It's a tough business, running a retail store at the base of a ski resort. Overhead costs a premium, the customer decision to spend is strongly correlated to the economy, snowfall is capricious and competition is fierce. All of it calls for a niche, and in 1986 Bob Remiger and Bob Gleason found one when they opened BootDoctors with the intent to focus on custom boot-fitting as few ski shops had before – a specialization that attracted major ski retailer Christy Sports to purchase the Taos Ski Valley-founded operation on Nov. 1.
A couple walls away, in the heart of the shop, a handful of those employees – some with more than 20 years experience creating custom insoles and boots tailored to skier foot size, style and stance – were preparing equipment as they tended to a trickle of customers looking to prepare for snow that had yet to fall.
Other BootDoctors employees, too, were preparing for the coming season at a second store located one block south of Michael's Kitchen in Taos, and at two other locations many miles north in Telluride, Colorado.
Remiger and Gleason train all of them to be master boot fitters. They send their best to train at the world-renowned MasterFit University boot fitting school. One graduate, Charlie Bradley, is BootDoctors' head boot fitter and has tested gear for SKI Magazine.
To hear Remiger talk about creating a custom insole is to learn just how technical their particular brand of boot fitting truly is.
As the shop's name would suggest, it's more than a little scientific.
And that's just the start of the process. A customer might try on several pairs of boots and custom insoles made right in the store before finding the perfect fit.
At the heart of this process is a unique dedication to customer service, Remiger says, made that much more rarified by the advent of online retailing. This, partner and manager Linda Mogetz says, is the reason for selling their business to Christy Sports, a company founded on a similar premise in 1958 and that operates more than 50 stores throughout Colorado, Utah, Washington and now New Mexico.
Longtime employees will have the chance to move into management roles. The five retail locations will remain the same in name and design, Remiger said, but Christy Sports has also expressed interest in incorporating the BootDoctors fitting services into their own shops.
In a small-business oriented town, however, the BootDoctors folks know that some people might bristle at the announcement of the sale. Remiger said he's already heard some of the naysayers, but he maintains that Christy Sports isn't a big, bad corporate business eager to expend the BootDoctor's identity.
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The Battle of Meßkirch was fought on 4 May 1800 and 5 May 1800 and resulted the victory of French army against the Austrians.

Overview
See the Messkirch 1800 Order of Battle for details of the French and Austrian armies in the campaign.

On 25 April 1800, the French Armée d'Allemagne, under Jean Victor Marie Moreau, crossed the Rhine River at Kehl and Schaffhausen. The 1st Demi-Brigade, of the Corps led by Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, conquered St. Georgen and entered the Black Forest at Freiburg im Breisgau. After conquering Stuhlingen, 25 km south of Donaueschingen, the unit took part in the Battle of Stockach and Engen on 3 May 1800, after which the Austrian retreated to Meßkirch where they enjoyed a more favourable defensive position.

The French repeatedly assaulted the town on 4 May 1800 and 5 May 1800, both attempts being in vain. The 1st Demi-Brigade, despite the Austrian superiority there, was able to conquer Krumbach and the heights surrounding it, which commanded Meßkirch. Therefore, the Austrian moved back to Sigmaringen, followed by the French. The Battle of Biberach ensued on 9 May 1800.

See also
Campaigns of 1800 in the French Revolutionary Wars

Notes

References

 Heinrich Bücheler, Werner Fischer, Roland Kessinger: Die Schlacht bei Meßkirch 5ter Mai 1800: Gedenkband zum 200. Jahrestag. Museumsgesellschaft Meßkirch (Hrsg.). Gmeiner Verlag. Meßkirch. 1. Auflage 2000.
 Kempf: Unsere Heimat in den Napoleonischen Kriegen. In: Derselbe: Das Gögginger Dorfbuch. Gemeinde Göggingen. Göggingen 1969. S. 365 ff.

Conflicts in 1800
Messkirch 1800
Messkirch 1800
1800 in Austria
1800 in France
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Messkirch (1800)
Battles of the War of the Second Coalition
1800 in the Holy Roman Empire
Battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe

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One of my favourite things to play with and craft with with Cricut is the iron on vinyl. I love the bespoke look, I love things labelled – pretty helpful in a family with three boys even if one is an adult, I love making tweaks to every day products that you find and making you smile when every you see them! And now the Easypress 2 from Cricut makes this a million times easier. From designing your own t-shirt and making it unique to tailoring cushions and items around the home this can now all be done in seconds without the need for waiting for the iron to cool then reheat to the relevant temperature between layers and also enabling a stronger hold than before so it doesn't come off in the wash.
After my review on the Cricut maker last week this is my review on the EasyPress2 which works along side it. The Cricut EasyPress 2 is used to adhere material to another material using heat. While most people use it for iron-on vinyl you can actually also using it for bonding quilting cottons together with heat transfer bonding for example.
The EasyPress is like a rather clever iron. The EasyPress 2 is updated version of the original EasyPress. It comes in three sizes which I love – 6" x 7", 9"x 9" and 12" by 10". I have the 9" by 9" to review in this article. You control the temperature depending on what material is being bonded to very precisely and it heats up to 205C or 400F. Its heats up surprisingly quickly and includes on the top a countdown timer and comfortable handle. The base is ceramic coated and glides easily across the fabric. It also has a safety base and an auto shut-off.
Included in the retail price of £170 for the 9" by 9" is the safety base, a welcome book, a cotton storage bag and vinyl iron-on Cricut logo to practise with, safety instructions and warranty.
So what did we create?
Well I have been trying to work on the boys about not just dropping the dirty clothes on the floor in our house as amazingly they don't make their way to the washing machine on their own so the boys chose some of their favourite bright colours of Vinyl and laundry bags have been made!
Once cut the vinyl was peeled off the cutting mat and the bits we didn't need removed. The Cricut has a great tool for this! Weeding tool!
I had checked out on Cricut first what temperature I would need for Everyday Iron-on Vinyl on to 100% cotton and using the EasyPress Mat underneath and it gives you the temperature perfectly. I love this tool- it's a real bonus and saves so much faffing around.
straight on top and pressed the button.
No need to worry about timing as the count down starts automatically for you. We then flipped the fabric and pressed from the back too. Once you have done this I would highly recommend burnishing your Vinyl first before removing your liner. It gives it a little extra power and the liner was then easy to lift off. We moved almost immediately on to the next piece and had the bag finished in a matter of minutes with the different layers and colours!
We have since making these made a new t-shirt for hiking in, and currently designing and creating spring/summer cushions – after all why not?!
Having used iron-on vinyl with the iron for years I did wonder what my thoughts would be but I have to say I loved the EasyPress 2 . It was light, glided well across the fabric, didn't stick and maintained its heat superbly. I might even have used it to try out the sheets and duvet covers too – they look amazing after!
I personally will be investing in the smaller one as well as I can take that round friends and will allow me to use it on smaller crafting projects and quilt cushions. I think it makes using the iron-on so much easier and gives a better longer lasting effect than an Iron. Its really inspired me to start making gifts too for friends using it. Its definitely a worth while investment if you're going to be working with materials!


There are a lot of various things that people like to talk about when it comes to what makes a real man. Whether it's attitude, style or whatever else, everyone seems to have an opinion. Now, those things might be what a "real" man looks like, but they're not what really makes the man. What separates a man from a boy is actually pretty simple. A real man is someone who can get things done for himself. If you want to feel like you're a real man, then you've got to be able to handle your business in every part of your life. No matter what it is, you should be able to deal with it without needing to run for help all of the time. So here are a few skills that every man needs to have.
For the most part, the vast majority of men don't really know anything about their cars. Aside from how to change a tire (and even then that might be a stretch) the idea of doing even the simplest piece of auto repair is a pretty terrifying prospect for a lot of guys. Fortunately, there are plenty of places to improve your knowledge. From physical courses to online tutorials, there's no excuse not to be able to fix at least the most basic problems with your car. Not only is this a useful skill but is going to help you save a pretty decent amount of money in the long run too.
Come on guys; it's 2017. The whole, bumbling man who can't take care of himself routine is neither cute nor funny anymore. It's time to start taking responsibility for your own life and your own health. Every man should, without fail, be able to cook at least five different meals. And each of those meals should include at least two or three different food groups. So no, mac & cheese with five different types of cheese each day does not count! Not only is cooking a great skill and a pretty impressive one too, but it will help you understand flavours and give you a much better idea of exactly what you're eating, making it far easier to understand why you like or dislike certain foods.
It's time to stop mumbling down at your shoes. A real man is someone who has confidence in what he has to say. You should be able to communicate yourself effectively no matter who you're talking to. Whether you're with friends, at a meeting, or on a date, you should be able to express yourself clearly and will authority. Not only will this make you more engaging to be around but it's also a really good way to build your confidence.
Now, it's important for a man to be independent and to be able to do these things, but don't forget that there's nothing wrong with needing a little bit of help now and then. Sometimes the best thing a man can do is to accept when he needs some support.


