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Shaking the salt habit
Food&BeverageFeb 23, 2011
Read the labels, cook at home to reduce salt intake How does this sound for a quick breakfast: A single pancake, topped with 1 tablespoon each of reduced-fat tub margarine and reduced-calorie pancake syrup. Two slices of Canadian bacon. An 8-ounce glass of skim milk. A cup of coffee with 1 tablespoon of half-and-half. Congratulations. You just ate 1,254 milligrams of sodium before you even lef...
Jefferson's books found in U.S. university library
BooksFeb 23, 2011
ST. LOUIS (AP) ― Dozens of Thomas Jefferson's books, some including handwritten notes from America's third president, have been found in the rare books collection at Washington University in St. Louis. Now, historians are poring through the 69 newly discovered books and five others the school already knew about, and librarians are searching the collection for more volumes that may have belonged ...
Korea urged to promote culture more subtly
CultureFeb 23, 2011
KOCIS to open eight cultural centers abroad Non-Korean and Korean culture experts, including directors of foreign cultural centers in Seoul, professors and foreign correspondents, advised the Korean government to promote its culture in a more smart and subtle way. Their advice came as the Korean Culture and Information Service, affiliated under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, held ...
Crossing cultures a 125-year family affair
Expat LivingFeb 23, 2011
Last descendant of Yonsei-founder in Korea looks to help foreign business here Underwood is a name familiar to many Koreans. Horace Underwood came to Korea in 1885 as a missionary, and founded what became Yonsei University. Peter Underwood is the last member of the clan still here, but after teaching at companies in Korea and Japan he decided in 1985 to buck the family tradition and leave educa...
ATEK highlights emergency needs services
After the suicide of an English teacher in Busan on Saturday, the Association of English Teachers in Korea has emphasized that it offers help to distressed teachers. "We recognize that life abroad can cause stress and alienation that sometimes result in tragedies like this, but members of the English-teaching community should know that there are systems in place to help them in times of need," A...
Virtual president's desk enlivens JFK's 1800s office
PeopleFeb 22, 2011
BOSTON (AP) ― As a little girl, Caroline Kennedy hung out at her father's desk while he worked in the country's most famous office. Now the library she works with to preserve her father's memory has introduced a way anyone can sit ― virtually ― at John F. Kennedy's desk and learn more about his life and administration. On Monday, the Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston ...
Burberry seizes moment at London Fashion Week
FashionFeb 22, 2011
LONDON (AP) ― A little snowfall is no problem ― even inside ― if you have proper raingear to protect you, so the models at the Burberry Prorsum London Fashion Week show Monday had no complaints about the artificial snow cascading down on the catwalk for the finale. Once again, Burberry design czar Christopher Bailey wowed a celebrity-laden crowd with his dresses, coats, flared pantsuits and othe...
Actress Lee Young-ae gives birth to twins
Actress Lee Young-ae has given birth to twins, her agent said on Monday. Lee, 40, gave birth to a boy and a girl at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday at a Seoul Hospital, said Storms Company. "The mother and the babies are healthy," it said. She surprised her fans in 2009 when she was secretly married in the United States to a Korean businessman. Lee Young-ae The superstar of the Korean Wave debuted in a ...
Shooter Lee honored with KOC grand prize
Lee Dae-myung, triple gold medalist in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games shooting event, received the sports grand prize, the most prestigious award by the Korean Olympic Committee, on Tuesday. The award ceremony took place in Olympic Parktel in the Olympic Park, Seoul. Lee Dae-myung The committee said Monday that it had chosen Lee as the winner of its 57th annual grand prize in recognition of hi...
Kim to hold Dokdo festival in East Sea
Pop singer Kim Jang-hoon will hold a "Dokdo festival" aboard a cruise ship in the East Sea on Feb. 28, along with self-styled Korea promoter Seo Kyoung-duk. The two celebrities will invite about 300 people to the ship, which will be anchored between the two Dokdo islets to stage a concert. Kim Jang-hoon "I planned the concert on the sea a day before the March 1 independence movement day, to ma...
Nepal's ex-goddess recalls struggle for earthly life
KATMANDU, Nepal ― Being a "living virgin goddess" isn't all it's cracked up to be. Imagine the bruising you get when you tumble back to earth. It's been two decades since Rashmila Shakya, a 33-year-old with a sweet smile and gentle voice, reached puberty and "retired" as a royal kumari, as the young Nepalese goddesses are known. Sitting in her modest bedroom next to an oversized Minnie Mouse d...
Research institute to launch Dokdo sovereignty events
Northeast Asian History Foundation is to launch various programs to promote Korea's sovereignty over Dokdo, rocky islets in the East Sea that Japanese have claimed as part of their territory. The government affiliated research institution said its Dokdo programs would include educational workshops, promotional exhibitions, and symposiums that will discuss Japanese history textbooks that do not t...
SCI puts comedy, rock on bill
Comedy troupe Seoul City Improv will feature in a double bill with rock outfit Total @ssholes this Friday 26th at Roofers Rooftop Bar, Itaewon, Seoul. The night's entertainment will feature live long and short improvisation from SCI from 8 p.m., followed by Total @ssholes at 10:30 p.m. to play out the night. The SCI performance will be partially translated into Korean. Tickets are 10,000 won, w...
Expats enjoy delights of home in Geoje's vibrant community
Dancers whooped as they took positions for a traditional reel, and the band began to play. It was a typical "ceilidh," or traditional Scottish dance party, complete with authentic food, drink, music and poetry from the United Kingdom's northernmost country. Traditional that is, except for the location. This celebration of Scotland's national poet ― Robert Burns ― was held in Korea. The pocket ...
[Come Together] Seoul Writers Workshop
Seoul Writers Workshop This is a series introducing associations and clubs for expats. This week, Expat Living spoke to Chris Sanders of Seoul Writers Workshop -- Ed. Name of Club: Seoul Writers Workshop Location(s): We meet every other Sunday at Hello Beans Cafe in Itaewon. We also host events around the city as well as in Incheon, Suwon, and elsewhere. Number of members: It's always diff...


