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Q: How to play audio files one after the other I have multiple audio files in the assets directory of my application. When the user clicks a button I want to play those files in a certain order, one after the other. There shouldn't be any noticeable lag between the audio files. What is the best approach to achieve this?
I am thinking of using MediaPlayer objects and OnCompletionListeners. But, that would mean I have to create a lot of OnCompletionListeners because I need to know every time which audio file is next. Am I missing something or is there a better approach?

A: you are on the right way, don't need a lot of OnCompletionListener´s.
//define a variable to be used as index.
int audioindex = 0;
//Extract the files into an array
String[] files = null;
files = assetManager.list("audiofiles");

then in your OnCompletionListener.
 mp.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener(){
    // @Override
    public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer arg0) {
    // File has ended, play the next one.
   FunctionPlayFile(files[audioindex]);
   audioindex+=1; //increment the index to get the next audiofile
     }
});

A: Check this, these classes can play mp3 urls one after another, i created them roughly at some point,and can be tweaked for playing from asset........
https://github.com/vivdub/AndroidMediaplayer

A: create raw folder in res directory and put your sound file there
Now... Use PlayMedia Like this
int[] soundIDs = {R.raw.yes, R.raw.eat};
PlayMedia playAudio = new PlayMedia(context,soundIDs);
playAudio.execute();

and define PlayMedia Class Like this
import android.content.Context;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.util.Log;

public class PlayMedia extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {

    private static final String LOG_TAG = PlayMedia.class.getSimpleName();

    Context context;
    private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
    int[] soundIDs;
    int idx =1;

    public PlayMedia(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
        this.mediaPlayer = mediaPlayer;
    }
    public PlayMedia(final Context context, final int[] soundIDs) {
        this.context = context;
        this.soundIDs=soundIDs;
        mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(context,soundIDs[0]);
        setNextMediaForMediaPlayer(mediaPlayer);
    }

    public void setNextMediaForMediaPlayer(MediaPlayer player){
        player.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener() {
            public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
                if(soundIDs.length>idx){
                    mp.release();
                    mp = MediaPlayer.create(context,soundIDs[idx]);
                    setNextMediaForMediaPlayer(mp);
                    mp.start();
                    idx+=1;
                }
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
        try {
            mediaPlayer.start();
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            Log.e(LOG_TAG, "", e);
        } catch (SecurityException e) {
            Log.e(LOG_TAG, "", e);
        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
            Log.e(LOG_TAG, "", e);
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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A vision for a Delaware River national recreation area
When Mark Lorenzini told his ex-brother-in-law he was going fishing below the Burlington Bristol Bridge, the response was: "What are you going to catch, a body?"
Steve Ostrowski and Joe Perillo, both Aquatic Biologists for the Philadelphia Water Department, bring in a boat at the Frankford Boat lunch in Northeast Philly. They are testing the water's quality and its fish. (Akira Suwa / Staff Photographer)Read more
by By Don Sapatkin, Inquirer Staff Writer
In fact, 40-inch striped bass can be caught in the much-improved waters of the Delaware River. And misguided stories like this frustrate Patrick Starr, who sees the river as an overlooked gem - cultural, historical, and recreational - that is badly in need of a sponsor.
His vision: a Tidal Delaware River National Recreation Area, 72 river miles from Trenton to Delaware City, managed by the National Park Service.
"We have treated the river as a backyard for decades. If you go back to the 1700s it was the front door," said Starr, senior vice president of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and a kayaker who says he could rent or store a boat near the Hudson River right in New York City but not here.
On Thursday, Starr led a tour - by van, since river access is poor - of some of the cultural and historical sites for park service officials and others, who responded with murmurs of awe. On Friday, he will lead a briefing for several dozen movers and shakers around the region. U.S. Reps. Robert E. Andrews (D., N.J.) and Allyson Y. Schwartz (D., Pa.) are expected to begin the lengthy process any day with an official request for a park service study.
The goal would not be new federal lands or substantial rules changes; dredging of the river, for example, would be unaffected. But the National Park Service could bring under one umbrella dozens of sites in three states and promote them as a single resource. It could provide money to build more river access. It could bring in rangers to run tours and other educational programs.
There are 17 national recreation areas around the country, from the Golden Gate in San Francisco to Gateway in North Jersey and New York City. Some are largely federal land and others almost none. Each is managed very differently.
"There is no cookie cutter," said Paul Labovitz, superintendent of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, which he described as an "overlay" of 25 units of state, county, and local government along 72 river miles in and around Minneapolis-St. Paul. Rangers lead bike, canoe, and birding trips. There is no entry gate, and the park's interpretive center is in a science museum.
Labovitz developed his love of the outdoors as a kid growing up in Northeast Philadelphia, where he watched water birds and fished for eels in the river from atop a big sewer pipe off Unruh Street. The river has grown dramatically cleaner since the 1960s and 1970s.
"The Delaware has a lot of recreational opportunities to offer that just need to be further developed," Labovitz said Thursday at a stop on Starr's van tour - a New Jersey observation platform with a view of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, which he said was "awesome."
The tour gave him a perspective that would be hard for most people to get. The Delaware, he realized, "is not just a community here, a community there. It's a river."
William Penn knew that, of course, as did Philadelphians through the centuries that followed.
"Philadelphia and Camden were the same economy," said Tom Corcoran, president of the Delaware River Waterfront Corp. in Philadelphia who held a similar position on the New Jersey side.
"Back in the heydays, there were 15 or 20 different ferry companies running all sorts of routes. Every two or three blocks in Camden there was a ferry station and in Philadelphia there was a ferry station and the river was just alive with people going back and forth."
Ironically, Corcoran said, it was the opening of the bridges across the river that killed people's connection with it. The last real ferry, not counting the tourist version that now runs, crossed on March 1, 1952.
The decline of the ports and construction of I-95 further divorced the region from the waterway that created it.
Indeed, tourists sometimes are surprised to hear that Philadelphia sits along a river at all, said Meryl Levitz, president and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp.
To Levitz, a Delaware River natural recreation area has a brand-name potential similar to that of Independence Mall.
"Tourists used to hear 'Indpendence Mall' and they would say, 'What stores are there?' " she said. After more than a decade of planning, improving and themed marketing, she doesn't hear that question anymore - visits to the 27 attractions that are part of the national park are up more than 70 percent.
To Congressman Andrews, a natural recreation area designation would be about jobs.
"Recreation is a major source of employment. And a river is a major source of recreation," he said.
The idea is far from a slam-dunk. Three out of the last five "reconnaissance" studies done by the National Park Service - the step that Andrews is requesting - resulted in recommendations for further action, a spokesman said, and five of the last 10 that got to the next step resulted in positive recommendations. Decisions on new parks are ultimately made by Congress, which could take years.
Still, Rich Weideman, the park service's chief of partnerships, saw a good fit after Thursday's tour. Mark Lorenzini, the fisherman who surprised his ex-brother-in-law, sees potential as well.
"A lot of people don't know what's here," Lorenzini said Thursday morning at the Frankford Arsenal public boat access, ticking off his catches - bass (smallmouth and largemouth), perch (yellow and white), catfish (all kinds) - in the Delaware River.
Just the other day he baited his hook with herring for striped bass and reeled in a 60-pound snapping turtle. (He let it go.)
By Don Sapatkin, Inquirer Staff Writer

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Alligator II: The Mutation is a 1991 American monster horror film directed by Jon Hess and starring  Joseph Bologna, Woody Brown, Harlan Arnold, Nicolas Cowan, and Brock Peters. It is a sequel to the 1980 film, Alligator.