Wait time in airports is very common scenario nowadays especially if you have a connecting flight. Ample amount of time is available which tempts us to get some work done by connecting to the airport WiFi. Every airport provides a free WiFi service to its customers who are waiting. A few years ago, it would have been a wrong move but now thanks to https, fake WiFi nodes are not present as they used to be. Still it is recommended to use WiFi only to finish low security work. Even after connecting to a public WiFi it is often recommended to work in offline mode on local files. Read our post on Does Public Trust The Internet? to know public's opinion on Internet.
Hackers set up WiFi router of their own with sophisticated name related to airport. When you connect to that router your data can be easily accessible by the hackers.
Hackers can connect to the open WiFi network at airport and can steal unencrypted data like your usernames and passwords while connected on that network. Interception can be done by hackers due to lack of encryption in public WiFis.
If airport network require email address to get connected to keep a throwaway email address for such scenarios. Always connect to websites using https else do not connect. Never let your phone connect automatically to public networks that are open. Check if you are connecting to the right network and if you are not able to determine ask the help desk for confirmation.
If your layover time is very long, stay in the club room and access the wireless network present there, which often are more secure as compared to public WiFi. Turning on your phone's hotspot is not a bad idea either. Moreover if you are a frequent traveller get a Boingo subscription, which although costs some money keeps you secure.
Disable your laptop's sharing options which can transfer your data without your knowledge. Also disable connected devices like Bluetooth headphones. Keep your OS and antivirus up to date to avoid malware from injecting into your system. Most importantly never ever perform online financial transactions on a public WiFi. Use mobile network or wait till you reach home.
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You want an index on idevaff_iptracking(acct_d, stamp, ip).

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Q: Can i request a MyOpenId persona's Avatar with dotNetOpenId? some of my MyOpenId persona's have avatars. Is there any way to programmatically request them with dotNetOpenId, like i can request email, etc?
I'm assuming it can't be done because i'm guessing they are not part of the standard openid schema?

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MIDNIGHT is the latest single from Italy's SWINGROWERS. Released in time for Halloween, it follows a string of superb and unexpected cover versions. This is the 1st single to be taken from their upcoming second album 'REMOTE' and the 1st to feature new members on Clarinet and Violin. This video is an unofficial special featuring classic vintage animations of Skeletons, Ghosts, Devils, Bats and other spooky haunted characters. An 'official' video for this song will follow soon.
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But his love is still too far away.


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Giffords book says she'll run again
'I will get stronger. I will return,' Gabrielle Giffords writes in her new memoir. | AP Photos
By Mackenzie Weinger
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords vows to come back to Congress in her emotionally wrenching memoir that sheds new light on her shooting, learning that others had been killed, and amazing recovery, according to a report.
In "Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope," her joint memoir with her husband Mark Kelly, Arizona Democrat writes that her goal is to return to Congress, The Associated Press reported on Friday.
The AP said it purchased an advanced copy of the book, which will be released on Nov. 15. Kelly wrote the book, but Giffords was responsible for the section saying she will come back and serve in Washington as a member of Congress, the AP said.
The last chapter is called "Gabby's Voice," and in it, Giffords writes, "I will get stronger. I will return."
Pia Carusone, Giffords' chief of staff, told The Arizona Republic Friday that Giffords has not made any decisions concerning a return to Congress. "The Congresswoman has not decided whether or not she will seek reelection in 2012," he said. "She is 100 percent focused on her recovery, and any decisions about 2012 are going to happen in 2012."
In the book, Kelly, a former astronaut, tells how he felt when some media outlets reported his wife was dead, and also details his happiness at learning those reports were false. He wrote when he first saw her after she was shot in the head, he was shocked — she was in a coma and in bad shape, with some of her hair shaved off, her head bandaged and her face visibly bruised.
The book charts the couple's romance, Giffords's political rise, Kelly's career as an astronaut, and the Jan. 8 shooting, when a gunman killed six and shot Giffords in the head at a constituent meeting she held near Tucson.
Sarah Palin also makes an appearance in the memoir: Giffords was reportedly disturbed by Palin's controversial "crosshairs" map — Giffords' Tucson district, like a number of other Democratic-held districts, was marked with gun crosshairs in a SarahPAC email targeting lawmakers for defeat.
After the attack, Kelly spoke to President Barack Obama about the map. Kelly writes in the memoir he thought Palin might call and offer her condolences in the wake of the criticism concerning her "crosshairs" list. She did not, the memoir reveals.
The memoir also covers her intensive recovery over the past few months. In the book, Kelly writes that the worst part of Giffords's recovery came when it was discovered she could not speak. When she eventually regained the ability to speak, the AP wrote that she recited the U.S. Constitution and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
Kelly writes that he tried to tell Giffords what happened during the attack multiple times, but she did not understand the situation until several months later on March 12. At that time, the AP writes, Kelly asked Giffords if she recalled being shot, and she said she did.
Giffords said three words when he asked what she remembered about it: "Shot. Shocked. Scary."
She found out about the six who died the same day, the AP reported. Kelly was reading an article about her recovery and skipped a paragraph that discussed those who died on Jan. 8. Giffords realized he left a part out, and Kelly told her about the deaths.
Giffords was overwhelmed and had trouble with her therapy, the AP wrote, and later that night cried in bed with Kelly as she told her husband how awful she felt about those who had been killed.
She did not learn who died until six months later, however, the memoir reveals. After Giffords was released from the Houston hospital where she was recovering, she asked her husband to tell her who had died.
When Kelly first told her that her staffer, Gabe Zimmerman, had died, she broke down crying and moaning, the AP reported. Then he shared that her friend Judge John Roll also had been killed, before telling her about the four others who suffered fatal shots in the shooting spree.
The book details other personal tragedies experienced by Giffords and her husband. Giffords has lost 50 percent of her vision in both eyes, the AP wrote. And the two were trying to have a baby at the time of the shooting — Giffords had several rounds of fertility treatments over the years and wanted to be pregnant in 2011.
In addition to the devastating moments of trauma and recovery, the book also covers a few fun moments, the AP reported.
The only word Giffords could say to President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara when they visited her was "chicken." Another moment of levity came when Giffords was shown photos of several politicians to check her ability to recognize others. She looked at former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and simply said, "Messin' around. Babies."
Meanwhile, Giffords and Kelly will sit down with ABC News's Diane Sawyer on Nov. 14, in what will be the congresswoman's first on-air interview since the shooting. While there had initially been some confusion over whether Giffords would give an on-air interview, a newly released promo shows her and Kelly appearing on camera with Sawyer.
Carusone told The Arizona Republic Thursday, "It was not a full-length interview."
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Microsoft in human rights row
Gates's firm supplied technology used to trap Chinese dissidents, says Amnesty
Nick Mathiason
Sat 31 Jan 2004 19.50 EST
Technology sold by Microsoft to the Chinese government has been used by Beijing to censor the internet, and resulted in the jailing of its political opponents.
An Amnesty International report has cited Microsoft among a clutch of leading computer firms heavily criticised for helping to fuel 'a dramatic rise in the number of people detained or sentenced for internet-related offences'.
The human rights group has slated Bill Gates's company for an 'inadequate response' to escalating abuses in China. 'We don't believe this is appropriate or responsible,' said Mark Allison, an Amnesty International researcher who wrote the report. '[Microsoft] should be more concerned about human rights abuses and should be using its influence to lift restrictions on freedom of expression and get people out of prison. It is worrying that they don't seem to have raised these issues.'
Amnesty believes Microsoft is in violation of a new United Nations Human Rights code for multinationals which says businesses should 'seek to ensure that the goods and services they provide will not be used to abuse human rights'.
China is the world's most aggressive censor of the internet. Websites are banned for using words such as 'Taiwan', 'Tibet', 'democracy', 'dissident' and 'human rights'. Amnesty has recorded dozens of cases of political opponents jailed for circulating material offensive to the Chinese government.
Microsoft told The Observer: 'We are focused on delivering the best technology to people throughout the world. However, how that technology is used is with the individual and ultimately not in the company's control.'
Since China was admitted to the World Trade Organisation two years ago a succession of big US technology firms have been supplying the government. Internet use in China is close to 80 million, though this is less than 10 per cent of the adult population.
Nortel Networks said in September 2003 it plans to invest $200 million in the next three years to strengthen its research and development capabilities in China.
Cisco Systems, which has also been named in the Amnesty report, has in the past denied that it tailors products for the Chinese market and has said: 'If the government of China wants to monitor the internet, that's their business. We are politically neutral.' But Allison said: 'In terms of the internet the Chinese government is arresting people who are doing nothing more than expressing themselves.
It was confirmed last week that Gates is to receive an honorary knighthood. The firm is embroiled in tough negotiations over supply of software to the NHS.


