'The gifts of Imperfection' by Brene Brown is about Courage, and I highly recommend this book.
One thing that I have grown to love is the book's recommendations that I have gathered through mental health treatment, therapy, hospitals, and from all kinds of doctors, and even my dermatologist when he heard I was struggling with depression (didn't tell him my diagnosis). There are many books that I have bought after a therapy session or doctors appointment because the books just simply inspired me and made me feel like a person that truly was living. That was at the start of treatment, and now I can feel as though I am not comparable to others but I know that that thought is ridiculous.
The books that I have been reading and the handouts that we get in all sorts of groups in different cities/towns/hospitals and IOP (Intensive Outpatient Program) are books where many would go 'oh only monks and spiritual people would read that sort of book'. I know that if I had not been diagnosed with a mental health condition, I would have looked at Brene's Book and would have thought 'Oh that is cool, I think I know who I am and I think I am able to embrace who I am maybe not today, not tomorrow, but definitely by the time I die' and then I would have walked away.
"Courage originally meant 'To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart'. Over time, this definition has changed and today courage is more synonymous with being heroic. Heroics is important and we certainly need heroes but I think we have lost touch with the idea that speaking honestly and openly about who we are about what we are feeling and about our experiences (good and bad) is the definition of courage"
I love her definition because immediately when I picture courage I picture a firefighter or a person like Martin Luther King Jr. People who have/ who simply do something no matter whether they are scared or get hurt to simply help others. They don't care about others judgments or to look good in front of people, it is simply pure courage. Everyone who struggles with mental health conditions that has come to battle it, or at least try to battle it has SO MUCH COURAGE. People bring us down everyday for having a mental health condition. We hear it in the media, on social networking, friends, family, and in other places in our daily lives. It is easy to let people's point of view on mental health conditions get to us.
We should have the courage to stand up for ourselves. If we talk about who has courage, a person with a mental health condition and anyone who is struggling with anything that is not considered 'normal' compared to the rest of society, we are accused of being not who we should be when really we ARE the ones in our body. We know who we are. We know what is best for us, and for the most part we know how to take care of ourselves, how we need to think, and so on. The process of becoming familiar with your illness by trial and error, and learning more about how to live with the illness one day at a time is courage. It takes courage to take care of yourself. Taking care of yourself means paying attention to YOU. Most in this world do not take care of themselves.
There is courage in defying the norm by accepting your mental health condition. Courage is stepping out in public naked (not literally although if you did that would be courageous), to expose yourself, to become vulnerable, and I think everyone can agree mental health conditions forces you a trillion times to do just that. Courage is seen in many places, everyday. Just simply asking for help when you are embarrassed or nervous to ask someone for help. Maybe you tell a guy you like you like him. Maybe you are courageous for talking in class.


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As I watched the recent events unfolding in Grenfell Tower, I was deeply saddened for many different reasons. As the news channels scrambled to pour every morsel of angst into the viewers homes, my morbid fascination drew on the events unfolding on the screen. I reasoned that it was okay to watch because I was detached from the situation and I had a moral responsibility to gather as much information as possible; to make sense of what had happened.
I was totally engrossed as shots of the burning building were beamed into my bedroom. I watched avidly as survivors recounted their stories, fresh from the scene; sat in their pyjamas amidst the media scrum. I listened intently as they replayed the scene of the burning building, their testimonies peppered with fear, anger and sadness. I was drawn to the building as blue lights flashed amidst the fire, echoing the urgency of the situation. The emergency services were working flat out to bring people to safety and still I was glued.
The excited journalists were wringing every last emotion from the traumatized residents and still I was 'spectating.' The sensationalism of the events had me totally gripped, I felt a pull as though I was in the situation with the residents. The images and descriptions played with my emotions from deep sadness to joy as people escaped the situation. Then something happened, I heard screams, screams of panic, terror, fear. I saw movement in the windows of burning flats and I realised that at that very moment people were actually fighting for their lives whilst I was being spoon fed their misery-moment by moment. The screams I heard were female, this was someone's daughter, mother, sister, aunt, friend and I was voyeuristically watching her trauma.
I switched off the television and sat in the darkness feeling embarrassed and ashamed that I had taken part in the exploitation of the vulnerable. I had become so wrapped up in the culture of reality television that I had forgotten about dignity, respect and common decency. I realised that I had crossed a line; it wasn't Christian, it wasn't loving and compassionate; it was feeding self. I prayed for the victims, their families and the community; that is what I should have done from the beginning.
I realise now that people's misery is not a form of entertainment; yes we need to be aware of our surroundings and what is happening in the world but as Christians we are instructed to '…..love your neighbour as yourself.' (Luke 10:27). I undervalued my neighbour as I watched their pain unfolding, to feed the carnal desire of sensationalism within me. I have learned to question whether my motives are Christian or are they really pandering to self?


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Texas' abortion laws are changing how people date in the state
By Audrey McGlinchy
Published October 22, 2022 at 1:52 AM HST
Dating may look a lot different now in states where abortion is now effectively banned. Dating now tends to include conversations even before the first meetup about contraception and values. Audrey McGlinchy with member station KUT in Austin reports.
AUDREY MCGLINCHY, BYLINE: Amanda Phillips has an image she tries to project in online dating.
AMANDA PHILLIPS: Cute, progressive single mom in Austin, Texas - I don't know.
MCGLINCHY: Yeah.
PHILLIPS: (Laughter).
MCGLINCHY: Amanda opens her profile on a dating app she uses. Users can respond to prompts and upload photos.
PHILLIPS: A picture with my friends - you have to have that.
MCGLINCHY: You have to prove you have friends.
PHILLIPS: Right. A little video where I show my butt - you're welcome.
MCGLINCHY: Amanda is 28 years old. She dates both men and women, and she says living in a state where abortion is now effectively illegal has raised the bar for which men she'll date and sleep with.
PHILLIPS: When I'm dating a man, I have to ask myself, am I worth more than $10,000 to them?
MCGLINCHY: Why is that the number?
PHILLIPS: Because that's the bounty for abortion in Texas. And so now that number is just in my head. I can't get it out of my head.
MCGLINCHY: Amanda is talking about Senate Bill 8, which went into effect in Texas last year. The law allows anyone to sue someone they believe helped a woman get an abortion. If the lawsuit is successful, the plaintiff can be rewarded up to $10,000. Now, you can't sue the person who got the abortion, but SB 8 makes Amanda feel like there's a bounty on her body.
PHILLIPS: I honestly haven't found many men that I trust who put me above that imaginary bounty.
MCGLINCHY: Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the ban on abortion in Texas has gotten even more restrictive - and so have the unwritten rules of dating, particularly for many women who date men.
Hi. Are you Annie?
ANNIE FICHTNER: Yeah.
MCGLINCHY: Hi.
Annie Fichtner lives with her two cats in Austin. As she sits on her couch, she remembers a talk she had last summer with a guy she'd been dating for about a month. After he told her he only uses condoms if a woman asks, she questioned him about what he'd do if she got pregnant.
FICHTNER: And I think that's, like, a conversation that I haven't necessarily thought to have to have because I have the power to do whatever I want with my body, and it doesn't matter what he thinks.
MCGLINCHY: But now she says it does matter what a man thinks about whether she gets an abortion.
FICHTNER: It's going to be quite the process if I need to - especially, like, financially. Are you prepared to help out with that?
MCGLINCHY: For Texans, getting an abortion now means traveling to another state, an expense some can't afford. This all has Annie rethinking the best way to prevent pregnancy and questioning whether using condoms and tracking her fertility is enough.
FICHTNER: I think it's making a lot of people, like, second-guess their methods of birth control, the types of people that they choose to sleep with, that they go on dates with.
MCGLINCHY: This is something Madison Wise has been hearing a lot in sessions. She's a therapist in Austin who works with people in their 20s and 30s, and she says being more selective early on can feel like a lot of work, but could help people find compatible partners more quickly if that's what they're looking for.
MADISON WISE: There might be a little bit of a higher turnover rate of first dates that just don't go anywhere else, which is not a terrible thing in the long run. But yeah, it does take some of that fun carelessness out of it.
MCGLINCHY: Wise says many of her clients say they want men to take more responsibility for birth control. Mike Arendt is one of those guys. He's 36 and doesn't want kids. He got a vasectomy right after Roe was overturned. And he puts this fact right there on his dating profile among the list of reasons to date him.
MIKE ARENDT: Not a murderer, good at cooking. I keep my toenails trimmed. Not a cop, vasectomy, great sense of humor.
MCGLINCHY: His vasectomy is what people comment on.
ARENDT: Some women have been like, yeah, I was actually really attracted to the fact that you had a vasectomy, which is something interesting. I actually did not expect that.
MCGLINCHY: Mike tells people who comment on his profile that in addition to not wanting kids, he got a vasectomy because he doesn't think women should be the only ones worrying about birth control. This really opens the conversation.
ARENDT: That's usually a good entry point for conversations about shared values and things like that.
MCGLINCHY: Back at Amanda's - she's the cute, progressive single mom - it's a Friday, and she's going through her closet to find something to wear on two dates that weekend.
PHILLIPS: Excuse my messy room.
MCGLINCHY: She holds up a bright yellow dress.
PHILLIPS: It goes into, like, a deep V, and then it has a cutout in the middle. And I know I look incredible and feel incredible in it. And honestly, like, a lot of people don't deserve to see me in this dress.
MCGLINCHY: As excited as she is about what she'll wear, Amanda says living under an abortion ban makes dating even more exhausting than usual. She says having to scrutinize people more, weeding out those you're not sure you can trust - it wears you down.
PHILLIPS: And you're like, I'm just going to watch a movie and go to bed.
MCGLINCHY: Amanda did end up going on both dates and said she had fun. She's planning a second date with one of the men. Though Amanda, who's bisexual, says she has been dating a lot more women since Roe was overturned. For NPR News, I'm Audrey McGlinchy in Austin. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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import org.apache.cassandra.utils.Pair;

