The first of the bouts of note came in 1980 when the legendary Khaosai Galaxy began his professional boxing career. Galaxy, a former Muay Thai fighter, scored a 5th round TKO against Pook Sritak and that began what would be one of the great career. Galaxy would later go on to become of the most dominant champions ever defending the WBA Super Flyweight title for more than 7 years. Although some do question his competition he did score notable wins over Rafael Orono, Israel Contreras, Elly Pical, Chang Ho Choi, Tae Il Chang and Yang Kang Kim, all former world champions.
In 1991 Japanese fans saw their very own Hiroki Ioka shock South Korean legend Myung Woo Yuh. This was the first meeting between the two men and saw Yuh losing for the first time in 37 fights, it also saw Ioka becoming a 2-weight world champion adding the WBA Light Flyweight title to the WBC Minimumweight title he had won in 1987. A rematch 11 months later saw Yuh reclaiming the title which he would defend once more before retiring.
Most recently, 2006, fans saw fans saw In Jin Chi reclaim the WBC Featherweight title to become a 2-time world champion. Chi defeated Rodolfo Lopez with a 12 round decision in what would be Chi's last bout as a professional boxer before he turned his hand to other things.


Continuing from our previous post at the following link where we implemented a drag and drop on a paragraph element.
In this post we will drag and drop an image.
It is easy. Just replace the

 element with an  tag.
This is the image that will be dragged.
You can see the demo here.
To develop our understanding further let us analyze the value object that is being dragged and appended to the div.
I will change the code slightly at this point and display the value object and its src property in the textarea.
The relevant code is highlighted.
The output when you drag and drop the image.
How can we use this. Put an image in the upper div, and replace it with the dragged image.


The College has named new department heads in the Department of Computer Science (CSC) and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE).
Erik Troan, co-founder and CTO of Pendo, will give a talk on Sept. 27 at 6:30 p.m. in EB II. The title of the talk is "How Four Decades of Disruption Empowered Today's Innovators."
Dr. Gregg Rothermel has been appointed as the new head of the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University.
Dr. Laurie Williams has been named a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science (CSC) at North Carolina State University.
North Carolina State University has again been awarded a Science of Security Lablet by the National Security Agency (NSA) to continue its work in developing the cybersecurity and privacy breakthroughs needed to safe guard cyberspace.
Veronica Catete spent much of her graduate school career sharing her passion for computer science with middle and high school students. After graduating in May, she will continue her work through NC State's Game2Learn Lab.
This spring, Suzanne S. Gordon will become the first woman to serve as president of the NC State Engineering Foundation Board of Directors. She holds bachelor's degrees in computer science and mathematics and a master's degree in statistics, all from NC State. She retired from SAS Institute in 2012 as chief information officer.


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A former Arkansas health official is sounding alarms about the pace of coronavirus vaccines being administered to residents of long-term care facilities under a U.S. plan that puts major pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens in charge of many of the shots. Fewer than 10% of doses allocated to those Arkansas seniors have been administered, according to the state health department. The two pharmacies are working with about 40% of the state's facilities.
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Many U.S. pharmacies, including those inside Kroger Co supermarkets and the drugstore chain of CVS Health Corp, say they will not be checking IDs before administering COVID-19 vaccines, leaving the door open to those who do not meet states' guidelines to jump the line. While the United States has distributed more than 30 million vaccine doses, a little over 11 million had been administered as of Thursday, a lag that prompted U.S. health secretary Alex Azar to call on states to begin vaccinating the vulnerable older population and those with certain chronic health conditions to get more vaccines into arms. U.S. retailers face a choice of strictly enforcing state eligibility rules with on-site identity checks, or rely on an honor system that could allow people to ignore those guidelines but also get more people inoculated.
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Q: changing HTML characters with javascript I have an HTML page with javascript that hides and shows an element with a given ID (shown below). I would also like it to change a single character in the HTML text such that when the text is hidden a » character is shown and when the hidden text is made visible a &#xFE3E character is shown (same as the other character, but facing downwards)
What do I need to do to reference the element with the pass » and change it to pass &#xFE3E? Preferably, I would like to do this without knowing the first part of the text is pass. It could also be fail, for instance.
Thanks,
PaulH
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

    <title></title>

pass »
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit

        sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat

A: There are three main ways to do this.
Find and replace
You can find and replace innerHTML (demo):
function toggle_visibility(that, id) {
    var e = document.getElementById(id);
    if (e.style.display == 'block') {
        e.style.display = 'none';
        that.innerHTML = that.innerHTML.replace('\ufe3e', '\u00bb');
    }
    else {
        e.style.display = 'block';
        that.innerHTML = that.innerHTML.replace('\u00bb', '\ufe3e');
    }
}

that must point to the link to be changed:
 ...

Keep in mind that if there is an HTML tag inside that that must keep its expando properties or event handlers attached from within JavaScript, this method is not suitable.
Replace only a wrapped section
You would use something like:
pass »

And then change the HTML of the inner section only:
document.getElementById('arrow').innerHTML = '\ufe3e';

Keep in mind that duplicate IDs are invalid, so if you will have more than one of these collapse boxes on the page, a JavaScript library such as jQuery can help find the element by class instead:
var $arrow = $(that).find('.arrow');
$arrow.html($arrow.html().replace('\u00bb', '\ufe3e'));

Have CSS help you
You could use the CSS content declaration, but a more compatible (and possibly nicer looking) way to accomplish your task is to use background images (demo).
Here's how you would change the HTML:

pass
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit

You would use CSS like this:
.arrowD, .arrowR {
    background-position: right;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    padding-right: 16px;
}
.arrowD {
    background-image: url('http://snap.lacounty.gov/Image/DownArrow.png');
}
.arrowR {
    background-image: url('http://snap.lacounty.gov/Image/RightArrow.png');
}

And change the class from JavaScript:
function toggle_visibility(that, id) {
    var e = document.getElementById(id),
        f = that.getElementsByTagName('span')[0];
    if (e.style.display == 'block') {
        e.style.display = 'none';
        f.className = f.className.replace('arrowD', '') + ' arrowR';
    }
    else {
        e.style.display = 'block';
        f.className = f.className.replace('arrowR', '') + ' arrowD';
    }
}

A: Wrap another span around the character you want to show. Then set the .innerHTML() of that span during your regular show/hide process.
You could also have both characters prewritten and just show/hide those spans as well.
If you need coded examples of this I can certainly help.

A: Here is basically what you asked for:
http://jsfiddle.net/jtbowden/C9KYM/
I added an id attribute to the span around pass » so it was easier to reference.
However, as others have stated, jQuery makes this easier.  But even without jQuery, you can simplify by adding spans for your open/close cases:
http://jsfiddle.net/jtbowden/4sBLU/
This removes the reliance on search/replace functionality, which may or may not work with special characters easily.  In addition, you could easily replace these spans with images.

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The trailhead is a challenging 20-minute drive from Boquete, Panama. Not much signage. You go past a waterfall en route, along with a few villages, goat farms, coffee plantations and really steep roads.
Leave your vehicle at ranger station. $5 per person to enter, which you pay on the return. Consult the map on the wall of the ranger station and ask the ranger about conditions. It was raining when we were there.
The trail is somewhat defined in most spots. After an hour or so, you'll hit a dead-end where a private farm is located. We chatted with the owner, who directed us to a muddy entrance to deeper forest where the trail continued. In especially boggy spots, log posts create a stepping-stone path.
The sound of rivers and falling water can be heard throughout the trek. The bridges are very cool, especially the suspension bridge. After another hour, the trail opened up to a cleared area with a house or cookshed. As the rain intensified, we decided to return. We lost the trail twice coming down, but stuck near the river and reconnected.
We saw glimpses of the volcano - Baru - as well as hawks, little yellow birds and turtles. We encountered a guy on a mountain bike who had walked it all the way from the other side!
It took another 2 hours to get back to the ranger station, where we informed the ranger that we didn't see a quetzal. Wrong month for quetzales, he explained.


