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70s Gold Pants. Oh my gosh. I can't even with these gold wide-leg, gold pants from H&M! Before I got on my plane to New York, I had to brush back up on my FW15 fashion trends from last season's presentation. These 70s style babes were just the ticket!
During Fashion Week back in February we watched the rise of metallics – aka, why these pants are amazing and why I bought them and why I wear them so much.
I paired the pants with a tie up crop top, it is ribbed and long sleeve — perfect for a chilly morning in the fall. And, as far as nail color goes, I made sure it was on par with FW15 runways: a deep purple/berry color on both my fingers and toes!
The cropped tee is Urban Outfitters, these wide-leg pants are H&M, the rings are thrifted + my Momma, shoes are hand me downs from my friend Paige, the clutch is thrifted Dooney and Bourke, sunglasses are forever21 and the lipstick is Estee Lauder, Melon.
Photographer / Sami Huerta of @simplysami7.


I felt utterly out of place among those sophisticated people.
It looks like Carlo is drunk again.
Clara is cute, isn't she?
Some people caricature gay men as limp-wristed and speaking with a lisp.
Sanity has never exhibited any violent tendencies.
Timo crawled under the fence.
There is a beautiful walk along the river.
His actions greatly angered Mexican leaders.
Roxane asked Bea what she thought.
Do I have to write a letter?
Liza isn't going to do that anymore.
Jianyun told Tuan he'd be back.
We need to burn all these letters.
We call New York the Big Apple.
Leonard had no desire to live in Boston.
The place is easy to reach from here.
Antony is an unlucky guy.
He is a good match for me in tennis.
You need to be more attentive.
I've admired Marie for a long time.
Do you have a red pencil?
I am a professor of Spanish.
I had a glass of beer to quench my thirst.
After Joe and Piercarlo read a few verses from their religious text, they remained noncommittal, but when Hunter happened to mention that he had learned a lot from his grandparents about their early life, the missionaries could scarcely contain their excitement.
Your secretary seems to know the truth.
Neither of them seemed too worried.
You don't want me to miss my bus, do you?
He named his dog Popeye.
This box contains assorted chocolates.
Jeany started frantically cleaning up when her mother rang to say she'd call around in a half an hour.
Jeanne was Kenneth's boyfriend all through high school.
We passed through the Panama Canal.
Do you play in a band?
Some people are fools, and I am one of them.
I put on my socks quick as greased lightning.
I don't think anyone can do this.
He couldn't make up his mind which course to follow.
Since the coat Elsa tried on was too small, the clerk gave him another one to try on.
Claudia came to my rescue.
Yesterday a foreigner spoke to me in English on the train.
Hurf says he can't give me what I need.
The king will no longer be able to catch us.
You are no longer a child.
Diffusion is passive because it doesn't require an external source of energy.
I don't speak to Mitch.
Dad goes fishing whenever he's free.
I got him to polish my shoes.
Dorothy didn't like Ricardo's parents.
Jochen is an old acquaintance of mine.
Do you want Kinch to wait?
I cannot come up to your request.
Robert has not yet been late for a meeting.
I'm in love with Anatoly's girlfriend.
I'm about to blow my top.
I didn't want to go on this mission, but I was ordered to.
This suitcase isn't yours. It's mine.
Andrew tends to be late for meetings.
Derek doesn't want to lose you.
Did you send Wolf flowers?
Professor Goto directed my graduate work.
She has hundreds of books.
This suitcase is heavier than it looks.
We ourselves have to be responsible for the earth.
Sugih can't have written this by himself.
With your experience, any company would hire you right away.
Yukiko is an innocent girl of tender years.
I'm going to need some volunteers.
He grabbed the chance to get a job.
Are you seeing someone else?
I didn't come here for a drink.
Child abuse is a crime.
They have erected a new government.
Leon took a book down from the shelf.
Cathrin had a good reason for not being there.
She always interferes with him.


Triumphant drumming, singing, fancy dancing and the best frybread ever made for an exhilarating 2010 Powwow at Taos this weekend. Outfitted in splendid finery, dancers of all ages with grace, dignity and incredible energy competed for prizes beneath sacred Taos Mountain as blessings of rain showers and pieces of rainbow awed the crowd. Locals, tourists and visiting Native families celebrated together as solemn and moving tributes were made to warriors, veterans and those who fought for the return of the sacred Blue Lake to the people of Taos Pueblo. Long live the spirit of powwow that keeps memory, tradition and friendships between cultures alive.


