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#region

using System;
using GridAgentSharedLib;
using GridAgentSharedLib.Clients;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

#endregion

namespace GridComputingSharedLib
{
    ///
    ///     The coordinator for <see cref="Agent" /> slave tasks.
    ///     Splits an activity into segments that can then be
    ///     deligated to slave tasks.
    ///
    public abstract class MasterTask : MarshalByRefObject, IMasterTask
    {
        protected bool EnableTrace
        {
            get { return _enableTrace; }
        }

        #region Fields

        private static readonly IGridLog Log = GridLogManager.GetLogger(typeof(MasterTask));
        private readonly Guid _id;
        private volatile bool _completed;
        private string _name;
        private double _priority;
        private string _slaveTypeName;
        private bool _enableTrace;
        private GridTaskElement _taskElement;

        #endregion

        ///
        ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MasterTask" /> class.
        ///
        protected MasterTask()
        {
            _id = Guid.NewGuid();
        }

        ///
        ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MasterTask" /> class.
        ///
        /// <param name="name">The unique name this task.</param>
        protected MasterTask(string name) : this()
        {
            Name = name;
        }

        public override object InitializeLifetimeService()
        {
            return null;
        }

        ///
        ///     Gets or sets the progress goal.
        ///     This is the point at which the task will be
        ///     deemed to be complete. <seealso cref="StepsCompleted" />
        ///
        /// <value>The progress goal.</value>
        public long StepsGoal { get; protected set; }

        public GridTaskElement TaskElement
        {
            get { return _taskElement; }
        }

        public virtual bool AllJobsDispatched
        {
            get { return false; }
        }

        public virtual int InitialisationStatus { get { return InitializationStatus.Initialized; } }

        ///
        ///     Gets or sets a value indicating whether this <see cref="MasterTask" /> is complete.
        ///
        /// <value>
        ///     <c>true</c> if complete; otherwise, <c>false</c>.
        /// </value>
        public bool Completed
        {
            get { return _completed; }
        }

        ///
        ///     Gets or sets the unique name of the task.
        ///
        /// <value>The name of this task.</value>
        public string Name
        {
            get { return _name; }
            set
            {
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
                {
                    throw new ArgumentNullException();
                }
                _name = value;
            }
        }

        public string ExecutionDirectoryPath { get; set; }

        public virtual string Result { get; private set; }

        public Guid Id
        {
            get { return _id; }
        }

        ///
        ///     Gets the Type name
        ///     of the <see cref="Agent" /> task.
        ///     Must be fully qualified, including publickeytoken,
        ///     version etc. If it is not, client side location
        ///     of the Type will fail.
        ///
        /// <value>
        ///     The Type name
        ///     of the <see cref="Agent" /> task.
        ///     Must be fully qualified, including publickeytoken,
        ///     version etc.
        /// </value>
        public string SlaveTypeName
        {
            get { return _slaveTypeName; }
        }

        #region Steps Completed

        private long _stepsCompleted;

        ///
        ///     Gets or sets the progress of the task.
        ///     This value should always be less than
        ///     the <see cref="StepsGoal" />.
        ///
        /// <value>The progress.</value>
        public long StepsCompleted
        {
            get { return _stepsCompleted; }
            protected set
            {
                _stepsCompleted = value;
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #region event JoinTask

        private event Action<object, string> InternalComplete;

        ///
        ///     Occurs when the task has finished
        ///     its work.
        ///
        public event Action<object, string> Complete
        {
            add { InternalComplete += value; }
            remove { InternalComplete -= value; }
        }

        private void FireTriggerRemoving(TaskException ex)
        {
            if (InternalComplete != null)
            {
                InternalComplete(this, ex == null ? null : ex.JsonException);
            }
        }

        #endregion

        protected void TriggerCompletion(bool completed, TaskException exception = null)
        {
            if (EnableTrace)
                Log.Info("TriggerCompletion");

            if (_completed != completed)
            {
                if (_completed)
                    throw new TaskException("Task is already completed!");

                _completed = completed;
                if (completed)
                {
                    FireTriggerRemoving(exception);
                }
            }
        }

        public void LoadInternal(GridTaskElement taskElement)
        {
            if (taskElement == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("taskElement");
            }

            _taskElement = taskElement;
            _name = taskElement.Name;
            _slaveTypeName = taskElement.SlaveTypeName;
            _priority = taskElement.Priority;

            FireOnLoad(EventArgs.Empty);
        }

        public void SetTraceValue(bool enable)
        {
            _enableTrace = enable;
        }

        public virtual void LostAgent(IAgent agent)
        {
        }

        protected void Start()
        {
            try
            {
                OnStarting();
                FireOnStarting(EventArgs.Empty);
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                if (EnableTrace)
                    Log.Error("Start", exception);

                Stop();
                TriggerCompletion(true, new TaskException("Start failed", exception));
            }
        }

        protected void Stop()
        {
            try
            {
                OnStopping();
                FireOnStopping(EventArgs.Empty);
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                if (EnableTrace)
                    Log.Error("Stop", exception);
            }
        }

        ///
        ///     Gets the run data for the <see cref="Agent" /> slave task.
        ///     This data should encapsulate the task segment
        ///     that will be worked on by the slave. <seealso cref="Job" />
        ///
        /// <param name="agent">The agent requesting the run data.</param>
        /// <returns>The job for the agent to work on.</returns>
        public abstract Job GetJob(IAgent agent);

        ///
        ///     Joins the specified task result. This is called
        ///     when a slave task completes its <see cref="Job" />,
        ///     after having called <see cref="GetJob" />;
        ///     returning the results to be integrated
        ///     by the associated <see cref="MasterTask" />.
        ///
        /// <param name="agent">The agent joining the results.</param>
        /// <param name="taskResult">The task result.</param>
        public abstract void Join(IAgent agent, TaskResult taskResult);

        ///
        ///     Cancels the distributed job
        ///
        /// <param name="agent"></param>
        /// <param name="taskId"></param>
        public virtual void Cancel(IAgent agent, long taskId)
        {
        }

        ///
        ///     Occurs when the task is starting.
        ///     Allows an opportunity to perform any preprocessing
        ///     activities, such as loading auxiliary data.
        ///
        protected abstract void OnStarting();
        protected abstract void OnStopping();

        #region event Load

        private event EventHandler InternalLoad;

        ///
        ///     Occurs when the task has loaded internally.
        ///
        public event EventHandler Load
        {
            add { InternalLoad += value; }
            remove { InternalLoad -= value; }
        }

        private void FireOnLoad(EventArgs e)
        {
            if (InternalLoad != null)
            {
                InternalLoad(this, e);
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #region event Starting

        private event EventHandler<EventArgs> InternalStarting;

        ///
        ///     Occurs when the task is starting.
        ///     Allows an opportunity to perform any preprocessing
        ///     activities, such as loading auxiliary data.
        ///
        public event EventHandler<EventArgs> Starting
        {
            add { InternalStarting += value; }
            remove { InternalStarting -= value; }
        }

        private void FireOnStarting(EventArgs e)
        {
            if (InternalStarting != null)
            {
                InternalStarting(this, e);
            }
        }

        #endregion

        protected void FireSaveTaskResult(string jsonResult)
        {
            Result = jsonResult;
        }

        #region event Stopping

        private event EventHandler<EventArgs> InternalStopping;

        public event EventHandler<EventArgs> Stopping
        {
            add { InternalStopping += value; }
            remove { InternalStopping -= value; }
        }

