Nate began his Kickboxing training over 10 years ago when a group of his college friends started a mixed martial arts club at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Sporting success and sleep are intrinsically linked. Whether you're in training or recovering from injury, sleep is vital for your health and wellbeing as it restores the brain and activates the healing process, rehydrating your spinal discs.
With this in mind, and in this Olympic year, the UKs largest bed manufacturer Sealy is working with a number of the UK's biggest sports professionals including Olympian Zoe Smith, to make sure they achieve the best sleep they possibly can with a view to achieving sporting excellence.
Zoe Smith is an Olympic weightlifter and Commonwealth Champion from South East London. Having started out a gymnast, Zoe has been competing internationally for eight years. She holds the British clean and jerk record and won gold at the Commonwealth Games in 2014, as well as bronze at the European Championship. Zoe is now training to qualify for next Summer's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, with 2016 set to be the biggest year of her career to date.
Zoe doesn't just use her new bed for sleeping….
When training, Zoe aims to get eight hours of sleep a night to make sure she is fully recovered and alert. Describing herself as a restless sleeper, Zoe often experiences problems drifting off. She often goes to bed early to ensure that when she eventually falls asleep, she still achieves her full allowance of solid sleep.
Zoe has suffered back injuries during her career, including a disc bulge in her lower back which meant she missed the European Youth Championships in 2011. The intense pain meant Zoe had to stop training and when she did go back to the gym, was only able to do gentle core exercises. It took a couple of years for Zoe to recover completely. She now does everything she can to protect her body from injury, which includes sleeping on an appropriate mattress and ensuring she gets the quality sleep needed to rehydrate her spinal discs.
Zoe feels that training, nutrition and sleep are the most important things when it comes to improving performance – that's why she's teamed up with Sealy for the World of Sport campaign. Recognising that sleep helps the body to naturally restore and repair itself, especially after an intensive session in the gym, Zoe takes her sleep seriously.
"This year is going to be one of the biggest of my career so far. I'm completely focused on qualifying to compete for my country at the Games and I'm working hard to make sure I'm at peak condition, both mentally and physically. Part of this comes down to my sleep, as well as training and nutrition, as these are the three most important things when it comes to improving performance.
"I spend the majority of my time in the gym and sleep is absolutely vital as this is when the body naturally restores and repairs itself.


· The homecoming parade beginning at 6 p.m. Sept. 30 at the South Bryan Recreation Complex on Timber Trail. The parade will travel south on Timber Trail to Harris Trail; turn right on Timber Trail and proceed to the high school. Parade viewers are asked to line up only on the side of Harris Trail the parade travels down. Afterward girls from the senior class will play junior girls in a Powder Puff football game. Admission is $5.
· The homecoming game verses Liberty County at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1, with the homecoming queen to be crowned at halftime.
· A semiformal dance from 8 p.m. - midnight Oct. 2.


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// Copyright Vladimir Prus 2004.
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
// (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt
// or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

// This file defines template functions that are declared in
// ../value_semantic.hpp.

#include <boost/throw_exception.hpp>

namespace boost { namespace program_options {

    extern BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_DECL std::string arg;

    template<class T, class charT>
    std::string
    typed_value<T, charT>::name() const
    {
        std::string const& var = (m_value_name.empty() ? arg : m_value_name);
        if (!m_implicit_value.empty() && !m_implicit_value_as_text.empty()) {
            std::string msg = "[=" + var + "(=" + m_implicit_value_as_text + ")]";
            if (!m_default_value.empty() && !m_default_value_as_text.empty())
                msg += " (=" + m_default_value_as_text + ")";
            return msg;
        }
        else if (!m_default_value.empty() && !m_default_value_as_text.empty()) {
            return var + " (=" + m_default_value_as_text + ")";
        } else {
            return var;
        }
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    template<class T, class charT>
    void
    typed_value<T, charT>::notify(const boost::any& value_store) const
    {
        const T* value = boost::any_cast<T>(&value_store);
        if (m_store_to) {
            *m_store_to = *value;
        }
        if (m_notifier) {
            m_notifier(*value);
        }
    }

    namespace validators {
        /* If v.size() > 1, throw validation_error.
           If v.size() == 1, return v.front()
           Otherwise, returns a reference to a statically allocated
           empty string if 'allow_empty' and throws validation_error
           otherwise. */
        template<class charT>
        const std::basic_string<charT>& get_single_string(
            const std::vector<std::basic_string<charT> >& v,
            bool allow_empty = false)
        {
            static std::basic_string<charT> empty;
            if (v.size() > 1)
                boost::throw_exception(validation_error(validation_error::multiple_values_not_allowed));
            else if (v.size() == 1)
                return v.front();
            else if (!allow_empty)
                boost::throw_exception(validation_error(validation_error::at_least_one_value_required));
            return empty;
        }

        /* Throws multiple_occurrences if 'value' is not empty. */
        BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_DECL void
        check_first_occurrence(const boost::any& value);
    }

    using namespace validators;

    /** Validates 's' and updates 'v'.
        @pre 'v' is either empty or in the state assigned by the previous
        invocation of 'validate'.
        The target type is specified via a parameter which has the type of
        pointer to the desired type. This is workaround for compilers without
        partial template ordering, just like the last 'long/int' parameter.
    */
    template<class T, class charT>
    void validate(boost::any& v,
                  const std::vector< std::basic_string<charT> >& xs,
                  T*, long)
    {
        validators::check_first_occurrence(v);
        std::basic_string<charT> s(validators::get_single_string(xs));
        try {
            v = any(lexical_cast<T>(s));
        }
        catch(const bad_lexical_cast&) {
            boost::throw_exception(invalid_option_value(s));
        }
    }

    BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_DECL void validate(boost::any& v,
                       const std::vector<std::string>& xs,
                       bool*,
                       int);

#if !defined(BOOST_NO_STD_WSTRING)
    BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_DECL void validate(boost::any& v,
                       const std::vector<std::wstring>& xs,
                       bool*,
                       int);
#endif
    // For some reason, this declaration, which is require by the standard,
    // cause msvc 7.1 to not generate code to specialization defined in
    // value_semantic.cpp
#if ! ( BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, == 1310) )
    BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_DECL void validate(boost::any& v,
                       const std::vector<std::string>& xs,
                       std::string*,
                       int);

#if !defined(BOOST_NO_STD_WSTRING)
    BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_DECL void validate(boost::any& v,
                       const std::vector<std::wstring>& xs,
                       std::string*,
                       int);
#endif
#endif

    /** Validates sequences. Allows multiple values per option occurrence
       and multiple occurrences. */
    template<class T, class charT>
    void validate(boost::any& v,
                  const std::vector<std::basic_string<charT> >& s,
                  std::vector<T>*,
                  int)
    {
        if (v.empty()) {
            v = boost::any(std::vector<T>());
        }
        std::vector<T>* tv = boost::any_cast< std::vector<T> >(&v);
        assert(NULL != tv);
        for (unsigned i = 0; i < s.size(); ++i)
        {
            try {
                /* We call validate so that if user provided
                   a validator for class T, we use it even
                   when parsing vector<T>.  */
                boost::any a;
                std::vector<std::basic_string<charT> > cv;
                cv.push_back(s[i]);
                validate(a, cv, (T*)0, 0);
                tv->push_back(boost::any_cast<T>(a));
            }
            catch(const bad_lexical_cast& /*e*/) {
                boost::throw_exception(invalid_option_value(s[i]));
            }
        }
    }

    template<class T, class charT>
    void
    typed_value<T, charT>::
    xparse(boost::any& value_store,
           const std::vector<std::basic_string<charT> >& new_tokens) const
    {
        // If no tokens were given, and the option accepts an implicit
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        // otherwise, validate the user-provided token(s).
        if (new_tokens.empty() && !m_implicit_value.empty())
            value_store = m_implicit_value;
        else
            validate(value_store, new_tokens, (T*)0, 0);
    }

    template<class T>
    typed_value<T>*
    value()
    {
        // Explicit qualification is vc6 workaround.
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        typed_value<T>* r = new typed_value<T>(v);

        return r;
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    wvalue(T* v)
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        return r;
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}}