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The Not So Secret Center of the Craft Beer Universe
By Michael Clearwater, February 01, 2018
Let's make this an interactive and educational experience.
Go get a beer, any beer. Drink that beer. Study the beer while you drink it. Notice, perhaps, the foam and the lacing it leaves on the glass. Or, instead, think about the aroma and the flavors. If it's a beer you've had before, maybe make a note of the consistency and the stability of the flavor of that beer from one pint to the next.
Now, google "UC Davis" and the name of the brewery. You got some hits, right? UC Davis probably had something to do with that beer. UC Davis likely will have something to do with the next beer you'll drink, too, whatever that might be.
Standing in the taproom of the newly opened Dunloe Brewing tucked away in an industrial segment of Davis, California, it's all too easy to get caught up in the mythos of the craft brew movement and forget all about the giant university that dominates this small Northern California town.
Owner, brewer, and the lone employee of Dunloe Brewing, Brennan Fleming, sits across from me in front of a wall of barrels and tells me about the challenges of opening his own brewery. Meanwhile, his mom applies labels to crowlers at a table adjacent to us. Fleming is a quiet guy, so it's hard to hear him when his two ebullient dogs start barking at me to kick a ball for them, but the taproom itself seems to speak for him.
The barrels at Fleming's back gesture toward his ambition and the optimism that he's going to be here for a while. The slate of beers scrawled over the bar announce that Fleming, a former home brewer, is making his beer on his terms. His mom, at work applying the labels, is a silent reminder that, ambition and optimism aside, this is a humble, bare bones operation.
Thanks to UC Davis Extension and Sudwerk for the header image, which pictures Charlie Bamforth and UC Davis Extension Master Brewers students at the Sudwerk Brewery.
In many ways, this public university is inextricably linked the the business of American brewing."
Except the story Fleming tells me about opening his own brewery contains some details you don't usually find in the beer fairy tales about rugged brewers forging their own way in the world.
"It was easier to get a loan and insurance," he tells me, "once people found out I went to [UC] Davis."
UC Davis, which is widely acknowledged within the industry as an integral part of the American brewing landscape, houses both a Food Science Program where students can specialize in brewing, and the intensive Master Brewers Program run through the university extension. Fleming has attained both the Master Brewer certification and, to his parents' delight, a bachelor's degree in food science.
Like many others, Fleming has used these credentials as a way to advance his brewing career. While Fleming's nonchalant comment about insurance breaks the trance I've been put in by Dunloe's beautiful taproom (and its amazing smell), it also highlights the important role UC Davis plays as a key institution in the American brewing industry.
Brewing has been taught at UC Davis since 1959 when Lucky Lager donated a small brewery to the university. In 1999, the Anheuser-Busch company endowed a professorship, which has been held by Charlie Bamforth, "The Pope of Foam," since then. Bamforth tells me he will retire from teaching next year, after "forty years in the brewing industry."
That Bamforth counts his time as a professor as time spent "in the brewing industry" is curious. In many ways, this public university is inextricably linked the the business of American brewing. Under Bamforth's guidance, Davis has grown its program, and it has recently received large financial gifts from The Gambrinus Company and Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. The latter of these gifts has been used to create a permanent position on campus for the "Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Endowed Brewer."
UC DavisLearning the ropes in the lab.
These industry gifts to the university, however, are obviously more investment than gift. Breweries, both large and small, benefit from the kind of brewers and lab technicians the university produces.
When I ask Charlie Bamforth about the impact the craft beer movement has had on the program, his answer illuminates why both large and small breweries are so interested in both the science and the people that come out of UC Davis. Rather than talk imprecise definitions of craft beer, Bamforth steers me to a different term, away from the product and towards the producer.
"A craftsperson," he writes to me, "is trained, skilled and passionate about delivering a product or a service." The "craft" designation for Bamforth, is "a matter of values and principles." And the values and principles instilled in brewers who come through UC Davis are in demand in both the largest and smallest of breweries.
To get a sense of what, specifically, these values and principles entail, I wind up in Davis's Beer Shoppe talking (and drinking beer) with the very first "Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Endowed Brewer" himself, Joe Williams, and fourth-year undergrad, Bella Perez, fresh off a summer internship with Almanac. I ask Joe what it's like to teach brewing, and his answer, which seems to come from the Samuel Beckett teaching manual, surprises me.
"I spend my days finding ways to fail," he says, with a wry smile. Then he clarifies: "You can't teach beer. You can't teach brewing. Brewing is just applying a problem solving skill set to a set of problems. If you don't have a problem solving skill set, you can't brew beer. Teaching brewing is teaching problem solving. Shit happens. Shit breaks. Things go wrong all the time, and so what I'm trying to do is think what are the problems industry is facing and how I can artificially create those in our brewery so that these students can suffer through all the shit. But by the time they leave," Williams trails off.
Perez jumps in to finish his sentence, proclaiming "they can trouble shoot like no other!"
Charlie has planted all these seeds. Davis has planted all these seeds."
All of the students I end up talking to at Davis express a slight regret about not learning extensive recipe formulation tricks. They seem a bit bogged down by the heavy theoretical approach UC Davis seems to favor for brewing education. Williams tells me that Oregon State, the other major American university for brewing, offers students a more hands-on approach, but that down the road a brewer will appreciate having theoretical foundation that will allow her to think her way out of whatever trouble she finds on the brew deck.
Williams ends our meeting by waxing a bit poetic about UC Davis and its wide-reaching impact on American beer.
"It's ridiculous," he tells me. "How many people have been through UC Davis Brewing? You can walk into any brewery and chance are, if there are more than five employees one of them came to Davis in some capacity. And then you start to think, even if one of the five came to Davis, chances are that one of the five has the most understanding and knowledge and that disseminates to other four.
"Charlie has planted all these seeds. Davis has planted all these seeds. That is what Beer is in the US. It is the Sierra Nevadas, but that's Davis. Yes, it's Ken Grossman, but read his book and read about how he learned how to fix the beer he was brewing. Without that knowledge, Sierra wouldn't be what it is. Without Sierra, you wouldn't have craft. It's dumb. It makes my hair stand up. It's dumb."
It's also, however, damn smart, like craft beer has a college education.
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Volume 20, Issue 34: August 21, 2018
Opposition to Telemedicine Harms Budgets and Patients
Plastic Bans: More Harm than Help
Revamped Violence Against Women Act Faces Uphill Battle
Stadium Fever Makes Taxpayers Delusional
The Beacon: New Blog Posts
1) Opposition to Telemedicine Harms Budgets and Patients
As noted last month in The Lighthouse, government regulation is choking telemedicine. It's not the only reason that telemedical technology is grossly underutilized, however. As Independent Institute Senior Fellow John C. Goodman explains in a column at Forbes, many doctors and insurers still resist taking full advantage of telemedicine. One reason may be fear of competition: medical sensors, zoom cameras, and computer algorithms can detect things that may otherwise go unnoticed by the human eye. But this doesn't mean healthcare providers should be concerned that technological innovation will eliminate their jobs.
Although telemedicine can sometimes outperform traditional medicine, doctors and nurses should see it (along with artificial intelligence) not as a substitute for their labor, but as a complement that helps them do their jobs better. "Telemedicine provides a way to monitor and digest data streams, looking for signs of trouble," Goodman writes. It may be especially helpful in serving people who live far from a healthcare provider. Hospitals using video cameras are already better at monitoring certain rural patients for blood pressure, respiration, patient sounds, and other health indicators. In fact, saving patients the time and hassle of traveling to see a provider may be telemedicine's greatest benefit of all.
Unfortunately, Blue Cross and most employer plans don't cover telemedicine—which is odd considering its cost savings. And although Medicare now covers telemedicine for rural patients, "it won't pay for the same services in urban settings," Goodman writes. "That means that the hip replacement patient, recuperating at home, must get out of bed, travel to the hospital, wend his way to an examination room and then reverse that whole process—at least if he expects Medicare to foot the bill."
Lower Cost, Higher Quality Health Care Is Right at Our Fingertips, by John C. Goodman (Forbes, 7/23/18)
A Better Choice: Healthcare Solutions for America, by John C. Goodman
2) Plastic Bans: More Harm than Help
In Santa Barbara, Calif., restaurant workers caught serving a banned plastic straw after their first offense can get six months in jail. That penalty may be hard to top, but cities anxious about their environmental impact may be willing to try. Next July, San Francisco will outdo Seattle's recent prohibition on plastic straws in bars and restaurants by banning the straws completely. Such efforts, however, are fundamentally misguided, according to Independent Institute Senior Fellow William F. Shughart and Policy Fellow Brian Isom.
"The substitutes for plastic cost substantially more without being significantly better for the environment," Shughart and Isom write in an op-ed running in the Sacramento Bee and elsewhere. Paper straws are far more expensive than plastic straws (as much as 22 percent costlier). Moreover, paper substitutes often leave a significantly greater environmental footprint than the plastic versions they're meant to replace (in the case of shopping bags, up to 43 times more impactful, according to the Danish environmental agency).
Governments can do better than enacting costly mandates of dubious benefit. "If lawmakers want to promote meaningful change," Shughart and Isom write, "they should focus on creating incentives and good institutions for managing plastic waste and leave it to private businesses to change the way Americans consume plastic." Above all, they should avoid "unduly burdening smaller businesses and the people who work for them," the authors conclude.
Replacements for Plastic Straws Have Their Own Problems, by William F. Shughart II and Brian Isom (The Sacramento Bee, 8/8/18; Star Tribune, 8/8/18; and others)
Plastic Pollution: Bans vs. Recycling Solutions, by Katie Colton, Camille Harmer, Brian Isom, and William F. Shughart II
3) Revamped Violence Against Women Act Faces Uphill Battle
Next month, the House of Representatives will decide whether or not to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Expect the debate to become a major political flashpoint in the weeks ahead. If reauthorization doesn't pass, this fact will become another point of contention in the November elections, according to Independent Institute Research Fellow Wendy McElroy in an op-ed in The Hill.
Introduced by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), the reauthorization bill, HR 6545, would, among other changes, expand the law's definition of domestic violence to cover not only felony and misdemeanor violence, but also "verbal, emotional, economic, or technological abuse or any other coercive behavior committed, enabled, or solicited to gain or maintain power and control over a victim." If that sounds like a major expansion, that's because it is. The proposed legislation continues: "Technological abuse may include — unwanted, repeated telephone calls, text messages, instant messages, or social media posts."
This expansive definition isn't the only indicator that reauthorization faces an uphill battle. "For the first time, VAWA was introduced in the House, rather than in the Senate; this could mean that the bill's champions in the Senate, Sen. Grassley and Sen. Feinstein, were not confident of having sufficient or immediate support," McElroy writes. While passage by the House is still a possibility (a spokesperson for Speaker Paul Ryan even says it's likely), success in that chamber of Congress in no way ensures final passage. "If it does move to the Senate, the fate of VAWA's reauthorization is murkier," McElroy writes.
Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization: Even if the Democrats Lose, They Win?, by Wendy McElroy (The Hill, 8/10/18)
The Abby Honold Act: Reinventing Justice?, by Wendy McElroy (The Daily Caller, 7/5/18)
Audio: Wendy McElroy on Violence Against Women (The Dr. Laura Schlessinger Radio Show, 2/6/14)
4) Stadium Fever Makes Taxpayers Delusional
Attention, Sports Fans: That new stadium your city is talking about is likely costing you far more than you realize. In an op-ed at Forbes, Independent Institute Research Fellow Art Carden discusses the latest evidence: a study published last month in Economic Inquiry by two academic economists who studied hotel occupancy data from Charlotte, North Carolina, to determine the financial impact of various political and sporting events.
"Back‐of‐the‐envelope calculations show incremental hotel‐tax receipts fall short of the debt service incurred in constructing and maintaining the city's sports venues," write the economists, Craig A. Depken of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and E. Frank Stephenson of Berry College.
One extra cost that the public often ignores regarding public stadiums is extra policing, whether for a sports game or a political convention. Plus, the public often falls prey to the propaganda of developers and other special interests. "When construction starts on a new stadium or convention center, local leaders congratulate themselves like they've won some kind of great economic victory," Carden writes. "They haven't. They've simply fleeced the taxpayers for the benefit of construction companies, team owners, and other special interests by saddling them with white elephants for which they'll pay for decades."
Will a New Stadium Make Your City Richer?, by Art Carden (Forbes, 7/18/18)
Time to Stop Taxpayer Funding for Sports Stadiums, by Craig Eyermann (The Beacon, 8/6/18)
Book review: They Play, You Pay: Why Taxpayers Build Ballparks, Stadiums, and Arenas for Billionaire Owners and Millionaire Players, by James T. Bennett. Reviewed by Raymond D. Sauer (The Independent Review, Winter 2014)
5) The Beacon: New Blog Posts
The Truth about Turkey, by Alvaro Vargas Llosa
National Employee Freedom Week, by Vicki Alger
WaterFix Tunnels Deeper Hole for Taxpayers, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
Federal Bureaucrats Behaving Badly, by Craig Eyermann
¿Cuomo Esta?, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
How Is President Trump's Regulatory Rollback Coming Along?, by Craig Eyermann
Government-Pushed Ethanol Harms People, Environment, by Craig Eyermann
Spy Case Confirms No Limit to Federal No-Fire Zone, by K. Lloyd Billingsley


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February 15, 2017 / 12:28 AM / 2 years ago
Top gold ETF gets Islamic finance certification to tap new markets
Feb 15 (Reuters) - The world's largest physically-backed gold fund said on Wednesday it has been certified as sharia compliant, the latest effort aimed at spurring demand for bullion from investors across majority-Muslim countries.
The SPDR Gold Trust, an exchange-traded fund which holds 836.7 tonnes of bullion worth $33 billion, now falls in line with rules from the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI).
World Gold Trust Services, a subsidiary of the World Gold Council (WGC), said in a statement to Reuters that the ETF had received the certification from Malaysia-based Islamic advisory firm Amanie Advisors. (Reporting by Bernardo Vizcaino; Editing by Richard Pullin)


The Veterinary Public Health Program is hosting an informational Pizza Night for undergraduate students interested in careers in veterinary sciences. They invite you to join them for dinner and to learn about exciting career options in the Public health field applying Veterinary Science principles. The event will take place on February 13, 2019 from 7:00pm-8:00pm in the Veterinary Medical Auditorium. Please RSVP at go.osu.edu/VPHrsvp. Contact Ivana Grozdic (.3) with any questions.