Synopsis
Deep in the sewers beneath the city of Regent Park, another baby alligator feeds on the experimental animals discarded by Future Chemicals Corporation. Nourished by toxic growth hormones and other mutating chemicals, the gator grows immensely, develops a voracious appetite and goes out on a killing spree. No one believes the sightings until a large number of people are killed, and the police eventually embark on a search-and-destroy mission to put a stop to the alligator's murderous rampage. They track it down to a lake and a police helicopter attempts to blow the alligator up. Two officers enter a marsh area, to where the alligator had escaped. One of the officers uses a rocket launcher and ends the alligator's reign of terror.

Plot
The film's plot has similar elements to the first one. Local tycoon Vincent Brown (Steve Railsback) dumps a tank full of chemicals from Future Chemicals into the sewers. The repeated dumping has mutated the baby alligator from the end of the original film to a massive size. Two Mexican fishermen are killed and local Detective David Hodges (Joseph Bologna), notorious for working alone, begins to investigate. While the fishermen's community suspects Brown, a severed leg leads Hodges's wife Chris, a local expert at the university, and  the coroner to identify the incident as an alligator attack. Brown has been planning a town party at the lake that Hodges tries to get Mayor Anderson to call off. The Mayor and local police chief refuse.

Rookie Police officer Rich Harmon is enlisted reluctantly by Hodges, but their attempt to kill the mutant alligator fails. Professional alligator hunter Shai Hawkins and his friends and brother are summoned by Brown. They begin their hunt almost simultaneously with Hodges, but fail, having underestimated the size of the creature. After losing his brother and two of his best friends, Hawkins joins Hodges and Harmon's team to hunt the alligator.

Hawkins and his team uncover proof that Brown dumped chemicals into the sewers. Brown has one of his men wreck Chief Speed's car, killing him, then before gathers people down to his lake area party. Hodges, Harmon, and Hawkins attempt to blow up the mutant alligator with a homemade bomb Hawkins and Hodges made, but the alligator damages the detonator by eating the bomb. The three pursue the alligator through the sewers after obtaining poison from Chris, while Chris and Harmon's girlfriend Sherri Anderson try to break up the lake party. Mayor Anderson turns on Brown, who murders him on the Ferris wheel. The alligator reaches the park before Hodges can stop it, ravaging Brown's party and killing the man who murdered Chief Speed. Brown has a gun, but throws him in the water, where he is devoured by the alligator. Hodges, Harmon, and Hawkins head out on the lake to cut it off, but their boat is overturned by the alligator who devours Hawkins. A helicopter picks up Harmon. Hodges stabs the alligator with the poison injector before being picked up himself. However, the alligator does not die.

Hodges and Harmon, armed with rocket launchers, track the creature to its nest in the sewers. Harmon's shot narrowly misses the alligator. Hodges manages to shoot it in a soft spot on its skull, blowing off the back of its head and detonating the bomb. On returning to the surface, they are greeted as heroes and Hodges acknowledges Harmon as his partner.

Cast
Joseph Bologna as Detective David Hodges
Dee Wallace as Christine Hodges
Richard Lynch as "Hawk" Hawkins
Woody Brown as Officer Rich Harmon
Holly Gagnier as Sheri Anderson
Bill Daily as Mayor Anderson
Steve Railsback as Vincent Brown
Brock Peters as Chief Clarence Speed
Trevor Eyster (credited as Tim Eyster) as J.J. Hodges
Vojislav Govedarica (credited as Voyo Goric) as Carmen, Brown's Bodyguard
Kane Hodder as Billy "Billy Boy" Hawkins
Carmen Filpi as Henry "Wino Henry"
Thomas Rosales Jr. as Victor
Professor Toru Tanaka as Joe "Tokyo Joe", The Wrestler
Alexi Smirnoff as "The Mad Russian", The Wrestler

Reception
The film, given only a very limited theatrical release, received generally negative reviews, with some critics considering it a retread of the first film. In a review of the original film, Kim Newman of Empire noted that "Alligator II: The Mutation is less a sequel than a lackluster remake". Almar Haflidason of BBC Online wrote that the film lacked "the wit and indeed the scares of the original".

References

External links

1991 films
1991 horror films
Films about crocodilians
Films based on urban legends
American sequel films
American monster movies
Giant monster films
1990s English-language films
1990s American films

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Q: Spring automating generic bean creation via external factory I have a generic interface and some classes that implement it, e.g.:
interface Product { ... }
class Beverage implements Product { ... }
class Food implements Product { ... }
...

interface Worker<T extends Product> { ... }
class BeverageWorker implements Worker<Beverage> { ... }
class FoodWorker implements Worker<Food> { ... }
...

I have a Spring config defining beans for the above:
class SpringConfig {
  @Bean BeverageWorker beverageWorker() { return new BeverageWorker(...); }
  @Bean FoodWorker foodWorker() { return new FoodWorker(...); }
  ...
}

Assuming I have a generic way of creating these, i.e.:
BeverageWorker beverageWorker = WorkerFactory.workerFor(Beverage.class);
FoodWorker foodWorker = WorkerFactory.workerFor(Food.class);
...

is there a way to write the above SpringConfig to be generic somehow in order to avoid enumerating all types manually?
I.e. something like:
class SpringConfig {
  @Bean
  <T extends Product> Worker<T> genericWorker(Class<T> productClass) {
    return WorkerFactory.workerFor(productClass);
  }
}

but also ask Spring to call this method whenever it requires bean of type Worker<T extends Product>.


