two double AA batteries, adding, again, to the powerful portability.
Korg bundles a pretty serious collection of classic instruments, and even 'special' versions of the Korg Gadget and Korg Module. I did not actually get the code to download, being a reviewer, and having the devices before ship date, but I will say that this is a bundle I really do care about, for a change. It's not just another copy of Live Lite (which is not included). It's an actual set of instruments, both VST and iOS.
This really means that whoever gets their hands on these controllers will start off with some generous audio power, upon purchase. And, that's where I really start to see the strategy that Korg has in play by including these very simple controllers into their lineup—Great value, with great delivery.
So, as the holiday season rolls around, I'd definitely recommend either the microKEY2, or microKEY Air as great holiday gifts. In fact, I'll go even a step further. If you're in jam sessions, using gear that can be quickly set up, or packed up, and like to travel light—These are awesome!! In terms of touring keyboards, with the light plastic, and smaller keys—Maybe not so much.
Pros: Multiple versions for different needs, thin exteriors make for wonderful work space controllers with limited space. Light and highly portable. More expressive than they look.
Cons: Smaller keys, with what appears to be a very fragile exterior. No rotaries, or additional assignable knobs. Only colors are black.


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UH Creative Writing Program Talents Showcased at Poetry and Prose Readings Sept. 12
By Mike Emery 713-743-8186
The University of Houston's Poetry and Prose Reading Series has steadily grown into a much-anticipated literary event. To kick off the fall semester, the series will host three talents from UH's esteemed Creative Writing Program.
Visiting professor Z.Z. Packer, associate professor Alex Parsons and alumnus Keith Jardim will share works at 5:30 p.m., Sept. 12 in UH's Honors College Commons (second floor of the M.D. Anderson Library – entrance 1 off Cullen Boulevard). This event is free and open to the public.
Packer's 2003 collection of short stories was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner award and was named a New York Times Notable Book. Her work has been published in Harper's, The Best American Short Stories (2000, 2004) and Ploughshares. In 2008, Packer earned the Guggenheim Prize for Fiction. Smithsonian Magazine named Packer one of America's Young Innovators, and Granta Magazine listed her as one of America's Best Young Novelists. Recently, she was featured in in the New Yorker's "20 Under 40" fiction issue.
Parsons earned UH's Teaching Excellence Award in 2010. His first novel "Leaving Disneyland" earned the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Series Award and the Writers' League of Texas Violet Crown Award. It also was a finalist for the PEN West Award. Parson's second novel "Shadows Under the Sun" was named a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Book. Among his other honors are a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Fellowship, the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award, the Sherwood Anderson Prize and a Texas Fellowship in Literature. His most recent work is the novel "El Repoman."
Jardim earned a doctorate from UH's Creative Writing Program. His fiction and essays have been published in several publications including the Kyk-Over-Al, Mississippi Review, Wasafiri, Denver Quarterly, Atlanta Review, Caribbean Quarterly, The Antigonish Review, Journal of Caribbean Literatures and Short Story. His first book "Near Open Water" was short listed in the fiction category of the OCM Bocas Caribbean Literary Prize.
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Upcoming Horrors - December 2017
Happy December!
It's hard to believe that next month it will be 2018! This year was full of amazing horror movies and I cannot wait to see what 2018 will bring. There's always awesome new horror movie on the way and this month it's no exception. Take a look at the horror movies being released this month below.
Another Wolfcop - RELEASE DATE: December 1st, 2017
An alcoholic cop experiences blackouts and starts turning into a werewolf when the full moon appears in the sky.
Slumber - RELEASE DATE: December 1st, 2017
A doctor must confront her own nightmares while battling a parasitic demon that preys on people while they sleep.
Better Watch Out - RELEASE DATE: December 5th, 2017 (US)
December 8th, 2017 (UK)DVD
This holiday season, you may be home, but you're not alone! In this fresh and gleefully twisted spin on home-invasion horror, babysitter Ashley must defend the kids she's babysitting when intruders break into the house one snowy night – or so she thinks.
The Crucifixion - RELEASE DATE: December 5th, 2017DVD
When a priest is jailed for the murder of a nun on whom he was performing an exorcism, an investigative journalist strives to determine whether he in fact murdered a mentally ill person, or if he lost the battle with a demonic presence.
Once Upon a Time at Christmas - RELEASE DATE: December 12th, 2017
Santa and Mrs. Claus unleash their murderous fury on the residents of a small, snowy town.
K-Shop - RELEASE DATE: December 12th, 2017
A kebab shop owner's son becomes a creative vigilante as he takes grisly revenge on the violent youths who killed his father.
