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Betsy DeVos: Dangerous for Students and the Promise of Public Education
How the nation's most vulnerable students will suffer if Trump's nominee for education secretary is confirmed.
By: John Rosales
With no experience as an educator or elected official, and despite a decades-long record of undermining public schools by promoting taxpayer-funded vouchers for private and religious schools, lobbyist and Republican donor Betsy DeVos could become the next secretary of education.
The confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's pick for education secretary is set for January 17 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP).
"It's hard to imagine a less qualified candidate for secretary of education than Betsy DeVos," says Cheryl Lake, a third-grade teacher from Michigan, where DeVos is based and has funded privatization and online learning schemes as well as an effort against a Michigan bill to hold charter schools accountable to taxpayers.
"Her complete lack of public education experience alone is troubling," says Lake, "but worse yet is her decades of work to undermine public education through for-profit charter school and voucher schemes."
While seeking to lead the nation's public education system, DeVos' lack of experience and training in public schools has been a cause of great concern.
What she's really done is use her wealth as a pay-to-play political donor, getting pro-corporate education policies passed in exchange for massive campaign contributions from the DeVos family" - Michigan Education Association President Steven Cook
"The chances children have for success should not depend on living in the right neighborhood or whether they can afford private school. Instead, her involvement in education has been advocating for school privatization and vouchers that run contrary to supporting public education," says NEA President Lily Eskelsen García.
"We should be investing in smart strategies that we know help to improve the success of all our students, including creating more opportunities and equity for students, classes small enough for one-on-one attention, modern textbooks and a well-rounded curriculum for every student."
According to a Washington Post analysis of Federal Election Commission records, the DeVos family, heirs to the Amway fortune, has given at least $20.2 million to Republican candidates at all levels over the years. DeVos and her husband contributed more than $2.75 million to candidates, parties and PACS during the 2016 election cycle alone.
"While some claim her to be an education advocate, what she's really done is use her wealth as a pay-to-play political donor, getting pro-corporate education policies passed in exchange for massive campaign contributions from the DeVos family," says Michigan Education Association President Steven Cook.
"How this is 'draining the swamp,' to use President-elect Trump's words, is beyond me," adds Reed Bretz, a high school choir director from Kenowa Hills outside Grand Rapids. "Putting a GOP-mega donor in charge of education policy is more of the pay-to-play politics that voters don't want and that students don't need."
Funding Efforts to Gut Public Education
In Michigan, DeVos fought for tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of public schools, for vouchers that divert taxpayer funds from public schools to private schools, and to allow for-profit charter school corporations to operate with no accountability while being funded by taxpayers.
In 2001, she founded the Great Lakes Education Project to advance charter schools in Michigan after her family had spent almost $5.8 million on a losing initiative to establish statewide school vouchers. In 2011, DeVos family members and the Great Lakes project lobbied successfully to lift a cap on the number of charter schools in the state. About 80 percent of the charter schools in Michigan are operated by for-profit companies, with little to no oversight from the state.
Nationally, DeVos has relentlessly attacked political adversaries who do not support private school vouchers. Through aggressive political action committees, DeVos has sought to influence policymakers outside the lines of campaign finance laws.
In total, DeVos has a long history of using her wealth to fund efforts to gut public education. From 1997-2008, she and her husband contributed more than $7 million to support voucher campaigns across the country. In 2000, in their home state of Michigan, they spent $5 million on an unsuccessful bid to remove the state's constitutional ban on vouchers. Sixty-eight percent of voters rejected the DeVos' voucher scheme.
DeVos helped launch and has chaired All Children Matter (ACM), a political organization set up in 2003 to promote vouchers across the nation and push for tax credits for businesses that create scholarships for children to attend private schools. According to news reports, the ACM Political Action Committee violated Ohio campaign finance law and as of December 2016, the organization had not paid the fines for breaking the laws, still owing more than $5 million to Ohio taxpayers.
Putting a GOP-mega donor in charge of education policy is more of the pay-to-play politics that voters don't want and that students don't need" - Reed Bretz, Michigan educator
Since 2009, DeVos has served as chair of the American Federation of Children (AFC), an organization that has aggressively led efforts to privatize public education through vouchers. Since 2007, AFC has spent nearly $13.5 million on its pro-voucher efforts, with much of that money coming from DeVos.
In total, DeVos and her organizations have spent at least $33.5 million to support public school privatization efforts.
As secretary of education, DeVos will be tasked with pushing Trump's plan to steer $20 billion in existing federal public education funding toward private vouchers that pay for private schools, perhaps tapping into $15 billion in so-called Title I money that goes to schools that serve the country's poorest children.
Cook reminds educators and community members that they still have a chance to level the playing field, even as DeVos prepares for her Senate confirmation hearing, against the backdrop of her high-dollar donations to senators sitting in the room.
"Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos can't put in place a corporate takeover of public education alone," Cook says. "They need the buy-in of Congress and the American people. We can stop that from happening, so long as we continue to stand up for our shared values that every student, regardless of their zip code, deserves a great public education."
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On February 20, LIMA proudly presents new works by Zeno van den Broek, Maria Molina Peiró, Donna Verheijden, Arthur Kleinjan and Daniel Jacoby.
The Double is het meest recente werk dat Roy Villevoye maakte in samenwerking met Jan Dietvorst, en zal in 2016 worden opgenomen in de LIMA collectie.
With its extensive collection of more than four decades of media art, LIMA is bridging the gap between past and present. Our online catalogue facilitates artists, curators, researchers, educators and the general public.
Welcome to the LIMA Catalogue. Here you will find over forty years of media art and over two thousand works by five hundred national and international artists that LIMA distributes. Offered here are narrative and medium-specific works, performance registrations from emerging artists to Marina Abramovic, Jan Fabre, The Vasulkas, Nan Hoover and Dutch pioneers as Livinus van der Bundt and Peter Struycken.
Curious about the latest works from renowned artists and emerging talent? Each year a group of experts adds new works to the collection. Thanks to the selection of both national and internationally known talent with lesser-known artists, the collection maintains it's unique character.
In order to make our collection accessible to a larger audience, LIMA curates programs for both museums and festivals. Here is an overview of our presentations, screenings, educational exhibitions and other distribution activities.
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A Seat on the Sofa: My experience with an Ethiopian-Israeli Host Family in Ramat Eliyahu
Today's blogpost was written by Shira Zilberstein, a Yahel Social Change fellow living, learning and volunteering for 9-months in the city of Rishon LeZion.
Beinchi tugs on Avishag's hair. With her left hand, she crosses a one-inch strand over a one-inch strand in her right hand, smooths the lump with gel, then grabs the next clump. Nineteen-year-old Avishag sits on the speckled tile floor, while Beinchi sits on the green-wrap around sofa above her. Avishag watches videos on her phone, usually French and American rap musicians or summaries of the latest pop-culture news in English. Beinchi works in a rhythmic pattern, glancing up after every few strands to peer at her young children playing with dolls, blocks and rattles scattered around the living room.
Sometimes specific details in the scene will change: Moriah sits on the green couch and braids Judah's hair, while the squirming 3-year old drools over the iPad. Avikelish elevates herself to the couch to braid Itayah's hair while she tells me an intricate, imaginary Hebrew story complete with finger waving, song breaks and wafer cookies. Efrat reclines on the end of the sofa, combing through baby Noam's hair, her eyes darting around the room.
From nine o'clock in the morning, until just past nine o'clock in the evening, 7 Zeitlin Street, the residency of my host family in Ramat Eliyahu, remains a women's space. The women typically range in ages from seventeen to thirty, some with children under the age of 6. Everyone is a friend, sister, cousin or in-law of Beinchi, the springy twenty-six-year-old queen of the home. She lives in the two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment with her husband and two young children. Our gatherings always occur around the green sofa, by far the largest piece of furniture in the house.
Itayah, Beinchi's daughter, holding her younger brother B'nei Ya on the Green Couch
Exact activities range. There are cosmetic tasks: hair-braiding, eyebrow threading, the trading of techniques to wrap head scarves. Women lounge while they breast and bottle feed babies. There is singing and dancing, often prompted by children or presented as a show. There are always offers of Ethiopian-Buna coffee or nana (mint) Tea.
During my evenings on the green couch, the women have explained to me their significant life experiences, touching on many central topics of Yahel. They share their stories of immigrating from Ethiopia, getting married at age twenty, balancing familial and personal obligations, being a black Israeli in school, the workforce and the army. They talk about financial struggles, about having husbands that work and study twelve hour days six days a week. They express both criticism and praise of their neighborhood.
Conversations also brush on more intimate and trite aspects of daily life. There are announcements about every new sound and movement their babies accomplish, the pickiness of toddlers who only want to eat rice and ketchup, or the latest batch of injera that had to be thrown away because it did not ferment properly.
But, more than from their words, I have learned from their actions and the opportunity to be immersed in a different family. From my space on the green couch, I have felt the chaos of five children running through a small apartment. I have recognized the frustrations of maximizing one kitchen countertop to prepare and simmer pots for a dinner for eight. I have witnessed the silent, tender spooning of an extra scoop of lentils at dinner, set aside for when a father will come home.
I have joyfully participated in the family as best I could. I have built block castles, colored in princess-picture books and edited English essays. I relished the excitement when B'nai Ya crawled for the first time, when Itayah mastered a new word, when Avikelish started planning her wedding. I am touched by how my host family has let me in, unbashful, unashamed and unreserved. The welcoming seat on the green couch is always open, and I plan to return to it for years to come. I also hope that, one day, I get the privilege to welcome them to a seat on my sofa, in my future home, wherever that may be.
Shira with her host family and friends around the green couch. From left to right; Avikelish, Beinchi, B'nei Ya, Itayah, Efrat, Noam and Shira