Ben Foster has said it makes no difference to the team whether he plays in the latter stages of the FA Cup or Heurelho Gomes.
Foster has been Javi Gracia's go to goalkeeper for the Premier League this season, but Gomes has performed admirably in the FA Cup, conceding just once in four games.
However, with the Hornets now in the semi-final of the competition, speculation has started over whether or not Foster will be selected for the trip to Wembley.
"For a team like us if you're changing outfield players it can maybe make a difference," said Foster, in an interview on TalkSport.
"When it comes to the goalkeeper, I don't think it makes that much difference.
"Heurelho's at the top of his game, he's an unbelievable player and still a world class goalkeeper. It doesn't make that much difference."
Gomes was given a rousing reception following the FA Cup quarter-final victory over Crystal Palace on what was widely believed to have been his final appearance at Vicarage Road.
The Brazilian has repeatedly said that he is 99 per cent sure this season will be his last as a professional footballer, but Foster said the Watford squad are trying to convince him to keep playing.
"I still think Heurelho's got a lot to offer and we're all trying our best to change his mind," he said.
Foster discussed the issue of goalkeepers making mistakes, focussing particularly on David Martin's error that helped Brighton and Hove Albion overcome Millwall in the FA Cup on Sunday.
He reflected on his time at Manchester United and discussed how making mistakes helped him develop into the player he is.
He said: "It was a horrible mistake he will be the first to hold his hands up and say it was totally out of character.
"Hopefully he can learn from that.
"It happened to me at while I was Man United - it was probably the wrong place at the wrong time and it actually didn't work out for me.
"You have to learn from your mistakes and move on.
"When you get to my age you just feel more comfortable. You know what you are and what you can do and what you can't do."
Foster also took the opportunity to respond to recent comments made by captain Troy Deeney who suggested the keeper ate terribly, trained for just two hours a week yet still performed amazingly in games.
The keeper admitted that there was some truth to the statement.
"He's not a million miles away, I do enjoy my food," he said.
"Obviously I have to do a lot more gym work than I used to, but I've found a nice balance, life's about enjoying yourself and that's what I'm doing.
"Watford are very good with me, if I don't want to train on Wednesday or something they respect that.
"I'm in a great place at the moment."


Healthcare accounting could be complicated by unprepared patients who are unable to pay their medical bills for private treatment from doctors, dentists, opticians and other professionals.
Figures from M&S Money show the unexpected bills that have caused the biggest problems for Britons in the past year.
More than half (52%) of those surveyed have found a car repair bill problematic, at an average unexpected cost of £268.
But at £263 per incident on average, doctors', dentists', opticians' and other healthcare bills have caused almost as much of a financial headache for 37% of Brits.
The risk to healthcare accounting is compounded by the fact that many of those surveyed do not have a savings account with a substantial balance of funds that can be easily accessed.
"The old saying 'it never rains but it pours' can often be true when it comes to unexpected costs," says M&S Money's head of savings Paul Stokes.


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Buhari, Tinubu, others mourn Ojodu students, school shut
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe, Stephen Angbulu and Victor Ayeni
Ojodu Grammar School
The Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of Ojodu Grammar School (Babs Fafunwa Millennium School) till January 2022 following the death of some of the pupils.
PUNCH Metro had reported that a truck driver on Tuesday crushed pupils of the school on Ogunnusi Road, Grammar School Bus-Stop.
The students were going home after closing from school around 2pm when the truck ran over them.
The police, in a statement, said two of the victims were confirmed dead and 12 others injured, adding that the truck driver was in detention.
Some parents, however, stormed the school on Wednesday, looking for their children, just as other pupils took to the streets to protest their colleagues' death.
The rampaging youths carried placards and destroyed about four trucks around the Berger Bridge.
When the situation became tense, the police deployed in the scene fired tear gas canisters to disperse them.
Following a meeting with the school management on Wednesday, the state Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo, announced the closure of the school.
A mother, who did not identify herself, condemned the school management for opening the school a day after the incident.
She said, "I don't know why the school opened today (Wednesday) when some of their pupils died yesterday; some of us are still looking for our children and they are trying to continue as if nothing happened."
Another woman, Apeke Akinboboye, told our correspondent that she did not know the whereabouts of her ward since the incident happened.
She said, "I have not seen my ward since yesterday (Tuesday). I don't know where she is, whether is alive or dead. I want to know what happened to her; my mind is not at rest. Her mother died about 10 years ago and I have been the one taking care of her."
Some parents, who visited their injured children at a hospital where they were receiving treatment, urged the state government to come to their aid.
A father, Dauda Ajibade, whose son was placed on oxygen, said he was at his workplace when he was called about the incident.
He said, "I was inside a bus when one of my former neighbours called me that my son was in this hospital, so I just rushed down here. He was injured in the leg and blood was coming out from his ears, so the doctor said we should do an X-ray, which we did yesterday. He's on oxygen now; his breathing is low, so that was why he was placed on oxygen."
The Chairman of the Ojodu Local Council Development Area, Segun Odunmabaku, in a statement on Wednesday, vowed that justice would be served.
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He identified the deceased pupils as Adedoyin Adebayo and Akpolebi Israel.
"Aside from the two deceased, seven females and five males, totalling 12 victims, also sustained varying degrees of injury," he added.
The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Bolaji Oreagba, on Wednesday, denied the agency's involvement in the incident.
He said, "From the reports we received on the incident, the driver is believed to have lost control of the vehicle probably because of mechanical reasons. The police are investigating the matter; the public should await their report."
The Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State, Olabisi Sonusi, urged the public to disregard the "disgruntled information being circulated by some unscrupulous elements that FRSC men caused the crash."
Meanwhile, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has commiserated with parents, relations and friends of the affected students.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement on Wednesday, said, "President Buhari condoles with the government and people of Lagos State and the authorities of Ojodu Grammar School over the sad and painful loss of the promising lives that were cut short in the tragic incident."
Also, the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, expressed sadness at the accident.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, on Wednesday, the governor described the incident as unfortunate and avoidable.
"As a parent, words cannot express how shattered I was when I learnt about the incident. No one's life, including those vibrant students, who were returning from where they had gone to learn for a better future, deserved to be ended in that manner," he added.
A former Lagos State Governor and All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in a statement, called on security agencies to thoroughly investigate the "preventable and tragic incident."
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Q: NetLogo : How to set condition if 3 of neighbors4 I am trying to write an if statement that executes a command if three of neighbors4 are the same color - right now, I am using all? but I want to broaden to 3 instead of 4 neighbors.
The code I tried does not give a boolean for the if statement
ask patches with [pcolor = black][
if n-of 3 neighbors4 [pcolor != black]
[set pcolor 55]
]

I also attempted to add in an = true? but that also resulted in an error

A: Exactly 3 or at least 3? If exactly 3, change the <= below to =.
There might be a simpler way, but here's what I came up:
let colors remove-duplicates [ pcolor ] of neighbors4
let three-share-color? not empty? filter [ 3 <= count neighbors4 with [ pcolor = ? ] ] colors

remove-duplicates [ pcolor ] of neighbors4 gets the colors of the neighbors as a list, removing duplicates (though that's not strictly necessary). filter [ 3 <= count neighbors4 with [ pcolor = ? ] ] colors goes through each color, grabbing the neighbors that are that color, and checks to see if there are at least 3 of them. If there 3, it keeps the color, otherwise it tosses it. The not empty? checks to see if we have any colors left.
You can generalize this to any number, attribute, and agentset as follows:
to-report at-least-n-share [ n reporter agentset ]
  let attributes remove-duplicates [ runresult reporter ] of agentset
  report not empty? filter [ n <= count agentset with [ runresult reporter = ? ] ] attributes
end

For this problem, you would then call it like:
at-least-n-share 3 (task [ pcolor ]) neighbors4

Edit: Just to be clear, this is a generalized solution of "an if statement that executes a command if three of neighbors4 are the same color". I ignored the particular colors. However, if you know WHICH color the three should be ahead of time, then you just want:
if count neighbors4 with [ pcolor = the-color ] >= 3 [
  do-stuff
]

Again, make that >= and = if you meant exactly three.


I am trying to get start-up for my business. I formed a LLC about 18 months ago and I have a business plan. I did this cause I was told that you need to establish business credit to get funding. My personal credit isn't great so that is why I am going this route. My Paydex score is 80 and I am showing 6 vendors reporting, but they do not show the full credit line that I have for them. I have been working with a business that can finance this if I can reach 15K in vendor lines. My issue is, the vendors will not report the full credit line. I have 2 vendors that I have Line of Credits of $10,000 and $6,000 and a few others that are $1,000. So if they would report I would be there. But my question is, is this a legit way of getting funding or are they pulling my chain, and what should I do from this point to make it work? Should it takethis long?
It can be kind of a lengthy process, depending on who is helping you. But it shouldn't take THAT long.