Desolation - RELEASE DATE: December 15th, 2017
After the death of her husband, Abby, her son, Sam and best friend, Jen, venture into the forests of upstate NY on a camping trip, only to find themselves in danger from a mysterious hiker with malicious intentions. As the trio attempts to navigate the vast wilderness in search of safety, they find themselves the hunted prey in a deranged killer's terrifying game and the only way to survive is to kill - or be killed.
Mother! - RELEASE DATE: December 19th, 2017
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Leatherface - RELEASE DATE: December 19th, 2017
A violent teen and three others kidnap a young nurse while escaping from a Texas mental institution. Pursued by a vengeful sheriff, the disturbed young man embarks on a murderous rampage that shapes him into a legendary killer known as Leatherface.
Creep 2 - RELEASE DATE: December 23rd, 2017
A video artist looking for work drives to a remote house in the forest to meet a man claiming to be a serial killer. But after agreeing to spend the day with him, she soon realizes that she made a deadly mistake.
Mayhem - RELEASE DATE: December 26th, 2017
A virus spreads through a office complex causing white collar workers to act out their worst impulses.
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Anti govt. pilgrims chant defamatory slogans at PM Shehbaz's delegation in Madina
ideos on social media show demonstrators chanting slogans 'Thieves, Traitors, Turncoats'
Hamza Imran
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif along with his delegation, who is in Saudi Arabia on a three-day official visit, was confronted by "angry" Pakistani protesters – apparently supporters of the PTI – at Masjid-e-Nabawi in Madina.
Videos doing round on social media show the protesters chanting slogans such as "Chor, Chor [thieves] and Traitors of Pakistan" against the members of the delegation who were escorted by the Saudi security personnel.
In a video statement, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, who is accompanying PM Shehbaz, indirectly blamed PTI Chairman Imran Khan for the protest.
"I will not name this person on this holy land because I do not want to use this land for politics. But they have destroyed the [Pakistani] society," she remarked.
She said their workers were also there, but they were instructed not to adopt such an attitude. The information minister regretted that there is a section of the society, which is maintaining such hateful traditions. She said it will take time, but these attitudes will change with "our positive attitude".
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said the "evil spread by former PM Imran violated the sanctity" of the Prophet's Mosque in Madina.
Meanwhile, former human rights minister Shireen Mazari said in a tweet that, the "imported government of criminals brought in by US regime change conspiracy is met with chants of 'thieves' in Madina Sharif. Wherever they will go Pakistanis will shame this band of crooks. Any remorse within the Dark Shadows now?"
Federal ministers and parliamentarians, including Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Miftah Ismail, Shahzain Bugti, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Khawaja Asif, Chaudhry Salik Hussain, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, and Mohsin Dawar accompanied the prime minister.


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Forest fires sweep Urals region
82 forest fires covering a total of 6,739 hectares were registered in the Urals federal district over the last 24 hours.
Talking to RIA Novosti, people at the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's information department noted that 32 forest fires over a 206.9-hectare area had been registered in the Sverdlovsk region. 175 fire-fighters, 28 units of special equipment and five aircraft are trying to put out this conflagration.
17 forest fires were registered over an area of 36.3 hectares in the Chelyabinsk region; local fire-fighting operations involve 103 people, as well as 40 units of equipment.
Eight forest fires covering a 5.89-hectare area took place in the Kurgan region; 64 people and 26 special-equipment units are moving to extinguish the blaze.
The Tyumen region (Western Siberia) registered 17 forest fires with a total area of 36.1 hectares; 109 people, 43 units of special equipment, as well as five planes, are involved in fire-fighting operations.
The Khanty-Mansiisk autonomous area registered four large-scale fires with a total area of 6,450 hectares; 118 people, 7 units of special equipment and five planes are involved in fire extinguishing. The living vicinities are out of danger.
The Yamal-Nenets autonomous area registered four forest fires over a four-hectare area in the past 24 hours. 26 fire-fighters, four units of equipment and aircraft have been pitted against the blaze.


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AOC: It's Time For Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to Go
Rusty Weiss Follow on Twitter December 19, 2020
In a podcast interview with 'Intercepted' that aired Wednesday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) said it's time for the era of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to come to an end.
Ocasio-Cortez suggested the two leaders – House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer – need to go, but that there also needs to be solid leadership to fill their respective roles.
She was asked by the interviewer if it was time to replace the duo.
"I do think we need new leadership in the Democratic Party," AOC (D-NY) said. "I think one of the things that I have struggled with, I think that a lot of people struggle with, is the internal dynamics of the House has made it such that there [are] very little options for succession."
