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It's driven by a battery you lunatic.
Mr Lorentz swooping in trying to sweep the credit..
I wonder how quickly that drains the battery?
"The motor republicans can't stand!" The *homo*polar motor !
What applications does this motor have? If you made fins for it to be a fan would it work?
The fireworks/sparks at the end was spectacular!
how did this get 600 upvotes? does no one here understand physics?! all electric motors use the lorentz force!


I've been quite pleased with the books that I've gotten from No Starch Press, so it didn't take much of a leap to preorder their book on LEGO architecture back in April. I had hoped that it would arrive in early August for my birthday (sadly publication was delayed), but it was still sweet to have it waiting for me when I got home from BrickCon.
Being the big fan of microscale and architecture that I am, this book is a great fit. I am always looking for inspiration for new micropolis builds or techniques that I can repurpose for space.
The book is organized as a timeline of architectural history from Neoclassical to contemporary High-Tech. Each major style gets its own chapter with a discussion of how it developed and in some cases talking about specific architects and sub-themes that are important to that style.
In addition to lovely photography of real world buildings, each chapter has a selection of LEGO models that exemplify the style. These pictures are beautiful and inspiring (and include images that I've never found on Flickr). This wealth of technique and application is practically worth the price of admission.
Each chapter ends with instructions to make at least one model in that style. Another lovely addition, giving the reader further insight into the particular techniques that can bring each style of building to life. Lots of clever snot work in here.
The final chapter is a guide to other aspects of the LEGO hobby from inspiration to color and organization. The author includes profiles of prominent architecture builders in the sidebars. This last bit is just icing on the cake, and though I've seen similar content in other books, the focus on the architectural context keeps it fresh.
All in all, this is an excellent book. Tom Alphin has assembled a lovely tour of recent architectural history through the lens of LEGO. I can't recommend this one enough for anyone interested in building LEGO buildings at any scale.
I loved the book as well! I'm a big Lego Architecture fan, and this was a must buy for me. Tom has a great blog (http://tomalphin.com/), and his 30 day architecture challenge (http://tomalphin.com/2013/10/lego-architecture-studio-30-day-challenge.html) was one of the first I stumbled upon coming out of my Lego dark ages.
Has been a pleasure reading your blog as well, thanks for the regular updates. Keep up the good work!


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BA's Bottomley urges parliamentarians to support 'heroic' bookshops
Published June 13, 2018 by Katherine Cowdrey
Booksellers Association president Nic Bottomley yesterday urged parliamentarians to support its representations to government to give "heroic" bookshops the same business rate exemptions as pubs in recognition of...
Booksellers Association president Nic Bottomley yesterday (Tuesday 12th June) urged parliamentarians to support its representations to government to give "heroic" bookshops the same business rate exemptions as pubs in recognition of their community value.
Launching the campaign, Bottomley spoke at a World Book Day reception at the House of Commons to argue that whilst bookshops bring vitality to the high street as wealth and jobs creators and cultural assets, business rates pose a burden for far too many. He referenced a statistic shared last year that unless inequities in the business rates system are addressed, 275 towns in the UK could lose their bookshops.
Bookshops can be "heroic", he told the room, if they are inclusive and environmentally responsible, and through the contribution bookshops make to Britain's economy and the cultural life of the community.
"Bookshops are cultural assets. They launch and build the careers of authors, they champion reading for pleasure, and they bring vitality to the high street at a time the high street is under constant threat. Every high street is rich if it has got a bookshop," said Bottomley.
And yet he highlighted there is a "massive disparity" in what sums are paid in business rates, pointing to one example in which a branch of Waterstones in Bedford paid 60 times as much as the Amazon distribution centre in the same town.
"This isn't sustainable. Intellectually, morally, or for the bookshops involved," said Bottomley.
He continued: "As a first step and as a matter of urgency we would ask for a business rates exemption for bookshops. Business rates dispensation has been given to pubs in recognition of their community value; the government legislated to make it mandatory for local authorities to give a £1,000 discount on their business rates bill for every pub under the rates calculator level of £100,000.
"Booksellers bring both community value and cultural value to their towns, at a heroic level. And they should be given the same exception. I urge all Parliamentarians to support our representation that we should be given the same business rates concessions as our pubs."
Other speakers at the event included HarperCollins chief Charlie Redmayne, speaking in his capacity as the Publishers Association's new president of the membership body's goal to confront "literacy cold spots". Lastly World Book Day ambassador Cressida Cowell reflected on the successes of WBD in spite of "the Beast from the East" that saw many schools close for the day; this year it doubled the number of books distributed in prisons and gained support from the prime minister for its three-year nationwide campaign encouraging parents to read with their children for 10 minutes a day.
Former culture ministers Margaret Hodge and Ed Vaizey, as well as fellow MPs Tulip Siddiq, Don Foster, Mark Pritchard, Stephen Crabb and Barry Sheerman, were among those joining booksellers, publishers, authors and illustrators at the packed reception.
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With infection rates at an all-time high all across South Tyrol, the provincial government has decided to reintroduce strict measures to help curb the spread of coronavirus: Until further notice, restaurants and shops will remain closed, and events of any kind are banned. In addition, the government once more urged the population to avoid any contact with people who are not members of their own household and to comply with the rules and hygiene guidelines.
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Freelang est un site web mettant à disposition, depuis 1997, des ressources gratuites dans le domaine des langues.

Historique du projet
En 1996, deux Néerlandais créent le , un logiciel affichant des listes de mots. Par la suite, plusieurs volontaires de par le monde rejoignent le projet en créant des sites et des listes de mots dans différentes langues dont l'italien, le suédois, le russe, le français et l'espéranto.

Entre 1998 et 2000, les versions française et anglaise sont hébergées sur un même site web, baptisé « Freelang ». Un service d'aide à la traduction, animé par une équipe de traducteurs bénévoles, est également créé.

Dictionnaires
Le site web Freelang propose des dictionnaires bilingues (français/langue étrangère) téléchargeables gratuitement ou consultables en ligne. Parmi ses  disponibles, Freelang compte des dictionnaires techniques et de langues régionales.

Aide à la traduction
Freelang propose également un service gratuit d'aide à la traduction. Réservé à des demandes courtes et non commerciales, ce système permet à chacun d'obtenir la traduction d'un mot ou de quelques phrases en contactant personnellement un traducteur. Environ  (dont de nombreux professionnels) sont inscrits.

Communauté
Les forums Freelang permettent d'obtenir de l'aide pour une traduction ou, plus généralement, de discuter de divers sujets liés aux langues.

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A former employee of the City of Coeur d'Alene, who admitted to embezzling $365,000 of public funds, was sentenced Monday to more than three years in prison.
Sheryl Lynn Carroll, 52, pleaded guilty in October 2012 to six counts of wire fraud, and told a courtroom that she "abused a position of public trust" when she served as an employee in the city's finance department.
Prosecutors said Carroll stole $365,000 through 120 fraudulent transfers from 2007 to 2012, when she served as a payroll coordinator for Coeur d'Alene. Prosecutors said she fraudulently recorded payments to vendors when in fact she was sending the wire transfers to her own bank account.
This morning's Coeur d'Alene Press reports that on Monday, U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge ordered Carroll to serve a 40-month sentence, in addition to three years of supervised probation, 200 hours of community service and restitution of $365,000.
"You had to have thought about the consequences as it was happening, if you got caught," Lodge told Carroll.
Carroll told the court that she was seeking help through counseling and faith, according to the Press.
"I am healing from that brokenness that brought me to this place," she said. "I ask for your forgiveness—everyone that I hurt."