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Single isn't a status. But it's a word that describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others.
Never Change your originality for the sake of others. Because no one can play your role better than you. So be yourself You are the best.


Hi, Alex here from London.
Yesterday I was reminded of why I love working in Leo Guesthouse: Whenever I am surrounded by travelers, (even when I am not traveling myself) I find that the feeling of freedom they have is like infectious laughter.
Its impossible not to catch a smile when you are sharing stories with other travelers like these at Leo Guesthouse. The chill atmosphere we have at Leo's place makes everyone open up to eachother and share their stories.
Safe travels to Rachman, Wahyu and all your friends from Lombok, Indonesia.
All the best wishes from Leo Guesthouse!


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Jonny Quest Ratings Soar with Real-Life Adventure Contest
The contest gave 19 kids (10 from the U.S.) the opportunity to fly to an undisclosed destination to join forces and execute a secret mission. Additional prizes included "QuestWorld Adventure" gear, including backpack, flashlight/siren, travel journal, pen, glow sticks, and T-shirt. The network's Latin American and Asian divisions also participated in the promotion. To increase viewership, children were asked to tune in to all new episodes of Jonny Quest during a specific week. To enter, the young viewers had to watch an episode, write down the Quest Team's destination and mail it to "QuestWorld Adventure." A total of 200 spots on the Cartoon Network promoted the contest, along with print ads, radio commercials, and merchandise giveaways on the Kids Star Radio Network in four key markets. In addition, a cable-operator contest generated more than 34,000 cross-channel spots.


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Practical Testing — series of blog posts on testing.


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Rachel Hann visited Trinity School on Friday 25th January. Rachel works at the University of Surrey as a Senior Lecturer in Scenography & Deputy Associate Dean, Doctoral College.
Her research is focused on the material cultures of costume, performance design, and architecture.
Rachel spoke about costumes, creating performance spaces, computer 3D visualization for her theatre research as well as many art inspired experiments and their social effects.
Having studied or worked at The University of Hull, Kent, Leeds, Edge Hill and now Surrey, and having visited a huge number of others, Rachel had an incredible knowledge of universities and their offerings.


In 2013, Deutsche Börse's headquarters in Eschborn received the "Green Building Award" presented by the cities of Frankfurt/Main and Darmstadt.
As awareness of the challenges of climate change has grown, greenhouse gas emissions and the careful handling of resources have become the focus of environmental commitment – both on the political and legislative level and within companies. Deutsche Börse Group has also made environmental issues an integral part of its sustainability activities.
Moreover, wherever possible, Deutsche Börse Group buys exclusively environmentally compatible products. These include FSC paper with high thickness at low grammage, recyclable toners as well as other office supplies and small appliances that carry the "Blue Angel" or "Energy Star" seal.
At the same time, we continue to work on optimising the collection of Group-wide environmental data in order to increase transparency in our reporting and to uncover further cost-saving opportunities.


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My time at Truman College was enlightening and supportive. The teachers that taught the Child Development Courses were incredible and very informative as well as inspiring. The teachers teaching the other classes that I needed in order to graduate were also quite special. They gave great ways to succeed in their class and retain knowledge instead of just memorizing information so we could pass the class. I liked that I was able to pay for my classes in monthly payments.


