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Illegal Immigration Advocate & Congressman Busted Funneling Campaign Money to Family
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Liberal Democrat Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) is easily recognizable among those who keep an eye on the goings on in Washington, D.C. He's most well known for his undying support of immigration reform and his efforts to open our borders and to grant amnesty to every illegal alien… ever.
However, Gutierrez may soon become infamous for more than just his foolhardy approach to immigration reform. He's gotten himself caught up in a bit of a scandal, and while Democrat scandals don't seem to cause as much of a ruckus as they should, this one could still end up ruining the Illinois congressman's career.
According to a new report from the Washington Free Beacon Rep. Gutierrez has paid his wife and daughters hundreds of thousands of dollars, from campaign funds, over the last 5 or 6 years. While the practice is not strictly illegal, it is illegal for the candidate to personally gain from funds raised to campaign. Which means that while the fact that Gutierrez's wife has made more than $300K over the last four election cycles is not illegal, it is ethically very questionable.
The first time Soraida acted in an official capacity for the campaign, in 2010, she pulled in over $44,000 and was the top recipient of cash from the Gutierrez campaign that year.
Soraida then pocketed over $93,000 in 2012, making her the biggest beneficiary of campaign funds for the second election cycle in a row. The committee disbursed $383,848 in 2012, so Soraida's payments constituted roughly 25 percent of all campaign expenditures.
Soraida was yet again the top beneficiary of cash from Gutierrez for Congress during the 2014 election cycle, receiving $110,000. Herman Andrew, a vendor, was the second highest-paid individual at $24,000.
Soraida has pocketed $65,000 during the 2016 election cycle to date. She has been paid a total of $312,000 from the Gutierrez for Congress campaign committee since 2010.
However, it doesn't stop with the $300K to Gutierrez's wife…
Gutierrez's daughters have also benefited from their father's campaign coffers, though nowhere near as extravagantly as the candidate and his wife.
While I don't expect the Obama administration to do anything about Gutierrez's questionable behavior, I'd hope that his constituents in Illinois will find these disclosures worrisome. Gutierrez's actions with the money entrusted to his campaign proves that he cannot be trusted with much larger and more important funding issues.
Courtesy of Freedom Outpost
Onan Coca is a graduate of Liberty University (2003) and earned his M.Ed. at Western Governors University in 2012. Onan lives in the Atlanta area with his wife, Leah. They have three children and enjoy the hectic pace of life in a young family. Onan and Leah are members of the Journey Church in Hiram, GA. He is also the chief editor at EagleRising.
Article posted with permission from Eagle Rising.
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Prior to joining Indecomm, Balaji held senior strategy and technology leadership positions at Dun & Bradstreet. Before that, he was the CFO and COO of SeraNova India, International Controller of Intelligroup, Inc. (a Nasdaq-listed software services company) and CFO of a multinational advertising agency in India. Balaji was also part of a start-up initiative that was successfully sold to a multi-national group.
Balaji holds a master's degree in commerce. He is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India and is a Certified Management Accountant in the US.
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As Chairman of Indecomm, Naresh leads a team of highly accomplished fellow professional entrepreneurs. The executive team has worked as one seamless unit overcoming and converting difficult business cycles to build two formidable and distinctive businesses. Indecomm Mortgage Solutions is a technology platform-driven company offering automation, outsourcing, and compliance solutions in the mortgage services space. Complementing strong organic growth with select acquisitions is the forte of this team. He is the Principal Founder of Indecomm in 2003, which has been consistently ranked amongst the Global Top 100 IT and ITeS providers for over a decade.
Prior to founding Indecomm, he held various senior roles within the Unilever organization for 21 years, on assignments both in India and abroad. He was a key member of Unilever's core Mergers & Acquisitions team in London and a Special Assistant to the Chairman of Unilever. In India, he became the youngest member on the Board of Hindustan Lever Limited. Naresh was also the COO/Operating Partner in Connect Capital and was responsible for identifying investment opportunities in the ITeS space. Naresh was a Founding Fellow of the 21st Century Trust, a non-profit group that brings together leaders from all parts of the world and different professional backgrounds to maximize creative thinking about the key challenges facing the world in the coming generation. He is a distinguished member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
Krista has over 20 years of marketing and communications expertise within the mortgage industry. In her role at Indecomm, she manages all facets of the marketing and communications strategy for the Financial Services group. She provides a unique perspective to communications strategy and initiatives, drawing from the disciplines of marketing, sales, education, and customer advocacy to find just the right approach. She has as much fun planning campaigns as she does analyze their effectiveness! Prior to joining the Indecomm Global Services team, Krista worked at the Mortgage Bankers Association, AllRegs, and Ellie Mae. Krista can be reached at krista.sabol@indecomm.net.

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2020 EUA Webinar Series on Academic Career Assessment in the Transition to Open Science
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EUA was pleased to present a webinar series based on the "2020 EUA Workshop on Academic Career Assessment in the Transition to Open Science". To support measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, EUA cancelled the physical event, but organised webinars starting on Monday, 18 May. Each webinar lasted one hour and included interaction with the audience.
The European higher education, research and innovation landscape is changing. A broad range of academic activities are gaining even more prominence, including Open Access publishing, digital learning and teaching, and new forms of knowledge exchange with society. Universities are rethinking how to incentivise and reward these and other activities as part of their approach to career assessment.
The discussion on career assessment has taken major steps forward since the 2019 EUA workshop on this topic. This webinar series drew from current discussions and incorporated them in a forward-looking debate of interest to institutional leaders (rectors, vice-rectors and heads of administration), research department staff and management involved in learning and teaching, as well as representatives of other organisations.
Participation was free of charge and open to all EUA members and everyone with an interest in academic career assessment. To facilitate interaction with the audience during the webinars, recorded presentations have been made available ahead of time and summarised at the start of each webinar.
An "Academic Career Assessment Playlist" with several recorded presentations for the webinar series is available on EUA YouTube channel.