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Q: How to Export List Data using NPOI I'm using NPOI to export data into excel.
So I created a List that will pull data from my database.
Now My question is how can I read my list data and write the data on my excel Sheet.
The following is my part of my code:
            IWorkbook workbook;
            workbook = new NPOI.XSSF.UserModel.XSSFWorkbook();
            ISheet excelSheet = workbook.CreateSheet("Candidates");
            IRow row = excelSheet.CreateRow(0);

            foreach (var data in ApplicationList)
            {

            }
            workbook.Write(fs);

So basically I need help on  foreach (var data in ApplicationList)

A: While writing data cells can be created and SetCellValue can help set the data.
Below I have tried to iterate over a single column and list of strings.
This works fine on my system.
IWorkbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook();
ISheet excelSheet = workbook.CreateSheet("Candidates");
IRow row = excelSheet.CreateRow(0);
var applicantList = new List<string> { "David", "Paul" };
var excelColumns = new[] { "Name" };
IRow headerRow = excelSheet.CreateRow(0);
var headerColumn = 0;
excelColumns.ToList().ForEach(excelColumn =>
{
    var cell = headerRow.CreateCell(headerColumn);
    cell.SetCellValue(excelColumn);
    headerColumn++;
 });
var rowCount = 1;
applicantList.ForEach(applicant => {
    var row = excelSheet.CreateRow(rowCount);
    var cellCount = 0;
    excelColumns.ToList().ForEach(column => {
        var cell = row.CreateCell(cellCount);
        cell.SetCellValue(applicant);
        cellCount++;
    });
    rowCount++;
});
var stream = new MemoryStream();
workbook.Write(stream);
string FilePath = "/Users/hemkumar/hem.xls"; //path to download
FileStream file = new FileStream(FilePath, FileMode.CreateNew,
                   FileAccess.Write);
stream.WriteTo(file);
file.Close();
stream.Close();

I hope it helps.

A: I know I am a little late here but I think it may help others
I have developed an excel utility with the use of the NPOI package, which can

*

*Simply takes your data table or the collection

*And Returns you excel while maintaining all the data table/list data type intact in the excel.

Github Code repo.: https://github.com/ansaridawood/.NET-Generic-Excel-Export-Sample/tree/master/GenericExcelExport/ExcelExport
Looking for a code explanation, you can find it here:
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1241654/Export-to-Excel-using-NPOI-Csharp-and-WEB-API
It uses NPOI DLL and it has 2 cs files to include and then you are good to go
Below is the first file for reference AbstractDataExport.cs:
using NPOI.SS.UserModel;
using NPOI.XSSF.UserModel;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;

namespace GenericExcelExport.ExcelExport
{
    public interface IAbstractDataExport
    {
        HttpResponseMessage Export(List exportData, string fileName, string sheetName);
    }

    public abstract class AbstractDataExport : IAbstractDataExport
    {
        protected string _sheetName;
        protected string _fileName;
        protected List _headers;
        protected List _type;
        protected IWorkbook _workbook;
        protected ISheet _sheet;
        private const string DefaultSheetName = "Sheet1";

        public HttpResponseMessage Export
              (List exportData, string fileName, string sheetName = DefaultSheetName)
        {
            _fileName = fileName;
            _sheetName = sheetName;

            _workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(); //Creating New Excel object
            _sheet = _workbook.CreateSheet(_sheetName); //Creating New Excel Sheet object

            var headerStyle = _workbook.CreateCellStyle(); //Formatting
            var headerFont = _workbook.CreateFont();
            headerFont.IsBold = true;
            headerStyle.SetFont(headerFont);

            WriteData(exportData); //your list object to NPOI excel conversion happens here

            //Header
            var header = _sheet.CreateRow(0);
            for (var i = 0; i < _headers.Count; i++)
            {
                var cell = header.CreateCell(i);
                cell.SetCellValue(_headers[i]);
                cell.CellStyle = headerStyle;
            }

            for (var i = 0; i < _headers.Count; i++)
            {
                _sheet.AutoSizeColumn(i);
            }

            using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream()) //creating memoryStream
            {
                _workbook.Write(memoryStream);
                var response = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)
                {
                    Content = new ByteArrayContent(memoryStream.ToArray())
                };

                response.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue
                       ("application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet");
                response.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition =
                       new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment")
                {
                    FileName = $"{_fileName}_{DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss")}.xlsx"
                };

                return response;
            }
        }

        //Generic Definition to handle all types of List
        public abstract void WriteData(List exportData);
    }
}

and this the second and final file AbstractDataExportBridge.cs:
using NPOI.SS.UserModel;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace GenericExcelExport.ExcelExport
{
    public class AbstractDataExportBridge : AbstractDataExport
    {
        public AbstractDataExportBridge()
        {
            _headers = new List<string>();
            _type = new List<string>();
        }

        public override void WriteData<T>(List<T> exportData)
        {
            PropertyDescriptorCollection properties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(typeof(T));

            DataTable table = new DataTable();

            foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in properties)
            {
                var type = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(prop.PropertyType) ?? prop.PropertyType;
                _type.Add(type.Name);
                table.Columns.Add(prop.Name, Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(prop.PropertyType) ??
                                  prop.PropertyType);
                string name = Regex.Replace(prop.Name, "([A-Z])", " $1").Trim(); //space separated
                                                                           //name by caps for header
                _headers.Add(name);
            }

            foreach (T item in exportData)
            {
                DataRow row = table.NewRow();
                foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in properties)
                    row[prop.Name] = prop.GetValue(item) ?? DBNull.Value;
                table.Rows.Add(row);
            }

            IRow sheetRow = null;

            for (int i = 0; i < table.Rows.Count; i++)
            {
                sheetRow = _sheet.CreateRow(i + 1);
                for (int j = 0; j < table.Columns.Count; j++)
                {
                    ICell Row1 = sheetRow.CreateCell(j);

                    string type = _type[j].ToLower();
                    var currentCellValue = table.Rows[i][j];

                    if (currentCellValue != null &&
                        !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Convert.ToString(currentCellValue)))
                    {
                        if (type == "string")
                        {
                            Row1.SetCellValue(Convert.ToString(currentCellValue));
                        }
                        else if (type == "int32")
                        {
                            Row1.SetCellValue(Convert.ToInt32(currentCellValue));
                        }
                        else if (type == "double")
                        {
                            Row1.SetCellValue(Convert.ToDouble(currentCellValue));
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Row1.SetCellValue(string.Empty);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

For a detailed explanation, refer link provided in the beginning.

A: I'm using NPOI to export data into excel too.
But I have a list that will pull data from another excel file that created by NPOI.
Anyway, I think my solution to solve this problem, which is not much different from yours, can be effective.
After you see the code sample below, read the description.
await using var stream = new FileStream(@"C:\Users\Sina\Desktop\TestExcel.xlsx", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write);

IWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook();

var excelSheet = workbook.CreateSheet("TestSheet");

for (var i = 0; i < MyDataList.Count(); i++)
{
    var row = excelSheet.CreateRow(i);

    for (var j = 0; j < MyDataList[i].Cells.Count(); j++)
    {
        var cell = row.CreateCell(j);

        cell.SetCellValue(MyDataList[i].Cells[j].ToString());
    }
}

workbook.Write(stream);

As I said, instead of the list you got the data from your database, I've used a list that has data from another excel file that I pulled through NPOI.
You can see it in the code snippet above (MyDataList).
It is of type (List<IRow>).
You have to create as many rows as there are data in your list, so create it in a loop each time. var row = excelSheet.CreateRow(i)
Now notice that each row has several cells and I fill the cells with another loop and you need to create any number of cells in your row, so create it in this loop each time. var cell = row.CreateCell(j)
You can now use cell.SetCellValue() to set each cell data then use the data in your list instead of MyDataList[i].Cells[j] in that.
Note that the input type of the SetCellValue() method must be a string.
Now I want to add that I also used the AddRange() method instead of the second loop (like this - row.Cells.AddRange(FailedRowList[i].Cells)) but it didn't work, so if you can use that I would appreciate if you say it and let me know more. I hope my answer was helpful.
Thanks