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Doctoring The Tardis
Caleb's Journal of the Grand Watching of Doctor Who
First Doctor – William Hartnell
What is the Cuddle Factor?
What Would Doctor Who Do?
Attack of the Voord
Original Air Date: April 11 – May 16, 1964
Number of Episodes: 6
Plot Summary:
The TARDIS arrives on the planet Marinus on an island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid. The travellers are forced by the elderly Arbitan to retrieve four of the five operating keys to a machine called the Conscience of Marinus, of which he is the keeper. These have been hidden in different locations around the planet to prevent them falling into the hands of the evil Yartek and his Voord warriors, who plan to seize the machine and use its originally benevolent mind-influencing power for their own sinister purposes.
Doctor Caleb's Review:
I liked the story because each episode left you hanging so you had to watch the next one. I also liked the story because each episode had in itself its own story. My favorite part is when Ian is accused of murder and theft because it shows that those people are stupid. My favorite character is Yartek because he is tricky and cynical.
Eggstirmen8's Review:
Keys of Marinus was a great early episode. I completely overlooked it when I was younger, but I really liked the quest element of this story. It reminds me of the Tom Baker Key to Time series in that respect. Each episode might not relate to the whole quest, but at some point in the episode the overall through-line of the story comes out. For those of you who love the Key to Time, I highly recommend the Keys of Marinus. The villains, The Vord, in this episode are not all that interesting. They are quasi-reptilian. Eh, no. The are dudes in leather leotards and a snakish mask. The real villain in this story is the prospector in the glacier episode. He is truly a scary man.
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Interestingly enough, Terry Nation created the Voord in an attempt to replicate the success of the Daleks…suffice it to say, these cold-blooded fellows came up more than a little short of the mark in that department.
Like you, I really enjoyed the quest element in this one. A fun episode for sure!
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Scotland boss Gregor Townsend insists he is to blame for defeat by Ireland at Murrayfield
Scotland wasted several opportunities and suffered defeat against Ireland
Gregor Townsend said execution of set-piece did not work and accepted fault
He was proud of effort and relentless approach his players demonstrated
By Callum Crowe For Mailonline
Published: 20:37 EDT, 9 February 2019 | Updated: 20:39 EDT, 9 February 2019
Gregor Townsend leapt to the defence of his Scotland players by insisting that he was to blame for the defeat to Ireland.
The Scots wasted several opportunities in attack as they crashed to a first home loss in the Six Nations since 2016.
Despite matching the team ranked No 2 in the world for long spells, Sam Johnson's first-half try was the only time they managed to breach the Irish defence.
Gregor Townsend accepted the blame for the defeat against Ireland on Saturday
Jacob Stockdale was one of the Irish scorers as Joe Schmidt's side came out on top
Trailing 12-10 at half-time, Townsend's men were unable to capitalise on the pressure they had built prior to the interval. In the couple of minutes leading up to the break, there was a period of play that saw Scotland go through 25 phases deep inside Irish territory without scoring a single point.
Some sloppy handling errors in the second half then saw the game drift away from them as Joe Schmidt's Ireland got their Championship back on track following the defeat to England.
Scotland skipper Greig Laidlaw later questioned some of the decisions from French referee Romain Poite.
They were also architects of their own downfall at times, with Tommy Seymour and Sean Maitland's mix-up gifting Ireland scrum-half Conor Murray the opening try on the 10-minute mark.
But Townsend was adamant that he will shoulder the responsibility for his team's inaccuracy in attack.
'We probably should have scored one try more and I'm frustrated that we gifted them a try, but I am very happy with the way we played in the first half,' said the Scotland head coach.
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'In the second half, the execution of our set-piece plays to get us into our game and to put more pressure on Ireland just didn't happen. Both of the teams' energy levels dropped in the second half because of the effort that they put into the first half.
'With the tackles, carries and contact work at a very high level, you can't keep that up for 80 minutes.
'I'm so proud of the players, with the way they played and the effort they put in.
'I thought we won those battles and our contact work against a very good defence, who will look to hold you up in the tackle, rip the ball or compete for the ball, was outstanding.
'Just that final piece, the execution off our set-piece, which has been really good, that fell off the jigsaw today and that's my fault.
'I'm the attack coach and we weren't able to get those two or three phases, either to get in behind the defence or set up our attack shape which was working well in the first half.
'We got a lot of our attacking game into play, really good decisions and really good work rate off the ball meant that we were finding space in that first half.
Scotland put in plenty of effort and endevour but ended up falling short at Murrayfield
'If we were able to replicate it in the second, I think we'd be here with a win.' Laidlaw, meanwhile, was critical of referee Poite, citing one instance of particular injustice as far as the Scotland captain was concerned.
Poite did seem rather reluctant to punish Ireland at times, with Schmidt's men using all their experience to close the game out.
'There was one in particular. We launched off a line-out in the second half and Sean O'Brien reached the ball,' explained Laidlaw. 'I just felt that Romain was right there (looking at it), but he gave a knock-on against us when it clearly wasn't a knock-on. It should have been play-on.
'With the game going the way it was going, you can understand why we got frustrated.
'We talk about Test matches turning on small points and, again, that just allowed the pressure valve to be released.
'It was a big call in my eyes. From our point of view, we were disappointed with it.' Stuart Hogg could be an injury worry for Scotland ahead of the visit to face France in Paris in a fortnight.
The talismanic full-back trudged off in the first half of Saturday's match nursing a shoulder injury.
'He's sore, very sore,' said Townsend. 'He wanted to stay on but his shoulder was not right.
'We'll see what will happen over the next few days. It was disappointing, he chipped ahead and got sandwiched between two players.
'These things happen quickly but there was a collision there that forced him to fly over and land on the point of his shoulder.
'It was a big moment in the game. We conceded the try a minute after that and lost one of our best players.'
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from django.contrib.gis.db import models

class AbstractGeoManager(models.Model):
    objects = models.GeoManager()

    class Meta:
        abstract = True

    def metadata_list(self, request=None, filter_field=None):
        '''A list of metadata strings about the class'''
        classname = self.__class__.__name__.lower()
        if filter_field is None:
            filter_field = classname
        attrname = classname + 'metadataurl_set'
        filterdict = {filter_field: self.pk}

        # create a metadata string for the resource, if it is defined
        try:
            resource_meta = [
                '{resource} link :: {link}'.format(
                    resource=self.__class__.__name__,
                    link=request.build_absolute_uri(self.resource_path),
                )
            ]
        except:
            resource_meta = []

        try:
            external_links = getattr(self,attrname).model.objects.filter(**filterdict)
        except:
            external_links = []

        external_meta = ['External Metadata :: {0}'.format(link.url)
                  for link in external_links]

        return(resource_meta + external_meta)

class UserGeometryMetadata(AbstractGeoManager):
    """holds metadata for user-uploaded geometries"""
    code = models.CharField(max_length=50,unique=True,null=False,blank=False)
    desc = models.TextField()
    uid_field = models.CharField(max_length=50,null=False, blank=True)

    @property
    def geoms(self):
        '''Return a list of UserGeometryData objects'''
        return(self.usergeometrydata_set.model.objects.filter(user_meta=self.id))

    @property
    def geom_count(self):
        return(len(self.geoms))

    @property
    def vertex_count(self):
        '''Return a count of the vertices for all the geometries'''
        return [geom.geom.num_points for geom in self.geoms]

    @property
    def vertex_count_total(self):
        '''Return a count of the vertices for all the geometries'''
        return sum(self.vertex_count)

    def geom_gmap_static_url(self,
        color = '0x0000ff',
        weight = 4,
        width = 512,
        height = 256,
    ):
        '''Returns a Google Maps Static API URL representation of the geometry

        Refs:
          http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/#Paths
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer%E2%80%93Douglas%E2%80%93Peucker_algorithm
        '''
        # estimate the simplification threshold based on the number of vertices

        if self.vertex_count_total < 10:
            threshold = 0  # no simplification
        elif self.vertex_count_total < 100:
            threshold = 0.01
        elif self.vertex_count_total < 2000:
            threshold = 0.1
        else:
            threshold = 0.5

        # construct the pathLocations string
        pathLocations='&'.join(
            ['&'.join(geom.pathLocations(color=color,weight=weight, threshold=threshold))
             for geom in self.geoms]
        )

        url = (
            'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap'
            '?size={width}x{height}'
            '&sensor=false'
            '&{pathLocations}'
        ).format(
            color=color,
            weight=weight,
            pathLocations=pathLocations,
            width=width,
            height=height,
        )

        return url

    def __unicode__(self):
        #return '{code} ({desc})'.format(code=self.code,desc=self.desc)
        return '{code}'.format(code=self.code)

class UserGeometryData(AbstractGeoManager):
    """holds user uploaded geometries"""
    gid = models.IntegerField(null=True)
    user_meta = models.ForeignKey(UserGeometryMetadata)
    desc = models.TextField(blank=True)
    geom = models.MultiPolygonField(srid=4326)

    @property
    def vertex_count(self):
        '''Return a count of the vertices for the geometry'''
        return self.geom.num_points

    def pathLocations(self,color='0x0000ff',weight=4, threshold=0.01):
        '''Returns a list of Google Maps Static API path Location strings for the geometry

        Note that only the first 2 dimensions of vertices are returned and they
        are ordered (lat,lon).