        private void FireOnStopping(EventArgs e)
        {
            if (InternalStopping != null)
            {
                InternalStopping(this, e);
            }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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Steps We're Taking to Address Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Community Outreach Making a Difference in the World
At College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving, we have increased our community service and outreach program to meet the immediate needs of those who need help during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are committed to the communities we serve. As a purpose-driven, socially conscious company, College HUNKS and our 130 franchise partners throughout the nation are helping in a variety of ways, including providing meals to those in need, moving medical equipment, instituting a no-contact junk pickup program, storing donations to be given to non-profits that are temporarily closed once they reopen, and helping students, families, and domestic violence victims who urgently need to move during the COVID-19 shutdown.
As a brand, we work on fulfilling our mission and values on a daily basis. One of our core values is to "Build Leaders." A leader is someone who steps up to the plate when action is needed and by working to help our communities during these challenging times, we are setting the bar for what is expected from every team member. Another core value is to "Listen, Fulfill & Delight" – we are listening to our communities and what they need, we are working hard to help in any way possible and we do it all with a smile.
No-Cost Moves for Domestic Violence Victims
Another one of the company's COVID-19 community service programs was initiated with the realization that domestic violence rates skyrocketed during the pandemic, and shelters remain open to help. To support their efforts, College HUNKS has committed to providing essential, no-cost moves to victims of abusive living situations through certified shelters.
The program kicks in once someone experiencing domestic violence who wants to request the no-cost move contacts the police and/or the local domestic violence prevention shelter. A certified domestic violence shelter will approve the request for the move to ensure that the victim is supported throughout the entire transition. The shelter also coordinates with local law enforcement, as needed, for the safety of the victim and the assisting College HUNKS team. Once qualifications for the free move are confirmed, the approving shelter reaches out to College HUNKS to request the move assistance. Friedman is personally monitoring incoming emails to follow up with local franchise owners and help coordinate logistics.
"For many of us, COVID-19's stay-at-home orders have presented inconveniences. But for those facing violence in their homes, staying home is unthinkable," said Friedman. "We want to help. College HUNKS is here to extend a helping hand to those affected by domestic abuse through use of our trucks and labor at no cost. I remembered reading about other moving companies doing things like this in the past, and that inspired us to leverage our 130 franchises and thousands of trucks and HUNKS around the country to help. It's our hope that once the health crisis passes, those who survived the domestic crisis will have an opportunity to heal in a safe, new space."
Meal Donations and Deliveries
College HUNKS is continuing meal donations to families in need with our partner, Feeding Children Everywhere, and a group of Pacific Northwest franchisees have even started a vital food delivery program serving the hard-hit Seattle area. In this effort, College HUNKS has partnered with World Vision to disperse meals and supplies to the significantly impacted community, free of charge.
Five area franchise partners are participating in the service launched by Renton, WA College HUNKS owner Susan Davis, who says, "We are humbled and grateful that we are able to make a difference in our community at this time. World Vision is an impactful organization and we are pleased to be able to donate our manpower and trucks to them during this time of need."
Suzan Ruiz of Bremerton, Brandon Christian of Tacoma, Karin Olason of Seattle, and Price Paramore of Spokane are all franchise owners in the Pacific Northwest who jumped at the opportunity to give back and team up to make an even greater impact.
"This is a critical time for mitigating childhood hunger when children are stuck at home without access to nutritional meals at school, so keeping our trucks rolling to help our clients who need us while also donating two meals to Feeding Children Everywhere for each job will hopefully help mitigate some of the long term negative impact on our communities," said Omar Soliman, co-founder and CEO of College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving.
Moving Essential Medical Equipment, No-Contact Pickups, and Donation Storage
College HUNKS trucks also are being used to move COVID-19 testing supplies and other medical equipment, relocating beds and goods from one hospital to another, delivering water to healthcare workers, and any other task the local communities need assistance with. These are unprecedented times but they allow the HUNKS to give back and foster relationships with their fellow citizens.
HUNKS, as the leading franchiser in the junk removal and moving business, was recently recognized by the Tampa Bay Times for filling a gap in services left by non-profits who are temporarily closed. College HUNKS is considered an essential business because it is a waste hauling and management company so our franchise partners have continued to pick up customers' trash, recycling, or donations without having any physical contact with them.
"We've definitely seen a shift in the junk removal side of our business," Nick Friedman, co-founder and president of College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving, told the newspaper. "People are stuck in their homes and looking around and seeing stuff that they haven't really noticed before. We offer no-contact services and we're wearing masks and gloves, sanitizing and wearing shoe covers."
College HUNKS typically donates about 70% of what is picked up from customers so that it can be recycled. Many of our 130 locations throughout the nation are storing these items in warehouses until the pandemic's social distancing rules are relaxed.
Safe, Dependable Junk Hauling and Moving Services Available
In addition to Express No-Contact Junk Pickup, College HUNKS is continuing to provide full moving services so no one will be stranded during this challenging time. We are also providing a wide range of other essential services. As a national transportation, logistics, and waste hauling company, our trucks and teams are assisting with transportation of needed supplies, warehousing and storage, bulk trash and dumpster alternatives, waste & refuse disposal, and delivery of goods to businesses and homes.
College HUNKS is taking all safety precautions to ensure the health of our team members and clients, following the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) measures, we have instituted employee temperature checks, and are disinfecting trucks after each job. "We value the safety of each of our clients and team members," said Soliman. "Beyond monitoring the situation and consulting with local public health officials, we have protocols in place, which mandate that every franchise across the country practices new safety measures such as eliminating our daily team huddles."
Contact College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving today to learn how the HUNKS can help you in this challenging time.
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This information is not intended as an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, a franchise. It is for informational purposes only. The following states currently regulate the offer and sale of franchises: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. If you are a resident of, or wish to acquire a franchise to be operated in one of these states, we will offer you a franchise only after we have complied with applicable pre-sale registration and disclosure requirements applicable to us in your state.

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In order to graduate in June, all Grade 12 students must complete, for 4 credits, the Grad Transitions Program. To receive the 4 credits, students are required to complete 8 assignments in addition to filling out their DPA (Daily Physical Activity) online from September to June. April 12th is the cut-off for Term 3 and all Grade 12's should try to have 6/8 assignments (plus all DPA up to March) completed. The final cutoff for ALL GT material is June 18th!
We will be hosting GT Work Sessions during CHOICE as well as some noon hour sessions in room 208. These will be on a first come/first served basis so make sure to show up early! The first session will take place on Thursday, April 4th.
Senior Boys Basketball was down in Vancouver competing at AAAA Provincials last week. The boys drew a tough opponent in their first game on Wednesday night, matching up against #1 seed Holy Cross. The Grizzlies started the game slow, digging themselves a bit of a hole in the first half. The boys turned it around in the second half, lead by Gr. 11 Liam Peterson with 28 points and 10 rebounds, to finish the game 67-107. The second game of the tournament saw the boys take on #8 seed West Vancouver. Liam Peterson lead the way again, with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 6 steals. In a much closer game, the Grizzlies went down 63-80. Then boys lost to Walnut Grove in the 3rd game, putting them up against Mount Baker on Friday night. With big performances from Earl Concepcion (13 points, 7 rebounds), Mason Miranda (14 points, 12 steals), Liam Peterson (11 points, 8 rebounds) and Ethyn Lang (14 points) the Grizzlies had their closest game of the tournament. They lead for half of the game, but couldn't clinch in the win, and lost a nail-biter 77-75 to finish 16th. Congratulations to the boys on a great season!
To celebrate the end of the season, the NPSS Student Council arranged a pep rally on Tuesday. Students watched as the girls and boys teams competed against each other. The local band 'Summit' performed the halftime show.
Students need to start thinking about next years courses. The NPSS Course Calendars have been posted here, and a link is available in the LINK menu on the left. Grade 10 and 11 students have been provided a lesson and information on the course selection process within their CHOICE Google Classroom. The councilors will start the course selection process after spring break at NPSS.
Students who have questions or would like more information on the selection process can sign up for the CHOICE information sessions offered in April. There will be no CHOICE this week due to the adjusted schedule for parent-teacher interviews.
The Senior Girls Basketball Team was in Vancouver last week competing at the AAA Provincial Championships. The Grizzlies drew #1 seed and eventual tournament champions Semiahmoo Totems in the first round on Wednesday night. It was a tough first game for the girls with a final score of 29-90. The Grizzlies took on Abbotsford Senior in the 2nd round. Led by Celine Quigley with 28 points, the girls had a closer game with a final score of 58-98. The third round saw the Grizzlies against Nanaimo District. In their closest game of the tournament, the girls battled until the end. Celine Quigley and Alexis Ziebart had 13 points a piece, however the Grizzlies fell just short with a 53-66 loss. In the final game of the tournament, the Grizzlies played Royal Bay. With little gas left in the tank, the Grizzlies took a 71-48 loss to finish 16th. Congratulations to Grade 12s Claire Turner, Alexis Ziebart, Jessie Copies, Celine Quigley, Maria Giesbrecht, Gillian Wuthrich, Martina Sheck, Krystina Rea and Azaria Richards – girls, thank you for your contributions to Grizzlies Basketball, you will always be a part of the Grizzlies family!
The Grizzlies had a bit of a slow start, succumbing to some nerves against high pressure from Duchess Park. Down by 20 at half, the Grizzlies dug in and rallied, lead by strong performances from Danielle Kocher, Mykenzie Beech and Isabella Ziebart. The girls closed the gap to within 10 points, but were unable to catch up, and ultimately lost the game. However, the girls left everything on the court and coaches Kelly Ziebart and Samantha Stackhouse were incredibly proud of the team's effort. The loss put the Grizzlies up against Dawson Creek in the next game. In a throwback to their match up in the Bert Bowes tournament, the girls went point for point with Dawson Creek. It was a hard fought game and with 10 seconds left in the 4th quarter, the score was tied 36-36. In a deja vue moment, Haeli Ziegler found herself with the ball just inside the 3 point line and made sweet bank shot to put the Grizzlies up 38-36 and seal the win.
The last game of the season for the Grizzlies was against Kelly Road. Down a player due to injury, the girls didn't have quite enough gas in the tank to keep up for the whole game, and took a hard fought loss, putting them in 4th place to finish the tournament. Isabella Ziebart earned a 2nd team All-Star Team nomination, while Jenna Miranda and Danielle Kocher earned honourable mentions. Congrats Grizzlies on a great season!
The weekend saw the Junior Boys Basketball in action for the last tournament of the year at Kelly Road Secondary School in Prince George. The Grizzlies started the tournament against a strong PGSS team, unfortunately they came out slow and were unable to hit shots early; but strong defence kept them in the game until the second half. In the second half the Grizzlies put together a strong push led by Gryphon Talbot and Tristan Stockall that saw the game tied with 48 seconds left on the clock. Ultimately PGSS hit key free throws down the stretch that saw the Grizzlies fall by just four points.
The next game for the Grizzlies saw them play their most complete game of the season against Correlieu. All 12 Grizzlies got onto the floor and made contributions to help build a strong lead going into the second half. The Grizzlies continued their strong defensive play and hit shots all game long to take a comfortable win to set up a rematch with Duchess Park.
In their third game of the tournament, the Grizzlies came out flat against the strong Duchess Park team. The boys dug themselves a hole that they wouldn't be able to overcome and ultimately lost the game. However, the Grizzlies never gave up and played hard through the entire game to close the gap and make the game competitive until the end. Led by Colton Dyck and his nine made three pointers, the boys built momentum going into the last game of the season against NVSS.
The Grizzlies last game of the season was one to remember for the boys seeing everyone once again get into the game and contribute. The coaches handed over the chipboard to injured player Ethan Middleton who led the boys to a win in their last game of the season. It was a close game until the end but timely timeouts and big shots hit at the right time led the boys to a two-point victory.
With a fifth place finish and a second team All-Star nomination for Colton Dyck the 2019 season wrapped up for the JV Boys finishing with a strong record of 14-6.
Sr Alt has been working hard making Valentine's cards and cookies for our Valentines for Seniors project. With NPSS closed yesterday, we had to ask for help; Leigh Anne baked us some cookies to add to the ones already baked in Mark's class and we were able to borrow space at Robert Ogilvie to finish decorating.