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Litoria pronimia és una espècie de granota que viu a Papua Nova Guinea i, possiblement també, a Indonèsia.

Està amenaçada d'extinció per la pèrdua del seu hàbitat natural.

Referències
 Richards, S. & Bickford, D. 2004. Litoria pronimia. Llista Vermella d'Espècies Amenaçades de la UICN 2006. Consulta: 29 d'abril del 2008.

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Ibiza Convention Bureau (ICB) is a specialist department within Fomento del Turismo de la Isla de Ibiza (Island of Ibiza Tourism Development). The Bureau's work involves promoting Ibiza as a destination for conferences, conventions, work meetings, incentive trips and other kinds of events, as well as publicising the island's international image to this industry segment.
ICB is supported by the Consell Insular (Ibiza Government) plus the island's five local councils, and consists of a large group of MICE companies based in Ibiza.


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Exhibition: A Bridegroom of Blood
Individual Commentary: Transformed by Violence, Divine Otherness, Human Wonder
David C. Hancock
God Meets Moses on the Way to Egypt, 2003, Watercolour on paper, N/A, © David C. Hancock, Image courtesy of the artist
Covenantal Regeneration Divine Otherness, Human Wonder
Transformed by Violence
Devon Abts
In this striking image, David C. Hancock captures the life-altering shock and terror Moses and Zipporah experience in the violent encounter with God on the return journey to Egypt.
In the biblical passage, the very God who has chosen Moses to fulfil his divine plan—and who has assured Moses that it is safe to return to Egypt—suddenly turns on his chosen leader and seeks to kill him. This stark and terrifying divine presence descends upon the central figure of Moses, who seems precariously suspended in mid-air. His eyes suggest that he has been startled awake, but is paralyzed with fear; at the same time, there is something regressive and child-like about the way Hancock portrays Moses. Surrounded in a womb-like darkness and curled in a fetal position, his waking appears to be more than a physical jolt from slumber: he is waking to a new, deeper understanding of the perilous business of being involved with God.
However, Moses is not the only one whose life shall be transformed—in the lower left corner of the image, we see an amorphous white figure surrounded by what seems like fire. This is Zipporah, who is so horrified by the confrontation that she transforms into what Hancock describes as 'a shrieking spirit'. Between her and Moses is a splotch of paint symbolizing the bloody foreskin of Moses's son—a fascinating detail that suggests the circumcision comes between Moses and Zipporah as much as it comes between Moses and God. The relationship between husband and wife can never be the same: Moses is now 'a bridegroom of blood' (vv.25–26) whose negligence has alienated him from his family.
Narrative, Interrupted


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The Buzz Around HCC
This is what people are saying about HCC. We are proud to be known as a distinctive university that is making an impact.
HCC Student is Baptized
A Level 100 Bachelor of Business Administration (Business Information Technology) student, Foster Obeng, has taken a step of faith by giving himself to the Lord in baptism. Foster, from a Charismatic background, decided to obey the gospel after a series of studies on salvation. He was baptized by Mr. Conrad Kakraba, Executive Assistant to President of HCC, who coordinates activities at the HCC Chapel.
Actor John Dumelo Visits HCC
John Dumelo is a popular, award-winning Ghanaian actor. Dumelo was taken on a guided tour around the HCC facilities and was impressed with the university's steady growth. He interacted with some students and encouraged them to take advantage of all the distinctive offerings available through HCC.
During his visit to HCC, he met with the registrar to discuss how the John Dumelo Foundation, which currently sponsors an HCC student, could sponsor more students to study at HCC.
The John Dumelo Foundation is a social impact charity that raises awareness and inspires action on pressing global issues. The Foundation has donated educational items to several deprived schools across Ghana and beyond. The 33-year old actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist became the first Ghanaian celebrity to hit one million likes on Facebook. Dumelo started as a child actor in the 90s in the movie Baby Thief. He went to Achimota School and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) where he studied Civil Engineering.
Alongside acting, Dumelo is also into farming. He has acted in several movies in Ghana and Nigeria including: The King is Mine, Ties that Bind, The Game, A Northern Affair and the Adam's Apples film series. He won Africa's Most Outstanding Actor at the Afro Australian Movies and Music Awards (2011), and Best Actor in Lead Role (2013) for the movie A Northern Affair.
GBC24 Celebrates Dr. Samuel Twumasi-Ankrah
GBC24 is the all-news TV channel of state broadcasting, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. Recently, during an interview on live TV, they joined in the celebration of HCC president, Dr. Samuel Twumasi-Ankrah, for his 59th birthday.
The ace broadcaster thanked Dr. Twumasi-Ankrah for spending his birthday with the millions of GBC24's audience. Dr. Twumasi-Ankrah, who was visibly taken aback at the announcement, could not hide his joy for the special treat.
Dr. Samuel Twumasi-Ankrah is the founding president of HCC. He has been a Minister of the Gospel for over 30 years and has trained hundreds of Ministers of the Gospel serving in Ghana and other countries in Africa. He has two Master's degrees: one in Theology and Missions and the other in Religion. Additionally, he has a Doctorate of Education in Higher Education and Leadership from Biola University, in California. He is not only the president of HCC, but also an Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Theology for Abilene Christian University, in Texas. He is married with two children and a foster daughter.
Ten Small Congregations in Ghana Donate to HCC
Ten small congregations of the Churches of Christ around the Amasaman area near Accra have supported HCC by donating for infrastructure development and scholarships.
These churches are located in:
Manhean
Ablekuma Central
Peace Village
Palase Town
Block Factory
Insufa
The churches set out to buy 50 bags of cement to support HCC's quest for infrastructural expansion. They also felt the need to help HCC in its bid to offer scholarships to brilliant but needy students of the church and other students from rural backgrounds. It was such a delightful sight to see members give and give freely to support HCC.
The donation was made at a worship service at the Manhean congregation that brought together members of the 10 congregations. The Preacher of the Manhean Church of Christ, Mr. Robert Quaye, said they believed that "HCC had a great dream that needed a lot of support to see it to fruition."
Dr. Samuel Twumasi-Ankrah was elated by the demonstration of generosity and altruism by the small congregations towards the growth of HCC. He said the example shown by these congregations was inspiring and he prayed that other congregations would emulate their example. Additionally, he said the university belonged to the church and all must help it stand on its feet to realize its vision.
Lipscomb University Staff and Students Visit HCC
HCC was honored to receive a visit from students and staff of Lipscomb University. The team was in Ghana for a mission trip. They came to HCC's campus to interact with students and staff and to see what the Lord is doing through HCC.
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The Office of Technology and Information Services provides Remote Desktop Web as a service to DEP employees. Approved employees have remote access to DEP's network as well as standard desktop applications through a web browser interface. Although the programs are actually running on a remote computer, to the user, they appear as if they are running on their local computer.
Submit a Service Desk ticket to request access. You can submit a ticket by emailing ServiceDesk@dep.state.fl.us, logging into the Service Desk customer portal (https: //servicedesk.dep.state.fl.us) or calling 850-245-7555. Supervisor approval is required and must accompany your request.
How to login to Remote Desktop Services?
In the domain\user name field type in: FloridaDEP\Your Username, example FloridaDep\Coyote_W.
Note: In order to login you must prefix your username with Floridadep\.
Type in your FloridaDEP password. This is the password you use to log into your computer each day.
This is a public or shared computer. If you are connecting to the remote desktop website using a computer in a public library, or from a computer that is shared by others, click This is a public or shared computer.
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When prompted for your username/password. Type your Floridadep username (Example: Coyote_W) and network password to login.
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First things first window. Click Accept.
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De Nederlandse gemeente Cuijk is voor statistische doeleinden onderverdeeld in wijken en buurten. De gemeente is verdeeld in de volgende statistische wijken:
 Wijk 00 Cuijk (CBS-wijkcode:168400)
 Wijk 01 Vianen (CBS-wijkcode:168401)
 Wijk 02 Sint Agatha (CBS-wijkcode:168402)
 Wijk 03 Katwijk (CBS-wijkcode:168403)
 Wijk 04 Haps (CBS-wijkcode:168404)
 Wijk 05 Beers (CBS-wijkcode:168405)
 Wijk 06 Linden (CBS-wijkcode:168406)

