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Q: Construct association depending on itself I want to construct an association that some of the Values are constructed from other parts of the Values, for the simplest example
assoc=<|
    "a"->1,
    "b"->assoc["a"]
|>;

The output I desired is
<|a->1,b->1|>

but to get this result we need to evaluate the Set twice
assoc=<|
    "a"->1,
    "b"->assoc["a"]
|>;

and the first evaluation returns
<|a->1,b->assoc[a]|>

I believe this is related to the inner construction of association, see https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/a/128456/86893.
Notice that this feature is different from the sequential CompoundExpression[a=1,b=a];
Is there some trick to bypass this problem?

The real example is much complicated than this example. What I want is a method similar to the "in-place evaluation trick". I have tried RuleCondition but failed for this example.
The method I currently use is like
assoc=<|
    "a"->1
|>
assoc=<|
    assoc,
    "b"->assoc["a"]
|>

As you can see, for more complicated situations this get harder to read and organize.

A: There is a function on the FunctionRepository that does what you want: AssociationTemplate
The basic use is:
tAssoc = ResourceFunction["AssociationTemplate"][
  <|
   "a" -> 3,
   "int" :> Function[NIntegrate[Abs@Sin[#a x], {x, 0, 10}]],
   "title" :> "The integral of |Sin[`a` x]| on 0 <= x <= 10 is `int`",
   "plot" :> Plot[Abs@Sin[TemplateSlot["a"] x], {x, 0, 10}, PlotLabel -> Style[TemplateSlot["title"], Small], Filling -> Axis]
   |>
  ]

A: @Juanito970's answer has reminded me of the injection pattern. To my understanding, the injection pattern is just like providing a template of more complicated code.
For the toy example, we can try
assoc=1/.x_:><|
    "a"->x,
    "b"->x
|>
(*<|"a" -> 1, "b" -> 1|>*)

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What is the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)? In a nutshell, it's NAFTA for the Pacific Rim.
The TPP is a trade agreement under secret negotiation by by Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam. Japan will join at the next meeting.
Just among those countries, it would be the largest free trade agreement in U.S. history, covering approximately 40% of the global economy, but the TPP is also specifically intended as a "docking agreement" that other Pacific Rim countries would join over time, with Thailand, the Philippines, South Korea and others already expressing some interest.
Access to meetings and materials are limited to officials and corporate stakeholders. For years, the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations have taken place behind closed doors. In the United States, approximately 600 corporate lobbyists have been named as official advisors, granting them steady access to the negotiating texts, as well as the negotiators. U.S agricultural representatives are predominantly Big-Ag supporters, including Monsanto, Dupont, Syngenta, Cargill, Chevron, and Walmart.
Farmers have been excluded from the negotiations over TPP.
Since negotiations began in 2008, none of the negotiating documents have been officially released for public review (although some have been leaked). Most civic groups, journalists and those whose lives will be affected by the negotiators' decisions have no right to see the texts until the negotiations have concluded — at which point, it is more-or-less impossible to change them. An international "Release the Texts" campaign has, thus far, not been answered.
What will the TPP do when in place?
The TPP overrides the food security of individual nations, making food simply another commodity subject to economic speculation. TPP promotes export-oriented food production.
The TPP will empower large, transnational agribusiness, the global food merchants, to sue countries for trying to limit the kinds of food they import, including genetically modified organisms (GMO). Domestic food safety standards can also be eliminated or weakened as barriers to trade. Due to equivalence rules, as in prior agreements, the TPP will increase risks to food safety in the U.S. For example, it will allow the importation of sub-standard meat products.
The TPP will allow transnational corporations to challenge virtually any new or existing environmental law in order to weaken or eliminate it. This includes the Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, and Marine Mammal Protection Act in the United States.
The TPP pushes further financial deregulation, offering protection to 'too big to fail' corporations including Wall Street banks, insurance companies, and hedge funds. It allows these corporations the ability to easily move vast amounts of money across national boundaries, avoiding regulations and taxes.
Yet, while TPP countries have agreed to provide foreign investors an array of extraordinary new privileges, the TPP countries have not required investors to agreed to health, labor, or environmental obligations.
Free Trade Agreements have historically always undercut the right of local producers to receive a fair, locally determined price for their products by forcing farmers to compete in the global food market.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), displaced millions of Mexican corn farmers when cheap U.S. corn flooded into Mexico. The TPP is expected to do the same as it flood markets with cheap products, increasing pressures on small farmers to grow cash crops, rather than traditional food crops.
Many environmental, farm and fair trade groups are concerned about the negative impact the TPP could have on where and how dairy products are produced and processed. The U.S. dairy industry generates $140 billion in economic activity and employs an estimated 900,000 workers, while providing nourishment to millions more. The USA cannot afford to compete with dairy imports produced under unfair conditions.
Let others know what is going on, contact your congressman, and start building a supply of emergency food storage and heirloom garden seeds.
Here is a YouTube video from Congressman Dennis Kucinich warning about the dangers of the TPP.
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Gardens are important, and one of your most important garden tools is a hoe. If you garden a lot, odds are you will use your hoe a lot. Buffalo Bird Woman used one made out of an animal's shoulder blade for much of her youth (she was 19 before her family even had a metal cooking pot). Unfortunately, many of the ones you find at the garden center of places like Home Depot or the hardware store are cheaply made in places like China. You need to be selective to finding a fairly good one.
For those who get super-serious about their hoe, there is the 'Garden Grubber' a design tough enough they use a version of it for firefighting crews.
An excellent book on traditional Native American farming techniques, which we have also mentioned in other chapters of this book, is "Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden".
This is a memoir, a priceless gem, originally written in 1917 to document a firsthand account of the old style, traditional Native American farming methods by Buffalo Bird Woman of the Hidatsa tribe in North Dakota.
Buffalo Bird Woman lived a traditional existence most of her life, and her family didn't even have a metal cooking pot until she was 19 years old. This book not only covers traditional gardening methods, but their traditional methods of food preservation, storage, and preparation.
Originally documented a century ago as a means to record the past, "Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden" is a survival manual for the future. The gardening methods of the Hidatsa, and the similar methods of many other Native American tribes, helped keep the people of this continent alive since at least the end of the last Ice Age.