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Iraqi Red Crescent Society An independent national humanitarian society that works to reduce the suffering and pain of people without discrimination during the peace and war , natural disasters and non-natural disasters , it is also considered one of the most activist societies in the international movement of Red Cross and Red Crescent.
IRCS Founding
IRCS Departments
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Anbar Branch
Erbil Branch
Babel Branch
Baghdad Branch
Basra Branch
Diwaniyah Branch
Dhouk branch
Diyala Branch
Kirkok Branch
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Maysan Branch
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Slahddin Branch
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Dhi Qar Branch
Wasit Branch
Central tracing
Explosive Remnants War Awareness (ERWA)
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Projects & Health Programs
Psychosocial support programs
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Dr. Abbas Finds Physical Distancing a Real Challenge in Iraq to Fight COVID-19
October 9, 2020	News
IFRC 8 Oct 2020 |
Randa El Ozeir: The Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has gathered its efforts to fight COVID-19, and launched "Your Doctor" program to guide, sensitize, and refer people to the relevant health services depending on their situation. In our conversation with the President of the IRCS, Dr. Yaseen Abbas, we talked about how Iraqis are dealing with the pandemic, which hasn't changed much of their behavior and social culture although it caused them to lose their livelihood and revealed the depth of the economic and social crisis inflicting on the country. Dr. Abbas stressed the need to strengthen Disaster Risk Reduction and Management to protect the population and keep and attract the local and foreign investments.
Why the situation in Iraq regarding COVID-19 hasn't improved despite all the adopted measures?
Any measure taken during a pandemic wouldn't succeed if citizens do not cooperate or understand its importance. Since the beginning, it was obvious that the adopted measures focused on the health side without looking into the reality of livelihood. In the first phase, a curfew has been imposed in Iraq. And this simply meant livelihood interruption for citizens who earn their living from daily jobs. I don't think citizens would respect such a curfew as it affects their livelihood and their families' and would find breaking this ban as their only option.
The second and more important point in my opinion is the physical distancing during social event. The social celebrations didn't stop at all, namely "Majalid Al-Aza'a" (Mourning Gatherings). It is an occasion where come together the parents, relatives, friends, locals, and everyone who had known the deceased. They crowd in pavilions, mosques, and halls for three days as per the customs in Iraq. Social distancing was not practiced as well as the physical distancing in such occasions. Shaking hands, and even hugging, continued. Besides, visits during the curfew did not ease if not increased due to work suspension, and the chances upped for everyone to stay late and meet in the morning, at noon, and at night.
Do you find that learning and education factor in helping with the awareness about the seriousness of COVID-19? And how do you deal with people who believe only in our written fate?
Learning plays a crucial and direct role in the process of accepting and perceiving information. But nowadays, we notice a lot of confusion circulating through the social media. Unfortunately, part of the confusion is coming from highly educated people.
There is been a talk lately, about the concept of "COVID-19 fatigue" as a widespread phenomenon among people, the youth in particular. Does this apply to Iraq or specific parts of it?
Yes, it does apply to Iraq, and I suspect it to be a human nature regardless of the country. The latest measures in Iraq reflect this fatigue, which is noticed through the complete opening of institutions. All restaurants, coffee shops, and public shops are open in a manifestation of COVID-19 fatigue.
Prior to COVID-19, Iraq was still struggling with social, economic, and political crisis. How the unfavourable impact of the virus reflected in the whole situation of the country?
As a result of COVID-19, many jobs discontinued in Iraq. For instance, the hospitality and restaurant sector almost stopped altogether. It employed huge numbers of citizens and affected other related sectors, which was a direct reason for too many to lose their livings, especially those who bank on daily jobs with no protection or insurance.
The other factor is the falling of oil prices, which directly affected many businesses linked to official spending, such as construction, business related to public firms, buying from the markets, and the salary of some public employees or the people who do daily work with the government. The government was in a tight spot to secure the permanent employees' salaries, which led to harming some of those who earn a daily living.
"Your Doctor" for Help and Guidance
Are there any particular initiatives you like to highlight or believe they played, or could play, a positive role in protecting the population?
In the extensive awareness program the IRCS adopted since the end of last January, the Society launched "Your Doctor" project due to the many confusing opinions circulating about COVID-19. We gave the phone numbers of numerous doctors to guide, at certain hours, those who are suspected of being infected or who are actually infected. Our doctors receive a high volume of calls and refer the caller to the best way of consulting health institutions when his situation worsens and encourage him not to ignore the approved health guidelines in Iraq, as well as these of World Health Organization.
We asked the government to adopt the concept of "Disaster Risk Reduction." The world and the investors evaluate the countries' situation by their capacity and resilience at times of disasters whether it be natural or man-made. The risks of investment and building projects in a country are assessed by its capacity to deal with all kinds of disasters. A lack of such plans raises the risk level in investment for both local and foreign investors.
Iraq suffered an unrest due to the living conditions that affected the stability of political situation. There were demonstrations and strikes that might have coincided with what happened in Lebanon. Then later came the COVID-19 pandemic. We all need to understand that "Disaster Risk Reduction" is not a luxury, but a necessity and foundation for any development process to achieve progress and stability. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and notably the National Societies, and the IFRC are involved in directing the government's focus to prepare emergency plans. To this date, many governments haven't done that. This is a real problem, as we may find ourselves facing other disasters without any fending governmental plans, the way it happened with COVID-19. Thus, we see the amplified effect in our countries where the most vulnerable groups in society are to bear it.
There's no doubt that the virus is present among the healthcare workers on the frontline, and the volunteers and staff of the IRCS are no exception. What measures are in place to curb the spread of cases, and how do you deal with the infection cases within the Society?
From the beginning, we realized that our affiliates should follow three simple steps: cleaning the hands, wearing a mask, and social distancing. So we have made clear decisions to reduce the number of people in the offices, limit the numbers within the field teams, and in a clear educational method, stress on the importance of taking the obligatory steps to keep the hands clean and put on the mask. We succeeded to a great extent in preventing the infections inside and through our activities and in our institutions. But this did not spare our staff and volunteers from getting infected by their social interactions, in one way or another, with their families and other members of society. There have been cases, but I believe that 99 percent, if not 100 percent, of them came from outside the Iraq Red Crescent National Society.
Are you still capable of providing the Society's regular services on a daily basis (for instance, the ambulatory services, the psycho-social support, etc…) although COVID-19 has been on the top priority of the service list?
The psycho-social support is currently a continuing service, namely for the patients, their families, the medical and health cadres who have started to suffer from exhaustion and anxiety too. We offer the First Aid now through our ambulances, but with lower frequency compared to previous times. In fact, I think that as IRCS, we should do business as usual, but gradually and with safe coexistence with people.
What does it mean for you, personally, to be the IRCS president in the time of COVID-19? What are the most difficult challenges you have to face?
As a president of the IRCS in such circumstances and in a country where human suffering is diverse and abundant, it means one thing: keep trying to be innovative in all means. We shouldn't follow the traditional ways, as we have to be creative in order to deliver our response to the amounting humanitarian needs deriving from COVID-19 and from other issues. And this is the primary challenge. Thank God we haven't stopped providing our services to the community and were able, despite the regular life disruption for a period of time, to conduct our activities according to population's needs emerging from the pandemic. As IRCS, I believe we navigated lots of phases in fulfilling our humanitarian goals, as well as answering people's requirements.
Among other challenges is maintaining the National Society's regular activities, effectiveness, and staff performance. I mean here particularly its the staff who have been working every day, day and night, without interruption in spite of the difficult circumstances that we went through.
Iraqi Red Crescent Society
Iraqi Red Crescent: More than (98) families whose homes were affected due to the rain in Babel and Diwaniyah.
Two brothers with one liver
Ten years after it was conducted , the Iraqi Red Crescent is following the first liver transplant operation in Iraq under their sponsorship.
Iraqi Red Crescent is rehabilitating water and sanitation services for five health centers in Diyala.
Iraqi Red crescent : Rehabilitation and maintenance of the biological units of Aljumhouri and Almawane hospitals in Basra.
The Iraqi Red Crescent Society [IRCS] has rehabilitated and maintained the biological units of Aljumhouri ...
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This Special Edition printing of the groundbreaking book Women and Pressure is printed in full color on high quality glossy paper and includes an author signature page. CD ROM with additional color photos is also included in this edition.
Women and Pressure is a remarkable look at women's progress in the fields of diving and altitude. With content ranging from the history of women divers, combat pilots, and astronauts to the unique physiological characteristics of females working and playing in altered barometric pressure environments, this book is long overdue. Featuring contributions from 35 authors, many of whom are pioneers in their field, it represents a wide range of disciplines and offers a comprehensive dialogue about the effects of pressure on women. This book is a must-read for women divers, dive instructors, men who dive with women, and anyone involved in these fields.As an admirable collection of the current research and attitudes regarding the most frequent concerns of divers, instructors, and aviators, topics are explored on a level of seriousness and urgency. The essays included in this text contain crucial discussions of such relevant factors as: pregnancy, the menstrual cycle and decompression illness, decompression illness susceptibility compared with men, fitness to dive, thermal tolerance, equipment, legal issues, and women in the workplace. The pool of information in this book displays the serious nature of a text addressing the past, present, and future of issues of consequence in relation to the well-being of the women involved.
From the Foreword: It is obviously important to have a good understanding of how women's physical and psychological responses might differ from those experienced by men. I believe that this book is a scholarly attempt to answer these questions, and I hope that it will make a valuable contribution to the health and welfare of women engaged in these highly specialized occupations.
"Over the years, different data, theories, and hypotheses have been proffered, but there has never been an authoritative compendium on these issues. . .This is perhaps the only work in existence that, in one place, provides physicians, physiologists, and other interested dive and aerospace professionals with what's broadly known about the subject of women in diving and aerospace."
Proceeds from this book will go to the Diving Diseases Research Center to support further diving research.


By a large explosion in the centre of Paris are at least twenty wounded cases. According to the police, there was a bakery, a gas explosion, after fire was created.
Of the twenty injured are there two death and seven seriously wounded. Three firefighters were injured, because they are already at the bakery were to put out the fire.
On the Place de l'opéra, two helicopters ready to assist the wounded.
The incident happened Saturday around 9: 00 in the Rue de Trévise in the ninth arrondissement of the French capital. The police calls to the area to continue and emergency services the room.
On Twitter is talked about several injuries and screaming in the street. In the pictures on Twitter is a huge mess. The facade of the building is completely blown away. In the vicinity of the bakery, many of the windows disappeared.
Christophe Castaner, the French Interior minister, said on Twitter that certainly two hundred firefighters are called out. According to him, some of the victims on the spot.