Webinar 1 – Introduction to Academic Career Assessment in Europe
Monday, 18 May 2020 at 14:00 – 15:00 CEST
EUA and Science Europe presented a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of academic career assessment in Europe. This overview was based on recent surveys with universities and research funding and performing organisations, including "Research Assessment in the Transition to Open Science. 2019 EUA Open Science and Access Survey Results".
Jean-Pierre Finance, Jean-Pierre Finance, Chair of the EUA Expert Group on Science 2.0 and Open Science and former President of the University of Lorraine, France
Amanda Crowfoot, Secretary-General of EUA
Lidia Borrell-Damian, Secretary-General of Science Europe
Bernard Rentier, Chair of the EUA Expert Subgroup on Research Assessment, Vice-President of the Belgian Federal Council for Science Policy (FRWB - CFPS) and former Rector of the University of Liège, Belgium
Marc Schiltz, President of Science Europe and Secretary General of the National Research Fund of Luxembourg (FNR)
A recording of the webinar is available on the EUA YouTube Channel.
Webinar 2 – Perspectives on Academic Career Assessment in Europe
Tuesday, 19 May 2020 at 14:00 – 15:00 CEST
Experts discussed the EUA and Science Europe survey results on academic career assessment in Europe from different perspectives. These perspectives included research in the transition to Open Science, learning and teaching, career development and mobility for early-stage researchers and the future of universities in Europe.
Gunnar Sivertsen, Research Professor at the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Norway
Susan te Pas, Chair of the EUA Learning & Teaching Thematic Peer Group on Career Paths in Teaching and Professor of Cognitive Psychology of Higher Education at Utrecht University, Netherlands
Edwin Constable, EUA Council for Doctoral Education Steering Committee member and former Vice-Rector for Research at the University of Basel, Switzerland
Kostas Glinos, Head of Unit for Open Science, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
Webinar 3 – Concerted Approaches to Reviewing Academic Career Assessment
Wednesday, 20 May 2020 at 14:00 – 15:00 CEST
Reviewing academic career assessment is a shared responsibility and requires a concerted approach uniting the main actors. This panel session brought together universities and other research performing organisations, research funding organisations, learned societies and policy makers to discuss opportunities and challenges to work together at the national and European level.
Dag Rune Olsen, President of Universities Norway and Rector of the University of Bergen, Norway
Johannes Løvhaug, Director of the Department for University and University College Policy, Research Council Norway
Kim Huijpen, Programme Manager of Recognition and Rewards, Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU)
Pastora Martinez Samper Vice President for Globalization and Cooperation, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Henriikka Mustajoki, National Head of Open Science Development, Federation of Finnish Learned Societies
Cecilia Cabello Valdés, Chair of the European Research Area and Innovation Committee Standing Working Group on Human Resources and Mobility and Director of R&I Policies and Internationalisation at the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology, Spain
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The Gaming Stadium announced today that five-time NHL All-Star and Dallas Stars Center Tyler Seguin will represent the company at upcoming gaming events and take part in strategic growth planning as a new Global Brand Ambassador.
"To have Tyler on our team is amazing," said Spiro Khouri, CEO of The Gaming Stadium. "When we first met Tyler and got to work together on an event, we knew right away there was a big opportunity for future plans. Partnering with Tyler is great for our company's growth, and we are pumped to take this journey with him."
The deal marks the second time in recent weeks that The Gaming Stadium has announced relationships with major hockey stars. Last week, NHLPA-certified agent John Walters joined the company's strategic advisory board. The addition of these high-profile athletes and professionals will help support The Gaming Stadium as it continues its global expansion.
Seguin began his NHL career with the Boston Bruins in 2010. There, he became the first teenager to score four points in a Stanley Cup playoff game in 20 years. In 2013, Seguin was the centerpiece of a trade with the Dallas Stars, beginning the second phase of his NHL career in North Texas. During his first six seasons in Dallas, Seguin led the Stars to the playoffs twice, became an All-Star four times, won the Inaugural Mike Modano leading scorer award, led Team Canada to a gold medal at the IIHF World Hockey Championship in 2015, and continues to grow as a leader in the locker room as an Alternate Captain.
"After dealing with the team at The Gaming Stadium for the Online Hockey Challenge, I was excited to explore an opportunity to work with them further," Seguin said. "As a gamer myself, the fit was great from the start. I am a big fan of what they are building and am excited to be a part of the growth."
About The Gaming Stadium:
The Gaming Stadium, a first-of-its-kind esports Stadium in Canada, is located in Richmond, British Columbia. The team at The Gaming Stadium is currently running online events featuring a variety of games. For more information, visit www.thegamingstadium.com.
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Drone reportedly crashed on outskirts of town of Shush near border with Iraq.
Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency says a 'foreign' reconnaissance drone has crashed in the country's southwest. It was not clear if the drone crashed for technical reasons or it has been shot down by Iran.
Saturday's report says the drone crashed on the outskirts of the town of Shush near the border with Iraq the day before, but did not provide further details. It did not say which country the unmanned aircraft belonged to.
Iran has claimed to have captured several U.S. drones in recent years, including an advanced RQ-170 Sentinel CIA spy drone in December 2011 and at least three Boeing-designed ScanEagle aircraft.
Just this August Iran said it shot down an unknown surveillance drone on its western border. In August 2014, Iran claimed to have shot down an Israeli spy drone that was heading for its Natanz nuclear enrichment site.
Iran said last year it successfully tested its copy of the RQ-170 drone based on one it captured. Tehran says it is also copying the ScanEagle.


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Home Article Clearing the Language Barrier
Clearing the Language Barrier
Linguistic diversity forms fascinating challenges and new discoveries for everyone involved in extending the reach of information and communications technologies (ICTs).
The official documents of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) stated that "the Information Society should be founded on and stimulate respect for cultural identity, cultural and linguistic diversity, traditions and religions." Linguistic diversity, in particular, comes into focus every time someone uses a mobile phone or writes an SMS.
WSIS also highlighted a global commitment "to promote the inclusion of all peoples in the Information Society through the development and use of local and/or indigenous languages in ICTs." Mobile phone language support forms an increasingly important issue for manufacturers and operators trying to win customers as mobile communications spreads to new markets.
