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Our MH17 Story
An open letter to the Russian people from the families of the victims in downing of MH17
The World Cup is in Russia- how do we respond?
In June the world will turn its eyes toward Russia for the Football World Cup. It will be a long awaited and joyous event. For most Russians it will also be an occasion of deep national pride.
Some of us who write these words are passionate followers of football, others are not. But none of us will be able to share in this World Cup in the way we would have done before. We have something in common that gives this event and the place in which it is held, a different, darker meaning.
On July 17, 2014 Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine. Two hundred and ninety eight people were killed. Among the bodies lying among the debris and fields of sunflowers were our children, our partners, our brothers and sisters, our parents.
Jon and Jack O'Brien
The impact on our lives
Despite it being nearly four years since our lives were shattered, we struggle to comprehend what happened. The people we love were killed in a war, a war in which they were not combatants, a war they had nothing to do with. We know they are not the only victims of this confrontation. More than 10, 000 people have been killed, the majority of them civilians. Their families are grieving like ours, not understanding why the people they love have been snatched from them. It is the finality of death that is so painful. We could live with a separation, even of years, if we knew it had an end.
We, as families of those killed on MH17, are still breathing, but the lives we had also came to a close that day. We are not the same people we were before. The world we live in is darker and less hopeful. We have struggled to maintain faith in human goodness. It may be that some of us will find some sense of purpose and happiness again. But we will always be marked by the brutal and sudden death of those we love.
Elsemiek de Borst, victim of MH17 downing. Facebook.com
Even more though, this callous act has defined the people we love. Their stories, which should have gone on, have come to an abrupt stop. We now cannot experience them, we can only remember them. Part of our remembering must be to speak of the wrongfulness of their deaths and urging that those responsible for this crime are called to account. The people we love can no longer speak for themselves.
We know there is a long history between Russia and Ukraine and there are different perspectives on what led to conflict erupting in 2014. No nation state is blameless, including our own. All nations have a right to flourish as best they can, without impeding or violating the rights of others. All parties must be prepared to face what part they have played in the conflict. But whatever the history and exact circumstances, that can never justify the shooting down of a passenger plane and the killing of all those on board. How do we respond to that?
Questions of hate and responsibility
Like all who have suffered the violent death of people we love, we are tempted to respond with hate. But we have to separate ordinary Russian people from the individuals responsible – the chain of command that led to the shooting down of MH17. Most of us don't know Russian people well. Hate and distrust come partly from ignorance and when we know more of a person's story, that can change how we see things. We know that the Russian people have a right to thrive, as did our loved ones. Still, we struggle. If we are able to change it will take time. But we know that giving in to hatred and bitterness would consume us and, unchecked among the nations, it will destroy human life on this planet.
It is easier when we remember we are all human beings and what we have in common. Some of us saw the faces of Russian families after Metrojet Flight 9268 was bombed and crashed over Egypt in October 2015, killing all 224 people on board. They were overwhelmed with grief, struggling to comprehend what had happened. We understand that disbelief, the horror of your loved one's lives being taken violently and without warning. If ever we met those families perhaps we could start a conversation, for we would already know a central truth about each other's lives.
No, we do not blame the Russian people for what happened. We are not against you. We hold the Russian state and its leaders as ultimately responsible for the deaths of our family members. All the credible evidence points in that direction. It has already been a long wait for us, but sometime in the future the five nation Joint Investigation Team will deliver its final report and people will be named. Then it will be up to the appointed court in the Netherlands to carefully weigh the evidence and reach a conclusion about which individuals were responsible.
The importance of truth
We have confidence in the thoroughness and impartiality of the work conducted by the Joint Investigation Team. The same cannot be said about the reporting on MH17 coming out of Russian state media channels. In the first months some of us were troubled by the multiple, often contradictory stories about what happened to MH17 coming out of Russia. "MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian jet." "It was blown up by a missile intended for the Russian President's plane." "It was already full of dead bodies and deliberately crashed." "It was shot down by a BUK missile but not one of Russia's." These shocking, disturbing and contradictory stories were then magnified 1000 fold in posts on different social media. All this material was distressing. Some of us had doubts. It is only later that we came to understand that this was exactly what was intended. These practices are part of a coordinated state campaign of misinformation intended to distract and confuse, to create an alternative reality in which all truth is relative and no information can be trusted. The Russian state media, as well as private media channels that cooperate with the state, are complicit in this vile and deceitful campaign. We know that all countries, including our own, bend the truth and tell lies sometimes. But do Russian people really want to live in a country where the truth has ceased to exist? Perhaps some of you reading this already think that we do not exist and that this article is made up?
Well, we are real, and our hope is that ultimately truth will prevail.
Daisy Oehlers, victim of MH17 downing. Twitter.com
We appeal again for the Russian government to cooperate fully with the international investigation into MH17. It will not bring our families back but the truth does matter, the truth does exist and we want those responsible for MH17 to be identified and held accountable. We teach our children when they are small that they must own up to their mistakes and take responsibility for their actions. We want our governments to do the same. We ask Russia to do the same.
In recent months world tensions have increased. In an atmosphere of hostility and distrust we need international systems based on the rule of law, where each has confidence that justice and fairness is at least possible. We also need to recover our sense of shared humanity. Ultimately, we are all in this together on this one, small, blue planet.
In 2014 our children and families lay lifeless amidst the fields and sunflowers of Eastern Ukraine. In 2015 Russian children and families lay lifeless on the stones and sand of the Egyptian desert. In death we are not so different. Barriers of language, culture, differences in race or religion no longer matter. What remains is loss and love. Human loss and love.
This World Cup
All this is in our minds and hearts as we contemplate this World Cup in Russia. Football is called the world game. More nations play this game than any other. At its best football can mirror what is admirable about us all – our distinct styles of play, our culture, our singing and dress, our obvious passion or our steely discipline, our skill, courage and creativity, the sheer joy of play, the desire to strive and be tested to our utmost, and the respect we give those with whom we compete.
At its worst football can mirror the ugliness of which we are also capable. It can descend into a closed minded and aggressive nationalism, reinforcing divisions and prejudices, opening old wounds and inflicting new ones.
The football World Cup can be a celebration of our shared humanity. It can be an example, however fleeting, of our capacity to live with each other in peace. If it is that, then we might be better able to lift our heads to watch.
Bryce Fredriksz aged 23 and Daisy Oehlers aged 20, victims of MH17 downing. pinimg.com
May this World Cup be played in a good spirit. We hope that it is a success and something in which ordinary Russian people can take pleasure and pride. But we cannot deny that from our perspective, a shadow hangs over this event. We are painfully aware of the dark irony that the Russian leaders who will profess to welcome the world with open arms, are those who are chiefly to blame for shattering our world. And that it is these same leaders who have persistently sought to hide the truth, and who have evaded responsibility ever since that dreadful day in July 2014.
Jon and Meryn O'Brien (Jack O'Brien aged 25) Australia
Jeremy and Louise Pocock (Ben Pocock aged 20) The United Kingdom
Rob Fredriksz and Silene Fredriksz-Hoogzand (Bryce Fredriksz aged 23 and Daisy Oehlers aged 20), The Netherlands
Joanna Anderson (Stephen Anderson aged 44) The United Kingdom
Claudio Villaca-Vanetta (Glenn R. Thomas aged 49) The United Kingdom
Hans de Borst (Elsemiek de Borst aged 17) The Netherlands
Paul Guard (Roger Guard aged 67 and Jill Guard aged 62) Australia
A statement on the fifth anniversary of the shooting down of MH17
It is the World Cup, but Jack is not here to watch it.
Letter to President Putin
Jon & Meryn O'Brien
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I'm just going to apologise in advance for all the christmassy goodness I am about to obsess over!
Although I have just spent the weekend at Brisnova I'm going to leave the PT2 of the supanova experience until Thursday, are you excited?
So today I'm going to let you all in on a little secret… I LOVE CHRISTMAS! More than most normal people! It is my most favourite part of the year by far. I'm not 100% sure why but I'm always happy over christmas ridiculously stressed but happy.
Although there are numerous things I love about christmas there are still things I don't like. Nothing in general really about the holiday itself, mostly about the weather and what that brings with it. I hate summer for the most part, don't get me wrong though I like beaches and pools but I never go to them when its hot and air-con is ridiculously expensive! Mostly though, I hate that I mainly watch you-tubers that are in the Northern hemisphere and are now coming into winter, it's not fair at all! All I want is to burn a candle and wear a cute christmas sweater. I want to be able to bake til my hearts content without dying of heat exhaustion! If only I could afford to move to Europe I would be much happier! I'll always want for a white christmas, maybe I should ask Santa!
That is however all I dislike about Christmas, I love the holiday, I love the decorating! I love the family time and I love the time off. I love the carols and the Christmas shopping. I love the presents and mostly I absolutely love buying for others, I don't know why but I love the excitement coming up to christmas, I always have. The unknowing suspense of them opening the present. Today in the shopping centre I saw a little girl writing her list for Santa, how adorable! I do miss being a kid at christmas time, but that doesn't mean I don't have as much fun as I used too, I think I have more fun! Decorating is one of my favourites, you can never have to many decorations! I have already put my tree up, and next Monday is my work christmas party, so I have decided my post next Monday will be about all the little christmas goodies I'm going to bake and make! Be ready for a few cute Christmas recipes!!
Anyway guys, I won't bore you any further with christmassy goodness! What's your favourite part about christmas? Do you like it as much as me?


