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package tracing

// Copyright 2018 Microsoft Corporation
//
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//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
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import (
	"context"
	"net/http"
	"testing"
)

func TestDisabled(t *testing.T) {
	if IsEnabled() {
		t.Fatal("unexpected enabled tracing")
	}
	if tr := NewTransport(&http.Transport{}); tr != nil {
		t.Fatal("unexpected non-nil transport")
	}
	if ctx := StartSpan(context.Background(), "foo"); ctx != context.Background() {
		t.Fatal("contexts don't match")
	}
}

func TestEnabled(t *testing.T) {
	mt := mockTracer{}
	Register(&mt)
	if !IsEnabled() {
		t.Fatal("unexpected disabled tracing")
	}
	if tr := NewTransport(&http.Transport{}); tr != http.DefaultTransport {
		t.Fatal("didn't receive expected transport")
	}
	ctx := StartSpan(context.Background(), "foo")
	v := ctx.Value(mockTracer{})
	if val, ok := v.(string); !ok {
		t.Fatal("unexpected value type")
	} else if val != "foo" {
		t.Fatal("unexpected value")
	}
	EndSpan(ctx, http.StatusOK, nil)
	if !mt.ended {
		t.Fatal("EndSpan didn't forward call to registered tracer")
	}
}

type mockTracer struct {
	ended bool
}

func (m mockTracer) NewTransport(base *http.Transport) http.RoundTripper {
	return http.DefaultTransport
}

func (m mockTracer) StartSpan(ctx context.Context, name string) context.Context {
	return context.WithValue(ctx, mockTracer{}, name)
}

func (m *mockTracer) EndSpan(ctx context.Context, httpStatusCode int, err error) {
	m.ended = true
}

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Picturesque Pageant: Through the technical hiccups, blinding spotlights and treacherous staircases, contestants demonstrate poise and grace
Home » Features » Picturesque Pageant: Through the technical hiccups, blinding spotlights and treacherous staircases, contestants demonstrate poise and grace
Posted By admin on Nov 18, 2008
The set was reminiscent of a Broadway production as many beautiful and talented women on campus competed for the coveted honor of Miss Mary Hardin-Baylor. For this year's theme, "Bright Lights, Big City," the Chapel was decorated with many colorful lights and small cutouts of familiar skylines. Large spotlights lit up the night sky.
The 2009 pageant was sponsored by the Campus Activities Board and was a student-led production in which young women on campus represented organizations, classes or resident halls in competition. Alumni judges were asked to rate the contestants based on their interview, evening gown and individual talent performance.
Photo by Janie Wayland, The Bells
"I'm really proud of all of the girls. They did a great job," Mike McCarthy, director of campus activities, said. "You fall in love with all of the girls, and although it sounds cliché, when the night gets here, you want them all to win. The biggest reward for me is just to see them all do what they do well. Everyone did a great job."
Senior art education major Allison Daniel was this year's pageant director.
"I think (pageant) exceeded every expectation," she said. "It was really cool after all was said and done, and after all our work, to just sit and watch each of these girls shine."
Daniel said the most common question she was asked during the pageant was who she thought would win.
"Honestly, out of the girls we have, I could not pick one," she said. "Every time I would think that one of the girls was pulling ahead of the rest, all of the other girls would step up and do just as well. I would've been pleased with any of these girls as Miss MHB."
This year's winner, sophomore vocal performance major Brianna Edwards, said she had no idea that she would receive this honor. The McLane Hall representative said her original goals were to meet a lot of new people, make a lot of new friends and hopefully get to learn something in the process.
"Now I'm standing on the stage with a heavy crown on my head," she said. "It's kind of surreal. I feel like the best description of this moment would be the scene in Talladega Nights when Will Ferrell wins the race and doesn't know what to do with his hands. It's kind of like that."
Edwards' platform was "Empowering Students to Achieve Boldness."
"I want to talk to Shawn Shannon at the Baptist Student Ministry and set up actual courses to teach students boldness before they are sent out on the mission field," she said. "So many times, students get caught up in this bubble of UMHB, and then as soon as we leave, we expect everything to be the same, and it's not."
Edwards said that she looks forward to her reign with excitement.
"I have a lot of little goals that I have for this upcoming year," she said. "I've gotten to know each of these girls, and I would love to get at least part of each of their platforms involved here on campus. Each of them had the boldness to step up on stage and stand up for something that they are passionate about. I believe those passions are God ordained, too, and I don't want what God has put on their hearts to end with pageant."
Photo by Katelyn Dean, The Bells
Sophomore psychology major Amanda Clemmons, Miss Campus Activities Board, was this year's winner of best talent, performing Rogers and Hammerstein's "In My Own Little Corner" from the film Cinderella.
Sarah Potter, Miss Junior Class, was 1st runner up. Kristen Grogan, Miss Gettys Hall, was 2nd runner up. Allison Hankins, Miss Student Foundation, was 3rd runner up. Erica Jackson, Miss Beall Hall, was 4th runner up. Miss Freshman class, Corbin Simmons, received two awards: best evening gown and best interview. Miss Congeniality went to Brittany Tice, Miss Baptist Student Ministry.

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Family: Captain Thomas Blodgett / Rebecca Tidd (F105)
m. 11 Nov 1684
Captain Thomas Blodgett
Born 26 Feb 1660/61 Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Died 29 Sep 1740 Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Married 11 Nov 1684 [1, 2, 3] Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3]
Father Samuel Blodgett | F103 Group Sheet
Mother Ruth Eggleton | F103 Group Sheet
Rebecca Tidd
Born Abt 1665 Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Died 8 Mar 1750 Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Father John Tidd | F106 Group Sheet
Mother Rebecca Wood | F106 Group Sheet
Thomas Blodgett
Born 5 Aug 1685 Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Died 1 Mar 1771 Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Rebecca Blodgett
Born 5 Jun 1689 Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Died 25 Jan 1768 Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Ruth Blodgett
Born 14 Oct 1694 Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Died young Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
+ Joseph Blodgett
Born 17 Sep 1696 Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Died 7 Jan 1781 Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Spouse Sarah Stone | F107
Married 5 Nov 1719 Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Spouse Sarah Ingersoll | F108
Married 29 Jun 1738
Abigail Blodgett
Born 7 Nov 1698 Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Died 7 Jan 1731
Samuel Blodgett
Born 17 Jun 1703 Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Died 23 Jan 1773 Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
[S1364] Blodgett, Edwin A. Ten Generations of Blodgetts in America , (Barre. Vermont: Modern Print. Company. 1969).
[S86] Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register - Supplement and Index Reprint of 1930 edition, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986).


