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A minimum of 5 member representatives, one of whom should be an elected member of the Academic Council, appointed to 3-year staggered terms by the President in consultation with the Chair of the General Conference; one-voting member from the IES Abroad School of Record - members are normally Coordinators with advanced degrees and faculty appointments; one IES Abroad Chicago staff member to serve as Secretary; non-coordinators may be appointed to ensure representation in crucial fields - may be reappointed to serve as Chair.
William Bowman ('18-'20) Gettysburg College
Mark Rush ('19-'21) Washington and Lee University
Megan D. Leff, Secretary IES Abroad Chicago
Thomas Cossé ('19-'21) University of Richmond
Ruth Grahn ('20-'22) Connecticut College
William Munro ('19-'21), Chair Illinois Wesleyan University
Jim Neighbors ('18-'20) Wofford College
Anthony Olorunnisola ('18-'20) Pennsylvania State University
Elaine Sia ('20-'22) University of Rochester


Cones – Tuesday Photo Challenge – Growth | Pictures without film.
I came to this week's theme of Growth. As you might have come to expect, you can go into many directions with this theme. You could document years of growth, the growth of mushrooms on a tree or branch, or that annoying growth in your neighbor's yard that blocks your view!
Or the growth of civic pride… The choices are all yours and you're encouraged to be as creative as your mind wants you to be.
So many themes within the theme to choose from, however I have to return to nature for my choice. A pine cone growing on a tree in Threave Garden, itself growing, and a reminder of the magnificent potential locked within.
"Pine Cone", Threave Garden, Dumfries and Galoway, 2018.
Conifers, they do seed at this time of the year. Perfect cone growth.
Hmm … I don't remember seeing any new growth on the trees here.
The cones are growth in potentia.


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Gallagher Broker Brandon Cole Recognized as a 2019 Nonprofit Power Broker
Topics: Nonprofit
Brandon Cole, CIC, CRM, CPCU, ARM-P, CSRM, CISR, RPLU, AINS
Gallagher, Glendale, Calif.
Brandon Cole, National Director, Gallagher
Community Arts Resources (CARS), has a niche business which produces large-scale cultural events, including the 100th anniversary celebration of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
The event required two venues — the Disney Concert Hall and Hollywood Bowl — and eight miles of closed streets to accommodate 1,800 different performances and more than 100,000 attendees, said Tamara O'Connor, vice president.
"It was the most complicated event to insure, but Brandon was able to arrange a meeting with the underwriters to explain it, and we were able to insure all parties involved — solving a major dilemma for us," O'Connor said.
Hollywood Property Owners Alliance also has a fairly unique organization: managing the business improvement district in Hollywood, California, said Lorin Lappin, finance manager.
"We developed a walking tour that had some issues with the carriers, but Brandon took the time to understand what it was all about and was able to get us the insurance program we needed," Lappin said.
Laura Nelson, CFO of 211 LA County, said that Cole has a broad base of knowledge and she's confident that he would never give her team an insurance quote on a policy without thoroughly investigating the market.
"Brandon has a very comprehensive understanding of the market — he knows what each entity is looking for, the hot buttons they are sensitive to, how to approach them and how to get the best coverage," Nelson said.
2019 Nonprofit Power Broker Winners and Finalists
The National Ergonomics Conference Is On. And Yes, It's Being Presented Virtually
Testing new approaches and new ideas to create effective methods and solutions; it's what ergonomists do, and it's what we're doing for the 2020 National Ergonomics Conference.
For This Workers' Comp Power Broker, It's All About Education
Pritchard and Jerden's Steve Heinen has dedicated his career to learning about and improving the workers' comp industry.
The Hanover names a new president of professional liability, a London-based Willis Towers Watson employee has been named the winner of the 2019 ModelOff Championship and more in this edition of People on the Move.
How This Leader in Workers' Comp Is Placing the Worker's Journey Front and Center
One Call is investing in resources to enhance its customer experience, which is leading to improved outcomes across its organization for injured workers.
4 Liability Trends Driving the Higher Education Coverage Crisis
With the frequency and severity of liability claims increasing, colleges and universities will struggle to find affordable coverage in the primary market come renewal time.
Insurers pay when wildfires rage and hurricanes thunder in from our oceans. The drive is on for the industry to reduce its support for the fossil fuel use that contributes to climate change.
Now Is the Time for Multinationals with U.S. Affiliates to Form a Captive in Vermont. Here's Why
With the risk environment growing more complex and coverages more expensive, there are big advantages to shifting risks into a domestic captive.
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ErgoExpo kicks off with a virtual general session designed to continue to ergonomic conversation on what the future holds for employees working from home in the era of COVID.
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Planning a trip to Cape Pillar, I had an email from the Three Capes Track project which made clear the track would only be open Fridays to Sundays. Checked the parks website, where their track closure item from 2 October 2014 was the latest info. This remained the latest info on the website until the evening of 19 October 2014, and probably into tbe 20th.
In the hope that maybe the track would be open earlier in the week than Friday, I rang the parks number for the Tasman NP this week. This is their Seven Mile Beach Office. The gentleman I spoke to didn't seem very well informed, but was able to confirm that I could walk the track on Fridays through Sundays, but he didn't think there was any chance of being able to do so earlier.
Probably stupidly, I had also sent a Facebook message to them. This was belatedly responded to (2 days - love that immediacy which social media brings) by someone stating baldly that the track was closed Monday to Friday and only open on Saturdays and Sundays. I engaged in some discussion via Facebook private message, from the top of the Rodway Range. I pointed out that the website (at that exact time) stated clearly the track was open Friday to Sunday, and I had made specific plans to walk the track on those days. I made clear it was not good enough that they had incorrect information on their website. They responded by telling me that track closures could be "dynamic". Indeed. They also admitted the website info was "erroneous".
Quite dishonestly, they then posted a new track closure item, and removed the old one. The new item, posted sometime between late on on the evening of 19 November and mid afternoon on 20 November is dated 6 November 2014. Talk about arse-covering. Hope nobody was travelling any great distance to undertake this walk on Friday, and were relying on the website information for their planning purposes. Wouldn't even have helped them to RING up, as when I did that I had the previous information confirmed clearly.
A bit of competence and honesty would be a good idea, and perhaps their staff could all be informed about what is actually going on. And finally, an apology wouldn't have gone astray. Instead I got what amounted to a lecture about how track closures were dynamic, and I should ring up. Which I had done, and I had already provided that fact to whoever was responding to me.
So, arriving at the end of the track, we find it's open from Friday to Sunday. Same sign out near the highway. Dishonest? Incompetent? Disorganised? Obstructive?
And don't get me started on why we need to close an entire track just because it's being upgraded. Undoubtedly it's because the actual track work is so over the top as to be ridiculous. The amount of investment in these feats of engineering will never be repaid economically. It's just public subsidy of someone's dream about the perfect walk. There isn't much of the natural world left that you have to bother interacting with once they've finished. If you've seen the staircases up and down the hills at Cape Hauy, you'll have the picture. Same need for a nice tidy environment that leads to people wanting to get rid of the nasty, confused, disorganised forest and replace it with nice straight rows of plantation. It will also probably lead to railings on all the big dangerous cliffs, because, let's face it, if you can't get it together to walk on an uneven pathway and step over small obstructions, you can hardly be expected to avoid falling off cliffs can you.
Too add insult, walking out to Cape Pillar reveals there to be NO active track work on the sections you are allowed to walk. The new sections where (apparently) work is going on are closed and you have to use the old track. I'm doubtful there is even any work on the two sections in question. I'll put up a post with some photos of the new splendiferous track.