Mobile communications companies stand together with governments in recognising the signifi-cance of local languages. In its Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, UNESCO encourages ling-uistic diversity – even in cyberspace. The document also lists a goal of "countering the digital divide" by, among other things, "fostering access by the developing countries to the new technologies."
Increased language support translates into better access for more people and enhances interaction with local cultures. Language and culture are inevitably closely linked, so taking into account the diversity of languages, supplements understanding of different cultures. Also, as mobile phone manufacturers create language support, they maintain close cooperation with local partners who develop and test languages in their regions.
From Assamese to Yoruba
According to the prominent website Yourdictionary.com, an estimated 6,800 languages are spoken in the world today. With so many to choose from, what are the practical considerations for deciding which languages mobile phones need to support?
A phone manufacturer listens closely to what local governments, partners and experts say about the business and cultural situation in a given area. For instance, Nokia started offering Nigerian languages Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. Based on local demand, it offered all three in a combined pack. The Nigerian Communications Commission greeted the introduction of Nigerian language support by commenting, "In today's ICT world, it is important that products have local inputs."
A Word About Literacy
In addition to linguistic diversity, another language-related factor can affect mobile phone usage in a number of markets: illiteracy. The UN estimates that nearly 800 million people worldwide are illiterate – UNESCO defines literacy as "the ability to read and write, with understanding, a short simple sentence about one's everyday life."
By this definition, a significant number of new or potential mobile phone users are regarded as illiterate. Researchers are examining what can be done to support their desire for personal, convenient communication.
Illiteracy often stems from a lack of formal educational possibilities and the preferred solution would be to raise general levels of literacy. Field studies by Nokia have documented barriers to communication that affect illiterate mobile phone users. Challenges exist in researching illiteracy, which is often associated with social stigma. To avoid negative connotations, it is sometimes called "non-literacy."
The studies have shown that contact management and asynchronous messaging present particular barriers to convenient communication, but the issue is not straightforward. Greater support for non-literate users is starting to appear in handsets – the speaking clock and icon-based phonebook features in the Nokia 1600, for example.
One way to think about the issue is that everyone is effectively illiterate somewhere in the world – for example when traveling to foreign countries with indecipherable street signs. To get a feel for what it is like to be non-literate, try this simple test: switch the user interface language on your phone to one you do not understand.
All Nokia phones everywhere include default menus and user interfaces in a common global language, English. In India, a second standard, Hindi, is also included in all packs, but also eight other languages are available there: Bengali, Gujarathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu.
Languages on the rise
The decision to include a certain language, or even a certain alphabet, can depend on politics as well as business. In one country bordering Russia, the leader has declared Latin letters the official alphabet but most citizens are still more familiar with the Cyrillic alphabet used in Russia.
Memory capacity can also form a factor – the software for some languages takes up more space than that of others. Chinese language packs currently require the most memory, with their thousands of supported characters. In most cases one phone can support up to five languages.
Nokia currently offers support for more than 68 languages in its mobile phones, and the number is constantly rising. The next ones to be released include a range of African and Asian languages.
Localisation Courses Offered by University of Limerick
The University of Limerick (http://www.ul.ie/), Ireland is offering two new programmes in Localisation, designed with the support and help of eminent industrial and academic experts in the field. The Graduate Diploma in Localisation Technology is aimed at those who want to learn how the world's digital publishers localise their products, while the Masters in Science (M.Sc.) in Global Computing and Localisation deals with the underlying scientific and business issues in localisation.
Graduate Diploma in Localisation Technology
This programme is aimed specifically at students who might not have a technical background but who would like to become involved in localisation and, above all, the technical aspects of localisation.
The Graduate Diploma in Software Localisation is offered on a one-year full-time and a two-year part-time basis. The programme is accredited by The Institute of Localisation Professionals (TILP) and corresponds to its Certified Localisation Professional (CLP) Level 2. The programme introduces students to all aspects of localisation, with an emphasis on localisation technology.
Master of Science in Global Computing and Localisation
This programme caters to new and emerging requirements with a focus on high-quality research output. In addition, while it is centred around the technical aspects of localisation, it recognises the need for localisation professionals to have a good understanding of international business organisation.
Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to develop teaching/research in localisation/internationalisation are currently in place with universities in Africa, South America and Malaysia.
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Arts And Entertainment In India
There are films that may provoke an enormous emotional response from the viewer, and but it's nonetheless a type of entertainment. I agree with Stone, in that the important thing here, is that it is created for an audience. It isn't something to be saved to oneself, but to be […]
There are films that may provoke an enormous emotional response from the viewer, and but it's nonetheless a type of entertainment. I agree with Stone, in that the important thing here, is that it is created for an audience. It isn't something to be saved to oneself, but to be shared, considered, and skilled by others. It is not necessarily a form of entertainment within the traditional sense, however it could possibly recognisably entertain the viewer, by holding their attention, partaking them with the piece, scary an emotional response. How I will do so, I am not exactly certain – however the information of what art is, what entertainment is, and the manner within which there's the capacity for the two to overlap, is sure to stand me in good stead. A film doesn't turn out to be art when you solely want to watch it once. A film that individuals would classify as art would most probably have a central message or theme that's proven with the direction, cinematography, writing, performing, costumes, sound, sets, and so forth.
Persons lacking this background will need to take no less than 6 credits in specified arts programs or have had intensive profession/professional experience in the subject. A historic 1928 film palace in the grand baroque type, The Renaissance Theatre is now the premiere venue for stay entertainment in north central Ohio. Home of the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra and the annual Miss Ohio Scholarship Program. The Mansfield Playhouse, Ohio's second oldest and largest producing neighborhood theatre, presents a six present Main Stage Season, two Youth Theatre Productions, and two Second State Productions. Visit the Mansfield Art Center to see a sculpture designed by local art college students with the help of Columbus architect Michael Liscano. The Mansfield Playhouse is Ohio's second oldest and largest producing community theatre.