I just finished my morning glass of carrot-ginger juice and realized this is one GAPS staple I haven't told you much about, even though it has helped my digestion so much!
To juice, you need a juicer with a filter, or a heavy duty blender and something to strain your juice with. If you don't want to make the investment in a juicer without trying it first, do like we did and ask your facebook friends! Lots of people try juicing and then don't stick with it.
I must admit, our family has been pretty lazy about juicing. Even though we like vegetable juice, it's one more thing to do that doesn't always get done. But I'm the best out of everyone at remembering to juice… because if I start to get a little constipated I remember what makes me feel better!
No… it's not the fiber! On the GAPS diet, you actually start off with almost no fiber at all. The juice we use from Intro Stage 4 on is filtered. We compost our pulp, but some people use them as a base for raw food dehydrated crackers. I want to try that someday! If pulp makes it through your juicer into your juice, you are to strain it further!
When your gut is damaged, it makes getting the nutrition from your food difficult. So the GAPS diet focuses on the most nutrient dense foods. When you juice, you concentrate the nutrients so that your damaged gut doesn't have to do all the work of extracting them from the fiber. You get the nutrition without the work!
For people who don't like the texture of vegetables, or who don't like drinking plain water, juicing can be a good way to boost both liquid and nutrition in the diet.
Juicing isn't meant to be the only way you consume vegetables on GAPS. To the contrary, we eat loads of whole vegetables as well!
On the GAPS diet, you drink your juice first thing in the morning, or a couple hours apart from meals. It is a detoxing drink, and it also gets your body ready to digest your food. According to Dr. Natasha, it stimulates stomach acid and pancreatic enzyme production, and is cleansing to the kidneys. Cabbage-celery-apple juice is recommended in the book for kidney cleansing.
The combinations of vegetables and fruits you can use in your juice are endless. Of course what you choose to include will determine what nutrition and detox properties you experience!
The easy, inexpensive combo I use most often is carrot-celery-apple-ginger! Do you juice? What is your favorite combination?
This post is part of Sunday School, Monday Mania, Fat Tuesday.
Just love plain carrot juice! So delish! Also spinach, Kale, apple, and lemon. Super delish!
After reading the list of suggested vegetables, I felt the need to share this article from The Healthy Home Economist about certain vegetables to not eat raw. This was new to myself as well, but seems to make good sense.
"Cruciferous vegetables should be cooked before eating as they contain chemicals that BLOCK the production of thyroid hormone in your body".
I agree people who struggle with hypothyroidism or similar issues may want to watch out for cruciferous veggies. On the other hand, I have a friend with Grave's disease who needs to eat raw cruciferous veggies every day. We're all individuals! My thought is that foods have many properties and our bodies have their own particular imbalances. While Dr. Natasha does not recommend uncooked veggies at all for much of the intro, she does recommend juicing the ones on the above list for their cleansing properties. I think it's probably a balance each person needs to figure out on their own and with the help of their health care practitioners.
You are right, we are all made up differently, that's for sure!
Most often I use celery (over 50%), kale/parsley/cilantro, 1/2 carrot, cucumbers and zucchini if I have it on hand…than your blood sugar stays stable…easier on your gut.
Thank you for reading and commenting! We do not make batches of juice to store, we just make it fresh every time and generally just have it in the morning. I haven't seen actual studies on it, but rumor has it that as the juice oxidizes it becomes less nutritious within a few moments. My opinion is that as long as it still smells and tastes fine, it's not going to hurt you after being refrigerated over the course of a day. It just might be missing some of the benefits. Here is an article about storing fresh juice. I'll keep my eye out for more information on this, and would love it if you'd let me know what you find out and what your experience is!
I love carrot/celery/romaine/cabbage/a bit of beet/ginger/tart apple and mint. I'm on Intro and I usually juice first thing in the a.m. and then in the late afternoon and I add GAPS sour cream to my juice to counter act blood sugar spikes. I really look forward to my juice!
I was wondering if you peel&de-seed the veggies/fruits that go into the juice? Thanks.
I usually just wash thoroughly.


Often referred to as the first crop of the year, maple syrup is made from the sap of primarily sugar, red and black maple trees in early spring. The process of tapping maple trees to collect the sap and then boiling it down to create maple syrup and sugar has endured for centuries. Our 50-acre sugar bush is where our Medium No. 1 Maple Syrup begins. As a small scale producer we're able to focus on quality and create a product with the delicious maple flavour Canadians love. Enjoy it as a natural sweetener in baked goods like candied bacon and granola or on its own over breakfast staples like pancakes and waffles.


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Леза () — коммуна в Италии, располагается в регионе Пьемонт, в провинции Новара.

Население составляет 2402 человека (2008 г.), плотность населения составляет 200 чел./км². Занимает площадь 12 км². Почтовый индекс — 28040. Телефонный код — 0322.

Покровителем населённого пункта считается святой Мартин.

Демография
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Администрация коммуны
 Официальный сайт: http://www.comune.lesa.no.it/

Ссылки
 Официальный сайт населённого пункта
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Burberry fails to stop the selling
Friday 18 July 2014 2:26 am
Uber's latest promotional stunt? Delivering ice cream on London's hottest day of the year
Nassos Stylianou
In its latest publicity-driven stunt, innovative taxi app Uber will be delivering ice cream to scorched Londoners today, on what promises to be the capital's hottest day of the year.
In an email to customers with the inside scoop, Uber says that ice cream vans will be available in central London between 11am and 7pm, to deliver five Mr Whippy ice creams and other rewards from the company on demand for £20.
This has already drawn criticism on social media, with people complaining that the offer means they would have to pay £4 per ice cream. The company replied on Twitter saying the offer includes branded Uber goodies.
"No matter where you are in the world, there's little that captures the sweetness of a sunny afternoon better than ice cream," says the email.
"When it comes to London, nothing says 'British Summertime' like a Mr. Whippy in the park!"
Ice'ppose we should let you know… tomorrow #UberIceCream is BACK! http://t.co/xqrP0NfCJg pic.twitter.com/weEC0aAFVt
— Uber UK (@UberUK) July 17, 2014
Users of the Uber smartphone app can request an ice cream van drive to their location and can pay for the transaction via the app, without having to use cash.
After a stormy start to the day, temperatures in the capital are expected to soar up to 31 degrees Celsius, making it the warmest day of 2014.
This is the second time that the San Francisco based startup, founded in 2009, has organised this event but will be rolling it out to more locations this year, serving up ice cream on demand in 144 cities across 38 countries on Friday.
In Berlin, Uber will be serving up Wonderpots Frozen yoghurt, residents of Moscow will get Movenpick ice creams and sorbet tubs, while vehicles in Mumbai will be equipped with Haagen-Dazs Belgian chocolate and strawberry sundaes.
The taxi service is well-known for its creative marketing campaigns, which have included delivering kittens to people in a selection of US cities and last month's 'Uber Libre' offer where Londoners could order Bacardi cocktails made in front of them for free.
After a number of disappointed customers who failed to receive a free cocktail last time round, Uber has warned accordingly:
"Demand will be very high but there's plenty of #UberIceCream to go around – please keep trying!"
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Christians, as a collection of individuals, pretty much do what everybody else does hence the… but for the grace of God there go I.
Having said that, a relationship with Jesus changes your life. Some people stop drinking or change the way they dress. I did neither of those. Jussayin. Though there is no defined list of Christian behaviors — besides love — there should be some things that you do or don't do because of your faith.
Yep, lots of them. Real ones…like heroin and LSD and stuff. I mean, who really wants to deal with life, death, destruction, disease, and disappointment? Not me. Without Jesus, I would definitely stay high all the time to avoid life.
Why not eat what I want and a lot of it? Well… because the Bible tells me that my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and I need to honor God with my body. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20) Otherwise, I'm telling you that I would eat nothing but cake and french fries.
Right between the eyes. Physically and emotionally… all of it all the time. Why extend forgiveness when you can do damage instead? If Jesus didn't tell me to love my enemies I wouldn't even be writing this blog write now. I'd be shading folks on Instagram. Trust me! I know this to be true. I'm just an old hateful vigilante transformed by the Holy Ghost.
How is your daily life different because of your faith in Jesus?


I am from engineering field. Done Btech in ECE. I am trying for jobs but all are offering a very low salary. I know my capabilities and I tried hard in my whole life. No one asked for my work and Projects. Only they want is experience. What I can do to get Good Results in my job Searching?
Starting is bit difficult but you can achieve higher positions in very short time span. What you have to do? You have to just proof yourself different from others and show your expertise to your seniors. Don't think of salary in starting, if you beleive in your self.


It's going to be a wild one! Come join SBEP for our monthly Venue Tour at the Santa Barbara Zoo, 5-7 pm!
free for SBEP members, $20 guests.
6:00 The group will venture too Cabrillo Lawn, our Daytime large group venue.