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This Is My America (Digital Audiobook)
By Kim Johnson, Bahni Turpin (Narrator)
Library Binding (7/28/2020)
Library Binding, Large Print (11/10/2021)
"Incredible and searing." --Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin
The Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting first novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system.
Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time--her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy's older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a "thug" on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what really happened between Jamal and Angela down at the Pike. But will Tracy and her family survive the uncovering of the skeletons of their Texas town's racist history that still haunt the present?
Fans of Nic Stone, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Jason Reynolds won't want to miss this provocative and gripping debut.
KIM JOHNSON is a young adult author and Assistant Vice Provost dedicated to student success, access, equity, and inclusion. She holds a B.S. in Ethnic Studies degree from the University of Oregon and an M.Ed. in College Student Personnel from the University of Maryland, where she researched high-achieving Black students' racial identity development and academic self-efficacy. Her debut novel, THIS IS MY AMERICA, explores racial injustice against innocent Black men criminally sentenced and the families left behind to pick up the pieces. She lives in Oregon with her husband and two kids. Visit her at kcjohnsonwrites.com and follow her on Twitter and Instagram @kcjohnsonwrites.


Discover everything you need to know about DIY Solar Hot Water & Solar Heating. Solar Heating is one of the most cost-effective ways to slash hundreds (or thousands) of dollars off your energy bills every single year.
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Nurse Sarah O'Hara Receives Religious Exemption for Vaccination
Peter Christian Published: November 28, 2021
photo by Peter Christian
A recent story on KGVO and the KGVO website profiled the plight of Community Medical Center nurse Sarah O'Hara, who refused to be vaccinated against COVID 19, and planned to seek a religious exemption from the CMS nationwide mandate.
On Sunday, surrounded by well over a hundred supporters holding signs on the sidewalk in front of Lowe's Home Improvement Center, O'Hara told KGVO news that her exemption had been upheld by the hospital administration.
"I do actually know exactly where I stand with my job," said O'Hara. "And they did inform me that I got accepted for my religious exemption. But I do know of a few respiratory therapists and nurses that have gotten theirs denied at the hospital at St. Pat's (Providence St. Patrick Hospital), and I don't have any idea why they would be denied."
O'Hara was heartened by the recent decision by OSHA and the Biden Administration to back down on forcing millions of workers to be vaccinated or lose their jobs.
"It seems quite interesting, especially that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and OSHA came out and said, we're not going to move forward with this," she said. "So when they stated that it is no longer a law that is in place that people need to be mandated to take a vaccine, why are these hospitals going forward? And isn't that part of our 10th amendment rights within the Constitution?"
O'Hara looked around at the many people who came out to support her decision and expressed her gratitude to the various groups and individuals who turned out.
"I'm definitely feeling 100% grateful," she said. "I think that the turnout is way more than I even anticipated and I'm just I'm really blessed to know that there are this many people willing to stand up for our freedoms, our God-given freedoms"
O'Hara had a message for all who read this story or hear her words on KGVO and other Townsquare Media stations.
"Just to pay attention to the laws of the land, the state government supersedes any kind of federal institution," she said. "And so we need to really be backing the people in our states; our governors and our senators that represent us, that they would be able to stand up for us against these lawless people. And that's really my hope for this country. Because if we are the ones that fall at this point in time, the world is looking to us as Americans to overcome this injustice."
Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services mandated that all healthcare workers at hospitals, clinics and other institutions that receive payment for services from Medicare and Medicaid, be fully vaccinated or lose funding, which would effectively drive that healthcare institution to bankruptcy.
There was a broad mix of ages protesting with O'Hara on Sunday, many holding signs, with one man sprinting up and down the sidewalk holding an American Flag, while cars honked and drivers waved their approval. There was also one family at the protest with a very large dog who was aptly named 'Trump'.
LOOK: Here are the pets banned in each state
Because the regulation of exotic animals is left to states, some organizations, including The Humane Society of the United States, advocate for federal, standardized legislation that would ban owning large cats, bears, primates, and large poisonous snakes as pets.
Read on to see which pets are banned in your home state, as well as across the nation.
Filed Under: CMS, Community Medical Center, COVID-19, Sarah O'Hara
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Q: Coding an interval timer for a little workout program (just like an app) How can I get 2 timers (for a workout and pause interval) without redundancy? I know how to count down using Timer and Tasktimer but im not sure how to reset my timer let alone adding another interval for my pause section without just copying my written code and creating another object for just my pause section. I wanted to save my int secondsworkout in another int so that I got my number (in seconds) and just reuse it somehow (if even possible).
public class Intervall {

    Scanner stdin = new Scanner(System.in);
    int secondsWorkout = stdin.nextInt() + 1;
    int cache = secondsWorkout - 1;
    Timer timer = new Timer();
    TimerTask task = new TimerTask() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            secondsWorkout--;
                System.out.println(secondsWorkout + " seconds");
            if(secondsWorkout == 0) {
                timer.cancel();
                System.out.println("DING!");
                secondsWorkout = cache;
            }
        }
    };
    public void startWorkout() {
        timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(task, 1000, 1000);

    }

    public static void main(String[] args){
        System.out.println("Please enter a number");
        Intervall kek = new Intervall();
        kek.startWorkout();
    }
}

A: You are using an anonymous inner class which accesses fields of its outer class:
int secondsWorkout = stdin.nextInt() + 1;
int cache = secondsWorkout - 1;
TimerTask task = new TimerTask() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
      secondsWorkout--;
      ...

If you want to make it reusable, declare a real class with fields:
class WorkoutTimerTask extends TimerTask {

    int secondsWorkout;
    int cache;

    WorkoutTimerTask(int secondsWorkout, int cache) {
        this.secondsWorkout = secondsWorkout;
        this.cache = cache;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        secondsWorkout--;
            System.out.println(secondsWorkout + " seconds");
        if(secondsWorkout == 0) {
            timer.cancel();
            System.out.println("DING!");
            secondsWorkout = cache;
        }
    }
};

And then create two instances of it, e.g.:
Scanner stdin = new Scanner(System.in);
int secondsWorkout = stdin.nextInt() + 1;
int secondsPause = stdin.nextInt() + 1;

Timer timer = new Timer();
WorkoutTimerTask workout = new WorkoutTimerTask(secondsWorkout, secondsWorkout - 1);
WorkoutTimerTask pause = new WorkoutTimerTask(secondsPause, secondsPause - 1);
...

Notes:
You can declare the class as an inner class (in the same java file) or in a separate file called 'WorkoutTimerTask.java'.
Instead of counting down a second on each scheduled execution, you could also keep track of the System.currentTimeMillis() value at the start, and compare it to the current time millis. It's probably more accurate and maybe more understandable:
public class WorkoutTimerTask extends TimerTask {

    private final int maxSeconds;
    private long startMillis;

    public WorkoutTimerTask(int maxSeconds) {
        this.maxSeconds = maxSeconds;
        this.startMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        long elapsedSeconds = (System.currentTimeMillis() - startMillis) / 1000;
        if (elapsedSeconds < maxSeconds) {
            System.out.printf("%s seconds%n", elapsedSeconds);
        } else {
            System.out.println("DING!");
            cancel();
        }
    }

};