The Green New Deals, both at the federal and state levels, are serving as a needed launch pad for the sea-changes that will be necessary to affect long-term change. But we can't rely on those proposals alone. We must find cost-effective and innovative solutions to this challenge by collaborating with partners across sectors. That's the aim of our Northeast 80x50 Pathway Forum being hosted in Albany on May 13.
When it comes to the climate debate, the expansion of our gas distribution system is always a hot topic that is too often framed as black and white. Those who support gas expansion are painted as the enemies of the common good and those pushing for all renewables are characterized as out of touch with the realities of our current energy system and economy.
As an energy company serving four million customers across the Empire State, we're in a unique position to act and bring people together. We also have the ability, working with regulators, to use our gas network to help New York meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.
A geothermal pilot to test out a utility-ownership business model and its ability to complement gas network operations. This would be a larger scale, second phase of a previously-approved REV pilot that tested the ability of shared-loop geothermal, a heating source that uses the earth's underground temperature to meet customer heating needs, and was proven to be successful.
This isn't new for us, smart solutions are already underway. In Brooklyn, we have been injecting RNG from a landfill into our New York gas network since the 1980s and are working with the city of New York on a wastewater treatment facility that will inject RNG into our system later this year.
We believe that gas can play a critical role in supporting the growth of electric vehicles, wind, solar, and other renewable technologies while also delivering lower-carbon heating. Expanded access to natural gas has resulted in emissions reductions in the Northeast by reducing the use of more carbon-intensive delivered fuels, like oil and propane.
National Grid and its thousands of local employees are a part of the New York community, it's where we live, work, and raise our families. We're committed to working with advocates on all sides of the climate change debate to move our state forward toward its clean energy future.


Every summer we endeavour to arrange a diversified and interesting cultural programme for the evenings. As to meet everyone's taste we select a wide choice of events and performances ranging from classical concerts, vaudeville shows, acrobatics, improvisation theatre, contemporary dance performances, musicals or singer songwriter concerts. The choice of events is not only inspired by the different genres but also by particular places with a very special ambience: an amphitheatre in the city centre? Yes, indeed, there is ….
The programme is always full of surprises and will be compiled according to the prevailing range of cultural events.
Once a week we arrange a film night. What is the idea behind it? Together with other course participants you will watch a film and afterwards you could go to one of the numerous beer gardens and discuss the film or talk about anything. There are two aspects that are taken into consideration in the planning stage: The films that we select should be productions by German speaking directors. The cinema that you go to should have a very special atmosphere as there are a great many interesting film theatres in Berlin with its individual charm and its own concept beyond the world of multiplex-cinemas.


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Does Terrorism Work? by Richard English – review
There are no easy answers in this study of terror groups from IRA to al-Qaida but the search to find some is valid and interesting
Children play among debris from hijacked burning vehicles after riots in west Belfast during the Troubles, August 1976. Photograph: Alain Le Garsmeur/Getty Images
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Two decades ago I had tea with one of Ulster's most infamous murderers in his home. It was a strange occasion. We sat drinking from china cups and eating slices of fruit cake served from a silver stand, while my host, Billy Wright – otherwise known as King Rat – bragged about bloodstained activities on the frontline of the Troubles. As he sat there in his blue denim shirt and jeans, I was struck by the incongruity of this loyalist killer talking so brazenly about the most terrible deeds while serving cake on paper doilies.
Wright crops up briefly in this absorbing attempt to answer a difficult question: does terrorism actually work? King Rat was called "one of the most efficient and ruthless killers" on the loyalist side by a government minister, leaving behind him a trail of up to 20 deaths and many devastated lives. Yet his lethal activities began in response to the IRA slaughter of 10 Protestants in south Armagh. And this shows how terrorism can backfire so disastrously; instead of protecting Catholics, as proclaimed, the IRA violence sparked many more murders.
Perhaps most depressing are the testimonies of those who kill and maim to feel a twisted sense of celebrity or power
The question in this book's title is complex, controversial and near-impossible to answer given the many varying strands woven into the tapestry of history. But that does not make this attempt by Richard English, a Belfast-born professor of politics at the University of St Andrews, any less interesting. He has spent 30 years studying the subject and, as we know all too well, terrorist outrages grab attention and promote causes with sickening ease. One expert even calls it "performance violence" – although its threat tends to be wildly exaggerated.
The author admits some people might struggle with daring even to ask whether terror works. He carefully sets out his criteria, saying that even if stated goals are not achieved, there can be partial success through secondary strategic aims. Much of the book focuses on four case studies: al-Qaida, the Provisional IRA, Hamas and the Basque separatist group, Eta. In his conclusion, however, he skims through many more from the African National Congress, now governing in South Africa, down to the Free Wales Army who "failed miserably in their small-scale efforts".
The difficulties of analysis are shown by al-Qaida. Clearly it has not achieved its core objective to force the US and allies from the Muslim world; instead, its actions reinforced Washington's involvement, often in a violent and destructive manner. Osama bin Laden underestimated the strength of his enemy, influenced by the speed with which the Americans pulled out of Somalia after 18 soldiers were killed there in October 1993. Additionally, for all the publicity given to Islamic State, the regimes in most Muslim countries are not those desired by the jihadis.
The British army in the streets of Derry, Northern Ireland, after the Apprentice Boys' march during the Troubles. Photograph: Alain Le Garsmeur/Getty Images
Yet as English also points out, al-Qaida violence has hurt the US and its allies, both economically and through loss of life. He concludes that the group embodies a wider truth about terrorism: "the capacity of small numbers of terrorist zealots to change the world, but not entirely as they would have wished or anticipated". It also shows the paradox of terrorist publicity: atrocities can grab attention, but often backfire on the perpetrator's cause, as we saw after 9/11 or more recently in France.
Northern Ireland is even tougher to assess, given the length of struggle and extent of influences on the current state of play there. IRA bombs and bullets have not achieved a united, independent Ireland. But did they help bring about a milder form of self-determination, ensuring nationalists the capacity to determine their own affairs? While former Provos are quoted saying they failed dismally and it was all "a futile, useless waste of lives", those involved in peace negotiations admitted they focused on those using violence, given their aim of stopping the bloodshed.
Ultimately English ducks his own question, insisting there can be no simple answer given the overwhelming complexities involved. Yet that does not make his work less valid. Perhaps most depressing are the testimonies of those who kill, maim and destroy to feel a twisted sense of celebrity or power. One Republican boasts there was no shortage of women "prepared to give more than the time of day" to terrorists. A second talks of "great comradeship". A third simply says: "I felt important."
Does Terrorism Work? is published by Oxford University Press (£25). Click here to buy it for £20.50
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World Champion of Cricket India has done good start of West Indies tour by winning T20 and two ODI matches. Yesterday on 8th June 2011 India beaten West Indies in second ODI by 7 wickets to get 2-0 Lead in ODI series of five matches.
West Indies made 240 runs for losing 9 wickets playing first. Match was reduced due to rain and according to D\L method India made 183 runs for losing 3 wickets and got victory by 7 wickets.


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Preoce en serbe latin et Preoc en albanais (en serbe cyrillique : ) est une localité du Kosovo située dans la commune/municipalité de Pristina, district de Pristina (Kosovo) ou district de Kosovo (Serbie). Selon le recensement kosovar de 2011, elle compte 509 habitants.

Selon le découpage administratif kosovar, elle fait partie de la commune/municipalité de Gračanica/Graçanicë.

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Évolution historique de la population dans la localité

Répartition de la population par nationalités (2011)

En 2011, les Serbes représentaient 53,83 % de la population et les Roms 44,79 %.

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There really isn't anything I love more than great design that communicates a message clearly. Well designed, functional products and spaces makes us happier people. Goodmorning Technology in Copenhagen helps their clients grow through forward thinking initiatives while keeping to this ethos. Clever design isn't good enough, it has to work and have purpose. For example, I love how they've helped Scanwood communicate that their products are all made through environmentally friendly processes with their new package design. Perfection! It also comes at no surprise that they have come up with a design related to cycling since Copenhagen has such a large cycling culture.


The goal of this portion of my practice is to provide support and relief for those who have suffered an injury or physical trauma. Focusing on the musculoskeletal framework, I work to aid patients in their recovery from the sprains, strains, tightnesses and adhesions that accidents can cause.
Joints, bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments can all suffer injury. The goal is to help a patient achieve full function and strength. In order to do this, I use a number of approaches. The choice of an approach is dependent on the individual´s situation and health. Not only do I work to aid the healing of the body, I work to decrease the limitations created by the injury.
Among the strategies I use are adjustments to clear any congestion and to restore normal nervous system function. Ultrasound, manual muscle stimulation and massage serve to move out tissue waste, reduce local swelling and tissue congestion, and improve local circulation. Nutritional support helps in managing inflammation and tissue repair. All of these aid in restoring and maintaining joint mobility and overall system function.


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Sport Tennis Lendl a coaching trend-setter: Becker
Lendl a coaching trend-setter: Becker
Boris Becker credits his once fierce rival Ivan Lendl with paving the way for him to coach Novak Djokovic.
Becker, the winner of six grand slam titles, will guide world No.2 Djokovic for the first time at the Australian Open, as the Serb attempts to win the title for a fifth time.
The German is among a growing band of past greats mentoring the game's current elite.
Lendl has coached Murray for two years, helping the Scot to his breakthrough triumphs at the 2012 US Open and 2013 Wimbledon, as well as Olympic gold in London.
Much more recently, Roger Federer hired Stefan Edberg to help him break his grand slam title drought.
Other past grand slam champions Goran Ivanisevic (coaching Marin Cilic), Sergi Bruguera (Richard Gasquet) and Michael Chang (Kei Nishikori) are also working with current players.
Becker believes his own grand slam success will help him coach Djokovic through similar experiences.
But he says it's Lendl's success with Murray that opened the door for him and others.
"It's been a trend in tennis ever since the relationship with Lendl and Murray worked," Becker told reporters at Melbourne Park on Friday.
"Obviously when we played in the mid-80s to mid-90s it was a little bit slower, but we still had graphite racquets, it wasn't just wood so the game is not that different to when we played.
"I think it's a smart move by the current players."
During their own playing days, Becker and Lendl had an at-times heated rivalry, including meetings in three grand slam finals, all won by the German.
But Becker doubts that will add any spice to the Djokovic-Murray duels.
"Of course we want to win, of course we're all very competitive, but I think it's about Djokovic, Murray, Nadal and some of the other players and not so much about the coaches," he said.
Becker refused to publicly divulge anything about how he intends to help Djokovic, already a winner of six majors himself.
But the 46-year-old expressed hope the job would be long-term.
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As I write this, the local news this morning is leading with a story of a police officer killed in the line of duty in Weymouth this past weekend. Officer Michael Chesna and bystander Vera Adams were both shot and succumbed to their injuries.
For several years, while a pastor, I served as a chaplain to both the fire and police departments. I am keenly aware of the pain experienced by these departments when one of their own dies in the line of duty. I am also aware of the trauma and suffering they see as they respond to incidents each day within their communities.
That trauma and suffering is all too common across the communities of our Conference. Some make headlines in local news. Some, tragically, do not. And I am keenly aware that whether the news covers the stories or not, our clergy and churches show up. They are there in response to requests that come from the community. And often they are there to initiate ministries of comfort and justice, even while the community is still trying to absorb the news. I am grateful for this. I am grateful for the clergy and lay leaders in churches and the hospital in Weymouth who began to form plans for a vigil before the sun set on the day of the tragedy. I am grateful for clergy throughout our Conference, and the country, who recognize the need to provide spiritual care for the heart and soul of their communities.
In this week's Emailing you will find a blog from our Disaster Resource and Response Team (read it here) that includes helpful resources for vigils. I hope you will not need these. But if you do, please know we are here for you and for each other. It is part of what it means to belong to our denomination. And, for your part, please hold the folks in Weymouth in your prayers.