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Reincarnation Paradise
R.P Chapter 68: You're Good At Shooting!
In a large abandoned warehouse, a large group of ghouls was fighting with CCG.
"Breakout! Quick!"
"No, boss, the road is blocked."
"Are these Investigators crazy?"
Intensive gunshots came. Su Xiao stood behind a tall concrete column, the cement column was splashed with large pieces of smoke due to bullets.
He was fighting with a group of more than 100 ghouls, this group was very tenacious, and their leader was an S-class ghoul.
Unexpectedly, this group of ghouls surprisingly had a lot of firearms.
Judging from the current firepower, there were at least a hundred long and short guns in that group.
This was the third group of ghouls that he cleared after fighting in that building. It was also the last ghouls' gathering place he could find.
"Byakuya-san, the group's firepower is too fierce, we can't get in there."
Mado Akira stood next to Su Xiao.
The cement column hit by the bullets caused smoke, and the explosion of the grenades could be heard from time to time.
Su Xiao wanted to move his head out, but a sting came in his head.
He stepped on the ground, and brought Mado Akira next to him, and jumped to a nearby cement column.
This was a large warehouse with at least one hundred cement columns which had one meter wide.
When Su Xiao just jumped off, he felt a heat wave came from behind him. The impact of the explosion pulled him for a few steps.
Mado Akira sat behind the cement column looked at the explosion unbelievably.
"Rocket, rocket launcher??"
Not only Mado Akira, but even Su Xiao did not expect that those ghouls surprisingly had rocket launchers.
Su Xiao raised an automatic assault rifle in his hand, and pointed at those ghouls and shot randomly. As for whether he hit the enemy or not, only the ghosts knew.
"Boom, boom, boom."
After he shot randomly, the ghouls screamed two times, Su Xiao got a hint, and his CCG contribution increased.
This was completely based on luck. Su Xiao vowed that he did not aim at anything at all.
"Byakuya-san, good shots."
It may be that Mado Akira didn't see Su Xiao's casual shots, she only saw the fallen ghouls.
"It's kind of okay."
Su Xiao could not help but feel awkward.
Most of the time he always killed in close combat, but this time it turned into a gun movie.
"Boss, it can't work, our brothers can't hold on."
A middle-aged Investigator, holding a bulletproof shield, rushed to Su Xiao.
Some Investigators who followed Su Xiao and had cleared ghouls' gathering places would call him boss, which shows their admiration.
"Itakura, where did you get this?"
Su Xiao was more interested in the bulletproof shield in Itakura's hands.
"I was in the back door raid, a ghoul took this thing after that he was killed by a grenade."
The grenade is the only explosive that CCG was allowed to use.
Itakura smiled and handed the bulletproof shield to Su Xiao.
This bulletproof shield was black, about 1 meter four or so. There was a rectangular lookout in the middle and upper position, covered with bulletproof glass.
"Boss, this is FXF6-T explosion-proof shield, level 6 bulletproof! In addition to heavy sniper rifles, it can defend other guns."
Su Xiao took the bulletproof shield, and he could feel that he can rely on this.
"Everyone pays attention, I'll create opportunities, let's get ready to annihilate these ghouls!"
Su Xiao held the bulletproof shield in his left hand and held the sword in his right hand as he rushed straight out from the cement column.
Through the bullet-proof glass on the bulletproof shield, Su Xiao saw a large row of firearms from ghouls, as they shot bullets incessantly.
A dense rain of bullets hit on the bulletproof shield.
The pace of Su Xiao rushed slowed down due to that.
The impact of a bullet was not weak, don't even talk about dozens or hundreds of bullets.
Seeing that Su Xiao rushed over with a bulletproof shield, the leader of ghouls was shocked.
He recognized Su Xiao, the man. In just ten seconds, he killed six of his subordinates.
The leader of these ghouls was dressed as a mercenary, and his shooting was extremely accurate.
"Stop him, never let him pass through."
as if he suddenly thought of something, the corner of his mouth raised into a cruel smile, the mercenary ghoul looked for something behind him, raised a sniper rifle at least two meters long.
"Cover me."
The mercenary ghoul showed a fierce face and the fingers were about to pull the trigger.
Su Xiao saw this scene through bulletproof glass and did not react much.
The dragon flash disappeared from his hand as he put it into the storage space. Su Xiao pulled off a fist-sized iron ball from his back.
"Kada."
The crisp metal crash sound came, Su Xiao threw the metal ball near the mercenary ghoul.
Snigger, the iron ball rolled down to the feet of many ghouls.
"Bastard!"
The mercenary ghoul shouted and threw the sniper rifle, curled his body as a kagune appeared and wrapped his whole body.
A fire spread across the large warehouse, and dust fell from the ceiling of the warehouse.
The intensive shrapnel hit the bulletproof shield in Su Xiao's hand and squeaked.
This was a high-explosive grenade. Su Xiao applied to the CCG headquarters twice, and the headquarters finally approve it reluctantly.
Most of the firepower of the ghouls' side stopped at this moment, and charred smell spread out.
With a bang, half of a broken leg fell in front of Su Xiao, a part of the broken leg was dark while still burning.
In fact, Su Xiao had long wanted to throw a high-explosive grenade. But the firepower of the ghouls was too dense. If he throws from long distance, the high-explosive grenade might explode in the air.
"Raid!"
With Su Xiao's order, the Investigators rushed out.
Su Xiao took the lead and rushed to the forefront.
The mercenary ghoul got up in a confused way and looked at his surrounding with a stunned look. His kagune was blown up, the blood spilled from his ear, he was in a state of shock.
Without waiting for him to recover, Su Xiao had already rushed to him, and he broke the ghoul's neck directly. After that, Su Xiao started looking for other ghouls without checking again.
The battle was reversed instantly, and the situation which was once balanced power from each side became a unilateral massacre in a very short time.
After half an hour, only humans could live in the warehouse.
Su Xiao sat on a broken chair to take rest, after experiencing severe gunfire. There were only three legs left in the chair, and it was uncomfortable to sit on it.
The Investigators began to gather the dead bodies of ghouls together.
"Byakuya-san, all the ghouls were cleaned up. The numbers of ghouls we killed are 147, and we…"
After hearing to the report of the situation, Su Xiao nodded and gestured to ask Mado Akira to deal with the follow-up issues.
Tomorrow Shinohara Yukinori will be transferred to the 20thdistrict, and Su Xiao had killed all the ghouls he could find.
Itori wouldn't have thought that the map she painted casually was indirectly causing thousands of ghouls to die.
Su Xiao's contribution points were now [first-class Investigator, contribution point: 2053/2000. Get the promotion: Yes/No]
Su Xiao chose yes, and the remainder of the reincarnation paradise disappeared.
As long as the news of the CCG headquarters arrived, he could complete the main task.
This made Su Xiao sigh in relief; he did not want his fate to be held in the CCG's hands.
Just as Su Xiao felt relaxed, a reminder suddenly appeared from the reincarnation paradise.
[The hunters have expelled 95% of the 14thdistrict, the hunter killed 34%, indirectly killed 46%, and only 15% escaped from the 14th district.]
[Because the hunter caused a large number of deaths or escapes in the 14th district, You got an achievement: Scavenger.]
[Achievement: Scavenger. (You need to personally expel more than 30% of the ghouls in an area, and cause more than 90% of them to die or escape from that area.)]
[(scavenger) Achievement reward: 1 point of attribute, 7% of the world's source.]
[You have a total of 14.3% of the world's source.]
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Deposit/ Recovery of the Foreign Service Contribution (F.S.C.) comprising both Pension and Leave Salary in respect of a State Govt. employee who went to Foreign Service on deputation.
Implementation of the New Pension Scheme for the Central Govt. employees (other than AIS Officers) and State Govt. employees of other States working on deputation to this Govt.
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Q: Reducing the need for JavaScript libraries I'm writing several small things in JavaScript, notably a mousemove event, and a AJAX call. I don't believe that two things should necessitate loading the ~25KB that is jQuery. Add in the fact that I want as few external dependencies as possible and necessitating jQuery isn't something I want to do.
Is there a primer / tutorials on rewriting calls between a JavaScript library and pure JavaScript?