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It's a well known secret that the smartphone market has been deluged with several new entrants recently that struggle to make a space for themselves in the crowded market. While on one side we can quote success stories of companies like Xiaomi and OnePlus, on the other lies a graveyard of phones from manufacturers who simply couldn't make a dent in the market.
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Wileyfox has introduced two new phones, the 5-inch Swift and the 5.5-inch Storm. The smaller screened Swift is expected to cost nearly $200 and the Storm will retail at about $315. Pre-orders for the both Wileyfox devices will start from this week and the phones will be delivered only in October. The sales will be conducted across Europe, Africa and the Middle East and if you reside in US or Australia you may have to wait till the company is clear with its launch plans in your regions.
The Wileyfox Storm touts a octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor as opposed to the smaller quad-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410 chipset in the Swift. Both the devices offer dual SIM slot and boast of expandable memory. While both these phones won't be a literal alternative to the OnePlus Two, they are indeed priced aggressively.
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Gibson, Ralph Siward (1906–1989)
by Stuart Macintyre
Ralph Siward Gibson (1906-1989), communist organiser and writer, was born on 19 February 1906 at Hampstead, London, third of five sons of William Ralph Boyce Gibson, philosopher, and his wife Lucy Judge, née Peacock. Alexander Boyce Gibson was his brother. After Ralph's father was appointed (1911) to the chair of philosophy at the University of Melbourne, the family lived at Toorak, moving to Mont Albert in 1918. Ralph was educated at Glamorgan Preparatory and Melbourne Church of England Grammar schools, and at the University of Melbourne (BA Hons, 1927), where he studied history and politics.
In 1925 Gibson joined Brian Fitzpatrick, William Macmahon Ball Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Lloyd Ross in founding the university Labor Club; he also became active in the Labor Guild of Youth. In 1927 he sailed for England. At the University of Manchester (MA, 1930), he wrote a thesis on unemployment insurance. Gibson represented the university's Socialist Society at a University Labour Federation conference and served as an organiser for the Labour Party in the 1929 British general election. While inheriting the family's high-minded philosophical idealism, and sharing his mother's interest in the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, Gibson inclined to secular schemes of socialist fellowship. His encounter with poverty in Britain's industrial heartlands was formative; he expected much of the working-class governments elected on the eve of the Depression in Britain and Australia.
Returning to Australia, Gibson took a job in 1931 as an extension lecturer for the Workers' Educational Association on the north coast of Tasmania. His lectures were increasingly critical of the Scullin government's failure to stem mass unemployment. At the end of the year he rejected the offer of a lectureship at the University of Western Australia. In January 1932 he joined the Communist Party of Australia.
For nearly forty years (apart from three years working for the Forests Commission of Victoria during World War II) Gibson was a full-time party organiser. He never complained about meagre payment, readily accepted long hours, ran between meetings and bounded up stairs. Notoriously careless of his appearance, he looked the part: below medium height, spare in build, fair in appearance, untidy, urgent. His writing and speech betrayed his class origins: although he adopted the Comintern lexicon and his voice became roughened by constant open-air speaking, his syntax and accent remained those of a bourgeois intellectual.
In 1933 Gibson was jailed for three weeks for addressing an illegal street meeting—one of several such convictions; later that year he made the first of many attempts to enter State and Federal parliament as a CPA candidate. He married Dorothy Alexander, a divorcee, at the office of the government statist, Melbourne, on 16 March 1937, after he returned from the World Peace Congress in Brussels. They had met through the peace movement. Her warmth complemented his intensity; with common interests in literature, art and music, and without children, they dedicated themselves to the same cause. Living in Oakleigh, Melbourne, they also spent much time at his mother's cottage at Olinda, in the Dandenong Ranges.
Celebrated for his fidelity to the party, Gibson went wherever he was sent, carrying out all tasks with a brisk efficiency. He served as State secretary, as State president, as a long-standing member of the central (national from 1967) committee, and as editor (1943-48) of the Guardian. Yet he would never exercise leadership of an insistently proletarian movement. He saw his role as justifying and propagating communist policy with a single-minded loyalty. As the principal witness before the Lowe royal commission (1949-50) into communism in Victoria, he gave a sustained and cogent justification of its activity while also offering a chilling definition of communist morality: whatever advanced the cause was good; whatever hindered it was bad. Khrushchev's 1956 revelations of Stalin's crimes made little impression on him. In the early 1960s he tried to avert the split with the pro-Chinese faction of the CPA; a decade later he sympathised with a breakaway pro-Soviet faction, but still stood firm with the party.
Following Dorothy's death in 1978, Gibson travelled and embarked on literary projects. He had written many pamphlets, among them an anticipation of Socialist Melbourne (1937) that was repeatedly reissued. In 1966 he published My Years in the Communist Party; a memoir of Dorothy, One Woman's Life, appeared in 1980; then came two massive, detailed accounts of communist activity in Australia and the world, The People Stand Up (1983) and The Fight Goes On (1987). These studies combined autobiography, almost impersonal in its modesty, with generous reminiscences of contemporaries and historical analysis that was trapped within the political faith he had never abandoned. Ralph Gibson died on 16 May 1989 at East Malvern, Melbourne, and was cremated.
J. Sendy, Ralph Gibson (1988)
S. Macintyre, The Reds (1998)
R. and D. Gibson papers (National Library of Australia)
Gibson papers (University of Melbourne Archives).
Hardy, Francis Joseph (collaborator)
Stuart Macintyre, 'Gibson, Ralph Siward (1906–1989)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gibson-ralph-siward-12535/text22559, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 23 January 2020.
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Palamo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Aveau Niko Palamo, Samoan politician
Thretton Palamo (born 1988), American rugby union player

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In most cases, pain in the shoulder can be the result of one of four main cases: inflammation, instability, arthritis, or a fracture.
Whether you're suffering from a recent injury, such as a rotator cuff tear or shoulder dislocation, or the pain in your shoudler has developed over time from shoulder tendonitis (medically referred to as tendinitis) or bursitis, consider consulting with a shoulder doctor at Western Orthopaedics by calling 303-321-1333.
Shoulder pain also arises from a variety of causes with the most common ones listed below.
Pain in the shoulder is often caused by subacromial impingement: "pinching" of the rotator cuff and biceps tendon by the "roof" (acromion process) of the shoulder.
One of the most common impact injuries to the shoulder is an acromio-clavicular (AC) sprain, or separation.
A common cause of shoulder pain in weight lifters and patients with rotator cuff tears is arthritis of the acromio-clavicular (AC) joint.
Tears of the rotator cuff of the shoulder are one of the most common causes of shoulder pain and weakness.
Motion of the shoulder joint depends on slick surfaces of the ball and saucer joint that glide on each other without friction.
The biceps muscle has a tendon that passes into the shoulder joint and attaches to the top of the socket.
One of the most common fractures in the shoulder occurs over the middle of the clavicle, or collarbone.
Sporting injuries can result in shoulder dislocations and instability. The ball of the shoulder rotates off of the socket, often becoming stuck in the front, back, or bottom of the shoulder joint.
The reversed shoulder is an option for the patient with an extremely deficient rotator cuff and/or severely distorted shoulder anatomy. The implants "reverse" the ball and socket anatomy of the shoulder, placing the "ball" on the original socket (glenoid) side and the "socket" in the original ball (humerus). This designs imparts the mechanical stability normally provided by the rotator cuff for shoulder elevation (lifting of the arm). Watch and see how it works!