With the new Google-Twitter partnership now live, Tweets will begin showing up in mobile search results starting today (May 19, 2015). This has a lot of impact on the way digital marketers need to look at the platform that is currently running a distant second behind Facebook in terms of visibility and reach.
As Twitter seeks a larger audience to share all its content (and, let's be honest, this is about increasing advertising reach) this partnership with Google is mutually beneficial. Twitter expands its reach while Google buys its way into social media – one of the few arena's that Google has not been able to truly dial-in.
To digital marketers, this integration means that they can no longer look at search and social as silos (or even complimentary disciplines.) They are now intrinsically linked and taking an integrated digital marketing approach is critical. Want further proof? In February, Twitter started delivering ads to third-party websites and apps to dramatically improve its current reach of approximately 300 million (this is compared to Facebook with nearly 1.4 billion.). It's all one being happy digital world now.
Adding the term "Twitter" to your search also seems to be recommended. For example, by searching "NHL Playoffs Twitter" the app should "bring up the most relevant news and Tweets" surrounding the playoffs. Like all things Google, the formula to determine what is "most relevant" will remain a secret sauce, but suffice it to say those with more followers, retweets, and comments will likely stand out to the search engine.
Here's a screen shot of what a search for Taylor Swift might look like on your mobile device.
Twitter is now relevant even if your audience isn't currently there: If search is important to your company or brand, your digital marketing strategy needs to include Twitter – even if you're demographic is most at home on Facebook or Pinterest. If you're selling a product online or locally, then your brands Twitter presence move beyond branding and commmunicaitons and becomes a significantly more valuable part of your SEO mix.
The social media rich will only get richer. I'm going to assume that a tweet from Kim Kardashian from South Beach will get much higher precedence than the same one from Kim Smith from South Bronx. That only increases Miss Kardashian's "value" and lowers the potential impact of of poor Miss Smith's tweet.
You'll need to adjust your digital marketing budget: Finally, the real money is with Google featuring promoted Tweets. While Twitter is currently not serving "Promoted Tweets" when it's content appears on Google, if (when) this becomes the case, the choice digital marketers face between buying ads on Facebook or Twitter becomes significantly more difficult.
Integrated digital marketing is happening: (Semi- Sales pitch to follow) The reason we created Bluefish Digital was to help our clients realize that things like search and social are not just online versions of Direct Mail or glorified Yellow Pages campaigns. They each have a significant impact on each other. Taking a holistic and results based approach allows you to multiply the impact of your effort and get the most out of your resources. This is what we do for clients every single day and why you should talk to us to learn more about how we can help you.


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Home Society sports Theophane Wins British Title in Style Ready To Fight World's Best
Theophane Wins British Title in Style Ready To Fight World's Best
Cestus Management's 140-to-147 pound world contender, Ashley Theophane, scored a sizzling 12 round unanimous decision victory over British Light-Welterweight Champion, 'Lightning' Lenny Daws, in the main event at the world famed Wembley Arena in London England. Theophane displayed superb boxing skills as he constantly kept the very offensive and game Daws off balance with hard jabs and crisp combination punching throughout the fight. The fight was shown live on Sky TV Channel Premier Sports TV and was promoted by Hennessy Sports UK.
Theophane executed a great fight plan throughout the fight and from the opening round Theophane was connecting with over-hand rights that damaged Daws' right eye which would slowly close over the course of the fight. Throughout the fight and especially in the early rounds Theophane produced a systematic body attack that slowed Daws down and allowed Theophane to get into his rhythm and start to take over the fight.
In the second part of the fight Theophane further took command and was getting stronger where his punches were taking their toll on Daws and busting him up.
In round 9 Theophane came out blazing, mixing his shots to the head and body behind a hard double left jab that set Daws up for a booming right hand that connected to the side of Daws' head dropping him heavily face first to the canvas. Daws got up, barely beating the referees count and was on shaky legs, the referee let the fight continue and Theophane unleashed a monstrous barrage of punches to the head and body that dropped Daws again. Daws got up and showed the heart of a champion just barely beating the referee's count; to Daws' credit he survived the round and was trying to put up a fight.
In the last three rounds it was all Theophane as he completely out-boxed, out-punched and out-fought Daws, deservedly winning a clear cut action packed unanimous decision to capture the coveted Lonsdale British Title. 'Lightning' Lenny Daws, who has previously made two successful defenses of the British Title worked hard throughout the fight to hold onto his title but in the end, Theophane just proved to be the better fighter.
The "Treasure" had this to say right after the fight, "I'll fight any top fighter in the world, I'm ready for any of them. I finally found myself and anyone who wants to step up and fight lets do it tomorrow". He went on to say, "I hit Lenny (Daws) with some real hard shots and dropped him twice and he still kept coming and never quit, so i want everyone to respect him for staying in the fight. I was ready to do anything to win this fight and i did. Me and my team (CESTUS) worked too hard for this and I knew I couldn't let anyone down. This win is special and i can't explain how proud i am that i have finally won the British Title. I want to own the Lonsdale Belt outright and i will do whatever it takes to make that happen and like i said many times I'll fight any top fighter in the world".
English Greek Cypriot Mike Michael, Cestus Management's Chief Adviser, said, "We are all ecstatic and very proud of our boxer, Ashley proved again that he is a world class boxer and is ready to fight the best in the world. He showed his all round superiority in the way that he won the fight and how hard he can compete. Lenny Daws is a tough kid but Ashley's all round boxing ability and will to win was too much for him. This win is special for all of us at Cestus as Ashley Theophane is our first British Champion"
In closing, Michael said, "I would like to thank my good friend Jimmy "ZEEK" Hartofilis for his undeniable support, Hennesey Sports and most of all the fans".
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English conversation over a drink. Join members and friends of the American Women's Group of Languedoc-Roussillon (AWG) on 22 November, 2007, at 18h00 at Café del Mon, Rue Vanneau, Montpellier (off the Place de la Comédie) for conversation.
The AWG is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting friendship and understanding between English speakers living in France and members of the French community, through social activities and community service.
AWG has a wide range of member activities, but this cocktail hour is not limited to members. For membership information, write awg.grapevine@gmail.com with "Member" in the subject line.


Mary MacADNski: Not at all - just needed a quick rose for the song.
Quelle jolie fleur, je suis sûre qu'elle sent très bon.
Mary MacADNski: It smells the best of any rose.
Mary MacADNski: It is certainly an impressive room and stage for this event .
Oh, I forgot..I've seen Van there a couple of times!
Mary MacADNski: I hope so much he is playing somewhere for when we have the reunion at Chris's birthday. I have seen him only once from the nosebleed section.
Mary MacADNski: The best smelling rose in roseland.
Mary MacADNski: Thank you, a bit overblown but not edited so it could be improved.
It is wonderful and sometimes surprising what one finds on YouTube.
Mary MacADNski: I am enthralled with youtube. I have a lot of albums, casettes, CD's, playlists and mostly it is legitimately produced albums. On youTube you get to watch concerts and jam sessions and the like - other versions of the songs we are very used to.
No excuse needed for Bette.
Lovely picture Mary but dare I say it is eclipsed today by the two great videos attached, I've never really listened to Bette Midler a lot but I am going to download these two as MP3's to have on CD in the car, I know Maureen will love them when she gets back from a shopping expedition.
Mary MacADNski: She is such a great singer. I have a lot of her albums.
Mary MacADNski: A little overblown but it could be darkened a bit. I just grabbed it fast while the music was playing and before the next song began.
I am pleased you used the rose as an excuse to show the video.
Mary MacADNski: The vifdeos are wonderful and you can always see more. Hurrah YouTube!
The rose is beautiful; it has to be my favourite flower (and one of the few I can recognise).
Mary MacADNski: This one smells better than any other rose.
Mary MacADNski: I agree. Some of you English are seeing actual flowers in gardens. I am a bit astounded at that.
A lovely rose! Not too keen on the song!
Mary MacADNski: That is perfectly okay. Music is as personal as you can get in the like and unlike departments.