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*$('element')

*$.get()

A: For the selector part $("element"), you might as well use Sizzle, which is the same library used in jQuery and other JS framworks, and is only 4kb (minified and gzipped).
As for the $.get() call, a simple wrapper around the native XMLHttpRequest object should suffice, depending on what features exactly do you want to provide. Check the Mozilla Developper Center docs for some pointers.

A: jQuery uses Sizzle for its selectors magic. I can't remember if it weighs 3 or 7 kB but it's a standalone library

A: You can study the library code, and write your own IF you want to.

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NUIG wants to bring the native Irish honey bee back
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Dearbhla Geraghty
The bee is a most underrated species; without it our food sources would disappear and we would starve – and yet no native Irish honey bees survive in the wild, due to foreign viruses being brought in on imported bees.
NUIG has joined forces with NIHBS (The Native Irish Honey Bee Society) to breed a strain that will be tolerant to the devastating Varroa Destructor parasite.
"I have no doubt came it in on the back of an imported honey bee," says Cleggan-based Gerard Coyne, chairperson of NIHBS.
"Connemara, due to its isolation, was one of the last areas in the country to get this Varroa mite."
The parasite attaches to the body of the bee, and weakens it by sucking 'bee blood' or hemolymph. A severe infestation can cause the death of an entire colony.
When it was first discovered in Ireland in 1998, it played havoc with the native Irish Honey Bee (Apis mellifera mellifera), which has been devastated in its native wild environment.
"There are no honey bees living in the wild anymore – they can only live where they are protected," Gerard adds.
"All the feral colonies have died out – one of last colonies was Connemara, as we didn't get the mite until 2009. Two years after its arrival, all the wild nests were gone."
Beekeepers treat their honey bees with organic products but, as in humans, the parasite builds up a resistance and the battle seems impossible to overcome.
While the importation of foreign bees continues, it will never be resolved.
"They do not suit our wet conditions, especially here on the west coast – when they cross-breed with our breeds, you have total confusion, and they get aggressive and unmanageable – people have drifted away from beekeeping due to the aggression in bees.
"The bee likes to go about in private, so they like a nice secluded spot that animals or people can't interrupt. Bees do things by instinct – they've been doing it for millions of years, and they don't like interference. Too much manipulation disturbs them, stops them working, and makes them aggressive.
"Honey Bees are not naturally aggressive, they will only protect when they feel their home is under threat, or when they've got lots of brood, honey, or stores to protect. When they are out foraging, they are totally docile, and are not interested in humans or animals."
NIHBS, which represents beekeepers from the 32-counties – is lobbying the Department of Agriculture to stop importing bees – that is one of its main aims and objectives.
"The bee we have here is superior to any imported one, and why we can't protect and conserve it is beyond belief.
"All the bigger beekeepers in Ireland, that produce honey, are using the native honey bee, because it fares out better. Importing bees is a useless exercise – you can't keep them from going to the wild, and breeding with other bees.
"You must breed from your locally-adapted bees – our bee evolved after the Ice Age, and they have stood the test of time.
"But man always thinks that faraway hills are greener – there's nothing wrong with bees from other areas, but they have a longer foraging climate; our bees only have a window of 4-5 weeks. When we cross-breed, we get mixed genes, the bee doesn't know what to do, should I be in Connemara or the Mediterranean? That bee is confused, it gets aggressive, and is more prone to disease because its stressed."
Evolution has made the Irish bee dark, to attract the sun, whereas the imported bees are yellower.
Our ancestors certainly recognised the importance of the bee for survival, which has sadly been largely forgotten by later generations.
"The honey the bee produces is minute compared to its other values – bees are important for pollinating, they are underrated for their value to farming and crops.
"Without bees, we would starve, our food would start to disappear slowly, and if the bees disappeared – and they are getting scarce – a lot of our food would disappear, and other animals would get weaker, and over time there would be less food, so it is vital for survival.
"Once something leaves the food chain, others will weaken, and after a while our immune system will break down as we won't have a balanced diet.
"They are wild creatures, but we have domesticated them, and put them under pressure asking them to produce more honey – that's their winter stores, they will always produce a surplus of honey, and that's what we steal – we call it harvesting."
A major aim of NIHBS is to eventually breed a strain of honey bee that will survive in the wild, which is their natural habitat.
With this in mind, scientists at NUI Galway, headed by professor Grace McCormack and PhD student, Keith Browne, have asked beekeepers to send samples of their bees – before any Varroa treatment takes place – to them by May 22.
Beekeepers use the sugar shaker method (the mites fall off) to count the percentage of Varroa mites in their hives. Then, they send a sample of 10 bees to NUIG for analysis.
As part of the breeding programme, beneficial traits such as grooming, temperament, honey production, and disease resistance, are selected.
A second count will take place at the end of August.
"If we can determine Varroa-tolerant bees, and breed from there, hopefully we will keep out other diseases – there is a pest in Italy (Small Hive Beetle) – if we continue to import bees it will arrive on our shores. Then that's another problem on top of what we have."
NIHBS and the Connemara Bee Keepers Association run courses and events to promote the survival of the native honey bee.
A 'Queen-Rearing' workshop will take place in Oughterard on Sunday, June 12, at Sean Osborne's apiary (it will be signposted). There will also be demonstrations for beginners, who may be interested in taking up this hobby.
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Former hotel won't be ring-fenced for college
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The site of the former Corrib Great Southern will no longer be ring-fenced for educational purposes if a clause removed in a draft of the next development plan is eventually adopted.
A motion by Mayor Colette Connolly proposed earmarking one-third of the six-acre Dublin Road site for educational use as well as research or collaborative ventures between third level colleges and industry.
Mayor Connolly said her proposal reinstates the text of the current plan reserving a portion of any planned development for education.
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) was supportive of the motion, the Independent councillor she told a planning meeting convened to collate a draft of the plan.
Councillor Declan McDonell (Ind) said GMIT had recently purchased the home of the Galwegians Rugby Club at Glenina for €9 million and were progressing developments at the Cluain Mhuire site and a proposed Centre of Excellence for Health, Sport, and Marine Science at Murrough.