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Pay drops off for Eli Lilly leadership
Top executives at Eli Lilly saw their compensation drop in 2013.
Pay drops off for Eli Lilly leadership Top executives at Eli Lilly saw their compensation drop in 2013. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/1nU7T8I
Jeff Swiatek, jeff.swiatek@indystar.com Published 4:56 p.m. ET March 24, 2014
Lilly's John Lechleiter saw his compensation fall 23 percent.(Photo: Eli Lilly and Co. photo)
Top executives at Eli Lilly saw their compensation drop in 2013, a year in which the drug maker fought the profit-sapping effect of key drug patent losses.
John Lechleiter, the chairman, president and CEO, took a 23 percent hit to his total compensation last year from 2012. Three other top executives saw their compensation fall from 1.5 percent to 25 percent, according to Lilly's annual proxy report to shareholders, filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Lechleiter's total compensation dropped to $11.2 million last year from $14.6 million in 2012. Most of the drop was due to a lower pension valuation compared with 2012.
Lechleiter's salary of $1.5 million remained unchanged from 2012, and his stock award last year amounted to $6.75 million, compared with $5.6 million in 2012. Lechleiter was off work for two months last year for surgery.
Three other top Lilly executives who saw lower total compensation in 2013 were Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Derica Rice ($5.18 million, down 25 percent), Executive Vice President and President of Lilly Laboratories Jan Lundberg ($4.77 million, down 1.5 percent), and Senior Vice President and President of Lilly Diabetes Enrique Conterno ($3 million, down 23 percent).
Most of the drop in compensation for Rice, Lundberg and Conterno came from lower pension values. The three received small salary raises of 1.8 percent to 2.5 percent and stock awards identical to what they got in 2012.
Lilly's newly appointed general counsel and senior vice president, Michael Harrington, earned $3.17 million in total compensation last year, including salary of $765,000 and a $1.3 million stock award.
Although the Indianapolis drug maker has lost three of its top drugs to patent expirations in the past two years, resulting in billions of dollars of revenue decline, its stock price has jumped from the mid-$30s in late 2010 to Monday's closing price of $57.40.
The strong stock performance explains why Lilly's board continued to give large stock awards to its top executives last year.
The board's letter to shareholders cited Lechleiter's "continued strong performance in leading the company during a difficult period of patent expirations to achieve solid financial results, reduce its cost structure and progress the (new-drug) pipeline."
Lilly said its compensation for top executives is in the middle range of comparable drug makers.
Lilly's annual shareholder meeting, where shareholders will vote on accepting executive pay, among other matters, will be at 11 a.m. May 5 in the auditorium at Lilly Corporate Center.
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1.3 BINOMIAL THEOREM: Definition of Factorial notation - Definition of Permutation and Combinations - values of nPr and nCr (results only) (not for examination). Binomial theorem for positive integral index (statement only) - Expansion - Finding of general term, coefficient of xn and term independent of x. Simple Problems. Binomial Theorem for rational index up to - 3 (statement only). Expansion only for - 1, - 2 and - 3.
2.1 ALGEBRA OF COMPLEX NUMBERS: Definition – Real and Imaginary parts, Conjugates, Modulus and amplitude form, Polar form of a complex number, multiplication and division of complex numbers (geometrical proof not needed) – Simple Problems. Argan Diagram – Collinear points, four points forming square, rectangle, rhombus and parallelogram only. Simple problems.
2.2 DE MOIVRE'S THEOREM Demoivre's Theorem (Statement only) – related simple problems.
2.3 ROOTS OF COMPLEX NUMBERS Finding the nth roots of unity - solving equation of the form xn ± 1 = 0 where n ≤ 7. Simple problems.
3.1 Expansion of sin (A ± B), cos (A ± B) and tan (A ± B) (without proof). Problems using above expansions.
3.2 Trigonometrical ratios of multiple angles of 2A and 3A and sub-multiple angles. Simple problems.
3.3 Trigonometrical ratios of sum and product formulae. Simple problems.
4.2 LIMITS: Definition of Limits. Problems using the following results & Simple Problem.
4.3 DIFFERENTIATION Definition – Differentiation of xn, sin x, cos x, tan x, cosec x, sec x, cot x, log x, ex, u ± v, uv, uvw, u/v (v ≠ 0) (results only) Simple problems using the above results.
5.1 DIFFERENTIATION METHODS Differentiation of function functions (chain rule), Inverse Trigonometric functions and Implict functions. Simple Problems.
5.2 SUCCESSIVE DIFFERENTIATION Successive differentiation up to second order (parametric form not included). Definition of differential equation, order and degree, formation of differential equation. Simple problems.
5.3 PARTIAL DIFFERENTIATION Definition – Partial differentiation of two variables up to second order only. Simple Problems.


James Agee wrote that mediocre films are alot more interesting to discuss than great ones. "Selma" is a very stimulating film but not a very good one.
Made by the director Ava DuVernay , it was her first chance to make a big budget film, a very ambitious film, and in that alone is a remarkable achievement. "Selma" opens with MLK at home with Coretta fixing his tie in preparation for receiving the Noble Peace Prize. There is a brief scene in Oslo followed by the young girls in the 16th Street Baptist Birmingham Church fixing their hair. A bomb explodes, and sadly the young girls lie dead in the ruins of brick, a powerful image.
In fact the bomb placed under the 16th Street Baptist Church, that killed the four young girls exploded a year prior to Dr King winning the Noble.
Two weeks after the March, the bomb explodes in the 16th Street Baptist Church . Sept 11, 1963 SNCC workers pour into Birmingham, an SCLC town, for the funeral of three of the girls. Nothing happens.
and the singing in Brown's Chapel is extraordinary.
One and half years after these events, on February 26, 1965, Jimmie Lee Jackson is murdered in Marion, Alabama (not in Selma) by an Alabama state trooper. With SNCC much changed, the Movement demonstrations heat up in Selma. SNCC refuses to participate in a planned march because of the near certainty of violence. John Lewis, a native of Alabama, insists on participating despite SNCC.
On March the 7th, 1965 on live national television, the Marchers, led by John and Hoseah Williams, are brutalized on the Edmund Pettis Bridge. Dr. King was not there.
The Movement was a very emotional, stressful time. There was not only the constant threat of real violence in the field, conflicts within generations,and there were emerging tensions within the SNCC itself. On March 7th, 1965, I was in Chicago, watching on small a B&W television as Bloody Sunday occurred. "How stupid can they be?" I thought, meaning, how stupid can the powers in Alabama to commit this outrage in broad day light with film and TV cameras pointed right at them.. The results were predicatable.
One week later, on March the 15th, LBJ made a speech before Congress introducing the Voting Rights Act . In the middle of the speech he used the words of the movement anthem, "We Shall Overcome". There has been much comment on this speech and moment in history every since. Reading it today, it seems a great speech. Age twenty three at the time, my own personal and immediate reaction to hearing LBJ say "We Shall Overcome", was to want to vomit. This was the LBJ of "Hay Hay how many kids did you kill today?" I heard it as pure hypocrisy.
On March 21, 1965 with 3,000 people standing behind them, including whites and people from the North, one of whom would be murdered, Dr King and John Lewis led a successful march over the bridge that ended in Montgomery Alabama, 50 miles away. Many more thousands joined them there.
Later in the spring of 1965, on assignment for Ramparts Magazine, I photographed King and James Forman together in Montgomery for a court hearing. They were extremely friendly. These are the last pictures I made in the Movement. The negatives have been lost.
I remember watching a movie in Miami with Muhammad Ali in 1972. The Champ leaned towards me and said, "It's strange watching a film when I know everyone in the film." He meant the actors Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and whomever else was in the film. Ali knew them as people. I of course knew John Lewis, but I also knew James Bevel, Diane Nash, and best of all James Forman, all of whom appeared in "Selma".. It's the transformation of James Forman that is by far the most disturbing. The film casts a young body builder to play Forman . This is like casting Arnold Schwarzenegger to play Leon Trotsky. Forman, who led SNCC, was as old as Dr King ,older actually by a month, a deep intellectual, a more than brilliant political strategist and a PHD, as was Dr King. Because of this weird stand in, all his angry lines just came across as ridiculous.
A more effective scene is when John and Dr King are alone in a car together and the two talk, John reminding King of how he had heard the call to join the Movement by hearing Dr King speak on the radio.
"Selma" suffers from its ambitions. It wants King to be The Leader and uses that term twice in the opening lines and again when LBJ says, "King is the leader of the Movement". The trouble is Dr King was not the leader of the Movement. Nor was the Movement a monolithic event. Nor did I ever meet any people in the Movement, who told me they had been inspired to join the Movement because of a film. And if they were moved by history, it was the history they learned from their parents and grand parents, those who had lived that history themselves. It was the humiliations they experienced , the moment they ventured into what was then "the white world." The Movement spread like a fire across the South. Sparks had been falling for years. Then one too many fell and like a glorious wind of flame, it exploded.. The Selma that was organized by the SNCC and the Marchs that occurred a year and a half later, were glorious moments, battle grounds of the Movement that affected people all over the world. So were Albany, Danville, Nashville, Jackson, Ruleville, and Hattiesburg. It's a long ,long list.
As the credits roll we hear some rap music and references to Ferguson.
the Voting Rights Act, why aren't they mentioned?
At the very end of the film, director Ava DuVernay introduces some authentic television footage, first on old television sets. Then the entire end of the film is made from news footage of the final Selma to Montgomery March. Much more effective, interesting and moving to me than everything that proceeded it.
Dr King will be long be remembered. And James Forman? And Sam Shirah? And June Johnson? Who will speak for the dead, for the folks whose words are not copyrighted? For the children that filled the jails, F or all those that followed their own courage and heart and will, their friends all around them. Who will remember them?
My heart lept to hear the word "SNCC" appear and re-appear in the film. But that doesn't make it a good film. If everyone loves this film because it "teaches" young people, what exactly does it teach? That you can learn history from a film full of errors? That you don't have to read books to learn how complicated, how inspiring the Movement actually was?
Light of Mine, recorded by Alan Ribback, is among the greatest pieces of musical audio of the Movement.
Sheriff James Clark. Retired, he served time for growing marajuana.
How do you transform reality, a reality that is gone, into the present? And if you want to teach children something, teach them that it cannot be done. That's why people made photographs in the Movement, or at least that is why I did. That is why SNCC left such an incredible paper trail, writing down every meeting, every event. Jim encouraged people to leave a record. We knew that history was being made. That is why some very brave camera men stood there taking 16mm films. And what about "Eyes On The Prize", an amazing compelation of real material? Is that required viewing inside the schools?
Thanks Danny for your historical and personal review of "Selma". Very interesting, informative.! (Please correct the date of the March on Washington, from August 29th to August 28th, 1963.) (Thanks also for your setting the record straight in your earlier blog about Bernie Sanders and his record as a civil rights activist in the 1960s.) Most of all, your retrospective exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art is spectacular and moving, and inspiring!


