Even though Jack Nicholson gets top billing and the most bombastic role in The Last Detail, Otis Young has the harder job. He's got to temper Nicholson, both for the sake of the audience and of the narrative. The film introduces the two men simultaneously–Robert Towne's script almost immediately establishes an unspoken bond between the two, even though it takes them well through the first act to get to know each other.
The Last Detail is an atypical buddy picture for many reasons, with the two buddies getting thrown together being one of the more immediate ones. But more, the film is practically a parenting outing. Nicholson's the crazy, fun dad, Young's the responsible mother (who you don't want to cross) and Randy Quaid's the kid. Of course, Nicholson and Young are escorting Quaid to the stockade.
Along the way, Nicholson and Young do not go on an odyssey of self discovery. Their efforts in humanizing Quaid don't lead to big momentous changes in their lives. Towne is reserved, saving the expository character development scenes for when Quaid's doing something else (sometimes just napping); it makes those scenes, with Nicholson calm as opposed to manic and Young not fretting as much, rather special.
Director Ashby and editor Robert C. Jones create a tranquil, quiet quality for the film, using fades to guide the viewer's attention. Great photography from Michael Chapman and a rather good score from Johnny Mandel.
All the acting's great. Detail is muted, precise and often devastating.
Directed by Hal Ashby; screenplay by Robert Towne, based on the novel by Darryl Ponicsan; director of photography, Michael Chapman; edited by Robert C. Jones; music by Johnny Mandel; production designer, Michael D. Haller; produced by Gerald Ayres; released by Columbia Pictures.
Starring Jack Nicholson (Buddusky), Otis Young (Mulhall), Randy Quaid (Meadows), Clifton James (M.A.A.), Carol Kane (Young Prostitute) and Michael Moriarty (Marine O.D.).
According to IMDb, Larry Cohen cut about a half hour out of The Stuff. It's entirely possible with that added footage, the movie might have made sense. As it's cut now, it's a somewhat diverting–at least until the third act–cross between The Blob and Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Unfortunately, Cohen's direction is weak throughout, so when he loses track of the story in the third act… there's nothing to keep the film going.
As a satire, it's only moderately successful. Cohen has a lot more success when he's dealing in absurdity, like Paul Sorvino's extremist militia leader who ends up saving the world. The way Cohen presents the character–clearly a nut job, but also one who genuinely cares about people and is completely ethical–is maybe the best thing about the film. It's a small thing, but it just makes for some great scenes.
Sorvino's not the lead though. Michael Moriarty is the lead. I'm not sure Moriarty could ever give a bad performance and he doesn't here, he just doesn't have a character arc. It seems like Cohen cut out the romance between Moriarty and Andrea Marcovicci, which is unfortunate. It would have given them both something to do when they weren't doing the horror scenes.
I was a little surprised by Cohen's bad direction, since it's pervasive. The budget contributes to some of the problems, but certainly not all of them.
Garrett Morris is wasted, as is Danny Aiello.
Anthony Guefen's goofy music doesn't help.
Written and directed by Larry Cohen; director of photography, Paul Glickman; edited by Armond Lebowitz; music by Anthony Guefen; produced by Paul Kurta; released by New World Pictures.
Starring Michael Moriarty (David 'Mo' Rutherford), Andrea Marcovicci (Nicole), Garrett Morris ('Chocolate Chip' Charlie W. Hobbs), Paul Sorvino (Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears), Scott Bloom (Jason), Danny Aiello (Vickers) and Patrick O'Neal (Fletcher).
Q is sort of ripe for a remake. Not because this version has shoddy special effects–while the film's still effective with them, they look like something out of the 1925 Lost World–but because there are three great roles in the film and nearly a fourth.
Michael Moriarty's top-billed and definitely gives the film's most sensational performance as a weaselly small-time crook who has a terrifying adventure and figures out how to profit from it–what sets Q apart is the relatively lengthy time spent on the politics of hunting a flying monster in New York City. It's tragic the guy's never been appreciated for his acting brilliance.
The real lead is David Carradine (as a cop), because even with the screen time given to Moriarty, the film's still a police procedural. Carradine's performance is really impressive–though he's undone, once or twice, by Cohen's terrible insert close-ups, which I'll get to in a second. Then there's Richard Roundtree, as another cop, who gets a full character in a supporting role. Roundtree's great too and it's too bad Cohen didn't just make a straight prequel with him and Carradine investigating some case.
Unfortunately, as solid as Cohen's writing is for his male characters, it's inversely weak for the one female character. Candy Clark's Moriarty's girlfriend and she's awful. It's not her so much as bad editing and bad inserts and terrible writing. It's real disappointing.
But, Q's a good movie. Better than it should be, really.
Written, produced and directed by Larry Cohen; directors of photography, Robert Levi and Fred Murphy; edited by Armond Lebowitz; music by Robert O. Ragland; released by United Film Distribution Company.
Starring Michael Moriarty (Jimmy Quinn), Candy Clark (Joan), David Carradine (Shepard), Richard Roundtree (Powell), James Dixon (Lt. Murray), Malachy McCourt (Commissioner), Fred J. Scollay (Capt. Fletcher), John Capodice (Doyle) and Tony Page (Webb).


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Clément Berthier né le  à Lille, est un pongiste handisport français, évoluant en classe 8.

Il évolue en 2021 au Loire Nord Tennis de Table Roanne.

Biographie
Clément Berthier, à la suite d'un accident domestique à l'âge de 2 ans, perd l'usage de sa jambe gauche et subit une amputation fémorale de la jambe gauche à l'âge de 9 ans. Il commence le tennis de table à l'âge de 11 ans dans le club d'Orchies puis dans le club de Roanne en 2014. Après avoir obtenu un DUT Mesures Physiques à Clermont-Ferrand, il est élève ingénieur à Polytech'Tours en Génie de l'aménagement et de l'environnement

En 2019, il est champion de France sénior dans sa catégorie et il participe aux championnats d'Europe où il accède aux huitième de finale en simple et aux quarts de finale en double.

Il se qualifie pour les jeux de Tokyo en gagnant le Tournoi de qualification paralympique à Lasko en juin 2021.

Il participe à ses premiers jeux paralympiques de Tokyo en 2021 mais son parcours individuel s'arrête après les phases de poule ; il a plus de réussite par équipe où il associé à Thomas Bouvais en gagnant une médaille de bronze à la suite de leur succès face aux Suédois mais cédant en demi-finales face aux Ukrainiens Nikolenko/Didukh.

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COLUMBUS, Ga., January 4, 2019 /3BL Media/ – Aflac, the leader in voluntary insurance sales at U.S. worksites, is once again listed on Black Enterprise's 2018 prestigious list of the 50 Best Companies for Diversity. This marks the 12th time that Aflac has appeared on this annual list.
Aflac's workforce is comprised of 34 percent African-Americans and 45 percent ethnic minorities, while African-Americans make up 12 percent of Aflac's officers, with 27 percent of officers being ethnic minorities. Of Aflac's entire workforce, 67 percent are women.