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How to use passkeys and get rid of passwords | Cult of Mac
How to join the awesome password-free future and use passkeys
By D. Griffin Jones • 6:00 am, December 9, 2022
Passkeys are here, and I'm here to tell you they're awesome.
Image: Santeri Viinamäki/Wikimedia Commons, D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
Managing passwords is and always has been a giant pain. It isn't the best system, but it's the system we've got. Well, not if Apple can do anything about it. Passkeys are a new system that automatically signs you in to online services using your phone's Face ID (or Touch ID) or your computer's password. It's one less thing to remember; it works without fiddling around with a password manager.
Passkeys aren't an Apple-exclusive feature. You can bet it'll be supported no matter what you have because all of these companies are part of the FIDO Alliance that created the system… eventually. Apple fully supports it in iOS 16 and Safari 16 for Mac, but Google's version is still in beta and Microsoft won't add it to Windows until next year. Until that day comes, you can still use your password to sign in.
Follow along as I show you how it works.
How to use passkeys
Device support is one thing, but you also need to have an account on a website that uses passkeys. 1Password has a list at passkeys.directory where you can see every website that is known to support it — all 23 of them, at the time of writing.
Some notable ones include eBay, PayPal and Best Buy. Let me show you how to convert an existing account (or create a new one) and what the sign-in process looks like.
How to use passkeys on eBay
Use a passkey on eBay. It'll ask you the next time you sign in on the web.
Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
When you sign into ebay.com on your iPhone, you'll get a prompt to add Face ID. It's an alternative way of signing in that's faster, safer and easier to manage.
The next time you sign in, you can tap "Turn on". A system popup will appear from the bottom asking you if you want to authenticate with Face ID; tap Continue.
Just tap "Continue" to sign in. It's that simple.
The next time you sign in from the same device, you won't see a password field — you'll see a simple Sign in button that brings up another system prompt.
Tap Continue and you'll be signed in again.
Create an account using passkeys on Best Buy's website
Creating a passkey is also as simple as tapping a single button (where available).
I wanted to try creating a passkey on a different website to see if it's the same process. After creating a Best Buy account, I wasn't asked to create a passkey, but I could find the option hidden in account settings.
Tap Create a Passkey and you get the same system prompt. Tap Continue, make sure your face still looks like your face and you're all done.
Sign into an account with passkeys on a computer that doesn't support it
Am I locked out of my eBay and beloved new Best Buy account on computers that don't support passkeys?
No. Enabling passkeys doesn't eliminate passwords, it's just an easier way to sign in on devices that you've activated it on. When I go to ebay.com, I can still sign in using my password.
You also don't need your Mac to run the latest version of macOS to use it because Safari can be updated separately in System Preferences > Software Update. My Mac is on the brink of death not supported for macOS 13 Ventura, but I can create and use passkeys all the same.
Using passkeys
Creating passkeys works on the Mac, too.
Using passkeys is excellent. It feels wrong that this is far safer than a password — it feels like things need to be inconvenient to be safe. It couldn't get any easier.
But people inevitably use the same password for nearly every account they have, because how in the world are you supposed to keep more than ten unique alphanumeric passwords in your head?
Password managers are a decent stop-gap solution that quickly devolves into a storage problem with passwords not updating, passwords kept here but not there, and fiddling around with an app for way too long just to get into a dumb website.
I can only hope that I will be able to live in the glorious password-free future that awaits us for at least a couple of years before I die.
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The search for remains in New Orleans
April 28, 2006, 10:44 PM UTC
By Brian Williams
Parts of New Orleans are like Pompeii after the volcano. So much is frozen in time and untouched since Katrina.
What's worse: They are still finding human bodies. Teams with sniffer dogs go out every day. One team in the Lower Ninth Ward found two brothers just last week. Friday, they were back on the job, led by Ruel Douvillier, a veteran of Vietnam and the Gulf War, who is again leading his men and women in a gruesome task.
"He's alertin', he's alertin' right now," says a member of Douvillier's team as he walks with his search dog. "There's something in there. Could be a body."
"It's very strenuous, it's very emotionally demanding," Douvillier says about the work. "It assaults all your senses, your taste. You taste it, you smell it, you see it, you touch it."
Brian Williams: Respectfully, we've been coming here for eight months now, and there is a smell here, that you know instantly. Is it what we think it is?
"It is the scent of decay," says Douvillier. "There is some human remains, there are animal remains all over the place. What the dogs do, is they see smells. The dogs see smells the way we see colors. The dogs will tell us there is a human being in there."
"One of the worst things about this job is that you tend to visualize the last moments of the individuals," explains Douvillier. "We talked to survivors, and the stories have been horrifying. The stories are of a 10-foot wall of water that just roared through this area at 4:30 in the morning. And we got to talk to the lucky ones. And now we're trying to find the unlucky ones."
Williams: Is there is a moment when you've had a positive indication from the dog, you spot what are remains, where all of you on the team switch to a kind of respect mode?
"Oh yes, that's instant," Douvillier says. "That is on every find. That's on every find. You can hear a pin drop.… But then we have to put that aside and get back to work."
Williams: Could you do this without your military experience?
"It makes it easier for me," he says, "because I have been through the mill before, on several occasions, but these fellows often have not. I think what drives them on is the realization that this is an important thing for us to do. We'll never bring closure, what is called closure, to the people that lost loved ones here. You're never going to get over that. The pain and the anguish will never go away. But we can perhaps lessen that by giving them some idea of what happened to their loved ones and making damn sure that nobody comes home and finds what we found down here."


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from allauth.socialaccount import providers
from allauth.socialaccount.providers.base import ProviderAccount
from allauth.socialaccount.providers.oauth2.provider import OAuth2Provider

class InstagramAccount(ProviderAccount):

    PROFILE_URL = 'http://instagram.com/'

    def get_profile_url(self):
        return self.PROFILE_URL + self.account.extra_data.get('username')

    def get_avatar_url(self):
        return self.account.extra_data.get('profile_picture')

    def to_str(self):
        dflt = super(InstagramAccount, self).to_str()
        return self.account.extra_data.get('username', dflt)

class InstagramProvider(OAuth2Provider):
    id = 'instagram'
    name = 'Instagram'
    account_class = InstagramAccount

    def extract_extra_data(self, data):
        return data.get('data', {})

    def get_default_scope(self):
        return ['basic']

    def extract_uid(self, data):
        return str(data['data']['id'])

    def extract_common_fields(self, data):
        return dict(username=data['data'].get('username'))

providers.registry.register(InstagramProvider)


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Q: MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI does not scan inside data folder I'm fetching music files from device using MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI ..
For other folders it is working fine. but it is not fetch/scan music files inside app's data folder (getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath())... why? is there any limitations??? TIA.

A:
why?

The MediaStore has no access to those files, nor does it know about them. Those files are private to  your app.