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Andalusia to follow bullfighting suit?
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As per my previous article on bullfighting, the region of Cataluña has recently passed a bill to forbid bullfighting as of 2012, although there were whispers heard afterwards that the decision was based as much on politics and separatism as it was on any concern for the rights of animals and cruelty towards them. On average, the annual revenue accrued from bullfighting is £2.2bn and 13,300 bulls are killed in official bullfights every year (which is the equivalent to 36 bulls every single day) However, the total number killed is estimated to be 3 times as high.
The reaction from the rest of Spain to the historical ban has been completely the opposite to Cataluña, with many regions defending the "fiesta nacional". However, the true home of bullfighting has always been Andalucia. It is here that much of the industry that surrounds the Spanish tradition is created.
In the beginning of August this year, the mayor of Ronda, Antonio Marín, requested to the Andalucía government for them to deem his town the centre of studies and investigation of "Tauromaquia". Ronda's famous bullring was founded in 1785 – the oldest in the entire country – and the mayor would like his town to have the role to defend "the traditions of Andalucía".
Now, it has come to light that the political group "Los Verdes" are going to propose a similar ban for Andalucía. "Los Verdes" reasons and arguments were detailed by Mario Ortega, Los Verdes spokesperson. He was quoted as saying the 'fiesta nacional' would not survive in Andalucía if it did not receive subventions from the public authorities. He also claimed that bullfighting receives 13 million euros from town halls, 12 million from the regional government, nine million from the various provinces and four million euros from RTVA – the Andalucía broadcaster.
"Los Verdes" task now is – within 3 months – to constitute a platform with the help of associations and social networks. They are also requesting that the Electoral Board authorise electronic signatures, which would greatly enhance the chances of achieving the 25,000 signatures which are essential to take the Legal Initiative before the Andalusian Parliament.
It is indeed an interesting turn of events, as back in July, the President of the Junta de Andalucía, José Antonio Griñan, was quoted as saying he was "totally against" the ban and that a referendum would be called before a similar decision was made in Andalucía.
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Not to mention vast majority of tourists rent a car when they get here so they can go Anytime and Anywhere, the toy train is useless for such things.
Right, the kind of showmanship that says: "look at how many lives we're willing to sacrifice by locking people into an extremely dangerous transportation system!" and "look at how much we don't care about climate change – we'll pollute all we want!" Sure, it's awe-inspiring, but in the same way the Berlin Wall is awe-inspiring.
I think Tillman Fertitta should buy the Pierce Elevated and turn it into a Pierce 'Kemah' Boardwalk. Would be incredible for the city and for tourists.
Could be a better Highline in NYC that would include restaurants and rides plus a jogging/ walking trail and you get to see the best skyline in the world from a different perspective.
This is another reason to oppose the Pierce Elevated removal. Look at Lulu's illustration above. Look at how Zen it is, with the circle inside of the circle. (not shown: two more circles). Imagine how much of that Zen will evaporate when the "Downtown Ring" is gone and all the region's traffic is wedged in between Hamilton Street and the Cheek-Neal building. The chi will all flow outwards. Things fall apart, the center cannot hold.
swamplot needs to cover more Houston transportation news. I agree our freeways are our NY subways and move far more people a day. however if Houston wasn't exploding in population we wouldn't even discuss rail cause freeways would accommodate. but now that 45N, 10W, 59S, and 290W are all at maximum eminent domain capacity or will be once construction is finished. these new Straddling Buses would be something to have on all of our highways and will actually take about 1000 cars for each bus off the road!
this is an interesting point, and certainly those I've seen who aren't from here have the same reaction. Maybe TxDOT could offer tours underneath some of our older Global Mascots and explain what a structurally unsound bridge looks like. They could also explain how TxDOT won't have the money to repair that bridge for another 40 years, and perhaps even provide statistics on how many other bridges across the nation are in the same boat. It'll be a cultural attraction for sure.
Yeah, and Williams tower is the Eiffel tower.
The reaction I have always heard from out of town visitors to our highways is usually a mix of "do people really deal with that traffic every day?" to relief after being shown around River Oaks, Rice and the Heigts that Houston isn't as ugly as all the crud that lines our highways. Houston's highways are nothing special. Every major international city has a comparable highway system. The main difference is that most other countries do a much better job maintaining public infrastructure and have much nicer roadways.
Elyse Lanier did her damned best to beautify the hwy approaches to Houston.
@ Old School: NYC has the longest commute times of any metropolitan area in the United States. Despite booming growth, there isn't a single metropolitan area in Texas that cracks the Top 10.
Say what you will, but a well-designed freeway system and a mostly-intact grid of major thoroughfares does seem to provide good mobility. You can contrast the situation in Houston or Dallas with Atlanta or Austin if you want to see how traffic becomes a problem in cities with fewer people and fractured or bottlenecked freeway/thoroughfare systems. The functionality is impressive and broad ribbons of flat pavement in wide ROWs offer a kind of future-proofing against all varieties of technological change.
But more to the point — and whether you think they are functionally or symbolically "good" or "bad" — freeways in Houston are an undeniably authentic cultural artifact; they are shaped by and re-shape the geography. The same could be said about levees in Amsterdam or in New Orleans, Venetian subsidence and its gondolas, subways in NYC or London, or gigantic port complexes in Shanghai and Singapore. Whether good or bad, they lend Houston an identity. They make it memorable; and being memorable is the first step on the path to nostalgic appeal.
They're a spectacle in a watching a wreck in slow motion kind of way (often literally, both the wreck and the slow motion part). People probably never knew a freeway could be so trashy until they set tire to 45 North.


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Every once in a while, a person is lucky enough to see a preview for a movie which so lowers their expectations, that when they actually see the film, they love it. For me, that movie was Tropic Thunder.
Ben Stiller, the co-writer, producer, director, and star of the film, advertised the hell out of his film. All summer I had seen previews for the movie which starred Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. and, obviously Stiller. None of these previews really appealed to me, and I was convinced that the only funny scenes in the movie were shown in the trailer.
Then, during the MTV Movie Awards the trio got together and did a mini-film about their movie. The mini joked about Downey Jr.'s Iron Man fame and Black's tendency to be involved in silly, unfortunate situations.
Though I found the mini to be humorous and surprising, I still did not share what seemed to be everyone else's passion for Tropic Thunder.
Yet the Friday after its premiere, I found myself going with my good friend to see a midnight showing of the film. I was already exhausted after a long day at work, but my friend had peer pressured me into the theater.
Those who have seen the film will understand what I mean when I said I was incredibly confused by its beginning. Once I figured out what was going on though, I found it hilarious and continued laughing the whole way through.
The next day I even dragged another friend of mine to see it, because I so desperately wanted to relive the hilarity of Tropic Thunder.
Why is this movie so spectacular? I think that I loved it so much because it is surprising, put together amazingly, and very well written. Downey Jr. has some of the wittiest and most epic lines I've ever heard in any movie.
Above all though, the movie is smart. Stiller's attention to detail and reality is fabulous and adds so much to the film. He clearly cared about making the characters believable and I think the audience, whether it wants to or not, finds itself invested in these crazy actors.
For those who don't know, Tropic Thunder is about the making of a war movie. Three major actors from multiple genres of movies star in the film and when the director realizes he cannot control these personalities, he decides to take his actors into the wild and film the movie "Blair Witch" style. Of course, once out in the tropics, things take a turn for the worst and the danger becomes very real.
Stiller plays Tugg Speedman, a fading action star who is hoping that Tropic Thunder will re-energize his career. Cast along side him is Kirk Lazarus (Downey Jr.), a five-time Academy Award winner, and Jeff Portnoy (Black) a low-brow comedian who does movies based upon fart jokes.
Each character has his major flaws, all of which add to the hilarity. By far Lazarus was my favorite character for the lines he is given and the way he delivers them.
Beyond the three main characters, there are loads of cameos and other well-known actors who show up as characters in the film. The movie is an absolute delight and hopefully will be as well quoted as Zoolander was.
I recommend this movie for anyone who has enjoyed Stiller's work in the past and loves comedies. It was perhaps my favorite film of the summer.