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WHAT A HERCULEAN TASK OF FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN UKRAINE
Former President spent over $30 million in renovating his palace
By Jon Anthony
Two years after the popular uprising in Ukraine which ousted the corrupt and oligarchic President Viktor Yanukovich, the largest country in Europe is still struggling with its main political issue, ubiquitous corruption.
The ousted and exiled President Yanukovich spent over $30 in renovating his palace, which included a floating dining hall inside a pirate ship, a helicopter pad and gilded furniture and decorations inside the house. Whilst the current regime is not displaying similar feats of extravagance, corruption levels remain unabated.
Transparency International, the NGO that monitors and publicizes corporate and political corruption in international development, has ranked the Ukraine 142nd out of 175 countries listed in its Corruption Perceptions Index, a position which it shares with Uganda, behind Nigeria, Cameroon and Nicaragua.
Currently about 50 magnates, most of which hold or used to hold public offices, own circa 85 percent of Ukraine's GDP. Over the years, these magnates have captured and corrupted the political and judicial institutions. This leads to collusion between businessmen, politicians and judges and a culture of impunity.
In one case, an IMF loan of $1.8bn meant to secure the Ukrainian banking system disappeared into offshore accounts affiliated with a bank owned by Ihor Kolomoisky, one of the country's leading magnates.
More recently, the deputy head of the traffic police, Oleksandr Yershov, was forced to resign after Ukrainian media noticed the lavish lifestyle of his two daughters, blatantly portrayed in their social media posts.
Last month, Mikheil Saakashvili, former President of Georgia and current governor of the Odesa region in Ukraine, accused the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and his allies of delaying the privatisation of the Odesa Port Plant in order to maintain ongoing corruption shcemes. This accusation, allegedly prompted the interior minister Arsen Avakov to through a glass at Saakashvili during a session of the National Council of Reforms.
The estimation of how much the Ukrainian government loses to corruption varies from the government's figure of $2.3 billion a year to $12 billion as claimed by the anti-corruption activists in Ukraine.
The international community has taken a keen interest in encouraging the rule of law and good governance in Ukraine, especially since the 2014 Revolution which witnessed the death of 100 people and prompted the Russian annexation of Crimea, a strategically crucial peninsula in the Black Sea. The US Vice-President Joe Biden has taken a keen interest in supporting Ukraine in its efforts to control corruption. He has visited Kiev four times since the 2014 Revolution.
During his latest visit, last month, Biden addressed the Ukrainian Parliament where he called for an overhaul of the office of the prosecutor general, changes in the energy sector, transparency about official sources of income and other reforms. In a press conference after his speech, Biden said "Ukraine is on the cusp. What happens in the next year is likely to determine the fate of this country for generations." The Vice-President reminded the Ukrainian lawmakers that further development aid will be conditional upon concrete progress in the building of robust democratic institutions and implementation of anti-corruption legislation.
The Western Ukrainian newspaper, WIK, reports that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NACB) will soon sign a memorandum on cooperation with FBI. NACB chief, Anton Sytnyk said on 22 January that the FBI will be especially helpful in tracking down dollar cash flow.
The US government will also donate NACB equipment for electronic document flow during criminal investigations.
Regardless of the terrifying figures, not all is, in fact, doom and gloom. The 2014 Euromaidain Revolution has at least heralded a period of action towards control of corruption. Whilst fiery speeches of righteous politicians do not suffice, they create an atmosphere conducive to change.
Positive results have been achieved in the area of public procurement. The Ministry of Economy has recently developed a new e-public procurement platform called ProZorro, which will administer electronic tenders. Another successful use of technology to fight corruption can be seen in the new portal http://anticorruption.in.ua, which has to date registered complaints about corruption in education, law enforcement, licensing bodies, local government, health care, and land registries.
Finally a new law which mandates transparency in party funding and which could see party leaders charged with criminal liability of they break the rules is being drafted and is expected to enter into force in the next few months.
Whilst these are positive steps towards curing the 'cancer of corruption' much more action is still needed. Transparency International recommends three steps to break the vicious circle of Corruption in Ukraine:
Form and empower in a transparent way the key anti-corruption institutions of Ukraine and provide them with necessary resource;
Re-launch Ukrainian courts by re-attesting of judges and ensure the judiciary is independent;
Ensure that when people blow the whistle on government corruption there is an effective feedback mechanism so the information is acted on.
Corruption, Joe Biden, Transparency International, Ukraine
Jon is a policy analyst based in Berlin with previous work experience in development and diplomacy. He holds an M.A. in History from the University of Edinburgh and is currently studying Public Policy at the Hertie School of Governance. His main interests include development policy and anti-corruption as well as European politics and security.
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ASTM International Committee on Wood Honors Bradford Douglas with Award of Merit
Bradford Douglas, vice president of engineering at the American Wood Council in Leesburg, Virginia, has received the Award of Merit and title of fellow from ASTM International Committee D07 on Wood.
The Award of Merit is ASTM's highest organizational recognition for individual contributions to standards activities. The committee cited Douglas for both his leadership and many technical contributions to the development of ASTM wood engineering standards.
An active ASTM member since 1985, Douglas serves as vice chairman of Subcommittee D07.05 on Wood Assemblies and chairs its related sections. He received the D07 L.J. Markwardt Award in 1998 for his research and standards activities related to wood assemblies. Douglas is also active on several other ASTM committees, including those on Gypsum, Thermal Insulation, Plastics, Performance of Buildings and Fasteners.
A graduate of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, where he received a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering, Douglas has more than 32 years of experience in the wood industry. Past roles include systems design engineer and research manager at the National Forest Products Association and director of engineering at the American Forest and Paper Association. These groups were folded into the American Wood Council, which was re-chartered in 2010 to serve the modern wood products industry. Douglas assumed his current role that same year.
Within the wider engineering community, Douglas is known as a structural engineering leader and a key developer of the ANSI/AWC National Design Specification for Wood Construction, Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic, and the Wood Frame Construction Manual. A licensed professional engineer in the state of Virginia, he is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the National Institute of Building Sciences Building Seismic Safety Council, and the Structural Standards Coordinating Council in addition to ASTM.
ASTM PR Contact: Erin K. Brennan, tel: +1.610.832.9602; ebrennan@astm.org
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Q: select all checkboxes inside ng-repeat Am having a list of check boxes in ng-repeat as:

        <input type="checkbox" ng-model="selected[item.id]">

I would like to select all checkboxes on click of a single check box that is outside the ng-repeat.
    Select All
<input type="checkbox" data-ng-model="selectedAll" ng-click="checkAll()">

I tried the code in controller but its not working.
   $scope.checkAll=()=>{
                if ($scope.selectedAll) {
                    $scope.selectedAll = true;
                } else {
                    $scope.selectedAll = false;
                }
                angular.forEach($scope.employees,function (selected) {
                    selected[selected.id] = $scope.selectedAll;
                });
            }

A: The other answers here indeed make all the checkboxes "selected", but I think the idea is to make the underlying model also change, which those answers fail to do.
This is because Angular would not change the model when ng-checked changes. Instead, the right way to "select all" is to change the models - and the View just follows.
<button ng-click="selectAll()">select all</button>

    {{item.n}}:
    <input type="checkbox" ng-model="selected[item.id]">

And in the controller, simply set all the items to be true in selected:
$scope.selected = {};
$scope.selectAll = function(){
  for (var i = 0; i < $scope.items.length; i++) {
    var item = $scope.items[i];

    $scope.selected[item.id] = true;
  }
};

plunker
The ViewModel "drives" the View (with the exception of the bi-directional directives, like ng-model, that allows the View to change the ViewModel, typically based on user interaction), so whenever you want to change something, start by asking yourself "how would I want the ViewModel to look like", rather than, how the View should look. The View will follow the ViewModel.