Herb is CEO and founder of 6kites, Inc., a consulting firm that works with companies of all sizes to transform their businesses through the practical application of social, mobile, and IoT technologies. 6kites has achieved success by earning trust through straight talk and using analytics to help its clients make informed decisions. 6kites clients range from emerging startups to established market leaders in the US, Canada, and UK.
Herb is a serial entrepreneur with multiple successful exits, a semi-active angel investor, board member, and mentor to other business leaders. Prior to 6kites, he held various roles at XOR, Loon Lake Investments, Kalos Strategy Group, Gold Systems, Adeptive Software, and Me.dium/OneRoit. His unique business background, combined with multiple roles as CEO and CTO, allows Herb to understand the complex interrelationships between strategy, execution, and leadership.
In 2013, Herb was presented The Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from the University of Colorado for his career achievements, community service, and continued involvement with the School of Engineering. He has been tangentially involved with Techstars since its founding, and in 2014 decided it was time to go all in and become an active Mentor.
When he's not in meetings or sending email, Herb enjoys run-bike-swim events, hanging with the family, traveling near and far, and drinking beer with friends whenever possible.


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The Front Runner (All the Truth Is Out Movie Tie-in)
By: Matt Bai
Narrator: Rob Shapiro
Imprint: Books on Tape
Genre: History - United States - 20th Century
9 Hours and 39 Minutes
Categories: History - United States - 20th Century, Political Science - Political Process - Campaigns & Elections, Political Science - American Government - National
Now a major motion picture "The Front Runner" starring Hugh Jackman
An NPR Best Book of the Year
In May 1987, Colorado Senator Gary Hart—a dashing, reform-minded Democrat—seemed a lock for the party's presidential nomination and led George H. W. Bush by double digits in the polls. Then, in one tumultuous week, rumors of marital infidelity and a newspaper's stakeout of Hart's home resulted in a media frenzy the likes of which had never been seen before.
Through the spellbindingly reported story of the Senator's fall from grace, Matt Bai, Yahoo News columnist and former chief political correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, shows the Hart affair to be far more than one man's tragedy: rather, it marked a crucial turning point in the ethos of political media, and the new norms of life in the public eye. All the Truth Is Out is a tour de force portrait of the American way of politics at the highest level, one that changes our understanding of how we elect our presidents and how the bedrock of American values has shifted under our feet.


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package com.facebook.litho;

import static android.graphics.Color.BLACK;
import static android.graphics.Color.YELLOW;
import static androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext;
import static com.facebook.litho.testing.helper.ComponentTestHelper.mountComponent;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.robolectric.Shadows.shadowOf;

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
import com.facebook.litho.testing.TestTransitionComponent;
import com.facebook.litho.testing.eventhandler.EventHandlerTestHelper;
import com.facebook.litho.testing.testrunner.LithoTestRunner;
import com.facebook.litho.widget.SimpleMountSpecTester;
import com.facebook.litho.widget.SolidColor;
import com.facebook.litho.widget.Text;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

@RunWith(LithoTestRunner.class)
public class ComponentTreeMountTest {

  private ComponentContext mContext;

  @Before
  public void setup() {
    mContext = new ComponentContext(getApplicationContext());
  }

  @Test
  public void testRemountsWithNewInputOnSameLayout() {
    final LithoView lithoView =
        mountComponent(mContext, SimpleMountSpecTester.create(mContext).color(BLACK).build());
    shadowOf(lithoView).callOnAttachedToWindow();

    assertThat(lithoView.getDrawables()).hasSize(1);
    assertThat(((ColorDrawable) lithoView.getDrawables().get(0)).getColor()).isEqualTo(BLACK);

    lithoView
        .getComponentTree()
        .setRoot(SimpleMountSpecTester.create(mContext).color(YELLOW).build());
    assertThat(lithoView.getDrawables()).hasSize(1);
    assertThat(((ColorDrawable) lithoView.getDrawables().get(0)).getColor()).isEqualTo(YELLOW);
  }

  @Test
  public void testReentrantMounts() {
    final LithoView lithoView = mountComponent(mContext, new EmptyComponent(), true, true);
    final EventHandler<VisibleEvent> visibleEventHandler =
        EventHandlerTestHelper.createMockEventHandler(
            VisibleEvent.class,
            new EventHandlerTestHelper.MockEventHandler<VisibleEvent, Void>() {
              @Override
              public Void handleEvent(VisibleEvent event) {
                lithoView.setComponent(
                    TestTransitionComponent.create(
                            mContext,
                            Row.create(mContext)
                                .child(Text.create(mContext).text("text").textSizeDip(20))
                                .child(
                                    SolidColor.create(mContext)
                                        .color(Color.BLUE)
                                        .widthDip(20)
                                        .heightDip(20))
                                .build())
                        .build());
                return null;
              }
            });
    lithoView.setComponent(
        TestTransitionComponent.create(
                mContext,
                Column.create(mContext)
                    .child(
                        SolidColor.create(mContext).color(Color.YELLOW).widthDip(10).heightDip(10))
                    .child(
                        SolidColor.create(mContext).color(Color.GREEN).widthDip(10).heightDip(10))
                    .child(SolidColor.create(mContext).color(Color.GRAY).widthDip(10).heightDip(10))
                    .build())
            .visibleHandler(visibleEventHandler)
            .build());
    lithoView.notifyVisibleBoundsChanged(new Rect(0, 0, 100, 100), true);
  }
}

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David Pollet est un footballeur belge, né le  à La Bassée en France. Il évolue actuellement à l'US Avranches comme attaquant.

Biographie

En club

Des débuts timides à Lens
Arrivé en 1997 au RC Lens après un essai concluant, David Pollet y effectue toutes ses classes. Il dispute son premier match avec le Racing le  face à Lorient (match nul un but partout), rentrant à la  de jeu à la place de Luigi Pieroni. Le , il signe un contrat professionnel de trois ans avec Lens.

Prêts successifs en France
Le , il est prêté au Stade de Reims. Gervais Martel met cependant une condition au contrat, qui interdit à Pollet de jouer les deux rencontres opposant Reims à Lens. Titulaire en début de saison, il se blesse au péroné, qu'il se fissure. Les dirigeants achètent donc Cédric Fauré, qui lui prend sa place sur le terrain. À Reims, il dispute six matches, dont quatre comme remplaçant. Le , il est de nouveau prêté pour le reste de la saison à Gueugnon, club de National. Dans le club bourguignon, Pollet n'éprouve pas de difficultés à s'imposer devant, et inscrit cinq buts en dix-huit rencontres. De retour à Lens en juin 2009, il est de nouveau prêté, cette fois au Paris FC pour une saison. En neuf rencontres, il égale son total de buts de la saison dernière, en ayant disputé deux fois moins de matches. Le , il devient le meilleur buteur du championnat avec treize buts, après avoir réalisé un doublé face à l'Évian Thonon Gaillard Football Club. Dépassé par son ancien concurrent à Reims au classement des buteurs, il est le pion essentiel de sa formation, qui joue essentiellement pour lui. Finissant la saison avec un doublé face à Gueugnon, qui porte son total de buts à vingt-deux, Pollet termine à la sixième place du classement des buteurs.

Retour dans le Pas-de-Calais
Convoité par plusieurs clubs de Ligue 2 et par les clubs belges de Zulte Waregem et de Charleroi, David Pollet prolonge son contrat avec Lens jusqu'en 2013. Le jeune attaquant convainc Jean-Guy Wallemme, son entraîneur qui déclare : .

Le , il entre pour la première fois de la saison sur une pelouse de Ligue 1, face à Arles-Avignon. Moins d'une minute plus tard, alors qu'il touche son premier ballon, le jeune Belge inscrit le seul but du match, et donne les trois points à son club.

Le 23 octobre, il entre en jeu à la  du match RC Lens-OGC Nice et remplace Eduardo, plutôt décevant ce soir. Le RC Lens est à ce moment  au classement de Ligue 1 et n'a encore jamais gagné à domicile cette saison. Lens l'emporte au bout du suspense dans les arrêts de jeu grâce à une action individuelle de Pollet sur le côté droit qui se défait de Cantareil avant de centrer à ras de terre devant le but de Nice. Issam Jemâa surgit et trompe David Ospina de l'extérieur du pied gauche. Il délivre ainsi sa première passe décisive de la saison.