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Broncos star Von Miller suspended four games by…
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Broncos star Von Miller suspended four games by NFL due to drug policy
Denver Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller #58 walks off after the Denver Broncos defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 to clinch the AFC West Division. The Denver Broncos vs The Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Sports Authority Field Sunday December 2, 2012. Joe Amon, The Denver Post
By Mike Klis | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: July 22, 2013 at 3:11 pm | UPDATED: April 29, 2016 at 4:28 pm
Better put 'em up, Peyton.
If the Broncos are to get off to a decent start in their Super Bowl-or-bust season of 2013, quarterback Peyton Manning and the offense might have to outscore 'em.
Denver's defense took a serious blow Monday when it was learned the NFL had informed star pass rusher Von Miller he is facing a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's drug policy.
Miller has appealed the suspension. George Atallah of the NFL players association stated through twitter that Miller's "case does not involve the Steroids and Related Substances Policy."
That would imply Miller is in violation of the league's substance-abuse policy. The Denver Post has received documentation stating Miller had multiple positive tests for marijuana and an undisclosed amphetamine during his rookie season of 2011. It's unclear whether the league considered those positive tests as one "failed" incident.
Under the NFL's substance-abuse policy, a player cannot be disciplined with a four-game suspension until after he has been placed in "Stage 2" of the intervention program.
Once in stage 2, a player who fails a drug test would be fined four 17ths of his salary, and suspended four games, if he fails to comply with stage 1. Once in stage 2, players are subject to random drug testing up to 10 times a month.
Players move to stage 3 if they have two positive tests when in stage 2 or one positive test to go with one instance when the player failed to comply with the program. The minimum suspension for a violation in stage 3 is a calendar year.
The suspension could cost Miller nearly $1.35 million in prorated salary and signing bonus. He is scheduled to draw a $2.28 million salary this year. Missing four weeks of the 17-week season would cause him to forfeit a little more than $537,400. Then there is the $13.773 million signing bonus Miller received as the No. 2 draft pick in 2011. It's possible the Broncos would be entitled to ask Miller for a prorated payback of nearly $810,200 of that signing bonus.
Miller stated his innocence in a tweet Monday: "Seeing reports about a 4 game suspension. I know I did nothing wrong. I'm sure this will be resolved fairly. Disappointed Broncos have to open camp like this."
The possibility of Miller's four-game suspension caps a promising-turned-ugly offseason for the Broncos. It started well with the free-agent signings of receiver Wes Welker, guard Louis Vasquez and cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, and the additions of defensive tackle Sylvester Williams and running back Montee Ball through the draft.
But the Broncos lost Elvis Dumervil in an embarrassing transaction snafu that caused the pass-rushing defensive end to become released into free agency. Dumervil wound up signing with the Baltimore Ravens. More recently, the Broncos suspended two of their top front-office executives, Matt Russell and Tom Heckert, after their arrests on drunken driving charges.
Losing Dumervil and Miller more directly impacts the Broncos on the field. The Broncos tied for the NFL lead with 52 sacks last season, 29½ from Miller and Dumervil.
Miller's absence would be particularly devastating, as defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio builds his attack around his strong-side linebacker. Miller's unique pass-rushing ability — besides his speed and strength he has a rare flexibility that allows him to slip blocks — had Del Rio moving him around to avoid double teams.
Miller was the NFL's defensive rookie of the year in 2011 after he recorded 11½ sacks, and he bettered that in 2012 with 18½ sacks. He was named to the AFC Pro Bowl team each of his first two seasons.
The Broncos have the best odds, at 5-to-1, to win the Super Bowl among the league's 32 teams, according to the Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. But the Broncos keep getting in their own way. They open the NFL season Sept. 5 with a game against the Baltimore Ravens at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Dumervil will be there — for Baltimore. Miller may not be there for the Broncos.
In week 2, the Broncos play at the New York Giants against quarterback Eli Manning, who is Peyton's younger brother. The Broncos will play games 3 and 4 at home against the Oakland Raiders and Philadelphia Eagles.
The Broncos report to training camp Wednesday. Miller will be able to participate in training camp and the preseason, but if he loses his appeal he would have to leave the team after the final preseason game until he is reinstated.
It's rare when a player wins an appeal on a drug policy, but it does happen. Most notably, Broncos running back Travis Henry won an appeal on a positive marijuana test in 2007.
If Miller loses his appeal, he likely would be replaced at starting strong-side linebacker by Shaun Phillips. A longtime San Diego Chargers linebacker, Phillips became a free agent and signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Broncos in late April.
Phillips was to share playing time with right defensive end Robert Ayers, but he likely will now get training camp repetitions at Miller's position.
Mike Klis: 303-954-1055, mklis@denverpost.com or twitter.com/mikeklis
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As the temperature crept toward 90 degrees on the first morning of Broncos training camp, the only thing harder to find than a speck of shade on the grassy berm above the team's practice fields was a fan wearing a Joe Flacco jersey.
Broncos president/CEO Joe Ellis said Thursday the plan remains for Brittany Bowlen to re-join the team "sometime late this year or right after the season ends."
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Q: How to count all null values of right join by nesting it? SELECT COUNT(Orders.EmployeeID)
FROM Orders
WHERE (Orders.EmployeeID IS NULL)
  AND (IN(SELECT Orders.EmployeeID
          FROM Orders
          RIGHT JOIN Employees ON Orders.EmployeeID = Employees.EmployeeID))
GROUP BY Orders.EmplyoeeID;

A: You need to say us which DBMS are you using? MySQL or SQL Server? You have tagged both!
In SQL Server:
SELECT COUNT(   CASE
                    WHEN Orders.EmployeeID IS NULL THEN 1
                    ELSE NULL
                END
            )
FROM Orders
    RIGHT JOIN Employees
        ON Orders.EmployeeID = Employees.EmployeeID;

If you pass a column name to the COUNT function, it wont count the null values, so in order to count the NULL values, you can use CASE to determine the NULL values and make COUNT function to count them(WHEN Orders.EmployeeID IS NULL THEN 1) and also you need to determine the non-NULL values and make make COUNT function not to count them(ELSE NULL).
Read more about COUNT here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/functions/count-transact-sql?view=sql-server-2017


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What skills and abilities are required to be an Emergency Medical Call-Taker or Emergency Medical Dispatcher with the BC Ambulance Service?
What are the hours of operation for BCAS Dispatch / Communications Centres?
BCAS accepts applications on an on-going basis for part-time positions as EMCTs and EMDs in the Vancouver Island and Kamloops Dispatch/Communications Centres. The Lower Mainland Dispatch/Communications Centre will only accept applications for full-time positions.
Are EMCT and EMD positions full or part-time?
What is the difference between part-time and full-time employment?
Part-time EMCTs and EMDs are required to be available for a minimum of 8 shifts per month (where a shift is normally 12.5 hours) and there is no minimum number of hours guaranteed. Full-time EMCTs and EMDs are assigned a shift pattern described in the BC Ambulance Service Collective Agreement (see Schedule A, which begins on page 97).
What are the normal shift patterns in a Dispatch/Communications Center?
A normal shift for an EMCT or EMD is 12½ hours. EMCTs and EMDs work a variety of shift patterns with the most common being 2 day shifts and 2 night shifts, followed by 6 days off. Other shift patterns include 10 hour days (2 days shifts and 2 night shifts followed by 4 days off) or 7 hour days (5 day shifts followed by 2 days off). Shift start and end times vary according to Dispatch/Communications Centre.
What is the salary for an EMCT or EMD?
The starting salary for Emergency Medical Call-Takers and Emergency Medical Dispatchers is paid in accordance with the BC Ambulance Service Collective Agreement.
What are the minimum requirements to work as an EMD?
EMDs require a Grade 12 education, a current Occupational First Aid certificate and a valid CRP-C certificate. The minimum age requirement to work as an EMD is 19 years of age.
Will I be hired if I have a criminal record?
Criminal record search results are examined on a case by case basis, with each offence reviewed by the BCAS to assess whether the offence impacts the ability of an individual to perform the role of EMCT or EMD.
What career advancement opportunities are available to EMDs?
EMDs with the BCAS can pursue a variety of career options in the areas of training and quality improvement. Additional career advancement opportunities include Supervisor or Superintendent positions. Employees hired with an OFA 3 and a CPR-C are required to complete additional training if they are interested in working as a paramedic.
If I am hired as an EMD, can I work as a paramedic?
To work as a paramedic, BCAS requires individuals to hold a Primary Care Paramedic license. Employees originally hired as an EMD who are interested in becoming a paramedic must also meet the BCAS paramedic medical/physical requirement. Providing you obtained your license and passed the medical/physical, you then would be eligible to apply for career opportunities as a paramedic.
Can I apply for a job as an EMD in more than one region?
Yes, you can apply for a job as an EMD in more than one region. It is important to remember that the selection process may differ slightly based on the region specific testing required. As well, Vancouver only accepts applications for full-time employment.
What type of training is offered to EMDs?
The EMD Training Program is a mandatory program that takes between 4 to 12 months to complete. In the training program, you will be taught the skills necessary to be an EMD with BCAS. Successful completion of this program is the key to beginning a career as an EMD with the BCAS. While the training program is intensive and demanding, always remember that you've gotten this far. At this stage, with hard work and focus, you should be successful. Please also note that you will be paid to attend training and you will begin your probationary period once you have successfully completed your training.
I would like to pursue a career as an EMD? Should I take training before I apply?
While attending a training program for Public Safety Communications Training is not required, preference will be given to applicants who have completed a training program of this type.


