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Food research paves the way to a better world
15.10.2019 15:32 EEST
Kaisa Poutanen, who has acted over three decades as a Research Professor in the field of food technology at VTT, is one of the most internationally recognised food researchers in Finland. Her research has focused especially on dietary fibre and cereals at the intersection of food technology and nutrition.
– My background in biotechnology has enabled me to study everything from spirits to cereals, from bioethanol to healthy, personalised snacks and from sourdough to gastrointestinal microbiota, says Kaisa Poutanen, who retired from VTT in August.
– Although I have worked at VTT for almost 40 years, the variation in both working environment and research topics made every day an exciting one.
A second career in Kuopio
Poutanen also spent more than 10 years at the beginning of the 21st century working part-time at the University of Eastern Finland – first as the head of the university's Food and Health Research Centre and then as an Academy Professor – which gave her an even wider insight into her field.
– I was during those days also in charge of the European Union's HEALTHGRAIN project, one of the biggest cereal research initiatives in the world. It taught me even more about the diversity of the food system and the knowledge gaps and collaboration needs we have in that respect, she says.
According to Poutanen, the early noughties were the age of when the concept functional food was born. Finland was one of the world leaders in developing functional food products. The health benefits of food are still a popular topic, but EU laws have made it difficult to substantiate health claims.
– One of our missions was to make the digestive system "transparent", in other words, to understand how the origin and processing of food affect the release of nutrients and human metabolism. The scientists in Kuopio are still using metabolomic and nutrigenomic techniques to study nutrition physiology through different kinds of clinical interventions. We already know a lot about why a plant-based diet is so healthy and how its different components affect the body.
VTT and the University of Eastern Finland have also collaborated on a number of dietary behaviour projects.
– Our latest StopDia study focused on understanding how people can be nudged towards healthier lifestyle by modification of their living environment, Poutanen says.
The introduction of new technologies also requires an understanding of human behaviour and the mechanisms of food choice.
A spokesperson for rye and oat
Kaisa Poutanen has worked hard to put rye and oat on the world map.
– I coordinated the Nordic Rye and Health Network, which discovered several new compounds in rye that were interesting from the perspective of health and demonstrated their metabolic and physiological significance. Rye has a key role as wholegrain in the healthy Nordic diet, and its benefits are now recognised on many continents. We have disseminated our results in scientific journals, on websites and at numerous lectures and events, Poutanen explains.
– It has been rewarding to see Nordic research cooperation entering its third decade and being taken up by the next generation of scientists.
Poutanen explains that the first oat fractionation studies at VTT were conducted by Professor Yrjö Mälkki back in the 1980s and that the dietary fibres, starch and protein in oats as well as the processes to make different kinds of food products have now been studied for more than 40 years.
– It is great to see oats finally making a breakthrough as a versatile ingredient, and a massive rise in its consumption. This is an excellent example of the versatility of plant-based ingredients, which will be a big trend in the future.
Poutanen has received some of the international cereal science world's most esteemed awards for her work with cereals, which also earned her an honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki.
A new era for the food industry
– Three years ago, our team at VTT was working on a strategic roadmap called Food Economy 4.0. Climate change, population growth, urbanisation and ageing all call for new solutions to make food production sustainable in the future. VTT has risen to the challenge by developing technologies that enable the production of new kinds of food ingredients by means of biotechnology and new applications of plant-based fractions.
– In addition to new ingredients, we also need flexible production processes and an increasingly consumer-centric approach. Knowledge is power and also an important product characteristic. Information technology gives consumers a completely new level of control over food and helps individuals to make personalised choices and follow a tailored diet – regardless of where and when they eat. The breadth of VTT's expertise provides a great springboard in this regard.
Semi-retirement
Poutanen continues to work part-time at VTT as Senior Advisor. She also still holds a number of international positions of trust and advisory roles, and continues as a board member of Leipurin Plc.
Poutanen will stay fascinated about food – and of thinking how more and more people could get energy, pleasure and well-being from eating.
– I do also appreciate the luxury of having a slower pace of life and lie-ins in the mornings, taking long walks with my dog and playing with my grandchild in the middle of the week. There is so much to see and do in the world, and it is not really always related to science.
Demand for food is growing at the same rate as the world population. Food production needs to be both sufficiently efficient and less harmful for the environment than before. The challenge is massive, but big steps have already been taken in the right direction.
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Is there an app that I can download that will allow me to read my vast collection of .lit books? I know .lit is a MS format and MS doesn't usually play nicely with anyone else, but is there a way I can read them on a Droid?
How is the conversion process?
Can the conversion be done on the Atrix, or does it have to be on a PC?
How does it work if the e-books are locked (ie, needing a credit card code to open)?
If I have a decent pressure washer, so I still need toilet paper?
Are there any other e-reader apps I should look at?
Safety equipment amuses me. What good are steel toes and a plastic hat when the crane is lifting 15 tonnes over your head?
Whoa, hey guys, not all at once! One at a time please! All this info is waaaayyyyy too overwhelming!
Sorry, was that too much info all at once?
The issue with .lit books seems to be that Microsoft owns the rights to everything having to do with .lit, including reading it. No one has developed an Android app to read them under fear of backlash from MS.
Most .lit files will be DRM protected, but if you have any that are not then they can be converted using the PC application from Calibre (calibre - E-book management) but there is no conversion on the phone itself.
I've never done any of this myself, so I can't answer the unlock/credit card code, but I imagine if it's locked then it won't convert.
That's what I'd thought as well. Thanks for the input!
I'm also looking for "THE" ebook reader and have tried Aldiko, Kobo, FBReader, etc.
I'm using Kobo a lot, but mostly because I got a bunch of free books from that interface.
Cool Reader was installed last night on my Atrix so I've yet to really test it, but is seems to cover the formats I need covered (besides LIT): epub (non-DRM), fb2, doc, txt, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, prc, mobi (non-DRM), pml.
Moon+ also seems interesting, but no LIT.
For converting LIT files, when I had a number of them and wanted to read them on my Blackberry, I used ABC Amber.
Thanks for the info. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on Cool Reader. Any of those readers stand out for you?
How to turn on the Atrix using volume keys but not disable the fingerprint reader?
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Scott Sinclair and Ed Ellis heading to Georgia to lead S&C
Posted on January 6, 2016 January 6, 2016 by shimos Posted in Strength and Conditioning NewsTagged central florida, ed ellis, football, georgia, marshall, National Strength and Conditioning Association, new strength coach, NSCA, scott sinclair, strength coach, ucf, uga
Scott Sinclair and Ed Ellis working together at Georgia
Athens, Georgia — Incoming head football coach Kirby Smart announced that he has hired Scott Sinclair to be his strength and conditioning coordinator and Ed Ellis to be the associate director of strength and conditioning.
Sinclair has spent the past three years at Marshall and the nine years before that as an assistant at Central Florida. Sinclair helped train the football, baseball and track programs while at UCF. Sinclair was also previously an assistant strength coach at Georgia Tech from 2001-03 and an assistant director of player development at Wake Forest from 1999-01. At Central Florida, Sinclair developed programs to focus on speed and agility. Sinclair also earned the title of master strength and conditioning coach from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, which is the highest honor in his industry.
Scott Sinclair
While at Central Florida, Sinclair worked under Ed Eillis, who was the head strength coach for the past 13 years. Before Central Florida, Ellis had stints at Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Illinois State, Ole Miss and Arkansas.
Sinclair will replace Mark Hocke, who spent only one year with the Bulldogs. Hocke replaced Joe Tereshinski Jr. at Georgia in 2014.
A high school coach said that one of Sinclair's strengths is providing a great nutrition program, especially after the NCAA allowed institutions to offer unlimited meals to their student-athletes.
Before Sinclair's tenure at Marshall, the Thundering Herd was 17-20 in head coach Doc Holliday's first three years. In the past three seasons, with Sinclair on staff, Marshall has compiled a 33-8 record with three consecutive bowl wins.
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Networking and Streams Q&A: Tag Template Literal
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The "Q&A: Tag Template Literal" Lesson is part of the full, Networking and Streams course featured in this preview video. Here's what you'd learn in this lesson:
James takes questions from the audience about tag template literal, the HTML parser, and application frameworks.
Transcript from the "Q&A: Tag Template Literal" Lesson
>> The Yo-yo package that you're using to include the HTML strings-
>> Do you know if underneath, that's just doing an innerHTML call?
>> It's actually doing something pretty sophisticated. So the first thing that it does, so when you use that little HTML with back ticks around it, that's a tagged template literal, which is part of the language now in JavaScript.
>> In 6.
>> Yeah, in ES6. And that kicks off this parser. I actually wrote the parser that Yo-yo is using but it's few steps removed now, people have built more stuff on top of it. And I just use their thing, cuz I don't wanna write my own stuff if someone else did it in a way that I like.
[00:00:46] So those pieces are using this package called morphdom, that's like virtual DOM, but with the real DOM. So it does diffing with the DOM elements that are already in the browser. And so you don't get the flash of page content when you blow away the DOM tree by setting innerHTML or anything like that, it does it more intelligently.
[00:01:12] And it also sets up all the event emitters and everything in a pretty sensible way.
>> So it's not just a Band-Aid over an innerHTML call?
>> No, it's much more sophisticated. There's a framework as well, it's the only framework that I like, it's called Choo, C-H-O-O. And it's barely any more than what he showed you [LAUGH] already.
[00:01:39] And for something slightly more complicated, I like to use Choo. But for things that are as simple as this, I think it's fine just to use Yo-yo directly. But there's another one called bel, I don't really even know what the difference is, B-E-L. Use either one, I think they both kinda work basically the same.
[00:01:57] So it was fun to see that unfold, cuz I made it a tool for something different. I made this like HTML parser for doing stuff with some alt-virtual DOM packages, cuz I don't like how config heavy React is. It's like, I don't have to use it, I'd rather use other things that I like better instead.
[00:02:19] And then people took that and found out that was faster in a lot of cases to do diffing with regular the DOM instead of virtual DOM, cuz you save on some overhead. It's not faster for all cases, but it's like comparable in all cases, and it's simpler. And then other people took that idea and built other pieces on top.
[00:02:42] Built a whole kind of Redux-style framework with unidirectional flow and everything. I think it compresses minified and gzip-ed to be three kilobytes or something obscenely small like that, all told when it gets to the browser.
>> Makes it hard to track down like what is actually happening, with with so many different packages and modules and frameworks.
>> Yes, [LAUGH] that is true. [LAUGH] Yeah, there's a lot of layers. And I think as the web gets even more features and more of this technology becomes kind of stabilized, you're just gonna get even more. Just imagine how many things you have to know now to be a web developer.
[00:03:32] There's gonna just be even more things in the future. It's gonna just, I don't know, I think it'll be fun. [LAUGH]