Il se fracture le péroné de la jambe gauche le 29 octobre à l'entraînement, deux ans après avoir connu la même blessure à l'autre jambe. Le joueur de 22 ans était pressenti par Jean-Guy Wallemme pour démarrer la rencontre au Toulouse FC le lendemain alors qu'il n'avait encore jamais été titulaire avec les Sang et Or en Ligue 1. Son indisponibilité est estimée à deux mois, . David Pollet réintègre le groupe professionnel à la fin du mois de février 2011, mais doit attendre la fin du mois d'avril pour retrouver les terrains. À la fin de la saison, il sera titulaire à deux reprises, contre Bordeaux pour une victoire 1-0 et contre Arles-Avignon pour une défaite 0-1 alors que la relégation du RC Lens en Ligue 2 était devenue officielle.

À l'aube de la saison 2011-2012, il annonce vouloir rester au RC Lens et son nouvel entraîneur, Jean-Louis Garcia, affirme croire en lui. Après sept journées de championnat de Ligue 2, David Pollet compte trois buts à son compteur. Le , lors de la  du championnat, il marque son onzième but de la saison et permet à son club d'obtenir le maintien en Ligue 2. Il termine à la onzième place du classement des buteurs du championnat, et est le meilleur lensois dans ce domaine.

Départ pour la Belgique
Le , David Pollet s'engage pour deux ans et demi en faveur du Sporting Charleroi. À six mois de la fin de son contrat au Racing Club de Lens, la situation de l'attaquant belge devenait insoutenable car le public l'avait pris en grippe depuis son refus de prolongation. Le club du Nord-Pas-de-Calais touchera 30 % du prochain transfert de Pollet.

Il inscrit ses deux premiers buts le 21 février, lors de la  de la Jupiler Pro League face au Cercle de Bruges, la lanterne rouge (2-1), et offre le maintien aux « Zèbres » par la même occasion.

Le 30 janvier 2014, David Pollet signe pour une durée de 4,5 ans chez le champion de Belgique, le Royal Sporting Club d'Anderlecht. Lors de sa première montée au jeu (déplacement au KV Courtrai), il inscrit le goal égalisateur à la  (2-2). Cinq mois plus tard, le 30 juin 2014, il quitte Anderlecht et rejoint La Gantoise, pour un contrat d'une durée de 4 ans. Ne disposant que de peu de temps de jeu à Gand, Pollet quitte le club en juin 2015 pour retourner au Sporting Charleroi.

Si les deux premières saisons sont correctes pour lui (14 buts toutes compétitions confondues), la troisième saison est plus compliquée (3 buts). Barré par le buteur iranien, Kaveh Rezaei et à la suite du retour du meilleur buteur carolo, Jérémy Perbet, David Pollet est prêté une saison au club germanophone du KAS Eupen le 26 juin 2018.

Son prêt à Eupen n'est pas un succès. Titulaire en début de saison, il devient remplaçant à la mi-saison pour finalement ne plus jamais être sélectionné.  Il n'aura marqué aucun but pour les Pandas.

Retour en France
Apres son échec au KAS Eupen, il revient au Sporting de Charleroi, de retour de prêt. Mais très vite, David Pollet comprend, malgré l'arrivée d'un nouvel entraîneur, que le club ne compte plus sur lui (il n'est pas repris dans la sélection lors des deux premiers matches de championnat).

Il signe le 12 août 2019 un contrat à titre définitif au Gazélec Ajaccio FC, club évoluant en national.

Lors de son premier match de championnat, David Pollet inscrit un doublé qui permet à son équipe d'arracher le match nul.

Sa première saison à Ajaccio permet à David Pollet de se relancer.  Malgré la descente de son club en fin de saison en nationale 2, David aura participé à 19 matches en tant que titulaire pour un total de 8 buts.

La 2e saison est aussi bonne d'un point de vue personnel pour David qui aura marqué 5 buts en 8 matches de championnat avant l'arrêt de la compétition à cause de la pandémie de Covid-19.

Le 5 juin 2021, David Pollet signe pour deux saisons à l'US Avranches et fait son retour en National.

En sélection nationale
En Belgique, il occupe une place de titulaire dans l'équipe des moins de dix-neuf ans, et joue tous les matchs du premier tour de qualification du championnat d'Europe. La Belgique, éliminée à ce stade de la compétition, ne dispute pas la phase finale. Dans la foulée, Jean-François De Sart le sélectionne par trois fois avec les espoirs. Ses différents prêts l'éloignent de la sélection mais Pollet déclare . Lors de son prêt au Paris FC, il explique également : .

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 Champion de Belgique en 2014 avec le Royal Sporting Club d'Anderlecht
 Champion de Belgique en 2015 avec La Gantoise.

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 Élu meilleur joueur de Ligue 2 du mois en novembre 2011 (RC Lens).

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"The Hill" Is Released
The Hill is a 1965 film set in a British army prison in North Africa in World War II. It stars Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Ossie Davis, Ian Hendry, Alfred Lynch and Michael Redgrave.
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The Hill was unfairly subjected to ridicule by the more obtuse "critics" of 1965 who harped on the fact that it starred Sean Connery and, unlike Connery's Bond pictures, had no women in it. Bypassing these cretinous comments, it must be noted that The Hill is an above-the-norm entry in the "military prison" genre. The film takes place during World War II, in a Libyan stockade for incorrigible British soldiers. The camp's brutal Sergeant Major (Harry Andrews) puts his charges to work on grueling, monotonous and pointless projects to break their spirits. When one rebellious inmate dies due to this treatment, the Sergeant Major is reprimanded by Joe Roberts (Connery), who has been appointed as the prisoners' spokesman. The result is that Roberts is likewise subjected to the most demeaning and humiliating of prison chores -- but his spirit, and that of his comrades, is not so easily crushed. Based on a TV play by Ray Rigby, The Hill should never be seen in any form other than its dusty, parched original black-and-white; the currently available colorized version is a crime against humanity. One problem: The British dialects in the first 20 minutes are so thick that an American viewer practically needs subtitles (British critics chalked this problem up not to elocution but to poor sound recording). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Indian army on Friday has continued terrorizing civil population along Line of Control (LoC) as a 19-year-old boy Inzamam embraced martyrdom due to unprovoked and targeted firing, confirmed Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Inzamam, son of Mohammad Amin, was resident of village Tetrinote. At the time of firing, he was carrying out routine work at a crush plant at Poonch river bank.
Pakistan Army troops gave befitting response and targeted Indian army post that initiated fire on civil population.
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A school girl who was inside the targeted van described the scenes saying the children were frightened when Indian forces across the border opened fire at their van. She told that their driver was shot by a bullet and started bleeding. "We all started screaming and there was no one to help us. People gathered there after a long time," she added.
Taking notice of the incident, the Director General (SA & SAARC), Dr. Mohammad Faisal, summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces.
In 2018, the Indian forces have carried out more than 335 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary, resulting in the martyrdom of 14 innocent civilians and injuries to 65 others. This unprecedented escalation in ceasefire violations by India is continuing from the year 2017 when the Indian forces committed more than 1970 ceasefire violations.
Dr. Mohammad Faisal urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 Ceasefire arrangement and investigate this and other incidents of ceasefire violations. He also instructed the Indian forces to respect the ceasefire, in letter and spirit and maintain peace on the LoC and the Working Boundary.


Our 5th Grade Transition Open House will be held Monday, August 14 from 5:30 until 7:30. We will start with a light supper (in the cafeteria) and the opportunity to fill out paperwork and visit with our new principal, Mr. Perkins. We will then transition to the library where we will go over information regarding Teacher Ease, Over Drive, Accelerated Reader, and the school handbook. Students and parents will have the opportunity to meet with the 5th grade teachers as well as Mrs. Sellers, Mr. Perkins, and Mr. Dern. Students will receive their schedules and locker assignments and can visit each of their classrooms.
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Nigerian stowaways found at the helm of a ship in the Canary Islands
Other people were previously discovered clinging to the rudders as they risked their lives to reach the Spanish islands located in northwest Africa. Maritime Rescue has dealt with six similar cases in the last two years, according to Sofía Hernández, who heads the coordination center for the service in Las Palmas.
Migrants can seek refuge inside the box-like structure around the rudder, Hernández explained, but they are still vulnerable to bad weather and rough seas.
A ship's fluctuating draft level, the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull, is another danger to these stowaways. The levels vary according to the weight of the cargo on board.
"We are talking about several meters of difference. This part could have been perfectly submerged in water," Hernández said.
In 2020, a 14-year-old Nigerian boy was interviewed by the Spanish newspaper El País after surviving two weeks at the helm of a ship. He too had left Lagos.
"It is not the first time nor will it be the last," tweeted Txema Santana, a journalist and migration adviser for the regional government of the Canary Islands.
In cases like these, the shipowner is responsible for taking the stowaways back to their starting point, according to the Spanish Government delegation on the islands.
Thousands of immigrants and refugees from North and West Africa have arrived in the Canary Islands irregularly in recent years. Most make the perilous crossing of the Atlantic in crowded boats after setting out from the coast of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and even Senegal.
More than 11,600 people have arrived on the Spanish islands by boat so far this year, according to figures published by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior.