/**
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{
    public ExcludingBounds(T left, T right)
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Q: How to Wrap Powershell around IIS AppCmd I am trying to wrap Powershell around AppCmd to perform some security compliance checks. I have decided to do it this way rather than using powershell's Get-WebConfiguration commands because for all these checks, the corresponding AppCmd command is already provided by the Security policy. So, rather than spending too much time trying to workout the equivalent Get-WebConfiguration commands, I have decided to write a function that takes the provided AppCmd commands and arguments in form of variables, runs them in powershell and potentially passes the results to another function.
I am facing many issues passing variable values to AppCmd. The following code works:
$appCmd = "C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe"
& $appCmd list config /section:system.web/authentication /text:forms.requireSSL

So far so good.
Now, the following code results in a error:
$appCmd = "C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe"
$appcmd_args = "list config /section:system.web/authentication /text:forms.requireSSL"

& $appCmd $appcmd_args

The error reads:
Object 'LIST CONFIG /SECTION:SYSTEM.WEB/AUTHENTICATION /TEXT:FORMS.REQUIRESSL' is not supported.  Run 'appcmd.exe /?' to display supported objects.

I read a previous post that suggests using ${} when passing a variable to AppCmd. So, tried this:
$appCmd = "C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe"
$appcmd_args = "list config /section:system.web/authentication /text:forms.requireSSL"

& $appCmd ${appcmd_args}

I am probably doing it wrong so I get the same error as above. I also noticed I get the same error with the following code:
$appCmd = "C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe"
& $appCmd "list config /section:system.web/authentication /text:forms.requireSSL"

Maybe some type of conversion or triming needs to take place?
All the AppCmd commands and arguments will be provided through variables so, if this technique doesn't work, my plan falls appart. I am obviously missing something. Can you please advise on a solution?

A: Since appcmd.exe is expecting arguments separated by spaces, you can't send it all as one string. I'd take one of these approaches.
Separate each argument by a comma and then splat them
$appcmd_args = "list", "config", "/section:system.web/authentication", "/text:forms.requireSSL"

& $appCmd $appcmd_args

Or you can split the arguments inline like this
$appcmd_args = "list config /section:system.web/authentication /text:forms.requireSSL"

& $appCmd (-split $appcmd_args)

A: After hours of trial and error, I find this to work.
$appCmd = "C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe"
$appcmd_args = "list config /section:system.web/authentication /text:forms.requireSSL"
$AppCmd_Command = [string]::Format("{0} {1}", $appCmd, $appcmd_args)

iex $AppCmd_Command

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Joseph Stalin was called "the Father of the Nation" who brought the country through the war, but locked away in labor camps the heroes who helped him do it. 58 years after his death, the dispute over his legacy is still loud and clear.
Some of history's most notorious dictators, like Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler – or Joseph Stalin were for years adored by the people of their countries. The phenomenon of a personality cult has intrigued historians and psychologists alike.
The so-called "People's Father", Joseph Stalin, ruled the USSR with an iron fist, and despite the terrors, persecutions and executions, he was almost worshipped. This love is still something not easy to account for.
By the time the Soviet Union entered the Second World War, Stalin's personality cult was at an all-time high. Men and women of all ages were willing to lay down their lives, firmly believing that bravery and, ultimately, victory would guarantee them Stalin's approval.
Lev Netto was 23 when he returned home from the battlefields. Having survived dozens of attacks, partisan missions and months in captivity, he was proud to be coming back alive. Proud to have accomplished what "comrade Stalin" had asked of him.
In 1948, Lev Netto was accused of being a traitor and sentenced to 25 years in a labor camp. The charge was simple: he survived captivity, which to Stalin's mind meant he had sold out his country for his life. No proof was necessary. After three months of torture, Lev Netto was ready to sign any document.
"I refused to sign their so-called confessions, even after all the torture they put me through. But then they said "if you don't sign, we'll bring your parents here" – and I couldn't let them go through this. So I agreed," says Netto.
After eight years in a labor camp in Norilsk, a town in Russia's polar region, Lev Netto returned home – and the new Secretary General of the Soviet Union denounced Stalin's personality cult. The man who had twice been named Time Magazine's Person of the Year had all his carefully sculpted glory taken away.
Despite all the denunciations 55 years ago, Stalin still evokes mixed emotions to this day. The very fact that half a century later Stalin's actions are still debated and their emphasis on Russian past, present and future asserted, means the personality cult has survived to some extent.