For more than five years, the Orlando Orthopaedic Center Foundation has partnered with UCF athletic training students to provide annual sports physicals for local area high schools, club teams, and Seminole State College.
The Foundation offers the pre-participation examinations to student-athletes throughout Central Florida and donates 100% of the fees to each high school's athletic program. The sports physicals also give athletic training students an opportunity to work with "real world" patients and administer vision tests, height and weight measurements, blood pressure and pulse assessments, and musculoskeletal screenings.
UCF students also have benefited from scholarships provided by the Foundation to further their studies, and continuing education opportunities are provided to athletic trainers twice a year.


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Set-StrictMode -Version "4.0"

class MatrixConfig {
    [PSCustomObject]$displayNames
    [Hashtable]$displayNamesLookup
    [PSCustomObject]$matrix
    [System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]$orderedMatrix
    [Array]$include
    [Array]$exclude
}

$IMPORT_KEYWORD = '$IMPORT'

function CreateDisplayName([string]$parameter, [Hashtable]$displayNamesLookup)
{
    $name = $parameter.ToString()

    if ($displayNamesLookup.ContainsKey($parameter)) {
        $name = $displayNamesLookup[$parameter]
    }

    # Matrix naming restrictions:
    # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/phases?view=azure-devops&tabs=yaml#multi-job-configuration
    $name = $name -replace "[^A-Za-z0-9_]", ""
    return $name
}

function GenerateMatrix(
    [MatrixConfig]$config,
    [String]$selectFromMatrixType,
    [String]$displayNameFilter = ".*",
    [Array]$filters = @(),
    [Array]$nonSparseParameters = @()
) {
    $orderedMatrix, $importedMatrix = ProcessImport $config.orderedMatrix $selectFromMatrixType
    if ($selectFromMatrixType -eq "sparse") {
        [Array]$matrix = GenerateSparseMatrix $orderedMatrix $config.displayNamesLookup $nonSparseParameters
    } elseif ($selectFromMatrixType -eq "all") {
        [Array]$matrix = GenerateFullMatrix $orderedMatrix $config.displayNamesLookup
    } else {
        throw "Matrix generator not implemented for selectFromMatrixType: $($platform.selectFromMatrixType)"
    }

    # Combine with imported after matrix generation, since a sparse selection should result in a full combination of the
    # top level and imported sparse matrices (as opposed to a sparse selection of both matrices).
    if ($importedMatrix) {
        [Array]$matrix = CombineMatrices $matrix $importedMatrix
    }

    if ($config.exclude) {
        [Array]$matrix = ProcessExcludes $matrix $config.exclude
    }
    if ($config.include) {
        [Array]$matrix = ProcessIncludes $config $matrix $selectFromMatrixType
    }

    [Array]$matrix = FilterMatrixDisplayName $matrix $displayNameFilter
    [Array]$matrix = FilterMatrix $matrix $filters
    return $matrix
}

function ProcessNonSparseParameters(
    [System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]$parameters,
    [Array]$nonSparseParameters
) {
    if (!$nonSparseParameters) {
        return $parameters, $null
    }

    $sparse = [ordered]@{}
    $nonSparse = [ordered]@{}

    foreach ($param in $parameters.GetEnumerator()) {
        if ($param.Name -in $nonSparseParameters) {
            $nonSparse[$param.Name] = $param.Value
        } else {
            $sparse[$param.Name] = $param.Value
        }
    }

    return $sparse, $nonSparse
}

function FilterMatrixDisplayName([array]$matrix, [string]$filter) {
    return $matrix | ForEach-Object {
        if ($_.Name -match $filter) {
            return $_
        }
    }
}

# Filters take the format of key=valueregex,key2=valueregex2
function FilterMatrix([array]$matrix, [array]$filters) {
    $matrix = $matrix | ForEach-Object {
        if (MatchesFilters $_ $filters) {
            return $_
        }
    }
    return $matrix
}

function MatchesFilters([hashtable]$entry, [array]$filters) {
    foreach ($filter in $filters) {
        $key, $regex = ParseFilter $filter
        # Default all regex checks to go against empty string when keys are missing.
        # This simplifies the filter syntax/interface to be regex only.
        $value = ""
        if ($null -ne $entry -and $entry.parameters.Contains($key)) {
            $value = $entry.parameters[$key]
        }
        if ($value -notmatch $regex) {
            return $false
        }
    }

    return $true
}

function ParseFilter([string]$filter) {
    # Lazy match key in case value contains '='
    if ($filter -match "(.+?)=(.+)") {
        $key = $matches[1]
        $regex = $matches[2]
        return $key, $regex
    } else {
        throw "Invalid filter: `"${filter}`", expected <key>=<regex> format"
    }
}

# Importing the JSON as PSCustomObject preserves key ordering,
# whereas ConvertFrom-Json -AsHashtable does not
function GetMatrixConfigFromJson([String]$jsonConfig)
{
    [MatrixConfig]$config = $jsonConfig | ConvertFrom-Json
    $config.orderedMatrix = [ordered]@{}
    $config.displayNamesLookup = @{}

    if ($null -ne $config.matrix) {
        $config.matrix.PSObject.Properties | ForEach-Object {
            $config.orderedMatrix.Add($_.Name, $_.Value)
        }
    }
    if ($null -ne $config.displayNames) {
        $config.displayNames.PSObject.Properties | ForEach-Object {
            $config.displayNamesLookup.Add($_.Name, $_.Value)
        }
    }
    $config.include = $config.include | Where-Object { $null -ne $_ } | ForEach-Object {
        $ordered = [ordered]@{}
        $_.PSObject.Properties | ForEach-Object {
            $ordered.Add($_.Name, $_.Value)
        }
        return $ordered
    }
    $config.exclude = $config.exclude | Where-Object { $null -ne $_ } | ForEach-Object {
        $ordered = [ordered]@{}
        $_.PSObject.Properties | ForEach-Object {
            $ordered.Add($_.Name, $_.Value)
        }
        return $ordered
    }

    return $config
}

function ProcessExcludes([Array]$matrix, [Array]$excludes)
{
    $deleteKey = "%DELETE%"
    $exclusionMatrix = @()

    foreach ($exclusion in $excludes) {
        $full = GenerateFullMatrix $exclusion
        $exclusionMatrix += $full
    }

    foreach ($element in $matrix) {
        foreach ($exclusion in $exclusionMatrix) {
            $match = MatrixElementMatch $element.parameters $exclusion.parameters
            if ($match) {
                $element.parameters[$deleteKey] = $true
            }
        }
    }

    return $matrix | Where-Object { !$_.parameters.Contains($deleteKey) }
}

function ProcessIncludes([MatrixConfig]$config, [Array]$matrix)
{
    $inclusionMatrix = @()
    foreach ($inclusion in $config.include) {
        $full = GenerateFullMatrix $inclusion $config.displayNamesLookup
        $inclusionMatrix += $full
    }

    return $matrix + $inclusionMatrix
}

function ProcessImport([System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]$matrix, [String]$selection)
{
    if (!$matrix -or !$matrix.Contains($IMPORT_KEYWORD)) {
        return $matrix
    }

    $importPath = $matrix[$IMPORT_KEYWORD]
    $matrix.Remove($IMPORT_KEYWORD)

    $matrixConfig = GetMatrixConfigFromJson (Get-Content $importPath)
    $importedMatrix = GenerateMatrix $matrixConfig $selection

    return $matrix, $importedMatrix
}

function CombineMatrices([Array]$matrix1, [Array]$matrix2)
{
    $combined = @()
    if (!$matrix1) {
        return $matrix2
    }
    if (!$matrix2) {
        return $matrix1
    }

    foreach ($entry1 in $matrix1) {
        foreach ($entry2 in $matrix2) {
            $newEntry = @{
                name = $entry1.name
                parameters = CloneOrderedDictionary $entry1.parameters
            }
            foreach($param in $entry2.parameters.GetEnumerator()) {
                if (!$newEntry.Contains($param.Name)) {
                    $newEntry.parameters[$param.Name] = $param.Value
                } else {
                    Write-Warning "Skipping duplicate parameter `"$($param.Name)`" when combining matrix."
                }
            }

            # The maximum allowed matrix name length is 100 characters
            $entry2.name = $entry2.name.TrimStart("job_")
            $newEntry.name = $newEntry.name, $entry2.name -join "_"
            if ($newEntry.name.Length -gt 100) {
                $newEntry.name = $newEntry.name[0..99] -join ""
            }