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Q: Can I change the properties of all files to show info similar to the folder templates properties? I use Windows Explorer every day to manage large groups of files. I modified the folder templates in Windows 7 to display the properties that are important to me. (Ex: Name, size, length, date created, contributing artists). I now want all the individual files to have these same properties whenever I open a folder which has files of that type (Ex: whenever there is a music file in .mp3 format, the template for music files that I created are displayed in Windows Explorer). How do I change the individual music files all at one time so the properties values I want to see are displayed in Windows Explorer? (instead of seeing rating, date modified, etc. I want to see the properties that match those for the folder level).

A: I just tested a theory on my machine. I changed the details shown to date created, date modified, bit rate, and size, while in my itunes parent folder. The properties seemed to be carried down the child folders. SO now all of my child folders under itunes with music in them, now display date created, date modified, bit rate, and size. Instead of number, album, and title. Also if you go into your music through c:\users\XXXXX it is the same format as the rest of the drive. But if you go to your music through libraries it saves its properties for details shown per library, so in that case it is unique to that library only and is unaffected by the "Apply to all folders" button.

A: I wanted to set the list of properties that needs to be displayed for all MP3 Folders. I use Windows Vista. This is what I did and I am able to see the same properties displayed for all folders:
You will need to first set the MP3 Folder Type as Music Details:

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*Go to a MP3 Folder on explorer and right click and choose properties,

*Go To Customize Option,

*There is a drop down called Use this folder type as template. Under this choose the option - Music details. This step will set the folder type as Music Details.

Steps to choose the properties that needs to be displayed for a MP3 Folder:

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*Now choose the MP3 Folder on Windows Explorer. The type of the folder should be Music details,

*Go to right pane on explorer. Right Click on one of the properties like name, title etc and choose the More Option and choose all the details you want to be displayed for a MP3 folder. Save

*This is the main step:

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*Go to Windows Explorer Organize Option,

*Choose Folder and Search Option,

*Go to View Tab,

*Click on Apply To All Folders option - Explorer will ask you to confirm the current view for all Music Details folder - Choose Yes,

*You will see that for all MP3 folders now you have the same properties like Name, Title, Size, Album etc. displayed

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A: I wanted to set the list of properties that needs to be displayed for all MP3 Folders. I use Windows Vista. This is what I did and I am able to see the same properties displayed for all folders now:
FIRST STEP - Set the MP3 Folder Type as (Music Details). For this perform steps A, B, & C.
A) Go to a MP3 Folder on windows explorer and right click and choose (PROPERTIES)
B) Go  to (CUSTOMIZE)  option
C) There is a drop down called  (WHAT KIND OF FOLDER DO YOU WWANT? USE THIS FOLDER TYPE AS TEMPLATE ). Under this Drop Down choose (MUSIC DETAILS)  and press (OK). This step will set the folder type as Music Details. You can also apply this property to all sub folders by ticking the option (ALSO APPLY THIS TEMPLATE TO ALL SUB FOLDERS)
SECOND STEP - Choose the properties that needs to be displayed for a MP3 Folder. For this perform Step D, E & F.
D) Choose the MP3 Folder on Windows Explorer. Note, the type of the folder should be Music details (Refer Step ABC to set a folder of type Music Details). If needed place 2 or 3 MP3 files in this folder
E) Go to right pane on explorer.  You will see some MP3 properties displayed in columns default by explorer. Right Click on one of the MP3 properties like Name or Title etc and choose the (MORE) Option. Choose all the details you want to be displayed for a MP3 folder – Arrange it using (UP) and (DOWN) buttons – Press (OK) to save properties
F)This is the main important step - Go to Windows Explorer (ORGANIZE) Option (This step could be different for XP, Vista, Windows 7) but a similar option is there in all the three OS - Choose (FOLDER AND SEARCH OPTIONS) – You will see 3 TABS – General, View , Search. Now, Go To (VIEW) Tab - Click on  (APPLY TO ALL FOLDERS OPTION)  - Explorer will ask you to confirm the current view for all Music Details folders - Choose (YES)
G) You will see that for all MP3 folders now display same properties like Name, Title, Size, Album etc whih you chose
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Sisu Axles was featured in the local newspaper. The theme of the article is Sisu, 12 stories about Finnish sisu. Sisu having the meaning of perseverance, stamina, guts, endurance… The article is also part of the "Finland 100 years" theme year. A more comprehensive story was published in the paper. We are proud of our name and what it stands for, as we are extremely proud of the centennial Finland. Please follow the link to the Finnish language article in Hämeen Sanomat.


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1. Multiple Intelligences is not rote learning or knowledge reproduction, but the use of other intelligences, skills, which you do not yet know, that you are smart at.
2. MI's give different perspectives for problem solving.
4. MI's can be valuable in work and life coaching.
5. MI's help you to gain more understanding for more intelligences and therefore more and different people.
Helga Hohn explains about Multiple Intelligences. "Surprising, educational and many new insights": these positive reactions marked the workshop Smarter Negotiation with Multiple Intelligences, organized on the occasion of International Women's Day.
Trainers Helga Hohn and Eugene Zaaijer conducted the three day training ´The New Negotiating´ with MIDAS profile validation coaching and one day of practical application on cases in the beautiful Limburg. Here are some first impressions.


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There are many challenges facing the Church in the United States and around the world. Many Catholics are tempted to leave the Church during these times of trial and suffering. But it's important to stay close to Christ and his Church during these challenging times. In this pamphlet, readers will find eight reasons to stay Catholic.


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The vintage Rolex Submariner 6538, produced by the Swiss maker from 1954-59, the original 'Bond Submariner', is estimated at £40,000-60,000 at Fellows' auction on August 28.
The vintage Rolex Submariner 6538, produced by the Swiss maker from 1954-59, holds the enviable spot in watchmaking history as the original 'Bond Submariner'.
It earned its nickname as the first Submariner to be featured on the wrist of 007 in the James Bond films, including Dr No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger and Thunderball.
This c.1957 example, with an automatic calibre 1030 and calibrated bezel, is a star entry in Fellows' watch sale in Birmingham on August 28. It carries a guide of £40,000-60,000 and comes with its original guarantee dated 1958.
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Many of us remember choreographer Laurieann Gibson as "BoomKack" from her days as a coach on Diddy's reality show, Making the Band.
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Many of us remember choreographer Laurieann Gibson as "BoomKack" from her days as a coach on Diddy's reality show, Making the Band. The former In Living Color Fly Girl (yes, she was!) has had an illustrious career, working as a creative director for Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj and choreographing TV and movies, most recently, Beyond the Lights. This week, as she prepares to return as a judge on season 4 of DanceOn's Dance Showdown, she spoke with ESSENCE about lessons learned over two decades as a dancer and choreographer.
The biggest risk I have ever taken is: I'm taking it right now.
I'm glad that I never… stopped fighting the negative opinions of others and the reactions of those who have been intimidated by my gift.
The moment I knew I made it was when: Every moment is making it but I'm still chasing that moment.
My greatest joy in life right now is: Family, friends, my dreams and my relationship with God.
My everyday mantra is: Dream Warriors, we don't budge.
I could never have predicted… that I would still be single, never married, no kids and a dog.
The hardest lesson I've learned: You must be truthful and maintain your truth even at the cost of jobs and friends. And manage your schedule properly.
The key to my happiness is: Giving and receiving unconditional love, and trying to have no judgment towards myself and others.
I get all my strength from: The passion I have to pursue and fill my God-given purpose and dream.
Being in the public eye has taught me: To be conscious of really being who you say you are. And never leave home without a lip gloss.
Today's dancers will never know: What they're missing as a result of not going through the obstacles that myself and those who came before me had to endure. What happens for them based—via youtube, social media, etc—can be blessing as well as something we need to be mindful of. That's why I put my dancers through an old-school type of dance rehearsal and training.
Dancing for a living has been: The best life I could have ever imagined living.
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Santa Galla är en kyrkobyggnad och titelkyrka i Rom, helgad åt den heliga Galla av Rom (död år 550). Kyrkan är belägen vid Circonvallazione Ostiense i stadsdelen Garbatella i quartiere Ostiense och tillhör församlingen Santa Galla.