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Shame, Drunk Tank Pink
This is what we have been waiting for… or, at least, it's something like it. Readers will know I'm excited for U.K. Post-Punk (as the catch-all genre du jour), and Shame spin neatly into this thread. Their first album, 2018's Songs of Praise, was a wonderfully biting, grating and soul-beating musical journey I had not been on in some years. An album that, in hindsight, tellingly foreshadowed the arrival of black midi, Black Country, New Road, and the formation of a "scene". However, in 2018, this very website — and the way that is Snobbery — was only just getting started, so Shame and this scene went unremarked upon. But no longer.
I love music that grabs me by the shirt and, wrestling with its own emotional decompression, screams misanthropic poetry directly at my face. Shame's first album, Songs of Praise, did that, and it became a true, personal favourite that year as a result (see my 2018 contenders, pedants and doubters). There was just something so real to Concrete that wasn't present in anything else I heard that year. Was it derivative of past genres? Sure, but I'm Borgesian: originality is dead, dude.
So, in an entirely unoriginal world, Songs of Praise cut right through, straight into Cuzomano vibes territory: this is where I chill; this is who I am. "And I hope that you're hearing me, and I hope that you're hearing me…"
With follow-up record, Drunk Tank Pink, however, Shame have somewhat changed their tune. What do I mean by that? Presuming I know what the band feel without knowing them, this album reeks of optimism, but this is still Shame.
It really is. The Lick-level Shame is present on this album: Snow Day is proof, and it is a magnificent track, with lyrical dexterity that gives way to a band maturing in promise. It's not quite as gut-wrenchingly novel as the aforementioned track from the first album, but you do not get to eternally relive the first moment in your life you ever heard a song, despite what Instagram will deceive you into believing. That's life, and that's what I felt Shame were getting at with their first album. It's the entire vibe that I pick up on in the broader re-emergence of this kind of "guitar music" within the U.K./London music scene, in fact, and I love it.
Moments and feelings are finite; the creative mood in which music like this is conceived does not emerge from a template; it bubbles up out of nowhere, appears to coalesce quickly, and then calms into something that propels itself onto the record – an almost magical process that captures the very sentiment of a generation at a moment in time. A song can embody a decade (The Human League — Don't You Want Me), and Shame and their ilk, I feel, are capturing now.
Drunk Tank Pink is the logical next step in this story: a band that tasted fame feel a fuck-tonne better about themselves than they did when they were coming from the truly heartfelt place that led to their very inception: this is a happy album.
Nigel Hitter has more in common with Remain In Light-era Talking Heads than it does The Clash, and that's interesting to note, in the broader scope of the re-emergence of this genre onto the popular scene: unlike '90s grunge, for example, these guys aren't afraid to be happy on-record. There's no pressure to maintain an image: that's not what this is about.
It's a successful transition to Pop. Not Pop in the conventional sense, but a well-judged move into a more popular sound for their genre of music. Pretty much every song has a strength of some sort, and they broadly all cohesively flow together into an album. In 2021, this is no small feat.
The production itself adds more levity and jollity to Shame's sound, and it comes together nicely. March Day will go down as an overlooked track from this album, as far as I can tell. There's really nice guitar-work present there that nods to genres your average listener would almost certainly not pick up on, but it's quite notable, if you're a Snob.
Human, for a Minute, on the other hand opens an interesting new door to Shame's aural landscape that offers a chance to escape their original genre and codification to head towards something slightly… different. The band doesn't quite entirely do that on this record, but maybe on the third? This question alone makes Shame a band worth following. Station Wagon, the album's closer, also changes up the genre, although I can't yet decide whether I see it as a light-hearted riff on some Southern-style, U.S. Rock, or whether it's a really piss-poor take on mid-80s Lou Reed. I leave that decision with you, the reader and listener, but it's important to think about, if you want to critique Shame's next album, as their skill is opening them up to this, ruthless kind of unqualified, keyboard-warrior judgement. It's after the third minute that I feel I cannot be so scathing, and that actually this band is truly on the path to greatness within their field, as Héloïse Adélaïde is in hers.
Happiness is only a habit
And, if that's true,
Then I am habitually dependent on
Something I cannot control.
I recognise that this review has likely told you nothing about the album, the band, or the genre, but I truly feel that this is music that you either "get", or you don't. And if you don't, maybe you got something else from this diatribe, but if you do "get it", then I hope you're nodding in agreement. We need more of this kind of music. It wipes its backside with your ambivalence, if you don't care, and it's hard to criticise when it's so fucking good to hear someone finally even making music like this again.
It also helps when it's good music, of which this album contains plenty. Buy this vinyl; it is worth listening to.
Cuzomano April 24, 2021 April 22, 2021 2021, album, drunk tank pink, On record, review, Reviews, shame, Songs of Praise
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"Mothers of Grace" is a group of moms gathering to share experiences and ideas along with supporting each other in raising their children and keeping their families strong. The group meets on Tuesday evenings. The moms will gather at Fashionista Studios at 6:45 p.m. to make a Lent/Easter decoration. For more information, contact Jennifer Ruiz at jenniferschobey.ruiz@yahoo.com.


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Press Towards the Goal: Featuring Rizza Lana Sebastian of IO Innovative Outcomes Corporation
by Tram Panaligan
Maria Teresa Angela Lana Sebastian, more commonly known as Rizza Lana Sebastian, is a woman who constantly molds herself to be the best version that she can be. Currently, she is the CEO of IO Innovative Outcomes Corporation, which is a conglomerate that started in 2017 that houses several Metro Manila-based brands such as Lana PH (an all-natural skincare and zero-waste lifestyle brand), Mink (an intimate skincare line), Talaala (a jewelry line), Whim Manila (a customisable sticker and detail brand), and Ambush Clothing (a streetwear line). All of which have focused on bringing out the best version of each individual and promoting a sense of individuality while all being friendly to the environment and implementing sustainable business practices.
As a SISFU alumna, she graduated from the country's premier transnational university with an Associate Diploma in Hospitality Management in 2008 under the international partner from Isle of Man, UK, IHMES International Hotel School. In 2014, she returned to continue her studies and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Hospitality Management under the international partner based in Adelaide, Australia, International College of Hotel Management.
During her time in the university, she shared both the things she loved and the challenges she faced as a student—both of which have strengthened and transformed her to the person she is today. As an academic scholar, she showed determination and passion to excel in class and work hard to achieve. She admired how her subjects solely focused on helping her prepare for the industry she was about to enter and how her classmates and professors—whom she really misses when SISFU is brought into the conversation—were supportive of her career as they helped her in every step of the way. Albeit the struggle of not having a personal laptop computer for her studies, she showed grit throughout the years by always finishing her assessments on time and ensuring that each assignment is completed with quality in mind. She was able to achieve this by doing her assignments at home and storing all the files she needs in a flash drive so she can continue to work on them.
SISFU has indeed helped and contributed to her success today because it is where she first learned the attributes of professionalism: being on time, dressing up for success, honing both her soft and hard skills, and making sure she submitted all her assessments and research work on time. In addition, the university inspired her to not only look up to her very own professors and mentors, but also to topnotch industry leaders who have already set examples to what success looks like. Until now, the wealth of knowledge she has acquired in her stay at SISFU has reflected through her excellent communication and people skills as the CEO of her company.
As we wrapped-up the interview, she ended with a few quips and tips to all the future graduates of SISFU and those who plan to pursue higher education there.
"Take up a course you like, not what your parents or your friends like."
Work hard on your degree but make sure you also enjoy it while you're at it. Make friends, build your connections, and enjoy the present."
"It's one thing that you choose a great school, but what you do with your education, paired with your habits, is what sets you apart."