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Sankey (Zanchie, Zanchy), Sir Hierome (Hierom, Jerome)
Gibney, John
Sankey (Zanchie, Zanchy), Sir Hierome (Hierom, Jerome) (c.1621–c.1687), soldier and politician, was son of Richard Sankey, clergyman, of Endsworth, Shropshire, England, and his wife Anne Smolt of Burford Castle, Dorset. He matriculated as a sizar from Trinity College, Cambridge, in Michaelmas term 1637, entering Clare Hall on 4 July 1640 and graduating BA (c.1641) and MA (1644). Sankey joined the parliamentarian army prior to 1643. By 1645 he was a captain of horse, and served as chaplain under Sir William Brereton. He was noted for his bravery, and eventually rose to the rank of colonel. Leaving the army, he was appointed subwarden of All Souls College, Oxford, in 1648, becoming proctor of the university in 1649. Soon after, he followed Oliver Cromwell (qv) to Ireland.
Promoted to colonel again by October 1649, Sankey commanded a regiment of horse. In December 1649 he attacked the forces of Col. Edward Wogan (qv) as they attempted to capture Passage Fort near Waterford, inflicting major casualties. In March 1650 he was wounded while attacking Dundrum castle in Tipperary, but in May 1650 led the second wave of the Cromwellian attack on Clonmel. After the submission of the town he was appointed governor of Clonmel and Tipperary, and was present at the surrender of Limerick in October 1651. After a brutal campaign in the midlands towards the end of the war, he secured the submission of Col. John Fitzpatrick (qv) in March 1652, and later that of Col. Richard Grace (qv). Notably anti-catholic, Sankey proved ruthless. Reporting to the English parliament in April 1652, he claimed that his forces had killed 400 and captured 350 since the start of the war, with minimal casualties. By now one of the most senior officers in the army, he subscribed (May 1652) to the commissioners report to parliament recounting alleged Irish atrocities, which led directly to the setting up of high courts of justice to punish the perpetrators, and was ordered to apprehend those responsible for the attack on Cashel in 1641. In June 1652, with the regicide Daniel Axtell (qv), Sankey crossed the Shannon and embarked on a devastating campaign in Connacht. He became a baptist c. September 1652.
Sankey was prominent in the Cromwellian government. He was one of the first to be selected to receive forfeited land (December 1652), and in January 1653, on behalf of the army, he sat on the committee dealing with the forthcoming land settlement. In February 1654 he was ordered to obtain the proceedings of the confederate supreme council for evidence of catholic landholders' guilt. In 1654 he sat in the protectorate parliament as MP for Tipperary and Waterford, but was suspected that year of plotting rebellion against the commonwealth. In July 1655 Sankey petitioned for the payment of army arrears, being nominated subsequently to ascertain the extent of available lands. In August 1655 he sat on the committee dealing with arrears for the wounded, widows, and orphans. He served as agent for the Munster regiments, and as a spokesman for the army against the claims of adventurers, though he obtained lands in Tipperary under the act for adventurers and augmented these considerably over time; he was the subject of complaints by his own men for allegedly accepting bribes for land at the troops' expense. In February 1656 he oversaw preparations for the transplantation to Connacht, and in December 1656 was elected MP for Reigate. In December 1657 he was appointed as a trustee for the proposed schools funded by Erasmus Smith (qv). He was elected MP for Marlborough in January 1658.
On 24 March 1658 Sankey launched a virulent attack on William Petty (qv) in parliament, accusing him of corruption, and of using his position as surveyor to expropriate land for himself; there was a personal and political basis for this in Petty's relationship with Henry Cromwell (qv). The charges were repudiated, though Sankey would resume his attack in 1659. As a prominent baptist, he was courted by Henry Cromwell to ensure good relations between the government and religious sectaries. He was knighted by Cromwell (November 1658), but Sankey's religious convictions ensured a fraught relationship. In December 1658 he was appointed to the committee examining the commissioners for army arrears, and for planning another college to partner TCD, of which he was a trustee. Involved in the April 1659 coup against Richard Cromwell in Ireland, Sankey was consulted by Charles Fleetwood (qv) regarding developments there. He signed the 6 May declaration of the army inviting the return of the long parliament and in August 1659 led an Irish force during the suppression of Booth's royalist uprising in England. In September 1659 he helped draft the hard-line Derby petition; this later precluded him from the command of the Irish army on the departure of Edmund Ludlow (qv) in October 1659. Sankey remained in England, and 6 December 1659 decided to support George Monck (qv), thereby accepting the imminent restoration of the monarchy.
Sankey was viewed with suspicion after the restoration. He retired to his estate of Coolmore in Tipperary, losing lands despite his best efforts. In December 1660 he was arrested on suspicion of plotting, but was released and in January 1661 signed a petition denouncing Venner's rebellion. He was none the less suspected of treasonable designs c.1661–2. In October 1662 he was appointed to a commission investigating irregularities in the Connacht redistributions, and as late as 1669 was petitioning on behalf of his men against decrees of the court of claims. In 1669 he became one of the governors of the Erasmus Smith schools. By now Sankey was established as one of the leaders of the baptist community in Ireland, though he displayed some latitude in religion; in 1674 he was nominated as churchwarden of the Church of Ireland parish of St Brides. A surviving sermon preached by Sankey in 1674 (TCD, MS 151, ff 12–17) is relatively moderate in tone, the emphasis being on salvation rather than subversion.
Sankey was married, but nothing is known of his wife, or any children. He died intestate c.1687; on 4 February 1687 the administration of his estate was granted to his nephew Richard Sankey (d. 1693), later a colonel in the Williamite army and briefly MP for Fethard (1692–3).
TCD, MS 151, ff 12–17; A brief of proceedings between Sr Hierom Sankey and Dr. William Petty (1659); CSPI 1660–62, 1669–70; Exeter MSS; Petty, Down Survey; C. H. Firth, Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow (2 vols, 1894); Denis Murphy, Cromwell in Ireland (1902 ed.); Burke, LGI (1904), 538; Dunlop, Commonwealth; Bagwell, Stuarts, ii, iii; Alumni Cantab., pt 1, iv, 20; W. C. Abbott, The writings and speeches of Oliver Cromwell (4 vols, 1927–37); J. E. Auden, 'Sir Jerome Zanchy', Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society, l (1939–40), 171–8; Tanner letters; A. J. Shirreen, '"Colonel Zanchy" and Charles Fleetwood', Notes and Queries (1953), 431–5, 474–7, 519–24; Bottigheimer, Eng. money & Ir. land, 209; T. C. Barnard, Cromwellian Ireland (1975); Richard Greaves, Deliver us from evil (1986); Phil Kilroy, Protestant dissent and controversy in Ireland (1994), 134 n. 54; Richard Greaves, God's other children (1997); Aidan Clarke, Prelude to restoration (1999)
Forename: Hierome
Alternate forename: Hierom, Jerome
Surname: Sankey
Alternate surname: Zanchie, Zanchy
Sir title: Sir
Career: Military, Politics
Religion: Anglican, Baptist


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7" fits a larger female wrist (or the average male).
8" fits a male with very large wrists.
To determine your bangle size, simply tuck your thumb into the palm of your hand (as if about to put on a bangle) and using tailor's tape, measure your hand all the way around the set of knuckles closest to your wrist, from knuckle to knuckle. Compare that measurement to the chart.


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David Schwimmer Responds to Erika Alexander
Joe Jurado
Photo: Noam Galai (Getty Images)
For some inexplicable reason, Friends has seen a resurgence in the last five years. This was mainly due to it being easily accessible on Netflix until recently. I don't get it, but hey, I'm not white. As a result of this resurgence, it seems like every week a former Friends star is asked about a reboot of the show.
News Editor for The Root, Monique Judge, wrote last week about when it was David Schwimmer's turn to be asked about the idea of a reboot. He responded by saying that he would like to see a new version of Friends with an all-Black cast. Problem is, there was an all-black version of Friends that came out a whole year before Friends even premiered. Living Single was about a group of successful women living in a 90s kind of world who were simply glad they had their girls. It really was just Friends but funnier, with a better theme song and more Morris Chestnut guest appearances. One of the show's stars, Erika Alexander, called Schwimmer out on Twitter after his comments went live. Schwimmer would respond.
I mean honestly, as far as mea culpa's go, not bad. He acknowledged the show, its contributions and the fact it paved the way for Friends to exist. Alexander thanked Schwimmer for his thoughtful response on Twitter while also promising to go more in-depth on the issue. I'm honestly really curious what Alexander has on her mind; whether it be Friends essentially being the white Living Single or if it's about black contributions to film and tv often being overlooked.
It's so weird to me that Living Single erasure is a thing that can happen. Maybe it's just having been raised by a single black mother but that shit was on non-stop growing up. It was so bad that when it went up on Hulu and that intro hit I instinctively started singing "In a 90s kind of world, I'm glad I got my girls." I hadn't watched the show in almost two decades.
Basically what I'm saying is, if you haven't watched Living Single get on that. Seriously, it's Black History Month, what are you even doing?