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"If your strategy and efficiency is not there, then that knowledge isn't going to help you," SAT Reading Strategy instructor Ayden Rosenberg said during our 151st Open Class. "[The exam] is testing your ability to evoke that knowledge in a certain time frame, and this is where strategy and efficiency comes into play."
The SAT Reading section of the exam is not just about the content, but about the way you practice taking the exam.
"It's like learning an instrument or playing a sport, you need to practice," Ayden said.
The first step in a test taker's strategy is to go through the whole content and figuring out what kind of questions may be asked throughout the passage, then finding a way to approach them.
Ayden Rosenberg teaches the No.151 SAT Reading Open Class on Jan. 9, 2019
Unfortunately there is no how-to formula when it comes to tackling the SAT Reading since it is not as technical or subjective as mathematics. Which is why the best approach is to read the questions before reading the passages.
"If you're on a beach, would you just pick a random spot to start digging or would you use a metal detector?" Ayden asked. "You would use the metal detector cause it would tell you when you found the thing that is important. The [passage] questions are what we are answering to get that high score."
Context is key when it comes to your reading strategy. Although phrases and sentences are important, it is important to get used to reading the text around it to have an understanding of the importance of what is actually being said.
Ayden used the phrase "I love you," which is a straight forward term for endearment and affection, as an example of the importance of context.
"If the next sentence [following the phrase] says 'he was lying,' that changes the meaning of what was said," she said. "It is important to understand and prioritize context about what you are reading in the passages."
Although it is common for students to get overwhelmed during the exam, Ayden suggests that students focus on one subject at a time and take the time to really narrow the text down.
"It's scary to look at multiple things at once because the human brain is not used to processing a lot of things at once," she said. "This is why we really can't multi-task!"
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package org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway.handlers.streaming.sse;

import org.apache.axis2.Constants;
import org.apache.synapse.MessageContext;
import org.apache.synapse.core.axis2.Axis2MessageContext;
import org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway.handlers.security.APIAuthenticationHandler;
import org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway.handlers.security.AuthenticationContext;
import org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.impl.APIConstants;

import static org.apache.axis2.Constants.Configuration.HTTP_METHOD;
import static org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway.handlers.streaming.sse.SseApiConstants.SSE_THROTTLE_DTO;

/**
 * Wraps the authentication handler for the purpose of changing the http method before calling it.
 */
public class SseApiHandler extends APIAuthenticationHandler {

    //private GenericRequestDataCollector dataCollector = new GenericRequestDataCollector();

    @Override
    public boolean handleRequest(MessageContext synCtx) {

        org.apache.axis2.context.MessageContext axisCtx = ((Axis2MessageContext) synCtx).getAxis2MessageContext();
        Object httpVerb = axisCtx.getProperty(HTTP_METHOD);
        axisCtx.setProperty(HTTP_METHOD, APIConstants.SubscriptionCreatedStatus.SUBSCRIBE);
        boolean isAuthenticated = super.handleRequest(synCtx);
        axisCtx.setProperty(Constants.Configuration.HTTP_METHOD, httpVerb);
        synCtx.setProperty(org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.gateway.handlers.analytics.Constants.SKIP_DEFAULT_METRICS_PUBLISHING,
                           true);
        prepareThrottleData(synCtx);
        publishSubscriptionEvent(synCtx);
        return isAuthenticated;
    }

    private void prepareThrottleData(MessageContext synCtx) {

        AuthenticationContext authenticationContext = (AuthenticationContext) synCtx.getProperty("xxxxx");
        ThrottleDTO throttleDTO = new ThrottleDTO(authenticationContext);
        synCtx.setProperty(SSE_THROTTLE_DTO, throttleDTO);
    }

    private void publishSubscriptionEvent(MessageContext synCtx) {
     //   dataCollector.collectData(synCtx);
    }

}

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Which child to school? Tough choice for Indian garment workers
by Anuradha Nagaraj | @anuranagaraj | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Thursday, 14 June 2018 12:50 GMT
ARCHIVE PHOTO: Employees sit during their lunch time inside a textile mill in Haryana, northern India April 16, 2014. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee
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Despite minimum wage laws, salaries continue to be "grossly low" for thousands of workers, many of whom are still not given pay slips or are only hired as apprentices
By Anuradha Nagaraj
BENGALURU, India, June 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hard-working Vasantamma Kumar had to pawn her jewellery and take out two loans to ensure her children were back in class when term began this week.
The seamstress, who is paid little for the eight-hour day she spends cutting cuffs for branded shirts, was forced to call on money lenders to keep her children in school.
Now she is among tens of thousands of workers in India's $40 billion-a-year textile and garment industry who are seeking higher wages from the factories that supply global brands.
"May-June is the month that we regularly take a big loan to pay children's fees, buy new uniforms and books," said Kumar.
"My daughter's college also asked for a donation. It all came from borrowed money. I want them to study but there are days it looks impossible."
Despite minimum wage laws, salaries continue to be "grossly low" for thousands of workers, many of whom are still not given pay slips or are only hired as apprentices, campaigners say.
Kumar has a take-home salary of 7,000 Indian rupees ($103) and has to repay loans worth more than 200,000 rupees ($2,957).
"Everyone is indebted and it is a vicious cycle of never-ending loans," said Sujata Mody of Penn Thozhilalargal Sangam, a Chennai-based women workers' union.
"The women in this industry are constantly borrowing money from someone to pay back someone else."
An estimated 45 million workers, mostly women, are employed in India's thriving garment industry, with major hubs in the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
The clothes they stitch are exported around the world and sold by big brands, which have long promised better conditions in their supply chain.
Promises aside, campaigners say little has changed, with low wages, verbal and sexual harassment and long hours the norm.
A year-long study of more than 500 workers in Cambodia, India and Bangladesh found women often work overtime or borrow money just to feed their families and pay rent.
Despite earning the minimum wage and logging overtime, researchers found most were still short of money.
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It was a tough decision for Savita Rajesh to end her teenager's schooling this year.
But with mounting debt and no increase in her wages or festival bonus, the seamstress said she had no choice.
For 12 years, the 35-year-old has stitched shirts and blouses for leading fashion brands and takes home 8,500 Indian rupees ($126) a month.
"My elder daughter passed out of grade 10 but will not go back for further studies this session. It's not about whether I want it or not. It's about not being able to afford it," Kumar told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"The garment factory my husband worked in closed without notice a few months back. He is still unemployed. We took a loan of 20,000 rupees for the younger daughter's fees and books. The interest is already mounting."
The pressure to repay forces most workers to resign every few years so they can access their factory's employee saving fund, union leaders said.
"Then they rejoin the workforce but are treated as new employees and start at the bottom again, foregoing benefits of permanent workers," said Saroja Kannappa of the Garment Labour Union, which represents more than 4,000 workers.
"There is no financial security at all, even for women who have spent 20 years stitching clothes for big brands."
Unions and campaigners want a living wage, saying the minimum wage set by most Asian countries is inadequate to ward off poverty, they say.
More than 1,000 people joined a rally on May 1 in Bengaluru, carrying placards reminding brands of their promise to pay a living wage to all workers in their supply chain.
In Chennai, workers are fighting lengthy court battles to get their dues, two years after the Madras High Court said they should receive a pay rise of up to 30 percent - the first minimum wage hike in 12 years.
"Everyday is a struggle," said Rukumini V. Puttaswamy, a tailor for 17 years and now head of the Garment Labour Union.
"Cost of living for workers, many of whom are single mothers, in cities like Bengaluru is very high. Rents are high and education is very costly. There is no choice but to borrow money and constantly work to pay it off."
($1 = 67.6425 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Anuradha Nagaraj, Editing by Lyndsay Griffiths
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So I started telling the stories I was teaching in my Daniel class to Clara and we also told them at Maula Prison in Lilongwe. I told the story of Nebuchadnezzar's 'dream tree' in which the Babylonian King lost everything, including his mind, before he 'looked to heaven and was restored'. After telling the story a prisoner said, 'Nebuchadnezzar lost everything before he repented. We have nothing, who are we not to repent? The other prisoners responded in agreement with him. Now only 10% of those prisoners had finished secondary school but they 'understood the doctrine' and they 'got it' through the story!
In class at ABC, I was teaching 'Every Thought Captive', a 'High School' level apologetic book but the students at the College really weren't 'getting it'. Yet, the same students were 'getting' the difficult doctrine of the 'Sovereignty of God' from the stories of Daniel. So I decided to start teaching other doctrines through stories such as the 'Providence of God' from the 'Story of Joseph'. I told the story of Paul's conversion and asked the students what they liked about the story. They said, 'God can change anyone'. I asked what the story teaches about man and they said, 'man is not the seeker'. Then I asked what the story taught about God and a student raised his hand and said, 'Predestination'.
Ironically, God has given us a book, the Bible, that is 80% stories and songs. However, our tendency in the Western Church has been to remove the 'gospel' from its story and reduce it to a few propositions to believe to go to heaven when you die. So we strip the gospel from the historical story of God's plan to 'redeem this fallen world' and reduce it to a few propositions to believe to 'escape this fallen world'.
In Africa the gospel is usually propagated in 'bits and pieces' apart from God's redemptive historical story and the people remain largely defined by their own cultural stories. Africans identify with Christianity on a large scale, but all too often it is accepted because it comes with education, medical and the hope of 'material prosperity'. This leads to a syncretized blend of Christianity with African traditional religion. As a result there are these 100,000 member 'Nigerian Churches' with TV stations and these churches are attracting Africans with their 'Health and Wealth' gospel.
1) 'Storyrunners' and their 'School of Storying'.
2) 'Chichewa Story Bible'. We are putting a set of Biblical stories into a book as a Layman's Biblical Theology through stories. Each story will have a couple pages of helps (context, theme, fulfilment in Christ). We have a Malawian publisher, a former newspaper writer, and several Malawian Pastors committed to the project. The book will tell God's redemptive historical story through the Bible's own stories and will serve as an aid to a Biblical 'storyteller'.