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Walk down the Paseo toward San Jose's SoFA District, the principle hub for the city's expressive artistic aspect. Spend a few hours exploring the various galleries and museums along the strip. Be certain to cease at Anno Domini to study extra about the metropolis's avenue art scene and, where to seek Art out murals from notable artists – opens at midday and closed on Sunday and Monday. The Supreme Court has interpreted the First Amendment's safety of creative expression very broadly. It extends not solely to books, theatrical works and paintings, but in addition to posters, television, music videos and comedian books — regardless of the human artistic impulse produces.
#IMayDestroyYou deserves every #BAFTATV it is nominated for. Not only was it a brilliant piece of art, it has changed the conversation around consent, sex and sexual assault. We often exaggerate the impact of "entertainment" on society but this show really did that.
— Tobi Oredein (@IamTobiOredein) April 29, 2021
There are additionally individuals caught in their houses or short-term houses, out of labor and scrambling to search out things to occupy themselves. May four, 2021 • Partition break up India and Pakistan in 1947 and affected tens of millions of lives across decades. Journalist Anjali Enjeti's new novel explores the best way people who do not process their trauma can cross it on. May 5, 2021 • A younger man from Mumbai aspires to be an excellent Art And Entertainment classical singer — however he is an erratic performer at finest. The Disciple is a richly layered story of inventive struggle. Todd Smith is a seasoned artist who has labored as a concept illustrator and fine artist since 1998, he has labored in movie and television along with exhibiting his work in galleries. Todd studied Art History at UCLA, Drawing and Painting at Claremont Graduate University and Entertainment Design at Art Center College of Design.
But the truth is that the world's most successful artists didn't starve. In reality, they capitalized on the facility of their artistic power. In Real Artists Don't Starve, Jeff Goins debunks the parable of the starving artist by unveiling the concepts that created it and replacing them with fourteen rules for artists to thrive. At the identical time, there is also a great amount of art being produced.
Are intention and motivation what inspire the differences between being a real artist and being only a public figure? And that kind of art revolves round a quick-rising business where nice artists are in high demand. But there's at all times room for brand spanking new talent to break in and name entertainment art their career. And the museum has created content material for schools that they partner with, together with movies that includes San Antonio artists and poets.
Another type of art that has been extremely in style during this time is TikTok. The application is filled with a plethora of innovative movies of pets, memes and dances from all age teams. Students have totally enjoyed creating a joke out of their lost semester and healthcare workers have even filmed themselves doing TikTok dances. Creating art is important, and should not stop with the pandemic.
for his art—and, because the reader sees at the finish, would merely waste away. In a really actual sense, then, the artist and impresario rely upon each other. And via their dependence, the story portrays the best way that art and entertainment are all the time inextricably intertwined. New York, NY—July 18, 2018—Highly regarded music business Entertainment executive David Massey right now announced the launch of Work of Art – the music publishing and artist management corporations beneath his new three way partnership with Sony Music Entertainment.
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The Sound Cafe
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar Set To Release New Single
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar's last album, 'Run To Me', was nominated for a Juno Award in 2019, this powerhouse outfit based in Toronto have received multiple Maple Blues Award nominations and have carved out a huge reputation across Canada, they have built a large following across Europe too, with very successful tours at sold out venues in The Netherlands, Germany, France and Spain.
Martin's much anticipated new album, 'The Reckless One', is set for release in November, the lead single, 'Don't Have To Be', will be launched into the world on Friday 18th September.
By the time she had reached her early twenties, Martin had graduated through karaoke nights to fronting cover bands, putting her stamp on the classic repertoire of Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones songs. Not surprisingly, her interest in the artists she was covering took her back to their roots where she discovered the vocal magic and spirit-laced repertoire of such giants as the Staple Singers, Otis Redding and Skip James. At the same time that Martin was delving deeper and deeper into source material, she was steadily working on her song writing chops, drawing heavily on contemporary sources such as Lucinda Williams and Wilco. From around 2012 Martin has put together some formidable line ups to showcase her original material, morphing over the years and creating a singularly unique hybrid rooted in rockabilly, gospel and soul music.
Rob Bowman, Grammy Award winning author of Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records has said the following of Martin.
"Bubbling up from the cauldron of roots Americana music, Samantha Martin is an artist of extraordinary power, gravitas and deep-seated emotion. On first listen, one is immediately struck by the awesome presence and sheer magnitude of her other worldly voice. Cigarette-ravaged and whiskey-soaked in the extreme, Martin's pipes are capable of conveying an infinite range of emotions, bringing one to tears in one instance and in the next uplifting one's soul with an empowered declaration of hope, faith and desire. As a vocalist her roots lie squarely within the wellspring of powerful, strong woman's voices embodied by such forbears as Marion Williams, Mavis Staples, Etta James, Tina Turner, Bettye LaVette, Lucinda Williams and, perhaps most closely, Bonnie Bramlett. As a songwriter, she draws on black gospel and southern soul with a hint of roots country and sixties pop while her lyrics suggest an old soul with wisdom beyond her years.
In combination with what she likes to term her "co-vocalists" (as opposed to "backup vocalists"), Sherie Marshall and Stacie Tabb, the vocal blend Delta Sugar produces is pure, unadulterated neuron-tingling magic where the sum is even richer than the already soul-melting parts."
The new single "Don't Have to Be" by Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar is out Sept. 18th, 2020! Pre-save and follow in order to unlock exclusive new content by using this link:
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So you wrote a cool documentation in your Python code using docstring and reStructuredText, in order to let other people understand your API. What's the next step? To export it in html/pdf etc.
I wrote an XML-RPC service providing Dynamic Ridesharing functionalities for my Bachelor Computer Science thesis. It was written using Python and Django. Obviously, I need to document my XML-RPC methods for people that will write clients, therefore an API is needed.
Many tools for exporting Python documentation exist, but the most comfortable one for Django seems to be Sphinx. As I said, it seems. Because none of those tools are explicitly written for Django projects. There are some posts around that seem to teach you how to use Sphinx for document your Python Django project and therefore export API. However, I feel stupid as I could not fully understand any of them. So here I am writing a tiny how-to for exporting the documentation of a Django project using Sphinx, docstring and reStructuredText.