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South Saint Paul Hoppy Hours are two hour sessions. Bring your rabbit or rabbits for some social time with other bunnies. You are sure to have a great time watching all the bunnies and talking with other bunny lovers. All bunnies need to be sterilized and in apparent good health in order to participate.
On the bunny "playground" will be a few small agility obstacles for the buns to enjoy, but this is not a class. Mostly, its just a time to hang out and enjoy the cuteness of bunnies at play. If you haven't been to the SSP location, you must RSVP in order to get directions to attend. To RSVP email, Info@MNCompanionRabbit.org.
Pick up hay & pellets for your rabbit while also supporting homeless rabbits. We also carry an assortment of grooming supplies, dishes and bottles, toys, books, and other items. Read more about what supplies MCRS has to offer.


World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria - Patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar trailer.
Garrosh Hellscream's treacherous excavation of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms has finished with sinister results -- not just for Pandaria, but for all Azeroth.
In a compound beneath Ragefire Chasm, Garrosh has infused his followers -- the 'true Horde' -- with the pilfered essence of the Old God Y'shaarj. With the power of a primordial world-twisting force at his command, Garrosh can rebuild the Horde in his image: strong, obedient, and, most importantly, 'pure'.
Vol'jin's attempts to lead Horde rebels into the capital of Orgrimmar haven't gone unnoticed -- and the mightiest heroes of the Alliance have stepped in to siege one of their enemies' most prized cities. Will the Alliance be content with overthrowing a despot, or will they crush the Horde at one of the most vulnerable points in its history?
- The Siege of Orgrimmar is a 3-wing, 14-boss raid for max-level players, which will call you to take down Warchief Garrosh Hellscream at the head of a host of Azeroth's finest.
- Raid with a group of friends and guild mates regardless of server, and with any group size from 10 to 25, and the difficulty will automatically adjust to provide an appropriately challenging experience.
- Undertake solo trials to practice or learn a new class role (Tank, Healer, or Damage). Each trial is available in multiple difficulties -- Bronze through Gold and the challenging 'Endless' mode.
- Giant outdoor zone promoting open-world adventuring with tons of hidden treasures, giant creatures to defeat, five world bosses, a pet battle tournament, and much more!
- The epic conclusion to the Legendary quest line will see players rewarded with unique cloaks imbued with powerful new abilities.
- Lower population realms will be permanently and seamlessly "linked." Players on the same Connected Realm will be able to trade, send and receive mail, join the same guilds, access a single Auction House, run the same Raids and Dungeons, and join other adventurers to complete quests.
- Arenas are no longer tied to specific Battlegroups, and players no longer need to create or join an Arena team to compete. Similar to the Rated Battleground system, players in a party of the appropriate size can queue.


Once a conservative and sleepy agrarian state, Haryana has capitalized on its proximity to Delhi to transform itself into one of India's most developed states, with a large automobile industry and a major financial and industrial hub in the Delhi suburb of Gurugram. Haryana's diversified economy–it is also home to a major IT industry–and its willingness to experiment with reforms have made it one of India's most dynamic states, although village life remains intensely conservative and women face many barriers to economic participation.
The Haryana Power Purchase Center released a tender to purchase 120 megawatts (MW) per month of short term non-solar renewable power between April 1 and October 1, 2019. Technical bids for this tender will open February 7, 2019 and an earnest money deposit of $417.69 per MW per month is required.
The Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency has issued a tender for 20 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects to be developed across the state. The bid-submission deadline is February 15, 2019.
The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission issued an order approving the power purchase agreements of solar projects totaling 23 MW.
The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued an order approving the power purchase agreements for a total of 49.8 MW of paddy straw biomass-based power projects signed between the developers and the Haryana Power Purchase Center.
The Union Cabinet approved the establishment of a new All India Institute for Medical Sciences at Manethi in Rewari District, Haryana at a cost of $182.7 million.
The Haryana government approved the Haryana Pharmaceutical Policy 2019, which aims to establish a state-of-the-art pharma park at Karnal. The new policy intends to develop Haryana into a hub for pharmaceutical manufacturing by facilitating and creating a holistic industry and academia ecosystem. The government also approved the Haryana Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Policy 2019.
The Haryana government signed an MOU with the center and the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to set up an innovation and learning center at AIIMS, New Delhi, which can provide technical support on comprehensive primary healthcare and ensure quality services at Haryana's health and wellness centers.


It is only by some measure [of conciliation] that we can ever establish friendly relations with these Indians. The bones of American citizens that now whiten the plains from the borders of the western states to the Rocky Mountains all admonish of the necessity for peace. We can never whip them into friendship; the prowess of our troops and the vast resources of the government would be wasted in long and toilsome marches over the plains in the pursuit of an ignis fatuus;they ever see an enemy...justice, as well as policy, requires that we should make remuneration for the damages which the Indians sustain in consequence of the destruction of game, timber, etc., by the whites passing though their country.
Indian Superintendent for the West, and the treaty commissioner at the 1851 Treaty Council at Horse Creek in the Nebraska Territory.
Congress appointed D.D. Mitchell to the post of Superintendent of Indian Affair - a successor to Captain William Clark - in 1847, following his successful career as a fur trader with John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company.
Congress agreed to fund a peace council with the tribes in order to promote peace and friendship. That council, which met for a month at the confluence of the North Platte and Horse Creek, in the Nebraska Territory, in September of 1851, ended by formally recognizing the great western tribes as being the titled owners of 1.1 million square miles of the west - an area larger than the entire Louisiana Purchase.


ATLANTA — Tom Brady usually makes it look so easy.
Year after year, he churned out staggering offensive numbers with such regularity it was hard to envision much of a drop-off, even when he lost two of his most trusted receivers.
But here we are, three weeks into the season, and Brady is struggling to get in sync with his new guys.
Sure, the Patriots (3-0) are off to a strong start in the standings, but defense and the running game have largely carried the load. Brady turns up in some very unfamiliar spots on the stat sheet: 24th in passer rating, 26th in completion percentage, 33rd in average gain per attempt.
"We've definitely left some points on the board," he said heading into Sunday's prime-time game against the Atlanta Falcons.
Brady knew things would be a bit different after Wes Welker signed with the Broncos and Brandon Lloyd was released. A year ago, those two combined for 192 receptions, 2,265 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Also, receiver Danny Amendola missed the last two games with a groin injury, while two-time Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski has yet to play while recovering from forearm and back surgeries. In the meantime, rookies Kenbrell Thompkins and Aaron Dobson have become Brady's main receivers, a transition that hasn't gone all that smoothly.
The Patriots have really struggled in the red zone, scoring only four times in 13 trips inside the 20-yard line.
"You're always trying to develop that (timing) over the course of the season," Brady said. "You don't really have it figured out to start."
Brady and the passing game will need to pick up against the Falcons (1-2), a team that has another of the league's top quarterbacks, Matt Ryan, and plenty of offensive weapons.
Atlanta has an extra sense of urgency after a pair of last-minute losses, leaving the team in danger of falling two games below .500 for the first time under coach Mike Smith.
The Falcons have been outscored 48-24 in the second half.
"The big theme for us is finishing," tight end Tony Gonzalez said. "We don't want to give Tom too many chances because he'll hurt you. He's one of the best of all time. Any time you have a guy like that, you don't want him on the field that much."
Especially since Gronkowski is unable to play.
He practiced during the week but was coy about whether he'd return against the Falcons.
Falcons receiver Roddy White is still trying to get back to full speed after spraining his right ankle during the preseason. White played in the first three games but wasn't very effective with seven catches for 56 yards and no touchdowns. That puts him on pace for 37 catches and 299 yards over a full season. White's infectiveness has made it easier for defenses to cover Gonzalez, who has 93 yards on 11 receptions.
New England has long been known for its high-scoring offense, but the other side of the line has carried the Patriots over the first three weeks. They have allowed only three touchdowns (another scored on a fumble return) and are tied with Kansas City for the fewest points allowed (34) in the AFC. But the early success comes with a caveat: The Patriots have yet to face an elite quarterback, feasting on a pair of rookies — Buffalo's EJ Manuel and Geno Smith of the New York Jets — along with Tampa Bay's struggling and now-benched Josh Freeman.
Under Smith, the Falcons have had only three losing streaks over the past five-plus seasons, all of them two-game skids during the 2009 season. Atlanta is riding a streak of 14 straight wins after losses and can't afford to lose any more ground to first-place New Orleans in the NFC South.
New England doesn't have a go-to runner, but the committee approach is working just fine. Stevan Ridley tops the Patriots with 121 yards. LeGarrette Blount and Brandon Bolden took the lead in last week's victory over Tampa Bay. The Patriots rank 12th in the league in rushing (122.7 yards per game), 10 spots higher than their vaunted passing game.
Pressuring the quarterback has been a major Falcons weakness over the past few seasons, but they're coming off a five-sack performance against Miami. Atlanta defensive coordinator Mike Nolan relies on stunts, blitzes and other deceptive schemes to make up for the lack of a big-time end. While Brady is hard to take down, the Falcons need to disrupt his timing with those young receivers.