A: You can use "for in loop" to achieve this
HTML code:
 <button ng-click="checkAll()">check all</button>

      {{item.n}}:
      <input type="checkbox" ng-model="sel[item.id]">

Controller Code:
$scope.items = [
    {id: 123, name: "checkbox1"},
    {id: 234, name: "checkbox2"},
    {id: 456, name: "checkbox3"},
    {id: 567, name: "checkbox4"},
    ];

  $scope.sel = {};
  $scope.checkAll = function()
  {
    for(i in $scope.items)
      $scope.sel[$scope.items[i].id]=true;
  }

Please check the working demo in plunker

A: Er, is it wrong with the if code? It does nothing if you write that. Try below.
if (!$scope.selectedAll) {
    $scope.selectedAll = true;
} else {
    $scope.selectedAll = false;
}

A: Using the demo by squiroid, You can also do this:
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/lotusgodkk/jh1svmr0/1/
HTML:

            <input type="checkbox" ng-model="item.id" ng-checked="toggle">{{item.name}}

    Select All
    <input type="checkbox" data-ng-model="selectedAll" ng-click="toggle=!toggle">

JS:
var myApp = angular.module('myApp', []);
function MyCtrl($scope) {
    $scope.toggle = false;
    $scope.results = [{
        'id': '1',
            'name': 'rachit'
    }, {
        'id': '2',
            'name': 'rachit1'
    }, {
        'id': '3',
            'name': 'rachit2'
    }
    ];
}

A: you can toggle checkbox and get the value like this.By the way use linq.js.

    <input type="checkbox" ng-model="selectAll" ng-change="toggleSelect('all')"/> select all

    <input type="checkbox" ng-model="select[$index]" ng-change="toggleSelect()" ng-true-value="{{x.id}}" ng-false-value="" />{{x.name}}

var app = angular.module('app', []);
app.controller('selectCtrl', function ($scope) {
  $scope.selectAll    = false;
  $scope.select       = [];
  $scope.toggleSelect = function (tag) {

    if (tag == 'all') {
      if ($scope.selectAll) {
        $scope.select = $.Enumerable.From($scope.list).Select("$.id").ToArray();
      } else {
        $scope.select = []
      }
    } else {
      var items        = $.Enumerable.From($scope.select).Where('$').ToArray();
      $scope.select    = $.Enumerable.From($scope.list).Select(function (x) {
        if (items.indexOf(x.name) > -1) {
          return x.name;
        }
        return '';
      }).ToArray();
      $scope.selectAll = !$.Enumerable.From($scope.select).Any('!$');

    }
  };
  $scope.checkSelect  = function () {
    return $.Enumerable.From($scope.select).Any('$');
  };
  $scope.list         =
    [
      {id: 1, name: "checkbox1"},
      {id: 2, name: "checkbox2"},
      {id: 3, name: "checkbox3"},
      {id: 4, name: "checkbox4"}
    ];

});

A: It's better to use ng-checked
Small working demo :)

        <input type="checkbox" ng-model="item.id" ng-checked="checkall">{{item.name}}

       Select All
<input type="checkbox" data-ng-model="selectedAll" ng-click="checkAll()">

function MyCtrl($scope) {
    $scope.checkall=false;
    $scope.results=[
        {'id':'1','name':'rachit'},
        {'id':'2','name':'rachit1'},
        {'id':'3','name':'rachit2'}

    ];
$scope.checkAll=function(){
                if ($scope.selectedAll) {
                    $scope.checkall = true;
                } else {
                    $scope.checkall = false;
                }
                 }
}

Small demo here:)
Fiddle

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A top emigration advisory firm has revealed that Mancunians are the most likely to choose to emigrate from the UK to New Zealand. The Emigration Group, a consultancy that helps UK citizens move abroad, said that over the last six months it had received around 3,000 inquires about relocating to New Zealand, 300 of which had come from people in Manchester.
Paul Arthur, director of The Emigration Group, explained that Manchester has always been a city from which there has been a lot of interest in making a new life in another country. He added that the strong New Zealand economy was just one of the factors that made the country attractive to those considering emigrating.
Although Australia continues to top the ranking of countries around the globe that UK citizens are interested in moving to, Arthur said New Zealand was continuing to grow in popularity.
As well as Manchester, there has been an increase in interest in moving Down Under from other towns and cities in the northwest, according to the group.
As well as the strength of the New Zealand economy, migrants from the UK are attracted by the promise of better weather, better education for their children, and a better overall standard of living.


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Brandi Milloy is off on a culinary adventure across Los Angeles, meeting chefs who are doing cool and innovative things with pork. At Stir Market Restaurant, Chef Jet Tila whips up succulent porchetta. Then, Brandi goes into a restaurant/video arcade where Chef Nguyen Tran serves up a delectable pork belly sandwich. Chef Steven Fretz wows customers at The Church Key Restaurant turning pig ears into a delectable midnight snack. Finally, at MB Post, Chef David LeFevre shows Brandi how he makes pork and shrimp dumplings from scratch, before they make an Elvis-inspired dessert.


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In November 2019, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh. He made his List A debut for Pakistan, against Afghanistan, in the Emerging Teams Cup on 14 November 2019.
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Activists Hold Pre-New Year's Ceremony for 23
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Anti-eviction activists stepped over flames and watched monks smash ceramic pots at a pre-New Year ceremony in Phnom Penh yesterday, hoping to expel bad luck for 23 men facing trial later this month for their roles in garment protests.*
Anti-eviction activist Tep Vanny jumps over a pot of flames yesterday during a pre-New Year ceremony to banish bad luck for 23 men charged for their role in protests earlier this year. (Va Malina)
The 23 unionists, activists and garment workers were arrested on January 2 and 3 during protests for higher garment factory wages that ended abruptly when military po*lice shot into a crowd, killing five people and injuring dozens. The 23 men—two have been released on bail—have all been charged with inciting violence and the destruction of public property and are scheduled to be tried on April 25.
"After the Khmer New Year we want the government to lead the country with merit and justice and to serve the country and respect human rights," said Tep Vanny, one of the activists. "We want the 21 to be freed."
The 30 participants in the ceremony took turns stepping over a small pot of flames three times each. Afterwards, 23 monks smashed 23 numbered clay pots filled with water—representing the bad luck of the charged men—by throwing them to the ground.
"We consider that the pot with the water represents bad luck, and when we break it the bad luck will evaporate," said Keo Somaly, one of the monks.
The monks, 25 in all, were members of the Independent Monks Network for Social Justice, a group of activist monks vehemently opposed to many of the current government's policies and actions.
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2.3 In the first half of 2018, the incidence of H7N9 in poultry in China was low, with little impact on the market.
2.4 Dakang Food & Agriculture legally imports a large number of live cattle, which will curb the disorderly smuggling to some extent.
3.4 Shuanghui stores add cooked food, and plan to this kind of product across the whole country in the future.
4.2.1 China imported 73,727 tons of beef in April 2018, down by 2.90% month-on-month.
4.3.1 The import volume of mutton was 29.8 thousand tons in April, down 10.47% year on year.