Note that this is neither a reStructuredText nor a Sphinx tutorial, as their respective websites are clear enough. I suppose you already have Sphinx installed and your code is already documented. Also, this is for Gnu/Linux and Mac Os X (should work on *BDS too).
Yeah, the example is taken from my project. I'm using it because it has some non common things such as functions defined outside views.py and splitted models.
From now on, don't close the terminal or you will loose the below defined variables.
Impressive. But completely empty. Module index link is broken, nothing else works. Ok, let's add something to our documentation!
sphinx-quickstart on Tue Jul 27 17:46:52 2010.
Welcome to Dycapo Server's documentation!
Do you notice the correlation between this file and the screenshot?
We will now add the documentation for the functions contained in server/.
Not bad for having written quite nothing! The same can be achieved for server/common.py, server/passenger.py and server/models by creating the corresponding .rst files and then including them in index.rst under driver.
Now you should have the basis for documenting your whole project. Browse Sphinx documentation for more information and options.
Below are the posts I found when searching for how to export documentation for a Django project. My post also takes something from all of them.
Thanks a lot! I was stuck on this for sometime and the submission date of my project was coming very near. It saved me!
Glad it helped you, even if it misses many screenshots that I unluckily lost on a black day.
but all is working now. thank you again!
Thanks for your post. 'export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=dycapo.settings' helps me a lot.
Great "quick start". Any chance you could add on to this, or perhaps follow-up with an example showing how you would expand the documentation with other .rst files that are not generated by Sphinx but added manually (say, "how to" guides etc.) Where would these go? How would ypu add them to the system etc.


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Central is een district van Botswana. Het is het grootste district van Botswana qua oppervlakte. De oppervlakte is 147.730 km². De hoofdstad van het district is Serowe. Volgens de volkstelling van 2001 heeft Central 563.260 inwoners. De bevolkingsdichtheid is 3,81/km².

Subdistricten
 Central Bobonong
 Central Boteti
 Central Mahalapye
 Central Tutume
 Orapa
 Selebi Pikwe
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 Sowa Town

District van Botswana

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G5 Elz shows us why he's the new Money Making Mitch.
Northside Jamaica's own G5 Elz has released his latest visual and shows us what it takes to earn the alias "Young M.I.T.C.H." In his new short film, the 21-year-old spitter out of Queens, New York allows us to his witness his daily, unfulfilling job then shows how he stunts on haters on his block with his shiny "G5" BMW.
The Stoopid On Da Beat produced track draws inspiration from his favorite 2002 film Paid In Full. "Young M.I.T.C.H," directed by Marshall.Mov, comes not long after the release of his mixtape Bread & Butter N.Y. Rules.
Watch G5 Elz in the short film for "Young M.I.T.C.H" below.


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Earlier this year consumer advocates got wind that that Bank West was charging a $15 fee for cancelling a direct debit payment. So we looked around and couldn't find a single other bank or mutual that was charging the same fee.
The ability to cancel a direct debit direct debit quickly and simply is crucial for low income Australians – it can help them avoid overdrawing their account and facing extra fees, and it allows them to stop payments if they need to direct the money towards more important costs like rent, food or medicine.
We believe Bank West's $15 cancellation fee is unfair, unnecessary, and potentially unlawful.
Consumer Action, Financial Counselling Australia and Financial Rights Legal Centre wrote to Ian Narev, Managing Director of the Commonwealth Bank (which owns Bank West), outlining why this fee is wrong, and we're pleased that the bank has agreed to scrap the fee. This is a great result for Bank West customers, particularly those on a low income.


If you run a WordPress website, you should absolutely use "protect-wp-admin" to secure it against hackers.
Protect WP-Admin fixes a glaring security hole in the WordPress community: the well-known problem of the admin panel URL.
Everyone knows where the admin panel, and this includes hackers as well.
Protect WP-Admin solve this problem by allowing administrator to customize their admin panel URL and blocking the default links.
Administrator will be able to change default login page url "sitename.com/wp-admin" to something like "sitename.com/custom-string", so after that guest user will be redirect to the homepage.
The plugin also comes with some access filters, allowing Administrator to restrict guest and registered users access to wp-admin, just in case you want some of your editors to log in the classic way.
NOTE :Back up your database before beginning the activate plugin.
It is extremely important to back up your database before beginning the activate plugin. If, for some reason, you find it necessary to restore your database from these backups. Plugin will not work for IIS SERVER.
Step 3. Go to Settings "Protect WP-Admin Pro" and configure the plugin settings.
1.) Nothing happen after enable and add the new wordpress admin url?
2.) Not able to login into admin after enable plugin?
May be issue can come when you not give proper writable permission on htaccess file OR you have not update permalink settings to SEO friendly url from admin. You can access login page url with default wp-admin slug after disable my plugin, you can disable plugin through FTP by rename protect-wp-admin folder to any other one.
Basicaly issues can come only in case when you will use default permalink settings.
If your permalink will be update to any other option except default then it will be work fine. Anyway Dont' worry, manualy you can add code into your site .htaccess file.
4.) Is there any option for set number of login attempt?
* Yes, this option is available in pro addon not in free version. please browse https://rgaddons.wordpress.com/protect-wp-admin-pro/ this url for purchase to pro addon.
This product works great to protect my WP installation. I was updating plugins today and was having issues. I originally thought this plugin was the issue but Raghunath helped me troubleshoot and we discovered it was a different plugin! Thank you so much Raghunath!
Had my self-hosted site for about 6 weeks now and had this plugin installed for 4-5 weeks so far with no problem. Absolutely loved my customized admin login link. After taking a break from constructing my site, I tried to access my wp-admin page and it too me to a 404 page. I thought it was because my site was being slow or my host doing support for my page but luckily I had connected my site to my wordpress.com account. On that end, I could see my site was not down. My homepage was also working find. I realized it was this plugin. I looked at the reviews and saw others had the same problem. Thankfully, I was able to deactivate the plugin via wordpress.com. I was immediately able to access my default admin page to edit my site. This plugin has been deleted and I urge you to stay away from it to avoid the mini freakout I just had.