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	#ifdef _DEBUG
	   #ifndef DBG_NEW
		  #define DBG_NEW new ( _NORMAL_BLOCK , __FILE__ , __LINE__ )
		  #define new DBG_NEW
	   #endif
	#endif  // _DEBUG
	#define _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC
	#define _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC
	#include <stdlib.h>
	#include <crtdbg.h>
#endif

#include <windows.h>
#include <npapi.h>
#include <ntsecapi.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <wchar.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#ifndef _LEAKDETECT
	#include <stdlib.h>
#endif
#include <vector>

#ifndef _INCL_PWD_COMMON_H
#define _INCL_PWD_COMMON_H
#include "PwdCommon.h"
#endif

//Default debug level
DEBUG_LEVEL debug_level = Debug;

//Default user - unknown
PWCHAR USER = NULL;

int simple_reg_read_int(HKEY phkey, PWCHAR subkey, PWCHAR keyname, DWORD default_estimated_size, int &value){

	int result = 0;

	PWCHAR tmp = NULL;
	result = simple_reg_read(phkey,
		subkey,
		keyname,
		NULL,
		default_estimated_size,
		tmp);

	if(result){
		value = _wtoi(tmp);
	}

	delete[] tmp;

	return result;
}

int simple_reg_read_wstring(HKEY phkey, PWCHAR subkey, PWCHAR keyname, DWORD default_estimated_size, PWCHAR &value) {

	value = NULL;

	return simple_reg_read(phkey,
		subkey,
		keyname,
		NULL,
		default_estimated_size,
		value);
}

int simple_reg_read(HKEY phkey, PWCHAR subkey, PWCHAR keyname, DWORD type, DWORD estimated_buf_size, PWCHAR &buffer) {

	HKEY hkey;
	LONG err;
	DWORD buf_size = estimated_buf_size;

	buffer = NULL;

	err = RegOpenKeyEx(phkey, subkey, 0, KEY_READ, &hkey);
	if(err == ERROR_SUCCESS)
	{
		buffer = new WCHAR[buf_size + 1];

		err = RegQueryValueEx(hkey, keyname, NULL, &type, (LPBYTE)buffer, &buf_size);
		if(err == ERROR_MORE_DATA){
			log_evt(Debug, AT_FILE_LINE, _TEXT("Allocating more memory for reading key."));
			//Try and allocate appropirate buffer
			//Previous call to RegQueryValueEx stored the required buffer size in buf_size
			delete [] buffer;
			buffer = new WCHAR[buf_size + 1];
			err = RegQueryValueEx(hkey, keyname, NULL, &type, (LPBYTE)buffer, &buf_size);
		}
	}

	RegCloseKey(hkey);

	if(err == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
		//RegQueryValueEx may return value that is not \0 terminated
		(buffer)[buf_size/sizeof(WCHAR)] = 0;
		return 1;
	}
	else {
		delete[] buffer;
		return 0;
	}
}

int log_evt_func_call(DEBUG_LEVEL debug_lvl, PWCHAR at_file_line, PWCHAR func){

	return log_evt(debug_lvl, at_file_line, _TEXT("Call to %s()"), func);
}

int log_evt_func_exit(DEBUG_LEVEL debug_lvl, PWCHAR at_file_line, PWCHAR func, ULONG exit_code){

	return log_evt(debug_lvl, at_file_line, _TEXT("%s() exiting with return code %x"), func, exit_code);
}

int log_evt(DEBUG_LEVEL debug_lvl, PWCHAR at_file_line, PWCHAR format, ...) {

	int result = 0;

	va_list args;

	size_t char_count = 0;
	size_t printf_char_count = 0;

	PWCHAR log_format = NULL;
	PWCHAR timestamp = NULL;
	PWCHAR log_prefix = NULL;
	PWCHAR template_format = NULL;

	FILE *log_file = NULL;

	//Abort if message should not be logged
	if(debug_lvl > debug_level)
		return 0;

	//Log template format
	if(USER == NULL){
		template_format = _TEXT("%s %s %s %s\n");
	}
	else {
		template_format = _TEXT("%s %s {%s} %s %s\n");
	}

	//Convert debug level to string
	PWCHAR debug_lvl_str = NULL;
	switch(debug_lvl){
	case Error:
		debug_lvl_str = _TEXT("Error");
		break;
	case Warn:
		debug_lvl_str = _TEXT("Warn");
		break;
	case Info:
		debug_lvl_str = _TEXT("Info");
		break;
	case Debug:
		debug_lvl_str = _TEXT("Debug");
		break;
	default:
		debug_lvl_str = _TEXT("Unknown");
	}