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Digital Network initially generated PLN 8.7 million in revenues in Q1 2022
After three months of this year, igital Network had estimated group revenues in total at PLN 8.669 million, which is 54% higher y / y, the company said.
"According to preliminary estimates, the issuer's consolidated revenues amounted to PLN 3.693 million and were 78% higher compared to March 2021, in which they reached PLN 2.078 million. After three months of this year, the estimated revenues of the issuer's group totaled PLN 8.669 million and were 54% higher than in the first quarter of 2021, "the release reads.
In the case of the subsidiary Screen Network, sales in March amounted to PLN 3 346 million and were 95% higher than in the previous year. After three months of this year, the estimated revenues of the company Screen Network totaled PLN 7.834 million and were 63% higher than in 2021, it was also announced.
"March was another month of dynamic revenue growth. This is confirmed by our announcements for 2022 regarding the growth of the outdoor advertising market with the simultaneous digital transformation from traditional billboards to LED screens, of which we are becoming the main beneficiary. The digitization of outdoor advertising is a global trend, just as it was on the press market, transforming from paper to online editions, "said President Wojciech Bieńkowski, quoted in the press release.
Digital Network (formerly 4Fun Media) is a leader in Poland in the segment of digital outdoor advertising Digital-out-of-Home (DOOH). The strategy of the capital group may ultimately be based on three specific business areas. The group analyzes the expansion of its activities to Digital Signage and Electromobility.
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Bring on the brisk!
By Diana Bruk
If you were enjoying basking in the extended summer that September yielded, you better prepare yourself, because sweater weather is swiftly on its way. According to a recent report by AccuWeather's senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski, there's a "significant change in the weather pattern" coming, and it's starting as early as this week.
September has seen temperatures that average two to six degrees Fahrenheit above normal, thanks to consistent surges of warmth. But a noticeable cool down is set to bring chillier temperatures this weekend to both the Northeast and the central Appalachians. Paul Pastelok, AccuWeather's top long-range forecaster, said that in this region, there's a "likelihood of widespread frost over the interior during the first weekend of October."
Temperatures could be as low as in the teens in the coldest spots of upstate New York and in the upper 20s over the valleys of the central Appalachians.
But it's not all bad news: If you're a fall foliage enthusiast, you'll be glad to hear that the dry air predicts a significant surge of leaves changing color. And if you're a fitness buff, it's worth noting that exercising outside in cooler temperatures can actually help you lose weight.
Even if you absolutely hate cold weather, we've got some good news for you: The chilly air spells the end of allergy season, and is likely to make those mosquitoes go away. So, bring on the brisk, Mother Nature!ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb
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Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1861 to 2011: In 1861, only 3.87 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 2011 13.3 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1861 to 2011: The highest rate recorded was 189.75 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1861, and the lowest was 4.71 in 2001.
Changing Industrial Structure 1841 to 2011: In 1841, 50.19 per cent of all workers worked in manufacturing, but in 2011 this had fallen to 9.25 per cent.
Male Unemployment from 1931 to 2011: The highest male unemployment rate recorded by the census was 10.1 per cent in 1991, and the lowest was .64 in 1961.
Precentage of workforce with degrees 1951 to 2011: In 1951, only 1.63 per cent of occupied males had stayed in education past age 20, but in 2011 23.67 per cent of the population had degree-level qualifications.
Proportion of male workers with professional and managerial jobs, from 1951 to 2011: In 1951, 16.11 per cent of men had these generally better paid jobs, and in 2011 this had risen to 19.73 per cent.
Over-crowded housing, from 1911 to 2011: In 1911, 10.46 per cent of people were living in households with over 1.5 persons per room, but in 2011 this had fallen to 1.02 per cent.
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Artificial Intelligence, fed into increasingly powerful computers designed to learn and think for themselves, presents extraordinary opportunities to solve some of the world's most pressing problems as well serious concerns about keeping them under control.
IBM says it's working on many down to earth artificial intelligence projects, mostly aimed at improved healthcare and longevity. These are projects where computers almost instantly analyze unimaginable amounts of data and learning to help craft treatments and protocols, some down to the individual patient level.
This excites Stanford computer scientist Professor Michael Genesereth. "Medicine is a particularly good example because of the vast amount of data is necessary to understand what a good treatment would be," said Genesereth.
IBM's CEO often speaks about artificial intelligence, where thinking, learning, and cognitive computers can open a new era in medicine. "I think we're at a moment when we can actually transform many parts of healthcare. We can reinvent many pieces and we can change things," said Ginny Rometti, IBM's CEO at a recent conference.
Initially, IBM offered to show us several examples in South San Jose. They include applications to look at human cell structures to find new cures for disease with the SF Exploratorium and UC Santa Cruz. In conjunction with UC San Diego, IBM is developing applications to use microbiology and genetics to help the elderly live independently for longer.
And in association with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, IBM is developing transportation applications to help the elderly and disabled better navigate public transit.
"This idea of cognitive healthcare, systems that learn, that this is real, that it is mainstream and it is here," said Rometti. "And it can change almost everything about healthcare.'
IBM is even developing new microprocessor materials to process artificial intelligence data much faster -- far sooner than legions of humans. Despite the importance of using new technologies for these noble purposes, and after initially offering to show us these wonders, IBM, for reasons unstated, said it would not participate.
In tomorrow's report, we will look at why, perhaps, there is a hesitation to talk about the emergence of artificial intelligence. We'll also take a look at the serious ethical issues underlying all of that.
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B.C. heat wave leads to 11-hour ambulance wait time, spike in sudden deaths
'We're experiencing probably the busiest 48 hours we've had on record,' says Vancouver Assistant Fire Chief
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Ambulance Paramedics of BC says wait times for ambulances have shot up during the current heat wave, leading to crisis-level wait times.APBC photo
A heat wave paralyzing huge swaths of British Columbia has stretched emergency services in several municipalities to the brink — in one case, Vancouver firefighters have waited 11 hours for an ambulance crew to arrive and transport an elderly person suffering heat exhaustion to the hospital.
Just before noon Tuesday, firefighters were still waiting.
"We're experiencing probably the busiest 48 hours we've had on record," says Assistant Chief Ken Gemmill at Vancouver Fire Rescue Services. VFRS later confirmed it's seeing a three-fold increase in call volume over the last few days.
The night before, Gemmill says the department had every vehicle out of the department's fire halls and on-call, with most of the demand driven by people suffering heat illnesses.
While an 11-hour-and-counting wait is an extreme, on many other calls firefighters waited for an ambulance for over six hours, says Gemmill.
The waits have been so long many residents have showed up at fire stations across Vancouver begging for first responders to attend to their loved ones.
"I know that the public is getting frustrated. I know with this extreme heat there's not enough personnel to go around," says Gemmill. "We're experiencing some desperate measures by our citizens for sure."
'INCREDIBLE CRISIS'
BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) has seen a 25 to 50 per cent spike in ambulance dispatches across the province over the last several days, says Troy Clifford, president of the Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia.
Clifford, who leads the union representing paramedics, says pressure has been building on ambulance crews for months. When the heat wave hit, he says staffing shortages of up to 25 per cent combined with a spike in demand.
"There are hundreds of calls waiting to be dispatched right now," he says. "What we're facing is an incredible crisis."
It's a crisis Clifford says could have been mitigated had BCEHS planned for what climate scientists have been saying all along — that hotter, drier summers would become the new normal.
"We know we're going to face floods, fires," he says. "We should have been planning for it a long time ago. It's not unpredictable."
"I say there needs to be accountability from the leadership at BCEHS."
Glacier Media reached out to the BCEHS asking about the alleged delays and lack of staffing but did not receive a response by publication time.
SPIKE IN SUDDEN DEATHS
Fire and ambulance crews aren't the only emergency services seeing an uptick in demand because of the heat wave.
RCMP detachments in some of the province's biggest municipalities have reported a spike in sudden deaths in recent days.
In Burnaby, police responded to 34 deaths between Monday morning and Tuesday morning; in Surrey, RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Elenor Sturko confirmed they had recorded 38 sudden deaths over less than 36 hours, far higher than the two to five reported on an average day.
In Vancouver, a police spokesperson said officers have responded to 65 sudden deaths since Friday but that its tally is "changing by the hour as people are sadly discovering loved ones."
By Tuesday afternoon, VPD said it had deployed dozens of extra officers as a massive surge in 911 calls had "depleted front-line resources and severely delayed response times throughout the city."
"Vancouver has never experienced heat like this, and sadly dozens of people are dying because of it," says VPD Sgt. Steve Addison in a written statement. "Our officers are stretched thin, but we're still doing everything we can to keep people safe."
B.C.'s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said the service had received a massive uptick in reports of death where extreme heat was thought to play a factor.
From Friday to Monday, 233 deaths were reported, a 79 per cent increase from the 130 deaths the BC Coroners Service receives over a normal four-day period. That number is expected to increase as more data rolls in, says Lapointe.
What caused the rise in deaths hasn't been confirmed yet. But if connected to the record heat wave, the spike would be unprecedented.
Between 2010 and May 2021, the BC Coroners Service closed three investigations where the cause of death was determined to be heat exposure, a spokesperson told Glacier Media last month.
LAG TIME MEANS MORE TO COME
The rising human toll of the current heat wave comes on the heels of a staggering number of temperature records stretching across the Pacific Northwest and into the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
By Tuesday morning, 51 communities in B.C. had broken heat records over the last several days — including in Lytton, a town that as of Monday carries Canada's all-time temperature record of 47.9 C.
Drought conditions have been building across much of western North America for months now. But the latest heat wave is something else: a heat dome usually sitting on top of the U.S. southwest has expanded northward with unprecedented intensity and duration.
That all lines up with climate change models, which show B.C. suffering deepening summer drought conditions and searing temperatures, with winters dominated by more extreme rainfall events.
"There's already a baseline to 1.2 degrees warming since the Industrial Revolution," says Armel Castellan, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada.
"Anthropogenic climate change definitely has its fingerprints on this event."
As the extreme temperatures migrate east toward Alberta, temperatures on B.C.'s South Coast have started to fall. In its path, Castellan says it's expected to leave a trail of lightning strikes, upping the chance of wildfire ignitions in the B.C. Interior.
"It's not that we're going to be going back to seasonal normals," warns Castellan. "We're still five to 10 degrees above normal."
Castellan says above-seasonal average temperatures are predicted to continue through the summer and into September. The even more immediate worry, he says, are lingering health effects in seniors, children and the chronically ill.
"There is a documented lag time between mortalities and the strongest heat. The impacts are delayed three or four days," he says. "The worst is not over."
By Tuesday morning, that lag time prompted Vancouver to activate its emergency centre so resources can be redirected where they are needed most.
Vancouver Fire Rescue currently has 142 firefighters in service and has added two medical trucks to its fleet over the last 24 hours.
Still, says Gemmill, "We're sitting at calls for an excessive amount of time."
"We're still in the middle of it."
PROTECT YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS
B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie says she's concerned about the reported lag times in emergency response.
"We'll have to sort out what is happening with 911," she says. "But my major concern is seniors in the community… people who live alone in apartments that overheat. They're big greenhouses."
"Go and get cold compresses on them, get them into a shower, get liquids in them and get them to the emergency department if you have to."
Gemmill echoed that call, asking residents to step up and take care of a neighbour or family member to take pressure off firefighters and ambulance crews.
"There are a lot of people in this city who can't take care of themselves and they rely on emergency services," he says.
"We're treading water to keep this city safe."
Editor's note: This story has been updated from its original version with a statement from the BC Coroners Service.
Stefan Labbé is a solutions journalist. That means he covers how people are responding to problems linked to climate change — from housing to energy and everything in between. Have a story idea? Get in touch. Email slabbe@glaciermedia.ca.
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PACAP and Other Neuropeptide Targets Link Chronic Migraine and Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia in Mouse Models
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Molecular & Cellular Proteomics December 1, 2019, First published on October 24, 2019, 18 (12) 2447-2458; https://doi.org/10.1074/mcp.RA119.001767
The neuropeptides within seven nervous system regions involved in relaying pain signals have been identified and quantified in mouse models of chronic migraine and opioid-induced hyperalgesia using label-free peptidomics. Of the >1500 peptides identified, only a few neuropeptides were significantly altered between the two conditions, including the known pro-migraine molecule, calcitonin-gene related peptide. As pituitary adenylate cyclase activating enzyme (PACAP)-related peptides were similarly altered in both groups, we validated PACAP as an overlapping mechanism of chronic migraine-associated pain and opioid-induced hyperalgesia.
Quantitative Microproteomics Based Characterization of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of a Mouse Model of Krabbe Disease
Davide Pellegrini, Ambra del Grosso, Lucia Angella, Nadia Giordano, Marialaura Dilillo, Ilaria Tonazzini, Matteo Caleo, Marco Cecchini and Liam A. McDonnell
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics June 1, 2019, First published on March 29, 2019, 18 (6) 1227-1241; https://doi.org/10.1074/mcp.RA118.001267
This work represents the first in-depth characterization of the Twitcher mouse, a model of Krabbe disease, to investigate the changes associated with Krabbe disease. The proteomes extracted from the corpus callosum, motor cortex and sciatic nerves of five Twitcher and five wild-type mice were compared at a postnatal day of 30. The results demonstrate that the central and peripheral nervous systems of the Twitcher mouse are characterized by neuroinflammation, complement activation, lysosomal proteins accumulation, demyelination, autophagy disruption and reduced development.
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PIEdeck is an experimental interactive installation created for playful activities with multiple participants. Developed by the research group Playful Interactive Environments (PIE), it consists of a laser tracking system, public display and Virtual Reality headsets. Utilizing the Pharus tracking system developed by the Ars Electronica Futurelab, up to 25 participants can simultaneously interact with the system and each other in the same physical space. PIEdeck serves as an experimental environment to explore novel game concepts and other forms of co-located interaction in a hybrid-reality context, combining real physical movement with virtual content in a large-scale setting.
The PIEdeck system will be shown for the first time in a public venue at the Oktogon during the Animafest Zagreb. The PIEdeck prototype allows two Virtual Reality (VR) participants to walk through an immersive, abstract audiovisual world and interact with a dynamic, animated sculpture. Passersby also leave their own mark on the virtual world, creating traces behind them for the VR participants. The sculpture, traces and other virtual elements are all visible to spectators on a public screen.
Playful Interactive Environments is a research group founded by the Department of Digital Media at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, School of Informatics, Communication and Media in Hagenberg. The research group focuses on the investigation of new and natural playful forms of interaction and the use of playful mechanisms to encourage specific behavioral patterns. In cooperation with research partners in the fields of media psychology and usability, additional work is conducted regarding perception research of computer-generated characters and the design, implementation and evaluation of interactive environments. Typical research topics include large public displays, projection mapping, co-located games, serious games, gamification, audio reactive installations and non-linear narratives.