Johnson D. "Shady" Strickel '49 exemplified what it means to be an Aggie. His Aggie spirit continues through two J.D. Strickel '49 General Rudder Corps Scholarships that were established in his will.
Throughout his life, the late Johnson D. "Shady" Strickel '49 exemplified what it means to be an Aggie. His Aggie spirit continues through two J.D. Strickel '49 General Rudder Corps Scholarships that were established in his will.
These scholarships provide Corps of Cadets members with financial assistance so they can participate fully in the Corps and other student activities instead of needing to work long hours at a part-time job.
The Corps made a strong impression on Shady Strickel, who was a native of Beaumont. "He just loved being an Aggie and always said that if he could live that life again, he would have," said his wife, Betty Strickel.
After his passing, she called the Corps to ask for six cadets to serve as pallbearers at his funeral. When 10 cadets showed up to assist, Betty Strickel was reminded of the impact the Corps had on her husband - and vice versa. "Shady just wanted to give back to the Corps so he could help it live on," she said.
And Shady Strickel did give back, very generously, to Texas A&M. In addition to his $100,000 bequest for the two General Rudder Corps Scholarships, Strickel donated his time and contributions to several clubs and organizations that support the university.
Johnson D. "Shady" Strickel died in March 2007. And he has been missed, although his legacy lives on through his two General Rudder Corps scholarships, which are given to cadets who wish to learn leadership while maintaining academic success.


What is Hyundai's 'N' Division?
Hyundai has been teasing us with its N Division of performance cars for over a year now. Not that there's anything wrong with that; if anyone has demonstrated that good things come to those who wait, it's Hyundai, who broke onto the North American scene with a forgettable budget car and now has an award-winning luxury lineup. Still, Hyundai's ability to deliver exciting cars has us looking forward to what seems to be their most exciting venture yet. While we wait, here's an answer to one of the questions we hear most often about Hyundai's performance line: what does the "N" stand for?
Hyundai's Research and Development headquarters is located in Namyang, South Korea, roughly 2 hours outside of Seoul, the nation's capital. Many have made light of the fact that Hyundai's "N" performance division sounds an awful lot like BMW's "M" performance division, especially since Hyundai hired Albert Biermann, lead engineer for BMW's performance division. As it turns out, the N Division comes by its name honestly!
Once Hyundai's performance vehicles make it out of R&D in Namyang, they go straight to the Nürburgring, Germany's legendary proving ground for performance vehicles. Based on their performance on arguably the most grueling track in the world, Hyundai's N Division vehicles are then brought back to Korea to be refined. This process is repeated until Hyundai has what they set out to create: a Korean designed car that can fight it out on the track with European designed vehicles.
One important note: while Hyundai's N Division cars are Asian designed and European tested, you can expect Hyundai to stay true to form in its commitment to creating American produced vehicles. Hyundai is the largest employer in the state of Alabama, and we have a feeling that the same Montgomery factory that produces the Elantra, Sonata, and Santa Fe will produce the upcoming performance car based on the Elantra platform.
Next Next post: Drumroll, Please: New Hyundai Ioniq Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Are Here!