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South Carolina Contracts Stall in March
At the FIRST world championships of robotics, 500 teams of high-school students took their robots through a series of head-to-head competitions.
Photo by Adriana M. Groisman/courtesy FIRST
Will.i.am of the musical group the Black Eyed Peas opened the robotics world championship event in St. Louis, and visited with some of the teams.
Photo courtesy FIRST
A team from Middleton High School in Tampa won one of the divisions at the FIRST world championships. Team Masquerade's robot, pictured at rear, was able to consistently lift a higher number of crates.
Photo courtesy Middleton High School
The team from Tampa is comprised entirely of freshmen and sophomores, and all but two were rookie robotics competitors.
Scott Judy
The value of contracts in two of South Carolina's three broad construction categories declined sharply in March, resulting in a 40% overall monthly decline in activity, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of ENR Southeast.
Overall, projects totaling about $462.4 million moved ahead in March. Residential proved the only positive sector for the month, as housing contracts totaled $344.5 million, or 17% better than the previous March.
Nonresidential fell 81% in March. This category's latest total of just over $72.9 million was well behind the year-ago figure of $387.2 million.
Nonbuilding declined sharply as well. Its March total came in at $44.9 million, or less than half that of a year ago, when it tallied an estimated $93.9 million.
On a year-to-date basis, South Carolina's construction contracts activity is 18% behind 2011's early pace, says McGraw-Hill. Through March, the state's overall total is nearly $1.6 billion, down from the $1.9 billion estimated for the same period of a year ago.
Nonbuilding is the furthest behind. Through March, this category has recorded $186.5 million in contracts, or 51% lower than 2011. Nonresidential contracts are 46% below 2011's early pace so far, with an estimated $444.8 million in projects moving ahead.
The residential market is the only positive to date. This category's $961.2 million tally through March equates to a 32% gain over last year.
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Tommy Wiseau's The Room: An unintentional MRA classic?
A rare non-misogynistic moment in The Room
You may have heard of, if you haven't already seen, the stupefyingly terrible film The Room. The film is so bafflingly inept and nonsensical that you're hardly surprised to learn that writer, director, and star Tommy Wiseau had never made a film before; indeed, you might find yourself wondering if he'd ever even seen a film before.
The Room (released, barely, in 2003 and available on DVD) is a mawkishly melodramatic, and deadly serious, drama about a man betrayed by his fiancee, which Wiseau has been trying to market as a quirky comedy because no one can watch the film without laughing at his hero's travails. Rent The Room if you want to stare dumbfounded at your TV for an hour and a half some night. Seriously, rent it.
Seeing it for myself the first time not long ago, I was struck by the manosphere-style misogyny that pervades almost every frame of the movie. It's not an MRA film, and Wiseau is no MRA, but somehow he manages to encapsulate every terrible stereotype about men and women that most MRAs seem to believe.
The film tells the sad story of Johnny (played by Wiseau), a good-hearted, long-haired banker with an unclassifiable accent who is betrayed at work (he doesn't get his expected promotion) and, more importantly, by his "future wife" Lisa, who blithely cheats on him with his best friend.
Lisa is portrayed like the evil bitch villain in nearly every MRA urban legend: she's a self-absorbed twit who, in addition to cheating on Johnny, falsely accuses him of domestic violence and fakes a pregnancy just to fuck with him.
Johnny, meanwhile, is supposed to be seen as a loyal, helpful, compassionate man who cares deeply about his friends and treats his adored "future wife" Lisa like the princess he tells her she is.
I say "supposed to" because Johnny is hardly the great guy Wiseau thinks he is. For one thing, everything he does and says is bit … off, as if his body has been taken over by a space alien who's learned everything he knows about women (and human interaction in general) by reading comments on Reddit and watching Christopher Walken as "The Continental" on Saturday Night Live without getting the joke.
For another, he's a rage-filled narcissist with a bad case of "nice guy" entitlement and absolutely no self-awareness. When his friend Mark tells him about a woman beaten so badly she ends up in the hospital, he responds with a hearty laugh. ("What a story, Mark!") And when he confronts Lisa about her false accusations of domestic violence ("You are lying! I never hit you!"), he angrily shoves her down onto a couch. It doesn't seem to occur to Johnny (or to Wiseau) that this too is a form of domestic violence.
When, after learning of Lisa's betrayal, he trashes their apartment and [SPOILER ALERT] kills himself with a conveniently located pistol, Wiseau presents it as the ultimate comeuppance to the cruel Lisa.
While you have to see the whole film to truly appreciate its epic badness, the following clips will give you some idea of what I've been talking about.
First, the trailer, which tries its best to cover up the film's true weirdness:
The infamous "roof scene" in which Johnny tells Mark (the guy Lisa is sleeping with) about Lisa's accusations of domestic violence:
A compilation of some of Johnny's best (i.e. worst) moments:
This one (ignore the misleading title) gives you some idea of Lisa's oblivious evilness:
Here's Hitler reacting to the film. (Note: Not the real Hitler.)
And here, if you dare, is the whole damn movie in its entirely. (If you're pressed for time, you may want to fast forward through the film's five completely unerotic sex scenes, set to the worst slow jams ever recorded.)
EDITED TO ADD: Oh, and here's the scene the gif above is from. Johnny is the most efficient flower buyer and pug-petter in the world.
Posted in: $MONEY$, alpha asshole cock carousel, domestic violence, evil women, false accusations, misogyny, MRA, narcissism, oppressed white men, sluts, the enigma that is ladies, video, YouTube
CassandraSays says:
@ Kirby – Thank you for the link to the Nostalgia Critic review! And now I'm going to go dive down the rabbit hole and see what else is on there.
feministgamer says:
Rifftrax did "MST3K" it, and it's one of their best.
(first time poster, long time lurker …)
Watched this movie today, then again with the Rifftrax. Probably should have done the Rifftrax first since they sorta warn you about the sex scenes.
But yeah. Misogynistic in general. Whole (nonsensical) scenes about how women are just evil enigmas – but if they're beautiful, they're sorta tolerable? Even Lisa's mother pressures her into thinking buying-me-stuff = you owe him your bod. Bleck.
red_locker says:
"True fact: I have high gives Wiseau. I saw the movie in theater and he high fived everyone in line. He did Q&A before the movie and was just as articulate as you'd expect."
Pardon me while I bow before you.
I would give ANYTHING to see Wiseau in person.
Joven says:
Also, famous author Hans Von Hozel watched the Room (or not, probably) and wrote some fanfiction – http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6670715/1/The_Room
An RPG podcast I listen to is mildly obsessed with The Room as well, heres their tribute thread on the forums featuring all kinds of crap, multimedia, information, etc – http://slangdesign.com/forums/index.php?topic=465.0
Oh, and if you want to delve even more into the Wiseau filmography, he has another movie "The House that Drips Blood on Alex"
LBT says:
OMG THE ROOM. I still haven't managed to see it.
If you need a palate-cleanser afterward, Kirbywarp, I recommend either 'Eegah' or 'Wild Zero!'
Kyrie says:
In the interest of convincing my bf (with my evil feminine manipulation) that long hair can be sexy as hell on a man (a Machiavellian plan that is actually working not so bad), I think I need to hide to him that this movie and this man with his creepy hair ever existed.
(PS: I'd like to thanks Mozilla's English correcter that allows me to post while being drunk without making two typos a word. And hug to all non-trolling Manboobzers)
Manjaw the Mighty says:
Honestly, Wiseau has always set of my mystical Amazonian bullshit-detecting sense.
Given the overwhelming unlikelihood, despite appearances, that he is an extraterrestrial trying and failing to pass as human, I suspect that he was a down-on-his-luck theater major who created the persona of "Tommy Wiseau" and ran with it. Basically I suspect that he is the world's gutsiest performance artist, and the most epic troll in the history of trolldom. I would even bet my mustache on it.
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My monstrously thick, sweaty dyke fingers can make typing a little difficult. 🙁 Sometimes I accidentally the verb. Or the noun. Or an article here and there.
Dykes have big fingers? I only new about the long ring finger. You learn every day.
princessbonbon says:
Mitchell by MST3K is amazing because it is actually a watchable film on its own.
katz says:
Mitchell and Eegah! are both fantastic! However, my absolute favorite is Space Mutiny. That's for your lack of knowledge of antique dental equipment!
Jessay (@jessay) says:
@Rutee Yeah, it's just, with the MRAs constantly claiming these things as if they're the most common crime out there (some claiming as high as like 50% of rape reports are false, and treating wrongful imprisonment of rapists as if it's like an epidemic), I felt like these showing back to back was kind of weird for SVU. Then the next episode, those key phrases were yelled out by people who appeared to be "hysterical" and whatnot, so they weren't introduced in the most positive of lights. Then at least Det. Benson commented on it in a reasonable way, but still. It's starting to rub me the wrong way.
@kariface The amount of times he repeats people's names just in that clip above alone, why is he doing that???
I think I may know the person that Lisa was based off of.
And now we know the story of how buttman became an MRA.
As for mst3k, it's all about Pod People and Soultaker. They're the best of the best.
Snowy says:
Oh hai, is it bad that I've been listening to this song kind of a lot since yesterday? I think it's stuck in my head now!
Hannah Solo says:
My friend Will and I just watched this for the first time last night. I don't remeber the last time a movie made me laugh throughout the *entire thing*… seriously… a most terrible work of genius.
Blue Jean says:
Whoa. Is English Tommy's fifth language or something? It's like watching Fabio's less buff, less attractive, zero talented, zero humored brother.
I was forced to watch this movie twice by my so called 'friends' (admittedly they like horrible movies). I now have a new reason to hate them for it but I think I'll stick to being tied up and having to watch the movie.
Oh, Pod People! Such a strange, bad movie. Here's the best bit:
And the MST3K version of the song:
Yes, my absolute favorite.
…meanwhile, in yet another movie.
Seriously though, Soultaker
Fembot says:
I watched the clip of Hitler watches The Room and died laughing. It made me want to see Downfall on Netflix, which I did a day later. Downfall was pretty disturbing, and put me in a depressed funk for a few days. I don't think I can watch The Room, unless it involves playing a prank on my husband : )
Bryony says:
The Room is a good example of a movie made for under a tenner.
Robert Ramirez says:
I am resurrecting this for no apparent reason whatsoever.
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"When I paint on the street I like to have fun. I'm always trying new ideas out that turn into more ideas. In this painting I wanted to have two drastic different fill in styles. So the top half is a classic fill of mine and in the bottom half I play with the idea of different color chrome effects. It was a fun piece to paint in the heart of San Francisco.
This piece is all part of my artistic vocabulary. This particular one says apex and I was painting in the super burner style, but I was really trying to push the ideas of color and style." - Apexer
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