The former hotel had been offered to GMIT for €3.75m by NAMA (National Asset Management Agency) but they had to pass because they could not come up with the money.
"So I fail to see how they could come up with the money to buy two acres for educational purposes – therefore we could be left with a derelict site for years," he warned.
Cllr Noel Larkin (Ind) told the meeting he was in favour of an expanding GMIT but agreed the site which only recently saw the demolition of a major eyesore could be left derelict for another decade if developers were hamstrung by what could be built.
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Multi-storey car park proposal still on the table
Stephen Corrigan
No multi-storey...the existing Dyke Road car park.
A proposal to remove from the Draft City Development Plan an objective to replace the existing car park at Dyke Road with a multi-storey alternative has been voted down by councillors.
Those opposing the motion argued that regardless of improved public transport and cycle networks, there would always be a requirement for parking in the city centre.
The motion, proposed by Cllr Niall Murphy (Green) and seconded by Mayor Colette Connolly (Ind), sought to take out a line in the plan which stated the replacement of the 550-space car park with a multi-storey "would enable more efficient use of the land".
This forms part of the planned redevelopment of the area which is to be led by the Land Development Agency (LDA) and is mooted to include residential units, retail space and potentially a hotel.
Cllr Murphy said as improved public transport came on stream, the requirement for parking in the centre of the city should reduce, with the long-awaited Park and Ride rollout the 'preferred option'.
"It is prejudicial to state [in the development plan] that some of that area will be used by multi-storey parking – that should be decided as part of our negotiations with the LDA," said Cllr Murphy.
Cllr Donal Lyons (Ind) opposed the motion and said long-term parking, such as that currently provided for on the Dyke Road, should be maintained as there would be a continued demand for it.
"We need a certain amount of parking for people working in town. Park and Ride will not be available for all, like those who come in on the Headford Road and the Tuam Road," he said.
Cllr Terry O'Flaherty agreed and said workers from areas such as Annaghdown and Corrandulla had no access to public transport and required their car to get to work.
Cllr Frank Fahy (FG) said the population of the city was set to double in the coming years and even by maintaining the existing number of spaces in Dyke Road, the Council would be in effect halving the overall availability.
"People need to get to town and not everybody can hop on a bike – not everybody has that luxury," he said.
For more, read this week's Galway City Tribune.
Galway's vacant homes and shops
Councillor Níall McNelis (Lab)
There were in excess of 1,100 vacant commercial and residential properties in Galway City in 2020, a new report has found – a 'staggering figure' which one local representative described as 'frightening'.
The Northern and Western Regional Assembly's (NWRA) report on Regional Vacancy and Dereliction has revealed a worsening problem in the city – highlighting a 15% increase in the level of commercial vacancy since 2015 and a 5% increase in the number of empty homes.
Some 690 commercial properties were lying idle in the city in September 2020 – many of which could be used to increase the housing stock according to the report.
The West has more than double the national average of vacant commercial space, something that is "undermining the economic, social and cultural wellbeing of the region while exasperating attempts to deliver sustainable settlement patterns".
"Many of our towns and villages continue to experience high vacancy and dereliction rates along their main streets, with these empty residential and commercial properties providing extensive opportunities to improve housing supply, ensure our residents live closer to key public services and workplaces," states the report.
A further 444 residential units were also vacant, despite the city experiencing a homelessness crisis and a severe shortage of housing.
Local Councillor Níall McNelis (Lab) said these figures were 'staggering' – particularly as the situation is likely to have worsened due to the impact of Covid-19 on businesses.
"A lot of these commercial units would probably be better used as residential units and I believe that is something local government could sort out – if it was given the power to do so.
"Instead, national government has far too much of a hold on it. It would require national legislation but I think we need to look at taxing vacant units if no effort is being made to fill them," said Cllr McNelis.
There were several cases where 'very large investors' had bought up these properties for 'half nothing' and left them to rot while there were people in the city crying out for living space, he continued.
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Selena Gomez has had a busy year, so when she announced she was canceling her tour, exhaustion seemed reasonable. But is she suffering from something more serious?
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Selena Gomez announced only a week ago that she would be canceling her Australian tour, citing her need to take some time for herself. But it looks like things may be a lot more serious than being physically or mentally exhausted.
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The singer is reportedly suffering from lupus, an autoimmune disease. The report came from Popdust, and an unnamed source, and Gomez has not yet commented. But if the report is true, the singer's cancellation of her tour is the right move.
The website said the 21-year-old was diagnosed with the disease a couple years ago, but has had multiple "flares" recently that have caused swelling, fatigue, joint pain and headaches. The disease causes the immune system to attack healthy cells.
"Selena has been going full throttle the past few years and her lupus is really catching up with her right now," the source said. "She knows that she needs to take some time to address the disease and look after herself better if she wants to live a full and healthy life."
When Gomez first canceled her tour, rumors surfaced that she may be intending to check into rehab, but her rep denied those claims as well.
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"She is not having a breakdown. She wants to be the healthiest that she can be and this means taking a little break. But she is fine. She is OK."
Gomez and her camp also said "no comment" to the Huffington Post when asked about a possible lupus diagnosis.
Other celebrities who are living with lupus include Nick Cannon, Seal and Toni Braxton. According to The Daily Mail, Michael Jackson also suffered from the disease.
Whether or not there is a more significant reason for the tour cancellation other than needing to spend time on herself is yet to be seen. But Gomez's 2013 has been full of movies, music and tours, and it would leave anyone wanting to rest.
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Vladimir Veremeenko (Gomel, ) é um basquetebolista profissional bielorrusso que atualmente defende o Tsmoki-Minsk que disputa atualmente a Liga Bielorrussa, VTB United League e a Liga dos Campeões da FIBA. O atleta foi selecionado na 48ª escolha no Draft da NBA de 2006 pelo Washington Wizards, mas não ingressou na liga.