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Q: Understanding the values of summary() (Output Shape, Param#)? I'm checking the output of summary function and don't understand all the printed values.
For example, look on this simple code:
x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
y = [1.2, 1.8, 3.5, 3.7, 5.3]
model = Sequential()
model.add(Dense(10, input_dim=1, activation='relu'))
model.add(Dense(30, input_dim=1, activation='relu'))
model.add(Dense(10, input_dim=1, activation='relu'))
model.add(Dense(1))
model.summary()

The output:
Model: "sequential"
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Layer (type)                 Output Shape              Param #
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dense (Dense)                (None, 10)                20
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dense_1 (Dense)              (None, 30)                330
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dense_2 (Dense)              (None, 10)                310
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dense_3 (Dense)              (None, 1)                 11
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Total params: 671
Trainable params: 671
Non-trainable params: 0
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*Why is the meaning of None value , under the column Output Shape? what the None mean here?

*Which network will not show None in the summary?

*Why is the meaning of the Params # column ?  How this value is calculated ?

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*The None is just a placeholder saying that the network can input more than one sample at the time. None means this dimension is variable. The first dimension in a keras model is always the batch size. ... That's why this dimension is often ignored when you define your model. For instance, when you define input_shape=(100,200) , actually you're ignoring the batch size and defining the shape of "each sample".