Opening your own dental office requires a gigantic financial investment, most of which is spent on equipment. You will save a great deal of money by buying used dental equipment which is in no way inferior to new.
Opening your own dental office requires a gigantic financial investment, most of which is spent on equipment. You will save a great deal of money by buying used dental equipment which is in no way inferior to new. Taking advantage of this opportunity, you can start your dentistry practice and replace used equipment with new in the process of your business's successful development.
As of today, dental services are one of the most expensive ones. This is precisely why the requirements for specialists and conveniences during dental treatment procedures are very high, and in their turn, they directly depend on the installed equipment. So, when you are going to open your dental office or modernize an existing one, you have to be ready to invest heavily. Most of the money will go towards equipment, especially if you want to guarantee quality results.
New dentistry equipment is not cheap, and not every starting business can afford it. Even when you are provided with a loan opportunity to develop your small businesses, taking into account the average statistical data that a dental treatment unit pays off within six months, there is still a risk of problems with loan repayments.
In this case, you can opt for purchasing equipment which has already been used by other practitioners. You can buy it on the medical equipment platform BiMedis where sellers from around the world place their medical equipment purchase/sale offers. When equipment is used, it does not mean that the device is non-working or poor-quality. It is sold for certain reasons, for example, because of unprofitable or, on the contrary, successful business, or unscheduled existing equipment renovation.
Such equipment purchase has its pros and cons. The main advantage of buying such a device is saving money. At the same time, you get a fully working instrument but two or three times cheaper. There is even a possibility to purchase such equipment with a still valid warranty providing you with an opportunity to service the equipment for free within the period specified in the warranty.
Experience has proven that all technical issues with new dental equipment appear during the first years of its extensive use. Nevertheless, before buying used equipment, it is necessary to call a specialist for a thorough condition inspection of the dental unit. This will allow you to avoid problems with scammers who try to deceive potential buyers, and it will make you more confident in your choice.
If you are purchasing new or previously used dental units via the Internet, check the seller carefully. You must be ensured with a money-back guarantee in case the selected equipment does not reach you, is out of order, or fails to correspond with the description.
Most consumables, such as restorative materials, needles and others, cannot be bought used. First of all, most of them must be completely sterile, and secondly, you cannot be sure of the quality and authenticity of the products in this case. That is why you have to make responsible decisions when selecting used equipment; choose only the verified stores and websites, and be able to contact the supplier back.
Thus, while buying used medical equipment at a substantially lower price, you will be able to save money and purchase high-quality consumables. But in any case, making the correct diagnosis depends on the medical equipment utilized to determine the diagnosis, and besides, the doctor's qualification is no less important. Later on, with the successful development of your business, you can replace the outdated equipment with more advantageous options.
On the international medical equipment trading platform BiMedis, you can find a wide range of dental equipment offers. The website offers new and demo equipment from manufacturers and their official representatives from different countries, as well as used medical equipment from resellers and doctors.


Jonathan Martin's depression and suicidal ideation are believed to be related to the relentless bullying by Richie Incognito and other Miami Dolphins teammates including John Jerry and Mike Pouncey.
At the very least the ongoing bullying tirade and his difficulty in responding to it had a substantial effect on Martin's self image. His email message to his parents in April 2013 reveal how abused he felt by the other players, and how self-condemning he was for his reluctance or inability to stand up to his teammates. He wrote, "I let people say anything to my face and I just take it, laugh it off, even when I know they are intentionally trying to disrespect me." In allowing disparaging remarks about his sister and mother to go unchallenged he compromised his value system, and in effect his self-respect was incrementally eroded and transformed into self-loathing. In a sense being bullied can be doubly assaultive to one's self-esteem. On the one hand, you feel beaten down by the cruelty of others, and, in addition, you may develop deeply embedded feelings of shame for not asserting yourself effectively. Such layers of taunting which become internalized and self-scorn can create longstanding scars, especially to a fragile psyche, as Jonathan Martin's was purported to be.
Bullying behavior might be more pervasive in professional sports than in the general population, because athletes are conditioned early on, from the time that they hit that first home run in little league or throw that first touchdown pass in Pop Warner football, (usually around age eight), to learn that a legion of admirers will coddle them and cater to their needs; which short circuits their emotional development, particularly with regard to sensitivity to the feelings of others. As a result many fail to develop an empathy chip and become stuck in an adolescent mentality. The hallmark of the male adolescent mentality embraces such features as macho behavior, engaging in pranks and the mocking of others. When empathy is absent, aggression and insensitivity to others frequently prevail, and this defines the culture in which Jonathan Martin existed.
The NFL-sponsored investigation culminating in the Wells report indicated that more than 1000 derogatory text messages were exchanged between Incognito and Martin, so it is apparent that Martin also participated in the harassment game. The difference seems to be that for Incognito, John Jerry and Mike Pouncey, the vicious insults merely rolled off their back, while for Martin they got under his skin and festered with accumulation. A central dynamic in adolescence is the wish to be accepted by one's peer group. Interactive harassment seems to have been the normative behavior in the Dolphins community, and it is likely that Jonathan Martin allowed himself to be a self proclaimed "pushover, a people pleaser" in order gain acceptance by the group. Under such conditions standards of morality often become blurred, and Martin may have felt that if he didn't go along with the culture of harassment; he would be perceived as weak and unworthy of belonging to "the club." Confiding to coach Joe Philbin about the extreme nature of verbal abuse was not an available option for Martin, because he would have been labeled as a snitch in the "boys will be boys" culture. Struggling with depression can be debilitating to athletic performance, and repeated taunting serves to exacerbate the condition, so it is understandable that Martin felt that his only viable route was to leave the team.
To a certain extent this type of bullying probably occurs within many sports teams. While the Wells report suggests that coach Philbin bears no responsibility for fostering this egregious behavior among his players, an important takeaway from this episode is that the coaching staff needs to be more vigilant in picking up cues of bullying behavior. Furthermore, the leadership within the team is crucial in preventing bullying among teammates. It is hard to imagine, for example that Derek Jeter or David Wright, as the respective captain of the Yankees and the Mets, would tolerate a bullying culture among their players. Most of all it is the leaders of the team who model appropriate and acceptable pathways for relating and communicating. It speaks volumes about the NFL locker room culture that Richie Incognito and Mike Pouncey were voted in by their teammates to be members of their leadership council. Shame on the Dolphins!
Stanley H. Teitelbaum, Ph.D. is a psychoanalyst and co-director of Time Out for Respect in Sports, and the author of Athletes Who Indulge Their Dark Side and Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols.