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Post by therunawaygirl on Jul 16, 2018 18:43:29 GMT -5
The sun began to set above a small town in the middle of a large island, and people were returning home after a long day's work. That was an usual day at Sakura Island, where people fought daily for their survival.
It would make one wonder why the town was so small, having so much space to use and grow. Yet, for the islanders, it was a different story. If they tried to build more further into the vast woods there were, then monsters would take no time to attack and destroy whatever they would work for. That was a crude reality for those living there.
Therefore, many were the people who volunteered into defeating these monsters, becoming Hunters. From there, their civilization began to thrive, having people taking care of monsters, and therefore increasing their chances of survival. Things were looking bright, and becoming a Hunter was a promising career for anyone good in hand-to-hand combat.
However, there was one girl that thrived for more than just fame and money. What she wanted was strength -strength for that she wanted to protect. That was Tori's main goal in life -to become stronger.
After an exhausting hunting session, Tori's guild members bid her goodbye as they returned back to the town from the island's Eastern Shore, while she remained there, under the solitary cherry tree besides the ocean. Recently, she'd been thinking about many things, mainly memories that at first didn't look like they belonged to her.
"...And we start again" she sighed, looking at the horizon, "Another memory to analyze, huh? ...Mind as well" she said, taking out a notebook and a pen, "So..." she began to scribble, "I'm in an island... A small one... And I'm surrounded by sea... And there's a few people there. I think Chiseko was there... Yeah, she was. But there was someone else... A boy... With... Huh?"
Tori stopped writing to try and remember that person's looks, but somehow, she was unable to. A few tears began to cover her eyes, and she quickly wipped them away.
"Why am I...crying?" she asked herself.
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Post by Conrí on Jul 17, 2018 15:41:29 GMT -5
Conrí blinked and saw that he was in another small town. A cool breeze carried with it the song of the trees and the scent of the sea. It reminded him of his original world. He let out a heavy sigh at the thought. He'd wandered through some kind of dream-like portal and found himself here. Wherever here was.
As Conrí wandered through the streets, he made a few mental remarks to Fenrir about the sights and sounds. People looked at him strangely, as though he might attack at any moment. He noticed a hilly area that seemed to overlook the water, so, he went there and sat down to think. As Conrí looked around, letting the quiet enter his mind, he noticed that he wasn't alone.
"Oh! I'm sorry. I didn't realise you were there. I came up here to think, but, I can go if I'm bothering you."
Go where, exactly?
Not now, Fenrir. Please.
Conrí heard a snort in his head and figured that's as close as he'd get to acknowledgement from the wolf spirit right now.
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Éirín Niall
Ailill Marien Rhiodnaparet
Tori flinched, and almost let go of her notebook into the water.
"Gyah!" she screamed, shocked, and then groaned a bit, "Hey, not the time, Neku... Huh?"
As she turned to see the person, she noticed it wasn't who she thought it was, and quickly shook her hands in apology.
"Gosh, I'm sorry. I mistook you for someone else" she said, and calmed down a bit, "...You're new here, aren't you? It's gonna get dangerous soon, so... You might wanna go to the town before it turns to night" she stated.
Conrí backed away slightly when the girl reacted. Once she apologised, he stepped closer. "No, I should also apologise for startling you like that." Conrí noticed the sun had nearly set. He wanted to ask what happened at night, but, his warrior instinct told him not to question it too much and just go.
"Are you coming, too, then? If it gets dangerous at night..." He started to walk down the hill and turned to see if she would follow toward the town.
If it actually gets dangerous here...
It would explain the looks. Guess I will need to keep guard. Conrí lingered on the outskirts of the town with his hand on his sword hilt. He would just have to do his part and guard this place from danger. Like any proper future king would.
Tori looked down as he asked that question.
"...No, not yet" she said, "There's still something I gotta do. And, besides..." she smiled, uneasy, "If I go back now, odds are he's gonna take his chance and hunt me down... Even if it's against the law" she chuckled uneasy, and looked at the man, "If you're going back, you should look for the Counsil. They ought to know you're here, so that they give you somewhere to sleep."
She looked back at her notebook, and tried to recall the new memory she was trying so hard to understand. After a while, she puffed her cheeks, and looked bitter.
"It's gone..." she said, irritated, "Haa... And it looked so important, too..."
Conrí nodded and stepped away from the girl. The Counsil. That sounded like the sensible thing to do, and, for once, the boy wasn't so sure he was going to do the sensible thing. The sensible thing is what got him into the mess of not being on his home world right now, anyway. He pushed back Fenrir's protests as he walked toward the town. He wanted to see what would happen when night fell and do what he could.
At least go to the Counsil and tell them your intentions.
Fine... Conrí sighed and entered the town. He followed the signs to the Counsil, which was just about to close. Great...I get to be that person.
A man stepped out of the building and huffed. "Newcomer, eh? Gets dangerous at night. Need a place to stay, right? Come with me."
"Actually, there's a girl out there on the hill, and, I intend to protect this place. I won't need a place to sleep tonight."
The old man placed a hand on my shoulder and looked at Conrí with a sad smile. "It's best you just do as she said, then. Please. She will be safe."
"But--"
"Follow me, sir."
Conrí lowered his head and almost started following the old man, but he grit his teeth and started running toward the town gate. "Until I know she's safe, I can't just stay here!" He yelled to the man.
Conrí slid to a stop once he exited the gate. The coming darkness seemed thicker than usual and something certainly seemed to loom over the island. He dipped down into a readied fighting stance and drew his weapon.
After a while of thinking, Tori gave up. There was no way to recover that memory for the time being, meaning Tori would just have to wait until it came back to her again.
She raised her view, sensing something. After looking at it a bit, she sighed, and jumped back to the sand, heading deep within the woods nearby. Anyone would've objected against that, but Tori wouldn't. She knew what was going on.
"They're back again, huh...?" she told herself, "Guess I just need to go check that place Mei, Neku and I stumbled upon..."
She climbed a tree, and began to jump from one to the other, until she distingushed a small cave in the shadows of the night. She lept down to the ground, and headed inside, defeating any creature that dared stand in her path.
"Tori!" a voice called her from within the cave, "You picked it up, too, right?"
"Yeah... They're here again, huh?" Tori asked the voice, coming from a two-tailed cat, who was looking at her calmly, "Then I just gotta defend that thing, right?"
"It'd be best if you closed it, actually..." the cat replied, "If it's closed, then this place is safe, remember?"
"Then tell me how to do it, and I'll do it. Simple, right?" Tori demanded as she head deeper.
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Post by Conrí on Jul 18, 2018 7:20:51 GMT -5
The darkness seemed so familiar to Conrí, along with a couple of definite chilling sensations that rippled through him. The druids would shame him for what he was about to do, but, he needed to find her. The wolf boy rushed into the darkness, taking a few deep breaths to connect him loosely with the spirit realm where Fenrir was. "Fenrir!"
"You're not supposed to move around while you're here. It's dangerous."
"Yeah, I know. It's all blurry, and there are weird shapes that keep jumping at me that I'm barely staggering past."
Fenrir snarled a little. "So, say what you need and return."
"That girl, can you find her?"
"I don't see what that has to do with us."
"Oh, for the love of Lugus, please!"
Fenrir nodded, and Conrí broke his contact with the wolf. The wolf boy was surprised by the amount of the creatures that seemed to take out his world. He brandished his sword in a wide sweeping motion, which at least caused them to jump back and sink down into the earth. "Lugus, please, guide me." Conrí wasn't sure what invoking the ancient light god's name would do for him, since that deity was likely gone as was his world.
A motion in the trees, followed by wisps of darkness caught his eye. He felt Fenrir seemingly notice it, too, so, the boy ran toward that motion. Is that her?
Seems that way. Feels like her, but, I also feel something else. Be careful.
Conrí jumped past some of the enemies, and noticed someone moving toward a cave.
I think that's her. Go. But...careful.
Conrí nodded. Screams of rage seemed to echo from the town, and, he felt a pang enter his chest. "I'm sorry. I failed you, too." He could feel a strange energy coming from the cave, and cautiously entered. "Who dares enter this place?
Conrí guessed he was facing another entry point to the spiritual realm. He took a deep breath and bowed to the ground. "Oh great one, please forgive this humble druid in training. I am searching for a girl. I fear she might be in danger."
"Why do you care so much for a stranger?"
"As a future king, everyone's life is important, and, I'll risk everything I can to--"
"What of my townspeople? Do they mean nothing?"
"Of course they do! Please, they are fighting. I just need to find her."
The voice seemed to vanish, so, Conrí took that as consent and stepped into the mouth of the cave. He took a deep breath and raised his voice, "Are you in here? I'm sorry. There's so much darkness. I tried to fight, but, something called me here. I'm going to find you."
"What gives you the right to tread on sacred ground, lad?"
"I failed my world. I was the core's defender, and, I failed, much on a night like this, so, if you don't mind letting me through so I can help, great one." Conrí noticed the grit and snarl in his voice.
"It's your risk."
Conrí bowed once more and started to run. The darkness seemed to be rushing toward this place. "Claiomh Solais," the boy whispered to his sword, "please, aid me this time. Don't let my fear stop me."
Tori groaned as she kept fighting againt the shadows that decided to attack her, and so did the two-tailed cat. Oddly enough, barely any shadows would attack Tori directly, and it would seem as if they were purposely avoiding her. Yet that still didn't distract her from her original purpose.
"Hey, Silver" she told the two-tailed cat, "Why are they avoiding me? I thought they'd attack anything in sight."
"Well... Either they're too focused on finding this world's heart, or..." Silver looked back at her before continuing, "Or your power is making them afraid of you. One or the other."
"Heh..." Tori snickered, "My power, huh...? As if I've remembered anything about it..."
She slashed forward, defeating the shadows in front of her, and stepping forward. As she did, she heard someone's voice, and clicked her tongue. She recognized that voice from before -that guy who'd recently arrived. She glared back, yet didn't go towards him, and instead headed forward. Silver, on the other hand, looked back, a bit uneasy, seeing that there was someone else with them there.
"Hey, who's that?" he asked, and looked at Tori, "Friend of yours?
"Not really" Tori replied, "I just met them today, but... Apparently, they're focused on helping a stranger out."
"Wonder why that's exactly their intention..."
"...They're a Keyblade Wielder, apparently" Tori mentioned after a while, "At least... That's what I can tell about him."
"Wait... A Keyblade Wielder?! Then... Hey, that's a good thing!" Silver seemed to smile, "They can close the door, no biggie!"
"Really...? Well, helps considering that you guys have been bugging me about my own Keyblade... Thing I don't even remember about..." Tori said, smirking.
"I'll go pick 'em up. Can you take care of the Heartless in the meantime?"
"Heh... Piece of cake!"
Silver left to search for Conrí, while Tori stood back fighting against the Heartless, with ease.
Conrí kept going straight, not sure if going straight was the right answer, but, he figured it would be better to try going straight and keep trying to find the familiar energy from the core. He waved Claiomh Solais at the Shadows, but most of them just avoided his strikes. Probably for the best, because he didn't know how much time he had left.
Fenrir, do you think I can do what needs to be done this time, if that weird flash of light shows up again?
I can't say, but you might as well try if it comes to that.
What if my fear stops me again?
Thinking like that will only make you fail.