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After deciding to go on a world trip by car the complicated and very individual search fort he right vehicle follows.
Our most important criterion was extreme suitability for cross-country work associated with limited weight and length as well as high ground clearance and fording. On the other hand the truck should be big enough for the two of us to live in a couple of years. Besides a personal financial scope the worldwide availability of spare parts and the spread of workshops played a part. The truck and the engine should be robust for instance regarding soiled diesel or high altitudes in the mountains. Herewith newer models with integrated electronics were ruled out. Of course the technical and general condition of the car were important, and also a reasonable cruising speed and acceptable travel comfort.
Relatively fast the Mercedes Benz Unimog was chosen. Finally we bought a U1300L from the UN fleet of the German Army, a 1987 model, which probably has been more serviced than driven.
The technical upgrade of the vehicle comprised among other things the increase of the engine power and a split gearbox with which 16 instead of eight gears are available. By that we reached higher maximum speed respectively lower fuel consumption. The instal-lation of an additional fuel tank and further canister holders required a new exhaust. Recently air-cushioned seats with integrated seat-belts and a suspension distance adjusted to the low cabin height of the Unimog were available. Besides we got new shock absorbers and a set of tires suitable for road and off-road as well that can be used with extremely low air pressure. Apart from many little things we have got manufactured a collapsible emergency seat in case a third passenger should ride with us for a short period.
The Unimog was baptized Arminius, a prehistoric Germanic hero whose name was never abused for any active military offensive in the past. On a world trip we'd like to avoid putting our foot in it.
An experienced cabin manufacturer made the empty camper cabin from glass fiber reinforced plastic. He built in windows, door, outer flaps as well as bathroom walls, and designed a spare wheel holder. We didn't want to store the heavy spare wheel on the roof of the driver's cabin. Insulation and glass fiber walls are strengthened to take robustness and rides to colder realms into account.
Back home, the camper cabin also got a lacquering.
Continue with the interior works of Arminius.


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Manufactured with a rigid, one-piece cast aluminum frame and stainless steel leadscrews.
Three leveling screws are mounted above the scanning volume, making leveling easy even when the phantom is filled.
Reduced detector cable length lessens settling time and opportunity for cable leakage.
5 stepper motors maintain superior precision over the phantom's lifetime.
An intuitive wireless pendant allows for easy vault operation without restricting movement.
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Position holders horizontally or vertically while maintaining a consistent origin location using the Detector Alignment System.
Customized auto-queue scan sets are implemented at no cost for each customer. This time-saving feature will save 8+ hours of work when setting up scans. Customers also have the flexibility of choosing wizard-based or manual setup options to define their own scans. Custom scans created in Auto-Acquisition mode can be saved and recalled for later testing. These sets can be implemented, edited and organized on a TPS or custom basis to streamline commissioning and QA procedures.
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Wireless pendant with 0.1 mm fine positioning facilitates automated alignment.
Quickly switch detectors without resetting isocenter/origin.
Integrated hardware, convenient software and wireless communication means fewer cables and fast setup.
Easy, repeatable tank positioning using the Precision Positioning Platform.
Customized Auto-queue scan sets implemented at no cost for each customer. This time-saving feature will save you 8+ hours of work when setting up scans.
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Acquire profile depth and PDD data in the same sequence.
Easily export scan data to TPS with all supported systems included.
Setup is simple, fast and repeatable with the DoseView 3D. A wireless pendant and fiducials on the tank allow for quick coarse positioning, while the Precision Positioning Platform helps perform the final minute adjustments. Auto-fill capacity allows users to install detectors while the tank is filling. The Detector Alignment System ensures that the center of the detector is consistently placed at the exact position relative to the water's surface.
Begin data acquisition by using either the wizard-based or manual setup options to define custom scans, which can be saved and recalled for later testing. These sets can be implemented, edited and organized on a TPS or custom basis. The DoseView 3D acquires both depth dose and profile data in a single operation. All scan data is saved in real-time in case a beam needs to be shutoff.
The Scan Processing Module in the DoseView 3D software features a suite of tools for data manipulation. All raw scan data is stored in the same file format as processed data for quick reference and comparison. Scan data is stored in machine -> energy -> SSD hierarchy for easy browsing and editing of existing files.
Export scan data to a variety of treatment planning systems, including: Varian Eclipse, Phillips Pinnacle, CMS XiO, Nucletron™ Oncentra and Monaco. All supported TPS systems are included at no additional charge.
"The DoseView 3D is an outstanding scanning tank. Setup is simple and easy. Hopefully you are only using your scanning tank once a year. DV3D has made the set up so simple that after 12 months of not using the tank it still feels familiar. The software guides you through step by step on initializing the tank and preparing it for scanning in case you have forgot all the steps since last use. With its three point leveling arm, fine tune position, and auto field centering, setup can be achieved in less than 20 minutes."
"Having used other water Phantoms in the past, the DoseView 3D is by far the easiest and most robust scanner I've ever worked with. Intuitive setup, taking less than 20 minutes, the resulting scan data was clean, requiring minimal post processing. "
"I really did like the distinct features of the DV3D. Take the water reservoir for example, compared to other water tanks where you have to bring the reservoir…. this now makes set up quick and easy."
"We are using this water phantom every month for measurement, thanks to it being very easy to setup and use."
Easily acquire depth-dose measurements in an intuitive, TG-51 and TRS-398 compliant 1D water scanning system.
Publications, tech notes, testimonials, and other resources to support DoseView 3D.
Does the software include the ability to generate PDD and TMR Tables?
Yes. The Table Generation Module allows you to create and edit the following table types: PDD, TAR, TPR/TMR.
Can DV3D acquire a 40x40 scan at 30 cm depth?
Yes, the DV3D can acquire 40x40 scans at 30 cm depth by performing half scans. However, this is done while remaining at 100 SSD, instead of requiring a vertical shift to correctly account for head scatter. Performing scans at other SSDs may not be indicative of the true scatter conditions found at 100 SSD.
The DoseView 3D arrives completely assembled ready to scan. Your personalized prebuilt scanning ques are already loaded on the computer. Simply level the tank and start scanning in less than 30 minutes. No need to run self-leveling software that requires another trip into the treatment room. This same step must be completed for any subsequent scans.
The DoseView 3D set up routine is simple to complete with aid from the detector alignment system which ensures that the center of the detector is consistently placed at the exact position relative to the water's surface. One cable runs to the computer to finalize the setup.
What type of database does DV3D use, and what is its capacity?
DV3D data is stored in a flat file and folder based structure and storage is reliant upon the disc space of the computer. Because of this, it is highly unlikely to run out of capacity. The commissioning data of 2 photon energies with four wedges and 5 electron energies might result in 750 files, requiring about 3 MB of space. An 80 GB hard drive could store the data of over 25,000 commissionings!
How is the DV3D different from other systems regarding processing?
Both Raw and Processed data is saved separately, allowing easy viewing between scan data and preventing an accidental overwrite.
Can the DV3D export my data directly to my treatment planning system?
Yes, you can export directly to the following treatment planning systems: Varian Eclipse, Philips Pinnacle, Nucletron Oncentra, Elekta Monaco, XiO, Oncentra, Phillips Pinnacle, and Prowess Panther.


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Carl Wilhelm Kautzsch (* 17. Mai 1887 in Lengenfeld (Vogtland); † 30. April 1978 in Freilassing) war ein deutscher Politiker (USPD, SPD, SED) und von 1922 bis 1933 Mitglied des Sächsischen Landtages.