Carreira profissional
Filho de jogadores profissionais de basquete, Veremeenko desabrochou cedo quando começou sua carreira no time local de Gomel, aos 15 anos, jogando na Copa Korać de 1999–00 antes de chegar ao All-Star Game da liga bielorrussa na temporada seguinte.

Em 2002 Veremeenko mudou-se para o clube russo Avtodor Saratov, onde obteve uma média de 14,2 pontos e 7 rebotes por jogo durante sua segunda temporada na Super Liga Russa. Quando o proprietário do clube, Vladimir Radionov, mudou o clube para São Petersburgo para formar o Dínamo, Veremeenko o seguiu. Ele contribuiria com 12,6 pontos e 5,5 rebotes por jogo para o título da FIBA Liga Europade 2005 do clube.

Veremeenko foi selecionado na segunda rodada (48ª escolha) do draft da NBA de 2006 pelos Washington Wizards em 28 de junho de 2006. Ele não ingressou no clube e acabou por transferir-se para o BC Khimki, no final daquele ano após a falência do Dínamo de São Petersburgo . Nas duas temporadas que Veremeenko fez parte do elenco do Khimki, não se firmou entre os titulares e se viu frustrado com sua condição de suplente, mesmo com a equipe conquistando a Copa da Rússia de 2008. Os Wizards o convidaram para jogar na NBA Summer League em julho de 2008 onde obteve 3,8 pontos e 3,6 rebotes em cerca de 11 minutos por jogo provaram sua única contribuição para a carreira para os Wizards, e por fim foi usado como moeda de troca nas negociações que trouxeram Kirk Hinrich e Kevin Séraphin do Chicago Bulls. Em 7 de julho de 2016 seus direitos foram negociados com o Cleveland Cavaliers ao lado de Mike Dunleavy, Jr. pelos direitos do draft de Albert Miralles, o que foi feito para que os Bulls assinassem Dwyane Wade.

Em agosto de 2008 assinou com o BC UNICS de Cazã in August 2008 onde o pivô redescobriu sua melhor forma. Foram seis temporadas como parte vital do projeto e conquistou duas Copas da Rússia (2009 e 2014) e a Eurocopa de 2011.

Na temporada de 2014 assinou com o CAI Zaragoza, mas por fim optou por assinar em definitivo com proposta economicamente mais satisfatória com a equipe turca do Banvit, sem ao menos ter disputado um amistoso. Foi defendendo o Banvit que Veremeenko estabeleceu um novo recorde de rebotes, que era de 476 e já durava há 8 temporadas e ao final da temporada ele alcançou um total de 543 rebotes,  média de 9.1 pontos e 4.3 rebotes por jogo, 10.4 pontos e  5.1 rebotes na BSL. Em 18 de agosto de 2015, Veremeenko assinou por uma temporada com a equipe italiana do Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia.

Em 11 de agosto de 2016, Veremeenko assinou com os tri-campeões alemães, Brose Bamberg, para a temporada 2016–17.

Em 2 de setembro de 2019 volta para a Bielorrússia onde passou a atuar no Tsmoki-Minsk.