        Ref: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/#Paths
        '''
        from contrib.glineenc.glineenc import encode_pairs

        geom = self.geom
        url = ['&'.join( # join multiple polygons
                ['path=color:{color}|weight:{weight}|enc:{encoded_data}'.format(
                    color=color,
                    weight=weight,
                    encoded_data=encode_pairs(
                        points=tuple([tuple(reversed(i)) for i in polygon]),
                        threshold=threshold,
                    )[0]
                 ) for polygon in multipolygon
                ]
             ) for multipolygon in geom.coords
            ]

        return url

    def geom_gmap_static_url(self,
        color = '0x0000ff',
        weight = 4,
        width = 512,
        height = 256,
    ):
        '''Returns a Google Maps Static API URL representation of the geometry

        Refs:
          http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/#Paths
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer%E2%80%93Douglas%E2%80%93Peucker_algorithm
        '''
        MAX_PATH_LENGTH = 1930

        # estimate the simplification threshold based on the number of vertices
        if self.vertex_count < 250:
            threshold = 0  # no simplification
#        elif self.vertex_count < 500:
#            threshold = 0.05
        elif self.vertex_count < 2000:
            threshold = 0.05
        else:
            threshold = 0.4

        path_list = self.pathLocations(color=color,weight=weight, threshold=threshold)
        # sort so the geometries with the most vertices are first
        path_list.sort(key=len, reverse=True)
        pathLocations = ''
        for path in path_list:
            if len(pathLocations) < MAX_PATH_LENGTH:
                pathLocations += '&{path}'.format(path=path)

        url = (
            'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap'
            '?size={width}x{height}'
            '&sensor=false'
            '{pathLocations}'
        ).format(
            color=color,
            weight=weight,
            width=width,
            height=height,
            pathLocations=pathLocations,
        )
        return url

class NetcdfDataset(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''Models a netCDF4 Dataset object. Also a NC file anywhere.'''
    uri = models.TextField(unique=True)
    rowbnds_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    colbnds_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    time_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    time_units = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    calendar = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    spatial_extent = models.PolygonField(srid=4326)
    temporal_min = models.DateTimeField()
    temporal_max = models.DateTimeField()
    temporal_interval_days = models.FloatField()

    def __unicode__(self):
        return '{uri}'.format(uri=self.uri)

class NetcdfDatasetAttribute(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''stores key value pairs for NetCDF dataset global attributes'''
    netcdf_dataset  = models.ForeignKey(NetcdfDataset)
    key             = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    value           = models.TextField()

    class Meta():
        unique_together = ('netcdf_dataset','key')

class NetcdfDimension(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''Models the dimension of a NetCDF dataset'''
    netcdf_dataset = models.ForeignKey(NetcdfDataset)
    name           = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    size           = models.IntegerField()

    class Meta():
        unique_together = ('netcdf_dataset','name')

    def __unicode__(self):
        return '{name} (size={size})'.format(name=self.name,size=self.size)

class NetcdfDimensionAttribute(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''stores key value pairs for NetCDF dimension attributes'''
    netcdf_dimension = models.ForeignKey(NetcdfDimension)
    key              = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    value            = models.TextField()

    class Meta():
        unique_together = ('netcdf_dimension','key')

class NetcdfVariable(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''Models an abstract NetCDF dataset variable
    '''
    netcdf_dataset = models.ForeignKey(NetcdfDataset)
    code           = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    ndim           = models.IntegerField()

    class Meta():
        unique_together = ('netcdf_dataset','code')

    def __unicode__(self):
        return "{code} (dimensions={ndim})".format(code=self.code, ndim=self.ndim)

class NetcdfVariableAttribute(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''stores key value pairs for NetCDF variable attributes'''
    netcdf_variable = models.ForeignKey(NetcdfVariable)
    key             = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    value           = models.TextField()

    class Meta():
        unique_together = ('netcdf_variable','key')

class NetcdfVariableDimension(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''Models the dimension of a NetCDF Variable'''
    netcdf_variable  = models.ForeignKey(NetcdfVariable)
    netcdf_dimension = models.ForeignKey(NetcdfDimension)
    position = models.IntegerField()

    class Meta():
        unique_together = ('netcdf_variable','netcdf_dimension')

    def __unicode__(self):
        return "{var} {dim} ({position})".format(
            var=self.variable,
            dim=self.code,
            position=self.position,
        )

class Organization(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''Models an organization (that has a climate model)

    Example: National Center for Atmospheric Research (ncar)
    '''
    name          = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    code          = models.CharField(max_length=25, unique=True)
    country       = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    url           = models.URLField(
        verify_exists=False,
        max_length=200,
        null=True,
        unique=True,
    )

    def __unicode__(self):
        return "{name} ({code})".format(name=self.name, code=self.code)

class Scenario(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''A climate model emissions scenario

    Example: 2xCO2 equilibrium experiment (2xCO2)
    Reference: http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/standard_output.html#Experiments
    '''
    name          = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    code          = models.CharField(max_length=10, unique=True)
    urlslug       = models.CharField(max_length=10, unique=True)
    description   = models.TextField(null=True)

    class Meta():
        verbose_name = "climate emissions scenario"

    def __unicode__(self):
        return "{code}".format(code=self.code)

    @property
    def resource_path(self):
        return '/api/scenarios/{0}'.format(self.urlslug)

class ScenarioMetadataUrl(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''Models the URL of a Emissions Scenario metadata webpage'''
    scenario = models.ForeignKey(Scenario)
    url      = models.URLField(
        verify_exists=False,
        max_length=200,
    )
    desc     = models.TextField()

    def __unicode__(self):
        return(self.url)

class Archive(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''Models an climate model data archive

    Example: Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP3)
    '''
    name          = models.CharField(max_length=255, unique=True)
    code          = models.CharField(max_length=25, unique=True)
    urlslug       = models.CharField(max_length=25, unique=True)
    url           = models.URLField(
        verify_exists=False,
        max_length=200,
        null=True,
        unique=True,
    )

    class Meta():
        verbose_name = "climate simulation archive"

    @property
    def resource_path(self):
        return '/api/archives/{0}'.format(self.urlslug)

class ArchiveMetadataUrl(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''Models the URL of a Archive metadata webpage'''
    archive = models.ForeignKey(Archive)
    url      = models.URLField(
        verify_exists=False,
        max_length=200,
    )
    desc     = models.TextField()

    def __unicode__(self):
        return(self.url)

class ClimateModel(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''A climate model

    Example: Community Climate System Model, version 3.0 (CCSM3)
    Reference: http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/model_documentation/ipcc_model_documentation.php
    '''
    name          = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    code          = models.CharField(max_length=25, unique=True)
    urlslug       = models.CharField(max_length=25, unique=True)
    organization  = models.ForeignKey(Organization)
    comments      = models.TextField(null=False, blank=True)

    class Meta():
        verbose_name = "climate model"

    def __unicode__(self):
        return "{code}".format(code=self.code)

    @property
    def resource_path(self):
        return '/api/models/{0}'.format(self.urlslug)

class ClimateModelMetadataUrl(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''Models the URL of a Climate Model metadata webpage'''
    model    = models.ForeignKey(ClimateModel)
    url      = models.URLField(
        verify_exists=False,
        max_length=200,
    )
    desc     = models.TextField()

    def __unicode__(self):
        return(self.url)

class Variable(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''Models an climate model variable

    Example: air_temperature (tas)

    Ref: http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/standard_output.html#Highest_priority_output
    '''
    code         = models.CharField(max_length=25, unique=True)
    urlslug      = models.CharField(max_length=25, unique=True)
    name         = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    units        = models.CharField(max_length=25)
    ndim         = models.IntegerField()
    description  = models.TextField(null=True)

    class Meta():
        verbose_name = "climate simulation variable"

    def __unicode__(self):
        return "{name} ({code})".format(name=self.name, code=self.code)

    @property
    def resource_path(self):
        return '/api/variables/{0}'.format(self.urlslug)

class VariableMetadataUrl(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''Models the URL of a Climate Model metadata webpage'''
    variable = models.ForeignKey(Variable)
    url      = models.URLField(
        verify_exists=False,
        max_length=200,
    )
    desc     = models.TextField()

    def __unicode__(self):
        return(self.url)

class SimulationOutput(AbstractGeoManager):
    '''Models climate model output datasets'''

    archive         = models.ForeignKey(Archive)
    scenario        = models.ForeignKey(Scenario)
    climate_model   = models.ForeignKey(ClimateModel)
    variable        = models.ForeignKey(Variable)
    run             = models.IntegerField()
    netcdf_variable = models.ForeignKey(NetcdfVariable)

    class Meta():
        unique_together = ('archive','scenario','climate_model','variable','run')
        verbose_name = "climate simulation output"

    def __unicode__(self):
        return '{archive}:{scenario}:{model}:{variable}'.format(
            archive=self.archive,
            scenario=self.scenario,
            model=self.climate_model,
            variable=self.netcdf_variable.code,
        )

    @property
    def resource_path(self):
        return '/api/simulations/{0}'.format(self.pk)