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How Sugar Creates Havoc in Your Body and What to Do About It
March 7, 2013 -- How Sugar Creates Havoc in Your Body and What to Do About It
Find out "How Sugar Creates Havoc in Your Body and What to Do About It" with Dr. Debra Harr. She will talk about how a sweet tooth and the resulting unbalanced blood sugar sets us up for ill health from diabetes to heart, brain, kidney, gastrointestinal and immune system disorders. She will share how she has warded off her strong diabetic predisposition for 30 years through dietary and lifestyle changes.
Debra Harr, MPH, EdD, has a masters in public health and doctorate in education. She is a retired nurse midwife and taught in the school of nursing at WVU for 30 years. She is a student in the 50 plus yoga class at Inner Life Yoga Studio.


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Q: Añadir descripción a métodos/atributos en C# (Visual Studio) Me gustaría saber como (si es que es posible), al definir una clase propia, con sus atributos y sus métodos, poder añadirles un texto de descripción para que al usar los metodos y atributos mas tarde, aparezca dicha descripción; como aparece con las clases "propias" de .NET:

La idea es que, al crear una clase de biblioteca (o libreria), los futuros desarrolladores sepan lo que hacen los metodos a la hora de usarlos.
Muchas gracias por vuestra ayuda!!
Un saludo!!

A: Para darle información al desarrollador tenés que agregar sobre el method/property Tags References!.
Hay muchos tipos de tags, dentro de los cuales uno es el "summary". Pero se pueden usar otros para la visualización de ejemplo y demás ayudas.
public class Rectangulo
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Esta es la descripción de la altura del rectángulo
    /// </summary>
    public int Heigth { get; set; }
    /// <summary>
    /// Esta es la descripción del ancho del rectángulo
    /// </summary>
    public int Width { get; set; }

}

Documentación oficial de Microsoft:
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/xmldoc/summary

Espero que se sea de ayuda!.
Saludos! :)


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THE CITY OF RENSSELAER MOURNS THE PASSING OF MAYOR DANIEL J. DWYER
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STATEMENT BY THE CITY OF RENSSELAER ON THE PASSING OF MAYOR DANIEL J. DWYER
RENSSELAER, N.Y. (Nov. 20, 2018) – The City of Rensselaer has released the following statement on the passing of Rensselaer Mayor Daniel J. Dwyer.
"The City of Rensselaer joins the Dwyer family in mourning of the Honorable Daniel J. Dwyer, thirty-second mayor of the City of Rensselaer. Mayor Dwyer passed away earlier Tuesday morning, surrounded by family. Mayor Dwyer, a Korean War veteran, served the City proudly for several years, starting in 1963 as a member of the Civil Service Commission, from 2002 to 2005 as chair of the Zoning Commission before his 2005 election as Mayor."
"Under Mayor Dwyer's leadership and harkening to his earlier career as a pilot for Pan American Airways, his management of the City lifted its spirits and chartered a new route for long-term success. Rensselaer moved its City Hall and City Court to the former Fort Crailo School, built the new North End fire house, a new police station, and renovated a former drug store into the new Rensselaer Library – all driven by Mayor Dwyer's vision. Mayor Dwyer and the Common Council worked diligently to stabilize the city's financial situation upon entering office, now achieving an A-plus bond rating."
"Mayor Dwyer is predeceased by his wife of 51 years, Kathleen, and is survived by their two children and five grandchildren. And as a testament to Mayor Dwyer, he leaves the city in strong hands with Mayor Rich Mooney, the Common Council, and all City employees who believe, just as Mayor Dwyer did, that Rensselaer is in the midst of a resurgence for new development and new investment within the city. The thoughts and prayers of all of the City of Rensselaer are with the Dwyer family during this difficult time."
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Dadivank, one of amazing tourist sights, is located on the left bank of the river Tartar or Trtu in Shahumyan district in Artsakh. It was a cultural and educational centre in Khachen. Dadivank is also known as Khutavank and was founded in the 1-st century on the place where was burried Dadi, but unfortunately it was destroyed by Arabs. And the main church named Katoghike was built by Vaghtang's wife Arzukhatun, in the 13-th century.


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Early Childhood Educators Receive More Government Support to Upgrade Their Skills and Enter the Workforce
Early Childhood educators (ECEs) are critical to high-quality child care, so as of August 13, 2021, the Government of Canada announced a one-time investment of $48.8 million dollars to support BC in ensuring ECEs are able to further their professional goals. In addition, a four-year funding program of $272 million to the province of British Columbia was launched to improve the access to high-quality, affordable, and inclusive early learning and child care programs and services.
"Child care is not a luxury, it's a necessity. High-quality early learning experiences are essential to the intellectual, emotional and physical development of our children," says Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development. "Our government will continue to fight for families and children in British Columbia to ensure they have access to high quality, affordable, accessible, and inclusive child care, because every child deserves the best possible start in life."
Under the 2021–2022 to 2024–2025 Canada–British Columbia Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, BC will be supporting more affordable child care, giving priority to facilities that offer care to infants and toddlers, and enhancing equity in child care to support Indigenous families and families with children with support needs. This funding will also help to improve access to ECE training programs, provide bursaries to hundreds of ECE students, and provide additional incentives to early learning professionals to join the sector and upgrade their skills.
Looking to upgrade your skills and start a new career in ECE? Now is the perfect time to head back to school with the additional support of the Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC) Support Fund. Information for Fall 2021 applications will soon be available here.
Vancouver Career College offers a variety of programs in early childhood education. From a 44-week certificate program that covers learning through play, art, and creative development to a 72-week comprehensive diploma program that covers hands-on infant/toddler and special needs training, you'll be able to find a program that fits your schedule and flexibility requirements. For a limited time only, Vancouver Career College is offering a $2,500 scholarship* if you enroll in one of the early childhood education programs before September 30. Find out more about our early childhood education options here or fill in the Request Info Form to learn more.


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Restored and Renewed Investment Critical for Education
January 23, 2018 by ssba admin
REGINA – Saskatchewan school boards believe the education system is at a critical point and funding sufficiency is of major concern for school divisions who are already planning for the 2018-19 school year.
Without restored funding and renewed investment, school boards will not have the resources needed to deal with rising student enrolment numbers, suitable classroom supports and keeping up with inflationary pressures.
"We are at the point where further cuts or funding freezes will significantly impact our classrooms and communities," said Dr. Shawn Davidson, president of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA). "There has been a trend of decreasing per-student funding in the operating budgets of school divisions. That is the wrong direction and we are falling behind our neighbouring provinces in terms of operating funding for education. We need to make sure education is a priority when planning for the future of our province and investment in students and classrooms plays a big part."
School boards want the voices of the families and communities they represent to be heard and considered, Davidson said. Boards oversee the province's education system, while the provincial government is responsible for ensuring the system is appropriately funded.
"Last year's budget cut about $55 million of funding from school division operating budgets for the 2017-18 school year and boards have worked hard to minimize the negative effects on students and staff resulting from the difficult fiscal situation," added Davidson. "But school boards are very concerned looking ahead to the 2018-19 year about what will result if funding levels are not restored."
The SSBA's advocacy efforts will continue in support of its members and the communities they serve, and Davidson called on families and communities to keep adding their voices by reaching out local to MLAs.
More information is available at https://saskschoolboards.ca/education-belongs-to-community/.