Conrí sighed and stopped running for a moment. "Right. I guess." He looked at the sword that had been passed from one king to the next. At times like this, he didn't feel worthy of this symbol of passage. He felt the energy in the cave shift, and, suddenly, a cat with two tails appeared in front of him.
Conrí knelt down to be on the cat's level. "Hey, have you seen a girl around here? She's tall and has honey colored hair. I think--"
"She's further ahead. This way. Follow me. You could be helpful, even if you're kinda annoying."
Conrí coughed out a chuckle and ran after the cat. This seems to be a pattern. Annoying for trying to help.
Just go with it, and call me if you need me.
Fine. Conrí watched the girl fighting the creatures. She's braver than me. The wolf boy brushed the thought aside and jumped into the fray, choosing to attack the creatures behind her. "Sorry. I know you told me to go to the Counsil, which I did, but, I couldn't just...leave you if there was going to be danger. What's our objective?"
Tori noticed that Silver came back, and, with him, the guy with wolf ears began to fight with the Heartless behind her. She smirked, as Silver lept forward, taking care of a few astray enemies.
"Heh... Thought you were that kinda guy..." she said, teasing, "Helping even a stranger, eh, wolf-king?" she asked.
"Tori, now's not the time..." Silver looked uneasy, "We gotta get somewhere, remember?"
"I know, I know..." Tori sighed.
She imbued her blade with fire, and threw it in front of her akin to a boomerang -Fire Toss. Every Heartless in front of her was defeated in a single hit from the blade, and Tori caught it as it returned to her hand. She then began to dash forward alongside Silver, and didn't take long for her to rush Conrí with them.
"Here, this way!" she said, "Follow me, quick!"
Wolf king? How would she know that?
Given our current situation, do you really think now is the time to ask that?
Fair point. Despite Fenrir's sensible talk, Conrí still felt heat rise to his cheeks. "I hope it doesn't bother you too much." His tone was somber and soft. He watched her fiery attack with awe, and quickly followed after her without much question.
Conrí swiped at a few more of the creatures as they dashed along. The energy of the place seemed to be thickening and a dull hum entered his ears. "I don't think it's too much further. Is there going to be a fight with something big, or, is this a race against time, mostly?"
"No. Tori and I already scared away a potential threat" Silver said, making sure Conrí could hear him, "It's just a matter of closing the door, and done. Although this could've happened sooner if Tori remembered about her Keyblade..." he sighed.
"Hey, watch it!" Tori shouted back, "I'm not in a mood right now!"
"You know why I said that, right?"
After a little longer, Tori slowed her race, and looked forward. A bright light awaited, in the shape of a keyhole. Silver stepped forward, and, as he neared it, sat and looked at Conrí, smiling.
"You're a Keyblade Wielder, right?" he asked him, "Then, you know what to do. Can you do it, though?"
"...He's scared" Tori said, smirking a bit, "After all, there's a reason why he's here, to begin with."
"Are you scared?" Silver asked Tori.
"No. Why would I?" she asked back, and stretched a bit, "It's just a matter of closing the door, and boom. World safe, right?"
"Then why won't you do it? Oh, right... You can't" Silver replied, snickering, "I don't mean to offend you, mind you. Just... See if you're cool with it.
"Some offense taken..." Tori puffed her cheeks, and crossed her arms.
Conrí stopped with the others. The cat spoke to him again. Conrí cocked his head to the side and shifted his gaze to Tori. "Keyblade?" He gazed into the light with the others, and watched the cat sit and smile at him. "Talking cat, I'm not quite sure what makes you think--" When he saw the shape the light was making, Conrí staggered back a little. "That sword...one like it appeared in my hand when..."
He shook his head slightly and heard Tori's comment. It was like she knew him somehow. This fact both intrigued and unsettled him. He looked down at his sword hand and noticed that it trembled. "Of course I'm scared. It was in a situation like this that my own world--but, I told myself to try to push past it this time," he said, not sure if more to Tori, the cat, or to himself.
The cat seemed to be arguing with Tori, and Conrí found himself placing a hand on her shoulder. "If you were a wielder of such a weapon, then, I believe that it will come back to you." He removed his hand and walked closer to the light. "I will be honest. I don't know if I can close the door. I don't know if that's what happened to my world or not, but, I am going to try." Conrí bowed to Tori and held out his hand to the light.
Both Tori and Silver smiled, and, after stepping behind him, Tori pushed Conrí forward, with a playful smirk.
"Go on, then!" she said, "You never know if you don't try, right?"
"This is probably the only time I've ever agreed with you, Tori..." Silver sighed, uneasy.
"Hey!" Tori shouted back at the cat, "You're the one who's never agreed to anything, with the excuse of 'it's too dangerous' and stuff. So you keep quiet!"
Silver laughed, and looked at Conrí. Tori gave him a little push forward, placing him closer to the light.
"If you can't do it, then... You hand me the blade!" she said, "And I'll close it."
Conrí swallowed. His mouth felt dry and his legs were shaking. He felt Tori push him forward and heard her words. The wolf boy nodded and stood up straight. After a second small push forward, Conrí entered the light completely. He kept his hand stretched out to the light and felt the weight of Keyblade in his hand.
Vivid images filled his head of the night that his own world disappeared. The memories seemed to fill the room and surround him, and he felt himself being pushed toward his knees. Despite this, his hand clenched tighter around the blade, and he clenched his teeth. "Look, Keyblade, I don't care if you won't accept me just yet, but, for the sake of this world, lend me your power."
A wind began to push him back from the light, but he still wouldn't give up on the blade. "I know I'm a scared coward, and, I know I failed my world. I'm not saying I'm worthy, but, at least let me help her close the door."
The wind blew Conrí out of the room, but, the Keyblade was still in his hand. He landed on his backside and groaned slightly. He forced himself to his feet, and looked at Tori with a smile. "I don't think this door is mine to close alone, but, I think the blade will allow us to do what needs to be done together." The wolf boy extended the blade's hilt to Tori. "I won't let go, and, I'll give it my all."
Tori bit her thumb, and grabbed the Keyblade with determination, taking it away from Conrí. For a split second, her eyes swapped in color, from deep-sea blue to a vivid purple. Silver noticed this change, and shuddered a bit.
"...It's not the door, nor the Keyblade" Tori told Conrí as she headed to the door, "It's you. Your fear is what's stopping you from taking action. And you yourself are to blame for that."
She sighed, and looked at the keyhole. She held it forward, and the blade looked as if it tried to change shape, but remained the same nonetheless. A beam of light shone from the blade's edge towards the keyhole, and a locking sound was soon heard. Tori sighed, and tossed the blade back at Conrí, a bit mad.
"You say that it's the blade? Then train harder. You're saying it was the door? Then get to know its surroundings. But if it's your own fear... Then you're the one who needs to find out how to calm it to a point you can control it" she said, bitterly, "Otherwise, you're not even meant to hold your world in memory."
"Tori, stop it" Silver said, stepping up and going towards her, "You've already said enough. And, besides, we're done here. It's best if we at least go back to your guild's headquarters, where it's safer."
"...I know. Let's get going."
Tori nudged for Conrí to step up, and left the cave alongside Silver.
Conrí saw Tori's eyes change, and her words cut him like a knife. He turned his back to her and lowered his head slightly. A burst of light caused him to turn, and he saw the door start to close. A chill rose through him. Had he done that in his last moments in his world? He hoped, but, the weight of the thought nearly drove him to his knees. I know sorry won't fix this one, Fenrir.
When Tori returned, her words were harsher. He barely caught the blade when she tossed it, because he'd been distracted by what she said. He looked at the blade, and felt tears well up in his eyes, but, he blinked them away before Tori could see. The would-be king knew he messed up again. But, this time, he actually tried. He bit his lip and shook his head slightly. The Keyblade vanished in petals of light from his hand. He wasn't sure if his fear had caused it or not.
As Tori and the cat started to leave, Conrí followed, staring at his hand for a while. It had stopped shaking.
Tori returned to the cave's entrance, and took a look around. Some growls and shrieks from the woods were able to be heard, meaning that beasts and monsters were roaming close.
"You really overdid it back there..." Silver mentioned, as they headed back to the Eastern Shore, "He didn't need to know that, you know?"
"Still... It pisses me off" Tori replied, still bitter, "You'd think someone who makes a mistake once would know how to fix it the second time..."
"But he's human, and you're not, remember?"
"And again, you say that..." Tori sighed, "...Am I really not human, though? Like... I can't remember, after all."
"If you can't remember, even now, then... I guess it's best if I keep quiet for now. Just to save you some stress" Silver chuckled a bit.
At the Eastern Shore, Tori stretched out a bit before climbing up a latter built in a tree, leading to a treehouse, where her guild would often reunite and discuss about things.
It was fairly warm that day, and Tori decided to stay there for the night, instead of going back to the town. Beasts and monsters would rarely go near the shores, and less climb up trees, meaning that her guild's headquarters was safe for the time being.
"G'night, Silver..." Tori muttered, as she laid in a hammock that they'd left there a few months prior.
Conrí followed Tori at a distance, but, was close enough to make out the treehouse. She and the cat seemed to be talking, so, he figured he would let them talk. He grabbed at his stomach, which was still tumbling from all that had happened. A few beasts still roamed the area, but, it was nothing like the darkness they had been facing. At least the world's safe. Couldn't she try and be a little less upset at me for that? Her words still taunted him as he walked.
He opened his mouth to say something--anything to her--but, the words got lost in jumbled up thoughts. The wolf boy watched her go up the tree and lie down in a hammock. It reminded him of home. This whole island did, and, had he not just jumped into the fray, perhaps he would have been able to do something about it, like she had said. So, if that blade won't accept me, then train harder. That's what she said to do.
Conrí slid down the trunk of the tree and let his body completely relax. One might mistake him as being asleep, but, they would be mistaken. The wolf boy held out his hand, and pictured the blade from before, and something in the energy around his hand shifted, but, he couldn't quite know what to make of it, and the image of the blade vanished. He kept trying until his head began to hurt.
Give it up for now, lad. Rest, you know you need to rest.
I don't quit that easily.
There will be time for training after you rest.
Conrí sighed out of frustration. He looked over the island. The dark of the night made it beautiful in its own way, but, it didn't soothe him at all. "Screw it." He held out his hand once more, but, instead of trying to invoke the blade, he began to mutter his chant for Fenrir. Conrí just wanted to not feel alone. When the wolf appeared, the boy noticed it looked more like a dog than the massive beast he'd gotten used to. "Great...can't even properly summon you."
Wrong. I decided to stick with a form others might not find so freaky.
"Fair enough, Fenrir," the boy muttered. He stood to his feet, noticing the training posts near the treehouse. "C'mon. You can at least watch. I'll try to stay quiet to not wake her." Even though I feel like screaming right now. Conrí brandished Claiomh Solais out of its sheath and began flailing away at the training posts, which moved in response to his attacks, making things more interesting. He did this until he noticed the dark was turning to a light gray, and turned to see the sun rising. Birds chirped in the distance, and he wondered when he'd stopped to remove his shirt, but, he kept up his training.
Conrí didn't notice that he was getting faster in his attacks and dodges. He didn't seem to care. All he could see was the disappointment on her face when he'd handed her the blade. The would be king wanted to make it so that she never looked like that again because of him. Finally, he dropped to the ground out of sheer exhaustion. He wiped away his sweat with his shirt and staggered back to the trunk of the tree, which he leaned against and closed his eyes for sleep this time.