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Andrew Boff: The ECHR - putting the figures in context
Andrew Boff is a Conservative member of the London Assembly
There have been some justified criticisms of the European Court of Human Rights made recently, but I think we need to put some of them in context. For example, consider a much-referenced passage in "Human rights: Making them work for the people of the UK":
"Between when it first signed up to the Court's jurisdiction in 1966 and the end of 2010, the UK faced over 350 rulings from the judges in Strasbourg…In about three-quarters of these judgements the Court ruled that the UK had breached a Convention right."
This would amount to an average of less than eight rulings per year. According to the book, in "about three-quarters" of these judgements the Court ruled that the UK had breached a Convention right. It is insinuated that the Court is predisposed towards finding the UK guilty. The recent judgement regarding Abu Qatada will only reinforce sentiment against the Court.
The official statistics can be read another way. ECHR-published statistics go back to 1975. Of the 14,473 applications that have been lodged with the court against the UK, 97% have been dismissed; 271 violations have been found, being 1.9% of all 14,473 applications against the UK in that period, or 61% of all judgements made against the UK government (closer to half than three-quarters).
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Andrew Boff: The removal of the clauses from the Localism Bill, allowing local people to originate policy, is a victory for the political class, not the public
Andrew Boff is a Conservative member of the London Assembly.
My faith in the radicalism of our party was rejuvenated when I read "Control Shift", the party's green paper on localism in 2009. I was even more heartened when many of its provisions made their way into the Localism bill. Last night the LibDems eviscerated it in the House of Lords.
The removal of the clauses from the Localism Bill to allow for local referenda means that the political class, through its agents the LibDems, has scored a victory over the people. The clauses would have allowed residents, on securing a petition of 5% of the electorate, to force local referenda on local authorities which, whilst admittedly only advisory at this point, would have been one small step in putting a hand break on the excesses of elective dictatorships up and down the country. It would also have given the people the chance to originate policy rather than just be dependent on what a party puts in its manifesto.
If ever there was any doubt that we are in coalition with a bunch of statist control freaks then LibDem Lord Greaves, who proposed the amendment in the Lords last night, removed it completely. The irony of his hatchet job coming directly after a debate which bemoaned the lack of involvement of young people in politics was beyond parody.
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Andrew Boff: Our electoral system is broke - fix it
OK. I get it. We're the Conservative party. We think our title is an adjective rather than just a noun. So when a change is proposed to the voting system our instinct is to oppose unless there is a very good reason for changing it.
Apparently, changing FPTP isn't convincing even though it:
sends 440 of the 650 MPs to Parliament without the majority support of their electorates;
worked well when the two main parties had over 90% of the vote but falters now that there are many more;
means that the outcome of an election in a constituency can depend upon how many candidates choose to stand;
gives the best chance for the BNP, or other extremist parties, securing a foothold in Parliament on a minority vote.
But the system is packed with history and tradition and we in our party love all that. Traditions like:
The Woolas manouvere - Appealing to the extremes in order to attract the protest votes of the disenchanted. Under AV there's little advantage in doing this - once the extremists have been knocked out the voters can turn their protest votes into responsible votes.
The John Browne memorial spoiler (otherwise known as the 1997 Winchester wind-up) – So you get thrown out by the party then stand at the next election as an aggrieved independent taking just enough votes to hand the seat to the opposition. Tastes as sweet as sour grapes.
The Galloway Gambit – Embark on a divisive campaign which attracts the votes of a minority in the constituency even though the divided majority think you're a self publicising opportunist.
I would have more sympathy with FPTP if we ever – and I mean ever – used it for internal party elections.
As routine, in our party we use some kind of short-listing for almost every elected position when there are more than two candidates. We expect successful candidates to have a majority support amongst the membership, not just a plurality, even if this means that the candidate who was second in the first round of voting ends up being selected. I'm guessing (and please correct me if I'm wrong) that there is not a single Tory MP who has been selected using pure, unfiltered, FPTP.
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AAI Foresight's 2021 Annual Report, plus news from the futurist community
Annual Report from AAI Foresight Inc.
Consulting and Research
reported by Tim Mack, managing principal, tcmack333@gmail.com
While the global pandemic has had many negative consequences, AAI Foresight has not seen significant downturn in commercial activity over the past 20+ months. Still mostly focused on the electrical energy arena, several long-term projects have carried over into this new fiscal year. My Foresight Signals blog articles on sustainable energy and innovative approaches to improving efficiency and lowering cost show that these efforts have been increasingly successful, but continuing resistance to change within the nonrenewable sectors should not be underestimated.
Although AAI had been involved previously with AI-related initiatives through the Northwest MIT Enterprise Forum when I was on its Board of Directors, the increasing AI involvement in energy conservation and management has largely been outside of the Pacific Northwest.
Business with the private electric energy sector is somewhat less robust than in 2020, largely because of a series of mergers and acquisitions among the utilities and other consulting firms, thus reducing the range of potential clients.
In the federal arena, growing concern about the future of energy costs, efficiency, and sustainability has led to broader-picture analytical efforts involving a range of players that had not previously worked together. This bodes well for efforts to more effectively integrate what has been a fragmented national electric power system.
Globally, our increasing connection with the World Future Studies Federation promises greater overseas activity. Although I was not able to attend the recent Berlin conference, some of our associates did so, and hope springs eternal.
reported by Cindy Wagner, consulting editor, CynthiaGWagner@gmail.com
Foresight Signals
Subscriptions to AAI Foresight's free monthly e-newsletter, Foresight Signals, increased more than 5.2% from November 2020 to November 2021. The average open rate of 42.9% continues to surpass that of peer consulting-industry newsletters (32.5%), and 60% of subscribers interact "often," opening the email and clicking through links. The unsubscribe rate of 0.2% is below that of peers (0.3%).
The Top 5 stories from 2021 (measured by clicked-through links) were:
From April 2021, "From Machine Consciousness to Sentience" by Stephen L. Thaler, president and CEO of Imagination Engines Inc.
From January 2021, The Millennium Project's report on Work/Technology 2050: Scenarios and Action, along with Jerome Glenn's report on the 2020 activities of The Millennium Project
From October 2021, UN's Our Common Future report
From May 2021, National Intelligence Council's Global Trends 2040: A More Contested World (PDF)
From April 2021, announcement of James H. Lee's new book Foresight Investing and a link to order it from Bookbaby
We believe this tells us readers want direct links to original reports from reliable sources of value to their foresight work. And the topics we lead the newsletter with aren't always the most-read stories; readers are evidently willing to go to the bottom of the page and find resources and ideas of value!
As always, we welcome news tips, "signals" of interest to the futures community, and feedback.
Website, Blog, and Foresight Report series
The Foresight Signals newsletter and blog attracted the most visitors to AAI Foresight's website, according to Google Analytics. In addition, the "In Memoriam" biographies for futurist pioneers Joseph F. Coates and Edward Cornish attracted many visitors to the site. The 2021 post "Future Stand-Down Day," previewing plans for the annual Future Day, drew the most page views for the blog.
One-third (33.2%) of AAI's website visitors are located in the United States. Other leading countries of origin are the United Kingdom, China, Canada, Indonesia, India, Australia, Germany, and Hong Kong.
Contributors to the Foresight Signals blog in 2021 included NASA scientist Dennis Bushnell, investment broker Bob Chernow, and environmental futurist David Bengston, as well as consulting editor Cindy Wagner and managing principal Tim Mack. Visit the Foresight Signals blog at http://aaiforesight.com/blog. To propose an article, contact Cindy at CynthiaGWagner@gmail.com.
In addition to his blog articles, Mack also produced a white paper, "Foresight as an Outsider Activity" (March 11, 2021), for the Foresight Reports series. To propose a white paper, which should illustrate foresight techniques or applications, contact Cindy at the above email.
Remembrances 2021
AAI Foresight and Foresight Signals noted the passing in 2021 of several leading figures in futurism and futures studies:
Dr. Raja Muhammad Ikram Azam, chairman of the Pakistan Futuristics Foundation and Institute
Psychologist, professor, and author Mihaly "Mike" Csikszentmihalyi
Business scholar and writer J. H. Foegen
Former Colorado governor, U.S. presidential candidate, and futurist Richard "Dick" Lamm
Megatrends author and consultant John Nasibitt
Call for Annual Reports
Now, it's your turn! Please send us highlights of your 2021 activities—organizational and/or individual work—to share with the futurist and foresight community. Suggested length, 100-200 words, with news of career moves, awards, new publications, events, etc. Forward your reports by December 27 to Cindy at CynthiaGWagner@gmail.com.
Futurist News in Brief, December 2021
The Institute For the Future has appointed four new senior researchers: research directors Rebecca Shamash, Jeff Yang, and Leah Zaidi and director of philanthropy and foresight Charles Tsai. "Although each one has a unique background, they share a passion for using their skills and abilities to help guide us in creating a better future for all," IFTF states. [Learn more]
The Millennium Project has announced the establishment of its 70th node, in Nepal, to be led by Dr. Pramod Jaiswal, research director of the Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement. "The Nepal Node's first act was to convene a group of scholars from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and yours truly to discuss how South Asian Nations should navigate the US-China competition," reports TMP co-founder and CEO Jerome Glenn. [Learn more]
Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, has announced the acceptance of 35 new applicants for the Future Generations Leadership Academy. "The applications were many, the talent amazing, the diversity brilliant and here they are the 35 future leaders who will be working with me," she reported in a November 17 tweet. [Learn more]
Futurists Patricia Lustig and Gill Ringland have released a new book, New Shoots—people making fresh choices in a changing world. The book "offers readers a framework for thinking about the outside world. It enables them to find New Shoots of opportunity for life after the Covid-19 pandemic, as they seek to reach their preferred futures." [Learn more]
The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation has named Michio Kaku the recipient of its Sir Arthur Clarke Lifetime Achievement award. "Dr. Michio Kaku is one of the world's most widely recognized figures in science today," the Foundation stated in honoring his "exceptional contributions as a theoretical physicist, futurist, and science popularizer." Among Kaku's recent best-selling books are The God Equation: The Quest for the Theory of Everything and Future of Humanity and The Future of the Mind. [Learn more]
Roger Spitz, founder and CEO of Techistential, has joined the newly launched Climate Intelligence Council of Cervest, "a company that uses machine learning to continuously analyze a variety of 'signals' that predict and quantify climate impacts on physical assets." [Learn more]
Signal Thoughts
"To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence." Joseph Conrad, The Mirror of the Sea (1906)


We love Harrison Design parts at Evolution Armory. Service includes an oversized fit trigger using the color and length of your choosing, the Harrison Design 120 ignition kit in standard or true radius form, a new standard or reduced power main spring, and a Colt sear spring. Substitutions can be made as long as quality parts are used. We will not accept any action work on Para pistols of any model.


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Q: Trying to save an image in VS C# exits with code -2147483645 (0x80000003) so I'm trying to save an image via this code:
SaveFileDialog saveFileDialogThing = new SaveFileDialog();
Bitmap test = new Bitmap(5, 5);
//Do some image edit thingies
  try
  {
    if(saveFileDialogThing.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK){
    test.Save(saveFileDialogThing.FileName);
    }
  }
catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString()); }

When running in Debug configuration, everything works as intended. However, when running in Release configuration, it doesn't save the file and instead crashes with
The program '[19656] Cool Program.exe' has exited with code -2147483645 (0x80000003)., without even catching whatever exception may be causing this, if any. What gives?
This also happens when trying to open an image like so:
Bitmap imgIn;
OpenFileDialog openFileDialogTest = new OpenFileDialog();

openFileDialogTest.InitialDirectory = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile);
openFileDialogTest.Filter = "Image files (*.png)|*.png";
openFileDialogTest.FilterIndex = 2;
openFileDialogTest.RestoreDirectory = true;
  if (openFileDialogTest.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
  {
    filePath = openFileDialogTest.FileName;
    imgIn = new Bitmap(filePath);
  }

Can anyone help me with this?
Regards,
radzo73


Suvidha and Bandhan Microfinance are all set to organize the first ever regional microfinance summit in the hotbed of micro entrepreneurship covering the states of West Bengal, NE India, Orissa, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh.
The Regional Microfinance summit is spread over 2 days and will be held on the 9th and 10th of April 2010 at the Hotel Taj Bengal in Kolkata.The Microfinance summit is expected to serve as a unique meeting place for various stakeholders – microfinance institutions, financiers, refinanciers, regulators, practitioners, development bodies.
S E Investments Pvt Ltd appreciates by more than 100% in three weeks.