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Rising Star: Season One Ratings
The Israeli version of Rising Star is an incredibly popular singing competition. Will the US version be a ratings hit for ABC? Will it be renewed for a second season or will it be cancelled like so many others singing shows? Stay tuned.
Rising Star allows the home audience to vote for singers and help determine who will move on in the competition. Brad Paisley, Kesha, and Ludacris are the show's "experts" while Josh Groban is the series' host.
8/17 update: Will there be a second season of Rising Star on ABC?
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One of the best shows. I have never been able to get into The Singing Bee , The Voice, X Factor, American Idol , but I enjoyed this show a lot.
bring it back
Aaron Edmondson
I liked the show and it probably needs a few tweeks to the format but I think it needs to be renewed
I liked the show and it probably needs a few weeks to the format but I think it needs to be renewed
I'm literally addicted to singing based talent shows. I've watch every X Factor, Idol, Voice from every country where they speak in English and any other singing shows that randomly get launched by networks attempting duplicate the success of the "big gun" shows. Rising Star was the worst show I've ever seen of this type. The talent was so sub par that it wasn't worth watching and the judges were awful. I'd never watch this show again.
cathy a
i really enjoyed this show. there could be some tweeks in the format but basically i liked it. of course, i think all of america knew from the first night who the winner would be. and Jesse's win was totally deserved. love his parents (especially his Dad) for turning own to Old Time Rock n' Roll and blues and R & B. he's the best singer i've heard since Michael Grimm won America's Got Talent several years ago. both have extremely soulful voices.
The only good thing about this show was Jesse Kinch…
Tynna O'Neill
I loved Rising Star!!! I would definitely watch another season, even with that broad, Kesha on it..(don't really care for her)…But I loved the show and I love Josh Groban, and Brad too..
juliee
This was my least favorite talent show didn't watch all episodes. I found it boring with substandard talent and it took too long between contestants. Don't think I would watch another season.
I completely disagree with you, juliee…I rarely watch the talent shows because most of them have too many untalented wanna-be's. Rising Star is different because everyone who appeared on there this season CAN sing…definitely NOT substandard talent and where do you get that it took too long between contestants. That was definitely NOT the case at all! I also liked that the judging was done right away by the judges and the fans. I definitely would watch another season.
Teece
Hey Gloria the "Lady Judge" has a name and it's Kesha, and at least she has hair. Ludacris was luscious, spoke eloquently and didn't wear his pants below his ass. Brad was bad … ass … (kiss, kiss) and Josh would be a shoe in when Ryan leaves Idol. If you prefer judges who sling mud watch Simon Cowell. Oh wait, his show was cancelled. Sure "Laugh-In" and the "The Dean Martin Show" were great shows but, hey, there were only three channels to choose from not including PBS. We didn't know any better! Sure it took them a while… Read more »


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HomeEconomyWhy a lockdown of 40 days is forcing Indian companies to write-off...
Why a lockdown of 40 days is forcing Indian companies to write-off an entire quarter
Resumption of activity after 40 days won't help salvage economic growth this quarter, or even the fiscal year, as the lockdown decimated India's consumption.
Debjit Chakraborty and Pradipta Mukherjee
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New Delhi/Kolkata: M.S. Unnikrishnan's main focus nowadays is to get his 10 factories in India up and running as the nation slowly starts to exit the world's strictest stay-at-home restrictions.
Unnikrishnan, managing director of Thermax Ltd., a maker of energy efficient cooling equipment, is still awaiting permission to reopen three more. From Thermax to Kalyani Steel Ltd. companies are slowly being allowed to resume operations from Monday even though the lockdown has been extended for two weeks.
Resumption of activity after almost 40 days won't help salvage economic growth this quarter — or even the fiscal year– as the lockdown decimated consumption, the main driver of Asia's third-largest economy. Majority of chief executive officers in a survey by the Confederation of Indian Industry expect domestic demand to take six to 12 months to return, while 45% see economic normalcy to take more than a year after the lockdown ends.
"This quarter would be a write-off for entire India. By second quarter, we will learn to live with the disease," Unnikrishnan said in a phone interview on Sunday. "How fast can we restart the economy engine is the question right now."
It may not be fast enough. Factories that have opened are operating at about a third of their capacity and others are seeing demand for their products have evaporated. Star Cement Ltd., the most profitable maker of the construction material in India, saw demand fall 80% at a factory it recently reopened.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered factories to shut from March 25 and allowed some to reopen starting April 20. Modi met with ministers and government officials on Saturday to formulate ways to restart Asia's third-largest economy.
Meanwhile top carmakers, that couldn't ship a single vehicle to dealers in April, are still not sure when they will be able to resume production.
The complete shutdown may result in a rare contraction in growth, according to economists. Unnikrishnan said he expects localized lockdowns to happen more frequently.
India reported the biggest single-day spike in infections on May 2, recording more than 2,400 new cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Those numbers now stand almost at 40,000 cases and more than 1,300 deaths.
"Covid-19 has had an unprecedented impact. It's the biggest risk as we look into the future," said Srinivas Phatak, Hindustan Unilever's chief financial officer in a post-earnings call with reporters last week. "It's difficult to estimate the pace of recovery. There's still a lot of disruption and business is not back to normal."
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ITC Ltd., India's largest cigarette maker, that also makes instant noodles, soaps and incense sticks, said it will work with local administrations to resume operations where possible with the stipulated precautions.
"The company is in a state of readiness for different scenarios," a spokesperson said in a text message. "It remains imperative that progressively the entire value chain from sourcing to manufacture to distribution functions optimally to scale up economic activity and generate the critical livelihood opportunities."
Industrial establishments in urban areas, including special economic zones, will be allowed to operate. That includes manufacturing units for essential goods, including drugs, pharmaceuticals and medical devices and IT hardware production, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement on May 1.
"Lockdowns will happen regularly hereafter," only that it may not be announced by the federal government, according to Thermax's Unnikrishnan. "There will be location-wise lockdowns, but it is going to happen. That will continue for a very long period."- Bloomberg
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Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve Draft Management Plan
This engagement has now closed
Updates (outcomes coming soon)
Help guide the development of the first management plan for the Simpson Desert Conversation Park and Regional Reserve.
A park management plan is being developed for the Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve, which will set the vision for the area and outline a set of directions to achieve the vision.
The Simpson Desert is the world's largest sand dune desert, with the world's longest parallel dunes. South Australia's Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Simpson Desert Regional Reserve sit just within theContinue reading
The Simpson Desert is the world's largest sand dune desert, with the world's longest parallel dunes. South Australia's Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Simpson Desert Regional Reserve sit just within the SA border, abutting southern Queensland and the Northern Territory. This is the country of the Wangkangurru Yarluyandi people and a destination for travelers from near and far.
Have your say on the Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve Draft Management Plan (PDF 2.3MB)
A draft management plan has been developed to facilitate community input into the management of the Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve. The plan addresses the most important issues facing the conservation park and regional reserve, focusing on three key themes:
Theme 1: Keeping Wangkangurru Yarluyandi culture alive
Theme 2: Maintaining the natural desert landscape
Theme 3: Providing a unique cultural and nature-based experience for visitors
Provide your feedback about the future management of the Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve by:
joining the online discussion
sending in a submission via email at DEWNRProtectedAreaManagement@sa.gov.au or via post to:
Amy Allen
Protected Areas Unit
ADELAIDE, SA 5001
Members of the community are encouraged to express their views on the draft plan by making a submission. Submissions may be made up to 10 November 2017.
To ensure that your submission is effective:
State the plan to which you are referring, as several may be on public exhibition.
Make your submission concise and clear.
Refer to the page, section number, paragraph and/or objective or strategy upon which you are commenting.
Identify aspects of the draft plan that you support, or do not support. Explain your reasons for disagreeing with the content of the draft plan and suggest alternatives.
If you are commenting on the accuracy of background information, provide references for your information sources.
Each submission will be carefully reviewed and comments incorporated where appropriate.
Receipt of submissions will be acknowledged via return email or post. The Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Simpson Desert Regional Reserve Management Plan, together with the draft plan, all public submissions and a detailed Analysis of Submissions, will be forwarded to the Parks and Wilderness Council for its consideration and advice.
The plan, along with Council's advice will then be forwarded to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation for consideration and adoption. Notice of the adoption of the final plan will be published in the Government Gazette and the final Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Simpson Desert Regional Reserve Management Plan will be made available at www.environment.sa.gov.au/parkmanagement.
The Analysis of Submissions document will be released along with the final plan. This document details the comments raised, the response to those comments and whether any changes were made to the plan as a result of those comments. For more information on the criteria used to analyse submissions, click here (DOC 125KB).
Please note that your submission will become part of the public record and will be available to anyone who requests a copy unless you specifically request otherwise.
Download the draft management plan (PDF 2.3MB).
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Call us on (08) 8207 7747.
2016 Discussion Paper
A discussion paper was released in 2016, the feedback from which contributed to the development of this draft management plan.
View the original engagement here.
Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve Draft Management Plan - update
The draft management plan for Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Simpson Desert Regional Reserve was released for public consultation over a three month period to facilitate community input into the development of the final plan. Consultation closed on 10 November 2017 and the plan is now in the final stages of development.
Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve Discussion Paper
Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve Draft Management Plan is currently at this stage
The consultation period closed on 10 November 2017 and is currently pending outcome.
Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Simpson Desert Regional Reserve (2.32 MB) (pdf)
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The Palace cinema in Longridge to be sold due to pandemic impact
'I will miss it very much but I know that not everything has to last forever to matter, and this mattered'
Chantelle HeedsLive News Reporter
The Palace cinema in Longridge.
The Palace cinema in Longridge is set to be sold.
The business, on Market Place, is currently operated and managed by Lara Hewitt.
But Lara has confirmed that the cinema is to be sold due to the effects of the pandemic.
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Lara said: "It is with a sad heart that I have to announce that The Palace is to be sold.
"I have been informed by the board of Parkwood that they are not able to proceed with the option to provide a lease of the Palace Cinema to a community organisation.
"Due to financial pressures, Parkwood need to sell the Palace in order to pay off bank loans taken out during the pandemic.
"Parkwood will place the Palace for sale on the open market and hopefully a bid from a local organisation will retain the Palace as a building which serves the community."
Lara has reflected on her time running The Palace, and says that she had a 'brief and wonderful time'.
As The Palace was ran as a community organisation, members of the public had made donations to help reopen the business.
Those people can request their donations to be refunded. Any money not requested as a refund will be pushed to other Longridge based community activities.
Lara added: "Thank you to all of you who have supported The Palace and myself over these past four years.
"I'm very aware that some of you have also donated to help reopen The Palace; any monies not requested as a refund will be diverted to other Longridge-based community activities.
"It was a brief but wonderful time I had with The Palace and the people of Longridge. I'm including some photos of some of the people who have made this time such a bright and colourful chapter of Longridge (and my) life.
"Apologies if I've not found a photo of you. I will miss it very much but I know that not everything has to last forever to matter, and this mattered."
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Jerry Bindel has been named general manager for Forest Suites Resort at Heavenly Village, in South Lake Tahoe, California.
Previously, Bindel was the general manager of Aston Lakeland Village Resort of South Lake Tahoe. Additionally, he has held general manager positions for the Doubletree Naniloa Hotel in Hilo, Hawaii; the Hilton Garden Inn of Kapaa, Kauai; and the Aston Montelago Village Resort, located in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada.
"I began working as a restaurant busser and front desk agent in high school, at our local Hilton outside NYC where I grew up, and became active in the Future Business Leaders of America. This led to my college years in the hospitality program at Cornell, and I never looked back," Bindel says. Bindel has been in South Lake Tahoe since 1999 and is involved in the community as the chair of the local Tourism Improvement District and on the board of the Visitors Authority.
Bindel is excited to work with Forest Suites' team, promoting the location as well as the property's amenities. "I'm most looking forward to working on enhancing the guest experience at Forest Suites Resort, and of course creating greater value for our owners as well," he commented.
Bindel is a graduate of Cornell University School of Hotel Administration where he majored in resort and condominium management. He is chairman of the South Lake Tahoe Tourism Improvement District and serves as co-chair of the board for the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority. He resides in South Lake Tahoe with his family.