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Kenya: opposition granted access to review IEBC tech
Kenya's opposition coalition has been granted access to servers and other IT infrastructure used by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in the country's August general election. This follows the Coalition's petition to the Supreme Court against the announcement of Uhuru Kenyatta as the winner.
In its ruling this morning, Justice Isaac Lenaola said that the petitioners, the National Super Alliance (NASA), would be given a read-only access to IEBC infrastructure.
The opposition's case to gain access was based on their belief that the tallied votes on physical forms differed to what was relayed electronically. The coalition also claimed the IEBC failed to relay the electronic count with the scanned copies of the forms simultaneously and its systems were compromised.
"We also note the petitioner's (NASA) apprehension that the physical forms 34A and 34B produced in court by the first respondent (IEBC) may not necessarily contain the results that were electronically transmitted and therefore their request to access IEBC's system in order to confirm the validity of information contained therein is a matter to be taken into account," stated Justice Lenaola.
"We also take into account the fact that our system of elections is partly electronic in nature and therefore the role played by technology in this regard cannot be ignored," he continued.
The IEBC had argued that unrestricted access to their servers would compromise the technology and expose them to security issues and the Court subsequently ordered that access should be limited.
"We note that some of the action that access is sought has the potential of compromising the integrity and security of the first respondent (IEBC) technology system and of individual persons which if granted is likely to compromise the future use of the system," Justice Lenaola read.
"Therefore in giving the orders we have to be aware of the need to protect confidentiality of passwords and usernames, identity of password holders, IP addresses, software running applications and so on."
The opposition will have access to the number of servers IEBC was operating, the certified penetration testing report for the servers, review business continuity plans including backup servers and also to the 40,000 Kenya Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS) kits and their GPRS location before and after the voting day.
The Court also ordered that two independent ICT experts and one from the Court will supervise the audit of the system.
A final ruling on the ongoing presidential petition is scheduled for 1 September.
Source: ITWeb
Telecoms EN News update Telecoms and ICT in Africa - Issue no. 892 – 8 September 2017
iPLANS' new VoIP service offers Cameroonians a virtual MVNO to get cheaper domestic and international calling rates
The Plan to Turn Africa's Mobile Phone Towers Green
Sierra Leone: Trio fined USD1.35m for poor QoS
IOX Cable announces its plans to connect La Reunion
African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) 2017: MainOne canvasses local Internet traffic exchange within Africa
First CAT-M1 test in Africa for Internet of Things
South Africa: OpenWeb introduces outrageous R10 per Gig top-up
"South Africa's Most Expensive Domain Sale"
Africa rises to 28.6% in internet penetration in last 5 years
The Djibouti Data Center (DDC) is Selected by China Mobile International Limited (CMI) for Pan African Expansion
Accra Digital Centre Woos ICT Companies
TerraPay secures regulatory approval from South African Reserve Bank to Launch Cross-Border money transfers in South Africa
Kenya: Equity mobile lending rises to hit Sh57 billion
Mobile money platform Alipay enters South Africa
Telkom: SA Govt. plans to sell shares
Sub Saharan Africa's ICT industry valued at $10 Billion
ICASA warns of possible 'non-compliance' regarding Cell C recapitalisation
Telkom launches a media streaming platform
Tree Identification App Becomes Available In Zimbabwe
Kenya's Little steps up battle with Uber as it launches in Nigeria
African governments are requesting more user data from Facebook, Google, and Twitter than ever before
Hundreds of Zambian teachers trained for Africa Code Week


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Tribes turn to musicians to raise kids' awareness of coronavirus
In this photo taken on June 16, 2020, Artie Mendoza III, 25, also known as KiidTruth, looks on outside his home in Pablo, Montana. Mendoza created a viral TikTok dance and song to promote hand washing, mask wearing and social distancing among the youth on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Mendoza's children inspired him to create the dance. "And so I put two and two together, I am aiming for our youth, why not make a fun dance too," he said.
By Iris Samuels / The Associated Press, Report for America
HELENA, Mont.—The scene is the pedestrian bridge over US Highway 93 in Pablo. In the midst of a gaggle of dancing children, a young hip-hop artist raps out a serious message:
"I pull my mask up to my face so I know that I'm straight…. I wash my hands in the sink, I ain't taking no risk," sings KiidTruth, in the video for his new song, "C19"—the first effort in a campaign against Covid-19 waged by Native American tribes in Montana.
To shield their vulnerable elders from the coronavirus pandemic, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are enlisting musicians to tell tribal youth to wash their hands and wear masks.
The song by 25-year-old KiidTruth—also known as Artie Mendoza III—garnered more than 1,500 views on YouTube in the four days after it was posted.
The music campaign "is an excellent way to reach younger people," said 15-year-old Alishon Kelly, who lives on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. "I've seen a lot of my peers posting it and watching it."
On the reservation, which has a population of slightly under 30,000, the stakes are high. If the virus spreads to the community's elders—who are at a greater risk of developing life-threatening symptoms—the local language and customs could be in peril.
"When it comes to our elders, we're always around them, we're always with them," said Mendoza, who grew up on the reservation. "They're a sidewalk away."
Said tribal Councilwoman Charmel Gillin: "Tribal communities are very unique in many ways, but one of the ways is that we are a people with a spoken language, oral histories, and all of those aspects of our heritage are really in need of preservation. The elders in the community carry those for us."
The reservation has not seen a significant number of Covid-19 cases. The tribes announced last week that four Flathead Reservation residents were diagnosed with Covid-19. The area has seen a total of nine cases since the onset of the pandemic, and no deaths.
But as Mendoza sings, "My fellow Navajos been dealing with the sickness." Leaders on the Flathead Reservation watched with concern as the Navajo Nation's caseload mounted in New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, where more than 6,000 Covid-19 cases have led to more than 300 deaths.
"We have been realizing the potential for great loss and that really puts us in a higher gear in trying to figure out what to do," Gillin said. "We have a little bit of an advantage in being in this remote rural area in Montana so we can observe what's happening around us. We need to use that to our benefit."
According to Michelle Mitchell, head of the tribes' education department, the campaign will expand to feature numerous local artists in coming weeks. Local youth who create their own videos will compete for $100 gift cards.
"Our guiding work is for the youth here on the reservation, but that doesn't mean our kids over here can't challenge the kids from Blackfeet," Mitchell said. "They could launch these challenges themselves and take it in to other Indian communities. That would be pretty cool."
Image credits: AP/Tommy Martino
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Chinese jets buzzing Taiwan show long-term risk of war with US
Adani scraps $2.5 billion share sale after fraud claims hit stock
HK woos tourists with 500,000 free air tickets
War's longest battle exacts high price in 'heart of Ukraine'
Factories in Southeast Asia
firing up as China reopens
KYIV, Ukraine—Visitors used to browse through Bakhmut's late 19th century buildings, enjoy walks in its rose-lined lakeside park and revel in the sparkling wines produced in historic underground caves. That was when the city in eastern Ukraine was a popular tourist destination.
byHanna Arhirova / The Associated Press
NEW DELHI—Embattled Indian billionaire Gautam Adani said Thursday his conglomerate will review its plans for raising capital after calling off his flagship company's $2.5 billion share offering following the loss of tens of billions of dollars in market value due to claims of fraud by a US-based short-selling firm.
byKrutika Pathi & Sheikh Saaliq / The Associated Press
Asia's manufacturers are improving at the start of the year as the region becomes more optimistic about how China's re-opening might help offset an otherwise gloomy outlook for the rest of the world.
byClaire Jiao & Michelle Jamrisko / Bloomberg
Hong Kong—Hong Kong will give away air tickets and vouchers to woo tourists back to the international financial hub, racing to catch up with other popular travel destinations in a fierce regional competition.
byKanis Leung / The Associated Press


MY SISTER is a dark and gripping psychological thriller - a twisting, shocking tale of family secrets for readers who loved Clare Mackintosh's I SEE YOU and Erin Kelly's HE SAID/SHE SAID.
All her life Irini thought she was given away because her family didn't want her. What if the truth is something much worse?


Halloween Back Issue Sale & Costume Contest!
This was the fattest kid that Cap saved from Germany ... he kept shouting "Ich liebe das Gebäck"We want to thank all of you for coming out to the back issue sale over the weekend. It was another resounding success and we're always glad to see some of our back issues find a new and loving home. As per usual we had our Annual Costume Contest to coincide with the Back Issue sale and we had some great entrants again this year! Please head over to the galleries to check out the contestants and vote for your favorite costume in the General Category and the 13 & Under Category.
We've also got tons of great photos from the sale! Be sure to check them out so you'll know what you can look forward to next time around!
We'll be bringing out tens of thousands of unorganized Warehouse stock and selling each book for 25¢ a piece!
We'll also be holding our 3rd annual costume contest with prizes to be given after voting is held. The contest will be held on our website after in the week following. Show up in costume and get $5 in Free Back Issues*!
Also! Each store (including the Saint Charles Store) will be selling their regular stock back issues for $1.00 a Piece! In addition to sales to be announced at each individual store!
AND Don't forget to get your raffle tickets!
*Fantasy Shop Employees hold the Right to right to determine what defines a costume.


SR18 : Bass patterns. What are their keys ? Can I transpose the bass pattern key ?
My question is about Alesis SR18.
I would like to know if I can change the key of the bass pattern without programming through midi.
I know how to disable drums and percussions to listen to the bass pattern only but I would like to discover the key in a faster way.
Yes, using the pad play buttons (the bass button, specifically), hold down the button and use the INC/DEC buttons or the VALUE dial to transpose the bass sounds up or down an octave.
Hi Pascal,

Thanks for posting.