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Kautzsch war zunächst in Zwickau als Gewerkschaftsfunktionär, später als Redakteur tätig. Am 28. Juni 1922 zog er für die USPD als Nachrücker in den Sächsischen Landtag ein, dem er bis zur Annullierung der Mandate der SPD-Abgeordneten am 23. Juni 1933 angehörte. Von Juni 1929 bis Mai 1933 amtierte er dort als Schriftführer. Nach der "Machtergreifung" der Nationalsozialisten wurde Kautzsch verhaftet und im Schutzhaftlager Schloss Osterstein eingesperrt. Zu dieser Zeit verlor er auch sein Mandat als Stadtverordneter in Zwickau. Im Oktober 1933 wurde Kautzsch erneut verhaftet und ins KZ Sonnenburg eingeliefert.

1945 war Kautzsch Mitbegründer der SPD im Kreis Zwickau. Er wurde von der US-amerikanischen Besatzungsmacht als Landrat eingesetzt. Der Zwangsvereinigung von SPD und KPD zur SED stand er kritisch gegenüber. 1950 erfolgte schließlich die Absetzung als Landrat und im folgenden Jahr der Ausschluss aus der SED.

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The range is typically 6 to 12 students in a class, although there could always be a few more or a few less.
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BCA arranges excursions throughout the program. If interested, the benefit of a small institution is that the resident director can take each student's interests in consideration and suggest personalized immersion activities throughout Valladolid and surrounding areas in Spain.
You will live and share meals with a host family and have your own private bedroom. You will most likely share a bathroom with the rest of the family.


''Love Field''s not only one of my favourite movie of Michelle, it's also one of my favourite movie in my life! I first saw it at 1994, by a VHS which my mother helped me to borrow from KPS (a huge VHS/LD store in Hong Kong, now it already owned by Blockbuster). Love Field didn't release on the big screen in Hong Kong, so VHS's the only source which I can find, I can say that I loved this movie before I saw it, I still can remember when I first saw Michelle on the cover on this VHS, Ho My God!!! She looks so elegant & special, her image's very different from all of her other movies, it's a funny and charming look, I think most of the Pfans also agree with this point! Basically this is a small movie, without lots of money investment, but I think it's a meaningful picture, I feel very happy Michelle choosed this movie and gave such a wonderful performance!! For sure the public and press agree with her effort too, although she lost in Oscar but she won a more artistic one to confiem her talent, the Sliver Berlin Bear Best Actress of ''Berlin International Film Festival''.
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That rectangular iceberg NASA found is weird as hell, and it's not the only one
A tabular iceberg off of Antarctica's Larson C Ice Shelf.
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By Mark Kaufman 2018-10-23 21:45:48 UTC
Flying 1,500 feet above the Antarctic coast, NASA scientists recently passed over a bizarrely straight-edged rectangular iceberg and snapped a picture of the floating slab.
While an intriguing image for the many of us who don't take aerial surveys of the changing, cracking, and melting Antarctic coast, these "tabular" icebergs are a common sight for scientists working in Antarctica.
"It's not uncommon to see that in Antarctica — although that [the tabular iceberg spotted by NASA] is a fresh and sharp looking one," Ted Scambos, a senior research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, said in an interview.
From yesterday's #IceBridge flight: A tabular iceberg can be seen on the right, floating among sea ice just off of the Larsen C ice shelf. The iceberg's sharp angles and flat surface indicate that it probably recently calved from the ice shelf. pic.twitter.com/XhgTrf642Z
— NASA ICE (@NASA_ICE) October 17, 2018
"The ice shelves that produce the icebergs are extremely flat and expansive, so we often see nearby tabular icebergs similar to the one seen in the photo," Brooke Medley, NASA's Operation IceBridge deputy project scientist, added over email.
For years, Antarctic scientists have documented the curiously straight-edged icebergs floating in the water after snapping off from ice shelves — the ends of massive glaciers that float over the ocean.
In 2008 the British Antarctic Survey flew over a whole collection of these freakishly perfect tabular icebergs, which had broken off of the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula.
The strange icebergs really become visible at about 8 seconds in:
"It's just amazing," said Scambos of the Wilkins tabular icebergs. "There are hundreds of them."
"There's a whole field of these impossibly square blocks," he added.
Whether it's the recent tabular iceberg captured by NASA off the Larson C Ice Shelf, or the Wilkins blocks above, the method of their creation is the same.
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The expansive ice shelves that create the icebergs are hanging off of Antarctic land, somewhat similar to the flimsy tape extended out from a tape measure.
"After a while, a tape measure will bend from its own weight," Catherine Walker, a NASA scientist who researches Antarctic glaciers, said in an interview.
Satellite images showing the 2008 Wilkin's Ice Shelf collapse.
Image: Formosat/Dr. Cheng-Chien Liu, National Cheng-Kung University and Dr. An-Ming Wu, National Space Organization, Taiwan/Nasa
"Usually, you get a certain point in which you pass its [the iceberg's] ability to hold itself up," said Walker. "Then you get a straight line where it calves."
Generally, ice shelves are very uniform substances, added Scambos. "In general, if you just have a long, flat plate you can have long, straight cracks."
This iceberg captured by NASA — akin to the Wilkins icebergs — was also pretty new and fresh, which certainly helped its profoundly sharp, almost unnatural appearance.
A semi-circle shaped iceberg with vertical sides, from the Venable Ice Shelf.
"That shape is not hugely surprising," said Walker. "It's relatively new and not rounded off by melting or anything like that — a new piece of broken glass is sharp."
A month from now, however, waves and melting will likely eat away at the iceberg's sharp, right-angled form. But for now, it's in near-perfect shape — even if we can't quite see the entire slab.
"The scale of icebergs is often hard to convey," said Medley. "While I wasn't on this flight, it's important to remember that several of these icebergs cannot fit in the full camera frame due to their immensity."
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Topics: Antarctica, climate-environment, ice shelf, icebergs, Space, Science


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Morasko- an island in the sea of Anthropocene
interdisciplinary open-air workshop in the Morasko Meteorite Natural Reserve led by prof. Wladyslaw Polcyn and Mikołaj Charchuta (FB, Adam Mickiewicz University UAM) for students of the Studio for Transdisciplinary Projects & Research (FAEC, University of Arts in Poznan). October 2021
Morasko Meteorite Nature Reserve is a special place. It contains seven meteor craters. The largest of the seven craters has a diameter of about 100 meters and a depth of about 11 meters. There are lakes in five craters, including the largest one. The date of creation is estimated at about 5000 years ago (Holocene). Today, the reserve is overgrown with an oak and hornbeam forest, among which many rare plant species grow. The reserve includes the 154-meter-high Morasko Mountain, the highest point in Poznań. Established in 1976 on the northern edge of the city of Poznań, the reserve is adjacent to a military training ground and a municipal landfill.


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Home Dispatches Why Does OSU Need A Military-Style Fighting Vehicle?
Why Does OSU Need A Military-Style Fighting Vehicle?
In the ever-escalating competition to be the Number One bigtime college football program in the nation, Ohio State University bulked up last fall with a monster recruit named Maxx.
Actually, it's not the coaching staff that signed up this brute, but the OSU campus police department. And the recruit's full name is MaxxPro -- not a football player, but a 19-ton armored fighting vehicle built by a pentagon contractor to withstand "ballistic arms fire, mine fields, IEDs, and Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical environments." Wow, college games really have gotten rough!
But the campus PD, which received the MaxxPro as a gift from the Pentagon (ie, us taxpayers), says it's not just playing games. Maxx is available for Big Actions, like hostage scenarios, killers loose on campus, and extreme flooding of up to three feet. Well, have such things been a problem at OSU? Uh... no. Would a huge, slow, gas-guzzling vehicle designed for warfare be effective if any of the above were actually to occur? No one in the department wanted to tackle that question.
Oh, by the way, operating and maintaining these machines requires specially-trained and licensed personnel -- are any of OSU's officers qualified? Again, no answer from headquarters. Also, the vehicles are subject to frequent rollovers, and they lack the ability to go off-road or to maneuver in confined areas. That doesn't sound ideal for a college campus. But the gendarmes say they've adjusted Maxx to fit their needs. How? By removing the top gun turret and repainting the vehicle.
OSU police finally admitted that Maxx's chief role would be to provide a police "presence" on football game days. Great -- police authorities now believe they need a show of military force to keep tailgaters in check.
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Le Forum pour le changement démocratique (), fondé le , est un parti politique d'opposition en Ouganda. Il fut fondé par les membres et soutiens désenchantés du mouvement de résistance nationale du président Yoweri Museveni et était, à l'origine, un regroupement de mouvement appelé le Reform Agenda. Le président du parti, Kizza Besigye, ancien proche de Museveni, est candidat aux élections présidentielles en 2001, 2006 et 2011. En , le général Mugisha Muntu (en) devient le nouveau président du FDC pour un mandat de 5 ans.