Een statistische wijk kan bestaan uit meerdere buurten. Onderstaande tabel geeft de buurtindeling met kentallen volgens het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (2008):

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Barming and Teston Ward
The Barming and Teston ward covers the mainly rural westernmost section of Barming and the village of Teston. Bordered on its south side by the River Medway this ward affords fantastic views across the Medway Valley.
Teston is home to Barham Court once the home of the knight Randall Fitz Urse, one of the murderers of Thomas Beckett, and in later history recognised at the birthplace of the evangelical abolitionist movement. Teston is also home to the Teston Bridge Country Park which is part of the Maidstone River Park and has well-maintained footpaths leading into Maidstone via Fant Ward and away from Maidstone via Wateringbury and Marden and Yalding ward.
Talk to us on Facebook: Barming and Teston Facebook Page
Latest news in barming and teston ward
Raising development standards
Councillor Clive English, Chairman of the Planning Committee reports that while the focus has inevitably been on housing sites within the Review of the Plan Local a serious effort is underway within the Council to raise the quality of developments within Maidstone with preliminary work being und... read more
A big step forward for the Maidstone Local Plan for Housing
As the Government continues to move forward with an 80% increase in housing numbers for the Borough, MBC Councillors have agreed to progress the Local Plan Review to the first of two public consultations between 1st and 22nd December 2020, to try to minimise the impact of the Government's proposals. read more
Aylesford Reservoir
South East Water has reported problems at the Aylesford Reservoir with the appearance of a number of voids and the disappearance of water from the reservoir over the weekend. Their teams are working to, make the site safe and to map the extent of the sinkholes on site. SE Water has been able to r... read more
Lib Dems call for 20mph default speed limit with new housing schemes
Lib Dem borough and county councillors in Maidstone are calling on KCC, the highways authority, to stipulate 20mph as the default speed limit for all new housing schemes. read more
Relief for Tovil re-cycling Centre on the way
After a decade of investigation and discussion, planning permission has been given for the provision of a new re-cycling centre at Allington. It will serve North Maidstone and also Tonbridge & Malling which has for years been the only Borough in Kent which has not had its own Recycling Centre. read more
Maidstone Council quick to help Local Businesses
Whilst some Local Authorities have struggled Maidstone Borough Council has now delivered more than 99% of the Government support provided via the £10,000 or £25,000 grants to qualifying businesses affected by the pandemic. read more
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Q: How do I call a non-static method from inside a static method? I have a utility Cookie class. Which has a getCookie() , trying to call a writetoCache() inside a service implementation class. But inside getCookie(), the writetoCache()  is not being recognized.
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A: If your getCookie is inside the Cookie util, than you're not calling the writeToCache on memcache client instance rather as s method of Cookie. So something's not right there, double check it.
In any case, don't create a new instance, make your memcache client a singleton:
private static MemCachedClient mcc = new MemCachedClient("foo");

than call the method against the instance:
mcc.writeToCache(cookie.getName(),cookie.getValue(), 300 );