Will you support Joe Biden as president?
Yes, he has earned the title and is to be respected
No, he did not earn the title and stole the election
She went on to warn her fellow progressives that pushing Pelosi and Schumer out could lead to "nefarious forces" allowing "something even worse" to take their place.
AOC and the Squad Are Chomping At The Bit To Get Rid of Pelosi and Schumer
AOC and the Island of Misfit Legislators known as the 'Squad' have been fighting with their party's leadership for some time. This past election – where Democrats lost a dozen House seats and failed to flip any state legislatures – has made the rift worse.
Audio of a wild conference call amongst Democrat lawmakers leaked shortly after the election.
It featured several members of the Democrat caucus "angrily confronting" Pelosi over their election losses and blasting the 'Squad.'
"Squad" members fired back with allegations that moderates were being racist.
For her part, Ocasio-Cortez blasted party leadership as 'incompetent' in an interview with the New York Times following the election losses.
"Our party isn't even online, not in a real way that exhibits competence," she criticized. "And so, yeah, they were vulnerable to these messages, because they weren't even on the mediums where these messages were most potent."
"The party — in and of itself — does not have the core competencies, and no amount of money is going to fix that," AOC continued.
NEW: Ocasio-Cortez: I'm "not ready" to be Speaker but Pelosi and Schumer need to go https://t.co/jN5oClhnvY pic.twitter.com/deSwTmC7q3
Some Progressives Aren't Buying What AOC is Selling
Ocasio-Cortez went on to say that a "vacuum" may remain where Pelosi and Schumer once reigned, one she is not ready to fill.
"The House is extraordinarily complex and I'm not ready," she said. "It can't be me. I know that I couldn't do that job."
Progressives on social media, in the interim, have been hammering AOC on social media for not pushing their agenda and forcing a vote on Medicare For All.
I wrote a defense of the @jimmy_dore plan. https://t.co/BRrVuT364C
— BJG 👑 (@briebriejoy) December 15, 2020
They have implored the New York socialist to withhold their vote for Pelosi as House Speaker until Medicare For All is brought to the floor for a vote.
"I'm incapable of mounting a pressure campaign around my idea, but now that there is one for a Med4all Vote, I wanna complain that we should do something else! Problem is that I don't know how to actually start a pressure campaign as well as a pothead comedian, sucks to be me" https://t.co/yzsal5M6af
— Jimmy Dore (@jimmy_dore) December 16, 2020
You know what Sex Workers could really use @AOC? Med4all!!!
You RAN on it!! but now you have a chance to implement it & U won't fight for it. Maybe if @J_ManPrime21 ask you it will be real? But what's real is you are revealing yourself to be a regular Democrat. #ForceTheVote https://t.co/fqnfmpuom8
"If progressives do threaten to withhold their support from Pelosi, Ocasio-Cortez said, their demand shouldn't be merely for a floor vote on Medicare for All, which is sure to fail," the Intercept countered in their report on the podcast interview.
Pelosi was re-elected Speaker of the House after running unopposed in November but will need 218 Democratic votes to be sworn in again in January.
On the Senate side, Schumer also won reelection without facing any in-party challenges.
Read more at the Political Insider
Rusty Weiss is a freelance journalist focusing on the conservative movement and its political agenda. He has been writing conservatively charged articles for several years in the upstate New York area, and his writings have appeared in the Daily Caller, American Thinker, FoxNews.com, Big Government, the Times Union, and the Troy Record. He is also Editor of one of the top conservative blogs of 2012, the Mental Recession.
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Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan joint military exercises continue
by Anadolu Agency
ANKARA Sep 16, 2021 - 9:06 pm GMT+3
Soldiers take part in the joint military exercises in Azerbaijan's Baku on Sept. 14, 2021 (IHA Photo)
by Anadolu Agency Sep 16, 2021 9:06 pm
Joint military drills between Turkey, Azerbaijan and Pakistan continued on Thursday, according to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
"In the next stage of the exercises, Special Forces Units successfully accomplished combat tasks on deployment behind imaginary enemy lines by air in different conditions in the daytime and at night in limited visibility," a ministry statement said.
The "Three Brothers - 2021" exercises-held with the special forces of the three states in Azerbaijan's capital Baku – started on Sept. 12 and will continue until Sept. 20.
The joint military exercises, the first such drills between the three countries, will serve to "further strengthen the existing ties" between the armies, as well as provide an opportunity to discover new ways to combat terrorism, according to an earlier statement.
The exercises are believed to provide an extensive exchange of experience and views between servicemen of the three countries and "greatly contribute" to further improvement of professional training, according to Azerbaijani officials.
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