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Bry has been desiging and hand sewing bears and other little animals since 1998. She used to make under the name of Brys Bruins and has now returned to bear making after a long break with a new name and new designs.
Bry is inspired by vintage and Japanese mini bears, also anything wild and wacky and she believes that this comes out in her designs.


Reno Manuele serves as the President of Neighborhood Loans, an FHA Direct Endorsed Residential Mortgage Lender headquartered out of Chicago.
His leadership has been recognized by numerous accredited publications. Since Neighborhood Loans' inception, Reno Manuele and his partner Tony Ameti have incorporated an intuitive marketing approach by implementing industry leading technologies.
This approach has enabled Loan Officers and Realtors to become top producers, while always keeping the consumer's best interests in mind. This initiative has resulted in higher customer satisfaction rates, more educated clients and a foundation for inevitable growth.


Will the billions of rands allocated to farmers all be allocated correctly? With our officials, don't bet on it.
So, another Budget speech from Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has come and gone. Although there are concerns, it seems as if most interest groups are reasonably satisfied with it. The business sector has largely responded positively to the budget, while farmers, especially smallholders, were pleased with the R6,2 billion allocation to the agricultural sector. In his speech, Gordhan reassured small-scale farmers and the fisheries sub-sector of the government's continued support.
According to him, conditional grants made available through programmes such as the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP), the LandCare Programme and Ilima/Letsema had to be instrumental in the development of smallholders.
The department of agriculture is to spend more than R6 billion over the medium term on conditional grants for 435 000 subsistence farmers and 54 500 smallholder producers. This is good news.
Unfortunately, little has been said about the allocation towards subsidising those smallholder farmers who are leasing government farms through the Recapitalisation and Development Programme from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Development. I trust we will hear more about this in Minister Gugile Nkwinti's budget speech.
There is, I fear, a more pressing concern: that Gordhan's good intentions will be largely negated by incompetent implementation. To put it more bluntly, if something is not done to ensure that departmental officials do what they are paid to do, I'm afraid not all that R6,2 billion will find its way to the rightful beneficiaries. Just a few weeks ago, Afasa in North West practically begged its premier, Thandi Modise, to intervene and help it sort out the problems it faces in dealing with the provincial department.
Apparently, farmers are having difficulties with rude, unco-operative officials. In fact, some have claimed that certain officials have even exploited the recapitalisation programme by evicting farmers who have leased government farms for years and replacing them with their own friends. Immediately after Gordhan's speech, Afasa managing director Aggrey Mahanjana issued a statement pleading with the minister to introduce tough laws to ensure speedy implementation of these programmes.
"We would like to call on the minister to take harsh action against accounting officers who underspend and delay service delivery. In our case as farmers, interventions that are not aligned to production circles are pointless," he said. Provincial departments underspend their budgets every year. A big chunk of these unspent funds is meant for conditional grants. So, the NW Afasa's accusations do not surprise me. A while ago, Minister Joemat-Pettersson admitted that the provinces tend to sit on the money. If government fails to hold its officials accountable, I'm afraid that not even a R10 billion budget will make a real difference to the growth of agriculture in South Africa.


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Q: Handlerbars template for handling forms Currently I create a Handlebars template for each form and use value={{user}} in them. So I can fill any form easily for updating any entity. But select, radio and ckeckboxs are different. Is there any clean way to populate these elements too. They do not have value attributes.

A: <select id='select'>
  <option selected value=user name=test>test</option>
</select>

as you can see, you can control the value of select by set "selected" attribute to specific options.
Or you can try embed some javascript code like
document.getElementById('select').value={{user}}

You need to make sure you have options with correct value attributes set

A: You can achieve this by making use of the each helper.
<select>
    {{#each options}}
        <option>{{this}}</option>
    {{/each}}
</select>

Where options is a plain array (["apple", "banana", "pear"]).
You can find more info on the homepage. There's also an example where your array contains object, which could be useful should you need to specify value attributes.

A: On stackoverflow, I found this reply :
How to set selected select option in Handlebars template
With a very good solution (from @janjarfalk edited by @BlaM) :

With this partial (using Jquery) ...
window.Handlebars.registerHelper('select', function( value, options ){
    var $el = $('<select />').html( options.fn(this) );
    $el.find('[value="' + value + '"]').attr({'selected':'selected'});
    return $el.html();
});

You can wrap selects in your Handlebars template with {{#select status}}...
<select>
    {{#select status}}
    <option value="Completed">Completed</option>
    <option value="OverDue">OverDue</option>
    <option value="SentToPayer">SentToPayer</option>
    <option value="None">None</option>
    {{/select}}
</select>