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International Insights: Wattpad
For this week's edition of the Alliance of Independent Authors International Insights hosted by Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard, we're discussing Wattpad.
Mark Williams of The New Publishing Standard
Starting October 26 through November 20, writers in India can submit entries for the second annual Wattpad India awards. The shortlist will be announced on December 10 and the winners on December 24.
Two points of relevance to internationalist indie authors here:
First that the global publishing calendar doesn't stand still for our western holidays, and if we are serious about going global we need to keep that in mind. Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving… In much of the world these are just another working (and book-buying) day.
Second that there are many international platforms out there we are probably aware of but possibly haven't taken seriously or looked at many years back and have not revisited, that might present opportunities to reach new audience and build new revenue streams.
Take Wattpad, for instance. We've probably all heard of it, and some of us may have started out on it way back in the early days of our careers, but then we grew out of it and moved on to bigger things, where we had some chance of getting paid for our work. Wattpad after all is just a free-reading site for early-teen girls to binge on vampire love stories written by wannabe authors who aren't quite ready to publish properly, right?
Well, like any urban myth there's an element of truth tucked away there, and in its earliest days no doubt a lot of truth in that summary. But if that's how we think of Wattpad today then we really need to think again. It's almost 2021, and Wattpad is no new kid on the block. Soft launched in 2006, Wattpad became a public place in 2007, the same year the Kindle store launched in the US. And like the Kindle store, Wattpad in 2020 is a very different animal from the early days incarnation we probably think of when the name Wattpad crops up in writing circles.
Wattpad started out with public domain material just to have something to attract readers, and of course wannabe writers soon piled onto the platform to get audience feedback on their work.
By 2011, the year the Kindle launched in the UK (and still unavailable elsewhere apart from the US), Wattpad notched up its first 1 million users. It was also the year Beth Reekles started writing a story chapter by chapter on Wattpad called The Kissing Booth. Just one of an untold number of authors throwing work onto Wattpad for no reward other than reader feedback.
What a muppet! She should have waited until it was finished and stuck it on Amazon, right? She might have earned a few bucks that way. But hold on, in 2018 Beth's The Kissing Booth became a Netflix Original.
Yeah, bear that in mind as we explore further what Wattpad has to offer the internationalist author willing to step outside the Amazon box.
In 2014 Wattpad was seeing one billion minutes per month of user activity and publishers started to pay attention. The most-read book on Wattpad that year was After, by unknown wannabe author Anna Todd. The story was snapped up by a publisher and became a New York Times bestseller and later a film. After is still on Wattpad today and has accumulated – you might want to be sitting down for this – 665 million reads.
In 2017, Wattpad recorded its 400 millionth upload. It launched a new app called Tap, launched Wattpad Brand Partnerships, something called Wattpad Studios, and the Wattpad Stars programme.
Hast-forward to 2020 and Wattpad is… Well, where do we start? Wattpad 2020 is barely recognisable compared to that early days outline mentioned above. Remember how Wattpad hit its first one million registered users in 2011? Today it's 90 million users every month.
So what's all this about Tap and Wattpad Studios, etc, etc?
Let's start with Tap, the Wattpad app launched in 2017 that currently fields over 350,000 interactive stories. But that's just part of it. Tap is also a platform for games developers on Twine to put their games on Tap and get meaningful data back.
A run through recent Wattpad press releases is perhaps the best way to illustrate the breadth of Wattpad in 2020.
In October, Wattpad announced a new narrative podcast project between Wattpad, Shaw Rocket Fund (the largest private investor dedicated to Canadian children's media) and Shaftesbury, the award-winning production company behind the global hit TV series Murdoch Mysteries, and Life with Derek.
In September, Wattpad told us about Float, a new film being produced by Wattpad Studios (yes, Wattpad has its own film and TV arm!) and Collective Pictures, after Kate Marchant's Wattpad series accumulated 25.5 million reads.
In August, Wattpad announced a partnership with Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, the Spanish-language arm of the world's biggest trade publisher.
Per the press release, "The new Spanish-language imprint will be known as Wattpad, publishing Spanish-language stories from Wattpad. The deal will also see Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial receive translation rights to English-language titles from Wattpad Books, Wattpad's publishing division. The imprint, known as Wattpad, will be the exclusive Spanish-language publishing destination for Wattpad stories."
The first two books, which attracted 45 million and 48 million reads on Wattpad, were published in September. Two more titles will be published this month (November), and one of those accumulated 68 million reads.
Also in August came the news from Germany that a Wattpad series had been picked up by Constantin Film and JB Pictures Set. Perfect Addiction by Claudia Tan hasd accumulated 81 million reads and was a winner in the annual Wattys Awards (yes, Wattpad has its own awards too).
Remember Beth Reekles, mentioned above? Back when The Kissing Booth was picked up by a publisher Wattpad was still finding it way. Nowadays Wattpad has its own publishing arm, Wattpad Books, and uses its insider information about reader interest to cherry-pick not just the most successful books but also the up-and-coming hits. Reekles' latest book, a topical quarantine-romance titled Lockdown on London Lane began in April and picked up 329,000 reads in the few months since before Wattpad Books snapped it up.
In June, news came from Australia that Wattpad had partnered with Screen Queensland to "bring data-backed insights to Australia's entertainment industry.
From the press release: "In a first for Australian entertainment, the companies will use Wattpad's Story DNA Machine Learning Technology to identify stand-out stories for development as TV and film projects."
In May, Wattpad Studios announced today it was developing film versions of two hit Wattpad stories as part of a "new initiative that will see Wattpad finance early development for select TV and film projects. Wattpad's Development Fund is the company's latest move to verticalise its business, using data-backed insights to uncover incredible stories and trends that can be adapted for TV, film, and published via Wattpad Books."
I'm going to have to stop at May 2020 or this will go on forever, but this should give us all some new insights into what the once-upon-a-time wannabe-writers testing place has been transformed into, and why anyone serious about going global should be serious about Wattpad. More Wattpad news going back over the years can be found on the Wattpad blog.
Just to add here that in May 2020, Wattpad had "almost 50 TV and film projects in development with studios around the world," and that "Wattpad's entertainment partnerships and projects span the US, Canada, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea and the Philippines. To date, nearly 1,000 Wattpad stories have been adapted for TV or film, and published as books."
Let me just wind up this essay by noting that while Wattpad is still a free to read site there are paid options for readers and there are ways authors can make money directly on Wattpad. Check out Wattpad Premium and Wattpad Paid Stories – just two more Wattpad assets many indie authors are likely unfamiliar with.
No room here to advise on how best to approach Wattpad – that's for another post. Here just to say, spend some time getting to know the Wattpad site, look at what is attracting readers, and keep expectations realistic. If we are new names on Wattpad then we should expect to take time to gain traction and attention.
But equally, if we are well-established authors in our home markets, why not consider putting titles out on Wattpad to reach these global audiences beyond our retail reach and build out our brands for the future?
A reminder, Wattpad attracts 90 million users per month, and many of these will be in countries or regions where we have little or no traction. India, Latin America, Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea and the Philippines as examples. By the way, the Philippines has had its own Wattpad TV show, Wattpad Presents, since 2014!
And just for fun: the Philippines has 79 million people online. That's more than the UK (63 million). Indonesia has 171 million people online. That's almost three times the online population of the UK. And India – remember the Wattpad India Awards I opened with? – has 560 million people online. That's almost nine times as many people online as in the UK.
Wattpad. Because the global book market is so much bigger than we think.
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The page Monstro (Pinocchio Unstrung) contains mature content that may include coarse language, sexual references, and/or graphic violent images which may be disturbing to some. Mature pages are recommended for those who are 18 years of age and older.
Devour anything that comes its way.
Monstro is a supporting antagonist of the haunted maze attraction Pinocchio Unstrung at Knotts Scary Farm, the annual Halloween overlay for Knotts Berry Farm amusement park, loosely based on the 1883 book The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. In this version, instead of being a whale, it is a colossal anglerfish.
Monstro was first encountered by Pinocchio during his adventures, where it swallowed up the puppet and his creator/father, Geppetto. After the two escaped, Pinocchio was denied his wish to become a real boy, and went insane as a result. Twenty years later, Pinocchio began a violent killing spree, murdering Geppetto, Stromboli, and the others he had met on his adventure. Some people Pinocchio threw to Monstro, who devoured them.
Monstro is encountered towards the end of the attraction, where it swallows guests into its stomach. As guests traverse its innards, they come across the corpses of Monstro's past victims, and are confronted by Pinocchio's crazy puppets. The puppets and other creatures within Monstro's stomach attack, but guests can elude them. Soon guests will find the Blue Fairy, who had her wings hacked off by Pinocchio, and was tortured for many years before eventually being thrown to Monstro, who ate her alive. She begs for help, and warns guests that Pinocchio is waiting. Upon escaping from Monstro, guests are attacked by Pinocchio, who they escape from, making their way towards the end of the attraction and Pinocchio's final scare.
Monstro is an enormous green and grey anglerfish, with rows of sharp fangs and teeth. It's stomach is green and black, and filled with coral, algae, barnacles, plants, parts of boats, and fish and human corpses. It also has a long green antenna with a bright yellow lure on its head and yellow eyes.
The Blue Fairy begs for help.
Monstro and the attraction were designed by Daniel Miller, who also created the Tooth Fairy.


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Q: Oracle Connection in C# - connection string I'm currently trying to build an application in C# and connecting it to a live db running in Oracle 11g.
I have the following connection details
Host IP: 10.204.1.3
Port: 1521
DB Name: PROD

My source code
string connString = "DATA SOURCE=10.204.1.3:1521/PROD;PERSIST SECURITY" +
"INFO=True;USER ID=username; PASSWORD=userpass";
OracleConnection conn = new OracleConnection(connString);
conn.Open();

I was able to add a connection in Server Explorer with the Connection String used by VS but is having the error below in conn.Open();
An unhandled exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in
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Sorry if this is a basic question, I'm new in VS, and Oracle and can't find the solution in the other part of the web. Thanks in advance.

A: My code is now working. I should've read the Oracle documentation (reference below).
string connString = "DATA SOURCE=10.204.3.1:1521/PROD;" +
"PERSIST SECURITY INFO=True;USER ID=username; password=password; Pooling
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OracleConnection conn = new OracleConnection();
conn.ConnectionString = connString;
conn.Open();

Reference: http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/db/12c/r1/appdev/dotnet/Web_version_Fully_Managed_ODPnet_OBE/odpnetmngdrv.html