Cannot login anymore to my admin page after installing it. Bad result.
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This comfortable 28 m² apartment is located on Rue De La Grange Batelière, in a animated section of Paris 9th district. Composed of 2 rooms, including 1 bedroom, this furnished apartment rental can accommodate up to 4 people. This bright and peaceful apartment is located on the 5 floor (no lift). It is also equipt with all you need just like at home including Vacuum cleaner, Cable, Iron, Internet included, Washing machine, Linen, table linens, dish towels, etc. The apartment is accessible by Paris public transportation (Grands Boulevards/M 8, M 9, Le Peletier/M 7), and nearby you can find many businesses and services (like a Bar, Fitness center, Internet cafe, Newsstand, Outdoor market, pharmacy, Restaurant, Supermarket, etc. ). The residence offers a Concierge.
This apartment consists of a living room with wooden floor and its windows and view on courtyard. This quiet living room is furnished and equipped for a comfortable stay: 4 chair(s), 1 sofabed(s) of 120cm.
This apartment consists of beautiful kitchen close to the living room with tile floor and all the essential equipment for your daily life: hob, refrigerator, oven, microwave oven, freezer, extractor hood, toaster, kettle, coffee-maker, cupboard, crockery.
Its windows and view on courtyard, this charming room offre provides the necessary equipment for you to serenely rest during your stay: tv, linen, quilt, 1 armchair(s), shelves, cupboard, 1 bed(s) of 140cm.
This apartment is equipped with a pleasant bathroom. This bathroom is furnished with all the equipment you need for a comfortable stay: bath towels, shelves, cupboard, separate shower. The toilets are separated from the bathroom and located in an independant room.


Apologies to the 18 people who bought tickets; they will be refunded.
I'll recycle the questions people have raised into blog posts instead.
How our society has moved from one of generalists to specialists making us especially vulnerable and resistant to reengaging with nature and our ability to have numerous skills.
The continuing attraction of obtaining advanced degrees despite evidence that only debt and unemployment are the end results of such efforts.
People returning to school recently for degrees in Urban Planning, Ecology, etc., with the belief that the degree will result in some great future: are they going to make a paradigm shift, or are they just smoking crack?
The talk by many older "star" authors and speakers that there is a mass movement by our youth to recapture the spirit of the 1960's and to correct the state of the world as it exists.
The belief that the Internet and Digital Media are here to stay.
Permaculture: There seems to be a real disconnect between theory and putting it into practice.
Fixation with Permaculture as The Solution; how is that similar to/different from fixating on technology in general?
The ethics of reducing population and resource share: is there a distinction between planned population reduction and fascism?
Can Permaculture avoid the trap of other movements that wind up in power when those in charge come to believe theirs is the only solution.
Will Permaculture teachers continue jetting around until there is no jet fuel left?
What can we do about the desire and pressure to continue having children while acknowledging the limited carrying capacity of the planet?
Vegetarians and Vegans – How can not eating certain things solve the problem?
Can a green economy help us continue on the road of exponential growth.
What of all the talk of products and patents locked up by the evil oil companies that can deliver us from the problems we've created?
Is a utopian society possible? What, at this point, qualifies as a utopian society? How would it be different from a dystopia?
Are people ready or willing to make drastic changes and take the huge personal risks that circumstances demand?
With so many forms of media at our disposal, are we less able to communicate than ever before.
Are we on information overload. Can we still differentiation between what is true and false. How does one navigate this? Is it even possible?
Why is there an enduring allure of technology as the great fix?
Russia vs the US - where is Russia today? Where is the US today?
How can we shield ourselves from the disintegration of social services, the money system, and other bits of communal life support?
What things happened in Russia during descent that will/will not occur in the U.S.
How do I feel knowing about this? How do I go on?
What do I think of the Transition Town movement? Is it workable for all cities no matter their size?
The Left: is it so fractured that the pieces can accomplish nothing of substance?
Why is each segment seem oblivious to the interconnection that exists between the environment, energy and economy?
Why is there still a belief that Obama can correct the situation despite evidence that it is business as usual (banking, healthcare, new automobile standards, automotive industry bailout, build more roads, etc.)?
Why is the food movement focusing on bringing food to you instead of bringing you to food?
Why is there all this talk of making changes, but little understanding that what is being suggested is akin to bailing out the Titanic using teaspoons?
Why is there no understand that we don't have 30 more years to course-correct?
Why are those who speak the hard truth labeled as being 'Doomers"?
What would it mean to bear responsibility for the role each and every one of us plays in what is unfolding?
How do we tap the creative spirit in ourselves?
The 2009 IPPY Awards have awarded my Reinventing Collapse silver in the Current Events category. The IPPYS are for independent publishers, with over 4000 entries each year in 65 categories. They don't necessarily garner much media attention; they tend to look more at the big literary prizes. I am tied with Pat Murpy's Plan C. These are both New Society titles.
It's official: The government in Beijing has announced that the Yuan can now be used in international trade. Their mouthpiece for this occasion was the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, a private entity, which made the announcement on their behalf. By the end of this year, it is expected that fully 50% of all transactions with Hong Kong will be denominated in the Yuan. In turn, Hong Kong re-exports 90% of its Chinese imports. Importer #1 is the European Union; importer #2 is the United States. Some of these countries may soon find themselves hard-pressed to earn enough Yuan to continue importing Chinese-made products.
This is only the next small step in Beijing's "policy of small steps." Already the Chinese government has ramped down its purchases of US Treasury paper, forcing the Federal Reserve to step in as the buyer of last resort. The IOU, with which the US has inundated the world, is now becoming the I-owe-me - which is not quite as impressive to those who are considering selling products to the US on credit. Instead of the funny paper, the Chinese government has started to buy up gold on the international market. The Yuan has long been in de facto use in Hong Kong, Sigapore, Kuala Lumpur, and other countries in the region, in preference to the US Dollar. In several countries it is already possible to have Yuan-denominated savings and checking accounts; in Hong Kong alone such accounts are set to exceed US$100 billion by the end of this year.