Day 3, 15 August: Awoke at Quinta de la Rosa, a port wine estate in Pinh' on the Douro River in northern Portugal. The night before, we'd arrived late and found no one from the estate to let us in. Two older Dutch couples pulled in in their rental car and told us not to worry; just pick a room and occupy it. The keys were hanging in the door. We slept well.
In the morning we walked in the hills above the estate. There's the river below, kind of sluggish from the dams; vineyards terracing up the slopes; and the rough outlines of the ridges above. A very pretty scene. It was warm and we were sweating, and the sun all full on your face.
Back at the estate, we admired the porch, roofed over with grapevines, from which the lusty purple fruit dangled. We toured the wine-making facilities with the Dutch couples and Filomena, our cheerful guide. At the end we bought a tawny and a ruby. Port is the main thing they make at Quinta de la Rosa. I was surprised to learn that, after all the careful work they do to prepare the port, much still depends on the quality of the brandy they mix in, and Quinta has nothing to do with brandy.
I swam for an hour in the pool. A lizard had fallen in, so I helped him out.
Walking near dusk in Pinh' Cathy and I watched the swallows darting into their mud nests under balconies and eaves. Rows and rows of mud nests under the balconies and eaves, and the swallows darting in and out of them. Semi-stray dogs on the streets below, and the townspeople, and the train station with its azulejos (glazed tiles).


Here is the list of upcoming books I plan to read, review and share a related recipe to. I'll update this list a few months out at a time so you can plan ahead. Come back here anytime to see the upcoming books or subscribe to my email newsletter for updates. I'm always open to suggestions. Click on the "month" link to comment on the associated blog post. Posts go live last week of every month. The great thing about an online book club is that you can read at your own pace and comment at any time (even after the target month). And you can be from anywhere in the world. Your local library is a great resource to obtain these books.
For several months now, I've been on a blogging break. Finding time to create and write recipes to share here has been increasingly difficult for me. It was no longer something I looked forward to doing. When I started Pine Needles In My Salad, it was meant to be a creative platform to share my love of cooking. I enjoyed the creative process in the kitchen. I never really thought of myself as a "blogger." However, I approached it with vigor, eager to learn everything that was involved in becoming a successful food blogger. I dove in. Somewhere along the way, blogging became less about food and more of a technical job. This combined with working full-time as a mom and managing a part-time business at home was taking it's toll. Time is a precious commodity. I started to feel like I wasn't successful at anything because I didn't have time to focus on any one thing and do it well. I was losing my joy.
I recently read the book Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple. While I disappeared online for a while, the character Bernadette disappears completely. This book is witty and funny and about a mom and wife struggling to find her place and joy in life.
During my non-blogging time, I did some soul searching. While I did not take a trip to Antarctica like the characters in this book. I did cook. However, I did so without the pressure of wondering how I was going to make every meal into a "blog opportunity." I stopped taking pictures of food. I stopped doing what everyone in the blogging community tells you to do to be successful. I started to find my joy again. I did me.
While I wasn't quite ready to pull the plug completely on the blog, I did have a thought. What if I combined my love of reading with cooking and writing? And that's where the foodie book club comes in. I would love to hear your thoughts on the stories and recipes I share inspired by them. Have you ever been inspired by a book? Are you already in a book club? Do you bring tasty treats to your book club? Let me know below in the comments. At the end of each book-themed post, I will recommend another book for the following month. If you have any book or related recipe suggestions, feel free to email me.


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PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cookies by Design, Inc., franchisor of the Cookies by Design concept, announced the sale of its assets to Crumb Corps LLC effective December 7, 2007.
Jon M. Rice, President, CEO and Brand Development – Mr. Rice's 25 years in franchise marketing include tenure with companies such as Pizza Hut, Marriott, Church's Chicken, and most recently CEC Entertainment (Chuck E. Cheese) where he served for 10 years as Vice President of Marketing. Mr. Rice's early experience also includes working for Tracey Locke and Wells, Rich, Greene advertising agencies.
Steve Gellman, Chief Operating Officer – Mr. Gellman began his diverse restaurant career in the Burger King marketing and promotions department before becoming a successful Burger King franchisee. During his 34 year history in the restaurant business, Mr. Gellman has also worked with concepts such as Steak-Out Delivery, Fazoli's, Boston Pizza, and Pei Wei Asian Diner and in such disciplines as field marketing, franchise development, packaging, sales management and operations.
David Patterson, Chief Financial Officer and Franchise Development – Mr. Patterson served as Cookies by Design, Inc.'s CFO since 2004 and, prior to that time he occupied the position of Vice President of Franchise Development. During his 15-year history of service with Cookies by Design, Inc., Mr. Patterson and his wife owned and operated their own Cookies by Design shoppe from 1992-1997.
Marshall R. Fisco, Jr., Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary – Mr. Fisco's 20 years of experience include 13 yeas as Vice President, Senior Counsel and Corporate Secretary with CEC Entertainment. Prior to his position with CEC Entertainment, Mr. Fisco was a transactional attorney and also a litigator with the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski.
Kim Rice, Director of Creative Development – Ms. Rice's 25 years experience in copywriting and design includes work for major advertising agencies, corporations and small businesses. She also co-owned Human Nature, Inc., a business that specialized in the design and production of handcrafted and printed stationary products.
Cookies by Design® created the world's first cookie bouquet almost 25 years ago and continues to provide customers with creative gifts of hand-decorated cookies and gourmet cookies in a variety of shapes and sizes for every occasion. Today, there are more than 190 shoppes in 42 states. For more information, visit www.cookiesbydesign.com.