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Q: Xcode cannot find the software image to install this version but BUILD SUCCEEDED I am trying to deploy my app on an iPod Touch (2nd generation) which has iOS 4.2.1.
Below are the development details:
XCode Version: 4.2.1 (4D502)
iOS SDK: 5.0:   (9A334)
Deployment Target: 4.0
I installed the provision profile successfully using XCode. But, in the Devices tab in Organizer Window, it shows the following error:
Xcode cannot find the software image to install this version.
My device is listed in the top left corner of the project window. When I Run my app with my device selected, it shows 'Build Succeeded'. But the app isn't installed on my device!!!
I think there is some mismatch between Xcode version and iOS version on my device.
Please help me in this case as this is driving me nuts.

A: Don't fret. Xcode usually stores the Firmware files for your iDevice in a local folder for developer purposes(See if it is a device issue, etc). What it is saying is that the 4.2.1 Firmware is not in Xcode's folder. It is not an issue.

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In our vulnerability, we are strong. This is something I've learned over the past few years, and a topic that comes up in my writing again and again. What does it mean to be vulnerable? Vulnerability is opening layers of your heart for others to see. It's letting someone in, despite your past pain and fear. It's trusting, even when that's terrifying. It's loving without worrying about old relationships.
And for band VOILÀ, it's sharing the broken and imperfect pieces of yourself with the world, through music, to help others heal.
I've always been a music fan. For me, music is simply poetry with a melody—all the words in my head with an added rhythm, chorus, or beat. Songs come alive in ways writing itself can simply not reach, so when I get to talk to artists, when I interview creators, and when I learn the passion and openness behind their craft, I'm so inspired.
Last week I had the pleasure of chatting with VOILÀ, an up-and-coming pop-rock duo from Southern California comprised of Luke Eisner and Gus Ross. After listening to their newest releases, 'Hundredth Second Chance' (which, by the way is soooo relatable for anyone finding themselves in an on-again-off-again relationship) and 'Lately,' I knew I had to ask them questions about the importance of being raw in music, and how/why they were so willing and fearless in sharing their (broken) hearts with the world.
"Lyrics are the most important thing," Eisner said to jump right in. With a background in poetry, he spoke to how he used influences from literature to fuel his creativity, and combined with Ross' ear for melodic sounds they were able to create tracks that not only resonated with listeners, but made them want to hit repeat again and again.
It's clear that these guys speak from the heart, and with another single that discusses depression, among other painfully beautifully songs in their album, I asked them why they felt it was important to share this raw side of themselves.
Simply put—the music was his avenue for healing and he wanted to take that and their goal as a band was to recreate that healing for someone else in the same position.
"When you've been through something, you want to give that remedy to someone else, so the song can belong to them and not just you," Eisner said.
The songs were both of their experiences, they said, but no longer belonged to them. In writing through their most painful moments and putting them out there through music, they were able to pass that healing on.
For me, this resonated deeply. So much of art (music, writing, poetry, painting, etc.) stems from the most aching parts of our lives.
We create, simply to make sense of our experiences, to fight through them, to survive. And then as we heal and share those bruised parts with everyone around us through our creation, we give others that same healing, too.
That's so true. And something I think we only realize when we begin to be more open and share what hurts with other people.
Only when be really get vulnerable do we find that we're not alone, that others are struggling, too.
Eisner spoke to this further, saying how music creates a community: "When you're able to bring yourself together over music you realize you're not depression, not whatever anxiety you have. You're a member of the team who's also struggling. You're not defined by it.
When you're sad you feel alienated, you don't know how to explain it, you're not confident in showing it. But when you see other people singing about it, or liking that music, you find a community," he said.
I love this. Hearing this powerful line was both a reminder and affirmation that it's okay to share pieces of ourselves with the world, it's okay to be messy, it's okay to be in process of healing and not have it all figured out.
In my writing, this is something I wrestle with. I strive for perfection and understanding; I want to show only the best pieces of myself…but sometimes (almost all the time, really) I create the best art when I allow myself to be vulnerable, and open, and raw, and real. Even when it hurts.
"The concept of showing your scars and being proud of them is something we've really tried to embrace in this record," Ross said. And I couldn't agree more.
VOILÀ's songs share a deep rawness—you're not only experiencing good music, but music that comes from a broken, beautiful place.
Because in the most broken of places is where healing begins and we find our footing.


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Q: HTML Allow Same File Name Upload I have a simple HTML file upload input:
<input name="ImageFile" id="imageInput" type="file" accept=".jpg, .jpeg" />

I want to allow the same file name to be uploaded in a row. For example,
First I upload an image, and then I see it displayed and decide it's not how I like it so I open it up in photoshop (or another photo editor) and I make some changes. Now I want to re-upload it.
With this current input field I can not do that. I must either:
a.) change the name
or
b.) have a way to clear the input field before reuploading
What I want to happen is to have the upload field clear the existing file thus allowing the same file to be uploaded without conflict. Or if HTML has an attribute that allows the same file to be uploaded again (and have the updated changes that were made in photoshop).
I do not want my users to manually clear the input by pressing an x button for several reasons.
Note: I can not clear the file input on pop up of the select box because if they press cancel it will still remove the image. I know I can avoid this by saving the image before removing it but this seems like a very ugly hack.
Can anybody help me out with this? Is there a simple hack/work-around or is this not possible?

A: Last time I used a file upload field, I was able to just hit F5, re-submit the form when prompted by the browser, and it would upload the file with changes applied.
So it sounds like you're doing something more than just a "simple" file upload. If you're listening for onchange, consider calling .reset() on it after successful upload to clear it out.

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Saudi foreign assets reach their lowest level since 2011
The kingdom's foreign assets kept falling in April amid heavy overseas borrowing
The Saudi Arabian central bank's foreign assets fell in April as the government borrowed heavily abroad, according to official data that suggested Riyadh was bringing money into the country to refill state coffers depleted by low oil prices.
Net foreign assets at the central bank shrank by $8.5bn from the previous month to $492.9bn in April, reaching their lowest level since 2011, central bank figures showed on Sunday. They fell 13.9 per cent from a year earlier.
The government has been drawing down the assets, which hit a record high of $737bn in August 2014, to cover a huge budget deficit caused by cheap oil. It has also coped with the deficit by borrowing abroad; last month it raised $9bn with an international issue of Islamic bonds.
Monica Malik, chief economist at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, said the government appeared to have deposited much of the proceeds of the bond issue in its current account with the central bank and with Saudi commercial banks.
The current account expanded by $1.6bn from the previous month to $11.9bn in April, while government entities' deposits in commercial banks grew by about $3bn. That left several billion dollars of bond proceeds whose use was not immediately clear, Malik said.
"The fact that reserves continued to fall despite the raising of $9bn continues to imply a lot of government spending, but we aren't seeing meaningful signs of it in the Saudi economy," she said.
Some analysts have speculated that Riyadh may be conducting substantial amounts of off-balance sheet spending, perhaps to settle obligations abroad.
The central bank data continued to show a weak business climate in the Saudi economy, with bank lending to the private sector falling 0.3 per cent from a year earlier in April.
It was only the second time in 11 years that bank lending shrank; the first time was in March this year, when it declined 0.1 per cent.