Denna kyrka ersatte kyrkan Santa Galla Antiqua, vilken revs år 1930.

Historia
Kyrkan uppfördes åren 1936–1940 efter ritningar av arkitekten Tullio Rossi. Enligt en uppgift utgör kyrkan ett exempel på stile littorio. Kyrkan konsekrerades den 15 december 1940.

Tegelfasaden har ett fristående propylaeum, vars horisontala bjälke bär dedikationsinskriptionen: DOM IN HONOREM S. GALLAE VID. A.D. MCMXL. Fasaden har en mittportal och tvenne sidoportaler. Över mittportalen sitter en mosaik som framställer två påfåglar som dricker ur en källa. Påfåglarna blir bitna av ormar; två vaktlar finns även med i bilden. Påfåglarna symboliserar här odödlighet, då deras kött enligt en uråldrig legend inte kunde förruttna.

Interiören är treskeppig. Högaltarets bord vilar på en cippus från första århundradet efter Kristus; denna fanns tidigare i den rivna kyrkan Santa Galla Antiqua. På baksidan av cippus ses bland annat en kanin som mumsar på vindruvor.

Till vänster om högkoret återfinns det Allraheligaste Sakramentets kapell med en framställning av Kvällsvarden i Emmaus. På andra sidan finns ett sidokapell invigt åt den heliga Galla. En 1600-talsmålning, vilken har attribuerats åt Ludovico Gimignani, visar hur Galla ser på när påven Gregorius den store mirakulöst mottar ikonen Santa Maria in Portico från himmelen.

Titelkyrka
Kyrkan stiftades som titelkyrka av påve Franciskus år 2015.

Kardinalpräster
 Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet: 2015–

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Romersk-katolska kyrkobyggnader i Rom (quartiere Ostiense)
Roma Q. X Ostiense
Titelkyrkor i Rom
Romersk-katolska kyrkobyggnader invigda 1940
Kyrkobyggnader ritade av Tullio Rossi
Modernistisk arkitektur
Nyromanska kyrkobyggnader
Garbatella
Romersk-katolska kyrkobyggnader helgade åt den heliga Galla
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Q: Is it possible to have two content types in single servlet? I have created a servlet like this given below:
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

public class otpcheck extends HttpServlet {

/**
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@Override
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
        throws ServletException, IOException {

    PrintWriter out =response.getWriter();
    Crypting c=new Crypting();
    BufferedImage imgKey;
    BufferedImage imgEnc;
    imgKey = ImageIO.read(new File("E:/Key.png"));
    imgEnc=ImageIO.read(new File("E:/E.png"));

    response.setContentType("text/html");
    out.println(
"<!DOCTYPE html>\n" +
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"        \n" +
"        <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"newcss.css\">\n" +
"    \n" +
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    out.println("
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     BufferedImage imgDec=Crypting.decryptImage(imgKey,imgEnc);
    response.setContentType("image/png");
    OutputStream os=response.getOutputStream();
    ImageIO.write(imgDec,"png",os);
    out.println("<form action=\"otpvalidate\" method=\"POST\"    enctype=\"multipart / form - data\">Enter OTP:<input type=\"password\" name=\"otp\"/>\n<input type=\"submit\" value=\"SUBMIT\" name=\"submit\" /></form >");
    out.println("
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Since the image is dynamically generated(i.e decrypted)I can't save it as a file in filesystem.So I used OutputStream and response.setContentType("image/png") for displaying image.
But I also need to generate a input and button using html.So I used another response.setContentType("text/html") for displaying html.
My problem is I am getting error which says java.lang.IllegalStateException: getWriter() has already been called for this response.So the content type response are conflicting each other.
Pls help me to resolve this error!!!

A: In the HTTP protocol you access resources. Each resource has its own type.
In your example you have at least 3 resources, one for the HTML page, one for key.png and one for e.png
What to do?
You can have your servlet that serves only your HTML page, and in the HTML page you can have the image tag pointing to the resources of the images

...

For the images you can put them in the war file and the server serves the images.
But if your images are store out of your war like a database, you can make other servlet that serves your images. In the SRC property of the IMG tag you put the URL of that servlet.

A: You can serve both HTML and PNG from the same Servlet provided that:

*

*for each request you only serve one of them, not both at once

*it's deducible from the request which content must be served

*you map the servlet to all needed URLs or patterns accordingly

For example you could map the servlet to both /onlinebanking.html and /onlinebanking.png and deduce from the extension of the request URI if you have to serve the HTML or the PNG content. Or map only to /onlinebanking and always send HTML unless requested otherwise by using e.g. /onlinebanking?content=image i.e. evaluating the query string or query parameters to make a decision.

A: First of all,Thank you all for your contributions.I found an answer and its working.
I created a servlet to return the image.Then I created a jsp file to fetch that image by giving URL as .
And its working good.
Here is the code.
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

public class otpcheck extends HttpServlet {

@Override
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
        throws ServletException, IOException {

    Crypting c=new Crypting();
    BufferedImage imgKey;
    BufferedImage imgEnc;
    imgKey = ImageIO.read(new File("E:/Key.png"));
    imgEnc=ImageIO.read(new File("E:/upload/E.png"));
     BufferedImage imgDec=Crypting.decryptImage(imgKey,imgEnc);
    response.setContentType("image/png");
    OutputStream os=response.getOutputStream();
    ImageIO.write(imgDec,"png",os);
}
}

And the jsp is as follows:

    <form action="otpvalidate" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
        Enter OTP:<input type="password" name="otp"/><input type="submit" value="SUBMIT" name="submit" />
    </form>

I referred some answers given by BalusC.That's how I got code working.


-Some of Saraswati's early idols are also two-armed. In contemporary art, too, she is sometimes represented with normal two arms.
-Her votive images are often defined with an elaborate 'prabhavali' – fire-arch. Her most forms reveal rhythm but not dance.


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Home/Showbiz/Lucky Rivers presents their first album Actemio
Lucky Rivers presents their first album Actemio
TAMMY SEWELLDecember 2, 2021
Rosario musician Lucky Rivers presents his first album "Actemio", composed of eight songs that, said the musician, "they seek to shape those things that we do not quite understand, between the heartbreak and the rhetorical questions that daily turn through our heads." Rivers, who will be accompanied by Pablo Comas's band and La Liga de la Injusticia, will perform this Thursday at 21, at the Güemes Cultural Center (Güemes 2808).
Rivers' group is made up of Bruno Bordón (drums) and Ornella Mecoli (bass). As guest musicians, Juana Moyano (cello), Ramiro Savoretti (keyboards) and Lucas Ciliberti (guitar) will perform.. Rivers is a Rosario musician born in 2002 and "Actemio" was recorded between June and September 2021 at Penny Lane Studios in Rosario, together with Mecoli and Bordón.
The name of the album was chosen in reference to "Los Días de Actemio", a song by Los Gatos found on the album "Rock de la mujer perdida". Several of their songs were presented live when they acted as opening act for Divididos and Ciro y los Persas, at the Municipal Amphitheater, and in the show of the return of Los Abuelos de la Nada, at the Broadway theater.
In his group, Bordón, with more than ten albums recorded, is a drummer with a long career in the hardcore punk scene of Buenos Aires, where he was part of bands of the genre such as Nueva Etica, Los Verdaderos and Columnas, among others. Mecoli is a bass player from Rosario and made his debut as a companion to Lucky Rivers on this first album.
Pablo Comas is a Rosario musician born in 1988. In 2006 he is one of the founders of Alucinaria, a rock and pop band in which he served as a composer, musician and artistic producer.. With Alucinaria he released the albums "Dulce cruel" (2008), "La Último Rotation del Sol" (2012) and "Días de Fuerza" (2016). In 2014 he joined the band Vacations en Globo with which he recorded the self-titled album. In 2019 he released his first solo album, "Hambre", winner of best album of the year and best alternative rock album at the Rosario Edita awards.
According to Comas, "Hunger" "It is a political fantasy as existential as it is physical, where rhetorical figures of our current society walk around: traitors, vigilantes, marginals, hypocritical governors and savage avenging children. A desperate scream runs through the entire album, spinning mirrors in which the ghosts of Argentina in the 21st century can well be seen, like those of its narrator ".
The Comas band is made up of Marcos Ribak (guitar and backing vocals), Dani Pérez (bass and backing vocals), Luciano Tourfini (keyboards and backing vocals), Fabricio Silvestri (guitar) and Julián Ribero (drums and percussion).
Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso and his wife have Covid-19
Total bomb: the unexpected reason that would unite L-Gante and Cinthia Fernndez
The true meaning of Sorry if I make you cry by Juan Gabriel
The string band that offers its music under the tunnel in Calle Recreativa
Preview of "Who Said All Is Lost? Biography of a song ", by Gastón García Marinozzi


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Johan Verner Weckman (26. července 1882 Loviisa – 22. února 1968 Helsinky) byl finský reprezentant v řecko-římském zápase. Stal se prvním Finem v historii, který získal olympijské zlato.