You can also cancel the timer via the TimerTask by calling cancel()
EDIT: Thinking about what you're trying to do, I think maybe you don't want to try and 'chain' these TimerTasks at all. Instead, just implement a smart TimerTask which knows about workout and pause phases, for example:
public class WorkoutTimer extends TimerTask {

    private final int workoutSeconds;
    private final int pauseSeconds;
    private long startMillis;
    private Phase phase;
    // bonus feature: keep track of the number of workout/pause cycles
    private int workoutCounter;

    private enum Phase {
        WORKOUT, PAUSE
    }

    public WorkoutTimer(int workoutSeconds, int pauseSeconds) {
        this.workoutSeconds = workoutSeconds;
        this.pauseSeconds = pauseSeconds;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        if (phase == null) {
            startNextPhase();
        }
        long elapsedSeconds = getElapsedSeconds();
        long maxSeconds = getMaxSeconds();
        if (elapsedSeconds < maxSeconds) {
            // carriage return at the end allows 'printing in place'
            System.out.printf("%s#%s %s seconds\r", phase, workoutCounter, elapsedSeconds + 1);
        }
        else {
            System.out.printf("%s#%s finished%n", phase, workoutCounter);
            startNextPhase();
        }
    }

    private long getElapsedSeconds() {
        return (System.currentTimeMillis() - startMillis) / 1000;
    }

    private long getMaxSeconds() {
        if (phase == Phase.WORKOUT) {
            return workoutSeconds;
        }
        else {
            return pauseSeconds;
        }
    }

    private void startNextPhase() {
        if (phase == null || phase == Phase.PAUSE) {
            phase = Phase.WORKOUT;
            workoutCounter++;
        }
        else {
            phase = Phase.PAUSE;
        }
        startMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Scanner stdin = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Please enter the number of workout seconds");
        int workoutSeconds = stdin.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter the number of pause seconds");
        int pauseSeconds = stdin.nextInt();

        WorkoutTimer workoutTimer = new WorkoutTimer(workoutSeconds, pauseSeconds);
        Timer timer = new Timer();
        // 300 to make sure the timer doesn't seem laggy
        timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(workoutTimer, 0, 300);
    }
}

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BHUBANESWAR, 17th April, 2019 : As India have come a long distance in the last few years climbing over 70 spots on the FIFA World Rankings, India Senior Men's Team assistant coach Venkatesh Shanmugam has seen the team go through the shift over the last three years.
"Our team has improved a lot. But all of that that has only come through hard work, and methodical planning," Venkatesh said, on the sidelines of the Hero Super Cup in Bhubaneswar.
Having captained the National Team himself back in his playing days, Venkatesh, fondly referred to all as 'Venky-bhai' is someone who has been in the dressing room both as a player and as a coach.
"It is unfair to compare the quality of players from different generations. I believe that quality is always there, and will always be there. But what makes the difference is how you groom the quality and help the footballer maximise his performance on match days," he maintained.
"At the end of the day you still have 23 of the best players from your country in the squad. It does not matter which era we are playing in. Rather, what is more important is how we, as the support staff, are preparing them for the matches," he stated.
Venkatesh had started his sojourn with the national side in the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok against Japan, a game which the Blue Tigers lost 0-1. However, Venky believes that India, until recently did not fare as well on the International front due to the lack of exposure.
"You look at the current side, and you can clearly see that they go into an International match with the mentality that they are no less than their opponents," he said. "Back during our playing days we would merely have a camp before any big tournament, and once we were on the pitch, we would be unsure of what to expect," he opined.
In the last four years, India have played a number of friendly matches against other International sides like China, Jordan, Oman, Puerto Rico, the Tri-Nation Tournament in 2017, the Intercontinental Cup in 2018, amongst others.
"Playing sides like China, Jordan, Oman, Puerto Rico, St Kitts & Nevis, New Zealand, Kenya readied the players to face top International matches, a fact that helped them put up a competitive front at the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, earlier this year," he maintained.
"As a footballer these kinds of competitive matches give you the experience of how to react to different match situations. So when you are playing in a top tournament, you do not back down," he said.
The India Assistant Coach went on to explain that the National Team is exposed to a lot more facilities than before, which has played another role in the overall improvement in the last half-a-decade.
"Around 15 years back, the players could not always avail facilities that would help us with our game. But now, a footballer can access world-class facilities," said Venkatesh. "To add to that, the players are also being fed with so much information about how to keep themselves fit, what to eat, and how to conduct themselves. These things have only helped them perform better," he quipped.
Venkatesh also pointed out that the modern media has played a huge role in increasing the accountability of each player.
"Everything you do on and off the pitch is under scrutiny these days. Earlier, if the team was playing abroad, nobody in the country would even know about it," he continued. "But now, all the attention is on the national team, which is a good thing. The players know that the whole country is watching them and that in itself is a great motivating factor."
by Aiff media
Punjab face Goa, services take on Karnataka in 2018-19 Hero Santosh trophy Semi-finals


This was a cigar where the first half was better than the second half. In particular I did find some sourness in the second half. While it was fun to smoke a maduro version of the Full Moon, I still prefer the Corojo version. This one is worthy of a fiver.