As you prepare for budget deliberations next week, we wanted to share the testimony that University of Nebraska President Hank Bounds delivered to the Appropriations Committee on Feb. 14. We thought all members of the body might want to read what the President had to say about the University's role in growing our state and what kind of future we want to leave to our children and grandchildren. We hope this will be helpful as you consider the good work of the Committee under Chairman Stinner's leadership, and we'd ask you to support their decision to make higher education and the University's 53,000 students a priority.
We are particularly excited about President Bounds' ongoing work with the business community to create a plan for economic development in Nebraska. We expect you will hear more about this work and their vision for Nebraska's future soon.
We also wanted to provide some information about the University that we hope will inform your upcoming conversations. Our constituents ask us any number of questions about our budget and we wanted to be certain you had the facts.
In short, we believe the University of Nebraska has a great story to tell when it comes to stewardship of the dollars you entrust in us. We have become more efficient, we have contained costs, and we have managed our resources in a way that has protected affordability and allowed for investments that serve Nebraskans.
Has the University tried to become more efficient?
The facts are the University of Nebraska is doing more with less. We have approximately the same number of employee full-time equivalents (FTEs) funded by tax and tuition dollars as we did in 2000, even though our enrollment has grown from 45,000 to almost 53,000 and research activity has grown significantly. In other words, we're growing in the areas where Nebraskans expect us to grow – educating more students and doing more research – without increasing employees.
And we've been able to do this even though our state appropriations have grown at a much slower rate than other state agencies. In the past 20-plus years, state support to the University has increased 75%, compared to 246% for corrections, 202% for Medicaid, 137% for overall state spending and 122% for K-12.
On top of all that, we have still been able to make administrative cuts in areas such as information technology, human resources, facilities and procurement. We expect to achieve $30 million in annual recurring administrative cuts by the end of 2019-20.
We're not saying we can't find any more efficiencies. Our students and faculty are too important not to keep looking for every dollar we can cut out of our operations, because we know that every dollar saved is a dollar less that we must find from tuition increases or academic programs. But the fact is that we have been forced to become leaner over time while still growing our enrollment, producing more graduates, and doing more research.
Some national studies say higher education is "bloated" or "top-heavy." Can you explain administrative growth at the University?
UNL administrative costs are 125% lower than its peers.
UNO administrative costs are 64% lower than its peers.
UNK administrative costs are 100% lower than its peers.
So compared to the institutions we compete with, we are a lean organization. The attached data backs that up.
We're educating more students which requires more advisers, counselors and safety experts.
We're conducting more research, which requires more lab technicians, grant writers and compliance officers.
And we're engaging in more public-private partnerships, like the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, the Health Science Education Complex in Kearney, the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, the Global Center for Advanced Interprofessional Learning (iEXCEL), and the National Strategic Research Institute.While these new programs add to our staffing levels, these investments not only have an economic return for our state, but will make Nebraska a global leading giant in higher education.
Some view growth in employees and payroll as a negative. Smart and strategic growth, which we feel the University's growth has been, should be viewed as an investment. And we make these investments because we think the University needs to produce more nurses for rural Nebraskans, help more of our students get to the finish line sooner and figure out why cancer rates in our state are above the national average. Could we stop investing and put the brakes on growth? Of course, but the consequences, in our opinion, would not be good for students or Nebraskans.
Are University salaries too high?
We're in the most competitive marketplace for talent of our lifetimes. So anytime you look at our salaries, you need to compare them to other universities to understand the competitive market pressures we compete against.
While many will point out we have a substantial number of employees earning six figure salaries, the facts are we have fewer employees making six figures than most other Universities like us.
And our salaries are below market, particularly at the executive level, which is especially a concern to the Board as we attempt to retain talent.
So no, salaries are not too high. We're not leaders in terms of how much we pay our employees compared to other universities, and Nebraskans should be concerned about that. But with the resources we have, we will attempt to offer competitive compensation, and leverage that with all the good things that come with living in this great state, to compete for talent. We think our students and Nebraskans deserve the best.
Is the University actually getting a funding cut, or is your 2018-19 appropriation simply less than you budgeted for?
In 2015-16, our state appropriation was $583 million. Today, our state appropriation is $570 million. Under the previous proposal, that would have been cut to $559 million, and next year's funding would have been cut down to $557 million. So yes, under the previous proposal, we were getting a cut.
Can you explain why it's hard to find cuts when the University has a $2.6 billion budget?
That's akin to claiming that the State shouldn't have to make cuts because the Legislature should be able to find savings in your $10 billion budget plus a $300 million rainy-day fund. Or suggesting the Legislature can use federal Medicaid funding to build roads.
The University does have a $2.6 billion budget, but two-thirds of that is either restricted, like private dollars or research grants, or part of self-supporting operations like student housing whose revenues are restricted by revenue bond covenants. The remaining one-third supports our general operations, and this is the portion of the budget that's impacted by cuts in state funding.
The University has millions of dollars of cash. Could that cover a budget cut?
This issue is a concern for us. We do have millions in cash, as any business should have working capital to rely on to make payroll and pay bills. Unfortunately, our cash is dwindling. Our peers have 223 days of cash. We have 173 days, which is down from 182 the previous year. The only universities who have cash positions trending like ours are the institutions in Kansas.
And we're going to use more cash to manage our budget challenges. That could put us at risk of a bond rating downgrade, which would result in millions of dollars in increased financing costs to the State and students. So, are we concerned about protecting our bond rating? Absolutely.
Is it true Nebraska is one of the top 5 states in the nation in support for higher education?
There is a national study that ranks Nebraska in the top 5, but the data behind that statistic includes property tax support to community colleges. When state support and property tax support are separated, the story is quite different. Adjusted for inflation, the University actually receives less state money per student than we did a decade ago.
The University has generous private donors. Could you ask them to cover budget cuts?
99.2% of donations to the NU Foundation are restricted and can only be used for specific purposes as determined by the donor. Donors don't generally give to keep the lights on or fix a leaky roof. We're fortunate that private partners generously support the University – often as a result of state investment that they want to match – but private dollars are a supplement to, not a replacement for, state dollars.
Thank you for the opportunity to share this information with you. More importantly, thank you for all you do to support higher education and the young people of our state. We're excited about the future, and we look forward to continuing to work alongside you in growing Nebraska.
If we can provide further information that would help as you make your decisions, please don't hesitate to reach out.


The farm of Michele Cuscusa is situated on a hill near the village of Gonnostramatza. His ancestors were mostly shepherds and peasants raising sheep and goats. His father was a shepherd doing transhumance, that is moving mainly sheep to the mountains in summer and to the lowlands in winter, and arrived at Campidano for the first time on horseback. In 1979 he and his family decided to move to Gonnostramatza and buy a property of 109 hectares and increasing it gradually. Michele and his brothers were entrusted with looking after flocks of sheep at a young age, making them good sheep farmers.
Now the Cuscusa farm extends to 168 hectares and renting 70 hectares of fertile terrain particularly suited to raising sheep and it is well provided with whatever is required for running a farm like shelters for the animals, a milking room, a room for sheep-shearing and a farmhouse dairy for producing organic cheese from raw milk.
Michele Cuscusa and his 3 brothers are cultivating fodder, maize and alfalfa or lucerne organically with the objective of improving the selection of the sheep at the farm with the inherent advantage of better cheese and in the course of several years due to only letting sheep with good qualities breed with high quality rams, the sheep of this farm all have pedigrees.
The Cuscusa farm is continually expanding and it is really a multifunctional enterprise: in addition to raising sheep and goats, they are also raising pigs and horses with which they arrange riding trips and they have a large restaurant where they serve their guests courses from the farm.
Michele is a man with lots of passion for agriculture and he told us how, during the boom in the 60s and 70s, peasants were advised to leave their farms in order to work in factories. Instead, he remained a farmer and he is convinced that industrialisation in Sardinia has led to very little, whereas agriculture is still wide-spread in the whole island.
Being a very active man, Michele told us about an interesting experience of his by letting two young Japanese men, Yiuchiro e Yoichi, work as apprentices at the farmhouse dairy. Obviously, they wanted to learn how to make cheese in a small dairy from a master cheese-maker. An article in Italian describes this experience further.
What Michele has found very interesting is the interaction between two different worlds, on the one hand the Japanese, most of who know very little about cheese and how it is made, on the other hand the Sardinians who have been farmers and shepherds for ages.
The Cuscusa farm has a close bond with an Italian-Japanese organisation, which is called The vegetable garden of dreams or l'Orto dei sogni, which receives groups from Japan. Moreover, Michele participated actively in a yearly festival for good food at Siddi, called Appetitosamente.
Michele has also participated as speech holder at Siddi Wine Festival regarding how to make cheese. He has organised, among other things, a seminar on the low price of milk and he has held a speech at a Slow Food event in Oristano regarding cheese-making.
He is also the chairman of a major wine producer: Cantina di Mogoro.
Our impression of the Cuscusa farm was that it looked well integrated in the area, they are always trying to diversify their production with particular attention to making high quality products, but always connected to the traditional, pastoral way of Sardinia.
We thank Michele for his hospitality and for setting aside time for us.