A 3 bed mid terraced house with south facing back garden and plenty of off street parking. The property benefits from a spacious kitchen with dining area, currently used as a bar.
Accommodation comprises entrance hall, lounge and kitchen open plan to bar/dining area. Upstairs there is a modern 3 piece white bathroom suite, 2 double bedrooms and a smaller box room. Access to the partially floored loft space is via a hatch on the upper landing ceiling.
There is a south facing garden, with patio and lawned areas. Click wood effect laminate is on the floors of the lounge, hallway, kitchen and bar/diner and all upstairs rooms apart from the staircase which is carpeted. The kitchen has plenty of floor and wall mounted units and allows space for a full height fridge/freezer, gas cooker and washing machine.
All blinds will be included in the sale. The house would be well suited to families or investors, must be viewed to fully appreciate the accommodation on offer.
Located approximately 1 mile from Alexandria and 2 miles from Dumbarton town centres which provide excellent schooling, shopping and leisure facilities as well main route transport. The trunk road A82 is close at hand easing commuting to Clydebank, Helensburgh and Balloch and MOD Naval Bases. Balloch Country Park and Loch Lomond are both within a short distance with captivating landscapes, first class hotels, restaurants, country inns and cafes. The Loch Lomond area caters for a wider range of outdoor, leisure and water pursuits. Designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty Loch Lomond forms part of Scotland's first National Park. Balloch Marina and the Loch Lomond Shores outlet are also within easy reach.


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Q: Full Screen Browser window (Like F11) I am creating a web application.
How do I change the browser from normal mode to fullscreen mode (like F11),  but I don't want to open a popup for this.
I want to convert the same window to fullscreen mode.
The requirement  is: there is a button on the page, and it's a toggle button for changing normal mode to fullscreen mode and fullscreen mode to normal mode

A: Try this javascript code below.
<script>
function fullScreenMode(url) {
window.open(url, '', 'fullscreen=yes, scrollbars=auto');
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Airhead Hot Dog, You'll have the time of your life on this water weenie designed for 1 to 3 riders. Hot Dog has deluxe nylon wrapped handles with neoprene knuckle guards and seat pads for comfort and to help you stay on top. It's a whopping 8 ft. long x 44 inches wide. Rope hook ups are super easy with the heavy duty Kwik Connect. Three 30 gauge vinyl air chambers are fully encased by high density 840 denier nylon. Equipped with an Airhead SuperValve for the ultimate in inflating and deflating convenience.


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From Reservation to Runway: Norma Baker-Flying Horse Debuts in Paris
Norma Baker-Flying Horse, a member of the Hidatsa tribe, lives on a reservation in North Dakota. From there she manages to create art that teaches worldwide audiences; art that speaks to human suffrage and the spirit to overcome. Norma, also known in her native tongue as Red Berry Woman, is creating couture fashion that was highlighted in the recent Paris Fashion Week.
When asked why this work is important she explains, "The Native American culture was once punished for our regalia and it was taken from us and stripped and we want to bring that back. We are trying to find that balance in today's modern fashion." She noted that her choice to design formal wear is purposeful because it is used for special occasions much like the ceremonial costumes of native peoples.
Norma Baker-Flying Horse in Paris, France for Paris Fashion Week. Photo: Ulla Couture Photography
Native Americans have long fought cultural appropriation or cultural misappropriation as it is often called. Simply put, there is a balance needed when using feathers and beads in fashion design. Since 2008, several fashion designers have made headlines in the industry by creating culturally sensitive design and the Native American fashion scene has been on the upsurge.
But until very recently, no designer has sprung from the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota. In just four years Baker-Flying Horse has grown her home business into one of international acclaim. From her home on the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota, Red Berry Woman (her brand name) is being grown the way of businesses these days, through Social Media, word of mouth, and a business model based on ethical principles. She says even before Social Media, she was networking through pow-wow. "The community is so small, networking is easy."
Model wearing Red Berry Woman in Paris Fashion Week. Photo: Ulla Couture Photography
Sourcing materials from a remote part of North Dakota is more laborious. "We are an hour's drive from the nearest town. If I want to have anything unique, we have to shop on the Internet," she says. Then she laughs and offers, "I don't know why I keep saying 'we'. It's just me unless I count one of my kids." Even though every gown is hand beaded, stitched or sewn by Baker-Flying Horse, she notably uses the pronoun "we" as she speaks of her one-woman enterprise but the reason for that is clear. She grew up with a grandmother who taught her to bead and a mother who taught her to sew. She and her husband and children dance pow-wow. Her brother-in-law makes the jewelry used in her fashion shoes which she also wears. She makes every effort to source the materials for her clothing line from other Natives. Her success, she insists, is the success of the greater Native American culture including the First Nations People of Canada.
The jumpstart of her fashion career started when Miss Indian World asked Baker-Flying Horse to design ribbon dresses that she could wear for interviews and other public appearances. Just a couple of years later, activist Alice Bronotter wore a Red Berry Woman gown on the stage of the Academy Awards and Baker-Flying Horse thought she'd reached the apex of her career. Since then she's designed a gown worn at the Grammys and was invited to show a runway line for Vancouver's 2018 Fall Fashion Week, her first international runway show.
And then came Paris.
Red Berry Woman was the Native America designer invited to participate in the Paris Fashion Week February 2019 show produced by Fashion Week Studio. Moments before the show, Norma was asked what she expected to come from this event. She took a breath and calmly, almost zen-like, said, "I don't like to anticipate. Negative or positive, I find this a blessing."
The Paris show went off without a hitch. One beautiful pink gown, made from a single piece of sequin lace folded and hemmed to fit the model, included a collaret of feathers attached to dentillium, a sea shell type of material traditionally used by her people as currency. Norma says she designed that dress as an homage to the host city, Paris—La Vie en Rose. "Oh, feathers!" came a cry from someone standing in the packed crowd at the Paris Ritz. But it was the good kind of cry–that which is intended to convey respect and gratitude.
Norma and her husband walked the aisle after the show to a booming applause; he in a vest she designed for him. Afterward, she skipped the champagne reception and the two of them, instead, slipped away for dinner. It seems this lady has found her balance.
Unique gowns made for special events and evening wear can be purchased on Norma's web-based store at www.redberrywoman.com. She's also available on Instagram at @red_berry_woman


The Triangle Art Signature turntable is a reference level "super table" offered at an attractive pricing level.
The table is massive and weighs over 200 pounds. It incorporates the same platter and bearing as the top level table with the versatility of a movable motor and tonearm tower.
The Triangle Art Signature offers a vast soundstage with exacting image placement. The dynamic range of the table is extraordinary and the look, fit and finish is worthy of entry into the Museum of Modern Art.
It is a new AVShowrooms' reference table.


Excerpted from the Harvard Business Review.
It has changed customer expectations and behavior.
It has changed industry economics.
One way to come up with radical ideas is by deconstructing your business model and asking: "Is there no other way to organise our business?" Another is for staff to cultivate an empathy with the customer that is so strong that they can solve problems the customer can barely articulate.


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THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Spoilers 01/18/17 — Katie Warns Brooke That Bill "Can Be Dangerous"
Bill is on the rampage, and no one is safe in these spoilers from THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL! As Steffy tries to broker peace between Dollar Bill and his son, Katie warns Brooke that she needs to be very careful of how she proceeds with her breakup!
Brooke fills Katie in on the latest developments in her life by announcing that she has ended her marriage to Bill. And while Bill's recent actions (lying about Caroline dying, arranging for the arson that nearly destroyed Spectra Fashions, and assaulting Liam) certainly justify the split, Katie warns her sister to tread carefully where Bill is concerned. And she would know, having suffered through a disastrous marriage to the guy herself. "He's a good father," she allows, "but he can be… dangerous." Has announcing her intention to divorce Bill made Brooke next on his hit list?
As Liam's wife, Steffy naturally wants to defend her spouse, but she also has a connection to Bill and wants to keep him happy as well. So she's been trying to broker peace between father and son and... it's not going well! "I'm going to do everything I can to keep the Spencer family from destroying itself," she vows passionately. But is she fighting a losing battle?