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AAPF STAFF
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Kimberlé Crenshaw is the Co-founder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum, and the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at Columbia Law School. She is the Promise Institute Professor at UCLA Law School and the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor at Columbia Law School.
She is popularly known for her development of "intersectionality," "Critical Race Theory," and the #SayHerName Campaign, and is the host of the podcast Intersectionality Matters!. She also is a columnist for The New Republic, and the moderator of the widely impactful webinar series Under The Blacklight: The Intersectional Vulnerabilities that the Twin Pandemics Lay Bare. She is one of the most cited scholars in legal history and has been recognized as Ms. magazine's "No. 1 Most Inspiring Feminist;" one of Prospect Magazine's ten most important thinkers in the world; and even listed in Ebony's "Power 100" issue.
Dr. Luke Charles Harris
Co-Founder & Deputy Director
Dr. Luke Charles Harris is a former Chair of the Department of Political Science at Vassar College, 2002-2005, and the Co-founder and Deputy Director of the African American Policy Forum. He teaches American Politics, Black Feminist Legal Theory, Constitutional Interpretation and Critical Race Theory. An expert in the field of Critical Race Theory, Harris has authored a series of influential articles on questions of racial and gender equality in the U.S.
Recently, he completed Seeing Race Again: Countering Colorblindness Across the Disciplines, a co-authored edited volume released for publication in March 2019 by the University of California Press (Editors: Kimberlé Crenshaw, Luke Charles Harris, Daniel Martinez HoSang, and George Lipsitz). Currently Luke is working on two book projects: Notes from A Child of Apartheid: The Meaning of Equality in Post-Apartheid America, and The Race Track: Understanding and Challenging Structural Racism, co-authored with Kimberlé Crenshaw and George Lipsitz.
Chris Lehmann
Editor in Chief/Editorial Director
Chris Lehmann is editor-at-large for The New Republic and The Baffler, and the former editor of both publications. He is the author of The Money Cult: Christianity, Capitalism, and the Unmaking of the American Dream (Melville House, 2016) and Rich People Things: Real Life Secrets of the Predator Class (Haymarket, 2011). He's a former books columnist for In These Times (which he also formerly edited), and Washington correspondent for the New York Observer (before it was pillaged by Jared Kushner). He wrote three columns during his longtime affiliation with the Baffler: the Dollar Debauch, the Jaundiced Eyeball, and the Blessed and the Brightest, and contributed the Rich People Things column to the Awl.com. He currently is a regular books contributor at The New Republic. Past day-job gigs include co-editing BookForum, editing Yahoo News, senior editor duty at New York magazine, deputy editor for the Washington Post Book World, and Sunday opinion editor for Newsday. He is also a recovering graduate student in American history from the University of Rochester.
Shermena Nelson
Chief of Staff & Director of Community Engagement
Shermena Nelson serves as AAPF's Chief of Staff/Director of Programs and Community Engagement. Shermena is an Afro-Cuban macro social worker and attorney who focuses on interventions in larger systems, such as communities and organizations, in order to effect change that will enhance the lives of individuals. A native New Yorker, Shermena holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (minor in African American Studies) from Howard University, a Juris Doctor from the University of the District of Columbia, and a Masters of Social Work from New York University. Shermena's areas of practice include Program Development and Management, Legal Advocacy, Trauma, Loss and Bereavement.
Sumi Cho
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Sumi Cho came out of retirement to serve as the Director of Strategic Initiatives
leading the #TruthBeTold campaign. Prior to joining AAPF, she taught Critical Race Theory and Race, Racism & U.S. Law for twenty-five years along with other traditional law classes at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago. In 2017, she was awarded the university's highest excellence in teaching award. She was also the inaugural recipient of the Derrick A. Bell Distinguished Service award from the Association of American Law Schools' Minority Section.
She speaks nationally on issues of affirmative action, sexual harassment,
intersectionality, multiracial politics and coalitions and critical theory. She holds a Ph.D.
in Ethnic Studies as well as a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Professor Cho is cited extensively for her scholarship on critical race theory and intersectionality.
Kevin Minofu
Kevin Minofu serves as the AAPF Senior Research Fellow. A former law clerk to Justice Sisi Khampepe of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, he graduated from Columbia Law School with his LLM as a James Kent Scholar in 2018 where he had research interests in civil rights, legal philosophy and comparative constitutional law. He holds both an undergraduate degree in economics and a law degree from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He also spent several years practicing as an associate at a large commercial law firm in Johannesburg and is an admitted attorney of the South African bar.
Julia Sharpe-Levine
Arts & Education Program Director
Julia Sharpe-Levine is a writer, activist and theatre-maker living in Brooklyn. After serving as the Associate Director for 2 years, she now serves as AAPF's Arts and Education Program Director. She has led workshops on theatre and social engagement, and has written articles on politics and intersectionality for publications such as the Huffington Post and Rewire Magazine. She has a Master's degree in Applied Theatre from CUNY's School of Professional Studies and a Bachelor's degree in drama and Chinese from Vassar College, where she graduated with honors. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society.
Dr. Venus E. Evans-Winters
Black Girls Initiatives Research Coordinator
Venus E. Evans-Winters, Ph. D. is the Black Girls Initiatives Research Coordinator at the African American Policy Forum. Her areas of research are educational policy analysis, Black girls' and women's onto-epistemologies, and critical race feminist methodologies. The former Professor of Education, Women & Gender Studies, and African American Studies is the author of Black Feminism in Qualitative Inquiry: A Mosaic for Writing Our Daughter's Body and Teaching Black Girls: Resilience in Urban Schools. She is co-editor of the books, Black Feminism in Education: Black Women Speak Up, Back, & Out and Celebrating Twenty Years of Black Girlhood: The Lauryn Hill Reader. Her forthcoming co-authored text is Introduction to Intersectional Qualitative Research. Dr. Evans-Winters is also a clinical psychotherapist in private practice and founder of Planet Venus Institute.
Myles Olmsted
Originally from Massachusetts, Myles Olmsted is a graduate of Vassar College, where he majored in political science with a correlate sequence in Hispanic studies. At Vassar, Myles was the Sports Editor of the Miscellany News and worked in the Office of Admissions. In 2018, he was a Summer Democracy Fellow through the Foundation for Civic Leadership, interning at an electoral reform and anti-corruption nonprofit. At AAPF, Myles serves as a Program Coordinator, assisting with organizational operations, development, and communications, alongside work on AAPF's major programs and initiatives. When the world allows, Myles is also an actor. He is proud to be counted among the dedicated and caring AAPF staff.
Rebecca Scheckman
Media Arts Specialist
Rebecca Scheckman is a Visual Storyteller who creates art to engage and intervene. Mediums include video, drawing, graphic design, photography, and set design–multimedia savvy as a result of a career that was cultivated during a recession and the disruptive move to online and digital technology. She has supported The Laura Flanders Show, and worked with the Media Studies department at the New School. Rebecca has filmed 500+ interviews, edited two dozen short documentaries, and supported fundraiser videos for various non-profits and campaigns. She currently freelances regularly with several clients such as Brooklyn-based production company, Dakoit Pictures as an Editor and Artistic Director. Toho Publishing, a Philadelphia- based company, as an illustrator.
Awoye Timpo
Creative Arts Administrator
Awoye Timpo is a New York-based performing arts director and producer. Her work with AAPF includes development of the play Say Her Name: The Lives That Should Have Been. Awoye's New York credits include work at New York Theatre Workshop, The Vineyard Theatre, The Playwrights Realm, Atlantic Theater Company, the National Black Theater and the Public Theater. Regionally she has directed at Studio Theatre (DC), Actors Theatre of Louisville, Long Wharf Theatre (New Haven) and Berkeley Rep. Her work has also been seen in Edinburgh and Johannesburg. Awoye works as a Creative Director for music events and is a Producer of CLASSIX, a series exploring classic plays by Black playwrights.
Tanishia Williams
Critical Race Theory Research Associate
A teacher, leader, researcher, and advocate for children, Tanishia Williams has worked to redesign education for the past twenty-two years. Tanishia has reformed schools and districts to achieve increased student achievement through creative practices, innovative approaches, and reimagined solutions. Rich in experiences with marginalized students from various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, Tanishia has consistently demonstrated skills in creating, cultivating, and managing programs customized to meet the needs of students with disparate achievement outcomes in roles as teacher, principal, executive director, instructional superintendent and scholar. Tanishia is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Public Urban Policy with a focus on the intersection of race and education.
Alanna Kane
Research and Writing Fellow
Alanna Kane is an intersectional activist, queer Trinidadian, and aspiring legal scholar aiming to disempower the entanglements of race, racism, and the law. She is a second-year student at the University of California, at Los Angeles School of Law, where she specializes in Critical Race Studies. Prior to law school, she worked as a paralegal in the Competition section of White & Case LLP. She graduated Dartmouth College in 2017 cum laude with a Bachelor or Arts in Government and double minor in International Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her interested research areas include suspect classification doctrine, tiers of scrutiny, and equal protection. As a former intern at AAPF in 2016, she is humbled, energized, and excited to return to the team as Research and Writing Fellow!
Samuel Hoadley-Brill
#TruthBeTold Research and Writing Fellow
Samuel Hoadley-Brill is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center and a Research & Writing Fellow at AAPF. Passionate about media literacy and integrity, he has published articles debunking popular anti-intellectual propaganda in The Washington Post, Flux, and Liberal Currents, as well as his Substack. His academic interests are in moral, social, and political philosophy, with particular focus on questions surrounding race; his current research navigates debates about the metaphysics of race, competing conceptions of racism and antiracism, and the conditions of racial justice and injustice. He received his B.A. with high honors in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2019.
Heather Malveaux
#TruthBeTold Campaign Manager
Heather Malveaux is the #TruthBeTold Campaign Manager at AAPF pursuing her Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in Public Health, and a master's degree in Public Service. As a passionate racial justice advocate and educator she uses her combined expertise of public health, public service, and legal studies to educate on racial and ethnic health disparities, the political and social standing of Black women in the United States, the Black Lives Matter Movement, critical race theory, intersectional feminism, and anti-racism. She has over 8 years of experience as a facilitator of interracial dialogue on race, racism, and privilege in university settings and development of diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings.
Destiny Spruill
Arts & Media Assistant
Destiny Spruill serves as an Arts & Media Assistant at AAPF. She is a musician and graduate of Columbia University, where she studied Political Science with a focus on Public Policy. She is passionate about finding ways to build community through the arts. Previously, Destiny has worked as a production intern at Yahoo! News, and as the graduate assistant for the Transnational Black Feminisms Working Group at Columbia University. She is humbled for this opportunity to work with the team on highlighting the experiences of Black women, girls, and femmes.
Shandrea Murphy-Washington
Shandrea Murphy-Washington is an Arkansas based youth development activist. She is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and a certification in Nonprofit Management. She received her Master of Public Service from the Clinton School of Public Service where her work focused on the career and social-emotional development of African American youth in the Central Arkansas region. She is a published poet and essayist, with pieces featured in Misguided Magazine for Millenials, Rise Up Review, and IO Literary Journal. She serves AAPF as a Program Assistant.
Margot Demus
A Southern transplant originally from Lousiville, Kentucky, Margot Demus serves as an
Administrative Assistant at AAPF. She is a graduate of Temple University, where she earned a
Bachelor's and Master's degree in English Literature, concentrating on areas of Black Feminist
Thought while developing her Master's thesis. Currently, Margot is pursuing an MFA in creative writing at Columbia University, continuing to center Black feminist arcs in her writing. Previously, Margot worked for State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta and Senator Bob Casey, Jr. Margot looks forward to expanding her knowledge about Intersectionality and Critical Race Theory, too, by way of working at the bedrock of both praxes— AAPF!
Abby Dobson
Abby Dobson is AAPF's Artist-In-Residence. A Sonic Conceptualist Artist, Dobson's sound is the alchemy of R&B/Soul, jazz, classic pop, gospel, and folk, forging a gem that erases musical boundaries. Abby has performed at venues such as S.O.B's, Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Apollo Theater, Blue Note Jazz Club, and The Tonight Show (Jay Leno). Her debut CD, "Sleeping Beauty: You Are the One You Have Been Waiting On" was released in 2010 to glowing reviews. Abby received a Juris Doctorate degree from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor's degree from Williams College in Political Science and History. An independent scholar, Abby's research interests focus on the intersection of race and gender in the imagination, creation, consumption, and distribution of music. Passionate about using music as a tool for empathy cultivation, Abby creates music to privilege black female voices and highlight the human condition. She is committed to shining her artistic light - volunteering with the African American Policy Forum and the National Organization for Women, NYC Chapter. www.abbydobsonsings.com