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The purpose of this post is to provide external links to media coverage of Mawlana Hazar Imam's Diamond Jubilee visit to Pakistan. This post will specifically cover his visit to Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan in the northern areas of Pakistan. We we will make every effort to ensure that we skip on links that contain repetitive information – often the same news agency report is shared by different media.
NOTE TO OUR READERS: All material related to his Karachi visit will now be covered in a new post dedicated to Karachi. The link will be available shortly.
Newspaper reports suggest the following darbar attendances in Gilgit-Baltistan: 150,000 in Yasin (Ghizr District) and 100,000 in Aliabad (Hunza District). Also, original estimates for Chitral, 2 locations — Booni and Garam Chashma – were 140,000.
NOTE: All material related to his Karachi visit will be covered in a new post dedicated to Karachi!
Entrance of a Darbar gate in Hunza decorated with traditional hats and flowers.
Front page of Gilgit's Urdu newspaper, dailybaadeshimal.com, that extensively covers Hazar Imam's visit to Yasin and Hunza. First column, second photo down, shows Hazar Imam greeting Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan, with his wife in centre. Mir Ghazanfar belongs to the ruling family of Hunza. He is the son of Last Mir of Hunza, Muhammad Jamal Khan. See more photos of Hazar Imam with the Mir and his wife, below.
Mawlana Hazar Imam with Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan and his wife. The Mir currently holds the office of Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan. He was appointed to the position of governor on November 24, 2015 by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif.
His Highness Prince Karim #AgaKhan received by CM #GilgitBaltistan at Gilgit Airport.
Hunza News Facebook Page. See more photos at link above.
Booni, Chitral, Darbar, December 9, 2017. See more photos at Chitral Times Urdu link, above.
Tens of thousands of people pack the Didargah in Booni, Chitral, on December 9, before the arrival of Mawlana Hazar Imam for the Darbar. Photo: Pamir Times/Shuja Raza.
December 9th issue of Pakistan Tribune, Twin Cities Section. See story below.
Marvi Memon, aged 45, is a Pakistani politician who serves as the Minister of State/Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme. She has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2013 as a member of Pakistan Muslim League.
Thanks for nice words about HH Prince Karim Aga Khan. Not many people know about my spiritual leader.
Date posted: December 9, 2017.
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Peace for 7.5 billion of Adam SUH and Hawwa AS with the recognition of the Imam e Zamana.
So delighted to hear about your wonderful didar. I remember you and Booni and Garam Chashma so well. I still have the Chitrali hat you gifted me, I wear it for Eid.
Thanks for sharing and putting everything together in one post. It is much easier to follow than getting posts scattered all over. This is neater.