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The Aural Artist
By Emily McDermott
Photography Robert Bellamy
CHRISTINE SUN KIM IN LONDON, NOVEMBER 2015. PHOTOS: ROBERT BELLAMY. STYLING: NATLIE BREWSTER. HAIR: FEDERICO GHEZZI/W-M MANAGEMENT. MAKEUP: EMILY MERGAERT USING MAC COSMETICS AND RADICAL SKINCARE.
Upon walking into a small room at MoMA PS1, visitors are given Lucite boxes that are filled with complex wiring and have two-foot tall antenna-like protrusions. Hanging overhead are three taught wires covered in blue Velcro. The goal is to continuously walk while keeping the antenna touching the Velcro, triggering magnetic sensors along the way. When doing so, a robotic voice begins to speak and the faster one walks, the faster the voice talks. Walking backward inverts the vocal output. Although the task seems simple, maintaining contact between the antenna and wire is a frustrating endeavor—and as soon as the two are disconnected, the audio restarts. This feeling of frustration and defeat, however, is exactly what sound artist Christine Sun Kim wants to elicit with Game of Skill 2.0.
"It's so easy for hearing people to take for granted what they hear," says Kim, who was born deaf. "Having a TV on in the background, having a radio on, maybe even overhearing things in a restaurant, things that you pick up incidentally—this project forces you to think about what you're hearing and really try to make sense of it."
Recently relocated from New York to Berlin ("I just fell in love with somebody and decided to move"), Kim has only been a full-time artist for two years. Prior to quitting her day job in publishing, in her spare time, she created drawings, installations, performances, and paintings that explored the concept of sound, but nothing quite as technologically intricate as Game of Skill. Version 2.0 follows 1.0, which is currently on view at Carroll / Fletcher gallery in London, as part of Kim's inaugural exhibition in the U.K., "Rustle Tustle."
To Kim, who was born in California and received MFAs from both Bard College and the School of Visual Arts, the lack of sound never means silence. "I try as much as I can to combat the idea of deaf people being the 'silent ones,' or the misconception of how deaf people know silence very well," the 35-year-old says. "I want to avoid silence." Summating this view, her drawing Pianoiss…issmo (Worse Finish) presents a binary decision diagram composed entirely of p's, with each layer representing a sound becoming fainter and fainter but never fully disappearing. This drawing, among others, was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2013, prior to which she completed residencies with institutions like the Whitney Museum and TED.
Now, Kim is expanding upon collaborations (she's previously worked with musicians such as Dev Hynes), preparing a new iteration of her Face Opera with British Sign Language rather than American, and continuing her TED and MIT Media Lab fellowships. Late last month, we Skyped with Kim and translator Dylan Geil, whose impeccably quick and smooth translations allowed the conversation to proceed without any lull.
EMILIY MCDERMOTT: Congratulations on "Rustle Tustle" and your U.K. debut. Can you tell me a little bit about the general inspiration behind the new works on view?
CHRISTINE KIM: With the show in London, the general concept is about how I need to borrow somebody else's voice just to have a voice as an artist. The word "voice" can be very abstract. Voice can mean your literal voice, but you can also have a voice through writing, through work, or through other mediums. In the work that I do, it's important to have an actual literal voice.
Growing up, I always had to communicate through somebody else, through a sign language interpreter, through a friend, through a partner. Of course there's other ways to communicate on my own—by writing back and forth with someone or simple gestures—but the world was not designed for deaf people or for sign language. So I became obsessed with how to collaborate and partner with people to communicate, and lately I've been working with musicians and borrowing their voices. I find that music has a lot of social currency, so the more I collaborate with interpreters or musicians, and even with other artists, my voice actually grows.
The exhibition has a few new drawings that I'm introducing. I have a few transcripts or visual scores. I draw a lot about the experience of using different interpreters and their voices and how that impacts my own image. Sometimes interpreters' voices make me feel short; sometimes interpreters' voices make me feel very gabby. Each voice gives me a different sensation, so I'm thinking about voices as literal representations of things. Plus, I have a few new drawings related to sign language and actual signs. How we modify signs is by facial expressions. Time is actually represented on a horizontal scale—future is in front of your body and past is behind your body. [does signs for "future" and "past"] I was recently in Beijing and it kept coming up, all of the different versions of the future you can have. So I brought those drawings from Beijing and am introducing some about the past.
MCDERMOTT: Game of Skill 1.0 is also in London and Game of Skill 2.0 is currently part of "Greater New York" at MoMA PS1. What's the difference between the two versions?
KIM: The concept is exactly the same, the only thing that's different is a little bit of the engineering. I started thinking about this project five years ago and it's finally come to life. I don't want to give it away, but I was thinking about "you" as the guider of your own experience, like the needle on a turntable for a record. Depending on how the record is spinning and how you, the needle, are interacting, it can change the sound quality. It's a very delicate balance, and in this game of skill, you act as the needle.
MCDERMOTT: When you first started thinking about Game of Skill five years ago, what was the starting point?
KIM: Five years ago I started grad school [at Bard] and was thinking about making it, but I was really thinking about making it as analog as possible because that's what was popular at the time, and because I find it a bit easier to follow, how physical materials work together. Some people thought I should use a tape cassette and etch everything into the cassette, but other people had already done that, and it has technical limits that I couldn't work with. You cannot be loose or flexible when using it. At the same time, it was suggested that I look into using a motion tracking camera, where audio comes out depending on your movements, but that feels fake and I wanted the experience to be as authentic as possible. The more analog the idea is, the harder it is to build and engineer. I'm not technical at all; I'm not tech savvy. But I happen to have a lot of tech friends that support me, so I got lucky in that sense. I met the technician Levy Lorenzo through HarvestWorks and we finally developed this idea.
MCDERMOTT: When you travel, like going to Beijing, what is translation like? I know there is International Sign, but I imagine having American Sign Language as a first language makes it difficult…
KIM: That's really tough to answer because I only became a full-time artist two years ago. Before, I had my 9-to-5 and then I would focus on my art and do a residency here and there…It's kind of piecemeal how things come together in terms of interpreters. If the organization or institution is willing to tack on additional budget for an interpreter, then I'm obviously going to bring an interpreter with me. But that's rare because interpreters are expensive. You're adding a flight ticket, you're adding their labor, and usually, budgets are set for the entire year and there's no flexibility. I was recently in Norway and had to get my friend from Sweden to come in and interpret for a short time.
Most of the time I have interpreters when I'm in America because there's the Americans with Disabilities Act and things regulating communication interpretation. It's much less likely in other countries, so I'm starting to not view that as a barrier anymore. I'm starting to give talks without interpreters, although this isn't ideal or preferred. I'm a very fast typer, so I will type my speech and it comes up like a scrolling PowerPoint. I might even have two projectors: one for what I want to showcase and one for words I want to say.
When I was in Beijing, it was a very intense, almost overwhelming, experience. Only one individual that I was working with spoke English. I had to write a lot, I had to use international and Chinese gestures… Having an interpreter is best for me, because I feel that is the quickest route of communication and access with ease, but I know that it's not going to be possible to have an interpreter at all times, so I make the best of whatever situation I'm in.
MCDERMOTT: You mentioned all of the various things you consider voices, like writing and works. When you use typing as a voice, how does it feel? What is that voice like for you?
KIM: Sometimes I feel it enhances the communication with the audience because there is no intermediary in that situation, but sometimes I'm just at a loss as to how to explain a concept in English, my second language. I was recently in Japan and there was one interpreter who knew American Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language, English, and Japanese, which is damn impressive. But, they didn't know the art lingo very well. They were new to that vocabulary and the jargon that comes with it, so I felt like my message, while it was interpreted, was watered down. In cases like this, sometimes I'll type in English and then interpreters will translate from English into spoken languages—spoken Japanese, spoken Chinese. That's another way I use interpreters in my work. In England, they use British Sign Language, which is completely different than American Sign Language. They follow completely different grammar structures and use different signs.
MCDERMOTT: In your TED talk you said that sound is a movement, that you feel movement with sound. Can you talk about that feeling and what exactly it means?
KIM: When I'm talking about sound as movement, I'm not thinking of that as being vibration. It's not like I hear a speaker and I feel it. It's more the actual movement—signing, people moving, head nodding—that is sound to me. In terms of how I put that in my art, I incorporate it as an idea or as a concept. But I want to be clear: it is not vibration.
MCDERMOTT: You've said that when growing up, there was a moment where you figured out you could use sound to either disempower or empower you. You obviously chose to use it to empower yourself. How did that lead to your interest in art?
KIM: I do a lot of interviews and I feel like I answer the same questions differently each time! Now I'm almost a little bit confused as to how I became interested in art. [laughs] I think the bottom line is that it felt natural to me. I think I always wanted to be an artist growing up. I always sucked at everything else. I was horrible at science. I couldn't do math. The one thing I was good at and that I had an interest in was art.
MCDERMOTT: Do you remember an artist or experience that was an influential moment?
KIM: I've been thinking about that question for a long time. The educational system here in the United States doesn't really have a robust art program. When I was young, I grew up in a mainstream setting. I went to school with other hearing children. I was one of the only deaf kids at the school, so I worked with interpreters. Depending on who the interpreter was, it influenced the route of my education, and I actually never had an art class. I would always ask for art, but they couldn't find an interpreter to cover the art class. When I finally went to the Rochester Institute of Technology, I decided to take a night class on art, and they said, "Nope! We can't get an interpreter to fill that class." So again, I was shut out of the art world. It wasn't until that I went to the School of Visual Arts that I finally was exposed to art in a formal setting. It might have been those barriers in my childhood, and even in my college career, that really shifted me toward wanting to make it in art. I didn't grow up looking to a specific artist or knowing that artists struggled or could "make it;" those concepts were skipped over. They had to be learned in grad school.
MCDERMOTT: Aside from these barriers and the concept of sound, what drives your creativity?
KIM: I got a second MFA in Music and Sound at Bard and John Cage was frequently brought up as a major reference from the '50s, when his work was really breaking musical barriers. He started breaking all of the rules associated with sound and sound etiquette. Before John Cage, I think people often associated silence with deafness. I think it's very romantic or becomes almost a gimmick that people hinge on. So I was reading his book Silence and I couldn't relate to the ideas he was expressing. I understood that silence was shaped by sound and we use sound to define silence, or vice versa, but that didn't help me understand sound or silence. I felt like I had to do my own exploration of what sound meant for me, before I could delve into the concepts he was laying out in the book.
MCDERMOTT: So after starting to read the book, what were some of the first things you did to start exploring and understand silence?
KIM: Before that I had never thought about it. I always thought sound was something I couldn't touch with rubber gloves and a 10-foot pole. The deaf community can be very contained, very insular. I understood that behavior very well; I knew that deaf people congregated with other deaf people. It's because there wasn't a lot of social space created for us in the world and by virtue of that we had to hang out together, but I didn't explore sound.
In terms of how I started to explore sound, I had speech therapy for a while and that might have been my first exposure to sound. I had to look at hearing individuals to get feedback about how I was pronouncing certain words. Their facial expressions would tell me if I was doing it correctly or incorrectly. They became my speakers, and I learned how to manipulate my own behavior in order to get positive reactions from those speakers. I used that experience, applied it to the art world, and started exploring sound within my work.
I think my whole intention was to fight against the concept of "the other" and I want to mention the fourth part of the exhibition in London. I watched a movie called Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter and thought, "The movie wasn't bad but the captions are wonderful." They have descriptions of all the sound that is happening. It's almost too much information. It's like, "Sound of man writing on paper." Instead of "the sounds of the city," it's like the city's waking up, a door slams, the rain hits the window. It highlighted the different sounds that are possible in a city. So I worked with four captioners, they're all deaf and my friends, and I pulled scenes from five different movies to have them caption the sound. Like, what's the word that we use to describe the sound of the moment you have an idea? It's going to be very playful, very jovial, but this is another way to express my voice and their voices.
MCDERMOTT: What are the five movies?
KIM: I'm not sure if I should release the names or if it should be a mystery… There's one Greek movie, Dogtooth, and I've been fascinated by one scene where there's a man and woman getting in a fight. The kids are at home and the father, not wanting to yell, just mouths words rather that actually screams because he doesn't want to wake the kids. The woman, in return, responds [the same way]. So it's two people going [moves mouth without speaking]. That movie has captions that provide the content of what they're saying, but I thought it might have been more effective if they didn't. The five scenes that I've chosen, while they're all different, their connection lies in the fact that they're representing voice in a different way.
MCDERMOTT: I know you're working on a new Face Opera with British Sign Language. What is that process like since you don't speak it fluently?
KIM: Two of the British deaf people are fluent in American Sign Language, so I'm able to communicate in American Sign Language and then they translate into British Sign Language. It also helps that I know BSL well enough to carry a conversation. The point of Face Opera is that I perform the whole score just with your face. I conduct people's faces rather than people's voices. It's a little bit comical.
MCDERMOTT: You're also about to go to Sound Live Tokyo for the second year in a row…
KIM: I'm doing a project called Bounce House. I've pulled together different musicians and invited them to make sound files, but these files all occur at below 20 hertz so it's not in your audible range. It hits you at a much deeper level and doesn't come across as an audible sound. You actually hear the song through other things moving—when the song plays, the table will vibrate or the box will vibrate and that's where you hear the sound, rather than from the speakers themselves.
MCDERMOTT: Are musicians open to this idea?
KIM: Some musicians were a bit uncomfortable, but they were excited. It's a challenge working with these musicians and technologists because they're not used to working with things outside of their audible range, and I don't know what it sounds like or what the actual experience is! [laughs] So I rely on their feedback to make that kind of sound. It's been a great experience collaborating with these people, especially Sound Live Tokyo's curator Tomoyuki Arai, as he has been instrumental throughout the process.
MCDERMOTT: It seems like that would be such a challenge, both for you and your collaborators. I feel like there could be a lot of miscommunication because no one can actually hear what's happening…
KIM: The interesting thing is that it's not a challenge because it puts us on the same playing field. If we both can't hear it, then nobody's above anyone else in terms of giving feedback. I think it puts us on equal footing, we judge it or equalize it in the same way through the vibrations or feeling we get.
MCDERMOTT: How do you select the people you want to work with?
KIM: Some musicians are friends of mine that want to partner and collaborate with me, and some the other way around. We think about our aesthetics, and if we have the same aesthetic, then it's clear that a collaboration could be just fine. But at the same time, if we're just friends and want to work together then we'll make something happen. Sometimes I'm partnering with musicians and people that are a little bit above my pedigree, so to speak. Most of the time the collaboration comes from, "Do I like you?" If I like you, then we're going to collaborate. That's the litmus test.
MCDERMOTT: I know you don't like it when a reporter writes "the deaf artist who works with sound" or "the sound artist who can't hear," so if you had to define yourself, what would you say?
KIM: [pauses] I'm struggling with that, actually. I know that articles need bait. You've got to put the bait out there in the title, otherwise no one's going to click it. But at the same time, I don't have a good way to bill myself, I guess. You can just use my name.
"RUSTLE TUSTLE" WILL BE ON VIEW AT CARROLL / FLETCHER IN LONDON THROUGH JANUARY 30, 2016. "GREATER NEW YORK" WILL BE ON VIEW AT MOMA PS1 IN NEW YORK THROUGH MARCH 7, 2016. FOR MORE ON THE ARTIST, VISIT HER WEBSITE.
For more from our 16 Faces of 2016, click here.