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Η Apple ανακοίνωσε τις συνδρομές για εφαρμογές
H Apple ανακοίνωσε πριν λίγο τις συνδομές (subscriptions) για τις App Store εφαρμογές. Η χρέωση γίνετε αυτόματα μέσα από τον iTunes λογαριασμό και η Apple κρατάει το 30% των εσόδων αν προσθέσει έναν καινούριο συνδρομητή (subscriber) στην εφαρμογή. Αν ο εκδότης προσθέσει έναν καινούριο ή ήδη υπάρχον συνδρομητή στην εφαρμογή ο εκδότης κρατάει το 100%.
Οι εκδότες μπορούν να παρέχουν εναλλακτικές μεθόδους πληρωμής (εκτός εφαρμογής) και συστήματα εισόδου για τους συνδρομητές που ήδη υπάρχουν, οι συνδρομές στο iTunes θα πρέπει να προσφερθούν σαν επιλογή μέσα στην εφαρμογή στην ίδια τιμή ή σε χαμηλότερη. Επίσης οι εκδότες δεν μπορούν να προσθέσουν συνδέσμους για μεθόδους πληρωμών άλλου είδους μέσα στις εφαρμογές τους.
Όσο για την πολιτική προστασίας προσωπικών δεδομένων, οι πελάτες θα έχουν την επιλογή να δώσουν πληροφορίες στους εκδότες, παρόλα αυτά η χρήση των πληροφοριών θα είναι κάτω από την πολιτική προστασίας προσωπικών δεδομένων του εκδότη. Στη συνέχεια το δελτίο τύπου.
Apple® today announced a new subscription service available to all publishers of content-based apps on the App Store℠, including magazines, newspapers, video, music, etc. This is the same innovative digital subscription billing service that Apple recently launched with News Corp.'s "The Daily" app.
"Our philosophy is simple — when Apple brings a new subscriber to the app, Apple earns a 30 percent share; when the publisher brings an existing or new subscriber to the app, the publisher keeps 100 percent and Apple earns nothing"
Subscriptions purchased from within the App Store will be sold using the same App Store billing system that has been used to buy billions of apps and In-App Purchases. Publishers set the price and length of subscription (weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, bi-yearly or yearly). Then with one-click, customers pick the length of subscription and are automatically charged based on their chosen length of commitment (weekly, monthly, etc.). Customers can review and manage all of their subscriptions from their personal account page, including canceling the automatic renewal of a subscription. Apple processes all payments, keeping the same 30 percent share that it does today for other In-App Purchases.
"Our philosophy is simple — when Apple brings a new subscriber to the app, Apple earns a 30 percent share; when the publisher brings an existing or new subscriber to the app, the publisher keeps 100 percent and Apple earns nothing," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "All we require is that, if a publisher is making a subscription offer outside of the app, the same (or better) offer be made inside the app, so that customers can easily subscribe with one-click right in the app. We believe that this innovative subscription service will provide publishers with a brand new opportunity to expand digital access to their content onto the iPad, iPod touch and iPhone, delighting both new and existing subscribers."
Publishers who use Apple's subscription service in their app can also leverage other methods for acquiring digital subscribers outside of the app. For example, publishers can sell digital subscriptions on their web sites, or can choose to provide free access to existing subscribers. Since Apple is not involved in these transactions, there is no revenue sharing or exchange of customer information with Apple. Publishers must provide their own authentication process inside the app for subscribers that have signed up outside of the app. However, Apple does require that if a publisher chooses to sell a digital subscription separately outside of the app, that same subscription offer must be made available, at the same price or less, to customers who wish to subscribe from within the app. In addition, publishers may no longer provide links in their apps (to a web site, for example) which allow the customer to purchase content or subscriptions outside of the app.
Protecting customer privacy is a key feature of all App Store transactions. Customers purchasing a subscription through the App Store will be given the option of providing the publisher with their name, email address and zip code when they subscribe. The use of such information will be governed by the publisher's privacy policy rather than Apple's. Publishers may seek additional information from App Store customers provided those customers are given a clear choice, and are informed that any additional information will be handled under the publisher's privacy policy rather than Apple's.
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Three Trump Buildings in NYC to Be Renamed in Nod to Residents
Equity Residential to give towers more 'neutral' names
Nov. 15, 2016 8:46 pm ET
A national apartment building company said it would take President-elect Donald Trump's name off three New York City high-rises after tenants complained they were embarrassed living in buildings associated with someone who is so unpopular on Manhattan's West Side.
Equity Residential, which owns tens of thousands of apartments across the U.S., told residents in an email that it would give the towers the more "neutral" names 140, 160 and 180 Riverside Blvd. Now, the buildings are all named Trump Place.


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#include "SelectionCriteriaDefinition.h"
#include "SelectionCriterion.h"

std::string CSelectionCriteriaDefinition::getKind() const
{
    return "SelectionCriteriaDefinition";
}

// Selection Criterion creation
CSelectionCriterion *CSelectionCriteriaDefinition::createSelectionCriterion(
    const std::string &strName, const CSelectionCriterionType *pType, core::log::Logger &logger)
{
    CSelectionCriterion *pSelectionCriterion = new CSelectionCriterion(strName, pType, logger);

    addChild(pSelectionCriterion);

    return pSelectionCriterion;
}

// Selection Criterion access
const CSelectionCriterion *CSelectionCriteriaDefinition::getSelectionCriterion(
    const std::string &strName) const
{
    return static_cast<const CSelectionCriterion *>(findChild(strName));
}

CSelectionCriterion *CSelectionCriteriaDefinition::getSelectionCriterion(const std::string &strName)
{
    return static_cast<CSelectionCriterion *>(findChild(strName));
}

// List available criteria
void CSelectionCriteriaDefinition::listSelectionCriteria(std::list<std::string> &lstrResult,
                                                         bool bWithTypeInfo,
                                                         bool bHumanReadable) const
{
    // Propagate
    size_t uiNbChildren = getNbChildren();
    size_t uiChild;

    for (uiChild = 0; uiChild < uiNbChildren; uiChild++) {

        const CSelectionCriterion *pSelectionCriterion =
            static_cast<const CSelectionCriterion *>(getChild(uiChild));

        lstrResult.push_back(
            pSelectionCriterion->getFormattedDescription(bWithTypeInfo, bHumanReadable));
    }
}

// Reset the modified status of the children
void CSelectionCriteriaDefinition::resetModifiedStatus()
{
    // Propagate
    size_t uiNbChildren = getNbChildren();
    size_t uiChild;
    CSelectionCriterion *pSelectionCriterion;

    for (uiChild = 0; uiChild < uiNbChildren; uiChild++) {

        pSelectionCriterion = static_cast<CSelectionCriterion *>(getChild(uiChild));