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Fall 5 KM Classic 2018
10 KM, 5 KM & 200m Kids Fun Run
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Sun., October 14, 2018
Waterloo Park, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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Previously known as the original Oktoberfest Run, it's now The Fall 5 KM Classic, and it's still Octoberfast
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Online Registration is now closed. Please refer to 'Registration Options' below for details on how to register Friday, Saturday or Race Day.
This is the race you don't want to miss: Waterloo Region's fastest 5k course! The winning male times went under 15 minutes for the last few years. The Fall Classic is a great downhill tune-up for the Road 2 Hope Half or Full Marathon!
22nd year of Family, Fitness, Friendship and Fun
Long sleeve cotton t-shirt to the first 800 pre-registered runners
FINISHER'S MEDALS to all finishers.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: 200m Kids Fun Run
FAST COURSES! "If you are looking to run a personal or seasonal best time, this is the race for you!"
Explore all historical results and records at results.runwaterloo.com
POST RACE: draw prizes, pledge prizes, refreshments and live entertainment
200m Closed
Individual, Untimed Fun Run, 12 and under. Price includes tax.
Dec. 11 - Oct. 13
10 KM Closed
Online registration closed
Individual. Price includes tax.
Dec. 11 – Aug. 26
Aug. 27 – Sep. 16
Sep. 17 – Oct. 7
Oct. 7 – Oct. 13
5 KM Closed
Finish line venue
Pour the Boar
Finisher's Medals
Every finisher receives a medal at the finish line, including the 200m fun run.
This course is OctoberFAST
Click for more information and interactive elevation maps. Join us on October 11 at our course preview with Fastisfun.
Do you know of a faster 5k course? Let us know!
Post-race entertainment
Back by popular acclaim ... Jesse Webber Trio live at the finish line.
The last thing you need is another tech tshirt. So at this race, we've given out long-sleeve, cotton tshirts. Maybe they aren't your ideal race gear, but they are the perfect attire for the fall season.
Only the first 800 entries will receive a FREE 2018 limited edition long-sleeve t-shirt. Register today – don't be disappointed!
NOTE: A limited quantity of extra t-shirts will be available for sale. Makes a great gift or souvenir.
Run Pure
This event is a core part of Run Waterloo's Run Pure series.
These events are exactly what you want from a run: a great course, t-shirt, post-race food, awards, and all the family, friendship and fun you expect.
Explore all Run Pure events.
REGISTRATION POLICY: All entries are non-refundable, non-transferable, and non-deferrable. There are no exceptions once a person has registered.
PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINES
Mail in: To 2 Weberlyn Crescent, Conestogo N0B 1N0 by Tuesday October 9, 5:00 p.m.
Drop off: At Runners' Choice, 55 Erb St. E., Waterloo by Tuesday October 9, 5:00 p.m.
Online: Right here at www.RaceRoster.com by Wednesday October 10 at 6:00 p.m.
After these dates, entries will only be accepted at Kit & Chip Pickup.
RACE WEEKEND - REGISTRATION AND KIT PICKUP
Registration and Kit Pickup will take place:
Friday October 12, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Runners' Choice, 55 Erb St. E., Waterloo
Saturday October 13, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Runners' Choice, 55 Erb St. E., Waterloo
Sunday October 14, 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. - Westvale Public School, 265 Westvale Dr., Waterloo
Registrations will be accepted at these times and locations.
10KM - 9:20 a.m. Race starts at Westvale Public School and finishes in Waterloo Park.
5KM - 9:30 a.m. Race starts at Westvale Public School and finishes in Waterloo Park.
200m - 11:00 a.m. Starting and finishing in Waterloo Park
Directions to Waterloo Park: From Hwy #401, take Hwy #8 West to Hwy #85 Waterloo to University Ave. W. to Westmount Road North. Left on Westmount Road North to entrance to Waterloo Park.
SHUTTLE BUS and PARKING
We recommend that participants park at Sun Life Financial, 50 Westmount Road North, take the shuttle bus to the start at Westvale Public School and then run back to the finish. Shuttle buses begin at 7:45 a.m. The last shuttle bus leaves at 9:00 a.m. Runner's gear will be transported from the start line to the finish line at Waterloo Park and stored in a supervised area. Gear must be picked up by 11:30 a.m. We are not responsible for lost, damaged or stolen articles.
Directions to Sun Life Financial, 50 Westmount Road North (shuttle bus location): From Hwy #401, take Hwy #8 West to Hwy #85 Waterloo to University Ave. W. to Westmount Road North. Left on Westmount Road North. PLEASE ONLY PARK IN THE YELLOW SPOTS.
There are no shuttle buses after the race to take participants back to the start.
There is NO parking at the race start at Westvale Public School. Drop offs are permitted.
Each KM is marked and is clearly visible. Times will be called at the 5 KM mark of the 10 KM. Water Stations: 1 on the 5 KM course / 3 on the 10 KM course. Courses are certified distances.
Courses are subject to change pending official approval, course certifications, or construction issues.
The time limit to complete the course is calculated at 10 minutes per kilometer. Starting at the half way mark, if a participant does not reach a km mark by this calculated time, the participant will be asked to move to the sidewalk and finish the race as a pedestrian, unassisted by race support. Participants are asked to familiarize themselves with the course route if this situation might be a possibility to them. We wish to minimize traffic disruption caused by our event, and value the support of Police services regarding participant safety, and trust you understand our position.
Individual & Team Categories (5 KM & 10 KM Only)
INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES:
Up to 12 | 13 - 15 | 16 - 19 | 20 - 24 | 25 - 29 | 30 - 34 | 35 - 39 | 40 - 44 | 45 - 49 | 50 - 54 | 55 - 59 | 60 - 64 | 65 - 69 | 70 plus
• Male 180 - 199 lbs 200 lbs plusx
• Female 160 - 169 lbs 170 lbs plus
TEAM CATEGORIES:
• Parent/Child (2 person team)
• Spouses (2 person team)
• Corporate (min 3 person team)
• School (min 3 person team)
• Open (min 5 person team)
10 KM & 5 KM EVENTS - medals will be awarded (no duplication) to:
Top 3 overall Male and Female, Open & Masters (age 40 plus)
Top 3 Male and Female finishers in each age and weight category, and
1st place team in each Team Category.
All unclaimed medals will be available for pickup at Runners' Choice any time after Monday October 22, 2018.
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Forestry Sets Record For 1996 Production
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Agriculture, Forestry
By Rhonda Whitmire
MISSISSIPPI STATE -- Mississippi's forestry industry set a production record in 1996 of almost $1.2 billion as actual figures released in July exceeded the previously estimated values.
"Mississippi's forest industry recorded an all-time high for timber production," said Dr. Bob Daniels, extension forestry specialist at Mississippi State University. "Due to a strong fourth quarter, the figures were higher than originally estimated.
"The actual figures of $1.18 billion for 1996 were 7 percent higher than in 1995," Daniels said.
The estimated figures for 1996, based on production through September, were $1.06 billion. That was almost 4 percent lower than the $1.1 billion recorded for 1995.
Even though this is a record high, forestry remained in second place in agriculture commodity production. The poultry industry continued to hold the top spot, with $1.3 billion production for 1996.
The Southern pine lumber market gained strength during the last quarter of 1996. The demand for lumber surpassed availability, and the prices increased, giving the industry a strong finish for the year.
This trend has continued through 1997. The harvested volume increase seen at the end of 1996 carried over into 1997.
"The Southern pine lumber market has experienced a strong year," Daniels said. "Strong prices from late 1996 held through May, 1997."
The large amounts of rain received this spring also contributed to the sustained higher stumpage prices.
The high prices and the continued product demand brought in profits and kept the market strong.
Daniels said as is normal, prices began to drop after May. Loggers harvest more during drier summer conditions.
"Looking at the market, it is obvious that forestland is more valuable now than ever," Daniels said. "Forestland owners should learn how to manage and know the value of their forestland."
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Dec. 31, 1864 Resignation accepted as A.A.G. By S.O. #285 A.&I.G.O. Dec. 1, 1864, to take effect on 31st.
Capt. Alexander was evidently placed in command of Castle Thunder when relieved from command of C. S Prisons Oct. 27, 1862, and remained in command of that prison (except for a short period, when absent at Charlotte, N.C. under order of Feb. 15, 1864) until sent to Salisbury, N. C. After he was relieved from the latter post, and until he is found as A.A.G. with Barton's Brigade his status cannot be determined. J.S.M.