APEX (b. 1978, San Francisco, CA), also known as Ricardo Richey, is a street artist who creates colorful abstract patterns through the use of spray paint. Part of the Gestalt Collective that engages in collaborative murals in San Francisco, Apex curated mural projects on Bluxome Alley, other districts of San Francisco, and the SFMOMA display windows in association with St. Johns Community Center (San Francisco, 2002). His work has been shown extensively both in the Bay Area and abroad. Recent group exhibitions include Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA (2009); Bay Area Now 4, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (2005), White Walls, and the Luggage Store Gallery. He was the artist in residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts (2007), and was featured in documentaries and publications regarding the Mission District in San Francisco.
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Slack vs. Teams Showdown
Posted June 5th, 2020 in Communications. Tagged: chat, collaboration, remote work.
Slack and Microsoft Teams are two popular remote work collaboration platforms. They're both cloud-based apps that simplify the process of communicating and sharing between multiple teams of people anywhere in the world. In GetVoIP's list of the best free team collaboration tools, both Slack and Teams make an appearance.
If they're so similar, how can you choose which one to use? What's a better fit for your job or working style?
Whether you're new to working remotely or you're a veteran, you always need to be using the best tools for the job. Because Slack and Teams are two of the most commonly mentioned collaboration tools, let's take a closer look at them and compare them in the areas that are most relevant to remote workers.
Suitability for Remote Work
First off, to answer the question of whether both Teams and Slack are good for remote workers, the answer is yes. They're both fully cloud-based with some offline functionality options to help you keep up your work wherever you are. You can use them on mobile devices, desktop apps, or browser mode. Both apps are available around the world, so you can work from wherever.
Teams and Slack are both well designed for remote work. They can be used in a physical office space as well, but they're optimized for work from anywhere.
The main purpose of these services, according to Brosix post, is to provide a platform for communication, file sharing, and collaboration online. These are cloud based services that provide instant messaging, audio calling, video calling, people grouping, and sharing, according to Spdload. Both of them have these central functions, but they have a vastly different set of surrounding services, visual setup, and supporting features that make them unique from one another.
Let's take a closer look at some of the defining features of both platforms and how they're different from each other in these areas.
Each app is created with a different audience in mind. Both are intended for remote workers, but Teams is geared more for organizations or larger companies with remote working teams rather than individuals who work remotely. Slack was made with individual remote workers in mind, catering more of their services to providing options for everyone to communicate on projects online.
With either service can be used by each group, Teams may not be a good fit for individuals who work on a contract basis with many different clients.
Compatibility & Integrations
Slack and Teams both offer different viewpoints on compatibility and third-party app integrations. Teams goes for a more all-encompassing approach with their own services while Slack looks to allow users to connect with any outside service they want.
Teams gives you access to everything in the Office 365 suite and the extra Microsoft 365 features. Word, OneNote, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and every other Microsoft service is available for use directly in the Teams app. You can share and collaborate in the same screen without having to open up multiple windows or download anything special. As long as you're paying for the service (not using the free version of Teams alone), you can access everything directly.
Slack takes a different approach, according to a review from TheCrowdfundingFormula. Rather than trying to make their app a one-stop shop, they allow an incredibly large number of apps and platforms to integrate directly into their own app. With more than 300 of the most popular apps and software being compatible with Slack, it's likely that whatever your team is already using can be directly meshed into Slack. They make it simple to get the extra features you want by simply integrating a third-party service to make it happen.
Usability & Support
Support is available in the form of chat bots for both Teams and Slack. Slack's "Slackbot" is accessible with a single click, and you can ask it any question about the service, to which it will give you a direct answer or 3 different resources related to that topic. It's fairly useful for most questions.
Teams' answer to Slackbot is 2 different chatbots with different purposes. Both are useful at providing basic service. Unlike Slack, Teams only offers personal support when you have a paid plan. Even with the lowest paid plan, you can get non-bot support.
Accessibility (Internal & External Users)
Everyone uses collaboration work programs differently. While Teams is better aimed for organizations, Slack is more accessible to the general public. Microsoft automatically provides business subscribers with Teams alongside their normal Office 365 subscription. What this means is that it's a very convenient option for organizations who already use the Office suite in daily operations. They can just hop on Teams and get started.
If you don't have an Office 365 subscription, you can still use the free version of Teams, but you won't have access to all the same Office and Microsoft services. Slack, on the other hand, has a completely free version that lets you access most of the features of the service, albeit in a reduced capacity. Users can quickly sign up to Slack and start using it right away. It's generally more user friendly and easier to set up and start using Slack, no matter where you live or work.
Both Teams and Slack have fairly robust mobile apps that serve similar functions. Neither app allows all the same integrations or offers the full features of the desktop version, but both apps give access to the communication features you would normally get. You can make and receive audio and video calls (including conference calls in Teams), chat on different groups, and send or receive images, videos, or documents.
While at their core the apps are similar, they do differentiate in some ways. Teams allows you to transfer conversations from desktop to mobile or vice versa, even mid-conversation. You also still have access to the same sharing features, including screen sharing from your mobile device and recording direct audio messages. When you're taking pictures to share on Teams, there are options to automatically optimize photos of documents, whiteboards, or other characteristics.
The central features of Slack remain the same on the app. All that's missing is some of the integration options you'd get on desktop, simply because the third-party apps may not be designed to work well in that context. However, all the normal chats and communication features are there.
Between Slack and Teams, there are ways to customize your experience and to personalize the look and feel of your dashboard. Slack has a few more visual personalization options and third-party integrations available, but Teams has more natural personalization options.
In Teams, you have immediate access to more personalized messaging options, including GIFs, meme generators, a library of reaction images, and emojis. There are also more options to switch up how people in different teams can communicate and share creative ideas with one another. Slack has some similar options, but the way Teams has implemented it feels more natural to use.
Admin Controls & Security
While both apps offer ISO 27001 data security compliance, Teams far exceeds Slack on this front. Microsoft has much higher security practices in pace which extend to the various activities you can access on Teams. Everything is separately encrypted, from OneNote to SharePoint, and the cloud integrations are more secure.
On top of that, Teams gives the admin more flexibility to change or limit user privileges and access, allowing the admin to customize what certain team members can or cannot see and do. This makes it much easier to customize the experience for different clearance levels. People from outside the organization can be added to teams, but with limited access on a need-to-know basis only, while normal team members can remain with full access to everything.
Slack also includes some admin controls, though it's not as robust as Teams right now. However, for the average remote worker, Slack is probably sufficient. Unless you work in a field where data is more sensitive, Slack's security and admin controls are not likely to be an issue.
Slack is known for being a great free option for the average remote worker who just needs a way to connect with clients, although Unboundb2b has some good alternatives during these hard times. If you need solutions for larger companies or organizations, or if you need more features than the free version offers, there are 2 paid tiers available.
The Slack standard plan starts at $6.67 per month per user, when paying annually ($8 when paying monthly) while the plus plan starts at $12.50 per user per month paying annually ($15 when paying monthly). Enterprise plans are available, with pricing quoted to each business as needed.
Free Slack accounts have access to all the basic features, including 1 on 1 voice and video calls, unlimited conversations channels, up to 10 app integrations, file sharing, and 10,000 searchable messages. As you upgrade to different paid tiers, you get access to more features and expanded benefits.
Teams has a similar situation, but with some notable differences. The basic free version of Teams is only able to access Teams itself, including video and voice calling, chats, and multi-channel communications. Up to 300 people can be connected together in Teams under free plans with up to 10GB of storage to share.
Microsoft does allow people to download and use Teams for free, but only if they are new users. People with personal Microsoft 365 accounts cannot use teams (unless they start a new Microsoft account under a new email address). Only those with access to various business or education tiers of Microsoft 365 have access to Teams to get the fully features of the app.
Although Teams isn't quite as easy to get to as Slack in terms of costs, it does offer a considerable amount of benefit in the free plan. Whereas Slack only allows 1 on 1 calls in the free app, Teams gives you access to group audio and video calling on the free version. You also get access to the web versions of popular Office apps, so that you can still collaborate with your work together using cloud services. Each individual on the team gets 2GB of personal storage.
If you need more than the free features (usually if you're running a large team or business), there is a plan for $5 per user monthly for an annual contract, or $12.50 per user monthly for an annual contract.
Growth & Continuous Updates
Luckily, both of these apps are a continuous work in progress. Both Microsoft and Slack are always improving their products and looking for ways to be more useful to their target audience. The competition between these two apps and others in the market also spurs better service, greater availability of features, and constant expansion.
You can count on Slack and Teams to receive consistent updates for the foreseeable future. Both are popular apps, with both companies focusing heavily on building their services. Usability is one of the main things they're focusing on with updates currently, including both companies announcing updates to automatically reduce noise disruption during calls.
Microsoft Teams and Slack are valuable resources for remote workers. If you're choosing which app to use for yourself, make sure you pay attention to what features you need most and how the app would fit with your working style. Both are appropriate for different people in different situations, and sometimes both might be necessary at the same time for contract workers.
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Does its job, no complaints. I don't use the swivel. Considering what you pay for that size vise elsewhere, I'd say this is an excellent deal.
For $35 it was an excellent value. For the list price of $70, not so much. I saw this listed in the coupon book for $35 and bought it. Nice and heavy at 40 pounds. Holds everything solidly like a vise should. Should last a lifetime. Who wears out a vise (at least for 'in the home garage' use)?