Yes, using the pad play buttons (the bass button, specifically), hold down the button and use the INC/DEC buttons or the VALUE dial to transpose the bass sounds up or down an octave.

I hope this helps!
Thank you, Bill, for your answer.
I have read the manual and have learned how to transpose the bass sounds up or down an octave.
What I understand -at this step- is that I can play any bass sound on 3 octaves whilst programming a pattern. This is great.
How can I know the key of the bass pattern (Is it in C or G or else ?). Of course, i can find by myself by listening.
Are the bass patterns tuned in different keys (C, D, E etc.) ?
And can I change the key of the bass pattern from C to D without programming a pattern with my small hands ?. I don't think its possible after having read the manual.
Thanks again for your help and have a beautiful day.
I got an answer through Facebook.
I have understood the way of editing the key of a bass pattern.
In fact, I have to edit the pattern by scrolling the edition pages until the 6th page where I can slide the key of the whole pattern by halftones. That's it !
Thank you again for your help Bill !


Well, to make a long story short, Bugsy Siegel was Jewish!
Since Bugsy Siegel's mother was Jewish, and in Judaism one's religion is based on one's mother's religion, then that makes him also Jewish. His father was Jewish too.
Bugsy Siegel (who's full birth name was Benjamin Siegel) was born on February 28, 1906 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, U.S..
He was a mobster with the Luciano crime family, and was known as one of the most infamous and feared gangsters of his day. Described as handsome and charismatic, he became one of the first front-page-celebrity gangsters. He was also a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip.
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Family of Eastbourne man to hold vigil outside Brighton police station 23 years after he died
Two face charges in Brighton & Hove City Coucil housing department investigation
Labour's election manifesto includes second Brighton Mainline
Building a second rail line between Brighton and London has been included in Labour's general election manifesto.
Tuesday, 16th May 2017, 1:47 pm
Brighton station. Photo by Eddie Mitchell
Known as BML2, the project has been mooted by campaigners as a way of increasing capacity for trains travelling from the south coast to the capital.
A new route through Lewes and Uckfield could in turn ease congestion on the current Brighton Mainline, which runs through Haywards Heath, Three Bridges and Gatwick Airport.
The BML2 Consortium is proposing 20km of new railway between Falmer, Lewes and Uckfield, 38km of restored rail line between Uckfield and Hever, and 25km of tunnelled railway linking the whole line to Canary Wharf and Stratford International,
The Government published the London and South Coast Rail Corridor Study in March, which appeared to rule out the scheme at least in the short and medium term, with the report being labelled a 'slap in the face for long-suffering passengers'.
But Labour's general election manifesto published today (Tuesday May 16) promises to 'invest in a modern, integrated, accessible and sustainable transport system that is reliable and affordable'.
It says: "We will build a new Brighton Main Line for the South East."
Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour Party candidate for Brighton Kemptown, said "Many residents tell me of the misery of the trains to Brighton and the hit to our economy, which is in danger of crippling our city.
"A second line will stop our city being held to ransom by an ineffective train operator, Southern, and allow the economy and the people of Brighton to grow and prosper.
"It will also restore the link across Sussex to the Weald and reduce road traffic."
Peter Kyle, Labour's candidate in Hove, added: "I fought really hard to get a bold and lasting manifesto solution to the problems facing Brighton and Hove rail passengers.
"By setting up a group of MPs with Sir Nicholas Soames I have made progress on the short and medium-term challenges, but government ignore the service future generations will inherit.
"By pledging the investment needed for a new line between London and the coast, jobs will be created, economic prosperity generated, and passenger misery ended.
"This is the kind of bold and transformational change we need and I went into politics to deliver."
"The rising cost of water utility costs has far outstripped wage growth and is sometimes unjustifiable. Our manifesto commitments on ownership are a wakeup call to the industry and the clearest sign possible that with Labour it is consumers who have the power."
Meanwhile Solomon Curtis, Labour's election candidate in Brighton Pavilion, has described his party's manifesto as a 'programme for youth'.
He said: "For too long, my generation has borne the brunt of Tory austerity. Here in Brighton, that has been particularly bad because Brighton is a youthful city.
"So-called Generation Y is the forgotten generation. We have become disillusioned and angry. But the plans outlined for young people in Labour's manifesto will ensure the issues that matter to us most are finally addressed."
These include scrapping university tuition fees, reducing class sizes for five-to-seven-year-olds, creating a national education service to ensure 'life-long learning', free school meals for all primary school children, boosting school-based counselling, banning zero hours contracts, doubling the number of completed apprenticeships at NVQ level 3, investing in building more than a million homes, and reversing the decision to abolish housing benefit for 18-21-year-olds.
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Indra delivers the second NH90 simulator to the Spanish Armed Forces
22-Dec-2020 Source: Indra
Indra delivered the latest FMS (Full Mission Simulator) on November 23 to the NH90 Simulator Center, which has been in operation at the Spanish Army's Aviation Academy (ACAVIET) CESIHEL Center, at the Agoncillo military base in La Rioja.
With this delivery, Indra positions itself as one of the few companies that offers training solutions for such complex aircraft as the NH90, which is currently being used by more than ten armies. All this, thanks to the commitment and investment effort made by the Ministry of Defence over the years in the field of helicopter simulation for the Armed Forces.
The simulation center consists of two level "D" FMS systems, an SSS System (Simulation Support System), a CBIT system (Computer-Based Interactive Training) and two PTTs (Part Task Trainers).
This simulation capability, developed and manufactured by Indra, is in addition to the existing ones for the Tiger and EC135 helicopters, capabilities which in the future will also feature the new Chinook CH47 F helicopter and the future naval tactical version of the NH90.
Confirming the importance of this simulator for the Army, the Division General Fernando M. García y García de las Hijas, Director of Procurement of the Army's Logistics Support Command (MALE), accompanied by Brigadier General Francisco Javier Marcos (JEFAMET), Colonel Jose Antonio Fuentes (Director of ACAVIET) and representatives from the Armament and Materiel General Directorate (DGAM) as well as by the Director General of Defence and Security of Indra, Mr. Manuel Escalante, recently visited the Agoncillo base. The pride in this project was expressed as an example of a successful collaboration with Indra, not only for teaching and training but also for the preparation of today's operational Armed Forces.
The DGAM continues to promote and rely on Indra to achieve unique simulation architecture, which has delivered such a good result in the case of the TIGER helicopter, based on the full use of all the real equipment carried on board. An architecture that achieves greater realism in training and guarantees that the future development of the FMS coincides with developments found in the aircraft themselves; as well as the use of image intensifier tubes (IITs) for flight simulations with night vision goggles (NVG) and network simulation architecture, based on the HLA standard, which provides tactical training for a team mission using several simulators at the same time, based on different bases, and using multiple platforms.
All the NH90 crews must continuously go through the CESIHEL to log the hours of simulated flights necessary to obtain and maintain their flight qualification, until the funds become available to finance the future simulation centers of the Air Force at Cuatro Vientos Air Base and Rota Naval Air Base.
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Q: Fuel Expected Begin Array but was Begin Object I'm new to Kotlin and I'm still learning how to get an object respose but I'm having the following exception:
com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_ARRAY but was BEGIN_OBJECT at line 1 column 2 path $

Here's the Json Result:
{"Success":"1","Message":"True","Items":[{"Id":3,"Name":"AndroidVersion","Value":"1"},{"Id":4,"Name":"IOSVersion","Value":"1.0"},{"Id":5,"Name":"AndroidForceUpdate","Value":"true"}]}

Here's the model class
data class MobileConfiguration(
    val id: Int,
    val name: String,
    val value: String
) {

class Deserializer : ResponseDeserializable<Array<MobileConfiguration>> {
    override fun deserialize(content: String): Array<MobileConfiguration>? = Gson().fromJson(content, Array<MobileConfiguration>::class.java)
}

}

And here's the Call:
url.httpPost(listOf(Pair("key", ""))).responseObject(MobileConfiguration.Deserializer()) { request, response, result ->

        //val (people, err) = result.get()
        when (result) {
            is Result.Failure -> {
                val ex = result.getException()
                Log.wtf("ex", "is " + ex)
            }
            is Result.Success -> {

                val (config, err) = result
                //Add to ArrayList
                config?.forEach { configuration ->
                    mobileConfigurations.add(configuration)
                }

                println(mobileConfigurations)
            }
        }
    }

What Am i doing wrong please if anybody can help

A: I think the problem is in the model class.
You assume that the MobileConfiguration array is directly under the response class, however, actually, it is under the Items object.
So instead of using Array<MobileConfiguration> as a responseObject, you should use other class as a container like:
data class MobileConfigurationResponse(
    val success: String,
    val message: String,
    val items: Array<MobileConfiguration>
)

and then you can get the array like this:
    val (config, err) = result.items

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You've got the file in freetype2/freetype/config ... and the compiler is looking for it in freetype/config.
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>> technique works for me in some cases.
>> >> ALT_FREETYPE_HEADERS_PATH and ALT_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH but without success.
>> >> Do you have any idea?