The United States and Europe have recently demonstrated their unwillingness to grant other countries a greater say in the IMF and the other organizations that govern international finance. Now Beijing can turn this combination of weakness and recalcitrance to its advantage, by quickly creating a wide coalition of countries that wish to isolate themselves from the financially untrustworthy regions of Europe and America. This is but one of many developments that those who are predicting economic recovery in the US sometime next year have chosen to ignore, but it may turn out to be one of the more important ones.
What do these major shifts in international finance portend for us mere private citizens? The implication is simple: if you think that you still have some money, let's hope that you don't mean that you have something or other denominated in the US Dollar. Or that you just wrote yourself an I-owe-me.
A lot of people are panicked by the swine flu (H1N1) that has recently emerged in Mexico and has since spread across the American continent and far beyond. Panicking is a perfectly normal human response to frightening new things, one which we humans share with our relatives the apes and the monkeys. And, just like them, once we are done panicking, we try to find out what it was that had us panicked.
Swine flu seems like a flu like any, spread through coughing and sneezing and (my personal favorite) wet kisses. If you catch it, you will develop a high fever, your joints and muscles will ache, and a day or so into it you might develop a dry cough. In three days or so your fever will subside somewhat, and in a week to ten days you will recover. Unless there are complications.
It just so happens that, for the next couple of weeks, I will be taking the subway between East Boston and Downtown. It's just a short hop through a harbor tunnel, but at the same time it is a commute between Latin America (on the East Boston side) and New England. I hardly ever hear any English on that train. I would bicycle, but the bike ride is circuitous and very long. Perhaps you'd think that I should consider myself directly in the path of this new contagion, but I probably am not. The carriers are probably mostly tourists and other recent travelers, not the local Latinos.
Flu kills hundreds of thousands of people every year, mainly because they are not healthy to start with. All those drunken bums I see lolling around the Financial District next to half-empty bottles of Listerine antiseptic mouthwash look really unhealthy, and will probably die of something sometime soon. I would venture a guess that their cause of death will be noted as something other than terminal halitosis. Swine flu seems like an impressive-sounding thing to put down on a death certificate. The actual cause of death will probably be something like "Despair" but that just doesn't sound scientific enough for us.
One thing that makes this particular panic interesting is that American public officials are stoking the panic by declaring a state of emergency. (Even our brave Vice President, "Amtrak" Joe Biden, apparently forbid his family to ride public transportation.) There is a simple reason behind these quick declarations of emergency: there is quite a financial drought right now, state budgets are being cut and public workers furloughed. By declaring a state of emergency, public officials gain access to emergency funds. So swine flu is just an excuse for them to vacuum up and spend some loose change.
Another thing that's peculiar is that some nations, notably China and Russia, have banned the import of American pork. Many other countries are following their example. The flu is not spread through eating pork, and so banning it is an economic move and a symbolic gesture rather than a medically motivated public safety measure. But the popular appeal of the symbolism is irresistible: here they have a chance to ban American Swine!
American Swine come in three main varieties: the Hog, the Bankster, and the Neocon. The Hog is often a public safety menace, because factory farming practices result in large groups of immunocompromised animals confined in conditions that are perfect for incubating new diseases. These practices should be banned, and banning American pork around the world seems like a step in the right direction.
The Banksters who have crashed the world financial system through their fraudulent activities should be banned around the world as well. In addition, it would be nice if they were rounded up and herded into capitalist reeducation camps, where, thanks to hard physical labor, daily capitalist indoctrination sessions, and compulsory public self-criticism, they would, over the course of months or years, be reformed into model capitalists, ready to rejoin a free market economy. Perhaps our Chinese friends would be nice enough to send over some advisers, to help us set up these camps.
Unlike the Hogs and the Banksters, the Neocons who illegally murdered, imprisoned and tortured countless civilians across the world should be exported — extradited, that is, to stand trial at an international war crimes tribunal. The list is not that long: Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Gonzales and a few others. All the ones who "were only following orders" are not important enough. The United States government is bound by international treaty to either prosecute or extradite these people. Since prosecution in the US is unlikely to be carried out properly, extradition remains as the only option. President Obama's recent paying of lip service to this being "a nation of laws" is no substitute for action.
Of the three varieties of American Swine, the actual pigs seem like the least troublesome, swine flu notwithstanding. We should certainly do all we can to stay healthy, but in the meantime we should stay focused on doing something about the other two varieties of American Swine.


First Eagle Bank is an entrepreneurial, independent bank focused on developing long lasting relationships with their customers, and community. They take an active role in their community and have received an "Outstanding" Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rating. First Eagle Bank is committed to providing credit, capital and financial services to underserved communities. Their staff is personally committed and involved with non-profits that assist people in their communities.
This week's CDBA Storybank video highlights First Eagle Bank in Chicago, Illinois. Its featured client, MDC Economic Development Corporation, specializes in public housing renovation in the city's most underserved areas. MDC is part of the Do For Self Community Development Corporation, an initiative to train, employ, and develop former gang members, ex-offenders, and other socially disenfranchised members of the community so they can transform the communities they live in while earning a legitimate income. Watch the video here.
On Monday, October 8th, CDBA and First Eagle Bank organized a regional CDFI Banker gathering in Chicago before the annual OFN Conference. The event was an exciting opportunity for locals to network with mission-driven banks from around the country and to engage on hot topics in the community development banking sector in the areas of policy, best practices, impact measurement.
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This is my Church of Inner Space. This space is sacred. This conscious awareness is who and what I really am.
That's the only thing that really matters. That space and what happens in that space, that's what it's all about.
Do yourself a favour and try something next time you're alone. Ask yourself: "What will my next thought be?" and then watch and wait until your next thought comes.
Having done this you probably experienced something similar to what most people experience.
The thought: "What will my next thought be?", was followed by a few moments of no thinking before the next thought actually came.