*None won't show If you set a fixed batch. As an example, if you would send in a batch of 10 images your shape would be (10, 64, 64, 3) and if you changed it to 25 you would have (25, 64, 64, 3)

*For the dense_1st layer , number of params is 20. This is obtained as
: 10 (input values)  + 10 (bias values)
For dense_2nd layer, number of params is 330. This is obtained as : 10
(input values) * 30 (neurons in the second layer) + 30 (bias values
for neurons in the second layer)
For dense_3rd layer, number of params is 310. This is obtained as : 30
(input values) * 10 (neurons in the third layer) + 10 (bias values
for neurons in the third layer)
For final layer, number of params is 11. This is obtained as : 10 (input values) * 1 (neurons in the second layer) + 1 (bias values for neurons in the final layer)
total params = 20+330+310+11 = 671


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3. (age 9) "My Sunday morning routine is to go out for the comics, cross the street, look in the mailbox, remember the mailman doesn't put the paper in the mailbox, cross back again and pick the paper up from the driveway so I can come in and read the comics. It's comforting to have routines."
4. (age 10) "I thought of what a really cool job would be...Universe Narrator."
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The Crossover by Kwame Alexander is the most recent winner of the Newbery Medal, which is awarded yearly to the best children's chapter book. I honestly was not very excited to read this book because it is written in verse (think poetry), which is not my favorite format, and the story revolves around basketball (not my favorite topic). But I gave it a try, and I have to admit the Newbery committee got it right with this book. It is phenomenal. I literally couldn't put it down and finished it in one sitting. This is one of those books that is so well written that you want to go back and reread parts out loud (at least, I did).
The story centers on Josh, a middle school student and basketball fanatic with a twin brother who shares his passion for sports. His mother is the assistant principal at his school, and his father is a former professional basketball player. When Josh's twin brother turns his attention to a new girlfriend, everything starts to fall apart for Josh. I don't want to give too much away, so I'll just tell you that The Crossover is a powerful and emotional story.
Best for students in grades five and up, I would recommend this book to both boys and girls, basketball fans and the un-athletic (like me).


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4 Hummingbirds in Minnesota (Common & Rare)
There have been reports of nearly 30 different species of hummingbirds seen in the United States. Some of these are common can be found every year, while some are rare or accidental visitors. When it comes to hummingbirds in Minnesota, we have found 1 common species, and 3 species that have visited but are rare. That's a total of 4 species of hummingbirds you may be able to see in Minnesota.
4 Hummingbirds in Minnesota
Based on the range maps of authoritative sources like allaboutbirds.org and ebird.org, we've put together a list of hummingbirds that can be seen in the state of Minnesota. For each species in this list you'll find the species name, pictures of what it looks like, specifications about appearance, and where and when you may be able to spot them. We will list the most common species first, and the 3 rare ones last.
Ruby-throated hummingbirds are the most common hummingbirds in the eastern half of the United States. They have a green back and white underparts. Males have a ruby red throat that can look black in certain lighting.
Ruby-throated hummingbirds are seen throughout Minnesota during the spring and summer months. They are by far the most common hummingbird in the state, and will arrive around May and leave in September. If you see a hummingbird in your yard, it will almost surely be the ruby-throated.
Recorded sightings in Minnesota are not as frequent as states further east. They are uncommon visitors in Minnesota but there is always a chance one will be spotted.
3. Calliope Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Scientific name: Selasphorus calliope
The calliope hummingbird winters in Central America, then mainly spends its breeding season in the Pacific Northwest and parts of western Canada. That's an impressively far migration, especially considering the calliope is the smallest bird in the United States!
Males have a unique throat pattern of magenta stripes that fork down on the sides. Females are plain with some green spotting on the throat and peachy tinted underparts.
Calliope hummingbirds are considered rare on the east coast, however they have been spotted in Minnesota. I could only find two on record, one in 1994 and one in 2016. So while uncommon, a stray does seems to wander over occasionally.
4. Anna's Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird | image by Russ via Flickr | CC BY 2.0
Scientific name: Calypte anna
Anna's actually stay in the U.S. all year within most of their range, however you'll only find them regularly in a few of the western states. The green of their feathers tends to be a bit brighter and more iridescent than most others, and even their chest and belly are sprinkled with emerald feathers. Males have rosy-pink throats and those colorful feathers extend up onto their forehead.
Anna's very uncommon on the east coast, but they do stray from time to time. Similar to the Calliope hummingbird, I could only find two recorded sightings in Minnesota. However, the occasional sighting also happens in surrounding areas such as Milwaukee, so while very rare it's not impossible for an Anna's to wander into Minnesota.
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MARION — Barbara M. Ollis, 92, of Belleville, formerly of Marion, passed away Jan. 2, 2019, in Memorial Hospital, Belleville.
She was born Feb. 2, 1926, in Carterville.
She was united in marriage to Wendell Ollis on Nov. 25, 1944.
Barbara was a member of First Baptist Church in Marion.
She was employed as a bookkeeper at the Lake of Egypt Water Company and Kimmel Auto Parts.
Surviving are daughter, Margaret (Gary) Dunaway; son, Terry (Lynn) Ollis; four grandchildren, Kevin Dunaway, Michael Dunaway, Ryan Ollis, Jeremy Ollis; stepgranddaughter, Mary Kish; five great-grandchildren, Jake Dunaway, Ally Dunaway, Timmy Kish, Lili Kish and Kane Ollis; sister, Betty (PL) Montgomery; along with other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by father, Louie McGee; mother, Ella Armstrong; husband, Wendell Ollis; and sister, Dorothy Barter.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 5, at Blue Funeral Home, Marion. Services will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home, with Dr. Bob Dickerson officiating. Private burial will follow in McKinney Chapel Cemetery.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions be directed to First Baptist Church of Marion.
For more information, visit www.leesmanfuneralhome.com. Leesman Funeral Home, in Millstadt, handled the arrangements.


I've ended many days, tired after a long day at work or school, and realized something very important: I forgot to have time with God that day.
But sometimes, it was worse than that.
I had remembered God during my day but intentionally ignored the calling to spend time with him. Sometimes I was too focused on homework. But most of the time I was preoccupied with sleeping or watching TV. Ignoring God day after day was painful when deep-down my soul desired God.
Another issue was my attitude. The longer I went without spending time in God's word, the more my attitude would change, and not for the better. I would go through my day with more bitterness and less thankfulness.
Ultimately, not being with my Lord daily made me less loving to others.
I needed to change, and by God's grace I started to turn things around.
It sounds backwards, but I've found in order to start seeking God daily, I needed to start asking for strength from God daily.
By his grace, he has given me a heart that ultimately desires to know him, even if I don't always follow his callings.
So this is the choice that was presented before me: choose to ask God for strength, or try to rely on my own motivation.
My experience has taught me that without a doubt, God's strength is always greater than my own.
No matter where my heart is, God still gives me a choice to act.
Frank Turek, a leading Christian apologist, has said at many conferences, "God is too loving to force you into his presence".
He was saying this as an answer to questions about God's punishment, but I think it's also an amazing parallel to our everyday lives.
God never forces us to do our devotions or pray to him or even thank him. These are choices we make as Christians that honor God and help our attitudes become more like his. God gives me the strength and time to be with him daily, but I have to willingly use that strength and time for that purpose of knowing him.
Everyday I have a choice to choose God, and it's completely up to me to decide.
This process can be hard to start, but you can do it! I've listed a few steps that help me spend time in God's word everyday.
1) Find the time of day you are most awake and at peace.
This can be one of the hardest steps. There isn't a set time God has commanded us to be in his word, so pick the time that works best for you! Find a time that you're least distracted and focus on what he needs to teach you through is word.
2) Find the method of study helps that helps you grow closer to God.
Some people have a gift to analyze a few verses for 10 minutes and draw deep truths out of that small passage. Others take time to read whole chapters. Still others need additional help to figure out what to read in the form of daily devotionals.
As long as you find yourself in the word of God, any of these strategies can help strengthen your relationship with him.
Start with 10 minutes, one page of your study, or one chapter in the bible to get started. Then grow as God leads you and you begin to desire him more.
3) Find others who can encourage you to stick to a new routine.
This step is required for two reasons: accountability and conversation.
God repeats many times in the bible how important community is. He shows this in his analogies of how the church is a body with its many parts, how iron sharpens iron, and how war is won through many counselors.
These few basic steps will help you start your daily routine of Bible reading but remember, this will be hard even if you find the right time of day, the right method of study, and the right people to study with.
Opening up the Bible every day consistently is hard. Sometimes it may feel like you're at a spiritual feast. Other times, with the same amount of time and effort, you will feel dry.
But being faithful in being alone with God and reading scripture will transform you over time.
Reading the Bible everyday has transformed my life and it can change yours too.
Commit to making Bible reading a daily part of your life and by God's grace he will use it to transform you to be more like our Lord and Savior.