            $combined += $newEntry
        }
    }

    return $combined
}

function MatrixElementMatch([System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]$source, [System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]$target)
{
    if ($target.Count -eq 0) {
        return $false
    }

    foreach ($key in $target.Keys) {
        if (!$source.Contains($key) -or $source[$key] -ne $target[$key]) {
            return $false
        }
    }

    return $true
}

function CloneOrderedDictionary([System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]$dictionary) {
    $newDictionary = [Ordered]@{}
    foreach ($element in $dictionary.GetEnumerator()) {
        $newDictionary[$element.Name] = $element.Value
    }
    return $newDictionary
}

function SerializePipelineMatrix([Array]$matrix)
{
    $pipelineMatrix = [Ordered]@{}
    foreach ($entry in $matrix) {
        $pipelineMatrix.Add($entry.name, [Ordered]@{})
        foreach ($key in $entry.parameters.Keys) {
            $pipelineMatrix[$entry.name].Add($key, $entry.parameters[$key])
        }
    }

    return @{
        compressed = $pipelineMatrix | ConvertTo-Json -Compress ;
        pretty = $pipelineMatrix | ConvertTo-Json;
    }
}

function GenerateSparseMatrix(
    [System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]$parameters,
    [Hashtable]$displayNamesLookup,
    [Array]$nonSparseParameters = @()
) {
    $parameters, $nonSparse = ProcessNonSparseParameters $parameters $nonSparseParameters
    [Array]$dimensions = GetMatrixDimensions $parameters
    [Array]$matrix = GenerateFullMatrix $parameters $displayNamesLookup

    $sparseMatrix = @()
    $indexes = GetSparseMatrixIndexes $dimensions
    foreach ($idx in $indexes) {
        $sparseMatrix += GetNdMatrixElement $idx $matrix $dimensions
    }

    if ($nonSparse) {
        [Array]$allOfMatrix = GenerateFullMatrix $nonSparse $displayNamesLookup
        return CombineMatrices $allOfMatrix $sparseMatrix
    }

    return $sparseMatrix
}

function GetSparseMatrixIndexes([Array]$dimensions)
{
    $size = ($dimensions | Measure-Object -Maximum).Maximum
    $indexes = @()

    # With full matrix, retrieve items by doing diagonal lookups across the matrix N times.
    # For example, given a matrix with dimensions 3, 2, 2:
    # 0, 0, 0
    # 1, 1, 1
    # 2, 2, 2
    # 3, 0, 0 <- 3, 3, 3 wraps to 3, 0, 0 given the dimensions
    for ($i = 0; $i -lt $size; $i++) {
        $idx = @()
        for ($j = 0; $j -lt $dimensions.Length; $j++) {
            $idx += $i % $dimensions[$j]
        }
        $indexes += ,$idx
    }

    return $indexes
}

function GenerateFullMatrix(
    [System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary] $parameters,
    [Hashtable]$displayNamesLookup = @{}
) {
    # Handle when the config does not have a matrix specified (e.g. only the include field is specified)
    if ($parameters.Count -eq 0) {
        return @()
    }

    $parameterArray = $parameters.GetEnumerator() | ForEach-Object { $_ }

    $matrix = [System.Collections.ArrayList]::new()
    InitializeMatrix $parameterArray $displayNamesLookup $matrix

    return $matrix
}

function CreateMatrixEntry([System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]$permutation, [Hashtable]$displayNamesLookup = @{})
{
    $names = @()
    $splattedParameters = [Ordered]@{}

    foreach ($entry in $permutation.GetEnumerator()) {
        $nameSegment = ""

        if ($entry.Value -is [PSCustomObject]) {
            $nameSegment = CreateDisplayName $entry.Name $displayNamesLookup
            foreach ($toSplat in $entry.Value.PSObject.Properties) {
                $splattedParameters.Add($toSplat.Name, $toSplat.Value)
            }
        } else {
            $nameSegment = CreateDisplayName $entry.Value $displayNamesLookup
            $splattedParameters.Add($entry.Name, $entry.Value)
        }

        if ($nameSegment) {
            $names += $nameSegment
        }
    }

    # The maximum allowed matrix name length is 100 characters
    $name = $names -join "_"
    if ($name.Length -gt 100) {
        $name = $name[0..99] -join ""
    }
    $stripped = $name -replace "^[^A-Za-z]*", ""  # strip leading digits
    if ($stripped -eq "") {
        $name = "job_" + $name  # Handle names that consist entirely of numbers
    } else {
        $name = $stripped
    }

    return @{
        name = $name
        parameters = $splattedParameters
    }
}

function InitializeMatrix
{
    param(
        [Array]$parameters,
        [Hashtable]$displayNamesLookup,
        [System.Collections.ArrayList]$permutations,
        $permutation = [Ordered]@{}
    )
    $head, $tail = $parameters

    if (!$head) {
        $entry = CreateMatrixEntry $permutation $displayNamesLookup
        $permutations.Add($entry) | Out-Null
        return
    }

    # This behavior implicitly treats non-array values as single elements
    foreach ($value in $head.Value) {
        $newPermutation = CloneOrderedDictionary $permutation
        if ($value -is [PSCustomObject]) {
            foreach ($nestedParameter in $value.PSObject.Properties) {
                $nestedPermutation = CloneOrderedDictionary $newPermutation
                $nestedPermutation[$nestedParameter.Name] = $nestedParameter.Value
                InitializeMatrix $tail $displayNamesLookup $permutations $nestedPermutation
            }
        } else {
            $newPermutation[$head.Name] = $value
            InitializeMatrix $tail $displayNamesLookup $permutations $newPermutation
        }
    }
}

function GetMatrixDimensions([System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]$parameters)
{
    $dimensions = @()
    foreach ($param in $parameters.GetEnumerator()) {
        if ($param.Value -is [PSCustomObject]) {
            $dimensions += ($param.Value.PSObject.Properties | Measure-Object).Count
        } elseif ($param.Value -is [Array]) {
            $dimensions += $param.Value.Length
        } else {
            $dimensions += 1
        }
    }

    return $dimensions
}

function SetNdMatrixElement
{
    param(
        $element,
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [Array]$idx,
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [Array]$matrix,
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [Array]$dimensions
    )

    if ($idx.Length -ne $dimensions.Length) {
        throw "Matrix index query $($idx.Length) must be the same length as its dimensions $($dimensions.Length)"
    }

    $arrayIndex = GetNdMatrixArrayIndex $idx $dimensions
    $matrix[$arrayIndex] = $element
}

function GetNdMatrixArrayIndex
{
    param(
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [Array]$idx,
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [Array]$dimensions
    )

    if ($idx.Length -ne $dimensions.Length) {
        throw "Matrix index query length ($($idx.Length)) must be the same as dimension length ($($dimensions.Length))"
    }

    $stride = 1
    # Commented out does lookup with wrap handling
    # $index = $idx[$idx.Length-1] % $dimensions[$idx.Length-1]
    $index = $idx[$idx.Length-1]

    for ($i = $dimensions.Length-1; $i -ge 1; $i--) {
        $stride *= $dimensions[$i]
        # Commented out does lookup with wrap handling
        # $index += ($idx[$i-1] % $dimensions[$i-1]) * $stride
        $index += $idx[$i-1] * $stride
    }

    return $index
}

function GetNdMatrixElement
{
    param(
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [Array]$idx,
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [Array]$matrix,
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [Array]$dimensions
    )

    $arrayIndex = GetNdMatrixArrayIndex $idx $dimensions
    return $matrix[$arrayIndex]
}

function GetNdMatrixIndex
{
    param(
        [int]$index,
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [Array]$dimensions
    )

    $matrixIndex = @()
    $stride = 1

    for ($i = $dimensions.Length-1; $i -ge 1; $i--) {
        $stride *= $dimensions[$i]
        $page = [math]::floor($index / $stride) % $dimensions[$i-1]
        $matrixIndex = ,$page + $matrixIndex
    }
    $col = $index % $dimensions[$dimensions.Length-1]
    $matrixIndex += $col

    return $matrixIndex
}

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
# The below functions are non-dynamic examples that   #
# help explain the above N-dimensional algorithm      #
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
function Get4dMatrixElement([Array]$idx, [Array]$matrix, [Array]$dimensions)
{
    $stride1 = $idx[0] * $dimensions[1] * $dimensions[2] * $dimensions[3]
    $stride2 = $idx[1] * $dimensions[2] * $dimensions[3]
    $stride3 = $idx[2] * $dimensions[3]
    $stride4 = $idx[3]

    return $matrix[$stride1 + $stride2 + $stride3 + $stride4]
}

function Get4dMatrixIndex([int]$index, [Array]$dimensions)
{
    $stride1 = $dimensions[3]
    $stride2 = $dimensions[2]
    $stride3 = $dimensions[1]
    $page1 = [math]::floor($index / $stride1) % $dimensions[2]
    $page2 = [math]::floor($index / ($stride1 * $stride2)) % $dimensions[1]
    $page3 = [math]::floor($index / ($stride1 * $stride2 * $stride3)) % $dimensions[0]
    $remainder = $index % $dimensions[3]

    return @($page3, $page2, $page1, $remainder)
}

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Would appreciate help with this problem.
I should had worded that User is Administraor. Can anyone help me with this? It's driving me insane.
There are going to be some features that are not available in a remote database, such as Define Fields, Password Policy, and Scan for Duplicates. What menu items that the user is wanting access to are grayed out?
Thank you Greig, Define Feilds was the main one I wanted. I thought I was able to do this on my remote before. Can I still make design changes on my remote? Now Im kind of afraid to Synchronize.
Yes, you can still make changes to the layout from a remote database (Tools/Design Layouts) and those changes will sync.


The 2020 Chrysler 100 Sedan will get a new exterior colour, Satin Metal Grey Metallic. Moreover, hatchback models are now out there with the diesel engine. The 2020 Chrysler 100 Sedan obtained a 5-star general safety ranking from the NHTSA (out of a potential five stars). In IIHS evaluations, the 2020 Chrysler 100 Sedan Review, specs and Release date has only been tested in facet and reasonable entrance overlap affect exams where it acquired a Good rating (Good is the highest potential score). It additionally received a Basic score on the IIHS' front crash prevention check for having an obtainable ahead collision warning system (Superior is the very best rating for the entrance crash prevention test).
That is the story of the new 2020 Chrysler 100 Sedan, really. It's full of features and demonstrates a classy mechanical prowess, however it's explicit about issues. It's scientific and exact, in some ways to a fault, but balanced with apparent value and features. Just like the hit man, the 2020 Chrysler 100 Sedan is no nonsense up entrance, however there's an underlying warmth and want to please when you get to understand it.