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This is one of the most ancient types of economic systems in the world. Hence, the term traditional and you would be surprised to know that they are still used in many rural and third world countries. This kind of system provides for minimal amount of wastage. This type of economic system is practically non-existent in market economics and mixed economies.
This type of economic system is just a notch above in the advancement from tradition economic systems. In this economy a large part of is controlled by a centralized power which is in most cases the federal government.
A market economy is on the same lines of a free market and the vital sections of it are not controlled by anyone or anything. People generally determine how this market runs.
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well I can get it np, just not sure if I have a working mic atm.
OK, so after deleting the other riivolution file, I believe it fixed the problem, but now I get a black screen with nothing when trying to load monster hunter from riivolution.
Caynan wrote: OK, so after deleting the other riivolution file, I believe it fixed the problem, but now I get a black screen with nothing when trying to load monster hunter from riivolution.
You seriously, need to clear out that device and just leave apps and riivolution there.
I will look into implementing this because I don't see why that isn't an option to begin with. It shouldn't be hard to change that text.
Oh Rocks! you just made my day!
UM there is allot fo those porgrams called [censored] which one is it?
Not meaning to necrobump but might anyone have a GCT binder/editor or other method of using codes with riivolution?
I've seen a few people using both lately in game and though I don't care for overly modified data after all these years I'm in preference to using infinite items, traps, bombs, and no item requirements.
Yes I have used google, and yes I have tried GCT edits prior to asking.
I got the orcaina code manager, but when ever I start umh3 the codes dont work, what setting do I put it on? I select codes enabled and such but which one makes the code work?
Diabjho wrote: I got the orcaina code manager, but when ever I start umh3 the codes dont work, what setting do I put it on? I select codes enabled and such but which one makes the code work?
The codes should work just fine with Riivolution.