	//Get timestamp
	timestamp = log_timestamp();
	if(timestamp == NULL)
		return 0;

	//Calculate size of format string for vsprintf
	char_count = 0;
	char_count = wcslen(template_format);
	char_count += wcslen(timestamp);
	char_count += wcslen(debug_lvl_str);
	char_count += wcslen(at_file_line);
	if(USER != NULL)
		char_count += wcslen(USER);
	char_count += wcslen(format);

	//Format string for vsprintf
	log_format = new WCHAR[char_count + 1];

	if(log_format != NULL){

		if(USER == NULL)
			printf_char_count = swprintf_s(log_format, char_count, template_format, timestamp, debug_lvl_str, at_file_line, format);
		else
			printf_char_count = swprintf_s(log_format, char_count, template_format, timestamp, debug_lvl_str, USER, at_file_line, format);

		if(printf_char_count > 0){

			va_start(args, format);

			log_file = _wfopen(LOG_FILE, L"a");
			if(log_file != NULL){

				if(vfwprintf(log_file, log_format, args) > 0)
					result = 1;

				fclose(log_file);
			}

			va_end(args);
		}

		delete[] log_format;
	}

	delete[] timestamp;

	return result;
}

PWCHAR log_timestamp() {

	PWCHAR w_timestamp = NULL;
	CHAR a_timestamp[64];
	time_t raw_time;
	struct tm* current_time = NULL;
	int result = 1;

	//Timestamp is always less than 64 chars based on format used below
	w_timestamp = new WCHAR[64];

	if(w_timestamp == NULL){
		return NULL;
	}
	else {
		if(time(&raw_time) != -1){

			current_time = localtime(&raw_time);

			if(strftime(a_timestamp, 64, "%a %b %d %X %Y", current_time) != 0){

				if(ASCII_to_UNICODE(a_timestamp, w_timestamp, 64)){
					result = 0;
				}
			}
		}

		if(result == 1) {
			delete[] w_timestamp;
			w_timestamp = NULL;
		}
	}

	return w_timestamp;
}

int tokenize_string(PWCHAR string, WCHAR delimiter, std::vector<PWCHAR> &arr){
	PWCHAR token = NULL;
	PWCHAR token_cpy = NULL;

	if(string == NULL)
		return 0;

	if(string[0] == 0)
		return 0;

	int string_len = wcslen(string);
	int num_tokens = 1;
	for(int x = 0; x < string_len; x++){
		if (string[x] == delimiter)
			num_tokens++;
	}

	arr.reserve(num_tokens);

	PWCHAR delimiter_ = new WCHAR[2] { delimiter, 0 };

	token = wcstok(string, delimiter_);
	while(token != NULL) {
		PWCHAR token_cpy = new WCHAR[wcslen(token) + 1];
		wcscpy(token_cpy, token);

		arr.push_back(token_cpy);
		token = wcstok(NULL, delimiter_);
	}

	delete[] delimiter_;

	return num_tokens;
}

int untokenize_string_array(const std::vector<PWCHAR> &arr, WCHAR delimiter, PWCHAR* string){
	if(arr.size() == 0) {
		*string = new WCHAR[1] { 0 };
		return 1;
	}

	size_t num_chars = 0;

	for(std::vector<PWCHAR>::size_type i = 0; i != arr.size(); i++) {
		num_chars+= wcslen(arr[i]);
		if(i != 0) {
			++num_chars;
		}
	}
	++num_chars;

	*string = new WCHAR[num_chars];
	(*string)[0] = 0;

	PWCHAR delimiter_ = new WCHAR[2] { delimiter, 0 };

	for(std::vector<PWCHAR>::size_type i = 0; i != arr.size(); i++) {
		if(i != 0) {
			wcscat_s(*string, num_chars, delimiter_);
		}
		wcscat_s(*string, num_chars, arr[i]);
	}

	delete[] delimiter_;

	return num_chars;
}

int ASCII_to_UNICODE(PCHAR ascii_str, PWCHAR unicode_str, int size){

	//MultiByteToWideChar == 0 indicates failure
	if(MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, ascii_str, -1, unicode_str, size) == 0)
		return 0;
	else
		return 1;
}

int UNICODE_to_ASCII(PWCHAR unicode_str, PCHAR ascii_str, int size){

	//WideCharToMultiByte == 0 indicates failure
	if(WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, unicode_str, -1, ascii_str, size, NULL, NULL) == 0)
		return 0;
	else
		return 1;
}

PWCHAR PUNICODE_STRING_to_PWCHAR(PUNICODE_STRING PUN_String)
{
	size_t len = PUN_String->Length / sizeof(WCHAR);
	PWCHAR temp = new WCHAR[len + 1];
	memcpy(temp, PUN_String->Buffer, PUN_String->Length);
	temp[len] = 0;

	return temp;
}

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies commended U.S. Senator Kamala Harris's (D-Calif.) appointment of Rohini Kosoglu as her new chief of staff. The Beat reported that Kosoglu is currently the only Asian American woman serving as chief of staff in the U.S. Senate.
In 2015, the Joint Center issued a report, Racial Diversity Among Top Senate Staff, finding that while people of color accounted for over 36 percent of the U.S. population, they accounted for only 7.1 percent of top Senate staffers. Only 4 percent of top Senate staffers were Asian American/Pacific Islanders. The Joint Center's September 2018 on top staff diversity in the U.S. House found that no Asian American/Pacific Islanders served as full committee staff directors or as chiefs of staff, policy directors, or communications directors in the top four leadership offices of either party.
On December 14, the Joint Center launched an interactive tool to track new top staff hires in the 116th Congress. According to the Joint Center's tool, five Asian American/Pacific Islander chiefs of staff and one Asian American/Pacific Islander legislative director have been hired by Members of the 116th Congress since November 2018.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, founded in 1970, is a think tank that produces data, analysis, and ideas to solve challenges that confront the African American community. The Joint Center collaborates with top experts, various organizations, and others that value racial inclusion to maximize our impact. We are currently focused on the future of work in African American communities and congressional staff diversity.