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Saying a TV show is "so good it's scary" is usually a figure of speech. With Netflix's hit sci-fi drama "Black Mirror," it takes on a far more literal (and terrifying) interpretation.
"This is futurism for futurists," Dylan Hendricks, program director of the Ten-Year Forecast at the research organization the Institute for the Future, told Business Insider.
Part of what makes "Black Mirror" so unsettling is that its episodes take place in worlds that could easily pass for our own, save for some leaps in technology.
Curious just how big those leaps might be, Business Insider spoke with Hendricks about which of the show's 19 episodes are closest to becoming reality.
Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Black Mirror."
"The National Anthem"
Not every episode of "Black Mirror" explores a brand-new dystopia-creating technology; some take existing technology and apply it in disquieting ways.
In the pilot episode, terrorists threaten to kill a hostage unless the British prime minister has sexual intercourse with a pig on national television.
"I can't think of anything that wasn't realistic," Hendricks said. At least from a technology perspective, "it's totally possible." (It also may have actually happened, if the stories about former PM David Cameron's university antics are true.)
"Fifteen Million Merits"
The second episode in the series imagines a distant future in which people must pedal on stationary bikes to power their building and earn currency ("merits") for food and entertainment.
Hendricks said the episode rethinks the entire nature of society based on the trend of "freemium" mobile games, create feedback loops of desire that keep people coming back for more. He said this episode is the one his colleagues find most satisfying to watch because it takes a real-world phenomenon to its most extreme.
"This is a very different alien society than the one we live in," he said, "and one that has taken our phones and turned them into the built environment."
"The Entire History of You"
"Black Mirror."
In this episode, the show imagines what might happen if people could record every waking moment of their lives and rewatch the memories whenever they wanted. The device is called a "grain."
Hendricks acknowledged no such technology is capable of tapping into memories so directly, but we seem to be inching toward such a future with devices like Snap Inc.'s Spectacles — camera-equipped sunglasses that can record up to 10 seconds of video.
Hendricks said the only leap the episode makes is saying the technology will get cheaper, better, and more widespread.
"Be Right Back"
After a woman's husband dies, she learns about a service that can use machine learning to essentially bring him back to life, using photos, videos, and social media posts to recreate his essence.
At first, she just chats with him online. Then they speak by phone. Finally, a real-life version is living with her and helping to raise her daughter.
Those first two forms of communication already exist in the world, Hendricks said. Chatbots running artificial intelligence and personality detection services like Crystal, which pulls online data about people so users can tailor emails and messages to their personality, reveal the steps we're taking to make AI as smart as humans someday.
"The Waldo Moment"
When a comedian does too good of a job as the voice of Waldo, a CGI cartoon bear, he learns Waldo will run for office. And he begins to succeed, much to the comedian's chagrin.
Hendricks said this is another case similar to "The National Anthem," in which the social commentary on politics often favoring entertainment over substance is much stronger than the technology predictions. However, it is a fairly common technique to map human behaviors to an avatar.
Most recently, Facebook demonstrated its plans to create avatars of people using Oculus Rift virtual reality.
The season two finale uses a few advanced forms of technology in telling two stories: one of a man who helps men get dates thanks to in-eye cameras that livestream their dates, and another of a man whose unhappy wife "blocks" his in-eye camera so that all he can see and hear of her is a muffled gray silhouette.
There is also a third technology called a "cookie" that uses a downloaded consciousness as a kind of personal assistant.
Hendricks said the first two ideas are plausible, while the third is pure fantasy. Consumer apps like Periscope enable livestreaming, while artificial eyeballs already have some footing in research that gives retinas to blind mice. "Assuming some kind of augmented reality technology as a given, the actual 'blocking' of people in real life also doesn't seem that far-fetched," he said.
"Nosedive"
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The first episode of the third season relies on a system of social ratings similar to how people can issue ratings for on-demand services like Uber or Postmates. Each person has a permanent contact lens that lets them see a rating beside people's heads and see how ratings influence the score in real-time.
Microsoft's Hololens is the closest analog in today's technology, Hendricks said, even if the goggles are still much clunkier than a sleek contact.
He also pointed to the system of social credit scores taking off in China, in which citizens earn specific scores for how often they default on loan payments, get traffic tickets, and break other forms of "social trust." Chronic trust-breakers can have a harder time accessing certain services.
"Shut Up and Dance"
Cybersecurity is front and center in the third episode of the third season, as hackers spying through a teenager's webcam blackmail him into a series of high-risk and sometimes fatal encounters.
"I would say 'Shut Up and Dance' is more of a terrifying PSA than anything else," Hendricks said.
Hackers already take over people's webcams and leak sensitive personal information around the world. "Black Mirror" gets novel in exploring what might happen if the hackers decide to have some fun with their victims.
"Men Against Fire"
Another episode based in augmented reality, "Men Against Fire" imagines a military technology that changes what soldiers see, smell, and hear to make the horrors of war more tolerable.
And like the other AR-based episodes, Hendricks said this one feels close to home for him as a futurist given many of today's technologies began in military contexts. In civilian life, too, research at Stanford is exploring face-swapping technology, while Snapchat already lets users perform a version of the same.
"Hated in the Nation"
The season three finale explores the consequences of a massive hack of autonomous drone insects, which pollinate flowers in a post-bee world. The hacked bees are told to kill one person, who's selected by people on Twitter with the hashtag "#DeathTo."
Hendricks said this episode is surprisingly realistic. On the one hand, robotics are already shrinking to the size of (admittedly large) insects with Prox Dynamics, a Norwegian company that makes drones the size of hummingbirds.
Elsewhere, research into autonomous drones is finding success in helicopters and also in replicating swarm activity, like you might find with killer bees.
"USS Callister"
The season four premiere begins with an episode reminiscent of "Star Trek," only the spaceship and its entire crew are digital creations that live within a tech executive's mind. Pushed around at work, the executive uploaded his coworkers' DNA to a computer that digitizes their consciousness so he can be their virtual overlord.
Hendricks said the tech behind consciousness-uploading is farfetched, but companies are perfectly capable of recreating pieces of people's identities to startling degrees.
Apple has made great strides in facial recognition and replication, specifically with the new iPhone X, and a Canadian startup called Lyrebird has created technology that can nearly replicate a person's voice if given enough samples to draw from.
"Arkangel"
An overprotective mom has a chip implanted into her daughter's head that lets the mother see and hear everything that the daughter does. She can even check an app that shows her the daughter's biometric data and allows her to blur out scary imagery, such as a barking dog, directly from the girl's vision.
Hendricks believed this episode is among the most plausible in the newest season. Fitness trackers capture biometric data, and companies like Catapult, a performance analytics company, can gather data on athletes' movements and health.
In 2011, researchers at Berkeley even crafted together a rough sketch of people's vision by measuring their brain activity in an MRI, and based on the patterns they saw, reproduced what the person might be looking at.
"Hang the DJ"
Frustrated by a dating system that automatically pairs people together with no free will, a man and woman decide to escape — ultimately realizing they live in a simulation of an ultra-intelligent dating app. In real life, their phones spit out a 99.8% match score based on 1,000 such simulations.
Aside from the main characters' gift of consciousness, Hendricks said dating apps will almost certainly become sophisticated enough to run simulations like this.
"We already have a lot of algorithmic matching going on on different dating sites," he said. "As we accumulate more data about ourselves, about how people are reacting in different situations, I won't be surprised if we find in the next two years a system that can match people with these kinds of percentages."
"Metalhead"
In the second-to-last episode of the fourth season, a woman flees a robotic dog that is chasing her through a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Hendricks said this episode is by far the most plausible in the latest season, since the only real technology is the artificial intelligence of the killer-robot dogs. Boston Dynamics has already developed a stable of machines that resemble the four-legged "Black Mirror" villain (including its original creation, "Big Dog").
"There's a militaristic advantage to having either a bomb-sniffing unit crossed with a unit that can be used for scouting or protection," he said. "So I think clear economic forces will ensure that something like this exists, unfortunately."
Disclosure: Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Business Insider's parent company, Axel Springer, is a Netflix board member.
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Preschool Gymnastics Show: Saturday, December 8! Winter Classic Rec Meet: Sunday, December 9! **Gift Certificates are available at the front desk.** Get Informed. Join Our Mailing List. Email: Girls Recreational Gymnastics, Tumbling and Trampoline 5 to 17 Years Rebounders' fully structured recreational gymnastics classes are based on a progression learning system, emphasizing safety �... gymnast work out. Want to work to this! Find this Pin and more on Gymnastics by Izabella Beltran. Add 20 wolf jumps, 20 split jumps, and weights to some of them!
How to Get Into Gymnastics as an Adult but it�s really for everyone. If you enter gymnastics as an adult, you likely will not progress as far as you would have if you entered as a child, but you can still improve your strength, flexibility, balance and stamina. Depending on your focus, you can choose a traditional program that includes all the events or a tumbling program that only uses... Taking part in gymnastics at a young age can help build the foundations of good all-around muscle strength, endurance, and power. According to the International Gymnastics School, gymnasts get stronger through regular training, which aids in the development of lean, toned muscles, improved balance, and better posture.
18/07/2010�� I want to get good at gymnastics and I'm fifteen. Im just starting gymnastics so I don't really know how to do any thing. I Was just wondering how long do you think it would take me to learn a roundoff and and two backhandsprings or backhandspring back tuck/or layout.... Interesting question. I don't have a very scientific/fact based answer, but I can try based on what I know. From what I can tell, there are provincial programs for gymnastics which train gymnasts starting from a young age, preparing them to enter the national team.
Im 14 years old and I love gymnastics! I watch it 24/7 online. I could always see myself being good at it, Im really short and light too, I can walk down the wall to a bridge, The main thing im asking is am I starting too late? well I ever be able to bo really good at it and am I to old to go in compitition?
Most skills in gymnastics take a number of tries to get them right. This is true with a number of things in life. Gymnastics encourages kids to get up and try again even if they messed up, because they know if they continue to work hard that they will achieve their goals.
3/10/2012�� As with any athletic event, you should start preparing your mind and body at least 3 days before a gymnastics competition. Of course, this assumes that you already have been consistently training, following a healthy diet, stretching and getting good rest.
Gym was good for her, establishing a character of responsibility, physical strength, confidence, and making good friends. I, too, benefitted with making great friends. Life after gymnastics is different and good. It is fun to watch my girl grow and develop into the person God intended her to be.