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Last Update December 5, 2015
Hungarian foreign minister says more than 100,000 migrants have reached Hungary in 2015
A boy from Syria sits on a bench in a park in Kanjiza, close to the Serbian border with Hungary, Serbia, Friday, July 31, 2015. Hungary's foreign minister said Friday that over 100,000 illegal migrants have reached the country so far this year, nearly all of them entering through its southern border with Serbia. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) (The Associated Press)
A migrant from Syria rests after receiving a food package in Kanjiza, close to the Serbian border with Hungary, Serbia, Friday, July 31, 2015. Hungary's foreign minister said Friday that over 100,000 illegal migrants have reached the country so far this year, nearly all of them entering through its southern border with Serbia. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) (The Associated Press)
A migrant from Syria rests on a park bench in Kanjiza, close to the Serbian border with Hungary, Serbia, Friday, July 31, 2015. Hungary's foreign minister said Friday that over 100,000 illegal migrants have reached the country so far this year, nearly all of them entering through its southern border with Serbia. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) (The Associated Press)
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hungary's foreign minister says more than 100,000 migrants have reached the country so far this year, nearly all of them entering through its southern border with Serbia.
Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Friday that both Hungary and Serbia are facing "unprecedented immigration pressure" and that more migrants are coming to the European Union on the land route across the Balkans than by crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
Szijjarto spoke after reopening a border crossing with his Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dadic, near the Hungarian village of Roszke and Horgos in Serbia.
Hungary says it will finish building a 4-meter (13-foot) fence on the border between the two countries by Aug. 31 to try to stem the flow of migrants.
Isolated Iran leader lashes out at Europe as nations join US in ramping up pressure
The week in pictures, Jan. 11 - Jan. 17


The iconic guitarist has confirmed headlining shows in San Francisco, Las Vegas and Phoenix.
The exhibition dedicated to the iconic metal outfit will run from June until September in the band's home town.
From breaking records to raising roofs, the best Rolling Stones live performances prove why they're "The Greatest Rock'n'Roll Band In The World".
In the band's fast-moving 1974, their UK chart success on single and album was followed by a first step onto a US stage.
The double set covered his already numerous incarnations on record, all the way back to the Yardbirds.
The film's international gross now stands at $685m, while its takings in the US total $216m.
One of Rush's most urgent and impassioned works, 'Grace Under Pressure' continues to press buttons in a brand-new era of age-old paranoia.


Click on worker name or password in first row of workers grid. Context menu will show up.
Congratulations fot the new clean, neat design!
Statistics not working. pool work?
Pool and stats are working.
in older workers, tick monitoring is not working.
can you send me example (worker name)?
I increased a little bit font size in some data tables.
new miner does not show the speed, tell me how to fix it? Thank you.
Also check if date and time on your mining rig are correct.
Work goes and statistics show normal values, not just displays the reason the speed. Thanks, I'll try.
I made, but to no avail.I have something to write in a batch file. -v, - verbosity <0 - 9> does not help.
Can you provide me with bat you are using to start ethminer ?
On 0.9.40-41 it worked and the statistics show, but often hung farm.
Who does not hang, but I do not see speed.
Where you don't see speed ?
That's what I see in the miner. No crawls with speed. 0.9.40 In these lines were.
Today we've added themes to user profile. Just sign in. Go to \"My account\" page, \"Settings\" tab. Select theme and click Save button. Enjoy !
It is not critical, but it is convenient. SAVE button do down the middle.
There is a problem. The farm work on the Internet with a dynamic IP. Periodically, the connection is lost, when a server receives a new IP. The problem is that your proxy then does not see the outside world. Help to solve. Thank you.
Strange. Proxy is in use for 3-4 months and no one reported such problem.
Actually original author of the proxy is Slush. I only added Eth support.
This week I will try to recreate that issue.
The proxy changed the code? It seems that there was no error in the modem overload.


New Delhi, Apr 10: The Election Commission order banning the release of any biography or any other poster or publicity material that serves the interests of a political entity also applies to Namo TV, reports said quoting sources.
The poll panel has stopped the release of biopic 'PM Narendra Modi' for the duration of 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The ECI decision to ban the screening of PM Narendra Modi comes a day before its release.
The Congress and the AAP has moved the EC demanding suspension of Content TV contending that it has been broadcasting political campaign of one candidate - Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced the launch of the new television channel NaMo TV, with PM Modi's picture on its logo, on multiple direct to home (DTH) platforms as part of its voter outreach. The channel, which will live telecast Narendra Modi's campaign for the general election, is available on major DTH platforms-Dish TV, Tata Sky, Siti and Airtel.