Prêmios

Individual

 VTB United League
 Melhor jogador Bielorrusso (x2): 2012–13, 2013–14.
 Copa Russa
 Seleção do torneio: 2013–14
 EuroCopa
 Recordista total de rebotes: 543 (2 de setembro de 2015)

Clube

 FIBA EuroChallenge:
 Campeão: 2005
 Copa Russa
 Campeão (x3): 2008, 2009, 2014
 EuroCopa
 Campeão: 2011

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Naturais de Gomel
Basquetebolistas do BC Khimki
Basquetebolistas do BC Unics
Basquetebolistas do Pallacanestro Reggiana
Basquetebolistas do Banvit BK


Hydrodynamic, Aerodynamic, Balistic, are the same thing the same mechanical laws.
A car is not most different from a tank.
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The military equipments are the thermometer of the times and of the threat to the Peace and to the status quo.
The military equipments are a menace a threat but someone said that to buy submarines or other military equipments is not a threat to the neiboroughs.
I look the thermometer and i know how is the weather everywhere in the world.
Money is part of the thermometer the military equipment are expensive.
I don't buy military vehicles (airsealand) i look what they are and what they can make thus i know where is arrived the technology (Top Tech. High end).
The technology is good and bad, the cultural level is strictly tied to the technological level and to the money expence in military equipments.
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Tests are still being performed on this new UCAV.
The Navy, after seeing the Air Force's plans for an ambitious Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle, issued a requirement for its own UCAV. Unlike the X-45, the naval UCAV would need to land on an aircraft carrier and overcome the substantial engineering challenges of that requirement. Northrop Grumman has risen to the occasion with its X-47 Pegasus.
The X-47 is a kite-shaped UAV that will demonstrate autonomous flight, takeoffs, and landings. The plane has currently progressed through its taxi testing, in preparation for a first flight. Prior to the aircraft's unveiling, Northrop Grumman used an F/A-18 Hornet to validate the aircraft's GPS-based carrier landing system.
If Northrop Grumman is selcted to build the naval UCAV, the production X-47 will be larger and incorporate a greater degree of stealth, particularly in the intake, exhaust, and radar-absorbing skin coatings.
Precision landings, precision touch and go, cruise flight and agility.
This is only the first generation of unmanned combat aerial vehicles.
The 2nd and 3rd generation vehicles should be far, far superior (fast, stealthy, agile, smart).
Do you know the Mines?
They are like the UCAV or UCV or UCSSS.
FUCSSS = Fixed Unmanned Combat Surveillance and Suppression Systems (Camo Rotating Turrets inside the ground like the mines with guns and missiles) FUCSSS don't distinguish a man from a Child (the same UCAV and UCV).
You draw your conclusions now that you know what they are.
MINES = UNMANNED COMBAT SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS.
NONE OF THE ABOVE KNOW ALWAYS FRIEND OR FOE LIKE HUMAN PEOPLE (Failures, Malfanctions, Out of Control and Order).
The MINES don't recognize FRIEND and FOE or ADULT and CHILD.
UCAV, UCV, UCSSS are like the MINES.
TRY TO FIND YOUR SUM.
MINES ARE BANNED FROM MOST (A LOT) OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD.
They (UCV) are MOBILE MINES more dangerous than a NUKE.
At the moment X-47 is only a UAV (Unmanned air vehicle) a technology demonstrator of Unmanned Air Vehicle.
The UAV is not at the moment an UCAV it could be an airplane in the future.
An UCAV Bomber is more dangerous than a Nuke.
A Cruise Missile is an UCAV BOMBER at least but an UCAV FIGHTER BOMBER is Hazardous a Risk a Danger a Menace to all the people of the world everywhere.
These UCAVs will have the ability to identify friend or foe.
They will most likely use the same secure system that is installed in US fighters. The system identifies the fighter as a friend so it won't be shot down by surface-to-air missiles or other friendly aircraft.
A UCAV is not a dumb mine.
I would consider a UCAV as a smart flying watch dog.
Just send it up in the air to patrol a certain territory. If an enemy enters the territory, then it will attack. If a friend enters the territory, then it will not do anything but keep watch.
They aren't more dangerous than a nuke. That is stupidity.
There is the Jamming Technology on air I don't tell dumb fables.
The first Unmanned experimental vehicles were on ground and not on air.
Only few people knows about the experiments and the results.
They are more dangerous than mines.
Try to defuse a mobile Mine if you want I can assure you that it's impossible within it's in function or malfunction or failure.
The UCV cannot be defuse when they are in function with failure and malfunction or out of control. We can defuse the UCV only when they are stopped. The Life is a very important value to everyone in this world.
Very good seven. Wonder if Ivan has seen this thread. He seems to know a lot about the Russian military.
In the Sky everything have a IFF system.
In the ground how many have IFF systems?
In the sea everything could have a IFF system.
The modern or future Jamming could go mad the IFF systems.
This is the danger, the hazard, the risk.
They cannot distinguish a Man from a Child, a Soldier from a Civil one.