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Pakistan in a "Spot"
The roller-coaster of Pakistan cricket has reached another low. Just last week after victory in the 3rd Test against England, there were people commenting about the revival of Pakistani cricket. At Lords with England at 102/7 everything seemed to point in the right direction with the talks of a series equalling win going on. Since then everything changed. Trott & Broad's world record partnership for the 8th wicket, followed by another Pakistani collapse ad England were on top in the match. However it wasn't the match as such which depressing. It was the off-field revelations which caused the more serious damage. Allegations of spot-fixing surfaced with the arrest of a bookie. It was alleged that Asif and Aamer had been bowling no-balls deliberately while the skipper Salman Butt was also involved, as were a few other players. It was also revealed that the players had been questioned by Scotland Yard.
Worse than the loss has been the questions of the integrity and character of the players. Spot fixing is just a way to make quick money without really fixing the overall result. If involved the players are cheating the genuine cricket lovers. It is sad to see hugely talented players like Asif go from one controversy to another. And if an 18 year old like Aamir is involved in these murky underhand dealings then something is terribly wrong with the entire Pakistani setup. The worst part is these allegations surface with too high a frequency in relation to Pakistani cricket.
When the match-fixing scandal broke out in 2000, many players were found to be involved. And every country took steps to clean up their act. Since then there hasn't been a single allegation against any other team's national squad members. But this isn't the case with Pakistan. Every few months some other scandal breaks out.
Something is truly rotten with the state of Pakistani cricket. And it needs to be cleaned up. Soon. The cricket playing world is too small to lose Pakistan.
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The No-Ball
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We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth.
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving.
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!" And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, 'Salvation comes from the Lord.' But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.


Hallo, mein Name ist María García und ich bin 43 Jahre alt. Meine Muttersprache ist Spanish und ich unterrichte Spanish. Online-Unterricht bei Verbalplanet.com gebe ich seit Oktober 2013. Ich beherrsche die folgenden Sprachen fließend: Spanish, English. Ich biete derzeit eine vergünstigte Probestunde für neue Schüler an.
I'm a certified Spanish tutor from ESPAÑA with a great passion for helping others and I'll be happy to assist you in your mastery of my native language!
I think that mastery of a foreign language can introduce you to a new world of opportunities, and I would like to help you to open those doors. I love to learn languages, and will do my very best to help you to learn the Spanish language.
I have been fortunate to work as a private teacher for the last 10 years. I totally believe in online teaching and learning and I have also been fortunate to work online for the last 2 years. Online teaching and learning is fun and what is more important. IT REALLY WORKS!
As every student is different, I focus on the student's needs and targets. I prepare the lessons depending on what the student wants or needs. I normally focus on speaking so the students are able to talk from the beginning.
I send some materials to work with during the lesson and I try to make my students feel comfortable and to be confident in themselves. For me it's important that you enjoy the lessons and achieve your aims.
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During the lessons I will try to use Spanish as much as it's possible, so students get used to the language.
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Maria has a wealth of clear, informative and interesting materials to share. She can quickly answer questions on and provide material on any grammar question. Highly recommended both for beginner and advanced students.


Being a musician is special, you always feel as if nothing is impossible. Being behind turntables is like musical therapy when you hear all the sounds blending and mixing together. Words can't express the process of what its like orchestrating music. The feeling is just awesome and natural. Symbolically, I'm just a painter with a canvas of my own to create my masterpiece. We're all put on earth for a purpose to impact someone's life. My tool is the power of music. I don't want to touch just a life, through my music I plan to effect the world.


British actor Russell Brand accepts his award for Comedy Star of the Year during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, at Caesars Palace March 31, 2011.
Russell Brand on the Get Him to the Greek red carpet at Planet Hollywood on May 20, 2010.
Russell Brand, CinemaCon Comedy Star of the Year, poses during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, at Caesars Palace March 31, 2011.
Russell Brand and his mother at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Sunset Tower Hotel in L.A. on Feb. 27, 2011.
Roughly 30 minutes into his single performance Friday night at Mandalay Bay Theater, Russell Brand deviated from his script. Or did he, really? Was there a script at all?
Brand improvises frequently and whimsically, but the quick, innuendo-laden response to the cries of a few female fans may well have been written before the show and swiftly memorized by Brand.
Unwittingly, Brand missed a shot at an encounter with fellow Brit Tracey Gittins, one of the dancers in the adult revue "Fantasy" at Luxor. He blew right past her as she sat on the aisle. A missed opportunity. For comedy, at least.
Late in the show, Brand pulled from a stack of local publications, including the Friday Sun. My column about him was in that issue, but he dropped the pub to the floor as he was actually attempting to find ads for escorts. It was another missed opportunity.
I don't know for what, but it would have been different.