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Jokhang är ett buddhistiskt tempel i Lhasa som grundades av kejsar Songtsän Gampo kring åren 639-647. Tibetanska buddhister betraktar templet som det allra heligaste templet i Tibet och det utgör det naturliga centret i Lhasas gamla tibetanska kvarter.

På tibetanska kallas templet Jokhang (tib: ཇོ་ཁང།;Wylie: Jo-khang) eller Tsulagkhang (tib: གཙུག་ལག་ཁང།; Wylie: gtsug lag khang). På kinesiska kallas templet Dàzhāo sì (大昭寺).

Historia
Templet grundades för att inrymma en Buddhabild som Songtsän Gampos nepalesiska gemål Bhrikuti Devi fört med sig som hemgift. Templet byggdes på en sjöbotten som fyllts ut för ändamålet och platsen skall ha valts av Songstän Gampos kinesiska gemål Wen Cheng, som hävdade att en demon vilade under sjön och att ett tempel måste byggas över hennes hjärta för att blidka henne.

Jokhang utsattes för omfattade förstörelse under kulturrevolutionen. I september 1966 tågade rödgardister in i templet och förstörde gudabilder, skrifter och andra kulturella föremål. Två år senare ockuperades templet av "Gyenlog-fraktionen", vilket innebar att det utsattes för attacker från rivaliserande fraktioner.

Arkitektur
Templet innehåller ett stort antal kapell som är tillägnade olika gudomligheter och andra heliga personer inom den tibetanska buddhismen. Den innersta helgedomen rymmer statyer av Guru Rinpoche och en tusenarmad Chenresig, medlidandets boddhisattva. Det finns också ett kapell tillägnat Gelug-skolans grundare Tsongkhapa och kejsar Songstän Gampo och hans två gemåler.

Jokhang omges av en gata, Barkhor, längs vilken pilgrimer vandrar runt templet medsols i en s.k. kora, innan de träder in i templet. Bakhor är centrum i den gamla tibetanska stadsdelen i Lhasa och en viktig marknadsplats.

Utanför templet finns en traditionell tibetansk stele (doring), på vilken ett fredsfördrag mellan det tibetanska imperiet och Tangdynastins Kina finns ingraverat. Det slöts år 822 för att garantera gränsen mellan de båda imperierna. Stelen kan dock inte beskådas av allmänheten då de kinesiska myndigheterna låtit bygga en mur runt stelen.

2000 tillfördes Jokhang Unescos lista över världsarvet i Lhasa, till vilket Potalapalatset förts år 1994.