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The Global Impact of Mobile Phones for Women in Developing Nations
Lorelei Bachman
When women are considered in the development of new technologies, ideally, specific needs should be taken into account at the design phase, which will serve to customize the product. Efforts to provide women with access to technology in developing nations where travel may be limited may include distribution and training in the home or village rather than the marketplace. In this light, economic activity can be enhanced by creating new employment positions and furthering existing ones, increasing financial resources that enable women to be self-sufficient. Furthermore, the benefits of access to technology may improve social and familial relationships as well (ICRW, 2010).
Enter a discussion on the effect of the mobile phone in relation to women across the globe and what benefits and drawbacks this technology brings to their lives. Furthermore, how this device affects boundaries between home and work as well as obstacles women face in gaining access to mobile phones, gender discrepancies in mobile phone use and how topics such as literacy affect access and usage of new technologies is warranted.
The rapid integration of the mobile phone has resulted in it becoming a tool of everyday life with over 6.8 billion mobile phone accounts worldwide, or about 96% of the population (International Telecommunication Unions, 2013). While it is often assumed that mobile phones are used primarily for work in actuality only about 24% of usage is directly related to work while 32% is due to leisure activities, 29% for managing home and family responsibilities and a final 15% for other contacts (Wajcman et al, 2008). Gender differences do exist, with roughly one third of men using their mobile phone for work or study related activities while women cite only 11% with the remaining 89% of usage as social calls (Wajcman et al, 2008). Regardless of communication type, women are more likely than men to keep in close touch with relatives, indicating that maintaining kinship ties is still a task performed predominantly by women (Moyal, 1992). In many cases, mobile phone calling may itself be considered a relationship as a marker of intimacy despite geographical location (Giddens, 1991, 1992).
Using the country of Sri Lanka as the subject of study, authors Handapangoda and Kumara (2013) researched the empowering effect of mobile phones on dependant women in poor areas to understand what effect this technology had on their every day lives. While other nations had a gradual increase in the amount of mobile phones, Sri Lanka experienced a rapid surge. Blumenstock and Eagle (2010) state:
Mobile phones are reaching the world's poor at an amazing rate. Already, over two thirds of the world's mobile phones are reaching the world's poor at an unprecented rate (p. 362).
As an economic and social asset for the poor, mobile phones have become increasingly affordable and as such, are often a substitute for computers. In regards to women, they have become a specific tool for empowerment. Through features like portability, texting and downloading, women accustomed to subjugation and inferior status are able to increase their autonomy through communication and access to the labour market (Lee, 2009). Mobile phones have also increased women's participation in public media and entertainment, eliminating feelings of fear, loneliness and isolation in helping them deal with the confinement and separation from loved ones. In some cases, mobile phones were found to contribute to generating income among poor housewives giving them a sense of empowerment. Furthermore, mobile phones have been found to strengthen family ties in difficult times to the extent that women feel an increased support network.
Household work remains a major barrier for Sri Lankan women, despite the perception of higher literacy rates and social mobility than women residing in other South Asian countries. The primary role of Sri Lankan women remains that of family caregiver with limited choice of power due to gender inequality. In this light, the mobile phone holds promise. Handapangoda and Kumara (2013) describe these benefits in their study beginning with the expansion of social circles and support networks as the foremost benefit. Unlimited access to the outside world through the Internet not only broadens communication but also serves to expand "Psychological neighbourhoods" as well (Lee, 2009). Not only were existing social networks strengthened through better contact with friends and family, new contacts were also established.
"My mobile phone is a very useful device for me. One day, my child got very sick
in the middle of the night. He kept on crying hard and my husband and I did not
know what to do. So I immediately called my parents and asked them to come
and help us. If I didn't have a mobile phone, I don't know what I would have
done at that time. Also, when I have some problem that bothers me, I call my
brother and share it with him in privacy and get his advice. It really gives me a
sense of relief. Also, over my mobile, I stay in touch with my old friends more
frequently than before"
(Kamanie, personal communication as cited in
Handapangoda & Kumara, 2013, p. 368).
Given the socio-cultural context that restricted women to their homes in this instance, mobile communication provided emotional support to women in troubled times by opening up communications with loved ones without infringement of privacy. It also increased access to health and emergency services in the community and aided women in keeping track of children and reducing the travel time that once existed for obtaining information. Culturally, face-to-face communication remained important to the women in specific situations such as conversing with religious leaders, inviting people to events or speaking with schoolteachers.
"My husband is a machine operator, and we live alone in this rented house. I am
expecting my first baby. So, having a mobile phone with me is very useful. I get
appointments with the village midwife over my mobile. When I feel some change
in my physical condition, I immediately contact her and get advice. It only takes
a second. Also, I call my husband, especially when he gets late in returning home.
With my condition, I cannot go and look for him by myself. When you think
about the situation in our country today, if a woman gets lost, she can't ask for
help from everyone. But if she carries a mobile phone with her, then she is safe
because she can easily call the police or any other source for help. You can't
carry a landline with you"
(Rani, personal communication as cited in
Handapangoda and Kumara, 2013, p. 375)
Additionally, certain obstacles existed for a segment of the women who participated in the study. Because none of the women in the study had partners with consistent employment, fluctuating incomes meant that often sustaining the household was a financial priority over paying for mobile phone usage. About 20% of spouses controlled their wives usage of mobile phones, keeping the phone with them the majority of the time. Some women were apprehensive about phones causing friction in the relationship due to unknown callers, outgoing calls and bills (p. 379). Another obstacle was learning how to use the device. Gender biases that associate men with technology often served to embarrass women. Gender stereotyping has traditionally been responsible for marginalizing women in Sri Lanka in addition to technological illiteracy amongst the female population. However, Handapangoda and Kumara (2013) found that all women surveyed were able to make and receive calls. A majority could send texts and about 70% could view text messages. Whereas English is the language of mobile communication on Sri Lankan phones, the simple usage actually improved literacy to the degree where they could send and receive messages in a short time (p. 371). Others refrained from texting for fear of mistakes and most avoided complex functions. Women under 35 years of age were most likely to succeed with mobile usage in addition to those who lived in extended family relationships that shared frequent and close contact with family members.
Worldwide, men constitute the overwhelming majority of technology users. They also dominate the innovation as designers and creators of products. As a result, women are often viewed simply as receivers of new technologies and are underrepresented in STEM fields. This is partially due to a lack of basic education in developing nations and as a result, women comprise the majority of illiterate people worldwide. In order to build careers around technologies, women need to have the education and skills to develop and use them (Hafkin & Taggart, 2001). Often, women lack the financial resources that would increase access to the usage, rental or purchase of new technologies. The laws and customs of many nations relegate the ownership of assets to men and prohibit women from taking out loans that require collateral to set up small businesses (Clancy, 1999).
In the case of micro and small enterprise (MSE), literature has shown that the use of mobile phones in developing nations is beneficial by reducing costs, facilitating the development of a network of contracts and by increasing productivity and trust (Caceres et al, 2011). For example, in Lima, Peru where a construction boom has recently taken place, resources abound for the making and selling of furniture. In the region of Villa El Salvador, numerous businesses are trying to meet the market demand. As a result, this sector represents an important hub of MSE's in Peru. In 2007, data showed that around 6 million microenterprises provide work for about 10 million people or 72% of the economically active population. These MSE's operate without the benefits of agglomeration or government support (Caceres et al, 2011). While Peruvian families have traditionally been patriarchal institutions, women have increasingly sought paid work to meet family needs due to transient or absent father figures. Hence, women exercise considerable authority in respect to property and marketing.
The benefits of mobile phone usage in this instance were specifically noted in vertical relationships, that is to say between producer and consumer or producer and input provider rather then enhanced peer relationships where fierce competition exists. Enabling new and old clients to call the microentrepeneur to place specific orders being key. In contrast to landlines, mobile phones were more practical as they are kept on people at all times, enabling quicker contact. Initial contact was integral in leading to work and contract being established. Further, contract and details could be exchanged without the requirement of face-to-face meetings.
Between 2000 and 2012, Peru's mobile phone subscription rate went from 5% to 99% (Loggers, 2014). A program called Text-to Change began educating people on finance through mobile phones, which sent messages regarding financial advice and payment reminders. In the first four months of the program, over 25,000 women subscribed to the microcredit system and became able to manage their own finances through text. Upcoming payment reminders and outstanding credits were some of the benefits of the program for women. In addition, programs such as Wawanet, which have been developed to aid women in improving their health, are specifically administered by mobile phone usage in Peru. By using text messages, mothers to be can received customized advice on nutrition and medical concerns during pregnancy to ameliorate the mortality rates of pregnant women (IDB, 2010).
In Africa, huge discrepancies exist between men and women and by some estimates, its financial position today is worse than it was in the 1950's (Nyamnjoh, 2005). In the North-West region of Cameroon, the everyday lives and livelihoods of women often involve outdoor market vending and trading. Formal employment is scarce and as a result, 90% of jobs in this region are informal (Tawah, 2013). Despite the somewhat high costs of airtime usage, in a regions where Pentecostal Christianity is high, many feel that not only is trade is enhanced but also protected by using religious images and audio clips via mobile which they feel may protect their trade against harmful influences. Borders are enlarged through mobile phone usage to landlocked countries such as Nigeria and Gabon, where a tremendous amount of food trade occurs. Stalls and small shops are also used as meeting places for gossip and news. Speaking mostly broken English, daily survival for women and their families in this region depends on selling and trading enough to provide. Market trading is often the only available option of uneducated women and excludes texting in cases of illiteracy, however a small portion of vendors do have university degrees. Regardless, long hours are worked with pride. Another advantage of market trading lies in the fact that women have control over their own incomes. By 2012, mobile phone subscriptions represented 50% of the population through a primary South African company (Tawah, 2013). Like Cameroon, in Ghana, mobile phone usage is a major factor in livelihoods and is not relegated to the economic sphere but also intertwines with social and familial relationships for women.
In conclusion, while inequities and gender stereotypes continue to exist regarding women and technology in developing nations, mobile phones have become a tool which may be used for business, as a means to educate and inform women on issues such as health and emergency services, as well as providing much needed social contact and support. In the context of mobile banking and financial control, the mobile phone can be used to accesses the broader neighborhood of the outside world (Balasubramanian et al, 2010). While not all new technologies are readily available to women, the mobile phone has rapidly advanced as a method for improving productivity and the quality of the work women do as well as generating new employment opportunities. Focus groups that outline the specific needs of women in the development of new technologies can streamline marketing to customize the mobile industry for women's usage. Where possible, women should be participants in advising, designing and deploying new technologies to developing nations. Mobile phones have ameliorated the position of village women as owners of devices that give communities connectedness and access to greater resources. Furthermore, training programs would serve to educate women on how to use the many resources mobile phones provide and provide necessary education, in overcoming inhibitions and gender stereotyping associated with use.
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Rick's Article, "Will Prof. Nimmer's Change of Heart Matter?" Published in JETLaw
The Vanderbilt School of Law's Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law ("JETLaw" to the cognoscenti) has just published Rick's article, "Will Professor Nimmer's Change of Heart Matter?" The article deals with a complete reversal of position in the leading and most influential treatise on copyright law, Nimmer on Copyright, on the issue of whether merely making available for sale or other distribution unauthorized copyrighted goods constitutes infringement of the distribution right. This issue, once very obscure, has risen in prominence in file-sharing cases, where rights holders are usually only able to prove actual distribution of a handful of sometimes thousands of unauthorized files on the alleged file-sharer's computer. Rights holders would prefer that they need prove only that the unauthorized files were made available for download, but courts have generally (but not exclusively) held that proof of actual distributions is needed. The three leading copyright treatises used to concur with those courts, and were often cited in support of that position.
Nimmer on Copyright, however, in a break with the other two leading treatises, now takes the position that merely making unauthorized copyrighted goods available for distribution does, in fact, infringe on the distribution right. Rick's article looks into Prof. Nimmer's reasons for doing so, and concludes that, at a minimum, Prof. Nimmer was very premature to make such a reversal in a treatise (which is marketed as a sober recitation of the law, rather than a position paper).
When he gets a chance, Rick will blog a summary of the issues and his analysis.
You might find this post from The IP Breakdown, the Aaron | Sanders Law Blog, of interest. Title: "Rick's Article, "Will Prof. Nimmer's Change of Heart Matter?" Published in JETLaw". Link: https://www.aaronsanderslaw.com/ricks-article-will-prof-nimmers-change-of-heart-matter-published-in-jetlaw-3/. Enjoy!