Your carrier is not in the Android OTA Update database for the missing updates.
just wait and do nothing. with very much luck your carrier changes his name to one, which is in the Android OTA Update database.
Remove your SIM, make a factory reset and boot without SIM.
Insert and boot with a SIM from another carrier.
Who maintains the Android OTA update database? Who do I need to contact to have my carrier added?
First, you have to look whether your carrier name is old (invalid) or not.
If your carrier name is not valid any more, contact your carrier. Otherwise the HMD Global developers have to add your carrier to the Android OTA database.
If your carrier name is in that list, contact HMD Global. Otherwise your carrier.
What is the reason for that strange "carrier name verification"? For me it is senseless - and against HMD/Nokia's promise of "regular updates".
Thank you! You summarized it perfectly.
the reason for this senseless issue, is the bad designed Android OS.
There is no real separation between hardware, OS and user interface in the Android OS.
Because of that, there is no hardware Independent update concept.
Every update have to contain the hardware specific, and sometimes carrier specific, device drivers.
To manage this lack of update concept, in the OTA Update database have to be every possible carrier for your phone.
the reason, why provides are a separate filter is simple. It gives them the possibility to fill the android os with their bloatware. its nothing to do with the os itself, its just a possibilty more to create branded handies, on which you cannot change the sim to another provider.
I still wonder how other phone companies can provide updates, e.g. Huawei (same carrier). I'm still thinking that Nokia's implementation of the software update process is wrong - e.g. if provider is a separate filter, ok, but why not simply ignore it to fulfil the promise of "regular software updates"? We, the customers, have two options: either refund and return phone, or find a way to boot without SIM card, delete previous provider information (it must be stored somewhere ....) ... to avoid the nasty factory reset. Are there any other options?
Many thanks user...616, but I own a Nokia 3 - with the same problems with regular software updates as Nokia 6.
I've been emailing Nokia support about this issue and they claim that it is a carrier setting that is blocking the updates and that there is nothing they can do. They refused to give me any technical information about the setting claiming that as it isn't something that I can change that it is their policy not to give out that information.
Is this possible? I haven't found any technical information about this whole process so it is difficult to know what the truth is.
Thanks Simon. OK, Nokia is obviously resistent to customer issues. Very bad. Guess what I will do - return that crap to Nokia and buy a Samsung, Huawei or even Cubot phone. For example, Cubot Magic has a much better hardware than the Nokia 3, but costs less than 100 Euros. It's on Android 7.0. Software updates? Forget it - but they do not happen for Nokia phones either. HMD/Nokia, Good bye.
HMD Global has provided the most efficient method for firmware distribution to our end users.
If this solution is not up to your liking, I would like to reiterate that this is a matter you should be taking up with your mobile service provider.
Hello guys, i recently bought TA 1033 ss and I am very pleased with this phone but now I have a problem with october/nougat update. Everything was fine when I first started the phone, all updates have downloaded quickly till September update with no problem. Now I just cant believe that i will ne to perform data reset with no sim. I hope that HMD will fix this and yes my country is on Europe list for mobile operators.Yesterday i sent email to HMD and I am waiting for their answer..
I really do not understand, why HDM Global doesn't create a web page with download links for the updates like google does! This would cost them nearly nothing.
So im just updating my Nokia 6 using the back door fix by putting another sim from another operator in my phone.
Hope this problem will be solved by Nokia once the November and/or oreo udate arrives!
We have the same Problem Modell TA-1033, carrier is O2 Germany. It's a shame that nobody care!!!
I've got lucky i just remove the Sim, start the telephone and Updates arrive immediately.
I have also the carrier O2 Germany and no Problems with the updates, since the carrier name on my SIM changed last week from "E-Plus" to "o2- de". Is "o2 - de" your exact carrier name?
I think about the problem, would a Network reset with no sim in it solve the problem?
I have that same issues with o2-germany, no update since august. I just inserted an old and expired us-h2o sim into the phone (ta-1021), rebooted and it started to download the september update immediately.
I still don't get this carrier business. I bought my Nokia 6 sim free and unlocked and any update is done on wi-fi. I'm on the September update but only because I did a factory reset.
Update: after installing the september patch, i switched back to my o2 sim and it starts downloading the october/7.1.2 update. I think nokia **** up the ota database entries.
Seems to be a problem related to o2 carrier, as i'm on o2 Germany and it didn't find an update with a old o2 sim as well as with a brand new o2 sim. When i changed it to a T-mobile Sim the updates appeared.
Anyone tried to contact o2 ?
I agree that it looks like an O2 issue. I have an unlocked TA-1033 on O2 UK. It finds and installs updates after a factory reset with no SIM card installed but then nothing after the SIM is installed.
I can't try with another operator because I don't have a SIM card.
Would be great if someone could get O2 and HMD to talk and sort the issue. It's probably an easy fix but it's frustrating for the users. Makes HMD look a bit clueless as well.
Well guys believe it or not, i did factory data reset trough settings, without sim card in my phone and after reset my Nokia 6 TA 1033 ss was still on September update and new October/nougat update is still not available on my phone. Did I do something wrong, any advice?


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Odysseus Reborn - Apr 02 - Crowbar
Odysseus Reborn (formally Odyssey) started their quest as a predominantly Metallica covers band. Since their formation in 2011, they have released their EP 'The Journey Begins' which was voted as one of the top 5 albums from local artists. Odysseus are currently working on releasing their new album, Feed the Machine, and have undergone several major changes in their sound, now taking influence from such bands as Mastodon and Pink Floyd, to develop more of a progressive feel. Another addition has been the battle-hardened Fish Fisher taking up post on Bass Guitar.
Odysseus Reborn have shared the stage with powerful allies, such as Lagerstein, Hammer Persuasion, A Breach of Silence, Tria Mera, Troldhaugen, and Therein.
October/November of 2016 will saw the band release their first full length album, 'Feed the Machine', followed by a 12 date tour of the East Coast.
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Airbrushing photos, photo retouching, or photoshopping all mean the same thing - nobody is perfect. However, for an actor, the actor's headshot must appear natural and not over touched up. I am a photo retouching wiz and I have seen some pretty bad retouched photos so you have to ask questions and be very careful you don't let yourself or your retoucher go to overboard.
There are actor headshot do's and don'ts when it comes to airbrushing photos. Here is a list.
1. If you have pimples or bumps that will clear up on there own by all means take them out as they are only temporarily visiting your face.
2. If you have a cut on your face from shaving or a scratch from a rough night with your loved one by all means say good bye to that.
3. If you have chapped lips un-chapp them with a little photo retouching.
4. If you have blood shot eyes make sure you take most of the red out but leave a line or two because the eyes shouldn't appear all white unless that is how your eyes normally look.
5. If you have dry or oily skin and forgot to use a make up artist (big no no) then photoshop it out.
1. If you have bags under the eyes (most people do) then you can have them lightened up with an opacity of 20%. Do not take them out completely unless you are 18 years old again.
2. If you have wrinkles I would say to follow number 1 above. Lighten them up but don't remove them.
3. If you have freckles and don't plan to remove them for real then keep them in. If you have 1 or 2 that you can't stand and nobody will notice then have a photoshopping party and take it out.
4. If you have a mole and again don't plan on removing it then it must stay. Who knows you might get hired to play a mole on tv.
5. If you have yellow teeth I would say you could follow 1 & 2 above because it's normal to look great in your headshot but if you have a row of rotten teeth I would take care of that one before you do the shoot.
Click to enlarge photo. I just woke up and set up the camera for a quick photo of myself. Bags under the eyes. Puffiness. Redness. Stains and a whole lot more of imperfection.
Click to enlarge photo. I photoshopped out some of the bags, oil, and redness. I took out the stains along with some freckles that were on my arm. I also popped out the color on my face and darkened around my face for an effect.
Click to enlarge photo. This is a metallic black and white effect with creative shadowing and blue eyes. It's amazing that I had just woken up.
If you have any questions or need a little photo retouching feel free to contact me.