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CALGARY, Alta. – Trimac has announced it has agreed to purchase Gibson Energy's trucking business.
Trimac says the purchase expands is bulk transportation services, as Gibson has a large presence in Western Canada. Gibson was founded in 1953 as Gibson Petroleum Marketing Company, and was one of the first midstream companies in Canada to move and market crude oil.
Its first semi-trailer purchase came in 1969, when it began hauling heavy crude oil using its private fleet. It now hauls products including crude, condensate, LPG, sulphur, asphalt and petroleum coke.
Trimac will continue providing transportation to Gibson Energy through a long-term exclusive agreement and will take on its commercial trucking contracts, equipment, and 160 employees.
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Gibson Energy, which helps send one in four barrels of crude exported from Western Canada through its Hardisty terminal in central Alberta, says it will pocket about $100 million from the sale.
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The Footloose Heiress (1937) William Clemens, Craig Reynolds, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel
A spoiled rich girl tries to elope with a ne'er-do-well, but they are stopped by a charming hobo, who thwarts the mismatch. The girl's father, an embattled ad executive, rewards the hobo with temporary room and board. It turns out the stranger is no hobo after all, but an educated young man who then comes to his host's rescue by composing a hit advertising slogan. The girl resents the stranger at first, but eventually she realizes she has fallen in love with him.
Also Known As (AKA): L'héritière vagabonde, Não Casarás, The Madcap Heiress
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KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN (February 14, 2019) — In partnership with pianist Maria João Pires, the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival presents her collaborative, interdisciplinary Partitura Project in its first-ever workshop in the United States, to be held in spring 2020 as part of The Gilmore's 15th biennial festival, which runs from Wednesday, April 22 to Sunday, May 10, 2020. The workshop runs from Friday, May 1 to Saturday, May 9, 2020.
In reaction to the hyper-competitiveness of today's classical music world, Ms. Pires launched the Partitura Project in 2014 to promote cooperation and social engagement among pianists, principally through daily group sessions, public recitals, and concerts in the community. These activities—grouped together into a multi-day workshop—not only encompass in-depth musical work, but are also designed to encourage interaction between participants and with the public, offering an alternative to the traditional master class experience. Workshops have been held in countries across Europe—including Portugal, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Croatia—as well as in Japan.
The nine-day workshop brings together Ms. Pires, project member and pianist Miloš Popović, a non-pianist collaborator (TBD), and six participants chosen by application. Six days are dedicated to private group workshop activities, including a coaching and discussion session each morning. Ancillary activities are scheduled each evening and have in the past included lectures and film screenings. All workshop repertoire and activities are oriented around a unique theme, to be determined in advance of the workshop.
Following these six days, Ms. Pires and participants present a special concert that reaches those in the greater Kalamazoo community with little exposure to classical music. Previous Partitura Project community concerts have taken place at locations including hospitals, psychiatric facilities, and prisons. After an off-day for rehearsal, the workshop concludes in the concert hall with a public recital as part of the 2020 Gilmore Keyboard Festival line-up. The program features Ms. Pires with one or two selected workshop participants.
project collaborators Miloš Popović and Julien Libeer (left to right).
Pianists may apply to participate in the workshop via thegilmore.org/Partitura. Participants must be 18 years or older and must provide their own travel arrangements to the Gilmore Keyboard Festival. Additional information is provided on The Gilmore's web site.
Born on 23 July 1944 in Lisbon, Maria João Pires gave her first public performance at the age of 4 and began her studies of music and piano with Campos Coelho and Francine Benoît, continuing later in Germany, with Rosl Schmid and Karl Engel. In addition to her concerts, she has made recordings for Erato for fifteen years and Deutsche Grammophon for twenty years.
Since the 1970s, she has devoted herself to reflecting the influence of art in life, community and education, trying to discover new ways of establishing this way of thinking in society. She has searched for new ways which, respecting the development of individuals and cultures, encourage the sharing of ideas.
In 1999, she created the Centre for the Belgais Centre for the Study of the Arts in Portugal. Maria João Pires regularly offers interdisciplinary workshops for professional musicians and music lovers. In the Belgais concert hall, concerts and recordings regularly take place. In the future these will be shared with the international digital community (pay and non-pay).
In 2012, in Belgium, she initiated two complementary projects; the Partitura Choirs, a project which creates and develops choirs for children from disadvantaged backgrounds as in Belgium the Hesperos Choir, and the Partitura Workshops. All of the Partitura projects have the aim to create an altruistic dynamic between artists of different generations by proposing an alternative in a world too often focused on competitiveness. This philosophy is being spread worldwide at Partitura projects and workshops.
The Gilmore International Keyboard Festival is the legacy of Irving S. Gilmore, a Kalamazoo businessman and philanthropist whose special devotion to keyboard music and its musicians inspired the creation of this biennial festival, as well as the Gilmore Artist and Gilmore Young Artist Awards, in 1989. The festival's mission is to promote and develop world-class keyboard musical experiences that inspire present and future artists and audiences. This is achieved by identifying exceptional keyboard artists through a noncompetitive process and then providing significant support to enhance their careers; presenting world-class music festivals featuring the finest international keyboard artists; providing an outstanding keyboard educational program; and supporting the creation of keyboard music.
The current Gilmore Artist, named in 2018, is Igor Levit, and past Gilmore Artists are Piotr Anderszewski, Leif Ove Andsnes, Rafał Blechacz, Ingrid Fliter, Kirill Gerstein, Ralf Gothóni, and David Owen Norris. The next Gilmore Artist will be announced in early 2022, and the 15th Gilmore Keyboard Festival will be presented in the spring of 2020. Thirty-four Gilmore Young Artists have been awarded. Two new Gilmore Young Artists will be named in the summer of 2019. For more information, visit thegilmore.org.


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    "_id": "010973",
    "local": {
        "prod": {
            "unit": 1,
            "vol": 1174.5,
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            "vol": 16226,
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    'local.prod.unit': 'Product unit (qty)',
    'local.pack.vol': 'Package vol (cm3)',
    'catalogue.thumb': 'Image URL'
};

Where I want the end result to be something like
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    "local": {
        "Product information": {
            "Product unit (qty)": 1,
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        }
    }, "catalogue": {
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};

For now I have
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};
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which will only change the first layer, so _id would become product number. I guess I just have to do some sort of recursion on the result object, but I can't seem to make it work, and also some error handling for when it the key isn't able to be translated.

A: I can suggest you to use lodash without reinventing the wheel. It has a lot of HQ useful features for modern apps.
import * as _ from "lodash";