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Huawei P30 Pro Announced & Hands on Review – Quad camera, 40MP, 10x zoom, 409600 ISO
18th September 2019 26th March 2019 by James Smythe
Today Huawei has announced the new P30 series of phones including the much anticipated P30 Pro.
The past few days have seen a lot of leaks, some of which came from Huawei directly, most of them are accurate. However, I was lucky enough to attend a pre-briefing for the new phones in Amsterdam, and I got to spend a couple of hours playing with as well as a boat trip to test out the camera. Sadly, Huawei wouldn't allow me to save any of the test shots so you will have to monitor social media for and samples I take over the next few hours.
The P20 series saw over 16 million devices sold and it still sits at the top of the DxOmark rankings, the authenticity of these rankings is up for debate, but no one is going to argue that the P20 Pro has a fantastic camera. The P30 Pro takes this the successes of the last generation and refines it into what could be a spectacular camera phone.
Huawei P30 Pro hands-on photos
P30 Pro specification and hands-on
As we already know the new P30 Pro features a quad camera system developed in conjunction with Leica. The primary camera is a 40MP Huawei super spectrum 27mm lens with f/1.6 and OIS, then there is the 20MP ultra-wide angle 16mm lens with f/2.2 and finally the 8MP 5x optical periscope zoom 125mm lens with f/3.4.
The optical camera is square because it is a prism and light hits the lens then bounces via the periscope prism 90% down towards the zoom lens array. The 5x optical zoom is then used to create 10x hybrid zoom, which you can then zoom up to 50 with digital.
The fourth lens is a time of flight sensor which will be used to improve the bokeh effects of photos and can be used for 3D scanning or AR.
Huawei has done more than just upgrade the lenses though. They have apparently changed the full camera stack, so what was RGB is now Red Yellow Blue, this change is behind the exceptional low light performance the phone can achieve. Huawei state an ISO of 409600 and during my time testing it was phenomenal, far outclassing my Huawei Mate 20 Pro. In comparison, the P20 Pro had an ISO of 102400.
All the cameras feature OIS, but now Huawei has introduced AI OIS, so the AI features are used in to help keep things as stable as possible. We only had a brief test and demo of this, and it does look great, but we will have to wait and see just how great it is in real life. The AI has also been used to implement new photo features including super portrait which avoids blur with moving images, and AI HDR Plus which helps avoid dark patches in bright shots. I didn't get much time to test these new modes so we will have to wait and see how good they are.
The screen is a massive 6.47 inches with curved edges running at 2340×1080 19.5.9, thankfully the notch has been reduced from the Mate 20 Pro, and this now has a small water drop style which hides the 32MP selfie camera. Even though it is massive, it did fit comfortably in my hand, but we will have to see how comfortable it is over the next few weeks.
The fingerprint sensor is now located a bit lower down on the screen, and Huawei claim the performance of this has been improved. It worked well for me, but it is daily use that will really test it.
As usual with this series, it uses the latest flagship processor that gets introduced with the Mate series. So this has the Kirin 980 chipset, however the RAM has been bumped up compared and will now have 8GB. For storage, there are 128/256/512GB options and the nano memory card slot that was introduced with the Mate 20 Pro range.
For the battery, you get 4200mAH with 40w Huawei supercharge which can do 0 -70% in 30mins plus 15w wireless quick charging and reverse wireless charging.
There is no 3.5mm headphone jack, and the phone is IP68 rated. This phone is not released with a 5G option, I suspect this will be launched with the Mate 30 Pro (ignoring the costly Mate X).
Design-wise, the phone looks amazing, as far as a big slab of glass can go. It is the new colours that are particularly striking, you get your usual boring black, and a pearl white, but then there is breathing crystal, amber sunrise, and Aurora. It is the breathing crystal and amber sunrise that are the two stand out options, and I suspect they will be the most popular.
There is a significant camera bump, I didn't think to compare it to the Mate 20 Pro, but I would say it is larger, likely due to that periscope lens. As leaked, the phone has a strange flat bottom and top, with the sides of both sides being curved. I suppose when you have a phone that is all glass it is these small design flourishes that help it stand out.
During my time with it, the main thing that was really tested was the camera, there was not enough time for battery or performance tests, and it is likely to perform similarly to the Mate 20 Pro.
The limited time I had with it, the camera is terrific, it does everything Huawei claims it does. You can now switch on and off the AI function from the main camera screen, so you don't have to go deep into the settings. During our boat trip, some pro photographers were showing some demo shots they had done with AI on, and they looked flawless.
The low light functionality is arguably more impressive than the zoom. We had a test room which had no lighting at all, the P30 Pro was able to take an adequate shot of a piece of artwork with no flash on at all. In comparison, my Mate 20 Pro barely registered anything. While I wasn't allowed to transfer the P30 Pro shots away, the below is what my own phone captured, in comparison the P30 Pro was very clear, easily making out all the artwork, it just looked like a shot under slightly poor lighting rather than pitch black.
Overall though, I am super excited about this phone, it is perhaps evolutionary vs revolutionary. So, unless you really need that low light performance there is probably no need to upgrade from the Mate 20 Pro or P20 Pro if that's what you currently have. However, if you are looking for a flagship in 2019, then this is a phone that should be top of the top of your shortlist (assuming you don't want 5G).
P30 Specification
We didn't get a hands-on with the normal P30 as the P30 Pro is the device that most people are interested in. However, it has an impressive specification too, with more affordable pricing.
This reduces the camera spec down to 30MP / 16MP ultra-wide / 8MP with 3x optical zoom.
It will have 6GB of ram with 128GB of storage and come with a 3650mAH battery.
This is a little more pocket-friendly at 6.1-inches and 2340×1080 at 19.5.9.
The pricing was not revealed to us; however leaks have indicated that the entry-level Huawei P30 will start at €749, which is around £640.
The Huawei P30 Pro version that comes with 8GB of RAM and 128GB storage will reportedly set you back €999, or around £855. Upgrading to 256GB of internal storage will push it up to €1,099 – or about £940.
This post will be updated with official prices once I know more.
Pre-order bonus
Nothing is confirmed, but it is likely Huawei will have a decent pre-order bonus. For the Singapore launch, it is believed there will be a free Huawei Watch GT and JBL Clip 2 speaker.
Recent news suggests that there may be a free Sonos One with EU pre-orders. Again, I will update this post when there is confirmation.
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Sold – 1955 Siata 300BC ST448BC
448BC Arrived in the USA as a Fiat 1100 powered car. We don't know anything about it's early history, but by 1960 it was in the hands of Bill Ancona. Bill owned the car for about 5yrs and used it to compete in the Pennsylvania Hill Climb circuit, Hershey, Duryea, Pocono. About 6 hillclimbs a year.
When Bill purchased the car it had a Fiat 1100 engine in it but was not competitive so Bill put a Coventry Climax engine in it. Which worked just fine. One challenge of fitting the Climax engine into the car was the need for the exhaust pipes to exit thru the drivers footwell, over the driver's legs. "When it got hot it had a tendency to singed the hairs off your legs if you weren't careful". It was NOT optimal!
"I purchased it out of Road and Track or one of those magazines. From a grey-haired man in Connecticut for $600". The car was painted red.
TR4 with Siata in tow. Note: Towing lights mounted on the Siata's roll bar. Plus the exhaust coming out of drivers foot well!
Bill towed the Siata to and from the races with his Triumph TR4. One day Bill was coming home from the races (with the Siata on a tow-bar behind) when a wheel came flying past the TR4 at full chat! He managed to slow the cars down, without losing control. Got out, looked, and sure enough the Siata had lost a wheel, but no damage to the car! It was then that Bill decided he needed to get a trailer for the Siata. Notes from 2019: during the restoration we noticed that the right rear brake drum has been eaten, beaten and chewed up. Evidence of this prior incident?
In the 1969 March issue of Road and Track the car was advertised for sale by the then owner R.A.Moore.
The car was restored in the 1990's and vintage raced into the early 2000's.
When Rapley Classic Cars purchased the Siata it had a full roll cage installed, including side impact bars, and some modern additions to the braking system.
We have purchased original parts to correctly restore the car to spyder specifications with a Crosley engine.
The body is in near perfect condition.
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How the pandemic brought a rising tide of hunger to Europe
London (CNN)Life wasn't easy for Patricia, even before the pandemic hit.
She struggled with mental health issues after fleeing an abusive relationship, moving herself and her children into an east London flat with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. For the past few years, Patricia held down a job as a barista, but she was furloughed after the Covid-19 crisis exploded and the United Kingdom went into lockdown. As the money got tighter, she found herself resorting to a food bank to help feed her family. "You feel like you're going through it by yourself with your kids, and it's hard to explain to them what you're facing at the time when they just want to eat — they don't really understand food poverty," said Patricia, who we are only identifying by her first name to protect her identity. "[Without help] I don't even know how to describe it, I probably would have just been in a corner," she told CNN. "Mentally, it would've just took me to another place."Read MoreLike many others in the east London borough of Tower Hamlets — one of the most deprived areas in the British capital — Patricia turned to the First Love Foundation.
Co-founder and chair of the First Love foundation, Aerold Bentley loads crates packed with goods for distribution.The charity — which gives out food to those in need on top of providing other services including housing and legal assistance — said it saw a 925% surge in demand during the early stages of the pandemic. "When we saw Covid coming, that was a game-changer for us," said Denise Bentley, founder of the First Love Foundation.Bentley says the pandemic only added to the food insecurity already felt by many in the UK, especially in Tower Hamlets. "There's this heaviness in the community, a heavy feeling of 'this is just the way it is; we're overlooked, this is my lot, this is the rest of my life'… it's sad," she told CNN.An ongoing struggleThe pandemic has only widened the ever-growing divide between the haves and have-nots. In July, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the virus had "laid bare" risks and inequalities known for decades, and warned that "entire regions that were making progress on eradicating poverty and narrowing inequality have been set back years, in a matter of months." But even in Europe — home to some of the richest countries and most generous social safety nets — concerns around hunger and deprivation existed long before the Covid-19 crisis. In 2019, a report by Eurostat estimated that there were 92.4 million people in the EU who were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, equivalent to 21.1 % of the total population.Another Eurostat report from 2018 revealed that 33.4 million Europeans were unable to afford a meal with meat, fish, or a vegetarian equivalent every second day — highlighting the sheer scale of the problem across Europe.And when the pandemic hit, things got even worse.
People receive fruit and vegetables from volunteers at a Tafel food bank in Schweinfurt, Germany in November.More and more people in Europe's biggest cities began to fall into food poverty and rely on food banks for help — increasing demand on an already overstretched network of largely voluntary organizations.The Trussell Trust, Britain's biggest food bank network, said they experienced a 47% increase in need during the early stages of the pandemic, and for the first time in its 70-year history, UNICEF announced it would feed hungry children in the UK amid the growing number of kids at risk. More widely, the European Food Banks Federation (FEBA) reported a food demand increase of around 30% across their European network of 430 food banks — with a range of 6% to 90% in different countries — in comparison to pre-Covid times. Jacques Vandenschrik, president of FEBA, says that although EU nations are often seen as being the gold standard for welfare programs, food banks are having to fill in the gaps left by individual governments — including smaller nations previously under authoritarian regimes."We do a job that in a communist or socialist country did not exist, because there was no need for a food bank, because the state would provide everything," said Vandenschrik. "[Food banks] would like to disappear, they would like a situation where nobody requires food aid, where food insecurity has disappeared," he added."To achieve this, we need to have a fundamental re-look at the whole system — the whole system of producing food, our food feeding habits — and look at the way food is distributed." Food poverty fragilityThe stark reality is that many people across Europe are just a couple of missed paychecks, or a traumatic life event, away from potentially needing assistance from a food bank. "It can happen to anyone," said Patrice Blanc, president of French foodbank Restos du Cœur.Blanc said a "tide" of hunger caused by the pandemic led to a 40% rise in food bank demand across France this year. The northern suburbs of Paris have been particularly affected, Blanc said, with hundreds of people queuing round corners of food banks every day."It's not them that should be shamed, but society that should be ashamed," said Blanc, adding that societal stigmas around food bank usage may be stopping people from reaping the other benefits they bring.
A volunteer at a Restos du Coeur center in Paris hands out food in October."What food banks provide is not only food, they provide also social relationships. Poverty is not only a question of income, it's also a question of loneliness, and the fight against loneliness."It's a sentiment echoed by Jochen Brühl, chairman of Tafel Deutschland, a food bank that supports over 1.6 million people in Germany, Europe's biggest economy."Many of the people who are threatened or affected by poverty also have the issue of loneliness and psychological stress on their mind," he said. "We have been pointing out to politicians and society for many years that it is not the task of Tafel to eliminate poverty, but it is our task, or so we see it, to support people."Brühl said that better welfare measures coupled with governmental action could be a way out for many who are struggling."The task of politics and society must be to put the topic of poverty more on the agenda, and through Covid, it's all focused again in a burning glass."
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1 June 2018. Results from a clinical trial testing transplants of neural stem cells for spinal cord injuries show the therapies are safe for patients, with signs of improvement in most participants 1 to 2 years after treatment. The findings from a team at University of California in San Diego appear in today's issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell (paid subscription required).
The UC-San Diego team led by neurosurgery professor Joseph Ciacci is testing an experimental treatment for spinal cord injuries, particularly in chronic cases where the injuries continue for longer than 6 months. The treatments are given as transplants from neural stem cell lines developed by biotechnology company Neuralstem Inc. in Germantown, Maryland. Neuralstem says the stem cell line, code-named NSI-566, helps create new spinal cord nerve cells that transmit signals from the brain to points in the body at or below the injury site.
The clinical trial enrolled 4 individuals with spinal cord injuries occurring 1 to 2 years earlier, with enrollment still open for 4 more participants. The early-stage study is looking mainly at the safety of the Neuralstem treatments, particularly reports of adverse effects in the first 6 months. Participants are also tracked for 5 years for signs of the stem cell grafts' survival, as well as immune system reaction to the transplants. The trial has no control or comparison group.
Ciacci and colleagues say after 18 to 27 months following the transplants, the procedures were well tolerated and none of the participants reported serious adverse effects. While efficacy measures were not part of the original trial protocol, the researchers say 3 of the 4 participants show at least some improvement in neural functions. In addition, 2 of the 4 participants show 1 to 2 levels of improvement on standard sensory and motor assessment rating scales for spinal cord injury patients.
The researchers emphasize the results reflect a small sample size, as well as no control or comparison group. Nonetheless they consider the results encouraging and recommend larger-scale tests of higher stem cell doses, both for safety and if they accelerate repair and recovery.
Neuralstem is also assessing its NSI-566 stem cells in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. As reported in Science & Enterprise in March 2015, clinical trial results show ALS patients receiving transplants with NSI-566 cells nearly stopped their functional decline, and in some cases improved their muscle functions.