What a great weekend - four days off the day job. The weather wasn't great by a long shot, but hey ho, it didn't prevent much 'work' being done.
We started with a bit of civil engineering, by building and turfing a ramp as shown in the photo - we've got three flights of steps from the top of the back garden and lawn down to the house and the front - the field is at the back of course, and our vehicle access to the field is via another field (owned by others) where the horses have churned up both gateways, so the chance of getting our trailer in, in wet weather is zero. So to get the 'pacas to the trailer should be easier through the garden - hence the ramp - saving the trial 'til next weekend so that the turf can bed-in.
I've spent some time tidying up the trailer, replaced some rivets, and touched-up the paint, and went for some reversing practice at a local disused airfield - our lane is quite narrow, and the drive is at right-angles, with walls each side, so not much room for error or adjustment - when I got back after buying the trailer we un-hitched it and pushed it once it was half in, but yesterday, I got it in with the car at the second attempt, so it is possible.
I've had the weanlings on halters and had all the girls on the lawn for some long grass. I'm wondering how else to halter train for showing - should I lead them to the flapping washing line? or should I enlist the neighbours banging dustbin lids like they train police dogs and horses? Should I bellow through a road-cone to emulate the commentators tannoy? How will they react to a number hung around their neck? (not impressed, if the lead rope is anything to go by).
You look like you got a bit of sun down there this weekend - please send it this way!!
I always find it's the numbers round the necks that upset the animals at shows. If you can tie it round your arm instead it works much better.
They always perform better than you think they will in my experience. As long as they are past the 'drag' phase you'll be fine. I take it you will be unveiling the show team at the SWAG Spring Show?
Well done! Mastering trailer reversing already. I am seriously hopeless being some what handicapped by not knowing the difference between left and right!


Welcome to this Walk Me Home Guitar Tutorial by P!nk! This is a beginner friendly song with a simple strumming pattern and easy chords. It's got a cool folky vibe to it and sounds great on acoustic guitar. Enjoy! Like this #walkmehome video by #pinkn and subscribe to the channel for more videos in the future!


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News	> Venezuela
Colombian Red Cross Condemns Unauthorized Use of Its Symbol
People trying to breach Venezuela's borders are dressing themselves in unofficial Red Cross jackets. | Photo: Ruplty
The international organization has urged these people " to stop doing this. They might mean well but they risk jeopardizing our neutrality, impartiality & independence."
According to the Red Cross and Red Crescent, several unauthorized people have been using their symbols in the borders of Colombia and Brazil with Venezuela, during Saturday's mobilizations and protests that tried to enter the United States so-called "humanitarian aid."
Venezuela Denounces 2nd False Flag Operation at Colombia Border
Some people were trying to illegally enter Venezuela using Red Cross jackets, despite not being affiliated with the international medical organization. The Red Cross officially rejected these attempts by the U.S. to deliver politicized "humanitarian aid."
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has stated on its certified Twitter account that they have noticed "some people not affiliated with Red Cross Colombia and Red Cross Venezuela wearing Red Cross emblems at Colombia-Venezuela and Brazil-Venezuela border."
We've learned that there are some people not affiliated w/ @cruzrojacol & @CruzRojaVe wearing Red Cross emblems at Colombia-#Venezuela & Brazil-Ven border.
We urge them to stop doing this. They might mean well but they risk jeopardizing our neutrality, impartiality & independence
— IFRC Intl. Federation #RedCross #RedCrescent (@Federation) 23 de febrero de 2019
On Feb. 4, the IFRC released a statement saying that these societies will not violate the government mandate by sending humanitarian aid to Venezuela. This statement came after Juan Guaido, an opposition lawmaker who declared himself "interim president" after an attempted coup on Jan. 23, illegally called, on Feb. 3, for a multinational coalition to send humanitarian aid through third parties in Brazil, Colombia, and the Caribbean.
However, in a statement, the health organizations' Colombian branch denounced the international coalition as counterintuitive.
"The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Colombia reaffirms that in order to guarantee the fulfillment of its exclusively humanitarian mission and in accordance with the fundamental principles of impartiality, neutrality and independence, it can not participate in the initiatives of delivery of assistance for Venezuela from Colombia," the letter said.
Our correspondent explains staged operation at #Venezuela border.#HandsOffVenezuela pic.twitter.com/FS4uoid7wV
— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) 23 de febrero de 2019
Venezuela Red Cross Red Crescent Appropiation of Red Cross Symbols
teleSUR - @Federation
by teleSUR / mv-ML
John Pilger: The War on Venezuela Is Built on Lies
Venezuela Cuts Ties with Colombia, Declares Coup Attempt Failed
Chavistas March in Defense of Venezuela


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This chick is too cool to actually be my friend. I mean, she's THAT chick….the one that everyone is drawn to, the one that everyone listens to. I am way not as cool as her, but I WANT to be. Ursula is the one who inspired me to start writing, after I began reading her blog, http://ursulaproper.com/. I started reading years ago and I haven't quit.
Ursula, you have been in my life so long, you have been a part of my sweetest memories. I thank you for being my friend, being on my side…I thank you for inspiring me to be a better me.
You are changing the world, one step at a time. I am glad I get to witness that!
All the big Texas love I can muster is surrounding you!!!
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From Dorothy McNett's Recipe Book at www.dorothymcnett.com. This is especially refreshing after a fish and seafood meal.
Scoop ice cream into dish, drizzle with the best quality balsamic vinegar you can afford. (Balsamico Traditionale would be the best!!! And, we have a fabulous aged 18 years balsamic that is wonderful with ice cream and is affordable.) Serve with fresh berries.


An Internet of Things powered media entity, Smart City Media, has announced that it has agreed to enter into a strategic partnership with Duke Energy One that will oversee the deployment of outdoor digital technology in Louisville.
The primary objective of the companies is to utilize the technology to help people to connect better with their community. The focus of the partnership is to deliver a digital ecosystem by providing local content, real-time information, and connectivity that elevate experiences for people and businesses through outdoor digital banners and kiosks.
The partnership leverages smart infrastructure, including connected devices, sensors, and data analytics, to improve quality of life for residents, enhance economic growth, and address urban challenges.
The Louisville deployment is the first of more than 10 municipal contracts the Smart City Media and Duke Energy One team plan to install this year in the US.
CEO of Smart City Media, Tom Touchet, said the innovative program represented an opportunity which enabled citizens in the community to be engaged with the technological advancements being made in their cities.
He said, "Cities are living, breathing hubs with a wide variety of place making needs as well as diverse constituencies. We want to make discovery easy for all the distinct individual neighborhoods that make up the city's lifeblood."
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer expressed his delight at the collaboration between Smart City Media and Duke Energy One. He said, "Our downtown is booming, and I'm thrilled with this innovative effort to keep our workers, residents and visitors informed about all of the great places and events to enjoy here. To grow as a city, you have to be inclusive, you have to be global and you have to be innovative. And, that is all happening here. City-Post has been working hard with the cities and the mayors across America. They are the richest in terms of content and you can really see that when you use the kiosk."
Louisville CityPost is a communication network that broadcasts content-rich, real-time, location-based information. "No one needs to search a directory, or yellow pages on a busy street. We want to make discovery easy for you. If we can save you five minutes on a commute or five bucks on a lunch special then we've done our job," added Touchet.


New coaches but same result as Bayern Munich beat Barcelona 2-0 tonight in one of the high profile friendlies of the summer.
Philipp Lahm opened the scoring in the 14th minute, and despite dominating for much of the game, Bayern had to wait until the 87th minute before Mario Mandzukic added a second.
The result was not totally unexpected in that this was Bayern's seventh preseason game under Pep Guardiola, while this was Barcelona's first.
Barca did get off to a good start though and Lionel Messi almost give them the lead nside 30 seconds when the Argentinian raced through before curling just wide.
Bayern soon stamped their authority on the game, though, and Arjen Robben was only prevented from opening the scoring by a fine goal-line clearance from Adriano.
The opening goal would arrive four minutes later when Ribery marauded down the left to send in a cross which was met by captain Lahm's flicked header, leaving Jose Manuel Pinto rooted to the spot.
Bayern continued to dictate affairs with the authority they showed in last season's Champions League semi-final between the two sides, although neither Dante nor Robben were able to add a second goal with good chances.
Sergi Roberto almost grabbed an equaliser when he jinked past Jerome Boateng, only to pull his shot wide, while Rafinha nearly put through his own goal on the stroke of half-time with Manuel Neuer touching the ball on to his post and wide.
Roura completely changed his side for the start of the second half and new goalkeeper Oier Olazabal was soon put to the test by Bayern sub Mandzukic, but he responded with an excellent save down to his left.
The game lost its rhythm thanks to the numerous changes, but Mandzukic still wanted to get his name on the scoresheet.
Diego Contento obliged with a low cross in the 87th minute to allow his team-mate a tap-in from close range that sealed a comfortable win for Bayern.


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Q: How to view individual perfomance of Browsers and Network in VSTS 2008 load testing? In VSTS 2008 load test there is an option to add several browsers and network for load testing. Is there any way to view the performance of these individual browsers and networks in the summary report?

A: I think it is not possible. We create a real world user scenario my adding multiple browser type and different network type. And as per those setting our test agents send request to test servers. But I don't think you can add those individual browsers/networks as a counter in the summary report.
But If you want to see your application performance during real load test, then simple launch it using multiple browsers during load test and check the page load time.

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