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The design for the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion takes roofs, the most common architectural feature, as its point of departure and inspiration. It is reminiscent of roofing tiles seen around the world, bridging both architectural and cultural references through this single architectural feature. The roof of the Pavilion is made by arranging slates to create a canopy that alludes to nature. It appears to emerge from the ground of the surrounding Park.
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First Listen Review: 4th Street Feeling – Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge has had a pretty dramatic life in the last decade: breast cancer and its remission; separation from her long-time partner and wife, Tammy Lynn Michaels; and two years of custody disputes over their children. As it has always been with Etheridge, the personal has spilled heavily into the music. 2007 release The Awakening and its accompanying tour brought a new sense of spirituality to her work, and was far more of a cohesive narrative than past albums. 2010's Fearless Love saw a resurgence of traditional Etheridge sounds, albeit a little more mellow in places.
With her latest release, 4th Street Feeling, Etheridge is still the same folk-rocker, and yet, she's not. Describing the album as having come from a sense of inner confidence and a desire to immerse in the recording process to the utmost, funk and roots slip in between the cracks of an album that is as confessional and self-reflective as ever, but perhaps more playful and nostalgic.
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4th Street Feeling: Title track again evokes a retro soul sound. So far, this album is to Etheridge what Back To Basics was for Christina Aguilera's catalogue. A classic tale of wanting to not only go home, but go back to a moment in time when life was simpler (in hindsight), it's a plaintive number that blends the new sonic elements with the familiar melancholy confessional of her past work.
Falling Up: Here we hit the single, a jaunty bluegrassy tune. This track is the most "typical" Melissa on the album to this point, with its wry tongue-in-cheek salute to freedom and embracing one's flaws in style. Optimistic and brimming with positivity on the tail end of lessons learned. "Here's to me. Oh, let's raise a cup. I am fancy free and I'm falling, falling up." The jammed bridge is particularly fun, as is the overall loose feel to the song structure. Oh dear God, she did just call out, "Shake it like a Polaroid"…
Shout Now: Gritty blues rock number, with the sense of a dingy bar confessional. "I'm gonna shout 'til the devil gets on his knees," Etheridge growls, and you believe her, without question. A mix of anger and release, with a hip-shake riff running throughout. The belted vocals evoke earlier work and maybe a dash of her Janis Joplin cover.
The Shadow Of A Black Crow: Rich in metaphor and the darkness of truths concealed and held within, this could easily be a tidied up lost track from her debut album. Think "Bring Me Some Water". I have a feeling this will be amazing live, allowed to roam free. "He's been on my tail for close to three days. Just a little souvenir of my wicked ways. I would rather die fast than to ever live slow. Father forgive me for what my mother don't know…"
Be Real: If this is Etheridge trying to evoke the sass of Aretha Franklin, she needs to stop. Her own natural 'voice' is sufficiently strong; why take on a persona? How ironic, in a song condemning people who construct false masks. "Me, I like the natural thing." Me too,Melissa. Not liking this one much, aside from the bluesy grit and hand claps of the instrumental elements.
A Disaster: Oh good: Melissa's own voice is back on this one. Completely out of place on this album, this tune's much more like her standard slow, moody compositions. There's a little funky key work on this, but otherwise, the flavour is completely different. Lyrically, this one seems to be a flip off at her ex, Tammy. "Say goodbye to the best of me and call it a disaster… Move on, move on. I'm just another casualty."
Sympathy: Standard Etheridge in attendance here: rocking folk-blues, snarky sass lyrics that poke holes in a facade. In this case, she's on the attack over people who play the victim even as they tear others apart. That notion of "everyone's had a bad life, so deal" is a tried and true rock song staple. Etheridge's version is pretty solid, though.
Enough Rain: Even as Etheridge claims that asking for sympathy is too much in the preceding song, here we find her in a somber mood, urging someone to shake off the "rain" and come back into the sun. The struggle to reach into that emotional darkness and shine a light is well depicted here. One of the better tracks on the album. "The sky will stop bleeding, just like the pain. Haven't you had enough rain?"
Scared Heart: The opening riff reminds me of an old tune I can't quite name from the 70's prog scene… Feel free to message me if you think of it. In any case, the strange prog-funk of this tune again feels out of place and is a jarring sonic shift. There's a lighter waving sway to the chorus melody line. There's a sense of shaking off shackles and mistakes of the past here, but the angel imagery that creeps in here and throughout a lot of her work is getting grating. In some ways, this feels like a regurgitation of The Awakening.
I Can Wait: A primarily acoustic, slow ballad professing devotion and patience, this is Melissa as she's best known. She's written this song before though, so while it's a nice number, it's not a standout by any means.
Rock And Roll Me: Again, I'm feeling that Aretha Franklin soul vibe in the slow-fast, stop-start melody and the plea for her lover to "rock and roll me… I want to be your one and only." Meant to be sultry and seductive, it kind of comes off cheesy. I'm not a fan of most of Etheridge's "mushy" songs, to be honest. Pained love, sassy love…. those, I like. But just as I kind of roll my eyes at "Threesome", I'm rolling my eyes at this one. What a lousy closer to this album, and very obviously about her new partner.
Final Comments: In exploring new sonic landscapes, I commend Etheridge. After a career as long as hers, it's healthy and refreshing to expand horizons without losing the core building blocks. 4th Street Feeling definitely evokes a sense of nostalgic past, connecting with the album title's reference to the main drag of her home town. Playing all of the guitars on the album is a new challenge taken on with gusto, and is mostly a success.
However, the album, in all its playing around, loses a sense of cohesion. Several tracks feel completely out of place, disrupting the flow of the work. Further, the Kings Of Leon influence is a little too noticeable, as is the cribbing from classic soul tracks. While expanding one's palette, one must be careful to be influenced by, but not duplicate. Etheridge doesn't quite succeed here and the album suffers for it.
Is it worth a listen for fans? Certainly. I would caution them to take it as an experiment, and to expect to feel very strongly about tracks – either positively or negatively. When this direction works, it works very, very well. When it doesn't… well, the album ends on two clunkers. Enough said.
Highlights: Falling Up, Shout Now, The Shadow Of A Black Crow; Enough Rain
Lowlights: Be Real; I Can Wait; Rock And Roll Me
Final Grade: B
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Home Entertainment Lily James: Depiction of Pamela Anderson born of anger in star abuse
Lily James: Depiction of Pamela Anderson born of anger in star abuse
Lily James says Pamela Anderson's portrayal of Baywatch's star's infamous sex tape in a new television series "born out of anger" about how society treated her.
His role at Pam and Tommy limited her first Emmy nomination to a British actress on Tuesday or landed in the anthology series or movie starring actress category.
Talking to the US outlet Deadline after nodding, the 33-year-old said the production team was "every second" on Anderson's side while creating the Disney series.
His role at Pam and Tommy landed a British actress (left) on Tuesday with her first Emmy nomination (Disney / PA).
James revealed that Anderson hadn't contacted him, adding:
"All we wanted to do was shed some light on this story and reveal it," she said.
"How terrible what happened to them was a really ugly truth, and every second we were on Pamela's side.
"I hope it was accepted, but beyond that I couldn't know how she felt, but that was our intention."
The actress said she hopes the show will be part of a movement that makes people accountable following the revelation of #MeToo.
Lily James said he "wants to shed light" on Pamela Anderson's story (Doug Peters / PA)
She continued. She said, "I think everyone is ready to hear these stories and see their responsibilities. This is the biggest thing for me. What we have been taught as young girls, I Are displayed.
"We've endured action for a long time, but it was very, very toxic … It's very important to me to explore it and attend shows that maintain its momentum."
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She added: "This was a continuous quest for what I experienced in my work and in the media, so I think much of this came from anger and attempts to investigate this.
Pamela Anderson (Disney / Erin Simkin / Full / PA) played by Lily James in the series
"We weren't looking for an answer. We weren't even documentary, but we were trying to get a different perspective on what happened at a very important moment in popular culture."
The show received a total of 10 nominations, including his portrayal of Sebastian Stan and Anderson as rock star enthusiast Tommy Lee, as well as nominations for make-up and hair styling.
James said he was "very proud" of all the teams that received numerous nominations because he said he was "really together" during the project.
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Q: Cannot open shared GCC library This question should be simple for those familiar with GCC. I'm hoping to be soon.
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.5.3/cc1plus.exe: error while loading shared libraries: ?: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I'm launching this GCC doohickey from Sublime Text 2, directly calling g++-4.exe instead of the g++.exe (which wasn't recognised as a program).
Apparently the recommended fix is to add the folder that contains whatever library is missing to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable using export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=somefolder. However, no library is being specified, just a '?' in its place.
I'm following instructions to install clang, and I'm using Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit. The code being compiled is a single C++ file.
Cheers...

A: Hah, I met the same problem when I am trying to use the g++ of my cygwin as a compiler in sublime. Eventually I found this simple solution: Insert the following line to C++.sublime-build.

"path": "D:/Tools/Cygwin/bin/",

After this edition, my C++.sublime-build has the following content:
{
    "cmd": ["g++","${file}", "-o", "${file_path}/${file_base_name}"],
    "file_regex": "^(..[^:]*):([0-9]+):?([0-9]+)?:? (.*)$",
    "working_dir": "${file_path}",
    "selector": "source.c, source.c++, source.cpp",
    "path": "D:/Tools/Cygwin/bin/",

    "variants":
    [
        {
            "name": "Run",
            "cmd": ["bash", "-c", "g++ '${file}' -o '${file_path}/${file_base_name}' && '${file_path}/${file_base_name}'"]
        }
    ]
}

At least this works for me!

How to find C++.sublime-build?
Preferences > Browse Packages > C++ > C++.sublime-build

A: Cygwin applications are built in a shell that renders the Windows files system as a virtual Unix style file system.  In Windows the "C:\" drive maps to /cygdrive/c in cygwin.  I'm not aware of any way to emulate this mapping within a Windows command shell, or any Windows application.
All of the paths embedded in gcc and g++ have references to the path in the virtual file system.  For simple apps with no external dependencies this isn't a problem.  But for g++ and others they must be run from a Cygwin shell.  It might be possible to run 'bash -c g++ ...' from a Windows command, but I don't have access to a setup to try it.