Pocházel z rolnické rodiny, studoval na střední škole Ressun lukio v Helsinkách. Od roku 1902 zápasil za klub Helsingfors Gymnastikklubben a v roce 1904 se stal mistrem Finska. Pak odešel studovat do Německa a vstoupil do oddílu Germania Karlsruhe. Vyhrál mistrovství světa v Duisburgu v roce 1905, které však Mezinárodní zápasnická federace neuznává jako oficiální. Na Athénských olympijských mezihrách v roce 1906 vyhrál střední váhovou kategorii a v zápase o absolutní prvenství ho porazil vítěz těžké váhy Søren Marinus Jensen z Dánska. Na Letních olympijských hrách 1908 Weckman zvítězil v kategorii do 93 kg. Jeho finálovým soupeřem byl krajan Yrjö Saarela, jehož položil na lopatky ve dvou zápasech ze tří.

Po londýnské olympiádě ukončil sportovní kariéru a věnoval se elektroinženýrství, které vystudoval na Technologickém institutu v Karlsruhe. Pracoval ve firmě Westinghouse a v dolech na Urale. V roce 1921 se stal technickým ředitelem helsinské továrny na kabely Kaapelitehdas a od roku 1937 do odchodu na penzi zastával pozici výkonného ředitele. Získal titul báňského rady (vuorineuvos) a Řád finského lva. Časopis Talouselämä ho zařadil na seznam stovky největších manažerů v historii finského průmyslu.

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Narození v roce 1882
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Narození 26. července
Úmrtí 22. února
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Teams — is or are?
So I frequently write headlines such as "Manchester United are in the quarter-finals" but I always wonder if it should actually be "Manchester United is in the quarter-finals". I think I actually use them interchangeably depending on what mood I'm in. I guess the question is whether a soccer team is a group of players ("are") or if it's an entity ("is"). Which is it?
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"Team" is a Collective Noun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun and team names should, therefore, receive a singular verb if they are not specifically plural. Thus, I think "Manchester United is" is correct. Similarly, although you would say "The New Orleans Saints are" or "The Atlanta Falcons are," you would say, "The Orlando Magic IS."
Thanks! So if the team's name is plural, then "it's" are but otherwise it's "is". So for national teams like Brazil or Spain then it's "are" but Juventus and Real Madrid are "is"?
Phil1 Apr-12-2009
D'oh, quoted the wrong word, should not be "it's" but "are", sorry :-)
Sorry. Hopeless American, I don't know these names you're talking about. :) But it sounds like you understood what I was saying.
However, while a singular verb for a collective noun is used in American English, in British English the plural would be used. So, technically, it's "Manchester United ARE in the finals", but "the Orlando Magic IS not". Scyllacat's link actually discusses this in some detail, as you may have already read.
Joachim1 Apr-12-2009
The real point of all of this is that this is a bogus distinction drawn by (mostly) British scholars in the 19th century who were intent on creating a grammar for English so complex that they alone could speak it - and most of it had no history in the language. The reality of this is that if you are thinking of the team, organization, government, etc. as one unit then it takes a singular verb. If you're thinking of it as the individuals who form that group, then it takes a plural verb - your choice... just as it is your language. It says what you want it to say.
brian_forsyth Apr-14-2009
Sometimes, it's a blue pill/red pill situation - prefer British English? United are training,
American? Jazz is in the play-offs (I honestly don't know if they are).
Myself, I tried and couldn't say "I don't know if it is" - a team is a group.
Other times, however, you might mean team as an entity - an organisation, then you'd say "is" - 'Luton Town is going into administration'
(I don't think it is, at least yet, it has been relegated into semi-professional ranks, though).
jestingrace Apr-16-2009
"...this is a bogus distinction drawn by (mostly) British scholars in the 19th century who were intent on creating a grammar for English so complex that they alone could speak it — and most of it had no history in the language."
This might indeed be a valid historical observation, but that does not obviate whether there is a correct way (and an incorrect one) in this case.
I would state it this way: A team's name is essentially the name of a set. A plural name for a team causes the name to be more of a contemplation of the members of the set.
A set is a single thing, and so should be treated as a singular noun. A team name that contemplates the members of the set is more akin to a similar contemplation, such as "men," "kids" and "blondes." When you speak of the men in the room, you are describing a set, but you are contemplating the individuals in that set. So that would take a plural verb.
So, the musicians ARE happy, and Led Zepplin IS coming.
brian.wren.ctr May-15-2009


The blockchain bubble follows many of the typical tech hype trends: funding is soaring, which is always an attention grabber. The total historical funding for bitcoin and blockchain startups cleared $1 billion in 2016 (interestingly, pure-play blockchain investments surpassed bitcoin investments). A few startups did huge raises, including Blockstream ($55 million Series A) and SETL ($43 million angel). Additionally, several venture funds have launched dedicated solely to investing in blockchain technologies (including Blockchain Capital, Tally Capital and Pantera Capital).
To add to the hype and increase the anxiety of enterprise stakeholders, many large organizations announced blockchain initiatives that are a far cry from historic uses of the technology. German energy giant RWE is testing blockchain for electric-vehicle charging and peer-to-peer energy trading; meanwhile the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is testing blockchain for efficiency and security in healthcare data exchanges. These esoteric experiments from major organizations are turning heads, forcing executives to investigate the potential for blockchain in industries where nobody expected blockchain to see the light of day.
Skuchain executes blockchain-based international trade with smart contracts and IoT. Towards the end of 2016, blockchain start-up Skuchain completed a proof of concept (POC) that helped digitize and automate archaic international trade processes. Leveraging the Skuchain platform, Wells Fargo and Commonwealth Bank of Australia were able to digitally develop a letter of credit on behalf of the buyer and seller, and then trigger the payment for the shipment via smart contract integration with an IoT solution for tracking shipping containers. For this POC, the main focus was to prove the functionality of the technology, rather than to pin down specific cost savings and efficiency improvements — so it is not clear exactly what return on investment would look like for this sort of deployment, but the participants all expect there will be savings on back-end operations as this sort of solution scales.
New York microgrid enables peer-to-peer energy trading via blockchain framework. TransActive Grid, a joint venture between cleantech consultancy LO3 Energy and blockchain solution developer Consensys Systems, is a startup focused on applying the blockchain framework to energy trading. The group is conducting a POC on a community microgrid project (Brooklyn Microgrid); this will allow neighbors to sell and trade the energy they generate. In the initial deployment, only energy producing customers have smart meters, and surplus generation is accounted for as energy credits that can be traded with microgrid members. In later phases of the project, TransActive Grid intends to expand the deployment of smart meters to energy consumers as well, and claims that this will enable direct peer-to-peer transactions without the need for an energy credits market.
IBM helps Walmart leverage blockchain to improve food safety outcomes. In late 2016, Walmart began testing blockchain's capabilities to improve food safety across its complex global food supply chain. The initial POC is tracking two products: one packaged produce item in the U.S. and pork in China. Using blockchain will enable the array of suppliers and distributors across the supply chain to record information on products in one central repository, rather than across a web of siloed, proprietary systems. In theory, this will increase transparency and create a permanent, traceable record of information as products move from supplier farms to Walmart shelves. In both the U.S. and China, IBM will be integrating a blockchain solution tailored to the specific food safety application, building on the open source modules of the Hyperledger Project.
These POCs share several themes: they are all built on the three major blockchains, which are bitcoin, Ethereum and Hyperledger — most blockchain projects are developed on these three core blockchain platforms. A major goal for all three POCs is to increase transparency in areas where transparency is especially important. Another key theme is that each POC applies blockchain to specific industry pains where other approaches have failed (including digitizing international trade processes, cutting out middlemen from electricity transactions and improving response time for food safety issues). Last, it is important to note that all of these POCs, and nearly all POCs outside of finance, are experiments — none of these use cases has proven the ability to deliver ROI through application of blockchain technologies.
While the use of blockchain outside of finance is still largely experimental, we believe that the applications explored above (supply chain, power and food/agriculture) are strong fits for blockchain at industrial enterprises. We expect these industrial use cases to be among the first where blockchain begins to deliver real ROI. That said, blockchain still faces several obstacles before it will achieve broad enterprise adoption: there are precious few blockchain experts, smart contracts can be pretty stupid, enterprises struggle to be comfortable with cryptocurrencies, use of blockchain flies in the face of regulation in many industries, and stakeholders are beginning to take a "blockchain-first" approach.
"Blockchain-first" is a dangerous mentality. Blockchain is a promising development for many industrial verticals, one that will provide many valuable solutions, but it is dangerous for stakeholders to take a blockchain-first approach, one in which they throw blockchain at everything — the right approach is to start with problems and apply blockchain where other methods have failed and where blockchain makes the most sense. This is a common risk whenever new technologies garner hype and press, and many venture groups and industry stakeholders will waste precious time and money getting sucked into inappropriate blockchain projects.