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Cameroon: 34th World Aids Day - Students Sensitised On Social Media Dangers
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Members of the public light candles at a symbolic grave marked in Eldoret on World Aids Day (file photo).
Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé)
An educative talk between African Synergy and leaders of different school health clubs took place at the Lycée Général Leclerc yesterday, November 24, 2021.
Do you practise safe sex? Do you know your HIV status? What are the consequences of getting involved in a sexual relationship? How do you use the social media? What kind of messages and images do you put on social networks? These are some of the questions some 120 students from different secondary schools in Yaounde and its environs answered during an educative talk organised by the Pan-African NGO of African First Ladies: African Synergy Against AIDS and Suffering, yesterday November 24, 2021 in Yaounde. The event was within the 6th edition of the Cameroon Month against AIDS, and as prelude to the celebration of the 34th edition of the World AIDS Day on December 1, 2021; under the theme, "Ending inequality, Ending AIDS, Ending Pandemics".
The theme of the educative talk was, "HIV/AIDS and Social Networks". Experts from African Synergy said the advent of social networks has taken a prominent place in the access of young people to information and in the management of their interpersonal relations. The phenomenon is not without impact on the way adolescents today enter into relationships. In the area of sexual health, the emergence of social networks is changing the way young people relate to each other while exposing their lives and intimacy.
The Executive Secretary of African Synergy against AIDS and Suffering, Jean Stéphane Biatcha told the press that the dissemination of and pornographic images on the internet and social networks are all practices that are increasing the vulnerability of young people, particularly girls to the risk of HIV infection. He reiterated that for the past years, educative talks have focused on youths and their sexuality, when talking about HIV/AIDS. But this year, given the recent happenings on social media with the pornographic images of young girls seen on various networks, the Pan African NGO of African First Ladies felt there was need to talk about the social media and its impact on youth's sexuality. Jean Stéphane Biatcha said it was important to educate students on what they do on the social media because this could have an impact on their lives and sexuality. Given that the social media is of importance in many ways, Jean Stéphane Biatcha said they cannot tell young people not to visit the platform, but should be aware of the risk when exposing their intimacy on these sites because a picture or image posted can have consequences on their lives 10 years after.
Top Headlines Cameroon AIDS
For about two-hours, the Head of Department for Projects and Studies, Carole Tengue schooled students in HIV/AIDS, Sextape: the practice and dangers; and the need to be responsible when using social networks. Through a friendly discussion, Carole Tengue drilled participants on the responsibilities of the different actors in society in the production and distribution of pornographic images.
Read the original article on Cameroon Tribune.
World 'Dangerously Unprepared' for Future Pandemics Unless Leaders Tackle Inequalities, UNAIDS Warns
1.6m Nigerians On Aids Treatment - NACA
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Real estate investors who flip houses to sell for profit are often regulars on listing sites such as Craigslist. In a perfect world, every buyer and every seller would be legitimate, but, there is money to be made. You can never be too careful. Craigslist is full of scammers who will stop at nothing to make a quick buck.
This doesn't just go for real estate listings, though, and not just Craigslist. Scammers can be found lurking among classifieds all over the web, and it's best to never let your guard down. Before you list your investment property for sale online, take note of these red flags. You might be dealing with a scammer.
5 Red Flags that Could Indicate Online Scammers.
This ploy is rampant throughout listings on sites such as Craigslist, and it's often very easy to determine you are dealing with a fraud. The listed house for sale seems legitimate, there are adequate photos provided, and there's enough information to pique your interest. However, this is where the deal gets fishy.
There's usually no phone number listed, and you are required to send an inquiry email. In response, you are sent an email that severely lacks in grammar, could be poorly worded, or in broken English. The "owner" might claim they are out of the country, for reasons that could vary from logical to completely absurd, but their message is clear: they absolutely must have someone buy this house.
After minimal communication, the mysterious buyer or seller will direct you to the closest Western Union or other money-wiring service. The scammer will require that you wire money or send a check for a "down payment," after which they will overnight you the key to the property. Once again, don't do it. A real buyer or seller will not do this, any money you send will never be seen again.
Sounds legit, right? You even get to make an extra one-thousand dollars of this deal! Not so fast. After you receive that check in the mail, everything may seem to go fine with the deposit, but the scammer is hoping you'll send your own money back to them for the requested amount. Beware. Once your bank discovers you deposited a bogus check from the "buyer," it will be voided, and you have just lost two-thousand dollars to a scammer.
4) They insist on using their own resources only.
It could be likely that a legitimate buyer or seller wants to use their third-party resources as well. However, a scammer will be insistent upon it. These payment methods and escrow agents offered are probably not legitimate, so suggest to use PayPal or an independent, reputable escrow agent instead. If you are met with a flat refusal to use anything outside of their own resources, it's likely you are dealing with a scammer.
5) If it's too good to be true, it probably is.
Granted, there are plenty of great deals out there, and not all of them are scams. However, you should always proceed with caution when working with an anonymous buyer or seller on the internet. Do your research. If something seems rotten, trust your gut. There are plenty of reputable buyers and sellers out there, and diligence will separate from the frauds.
Start in the right place to avoid the hassle.
When you deal with most classified pages, you resort to crossing your fingers as you attempt to weed out a decent property.We know there's a lot of troublesome characters out there, and we hope you never have to put this blog's advice to use. Instead, avoid the stress of scammers and start your property search with us.
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We provide deep discounts on our properties, and you can get your next property up to 50% lower than market price, and sometimes more. We also provide excellent in-house financing for your property rehab, so you can be well on your way to a profitable ROI. Is your next property rehab in our database?


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Strange Stories UK
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Strange Stories UK, The murder of Louise Smith at Leigh Park, Havant.
Lockdown in the UK during May 2020. Not a good time for teenagers or the young. Imagine being a sixteen year old teenager having fallen out with her mother, suffering from anxiety and self harm, with a difficult background staying in a one bedroom flat with your auntie and uncle who do not approve of your life style. Add into this mix a 30 year old male (Uncle Shane) who acts inappropriately and claims he has forgotten what he has done from one day to the next.
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More Arsenal News.
Jack Butland Wanted By Arsenal To Replace Aging Petr Cech
posted in Arsenal, Transfer News	on April 3, 2017 by	Admin
Arsenal are considering a move for Stoke City goalkeeper Jack Butland, according to the Express.
Butland is regarded as one of England's best goalkeeping talents and he is being tipped by many to become England's number one in the nearest future.
Despite being injured since last year, Butland has been backed by pundits and betting sites to return to his best which is why the 6ft 5 inch shot stopper is still highly rated in the Premier League and Arsenal are weighing up a move for him.
With Ospina expected to move on in the summer, Arsenal are in search of a young goalkeeper who would become a successor to Petr Cech.
Butland does fit the bill because at 24, he still has a lot of years ahead of him as a goalkeeper. However, it is unlikely he'd want to come sit on the bench and make do with just Cup games when he could be playing week in week out at Stoke City.
The goalkeeper has already shown in the past that he is one who isn't easily carried away by the chance of moving to a big club, instead he would go where he'll play regularly.
Prior to his move to Stoke City in 2013, Butland rejected a chance to join Chelsea after the Blues had agreed a fee with his former club Birmingham City because he feared that he wouldn't make the grade at Stamford Bridge but opted to join the Potters that same transfer window because his chances of playing regularly was higher with them.
Obviously, the goalkeeper's attitude hasn't changed a bit as he has quickly dismissed reports linking him with Arsenal by claiming he is only focused on Stoke where he can continue to play regularly.
"I must have done all right this past year, I can't remember," Butland laughed off Arsenal's interest in an interview with Stoke Sentinel, as quoted by London Football.
"That's football. It's not anywhere near the transfer window yet, but that's the way papers work.
"I just take it as a positive that I'm still thought about in the football world after so long out. But my focus is on Stoke, always has been, and playing well.
"I'm just worried about getting playing again, getting the gloves and boots back on.
"My only focus is playing again for Stoke, getting some game time before the end of the season and hopefully start getting back into the England side as well."
I don't think there's any chance we will sign Butland this summer if Cech stays. He'd obviously prefer to stay where he will be number one especially after being out injured for a long time.
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Sitting in all red athletic gear (including the Nike's), in the Sam's Club cafeteria.
With a bluetooth headset on.
And watching videos on his phone/PDA device.
At one point, I swore that it really was Jermaine Jackson, and that he was watching Michael Jackson music videos.
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Dynamic Television ties the knot with 'How to Stay Married'
by Staff Writer October 11, 2018 October 12, 2018
'How to Stay Married'
Los Angeles-based Dynamic Television has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Princess Pictures and Pablo Pictures' comedy How to Stay Married.
Based on an episode of It's a Date, the eight-part show created and written by Peter Helliar follows Helliar and Lisa McCune as Greg and Em Butler, who have been married for 14 years.
Things have become a bit stale and when Em takes on a new job and Greg loses his, they get more change than they bargained for. An unexpected house guest and meddlesome neighbors add chaos to the challenge of holding the marriage together. The cast includes Darren Gilshenan, Phil Lloyd and Nikki Britton.
Natalie Bailey (Loaded, Open Slather, The Thick of It) was the lead director on the show produced by Jess Leslie, with Andrea Denholm and Emma Fitzsimons as the EPs. The series premieres on Network Ten next month.
Dynamic TV will launch sales at the MIPCOM market in Cannes next week.
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Syosset's Zitelny wins Scholar-Athlete Award
Syosset's Tamir Zitelny swims in the 100-yard butterfly during the NYSPHSAA 2016 Swimming & Diving Championships held at Erie Community College in Buffalo, N.Y. on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Credit: Adrian Kraus / Adrian Kraus
By Owen O'Brien owen.o'brien@newsday.com Updated March 5, 2016 8:38 PM
None of Tamir Zitelny's incredible accomplishments in the pool competes with what he's achieved outside it.
Syosset's Zitelny was named winner of the Scholar-Athlete Award at Saturday's state swimming championship. The scholarship award goes to a senior who has had success in the pool, classroom and in his community, and who will attend a four-year university
"I was in shock when my name was called," said Zitelny, who will swim for Brandeis University next fall. "It's just a great feeling that with all these amazingly talented swimmers I was the one chosen."
Zitelny finished fourth in the 100-yard backstroke, 10th in the 100 butterfly and helped Syosset place 12th in the 400 free relay. Zitelny set the Section VIII 100 backstroke record (51.57 seconds) at this season's Nassau championship meet.
SEE PHOTOS State swimming and diving championships photos
He has a 100 GPA and scored 33 on his ACT.
Zitelny also started fundraising through the non-profit organization Kidz First five years ago after a family friend, Decklin, was diagnosed with leukemia at age 4. (Zitelny asked that his friend's last name not be used.) Zitelny and Kidz First collects cash, toys and activity equipment for pediatric centers such as Winthrop University Hospital's Cancer Center for Kids.
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Zitelny was inspired because Decklin, who is now in remission, "didn't let it bring him down."
"Satisfaction is seeing I'm making other people happy," Zitelny said. "I'm making a difference, even if it's just something as little as a short play time where they can forget about their pain. It's just amazing to see what me, one person, can do to make a difference in other peoples' lives."
A portion of Zitelny's applicant essay was read during the presentation.
"When you write an essay, it sounds completely different when someone else is reading it," he said. "And to hear the words that I wrote on paper being vocalized to this entire stadium of people, it truly spoke to me that what I've been doing is the right thing for all these years and my efforts haven't gone unnoticed. It was just nice to see that I was recognized for what I've worked for these past few years."
— OWEN O'BRIEN
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My question is: how to deal with situations in which there are literal suffix of $i for string i+1? For example, my first string s1 is example$0. What is the clever way of doing this?
Also, the implementation of suffix tree I found are mostly for a single string, not for the generalized version. Given a implementation for a single string, how can one easily extend it?
Thank you!