Distance Reiki can be received anywhere in the world. Distance Reiki can be received beyond space and time, allowing you to heal old traumas, injuries and clear out emotional traumas of the past, present and future. Reiki heals beyond space and time and distance Reiki is just as effective as in person Reiki.
Mariam has received her attunements in the Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition. Reiki can be translated as 'universal life energy' and the Usui System is a way of working with reiki for healing of self and others.
Mariam has the ability to hold energetic space for you to release, heal and expand through Distance Reiki. During your session, we ask that you find a quiet place to relax and receive Reiki, the more mindful and receptive you are, the more you can allow the healing to occur.
Mariam works intuitively and encourages everyone to do the same. When it comes to healing, you must listen to your intuition, let it guide you to the right practitioner for you, but always remember that you are your own healer and everyone else is a guide or a facilitator, the work must be done by you.
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N. Korea set to name new ambassador to Iran as two seek to expand economic ties
NK NEWS | Colin Zwirko: North Korea is expected to name a new ambassador to Iran after the post was vacated in late September, as the country's Charge d'Affaires ad interim to Tehran has taken up the role in recent weeks to discuss boosting economic cooperation.
Kang Sam Hyon, who was appointed to the role of ambassador to Iran in December 2014, had a farewell meeting with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on September 18.
He also met with the head of the DPRK-Iran friendship parliamentary group Alaeddin Boroujerdi that month before departing the country, where the two discussed their shared anti-sanctions and anti-U.S. stance.
Kang reportedly expressed regret over the U.S.'s "unilateral choice to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), saying North Korea is certain that Iran will be the real winner," according to the Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency (ICANA).
"DPRK will accelerate its cooperation with Iran in political, cultural, economic and international fields," Kang reportedly added in the meeting.
Kang and Zarif in their farewell meeting | Photo: Mehr News Agency
The timing of his departure after almost five years in the role indicates it is a routine turnover. Kang's current whereabouts are, however, unknown.
Charge d'Affaires ad interim Kim Chol
A permanent replacement has yet to be announced by Pyongyang, though a recent meeting in Tehran conducted by Charge d'Affaires ad interim Kim Chol was reported by the North's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) this week.
The report published Wednesday said that Kim and Iran's Assistant Foreign Minister for Asia and Oceania Reza Zabib in a meeting on November 12 "exchanged views on the issues of developing the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries, as is required by a new era."
Kim was also photographed joining Zarif and Kang in the September farewell meeting, and has been quoted in Iranian media as showing interest in expanding economic cooperation to the local level.
Kim Chol and Zarif at the farewell meeting | Photo: Mehr News Agency
Joining representatives from 15 countries at a multi-day economic tour and forum in the southeastern city of Kerman earlier this month, Kim Chol "expressed hope for increasing relations between Kerman and North Korea in the near future," according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
A report from the Kerman City Online News Agency said Kim also raised concerns over obstacles to "currency transfers and banking issues" holding up trade.
Kim reportedly added that his team had found areas of potential cooperation in their three-day visit to Kerman and plan to decide through consultation with Pyongyang on projects to implement.
In other recent high-level contacts between the two countries, North Korean vice-foreign minister Pak Myong Guk led a delegation to Tehran last spring, while a Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) delegation led by Vice-Chairman Pak Chol Min visited the country in August.
Kim Chol appears at the Kerman event in the image on the left, while another embassy worker named Kim Ryong Bom appears in the image on the right | Photos: IRNA (left), Tasnim News (right)
Both Zarif and the DPRK's Vice Chairman of the State Affairs Commission (SAC) Choe Ryong Hae attended a top meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Azerbaijan late last month, though neither side reported on any meeting between the two.
Another vacancy
The extended vacancy of the DPRK's ambassadorship to Iran, running on two months now, comes as another of the country's most important posts — in Russia — has remained filled only by a temporary ambassador for half a year.
NK News revealed in May that North Korean ambassador to Moscow Kim Hyong Jun was on his way out, similarly after almost five years in the position.
But as recently as November 13, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim in Moscow Jin Jong Hyop was reported to have met Russian vice foreign minister Igor Morgulov, indicating a replacement has still yet to be named.
Meanwhile, the DPRK has yet to fill the position of top diplomat in Hanoi after previous ambassador Kim Myong Gil — now chief negotiator with the U.S. — was recalled from the position in spring following Kim Jong Un's February state visit to Vietnam.
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AIS set to broadcast the Olympics
Advanced Info Service (AIS), the country's largest mobile carrier in terms of subscribers, has secured the rights to broadcast the Tokyo Olympics, which kicks off this Friday, via its over-the-top (OTT) app AIS Play.
AIS Play will broadcast over 4,800 hours of 50 sports from the event, which concludes on Aug 8, according to the carrier.
Pratthana Leelapanang, chief consumer business officer of AIS, said the platform will offer live coverage of televised events along with a full programme of highlights and replays.
The company has been making extensive preparations for its 4G, 5G and fibre broadband networks to support transmissions in full HD, as well as allocating 16 channels on AIS Play for live feeds, he said.
Three channels are being provided for free for everyone through AIS Play and another 13 exclusively for AIS customers.
Exclusive content from the Olympics Games will also be provided to AIS subscribers through the AIS Play mobile app, the AIS Playbox set-top box, Samsung smart TV, Apple TV and the website aisplay.ais.co.th.
AIS has also secured the services of famous commentators to host segments of highlights and replays, Mr Pratthana noted, adding the Thai Olympic team has various medal prospects.
Collaborations have also been made with major media partners to enable Thai viewers to access broadcasts through websites such as those of Matichon, Khao Sod, Manager, SIAM Sport and PPTV HD.
"As a digital life service provider, we are focused on realising the potential of digital networks to bring convenience and happiness to people, especially during a crisis," Mr Pratthana said.
"Our luck in acquiring the broadcast rights is significant as we have become the country's representative in bringing this type of content to Thai viewers."
AIS, which earlier also helped athletes at significant sporting events, refused to elaborate as to how it would provide incentives for those who win medals in the Olympics Games.
According to Mr Pratthana, the 2016 Rio Games in Brazil, which was broadcast live and relayed through AIS Play, was hugely popular.
The Summer Olympic Games are always eagerly anticipated by viewers around the world who want to cheer on their national teams and enjoy the spectacle of elite athletes competing internationally, he said.
"The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be forever remembered in history for being held under Covid-19 restrictions with no spectators," he added. Bangkok Post
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Canada getting more autonomy in medical school accreditation
Simona ChiosePost-secondary Education
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The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) super-hospital main entrance is seen Friday, November 7, 2014 in Montreal. The university's medical school was placed on probation earlier this month.Ryan Remiorz
Canada will get more power to accredit its own medical schools, under an agreement that took years to negotiate and that reduces the U.S. influence on the criteria used to review schools.
"We are going to have a made-in-Canada process so that the Canadian decision is the one that counts," said Tom Marrie, the dean of Dalhousie University's medical school, who has worked with both Dalhousie and the University of Alberta to help them get off probation. The new process is coming too late for McGill, which was placed on probation this month.
Criteria for accreditation have also been revised to emphasize patient safety and "social accountability" – a commitment to train doctors to work with patients from different cultural backgrounds and to address aboriginal health issues in the future. As well, the standards for assessment in both countries have been cut to 95 elements to reduce duplication.
Until now, the U.S. Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) and the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) both reviewed whether a faculty of medicine met standards in 132 areas.
Each body used to write its own report. Now, only the Canadian group will assess a faculty and the two groups will discuss it and make an accreditation decision. The criteria won't be laxer, but better reflect Canadian priorities.
The LCME will accept "what the Canadian committee says and the only place that they can say yes or no is the accreditation status," said Dan Hunt, the co-secretary for the LCME.
Medical schools at the University of British Columbia and the University of Calgary will be first up to be re-accredited under the new criteria. All medical schools are re-accredited every eight years.
McGill University's medical school was put on probation almost two weeks ago for the first time since it was founded in 1829. It has up to two years to resolve the problems or it could lose accreditation.
It is unclear whether the revisions would have helped McGill's program avoid probation. In interviews, many students, graduates and residents of the medical faculty said they see the decision as a result of the school facing too many internal and external pressures at the same time. This spring, the new McGill University Health Centre opened, only a year after the introduction of a revised curriculum. At the same time, medical students and faculty across Quebec have been opposing Bill 20, which would have made doctors meet a quota for patients. And across the entire university there is pressure to maintain its global reputation in spite of provincial funding cuts.