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Our uniquely designed Personality Development course helps girls to overcome traditional constraints that keep them shackled to age-old traditions. The thrust of our program is to enable girls to enter domains hitherto denied to them.
Our unique Program Modules develop women's leadership capabilities and expose them to aspects of negotiating public life, through visits to the local police station, for instance. Some core topics are awareness about the Constitution, of the rights and values it upholds, health concerns and understanding gender. These modules, combined with our Education programs, have greatly aided the young women in finding gainful employment in arenas traditionally seen as male domains.
Women's employment, in our context, includes encouraging our participants to stand on their own feet by resisting the common social pressure to marry and have children at an early age. Our program enables both, young women who managed to resist such pressures as well as those who could not, to resume their education so that they do not lag behind when seeking employment later.
Football has proven useful to not only to incorporate life skills in the girls but also to encourage them to attend school and complete their education.
Since two years we have used sports to connect with and guide the girls. Sports in general but football, in particular, have become a phenomenon that has huge potentials as channels and tools for social development.
"I have been called all kinds of names for playing this 'manly sport,' but the way football has liberated me is incomprehensible. Just last year, Mumbra got its women's-only football ground,"
Sabah, Football Coach
The aim of this workshop is to create space where all women who are struggling with violence and gender based inequalities and discrimination in their lives can be brought together to share their own unique problems and issues. This discussion tries to break down the image of women as helpless and weaker individuals and imbibe in them values like self-reliance, independence, dignity and equal rights in society. This socializing also provides an opportunity for these women to get out of their homes and feel free to think about starting a life afresh.
Through 'Sculpting Lives' project, women got an opportunity to travel out of their hometowns and gain perspective on issues of women's rights and domestic violence and how it manifests differently in different contexts.
Aawaaz-e-Niswaan, in collaboration with Point of View, conducted a photography workshop called 'Sculpting Lives' with 16 Muslim women, many of whom were survivors of domestic violence. The objective of this workshop, which was led by the members Photography Promotion Trust, was to challenge the stereotypical representation of the Muslim women as weak , helpless, and destitute and gave them a novel medium to tell their stories in their own way.
PARVAAZ
Parvaaz is our annual culture event that encourages adolescent girls and women to engage in self expression through creative means like plays, poetry, dance and so on. The objective of this event is to foster self confidence and creativity amongst the girls and women of the community and extend a message of courage and gender equality. Parvaaz gives members of the community a much-needed platform to rediscover themselves and realise their full potential in various extra-circular avenues and encourage others to do so.
Aawaaz-e-Niswaan (voice of women) is a vibrant feminist collective of students, academicians, activists from the women's movement and women who daily confront violations of their rights and evolve strategies to combat these violations.
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Offering one of the most unique ways to taste and tour your way through France and other destinations, barge cruising is the best European vacation you've never heard of. Plying the exquisite inland waterways, barges function as floating boutique hotels, usually carrying just two to twelve guests. We find out more about this unique holiday experience by spending the day cruising with UltraVilla experts Ellen Sack and Stephanie Sack of The Barge Lady Cruises, the world's top experts on canal barge vacations.
Since 1985, the Barge Ladies, who now include both of Ellen's daughters, Caroline Sack Klein and Stephanie Sack, have offered guests expert insight into the dynamic world of barge cruising. Barging is like any other kind of cruise: there are lots of choices as to level of luxury, location, and on board ambiance. But the true charm of barge cruising lies in its intimate view into the European countryside, through which the barges float at five miles per hour! "Guests are immersed into the culture and daily life through guided excursions to working vineyards, local markets, and family-owned chateaux," says Ellen. Life on board also reflects a genteel lifestyle, as passengers are pampered by English-speaking crew, including their own private chef, who creates seasonally-inspired continental cuisine.
8:00 a.m. Wake up to breakfast – and do not even TRY to resist the chocolate croissants!
Barge breakfasts are informal affairs, taken in the salon, dining room, or perhaps al fresco on deck. A selection of cereal, yoghurt, fruit, cheese, and juice await. But the real point of breakfast might be the village-baked croissants, just warm from the oven. Your choice: One or two chocolate croissants? Finish off with hot coffee or a perhaps selection of herbal teas. Now you are ready to begin another delightful day floating, bicycling, tasting, and sightseeing in the French countryside.
Barges in France cruise on historic man-made canals, built in the 17th, 18th and 19th century to carry cargo. Now these vintage waterways have been renewed as routes for vacationers. Today your barge will cover approximately 10 miles, heading towards the next port. At such a relaxed cruising pace, you can WALK faster than the barge can cruise! So what to do this morning? Well, there's relaxing on deck and watch the gorgeous scenery drift by. Or, take out a bicycle and explore the passing villages. So many ways to immerse yourself into the passing countryside – and then return to the comforts of your floating home away from home!
10:00 a.m. The lockkeeper needs help – doesn't he (or she)?
Canals are bisected by locks, which raise or lower the barge to the water level of the next section of the canal. Although many of these are now operated electronically, along certain sections of the canal, lockkeepers still manually open and shut the system. On certain routes, lockkeepers still live in petite houses right on the canal and will often welcome your barge with wine and fresh produce for sale. Ask the Captain: Can you jump on shore and help turn the cranks to raise or lower your barge? Many guests enjoy playing lockkeeper – an adventure they could have nowhere else!
11:00 a.m. Hang out with the Captain – maybe he'll let you steer the barge!
In the always-open wheelhouse, you'll be welcome to join your Captain for a chat. He knows local lifestyle and personalities (aka gossip) and will introduce you to the intricacies of operating the barge. Try steering – it's fun but a LOT harder than it looks!
Already?! The barge has moored now and everyone gathers in the dining room or on the deck for lunch. Many barges offer a lavish buffet, featuring a different daily selection of salads, main dishes, quiches, and cheeses, paired with a selection of light local wines. At each meal, the accompanying wines are introduced by the crew, and during your week on board you'll be offered 22 different vintages.
It's a private chauffeured and guided tour showcasing those special experiences that can be found only on a barge cruise. Accompany the Chef to market – meet the vendors and perhaps pick out tonight's cheese selection. Or delve into the history of a preserved family-owned chateau, with the owner as your guide. What about a private introduction to a local artist, going truffle hunting, or perhaps a VIP tasting at an olive oil cooperative? Meet local craftsman or shop in enchanting cobblestoned streets. Sip the local wines at historic cellars which have produced and stored varietals for generations. Other choices, depending on your region, may include chocolate samplings, champagne tastings, enchanting villages, ancient churches, and local museums.
Does your barge have a hot tub? Or a petite swimming pool? Many do, especially the newly-built vessels. Late afternoon is a wonderful time to relax in the water and enjoy a pre-dinner aperitif. Or, take a nap…or curl up with a book in the salon…or stroll the towpath next to the canal and snap pictures of the adorable lockhouses.
7:30 p.m. Dinner is served!
Glistening glasses, starched linen napkins, and flower displays set the scene for a dinner party with friends…and you're invited! Light and flavorful cuisine showcases local ingredients and variety in the four-course menus. Dinner's plating and presentation are partnered with the nightly wine pairings, which are expertly introduced and generously poured by the crew. A cheese platter and a decadent dessert round out the day's edible adventures. As with the wine, each cheese is specifically introduced. You'll taste at least 18 different cheeses – and maybe more – during your cruise.
10:00 p.m. Under the stars…a last enchantment!
End your day with liqueurs served on deck as the stars come out over the canal.
Article written by Ellen Sack and Stephanie Sack. Photographs by Kelly Weiss. To experience your own day, or rather week, on a barge cruise contact Barge Lady Cruises here.


Meet this Noida based Adtech Startup "Fox Digital India", reinventing the concept of marketing and advertisement industry through their online tool " taskmojo"
What is this Product and How This is Different?
How did this idea Come to Your mind?
According to "Statistics" Report, Asia Pacific is the second largest regional advertising market in the world with projections to maintain this position in the coming years. Advertising spending in the region reached a total of 158.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2015 and is forecast to increase to about 235.5 billion U.S. dollars by 2020. The growth in the region is mainly driven by China, the world's second-largest ad market, and India, one of the fastest growing advertising markets in Asia. The ad market in India is forecast to increase by 2.84 billion U.S. dollars between 2015 and 2018; this is the fifth largest ad expenditure growth in the world during this time period. Fast moving consumer goods, automobile, and e-commerce are the most advertised industries in India.
Vikash Kain is having expertise in ISR is working on TaskMojo and implementing some crazy algorithm to crack consumer behavior, while Manish, another Master degree holder is operational head of Fox Digital. Manish handles ongoing projects and works almost 16 Hrs every day. Vikash Yadav is marketing professional, who holds MBA and B.tech degree in computer science is responsible for customer relationship management and acquisition.
One of problem most business face is how to target their market in a best possible way, most of them opt for TV or Banner and end up burning Lakhs and Lakhs of rupee for very fewer customers. But, in this data-driven world, they should actually be using more of digital marketing approach. TaskMojo, an android and web platform helps brands and enterprises target their users and have access to there data. This way retention rate become 65% higher.
Vikash saw this problem when he was working as an intern in healthcare startup, where a firm has almost zero data of customers they were serving. The almost same thing was there with Travel firm where Manish was working as full stack developer. Looking at this gap in the market, they created a product "TaskMojo " that carter as a gap between data gap and supply. Founded in Nov 2017, TaskMojo is a brainchild of this process, Says the Fox Digital Team.
In just 6 months from inception, Fox Digital have managed to pull client base of 3 Dozens enterprise and startups, the surprising part is all of their clients seems to be happy with them. Considering there ratings and review, they are one of the most popular service providers in Delhi NCR, with almost 4.9/5 rating on FB and 4.8/5 on Google Business.
Recently we launched our Android-based platform TaskMojo, which have more than 500 users in just 3 days. Their future plans seem to revolve around making their product better and better day by day.


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Q: How can I run a portable Perl with CGI on Windows? I need a portable CGI Perl application.
I don't have admin right on the computer where I will install/run the portable Perl CGI software.