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Q: Change comma separator to dot in table in Wave Analytics I have a dashboard in Analytics app with Table. I need to display dot separator instead of comma as a thousands delimiter.

A: in the left side panel you will see dataset fields, here select the measure which you were trying to change format and beside the name of the field. you will find a dropdown and you can format option over there
its basically ###### notation for example
1. 100,000 you need to give ###,### as format
2. 10,000 then ##,###
3. 99.99 then ##.## etc
if the column is calculated in compare table you will get the option of formatting just below the formula editor


WINDHOEK, 06 FEB (NAMPA) – The Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) is worried that the selling of Rio Tinto shares in Rossing Uranium mine to China National Uranium Corporation Limited (CNUC Ltd) will have a negative impact on its members and the communities at large.
Rossing Uranium was sold to CNUC Ltd last year in November for N.dollars 1,5 billion.
A statement issued on Tuesday by the MUN Acting President Allen Kalumbu, said the sale will make 90 per cent of the country's uranium, to be owned by Chinese state owned companies.
It added that the union fear that this will be a direct monopoly which might have a negative impact in the near future, considering the negative history the country have with Chines companies in the country.
"However we would like to believe that government and MUN will work closely to manage this new owners that they don't they don't come up with conditions directly and indirectly to negatively affect our members, the Mineworkers Union will not fold its hands backwards when members' interest is threatened," it warned.
The union, it pointed out, is aware that the life of Skorpion Zinc is coming to an end, and jobs for young Namibians there is on the line.
The only possible approach is that the new deposit found at Gergarub Mine in Rosh Pinah need to be expedited for it to open and create jobs for Namibians, the statement read.
It went on to say that the union also noticed the delay of government intervention into this matter and it not acceptable.
It concluded that job security for its members is the union's priority and they want investors who have long term solutions to the current unemployment problem and not those who will make the area a ghost town when they leave.
Investors must honour all existing agreements, it demanded.


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LOOKERS GROUP REVEALS UK AND IRELAND'S 27 MOST IDYLLIC ROAD TRIPS
BY TIM HEDGLEY, GROUP TRAVEL EDITOR
Lookers Group, one of the leading UK motor retail and aftersales service groups, has revealed the 27 most idyllic road trips in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Lookers scoured the length and breadth of Britain and Ireland to bring you the most scenic, adventure-seeking and family-friendly routes. We even factored in how much it will cost you for fuel.
Whether you are looking for a family break or a solo journey of discovery, there's a route to match your needs.
Here at Lookers, we pride ourselves on quality and we've created routes for days out, weekend breaks and even half-term staycations.
If you are an active Andy, you will find plenty to do on a 192-mile trip from Chesterfield to Aldeburgh. The two-day route takes in Ferry Meadows Country Park and Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds and has an average fuel cost of just £24.49.
For those driving off in an electric-friendly vehicle, a five-day journey from Blackpool to Weston-super-Mare will cost an impressive £12.48. With the money saved on driving costs, you should have plenty of money left over to check out Blackpool Pleasure Beach before heading off down to the west coast of Wales.
A stop off in Cardiff will give you the chance to explore Cardiff Castle before returning to England for the final leg of the route into tourist hotspot Weston-super-Mare.
Travel from England's North East all the way to the Isle of Skye for £102.34 in a journey fit for a giant and visit the Angus MacAskill Museum in Dunvegan.
The Isle of Skye native rose to fame for being the world's tallest non-pathological giant, standing at 7ft 9in.
The beauty of Northern Ireland's Antrim coastline will give thrill seekers the opportunity to cross Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge — a 20m crossing suspended 30m above the sea, from the Northern Irish mainland to the tiny island of Carrickarede.
Heading south of the border, a week-long excursion around the Emerald Isle takes in Dublin's Temple Bar, Cork, and Tralee — home of Ireland's Rose of Tralee International Festival.
Check out the Lookers road trip guide at https://www.lookers.co.uk/roadtrip/ and start planning your next journey right now.


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UK's Johnson warns on climate, recalls fall of Roman Empire ahead of G20 summit By Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with fundraisers from the Royal British Legion outside Number 10 Downing Street in London, Britain October 29, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo
By Crispian Balmer and Elizabeth Piper
ROME (Reuters) – Global leaders must step up the fight against climate change, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Friday, saying world civilisation could collapse as swiftly as the ancient Roman empire unless more is done.
Speaking just hours before leaders of the group of 20 major economies start a two-day meeting in Italy, Johnson said future generations risked hunger, conflict and mass migration if progress was not made to tackle climate change.
"There is absolutely no question that this is a reality we must face up to," he told reporters as he flew into Rome for the G20 summit, warning that living conditions could rapidly deteriorate without a collective change of course.
"You saw that with the decline and fall of the Roman Empire and I'm afraid to say it's true today."
It is the first time in two years that most leaders of the G20 have felt able to hold face-to-face discussions as the COVID-19 pandemic starts to recede in many countries.
The health crisis and economic recovery feature strongly on the agenda, but the most vital and difficult debate will centre on how far the leaders want to go in cutting greenhouse gases and in helping poorer nations confront global warming.
The G20 bloc, which includes Brazil, China, India, Germany and the United States, accounts for more than 80% of the world's gross domestic product, 60% of its population and an estimated 80% of carbon emissions.
Many of the leaders in Rome, including U.S. President Joe Biden, will fly immediately afterwards to Scotland for a United Nation's climate summit https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/sticking-points-un-climate-conference-2021-10-18. Known as COP26, it is seen as vital to addressing the threat of rising temperatures and consequences like rising sea levels, more powerful storms, worse flooding in some regions and worse droughts in others.
"On the eve of COP26 in Glasgow, all roads to success go through Rome," U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres told reporters on Friday.
MISSING LEADERS
However, expectations of major progress have been dimmed by the decision of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin to stay at home, unlike the vast majority of their counterparts, and attend only via video link.
Biden's own hopes of showing that his country is now at the forefront of the fight against global warming took a knock after he failed to convince fellow Democrats this week to unify behind a $1.85 trillion economic and environmental spending package.
A draft of the final communique seen by Reuters said G20 leaders would pledge to take urgent steps to reach the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), without making legally binding commitments.
The first day of discussions, which are being held in a futuristic convention centre called 'The Cloud', will focus on the global economy and pandemic response.
Fears over rising energy prices and stretched supply chains will be addressed. Leaders were expected to endorse plans to vaccinate 70% of the world's population against COVID-19 by mid-2022 and create a task force to fight future pandemics.
"We hope that we can lay the groundwork for more countries to ensure a broader distribution of vaccines," German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz told reporters on Friday after a joint meeting between G20 health and finance ministers.
"This is a global crisis that demands global solutions."
There was also expected to be a lot of diplomacy on the sidelines, with numerous bilateral meetings planned, while the leaders of the United States, Britain, Germany and France were due to hold four-way talks on Iran.
Rome has been put on high security alert, with up to 6,000 police and around 500 soldiers deployed to maintain order.
Two protest rallies have been authorised during the day, but demonstrators will be kept far from the summit centre, located in a suburb built by the 20th Century fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
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