What was that momentary existence without any thoughts?
More often than not when we talk about consciousness and thinking we conflate the two terms to mean one and the same thing.
But it's crucial to understand that they're not the same thing.
The question you asked yourself: "What will my next thought be?", that was thinking. The momentary thoughtless silence you experienced following that question, that was consciousness.
Consciousness is like a blank page while your thoughts filter across the page like the words I'm writing right now.
The words could not exist without the blank page providing that space. Consciousness provide the medium within which thoughts can exist. However, the medium and the message is not one and the same.
Your mind is your thinking. It's the collection of all your thoughts. Your consciousness is much greater than that. It's the background medium within which your mind can exist.
Because while the mind is a very useful tool, it's also our Achilles heel.
If you're still alone, try another mental exercise. See if you can voluntarily stop thinking.
Do you control your thoughts, do you control your mind, can you reliably and constantly direct your mind to think only those thoughts that you want to be thinking? Or does your mind think whatever it wants to? Do your thoughts drift? Have you ever found yourself thinking about something, having followed a train of thought, but having no idea how you arrived at that last thought? Completely oblivious to the countless thoughts that preceded it?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions then you're like me and most other people alive today. Your mind has developed itself, over the course of hundreds of thousands of years and several hundreds of thousands of generations into an autonomous thinking machine that operates completely without oversight.
So what has your mind been keeping itself busy with?
Shouldn't you try to find out?
It's undeniably a very powerful mechanism. Look at the world that we have created with this tool. We've gone from being at the mercy of nature's every whim, to holding in our hands the destiny of the entire planet and every living being on it.
If the mind is that powerful, it makes sense to know what it's getting up to while you're not paying attention to it.
Not supervising the mind is sort of like piloting a rocket ship blindfolded.
And in our absence the mind has done many things.
It's elevated the past and the future into inflated positions of importance, obscuring the only place you've ever really been and always will be; this moment, here and now.
It's created an identity for itself, inflating it's own importance and making you believe that it's identity is your identity.
And it's cultivated repetitive thoughts patterns.
But, most importantly, it's disconnected you from your consciousness, the blank page, the medium that carries the message.
This is important if what you really want is happiness.
Because all of the above eventually leads to suffering.
And lasting happiness lies in rediscovering a connection to life that can only be found through the medium that is your consciousness.
Next time you're alone, try this: Sit down in a comfortable position. Close your eyes and see if you can focus your attention on the unthinking consciousness that exist between one thought and the next.
Thoughts will come and go. Let them come and go.
The mind thinks thoughts like the heart pumps blood. You cannot stop it. But you can slow it down.
Like you would slow down your heart rate by resting, you can slow down your thinking by observing your thoughts.
Following your thoughts won't take you anywhere else other than where you already are. Here and now in this moment. Following your thoughts merely obscures this moment. The only place you'll ever be.
Observing your thoughts, on the other hand, slows the mind down, slowly eliminating unnecessary thinking.
And slowly creating a gap for you to experience your consciousness.
You are not your mind. Your thinking is a function, meant to keep you alive. It's the ultimate survival tool.
But valuable as it is, it's not what you are. You are no more a thinking mind than you are a beating heart.
The true sacred gift of life lies not in your ability to think, no more than it lies in the blood circulating through your arteries and veins.
The sacred gift of life lies in the medium of consciousness, which must be experienced, by you, to be understood.
Welcome to the Church of Inner Space.


Compagnie Fruitière. A lasting commitment to a better thought-out and more sustainable development.
Compagnie Fruitière developed an ambitious Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) approach very early on. In all the countries where it operates, the Group implements a proactive policy that integrates respect for people and the environment into its core practices. This approach has been structured year after year to become a real strategy for the development of the company and the well-being of the people who support it.
From 2000/2001, the first certifications such as ISO 14001 and internal and external audits enabled the strengthening of this approach's structure. Another step was taken in 2011/2012: the adoption of a corporate social responsibility policy statement common to all production subsidiaries and the publication of an annual CSR report for each of these companies. The first fair trade and organic agriculture certifications were obtained in 2012/2013 and these mark another decisive turning point in our sustainable development policy. Subsequently, the adoption of a Corporate Social Responsibility Charter for all Group companies in 2016/2017 led to the publication of the first Group Sustainable Development Report.
Promotion of exemplary working conditions throughout the value chain.
This strategy was then translated into 15 specific commitments and action plans, which in turn were implemented in all the Group's businesses and subsidiaries in Europe, Africa and Latin America. This approach makes it possible to measure and report on all the progress made on the three pillars of the strategy.
In 2012, the Compagnie Fruitière Endowment Fund was created to work to improve the living conditions of the most vulnerable populations. It was initially part of a continuation of Compagnie Fruitière's proactive approach to social responsibility (CSR), and it is now autonomously and independently broadening its field of action to reach new audiences.
The Endowment Fund has chosen to focus on four areas: health, education, the environment and cultural and artistic exchanges, particularly between Africa and Europe. It operates beyond the countries where Compagnie Fruitière is present and while its commitment to the southern hemisphere countries is confirmed, it also takes on a territorial dimension through support provided to local associations in Marseilles.
It has a dedicated website: fdd-cf.com.
Promotion of sustainable agriculture and activities with a lower environmental impact.
Establishment of a positive foothold in the territories where it operates.


Can you trust data recovery service providers?
The worst has happened: the computer or server with your confidential and time-sensitive data has crashed. Panic starts to set in, and a quick call or visit to your IT support confirms that this issue is beyond the scope of your help desk's services. It's time to call in a data recovery provider. IT support probably already has a provider in mind. But what exactly are they going to do with your data? How can you trust them?
Today's healthcare environments, from small clinics to megacity hospitals, are going digital faster than ever before. This means that more and more vital, personal, and confidential health information is being stored in digital format and this once paper-based world of doctors and healthcare professionals is now run on a huge variety of digital databases, patient data, and technology. Managing this amount of data presents increasing challenges for IT professionals and issues of security, accessibility and what to do in the event of data loss disasters arise.