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MIDLAND, Mi. Northern Michigan University Men's Soccer (6-5-5, 3-4-5 GLIAC) dropped their regular season finale, 2-1, to Northwood University (7-8-1, 5-6-1 GLIAC) Friday afternoon on the road. Despite the loss, the Wildcats are still guaranteed to finish the year with a .500 record or better for the first time in program history.
Each side attempt four shots in the opening 25 minutes of action with the Wildcats putting a pair of chances on-goal. Senior forward Sam Popp (Northville, Michigan) and sophomore midfielder Luca Lippert (Langen. Germany) took a shot on-goal in the opening half.
The Timberwolves took a one-goal lead into the halftime intermission after netting a scored in the 27th-minute.
Not long after the start of the second half, Lippert knotted the match at one goal each on his first collegiate goal. The score came in the 52nd-minute after Popp curled a free kick just in front of the net where Lippert was able to send it into the back of the net.
Popp was credited with an assist on the score, his third of the season. With 23 points in 2018, Popp continues to push his own school-record for points in a season and career. In three seasons, he has recorded 16 goals and 40 points.
The tie continued for nearly 10 minutes before the Timberwolves regained lead. NU took a 2-1 advantage in the 64th minute on a free kick of their own. Their lead would last the rest of the match with falling in their regular season finale.
With the regular season coming to a close, the Wildcats will not prepare for the GLIAC Tournament. It is the second-consecutive season NMU has advanced to the conference tournament after the team earned their first-ever postseason victory a year ago in the quarterfinal round.
Freshman goalkeeper Valentin Kliebe (Hessisch Lichtenau, Germany) made three saves in the match, including a save on a penalty kick late in the contest. He now has 63 saves on the season and a .818 save percentage, both of which are second-best among GLIAC goalkeepers. His. 1.04 goals against average is also second-best in the conference.
Ending the regular season with a 6-5-5 overall record, the Wildcats have guaranteed that they will finish the 2018 campaign with a record at or above .500 for the first time in program history. After reaching the six-win mark a season ago, NMU matched their highest win total since beginning play three seasons ago.
Currently, the Wildcats finished the season fifth in the conference standings with 14 points. The top two teams in the league will receive a first-round bye in the tournament, while the third and fourth seeded squads will host quarterfinal matches against the fifth and sixth ranked teams.
NMU will take on Northwood again on Tuesday afternoon in a battle of the four and five seeds. Purdue University-Northwest will host Ashland in the other quarterfinal match with the winners of each contest traveling to Saginaw Valley St. where the semifinals and championship will be held.


Mt Everest is 8848 meters high. Consequently, Everest have always been a very popular destination for mountaineers. The Tibetan Northern side of the mountain provides far better pleasing views than those on the Nepali side. Additionally, access is a lot easier as there is a road all the way up. Traditionally, climbers arrive to Tibet in spring to attempt climbing the mountain in May.
Even if you are not planning to climb Everest, there are plenty of things to do nearby. Everest Base Camp has become one of the most popular trekking destinations in Tibet, offering the chance to gaze on the magnificent North face of the world's tallest peak.
Tibetan's name for Everest's is Qomolangma, and you will often see Tibetan name on various signs. Approximately 27,000 sq km of territory around Everest's North face in Tibet are designated as the Qomolangma Nature Reserve.
The Base Camp is located at at a 5200 meters above sea level. The most satisfying way to get to Everest Base Camp is to make the popular three or four day trek from the Friendship Hwy at Tingri. The road to Everest Base Camp from Chay was upgraded in 2007 to an elevated gravel road. Plans to pave the road with asphalt were met with international opposition (most strongly from India) and were abandoned. The road from Tingri to EBC has not been improved, so expect a rough and dusty trip if travelling this way by 4WD.
The Everest access road begins around 10km west of the Shegar Baber checkpoint shortly after kilometre marker 5145. The 101 km drive takes around two to three hours to reach the Everest basecamp.
About 3km from the Friendship Hwy you get to the village of Chay, where your entry permit is checked. From Chay, it's a winding drive up to Pang-la (5050m). The views here are stupendous on a clear day, and feature a huge sweep of the Himalaya range, including Makalu, Lhotse, Everest, Xishabangma and Cho Oyu.
The road then descends past a couple of photogenic villages and runs down into the fertile Dzaka Valley and the village of Tashi Dzom (also known as Peruche), where you can get lunch or a bed for the night at several places.
The dirt road then runs up the wide valley, to the village of Pagsum, which also offers accommodation. The next main village is Quizong (Chodzom) and from here the road turns south towards Rong phu (or Rong-puk or also Rongbuk). The first views of Everest appear half an hour before you arrive at Rongphu.
New to the Everest scene is this group of yak fur tents lining the side of the dirt road between Rongphu and Base Camp. Don't come expecting an isolated camp of welcoming nomads Tibetans from Tashi Dzom and other nearby villages run the tents like small hotels. So no one tent gets too much business, each tent is only allowed a maximum of five or six tourists. Large groups are divided into different tents, and some groups have reported that they were not even allowed to eat together in the same tent.
Be careful with your belongings as the tents are open all the time and offer no security. It's best to leave everything in your car if possible. This may seem obvious, but also be careful not to touch the stove pipe, which can get scalding hot when the stove is burning. Some tents can get smoky inside; there is little you can do about this apart from moving to a different tent. This is the furthest point vehicles can drive to and is an incredibly scenic place to stay. You're hemmed in by high grey ridges to the east and west and as you look to the south, Everest's north face dominates the skyline. This is prime real estate and it's yours for a pittance.
Don't expect any privacy at the camp, though: tents sleep six people. Blankets are provided but you're better off with a sub-zero sleeping bag.
Although there were probably some monastic settlement in the region for several hundred years previously, Rongpuk Monastery is the main Buddhist centre in the valley. It once coordinated the activities of around a dozen smaller religious institutions, all of which are now ruined. It was established in 8th Centuries by Guru Rinpoche ( founders of Nyingmapa sect. ) Rongpuk can at least lay claim to being the highest monastery in Tibet and thus the world.
Renovation work has been ongoing at the monastery since 1983, and some of the interior murals are superb. The monastery and it's large chorten make a great photograph with Everest thrusting it's head skyward in the background.