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The man who put an end to racist repression in South Africa.
Tamara Caridad Mesa González 9 mayo, 2019
Today marks the 25th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's successful end to racist repression in South Africa, by becoming the first black president to head the executive branch and also the first to be elected by universal suffrage in that nation.
"Nelson Mandela was officially elected yesterday as the first black president of South Africa, by unanimous decision of the new parliament, composed of various factions, including former political prisoners and members of the regime that imprisoned him," began the cable issued on May 9th , 1994 by the UPI Agency from Cape Town, in that country on the African continent.
That historic day, after being elected with 62 percent support in the votes, "Mandiba", as he was affectionately known by his people, greeted the 50 thousand people who had gathered to cheer him from the same balcony he had made his appearance when recovering the freedom of the prison where he spent 27 years imprisoned for opposing the oppressive regime.
In his first public speech after the parliamentary session, Mandela said he made a commitment to achieve peace and said his government would work to offer a better life to South Africans.
The man who for many decades was a symbol of the battle against racial segregation accepted the highest political office in his country and from that moment he becomes an icon of reconciliation and peaceful coexistence between races.
He was one of the most admired political and social leaders in the world; Proof of this was his multitudinous funeral, after his death on December 5th , 2013.
Tagged with: Cape Town, Mandiba, Nelson Mandela, racial segregation, South Africa
Today, 47th anniversary of Higher Education in Matanzas.
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We have been EAGERLY awaiting the opening of Mr. C's in New Braunfels and as of 3/27/2019 it's finally open!!!
We popped in today with a lunch feast in mind just after they opened their doors and were greeted with cornbread, butter, and in a quick moment, the KoolAid we ordered!
KOOLAID!! How retro and adorable is that? 90's summer vibes, OH YEAH!
We admired the ambience of Mr. C's while sipping our KoolAid. It is casual and decorated in a mix of modern-industrial smooshed with hipster-country.
After scanning the menu, we decided on fried green tomatoes (TAWANDA!!) and fried chicken skins as starters.
The tomatoes were good. The chicken skin was cripsy and savory. It came with a brown dipping sauce, but some nice man came out from the back and brought us, unsolicited, a warm white gravy to try them in that was better.
They were okay, not great, not bad, but okay. The chicken and waffles though... DAaaang!!! I could sing songs to those chicken wings! Tender, juicy, even without the ranch dipping sauce that 50% of our writing team can't live without.
We chose Mr. C's Honey Hots. Six buffalo wings splashed with Mr. C's honey and hot sauce, with ranch to dip them in, served upside some soft fluffy waffles that were doused with a mini-lake of syrup (not pictured). Sweet, hot, creamy, savory, with a bit of a bright note from the vinegar-y hot sauce. It covered all the bases.
The other member of the team got a Monte Cristo Sandwich that was our absolute favorite from the meal! Turkey, grilled ham, and sweet melted Swiss cheese stuffed inside French toast that was crunchy, flaking a bit like a baklava, and dusted with powdered sugar to look like a beignet. What you end up with is sweet, savory heaven with a tangy raspberry dipping sauce taking it to the next level.
Mr. C's is delicious. Classic southern foods presented in a new trendy way. Thoroughly enjoyed our meal there and are looking forward to coming back to try the raspberry-glazed pork chop.
Take a pic and tag us @goodeatsnbtx on Instagram when you head there or find the next place we should try!
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Posted: March 18, 2019 in Uncategorized
Tags: brain, foreign-accent syndrome, injury, speech, stroke
"Foreign Accent Syndrome" (FAS) is a rare disorder in which patients start to speak with a foreign or regional tone. This striking condition is often associated with brain damage, such as stroke. Presumably, the lesion affects the neural pathways by which the brain controls the tongue and vocal cords, thus producing a strange sounding speech.
Yet there may be more to FAS than meets the eye (or ear). According to a new paper in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, many or even most cases of FAS are 'functional', meaning that the cause of the symptoms lies in psychological processes rather than a brain lesion.
To reach this conclusion, authors Laura McWhirter and colleagues recruited 49 self-described FAS suffers from two online communities to participate in a study. All were English-speaking. The most common reported foreign accents were Italian (12 cases), Eastern European (11), French (8) and German (7), but more obscure accents were also reported including Dutch, Nigerian, and Croatian.
Participants submitted a recording of their voice for assessment by speech experts, as well as answering questions about their symptoms, other health conditions, and personal situation. McWhirter et al. classified 35 of the 49 patients (71%) as having 'probably functional' FAS, while only 10/49 (20%) were said to probably have a neurological basis, with the rest unclear.
These classifications are somewhat subjective in that there are no hard-and-fast criteria for functional FAS. None of the 'functional' cases reported hard evidence of neurological damage from a brain scan, but only 50% of the 'neurological' cases did report such evidence. The presence of other 'functional' symptoms such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was higher in the 'functional' group.
In terms of the characteristics of the foreign accents, patients with a presumed functional origin often presented with speech patterns that showed inconsistency or variability. For instance, pronouncing 'cookie jar' as 'tutty dar' but being able to correctly produce 'j', /k/, /g/ and 'sh' sounds as part of other words.
But if FAS is often a psychological disorder, what is the psychology behind it? McWhirtner et al. don't get into this, but it is interesting to note that FAS is often a media-friendly condition. In recent years there have been many news stories dedicated to individual FAS cases. To take just three:
American beauty queen with Foreign Accent Syndrome sounds IRISH, AUSTRALIAN and BRITISH
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/you-sound-like-spice-girl-11993052
Scouse mum regains speech after stroke – but is shocked when her accent turns Russian
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/scouse-mum-regains-speech-after-15931862
Traumatic car accident victim has Irish accent after suffering severe brain injury
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/brain-injury-foreign-accent-syndrome
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2019/03/09/curious-foreign-accent-syndrome/#.XI58R6BKiUn
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As a social network, Facebook is inherently at odds with private, secure communications – its business model is built on harvesting people's information. And it's not just that Facebook's business model is built around what are effectively privacy violations: recent articles have revealed that Facebook lacks transparency and accountability towards its users. In short, this is a company that should not be producing private, secure communications.
After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Department of Energy (DoE) asked the National Petroleum Council (NPC) to provide specific actionable steps to better prepare the oil and natural gas industry's response to natural disasters. In response, the NPC released "Enhancing Emergency Preparedness for Natural Disasters" in 2014, which included a series of recommendations for emergency preparedness, response and recovery in the oil and natural gas industry. A key finding? That effective communications during emergency response is a major challenge for the industry and that a standardized, rehearsed approach toward communications that addresses escalated and expanding responses as an event unfolds is critical.
It's been forty years since the infamous Three Mile Island accident, an incident made famous bythe confusion and panic it spawned in its wake. But while the incident is remembered for the fear it stoked about nuclear energy, it also set the stage for the US nuclear industry to become the safest in the world. To this day, the Three Mile Island accident impacts the nuclear industry and provides valuable lessons about incident response and communication.
When Mark Zuckerberg announced at the beginning of the month that Facebook will shift its focus to privacy-focused communications, the announcement was rightly met with skepticism. Facebook's business model, after all, is built around targeting advertisements to users based on their information. Compound this with the various privacy scandals that have plagued Facebook in the last few years—from Cambridge Analytica misusing up to 50 million users' data to massive data breaches—and the company's decision to shift its focus to privacy seems positively disingenuous.
It's more important than ever that every business be prepared to handle a crisis. A 2017 survey of 164 CEOs showed just how prevalent they are: 65% of the CEOs surveyed reported experiencing at least one crisis since 2013. In the same survey, 40% expected to experience a crisis in the next three years and an additional 33% expected multiple crises. When it comes to crises, everyone in an organization needs to be on board with how to respond. Unfortunately, many organizations are not adequately prepared or aware of the appropriate steps they need to take to respond to a crisis.
They're a basic foundation of security, yet somehow constantly dismissed.
Passwords are one of the most important components of a strong cybersecurity strategy—but employees overwhelmingly have bad password habits – despite all attempts to ensure best practices across the organization. People pick simple, easy-to-guess phrases like "password" or "12345" or regularly reuse the same password for multiple logins.
In today's world of hyperconnected systems and devices, each of these commonly used buzzwords have become synonymous with a medical organization's success.
Over 90% of all cyberattacks begin with email phishing. It's a startling statistic, but it's not a surprise: businesses send over 281 billion emails every day. Phishing attacks, which typically ask targets for sensitive information or to download malware, work because they prey on human nature—victims respond out of curiosity, a sense of urgency, even fear.
Shortly after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife Mackenzie announced that they were divorcing, the National Enquirer published text messages that Bezos had reportedly sent to Lauren Sanchez, who he is currently in a relationship with. Bezos, like everybody else, is entitled to his privacy. These text messaging leaks, however, remind us that security is a must in order to protect personal information—whether business related, financial or private conversations with friends and family.
In an era where data breaches or leaks seem inevitable, business disruptions too frequent and the press all too prone to run away with a salacious story, what can the board of directors do to protect sensitive corporate data? It is all too easy for information to be inadvertently exposed—whether as a result of hacking, a slip of the finger that results in an email being sent to the wrong person, or a disgruntled employee who decides to share confidential information via a text.
In 2018 technology touches nearly every aspect of our life. But no innovation seems to come without some form of drawback or compromise. While technology has undoubtedly improved most of our lives, it has also brought new risks that we all find a way to balance – or in some cases choose to ignore. The number of cybersecurity breaches in 2018 speak to this risk.
Hurricanes, power-outages, man-made disasters—every organization has to prepare for these but when it comes to emergencies, universities face unique challenges because of the very nature of their structure and communities. Unlike the average office, universities are not enclosed spaces, and many different people—from students, to faculty, to staff, to visitors—are moving in and out of campus on any given day or time. This can make securing the campus and creating a comprehensive university incident response plan difficult.
The DNC email leak in 2016 revealed just how insecure email communications can be. It should be no surprise that government officials have been turning to other, more secure mediums, to communicate. White House staffers have reportedly usedthe encryption app Confide to communicate, French president Macron's inner circle has reliedonTelegram, and former Australia Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull turned to Wickr and Whatsapp. But as government messaging solutions go, such tools are limited, and in most cases not as secure as one might think. They may offer encryption but they fail to secure messages on devices and don't address critical compliance issues related to government communication.
When it comes to cyber security, sometimes the jargon can feel overwhelming. Ransomware, encryption, man-in-the-middle attacks… The Vaporstream blog has covered ransomware and encryption in the past, so today I wanted to focus on what are called the man-in-the middle (MITM) attacks.
For more than a decade, the energy and utilities industry has been investing in smarter energy infrastructure in order to enhance energy grid resiliency, reliability and efficiency. Grid modernization has become essential to integrating an increasing number of renewable energy sources and technologies – or distributed energy sources (DERs) – including electric vehicles, energy storage, private solar and smart appliances.
You might have heard about the ransomware attack against Atlanta this year. A ransomware attack had significant impact on the city, forcing police officers to file reports by hand and city workers to report via time sheets. Atlanta is currently facing more than $20 million in costs due to the attack.
As we enter into cybersecurity month it makes me think a lot about my own privacy, and how elusive it has become in the 21st century. It seems that everything we do is now tracked; whenever we visit a web page, call someone on our smart phone, visit the doctor, change the temperature on our smart thermostat or simple talk about a specific subject in our own household, our actions get recorded as data – in theory to make our lives better and more productive. However, in an age when digital privacy is practically an oxymoron, what can people do to protect their privacy?
When it comes to dental health, there is a lot that dental service organizations (DSO) have to do to properly engage their patients; whether to remind them of a six-month check-up or to simply help patients keep on top of their dental care. Everyone who has visited the dentist is familiar with the postcards, phone calls and emails reminding them to schedule (and attend!) their appointments.
Strong provider-patient relationships are a win-win for the patient and the provider. There are all kinds of benefits associated with healthcare organizations promoting patient engagement—better patient experiences, higher safety records and better financial margins for the healthcare organizations.
Aspects of business are so interconnected—from transportation to email to facilities management to data storage—that compromise or disruption of simply one aspect can affect the entire business. And such disruptions aren't limited to a single industry—from power companies dealing with an unexpected power outage to an IT department responding to a ransomware attack to an enterprise having to handle a major blizzard that strands employees at home—every business needs to have a business continuity plan.
It's critical for ASCs to maintain consistent communication with patients in order to ensure procedures proceed smoothly and that they reschedule appointments when possible, avoiding cancellations—which can be costly to any surgical facility.
Any business needs to be prepared for crisis communications. From product failures to how an organization handles a natural disaster—emergencies can have a severe impact on a business's reputation and performance.
In February 2018, the United States Department of Energy established the new Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (CESER), focused on cybersecurity, energy security and emergency response with $96 million in government funding – and not a moment too soon. One month later, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security issued an alert alleging that Russian hackers mounted a methodical, long-term campaign to infiltrate and surveil critical US energy and utility infrastructure.
As businesses become more global in nature, so do the incidents that target them—and companies need to be prepared to address international incidents – whether cyber events, terrorist attacks or even the impacts of a natural disaster.
Communicating critical information when it comes to public health can quickly become stressful. For health departments facing public health emergencies, there must be consideration over how to communicate and with whom—as they need to communicate quickly about the situation and involve the right stakeholders without leaking information that could cause hysteria.
By now, it is safe to assume that almost everyone in business has at least heard about ransomware. But, what are the implications of ransomware attacks? And what should you know about ransomware attacks that might not be obvious?