A: 1st question: if you're using Unicode, you may use PUA codes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapping_of_Unicode_characters#Private_use_characters) which are not assigned in your environment. Starting at U+E000 would do. If you're using 8-bit ascii, use a byte code which you know is not in your strings -- \003 (end of text) sounds appropriate -- instead of that '$'.
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Santosh Kumar
Department of Urology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Department of Urology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Kumar S. Round up.Indian J Urol 2018;34:97-98
Kumar S. Round up. Indian J Urol [serial online] 2018 [cited 2021 Jan 21 ];34:97-98
Available from: https://www.indianjurol.com/text.asp?2018/34/2/97/229045
Let's start from where we left from the editorial of the last issue – the need for an Indian guideline for common urological diseases. There are multiple guidelines on evaluation of asymptomatic microscopic hematuria. All guidelines include evaluation with cystoscopy and upper tract imaging. However, there is discordance with regard to the definition/age threshold for commencing evaluation and the type of upper tract imaging.[1] This only emphasizes the need for us to make our own guideline keeping in view the vast differences in socioeconomic standards and availability of health care in our country.
The use of cell phones during meetings to take pictures of slides/presentations is a ubiquitous practice. Often, the objective is to read the subject further or to read the references. Summary slides and take-home messages are usually of special interest. These are also shared among friends and social media. This could be against the copyright policies of the conference and a breach in data protection. It is time for the scientific community to debate and reach a consensus on this.[2]
Radical cystectomies are standard treatment of bladder cancers of urothelial origin. In an aging population, the average age at which radical cystectomy is being offered to patients is increasing. Morbidity of the procedure and its impact on hospital stay have been a concern. Multimodal enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) regimens have proved their value in colorectal surgery. The use of ERAS has been shown to lower blood loss and earlier discharge for patients after radial cystectomy.[3]
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in its recommendation in 2011 downgraded PSA testing for screening prostate cancer to level D. This meant that there is moderate or high certainty that PSA testing has no net benefit, but harms of PSA testing are greater than the benefits. A recent article [4] looked at the change in practice of PSA screening over time. They concluded that the incidence of early prostate cancer decreased whereas that of distant disease/metastasis slightly increased following the USPSTF directives. Further studies are needed to substantiate this reverse-stage migration.
Stents are often used after endoscopic and reconstructive urological surgeries to ensure drainage of the upper tract. The use of stents often leads to adverse symptoms and the need of a second procedure to remove them. In an animal study [5] on pigs, biodegradable antireflux stents were used. These stents did not cause secondary vesicoureteral reflux and trigone irritation. There was consistent biodegradation of these stents between 3 and 6 weeks without any obstructive fragments. This innovation has a potential to reduce morbidity associated with stents.
Partial nephrectomy is the treatment of choice in incidentally detected small renal masses. It is being increasingly performed robotically or laparoscopically. Positive surgical margins have always been a concern though the incidence is low. It is associated with bilateral tumors, prior treated renal cell carcinoma at presentation, and higher nephrometry score.[6] A large series from a single institution with good follow-up showed that these patients are at a higher risk of local recurrence and distant metastasis.
1 Linder BJ, Bass EJ, Mostafid H, Boorjian SA. Guideline of guidelines: Asymptomatic microscopic haematuria. BJU Int 2018;121:176-83.
2 Rintoul-Hoad S, Shindler A, Muir GH. The risks of theft and copyright breach from camera use during scientific presentations: It's time for a debate. Eur Urol 2018. pii: S0302-2838(18)30115-5.
3 Pang KH, Groves R, Venugopal S, Noon AP, Catto JW. Prospective implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery protocols to radical cystectomy. Eur Urol 2017. pii: S0302-2838(17)30660-7.
4 Houston KA, King J, Li J, Jemal A. Trends in prostate cancer incidence rates and prevalence of prostate specific antigen screening by socioeconomic status and regions in the United States, 2004 to 2013. J Urol 2017. pii: S0022-5347(17)77650-1.
5 Soria F, Morcillo E, Serrano A, Budia A, Fernández I, Fernández-Aparicio T, et al. Evaluation of a new design of antireflux-biodegradable ureteral stent in animal model. Urology 2018. pii: S0090-4295(18)30152-3.
6 Petros FG, Metcalfe MJ, Yu KJ, Keskin SK, Fellman BM, Chang CM, et al. Oncologic outcomes of patients with positive surgical margin after partial nephrectomy: A 25-year single institution experience. World J Urol 2018; doi: 10.1007/s00345-018-2254-2.


In terms of expanding my blogging horizons, I haven't really done much. I've actually completely overhauled my blog twice now, and I'm glad that I did it because now I'm definitely sure of myself as a blogger. However, I still think that I have quite a ways to go though, since I'm just starting to interact with other bloggers more. For a while I had this silly idea that people would just come to my posts, and that just doesn't happen. To me, expanding my horizons means for me to be a better blogger and I am determined to do so!
Get a new blog design – I made this one myself and while I do like it, I would like a more professionally made one. Plus, this template doesn't let me enable threaded comments. I promise that I'm not ignoring your comments!
Attend a real-life book event with other bloggers – I would love to meet some bloggers in person and an event such as a convention or even a signing would be the perfect opportunity to do that!
Produce more original content – right now, I'm kind of limited to reviews and memes (even though I only take part in two), and I don't think that makes me stand out. So my plan is to make more original posts that I don't use a template for or just write sporadically (I used to do a Book vs Film feature whenever I had a lot to say about something, but I've stopped it for now because I ran out of things to do with it. Oops).
Generally be a part of the book blogging community more! – I haven't been all to social during my time blogging, and it's time that I stopped that. I've taken part in events in the past that have led me to find new blogs, and so has Armchair BEA. So far I've loved reading posts from all you lovely people and have enjoyed commenting on posts! I definitely hope to keep this up because, to tell you a secret, I am a terrible commenter. Before, I just didn't do it at all which was silly of me.
Maybe in the future I'll gain the confidence to branch out even more and try my hand at vlogging or even creating my own BookTube channel! That would be a huge step for me because I'm so incredibly camera shy (I don't even like having my photograph taken >.<).
How about you? What does expanding your blogging horizons mean for you?
I love you book versus film idea. There is so much to write about on that topic with each book. You could even expand it upon book vis movie vs game vs graphic novel if you wanted to.
If only people would just come and comment on your blog! Unfortunately, it does take more effort and it's good you realize that and that you work on it now 😀 I think your design is cute, but I also understand you want to take it more professional.
Threaded comments was the whole reason I left Blogger and learned WordPress. So I totally understand you there!