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Principles & Choices is an acclaimed respect-life philosophy curriculum that helps students master ten principles of logic, ethics, and justice that inspire them to live with purpose, moral integrity, and care for human life.
Numerous studies have documented the degree to which students are influenced by anti-life attitudes prevalent in today's popular culture. Many faith-based schools make an effort to counter this by emphasizing human dignity and including pro-life perspectives at various places in the curriculum. However, these efforts typically lack depth and cohesiveness. In contrast, Principles & Choices offers a focused, in-depth, systematic study of these issues and helps engender a lasting change of heart and mind.
The Principles & Choices program grew out of 20 years of research and practical experience that identified successful pedagogical methods to bring about an enduring change of convictions on the life issues. The program gives students a strong philosophical education in ten core principles that ground Church teachings on respect for human life, social justice, and many other contemporary issues.
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Because it controls the majority of polyketide stereocenters, the ketoreductase (KR) is a central target in engineering polyketide synthases (PKSs). To elucidate the mechanisms of stereocontrol, the structure of KR from the first module of the tylosin PKS was determined. A comparison with a recently solved erythromycin KR that operates on the same substrate explains why their products have opposite alpha-substituent chiralities. The structure reveals how polyketides are guided into the active site by key residues in different KR types. There are four types of reductase-competent KRs, each capable of fixing a unique combination of alpha-substituent and beta-hydroxyl group chiralities, as well as two types of reductase-incompetent KRs that control alpha-substituent chirality alone. A protocol to assign how a module will enforce substituent chirality based on its sequence is presented.