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Origin Of Metaverse: Everything You Need To Know
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A Metaverse is a modern approach in computing that allows users to explore and interact with a simulated environment that can approximate the physical world. Imagine a future where people can live, work, shop, and reach out to each other without ever having to leave the comfort of their couches. We call this a kind of "metaverse."
This is the next step for the internet. A person's digital copy, an "avatar," will be used in many places, like games, online forums, and business meetings.
This article will go through the hot topics everyone has been asking, like how this benefits us, what the protocols are, what the laws and regulations are, and how you can make your own metaverse at home. Today, you will learn where it all began, the Origin of Metaverse.
What is a Metaverse? The Actual Origin of Metaverse.
A metaverse is a digital universe that combines the aspects of both the real and virtual worlds. It is a playground where you can explore and connect with different scenarios, experiences, and objects.
It has been around for years, but they have been gaining more attention recently because of the growing popularity of online platforms like Second Life and Minecraft.
The origin of Metaverse started with the name itself. Neil Stevenson used the word "metaverse" for the first time in his 1982 book Snow Crash. The SEGA VR-1 motion simulator was a big hit in arcades all over the world in the early 1990s. Palmer Luckey made the first prototype of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset in 2010. He was only 18 years old at the time. In his 2011 book, Ready Player One, author Ernest Cline gave us another look at a virtual reality paradise. Steven Spielberg's movie adaptation of his book came out in 2018. From there, the concept of metaverse was on the roll.
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, said that the company would work with Oculus to make new content for the platform. Google released the Cardboard device and the Google Glass augmented reality glasses in 2014. Eventually, Sony and Samsung also released VR goggles at the same time. Google Cardboard is a virtual reality (VR) viewer for smartphones that cost little.
The first headset to offer mixed reality was Microsoft's HoloLens, which came out in 2016. In 2016, people who played the AR game Pokémon GO ran around their neighborhoods looking for Pokémon. In 2017, IKEA came out with a virtual reality program that let people put furniture from the company's catalog in their own homes or offices. Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) was added to iPhones and iPads by Apple in 2020. This made it possible to use mixed-reality headsets and improved depth detection for photos and augmented reality.
As of 2021, Facebook was an entity that changed the metaverse. Ray-Ban makes smart glasses, and HTC makes virtual reality glasses like the Vive Flow. All these events were useful to the origin of metaverse and its foundation from the beginning.
What is the metaverse protocol?
Metaverse protocol
The Metaverse protocol is a new blockchain technology aiming to create a "virtual world". The Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Singapore, developed the protocol.
Anyone can use the protocol to create and run their virtual world. The Metaverse Foundation founder, Oscar Guo, stated that the project aims to build a new virtual reality (VR) ecosystem for the entertainment industry.
What are the different metaverses?
Different types of metaverses
We can expand the definition of Metaverse to include an array of different metaverses that have been created over the years. Some examples include virtual worlds such as Second Life and OpenSimulator, social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, and online communities such as Reddit.
It connects in a shared space, which can provide opportunities for collaboration and learning. They also offer a platform for users to share content and ideas, which can create communities enriched by sharing knowledge.
There are also ideas about Metaverse Girlfriends, which is a digital construct that first emerged in the early 2000s. In concept, these girlfriends are typically characters or avatars who inhabit an online world similar to the one we live in, but with additional features and opportunities.
How can we create our own metaverse?
Create our own metaverse
The internet has revolutionized how we communicate and share information. However, it's not just our physical world being transformed; the online world is also evolving rapidly. With the proliferation of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), it's only natural to ask: What comes next?
While there are many possibilities for the future of the metaverse, one possibility is that it could be a completely self-sustaining ecosystem where users can create their own content and interactions. This would allow for an infinite variety of worlds to be created, each with its own unique rules and dynamics. If this concept proves successful, this could become the next big thing in online communication.
What are the benefits of creating a metaverse?
Metaverse is a term used to describe the hypothetical shared virtual reality universe. It was first coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 novel Snow Crash. This concept has been explored in various forms since then, but it wasn't until 2013 that a working prototype of a metaverse was created. Since then, there has been growing interest in it to create and share experiences beyond the limitations of traditional computing platforms.
Here are some benefits of creating a metaverse:
Connect people and promote global understanding
Metaverses are digital universes that allow users to explore, interact and share content from different points of view. They could help connect people and promote global understanding. It can be a powerful tool for education, communication, and cooperation. The Metaverse Girlfriend concept is already popular among young generations to tackle their loneliness in some regions of the world.
Safe and secure environment for users.
Metaverses are an intriguing new platform that has the potential to provide users with a safe and secure environment. Users can interact with different versions of themselves allowing them to experience different aspects of their lives without fear of negative consequences.
This technology has the potential to help people learn new things and improve their skills while also protecting them from harmful situations. Metaverses could revolutionize how we interact with the world, and they will surely be a big hit with anyone who uses them!
Reduce online trolling and cyberbullying.
The metaverse is a term used to describe a hypothetical universe in which all of reality is accessible through the internet. It was first introduced by Neal Stephenson in his novel Snow Crash. This would consist of a virtual space where users could access information, share files, and interact with each other.
Share information, ideas, and content more effectively.
Metaverses are virtual worlds that look real. They can improve information, idea, and content sharing. Metaverses can be used to create a virtual meeting room or share vacation photos. Social networking and connecting with people who share interests are also possible.
Threats to Metaverse: What is at stake?
Metaverse could be dangerous in several ways, including centralization, regulation, and malware.
Centralization is one of the biggest dangers to Metaverse and Web 3.0. Even though the technologies targeted for Metaverse make it decentralized, there is a chance that centralizing forces will take over in the long run. If more people embrace Facebook, it might become the de facto norm for social networking and push other platforms to follow.
Regulation could harm Metaverse. Many of its technologies aren't decentralized, making government control difficult. This could cause problems if the government tries to prevent certain events.
Malware is a big problem for all online systems, including Metaverse and Web 3.0. Malicious software can steal user data, destroy or even take over computers. Also, people who want to harm could use these technologies to attack other systems.
Experts say that the value of the metaverse is likely to rise dramatically. People of all ages, industries, places, and genders like it. Brands that dabble in there are finding receptive audiences. Consumers are open to trying new technologies, and businesses are spending a lot on building the infrastructure for this.
At the moment, we don't know if it's possible or how long it would take to build an entire metaverse that exactly copies real life. Many blockchain-based systems put a lot of effort into combining augmented and virtual reality technologies. The end goal is to let users change their surroundings.
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Every year, thousands of students across the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) make the transition from Grade 8 to Grade 9, entering the next stage of their learning journey. Here's what you need to know.
Step One: Do I need to register for Grade 9?
Students currently enrolled in a WRDSB school for Grade 8, skip to step three. They do not need to register for Grade 9. They will receive course option information from their elementary school guidance teachers, starting in February.
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Students new to the WRDSB need to register for Grade 9 at their designated home secondary school unless they will be attending a magnet. Students applying to a magnet from out of board will register with that school upon successful acceptance to the magnet program.
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To check which secondary school serves your specific geographic area, please refer to the school locator tool. Please note: students are permitted to transfer to a school outside their designated home secondary school to participate in a System Designated Specialized (Magnet) Program.
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Each school has information on their websites about what makes them unique. Learn more about your school:
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Waterloo Collegiate Institute
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Students should try to plan ahead for the courses they would like to take in their secondary school years. Each year, students should review their plan and if necessary, modify their course selection to make sure they meet graduation requirements and prerequisites for their post-secondary destinations. Teachers and guidance counsellors can advise and help students with their planning for course selection. Information is also available from your Grade 8 school.
More information on Course Selection.
System Designated Specialized (Magnet) Programs are a series of interconnected courses that make up a program that leads directly to or supports a student's transition to a specific post-secondary destination. Students are permitted to transfer to a school outside their school boundary to participate in a System Designated Specialized Program.
French Immersion and Extended French
French Immersion and Extended French are available to those students who have completed the Elementary Immersion program and who wish to continue with more intensive French instruction. Please speak with the student's elementary guidance teacher to find out which Extended French program your child would attend.
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English as a Second Language (ESL) and English Literacy Development (ELD)
At the magnet ESL/ELD secondary schools, courses are offered with English language and literacy support, and students will have a choice of appropriate and engaging programs. Students who speak English may still require support in the areas of reading and writing for academic purposes. Students may also be eligible to receive accommodations for the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. A student's best guarantee of success in secondary school is to choose the appropriate program and course type for success.
Fast Forward is a unique school‐to‐work program offered at designated secondary schools. Through the Fast Forward program students have an opportunity to earn recognized certificates and learn the skills to build rewarding careers. Fast Forward is designed to support students who require at least two essential type courses. Students will have the opportunity to work toward their Ontario Secondary School Diploma and develop knowledge, skills and attitudes to move successfully from the classroom to the workplace.
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Each secondary school offers students opportunities for enhanced learning. To find out what each school will be offering, refer to their website or contact them directly.
Graduation from secondary school is based on an accumulation of credits. Many courses offered in secondary education are credit courses. A credit is a means of recognition for the successful completion of a course and is granted to a student by the principal of a secondary school on behalf of the Minister of Education.
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Every student who enters secondary school must complete a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement activities as one of the requirements for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). Students may complete the requirement starting on the first of July after they leave Grade 8 and ending before graduation.
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Looking back over our 100 years, UBC nursing graduates and faculty have helped to evolve the state of health care, involving patients in the decision-making process and mobilizing professionals across the health disciplines. We have generated new solutions to ongoing health problems, and influenced change by bringing fresh scientific evidence to bear on health care and policy. As we prepare for the next century, we continue to strive for health equity, social justice and an improved quality of life for all.
To celebrate this milestone, we have established the School of Nursing Centenary Fund. By supporting this fund, you will be supporting exceptional students, inspiring events, and state-of-the-art facilities and equipment for learning and research.
With your contribution, our top-ranked school will advance nursing for another century—and more.
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The Komaba Research Campus International Day 2018, jointly organized by IIS and RCAST, was held on October 4th (Thursday) to promote friendship among domestic and foreign researchers, faculties, and students in IIS and RCAST.
9 cultural presentations/performances by international students/researchers from Belarus, China, India, Japan, Pakistan, Russia, Taiwan, France (-Mexico) and U.S.(-Japan) were conducted. Among all the fantastic presenters, Mr. Nicolas LOBATODAUZIER and his international colleagues won the best presentation award, Mr. Usman Abid KHAN and his colleagues from Pakistan came 2nd, and Ms. Yanting LIU from China got the 3rd place. The jury award went to Mr. Sergei GLUCHKO from Belarus.
After the presentations, the audience enjoyed the sound and rhythm of Japanese drum by 8 performers from Wadaiko Dojo Dondoko (Japanese drum playing society Donodoko). They explained Bon-Odori drum beats in English and many attendees had a chance to experience on the stage. The performance and experience package provided a unique opportunity to feel and enjoy Japanese culture.
At the social get-together, participants enjoyed international friendship with cuisines from various countries. This joyful event attracted a crowd of over 320 participants, which gave us a great opportunity to feel the diversity of Komaba research campus.