Still down to do this but just a heads up!
Possibly interesting backstory - the idea for a kinetic sculpture derby in Ithaca originally came up as it's own event sponsored by the Community Arts Partnership and IG. It ended up folding into the IthacaFest because there just were not enough weekends in the summer to schedule everything and because that event already had permits etc.
I would think that if for some reason IthacaFest failed to raise the needed funds (I am pretty sure they will succeed) there could still be a kinetic sculpture parade. If it went from stewart park to cass park on the bike path (for example) it might not even need any special permits or street closures, and the public boat ramps could even support a water element!
I share Elliot's optimism about Ithaca Festival succeeding, but it is something to follow. Other possible venues are Streets Alive! in May and September.
Kinetic Sculpture Kick-Off Gathering – Monday, Dec 17th at 7 PM – IG Front Room: Based on the Doodle, it looks like 7-9 PM on Monday is the one time soon when we can get together. Let's plan on meeting then, and then look for additional times starting in January when we can meet again. Everyone is welcome to join.
Hey guys! I was looking forward to coming to the meeting but unfortunately I will be unable to make it. I have some welding skill to offer, always happy to learn more skills though! Hope the meeting goes well, happy planning.
Thanks for a great discussion last night. Between our current projects and a couple completed works by other community members, we'll have enough sculptures to join the parade in June. We're planning to have our next gathering in early January. Until then think about what you might want to build, draw up some sketches or find some photos for inspiration. Don't worry about the how at this point, just imagine the end result. We can assist with the how.
Let's meet on Wednesday, Jan 16th from 7-8:30 PM in the front room. We'll discuss ideas for projects, and provide ideas, feedback, and assistance. See you then!
Great news! Ithaca Festival is fully funded. Applications to participate in the parade are supposed to open today, but there's no link on their web site yet. I'll check back later and reach out to the organizers if I don't see anything later on.
I'm here wed 1/16 at 7 but no one else is here.
I'm really sorry to have missed tonight. I fully intended to make it. I've been fighting a cold, and sat down on the couch after work and woke up three hours later. It sounds like you worked on plans for a bicycle-riding steampunk Iggy the Robot. Awesome!!!
Yes Erica and I met. She created a cardboard model of the puppet's leg mechanism. I showed her the triple tandem which is currently disassembled and fits in two suitcases currently in the boxy bike space. We plan to assemble it within the next couple weeks or so.
It's great to hear the Iggy project is moving forward. Thanks for jumping in to make it a reality.
"Full STEAM Ahead"; a celebration of Ithaca's rich diversity of arts and sciences.
Our little project should fit perfectly!
I'll see some of you at IG tonight if you're attending the weekly member meetup at 7pm. I'll bring the front-end of the race car so we can see how it works in the parking lot.
I've put up a Doodle poll for a few possible meetup times next week. Feel free to bring paper and pencils or stuff to work on.
Doodle radically simplifies the process of scheduling events, meetings, appointments, etc. Herding cats gets 2x faster with Doodle. For free!
Let's get together Wednesday evening from 6:15 to 8:00 for a work session. We can use the time to help each other on projects and ideas.
Let's cancel tonight's kinetic sculpture meetup due to weather. I'll put up a Doodle poll for some future times soon.
I've put up a new Doodle poll with a couple possible times to meet. Feel free to organize something sooner if you;d like, but I'll be out of town next week. It looks like there are Board meetings scheduled for both of these nights, so I suggested we meet at 6 PM. Let me know if this is too early or bad nights.
I'm looking forward to kicking out sculpture projects into high gear!
BIG NEWS: IG has been accepted as a participant in the Ithaca Festival Parade!!!
It looks like a few of us can get together at 6 PM on Wednesday, March 20th. See you then!


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Rebel Up! organizes global ethnic nights in Brussels & Amsterdam. It's all about sounds from the global underground, no borders remain untouched! They invite artists/dj's from all over the globe to play with them.


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Intel just revved up its self-driving car ambitions
By Michelle Fitzsimmons
Turning to the next big thing in car tech
Self-driving cars are poised to take over our roads, and Intel doesn't want to be left in the dust.
For starters, the tech giant announced today a new group within its business dedicated to autonomous driving, called the Automated Driving Group, or ADG.
The group's sole purpose is "innovating the future of driving and designing the next generation of advanced driver assist systems and autonomous driving solutions," according (opens in new tab) to Intel.
ADG's formation comes after Intel announced (opens in new tab) earlier this month that it plans to invest more than $250 million over the next two years in autonomous driving, in case you had any question how serious it is about all this.
Intel vet Doug Davis will lead the ADG, while Kathy Winter, formerly a VP at Delphi, comes on as VP and general manager of the Automated Solutions Division. Her resume also includes partaking in the first autonomous vehicle cross-country drive.
Intel isn't stopping with a new group and strategic investments: it's also teaming up with Delphi and Mobileye to supply chips for an autonomous driving system.
The system will start off with Core i7 silicon, an Intel spokesperson confirmed to The New York Times (opens in new tab), but eventually move on to more powerful chips that will be announced soon.
Intel's spirited stance on self-driving cars is a savvy move as more chip makers join the autonomous vehicle fracas. In fact, Intel is really playing catch up.
Rival Nvidia, for one, is a long-time proponent of self-driving cars, and recently unveiled a tiny supercomputer to power them. Qualcomm , meanwhile, isn't shying away from the sector, either.
Intel likely won't develop its own car à la Google, but rather focus on creating smart chips, sensors and other components that will literally help drive autonomous vehicles forward.
Who knows, in the not-so-distant future, you may be strolling through a car lot, trying to decide whether you should buy a self-driving ride with Intel inside. Won't that be a trip?
Here's what it's like to ride in Ford's self-driving car
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Michelle was previously a news editor at TechRadar, leading consumer tech news and reviews. Michelle is now a Content Strategist at Facebook. A versatile, highly effective content writer and skilled editor with a keen eye for detail, Michelle is a collaborative problem solver and covered everything from smartwatches and microprocessors to VR and self-driving cars.
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Q: Session cookies across browser processes Is it possible to use session cookies across browser sessions (specifically Internet Explorer). I would like a user to log in to my site and therefore get a cookie and when the user opens another IE process have that session cookie authenticate the user.
At the moment it is find if the user opens a new window or tab as this resides in the same process.

A: Session cookies expires as soon as the browser is closed (this is the default behavior with PHP session cookies at least). In Firefox, starting two processes with share both sessions on your site; with IE, it won't, probably because "session" cookies aren't shared between processes. To overcome this, you could handle your own session ID in a cookie that doesn't have 0 as expire time but a timestamp in the future (let's say 30 days ahead). This way, the cookie might survive between processes but you'll have to rely on your own ID to handle session information.

A: So you actually want something like "Remember me on this computer" feature? Then you need to create another cookie yourself with a long lifetime, e.g. one year. In this cookie with a specific and predefinied name you should set a long, all-time unique, hard-to-guess autogenerated string (like a hash). You store the same value in the server side in a database table as PK, along with the user ID (and if necessary also user IP as optional security and the cookie TTL for automatic cleanup). Now, on every request check if the cookie is there and then do the automatic login thing with the user ID associated with the cookie value in the DB table.

A: In Global.asax file of your application put this code
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This will keep your cookie alive and hence your session will be alive.
If doing this does not solve your problem then in addition make you session state to "StateServer" instead of "InProc" which is by Default, in web.config