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What's on everyone's mind in China-US trade war
From the Newspaper Published July 11, 2018
JIM Rogers, co-founder of Quantum Fund & investment guru.—China Daily
"TRADE wars are always bad for everyone, but the markets seem to think it is not going to happen or get worse. The news would indicate disaster, which the markets do not reflect, so I assume something else is going on behind the scenes. Trump is a serious protectionist since he had no clue, as are the people he has now gathered around him. If things do get bad later in the year or next year, I think Trump will bring it back."
— Jim Rogers, co-founder of Quantum Fund & investment guru
"Open and fair trade is fundamental to the success of Rio Tinto, as almost 90 per cent of our products need to move from one country to another. Thanks to an increasingly integrated global economy, enormous benefits have accrued in terms of economic growth, better jobs, cheaper products and more dynamic societies. Most of the lessons through history show that wealth comes from cooperation not isolation. We all go backward when we close ourselves off from one another. We should not forget the lessons from the past, and we believe common sense will prevail in the end."
— Jean-Sebastien Jacques, CEO of Rio Tinto Group Plc
"The 25 per cent tariff on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods levied by the United States will increase procurement costs for US high-tech manufacturers, reduce their gross margins and hamper productivity growth, as well as have a negative influence on US employment.
The trade dispute provoked by US President Donald Trump will impact supply and industry chains, which is the key issue. It also hurts US businesses operating in China. The rising costs will be undertaken by consumers, as it is difficult to pass on or replace those costs. Finally, US consumers will pay the bill.
China's economic development has shifted from heavy reliance on exports and foreign investment to consumption-driven growth, and I predict the negative impact of tariffs on China's GDP growth should be about 0.14 percentage points in 2018. Trade wars, dialogue and negotiation will coexist in the coming days. It is a complex and long-term issue."
— Zhu Sendi, experts' committee chairman at the China Machinery Industry Federation
ZHANG Lianqi, consultant to the Chinese finance ministry & national political adviser.—China Daily
"Trade disputes with the United States will not hamper China's ongoing move to become an advanced manufacturing power with intensified research and development efforts and international cooperation. The US governments' accusation against China is baseless and its "Only America can be great" mindset is unacceptable. Our long-term manufacturing plan will push forward as scheduled."
— Zhang Lianqi, consultant to the Chinese finance ministry & national political adviser
"A trade war initiated by unilateralism will seriously affect the confidence of all parties in the commitment made by the United States, and weaken the credibility of the US in the global economic governance system. The imposition of tariffs by the US not only undermines the ability of enterprises to allocate resources across borders in accordance with market economic principles, but also has a greater impact on the balance of supply and demand. Producers, consumers and employees from the US will all be deeply affected. Besides, given that the adjustment of monetary and taxation policies has led to the increase of global capital flow to the US, market inflation pressure will probably rise, asset bubbles may increase, and the gap between the rich and the poor in US society may be wider."
— Zhou Mi, senior research fellow at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation
LOUIS Kuijs, head of Asia Economics, Oxford Economics.—China Daily
"Immediately after the US imposed 25 per cent tariffs on $34 billion of imports from China, China retaliated in kind. While the impact of these moves will be modest, the big worry is on escalating trade tensions. Indeed, added uncertainty is already dampening business confidence and delaying investment internationally. A statement by China's Ministry of Commerce strongly criticised the US move and vowed retaliation, but otherwise indicated restraint and continued commitment to reform and globalisation. In our view, such restraint, as part of a strategy to assume global leadership, may limit the global economic damage of a trade war between the US and China."
— Louis Kuijs, Head of Asia Economics, Oxford Economics
ZHU Yi, senior analyst of metals & mining, Bloomberg Intelligence.—China Daily
"The metal market has been pressured by the trade war. The trade war impacts the metal market more based on market sentiment rather than fundamentals, such as demand and supply. A higher import tax will increase the costs of downstream consumers, narrowing their margins."
— Zhu Yi, senior analyst of metals & mining Bloomberg Intelligence
Published in Dawn, July 11th, 2018
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Alterations in Nerve Cells' Proteins May Lead to Neurodegeneration in FA, Mouse Study Suggests
by Marta Figueiredo
Altered regulation of a protein called actin may contribute to neurodegeneration in Friedreich's ataxia, according to a study in a mouse model of the disease.
The work highlighted a potential association between the underlying cause of FA (lack of the frataxin protein) and both over-activation of cofilin (a protein that dismantles actin filaments) and actin dysregulation, which may affect nerve cell growth and health.
These findings suggest that cofilin and other proteins associated with actin structures may be potential therapeutic targets in FA. However, more studies are needed to confirm their potential, the researchers said.
The study, "Cofilin dysregulation alters actin turnover in frataxin-deficient neurons," was published in the journal Scientific Reports.
FA is a rare genetic neurodegenerative disorder caused by deficient production of frataxin, a protein thought to control energy production in mitochondria — the powerhouses of the cell. Lack of frataxin is associated with impaired energy production, oxidative stress (when the production of harmful molecules called reactive oxygen species outweighs the body's antioxidant defenses), and impaired calcium balance in cells.
Nerve cells in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and muscles are particularly affected. FA is characterized by early loss of neurons in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG), a cluster of neurons of the spinal nerve that bring sensory information from the periphery to the spinal cord.
Increasing evidence suggests that dysregulation of cytoskeletal proteins contribute to neuron loss in neurodegenerative diseases, including FA. The cytoskeleton is a network of filaments or fibers (including actin) that regulates the cell's shape and movement, as well as the transport of molecules within the cell.
The growth of nerve fibers (axons) is regulated by the growth cone, a cellular structure at the end of a developing axon composed of cytoskeletal proteins, including actin.
A dynamic balance between actin molecules and the formation of actin filaments regulates the growth cone's structure and nerve fibers' growth. Notably, several molecules responsible for regulating actin dynamics depend on ATP (the main energy carrier molecule in cells) or calcium — both altered in FA.
However, "the consequences of these abnormalities have been poorly explored in the most critical neuronal target tissue of [FA], the dorsal root ganglia," the researchers wrote.
Now, a team from Spain evaluated the effects of frataxin deficiency in the growth cone of DRG neurons in a mouse model of FA. The whole DRG was collected from these mice as well as from healthy controls, and grown in a lab dish.
Results showed that DRG neurons from mice engineered to mimic FA symptoms had significantly fewer, smaller, and abnormally shaped growth cones than those from healthy animals. These features are usually associated with impaired nerve fiber growth, the researchers said.
Further analysis showed that this growth cone dysfunction was associated with an imbalance in the single actin/actin filament ratio and with overactivity of two key regulators of actin dynamics — cofilin and the actin-related protein (ARP)2/3 complex.
While cofilin is involved in the breakdown of actin filaments, the ARP 2/3 complex promotes the formation of new branches in such filaments.
While the researchers hypothesized that ARP 2/3's increased activity occurred as a compensatory response to cofilin's overactivity, cofilin's abnormal activity was caused by a significant increase in the levels of chronophin, an enzyme that controls cofilin's activation.
Since chronophin is regulated by oxidative stress, ATP and calcium levels — all known to be affected in FA — these findings suggest cofilin alteration as a link between frataxin deficiency and changed actin dynamics. This may partially explain neurodegeneration in FA patients, the researchers wrote. "Future research will determine if cofilin is a potential molecular target for a therapeutic approach in [FA]."
Marta Figueiredo
Marta Figueiredo holds a BSc in Biology and a MSc in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She is currently finishing her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Lisbon, where she focused her research on the role of several signalling pathways in thymus and parathyroid glands embryonic development.
Jose Marques Lopes, PhD
José holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Universidade of Porto, in Portugal. He has also studied Biochemistry at Universidade do Porto and was a postdoctoral associate at Weill Cornell Medicine, in New York, and at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. His work has ranged from the association of central cardiovascular and pain control to the neurobiological basis of hypertension, and the molecular pathways driving Alzheimer's disease.
Tagged actin, Arp2/3 Complex, axon growth, chronophin, cofilin, cytoskeleton, dorsal root ganglion, frataxin deficiency, growth cone, neurodegeneration.
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Caught Between the State, the Market, and Civil Society: The Divergent Paths of Chinese Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Seeking to Make Social Change in China
Wenjuan Zheng, The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkFollow
Katherine K. Chen
James M. Jasper
Robert C. Smith
Paul M. Ong
China; Civil Society; NGOs; Organizational Strategies; Dilemmas
Research on Chinese civil society has tended to focus on the relationship between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the state. Such work has underestimated the complexity of the emerging institutional environment where Chinese NGOs are often caught between the state, the market, and a constrained civil society. How do civil society organizations and their respective nonprofit sectors emerge, what forms do they take? More specifically, how do organizational forms and strategies reflect political and market structures at the time? Chinese nonprofit sectors re-emerged in the late 1990s, and their relationships with the state have been contentious. The rapid transformation of the nonprofit sectors provides a unique opportunity to look at the emergence of a new organizational field. Using strategic action fields (SAFs) theory, I examine how organizations within the field of nonprofit organizations attempted to establish and defend their positions vis-à-vis the state and market. I conducted comparative case studies of two leading China's NGOs –Civil Society Center (CSC) in the city of Guangzhou and Excellence Promoter (EP) in the city of Shanghai. I traced the histories and current development of CSC and EP and their connected organizations and used ethnographic, interview, and survey data to triangulate the emerging urban nonprofit sectors in the context of an authoritarian state. I argue that, in different periods, the nonprofit organizational fields of Guangzhou and Shanghai reflected political and market structures at the time.  In the early 2000s, Guangzhou's nonprofit organizations were grassroots-driven, and a State Avoidance Autonomous field arose as large organizations decentralized into smaller organizations to decrease state scrutiny and intervention. In contrast, in Shanghai, where the state promoted nonprofit organizations as an extension of governmental programs, a State Alliance Social Market Field developed. This State Alliance Social Market Field prioritized business values and practices to guide organizational strategies rather than the ethical commitments that had been the center of the State Avoidance Autonomous field. By partnering with government, EP was able to rapidly expand while its Guangzhou counterpart, CSC, remained small and marginal. Powerful e-commerce companies such as Tencent, however, have been changing the rules and norms that used to govern the field. They entered the nonprofit field through the creation of a new fundraising platform that opened up alternative resources for Chinese NGOs. The involvement of the market through corporate foundations and new technologies has provided alternative funding for grassroots NGOs under the attack from the state. My study contributes to nonprofit studies and China studies by providing insight into how NGOs interact with different state and market players and the consequences of such interactions on organizational strategies.
Zheng, Wenjuan, "Caught Between the State, the Market, and Civil Society: The Divergent Paths of Chinese Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Seeking to Make Social Change in China" (2018). CUNY Academic Works.
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Q: Change `"` quotation marks to latex style I'm editing a book in LaTeX and its quotation marks syntax is different from the simple " characters. So I want to convert "quoted text here" to ``quoted text here''.
I have 50 text files with lots of quotations inside. I tried to write a regular expression to substitute the first " with `` and the second " with '', but I failed. I searched on internet and asked some friends, but I had no success at all. The closest thing I got to replace the first quotation mark is
s/"[a-z]/``/g