Beijing: China Tuesday announced that it has successfully carried out a mid-course ground-based missile interception test within its own territory, on a day when India test fired its short-range nuclear-capable Agni-1 missile.
The test of interception technology was conducted yesterday within China's territory and achieved "preset goal", the Ministry of National Defence said.
The test is defencive and does not target any country, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
A ground-based interceptor missile was used to knock out a ballistic missile during the "mid-course" of its flight outside the earth's atmosphere, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
The test comes amid months of international tension over North Korea's nuclear weapons and missiles programme and Beijing's firm opposition to the deployment of US interceptor missiles, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) in South Korea to ward off ward off any missile attacks from North Korea.
Russia too opposed the deployment of THAAD Missiles.
Interestingly, the announcement by China comes on a day when India successfully test-fired its short-range nuclear- capable ballistic missile Agni-1 with a strike range of over 700 km from a test range off the Odisha coast.


This month we will be designing the 25th edition of BSS Industrial's staff newsletter – The Front Line. We have been producing the bi-monthly newsletter since the formation of Creative Triangle, in fact it was one of the company's first jobs! The newsletter has been such a hit with BSS staff across the UK that we have continued to design it for over 4 years now. Regular features include a Rainbow Trust Update – congratulating staff on charity events and money raised by BSS staff, 'Clear Water Heroes' – recognising great service given by BSS staff and a section that focuses on individual branches/departments.
As well as The Front Line, we also work closely with the Marketing department at BSS Industrial on a variety of other projects including corporate branding and the production of a host of different literature ranging from Introduction guides through to detailed product brochures such as the successful 250 page Drainage guide.


Some paragliding pilots are intimidated by using their speed system or lack the knowledge of installing a speed bar. Don't be… Understand speed bar speed systems will increase the performance and safety of your paraglider. Think of it like a gas pedal for your paraglider.
The best speed bar for you depends on your preferences. At Mac Para you have choices. Regardless of what one you choose, all the Mac Para speed bars are made from high quality thick webbing, strong plastic and Lanex Tendon 3mm Nylon Rope to never let you down. Reinforced stitching and extra strong webbing will help you chase the biggest thermals and have a lifetime warranty. Included your speed bar are two stainless steel Brummel hooks to fit any speed system on your glider.
The 3 designs below have been tested and proven in the real world of paragliding.
The Big D Speed Bar - Similar construction to the Ladder speed bar; however, instead of two straight bars there is one bar and a spacious loop we call the D loop. The D loop is protected by high quality flexible plastic tubing. To engage the Big D speed bar, hook your heel into the D loop and then use your other foot to push out the bar that is connected to the loop. This is the bestselling speed system and fits any harness. Weight 0,14 kg/0,30 lbs inclusive Brummelhooks.
Light Knight Speed Bar - This black beauty is a dream for paragliding pilots that want to save on weight. It is also a favorite among paramotor pilots that already have enough weight on their back! Not that speed bars weight that much to begin with; but the Light Knight speed bar will hardly be noticeable when you are running to take off. It is dedicated to pilots that want to make every gram count. The Light Knight uses reinforced 3mm Lanex Tendon nylon rope covered with special plastic tubing. It is carefully stitched using webbing to give it form to keep its shape. The Light Knight comes standard with the levity harness. Weight 0,06 kg/0,12 lbs inclusive Brummelhooks.
* A reminder that the Light Knight speed bar is not made with a straight bar.
The Ladder Speed Bar - the name says it all. Like rungs on a ladder, this speed bar is easily used by pushing the bar out and then using your other foot to do the same with the next bar. Two legs for two bars. The Ladder speed bar is reinforced in areas where it counts. It's Strong, works well and fits any harness. Weight 0,21 kg/0,46 lbs inclusive Brummelhooks.


"When I was in Arnhem the last time, we began my last day with a long discussion about how I understand open form composition and its relatives. The framework that I provided came out of my thinking over the week there.
"Open Form Composition" probably means very specific things to the practitioners who use the term to describe their work. Not being one of that group, I surmise that it concerns a way of composing where there is openness to create within the performance itself, by choosing placements and timings and ways of rendering materials.


Some people love to host, some people hate it, and there's often a middle ground.
Where do you fall on hosting events? Some people love to host, some people hate it, and there's often a middle ground. Maybe hosting isn't your favorite but it's so easy to be at home so your kids can go to bed early. Maybe you love going to others' homes but you also love to cook. One thing, though, is certain: if you host, especially during the holidays, you absolutely shouldn't do everything yourself.
Think about it: hosting an event involves planning, shopping, prepping, cleaning, decorating, cooking, HOSTING THE EVENT, and then undoing all of the former items. That's a ton no matter how you look at it. Here are my five favorite tips for spreading out the work, and I'd love to hear yours, too.
1. Start with your best. If you love doing flowers, picking wine or making a few specific foods, add those to your personal list. They'll feel extra special to present to company and won't feel like a chore.
2. Outsource your worst. Conversely, treat yourself with help from professionals. If you don't have a regular housekeeper, getting a deep clean done a week before a big event can feel like such a gift. Baking takes forever, so if you don't love it grab cakes or pies from your favorite bakery. Tons of local places like Swamp Rabbit Café and Fork and Plough carry pre-made sides, desserts and other goodies, so grab a few to accompany homemade items.
3. When people offer to help, be specific. Telling someone "oh, bring anything you want!" is a surefire way to end up with 1. Three of the same thing and 2. Make your guests slightly anxious with "is this what they want" worries. Instead, when your guests offer to help, be specific: a green veg, white wine, red wine, something that doesn't require the stovetop, anything that will help you sort out your list on the day of the event. This is especially helpful for guests with dietary restrictions, letting them know that "since we are having turkey and ham, something truly vegan would be great, thank you for offering!" and so on.
4. Don't overdo it. Every large meal (we are SO bad at this on Thanksgiving) does not need to include every person's favorite dish. A meat with gravy, two vegetables, two carby sides, a salad, bread, and something with cranberries is still NINE items, and that doesn't include appetizers or desserts. It's more than enough, and a great template for an indulgent but not ridiculously crowded plate.
5. Clean up wisely. This is purely my method and makes some people positively batty to not clean up every single thing on the night of an event. But, here's what I do: I start with trash and recycling. Get it out of the house if possible. Then, put away all of the food – portion it for leftovers and give some away to avoid waste and let others enjoy the meal a few more times. Then, load and start the dishwasher. Last, wash a good number of dishes that need to be washed by hand – enough to stack in a neat pile on your counter or in your drainer basket, if you have one. You may end up with more things to go in the dishwasher and more things to handwash – soak some particularly nasty things in the sink overnight and leave the rest for morning. Dishes go well with mimosas, right?