A: First, you need to distinguish some thing.
Perl
This is the language your code is written in. It is required to run your code. perl1 itself is a program as well, which is written in a different programming language and needs to be compiled for your operating system.
There are portable versions of Strawberry Perl, which is a pre-compiled version of Perl for Windows. You can just drop that on your computer and run without admin rights.
CGI
CGI is a technology. Older Perl versions included the CGI.pm module, but it has recently been removed from the Perl core. That means newer versions do not ship with it by default and you need to install it from the CPAN.
CGI as a technology and especially the CGI.pm module are considered to be outdated, and using them in new projects is discouraged. You might find this talk by Sawyer X, who is the current Perl release manager, entertaining and instructional.
Running a CGI program
In order to run a CGI program as a website, you need a web server. Typically one would use Apache 2. There are projects like XAMPP for Windows that bring a development environment with a prebuilt Apache server, MySQL database server, PHP, Perl and other technologies. There are portable versions of that.
If you don't want to bother with all of that and only want to try CGI programs, you can use the Perl module App::CGIThis2, which turns the current directory you run it in into a web server using the Plack/PSGI technology stack.
$ cd projects
$ dir
index.pl

$ cgi_this

You can now access your index.pl with http://localhost:3000/index.pl.
You program
The code you want to run, written in Perl. This probably consists of a script that uses the CGI.pm module as well as some other, custom modules.
Dependencies
Your Perl program might require some things that are not part of the core Perl distribution, like CGI.pm. You will have to install these from CPAN. Your portable Strawberry Perl brings a cpan client that you can use to install stuff.

1) Perl is the language, perl is the name of the interpreter binary that runs Perl programs, and PERL is not related to the Perl programming language. See explanation here.
2) Disclaimer: I am the author of that module.


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The National Unity Committee (Turkish: Milli Birlik Komitesi, MBK) was a military committee formed following the 1960 Turkish coup d'état. It dissolved with the 1961 general election.
2 The committee
3 The Fourteens
Between 1950 and 1960, the ruling party in Turkey was Democrat Party (DP). Towards 1960, Turkey faced political corruption and economic crises, in which the Turkish currency was devalued from 2.80 to 9.00 for US$1.00.[1] Rise in commodity prices and scarcity of imported industrial goods caused unrest, and consequently political support for the DP decreased while it increased for the opposition, especially for the Republican People's Party (CHP). The DP government tried to suppress a revival of the CHP banning public activities of the CHP. In 1959, İsmet İnönü, the leader of the CHP, was assaulted at rallies by DP sympathizers in Uşak on May 1 and in İstanbul on May 4.[2][3] The press was set under heavy censorship. Many journalists, including popular columnist Metin Toker, as well as profiled politicians, such as Osman Bölükbaşı, the leader of the Republican Villagers Nation Party (CKMP), were arrested. On April 27, 1960, the parliamentary group of the DP, which held the majority in the parliament, passed a law to form a Committee of Inquest, which was authorized with the powers of a court. The committee, composed of DP MPs only, was tasked with inquires about the members of the opposition party CHP and the press.[4]
The committee[edit]
Main article: 1960 Turkish coup d'état
On May 27, 1960, a group of military officers staged a coup d'état. The revolting officers did not act in the traditional military hierarchy. The chief of general staff, commanders of the air and naval forces were not among the group, and the commander of the land forces General Cemal Gürsel joined the group only after the operation began.[5] The number of generals in the group with 38 members was only five while the remaining officers were of lower ranks as colonel, major or captain.[6]
Below is the list of the committee members:[7]
Cemal Gürsel Army general Land
Fahri Özdilek Army general Land
Cemal Madanoğlu Lieutenant general Land
Sıtkı Ulay Brigadier general Land
İrfan Baştuğ Brigadier general Land
Ekrem Acuner Colonel Land
Osman Köksal Colonel Land
Fikret Kuytak Colonel Land
Sami Küçük Colonel Land
Muzaffer Yurdakuler Colonel Land
Haydar Tunçkanat Colonel Air
Refet Aksoyoğlu Lieutenant colonel Land
Kadri Kaplan Lieutenant colonel Land
Suphi Karaman Lieutenant colonel Land
Sezai Okan Lieutenant colonel Land
Mucip Ataklı Lieutenant colonel Air
Mehmet Özgüneş Major Land
Vehbi Ersü Major Land
Suphi Gürsoytrak Major Land
Şükran Özkaya Major Land
Ahmet Yıldız Major Land
Selahattin Özgür Lieutenant commander Naval
Kamil Karavelioğlu Captain Land
Emanullah Çelebi Captain Air
Alparslan Türkeş Colonel Land
Orhan Kabibay Lieutenant colonel Land
Mustafa Kaplan Lieutenant colonel Land
Orhan Erkanlı Major Land
Muzaffer Karan Major Land
Şefik Soyuyüce Major Land
Fazıl Akkoyunlu Major Land
Dündar Taşer Major Land
Münir Köseoğlu Lieutenant commander Naval
Numan Esin Captain Land
İrfan Solmazer Captain Land
Muzaffer Özdağ Captain Land
Rıfat Baykal Naval lieutenant Naval
Ahmet Er Captain Gendarmerie
The chairman of the committee was Cemal Gürsel. He became also the prime minister in the 24th and 25th government of Turkey during the military regime.
Among other generals, Irfan Baştuğ died in a traffic accident on September 12, 1960 and Cemal Madanoğlu resigned from the committee on July 7, 1961, both during the military regime.
The Fourteens[edit]
While Cemal Gürsel was trying to re-establish the civilian regime as soon as possible, fourteen members of the committee under the leadership of Colonel Alparslan Türkeş were planning to continue the military regime with the intention of making reforms. On September 13, 1960, they were expelled from the committee.[8] (Their names are marked by yellow color in the above list.) They were sent as diplomats to Turkish embassies abroad. Although they were later given pardon, they could never return to the committee. In later years, Alparslan Türkeş became the leader of the Republican Villagers Nation Party and renamed it to Nationalist Movement Party.
Following the 1961 general election on October 15, Turkey returned to civilian regime. Cemal Gürsel was elected president. The other 21 members of the MBK became the permanent members of the Turkish senate. In 1968 five of them were expelled from the senate. The rest lost their memberships by another coup in 1980.
^ On line bulletin of regulation (in Turkish)
^ Metin Toker: Demokrasimizin İsmet Paşalı Yılları, 1957-1960, Bilgi Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1991, ISBN 975-494-246-3 p.230
^ Cumhuriyetin 75 yılı, Tempo Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1998, p.141
^ Sina Akşin: Kısa Türkiye Tarihi, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Istanbul, 2011, ISBN 978-9944-88-172-2 pp.257-259
^ Örsan Öymen: Bir İhtilal Daha var ,ISBN 978-605-111-772-0 p.240
^ Turkish parliament page (in Turkish)
^ Nedir page (in Turkish)
^ İnönü foundation page (in Turkish)
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L'Andrène à ventre rouge (Andrena erythrogaster) est une espèce d'andrènes de la famille des Andrenidae. Cette espèce est présente en Amérique du Nord.