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Responding to a disaster — and a dog named Bullet
January 17, 2022 | By Vicki Hyman
On December 10, a cluster of powerful tornados ripped through Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas, leaving a trail of destruction across the middle of the country. Western Kentucky bore the brunt of the storm, which killed 77 people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes in the state.
In the aftermath, Mastercard's Susan Warner, vice president for community engagement, reached out to her team of employees specially trained for disaster relief to see who might be available to fly to Kentucky to volunteer with the American Red Cross to support relief and recovery efforts. She got identical responses from several: "My bags are already packed."
From left: Rhanda Miller, Ryan Morabito, Dan Rich, Steve Light, Amarildo Gjondrekaj, Raina Kadavil, Christy Corrington, and Kimberly Wilson.
In partnership with the American Red Cross, the company launched its disaster relief corps in 2019, with 40 employees trained in all aspects of aid distribution, disaster assessment and shelter operations. Today, Mastercard has 140 employees trained in the U.S. and Singapore, some of whom have previously responded to Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Florence in North Carolina. In addition, a team of responders recently went to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas to help Afghan refugees start the resettlement process following the U.S. withdrawal from that country.
Just after the new year, the eight-person team left for Kentucky for its weeklong mission. The Mastercard Newsroom spoke to four of the employees about their experience.
The team worked in client intake, traveling to different communities, assessing property damage and documenting needs in order to generate aid and additional resources. They serve as the face of the Red Cross to those who are starting to put the pieces of their lives back together.
Raina Kadavil, marketing analyst in Data & Services: We listened to children who asked why the tornado came, and if it was coming back every time the wind blew. The stories of people who lost their homes, cars and even their friends and family — sometimes right from their side — got overwhelming.
Ryan Morabito, consultant in Data & Services: I met with folks who have lost their homes, friends and family. Parents who lost their children. Children who lost their parents.
I drove around some of the affected areas, and I was able to get a glimpse of the widespread destruction. Entire buildings leveled, cars tossed across fields, forests clear cut. It was absolutely surreal. Hearing these stories and seeing such devastation in person was truly heartbreaking.
The First Christian Church in Mayfield, Ky., was destroyed in the string of tornadoes that devastated the western part of the state in December. (Photo credit: Christy Corrington)
Halfway through the volunteer mission, a winter storm blew through the region, with Gov. Andy Beshear declaring a state of emergency, temporarily suspending most relief efforts and debris cleanup.
Dan Rich, vice president in Cyber & Intelligence Solutions: With the snow day and ground stop still in effect, and after a delayed start to the day, our team walked uphill both ways in the snow (literally) to the Red Cross Disaster Recovery Operations headquarters to build a couple hundred home kits, including personal protective gear and information on disaster recovery resources, for impacted families.
When our kit-building job was finished, we didn't want to walk back to our lodging just yet. We took the opportunity to straighten up the command center — disinfecting all the tables, organizing the staff kitchen, stocking the snacks and drinks, and vacuuming the entire command center floor. Then we went back to our lodging before the sundown curfew, hopeful that the next day we could return to helping clients.
From left, Steve Light, Raina Kadavil and Christy Corrington create home kits with PPE and disaster recovery resources; Amarildo Gjondrekaj vacuums the American Red Cross Disaster Recovery Operations headquarters during a snowstorm that halted client intake; and Rhanda Miller and Kimberly Wilson work on home kits. (Photo credit from left: Ryan Morabito, Christy Corrington, Ryan Morabito)
There were some adventures along the way, and pie. Lots of pie.
Ryan: We were driving in Dawson Springs and noticed a stray dog walking in the middle of the road. We called the dog over, hoping to get a picture of his collar. He put his paws up on the driver's side window and then he jumped in through the window! He was covered in mud and definitely needed a bath, but he was so excited to have someone to comfort him. We were able to get his name from his collar (it was Bullet!) and his owner's contact information. Raina called his owner, who told us to meet him at his former address. We drove to the address with Bullet, who sat on my lap the entire ride. Once we arrived, we met Bullet's owner and were able to reunite the two.
His owner Frankie stood in front of his home, which was completely leveled by the tornadoes, and explained that the two of them are staying at a family member's home down the road, but Bullet keeps running back to his former home since it is all he knows. We gave Frankie our condolences for losing his home, wished him well on his road to recovery, and said goodbye to our buddy Bullet, who was so happy to be back with his owner.
Ryan Morabito and some of his colleagues met a friendly lost dog named Bullet and was able to reunite him with his owner. (Photo credit: Raina Kadavil)
Raina: Half of us excitedly introduced the other half to Waffle House; we sampled a variety of pies at Patti's 1800's Settlement, and we're looking forward to meeting virtually sometime soon to play all the new games we taught each other this week.
We came in as eight strangers of different ages, geographies and Mastercard departments, but after a snowstorm, a lightning storm, dozens of shared client stories, and many hours of driving across states and between sites, we left as great friends. We are so grateful to have had this opportunity to be a force for good where we are needed most.
What struck many on the team was how willing relatives and neighbors who had lost so much themselves were stepping up to help those even worse off.
Ryan: What stood out to me above all the destruction, the pain and the heartbreak was how patient, how resilient, how kind, how giving, and how grateful the people in this community truly were.
Friends giving friends a new place to stay for free, neighbors cooking meals for one other, a cowboy offering a safe space for anyone to talk. Seeing people come together as a community and work together to overcome such a tragedy was incredibly moving.
A man nicknamed Cowboy set up a tent in Dawson Springs to offer a supportive ear to those who needed to unburden themselves in the aftermath of the tornadoes. (Photo credit: Ryan Morabito)
Kimberly Wilson, analyst in Operations & Technology: I spent a lot of time thinking of each of stories that our team heard from individuals that crossed our paths — and how a matter of seconds made all the difference, from someone making it to a safe location to someone losing their home and possessions to losing a friend or family member. We were there with a caring heart and listening ear. Amid devastating loss and tragedies, and with a pandemic continuing to rage, it was also heartening to see people come together to help each other.
The team left Kentucky feeling they'd gained a lot more than they gave.
Raina: Over the last couple of days, many of us had the opportunity to drive through the affected communities for the first time. In some cases, we were even able to identify houses that belonged to clients we'd helped the day before and witness the damage they had described for ourselves. The devastation is tragic, and to connect that tragedy back to the people who had sat in front of us makes it even more surreal.
It really puts things into perspective. How we spend our day-to-day, how we interact with our own neighbors and communities, what we take for granted. To what we are seeing and what we are hearing here in Kentucky. It's made us count our blessings.
Ryan: Here's what I learned and my advice: Be grateful for everything you have, tell the people you care for that you love them often, and find a way in your own life to help other people. And when a stray dog named Bullet who is covered in mud jumps into your car window while you are driving, make sure you get him back home.
A message of resilience in Dawson Springs. (Photo credit: Ryan Morabito)
Vicki Hyman, director, communications, Mastercard
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