Today, in ceremony organized by Canon Pakistan at Faletti's Hotel, Lahore; Canon announced to launch world's first full-frame 35 mm sensor digital cameras with 50 Mega Pixel resolution-5DS R. Launching ceremony attended by various photographers and dealers from across the country.
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Roskam's effort to stop aircraft sales to Iran passes U.S. House
WASHINGTON — Thursday, the House of Representatives voted 243-174 to pass H.R. 5711, which blocks the Treasury Department from issuing licenses to finance aircraft sales to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Roskam said that American aircraft makers are pursuing business with Iran is a disappointment.
"You know what disappointment is? It's you know what, let's go in let's do business with a terrorist regime. Let's just go make a buck. That's the scandal of this," Roskam said in a debate Thursday.
The Islamic Republic has a history of using commercial aircraft to transport weapons, missiles, troops, and cash to the Assad Regime in Syria and its other terror proxies around the world. The rogue state recently signed memoranda of understanding with both Airbus and Boeing to buy over 200 new planes, even as it continues its ballistic missile program and support for international terrorism.
The DuPage County-based congressman led the charge to keep the Iranian Regime from acquiring military technology and capabilities. Roskam's debate on H.R. 5711 on the House floor here.
Roskam admitted in his debate argument that President Obama will not sign the measure into law.
"Is President Obama going to sign it? Obviously not. But we can still do the right thing," he said.
The bill applies equally to both Airbus and Boeing, and includes Rep. Roskam's No Ex-Im Assistance for Terrorism Act, which bars the Export-Import Bank of the United States from facilitating such deals, directly or indirectly.
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Literally one of the best live performances I've ever experienced!! I was gifted tickets to this concert by my boyfriend and I'm definitely grateful.. Looking forward to seeing him / free nationals again! I knew Andy was talented but daaaaaamn. 🤯 I was blown away.. Haha!
Amazing show 1 of the best I've seen top 5 hands down. The only negative was the orpheum theater very old theater seats were broken.
I was on Andy concert 3 years ago in Warsaw. It was his first tour in Europe. Was legit! This time he doesn't disappoint me! Becoming goat everyday! Yas lawd!
One of the best concerts I've ever been to. He's a pro on stage. He had great stage presence and knows how to work the crowd. He went through a lot of his new songs but also did his old ones. He was up there for about a good hour and a half and they started on time so that's a plus. Overall, I enjoyed the concert and I will definitely go see him again next time he's on tour. I would definitely recommend seeing him live if you haven't already.
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Art by JAMES BENN
SECURITY??
Playing Chicken
New avian flu work has sparked debate among researchers and security experts.
Last fall, two research groups announced that they had submitted papers describing their studies on H5N1' "bird flu'" to the journals Nature and Science. Both groups, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, had identified mutant strains that are more easily transmissible among ferrets. The experiments, which aimed to demonstrate how the virus might mutate and become more dangerous to humans, raised red flags for some scientists and experts on biosecurity and public health, who argued that knowledge of the mutant flu presented a grave threat to public safety and national security.
The U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity first pressed for the full details of the researchers' methodologies not to be published. But after months of debate, a majority of the board decided that the benefits outweighed the risks, and the first study, led by Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, was published in Nature in May. The second study, by Dutch researcher Ron Fouchier, was published in Science in June. Yet debate continues about whether, and how, research on H5N1 and other deadly pathogens should proceed.
Vincent Racaniello, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia University who produced the first infectious DNA copy of an animal virus genome in the 1980s, sees greater benefit than risk. "The study in Nature tells us a lot about what's important for aerosol transmission of avian flu among mammals," he says. "The better we understand that, the better chance we have to interrupt it." On the question of risk, Racaniello says that lab-created viruses tend to be less dangerous than natural ones. And he believes existing regulations and facilities provide a high level of protection. "People work on plenty of dangerous pathogens, and there has never been an accident leading to dire consequences," he says.
Richard H. Ebright, a professor of chemistry at Rutgers University who serves on the school's Institutional Biosafety Committee, disagrees, recalling a 1977 pandemic of the H1N1 flu strain that many experts believe started with the escape of a virus from a Russian laboratory. "No facility will provide complete protection," he says. Even if the current mutant H5N1 strains are debilitated? "That's not always the case," says Ebright. "Furthermore, the next generation of research will aim to increase virulence and transmissibility."
Racaniello and Ebright agree that publishing the studies makes sense, but for different reasons. "If you only give data to 100 flu scientists," says Racaniello, "you eliminate the chance that a person from another field sees it and sees something new." The fear of a terrorist using the research to create a weapon is unfounded, he says. "Why would a terrorist want to use something that worked on a ferret without having a clue if it would do the same thing in people?"
For Ebright, whether to publish the studies was a moot point. "The virus and the information already existed," he says. "Restricting publication would infuriate researchers, and it wouldn't address the primary security risk, which is release by a person who was authorized to work with it—which is what happened with the 2001 anthrax mailings."
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Machinists Union Wins Election for 17,000 at United Airlines
In an election conducted by the National Mediation Board (NMB), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today won exclusive representation rights for nearly 18,000 Passenger Service and Reservation Employees at the new United Airlines.
The IAM received 8,305 votes during the seven-week election, while 5,865 votes were cast for no representation. The NMB determined there were 16,720 eligible voters. Winners in NMB elections are determined by a simple majority of ballots cast.
"This election preserves IAM representation rights for pre-merger United employees and extends that benefit to their new co-workers from Continental and Continental Micronesia," said IAM Transportation General Vice President Sito Pantoja. "Today's win provides all IAM members at United with the advantages of size and strength that airlines themselves are seeking through consolidation."
The Machinists Union also represents 14,800 Ramp Service and Stock & Stores employees at the new United. With the addition of the newly acquired Passenger Service and Reservations bargaining unit, the IAM now represents more than 31,500 employees at the combined airline.
The election was prompted by the merger of United, Continental and Continental Micronesia. The Machinists Union has represented United Airlines Passenger Service and Reservations employees since 1998, while Continental employees have been unrepresented until now. Continental Micronesia employees had been represented by another union.
"Voters had to overcome an aggressive anti-union campaign that included an attempt to have the votes of nearly 1,000 IAM supporters invalidated," said IAM District 141 President Rich Delaney. "Despite United's divisive tactics, we will focus our efforts on building a better airline and unite employees into a single force to face the challenges ahead."
For more information about the IAM's election at United Airlines, visit www.voteiam.com.
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