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Iran, China confer on customs affairs, ease of trade
TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – In a meeting between Chinese Ambassador to Tehran Chang Hua and Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration Mehdi Mirashrafi in Tehran, the two sides discussed customs cooperation and trade facilitation.
New plan of Iran and China for expanding customs cooperation and trade facilitation was discussed in the meeting, where the Chinese ambassador to Tehran stressed that China in inclined to expand trade relations with Iran.
"One of China's largest trading partners is Iran. A large number of goods are annually traded between the two countries, so expanding these relations is one of the most important issues for China and we will do our best to improve our relations," the Chinese envoy said.
The Iranian official, for his part, put forward the idea of establishing a common gateway for trade between the two countries, as well on the way to boost mutual commerce.
According to Customs reports, China with 24.37% share of total imports in six months is Iran's major importer of non-oil goods from March to September, 2019.
Iran's non-oil exports from March 21 to September 22 stand at 70,009 tons valued at $20,948, which shows a 10.55% decrease in terms of value and a 22.5% increase in terms of weight compared to the same six-month period last year.
According to recent reports from the Customs, China was the major importer of Iranian non-oil goods with a share of 24.37% valued at over $5 million. Following that was Iraq with $4.663 million (22.36%), Turkey with $2.552 million (12.18%), the UAE with $2.356 million (11.25), and Afghanistan with $1.76 million (5.13%).
Meanwhile, China was the top exporter to Iran in the same six-month period with 25% share of the country's total exports, valued at $5.304 million.
The next top exporters were the UAE with $3.780 million (17.81%), Turkey with $2.618 million (12.34%), India with $2.127 million (10.02%), and Germany with $1.13 million (4.77%).
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It's a pretty sad state of affairs in the tablet world when removable memory is a way to lead off a review but there you have it – the Fire HD 8, Amazon's latest addition to its tablet family, has a removable memory slot.
This means you can expand things beyond the included 8 or 16 GB of memory that the device comes with. That's a good thing and Amazon should be praised for the addition. The rest of the tablet – data on the apps, the design, the screen, the processor – is at once compelling and bog standard, a problem that Amazon has yet to solve in its extensive Fire line.
What is this tablet? It's at once a glorified e-reader, a shrine to all things Amazon, and the incarnation of Amazon's retail might. It allows you to read an Amazon-provided book while downloading Amazon-provided movies and then do a little Amazon shopping for shoes and glasses, so you have them. And, like a warm sitz bath or some Marmite, if you're in the right mood the whole Amazon-infused process can be quite relaxing and rewarding.
But, unlike previous incarnations of the Fire, Amazon makes no effort to make this a non-consumer device. While Amazon once talked up the tablet's ability to run productivity apps and edit photos, all that has fallen by the wayside. You can still do it, but Fire OS 5 is all about your content. New reading systems encourage speed reading for maximum book consumption, a pre-emptive download system ensures you have plenty of video content to enjoy on trips, and something called Amazon Underground lets you download paid apps for free including in-app purchases. If you're a parent and that last part doesn't make you salivate like one of Pavlov's mutts then you're raising your children in a distant Ashram and probably aren't reading this.
Why should you buy this tablet? First, at $149 you're getting a lot of device for the money. This won't win any prizes for screen resolution or video playback but it has an excellent contrast ratio for reading and an interesting aspect ratio for video. You can definitely "see the pixels" here but not enough to warrant concern. You didn't buy this for the retina clarity. Further, the device is very robust. This is the device you give to the kids.
Thanks to systems like FreeTime, for example, the Fire is a perfect childhood tablet even without a case and because it is solidly built from candy-colored back to heat-sealed front you can't break it by dropping it down the stairs. You can lock the software down quite easily and control the time they spend on the tablet. This feature is worth the price of admission alone for families and schools (which is why Amazon sells the entry level model in packs of 6).
They've also improved the reading experience with WordRunner. This trick shows one word at a time in rapid succession, a process that lets you ostensibly read at a high rate of speed. In practice I was able to hit about 500 words per minute although the comprehension was a bit scattered. I think with practice I could get better.
In short, this tablet is for people who want to solely consume media. You can browse on this and download productivity apps but I'd be hard-pressed to recommend either activity. There are far better devices out there with better processors and better screens, and you'll probably be happier in the long run even though they cost a bit more. Heck, for app ecosystem alone, I'd recommend an iPad Mini over this thing, although I would love FreeTime-like features on iOS sooner than later. Until then you're stuck with the Fire.
Who shouldn't buy this tablet? Readers. If you want to read, get a Kindle Voyage. This is an enjoyable and eminently totable reader that offers a far simpler and more streamlined experience than the Fire. But if you want to do a few things, you have an Amazon Prime membership, and you don't mind being driven through the EPCOT Center of Jeff Bezos' marketing machine, this is the way to go.
This is not a walled Amazon garden but it's darn close and, in a way, that's fine. Reducing the opportunity to become confused while using the new Fire Amazon has initially reduced complexity to zero and, thanks to the MayDay video help system, it is now below zero. This tablet can't do it all but if you want to do lots of things at a surprisingly low price, the Fire 8 and 10 inch models are well worth a look.


UUlm is a public university located in the South German state of Baden-Württemberg and is ranked among one of the world top universities. The major focus of the university is on natural sciences, medicine and the engineering and computer sciences. UUlm has over 9,000 students studying in various disciplines. The University has been able to esta- blish numerous research programs and collaborative research centers both in basic and applied research with successful outcomes. UUlm provides an excellent basis for graduate and postgraduate program and making it very attractive for international students and scientific exchange programs.
At UUlm, the project will be carried out at the Institute of Organic Chemistry II and Advanced Materials (IOC2) which is a part of natural sciences. IOC2 has enormous ex- perience in the development of organic semiconducting materials for various types of solar cell applications including, organic photovoltaics (vacuum and solution processed), dye-sensitized solar cells (n-type and p-type), and more recently on the hole transport materials for perovskite solar cells. The infrastructure of the institute provides access to state-of-the art laboratory facility for synthetic work, analytical equipment for material purifications and characterizations. IOC2 has all equipment available, which is necessary for the undertaking of the proposed project. The instruments available are: 400 MHz and 500 MHz NMR spectrometer, high resolution mass spectrometry (equipped with MALDI-TOF and CI source), high pressure liquid chromatography (analytical and semi- preparative, recycling), gel permeation chromatography (analytical and recycling), size-exclusion chromatography, GC, GC-MS. In addition, IOC2 also has facility for opto- electronic characterizations which includes: UV-Vis spectrophotometer, spectro- fluorometer, IR-spectrophotometer, cyclic voltammetry, spectro-electrochemistry, investigation of thermal properties (differential scanning calorimetry, thermal gravimetric analysis).