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Q: Rails controller names with dashes instead of underscores Is it possible to forces Rails to use dashes (-) instead of underscores when referring to controllers.
There currently exists a nice function of the Inflector called parameterize. It allows for very nice permalinks with all special characters removed and replaced with dashes...
However, when using controllers that have multiple words (like contact_methods_controller.rb for example), you define your route:
resources :contact_methods

This creates a map to /contact_methods (NOT /contact-methods). When I mix these two, I get ugly URLs like:
/contact_methods/1-preferred-email

I'd like to have Rails map controllers with dashes instead of underscores. All my research says to individually map each controller:
match 'contact-methods(/:action)' => 'contact_methods'

but that is really stupid, in my opinion, and it becomes messy if I'm nesting resources... I shouldn't have to define these as custom routes. Is there a setting in ActionDispatch that automatically rewrites these things? I can't find one...

A: In your route.rb
resources "contact-methods", :controller => :contact_methods, :as => :contact_methods

Edit: You have to specify the :as => ... path or else ActionDispatch throws a fit...

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Commenting on the tenth anniversary of the Armenian parliament shootings, "Hraparak" notes that the key question of whether the six gunmen who burst into the National Assembly on October 27, 1999 acted alone remains unanswered to this day. "The answer to the question should have been found because only a criminal society can live under a government of murderers," editorializes the paper. "And our society is not like that. It longs for justice and has a desire to administer justice." It says the authorities themselves should have been interested in solving the case in order to end lingering suspicions about their involvement in the shootings.
"Kapital" says that of all Armenian statesmen only former President Levon Ter-Petrosian boasted greater popularity (at the start of his 1991-1998 presidency) than the late Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian and parliament speaker Karen Demirchian did before the their October 1999 assassination. The paper says the landslide victory of their Miasnutyun (Unity) alliance in the May 1999 parliamentary elections was a milestone in Armenia's post-Soviet history, marking a successful fusion of the country's Communist past and independent present. The election outcome was also a "victory for the people's rule." "A government of national solidarity was formed for the first time," adds the paper.
"Hayots Ashkhar" sees three factors that made the bloody parliament attack possible. "The first one was the existence of a certain foreign policy background," says the paper. "That is, the bitter clash of [external] super-forces over the newly independent and fledgling country. The second one was the internal political situation. Namely, the deliberate use of external signals for destabilizing the country's internal political life. The third and perhaps most important one was the state's lack of strength and preparation to confront all that."
"Not only have my suspicions not been dispelled, but I am now more than convinced that everything was done to prevent justice," Anahit Bakhshian, a parliament deputy and the widow of the assassinated vice-speaker Yuri Bakhshian, tells "Chorrord Ishkhanutyun." She accuses the authorities of deliberately failing to solve the killings. "And who is interested in that? The one who is guilty," says Bakhshian. But another, pro-government lawmaker, Areg Ghukasian, believes that the jailed leader of the parliament gunmen, Nairi Hunanian, did not even know who masterminded the terrorist act.
"Zhamanak" contends that President Serzh Sarkisian's "absolute power" satisfies both the West and Russia, pointing to their positive reaction to the conduct of Armenia's 2008 presidential election and the parliamentary elections held in 2007. "That is understandable," says the pro-opposition daily. "Absolute power deprives its carrier of any room for maneuver."
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An iCar may be coming soon — at least, that's the prevailing rumor by tech prognosticators eying Apple's so-called testing and prepping an electric car. Although nothing is official, some believe it's not a matter of "if," but "when" in terms of Apple acquiring Elon Musk's Tesla automotive operation, according to a PCMag report out Saturday.
"Rumors about a Tesla-Apple matchup started with a Sunday report from the San Francisco Chronicle, which said Musk met with Apple dealmaker Adrian Perica. That prompted speculation about a possible iCar—or at least a Tesla with some Cupertino customizations," wrote the online magazine.
There's a backstory to how the storm of rumors over an Apple-Tesla partnership or acquisition gained even more traction. Last week, a blog that follows the latest developments of the iPhone maker discovered a patent issued to Apple Electric Car, Inc. Instantly, many jumped to conclusions that it signaled Tim Cook and Company were officially developing an EV or sending word to Tesla that the market had a new sheriff in town. No so fast.
On the contrary, the patent was issued to a company based in Miami. Apple has its home in Cupertino. Moreover, the registration was about a golf car depicted with a touch-screen. The finding of the patent appears to be purely coincidental. However, there's more to the story.
According to sources claiming to be in the know, Apple has a team of hundreds secretly testing an electric vehicle. The not-so-covert project is called Titan, citing insider reports. Reportedly, the buzz comes on the heels of Apple minivan sightings in Claycord, California. The vehicles are to said to have been equipped with special sensors linked to navigation. This sparked rumors that the company is exploring the development of a Street View or Tesla-type competitor to challenge the market leaders.
Nearly a year ago, news broke that Tesla's CEO met with Apple execs, possibly to discuss a takeover. And while Musk appeared to downplay rumors that his company was on the market, he didn't fully close the door on future possibilities.
Tesla's stock has been on a rocky road as of late with Wall Street investors. With falling oil and gas prices, analysts are not sure if consumers feel the need to give up on crude just yet.
Bottom line: an acquisition between Apple and Tesla has not been confirmed, despite numerous reports cropping up to suggest same. But with Musk's pledge to put thousands of satellites into space with his Space X program, perhaps it's time he parted company with a niche market and beat Virgin Airlines into space?


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Marywil was a former building complex in Warsaw.

Marywil may also refer to the following villages:
Marywil, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
Marywil, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
Marywil, Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland)


And that could be a major factor in the outcome.
with a spot in the Rose Bowl at stake.
need to be loud and proud and make it a great home-field advantage.
Both teams have been through quite a lot since then.
clinch the South Division crown.
national championship hopes to beat previously undefeated Oregon.
coach David Shaw said. "We lost some guys, had some guys step up.
sideline, and he is not expected to play against Stanford.
The Cardinal should be relatively healthy.
Saturday night with a leg injury.
the same opponent twice in the same season.
learned, and now is the time to put them to use.
124 yards and two touchdowns against Arizona in Grice's place.