        pSelectionCriterion->resetModifiedStatus();
    }
}

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New England's expansive forests provide myriad benefits to communities, including clean water and flood protection; healthy air; local wood and food production; resilient habitat; outdoor recreation and tourism; and vast stores of carbon to help mitigate climate change. In response to research documenting a second wave of forest loss underway in all six New England states, the Wildlands and Woodlands vision calls for the permanent protection of existing farmland and 30 million acres of forest (70% of the region's land area), with most of the forestland managed for wood products and other benefits (27 million acres) and 10 percent set aside as wildland reserves (3 million acres).
Co-led by Highstead and Harvard Forest, the Wildlands and Woodlands Initiative convenes partners across New England and eastern New York to accelerate landscape-scale conservation; develop and share information on relevant science, analysis, and regional conservation activities; and support existing and emerging partnerships. A 2017 report, Wildlands and Woodlands, Farmlands and Communities: Broadening the Vision for New England, provides a detailed overview of the W&W vision, supporting facts and figures based on Harvard Forest and Highstead research, and recommended actions for land trusts, Regional Conservation Partnerships (RCPs), and others to take to realize W&W goals. For more information on the history and evolution of this ambitious vision and current activities, please visit the Wildlands and Woodlands website.
RCPs are generally informal yet organized networks of people representing private and public organizations and agencies who work together to develop and implement a shared, long-term conservation vision across town and sometimes state and international boundaries to protect and steward more land at a larger scale. Over 40 RCPs are formally recognized across New England, eastern New York, and beyond, providing support to the land trust community and conservation partners to increase the pace of land conservation in this region. In 2007, Highstead began convening representatives of RCPs to share resources. In 2012, the RCP Network was formally launched, with Highstead playing a lead coordinating role with the support of an active steering committee to make it easier for RCPs to Build their capacity to conserve more land by learning from each other, working with regional partners like state and federal agencies, and collaborating to seek funding opportunities. One way RCPs share resources and information on successful on-the-ground strategies is the annual RCP Network Gathering, a day-long conference where people working on collaborative conservation across the region benefit from the insights of their peers, from technical training workshops, expert panels, and explore new ideas to broaden the base of people and groups engaged in conservation. For more information, please contact Senior Conservationist Bill Labich at blabich@highstead.net..
The Hudson to Housatonic (H2H ) Regional Conservation Partnership is a collaborative effort of more than 50 non-profit organizations; units of federal, state, and local government; community groups; corporations; and individuals aimed at protecting drinking water sources, and plant and wildlife habitat. The interstate partnership, co-hosted by Highstead and Westchester Land Trust, focuses on engaging landowners across Fairfield County in Connecticut and Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties in New York to drive the conservation of watersheds and habitats that are likely to adapt to climate change. Highstead provides support through strategic planning, coordinating meetings and workshops, providing meeting space, working with partners to produce maps showing conservation priorities and land protection status, managing the H2H website, and contributing to the creation of new communications products. This initiative was launched with support through a grant awarded by the U.S. Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry.
Prominent community-based activities supported by H2H include the rapidly expanding Pollinator Pathway [add link to https://h2hrcp.org/pollinator-pathway] and collaboration with Cornell on e-Bird, a citizen science initiative that uses bird observations as a tool for conservation groups and landowners to track habitat quality, inform land management, and engage volunteers. Explore more about H2H at http://h2hrcp.org/about-h2h or contact Senior Conservationist Bill Labich at blabich@highstead.net.
Conservation finance is one of the most innovative arenas of strategic thinking and planning to address conservation challenges and opportunities of our time. Highstead works closely with Wildlands and Woodlands (W&W) partners and the Conservation Finance Network to develop innovative public and private finance strategies, and to inspire strong public support for land conservation. While building on past initiatives and success, we seek to incubate new partnerships that will: (1) accelerate the protection of forest and water resources (e.g., Sebago Clean Waters) (2) incentivize sustainable production of food and fiber, (3) mitigate impacts from climate change, (4) improve public health, and (5) build rural economies. Senior Conservationist Spencer Meyer leads these initiatives on behalf of Highstead and W&W; for more information, contact Spencer at smeyer@highstead.net. Some recent Conservation Finance Program resources can be found here.
Since 2011, Highstead has convened conservation groups across the region in the New England Forest Policy Group to highlight the critical importance of New England's forests. The group is working to build the compelling case that our region's forests provide valuable and irreplaceable benefits—from ecosystem services including clean air and water to economic benefits including tourism and the wood products industry. We work together and train to develop better communication tools, engage new and unexpected partners, and educate local, state, and federal decision-makers why forests are worth conserving.
In 2016, the group modified its mission and activities after surveying the New England conservation community. In 2017, members adopted their first organizational framework that included six goals. Three of the goals are the current priority of new working groups focused on 1) Fostering greater cross-sector collaboration, 2) Developing a set of principles to guide shared messaging, and 3) Training members to engage local, state, and federal government officials. If you are interested in joining the New England Forest Policy Group, please contact the group's coordinator, Highstead Senior Conservationist Bill Labich at  blabich@highstead.net.


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Q: How to add wildcards to Linux Malware Detect ignore_paths I am using Linux Malware Detect to scan and report on malware, but on a daily basis I receive alerts for malware in users emails (mainly spam folder). I do not want alerts for this, the spam folders are cleaned often, and the users may clean it also.
I tried adding wildcards into /usr/local/maldetect/ignore_paths as follows but they are not ignored:
/home/*/homes/*/Maildir
/home/?/homes/?/Maildir

Does anyone know how to exclude folders using wildcards, as it would not be practical to add the full path of every users mail directory.
Thanks

A: I have found only
/usr/local/maldetect/ignore_inotify
A line spaced file for regexp paths that are excluded from inotify monitoring
Sample ignore entry:
^/home/user$
^/var/tmp/#sql_.*\.MYD$

http://www.rfxn.com/appdocs/README.maldetect
If you monitor files with inotify(flag -m) then it can help you.
Based on this code of maldet:
 if [ "$days" == "all" ]; then
  if [ -z "$setmodsec" ]; then
          eout "{scan} building file list for $spath, this might take awhile..." 1
  fi
  $find $spath $tmpdir_paths -maxdepth $maxdepth -type f -size +${minfilesize}c -size -$maxfilesize $ignore_fext | grep -vf $ignore_paths > $find_results
 else
  if [ -z "$setmodsec" ]; then
          eout "{scan} building file list for $spath of new/modified files from last $days days, this might take awhile..." 1
  fi
  $find $spath $tmpdir_paths -maxdepth $maxdepth -type f -mtime -$days -size +${minfilesize}c -size -$maxfilesize $ignore_fext | grep -vf $ignore_paths > $find_results
 fi

I can say that you can use same wildcards as you do usually in grep.
However i have tested it on my version of maldet and it works only if i specified it like this:
/home/.*/homes/.*/Maildir

Try use dots in your path expressions.


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Matt Wallace makes his epic fantasy debut with SAVAGE LEGION, the first novel in his forthcoming Savage Rebellion series from Saga Press. Described as "a full-frontal assault on the genre's worst instincts," SAVAGE LEGION is a sprawling, blood-soaked examination of Empire and its cost.
"Cunning plotting and brisk action elevate this impressive tale of swords and super-science."
"The stylish first book in the Savage Rebellion series promises that Wallace will do for epic fantasy what he did for urban fantasy with the Sin du Jour series."
– Booklist
"It will make you think. It will challenge you to analyze the world around you."
– FIYAH Literary Magazine
"Savage Legion is the epic fantasy the genre has been waiting for!"
— Sarah Gailey, Hugo award winning author of Magic for Liars.
"Wallace deploys an epic tag-team of smack-you-in-the-face fight sequences alongside ingenious world building in this fast-paced first round of a fantasy trilogy taking on—and taking down—the allure of empire."
— Kate Elliot, acclaimed author of the Crown of Stars series
"Smart characters and brutal action create an intriguing story about power and the decisions made to keep it."
An epic fantasy by Hugo Award–winning author Matt Wallace about a utopian city with a dark secret…and the underdogs who will expose it, or die trying.
They call them Savages. Brutal. Efficient. Expendable.
The empire relies on them. The Savages are the greatest weapon they ever developed. Culled from the streets of their cities, they take the ones no one will miss and throw them, by the thousands, at the empire's enemies. If they live, they fight again. If they die, there are always more to take their place.
Evie is not a Savage. She's a warrior with a mission: to find the man she once loved, the man who holds the key to exposing the secret of the Savage Legion and ending the mass conscription of the empire's poor and wretched.
But to find him, she must become one of them, to be marked in her blood, to fight in their wars, and to find her purpose. Evie will die a Savage if she has to, but not before showing the world who she really is and what the Savage Legion can really do.
Amazon – Barnes & Noble – BAM – Indiebound


Danielle Karmo is a designer and illustrator living in Detroit. Her project interests range from product design to interior and public spaces.
Currently Danielle works on a small line of goods under her last name. KARMO is a collection of stylistically simple leather goods and textiles made from from fine leather and up-cycled materials. The collection is Designed in Detroit and made in Detroit and New York City.
Feel free to reach out at hi@karmostudio.com!


Cornell Tech alumni startup Uru was recently acquired by Adobe according to a release on the company website. This makes the second acquisition of a Cornell Tech startup.
Uru used computer vision to allow brands to seamlessly place advertisements into video. According to the company's announcement, the team will join Adobe working on Adobe Sensei – the company's AI and machine learning platform.


The country's largest for-profit college will pay nearly $80 million dollars to settle allegations that it defrauded the U.S. Department of Education. The settlement comes after two former employees of the school pressed the case alleging University of Phoenix obtained billions in federal student loan and Pell Grant funds based on false statements of compliance with the Higher Education Act.
The Act prohibits colleges that receive government money from making incentive payments to recruiters based "directly or indirectly" on the number of students they sign up. The law is intended to discourage recruiters from using misleading tactics to coax unqualified students to sign up for classes at the taxpayers' expense.
This case focuses attention on serious complaints both students and former employees of several for-profit colleges have recently brought to light. The James Hoyer Law Firm is currently investigating similar issues, from admissions reps acting as sales people to charges that job placement statistics are being falsely inflated.
In the University of Phoenix case, the federal government will recover $67.5 million as a result of the settlement. The whistle-blowers will share $19 million for their efforts and persistence in exposing what they witnessed. Click here to learn more about the False Claims Act and what exactly a whistle-blower is.


Operation Bingo, spearheaded by RE/MAX ONE in Beaumont, raised more than $20 thousand dollars for the Texas Sentinels Foundation home for SSG Phillip Blackmon and his family. On November 1, 2017, Madison's on Dowlen was hopping with excitement and the Beaumont community rallied around this great cause. "We feel blessed to be a part of this community and honored to know so many great citizens are helping with our new home" declared SSG Blackmon. The work is continuing and the Blackmon's home should be completed in early 2018. For more information or to donate please contact Amanda Cobb, RE/MAX ONE Home Team at 409-499-5199 or info@texassentinels.org.