text: Q: How do I add hours/minutes to the local time I've been working on a quick app to do a little math from user inputs that gives me the total of units left to produce, what I'd like is to be able to display what time it would be finished. The issue I'm having is figuring out how to add the number from the hours left to the local time and receive an end time. I'm working in Kotlin.


For 20 years his career in the IBM Group, first in Italy and then abroad, is focused on Human Resources.
In 2004 he is the Director of HCM South Europe Region for IBM.
In 2006 he founds Humanage with Daniele Piras.
His professional career starts in November 1987 and since 1993 Human Resources became its backbone.
Between 1999 and 2005 he leads one of the most important Italian practices specializied in the implementation of complex HR systems.
The entire career is characterized by both national and international experiences.
In 2006 he founds Humanage with Gianluca Brambati.
Humanage is not an accidental name: "Human Age", in fact, encapsulates and synthesizes our professional skills, the prevailing field and the way we operate, but first of all our attention to our collaborators, the true soul of our profession and our being and becoming.
Humanage is an Italian company with a leading brand in Human Resources, whose core values focus on supporting our Customers in achieving their goals and the capabilities and growth of our professionals.
We take our responsibility seriously about the future of our company and our planet; that's why we take the best people, we take advantage of our image in Human Resources while respecting the individual and we make sure that everything we do for our customers, our employees and our environment is done with integrity.
Our team is made up of people from different countries, highly motivated, collaborative and result oriented, and committed to achieve value for our customers; this is a precise and distinctive choice of Humanage.
A team where everyone makes availabe to the group and customers their professional experience and expertise and their multicultural wealth for choral and daily growth.
Bring value to our customers in the world of Human Resources, complex and constantly evolving, perfectly combining knowledge of processes and of the most innovative technologies to deliver tangible and measurable solutions in both qualitative and quantitative terms.
A constant obsession in the search for innovation.


This vanilla mousse is light, airy, and delightful. It melts in your mouth.
It's also very classic and simple. You can enjoy not only by itself, but also as a filling for a tart, cake, or with fruits. There are a lot of variations.
We use only basic ingredients, so the ingredients that you choose is very important. Fresh and good quality ingredients make a tasty mousse. You can use vanilla extract instead, but using vanilla beans makes the taste more flavorful.
I learned this recipe in France, so I hope you enjoy this classic French "Mousse à la vanille".
Cut the vanilla bean in half and scrape out the seeds. Put the seeds into the sugar in a bowl, then put the empty pod into milk in a small pan to infuse.
Put 1 tbsp of water and gelatin in a small bowl, soak it for at least 15 min.
Mix egg yolks and the sugar with the vanilla seeds, whisk it until incorporated.
Add corn flour and mix it.
Heat up the milk with vanilla pod, remove it from the heat before boiling.
Add hot milk into the egg mixture little by little, stir to combine.
Pour back into the pan and heat it up again.
Keep mixing with a spatula, make sure the temperature reaches 180℉/82℃ but do not go over/exceed this temperature.
Remove it from the heat and strain it into a bowl. Chill it by setting it on top of another bowl filled with ice.
Whip whipping cream until there are soft peaks.
When the egg mixture becomes cold and thickened, mix and combine with whipping cream.
Pour it into your favorite glasses, chill them in the fridge at least 2 hours.
If you don't have a thermometer, you can check by coating the spatula with the mixture and swiping your finger tip across the spatula. If the texture is thick enough, the line you draw with your finger tip should be clearly visible and should not close.