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Rudolf Redlinghofer (31 October 1900 – 11 January 1940) was an Austrian conscientious objector and victim of the Nazi regime. The Republic of Austria reversed his sentence 58 years after his execution, and Rudolf Redlinghofer became one of the first victims of the regime to be rehabilitated in Austria.

Arrest
Born in Vienna-Alservorstadt, and living in Krems an der Donau, Rudolf Redlinghofer was a Jehovah's Witness (also then known as an Ernest Bible Student). He refused military service due to his conscientious conviction.

On 18 August 1939 he was arrested by the Gendarmerie of Krems on an order issued by the Gestapo Division-St. Pölten and was imprisoned in Krems. On the following day he was transferred to the Gestapo Division-St. Pölten. At first in St. Pölten attempts were made to break his resistance: his wife was ordered to stand with their small daughter Regina in front of the courtroom, to put pressure on him to change his mind as he was led past them. However, Rudolf Redlinghofer remained determined in his conviction to obey God rather than man.

Trial
In consequence, on 13 November 1939 he was transferred to the Investigative Prison Alt-Moabit in Berlin. He was tried at the Supreme Reichs War Court on 9 December 1939; the 3rd Senate of the Reichs War Court (Reichskriegsgericht), with Councilor Dr. Burckhardt as Prosecutor, sentenced him to death, plus lifetime loss of military honours and civil rights, for undermining military defence. According to the record, there was no Defender present.

The decision was signed according to law by Schmauser, von Goeldel, Schrot, Büscher and Block. The President of the Reichs War Court confirmed the decision on 21 December 1939. Rudolf Redlinghofer was transferred to Berlin Plötzensee Prison, arriving there on 30 December 1939.

Execution and consequences
On 11 January 1940, after just a few days in Berlin-Ploetzensee Prison, he was escorted to the place of execution. After the court decision was read again, Rudolf Redlinghofer, with his hands tied behind his back, was laid on the guillotine and beheaded. The Reichs War Court notified the Military Conscription Office in Krems of his execution on 12 January. For his wife, Agnes, and their 2-year-old daughter began a very difficult time. Agnes Redlinghofer attempted to support herself and her daughter as house-keeper and cook at an inn. She later moved to Heinemann Strasse 5, and lived there until her own death in 1987.
Agnes Redlinghofer often spoke to her daughter and grandchildren about her husband's conscientious conviction as a Jehovah's Witness, and how highly she esteemed his decision not to support Hitler's obsession with power.

Rudolf's suit saved Peter Goelles
Peter Goelles – was imprisoned in Stein near Krems. On 6 April 1945, because of the approach of Russian troops, all prisoners were to be set free and the prison vacated. During the morning, the release of prisoners took place without trouble, but in the afternoon it turned into what is called the Massacre of Stein. The order was given to hunt down all released prisoners and execute them. As a result, many prisoners were not only murdered in Krems, but it also came to mass shootings in Hadersdorf-Kammern on the Kamp, Hörfarth, Paudorf and other places. Peter Goelles was able to leave the prison in Stein and, using back streets, found his way to Agnes Redlinghofer's apartment in Krems. Agnes gave him a suit from her late husband, and wearing it, Peter Goelles was able to escape the Massacre and arrive safely back in Vienna. Thus, Rudolf Redlinghofers suit saved the life of one Peter Goelles.

Rehabilitation
Rudolf Redlinghofer was rehabilitated by the Republic of Austria 58 years after his execution. On 14 October 1998 the Viennese District Court reversed the former unjust Nazi decision. By doing so, is not only his conscientious conviction given appropriate honour; but also his destiny escapes oblivion. Moreover, it also substantiates the fact, that loyally upholding one's conscientious conviction is not a crime.

Stumbling block for Redlinghofer
On 23 June 2009 a "stumbling block" (Stolperstein) was installed by Gunter Demnig at Spitalgasse 3 in Krems an der Donau, the site of the house where Rudolf Redlinghofer lived together with his wife Agnes and his daughter Regina. The house has gone, but the block was put at the original place in memory of a man who stood firm in his faith and remained true to his principles.

External links
Documentation: http://www.standhaft.at

1900 births
1940 deaths
Austrian Jehovah's Witnesses
Austrian conscientious objectors
People who have received posthumous pardons
Austrian people executed by Nazi Germany
People executed by Nazi Germany by guillotine
Lists of stolpersteine


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package com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.server.services.dsl.domain.server.future;

import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.base.services.dsl.domain.queue.job.future.AbstractSingleJobFuture;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.base.services.dsl.domain.queue.job.future.waiting.SingleWaitingLoop;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.base.services.dsl.domain.queue.job.future.waiting.WaitingLoop;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.core.exceptions.ClcException;
import com.centurylink.cloud.sdk.server.services.client.ServerClient;

/**
 * @author Aliaksandr Krasitski
 */
public class CreateServerBlueprintJobFuture extends AbstractSingleJobFuture {
    private final String serverUuId;
    private final ServerClient serverClient;

    public CreateServerBlueprintJobFuture(String serverUuId, ServerClient serverClient) {
        this.serverUuId = serverUuId;
        this.serverClient = serverClient;
    }

    @Override
    protected String operationInfo() {
        return serverUuId;
    }

    @Override
    public WaitingLoop waitingLoop() {
        return
            new SingleWaitingLoop(() -> {
                try {
                    serverClient.findServerByUuid(serverUuId);
                    return true;
                } catch (ClcException e) {
                    return false;
                }
            });
    }
}


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Q: jquery datatables Callbacks : fnStateLoad fnStateLoad  like this,
  $(document).ready( function() {
      $('#example').dataTable( {
        "bStateSave": true,
        "fnStateLoad": function (oSettings) {
          var o;

          // Send an Ajax request to the server to get the data. Note that
          // this is a synchronous request.
          $.ajax( {
            "url": "/state_load",
            "async": false,
            "dataType": "json",
            "success": function (json) {
              o = json;
            }
          } );

          return o;
        }
      } );
    } );

I want load progress bar while come back to server response with jquery datatables. progress bar must be load 100% when success response. can i modify this code for load progress bar and how to do ? I'm not sure fnStateLoad can use for do this.(real-time calculate for server response)


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import sys
from urllib2 import URLError, HTTPError
from urlparse import urljoin

from django.core.urlresolvers import get_mod_func

from backlinks.conf import settings
from backlinks.utils import parse_external_links, url_reader, \
    get_site_absolute_uri, parse_title, parse_excerpt
from backlinks.models import OutboundBacklink
from backlinks.exceptions import BacklinkClientError

class BacklinksClient(object):
    """
    A client metaclass that can use all installed backlinks clients.