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Fighting The Good Fight
An interview with environmental activist, Katie Keller of nonprofit, Wild Virginia
It's one thing to love the outdoors; it's a completely different thing to actively fight for it. As issues like climate change and privatization begin to threaten the health of our forests and rivers, it will be up to us to protect the land we hold so near and dear. One of the persons leading this fight is Katie Keller of the environmental nonprofit, Wild Virginia.
A woodsy, grassroots organization, Wild Virginia is an advocacy group that seeks to influence policy and the public through education and outreach. At the core of Wild Virginia is a group of folks who not only love the planet that we call home but hope to preserve it for generations to come.
On the latest episode of the Life In Motion podcast, Keller chats with Jeremy Lux about Wild Virginia, the nitty-gritty of policy change, and how fighting for the Earth is so much more than just hugging a tree.
Born in Cedar Rapids, IA Keller's time at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA turned her towards environmentalism and volunteering. A self-described hippie, Keller was the college student who reminded people of the dangers of consumerism and tried to convince people to buy less things.
"Consumer marketing always tells us that we need to buy, buy, buy," says Keller, "So, I was always trying to help people find alternatives and telling them that they were buying too much plastic."
This newfound environmentalism was fueled by Keller's love of hiking in the George Washington National Forest in Virginia. For Keller, hiking is a form of meditation, but it's very hard to enjoy the outdoors if you're having to step over beer cans, plastic bags, and cigarette butts strewn across the trail.
While working for a state wildlife research agency, Keller stumbled upon Wild Virginia. Impressed by the grass roots nature of the group, she joined up in 2015 and the rest has been history.
Keller explains how Wild Virginia first started as a student org that banded together to prevent the logging of their beloved George Washington National Forest.
"Today, Wild Virginia protects the forests, the mountains, the trees, and what I find most important, our drinking water. We simply work to protect all wild places here in the state of Virginia," she says.
Currently on the org's agenda is preventing the construction of the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines that are slated to run through Virginia. It's been an uphill battle for over six years now, but Keller and her team remain determined as ever. She says possible leaks from the pipelines will have negative affects to not only waterways but people's drinking water.
Also at the heart of Wild Virginia is its recognition of people power and giving everyone a voice.
"One thing that Wild Virginia does is make citizens feel like they can speak out and influence policy. That's why we honestly need more watchdog groups like us," says Keller.
One example is a controversial compressor station that was going to be built in a rural, historically black community in Buckingham. Keller explains how the station would have had adverse health effects on the community and was a prime instance of environmental racism.
"When I hear stories like this, it just wrenches my heart," Keller admits, "Like this company is just allowed to take your land and make it worse? That's the kind of American we're living in right now. It just seems crazy to me."
At almost 500 members and growing, Wild Virginia seeks to increase its ability to influence policy makers and hold representatives responsible for keeping communities clean. Though we all know the image of people protesting and tying themselves to trees and construction equipment, there is more than meets the eye when it comes to environmental activism.
There are petitions to be signed, fundraisers to be made, and streams to be cleaned! Though the world of political action may seem daunting, Keller assures that as long as you have the time to spare, there is always work to be done no matter how big or small.
"My first piece of advice is to be willing to put in the time. Sometimes that means volunteering. You got to have the gusto and be willing to put in that work, even if that means you're not getting paid," Keller shares.
Sometimes the greatest things in life are the things that are worth fighting for. For people like Katie Keller, there is no better cause than for our one and only Earth.
With yearly memberships starting at $35 you can become a member of Wild Virginia and join Katie in her fight for clean streams and forests. For more information check out www.wildvirginia.org as well as their socials on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. To hear more about the inner workings of environmental activism and how you can get more involved, check out the full Katie Keller interview on the Life in Motion podcast on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Play.


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Paul Williams Is Working With Daft Punk, Maybe Guillermo Del Toro | Birth.Movies.Death.
The legendary songwriter reveals some awesome new plans.
Yesterday the delightful documentary Paul Williams: Still Alive played at the SXSW Film Festival, and in the Q&A afterwards Williams dropped some bombshells.
Bombshell 1: He has written some songs for Daft Punk, and has recorded some stuff they may use. This material will appear on their new album, coming maybe June. This is pretty exciting because I honestly can't hear in my head how a Daft Punk/Paul Williams collaboration sounds. I like things that aren't obvious.
Bombshell 2: He wouldn't say much, but Williams said he was in the early stages of doing something with Guillermo del Toro. It's vague, but it gets the imagination racing. GdT is a big Williams fan (especially Phantom of the Paradise), so I know whatever they're talking about it'll be cool. Imagine the two of them teaming up on a weird musical? I'd be blown away.
April is reviewing Paul Williams: Still Alive, but I may weigh in as well - it's my favorite film of the festival so far.


THE Run Clare series is almost here and The Clare Echo can't wait to get their stride on for the first event this Saturday.
The organisers have some info for participants to help the first event run smoothly.
It takes part in Barefield, County Clare.
Barefield is a very small village and they ask that you carpool as much as possible and park either in Hassett's bar or along the road at the same side of the road as the bar.
DO NOT park on the side of the road where the church, finish line and start line is as this is the race route and you will impede your own, and others' race.
There will also be parking along the hard shoulder as you approach Barefield.
Please do not block residents' driveways; they ask you to respect the neighbours' right of access to their own homes.
Race number collection will take place in Hassett's bar, Barefield on Friday Janury 26 from 6-8pm sharp and on Saturday morning from 9-10.30am sharp.
They will not wait for late comers.
You MUST wear your race number on your front on race day and keep it for subsequent races as you will have to 'check in' at each event so we know you have participated in order to be eligible for the finishers medal in Tuamgraney in April.
The race is run on open roads.
Please follow the stewards' instructions and be careful.
There will be water and fruit at the finish line so please use the bins provided to discard all rubbish.
Look out for The Clare Echo and be sure to say hello!
A safety review of junctions on the M18 has been initiated by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).


Matteo Politano and Roberto Gagliardini scored in the second half to help Inter to a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Spal.
Inter had earlier seen a goal ruled out on video review and penalty appeals waved away, while Marcelo Brozovic and Joao Miranda went off injured.
The Nerazzurri remained fourth, a point behind AC Milan. The top four from Serie A qualify for the Champions League next season.
Fifth-placed Roma is six points behind and hosts Empoli on Monday.
"It was important to get back to winning ways, there wasn't much space but we found the goals in the end," Inter midfielder Joao Mario said. "We did well today, the prospect of overtaking Milan by winning the derby needs to spur us on."
Inter was still without Mauro Icardi, who has not played since being stripped off his captaincy amid protracted contract negotiations. Icardi has said he has a knee injury.
"I'm not going to talk anymore about Icardi, whatever I say becomes taken in a different way," Inter coach Luciano Spalletti said. "Will he play in the derby? I'm not going to respond to questions about Icardi, otherwise we won't talk about football."
Lautaro Martinez thought he had given Inter the lead after a half-hour but the referee ruled it out for handball following a pitchside review.
Inter appealed for a penalty on the hour mark but the referee opted not to review Kevin Bonifazi's nudge on Antonio Candreva.
The hosts broke the deadlock in the 67th as Lautaro's pass was deflected to Politano who smashed the ball into the back of the net. The goal again went to VAR, on suspicion of offside, but it was given after a lengthy delay.
Inter sealed the match 10 minutes later when Cedric's shot turned into an assist for Gagliardini, who took a touch and fired it into the bottom left corner.
Having seen its title chances diminish, Napoli is now in danger of losing out on second spot.
Napoli drew 1-1 at Sassuolo to leave it 18 points behind Juventus and only six ahead of Milan.
It could have been worse for Napoli but Lorenzo Insigne leveled four minutes from time after a defensive error from Sassuolo captain Francesco Magnanelli, who failed to control a poor cross from Faouzi Ghoulam.
Domenico Berardi had given Sassuolo the lead seven minutes after the break.
Veteran forward Fabio Quagliarella is giving five-time World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo a run for his money at the top of the goalscoring charts.
Quagliarella scored from a penalty kick in Sampdoria's 2-1 defeat to Atalanta to take his tally to 20 for the season — a personal record for the 36-year-old Italian and one more than Ronaldo for Juventus and Milan forward Krzysztof Piatek.
Quagliarella's penalty came either side of goals for Atalanta from Duvan Zapata, his 17th of the season, and Robin Gosens.
Atalanta moved seventh, level on points with Roma and Torino, with Sampdoria five points further back.
Lazio would have moved level with Atalanta by winning at Fiorentina but the game ended in a 1-1 draw.
Ciro Immobile put Lazio ahead midway through the first half. Colombia striker Luis Muriel equalized in the 61st.
Lazio is in eighth place, having played one game less than Atalanta, while Fiorentina stays in 10th.
Andrea Belotti scored a second-half brace as Torino came back to win 2-1 at relegation-threatened Frosinone.
Luca Paganini had headed Frosinone in front shortly before halftime to end Torino's run of 598 minutes without conceding.
Frosinone remained five points from safety, but fellow struggler Bologna moved to within one point of 17th-placed Empoli with a 2-0 win over Cagliari.