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Muturi finally takes oath to assume the position of a member of the Judicial Service Commission
By Selector254 (self media writer) | 3 months ago
On Tuesday morning, Attorney General Justin Muturi finally took the oath necessary to assume the position of a member of the Judicial Service Commission.This thus ends the protracted judicial tenure that the departing Attorney General Kihara Kariuki had in the Kenyan judicial system.
The former National Assembly Speaker's swearing-in signals the commencement of his role as the liaison between the Kenyan Executive and the judiciary.Attorney General Justin takes the Judicial Service Commission oath of office in front of Chief Justice Martha Koome at the Supreme Court.Chief Justice Martha Koome and other Judicial Service Commission members were present as he took his oath.The Kenyan Attorney General serves as the head of the Kenyan State Law Office, the country's top legal advisor, and an ex officio Cabinet member.
President William Ruto nominated Justin in October 2022. [1] After the necessary screening, the National Assembly approved his nomination on October 26, 2022.
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As the 2017-18 Dota Pro Circuit nears its end, it's the season for Dota 2 team roster changes as organizations prepare for The International 2018. Although the earlier roster lock was meant to discourage teams from changing their rosters so close to Dota 2's biggest annual festival, this was an inevitable scenario. Especially now that teams know if they're in the running for a direct invite to TI nuch earlier than before.
As we head quickly towards what's likely going to be another record-breaking esports event — it's already nearing $10.5 million USD with more than two months to go — a lot of teams will be looking to get their slice of the pie. For the many who will miss out on a direct invite, that means changing up their roster in hopes of boosting their chances.
We don't know when exactly the next roster lock will be, but, we're betting on it happening before the big event. My guess is it will be either before the Open Qualifiers on June 14 or after the Closed Regional Qualifiers after June 25.
In any case, here are some of the Dota 2 team roster changes that we might just see happen soon.
Enzo "Timado" Gianoli's venture outside of South America has proven unfruitful thus far. He first took his chances with Aliwi 'w33' Omar and MidorFeed, only for the team to disband barely two months later. He then started to play well with VGJ.Storm, helping the team qualify for the GESC Thailand Dota 2 Minor and the MDL Changsha Major, only to be replaced later on by Roman 'Resolut1on' Fominok, who left a struggling OG squad to help VGJ.Storm emerge as a legitimate threat.
With no team as of the moment, it's highly possible that we might see Timado return to South America. His former team, Infamous, is a possibility. However, he didn't exactly leave the team in good teams, so we highly doubt that. This leaves us with the only other prominent Dota 2 organizations in South America, paiN Gaming and SG e-sports.
The former's roster is most likely already set, so we're leaning towards the latter. Besides, the Brazilians have not exactly had much success with their roster. Also, compared to Infamous and paiN Gaming, SG e-sports are the only ones to have not made the playoffs in any LAN they have played in. We're not saying that they won't have a chance against either one of those teams in the Open Qualifiers, but their chances will be slim as it is.
Timado may not have the same impact w33 had with paiN Gaming, but he can't exactly make the team any worse than they are right now.
No, we're talking about Virtus.Pro. At least, not this current iteration. Rather, we're talking about his pals over at Team Spirit, who, four of which, he spent a lot of time with from 2014 to 2015 and helped to upset Team Secret at The International 2015 where they ultimately finished in the Top 6 — no small feat considering they weren't exactly considered contenders heading into the tournament.
Ilya 'Lil' Ilyuk has shown no signs of wanting to leave Natus Vincere as of yet and Team Spirit have not exactly done so bad for themselves with their current iteration. But, who are we kidding? The most success any members of the current Team Spirit have had was with Lil, who is still arguably the best position 4 player in the CIS region and is a massive upgrade over Malthe 'Biver' Winther.
We're not saying that this will happen, but if Natus Vincere doesn't shape up, don't expect Lil to just sit tight and not find a way to get out of a losing situation.
This is a big IF that depends a lot on whether or not VGJ.Thunder and/or Newbee retain their spot in the Top 8 and receive an invite to The International 2018. At 8th and 7th place respectively, they're not exactly out of the running just yet. However, Newbee are in a slump and are already out of ESL One Birmingham 2018, while VGJ.Thunder have not exactly done so well for themselves. Sure, the chances of them dropping out of the Top 8 are low, but still, it's worth considering. Besides, it's not exactly far-fetched to bet on teams like Fnatic, OpTic Gaming, and TNC Pro Team to try and make a run for those two spots to secure themselves a direct invite to TI8.
If Newbee and VGJ.Thunder do miss out on a direct invite to TI8, expect the other Dota 2 teams in China who will be playing at the Regional Qualifiers to try and make changes to their rosters accordingly.
It wouldn't even be out of the realm of possibility for either one of VGJ.Thunder and Newbee to change their rosters themselves.
All throughout the season, OG have teased a return to relevancy only for better teams to put them back in their place. Their constantly underwhelming performance have made them an easy subject for Dota 2 team roster change rumors. Even when they did actually change their roster, it didn't help much.
Now, OG are not exactly a bad team with Sébastien '7ckngMad' Debs on the roster. They're still good, fringe contenders even. They could probably qualify for TI8 via the "easy" European Qualifiers with the same group of people and make a run at a Top 8 finish. But, that's not the OG we know. The OG we know were not just hovering around relevancy — they were a sure invite and heavy favourites at any event they played at, including The International — and this current iteration of OG are far from it. Plus, we know that Resolut1on wasn't the problem considering how well VGJ.Storm are doing right now.
We can't exactly point out what's wrong with OG. Sometimes, it's Tal 'Fly' Aizik and his drafting. There are also times that Gutsav 's4' Magnusson shines like the TI winner that he is, and there are other times when even he's the weakest link. The same goes for either one of Johan 'N0tail' Sundstein, Jesse 'JerAx' Vainikka, and 7ckngMad. Someone or something different goes wrong for OG every game.
That then leaves us with one simple conclusion to make: change is needed.
Now, it may not come as a full roster overhaul, but whatever it is, a Dota 2 team roster change that has to happen, and it has to happen soon.
Ever since Peter 'ppd' Dager left Evil Geniuses after The International 2016, the knock on them has always been that they were a collection of five highly-skilled professional Dota 2 players instead of a team.
Now, ppd, doesn't exactly have the most likeable persona. Or at least, that's what he's trying to show. He's divisive on social media, although he has since admitted that he does this to further his own interest. As a captain, he has admitted that he's strict. But, even though ppd's style rubbed some people off in the wrong way, he knew how to succeed — Evil Geniuses never placed below third-place at TI during his time as team captain — and right now, OpTic Gaming, ppd's new team, are easily playing better than Evil Geniuses.
Either way, that's not the point. Rather, it's that Evil Geniuses need some serious work. And, unlike back in The International 2016 where they had to go through the Open Qualifiers to get a chance to defend their title after going through a last-minute roster change — they ultimately finished in third-place at the main event, losing to Digital Chaos in the lower bracket finals — North America has a lot more teams for them to worry about these days.
Maybe Evil Geniuses will finally given in to the common belief that Artour 'rtz' Babaev and Syed Sumail 'SumaiL' Hassan are too greedy to belong on the same Dota 2 team roster. If they do that, SumaiL could slot back in the middle, and the last I heard, a two-time Major winner offlaner going by the name of David 'MoonMeander' Tan doesn't have a team right now.
Now, not all of these Dota 2 team roster changes could happen. N0tail has, for one, confirmed in an interview with VPesports that this is the roster they're going to go to Vancouver with. But, that's only if they qualify, which isn't exactly a sure thing yet. Of course, OG don't exactly have much competition in Europe, so there's that too. Also, as for ramblings, Evil Geniuses already had to deal with fake news of a transfer between ppd and Rasmus 'MISERY' Filipisen, and as we all know, while not always true, rumors are almost always an indication that some change will happen in due time.
In any case, it won't take long for us to find out exactly what kind of Dota 2 team roster changes as the unofficial start of the game of musical chairs commences.
Which of these Dota 2 team roster changes do you think is most likely to happen? Be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments down below.