    """
    url_opener = url_reader.open

    def __init__(self, clients=None, url_opener=None):
        self._clients = clients
        self.url_opener = url_opener or self.url_opener

    def _get_clients(self):
        """
        Return a list of (protocol-name, display-name, client-object) tuples
        for all installed backlinks modules.

        """
        if not self._clients:
            self._clients = []
            for name, display, client_name in settings.INSTALLED_MODULES:
                try:
                    module_name, obj = get_mod_func(client_name)
                    mod = __import__(module_name)
                    client_module = sys.modules[module_name]
                    client = getattr(client_module, obj)
                except (ImportError, AttributeError):
                    continue
                if hasattr(client, 'autodiscover'):
                    self._clients.append((name, display, client))
        return self._clients
    clients = property(_get_clients)

    def discover_backlinks(self, markup):
        """
        Parse out links to all external resource in markup, autodiscover
        backlink servers for these resources, and return a list of
        (resource-url, ping-url, client-object, protocol-name) tuples.

        """
        links = parse_external_links(markup)
        ping_urls = []
        for link in links:
            ping_url = ''
            try:
                response = self.url_opener(link)
            except (URLError, HTTPError):
                # We ignore non-OK responses or connection errors
                continue
            for name, display, client in self.clients:
                ping_url = client.autodiscover(link, response)
                if ping_url:
                    ping_urls.append((response.url, ping_url, client, name))
                    break
            response.close()
        return ping_urls

    def register_successful_ping(self, target_url, source_url, protocol,
                                 source_object=None, title=None, excerpt=None):
        """
        Called for successful pings.
        Creates and saves a record of the ping using the ``OutboundBacklink``
        model.

        """
        ping_record, created = OutboundBacklink.objects.get_or_create(target_url=target_url,
                                                                      source_object=source_object)
        ping_record.status = OutboundBacklink.SUCCESSFUL_STATUS
        ping_record.protocol = protocol
        ping_record.source_url = source_url
        ping_record.target_url = target_url
        ping_record.title = title or ''
        ping_record.excerpt = excerpt or ''
        ping_record.save()
        return ping_record

    def register_unsuccessful_ping(self, target_url, source_url, protocol,
                                   source_object=None, title=None, excerpt=None):
        """
        Called for unsuccessful ping attempts.
        Creates and saves a record of the ping using the ``OutboundBacklink``
        model.

        """

        ping_record, created = OutboundBacklink.objects.get_or_create(target_url=target_url,
                                                                      source_object=source_object)
        ping_record.status = OutboundBacklink.UNSUCCESSFUL_STATUS
        ping_record.protocol = protocol
        ping_record.source_url = source_url
        ping_record.target_url = target_url
        ping_record.title = title or ''
        ping_record.excerpt = excerpt or ''
        ping_record.save()
        return ping_record

    def get_title(self, markup):
        """
        Return a title parsed from the given markup.

        """
        return parse_title(markup)

    def get_excerpt(self, markup, target_url):
        """
        Return a contextual excerpt parsed from the given markup.

        """
        return parse_excerpt(markup, target_url, settings.MAX_EXCERPT_WORDS)

    def get_url(self, model_instance):
        """
        Automatically determines the absolute URI for the given model_instance.

        """
        try:
            site_uri = get_site_absolute_uri()
            return urljoin(site_uri, model_instance.get_absolute_url())
        except AttributeError:
            raise ValueError('get_url must receive a model instance with a get_absolute_url method defined')

    def ping_all(self, markup, source_url=None, source_object=None, title=None, excerpt=None):
        """
        Ping all pingable, linked resources found in the given markup.

        """
        title = title or self.get_title(markup)
        if not source_url and source_object:
            source_url = self.get_url(source_object)
        for target_url, ping_url, client, client_name in self.discover_backlinks(markup):
            try:
                contextual_excerpt = excerpt or self.get_excerpt(markup, target_url)
                client.ping(ping_url, target_url, source_url,
                            title=title, excerpt=contextual_excerpt)
                self.register_successful_ping(target_url,
                                              source_url,
                                              client_name,
                                              source_object=source_object,
                                              title=title,
                                              excerpt=contextual_excerpt)
            except BacklinkClientError:
                self.register_unsuccessful_ping(target_url,
                                                source_url,
                                                client_name,
                                                source_object=source_object,
                                                title=title,
                                                excerpt=contextual_excerpt)


Michael has over 20 years of experience in service management. He is highly skilled at technical problem solving and brings a solution-oriented approach to resolving customer needs. His previous positions include operations supervisor at FM Generator, installation/training coordinator at Horizon Bradco Inc., field service manager at Foley and Wallace Associates, and regional service manager at General Binding Corp. He is a graduate of Bryant University and Aviation Electronics Technician School. Michael was a member of the United States Coast Guard and spent 5 years in the United States Coast Guard Reserves.


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using System.Linq;
using Pioneer.Blog.Entites;

namespace Pioneer.Blog.Repositories
{
    public interface IContactRepository
    {
        ContactEntity Add(ContactEntity contactEntity);
        ContactEntity GetByEmail(string email);
    }

	public class ContactRepository : IContactRepository
    {
        private readonly BlogDbContext _blogContext;

        public ContactRepository(BlogDbContext blogContext)
        {
            _blogContext = blogContext;
        }

        public ContactEntity Add(ContactEntity contactEntity)
        {
            _blogContext
                .Contacts
                .Add(contactEntity);
            _blogContext.SaveChanges();

            return contactEntity;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Get by email address
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Contact Entity</returns>
        public ContactEntity GetByEmail(string email)
        {
            return _blogContext
                    .Contacts
                    .FirstOrDefault(x => x.Email == email);
        }
    }
}


The Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing index rose to 57.5% from 56% in January, topping the MarketWatch-compiled economist consensus of 56.5%.
Any reading above 50% indicates improving conditions.This is the highest reading since August 2014. 17 Of 18 U.S. manufacturing industries reported growth in February.
The European Commission is seeking to protect EU steelmakers while avoiding tensions with Beijing, which it sees as a possible ally against protectionism and climate change.
It imposed definitive anti-dumping duties of between 65.1% and 73.7% on imports of heavy plate non-alloy or other alloy steel from China on Tuesday, confirming provisional tariffs set in October.