Still, the medical school lagged in more areas than other North American faculties. A soon-to-be released report from the LCME shows that medical faculties put on probation have an average of 11 standards in non-compliance. McGill fell short on 24 standards, including inconsistent clinical experience across its hospital sites and ineffective management of the new curriculum.
"It's serious," Dr. Hunt said. "But once you get through, it mobilizes people. Instead of the sort of debates that might go on about, 'Should we do this? Should we do that?' – No, it's, 'We will do this. Let's figure it out.'"
That is a typical Canadian response but not necessarily an American one, Dr. Marrie said.
"The U.S. schools are … more likely to contest everything, whereas the Canadian schools will say let's get on with it."
When Dr. Marrie was interim dean at the University of Alberta in the mid-2000s, the school appealed its probation status. UAlberta succeeded in having enough standards overturned to reverse the decision. Dalhousie appealed as well, but lost.
McGill University is not appealing.
Because accreditation standards were the same in both countries, Canada's medical schools were bound by regulations shaped by American history. For example, this country's schools had to show that they had met diversity targets.
"The diversity issues are mission imperative [for the United States]. They are important in Canada too, but the Canadian medical schools need to address those issues as if they have the same cultural divides present in the United States," said Harold Reiter, the director of McMaster University's program for educational research and development.
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Nataliya Anon, Svitla Systems' CEO and Founder, is shortlisted for the Transformation Leader of the Year in Women in IT Awards
by Svitla Team
Nataliya Anon, CEO and Founder at Svitla Systems, has been shortlisted to contend for the top honor in the Transformation Leader of the Year category of this year's Women in IT awards - an initiative that serves the purpose of shedding light on the major role that females play in the world of tech.
Today, at a time when diversity and gender equality have proven time and again to be monumental to the success of any enterprise, being shortlisted for the Transformation Leader of the Year award is a valuable acknowledgment for Nataliya. Her bright, driven, and innovative leadership has continuously shown her passion for delivering Svitla's vision to the world: high-quality, on-time, and on-budget software development services for companies worldwide.
Since launching in 2015, the Women in IT awards have become a valuable platform to showcase females at all executive levels and their instrumental achievements in the tech environment which, to this day, remains dominated by male executives.
An entrepreneur at heart, Nataliya has her sight set on the latest and greatest new methods and technologies in IT, always looking for the best ways to innovate, develop and implement. She leads with transformation in mind and has reshaped key areas within Svitla, resulting in positive outcomes in terms of efficiency and overall performance.
"I am truly honored to be shortlisted for the Transformation Leader of the Year category of the Women in IT awards - it solidifies my commitment to challenge the stereotype of a male-driven IT industry. While there are still barriers to bring down, I believe this is a fantastic time to be a woman in IT" said Nataliya. "In this category, I am joined by an elite and esteemed group of female executives who give me more than enough proof of the positive impact all women collectively are achieving. For my part, I am devoted to Svitla's role in the industry to further expand the influence and value women embody in tech, and overall, across all industries."
Nataliya's nomination in the Transformation Leader of the Year category further fuels Svitla's commitment to the advancement of women in high-tech. It also serves as a spark for Nataliya to set alight Svitla's role as a touchstone for positive transformation.
Gala dinner award ceremony
About Nataliya and Svitla Systems
Nataliya Anon is an entrepreneur who founded Svitla Systems 16 years ago and, to this day, she oversees all operational aspects of the company as its CEO. At the helm of Svitla, she continuously works towards transformation, along with developing fresh and compelling ways to deliver the best results. She holds a Master's degree from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Stanford University.
Established in 2003 and with its main office in Corte Madera, California, Svitla Systems is a proven custom software development and testing provider. Svitla's global operations are built on lasting relationships with some of the world's most prestigious companies. Svitla's wide range of services includes web and mobile development, design, system support, and testing, Big Data architecture design, Internet of Things product deployment, consulting, and much more. https://svitla.com/
About Women in IT Awards
The Women in IT Awards have showcased women in technology in London, New York, Singapore, and Dublin. Organized by business-technology site Information Age, the Women in IT Awards Silicon Valley acts as a flagship and high-profile platform to support the industry in its mission to move the dial on gender. Offering a series of awards, ranging from CIO of the year through to Rising Star, the program provides a platform to identify females at all levels achieving great things in Silicon Valley.
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Svitla Systems' CEO, Nataliya Anon, wins GOLD in CEO World Awards 2018!
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Q: How do I get my text to be next to each other not on top I want the google form text to be right next to each other not on top of each other. here is a picture. https://i.stack.imgur.com/Mf6dk.png. I also need help fix my hover over the text feature. I added an orange hover for when you go over the text it shows where you are but when you do it does not fit the whole div. Here is a picture https://i.stack.imgur.com/IxMcd.png
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Enhancements Afoot
Nowadays, big changes are underway at the iconic property, with 246 hotel rooms being converted into 112 one- and two-bedroom suites under the Marriott Vacation Club moniker, with 10,000 square feet of meeting space converted into a sales gallery for the new product. In concert with the suites, a brand new arrival experience awaits guests, with handsome, Maui-built tiki panels having been installed at the porte cochere, and a new front desk area set against a lobby garden that sports colors of the islands, along with native plants and lava rocks. A glance west from the lobby reveals enticing ocean views, framed as if a guest has just walked into their own postcard of paradise. The remaining hotel rooms are being refreshed, and the 20-unit, two-story Cabana Wing, with full ocean views from the top floors, will become a "hotel within a hotel," says general manager Steve Yannarell. "We're 'right-sizing' the hotel," Yannarell says. "For the Big Island, this is what was needed. We had too many hotel rooms on the coast, and a growing demand for our Vacation Club-type offerings." The Marriott Vacation Club is a points-based program, with more than 50 destinations all over the world currently in the system. One becomes an owner with a one-time purchase of an allotment of points — "vacation currency" as Marriott says — that can be used at the destination of one's choice. Points are refreshed each year, and as new destinations are added, the program continues to grow and succeed.
Because Hawai`i is such a popular destination, the addition of the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa to the list of destinations is sure to be a hit. "Some of what we've done," Yannarell says, "was done to ensure we satisfy our new customer on the time-share side."
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Trio combines to score 56 points in Rambler victory.
FARMINGDALE — Forget the January date. Winthrop boys basketball coach Todd MacArthur wanted his Ramblers to treat Thursday night's game with fellow Class C South standings-topper Hall-Dale like a playoff contest.
Message received, from start to finish.
Jacob Hickey scored 23 points, Garrett Tsouprake added 18 and Cam Wood scored 15 to lead the Ramblers — sharp from the perimeter and dominant down low — to a 68-52 victory over the Bulldogs, one that would be difficult for any coach to find fault with.
Which is why Winthrop's didn't even bother to try.
Winthrop had several, but from the start of the game — when Winthrop raced out to an 8-0 lead and 20-8 advantage after the first quarter — none loomed larger than the Ramblers' height down low. Winthrop shot 47 percent from the field and made eight of its first nine shots in a third quarter that fully buried the Bulldogs (6-2), largely because Hall-Dale had no answers for the 6-foot-8 Wood and 6-foot-4 Tsouprake. Winthrop's guards would either lob in feeds to the two towering Ramblers for easy baskets or take shots themselves, with Tsouprake (eight rebounds) and Wood (seven) more than able to clean up the misses.
The Ramblers got their normal mid-range production — Hickey scored eight points in each the first and third quarters — but they needed only two 3-pointers all game, a clear indicator of the success they had funneling the offense inside and providing a dimension that makes an already dangerous team even more lethal.
Alec Byron had 16 points, Jett Boyer had 13 and Ashtyn Abbott scored 10 for the Bulldogs, whose undefeated record entering the week had this game looking like a marquee matchup. But Winthrop took over from the opening tip, and after Wood converted a three-point play to put the Ramblers up 27-15 with 3:51 to go in the first half, their lead never again dipped into single digits.
"We have much respect for this program," MacArthur said. "It's a rivalry, they're well-coached, they've got tons of talent top-to-bottom. They're incredibly deep and they shoot the ball well.
Ranslow said his team needed to change its mindset, particularly when it came to answering the challenge of Winthrop's size.
"We don't have a guy that we can go 6-8 (vs.) 6-8 with, and we don't have a second guy that's 6-5," he said. "When you don't have the size to match, you have to have the mentality and the psychology behind just going after it and wanting to work harder.
It's a problem awaiting many of Winthrop's future opponents, who will face a team that just seems to be adding more and more ways to beat them.