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Home » Patients Portal » Clinical Thyroidology for the Public » Vol 7 Issue 4 » Vol 7 Issue 4 p.10-11
Summaries for the Public from Clinical Thyroidology (from recent articles in Clinical Thyroidology)
Patients with hypothyroidism who are taking levothyroxine doses of
Hypothyroidism: a condition where the thyroid gland is underactive and doesn't produce enough thyroid hormone. Treatment requires taking thyroid hormone pills.
TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone — produced by the pituitary gland that regulates thyroid function; also the best screening test to determine if the thyroid is functioning normally.
Levothyroxine (L-T4): the major hormone produced by the thyroid gland and available in pill form as Synthroid™, Levoxyl™, Tyrosint™ and generic preparations.
Thyroid hormone therapy: patients with hypothy-roidism are most often treated with Levothyroxine in order to return their thyroid hormone levels to normal. Replacement therapy means the goal is a TSH in the normal range and is the usual therapy.
Hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland cannot produce enough thyroid hormone to meet the needs of the body. It is diagnosed by an elevated TSH level and low T4 levels. Primary hypothyroidism is very common, particularly in women, and is reported to affect at least 5% of the US population. After diagnosis, treatment is usually begun with daily levothyroxine (L-T4) pills with a goal of restoring the TSH level to the normal range and improving the symptoms of hypothyroidism. Thereafter, current guidelines recommend measuring the TSH level once or twice a year to ensure the L-T4 dose is appropriate as some patients may require a dose adjustment. However, it is not clear if there are some patients where it may be safe to test the TSH levels less frequently. The purpose of the current study was to determine if there were any factors that could identify a subset of patients that could be monitored safely on a less frequent basis.
Pecina J et al Levothyroxine Dosage is Associated with Stability of TSH Values. Am J Med. December 2013. pii: S0002-9343(13)01021-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.11.012 [Epub ahead of print].
The authors studied 715 patients from the Department of Family Medicine of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota who, in 2006 had been a) diagnosed with hypothyroidism b) were taking L-T4 replacement and c) had a normal TSH level. Those who were under 18 years old, were pregnant, had thyroid cancer or who were taking drugs such as amiodarone or lithium that interfere with thyroid function were excluded. Patients were followed for six years until December 31, 2012 and the authors measured how long it took for a patient to develop an abnormal TSH level.
The study found that the only risk factor for having an abnormal TSH level was the dose of L-T4 that a patient was taking. Those taking more than 125 mcg of L-T4 per day were much less likely to maintain normal TSH levels over time than those taking less than 125 mcg per day. At 1 year, 91% of the patients taking daily doses of 125 mcg or less continued to have a normal TSH, while only 73% of patients taking more than 125 mcg per day had normal TSH. At 2 years, 75% of patients on doses of 125 mcg or less continued to have TSH levels in the normal range, but only 45% of patients on more than 125 mcg/day had continued normal TSH values.
This study suggests that hypothyroid patients on L-T4 doses 4 per day.
—Philip Segal, MD
Hypothyroidism: http://www.thyroid.org/what-is-hypothyroidism
Thyroid Hormone Treatment: http://www.thyroid.org/thyroid-hormone-treatment


Your home or business is an investment. If your building does not comply with codes adopted by Logan City, your investment value could be reduced. Property insurers do not cover work done without permits and inspections most of the time. If you decide to sell a home or commercial building that has been remodel or modified without a permit, you may be required to tear down the addition, leave it unoccupied, or make costly repairs.
Click to see more details on why a building permit is required.
Click to see the International Code Council's brochure on the Benefits of Building Permits.
A common misconception of permits is that a permit is not required for work that is not structural in nature; this is untrue. Generally, a building permit is required for any work on any structure. A good rule of thumb is to get a permit except for new paint and new floor covering. Click to view a list of when residential building permits are required and when work is exempt from permits.
Additionally, any residential property that is not owner-occupied requires a State Licensed contractor to do the work. For more information on this, call our office at 435-716-9030.
When is a Commercial Building Permit required?
2012 IBC 105.1 Permits Required. Any owner of authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarged, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure, or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system, the installation of which is regulated by this code, or to cause any such work to be done, shall first make application to the building official and obtain the required permit.
For further information, call our office at 435-716-9030.
Permit issuance periods vary based on the extent of the project. Some projects can be fully permitted over-the-counter (which means that a return trip will not be needed). Permits that require plans will require further review. Plan review may take up to two weeks for our Plans Examiners, Planning & Zoning staff, and other applicable departments.
Which City departments will review my commercial permit?
After the completed application and necessary documents have been submitted and reviewed, the applicant will receive a review sheet with comments from City departments with required adjustments to be made before the permit will be issued. Plans must be re-submitted and re-reviewed after any necessary changes are made. Please be aware that it is possible for this process to be repeated until all aspects of the plans are approved by every department.
What are the current building design standards for Logan City?
Allowable Soil Bearing Capacity: 1,000 lbs.
Ice Barrier Underlayment is REQUIRED per 2012 IRC.
Printable view of current design standards for Logan City.
For information about what is needed to submit for a Commercial or Residential Building Permit, refer to the Residential Plan Submittal Checklist or Commercial Plan Submittal Checklist.
Building Permit Fees are regulated by Resolution 05-111, as passed by the Logan City Municipal Council. See our Fee Page to see schedules of all building permit fees.
It is the responsibility of the person doing the work for which a permit is issued to schedule the required inspections. A minimum of 24 hour notice is required for requesting inspections. Our inspection schedules go daily from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Most inspections are scheduled in 30 minute intervals, with exceptions of 4 way, final inspections, and others as needed. Because things may change unexpectedly while in the field, please plan on inspectors arriving ½ hour early or late.
There are two ways you can schedule an inspection, by phone or by email.
When you call, sometimes we are helping another customer or we may be away from the phone, please leave a message with all the above information and we will get back with you as soon as we can. Please remember that 24 hour notice is required for all inspections. Thank you!