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[2022.11.09] ROXANNE TONG MIGHT GET MARRIED ON VACATION NEXT YEAR
Roxanne Tong is in great spirits after her vacation and has nothing but praise for her boyfriend
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Anson Kong keeps his mask on due to tonsillitis as he attends the LOVE SUDDENLY premiere with Karena Ng
Several hundred AK fans fill the shopping center and cheer when their idol appears
AK and Karena Ng play a couple in the film, at first he does not dare to put his hand on her shoulder
Karena Ng's boyfriend held a luxurious birthday party for her last month, but some online accused them of flaunting their wealth
Roxanne Tong Lok Man and her boyfriend Kenneth Ma Kwok Ming went on vacation together for the first time. Although she denied that they had a honeymoon in advance, she sweetly admitted that they could wed at anytime. Next time she would have a great chance to take her husband's last name and become Mrs. Ma! Karena Ng Chin Yu spoke up for herself and clarified that her birthday party earlier was not flaunting her wealth.
Yeung Lok Man (Pretty Tong), Ng Chin Yu, Adam Pak Tin Nam, Chloe So Ho Yi, Edward Ma Chi Wai, Shirley Chan Yan Yin and others attended their film LOVE SUDDENLY (FUT YIN SUM DONG)'s film premiere two nights ago. Just spent 11 days in Japan with boyfriend Ma Kwok Ming, Pretty Tong was asked whether they successfully made a baby? She praised her boyfriend and said, "This trip was very successful, we had a lot of fun and were very touched because it was our first vacation after dating for over two years. Some said that a vacation would be the best able to see the other half's real side, this time I saw his even better real side because I like to plan the itinerary and he did not mind at all. He even very nicely did all I asked, not only carrying my war loots, his photography improved and he even drove the entire trip. We have already to plan our second trip, hoping to go to a sunny beach or where we went to school. However he was too busy so scheduling would be rather hard. Being busy is a good thing, so I wouldn't complain."
Did their relationship heat up? She even sweetly revealed that it has never cooled down and pointed out that this time they did not take the opportunity to have their honeymoon in advance. However she admitted that they already had a mutual understanding in regards to marriage, after the pandemic would fade it could happen at any time. She did not eliminate the possibility that it would happen next year and revealed that they would likely have a vacation wedding. They would also definitely announce it. She also pointed out that that night Ma Ming was also present, but she was not afraid that her boyfriend would be jealous from seeing her intimate scenes.
Also bathing in love, did Chin Yu inform her boyfriend before making her intimate scene? Chin Yu joked, "The degree in the film was only child's play, my boyfriend did not supervise the shoot either. Actually I have never shot any passionate scene. (Would you like to try?) I could keep an open mind for any character." Speaking of her 29th birthday party earlier she was accused of flaunting her wealth with luxurious cars and yacht, she denied that. "It didn't have that element, actually some said that the 30th birthday couldn't be made a big deal, so I celebrated a year earlier. A lot were sponsored, and friends took care of the venue for me at cost."
Chin Yu this time had intimate scenes with AK. She joked that even MIRROR fans were very concerned. She said that most of the scenes were more reserved, and even revealed that AK was all stiff for the scene in which he had to put his arm around her shoulder. Ng Chin Yu suggested that if the film would reach HK$ 30 million at the box office, AK would pose a photo in swimming trunks. He joked that he almost fell into a trap and said that he would negotiation that later.
LOVE was Anson Kong's first movie. Yesterday several hundred fans filled the three floors of the shopping center. AK said that he worked three over night shoots for his new series and had to take off his shirt for the fight scenes, which led to illness. He already got tested and saw a doctor, and was confirmed to have tonsillitis and the flu. He mentioned that he was very shy during the shoot, because usually at work he was with members of MIRROR. Speaking of Stephen Au Kam Tong witnessing AK fans' support catering and praised them as sharp, AK pointed out that because they did not try it for the first series, they deliberately found a scene where everyone was present and sent catering to support the cast and the crew. "In the series my and Tiger's fans played the live audience, I thank them for helping over these 3 overnight shoots." He revealed that at first when he rehearsed with Hedwig Tam for the first series he too was very bashful. He even praised his co-star Ng Chin Yu, on the first day at meal time he did not dare to get close and went to the other side. Chin Yu took the initiative and asked him to dine together and chat. After that they were much more relaxed. He praised her for always had the light of a goddess.
Speaking of film subjects that he would like to make from now on, AK stated that he would like to make gun fight films like THE MISSION (CHEUNG FOR) and did not mind making "he he" scenes. His group mates' movies performed well. AK said that he has not deliberately thought about the box office, the only thing that he was able to control was trying to do his best during the shoot; lately he had to take off his shirt for every project. He pointed out that he has been thinner and in different shape from before. However he joked that he probably would fight better than his other MIRROR brothers.


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Cambridge United resume their Checkatrade Trophy campaign on tomorrow night at the Abbey Stadium against Southampton U21s, kicking off at 7:00pm.
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Q: Is it ok to use the message id as a start value in AES Counter Mode I want to encrypt multiple messages using AES in Counter mode with the same key. Would it be secure enough to use the id of each message as the start value for the counter? The message ids are more or less consecutive.

A: The weakness is that you are exposing part of the data if there message ID is part of the encrypted data and that can be used as a crib in a brute force attack on the key.
If the key is a random byte sequence a brute force attack against a 128-bit or larger AES key impractical, read not possible.
If the key is weak such as a password or derived from a password with a weak method a brute force attack on the password is possible. Simple cryptographic hash methods are weak, PBKDF2 with a suitable iteration count is strong.


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Madagascar hope to 'keep dreaming' as Tunisia await
Martyn WOOD
July 10, 2019, 12:03 AM UTC
Nicolas Dupuis has transformed a country once ranked 190th in the world into Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finalists (AFP Photo/JAVIER SORIANO)
Cairo (AFP) - Madagascar coach Nicolas Dupuis wants the Indian Ocean islanders to "keep dreaming together" as the surprise team of this Africa Cup of Nations face Tunisia on Thursday for a spot in the semi-finals.
Competition debutants Madagascar, who were ranked so low they had to come through a preliminary round just to take part in qualifying, are looking to become the first debutants to reach the last four since South Africa captured the title on home soil in 1996.
Nicknamed 'Barea', after a breed of local cattle, Madagascar beat three-time winners Nigeria to finish top of their group in Egypt and then overcame DR Congo on penalties in the last 16 to extend their remarkable adventure.
"I simply want to continue dreaming together. Since the start, two and a half years ago, we said we're going to qualify for the AFCON. We want to have a common goal that's reasonable," Dupuis told reporters on Wednesday.
"I think the with talent of the players, to give them a reasonable goal such as to qualify and then to keep going, if everyone is on the same page then it can be done.
"If the goal is unrealistic, such as winning the World Cup, I would lose the energy and the minds of the players.
"But qualifying and getting out of the group were achievable. Now we're going to reach beyond what is feasible. There's still a bit that is achievable but it's going to be very difficult."
- 'Clear outsiders' -
At 108 in the world rankings, Madagascar will come up against a Tunisia team ranked 83 places above them, as the second-highest country in Africa behind title favourites Senegal.
"We're going into this match clearly as outsiders against a team that played in the World Cup and is ranked 25th by FIFA. We're proud to be able to play such a team. We'll be without any pressure and just want to be up to scratch," said Dupuis.
"We're aware of the happiness and joy we give to the 25 million Madagascans. When we go home it will be crazy, but we're not in a hurry to go home. We want to stay as long as possible."
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina chartered a 480-seater plane to take fans to Alexandria for the DR Congo tie, and more supporters are expected at Al Salam Stadium to soak up their nation's unexpected success.
"He's (Rajoelina) bringing two planes this time and we've got 25 million people behind us so it's giving us a lot of strength," Dupuis added.