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Autochek, an African automotive firm, has raised a $13.1 million seed round over a year after receiving a $3.4 million pre-seed round in November 2020.
Since its introduction in August last year, the firm, managed by CEO Etop Ikpe, has witnessed astounding rise in demand, not just from consumers but also from its corporate and financial partners. And who better to lead the seed round than pan-African VC firms TLcom Capital and 4DX Ventures, the same investors who led the startup's pre-seed round?
Existing investors such as Golden Palm Investments, Enza Capital, and Lateral Capital also contributed. ASK Capital and Mobility 54 Investment SAS, the venture capital arm of Toyota Tsusho and CFAO Group, were among the first-time investors. Autochek has raised a total of $16.5 million in two investment rounds.
When Ikpe talked to TechCrunch last month, the company had recently completed the acquisition of Ringier One Africa Media's Cheki's assets in Kenya and Uganda (ROAM). The transaction was completed about a year after Autochek purchased Cheki Ghana and Cheki Nigeria to launch its company.
Although acquisitions have been the company's primary growth strategy to date, it did not pursue that path into Ivory Coast, instead partnering with CFAO Group to introduce its marketplace to the Francophone area.
With this growth, Autochek now has a presence in five African markets. The used automobile market in Africa is worth $45 billion, with a vehicle penetration rate of only 5%. And, because the market is opaque, lenders (mostly banks) have found it difficult to make loans to people, businesses, or ride-hailing drivers.
The Autochek platform employs a marketplace-driven paradigm with an emphasis on finance and after-sales. Its key clients include dealerships, banks, and end users (those who buy cars on the platform).
When a dealership registers on the platform, Autochek assigns a workshop to begin inspections on the dealership's cars. The evaluations and algorithmic checks on Autochek's system serve to provide a sense of the car's status and condition, deciding if it is in a state to be financed.
"That's the huge risk for the banks because they don't want a situation where they finance a car and the engine knocks the next day," explained Ikpe, explaining why Autochek goes through these measures.
Following the examination, Autochek notifies all of the banks on its platform that the car is ready for financing and adds it to the marketplace. The banks react with their proposals after a thorough assessment. After Autochek builds a credit profile, the end-user has a pool of financing rates from banks to pick from and can apply to buy the automobile. The loan application procedure takes around 48 hours, as opposed to the industry typical of 40-45 days.
Once everything is in order, Autochek assists banks with disbursement and ensures that the car is registered, insured, and monitored. The vehicle is then sent through Autochek's after-sales network, where it is fixed for free if mechanical faults arise.
Autochek generates revenue by charging clients and banks a fee following a successful payment and by receiving commissions from dealerships.
"We're not simply there for banks and clients at the time of disbursement; we're there for them throughout the loan's lifecycle," Ikpe explained. "We've established that ecosystem by utilising technology to connect all of these different sectors so that, at the end of the day, we can produce more value with financing as our core."
Posted on : 19 Jan,2022 | News Source : ABNews
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