Another session of the course 'Hydrological and hydraulic modelling with RS MINERVE' was held on January 28th and 29th 2015 at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. The course was oriented to end users, including engineering offices, administrations and researchers. The training was attended by 24 participants.
As for previous courses, theoretical presentations and application exercises provided the knowledge required to model hydrological basins with the help of RS MINERVE. External speakers have presented examples of hydrological applications in real projects.
In addition to the 2 days training, participants had the option to achieve at home a personal application project , proposed by the training team. Support was provided to help the participants in their work. The submitted reports were of high quality and participants showed to have well understood the functioning of RS MINERVE.
The course, taught by Javier García Hernández, Alain Foehn, Samuel Alesina and Javier Fluixá Sanmartín, from the Centre de recherche sur l'environnement alpin (CREALP) and some members of the Steering committee of Hydro10, was organized by the CREALP in collaboration with the Laboratory of Hydraulic Constructions from EPFL, the Technical University of Valencia (Spain) and the Hydro10 Association.


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Evidence of Ancient Human Pollution Revealed in 400,000-Year-Old Teeth
Scientists may have gotten one of their earliest looks at human pollution with the help of some teeth. They've taken a closer look at 400,000-year-old dental tartar on ancient teeth and have discovered a bit more about pollution during that time period.
In this latest study, the researchers examined the dental calculus of the teeth discovered at Qesem Cave near Tel Aviv. They found evidence of food and potential respiratory irritants entrapped in the dental calculus. More specifically, they discovered traces of charcoal, which may have resulted from smoke inhalation from indoor fires used for roasting meat on a daily basis. This is the earliest direct evidence for inhaled environmental pollution.
"Human teeth of this age have never been studied before for dental calculus," said Avi Gopher, one of the researchers, in a news release. "However, our international collaborators, using a combination of methods, found many materials entrapped within the calculus. Because the cave was sealed for 200,000 years, everything, including the teeth and its calculus, were preserved exceedingly well."
The analysis of the calculus revealed three major findings: charcoal from indoor fires, evidence for ingestion of essentially plant-based dietary components, and fibers that might have been used to clean teeth.
"This is the first evidence that the world's first indoor BBQs had health-related consequences," said Ran Barkai, one of the researchers. "We know that they hunted them, butchered them roasted them, broke their bones to extract their marrow, and even used the butchered bones as hammers to shape flint tools. Now we have direct evidence of a tiny piece of the plant-based part of their diet also, in addition to the animal meat and fat they consumed. We have come full circle in our understanding of their diet and hunting and gathering practices."
The findings are published in the journal Quaternary International.
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Germany's hesitation about the tanks splits the arms alliance
The German-made Leopard tank has increasingly come to be portrayed as the holy grail of Ukrainian defense. Finland, Poland and Latvia have said they want to send parts of their leopard stocks to Ukraine, but Germany has continued to hesitate and withheld clear statements. Hear about how charged the issue is in Germany and what […]
Russian UFC fighter weighs in on Koran-burning row
Khamzat Chimaev said Muslims in Sweden should be shown respect after far-right figure Rasmus Paludan publicly burned a copy of the holy book Russian-born UFC fighter Khamzat Chimaev has said Muslims cannot look the other way after a far-right politician was allowed to publicly burn a copy of the Koran in Chimaev's adopted homeland of […]
Turkey's president says no support for Sweden's NATO bid
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EU approves new arms package for Ukraine
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Trkiye rules out support for NATO's hopeful bid
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rebuked Sweden for allowing a Koran-burning stunt and denied the country's lack of ?respect? Turkey's on-again, off-again support for Sweden's application to join NATO has apparently ended for good due to Ankara's outrage over a Koran-burning demonstration allowed outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. "The Swedish administration should not bother […]
Why can't the West agree on how much military aid to send to Ukraine?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been under enormous pressure to deliver Leopard tanks to Ukraine. The government in Kyiv has long argued it desperately needs them to retake territory seized by Russia in its 2022 invasion, and to protect the rest of Ukraine from the Kremlin's looming spring offensive. So far, Berlin has refused, and […]
More and more Swedes receive military deployments
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — The number of Swedes with war deployments increased by 66,000 individuals to over 404,000 in the second half of 2022 and it is expected to increase further, Sweden's Television (SVT) reported on Monday. According to the Swedish law, workplaces can order their employees to stay at work if the government […]
Russian UFC star weighs in on Koran-burning row
Defense Minister: Women could be added to military conscription by 2025
Mikko Savola (Cen) said the change is part of a reform that aims to increase the participation of young people in national defense.
Sweden's Prime Minister condemns Koran burning
Stockholm – Sweden's prime minister has condemned this weekend's burning of a Koran in Stockholm as "deeply disrespectful", raising tensions with Turkey as the Nordic country courts Ankara over its NATO bid. Far-right politician Rasmus Paludan set fire to a copy of the Muslim holy book in front of the Turkish embassy in the Swedish […]
Turkish activists set fire to the Swedish flag (VIDEO)
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Turkish activists set fire to the Swedish flag
More weapons for Ukraine, genetic engineering that revives extinct species and unclear information about farm sales of alcohol
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Stockholm protests against angry Turkey, cancels Sweden's ministerial meeting
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No German decision on tanks for Ukraine despite mounting pressure
Germany said Friday that no decision had been made on providing battle tanks sought by Kyiv, despite an emotional plea from President Volodymyr Zelensky. Western defence ministers gathered at Ramstein Air Base in Germany for a crucial US-led meeting to hammer out future military aid to Ukraine. Read our live blog to see how all […]