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India's Preference for Boys Results in 21 Million 'Unwanted' Girls
February 1, 2018 admin Gender 0
By Ryan General
India's continued preference to have male over female children has resulted in an environment unfair for many growing Indian daughters, a new study has revealed.
While there has reportedly been a conscious effort to sway families from selecting a preferred gender in India, sons have remained a popular choice among parents. According to the 2017-18 economic survey released Monday, instead of sex-selective abortion, Indian parents have been continuing to have children until they have their desired number of sons.
Despite the country's economic progress in recent years, the study warns that India has yet to address several development indicators including employment, use of reversible contraception, and son preference.
The research, headed by chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian, found that the so-called son "meta" preference directly affects female children as it reduces the resources made available to them, Quartz reports.
"Families, where a son is born, are more likely to stop having children than families where a girl is born," the survey noted. "This is suggestive of parents employing 'stopping rules'."
It further posits that the trend may have resulted in as many as 21 million "unwanted girls," in India. The term "unwanted" referring to the girls whose parents wanted to have sons instead.
The conclusion was reached after identifying the indicator called the sex ratio of the last child (SRLC) and reviewing previous data from the demographic and health survey.
In a society with a preference for sons, the indicator is heavily skewed in favor of male children. The findings revealed that such is the case in India.
Compared to the global average of natural "sex ratio at birth" currently at 1.05 (105 males for every 100 females) based on World Health Organisation figures, the sex ratio in India is heavily skewed in favor of males, with slight changes with each born child.
While the first child in Indian households with more than one child is fairly close to the biologically determined natural sex ratio at 1.07, the sex ratio of the last child for first-borns is 1.82.
The survey further cited a 2015 study titled "The roots of gender inequality in developing countries" which enumerated Indian parents' reasons for having a son preference. These include patrilocality ( tradition of having women move to husbands' houses after marriage), patrilineality (passing on property to sons rather than daughters), dowry (which adds extra costs of having girls), old age support from sons, and rituals performed by sons.
While the survey noted that the shift from sex-selective abortions to increasing the number of children to have more sons at least allowed daughters opportunity to live, it cannot be denied how women in India somehow remains unwanted.
"In some sense, once born, the lives of women are improving but society still appears to want fewer of them to be born," the survey explained.
Source: NextShark
gender inequality
Girl Ratio
Unwanted Girls


Here are the video's from my first casts with the rod running straight braid .
In this video I am casting 3 oz.
Here I am casting 4 oz.
Here's the third session with the SRE . This time I was using the Daiwa Basia 25QD and throwing 3 oz with a 8 ply braid and a 60 pound braid leader.
Casting was a more relaxed style as I was wanting to see how the leader knots worked through the smaller guides that I had set up on the rod. Also wanted to get the feel of the rod with the smaller reel.
All in all I was quite pleased with this first session but will do more work with a few different leaders.
I changed down to a 3 oz weight as well as I also went to a lighter mainline ( Untima Braid 15 pound) and was quite happy with the initial tests.
Also did some quick casts with the heavier 125 gram leads this afternoon and was pleased at how far a simple overhead thump put it but wasn't able to get and video footage. Will see what I can do over the weekend and will also try and get a measure if possible.


Involving in any sort of art activity (basically drawing and painting) instantly provides you with an ability to turn all your negative thoughts into positive ideas and desires. It contributes a lot to your body and mental health – providing you a peaceful space to relax and to take all your moves calmly.
The moment your brain receives the signal that you are about to kick start an art activity (drawing and painting), it starts the secretion of an array of all those "feel-good" hormones. These hormones ignite that priceless smile on face. And keeps it intact across the day, no matter what!
Other stress buster techniques might take longer time and show you're the required results gradually. But, art [drawing, painting (watercolor painting, sand painting, glass painting, poster color painting and more), sketching, clay modeling etc.]hits you with that positive stroke in the very first and single go. Art (drawing and painting) gives your instant happiness - with the fact that you too are a creator.
Once you become an artist, and you start sharing your creations, whether it is a piece of drawing or a painting series… it spreads happiness. You receive compliments which encourages you – multiplying your inner confidence and happiness. Your fans and followers, at the exhibition of your artworks, take selfies with your articles and share them on their social profiles… which again spreads happiness across – making those smiles viral!
6. SUBSTITUTES BAD ADDICTIONS WITH GOOD!
As kids, we adults too are equally addicted to modern era monsters – gadgets! We all squander our valuable time surfing on the net or playing games online. Art (drawing and painting basically) becomes a perfect diluter and substitute for addictions like watching TV for longer screen-time, unnecessary usage of smartphones etc. Art forms like drawing, sketching, painting etc replace them in a brilliant manner.
Any art form whether it's drawing or painting or something else, it always helps you to express your thoughts in a better, clearer and impactful way. By learning art, especially by learning drawing and painting you can avail the ability within you to communicate visually. Visual communication skills can be very well sharpened by drawing and painting. On a professional level as well, it helps you to present your plans and ideas in corporate meets.
People suffering from bad and negative incidents in their lives can anytime opt for art (drawing, painting etc.). It heals you within. It helps you to overcome bad memories and leads you towards creating a brand new positive history.
Art therapy helps an addict to learn skills which make you make more responsible. Any art for you chooses whether it's drawing or painting or some other form, art cultivates discipline with its disciples – making them independent. Learning drawing and painting helps you to give a systematic approach to any other task in your daily professional and personal lives – making it simpler!
An art lover or practitioner has always seemed to have a sharper sense of observation power. Training for any art (say drawing or painting) is such that it regulates a learner mind to think in a specific way – improving the focus.
If you want to get benefitted by all the above, then you must go for our professional art courses. We will be happy to heal you!