but this is clearly wrong, since
"quoted text here"

will become
``uoted text here"

How can I solve my problem?

A: I'm a little confused by your approach. Shouldn't it be the other way round with s/``/"[a-z]/g? But then, I think it'll be better with:
s/``(.*?)''/"\1"/g

(.*?) captures what's between `` and ''.
\1 contains this capture.

If it's the opposite that you're looking for (i.e. I wrongly interpreted your question), then I would suggest this:
s/"(.*?)"/``\1''/g

Which works on the same principles as the previous regex.

A: Use the following to tackle multiple quotations, replacing all " in one step.
echo '"Quote" she said, "again."' | sed "s/\"\([^\"]*\)\"/\`\`\1''/g"

The [^\"]* avoids the need for ungreedy matching, which does not seem possible in sed.

A: If you are using the TeXmaker software, you could use a regular expression with the Replace command (CTRL+R), and put the following into the Find field:
"([^}]*)"

and into the Replace field:
``$1''

And then just press the Replace All button. But after that, you still have to check that everything is fine, and maybe you need to do some corrections. This has worked pretty well for me.

A: Try grouping the word:
sed 's/"\([a-z]\)/``\1/'

On my PC:
abhishekm71@PC:~$ echo \"hello\" | sed 's/"\([a-z]\)/``\1/'
``hello"

A: It depends a little on your input file (are quotes always paired, or can there be ommissions?). I suggest the following robust approach:
sed 's/"\([0-9a-zA-Z]\)/``\1/g'
sed "s/\([0-9a-zA-Z]\)\"/\1\'\'/g"

Assumption: An opening quotation mark is always immediately followed by a letter or digit, a closing quotation mark is preceeded by one. Quotations can span over several words an even several input lines (some of the other solutions don't work when this happens).
Note that I also replace the closing quotation mark: Depending on the fonts you use the double quotation mark can be typeset as neutral straight quotation mark.

A: You are looking for something contained in straight quotation marks not containing a quotation mark, so the best regex is "([^"]*?)". Replace it with  ``\1''. In Perl this can be simplified to s/"([^"]*?)"/``\1''/g. I would be very careful with this approach, it only works if all opening quotation marks have matching closing ones, for example in "one" two "three" four. But it will fail in "one" t"wo "three" four producing  ``one'' t``wo ''three".


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Corner stone house of 70 sqm , on various levels in a quiet area of the picturesque village of Roccacasale (AQ) ; has been totally renovated with new roof, nicely finished and furnished with taste. The ground floor has two small rooms to be finished with a separate entrance and a barrel vault and a pleasant bathroom with shower embellished by brick vault , ceramic tiles , sanitary items and accessories in style ; windows protected externally by strong iron grates and with a nice canopy. Access to the first floor by a staircase from the ground floor or directly from a small veranda with nice wooden gate , a small oven and a storage box that flank the beautiful main entrance door . The first floor has a beautiful living room in country style with wooden ceiling beams, wooden floor, a wall covered with stone , rustic furniture and a large fireplace ; through a lovely bow decorated bricks leads to the large eat-in kitchen , fully equipped and with a masonry structure covered with ceramic tiles for a whole wall , there is also a traditional wood stove . In a corner of the kitchen is an iron spiral staircase leading to the second floor with one bedroom ( sloping roof , evident beams and wooden floor ) with double bed, some nice wooden furniture and panoramic windows over the village and the valley. The heating is electric or based on the fireplace and wood burning stove but possible and simple the connection to the gas line just outside the house. The new roof is made of wood , insulated and covered with antique tiles , terracotta or wooden floor , the walls in bright colors , the fixtures are made of wood with double thermal glass , wiring TV with antenna and satellite dish. Parking a few meters from the house.
Energy Class D , IPE 130.58 kWh / sqm year.
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The village of Roccacasale has about 800 inhabitants, 450 m . asl in a very sunny and has a few shops, bars , restaurants , post office and municipal parking lots , in the context of the "Morrone / Majella" National Park with nearby forests , plateaus , springs, shelters equipped and interesting remains of ancient settlements . Especially in summer are organized many cultural and recreational events of interesting level . The nearby town of Sulmona is also reachable by bus within minutes , using the car you can arrive in 5 ' to the " Pratola - Sulmona " gate of the A25 . Rome is a 90 '( more than 2 hours by train or bus ) .